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Fostoria’s Veronica Wonderly has
gone from cheering on the team
to holding her own on the court
winning season. And trying to change
that is a priority for her as she closes
out her high school career.
As a standout at Fostoria High
“I’d like to reach 1,000 points and
School in the early 2000s, Elaine DiC- be the third one up there,” she said,
esare had no idea that little Veronica referencing DiCesare and former teamWonderly aspired to be just like her.
mate Aja Hall as FHS players to have
“I really only knew her as Whitley’s reached that plateau. “And any records
little sister who always came to our I can break, I’m not going to say no to
games and cheered us on,” the former them. I’m not going to focus on them,
Lady Red All-Ohio point guard said, but if it happens it happens and I’ll be
referring to former teammate Whitley happy with it.
Swartz.
“Mainly I would just like to come
But as it turned out, DiCesare out with a winning season. Thirteen, 15
became a mentor to a girl who has gone games won — I would just be thrilled.”
on to become one
In past years,
of northwest Ohio’s
Wonderly of ten
“... Any records I can
top guards.
looked to pas s
break, I’m not going
“Elaine was my
to Hall, who last
idol in girls basseason finished her
to say no to them. I’m
ketball,” Wonderly,
career as Fostoria’s
now an FHS senior,
not going to focus on
career leader in
said. “Elaine was a
points with 1,565
them, but if it happens it
point guard; I was
and rebounds with
a point guard. And
972. But while he
happens and I’ll be happy
she was the best
doesn’t want Wonwith it.”
point guard, so I
derly to feel preswas watching her.”
sured to carry this
As time went
VERONICA WONDERLY
year’s Lady Red and
on, the instruction
FOSTORIA GIRLS POINT GUARD
being confident that
became personal.
she won’t have to,
And Wonderly has learned well.
coach Mat Swortchek thinks his veteran
Playing at the varsity level since her guard will impress onlookers more than
freshman year, the 5-foot-6 Wonderly she already has.
has averaged 11.6 points, 3.2 rebounds,
“She had to be a different player with
2.6 steals and 2.2 assists per game while Aja here,” he said. “Now she’ll get to
earning All-Northern Ohio League and show some of her other skills without
All-Northwest District honors. By aver- Aja here.
aging a little more than 12 points per
“One thing most people probably
game this season, she’ll finish with haven’t seen is she has the ability to
more than 1,000 for her career.
All that’s been missing for her is a
See WONDER, Page T3
By SCOTT COTTOS
SPORTS EDITOR
DOUG CAMERON / for the Review Times
VERONICA WONDERLY will lead the attack for Fostoria High
School’s girls basketball team this season as a senior point guard
who has played at the varsity level since her freshman year.
FOSTORIA REVIEW TIMES, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2010
Wonder
COVER STORY
she was in high school. A lot of my
“She pushed me. It was real nice.
moves came from Elaine. I’ve taken a And we’re still in contact. Whenever
lot from what she’s told me.”
I see her, I give her a hug.”
While coaching St. Wendelin’s
Through the years, Wonderly
Continued from page T2
ju n ior va rsit y
has developed
the next year,
an intense inter“She’s one of those
DiCesare didn’t
est in basketscore a lot of points and do it quickly.” see as much of
players who would lift
ball. Though she
DiCesare, who now teaches in the Wonderly. Out of
attends games
her
game
around
better
Tiffin school system, could do that as coaching last year,
of the Bowling
a player, as well as handle other chores though, DiCesare
players. She’s such a
Green State Union the court.
again tutored her
versity women’s
hard worker, she’ll do
She’s since become able to see a star pupil.
team and apprecisimilar type of player in red and black.
“Every home
ates the considerwhatever
it
takes
to
help
“She reminds me a little bit of game, she had
able skills of Ohio
myself, though she’s a little more ath- this little notethe team.”
State point guard
letic and quicker,” DiCesare said.
card made up for
Sammy Prahalis,
Wonderly said DiCesare had much me with the tasks
ELAINE DiCESARE
she prefers to
to do with the development of her or chores for that
FORMER FOSTORIA ALL-OHIO
watch the “sweet
game.
game,” Wonderly
POINT GUARD
moves” of NBA
“When she was the JV coach my said. “They’d be
players. Her favorfreshman year, we just clicked,” said like, ‘Do this: I want you to have five ite performer is Denver Nuggets point
Wonderly, who played mostly varsity offensive rebounds; two, three, four guard Chauncey Billups.
but also contributed to the junior or five steals; this many points; this
In that she absorbs so much basvarsity cause in her first year of high many blocks; keep your head up,’ I ketball-related information, it would
school. “She was telling me stuff I always taped it on my water bottle seem to reasonably follow that “her
needed to work on that she did when and looked at it during timeouts.
basketball IQ is one of the highest I’ve
ever seen,” Swortchek said.
In addition to playing summer
AAU ball, like a younger Prahalis she’s
helped her game by playing against
boys in the offseason.
“Even the boys players who aren’t
outstanding are still going to be better
than you, so you’ve got to be able to
push yourself to that level,” Wonderly
said.
“A lot of the boys here definitely
will push me to that level — or push
me to the floor, which they’ve done
plenty of times because they get mad,”
she added with a laugh.
Wonderly, however, is a competitive sort who wants to improve.
“(Some boys) are like, ‘Well, I
don’t want to a block a girl, blah, blah,
blah,’” Wonderly said. “I’m like, ‘Block
me. It’s not going to get me better if
you’re not being hard on me. Play like
I’m a guy.’”
While many players like to score,
Wonderly most enjoys and takes particular pride in her defensive play,
especially when it results in a steal.
“And being able to take it down for
a fast-break layup and make it — that’s
even better,” she said.
Wonderly hopes to play in college,
and DiCesare thinks that’s where her
game would most thrive.
“She has a lot more room to grow
as a player,” DiCesare said. “She’s
one of those players who would lift
her game around better players. She’s
such a hard worker, she’ll do whatever
it takes to help the team.”
As for this year, she’d like to help
what she called a closely knit group
of Lady Red players reach a level not
often reached in the FHS program. It
is her last shot in high school, after all.
“It’s overwhelming that I’m a
senior,” she said. “It’s my last year,
DOUG CAMERON / for the Review Times
and I’d like to have a winning season.
(ABOVE), FOSTORIA High School’s Veronica Wonderly drives
I’d like to do the sectional thing — I’d
against Bucyrus during sectional play. Wonderly, also pictured at
like to take down the net. Sectionals,
right, will be a fourth-year varsity player this season.
league, whatever I can get — I want
a piece of the net.”
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Elmwood
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ST. WENDELIN
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MOHAWKS | BOYS
Expectations rise for St. Wendelin
Last season was largely no day at the beach for St.
Wendelin’s boys.
The sun, however, did begin to shine in the late
going and offered some promise for days to come.
“Last year’s team came in with only one kid with
varsity experience,” coach Shawn Ginnan said. “We
got better as the year progressed.”
The Mohawks finished with marks of 5-17 overall
and 2-9 in the Midland Athletic League, with their
next-to-last game being a sectional victory over an
Arcadia squad that had delivered a regular-season
beatdown.
Last season’s top two scorers, Lucas Holman (12.2
points per game) and Mark Berton (9.6), graduated,
but while the Mohawks still won’t have much experienced depth, Ginnan, who will look for his club to push
the tempo on both offense and defense, is encouraged.
“My expectations are probably a little higher (than
last year),” Ginnan said. “It was a senior-oriented conference last year. This year I think we can compete.
Where I see us is anywhere between seventh and 12th.
The league still goes through New Riegel and Carey.”
Campbell
Hipsher
Ginnan
A large spot in Ginnan’s plans for this season is held
by 6-foot-2 senior Elli Hipsher, who averaged 9.4 points
and 8.0 rebounds per contest last season.
“Elli had a very nice summer,” Ginnan said. “He’s
grown and matured a lot. He’s going to be the focal
point of our offense. He can hit the boards and score
inside and outside.”
Duncan Campbell, a 6-1 senior, returns after averSee EXPECTATIONS, Page T5
MOHAWKS | GIRLS
Mohawks look to continue winning ways
The two-time Midland Athletic League player of
the year has graduated, along with a shooter who could
drop 3-pointers with anybody.
But while St. Wendelin girls coach Aaron Smith
acknowledges that his team needs some work, he
hopes a high standard — 80 victories and a regionalfinal appearance in the last four seasons — has been
set.
“I told the girls that we’ve been successful the last
four years and we plan to continue to be successful,”
Smith said.
Last year’s Mohawks went 20-4 overall and 11-1 in
the MAL, losing only to league-champion New Riegel.
Leading the way was Lauren “Cookie” Geroski, the
repeat league player of the year who has taken her 15.3
points, 5.6 assists, 4.7 rebounds and 3.9 steals of a year
ago to Capital University. Also among the departed is
Chelcie Rutter, who made a league-high 52 3-pointers
and scored 10.4 points per outing.
While there may not be another Geroski on hand,
there are skilled players on St. Wendelin’s roster
owning intangibles that Smith likes.
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ST. WENDELIN’S boys team includes: (front, from left) Brad Buhrow, Austin Reinhart, Tyson
Ogg, Tyler Rumschlag, Brady Rutter; (back, from left) assistant coach Aaron Kaseman, Duncan
Campbell, Elli Hipsher, Nate Hammer, Alex Shontz, Zach Miller, head coach Shawn Ginnan.
Expectations
Continued from page T4
aging 3.3 points and 2 rebounds last
season. Ginnan is looking for him to
be the Mohawks’ No. 2 scorer.
Mohawks
Continued from page T4
on heavily.
“She might as well wear No. 23,”
Smith said, referring to Geroski’s
former number. “She’s got to be our
Cookie. She’s an excellent 3-point
shooter and she’s learned to go to the
basket.”
Another key component will be
senior Katelyn Schiefer, an undersized
post player who grabbed 7.2 rebounds
ST. WENDELIN’S girls team includes: (front, from left) Ellie Riser, manager Sydney
Johnson, Heather Saalman; (second row, from left) Leighanne Stahl, Alisha Weis, Kelly
Faeth, Kayla Kirk, Anna Iannantuono; (third row, from left) Kristy Ressler, Ali Mowrey,
Meghan St. Clair, Colleen Fondessy, Katelyn Schiefer, Katelyn Whetsel; (back, from left)
head coach Aaron Smith, assistant coach Steve Geroski.
Rounding out the senior class is
6-2 Nate Hammer, who Ginnan said
has developed a solid shooting stroke.
Ginann will look for plenty of help
from Alex Shontz, a 6-foot junior who
averaged 15 points with the JV squad
last season and put in time with an
AAU team during the summer. The
other junior is 5-10 Tyler Rumschlag,
who will mostly be counted on for his
defensive ability.
Austin Reinhart, a 5-8 sophomore,
will be looked toward as both a scorer
and a distributor at point guard.
“He brings us a lot of speed; he’s
someone we can pressure the ball
with,” Ginnan said.
Zach Miller, a 5-11 sophomore, will
per game last season.
“She’s only 5-6, but she’s a tremendous rebounder and an excellent
defensive player,” Smith said. “She
gives you 100 percent in every game
and every practice.”
Alisha Weis, a 5-7 senior, will
also be looked to for scoring punch.
Rounding out the senior class are
5-9 Meghan St. Clair, 5-8 Leighanne
Stahl, 5-4 Anna Iannantuono and 5-3
Kristy Ressler.
The junior class includes Kelly
Faeth (5-10) and Kayla Kirk (5-4).
Sophomore Colleen Fondessy plays
guard at 5-11.
“If we’re going to compete, she’s
going to have to be one of our offensive threats,” Smith said. “She has to
understand that she doesn’t have time
to be a sophomore.”
The Mohawks’ other sophomores
are 5-3 Heather Saalman and 5-7 Ali
Mowrey.
“We’ve got our hands full,” Smith
said of competing in a league in which
he again expects New Riegel to be the
team to beat. “But I think it will be
a fun season. We’re going to have to
come to every game prepared as players and coaches.”
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Rounding out the roster are freshmen Gabe Walters (6-0), Brad Buhrow
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REDMEN | BOYS
FHS enters season with little experience
It’s far from a tried-and-true crop of players on Fostoria High School’s boys roster.
“There are only three kids with substantial varsity
experience coming back,” coach Rick Renz said.
But with some size that hasn’t been in the Redmen
camp in awhile and a steadfast defense-first approach,
Renz hopes his squad can improve on last year’s
records of 8-13 overall and 6-8 in the Northern Ohio
League.
“I think we’ve got the potential to contend near the
top of the league, but a lot of things will have to go
right,” FHS’ seventh-year coach said.
Renz said area-wide scuttlebutt has aired low low
expectations for his club, so naturally he’d like for the
Redmen to provide some surprises as they complete
their last season in the NOL before entering the Northern Buckeye Conference next year.
“We want to go out on a good note,” he said. “We
want to be competitive and put ourselves in a position
to win in the fourth quarter.”
Four seniors have graduated from last year’s team,
including Colin Echelberry, who led the NOL with
Settles
Tyson
Renz
51 3-pointers and ended up fourth in scoring at 16.6
points per game, and Andre Cousin, who was good for
9.4 points and 4.3 rebounds per contest.
The early going brings “a state of the unknown,”
Renz said, in regard to his personnel, but he knows his
players will be mandated to work hard at the defensive
end.
“If you start with a foundation of good, consistent
See FHS, Page T7
REDMEN | GIRLS
Wonderly main cog for Fostoria’s girls
Fostoria High School’s girls will have to confront
life without career scoring and rebounding leader Aja
Hall.
But while Hall was frequently able to go off for hefty
scoring outputs and returning senior Veronica Wonderly is capable of the same, the Lady Red’s formula
for winning won’t change.
“(The players) understand that when we won it
was when we were not watching one player do it all,”
third-year coach Mat Swortchek said.
Hall, who now plays at Owens Community College, finished her career with 1,565 points and 972
rebounds. She led the Northern Ohio League in both
categories last year, averaging 21.4 points and 12.8
boards, as FHS had records of 9-13 overall and 4-10
in the NOL.
She got a good amount of help from the 5-foot-6
Wonderly, who averaged 14.3 points. 3.5 steals and
2.7 assists per outing.
Logic implies that Wonderly will assume some
added responsibilities. But, Swortchek said: “I don’t
want Veronica to feel the pressure is all on her shoul-
Jackson
Wonderly
Swortchek
ders. We have to do it as a team unit.”
Swortchek knows opponents, at least early in the
season, are likely to double- or triple-team Wonderly,
hoping to get the ball out of her hands and not allowing
her to get it back. But the coach said he has confidence
in his other players to make such a strategy backfire.
“Veronica naturally wants to be a distributor,”
Swortchek said. “She has good enough vision to find
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FOSTORIA HIGH SCHOOL’S boys team includes: (front, from left) Tyrell Tucker, A.J. Settles,
Trevon Tucker, Evan King, Chris Jackson; (middle, from left) assistant coach Joe Muñoz,
Brandon Glenn, Ché Lindsey, Adonis Cousin, Houston Burrow; (back, from left) trainer
Michelle Badertscher, assistant coach Aaron Sheets, Tyler Layton, Xavier Ragin, Isaac Tyson,
assistant coach Larry Downing, head coach Rick Renz.
FHS
Continued from page T6
defense, you can play with anybody,”
Renz said. “We believe we have the
potential to play some pretty good
defense.”
Fostoria’s most experienced returnees are seniors A.J. Settles (5-foot-11),
Isaac Tyson (6-3) and Trevon Tucker
(5-9). Settles averaged 11.1 points per
game last season. Tyson will be eyed
for help near the basket, and Tucker
“is one of the better on-ball defenders we’ve had around here in awhile,”
Renz said.
The other Redmen seniors are
6-footers Tyrell Tucker and Evan
King, 5-9 Chris Jackson and 6-2 St.
Wendelin transfer Ché Lindsey.
Brandon Glenn, a 6-footer who
played in most of the varsity games
last year, is the team’s lone junior.
Sophomore Adonis Cousin (6-1)
will be looked toward for consistent
scoring inside or from the perimeter,
while expectations are also high for
6-3 sophomore Xavier Ragin.
“It’s still a learning process right
now,” Renz said. “I think rebounding will be a strength for us and that
we’ll have pretty good post play, so
we’ll have some new dynamics this
year. But we’re still young and inexperienced.”
FOSTORIA HIGH SCHOOL’S girls team includes: (front, from left) Veronica Wonderly,
Nichole Dupuis, Ashley Goins, Trisha Roddy, Chelsee Hernandez, Stephanie Porter; (back,
from left) assistant coach Carver Williams, assistant coach Heidi Kauffman, assistant coach
Clayton Moore, Tiffin Jackson, Rose Huss, Tyra Settles, head coach Mat Swortchek, trainer
Michelle Badertscher.
Wonderly
Continued from page T6
her teammates, and they are good
enough to produce when they get
opportunities.”
Tiffany Jackson, a 5-9 senior,
returns after averaging 5.4 points
and 4 rebounds per game last season.
Also back as seniors are 5-7 Stephanie
Porter and 5-4 Trisha Roddy.
“We need a lot out of those seniors,”
Swortchek said. “We need all of them
to step up.”
New to the Lady Red fold are
senior Nichole Dupuis (5-7), juniors
Ashley Goins (5-7) and Chelsee Her-
nandez (5-7), sophomore Rose Huss
(6-0) and freshman Tyra Settles.
Swortchek said Hall’s departure
may be most greatly felt under the
boards.
“Rebounding is one area where
we’re searching,” he said, noting his
club’s relative lack of size.
Swortchek said he was encouraged
by the offseason work of the Lady Red,
which included their participation
in a summer league at Otsego High
School. But some things still need to
come together.
“It’s a work in progress right now,”
Swortchek said in the early days of
practice, “but I think we have the
potential to be pretty strong after
looking at how they played in the
summer and our early workouts.“
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REDSKINS | BOYS
Hurlong 4th coach in four seasons at Arcadia
ARCADIA — The revolving door that is known as
the Arcadia boys basketball program has continued.
The Redskins, 4-17 a year ago, will be under the
tutelage of their fourth head coach in as many years.
This season Danny Hurlong takes over the program.
Hurlong, who has a 181-95 record in 12 years of
coaching, will be trying to resurrect a program that
has been down for awhile.
Hurlong will be able to build his team around four
returning letterwinners.
Grant Baker (5-foot-10), Lucas Huntley (5-9) and
Loren Huntley (5-7) are all junior wings.
Johnston Baird (5-10) is back in the post.
Two other juniors will be expected to make major
contributions in the post.
Jimmy Graham (6-3) and Matt Smith (6-1) will
provide depth underneath.
Senior Luke Ward, a 6-0 senior wing, is expected
to be a key player.
Sophomore Casey Mock (5-10) will handle the
point guard duties.
Lu. Huntley
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Seniors Brendon Fry (6-0) and David Hammer
(6-0) are also options in the post along with juniors
Matt Smith (6-1) and Michael Cramer (5-11). Juniors
Chase Myers (5-10), a wing/point guard, and Eric
Reinhart (5-5), a point guard, fill out the roster.
Without a lot of size on the roster, the Redskins
will have to win with quickness, ball-handling and
outside shooting.
Their could be some rough patches early on as
Arcadia will be learning a new offense.
REDSKINS | GIRLS
Moses is Redskins’ top returning veteran
ARCADIA — The Arcadia girls basketball team
will be playing for another winning season and more
during the 2010-2011 campaign.
Arcadia coach Randy Baker returns a solid nucleus
from his team that finished 12-9 overall and 5-4 in the
Blanchard Valley Conference a season ago.
The Redskins return five players that scored at least
five points a game last season.
Leading the way for Arcadia will be Kendal Moses,
a 5-foot-6 senior forward/center, who averaged 11.5
points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game a season
ago.
Moses was a second team BVC pick and was named
honorable mention Northwest Ohio.
Sophomore guard Miranda Palmer and senior
guard/forward Lexis Fleegle will also be looked on
to provide a scoring punch.
Palmer scored 10.3 points, grabbed 2 rebounds and
led the Redskins with 2.7 assists per game.
Fleegle averaged 8.5 points and snared 2 rebounds
per game.
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Three seniors, Anna Sopher (guard/forward),
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Sophomore forward Lauren Conine and sophomore
guard Regina Fox round out the roster.
The Redskins will need to be on the top of their
game early with games against Hopewell-Loudon and
longtime BVC rival Liberty-Benton during the first
week of the season.
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Bobcats hope to build on 2009-10 success
BETTSVILLE — Last season brought Bettsville’s
boys basketball team its first winning season since
the 1970s with an 11-10 mark.
The Bobcats (5-6 in the Midland Athletic League)
hope to build upon last year’s success, but they will
face obstacles — particularly inexperience.
Four of last year’s starters were lost to graduation, including MAL co-player of the year Andrew
Hartsel, who averaged 16.3 points and 11.9 rebounds
per game.
The Bobcats have just three letterwinners returning.
“Our guys this year have already set goals of
trying to surpass the win total we had last year, to
be better at defense and rebounding,” second-year
coach Mike Haynes said.
“We’re trying to get over that hump; we want to
start a good tradition here and our guys are really
working hard at practice.”
Each of the three returning letterwinners is a
senior and Haynes will look to the trio of Eric Bender
(6-foot-4), Brandon Butler (6-1) and Dakota Wright
(5-8) to lead the team.
Senior Ryan Hartsel (6-2) is also being counted
on to score.
Haynes also expects four juniors to step up and
play significant minutes. Dominic King (6-0) may
move into a starting spot, while Dominic Miccichi
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boys (team).”
Rounding out the Bobcats’ roster are seniors
Steven Schwochow (5-9), Kevin Shank (5-10) and
Zach Warnick (5-5) and sophomore Kennedy Hossler
(5-8).
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ELMWOOD
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ROYALS | BOYS
Five senior lettermen to carry Royals’ hopes
BLOOMDALE — For the second straight season,
the Elmwood boys basketball team finished 13-9 and
lost in the sectional championship game.
This year, with five senior lettermen returning,
Royals’ head coach Ty Traxler will be looking for even
more success.
Leading the way for Elmwood will be wing/post
Jay Hannah and post T.J. Waldock.
Hannah (6-foot-1), a first team Suburban Lakes
League pick last season, scored 10.9 points, grabbed
3.3 rebounds and dished out 1.2 assists per game.
Waldock (6-0), an honorable mention SLL selection, averaged 10.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists
per contest.
Also expecting to make key contributions are wings
Jack Waldock (6-0, 5.4 ppg, 4.3 rpg), Kevin Hammer
(6-1, 3.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg) and Andrew Davis (5-10, 1.2
ppg).
Also looking to crack the lineup are a host of other
upperclassmen.
Junior Tyler Rosendale (5-8) is a potential point
guard. Junior post Max Zyski (6-2) will likely play
Traxler
Hannah
T.J. Waldock
in the post.
Completing the roster and battling for minutes off
the bench are senior wings Austin Stewart (6-1), Dylan
Torrey (6-1) along with junior wings Conlan Varty
(5-11) and Trey Marsh (5-10). There is also junior post
players Taylor Hosmer (6-1) and Rodman Scott (6-2).
Elmwood, which is beginning its final year in the
SLL, will start its season with four consecutive home
games. The Royals will host Wood County rival North
Baltimore Friday and begin SLL play Dec. 10 at Lake.
ROYALS | GIRLS
Bateson with a squad of young performers
BLOOMDALE — With five sophomores and a
freshman on the roster, youth will be a definite theme
for the Elmwood girls basketball team during the 201011 campaign.
Royals’ head coach Skip Bateson must replace
Emily Reynolds, an honorable mention all-Northwest
Ohio district selection last season.
And he does have some solid veterans returning.
Those include seniors Sam Auchmuty and Reagan
Briggs, junior Sierra Beckford and sophomore Brittany Gross.
Auchmuty, a 5-foot-6 post player, and Briggs, a 5-10
guard, are already two-year letterwinners.
Gross and Beckford earned their first varsity letter
last season.
Gross will be the point guard in the Elmwood
offense with Beckford expected to work from the
position.
Auchmuty is undersized for a post player. But she
will get help inside this season from two 6-foot players
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TROJANS | BOYS
Findlay owns abundance of size
FINDLAY — Jim Rucki has four returning starters
and as much front-line height and length as he’s had
as Findlay High School’s boys coach.
But Rucki has been through the wars before, and
when it comes to length he knows there’s nothing to
compare with the long, grueling winter months of a
basketball season.
“Some guys are hurt. Some have been sick. We’re
a little thin right now,” Rucki said as he prepared for
his 12th season at Findlay. “Body-wise, we had only 14
guys on the varsity and JV, and that’s after bringing
up four freshmen.”
Findlay’s four returning starters including three
players who earned all-Greater Buckeye Conference
honors: seniors Grant Birchmeier and Brock Ammons
and junior center C.J. Gettys.
Ammons, who will play collegiately at Ohio Dominican, is a 6-foot-6 forward who led Findlay in scoring last season (14.5 points). He also pulled down
6.2 rebounds a game. Gettys, a 6-10 center, averaged
11.8 points and was Findlay’s top rebounder at 7.4 per
contest. He and Ammons were both second-team all-
Birchmeier
Boyd
Rucki
GBC picks. Birchmeier (9.4 points) was a first-team
all-league selection after leading the Trojans to a 15-7
overall record and runner-up (6-3) finish in the GBC
standings.
Also back in the starting lineup will be 5-7 senior
guard Kyle Boyd (1 point, 2 assists).
Top prospects for those positions were juniors
Boston Ballmer (6-0), Daniel Peak (6-2), Neal Bucher
(6-1) and Danny Todd (5-8) and sophomores Paul
Cosiano (6-0) and Joseph Davidson (6-5).
TROJANS | GIRLS
Trojans banking on solid foundation
FINDLAY — Connie Lyon wears a coaching whistle around her neck. From her conversation, however,
you get the impression she would be just at ease wearing a hard hat at a construction site.
“I think we’ve built a great foundation here,” Lyon
said. “At practice the other day, I was telling the
seniors to remember that they’re not just building this
season, they’re building a legacy for the young ladies
who will follow in their footsteps.”
With seven seniors and eight letterwinners returning this season, the foundation for the 2010-11 season
looks as strong as ever.
Four all-Greater Buckeye Conference players are
back for the Trojans. Holly Barton and Danielle Sallisbury, both 5-foot-8 senior guards, were first-team allleague selections, 5-5 senior guard Megan Lammers
was a second-team pick and 5-8 senior guard Rosie
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Another strong post player will be Taylor Stanfield,
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Neal (5-9), especially with Lammers and Stanfield
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HOPEWELL-LOUDON
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CHIEFTAINS | BOYS
New blood could mean success
BASCOM — After a 1-20 season that saw HopewellLoudon sink to the basement of the Midland Athletic
League, the Chieftains hope a transfusion of new
blood, both on the sideline and on the court, will be
what the doctor ordered.
Twenty-six year-old Adam Smith takes over in his
first head coaching job. Smith, who played basketball
at St. Wendelin and is the son of St. Wendelin girls
coach Aaron Smith, coached the Chieftains’ junior
varsity squad the last three seasons. Adam Smith will
be in full rebuilding mode, having lost to graduation
every starter and nearly every significant role player
from last year. Gone are Brandan Schaade (10 points
per game), Jake Schuld (9 points), Blake McCombs
(8 points), Shiloh Sauber (6 points) and Ethan Fuller.
“We have no returning varsity players that played
any significant varsity minutes last year,” Smith said.
“I guess you would say we’re all moving up together.”
That, however, could be a good thing, as Smith will
be surrounded by his junior varsity squad — one that
reeled off 13 straight victories to finish last season.
Juniors Tyler Tyree (6-foot-4) and Eric Depinet
Depinet
Tyree
Smith
(6-0) saw the most significant varsity action a year
ago, averaging 5 points and 2 points per game, respectively. At the junior varsity level, Tyree averaged 12
points and 8 rebounds per contest, while Depinet averaged 8 points and 8 rebounds per game.
Joining them will be senior Kyle Frank (6-4),
juniors Travis Ardner (5-9), A.J. Burns (5-11), Logan
Sendelbach (6-3) and Stephen Benner (6-1), as well
as sophomores Anthony Affholder (6-0), Adam Black
(5-10) and Alec Gregg (6-0).
CHIEFTAINS | GIRLS
H-L: Familiar face in a new place
BASCOM — A familiar face in a new place will
take the helm for the Hopewell-Loudon girls basketball
team this season.
Rod Daniel, who has coached boys teams at both
Bettsville and Woodmore, will work the sideline here
this season.
Daniel will have his work cut out for him as he tries
to replace a trio of starters in Brittany Egbert (15
points, 9.5 rebounds per game), who finished third
in scoring and second in rebounding in the Midland
Athletic League last year; Adrienne Hohman (8.8
points, 8.8 rebounds); and Mary Ellen McAllister
(5.1 points, 4.1 assists), who finished second in the
MAL in assists. That group led the Chieftains to a 14-8
overall mark and a 5-6 record in the Midland Athletic
League. Hopewell-Loudon also lost talented reserves
Rachael Saldusky and Becca Bernier.
Still, Daniel has some building blocks. Senior guard
Taylor Bishop (5-9), who averaged 2.4 points and 1.5
rebounds per game; sophomore guard Lauren Trumpler (5-8), who averaged 6.7 points and 3.7 rebounds;
and sophomore forward C.J. Hohman (5-8), who
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RAIDERS | BOYS
Experience at premium for Lakota
KANSAS — Lakota’s boys basketball team suffered
heavy losses to graduation after last season’s debut in
the Midland Athletic League, which brought an overall
record of 14-7 and an 8-3 league mark. With just one
experienced senior on this year’s roster, coach Tim
Walsh has instituted a two-year plan for the Raiders.
“We’re going to be quite young this year,” Walsh
said. “But we’ll continue to build on the concepts that
began being taught last year and hope that within time
the younger players will continue to improve.”
Ryan Chalfin (6-2) is the lone senior with varsity
experience and he, along with junior Nick McDole
(6-3), will play key leadership roles. Both play in the
post.
Junior Jordan Harrison (5-11) will more than likely
be the starting point guard, while another junior,
Dillon Reinhart (5-10), will see considerable time at
guard. Sophomore Kody Brewer (6-1) can play both
post and perimeter positions as needed, while a pair
of juniors, Brian Vamos (5-9) and Chris Robbins (5-7),
will play on the perimeter. Senior Austin Garber (6-0)
will come off the bench.
Chalfin
McDole
Walsh
“Across the board we’re going to be very young,”
Walsh said. “We’ve been talking a lot about this is a
two-year plan because other than Chalfin, every one
of these kids will be back next year. So we’re working
hard to improve to the point where we can be competitive this season, but also keeping it in the back of
everybody’s minds that this year is the year to rebuild
and everybody will be back except for Ryan Chalfin.
We want to work to be competitive this year and then
build on that for the next.”
RAIDERS | GIRLS
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KANSAS — Although last season’s 7-15 overall
record and 4-7 mark in its first year of Midland Athletic
League play may not seem impressive at first glance,
Lakota’s girls are headed in the right direction, according to coach Sam Meek.
The Raiders won a sectional game last season, look
to move up in the league standings this season and
hope to go deeper into the postseason.
“I would actually say that, in all honesty, we have
more talent this year than we did last year,” Meek,
in his third-year at the controls, said. “We had a lot
of seniors last year and those seniors played because
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NEW RIEGEL
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BLUE JACKETS | BOYS
Blue Jackets lost six players to graduation
NEW RIEGEL — There will be a lot of new faces
on the basketball court at New Riegel this season.
The Blue Jackets graduated six of their top eight
players off a team that ran the table in the Midland
Athletic League during the 2009-2010 campaign.
The biggest loss was Dustin Kinn, a four-year
starter who led New Riegel to an 18-3 record that
included an 11-0 MAL mark.
Kinn, the school’s second all-time leading scorer
now playing at Bluffton University, averaged 19.4
points, 10 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. Also
lost to graduation was first-team all-MAL performer
Aaron Schalk (12.4 points, 3.6 assists per game) and
Joey Dillon, a second-team all-MAL pick after averaging 10.8 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists per game.
Much will depend on the health of Brooks Hall.
The senior forward tore a knee ligament during the
summer and has been working hard since with the
aim of getting on the floor for significant minutes this
season.
Hall, 6-foot-2, averaged 5.5 points and 3.7 rebounds
a year ago and is one of five returning letterwinners for
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from his torn ACL has already made him a team leader.
Also back are seniors Mitch Reinhart (5-11 guard,
2.5 point per game) and Daniel Arbogast (6-3 forward,
2 ppg, 2.3 rpg) and juniors Collen Snyder (6-1 forward)
and Ryan Schalk (6-0 guard, 3 ppg, 1.9 rpg).
Newcomers will include seniors Jordan Gonzales
(5-10 guard) and Nate Schalk (5-10 guard) and juniors
Cody Kinn (6-3 forward), Zach Arbogast (6-3 forward)
and Zach Reinhart (5-8 guard).
BLUE JACKETS | GIRLS
Jackets are still strong after 19-3 campaign
NEW RIEGEL — Seasons may come and go, but
one certainty remains.
Steve Lucius will put a highly competitive New
Riegel girls basketball team on the floor during every
campaign.
Last year was no exception.
The Blue Jackets won the Midland Athletic
League with an 11-0 league mark en route to a 19-3
overall record.
New Riegel was defeated by Riverdale in the Division IV district semifinals.
New Riegel lost three key components from that
team — first team all-MAL stalwarts Paula Kelbley
(10.6 points per game) and Taylor Mathias (12.5
points, 4.0 rebounds), and second-team all-MAL Jami
Wagner (8.0 points, 3.1 assists).
Kelbley was an honorable mention all-state selection.
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SENECAS | BOYS
Five lettermen pacing Tiffin Calvert
TIFFIN — Tiffin Calvert’s boys lost four starting
seniors to graduation after finishing last season at
12-9 overall and 6-5 in the Midland Athletic League.
However, five returning lettermen give the Senecas
a foundation to build on for the upcoming campaign.
“We do have some experience, which is a strength,”
Senecas coach Ted Willman said. “Hopefully, it will
help the younger guys that don’t have that experience
and help them gel together.”
Calvert’s main asset with be its multiple-looks
defense. It will mix man-to-man, zone and half- and
full-court looks to keep the opposing offense off balance produce turnovers and spur the offense.
Offensively, the Senecas will look to take advantage
of their quickness and athleticism and try control the
flow of the game as early as possible.
Three returning seniors will lead the Senecas:
6-foot Brandon Ritzler (9.9 points, 5.3 rebounds per
game), 5-10 Derek Fry (9.0 points, 1.5 rebounds) and
6-2 Jon Dodson (3.7 points).
Other top performers look to be 6-3 junior Ben
Neilsen, 5-10 junior Matt Frank and 6-0 sophomore
Ritzler
Fry
Willman
Nick Warnement.
Calvert has a small squad, with only 15 players in
grades 10 through 12. And while he was still figuring
out who would fill out the varsity team in the early
going, Willman liked how his squad had developed.
“The coaching staff is real excited about the kids
that we have,” he said. “They have real good camaraderie and I think that goes a long way. They get along
well on and off the floor and they’re really an unselfish
group of kids.”
SENECAS | GIRLS
Limiting turnovers key for Senecas
TIFFIN — First-year coach Tim Ritzler has a bit
of rebuilding in order after inheriting a Tiffin Calvert
girls team that finished with records of 13-8 overall
and 6-5 in the Midland Athletic League and lost one
of the school’s most prolific scorers.
Ali Mass (13.1 points, 8.9 rebounds) scored more
than 1,000 points in her career and made first-team
All-Midland Athletic League last season. Her absence,
and the additional losses of seniors Michelle Seislove
and Alexa Frank, will provide a challenge for Ritzler’s
coaching debut.
“I think the last few years we’ve been a team that’s
kind of in that second tier of pretty good but not quite
up to standard, so I’m hoping that we can continue to
push and try to get to that level,” Ritzler said.
“We have to take care of the ball, make good decisions and make good passes. I think it’s one thing
that’s hurt us the past few years; we seem to have a
lot of turnovers and kind of defeat ourselves. If we
take care of the ball, then I think it will be a big help
for us this year.”
The Senecas have three experienced seniors return-
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TORNADOES | BOYS
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TIFFIN — When your school’s football team makes
a deep run into the postseason, it’s just cause to celebrate.
But for Tiffin Columbian, pigskin success has been
something of a double-edged sword.
Fourth-year coach Bill Beaston, whose team shared
the Northern Ohio League title last season at 10-4
and went 13-8 overall, started the preseason without
several players who were still busy with football. While
the Columbian football team continued its playoff push,
Beaston was preparing his squad the best he could.
“The biggest thing we need to do is buy into the
details,” Beaston said.
“Our previous groups had maybe a little bit bigger
margin of error, and details weren’t important. For
this group, the margin for error is a little smaller. The
details are extremely important, and so far at practice
the players are really buying, they’re asking questions,
they’re improving and they’re doing things right.”
The Tornadoes lost three seniors who averaged
in double-digits scoring to graduation, and several of
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What the Tornadoes lack in experience, they may
make up for in speed and athleticism.
Six-foot senior Jesse Hernandez (6.5 points per
game last year) will play multiple positions for Columbian, while 5-8 junior Jonah Boyer (5.1 points) and 6-1
junior Nick Loura (3.9 points) will be at guard spots.
Court time could also go to senior Derrick Goliday (5-10), juniors Deker Kneeskern (6-3) and Kyle
Heminger (6-3) and freshman Isaiah Moore (6-4).
TORNADOES | GIRLS
Columbian must replace key graduates
TIFFIN — After finishing with perfect regularseason records for the past two years, Tiffin Columbian’s girls look to keep that momentum running on
their quest for yet another Northern Ohio League title.
However, they will have to do it without graduated
standouts Jill Stein, Megan Miller and Lexi Rohrbach,
who are continuing their basketball careers at Bowling
Green State University, Owens Community College
and Baldwin-Wallace College, respectively.
The graduated trio contributed 62 percent of the
Tornadoes’ scoring and 60 percent of the rebounding
last season, leaving coach Larry Kisabeth with a rather
large gap to fill in his team.
“This year, we are going to have to find people who
will accept the leadership and look to take the ball to
the basket,” Kisabeth said. “We think we have some
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don’t replace the quality players we lost.”
Columbian will play this season with only three
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Van Buren squad is loaded with experience
VAN BUREN — Experience is a huge factor in any
sport and usually plays a key role in big games.
The Van Buren boys basketball team appears to be
a volcano waiting to erupt as the Black Knights return
eight senior letterwinners off of last year’s team that
went 11-12 overall and 4-5 in the Blanchard Valley
Conference.
After a four-game losing streak in early February,
Van Buren showed flashes of becoming an excellent
team, finishing the season by winning four of their
final six games including a tournament upset over
New Riegel.
Leading Van Buren will be its big man in the
middle, Rich Meyer. The 6-foot-6 Meyer, a second
team BVC selection, led the Black Knights with 11.2
points and 8.5 rebounds per game. He made over 50
percent of his shots from the field and set Van Buren’s
single-game block record.
Senior forwards Clay Sudlow (9.7 ppg., 5.2 rpg.)
and Drew Ashcraft (6.7 ppg.) are also back.
Riley Damon will handle the point guard duties
after averaging 6.7 points and 3.8 assists and shooting
Meyer
Sudlow
Frost
34 percent from beyond the 3-point line.
Jude Palmer (8.5 ppg.) will provide a solid outside shooting threat after canning 35.9 percent of his
3-point attempts.
Also returning at guards are seniors Andrew
Shroll, a solid perimeter defender, and Colin Stacy,
an outstanding outside shooter. Senior Jacob Monday,
another strong defender, will provide depth at forward.
Juniors Zane Kieffer, a guard, and Justin Roberts,
a forward, fill out the Black Knights roster.
BLACK KNIGHTS | GIRLS
Adolph, Coldren key returnees from ’09-10
VAN BUREN — The Black Knights girls basketball team finished the 2009-10 regular season with
a 13-7 record and solid fourth-place finish at 6-3 in
the Blanchard Valley Conference.
Then came the stunner, an early postseason exit
in Division IV sectional play courtesy of a loss to
McComb.
Two key returning players will lead this year’s
team and hope to extend Van Buren’s run of conference success and get the team farther into the
postseason for coach Michael Daniels.
Senior forwards Rachel Adolph (5-foot-8) and
Madi Coldren (5-9) were both honorable mention allBVC selections a year ago and give the Black Knights
plenty of experience in the frontcourt.
Adolph, coming off a volleyball season in which
she was named BVC Player of the Year, averaged 9.5
points and 6.1 rebounds, and shot 51 percent from
the floor and 70 percent from the free-throw line.
Coldren chipped in 8.9 points and a team-high 7.2
rebounds per game.
Both players were particularly effective on the
Coldren
Adolph
offensive boards — Coldren had 59 offensive rebounds
and Adolph 56. The backcourt picture isn’t quite as
clear, as the Black Knights lost starters Lauren Clark,
Chelsi Faine (second-team all-BVC, 12.2 ppg, 3.3 apg)
and Sara Doxsey (third-team all-BVC, 8.8 ppg, 3.3
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WILDCATS | BOYS
Wildcats to feature plenty of size
VANLUE — Vanlue may be one of the smallest
school districts in all of Northwest Ohio.
But the Wildcats’ boys basketball team will feature
plenty of big players on the court during the 2010-11
cage campaign.
Vanlue, which went 15-7 overall and 5-4 in the
Blanchard Valley Conference a season ago, will suit
up four players that are at least 6-foot-4.
Leading the way for the Wildcats, which are coming
off of a sectional title, is 6-foot-5 junior forward Jonathan Kloepfer.
Kloepfer, a third team BVC pick a season ago, averaged 9.8 points and 6.5 rebounds per game for the
Wildcats.
Another key returning player in the post will be
6-4 senior forward Dillon Kliesch (8.1 ppg., 5.5 rpg.).
Also returning on the block is Zach Garber. The
6-8 sophomore center clicked for 3.8 points and four
rebounds per game.
Two seniors will return to man the backcourt for
the Wildcats this season.
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Mason Amesquita (3.1 ppg., 4.0 rpg.) and Alex
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Junior Stuart Stone, a 6-4 forward, will be the first
post player off of the bench for the Wildcats, while
junior Jordan Wisner (5-10) will handle backup point
guard duties.
Vanlue will get the first opportunity to snap Liberty-Benton’s 42-game BVC winning streak as the
Wildcats host the Eagles on Dec. 10.
WILDCATS | GIRLS
Three-year performer Wisner leads ’Cats
VANLUE — The proverbial glass looks half-full for
the Vanlue basketball team this coming season after
leaning toward half-empty the past several seasons.
One key reason for the optimistic outlook is the
size and experience that returns for the Wildcats. Five
letterwinners, including three-year performer Krista
Wisner, return for Vanlue as the team looks to improve
on last season’s 3-18 record that included a 1-8 mark
in the Blanchard Valley Conference.
Wisner, a 5-foot-10 senior forward, is the undisputed leader of the team. She averaged 9.2 points and
7.5 rebounds per game last season and was just short
of averaging a double-double in BVC play.
Junior guard Savannah Engard (5-5) and senior
center Amber Kloepfer (5-9) each return for their
third season. Engard, the team’s top defender, averaged 3.3 points and 2.4 rebounds while Kloepfer added
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A pattern of success
you go through every night.”
That means facing high expectations from your fans. That means
getting an opponent’s best shot every
night and, as a result, needing to bring
your “A” game every night. And that
means having an “A” game that’s as
good as it can possibly be.
That’s why, after her sophomore
the most in the state with the girls programs from Pickerington and Mans- season at Millersville West Holmes,
field St. Peter’s. The Hawks are tied she transferred to Hiland.
“I used to go to camps at Hiland,”
for fifth in state championships with
she says. “I
Wa rs aw R iver
wanted more out
View.
“She is a scoring
of myself.”
It’s not exactly
machine.”
It’s that very
a coincidence that
attitude that
a player such as
explains the
CURT MILLER
Yoder would interHawks’ success.
BGSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACH
est Miller, whose
“We want to
teams have won
six consecutive Mid-American Con- win state championships,” says Dave
ference regular-season championships Schlabach, the Hawks’ coach since
and advanced as far as the Sweet 16 of 1991 who wants only players in his
program who are willing to work to
the NCAA tournament.
“She knows what it takes to win, that end.
Schlabach has guided the Hawks
so she’s competitive,” Miller says. “It’s
always fun to coach kids from winning
See PATTERN, Page T22
programs because they know what
Noelle Yoder stays on winning
track by matriculating from
Hiland to Bowling Green
By SCOTT COTTOS
SPORTS EDITOR
Noelle Yoder’s top quality as a
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Miller.
“She is a scoring machine,” Miller
says of his 5-foot-6 freshman guard.
But another, less tangible, quality
of Yoder’s excites the Falcons coach:
her pedigree.
Yoder was recruited to BGSU from
Berlin Hiland High School in northeast Ohio, where the Hawks have
gained 11 bids to the state girls basketball tournament since 1989 and have
won four Division IV championships.
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And it’s safe to say Hiland’s success
gives it credence.
That success is the byproduct of
good, old-fashioned hard work, led by
Continued from page T21
a firm-yet-caring coach.
“In high school, it was demanded
to 10 of their 11 state appearances. of us to be perfect and to go hard,”
His teams won the state titles in 2000, Yoder, the Bowling Green freshman,
2005, 2006 and 2008, and they’ve says. “I think it helped me come here
been runners-up in each of the last and realize you have to go hard from
the get-go.”
two years.
That kind of intensity isn’t for
Coach Aaron Smith’s St. Wendelin club got a face full of the Hawks’ everyone, which may be why Yoder
program in 2008, when they were is one of just two transfers Schlabach
the home team’s decisive victim in has gained during his tenure.
“ She was a
Hiland’s annual
gym rat and she
Classic in the
“We don’t have great
thrived on the
Country.
numbers because we do
fact that we were
It’s a testament
going to work her
to the Hawks’
work so hard. But we
and bust her butt,”
program that top
Schlabach says.
do have the cream of
teams from within
That’s also the
Ohio and outside
the crop. We have the
reason there aren’t
the state annuas many Hawks in
ally accept invitakids who want to be
the program as
tions to face tough
overachievers.”
one might imagopponents in the
ine.
1,800-seat Perry
Schlabach says
DAVE SCHLABACH
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he has 16 playBERLIN HILAND GIRLS
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ers in grades 9
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through 12 this
holiday weekend.
“We probably appreciate even year.
“We don’t have great numbers
more now what an honor it was to
be invited and be considered in that because we do work so hard,” he says.
“But we do have the cream of the crop.
class,” Smith says.
The Classic in the Country started We have the kids who want to be overin 2004. It draws 250 volunteers from achievers.”
Those kinds of kids — like Yoder
the community, as well as 200 college
— might just have it in their DNA.
coaches in search of players.
“It’s grown into something really Her dad, Bud Yoder, played basketball
at the College of Wooster. Her brother,
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Before her days as a Falcon, Yoder
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Berlin Hiland High School Hawk.
James, played at Capital University.
“My dad always says I made my
first jump shot when I was 2 years
old,” Noelle says.
And, she has seven other siblings.
“I played football and wrestled
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Pattern
was a legendary figure in the BerlinMillersburg area — Perry Reese Jr.
In 16 seasons, beginning in 1984,
Reese led Hiland boys teams to five
Continued from page T22
state appearances, including the 1992
state championships.
More important, he was a lone
growing up,” she says, smiling. “I did black man who set a new tone for
everything the boys did. And I’m the diversity in a white, rural community
baby of the family,
largely driven by
so I always got
“We don’t make any
Amish and Menpicked on.”
nonite values and
money doing this. You
Girls in the
traditions.
Hiland district
Schlabach was
just have to have your
have an opportuamong the many
heart in the right place”
nity to get a taste
who befriended
of the basketball
Reese, who died of
program early.
DAVE SCHLABACH
a cancerous brain
“We start the
BERLIN HILAND GIRLS
tumor in 2000 at
kids in kindergarBASKETBALL COACH
age 48. He was
ten,” Schlabach
also among those
says of his youth program.
who learned from Reese, whose
And their mentors are the Hawks, memory is honored along with King’s
who get a kick out of working with the at the Classic in the Country in the
younger girls. The younger players, building bearing his name.
Schlabach says, look up to the high
“The biggest thing was he conschool players and aspire to be like stantly got kids to play above their
them.
potential because he had relationships
“Just developing relationships with with them,” Schlabach says.
the little kids is really fun and relaxIn turn, Yoder said, “Coach Schlaing,” Yoder says.
bach was like a second dad to me.”
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Says Schlabach: “We don’t make
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