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PREP PREVIEW 2013

PREP PREVIEW 2013
The Courier
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COV ER STORY
THE COURIER
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2013
MATTHIAS LEGUIRE / for the Courier
LEFT TO RIGHT, Emily Clymer, Rachel Myers, Amber Gerdeman, Courtney Cramer,
Katie Simon, Haley Gerten, Molly Glick, Dani Heaster and Megan Maag, are returning
all-BVC selections, and are among area girls basketball’s best and brightest stars.
Area girls basketball players
ready to shine in new season
By DAVE HANNEMAN
STAFF WRITER
Little Lindy Ward has this to
say about Justin Bieber ...
“Ugh.”
... dolls ...
“Ugh.”
... and the impression that little
girls should be all sugar and spice
and everything nice ...
“Are you kidding me?”
Out on the court, Arcadia was
going through another practice
in preparation for the upcoming
season. Ward was performing her
role as team manager, making sure
the players had ice, towels and
inspiration when needed.
In between, Ward was shooting
a ball at an imaginary basket on the
wall of the gym, accurately hitting
the same spot almost every time.
She worked on her ball handling
skills — right hand, left hand,
between the legs, behind the back.
When time and space allowed
she dribbled the length of floor,
switched hands and dribbled back.
“In my last game,” she says
proudly, “I had 20 rebounds.”
Lindy Ward is in the fifth grade.
What is that? Age 10?
Welcome to girls basketball,
2013, past, present and future.
Quick history lesson: There
are Ohio high schools who can
trace a girls basketball program
back to the early 1900s. In 1937, a
questionnaire sent out by the Ohio
High School Athletic Association
showed that 563 (55 percent) of
Ohio’s schools offered either intramural or interscholastic girls basketball.
There were factions, however,
that considered the sport “unladylike” and potentially dangerous
to the players. A majority of the
schools actually favored dropping
the activity. In 1940 an OHSAA
referendum, overwhelmingly
approved, led to not only basketball, but all interscholastic girls
sports being discontinued.
Schools would eventually again
offer girls sports, usually under
the auspices of the Girls Athletic
Association (GAA). But it wasn’t
until 1976 that the OHSAA sanctioned a girls basketball state tournament. In the 37 years since, 15
area schools have made a combined
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COV ER STORY
EMILY CLYMER
COURTNEY CRAMER
AMBER GERDEMAN
SCHOOL: McComb
NICKNAME: Em
SPORTS: Volleyball,
basketball, track
PARENTS:
Ben & Linda Clymer
FAVORITE TEACHER:
Mr. Myers
SUPERSTITIONS: Wear
the same pair of socks
for every game.
PEOPLE YOU MOST
ADMIRE: Parents
BEST THING ABOUT
BASKETBALL: It’s a fun
team sport and intense.
WORST
THING
ABOUT BASKETBALL:
Conditioning in a cold
gym.
POSSESSION YOU
CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Car
MOST EMBARASSING SPORTS MOMENT: Air balling a free throw.
THREE FAMOUS PEOPLE YOU’D INVITE TO DINNER: Jennifer
Aniston, Adam Levine, Adam Sandler.
SOME PLACE YOU’D LIKE TO VISIT: Bora Bora
ACTRESS WHO WOULD PLAY YOU IN A MOVIE: Sandra Bullock
FAMOUS CELEBRITY YOU’D LIKE TO DATE: Bradley Cooper
ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF: Social
FAVORITE FOOD: Tacos
FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR: Buckeye
FAVORITE HANGOUT: Friends' houses
FAVORITE SCHOOL SUBJECT: Biology
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Modern Family
FAVORITE ACTRESS/ACTOR: Jennifer Aniston
FAVORITE COLOR: Purple
FAVORITE PRO ATHLETE: Dwyane Wade
FAVORITE GAME AS A KID: Hide and seek
FAVORITE PRO TEAM: Washington Redskins
FAVORITE COLLEGE TEAM: Ohio State
FUTURE PLANS: Attend college and major in business
SCHOOL: Arcadia
SPORTS: Volleyball,
basketball, softball
PARENTS: Scott &
Heather Cramer
PEOPLE YOU MOST
ADMIRE: Parents and
Miranda Palmer
BEST THING ABOUT
BASKETBALL: Winning
WORST THING ABOUT
BASKETBALL: Losing
POSSESSION YOU
CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT:
My planner
MOST
EMBARASSING
SPORTS MOMENT:
In junior high when
Leipsic yelled ‘5-4-3-21’ and I shot the ball but there was two minutes on the clock.
THREE FAMOUS PEOPLE YOU’D INVITE TO DINNER: Carrie
Underwood, Channing Tatum, Zac Efron.
SOME PLACE YOU’D LIKE TO VISIT: Bora, Bora
ACTRESS WHO WOULD PLAY YOU IN A MOVIE: Anyone funny or
pretty that is a woman.
FAMOUS CELEBRITY YOU’D LIKE TO DATE: Channing Tatum
ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF: Hilarious
FAVORITE FOOD: Everything I eat
FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR: Moose Tracks
FAVORITE HANGOUT: BDubs
FAVORITE SCHOOL SUBJECT: History
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Pretty Little Liars
FAVORITE COLOR: Mint Green
FAVORITE PRO ATHLETE: Don’t watch pro teams.
FAVORITE GAME AS A KID: Man Hunt
FAVORITE COLLEGE TEAM: Ohio State and Duke
FUTURE PLANS: Attend college and major in business or be a pro
bull rider with Molly Glick.
SCHOOL: Leipsic
NICKNAME: Bear
SPORTS:
Basketball, volleyball.
PARENTS: Tim & Stacey
Gerdeman.
FAVORITE TEACHER:
Mr. Wenzinger
SUPERSTITIONS: Must
have my pink towel and
nails painted.
PEOPLE YOU MOST
ADMIRE: Grandparents
BEST THING ABOUT
BASKETBALL:
Competition and
teamwork
WORST THING ABOUT
BASKETBALL:
Conditioning
P OS S E S S I O N YO U
CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Books
MOST EMBARASSING SPORTS MOMENT: When my braid came out
during the Patrick Henry basketball game.
THREE FAMOUS PEOPLE YOU’D INVITE TO DINNER: Lady Gaga,
Gisele Bundehen, Gabriel Inglesias.
SOME PLACE YOU’D LIKE TO VISIT: Paris
ACTRESS WHO WOULD PLAY YOU IN A MOVIE: Melissa McCarthy
FAMOUS CELEBRITY YOU’D LIKE TO DATE: Tim McGraw
ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF: Charming
FAVORITE FOOD: Cheesecake
FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR: Buckeye
FAVORITE HANGOUT: Iggy’s & China Wok
FAVORITE SCHOOL SUBJECT: History
FAVORITE TV SHOW: The Walking Dead
FAVORITE ACTRESS/ACTOR: Jonah Hill
FAVORITE COLOR: Blue
FAVORITE PRO ATHLETE: Kyrie Irving
FAVORITE GAME AS A KID: GameCube
FAVORITE PRO TEAM: Cleveland Cavaliers
FUTURE PLANS: Attend college and major in education.
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Tab cover profiles
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ArcadiaT4
ArlingtonT5
Cory-RawsonT6
Hardin Northern
T7
LeipsicT8
Liberty-BentonT9
McCombT10
Pandora-GilboaT11
Van Buren
T12
VanlueT13
Columbus Grove boys
T14
Heritage Christian
T15
Mohawk girls
T15
Hopewell-LoudonT16
Mohawk boys
T16
AdaT17
PCL girls
T17
Findlay boys
T23
Findlay girls
T26
NW Ohio boys schedule
T27
BlufftonT29
CareyT30
ElmwoodT31
FostoriaT32
New Riegel
T33
North Baltimore
T34
Ottawa-GlandorfT35
HALEY GERTEN
SCHOOL: Leipsic
SPORTS: Volleyball,
basketball, softball
PARENTS: Bob &
Jackie Gerten
FAVORITE TEACHER:
Mr. Wenzinger
SUPERSTITIONS:
Have to have ChapStick
in my sock.
PEOPLE YOU MOST
ADMIRE:
Grandparents
BEST THING ABOUT
BASKETBALL: Being
with friends
WORST THING ABOUT
BASKETBALL:
Conditioning
POSSESSION YOU
Phone
MOST EMBARASSING SPORTS MOMENT: Tripped on the court
when no one was around me.
THREE FAMOUS PEOPLE YOU’D INVITE TO DINNER:
Channing Tatum, Lady Gaga, Patrick Star
SOME PLACE YOU’D LIKE TO VISIT: Paris
FAMOUS CELEBRITY YOU’D LIKE TO DATE: Dave Franco
ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF: Outgoing
FAVORITE FOOD: Chinese
FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR: Peanut butter
FAVORITE HANGOUT: The lake
FAVORITE SCHOOL SUBJECT: Art
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Pretty Little Liars
FAVORITE ACTRESS/ACTOR: Adam Sandler
FAVORITE COLOR: Orange
FAVORITE PRO ATHLETE: Miguel Cabrera
FAVORITE PRO TEAM: Detroit Tigers
FUTURE PLANS: Attend college and major in marketing.
MOLLY GLICK
DANI HEASTER
SCHOOL: Arcadia
SPORTS: Volleyball,
basketball, track
PA R E N T S : We s &
Tammy Glick
FAVORITE TEACHER:
Tayler Barr
SUPERSTITIONS: Wear
the same sports bra
PEOPLE YOU MOST
A D M I R E : Cour tney
Cramer and Stephanie
Recker
BEST THING ABOUT
BASKETBALL: Winning
WORST THING ABOUT
BASKETBALL: Losing
Food
MOST EMBARASSING
SPORTS MOMENT: Got a kill in volleyball from a ball that hit my
head and went over the net.
Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Taylor Swift.
SOME PLACE YOU’D LIKE TO VISIT: Hawaii
ACTRESS WHO WOULD PLAY YOU IN A MOVIE: Anyone outgoing
FAMOUS CELEBRITY YOU’D LIKE TO DATE: Zac Efron
ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF: Outgoing
FAVORITE FOOD: Tacos
FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR: Banana
FAVORITE HANGOUT: Buffalo Wild Wings
FAVORITE SCHOOL SUBJECT: Math
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Criminal Minds
FAVORITE ACTRESS/ACTOR: Zac Efron
FAVORITE COLOR: Green
FAVORITE PRO ATHLETE: Maya Moore
FAVORITE GAME AS A KID: Man Hunt
FAVORITE COLLEGE TEAM: University of Toledo
FUTURE PLANS: Play basketball in college or become a pro bull
rider with Courtney Cramer.
SCHOOL: Arlington
SPORTS:
Basketball, softball
PARENTS: Jason &
Robin Heaster
FAVORITE TEACHER:
Mrs. Cortez
SUPERSTITIONS: Use
the same hair tie, towel
and water bottle for
every game.
PEOPLE YOU MOST
ADMIRE: Seniors from
the 2012 Arlington team
BEST THING ABOUT
BASKETBALL: Being
with the team
WORST THING ABOUT
BASKETBALL:
Conditioning
My phone
MOST EMBARASSING SPORTS MOMENT: Whiffing on a hit during
volleyball.
Jennifer Aniston, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney
SOME PLACE YOU’D LIKE TO VISIT: Bora Bora
ACTRESS WHO WOULD PLAY YOU IN A MOVIE: Reese Witherspoon
FAMOUS CELEBRITY YOU’D LIKE TO DATE: Channing Tatum
ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF: Blonde
FAVORITE FOOD: Steak
FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR: Toffee Caramel Crunch
FAVORITE HANGOUT: Friends’ houses.
FAVORITE SCHOOL SUBJECT: Math
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Bachelorette
FAVORITE ACTRESS/ACTOR: Jennifer Aniston
FAVORITE COLOR: Purple
FAVORITE PRO ATHLETE: Miguel Cabrera
FAVORITE PRO TEAM: Detroit Tigers
FUTURE PLANS: Attend the University of Findlay
WFIN broadcast schedule
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Patrick Henry
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RiverdaleT41
Fostoria St. Wendelin
T42
Upper Sandusky
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A RCA DI A
THE COURIER
REDSKINS | BOYS
Arcadia boys will feature size, experience
ARCADIA — Bigger and better things appear to
be on the horizon for Arcadia’s boys basketball team
this season.
The Redskins suffered through a difficult season
last year as Arcadia posted a 2-21 overall record that
included an 0-9 record in the Blanchard Valley Conference in coach Cara Noel’s first season as head coach.
Noel is one of two female head boys basketball
coaches in the state. The other is Akron North’s Stacie
Horton-Carter.
The team’s top scorer from a season ago, Casey
Mock, graduated along with two other seniors in Seth
Bauer and Kevin Keefe Jr. Mock was a third-team allBVC selection after averaging a team-best 13.9 points
with 2.7 assists and 2.7 steals per game.
There is some size and experience back at Arcadia
this season.
Sophomore Shae Watkins and junior Hayden
Ramsey return after earning a spot on the all-BVC
honorable mention list.
Watkins, a 6-foot-5 post player, netted 9.8 points
and grabbed 5.5 rebounds per game. Ramsey, a 5-11
Noel
Ramsey
Watkins
guard, netted 8.1 points and collected 3.9 rebounds
per game.
The Redskins will have another experienced big
man on the court in sophomore Chad Baker (6-5).
Baker returns after scoring 4.9 points and grabbing
2.6 rebounds per game.
Junior guard Dylan Conine (5-11) is also a returning letterwinner.
Noel also expects a contribution from 6-1 junior
Josh Ireland.
REDSKINS | GIRLS
Redskins set to defend BVC championship
ARCADIA — Losing a player the caliber of
Miranda Palmer might be cause for lowering the bar
of expectations, but not so at Arcadia.
Despite losing Palmer, who averaged 21 points
per game at point guard and was named last season’s
Blanchard Valley Conference player of the year before
moving on to Huntington University, Arcadia has high
hopes this season.
And why not?
The Redskins have a long history of winning under
Randy Baker, who has compiled a record of 442-228
since taking over as head coach at Arcadia in 1983.
Talented duo Courtney Cramer and Molly Glick,
both second-team, all-BVC selections last year, are
back.
A 5-foot-6 guard/forward, Cramer averaged 11.5
points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game for last
year’s Arcadia team that finished 23-4 and won the
BVC title to help Baker earn conference coach of the
year honors.
A 5-11 junior, Glick led the Redskins last year with
7.7 rebounds per game. She also scored 11.5 points
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Baker also is looking for contributions from
Rebecca Kirian, a 5-7 senior, who accounted for 6.0
rebounds and 3.0 points per game. Junior letterwinners Maddie Mock (5-6) and Abbie Dauterman (5-11),
who combined to average 3.0 points and 4.0 rebounds
per game, are also back.
Other players expected to play key roles for the
Redskins include seniors Julia Pina (5-5) and Hannah
Ball (5-7) and junior Lizzie Coward (5-7).
A R LINGTON
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RED DEVILS | BOYS
Red Devils are loaded for run at BVC crown
ARLINGTON — In the past two seasons under
head coach Jason Vermillion, Arlington has won a
combined 41 games, including a dream season two
years ago in which the Red Devils advanced all the
way to the Division IV state semifinals.
Arlington appears to be loaded again this year as
Vermillion (231-104 in 13 seasons at the school) will
look to four returning letterwinners to keep Arlington’s winning tradition rolling.
Only one player who saw significant playing time,
Blaiz McBride, is gone from last year’s team that went
18-6 and 7-2 in Blanchard Valley Conference play.
McBride was one of the BVC’s top 3-point shooters.
He hit 34.1 percent from beyond the arc while dishing
out 2.0 assists per game.
The Red Devils should be solid inside with the
return of Michael Blunk, a 6-foot-3 senior forward, who
averaged 14 points and almost nine rebounds a game
last year while earning all-BVC second-team honors.
Guard Andrew Hunter (5-10), third team all-conference last season, averaged 12.6 points, 2.5 rebounds
and five assists per contest last season.
Vermillion
Blunk
Hunter
Jordan Freed, who was an honorable mention selection, added almost nine points and three rebounds
per game.
Blake Courtney, a 6-4 center, is also back and will
give the Red Devils an added presence in the paint.
A host of prospects also will compete for playing
time this year, including senior guards Jared Green
(5-9) and Ryan McDowell (5-10), junior center Logan
Grieser (6-2) and guard Aaron Starr (6-0), and sophomores Ridge Babb (5-11) and Matt Glick (6-0).
RED DEVILS | GIRLS
Heaster headlines Arlington’s returnees
ARLINGTON – Last year was a season of transition
for Arlington’s girls basketball program.
And as transitions go, it was a pretty successful
year.
The Red Devils lost several talented seniors from
a team that won the 2012 Division IV state championship. They hardly missed a beat in 2013 as coach Seth
Newlove’s Red Devils finished 16-8 overall and 6-3 in
the Blanchard Valley Conference.
Four players return for the Red Devils this season
as they try and return to the top of the rugged BVC.
Dani Heaster, one of the key members of the 2012
championship club, is back for her senior year. A
second-team all-BVC selection last year, the 5-foot-7
forward scored 10.3 points with 6.1 rebounds and 2.7
assists per game.
Senior Madi Mains (5-9) and Hannah Johnson
(5-5) return with experience at guard. Mains tossed
in 5.7 points with 2.6 rebounds per game while Johnson added 4.0 points with 2.0 rebounds and 1.2 assists.
Haley Dillon is back at the post after earning significant playing time as a freshman. The tallest girl
Newlove
Heaster
on the roster at 5-11, Dillon tossed in 5.8 points with
3.5 rebounds per game.
Look for six other players to be contributors for
Arlington.
Seniors Arden McMath (5-5) and Kenna Schmehl
(5-3) will see playing time at guard as will sophomore
Megan Johnson (5-7) and freshman Whitney Dodds
(5-6).
Sophomore Lauren Alexander (5-11) will line up at
wing and freshman Sierra Nichols (5-10) can play post.
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CORY-R AWSON
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HORNETS | BOYS
Hornets looking to make a move in the BVC
RAWSON — Head coach Aaron Long saw improvement in his Cory-Rawson boys basketball team last
season as the Hornets finished above the .500 mark
at 13-11.
More importantly, the Hornets played better in
the Blanchard Valley Conference finishing with a 4-5
mark, compared to a 2-7 clip in 2011-12.
Three lettermen return for the Hornets including
a pair who earned all-conference honors last season.
Grant Risner (6-foot-2), a third team all-BVC, honorable mention and AP All Northwest Ohio player
from a season ago, along with 6-foot junior Matthew
Alspach, who was all-conference honorable mention,
are Cory-Rawson’s top returnees.
Combined with senior guard/forward Chad Shepler
(6-0), the Hornets are a veteran team that will be
looking to compete with the big boys in the conference this year.
All three lettermen are scorers, with Risner averaging a team-high 13.5 points and 10.2 rebounds per
game last season.
Alspach and Shepler averaged nine and five points
Long
G. Risner
Alspach
a game, respectively, last season.
The Hornets have three seniors and two juniors
as their top prospects. 6-foot-3 power forward Danny
Miles can score in the post and junior Spencer Silvers
(6-2) is a top rebounder.
On the perimeter, Kyle Rossman, a 6-foot guard,
provides 3-point shooting for Long’s team.
Junior guard Ian Moser (5-10) and senior center
Heath Risner (6-3) will compete for starting time in
their respective positions.
HORNETS | GIRLS
Ludwig takes over C-R girls hoops program
RAWSON — If the subtractions and additions all
add up, Cory-Rawson’s girls basketball team should
be improved this season.
The Hornets lost two key players to graduation but
return four letterwinners who should give them more
experience in a number of key positions.
Cory-Rawson also has a new coach as Ryan Ludwig
takes over the program. Ludwig got back into coaching
this season after taking a year off. Previously, he was
the boys varsity assistant coach at Kenton.
The Hornets did lose their top player from last
year’s squad that posted an 8-15 overall record that
included a 2-8 mark in the Blanchard Valley Conference. Courtney Dulle graduated after earning a spot
on the all-BVC third team as she netted 11.2 points
with 3.6 assists per game.
The Hornets do have some offensive firepower
back.
Seniors Kiley Scott and Kendra Tuttle were both
honorable mention all-BVC selections. Scott tossed
in 11.0 points and Tuttle added 9.0 points per game.
Returnee Megan Ritter will also be counted upon
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H A R DIN NORTHER N
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POLAR BEARS | BOYS
Hershey takes over Hardin Northern’s boys
DOLA — It’s a new beginning for the Hardin
Northern boys basketball team.
Craig Hershey takes the reins of the Polar Bears
this season, and four letterwinners return as Hardin
Northern looks to improve on its 3-20 record from
a season ago.
The Polar Bears finished 1-8 in the Blanchard
Valley Conference.
Seniors Jacob Gossard, Rylie Drumm and Kyle
Lamb are veterans who Hershey can count on.
Drumm (6-foot-1) was an honorable mention allBVC selection last season after averaging 10.3 points
per game. He hit 29 3-pointers, averaged a team-high
4.3 rebounds per game and had a team-best 15 blocks.
Gossard (5-10) scored 9.8 points per game last
year. He nailed 36 three-pointers, tied for fifth-best
in the BVC. He averaged a team-high 2.2 assists per
game.
Lamb (5-10) shot a team-best 67.4 percent from
the free-throw line. Sophomore Storm Drumm (6-2)
is another returning letterwinner.
One key loss to graduation for Hardin Northern
Hershey
R. Drumm
Gossard
was Hayden Bradley, an honorable mention all-BVC
selection who scored 10.3 points, 2.2 assists and 4.2
rebounds per game last season.
The Polar Bears have a mix of veteran and younger
players vying for spots in the lineup.
Seniors Colton Spearman (6-1), Ethan Flowers
(5-9) and Trevor Pritchard (5-10) will be joined by
sophomores Blake Obenour (6-1) and Corey Thomson (5-11), and freshmen Bradlee Watts (5-10) and
Zac Wilhelm (5-10).
POLAR BEARS | GIRLS
Hardin Northern looking to move up in BVC
DOLA – There’s no place to go but up for Hardin
Northern’s girls basketball team in the Blanchard
Valley Conference.
Coach Brady Mast’s Polar Bears were 2-21 overall
and finished last in the BVC at 0-9.
Don’t look for Hardin Northern to remain in the
conference’s basement, though, as seven experienced
players return.
In fact, the only player who graduated for the Polar
Bears last spring was Chelsey DeLong, who netted 5.6
points per game.
While there are plenty of veterans back, the Polar
Bears will still be a very young team with just two
seniors on the roster.
Senior Kylee Hooker (5-foot-4) is back to run the
offense at point guard after scoring a team-best 7.8
points per game with 2.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists
per game.
Hardin Northern is deep at guard.
Sophomores Michaela Curtis (5-7), Alaina Roth
(5-7) and Morgan Madison (5-8) lettered as guards
Mast
Hooker
Campbell
last season and combined for 4.3 points per game.
Junior Brooklyn Watts (5-7) also has experience at
guard.
Junior Brianna Campbell returns at forward after
grabbing a team-high 4.7 rebounds per game. Junior
Shelby Schlatter (5-7) is back at post.
Senior Molly Wilson (5-7) is back out for the sport
after taking a year off and will play guard. Junior Kearston Schlatter (5-9) and freshman Holly Wilson (5-9)
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VIKINGS | BOYS
3 Vikes are back from state runner-up team
LEIPSIC — It was a magical year for Leipsic’s boys
basketball team in 2012-13.
The Vikings finished off a perfect run through the
Putnam County League during the regular season
and went on a tear in the tournament, reaching the
Division IV state title game. Leipsic’s season ended on
the court at Ohio State’s Value City Arena when the
Vikings fell to a Division I-laden group of all-stars from
Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph 87-63 in the finals.
Coach Scott Maag has three lettermen back from
last year’s ball club that finished with a 25-5 overall
record that included 7-0 and 7-2 marks in the PCL and
Blanchard Valley Conference, respectively.
Those three lettermen will have some big shoes to
fill after several standout players were lost to graduation.
Devin Mangas graduated after leading Leipsic with
16.9 points per game. Austin Brown (12.6 ppg, 6.5
rebounds per game), Aric Schroeder (5.0 assists per
game) and Mitch Kuhlman (5.0 rpg) are also gone.
Senior Zach Kuhlman (6-foot-2) is the top returnee
for the Vikings. He tossed in 14.2 points per game and
Maag
Kuhlman
Haselman
connected on 50 3-point goals, which was third-best
in the BVC.
Senior Neil Haselman (6-1) also returns at guard
while senior Oscar Lopez (6-3) has experience at post.
Look for a trio of sophomores to see significant
playing time.
Jordan Brown (6-3) will play wing, Matt Schroeder (5-10) will play guard and Gavin Cupp (6-5, 270
pounds) will give the Vikings a big body down low
at post.
VIKINGS | GIRLS
Leipsic should vie for crowns in PCL, BVC
LEIPSIC — With eight players returning from last
year’s 17-9 team, Leipsic might just have a leg up on
the competition in the Blanchard Valley Conference
and the Putnam County League, both of which tend
to be top-heavy with talent.
Only two players who won letters a year ago —
Kendra Gerten and Aubry Schroeder — are gone from
last year’s team, which ended the season with a 52-29
loss to PCL rival Ottoville in the Division IV regional
semifinals.
Among those returning for the 29th edition of
coach Gary Kreinbrink’s Vikings is point guard Rachel
Rieman, who has lost most of the past two seasons to
an ACL injury.
She is joined by 6-1 senior Amber Gerdeman, a
first-team all-BVC and all-PCL selection who scored
12.1 points and pulled down 10.7 rebounds per game
last season as the Vikings finished 7-2 in the BVC and
4-3 in Putnam County League play. Kelly Nadler, a
6-2 junior, contributed 6.6 points per game, but also
added 7.3 rebounds per game and blocked 63 shots.
Also back is guard Haley Gerten (11.8 ppg, 4.7
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Kreinbrink, who has a 330-285 record as head coach
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Arcadia, Pandora-Gilboa, McComb and Arlington,
and of course his own Vikings, as contenders for the
BVC crown this season.
LIBERT Y-BENTON
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EAGLES | BOYS
L-B boys return plenty of veteran players
The Liberty-Benton boys basketball team was one
of the best teams in the region last year.
The Eagles finished with a 22-2 record and a perfect
9-0 in the Blanchard Valley Conference, taking the
league title.
For veteran coach Steve Williman’s team, the next
step is to reach the regional tournament. Last season,
the Eagles lost a heartbreaker in the first round of
the district semifinals when they dropped a double
overtime thriller to to Spencerville.
Don’t look for any drop off at L-B this season as six
letterwinners return.
Seniors Adam Cytlak, (9.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 4.5 apg),
John Darnall (10.2 ppg) and Ryan Geise (13.1 ppg)
are all back for the Eagles.
Cytlak (6-foot-3) was second-team all-conference
and northwest Ohio honorable mention. Darnall was
third-team all-conference and Geise was first-team
all-BVC, first team northwest Ohio and second team
all-Ohio.
Zach Garver, a 6-1 senior three-sport standout averaged 9.0 points a game and 3.0 rebounds per game.
Williman
Geise
Cytlak
Senior Brandon May (6-3) is also back. Both players
were honorable mention all-BVC last season.
Junior B.J. Lawson also lettered last season as a
point guard.
Look for senior Mitch Haan (6-0) and sophomore
Alec Rhodes (6-0) to push for playing time at the wing
spot. Junior Brad Steinman (6-3) and sophomore
Nathan Craft (6-5) are candidates for action at post.
The Eagles open the season at Rossford on Friday,
Nov. 29.
EAGLES | GIRLS
Expectations high again for L-B girls team
Expectations can run pretty high for a team that
returns all five starters from a unit that finished 20-6,
and Liberty-Benton is no exception.
The Eagles return eight players, including their
top six who combined to average nearly 50 points per
game last season.
But the excitement of the new season was tempered a bit in the preseason when the team’s top scorer,
junior Katie Simon, was lost with a knee injury.
A first-team all-BVC selection as a sophomore,
Simon averaged 17.5 points and nearly eight rebounds
per game a year ago.
The Eagles still return a solid nucleus of players that has their sights set on dethroning reigning
Blanchard Valley Conference champion Arcadia and
advancing a bit farther into the playoffs than last year’s
squad that lost to Archbold in the regional semifinals.
Rachel Myers (5-foot-8) appears to be the go-to
player for coach Nate Irwin, who has compiled a record
of 163-47 in nine seasons as head coach at the school.
Myers, a senior first-team all-BVC selection last
year, netted almost 16 points per game, including 44
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Grubb back to lead McComb’s boys team
McCOMB — Last season was a disappointment of
sorts for Aaron Roth and the McComb boys basketball
program.
Falling just short of a third straight appearance
in the district tournament after a sectional tourney
loss to Columbus Grove, the Panthers are looking for
a deeper postseason run this season.
The Panthers will also be looking to contend
for the Blanchard Valley Conference title again this
season with four returning letterwinners back from
last year’s ballclub that recorded a 14-10 overall mark
that included a 7-2 record in the BVC.
There are a few holes to fill in the lineup because
of graduation. Roth said goodbye last year to a trio
of talented players in Dalton Buck, Jerry Brown and
Cody Wilson.
Buck was a first team all-BVC selection after tossing in 13.7 points per game. Brown and Wilson made
the all-BVC second team and honorable mention list
respectively.
Third team all-BVC player Clay Grubb will be back
for his junior year to lead the team.
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The 6-foot-3 football standout averaged 10.9 points
per game and 5.7 rebounds per game from the forward
spot.
Seniors Taylor Reardon (5.2 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 1.5 apg)
and Clay Dysert (2.8 ppg) will give the Panthers points
and much needed leadership. Sophomore Chas Shoop
(6-1) will also likely slide into a starting role.
Senior Travis Clark (6-1) and juniors Trey Hanes
(5-11), Blake Glaser (6-2), Jacob Beeson (5-6) and
Andrew Adams (5-11) will also see playing time.
PANTHERS | GIRLS
McComb girls looking to build on success
McCOMB — Seniors Brenna Dee and Emily
Clymer will carry the load for McComb’s girls basketball team this season.
The duo are the only two returning letterwinners
from last year’s squad that posted a 17-8 overall record
that included a 6-3 mark in the rugged Blanchard
Valley Conference.
Coach Jeremy Herr, who has a 60-53 record entering his sixth season as head coach, will have to find
replacements for four solid athletes lost to graduation.
Briana Herr, Kristen Buck, Caelie Reed and Allison
Beverly picked up their diplomas last June.
Herr was an honorable mention all-BVC selection
as she hit 58.9 percent of her shots from the floor.
Jenna Huffman, who averaged 10.9 points and 7.5
rebounds per game last season, decided not to play
basketball this year.
Dee and Clymer were the heart of last year’s successful season and give Herr a good nucleus to build
around.
Dee, a senior guard, averaged 8.7 points per game.
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Look for junior Kara Reigle to play a key role for
McComb this season. Three freshmen expected to
contribute include freshmen Jenna Herr, Nora Hemminger and MaKenna Babb.
PA NDOR A-GILBOA
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ROCKETS | BOYS
P-G boys have new coach, plenty of size
PANDORA — Pandora-Gilboa’s boys basketball
team has a new coach.
Logan Smith takes over the program at the school
this season after Josh Klear stepped down at the end
of last season.
He’ll have some size and experience to work with
this year after the Rockets were just 4-19 overall, 2-7
in the Blanchard Valley Conference and 0-7 in the
Putnam County League.
Pandora-Gilboa lost a trio of players to graduation.
Tyler Maag and Jarod Triplehorn, who was among the
BVC leaders in three-point goals (27) and free throw
percentage (.679) last season, have both departed.
Also gone is honorable mention all-BVC selection
Abe Basinger, who was a .737 free throw shooter and
dished out 3.0 assists per game.
The Rockets will be bolstered by the return of six
senior players. Pandora-Gilboa will also be about as
big as anyone on its schedule.
Senior guard Seth Schmenk (6-foot-2) headlines
the list of returning players after netting 10.0 points
per game and earning a spot on the all-BVC honorable
Smith
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Schneck
mention team.
Senior Brian Schneck (6-0) is also back with experience at guard. He hit 20 3-pointers as a junior.
Senior guards Dustin Rieman (6-0) and Jacob
Wauters (5-10) also saw varsity action last year.
Jared Tousley, a 6-5 senior, is back at the center
spot after grabbing 4.1 rebounds per game.
Senior Alex Osborn (6-3) and junior Colin Fenstermaker (6-5) are forwards and sophomore Cole
Alexander (6-3) will play center.
ROCKETS | GIRLS
Maag headlines list of P-G girls returnees
PANDORA — With five returning letterwinners,
Pandora-Gilboa’s girls basketball team appears to be
ready to make a run at championships in both the
Blanchard Valley Conference and Putnam County
League.
Head coach Jessica Liedtke lost just two players
from last year’s unit that went 15-7 overall, 6-3 in the
BVC and 5-2 in the PCL.
The two players who graduated for the Rockets,
Ashley Williams and Keri Conine, were each honorable
mention all-conference selections last year.
Megan Maag headlines the list of Rocket returnees.
A senior forward, Maag was a second-team all-BVC
selection last season as she tossed in 14.5 points with
6.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.
Senior Vanessa McCullough also returns for the
Rockets. She was a third-team all-conference pick after
netting 4.2 points with 3.0 rebounds and 4.9 assists
per game at guard.
Three other players are also back for PandoraGilboa.
Senior guard Hunter Hermiller averaged 7.0 points
Liedtke
M. Maag
with 2.2 assists and 1.8 rebounds per game. Ashley Alt,
a senior post player, and Olivia Maag, a senior guard,
combined to score 5.0 points with 2.8 rebounds per
contest for the Rockets.
Both will be counted upon to provide more scoring
for Pandora-Gilboa this season.
Juniors Shea Watkins and Breana Hovest and
sophomore Mackenzie Swary will see playing time at
the guard spot while senior Anna Abelovska will add
to the team’s depth at the forward position.
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Van Buren seeking to overcome injuries
VAN BUREN – There’s good news and bad news
for Van Buren’s boys basketball team as the season
approaches.
Third-year coach Marc Bishop has six letterwinners back.
Unfortunately, two of those players suffered serious
injuries during the football season.
Junior Ross Adolph, an honorable mention all-BVC
selection, who grabbed 7.1 rebounds and scored 7.1
points per game will miss the entire season while
recovering from a knee injury.
Classmate Draeton Fasone, who tossed in 7.8 points
per game, won’t be available until late December after
suffering a broken arm during the football season.
In addition, the Black Knights lost a trio of players to graduation from last year’s team that posted a
4-19 record and a 3-6 mark in the Blanchard Valley
Conference.
The toughest to replace will be Ryan Adolph (11.9
points, 2.5 assists per game), who was honorable mention all-BVC. Brennon Swain and Matt DeVore also
picked up their diplomas.
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The return of senior guard Sawyer Junge to the
program will certainly be a boost. Junge didn’t play
last season but tossed in 11.1 points per game as a
sophomore.
Senior Daniel Roberts (3.5 ppg) and Adam Endicott (4.8 ppg) lettered last season at the guard spot.
Senior Mac Williams (4.9 ppg) is back at center.
Bishop is also expecting contributions this season
from sophomore Marcus Brand and freshman Braxton
Fasone.
BLACK KNIGHTS | GIRLS
Black Knights looking to move up in BVC
VAN BUREN — Time to step up at Van Buren.
Van Buren has been mired in the bottom half of the
Blanchard Valley Conference the past couple of years.
The Black Knights will be looking to move into the top
half of the league standings but veteran coach Mike
Daniels, who is entering his fifth season in charge of
the program, knows it’s not an easy task.
The Black Knights head into the 2013-14 campaign
without their two best players as BVC honorable mention selections Kristen Tropf and Kaleigh Frampton
both graduated. Frampton will be particularly tough
to replace as she was among the conference leaders in
scoring (11.5 points per game) and rebounding (7.7
rpg).
Five players return for the Black Knights, although
sophomore guard Taylor Gilliland has been lost to
injuries.
There are some excellent athletes among the four
returnees.
Madi Endicott, a 5-foot-8 senior, is back with experience at post while classmate Paige Sudlow (5-6)
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Wymer (5-6).
Two juniors Lauren Wise, a 5-9 guard, and Desirae
Cooper, a 5-7 post, will also figure into the mix.
Sophomores make up the rest of the varsity roster.
Kylie Sturgill, the tallest player on the roster at
5-11, will see action at post along with MacKenzie
Edler (5-7). Bri Lasley (5-7) and Lexi Hassan (5-4)
will play at the guard spot.
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A new era about to begin for Vanlue boys
VANLUE — One of the most successful classes in
Vanlue boys basketball history is gone.
Six seniors graduated from last year’s team that
ended up 18-7 overall and 5-4 in the Blanchard Valley
Conference.
The seniors were also key players for the 2012 and
2011 teams that posted regular season records of 17-3
and 18-2 respectively.
The biggest loss, literally, is 6-foot-10 standout Zach
Garber. He was Ohio’s co-Division IV Player of the
Year last season after averaging 23 points and 12.1
rebounds per game. He’s taken his talents north and
is now a member of the University of Toledo basketball
team.
Starters Josh Clymer, Linden Smith and Dylan
Watson also graduated along with backups Joe Wagner
and Lee Summers.
Second-year coach Dean Birchmeier will be looking for a number of players to step up and fill some
of those.
There are a pair of returnees in senior Nick Hagerty
and junior Austin Smith.
Birchmeier
Hagerty
Smith
Hagerty, a 6-1 guard, netted 5.8 points with 1.6
assists per game while grabbing 19 steals. Smith, a 5-9
guard, had similar numbers. He popped in 5.8 points
with 1.7 assists per game and also grabbed 19 steals.
Four other seniors will see significant playing time.
Jacob Coldiron (6-3) will see action at post along with
Tim Reed (5-10), who will give the Wildcats strong
play off the bench. Colton Huston (6-0), an excellent athlete with good quickness, will line up at wing.
Devin Hendricks (5-5) will provide depth at guard.
WILDCATS | GIRLS
Wildcats are trying to replace five seniors
VANLUE — Vanlue’s girls basketball team has won
a combined nine games the past two seasons.
With four returning lettermen, Vanlue head coach
Todd Richards would like to see his Wildcats equal
that two-year win total this season.
Richards will have to find replacements for the five
seniors lost to graduation. Three of those seniors were
starters on last year’s team that posted a 5-17 overall
record and 1-8 in the Blanchard Valley Conference.
Juniors Haley Bonham and Kate Clymer are the
Wildcats’ two returning starters.
Bonham, a 5-foot-9 guard, tossed in 6.6 points and
grabbed 6.0 rebounds per game. Clymer scored 5.0
points and collected 5.0 rebounds per contest as a
sophomore.
Richards will be counting on his junior duo to
replace graduates Logan Frey and Katie Thomas,
honorable mention all-BVC selections, who were the
team’s top offensive players.
Senior guard Heather Gerschutz (5-3) and sophomore forward Jackie Kloepfer (5-9) are the other two
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Like many small schools around the area, depth
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14 players out for basketball this season and has just
two seniors on the roster.
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back at Columbus Grove
return for ’Dogs
Vorhees will be one
of the area’s top post
players this season
COLUMBUS GROVE — Columbus Grove’s boys basketball team has
a little bit of everything this year.
Size and experience, and still, the
Bulldogs will put a
young group on the
court this season.
C o a c h Ry a n
Stechschulte enters
his third season as
head coach with
four returning let- Stechschulte
terwinners from
last year’s ball club
that posted a 17-8 overall record that
included a 6-1 mark in the Putnam
County League and a 6-3 slate in the
Northwest Conference.
One player who will certainly be
missed from last year’s squad will be
standout three-sport athlete Derek
Vorhees
Brubaker
Rieman who earned spots on the
all-NWC and all-Northwest District
teams last season.
A pair of returning starters are
back for Stechschulte.
Senior Will Vorhees headlines the
list of returnees. Vorhees, a 6-foot-7,
220-pound forward/center, tossed in
16 points per game while earning first
team all-NWC and all-Northwest District honors for the Bulldogs.
Senior Riley Brubaker (6-2) is back
at forward. Junior Jace Darbyshire
(5-10) is back at a guard spot while
classmate Joey Warnecke (5-10) is
also back with experience at guard.
Look for three juniors and a pair
of sophomores to play a key role for
Columbus Grove this season.
Junior David Bogart (5-9) and
sophomore Gabe Stechschulte (6-0)
will play guard. Junior Elisha Jones
(6-1) and junior Nate Kohls (6-0)
will see action at forward along with
sophomore Logan Diller (6-3).
With a lot of juniors and sophomores expected to step up this season,
continued improvement day by day
and week to week will be important
this season for the Bulldogs, according
to Stechschulte.
Columbus Grove Boys Schedule
Nov. 30
at Van Buren
Dec. 7
at Ottoville (xx)
Dec. 13
Delphos Jefferson (x)
Dec. 14
Arlington
at Lima Central Catholic
Dec. 20
Dec. 21
Patrick Henry
at Jackson Center, 6
Dec. 28
Jan. 4
at Fort Jennings (xx), 7
Jan. 10
Lincolnview (x)
Leipsic (xx)
Jan. 11
Jan. 17
at Paulding (x)
Jan. 18
at Kalida (xx)
Jan. 24
Spencerville (x)
Jan. 25
Ottawa-Glandorf
Jan. 31
at Allen East (x), 8
Feb. 1
Continental (xx)
Pandora-Gilboa (xx)
Feb. 4
Feb. 7
Bluffton (x)
Feb. 8
Lima Bath
Feb. 14
at Ada (x)
Feb. 15
at Miller City (xx), 6
at Convoy Crestview (x)
Feb. 21
All games 7:30 p.m. unless noted
(x) -- Northwest Conference games
(xx) -- Putnam County League games
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Stechschulte and
Schumacher are top
returnees at Grove
COLUMBUS GROVE — This
season signals a new start at Columbus Grove, where
a small group of
experienced players
will try to improve
on last year’s 5-18
m a rk in Br ia n
Schroeder’s first
year as head coach
of the Bulldogs.
The only players
lost to graduation
with significant Schroeder
experience on the
court last year were
Breanne and Renee Halker.
Seniors Sammi Stechschulte,
Rachel Schumacher and Megan Verhoff lead a group of five returning letterwinners from last year’s team that
finished 3-6 in the Northwest Conference and 1-6 in the Putnam County
League.
Stechschulte and Verhoff will play
forward while Schumacher is back at
guard.
Also back this year are junior
guard Sydney McCluer and sophomore guard Kyrah Yinger. McCluer
is the lone two-year letterwinner on
the roster.
A pack of newcomers could also
see plenty of playing time.
That group includes senior forward
Julia Wynn, sophomore forwards
Stechschulte
Lynea Diller and Mady Vorhees, and
freshman guard Jade Clement.
The future appears bright for the
Bulldogs with eight other freshman,
aside from Clement, out for basketball
at Columbus Grove this season.
It will take consistent scoring
on offense and improvement on the
defensive end of the floor if Columbus
Grove is going to move up in the NWC
and PCL, according to Schroeder.
Columbus Grove Girls Schedule
Nov. 23
Lima Senior, 1:30
Nov. 26
at Hardin Northern
Dec. 3
Continental (xx)
Dec. 5
Convoy Crestview (x)
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Leipsic (xx), 2:30
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Paulding (x)
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at Miller City (xx), 2:30
Jan. 20
at Fort Jennings (xx),
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at Spencerville (x)
Jan. 30
Allen East (x)
Feb. 6
at Bluffton (x)
Feb. 8
at Arlington, 2:30
Feb. 13
Ada (x)
Feb. 15
Pandora-Gilboa (xx), 2:30
(x) -- Northwest Conference games
(xx) -- Putnam County League games
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Berry leads veteran Heritage Christian team
Eight letterman are
back for Minutemen
Last season, the Heritage Christian boys basketball team relied on a
group of underclassmen to lead the
team in points, rebounds and assists.
The 2013-14 season might be a
little different in head coach Tim
England’s sixth season with eight lettermen returning.
Experience is everywhere in the
lineup.
The Minutemen
will have a mixture
of classes accounting for the majority
of the production.
Dillon Berry, a
6-foot sophomore,
scored a team-high
12.6 points per England
game and should
only continue to
improve in his second year under
England’s system.
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Adelspergers are
back at Mohawk
Warriors lost eight
seniors and have a
new head coach
SYCAMORE — There will be a lot
of new faces on the court and on the
bench for Mohawk’s girls basketball
team this season.
Mike Beck takes over as head coach
for Josh Fortney who stepped down
after last season.
Also gone are eight
seniors who helped
the Warriors fashion a 21-5 record
that included an
8-2 mark in the
Midland Athletic
League.
Lynsey Trusty
will be the toughest of the seniors Beck
to replace. She averaged 10.0 points per game and earned
first-team all-MAL honors last season
while scoring 876 career points for the
Warriors. She was also among the
league leaders in assists and steals.
Sarah Runion also graduated after
a solid career in which she scored 722
career points and earned a spot on the
all-MAL honorable mention list.
Don’t look for a significant dropoff for the Warriors, though, with the
return of four solid players from last
year’s varsity unit.
Seniors Kasey and Julie Adelsperger are the top players back.
Kasey, a 5-foot-9 forward, earned
second-team all-MAL recognition
after leading the Warriors with 11.7
J. Adelsperger
K. Adelsperger
points and grabbing 5.3 rebounds per
game. She enters her senior year with
628 career points. Julie, a 5-9 forward,
tossed in 11.1 points per game.
Senior Clara Adelsperger, a 5-8
guard/forward, also returns along
with senior Taylor McClain (5-4).
Seniors Brooke Weinandy (5-6)
and Charlotte Moes (5-4) are candidates for playing time at guard as is
junior Allison Price (5-3).
Senior Brooke Weininger and
sophomores Megan Cleveland (5-9),
Bailee Daughenbaugh (5-4) and Ally
Weinandy (5-8) round out the Warriors’ varsity roster.
Mohawk Girls Basketball Schedule
Nov. 22
at Clyde Turkey Shootout, TBA
Nov. 23
at Clyde Turkey Shootout, TBA
Nov. 26
Bucyrus
Carey (x)
Nov. 29
Dec. 3
at Wynford
Dec. 5
Lakota (x), 7
Dec. 13
at Hopewell-Loudon (x)
Dec. 19
St. Wendelin (x), 7
Dec. 21
at Toledo Bowsher, 1:30
Dec. 27at Richwood Lady Cats Holiday Classic
Dec. 28at Richwood Lady Cats Holiday Classic
Jan. 2
New Riegel (x), 7
Jan. 4
at Arlington, 2:30
Jan. 7
at Riverdale
Jan. 9
at Fremont St. Joseph (x)
Jan. 17
at Seneca East (x)
Jan. 25
Arcadia, 2
Jan. 31
at Tiffin Calvert (x)
Feb. 4
Buckeye Central , 7
Feb. 6
Old Fort (x), 7
Feb. 8
at North Baltimore (x)
Feb. 15
Upper Sandusky, 2:30
(x) -- Midland Athletic League games
Also returning is 5-foot-9 senior
Ethan Houdeshell, who scored 8.0
points a game, and 6-5 junior post
Lewis Larsen who scored 11.0 points
and grabbed 9.0 rebounds a game last
season.
The Minutemen will feature solid
3-point shooting from Berry and
Houdeshell, while Larsen’s inside
presence should make Heritage Christian’s offense tough to handle.
Look for returning seniors Matt
Beal (2.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg), Josiah Lowe
(2.5 ppg, 4 rpg) and Winfield Oestreich to provide some offense as well.
England is looking for additional
offensive production out of pair of
promising freshman in Andrew VanDenberghe, who will compete for
starting time as a point guard, and
forward Joe Oestreich, a good outside
shooter.
Heritage Boys Basketball Schedule
Dec. 3 Clyde Harvest Temple
6:30 p.m.
Dec. 10 Grand Lake Christian
6:45 p.m.
Dec. 13 at Licking County Christian6:30 p.m.
Dec. 17 Bucyrus Wayside Christian 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 3 at Bowling Green Christian, 6:45 p.m.
Berry
Jan. 7 Jan. 10 Jan. 14 Jan. 16 Jan. 21
Jan. 23 Jan. 28 Feb. 4 Feb. 7 Feb. 14 Feb. 21 Feb, 22
Larsen
Marion Christian
6:45 p.m.
at Fayette Christian
7 p.m.
at Lima Christian Academy 4:30 p.m.
Westerville Northside Chr. 6:30 p.m.
at Bucyrus Wayside Christ. 6:30 p.m.
at Grand Lake Christian 6:45 p.m.
at Clyde Harvest Temple, 6:30 p.m.
Lima Christian Academy 4:30 p.m.
Bowling Green Christian 6:45 p.m.
Adrian, Mich. Berean Baptist 6 p.m.
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Hopewell-Loudon Chieftain boys team could be
wants to take the ready to contend in league
Lommerse
next step in MAL Imes,
should give H-L
a solid 1-2 punch
Burns is top player
back for Chieftains
BASCOM — Every year, the
Hopewell-Loudon girls basketball
team gets closer and closer to competing against the
best of the best in
the Midland Athletic League.
After finishing
third behind Carey
and New Riegel
last year, HopewellLoudon coach Rod
Daniel is still looking for his team to
take that next step Daniel
in the league’s final
season.
Daniel, though, enters this season
scrambling to replace three key lettermen, two of whom averaged doubledigit points per game a season ago.
Cassandra Hohman will be difficult to replace. She was a first-team
all-MAL selection after leading the
Chieftains with 14.7 points per game.
Danielle Rohrbach (10.0 ppg, 8.5 rpg)
and Lauren Trumpler (9.3 ppg) also
graduated.
The top returning letterman is
senior guard Courtney Burns, a
second-team all-MAL and all-district
honoree, who averaged 10.7 points,
4.9 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game
a season ago. She helped the Chieftains fashion a 15-8 overall record that
included a 6-4 mark in the MAL.
Burns
Daniel
Daniel is counting on seniors Aleta
Daniel (5.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 4.3 apg) and
Hope Brickner (3.3 ppg, 3.6 rpg) to
bolster the Chieftains’ offensive
attack.
Senior Shaina Bouillon is also a
returning letterwinner along with
junior wing Kiley Siegel and junior
post Abby Park.
Daniel is also expecting contributions this season from junior guard
Sicily Leiter and freshman wing
Alexis Feindel.
H-L Girls Basketball Schedule
Nov. 23
at Arcadia
at Vanlue
Nov. 26
Nov. 29
St. Wendelin (x)
New Riegel (x)
Dec. 5
Dec. 10
Van Buren
Dec. 13
Mohawk (x)
at Lakota (x)
Dec. 19
Dec. 21
Woodmore, 2:30
McComb, 6
Dec. 27
Jan. 4
Fostoria, 2:30
Jan. 7
at Carey (x)
Hardin Northern, 2:30
Jan. 11
Jan. 14
at Gibsonburg
Jan. 17
Tiffin Calvert (x)
Jan. 21
at Castalia Margaretta
Jan. 23
at Old Fort (x)
Elmwood
Jan. 25
Jan. 31
North Baltimore (x)
Feb. 4
at Cory-Rawson, 7
Feb. 6
at Fremont St. Joseph (x)
at Arlington
Feb. 11
Feb. 13
at Seneca East (x)
(x) -- Midland Athletic League games
Coach won’t be charged
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi sheriff said Tuesday that he
doesn’t plan to file criminal charges
against a high school girls basketball
coach accused of biting a player on the
face during a game.
Leake County Sheriff Greg Wag-
Imes
Lommerse
6-foot-4 junior center, Imes averaged
11 points and 6 rebounds last season.
He’ll be joined in the front court by 6-1
forward Ryan Lommerse, who scored
9 points and pulled down 5 rebounds
per contest as a sophomore. Both players were honorable mention all-MAL
selections last year.
Also back are Weston Hill, a 6-3
senior who contributed 5 rebounds
per game last year, senior guard Ryan
Depinet (2 ppg, 2 rpg) and junior
guard Garret Sendelbach (4 ppg, 2
rpg).
goner told The Associated Press on
that the girl’s family said they wouldn’t
press charges if Leake Academy coach
Doyle Wolverton resigned.
The school said in a statement that
Wolverton resigned Monday.
“As far as we’re concerned with
that incident, it’s done ... The coach
decided to resign, and by doing so the
family said they didn’t want to take
any legal action,” the sheriff said by
telephone.
H-L Boys Basketball Schedule
Nov. 30
Gibsonburg
Dec. 3
Tiffin Calvert (x)
Dec. 6
at St. Wendelin (x)
Dec. 12
at New Riegel (x)
Dec. 14
at Hardin Northern
Dec. 17
Van Buren
Dec. 20
at Mohawk (x)
at Leipsic
Dec. 21
Dec. 27
McComb
Lakota (x)
Jan. 3
Jan. 4
at Elmwood
Carey (x)
Jan. 10
Jan. 11
at Vanlue
Jan. 18
St. Wendelin (x)
at Tiffin Calvert (x)
Jan. 24
Jan. 30
Old Fort (x)
Feb. 1
Arcadia
at North Baltimore (x)
Feb. 7
Feb. 8
Cory-Rawson
Fremont St. Joseph (x)
Feb. 14
Feb. 15
at Woodmore
Feb. 21
Seneca East (x)
Mathey takes charge at Mohawk
SYCAMORE — There’s a new coach in charge of the
Mohawk boys basketball program this season.
Mike Mathey is the program’s third head coach in three
years and has high hopes for this year’s group of Warriors.
There is some experience returning to the court this
season despite losing eight seniors from last year’s ball club
that posted a 7-15 overall record that included a 4-7 mark in
Senior Mitch Parker (5-foot-10) and junior Gunnar Johnson (5-11) are the top returning players for Mathey this Mathey
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Family doesn’t want
legal action after
coach bites player
BASCOM — Hopewell-Loudon
continues to make
improvements since
head coach Adam
Smith took over the
reins in 2010.
Since then, the
Chieftains have
compiled a threeyea r record of
34-33, including an
11-13 mark last year
and a 5-6 record in Smith
Hopewell-Loudon returns a mix of
size and experience with five lettermen back from a year ago.
That group is led by Tyler Imes. A
Gone is Alec Gregg, a secondteam, all-MAL selection.
Among the newcomers are Waleed
Salem, a junior, and freshman Gauge
Sadler who are expected to compete
for the starting point guard spot this
year.
Also battling for playing time will
be senior forward Ben Bodart and 6-3
junior center Ryan Steinmetz.
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