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Eastwood senior (6) Elise Wolff, who broke all-time state records this year, goes for the kill. (Press photo by Russ Lytle)

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Elena Mancha Gibsonburg Sr

Kaleigh Thayer Waite Sr

Elise Wolff Eastwood Sr

Jaci Juergens Eastwood Jr

Madeline Phillips Woodmore Sr

Shalynn Garmon Clay Sr

Kallie Seimetz Clay Jr

Jenna Fredritz Clay Sr

Alexa McCourt Cardinal Stritch Sr

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Brianna Babella, Waite; Jessica Fleig, Waite; Courtney Maunz, Lake

Bri Hoodlebrink, Eastwood; Emily Hayward, Eastwood

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Player of the Year:

Elise Wolff, Eastwood

Player of the Year:

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Emma Heuer Northwood Jr

Lindsey Perales Gibsonburg Jr

Taylor Weickert Gibsonburg Fr

Cassidy Wlodarz Cardinal Stritch Fr

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Megan Giles Genoa Sr

Cassidy Rolf Eastwood Sr

Mackenzie Albright Eastwood So

Brooke Gyori Clay Jr

Madison Phillips Clay Sr

By J. Patrick Eakenand Yaneek [email protected]

Rarely does an area athlete possess the skills necessary to earn All-Ohio honors and a scholarship to compete at that sport in college.

Count Eastwood senior outside hit-ter Elise Wolff among that distinct group. She is the Alan Miller Jewelers All-Press Volleyball Player of the Year, and is the fourth Eagles in a row to get the honor.

Press Coach of the Year goes to first-year Clay boss Dave Conley, whose Eagles were state-ranked in Division I part of the season and lost Three Rivers Athletic Conference matches only to Notre Dame and St. Ursula, which was ranked No. 1 in the final poll and reached the state final. Clay seemingly had the visiting state runner-up Arrows on the ropes early in their fi rst meeting, eventually losing 20-25, 26-24, 25-20, 25-12. Clay also defeated Eastwood 25-19, 23-25, 25-12, 25-13 in a non-league match. No local team won a league title, but Eastwood, Clay and Cardinal Stritch Catholic came about as close as a team can get, fi nishing behind Elmwood, St. Ursula, and Toledo Christian. Three Clay players, because of the competition they faced, are fi rst team All-Press. The honors are taken straight from league voting, with adjust-ments based on district voting. At Eastwood, Wolff concluded her prep career and led the Eagles to a 15-4 re-cord, a second place fi nish in the Northern Buckeye Conference and a sectional title. She set a school record for kills, both in a single season (360) and in a career (913), both impressive feats in a successful pro-gram like Eastwood’s. She also set a state all-time record for kills in a single match, getting 34 in a match versus Otsego this year. In addition to her kills, Wolff fi nished the season with 289 digs, 40 aces and 38 blocks. As an underclassman, Wolff was in-strumental in leading Eastwood to three league titles and a spot in the Division II regional semifi nals last year. Wolff, a four-year letter winner, earned All-Ohio honorable mention and was the NBC and District 7 Player of the Year. An outside hitter, was joined on the All-Press team by junior setter Jaci Juergens, senior middle hitter Cassidy Rolf, libero/defen-sive specialist Mackenzie Albright, sopho-more outside hitter Bri Hoddlebrink and senior middle hitter Emily Hayward. All six Eagles earned all-league status, too, which is more than any other team in the conference. Coach Jeff Beck, Press Coach of the Year the past two seasons who has won four league titles in fi ve years at Eastwood and led Perrysburg to the Division I state

semifi nal in 2006, knows a thing or two about great players. “(Wolff) had an outstanding year,” said Beck, the 2009 District 7 Coach of the Year. “I’ve been coaching Elise for four years (and) this was her best year. She was our captain, our go-to player. When we need a side out, we go to her. She works hard in practice, and when the whistle blows, she’s going to give it her best. She’s a gamer. She’ll give everything she’s got. She loves playing the game.” Beck said Wolff is a leader and that rubs off on her teammates. “She’s great in practice,” said Beck. “Her fi ght, her desire to win is infectious (and) the other girls see that. They know she’s been playing varsity for four years. She leads by example. She has high energy on and off the court.” Wolff will play volleyball next year at Alderson Broaddus University, a Division II college located in Philippi, West Virginia. Another area volleyball player, St. Ursula’s Lauren Daudelin, will be joining her there in 2014. Wolff plans on majoring in exercise science at the small liberal arts college which has an enrollment of 1,100 stu-dents. The Battlers compete in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, a league that features 11 schools in West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. Wolff is also a fi ne track athlete, evi-denced by her success in the 100-meter hurdles and the pole vault. She set an NBC meet record in the pole vault last May by clearing the bar at 10 feet, 3 inches and also set a meet record in the 100 hurdles with a time of 16.41 while leading Eastwood to its 13th consecutive league title. Wolff also qualifi ed for regionals in both events, missing out qualifying for state by just two spots in the pole vault. As for now, Wolff will likely prepare for the track season by competing in indoor track this winter. Last season, she placed 12th in the pole vault at the state indoor meet in Akron.

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Genoa girls basketball coach Mike DeStazio added that the Comets, who were picked by the coaches to win the Northern Buckeye Conference title ahead of Lake, plan to run up and down the court this sea-son.

“People better be in shape to play us,” he said. “We’re going to have a lot of depth. If we stay healthy and continue to improve on our basketball skills to match our ath-leticism, we could be very good. When you’re picked fi rst, you have to work that much harder to fi nish fi rst. The league is so even, they could have picked any one of four teams to win it.” Genoa returns four starters and six let-ter winners from last year’s team, including senior Ciara Albright, its leading scorer last season. The guard averaged 16.6 points and 5.3 rebounds.

“We were young in key spots last year,” DeStazio said. “We started three juniors and a freshman point guard (now sopho-more Haley Pickard). I have fi ve sopho-mores on the varsity, but we’re not starting from scratch teaching a whole lot this year. We implemented a lot this summer (where-as) the last two years we constantly had to start over. Now, we’re building instead of starting over.” DeStazio said Albright might be the best all-around player in the league, plus he has a transfer expected to contribute. “I have other kids who can score this year, and I think that’s going to free her up. I expect a big year out of her.”

Five-foot-11 sophomore Erica Harder went to St. Ursula Academy last year but moved back to Genoa.

“When I moved Carly Gose up to var-sity last year, she averaged fi ve rebounds a game for me, and she has to be as quick and as competitive a kid as I’ve ever coached,” DeStazio said. “She’ll give us a lot of depth at guard. Erica, I think, has the potential to play at the next level. You never have to tell her to play hard. She gets after it. Christy is another sleeper. She has improved so much and will back up Brynn at the post spot. She’s impressing me quite a bit.” Former Eastwood coach Jim Gracyk, now at Lake, says his Flyers will have something to say about that. After fi nishing tied for second with Rossford in conference play, the bad news for the rest of the NBC contenders is that the Flyers may be even better in 2013-14. Woodmore has played two games, both losses, and coach Kyle Clair sees their lack of execution on offense as the primary rea-son for their struggles and plans to remedy that for league play. “The silver lining in our fi rst two games is that we have had our weakness exposed,” he said. “Our challenge is to improve offensively. Our defense creates many opportunities for us and our transi-tion game is right where it should be, but we do not fi nish well and reward our de-fensive efforts. We need leaders to emerge offensively and this can’t be done by just one person.” Eastwood brings in former Maumee junior varsity coach Lindsay Ross, and al-though picked to fi nish near the bottom, she hopes her fi rst year will set the tempo.

“We do have quick players who can apply pressure,” Ross said, adding that the NBC appears to be spread out with talent.

“The league seems to be pretty even,”

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Genoa guard Ciara Albright drives to the basket in last year's Northern Buckeye Confer-ence match against Otsego. (Press fi le photo by Harold Ham-ilton/HEH-photos.smug-mug.com)

she said, “and I think any team could beat anyone. It will be a battle this season — and we will be competitive.”

Northern Buckeye boys

Flyers expect to be challenged After leading Lake to a second place finish in Northern Buckeye Conference play in 2012-13, and improving his career record at Lake to 49-16, coach Ryan Bowen looks to once again keep his team near the top of the NBC heap and battling for league supremacy. “We will be young, but we will also be experienced,” Coach Bowen said. “(Junior guards) Connor Bowen (14.2 pts., 8.1 asst.) and Jared Rettig (14.7 pts., 3.0 asst.) have started every game since their freshman years, and we have a lot of young kids who play with a lot of heart. So, the effort is always there. Our success will come as everyone settles into their roles.”

Eastwood coach Matt Routson said Rossford and Lake could be the top two teams in the NBC, but the Eagles “could be in the mix.”

“To be successful we will have to play together,” he said. “We need to see a balanced scoring attack. We also need our players to utilize the experience they gained last year and to be prepared every game night and play together as a team.” Eastwood 6-foot-1 senior guard Jake Schmeltz (18 pts.) was the top scorer, was

second on the team off the glass (4.5 reb.), and led the team in averaging three assists.

“He is a captain and we will look to him to be the leader on the offensive end of the fl oor,” Routson said. “Jake is a great weapon on offense.” Genoa, in “Year Two” under Coach Keith Diebler, return all fi ve starters and eight lettermen. Diebler belives this team should benefi t from having a full season of his system under their belts.

“The biggest thing is, we worked hard over the past year with strength and skills, so we can execute within the framework of the system,” Diebler said. “We shot in the mid-30s (percent) last year. We’re going to be in good shape. We want to shoot 80 times (a game), so if we shoot 40 percent or above, we’ll be in good shape. We’re going to shoot 20-30 threes a game.”

Diebler isn’t ready to proclaim Genoa on the verge of winning a conference title this year, but he liked what he saw in the team’s scrimmages.

“We fared fairly well,” he said. “I want-ed to see where our bench is depth-wise. This is the second year of the program, and a lot of my former players say it takes until about the third year (to win a title). I think we’re way ahead of that pace. We only won three games last year and I expect to triple that or do even better. We’re a year older, but we are still fairly young. I expect to be better, and so do the kids. We’re not going to be the doormat of the league.” Returning point guard Luke Right-nowar averaged 17.4 points, 4.7 rebounds

and four assists.“He’s in the tradition of some of the

great players I’ve had,” Diebler said. “He is a year wiser, a year stronger and a year faster. I expect his numbers to go up. He can score inside and out and get fouled. The thing I like about him the most is, his defensive ability has improved. He’s going to be a good one in the back of our matchup (zone) and our press.” After losing a quality group of seniors, Woodmore coach Brad Sander will rely on inexperienced players. The Wildcats lost fi ve seniors, most notably, Donny Bowen (16 pts., 9 reb.), one of the best players in school history. Woodmore, which fi nished 9-14 with a 6-8 mark in the NBC , managed to salvage their season after Bowen returned from an injury, fi nishing strong and putting up a fi ght before losing in overtime to Western Reserve in the Division III tournament. Sander is confi dent with the players he has coming back and what he’s seen from them. “There are 9 to 10 guys who are fi ghting for playing time,” Sander said. “Everything has been very competitive because the com-petition for playing time is so wide open; guys are still fi ghting for playing time.” Thus far, Sander is pleased with the ef-fort of his players and thinks it might help to build some depth for the club. “It’s going to be one of those things where we have the ability to play 9 to 10 guys,” Sander said, “and that’s a good thing. It’s starting to bring out the best in those guys, and they understand that they have to elevate their game to earn playing time. We have guys that know they’re going to have to compete day in and day out.”

Toledo Area Athletic Conference

Could this be theBears’, Cards’ year?

Veteran Gibsonburg boys basketball coach Brent Liskai says Ottawa Hills, Toledo Christian and Cardinal Stritch Catholic are the teams to beat in the TAAC.

“Our league is one of the best, if not the best, Division IV leagues in the state and it will be extremely competitive once again,” the coach said. “The teams are extremely well coached, and you must bring your ‘A’ game on most nights.”

But Stritch coach Dave Rieker said he gives Ottawa Hills the nod to win the TAAC this season, followed by Gibsonburg, Toledo Christian and Stritch “because of our lack of experience.”

“We have a very balanced league,” Rieker said, “one of the most underrated leagues around.” The Cardinals, who tied Gibsonburg for third place in the TAAC last season, don’t return a ton of experience from last year but they do have good size and athleti-cism.

“We are very long and must take ad-vantage of our length,” Rieker said. “To be successful we have to play good defense and control the boards, and we need to hit some shots this year. I love the makeup of our team. I might have the best chemistry I’ve had since I’ve been here. They get along very well, and practices have been very intense.”

“I would like him (6-5 guard/forward Austin Adams) to average a double-double this year,” Rieker said. “That is his goal.

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I think he feels he has to be that way for us to be successful. He is our go-to guy. I think he’ll be one of the best players in the league. He has improved on his jump shot, and the big thing is how will Austin adjust to being double and triple-teamed? It will be tough to guard him one-on-one. We have a lot of guys in the league like that.” Meanwhile, Gibsonburg returns nine returning lettermen including Kreglow, a second-team All-TAAC performer, and honorable mention all-conference picks Cantrell and Tyler Ernsthausen.

“We will be up-tempo on both offense and defense,” Liskai said, “but we can play many ways and will do whatever it takes to give us the best chance to win each night. We have a versatile roster and we can adapt. Our players are smart, as witnessed by being third in the state with a 3.807 GPA last season. We need to focus on one game at a time and continue to improve as the season progresses. Rebounding is a point of emphasis. We need to compete on the glass nightly to compete.”

Northwood coach James Scharer has just one senior and two juniors in his pro-gram, and the senior and junior on the var-sity do not have experience at that level.

One key football player expected to contribute, Luke Laviolette, was injured during the fall and is not playing basketball and Scharer said a couple other possible returnees were ruled ineligible. Lost to graduation are Alan Miller Jewelers All-Press second team selection Tyler Williams (16.6 pts., 2.5 reb.), a six-foot tall shooting guard, and honorable mention All-Press pick John Segura, a post player.

His numbers, including a junior var-sity and freshman team are not bad, but they include 17 sophomores and freshmen. His goal is to keep them working with the program through the offseason, also.

“If they hang with it, in two years we’ll be fine,” Scharer said. “If they don’t hang with it, in two years we’ll be in pretty deep. They could be good but they have to play and have to commit themselves, regardless, that’s all there is to it. You can’t wait until October to come out and be a basketball player.

TAAC girls

Everyone chasing Toledo Christian

On the TAAC girls’ ledger, Gibsonburg will have good depth and quickness, but its weakness is a lack of size, coach John Ernsthausen said. The Bears will also look to avenge all those close games they lost last season.

“We lost a couple close ones to Stritch, and we lost one in overtime to Northwood that we shouldn’t have lost,” he said. “We’re looking to hopefully win the close ones and grab as many as we can get. We’re going to be switching up (defensively) to try to keep teams out of their comfort zone. I don’t have any problem subbing. I don’t think we’ll miss a beat when we sub. We’re 8 to 10 deep.”

Ernsthausen added that defending champion Toledo Christian is a big favorite to repeat as conference champion.

“I think the TAAC will be pretty good,” Ernsthausen said. “It was a young league last year and everybody has a lot of return-ing letter winners. I think we have a shot to

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Clay guard Patricc Booth goes head to head with St. John's Jesuit in a conference game last year. (Press fi le photo by Jeff Smith/www.smith6312.smugmug.com)

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vie for the league, so we’re going to have to win the close games. It’s going to be chal-lenging.” The Golden Bears, who return four starters, didn’t score a whole lot last season and they didn’t shoot very well, either.

“Hopefully,” Ernsthausen said, “we turn the corner this year on that.”

Northwood coach Bill Hamilton says “ditto” on the TAAC, explaining, “I feel we play in a very competitive league. Toledo Christian is picked to win it and to repeat as champions but I know the other teams are working just as hard as we are to make our league championship a tight race.” After 21 years as an assistant coach and junior varsity coach at Clay, and two years as an assistant and freshman coach at Stritch, John Free gets his fi rst opportu-nity to lead a varsity program after Terry Murnen left the program just weeks before the season started.

Free takes over a team that features seven sophomores and has every inten-tion of dethroning Toledo Christian as the TAAC champion. The Cardinals took sec-ond in the conference a year ago.

“We could be halfway decent if we shoot the ball well,” Free said. “If we shoot decent, we’ll be OK. We’ve got good athleti-cism. This is the most athletes we’ve had in my three years here. They’re young and they’re going to make mistakes, but we’re hoping to cut down on those mistakes as the season goes on.” Free said turnovers were a big issue with last year’s team, so that has to be fi xed. Kali Hardy returns as the Cardinals’ start-ing point guard.

“We’re hoping with a year of season-ing, she’ll be much improved as far as cut-ting down on turnovers,” Free said. “We really didn’t have anyone last year (at point guard), so we told her, ‘this is your job. Until you prove us wrong, you’re our point guard.’ She did OK. She had a game against Gibsonburg where she put the team on her shoulders. We need to get her to do that more often.”

Three Rivers

Facing a tough leagueNews fl ash: In what has been a recur-

ring theme the past several years, Clay girls’ basketball once again won’t have a lot of size. The Eagles won’t be able to pound teams in the paint, so they will have to fi nd other ways to win this season.

“We’ll be playing a fast, up-tempo style of basketball this season,” coach Corey Slovak said. “Our overall size is very small by varsity standards, so our guard play is very important to our success. We’re going to try to spread teams out, use our dribble attack skills and, hopefully, make some 3-point shots. Defensively, we’ll have to be very aggressive with our full-court pressure; we’re going to try and force teams to play

faster than they want to and rush shots.” “If we can minimize turnovers and

shoot the 3-point shot well, we’re going to be competitive every night. Our biggest key will be rebounding on defense. With our lack of size, we’ll have to battle each night on the boards. I love our team’s energy and hustle so far in the preseason, and we are looking forward to carrying it over into the regular season.

“Realistically, I hope to see us compete in the upper half of the league,” he con-tinued. “Last season we won three league games, but we were very close in four or fi ve of our losses. I know we are better and more experienced this season, so hopefully we can fl ip some of those losses into the win column this season.”

The Clay boys return three starters and fi ve lettermen.

While the Eagles should be able to maintain with their guard play, their lack of height in the paint remains something they’ll have to overcome against TRAC op-ponents. Findlay, Central Catholic and St. John’s Jesuit will all boast taller lineups.

“Lima Senior has a couple 6-6 kids,” Belegrin said, “and Fremont (Ross) has some nice size down low. We’re small com-pared to them. I like our guards. We don’t post a guy up; we’re a high post (offense) and we let our guards do their thing and go to the bucket. We like to pull the other team’s post guys out of position.”

“Our goals are to win games,” Belegrin continued. “That’s what we want to do. How many games can we win? As many as we can. I don’t like to put a number on it. We attack every game — and every practice and every season — to win.”

Patricc Booth (16.2 pts., 5.9 reb.) is one Eagle who can be a difference maker.

“Pat is a great kid and has been in the top three in scoring the last two years in the TRAC,” Belegrin said. “He went for 16.8 (points per game) as a sophomore, and he’s a good scorer. He’s doing some good things in the preseason, getting to the rim more. If we can get him to the rim, he can get his average to the 18-point mark. He’s realizing he’s a bet-ter mid-range shooter than a 3-point shooter. He’s gotten to the line more in scrimmages, and we’ve been more successful.”

(Press sports editor J. Patrick Eaken and writers Mark Griffi n, Yaneek Smith, and Jeffrey D. Norwalk contributed to The Press basketball previews)

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CARDINAL STRITCH BOYS ROSTER2 Brandon Payeff 5'10 Junior Guard4 Paul Drake 6'1 Junior Guard10 Sam Hardy 6'0 Junior Guard12 Brooks Gasser 6'3 Senior Guard14 Karl Zacharias 6'3 Senior Forward20 Chris Blazevich 6'1 Junior Guard/Forward21 Austin Adams 6'5 Junior Guard/Forward23 Joe Sinay 6'2 Junior Guard/Forward24 Jacob Empie 6'1 Senior Guard/Forward32 Eddie Uher 6'3 Junior Forward40 Bobby Romstadt 6'2 Junior Guard42 Austin Pratt 6'5 Senior Center

CARDINAL STRITCH BOYS SCHEDULEDec 6 MAUMEE VALLEYDec 10 @ GibsonburgDec 13 NORTHWOODDec 14 @ Fre. St. JosephDec 21 @ OtsegoDec 27 Bryan @ Lake TourneyDec 28 @ Lake TourneyJan 2 BOWSHERJan 7 @ EvergreenJan 10 EMMANUEL CHR.

Coach: John Free, fi rst season.Last Year: 12-11 (10-4 TAAC).Key Players: Kirsten Zalewski, 5-9, Sr., F; Maggie Merren, 5-6, So., G; Caty Rieker, 5-9, Sr., F; CeCe Gozdowski, 5-10, Jr., C; Kali Hardy, 5-5, So., G; Kama Hardy, 5-9, So., G.Forecast: Gozdowski is the team’s top returning scorer (10 ppg.) and rebounder (10 rpg.), and Free said the junior is going to have to be a team leader.

“She’s a strong inside player and was second in the league in rebounding,” the coach said. “She works hard inside; that’s all positioning. She needs to keep that up this year for us to be successful.”

Two other key returnees are Zalewski, who gained varsity experience last season

and Merren, a returning starter.“We need Kirsten to score from outside.

We need a shooter,” Free said. “She’s our best opportunity from the perimeter right now. I need her to step up and shoot well from outside, which she knows. Maggie is a good all-around player. She started last year as a freshman and she’s just a tough, hard-nosed kid. That’s why she plays. She will play guard and forward, because she is a good rebounder.”

Rieker has moved from guard to small forward and is a solid all-around player.

“We’ve kind of moved her around,

Coach: David Rieker, fourth season.Last Year: 13-11 (9-5 TAAC).Key Players: Brooks Gasser, 6-2, Sr., PG; Austin Adams, 6-3, Jr., G; Jake Empie, 6-1, Sr., F; Austin Pratt, 6-4, Sr., P; Joe Sinay, 6-1, Jr., G/F; Eddie Uher, 6-3, Jr., F.Forecast: Adams is the top returning scor-er, averaging 18 points, and rebounder, with almost six boards a game as a sopho-more. Rieker said Gasser is the Cardinals’ leader.

“Brooks is a very good de-fender and pretty much will run our offense,” the coach said. “We will run a motion offense and play some zone, and we will press on occa-sion.”

Empie is coming off a knee injury (meniscus) he suf-

fered during soccer season and practiced for the fi rst time on Nov. 18.

“He was my defensive stopper last year,” Rieker said. “He’s very hard-nosed and probably one of my better shooters. We have to hit some shots this year, and I have to count on him.”

The Cardinals’ other top players in-clude Uher, Pratt, Sinay and junior guard Brandon Payeff. Pratt is a transfer from Lake.

“Uher has had a good preseason,” Riek-er said. “He’s aggressive and he doesn’t back down from anybody, and he knows his role. I like Pratt’s grittiness, and he’s strong. He

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didn’t get a lot of playing time at Lake, but we have a couple of kids who don’t have a lot of varsity experience. That fi rst game we’ll be throwing them into the fi re.”

Rieker called Sinay, who played quar-terback and running back on the football team, “kind of my wild card.”

“He can be as good as pretty much any-body on the team, once he fi gures out he can be that good,” Rieker said. “He is a strong, durable young man. I need him to be a little more assertive this year. Brandon will be the fi rst guard off the bench. I like his work ethic. If I could get him to slow down a little

which has been a little adjustment for her,” Free said. “She’s never quite played with her back to basket, so we have to work with her. She’ll be able to handle it. She’ll fl ip out there to play on the wing once in a while, depending on substitutions.”

Kama Hardy will also see a lot of playing time and could start about half of Stritch’s games, according to Free.

“Her athletic ability will determine her output,” Free said. “She’s fast and she jumps well and runs well. She had something like 37 goals in soccer this year, so I’m hoping that will help her confi dence.”

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Coach: Corey SlovakLast Year: 5-18 (3-11 TRAC)Key Players: Kayla Schafer, 5-5, Sr., G; Mor-gan Connor, 5-7, Jr., G; Samantha Enck, 5-7, Jr., G; Haley Orr, 5-7, Jr., G; Hannah Novak, 5-8, Jr., F; Haley Hess, 5-5, So., G; Hannah Hess, 5-8, So., G; Maddison Grimes, 5-9, Jr., F; Jessy Bohland, 5-10, Jr., F; Brooke Gal-laher, 5-6, Sr., GForecast: The Eagles have just two seniors, but nine of their 10 players have some var-

sity experience. “Our strength is our guard play and our ability to shoot,” Slovak said.

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aged 9.9 points and seven rebounds, Enck averaged six points and four rebounds, and Schafer averaged fi ve points and four as-sists.

“Morgan and Samantha are going to be key players for us, on offense and de-fense,” Slovak said. “We will be relying on Morgan to score once again. Sam is one of our best defenders, and she has shown great improvement in her shooting over the summer. Kayla will be a big part of our fast-break offense as well as being one of our 3-point shooters.”

Slovak said the Eagles will lean on the versatility of Novak and the defensive prowess of Orr.

Coach: Rob Belegrin, fi fth seasonLast Year: 1-20 (0-14 TRAC)Key Players: Anthony Ramirez, 6-2, Sr., F; Dillon Twining, 6-3, Sr., F; Andrew Mc-Crory, 5-8, Sr., PG; Kyle Row, 6-2, Sr., G; Pat Booth, 6-1, Sr., GForecast: Booth, Row and Ramirez were full-time starters, while McCrory was a spot-starter. Booth, a three-year starter, av-eraged 16.4 points and 5.9 rebounds a game last season and has twice been voted to the

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“Hannah Novak is a versatile guard who can shoot as well as battle inside,” the coach said. “She is one of girls who started a few games last season and has great leadership skills that we will be rely-ing on. Haley has had a great preseason, especially on defense, so we are counting on her to be one of our stoppers in the half court.”

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Coach: Lindsay Ross, fi rst seasonLast Year: 7-14 (5-9 NBC)Key Players: Emily Hayward, 6-0, Sr., P; Rea-gan Boice, 5-6, Jr., G; Mackenzie Albright, 5-6, So., PG; Aubrey Peters, 5-9, So., PForecast: Ross, a 2007 graduate of Perrys-burg High School, coached the freshman team at her alma mater before moving on to become the junior varsity coach at Mau-mee. She inherits an Eastwood team that

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Hayward and Peters will be looked upon to give the Eagles valuable minutes.

Coach: Matt Routson Last Year: 8-15 (8-6 NBC)Key Players: Jake Schemltz, 6-1, Sr., G; Ste-ven Bradley, 6-5, Sr., P; Grant Peters, 6-5, Sr., P; Jordan Faykosh, 6-2, Sr., G; Michael Flipse, 5-8, Sr., PG; Tim Hoodlebrink, 6-2, Jr., G; Jacob Rahe, 5-10, Sr., PForecast: The Eagles return six seniors, in-cluding leading scorer Jake Schmeltz (18 ppg.), and seven lettermen from a year ago.

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Peters, who started last season on the junior varsity, was voted Eastwood’s most improved player in 2012-2013. Peters aver-aged seven points in 10 varsity games.

“He will be a starter and a contributor,” Routson said. “He will provide another large presence in the post, and we will look to him for scoring in the post.

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according to Routson. The athletic Faykosh will be relied on heavily for his defense.

“He is long and quick and really can defend well,” the coach said. “We also look for his contribution at the offensive end of the fl oor.”

Rahe, Jacoby and Hoodlebrink will also see action.

“We will be versatile in our attack, but mainly we will play with three guards and two posts,” Routson said. “We will focus on playing solid half-court defense. Defen-sively, we have improved after a year in our system, and we will look to be more aggres-

“Emily is injured,” Ross said, “but when she returns and is healthy she will be a huge asset to the team. Aubrey is young but very talented. She is someone who works hard all the time. She is a great re-bounder and is someone who is willing to be aggressive. Aubrey will be a threat in-side and outside as our post.”

Ross said the Eagles will run a one-guard offense that is tailored to the team’s strengths, and they will switch things up defensively throughout each game. They will utilize full-court defensive pressure.

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GIBSONBURG BOYS ROSTER3 Isaih Arriaga 5'9 Senior Point4 Matt Tille 5'11 Junior Wing10 Jordan Kreglow 5'10 Junior Point12 Adam Copley 6'3 Senior Wing14 Tyler Ernsthausen 6'0 Senior Wing/Post20 Bryce Ernsthausen 6'3 Junior Wing21 TJ McGough 6'3 Junior Wing/Post30 Andrew Cantrell 5'10 Senior Wing32 Derek Angelone 6'1 Junior Wing34 Andy Burmeister 6'4 Senior Post

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Coach: John Ernsthausen, third season.Last Year: 9-12 (7-7 TAAC).Key Players: Marisa Alvarado, 5-6, Sr., W; Dani Fork, 5-6, Sr., W; Amanda Shammo, 5-4, Sr., PG; Brittney Holcomb, 5-10, Sr., P; Hannah Ernsthausen, 5-7, Jr., P; Lyndsey Perales, 5-5, Jr., G; Leann Widmer, 5-6, Jr., W; Nina Mancha, 5-5, Jr., P; Meghan Reed, 5-5, Jr., W; Katy Roberts, 5-6, So., W.Forecast: Alvarado, Fork, Shammo and

Holcomb are Gibson-burg’s returning starters. Alvarado and Shammo both earned second-team All-TAAC honors, while Fork and Holcomb were honorable mention selec-tions. Alvarado averaged

seven points per game and was the team’s top rebounder at 4.5 a game.

“We are expecting quite a bit out of her,” Ernsthausen said. “She’s probably my best athlete and best overall player. We’re looking for her to score 14-15 a game for us, night in and night out. She’s pretty well rounded. She can get to the basket and spot up and shoot the three. She is defi nitely a dual threat for us.”

Fork averaged 5.2 points a game, while Shammo averaged 7.6 points to lead the team. She was also the Bears’ top 3-point shooter at just over 30 percent.

“Dani is more of a 3-point shooter,” Ernsthausen said. “She’ll take it to the hole

Coach: Brent Liskai.Last Year: 11-12 (8-6 TAAC).Key Players: Andrew Cantrell, 5-10, Sr., G; Jordan Kreglow, 5-10, Jr., PG; Tyler Ernst-hausen, 6-1 Sr., F; Adam Copley, 6-3 Sr., P; Isaih Arriaga, 5-9, Sr., G; Andy Burmeister, 6-4, Sr., P; Bryce Ernsthausen, 6-3, Jr., P; Derek Angelone, 6-1, Jr., G; Matt Tille, 5-11, Jr., G; T.J. McGough, 6-3, Jr., W.Forecast: Kreglow led the Bears in scoring

(14.1 ppg.) and assists (6.1), while Cantrell av-eraged 11.5 points and made a school-record 64 3-point fi eld goals.

“Kreglow can distri-bute the ball or score,” Liskai said. “We look to

Jordan to push our tempo and create op-portunities for us offensively. Cantrell is an outstanding outside shooter with great range. He stretches defenses, which allows his teammates room to penetrate.”

Tyler Ernsthausen, who had a 35-point game as a junior, averaged 12.5 points and 7.1 rebounds. Liskai says “he can play mul-tiple positions and is a one of our most ver-satile players.”

Gibsonburg also returns several players who averaged between 5.6 and 2.3 points.

Burmeister averaged 5.6 points and 5.1 rebounds, while Bryce Ernsthausen scored 4.1 points a game and added 2.3 rebounds.

“Burmeister is an athletic big guy who

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Jan 17 DANBURYJan 24 @ Maumee ValleyJan 25 EASTWOODJan 28 @ Emmanuel Chr.Jan 31 @ Card. StritchFeb 4 OTTAWA HILLSFeb 7 NORTHWOODFeb 8 @ Fre. St. JosephFeb 11 @ Toledo Chr.Feb 14 @ DanburyFeb 21 MAUMEE VALLEY

runs the fl oor well,” Liskai said. “Bryce is a versatile player who has worked hard in the offseason to improve his game.”

Also seeing action this season will be Copley (3.7 ppg., 3.9 rpg.), whom Liskai calls “an outstanding defender, versatile player and our ‘glue’ guy,” Arriaga (2.5 ppg.), Angelone (2.3 ppg., 2.3 rpg.), Tille (4.4 ppg., 2.9 rpg.) and McGough.

“Arriaga is our quickest player,” Lis-kai said. “Isaih will be looked upon to turn up the heat on defense. Angelone plays mulitiple positions. We ask him to play many different roles. Tille is coming off a football injury, and McGough can stretch defenses.”

when she gets the opportunity, and she can spot up and shoot the three. Amanda is go-ing to get out and push the ball for us. She’s small, but she’s quick. She’ll spot up and shoot threes and sometimes score in transi-tion We’re looking to push the ball up the fl oor a little bit to get some easier looks.”

Holcomb will look to improve on last year’s averages of 5.5 points and four re-bounds a game.

“She’s got some pretty nice post moves,” Ernsthausen said. “She gets after it. She learned to play physical throughout the summer. She brings a different mindset to the game than she did last year. That’s where her improvement’s at. She’s got the skills.”


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LAKE GIRLS ROSTER1 Jordyn Taylor 5'6 Junior4 McKenzie Brittenham 5'5 Sophomore11 Katie Swartz 5'8 Junior20 Rebekah Swartz 5'6 Freshman21 Sara Dabney 5'10 Senior24 Catie Phalen 5'5 Junior25 Alexis Hansen 5'8 Junior34 Ana Henneman 6'0 Senior44 Sumer Woodruff 5'8 Senior45 Lauren Ozuk 5'8 Sophomore

LAKE GIRLS SCHEDULENov 23 NORTHWOODNov 26 SWANTONNov 29 @ FostoriaDec 2 @ ClayDec 5 EASTWOODDec 10 GENOADec 13 @ ElmwoodDec 19 ROSSFORDDec 21 CENTRAL CATH.Dec 28 ST. WENDELINDec 30 @ Whitmer

LAKE BOYS ROSTER3 Jared Rettig 6'2 Junior10 Todd Walters 6'2 Junior12 Trenton Besgrove 5'7 Sophomore15 Cody Witt 5'10 Senior20 Aaron Witt 5'6 Sophomore22 Jacob Rettig 5'11 Freshman23 Brandyn Neal 5'9 Sophomore24 Adam Duncan 5'9 Sophomore30 Sean Day 6'3 Senior32 Connor Bowen 5'11 Junior42 Nathan Permar 6'2 Sophomore45 Drayton Williams 6'0 Sophomore54 Andrew Abbey 5'10 Junior

LAKE BOYS SCHEDULENov 29 @ Toledo Chr.Dec 6 FOSTORIADec 7 OAK HARBORDec 12 EASTWOODDec 17 @ GenoaDec 20 ELMWOODDec 27-28 LAKE TOURNEYJan 2 @ NorthwoodJan 4 @ Old FortJan 10 ROSSFORD

Coach: James Gracyk, second year Last Year: 13-11 (10-4 NBC) Key Players: Sara Dabney, 5-10, Sr., P; Ana Henneman, 6-0, Sr., P; Sumer Woodruff, 5-8, Sr., W; Jordyn Taylor, 5-6, Jr., G; Alexis Hansen, 5-8, Jr., G; Catie Phalen, 5-5, Jr., G; Katie Swartz, 5-8, Jr., G; Sophomore Mck-enzie Brittenham, 5-5, Jr., G Forecast: Sure, they recently lost scrappy 5-8 second team All-NBC and All-District

7 guard Alyssa Shaffer, but according to the coaches, this team is projected to fi nish no higher than NBC runner-up yet again.

Perhaps the prognos-ticators aren’t taking into

consideration is that Lake enters the season 100 percent healthy. Gracyk is looking to welcome in two new up-and-coming play-ers in sophomore post player Lauren Ozuk, who has had some problems with her knees in the past, but who spent the summer get-ting them strong, and freshman guard Re-bekah Swartz, who Gracyk claims has a varsity ball mentality.

Then there’s the Jordyn Taylor factor. In her breakout sophomore season, she gar-nered fi rst team All-NBC and All-District 7 honors.

“Jordyn runs the show and she must score for us and distribute the ball to bal-ance the scoring among the others,” says Gracyk. “We’ll be running a lot of new stuff

Coach: Ryan Bowen, fourth year Last Year: 19-4 (11-3 NBC) Key Players: Cody Witt, 5-11, Sr., G; Con-nor Bowen, 6-0, Jr., PG; Jared Rettig, 6-2, Jr., G; Todd Walters, 6-3, Jr., P; Cody Witt., 5-10, Sr., G; Sean Day, 6-3, Sr., W Forecast: Bowen and company may fi rst have to answer one pivotal question from within: just how will a strong infusion of youth in up-and-coming sophomores Bran-

dyn Neal, Adam Duncan, Aaron Witt, and Nathan Permar, and freshman Jake Rettig step up, and help this team to balance out the key losses of recent gradu-ates Marcus Pierce (6-5),

Ben Swartz (5-11), and Tyler Landis (5-11). . .all of who brought a ton of size, athleti-cism, and senior leadership last year?

“We will be very young this year,” says Bowen, who suggests that if the Flyers are indeed to pick up right where they left off in the thick of things last year, his stable of incoming players will have to provide some tough, solid minutes.

Look for Bowen, a fi rst team All-NBC and all-district point guard, who averaged 14 points and eight dimes per game, as well as backcourt mate Jared Rettig, a sec-ond team All-NBC and all-district shoot-ing guard, who scored 14 points and fi ve rebounds per game, to ease Lake into this youth movement.

Lake cagers seeks an offensive edge Flyers expect to contend for trophy

Jan 11 SWANTONJan 14 OTSEGOJan 17 @ WoodmoreJan 24 @ FostoriaJan 30 @ EastwoodFeb 1 DELTAFeb 4 GENOAFeb 7 @ ElmwoodFeb 11 ROSSFORDFeb 14 @ OtsegoFeb 21 WOODMORE

Jan 3 OTSEGOJan 7 @ WoodmoreJan 13 @ Port ClintonJan 16 FOSTORIAJan 21 @ EastwoodJan 23 @ GenoaJan 25 @ DeltaJan 28 ELMWOODJan 31 @ RossfordFeb 6 @ OtsegoFeb 12 WOODMORE

A team which looks to run up-tempo with Bowen and Rettig in charge of the of-fense, the Flyers will be fun to watch if ev-eryone stays healthy. Once postman Walters heals from an ankle injury sustained in Lake’s football season, he’ll be sure to take some of the burden off of Bowen’s and Rettig’s shoul-ders by supplying some size and muscle down in the paint. Defensively, Walters can become a force in the shot-blocking department to complement Bowen, who averaged fi ve steals per game last year.

this year, so we’ll have to see. But we must rely on balanced scoring from everyone.”

Veteran options to choose from include seniors Dabney, Henneman, and Woodruff; fellow juniors Hansen, Phalen, and Swartz; and sophomore Brittenham — all of whom have already won varsity letters.

Gracyk says his team's basketball IQ is the most important factor.

“We’ll be putting an emphasis on de-fense this year,” continues Gracyk, “be-cause last year we fouled too much, and gave up too many easy scores. We don’t have what you’d call a legitimate shot-blocker.”


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NORTHWOOD GIRLS ROSTER3 Dominique Cruz 5'2 Senior4 Allison Roach 5'3 Freshman12 Philysity Wojcinski 5'7 Junior13 Alexandria Rable 5'7 Sophomore14 Mariah Zapata 5'7 Sophomore15 Kristin Sawmiller 5'10 Sophomore21 Alycia Matney 5'4 Junior23 Kamille-Marie Berry 5'5 Sophomore24 Aliciana Carrillo 5'6 Senior32 Dara Artino 5'7 Sophomore52 Jade Laviolette 5'8 Freshman

NORTHWOOD GIRLS SCHEDULENov 23 @ LakeDec 2 GENOADec 5 @ Toledo Chr.Dec 12 MAUMEE VALLEYDec 17 @ GibsonburgDec 19 CARD. STRITCHDec 21 N. BALTIMOREDec 28 EVERGREENJan 3 @ DanburyJan 6 @ Cardinal StritchJan 9 EMMANUEL CHR.

NORTHWOOD BOYS ROSTER1 Dillan Cathers Sophomore5 Joseph Woody Sophomore10 Scott Slater Sophomore11 Dustin Sigurdson Senior12 Stephen Sutton Junior13 Jacob Vickers Sophomore20 Gavin Fritz Freshman21 Evan LaPlante Freshman22 Austin Krueger Freshman23 Jayson Johnson Sophomore32 Nicholas Bonnette Freshman

NORTHWOOD BOYS SCHEDULEDec 3 @ EvergreenDec 6 @ Toledo Chr.Dec 10 @ Maumee ValleyDec 13 @ Card. StritchDec 14 @ GenoaDec 20 SWANTONDec 21 @ N. BaltimoreJan 2 LAKEJan 4 GIBSONBURGJan 10 DANBURYJan 11 @ Emmanuel Chr.

Coach: Bill Hamilton, third yearLast year: 5-18 (4-10, TAAC)Key Players: Doma Cruz, 5-2 Sr.,, G; Lissy Wojcinski, 5-7, Jr., F; Alex Rable, 5-7, So., F; Kristi Sawmiller, 5-10 So., P; Dara Ar-tino, 5-7 So., FForecast: Senior Doma Cruz (4.6 pts.) re-turns after earning honorable mention in the Toledo Area Athletic Conference and in district voting, and she is joined by return-ing sophomore Alex Rable (5.7 pts.). They have newcomers joining the team to help

them out. “Cruz and (freshman) Al-

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“Rable and Artino will lead things at the wing spots they will add the balance to the floor that is needed both offensive-ly and defensively,” Hamilton continued. “Wojcinski and Sawmiller give us strength and power underneath the boards on both sides of the court. “Wojcinski, Rable, Artino and Sawmill-er have all worked hard in the off season to improve their game and it is already show-ing a definite improvement in their game,” Hamilton continued. “Freshmen Allison Roach and Jade Laviolette will help us in their respective positions at the point and

Coach: James Scharer, second yearLast year: 6-17 (3-11, TAAC)Key players: Dillan Cathers, So,, W/F; Jo-seph Woody, So., PG; Scott Slater, So., G; Dustin Sigurdson, Sr., PG; Stephen Sutton, Jr., W; Jacob Vickers, So., P; Jayson Johnson, So., WForecast: The only returning letter winner is Sutton, who will play a wing position. At the point guard position is Woody and Sigurdson, who will also play a two-guard

spot. Slater will be at the two or three guard, wings also in-clude Cathers and Johnson, and Vickers will be at the post.

“Those kids are the ones I am going to count on. They are going to be put into the fire, there is no doubt about

it,” Scharer, a coaching veteran, said. “Sometimes fire can help prepare you for the future, and that’s what we are hoping.”

“It’s one of those things, that not only are we young but we are super small. We are going to start probably 5-5, 5-6, 5-8, 6-0, 6-0,” Scharer said.

Four freshmen, Gavin Fritz, Evan LaPlante, Austin Krueger, and Nicholas Bonnette, are expected to see varsity play-ing time, also.

Scharer says this season, like last year, will continue to be a learning experience.

“We’re going to try to do the same

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things we did last year so that we can teach the kids a little bit, and in a year or two we should be able to incorporate five scorers. We want everybody to be able to handle the ball and everybody to shoot the ball,” Scharer said.

“I’m really happy with the kids I have. They work hard every day and we’re going to get better. It’s just going to be one of those things. We’ll see how the kids do, because I really enjoy coaching them. We’ll do our best. If we win a game, it will be huge. In two years, we’re going to be pretty good, but we should be able to compete. I really believe that.”

underneath the boards. Both players have worked to improve their game and they will give a great boost as the season goes on.” Whether Northwood can finish in the upper division, let alone compete for a TAAC championship, remains to be seen. “We are playing and practicing hard to be near the top, but time will tell,” Hamilton said. “We are working hard to improve every-day both on and off the court. It is that hard work ethic that we are going to use to our ad-vantage. We work every day on our shooting and we are seeing improvement. We are also working on a few new wrinkles in our game plan and they are coming along as well.”

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Look for new junior postman Garret Harvey, wing Andre Ramsey, and utility men Ben Cochran and Tate Haar to put in some long, hard minutes to help offset the graduation of Greg Haar and AJ Cecil, sec-ond team All-SBC perfromers, and Austin Weigand and Sam Laderach, both honor-able mention All-SBC).

Still, for these Rockets, the best offense may just be a good defense.

OAK HARBOR GIRLS ROSTER10 Emma Barney 5'9 Freshman Guard11 Maddy Rathbun 5'8 Freshman Post12 Makayla Wagner 5'6 Freshman Guard13 Emma Bergman 5'5 Freshman Guard15 Alexa Weis 5'7 Freshman Post20 Olivia Rollins 5'9 Sophomore Guard21 Athena Eli 5'5 Sophomore Guard22 Amanda Hetrick 5'4 Senior Guard23 Andrea Cecil 6'0 Sophomore G/P31 Carol Peterson 5'6 Senior Post32 Laura Genzman 5'7 Freshman Post33 Brandy Lochotzki 5'5 Sophomore G/P40 Allie Kuhn 5'10 Sophomore Post42 Nikki Weis 5'9 Senior Post

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Coach: Tom Kontak, second year Last Year: 16-8 (8-6 SBC) Key Players: Amanda Hetrick, 5-6, Sr., G; Nikki Weis, 5-8, Sr., P; Andrea Cecil, 5-10, So., G/P Forecast: The Rockets lost second team All-SBC and second team All-District 7 post player Abbie Gezo; All-SBC guard Makayla Carpenter; HM All-SBC/HM Dis-trict 7 guard Maria Boers; and former senior

leader and guard, Erin Bry-ant, who led their team to an appearance in the Divi-sion II sectional fi nal.

This season, they’ will plug in proven players like seniors Hetrick (2.6 ppg, 1.5 apg, 3.9 rpg, returning

starter, three-time varsity letter winner), and Weiss (1.3 ppg, 3.4 rpg, two-time let-ter winner). They’ll also welcome back Ce-cil, who was one of the team’s top scorers with an average of 11.8 points, 1.2 dimes, and 5.9 boards per; and even notched HM All-SBC and All-District 7 accolades while helping to run the Rockets’ up-tempo of-fense. Defensively, Oak Harbor will look to lock up man-to-man with a dose of half-court and full-court zone pressure. Hetrick and Cecil picked their opponents’ pockets a total of 30 and 29 times, respectively, last year. “Certainly, it’s very safe to say that an

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Jan 6 DANBURYJan 11 EDISONJan 14 @ Fre. St. JosephJan 18 @ HuronJan 24 CLYDEJan 25 @ EastwoodFeb 1 @ Sand. St. MaryFeb 4 @ Port ClintonFeb 8 PERKINSFeb 11 LAKOTAFeb 13 MARGARETTA

SBC championship goes through a proven Clyde program, in addition to a Port Clin-ton program that returns every player from last year,” offers Kontak. “But, I like the toughness and win-ning attitude of the group we have. There may be some growing pains as these young ladies learn to become acclimated to the speed and size of varsity play, and we as a coaching staff will continue to teach and motivate each player to realize their full ability. But, as a group, this team has a chance to do special things. Hustle, heart,


OAK HARBOR BOYS ROSTER0 Cole Weirich 5'8 Junior Wing/Guard1 Andre Ramsey 5'8 Junior Wing/Guard2 Tyler Sievert 6'0 Junior Guard3 Ben Cochran 6'0 Senior Wing/Forward4 Derek Wood 5'10 Senior Wing5 Brandon Schimming 5'11 Junior Wing/Forward11 Anderson Rathbun 5'11 Senior Wing12 Jake Wistinghausen 5'8 Junior Wing14 Paul Shay 5'9 Junior Wing21 Deshawn Johnson 6'0 Junior Guard24 Tate Haar 5'9 Senior Wing/Guard35 Josh Sarahman 6'3 Senior Forward/Center42 Garrett Harvey 6'4 Junior Center44 Vince Szabo 6'3 Junior Center

OAK HARBOR BOYS SCHEDULENov 29 GENOADec 6 PORT CLINTONDec 7 @ LakeDec 12 @ EdisonDec 14 HURONDec 20 CLYDEDec 21 FRE. ST. JOSEPHDec 27 SAND. ST. MARYDec 28 @ WoodmoreJan 3 @ PerkinsJan 7 TIF. COLUMBIAN

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“Our defense is going to be in your face, and we want to mix it up, and make teams work to score all year,” adds Sweet, who says his team in not a shot-blocking team. “We have a quick, athletic team, and we want to use that to our advantage by working hard in the half court. We want to create offensive opportunities off of our de-fense. We want to make it hard on our op-ponents to run their offense, and we want to limit our opponents to one shot.”

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Coach: Manny May, 16th seasonLast Year: 8-12 (6-4 TCL)Key Players: Taylor Works, 5-10, Sr., G/F; Latesha Craig, 6-2, Sr., F/C; Yatiah Caldwell, 5-8, Sr., G; Shareena Gary, 5-9, Sr., G; Ramiah Henry, 5-8, Jr., GForecast: Since falling two points short of winning the Division I state title in 2010, Waite has failed to reach that same level in the three years since. With key players returning, Coach May’s club could be in for a good run

this year. Despite losing Kre’ana Henry, the 2013 Alan Miller Jewelers’ Press Player of the Year who is now playing for Moberly Area Commu-nity College in Mober-

ly, Mo., the Indians have a stout starting lineup that features Henry at point guard, Caldwell (8.2 ppg) at shooting guard, Gary and Works (7 ppg) at the wings with Craig (10 ppg, 10.5 rpg) manning the post. May expects Craig, Works and Caldwell to form a potent scoring trio that can create headaches for opposing defenses. In just one game this season, the three of them combined for 49 points in the Indians’ 67-63 overtime win over Shaker Heights Lau-rel. Despite having a number of capable scorers, the Indians, as is the case with any team coached by May, will look to win

Coach: Adam Rodriguez, second seasonLast Year: 3-19 (2-8 TCL)Key Players: Taywyn Mason, 6-4, Sr., G/F; Phil Darrington, 5-9, Sr., PG; Eric Neal, 6-0, So., G; Alec Heslet, 6-1, So., W; Jeremy Pratt, 6-1, Jr., W/P; Tony Smith, Sr., P; Chris Johnson, 6-2, So., P; Kelvin Downer, 5-11, So., G/F; Tae’Kwon Pressley, 5-9, Sr., G/FForecast: The one key player that Waite returns from last year is Mason, who aver-aged 19.5 points per game and earned sec-ond team All-Toledo City League honors.

Unfortunately, Mason has a stress frac-ture and Coach Rodriguez is hoping to get him back around Christmas. “He is our only returning varsity player,”

Rodriguez said, “and we know what we can be when he’s healthy.” Rodriguez has a number of other capa-ble players, though most of them are young and inexperienced. Point guard Phil Dar-rington will lead the offense. “He’s a tough kid, really competitive,” Rodriguez said. “He brings out the best in all our kids; he makes our sophomores look like upperclassmen. He’s hard-nosed and likes to get in the lane and make things happen. He’s going to shock some people. Neal will likely start at shooting guard. Rodriguez credits him with greatly improv-ing since playing freshman ball last year.

Sophomores hope to lead resurgence Waite seniors want return to the top

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Heslet will be one of the wings. He’s capa-ble of knocking down the perimeter jumper and stretching the defense. Pratt, who transferred from St. Fran-cis DeSales, will play the post alongside Smith. Sophomore Kelvin Downer, one of the fi rst players off the bench, will serve as the team’s defensive stopper and Pressley will provide some outside shooting. Rodriguez is happy with the work his team has put in during the offseason, and credits assistant coach DeJuan Mitcham with devoting an abundant amount of time with helping the players during that span.

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Coach: Kyle Clair, sixth seasonLast Year: 13-10 (9-5 NBC)Key Players: Allie Wank, 5-10, Sr., P; Mack-enzie Johnson, 5-10, Jr., P; Grace Weirich, 5-7, Sr., PG; Ashleigh Blausey, 5-5, Sr., P; Kathy Reynolds, 5-6, Sr., G; Jordan Wil-liams, 5-6, Jr., GForecast: Over the last two seasons, the Wildcats have gone a combined 25-19 and advanced to the district semifi nals. The question is whether Woodmore

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Coach: Brad Sander, fourth seasonLast Year: 9-14 (6-8 NBC)Key Players: Phil Thorbahn, 6-4, Sr., W; Er-ich Greulich, 6-0, Sr., W; Drew Speaker, 5-9, Sr., G; 5-9 Ryan Avers, 5-9, Jr., PG; Grant Weis, 5-10, Jr., PG; Drew Lewandowski, 6-2, Jr., W; Zach Gephart, 6-0, Jr., W; Sean Mul-lin, 6-4, Sr., P; Jake Matwiezcyk, 6-0, Sr., WForecast: The Wildcats have three return-ing letter winners in Thorbahn, Greulich and Speaker. Unfortunately, Thorbahn

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The No. 13 Owens Community College women’s soccer team has returned home following their run in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I national tournament, but brought some awards with them.

Sophomore forward Jessica Grindle, who scored two goals in her team’s two national tournament games, was named to the NJCAA D-I All-National Tournament team. She is the first soccer player, men’s or women’s, in the history of Owens to achieve that honor.

Grindle had 23 goals and five assists in her final season with the Express. Additionally, she totaled 29 goals and eight assists over 31 games in her two-year career. She only played in 10 games her freshman year due to injury.

Meanwhile, the Express women’s soccer team took home the NJCAA’s Lea Plarski Sportsmanship Award, which is given to the team in the national tourna-ment that exhibits the best sportsmanship.

The Express women’s soccer team fin-ished 17-2-2 this year, while proving to be one of the best teams in the nation. Their two penalty kick games in the national tournament counted as ties, although they split those two games in PKs. During the season, the Express won 15 straight games after starting 2-2, and they captured the program’s first Region XII tournament championship.

Stay tuned to OwensExpress.com for offseason updates on which four-year schools Grindle and other players choose to attend, as well as updates on who the Express will sign for next year.

Owens coach Mary Whisler was named Region XII Coach of the Year, while three of her players earned postseason honors.

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streak. She has also improved the team’s win total each year (12 in 2011, 13 in 2012 and 17 this year).

Grindle and sophomore midfi elder Jill Burkholder (Bryan) were named First Team All-Region XII. This is Burkholder’s second consecutive fi rst team All-Region XII selec-tion.

Both of those players were also named to the Region XII All-Tournament team, while Grindle was named the MVP after scoring two goals in two games. Aside from those two, sophomore defender Marissa Ramirez (Northwood) earned second team All-Region XII hon-ors for the second consecutive season. She had one goal and two assists heading into the national tourney, following a one as-sist freshman season. She has been a huge part in the Express producing 19 shutouts over the past two seasons, including eight this year. (— Nicholas Huenefeld, Owens Sports Information Director)

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nior forward Natasha Howard (Waite) is one of 50 student-athletes across the coun-

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try named to the Naismith Trophy Early Season Watch List, announced by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.

The annual trophy given to the wom-en’s college player of the year is voted on by the Atlanta Tipoff Club’s board of selec-tors, comprised of leading basketball jour-nalists, coaches and administrators from around the country. Howard, who hails from Toledo, Ohio, is also a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award.

Howard has helped Florida State to a 4-1 start to the 2013-14 season, averaging 13.2 points and 7.6 rebounds. She start-ed the year tying her career high with 24 points against UNC Greensboro in the sea-son-opener and had a good performance in FSU’s last game at No. 4/3 Louisville, gen-erating 13 points and 14 rebounds.

The All-America contender boasts 27 career double-doubles, sitting just four shy of tying former Seminole Sue Galkantas’ (1981-84) mark of 31. In her senior year, Howard is shooting over 58 percent from the fi eld, has a team-high 13 blocks and six steals.

Against Louisville on Nov. 24, Howard moved past the 1,200 career points plateau and now has 1,202. She moves into 20th on the school’s all-time scoring list, and re-cently played in her 100th career game at FSU in a 76-68 win at rival Florida on Nov. 21.

Howard has etched her name across the Seminole women’s hoops record books. She is eighth with 778 rebounds, third with 123 career blocks and is just two steals away from placing on the school’s Top 20 list.

A total of 14 players from the Atlantic Coast Conference are represented on the Top 50 watch list, the most of any league. The other ACC players included are Natalie Achonwa (Notre Dame), Kaela Davis (Georgia Tech), Diamond DeShields (UNC), Chelsea Gray (Duke), Tricia Liston (Duke), Jewell Loyd (Notre Dame), Tyaunna Marshall (Georgia Tech), Kayla McBride (Notre Dame), Xylina McDaniel (UNC), Laurin Mincy (Maryland), Haley Peters (Duke), Alyssa Thomas (Maryland) and Elizabeth Williams (Duke).

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Naismith Trophy Women’s College Player of the Year is scheduled to be announced on Feb. 26, 2014. The four fi nalists will be unveiled on March 21, and the winner will be announced on April 7 during the NCAA Women’s Final Four in Nashville, Tenn.

Clay doubles all-districtClay tennis doubles team Jennifer

Belkofer and Emilie Roman ended the sea-son 21-3 and earned fi rst team All-OTCA Northwest District Division I tennis hon-ors, while their coach, Walt Ralph, is the NW District Coach of the Year.

Both Belkofer and Roman are also all-academic and fi rst team All-Three Rivers Athletic Conference. They took fi rst place at the Fostoria Invitational, second place at the TRAC league tournament, fi rst place at Sectionals, and third place at Districts. Clay coach Walt Ralph is the Northwest District Coach

Sports announcements The Oak Harbor softball program is selling raffle tickets for an iPad Air. The tickets are $25 each and 100 are being sold. They will be available through any of the softball players, the athletic office, or Coach Chris Rawski at [email protected] until Dec. 17.

********* The American Softball Association ENQ Fremont Frenzy is being held June 6-8, 2014 in Fremont for ages 10U, 12U, 14U and 16U with a four-game mini-mum. Rodger Young Park will play host to the event. Entry fee is $375 per team (discounts available for multiple teams). Contact Joshua Delp at 419-334-9455 or download forms at www.fremontbattin-grange.com.

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