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Members of the Benjamin Logan boys cross country team are from theleft, front row: Parker Osborn, Noland King, Montgomery Smith and headcoach Kevin Butler; and back row: Andy Hughes, Tayte Williamson,Tucker Munz and Blake Rhoades. Not pictured is Yale Scheiderer.

With eight runners on theteam, the numbers are not quitewhere Ben Logan boys crosscountry coach Kevin Butlerwould like them. But he feelsgood about the quality of thesquad he has this fall.

“We don’t have a lot of guys,but the first four are prettystrong and we are looking forthat fifth guy to step up,” saidButler. “If we can find that fifthguy to get close to that first four,we can surprise some people.”

The Raiders finished secondin the Central BuckeyeConference Mad River divisionlast year, but they graduated the

league runner of the year inBryson Tipton. They also loststandout Landon Wenger.

There is talent waiting in thewings, though. Senior Noland Kingand juniors Blake Rhoades andTucker Munz were second-teamall-league runners last season.

“Noland put in some seriousmiles over the summer andBlake had a good summer, too,”said Butler.

Butler also has high expecta-tions for junior TayteWilliamson, who is new to crosscountry but had success in trackand field last season.

“Tayte has not run cross

country before, but he is goingto be really good,” said Butler.“Tucker is going to be very goodas well.”

Rhoades, Munz, King andWilliamson are expected to bethe Raiders’ top four runners.Competing for the fifth spot willbe senior Montgomery Smith,sophomore Andy Hughes andfreshmen Yale Scheiderer andParker Osborn.

“I think we can be in the topthree to five in every meet we goto,” said Butler. “That’s a realis-tic goal for us. I also want tocompete for a league title andget a guy to the regionals.”

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Members of the Benjamin Logan girls golf team are, from the left:Olivia Hahn, Sydney Wesson, Taylor Lafferty, Mailiis Simovart,Willow Titus and Leeah Valentine. Not pictured is Gabrielle Schmidt.

Following its first team tripto the state tournament last fall,Benjamin Logan’s girls golfsquad is poised to return thisseason and improve on its per-formance.

“We are very excited for thisseason,” said head coach TiannHarner. “The expectations arevery high. We placed seventh atstate last year and we want toplace higher this year. We haveadded some more challengingtournaments to our schedule tohelp prepare us for the big tour-naments at the end of the sea-son.”

The Raiders return every

golfer from the group that went10-0 in the Central BuckeyeConference Mad River divisiona year ago.

Senior Mailiis Simovart andsophomore Sydney Wessonshared the CBC Mad River divi-sion golfer of the year award lastfall and return to form a dynam-ic duo at the top of the Raiders’lineup.

Simovart and Wesson willhave a lot of support.Sophomore Leeah Valentinewas a first-team all-league per-former as a freshman, juniorWillow Titus earned second-team all-CBC honors a year ago

and senior Gabrielle Schmidtwas a special mention selection.

Also back for the Raiders aresophomores Taylor Lafferty andOlivia Titus.

The Raiders are not restingon their laurels after last year’smemorable season. Harner saidthey have worked even harderin the off-season to build onwhat they accomplished in2018.

“The amount of work theyhave put in since the end of theseason is much greater than it waslast year,” said Harner. “Theyhave put in a tremendous amountof time on the golf course.”

Expectations sky high after state appearance


Members of the Benjamin Logan boys golf team are, from the left,front row: Brandon Vogelsang, Gage Hamm, Carston McCain, LukeMcKenrick and Owen O’Brien; and back row: Aiden Elsass, AlexNaragon, Bryce Loomis, Ethan Ricketts, Jacob Mitchell, Trey Allenand head coach Chris Conley.

Benjamin Logan’s boys golfteam hopes it can quickly hit itspeak to contend for a leaguetitle and make a postseason runthis fall.

“The season is short so we needrapid improvement,” said headcoach Chris Conley. “This teamknows they have the potential andI believe they will push each otherto improve. If we can learn to playthe course, and not let a bad holeget us down and improve the shortgame, pitching and putting, we willbe in good shape.

“We always make a goal to winour conference title, then place atsectionals to make it to districts.”

Ben Logan returns fourreturning letterwinners from ateam that finished in a tie forsecond place in the CentralBuckeye Conference Mad Riverdivision last year.

The Raiders will be paced byjunior standout Ethan Ricketts,who earned first-team all-league honors last season.

Also returning to the varsitysquad are senior Bryce Loomis,junior Trey Allen and sopho-more Jacob Mitchell. SeniorAlex Naragon, who lettered as afreshman, will also providesome experience to the squad.

Rounding out the team are

junior Carston McCain, sopho-more Aiden Elsass and fresh-men Luke McKenrick, OwenO’Brien, Gage Hamm andBrandon Vogelsang.

Conley said there are severalstrong points that jump out tohim about this year’s team.

“We have some multi-sportplayers which adds some compet-itiveness,” he said. “We also havegood camaraderie and a goodblend of experience and youth.”

Graham won the Mad Riverdivision with a perfect 10-0record last season and theFalcons appear to be the teamto beat again this year.

Raiders aim to play up to their potential

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The number five is an impor-tant one to the Benjamin Loganvarsity volleyball team this season.

The Raiders are chasing theirfifth straight Central BuckeyeConference Mad River divisionchampionship. They don’t wantto just stop there, either.

“We are striving for a fifthCBC title, but we want to domore,” said head coach AllisonReule. “Why can’t we be a FinalFour team, why not us? We wantto make a trip to Dayton inNovember. In order to do that,we will need to secure a CBCtitle, win a district champi-onship and win a regional title.These goals are high, but the

famous quote goes, ‘If you shootfor the moon and miss, you willbe among stars.’”

The Raiders are coming off a2018 season in which they went18-6 overall and 9-1 in the CBCMad River division.

They have four returning let-terwinners in senior Bailey Shope(middle/outside hitter), juniorsMolly Vance (middle/outside hit-ter), Kylie Frazier (setter/outsidehitter) and sophomore LynzeeCronkleton (setter/outside hitter).

Shope was a first-team all-CBC performer last year, whileVance and Frazier earned sec-ond-team honors.

“We will need our players with

varsity playing experience to stepup and be leaders and guide ourtalent,” said Reule. “They have toset our tone and expectations.”

Also in the mix for time withthe starting unit are juniorCorinne Herring (defensive spe-cialist/libero), sophomoresRyelle Gibson (middle/outsidehitter), Lily Makin (middle/out-side hitter) and Makenna LeVan(utility) and freshmen ElliotBailey (defensive specialist/out-side hitter), Lily Blackburn (util-ity) and Jillian Plikerd (defensivespecialist/libero).

While not a team with a lot ofheight this season, Reulebelieves the Raiders can take

advantage of their athleticismand smarts.

“This team is strategic andstarting to see the importance ofteamwork,” said the Ben Logancoach. “Because we lack overallheight, we have to play a littleharder and smarter. We feel likefor the first time in a while, wehave the depth to do this. We havemany players fighting for playingtime on the court. We could see adifferent lineup match-to-matchor even set-to-set. We still need toplay harder and once we figurethis out, this team can achievemany things. We are slowly learn-ing the energy it takes to win themomentum battle that occurs so

frequently in volleyball.”Ben Logan shared the Mad

River crown with North Union.Reule expects the Wildcats, alongwith a couple other squads, toprovide strong competition inthe title race this season.

“I don’t want to say that wehave dominated the CBC thelast few years, but we havecome out on top,” said Reule.“The target will be on our backall season. All the teams in ourdivision have improved, and forthe first time in four years, theCBC championship could be upin the air. North Union was ourtop competitor in the leaguelast season and they will betough to deal with again thisseason.

“Urbana has a lot of youngtalent and will put a tough teamon the court each night. IndianLake continues to improveevery year, looked good at ourMonday night summer league,and plays hard. It’s always abattle between Graham as it willbe again this season.Northwestern isn’t as strong asthey were in the past, but don’tcount them out.”


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Members of the Benjamin Logan varsity volleyball team are, from the left, front row: Lily Makin, Kylie Frazier, Bailey Shope, Hannah O'Brien, Jillian Plikerd and CorinneHerring; and back row: head coach Allison Reule, assistant coach Tara Phelps, Makenna LeVan, Lily Blackburn, Molly Vance, Ryelle Gibson, Lynzee Cronkleton and assis-tant coaches Taylor Quay and Ashley Seeley.

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Members of the Benjamin Logan varsity boys soccer team are, from the left, front row: Ammon Miller, Henry Myers, Vance McClanahan, Jamie Gill, Dylan Welch, JosephGulick and Mason Hammer; middle row: assistant coach Cadan Goldstein, Kelvin Ong, Gaven Jones, Josh Tipton, Tylor Cabot, Blaine Worden, Michael Rostorfer, Caleb Eppand assistant coach Chad Studebaker; and back row: head coach Jamie Hughes, Jonas Hoffman, Keaghan Stahler, Breshon Jacobs, Garrett Henry and Gavin Gibson.

It’s not easy to replace your all-time leading goal scorer and yourall-time leading assist leader, butthat is the task facing BenjaminLogan’s boys soccer team afterlosing standouts George Kern andRylan Studebaker to graduation.

Kern scored 21 goals last sea-son, while Studebaker tallied 10assists as well as scoring 10 goals.

“We had a competitive seasonlast year, but we lost our number-one career scorer and our number-one career assist guy,” said headcoach Jamie Hughes. ‘We have toplay a little different style this sea-son. It is going to be more of ateam effort. It’s going to be morepossession and more passing.”

The Raiders went 7-7-3 overalland 4-4-2 in the CBC last season.In order to avoid a dropoff thisyear, Ben Logan is focused onplaying stout defense.

“We have a senior goalkeeper inJamie Gill and a senior center backin Henry Myers,” said Hughes.

“Those two are a pretty strong backtwo defensively. We are going tolean on those two guys.”

To make up for the scoringvoid created by the departuresof Kern and Studebaker, Hughesis looking to a host of players tocontribute.

“(Sophomore forwards)Blaine Worden and Caleb Eppare looking to step up,” saidHughes. “Caleb has great touchand great vision. We have chal-lenged him to score more. Hewill be a central figure in ourattack the next three years.

“(Junior forward) GavinGibson is super fast and is ableto move up the field and (juniorforward) Keaghan Stahler isanother guy we can move upand take advantage of hisspeed.”

Myers and Gill make up asenior class that also includesDylan Welch (midfielder),Joseph Gulick (forward), Vance

McClanahan (defender), MasonHammer (defender) andAmmon Miller (utility).

Remaining team membersinclude juniors Tyler Cabot (for-ward/midfielder), Gavin Gibson(forward/midfielder) andGarrett Henry (defender), soph-omores Gavin Jones (defender),Breashon Jacobs(defender/goalkeeper) andKelvin Ong (midfielder) andfreshmen Jonas Huffman(defender), Michael Rostorfer(defender) and Josh Tipton (for-ward).

Although the Raiders are inbit of a transition this year aftertheir talent losses, Hughes isexcited about the future.

“We have 31 guys out thisyear and we are really excitedabout that,” he said. “We have89 in grades five through eight.Our numbers have went up andup every year. We have a brightfuture ahead.”

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Members of the Benjamin Logan girls varsity soccer team are, from the left, first row: Allie Henault, Nevaeh Cabot, Josie Davis, Reece Plikerd, Morgan Weber and ChloeGallagher; second row: Jennifer Naragon, Kaitlynn Simon, Rachel Mears, Rhea Harner and Emily Roth; third row: head coach Dave Evans, Sammie Lee, Delaney Wheeler,Emma Gradias, Kaycee Cook, Gretchen Wilber, Izzy Heater, Olivia Hall and assistant coach Dayna Goldstein; and fourth row: Madison Plikerd, Kerry Copenhaver, BrinlynTipton, Hailey Willis, Mary Bickham, McKenzee Roseburrough and Alanna Gibson. Not pictured are Dylan Harper and Sadie Shellenberger.

Throwing a lot of young girlsinto the fire for the first time,Benjamin Logan girls soccercoach Dave Evans expected it tobe a year of transition last season.

It was exactly what Evansenvisioned as the Raiders battledthe pains of their inexperience tofinish 4-12-1 overall and 1-9 inthe Central Buckeye Conference.

But with a more experiencedteam and a “change in attitude”this fall, the expectations aremuch higher for the Raiders.

“We had a really good summer,”said Evans. “We took 19 girls to theOhio Northern camp and the girlsare really hungry. I think we aregoing to be better across the board.We are a lot more athletic, we havea lot more depth and we are goingto be a better goal scoring team.”

The Raiders have 11 return-ing letterwinners back, led bythree all-league players.

Sophomore Jennifer Naragon(midfielder) was a first-team all-Central Buckeye Conference selec-tion last fall, junior Brinlyn Tipton(midfielder/defender) was a second-team pick and sophomore GretchenWilber (defender/midfielder) was aspecial mention selection.

Also returning to the varsityteam are senior Rachel Mears(midfielder/forward), juniorsJosie Davis (forward/midfield-er), Delaney Wheeler (defend-er), Emily Roth (midfielder) andOlivia Hall (midfielder) andsophomores Kerry Copenhaver(midfielder), Kaycee Cook (goalkeeper/midfielder), MadisonPlikerd (midfielder) and Izzy

Heater (defender/midfielder).Filling out the varsity squad are

junior Sadie Shellenberger (mid-fielder) and freshmen Rhea Harner(forward), Alanna Gibson (defend-er), McKenzee Roseburrough(midfielder) and Allie Henault(midfielder/goal keeper).

“We have a lot of girls thatdeserve to play,” said Evans.“The competitive level is goingto be much higher. The girls arepushing each other.”

Much of what the Raiders didlast year revolved around usingtheir athleticism. Now that they aremore seasoned, they are focusedon becoming more technical.

“We are really working on under-standing the game and learning thestrategy of it,” said Evans. “You cansee our growth in each game.”

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Members of the Benjamin Logan girls cross country team are, from the left, front row: Malori Barnes, SarahFolk and Brooklyn Horner; and back row: head coach Mike Coder, Dani Widmark, Kendra Kennedy, RyannBeaschler, Kerry Copenhaver and Emma Wenger. Not pictured are Tori Miller and Charlotte Graham.

Dani Widmark exploded onthe local cross country scene asa freshman for Benjamin Loganlast season.

Widmark earned first-teamall-Central Buckeye Conferencehonors and earned a trip to thestate meet. In the spring, shehelped the 3,200-meter relayteam set a school record.

Widmark will look to buildon that early success this fall asshe leads a Raiders squad thatfinished third in the CBC MadRiver division a year ago.

“My hope is that our ath-letes will be willing to pushbeyond what they may think ispossible to make a good show-ing in the always competitiveCBC conference,” said headcoach Mike Coder. “Last sea-son, we placed third in the MadRiver division. We will have towork hard, but we hope toimprove on that finish. We willfocus on improving one work-out at a time as we progressthrough the season.”

Senior returning letterwin-ners Ryann Beascher andEmma Wenger are expected tobe key contributors for theRaiders.

“Ryann and Emma havebeen with the program sincemiddle school,” said Coder.“Both are dedicated to helpingthis team be successful. Ryannhas experience as both a crosscountry runner and distanceathlete in track and field. Sheknows what it takes to be suc-cessful and we hope she canhelp our young athletes to

understand the sport of crosscountry. Emma has been a suc-cessful athlete until injury side-lined her last season. She haschanged focus and now helpsthe team with statistics andwhatever else she can do to aidthe team. We are counting onboth of our seniors for leader-ship.”

Also returning to the varsityteam are junior Tori Miller andsophomore Charlotte Graham.

Newcomers to the squad aresophomore Kerry Copenhaver,who will be splitting her timewith the soccer team, and fresh-men Sarah Folk, KendraKennedy, Malori Barnes andBrooklyn Horner.

“Much of the success of ourteam will be determined byhow quickly our freshmenadjust to the training and stepinto their roles as varsity ath-letes,” said Coder. “They willnot have the luxury of takingtime to adjust to this level ofcompetition.”

While the Raiders are count-ing on quite a bit of youth tohelp bolster the veterans on theteam, Coder believes his squadhas what it takes to be success-ful.

“Even though this is a youngteam, it should be exciting towatch the progress as we movethrough the season,” he said.“Training together and pushingeach other should lead to theimprovement we are lookingfor. We need to stay injury freeand peak at the proper time ofthe season.”

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Indian Lake’s boys soccerteam has a clear vision of what itwants to accomplish this season.

“Our main goal is to win theCBC Mad River division,” saidhead coach Chase Vance. “Wealso want to win 10 games,score 50 goals as a team and

score more than we concede.”The Lakers won just one

game last season (1-12-3 overall)and went winless in the CentralBuckeye Conference (0-7-3), butthat hasn’t deterred Vance or hisplayers from setting lofty goals.

Leading the charge toward

achieving those goals is seniorforward Ethan Pequignot. Hewas a first-team Central BuckeyeConference pick last season. Hefinished fifth in the league inscoring with 17 goals and 38offensive points. However, he isexpected to miss the start of the

season with an injury.Indian Lake has eight other

starters back on its squad. Thatgroup consists of seniors AustinTron (defender/midfielder), AlexAngles (defender), Ethan Parker(defender/midfielder) andCorbin Knief (defender), juniors

Darrick Curtis (forward/mid-fielder) and Derek Cline (mid-fielder/goal keeper) and sopho-more Reid Vance (midfielder).

“Ethan and Darrick will beguys we are expecting to leadthis season,” said Vance. “We’llalso be looking at Austin Tron,Alex Angles, Reid Vance andEthan Parker.”

The rest of the starting line-up includes senior CarterBurnside (defender) and fresh-men Brant Parsell (midfielder),Caiden Gauntt (midfielder/for-ward) and Gabe Shepherd (goalkeeper).

“I really like our experiencedcentral field and defense,” saidVance. “We are better at finish-ing opportunities toward thegoal and we are utilizing ourcentral field combination play. Ialso like our team speed andphysicality.”

The Lakers also return seniorTristan Aulds (midfielder) andsophomores Dallas Miller (mid-fielder/defender) and BraydenFlesher (defender).

Northwestern won the CBCMad River division last season.Vance feels that several teams inthe division are capable of win-ning this fall.


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Members of the Indian Lake boys soccer team are, from the left, front row: Reid Vance, Derek Cline, Dallas Miller, Tristan Aulds, Mason Swygart, Gabe Shepherd, BrantParsell, Rece Kimmel, Caiden Gauntt, Colten Beair and Drew Hawkins; and back row: head coach Chase Vance, Mason Beres, Alex Angles, Carter Burnside, Ryan Braig,Austin Tron, Corbin Knief, Ethan Pequignot, Darrick Curtis, Armahn Souza, Brayden Flesher, Ethan Parker and assistant coaches Kyler Klingler and Dylan Cline.

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It has already been a seasonof twists and turns for IndianLake’s girls golf team this fall.

The Lakers have just threegolfers on this year’s squad.Originally, they were going tocompete with the boys team.Then, it was decided they wouldjoin Benjamin Logan’s girlsteam and follow their schedule.

Regardless of who the LadyLakers play with, they are look-ing to get better with the playersthey do have.

“We want to use this as abuilding year,” said first-yearhead coach Jill Stockmaster.“We want to work toward build-ing a full team for next season.Right now, I’m just looking forimprovement from the girls asthe season goes along.”

Freshman Regan Ross hasshown promise in the early goingfor Indian Lake this fall. Ross fin-ished third in the CentralBuckeye Conference Mad Riverdivision preseason tournament.

“Regan has prior golf experi-ence,” said Stockmaster. “She iscoming in as a strong golfer. Iexpect some big things from herthis year.”

Sophomore Kayla Cumminsis back after competing for theLakers last season and freshmanDestiny Crumley rounds out theteam.

“Kayla golfed last year and hasmade progress,” saidStockmaster. “Destiny is brandnew to golf. For the two of them,we are looking to get better strik-ing and building consistency.”

Members of the Indian Lake girls golf team are, from the left: Regan Ross, Destiny Crumley, KaylaCummins and head coach Jill Stockmaster.

IL keeping girls golfprogram afloat

Indian Lake’s boys golf teamdid not have much to hang itshat on after a winless season inthe Central Buckeye Conferencelast fall.

However, the Lakers return asolid core of golfers to buildaround this season.

“My goal for the season is toimprove every day,” said headcoach Todd Dietz. “I expect theguys to come to the course everyday with great attitudes and awillingness to work. If we do thatit will be a successful season.”

Leading the way for theLakers this fall is sophomoreLane McPherson. He earnedsecond-team Central Buckeye

Conference honors as a fresh-man and has been the team’smost consistent golfer so far thisseason.

“So far our sophomore LaneMcPherson is off to a greatstart,” said Dietz. “Hopefully, hewill continue to build on thatsuccess and have a great year.”

Senior Matthew Risnerearned special mention all-CBChonors last season, while seniorColton Dugan and junior DylanRice are also returning letter-winners.

“The part that I am encouragedby the most is the effort they put inthese last couple of summers,”said Dietz. “The work they haveput in is going to pay off duringthe season. I love their effort andtheir desire to try to get better.”

Rounding out the varsityteam are juniors Josh Staley andDoug Bungard.

Graham won the CentralBuckeye Conference Mad Riverdivision title last season. Dietzagain sees the Falcons as beingthe top team to contend with.

“Graham is going to be reallysolid again this year,” said Dietz.“We are just going to focus ongetting better every day.”


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Members of the Indian Lake boys golf team are, from the left, front row: Colton Dugan and MatthewRisner; and back row: head coach Todd Dietz, Beau Young, Josh Staley, Doug Bungard, Dylan Rice,Lane McPherson, Ethan Elbert and assistant coach Mike Maurer.

Lakers aim tomake strides

Justin Metzger has taken overthe boys and girls cross countryprograms after being an assistantcoach the past few seasons. He hasbeen working diligently to rebuildboth teams and increase numbers.

“The boys and girls teams arestill in a rebuilding stage,” saidMetzger, who also coaches thetrack teams at Indian Lake. “Theteam has been training this sum-mer and we are working to rebuildthe numbers in the program.

“Two years ago, Indian Lakeonly had three boys in the pro-gram and they were all seniors.Our goal is to beat a team at theconference meet.”

Senior Caden Paavola had abreakout season last fall by qualify-ing to the regional meet in his firstyear of cross country. Metzger hashigh hopes for Paavola in his finalseason running for Indian Lake.

“Caden will lead the way forus,” said Metzger. “We wouldlike to see him get back to theregional meet and qualify to thestate meet. He has worked hardover the summer and is readyfor his senior campaign.”

Indian Lake will also lean onsophomore Reid Vance, who wasa second-team Central BuckeyeConference selection last year,and freshman Brant Parsell, whowas eighth at the junior highleague meet last season. Alsoreturning are senior Tristan Aulds

and sophomore Jacob Huhn.Filling out the rest of the team

are seniors Carter Burnside andAndrew Eaton, sophomore DallasMiller and freshmen MasonSwygart and Kalib Minnich.

Laker girls grow numbers

Indian Lake’s girls cross coun-try team has seen an increase in

runners since last season. “The girls team has had simi-

lar results as the boys,” saidMetzger. “Although it may soundtroublesome on paper, the teamis looking forward to the season.”

The Lakers have 10 runners thisfall. Leading the way are juniorsElla Wagner and Rachel Wahl, whowere the team’s top two perform-ers at the district meet last season.

“It is encouraging that wehave 10 girls on the roster thisyear,” said Metzger. “It’sencouraging that Ella andRachel logged summer milesand are setting a positive exam-ple for the middle school andelementary runners.

Wagner and Wahl earnedsecond-team Central BuckeyeConference honors last fall.

“Ella is our top returner,” saidMetzger. “We are looking for her totake on a leadership role this year.”

Other letterwinners back forthe Lakers are seniors MeganKeckler and Nikita Scheifele andsophomore Erin Miller.

The rest of the team includessophomores Pheobe Brielmeierand Macie Myers and freshmanAndi Miller.


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Members of the Indian Lake boys cross country team are, from the left, front row:Dallas Miller, Brant Parsell, Mason Swygart and Kalib Minnich; and back row: headcoach Justin Metzger, Jacob Huhn, Reid Vance, Carter Burnside, Tristan Aulds, CadenPaavola and assistant coach Kristen Glink.

Members of the Indian Lake girls cross country team are, from the left, front row: man-ager Laura Metzger, Phoebe Brielmaier, Erin Miller, Andi Miller, Emberly Myers andmanager Haley Metzger; and back row: head coach Justin Metzger, Rachel Wahl,Megan Keckler, Ella Wagner, Nikita Scheifele and assistant coach Kristen Glink.

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An improved, talented andhungry Indian Lake girls soccerteam is ready to take on theupcoming season.

“Our goal for the season is tohave a winning record and chal-lenge for the Central BuckeyeConference title,” said headcoach Brian Levingston.

With 14 letterwinners backand few other key additions, theLakers are in a good position toimprove on their 5-11-1 recordfrom last season.

“I think the biggest differ-ence in this team compared toprevious years is that our talentis distributed throughout the

field,” said Levingston.Indian Lake will have to

account for a major blow to itsoffense as senior Kayla Richardsis out for the season with a kneeinjury. She was the Lakers’ lead-ing scorer the past two seasons,including 15 goals last year.

The Lakers still have plenty of

weapons at their disposal,though. Junior Ashlyn Shaner(midfielder) was a CBC first-teamselection last season, while seniorKristen Young (goal keeper) andjunior Raelyn Parsell (forward)were both second-team picks.Young led the CBC in saves with250 and Parsell tallied nine goals

and five assists a year ago.Sophomore Macie Robinson(midfieler/defender) was also aCBC special mention pick.

Other letterwinners back inthe lineup are seniors AlysonHuffman (midfielder) andMcKenzee Lewis (defender), jun-ior Sammie Swygart (defender)and sophomores Ella Shoffstall(midfielder) and Paige Kindle-Wyne (defender/midfielder).

Also expected to start arejunior Kyleigh Huffer (forward)and freshman Grace Pequignot(midfielder).

“We have returning captainsin Raelyn, Ashlyn and Kayla,” saidLevingston. “Raelyn is expectedto lead the offense. Ashlyn is awork horse at center midfield andreally holds the team together.”

Four other letterwinnersreturn in seniors Chloe Laing(midfield/defender) and HayliHamilton (defender), juniorNicolette Dague(midfielder/defender) and soph-omore Addy Angles (midfielder).

Making up the rest of theteam are seniors Macey Taylor(midfielder) and Alli Knapp(midfielder), sophomoresLindsey Bodi (midfielder), ErinMiller (midfielder), Claire Young(defender) and freshmen EllaBraun (goal keeper) and ReeceMartin (midfielder/forward).


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Members of the Indian Lake girls soccer team are, from the left, front row: Alyson Huffman, Sammie Swygart, Grace Pequignot, Addy Angles, Lindsey Bodi, Elizabeth Braun,Reece Martin, Nicolette Dague, Raelyn Parsell, Kayla Richards and Erin Miller; and back row: head coach Brian Levingston, Claire Young, Paige Kindle-Wyne, McKenzeeLewis, Macie Robinson, Ashlynn Shaner, Kristen Young, Alli Knapp, Macey Taylor, Chloe Laing, Hayli Hamilton, Kyleigh Huffer and assistant coach Emali Sroufe.

Lady Lakers expecting turnaround this season

Relying on strong seniorleadership, Indian Lake’s volley-ball team is optimistic aboutcontinuing the improvement itmade last season.

The Lakers finished 5-18 over-all a year ago, but made somegains as the season went on.

With a large group of lastyear’s team back, second-yearhead coach Jacque Strahleyfeels good about the strides hersquad has made.

“We work well together as ateam,” said Strahley. “We wantto improve our record from lastyear and continue to build uponthe improvement we made lastyear. We’d also like to quickenup our offense.”

Spearheading the IndianLake attack this season is seniorBethany Golliday (middle hit-ter). She tallied 119 kills, 152digs and had 33 blocks. Thatearned her CBC Mad River sec-ond-team and District 9 honor-able mention honors.

Fellow seniors KassidyCrockett (outside hitter) andKaylee Shelton (outside hitter)will also be key contributors onthe court.

“We’re looking to Bethany,Kassidy and Kaylee to lead us,”said Strahley. “These ladies havebeen awesome during the pre-season. They all have a positive

attitude and it has definitelyinfluenced the entire team.”

Other returning letterwin-ners are juniors Kayli Barlow(libero/defensive specialist),Allix Cotterman (libero/defen-sive specialist), Gracie Taylor(middle hitter) and sophomoreKendall Cotterman (setter/out-side hitter).

Junior Bostyn Moots (set-ter/outside hitter) and sopho-more Shania Fruchey (outsidehitter) will also be key contribu-tors.

Making up the rest of thevarsity team are juniors HollyHarford (outside hitter)and LiliRoby (defensive specialist)along with freshman AllisonKinney (middle hitter).


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Members of the Indian Lake volleyball team are, from the left, front row: managers Addy Roby andNatalie Harford; middle row: Lillian Roby, Holly Harford, Shania Fruchey, Kayli Barlow, Allix Cottermanand Bethany Golliday; and back row: assistant coach Diane Mouser, head coach Jacque Strahley,Kaylee Shelton, Bostyn Moots, Gracie Taylor, Kassidy Crockett, Allison Kinney, Kendall Cotterman andassistant coach JoAnne Brademeyer.

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After a season of growingpains with young and inexperi-enced golfers, Riverside’s boysteam is looking to take a bigstep forward this fall.

“Last year, we were veryyoung and only one golfer hadvarsity experience,” said headcoach Andy Phelps. “This yearwe return five golfers, so ourexpectations are much higher.”

Returning to the varsity teamthis fall are juniors JohnZumberger and Zane Rose andsophomores Brody Rhoads, JaydenBurchett and Owen Holycross.

“We would like to win a fewmore matches, make a push tothe top of the league and have astrong sectional showing,” saidPhelps. “As always we are hop-ing to improve ever aspect ofthe game of golf. From our shortgame to getting off the tee, wewill always be working on get-ting better at our craft.”

Zumberger finished last yearstrong and earned NorthwestCentral Conference second-team honors. He will be a keypiece in carrying the Pirates toan improved season.

“I look to lean on all the guysthis year,” said Phelps. “All ofthem have the ability to have agood low score. John has beenour most consistent golfer in theearly part of the season, but willneed help from all the boys tolead this team.”

New to the team are sopho-more Chase Davidson andfreshmen Samuel Knight andDrew Jones.

“The boys like to golf, whichis always great to hear as acoach,” said Phelps. “The boysmesh very well together, willhelp each other or take eachother golfing to work on theirgame. They know how to pickeach other up when they have abad day, but at the same time,they cheer on their teammateswhen they do well.”


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Members of the Riverside boysgolf team are, from the left,front row: Brody Rhoads,Samuel Knight, Drew Jonesand Owen Holycross; andback row: John Zumberger,Jayden Burchett, Zane Rose,Chase Davidson and headcoach Andy Phelps.

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Riverside’s volleyball teamreturns its entire group fromlast season. That has resulted ina lot of optimism and higherexpectations for the upcomingseason.

“We plan to improve ourrecord from last season anddevelop our young team intoleague championship con-tenders over the next two sea-sons,” said head coach KerriMeade.

The Pirates went 9-15 lastseason and finished in a three-way tie for third place in theNorthwest Central Conferencewith a 5-3 mark. They alsoreached the finals of the sec-tional tournament.

With no seniors on this year’steam, Meade is looking to herjunior class to take charge. Thatgroup includes junior standoutsLauryn Sanford (setter), AllisonKnight (libero) and Sierra Snow(defensive specialist).

“Not having any seniors thisyear, I expect my juniors to reallystep into the leadership role,especially Allison and Lauryn,”said Meade. “With this beingtheir third full season on varsity,they are more used to the speedof the game and over the yearsthey have learned how importantleadership can be. I think they

will be strong leaders this year.”All three of those juniors

earned all-league honors lastfall. Sanford, who was also aDistrict 9 honorable mentionselection, was named to theNWCC second team. Knight andSnow were both NWCC specialmention selections.

Rounding out the starters aresophomore letterwinners JennaWoods (middle blocker/outsidehitter) and Alaina Heath (out-side hitter) and sophomoreSasha Stotler (middle blocker).

Also on the varsity team arejunior letterwinner HaileeHarshbarger (defensive special-ist) and junior Meghan Orr (out-side hitter).

“This team jells well togeth-er,” said Meade. “They arefriends off the court and havegreat character and work ethic.”

Elgin had a perfect run in theleague last season, winning withan 8-0 mark. Lehman Catholicwas runner-up at 7-1, whileRiverside tied with HardinNorthern and Rigemont forthird at 5-3.

“I think the NWCC is reallystrong this year,” said Meade.“Lehman Catholic and HardinNorthern are going to be theother top teams this year (alongwith Elgin).


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Members of the Riverside volleyball team are, from the left, front row: Alaina Heath, Sasha Stotler,Lauryn Sanford and Allison Knight; and back row: assistant coach Candice Woods, Meghan Orr, SierraSnow, Jenna Woods, Hailee Harshbarger and head coach Kerri Meade.

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Graduation took its toll onRiverside’s golf team. The pro-gram also had to find a newleader after former head coachAngel Allen stepped down dur-ing the off-season.

Taking over is Rod Yoder,who also serves as the school’sathletic director.

Three-time district qualifierDana Jones graduated, along witha few others, leaving Riversidewith some catching up to do.

“We have very little varsityexperience,” said Yoder. “Ourteam goal and focus this seasonis to improve every day we areon the golf course. The girlshave been working hard duringthe summer and early seasonand we are really happy with theprogress the team is making.”

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ners back from last year. Thatincludes senior Rachel Taylorand sophomores Mia Stallardand Malaina Jenkins.

“Our top returning golfer, basedon last year’s scores, is Rachel,” saidYoder. “She has shown great seniorleadership for our team. Rachelwas chosen as the most improvedon the team last season.”

Rounding out the team areseniors Dora Bryant and LaurenJohnson and sophomoreRozlynn Estep.

“We have a team that loves togolf and consequently work veryhard at improving,” said Yoder.“They are a great group of girlsto coach because they havegreat character and are true stu-dent-athletes. We expect to con-tinue to see great improvementthroughout the season.”


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Members of the Riverside girls golf team are, from the left, front row: Lauren Johnson, Dora Bryantand Rachel Taylor; and back row: head coach Rod Yoder, Mia Stallard, Malaina Jenkins, RozlynnEstep and assistant coach Jason Yoder.

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Triad’s boys cross countryteam has seen improvement sincelast season. Now the Cardinals areaiming to make history.

“There will be a noticeableimprovement from last season,”said head coach Tom Borawski.“Our main goal is to qualify forthe regional meet as a team. NoTriad cross country team hasmade it that far. With some hardwork it can be achieved.”

Leading the way is seniorstandout Eli O’Brien, whoplaced seventh in the 200-meterdash last spring for Triad’s trackand field team. O’Brien, alongwith senior Andrew O’Neal andjunior Zane Robison will anchorthe squad.

“Eli, Andrew and Zane havebeen great leaders so far,” saidBorawski. “Eli is coming off avery successful track season

wear he reached the podium atthe state meet. Eli is a sprinterwho loves to run cross country.

“He is our top returning let-terman. Andrew finished stronglast season and we have highhopes for him. With one yearexperience under his belt henow knows what to expect.”

Rounding out the team areTavin Yorgason, ClintonDriscoll, Joe Ferguson andAaron Roy.

“We have four runners thatshould score well for us,” saidBorawski. “We will focus onhelping those four improve.

“In the (Ohio HeritageConference) we finished sev-enth last season. We’re lookingto move up a few spots.”

Triad girls have just one run-ner this season with LillianJames.

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Members of the Triad boys cross country team are, from the left, front row: Zane Robison, Eli O'Brien, Andrew O'Nealand Tavin Yorgason; and back row: head coach Tom Borawski, Clinton Driscoll, Joe Ferguson and Aaron Ray.

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Members of the Triad volleyball team are, from the left, front row: Emma Dorn, Holly Alvoid, Gracie Sheets and Bailey Perry; and back row: head coach Brooke Welty, KelseyCole, Kendell Hughes, Jordyn Unger and Sidney Louck.

Triad’s volleyball team hasanother new leader this seasonwith the hiring of alum BrookeWelty. She replaces Dayna Ober,who coached the team for thelast two years.

“It’s always a bit of a challengewhen taking over a team,” saidWelty, a 1998 graduate of Triad.“These girls have had severalcoaches in the course of theircareers, so they’ve had someapprehension and uncertaintywith learning yet another coach.However, I’m already seeing thechange in energy, positivity andcommunication that I need.”

Welty has a big challenge onher hands after the Cardinals

went 2-20 last season and fin-ished winless in the OhioHeritage Conference.

“My goals and expectations forthe season are to become astronger, more unified team,” saidWelty. “We have an immenseamount of potential for a success-ful season if we can really embracethe family aspect of being a team.Of course, I want the girls to enjoyand have a memorable season,but I also want the competitiveedge and drive to win to reallyshine through.”

Seniors Kendell Hughes(middle hitter) and JordynUnger (setter/hitter) will anchorthe Cardinals on the court this

fall. Hughes earned second-team OHC honors last fall andUnger was an honorable men-tion all-league pick.

Other letterwinners back forTriad are seniors Gracie Sheets(middle hitter/libero) andSidney Louck (hitter) and juniorHolly Alvoid (setter).

“Most of these girls haveplayed together for severalyears,” said Welty. “I look to myseniors, collectively, to providethe leadership both on and offthe court.”

Completing the varsity teamare seniors Bailey Perry (setter)and Kelsey Coe (middle hitter)and junior Emma Dorn (hitter).

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Members of the Triad boys golf team are, from the left, front row: Matt Richards, Evan Culp, Payton Oyer, Travis Culp and Cole Pond; and back row: head coach JohnMillice, Tyler Gross, Jalen Nott, Maison Johnson, Ryan Gross, Devin Butz and assistant coach Patrick Johnson.

Led by some key returners,Triad’s boys golf team looks tobe on the upswing this fall.

“Our boys team will beimproved from last year,” saidhead coach John Millice. “Theteam should compete in mostgolf matches and are workingtoward the top tier of teams inthe Ohio Heritage Conference.With a wealth of experience, itwill be a great group tocoach.”

Powering the Cardinals willbe junior Cole Pond, who was adistrict qualifier and an honor-able mention OHC selection lastseason.

Junior Jalen Nott also earned

honorable mention all-leaguehonors a year ago and will belooked to as a leader of thesquad.

“Cole will be a leader on theteam,” said Millice. “He wasable to get to the district tourna-ment last year and we hope toget him back again this season.Jalen is looking to improve fromlast year.”

Triad has four other letter-winners returning to the coursethis fall. That group includessenior Payton Oyer and juniorsDevin Butz, Ryan Gross andMaison Johnson.

“Payton will be one of ourleaders on the team this year,”

said Johnson. “This is Devin’sthird year and he continues toimprove daily. Maison is alsoimproving his consistency onthe golf course.”

Filling out the boys rosterare senior Travis Culp, juniorMatt Richards, sophomoreEvan Culp and freshman TylerGross.

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Members of the Triad girls golf team are, from the left, front row:Hannah McManaway, Olivia Butz and Maddie Campbell; and backrow: head coach Patrick Johnson, Audra Millice, Joni Russell andassistant coach John Millice.

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Triad’s girls golf program hasadded to its roster for the 2019season. The Cardinals now haveseven members on this year’steam. That has raised expectationsfor head coach Patrick Johnson.

“Our girls team should beable to compete in every golfmatch we have this season,” saidhead coach Patrick Johnson.“When playing to our potential,this team can advance in tourna-ments and be at the top tier ofthe Ohio Heritage Conference.”

Triad graduated KyleighBoldman, who was a first-teamOHC selection last season, butreturn two talented golfers in sen-iors Olivia Butz and Anna Nott.

Butz was named second-team OHC last year and Nottwas an honorable mention pick.

“Olivia has continued toimprove from last year,” saidJohnson. “She will be one of ourconsistent leaders. Anna willalso be a leader and we look forher to improve from last year.”

The rest of the Cardinals arenew to the sport of golf. Thatgroup includes juniors MaddieCampbell, Hannah McManaway,Audra Millice and Joni Russelland freshman Abigail Murphy.

“This is a great group of girls,”said Johnson. “They are enjoyableto coach and they are improvingevery day on the course.”

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West Liberty-Salem’s boysgolf team has just four membersthis season, but all four areexperienced golfers and return-ing letterwinners.

Inheriting the group is first-year head coach Sean Stormes.He takes over for Jeremy Clarkwho led the team for one season.

“My goal is for every player toscore below 47 in every match,”said Stormes. “We have beenworking a great deal on our con-sistency and our putting.

“It is my goal that playerstwo-putt or better on every hole95-perecent of the time. I expectus to be near the top of the OhioHeritage Conference come tour-nament time.”

Senior brothers Patrick Harrand Kenny Harr are the topreturners after earning all-leaguehonors last season. Patrick wasan OHC second-team selectionand finished 18th in the leaguein points (163.5). Kenny earnedOHC honorable mention.

“Our team is made up of allupperclassmen this year,” saidStormes. “I have leaned onthem all year to be the teamleaders. All four of them take on

the leadership role at differenttimes. I appreciate this aspect ofmy team. I have a great group ofleaders.”

Completing the Tigers aresenior Tucker Ridenbaugh andjunior Garrett Payer, who areboth returning letterwinners.

“As a team, I have a verymature group who has played alot of golf in their lifetimes,”said Stormes. “They have been

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Members of the WL-Salem boys golf team are, from the left: head coach Sean Stormes, Patrick Harr, Kenny Harr and Garrett Payer. Not pictured: Tucker Ridenbaugh.

Tiger foursome improving on the golf course

West Liberty-Salem’s girlscross country team put togethera marquee postseason last fall.The Tigers won district andregional titles in Division III.That helped set up an excitingfinish at the state meet.

The Tigers tied for thirdplace, but were forced to takefourth on a sixth-runner tiebreaker. They were also just fivepoints out of second place.

“With six of our top sevenrunners returning, our expecta-tions are high for the upcomingseason,” said head coach Ann

Vogel. “This is one of the mostcommitted teams we’ve had interms of offseason training. If westay healthy and focused, I thinkwe’ll be in the thick of thingsagain for the postseason.”

Individually, sophomoreMegan Adams and juniorKatelyn Stapleton are back afterplacing at last year’s state meet.Adams delivered a strongeighth-place finish, whileStapleton placed 18th. Other keyreturners from state are seniorsGrace Adams and Lydia Moelland junior Madison Bahan.

“Megan and Katelyn hadsuch outstanding seasons lastyear, but I’m impressed withhow they’ve been working hardto improve and get even better.The two of them, along withGrace Adams and MadisonBahan have really set the tonefor the team with their workethic and energy.”

Other letterwinners back arejunior Maria Henderson andsophomore Mandilyn Weaver.Completing the team are seniorSavannah Weaver, sophomoreDani Smith and freshmen

Kenzie Bahan and MaggieDavis.

Several of WL-Salem’s crosscountry runners also have anextra boost of momentum afterhelping the girls track and fieldteam win a state championshipthis past spring.

Megan Adams, Grace Adams,Stapleton and Bahan were statechampions in the 3,200 relayand Megan Adams was staterunner-up in the 1,600. Vogelwas also named the Ohio U.S.Track and Field and CrossCountry Coaches Association

girls track and field Coach of theYear for her team’s efforts.

“Winning a state title in trackand field has no doubt been ashot of extra confidence for ourathletes,” said Vogel. “It has alsomade our athletes hold eachother even more accountable inall aspects of their training.

“It has allowed them to bemore present and not dwell inthe past or look too far into thefuture. It may sound simplistic,but our team is focused on whatthey can do to get better everyday. They’re unified and aboutas close as a team can be.”

WL-Salem has won five con-secutive Ohio HeritageConference championships.Vogel expects her team to beleading the league again this fall.

“We look to be on top of theOHC again,” said Vogel. “We arefocused on putting together astrong postseason finish, whichstarts at the league meet. If wetake care of our business theneverything else should take careof itself.”


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Members of the WL-Salem girls cross country team are, from the left, front row: Kenzie Bahan, Dani Smith, Maria Henderson, Katelyn Stapleton and Maggie Davis; and backrow: manager Lili Davis, Mandilyn Weaver, Savannah Weaver, Grace Adams, Lydia Moell, Megan Adams, Madison Bahan and head coach Ann Vogel.

Big Orange girls poised for another state run

A talent rich roster has WestLiberty-Salem’s boys crosscountry team anxious to hit thecourse this fall.

The Tigers placed third at theregional meet and took 13th atthe Division III state meet lastseason. With nearly everyonereturning head coach MikeLouden is ready to see how wellhis team can improve from ayear ago.

“Expectations are extremelyhigh and for good reason,” saidLouden. “The senior leadershipand experience this summer hasbeen a huge benefit for the pro-gram. Couple the senior leader-ship with our extremely talentedunderclassmen, the healthycompetition from within, andthe recipe for success is there.

“On paper, this is the most tal-ented and deepest roster that I’vehad in my 14 years. I’ve had theprivilege of coaching many stateindividual qualifiers and teams,but this group has all the attrib-utes that are needed to do some-thing truly special this year.”

The Tigers return six of theirtop seven runners from lastyear’s team that qualified to theDivision III state meet, placedthird at regional, won a districtand an Ohio HeritageConference championship.However, WL-Salem faces a newlandscape in the postseason asit moves up to Division II.

“It definitely changes thingsup (for the postseason), but wecan’t wonder or think about whatcould’ve been had we remainedin Division III,” said Louden.“Instead, we’ve embraced beingin Division II and have set ourgoals accordingly with what willface. We remain optimistic thatwe can compete with anyone inthe state.”

Leading the Big Orange run-ners is sophomore standoutDylan Lauck, who placed 17that the state meet last season. Heis also the first freshman to everplace at the state meet in the 5kera, according to Louden.

“Expectations for Dylan this

season are naturally high com-ing off of such an historic sea-son last year,” said Louden.“Dylan has improved his disci-pline and maturity as a runnerand continues to run with greatconfidence. We expect Dylan tocompete for the top spot eachweek. He has a special gift andability and I’m grateful he’s apart of our program.”

Key runners back from lastyear’s state squad are seniorsNoah Smith and Cade Clerico,junior Hayden Kennedy andsophomore Tate Yoder.

Those five runners, alongwith senior Gavin Harrison andMechanicsburg transfer JoshSpinner, are expected to battlefor the top seven spots this fall.Spinner finished 33rd at region-al last season.

Other letterwinners back forthe Tigers are junior IanMaurice and sophomoresAyden Estep, Hayden Miller andAdam LaRoche. Rounding outthe team are freshmen OwenHarrison, Michael Jones andAndrew Kimball.

Before the postseason canbegin, Louden knows defendingtheir OHC championship willnot be easy this season.

“The OHC will be extremelychallenging this year,” said

Louden. “Similar to the past twoseasons, Greenon andCedarville will both be solid.Both teams return a lot of veter-ans and experience. The OHC iseasily one of the best confer-

ences in the state on the guys’side. Cedarville returns theirentire team that finished 14th atstate last year. Greenon returnstheir entire team that finishedfifth at regionals last year.”


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Members of the WL-Salem boys cross country team are, from the left, front row: Michael Jones, AydenEstep, Andrew Kimball, Ian Maurice, Noah Smith, Dylan Lauck and Cade Clerico; and back row: OwenHarrison, Tate Yoder, Adam LaRoche, Gavin Harrison, Hayden Kennedy, Josh Spinner, Hayden Millerand head coach Mike Louden.

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It has been a highly success-ful stretch over the past fewyears for West Liberty-Salem’sgirls soccer program. The Tigershave won a handful of OhioHeritage Conference champi-onships and made several deepruns into the postseason tour-nament.

“Every year our goals remainsthe same,” said head coachAndy Cotrell. “We want to winthe OHC and a district title.”

WL-Salem finished 14-4-1overall last fall and won the

OHC North division with an 8-0-1 record. They also reachedthe district title game.

However, the Tigers didgraduate the program’s bestplayer in Gabby Hollar, who fin-ished her career with 99 goalsand was the Division III stateplayer of the year last season.

“We need to play more as aunit,” said Cotrell. “A lot oftimes last year we got caughtwatching Gabby play, and right-fully so, because she is fun towatch. We have a lot of kids who

have been role players to stepup as a team and work togetherto make up for her absence.”

WL-Salem does return itssecond leading scorer withsophomore Emily Hollar (for-ward), who was an OHC first-team selection that scored 15goals with nine assists.

Juniors Grace Estes (forward)and Sophie Cole (midfielder)are back after earning OHC sec-ond-team honors. Five otherletterwinners also return withseniors Rachel Davis (forward),

Rylie Brown (midfielder), JuliaAames (defender), CaidrynWade (defender) and sopho-more Hallie Smith (defender).

“Every season my seniors aremy leaders,” said Cotrell. “Thisgroup of girls has taken this taskhead on and made the most of itso far, which makes a coach’slife a lot easier.”

Rounding out the startingsquad are sophomore MarennaCox (defender) and freshmenKayla Cole (forward) andDelaney Wade (goal keeper).

“We have a lot of kids wholike to compete,” said Cotrell. “Iam so impressed by the com-petitive nature they bring toevery practice.”

The rest of the team consistsof seniors Victoria Wilson, MeganDillon, junior Trinity Perkins,sophomores Audrey McGill,Amanda Domachowski, AshleyGood and freshmen BrittanyNeer and Tina Douthwaite.

Cotrell expects his squad tobe battle tested for the postsea-son after competing in a highlycompetitive league schedule.

“The OHC is very strong thisyear,” said Cotrell. “I believe it isthe best small school league inthe state of Ohio for girls soccer.Our goal is to win the league.

“From top to bottom, italways gets us ready for thepostseason. The usual suspectsare strong including SpringfieldCatholic Central, Greeneview,Fairbanks and Greenon.Mechanicsburg is also comingon this season.”


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Members of the WL-Salem girls soccer team are, from the left, front row: Victoria Wilson, Rachel Davis, Julia Ames, Megan Dillon, Caidryn Wade and Rylie Brown; middlerow: assistant coach Kim Hollar, Tina Douthwaite, Ashley Good, Marenna Cox, Hallie Smith, Amanda Domachowski, Audrey McGill, Brittany Neer and head coach AndyCotrell; and back row: Kayla Cole, Trinity Perkins, Delaney Wade, Sophie Cole, Grace Estes and Emily Hollar.

Lady Tigers want to maintain recent success

With plenty of offensive anddefensive weapons back, WestLiberty-Salem’s boys soccerteam is ready to flex its experi-ence on the field this fall. TheTigers finished 13-3-1 overall lastseason and were Ohio HeritageConference runners-up at 5-1-1.

“I expect we will be competi-tive in every game we play withthe chance to win,” said headcoach Tim Wolfe. “I expect wewill improve as the season pro-gresses. I expect our players willbe versatile in that each shouldbe able to play at least two dif-ferent positions on the field.

“Our season goals are alwaysthat each player improves individ-ually as the season progresses,each player enjoys himself whileplaying soccer and that we con-tend for the OHC title. We will con-tinue to build depth and hope toremain healthy as injuries canheavily impact a season’s success.”

Spearheading the Tigers on thefield this season is senior Ian Wolfe(forward/midfielder), who earnedsecond-team all-Ohio honors lastfall. He was also named the OhioHeritage Conference player of theyear. He led the league in scoringwith 26 goals and seven assists.

Seniors Ethan Cole (mid-fielder) and Gavin Harrison(defender) both were OHC first-team selections. Cole was thirdin the OHC in offensive points,scoring 12 goals and 15 assists.Fellow seniors Levi Chapman(defender), Caleb Siegenthaler(midfielder) and Jack Eggleston(midfielder) all are expected tobe major contributors this fall.

“I will look to all six seniors tobe leaders,” said Wolfe. “All sixwill be important to our success.The current senior class is in themidst of the best three-year runfor our program having won 40matches so far. They have thechance to be the winningest

senior class ever by winning atleast 10 games this season.

“We have an experiencedjunior class with eight totalplayers, six of whom are in theirthird year in the program. Ourfour sophomores will play sig-nificant minutes too.”

The Tigers have several otherletterwinners coming back thisseason. That group includes jun-iors Lance Baldwin (midfielder),Luke Hudson (defender), MasonPowell (forward/midfielder) RyanMotzko (midfielder) and sopho-mores Owen Johnson (midfielder),Isaac Brown (defender) and LoganSaylor (goal keeper/defender).

“As a group, the players areintelligent and hardworking,” saidWolfe. “They are coachable andare good teammates to eachother. They are fun to be aroundand enjoy playing together. Manyof them are versatile and play atleast two positions. This versatilityis important as our team numbersare a little low this season at 20.”

Making up the rest of theteam are juniors Logan Campbell(goal keeper/defender), NoahCline (defender), Drew Hardwick(midfielder), Gavin Woodruff(defender), sophomore IsaacReames (midfielder) and fresh-men Logan Phillips (defender)and D.J. Yoder (midfielder).

Greenon won the OHC cham-pionship with a 6-1 mark. After asecond-place finish last year,Wolfe expects his team to be inthe thick of the league race.

“The OHC will again be verycompetitive,” said Wolfe. “Greenonand Fairbanks will be the strongest.Greeneview and SCC are formerstate champions and have a proudhistory. We will contend for theleague title. Greenon and Fairbankshave very strong returning playersthat play club soccer. This extraplay against top level competitionmakes them very good.”


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Members of the WL-Salem boys soccer team are, from the left, front row: D.J. Yoder, Ryan Motzko,Logan Phillips, Noah Cline, Lance Baldwin and Gavin Woodruff; middle row: head coach Tim Wolfe,Levi Chapman, Mason Powell, Ethan Cole, Drew Hardwick, Owen Johnson, Ian Wolfe, CalebSiegenthaler and assistant coach Michael Yoder; and back row: Isaac Brown, Luke Hudson, LoganSaylor, Jack Eggleseton, Logan Campbell and Gavin Harrison. Not pictured: Isaac Reames.

Wolfe expectsanother strongsoccer campaign

West Liberty-Salem’s volley-ball team lost a chunk of itsstarting team from last season,but the Tigers have plenty ofeager players to take over.

After a 17-8 campaign thatsaw the Tigers go all the way tothe district semifinals, headcoach Annie Kauffman is expect-ing her new players to gain expe-rience and help achieve the goalsthe program has always set.

“Our goal has always been todevelop players and gain experi-ence,” said head coach AnnieKauffman. “We want to be com-petitive in the OHC and put our-selves in a good position cometournament time. We are work-ing on a ‘We Over Me’ mentalitythis preseason. We are youngwith a lot to learn.”

The Tigers lost four startersto graduation, but will besparked by standout senior AlexBurton (middle hitter). She ledthe team in kills with 391 andhad 316 digs. Burton earnedDistrict 9 and OHC first-teamhonors

“Alex will be relied up to leadthe team,” said Kauffman. “Shewill be relied on heavily to carrythe offense. She has reallyimproved her backrow gameand her defense. She played fora highly competitive club teamthis winter and that hard workwill pay off for her this season.”

Also a bright spot on theteam is sophomore GabbyWilliams (setter), who receivedOHC honorable mention lastseason. Other letterwinnersback are senior Sydnee Payer(outside hitter) and juniorSelena Weaver (middle hitter).

“Sydnee is a four-year varsity

player,” said Kauffman. “Selenahas been injured in preseason,but we hope to have her backblocking for us. Gabby is run-ning our offense and is our set-ter. She is working really wellwith the hitters. She is scrappyon defense and that will benefitus.”

Making up the rest of thevarsity team are juniors JaelenMeeker (defensive specialist),Kaleigh Wilcox (defensive spe-cialist), Emily Bolton (defensivespecialist) and sophomoresMichele Smith (outside hitter),Aleah Reed (setter) and AllyGaver (defensive specialist).

“I really like the work ethic ofthese girls,” said Kauffman.“They can identify our weak-nesses and they are willing toput in the work to improve. Welack varsity experience, but Ican guarantee you we are work-ing hard every day at practice.We have been competitive inour summer tournaments andin preseason. We are currentlyworking on being mentallytough.”

Fairbanks has won the OHCNorth division the past two sea-sons. The Panthers were perfect

last year at 16-0 in the league.WL-Salem finished runner-upwith a respectable 12-4 mark.

“The OHC is very competi-tive,” said Kauffman. “Fairbanksand Springfield Catholic Centralalways have good teams.Mechanicsburg is a rival of oursand we always get pretty excitedfor that match. Even with ouryouth, we always hope to be atthe top. We have finished behindFairbanks the last two years.”


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Members of the WL-Salem volleyball team are, from the left, front row: Jaelen Meeker, Kaleigh Wilcox,Aleah Reed, Gaby Williams and Emily Bolton; middle row: assistant coach Courtney Dunham, NaomiMcGill, Olivia Muirhead, Michele Smith, Ally Gaver and assistant coach Courtney Brown; and backrow: head coach Annie Kauffman, Alex Burton, Sydnee Payer, Selena Weaver, Madison Hutton, AllieGault and assistant coach Erin Mazza.

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Members of the Bellefontaine varsity volleyball team are, from the left, front row: Ari Núñez, Maddi Jackson, Sarah Starkey, Lily Palmer and Brielle Shultz; and back row:assistant coach Ric Prine, Katie Pool, Mullaney Yoder, Olivia Ullom, Hannah Rader, Caitlin Hutchins and head coach Bri Frazier.

Bri Frazier has her work cutour for her as she takes over theBellefontaine volleyball teamthis fall.

Frazier, a former standout atBenjamin Logan, hopes to ener-gize a Chieftain program thathas won just three matches intwo years.

“It has been a great transi-tion,” said Frazier. “With thehelp of previous coaches and thestaff at Bellefontaine, they allhave made it very easy for me.”

Frazier said her players havebeen working on the fundamen-tals in an effort to see betterresults on the court.

“We need to work on thesmall things in the game of vol-leyball,” she said. “Moving ourfeet to the ball and finishing

those long rallies will give us themomentum we need to wingames.”

The Chiefs will build arounda group of six returning letter-winners: seniors MullaneyYoder (middle/outside hitter),Hannah Rader (middle/outsidehitter) and Maddi Jackson(libero/defensive specialist),juniors Ari Nunez (libero/defen-sive specialist) and CaitlinHutchins (outside hitter) andsophomore Katie Pool(setter/outside hitter).

“I am looking at my threeseniors, Laney, Hannah andMaddi, for leadership and tolead the team in their skills,”said Frazier.

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Frazier takesover Chieftainvolleyball team

Bellefontaine’s boys soccerteam won its first CentralBuckeye Conference champi-onship last season, went 12-6-2and earned a berth in theDivision II district championshipgame. Despite losing a lot of tal-ented players from that squad,the 2019 Chiefs are poised to turnin a similar campaign this fall.

“We have three players backthat were all-CBC players lastseason,” said head coach SteveHenry. “We have quite a bit ofskill on this team. These guysare up to the challenge to matchwhat the team did last year.”

Bellefontaine graduated 10seniors, including all-time lead-ing goal scorer Daunte George.

However, the cupboard is farfrom bare. The Chiefs return

seven returning letterwinners.Seniors Jacob Shell (forward)

and Nate Hecker (midfielder)were first-team all-CBC pickslast year, while senior JacksonStrzalka (defender) and juniorRyan Johnson (goalkeeper) weresecond-team selections.

Also returning to the varsityteam are seniors Preston Henry(defender), Nathaniel Schmid(midfielder) and junior IsaiahHenry.

Henry also is looking for con-tributions from a group of new-comers that includes seniorsMatthew Childs (midfielder)and Christian Keene (defender),juniors Kobe Brown (defender),Ryan Carman (midfielder),Donovan George (defender),Cam Kline (defender) and

Quinten Neer (midfielder),sophomores Beau Salyer (mid-fielder) and Keaton Stachler(midfielder) and freshmanDakota Shell (forward).

Replacing the 18 goalsGeorge scored last year will notbe an easy task, but Henrybelieves his team has the talentas a whole to fill that void.

“It is going to be more bycommittee as far as our goalscoring,” said Henry. “We havesome dangerous attackers. It isgoing to take three or four guysthat are going to have to sharethe load after losing Daunte.”

Good team chemistry andversatility look to be strengthsfor the Chiefs this fall.

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Members of the Bellefontaine varsity boys soccer team are, from the left, front row: Kobe Brown, Keaton Stachler, Ryan Johnson, Dakota Shell and Beau Salyer; middle row:Jacob Shell, Kane Adkins, Isaiah Henry, Quinten Neer, Ryan Carman and Matthew Childs; and back row: head coach Steve Henry, Nate Hecker, Cam Kline, DonovanGeorge, Preston Henry, Jackson Strzalka, Christian Keene, Nathaniel Schmid and assistant coach Jeff Turner.

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Members of the Bellefontaine varsity girls soccer team are, from the left, front row: Angelica Edu, Karma Williams, Alanee Yaeger, Avani Abhyankar and Kayla Plummer; mid-dle row: Marlo Hyden, Amy Lonsway, Erin Jackson, Lindsey Heminger, Morgan Henry and Carmen Shumaker; and back row: head coach Kate Smith, Caitlyn Shumaker,Lizzy Foreman, Daja Wilson, Chelsea Burkhammer, Whitney Clayton, Meredith McClain, Bri Burkhammer and assistant coach Aaron Shumaker.

Bellefontaine’s girls soccerteam finished with a respectable8-8-1 record last season, butsecond-year head coach KateSmith believes her team is capa-ble of doing more this year.

“We would like to have awinning season,” said Smith.“We were .500 last year and Iwould like to see us go abovethat this year. We were up anddown last season and I want usto be more consistent.”

Given the resources theChiefs have in their arsenal,achieving a winning recordlooks like a very realistic goal.

Bellefontaine returns twofirst-team all-Central BuckeyeConference players in seniordefender Daja Wilson and senior

midfielder Caitlyn Shumaker.Shumaker was the team’s top

goal scorer last year, whileWilson will again anchor thedefense.

Senior Angelica Edu, a sec-ond-team all-league performera year ago, returns to help thedefensive efforts.

The Chiefs will be bolstered by12 other returning letterwinners.That group includes seniors BriBurkhammer (forward), ChelseaBurkhammer (midfielder), AmyLonsway (midfielder/goalkeeper),Marlo Hyden (defender), KarmaWilliams (midfielder) and AlaneeYaeger (midfielder), juniors LindseyHeminger (defender), Erin Jackson(defender), Meredith McClain (for-ward) and Kayla Plummer (defend-

er) and sophomores AvaniAbhyankar (forward) and CarmenShumaker (midfielder).

“We have a lot of returningplayers and that has translatedinto good team chemistry,” saidSmith. “The girls are also veryfocused this year. With me beingnew last year it was a little bit ofan adjustment process for every-one. I feel like everyone is morecomfortable and focused now.”

Rounding out the team areseniors Whitney Clayton (for-ward) and Angela Lewis (defend-er), sophomores Lizzy Foreman(defender) and Emma Middaugh(midfielder) and freshmanMorgan Henry (defender).

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A very young and inexperi-enced Bellefontaine girls tennisteam mustered just three wins ayear ago. But with a year of experi-ence under their belts, head coachJim Stein believes his squad canmake a big leap this fall.

The Chiefs lost just one play-er from their varsity lineup ayear ago.

“It was a team last year that Iwas really pleased with theirimprovement from the start ofthe season until the end,” saidStein. “They came a long way.Hopefully, they can build onthat. If we can make the type ofimprovement we did last year

we will be in good shape.”Sophomore Courtney Sims

returns to the first singles spotfor the Chiefs, with juniorSamantha Starkey at secondsingles.

Senior Na Lin will likely seetime at third singles as well assome doubles action.

Also returning to the varsityteam, and expected to fill thetwo doubles groups, are sopho-more Mia Neer, juniors MengWang and Gracie Middaugh andsenior Taryn Mullins.

Rounding out the squad arefreshmen Leanna Brown andMadison Williams.

One area the Chiefs arefocusing on getting better at thisseason is closing out matches.

“We have to take that nextstep,” said Stein. “It’s importantthat we close out matchesstronger this year.”

Stein expects the CentralBuckeye Conference scheduleto be challenging this fall as alot of strong players return.

“Kenton Ridge and JonathanAlder were the co-championslast year and they have a goodamount back,” said Stein.“Northwestern picked up a pret-ty good freshman, so they willbe right in there again, too.”


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Members of the Bellefontaine girls tennis team are, from the left, front row: Courtney Sims, MengWang, Na Lin, Mia Neer and Madison Williams; and back row: head coach Jim Stein, SamanthaStarkey, Taryn Mullins, Leanna Brown and Gracie Middaugh.

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Members of the Bellefontaine boys golf team are, from the left: Riley Wilcoxon, Joseph Boop, Aidan Mifsud, Jared Salyer, head coach Jason Steider, Brady Burden, SimonStolly and Liam Harris.

Bellefontaine’s boys golfteam will battle some youth andinexperience this fall, but theChiefs have a pair of standoutsto carry the reigns this fall.

Senior Riley Wilcoxon was afirst-team all-Central BuckeyeConference performer a yearago, while sophomore LiamHarris earned second-teamall-league honors as a fresh-man.

“We have a couple of reallygood players that can scorewell in our first and secondspots,” said head coach JasonSteider. “Riley Wilcoxon andLiam Harris will lead the wayfor us in terms of scoring.They are also really hardworkers and are leading theteam as far as how much prac-tice it takes to become a toplevel player and team. Having

a couple good scores youknow you can count on isalways big.

“Then, we have a few playerswho are capable of shootingsome good numbers, too. Sowe’re looking to have somegood scores to choose from inthose three and four spots. All ofthe players have great attitudeswhich goes a long way towardshelping them shoot their bestscores.”

Filling out the other varsityspots are senior Brady Burden,junior Jared Salyer and fresh-men Joseph Boop and AidanMifsud.

Steider hopes his team canprogress in time to make noisein the CBC Kenton Trail divisionrace.

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After finishing secondbehind Springfield Shawnee inthe Central Buckeye ConferenceKenton Trail division last year,Bellefontaine’s girls golf team ishoping to move into the topspot this fall.

“Our goals are to make it tothe (Division I) district tourna-ment and win the CBC,” saidBellefontaine head coach DarinVermillion.

Leading the way forBellefontaine is senior standoutSamantha McLaughlin, who wasthe CBC Kenton Trail golfer ofthe year last year.

“Tecumseh and Shawneehave strong players back, butit’s nice having the player of theyear back in SamanthaMcLaughlin,” said Vermillion.

Joining McLaughlin in theChieftain lineup will be seniorMegan Beaverson, juniorsMadison Taylor and AnastasiaHiatt, sophomore Morgan

Burden and freshman KaylaWatkins.

“Experience is a strengthfor us, even with the under-classmen,” said Vermillion.“These girls have played a lotof golf.

“Our seniors Samantha andMegan and junior MadisonTaylor have shown good leader-ship,” said Vermillion.“Freshman Kayla Watkins is off

to a really good start and we arelooking for Anastasia Hiatt andMorgan Burden to be in the mixas they are both showing bigimprovement.”

In order to accomplish theirgoal of winning a league title,the Chiefs are focusing on twoareas of their game.

“We have to stay focused andwork on our chipping and put-ting,” said Vermillion.


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Members of the Bellefontaine girls golf team are, from the left: Megan Beaverson, Kayla Watkins, Madison Taylor, head coach Darin Vermillion, assistant coach Brady Hiatt,Samantha McLaughlin, Morgan Burden and Anastasia Hiatt.

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Members of the Bellefontaine girls cross country team are, from the left, front row: Morgan Johns, Montanna Buck and Sophie Adelsberger; and back row: Cheyenne Shade,Brooke McClellan, Nisha Patel and head coach Bob Core. Not pictured is Aubrey Daniels.

Brooke McClellan is lookingto cap a stellar cross countrycareer for Bellefontaine by tak-ing the next step this fall.

McClellan was a first-teamall-Central BuckeyeConference runner last yearand qualified to the regionalmeet. The goal for her seniorseason is to get to the big stageof the state meet.

“For Brooke, I would like tosee her get back into the 19-minute range,” said first-yearBHS head coach Bob Core. “Sheran in those times earlier in hercareer and I think she can getback there. That would give herthe opportunity to get to state.”

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the CBC Kenton Trail divisionmeet last season and was 26th atthe regional race. She will carrythe load for a Chieftain teamsmall on numbers and experi-ence.

“We only have seven run-ners, but the girls are all verydedicated and I think they havea shot to make some noise,”said Core.

In addition to McClellan, theChiefs have two other returningletterwinners in seniorsCheyenne Shade and Nisha Patel.

Core is also looking forstrong contributions from fresh-men Morgan Johns, MontannaBuck, Sophie Adelsberger andAubrey Hudson.

“I would like to see everygirl improve their timesthroughout the season and forthe freshman runners to gainsome confidence,” said Core.“I would also love to get out ofdistricts.”

While this is Core’s first yearas head coach of the high schoolteam, he spent many years inthe junior high program. Hebelieves that will help smoothout the transition process thisfall.

“The girls have been great,”he said. “I coached at the juniorhigh level for 13 years, so I knowmost of these girls. We have agood connection. The girls havebeen fantastic with me.”

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The 2019 version of theBellefontaine boys cross coun-try team is poised to add itsstamp to the program’s rich his-tory.

“I feel like we are sculptingthe culture that existed from1989 through 2002 when wewon five regional champi-onships,” said longtime headcoach Ben Davis. “The workethic has been sparked by sen-iors Nate Murphy and GarrettJenkins and the others havejumped aboard, too.”

The Chiefs had a solid show-ing last season, finishing third ina very competitive CentralBuckeye Conference Kenton

Trail division. However, fueledby a deep and talented return-ing nucleus of runners, theexpectations are higher this fall.

“We want to qualify to theDivision I regional and upsetJonathan Alder in the league,”said Davis. “Jonathan Alder is atop 10 team in the state and wewould like to be able to beatthem. We would also like to beatSpringfield Shawnee for the firsttime in a while.”

Murphy and Jenkins are twoof five returning runners thatearned second-team all-CBChonors a year ago. Also in thatgroup are junior Evan Kauffmanand sophomores Connor

Skidmore and Patrick Donnelly.Also pushing for spots in the

varsity lineup are junior JustinCarper, sophomore GannonPurcell and freshman GavinWilson.

The rest of the squad con-sists of seniors Kyle Carper, JoeEckhoff, Josh Eckhoff andBrandon Basilio, juniors NateHardy, Ehtan Morales, LevonHoward, Micah Woolf, sopho-more Jacob Engroff-Meyer andfreshmen Neal Kauffman,Carter Snapp, Ethan Murphy,Jaxon Sopher, Declan Shannon,Marcel Collins and IanChristen.

Not only does Davis like the

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“Our depth is a strength,” hesaid. “We have nine deep and

also have some new faces thatcan make some noise as well.We have a nice group of fresh-men. Overall, it’s a fun group ofguys to work with.”


Members of the Bellefontaine boys cross country team are, from the left, front row: Neil Kauffman, Gannon Purcell, Nate Hardy, Nate Murphy, Jacob Engroff-Meyer, EvanKauffman and Gavin Wilson; middle row: Carter Snapp, Micah Woolf, Connor Skidmore, Levon Howard, Patrick Donnelly, Justin Carper, Ethan Morales and Kyle Carper; andback row: head coach Ben Davis, Jaxon Sopher, Declan Shannon, Ethan Murphy, Joe Eckhoff, Garrett Jenkins, Josh Eckhoff and assistant coach Galen Miller.

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“Each one of them brings aspecial asset to our team and itis what fuels everyone to dotheir best. All three seniors sofar have led in their leadershipalready and will continuethrough our season.”

Also looking to contribute tothe varsity squad will be juniorSarah Starkey (outside hitter),sophomore Brielle Shultz (out-side hitter) and freshmenJordan Butler (setter), JuliaNelson (outside hitter), OliviaUllom (middle hitter) and LilyPalmer (setter).

Frazier’s first impression ofher new team is that chemistryshould be a strong point.

“The team as a whole getsalong very well,” she said. “Ithink that is a great strength tohave because that lessens thedrama overall throughout theteam.”


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“A lot of these guys havebeen together since they werenine-years-old,” said Henry.“They get along well and theywork well together.

“This is also a very versatilegroup. We have several guys

that can play anywhere on thefield. That gives us a lot ofoptions.”

While the Chiefs are thedefending CBC Kenton Trailchampions, Henry expects a bigchallenge from the rest of theleague as they attempt to repeat.

“With what we lost, I don’t

think we are the favorites thisyear, but that is nice becausethere isn’t quite the pressurelike there was last season,” saidHenry. “Tecumseh and KentonRidge will be really tough, andNorthwestern on the other sidemight have the best team in theentire league.”

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“We would like to compete inthe Kenton Trail division,” saidhead coach Jason Steider. “Wehave some players who are pret-ty new to golf and they’reimproving their scores a lot hereat the beginning of the season.We’d like to have a few players

on the first- and second-teamall-conference awards at theend of the CBC season.”

After strong showings in theCBC preseason tournament,Jonathan Alder and KentonRidge appear to be the Chiefs’main competition in the KTdivision.

“Jonathan Alder won the pre-

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Smith said her team’s off-season work should result in abig payoff on the field this fall.

“The girls really hit theweight room hard,” she said.“They were in there all summer

and I think that will make a bigdifference. Our seniors did agood job setting an example forthe rest of the team by showingup every day.”

While the defense was solidfor the Chiefs for much of theseason a year ago, there is a focus

this year on scoring more goals.Bellefontaine averaged just twogoals per game last season.

“I would like to see us hit theback of the net more,” saidSmith. “We are focusing a littlemore on scoring goals. We havethe ability, we just have to do it.”

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With a 12-9 record, the 2018season was the most successfulin many years for theRidgemont volleyball program.Despite losing some talentedplayers from that group, there isa high level of confidence foranother successful campaignthis fall.

“We had a lot of good winslast year,” said head coachDarcy Ruppright. “The girls areeager to take it to the next level.

“We lost a big group of sen-iors, but we have several upper-classmen that have quite a bit ofexperience with me. They knowwhat to expect.”

This year’s squad will lean ona group of four returning letter-winners: seniors Jennifer Jordan(middle hitter), Mekenzie Jolliff(setter) and Nadia Martino (set-ter/hitter) and junior NikkiFreshcorn (middle hitter).

“Jennifer Jordan andMekenzie Jolliff have reallystepped up and worked hard atgetting their timing down,” saidRuppright. “I am expecting a lotfrom them.”

Also competing for spots inthe starting lineup for theGophers are seniors JennaWhitaker (outside hitter),MaKynna Parthemore (outside

hitter), Madisen Jolliff (defen-sive specialist), Brooke Dilbone(defensive specialist) andRebecca Bash (outside hitter)and sophomores AmandaHowland (middle hitter), EmmaSmith (defensive specialist) andCallie Cromer (setter/hitter).

Early on, Ruppright has beenimpressed with the team’s serv-ing.

“I really think serving isgoing to be a strength for us thisseason,” she said. “Several girlshave worked on their jumpserve and I think that is going tobe a big benefit. Our communi-cation between our hitters andsetters has been good, too.”

The Gophers were 5-3 in theNorthwest Central Conferencea year ago. They hope to have

similar success this fall, butRuppright expects a lot ofstrong competition across theleague.

“I think a lot of us are goingto be battling for that top spot,”said the Ridgemont head coach.“Riverside has some good talentback and Lehman is alwayssolid. Elgin lost a lot, but theyare always a competitive team.”


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Members of the Ridgemont varsity volleyball team are, from the left, front row: Rebecca Bash, Mekenzie Jolliff, Jennifer Jordan, Nadia Martino and Jenna Whitaker; middlerow: Callie Cromer, Brooke Dilbone, Kynna Parthemore, Madisen Jolliff, Emma Smith and manager Cylee Streets; and back row: assistant coach Malana Huffman, NikkiFreshcorn, head coach Darcy Ruppright, Amanda Howland and assistant coach Toni McKee.

Ridgemont wants to build on 2018 success

Ridgemont’s golf team is rely-ing on its three returning letter-winners to lead an otherwiseinexperienced squad this fall.

“Our goals for this year are tobe competitive in our matchesand for each golfer to improvetheir score from the first matchto last match,” said head coach

Greg Johnson. “I would like tosee their scores go down by 10or more strokes by the end ofthe season.”

Returning to the varsity teamthis fall for the Gophers are sen-ior Gage Furer and juniorsCollin Wallace and HannahShoffner.

“Gage, Collin and Hannahhave the ability to play well andbe competitive in all theirmatches,” said Johnson. “With acouple of years’ experience ingolf I expect them to step uptheir game and improvethroughout the season as well asshow some leadership in help-

ing the new golfers to improve. Ihave already witnessed thesegolfers helping the new golferssince the season has started andI know this will continue.”

Sophomore Bradley Brown isalso expected to be a key con-tributor after getting some expe-rience as a freshman last year.

“I want to see Bradley stepup his game, and with a year ofexperience under his belt Ibelieve he will improve hisgame because he now has a bet-ter understanding of the gameand can now focus on his skillimprovement.”

Newcomers to the team thisseason are junior Sarah Bash,sophomore Dylan Jenkins andfreshmen Thomas Colby andMcKayla Grauel.

With half of the team new tothe sport, the Gophers are tryingto grow in every area.

“We are looking to improvein all areas of the game,” saidJohnson. “Our focus will be onhitting straight and not worry-ing about hitting for distance.The distance will come laterafter they have developed theirswing technique.”


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Members of the Ridgemont golf team are, from the left, front row: Dylan Jenkins, Bradley Brown, Gage Furer, manager Hayden Shoffner and Thomas Colby; and back row:head coach Greg Johnson, Mckayla Grauel, Hannah Shoffner, Collin Wallace, manager Cameron Butler and Sarah Bash.

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Although three of its fivegolfers return from last season,Calvary Christian’s golf squad isstill a work in progress.

“Our main goal is to knock asmany strokes as possible off ourscores by the end of the sea-son,” said head coach MarkCarter. “Their determination toimprove has been good. Theyhave already made greatprogress.”

Returning to the squad aresenior Gabe Lecrone, juniorIsaac Dillon and sophomoreNoah Lecrone.

“Noah is a good example ofthe improvement that can bemade through the course of aseason,” said Carter. “Last yearhe cut 20 shots off his score

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“With Patrick and Thomas,

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Calvary Christian’s soccerteam has a new coach this fall,but the goals remain the same.

“Our first and foremost teamgoal is to be the light of Christon the field and off the field intothe community,” said first-yearleader Chris LaBelle. “Secondly,we want to return to the statefinal to attempt to win ourfourth straight state champi-onship. Thirdly, we want to seethe development of each soccerplayer as an individual and as ateam.”

Making up this year’s teamare Caleb King, KarliePenhorwood, Grace King,Mataya Penhorwood, Hailey

Howard, Chloe Prall, AdelineFearon, Anna Kratz, AmberWenger, Isaac Wilson, MaxVarner, Isaac Reinhard, GarrettReinhard, Josh Harmison,Thomas Rorrer, Joe Harmison,Dylan Jordan and GabeSalmonowicz.

“We have a great core of kidsreturning from last year’s teamwhich allows us to start withteam chemistry from day one,”said LaBelle. “Each of our play-ers have a great attitude towardthe game of soccer and areextremely coachable whichopens the avenue for individualand team growth.”

Helping the new coach along

will be his son Alan.“I am blessed to have my

son Alan coaching alongsideme this year,” said ChrisLaBelle. “Alan has been theassistant coach for the pastcouple of years with the varsityteam after graduating from the

Calvary soccer program, creat-ing a trust and respect fromthe players. I have coachedmost of these players in youthsoccer or club soccer prior totaking over as head coach forCalvary. Since Alan and I haveknown these players from pre-

vious years, it has made for asmooth transition for myselfinto the role of head coach.Alan and I are excited for thisseason with the great group ofplayers we have and are look-ing forward to defending ourstate title.”


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Members of the Calvary Christian soccer team are, from the left, front row: Caleb King, KarliePenhorwood, Grace King, Mataya Penhorwood, Hailey Howard, Chloe Prall, Adeline Fearon, AnnaKratz and Amber Wenger; and back row: head coach Alan LaBelle, Isaac Wilson, Max Varner, IsaacReinhard, Garrett Reinhard, Josh Harmison, Thomas Rorrer, Joe Harmison, Dylan Jordan, GabeSalmonowicz and assistant coach Chris LaBelle.

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Members of the Calvary Christian volleyball team are, from the left, front row: Jayla Wilson, Emma Patton, Taylor Russell, Abby Jenkins, Erin Young and Julie Childers; andback row: head coach Domini Cook, Maria Rorrer, Ellie Young, Isabel Schmidt, Karys Varner, Lillian Zamora and assistant coaches Joy Brandt and Eric Cook. Not picturedare Jewel Walsh and Naomi Cook.

Having lost 11 of its 18 play-ers from last year’s team,Calvary Christian is facing arebuilding project this fall.

“Being a young team, we arereally working on our chem-istry,” said head coach DominiCook. “We feel like we can getbetter as the season goes on.”

The Spartans went 22-7 lastseason and made it to the OhioChristian School AthleticAssociation Final Four.However, a lot of talent left theprogram, leaving some questionmarks this season.

“The girls are very coach-able,” said Cook. “Our servinghas been pretty strong, too, andwe have more hitters than wehave had in the past.”

The Spartans are counting onstrong leadership from seniorsEllie Young (outside hitter) andNaomi Cook (outside hitter).

“Our two seniors have done agood job of helping the youngergirls,” said Cook.

The rest of the teamincludes juniors Maria Rorrer(middle hitter) Lillian Zamora(setter), sophomores JaylaWilson (setter), Emma Patton(defensive specialist), TaylorRussell (setter) and Erin Young(middle hitter) and freshmenAbby Jenkins (outside hitter),Julie Childers (defensive spe-cialist), Isabel Schmidt (middlehitter), Lucy Jarvis (middle hit-ter) and Jewel Walsh (defensivespecialist).

With such a young and inex-perience squad, the Spartansare simply focused on dailyimprovement.

“We want to get better everyplay and every game,” saidCook. “That is our motto. Wejust want to keep getting better.”

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BELLEFONTAINEVOLLEYBALL

AUGUST27...............................at Indian Lake29.....................................Ben Logan31.......................................RiversideSEPTEMBER3..................................Kenton Ridge10...................................at Shawnee12.......................................Jon Alder17 .....................................Tecumseh19 ..........................................Urbana21......................................at London24 ..............................at North Union26............................at Kenton Ridge28 ......................................Fairbanks30 .......................................at KenonOCTOBER1............................................London3.........................................Shawnee8 ....................................at Jon Alder10 .................................at Tecumseh12 ...........................................Bethel

BOYS SOCCERAUGUST29 ..............................at GreeneviewSeptember4..............................at Kenton Ridge9.........................................Jon Alder16 ......................................Fairbanks18...............................at Indian Lake21 ..............................................Troy23.........................................Graham25......................................at Urbana30 .......................................ShawneeOCTOBER2...................................at Tecumseh7............................................London9.......................................Ben Logan

GIRLS SOCCERAUGUST31 .............................MechanicsburgSEPTEMBER4..................................Kenton Ridge7....................................at St. Marys9 ....................................at Jon Alder14 .......................................Shawnee18 ...................................Indian Lake23.....................................at Graham25 ..........................................Urbana28............................................Butler30...................................at ShawneeOCTOBER2 .......................................Tecumseh7........................................at London9 ..................................at Ben Logan

BOYS GOLFAUGUST28 ................................Kenton RidgeSEPTEMBER5...................................at Tecumseh7.....................................at Shawnee10..........................................London16 .............................at Beavercreek17 .......................................Shawnee19......................................CBC meet

GIRLS GOLFSEPTEMBER3 .......................................Tecumseh

4..........................................Greenon10 .............................................Anna11 .......................................Shawnee12 ..................................at Jon Alder18 .................................at CBC meet26 ......................................at Wapak

CROSS COUNTRYAUGUST31 ......................................at WapakSEPTEMBER7...........................................at Tiffin14 .................................at Cedarville21............................at Ohio Caverns28...................................at ShawneeOCTOBER5 ...........................................at Anna12 .................................at CBC meet15 ...........................at Young’s Dairy

GIRLS TENNISAUGUST29...................................at ShawneeSEPTEMBER3 .......................................Tecumseh4...................................at Marysville5........................................at Urbana9.........................................Jon Alder10 ................................Kenton Ridge12......................................at London16 ...........................at Northwestern17 .......................................Shawnee18...........................................Sidney

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BOYS SOCCERSEPTEMBER4............................................Urbana9.................................at Indian Lake

12 .............................Jackson Center16 ................................Kenton Ridge18 .......................................Shawnee21 .....................................WL-Salem23......................................at London25 .....................................Tecumseh30 ............................at NortheasternOCTOBER2.......................................at Graham7 .................................Northwestern9 ..............................at Bellefontaine

GIRLS SOCCERSEPTEMBER4........................................at Urbana7......................................Springfield9 .....................................Indian Lake14....................................at Pleasant16............................at Kenton Ridge18...................................at Shawnee23..........................................London25 .................................at Tecumseh30....................................at GreenonOCTOBER2...........................................Graham7 .............................at Northwestern9 ..................................Bellefontaine

BOYS GOLFSEPTEMBER4........................................at Urbana5.............................................at LCC7.....................................at Shawnee9 .................................Northwestern12.....................................at Graham13 ..................................North Union16 .............................at Beavercreek19 .................................at CBC meet

GIRLS GOLFAUGUST31...........................................at LCCSEPTEMBER3.......................................at Graham5............................................Urbana9.................................at Indian Lake11 ...............................Northwestern12 ...............................................LCC14...................................at Shawnee18 .................................at CBC meet

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BOYS SOCCERSEPTEMBER4...........................................Graham7...................................at WL-Salem9.......................................Ben Logan16 ..................................at Jon Alder18 ................................Bellefontaine23...................................at Shawnee25..........................................London30 ...........................at NorthwesternOCTOBER3.......................................at Newton5.................................New Knoxville7 ............................................Urbana9...................................at Tecumseh

GIRLS SOCCERAUGUST31................................at SpringfieldSEPTEMBER4.......................................at Graham9 ..................................at Ben Logan14 .................................at Allen East16.......................................Jon Alder

18 ............................at Bellefontaine23 .......................................Shawnee25......................................at London28 ............................Marion Harding30 ...............................NorthwesternOCTOBER3.................................Troy Christian7........................................at Urbana9 .......................................Tecumseh

BOYS GOLFSEPTEMBER5 .............................at Northwestern10 ..........................................Urbana11...........................................Sidney12 ..............................at North Union16.....................................at Graham17 ......................................at Wapak19 .................................at CBC meet

CROSS COUNTRYAUGUST31 ......................................at WapakSEPTEMBER10...................................Laker Invite

14 .................................at Cedarville21............................at Ohio Caverns28 ...............................at Buck CreekOCTOBER5 ...........................................at Anna12...........................................at CBC

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AUGUST29 ......................at Lehman Catholic31 ............................at BellefontaineSEPTEMBER3..........................................Fairlawn5......................................Lima Perry7.....................................at Arcanum9.................................................SCC12 ...........................................at LTC14...............................at Indian Lake17 .....................................W-Goshen19 .........................................at Elgin

21.........................at Jackson Center23 ................................at Ben Logan28 ....................................at HoustonOCTOBER1 .......................Mississinawa Valley3.................................................USV5 .....................................at Bradford10 .......................at Hardin Northern

BOYS GOLFAUGUST29 ..........................at Troy ChristianSEPTEMBER5.......................................W-Goshen9 ........................at Lehman Catholic10...........................................at USV12.................at Emmanuel Christian14 .................................at Allen East16.............................at Milton Union18..............................at NWCC meet

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BOYS GOLFAUGUST29 .....................................at Calvary

31 .....................Hardin County MeetSEPTEMBER9 ..........................................at Perry12 ......................................Riverdale16 ...........................................at Ada18.........................................at Perry19 ......................................Fairbanks24 ...................................at Crestline

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BOYS GOLFSEPTEMBER3 ...........................at West Jefferson5 ..............................at Northeastern10...................................Greeneview16.................................at OHC meet

GIRLS GOLFAUGUST29 ................................NortheasternSEPTEMBER3..........................................Greenon5 ..............................at Northeastern11.................................at OHC meet

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31 .................................at GreenvilleSEPTEMBER3....................................at Fairbanks7 ...................................at Brookville14.....................................at Graham21............................at Ohio Caverns24 ...................................Triad Invite28 ............................at Clark CountyOCTOBER5...........................at Mechanicsburg12.................................at OHC meet

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