Winter Sports Preview 2013

By PAT [email protected]

St. Peter girls basketballHEAD COACHBob Southworth, 4th year

ASSISTANT COACHESBill Stuewe, 4th year, head

coach 9 years; Dave Nixon, 1st year

KEY PLAYERSOlivia Hass, junior center,

2 year letter winner, all confer-ence last year, 11.5 points – 7.5 rebounds per game last season.

“We will be counting on Olivia this year to increase her points and rebounds per game,” coach

Bob Southworth said. “She is a di� erence maker on the defensive end with her ability to alter and block shots.”

Logan Retzla� , junior point guard, 2 year letter winner, 5.5

points – 2 rebounds – 3 assists last season.

“Logan also needs to take the next step this year and increase her points, rebounds and assists per game,” Southworth said. “Her

speed allows her to create o� en-sive opportunities in the open court which we will need a lot of this year.”

St. Peter girls basketball team will have new look

The 2013-14 St. Peter girls basketball team (front, from left): Kia Williams, Sid Welp, Olivia Gullickson, Shawna Zabinski, Dani Leonard, Emily Carpenter, Autumn Maas, Maryam Abubaker; (middle row) Ella Wiebusch, Allyssa Hagen, Kellie Hanson, Val Bresnahan, Kaylee Neubauer, Jaide Fonde, Alexis Reese, Alex Eberhart, Zenia Loredo Hollon; (back row) Logan Retzla� , Jana Quick, Marta Springer, Annika Johnson, Olivia Hass, Zoey Bartlett, Megan Roach, Maggie Anderson, Hailey Kennedy, Taylor McCarthy, Mallorie Chabot, Kenna Burmeister. Not pictured: Alyssa Lokensgaard. (Pat Beck/St. Peter Herald)

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St. Peter Boys BasketballHEAD COACHSean Keating, �rst-year head

coach, 4 years varsity assistant, 4 years AAU.

ASSISTANT COACHESVarsity Assistant Tyler Kaus, 5

years Gustavus JV coach,B squad: Neil Doose, 25 yearsC squad: Derek Homrighau-

sen, 4 years 9th grade and varsity assistant

KEY PLAYERSSt. Peter has three returning

seniors with varsity experience:Point guard Cody Erickson,

two-time letter winner, 3.4 points per game, versatile �oor general, voted a team captain. “Cody will be asked to continue to distribute the basketball but will be chal-lenged this year as he will need to pitch in and score more than he has in the past,” head coach Sean

Keating said. “His defense and ability to stay out of foul trouble will be critical.”

Forward Tommy Steidler, two-time letter winner, 13.9 points per game, voted team captain. “Tom-my offers great versatility with his ability to score, rebound and

play multiple positions,” Keating said. “He will be the focal point of opposing defenses and we will be counting on him to continue to improve and make his team-mates better.”

The 2013-14 St. Peter boys basketball team (front row, from left): Aaron Leeb, Bradyn Klubben, Jack Olinger, Joey Moore, Joe Siebels, Khalid Omar, Bill Chadwick, Jordan Hermel, Abdi Omar; (middle row) Javarrie Armwood, Chris Parker, Jacob Lamb, Liban Omar, Ben Johnson, Cody Erickson, Ridwan Abdi, Tanner Nadeau, Noah Hildebrandt; (back row): Mitch Johnson, Cullen Bruce, Nick Rosburg, Tommy Steidler, Kolin Bartlett, Colton Lusty, Koleman Lund, Brady Hanson, Abdi Abubaker. (Pat Beck/St. Peter Herald)

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Head coach: Keith Hanson, 22 years, 11 as head coach

Assistants: Trent Nielsen, 7 years; Mike Hohenstein, 5 years

KEY PLAYERSSenior Kyle Bosacker, 4-time let-

ter winner, 5th place Section 2AA, 81 career varsity wins

Senior Steve Pettis, 4-time letter winner

Senior Collin �ompson, 4-time letter winner, 6th in Section 2AA, 75 career varsity wins

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KEEP YOUR EYE ONEighth-grader Anthony Putz,

6th place Section 2AAMOVED ONAshton Bartlett, 94 winsBennet Baker, 37 winsDylan Connor, 101 winsSEASON OUTLOOKLast season St. Peter finished

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tral Conference Individual Tourna-ment as well as 2nd in the SCC dual meet standings.

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match.”COACH’S COMMENTS“We return a lot of experience

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throughout the weights to put a competitive team on the mat each dual meet.” — head coach Keith Hanson

The St. Peter wrestling team (front, from left): Brandon Cruz, Aaron Hunt, Kevin Melgar, Wyatt Gillette, Casey Osborne, Mario Gonzalez, Damian ferretti, Cody Seif-ert, Matthew Pettis; (middle row) Sean Driscoll, Gavin Thole, Bailey Kurth, Major Brock, Enrique Munoz, Manny Gonzales, Sage Loredo-Hollon, Alex Devins, Peter Hilligoss; (back row) Chris Pettis, Cody Kurth, Collin Thompson, Steven Pettis, Kyle Bosacker, Travis Brock, Matt theis, Nick Milliman. (Pat Beck/St. Peter Herald)

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St. Peter gymnastics teamHEAD COACHStacy Kurth, 16th yearASSISTANT COACHESKris Glidden, 2nd year; Wally

Kurth, 4th yearKEY PLAYERSVarsity All around Contend-

ers: Kenna Zelenka (7); Maddy Rimstad (8); Tegan Weiss (8); Re-bekah Berry (11); Megan Over-gaard (11)

Varsity Floor Contenders: Keegan Kurth (9); Martha Stelter (11)

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Varsity Beam Contenders: Martha Stelter (11); Kailey Gibbs (12)

KEEP YOUR EYE ON“Rebekah Berry (11) all

around…returning letter win-ner and all conference…she has turned on the energy in practice and is really pushing herself by setting goals,” St. Peter head coach Stacy Kurth said.

MOVED ONCrystal Ward (varsity bars and

vault)Erin Krenik (varsity beam)“Both have graduated, and we

miss their presence in the gym,”

Kurth said.2013 SEASON OUTLOOK• St. Peter won one conference

meet (against St. James).• St. Peter placed 4th at the

conference meet.• St. Peter placed 8th out of 11

teams at section.• St. Peter’s all-time high score

was 125.5.COMMENTS FROM THE

COACH“The great thing about this

sport is that we not only strive for improved team results but we can also hope to see individual improvement. Having said this, our last week in the gym we have already seen a great deal of talent. �is includes junior varsity. We have many girls with some natural ability that may surprise us in the near future. — head coach Stacy Kurth.

BY THE NUMBERS131 — “Looking at the current

roster for varsity, using last sea-son’s top score for each event, we have the possibility of scoring a 129.875...I would like to shoot for a 131.00!” Kurth said. “It’s been a few years since that has happened. I would have to do some research to see how far back, but not since I have been head coach.”

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The 2013-14 St. Peter gymnastics team (front, from left) co-captains Martha Stelter and Rebekah Berry; (second row) Olivia Young, Maddy Rimstad, Kenna Zelenka, Becca Gordy, Mryha Voss, Joy Zimmerman; (third row) Miranda Bresnahan, Kenzie Kien-holz, Emily Putz, Kennedy Legg, Teagan Weiss; (fourth row) manager Roberta Leal, Keegan Kurth, Aliza Doherty, Josie Carlson, Chrissy Yauger, Ashlyn Schlueter; (top row) Halla Dontje Lindell, Megan Overgaard and Lexi Wilkins. Not pictured: Kailey Gibbs, Bianca Wilson, Courtney Kleschult, Dinajia Arnold and manager Jolene Smith. (Pat Beck/St. Peter Herald)

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HEAD COACHDave Swanberg, 15 years; assis-

tant 5 yearsASSISTANT COACHESJesse Morgan,1st year; Sam Wei-

ers, 1st yearKEY PLAYERSRyan Hoehn (12) (SP) Forward

and Defense, 5 goals, 20 sssistsSam Wenner (11) (SP) Forward,

21 goals, 22 assistsSam Gerdts (11) (LSH) Defense,

0 goals, 6 assistsBrett Zallek (11) (SP) Forward,

14 goals, 12 assistsKEEP YOUR EYE ONC.J. Pavlo (12) (LSH) ForwardJackson Keely (11) (SP) DefenseMarty McGuire (12) (TCU)

DefenseMick McGuire (12) (TCU) For-

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Chris Amsden, Austin Braun, Luke Regner, Jonny Favre, Brock Solomon, Ryan Moriarty, Levi Steuck, Nate Douglas, Cole Kubes,

Brandon Billmeyer2013-14 SEASON OUTLOOK13-13-1 record last season.

4-2 in the SCC. “Our goal will be

to improve upon last year’s record and contend for a conference title,” Bulldogs head coach Dave Swan-berg said.

FROM THE COACH“It’s always nice to return your

leading scorer from the previous year. Sam Wenner and Ryan Hoehn will be called upon to provide a great deal of o�ense for us.

“Jackson Keely will be back in action after a year on the injured list. He will join Sam Gerdts, Marty McGuire on the blue line along with rookies Avery Bachman, Brandon Pelowski and Keenan Burg.

“�e goaltending battle should be a good one between juniors Killian Bixby and Noah Weiers along with sophomore Zeke Hau-gen. To be successful we will need to play solid team defense and stay out of the penalty box. I have asked our players to take control over their ef-fort and attitude. If the e�ort is great and the attitude is good everything else will fall into place. — Dave Swanberg, head coach.

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Bulldogs shoot for better record, conference title

The 2013-14 St. Peter/Le Sueur-Henderson/Tri-City United/Cleveland Bulldogs (front, from left): Zeke Haugen, Beau Sullivan, Sam Wenner, CJ Pavlo, Ryan Hoehn, Isaac Westphal, Killian Bixby; (middle row): Assistant Coach Sam Weiers, Brett Zallek, Keenan Burg, Mick McGuire, Cole Miller, Mac Malecha, Scott Crady, Alex Hoehn; (back row): McCray Grams, Jackson Keely, Marty McGuire, Sam Gerdts, Matt Dolan, Assistant Coach Jesse Morgan and Head Coach Dave Swanberg. (Pat Beck/St. Peter Herald)



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HEAD COACHTom Blaido, 2nd yearASSISTANT COACHESKelley Wilmes, 3rd year; Jen

Gorny, 3rd year, 1st year JV head coach; Marc Bachman, 3rd year; Maggie King, 1st year; Molly King 1st year

KEY PLAYERSFourteen returning letter win-

nersOf note:Senior center/defense Chloe

Bachman. Two-year team cap-tain, 2012/2013 all-conference, last season’s leading scorer and team MVP.

Senior net minder Veronica Sinell. Four-year starter with more than 1,000 saves in 2012/2013 and team captain.

Senior center Chelsea Kael-berer. Two-year starter, 2012-2013 all-conference honorable mention and 2013-2014 team captain.

Junior defense Hannah Kle-schult. Two-year starter and 2013-2014 team captain.

KEEP YOUR EYE ON“Junior wing Bailey Wilmes,

two-year starter- sophomore cen-ter Maddie Kelschult and wing Holly Gibbs; freshman wings Anna Amos, Taylor Witte and Kallie Steuck; 8th-grade wing Emma Doherty-Bohn should all add scoring punch, while re-turning defense letter winners freshman Maggie Ringler and Francesca LoFaro should help to

anchor the defense with the help of newcomers Kendall Wenner and Zoe Haugen,” Blaido said.

MOVED ONHoles to � ll due to graduation

are winger Alison Plieseis, wing-er Briana Williams and defense Kelsey Skelly.

OUTLOOK“We have plenty of grit and de-

termination however we are short on experience with 3 seniors, 2 juniors, 3 sophomores, 6 fresh-man and 4-8th graders, but with this type of youth we should see significant improvement as the season progresses,” Blaido said. “Biggest obstacles will be e� ec-tive breakout and aggressiveness in front of both nets.”

Last year’s record 6-19-0, con-ference record 2-4-0 for 3rd place, lost to Mankato East in � rst round of section.

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The 2013-14 St. Peter/Le Sueur-Henderson/Tri-City United/Cleveland Lady Bulldogs (from left front) Kallie Steuck, Zoe Haugen, Taylor Witte, Anna Amos; (middle row) Maranda Sorenson, Chloe Bachman, Hannah Wilmes, Francesca LoFaro, Hannah Kle-schult, Veronica Sinell; (top row) Kendall Wenner, Maggie Ringler, Maddie Kleschult, Bailey Wilmes, Holly Gibbs, Emma Doherty-Bohn and Chelsea Kaelberer. Not pictured : Jordan Keeley, Alison Helder(Pat Beck/St. Peter Herald)


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HEAD COACHDon Marcussen, 2nd yearASSISTANT COACHESThe B squad coach is Brad

Schmidt and the C squad coach is Gene Dwyer.

KEY PLAYERS� e Giants return seven letter

winners from last year’s group and three starters in Brady Rose, Luke Smith and Riley McGraw. Rose averaged 6.8 points per game, 4.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists, and will be a leader on the � oor. Smith aver-aged 4.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists, and plays mostly the point guard position. Smith was also named the team’s Mr. Hustle last year. McGraw averaged 7.2 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks, and is the team’s tallest player at 6-feet-5.

Bradley Rose is also back from an ACL injury that had him side-lined last season. Tremaine Wadley returns as well a� er not playing last

season.KEEP YOUR EYE ONThe Giants also return Ethan

Dwyer, Tom Schwarz and Jordan

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MOVED ON

Graduated players were Ty O’Brien, Matt Rinehart and Alex Klockmann.

2013 SEASON OUTLOOK

“I would like for us to � nish in the top four of the Minnesota River Conference and earn at least a � rst round home game in the subsec-tions,” said coach Marcussen. “Wa-tertown-Mayer, Mayer Lutheran and Jordan should all be good in the MRC. Basically, it is the same schools in our subsection as well.”

COMMENTS FROM THE COACH

“Our overall strength is going to be our shooting ability and running the � oor. Both of these areas we do well and should help us on the of-fensive side. Our lack of height may hurt us a little on the defensive side at times but we will adjust to o� set this problem.

“I think we will be much im-proved this year just from under-standing what we want to do on o� ense and defense this year. � e guys played a lot of ball this summer together and it looks like they have a much better grasp of the system now. We are putting things in at practice a lot faster as well.” – coach Don Marcussen

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HEAD COACHScott WilsonASSISTANT COACHESBen Wilson, Jason Sunderman

and Mike MayKEY PLAYERSJunior Austin Anderly was a

state champion at 106 pounds last season. He has continued to work on his game with o�-season competi-tion. Although he’s likely going to be heavier this year, he will continue to be a force on the mat with his indi-vidual goal being a returning state champion.

The upper weights (Clayton Colling, Conner Boettcher and Joe Abrahamson) are returning letter winners with a lot of mat experience. With this experience the Giants are hoping that they can put together a strong top of the line-up. Colling is a team captain (along with Anderly) and the team knows that leadership will thrive from the two of them.

KEEP YOUR EYE ON�e freshman class is eager and

hungry to win. �ey have a sense of team spirit about them. �ey’re athletes and do not like to lose.

MOVED ONChris Pfarr, who now wrestles

for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers. He’s a hard loss because of his multiple years on var-sity, team captain and state medalist (several times).

2013 SEASON OUTLOOK“We want to improve on our re-

cord from last year,” coach Wilson said. “We’d like to have a .500 record. Considering the tough competition on our schedule this is a challenge, but our team is developing and therefore the goal is realistic. Two-thirds of our team are freshman and they have big roles to fill in their weight-classes.

“We want to return as a gold academic recipient. �is means our overall team GPA must be higher than 3.5. Last year we were silver winners so we’d like to do a bit better.

“The key for us to winning matches and developing a quality team is continuing to house two-a-day practices. We weight-li� in the morning and train with technique in the a�ernoon. Most of our team wrestled in the o�-season with our

freestyle program. �e combination of the above should be a recipe for us

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“We are going to focus a lot on getting o� the mat. �is was a weak-ness last season and something we want to turn around in a big way to help our game.

“All conference matches are big for us. Scott West in particular. St. Peter match (our alumni event) is a rivalry. �e two-day Redwood Val-ley tournament before Christmas is also a highlight.

“We look at our season as a progression where the ending is tournament time and everything before that is practice.” — coach Scott Wilson

BY THE NUMBERS29 — The Giants have taken

29 kids to the state tournament in the last six years and placed 22 of them. Of those 22 kids, six have been state champions (six in six years is showing results, not even the power house schools in LS-H’s class have done this).

4 — LS-H has one of the best coaching sta�s in the area as far as expertise. �ey are skilled practitio-ners and collegiate athletes.

Le Sueur-Henderson wrestling gears up for run at state

The 2013-14 Le Sueur-Henderson wrestling team. (Front row, left to right) Keon Naranjo, Brice Mitchell, Jose Hernandez, Jorge Her-nandez, Tucker Colling, Josue Garibay, Austin Anderly and Caleb Rohlo�. (Middle row) Dylan Pauly, Matthew Thaele, Samantha Ash-ton, Luke Wilson, Jesse Kaelberer, Trenten Rogich, Jayson Rabaey and Grant Miller. (Back row) Joseph Abrahamson, Noah Hynes-Marquette, Clayton Colling, Connor Boettcher, Jordan Carlson, Trevor Block and Mason Straub. (CJ Siewert/Le Sueur News-Herald)


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Selena Wiederich. One-year letter

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Junior guard McKayla Stowell. One-year letter winner and a very good good athlete. She is a good

scorer who can be an even better defender.

Sophomore guard Carlie Brandt. Two-year letter winner who led the team in scoring and assists last year. She works hard and is a good all around guard who will be looked upon to score even more.

Sophomore guard Sam Winter. One-year letter winner and a good all around guard whose role on team may increase the most each year.

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Sophomore guard Katherine Cronk is a good mid-rand shooter.

Sophomore guard Mandy Do-err is a good shooter who is always working hard.

Sophomore forward Quinn Hynes-Marquette has tremendous hustle and e� ort.

Sophomore forward Breanna Kroehler is a post player with good touch.

MOVED ONGraduated seniors from last

year’s squad include LeaRae Ener-son, Mary Heinz and Ali O’Brien.

2013 SEASON OUTLOOKLast year’s record was 1-24 over-

all and 0-14 in the conference, which placed last.

“I would expect the MRC favor-ites to once again be Jordan and Nor-wood Young America,” coach Ryan Gra� said. “Section favorite will be returning state champion NRHEG. Our goal is to get better every day and be playing our best basketball at the end of the season. We hope to � y under the radar and surprise some people.”


“We have an interesting dynamic this year. We are probably return-ing more varsity experience this year than last, but we are also younger than last year. Our numbers in the upper classes are down, which opens the door for a lot of sophomores to make an impact. Last year the wins didn’t add up as we would have hoped, but the attitude of last year’s team was outstanding all year long and we want to continue that into

this season. Practice started last week and we are o� to a good start. � e girls are really pushing themselves in practice and having some fun. I have a great sta� in B squad coach Anne Lewis and C squad coach Sherri Fritz that help me out a great deal. � is is my � rst year as varsity coach. As there is with any coaching change, there are some things that are changing for the girls. I expect it to take some time for them to get used to a di� erent style of play, but I am excited to see them progress and put it all together. � ere will be many ups and downs with a young team but I expect the leadership from our captains, as well as many others, to get us through them. We want to be the aggressor on the court — taking the game to our opponents versus them taking it to us. It is a fun style of basketball to play and watch so hopefully that will draw more people to the games.” – Ryan Gra� , head coach

BY THE NUMBERSAs of the � rst day of practice, less

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The 2013-14 Le Sueur-Henderson girls basketball team. (Front row, left to right) Kayla Stowell, Selena Wiederich, Stephanie Winter and Carlie Bradt. (Back row) Katherine Cronk, Breanna Kroehler, Sam Winter, Mandy Doerr and Quinn Hynes-Marquette. (CJ Siewert/Le Sueur News-Herald)


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Head Coach: Brian Mikel, third year as head coach, 17 years as an assistant.

Assistant Coaches: Nate Frie-derich, Corey Block and Joe Selly.

KEY WRESTLERSJosh Selly and Mason Brown-

lee, seniors, both have been to the state tournament. Brownlee �nished fourth in state last year. Selly was

runner-up.Marko Arroyo, senior, ��h in

Section 2AA will be counted on as well at 160 pounds for his senior leadership.

Mason Rutt, freshman, ��h in Section 2AA.

Max Arroyo, junior, ��h in Sec-tion 2AA.

Alex Burns, sophomore, third in Section 2AA.

Jonah Johnson, freshman, fourth in Section 2AA.

Levi Nelson, junior.

“We have a nice group of �ve se-niors this year that have a lot of varsi-ty experience,” Mikel said. “�ey will have to step up this year if we want to have success in our dual meets.”

NEWCOMERS:Tyler Sladek, seventh grade.Kody Glende, seventh grade.Tyler Schroer, seventh grade.Manuel Arroyo, seventh grade.Nick Johnson, seventh grade.Curtis Budin, seventh grade.Jack Hiller, seventh grade.“We have about seven seventh

graders coming up from the youth program that we hope to develop into some tough young wrestlers,” Mikel said.

2013-14 SEASON OUTLOOK“Goals for the year would be

to improve every day,” Mikel said. “Improve mental toughness and eliminate some of the mistakes we made last year. Also, strive to be the best conditioned team on the mat. Leadership from the upper classmen will be key as well. Our overall goal will be to send as many kids to the

state tournament as possible and to increase our dual meet win total from last year. Making the section �nal four would be a reachable goal as well.

“Conference favorites would have to be Scott West and Sibley East and Watertown Mayer.

“Section favorites would be Scott West, New Prague and Hutchinson.”


“We need to improve overall team strength. Hopefully it will show

this year that the boys spent some time in the weight room in the o� season. We do have several return-ing letterwinners with varsity experi-ence.” — Brian Mikel, head coach.

BY THE NUMBERS7 - TCU wrestlers who medaled

at the section meet last year7 - Incoming seventh graders2 - TCU wrestlers returning

from state competition last year1 - Win away from sending three

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Tri-City United Titan wrestling team pushes aheadThe Tri-City United wrestling team has plenty of experienced wrestlers coming back, as well as a lot of young up and comers. (James Stitt/Le Center Leader)


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HEAD COACHEric Specht, 1st yearASSISTANT COACHESLora Angileno, B-squad; John

Schmeissing, C-squadKEY PLAYERSAlyshia Angelino, senior cen-

ter, 2 year letter winner, all confer-ence last year, 11.5 points – 7.5 rebounds per game last season.

“We will be counting on Aly-shia this year to be � oor general,” head coach Eric Specht said. “Of-fensively, Alyshia will need to in-crease her points and rebounds per game. Defensively, we need Alyshia to be a presence in the paint for us.”

Courtney Hentges, junior point guard, 2 year letter winner, 5.5 points – 2 rebounds – 3 assists last season.

“Courtney’s athletic ability al-lows her to do some nice things both o� ensively and defensively, which we will need a lot from her this year,” Specht said. “We will be counting on Courtney’s experi-ence at the point guard position.”

Nora Miller, senior guard, 1 year letter winner

Maddie Chadderdon, senior center, 1 year letter winner

Molly Ehlers, senior guard, 1 year letter winner

Edith Martinez, senior for-ward, 1 year letter winner

Sarah Holicky, junior guard, 1 year letter winner

Danielle Angelino, junior for-ward, 1 year letter winne

Joslyn Vargo, freshman guard, 1 year letter winner

NEWCOMERSMegan Sklucazek, junior for-

wardAutumn Gare, junior forwardCasey Hintz, junior forwardMolly Tiede, junior guardMarielys Ramirez, junior

guard“We also have had several

younger girls (8-10) put in a lot time this summer,” Specht said. “I am very encouraged by their

o� -season commitment.”MOVED ONMegan Steffan, Coley Selly,

Chelsey Walerius, Samantha Ru-ger

SEASON OUTLOOK2012-2013 record 5-22, Fin-

ished 3-11 in conference“Being it is my first year, all

the girls truly have a fresh start,” Specht said. “It will be interesting to see which girls make the most of this opportunity. In the time I have spent with the girls, we have

high quality girls with some ath-letic ability.

“Heading into the 2013-2014 season, I think our biggest strengths will be the front court, size and the quickness of our guards. � e area that needs the most improvement is our consis-tency. We need to become more consistent in all facets of the game of basketball (shooting, ball han-dling, decision making, and our defensive positioning). It will be exciting to watch our team grow

from game-to-game, week-to-week.

“I think we have the potential to surprise some teams in the MRC this year. For this to hap-pen, we need to continue to push each other every day in practice. We have had a good � rst week of practice. � is e� ort will need to continue if we want to reach our team goals that we have set.”


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The 2013-14 Tri-City United girls basketball team. (James Stitt/Le Center Leader)


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Head coach: Ben Haugen, 1st year

Assistant coaches: B squad John Rynda

C squad James NelsonKEY PLAYERSPat Lloyd, shooting guard, se-

nior co-captain, 2 year letter win-ner, top returning scorer with 9.3 points per game last year.

Hunter Hinze, point guard, senior co-captain, 2 year letter.

Nate Chadderdon, post play-

er, senior, 2 year letter winner.Aaron Dwyer, guard/forward,

2 year letter winner.Jamison Beulke, guard, ju-

nior, 1 year letter winner.Jordan Yetzer, forward, se-

nior, 2 year letter winner.Brandon Turgeon, forward,

senior, 1 year letter winner.Ted Christian, center, senior.Josh Maxson, center, junior.Scott McCabe, wing, junior.Kelly Nording, wing, junior.“� is team has great leaders

in Pat and Hunter,” Haugen said. “� ey have bought into the new

system and have shown excellent attitude and e� ort in practice.”

NEWCOMERSSam Ehlers, guard/forward,

sophomoreJackson Feddema , point

guard, sophomoreKeegan Oak, shooting guard,

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omoreMOVED ONAndy Feddema, Alex Turgeon,

Connor Oak, Ryan Iverson, Jor-dan Trnka, David Trcka and Matt Holicky

2013-14 SEASON OUTLOOK“The Titans are looking to

improve upon a 7-16 season in 2012-13,” Haugen said. “We will attempt to utilize our athleticism by playing an up tempo o� ense and a high pressure defense. � ere is a lot to learn in the new sys-tem but our guys are o� to a great start. We hope to improve every day and compete when sections start.

“� e MRC is always a tough balanced league and we hope to compete in every game. We want

our players to play with energy and enthusiasm, share the ball and defend at a high level. Our sophomore group had a lot of success last season and several players will compete for Varsity time. Expectations are high for the Varsity and the players have worked hard thus far to meet those expectations.

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Tri-City United boys basketball looks to up the tempoThe Tri-City United basketball team is looking to push the tempo this year. (James Stitt/Le Center Leader)


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Cleveland Boys BasketballHead Coach: Dan Fredrickson,

2nd yearAssistant coach: Perry Kirsch,

2nd yearKEY PLAYERSJordan Phillips, a 6-2 senior cap-

tain, is the only starter the Clippers return from last season.

“He will help anchor us in the post this season,” said head coach Dan Fredrickson. “Jordan is a very skilled big man who is capable of stu�ng the stat sheet for us. He is one of the top rebounders in the Val-ley Conference. I am excited to see him help Cleveland take another big step forward this season.”

Matt Archer is a 6-2 junior cap-tain.

“He is a tough competitor,” Fred-rickson said. “He is a very good de-fender as well as one of our reliable shooters. He is a player we need to help anchor our defense on a nightly basis. He is a very versatile player and will play inside and outside for us this season.”

Spencer Lynch is a 6-3 junior captain.

“Spencer has a chance to leave Cleveland as one of its most domi-nant players in recent memory,” Fredrickson said. “He has a skill set that just keeps improving every day. I am so impressed by how his game has advanced in the last year. De-fensively he is already a very special player. His o�ensive game in the low post is improving rapidly, and he will be a formidable task for opposing defenses this season.”

Grant Germscheid is a 6-0 se-nior captain who has not been on the court for the last several years due to a knee condition.

“This is Grant’s first season in our program,” Fredrickson said. “He has proven to be an excellent leader. He was the quarterback on the foot-ball team and he has very good court vision. Grant is an excellent athlete who will help us improve immensely on the defensive end this season.”

Spencer Davies is a 5-10 junior who did not play last season.

“Spencer is an explosive athlete,” Fredrickson said. “His quickness and reaction time is amazing. �ose who have seen him play football know exactly what an athlete he is. He will be a very disruptive force defensively for us. O�ensively he is a very good shooter and a very capable ball han-dler. I am very excited Spencer is a part of our program. He is a game changer for us.”

Carter Kopet is a 6-0 eighth-grader who played his �rst varsity game during the Christmas break last season.

“Carter will essentially get the keys to our car,” Fredrickson said. “He will be our starting point guard this season. He has an amazing feel for the game of basketball. He is a very good shooter and an excep-tional passer and decision maker. He seems to have an unshakeable con�-dence on the �oor, a con�dence that cannot be taught. He is a true team player, and he plays with a burning desire to win.”

Travis Meyer is a 6-0 junior.“Travis’ game has grown im-

mensely over the course of the summer,” Fredrickson said. “He has a very good motor. He is a very good defender and is a player who under-stands what we expect defensively. His o�ense keeps improving every practice. He will play valuable min-utes for us this season. �ings are really clicking for him right now. I’m proud of his work ethic.”

Dustin Boe is a 5-10 junior.

“Dustin is a cerebral player,” said the head coach. “He is a very good spot-up shooter. He is a player who should carve out a role off of our bench.”

NEWCOMERSTyler Piotter is a 6-0 sophomore

forward.Jacob Zimmerman is a 5-10

sophomore guard.Chandler Barrie is a 5-10 soph-

omore guard.MOVED ONJoe Queen, Kyle Ziebarth, Tom-

my Kra�, Josh Plonsky, Derek Ely and Tyler Seitz to graduation. Also missing due to injury is starter Bryce Skistad, a senior.

SEASON OUTLOOKLast season the Clippers ended

up with a 6-7 Valley Conference re-cord, a 5-7 record against section op-ponents and an 11-15 overall record. �ey were the eighth seed in the Sec-tion 2A North and were edged 65-63

in the �rst round at home by New Ulm Cathedral.

“For us it needs to start and end with defense,” said Fredrickson. “We got caught up too much in our scor-ing last season in my opinion. We gave up the most points per game (67.4) in our conference last season. �at was also third worst in our sub-section. We were sixth in scoring in our conference with 63.4 points per game, and we were ninth in scor-ing o�ense in our 19-team section. Those are statistics that needs to change in order for us to make the leap forward we want as a program. I am a defensive-minded coach, and those point-per-game totals we gave up last season are 100 percent inex-cusable. We need to get collectively better at that statistic this season. As a coach I need to reinforce what the points-allowed-per-game statistic represents.”

“That being said I believe a

strength of ours this season will be our defense,” Fredrickson contin-ued. “We are long at most positions, and we have the ability to be a very disruptive defensive team. Rebound-ing should also be a strength for us this season. I would also count our toughness and focus as a strength as well. I believe in our players, and I know they will always show up ready to compete. Our overall team expe-rience at the varsity level could be viewed a weakness early this season.”

“I am not overly concerned about subsection or section favorites at the moment,” said the head coach. “We have plenty of work to keep us busy and plenty of work to keep the coach busy. I want us to take the step of going above .500 this season.”

COACH’S COMMENTS“We need to create an iden-

tity here at Cleveland. We need to start controlling the things we have control over �rst, starting with our attitude, e�ort, and focus. If we do that, this team will be one to remem-ber, and Cleveland basketball will continue in the right direction. �e future at Cleveland is very bright. �is will be an exciting season, and am very proud to be Cleveland’s coach.”— Dan Frederickson

BY THE NUMBERS67.4 – The average points per

game the Clippers gave up last sea-son. It was the most of any Valley Conference team and the third most in the subsection.

1,859 – Last year graduating se-nior Tom Kra�’s career-point total. His absence will result in a very dif-ferent o�ense for the Clippers this season.

2 – �is is the second season for head coach Dan Fredrickson.

11/29/13 – The Clippers’ first game, as part of a Black Friday tour-nament in Cleveland

The 2013-14 Cleveland boys basketball team (from left front): Tyler Piotter, Dustin Boe, Carter Kopet, Spencer Davies, Jacob Zim-merman. Back: Head coach Dan Fredrickson, Matt Archer, Travis Meyer, Spencer Lynch, Grant Germscheid, Jordan Phillips, and assistant coach Perry Kirsch. Missing from photo is Chandler Barrie. (Richard Rohl�ng/St. Peter Herald)

Cleveland Clippers boys basketball team focuses on defense


By RICHARD ROHLFINGCorrespondent

Cleveland Girls BasketballHEAD COACHGeorge Schoenborn, 3rd yearASSISTANTKris Holicky, 3rd yearKEY PLAYERSTaylor Holicky – Holicky, a

6-foot senior, was both the Clip-pers’ leading scorer (450) and re-bounder (348) from last season and was an All-Conference player and team MVP. She reached the 1,000-point scoring milestone last season. She had a very low foul-to-block ratio and also had a team-leading 117 steals. Holicky has played varsity since her fresh-man year and will continue to play next year at a collegiate level. She will be one of the dominant girls basketball players in the area, Schoenborn said.

“With varsity experience re-turning around her, we will have a chance to have a very success-ful season. She has worked very hard on her game and continues to improve.”

Cylie Hankins – Also playing on the varsity team since being a freshman is 5-4 point guard Cylie Hankins. With 162 points, she was the Clippers’ third-leading scorer last season.

“Cylie does a great job at point guard,” Schoenborn said. “Hav-ing played varsity for this long, she knows and understands what we as a team want to accomplish. Cylie excels both on o�ense where she runs the o�ense and on de-fense where she usually guards the opponent’s best guard. �ese two (Holicky and Hankins), with their experience, will be a good nucleus to build around.”

Amy Den Herder and Stepha-nie Holicky — Other post players with varsity experience from last year will be Amy Den Herder, a 5-6 sophomore, and Stephanie Holicky, a 5-7 sophomore.

Anna Ely and Cassidy Kopet – Other perimeter players who will play an important role this year, Schoenborn said are Anna Ely and Cassidy Kopet, both a 5-6 juniors.

“Anna and Cass can play a few di�erent positions, which is important with our numbers this year,” Schoenborn said. “Both are very athletic and, like the rest of the girls, extremely coachable.”

NEWCOMERSMegan Hobson – Hobson

didn’t participate in basketball last year but is back in an orange and black uniform this season as a 5-5 junior.

“Megan will be a great addition to the team as she �ts right in with

the others in regards to work ethic and athleticism,” Schoenborn said. “And with missing a year, her bas-ketball skills are good too, but will need some �ne tuning.”

Amanda Smith and Mack-enzie Baumgartner – Freshmen Amanda Smith and Mackenzie Baumgartner will also help out on varsity this season.

MOVED ONJessica Archer, Bekah Blasch-

ko, Kylie Krause and Miranda Corrow graduated and will be

missed, Schoenborn said.“This group of four played

together for years and, more im-portantly, modeled how to be a Cleveland Clipper athlete.”

2013-14 SEASON OUT-LOOK

Last year the Clippers ended in the middle of the Valley Confer-ence and in the section with a 9-15 overall record and a 4-7 confer-ence record. �e season came to an abrupt end in the �rst round of the section with a road loss to Lyle-Pacelli. �is season, the head coach thinks the Clippers will up their win-loss ratio.

“We should be a fairly success-ful club,” Schoenborn said. “We have a decent schedule with a lot of home games, where we can feed o� the crowd. We should be able to end up with a record of .500 or better. We have some new teams scheduled this year that we haven’t played before and we have some teams that went to state last year. Hopefully, by playo� time, we can at least get a home game in the �rst round and see what happens

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County West will likely be top teams in the Valley.


“We will have a small, in num-bers, team this year, but I think if we keep coming to practice, work hard to get better, we will surprise some teams. We should be ready to go for our �rst game. This is a great group of girls, who’ve worked with us coaches for a number of years. �is will allow us to advance and grow to-gether as a team at a quicker rate. It should be a fun year.”

BY THE NUMBERS9 – �e number of girls who

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The 2013-14 Cleveland girls basketball team Front (L-R): Megan Hobson, Cassidy Kopet, Cylie Hankins, Anna Ely, MaKenzie Baumgartner. Back: Head coach George Schoenborn, Taylor Holicky, Amy Den Herder, Amanda Smith, and assistant coach Kris Holicky. Missing from photo is Stephanie Holicky. (Richard Rohl�ng/St. Peter Herald)


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Center Kolin Bartlett, two-time letter winner, 10.9 points per game, voted team captain. “Ko-lin’s sophomore and junior sea-sons were cut short due to knee surgeries,” Keating said. “He will have to be patient as he is still re-covering from his last surgery. His patience in his recovery will be critical as a healthy Bartlett will give our team a huge boost on both ends of the �oor.”

KEEP YOUR EYE ON“Senior Nick Rosburg has

played few varsity minutes, but he is ready to �ll a role inside le� over by Peter Kruize,” Keating said. “Others to watch for: Bren-dan Reese — Senior guard, Ben Johnson — Senior guard, Ridwan Abdi — Senior Wing. �is group of players will look to step up and �ll major voids le� by last year’s senior class.”

MOVED ONPeter Kruize, Josh Peymann,

Brad Rice, Nathan Kempenich, Braxton Raymond, Jordan So-rensen, Arik Lokensgard, Wesley Gillete.

SEASON OUTLOOK2012-13 record 25-4, confer-

ence champions (9-1), section runner-up.

“Last year’s team had a tre-mendous season ending just short of a state tournament berth,” Ke-ating said. “�is year, section 2AA is realigned with Waseca joining St. Peter’s 2AA south subsection. Maple River, Tri-City United, W-E-M and Waseca all �gure to con-tend for the subsection title. �e 2AA North Section will feature favorite Jordan along with local teams Le Sueur-Henderson, Belle Plaine and Sibley East.

“�is year’s Saints team will feature a lot of inexperience, as only three players have varsity ex-perience. �e leadership of senior captains will be pivotal in helping this team overcome early setbacks that are sure to come with youth. If this team sticks together, there potential is enormous as they have a unique blend of size, ath-letic quickness and versatile big men.

“I am extremely excited to coach this senior-laden team. �e South Central Conference will of-fer many challenging games as all teams return key players. �e new section alignment will be intrigu-ing as many teams are new and

coaches will have to familiarize themselves with each other.

“Steidler, Erickson and Bartlett will o�er leadership and poise to guide this team throughout the season. Having experienced as-sistant coaches led by Neil Doose, will o�er knowledge and experi-ence that will help keep stability in the program. �is year’s Saints team will undoubtedly have grow-

ing pains, but if they can stick to-gether and persevere as a team, this team has the potential to make a deep playo� run.”


“Taking over a program in-volves a tremendous effort to implement a new culture. Build-ing our youth levels, building consistency throughout our pro-

gram, and developing a culture of respect and accountability are keys to turning this program in a new direction.” “I am excited to take over a program with such a proud tradition and look for-ward to adding to that by building a toughness in our players that shows up every night we hit the floor and put on a Saints uni-form.” — head coach Sean Keat-

ing.BY THE NUMBERS9 — seniors2 — juniors18 — sophomores11 — freshmen


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Shawna Zabinski, senior guard, 1 year letter winner

Dani Leonard, senior guard, 1 year letter winner

Livy Gullickson, senior guard, 1 year letter winner

Ingrid Karlsrud, senior for-ward, 1 year letter winner

Marta Springer, junior for-ward, 1 year letter winner

Emily Carpenter, sophomore, 1 year letter winner

NEWCOMERSJanna Quick, junior forwardValerie Bresnahan, junior

guardKaylee Neubauer, junior for-

wardCali Sizer, junior forward“�ere are also a lot of girls in

the sophomore class, who have put in a lot of work during the o� season to improve themselves,” Southworth said.

MOVED ONKelsey Carpenter, Lydia Ken-

nedy, Tailor Raymond, Kierstin Karlsrud, Calleigh Carlson

2013 SEASON OUTLOOK2012-2013 record 22-6, won

the subsection championship and lost to NRHEG in the Section Fi-

nal. Finished 8-2 in conference, 2nd place.

“This year, more than my previous three years, we will feel the e�ects of graduation and be playing girls with very little var-sity experience,” Southworth said. “We graduated over 80 percent of our scoring and 70 percent of our rebounding.

“What I am excited about is we have some quality players in our program who will get opportuni-ties. I am excited to �nd out who is able to take advantage of those opportunities. The cupboard is not bare; we have a few pieces to build upon. We may have to play a little di�erent brand of basketball to take advantage of the strengths of the girls, but we will have to �gure that out during the season.

“I do feel we will have enough talent to compete for the confer-ence championship. I also think we will be competitive in the sub-section and Section. I am predict-ing Fairmont and Waseca to be the favorites in the conference.

“We do have new section alignments this year which puts us in the same subsection as

NRHEG. �ey will be the favor-ite with everyone back from last year’s state title team. I don’t know a lot about the North half of the Section but Jordan should be the favorite in that half.”


“�is year will be much di�er-ent than prior years,” Southworth said. “During the early part of the season we will be figuring out who �ts where and trying to put people where they can use their strengths. I am excited because most of the girls do not have any varsity experience, and it is always fun to see who takes advantage of their opportunities in practice and games and not let the pres-sure get to them.” — Bob South-worth, head coach.

BY THE NUMBERS62.2 — Points for per game in

2012-1348.2 — Points against per

game in 2012-1342 — Field goal percentage in

2012-1362 — Free throw percentage

in 2012-13

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