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DELPHOS
The St. Johns football team has a lot of

veteran coaches that
have been through
more than a few grid
wars over the years.
They will need to
call on that veteran Nick Martz
moxie as an overall
inexperienced team will try to execute
new systems on both sides of the ball
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We dont have a lot of overall experience,

especially in certain spots. We dont have
quite the depth weve had in the past either. That
is why we chose to play three scrimmages this
preseason instead of two; we needed as much
live action as possible to see what we can
do about addressing the lack of experience,
running different schemes and trying to
find depth by moving people around.
Todd Schulte,
head coach, St. Johns football
We dont have quite the depth weve

had in the past either, St. Johns head
coach Todd Schulte
explained. That is
why we chose to play
three scrimmages this
preseason instead of
two; we needed as
much live action as
possible to see what
we can do about addressing the lack of Austin Schulte
experience, running
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One of the reasons were switching out of the I is
we arent the powerrunning team weve
been; we just dont
have that kind of per- Austin Heiing
sonnel right now. We
believe with the skill set we have,
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With six starters back on that defense, including three in the secondary, that is a good a place to start for
the Jays.
Back for more are senior corner
(Bear) Evan Hays (5-10, 181; 53 solo
stops, 37 assists; 2 picks), senior safety Nick Martz (5-10, 170; 30 and 15),
junior corner (snake) Jordan Mohler
(5-10, 17; 51 and 182), former endturned-Sam linebacker Wes Buettner
(6-0, 212, senior; 22 and 6), Mike
linebacker Austin Heiing (6-1, 187,
senior; 65 and 37) and former tackleturned-nose Trent Closson (6-2, 218,
junior; 31 and 21).
Key losses include top tackler Cody
Looser (89 and 56), Tyler Jettinghoff
(50 and 24), Luke MacLennan (47 and
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more), right end Alex Haunhorst (510, 174, senior), Ax linebacker James
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senior), rover Aaron
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the secondary with
three of the four
starters from last year
back, Schulte continued.
However,
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receivers, many of
the same guys you
see starting on defense you will see
on the offensive side. Jorden Boone
Were not even close to the days of

2-platoon right now.
What were focusing
on is trying to make
sure we can get people a rest when they
need it, some some of
the younger guys will
have to step up and
show they can play
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tate as much as we can
and hope it gets better as the season
wears on.
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five offensive linemen returning last
year Buettner (a
guard-turned-center;
6 pancake blocks)
and right tackle Austin Schulte (6-4, 235,
senior) they will
Ben Dickrede
be leading the way for veteran signal-caller Martz (49of-112 passing, 633
yards, 4 touchdowns,
10 picks; 118 rushes,
615 yards, 6 TDs)
and Z receiver/wing
Hays (9 grabs, 111
yards).
New starters in
the front five are left James Harrison
tackle Closson, left
guard Jackson and
right guard Haunhorst.
Outside are Y receiver/tight end Heiing, X receivers/
split ends Fischer and
Eric Vogt (6-1, 154,
sophomore) and running back Harrison.
Zach Gable
For us, staying healthy

will be even more of a
concern, especially up front.
If we lose one guy, we lose
two starters at this point. Execution is always a
concern when you are
switching systems that
you have played for years
into something new, so
well have to keep improving
each day and each practice.
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The 1-2 backfield

punch of Jettinghoff
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and MacLennan (109
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For us, staying
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If we lose one guy,
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at this point, Coach Garrett Nagel
Schulte added. Execution is always a

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have to keep improving each day and each
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In the MAC, we have two defend-
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They are both loaded
again. Outside of that
right now, its open.
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Lady Jays hope to net more wins in new season

DELPHOS Carolyn Dammeyer has
coached varsity volleyball throughout the
area for 30 years, compiling a 350-143
overall mark.
That included a 5-19 season in her inaugural campaign at St. Johns in 2013.
However, with the departure of three
letterwinners
from a year
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high hopes in
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welcomes
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Figuring to become either the sixth
starter or come off the bench are veteran
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Gone via graduation are Alicia Buettner
(right/middle hitter), Kaylie Youngpeter
(outside) and Brittany Claypool (outside).
In replacing that trio, Dammeyer is
especially pointing to expected contributions from newcomers in freshman Ellie
Csukker, freshman Kennedy Clarkson and
classmate Madison Ellis.
We have improved in all areas and
worked very hard in the off-season. We
are striving to win more games, especially
Midwest Athletic Conference wins, she
Lady Blue Jay netters

The 2014 St. Johns volleyball varsity has, kneeling from left, Samantha Kramer, Olivia Kahny, Maya Gerker, Jessica Geise, Kestley Hulihan and Maddie Pohlman; and standing, head coach Carolyn Dammeyer, Colleen Schulte, Bekah Fischer,
Sydney Fischbach, Maddie Buettner, Hayley Jettinghoff and assistant coach Maggie
Wannemacher. (DHI Media/Jim Metcalfe)
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The entire MAC is tough but especially Versailles, Marion Local and New
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The remainder of the varsity roster has
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Assisting on the varsity ranks is Maggie
Wannemacher.
The junior varsity unit has Gerberick,

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DELPHOS St. Johns cross country coach Steve Hellman has struggled
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Those woes continue as Hellman
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We are still lacking numbers this year
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a junior Sam Stevenson. She made
great improvement as the summer went
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With so few numbers, injuries become crucial.
With only five boys, I am hoping for
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all season. Our goal it to try to be in the
top half of the team scoring this season,
Hellman added. The senior class in the
area is very good, so we will have to improve to keep up with the schools in the
area. As far as the Midwest Athletic Conference, it is going to be very good again
this year led by Coldwater, Minster and
New Bremen.
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to look for individual improvement to
make the season successful since they
cannot compete as a team. In the MAC,
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Both teams have been working very
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having at least one year of high-school
running experience, I have been able to
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The 2014 St. Johns boys golf unit has, front row, left to right, Matt Dickrede,
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By JIM METCALFE
[email protected]
DELPHOS There will be more

than a few new looks to the Jefferson
varsity football crew in 2014.
New systems on both sides of the
football the Wing-T on offense (as
opposed
to
last
falls
spread)
and
the
4-3
on
defense
(a 4-4 last
season)
and
a mostly
new
coaching staff headed up by first-year
head man Chris Sommers.
As well, only six full-time starters
and 18 lettermen are back from the 9-2
playoff edition (6-1 in the Northwest
Conference) under then-head coach
Larry Bub Lindeman.
Its taking some time to instill the
new systems and philosophies we want
to have but we feel
these new schemes
best fit what we
have talent-wise,
Sommers
began.
We are running an
up-tempo Wing-T;
its traditional in
that were stressing
the running game
but we will also Wollenhaupt
run multiple out of
Go Wildcats!
Like every team at this time, we have to avoid

injuries; even with depth, you still want your
front-liners out there, plus were not as deep as
wed like at every spot. Well be working to make
sure we have kids ready to step in when needed
and that also improves the competitiveness of
practices and makes everyone better. Were
excited and enthusiastic for the season to start.
Chris Sommers,
head coach, Jefferson football
it. We feel we have a lot more running

backs than receivers
at this time and the
point will be to wear
teams down and
make them adjust
quicker to our pace.
The 4-3 is to
deal with all the
multiple offenses
we face, especially
the spread, but also
Rassman
the pro-I and the
empty backfield.
The offense has the most holes to
fill as only one starter: All-NWC honorable-mention left guard Noah Illig (510, 180, junior).
It must replace stalwarts like running
back Zavier Buzard (243 carries, 1,792
yards, 32 touchdowns; 10 grabs, 145 yards,
2), wingback/tight end Ross Thompson (39
grabs, 714 yards, 7 TDs; 19 totes, 162 yards,

3), signal-caller Austin Jettinghoff (111of 195 passing, 1,789
yards, 14 scores, 5
picks), Tyler Mox
(30 grabs, 476 yards,
3), Joe Gorman (10
catches, 112 yards)
and linemen Adam
Crabtree (28 pancake
blocks), Isaac Illig
(16) and Justin StewDudgeon
art (15).
The defense has five full-timers: senior end Jordan McCann (6-0, 190; 47
solo stops, 26 assists; 9 sacks), senior
tackle Warren Poling (5-10, 190; 19 and
12), senior cornerback Trevor Dudgeon
(5-9, 155), junior end/outside linebacker
Drew Wannemacher (5-8, 175; 31 and
18) and junior safety-turned corner Josh
Teman (6-0, 155; 30 and 25). As well,
sophomore safety
Jace
Stockwell
started the playoff
game a year ago.
The Wildcats will

need to find replacements for Thompson
(77 solos, 43 assists),
Gorman (59 and 30),
Issac Illig (45 and
17), Tyler Mox (38
and 21) and Ryan
Kerby (34 and 21).
McCann
We have a lot of holes to fill in the

starting lineup. Though we are inexperienced, we are not a young team with
a number of seniors (11) and juniors
(16 out of 57 total), he continued. I
think one of our strengths is our physicality; the kids have
bought into what
were doing in the
weight room and
in conditioning and
were showing the
hard work they put
in. Were not huge
by any means but
we have good size
overall, to go along
Parkins
with good team
speed and strength.
We also have a lot of hungry younger guys that are excited about playing
and are looking to help us out. Because
of that depth, we are going to focus on
being two-platoon; outside of two players, that will be the case in our starting
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tempo offense.
On the offense,
new tentative starters up front include
left tackle Bryce
Lindeman
(6-0,
345, junior), center
Tyler Foust (6-1,
190, senior), right
guard Derek Foust
(5-8, 170, senior)
and right tackle
Talboom
Alec Lindeman (510, 235, senior).
Stockwell will
be under center,
with junior Dalton
Hicks (6-1, 220)
at fullback, junior
Adam Rode (5-7,
160) at left halfback and Mike
Cline (5-10, 150,
junior) at right halfDerek Foust
back. Senior Tyler
Talboom (6-1, 200)
is the tight end and either Grant Wallace
(5-11, 155, junior) or Ryan Goergens (60, 170, junior) is at
split end.
The
biggest
concern is getting
varsity experience
at this point; the
second is getting
on all cylinders on
both sides of the
ball, especially offensively, SomTyler Foust
mers said. We
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win on the road. We
expect to be playing a lot of tough,
close games on the
road.
The six new
starters
include
Hicks at middle
linebacker (73 and
42), Corbin Betz Warren Poling
(5-6, 210, junior) at
the open tackle slot, senior Kurt Wollenhaupt (5-9, 160) and sophomore Hunter
Binkley (5-7, 165)
at outside linebackers and senior
Gaige
Rassman
(5-8, 165, senior)
at safety, once he
returns from injury.
Like
every
team at this time,
we have to avoid
injuries; even with
Jones
depth, you still
want your front-liners to be out there,
plus were not as deep as wed like at
every spot. Well be working to make
sure we have kids ready to step in when
needed and that
also improves the
competitiveness of
practices and makes
everyone better,
Sommers
added.
Were excited and
enthusiastic for the
season to start.
The NWC is
going to be a chal- Alec Lindeman
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out. Everybody talks about Crestview
Like every team at this time, we

have to avoid injuries; even with
depth, you still want your front-liners
out there, plus were not as deep as
wed like at every spot. Well be working
to make sure we have kids ready to
step in when needed and that also
improves the competitiveness of
practices and makes everyone better.
Were excited and enthusiastic
for the season to start.
Chris Sommers,
head coach, Jefferson football
but I think there will be some very competitive games and teams all year long.
Youre going to have to strap it up every
Friday night, especially in the league,
and our goal is to have a shot to be there
at the top at the end of the season.
Assisting Sommers are John Edinger,
Jon Kroeger, Jeff Stockwell, Brent Binkley, Roger Arroyo, Greg Gossman, Michael Wiltsie and Seth and Adam Wollenhaupt.
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DELPHOS Jeffersons girls soccer
unit under second-year head coach Josiah
Stober had a very youthful roster in 2013,
going 5-9-2 with only one senior on the
roster.
That included a second-place finish in
the Northwest Conference and ended with
a loss in the Division III Sectionals.
Stober, entering 2014 with a 9-19-4
overall mark, hopes to reap the benefits
of having eight returning starters and five
more letterwinners on what is a much more
veteran group.
Back for another go-round as starters
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midfielder), fourth-year senior Kylee
Haehn (striker), fourth-year senior Jordyn
Radler (backer), fourth-year senior Bailey
Miller (midfielder), third-year junior Logan Hamilton (midfielder), junior Alexa
Marlow (backer/midfielder), sophomore
Arianna Knebel (midfielder) and classmate
Makaya Dunning (backer/goalkeeper).
As well, third-year junior Tasha Shaeffer (backer), third-year junior Brady White
(backer), sophomore Kiya Wollenhaupt
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Cheyanna Scirocco (backer) are looking to
fill in the blanks and provide needed depth.
We are bringing back a lot of experience to the 2014 season. While losing only
one senior, a very talented group of girls
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We are bringing back a lot of experience

to the 2014 season. While losing only one
senior, a very talented group of girls return.
There will be more depth at multiple
positions, which will cause a lot of
competition for playing time. We look
to put more pressure on opposing
teams with this added depth.
Josiah Stober,
head coach Jefferson girls soccer
depth at multiple positions, which will
cause a lot of competition for playing time.
We look to put more pressure on opposing
teams with this added depth.
The lone departure due to graduation
was 3-year player Brooke Hesseling.
Looking to further bolster the Lady
Wildcat fortunes on the pitch in 2014
with Stober having far more options to
choose from than in any of his two previous seasons promising newcomers in
the likes of Jessica Pimpas (junior goalkeeper), sophomore Abby Parkins (backer/midfielder), potential freshman starter
Kendall Marquiss (midfielder), freshman
midfielder Kaelin Anders and classmate
Jennifer Ditto (midfielder).
The final members of the roster are se-
nior Arielle Thompson (backer), Kaitlyn

Antrican (sophomore backer) and freshman Sierra Marlow (backer).
Assistant coach is Jason Klint.
One of the areas we need to improve
this year is communication, with movement second, Stober added. There are
a lot of good teams in the area and the
Northwest Conference. We look to continue to improve on our fundamentals and
working together.
With improved depth, we will look
to compete in many games this year. The
girls have been working really hard leading into the season and look to improve as
the year goes on.
Jefferson has several matches under its
belt in 2014.
Good Luck
Wildcats
in 2014!
With improved depth, we will look to compete in many games this year. The girls have been working really hard leading into the season and look to improve as the year goes on.
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DELPHOS There will be some

changes early in the 2014 Jefferson volleyball season.
One is temporary: fourth-year head
coach Joy Early will begin the campaign
finishing up her maternity leave, so new
assistant coach Josh Early the former
head coach of Spencerville in 2013
will slide over to the end of the bench
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an overall inexperienced team for 2014.
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middle hitter), Rileigh Stockwell (4
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Va n We r t C o u g a r s
Cougars griders expecting big things in 2014

BY JOHN PARENT
[email protected]
VAN WERT In his third season at the

helm of the Cougar football program, head
coach Keith Recker knows the time has
come to stop talking about getting better and
start putting more wins on the board.
Expectations within our program are
much higher than they have been the past
two season, Recker explained. When this
coaching staff came in, we were forced to
play a lot of freshmen and sophomore. Those
players are now seniors and juniors and they
have matured physically and mentally to the
point where we expect to be competitive
against the teams in our league.
The Cougars have posted back-to-back
1-9 seasons under Reckers guidance after
going winless the season before he arrived.
Each of the two wins Van Wert has recorded have come against St. Marys, which has
gone winless since 2012. The Cougars had a
few opportunities to steal wins last season,
but couldnt seal the wins when they had the
chance.
In 2014, the Couagrs need only replace
five lost letterwinners from last year, but
those five each played enormous roles on
both sides of the ball.
Junior quarterback Colin Smith returns
to guide the offense for a second straight
season. One of only two sophomore start-
We understand we are up against some

very big challenges. But this team is hungry
for the chance to compete. Our offensive and
defensive lines must have a great year. We
need to be able to run the ball and stop
the run to be successful.
Keith Recker,
head coach Van Wert football
ing quarterbacks in the Western Buckeye
League last year, Smith is expected to take
another step forward in his development this
fall, which improving his accuracy among
the biggest needs.
Classmate Justice Tussing, who emerged
as a weapon in the backfield last year, figures to get the bulk of the carries in Reckers
spread system. With Smiths mobility and
Tussings elusiveness, the Cougars have the
capability to create excitement with the readoption.
When Smith does throw, hell have a pair
of 3-year lettermen to target on the outside in
Chandler Adams and speedster Nick Krugh,
along with fellow senior Quincey Salcido.
One of the biggest areas of need last year
was size on the offensive and defensive lines.

Another year of growth and maturity for the
young players counted upon for the past couple of years is welcome, but the Cougars still
have a disadvantage of playing a conference
schedule that features six schools in Division
III and two others in D-IV. Van Wert is one
of two WBL schools (along with OttawaGlandorf) that play in Division V.
We understand we are up against some
very big challenges, Recker added. But
this team is hungry for the chance to compete.
The Cougars will be counting on big
years from senior Ethan Williams and juniors Jon Averesch and Nolan Smith in the
trenches.
Our offensive and defensive lines must

have a great year, Recker announced. We
need to be able to run the ball and stop the
run to be successful. The Cougars gained an
average of 116 yards per game on the ground
in 2013 while allowing opponents to rush for
better than 250 yards per contest.
Junior Ryan Stoller returns to the secondary, where he recorded 90 tackles last season,
second-most on the team. Adams figures to
again anchor the linebacking corps, where
he managed 78 stops a year ago, including
six tackles for loss and one sack. Adams also
recovered two fumbles last year.
The Cougars open the campaign with
the traditional opener versus Bryan at Eggerss Stadium on August 29. They have home
dates with Shawnee, Elida, Defiance and St.
Marys during conference play.
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its 20th season in the Western
Buckeye League with a renewed
hope. Into the coachs box steps
first year manager Matt Hernandez to take over a squad that went
just 1-15 last year and 0-9 in the
WBL. The Cougars lone win was
a 3-1 win over Spencerville on
the road.
There are a couple different factors
leading to the new optimism around the
Cougars training grounds. Last years
squad featured 19 new members of the total 30 kids who played on both varsity and
junior varsity. This years squad has only
six new members and looks for their experience to play a big role with the Cougars
this year.
Van Wert does bring back second-team
all-conference player Joe Lisa to the squad.
We got a lot of starters coming back from
last year. We have a lot of guys that started
around 50 percent of last years games. Ex-
perience will not be as big as of

a problem as it was last year. I
try to promote that we are one
team and when there are 11
guys on the field, although one
player may get the positive end
result, the other ten may have
had a hand in it. We have some
kids that have been around for
four years which is a good thing, said Hernandez.
Another factor to the renewed hope
is a change in philosophy by the Cougars
coaching staff and coach Hernandez looks
to focus on possession and ball control,
rather than the style most of his kids played
with in the younger leagues.
This year Im trying to instill the idea
of a possession game, but I still want the
guys to take their chance when they are
there. But since all the way back at the
youth level we have been taught to just go,
go, go, and you get in a rush and you force
things, and when you do that, rarely do you
get a positive result. Offensively, we just

want to possess the ball and play the game
at the speed that we want the game to be
played at.
Van Wert gave up 66 goals last year
while only scoring 10, which is why defense will be a key for the Cougars this year
as they look to improve on last years record.
We are looking to play a possession
game to minimize the chance that our
opponent has to score, because the longer
you have the ball, the less time your opponent has to score. We can go without a loss
on season by simple just holding them to a
tie. So playing good defense is a key. Defensively, we have to adjust on the fly but
we need to realize that is where the game is
won, continued Hernandez.
Our goal is to everyday get better. We
have kind of adopted a slogan, every day I
ask them who is here to get better. For the
season our goal is improve and we would
like to improve a lot over last year.
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Cougar boys/girls cross country teams looking to dominate WBL

By Nick Johnson
[email protected]
VAN WERT Expectations couldnt
get any higher for Van Wert boys and girls
cross country team as the boys come into the
season as the number one team in the preseason polls for Division II and the girls are
ranked 22.
The boys look to improve on last years
finishes in the Western Buckeye League and
also their finish at the State meet. The girls
look to show that the loss of some key runners will not affect their results this season.
The Cougar boys finished the 2013 season
with a 176-19 record and the girls had a record of 118-48.

The boys return all seven runners from
last years State squad and even have a couple newcomers who will look to push the upperclassmen.
We return everyone that ran at the state
cross country meet for us, which is unusual
for most programs. So those guys returning
are Connor Holliday, Connor Schaffer, Ryan
Rice, Daniel Perry, and Jordan Butler, Nick
Keber and Cade Fleming - six seniors and a
junior. In addition, a couple good freshmen
join the team. Thane Cowan was one of our
top runners last year as an eighth grader. I
think he will break into the varsity lineup
We return everyone that ran at the state cross country

meet for us, which is unusual for most programs. So those
guys returning are Connor Holliday, Connor Schaffer, Ryan
Rice, Daniel Perry, and Jordan Butler, Nick Keber and Cade
Fleming - six seniors and a junior. In addition to a couple
good freshmen joining the team. Thane Cowan was one of
our top runners last year as an eighth grader. I think he will
break into the varsity lineup sometime this season just based
off how strong our training has been going this year.
Brendon Moody,
head coach Van Wert boys cross country
sometime this season just based off how

strong our training has been going this year.
Dylan Lautzenheiser was one of our alternates and he ran at regionals for us, and he
is just a sophomore. We are probably 10 or
12 guys deep and can only race seven come
tournament time, said Van Wert coach
Brendon Moody.
The girls team has to deal with the loss of
three senior leaders and runners but also have
some freshmen and underclassmen ready to fill
the void left by the departed seniors.
We lost three quality seniors last year
on the girls side but we have three seniors,
Schealissa Williams, Whitney Myers and
Marissa Sperry. We also have two juniors in
Chloee Gamble and Alicia Danlychuck, and
we also have two sophomores in Natalie Riethman and Morgan Bracken. We also have
a good core group of freshmen girls that
should push for spots in my varsity squad,
continued coach Moody.
The Van Wert girls are looking for a
three-peat in the Western Buckeye League
after winning the past two league titles. The
girls also look for a return trip to the state
meet this year.
With losing three seniors, a return trip to
State would be a huge accomplish for these
ladies. I think a lot of people dont think we
can do it after losing what we lost last year,
but I think that it is very realistic that both
teams could make it back to state. added
coach Moody
Cougars linksters looking to improve on 2014 season

By Jim Cox
[email protected]
VAN WERT Van Wert golf had a
great run from 2001 to 2012. During that
stretch the Cougars won four Western
Buckeye League championships and never finished out of the top
half of the league. That
run came to an end with a
ninth place finish in 2013
tied for eighth (3-6) during the regular season and
eighth in the WBL tournament. For the young 2014
team, getting back into the
top half would be a major
accomplishment,
admits
coach Jeff Hood.
(Its a) young inexperienced team that
cannot realistically compete for the WBL
title as we have in years past, says Hood.
We must focus on improvement and learning the game. Expectations would be to finish in the upper half of the league and to
build a set of fundamental skills in the new
players that would allow them to show improvement.

Senior Brandon Hernandez (43.3 ninehole average, all-WBL honorable mention)
and junior Jacob Covey are the only returnees from last years league tournament and
sectional tournament teams. The remainder
of the roster is made up of untested freshman and sophomores. The
sophomores are Carter
Eikenbary, Colton Deschner, and Gabe Rollins.
The freshman are Jared
Hernandez, Tim Mankey,
and Daniel McGowan.
Brandon Hernandez
and Jared Hernandez have
been the top two golfers in
early-season matches.
Bath is the defending WBL champion,
and the Wildcats return their top three
players. Bath also leads the league in total championships with 15. Van Wert and
Shawnee have 10 titles apiece. The Cougar
championships came in 1975, 1979, 1980,
1981, 1985, 1991, 2001, 2003, 2007, and
2012.
We must focus on
improvement and
learning the game.
Expectations would be
to finish in the upper
half of the league
and to build a set of
fundamental skills in
the new players that
would allow them to
show improvement.
Jeff Hood,
head coach, Van Wert golf
With losing three seniors, a

return trip to state would be
a huge accomplish for these
ladies. I think a lot of people
dont think we can do it after
losing what we lost last year,
but I think that it is very realistic that both teams could
make it back to state.
Brendon Moody,
head coach Van Wert girls cross country
The Cougars boys were disappointed
with a second place finish in the WBL behind State champs Defiance and also not
pleased with their 10th place finish at the
State meet.
Last year we were really disappointed
with our tenth-place finish. We thought we
would be a top two or three team and we just
didnt run well that day. So we have a chip
on our shoulder and our sights are set high,
and we want to bring home some hardware
on the guys side. In all reality I dont see
why the guys cant run the table from the
gun, finished coach Moody.
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Smith sees VW volleyball as a top contender in 14

By Jim Cox
[email protected]
VAN WERT Spurred by a stellar

defense, Van Werts volleyball team
went 15-8 overall and 5-4 (fifth) in the
Western Buckeye League in 2013. The
biggest challenge in 2014 will be to
duplicate or top that defense, considering the fact that three of the back row
stalwarts Claire Gamble, McKenna
Merkle, and Cheyenne Handy have
graduated. Also gone is outside hitter
Taylor Doidge.
The 2014 roster, however, includes
six seniors who saw plenty of action in 2013 and even in 2012. They
are OH Alexa Dunlap (all-WBL first
team, all-District 8 first team), setter/
OH Amanda Coplin (all-WBL second
team), setter/DS Riley Jones (all-WBL
honorable mention), MH/OH Alexis

Dowdy, MH/OH Saige Royer, and
MH/OH McKenzie Collins. The other
returning letter-winner is junior OH
Landrie Koontz.
Non-letter winners on this years
varsity are senior DS Kelsey Spridgeon, junior setter/DS Domonique
Grothause, junior DS Karli Turnwald,
sophomore setter/MH Peyton Fleming, sophomore OH Emma Kohn, and
sophomore setter/OH Megan Spray.
Jones, an excellent passer and one
of last years setters, will be the starting libero this year, thus filling one of
the defensive vacancies. Dunlap, Collins, and Coplin are good all-around
players who will be fine defenders.
The same is true of Fleming, whom
coach Vicki Smith describes as the
newcomer to watch out for. Smith is
also expecting Kohn and Grothause to
25 championships. Bath is a distant

second with six. Van Werts best finishes were seconds in 1980, 1984, and
2008.
Smith is assisted by Ashley Breese,
Di Kiehl, and Matt Krites.
become top-notch defenders.

Offensively, the Cougars will need
to improve to contend for a league title. Weve been focusing a lot on our
attackers being consistent and being
smart, said Smith. I think theyre
coming around pretty well. Were still
working defensively with the block
and our defensive coverage. Were
getting there. We lost a lot, but were
getting back with it.
Smith expects the starting lineup
Weve been focusing a lot on our attackers
to come from Dunlap, Coplin, Jones,
Dowdy, Royer, Collins, Koontz, and
being consistent and being smart. I think
Fleming. We had eight losses last
year; Im hoping to cut that in half,
theyre coming around pretty well. Were
said Smith. Of course, our goal is to
win the WBL, but thats a pretty hefty
still working defensively with the block
goal. We want to finish what we started, unlike last year. At one point durand our defensive coverage. Were getting there.
ing the 2013 season, the Cougs were
12-2 overall and 4-1 in the WBL, but
We lost a lot, but were getting back with it.
they faltered down the stretch.
Smith expects the other WBL con Vicki Smith,
head coach, Van Wert volleyball tenders to be Celina, Ottawa-Glandorf,
Defiance, and St. Marys. Celina has
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Of course, our
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hefty goal. We
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what we started,
unlike last year.
Vicki Smith,
head coach, Van Wert volleyball
Cougar success depends on inexperienced players
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The Cougars will be

fighting to stay in the top half
of the league. The major
keys to success will
be finding a way to
win matches with the
inexperienced players that
we will have in our lineup.
My number one priority
every year is to help kids
become better tennis players and have fun playing this
great sport. Winning matches
along the way is nice, but our
main focus is developing our
players to reach their
maximum potential.
Chuck Rollins,
head coach, Van Wert tennis
By Jim Cox
[email protected]
VAN WERT The strength of our
team will be the play of Ali Moreland
at first singles, says Van Wert girls tennis coach Chuck Rollins. When we can
walk into a match and know that 90 percent of the time we can count on a win
at first singles, thats a great plus for our
team.
The other six varsity players will
need to step it up a notch, however, if
the Lady Cougars are to meet their goal
of staying in the top half of the Western
Buckeye League. Last years team finished at 8-8 overall and 6-3 in the WBL
regular season.
The Cougs were fifth in the league
tournament and fifth in the WBL overall
a combination of regular season place
and tournament place. Gone from that
team via graduation are second singles
player Sydney Dull (WBL Tournament
Sportsmanship Award winner) and third
singles player Claire Butler (second in
the WBL tournament).
A pleasant surprise has been junior
Katie Trittschuh. Katie is playing tennis for the first time and discovering that
2014 Van Wert tennis team

she has a unique talent for the sport,
said Rollins. She will be holding down
the second singles spot this season.
All four of last years doubles players
return, but two of them will be moving
up a notch. Senior Sydney Felger goes
from first doubles to third singles, and
junior Kali Agler moves up from second
doubles to first doubles. Agler is teamed
with senior Hannah Stemen, who remains at first doubles.
Sophomore Jess Agler stays at second doubles where she is matched with
junior Phoebe Eutsler, who is new to the
sport.
The four remaining players on the
roster will be competing for varsity slots.
They are sophomore Cheyenne Brown,
sophomore Maggie Kistler, freshman
Emma Vervielle, and freshman Cheyenne Sloan.
The Wapakoneta Redskins are far

and away the top team in the WBL, said
Rollins. The Cougars will be fighting
to stay in the top half of the league. The
major keys to success will be finding a
way to win matches with the inexperienced players that we will have in our
lineup. My number one priority every
year is to help kids become better tennis
players and have fun playing this great
sport. Winning matches along the way
is nice, but our main focus is developing our players to reach their maximum
potential.
Shawnee has been the traditional
WBL power with 18 championships.
Ottawa-Glandorf is a distant second
with seven titles, and Celina has six. Van
Wert, Bath, and Defiance are the three
schools who have never won a WBL
title.
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Pair of seniors lead a very young Lady Cougar soccer squad

BY JOHN PARENT
[email protected]
VAN WERT After a year away,
Rich Nouza returns in 2014 to guide the
girls soccer program he helped to build
at Van Wert.
The still-young Lady Cougar program, which has just four seasons of
varsity action, placed eighth in the 10team Western Buckeye League last
year, going 2-6-1 in conference and
3-10-2 overall. For the Lady Cougars to
improve on that record, they will have
to find a way to replace the schools
first-ever first team all-WBL selection,
Hannah Hulbert, who leaves a gaping
hole in the front of the Cougar attack.
She had a very unique skill, thats
very hard to find in soccer, in that she
was a finisher, a goal-scorer, and that
was a natural ability, Nouza said of
Hulbert. She really helped carry the
offense a lot during her tenure at Van
Wert; those are tough shoes to fill. Finding a striker, a goal-scorer is the hardest
job for any coach of any team, finding
(Carisa) Burgos will play in the center

midfield. (Shes a) great-conditioned athlete,
hard-worker. I think shell do a really good
job. Shes been with the program for a few
years, but shes taking on more of a leadership role.
Alea Hill is our central defender, kind of our
quarterback of the defense. Its a role shes
been in before and this year shes been asked
to be more of a leader. I think shes done a
good job of that so far in the preseason.
Rich Nouza,
head coach Van Wert girls soccer
that person that can put the ball in the

net.
A pair of returning seniors, Alea Hill
and Carisa Burgos, will be leaned upon
heavily by very young Cougar roster,
one that features 13 freshmen and six
sophomores.
Burgos will play in the center
midfield. (Shes a) great-conditioned
athlete, hard-worker. I think shell do
a really good job. Shes been with the
program for a few years, but shes tak-
ing on more of a leadership role, Nouza explained.

Alea Hill is our central defender,
kind of our quarterback of the defense.
Its a role shes been in before and this
year shes been asked to be more of a
leader. I think shes done a good job of
that so far in the preseason.
Joining the seniors as captains is junior Hayley Klausing, a newcomer to
the team, and to the sport, this season.
Shes new to the program, shes
a junior, Nouza noted. Great work
ethic. Shes aggressive and shes earned
the respect of her teammates already,
being named a captain. Klausing will
join Hill as a defender.
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Elida Bulldogs
Bulldogs return boatload of veterans to gridiron
2014 Elida Gridiron

By JIM METCALFE
[email protected]
ELIDA Jason Carpenter is beginning his eighth year at the helm of the
Elida football program with a 37-40
overall mark.
That includes last seasons 5-5 record, 4-5 in the Western Buckeye
League.
With 17 returning starters, he expects to make more noise in 2014.
Among the veterans back are seniors
Clark Etzler (6-0, 175, senior/wide receiver/defensive back), Jesse Guerrero
(5-8, 160; defensive back), Desmend
White (5-8, 180; linebacker), Jared Blymyer (5-7, 200; offensive line), Damien
Eaton (5-7, 260; offensive line), Quinn

Searcy (5-11, 240, offensive line),
Shane Lengefeld (5-9, 175; defensive
line), Will Legge (5-11, 275; defensive
line), Patrick Brockert (6-2, 185; wide
receiver) and Christian Moran (6-2,
185, senior/wide receiver/free safety).
Juniors include Brian Upshaw 6-0,
150; wide receiver), Logan Alexander (6-0, 195; quarterback), Tristan
Edwards (5-11, 210; offensive line),
Jordan Rothermel (offensive line) and
Dylan Holcomb (5-8, 175; offensive
line).
Sophomores are Baylee Stinson (61, 180; linebacker) and Peyton Smith
(5-10, 170; defensive back).
Newcomers expected to make a
big impact in 2014 are senior Henwin
GO BULLDOGS!
Duffy (6-1, 180; tight end), junior Joey

Glick (5-6, 190; defensive line), freshman Cole Harmon (5-8, 150; wide receiver) and classmate Daneille Lowe
(5-10, 170; linebacker).
We need to remain balanced on offense and be aggressive on defense. The
biggest concern is stopping the run on
defense; that is a must, Carpenter said.
Clark is a dynamic wide receiver and
we have some others to look out for:
Logan under center, Desmond at linebacker and Will on the line. Christian
(wide out), Peyton (secondary) and
Baylee (linebacker) I think will surprise
people.
If we can limit turnovers, stop the
run and make sure everyone is doing his job, we can compete in the
Cheer them on in 2014
WBL.
Assistant coaches include Dan Larimore, Kyle Harmon, Bill Kellermeyer,
Jeff Thomas, Mo Sumpter, Brett Halsey
and Jay Terry.
Elida opens 2014 on Friday, Aug.
29, at St. Johns.
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Sneary heads up Lady Dawg volleyball for 2014
By JIM METCALFE
[email protected]
ELIDA Elidas volleyball program has been headed by Kevin King
the last seven years.
Now, Traci Sneary heads up the Lady
Bulldog program and has three starters
and three letterwinners returning from
an 11-14 edition a year ago.
Back to familiar spots for the firstyear coach are starters Aubrey Williams
(5-8 senior defensive specialist/outside
hitter), Katie Hawk (5-9 senior setter/
opposite hitter) and Summer Grogg (511 junior middle hitter), with letterwinners Erin Bowman (5-7 setter/opposite
hitter), Karmyn Martinez (5-7 junior libero) and Megan Tracy (5-8 junior outside hitter/defensive specialist).
Having lost a pair of starters/letterwinners to graduation in Erika Kierl and
Tori McAdams, Sneary has hopes that a
trio of promising newcomers in Katelyn
Sumption (5-10 sophomore middle hitter), Taylor Creps (5-8 junior opposite
hitter) and Emily Bowman (5-7 junior
outside hitter/defensive specialist) will
help fill the void.
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Our biggest weakness is our defense. Weve been working really hard
over the summer on that aspect of the
game, so hopefully, it will be better this
year, Sneary said. There are some
good teams in the Western Buckeye
League this year. I just hope to compete
with them and finish in the top half.
The other members of the varsity
roster are 5-7 sophomore Mallory Etzler (outside/middle hitter) and classmate Racheel Davisson (5-6 defensive
specialist/outside hitter).
The junior varsity unit has Davisson,
Etzler, sophomores Natalie Carder (510 opposite hitter) and Rebecca Tschuor
(5-10 outside hitter/defensive specialist); and freshmen Madison Allemeier
(5-11 middle hitter), Presley Knotts (5-5

libero), Cydney Lyons (5-8 defensive
specialist), Dakota Roberts (5-8 middle
hitter), Sidney Roberts (5-8 outside hitter), Isabelle Shrider (5-5 setter) and
Jordyn Stewart (5-10 defensive specialist/outside hitter).
Elida has commenced its new season
under Sneary.
Our biggest weakness is our defense. Weve been working

really hard over the summer on that aspect of
the game, so hopefully, it will be better this year. There are
some good teams in the Western Buckeye League this year.
I just hope to compete with them and finish in the top half.
Traci Sneary,
head coach, Elida volleyball
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Thomas seeks to have more success for Elida boys soccer

By JIM METCALFE
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.
com
ELIDA Tom Thomas had
a solid 2013 season at the helm
of the Elida varsity boys soccer
crew, going 12-5-2 and getting
knocked out in the Division II
District final.
That included a 5-2-2 mark
in the tough Western Buckeye
League.
As he begins his 12th season,
he brings back nine lettermen
eight of them starters from
that unit to build the newest
crew around.
The starting unit should be
sound everywhere as senior
goalkeeper Garrett Brinkman
returns.
Third-year senior Shawn
Ezell (defender) and third-year
junior Nathan Stewart both
who have started three years
are rocks on the back line, while
the midfield is built around third-year
starter Adam Ordel (senior), third-year
starter Dalton Reichert (junior) and
third-year junior Kyle Finnerty.
Finally, third-year starting forward
Jerod Houston (senior) and third-year
starting forward Gaerid Littler (junior)
look to provide offensive punch up
Elida boys soccer
front.
Third-year senior midfielder Chase
Walton came off the bench last fall and
looks to step into an open starting spot.
Also looking to do so in their first
season on the varsity level replacing four members of the Class of 2014
in Austin Calvelage (defender), A.J.
Siefker (defender), Brice Coolidge (de-
fender) and Riley Overholt (midfielder)

are senior Ethan Schaefer (defender), junior Gunner Braun (midfielder),
Oliver Fessler (midfielder), junior Matt
Graymire (forward), classmate Austin
Morrison (forward) and sophomore defender Matt Cellar.
The boys are excited for the season
and have been preparing well, Thomas
said. Well focus on ball possession

and strive to improve ourselves each
match. The players have shown they
want success; they just have to go out
each night, be focused and theyll be
rewarded.
The 12th season for Thomas has
been kicked off.
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Elida harriers return handful on each side
Elida cross country

By JIM METCALFE
[email protected]
ELIDA Elida head cross country

coach Bruce Marshall went 79-81 last season in his second season at the Lady Bulldog helm (7th out of 10 Western Buckeye
League schools) and 30-134 on the boys
side, good for 10th in the WBL.
A handful of returnees none of them
seniors are back on both sides as the
Bulldogs prepare for 2014 without a senior on either roster.
This falls girls crew will be paced by
first-team All-WBL sophomore Alyssa

Turrentine (6th at Districts; 27th at Regionals).
As well, four more veterans are back
from a year ago: junior Tori Bowen, junior
Hannah Malone, sophomore Lauren Bull
and sophomore Aerianna Littler.
He only lost one letterwinner from that
team due to graduation Kaiti Hinegardner but has her replacement in freshman Kelsey Goodman.
We have many veteran runners returning and they have also done track in the
spring, Marshall observed. At the same
time, we have only one freshman on the
team and she has not run before.

Our goals are to improve our times
as the season progresses with the hope of
peaking at the WBL conference meet as
well as Districts. Alyssa has her eyes set
on qualifying for the state meet.
On the boys side, back for another
go-round are junior Eric Anthony, junior
Gaerid Littler, sophomore Trevor Brookman, sophomore Caleb Newland and
classmate Daulton Buetner.
A pair of promising newcomers in Matt
Hesseling (sophomore) and freshman Gavin
Peare finish the rest of the boys roster in replacing a pair of letterwinning graduates in
Lady Dawg netters return

5 to the hard courts
By JIM METCALFE
[email protected]
ELIDA Elida girls tennis
coach Quinn Whittaker returns five
letterwinners from last falls 8-8 edition.
That includes a 5-4 mark in the
Western Buckeye League, good for
fourth place, and participated in the
Division II sectionals.
Those returnees hopes to improve
Whittakers 36-28 4-year mark.
They include third-year senior
Ashley Fay (doubles), senior dou-
bles Summer Slusher, senior doubles

Jenna Mekolites, third-year junior
singles Meredith Little and classmate
Jacey Higbie.
Needing to replace graduated
players in Hailey Hurst, Cera Sanage
and Elizabeth White, the coach will
look to promising junior newcomer
McKenna Griffith, as well as other
youngsters, to fill out the 7-girl lineup of three singles players and a pair
of doubles.
We are looking forward to a
strong, successful season this year,
Whittaker added.
Assistant coach is Chris Kelley.
Elida 2014 tennis
Max Stambaugh and Logan Malone.

We have the same thing on the boys
as the girls: most of our runners have
done cross country for many years as well
as track in the spring, Marshall added.
Again, though, we only have one freshman on the boys roster.
Our goals for the boys are the same as
the girls: improve our times as the season
progresses with the hope of peaking at the
WBL conference meet as well as Districts.
We also need to stay healthy and injuryfree.
Elidas 2014 cross country campaign
has already commenced.
Ottoville Big Green
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Lady Green ready for pitch in 2014

By JIM METCALFE
[email protected]
OTTOVILLE The Ottoville Lady

Green girls soccer crew comes off a rare
down season, compiling a 5-11 mark last
fall.
Head coach Tim Kimmet and crew
hopes that 10 letterwinners back from that
team, plus a few more players at his disposal, will add up to a more successful season
in the win column in 2014.
Back for a final go-round for the Green
and Gold are fourth-year senior Courtney
Von Sossan (captain), fourth-year senior
Alexis Wannemacher (captain), fourth-year
senior captain Haley Landwehr (coming
off an injury that kept her out of action last
fall), veteran senior Robyn Turnwald and
veteran senior Megan Lambert.
Back for more are third-year junior Dana
Eickholt, third-year junior Alena Horstman
(captain), third-year junior Carly Kortokrax
and third-year classmate Erica Brickner.
The remainder of the overall young roster no sophomores are out in 2014 on a
roster of 19 versus 16 a year ago roster
has senior Lyndsey Wannemacher, freshman Lyndsey Schweller, freshman Nicole
Williams, freshman Amber Miller, freshman Brittany Winhover, freshman Megan
Burgei, freshman Breana Bowersox, freshman Katlyn Kelch, freshman Elyse Baker
and classmate Madicyn Schnipke.
That group will be the main part of
replacing six graduates: 4-year players
Monica Sarka, Megan Schnipke, Daniel
Trenkamp and Amy Tumblin, Stephanie
Horstman and Haylee Koester.
Those freshman are going to have to
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Carly Kortokrax, Dana Eickholt, Alena Horstman, Lyndsay Schweller and Elyse Baker. In the back row are Tim Kimmet, head
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By JIM METCALFE
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OTTOVILLE The Big Green boys

soccer crew of eighth-year head man Eric
Gerker returns seven out of 11 starters from
last falls 11-4-2 mark (1-2-1 in the Putnam
County League).
He hopes that with that experience
along with three more letterwinners and 11
others on the roster he can add significantly to his 94-29-7 Big Green mark and
career record of 102-36-7.
We return those 10 letterwinners from
2013, seven of which will be returning starters. The entire back line of defense returns
and our second-team All-Northwest District
goalkeeper, Colin Bendele (senior), Gerker
explained. We were hurt with the loss of
midfield captain Alex Horstman to graduation, as well as our top scorer from a year
ago in Lucas Maag. Offense will be an early
concern as we try to fill the void of Lucas.
We also bring in a very talented class of
10 freshmen. Some of them will be called
upon early and often to play a lot of minutes
and make valuable contributions.
Back to the lineup are the likes of Brandt
Landin (senior midfielder), Austin (Frosty)
Honigford (senior sweeper/defender), Joe
Van Oss (senior sweeper/defender), Joel
Beining (senior midfielder), Jared Fanning
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forward/midfielder), Rudy Wenzlick (junior defender), Emitt German (sophomore
defender/midfielder) and sophomore midfielder Connor Kuhlman.
Having to replace Maag, Horstman,
Jordan Kelch and Kyle Bendele, Gerker
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Wagner has veteran crew of Lady Musketeers soccer

By JIM METCALFE
[email protected]
FORT JENNINGS Head Fort Jennings girls soccer coach Rodney Wagner has
won far more that he has lost in his 13 years
at the helm 137-70-26.
With 14 letterwinners back from a 7-5-4
mark a year ago (2-1-1 in the Putnam County League), the Division III program hopes
to add more than a few wins to that total in
2014.
Back for another go-round to the Orange
and Black are third-year senior keeper Erin
Osting, veteran 12th-graders Alyssa Louth
(midfielder), Alyssa Weideman (fullback),
Hannah Clay (midfielder), Jenna Calvelage
(fullback), Keri Eickholt (midfielder) and
Sarah Chandler (midfielder); third-year junior Brandi Kaskel (forward), veteran classmates Jenna German (midfielder), Jessica
Young (fullback), Jordan Horstman (forward), Kasidy Klausing (midfielder); and
sophomore Erin Eickholt (forward).
Having to replace lost letterwinners in
fullback Cassie Horstman, forwards Marissa Good and Emily Grone and midfielders
Jamie Saum, Ashley Gable and Nicole Ricker, he and assistant coach Jim Buettner will
do so with junior varsity letterwinners in juniors Jacie Thomas (forward), Lydia Mesker
(forward) and Madison Grote (fullback) and
sophomores Devyn Weichart (goalkeeper/
fullback), Hailey Young (forward) and Abby
Von Sossan (forward).
We should be strong defensively and
at goalkeeper with our keeper having two
years of experiance. We are returning some
key players from injuries from last season
and we have starters returning in every position., Wagner noted. As with any team,
the health of the team during the season is
our main concern. We had a few injuries
during the season and at the end of the regular season and we lost key players at forward
and in the midfield that we were counting
on to make a tournament run. As well, how
quickly we get started this season and how
quickly the players pick things up and start
playing together are always questions to
start a season, especially filling in players
for the players we had graduate from last
season.
Also, getting the ball in the back of the
net is always what we have to address.
A bevy of new players with 30 total
members on the roster, giving Wagner solid
overall numbers in junior Renee Kraner
(forward); sophomores Lauren Core (midfielder) and Haley Wittler (midfielder);
and freshmen Emily Freund (midfielder),
Fort Jennings 2014 girls soccer

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Horstman, Lydia Mesker, Kasidy Klausing, Madison Grote and Brandi Kaskel; row three, Brooke Rice, Emily Freund, Hailey
Young, Abby Von Sossan, Devyn Wiechart, Erin Eickholt, Allainda Zehender and Lauren Core; row four, Marissa Krietemeyer,
Vanessa Wallenhorst, Haley Wittler, Lillian Wisner, Makenna Ricker and Rachel Kneale. (DHI Media/Jim Metcalfe)
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and Allaina Zehender (fullback); will provide further options for the mentor.
We should be competitive; we return a
lot of experience in most key positions. If
we stay healthy, we have girls that can put

the ball on frame this year, Wagner added.
Our speed should be average this year and
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By JIM METCALFE
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FORT JENNINGS Gregg Luthman

has coached many an experienced team in
his 27 years of head soccer varsity coaching.
He has just such a team this fall for his
Fort Jennings boys as seven starters and
four other lettermen return from an 8-7-1
edition last fall (2-2-0 in the Putnam County
League).
In his current stint as the Musketeer boys
head man, he sports a 22-26-3 mark after
having served as their head coach in the
mid-2000s for three seasons.
Among the returning starters is the most
decorated Musketeer, junior Alex Berelsman (midfielder/forward; second-team AllNorthwest District, first-team All-Putnam
County League), senior Mark Metzger (midfielder/forward; honorable-mention All-NW
District, second-team PCL), senior Connor
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PCL), Austin Kehres (senior defender; honorable-mention PCL), Troy Ricker (sophomore midfielder/forward; HM PCL), Aaron
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The other experienced hands at Luthmans disposal are senior goalkeeper Ryan
Koester, senior Chad Wurst (outside back/
midfielder/forward), senior Evan Ricker
(outside back/midfielder) and junior Austin
Wisner (midfielder/forward).
Gone from a year ago due to graduation are Garrett Berelsman (defender/
midfielder), Seth Ricker (center midfielder/sweeper), Alex Vetter (goalkeeper), Dylan Van Loo (outside midfielder/
forward) and Spencer Dray (defensive
midfielder).
In order to compensate for those losses,
Luthman figures it will come from the im-
Fort Jennings boys soccer 2014
The 2014 Fort Jennings boys soccer team has, sitting from left, Lucas Ricker, Cole Horstman, Isaac Schuck, John Gerdeman,
Quinton Neidert and Jeremy Smith; kneeling, Aaron Sealts, Brad Rice, Kyle Maag, Aaron Neidert, Alex Berelsman, Chad Wurst,
Dylan Wiechart, Dillon Schimmoeller and Mike Fields; and standing, Ryan Koester, Troy Ricker, Mark Metzger, Austin Wisner,
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All returning prospects are top prospects this year because it will take all their
past efforts and their experience upon which
they can build to meld together the underclassmen into a team that puts their best out
on the line everyday and in every minute of
every game, he explained. We have a very
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By Charlie Warnimont
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COLUMBUS GROVE Columbus

Grove was a very young football team during
the 2013 season.
Looking at the 2014 roster you could
consider the Bulldogs young once again as
they have just seven seniors, including a pair
of seniors out for football for the first time.
However, the Bulldogs return several underclassmen that have varsity experience giving
them a nice group of lettermen returning for
the upcoming season.
The Bulldogs open the season on Aug. 29
as they host Pandora-Gilboa in their annual
Route 12 rivalry game.
While the Bulldogs graduated nine seniors
from a team that went 2-8 in 2013, they have
17 letter winners returning for the 2014 season
with five seniors back on the team with playing experience. Despite the overall youthfulness of the team, coach Andy Schafer is optimistic about what this group of Bulldogs will
do this season.
Thats the crazy thing about this team,
Bulldog head coach Andy Schafer said.
When you say you were young the previous
year, that means you will have a whole bunch
of seniors that next year. We were just so
young last year and to have only seven seniors
this year, and two of those guys are going to
contribute quite a bit this year and they didnt
play last year. You could tell thats how young
we were and that makes a difference because
of that many guys coming back.
Thing have been going real well. We have
been impressed with just how far along we
are this year compared to other years. Obviously its due to the experience we have coming back. We had a very, very young team last
year, so the majority of the team is back and
that makes a huge difference.
While the Bulldogs return several lettermen, they have some key positions to fill
Columbus Grove FB team
Members of the Columbus Grove football team (front row, from left) are Noah Kohls, Joey Warnecke, Christian Stechschulte,
David Bogart, Tanner From, Elisha Jones and Andrew Burgei. In the second row are Andrew Nichols, Eli Schroeder, Tyler Brooks,
Aidan Fortman, Brandt Follas, Dylan Blankemeyer, Eli Wiswasser and Reid Stechschulte. In the third row are TJ Pardo, Logan
Diller, Baily Clement, Justin Calveledge, Isaac Siefker, Jake Utendorf and Brandon Grigsby. In the fourth row are Andrew Wheeler, Emilio DeLarosa, Logan Ridenour, Grant Cassidy, Eric Warnecke, Ethan Blankemeyer, Adam Birkemeier and Bryce Ricker. In
the fifth row are Clark Sturgeon, Rece Roney, Lachlan Clymer, Grant Schroeder, Noah Drake, Dylan Fruchey and Ross Renner. In
the sixth row are Kyle Siefker, Owen Fuerst, Rayne Sharrits, Logan Malsam, Enoch Jones and Bayden Brubaker. The coaches are
in the back. (DHI Media/Charlie Warnimont)
including quarterback with the graduation of with Reid to be the replacement this season,
Among the experienced players returning
2013 starter Riley Brubaker (1,089 passing Schafer said. We have been pretty impresssed for Grove on offense is senior running back
yards, 11 TDs and 532 rushing yards). Step- with the way he handled himself in the seven Joey Warnecke and receivers. David Bogart,
ping into the quarterback role this season will on seven games. Obviously seven on seven is senior, and juniors Aiden Fortman and Baily
be sophomore Reid Stechschulte (5-11, 155). different from tackle football, but we are look- Clement. Warnecke rushed for 599 yards
As a freshman, Stechschulte was the Bulldogs ing forward to him stepping up. Even though last season and six touchdowns, while Bogjunior varsity quarterback, which allowed the he is a sophomore he is surrounded by a lot of art caught 36 passes for 388 yards and five
coaching staff to prepare him to be the starter experience, but we tell him dont try to go out scores. Fortman had 18 catches for 118 yards
this season.
there and prove yourself, just use the weapons and a score.
During the JV games we were working around you and play with confidence.
Joey is kind of the heart and soul of our
offense and defense really, Schafer says. Im
expecting great things out of Joey. He is just a
great kid and leader. He is going to be the face
that we hang our hat on on Friday nights.
Three linemen return for the Bulldogs in
seniors Andrew Burgei, tackle, and Christian
Stechschulte, center, and sophomore Rece
Roney, guard. The other line spots will be
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COLUMBUS GROVE After a 19 win season in 2013, the Columbus

Grove volleyball team is looking for similar success in 2014.
That will be a difficult challenge for the Bulldogs as they graduated seven
players from that squad including Northwest Conference Player of the Year
Julia Wynn from its lineup. Columbus Grove finished the 2013 season with a
19-4 overall record as they went 8-0 in the Northwest Conference and 5-1 in
the Putnam County League, where they finished second.
Despite the loss of experienced players, Columbus Grove doesnt have to
start from scratch as they have five players returning with a varsity letter.
Among the players returning this season are seniors Sydney McCluer,
outside hitter, Rachel Kohls, defensive specialist, Briana Glass, setter, Hope
Schroeder, outside hitter/defensive specialist, and Kristin Wynn, middle hitter.
McCluer led the Bulldogs in ace serves last season with 36 and she had 105
kills, third on the team.
Looking to help the Bulldogs this season will be junior middle hitter Maddie Vorhees, sophomore setter Jade Clement and freshman outside hitter Carlee McCluer.
Second year coach Susan Jones is optimistic about the upcoming season
with the talent the Bulldogs have back.
We have a good group of seniors that work well with the new girls, Jones
said. We should be a good defensive team as we return a lot of experience.
Overall height is a concern for Jones after they graduated a tall front line
last year. The Bulldogs tallest player is Kristin Wynn at 5-11, then it drops off
to Vorhees at 5-9 and goes down from there. We are shorter this year and need
to work on our blocking, Jones said.
We are looking forward to a strong season. We are trying to stay focused
and healthy. We also would like to have a better run in the tournament.
Despite the Bulldogs success last season, Columbus Grove saw its tournament run end in the sectionals as they lost to Ottawa-Glandorf.
As for the two leagues Columbus Grove plays in, they are looking to make
a run at repeating as NWC champions and would like to move up a spot in the
PCL this season. Jones knows the competition in both leagues will be strong
once again this year.
Grove varsity netters 2014

The 2014 Columbus Grove volleyball team consists of (front from left) Carlee McCluer, Jade Clement, Briana Glass and Hope Schroeder. In the middle are Mikayla
Roman, Mackenzie Clymer, Sydney McCluer, Rachel Kohls, Robyn Schumacher and
manager Shay Schroeder. In the third row are head coach Susan Jones, Becca Endicott, Kristin Wynn, Madison Vorhees and assistant coaches Amy Young and Lori
Schroeder. (DHI Media/Charlie Warnimont)
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The 2014 Columbus Grove boys harriers are Colton Grothaus, Zach Schafer,
Bryce Sharrits, Alex Tabler, Cody Wischmeyer, Alex Giesige, Phillip Vance, Ryan
Price, Aaron Page, Boone Brubaker, Preston Brubaker, Austin Sager, Jacob Otto,
Ryan Tabler and head coach Terry Schnipke. (DHI Media/Charlie Warnimont)
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cross country season was supposed to be
a rebuilding one for the Columbus Grove
boys.
After advancing to state in 2012 the
Bulldogs graduated most of their top runners, including all-Ohioan Jake Graham.
But instead of waiting until next year,
Columbus Grove quickly reloaded the
lineup and ran all the way to Hebron and
another state appearance.
Once again the Bulldogs will need to
replace som ekey components from that
state team, but they are excited about their
chances this season. Columbus Grove finished ninth at the 2013 state meet, but will
need to replace three runners from that
team, two that graduated and one that transferred out of the school district.
The 2014 version of the Bulldogs will
be led by senior Colton Grothaus. Grothaus
earned all-Ohio honors in 2013 as he finished 21st at the state meet. Overall, Grothaus won three invitationals in 2013 and
was the teams undisputed leader.
Colton stepped up last year as a junior.
He was a captain and a great leader for us.
He is the one the rest of the guys look to
when it comes to leadership, experience and
success. Colton has made three trips to state
in cross country and two in track already. I
believe he is one of the top ten runners in
the state in Division III cross country. The

problem is that three of the top ten runners
in the state happen to be on our conference.
It should be a real battle for the NWCs top
runner this year, ninth year head coach
Terry Schnipke quipped.
Last year, Grothaus was beaten out by
a hair by Crestviews Mycah Grandstaff at
the Northwest Conference meet. Lincolniews Bayley Tow finished third in the
conference race, but earned the NWC Athlete of the Year award. Lincolnview also
made a trip to National Trail Raceway as a
team in November and should be Groves
biggest competition in the NWC.
It was a really exciting experience
for our conference to send two teams to
the state meet, along with some individuals from other schools. It has been a while
since we sent two teams to the state meet.
We battled back and forth with Lincolnview
all year and I expect more of the same this
year. It will be a very competitive conference.
In addition to Grothaus, Grove returns a
core of solid seniors in 2014.
Bryce Sharrits, a senior, returns after
having finished 100th at state cross country meet and competed in two events (4X8
relay, 800) at the state track meet. Senior
Alex Tabler (103rd at state) and sophomore
Boone Brubaker (132nd at state) return
from the 2013 team as well. Sophomore
Preston Brubaker and senior Ryan Tabler
look to contribute to the 2014 team, as well.
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12 TFLs), and sophomore Brandon Grigsby
(33 tackles, 3 TFLs). Senior David Bogart
(44 tackles, 4 INTs) and junior Eli Schroeder (33 tackles, 1 sack) play in the defensive
backfield. Grigsby played defensive tackle for
Grove last season, but is being moved back to
middle linebacker this year.
Stepping into roles on the defensive line
are senior Elisha Jones and his younger brother, freshman Enoch Jones and junior Brant
Follas. From and junior Logan Diller will be
the other two starters in the defensive backfield. Elisha Jones is the other first year senior
as he hasnt played since junior high. Sophomore Adam Birkemeier and junior Brant Follas could also see some time at defensive end
as they have several players looking for time
at defensive end or tackles.
I have been just so impressed with his
work ethic, his leadership, his everything for
a first year guy, Schafer says of Elisha Jones.
He is just amazing. His younger brother will
be standing next to him. Those two Jones
brothers are just something else. For those two
to step foot on the field for the first time can be
intimidating, but in our first scrimmage they
looked pretty good.
All three linebackers have experience
and one end. I feel pretty confident with our

defensive front seven this season. Scott Snyder, who joined our staff last year, has done
such a nice job with our defensive backs and
its hard to mention four starters at defensive
back since he feels we have nine players that
are capable of starting for us.
Both of Bulldogs safties, From and Logan
Diller, a junior who has not played since eighth
grade, give the Bulldogs size at safety as both
are 6-2 or better. Juniors Baily Clement and
Aiden Fortman along with sophomores Grant
Cassidy and Lachlan Clymer also will vie for
time in the secondary.
Another key for Schafers Dogs is the players familiarity with the system and the coaches.
This is the first time since Schafer has taken over
the program that they did not make a coaching
change from the previous season.
We have not changed a thing and thats
been the best part about it. I can see it in the
kids eyes, the confidence level, not only the
confidence level in themselves, but the confidence in us, its just a whole different atmosphere, Schafer says. The installation and
transition phase of a new coach and a new system is complete.
After the Bulldogs opener with the Rockets, they open Northwest Conference the following week when they host Allen East.
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Bearcat football 2014
The 2014 Spencerville football crew has, front from left, Cole Bellows, Grant Goecke, Trevor McMichael, Elijah Hawk, Logan Vandemark, Daniil Gelivera and Andrew
Emery; row two, Hunter French, Mason Nourse, Evan Pugh, Devin Hennon, Wyatt Krouskop, Chandler Schrolucke, Damien Corso, Zach Goecke, Zach Brown and Evan
Barnett; row three, Keaton Lotz, Damon Jenkins, Nick Freewalt, Caleb Sutherland, Dakota Prichard, Alex Vickers, Brady Becker, Dakota Davis and Peyton Ford; row
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ODell, Cole Market, Ethan Rahrig and Logan Rex; and back, assistant coaches Tim Wilson and Jim Morris, Athletic Trainer Anna Quick, A.T.C., assistant coaches Cole
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He hopes that five returning front-liners
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21-29 career mark.
The defense will be led by returning
first-team All NWC honoree Logan Vandemark (5-11, 250, senior; lineman/running
back) and second-teamer Zach Goecke (61, 185, third-year junior; linebacker/running
back).
Bolstering that duo are veteran starters
in senior defensive back Daniil Gelivera
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back Trevor McMichael (6-0, 185; running
back), senior lineman Cole Bellows (5-10,
145; offensive line), junior linebacker Hunter French (6-0, 190; tight end) and junior
linebacker Evan Pugh (6-0, 215; lineman).
All-NWC second-team senior lineman
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line) returns to pace the offense.
Also back are senior tight end Grant
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Two others gained valuable varsity experience a year ago: senior Andrew Emery
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We bring back a lot of experience but
will be looking for consistency and for new
starters to step and play at a high level, Zerbe said. We have a real nice mix of upperclassmen and underclassmen that have come
together nicely.
The NWC will be very balanced, so
anything is possible.
Gone from a year ago are the graduated Colton Miller (running back/defensive
back), Anthony Schuh (running back/linebacker), Lucas Perkins (offensive/defensive line), Tyler Core (defensive line), Gabe
Davisson (offensive/defensive line), Aaron
Crider (offensive/defensive line) and Hunter
Hardesty (running back/linebacker).
Zerbe will look to the likes of players
to watch such as junior tight end/defensive
back Damien Corso (6-3, 190), sophomore

running back/defensive back Calvin Wilson
(5-7, 145), sophomore quarterback/defensive lineman Dakota Prichard (6-3, 195) and
classmate Keaton Lotz (running back/linebacker; 5-9, 155).
Three juniors: Chandler Schrolucke (64, 220; TE/DL), Zach Brown (5-9, 160; RB/
DL) and Devin Hennon (6-2, 190; OL/DL);
and sophomores Peyton Ford (5-5, 135; RB/
LB), Cody Dickson (5-9, 135; RB/DB), Dakota Davis (5-8, 125; TE/LB), Gage Goecke
(5-9, 125; QB/DB), Brady Becker (6-0, 185;
TE/LB), Damon Jenkins (5-8, 260; OL/DL),
Trenton Schwartz (5-11, 180; OL/DL), Alex
Vickers (6-1, 240; OL/DL), Lucas Carpenter
(5-10, 190; OL/LB), Caleb Sutherland (6-4,
215; OL/DL) and Nick Freewalt (6-0, 195;
OL/DL) are in the running for starting spots
and depth.
Assistant coaches include Rick Orr, Todd
Merriman, Jim Morris, Tim Wilson, Ben
Krouskop, Cole Roberts and Gabe Davisson.
Spencerville begins the 2014 campaign
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Cox hopes to stabilize Lady Bearcat volleyballers
By JIM METCALFE
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SPENCERVILLE The Spencerville volleyball team has had a spate of
turnover the last three seasons.
In the 2012 season, it was the finale
of head coach Kari Wicker.
Last fall, it was the turn of Josh Early
to head up the program.
This fall, enter Shelby Cox as the
newest head coach for the Lady Bearcat
netters.
However, if there is a silver lining in
all this, it is the fact that she returns five
of the six starters from the 2013 unit.
That five has fourth-year senior in
Schylar Miller (setter), third-year senior
Katie Merriman (middle hitter), thirdyear senior Megan Miller (outside hitter
on both sides), third-year Cierra Adams
(outside hitter on both sides) and thirdyear classmate Amanda Crider (middle/
left-side hitter).
Unfortunately for Coach Cox, four
letterwinners from a year ago the
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Wisher in for Hobbs as head of Bearcat soccer team

By JIM METCALFE
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SPENCERVILLE Josh Hobbs finished 1-13-3 last season as the head coach
of the Spencerville boys/co-ed soccer
squad.
Andy Wisher
takes over the
reins in 2014
and returns 10
starters and three
more veterans off
the bench for his
inaugural season.
Back for another go-round in
the starting 11 are lone senior goalkeeper/
midfielder Byron Gay, junior Billie Sidey
(midfielder/defender), junior Austin Rex
(midfielder/defender), junior Cole Ward
(defender/goalkeeper), junior David
Wisher (striker/defender), sophomore
Bailey Croft (midfielder/defender), sophomore Griffin Croft (striker/midfielder),
sophomore Chandler Kahle (striker),
sophomore Thad Ringwald (defender/
midfielder) and classmate Trevor Osting
(defender).
Also back are junior defender Noah
Schweizer, junior defender Riley Klaus
and sophomore J.T. Thiery (defender/
striker).
Only one starter/letterwinner graduated: Tricia Riley (midfielder).
A pair of freshmen look to make their
marks for Wisher and crew in the upcom-
Spencerville soccer 2014
The 2014 Spencerville soccer crew has, kneeling from left, Riley Klaus, Billy Sidey, Bailey Croft, Griffin Croft, Byron Gay,
Trevor Osting, Thad Ringwald and Justin Thiery; second row, Chandler Kahle, Chase Van Shoyck, Sidney Shaffer, Christina
Emery, Meagan Maag, Carleigh Hefner, Madison Pugh, Alexis Wolfe and Brandon Bockey; and back, head coach Andy Wisher,
David Wisher, Keith Nielson, Austin Rex, Cole Ward, Gage Bellows, Jaret Montenery, Skyler Ward and Noah Schweitzer. Absent
are Eric Mack and assistant coach Garret Croft. (DHI Media/Jim Metcalfe)
ing campaign: Jaret Montenery (striker)

and Alexis Wolfe (midfielder/striker).
Our strength will be our returning
starters. Our weakness is offense and
passing, Wisher commented. This year,
we are looking forward to take the next
step in our program. We have almost everybody back and are looking to improve
from last year.
We look to finish in the top half of
our league (Northwest Conference).
The remainder of the much-deeper
roster the team will have a limited junior varsity schedule has junior Chase
Van Shoyck (defender), Carleigh Hefner (sophomore striker), Chandler Kahle
(sophomore striker), Brandon Bockey
(sophomore defender), Keith Nielson
(sophomore midfielder), Christina Emery

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(freshman wing), Meagan Maag (freshman striker), Madison Pugh (freshman
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Assistant coach is Garrett Croft.
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By JIM METCALFE
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SPENCERVILLE Spencervilles
cross country teams under long-time
head coach Brian McMichael has had
their share of success.
Take the boys team: McMichael
is beginning his 43rd year at the helm
with a 2,600-1,951 mark, including last
falls seventh-place finish in the Division III Districts, a fifth-place ending in
the Northwest Conference and a 50-96
overall mark.
However, with the graduation of lettermen Matt Hurles and several other
experienced runners deciding to try other sports this fall, he is left with a mere
two lettermen from that edition.
Ed Smith, a sophomore who was last
falls fifth man, and classmate Austin
Conrad, the seventh man.
That leaves the bulk of this years
crew in the hands of five freshmen that
were running in junior high a season ago
to step into big shoes and become major
contributors as promising newcomers:
Josh Cook, Robert Modic, Kalob Pitson,
Hunter Stephen and Matt Wood.
One thing we do well is work hard
in practice and have a good attitude.
What we need to work on, as usual for
so many young runners, is learn how to
race at the varsity level, especially running as a pack, improving speed and
endurance, McMichael began. The
teams success will depend on how fast
the runners develop.
In my opinion, the top four teams in
the NWC are Lincolnview, Crestview,
Columbus Grove and Bluffton. However, our team goals are to finish in the
top 2/3 of the teams in each meet and
improve throughout the season.
The Lady Bearcat situation is even
more dire for the 33-year coach, whose
mark on that side is 1,505-592.
With the departure of the last vestiges of the 2012 Lady Bearcats that finished 16th at the Division III State Cross
Country Meet and the 2013 NWC champions for the seventh year in a row, he
only has one letterwinner from a 92-32
team that ended up fourth in the District
and sixth in the Regional.
Gone due to graduation are number-1 runner Karri Purdy (3 varsity letters), number 3 Tori Hardesty (4 years),
number 7 Tesa Horton (2) and number 8
One thing we do
well is work hard in
practice and have a good
attitude. What we need
to work on, as usual
for so many young
runners, is learn how
to race at the varsity level,
especially running as
a pack, improving speed
and endurance. The
teams success will
depend on how fast the
runners develop.
Brian McMichael,
head coach, Spencerville cross country
Spencerville girls cross country 2014

The Lady Bearcat cross country unit for 2014 has, from left, head coach Brian McMichael, Cierra Adams and Destiney Fiely. Absent is assistant coach Bev Wisher. (DHI
Media/Jim Metcalfe)
Ashley Keiber (3).

As well, other veteran girls expected
to be key cogs this fall decided to try
their hands at other sports this fall.
That leaves one veteran, third-year
senior Cierra Adams, last years number
2.
Only one other harrier is on this falls
unit: freshman Destiney Fiely.
Cierra is a great senior leader in a
tough spot and both of these girls work
hard in practice, McMichael added.
We will need to work on running with
the race leaders and running at a fast
pace, meaning improving our endurance.
I expect Bluffton, Columbus Grove,
Lincolnview and Crestview to be the top
four NWC teams this year.
We do not have a full team, so our
runners will try to win individual awards
in meets and advance in the tournament.
Individual goals are to improve during
the season, place high in meets, win in
the NWC, qualify to Regional and then
to the State.
The assistant coach for six years is
The 2014 Spencerville boys harriers has, from left, head coach Brian McMichael,
Bev Wisher.
The Bearcat harriers have com- Josh Cook, Matt Wood, Austin Conrad, Hunter Stephen and Robert Modic. Absent
are Ed Smith, Kalob Pitson and assistant coach Bev Wisher.
menced the newest season.
Spencerville boys cross country 2014
Kalida Wildcats
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LadyCat netters hope 7 a lucky number of returnees

By JIM METCALFE
[email protected]
KALIDA Kalidas volleyball crew
finished 10-12 last season, including 3-3
in the Putnam County League.
Second-year coach Kristen Stechschulte returns a lucky
number of seven to try and
better last falls efforts.
Among the veterans are
senior setter Nicole Recker
(5-7), senior Kennedy Hoffman (5-6 defensive specialist/
libero; 2 letters), 5-8 senior
middle hitter Morgan Niese,
5-6 senior Alexis Vorst (outside hitter/setter), junior 5-8 middle/outside hitter Kylie Osterhage (2 letters), junior middle/outside hitter Allison Recker
(5-8) and 5-6 sophomore Carlee Miller
(outside hitter).
In having to replace departed letterwinners Alexis Decker, Kylie Siebeneck,
Madison Burgei and Elizabeth Turnwald,
Stechschulte will turn to varsity newcomers Caitlyn Stechschulte (6-0 senior
middle hitter) and 5-6 sophomore outside
hitter/setter Brooke Kimball, as well as
the improvement from her veterans.
Most of our team is coming back
from last year, Stechschulte said. These
girls have a great sense of teamwork

and work ethic. Our defense this year will
be one of our many strengths.
Improving on a day-by-day and
week-by-week basis will be the key to the
success of our team this season.
Assisting the head coach on varsity is
Cathy Berr.
The junior varsity unit,
headed by Alison Luderman,
has Kimball, junior Allison
Wurth (5-4 defensive specialist), junior Madison Ellerbrock
(5-6 outside/middle hitter), Andrea Remlinger (5-6 sophomore
outside hitter), Keara Hopkins (5-7 sophomore outside
hitter/setter), Abby Langhals
(5-4 sophomore outside hitter), Samantha Langhals (5-5 sophomore defensive
specialist), Jenna Siefker (5-7 sophomore middle hitter), Brooke Lucke (5-2
sophomore defensive specialist), Aubrey
Stechschulte (5-5 sophomore outside
hitter), Erica Edwards (5-7 sophomore
outside hitter), Dana Knueve (5-5 sophomore outside hitter) and freshman Sarah
Klausing (5-10 outside hitter/setter).
The freshmen unit, coached by Kim
Lammers, has Klausing, Kierstan Siebeneck (5-3 outside hitter/defensive specialist), Taylor Lucke (5-3 outside hitter/
setter), Tori Niese (5-8 middle hitter),
Kalida volleyball 2014

Members of the Kalida volleyball team (front row, from left) are Brooke Kimball,
Morgan Niese, Kennedy Hoffman, Nicole Recker and Carlee Miller. In the back row
are Jillian Knueve, manager, Cathy Berry, varsity assistant coach, Allison Recker, Kylie Osterhage, Caitlin Stechschulte, Alexis Vorst and Kristen Stechschulte, head coach.
(DHI Media/Charlie Warnimont)
Kara Siefker (5-6 outside hitter/setter),

Anna Berheide (5-4 outside hitter) and
Kyona Gray (5-8 outside/middle hitter).
The LadyCats have already played

their first matches of the 2014 volleyball
campaign.
Go Wildcats
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Members of the Kalida golf team (front row, from left) are Evan Recker, Derek Buss,
Devin Giesige and Trent Siebeneck. In the back row are Josh Klausing, Nathan Nordhaus, Zach Erhart, Jeffrey Knueve, Noah Lambert, Alex Meyers and Ken Schnipke,
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Kalida boys varsity soccer
Members of the Kalida boys soccer team (front row, from left) are Trey Webken,
Alex VonderEmbse, Brent Hovest, Grant Unverferth, Drew Hovest and Kaleb Selhorst.
In the second row are Mark Czubik, head coach, Luke Langhals, Logan Roebke, Austin
Swift, Nathan Meyers, Derrick Schimmoeller and scott States, junior varsity coach. In
the back row are Devin Kortokrax, Ryan Siefker, Jordan Kortokrax, Brandon Verhoff,
Nathan Vorst and Michael Schroeder. (DHI Media/Charlie Warnimont)
By JIM METCALFE
[email protected]
KALIDA Long-time Kalida boys soccer mentor Mark Czubik keeps on going in the
coaching ranks, returning 13 lettermen from a
15-3-3 edition that made another long run in the
Division III tournament a year ago.
That team went 3-0-1 in the Putnam County
League.
This years group is expected to be led by
the likes of post-season honorees in senior Brent
Hovest (4th-year senior goalkeeper - 7 shutouts;
1st-team All-PCL, honorable-mention All-Northwest District), fourth-year senior midfielder
Devin Kortokrax (2nd-team PCL), fourth-year
senior defender Logan Roebke (2nd-team PCL)
and third-year junior forward Austin Swift (honorable-mention PCL).
Also back are seniors Luke Langhals (4thyear midfielder), third-year forward Derrick
Schimmoeller, third-year Michael Schroeder
(forward) and third-year midfielder Ryan Siefker; and juniors Drew Hovest (defender), Jordan
Kortokrax (defender), Grant Unverferth (forward), Brandon Verhoff (midfielder) and Alex
vonderembse (defender),
We have a solid starting 11 and an overall
experienced group returning. However, we have
little to no depth and no backup goalkeeper at this
point, a major concern, Czubik said. We have
the potential to be very good if we can keep starters healthy and develop a bench.
Four juniors: Nathan Meyers (midfielder),
Kaleb Selhorst (midfielder), Nathan Vorst (defender) and Trey Webken (midfielder); make up
the remainder of the varsity roster.
That quartet will replace the graduated
foursome of Ian Richey (2nd-team All-State,
1st-team District, 1st-team PCL), Adam Langhals (1st-team PCL, HM All-District), Andrew
Krouse (2nd-team PCL) and Trevor Guisinger
(HM PCL).
Scott States is the junior varsity coach with
sophomores Ryan Ellerbrock (D), Tyler Lehman
(F), Griffin Recker (MF) and Collin Wurth (D);
and freshmen Nick Cleemput (MF), Brady Decker (D), Dillon Elkins (D), Trent Guisinger (MF),
Kevin Hamburg (F), Noah Hermiller (D), Chandler Hopkins (D), Anthony Houston (MF), Jacob Kahle (D), Josh Klausing (F), Carter Moore
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Members of the Kalida girls cross country team (front row, from left) are Makenna
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Doepker. In the second row are Brittany Kahle, Jaylen Vandemark, Joni Kaufman, Alexa Ellerbrock, Makenna Richey, Paige Roller and Laine Laudick. In the back row are
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Back for more for the LadyCats are six
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Members of the Kalida boys cross country team (front row, from left) are Caleb
Siebeneck, Austin Nartker, Adam vonderEmbse and Jacob Kahle. In the back row are
Kayla King, girls head coach, Grant Zeller, Jacob Dunn, Noah Verhoff, Austin Vorst,
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By JIM METCALFE
jmetcalfe@delphosheraldcom
KALIDA Scott Miller has headed
up the Kalida boys country team for seven
years, the only one the current program
has had.
He returns seven from an eighth-place
team in last falls Division III Districts.
Among the veterans back for Millers
ninth season are fourth-year senior Grant
Zeller, senior Noah Verhoff, senior Austin
Vorst, third-year senior Jacob Dunn, thirdyear junior Adam von der Embse, sophomore Caleb Siebeneck and classmate Austin Nartker.
This is for a team that had no seniors
on the roster last fall.
There are a pair of promising newcomers Miller points to in senior Mitchell
Kerner and freshman Carter Moore.
We have an experienced team led
by five seniors. The seniors have taken
leadership roles and are working hard
and pushing the underclassmen to better
themselves and the team, Miller noted.
Continually pushing each other at practice and creating depth with the new or
young athletes in the program. We need
to continue working on running in packs
to be successful for this upcoming season.
I am looking forward to the upcoming
season. We are looking to improve on our
8th-place finish at Districts with four of
our top five runners back from last year.
This summer has been one of our best in

terms of mileage and team chemistry as
the seniors have been great leading and
sophomores pushing for spots in the top
seven.
On the LadyCat side, second-year head
coach Kayla Kings crew finished sixth
last fall at the District level.
Five from that team are back, led by
fourth-year senior Jackie Gardner, fourthyear senior Becca Brinkman, third-year
junior Katelyn Siebeneck, sophomore
Kelly Doepker and classmate Kristen
Fortman.
We have great team leadership coming from our few juniors and seniors. The
girls are working hard to push each other
and better themselves every single practice, King said. In being such a young
group overall, the younger girls will have
to step up and fill key varsity roles for the
team.
Promising junior newcomer Allison
Siebeneck will have to help off-set the
losses of a pair of 4-year varsity letterwinners: Katelyn Kortokrax and Paige Wurth.
With the off-season work the girls
have put in this summer led by the juniors
and seniors, I am excited to see improvements each weekend at our meets, King
added. If the girls continue to work
hard at every practice and challenge each
other to get better each day, I think the
team will be surprised at what they can
accomplish.
Kalida has opened the new campaign
Members of the Kalida girls cross country team (front row, from left) are Mikki
Smith, Jade Zeller, Bailey Eickholt and Erica Honigfort. In the back row are Kayla
King, girls head coach, Allison Siebeneck, Kristen Fortman, Becca Brinkman, Kelly
Doepker, Katelyn Siebeneck and Scott Miller, boys head coach.
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Laine Laudick (midfielder/goalkeeper),
Makenna Richey (midfielder) and Paige
Roller (midfielder/forward).
Two letterwinning 10th-graders: Hannah Kahle (midfielder/forward) and Morgan Knapke (goalkeeper/midfielder); also
return.
We play good team defense with this
group but for us, consistency on offense is
crucial this season; we need to put the ball
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This season will be a learning experience
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Every league game is a fierce rivalry;
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Having to off-set the graduation of a
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Underclassmen lead Lancer volleyball team for new coach

BY JOHN PARENT
[email protected]
MIDDLE POINT After six years in

the JV ranks, including three at Lincolnview, JaNahn Evans takes over a varsity
Lady Lancer program that managed just two
wins in Northwest Conference play a season
ago.
While the Lancers will be without a pair
of steady seniors from last years squad, Evans is excited about the development of many
of her returning players. Taking over for the
graduated Kelsey Mohr as the primary setter
this season is senior Devann Springer, who
moves over from middle hitter. Springer will
be in charge of orchestrating what Evans expects to be a quicker, smarter offense.
Much of the success of this Lancer team
will likely be determined by the play of a pair
of all-conference performers. Sophomore
Katie McClure is returning from a knee injury suffered during basketball season, but
was a second-team all-NWC selection as a
freshman. As an outside hitter, McClure was

among the team leaders in kills last year and
is known for her aggressive play.
Junior Ashton Bowersock, another second-team all-NWC pick, developed as a
weapon on the right side last year and Evans
expects that to continue in 2014. The leftyswinging Bowersock was among the team
leaders in blocking last season.
The Lady Lancers return six letterwinners, with middle hitter Baylee Neate and
OH/Defensive specialist Ashley Teman returning along with junior libero Grace Gorman. Teman and Gorman will be counted on
to read the court and fuel what Evans hopes
is a team-wide aggressiveness.
In the middle, Neate is joined by sophomore Katlyn Wendel to give the Lancers
great size up front.
We will continually look to improve
throughout the season, noted Evans. We
are looking to keep focused and control our
offense. We have the individual skills to be
a good team, we are working on becoming a
cohesively great team.
Lancer volleyball 2014
Lincolnview girls soccer brings

back experience for 2014 campaign
By Jim Cox
[email protected]
Lincolnview girls soccer 2014
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MIDDLE POINT In 2014, Mark

McCleery will coach the Lincolnview
girls soccer team after being involved
with the boys team for five years, the last
two as head varsity coach. With
five all-Northwest Conference
players returning, hes probably
going to enjoy the experience.
Last years Lancers were
3-11-3 overall and 1-3-1 (fifth)
in the NWC. Among the returnees, however, are five fine players senior midfielder Hannah McCleery (first team
all-NWC), senior goalie/midfielder Julia
Thatcher (first team all-NWC), junior
forward Brooke Schroeder (second team
all-NWC), senior defender Claire Clay
(honorable mention all-NWC), and junior
defender Savannah Bigham (honorable
mention all-NWC). The other two returning letter winners are junior forward Autumn Proctor and sophomore midfielder
Cierra Brown.
Proctor will be one of the keys to
the teams success. Coach McCleery
describes her as having all the athletic
tools to be a great player, just lacking

some soccer-specific skills.
Thus, the Lancers have a solid nucleus. With a total roster of only 15 players,
however, good health will be important
for the blue-and-gold.
The remaining eight players, all freshman who will be in contention for spots
in the starting 11, are midfielder
Sydni Thatcher, goalie/midfielder Maddie Gorman, defender Alison Warnement, midfielder Trinitey Brown, defender/midfielder
Frankie Carey, midfielder Lainie
Jones, defender Haley Pollock, and defender/midfielder Allie Crow.
Were returning a lot of good experienced players, said Coach McCleery. We need some of the younger
players to step up their games to the varsity level.
Coach McCleery hopes to have a .500
or better season overall and to contend
for the NWC title. Allen East and Bluffton tied for the 2014 championship at 4-1.
The Mustangs will again be formidable,
returning three first team all-league players, including the NWC Player of the
Year, sophomore Jade Meyer. McCleery
is assisted by Tyson Thatcher.
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Lincolnview boys cross country looks to compete; girls harriers hoping for improved season
2014 Lancer boys cross country

BY JOHN PARENT
[email protected]
MIDDLE POINT Coming off a Northwest Conference championship and a trip to
the State meet in Hebron, the 2014 version of
the Lincolnview boys cross country team has
an expectation of success.
2014 Lancer girls cross country
Led by senior Bayley Tow, the Lancers

return three of their top five runners from a
season ago. Losing Ben Bilimek and Travis
Lippi to graduation, the Lancers will look for
junior Colton Snyder and sophomore Tracey
West to step into larger roles.
While Tow was the headliner for most of
the season, and the NWC Male Runner of the
Year in 2013, it was classmate Alex Rodri-
guez that paced the Lancers at both the regional meet and in Hebron. Rodriguez and
Tow are joined by junior Trevor Neate to
form a formidable trio that figures to keep the
Lancers at or near the top of the conference
once again.
While the boys were at the top of an extremely competitive conference last year, the
girls struggled through a season of growth.
One of the bright spots for the 2013 Lady

Lancers was the improvement of then-sophomore Anna Gorman, who wound up placing
third at the NWC meet in October. Sophomore Abbie Enyart returns as does classmate
Claira Rhodes and senior Mikinzie Dull.
Sophomore Ryanne Ducheney also returns
while freshmen Alena Looser and Trinity
Welch look to make an immediate impact.
where else, Munson said of his team.

Some may play basketball (beyond high
school) because we have a few excellent
basketball players, but none will be playing
soccer. So, part of what we want to do is
to make this experience fun. I want them
to look back on high school soccer and remember that they had fun.
Of course, winning games is always
more fun than losing, and the Lancers have
the talent to put some wins together. Learning to play consistently and cohesively will
be key to the teams development, Munson
says.
We went up to Bowling Green (for a
preseason tournament) and spent about six

days up there, so we got a chance to really
get to know each other on the field. I think
thats important, to learn how to play together.
For Munson, the experience so far as
been as much about learning his players at
it has been about them adapting to his style.
Were still trying to figure out who is
going to fit best where, Munson said, noting that trying players at different positions
has been part of the early-season process.
Seniors Tyler Wannemacher and Jacob
Pollock will see extensive time at forward,
while classmates Dalton and Wyatt Schmer-
sal and junior Keli Ralston will anchor the

defense. A handful of juniors, led by Austin
Leeth, Hayden Ludwig and Cole Schmersal
figure to see the bulk of the time in the midfield and forward spots.
Chandler Adams will handle the bulk of
the duties as goal keeper, while Louis Crow
and John Mason will also see plenty of action as defenders.
The new soccer-only league will feature
eight schools. The Lancers will play Botkins, Fairlawn, Sidney Lehman, LCC, New
Knoxville, Spencerville and Temple Christian once each to determine the conference
champion.
Inexperienced Lincolnview boys soccer starting 2014 season with new coach
BY JOHN PARENT
[email protected]
MIDDLE POINT The Lincolnview

boys soccer program enters a new era under new head coach Britt Munson in 2014.
Playing in the newly-formed Western Ohio
Soccer League, the Lancers boast a roster
that features four seniors and nine juniors.
Those numbers dont necessarily translate into experience, however, as several of
the Lancers are new to the sport.
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of these kids are going to play soccer any-
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Number one goal, we want to compete as a
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have people behind them to help them. Number two goal is to win the NWC and win the
tournament and get out of sectionals. We are
also try to get Rager to be player of the year in
the NWC since he was runner up last year.
Brad Doidge,
head coach, Lincolnview girls golf
By Nick Johnson
[email protected]
MIDDLE POINT The Lady Lancers golf team is very young and
looks to make some big strides this year.
I have a junior coming back, Mikenna Klinger, who is a two-year
letterwinner. We have two sophomores coming back, Macala Ashbaugh
- she lettered last year - and Makenzie Kraft, who also lettered last year.
So I have three returning lettermen, said Lady Lancers coach Brad
Doidge.
The three returning letter winners all shot 50 or below last year.
The Lancers boys golf squad brings back one first team all-Northwest Conference member and two honorable mention players.
We got a lot of strength on the team this year. Returning varsity lettermen Joshah Rager, who was run up medalist for player of the year in
the NWC. We have some returning starters in Derek Youtsey, a junior,
Damon Norton and Justis Dowdy, both are seniors, who have played
varsity golf since their freshmen year. A lot of strength there but still
need to work on the mental game, said Lancers coach Daryl Dowdy.
Rager holds the school record for lowest 18 hole score and, along
with his three other returning starters, no boy averaged above a 47 for
nine holes of golf.
The boys team has some bright young players that coach Dowdy
hopes can step up and replace the two departed seniors from last year.
We have Nick Motycka, who just started golfing last year and has
made a lot of change from last year to this year, went from 70s last year
to 50s this year, continued coach Dowdy.
The girls squad has some newcomers in the fold to help round out
the Lady Lancers golf team. I have two sophomores, McKenzie Davis
and Madison Shepherd, and a freshmen, Marissa Miller, coming out
this year. At this point we play six people and when tournament comes
around we play five. added coach Doidge.
The NWC doesnt have enough members schools with girls golf
teams to support a conference championship, so Doidge has set his
sights on some other goals.I want to be in at least the top three of all
the tournaments we play, in if not top five. And this gets us ready for
sectional, districts and hopefully advance far in the state tournament.
With some luck we may be able to get someone to state, finished up
coach Doidge
The Lincolnview boys team looks to improve on last years results
as a team and individually. Last year the boys finished 13-3 in the NWC.
Number one goal, we want to compete as a team and have our top
players know that we have people behind them to help them. Number
two goal is to win the NWC and win the tournament and get out of sectionals. We are also try to get Rager to be player of the year in the NWC
since he was runner up last year, concluded coach Dowdy.
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Knight gridders look to improve on successful 2013

By Daniel Joseph
[email protected]
CONVOY Coach Jared Owens and the Knights of
Crestview look to build off a very successful season a year
ago as fall rolls around once again. Crestview returns 12 letterwinners from their historic 2013 campaign, along with 12
seniors to pave the way for the Knights.
Our seniors have done a great job of leading by example
and helping teach the younger guys what we expect and how
to do things, said Owens. It has been fun watching their
maturity and watching them work with our younger guys.
The offense returns several key pieces including quarterback Preston Zaleski and tailbacks Malcolm Oliver and
Jake Lippi. Zaleski threw for nearly 1,200 yards last season
but wasnt afraid of running the ball either, as he managed to
gain over 700 yards on the ground.
Oliver averaged 100 yards per game last season and is
beginning his third year at the position. Lippi ran for over
400 yards last season as well. Justin Overmyer also got a lot
of touches and will continue to do so. The three of them will
cause a lot of havoc for the rest of the league.
Zaleskis main target through the air was Isaiah Simerman, whom the Knights lost to graduation. Oliver was also
a major target for him last season, along with fellow senior
Nate Owens. The Knights will look for Isaiah Kline and
Alex Cunningham to step into bigger roles on the offensive
side of the ball this year.
On the defensive side of the ball, the Knights return their
leading tackler in senior Jordan Roop. Roop is trouble for
opposing offensive lines as he had nearly 70 tackles last season, along with a sack and an interception. The Knights also
return Jordan Miller and Seth Moser who totaled 40 tackles
apiece last season.
Simerman led Crestview with seven interceptions a year
ago, five more then anyone else on the team. The Knights do
return seven other players from last season that had at least
one pick last season. The Knights lost a large part of their
offensive and defensive lines to graduation last year, as Scott
Miller, Jon Young, and Zen Burdette departed for life after
high school.
Coach Owens and the Knights will look for some younger linemen to step into much bigger roles this season. Senior
Coban Grubb will be called on to become a leader on the
offensive and defensive lines this. Grubb played on the line
last year, and has experience at the position.

We have people competing for positions all over the
field, but we have the most competition right now in the offensive and defensive lines, said Owens.
Crestview also lost their primary kicker, Kameron
Grubaugh, to graduation. Though the Knights attempted
zero field goals last season, Grubaugh was 47-51 in extra
point attempts. Jake Tatum, who got limited experience last
season, will take over as the Knights primary kicker.
Crestview finished last season with a 9-3 record, which
was good enough for a share of the NWC title. The Knights
reached the playoffs for just the second time in school history. They took on the Lima Central Catholic Thunderbirds
in week one of the playoffs last year, and defeated them for
their first-ever playoff victory, before bowing out with a loss
to Ada in the second round.
The only thing we have said about last season since we
started our summer workouts on June 1st, is that this season
doesnt care what happened last season, said Owens. In
other words, we have to approach this season with new energy, hunger and enthusiasm. The NWC will be very good
again this year, but for now we are focused on Parkway and
putting ourselves in position to play well against them.
Short sees many new faces in her initial season as girls soccer coach
By Jim Cox
[email protected]
CONVOY With 19 players, including

12 returning letterwinners, Crestview girls
soccer coach Joy Short is looking forward
to the 2014 season. The Lady Knights were
1-13-2 overall and 1-2-2 (fourth) in the
Northwest Conference in 2013.
Gone via graduation from last years
team are four all-NWC players Brooke
Bowen (first team), Riley Guest (second
team), Courtney Grote (second team), and
Jamie Moore (second team). Thats a lot of

lost talent, but the returnees include senior
sweeper Lauren Schmid (second team allNWC), junior stopper Amanda Cole (honorable mention), and sophomore forward
Kylee Agler (honorable mention).
Other letter winners returning are junior
goalie/mid Alyssa Walter, senior mid Kaitlin Hallfeldt, junior defender Jada Preston,
sophomore goalie/mid Kenzi Case, senior
mid Kylee Gent, senior mid/forward Siera
Wood, sophomore goalie/mid Abby Clouser, senior mid Bekka Tracey, and senior mid
Karlee Trammell. The newcomers are fresh-
Crestview golf looking for help from underclassmen

BY JOHN PARENT
[email protected]
CONVOY With only one senior on
his 2014 roster, Crestview golf coach Jeremy Best will be counting on a solid group
of returning underclassmen this fall.
The Knights welcome four returning letterwinners from a team that struggled to a
seventh-place finish in the Northwest Conference. Junior Connor Lautzenheiser paced
the Crestview effort at the NWC tournament
last season and is off to a fine start in the
2014 campaign. Hes joined by classmates
Cyler Miller and Ronnie Schumm as returning lettermen, along with senior Jon Germann.
We are counting on our four returning
letterwinners to play well, Best said. We

look to be improved over last year and we
think we can be much more competitive in
conference play.
Junior John Bauer will see some varsity
action this fall, as will sophomore Derek
Biro and freshmen Caden Hurless and Brett
Schumm.
Filling out the Crestview roster are sophomores Kaleb Myers and Ethan Waddles
and freshmen Kalieb Hanicq, Jacob Bowman and Reba Ries.
The Knights have six conference titles
in boys golf, tying them with 2013 NWC
champ Allen East for third all-time. Bluffton, which finished second last year, has
14 NWC crowns. The Knights last won the
conference in 2003.
man mid/forward Alyssa Gent, freshman

mid/forward Jalyn Brown, junior defender/
mid Alexandra Boroff, sophomore defender/mid Deanna Wells, freshman mid Katelyn McClure, freshman mid Maddi Tracey,
and freshman mid Kara Strabbing.
Nine of the 11 starting positions will
likely be filled by Schmid, Preston, Cole,
Hallfeldt, Kylee Gent, Bekka Tracey, Alyssa
Gent, Brown and Agler, the other two slots
being up in the air at this point.
Speed will be on our side this year,
said Short. Many of the newcomers have
some good speed with them. Also, numbers
will be in our favor. Our goal is to be bet-
ter than last year. With so many new faces,

though, most of whom have never played
soccer before, its time consuming to go
through fundamentals and how to play the
game of soccer.
Allen East and Bluffton tied for the 2014
NWC championship at 4-1. The Mustangs
will again be formidable, returning three
first team all-league players, including the
NWC Player of the Year, sophomore Jade
Meyer.
Short is in her first season as the head
coach after four seasons as an assistant. She
is assisted by Kyle Watson and Meagan
Fokker.
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By Daniel Jospeh
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CONVOY The Lady Knights look to

have yet another successful season on the
court this year as they finished well last year
and had several girls represented on the allconference teams.
Crestview lost three girls to graduation
last season, including four-year letterwinner, 12 overall in her career, Kirstin Hicks.
Hicks received an honorable mention in the
NWC last season, despite being an injured
for a big part of the season. Hicks received
first team all-conference the year before.
The Knights also lost Grace Callow
and Nicole McClure. Callow was a leader
who always brought energy to the team
and the floor. McClure went down with a
torn ACL just days before Hicks, leaving the
Lady Knights without two senior leaders.
It is going to be tough to find girls that
can match what Grace (Callow) brought to
us last season, said Head Coach Tammy
Gregory. We lost Kirstin (Hicks) and Nikki (Nicole McClure) last season so some
younger girls stepped in last year.
Also receiving all-conference honors
last season were Courtney Trigg and Haley
Helm, each named to the first team, and Tianna Rager, who earned second team recognition. The Lady Knights finished 6-2 in the
conference last season, which was enough
for third place overall. They fell out of the
Defense is key and it will

win games for us. We have
a lot of great hitters on our
team to go along
with our solid defense.
I think we have a great
chance to compete
well in the conference
and postseason this year.
Tammy Gregory,
head coach, Knights volleyball
tournament with a loss to McComb in the
district semis.
Our goals are set very high this year,
said Gregory. We have great team chemistry and the girls have been putting in a lot of
great work. Each and every game we might
send out a different set of girls so we can see
how they play together.
Along with the three returning award Brady Guest and Reghan Waltmire will also
winners, Megan Hartman will be a large part be influential in the Lady Knights season.
of the Knights success. Hartman is a great
Defense is key and it will win games for
hitter and is always working to be better. us, said Gregory. We have a lot of great hit-
2014 Crestview volleyball team
ters on our team to go along with our solid

defense. I think we have a great chance to
compete well in the conference and postseason this year.
Crestview cross country teams hope to repeat 2014 accomplishments

By Daniel Joseph
[email protected]
CONVOY The boys and girls cross

country teams were very successful on the
courses last season and theyre hoping to
do the same this season. Mycah Grandstaff, who raced his way all the way to the
State meet, earning all-Ohio honors, led the
Knights last season.
The Knights lost four boys to graduation
last season, all of which were key parts of
the success of the team. Grandstaff again
leads the boys this year, but also five other
senior runners, four of which have run in
previous seasons. The Knights are returning
seven letterwinners from years past, making
them an experienced group of runners.
We have six seniors who have an opportunity to be visual and vocal leaders on
our team, said Bagley. They also have the
opportunity to watch and be a large part of
our younger runners improvements.
The Knights look to be major competitors, not just during every race, but also in
the Northwest Conference. They fell short
of the title a year ago as they placed third

behind the Lincolnview Lancers and Columbus Grove Bulldogs. Grandstaff took
the NWC title last season, finishing first
overall.
The NWC has a rich tradition of being a strong cross country conference, said
Bagley. The top two teams from last year
look to be strong again this year.
Our boys team has established three
goals for the upcoming season while we
were at camp. We hope to continually keep
those goals in front of us, particularly when
going through the necessary tough parts of
the preparation phase.
Grandstaff enters his senior year with already several honors and accomplishments
in his running career. Grandstaffs current
personal record is just under 16:30 and only
22 seconds off of the school record, which
is currently held by Darrel Clayton. Grandstaff is currently sitting sixth on Crestviews
all-time top 20 list.
Mycah will be one of our seniors who
this team will look to for leadership in actions and words, said Bagley.
On the girls side of the team, the Lady

Knights graduated two runners after last
season in Chelsea Hancock and Janelle May
and return plenty of experience this season.
Senior and 4-year runner Hali Finfrock
will lead the Lady Knights with fellow senior Vicki Callow on the course. These two
bring experience and leadership to the team.
Our younger runners will look to them
(Hali and Vicki) when we face tough situations and adversity, said Bagley. Vicki
and Hali will do a great job of keeping our
team pointed in a positive direction.
The Lady Knights are returning five letterwinners, which will help the team when
they get to the tough part of their season.
It goes back to being able to look back
and gain confidence from obstacles that
have been overcome, said Bagley. The
power of knowing that you can handle tough
stuff can really propel your team forward.
The Knights have a slightly different
look to them this year as they have added
some new runners, other than the four freshmen. Leslie Skelton will be a junior this fall
and is new to the sport but look for her to be
up toward the front of the pack.

The Knights placed fourth in the NWC
last season but will look to move up a few
spots this year. Spencerville and Columbus
Grove are the early favorites to lead the
conference this season.
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Avoiding injuries key to Panther success

By Nick Johnson
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ROCKFORD The Parkway Panther

football comes into every season knowing
that each game will be a difficult one. The
Panthers play in the Midwest Athletic Conference, a league that routinely sends multiple teams deep into the state playoffs.
The 2014 version of the Panthers football team returns 17 lettermen from last
years 3-7 squad. It also returns four starters
on offense and six on defense.
Offensively, Devon Stover, Jared
Puthoff, Justin Barna - who is a sophomore
and started five games last year because of
injury, right now he is the favorite at the
quarterback spot. Returning at receiver, I
have Caleb Heindel, Hayden Abromavich

and Ryan Lautzenheiser, and we also bring
back Sage (Dugan) at running back, explained Panther coach Dan Cairns. Defensively, we bring back two of our three linebackers - Sage Dugan and Cody Coffman
- and on the defensive line, Adam Stutz. In
our secondary, we bring back Kris Gangwer,
Ryan Lautzenheiser and Caleb Heindel.
The Panthers got off to a good start last
season starting 3-2 before losing their senior
quarterback and two senior wide outs, forcing them to start a freshman quarterback.
That experience should serve Barna well,
assuming he wins the starting role.
Its not his job quite yet, Cairns noted.
Hes battling Abromavich, and Hayden has
done a pretty nice job, but the big difference
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Parkway golf teams looking for improvement

By Daniel Joseph
[email protected]
ROCKFORD After a very successful
2013 season, the Parkway boys golf team
looks to overcome the loss of three major
contributors and compete well again this
fall.
There are zero seniors on this years
Panther team, but there are three returning
letterwinners, including juniors Conner
Morton and Hayden Lyons.
I am looking for Hayden and Connor
to step into some big shoes in terms of
maturity and work ethic left by the graduation of our three seniors last year, said
Panther head coach Joseph Falk.
Two of the three seniors that graduated
from the Panthers last year have taken
their golf careers to the next level. Brian
Schatzer is playing for UNOH while Jor-
dan Bollenbacher is playing for Tiffin

University. The Panthers finished second
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Wayne Trace hoping to repeat success of 2014

By Kevin Wannemacher
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HAVILAND After graduating 11 seniors from last years state runner-up squad,
the Wayne Trace football program takes on a
new look in 2014 with 15 seniors looking to
lead this years version of the Raiders.
The Raiders went all the way to the State
championship game last season before falling to Kirtland behind a stellar offense and
a stingy defense. While duplicating the success will be very difficult for this years team,
head coach Bill Speller is optimistic about
further success with this years roster still
containing several quality athletes.
Obviously, we lost a lot from last year,
commented the Raider head coach. But we
still have a lot of talent and we are looking
forward to the season. The guys have worked
very hard and we believe we can still be very
competitive.
The Raiders have had to work through
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will be able to score points, continued Speller. Weve
got a lot of athletes in some key spots. I think we still have an
opportunity to be very good,. Weve got some good athletes
but we have to stay healthy and avoid the injury bug.
the services of a pair of seniors in Jake Arend and Matt Baxter due to injuries, creating
some depth issues. Arend and Baxter are both
expected to miss the season.
The injuries have forced us to change
some roles, continued the Raider mentor.
But one positive out of that is the fact that
it gives some younger kids an opportunity to
step up and fill those roles. One key for us is
going to be staying healthy and to develop
some of those younger players.
Offensively, Wayne Trace will have a different look from an offense that scored over
48 points a contest.
Bill Speller,
head coach Wayne Trace football
Senior Jake Dingus will take over the role
of quarterback due to the injury to Arend.
We may not throw the ball quite, as
much as Jake is a good runner, Speller added. He has gotten more reps recently with
the changes and has become more and more
comfortable in that role and will just continue
to get better for us.
Daron Showalter will be the featured running back while Shepherd and David Sinn
are the probable split ends. In the slots, Tyler
Showalter and Saylor are expected starters.
Our offense is going to be different but
we think we will be able to score points,
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HAVILAND After posting 15 victories a year ago, the Wayne Trace Lady
Raider volleyball team looks to raise the
bar in the 2014 season, led by a trio of returning seniors.
Addison Baumle, Sarah Young and
Gina Sinn all come back from that squad
for third year head coach Angie Speice
and the Lady Raiders look to build on last
years success.
Baumle, a third year varsity player, will
be an outside hitter and defensive specialist

for Wayne Trace. The senior recorded 77
kills while adding 75 digs and 15 aces last
season for the red-white-and-blue.
Young comes back as a middle hitter
following a season that saw her post 107
kills, 35 digs and a dozen aces. Meanwhile,
Sinn finished second on the squad with 272
digs as a defensive specialist for Wayne
Trace last season. The senior also recorded
20 kills.
I have been very pleased with what
we have shown so far, noted Speice. We
have an athletic group of girls and they
have worked very hard so far. They have
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The Raider roster also includes four other seniors seeing action at the varsity level
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Defensive specialist Mackenzie Swary,
outside hitter/defensive specialist Haley
Saylor, setter Blair Baumle and outside hitter/defensive specialist Carrigan Critten all
will look to find their roles at the varsity
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Weve got some good athletes but we have to
stay healthy and avoid the injury bug.
The Raider schedule will bring three
tough non-league challenges before starting
Green Meadows Conference action.
Wayne Trace opens the year with the annual rivalry game against Paulding before
visiting Otsego and Crestview in a pair of
key playoff-point games.
Inside the league, traditionally tough
Tinora will provide a big challenge while
Speller also feels Hicksville and Ayersville
will also be very competitive.
Our schedule has some tough games on
it again this year, concluded the Raider head
coach. With two big rivalry games against
Paulding and Crestview in the non-league
portion and a road trip to Otsego in there,
there will be a lot of playoff points at stake.
Then we get into league with teams like
Tinora, Hicksville and Ayersville. It will be a
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HAVILAND The Wayne Trace

cross country program will be faced with
several challenges in the 2014 season as
the Raiders are short on numbers and
will feature a lot of youth.
The Raider boys squad has no seniors, juniors or freshmen on the roster
but will field a full team with six sophomores making up the roster. Head coach
Annette Sinn knows the youth will make
things interesting, especially with no senior leadership due to the graduation loss
of Brandon Zartman, Logan Fast and Arlen Stoller.
We are interested in seeing how all
Generally, we hope to take each individual

athlete as far as we can. We have to try
and get the most gains possible.
Annette Sinn,
head coach, Wayne Trace cross country
of the sophomore boys will do this year

since they are young, stated Sinn. We
lost Brandon, Logan and Arlen to graduation, so we have no senior leadership.
Filling out the Raider roster are Tanner Cook, Chance Elliott, Ruger Goelt-
zenleuchter, Kolyn Hilkey, Levi Priest

and Chandler Thompson.
On the girls side, the Lady Raiders
are even shorter on numbers as the redwhite-and-blue roster includes no seniors, sophomores or freshmen. Two ju-
niors are the only members of the squad

in Shayna Temple and Hollie Wannemacher.
We are disappointed that we dont
have a girls team, but the girls have
worked hard and are running strong,
continued Sinn.
With the lack of numbers on both
squads, Sinn feels the Raiders will need
to work with athletes on an individual
basis as much as the team basis.
Generally, we hope to take each individual athlete as far as we can, concluded the Raider mentor. We have to
try and get the most gains possible.
The numbers dont figure to improve
anytime soon for Wayne Trace. The junior high squad features just two girls
and only one boy.
Depth and balance are keys for success for Wayne Trace golf in 2014
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HAVILAND Sixth-year head coach
Chris Rosswurm enters the 2014 boys golf
season with high expectations for his Wayne
Trace squad as the Raiders feature depth
and good balance entering the upcoming
campaign.
Despite having only one senior, the Raiders have four juniors and six sophomores on
the roster with several players capable of
playing at the varsity level this year. Senior
Corbin Linder will be counted on for some
key leadership as well as being one of the
top players for Rosswurm this year.
Juniors Alec Vest, Luke Miller, Quinten
Miller and Austin Fast also are looking to
battle for playing time at the varsity level
according to the Raider head coach.
The biggest thing with this team is we
will have a lot of depth, noted Rosswurm,
who again is assisted by Jeremy Daeger.
Wayne Trace
We dont have that number one player who

will be at the top every time, but we have a
good group of kids that are capable of being
that number one player on any given day.
Five sophomores also are expected to be
in the battle for time at the top level.
Brady Stabler, Christopher Davis, Evan
Baughman, Ethan Crates and Ethan Dunham
hope to be in the mix in their second year
of high school golf. Freshmen Owen Denny
and Jordon Offerle also look to garner some
key playing time as well.
One of the big things for us will be
just improving from day to day, continued
Rosswurm. Learning how to handle the ups
and downs of a round and not let a bad hole
carry over to the next hole is a big part of
golf.
A schedule that features only three home
matches also will be challenging according
to the Raider coach.
Sometimes having a lot of away matches is a good thing, Rosswurm added. It
forces you to make adjustments to each in-

good job in leading the team, added the Raider head coach. They
arent so much the vocal style leaders but they lead by example.
Three juniors also will vie for playing time in setter/outside hitter Stacy Flint, defensive specialist Sydney Critten and outside hitter/middle hitter Erin Mohr. Sophomore outside hitter/middle hitter Danae Myers is expected to get time at the varsity level as well.
One of the concerns is our overall lack of experience at the
varsity level, continued Speice. We have to learn how to play
at this level. The new girls did enjoy some success at the junior
varsity level last season so they know how to win but they have to
be able to adapt when it comes to varsity.
dividual course instead of getting too familiar with your home course. Our guys will be
challenged with this schedule and it will prepare us for the conference tournament and
postseason play.
Four freshmen and one senior comprise
the roster of the Wayne Trace girls golf
squad under the direction of head coach Al
Welch.
Welch welcomes back a senior leader in
Paige Rahrig, who was a district qualifier a
year ago. Rahrig, who averaged a 46 last season, will be counted upon heavily this year.
Paige was a district qualifier last year
and she comes back as the only experienced
player we have this year, noted Welch, who
is entering his 17th season at the helm of the
Lady Raiders. She is going to have to be a
good leader for us and we will need her to
play to her capabilities.
Rahrig, who has participated in tournaments throughout the summer, has the potential to have a very successful season according to Welch.
Speice is hopeful that the Raiders overall athleticism is something that helps Wayne Trace be very competitive.
All of the girls are athletic and overall our quickness will be
better than last year, commented the third-year head coach. This
is a smart and very athletic group of girls.
Weve got a versatile group of kids and we have changed up
the way we do a few things this year, concluded Speice. They
have adapted pretty well and they get along pretty good together.
Learning new roles and developing that chemistry will be a key
for us. We are looking forward to the season and we feel we can
be very competitive this year. I think once we get some experience
that this team could be very fun to watch.
She has worked very hard this summer, noted the Raider head coach. She
took part in the Lima Junior program all
summer and has played a lot of golf. I feel
like she can be one of the top players in our
area if she continues to work hard and get
better.
Joining Rahrig are four freshmen who
will be experiencing varsity golf for the first
time.
Gracie Gudakunst, Brooke Sinn, Haley Dempsey and Jilly Wiseman all hit the
course this year and the group has shown
potential according to the Raider head
coach.
They have some potential and I think
they will get better every week, noted the
Raider mentor. A lot will depend on how
they handle situations. Getting better at the
little things is a key for them and that just
comes from playing the game and practicing.
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Date
Opponent
Site
Time
Aug. 18 Van Wert
Home
5 p.m.
Aug. 21 Ottoville
Away
6 p.m.
Aug. 25 Miller City
Away
5 p.m.
Aug. 30 Coldwater
Away 11 a.m.
Sep. 4 St. Johns
Home
5 p.m.
Sep. 8 Lincolnview*
Away
5 p.m.
Sep. 11 Kalida
Away
5 p.m.
Sep. 15 Ada*
Home
5 p.m.
Sep. 18 St. Marys Mem.
Home
5 p.m.
Sep. 20 Continental
Home
1 p.m.
Sep. 23 Fort Jennings
Away
5 p.m.
Sep. 25 Crestview*
Away 7:30 p.m.
Sep. 29 Cory-Rawson
Home
5 p.m.
Oct. 4 Lima Senior
Home 11 a.m.
Oct. 6 Allen East*
Away
5 p.m.
Oct. 9 Bluffton*
Home
5 p.m.
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VOLLEYBALL
Date
Opponent
Site
Time
Aug. 25 Waynesfield-Goshen Away
6 p.m.
Aug. 26 Perry
Away
6 p.m.
Sep. 3 Miller City(no JV)
Away 7:30 p.m.
Sep. 4 Ottoville
Home
6 p.m.
Sep. 6 Pandora-Gilboa
Home 10 a.m.
Sep. 8 Antwerp
Home 5:30 p.m.
DELPHOS ST. JOHNS
Sep. 9 Columbus Grove*

Home
Sep. 11 Crestview*
Away
Sep. 16 Ada*
Home
Sep. 18 Lima CC
Home
Sep. 20 Cory-Rawson Invite
Away
Sep. 22 Lima Temple Christian Away
Sep. 23 Lincolnview*
Away
Sep. 25 Paulding*
Home
Sep. 29 Bath
Home
Sep. 30 Spencerville*
Away
Oct. 2 Allen East*
Home
Oct. 6 Wayne Trace
Away
Oct. 7 Bluffton*
Away
Oct. 9 Kalida
Away
6 p.m.
6 p.m.
6 p.m.
6 p.m.
10 a.m.
6 p.m.
6 p.m.
6 p.m.
6 p.m.
6 p.m.
6 p.m.
6 p.m.
6 p.m.
6 p.m.
FOOTBALL
Date
Opponent
Site
Time
Aug. 29 Waynesfield-Goshen Away
7 p.m.
Sep. 5 Paulding*
Home 7:30 p.m.
Sep. 12 Bluffton*
Away 7:30 p.m.
Sep. 19 Allen East*(Sr. Night) Home 7:30 p.m.
Sep. 26 Lima CC
Away 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 3 Crestview*
Away 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 10 Columbus Grove*(HC) Home 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 17 Evergreen
Home
7 p.m.
Oct. 24 Ada*
Away 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 1 Spencerville*
Home
7 p.m.
* - Northwest Conference game
SPENCERVILLE
Date
Aug. 16
Aug. 23
Aug. 26
Sep. 8
Sep. 11
Sep. 18
Sep. 20
Sep. 23
Sep. 27
Oct. 4
Oct. 6
Oct. 9
BOYS SOCCER
Opponent
Site
Ottoville
Away
Ada
Home
New Knoxville
Away
Allen East
Away
Lima Temple Christian Home
Botkins
Home
Fairlawn
Home
Lincolnview
Away
Cory-Rawson
Away
Lima CC
Away
Van Wert
Away
Sidney Lehman
Home
Time
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
11 a.m.
5 p.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL
Opponent
Site
Ottoville
Away
Minster
Away
St. Johns
Home
Wayne Trace
Away
St. Marys Invitational Away
New Knoxville
Away
Kalida Pioneer Invit. Away
Waynesfield-Goshen Home
Paulding*
Away
Ada*
Away
Allen East*
Home
Bluffton*
Home
Perry
Home
Columbus Grove*
Home
Crestview*
Away
Lima Temple Christian
Time
6 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6 p.m.
10 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
9 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
Away
Date
Aug. 19
Aug. 21
Aug. 26
Aug. 28
Aug. 30
Sep. 2
Sep. 6
Sep. 8
Sep. 9
Sep. 11
Sep. 16
Sep. 18
Sep. 22
Sep. 23
Sep. 25
Sep. 29
6 p.m.
Sep. 30 Jefferson*
Home 5:30 p.m.
Oct. 2
Lima CC
Away 5:30 p.m.
Oct. 7 Lincolnview*
Home 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Date
Opponent
Site
Time
Aug. 23 Fort Jennings
Home
11 a.m.
Aug. 26 Coldwater*
Home
5 p.m.
Aug. 28 Allen East
Home
5 p.m.
Aug. 30 Lima Senior
Home
11 a.m.
Sep. 4 Jefferson
Away
5 p.m.
Sep. 9 Crestview
Home
5 p.m.
Sep. 11 Anna*
Away
5 p.m.
Sep. 13 Elida
Away
1 p.m.
Sep. 16 Kalida
Away
5 p.m.
Sep. 18 Botkins*
Away
5 p.m.
Sep. 22 Miller City
Away
5 p.m.
Sep. 27 Lincolnview
Away
11 a.m.
Oct. 2 Lima CC
Home
5 p.m.
Oct. 7
Ottoville
Away
6 p.m.
Oct. 9 Sidney Lehman*
Away 5:30 p.m.
Oct. 11 Continental
Away
1 p.m.
* - Western Ohio Soccer League match
Date
Aug. 25
Aug. 26
Aug. 28
Aug. 30
Sep. 3
Sep. 4
Sep. 6
Sep. 8
Sep. 11
Sep. 16
Sep. 18
Sep. 20
Sep. 22
Sep. 25
Sep. 27
VOLLEYBALL
Opponent
Site
Van Wert
Home
Spencerville
Away
Fort Recovery*
Home
Kenton
Home
Lima CC
Away
New Knoxville*
Away
Kalida Pioneer Inv. Away
Miller City
Home
Coldwater*
Away
Marion Local*
Away
St. Henry*
Home
Kalida
Home
Lincolnview
Away
Parkway*
Away
Ottoville
Away
FOOTBALL
Date
Opponent
Site
Aug. 29 Leipsic
Home
Sep. 5 Ada*
Home
Sep. 12 Allen East*
Away
Sep. 19 Paulding*
Away
Sep. 26 Columbus Grove*
Home
Oct. 3 Lima CC
Home
Oct. 10 Bluffton*
Home
Oct. 17 Crestview*
Away
Oct. 24 Vermilion
Away
Nov. 1 Jefferson*
Away
Time
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
10 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
Date
Aug. 23
Aug. 26
Aug. 30
Sep. 2
Sep. 6
Sep. 9
Sep. 13
Sep. 20
Sep. 25
Sep. 30
Oct. 2
Oct. 9
COED CROSS COUNTRY

Opponent
Site
Time
St. Johns Invitational Home
9 a.m.
Wayne Trace Invite Away 4:30 p.m.
Wapakoneta Night Meet Away
7 p.m.
Spencerville Quad Away 4:30 p.m.
Spencerville Invite
Away
9 a.m.
Elida Invitational
Away
5 p.m.
O-G Blue/Gold Invite Away
9 a.m.
Van Wert Hosp. Invite Away
8 a.m.
New Bremen
Away
5 p.m.
Allen County Invite Away 4:30 p.m.
Coldwater Lions Invite Away
5 p.m.
MAC Meet
Away
5 p.m.
FOOTBALL
Date
Opponent
Site
Aug. 29 Elida
Home
Sep. 5 Lima CC
Away
Sep. 12 Versailles*
Home
Sep. 19 Fort Recovery*
Away
Sep. 26 New Bremen*
Away
Oct. 3 Minster*
Home
Oct. 10 Anna*
Home
Oct. 17 Parkway*
Away
Oct. 24 Coldwater*
Home
Oct. 31 Marion Local*
Away
* - Midwest Athletic Conference game
Time
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
COLUMBUS GROVE
COED CROSS COUNTRY

Date
Opponent
Site
Time
Aug. 23 St. Johns Invitational Away
9 a.m.
Aug. 30 Columbus Grove Inv. Away
9 a.m.
Sep. 2 Home Quad
Home 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 6 Bearcat Invitational Home
9 a.m.
Sep. 13 O-G Blue-Gold Invite Away
9 a.m.
Sep. 20 VW Country Hosp. Inv. Away
8 a.m.
Sep. 27 Best in the West

(boys only)
Away 9:30 a.m.
Sep. 30 Allen County Invitational Away 4:30 p.m.
Oct. 4 Anna Rocket Invitational Away
10 a.m.
Oct. 11 NWC Championships Home 10 a.m.
Time
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
11 a.m.
6 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
9 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
10 a.m.
6 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
10 a.m.
Sep. 29 Columbus Grove

Home
Oct. 2 Minster*
Home
Oct. 4 Crestview
Home
Oct. 7 New Bremen*
Home
Oct. 9 Versailles*
Away
* - Midwest Athletic Conference match
Date
Aug. 19
Aug. 23
Aug. 30
Sep. 6
Sep. 13
Sep. 16
Sep. 20
Sep. 27
Sep. 30
Oct. 4
Oct. 11
Oct. 18
Oct. 25
Nov. 1
COED CROSS COUNTRY

Opponent
Site
Time
Upper Sandusky Ice Breaker Away 4:30 p.m.
Seneca East Invitational
Away
9 a.m.
Columbus Grove Invitational Home 9 a.m.
Tiffin Carnival
Away
8 a.m.
Galion Invitational
Away
noon
Ohio Caverns Inv.
Away 4:30 p.m.
Van Wert Co. Hosp. Invite Away
9 a.m.
Sault St. Marie Road Race Away
9 a.m.
Old Shoe Invitational
Away
4 p.m.
Rocket Invitational
Anna 10 a.m.
NWC Meet
Spenc. 10 a.m.
Districts
TBA
noon
Regionals
Tiffin 11 a.m.
State Meet
Hebron 11 a.m.
Date
Aug. 19
Aug. 23
Aug. 26
Aug. 30
Sep. 9
Sep. 10
Sep. 11
Sep. 15
VOLLEYBALL
Opponent
Ayersville
Tri-Match
Leipsic*
Arlington
Jefferson#
Miller City*
Lima CC
Ottoville*
Site
Time
Home 5:30 p.m.
Away 10 a.m.
Away 6 p.m.
Away 10 a.m.
Away 5:30 p.m.
Home 6 p.m.
Home 5:30 p.m.
Away 6 p.m.
Sep. 16 Lincolnview#
Sep. 18 Paulding#
Sep. 23 Spencerville#
Sep. 25 Allen East#
Sep. 27 Continental*
Sep. 29 St. Johns
Sep. 30 Bluffton#
Oct. 2 Ada#
Oct. 4
Pandora-Gilboa*
Oct. 6
Kalida*
Oct. 7 Crestview#
Oct. 11 Ottawa-Glandorf
* - Putnam County League match
# - Northwest Conference match
Away 5:30 p.m.

Home 5:30 p.m.
Away 5:30 p.m.
Home 5:30 p.m.
Home 10 a.m.
Away 5:30 p.m.
Away 5:30 p.m.
Home 5:30 p.m.
Home 10 a.m.
Home 6 p.m.
Home 5:30 p.m.
Home 10 a.m.
FOOTBALL
Date
Opponent
Aug. 29 Pandora-Gilboa
Sep. 5 Allen East*
Sep. 12 Ada*
Sep. 19 Lima CC
Oct. 3 Swanton
Oct. 10 Jefferson*
Oct. 17 Paulding*
Oct. 24 Crestview*
Oct. 31 Bluffton*
Site
Time
Home 7:30 p.m.
Home 7:30 p.m.
Away 7:30 p.m.
Home 7:30 p.m.
Away 7:30 p.m.
Away 7:30 p.m.
Away 7:30 p.m.
Home 7:30 p.m.
Home 7:30 p.m.
Away 7:30 p.m.
Schedules
LINCOLNVIEW
ELIDA
GIRLS TENNIS
Date
Opponent
Site
Time
Aug. 11 Lima CC
Away 4:30 p.m.
Aug. 15 Wildcat Invitational
Away 9:30 a.m.
Aug. 18 Defiance*
Home
noon
Aug. 19 Sidney Lehman
Away 4:30 p.m.
Aug. 21 Wapakoneta*
Away 4:30 p.m.
Aug. 25 St. Marys Mem.*
Away 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 2 Van Wert*
Home 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 4 Shawnee*
Away 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 6 Elida Invitational
Home
9 a.m.
Sep. 8 Kenton*
Home 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 11 Ottawa-Glandorf*
Home 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 13 Bryan
Home 10:30 a.m.
Sep. 15 Bath*
Away 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 16 Bluffton
Away 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 22 Sidney
Home 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 24 Lima Senior
Home 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 29 Findlay
Away 4:30 p.m.
* - Western Buckeye League match
VOLLEYBALL
Date
Opponent
Site
Aug. 19 Miller City
Home
Aug. 21 Leipsic
Away
Aug. 23 Parkway Invitational Away
Aug. 26 Hardin Northern
Home
Aug. 28 Defiance*
Home
Sep. 4 Wapakoneta*
Away
Sep. 6 Lima Senior Tri
Away
Sep. 11 St. Marys Mem.*
Away
Sep. 13 Elida Tri
Home
Sep. 18 Van Wert*
Home
Sep. 25 Shawnee*
Away
Sep. 27 Van Wert Invitational Away
Sep. 30 Kenton*
Home
Oct. 2 Ottawa-Glandorf*
Home
Oct. 7 Bath*
Away
Oct. 9 Celina*
Away
Time
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
9 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
11 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
10 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
5 p.m.
9 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
Date
Aug. 19
Aug. 20
Aug. 26
Sep. 2
Sep. 6
Sep. 8
Sep. 11
Sep. 13
Sep. 16
Sep. 17
Sep. 20
Sep. 22
Sep. 25
GIRLS SOCCER
Opponent
Site
Coldwater
Away
Maumee
Home
Defiance*
Home
Wapakoneta*
Away
Lima CC
Home
St. Marys Mem.*
Away
Van Wert*
Home
St. Johns
Home
Shawnee*
Away
Riverdale
Home
Van Buren
Home
Kenton*
Home
Ottawa-Glandorf*
Home
Time
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
2 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
1 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
noon
7 p.m.
7 p.m.

Away
Sep. 30 Bath*
Away
Oct. 7 Celina*
Away
noon
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Date
Opponent
Site
Time
Aug. 21 Elida Fall Classic
Home 5/7 p.m.
Aug. 23 Elida Fall Classic
Home 5/7 p.m.
Aug. 28 Defiance*
Away
7 p.m.
Sep. 4 Wapakoneta*
Home
7 p.m.
Sep. 9 St. Marys Mem.*
Home
7 p.m.
Sep. 11 Bryan
Away
7 p.m.
Sep. 15 Van Wert*
Away
5 p.m.
Sep. 18 Shawnee*
Home
7 p.m.
Sep. 23 Kenton*
Away
5 p.m.
Sep. 27 Lima Senior
Home
noon
Sep. 29 Ottawa-Glandorf *
Away
7 p.m.
Sep. 30 Kalida
Home
7 p.m.
Oct. 2 Bath*
Home
7 p.m.
Oct. 4 Napoleon
Away
1 p.m.
Oct. 6 Lima CC
Home
5 p.m.
Oct. 9 Celina
Home
7 p.m.
Date
Aug. 23
Aug. 30
Sep. 2
Sep. 6
Sep. 9
Sep. 13
Sep. 16
Sep. 20
Sep. 23
Sep. 27
Sep. 30
Oct. 2
Oct. 11
COED CROSS COUNTRY

Opponent
Site
Time
Celina Rotary Invite Away 9:30 a.m.
Wapakoneta Night Meet Away
7 p.m.
Bath
Away 4:30 p.m.
Bearcat Invite
Away
9 a.m.
Elida Invite
Home
5 p.m.
OG Blue/Gold Invite Away
9 a.m.
OG Tri Meet
Away
5 p.m.
VW Hospital Invite
Away
8 a.m.
Bath Invitational
Away
6 p.m.
Kalida Wildcat Invite Away
9 a.m.
Allen County Invite
Away 4:30 p.m.
Coldwater Lions Invite Away
5 p.m.
WBL Meet
Away
9 a.m.
FOOTBALL
Date
Opponent
Site
Aug. 29 St. Johns
Away
Sep. 5 Defiance*
Away
Sep. 12 Wapakoneta*(Youth Night) Home
Sep. 19 St. Marys Mem.*(HC) Home
Sep. 26 Van Wert*
Away
Oct. 3 Shawnee*(Parents Night) Home
Oct. 10 Kenton*
Away
Oct. 17 Ottawa-Glandorf*
Away
Oct. 24 Bath*
Home
Oct. 31 Celina*(Band Night) Home
* - Western Buckeye League game
Time
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
FORT JENNINGS
GIRLS VARSITY SOCCER
Date
Opponent
Site
Aug. 18 Wapakoneta
Away
Aug. 21 Lincolnview
Away
Aug. 23 St. Johns
Away
Aug. 27 Miller City*
Away
Sep. 2
Continental*
Home
Sep. 5
Kalida*
Home
Sep. 11
Crestview
Home
Sep. 13
Bath
Away
Sep. 16
Bluffton
Home
Sep. 19
Ottoville*
Away
Sep. 23
Jefferson
Home
Sep. 27
Elida
Home
Sep. 30
Allen East
Away
Oct. 4
Van Buren
Away
Oct. 6
St. Marys Mem.
Home
Oct. 9
Ottoville
Home
Time
7 p.m.
5 p.m.
11 a.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
1 p.m.
5 p.m.
6 p.m.
5 p.m.
noon
5 p.m.
11 a.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
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BOYS VARSITY SOCCER

Date
Opponent
Site
Aug. 21 Fall Classic
Elida
Elida
Aug. 25 Ottawa-Glandorf
Home
Aug. 28 Kalida*
Home
Aug. 30 Archbold
Away
Sep. 4
Continental*
Away
Sep. 6
Van Wert
Home
Sep. 8
Cory-Rawson
Away
Sep. 12
Miller City*
Away
Sep. 16
Van Buren
Away
Sep. 18
Liberty-Benton
Home
Sep. 20
New Knoxville
Home
Sep. 23
Riverdale
Away
Sep. 27
St. Marys Mem.
Away
Oct. 2
Lima Temple Christian Home
Oct. 7
Ottoville*
Home
GIRLS SOCCER
Date
Opponent
Site
Time
Aug. 16 Lima Senior
Home 11 a.m.
Aug. 21 Fort Jennings
Home 5 p.m.
Aug. 25 Crestview*
Away
5 p.m.
Aug. 28 Sidney Lehman
Home 5 p.m.
Aug. 30 Van Wert
Home 11 a.m.
Sep. 2 Bluffton*
Home 5 p.m.
Sep. 6 Botkins
Away 11 a.m.
Sep. 8 Jefferson*
Home 5 p.m.
Sep. 11 Continental
Away
5 p.m.
Sep. 18 Coldwater
Home 5 p.m.
Sep. 22 Allen East*
Away
5 p.m.
Sep. 27 St. Johns
Home 11 a.m.
Sep. 29 Ada*
Home 5 p.m.
Oct. 4 Anna
Home 11 a.m.
Oct. 7 New Knoxville
Away
5 p.m.
Oct. 9 Lima CC
Away 5:30 p.m.
Date
Aug. 16
Aug. 19
Aug. 23
Aug. 26
Sep. 2
Sep. 4
Sep. 6
Sep. 10
Sep. 13
Sep. 16
Sep. 18
Sep. 20
Sep. 23
Oct. 1
Oct. 4
Oct. 9
BOYS SOCCER
Opponent
Site
Time
Lima Senior
Home 1 p.m.
Fort Wayne Fusion
Away
5 p.m.
Sidney Lehman
Away
3 p.m.
Ottoville
Away
5 p.m.
Bryan
Away 6:15 p.m.
Botkins
Home 5 p.m.
Miller City
Home 11 a.m.
Woodlan
Home 5 p.m.
Fairlawn
Home 11 a.m.
Ada
Away
5 p.m.
New Knoxville
Away
5 p.m.
Paulding
Away 11 a.m.
Spencerville
Home 5 p.m.
Van Wert
Away 4:15 p.m.
Lima Tem. Christian
Away
1 p.m.
Lima CC
Home 5 p.m.
Date
Aug. 19
Aug. 23
Aug. 25
Aug. 26
Sep. 4
Sep. 9
Sep. 11
Sep. 15
Sep. 16
Sep. 18
Sep. 20
Sep. 22
Sep. 23
Sep. 27
Sep. 30
Oct. 2
Oct. 6
Oct. 7
VOLLEYBALL
Opponent
Site
Time
Van Wert
Home 5:30 p.m.
Antwerp
Away 5:30 p.m.
Continental
Home 5:30 p.m.
Ottoville
Away
6 p.m.
Kalida
Away
6 p.m.
Allen East*
Home 5:30 p.m.
Bluffton*
Away 5:30 p.m.
Parkway
Away 5:30 p.m.
Columbus Grove
Home 5:30 p.m.
Crestview*
Away 5:30 p.m.
Minster Invitational
Away
9 a.m.
St. Johns
Home 5:30 p.m.
Jefferson*
Home 5:30 p.m.
Wayne Tr./Hick.
WT
10 a.m.
Ada*
Away 5:30 p.m.
Paulding*
Home 5:30 p.m.
New Knoxville
Home 5:30 p.m.
Spencerville*
Away 5:30 p.m.

Date
Aug. 23
Aug. 26
Aug. 30
Sep. 6
Sep. 9
Sep. 13
Sep. 20
Sep. 27
Oct. 2
Oct. 11
COED CROSS COUNTRY

Opponent
Site
Time
St. Johns Invitational Away 9 a.m.
Wayne Trace Invit.
Away 4:30 p.m.
Columbus Grove Inv. Away 9 a.m.
Tiffin Carnival
Away 9 a.m.
Elida Invitational
Away 5 p.m.
Ottawa-Glan. Invit.
Away 9 a.m.
Van Wert Cty. Hosp. Inv. Away 8 a.m.
Edgerton Invitational
Away 9 a.m.
Coldwater Invitational Away 5 p.m.
NWC Meet
Away 10 a.m.
KALIDA
BOYS SOCCER
Date
Opponent
Site
Aug. 19 Wapakoneta(Parents) Home
Aug. 21 Defiance
Away
Aug. 25 Shawnee
Away
Aug. 28 Fort Jennings*
Away
Sep. 2 St. Marys Mem.
Home
Sep. 4 Van Buren
Home
Sep. 9 Miller City*
Away
Sep. 12 Pettisville
Home
Sep. 16 Liberty-Benton
Away
Sep. 19 Continental*
Home
Sep. 23 Cory-Rawson
Home
Sep. 27 Celina
Away
Sep. 30 Elida
Away
Oct. 3
Ottoville*
Home
Oct. 7
Bluffton(Senior)
Home
Oct. 11 Ottawa-Glandorf
Away
Time
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
5 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
5 p.m.
7 p.m.
5 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
2 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
Time
5/7 p.m.
5/7 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
7 p.m.
5 p.m.
11 a.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
noon
5 p.m.
noon
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Date
Opponent
Site
Time
Aug. 21 Van Buren
Away
5 p.m.
Aug. 23 Liberty-Benton
Away
1 p.m.
Aug. 25 Lima CC
Away 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 30 Wauseon(Parents) Home
1 p.m.
Sep. 3
Miller City*
Home
5 p.m.
Sep. 5 Fort Jennings*
Away
5 p.m.
Sep. 11 Jefferson
Home
5 p.m.
Sep. 13 Cory-Rawson
Away
1 p.m.
Sep. 16 St. Johns
Home
5 p.m.
Sep. 18 Kenton
Away
5 p.m.
Sep. 25 Archbold
Home
7 p.m.
Sep. 27 Bluffton
Home
1 p.m.
Sep. 29 Ottoville*
Home
7 p.m.
Oct. 2
Swanton
Away 5:30 p.m.
Oct. 7
Continental*
Away
5 p.m.
Oct. 9
Bath(Senior)
Home
7 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL
Date
Opponent
Site
Time
Aug. 21 Van Buren
Away
6 p.m.
Aug. 26 Van Wert
Away 5:30 p.m.
Aug. 29 Ottoville(Parents)* Home
5 p.m.
Sep. 4 Lincolnview
Home
6 p.m.
Sep. 6 Pioneer Invitational Home
9 a.m.
Sep. 9 Continental*
Home
6 p.m.
Sep. 11 Ayersville
Home
6 p.m.
Sep. 13 Crestview/Antwerp Home 10 a.m.
Sep. 16 Wapakoneta
Away 5:30 p.m.
Sep. 20 St. Johns
Away 10 a.m.
Sep. 23 Miller City*
Away
6 p.m.
Sep. 25 Archbold
Home
6 p.m.
Sep. 27 Van Wert Invite

(V only)
Away
9 a.m.
Oct. 2
Leipsic*
Away
6 p.m.
Oct. 6
Columbus Grove*
Away
6 p.m.
Oct. 7
Pandora-Gilboa
Away
6 p.m.
Oct. 9
Jefferson(Senior)
Home
6 p.m.
-
Date
Aug. 23
Aug. 30
Sep. 13
Sep. 20
Sep. 27
Sep. 30
Oct. 4
Oct. 18
COED CROSS
COUNTRY
Opponent
Site
Time
St. Johns Invitational Away
9 a.m.
Col. Grove Invite
Away
9 a.m.
O-G Blue/Gold Invite Ottawa 9 a.m.
LibertyCtr. Widewater Inv. Away 10 a.m.
Kalida Invitational
Home
9 a.m.
PCL
Ottawa 4:30 p.m.
Anna Rocket Invite Away 10 a.m.
Districts
TBA
TBA
Schedules
CRESTVIEW
Date
GIRLS SOCCER
Opponent
Site
Aug. 19 Continental
Aug. 21 Cory-Rawson
Aug. 25 Lincolnview*
Sep. 6 Ada*
Sep. 9 St. Johns
Sep. 13 Lima Senior
Sep. 16 Allen East*
Sep. 20 Kenton
Sep. 23 Ottoville
Sep. 25 Jefferson*
Sep. 27 Van Wert
Sep. 30 Coldwater
Oct. 6 Bluffton*
Oct. 9 Miller City
Oct. 11 Lima CC
VAN WERT
Time
Away
5 p.m.
Away
5 p.m.
Home
5 p.m.
Away
1 p.m.
Away
5 p.m.
Away
5 p.m.
Home
11 a.m.
Home 7:30 p.m.
Home 10 a.m.
Away
6 p.m.
Home 7:30 p.m.
Home
1 p.m.
Home 7:30 p.m.
Away
7 p.m.
Away
5 p.m.
Home
1 p.m.
Date
VOLLEYBALL
Opponent
Site
COED CROSS
COUNTRY
Opponent
Aug. 23 St. Johns Invitational

Aug. 30 Columbus Grove

Invitational
Sep. 13 O-G Blue/Gold

Invitational
Sep. 20 VW County Hosp.
Sep. 23 Lima CC/Lima Sr.
Oct. 2 Coldwater Lions Invit.
Oct. 11 NWC Championships
Site
Time
Away
9 a.m.
Away
9 a.m.
Away
9 a.m.
Away
8 a.m.
Away 4:30 p.m.
Away
5 p.m.
Away
10 a.m.
FOOTBALL
Date Opponent
Site
Aug. 29 Parkway
Home
Sep. 5 Hicksville
Away
Sep. 12 Wayne Trace
Home
Sep. 19 Bluffton*
Home
Sep. 26 Allen East*
Away
Oct. 3 Jefferson
Home
Oct. 10 Ada*
Away
Oct. 17 Spencerville*
Home
Oct. 24 Columbus Grove*
Away
Oct. 31 Paulding*
Away
Time
4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
8:30 a.m.
4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
9 a.m.
4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
9 a.m.
4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
TBA
TBA
4:30 p.m.
Time
Aug. 23 Arch./Stryker
Stryker 10 a.m.
Aug. 26 Coldwater
Away 5:30 p.m.
Sep. 4 Wayne Trace
Home 5:30 p.m.
Sep. 8 Parkway
Home 5:30 p.m.
Sep. 9 Ada*
Home 5:30 p.m.
Sep. 11 Jefferson*
Home 5:30 p.m.
Sep. 13 Kalida/Antwerp
Away
10 a.m.
Sep. 16 Lima CC
Away
5:30PM
Sep. 18 Lincolnview*
Home 5:30PM
Sep. 22 Van Wert
Home 5:30PM
Sep. 23 Paulding*
Away
5:30PM
Home 5:30PM
Sep. 27 8-team Lady Knight

Invite
Home
9 a.m.
Sep. 30 Allen East*
Away 5:30 p.m.
Oct. 2 Bluffton*
Home 5:30 p.m.
Oct. 4 St. Johns High
Away
10 a.m.
Oct. 7 Columbus Grove*
Away 5:30 p.m.
Oct. 11 Hicksville
Away
10 a.m.
Date
GIRLS TENNIS
Date
Opponent
Site
Aug. 18 Ottawa-Glandorf*
Home
Aug. 19 Lima CC
Away
Aug. 21 Shawnee*
Away
Aug. 23 Lima Invitational
Away
Aug. 25 Kenton*
Home
Aug. 26 Bryan
Away
Aug. 28 St. Marys Mem.*
Away
Sep. 2 Elida*
Away
Sep. 4 Bath*
Home
Sep. 6 Elida Duals
Away
Sep. 8 Celina*
Home
Sep. 11 Defiance*
Away
Sep. 13 Shawnee JV Invit. Away
Sep. 15 Wapakoneta*
Home
Sep. 18 Lima Senior
Home
Sep. 23 Bluffton
Home
Sep. 25 WBL
Away
Sep. 27 WBL
Away
Sep. 30 Lima CC
Home
Time
7:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Date
Opponent
Site
Aug. 18 Ottoville
Home
Aug. 21 Lima Temple Christian Away
Aug. 25 Lima CC
Away
Away
Sep. 4 Shawnee*
Home
Away
Sep. 9 Kenton*
Away
Sep. 11 Lima Senior
Home
Sep. 15 Elida*
Home
Sep. 18 Bath*
Away
Sep. 23 Celina*
Away
Sep. 29 Defiance*
Home
Oct. 1 Lincolnview
Home
Oct. 2 Wapakoneta*
Away
Oct. 6 Spencerville
Home
Oct. 9 St. Marys Mem.*
Home
Time
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
5 p.m.
11 a.m.
7 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
5 p.m.
4:15 p.m.
7 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
Date
Aug. 18
Aug. 19
Aug. 26
Aug. 30
Sep. 2
Sep. 8
Sep. 11
Sep. 16
Sep. 18
Sep. 22
Sep. 25
Sep. 27
Sep. 30
Oct. 4
Oct. 7
Oct. 9
OTTOVILLE
Wapakoneta*
Bryan
St. Marys Mem.*
Coldwater
Home
Home
Away
Away
5 p.m.
1 p.m.
7 p.m.
5 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL
Date
Opponent
Site
Aug. 21 Paulding
Away
Aug. 25 St. Johns
Away
Aug. 26 Kalida
Home
Home
Sep. 2 Ottoville
Home
Sep. 4 Shawnee*
Away
Sep. 8 Coldwater
Away
Sep. 11 Kenton*
Home
Sep. 18 Elida*
Away
Sep. 20 Wayne Trace/Bryan Home
Sep. 22 Crestview
Away
Sep. 25 Bath*
Home
Sep. 27 Van Wert Invit.
Home
Sep. 30 Celina*
Home
Oct. 2
Defiance*
Away
Oct. 6 Antwerp*
Home
Oct. 7 Wapakoneta*
Home
Away
Time
6 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
10 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
9 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
Date
Aug. 30
Sep. 6
Sep. 13
Sep. 20
Oct. 2
Oct. 4
Oct. 11
Oct. 18
Oct. 25
Nov. 1
COED CROSS COUNTRY

Opponent
Site
Greenville Invit.
Away
Tiffin Carnival
Away
O-G Invitational
Away
V. W. County Inv.
Home
Coldwater JV Invit.
Away
Portage Central (MI) Away
WBL Meet
Away
District
Away
Regional
Away
State
Away
Time
8 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
5 p.m.
11 a.m.
9 a.m.
TBA
TBA
TBA
GIRLS SOCCER
Opponent
Site
Jefferson
Away
Ottoville
Home
Ottawa-Glandorf*
Home
Lincolnview
Away
Shawnee*
Away
Kenton*
Home
Elida*
Away
Bath*
Home
Lima Senior
Home
Celina*
Home
Defiance*
Away
Crestview
Away
Time
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
11 a.m.
7 p.m.
5 p.m.
7 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
7 p.m.
1 p.m.
FOOTBALL
Date
Opponent
Site
Aug. 29 Bryan
Home
Sep. 5 Ottawa-Glandorf*
Away
Sep. 12 Shawnee*
Home
Sep. 19 Kenton*
Away
Sep. 26 Elida*
Home
Oct. 3 Bath*
Away
Oct. 10 Celina*
Away
Oct. 17 Defiance*
Home
Oct. 24 Wapakoneta*
Away
Home
* - Western Buckeye League gam
Time
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Date Opponent
Site
Time
Aug. 16 Wapakoneta
Away
6 p.m.
Aug. 19 Van Wert
Away
5 p.m.
Aug. 21 Jefferson
Home 6 p.m.
Aug. 23 Bryan
Away 11 a.m.
Sep. 3 Cory-Rawson
Home 6 p.m.
Sep. 9 Lima CC
Away 5:30 p.m.
Home 6 p.m.
Sep. 15 Lima Senior
Away
6 p.m.
Sep. 19 Fort Jennings*
Home 6 p.m.
Sep. 22 Ada
Away
5 p.m.
Sep. 23 Crestview
Home
6 p.m.
Sep. 25 Coldwater
Home 6 p.m.
Sep. 29 Kalida*
Away
7 p.m.
Oct. 2 Continental*
Home 6 p.m.
Oct. 7 St. Johns
Home 6 p.m.
Oct. 9 Fort Jennings
Away
5 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Date Opponent
Site
Time
Aug. 16 Spencerville
Home 11 a.m.
Aug. 18 Van Wert
Away
5 p.m.
Elida
5 p.m.
Elida
5 p.m.
Aug. 26 Lincolnview
Home 5 p.m.
Sep. 2 Findlay JV
Home 5 p.m.
Sep. 4 Ada
Away
5 p.m.
Sep. 8 Continental*
Home 7 p.m.
Sep. 11 Lima CC
Away 5:30 p.m.
Sep. 13 Sidney Lehman
Home 2 p.m.
Sep. 16 Paulding JV
Away
5 p.m.
Sep. 20 Archbold
Home 5 p.m.
Sep. 22 Lima Temple Christian Home 5 p.m.
Home 7 p.m.
Sep. 29 Kalida JV
Away
5 p.m.
Oct. 3 Kalida*
Away
7 p.m.
Oct. 7 Fort Jennings*
Away
5 p.m.
Oct. 10 New Knoxville
Away
5 p.m.
Oct. 11 Riverdale
Home 5 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL
Date Opponent
Site
Time
Aug. 19 Spencerville
Home 6 p.m.
Aug. 21 Perry
Home 6 p.m.
Aug. 25 Parkway
Away
6 p.m.
Aug. 26 Lincolnview
Home 6 p.m.
Aug. 29 Kalida*
Away
6 p.m.
Sep. 2 Van Wert
Away 5:30 p.m.
Sep. 4 Jefferson
Away
6 p.m.
Sep. 9 Upper SV
Away 5:30 p.m.
Sep. 11 Wayne Trace
Away
6 p.m.
Sept. 15 Columbus Grove*
Home 6 p.m.
Home 6 p.m.
Sep. 22 Ottawa-Glandorf
Away
6 p.m.
Sep. 23 Pandora-Gilboa*
Home 6 p.m.
Sep. 25 Leipsic*
Away
6 p.m.
Sep. 27 St. Johns
Home 10 a.m.
Sep. 29 Ayersville
Away 5:30 p.m.
Oct. 2 McComb
Home 6 p.m.
Oct. 4 Lima CC/Coldwater
Cold. 10 a.m.
Oct. 7 Lima Temple Christian Home 6 p.m.
Oct. 9 Continental*
Away
6 p.m.
COED CROSS COUNTRY

Date Opponent
Site
Time
Aug. 23 St. Johns Invitational Away
9 a.m.
Aug. 26 Wayne Trace
Away 4:30 p.m.
Aug. 30 Columbus Grove
Away
9 a.m.
Sep. 6 Spencerville
Away
9 a.m.
Sep. 9 Elida
Away
5 p.m.
Sep. 13 Ottawa-Glandorf
Away
9 a.m.
Sep. 20 Van Wert
Away
8 a.m.
Sep. 23 Bath
Away
5 p.m.
Sep. 30 PCL
Away 4:30 p.m.
Oct. 4 Antwerp Away 8:30 a.m.
Oct. 7 Ottawa-Glandorf Away 5 p.m.
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Runover
Panther cross country
teams rebuilding for 2014
BY JOHN PARENT
[email protected]
2014 Parkway volleyball

Size a concern for Parkway volleyball coach
BY JOHN PARENT
[email protected]
ROCKFORD It might be easy to look
at a 3-6 conference record and a 14-10 overall mark and assume the Lady Panthers had
a down year in 2013. When you consider
the quality of the competition in the Midwest Athletic Conference, however, where
both Marion Local and Versailles captured
State championships and another school,
Coldwater, reached the regional final, Parkways middle-of-the-park mark becomes
much more impressive. In fact, five of the
eight MAC teams that didnt win titles last
year were knocked out of the tournament by
other MAC schools. In short, the league is
not for the weak.
On the plus side, Panthers head coach
Jeff Marbaugh, entering his ninth season at
the helm of the program, needs to replace
just one senior from last years team. The
problem is that senior is Raegen Bransteter,
a second-team all-MAC performer who has

gone on to play collegiately at Ohio Northern.
Parkway returns seven letterwinners in
2014, five of which are seniors including
Whitney Rollins, an honorable mention allMAC selection last year.
Rollins and sophomore Sarah Gehron
figure to share the setting duties, with seniors Madison Roehm and Kayla Stephenson taking up positions on the outside. Senior Paige Hamrick returns as libero and
Halle Beougher will anchor the defense as
a specialist.
The biggest disadvantage the Panthers
had in conference play last year was a lack
of great size at the net, and that doesnt figure to improve much in 2014. At 5-foot-8,
freshman Haley Hawk will step right into
a sizeable role on the varsity squad, joining sophomore Clista Hellwarth at middle
hitter. Senior Sam Wood also figures to see
plenty of varsity action this year.
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ROCKFORD There werent many

bright spots for Parkway cross country
squad in 2013, but the biggest certainly
had to be the performance of freshman
Caleb Rollins.
Now entering his sophomore season,
Rollins is looking to continue his recordsetting career. As an eighth grader, Rollins
broke the school record for his class. In
his first season at the varsity level, Rollins
turned in times faster than any previous
Panther freshman.
Injuries

(in Barna from last year) is his confidence.
He got thrown in the fire, he didnt have the
benefit of working with the varsity group in
scrimmages or 7-on-7 drills. He was a freshman working with the JV and freshman kids
then all of a sudden he was a starter. He is
getting a chance to prepare himself as a starter, so I think some confidence comes with
that.
The Panthers come into the season with
two very simple goals that are heightened by
the fact that they play in one of the toughest
conferences in Ohio.
We have several goals: one is to go 2-0
in our non-conference schedule and the second one is to make the playoffs, Cairns stated. I think in the MAC its easier to make
the playoffs then it is to win the MAC championship. Last year, Coldwater lost the MAC
but won state. When you are in the MAC,
once you make the playoffs the gloves are
off and you have as good a shot as anyone to
make a run at the title. For us, a key to making the playoff is we have to go 2-0 in our
non-conference games, but they are against
two really solid non-conference teams who
both made the playoffs (last year).
Parkway opens the season at Crestview
before hosting Arlington on September 5.
Avoiding the injury bug will be a big key
to the Panthers season. Parkway was off to
a decent start last season before injuries derailed them.
We have to cross our fingers and hope
we are healthy coming out of those two
games and hope we can stay health through
the MAC season, because its a grind and
we cant afford to lose many kids, finished
coach Cairns.
The Panther boys placed ninth at the

2013 Midwest Athletic Conference meet,
finishing just behind St. Johns and ahead
of only Marion Local.
On the girls side, the Lady Panthers
will be looking to replace a trio of key
runners from last year after losing Shannon Joseph, Courtney Dicke and Emilie
Fisher to graduation.The Lady Panthers
placed eighth of eight teams at the 2013
MAC championships.
Parkway will look for improvement
from the returning letterwinners, such
as last years top female runner Allison
Gaerke, as well as Jazmine Olds. The
Panthers are coach by Ann Vian.
Parkway
(Continued from Page 53
overall in both the MAC tournament and

the overall rankings last season. Minster
finished first in both to swep the conference.
Our team goals this year are to work
hard to refine our games through the season, as we are so young, said Falk. With
no seniors and a majority of freshmen
and sophomore players, we hope to remain competitive in the MAC league race
and place well in the tournaments on our
schedule, including the Mercer County
Invitational and the Antwerp Invitational,
both of which we won last year.
On the girls side for the Panthers, they
look to have a more successful season then
they have had in the past few seasons. The
Panthers finished seventh in the conference
in each of the last two seasons. They finished ahead of Fort Recovery last season,
the first year for the Indians girls team.
Parkway graduated no girls last season,
returning the entire team this year, including seniors Terra Walls and Brenna Brazle.
Walls received first team All-MAC honors
a year ago. Brazle was given the honor of
second team All-MAC for the second year
in a row.
Along with Brazle and Walls, juniors
Autumn Setler and Taylor Hesse are returning and will help lead the way for the
Panthers. Though theyve struggled greatly
the past few seasons, the Panthers have an
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