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By JIM METCALFE Staff Writer jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com DELPHOS Last season, the Jefferson boys basketball unit under then eighth-year head man Marc Smith was extremely young with only two seniors to dot the roster and a total of five experienced hands from the previous year. This years crew will have double that number of 12th-graders but will still feature its share of youngsters though it will be a lot more experienced as a total of seven lettermen are back from a 5-18 edition of Wildcats in 2012-13, including 2-7 in the Northwest Conference. Among those seven are all five starters, including fourth-year senior and double-double battler Ross Thompson (6-2 post/guard; 9.9 points, 9.7 boards per game; missed part of last season with an injury) whom Smith figures will get his share of postseason honors fourth-year 6-0 senior guard Austin Jettinghoff (6.3 counters, 2.4 assists), third-year junior Nick Fitch (6-2 post; 5.1 markers, 6.2 rebounds; missed part of last season with an injury), second-year 6-5 sophomore guard/post Trey Smith (15.6 counters, 5.0 boards) winner of three major post-season honors in his inaugural season and whom the coach also figures will get even more of his share of that recognition and second-year sophomore Dalton Hicks (6-1 post; 2.4 markers, 4.5 boards). On paper, Trey and Ross are the guys that we would expect to lead us statistically this season and are most likely going to get recognized, Coach Smith said. As well, 5-11 senior guard Tyler Mox and 5-11 sophomore guard Josh Teman garnered varsity letters mainly off the bench a year ago. We return all five starters and seven lettermen from last season, with two 4-year letterwinners in Ross and Austin to lead the charges. Ross hopes to return to the all-NWC form of his sophomore season after an injury-plagued junior year, while Austin returns to lead from his point guard position, Coach Smith noted. Trey returns after an inaugural season that saw him earn all-NWC, all-Van Wert Area and all-Northwest Ohio postseason honors. In the post, Nick returns from injury and Dalton returns for his second campaign. Two other lettermen bolster the roster, including a high-energy guard in Tyler and a swingman in Josh. We are optimistic for a bounceback season with our mix of talent and athleticism. Two key newcomers to the varsity roster are 6-1 senior guard/post Tyler Rice and 5-7 freshman guard Jace Stockwell, along with 5-7 junior guard Kurt Wollenhaupt and 5-9 freshman guard Drew Reiss. They must replace a key loss in graduated rotation player Zach Ricker
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We return all five starters and seven lettermen from last season, with two 4-year letterwinners in Ross and Austin to lead the charges. Ross hopes to return to the all-NWC form of his sophomore season after an injury-plagued junior year, while Austin returns to lead from his point guard position. Trey returns after an inaugural season that saw him earn all-NWC, all-Van Wert Area and all-Northwest Ohio postseason honors. In the post, Nick returns from injury and Dalton returns for his second campaign. Two other lettermen bolster the roster, including a high-energy guard in Tyler and a swingman in Josh.
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2013 portion of the schedule, if not third-year senior Makayla Binkley the entire season, for 32nd-year head (5-4 guard; 4.1, 1.9; knee surgery in coach Dave Hoffman as he looks to October). add to his 409-271 record as JefferIts possible that both of them sons head varsity girls coach (445- could be back for us by the end of the 301 in 38 seasons total). season but, obviously, they wont be Those who are healthy with ex- available at the start. It will depend perience from the past two years on how quickly they can bounce back to commence 2013-14 are third-year from their surgeries and rehab from senior Rileigh Stockwell (5-7 guard; their injuries, Hoffman explained. 10 points, 6.9 caroms per game), We do have the four very experienced www.edwardjones.com www.edwardjones.com third-year senior Katie Goergens (5-8 seniors in Rileigh, Katie, Gabby and guard; 5.5 markers, 4.2 boards), third- Jasmine and the one experienced very PutGabrielle Them In aPimpas Safe Place. year You senior (5-3 junior in Brooke. All of those playguard;Now, 6.1 markers, 3.4 boards), third- ers are going to have to step up their Where Was That? year senior Jasmine McDougall (5-8 games and pick up the slack all over Are Are your your stock, stock, bond bond or or other other certicates certicates in in a a post; 1.5, 2.1) and third-year junior the court, especially offensively; that safety safety deposit deposit box, box, desk desk drawer drawer or or closet closet ... ... or or guard are Brooke Culp (5-5; 5.9, 2.6). is particularly true of Brooke because are you you not not sure sure at at the the moment? moment? A duo that suffered knee injuries she is a primary ballhandler for us and A A lost lost or or destroyed destroyed certicate certicate can can mean mean and are uncertain if they will be back will have the ball in her hands a lot. inconvenience inconvenience and and lost lost money money for for you you and and your your in time this season are third-year seLooking to step into the open spots heirs. heirs. Let Let Edward Edward Jones Jones hold hold them them for for you. you. You still retain ownership and make all the nior Hannah Sensibaugh (5-5 guard; You still retain ownership and make all the See INJURIES, page 10 decisions we paperwork. decisions while while we handle handle all all the paperwork. 7.0, 4.0; knee surgery inthe July) and
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DELPHOS Jefferson third-year wrestling coach Mike Wilson has had two pretty good years since taking over in the 2010-11 season from program founder Jeff Rex. His first year, he had the second individual Division III State champion in the then-12-year history of the program Curtis Miller. Last year, he had three State qualifiers: seventhplace finisher Colin McConnahea at 195 and qualifiers Quentin Wessell at 220 and Geoff Ketcham at heavyweight. He will have his work cut out for him this winter as he is fielding a very freshmen-laden group for 2013-14. He returns only five wrestlers with experience from last season: senior Tanner Vermule at 126, senior Dustin McCo-
nnahea at heavyweight he backed up all three of the State qualifiers at various times for various reasons junior Tyler Foust (182), sophomore Dylan Hicks (152) and sophomore Josh Kroeger (170). As well, junior Aaron Parkins (170) returns after lettering as a freshman but taking his sophomore season off. We lost all three of our State qualifiers and dont have a lot of experience returning. All five of those guys and Aaron coming back after a year off are good building blocks for this year but I dont know if you can be any younger than we are this season, Wilson noted. Most of the rest of the members of this unit are freshmen or new upperclassmen. We have a couple of guys that either did not wrestle last year sophomore Tanner Lindeman or ever junior Jordan Blackburn. Basically, everyone else is a freshmen, Wilson explained. I am excited about this group, though; we have
some talented wrestlers in that group but they are going to learn quickly that varsity wrestling is a whole different level than junior high. For example, I just found out that our opening meet of the season, the Oak Harbor Invitational (Friday, Nov. 30), is now a dual meet format and the Lakewood St. Edwards B team will be there. They will get their eyes opened quickly. At the same time, I feel we can have a pretty good year, dependent on how quickly they can make that adjustment. The likely lineup at this point stands thus: 103 pounds: freshmen Andrew Foust and David Grant; 113: freshman Jacob Boop; 120: freshman Wyatt Place; 126: Lindeman; 132: freshmen Jacob Harvey and Daniel Lehmkuhl; 138: Vermule; 145: freshman Hunter Binkley; 152: Hicks; 160: freshmen Ryan Diltz and Nolan Ditto; 170: freshmen Lane Bennett and Hunter Samons, Parkins, Kroeger and Blackburn; 182: Tyler Foust and junior Reid Corzine; 195: freshmen Spencer Wannemacher and Jacob Pulford; and 285: McConnahea.
We lost all three of our State qualifiers and dont have a lot of experience returning. All five of those guys and Aaron coming back after a year off are good building blocks for this year but I dont know if you can be any younger than we are this season.
Mike Wilson, Head coach, Jefferson wrestling

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We are very excited to get this season underway. We have some talented players that are expected to step up and fulfill various roles for our team success. Overall, we return seven key contributors from last years squad whove had another year to gain strength and improve their basketball skills. We believe that this group of young men has a great deal of versatility and competitiveness.
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and a part-timer, Seth Wollenhaupt. We are very excited to get this season underway. We have some talented players that are expected to step up and fulfill various roles for our team success, Coach Smith added. Overall, we return seven key contributors from last years squad whove had another year to gain strength and improve their basketball skills. We believe that this group of young men has a great deal of versatility and competitiveness. As with any successful team, we must learn to play together and accept our individual roles. We must improve on the defensive end of the floor and stay competitive on the boards while playing to the talents of our returning players and talented newcomers. We hope to improve as the year progresses so we are playing our best basketball as the tournament approaches. Assisting in the coaching duties are Mark Jettinghoff and Todd Grothaus. The junior varsity unit consists of Teman, Reiss, sophomore Alex Neubert (5-6 guard), sophomore Ryan Goergens (5-10 guard), sophomore Grant Wallace (6-0 guard) and freshmen Cole Arroyo (5-7 guard), Ryan Wittler (5-9 guard), Kyle Wreede (511 guard), Brandon Herron (5-10 post/ guard), Christian Stemen (6-1 post), Austin Blanton (6-1 post), Nick Long (6-3 post) and Drake Schmitt (6-3 post). The Wildcats commence play in 2013-14 hosting Vanlue Friday, Nov. 29.
caused by those injuries since there were no seniors on the roster last winter to compensate for and a third suffered by senior Brooke Hesseling, an expected varsity player this season, is senior Lindsay Deuel (5-7 guard), part-time varsity player Shelby Koenig (6-1 junior post), Heather Pohlman (5-5 junior guard) and 5-6 sophomore guard Taylor Stroh. Our other two juniors: Shelby and Heather; will be called upon to help us out a lot with our pressure and depth. Shelby in particular gives is an inside presence that we generally do not have, especially defensively, and Heather provides depth at guard, Hoffman continued. We averaged 44 points a game last year and gave up 50, partly because we were still relatively young and didnt have much proven size. Because of the injuries, depth is more of a concern than we anticipated before the season. Because of that, we also dont have the overall speed we have had recently but we are a little taller. We will still utilize the press and aggressive play to force an up-tempo game by pressing and using a trapping defense but do have some strength inside with Jasmine and height with Shelby. We will have 19) players on the roster but only 17 will be available at the beginning of the season. We did not
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By JIM METCALFE Staff Writer jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com DELPHOS St. Johns boys basketball coach Aaron Elwer had a superb season in 201213, taking the Blue Jays to their first Division IV Regional final since the State championship year of 2001-02. The dream ended at the hands of Troy Christian in the Kettering Fairmont Regional finals. When the final gun sounded, that also ended the scholastic cage careers of several key contributors, such as four-year lettermen and 3-year starter Curtis Geise (19.7 points, 5.9 boards, 2.8 assists, 1.8 steals per game), 3-year letterman Ryan Buescher (11.3 markers, 7.5 caroms, 3.3 assists, 2.0 steals) and center Seth Bockey (5.3 counters, 3.0 rebounds) for a unit that scored at a 57.7-points-per-game click and ceded 46.8. Senior Eric Clark returns to his point guard duties As well, Cole Fischbach (.5 points) used up for the St. Johns boys basketball team in the new his eligibility a year ago. year. Elwer once more faces an abbreviated preseason with his full team as the football team once again has made a long trek in the OHSAA football Over 37 years Weve got playoffs, thus making it dicey as to the final varsity and of reliable junior varsity roster he will have for 2013-14. you covered! local service! However, all is not lost for the Blue Jay head man as he returns five full-time lettermen if all goes according to plan to build around, including a pair of starters in senior sharpshooter Ryan Koester (6.8 points; 35-of-86 3-pointers) and senior point guard Eric Clark (6.8 markers, 2.9 dimes). As well, a trio of experience juniors all playing football are expected to take their places in the starting five: Andy Grothouse (4.4 counters, 2.3 caroms), Evan Hays Roofing and Siding, Inc. (1.8 markers, 1.2 assists) and 6-6 Tyler Conley (.8 coun116 N. Walnut St., Van Wert, Ohio ters). St. Johns head boys basketball coach Aaron Elwer will deThe Jays are slated to open the 2013-14 cage season on pend on returnees such as senior sharpshooter Ryan Koester to the road at Crestview on Friday, Dec. 6.
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DELPHOS St. Johns head girls basketball coach Dan J. Beeze Grothouse is beginning his quarter-century year at the helm of the Lady Blue Jays with a 353-197 career mark, including last winters 9-15 edition. That also includes a 1-8 Midwest Athletic Conference record. With the loss of only three seniors when the final whistle sounded last winter, he returns seven letterwinners for his 25th edition of Lady Jays. Back for another go-round are third-year senior Erica Saine (5-9 wing; 3.8 markers, 1.6 boards), thirdyear senior Emilie Fischbach (5-4 guard; 3.9 markers, 3.1 caroms), second-year senior Brooke Zuber (5-6
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By JIM METCALFE Staff Writer jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com OTTOVILLE Ottoville head boys basketball coach Todd Turnwald begins his third season at the Big Green helm with a mixed bag. One, he has three returning starters and a fourth letterman from an 8-15 team a year ago, including 3-4 in the Putnam County League. On the other hand, he only has a total of 14 players for the high school roster, so depth will be an issue, especially with a junior varsity schedule thrown in.
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The culture is changing and we are very excited about that; both the players and coaches have an All-In attitude. This is something we have been striving for since day one. Last years seniors Cory, Derek and Ryan paved the way for this culture change and this years seniors are anxious to keep that going.
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petitive non-league schedule. Improving every day is one of the goals our kids have adopted and we will look to do so throughout the season. I always think that the league is tough to navigate and this year, while it may appear to be down to an outside observer, is going to be a challenge. If you look back to history, almost every year there is at least one or two teams that are at the regional tournament and this year looks the same. As far as returners, obviously Columbus Grove and Ottoville have a lot coming back and they look to be the class of the league going into the season. However, with the sustained success that Kalida, Leipsic, Miller City and others have had recently and historically, you can count no one out. The varsity assistant is Todd Bullinger. The Musketeer junior varsity, coached by Jay Laubenthal, has Neidert, Berelsman, Ricker, sophomores C.J. Cummings (5-7 guard), Jeremy Smith (5-5 guard), Zack Finn (6-0 post) and Lucas Ricker (5-10 forward); and freshmen Kyle Maag (5-8 guard), Troy Ricker (5-11 forward), Austin Luebrecht (5-6 guard), Doc Calvelage (5-8 forward), Stuart Smith (5-6 guard), Sam Vetter (5-9 forward) and Connor Stechschulte (6-0 post). The freshmen unit has Troy Ricker, Maag, Leubrecht, Stechschulte, Calvelage, Vetter and Smith. The Musketeers were set to open the season on Friday, Nov. 29, at Arlington but because of the success of the Red Devils football team, that gave has been postponed; now the Musketeers will open on Saturday, Nov. 30, at home versus Ayersville.
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By JIM METCALFE Staff Writer jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com RURAL MIDDLE POINT Brett Hammons went 10-14 in his first season at the helm of the Lincolnview boys basketball team last winter, including a 5-4 finish in the Northwest Conference. He begins his sophomore campaign with three returning starters and two other lettermen back from the unit. Back for a unit that averaged 46.8 points per game are the likes of starters Kyle Williams (5-10 senior guard; 15 points, 1.7 assists, 1.6 steals per game), a second-team All-NWC and all-District 8 pick; 6-3 senior forward Conner McCleery (3.3 markers, 3.4 boards) and 5-10 junior forward Justis Dowdy (8.5 counters, 2.6 caroms). Also back as lettermen off the bench are Logan Miller (6-3 senior forward; .7 points) and Eli Farmer (6-1 senior forward; 1.0). Those five experienced players are a good play to start; that is one of our strengths. As well, we have the ability to run the floor, Hammons began. We look to play good man-to-man defense and look to run the floor in transition. What we are weak at right now and need to address is being more consistent on both offense and defense and playing better as a team. One of our main goals is to get our younger and older guys to gel together and be more consistent. With the departure of two starters: Nick Leeth (5.5 counters, 1.8 assists, 3.2 boards) and Kade Carey (9.4 counters, 3.2 boards); and three other lettermen: Mark Evans (2.0 points, 1.7 rebounds), Brooks Ludwig (1.2 counters) and Angelo Katalenas (.3), Hammons will need his new varsity players to fill in as needed. Promising newcomers include Austin Leeth (5-8 sophomore guard) and Hayden Ludwig (6-2 sophomore forward), both possible starters, and Chandler Adams (6-2 sophomore center). I feel that we have a high ceiling of ability and if we can continue to get our players to develop, good things can happen, Hammons added. I feel we have a shot to compete in our conference. I feel that with that high ceiling we have and if we can continue to get better, we have the chance to put ourselves in the mix. My view is that Crestview, Columbus Grove, Paulding and Spencerville are teams to beat. The remainder of the varsity roster has senior Ben Bilimek (5-9 guard), senior Derek Friesner (5-7 guard) and classmate
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The newest edition of the Lincolnview boys varsity basketball team is comprised of Ben Bilimek, Derek Friesner, Ethan Fraker, Conner McCleery, Kyle Williams, Logan Miller, Eli Farmer, Justis Dowdy, Hayden Ludwig, Austin Leeth, Chandler Adams, head coach Brett Hammons and assistant coach Larry Clark. (Delphos Herald/Heather-Marie Photography)
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Dan Williamson, head coach, Lincolnview girls By JIM METCALFE Staff Writer jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com RURAL MIDDLE POINT Dan Williamson had a pretty productive season in his third season as head coach of the Lincolnview girls varsity hardwood program, going 18-6 overall, 7-2 in the Northwest Conference. That crew of Lady Lancers lost to eventual Division IV State runner-up Ottoville in the District semifinals. However, that loss saw the departure of four key players that helped him build his 3-season resume of 31-36, so Williamson has his work cut out for him in 2013-14. Those four starters all 4-year let-
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Miller welcomes back more experienced Lancer mat crew

BY JOHN PARENT DHI CORRESPONDENT NEWS@DELPHOSHERALD.COM RURAL MIDDLE POINT Last season, a young and relatively inexperienced group of wrestlers competed for Lincolnview head coach Curtis Miller. This year, Miller can look forward to seeing a more veteran squad take to the mat for the Lancers, though he is still struggling with overall numbers. Lincolnviews three highest-placing grapplers from last seasons sectional meet are back this season with third-year junior Alex Rodriguez and fourth-year seniors Doug Hicks and Dalton West looking to improve upon solid seasons from a year ago. Gone from last seasons team is 4-year varsity grappler Jaquobe Markward, who claimed the gold in the 113-pound class at last years Lancer Invitational and also took home the title in the same weight class at the Northwest Conference tournament. Hicks, however, finished fourth at the Division III sectional at Lima Central Catholic last February, dropping a decision in the 170-pound class to Thunderbird Bobby Sunderhaus. Hicks was the runner-up to Sunderhaus at 170 at the NWC tournament and also took home the silver at the Lancer Invitational last season. Rodriguez is coming off a stellar cross country campaign that saw him help lead the Lancers all the way to the Division III State meet. In fact, Rodriguez registered the squads fastest times at both the regional and the state meets and hopes to continue that stellar success onto the mat. That kind of stamina will certainly serve him well in his return to the mat, where last season he placed fifth at the sectional as a 113-pound grappler. Rodriguez also performed well at the NWC, taking home a third-place finish and a fourth at the Lancer
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Invitational. West was also solid last season while wrestlting in the 195-pound class. He placed fifth at sectionals while placing fourth at the Lancer Invitational and again at the NWC meet. Lincolnview opens the 2013-14 mat season at the Wayne Trace Invitational on Saturday, Nov. 30.
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Members of the Kalida girls varsity basketball team for 2013-14 (front row, from left) are Heath Miller, manager, Grace Miller, manager, Katelyn Siebeneck, Joni Kaufman, Nicole Recker, Jackie Gardner, Makenna Vorst, Kennedy Hoffman and Brittany Kahle. In the back row are Scott Miller, assistant coach, Adam Huber, head coach, Laine Laudick, Allison Recker, Elizabeth Turnwald, Kylie Osterhage, Cathy Basinger, Nicole Reindel, Tony Leaders, assistant coach, and Kayla King, varsity assistant coach. (Delphos Herald/Charlie Warnimont).
By JIM METCALFE Staff Writer jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com KALIDA Adam Huber took over the Kalida girls basketball program in the 2010-11 season and has built a 37-31 mark, including last winters 15-9 mark (4-3 in the Putnam County League), ended by a double-overtime loss to Crestview in the Division IV District semifinals. He has coached for eight seasons at the school and 12 overall and hopes to build this seasons unit around second-team all-PCL player Jackie Gardner (recovering from injury during the fall; third-year junior; 5-8 guard/ wing; 10.4 points, 6.2 boards, 1.3 assists, 2.4 steals), along with four other fulltime veterans: third-year 5-9 senior post Elizabeth Turnwald (4.0 points, 4.2 caroms), 5-9 third-year junior guard/wing Nicole Recker (5.0 counters, 2.0 boards), 5-6 sophomore guard Brittany Kahle (3.9
points, 1.7) and 5-10 sophomore wing/ post Kylie Osterhage (7.2, 4.9). Three others had limited minutes on varsity last winter: 5-5 junior guard/wing Makenna Vorst, 5-3 senior guard Nicole Reindel and 5-8 junior wing Kennedy Hoffman. Once again, we have a group of girls that work extremely hard and this is probably one of the most skilled teams Ive had since Ive been at Kalida. Unlike the last few years, we feel coming into the year that we will be ahead of where we normally are offensively as we have a few more with a mindset to score, Huber began. He lost six letterwinners from last season, including two honorable-mention all-PCL picks in 3-year letterwinners Summer Holtkamp (4.8 points, 2.3 steals, 1.8, rebounds, 1.2 assists per game) and Amy Smith (5.6 markers, 5.7 boards, 1.8 steals), injury-plagued Julia Vandemark (3 years; .8 points, .8 rebounds, .3 as-
sists; injured most of the year), along with 2-year varsity player Kristi Honigfort (2.1 points, 1.2 boards); as well 1-year players Kiersten Recker and Kylie Siebeneck decided to sit out their senior seasons. The four seniors that graduated: Sum-
mer, Amy, Julia, and Kristi; took with them a great deal of production and leadership, Huber continued. Julia, when healthy, was our primary ballhandler, Amy and Summer were our two best defenders See HUBER, page 30
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and always drew the toughest assignments and Kristi was one of our most consistent and best outside shooters. Were going to need the younger girls to fill those holes throughout the course of the season. Along with Vorst, Reindel and Hoffman, other promising newcomers expected to help out the LadyCat depth are sophomores Joni Kaufman (5-4 guard), Allison Recker (5-10 post) and Katelyn Siebeneck (5-4 guard). We still are not very tall and although we are ahead offensively, I dont think we are anywhere near where we can be defensively with more repetitions. We are also not very deep with only 16 players at the varsity and JV level this year and although they are skilled, our depth will be tested early due to some injuries, Huber said. We are also a relatively young team with only two seniors and only one of them playing meaningful varsity minutes in the past. I believe we can again play with anyone on our schedule but it all depends what kind of work we put in during the early part of the year. We will be inexperienced past our first four or five so our depth and young players will need to get used to the speed of the varsity game in order for us to achieve our goals. Our number one goal every year is to get a little bit better each day so we are playing our best basketball at the end of the season. The remainder of the varsity has sophomores Laine Laudick (5-7 guard/wing) and Cathy Basinger (5-8 wing). Assisting in the coaching ranks are Kayla King (varsity), Scott Miller, Tony Leader and JV coach Robb Schultz. The PCL might be a little more balanced than in years past but with the winning streak they have, Ottoville is still right up at the top and will continue to be
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a strong contender. I also look for Leipsic and Pandora to be right there as well with the experience and talent they have returning; you cant take anyone for granted in this league with the rivalries and coaches, he added. The JV unit has Kaufman, Siebeneck, Recker, Laudick, Basinger and freshmen Brooke Kimball (5-8 wing/post), Morgan Knapke (5-7 wing/post) and 5-7 wing Hannah Kahle. Kalida opened its season on Friday, Nov. 22, at home versus Minster.
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a positive mental attitude, team chemistry and work ethic which will result in everyone giving the best they are capable of giving on a regular basis, both in practices and in games. If our players do this and they are humble in winning and gentlemen to all they meet, then they are winners in both the game of basketball and more importantly the game of life. All players are expected to follow the Wildcat Creed if your behavior is going to embarrass your church, your home, your school, or your personal self, it is wrong, so just dont behave that way. Other candidates for this years team are: juniors Luke Langhals (6-0 forward) and Logan Roebke (6-1 1/2 forward); and sophomores Trent Gerding (6-2 center), Trevor Maag, Austin Swift (5-9 forward), Grant Unverferth (5-10 guard) and Brandon Verhoff (6-2 center). Our captains are expected to lead by their examples in following the Creed and strive to be the best they can be both on and off the court for this years team, the coach added. In regard to naming individuals expected to score or rebound, etc., this year, I can only state as their coach that I expect all members of our team to accomplish these important parts of the great game of basketball. Realizing that this concept may not be popular with some, we can only ask for understanding and respect our right to coach this way. Varsity assistants are Rick Kortokrax and Eric Rampe, while assistant coaches include Scott Schnipke (junior varsity head coach), Bob Gerdeman, Joe Horstman, Gene Stechschulte, Jr., and freshmen coach Brad Horstman. Kalida commences 2013-14 on Saturday, Nov. 30, at home versus Vanlue.
Our captains are expected to lead by their examples in following the Creed and strive to be the best they can be both on and off the court for this years team. In regard to naming individuals expected to score or rebound, etc., this year, I can only state as their coach that I expect all members of our team to accomplish these important parts of the great game of basketball. Realizing that this concept may not be popular with some, we can only ask for understanding and respect our right to coach this way.
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By JIM METCALFE Staff Writer jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com COLUMBUS GROVE The Columbus Grove boys hardwood unit gave second-year head coach Ryan Stechschulte a 17-8 season a year ago, finishing 6-3 in the Northwest Conference and 6-1 in the Putnam County League. When the Bulldogs lost in the Division IV District finals, seven seniors had played their final games for Stechschulte. He now enters 2013-14 with a 3613 record at the school and returns four veterans from last years unit. Two of them are starters: third-year player Will Vorhees (6-7, 220 pounds; forward/center) and junior Jace Darbyshire (5-10 guard); both of whom the coach expects to be all-league and potentially all-State candidates. The other two veterans are senior Riley Brubaker (6-2 forward) and junior Joey Warnecke (5-10 guard). This group gives great effort; that is a strength of these guys, Stechschulte said. We have a couple of things we need to address: communication, continuity and consistency. With the departure of the graduated Derek Rieman (6-3 center), Brady Shafer (6-3 forward), Collin Grothaus (5-9 guard), Blake Hoffman (5-11 guard), Clay Diller (6-0 forward), Dakota Vogt (6-1 forward) and Josh Tussing (5-11 forward), the Bulldogs are expected to be in a bit of a rebuilding mode with so many new faces on the varsity roster. That leaves an opening for the fifth starter and bench players to come from promising newcomers such as junior David Bogart (5-9 guard), junior Elisha Jones (6-1 forward), junior Noah Kohls (6-0 forward), sophomore Logan Diller (6-3 forward) and sophomore Gabe Stechschulte (6-0 guard). However, the motion offense and man-to-man defense remain as primary building blocks for Stechschultes troops. There should be great competition within the program for playing time at the varsity level. A surprise player could
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The Columbus Grove boys varsity crew for the new season has, front from left, managers Blaine Hoffman, Evan Hopkins and Jared Basinger; second row, Joey Warnecke, David Bogart, Jace Darbyshire and Colton Grothaus; and back, assistant coach Eric Maag, Noah Kohls, Elisha Jones, Will Vorhees, head coach Ryan Stechschulte, Riley Brubaker, Logan Diller and assistant coaches Adam Osterhage and Kevin Stechschulte. Absent is assistant coach Jon Diller. (Delphos Herald/Randy Roberts)
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By JIM METCALFE Staff Writer jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com COLUMBUS GROVE The Columbus Grove girls basketball team went 5-18 a year ago in an injury-plagued season under then-coach Chad Ricker, including 3-6 in the Northwest Conference and 1-6 in the Putnam County League. When the Lady Bulldogs fell in the Division IV Sectional finals, Breanne Halker and Renee Halker bid adieu to the unit. New coach Brian Schroeder has four starters and a fifth veteran back for his first season at the helm. The starters back include second-year senior Sammi Stechschulte (forward) and second-year senior Rachel Schumacher (guard), third-year junior Sydney McCluer (guard) and sophomore Kyrah Yinger (guard). Also back is senior forward Julia Wynn. We have a lot of players currently competing for playing time and pushing each other in practice. If we continue to improve on the defensive end and find some consistent scorers, we hope to compete in the NWC and PCL, Schroeder explained. He has a trio of promising newcomers to fill in the bench spots: sophomore Lynea Diller (forward), sophomore Mady Vorhees (forward) and freshman guard Jade Clement. Other members of the 2013-14 varsity are junior forward Becca Endicott, sophomore guard Brooke Hoffman and sophomore guard Mackenzie Wurth. The junior varsity roster, coached by Jerry Hoersten, has Endicott, Hoffman, Wurth, junior forward Charlotte Gardner, sophomore guard McKenzie Bame and freshmen Danielle Caudill (forward), Candace Downing (guard), Jenny Ellerbrock (guard), Hallie Malsam (forward), Macy McCluer (guard), Lauren Roose (forward), Grace Schroeder (forward) and Kiara Williams (forward). Matt Myerholtz is the freshmen coach. Columbus Grove opened the Schroeder tenure on Saturday, Nov. 23, at home versus Lima Senior.
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The 2013-14 Columbus Grove girls basketball varsity has, front from left, managers McKenzie King and Hannah Morman; row two, Charlotte Gardner, Sydney McCluer, Sammi Stechschulte, Rachel Schumacher, Julia Wynn and Becca Endicott; and back row, head coach Brian Schroeder, Brooke Hoffman, Mackenzie Wurth, Lynea Diller, Mady Vorhees, Kyrah Yinger, Jade Clement and assistant coach Matt Myerholtz. (Delphos Herald/Jim Metcalfe)
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The 2013-14 Columbus Grove grapplers have, front from left, matmaids Gracyn Stechschulte, Annie Schramm, Deanna Kleman, Maddie Benroth and Briley Keysor and manager Ian Langhals; Row 2: Nick Ogle, Christian Stechschulte, Garrett Hauenstein, David Martin, Eli Wischmeyer, Tyler Schroeder, Eli Schroeder and Matt McKee; Row 3: Preston Brubaker, Alec Gladwell, Andrew Tate, CJ Shartzer, Isaac Siefker, Brett Sampson and Justin Calvelage; and Row 4: head coach Eric Ernie Siefker, Andrew Burgei, Will Selhorst, Jonah Shank, Alex Shaffer, Alex Burgei, Jacob Otto and assistant coach Joe Lackey. Not pictured: Andrew Nichols and Marcus Olivio. (Delphos Herald/Jim Metcalfe)
By JIM METCALFE Staff Writer jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com C O L U M B U S GROVE Head coach Eric Ernie Siefker has what he hopes is a lucky number of 13 lettermen back for his Columbus Grove mat crew in 201314. That bakers dozen of veterans for the sixthyear head coach (17th year with the program) is led by Division III State alternate Alex Schaffer, a junior, who led a 12-3 dual-meet record team. Also back are senior Alec Gladwell, senior Brett Sampson, senior Tyler
Schroeder, senior Alex Burgei, senior Will Selhorst, senior Jonah Shank, senior C.J. Shartzer, junior Andrew Burgei, junior Christian Stechschulte, sophomore Garrett Haunstien, sophomore Eli Schroeder and sophomore Isaac Siefker. The remainder of the 23-man roster has junior Nick Ogle, junior David Martin, junior Andrew Tate, sophomore Andrew Nichols, sophomore Eli Wiswasser, sophomore Marcos Olivio, sophomore Justin Calvelage, freshman Preston Brubaker, freshman Matt Mckee and freshman
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senior Aaron Crider (6-4 center), junior Trevor McMichael, junior Grant Goecke (5-11 forward), 5-11 sophomore guard Mason Nourse, sophomore Damien Corso (6-2 forward), sophomore David Wisher (5-8 guard), freshman Jacob Meyer (6-0 guard), freshman Dakota Prichard (6-1 forward), freshman Bailey Croft (6-3 forward) and classmate Griffen Croft (6-3 center). I dont think there is any question that Crestview is the team to beat this year in the NWC; they have experience, depth and talent at every position, the coach added. More than any other year, this team is going to need to be balanced; we have the ability to do just that and it will be necessary to compete offensively. The big learning curve will be defensively; if we can learn how to defend and rebound, we have a chance to be really good. The varsity assistant coach is Matt Goecke, the junior varsity coach is Jim Sensabaugh and the freshmen coach is Wes Croft. The Spencerville boys cagers commence the new season on the road on Friday, Nov. 29, at St. Henry.
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SPENCERVILLE Warren Pughsley went 3-19 in his first season as the Spencerville girls basketball team, including 2-7 in the Northwest Conference. It Was also his first ever as a high school coach. However, that was a youthful team with only two seniors on the roster both starters so he returns eight letterwinners from that edition of Lady Bearcats. We only lost allconference selection Abby Freewalt and Alyssa Mulholland, so we return the bulk of our team, Pughsley explained. Our returning letterwinners include seniors Tori Hardesty (5-8 post) and Karri Purdy (5-7 wing), juniors Katie Merriman (5-7 post), Emilee Meyer (5-7 point guard), Megan Miller (5-7 wing) and Schylar Miller (5-3 point guard) and sophomores Jacey Grigsby (5-6 wing) and Caitlyn Propst (5-9 post). Pughsley projected that the starting five at this point would be Purdy at the shooting guard, Schylar Miller at the point, Grigsby at small forward, Merriman at power forward and Probst at center. One promising newcomer is 5-7 junior wing Amanda Crider. She was actually expected to contribute to the varsity last year but she tore her ACL during the first game of the season and had surgery, he explained. One other possibility at this time to replace the graduated players and provide the needed depth so the Lady Bearcats can utilize Pughsleys planned up-tempo attack plan is 5-9 junior post Audrey Bowsher. We will be able to play faster this year because we have gotten a little smarter on the court and will continue to grow in our understanding of the game. I felt like last year, we had a seventhgrade basketball IQ at the beginning of the year and a ninth-grade at the end, he concluded. This past summer, we started looking like a varsity team mid-way through June. We know we are better this year but the girls know that means nothing if we dont play like it. We plan to switch between zone and man defense, full- and half-court. Offensively, we are small, so we plan to move the ball quickly and try to take advantage of having four guards on the floor.
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The Spencerville varsity girls basketball crew for 2013/14 has, front from left, Megan Miller, Emilee Meyer, Schylar Miller, Jacey Grigsby and Amanda Crider; and back row, head coach Warren Pughsley, Karri Purdy, Catlyn Probst, Audrey Bowsher, Tori Hardesty, Katie Merriman and assistant coach Rick Keller. (Delphos Herald/Kajon Graphics)
We aspire to win every conference game we play but we are not yet at that point; however, we are definitely better than last year. To be successful, we need to stay injury-free our players had six MRIs and four concussions last year. We plan to be in the middle of the pack in the
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By JIM METCALFE Staff Writer jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com SPENCERVILLE Tom Wegesin built up the Spencerville wrestling program into a consistently good program in his 16 years at the Bearcat helm. In 2013-14, he turns the reins over to a former pupil, Zac Clum in his first year as a varsity coach to continue the steady excellence of the unit. He returns a handful of lettermen to do so in the likes of fourth-year senior Trevor Bockey, third-year junior Cole Bellows, third-year junior Derrick Smith, third-year junior Dakota Sutherland and second-year sophomore Wyatt Krouskop. He must replace more than his share of veteran wrestlers that exhausted their eligibility last February, including 3-year performers Cory Binkley, Kyle Sawmiller and Lucas Krouskop; 2-year guys Jacob
Yahl and Jake Bellows; and 1-year letterman Austin Lee. Promising newcomers for the firstyear coach include Cody Dickson, Peyton Ford and Logan Vandemark. The rest of the varsity squad has Matthew Hurless, Trenton Schwartz, Tyler Dues, Austin Gallimore, Caleb Sutherland, Brandon Patterson, Robby King, Alex Mayer, Chase Arnett-Van Schoyck and Zach Brown. Assisting in the coaching duties are Cory Binkley and Jim Lunz. We have good numbers; that is a positive for us. Where we are weak is that a lot of these guys are young and inexperienced, Clum said. Our goal is to be competitive against Northwest Conference teams and at the conference tournament. Clums tenure begins Saturday, Nov. 30, at the Coldwater Sielski Invitational.
We have good numbers; that is a positive for us. Where we are weak is that a lot of these guys are young and inexperienced. Our goal is to be competitive against Northwest Conference teams and at the conference tournament.
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Mathias leads Bulldog boys into new cage season

By JIM METCALFE Staff Writer jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com ELIDA The Elida boys basketball crew finished 2013-14 in the Division II District finals, ending up with a 17-7 record and an 8-1 mark in the competitive Western Buckeye League. In 2013-14, veteran head coach Denny Thompson (97-68 career coaching mark) has Purdue signee Dakota Mathias to lead the way as he returns three other starters and two more lettermen for the newest campaign. Besides leading scorer Mathias (6-5 all-position player expected to be an all-State candidate), he returns 5-11 senior point/shooting guard Louis Gray (potential all-WBL player), 6-2 senior power forward/center Max Stambaugh and 6-2 senior shooting guard/ small forward Austin Allemeier (possible all-WBL player) to the starting five all at least 3-year varsity performers. As well, two other lettermen: 6-1 senior shooting guard/small forward Clark Etzler and 6-2 sophomore forward Marquavious Wilson will provide either that fifth starter (likely Wilson at this point) or the sixth man. One of the things we do well is shoot the ball. We will also be a good transition team and a good defensive team, Thompson said. We run the swing for our basic offense with many verbals out of it. On defense, we are primarily a man team. However, what we need to work on is addressing a lack of experienced depth at this point and rebounding. We arent a big overall team. Especially with the graduation of the likes of Aric Thompson (6-3), 6-4 defensive stopper Ebin Stratton, 6-3 Trent Long and David Diller. That leaves possibilities for promising newcomers in 6-3, 220-pound senior center Chance Weiss, 6-3 senior power forward/center Caleb Press and 6-0 junior forward Jamil Johnson to make their marks in the new season. Other potential varsity players are junior Garrett Brinkman (6-0 post) and junior Patrick Brockert
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The Elida boys varsity hardwood unit for the new season, has, front from left, manager Dylan Buettner, Austin Allemeier, Jamil Johnson, Louis Gray, Clark Etzler, Garrett Brinkman and manager Riley Fricke; and back, assistant coaches Steve Smith and Matt Smith, Caleb Press, Patrick Brockert, Chance Weitz, Dakota Mathias, Max Stambaugh, Marquavious Wilson and head coach Denny Thompson. (Delphos Herald/Jim Metcalfe).
(6-3 post). We have a much-improve supporting cast for Dakota, Thompson added. We will miss the presence of Aric but we have plenty of ability to fill the holes. We hope to go for a 3-peat of the WBL and make another strong tournament run. Assisting Thompson is varsity assistant Matt Smith. The junior varsity unit, headed by Steve Smith, has Brinkman, juniors Jesse Guerrero (5-9 guard), Demere Brown (6-1 guard) and David Fox (6-1 forward); sophomores Masha Luster (5-9 guard), Josh Press (6-2 guard), Brian Upshaw (6-0 guard), Zach Saum (6-0 guard), Torrey Carroll (6-0 forward) and Kyle Moore (6-2 post); and freshmen Jazz Howell (6-3 post), Peyton Smith (5-10 guard), Drew Sarno (5-9 guard) and Baylen Stinson (6-1 forward). Rick Pellegrini is the freshmen coach and Jason Sarno the volunteer assistant. Elida hosts its own Tip-Off Classic Friday, Nov. 29, to begin 2013-14.
One of the things we do well is shoot the ball. We will also be a good transition team and a good defensive team. We run the swing for our basic offense with many verbals out of it. On defense, we are primarily a man team.
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By JIM METCALFE Staff Writer jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com ELIDA Co-head coaches Elisa Jenkins and Chrissy Billiter sought to restore the Elida girls basketball program to its former glory in their first season a year ago, finishing 9-14 in 2012-13, including 3-6 in the Western Buckeye League. With six returning letterwinners, including four starters, they hope to take another step in this, their sophomore campaigns at the helm, of the Lady Bulldogs. Back for another go-round in the starting five for the Lady Dawgs are third-year senior Torie McAdams (forward), third-year senior Kylie Downton (guard/forward), third-year senior Ashley Lowry (guard) and third-year senior Carly Stetler (forward). Also back for another season under Jenkins/Billiter are third-year senior Cassidy Slusher (guard) and third-year junior guard/forward Sabrina Kline. The lone starter gone from a year ago is Osha Owens (guard), along with fellow graduate Ericka Smith (forward). With a lack of real size throughout the lineup, the Jenkins/Billiter duo hopes to utilize a familiar friend in 2013-14. Were an up-tempo team with a lot
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The 2013-14 Elida girls varsity basketball team has, front from left, manager Amber Freeman, Brett Pauff, Ashley Lowry, Cassidy Slusher, Lauren Nolan and manager Addisyn Freeman; and back, co-head coach Chrissy Billiter, Kylie Downton, Sabrina Kline, Carly Stetler, Torie McAdams, Abby Waddle and co-head coach Elise Jenkins. (Delphos Herald/Jim Metcalfe)
of quickness in our guards and a strong senior class (6). Were looking to get the ball up the floor quickly through
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Were an up-tempo team with a lot of quickness in our guards and a strong senior class (6). Were looking to get the ball up the floor quickly through our defense and creating turnovers.
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Youthful Elida grapplers prepare for 2013-14

By JIM METCALFE Staff Writer jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com ELIDA F. Kevin Bowers has been in the coaching business: whether one is talking about wrestling, track and field, football or whatever; for a long time. His current stint as the Elida wrestling mentor has had its ups and downs. Last season, his Bulldogs finished 5-26 overall, including 1-8 in Western Buckeye League duals (sixth place), and placed ninth in the Division II Sectionals. He returns six grapplers from that team, including one District qualifier 182 pounds in fourth-year senior Tyler Smith (third at Sectionals, runner-up at WBL, champion at both the Allen County and Coldwater invitationals, runner-up at the Reineke Invitational). He will move up to 195 pounds. As well, sophomore Blaine Hunter (third place at WBLs at 106, champion at Coldwater), sophomore Micah Hartman, sophomore Christian McCarthy (132), sophomore Collin Poling (182) and classmate Jordan Rothermel are the other veterans. In order to make up for the loss of the graduated Austin Arbogast (4year varsity), Nick Pauff (4 years), Nickoli Sackinger (4 years), Dakota Rolfe and Garrett Bell, along with a trio of other experienced matmen that chose not to go out in 2013-14, the coach is breaking down this season with a focus pertinent for each month. In November, according to Bowers, it is ACCOUNTABILITY Starts With YOU! December has Your Future depends on a lot of things!, while in January, it is Your Future mostly depends ON YOU! In February, the motto is Setting STANDARDS, Trust Yourself! and in March, the motto becomes a question Have You Trained Like A State Champion? All of this really means that we have to show up for practice every day with a positive attitude, leave practice as a better person every day, train hard, adapt and overcome, learn and lead every day, Bowers explained. Promising newcomers for this extremely young unit include freshman A.J. Selvaggio (106), freshman Gabe Makin (126) and junior 285-pounder William Legg. We have openings at every other spot, so time will tell. I will challenge our team to finish in the top three but look out for Wapakoneta, Bath, Defiance, St. Marys and Shawnee, Bowers added. Elida is in the Coldwater Sielski Invitational on Saturday, Nov. 30.
... I will challenge our team to finish in the top three but look out for Wapakoneta, Bath, Defiance, St. Marys and Shawnee.
F. Kevin Bowers, head coach, Elida wrestlers
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We work well as a team but we also need to work on the basic strokes. I am looking forward to a great year working with great kids!
Cheryl Fraley head coach, Elida Bulldogs, swimming and diving teams
ELIDA The Elida boys and girls swimming and diving units under seventh-year head coach Cheryl Fraley finished 3-10 a year ago and return an even dozen total. Returning for the boys unit are the likes of senior Austin Ruble (freestyle), senior Alan Tyrrell (freestyle), senior Tyler McComb (freestyle), junior Glenn McVey (freestyle) and Cory Schoonover (freestyle) and sophomore Luke Simmons (freestyle). Promising newcomers are junior Jackson Donley (freestyle), sophomore Jacob Simmons (freestyle) and freshmen Carson Hurst (breast) and Daulton Buetner (butterfly). According to coach Staley, if the boys can better their endurance, they
Promising newcomers including junior freestylers Mia Hurst and Brooke Smiley and freshmen Natalie Carder (freestyle), Emily Gremling (freestyle) and Rebecca Tschuor (breast). We work well as a team but we also need to work on the basic strokes. I am looking forward to a great year working with great kids! Staley added. Also on the teams are senior Eliza-
beth White; juniors Brittany McDonald and Brooke Smiley; sophomores Kylee Morrisey, Emily Orwick, XZation Woods and Alex Yonut; and freshmen Kenzie Christlieb, Andrew Line, Rayna Rojas and Nicolette Salisbury, along with Lauren Stotts. The Elida units opened 2013-14 on Tuesday, Nov. 26, at Kenton.
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By John Parent DHI Correspondent NEWS@DELPHOSHERALD.COM VAN WERT After 18 seasons working as an assistant under the legendary David Froelich, Mark Bagley gets a chance to put his stamp on the Van Wert boys basketball program in his first season as the head coach. The Cougars are coming off an 1112 record last year and a 3-6 mark in Western Buckeye League play. Not only will they be without Froelich but they will also be without five players from that squad, including A.J. Smith, who was the teams leading scorer, and Joey Hurless, Van Werts career assist leader. The 2013-14 Cougars will look to replace the lost production by spreading the wealth. We dont have one guy thats going to stand out, noted Bagley. We could have a different leading scorer each night. I think five of our eight guys (in the rotation) could average between eight and 12 points per game. The Cougars boast a roster that features eight returning letterwinners, so while the departures from last seasons team are significant, the cupboard is far from bare in Bagleys first season at the helm. These guys like each other a lot, said Bagley of his teams chemistry. Its a very close-knit group. Weve got seven seniors and the underclassmen have been very successful at the JV level, which doesnt always equate to wins at the varsity level, but theyre familiar with each other, they like each other and theyre good teammates. Of course, all the chemistry in the world wont matter if the Cougars cant overcome the height disadvantage their front line will face on most nights in the WBL. Weve got to play fast. Were not overly big; we have young post players and a lot of guards, noted Bagley. Its gotta start with our defensive pressure and tempo. Well probably play a more aggressive style than we have in the past defensively. We have to find a way to score. His team averaged just 51 points per game last year and the pressure defense this season could equate to easier baskets. Teams are going to guard our shooters, so we have to throw the ball inside, whether we score in there or not. We have to be an inside-out team, he remarked. Once we establish an inside post player like (6-4 sophomore) Drew (Myers) and Matt Bidlack, whos a 6-2 post player but also very athletic, thats going to open things up for our guards. Joining Bidlack and Myers are seniors Michael Smelser, Nathan Stoller, Cody Keirns, Kyle Keber, Joey Moreland and Elijah Wortman. Junior letter-winners Nick Keber and Connor Holliday also return and junior Brant Henry and sophomore Colin Smith can also expect to contribute at the varsity level this season.
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VAN WERT In last years Western Buckeye League wrestling championships, Van Wert had no grapplers competing in the 106-, 113-, 120-, 126-, or 170-pound classes. This put the Cougars behind the eight-ball from the get-go and they finished seventh in the meet and sixth in the league when combined with their 4-5 regular season. Barring injuries or other unforeseen circumstances, that shouldnt happen this time around as the scarlet-and-grays roster includes more of the lower weights, albeit not many. The big question marks are our depth and experience, said head coach Ben Collins. We have about 20 kids right now and with this number, we will be
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able to fill almost all of the weight classes. However, if we have any injuries or outside problems (grades, discipline, etc.), our team could go from filling most weight classes to not filling many. Van Wert lost four major contributors to graduation, the biggest one being Terin Contreras, the 2-time WBL champ at 285, who ended his career with a 112-37 mark and a school record 94 falls. Also gone is Colten Royer, the 2013 WBL champion at 160, his 99-70 career mark and the school record of 77 reversals. Daniel Thompson finished third at 145 in last years league championships and Jordan Daniels also graduated, leaving a big vacancy at 170. Five experienced wrestlers return, led by two seniors. Zack Thomas was 25-14 last year, finishing third at 220 in the league meet, and Gabe Hill was 18-16 at 182. Three sophomores took their lumps as freshmen
but gained valuable experience. Andy Hammond was 10-20 at 126, Jacob Crisenbery 10-23 at 132 and Ryan Stoller 14-19 at 152. Promising newcomer Tymon Moore at 160 is also a sophomore. The experience of our team will be based largely on our sophomore class, said Collins. If they progress the way we believe they can, we could be a very strong team. Besides Moore, three other newcomers senior Ritchie Espinoza at 113, freshman Jacob Durden at 132 and junior Aaron Fowler at 285 should be major contributors. Our major strength this year is our work ethic, added Collins. The boys are doing a great job of working extremely hard to become successful in wrestling. Progression from the beginning of the season to the end and remaining healthy will be our keys to success. Ben Collins is assisted by Mark Collins, Ed Jacob, Jerry Ramsay, Brad Allmandinger, Austin McIntosh and Cory Hirschy.
VAN WERT The last two bowling seasons have been comparatively lean ones for the Van Wert boys a tie for ninth in 2011-12 (6-9) and a tie for eighth (7-8) in 2012-13 in the 16team West Ohio High School Bowling Conference. That shouldnt happen again in
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agreed Moonshower. We havent had consistent outside shooting in the half court, so we just want to try to create easier scoring opportunities. The Cougars will use a half-court offense that goes through the post. Well be a good inside-out team. I think we have some good shooters and if we can be a little more consistent in knocking some shots down, well be able to spread the floor a little bit and hopefully open up things on the inside, added Moonshower. If they dont come and double on the post, then well be able to attack them on the inside; if they do (double), we can kick it out to our shooters. Van Wert returns 3-year letterwinner Kaitlynn Hall, as well as fellow seniors Cheyanne Handy, Clair Butler, Emilie Moonshower, Hannah Hulbert and Jenna Weigle. Juniors Alexa Dunlap, Riley Jones and Emily Bair also return for the Lady Cougars. Of that group, only Bair and Jones did not letter last season, though both saw some varsity action. These girls have been around a while and they have a lot of experience, he added. Whats been kind of neat so far is that everybody has been stepping up (and taking on leadership duties). It will be an interesting mix with all those seniors and juniors.
By John Parent DHI Correspondent NEWS@DELPHOSHERALD.COM
VAN WERT The Lady Cougars of Van Wert return a wealth of experience from last seasons 11-13 squad, including a pair of all-Western Buckeye League performers in juniors Erin Morrow and Alexis Dowdy. Morrow, a second-team all-WBL selection in 2012-13, averaged 11.2 points per game and added six rebounds per night. Dowdy, who earned honorable mention as a sophomore, posted four boards per contest while scoring just under 10 points per game. Losing only one letterwinner off last seasons team, the Lady Cougars feature six seniors and five juniors on a team that should be vastly improved from last year. We have really good team speed and we have a lot of depth, noted head coach Lance Moonshower, whose team will play an aggressive pressure defense this season. We wont go full-court all game, every game, but we will mix it in quite a bit and try to utilize our speed. Of course, the goal of that style of play is to not only disrupt the opposing offense, but to create fast-break chances for your own team. We want to get easier shots,
We have really good team speed and we have a lot of depth. We wont go full-court all game, every game, but we will mix it in quite a bit and try to utilize our speed.
Lance Moonshower, head coach, Van Wert girls basketball
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Those pins will have to be made up by some improved scores from the four returnees sophomore Madison Wannemacher (134.9 average), sophomore Caitlin Ireland (119.9), junior Dayna Gay (109.8) and junior Celsea Boroff (108.7). The fifth spot in the varsity lineup will be filled by one of three bowlers who are new to the sport freshman Sarah Linser, sophomore Kiara Lamb or sophomore Alisha Mills. Coach Tammy Metzger, who handled the boys team last year, lists the keys to the teams success as hard work, lots of practices and positive attitudes. Both coaches are assisted by Chuck Rollins.
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kids who have worked at it through their high school careers, so itll be interesting to watch it play out this year and hopefully they will be rewarded for their hard work. Since the Knights will be returning an unusual amount of experience and leadership, Best spoke about what he expects out of those leaders. We arent going to change our philosophy and some of the things we have set in place over the last 10 years or so but there are some things you can count on those guys to do, Best continued. We do trust them with their leadership to take over the locker room. You count on your seniors to make sure the team meshes and gels together. Theyve been through that before and know how that works, so you count on them to lead some of the underclassmen. Best talked about what he thinks will be one of his teams greatest strengths coming into the season. I think we can be diverse. We think we can get the ball out and run when the opportunity presents itself, Best explained. Something I know we need to get better at and we think we will is to be better in the half-court. We think we can get the ball inside, as well as make some plays out front with our guards. Through that, we hope we can dictate tempo and control games with pushing when we want and execute in the half-court when we want. On the flip side, Best sees one specific area where his team may have some problems in the coming season: One weakness right now is that we are still not the biggest and strongest group, physically. We are skilled but we are going to have to find ways to compensate for when we are up against bigger and stronger teams. Despite the relative lack of size, Best expects to see another very competitive year when it comes to battling for an NWC title:
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CONVOY The Crestview Knights look primed for another successful boys basketball season. The Knights will return a good portion of last years team that went 20-4 overall and 7-2 in the Northwest Conference, which was good enough for third in the league behind Lima Central Catholic and Spencerville. Crestview coach Jeremy Best talked about the leadership and experience he will welcome back for the upcoming season. We have the luxury of getting some experience back and thats usually a good thing. Hopefully, those guys got not only a year older, but also a year better, Best said. We dont want to be where we were last year; we want to be better. We have good leadership from our seniors. We have some
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Rickard returns veteran unit for Lady Knight cagers

baugh and Tara Crowle will return for their junior years and their third year of varsity. Megan Hartman will also play some varsity as a junior, as well as Emily Bauer, who will be a sophomore and started last year for us as a freshman. The Lady Knights will be returning a majority of their team from last year; even though they had a lot of success last season, he expects to see improvement from his team this year. We have a lot of experience coming back and hopefully we got better from last year to this year because we won a lot of close games last year, Rickard continued. You never want to stay stagnant and be as good as you were the year before, especially when you return as much experience as we do. For us, we always stress defense and we werent real good on defense last year. We won 22 games but a lot of those games were close. Weve been talking about how championship teams play defense and if we want to make a long tournament run, we need to be good on defense. With so much experience from last season returning, Rickard said he can already see one of the major strengths for his team coming into this season. From what we have seen, we have pretty very good shooters (returning) and should be a pretty good perimeter team, Rickard pointed out. From the scrim-
Our goal, as always, is to win the conference. There are a lot of teams in our conference that, last year, were young like us and will be bringing back a lot of veteran kids. Itll be real competitive, to say the least. Crestview won a sectional championship last year and went on to the district semifinals where they were defeated by St. Henry 61-51. Many people expect this years team to exceed those accomplishments but Best is only worried about living up to their own standards. This sounds clich but I dont think anyones expectations can be any higher than our own, Best added. People can say what they want about our team and what they expect but what it comes down to is what we know and what we think we can and cant do and, bottom line, that is all that matters. Our kids are the ones putting the work and the effort and I know they give me that all the time.
CONVOY Last year, Crestviews Lady Knights went 22-3 and were Northwest Conference champions, as well as sectional champions before losing in the Division IV district finals. Crestview head coach Greg Rickard spoke about the personnel for 2013-14 team. Senior-wise, we have Kristen Hicks back, this will be her fourth year of varsity basketball and Courtney Grote will also be a senior and this will be her first year of varsity, Rickard explained. Lindsey Motycka, Kennis Mercer, MacKenzie Riggen-
mages and practices so far this season, the shooting has been very good and we can score inside, too, which is nice. The outside and inside presence the Lady Knights have will cause a problem for most of their opponents this season. Last year, we ended with four girls averaging 11 points a game, so its kind of nice because we didnt have that 25-point scorer, Rickard added. If you want to have any success in Northwest Ohio, you need to have depth and balance because there are too many good coaches and defensive teams. They will key in and take down your key weapon and then you have to find a way to respond; having good depth and balance helps with that.
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The Elida swimming and diving teams for 2013-14 are, front from left, Andrew Line, Kenzie Christlieb, Becca Tschuor, Rayna Rojas, Emily Gremling and Nicolette Salisbury; second row, head coach Cheryl Fraley, Alex Yonut, Carson Hurst, Luke Simmons, Jacob Simmons, Kylee Morrisey, Emma Scannell, Natalie Carder and Daulton Buetner; third row, Jackson Donley, Hayley ONeal, Brittany McDonald, Brooke Smiley, Glenn McVey and XZation Woods; and fourth row, Tyler McComb, Austin Ruble, Alan Tyrrell, Ashley Radebaugh, Jenny Stringfield, Elizabeth White, Alexis Barnt and assistant coach Scannell. Absent are Lauren Huffer and Lauren Stotts. (Delphos Herald/Jim Metcalfe).
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GIRLS BASKETBALL VARSITY/JV Date Opponent Site Time Nov. 23 Continental Home Nov. 26 Hicksville Home Nov. 30 Ottoville Home 1 p.m. Dec. 5 Spencerville* Away Dec. 10 Perry Away Dec. 12 Allen East* Home Dec. 16 Wayne Trace Away Dec. 19 Bluffton* Away Dec. 27 Parkway Tournament Away 6/7:30 p.m. Dec. 28 Parkway Tournament Away 6/7:30 p.m. Jan. 7 Kalida Away Jan. 9 Columbus Grove* Home Jan. 11 Van Wert Away noon Jan. 14 Antwerp Away Jan. 16 Crestview* Away Jan. 23 Jefferson* Home Jan. 25 Parkway Home Jan. 28 St. Johns Home Jan. 30 Lima Cent. Cath. Away Feb. 3 Fort Jennings Away Feb. 6 Ada* Away Feb. 13 Paulding* Home * - Northwest Conference game All JV games begin at 6 p.m. unless noted -----BOYS BASKETBALL VARSITY/JV Date Opponent Site Time Nov. 29 Tip-Off Classic VW 6/7:30 p.m. Nov. 30 Tip-Off Classic VW 6/7:30 p.m. Dec. 7 Continental Away Dec. 13 Allen East* Away Dec. 14 Wayne Trace Home
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Dec. 20 Bluffton* Home Dec. 23 Kalida Away Dec. 27 Fort Jennings Home Dec. 28 Ottoville Home Jan. 4 Fort Recovery Away 6:30 p.m. Jan. 10 Columbus Grove* Away Jan. 11 Miller City Away Jan. 17 Crestview* Home Jan. 18 Antwerp Away Jan. 24 Jefferson* Away Jan. 25 Parkway (Farmers Night) Home Jan. 31 Lima CC (Senior Night) Away Feb. 1 St. Johns Away 6:30 p.m. Feb. 4 Lima Tem. Christian Home Feb. 7 Ada* (Homecoming) Home Feb. 14 Paulding* Away Feb. 21 Spencerville* Home * - Northwest Conference game All JV games begin at 6 p.m. unless noted -----WRESTLING Date Opponent Site Time Nov. 30 Wayne Trace Invitational Away 9 a.m. Dec. 2 Paulding/Fairview Paul. 5 p.m. Dec. 5 Spencerville Home 5 p.m. Dec. 19 Antwerp Quad Away 6 p.m. Dec. 28 Elida Quad Away 9:15 a.m. Jan. 4 Spencerville Invitational Away 10 a.m. Jan. 7 Bluffton/Cory-Rawson Home 6 p.m. Jan. 15 Jefferson/Allen East AE 6 p.m. Jan. 18 Wauseon Invitational Away 10 a.m. Jan. 28 Spen./Col. Grove/Bluff. Bluff. 4:30 p.m. Feb. 1 NWC Meet TBA TBA
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Jacob Otto. We have a solid group of kids ready to compete for Northwest Conference and sectional titles, Coach Siefker noted. Joe Lackey is the assistant coach. Serving as matmaids are senior Deanna Kleman, junior Annie Schramm and freshmen Maddie Benroth, Briley Keysor and Gracyn Stechschulte. Ian Langhals is the manager. Grove opens 2013-14 on Saturday, Nov. 30, at the Cory-Rawson Dual Meet.
come from the junior or sophomore class, Stechschulte added. Improving on a dayby-day and week-by-week basis will be the key to our success this season. Assistant coaches are Jon Diller, Kevin Stechschulte, Eric Maag and Adam Osterhage. The remainder of the Bulldog varsity has junior guard Colton Grothaus (5-6). The junior varsity crew, headed by junior varsity coach Eric Maag, has Grothaus, juniors Tanner Neu (6-2 forward), Marshall Downing (6-2 forward), Corey Schroeder (5-10 guard) and Bryce Sharrits (5-11 guard); sophomores Caleb Schroeder (6-0 forward), Baily Clement (5-8 guard) and Xavier Aguire (6-0 forward); and freshmen Rece Roney (6-2 center), Caiden Grothaus (5-8 guard) and Lachlan Clymer (5-9 guard). Grove begins the new season on Saturday, Nov. 30, at Van Buren.
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GIRLS BASKETBALL VARSITY/JV Date Opponent Site Time Nov. 22 McDonalds Tip-Off Classic (V) VW 6/7:30 p.m. Nov. 23 McDonalds Tip-Off Classic (V) VW 6/7:30 p.m. Dec. 3 Parkway Home Dec. 5 Columbus Grove* Away Dec. 12 Ada* Home Dec. 16 Fort Jennings Home Dec. 19 Jefferson* Home Dec. 21 Kalida Away 1 p.m. Dec. 30 Hicksville Home Jan. 6 Continental Away Jan. 9 Lima Central Catholic Away Jan. 16 Lincolnview* Home Jan. 18 St. Johns Away Jan. 20 Van Wert Home Jan. 23 Paulding* Away Jan. 28 Antwerp Away Jan. 30 Spencerville* Home Feb. 4 Celina Away Feb. 6 Allen East* Away Feb. 8 Tinora Home 2 p.m. Feb. 10 Wayne Trace Away Feb. 13 Bluffton* Home * - Northwest Conference game All JV games begin at 6 p.m. unless noted ------
Crestview
GIRLS BASKETBALL VARSITY/JV Date Opponent Site Time Nov. 29 VWCH Tip-Off Classic VW 6/7:30 p.m. Nov. 30 VWCH Tip-Off Classic VW 6/7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 St. Johns Home Dec. 7 Parkway Home Dec. 13 Ada* Away Dec. 17 Fort Jennings Away Dec. 20 Jefferson* Away Dec. 27 Miller City Home Jan. 3 Ottoville Away Jan. 10 Lima Central Catholic Home Jan. 11 Arlington Home Jan. 17 Lincolnview* Away Jan. 21 Shawnee Home Jan. 24 Paulding* Home Jan. 25 Celina Away Jan. 31 Spencerville* Away Feb. 1 Hicksville Away Feb. 7 Allen East* Home Feb. 8 Wayne Trace Home Feb. 14 Bluffton* Away Feb. 15 New Knoxville Away 6:30 p.m. Feb. 21 Columbus Grove* Home * - Northwest Conference game All JV games begin at 6 p.m. unless noted
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GIRLS BASKETBALL VARSITY/JV Date Opponent Site Time Nov. 22 Kewpee Tip-Off Classic (V) Bath 6/7:30 p.m. Nov. 23 Kewpee Tip Off Classic (V) Bath 6/7:30 p.m. Dec. 3 Spencerville Away Dec. 5 Celina* Away Dec. 7 Columbus Grove Away 1 p.m. Dec. 12 Defiance* Home Dec. 17 Coldwater Home Dec. 19 Wapakoneta* Away Dec. 26 Vicki Mauk Holiday Inv. (V) Home 6/7:30 p.m. Dec. 27 Vicki Mauk Holiday Inv. (V) Home 6/7:30 p.m. Jan. 7 Fort Jennings Home Jan. 9 St. Marys Mem.* Away Jan. 13 Lima Senior Away Jan. 16 Van Wert* Home Jan. 18 Allen East Away noon Jan. 23 Shawnee* Away Jan. 25 Marion Local Home noon Jan. 28 Ottoville Away Jan. 30 Kenton* Home Feb. 4 Parkway Home Feb. 6 Ottawa-Glandorf* Home Feb. 13 Bath* Away * - Western Buckeye League game All JV games start at 6 p.m. unless noted -----BOYS BASKETBALL VARSITY/JV Date Opponent Site Time Nov. 29 Tip-Off Classic (V) Home 6:30/8 p.m. Nov. 30 Tip-Off Classic (V) Home 6:30/8 p.m. Dec. 6 Spencerville Home Dec. 7 St. Johns Away Dec. 13 Defiance* Away Dec. 14 Toledo Woodward Away Dec. 20 Wapakoneta* Home Dec. 21 Coldwater Away Dec. 28 Lima Senior Away Jan. 10 St. Marys Mem.* Home Jan. 11 Archbold Away 6:30 p.m. Jan. 17 Van Wert* Away Jan. 18 Bowling Green Home Jan. 20 Toledo Bowsher (V) Away 7 p.m. Jan. 24 Shawnee* Home
Elida
Jan. 25 Tol. Cent. Cath. (Hall of Fame Presentation) Home Jan. 31 Kenton* Away Feb. 7 Ottawa-Glandorf* Away Feb. 8 Lima Cent.Cath. (Parents Night) Home Feb. 11 Bellefontaine Away Feb. 14 Bath* Home Feb. 21 Celina* Home * - Western Buckeye League game All JV games start at 6 p.m. unless noted -----WRESTLING Date Opponent Site Time Nov. 30 Sielski Invitational Coldwater 10 a.m. Dec. 6 Frickers Duals Archbold 4 p.m. Dec. 7 Frickers Duals Archbold 10 a.m. Dec. 10 Bath (V/JV)* Away 6 p.m. Dec. 14 Allen County Inv. Lima Sr. 10 a.m. Dec. 19 WBL Quad (Parents Night)* Home 6 p.m., Dec. 21 Golden Bear JV Inv. Bryan 9:30 a.m. Dec. 27 Reineke Holiday Classic Columbian noon Dec. 28 Reineke Holiday Classic Columbian 10 a.m. Jan. 6 Lima CC Quad Away 6 p.m. Jan. 9 Shawnee Super Tri* Away 6 p.m. Jan. 11 Bluffton JV Invitational Away 10 a.m. Jan. 16 Bath Super Tri* Away 6 p.m. Jan. 21 Celina Super Tri* Away 6 p.m. Jan. 25 Anthony Wayne Duals Away 10 a.m. Feb. 1 WBL Tourney Kenton 10 a.m. * - Western Buckeye League match -----SWIMMING AND DIVING Date Opponent Site Time Nov. 26 Kenton A 6 p.m. Dec. 7 Wildcat Diving/Swimming Inv. at Napoleon 8:30/11:30 a.m. Dec. 14 Elida Quad H 9 a.m. Dec. 17 Otta.-Gland. (Home meet at OG) A 6 p.m. Dec. 28 Lima Holiday Invitational A 1 p.m. Jan. 4 Port Clinton A 11 a.m. Jan. 8 Elida Tri Meet H 6:30 p.m. Jan. 11 Lions Club/Celina-Wapak Inv. Celina 1 p.m. Jan. 18 New Bremen Tri A 5 p.m. Jan. 20 Bath A 7 p.m. Jan. 23 WBL Diving at Defiance 3 p.m. Jan. 25 WBL Swimming at Defiance 11 a.m. Jan. 29 Lima Senior Quad A 6:30 p.m. Feb. 1 Gipe Relays at Pt. Clinton 8 a.m.
Date Nov. 26 Dec. 3 Dec. 7 Dec. 10 Dec. 14 Dec. 17 Dec. 19 Dec. 28 Jan. 7 Jan. 9 Jan. 11 Jan. 14 Jan. 18 Jan. 21 Jan. 23 Jan. 25 Feb. 8 Feb. 14 ------
CO-ED SWIMMING Opponent Site Time Celina Home 6 p.m. Kenton Away 6 p.m. Napoleon Invite Away 8:30 a.m. Ft.Rec./Marion Loc.(FR host) Home 6 p.m. Elida/Bath/St. Marys Bath 9 a.m. Coldwater/Versailles(C host) Home 6 p.m. Wapak/Lima CC at Wapak Away 6 p.m. Holiday Invite Away 1 p.m. Bryan Away 5:30 p.m. Ott.-Glan./St. Marys OG 7 p.m. Wapak Invite/Celina Away 1 p.m. Ayersville Away 5:30 p.m. Jay County Inv. Away 9 a.m. Defiance Away 4:30 p.m. WBL Diving Defiance 3 p.m. WBL Swimming Defiance 11 a.m. Sectional Ayersville 11 a.m. District Cleveland St. 11 a.m.
Van Wert
GIRLS BASKETBALL VARSITY/JV Date Opponent Site Time Nov. 28 McDonalds Tip-Off Home 6/7:30 p.m. Nov. 29 McDonalds Tip-Off Home 6/7:30 p.m Dec. 4 Jefferson Home Dec. 6 Lima Senior Away noon Dec. 9 St. Johns Away Dec. 11 St. Marys Mem.* Home Dec. 16 Spencerville Home Dec. 18 Ottawa-Glandorf* Away Dec. 22 Coldwater Home Jan. 8 Shawnee* Home Jan. 10 Fort Recovery Home noon Jan. 15 Kenton* Away Jan. 17 Lincolnview Away 1 p.m. Jan. 20 Paulding Away Jan. 22 Elida* Home Jan. 26 Crestview Home Jan. 29 Bath* Away Feb. 2 Lima Cent. Cath. Away Feb. 5 Celina* Away Feb. 10 Bryan Home Feb. 12 Defiance* Home Feb. 19 Wapakoneta* Away * - Western Buckeye League game All JV games tip at 6 p.m. unless noted
BOYS BASKETBALL VARSITY/JV Date Opponent Site Time Dec. 5 VWC Hospital Tip-Off Home 6/7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 VWC Hospital Tip-Off Home 6/7:30 p.m. Dec. 12 Ottoville Away Dec. 14 St. Johns Home Dec. 19 Ottawa-Glandorf* Home Jan. 9 Shawnee* Away Jan. 10 Lima Cent. Cath. Home Jan. 13 Carroll Home Jan. 16 Kenton* Home Jan. 17 Marion Local Away Jan. 23 Elida* Away Jan. 24 Bryan Home Jan. 27 Kalida Home Jan. 30 Bath* Home Jan. 31 Coldwater Away Feb. 6 Celina* Home Feb. 7 Lima Senior Away Feb. 13 Defiance* Away Feb. 14 St. Henry Away 6:30 p.m. Feb. 20 Wapakoneta* Home Feb. 21 Jefferson Away Feb. 27 St. Marys Mem.* Away * - Western Buckeye League game All JV games tip at 6 p.m. unless noted --------Date Nov. 30 Dec. 7 Dec. 9 Dec. 10 Dec. 16 Jan. 4 Jan. 8 Jan. 9 Jan. 11 Jan. 15 Jan. 16 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 25 Jan. 28 Feb. 1 WRESTLING Opponent Site Time Oak Harbor Invite Away 10 a.m. Lincolnview Lancer Inv. Away 10 a.m. Wapakoneta Home 7 p.m. Tri-Match Home 6 p.m. Bath/Celina/Wapak Bath 6 p.m. Kevin Cleveland Mem. Dublin Scioto 7 a.m. Elida/Wapak/Defiance Wapak 6 p.m. Kenton/O-G/Wapak Kenton noon Spartan Invitational Lima Sr. 10 a.m. St. Marys/Shawnee/Wapak Home 6 p.m. Super Tri-match Bath 6 p.m. Kenton/Wapak/O-G O-G 6 p.m. O-G/Defiance/Shawnee OG 6 p.m. Wapak Lions Club Inv. Away 8 a.m. Shawnee Away 7 p.m. Wes. Buckeye League Champ. Kenton 10 a.m.
Fort Jennings
VARSITY/RESERVE BASKETBALL Date Opponent Site Nov. 22 Perry Away Nov. 23 Spencerville Home Nov. 26 Lima Cent. Cath. Home Nov. 30 Bluffton Home Dec. 3 Ottoville Home Dec. 10 Leipsic* Home Dec. 14 Kalida* Away Dec. 16 Crestview Away Dec. 21 Wayne Trace Away Dec. 28 McComb Home Jan. 4 St. Johns Away Jan. 7 Elida Away Jan. 9 Miller City Away Jan. 11 Pandora-Gilboa* Away Jan. 14 Shawnee Away Jan. 16 Continental* Home Jan. 20 Columbus Grove* Home Jan. 23 Ottoville* Away Jan. 28 Ayersville Away Feb. 3 Lincolnview Home Feb. 10 Jefferson Away Feb. 14 Miller City* Home * - Putnam County League game All JV games start at 6 p.m. Unless noted ----Time 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. BOYS VARSITY/RESERVE BASKETBALL Date Opponent Site Nov. 29 Arlington Away Nov. 30 Ayersville Home Dec. 6 Antwerp Home Dec. 7 Spencerville Away Dec. 13 Ottoville Away Dec. 17 Crestview Home Dec. 20 Miller City Away Dec. 21 Perry Away Dec. 27 Lincolnview Away Dec. 28 Lima Tem. Christ. Away Jan. 4 Columbus Grove* Home Jan. 10 Kalida* Away Jan. 11 Bluffton Home Jan. 17 Continental* Away Jan. 18 McComb Home Jan. 24 Miller City* Home Jan. 25 New Knoxville Home Feb. 1 Allen East Home Feb. 4 Ottoville* Home Feb. 8 Jefferson Home Feb. 15 Pandora-Gilboa* Home Feb. 21 Leipsic* Away * - Putnam County League game All JV games start at 6 p.m.
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GIRLS BASKETBALL VARSITY/JV Date Opponent Site Nov. 23 Lima Senior Home Nov. 26 Hardin Northern Away Dec. 3 Continental@ Home Dec. 5 Crestview* Home Dec. 7 Elida Home Dec. 10 Patrick Henry Home Dec. 12 Jefferson* Away Dec. 17 Kalida@ Home Dec. 19 Lima Cent. Cath. Home Dec. 28 Ottawa-Glandorf Away Jan. 4 Ottoville@ Home Jan. 9 Lincolnview* Away Jan. 11 Leipsic@ Home Jan. 16 Paulding* Home Jan. 18 Miller City@ Away Jan. 20 Fort Jennings@ Away Jan. 23 Spencerville* Away Jan. 30 Allen East* Home Feb. 6 Bluffton* Away Feb. 8 Arlington Away Feb. 13 Ada* Home Feb. 15 Pandora-Gilboa@ Away * - Northwest Conference game @ - Putnam County League game All JV games begin at 6 p.m. unless noted -----BOYS BASKETBALL VARSITY/JV Date Opponent Site Nov. 30 Van Buren Away Dec. 7 Ottoville@ Away Dec. 13 Jefferson* Home Dec. 14 Arlington Home Dec. 20 Lima Cent. Cath. Away Dec. 21 Patrick Henry Home
Columbus Grove
Time noon 1 p.m.
noon 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m.
Dec. 28 Jackson Center Jan. 4 Fort Jennings@ Jan. 10 Lincolnview* Jan. 11 Leipsic@ Jan. 17 Paulding* Jan. 18 Kalida@ Jan. 24 Spencerville* Jan. 25 Ottawa-Glandorf Jan. 31 Allen East* Feb. 1 Continental@ Feb. 4 Pandora-Gilboa@ Feb. 7 Bluffton* Feb. 8 Bath Feb. 14 Ada* Feb. 15 Miller City@ Feb. 21 Crestview* * - Northwest Conference game @ - Putnam County League game All JV games begin at 6 p.m. -----Date Nov. 30 Dec. 4 Dec. 14 Dec. 17 Jan. 6 Jan. 8 Jan. 17 Jan. 18 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 Jan. 28 Feb. 1 Feb. 8 WRESTLING Opponent Cory-Rawson Dual Meet Cory-Rawson Arcadia Invitational Paulding/Ayersville St. Johns/Elida/LCC Riverdale Van Buren Invitational Van Buren Invitational Thunderbird Invitational Thunderbird Invitational Spenc./Linc./Bluff. NWC Invitational Carey Classic
Away Away Home Home Away Away Home Home Away Home Home Home Home Away Away Away
1 p.m. 1 p.m.
Site Away Away Away Ayer. LCC Home Away Away LCC LCC Bluff.
Time 10 a.m. 6 p.m. 10 a.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 5 p.m. 9:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. 9:30 a.m. 6:30 p.m. AllenEast 10 a.m. Away 10 a.m.
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GIRLS BASKETBALL VARSITY/JV Date Opponent Site Time Nov. 22 Fort Recovery Home Nov. 23 Antwerp Home Nov. 26 Fairview Away Dec. 5 Bluffton* Away Dec. 7 Kalida Away 1 p.m. Dec. 12 Columbus Grove* Home Dec. 14 New Bremen Away 1 p.m. Dec. 19 Crestview* Away Dec. 21 Van Wert Home Dec. 27 Parkway Hol. Tour. (V) Away 3 p.m. Dec. 28 Parkway Hol. Tour. (V) Away 3 p.m. Jan. 4 Edgerton Away 1 p.m. Jan. 7 Miller City Home Jan. 9 Ada* Home Jan. 16 Lima Cent. Cath. Home Jan. 21 Wayne Trace Away Jan. 23 Lincolnview* Away Jan. 25 Ottoville Away 1 p.m. Jan. 30 Paulding* Home Feb. 6 Spencerville* Away Feb. 10 Fort Jennings Home Feb. 13 Allen East* Home * - Northwest Conference game All JV games start at 6 p.m. unless noted -----BOYS BASKETBALL VARSITY/JV Date Opponent Site Time Nov. 29 Vanlue Home Nov. 30 Ridgemont Away Dec. 6 Fort Recovery Home Dec. 7 Perry Home Dec. 13 Columbus Grove* Away Dec. 14 Kalida Home Dec. 17 Ottoville Home Dec. 20 Crestview* Home Dec. 21 Fairview Home 2 p.m. Dec. 27 Parkway Hol. Tour.(V) Away 6:30 p.m. Dec. 28 Parkway Hol. Tour.(V) Away 4:45 p.m. Jan. 10 Ada* Away Jan. 11 Wayne Trace Away Jan. 18 Pandora-Gilboa Away Jan. 24 Lincolnview* Home Jan. 25 Arlington Home Jan. 31 Paulding* Away Feb. 7 Spencerville* (Sr. Night) Home Feb. 8 Fort Jennings Away Feb. 14 Allen East* Away Feb. 15 Van Wert Away Feb. 21 Bluffton* Home * - Northwest Conference game All JV games start at 6 p.m. unless noted -----WRESTLING Date Opponent Site Time Nov. 30 Oak Harbor Invitational Away 10 a.m. Dec. 7 Lincolnview Lancer Inv. Away 10 a.m. Dec. 14 Allen County Inv. Lima Sr. 10 a.m. Dec. 28 Thunderbird Hol. Invite LCC 9:30 a.m. Dec. 17 Parkway Away 7 p.m. Dec. 28 LCC Holiday Invitational Away 9:30 a.m. Jan. 4 Plymouth Invitational Away 10 a.m. Jan. 11 Lima Senior Invitational Away 10 a.m. Jan. 15 Lincolnview/Allen East AE 6 p.m. Jan. 17 Van Buren Invitational Away 5 p.m. Jan. 18 Van Buren Invitational Away 9:30 a.m. Feb. 1 NWC Invitational Allen East 10 a.m.
St. Johns
GIRLS BASKETBALL VARSITY/JV Date Opponent Site Time Nov. 27 Lima Cent. Cath. Away 5 p.m. Nov. 30 St. Marys Mem. Home Dec. 3 Van Wert Away Dec. 5 Parkway* Away Dec. 12 Fort Recovery* Home Dec. 16 Shawnee Home Dec. 19 Kalida Home Dec. 23 Bath Home Dec. 28 Spencerville Home noon Jan. 2 Coldwater* Away Jan. 4 Fort Jennings Home 1 p.m. Jan. 9 Minster* Home Jan. 11 Ottawa-Glandorf Home noon Jan. 16 New Knoxville* Away Jan. 18 Crestview Home Jan. 23 St. Henry* Home Jan. 28 Lincolnview Away Jan. 30 Marion Local* Away Feb. 3 Paulding Away Feb. 6 Versailles* Away Feb. 8 Ottoville Away Feb. 13 New Bremen* Home * - Midwest Athletic Conference game All JV games begin at 6 p.m. unless noted -----BOYS BASKETBALL VARSITY/JV Date Opponent Site Time Dec. 6 Crestview Away 6 p.m. Dec. 7 Elida Home 6 p.m. Dec. 13 Fort Recovery* Away Dec. 14 Van Wert Home 6 p.m. Dec. 20 Continental Home Dec. 21 Ottoville Home 6 p.m. Dec. 27 New Philadelphia Cath. Hol. Tour. (Fremont St. Joe) TBA Dec. 28 New Philadelphia Cath. Hol. Tour. (Bishop Hartley) TBA Jan. 3 Coldwater* Home Jan. 5 Lima Cent. Cath. Away 1 p.m. Jan. 10 Minster* Away Jan. 11 Shawnee Away 6 p.m. Jan. 17 New Knoxville* Home Jan. 24 St. Henry* Away Jan. 25 Spencerville Away 6 p.m. Jan. 31 Marion Local* Home Feb. 1 Lincolnview Home 6 p.m. Feb. 7 Versailles* Home Feb. 14 New Bremen* Away Feb. 15 Bath Home 6 p.m. Feb. 21 Parkway* Home * - Midwest Athletic Conference game All JV games begin at 6:30 p.m. unless noted ----WRESTLING Date Opponent Site Time Dec. 7 Lincolnview Lancer Inv. Away 10 a.m. Dec. 14 Allen County Inv. Lima Sr. 10 a.m. Dec. 18 Allen East/LCC AE 6 p.m. Dec. 27 Marion Harding Classic Away 8 a.m. Dec. 28 Marion Harding Classic Away 8 a.m. Jan. 11 Spartan Invitational Lima Sr. 10 a.m. Jan. 18 CIT ClevelandSt. 10 a.m. Jan. 24 Thunderbird Invite LCC 5:30 p.m. Jan. 25 Thunderbird Invite LCC 9:30 a.m. Feb. 1 MAC Tri Versailles 10 a.m. Feb. 4 Spencerville/Parkway Home 5 p.m.
Ottoville
GIRLS BASKETBALL VARSITY/JV Date Opponent Site Time Nov. 22 Van Wert TipOff Classic Away 6/7:30 p.m. Nov. 23 Van Wert TipOff Classic Away 6/7:30 p.m. Nov. 30 Lincolnview Away 1 p.m. Dec. 3 Ft. Jennings Away Dec. 7 Bluffton Away noon Dec. 12 Miller City* Away Dec. 14 Ada Home 1 p.m. Dec. 21 OttawaGlandorf Home noon Dec. 28 Liberty-Benton Home noon Jan. 2 Kalida* Home Jan. 4 Columbus Grove* Away 1 p.m. Jan. 7 Bath Home Jan. 9 Continental* Away Jan. 14 PandoraGilboa* Home Jan. 18 Minster Away 1 p.m. Jan. 23 Ft. Jennings* Home Jan. 25 Jefferson Home 1 p.m. Jan. 28 Elida Home Feb. 1 Leipsic* Away Feb. 8 St. Johns Home Feb. 13 McComb Away * - Putnam County League game All JV games begin at 6 p.m. unless noted -----BOYS BASKETBALL VARSITY/JV Date Opponent Site Nov. 29 Cory-Rawson Home Dec. 6 Van Wert Away Dec. 7 Columbus Grove* Home Dec. 13 Ft. Jennings Home Dec. 14 Spencerville Home Dec. 17 Jefferson Away Dec. 20 Tinora Away Dec. 21 St. Johns Away Dec. 28 Lincolnview Away Jan. 3 Crestview Home Jan. 4 Minster Away Jan. 10 Upper Scioto Valley Home Jan. 11 PandoraGilboa * Away Jan. 17 Miller City* Home Jan. 18 Liberty-Benton Home Jan. 25 Paulding Away Jan. 31 Kalida* Home Feb. 4 Ft. Jennings* Away Feb. 7 Continental* Away Feb. 11 McComb Away Feb. 15 Leipsic* Home Feb. 21 Wayne Trace Away * - Putnam County League game All JV games begin at 6 p.m.
Kalida
KALIDA GIRLS BASKETBALL VARSITY/JV Date Opponent Site Nov. 22 Minster (Varsity Only) Home Nov. 26 St. Marys Mem.(Parents Night) Home Nov. 29 OttawaGlandorf Away Dec. 5 Antwerp Away Dec. 7 Jefferson Home Dec. 14 Ft. Jennings* Home Dec. 17 Columbus Grove* Away Dec. 19 St. Johns Away Dec. 21 Crestview Home Dec. 28 Coldwater Away Jan. 2 Ottoville* Away Jan. 4 Wapakoneta Away Jan. 7 Lincolnview Away Jan. 11 Allen East Home Jan. 14 Tinora Home Jan. 20 Liberty-Benton Home Jan. 25 Miller City* Home Jan. 28 Spencerville Away Feb. 1 PandoraGilboa* Home Feb. 4 Holgate Away Feb. 8 Leipsic (Senior Day)* Home Feb. 13 Continental* Away * - Putnam County League game All JV games begin at 6 p.m. unless noted ----Time 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. noon noon 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. BOYS BASKETBALL VARSITY/JV Date Opponent Site Time Nov. 30 Vanlue (Parents Night) Home Dec. 3 Perry Home Dec. 7 Archbold Away Dec. 10 PandoraGilboa* Away Dec. 14 Jefferson Away Dec. 21 OttawaGlandorf Home Dec. 23 Lincolnview Home Dec. 27 Ada Home 6:30 p.m. Jan. 3 Spencerville Away Jan. 4 McComb Away 6:30 p.m. Jan. 10 Ft. Jennings* Home Jan. 11 Tinora Home Jan. 18 Columbus Grove* Home Jan. 21 Van Wert Home Jan. 25 Leipsic* Away Jan. 31 Ottoville* Away Feb. 1 Wayne Trace Away 6:30 p.m. Feb. 7 Miller City* Away Feb. 8 Ayersville Home Feb. 14 Continental (Senior Night)* Home Feb. 15 Van Buren Away Feb. 21 Fairview Away * - Putnam County League game All JV games begin at 6 p.m. unless noted
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BASKETBALL WRESTLING SWIMMING DIVING BOWLING

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Hamburg Pickle On Top! Makes Your Flippity Flop!

Boys Basketball ............................ 43 Girls Basketball ............................ 43

Elizabeth at Market Allentown at Cable Bellefontaine at Kibby

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SERVING THE VAN WERT AREA SINCE 1952

East Allen Ag & Turf

Nothing Runs Like A Deere

Before the game, enjoy the food, sweets and donuts...

Sales Parts Service Agricultural Lawn & Garden Commercial

10305 Liberty-Union Rd. Van Wert, Ohio 45891 419-238-1299

662 Elida Ave., Delphos 419-692-0007

On new and used vehicles

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Jefferson varsity boys cagers

Our mission is to deliver CARE

234 S. Jefferson St. Delphos, Ohio Ph. 419-692-6010

MARYS A&W ROOT BEER

More experienced Jefferson boys crew awaits new campaign

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Hellman Nomina CPA

Since 1930 662 Elida Ave., Delphos

Call John Nomina or Steve Hellman at ...

Dr. John E. Grone, O.D. & Dr. Lois A. Spangler, O.D.

Open Daily 5:00 am to 9:00 pm

GOOD LUCK TEAMS!

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Jefferson Lady Cat varsity cagers

Delphos Oldest Mechanical Contractor With Quality Solutions Since 1957

Mark Wurst Owner

BRAHMA COTTON JERSEY GLOVES

Ohio License #45757, Ohio License #37398

By JIM METCALFE Staff Writer jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com

Injuries affecting Lady Jeffcat cagers

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Financial Financial Advisor Advisor .

Bus. (419) 695-0660 Corey Norton 1-800-335-7799

Martin Auto Service

Financial Financial Advisor Advisor .

With Quality Solutions

www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC

419-695-0660 www.edwardjones.com 419-695-0660

419-695-0660 Member SIPC 419-695-0660

Call Call or or stop stop by by today. today.

7442 Bliss Road Elida, Ohio 45807

Member Member SIPC SIPC

CLARA L. HANF, CPA

A Full Service Generac Generator Deale

Delphos: 419-692-8901 Ayersville:419-39

419.692.4133 800.999.2701 419.692.2260

202 N. Main Street Delphos, OH 45833 clara.hanf@raymondjames.com www.raymondjames.com/clarahanf

BEER - WINE - LIQUOR - FINE FOOD

Ohio License #45757, Ohio License #37398

Good Luck to all area teams!

Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC

419-692-7976 Famous for our pork tenderloins!

Buy with service after the sale since 1952!