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2010FALL SPORTS
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Girls Soccer ................................13
Delphos JeffersonFootball .......................................15Girls Soccer ................................19Volleyball ...................................20Golf .............................................21
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By JIM METCALFEThe Delphos [email protected]
DELPHOS One is a very familiarfigure on the sidelines, be it football,basketball or whatever spot.
The other is not but soon will be.These are the Athletic Trainers
Certified (ATC) that are prominent in agrowing number of programs.
Tom Lane is beginning his 15th sea-
son as the ATC for St. Johns, whileElizabeth Hughes is in her inauguralseason for Jefferson.
Its much more than taping ankles andicing knees: the job has grown to includerehabilitation, nutrition and other areas tohelp athletes prevent injuries and comeback when they inevitably happen.
Lane began his tenure at St. Johnsfresh out of Bowling Green StateUniversity graduate school.
Hughes worked for five years foran East Coast Hockey League team inKalamazoo, Michigan, before coming toDelphos.
When I first got here, there were onlytwo other teams in the MAC that had anATC; now, all but three have them,Lane, a native of Toledo, began. I hurtmy knee as a 17-year-old in the OlympicSoccer Development program. It becameapparent I was not going to be able tocontinue and through the process of get-
ting my knee taken care of, I ended up atthe Medical College of Ohio in Toledo.The rest, as they say, is history.
He has noticed more than a fewchanges since.
One, the kids are better conditioned,bigger, stronger and faster, which meansthat the injuries are more severe becauseof higher impact, he added. Knee inju-
Lane, Hughes apresence on the sidelines
See LANE, page 7
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By JIM METCALFEThe Delphos Herald
DELPHOS St. Johns saw their2009 season end just short of its sixthfootball title, falteringliterally in the last sec-onds of the Division VIstate football finals toNorwalk St. Paul.
For 12th-year headman Todd Schulte, hehopes to take one morestep this fall in better-ing his 112-32 overallmark.
His Blue Jays finished 14-1 last fall,including an 8-0 mark in the MidwestAthletic Conference.
With 14 starters returning, expecta-tions abound around the Blue Jay camp.However, Schulte knows full well thatlast year is gone and this year brings itsown challenges.
We have a lot ofexperience with 21
seniors so you hopethat makes a differ-ence. At the same time,we dont want to getcomplacent and assumethat just because wereexperienced means
were automatically going to be success-ful, Schulte said. We know we have the
bulls-eye on our backs and were goingto get everybodys best shot; were goingto have to earn everything we get. Weregoing to have to prepare every game hardand not look ahead. Iknow its coach-speakbut we have to takethem one game at atime.
Six full-time start-ers all seniors are back from anoffense that averaged37.8 points and 284.4yards rushing and 82.0passing per game: lefttackle Austin Vogt (6-4, 270; 12 pan-cake blocks), left guard Joey Grubenhoff6-0, 225; 18), center Alex Recker (6-2,241; 13), right guard Derek Klaus (6-1,220; 11) and former right tackle-turnedtight end Chris Pohlman (6-2, 240); andthird-year starting tail-back Jordan Leininger(6-2, 208; 219 rushes,
1,593 yards, 31 scores;14 catches, 218 yards,2 scores - he starts theyear ranked seventh onthe career rushing listat St. Johns with 2,985yards and fourth on the
spring list with 320 points).As well, Tyler Bergfeld (6-3, 205,
senior; 20 catches, 508 yards, 6 scores)was a co-starter in the rotation at widereceiver.
Providing depth in those spots arethe following: lefttackle: seniors KaseyBonifas (6-0, 255) andSeth Knebel (5-11,206), junior AdamHaunhorst (6-1, 183),sophomores AustinWolke (5-10, 172) andAndrew Grothouse(6-0, 210) and fresh-man Spencer Ginter(6-3, 230); left guards:seniors Vinny Wiley (6-0, 230) and JacobRode (5-9, 212), Josh Rode (5-11, 173,junior) and Dylan Stump (5-9, 198, soph-omore); center: Nate Hoffman (6-2, 232,senior), Brice Schulte (5-9, 180, junior),Kent Staup (5-11,195, sophomore) andRyan Shumaker (6-4,215, freshman); right
guard: Reed Hesseling(6-1, 221, senior),Drew Neumeier (5-11,228, junior), LukeWrasman (5-10, 160,sophomore) and KellenSchoemaeker (5-10,
180, freshman); right tackle: Knebel,
juniors Alex Wehri (5-10, 215), ColeHelms (6-1, 265) and Aaron Ledyard(6-3, 192), Seth Bockey (6-1, 225, sopho-more) and Nate Schroeder (5-9, 198,freshman); and tailbacks Evan Burgei(5-11, 178, senior), Chris Will (5-10,
Jays ready for bigger 2010
Vogt Grubenhoff Recker
Klaus Pohlman Leininger See JAYS READY, page 6
We know we have the
bulls-eye on our backs
and were going to get
everybodys best shot;
were going to have to
earn everything we get.
Were going to have
to prepare every game
hard and not look ahead.I know its coach-speak
but we have to take them
one game at a time.
Todd Schulte,head coach, St. Johns
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Brad Krites
162, junior), Troy Warnecke (5-10, 180,sophomore), Brett Schwinnen (5-10, 168,sophomore) and Tyler
Jettinghoff (5-11, 170,freshman).
Behind Bergfeld atX receiver are TylerDitto (6-1, 168, senior), juniors Ben Warnecke(5-11, 155), RyanDensel (5-9, 150),Garth Lucius (5-11,162) and Brian Lisk(6-5, 166), sophomores Andrew Metzger(6-2, 150), Jared Knebel (5-7, 146), IsaacAltenburger (5-9, 160) and Dalton Nagel(5-9, 146) and freshmen Andy May (5-8,145) and Ben Wrasman (5-9, 150).
With the graduationof 3-year starting quar-terback Wes Ulm (167tries, 1,068 yards, 14TDs; 62-of-126 passing,1,172 yards, 13 scores,8 picks), fullbackMitchell MacLennan(80 rushes, 465 yards,3 tallies; 9 pancake
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Under center, Leininger, Alex Clark(6-1, 185, junior) and sophomore MarkBoggs (6-0, 165) are fighting for the call,
with freshman Cody Looser (6-2, 165)added depth.
At fullback, Cody Brinkman (5-10, 186,senior), Dylan Dancer(6-0, 188, senior) and
Jordan Bergfeld (5-11,195, junior) are fight-ing it out, with fur-ther depth via KyleNeumeier (5-10, 173, junior), sophomoresKody White (5-11,178) and Brock Bonifas(5-10, 182) and fresh-men Luke MacLennan(5-10, 170) and JDan Risner (5-7, 161).
At tight end, Justin Grothouse (6-1,
180, senior) and Jake Hays (5-11, 160,sophomore) are also fighting for thestarting spot, along with backups Clark,David Lindeman (6-1,170, junior), ElijahBrinkman (5-11, 180, junior), Clay Courtney(5-11, 167, sophomore)and Jason Wittler (5-11,168, freshman).
At Z receiver areseniors AJ Klausing
(5-10, 168), BradGerberick (6-0, 170)and Joe Haggard (5-10, 163), juniorsTanner Calvelage (6-0, 185), Dylan Krendl(5-9, 162), Logan Looser (5-9, 155),Austin Jostpille (5-10, 160) and AustinSheeter (5-11, 167), sophomores JustinThornton (5-10, 145), Ben Youngpeter
(5-10, 154), Will Buettner (5-8, 140) andAaron Deffenbaugh (5-7, 130) and KylePohlman (5-8, 150, freshman).
We have a lot of team speed, espe-cially in the skill posi-
tions. You always wantto be balanced but weknow we want to runthe football, Schultecontinued. Were lotstronger physically,especially up front.Were a year moremature, too, which wehope pays dividends.However, you dontreplace a 3-year starter at quarterback like
Wes just like that. He did so much and wegave him a lot of freedom to audible.
We really run wellto the ball defensively.We want to be aggres-sive and get to the ball.We are strong up themiddle with our tack-les, linebackers andsafeties and werestrong at every level.We have some holes to
fill on both sides of theball but we have someplayers that played quite a bit last yearready to step in.
The defense, which ceded 10.4 points,98.5 yards rushing and 123 yards pass-ing per game, returns eight starters, ledby 2009 Division VI Defensive Player
of the Year Chris Pohlman (Mike line-backer; 83 solos, 58assists), Dancer (Samlinebacker; 63 and 55),strong safety Klausing
(48 and 35; 3 picks),defensive end Klaus(47 and 33; 9 sacks),fourth-year free safetyTyler Bergfeld (32 and14; 4 picks), tackleCody Brinkman (24and 11; 6 sacks), tackleKasey Bonifas and leftcornerback Burgei (28and 8).
Likely to step into
the breach at the openspots are either Wileyor Hesseling at left end;Leininger or JordanBergfeld at Ax line-backer; and Haggard orCalvelage at right cor-ner
Providing depth atthe tackles are Vogt,Wehri, Jason Rode,Hoffman, Helms,
Seth Knebel, DrewNeumeier, Stump,Andy Grothouse,Wolke, Schroeder,Shumaker and Ginter.
At right endare Recker, Justin
Ty Bergfeld Kasey Bonifas Seth Knebel
Hesseling
Wiley Jacob Rode Hoffman
Jays ready
(Continued from page 5)
See JAYS READY, page 7
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Members of the St. Johns High School cross country team include, from left, Todd Rode, Jason Michel, Julia Dickman, coachSteve Hellman, Megan Joseph, Chris Goodwin and Aaron Hellman.
By JIM METCALFEThe Delphos Herald
DELPHOS The St. Johns crosscountry program has been strugglingwith the numbers game for a number ofyears.
That was a problem for long-time coachJeff Bockey, who decided to step downfrom coaching after last season.
It now is for new coach Steve Hellman,who inherits a program of six total run-ners.
Hellman, who was a member of theSt. Johns Class of 1985, was part of
the programs first-ever Midwest AthleticConference championship in 1984 as a3-year varsity letterman and also was partof the inaugural boys track program in1985.
He was also a 4-year varsity lettermanin cross country and track at what wasthen Bluffton College.
With only four boys and two girls onthe teams this year, we will not be able tocompete as a team in the meets, Hellmannoted. So our goal is to try to improveour individual times as the season goes on.
The runners are working hard this sum-mer, so I look for us to set many personalrecords this year.
Three of the boys are returning let-terwinners: senior 3-year veteran JasonMichel; classmate Chris Goodwin, a
See HELLMAN page 14
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Lady Jays fielding small golf unitBy JIM METCALFEThe Delphos Herald
DELPHOS The St. Johns girls golfteam was an experienced unit a year ago,with four of the top five back from the previ-ous season.
This years crew wontbe nearly as experiencedas only two starters returnfrom a district team in2009.
The lone senior, DaniHale (49-stroke averageover 9 holes), has three
letters prior to this sea-son.
The other veteranis sophomore JessicaRecker (62).
I have two starters returning, so we havesome experience. I think the experienceplays a big part because they know what theyneed to work on to improve their talent,Lady Jay coach Andy Miller said. My oneand only senior, Dani, has a positive attitudewhich helps her learn more about the game.She has been playing the last four years and
she has the ability to do well. She and Jessicaplayed in the districts last year, so theyshould know how tough the competition is inthis area. Overall, I have a fairly young teamwho is willing to learn the game. It will be alearning and rebuilding season for us.
The Jays lost three fourth-year seniors off
Hale
See GOLF UNIT, page 14
Lady Blue Jay duffers
The 2010 St. Johns girls golf team has, left, Rachael Fisher, Alicia Joseph, coach Andy Miller, Jessica Recker, Megan Martinand Dani Hale.
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DELPHOS With aninexperiencedteam a yearago, KellieSterling hada 10-13 markin her debutseason as St.Johns vol-leyball coachafter six seasons as the junior varsitymentor.
The Lady BlueJays return four start-ers from that editionin an effort to buildon that foundation.
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St. Johns 2010 varsity volleyball
The 2010 St. Johns varsity volleyball unit has, first row, left to right, Katie Wallenhorst, Katrina Etzkorn and MelanieMansfield; middle row, Emily Horstman, Gabby Metzner, Maggie Wehri and Bailie Hulihan; and standing, assistant coach JasonHeffner, Nicole Winhover, Mallory MacLennan, Shelby Reindel, Tiffany Geise, Heather Vogt and head coach Kellie Sterling.
See VOLLEYBALL, page 11
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continue that change. I have a lotof positive things to say about thisyears team and
I feel that theycan be the teamthat continuesthat trend,Sterling noted.
T h o s efour veteransinclude GabbyMetzner (senioroutside hitter),Tiffany Geise(senior outside
hitter), KatieW a l l e n h o r s t(senior setter/right-side hit-ter) and ShelbyReindel (juniormiddle hitter).
Six seniorsgraduated fromlast fall: LindsyReindel (middlehitter; now a Findlay Oiler volley-
ball player), Kristina Franks (set-ter), Brittany Wrasman (libero),Jenna Faurot (defensive specialist),Taylor Loomis (defensive special-ist) and Julie Buescher (outsidehitter).
Helping to off-set those losses
are promising newcomers suchas Melanie Mansfield (senior set-ter), Mallory MacLennan (juniorright-side hitter),Heather Vogt
( s o p h o m o r emiddle hitter),Katrina Etzkorn(sophomore libe-ro) and EmilyHorstman (soph-omore outsidehitter/defensivespecialist).
We havesome strong hit-ters and consistent serving. Where
we lack is consistent passing,Sterling noted. Were changingour defensive style again this yearand continuing working to makeour offense quicker while improv-ing our passing every day.
The rest of the varsity roster hasNicole Winhover (junior defensivespecialist), Maggie Wehri (juniorright-side hitter) and Bailie Hulihan(sophomore outside hitter).
Assisting Sterling in the varsity
coaching is Jason Heffner.Our goals are to win all non-
league games in order to gain theconfidence to be more competitivein the Midwest Athletic Conference.We want to have fun every game,no matter what the outcome is and
leave everything on the playingfloor with no regrets, Sterlingadded. The MAC is probably oneof the toughest, if not the tough-est, league in this area. As I men-
tioned in goals, we are hoping to bemore competitive in the MAC. Wealways have to be on the lookoutfor Marion Local and St. Henry;however, every team in the MACcan surprise you.
The junior varsity unit, coachedby Rachael Alvarez, consists ofWinover, Wehri, Hulihan; andsophomores Lauren Utrup (middlehitter), Ally Mohler (defensive spe-cialist), Christie Carder (outside
hitter/setter), Rylee Hamilton (set-ter), Madison Zuber (middle hit-ter), Sierra Ditto (right-side hitter)and Brittany Kramer (defensivespecialist).
The freshmen unit, headed byAshley Stambaugh, has KaylieYoungpeter (middle hitter), SamSchwinnen (outside hitter), BrittanyClaypool (outside hitter), PaigeLucas (middle hitter), LindseyWarnecke (setter), Maddie Burgei
(right-side hitter), Gwen Neumeier(defensive specialist), StephanieAdams (defensive specialist) andAlicia Buettner (setter).
St. Johns hosts Van WertMonday, August 30, to kick off the2010 season.
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gain the confidence to be morecompetitive in the Midwest
Athletic Conference. We want
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Blue Jay boys ready for linksBy JIM METCALFEThe Delphos Herald
DELPHOS St. Johns will have a newboys golf coach in 2010as John Klausing takesover for Jim Warnecke.
Outside of one depar-ture due to graduation(Drew Fisher) from a7-2 Midwest AthleticConference team, thatis the only change theBlue Jays will have asa veteran crew looks forstrong results this timearound.
This time around, theJays have two seniors,only one a veteran: RyanEdelbrock (49 per nineaverage), as well asJames Klausing.
As well, five otherlettermen are back:
juniors Isaac Klausing(43.5), Cody Kundert(38.5) and Eric Bergfeld(44); and sophomores
Blue Jay boys golfers 2010
The St. Johns boys golf unit for 2010 has, front from left, T.J. Hoersten, Drew Wagner, Cole Fischbach, Aaron Miller, Sean
Flanagan, Nick Kayser and Craig Klausing; and back, assistant coach Jim Warnecke, Eric Bergfeld, Matthew Warnecke, AaronHonigford, Ryan Edelbrock, Issac Klausing, Cody Kundert, Jamie Klausing, Anthony Buzard and head coach John Klausing.
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The 2010 St. Johns girls soccer team has, front row, left to right, Bailey Calvelage, Sarah Shrider, Emma Boggs, KaitSchwieterman, Cassie Schimmoeller, Alyssa Berelsman and Alicia Ankerman; row two, Madison Flack, Alyssa Gable, MyriahJackson, Samantha Stant, Courtney Grothouse, Julie Bonifas and Kristie Grothouse; and row throw, head coach John Munoz,
Sam Bonifas, Abby Martin, Madison Kreeger, assistant coach Kristy Hasenkamp, Kait Wrasman, Katie Evans, Kelsey Pohlmanand assistant coach Nick Shrider.
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DELPHOS TheSt. Johns girls soc-cer team had a mixed2009 under first-yearcoach John Munoz: theearly part that saw themstruggle to adapt to anew coach and the lat-ter half where thingsclicked much better in a5-10-4 season.
Munoz hopes that
what he got in the latter part of his initialcampaign is what he gets from his LadyBlue Jays from the start in 2010.
Were able to read the game muchbetter we do that very well andwe know the basics of the game. In highschool, that is where it starts, Munozsaid. We focused last year on the basics,building the foundation of our game withthe technical skills, and we will still dothat. For us, because we dont have that junior high program, any new girls we
bring in we have to start from scratch.Having speed and athleticism is a
nice thing to have but at this level of play,having sound technical skills and under-standing of the game is more important.We teach anticipation skills and knowingwhere play is developing and these girlshave done well with that.
Having seven experienced senior start-ers also helps.
Five of them will be in their thirdseasons at the varsity level: AliciaAnkerman, goalkeeper Samantha Stant the team captains Emma Boggs, BaileyCalvelage and Alyssa Berelsman.
The other duo back for their secondtime as starters: Cassie Schimmoeller andKaitlyn Schwieterman.
The eighth senior is Sarah Shrider.As well, three more are back with
letters from a year ago: junior start-ers Myriah Jackson and Julie Bonifasand key backup Kaitlin Wrasman.We dont have set positions for anyoneoutside of Samantha in goal. What weretrying to do is teach the girls how to becomfortable in any spot on the field andthey are versatile enough to pick up on itquickly, Munoz asserted. We also donthave standard formations; we want to beable to adjust to what our opponents aredoing at any given moment.
Were trying to grow the pro-
Lady Jays ready for kicking 2010
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Nick Kayser (38.0) and Aaron Miller (45.5).This season should be exciting. We are
comprised of two seniors, six juniors, sixsophomores and two freshman, Klausingnoted. We are returning six lettermen whohave had varsity experience from last year.Being young overall and a new coach, wewill be looking at our experienced assistantscoaches to help the team.
Three juniors will also be vying forplaying time: Arron Honigford, AnthonyBuzzard and Matthew Warnecke.
Five 10th-graders are in the mix: ColeFischbach, Sean Flanagan, Craig Klausing
and Drew Wagner.As well, the two freshmen are T.J
Hoersten and Evan Benavidez.We as a team must get seven to eight
golfers in the varsity rotation so we can bedeep in experience by the start of the yearend tournaments, Klausing added. Theteam should be competitive this year andthe next three years. Having a total of 16members is great for the program. Havingthe coaching staff of three, we are going tohave reserve matches to keep all the golfersinterested in the program.
Assisting Klausing in the coaching dutiesare Warnecke and Tom Rekart.
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of last falls sectional- and Midwest AthleticConference-winning unit: Abbey Martin,Morgan Wells and Katie Kundert. As well,a number of players on the team last year didnot come out in 2010, leaving Miller withonly five girls: sophomores Rachel Fisher,Alicia Joseph and Megan Martin.
These girls will have some big shoes tofill with the graduation of Abbey, Morganand Katie. If they work at it, they will do
well, Miller added. One goal this year is to
finish in the middle of the league but it willbe difficult. When we play the MAC teams,all of the golfers will need to play theirA game. Again, the MAC will be verycompetitive this year. I can see Parkway,Minster and St. Henry battling for first placewith Versailles in the running.
The big weakness this year, like always,is the short game. Chipping and putting areareas we need and will improve on by theend of the season. I dont like to see any-
thing over 2 putts per hole.
Golf unit
gram, too. We re-instituted the soccercamp this summer and had great response.We had a Futsal program for little kidsand that also had excellent response. Weretrying to start up a program on the lower
levels and trying to spread the word.The Jays bid adieu to midfielders
Morgan Haines, Shonda Bensman andKayla Wrasman and forward TatumMauk, who depleted their eligibility.
Stepping into the lineup due tohaving the eight seniors, Munoz expectsto give his younger girls playing time toget a start on next year while still focus-ing on this fall are juniors CourtneyGrothouse, Kristie Grothouse and AbbyMartin; sophomores Alyssa Gable, Kelsey
Pohlman and Madison Flack; and fresh-men Madison Kreeger and SamanthaBonifas.
One area we have to shore up is thelong game. We want to have ball con-trol and possession but you also have tobe able to quickly counterattack when
the chance presentsitself, Munoz added.The other thing wewant to focus on ishaving fun for the
girls. We want tospread the word; ifonly others could seehow much fun thesegirls have together,working hard on the
field, they would beimpressed. These girls truly do enjoybeing with each other and that makes
everything a lot easier for us.The motto weve chosen
for this year is Impossible isNothing.
Assisting Munoz in the
coaching ranks are KristyHasenkamp and Nick Shrider.
St. Johns has already openedits season against St. MarysMemorial August 24. All itshome matches this fall will beheld at the vacant lot near St.Johns Cemetery.
3-year veteran; and Todd Rode, a junior2-year veteran.
Jason was the number one runner lastyear and will look to improve his timesand continue as the number one runner thisyear, Hellman explained. I am lookingfor Chris to improve his times from last
year. Todd is working hard this summer toimprove his times from last year.The lone girls veteran is Julia Dickman,
a 2-year veteran.The only two newcomers are freshmen:
Aaron Hellman for the boys and MeganJoseph for the Lady Blue Jays.
The lone departure from a year ago wasMary Bemis.
Julia is working on trying to improveon the times she had during her freshmanyear, Hellman added. I look for Aaron tocompete with Jason to be the number onerunner this year. Megan Joseph finishedsixth in the MAC junior high race; I lookfor her to improve on that this year in thehigh school race.
I also have four junior high runners thisyear that are showing some promise for futureyears. They are Alex Odenweller, AnthonyHale, Curtis Pohlman and Anna Mueller.
I look for Minster, Coldwater andVersailles to be the top boys and girlsteams in the league this year.
St. Johns hosts its own invitationalSaturday, August 28.
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DELPHOS Jefferson second-year gridironcoach Larry BubLindeman will be onthe defensive thisfall as he is bankingon eight returningregulars on that sideof the ball and plen-ty of lettermen tocarry the day for his
Wildcats throughout2010.
The Red and White finished 2009 6-4(5-3 in the Northwest Conference).
That defense ceded 20.4 points and271.3 yards (166 rushing) per game.
Were really looking for our defenseto carry us based on their experiencefrom last fall. Thekids should be muchmore comfortable
in the system andthus should be muchmore aggressive,Lindeman noted.We want them to
just be able to playquickly instead of
having to think and react and theyshould be able to do that. In particular,in the 4-3, our linebackers should be
able to flow much more easily to theball because our linemen will occupythe blockers.
With the workwe did in the off-season, not onlygetting bigger andstronger but moreathletic and quick-er, we should bemuch more physi-cal this fall, as well
as speedier. Were ayear older. That should help us be ableto play at a faster clip; instead of react,we should be able to be more active.
That Wildcat 4-3 defensive scheme(adjusted from a 3-4 to start last fall)returns captain AJ Cross (5-10, 202,senior; 67 solo stops, 26 assists) forhis third season atone tackle and eitherZach Morris (5-4,
140, senior; 7 and9) or captain JustinBame (5-10, 214,senior; 52 and 23) atthe other, 3rd-yearlettermen and cap-tains Logan Bonifas
(6-2, 174, senior; 44 and 20, 3 picks)at free safety and cornerback RyanEbbeskotte (6-1, 163, senior; 27 and
12, 6 picks), Jacob Leach (5-11, 188,senior; 50 and 22, 10 for loss) at oneend, captain andthird-year lettermanMitchell Antalis(6-1, 188, senior;33 and 13) at strongsafety, 2-time letter-man Zak Lumpkins(5-10, 193, senior;59 and 24) at mid-dle linebacker and
Jordan Vorst (5-11,190, senior; 31 and 11) at outside line-backer.
Curtis Miller (6-1, 203, junior; 16and 4) settles in at the other outsidelinebacker. Letterman Shayn Klinger(5-8, 164, junior) or newcomer NickDunlap (5-10, 174,
junior) steps in atthe other corner spotand letterman Kody
Richardson (6-3,219, senior) at theother end spot.
Also in the mixup front are letter-man Justin Rode(5-8, 183, junior)
at tackle, with sophomore newcomerQuinten Wessell (5-11, 228) providing
Jeffcats banking on defense to carry load
See WILDCATS, page 17
There are three keys toour season. The first is
how quickly our offensiveline can get settled andplay well together. The
second is how quickly wefind leaders on this teamand have the new starters
get adjusted to the var-sity level. We have a great
group of seniors to helpget everybody on the same
page. The third is whatany coach at the Division
V and VI level knows: youmust stay healthy. So far,we have avoided injuries.That is where the weights
and the offseason condition-
ing can come into play. Bub Lindeman
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O f f e n s i v e l y ,were going to bemore multiple with
the I and the spread.We want to run theball but at the sametime keep defenseshonest; we got a tasteof the spread lastfall, Lindeman said.
Were replacing our entire offensiveline and quarterback,so that is a concernheading in.
We have somevery good athletes inthe skill spots and wehave more playmak-ers than weve hadin the past. We wantto give them morespace to operate.
For an offense that averaged 20.3markers and 254.1 yards (116.8 rush-ing) per game, Antalis (97 rushes, 450yards, 6 TDs) returns at tailback, while
Bonifas (13 grabs, 224 yards, 3 scores),Ebbeskotte (21 grabs, 235 yards, 3)and Cook (5 for 25) rotated in at widereceivers last fall, with Staples anotherone in the mix.
New starters on the offensive lineare AJ Cross at left tackle, Gossman atcenter, Rode at rightguard, Gehr at righttackle and Lumpkinsat left guard. Cano
is the new starterunder center andRichardson is thenew tight end, withVorst also in the mix.Leach or Wessell willbe the new fullback,
with Miller(71 rushes,315 yards)expected toget ampletime at tail-back.
O f f e n -sive linedepth comesvia Morris,Bame, West, Elwer, Closson, Stant,Kimmett, Roby, Ketcham, Stumbaugh,Alex Cross, Colin McConnahea,Boop, Wollenhaupt, Elwer, Stewart,Culp, Dustin McConnahea, Illig, Rice,
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Klinger is the main depth at quar-terback, along with Kortokrax andJettinghoff.
Providing backups at runningback are Hammons,Truesdale, Brand,Bland, Thompson,Buzard and Herron.
Outside, depth
comes via Neubert,Dunlap, Biglow,Hamilton, Stroh, Lee,Kerby and Mox.
The Wildcats lost
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12 seniors froma year ago: 2-waystarting linemanGrant Brand (6
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The third is what any coach atthe Division V and VI levelknows: you must stayhealthy. So far, we haveavoided injuries. That iswhere the weights and theoffseason conditioning can
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DELPHOS Jeffersons girls soccerteam finished 6-9-1 a year ago for first-yearhead coach Lindsey Drerup.
She is cautious in her appraisal of hersecond year as she returns six starters and10 letterwinners from that Lady Wildcatedition.
She is banking onincreased understandingof the game of soccer forcontinued and evenbetter success.
We have six juniorsand one senior who haveall played thus far intheir high school career.They know the game,they understand what Iwant and expect from them as a coach andthey are well aware of what is in store forthem as far as what kind of teams they willencounter during the season, she noted.All of these girls are pretty versatile. Thereis not one girl on the squad that is not will-ing or capable of confidently competing atany field position. They all understand thecircumstances that we are under, (Assistantcoach) Kiel Diller and I need the girls to beable to move from a forward to defensiveposition at the drop of a hat and they havebeen very open to testing the waters in otherareas on the pitch. I admire that.
Lady Wildcats guardedly optimistic on pitch
Lady Jeffcat soccer
Jeffersons upcoming girls soccer team has, front, Courtney VanSchoyk,left, Jenna Moreo, Alex Rostorfer, Hayley Drerup and Sydney Drerup;middle, Corrine Metzger, Rachel Miller, Amanda Vorst, Paige Miller andMakayla Binkley; and back, Cassidy Bevington, Carla Horstman, MeganGilden, head coach Lindsey Drerup, Elizabeth Schosker, Darian Kill andHannah Metzger.
Rostorfer
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The Jefferson varsity volleyball unit for 2010 has, front from left, Morgan Fischbach, Bridget Culp and LaurenClaypool; middle, Fallon Van Dyke, Amanda Hamilton and Nadine Clarkson; and back, Shelbi Brown, MelissaShobe, head coach April Merschman, assistant coach Barb Prince, Kristin Klausing and Kelsey Goodwin.
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DELPHOS Jeffersons volleyball team finished 2009with its best-ever mark of 20-2, including 8-1 in the NorthwestConference, underthen-coach DianeWilson.
She decided tohang up her whistleafter the conclusionof last falls season,in the district semifi-nals at Coldwater.
Six seniorsexhausted their eligi-
bility as well but thecupboard is not barefor new head coachApril Merschman.
She welcomesback a pair of seniorstarters: 5-7 KristinKlausing, a fourth-year starter as asetter/hitter; and third-year starter BridgetCulp, a 5-7 hitter.
We will be look-ing for some players to step into action and be key contribu-tors right away. This group of girls works hard both on andoff the court and it should be an enjoyable year, Merschmannoted. Our goal this year is to win NWC and have fun atwhat they love to do play volleyball. This is the first yearto have a freshman team and it is also looking well, with somereally good athletes who could possibly be capable of moving
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However, he wont have 2008state qualifier Austin Clarkson(now golfing at the University ofNorthwestern Ohio), along with2010 graduates Chad Hoersten andDru Leach.
A number of others chose not to
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With only one senior in Matt, we are lacking overallexperience, Brinkman said. Tyler Miller (junior), A. J.Teman (junior), Alex Garza (junior) and Jordan Violet(junior) played last year and have jumped up to thevarsity. A pair of sophomores have also made varsity intheir first seasons out in the sport: Nick Gallmeier andTyler Wrasman; they are young but have a lot to add tothe team.
I expect us to have a lot of improvement throughoutthe year and gain valuable experience heading into thetournament.
The other two members of the Wildcat roster areDylan Nagel and Alex Ketchum.
In the Northwest Conference, Lima Central Catholicis at the top. As a first-year coach, I hope to have arespectable record in the league, Brinkman added.
Wildcat golfers an inexperienced group
Jeffersons golf team for 2010 has, front from left, Dylan Nagel, Tyler Wrasman, Nick Gallmeier and Alex Ketchum;and back, coach Chad Brinkman, Alex Garza, Tyler Miller, Matt Waldick, Jordan Violet and A.J. Teman.
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However, its not going to be as easy asall that as six highly-veteran seniors gradu-ated, including 4-year starting goalkeeperJessica Bland (256 stops a year ago) and
top goal-scorer Megan Moreo (25 goals,102 shots-on-goal).
The other departures include BrittanyGarza (defense), Jeanie Ross (midfield),Adrian Kimmet (midfield) and AshleySimerly (defense; struggled with an ankleinjury much of the year).
Plus, being down three players from ayear ago (15 this year vs. 18 a year ago)leaves Drerup with less options for2010.
Unlike last season, we have a shallowbench of 16 players. That is going to be
a struggle, especially in the first fewweeks of the season; getting their legs,endurance and frame of mind readyfor this season, she continued. They allknow what they are in for and frankly,I think theyve shown more dedication and
unity now than Ive seen before, butit is going to be hard to keep everyonehealthy and injury-free until the end ofOctober.
But you will have injuries in any sport;
that is a given. We will just learn to adaptto the situation. The graduating class of2010 took our goalie, Jessica Bland, whowas fantastic. We have to rebuild a solidset of keepers.
The seven main returnees include thelone senior, Alex Rostorfer (defense);and juniors Cassidy Bevington (midfield/defense), Hayley Drerup (midfield/defense),Megan Gilden (midfield/defense), CarlaHorstman (midfield/forward), HannahKleman (midfield) and Elizabeth Schosker(forward; 6 goals).
Gilden and Schosker will serve as teamcaptains for 2010.Schosker will need to provide more
offense for the unit, along with letterwin-ners such as sophomores Sydney Drerup(forward) and Rachel Miller (forward/mid-field) and promising freshman Makayla
Binkley (forward).The 10th veteran is sophomore Jenna
Moreo (midfield/defense).Paige Miller (goalkeeper/midfield)
stands as the heir apparent to replace Bland
in goal for the Lady Wildcats.As well, sophomores Corrine Metzger(midfield) and Courtney VanSchoyk(midfield) and new freshman Darian Kill(defender) round out the roster.
Some goals I have for this seasonand for this team primarily concentrateon finding a good harmony between theoffensive and defensive sides of thegame to transition quickly, make smartchoices on the field and, most of all,communicate. I want to find an offensethat works good with the girls that I plan to
have up front, something tailored to theircapabilities, coach Drerup added. I wantthem to stay healthy. Ive been trying topush proper hydration, stretching, goodnutrition; anything to keep them healthyand injury-free. We cannot afford anyinjury or illness.
This season will be definitely a rebuild-ing year. Losing six key players lastyear is tough and not having incomingunderclassmen to fill their big shoes iseven tougher. However, I think this team
has a history of being the underdog, soeven though we have just enough tofield a team and then some, I think thestamina of these ladies will pull themthrough. I have a great bunch of upper-classman that have so much enthusiasm forthis sport and their school, as well as somenew and old underclassman that diligentlywork hard and play hard every time theycondition, practice, you name it. Thusfar in the season, Im pleased with them;however, theres always room for manyimprovements.
Any team we come across is a team tolook out for. I do not underestimate any-body. Every match sets another challengein front of us and well just take the seasonone step at a time.
Jefferson opened its season Monday,Aug. 23.
Lady Wildcats
(Continued from page 19)
(Continued from page 20)
New coach
Shobe Hamilton Klausing
right up. Given this being her first season, it will
take some time for the Wildcats to adjustto Merschmans style of attack on bothoffense and defense, especially since shewont have six very experienced departures
from the 2009 record-setting season.
That includes a pair
of 4-year starters: JennaMiller (setter/outside hit-ter) and Mallorie Wilson(setter/middle hitter).
Two morefinished withthree var-sity letters:S t e p h a n i eBlockberger (outside hitter) andStacey Blockberger (outside hit-ter).
Two more helped set the
defensive tone for the Wildcatsa year ago and graduated withtwo letters each: libero CourtnieRostorfer and Tiffany Culp(defensive specialist).
Still, this edition of Lady
Wildcat volleyballerswill have a wealth ofupperclassmen with let-
terwinners in MorganFischbach (5-6 seniorhitter), Melissa Shobe(5-7 hitter), ShelbiBrown (5-5 hitter) andAmanda Hamilton (5-7hitter).
As well, seniorLauren Claypool (5-5defensive specialist/hitter) and sophomoreFallon Van Dyke (5-4 setter/hitter) come infor increased expectations in jumping from
junior varsity to the varsity level.
Two others will comprise the remain-der of the varsity roster: junior NadineClarkson (5-4 hitter) and junior KelseyGoodwin (5-5 hitter).
The junior varsity unit, headed up byBarb Prince, has Clarkson, Goodwin,
Van Dyke; sophomoresAlyssa Miller (5-7 hit-ter), Caitlin Landwehr
(5-6 hitter), BreannaStrayer (5-1 defensivespecialist/hitter) andKayla Kill (5-2, hit-ter/setter); and fresh-men Katie Goergens(5-9 hitter) and RileighStockwell (5-5 hitter).
The freshmen unit,headed by coach Cammy Miller, hasStockwell, Goergens; Kamie Pulford (5-4hitter), Gabby Pimpas (5-3 hitter), LibbiBrown, Brooke Teman (5-4 hitter/setter),
Kenidi Ulm (5-5 hitter), Kimberly Kil l(5-4 hitter) and Lindsey Deuel (5-5 hit-ter).
The Wildcats season begins Monday,August 30, at Waynesfield-Goshen.
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By JIM METCALFEThe Delphos Herald
FORT JENNINGS Fort Jennings head girlssoccer coach fielded a Lady Musketeer squad thatfinished 12-5-3 a year ago, including 1-2-1 in thealways-competitive Putnam County League.
With eight returning starters and two otherletterwinners back from a team that reached thedistrict finals in Division II, he expects to addmore than a few Ws to his 8-year coachingmark of 93-52-15.
Our strengths start with returning those eightstarters that have a lot of knowledge of the game.Seven of them combined for 44 of our 56 goalsfrom last season, another big plus, Wagnerasserted. These girls also had 12 of our 20
assists. We are returning a lot of speed, plus havea lot of girls coming into the program that arevery talented both offensively and defensively.
We have two goalkeepers that have varsityexperience and one of the two started the firsthalf of the season when our senior keeper wasinjured.
One of those the Musketeers lost from last fallwas 2-year starting netminder Megan Schimmoeller,who missed time last fall due to injury.
As well, a pair of fullbacks: 3-year veteranAshley Amstutz and 2-year Kristi Kennedy; andtwo midfielders: 3-year starters Stacie Chandlerand Katie Von Lehmden; are gone from thatteam.
As always, keeping players in uniform, aswell as finding replacements for those whograduated and rebuilding all-important chemistryare keys for Wagner.
As with any team, the health of the teamduring the season is crucial. We were lucky lastseason and only had a couple of minor injuries,he continued. We lost one of the starting fresh-men from last season to a summer ACL injuryand we have a couple girls with minor injuries
from other activities they were participating induring the summer.
Another concern is getting the girls to play
together as a team. Also, once they are on thefield, we dont want to be too predictable.Back to make sure that does not happen are
the likes of fourth-year seniors Alyssa Piasecki(fullback), Lauren Verhoff (forward) and TaylorWallenhorst (midfielder), third-year seniorMindy Merricle (fullback) and veteran MelissaKrietmeyer (fullback).
Two juniors: third-year midfielder MorganSchroeder and veteran Kelsey Von Lehmden(goalkeeper); as well three experienced sopho-mores: Macy Schroeder (forward), Kristen Maag(midfielder) and Lori Bruskotter (fullback); arealso back to lend a hand.
Several players cut their teeth on a junior
varsity level a year ago and are primed and readyto add their talents to Wagners mix: juniorsGina Clay (midfield/forward), Cassie Kaverman(midfielder) and Andrea Heitmeyer (fullback/for-ward), who each earned two JV letters; and soph-omores Gina Stechschulte (fullback), Jenna VonSossan (midfielder), Marissa Mesker (forward),Elaina Maag (midfielder), Katlin Stechschulte(midfielder), Martina Weems (midfielder), MaraBrown (midfielder) and Gabbie German (goal-keeper).
As well, a boatload of newcomers to the highschool roster will continue to allow Wagner tohave a junior varsity and give the youngstersfurther development as they make the adjust-
ment from junior high to high school: sopho-more Brittany Inkrott (midfielder); and fresh-men Alyssa Schimmoeller (forward), AshleyGable (midfielder), Cassie Horstman fullback),Emily Grone (forward), Jamie Saum (midfielder),Marisa Good (midfielder), Nicole Ricker (mid-fielder/fullback) and Stephanie Korte (forward).
We have the most girls going out for ourprogram then we have ever had in the historyof the program. We have a lot of talent in the
Lady Musketeers locked in for 2010 soccer
Lady Musketeer varsity soccerThe Fort Jennings Lady Musketeer varsity soccer roster has, front from left, Marissa
Mesker, Melissa Krietemeyer, Taylor Wallenhorst, Lauren Verhoff, Alyssa Piasecki,Mindy Merricle, Macy Schroeder and Andrea Heitmeyer; middle, Lori Bruskotter,Cassie Kaverman, Elaina Maag, Jenna Von Sossan, Kelsey Von Lehmden, MorganSchroeder, Katlin Stechschulte, Gabbie German and Gina Clay; and back, assistantcoach Jason Wagner, head coach Rodney Wagner and assistant coach Jim Buettner.
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The PCL is always tough for us because weplay three of our four league games in the secondand third week of the season. We lost a lot of tal-ent from last years team; if we can get the girlsplaying together, we may finally have a chance.Continental has always been tough in the past;they may be down a little this season because oflosing some very good starters but Coach (Toby)Bidlack always has a way of getting his team
prepared for theseason. Kalida has a very good team under
Coach (Dave) Kehres; they did not lose manystarters from last season. They were strong in just about every position. Miller City wase ableto come back in games last season. They wereable to turn things up in the second half. The girlsnever quit and loved to play physical. They lostsome key players after last season. Ottoville is ateam that moved the ball well last year and put itto us in our league game last season.
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FORT JENNINGS Fort Jennings hashad a few struggles in the last couple ofboys soccer campaigns, including last falls5-11 mark under first-year head man BillRomes.
Seven returning starters and a total of 10lettermen are back to try and do somethingabout that.
We have a very solid core of playersthis year, with a lot of leadership; they arevery focused and dedicated to the team.Their goals are to get better with everygame, remain focused on team play and
make a respectable run for the PutnamCounty League title, Romes said.
The Musketeers return six senior start-
ers, led by fourth-year varsity player AustinNorbeck (midfield) and third-year guys ingoalkeeper Tyler Good, Jared Calvelage(defense), Andrew Huntsman (defense),
Brad Trentman (midfield) and RyanSchuerman (midfield/forward).
As well, senior Andrew Louth (midfield/forward) returns to the starting lineup.
One other senior, Ryan Kraner (defense)lends an experienced hand, as do juniorsAaron Schnipke (forward) and Brian Vorst(midfield).
Romes is especially high on severalnewcomers to the varsity level: juniors indefender Jeremy Kohli (very good defen-sive skills and good speed) and defenderEthan Schimmoeller (fits in well in the
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Romes must find replacementsfor those lost via graduation in his4-4-2 set: Nate Pitney (defense),Cory Schimmoeller (midfield/defense), Nate Wurst (midfield),Chase Kimmet (defense) Kevin
Musketeer boys primed for big year
Musketeer varsity boys soccer 2010The 2010 edition of the Fort Jennings boys soccer program has, front from left, SethRicker, Jason Berelsman, Ryan Kraner, Andrew Huntsman, Ryan Schuerman andBrian Wurst; middle, Nick Verhoff, Ethan Schimmoeller, Tyler Wiedeman, Jeremy
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We have good leadership in the senior group, aswell as good support in the underclassmen, Romes
added. Overall, we have a solid team. This team is veryfocused on its goals. We want to make a respectablerun for the Putnam County League and to play betterwith every game. I think teams to beat would be Kalidaand Ottoville.
Garrett Thomas is the varsity assistant coach.The junior varsity unit, headed by Bill Calvelage,
has Berelsman, Schnipke, Verhoff, Wiedeman, Wurst,Kohli, Ethan Schimmoeller, Jeremy Schimmoeller,Ricker; senior Adam Mesker (defense/midfield); juniorPetey Van Loo; sophomores Adam Kleman (defense),Tyler Neidert (forward), Chad Recker (midfield), DylanEldridge (defense) and Drew Stechschulte (forward/
goalkeeper); and freshmen Spencer Dray (defense), JaredHoersten (defense), Craig Stewart (forward), Dylan VanLoo (midfield) and Garrett Berelsman (defense).
Fort Jennings is in the 4-team Elida Soccer Classictoday to begin the season.
Musketeer Boys(Continued from page 24)
By JIM METCALFE
The Delphos [email protected]
FORT JENNINGS Fort Jenningscoach Todd Hoehn has been coachinggolf at the helm of the Musketeer boyshelm for 12 seasons now.
He has four veterans back from last fall,
with a few more golfers to boot for 2010.Among the returnees are third-year
varsity players in senior Tyler Drayand juniors Cody Warnecke and ZachSchuerman, as well as second-year soph-omore Kurt Warnecke.
We should be competitive with those
four to start with, Hoehn noted. We
have some young guys that still gainedexperience from last fall. Were lookingfor consistent play and for players to steptheir games up.
Four freshmen comprise the remainderof the roster: Alex Vetter, Josh Wittler,Nate German and Lucas Luebrecht.
Musketeer golfersseek strong 2010
Musketeer boys 2010 golf
Members of the 2010 boys Musketeer golf team include: Tyler Dray, Cody Warnecke, Zach Schuerman, Kurt War-necke, Alex Vetter, Josh Wittler, Nate German and Lucas Luebrecht.
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Bearcat gridders 2010The 2010 edition of Spencerville football has, front row, left to right, Jared Rex, Tyler Shumate, Trevor Hardeman, Keaton
Vandemark, Aaron Patterson, Levi Krouskop, Devlin Hinojosa, Derek Goecke and Cole Roberts; row two, Daniel Binkley, SkylerHolmes, Austin Schleeter, Sabo Moneer, Josh Decker, Nate Stidham, Calvin Grigsby, Brandon Ball and Austin Lotz; row three,Danny Settlemire, Bryce Ringwald, Coleman McCormick, Lucas Krouskop, Dominick Corso, Lucas Shumate, Devon Cook,Hunter Patton, John Smith and Tanner Koverman; row four, Aaron Hefner, Jacob Lowry, Anthony Schuh, Ben Bowers, AaronCrider, Zach Bockey, Gabe Davisson, Dusty Settlemire and Trevor Bockey; and back, assistant coaches Ryan Lieurance, ToddMerriman, Rick Orr, Tom McCormick, Darren Sharp and Ty Franhouser and head coach John Zerbe. Absent is assistant coachShane Falke.
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The Delphos [email protected]
SPENCERVILLE Spencervillefinished 0-10 in 2009 under first-yearcoach John Zerbe.
That included an 0-8 in the NorthwestConference.
Zerbe fully expects much betterresults in his sophomore campaign.
We had a great off-season in thewinter, spring and summer. We hopeto build on that this season, Zerbenoted. We were very committed in theweight room and it paid off. We havea great group of hard-working athletesand great kids who want to win.
Zerbe will be looking to build thisyears edition of Bearcats around start-ers in seniors Levi Krouskop (6-2,200; tight end/linebacker), KeatonVandemark (5-11, 175; offensive line/linebacker) and Aaron Patterson (6-3,
180; offensive/defensive line).As well, seven lettermen are alsoreturning to the Bearcat fold: juniorsJared Rex (5-7, 160; wide receiver/defensive back), Tyler Shumate (5-10,180; offensive line/linebacker), AustinLotz (5-10, 165; running back/lineback-er), Brandon Ball (5-11, 160; widereceiver/defensive back) and DanielBinkley (6-0, 170; running back/sec-ondary); and sophomores Derek Goecke(6-2, 160; quarterback/secondary) and
Lucas Krouskop (6-3, 215; offensive/defensive line).
Those Zerbe must replace the likes ofthe graduated in linemen Tyler Obringer,Ben Krouskop, Jake Settlemire andBrad Wirth; and skill players RobertBrenneman, Tyler Deitering, JordanElliot, Greg Beougher, Lee Mayberryand Alex Stanfield.
Those looking to fill in the openblanks are seniors Trevor Hardeman(6-3, 175; WR/DB) and Devlin
Hinojosa (5-10, 350; OL/DL); juniorsCalvin Grigsby (5-10, 160; WR/DB),Skyler Holmes (6-5, 160; WR/DL),Austin Schleeter (5-11, 170; TE/LB),Nate Stidham (5-9, 205; OL/DL), JoshDecker (5-9, 185; OL/DL) and SaboMoneer (6-0, 220; OL/DL); sopho-mores Danny Settlemire (5-8, 155; WR/DB), Cole Roberts (5-10, 165; RB/DB),
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Hunter Patton (6-0, 150; QB/DB), DominickCorso (6-3, 170; TE/DL), Devon Cook (5-8,135; WR/DB), Dusty Settlemire (5-8, 155; WR/DB, Aaron Hefner (5-7, 155; WR/DB), JohnSmith (5-6, 165; RB/DB), Tanner Koverman(5-8, 160; OL/LB), Jacob Lowry (5-6, 160);OL/DL, Bryce Ringwald (5-6, 165; OL/LB),Coleman McCormick (6-1, 220; OL/DL) andLucas Shumate (6-0, 180; OL/DL); and fresh-men: Ben Bowers (5-6, 150; RB/DB), AnthonySchuh (5-10, 160; RB/LB), Zach Bockey (5-6,130; WR/DB), Trevor Bockey (5-3, 115; WR/
DB), Gabe Davisson (5-6, 180; OL/DL) andAaron Crider (6-3, 205; OL/DL).
Assisting in the coaching duties are RickOrr (Offensive Coordinator), Darren Sharp(Defensive Coordinator), Todd Merriman, TyFrankhouser, Tom McCormick, Shane Falkeand Ryan Lieurance.
Spencerville opens 2010 at home Friday,August 27, versus Indian Lake.
We had a great off-season in the winter, spring andsummer. We hope to build on that this season. We were
very committed in the weight room and it paid off. We
have a great group of hard-working athletes and great
kids who want to win. John Zerbe,
head coach, Spencerville
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