2012 Fall Sports

2B FALL SPORTS PREVIEW The Delaware Gazette, Thursday, August 23, 2012

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GAZETTE | FILEOlentangy and BigWalnut have authored some pretty intense games over the last several seasons. Imagine what the two have in store now that they’re in the samedivision. Talk about an OCC-Capital Division clash.

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The more thingschange, well, the morethey stay the same.

That’s what they say atleast. Heck, Olentangyhead football coach EdTerwilliger and Libertycoach Steve Hale said itjust the other day whentalking about the Ohio

Capital Conferencerealigning for the eighthtime since 1995.

Of the six DelawareCounty football teams,their squads, the Bravesand Patriots, respectively,are the only two that willbe switching conferences— something you wouldthink would be quite anadjustment.

“We’ve played every-

one in Columbus since wejoined the OCC in 1995,”Terwilliger said, pointingout the fact Olentangywas a Division III pro-gram eight seasons ago— a D-III squad that wasthrown into the mix withD-I powerhouses likeUpper Arlington andReynoldsburg when enter-ing the league.

That being said, this

year’s move from theCardinal to the CapitalDivision shouldn’t be asmuch of a shock to thesenses.

“We’ve had Hayes,Orange and Big Walnut(three county schoolsalready in the Capital) onour schedule for yearsnow,” Terwilliger said.“The biggest differencenow is the games willcount toward winning aleague title, not just forearning points to get intothe playoffs.

“As for the other teamsin the division, we mightnot know all of the little

idiosyncrasies they have,but Big Walnut will be BigWalnut, Orange will beOrange and Hayes will beHayes.”

Hale, who will see hisPatriots move from theCardinal to the CentralDivision, offered up simi-lar sentiments to those ofhis neighborhood rival.

“We move into a leaguewith several teams we

THIS TIME IT COUNTS ... EVEN MORE

OCC realignment adds moreexcitement to local rivalries

Wewill dowhat we do nomatter what

division we’re inor who we’re

playing. We justwant to work ashard as we canand try and dowhat we do a

little better eachday, and that goesfor any year, not

just this one.— STEVE HALE, Olentangy Liberty

head football coach

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OHIO CAPITALCONFERENCECAPITAL DIVISION

WEEKONEFriday,August 24Non-league

� Hayes at Buckeye Valley, 7p.m.� Mount Vernon at MarionHarding, 7:30 p.m.� New Albany at Reynoldsburg,7:30 p.m.� Westerville Central at BigWalnut,7:30 p.m.� Westerville North at FranklinHeights, 7:30 p.m.� Worthington Kilbourne atOlentangy, 7:30 p.m.� Liberty at Orange, 7:30 p.m.� Watkins Memorial at LickingHeights, 7:30 p.m.

WEEKTWOFriday,August 31Non-league

� BigWalnut at Chillicothe,7:30 p.m.� Cambridge at Mount Vernon,7:30 p.m.� CanalWinchester at Hayes,7:30 p.m.� Franklin Heights at Briggs,7:30 p.m.�Groveport atOrange,7:30p.m.�Olentangyat Liberty,7:30p.m.

� The Plains Athens atWatkinsMemorial, 7:30 p.m.� Westerville Central at NewAlbany, 7:30 p.m.

WEEKTHREEFriday, September 7Non-league

� Cleveland Collinwood at BigWalnut, 6:30 p.m.� Franklin Heights at CentralCrossing, 7:30 p.m.� Hayes at Dublin Jerome,7:30 p.m.� Lexington at Olentangy,7:30 p.m.� Mansfield Madison at MountVernon, 7:30 p.m.� Mifflin atWatkins Memorial,7:30 p.m.� New Albany at DeSales, 7:30p.m.� Orange atWorthingtonKilbourne, 7:30 p.m.

WEEK FOURFriday, September 14Ohio Capital Conference

� Hayes atWatkins Memorial,7:30 p.m.� Mount Vernon at FranklinHeights, 7:30 p.m.� New Albany at Orange, 7:30p.m.� Olentangy at BigWalnut,7:30 p.m.

WEEK FIVEFriday, September 21Ohio Capital Conference

� BigWalnut at Hayes,7:30p.m.� Franklin Heights at NewAlbany, 7:30 p.m.� Watkins Memorial at MountVernon, 7:30 p.m.� Orange at Olentangy,7:30p.m.

WEEK SIXFriday, September 28Ohio Capital Conference

� BigWalnut atWatkinsMemorial, 7:30 p.m.� New Albany at Hayes, 7:30p.m.� Olentangy at FranklinHeights, 7:30 p.m.� Orange at Mount Vernon,7:30 p.m.

WEEK SEVENFriday,October 5Ohio Capital Conference

� Franklin Heights atWatkinsMemorial, 7:30 p.m.� Hayes at Orange,7:30 p.m.� Mount Vernon at BigWalnut,7:30 p.m.� Olentangy at New Albany,7:30 p.m.

WEEK EIGHTFriday,October 12Ohio Capital Conference

� BigWalnut at New Albany,7:30 p.m.� Mount Vernon at Hayes, 7:30p.m.� Orange at Franklin Heights,7:30 p.m.� Watkins Memorial atOlentangy,7:30 p.m.

WEEKNINEFriday,October 19Ohio Capital Conference

� Franklin Heights at Hayes,7:30 p.m.� New Albany atWatkinsMemorial, 7:30 p.m.� Olentangy at Mount Vernon,7:30 p.m.� Orange at BigWalnut,7:30p.m.

WEEKTENFriday,October 26Ohio Capital Conference

� BigWalnut at FranklinHeights,7:30 p.m.� Hayes at Olentangy, 7:30 p.m.� Mount Vernon at New Albany,7:30 p.m.� Watkins Memorial atOrange,7:30 p.m.

MID-OHIO ATHLETICCONFERENCE


� Centerburg at Cardington, 7p.m.� Colonel Crawford at MountGilead, 7 p.m.� Fredericktown at Highland, 7p.m.� Hayes at Buckeye Valley, 7p.m.� Elgin at Bucyrus, 7 p.m.� Northmor at Crestline, 7 p.m.� North Union at Fairbanks, 7p.m.� Ridgedale at Van Buren, 7p.m.� River Valley atWynford, 7p.m.� Southington Chalker atPleasant, 7 p.m.

WEEKTWOFriday,August 31Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference

� Cardington at River Valley, 7p.m.� Highland at Northmor, 7 p.m.� Mount Gilead at Elgin, 7 p.m.�North Union at Pleasant,7 p.m.� Ridgedale at Buckeye Valley,7 p.m.

WEEKTHREEFriday, September 7Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference

� Elgin at Cardington, 7 p.m.� Northmor at North Union, 7p.m.� Pleasant at Highland, 7 p.m.� River Valley at BuckeyeValley,7 p.m.� Ridgedale at Mount Gilead, 7p.m.

WEEK FOURFriday, September 14Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference

� Buckeye Valley atCardington, 7 p.m.� Highland at Elgin, 7 p.m.� Mount Gilead at North Union,7 p.m.� Pleasant at Ridgedale, 7 p.m.� River Valley at Northmor, 7p.m.

WEEK FIVEFriday, September 21Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference

� Buckeye Valley at Northmor,7 p.m.� Cardington at Highland,7 p.m.� North Union at River Valley, 7p.m.� Pleasant at Mount Gilead, 7p.m.� Ridgedale at Elgin, 7 p.m.

WEEK SIXFriday, September 28Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference

� Cardington at Pleasant, 7 p.m.� Elgin at North Union, 7 p.m.� Highland at Buckeye Valley,7 p.m.� Mount Gilead at River Valley,7 p.m.� Northmor at Ridgedale, 7p.m.

WEEK SEVENFriday,October 5Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference

� Buckeye Valley at MountGilead, 7 p.m.� Highland at Ridgedale, 7 p.m.� Northmor at Elgin, 7 p.m.� North Union at Cardington, 7p.m.� River Valley at Pleasant, 7 p.m.

WEEK EIGHTFriday,October 12Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference

� Buckeye Valley at NorthUnion,7 p.m.� Cardington at Northmor, 7p.m.� Mount Gilead at Highland, 7p.m.� Pleasant at Elgin, 7 p.m.� Ridgedale at River Valley, 7p.m.

WEEKNINEFriday,October 19Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference

� Elgin at Buckeye Valley, 7p.m.� Mount Gilead at Cardington,7 p.m.� North Union at Ridgedale, 7p.m.� Pleasant at Northmor, 7 p.m.� River Valley at Highland, 7p.m.

WEEKTENFriday,October 26Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference

� Buckeye Valley at Pleasant,7p.m.� Cardington at Ridgedale, 7p.m.� Elgin at River Valley, 7 p.m.� Highland at North Union, 7p.m.� Northmor at Mount Gilead, 7p.m.

OHIO CAPITALCONFERENCECENTRAL DIVISION


� Central Crossing vs.Whitehallat Bexley, 7:30 p.m.� Dublin Coffman at DublinJerome, 7:30 p.m.� Hilliard Davidson at GroveCity, 7:30 p.m.� Jonathan Alder at ThomasWorthington, 7:30 p.m.� Liberty at Orange,7:30 p.m.� Marysville at Hilliard Bradley,7:30 p.m.� Walnut Ridge at UpperArlington, 7:30 p.m.

WEEKTWOFriday,August 31Non-league

� Central Crossing atIndependence, 7:30 p.m.� Cincinnati Elder at UpperArlington, 7:30 p.m.� Dublin Coffman at DublinScioto, 7:30 p.m.� Hilliard Darby at HilliardDavidson, 7:30 p.m.� Jonathan Alder at Marysville,7:30 p.m.� Mifflin atWestland, 7:30 p.m.

� Olentangy at Liberty, 7:30p.m.� Worthington Kilbourne atThomasWorthington, 7:30 p.m.

WEEKTHREEFriday, September 7Non-league

� Beavercreek at HilliardDavidson, 7:30 p.m.� Franklin Heights at CentralCrossing, 7:30 p.m.� Liberty at Uniontown Lake,7:30 p.m.� Marysville at Dublin Scioto,7:30 p.m.� Massillon Perry at DublinCoffman, 7:30 p.m.� ThomasWorthington atWesterville Central, 7:30 p.m.� Upper Arlington at Gahanna,7:30 p.m.� Westland at Hilliard Bradley,7:30 p.m.

WEEK FOURFriday, September 14Ohio Capital Conference

� Hilliard Davidson at DublinCoffman, 7:30 p.m.� Liberty at Central Crossing,7:30 p.m.�Marysville atWestland,7:30p.m.� ThomasWorthington atUpper Arlington, 7:30 p.m.

WEEK FIVEFriday, September 21Ohio Capital Conference

� Central Crossing at HilliardDavidson, 7:30 p.m.� Dublin Coffman at Marysville,7:30 p.m.� Upper Arlington at Liberty,7:30 p.m.� Westland at ThomasWorthington, 7:30 p.m.

WEEK SIXFriday, September 28Ohio Capital Conference

� Marysville at Liberty,7:30p.m.� ThomasWorthington atDublin Coffman, 7:30 p.m.� Upper Arlington at CentralCrossing, 7:30 p.m.� Westland at HilliardDavidson, 7:30 p.m.

WEEK SEVENFriday,October 5Ohio Capital Conference

� Dublin Coffman at CentralCrossing, 7:30 p.m.� Hilliard Davidson at UpperArlington, 7:30 p.m.� Liberty atWestland, 7:30p.m.� ThomasWorthington atMarysville, 7:30 p.m.

WEEK EIGHTFriday,October 12Ohio Capital Conference

� Central Crossing at ThomasWorthington, 7:30 p.m.� Hilliard Davidson at Liberty,7:30 p.m.� Upper Arlington atMarysville, 7:30 p.m.� Westland at Dublin Coffman,7:30 p.m.

WEEKNINEFriday,October 19Ohio Capital Conference

� Dublin Coffman at Liberty,7:30 p.m.� Marysville at CentralCrossing, 7:30 p.m.� ThomasWorthington atHilliard Davidson, 7:30 p.m.� Westland at Upper Arlington,7:30 p.m.

WEEKTENFriday,October 26Ohio Capital Conference

� Central Crossing atWestland,7:30 p.m.� Hilliard Davidson atMarysville, 7:30 p.m.� Liberty at ThomasWorthington,7:30 p.m.� Upper Arlington at DublinCoffman, 7:30 p.m.

haven’t played in sometime, but we’ve seen sev-eral moves over theyears,” he said. “We’vebeen in all but one of thedivisions and playedalmost everyone in theColumbus area at onetime or another.”

The division will be dif-ferent, but the key forLiberty will be keepingeverything as familiar aspossible. The approach,the preparation and theschemes won’t change,according to the coach.Don’t fix what isn’t bro-ken, right? After all, thePatriots did win two OCCtitles since entering theCardinal in 2007.

“We will do what we dono matter what divisionwe’re in or who we’replaying,” Hale said. “Wejust want to work as hardas we can and try and dowhat we do a little bettereach day, and that goesfor any year, not just thisone.”

As for fans of DelawareCounty football, therealignment should, ifnothing else, make for aninteresting fall.

“I hope it makes thingsexciting,” Terwilliger said.“I have a huge amount ofrespect for DelawareCounty football. It’sgrown leaps and boundsover the years. We playvery good football in thiscounty and I’m proud tobe a part of it.”

Second-year Hayeshead coach ZebbSchroeder, who was anassistant at Liberty beforelanding in Delaware, is allfor Olentangy joining theCapital, even though itmeans another toughteam standing in the wayof a league title.

“I’m thankful thingsstayed pretty consistentfor us, just changing oneteam in our league,” hesaid. “And I’m gladOlentangy is in our con-ference now. We have agood relationship withthose guys and respectthe job they do.”

It won’t take long forthe teams to feel the fulleffect of the realignment,either, as Liberty will hostOlentangy in a Week 2showdown — a gamemarking the first time therivals will square off asnon-league foes.

Conversely,Olentangy’s games withBig Walnut (Sept. 14 inSunbury), Orange (Sept.21 in Lewis Center) andHayes (Oct. 26 in LewisCenter) will mark the firsttime the battles actuallycount toward conferencesupremacy.

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I hope itmakes thingsexciting. I have ahuge amount ofrespect forDelaware Countyfootball. It’s grownleaps and boundsover the years. Weplay very goodfootball in thiscounty and I’mproud to be a partof it.

—EDTERWILLIGER,Olentangy headfootball coach

2012 DELAWARE GAZETTE CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

MORESCHEDULES »

See Pages 10-11 forDelaware Countysports schedules



Competitive highschool football programsdon’t just pop upovernight like a passingsummer storm. Winnershave to be built, notbought or borrowed —constructed from theground up with a founda-tion of hard work and ded-icated players and coach-es to serve as the brickand mortar.

Sometimes it takes alittle adversity, too —something the DelawareHayes football team,which finished last fall 3-7overall and 2-5 in theOCC-Capital Division, cer-tainly had some of enroute to dropping each ofits final five games of theseason to stumble to thefinish line with a sixth-place performance.

It’s that adversity,though, at least in part,that gives second-yearPacer head coach ZebbSchroeder a reason tobelieve his squad can turnthings around in 2012.

“As with any endeav-or, though times revealcharacter and competi-tiveness,” Schroedersaid. “We want our play-ers to embrace adversityas an exciting chal-lenge.”

And while the squad’snumbers are slightlydown, mostly due to asmall senior class, thecoach expects his playersto do just that.

“The upperclassmenwe do have, have surviveda grueling off-season pro-gram and have acceptedthe challenges that comewith being a good footballprogram,” he said. “It will

be a fun journey to seehow much progress wehave made.”

The biggest changeyou’ll see in this year’sedition of Hayes footballwill be a mental one, thecoach said, the schemeswill look awfully familiarwith a base 3-4 defenseand an offense run prima-rily out of “pro” personnel,which means two backsand a tight end.

“We’re just unique inthat our backs are in splitbacks, with the quarter-back in the shotgun,”Schroeder said. “Our tightend, meanwhile, willnever be in a three-pointstance. We will be multi-ple in what we do. We willgo one back, no back, too,but we have the ability todo everything with ourpro personnel on thefield.”

Senior quarterbackAlex Rafeld will be run-ning the show, Schroedersaid, looking to build onlast season’s 1,000-yard,12-touchdown perform-ance.

“I’m really excited forAlex,” the coach said. “Inthe style that we play,there is a huge differencebetween a guy’s first yearin the system and his sec-ond. Last year, he had tolearn a totally differentsystem than he ran as asophomore, which isnever easy. There was alearning curve last yearthat won’t be there thistime around.

“And you can’t root fora better kid,” he added.“He does everything thatexemplifies a student-ath-lete and is a great leader.”

He’ll be joined in thebackfield by senior tail-back Taylor Adair, who

Schroeder said has thepotential to be the Pacers’“wow” guy.

“Taylor had a tremen-dous off-season,” thecoach said. “He doesn’tplay a winter or springsport, so we had him fourdays a week starting Dec.5. He’s stronger and moreexplosive this year, he hasgreat feet and he’s added15-20 pounds of size. Helooks the part of a stand-out high school runningback and has really put inthe time.”

Others with big-playability include juniorreceivers Jante Wrightand Caleb Howell, andjunior running backTheoun Sorn. LinemenCollin Wittig Jr., ReeceKotaka, Tyler Harris andGaige Linville, and tightends Michael Sweeneyand James Wegmiller, arealso listed as projectedstarters.

The defense will be ledby junior linebackerAndrew Sierawski, whowill be one of the team’sfew two-way players, alsopenciled in to start at cen-ter on the offensive sideof the ball.

“I love Andrew’s intan-gibles,” Schroeder said.“He has what you can’tteach, which is to say hedoesn’t want to lose atanything he does. Hebrings the competitive-ness we want to create inall our players, and hope-fully it will rub off.”

Others expected tohelp slow down opposingoffenses include defensiveend Lamar Rhymes — a6’3, 245-pound sophomorewith speed and explosive-ness — outside linebackerAustin Arthur and nosetackle Michael Duffy.

Defensive end StoneBanks-Herrell, lineback-ers Adonis Martin andRay Simpson, cornerbackCollin Goble and safetiesConnor Ulmer and DorianMartin are also likelystarters.

As for the aforemen-tioned team-wide changesfrom a mental aspect, sim-ply experiencing the tran-sition associated with lastyear should make all thedifference.

“We talk about it all thetime as a staff,” Schroedersaid. “What a difference ayear has made in teachingour techniques, vocabu-lary and philosophy.Something as simple asour dynamic warm-up —last year it was a clownshow at times, but thisyear it is a point of pridein how we start our prac-tice.”

It’s that pride thatseems to be promotingthe Pacers’ push to startwriting a new chapter ofHayes football.

“Discipline, accounta-bility and focus werethree big factors that hurtus in games last year,” thecoach said. “I think wehave a mature group ofseniors and juniors thatreally learned from lastseason and made a pacttogether … they wantedto fix some of the littlemistakes that preventedthem from being a consis-tent, productive footballteam.

“We have to continueto find guys that want tobe good at everythingthey do, from scienceclass to football to howthey walk down the street.That is the recipe for suc-cess in high school foot-ball.”

DELAWARE HAYES PACERSHead coach Zebb Schroeder

# Name Off Def Ht Wt Yr1 Jon Hunsaker WR DB 5’9 161 102 Dorian Martin RB SS 5’9 165 123 Alex Rafeld QB — 6’2 180 124 Alex Hohe WR DB 5’9 155 125 Stone Banks-Herrell DL — 5’9 178 126 Jake Brown QB/WR OLB 6’0 190 107 Anthony Sanfillipo K — 5’10 170 128 Adonis Martin — LB 5’10 210 129 Taylor Adair RB SS 5’11 180 12

10 Jante’ Wright WR DB 6’1 155 1111 Michael Sweeney TE DL 6’3 215 1113 Lamar Rhymes TE DL 6’3 245 1014 Nate Worthy WR DB 5’11 155 1015 Caleb Howell WR DB 5’11 152 1116 Chance Smith WR DB 6’0 165 1117 Zach Glascox QB OLB 6’1 160 1118 Colton Meadows WR DB 6’0 155 1019 Brandon McConaha WR DB 5’7 135 1020 Connor Ulmer WR DB 5’11 155 1121 Collin Goble WR DB 5’11 145 1222 Nick Shaver WR DB 6’0 158 1123 Michael Giannakos RB OLB 5’9 161 1224 Austin Arthur RB OLB 5’10 180 1225 Andrew Wright WR DB 6’1 170 1126 Josh Daughenbaugh RB LB 6’1 170 1027 Cody Wooten RB OLB 6’1 195 1028 Tyler Mattox WR DB 6’0 155 1229 Juan Hernandez — DL 5’10 165 1130 Ray Simpson — OLB 6’1 165 1131 Hunter Henneke RB LB 5’11 160 1132 James Wegmiller TE DL 6’3 175 1133 Ernest Bonsu RB LB 5’8 170 1034 Theoun Sorn RB SS 5’10 165 1139 Brandon Ladd RB LB 5’8 145 1041 Brandon Walcott RB LB 5’9 179 1147 Ethan Tucky — LB 6’2 190 950 Tyler Harris OL DL 6’2 217 1151 Michael Duffy OL DL 5’11 210 1252 Andrew Sierawski OL LB 6’1 190 1154 Shawn Johnson OL DL 5’9 190 1156 Shane Sand OL DL 6’1 195 1057 Gaige Linville OL DL 6’2 215 1159 Matt Persinger OL DL 5’6 170 1060 Corey Watkins OL DL 6’1 205 1061 Dillan Oller OL DL 6’0 190 1062 Harrison Lee OL DL 6’0 195 1063 Kyle Willis OL DL 6’0 195 1064 Austen Porter OL DL 6’2 215 1065 Reece Kotaka OL DL 6’0 240 1167 Eric Haapapuro OL DL 5’9 230 1070 Collin Wittig OT — 6’4 265 1171 Derek Johanson OL DL 5’11 155 1172 Jackson Boger OL DL 6’1 225 1174 Keenan Kimbro OL DL 6’0 388 1175 Chad Pisano OL DL 6’2 290 1076 Derek Louck OL DL 6’3 250 1077 Austen Kimbro OL DL 6’1 265 1079 Zach Longworth — DL 5’11 155 1280 Austin Backus WR DB 5’11 155 1082 Cody Barker WR DB 5’1 150 1183 Joseph Sanfillipo K — 5’11 145 1084 Zack Brockett WR DB 5’11 140 1086 Daniel Shaver WR DB 5’6 115 10

REX WELKERThe 2012 Delaware Hayes varsity football team.

REX WELKERThe 2012 Delaware Hayes marching band.

REX WELKERThe 2012 Delaware Hayes varsity cheerleaders.

FOOTBALL

Focused Pacers primed for big things this fall

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After a 4-6 season in2010, the Buckeye ValleyBarons were hoping theycould get back to winning,and they did so, going 6-4overall and 5-4 in the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference.Buckeye Valley coach

Mike Marshall, now in hisninth season at BV, knowsthe road was a little rockylast season, but was happyhe could send his seniorclass out with a winningrecord.“It was a good year,

from the perspective thatwe won more than welost,” Marshall said. “Wehad some ups and downs,without question, but wewere satisfied with ourseason. Our senior classwas a very good class,and it was great to sendthem out as winners.”Those seniors are gone

now, but Marshall, whoholds a 48-32 record in histime at Buckeye Valley,made certain last season toplay more and more kidsin certain situations, andthis season, the Barons

have plenty of good playerscoming back to the fold.Buckeye Valley returns

11 players on offense, butchief among them will besenior Caleb Green, whowill move from his tail-back spot to quarterback.Green wasn’t unfamil-

iar with the position lastseason, having run theoffense out of the wildcatformation, but was theteam’s primary runningback, leading the squadwith 735 yards and 12touchdowns, averaging5.2 yards a carry. Greencompleted 13 of 31 passeslast year for 198 yards andthree touchdowns.“With Caleb at the

quarterback position, wemight look at doing thingsa little bit differently,”Marshall said. “He’s adual threat — he canthrow the ball, he can runthe ball, so having thatoption is a good thing.”When he does throw

the ball, Green will haveplenty of targets. SeniorsJack Kelly, Shawn Freeand Will Crecelius allreturn to the receivingcorps, as does senior tight

end Mark Firkins. In addi-tion, senior fullback BradKrueger is back afteropening holes while car-rying for 108 yards on 35carries a season ago.Meanwhile, the offen-

sive line will have fiveplayers returning.Seniors Patrick Godsil

and Joel Greenwoodreturn to the team at thetackle spots, senior JayGrote and junior JackBaesman will come backto the line at guard, andjunior Wyatt Pfeifer willanchor the line at center.The Barons lost more

on the defensive side, butstill return seven to thelineup. On the line, seniorLuke Edmonds and juniorLogan Dziak will stuff themiddle at the tackle posi-tions, while Firkins andGrote will come back totheir spots at linebacker.Green will likely move

from a linebacker spot toa strong safety positionwith Free returning atfree safety, while seniorDarren Dodds, who ledthe team with eight passbreakups last year, is backat cornerback.

Senior running backAustin Hilt will miss hisfinal season due to injury,but Marshall is confidentin his running corps.Junior Brad Edmonds,who did not play footballlast season, is back andwill likely share the run-ning chores with fellowjunior back ColinSchwartz and sophomoreGavin Terry.On the defensive side,

look for Godsil andGreenwood to get time onthe line along withKrueger and juniorTucker Smith. SeniorAlexander Allen will moveinto one linebacker posi-tion along with Schwartz,Kelly and junior Kyle


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# Name Off Def Ht Wt Yr1 Caleb Green QB SS 6’0 205 122 Shawn Free WR FS 5’10 150 123 Kolton Oiler TE DE 6’0 195 124 Colin Schwartz RB LB 5’9 160 115 Kyle Doubikin QB CB 6’0 175 117 Jack Kelly WR CB 5’11 145 128 Hunter Morrison WR FS 5’6 135 109 Alexander Allen TE LB 6’1 145 12

12 Chris Burns WR DB 5’8 150 1015 Dan Godsil QB LB 5’11 155 1017 Mark Firkins TE LB 6’2 195 1218 Lane Kleilein WR FS 6’5 170 1220 Gavin Terry RB DB 5’7 150 1021 Will Crecelius WR S 6’1 180 1222 Brad Krueger FB DE 6’0 195 1225 Darren Dodds WR CB 5’9 150 1233 Garrett Purcell WR CB 5’10 140 1135 Brad Edmonds RB LB 6’0 180 1136 Austin Harsh RB LB 5’9 165 1040 Luke Edmonds FB DE 6’0 215 1247 Austin Kelleher WR FS 6’3 170 1050 Joel Greenwood OT DT 6’0 265 1251 Wyatt Pfeifer C DE 6’3 250 1153 Holt Bensley OT DE 6’0 185 1055 Patrick Godsil OT DT 6’0 230 1256 Logan Dziak OT DT 6’3 270 1157 Tucker Smith OT DE 5’11 220 1158 Luke Fout OG DE 5’11 155 1159 Adam Coulter OG DE 6’1 210 1070 Cameron Cimini C DT 5’7 180 1073 Jay Grote OG LB 6’0 195 1274 Jack Baesman OG LB 5’10 160 1176 David Praul C DT 5’11 240 1077 Alex Whetro OT DT 6’1 225 1186 Jacob Spaulding WR S 5’6 130 11

FRESHMEN# Name Off Def Ht Wt Yr2 Ben Kidwell RB LB 5’9 160 93 Nick Cooper TB CB 5’6 105 94 Gabe Miller WR SS 5’9 140 96 Jordan Anthony RB CB 5’0 100 98 Seth Pinney WR S 5’11 120 9

15 Tim Schilling QB CB 5’9 135 921 Brendan Mercier WR S 5’4 110 923 Jonathan Amato OL LB 5’9 160 927 Cameron Jaudzemms TE SS 6’0 165 928 Joel Sibbalds WR CB 5’8 140 931 Conner Stebelton QB DE 6’0 150 933 Mason Karnofel FB LB 5’8 180 943 Todd Westover WR LB 5’7 110 947 Caleb Staton RB DE 5’10 185 948 Kenneth Griest FB LB 5’8 175 953 Nick Tubaugh OL DT 5’7 185 956 Josh Dodds OL DT 5’5 170 957 Jacob Fout OL DT 6’1 200 963 Wyatt Berezanski OL DE 5’8 145 967 Eli Walls OL DT 6’2 205 970 Cody Ridge WR DE 6’0 140 972 Evan Rowlands OL DT 6’1 165 973 Andy Park OL DT 6’2 250 975 Brandon Webb OL DT 5’7 195 980 Collin Fewell WR DE 6’0 145 981 Ian Hogg WR CB 5’10 125 983 Gardon Wycoff TE DE 6’1 170 9

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2011 High School Football Final Standings

OHIO CAPITAL CONFERENCEConference Overall

Capital Division W L W L PF PABigWalnut 6 1 9 3 349 228New Albany 6 1 9 3 418 290Orange 6 1 8 3 376 175Hilliard Bradley 4 3 7 3 377 153Watkins Memorial 2 5 4 6 290 244Hayes 2 5 3 7 222 357Mount Vernon 2 5 2 8 131 314Franklin Heights 0 7 1 9 113 434

Cardinal DivisionWesterville Central 5 2 8 3 283 175Liberty 5 2 6 4 264 210Westerville South 5 2 6 4 349 286Marysville 4 3 6 4 273 167Olentangy 4 3 5 5 240 217Dublin Jerome 4 3 4 6 201 216Dublin Scioto 1 6 2 8 236 308Westerville North 0 7 0 10 92 392

MID-OHIO ATHLETIC CONFERENCERed Division W L W L PF PANorth Union 8 1 9 2 442 164River Valley 7 2 7 4 299 185Buckeye Valley 5 4 6 4 291 240Elgin 3 6 4 6 253 254Highland 3 6 3 7 220 278

Blue DivisionPleasant 9 0 11 1 557 188Cardington 6 3 6 4 254 175Mount Gilead 3 6 4 6 183 253Ridgedale 1 8 1 9 78 444Northmor 0 9 0 10 57 501

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Heading into the 2012season, just about the onlything that hasn’t changedfor the Olentangy footballteam are the colors on itsuniform.OK, maybe that’s a bit

of a stretch — the coach-ing staff is still prettymuch intact and the teamdoes return 11 starters, sixon offensive and five ondefense — but the way theteam attacks its opponents,and the majority of thoseopponents themselves, willbe new as the Braves makethe jump from the OCC-Cardinal Division to thenewly realigned Capital.“I don’t want to be cliché,

but with six new teams onour schedule, we have totake things one game at atime,” Olentangy coach EdTerwilliger said as he pre-pares to start his 24th sea-son patrolling the sidelines.“Our coaches need to figureout what the other teamsare about from a personnelstandpoint, our players needto prepare, but it really justcomes down to being funda-mentally sound and stayinghealthy. If we focus on doingwhat we need to do, anddoing it the right way, we’llbe fine.”Another change for the

team will be noticeable inthe offensive approach.Gone are the days of theground-and-pound powergame. That left with therecent graduation of big-timebacks by the likes of WilliamGreathouse, DerrickRodgers and Joshua Perry.That being said, quarter-

back play will be as impor-tant as it’s ever been.“Offensively, we’re try-

ing to be more diverse thanwe’ve been in the past,”Terwilliger said. “Keepingthe quarterback healthy isalways a plus, and if we dothat, we have guys in(senior) Andrew Horstmanand (junior) Noah Durstwho have gotten a lot betterover the off-season. Bothhave gotten bigger, faster,stronger and more versatileat that spot.”Horstman, a two-year let-

terwinner, enters the sea-son with the edge in experi-ence after splitting timebehind center last fall.Senior Ramal Iverson, a

speedy back, returns asthe squad’s top rushingoption while Luke

Hartline, a two-year letter-winner and senior co-cap-tain, will play fullback.The playmakers, though,

and the team, will only goas far as the offensive linetakes them, the coach said.Fortunately for the

Braves, that line, anchoredby returning starters injunior center Andy Simms,senior guard Brian Raiffand senior tackle AustinSchmidt, is a seriousstrength.“The offensive linemen

have been strong leaders,”Terwilliger said. “The guysup front will be huge, notjust in terms of leadership,but we expect them to per-form.”A strong stable of

receivers should be animproved strength, too, thecoach said, with seniorsKyle Margolies, FrancisRamadhani and KyleHardin, along with juniorsVictor Elmurr, J.T. Gregaand Antony Allocco leadingthe way.Defensively, the Braves

return a good nucleus ofperimeter players with sen-ior linebacker and co-cap-tain Griffin Binkley(Special Mention All-OCC)expected to set the tone.Junior linebackers ZachRies and Tim Feasel arealso back, as are startingcornerbacks and senior co-captains Buchi Okafor andChristian Brett.“Griffin is just a really

good high school footballplayer,” the coach said.“He’s smart. Tim and Zachplayed a bunch for us lastyear and Buchi andChristian will hold downthe secondary … ourbiggest challenge will befinding a good rotation forour defensive linemen.”Of all the things that

have changed, one thathasn’t, according toTerwilliger, is the team’spropensity to prepare.“I like the off-season

these guys had,” he said.“The senior participationwas as good as it’s everbeen as far as those guysbeing mentors to theyounger players. I feel goodabout the work they’ve putin. They’ve improved physi-cally and mentally.”Set to play in the Capital

Division for the first time,Terwilliger said making anypreseason predictions as tohow the conference mightshake out is a tough task atthis point. One thing he

does know, though, is thatthe league is loaded.“Big Walnut, Orange and

New Albany are all playoffteams from last year,” he

said. “They’ll have some-thing to say about who winsthe division. We also have(Worthington) Kilbourne,Liberty — a team I think is

a Division I sleeper in cen-tral Ohio — and Lexingtonon our schedule beforeback-to-back league gameswith Big Walnut and

Orange. It will be a battle,but if we play with a senseof urgency in everything wedo, we hope to be in thehunt come Week 10.”

Braves ready for OCC-Capital Division competition

# Name Off Def Ht Wt Yr1 Francis Ramadhani WR DB 5’9 181 122 Ramal Iverson RB DB 6’1 164 123 Jarren Williams WR DB 5’7 131 104 Marc Mevorah WR DB 5’7 150 105 Drew Batt QB DB 5’11 163 106 Dana Russell WR DB 5’8 140 107 Josh Baumbach K — 5’11 171 118 Anthony Allocco WR DB 6’2 163 119 Jonah Gutentag QB DB 6’3 166 1110 Noah Durst QB WR 6’4 201 1111 Buchi Okafor WR DB 6’1 185 1212 Sean McCauley QB DB 6’2 156 1013 Kyler Slade WR DB 5’8 132 1015 Tim Feasel RB LB 5’10 165 1116 Austin Colan WR DB 5’10 152 1117 Andrew Horstman QB LB 6’4 208 1218 J.T. Grega WR DB 6’1 175 1119 Nick Brooks RB DB 6’0 157 1120 Thomas Schwartz WR DB 6’2 161 1221 Luke Hartline RB LB 5’8 208 1222 Tyler Hardin WR DB 5’8 130 1023 Luke Greenzalis RB LB 5’9 183 1124 Nick Tarpey WR DB 5’7 131 1025 Hayden Hunter RB DB 5’8 190 1126 Christian Brett WR DB 5’11 180 1227 Ty Olenick RB LB 5’8 184 1228 Connor Brett WR LB 6’0 185 1029 Jackson Schwartz WR DB 5’10 138 1030 Jacob Johnson WR DB 6’0 180 1031 Matt Allocco WR DB 5’9 136 1032 Anthony Golden RB LB 5’10 183 1033 Dan Wruble WR LB 6’0 158 1235 Jarod Johnson RB LB 5’8 197 1036 Griffin Binkley RB LB 6’0 180 1238 Jared Row WR DB 5’10 173 1240 Spencer Mason RB LB 5’11 200 1042 Chris Crumb RB LB 6’1 217 943 Maleke Mitchell RB DB 5’8 166 1144 Zach Ries RB LB 6’0 189 12

# Name Off Def Ht Wt Yr47 Jake Didion RB LB 5’8 159 1048 Nathan Hershiser RB LB 5’10 159 1149 Brandon Sheppard OL DL 5’10 229 1250 Austin Kochheiser OL DL 6’4 201 1051 Jake Cremeans OL DL 5’9 237 1052 Blake Young OL DL 5’11 200 1053 Mason Milner OL DL 5’7 210 1254 Dylan Hill OL DL 5’8 171 1055 Nate Hall OL LB 6’1 193 1056 Grant Lowe OL LB 5’10 198 1157 Austin Schmidt OL DL 6’6 264 1258 Michael Watkins OL DL 6’2 214 1259 Kyle Deel OL DL 6’2 251 1060 Ben Young OL DL 6’1 253 1161 Connor Slade OL DL 5’11 191 1063 Brian Raiff OL DL 6’1 272 1266 Curtis Conrad OL DL 5’9 235 1167 Dalton Endres OL DL 5’11 207 1070 Dominic Bonadio OL LB 6’0 196 1171 Andy Simms OL DL 6’3 257 1172 Austin Spalt OL DL 6’0 210 1073 Quinn Tucker OL DL 6’1 238 1074 Case Troyer OL DL 6’3 250 1175 Andrew Wise OL DL 5’11 208 1176 Chase Carter OL DL 6’2 224 1177 Ben Harder OL DL 6’1 187 1078 Quinton Gallion OL DL 6’0 228 1181 Victor Elmurr WR DB 6’0 169 1182 Kevin Sherry TE LB 6’0 241 1183 Kyle Margolies WR LB 6’3 201 1284 Zack Taber WR DB 5’11 165 1085 Cameron Rice WR DB 6’2 171 1086 Isaac Shetler TE DL 5’11 165 1187 Kyle Hardin WR DB 6’3 185 1288 Paul Raia OL TE 6’1 220 1290 Colby Brothers WR LB 6’0 178 1194 Tanner Held TE DL 5’11 193 1096 Jack Jones OL DL 5’10 198 11

OLENTANGY BRAVESHead coach Ed Terwilliger

HR IMAGING PARTNERS, INC.The 2012 Olentangy varsity football team.

HR IMAGING PARTNERS, INC.The 2012 Olentangy varsity cheerleaders.

HR IMAGING PARTNERS, INC.The 2012 Olentangy marching band.



The Orange Pioneerswere certainly one of thecounty’s — and theCentral District’s —strongest teams last sea-son. The trick for fifth-year coach Brian Cross isto keep them that way.

Orange went 8-3 lastseason, which included ashare of the Ohio CapitalConference CapitalDivision title and trip tothe Division I regionalquarterfinals.

“It was a very goodyear,” Cross, who owns a26-17 record at Orange,said. “Tying for the leaguechampionship with BigWalnut and New Albanywas a very positive note,and then making it to theplayoffs in our first year inDivision I and playing oneof the best programsaround in HilliardDavidson, it was definitelya solid season and wewere just very proud ofour kids.”

The Pioneers lost alarge group of talentedplayers from last season,not the least of which wasrunning back BrandonSchoen, the county’s lead-ing rusher from a seasonago. And while Orangehas very few returningplayers back, it still hastalent.

“We have five guysreturning on offense,including three on theoffensive line, and wehave two or three guysback on defense,” Crosssaid. “We have a goodsolid nucleus on offense.On defense, we lost a lot

of people and we havesome guys who got someplaying time who weren’tstarters, but we havesome work to do there, nodoubt.”

Among those returningto the starting lineup onthe offensive side is quar-terback Kofi Hill, whocompleted 36 of 71 passesduring the regular seasonfor 699 yards, throwingeight touchdown passescompared to just oneinterception last fall.

Also back is seniorfullback Mike Forbes,the team’s second-lead-ing rusher behindSchoen. Forbes was bril-liant at opening holes,

but still had one morecarry than Schoen on theregular season and fin-ished with 594 yards onthe ground and fivetouchdowns, averagingnearly five yards a carryhimself.

But the three returningstarters on the offensiveline will be just as impor-tant. Senior SpencerWilson is back to anchorthe line at center, withsenior tackle NickSkidmore back on thestrong side and seniorCole Snowden returningto his guard position.

There is work to do onthe defensive side, asCross said, but the

Pioneers still have two ofthe better returningdefensive players in sen-ior linebacker TristonRichardson and seniorlinebacker Jake Lewis.Both showed a talent forfinding the football andshowed they could beleaders as underclassmenas well.

But the key for thePioneer defense will behow well the newcomerscan adjust to their roles.On the defensive line,look for seniors WillMatare and Ben Heilmanto take spots at the defen-sive tackle positions, andjunior Cole Cunninghamto take over at the nose

guard position.Seniors Scott Smith

and Ben Dodson are setto take over the openspots at linebacker along-side Richardson, whilesenior Larry Rode willtake over one of the cor-nerback positions whilealso doubling as one ofthe team’s runningbacks.

Hill will also play asafety position this sea-son, with sophomore C.J.Stablein, a transfer fromDeSales, playing areserve role at both safe-ty and a wide receiverspot.

On the offensive line,senior Tyler Peery will

take over the left tackleposition, while senior AlexClark lines up alongsideSkidmore at the strongguard position.Richardson will also seesome time at a widereceiver spot, with Lewis,Jarrod Gilliam and JustinGels getting playing timeat tight end.

Senior Mitch Hopkinsgot plenty of kicks lastseason spelling the now-departed BryanSchrader, and will takeover full-time kickingduties. Hopkins and sen-ior Jake Stier are also setto handle the puntingchores.

With the shift ofOlentangy to the CapitalDivision, four of the divi-sion’s eight teams are nowlocated in DelawareCounty. Cross believes theleague will be muchimproved all over, andhopes his team can be inthe mix, despite a down-turn in numbers.

“Being realistic, ournumbers aren’t great,”Cross said. “Right nowwe have about 63 playersin the top three gradesand four are kickers thatplay soccer. Obviously,with those kind of num-bers, there are some posi-tions where we’re lackingin depth.”

Even so, the goalsremain the same atOrange.

“First and foremost,the goal is to win ourleague,” Cross said.“After that, of course,you want to make theplayoffs and go as far asyou can, so those are ourgoals.”

Revamped Pioneers ready to defend league title# Name Off Def Ht Wt Yr2 Jayonne Walker WR DB 5’10 140 123 Larry Rode RB DB 5’9 175 124 Hunter Kightlinger WR DB 5’9 145 105 Nick Stewart RB DB 5’9 152 116 Kwabena Awuah RB DB 5’7 150 117 Kofi Hill QB DB 6’2 205 128 Skyler Siles K — 5’7 147 119 Jake Lewis TE LB 6’2 220 11

10 Jake Alexander WR LB 5’9 142 1011 Marco Ventresca QB DB 5’9 155 1012 Drake Straty TE LB 6’2 200 1113 Hayden Heilshorn WR DB 5’7 130 1014 Chris Stablein QB DB 5’9 150 1015 Mohamed Ismail WR DB 6’2 165 1216 Josh Parker WR DB 5’8 150 1217 Triston Richardson WR DB 5’8 160 1218 Jake Stier QB DB 6’0 175 1220 Nate Gorham K — 6’1 144 1121 Kori Saunders WR DB 6’1 185 1222 Mitch Hopkins K — 6’2 175 1224 Andrew Sansone WR DB 5’6 130 1025 Jake Bobrowski RB DL 5’11 195 1126 Evan Thomas WR DB 5’9 135 1027 Lenn’s Kamba RB DL 6’2 202 1130 Mike Forbes RB LB 5’7 210 1232 Alex Smith RB LB 6’0 195 1233 Matt Booth RB DB 5’8 145 1134 Scott Smith RB LB 5’10 185 1235 Lee Brooks WR DB 6’0 170 1236 Logan Seum RB LB 5’10 195 1040 Alex Abernathy WR DB 5’10 140 1041 Corbin Lehman WR DB 6’0 160 11

# Name Off Def Ht Wt Yr43 Jeff Laubert RB LB 5’9 136 1044 Justin Gels TE LB 6’1 200 1145 Nick Starn RB LB 5’9 160 1048 Ben Dodson TE LB 5’10 180 1249 Walt Florence TE LB 5’11 180 1250 Nick Lee OL DL 5’9 220 1051 Brandon Mariotti OL DL 5’10 190 1252 Andrew Appel OL DL 5’11 210 1053 Alex Clark OL DL 6’2 235 1254 Will Matare OL DL 6’3 260 1255 Vaughn Bookheimer OL LB 5’10 165 1256 Cole Snowden OL DL 6’0 235 1258 Trevor Lindell OL DL 5’9 170 1059 Andrew Kessler OL DL 5’9 198 1060 Cole Cunningham OL DL 6’0 225 1161 Nick Mucha OL DL 6’0 215 1162 Lorenzo Montecillo OL DL 5’7 200 1166 Tyler Peery OL DL 6’0 250 1267 Josh Stevenson OL DL 5’11 175 1169 Ken Macmillan OL DL 6’2 225 1070 Nick Copeland OL DL 5’10 245 1272 Sam Damko OL LB 6’0 185 1073 Garrett Allen OL DL 6’0 225 1075 Nick Skidmore OL DL 6’2 270 1276 Hunter Wilson OL DL 5’11 230 1277 Spencer Wilson OL DL 6’3 250 1280 Andrew Parker WR DB 5’8 160 1281 Emmanuel Djan WR DB 6’1 190 1183 Nick Buening TE DB 6’2 170 1084 Ben Heilman TE DL 6’0 195 1285 Todd Smith K — 5’8 130 1087 Jarrod Gilliam TE DL 6’3 190 12

OLENTANGY ORANGE PIONEERSHead coach Brian Cross

HR IMAGING PARTNERS, INC.The 2012 Olentangy Orange varsity football team.

HR IMAGING PARTNERS, INC.The 2012 Olentangy Orange varsity cheerleaders.

Pictures of the Orange High School marching band were not available at press time.

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After six weeks, theLiberty Patriots’ 2011 sea-son obviously wasn’tgoing their way. At 2-4,and with losses to sisterschools Orange andOlentangy, the Patriotshad to do something —and they did.

Liberty finished theyear with a four-game winstreak, including winsover Westerville Centraland Westerville South, toearn a share of the OhioCapital ConferenceCardinal Division title.

“Winning those lastfour games in a row andgetting a share of the con-ference title was veryexciting for our kids,”Liberty coach Steve Halesaid. “We fought througha ton of adversity. It wasone of those years wecouldn’t get away fromthe injury bug, but ourkids did a great job offighting through it anddoing the best job theycould.”

This season, Libertywill make the move to theOCC’s Central Division,with conference foes suchas Dublin Coffman,Hilliard Davidson andUpper Arlington loominglarge. But Hale, now inhis 10th season with acareer record of 62-36 atLiberty, has confidence inhis team.

“The league keepsshifting things around andI’m not sure why,” Halesaid. “We’re not complain-ing. We’re going to go intothe Central Division anddo the best we can, justlike we always do.”

What will help most isthe return of six starterson offense and eight onthe defensive side. With

Liberty’s passing attack amain focus, the return ofsenior quarterback JoeyLonghino and senior tightend Bryson Wray will beextremely helpful.

Longhino, starting hisfirst season as quarter-back last year, finished asthe county’s leading pass-er, completing over 62percent of his passes (165of 264) for 1,881 yardsand 19 touchdowns a sea-son ago.

And while losing All-District and All-Countyreceiver A.J. Motikahurts, having Wray backis important. The seniortight end finished secondon the team and second inthe county in receivingwith 47 catches for 521yards and seven touch-downs.

“Having a good pass-catching combination likethat is always exciting,”Hale said. “We’re lookingforward to seeing whatthey do this year.”

The offensive backfieldwill also see the return ofjunior tailback DaryianDavies to the squad.Davies was injured in thegame against Hayes inweek three and missedthe rest of the season, butaveraged 45 yards a gameand 4.5 yards a carrybefore his injury.

The Patriots also havetheir two starting tacklesback in the fold. JuniorLuke Callahan and sopho-more Hunter Littlejohnwere thrown into the firelast year, but gained agreat deal of experiencethat has become invalu-able.

On the defensive side,two of the bigger namescoming back to the foldare those of seniors GrantCartwright and RyanSiebert. Cartwright was a

second-team All-DelawareCounty selection and oneof the stalwarts as theteam’s middle linebacker,while Siebert became theteam’s top talent in thedefensive backfield, earn-ing himself a scholarshipto Kent State University.

Senior cornerbacksAustin Mullins and MattMuntean and seniorstrong safety Tyler Welchalso return to the defen-sive backfield. Mullins is athree-year starter gettinglooks from Ivy Leagueschools, while Munteanand Welch are all-around

solid athletes, withMuntean likely pullingdouble duty at a receiverspot.

Senior Zach Shank,another player beingrecruited by Ivy Leagueschools, will return to hisdefensive end spot, whileseniors Robert Suarez andBrandon Miller will playalongside Cartwright inthe linebacking corps.

With the passingoffense, Liberty needs toreplace a weapon likeMotika, but juniors DanRhinehart and CarterRudek will be called upon

to do just that. In addition,senior Chad Pickelheimerwill be the anchor of thenew-look offensive line atcenter.

Senior Mitch Grahamplayed mostly on theoffensive line last season,but will move to the defen-sive front this year, andMarshall Davis will takeover another spot on thedefensive line.

Yes, there are chal-lenges for the Patriots thisseason, but Hale and histroops are going into thisseason with the samegoals as in all those sea-

sons past.“Our goals remain the

same,” Hale said. “We’regoing to go out with theintention of winning aleague championship, get-ting back into the playoffsand progressing into theplayoffs as far as we can.We’ll just keep doing whatwe do, try to do a little bitbetter and see if we can’treach those goals.”

Liberty set to ride momentum from last year’s finish

# Name Off Def Ht Wt Yr1 Elliot Lagendyk WR DB 6’4 175 122 Dylan Francis WR DB 6’1 165 113 Daryian Davies RB SS 5’7 150 114 Seth Jones TE SS 6’2 180 125 Joey Longhino QB SS 6’0 180 126 Jack Deacon WR DB 5’4 130 117 Matthew Matthaes WR DB 6’0 175 118 Jake Kunar WR DB 5’9 148 119 Matt Kessler QB WR 6’1 190 11

10 Tyler Welch WR SS 6’0 185 1211 Ryan Seibert QB DB 6’4 195 1212 Matt Muntean WR DB 5’11 160 1213 Ford Matthews WR DB 5’9 130 1014 Shelton Eggleston WR LB 5’9 195 1015 Nick Rinkes OL LB 5’10 185 1216 Bryson Wray WR SS 6’2 215 1217 Robert Suarez OL LB 5’11 215 1218 Carter Rudek WR DB 5’8 145 1119 Brock Rumbaugh QB DB 6’1 185 1020 Nick Durtschi RB SS 5’9 155 1021 Samuel Vucelich RB CB 5’11 170 1222 Chris Ronningen WR SS 6’2 180 1223 Jack Gainor WR DB 5’11 165 1024 Nate Rinkes WR DB 5’9 140 1025 Grant Cartwright RB LB 6’4 225 1226 Jacob Wiseman WR FS 5’11 165 1027 Sam Chickerella WR DB 5’11 155 1028 Scott Goodwill WR LB 6’0 165 1029 Austin Mullins RB DB 6’0 190 1230 Jake Hale TE DL 5’10 165 1031 Kyle Miller WR DB 5’8 135 1032 Mitch Deruy TE DL 6’4 215 1233 Christian Stolly WR DB 6’1 180 1034 Tyler Smith TE LB 5’11 185 1035 Matthew Bobbitt WR CB 5’7 145 1036 Kyle Wagner TE LB 6’2 200 1137 Blake Gereb LB RB 5’11 175 1039 Patrick Barboza WR SS 6’0 165 1040 Austin Baun WR SS 5’8 145 1042 Matthew Welch TE LB 5’10 175 10

# Name Off Def Ht Wt Yr43 Cole Dorsey TE LB 6’0 190 1044 Jacob Worrell RB SS 5’9 170 1045 Brandon Miller LB SS 5’10 215 1250 Nicholas Battaglia OL DL 5’10 150 1051 Chad Pickelheimer OL DL 6’0 220 1252 Sam Salupo OL DL 5’10 169 1053 Jackson Druckenbroad OL LB 6’0 197 1054 Tommy Kaczkowski OL DL 5’7 130 1055 Wills Nilsen OL LB 6’0 155 1056 Branden Haner OL LB 6’1 180 1057 Tyler Hedge OL DL 6’2 195 1258 Eric Lorenzen OL DL 6’3 235 1159 Tyler Webb OL DL 5’11 215 1260 Dominic Decoster OL DL 6’2 196 1061 Mitch Graham OL DL 6’1 220 1262 George Basore OL DL 5’10 228 1263 David Trzcinski OL DL 6’3 250 1164 Ian Webster OL DL 6’1 235 1165 Zach Krysty OL DL 5’10 155 1166 Nicholas Eberly OL DL 5’8 135 1067 Chris Adams OL DL 5’8 200 1068 Hunter Littlejohn OL DL 6’4 250 1069 Colin Bourne OL DL 5’9 205 1070 Marshall Davis OL DL 6’1 270 1171 Nick Cote’ OL DL 6’0 200 1072 Vincent Curtin OL DL 6’8 295 1273 Andrew Hamilton OL DL 5’10 215 1074 Luke Callahan OL DL 6’4 265 1175 Zeke Aziz OL DL 5’11 155 1077 Ryan Winner OL DL 6’1 265 1178 Max Kaufman OL DL 6’2 185 1079 Zach Shank OL DL 6’4 240 1280 Dan Rhinehart WR DB 5’8 150 1181 Alec Ross WR DB 5’9 135 1083 Kyle Francis WR DB 6’0 160 1284 Connor Ritter WR DL 6’3 155 1085 Nathan Wilke TE DL 6’4 200 1087 Trent Perkins WR DB 6’3 150 1088 Keith Key TE DL 6’4 205 10

OLENTANGY LIBERTY PATRIOTSHead coach Steve Hale

HR IMAGING PARTNERS, INC.The 2012 Olentangy Liberty varsity football team.

Pictures of the Liberty HighSchool marching band andcheerleading squad werenot available at press time.

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BIG WALNUT GOLDEN EAGLESAug. 26 at Westerville Central Loss 16-27Sept. 2 at Chillicothe Win 38-22Sept. 9 Olentangy Win 41-13

Sept. 16 at Watkins Memorial* Win 21-14Sept. 24 Orange* Win 35-34Sept. 30 Hilliard Bradley* Win 11-10Oct. 7 at Hayes* Win 42-13

Oct. 14 New Albany* Loss 31-34Oct. 21 Mount Vernon* Win 42-0Oct. 28 at Franklin Heights* Win 41-10Nov. 4 Beechcroft# Win 14-7

Nov. 11 vs. Marion-Franklin# Loss 17-44

BUCKEYE VALLEY BARONSAug. 26 at Hayes (2OT) Win 38-32Sept. 2 Pleasant* Loss 13-59Sept. 9 at Ridgedale* Win 42-12

Sept. 16 at River Valley* Loss 14-42Sept. 23 Cardington* Loss 17-19Sept. 30 Northmor* Win 50-0Oct. 7 at Highland* Win 44-14

Oct. 14 Mount Gilead* Win 30-20Oct. 21 North Union* Loss 21-35Oct. 28 at Elgin* Win 22-7

HAYES PACERSAug. 26 Buckeye Valley (2OT) Loss 32-38Sept. 2 Olentangy Win 18-14Sept. 9 at Liberty Loss 14-38

Sept. 16 Franklin Heights* Win 56-27Sept. 23 at Mount Vernon* Win 24-13Sept. 30 at Watkins Memorial* Loss 20-32Oct. 7 Big Walnut* Loss 13-42

Oct. 14 at Hilliard Bradley* Loss 7-61Oct. 21 at New Albany* Loss 17-45Oct. 28 Orange* Loss 21-47

LIBERTY PATRIOTSAug. 26 at Dublin Coffman Loss 27-31Sept. 2 at Orange Loss 8-22Sept. 9 Hayes Win 38-14

Sept. 16 at Marysville* Loss 22-25Sept. 23 Dublin Jerome* Win 20-16Sept. 30 at Olentangy* Loss 7-13Oct. 7 at Westerville North* Win 36-7

Oct. 14 Dublin Scioto* Win 42-28Oct. 21 at Westerville Central* Win 24-19Oct. 28 Westerville South* Win 40-35

* denotes league game, # denotes playoff game

OLENTANGY BRAVESAug. 26 Orange Win 27-21Sept. 2 at Hayes Loss 14-18Sept. 9 at Big Walnut Loss 13-41

Sept. 16 at Dublin Scioto* Win 35-25Sept. 23 Marysville* (3OT) Loss 13-14Sept. 30 Liberty* Win 13-7Oct. 7 at Dublin Jerome* Win 42-17

Oct. 14 Westerville Central* Loss 7-20Oct. 21 at Westerville South* Loss 20-42Oct. 28 Westerville North* Win 56-12

ORANGE PIONEERSAug. 26 at Olentangy Loss 21-27Sept. 2 Liberty Win 22-8Sept. 9 at Westerville North Win 35-7

Sept. 16 Mount Vernon* Win 55-6Sept. 23 at Big Walnut* Loss 34-35Sept. 30 New Albany* Win 32-7Oct. 7 Watkins Memorial* Win 49-22

Oct. 14 at Franklin Heights* Win 48-6Oct. 21 Hilliard Bradley* Win 33-14Oct. 28 at Hayes* Win 47-21Nov. 5 at Hilliard Davidson# Loss 0-22

2011 DELAWARE COUNTY FOOTBALL RESULTS

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With the graduation of19 seniors, Big Walnutwill enter the 2012 foot-ball season without theFriday night experiencethat led the GoldenEagles to a 9-3 campaignand a share of the 2011Ohio Capital ConferenceCapital Division champi-onship (with New Albanyand Olentangy Orange)with a 6-1 record.

Joe Weaver, enteringhis fourth season as headcoach with a 25-10 (.714)overall record, will look to21 returning lettermen tolead Big Walnut into whatlooks to be a challengingseason.

“While we lost a lot ofFriday night experienceto graduation, we return agroup of hard-workingplayers who love to playthe game,” said Weaver,who shared CapitalDivision Coach of theYear honors with NewAlbany’s Mark Muellerand Orange’s Brian Crosslast fall.

Heading up the rosterof returnees are six sen-iors in quarterback/line-backer CarsonChatterton, wide receiv-er/defensive back SethMyers, fullback/line-backer Alex Clark, tightend/defensive linemanBrant Weiss, wide receiv-er/defensive back GabeKitchen andoffensive/defensive line-man Julian Simon, alongwith two juniors in offen-sive/defensive linemanAustin Crow and runningback/linebacker AlecEisnnicher.

“Carson is a leader onthe field as well as in theclassroom, and Seth is atalented athlete on bothsides of the line,” Weaversaid. “Alex returns tostart at fullback and Gabegives us experience andspeed at wide receiver.Brant gives us physicalstrength on the line andJulian is a strong linemenwith quick feet.”

Chatterton and Myerswere named to the All-OCC football squads lastyear, Chatterton as aSpecial Mention selection

and Myers as anHonorable Mentionchoice. Myers was aSecond Team Division IIAll-Central District hon-oree. Clark was the recipi-ent of last season’s MostImproved Player Awardafter rushing for 367yards and six touch-downs.

Also back are seniorsDakota Conley (RB/DB),Chad Harness (RB/LB),Brandon Koon (OL/DL),James Miller (TE/DL),Anthony Roberto(WR/DB), LoganWilliams (OL/DL),Trevor Williams(WR/DB) and DominicZitello (OL/LB), alongwith juniors Grant Burks(RB/LB), Austin Carr(RB/LB), Austin Hale(OL/DL), Austin Thomas(WR/DB) and JoelWindle (RB/DB).

Chatterton, Conley,Harness, Kitchen, Myers,Simon, Weiss, Zitello andTrevor Williams return astwo-year letter winners.Burks, Carr, Clark, Crow,Eisnnicher, Hale, Koon,Miller, Roberto, Thomas,Windle and LoganWilliams return as one-year letterwinners.

Weaver’s returning vet-

erans are being countedon to fill the huge cleatsof the 19 Golden Eagleseniors who graduatedwith 25 victories, an OCCCapital Division title andtwo consecutive OHSAAState Playoff appearances,reaching the Division II,Region 7 finals last sea-son.

Six seniors dominatedthe podium at last sea-son’s postseason awardsbanquet, including GrantBeam (Golden EagleAward), Tyler Beam(Most Valuable OffensivePlayer), Garrett Dandrea(Most Valuable DefensivePlayer), Jason Griffith(Most Valuable DefensivePlayer), Corey Gibson(Special Teams MVP) andBrandon Sholl (Iron EagleAward).

Eleven Golden Eagleseniors were voted to theAll-OCC Capital Divisionsquads, including TrentFielding, Lucas Garcia,Tyler Beam, Dandrea andGriffith. Second-Teamselections were JoeyJohnson, Seth Wandling,Grant Beam, Gibson andSholl. Tyler McKenzie wasnamed Special Mention.

Seniors awardedDivision II All-District

honors included First-Team honorees Dandrea,Fielding and Griffith;Second-Team selectionsGibson, Tyler Beam andSholl; Special Mentionhonoree Garcia; andWandling, who nabbedHonorable Mention hon-ors.

Division II All-Ohiorecognition went toFielding (Second TeamOffense) and Dandreaand Griffith (HonorableMention).

Weaver said key losseson offense included TylerBeam at quarterback,Garcia at running backand Gibson in the GoldenEagles’ kicking game.

“Tyler was a greatleader and a competitor atquarterback while Lucaswas a very talented run-ning back,” Weaver said.“We are looking to Carsonand Dakota to step in andget the job done.”

Tyler Beam led theGolden Eagles’ attack,totaling 1,690 yards intotal offense whileaccounting for 21 touch-downs. He rushed for 722yards and 10 touchdownswhile completing 82 of150 passes (.547) for 968yards and 11 touchdowns.

Gibson was a perfect43-for-43 in point-afterattempts, adding eightfield goals to lead theteam in scoring with 67points. He also averaged32.2 yards per punt whilehis kickoffs forced oppo-nents to start their offen-sive series deep in theirown territory.

“Gibson is a key loss,”Weaver said. “Not only forhis ability as a placekicker,but for his punting as well… he was very efficient.”

Weaver said sopho-more Tyler Satterfield,who kicked for theGolden Eagle JV team asa freshman last season,and Clark will handle thekicking chores in 2012.

Weaver said key lossesup front include Fieldingand Griffith, along withDandrea at linebacker.

“Trent was aggressiveup front while Jay gave usstrong, physical pres-ence,” Weaver said, “andGarrett was the leader ofour defense.”

Weaver is looking toSimon and Hale to replaceFielding and Griffith onthe line with Eisnnichertaking over for Dandreain the linebacking corps.

Looking ahead to Big

Walnut’s 2012 season,which opens Friday withWesterville Central at 7:30p.m. at Golden EagleStadium, Weaver sees avery competitive sched-ule.

“The Capital Division isloaded with teams withtalent from top to bottom.Every team has the abilityto make a run at the divi-sion championship,”Weaver said. “Our goalwill be to play each andevery week with a senseof urgency … there is nota down week on ourschedule.”

The Golden Eaglesopen their Capital Divisionschedule against long-timerival Olentangy at 7:30p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, inSunbury. Ed Terwilliger’sBraves replace HilliardBradley in the division fol-lowing the OCC’s realign-ment this summer.

Weaver will be assistedon the sidelines by ScottWetzel, Mike Adams,Brian Mackey, CharlieRowley and MikeDeLaney.

The Big Walnut HighSchool football roster wasnot available at press time.


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LENNY C. LEPOLAThe 2012 Big Walnut varsity football team.

LENNY C. LEPOLAThe 2012 Big Walnut varsity cheerleaders.

LENNY C. LEPOLAThe 2012 Big Walnut marching band.

FOOTBALL

Young Golden Eagles looking to soar back to the top

Note: Olentangy girls varsitygolf schedule was unavailableat press time.

Thursday, Aug. 23BOYS SOCCER

� River Valley at DelawareChristian, 5 p.m.� North Lewisburg Triad atVillage Academy, 5:30 p.m.� Olentangy at HilliardBradley, 7:15 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER� Hilliard Darby at BigWalnut, 7:15 p.m.� Liberty at WestervilleNorth, 7:15 p.m.� Olentangy at ThomasWorthington, 7:15 p.m.� Worthington Kilbourne atHayes, 7:15 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL� Northside Christian atDelaware Christian, 7 p.m.

BOYS GOLF� Big Walnut atPickerington Invitational(Turnberry), 9 a.m.� Olentangy, TBA at TBA(Royal American), 3:30 p.m.� Village Academy,Highland, River Valley atNorth Union (Blues Creek), 4p.m.� Orange at TBA (Heritage)4 p.m.

GIRLS GOLF� TBA at Orange(Shamrock), 3:45 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS� Orange at Liberty, 3:30p.m.� Big Walnut at HilliardDarby, 4 p.m.� Briggs at Hayes, 4 p.m.� Olentangy at PickeringtonCentral, 4 p.m.� Village Academy at RiverValley, 4:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 24FOOTBALL

� Hayes at Buckeye Valley, 7p.m.� Liberty at Orange, 7:30p.m.� Westerville Central at BigWalnut, 7:30 p.m.� Worthington Kilbourne atOlentangy, 7:30 p.m.

BOYS GOLF� Big Walnut at RaiderClassic (Blacklick), 8 a.m.

Saturday, Aug. 25BOYS SOCCER

� Dresden Tri-Valley at BigWalnut, 11:45 a.m.� Hayes at Reynoldsburg, 1p.m.� Olentangy, Orange atPerrysburg, 1 p.m.� Harvest Prep at DelawareChristian, 6 p.m.� Gahanna at Liberty, 7 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER� Big Walnut atWorthington Kilbourne,7:15 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL� Buckeye Valley, Olentangy,New Albany at MarysvilleSpike-Off, 9 a.m.� Liberty at GahannaTriangular, 9 a.m.� Hartley at Big Walnut,12:15 p.m.� Delaware Christian atHarvest Prep, 7:15 p.m.

BOYS GOLF� Big Walnut, Hayes,Olentangy, Orange at KentMiller Invitational(Hiawatha), 9:30 a.m.� Buckeye Valley, VillageAcademy at Mount GileadInvitational (Pine Lakes), 10a.m.

GIRLS TENNIS� Liberty at WattersonTournament, 8 a.m.� Orange at Teays Valley, 4p.m.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY� Big Walnut, Orange atPickerington North Classic,8:30 a.m.� Olentangy at MountVernon Invitational, 10 a.m.� TBA at Baron Blast atBuckeye Valley, 10 a.m.� Hayes at Fun To Run atCedar Point, Sandusky, TBA

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY� Big Walnut, Liberty,Orange at PickeringtonNorth Classic, 8:30 a.m.� Olentangy at MountVernon Invitational, 10 a.m.� TBA at Baron Blast atBuckeye Valley, 10 a.m.� Hayes at Fun To Run atCedar Point, Sandusky, TBA

FIELD HOCKEY� Olentangy at ColumbusAcademy, 10 a.m.

Sunday,Aug.26No events scheduled

Monday, Aug. 27BOYS SOCCER

� Independence at VillageAcademy, 5 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL� Village Academy atColumbus Academy, 5 p.m.

BOYS GOLF� Buckeye Valley at MountGilead (Pine Lakes), 4 p.m.

GIRLS GOLF� Orange at TBA (RoyalAmerican), 3:45 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS� Hayes at WestervilleCentral, 4 p.m.� Worthington Christian atVillage Academy, 4 p.m.� Worthington Kilbourne atLiberty, 4 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY� Columbus Academy atLiberty, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 28BOYS SOCCER

� Johnstown at BuckeyeValley, 5 p.m.� Patriot Academy atDelaware Christian, 5 p.m.� Village Academy atNorthridge, 5 p.m.� Hayes at WatkinsMemorial, 7:15 p.m.� Liberty at CentralCrossing, 7:15 p.m.� New Albany at Orange,7:15 p.m.� Olentangy at Big Walnut,7:15 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER� Big Walnut at Olentangy,7:15 p.m.� Central Crossing atLiberty, 7:15 p.m.� Orange at New Albany,7:15 p.m.� Watkins Memorial atHayes, 7:15 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL� Hayes at WatkinsMemorial, 6:30 p.m.� Delaware Christian atGahanna Christian, 7 p.m.� Liberty at CentralCrossing, 7 p.m.� New Albany at Orange, 7p.m.� Olentangy at Big Walnut,7 p.m.

BOYS GOLF� Big Walnut at DeSales(Jefferson), 4 p.m.� Hayes at Marysville(Marysville GC), 4 p.m.� Worthington Christian atVillage Academy(Shamrock), 4 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS� Big Walnut at Hayes, 4p.m.� Orange at Olentangy, 4p.m.� Pleasant at BuckeyeValley, 4 p.m.� Upper Arlington atLiberty, 4 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY� Olentangy at Lancaster,6:15 p.m.� Orange at WorthingtonKilbourne, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 29GIRLS GOLF

� Liberty, Orange at OCCChampionships #2(Oakhaven), 11:30 a.m.

GIRLS TENNIS� Grandview Heights atHayes, 4 p.m.� Hilliard Bradley atOlentangy, 4 p.m.� Liberty at Dublin Scioto, 4p.m.� Orange at HilliardDavidson, 4 p.m.� Jonathan Alder at BigWalnut, 4:30 p.m.� Wellington at VillageAcademy, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 30BOYS SOCCER

� Buckeye Valley at RiverValley, 5 p.m.� Dublin Jerome at Orange,7:15 p.m.� Hayes at DeSales, 7:15p.m.� Liberty at New Albany,7:15 p.m.� Westerville Central atOlentangy, 7:15 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER� Northside Christian atVillage Academy, 6 p.m.� Orange at WorthingtonKilbourne, 6 p.m.� Buckeye Valley at MarionHarding, 7 p.m.� Big Walnut atPickerington Central, 7:15p.m.

� Gahanna at Liberty, 7:15p.m.� Hilliard Darby at Hayes,7:15 p.m.� Olentangy at WestervilleCentral, 7:15 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL� Big Walnut at Hayes, 6:30p.m.� Grove City Christian atDelaware Christian, 7 p.m.� Olentangy at Orange, 7p.m.� Upper Arlington atLiberty, 7 p.m.

BOYS GOLF� Big Walnut at Gahanna(Little Turtle), 1 p.m.� Buckeye Valley atHighland (Table Rock), 4p.m.� Franklin Heights,Northridge at VillageAcademy (Shamrock), 5p.m.� Hayes,Watterson atLiberty (TBA), 4 p.m.� Orange at Marysville(Marysville GC) 4 a.m.

GIRLS GOLF� Orange at TBA (TheLakes), 4:30 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS� Buckeye Valley atJonathan Alder, 4 p.m.� Liberty at New Albany, 4p.m.� River Valley at Hayes, 4p.m.� Westland at Olentangy, 4p.m.� Worthington Kilbourne atOrange, 4 p.m.� Big Walnut at Marysville,4:30 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY� Liberty at Lancaster, 5p.m.� New Albany at Olentangy,6:15 p.m.� Columbus Academy atOrange, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 31FOOTBALL

� Ridgedale at BuckeyeValley, 7 p.m.� Big Walnut at Chillicothe,7:30 p.m.� Canal Winchester atHayes, 7:30 p.m.� Groveport at Orange,7:30 p.m.� Olentangy at Liberty, 7:30p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 1BOYS SOCCER

� New Philadelphia at BigWalnut, 2:45 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER� Hayes at HamiltonTownship, 10 a.m.� Orange at WorthingtonChristian, 10:30 a.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL� Hayes at SharonHuesman Memorial Quadat Hilliard Davidson, 9 a.m.� Ridgedale at BuckeyeValley, 10 a.m.� Olentangy at Lakewood,12:45 p.m.� Delaware Christian atMadison Plains Invitational,TBA

BOYS GOLF� Olentangy at PinnacleClassic (TBA), Noon

GIRLS TENNIS� Liberty at PickeringtonNorth Tournament, 9 a.m.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY� Big Walnut, BuckeyeValley, Olentangy, atGranville Invitational atBryn Du Estate, 9 a.m.� Liberty, Orange at AsicsHot Summer Bash atHilliard Davidson, 9 a.m.� Hayes at Bucyrus ElksInvitational, TBA

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY� Big Walnut, BuckeyeValley, Olentangy atGranville Invitational atBryn Du Estate, 9 a.m.� Liberty, Orange at AsicsHot Summer Bash atHilliard Davidson, 9 a.m.� Hayes at Bucyrus ElksInvitational, TBA

FIELD HOCKEY� Stow-Munroe Falls atOrange, 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 2No events scheduled

Monday, Sept. 3BOYS GOLF

� Hayes at TBA (TBA), TBA

Tuesday, Sept. 4BOYS SOCCER

� Village Academy atBuckeye Valley, 5 p.m.

� Big Walnut at Hayes, 7:15p.m.� Orange at Olentangy,7:15 p.m.� Upper Arlington atLiberty, 7:15 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER� Buckeye Valley atFairbanks, 5:30 p.m.� Liberty at UpperArlington, 7 p.m.� Olentangy at Orange, 7p.m.� Hayes at Big Walnut, 7:15p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL� Buckeye Valley atPleasant, 6:30 p.m.� New Albany at Hayes,6:30 p.m.� Northside Christian atVillage Academy, 6:30 p.m.� Olentangy at FranklinHeights, 6:45 p.m.� Big Walnut at WatkinsMemorial, 7 p.m.� Marysville at Liberty, 7p.m.� Orange at Mount Vernon,7 p.m.

BOYS GOLF� Liberty at Orange (SciotoReserve), 3:30 a.m.� North Union at BuckeyeValley (Mill Creek), 4 p.m.

GIRLS GOLF� Liberty at Orange(Shamrock), 4 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS� Big Walnut at WatkinsMemorial, 4 p.m.� Franklin Heights atOlentangy, 4 p.m.� New Albany at Hayes, 4p.m.� Marysville at Liberty, 4p.m.� Orange at Mount Vernon,4 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 5BOYS GOLF

� Liberty at OCC CentralChampionships #3 (DarbyCreek), Noon� Big Walnut, Hayes,Olentangy, Orange at OCCCapital Championships #3(Players Club), 1:15 p.m.� Village Academy, Readyat North Union (BluesCreek), 4:30 p.m.

GIRLS GOLF� Liberty, Orange at OCCChampionships #3 (MentelMemorial), 11:30 a.m.

GIRLS TENNIS� Buckeye Valley at BigWalnut, 4 p.m.� Hilliard Davidson atHayes, 4 p.m.� Hilliard Davidson atOlentangy, 4 p.m.� Pickerington Central atLiberty, 4 p.m.� Pickerington North atOrange, 4 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY� Liberty at Orange, 6 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 6BOYS SOCCER

� Buckeye Valley atLondon, 5 p.m.� Dublin Coffman atOrange, 7:15 p.m.� Gahanna at Olentangy,7:15 p.m.� Hayes at Marysville, 7:15p.m.� Liberty at Dublin Scioto,7:15 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER� Orange at ThomasWorthington, 6:30 p.m.� Buckeye Valley atLondon, 6:45 p.m.� Marysville at Hayes, 7:15p.m.� Olentangy at WestervilleNorth, 7:15 p.m.� Westerville Central atLiberty, 7:15 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL� Olentangy at New Albany,6:45 p.m.� Hayes at Orange, 7 p.m.� Liberty at Westland, 7p.m.� Mount Vernon at BigWalnut, 7 p.m.

BOYS GOLF� Orange, Marysville atHayes (Oakhaven), 3:30p.m.� Buckeye Valley, Elgin atNorth Union (Blues Creek),4 p.m.� Liberty at UpperArlington (Scioto CC), 4p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS� Buckeye Valley atGrandview Heights, 4 p.m.� Hayes at Hilliard Darby, 4p.m.� Village Academy atOlentangy, 4 p.m.� Newark at Big Walnut,4:30 p.m.FIELD HOCKEY� Dublin Scioto atOlentangy, 5:30 p.m.� Dublin Jerome at Orange,6 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 7FOOTBALL� Cleveland Collinwood atBig Walnut, 6:30 p.m.� River Valley at BuckeyeValley, 7 p.m.� Hayes at Dublin Jerome,7:30 p.m.� Lexington at Olentangy,7:30 p.m.� Liberty at UniontownLake, 7:30 p.m.� Orange at WorthingtonKilbourne, 7:30 p.m.

BOYS SOCCER� Delaware Christian atMansfield Temple Christian,5 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL� Village Academy atDelaware Christian, 6:30p.m.

BOYS GOLF� Granville Christian atVillage Academy(Shamrock), 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 8BOYS SOCCER

� Big Walnut at Teays Valley,Noon� Olentangy at HilliardDarby, Noon

GIRLS SOCCER� Teays Valley at BigWalnut, 11:45 a.m.� Jonathan Alder at Hayes,1 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL� Centerburg, Granville atHayes, 9 a.m.� Newark, Kansas Lakota atBig Walnut, 11:30 a.m.�DeSales at Olentangy,1 p.m.� Buckeye Valley at NorthUnion, 6:30 p.m.

BOYS GOLF� Village Academy atBexley Invitational(Westchester), 10 a.m.� Liberty, Olentangy at St.Charles Invitational(Brookside), 1 p.m.

GIRLS GOLF� Liberty at BexleyInvitational (BlacklickWoods), 1:30 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS� Orange at Reynoldsburg,9 a.m.� Buckeye Valley, Hartley,TBA at Village Cup atVillage Academy, TBA

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY� Buckeye Valley at TiffinCarnival, 8:30 a.m.� Big Walnut, Hayes,Liberty, Olentangy atMcGowan Invitational atWatkins Memorial, 9:30a.m.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY� Buckeye Valley, Liberty atTiffin Carnival, 8:30 a.m.� Big Walnut, Hayes,Olentangy at McGowanInvitational at WatkinsMemorial, 9:30 a.m.

FIELD HOCKEY� Cincinnati UrsulineAcademy at Orange, 9:30a.m.� Liberty at CincinnatiMount Notre Dame, 11 a.m.� Liberty at CincinnatiIndian Hills, 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 9No events scheduled

Monday, Sept. 10GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

� Village Academy atMarion Catholic, 6:30 p.m.� Buckeye Valley atWorthington Christian, 7p.m.

BOYS GOLF� Liberty at WoosterInvitational (Wooster CC), 8a.m.� TBA at Orange (SciotoReserve), 3:45 p.m.� Buckeye Valley atCardington (TBA), 4 p.m.� Village Academy atNorthridge (St. Albans),4:30 p.m.

GIRLS GOLF� Orange at TBA (BuckRidge), 4 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS� Hayes at GrandviewHeights, 4 p.m.� Pleasant at Big Walnut, 4p.m.� Village Academy atWesterville Central, 4 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY� Liberty at Dublin Scioto,5:30 p.m.� Olentangy atWorthington Kilbourne,6:15 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 11BOYS SOCCER

� Buckeye Valley atFairbanks, 5 p.m.� Madison Christian atDelaware Christian, 5 p.m.� Village Academy atJohnstown, 5 p.m.� Olentangy at FranklinHeights, 6 p.m.� Big Walnut at WatkinsMemorial, 7:15 p.m.� Marysville at Liberty, 7:15p.m.� New Albany at Hayes,7:15 p.m.� Orange at Mount Vernon,7:15 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER� Liberty at Marysville, 7:15p.m.� Mount Vernon at Orange,7:15 p.m.� TBA at Olentangy, 7:15p.m.� Watkins Memorial at BigWalnut, 7:15 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL� Mount Vernon at Hayes,6:30 p.m.� Northmor at BuckeyeValley, 6:30 p.m.� Watkins Memorial atOlentangy, 6:45 p.m.� Big Walnut at NewAlbany, 7 p.m.� Granville Christian atDelaware Christian, 7 p.m.

� Hilliard Davidson atLiberty, 7 p.m.� Orange at FranklinHeights, 7 p.m.

BOYS GOLF� Northmor at BuckeyeValley (Mill Creek), 4 p.m.� Olentangy at HilliardBradley (Darby Creek), 4p.m.

GIRLS GOLF� Liberty, Orange at OCCChampionships #4 (Cook'sCreek), 11:30 a.m.

GIRLS TENNIS� Village Academy atCentennial, 3:45 p.m.� Hayes at Orange, 4 p.m.� Liberty at Westland, 4p.m.� Mount Vernon at BigWalnut, 4 p.m.� New Albany at Olentangy,4 p.m.� Buckeye Valley at RiverValley, 4:15 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY� Granville at Orange, 6p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 12GIRLS SOCCER

� Buckeye Valley atJohnstown, 6 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS� Dublin Scioto at Hayes, 4p.m.� Liberty at Reynoldsburg,4 p.m.� Orange at TBA atWhetstone Park of Roses, 4p.m.� Buckeye Valley at Hartley,4:30 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY� Thomas Worthington atLiberty, 5 p.m.� Olentangy at DublinJerome, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 13BOYS SOCCER

� Delaware Christian atVillage Academy, 5 p.m.� Worthington Christian atBuckeye Valley, 5 p.m.� Groveport at Hayes, 7:15p.m.� Liberty at DeSales, 7:15p.m.� Marysville at Orange,7:15 p.m.� Watterson at Olentangy,7:15 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER� Hilliard Bradley atOlentangy, 7 p.m.� Hayes at New Albany,7:15 p.m.� Marion Harding at BigWalnut, 7:15 p.m.� Orange at UpperArlington, 7:15 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL� Elgin at Buckeye Valley,6:30 p.m.� Franklin Heights atHayes, 6:30 p.m.� Olentangy at MountVernon, 6:45 p.m.� Dublin Coffman atLiberty, 7 p.m.� Fairfield Christian atDelaware Christian, 7 p.m.� Orange at Big Walnut, 7p.m.

BOYS GOLF� TBA at Orange (SciotoReserve), 3:45 p.m.� Buckeye Valley at RiverValley (TBA), 4 p.m.� Centerburg, DeSales atBig Walnut (Northstar), 4p.m.� Olentangy, ThomasWorthington at Liberty(Kinsale), 4 p.m.� Village Academy atWellington (Glenross), 4:30p.m.� Hayes at Dublin Scioto(TBA), TBA

GIRLS GOLF� Liberty at Marysville(TBA), 4 p.m.� Orange at TBA (DarbyCreek), 4:30 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS� Big Walnut at NewAlbany, 4 p.m.� Grandview Heights atBuckeye Valley, 4 p.m.� Hilliard Davidson atLiberty, 4 p.m.� Mount Vernon at Hayes, 4p.m.� Orange at FranklinHeights, 4 p.m.� Village Academy atPleasant, 4:30 p.m.� Olentangy at WatkinsMemorial, 5 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY� Upper Arlington atOrange, 6 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 14FOOTBALL

� Buckeye Valley atCardington, 7 p.m.� Hayes at WatkinsMemorial, 7:30 p.m.� Liberty at CentralCrossing, 7:30 p.m.� New Albany at Orange,7:30 p.m.� Olentangy at Big Walnut,7:30 p.m.

BOYS GOLF� Buckeye Valley, Hayes atMarion HardingInvitational (Marion CC), 4p.m.� Village Academy atWorthington Christian(Glenross), 4:30 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS� Worthington Christian atHayes, 4 p.m.


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2012 DELAWARE GAZETTE FALL SPORTS SCHEDULESaturday, Sept. 15BOYS SOCCER

� Columbus Internationalat Buckeye Valley, 11 a.m.� Big Walnut at Hartley, 7p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER� Hartley at Hayes, 1 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL� Liberty at WorthingtonKilbourne Invitational, 9a.m.� Village Academy atMillersport Invitational, 10a.m.� Buckeye Valley at MountGilead, 11 a.m.� Big Walnut, CanalWinchester at HilliardDavidson, 11:30 a.m.� Upper Arlington atOlentangy, 11:30 a.m.� Delaware Christian atWorthington ChristianInvitational, TBA

GIRLS TENNIS� Buckeye Valley at RiverValley Invitational, 9 a.m.� Village Academy atWellington Cup, 9 a.m.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY� Big Walnut at CentralOhio Invitational at 3Creeks Metro Park, 9 a.m.� Hayes, Olentangy atGalion Festival, 9 a.m.� Orange at Hartley, 9 a.m.� Liberty at AllianceInvitational at ClaytonNorthmont, TBA

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY� Big Walnut at CentralOhio Invitational at 3Creeks Metro Park, 9 a.m.� Hayes, Liberty, Olentangyat Galion Festival, 9 a.m.� Orange at Hartley, 9 a.m.

FIELD HOCKEY� Shaker Heights Laurel,Dublin Scioto at Olentangy,11 a.m.� Hudson at Liberty, 2 p.m.

Sunday,Sept.16No events scheduled

Monday,Sept.17GIRLS SOCCER

�Northland at BuckeyeValley,6 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL� Village Academy atGranville Christian,6 p.m.

BOYS GOLF� Ridgedale at BuckeyeValley(Mill Creek), 4 p.m.� BigWalnut,Hayes, Liberty,Olentangy,Orange at OCCShootout (Moundbuilders),TBA

GIRLS GOLF� Liberty,Orange atOlentangy Cup (Oakhaven),9a.m.

GIRLS TENNIS�Hayes at River Valley,4 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY�Orange at Olentangy,6:15p.m.� Liberty at Dublin Jerome,7p.m.

Tuesday,Sept.18BOYS SOCCER

�Horizon Science at VillageAcademy,5 p.m.� River Valley at BuckeyeValley,5 p.m.�Delaware Christian at Treeof Life,5:15 p.m.�Hayes at Orange,7:15 p.m.� Liberty atWestland,7:15p.m.�Mount Vernon at BigWalnut,7:15 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER� BigWalnut at MountVernon,7:15 p.m.�Orange at Hayes,7:15 p.m.�Westland at Liberty,7:15p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL� River Valley at BuckeyeValley,6:30 p.m.�Hayes at Olentangy,6:45p.m.� Liberty at ThomasWorthington,6:45 p.m.� BigWalnut at FranklinHeights,7 p.m.�Delaware Christian at Treeof Life,7 p.m.�Watkins Memorial atOrange,7 p.m.

BOYS GOLF� Elgin at BuckeyeValley (MillCreek), 4 p.m.� Village Academy,Centerburg at GranvilleChristian (Links at EchoSprings), 4:30 p.m.

GIRLS GOLF�Orange,WorthingtonKilbourne at Liberty (SciotoReserve), 4 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS�Dublin Coffman at Liberty,4p.m.� Franklin Heights at Hayes,4p.m.�Olentangy at MountVernon,4 p.m.�Orange at BigWalnut,4p.m.

Wednesday,Sept.19GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

� Village Academy at OhioDeaf,6:30 p.m.�Watkins Memorial at Hayes,6:30 p.m.

BOYS GOLF� BuckeyeValley at RiverValley (TBA),4 p.m.� BigWalnut,Hayes,Olentangy,Orange at OCCCapital Championships #4(Granville CC),TBA

GIRLS GOLF�Orange at TBA (WindingHollow),3:30 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS�Olentangy at BuckeyeValley,4 p.m.�Westerville Central atOrange,4 p.m.� BigWalnut at River Valley,4:15 p.m.� Village Academy at Hartley,4:15 p.m.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY� BuckeyeValley atWhetstone,4:30 p.m.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY� BuckeyeValley atWhetstone,4:30 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY� ThomasWorthington atOlentangy,6:15 p.m.

Thursday,Sept.20BOYS SOCCER

�Gahanna Christian atVillage Academy,5 p.m.� BuckeyeValley at MadisonChristian,5:30 p.m.�Grandview Heights atDelaware Christian,6:15 p.m.�Olentangy at New Albany,7:15 p.m.� Pickerington Central at BigWalnut,7:15 p.m.�Westerville Central atLiberty,7:15 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER�Watkins Memorial atBuckeyeValley,5 p.m.� BigWalnut at DeSales,7:15p.m.� Liberty atWorthingtonKilbourne,7:15 p.m.�New Albany at Olentangy,7:15 p.m.�Westerville South atOrange,7:15 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL� BuckeyeValley at Highland,6:30 p.m.� BigWalnut at Olentangy,6:45 p.m.� Central Crossing at Liberty,7 p.m.�Gahanna Christian atDelaware Christian,7 p.m.�Orange at New Albany,7p.m.

BOYS GOLF� Liberty at OCC CentralChampionships #4 (PlayersClub),12:30 p.m.�Highland at BuckeyeValley(Mill Creek), 4 p.m.

GIRLS GOLF� Liberty atWorthingtonKilbourne (Scioto Reserve), 4p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS� BigWalnut at ThomasWorthington,4 p.m.�Orange at Gahanna,4 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY� Liberty atWatterson,5 p.m.�Orange at Dublin Scioto,5:30 p.m.

Friday,Sept.21FOOTBALL

� BuckeyeValley at Northmor,7 p.m.�BigWalnut atHayes,7:30p.m.�Orange at Olentangy,7:30p.m.�Upper Arlington at Liberty,7:30 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL�Gahanna Christian atVillage Academy,6:30 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS�Granville at VillageAcademy,4:30 p.m.

Saturday,Sept.22BOYS SOCCER

�Hayes atWesterville South,3:30 p.m.�Orange at St.Charles,4 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER�Hayes atWestland,Noon

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL�Hayes at Sherril AppelfellerClassic at Elgin,9 a.m.� Village Academy atMansfield Temple ChristianInvitational, 10 a.m.�Delaware Christian atMadison Christian,Noon

BOYS GOLF� Liberty,Orange at GranvilleInvitational (Granville CC),8a.m.�Olentangy at Findlay TrojanInvitational (Findlay CC),11a.m.� Village Academy at LibertyUnion Invitational (Pine Hill),1 p.m.

GIRLS GOLF� Liberty at Marysville FinalTournament (Darby Creek),1:30 p.m.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY� BigWalnut,BuckeyeValley,Hayes, Liberty,Orange atOtterbein Invitational,Westerville,9 a.m.�Olentangy at PickeringtonCentral Invitational, 10 a.m.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY� BigWalnut,BuckeyeValley,Hayes, Liberty,Orange atOtterbein Invitational,Westerville,9 a.m.�Olentangy at PickeringtonCentral Invitational, 10 a.m.


Monday,Sept.24BOYS GOLF

�Hayes at TBA (TBA),TBA

Tuesday,Sept.25BOYS SOCCER

� BuckeyeValley at Pleasant,5 p.m.

� Fairbanks at VillageAcademy,5 p.m.�Delaware Christian atGahanna Christian,5:15 p.m.�Orange at Franklin Heights,6 p.m.� BigWalnut at New Albany,7:15 p.m.�Hilliard Davidson at Liberty,7:15 p.m.�Mount Vernon at Hayes,7:15 p.m.�Watkins Memorial atOlentangy,7:15 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER� Beechcroft at BuckeyeValley,5 p.m.� Franklin Heights at Orange,5:30 p.m.�Hayes at Mount Vernon,7:15 p.m.� Liberty at Hilliard Davidson,7:15 p.m.�New Albany at BigWalnut,7:15 p.m.�Olentangy atWatkinsMemorial, 7:15 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL� Village Academy vs.West atOhio Deaf,5:30 p.m.�North Union at BuckeyeValley,6:30 p.m.�Orange at Olentangy,6:45p.m.�Delaware Christian at GroveCity Christian,7 p.m.�Hayes at BigWalnut,7 p.m.� Liberty at Upper Arlington,7 p.m.

BOYS GOLF� Liberty,Dublin Scioto atHayes (Oakhaven),3:30 p.m.

GIRLS GOLF�Gahanna,Marysville atLiberty (Scioto Reserve), 4p.m.�Orange at TBA (RollingMeadow),4 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS� BigWalnut at FranklinHeights,4 p.m.�Olentangy at Hayes,4 p.m.� Liberty at ThomasWorthington,4 p.m.�Watkins Memorial atOrange,4 p.m.� BuckeyeValley at Pleasant,4:30 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY�Orange at Lancaster, 5 p.m.Olentangy atWatterson,6:15p.m.

Wednesday,Sept.26BOYS GOLF

� Liberty at Hayes(Oakhaven),3:30 p.m.�New Albany vs.BigWalnutat Eagle Cup (Northstar), 4p.m.

GIRLS GOLF� Liberty,Pickerington Northat Upper Arlington (MentelMemorial), 4 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS�Orange at Upper Arlington,4 p.m.� Pleasant at VillageAcademy,4:30 p.m.

Thursday,Sept.27BOYS SOCCER

� BuckeyeValley at DelawareChristian,5 p.m.� Village Academy at GroveCity Christian,7 p.m.�Hayes at PickeringtonCentral, 7:15 p.m.�Worthington Kilbourne atOlentangy,7:15 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER� BigWalnut at BuckeyeValley,5 p.m.�Grove City at Liberty,7:15p.m.�Westerville Central atOrange,7:15 p.m.�Whetstone at Hayes,7:15p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL� BuckeyeValley at JonathanAlder,6:30 p.m.�Hayes at New Albany,6:30p.m.� Franklin Heights atOlentangy,6:45 p.m.�Delaware Christian atShekinah Christian,7 p.m.� Liberty at Marysville, 7 p.m.Mount Vernon at Orange,7p.m.�Watkins Memorial at BigWalnut,7 p.m.

BOYS GOLF�Watterson atOlentangy(TBA),4 p.m.

GIRLS GOLF�Dublin Coffman,Wellingtonat Liberty (Scioto Reserve), 4p.m.�Orange at TBA (Valley View),4 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS� BigWalnut at Dublin Scioto,4 p.m.�Hayes at Jonathan Alder,4p.m.�Marysville at BuckeyeValley,4 p.m.�Olentangy at Centennial, 4p.m.� ThomasWorthington atOrange,4 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY�Orange at Dublin Coffman,6:30 p.m.

Friday,Sept.28FOOTBALL

�Highland at BuckeyeValley,7 p.m.� BigWalnut atWatkinsMemorial, 7:30 p.m.�Marysville at Liberty,7:30p.m.�New Albany at Hayes,7:30p.m.�Olentangy at FranklinHeights,7:30 p.m.

�Orange at Mount Vernon,7:30 p.m.

BOYS GOLF� BigWalnut atWarriorInvitational (WindingHollow),1 p.m.�Orange at TBA (Highland),1p.m.

Saturday,Sept.29BOYS SOCCER

�Hayes at BuckeyeValley,1p.m.�Orange at Beavercreek,1p.m.� BigWalnut at ColumbusAcademy,7 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER�Hayes at BuckeyeValley,11a.m.�Orange at DeSales,11:30a.m.�Upper Arlington atOlentangy,1 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL�Orange at Centerburg,9:30a.m.�Grandview Heights,Utica atBuckeyeValley,10 a.m.

GIRLS TENNIS� BigWalnut,Hayes, Liberty,Orange at OCC CapitalChampionships at Olentangy,8:30 a.m.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY� BigWalnut,Hayes,Olentangy,Orange at ErinNance Invitational at LondonCountry Club,9 a.m.� BuckeyeValley at NorthUnion Invitational, 10 a.m.� Liberty at Midwest Meet ofChampions at Hilliard Darby,TBA

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY� BigWalnut,Hayes, Liberty,Olentangy,Orange at ErinNance Invitational at LondonCountry Club,9 a.m.� BuckeyeValley at NorthUnion Invitational, 10 a.m.


Monday,Oct.1GIRLS SOCCER

� BuckeyeValley at ColumbusInternational, 7:15 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS�Worthington Christian atBigWalnut,4 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY� CSG at Orange,6 p.m.�Hartley at Olentangy,6:15p.m.� Liberty at Upper Arlington,6:30 p.m.

Tuesday,Oct.2BOYS SOCCER

� Village Academy at RiverValley,5 p.m.�Granville Christian atDelaware Christian,5:15 p.m.�Dublin Coffman at Liberty,7:15 p.m.� Franklin Heights at Hayes,7:15 p.m.�Olentangy at MountVernon,7:15 p.m.�Orange at BigWalnut,7:15p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER� Jonathan Alder at BuckeyeValley,5 p.m.� BigWalnut at Orange,7:15p.m.�Hayes at Franklin Heights,7:15 p.m.� Liberty at Dublin Coffman,7:15 p.m.�Mount Vernon atOlentangy,7:15 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL� BuckeyeValley atCardington,6:30 p.m.�Orange at Hayes,6:30 p.m.�New Albany at Olentangy,6:45 p.m.�Madison Christian atDelaware Christian,7 p.m.�Westland at Liberty,7 p.m.� BigWalnut at MountVernon,7:30 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS�Hayes atWesterville South,4 p.m.� Lancaster at Orange,4 p.m.�Worthington Kilbourne atOlentangy,4 p.m.� BuckeyeValley at BigWalnut,4:30 p.m.� Jonathan Alder at VillageAcademy,4:30 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY� Liberty atWorthingtonKilbourne,5 p.m.

Wednesday,Oct.3No events scheduled

Thursday,Oct.4BOYS SOCCER

� Pleasant at DelawareChristian,5 p.m.� BuckeyeValley atBrookhaven,6 p.m.� Liberty at Dublin Jerome,7:15 p.m.�Marysville at BigWalnut,7:15 p.m.�Orange at Gahanna,7:15p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER� Liberty at Orange,5 p.m.�Mount Vernon at BuckeyeValley,5 p.m.�Olentangy at PickeringtonCentral, 7:15 p.m.�Westerville South at Hayes,7:15 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL� BuckeyeValley at Elgin,6:30p.m.�Hayes at Mount Vernon,6:30 p.m.�Olentangy atWatkinsMemorial, 6:45 p.m.

�Delaware Christian atGranville Christian, 7 p.m.� Franklin Heights at Orange,7 p.m.� Liberty at HilliardDavidson, 7 p.m.�New Albany at BigWalnut,7 p.m.

BOYS GOLF� BigWalnut,Hayes, Liberty,Olentangy,Orange atDelaware County Bank Cup(Scioto Reserve), 11:30 a.m.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY� TBA at Liberty Quad atLiberty Park, 6:30 p.m.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY� TBA at Liberty Quad atLiberty Park, 6 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY� Bexley at Liberty, 5 p.m.

Friday,Oct. 5FOOTBALL

� Buckeye Valley at MountGilead, 7 p.m.�Hayes at Orange, 7:30 p.m.� Liberty atWestland, 7:30p.m.�Mount Vernon at BigWalnut, 7:30 p.m.�Olentangy at New Albany,7:30 p.m.

BOYS SOCCER� Patriot Academy at VillageAcademy, 5 p.m.

Saturday,Oct. 6BOYS SOCCER

�Olentangy atWorthingtonChristian, 4:30 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER� Buckeye Valley at Granville,Noon

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL�Delaware Christian atMarion Catholic,Noon� TBA,TBA at Olentangy, 10a.m.

BOYS GOLF� BigWalnut at 2013 Preview(Winding Hollow), 1 p.m.

GIRLS GOLF� Liberty at Fall Classic(Cook’s Creek), 4 p.m.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY�Hayes,Olentangy atJohnstown Invitational, 9a.m.�Orange at ThomasWorthington Invitational, 9a.m.� Buckeye Valley at JonathanAlder Invitational, 11 a.m.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY�Hayes,Olentangy atJohnstown Invitational, 9a.m�Orange at ThomasWorthington Invitational, 9a.m.� Buckeye Valley at JonathanAlder Invitational, 11 a.m.

Sunday,Oct. 7No events scheduled

Monday,Oct. 8FIELD HOCKEY

� Granville at Liberty, 5 p.m.�Olentangy at DublinCoffman, 7 p.m.

Tuesday,Oct. 9BOYS SOCCER

� Grove City Christian atDelaware Christian, 5:15 p.m.� Village Academy atWellington, 7 p.m.� BigWalnut at FranklinHeights, 7:15 p.m.�Hayes at Olentangy, 7:15p.m.� Liberty at ThomasWorthington, 7:15 p.m.�Watkins Memorial atOrange, 7:15 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER� River Valley at BuckeyeValley, 5 p.m.� Franklin Heights at BigWalnut, 6 p.m.�Olentangy at Hayes, 7:15p.m.�Orange atWatkinsMemorial, 7:15 p.m.� ThomasWorthington atLiberty, 7:15 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL� Veritas Academy at VillageAcademy, 6 p.m.� Buckeye Valley at RiverValley, 6:30 p.m.�Hayes at Franklin Heights,6:30 p.m.�Mount Vernon atOlentangy, 6:45 p.m.� BigWalnut at Orange, 7p.m.�Delaware Christian atFairfield Christian, 7 p.m.� Liberty at Dublin Coffman,7 p.m.

Wednesday,Oct.10GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

�Ohio Deaf at VillageAcademy,6:30 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY�Olentangy at CSG,6:15 p.m.

Thursday,Oct.11BOYS SOCCER

� BuckeyeValley at MarionHarding,5 p.m.� Central Crossing atDelaware Christian,7:15 p.m.� Liberty atWesterville North,7:15 p.m.�Watterson at Hayes,7:15p.m.�Worthington Kilbourne atOrange,7:15 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER� BuckeyeValley atWorthington Christian,7 p.m.�Olentangy at Liberty,7:15p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL�Highland at BuckeyeValley,6:30 p.m.�Olentangy at Hayes,6:30p.m.� Patriot Academy at VillageAcademy,6:30 p.m.� Franklin Heights at BigWalnut,7 p.m.�Orange atWatkinsMemorial, 7 p.m.� ThomasWorthington atLiberty,7 p.m.� Tree of Life at DelawareChristian,7 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY�Hartley at Orange,6:30 p.m.

Friday,Oct.12FOOTBALL

� BuckeyeValley at NorthUnion,7 p.m.� BigWalnut at New Albany,7:30 p.m.�Hilliard Davidson at Liberty,7:30 p.m.�Mount Vernon at Hayes,7:30 p.m.�Orange at Franklin Heights,7:30 p.m.�Watkins Memorial atOlentangy,7:30 p.m.

BOYS SOCCER� Village Academy vs.Granville Christian at EvansAthletic Facility,Newark,7:30p.m.

Saturday,Oct.13BOYS SOCCER

�Northside Christian atDelaware Christian,10 a.m.� Franklin Heights at BuckeyeValley,11 a.m.� Liberty at Olentangy,1 p.m.� BigWalnut vs.The PlainsAthens at Rio GrandeUniversity,5 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER� Jonathan Alder at BigWalnut,11:45 a.m.�Dublin Jerome at Liberty,Noon

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL� BigWalnut, Liberty,Orangeat Pickerington NorthTournament,9 a.m.� Bexley,Grandview Heightsat BuckeyeValley,10 a.m.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY� BuckeyeValley at MOACChampionships at Northmor,10 a.m.� BigWalnut,Hayes at OCCCapital Championships atTBA,TBA� Liberty at OCC CentralChampionships at HilliardDarby,TBA

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY� BuckeyeValley at MOACChampionships at Northmor,10 a.m.� BigWalnut,Hayes at OCCCapital Championships atTBA,TBA� Liberty at OCC CentralChampionships at HilliardDarby,TBA

FIELD HOCKEY�Maumee,Toledo OttawaHills at Liberty,11 a.m.� Toledo Ottawa Hills,Maumee at Olentangy,11a.m.

Sunday,Oct.14No events scheduled

Monday,Oct.15No events scheduled

Tuesday,Oct.16No events scheduled


Thursday,Oct.18No events scheduled


� Elgin at BuckeyeValley,7p.m.�Dublin Coffman at Liberty,7:30 p.m.� Franklin Heights at Hayes,7:30 p.m.�Olentangy at MountVernon,7:30 p.m.�Orange at BigWalnut,7:30p.m.

Saturday,Oct.20No events scheduled


Monday,Oct.22No events scheduled

Tuesday,Oct.23No events scheduled


Thursday,Oct.25No events scheduled


� BuckeyeValley at Pleasant,7 p.m.� BigWalnut at FranklinHeights,7:30 p.m.�Hayes at Olentangy,7:30p.m.� Liberty at ThomasWorthington,7:30 p.m.�Watkins Memorial atOrange,7:30 p.m.

Saturday,Oct.27No events scheduled



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BIG WALNUTWith four veteran play-

ers back from 2011’sDivision I DistrictTournament-qualifyingteam, Big Walnut headgolf coach ChuckWorkman expects hisGolden Eagles to chal-lenge for one of the topthree spots in the OCC-Capital Division this fall.Back from last season’s

102-123 Golden Eaglesquad are two seniorthree-year lettermen inT.J. Cowans and EvanCannell. Cowans was aSecond Team All-OCCand Honorable MentionDivision I All-CentralDistrict honoree whileCannell was a Third TeamAll-OCC honoree.“TJ is a good ball strik-

er and is even tempered… he doesn’t let a badhole or bad shot botherhim. He manages hisgame very well and hits agood long ball to go witha good short game,”Workman said. “Like TJ,Evan is a good ball strikerwho is long off the tee.Also even tempered, Evanrelies on a good shortgame. I am looking forand expecting good seniorleadership from both ofthem.”Joining Cowans and

Cannell are sophomoresKyle Gose and Kyle Bash.Gose, who earned the

Coach’s Award at thepostseason banquet, aver-aged 84.4 strokes per 18holes as a freshman whilecarding a low round of 79.Bash finished last yearwith an average of 91.“Kyle is an excellent

young golfer who consis-tently keeps the ball inplay,” Workman said. “Hehas an excellent shortgame and is outstandingon the greens. He plays tothe moment and has goodemotional control of hisgame. Kyle is a very longhitter with all of his clubsand is an excellent youngplayer who keeps hisemotions under controland manages his gameand the course very well.”Big Walnut, which cap-

tured the Delaware HayesInvitational with a 329,posted a season-best 324at the sectionals to qualifyto the DistrictTournament in 2011. TheGolden Eagles’ low nine-hole score was a 161.Two sophomores, Ryan

Cunningham and ChadLittle, who played on theGolden Eagle junior varsi-ty squad last fall, join thevarsity this season. JadenOverbaugh, a sophomorefor the JV, is expected toget some playing timewith the varsity, too.“We have six strong

players on the varsity thisseason,” Workman noted.“I expect them to be verycompetitive this season.“We are good ball strik-

ers, and we can hit theball a long way,” headded. “We are fairly con-sistent with our shots andwe don’t seem to let eitherbad shots or bad holesbother us.”Workman considers

putting a weakness.“We need to improve

our putting, and we needto simply put the ball backin play when in troubleinstead of trying to exe-cute a heroic, but impossi-ble shot,” Workman said.Looking at the 2012 sea-

son, Workman expects BigWalnut to be much betterthis year compared to 2011.“While Central Ohio

has many competitive,outstanding golf programs— and we are one of thesmallest Division I golfschools — I expect us tobe better,” he said. “Ibelieve New Albany willbe favored to win theOCC Capital, but I expectus to challenge for a top-three finish when all issaid and done … we arecapable of shooting 315 to325 for 18 holes.”

— Gary Henery

BUCKEYEVALLEYBuckeye Valley’s boys

golf team was next tounstoppable last fall,shredding Mid-OhioAthletic Conference com-petition on the way to aperfect league record cul-minating in the squad’ssixth straight MOAC title.Baron coach T.J.

Chaney thinks his teamcan continue to dominatethis season, too, but it’llhave to do it with analmost entirely new castof characters.“We lost five of our top

six golfers to graduation,”the coach said. “We’re veryyoung, but one thing a lotof people don’t know is justhow good our JV team waslast year. In eight of their13 matches, they actuallybeat the other team’s varsi-ty. Even though we lost alot, the new guys are readyto step up.”BV’s top returner is

Clay Walter, a senior whonabbed Player of the Yearhonors last fall.“Clay is a strong play-

er,” Chaney said. “Heplayed in the Bi-StateTournament over thesummer — a tourneybetween Ohio andPennsylvania — and didvery well. Just beingselected is an honor.”The only other varsity

contributor from lastyear’s team, AustinDoubikin, should also putup some low scores oncehe settles into the varsitygame after spending mostof his time with the JVunit a season ago.Newcomers Chaney

expects to step in and con-tribute include seniorZach Baesman and sopho-mores Adam Fridley,Colin Dawson andCameron Holcomb — agroup that pushes eachother as much as theiropponents.“One thing I’ve noticed

in my years of coachingis, if we get along well, theplayers play for eachother … and I think wehave that with this group,”Chaney said. “The playersall really help each otherout quite a bit.”The team’s seventh

straight MOAC champi-

onship won’t just be hand-ed to it, though, andChaney knows it.“There was a lot of

turnover in the league lastyear, and a lot of teams,like River Valley andNorth Union, have devel-oped some strong youngplayers,” he said. “Ourkids already know whatthe goal is, though …they don’t want to be thefirst group to break thestring of success.”

— Ben Stroup

HAYESJust how young is this

year’s edition of DelawareHayes golf? Well, of thePacers’ top ten players,one had never played golfuntil this summer.If that doesn’t give you

enough of an idea, consid-er the fact as many as fiveof the others looking tomake in immediate impactare freshmen.“We’re pretty much

starting brand new thisyear,” Hayes coach MikeNesselroad said. “Butthat’s not a bad thing. Weshot numbers Delawaregolf had never seen lastyear, and finished seventhin our eight-team league.“We hope we can only

get better from here,” headded, “and this group ofkids is fun to work with,they want to learn, theylisten and work hard.”They team’s only

returning letterwinners,senior Kyle Gabbert andsophomore ColeHaferman, are expectedto set an example for theyoung stable of Pacers.“Kyle has played more

golf this summer than inany of the previous ones,”Nesselroad said. “He’s agood kid, he’s been in theprogram for four yearsand he can show theyoung guys what we’re allabout.“Cole, meanwhile, has

come a long way since hisfreshman season, growthwise, maturity wise andskill wise. He’s improvedmentally and physically.”As for the newcomers,

one of the young playerslikely to make a splashthis fall is freshman GrantGodfrey. He averaged a 77during tryouts atOakhaven, numbersNesselroad said he hasn’tseen from a freshmansince 1990.“Grant goes back to the

old-school golfers in thathe works hard and hasthe golf bug bad,” thecoach said. “He loves golf,and he wants to be good.”Others who could see

varsity action includefreshman Mitchell Fanok,who just picked up thegame this summer; fresh-man Dan VanBrimmer,who qualified third duringtryouts; sophomoreJordan Lanham, who qual-ified second; junior CodyRoss; and sophomore LaliLakatos.Another of the fresh-

man in the fold is CCBarger — the first girl to

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OLENTANGY Though this will be her

first year coaching fieldhockey, Olentangy coachChelsea Huguenard said itis encouraging to start offwith a solid team of girls.

Despite losing quite abit of senior talent, thecoach said she is optimisticand confident in thereturning players that havestepped up as leaders.

Key returners for thisupcoming season includesenior captain LaurenVerhage and junior EmilieLaubenthal.

Huguenard saidVerhage’s quickness, com-petitive edge and commu-nication on the field, alongwith solid work ethic andleadership qualities, makeher the player she is.

Huguenard saidLaubenthal’s strength liesin her commitment. Herability to encourage andunify the team make her astandout leader. Havingparticipated in severalclubs, much is expectedfrom Laubenthal this sea-son, the coach said.

Expectations for theBraves are high — some-thing Huguenard saidstems from what she’sseen in her team thus farin preseason practices.

“The team works veryhard,” she said. “They give110 percent with everydrill and sprint, and I feelas though that will showthis season.”

OLENTANGYLIBERTY

Having played fieldhockey at Ohio Universitybefore coaching at

Wittenberg for four years,three of which ended inconference championships,new Olentangy Libertycoach Marianne Flanneryis excited to begin coach-ing the Patriots this fall.

Flannery said she triesto steer away from singlingout individual players inthe beginning of the sea-son, but is enthusiasticabout working with all thetalent she has on the team.

Senior leadership, how-ever, does stand out for thePatriots as Morgan Dye,Rachel Henderson andEmily Flanagan are back.

Dye’s strength as a play-er, Flannery said, is herexplosive speed and stickwork.

Henderson andFlanagan, meanwhile, arealso expected to performwell this season. As lead-ers, in addition to theirbright personalities andskill sets, Flannery saidboth girls bring experienceand lots of encouragementto the field.

Flannery has set outseveral goals in hopes ofachieving success thisyear. The first is improvingupon the team’s 10-8record from 2011.Obtaining a broader knowl-edge of field hockey andtruly understanding andexecuting fundamentalsare other goals for theteam, the coach said.

“By having a balance ofmatching up with expecta-tions, working together andworking hard, we willachieve the goals we haveestablished,” Flannery said.

OLENTANGYORANGE

With her first year ofcoaching Olentangy

Orange field hockeybehind her, coach ErinOtten said she is lookingforward to seeing thePioneers excel this fall.

Though Orange is still ayoung team — a unit com-ing off a 3-11 campaign —Otten said the squad’sgoals include refining basicskills and building on fun-damentals. Do that, andthe team will almost cer-tainly improve, she added.

Top returners for thisseason include captainsErica Heitmeyer, a senior,junior Taylor Collett andsophomore Hannah Kimble.

Otten said Heitmeyer’sstrength as a player is thatshe completely embodiesthe role of a captain.Through clear communica-tion and a natural ability tounify her teammates,Heitmeyer is not onlyexpected to do well thisseason, but encourageother to follow suit.

Collett’s strengths as akey player are her one-on-one skills and patience onthe field, Otten said.

Much is also expectedfrom Kimble. Though ayoung player, with excel-lent communication skillson the field, concreteknowledge of the gameand an ability to encour-age her teammates,Kimble is primed for abreak-out season, thecoach said.

Looking ahead, Ottensaid she expects her teamto play with big-time effort,and work hard everydaywith an emphasis on condi-tioning and teamwork.

“If you don’t have a con-nection between everyoneon the field,” Otten said,“you won’t be in the posi-tion to be successful.”


OLENTANGYAfter finishing at the bot-

tom of the OCC last fall, theOlentangy girls golf teamhad nowhere to go but upentering 2012.

That said, based on whatcoach John Feasel’s seenover the course of the firstweek of the season, it’s nota matter of if his Braves willimprove, it’s a matter of justhow much.

They finished fourth inthe first league match of theseason before shooting aschool-record 361 (18-holeround) to close third at lastFriday’s Olentangy Classic.

“To win the league, withdefending state champDublin Jerome at the top,we’d need a miracle,” Feaselsaid. “But a good goal for uswould be to finish third andcompete to qualify for dis-tricts. We are on the cusp ofbeing a good team if thegirls play the way they’recapable of playing.”

Olentangy’s top return-ers include Taylor Dencer,Brooke Stinnett, AshleyParker, Anne Kim andBrigid Feasel, all girls withvarsity experience.

“Taylor is gaining confi-dence, Brooke is keepingthe ball in play more, Ashleyhas been through the bat-tles of varsity golf, Anne isgetting better every timeshe hits the course andBrigid, who was out most oflast year with an injury, ishitting the ball well, withmore distance than she’sever had.”

OLENTANGY LIBERTYIf you didn’t follow the

Olentangy Liberty girls golf

team much last year, youmissed out on a pretty goodsquad.

The Patriots finishedwith an 81-43 overallrecord, a nine-hole scoringaverage of 183 and closedsecond in the OCC-Cardinal Division standingsto none other than DublinJerome, the eventual statechamps.

This year, though,Liberty is poised to be evenbetter as each and everyvarsity contributor fromlast fall’s team is back andready to roll.

“The key to our successthis year will have a lot todo with the fact that ourteam has experience,”Patriot coach Chelsea Rosssaid. “We thought last yearwould be a rebuilding year,but we ended up having agreat deal of success. Thegirls are ready to prove thatthey have worked hard andcan continue to competewith the best teams inCentral Ohio. Since all ofmy girls are back — andthey’ve all been in heatedOCC and district competi-tion — the jitters andnerves won’t be there thisyear.”

Seniors Sophie Baun,Michelle Carney andNatalie Durtschi andJuniors Rachel Marks andHannah Flees comprise thesquad’s projected top five— a group Ross has a tonof confidence in.

“Hannah played as myNo. 1 last year and hasmade improvements in theoffseason,” she said. “Shehas a great attitude andcares about the game andher team. Rachel hasworked really hard, too,has a great deal of knowl-

edge about the game andwants to excel on thecourse. Her drive and pas-sion for the game will gether far this season.

“Sophie has gained agreat deal of distance andconsistency and her scorescontinue to drop by the daybecause of her focus anddedication,” Ross contin-ued. “I was amazed withhow solid Michelle’s gamehas gotten. She limits hermistakes and has a strongmental game and Nataliehas the ability to go low,tends to always be downthe middle and has a won-derful short game.”

Others who will likelycompete for varsity timeinclude seniors KendallHaas and Madison Eppley,junior Amy Atkinson andfreshman Reilly Haas,according to the coach.

OLENTANGYORANGE

Orange was a youngteam last year, and itshowed as the Pioneers fin-ished sixth in the seven-team OCC-CardinalDivision before ending theseason with a fifth-placeshowing at Oakhaven’sDivision I sectional.

This year, though, theteam returns almost com-pletely intact, with moreexperience to lean on.

Top returners includeseniors Brittany Stevens, adedicated competitor;Maria Nobile, who isextremely long off the tee;and Victoria Toomajian,who is one of the squad’smost accurate players.

Newcomers who willlikely contribute includeEmelie Selinder and RachelRamsey.

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GOLF & FIELD HOCKEY

Pair of new faces lead localfield hockey teams into 2012

New year, new expectationsfor county girls golf teams


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REX WELKERThe 2012 Delaware Hayes varsity girls volleyball team.

LENNY C. LEPOLAThe 2012 Big Walnut varsity girls volleyball team.

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BIGWALNUTA warning for Big

Walnut’s 2012 opponents— Ron Lehman’s GoldenEagles are expected to bestronger than they were ayear ago.Big Walnut, posting a

12-2 OCC record, whichincluded a runner-up finishto Hilliard Bradley (13-1) inthe Capital Division last fall,returns eight letterwinners.Leading the returnees is

senior middle hitter NatalieChatterton, a First TeamAll-OCC and Second TeamDivision II All-CentralDistrict selection. Juniorsetter Morgan Alley, seniordefender Kylee Williamsand senior Alexis Newmanare also back.Other returners include

senior outside hitter AbbyPainter, junior middle hit-ter Kalynn Bowmar, junioroutside hitter KaylaWalaszek and sophomoreoutside hitter ClaireChatterton.“Having Morgan return

as our setter is a plus forour offense,” Lehman, whowas voted the DistrictCoach of the Year last fall,said. “And having Kalynnand Natalie back at middlehitter will help ourstrength on the block aswell as attacking. HavingAlexis as our returninglibero will anchor our pass-ing and defense.”Junior outside hitter

Brooke Hatfield and sopho-more outside hitter KristaSchmidt move up from theBig Walnut JV squad toadd depth to the varsityroster.“Krista and Brooke will

give us the depth we willneed at the outside hitterposition,” Lehman said.Lehman said the

Golden Eagles’ strengthslie in their serving andmiddle attack.“We should serve well

and have a strong middleattack, but our outsideshave less experience, sothey need to improvequickly,” he said. “We haveseveral good passers whowill help make our offensesuccessful.”Lehman’s keys to the

team’s success includepassing well and servingtough.

— Gary Henery

BUCKEYEVALLEYThe Buckeye Valley vol-

leyball team had quite theseason last fall, finishing 9-4 in the Mid-Ohio AthleticConference, good enoughfor second in its division,and 18-7 overall, advancingall the way to the DivisionII district semifinals beforefalling to top-seededDeSales in five games.To put together a repeat

performance — or an evenbetter one — the Baronswill have to mesh anentirely new group of play-ers into a small stable ofcore returners.“We have a very young

team in terms of varsityexperience,” BuckeyeValley coach ChrisManganello said. “We hadquite a crew of peoplegraduate, but, despite allthe new faces, this is aclose-knit group that gen-erally enjoys each other.This is a team in everysense of the word.”BV’s four returners —

senior Artea Kenney, soph-omore Megan Ulmer andthe duo of Demi Carr andKelli Venable — will leadthe team.Kenney, a defensive spe-

cialist a season ago, will beasked to make the move tosetter this year.“I have all the confi-

dence in the world inArtea,” the coach said.“She’s not 5-9 like our lastsetter was, but she’ll bejust fine. She has greathands, great quickness andis a great leader.”Ulmer, who started by

the end of her freshmanseason, will be used as anoutside hitter, according toManganello. Carr will like-ly be used as a blockingmiddle, but is expected toshoulder more of the offen-sive load than she did in2011, and Venable is a ver-satile player who will be avital piece to the offensivepuzzle.The newcomers include

a group of juniors, six orso, including the likes ofTaylor Lydy, a 5-10 left-handed outside hitter;Laura Lemanski, a speedydefensive specialist; andJulie Balzer, a solid all-around player. Othersexpected to contributeinclude senior Allie Mirka,Samantha Reeb and sopho-more setter Annie Hughes.“The juniors are all

strong and athletic, andwill make up most of theteam,” Manganello said.“When we put all thepieces together, I think wewill be able to surprisesome teams and be com-petitive in the league, justlike we’ve been in thepast.”

— Ben Stroup

HAYESThe Delaware Hayes

volleyball team lost a pairof standouts when AndieMoore and ShawnaXimines graduated lastspring.That’s not to say they

left the cupboard bare,though. The Pacers haveplenty of experienced play-ers ready for action, coachJosh Lee said, giving histeam a reason to be excit-ed heading into the 2012campaign.“We lost two good play-

ers to graduation, buteveryone else is back,” hesaid. “We have a lot of var-sity experience on the ros-ter and the older girls aredoing a nice job workingwith the younger ones,showing them what highschool volleyball is allabout.”Five seniors headline

this year’s squad. Three ofthe five, Candice Rathburn,Sarah Scott and RachelHowser, were starters lastyear.“Candice was a nice role

player last year, but thisseason we’ve moved her toleft side hitter, and, so farshe’s embraced the roleand the leadership it takesto play there,” Lee said.“Sarah is another hitter.We’ll look for her to contin-ue to grow in that role andI think the knowledge andexperience she gained lastyear will pay off this timearound. Rachel, like theothers, has grown. Hergame is starting to cometogether nicely, too.”The other two seniors,

Phoebe Lewis and KyleePelletier, spent most oftheir time with JV last fall,but have put in the workand earned a spot at thevarsity level.Others expected to con-

tribute come primarilyfrom a stacked junior class,including Jen Foreman,last year’s starting libero;Krysta Iwanek, a leaderwho Lee said does a littleof everything; Ivy Hankins,a transfer from BuckeyeValley who will be used asa setter; Kaitlyn Woerner, asetter with quick handsand a knack for defense;and Katie Ellis, who canplay a variety of positionsto help the team.With the pieces in place,

and a slew of other strongteams in the newlyrealigned OCC-CapitalDivision, Lee said the racefrom an OCC title is wideopen.“I think the Capital has

a fairly balanced group ofteams,” he said. “Takingthe conference title will beanyone’s ball game andconsistency is key. The

most adaptable team willwin.”

— Ben Stroup

OLENTANGYThe Olentangy girls vol-

leyball team isn’t as experi-enced as it’s been in thepast and it will compete ina drastically different divi-sion than it did a seasonago, but there is one thingthis group has that willlook familiar to Braves fans— confidence.“My expectations for

this year are to competefor an OCC title,”Olentangy coach MichelleMimna said, noting herteam will move from theOCC-Cardinal Division,where it finished third witha 15-9 record last fall, tothe newly realigned CapitalDivision. “We believe wehave a shot to win manymatches this year.“My expectations for

the tournament are to get anice seed and make it to adistrict final,” she contin-ued. “High expectations, Iknow, but this team won’tsucceed if we don’t makethem reach for it as coach-es.”The team’s stable of

returners include senioroutside hitter KasiaWalczak, senior right sidehitter Morgan Reed, seniordefensive specialist JamieRiley, senior Kelsey Roseand juniors Sarah Arangoand Ganiru Anunike.“Kasia is a strong hit-

ter,” Mimna said. “She wassecond on the team in killslast year and I expect herto lead the way this timearound. Morgan got ingreat shape in the offsea-son and should be anothernice option for our offensethis year. Jamie bringstremendous energy to thisteam and is our lead com-municator and Kelsey, avery calm player who isexcellent in serve receive,will be converting from set-ting to defense.”As for the two juniors,

the coach said Arango, asolid all-around player, willrun the floor as a setterwhile Anunike, who has a32 1/2 inch vertical leap,will be one of the squad’stop offensive options.Newcomers include

senior setter CourtneyKerin, junior middle hitterKaitlyn Kelley, sophomoredefensive specialistMakayla Kochheiser and atrio of freshmen — hittersLauren Judge and MaddieGriffin and setter LaurenDouglas.

— Ben Stroup

OLENTANGYLIBERTYAfter a season of close

calls — finishing second inthe OCC-Cardinal Divisionbehind Westerville Centralbefore falling in the districtfinals to a loaded DublinCoffman team in postsea-son play — Liberty’s vol-leyball team is looking tofinish the job this timearound.And Patriot coach Jen

Chapman knows exactlywhat her team needs to doto get to the top.“We have to have better

ball control than the teamacross the net from us,” shesaid. “And we have to servetough in order to win. Wehave good size, but havesome new players in newroles this year after gradu-ating six consistent seniorswho played in most of thematches last year. Our goal,though, is to make it backto the district finals … andthis time win it.”Returning from last

fall’s solid 20-5 team (12-2in OCC) include a group ofseven seniors — a crewheadlined by outside hitterStephanie Ruffing, who willplay volleyball for Wright

VOLLEYBALL

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BIG WALNUTBig Walnut girls head

tennis coach Ryan Balazhas challenged his secondGolden Eagle squad toimprove on last season’s 9-8 mark in 2012.

“Our goals are toimprove on our win totaland to improve on lastyear’s OCC tournamentperformance,” Balaz said.

Balaz will look to threereturning seniors in three-year veteran GraceCoffman, along withMelissa Grooms and EmilyBalaz, to lead the way.

“Much will be expectedfrom our three returners,”Balaz said. “Grace holdsthe most experience hav-ing played varsity for thelast three seasons. Emilyand Melissa will look toimprove on last year’s suc-cess … they are the foun-dation to this year’s team.”

The Eagles will look tosix players up from the2011 junior varsity squadto rebuild the varsity rosterafter the bulk of last year’steam graduated, includingsenior Cecily Nelson (dou-bles) along with juniorsBlake Stenger (singles),Bailey Sewalk (singles),Jessica Darling (doubles),Bella Goodrich (doubles)and Cali Ford (singles). Aseventh player, HannahFlynn, did not play in 2011.

“We look for Blake,Bailey, Cecily and Cali,who’ve all improved sincelast season, to replace thevoid left by our four gradu-ating seniors,” Balaz said.“Bailey, Blake and Cali willchallenge Grace andMelissa for the three sin-gles spots while Cecily willbe counted on to be a bigcontributor at doubles. Allfour will have a significantimpact on the success ofthis year’s team.

“To be successful, weneed to find a first singlesplayer and develop twostrong doubles teams,” hecontinued. “We will need tobuild our confidence inmatch play and develop theability to close outwinnable matches as wellas continue to developteam chemistry, both onand off the court.”

— Gary Henery

BUCKEYEVALLEYBuckeye Valley’s girls

tennis team may have anew coach, but the squad,which has put together fiveconsecutive winning sea-sons, has a plethora ofplayers with plenty of expe-rience returning to thefold.

First-year coach BrettStewart knows plentyabout the game, too, andexpects to continue thewinning tradition that hasbecome a staple of Barontennis.

“I haven’t coached atthe high school level, buthave plenty of experience

around the game,” Stewartsaid. “I was an assistantteaching pro inMassachusetts, a campdirector for years inSpringfield and I playedfour years in college, thelast two at Wright State.

“I love playing, love thegame, and the girls wouldtell you I preach consisten-cy. This game isn’t allabout power, but beingquick, moving your feetand making consistentshots each time.”

Stewart has the benefitof six returning players —seniors Sarah Parker andNichole Mullins, juniorLynn Conley and sopho-mores Amber Green, HanaHall and Becky Votaw —to help ease his transitioninto coaching just a bit.

“Lynn will be a vocalleader,” Stewart said of hissingles standout. “She isvery encouraging and Ilike her consistency. Shelikes to win and reallyenjoys the game, which isnice to see. She has a lot offight.

“Amber is very athlet-ic,” he continued. “She is abig-time fighter out there,a girl who wants to be thebest she can be and has agood competitive edge.Hana doesn’t miss a wholelot, isn’t very tall, but fightshard. Sarah is quiet, butconsistent, I’m very happywith her game, Nicholehardly ever misses andBecky wears her emotionson her sleeve.”

Stewart said he couldn’tbe happier with the collec-tive attitude of his squad,and thinks its positive per-spective will take it a longway.

“I know they had a goodyear last year,” he said.“They lost a few of theirtop players, but the girlswho are back really wantto be here and I know theywill give it their all eachtime out.”

— Ben Stroup

HAYESDelaware Hayes’ girls

tennis team had its fairshare of ups and downslast fall, finishing 6-13 indual meets and fifth in theOCC-Capital Division.

With a stable of solidreturners, though, thePacers are looking to be acompetitive crew this year.

“The girls have allworked hard this summerand have shown greatimprovement in confidenceand competitiveness,”Hayes coach Bob Claymiersaid. “Even with the newalignment (in OCC divi-sions), the matches willstill be very tough ... Thegirls will continue to workhard to compete everytime they are on the court.It will be a fun year, and wewill enjoy seeing how goodwe can become and whatimprovements we can

make throughout the sea-son.”

The most experiencedplayers — senior tri-cap-tains Audrey Mungovan,Briana Brown and AllisaBeard — enter as doublesstandouts in previousyears. That’s not to saythey’ll be limited to dou-bles action this year,though.

Beard is all but a lock tospend the bulk of her timeat first doubles, Claymiersaid. Mungovan andBrown, however, may seesome time on the singlescourts.

“Audrey will probablyplay some singles and dou-bles,” the coach said. “Shehas a strong baseline andnet game, is very deter-mined and is a good rolemodel in terms of her com-petitiveness. Briana willplay both, too, she’s veryathletic and a positive,hard-working person.Beard, meanwhile, is aquiet leader. She’s anotherbattler and is very depend-able.”

Other returners includejuniors Blair Ramsey,Claire Brennan, CarolineProffitt, Natalie Koeritzerand Lexus Wolfe.

“Blair will probably playfirst singles,” Claymiersaid. “She has improvedher consistency and confi-dence and has a solid all-around game. Claire, oneof the best competitors onthe team, will play mainlysingles; Caroline is aggres-sive at the net and is aquick learner; Lexus hasimproved a lot over thesummer, with a strongerserve; and Natalie hasgood groundstrokes and isbecoming more comfort-able at net.”

— Ben Stroup

OLENTANGYThe Olentangy girls ten-

nis team had a lot to beproud of last fall, finishingjust shy of .500 in theleague while MeganBrdicka made it all the wayto the DistrictTournament, making herthe first Brave in nineyears to make it that far.

This year, though, thesquad is poised to produceeven more memorablemoments.

“The girls know eachother really well, and Ithink their positivity cantranslate to success on thecourts,” coach JeffLuxenburger said. “I thinkwe have a great balance ofsenior leadership andyoung talent, and thiscould be a really successfulyear for us if we play up toour abilities. I think we canbe really competitive in theleague this year, and wecould possibly finish in thetop tier.”

HR IMAGING PARTNERS, INC.The 2012 Olentangy Liberty varsity girls tennis team.

REX WELKERThe 2012 Delaware Hayes varsity girls tennis team.

LENNY C. LEPOLAThe 2012 Big Walnut varsity girls tennis team.

WOODARD PHOTOGRAPHICThe 2012 Buckeye Valley varsity girls tennis team.

TENNIS

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Tennis teams,young andexperienced,out to prove a point

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BIGWALNUTBOYSANDGIRLSBig Walnut’s boys and

girls cross country teamshead into the 2012 seasonwith experience aplenty.Entering his seventh

season as the GoldenEagles’ head coach, GaryBrandon welcomes back atotal of 15 letterwinners,six on the boys team andeight on the girls’ roster.Back for the Big Walnut

boys are three seniors, ledby three-year lettermenA.J. Barber and CameronAhmed, along with JimmyGlaze, who earned his firstletter last fall. Also backare junior JacobOppenheimer and sopho-mores Jonathan Kahrmannand Noah Miller.“We have a very good

pack, but we lack a truefront runner to set thepace,” Brandon said of theboys. “We have a veteransquad, but we are not thatdeep.”On the girls’ roster, sen-

ior Bethany Bogantz andjunior Catie Craig-Bowdenreturn as two-year letter-winners. Back as one-yearletterwinners are seniorStephanie Keller alongwith sophomoresSamantha Godby,Makenna Hemming,Addison Shawver, MikaelaSmith and HannahSeabrook.“With eight returning

letterwinners, we shouldbe in the top half of allmeets we compete in,”Brandon said. “But we arestill a very young teamwith 14 of our runnerseither freshmen or sopho-mores. We must run in atight pack with our twothrough five runners stay-ing within a minute ofBogantz.”

— Gary Henery

BUCKEYEVALLEYBOYSDedicated, disciplined

and determined are a fewof the many words thatcome to mind when askedto describe the BuckeyeValley boys cross countryteam, second-year coachNate Ritz said.Back-to-back MOAC

titles will give that type ofreputation to a squad.With a large class of

seniors, including MatthewStewart, Zach Hassinger,Nick Sheehan and TommyJarvis back in the fold,expectations are high atBV.As one of three team

captains, Ritz saidStewart’s strength as arunner comes from hisdesire to improve.Though he suffered a

hip injury last year,Hassinger, another captain,is expected to contributegreatly to the team this fall.Ritz said he hopesHassinger will help set thetone.Sheehan, the final of the

three captains, is expectedto contribute fast timeswhile Jarvis, one of themost improved runnersfrom the last few years, willbe looked to for leadership,too.Others expected to con-

tribute include senior NickKlunk and juniors DrewSlavik and Nate Cox.Overall, Ritz said the

Barons’ strength is theirwillingness to work togeth-er and push one another,adding the time they’ve ded-icated to becoming bettershould pay off this season.

— Zainab Kandeh

BUCKEYEVALLEYGIRLSAfter placing second in

the MOAC last season,with experience and strongleadership in the seniorclass, the Barons are readyto run well this fall.Key returners include

captains Payton Kantzerand Cheyenne Emery,along with Devin Hilt andShannon Steinke.Baron coach Nate Ritz

said Kantzer works hard asa captain, is always upbeatand is successful due toher focus and a positiveattitude.Having logged many

miles over the summer,Ritz said Emery is one ofthe hardest workers on theteam while Hilt andSteinke put in plenty ofeffort, too.The goal for the girls is

to pick up where they leftoff last fall and get better,the coach said.

— Zainab Kandeh

HAYESBOYSAfter graduating a few

seniors with tons of experi-ence and leadership, Hayesboys cross country coachJim Bibler said the goal forthis year’s stable of Pacersis to get their feet underthem by simply competing— learning what varsityrunning is all about.Key returners include

juniors Jason Watkins,John Homan and JacobRumbalski.Bibler said Watkins’

greatest strength is hisattention to detail. He is acommitted athlete — onereason why he was nameda captain in just his secondseason.From training hard dur-

ing the summer, constantlypushing himself to see howfar he can go, Homan isalso expected to do verywell this season, the coachsaid.With serious training

under his belt, Bibler saidhe knows Rumbalski willhave a big year when itcomes to competing, too.Though excited to

begin the new season, thecoach said he knows hisPacers will be challenged.“The boys lost a lot of

experience,” Bibler said.“The challenge is to pickup where the boys thatgraduated left off.”

— Zainab Kandeh

HAYESGIRLSWhile the beginning of

the school year usuallybids adieu to summer andwelcomes the changingleaves and crisp air of fall,this year’s Hayes girlscross country team is lac-ing up its shoes, traininghard and preparing for anexciting season.Expectations are high

for this year’s Pacers. Aftera sixth-place finish at dis-tricts last year, coach JimBibler said the strength ofthe girls’ team lies in thefact the runners are consis-tent and solid.Key returners are sen-

ior captains and three-yearvarsity letterwinnersHarlee and SierraMollenkopf.“As with many twins,

they have pretty similarstrengths,” Bibler said.“For four years they havebeen consistent and amongthe team’s top perform-ers.”Bibler credited the girls’

work ethic as a key compo-nent to their success.Senior captain Taylor

Reed, though injuredmuch of last season, hasshown improvement and isexpected to accomplishmuch this season, too,according to Bibler.Three-year letterwinner

Christiana Binkley, juniorEmily Richards and SammiPiroska are also expectedto contribute.

— Zainab Kandeh

OLENTANGYBOYSEnthusiastic is one of

the many words todescribe the runners onthis season’s Olentangyboys cross country team— one of the reasonscoach Mike Moran said heis looking forward to agood season.Key returners for the

squad include senior RyanThede — a jack of manytrades including academ-ics, karate, violin, piano,and running, of course.

Thede is described as ahard worker and a toughand tenacious competitorby his coach. Having dra-matically improved as arunner throughout highschool, Thede’s goals forthis season are to improvehis times and hopefullylead the team back toregionals, Moran said.Junior Chase Benson is

also expected to have anoutstanding season.Having matured instrength and improvingduring the off-season,Moran said Benson is com-ing into his own as an ath-lete.Much is also expected

from sophomore TylerGrover. Grover, who brokethe decade-old freshmanrecord by almost ten sec-onds last fall, has beenworking hard in the off-season and, according tothe coach, is expected tohave a solid year as well.Moran said that work

ethic and a winning men-tality are what will help theteam advance this season.Enjoying the experienceand working hard andimproving every week arethe team’s main goals, headded.

— Zainab Kandeh

OLENTANGYGIRLSWith a switch to the

Capital Division from theCardinal, Olentangy crosscountry coach DwightDewese said he wants tosee how the team willblend together in its firstmeet. The Braves have 40happy, energetic and excit-ed girls on their roster thisyear, which Dewese said,in addition to their condi-tioning, will lead to suc-cess.“I want the girls to be

competitive, and we have agood group of girls comingout looking to do just that,”Dewese said. He also saidthe girls’ key to success istheir “willingness to workhard.”Though often seen as

an individual sport, theBraves call themselves an“Ohana” — the Hawaiianword for family.“It is important they are

close-knit and bond welltogether,” Dewese said.“Team unity is important.Because of the nature (ofthe sport) and howdemanding it is, it’s impor-tant to be there for eachother when things aren’tgoing right and to cele-brate when they are.”Key returners this sea-

son include senior captainEmily Watson, a three-yearvarsity letterwinner and arunner looked up to by herteammates. Fellow seniorcaptains and three-year let-terwinners Amy Harmonand Angela Guidarelli, aswell as junior captain andtwo-year letterwinner KatyRodriguez, will be lookedto for leadership, too.Juniors MackenzieFreeman and Erin Hughes,as well as sophomoresClaire Hardasty, CameronHouseholder, LaurenLapid, Logan Augustineand Ally Fomich are alsoexpected to contribute tothe team.

— Zainab Kandeh

OLENTANGYLIBERTYBOYSWith OCC and regional

championships to its cred-it, as well as a seventh-place performance at lastyear’s state meet,Olentangy Liberty’s boyscross country team has alot to live up to this season.That said, coach Jared

Mills noted the key to thisyear’s success has to be toconsider what’s beenaccomplished while contin-uing to improve.More than 80 boys will

fill the roster this year, thecoach said. With such alarge number, one could

assume a runner may belost in the crowd. Mills,though, said the boys seethemselves as more of afamily than anything else,adding he is “the coach ofa fortunate circumstance.”Key returners for the

Patriots include seniorsZach Van Gundy and JimPappas and juniors AndrewJohnston and ChathamAnderson.Mills said Van Gundy’s

strength is his natural legspeed, positivity and hardwork. Van Gundy is seenas an example amongst hispeers. By continuing tobuild on his foundation,Mills expects him to go farthis season.Pappas, who finished

14th in the state meet lastfall, is continuing to pushhimself to become better.Logging more miles thananyone in school history,Mills said Pappas is verydisciplined and a goodexample of what needs tobe done when you setgoals.With a sixth-place finish

in last year’s state meetand natural leadership abil-ities, Johnston is alsoexpected to do well thisyear.As the eighth runner for

much of last year,Anderson is expected to bea significant scorer andpotentially make a moveinto the seventh spot. Millssaid Anderson’s strengthsas a runner, and person,are his strong character,determination and way ofencouraging others.Full of optimism and

excitement to begin theseason, Mills said the wayto achieve success will beto take things one day at atime and focus on theprocess of running. Mostimportantly, Mills said “bycontinuing to promotegreat leadership in action,service and encourage-ment, the team will notonly learn skills for crosscountry, but skills for life.”

— Zainab Kandeh

OLENTANGYLIBERTYGIRLSComing off a fifth-place

finish in the regional meetand a second-place show-ing at districts, OlentangyLiberty girls cross countrycoach Kaitlin Raver has anoptimistic outlook for thenew season.Starting the fall with the

largest team the school hasever had, Raver said thegoal for this year is toimprove technique and towork hard while havingfun.Leadership will come

from senior captains SarahMiller, Kylie Spring andHannah Wishart.Raver said Miller’s

strengths are her drive,dedication, determinationand tenacity.Though new to the ros-

ter thanks to a recentmove from Wisconsin,because of her maturity,serious knowledge of thesport and an intense drive,Wishart is expected to con-tribute greatly to the teamthis year, the coach said.Others expected to chip

in fast times include sopho-mores Claire Wiles, MhairiJohnson, Trinity Wiles andStephanie Paul.

— Zainab Kandeh

OLENTANGYORANGEBOYSStemming from the suc-

cess of a fourth-place finishin its conference meet lastyear, Olentangy Orangeboys cross country coachStephanie Toller said she ismore than optimistic abouther team’s chances ofbeing competitive this sea-son.After the program’s

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ever tryout for the Pacers.“She has a lot of skill,”

Nesselroad said. “The prob-lem for her is she’ll have toplay from the same tees asthe boys, but she hits theball well and I wouldn’t besurprised to see her in avarsity match sooner thanlater.”

— Ben Stroup

OLENTANGYAfter chasing state

power Dublin Jerome in theOCC-Cardinal Division forthe last several seasons,Olentangy boys golf coachJoel Glassburn said he’sglad to be rid of the Celticsin the newly realignedCapital Division.That’s not to say his

team’s new league won’t becompetitive.“It’s nice to get away

from Jerome, but we’restepping into a league withNew Albany, which isalways solid, MountVernon, which alwaysseems to put together agood team, and Orange,which we always seem tohave tough rounds with.“We’re moving into what

I believe is a sleeper divi-sion with a ton of goodteams. We still have to goout and put together fourlow rounds each time out.”Looking to make that

happen will be a trio ofthree returners — seniorNick Morrison, junior EvanWilson and junior DylanAhonen.“Nick has the most varsi-

ty experience and has hadthe best summer of all ofthem. Dylan has played in alot of tournaments, too, butNick has been around. Heknows what it takes to playat the varsity level andshould have a good year.Dylan played in everymatch last year, and Iexpect good things fromhim, and Evan is constantlyimproving. I can see himputting together some nicerounds.”

— Ben Stroup

OLENTANGYLIBERTYWith numbers a baseball

or basketball team wouldbe proud of, Liberty boysgolf coach Ryan Snivleysaid the toughest part of hisjob this season might justbe finding the top four orfive guys to pencil into thelineup each tournament.“Selecting a lineup will

be difficult,” the coach said.“A few guys have separatedthemselves, but everyoneelse is close. This is themost competitive group I’veever had.“Usually there is a natu-

ral division between varsityand JV, but this year is dif-ferent. We have a lot of tal-ented guys competing forspots.”Jordan Callicotte and

George Dunlap headlinethe Patriots’ list of return-ers. Both seniors played ina slew of summer tourna-ments, Snivley said, withthe two posting impressiveperformances, not win-ning, but shooting theiraverages — Callicotteaveraging about one overpar and Dunlap in theneighborhood of 79.Senior Ryan Hall is also

back.Another potential starter

includes freshmanCameron McCloskey, whoSnivley is more than a littleexcited about.

“Cameron played insome premiere local tour-naments over the summerand qualified for the WorldJunior Championships atPinehurst as kind of hisclaim to fame a coupleyears back,” the coach said.“I’m really looking forwardto seeing what he can do.”And that’s just four of

the 20-plus players whotried out for the team.Plenty of others could endup contributing, too.Regardless of what the

lineup ultimately looks likeover the course of the sea-son, moving from theCardinal Division, wherethe Patriots finished tied forthird last fall, into the newlyrealigned Central will makefor a challenge no matterwho gets the call.“It’s definitely nice get-

ting rid of our nemesis(Dublin) Jerome,” Snivleysaid. “But jumping into adivision with UpperArlington and DublinCoffman, the third- andfourth-ranked teams in thestate last year, will be inter-esting.“I’d like to hope to com-

pete with them, but UA isdeep from top to bottomand Coffman is solid, too.Finishing in the top three inour league is somethingwe’re shooting for, though.”

— Ben Stroup

OLENTANGYORANGEOrange boys golf coach

Mark Corica certainly hasenough pieces to work withthis season. Being competi-tive, though, will comedown to consistency, notjust a hefty head count.“We have more kids

wanting to play golf herethen ever before,” thecoach said. “And I’d say wehave at least 20 who arecapable of playing well.We’ll have two varsityteams — an ‘A’ and a ‘B’ —and a JV team with mostlyfreshman, which is nice …it’s something we’ve neverhad here at Orange.”Leading the list of

returners are seniors JohnMcHale, a 2011 districtqualifier, Austin Wallaceand junior Ray Albertini.“John played a good deal

of golf over the summer,”Corica said. “I certainlydon’t have any complaintsabout how he’s evolved hisgame. He was a secondteam all-league player lastyear, and I expect he’ll besolid again. Austin will beour No. 2, he’s also played alot of golf over the summerand has come a long way.Ray has improved quite abit, too. He’s capable ofshooting good numbersand is pretty consistent.”Others expected to con-

tribute include a group offour sophomores includingRick Reynolds, Ben Kunz,Luke Buchy and HunterBaxter.Corica thinks his crew

can be solid in the newlyrealigned OCC-CapitalDivision — a league thePioneers finished fourth ina season ago — but howhigh the squad can climbwill come down to consis-tency.“I think we’ll be competi-

tive,” the coach said. “We’llbe counting on our topthree to be solid just aboutevery time out. We willpreach consistency to theteam and hopefully developour fourth and fifth guys sothey’ll be able to shootnumbers we can count on.”

— Ben Stroup

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campaign punctuated by then seniorDanny Meyung’s 12-place finish in lastyear’s state meet — Toller said, althoughher team will be young, the Pioneershave been working hard and are showingplenty of promise.With great leadership, work ethic and

a knack for encouraging others and build-ing teamwork, senior Sam Gerst is one ofthis year’s key returners, the coach said.Described to have a lead-by-example

kind of personality, senior Eric Aumiller

is another key returner. Toller saidAumiller’s work ethic is his biggeststrength.With a young team, Toller said the key

to this year’s season will be a combinationof many things, though working hard andcontinuously practicing fundamentals areat the top of her list.

— Zainab Kandeh

OLENTANGYORANGEGIRLSWith a second-place finish at districts and

a state qualifier last year, Olentangy Orangegirls cross country coach Ingrid Simpson isexcited for the upcoming season.In what will be Simpson’s 10th year

coaching, the last several of which havebeen at Olentangy Orange, she is espe-cially excited about this group — a crewloaded with seniors she coached sincemiddle school.Senior captain Hannah Hartzell made

it all the way to the Division I state show-case last year, and is one of the Pioneers’key returners this season. Simpson saidHartzell’s strength as a runner lies in herdedication, determination and persever-ance — a perspective gained from atough stretch she had away from thesport while battling health issues shedeveloped toward the end of her sopho-more season.

“Many of the girls respect her for howshe battled and came back,” Simpson said,describing Hartzell as a phenomenal leader.Senior captain Brooke Pulkrabek is

another of the team’s key returners. As asolid runner and varsity letterwinnersince her freshman year, Simpson saidPulkrabek has always been counted on,and expected, to perform well.Simpson described Alana Stillion,

another of the team’s top returners andthe school’s 800-meter record holder, as a“gutsy runner.”Sophomores Lydia Brooks and Anna

Dove are expected to contribute as well.— Zainab Kandeh

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Doubikin will likely split time atthe other corner, and Creceliuswill see time at a safety spot.Buckeye Valley lost kicker

Mason Long to graduation aswell, but senior Lane Kleileinwill likely step into the job whilechallenging Crecelius for punt-ing duties.In the final season before the

MOAC expands, Marshall is

hopeful his squad can challengeteams like North Union, RiverValley and Highland in the RedDivision.“Until someone takes that

title away, I think Pleasant’s theteam to beat in the Blue,”Marshall said. “In our division,we know North Union andRiver Valley are going to begood, and Highland had a downseason, but I don’t think that’sgoing to last too long. I reallythink if we stay healthy, we canstay in the mix.”

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State University after her finalseason at Liberty. Other sen-ior leaders include middle hit-ter Kayla Pfaff, libero KennaKoehler, defensive specialistAlex Silvestri, setter KelsiRobinson, right side hitterRosalyn Ransaw and defensivespecialist Catherine Scherer.Chapman said she expects

leadership and consistencyfrom the senior core.Other returners who will

likely contribute include jun-iors Brooke Knollman (middlehitter), Ellie Schramm (setter),Addie Nossaman (right sidehitter), sophomore KristenLevering (middle hitter) andfreshmen Jessica Ruffing (out-side hitter) and Shelby Stewart(outside hitter).

— Ben Stroup

OLENTANGYORANGEComing off an 11-win sea-

son, the best in program histo-ry, you would think theOlentangy Orange girls volley-ball team would be happy witha repeat performance this fall,right?Not this group of Pioneers.“We have a young team,

but have a lot of kids who canjump really well, kids who arescrappy and kids who reallywant to win,” Orange coachJessica Timmons said. “Andwe can only get better. Wewant to go further in the(postseason) tournament andwe want to win more gamesthan we did last year.”Any talk of the team starts

with its four returning stand-outs, two seniors and two jun-iors.The seniors, Madison

Linek and Tyler Folds, will belooked to for leadership.Timmons said she expectsLinek to continue to developas a solid passer from theback row, something she didwell last year, while Folds willhave to adjust to a new role,switching from a defensivespecialist to a setter.“Most setters are always

looking to pass first, but, witha background in defense,Tyler is looking to defendfirst, which I think helps us,”the coach said. “She has greathands, is strong and can reallyspace the ball out wide.”The juniors, Mackenzie

Gossard and Abby Fordham,are both powerful hitters whowill be looked upon to lead theoffensive charge.“Mackenzie is developing

as a leader,” Timmons said.“She is a calming presence onthe court and is always reallypositive. I expect a big yearfrom her. She is versatile,adjusts well to sets and spenta lot of time this summer inthe weight room gettingstrong, which is good to see.“Abby, on the other hand,

is making much better deci-sions this year. She is hit-ting the ball well and plac-ing it intelligently. It alsolooks as though herapproach has quickenedand her passing and servinghave improved.”The rest of the squad will

be primarily sophomores.“The good news about the

young kids is I coached themwhen they were eighthgraders,” the coach said, “soI’ve had the chance to watchthem develop. The girls,young and experienced, all getalong really well ... we’reworking on chemistry on thecourt, communicating moreand the other things thatyoung teams have to dealwith.”

— Ben Stroup

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As was the case last year,Brdicka is expected to lead theway.“It’s Megan’s senior year, she’s

a co-captain, a leader and hasbeen playing a lot in the off-sea-son,” the coach said. “She’s thesmartest player I’ve seen when itcomes to choosing her shots andreally testing her opponents.”Her sister, Brianna, just a

freshman, will play second singleswhile sophomore PallaviMannava could also spend sometime playing singles after improv-ing her serve and developing con-fidence over the summer, accord-ing to Luxenburger.Rounding out the roster on the

doubles courts will be senior co-captain Sandhya Arya, seniorMorgan Bowden, junior GraceCramer and sophomore ElyssaAckerman.“Sandhya and Grace have both

worked hard over the summer,”the coach said of his first doublesteams. “They’re both smart play-ers who work well together.Elyssa is moving up to varsityfrom JV, and is playing really well.She approaches the net well andMorgan has smooth strokes andshould give Elyssa some seniorguidance at second doubles.”

— Ben Stroup

OLENTANGYLIBERTYThe good news for Liberty’s

girls tennis team: the Patriotsreturn four experienced players.The bad news: junior SydneyPower, a two-year letterwinnerand perhaps the best of thebunch, won’t be healthy until themiddle of the fall after off-seasonwrist surgery.It’s not the ideal situation for

coach Christine Kaeding andcompany, but one she’s morethan willing to live with enteringthe 2012 season.“Despite dealing with the

injury, I’m really excited about theteam this year,” Kaeding said.“We have a lot of strength return-ing and several newcomers who Ibelieve will contend for startingspots.”Of the returners, Power, who

lost to Dublin Jerome’s EmmaStein in the second round of theDivision I District Tournament,will lead the way as a singlesstandout once healthy. The othersinclude senior Alicia Di Maccio,senior Olivia-Marie Groves andsophomore Sonia Chhabria.“Sydney had surgery on her

wrist in July, but we expect her tobe better than new once she’sdone rehabbing,” Kaeding said.“Alicia, who will be our captain, isextremely well-conditioned andhas been working with a newcoach over the summer. Olivia-Marie is also at a new club with anew coach, she’s conditioned her-self great and looks to be muchstronger this year, and Sonia willlikely be a strong doubles playerfor us.”Newcomers include freshmen

Alexia Meyer, Anna Delaney andAvivah Wang.“Alexis will play first singles to

start the season,” Kaeding said. “Ihave high hopes for her. Annaand Avivah will play doubles tostart the year. Anna came out

strong in tryouts and is provingherself each day and Avivah isextremely patient. She and herdoubles partner, Rachel Carline,played very well in their first fewmatches.“Overall, I look forward to a

great season of success,” thecoach added. “They are all a greatgroup of girls who look out foreach other ... that means morethan any score.”Liberty will be play in the

newly realigned OCC-CentralDivision, moving from theCardinal, where it finished secondbehind Dublin Jerome last fall.

— Ben Stroup

OLENTANGYORANGEThe Olentangy Orange tennis

team exceeded even its ownexpectations last fall, finishing 10-6 overall and 6-1 in league play toclose second in the ultra-competi-tive OCC-Capital Division.This year, the Pioneers,

despite being extremely young,hope to surprise some peopleagain, coach Mark Latham said.“This is a development year for

our program since we lost somany seniors last year and have alarge group of freshmen comingin,” he said. “I would expect thatwe will have a winning season,but it will require the girls towork hard for their wins. I amexcited to get the season under-way and see this team grow.”The singles lineup will be com-

posed of a junior and two sopho-mores, at least to start the season.Junior Madison Wolfe will playsecond singles while sophomoresJessica Phelps and Madison Rileywill get the nod at first and thirdsingles, respectively.“All three have improved

tremendously over the off-sea-son,” Latham said.“Madison Wolfe and Jessica

are going point for point in try-outs. It’s nice to have two girlsyou can interchange and knowyou’ll get the same results. Youcan see improvement in both…it’s evident they’ve been playingseveral days a week all year long.”The starting roster will be

smoothed out by the doublesteams of senior Sneha Rajendranand freshman Yoonsu Kim at firstdoubles and seniors KarleeGreene and Kendra Hopeck atsecond doubles.Anyone who follows Orange

tennis will notice one glaringomission from the starting staff:junior Anna Sanford, who finished34-1 last season with her only losscoming to the eventual statechampion in the quarterfinals ofthe Division I OHSAA Girls StateTennis Tournament.Sanford will still be at Orange

as a student, but schedule con-flicts will likely prevent her fromplaying for the Pioneers as she’scurrently entered in some of thecountry’s top regional tourna-ments — tourneys that aren’t reg-ulated by the OHSAA.“We’d love to have her, but it’s

one of those things were, ascoaches and parents, you wantwhat is best for the kids. Anna, asa junior, is hitting that stagewhere she is starting to berecruited by college coaches …and these other tournaments willget her the exposure shedeserves.”

— Ben Stroup

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BIGWALNUTThe 2011 Golden

Eagles set the bar high forthe Big Walnut boys soc-cer program.Brett Weiss, who took

over the program afterlong-time coach CharlieBrodhead stepped downafter last season’s opener,led the Golden Eagles totheir first-ever undefeatedregular season (12-0-4) inschool history while cap-turing the Ohio CapitalConference CapitalDivision crown with a 6-0-1 mark, one game betterthan runner-up NewAlbany (5-1-1).The team was seeded

No. 1 in the Division IICentral DistrictTournament, only to seeits season end in a contro-versial 2-1 double-over-time loss to St. FrancisDeSales in the title game.Big Walnut returns

seven lettermen from lastseason, led by three-yearveterans in senior forwardAustin Foor and seniormidfielder ShaneFacemyer, who will serveas team captains. JoiningFoor and Facemyer arejunior two-year letterwin-ners in junior defensemanBradyn Dronsfield andjunior forward NathanMickley. Also back arejunior defensemenDominic Zumpone andMax Denton, along withjunior midfielder AdamCarifa — all one-year let-termen.“We expect to be fit and

competitive,” Weiss said.“We have a group of guyswho are committed tobecoming a team andfunctioning highly as ateam. The biggest key toour success will be stayinghealthy throughout theentire season.”

— Gary Henery

BUCKEYEVALLEYSuffice to say, things

have been rough forBuckeye Valley boys soc-cer the past couple sea-sons. New coach EricStaley is hoping to changethat, but also knows thatchange may have to comein easy stages.While Buckeye Valley

will be his first highschool head coaching job,Staley has plenty of experi-ence, having coached onthe club level for six years.“Given that I’ve inherit-

ed a team that had a prettyfrustrating year last year,the only expectations wehave are to work hard andget better,” Staley said.“We just have to improveupon last year, keep work-ing hard and keep gettingbetter year after year.”The Barons still must

develop younger playersin order to compete.Buckeye Valley has justone upperclassman, seniorP.J. Roden, on a team filledwith sophomores andfreshmen.But Staley is still very

high on Roden and sopho-mores Willie Ashburn andPierce Ciccone to providethe leadership the teamneeds. In addition, Staley isconfident his freshmanclass, led by talented new-comers Mitch Rotundo andSam Scharff, will be able toplay beyond their years.

— Eric Cline

HAYESThe Hayes boys soccer

team’s 2011 season mighthave been a buildingblock to a better future.The Pacers didn’t

achieve some goals theywere after, but they cer-tainly didn’t disappoint,battling in every match,even in a 1-0 double over-time loss to Orange in thesectional final. That prom-ise has coach NateWeakland and his Pacers

thinking bigger this sea-son.“With our strong core,

we want to be competitivein the Ohio CapitalConference with the goalbeing to be one of the topthree teams in the OCCCapital and challenge forthe title,” Weakland said.“Our overarching goal thisyear is to make a districtfinal appearance, which issomething our school hasnever done.”Hayes won’t be without

its challenges. The loss ofcaptain Blake Lehman andthe entire Pacer defense isa concern, but the pres-ence of senior co-captainsPhoenix Neitzelt andJordan Carlson in the mid-dle of the field and NateSpahr in the attack willhelp keep the Pacersgoing strong.As for that defense,

Weakland will rely onsophomores such as BrianNeitzelt and Tyler Zinaderto take some of the pres-sure off. In addition, sen-ior Tommy Gibbs, whowas solid in brief stintswith the varsity last sea-son, will take over as goal-keeper this year.Hayes’ goals might

seem lofty to some, butWeakland is confident inhis charges.“With the run we’ve put

together in the last twotournaments, we feelwe’re right there,”Weakland said. “We have acore solid enough thatthese goal are attainable ifwe work hard and wantthem.”

— Eric Cline

OLENTANGYOlentangy’s boys soc-

cer team has a new headcoach, but he’s a familiarnew head coach.Matt Weiss, who assist-

ed former coach DaveSebek the past two sea-sons at Olentangy, takesover the reins of a teamthat has made two straightdistrict championshipgame appearances, andthe new coach has evenhigher expectations.“Our goal every year is

to win the league,” Weisssaid. “That’s the immedi-ate goal, but when you getto the tournament, youreset your goals — to getto the district final andinto the regionals and onto state. We want to getpast the district final thisyear. That’s sort of themonkey on our backs we’dlike to get rid of.”The Braves have sever-

al returning players back,led by senior co-captainsJoe Morycz and AlexSaunders. Morycz will beone of the main cogs inthe Olentangy midfield,while Saunders will playthe role of field general inthe Braves’ defensivebackfield.Also returning to the

team is junior goalkeeperAdam Miller, who had asolid season as a sopho-more in helpingOlentangy to the districttitle game. Junior LoganSchwing is back at an out-side midfield position,while seniors Jake Mazzeoand Austin Horton willreturn to the center of thefield in midfield spots.Junior striker Jon

Bechtel earned some var-sity time last season, butwill be called upon moreheavily this year on theattack. Bryce Johnson, asophomore midfielder, didnot play with the team lastseason, but played clubball and will see plenty ofaction with the rest of themidfielders.The Braves will also

move into the Ohio CapitalConference’s CapitalDivision this season,meaning important league

contests against countyrivals Orange, Hayes andBig Walnut.

— Eric Cline

OLENTANGYLIBERTYPlaying in a state cham-

pionship game might be aonce in a lifetime event,but the Liberty boys soc-cer team is hoping itbecomes a habit.The Patriots were one

half away from a state title,and this season, coachRick Collins and his groupare poised to do it again,despite the added pres-sure of being the team tobeat.“Last season was an

experience, but with allthe pressure, the highexpectations and all thereturning players, we cer-tainly have a bullseye onour backs,” Collins said.“It’s not like we’re goingto catch people by sur-prise. There are teams outthere who want to play usand are looking forward toit.”Moving from the Ohio

Capital Conference’sCardinal Division to theCentral adds just thatmuch more pressure, butthe Patriots have nearly allof their starting attackback from last season,including seniors SamDeRoy, Jared Robinson,Zach Matheny, Kyle Baumand Thomas Gullo, as wellas starting goalkeeperAnderson DeAndrade.What is not back is the

defense. Liberty lost itsentire back line to gradua-tion, but the Patriots arefully confident seniorssuch as Kyle Boone, RagatGupta and Luke Crea willlock down the defensivehalf.Even Liberty’s new-

comers are returning.Juniors Devin Collins(defense), Grant Fisher(midfield) and TaylorScott (forward) saw actionwith the team during thetournament run, and allwill see significant playingtime.

— Eric Cline

OLENTANGYORANGEThe Orange boys soc-

cer team had an interest-ing season in 2011. ThePioneers won just eightgames, yet were still just agoal away from a trip tothe district championshipgame.Coach Scott Bryant lost

15 seniors from that group,so the key this season willbe combining his eightreturning players and sev-eral newcomers to create aunit that can challenge inthe Ohio CapitalConference and elsewhere.“I’m looking forward to

this year,” Bryant said.“The mix of returningplayers and kids comingup from the JV team hasbeen pretty good.”Orange returns both of

its goalkeepers from a sea-son ago in senior ZachAresi and junior JaredRieger. The Pioneers alsoreturn both senior mark-ing backs Graham Keownand Nick Wheeler, thoughKeown may move todefense, which Bryantsays is his team’sstrength.Seniors Alec Binger

and Mitchell Hopkins willlikely also be counted onfor defense, Binger mov-ing from his regular mid-field position.What Bryant is hoping

for most is offense.Returning seniors JakeAnderson and SeanO’Riley should help thatcause, and Bryant is alsohigh on incoming sopho-mores Connor Blakely andLuke Gabbert.

— Eric Cline

SOCCER

Boys squads looking formore postseasonmagic

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BIG WALNUTWith 13 letterwinners

returning from last sea-son’s 4-13 squad, BigWalnut girls soccer coachJim Reardon is countingon a resurgence from hisGolden Eagles in 2012.

Senior midfielderJessie Wenger, a three-year letterwinner, headsthe list of returning play-ers from last season’steam that placed fifth inthe OCC-Capital Divisionwith a 2-4 league mark. Aquartet of juniors, includ-ing Skylar Fleak, HaleyLescinsky, Elyse Schnabeland Bailey Armstrong,return as two-year veter-ans. Two seniors, AshleyMeade and SamanthaHerbst; three juniors,Shelbie Borchers,Mackenzie Pike and LeahShaw; and three sopho-mores, MakennaHammond, Abby Taborand Jennie Wenger, roundout the veteran squad.

“If we can stay healthyfor the entire season andlearn how to play as ateam, we have the talentto be successful,” Reardonsaid.

—Gary Henery

BUCKEYEVALLEYBrad Smiley is ready

for the challenge of coach-ing high school soccer,but he’s already confidenthis Buckeye Valley girlssoccer team will be readyfor the upcoming season.

Smiley begins his firstseason as a high schoolhead coach with theBaron girls, but is veryfamiliar to many in thecounty as the director ofthe Delaware SelectSoccer Club. He has alsocoached high schoolspring soccer, bringing awealth of experience tothe sideline.

First and foremost inhis mind, though, is tofoster a winning mentalitywithin his Barons.

“We want to build awinning behavior; a win-ning attitude,” Smileysaid. “We want to set thisprogram apart and bring adifferent type of socceratmosphere to theschool.”

Key to that will be theteam’s six seniors —Maddie Garrett, TaylorHyatt, Kaitlin James,Marisa Koss, CassieOberle and ShannonSteinke — as well as jun-ior Alyssa Spencer. All willbe looked on to bringleadership Smiley knowsthey can provide.

In addition, Smiley willcount on sophomoreMaddie Oberle and fresh-man newcomers such asMaggie Peddicord, ErinLewis and HannahWunderlich to step in andmake a difference rightaway.

—Eric Cline

HAYESLast season, the prob-

lem with the Hayes girlssoccer team was simplypicking up victories. Theteam’s attitude was neverin question.

That same positive feel-ing is still strong, and thisseason, the Pacers andcoach Dan Fuchs areready to play.

“We struggled for wins,but we had a tough sched-ule and some injuries, sowe had a tough timedeveloping a team identi-

ty,” Fuchs said. “We havegreat kids coming backand have had an influx ofgood, talented kids com-ing in. We’re hoping toput together a good teamidentity and go forward ina strong direction.”

This season, Fuchs willlook mainly to senior co-captains Susan Thomsonand Taylor McGinnis forleadership. The two haveproven experience andhave shown their abilitieson the field and off. Add tothat senior and returningteam MVP Abbey Freyand junior Ally Smiley, asecond-team All-OCCselection a year ago, andthe Pacers have the mak-ings of a strong squad.

In addition, Fuchs willcount on senior midfielderEmily Burkhart and jun-iors Brooke Zinader(defense) and HannahBartfay (forward/mid-field) for added strength.Fuchs is also high onsophomore newcomersRachel Yates and KeeraWilmoth.

—Eric Cline

OLENTANGYThe Olentangy girls

soccer team did some-thing last year it had notdone in a few seasons —win consistently. This sea-son, one of the main goalsfor the Braves and sec-ond-year coach DrewZellers is to keep improv-ing.

“Our goals are simple,”Zellers said. “We want tohave another winning sea-son, to be very successfulwithin our new division,and to compete in the dis-trict. We’d love to see usranked among the topteams in the district, and Ifeel we have the talent todo that.”

Olentangy will start thenew season with a strongcore of returning players,led by senior goalkeeperBailey Hatch, who provedmore than a match versusopposing offenses lastseason. Also among thosecore players are seniorsMegan Landon, KatieCrum and NatashaUstaszewski, as well asjunior Allie Lowery, all ofwhom were invaluable tothe Braves all throughoutthe season.

The Braves will also addseveral players to the ros-ter, many of whom sawtime on the varsity in smalldoses. Sophomores PaytonNaylor and Abbey Schwingshould get a great deal oftime on the field this sea-son, as well as sophomoretwins Hayley and MorganMcCullough, both ofwhom made the Braves’tournament roster a sea-son ago.

Olentangy will moveinto the Ohio CapitalConference’s CapitalDivision, meaning confer-ence games against coun-ty foes Big Walnut, Hayesand Orange. Zellersbelieves the experiencegained from last seasonwill help them in theirquest for the division title.

—Eric Cline

OLENTANGYLIBERTY

Last season was sort ofup and down for theLiberty girls soccer team,but one year of playmeans a year of experi-ence, and the Patriots andcoach Lisa Saiben hope

that experience will helppush them higher.

“We’re excited for allthe experience last seasongave us, and of course,we’re excited to get thisyear started,” Saiben said.“I think we have the talentand the potential to dovery well this season. We’llface some formidableopponents this year, but Ithink we can play witheveryone in the area.”

Three seniors will leadthe returning starters.Alisha Marger, KellieGarvin and KristenKaufman will take up theirstarting positions fromlast season, and all haveshown tremendous leader-ship already in the pre-season. Junior Julia Brunoand sophomore NatalieFlahive, who was injuredin the middle of last sea-son, will also be calledupon in an increasedcapacity, as will sopho-mores Emma Ranalli andKylie Slusser.

Also returning to thestarting lineup is sopho-more goalkeeper MirandaKuhns, though Saibensays the competition forthe keeper’s job has beenvery intense.

Among the newcomersis junior Kia Withers, atransfer student fromNorth Carolina with plen-ty of soccer experiencewho has impressedSaiben in the pre-season.Sophomore Lizzie Castrowill also be called on agreat deal, as will fresh-men Emma Waters andLexi Fisher.

—Eric Cline

OLENTANGYORANGE

Last season didn’t startwell for the Orange girlssoccer team, but it ended interrific fashion, and coachJen Odebrecht is excitedabout the new season.

“The season startedabout as bad as it possiblycould and ended in a wayI think my players are stillexcited about,” Odebrechtsaid. “It really has laid thefoundation for a seasonwe’re really excitedabout.”

Orange started slowlybut ended strong, winningits way to a district cham-pionship game. This sea-son, the Pioneers lost justtwo players and are com-ing back strong.

The Pioneers are ledby an extremely talentedsix-player senior class,buoyed by the likes of for-ward/midfielder BrittanyBarber, defender TaylorDelara and midfielderCarly Swisher. All threewere pivotal to the team’ssuccess in 2011 and arenatural team leaders.

In addition, Orangereturns a junior class thatwas very important a yearago, led by players suchas Emily Burton, SophieLevel and StephanieLewis.

Odebrecht is also veryhigh on her one newcom-er to the team, sophomoreAlexis Simon, a gritty,feisty player the coachsays will give no ground.One other change is theascension of talentedsophomore goalkeeperMackenzie Brunke to thestarting spot, taking overfor now-graduated four-year starter ShauniKerkhoff.

—Eric Cline

SOCCER

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