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FALL SPORTS
PREVIEW 2011
Featuring:
Delphos St. Johns Delphos Jefferson
Fort Jennings Spencerville Ottoville
Columbus Grove Elida Kalida
Lincolnview Van Wert Crestview
Supplement toThe Delphos HeraldAugust 2011
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Whats insideDelphos Jefferson
Football .........................................4Girls Soccer ..................................8Volleyball .....................................9Golf .............................................10
Delphos St. Johns
Football .......................................13Cross Country .............................17Volleyball ...................................19Boys Golf ....................................18Girls Soccer ................................20
Fort Jennings
Boys Soccer ................................23Girls Soccer ................................24Golf .............................................25
SpencervilleFootball .......................................26Cross Country .............................27Volleyball ...................................28Golf/Soccer .................................29
Ottoville
Golf .............................................30Cross Country .............................31Soccer .........................................32Volleyball ...................................33
Columbus GroveFootball .......................................34Volleyball ...................................35Golf .............................................35Cross Country .............................36
ElidaFootball .......................................37Volleyball ...................................38Boys Soccer ................................39Girls Soccer ................................39Cross Country .............................40Girls Tennis ................................41
KalidaVolleyball ...................................42Girls Soccer ................................43Boys Soccer ................................43Cross Country .............................44
LincolnviewVolleyball ...................................45Boys Soccer ................................46Girls Soccer ................................47Golf .............................................46Cross Country .............................51
Van WertVolleyball ....................................48Cross Country .............................48Girls Soccer ................................48Football .......................................48
CrestviewFootball .......................................50
Schedules...................................52-54See todays regular paper for MAC/NWC
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The 2011 Jefferson football unit has, left to right, Row 1 - Evan Neubert, Darren Edinger, Justin Rode, Tony George, Shayn Klinger, Curtis Miller, Braxton Hammons,Kellen Elwer and Jared Boop; Row 2 - Zach Kimmett, Geoff Ketcham, Colin McConnahea, Austin Lee, Drew Kortokrax, Quinten Wessell, Zac Bland, Evan Stant, ChrisTruesdale and Seth Wollenhaupt; Row 3 - Shane Wilson, Tyler Rice, Jordan Herron, Justin Stewart, Tyler Mox, Zavier Buzard, Austin Jettinghoff, Ryan Kerby, Ross
Thompson, Isaac Illig and Chris Martin; Row 4 - Tyler Talboom, Alec Lindeman, Reid Corzine, Aaron Culp, Joe Gorman, Adam Crabtree, Nick Fitch, Casey King, AaronParkins, Derek Foust and Gaige Rassman; Row 5 - Brandon Reynolds, Kurt Wollenhaupt, Jordan McCann, Dominic Munoz, Warren Poling, Jordan Blackburn, WilliamLegge, Tyler Foust and Trevor Dudgeon; Row 6 - assistant coaches Scott Boggs and Ben Rahrig, head coach Bub Lindeman and assistant coaches Jon Kroeger and JeffStant. Absent are assistant coaches Andrew Cano and Jason Cross.
Jefferson 2011 football Dena Martz photo
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See DEFENSE, page 6
We do have 13 lettermen, with four starters
back on either side of the ball. The line is aconcern coming into the season, with our
emphasis on running the football out of our
multiple-I. The kids we have there have made
great strides, not only during preseason but in our
off-season workouts. We made great strides in the
weight room overall; we are definitely much
stronger and bigger physically and have
improved our speed overall. We had great
attendance the whole time and the kids
really worked hard to get to this point.
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DELPHOS With a rebuilt offen-sive line headinginto 2011, third-year Jefferson headfootball coach BubLindeman will lookto his defense astrong suit for thelast several seasonsthat gave up 25.4points and 263.6
yards per game lastfall to hold theline until that unit can make the adjust-ment to the speed ofthe varsity game.
As well, he mustreplace 16 seniorsoff last falls 5-5campaign (5-3in the NorthwestConference) that
used up their eligi-bility last fall butmust do so with aroster of 10 seniorsand 32 total players from sophomorethrough senior.
Trenton Gossman (8 pancakeblocks), Zac Lumpkins (4), AJ Cross(2), Gabe Gehr (2) all of whomearned at least two varsity letters started up front a year ago and gradu-
ated, with right guard-turned-centerJustin Rode (5-10, 210, senior; 5 pan-cakes) the only full-time starting vet-
eran back in that group as the center.Also back on that side which put
up averages of 20.2 points and 253.4
yards per are tailback Curtis Miller(6-2, 230, senior;153 rushes, 635yards, 11 scores),fullback QuintenWessell (5-11, 230,
junior) and part-time starter DarrenEdinger (5-9, 170,senior) at rightguard.
We do have 13lettermen, with fourstarters back on either side of the ball.The line is a con-cern coming intothe season, withour emphasis onrunning the foot-ball out of our mul-tiple-I, Lindeman(11-9) began. The
kids we have therehave made greatstrides, not onlyduring preseasonbut in our off-season workouts. Wemade great strides in the weight roomoverall; we are definitely much stron-ger and bigger physically and haveimproved our speed overall. We hadgreat attendance the whole time andthe kids really worked hard to get to
this point.Lindeman has to find replacements
for skill players like third-year guys
Logan Bonifas (25 catches, 262 yards,4 TDs), Ryan Ebbeskotte (13 grabs,
276 yards, 2), Nick Cook (7 grabs,130 yards, 1), Jacob Leach (64 carries,271 yards) and Mitchell Antalis (71totes, 323 yards, 4), as well as second-year guy tight end Kody Richardson(12 grabs, 191 yards, 3; Urbana), plusquarterback Jesse Cano (77-of-152passing, 11 scores, 10 picks).
Projected new starters on theoffense include rotating wide receiv-ers Shayn Klinger (5-10, 175, senior),
Tony George (6-1, 170, senior) andEvan Neubert (5-8, 150, senior); tightend Ross Thompson (6-1, 190, sopho-
more), left guard Evan Stant (5-10,210, junior), left tackle Geoff Ketcham
(6-3, 275, junior), right tackle ZachKimmett (6-2, 220, junior) and either
junior Drew Kortokrax (5-10, 170) orsophomore Austin Jettinghoff (5-11,175) under center.
Defensively, we are remaining inthe 4-3 but instead of being a read-and-react scheme, we are going to bemuch more aggressive. We want todictate to the offense, Lindeman con-tinued. Where we will struggle is lack
of experience and physical maturitywith only 10 seniors. Our offensive
Defense likely to carry the load for Jefferson gridders
George Neubert
BoopRode
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line in particular but with also a lot ofstarting spots open, it comes down tohow quickly the new guys can go fromSaturday-morning intensity to Fridaynights under the lights.
We also do not have much depthwith only 32 upperclassmen and 18freshmen out of 50. We must stayhealthy because we are having a lot of
guys going both ways much of the time.We are searchingfor enough depth togive them a rest at
some point, espe-cially early.Miller (48 solos,
16 assists, 5 forloss) returns at theMike linebackerspot, Rode (44 and25, 6 for loss; 3fumble recoveries) at the 3-techniquetackle and Wessell (48 and 24) at thenose, along with cornerback Klinger
(25 and 14; 3 picks).Gone from a year ago on that sideof the pigskin are such as third-yearlettermen Cross (27 and 5) up front,defensive backs Bonifas (41 and6), Ebbeskotte (21 and 4; 3 picks)and Antalis (27 and 8), linebackersLumpkins (45 and 14), Leach (30 and11) and Jordan Vorst (69 and 17 - ledthe team), end Richardson (43 and
8, 11 for loss; 7 sacks) and linemenGossman, Gehr,Zach Morris andJustin Bame, as
well as Mike Westand Nate Staples.Providing back-
up possibilities onthe offensive sideare the likes ofwideouts in juniorAustin Lee (5-11,137), Tyler Mox (5-8, 142, sopho-more), Joe Gorman (5-7, 138, sopho-more), Kurt Wollenhaupt (5-2, 127,
freshman) and Trevor Dudgeon (5-6,136, freshman); freshmen quarter-backs Gaige Wrasman (5-2, 114) andNick Fitch (6-0, 170); and runningbacks in letterman senior BraxtonHammons (5-10, 186), Chris Truesdale(5-8, 146, senior), junior Zac Bland(5-11, 195), Zavier Buzard (5-10, 176,sophomore), Jordan Herron (5-9, 207,sophomore), Ryan Kerby (5-7, 150,
sophomore), Derek Foust (5-6, 146,freshman), JordanMcCann (5-11,178, freshman) and
Aaron Parkins (5-8,145, freshman).Line possibili-
ties include KellenElwer (5-8, 175,senior), Jared Boop(5-11, 330, senior),Seth Wollenhaupt(6-0, 150, junior),Colin McConnahea (6-1, 195, junior),Chris Martin (5-10, 164, sophomore),
Justin Stewart (5-9, 190, sophomore),Aaron Culp (6-0, 186, sophomore),Isaac Illig (5-10, 176, sophomore),Tyler Rice (5-9, 166, sophomore),Adam Crabtree (6-1, 250, sophomore),Shane Wilson (6-2, 243, sophomore),Dominic Munoz (6-0, 150, fresh-man), Brandon Reynolds (5-8, 145,
Defense
Klinger Truesdale Hammons
Defensively, we are remaining in the 4-3 but instead of being a read-and-react scheme,
we are going to be much more aggressive. We want to dictate to the offense. Where we will
struggle is lack of experience and physical maturity with only 10 seniors. Our offensive line
in particular but with also a lot of starting spots open, it comes down to how quickly the
new guys can go from Saturday-morning intensity to Friday nights under the lights.
Bub Lindeman,head coach, Jefferson football
See DEFENSE, page 7
(Continued from Page 5)
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The same two teams that have been leading
the NWC: LCC and Ada; are the same two I pick
for this year. Columbus Grove should be prettycompetitive. Crestview and Allen East have new
head coaches, so youre never sure what they are
doing, but Ive heard good things about both.
Bub Lindeman,head coach, Jefferson football
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freshman), TylerFoust (6-0, 174,freshman), Tyler
Talboom (6-0, 164,freshman), JordanBlackburn (5-6,125, freshman),Reid Corzine (5-9,146, freshman),Warren Poling (5-7,126, freshman),Alec Lindeman(5-7, 182, freshman), Casey King(5-11, 185, freshman) and William
Legge (5-10, 234, freshman).Projected new starters in the
defense are cornerback George,outside linebackers Hammons andEdinger, Kortokrax at free safety,Bland at defensive end and eitherIllig, Kimmett or McConnahea at theother end,
Depth comes up front in the form ofStant, Ketcham, Boop, Herron, Martin,Stewart, Culp, Rice, Crabtree, Wilson,
King, Munoz, T. Foust, Blackburn,Corzine, Poling,Lindeman andLegge; linebackers
in letterman Elwer(14 solos, 2 assists),S. Wollenhaupt,T h o m p s o n ,Jettinghoff, D.Foust, McCann,Reynolds, Parkinsand Talboom; anddefensive backsNeubert, Truesdale,Lee, Buzard, Mox, Kerby, Gorman,
K. Wollenhaupt, Wrasman, Fitch andDudgeon.Punting will be
Kortokrax, withLee the point-aftertouchdown/f ieldgoal kicker andWessell kickingoff.
Assistant coach-es are Jeff Stant,
Scott Boggs, BenRahrig, Jon Kroeger,Andrew Cano and Jason Cross.
The same two teams that havebeen leading the NWC: LCC andAda; are the same two I pick forthis year. Columbus Grove should bepretty competitive, Lindeman added.Crestview and Allen East have newhead coaches, so youre never surewhat they are doing, but Ive heard
good things about both.Jefferson hosts Northwood Friday,Aug. 26, to commence the new cam-paign.
(Continued from Page 6)
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DELPHOS Jeffersons girls soccerteam finished 2010 on adown note, going 0-14-2.
However, that teamonly had one senior senior defender AlexRostorfer, who tookhome three letters and was in somewhat ofa rebuilding mode.
With all 11 startersreturning, third-yearhead coach LindseyDrerup (6-21-3) has hereyes on much more suc-cess in 2011.
Five of them willbe in their third sea-sons of starting (andfourth as varsity play-ers) in senior CassidyBevington (goalkeeper),
senior Hayley Drerup(midf ie ld /defense) ,senior Megan Gilden(midf ie ld /defense) ,senior Carla Horstman(midfield/forward) andclassmate ElizabethSchosker (forward).
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Lady Jeffcats return soccer starting 11
Jeffersons girls soccer team for the coming campaign has, front from left, Elisabeth Miller, Corrine Metzger, ballgirl MacyPoling, Jenna Moreo and Bailey Miller; middle, Paige Miller, Sydney Drerup, Madison Flack, Dena Frye, Jordyn Radler, RachelMiller and Kylee Haehn; and back, assistant coach Ata John Achilov, Cassidy Bevington, Carla Horstman, Elizabeth Schosker,head coach Lindsey Drerup, Megan Gilden, Amanda Vorst, Hayley Drerup and assistant coach Kayla Giller.
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Hayley Drerup
Dena Martz photo
We are very excited about having an NWC title up for grabs
in girls varsity soccer. I feel the toughest competitors for the title
are going to be Bluffton, Lima Central Catholic and Crestview.
Lindsey Drerup,head coach, soccer
See SOCCER, page 12
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The varsity volleyball unit for 2011 has front, Rileigh Stockwell; middle row, left to right, Brooke Culp, Fallon Van Dyke,Kayla Kill, Kamie Pulford, Gabrielle Pimpas and Heather Pohlman; and back, head coach Joy Early, Caitlin Landwehr, KatieGoergens, Nadine Clarkson, Kelsey Goodwin, Alyssa Miller, Lindsay Deuel and JV coach Kristi Hageman.
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By JIM [email protected]
DELPHOS In 2010, April Merschmantook over the Jefferson volleyball reins forlong-time coach Diane Wilson.
This fall brings another change in theleadership of the Lady Wildcats with4-year junior high coachJoy Early taking over.
She wont be theonly new face in thevarsity program asseven seniors graduatedin the spring, includingtwo fourth-year varsityplayers in 4-year starterKristin Klausing and3-year starting jumping
jack Bridget Culp.As well, four 2-year
letterwinners departed with their diplomas:Morgan Fischbach, Melissa Shobe, ShelbiBrown and AmandaHamilton, along withletterwinner LaurenClaypool.
With only two expe-rienced volleyballersback from 2010: juniorFallon Van Dyke oneof the setters in Earlysplanned 6-2 offensiveset and sophomoreKatie Goergens; Earlywill need some time to find a cohesivestarting six and capable backups.
Two of those she expects to step into theholes in the lineup are sophomore RileighStockwell and sophomore Kamie Pulford,the other setter in the 6-2.
We have several underclassmen thatare showing great promise, Early noted.Still, we have very little experience. Sincewe lost those seven seniors last year, manyof our upperclassmen lack playing time at
the varsity level.At this point, our main goal throughout
the season is steady improvement.This years crew will only have two
seniors in comparison to 2010s seven:
Nadine Clarkson and Kelsey Goodwin.Three juniors will also fight for playingtime: Kayla Kill, Caitlin Landwehr andAlyssa Miller, while sophomores Gabrielle
Pimpas and Lindsay Deuel and freshmenBrooke Culp and Heather Pohlman arealso in the mix.
The junior varsity team has, in addi-tion to Kill, Pimpas, Deuel, Culp and
Pohlman, has junior Libbi Brown; sopho-mores Kimber Kill, Brooke Teman andKenidi Ulm; and frosh Shannon Coil,Jenna Gilden, Bethany Kaverman and
Desteni Lear.Im looking forward to a great first
year of coaching. We have a greatgroup of girls who work hard and aredetermined to compete at their best, Early
added.Her first season will start on Tuesday,Aug. 29, at home versus Waynesfield-Goshen.
Early has young unit for first Jeffcat net team
Clarkson
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The 2011 Jefferson golf team has,front from left, Jacob Hamilton, RyanBullinger, Nick Gallmeier, TylerWrasman, Kyle Berelsman and ZackWannemacher; and back, head coachChad Brinkman, Alex Ketcham, CarterCox, Tyler Miller, Jacob Violet, A.J.Teman and Alex Garza.
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DELPHOS Chad Brinkman didnthave a lot of experience back when hehelmed the Jefferson boys golf unit in2010, his first season taking over forChad Jostpille.
That crew finished 7-11 in dual meetsand ended up seventh in the NorthwestConference regular season (8th in theNWC tournament).
He hopes that with the loss of only one senior 3-year varsity letterman Matt Waldick from that edi-tion of Wildcats, 2011 promises bigger and better thingsfor his Division III program.
We have to improve our coursemanagement, consistency and confi-dence; if we do that, we have four play-ers capable of scoring in the 40s on aregular basis, Brinkman noted. Theplayers get along so well and are verycoachable. They are eager to improveand have the tools to be successful.
Six players gained a ton of varsityexperience from last fall and four ofthem are seniors: Alex Garza (No. 3
man at 51.2 strokes per-nine average),Tyler Miller (No. 4, 52.1), AJ Teman (No. 6, 55.2) andJacob Violet (No. 6, 52.4).
The other two are juniors in their second seasons ofplaying the sport: Nick Gallmeier, the top golfer in aver-age back at 47.4 strokes per-9 holes, and Tyler Wrasman(No. 5 at 49.6).
Added to the roster for 2011 are sophomore AlexKetchamm, sophomore Kyle Berelsman and classmateJacob Hamilton; and freshmen Ryan Bullinger, CarterMox and Zach Wannamacher.
Our freshmen as a group, and particularly Carter,have the potential to fight for varsity spots, Brinkmanadded. We just need to be more consistent scorers,especially those that have experience from last fall, to bemore confident in our swings for specific shots and be
more mindful of course management.That is our goal and our key to successthis fall.
Nick was a pleasant surprise lastfall; it was his first in organized golfand he has a natural swing. He workedhard in the summer and last yearsexperience should help him a greatdeal. I look for him to be even moreof a surprise and to be our workhorseand medalist in most matches. Samething with Tyler Wrasman; he has the
tools to be a low scorer and really solidify his game. Iexpect Alex and Tyler Miller to be our leaders, Jacob tosolidify his game and either AJ or Carter to be that sixth
man for us.The NWC will be competitive
throughout, with Lima Central Catholic
being the team to catch. I am excited tosee each of our players improve, under-stand the game a little more each timeout, compete and have fun.
The Wildcats already have twomatches under their belts for 2011.
Brinkman has experience in Wildcat golfers
We have to improveour course management,
consistency and confi-
dence; if we do that, we
have four players capable
of scoring in the 40s on
a regular basis. The
players get along so well
and are very coach-
able. They are eager
to improve and have the
tools to be successful.
Chad Brinkman,
head Jefferson golf coach
The NWC will be competitive throughout, with Lima Central Catholic being the team to catch. I am excited
to see each of our players improve, understand the game a little more each time out, compete and have fun.
Chad Brinkman,
head Jefferson golf coach
Garza
Miller
Teman
Violet
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junior Rachel Miller (forward/midfield), along with second-year starters in senior Amanda
Vorst (forward), junior PaigeMiller (midfield), junior JennaMoreo (midfield/defense) and
junior Corrine Metzger (for-ward).
Our most important goal ofthe season is to bring home as many wins as pos-sible, which I feel is very possible. Another goalof ours is to keep taking progressive steps for-ward toward improving, Coach Drerup noted.Too many times last season, we took one stepforward and two steps back. As far as strengths
go, having a majority of our team being return-ing starters is a plus as they know the lay of theland; however, our incoming newcomers doexpress a lot of potential, so I look for them toreally step up this season as well.
Our weaknesses again come from the mid-field; we aim to work on gaining control ofthe midfield to ease our offense-to-defense
transitions. This season, weare expecting to utilize differ-ent formations and defensivemindsets.
Drerup, who struggled
with injuries that depleteda less-than-deep roster tobegin with, is looking forthose newcomers in juniorMadison Flack, freshman for-ward Kylee Haehn, freshmanBailey Miller, freshman Elisabeth Miller andclassmate Jordyn Radler to give the starters abreak and provide more punch and versatilityto the roster.
She is also excited about the NorthwestConference crowning a girls soccer champion
for the first time.We are very excited about having an
NWC title up for grabs in girls varsity soc-cer. I feel the toughest competitors for the titleare going to be Bluffton, Lima Central Catholicand Crestview, she added.
Jefferson opened the 2011 campaign Monday,Aug. 22, at Van Wert.
Soccer
Our most important goal
of the season is to bring home
as many wins as possible,
which I feel is very possible.
Another goal of ours is to keep
taking progressive steps forward
toward improving. Too many
times last season, we tookone step forward and two
steps back. As far as strengths
go, having a majority of
our team being returning
starters is a plus as they know
the lay of the land; however,
our incoming newcomersdo express a lot of poten-
tial, so I look for them
to really step up this season
as well.
Lindsey Drerup,head coach, soccer
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DELPHOS Todd Schulte won St.Johns sixth state foot-ball title last December his fourth in 12 years with a senior-laden,experienced team.
He lost 21 seniors most of whom wonat least two varsity let-ters and several threeand four from a 15-0team (8-0 in the MidwestAthletic Conference.
To keep up the good work in 2011,Schulte (127-32) will have to do the samewith a much less experienced, much moreunderclassmen-oriented team.
That was last years team; this is thisyears. We enjoyed the state title from lastyear but these kids know that they cantrest on their laurels; no one is going togive them anything, Schulte noted. Last
year is over; its time to move on.We lost a lot of experienced players, a
lot of size, speed and athleticism and they
wont be easy to replace.Among the majorlosses from the offenseof a year ago were basi-cally the entire line:fourth-year left tackleAustin Vogt (25 pan-cake blocks; Univ. OfIndianapolis) and rightguard Derek Klaus (15)and quarterback JordanLeininger (162 rushes,1,234 yards, 12 scores;83-of-158 passing, 1,398 yards, 19 TDs,3 picks; preferred walk-on at BGSU ondefense), third-season linemen left guardJoey Grubenhoff (16 pancakes; missedfour games due to injury) and center AlexRecker (16 pancakes) and first-year righttackle Seth Knebel.
Also gone are wideout Tyler Bergfeld(28 catches, 541 yards, 10 TDs), tailback
Evan Burgei (218 rushes, 1,673 yards, 27scores; 10 grabs, 119 yards, 2 TDs), wide-out AJ Klausing (7 catches, 192 yards, 2
tallies), tight end/fullback Chris Pohlman(prefered walk-on atBGSU), wide receiverJoe Haggard (5 grabs,68 yards, 2 tallies)and tight end JustinGrothouse (9 catches,145 yards, 1).
The defense willbe without the 2-timedefending Division VIDefensive Player of theYear in Mike lineback-er Pohlman (77 solos, 54 assists), outsidelinebacker Dylan Dancer (55 solos, 48assists, 5 fumble recoveries), fourth-yearstarting free safety Bergfeld (23 tackles,4 picks; 18 picks for his career), Klausingat strong safety (36 solos, 15 assists),Recker (28 solos, 23 assists, 2 sacks, 16QB harassments) and Klaus (45 solos, 21assists, 10 sacks, 33 quarterback harass-
ments) at end, 2-year starters noseguardCody Brinkman (48 solos, 43 assists, 7sacks, 9 QB harassments) and defensive
tackle Kasey Bonifas (13 total tackles;injured late in the sea-son), safety Tyler Ditto(43 and 19, 4 picks),tackle Vogt (13 stops)and end Vinny Wiley(13 solos, 8 assists).
The final seniorswere WR BradGerberick, defensivetackle Jacob Rode,defensive end ReedHesseling (18 tackles)and center Nate Hoffman.
Recker also handled the punting chores(38 punts, 36.4-yardaverage).
Senior veteransleading the Blue andGold multiple-I forma-tion offense this fall arefourth-year senior kick-er Josh Rode (6-0, 175;70-of-73 extra points,3-of-4 field goals, 79
points, fullback JordanBergfeld (95 rushes, 733 yards, 13 scores;10 receptions, 128 yards, 1 tally), wide-out Tanner Calvelage(7 catches, 150 yards,1) and guard/turned/left tackle Alex Wehri(5-10, 220; 6 pancakesreplacing Grubenhoff).
Defensively, keycogs in this years 4-3scheme are seniors in
Sam linebacker KyleNeumeier (team-lead-
New-look Jays seek to defend title
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ing 78 solos and 57assists), cornerback/turned/free safetyRyan Densel (32 and9; 5 picks) and rightcornerback Calvelage(17 and 6; 3 picks;also expected to dothe punting).
Depth for estab-lished startersincludes left tacklesAaron Ledyard (6-3, 192, senior),Spencer Ginter (6-3, 230, sopho-more) and DylanStump (5-10, 205,
junior); fullback BrettSchwinnen (5-11,185, junior), LukeMacLennan (5-10,170, sophomore) andBrock Bonifas (5-10,200, junior); and splitends Andrew Metzger(6-3, 163, junior),
Austin Jostpille (6-1, 170, senior),Garth Lucius (5-11,165, senior), juniorsIsaac Altenburger(5-10, 160), Jared
Knebel (5-8, 148)and Ben Youngpeter(6-0, 162), AndyMay (5-9, 145,sophomore) andBen Wrasman (5-10,160, sophomore).
Expected to stepinto the offensive lineup up front at leftguard is junior Seth Bockey (6-2, 225),backed up by Rode, Adam Haunhorst(6-2, 200, senior),Luke Wrasman (6-0,175, junior) andAustin Wolke (5-10,195, junior); centerKent Staup (5-11,210, junior), backedby Brice Schulte(5-10, 183, senior)and Wrasman; rightguard Schulte, with
depth from Austin Reindel (5-11,205, senior), KodyWhite (6-1, 210, junior) and KellenSchomaeker (5-11,
165, sophomore);right tackle DrewNeuemier (6-0, 232,senior), backed byAndrew Grothouse(6-0, 215, junior),Ryan Schumaker(6-4, 230, sopho-more) and Nate Schroeder (5-10, 235,sophomore); andtight end DavidLindeman (6-2,180, senior), withbackup seniorsKyle Neumeier(5-11, 189, senior),Austin Sheeter(5-11, 173) andElijah Brinkman(5-11, 180), Clay
Jays
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See JAYS, page 16Lisk Wehri
Schulte
(Continued from Page 14)Were excited about the new season.
These seniors have had 15 extra weeksof practice a season and a half intheir careers and I expect that will bea benefit. We had a great offseason
of work in the weight room and otherconditioning; many of these kids werein the weight room the Monday after
the state game and never left, theywere that excited. I would say the teamspeed we have this year is comparableto last year. We have some very goodathletes Also, we have enough depth
in many positions that most of ourstarters will be able to go one way;those that go both ways which wewill have, especially early on with the
veterans well be able to spell.
Todd Schulte,head football coach
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Courtney (5-11, 167, junior), Jake Hays(6-0, 185, junior),Cody Looser (6-2,185, sophomore) andJason Wittler (6-0,175, sophomore).
New under centeris Alex Clark (6-3,185, senior), with
depth via Mark Boggs(6-2, 175, junior) andBen Wrasman (5-10,160, sophomore). Thenew tailback is senior
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more).Depth for the
returning defensivestarters includes rightcorner Altenburger,Deffenbaugh andThornton; Sam line-backer Jettinghoff,Staup and TroyWarnecke; and freesafety Metzger, Liskand Pohlman.
New starters up front are DrewNeumeier at left tackle and Bonifasthe other, left endBrinkman, right endCourtney, Schwinnenat the Mike line-
backer, Boggs atAx linebacker, BenWarnecke at left cor-ner and Jostpille atthe will safety.
Providing depthare the likes ofleft tackles Wehri,Ledyard, Ginter,Stump, Schroederand Shumaker;right tackles Logan
Looser, Wolke, Nageland Schomaeker;left ends Reindel,Schulte, Hays,White and Wittler;right ends Rode,Bockey, Lindemanand Haunhorst; Axlinebacker Cody Looser, Bergfeld andWrasman; Schwinnen and MacLennanat Mike linebacker; will safeties inKrendel, Lucius and Youngpeter; andleft corner Buettner, Knebel and May.
Were excited about the new sea-son. These seniors have had 15 extraweeks of practice a season and a half in their careers and I expect that willbe a benefit, Schulte said. We had agreat offseason of work in the weightroom and other conditioning; manyof these kids were in the weight roomthe Monday after the state game and
never left, they werethat excited. I wouldsay the team speed wehave this year is com-parable to last year. We
have some very goodathletes Also, we haveenough depth in manypositions that most ofour starters will be ableto go one way; thosethat go both ways which we will have,especially early on withthe veterans well beable to spell.
Our biggest con-cerns are the lack ofoverall varsity gameexperience; were goingto have to get that ina hurry with our non-league and MAC sched-ule. They dont allowyou to take your timeto grow up. We have had to slow thingsdown as far as puttingthings in; we have hadto focus on more reps,fundamentals and tech-nique. We dont have
near the size, either.Assistant coaches
are Adam Lee, StevePeanut Recker, JerryJackson, Dick Clark,Dan Metzger, SeanHulihan, Jason Bockey,Dr. Jerry Burgei and Neil Miller.
We all know thatthe key to our offenseis the offensive line andwe are searching for
the right combination.We have seen steadyimprovement so far andwell have to continueto see that through-out the year, Schulteadded. Its going to bea matter of them gettingcomfortable with our game plan, espe-cially running the football. We want tobe good at a couple of things early andhope we get better at more as we go. Wehave enough competition and depth thatmay be that who we start at the beginningwont be by the end. We want that kindof competitiveness.
We have a lot of unanswered questionsnow; our goal is to get them answered assoon as we can.
The new-look Jays open 2011Saturday, Aug. 27, at Lima CentralCatholic.
Jays(Continued from Page 15)
Will Sheeter Lucius
Neumeier Looser
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DELPHOS The St. Johns cross country teams havebeen fighting the numbers game for years.
That will be no different this fall as only five total runnersare out for 2011 for second-year head coach Steve Hellman.
However, one of the girls is sophomore standout MeganJoseph, a regional qualifier as a freshman last fall.
She was my only high school girl last year. She set herpersonal record of 20:00 the fourth fastest in school his-tory at the Midwest Athletic Conference meet last yearwhere she earned honorable-mention all-league, Hellmannoted. She missed qualifying for state by less than 30 sec-
onds. Our goal for her this year is to qualify for state and beall-league at the MAC meet. I look for her to be in the top 10at each meet this year.
Jay harriers still struggling with numbers
The other veterans are all on the boys side:junior Todd Rode (third year on varsity) and
sophomore Aaron Hellman.Todd had a PR of 22:32 last year. He hasshown lots of improvement this summer over
last year and I expect him to take his PR evenlower this year, Coach Hellman continued.
Aaron was our No. 2 runner last year andwas the first freshman to go under 20:00 in
The 2011 St. Johns cross country team has, left to right, junior Todd Rode, junior Teresa Pohlman,sophomore Megan Joseph, coach Steve Hellman, freshman Anthony Hale and sophomore AaronHellman.
Blue Jays cross countryCharlie Ashby photo
With only three boys and two girls
running this year, we will not be able tocompete as a team, so we will be look-
ing at improving individually this year
with the hope of getting some individual
awards at the meets. We have a very chal-
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having between 100 and 250 runners in
each race. We open our season at homewith 15 other schools coming to Stadium
Park for the Blue Jay Invitational.
Steve Hellman,head cross country coach
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ish well; we have high expectations for a lot of success this year. John Klausinghead golf coach
Charlie Ashby photo
Members of the 2011 St. Johns golf team include, front from left, J.R. Keirns, T.J. Hoersten, Drew Wagner, Craig Klausing,Aaron Miller and Nick Kayser; and back, Coach John Klausing, Cody Kundert, Sean Flanagan, Isaac Klausing, Cole Fischbach,Eric Bergfeld, Aaron Honigford and Matthew Warnecke.
Blue Jay golf 2011
By JIM [email protected]
DELPHOS With seven let-terwinners back from a 4-6 dual-meet season in 2010, second-yearSt. Johns boys golf coach JohnKlausing has a veteran crew.
We qualified for districts as ateam last year. This year, with thereturning letterwinners, we shouldsee great strides in our game andfinish well; we have high expecta-tions for a lot of success this year,Klausing noted.
With only Ryan Edelbrock andJames Klausing gone via gradua-tion from last years group, CoachKlausing will build this yearscampaign around third-year var-sity players in senior CodyKundert, senior Isaac Klausing,senior Eric Bergfeld and juniorNick Kayser.
As well, three others lettered ayear ago: junior Cole Fischbach,
junior Craig Klausing and juniorSean Flanagan.Coach Klausing will have six
more participants on his unit toprovide depth and competition in2011: senior Matthew Warnecke,senior Anthony Buzzard, juniorAaron Miller (lettered as a fresh-man), junior Drew Wagner, sopho-more T.J Hoersten and freshmanJordan Keirns.
Assisting Klausing in the coach-ing ranks are Jim Warnecke, TomRekart and Dean Bowersock.
St. Johns golfers loaded with veterans
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Lady Jay varsity volleyballers
The 2011 edition of the St. Johns varsity volleyball team has, kneeling from left, Nicole Winhover, Lindsey Wannemacher,Madison Zuber, Emily Horstman, Katrina Etzkorn and Christie Carder; and standing, head coach Kellie Sterling, Bailie Hulihan,Lauren Utrup, Heather Vogt, Shelby Reindel, Paige Lucas, Maggie Wehri and Rebekah Fischer.
By JIM [email protected]
DELPHOS St.Johns volleyballcoach Kellie Sterlingis confident she hasa team full of enoughveterans to improveupon last falls 9-15mark.
With third-yearsenior starter ShelbyReindel (5-11 middlehitter) leading theBlue and Gold into2011, Sterling expects to add a fewmore victories to her19-29 2-year mark asthe head coach.
Along with Reindel,other starters/letter-winners back from2010 are Heather Vogt(5-9 junior middle hit-ter), Katrina Etzkorn(5-2 junior defensivespecialist), EmilyHorstman (5-5 juniordefensive special-ist/outside hitter) and classmate BailieHulihan (5-5 outside hitter).
Even though we may look young
Reindel leading the St. Johns volleyballers
on paper, having bothof my middle hitters,two of my defensivespecialists and an out-side hitter returningwill bring the experi-ence that is needed. Inaddition to this, oneof our major strengthsthis year is that I havea handful of girls that
can be placed in anyposition and do well atit, Sterling explained. This year, weneed to focus more on keeping the ballin play and minimizing our errors. Everypoint is critical in rally-scoring and thisis where we can improve on from lastyear. We will need to concentrate onconsistency and defense.
With the graduation of four girls who
lettered last fall: Katie Wallenhorst,Tiffany Geise, Melanie Mansfield andGabrielle Metzner; Sterling will turn toa crop of promising newcomers: NicoleWinhover (5-6 senior defensive special-ist), Maggie Wehri (5-7 senior right-sidehitter), Christie Carder (5-5 junior set-ter), Lauren Utrup (5-6 junior right-sidehitter), Madison Zuber (5-7 junior defen-sive specialist/outside hitter) and LindseyWannemacher (5-2 junior setter).
The rest of the varsity has Paige Lucas(5-7 sophomore setter) and freshmanRebekah Fischer (5-7 middle hitter).
The junior varsity unit has Lucas,Fischer and sophomores BrittanyClaypool (5-6 outside hitter), KaylieYoungpeter (5-5 outside hitter), SamSchwinnen (5-6 outside hitter), MaddieBurgei (5-3 defensive specialist), AliciaBuettner (5-8 middle hitter) and Gwen
Neumeier (5-2 defensive specialist).The freshmen team has Lydia
Schwinnen (5-5 right-side hitter),Alaina Backus (5-4 middle hitter),Lexi Martz (5-1 defensive specialist),Haleigh Dewyer (5-3 outside hitter),Kestley Hulihan (5-4 outside hitter),Kaity Gardis (5-9 middle hitter), SamKramer (5-4 setter) and Colleen Schulte(5-7 setter).
We play in one of the toughest
leagues in the area (Midwest AthleticConference) and with that comes a lot oftradition like Marion Local and St.Henry; however, there are many teamsin the MAC that can surprise you atany time because of the competitivenature of the league, she added.
The Lady Blue Jays visit Van WertMonday, Aug. 29, to start the 2011 sea-son.
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Wehri
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Kellie Sterlinghead volleyball coach
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The 2011 St. Johns girls soccer team has, front from left, Jessica Hammons, Kait Wrasman, Kristie Grothouse, CourtneyGrothouse, Myriah Jackson, Julie Bonifas and Katie Evans; 2nd Row: watergirl Carleigh Ankerman, Ashley Kroeger, RyleeHamilton, Jessica Recker, Brittany Kramer, Ally Mohler, Morgan Musser, Kelsey Pohlman, Alyssa Gable, Sam Bonifas andwatergirl Erin Williams; 3rd Row: head coach John Munoz, manager Alethea Matthews, Jessica Koverman, Olivia Miller,Lindsey Warnecke, Sam Wehri, Madison Kreeger, Sydney Freund, Emilee Grothouse, Rachel Michel, Emily McRedmond, man-ager Fr. Jacob Gordon and assistant coach Kristy Hasenkamp.
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Johns had the best girlssoccer program in its his-tory, making it to the re-gionals for the first timeever before seeing its sea-son end at 16-3-2.
However, nine letter-winning players gradu-ated in the spring and twomore chose not to go out for third-year headcoach John Munoz (21-13-6), so an encoremight be a rough road to hoe.
With five of those seniors taking 15 let-ters with them: Alicia Ankerman, SamanthaStant, Bailey Calvelage, Emma Boggs andAlyssa Berelsman; three more taking sixletters in Becca Saine, Cassie Schimmoellerand Kaitin Schwieterman; and a ninth inSarah Shrider, who lettered last year; Mu-
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(Continued from Page 17)five years with a PR of 19:55. Withthe loss of our No. 1 runner (JasonMichel), he is looking at moving up
to be our #1 runner this year. I amlooking for him to get under 19:00this year and constantly being in thetop half of each meet.
The other loss via graduation besideMichel (4-year varsity letterwinner) isChris Goodwin, a 3-year letterman.
There will only be one other boy freshman Anthony Hale and oneother girl junior Teresa Pohlman on the roster.
Anthony had a good junior high
season last year. I am looking forhim to compete for the #2 runner thisyear, Hellman said. This is Teresasfirst year of running. She has had agood summer of conditioning and Iexpect her to improve a lot as she getused to running.
With only three boys and two girlsrunning this year, we will not be able
to compete as a team, so we will belooking at improving individually thisyear with the hope of getting someindividual awards at the meets. We
have a very challenging schedule thisyear with the meets having between100 and 250 runners in each race. Weopen our season at home with 15 otherschools coming to Stadium Park forthe Blue Jay Invitational.
Just as all the other sports, ourleague meet is very competitive. Lastyear in the girls race, the first sevengirls times would have set our schoolrecord with Minster, Versailles andColdwater leading the way. On the
boys side, it will be Minster, St. Henryand Coldwater as the top teams.
I have five junior-high runnerscompeting this year: Curtis Pohlman,Nick Pohlman, Patrick Stevenson,Anna Mueller and Maria Giambruno-Fuge.
The opener is Saturday, Aug. 27,with a 9 a.m. start.
Harriers
Just as all the other sports,
our league meet is very competitive.
Last year in the girls race,
the first seven girls times would have
set our school record with
Minster, Versailles and Coldwater
leading the way. On the boys side,
it will be Minster, St. Henry and
Coldwater as the top teams.
Steve Hellman,head cross country coach
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noz has a lot of holes to fillin 2011.
We are trying to fill alot of positions since losinga lot of senior starters last
year, Munoz noted.Still, he does have three
senior starters back to buildthis years crew around,
including seniors MyriahJackson (third season), JulieBonifas (third season; cap-tain) and second-year starterCourtney Grothouse.
Also, seven more did
earn letters providing depthoff the bench in third-yearvarsity player and captainKaitlin Wrasman (senior),
captain Kristie Grothouse(senior), Katie Evans (se-nior), Alyssa Gable (junior),Kelsey Pohlman (junior),Sam Bonifas (sophomore)and Madison Kreeger(sophomore).
Those seven are lookingto step into the lineup or pro-vide depth, along with prom-ising newcomers such asJessica Hammons (senior);Morgan Musser (junior),Brittany Kramer (junior),Ashley Kroeger (junior),Ally Mohler (junior), JessicaRecker (junior), Rylee Ham-
ilton (junior), Jessica Kover-
man (sophomore), LindseyWarnecke (sophomore), SamWehri (freshman), EmileeGrothouse (freshman), Em-ily McRedmond (freshman),Rachel Michel (freshman),
Olivia Miller (freshman) andSydney Freund (freshman).
We have a group of girlsthat are very hard workersand are eager to learn a lotabout the game, Munozadded. Our main goal thisyear is for the girls knowl-edge of the game to improveand in turn have better play-ers with better understand-ing of the game.
We are trying to focuson our individual game. Wereally want the girls to be-come good athletes by fall-ing in love with the game ina very fun environment.
Kristy Hasenkamp is theassistant coach.
All home matches for the2011 season will be playedbehind the high school.
The first match was onthe road at St. Marys Memo-rial Tuesday, Aug. 23.
MunozWe are trying to fill
a lot of positions
since losing a lot of
senior starterslast year.
John Munoz,head soccer coach
We are trying to focus on our individual game. We really
want the girls to become good athletes by falling in love
with the game in a very fun environment.
John Munoz,head soccer coach
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FORT JENNINGS Gregg Luthmanroamed the Fort Jennings boys soccer sidelinefor several seasons earlier in this century.
He returns to the Musketeer sideline thisfall and will help inaugurate a new field.
He takes over for 2-year coach BillRomes.
His team will miss fourth-year varsityplayer Austin Norbeck (midfield), third-yearveterans in Tyler Good (goalkeeper), JaredCalvelage (defense), Andrew Huntsman(defense), Brad Trentman (midfield) andRyan Schuerman (midfield/forward) and
2-year veterans Andrew Louth (midfield/forward) and Ryan Kraner (defense) due tograduation.
Third-year senior Aaron Schnipke (for-ward) and classmate Brian Wurst (midfield)will be two key cogs for Luthman.
Other experienced performers are seniordefenders Jeremy Kohli, Nick Verhoffand Ethan Schimmoeller, senior TylerWiedeman (forward), Jason Berelsman(goalkeeper) and midfielder JeremySchimmoeller, as well as sophomore Seth
Ricker (midfield).The rest of the roster will come from thejunior varsity ranks a year ago or newcom-ers to the high school team in senior PeteyVan Loo; juniors Adam Kleman, ChadRecker, Tyler Neidert, Dylan Eldridge andDrew Stechschulte; sophomores SpencerDray, Jared Hoersten, Craig Stewart,Garrett Berelsman, Dylan Van Loo; andfreshmen Austin Kehres, Chad Wurst,Mark Metzger, Connor Wallenhorst, EvanRecker and Alex Vetter.
Assistant coaches are Bill Calvelage and
Alex Maag.Fort Jennings takes on host Elida in
tonights Elida Soccer Classic to open2011.
The 2011 Fort Jennings boys varsitysoccer unit has, front from left, man-
ager Connor Hoersten, Austin Kehres,Jared Hoersten, Dylan Eldridge,Chad Wurst, Mark Metzger, ConnorWallenhorst and Seth Recker; mid-dle, Tyler Wiedeman, Craig Stewart,Evan Recker, Alex Vetter, DrewStechschulte, Adam Kleman, NickVerhoff and Ethan Schimmoeller; andstanding, assistant coach Alex Maag,Jeremy Schimmoeller, Aaron Schnipke,Brian Wurst, Spencer Dray, JeremyKohli, Jason Berelsman, assistantcoach Bill Calvelage and head coach
Gregg Luthman. Absent are GarrettBerelsman, Petey Van Loo, Dylan VanLoo, Chad Recker and Tyler Neidert.
Musketeer boys soccerJim Metcalfe photo
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By JIM [email protected]
FORT JENNINGS Rodney Wagner beginshis 10th season at the helm of the Fort Jennings
girls soccer program with a 104-58-17 mark at theschool.
With a brand-new soccer field to inauguratethis fall, that will be one of the few brand-newparts of his team as he will have seven returningstarters and seven other letterwinners from that11-6-3 team (2-1-1 in the Putnam County League)in 2010.
This will also be the season when girls soc-cer goes to three divisions, with the LadyMusketeers falling into the Division III ranks.
Returning to man starting spots in the front lineare the likes of senior fourth-year varsity playerMorgan Schroeder (midfielder), senior Kelsey VonLehmden (third year; goalkeeper) and classmates
Andrea Heitmeyer (fullback), Cassie Kaverman(midfielder) and Gina Clay (midfielder); and third-year juniors Macy Schroeder (forward) and LoriBruskotter (fullback).
Other veterans are juniors Kristen Maag (mid-fielder), Katlin Stechschulte (midfielder), ElainaMaag (midfielder), Marissa Mesker (forward) andJenna Von Sossan (midfielder); and 10th-gradersCassie Horstman (fullback) and Ashley Gable(forward).
We return those starters and the other girls thatplayed last season; they have a good understandingof the game. We have girls that can score wescored 50 goals last season in 19 games and yetwe are a strong defensive-minded team; we onlygave up one goal a game last season, Wagnernoted. We try to be a good ball-control team; welike the possession game because of you can con-trol the ball, its hard for the opponent to score.
Despite those positives, Wagner has concerns.As with any team, the health during the sea-
son is our main concern. We had a few injuriesthis summer but hope to have everyone back bythe start of the season, Wagner continued. Anyarea to address is how we start the season; we arealways slow-starting but changes in the start of theyear from last season may help with that.
Team chemistry is another area we focus on;a good team plays together and doesnt care about
anything but the team.He will have to find replacements for fiveplayers that took 17 varsity letters with themupon graduation: 4-year players Alyssa Piasecki(fullback), Lauren Verhoff (forward) and Taylor
Wagners Lady Musketeers loaded for 2011
Wallenhorst (midfield), 3-year player MindyMerricle (fullback) and 2-year player MelissaKrietemeyer (fullback).
With a boatload of players who got seri-ous playing time on last falls junior varsitysquad: second-year letterwinners in juniors GinaStechschulte (fullback), Martina Weems (forward/midfielder) and Mara Brown (midfielder/fullback);along with junior Brittany Inkrott (forward/mid-fielder) and sophomores Emily Grone (goalkeeper/forward), Jamie Saum (fullback), Marissa Good(forward) and Nicole Ricker (fullback/forward);Wagner and his coaching staff dont have to startfrom scratch in plugging those girls into any open-ings or providing even more depth.
We have good speed overall and girls that arenot afraid to play the ball while it is in the air. Withour speed, we are looking to attack and score butstill be a strong defensive unit, he said.
Eight freshmen are coming into the highschool program, keeping the tradition going forthe Lady Musketeers to have plenty of numbers:Erin Osting (goalkeeper), Hannah Clay (midfield-er), Alyssa Louth (midfielder), Alyssa Wiedeman(fullback), Jenna Calvelage (forward/midfielder),Keri Eickholt (forward/midfielder), Lindsey Korte(goalkeeper/fullback) and Sarah Chandler (mid-fielder/forward).
The PCL race shapes up early for theMusketeers.
Its always tough for us because we play threeof our four league games the second and thirdweeks of the season. Filling the gaps from lastseason and good team chemistry should give us
a chance at a PCL title this year, Wagner added.Continental was a little down last year but theyare always tough; they look to be a lot stronger thistime and Coach (Toby) Bidlack always has a way
of getting his team prepared for the season. Kalidahas a very good program under Coach (Dave)Kehres; they return a lot of starters and won theleague last fall.
Miller City has a bunch of girls that playphysical and never quit; they are well-coachedand do a lot of the basics well. Ottoville has a newcoach and probably a different style this season,which makes it hard to call, but I know the coachesand I think they will give every team a run for itsmoney.
Kalida, as defending champions, has to beconsidered the favorites but when PCL teams gettogether, its hard to tell who is coming out on topthat day.
Jim Buettner and Jason Wagner are the assis-tant coaches.
Jennings commenced 2011 Monday, Aug. 22,versus Wapakoneta.
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Members of the Fort Jennings golf team for 2011 are, front row, l-r, Bret Clay, Nate German, Lucas Luebrecht, Josh Wittlerand Collin Wieging. In the second row (l-r) are Nolan Neidert, Zach Schuerman, Cody Warnecke, Kurt Warnecke, Tanya Korteand Todd Hoehn, head coach.
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By JIM [email protected]
FORT JENNINGS Fort Jenningsboys golf coach Todd Hoehn has a lotof leeway with his numbers for the 2011links campaign.
After all, the 13th-year mentor hasnine individuals to make up a team.
However, four of them are experi-enced from last years crew, includingnumber 1 golfer Cody Warnecke (fourthyear) and third man Zach Schuerman(fourth year), both seniors; as well assecond golfer Kurt Warnecke (thirdyear), a junior; and second-year sopho-more Nate German (No. 5).
Hoehn only lost Tyler Dray to gradu-ation from a year ago.
Hopefully, our experience willallow us to compete with opponentsand understand how the season works.We still need to find consistency in ourfourth and fifth players, Hoehn said.Were looking for our experiencedupperclassmen to be consistent and con-fident leaders for the younger players asthe season develops. Im looking for-ward to getting into competition to seewhere we stack up.
Newcomrs to the unit some whocame out late include Josh Wittler(sophomore), Bret Clay, LucasLuebrecht, Collin Wieging, NolanNeidert and the only girl playing, TonyaKorte.
Jennings linksters growing in numbers in 2011
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2011 Bearcat gridders
By JIM [email protected]
SPENCERVILLE The Spencervillevarsity football program has endured back-to-back 0-10 campaigns.
Third-year coach John Zerbe hopes thatthe losing streak will end quickly in 2011with 16 returning starters back from lastyears edition.
Whereas in 2010, the team lacked seniorsand overall experience, this years crew hasexperience and more than a few seniors.
Seniors returning for their third seasonsof varsity including Jared Rex (WR/DB),Daniel Binkley (RB/DB), Austin Lotz (RB/LB), Tyler Shumate (OL/LB) and Brandon
Ball (WR/DB), as well as second-yearseniors Calvin Grigsby (WR/DB), AustinSchleeter (TE/LB) and Josh Decker (OL/DL).
Juniors back for their third campaignsinclude Derek Goecke (QB/DB) and LucasKrouskop (OL/DL).
Juniors returning for their second yearsof varsity time are Cole Roberts (RB/DB),Dominick Corso (TE/DL), Devon Cook(WR/DB), John Smith (RB/DB), ColemanMcCormick (OL/DL) and Lucas Shumate(OL/DL).
As well, senior Nate Stidham (OL/DL)and junior Hunter Patton (QB/DB) return aslettermen.
We lost two starters on offense and two
on defense. With all the experience back,that will be a strength, as will simple physi-cal maturity, Zerbe noted. Our strength isimproved and so is our speed.
However, depth is always an issue at asmall school such as ours. We have to stayhealthy.
Among those looking to step in fordeparted seniors Levi Krouskop (TE/LB), Keaton Vandemark (OL/LB), AaronPatterson (OL/DL), Trevor Hardeman (WR/DB) and Devlin Hinojosa (OL/DL) arepromising newcomers Niko Molina andsophomores Anthony Schuh (RB/LB) andBen Bowers (RB/DB).
The Bearcats are also switching offensivephilosophies, going from the spread attack
to a Wing-T.We want to play physical, hard-nosed
football in changing our offense to the Wing-T.Adding former Jefferson Head Coach JimMorris as offensive coordinator has been ahuge asset to coaching staff and players,Zerbe added. Defensive Coordinator RickOrr has simplified an aggressive defensivescheme. Todd Merriman and Darren Sharphave done a phenomenal job coaching thedefensive line and secondary. We understandno one will give us credit until we start win-ning games. We want our play on the field todo the talking.
Our goal this year is one thing win.Spencerville begins the 2011 campaign
Friday, Aug. 26, at Indian Lake.
Bearcat gridders trying to break losing streak
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The Spencerville girls cross countryteam for the upcoming season has, frontfrom left, Jennifer Burnett, Alexa Brown,Cortney Miller, Mackenzie Miller and
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SPENCERVILLE Spencerville
cross country coach Brian McMichaelis beginning his 40th season at theboys helm and the 31st for the LadyBearcats.
He has amassed a 2,472-1,683 markfor the boys and 1,194-516 for thegirls.
While last years boys team thatfinished 102-52 overall, third placein the Northwest Conference, fourthin Districts and 13th at Regionals didnt have a lot of experienced harriersreturning from the previous campaign,this years crop has five back.
However, one that wont be is thegraduated Kevin Lenhart (#1 runner in2010, NWC Champ, District Champ,5th at Reg, 29th at State).
As well, Josh Solomon completedhis eligibility in 2010.
He will only have one senior on thisyears roster, third-year varsity veteranNick Davisson (#3 runner in 2010),
while two juniors are back for theirsecond seasons: Keith Lenhart (#2 run-ner in 2010) and Joe Wisher (#4 runnerin 2010).
As well, two sophomores garneredletters last fall: Caleb Vogt (#6 runnerin 2010) and Matthew Hurles (#7 run-ner).
A pair of newcoming juniors arepart of the 2011 edition as well: AaronHefner and Kyle Sawmiller.
We have good team leaders and we
work hard in practice. What we needto get done is mold the runners into acompetitive pack, McMichael noted.The teams success will depend onhow fast the runners develop.
Our team goal is to finish in the tophalf of the teams in each meet, con-tend for the NWC title and advance toRegional. In the league, I would placeus behind Columbus Grove, Crestviewand Lima Central Catholic.
The Lady Bearcats also have five
letterwinners back from a 112-19 end-ing, grabbing the NWC championshipfor the fourth season in a row, plac-ing second in Districts and sixth atRegionals.
The biggest loss via graduation is No.3 runner from 2010, Claire McConnell,a 4-year varsity letterwinners. Also
Lady Bearcats look to defend NWC XC title
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gone are Rachael Rex and Kelsey Oden.Still, he has two fourth-year seniors to build this edi-
tion around: No. 2 runner Cortney Miller and No. 4 AlexaBrown, as well as third-year junior Jennifer Burnett (No. 6runner) and veteran 10th-graders Tori Hardesty (No. 5 run-ner) and Ashley Keiber (No. 7).
He will also have solid depth with six promising new-comers: senior Mackenzie Miller, sophomores KarriPurdy, Caitlin Wurst and Jenna Kahle; and freshmen KacieMulholland and Schylar Miller.
The team has upperclass leadership, meet experienceand works hard in practice. What we have to improve uponis developing team front-runners and running in a pack,he added. The team has good experience and leadershipreturning from the 2010 team that won the NWC title and
was 6th in the Regional. With hard work, they should beamong the favorites to win the NWC title and to advance inthe tournament at the end of the season..
Our goals are to finish in the top three teams in eachmeet, defend the NWC title and advance to the regional meetand on to state. I put us atop the NWC, followed by Bluffton,LCC and Crestview.
The junior high girls has two runners: eighth-grader
Kennedy Sharp and seventh-grader Lexi Gilroy.On the boys side in junior high are eighth-graders JacobCook and David Wisher and seventh-graders Bailey Croft,Chandler Kahle, Dominic Brown, Thad Ringwald and KeithNielsen.
Bev Wisher is the assistant coach.
The Bearcats open the 2011 harrier season Saturday, Aug.26, at the St. Johns Invitational.
Bearcats
The 2011 Spencerville varsity volleyball squad has, front from left, Shelby Mullholland, Morgan Pugh, Jackie Bowsher, AlliGilroy, Schuylar Miller and Katie Merriman; and standing, Taylor Elchert, Devan Hanjora, Abbie Lee, Abby Freewalt, ShannaGerman and head coach Keri Wicker.
Bearcat volleyball 2011
The Delphos Herald
SPENCERVILLE TheSpencerville volleyball program willhave its third head coach in as manyseasons.
Meghan Mohr took over for long-time coach Tom Wegesin in 2010.
This time, it will be Keri Wilker
taking over for Mohr.Wilker will build this edition of
Lady Bearcats around fourth-yearseniors Taylor Elchert (middle/outsidehitter) and Shanna German (right-side/middle hitter), along with second-yearsenior Devan Hanjora (left-side hit-ter).
She also has veteran seniors MorganPugh (middle) and classmate JackieBowsher (setter/defensive specialist).
Having to replace the likes ofthird-year letterwinner Brittany Kill(left-side/middle hitter) and veteransAshley Hook (setter/right-side hitter)and Taylor Numbers (right-side hitter/defensive specialist) due to gradua-tion, Wilker needs some newcomersto step in and contribute in 2011.
Among them are junior AbbieLee, junior Alli Gilroy, junior ShelbyMulholland, junior Abby Freewalt,freshman Schylar Miller and class-mate Katie Merriman.
The junior varsity team has Lee,Gilroy, Merriman, sophomore LouiseAndreassen and freshmen MeganMiller, Amanda Crider, Cierra Adams,Alysa Smith and Chelsea Hanjora.
Spencerville opens the campaignTuesday, Aug. 30, at St. Johns.
Wilker inherits Lady Bearcat volleyballers
Jim Metcalfe photo
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Bearcat golf 2011
Bearcat co-ed soccer 2011
By JIM [email protected]
SPENCERVILLE Spencervilles co-ed soccer team is entering itsthird season of existence in 2011.
In the mind of head coach Dean Brown (2-30 in two years, 1-16 a year
ago), now is the time to step up and be competiti