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‘Jacket cross country to lean on juniors Kelsey Winfrey and Dylan LaneLHS HOPES TO ADVANCE AS A TEAM IN 2015

see ‘Cross country’/page 4

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Lebanon junior Kelsey Winfrey will be a big part of the LHS track and fi eld team this fall after being a state qualifi er last season.

By Israel Potoczny and Aaron JenningsThe Daily [email protected]

The 2015 edition of the Lebanon cross country team has four re-turning seniors as well as a strong junior class and after sending one runner to the state meet in 2014, head coach Teresa Moore says the team’s goal is to qualify as a team.

“We’d love to go as a team,” Moore said. “This year we’re look-ing really strong as a team, both boys and girls.”

As the first cross country meet draws near, some of the runners have gone the extra mile.

“We have one boy (Dylan Lane) who just put in his 500th mile,” Moore said. “The kids are work-ing hard. They all know where they have to be, they know what time they’re going to have to run to make it to state.”

The ‘Jackets return junior Kelsey Winfrey, a state qualifier in 2014, but lose senior Tony Bennett, who qualified for sectionals. However, coach Moore has high hopes in next year ’s seniors.

“We have really good junior leadership,” Moore said. “They know what they are, they’re very smart. They can run a technical race. Weaknesses come in our depth. Once you get past that fifth or sixth person, we start to wish we had bigger numbers out there running.

“I believe we’ll have a few to qualify to state, but I’m hoping

more make it to sectionals than we had last year.”

Kelsey Winfrey is a returning state qualifier and as far as coach Moore is concerned, a much more developed runner.

Last year, Winfrey crossed the mile marker in 17th place at 5:54 at the state meet, but couldn’t hold her place with the hills and wind getting to her. She finished the race in 76th out of 168 runners.

“I have high hopes for her,” Moore said. “I really think she would have placed higher last year, but her nerves got to her. But I think she’s ready to go this year.”

Moore said Dylan Lane began his high school career as a football player as a freshman, but even-tually made the switch to cross country.

“Dylan is one of those kids that played football his freshman year and he ran track for me,” Moore said. “I told him he needed to be running cross country for me.

“His sophomore year, he talked to his football coaches and made sure that everything was going to be okay with them if he started running cross country.”

Lane started running as a soph-omore and Moore said he had some success, but wasn’t where he wanted to be so he decided to run throughout the winter, then had a strong track season during the spring.

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LDR photo/Israel PotocznyPictured is the 2015 Lebanon High School cross country team.In the first row, from left, are Megan Glasser, Katie Brandon, Alyssa Long, Veronica Jacobs, Breanne Nelson, Cheyenne Black, Kelsey Winfrey, Abby O’Connor and Maddie O’Connor. Second row, are Will Adams, Dylan Lane, Tharron Roy, Isaiah Howe, Carson Reece, Hunter Sawyers, Shane Cobleigh, Brayden Simpson and Brock Reeves.


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“When summer came around, he told me that if he wanted to make all-state, he was going to have to put in some extra miles,” Moore said. “We had talked about how West Plains trains and the miles that they put in ... I told him he would have to put in 50 to 55 miles a week if he wanted to make it to state.”

Lane began tracking his steps as he started a rigorous summer workout. Week by week, the miles started to add up until he fi nally met his goal of 500 miles. Dylan hasn’t stopped though, if anything, his 500th mile has inspired him to keep moving forward.

“The days that we didn’t run as a team during the summer and the days we don’t run as a team, he still runs,” Moore said. “It’s quite an accomplish-ment — that’s a lot of miles.

“He was determined, he knew what he had to do and he knows what his goals are for the year and he’s working for them.”

A standout in basketball and track, Kelsey Winfrey will be doing more this fall than running cross country. This

year marks the fi rst time that Kelsey will be on the football team, serving as a kicker.

Moore said the junior has managed to juggle the demands of both sports well so far, running with the cross coun-try team at their practice, then working on her kicking in the evening.

“She is on a specialized position on the football team, so she can make all of the cross country practices and then go to the football fi eld and get her kicking in for them after she is done running,” Moore said.

She is having to miss a a few cross country practices because of a few football games.

“However, she usually runs a little extra in the morning,” Moore said. “Kelsey is also one of those kids that has an unusual determi-nation and competitiveness that is unreal.”

WINFREY OUT FOR FOOTBALL THIS FALL

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The Lebanon football team has one of the area’s premier female athletes out for the team as rising junior Kelsey Winfrey has joined the squad.

A standout athlete in several sports, Winfrey was a first-team All-Ozark Conference basketball player as a freshman and sophomore and has committed to play basketball at the University of Missouri.

Lebanon football head coach Will Christian said Winfrey’s role will likely be similar to the one played by Hillcrest standout Kelsie Cleeton last fall. Also a basketball and soccer player, Cleeton served as a back-up kicker for the Hornets. Christian said Winfrey, who is playing with the Run-ning Angels, a competitive traveling summer team based

out of Kansas City, is free to work out with the football team this sum-mer as her schedule allows.

Winfrey, who has also run track and played volleyball during her high school career, is also planning on run-ning cross country in the fall.

Nearly a year removed from mak-ing a verbal commitment to the University of Missouri women’s basketball program, Winfrey said she received support from head coach Robin Pingeton, and said the incom-ing MU freshman basketball player Sophie Cunningham filled in last year as a kicker at Columbia Rock Bridge

when the Bruins kicker went down with an injury.

Winfrey, who’s older brother Luke is a senior quarterback, said she played flag football when she was younger and has also played soccer.

“I was out kicking one day and I’ve always wanted to play football,” Winfrey said. “I could actually kick the ball,

so I thought I would give it a try. “My mom is really excited about it,

and my dad, he just doesn’t want me to get hurt.”

Christian said he put a lot of trust in senior Kendrick

Tiller to help show Winfrey the ropes. A three-year varsity starter, Til-ler is widely considered to be among the area’s premier kickers.

“I think it’s pretty cool that she wants to come out here

and try something different and be a part of another team,” Tiller said. “I have been teaching her the basic fundamentals, like steps and drills for leg lock and ball contact,” he said. “That is the baseline of kicking. From day 1 she was (initially) struggling to kick and now she is kicking fi eld goals pretty well.

“ I t h i n k s h e h a s b e e n d o i n g good.”

“Kendrick has taught me every-thing and is also getting ready to teach me how to punt,” Winfrey said. “He has taught me steps and everything on field goal kicking and kickoffs — basically everything.”

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Jenni Collins returns to her hometown to lead team that won 18 games last yearLHS VOLLEYBALL WELCOMES NEW COACH


One year after going 18-11-3 overall and 5-4 in the Ozark Conference, the Leb-anon volleyball team has a new coach and several familiar faces returning.

New to the team is Jenny Collins (Plassmeyer) who played at Lebanon and briefl y served as an assistant. Col-lins replaced Brittni Allison who left to accept a job in hometown Rogersville. It is Collins fi rst head coaching job since 2000-2005 when she led Webb City to a district title in 2002 and conference titles in 2002 and 2003.

She was the freshman coach at LHS from 2005-2007 and was most recently the seventh- and eighth-grade coach at Reeds Spring.

Collins said she recently completed a move to Lebanon, which has helped with the transition.

“We have put a lot of time in this summer, both my assistant (coaches) and myself and with the hoops and nets program this summer, it was fun getting to be with our seventh and eighth grade athletes as well as our high school kids,” Collins said. “So far the transition is go-ing well and fi nally being here (in Leba-non after the move) just makes things easier. It has been a good summer.”

Collins inherits a Lebanon program that losses four key seniors — Madison Day, Payton Hough, Ashton Light and Ashley Schafer — but returns several key performers.

Lebanon returns fi ve seniors in Mikalyn Callahan, Maggie Plake, Carrington Peace, Lindsay Pember-ton and Olivia Weaver.

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LDR photo/Aaron JenningsPictured is the 2015 Lebanon High

School volleyball team. In the first row, from left, are Maggie Plake, Lindsay Pemberton, Mikalyn Callahan, Olivia

Weaver and Carrington Peace. Second row, are Jazzlyn Wells, Helen Brown, Haddi Luthy, Grace O’Quinn, Paige

Schafer and Faith Alwardt.


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Lebanon junior Faith Alwardt (21) was lost for the season after a knee injury during a basketball game this summer. Alwardt is shown during a contest last season.

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new to the varsity will be junior Helen Brown, Paige Schafer, Grace O’Quinn and sophomore Jazzlyn Wells.

However, the team lost standout junior middle Faith Alwardt for the season after Alwardt suffered a torn ACL during a summer basketball game.

With Alwardt out, Collins said Callahan will take her place as a middle.

“(Callahan) was originally going to be playing on the outside, but due to Alwardt’s injury she has transitioned to the middle,” Collins said. “I feel like our middles, Mag-gie and Mikalyn, is where our power is going to come from. The two of them do a great job of hitting the quick sets and help them speed up the offense.

“Peace is a setter who plays all-around and can do a little bit of everyting.

“Pemberton is going to play back row and defen-sively, I feel like we are pretty solid. Weaver has height on the right side and hope-fully, between her and our middles, they can put up a big block together on other team’s outside hitters.”

Coll ins said Alwardt brought a lot to the court, but will remain with the team despite her injury.

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“Willard was our first camp without Alwart and we struggled a little bit trying to move people around and make some adjustments.

Lebanon spent the sum-mer playing in the Hillcrest League as both the junior varsity and varsity competed in the league and also hosted its hoops and nets strength and conditioning program throughout the month of June.

The ‘Jackets recently com-peted at Willard and Missouri State team camps preparing for the season.

Collins said the team has put together a busy summer, and most took three teams to Missouri State Team Camp. The varsity advanced to the Elite Eight in the Gold Division, while the junior varsity and freshman were in the bronze bracket together, which the JV won.

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Coming off a 2014 season that saw the Lebanon softball team go 9-14 overall and 5-4 in the Ozark Conference, softball head coach Charlie Pentecost said the Yellowjack-ets need to clean up some of the little things this season to put together a big season.

“Last year we were in a situation where just a few mistakes here and there cost us in our losses,” Pentecost said. “We competed in our games, for the most part. Just a situ-ation where we made … you know … had one inning where we made some mistakes and maybe booted some balls and stuff like that.

“We hit the ball really well last year so … you know—we basically just needed to clean up the defensive side of things. This year, that’s kind of our goal—just to clean up the defense, keep hitting the ball well … and really, if we do those two things,

and really just tighten up our defense side compared to last year, we are going to have a good season.”

Lebanon lost a large senior class from the 2014 season, including Lauren Pentecost, Bailey Allen, Allannah Morque, Brittany Rogers, JoHana McGuire and Tristin Hisel, and returns just two seniors this season.

“We lost a lot of seniors,” Pentecost said. “We have two this year. You know, it’s a little different situation. It puts a lot of pressure on our two seniors as far as leadership. The responsibility is not spread out as much as it was last year. The two kids that we have are going to be great leaders and we feel very good about where they are at.”

Pentecost said the ‘Jackets will be young and short on varsity experience in 2015, but are coming off a solid summer.

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“The kids learned a lot, they played well and got along well together,” he said. “That’s the key, if you get good chemistry, with young kids especially, knowing that someone has their back makes the difference.

“It takes off a lot of pressure. When their teammates are with them and supportive, it really makes the differ-ence. That in itself is the key for our younger players.”

Pentecost said the Yellowjackets

will lean on All-Ozark Conference performer Shelby Hicks for leader-ship this season.

“Right now, it’s really just a team effort,” Pentecost said. “Everybody is just kind of filling in and coming into their roles. (Hicks) will bat and lead off for us usually and we are expect-ing great things out of her again … and really a lot of the younger players that really had a good summer we will expect a lot out of them.”

After putting together a solid season at the plate, including seven games in which they scored 10 runs or more, Pentecost said he expects the ‘Jackets’ ability to swing the bats and score runs to be a big strength again this season.

“Our strengths really … offensively we can hit the ball really well,” Pen-tecost said. “This past summer we did very well on the plate. The key is going to be our depth. But, that

in itself will be our weakness. Our depth in certain spots of the field, the inexperience of our young players. A lot of them will be seeing their first varsity action this year. That will be key—how well they produce early on, and learn.”

Pentecost said Lebanon had a solid summer but have a tough schedule on the horizon, with three tough games against Ozark, Bolivar and Jefferson

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Lebanon sophomore shortstop Kailyn Hazelwood takes a throw at second base during a high school softball game on Monday at Boswell Park.

said. “Our expectations are simple, we expect to compete. We have a tough sched-ule. Day in and day out. That fi rst week especially, we have Bolivar, Ozark and Jeff City. That’s three of the best programs around, and we’re starting off right in the middle of the fi re.

“That fi rst week will give us a blueprint of what we need to work on and where we need to go. Above all, we expect to compete. Every year, that is our goal. We expect to compete for the conference title, and districts are going to be tough. So we

just want to be playing our best softball as the district time comes rolling around. Every game, every practice, every time at bat leading up to districts will get us that much more ready for that point. How well we develop, how well we grow and mature will be the key. I’m very optimistic. Having come so far, and accomplished so much this offseason, we feel ready to get some serious competition underway and see where we are at.”

Pentecost said junior Chloe Johnson is fi lling most of the time as the LHS pitcher

and junior Erika Blake will catch.“We feel pretty confi dent there, they

have some experience, but they are still building for the future,” Pentecost said.

On the infi eld. the ‘Jackets haveKaylen Tubbs, mainly at first base,

sophomore Avery Hlavacek that came in from Iowa at second base, sophomore Kailyn Hazlewood at shortstop and Cally Blattel at third base.

Outfi eld, I’m still looking at some dif-ferent people. We have a couple seniors out there.

Seniors Shelby Hicks (center), Lily Woolsey (left) and Megan Coffman (right) have opened the season as the LHS starters in the outfi eld.

“We have a good mix of some youth and we have some experience too, so we’re hoping that will all come together,” Pentecost said.

Things got off to a rocky start to the 2015 season as the ‘Jackets opened against a tough schedule, facing Bolivar, Jefferson City and Ozark in consecutive days.

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Yellowjackets have just four players out for golf this season at press time

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The Lebanon girls’ golf team are gearing up for the upcoming season with practice this week at Lebanon GreatLife Golf and Fitness.

The Yellowjackets will feature four seniors, led by Kalie Berry, Autumn Kirkland, Tori Williams and April Robinson.

“(Berry) has been here since her freshman year,“ Sul lens said. “She has improved every year and we’re hoping she improves even more. She has been working hard.

“Kirkland has been with us since her freshman year. She is a good player and we look for good things for her. Williams has been with us for quite some time. She will get to play on the varsity squad.

“Robinson has a nice smooth swing. I think she will have some very decent scores this year.”

Sullens said the Yellowjackets put together a competitive season in 2014 and are hoping to build on the season in 2015 after losing just one senior — Renee Hudson.

“We had a good, competitive sea-son last year, and we’re hoping for the same thing this year,” Sullens said. “We lost one senior (Hudson) last year, so we will have four seniors returning this year. We’re a little rusty right now, but we’re working

on things. We’re hoping for a good season.”

Sullens said the 2015 team is mostly made up of seniors, and the experience factor should pay off in matches this fall.

“A strength of this years team is that they are al l seniors ,” he said. “They’ve had, more practices, more p l a y i n g t i m e s a n d more everything. A weakness is, we proba-bly don’t play as much as we should during the summer in order to stay in tune with the game ... but all that

is going to come as we get into the season.

“Overall, if we can just be com-petitive, they give good effort on the course, they continue to learn from the game ... the learn the rules, they learn the educate, then regardless of the score, I feel like we’re winning. Learning to play the game so they can play it for the rest of their life.

“The players are all fairly equal. Any given day, one is going to beat the other, and the next day the one that got beat will beat the one that beat her. It really goes back and forth. Really not much of a stand out, but all fairly equal.”

Lebanon was to open the season on Aug. 25 against School of the Osage at Dogwood Hills Golf Course.

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Yellowjackets return three key varsity players from team that went 13-4

HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR TENNIS TEAM

AFTER BIG 2014 SEASON

By Israel Potoczny and Alex BoyerThe Daily [email protected]

The Lebanon girls’ tennis team is gearing up for the 2015 season after a strong performance in 2014.

Lebanon head coach Ron Crowell said the Yellowjackets put together one of the top seasons in school history, going 13-4 overall and were district runner-ups to eventual state qualifi er, Jefferson City.

“Last year we had a very good season,” Crowell said. “You can even argue that it is one of the best seasons that our tennis program has ever had.

“It was a great experience for our girls, and overall it was just a fun and exciting year.”

Crowell said the ‘Jackets stayed hungry during the offseason, put-ting together a strong summer gear-ing up for the season.

“The biggest thing with our girls is the time they have all put in this off-season to get better and to improve on their game,” he said. “They have invested a lot of time, and it is all starting to pay off.”

Coming off an undefeated season, Grace Dow is moving up from No. 4 singles to the top spot in 2015.

“It will be fun to see how well she does (at No. 1 singles),” Crowell said. “She went to a lot of camps, and didn’t miss anything that we had this off-season.”

Senior Morgan Andersen suf-fered just one loss in 2014 while mostly playing No. 5 singles. This year, she moves all the way up to No. 2 singles.

Andersen will team with Jenna Wood in No. 2 doubles.

“To see what her and Grace did at the varsity level last year was just really fascinating,” Crowell said. “Her and Jenna Wood will be an exciting doubles team to watch this

year in the Ozark Conference.“The thing with Morgan and

Grace is that either of them could play number one for us. They both play extremely well, and they are a huge part of our success this year.”

Also back is senior Maddie Trum-bo, who will play the No. 3 singles spot and teaming with Dow in No. 1 doubles.

“She has done a great job so far this year,” Crowell said. “She is someone who has devoted a lot of time this summer and has went to a lot of camps so it is nice to see her hard work paying off.”

Three players have earned fi rst-time varsity spots in 2015, starting with senior Abbie Morris who will play No. 4 singles.

“(Morris) has put as much time in as anyone on the team,” Crow-ell said. “It was awesome to see her get rewarded with a varsity spot, and have success at the var-sity level. She is a smart play-er for us, and I look forward to seeing her succeed this year.”Senior Jenna Wood will team with Andersen in No. 2 doubles and play No. 5 singles.

“She has worked very hard the past couple of years improving her game a lot,” Crowell said. “Her big strength is doubles, and I think her and Morgan (Andersen) will have a lot of success this year. They are a strong doubles team and have great chemistry.”

Also stepping up from the ju-nior varsity is Kaylee Smith, who will play No. 6 singles and figures to be a strong doubles player and will team with Abbie Morris.

“Her and Abbie will be a very strong doubles team,

see ‘Tennis’/page 26


Lebanon junior Grace Dow, left, and senior Morgan Andersen, right, are return-ing starters for the 2015 LHS girls’ tennis team. The Yellowjackets were 13-4 in match play last season, one of the best year’s in school history.

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LDR photo/Aaron JenningsPictured is the 2015 Lebanon High School girls’ tennis team. In first row, from left, are Addison Myler, Hayley Jones, Brooklyn Elliott, Adrienn Allen, Emilty Whitten, Kaylee Smith, Hannah Lowery and Kaelynne Schuneman. Second row, are Amber Heady, Elizabeth Myler, Morgan Andersen, Jenna Wood, Grace Dow, Maddie Trumbo, Zephanie White and Abbie Morris. Third row, are head coach Ron Crowell, Ashleigh Dallas, Fransesca Rosati, Denea Smith, Jaiden Offut, Janell Lee, Tiffany Smith and Bailey Smith. Not pictured is Olena Ahatyeva.

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Lebanon seniors Kenyon Breedlove (88), Adrian Palmer (30), Cory Dudley (68), Luke Winfrey (15) and head coach Will Christian meet with officials and Rolla players prior to the Yellowjackets’ season opener on Aug. 21 against the Bulldogs at Yellowjacket Stadium.

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see ‘Football’/page 19

By Israel Potoczny and Alex BoyerThe Daily [email protected]

Lebanon head coach Will Christian went through both the offensive and defensive starters, giving fans some insight into who will be playing this season for the Yellowjackets.

QuarterbacksLuke Winfrey, a 6-foot-1, 195-pound se-

nior is a three-year starter who opened the season on Friday by going 4-for-7 for 67 yards and two touchdown passes.

Winfrey won the starting job as a sopho-more and has been a starter ever since.

“He (Winfrey) has matured so much since day one of his sophomore season, and it has paid dividends to this team,” Christian said. “Luke was extremely open-minded about the changing of the offense, and he has picked it up really well.

“He (Winfrey) is a great athlete for this offense. He has a great arm, and shows great ball skills with the pitch.”

Also in the mix is senior Cody Lundgren who will serve as the backup.

“Cody has an extremely strong arm, and he even pitches for the baseball team,” Chris-tian said. “Cody is capable of throwing the football, and has really adapted to the new offense nicely.”

Cole Breeden, a 5-foot-9, 170-pound sophomore, will start at quarterback for the junior varsity this season.

“He (Breeden) is a lot more natural to this offense,” Christian said. “We have had him doing variations of this offense for awhile so it will help when he is older and ready to go.”

FullbacksPerhaps not really much of focal

point in years past when the ‘Jackets primarily opperated out of the spread, Lebanon has a bevy of fullbacks that will be a big part of both running and blocking this season.

“We have a lot of depth in the back-field and are capable of running the football,” Christian said.

That group is led by Adrian Palmer, a 5-foot-9, 190-pound senior, rushed for more than 130 yards in the ‘Jack-ets’ season opener against Rolla.

“Before going down last season in week four he was a great compliment back to Elza Evans,” Christian said. “Adrian is capable of playing the

fullback position and just seems to be very knowledgeable about what to do.”

Also in the mix is Jumoke Cunning-ham, a 5-foot-9, 202-pound junior.

“Jumoke is a big, physical, strong running back and is a great compli-ment to Adrian at the fullback posi-tion,” Christian said.

Slot BackLane Groce, a 5-foot-9, 156-pound

senior, will play all over the field this season and will give the ‘Jackets a quick and athletic weapon.

“Lane is a quick kid and is your prototypical hybrid kid,” Christian said. “He does a great job of reading holes, and running routes when he has to.”

Running BackThe Lebanon stable of running

backs is led by Brandon Horsley, a 5-foot-10, 183-pound senior.

“Brandon is a strong runner. He can run downhill, receive a pitch, and run the toss sweep. He is a huge threat for this football team,” Christian said.

Carson Lybarger, a 5-foot-9, 190-pound senior returned to the field this fall after battling injury throughout his junior season.

“Carson is our best blocking run-ning back, and he is also a very quick and instinctive runner,” Christian said. “He (Lybarger) has had some injury issues the past couple of years, but he has managed to be strong and stay in shape and it has paid off for him.”

Also in the mix is junior Dillion Wagner and sophomore John Berry. Wagoner, a 6-foot, 188-pound junior, will see time as a back up running back, while Berry, a 5-foot-10, 185-pound sophomore, gives LHS depth at several positions.

“(Wagner) gives us a lot of depth at the running back position, and he is very strong and quick,” Christian said. “We can use John at running back, fullback, or even slot back so he is nice to have around. He does a great job of finding the holes.”721 SOUTH JEFFERSON AVE.

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Yellowjackets will focus more on ground game with flex bone offenseNEW OFFENSE SUITS ‘JACKETS

see ‘New offense’/page 18

By Israel PotocnznyThe Daily [email protected]

The Lebanon football team is ditching the new and is back with the old this season, trading in the spread offense for a traditional run-based offense.

In fact, the fl ex bone is so traditional, that only a handful of NCAA Division I football teams employ it — Georgia Tech, Army and Navy.

Head coach Will Christian said the offense fi ts the LHS personel, and says the change came in part after watching the program’s lower levels have success with a run-based I-formation.

“The programs that had success weren’t really in the spread and our low-er levels did really well,” he said. “When we were assessing our kids, really all the way down to the third-grade, we came to the conclusion that it was just obvious that we have a lot of running backs.

“We were forcing the issue a little

bit by starting four receivers when our arguably we have two or three kids at the running back position in a given year that need to be out there.

“So, with that being said we looked at a lot of things that looked like a good fi t and the fl exbone is one that we felt would give us the element of being able to be a little more multiple than at Power-I, but also gave us a three-back look and gave us the ability to run the option.”

Christian said members of the LHS coaching staff visited William Penn, an NAIA school in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and met with head coach Todd Hafner, who began his coaching career at Carl Junc-tion.

“He allowed us to come up for four days, the whole staff, and we got from A to Z from them what we needed to do to install this thing,” Christian said.LDR file photo/Israel Potoczny

Lebanon senior Adrian Palmer (30) is one of several returning backs for the Yellowjackets. Lebanon is employing a run-based offense in 2015, scrapping its spread offense.

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Christian said part of the decision was the ability of the quarterbacks in the pro-gram to run the option, including senior starter Luke Winfrey as well as many of the up-and-coming quarterbacks in the younger age groups.

“We felt like without any doubt it was a good fi t,” Christian said. “Almost all of those (quarterbacks) are athletic, quick kids that throw the football well, but it would be better if we used them in a system where they could use their legs.”

Christian said three-year varsity starter Luke Winfrey has grasped the system quickly.

“I think he is more comfortable in the (new offense) than the spread and I think he’s done an outstanding job,” Christian said.

Christian said there has been some growing pains with the switch the the new offense, but overall has overseen a smooth transition.

“Anytime you make a wholesale change from where we’ve been there’s some teeth

cutting that has to take place, but we feel like we’re on track,” Christian said.

Christian said he feels the switch will not only fi t the personel on offense, but will give the defense new life. A year ago, the Yellow-jackets allowed 42 points per game during a season-ending six-game losing streak.

But this year, Christian said the new of-fense is designed to avoid short possessions on offense in which an incomplete pass or two stops the clock and sends the defense back on the fi eld.

“We felt like it was abundently clear that we needed to do something to improve defensively,” Christian said. “The past couple of years we have been up-and-down defensively, we have played well, and also had some issues.

“Most of that had to do with the fact that the offense was not on the field enough. In the spread, especially if you’re tempo is fast, if you’re not being produc-tive, you’re defense is going to play a lot and usually that is going to result in more points being scored by your opponent.


Lebanon senior Brandon Horsley (27) carries the ball during the ‘Jackets’ jamboree on Aug. 14 at Mt. Vernon. Horsley rushed for 71 yarsd on 11 carries in Lebanon’s season opener.



Lebanon junior Jumoke Cunningham (45) is one of several running backs the Lebanon offense will lean on this season for production. Cunningham is pictured here during the ‘Jackets’ jamboree at Mt. Vernon. see ‘Football’/page 22

Wide ReceiverThe Lebanon wide receiver core is led

by senior Connor Hicks and junior Jack Eh-rhardt. Both players were on display in the ‘Jackets season opener against Rolla, catching touchdown passes in the second quarter and giving LHS a 21-8 halftime lead.

“With Jack and Connor it is so nice be-cause with our new offense leaning towards the run we can provide them with single coverage, and they are able to get open and have the ability to catch long passes,” Christian said.

A two-year starter at guard for the LHS basketball team, Ehrhardt is out for football for the fi rst time this season.

“It was nice to have Jack come out for the team this year,” Christian said. “He is so athletic and knows the game so well, and he has already made a big contribution to this team on both sides of the ball.”

Connor Hicks, a 5-foot-7, 158-pound se-nior, was an All-Ozark Conference performer last season who caught 51 passes for 728 yards and four touchdowns.

“Connor is a great wide receiver who just knows how to get open and has soft hands,” Christian said. “He (Hicks) has been under the lights before and knows how to get the job done when we need it.”

Also in the mix is Tanner Angst and Kend-rick Tiller. A 6-foot-3, 175-pound senior Angst gives the ‘Jackets some height, while Tiller, a 5-foot-11, 160-pound senior, is a standout kicker who gives the ‘Jackets depth.

“Tanner provides great depth off the bench at the wide out position. He is tall and has great hands so we will run some plays for him,” Christian said. “We want to rest (Tiller) for the kicking portion of the game, but we know if we ever need someone to play there he will be a reliable guy.”

Stuart Allen, a senior, is the ‘Jackets starter at tight end.

“He is more of a tight end for us, but he is a phenomenal blocker for us,” Christian said. “He worked hard this offseason to get stronger, and it has really paid off.”

Offensive LineChristian was quick to point out that

much of the ‘Jackets early success this sea-son in the running game has been due to the performance of the offensive line.

Armed with a host of players who have a wealth of varsity experience, the line fi gures to be a big strength of the team throughout the season.

“Our offensive line has played ex-tremely well the fi rst two weeks of the season,” Christian said. “Coming into the season we knew that we were going to be solid there, but they have performed better than I expected. Not because I didn’t feel like they couldn’t be good, but they are playing so dominant it has been a huge factor for us.”

Aaron Anderson, a 6-foot-2, 222-pound senior, and Hunter Bilger, a 5-foot-10, 225-pound senior, have battled this season for a spot at left tackle.

“Aaron and Hunter come and compete everyday, and they are fi ghting for a start-ing job for left tackle,” Christian said. “We are going to continue to let them fi ght it out for the starting spot, and they will alternate series, but it’s nice to bring some fresh bod-ies in there sometimes anyways.”

Other starters include Colby Lathrop at right guard, Davin Malone at center and Cory Dudley at right tackle.

Lathrop is a 6-foot-3, 265-pound junior who saw a lot of varsity time as a sopho-more, while Malone is a 6-foot, 230-pound senior and Dudley is a 6-foot-4, 200-pound senior.

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“Colby can really move people and do very abusive at the guard posi-tion,” Christian said. “Davin started a couple of games for us last year, and is one of the faster centers you will see. He (Malone) moves his feet well, and his ability to block the second level is what makes him a force.

“Cory does a great job in this of-fense. He is asked to move up to the second-level and block linebackers, and with his quick feet and demeanor he does a great job of doing that.”

After missing much of his junior season due to injury, Isaac Archer, a 6-foot-6, 268-pound senior, is back for his senior season and is starting at right guard.

“He is the leader of our offensive line,” Christian said. “He is coming off an injury, but he is definitely an all-state caliber lineman.”

Defensive LineThe Lebanon defensive line is led

by defensive ends Ryan Skeens and Kasin Thomas and defensive tackle Wesley James.

A 6-foot-5, 195-pound senior, Skee-ns had a big start to the season against Rolla when he returned an intercep-tion 20 yards for a touchdown.

“Ryan is one of our most athletic players, and is super long,” Christian said. “He is 6’5” and can run, jump, and does a nice job of disrupting the quarterback and chasing down the run.”

At 6-foot-1, 235-pounds, senior Wesley James is the ‘Jackets starting defensive tackle.

“Wesley is our plug,” Christian said. “He is the most physical player on our team, and he can burst the bubble of an offense.”

Much like Skeens, Thomas is tall and athletic and also had a big open-ing game, recording 12 tackles to lead the team.

“Kasen and Ryan are pretty much clones on the end position,” Christian said. “He is physical with the run, and does a great job of getting pressure on the quarterback.”

LinebackersThe LHS linebackers are led by senior

Adrian Palmer who was having a terrifi c junior season before suffering an injury.

“Through four weeks he had 74 total tackles last season, and that is just almost unheard of,” Christian said. “I believe if

he had another season like he was having last year that he could potentially be an all-state linebacker.”

Christian said Hayden Weddle, a 6-foot, 201-pound junior, has a big motor at the linebacker position.

“He will honestly take away some of Adrian’s tackles because of how much he is around the ball,” Christian said. “He plays with so much energy and is a weight room rat.”

Carson Lybarger, who will likely play a big role at running back for LHS, is fi gures to be a big factor at linebacker.

“Carson is so physical and instinctive that he is able to make a lot of plays for us at the linebacker position,” Christian said.

Cole Mather, a 5-foot-11, 160-pound senior is back at linebacker after earning varsity time last season as a junior.

“Cole is someone who has stepped up a lot for us,” Christian said. “He played great last year and plays with so much heart. He has the ability to fi nish tackles, and is a great for us on kickoff coverage.”

Also returning is Levi Pettyjohn, a 5-foot-7, 185-pound junior who saw varsity action last season.

“Levi is nice to have because he has that experience of playing there last year,” Christian said. “He knows what he is doing and is a great tackler.”

Senior Matt Hicks is also in the mix and gives the ‘Jackets depth at the linebacker position.

“Matt is a guy who can give us a lot of depth at the linebacker position, and he comes to work everyday so he is a guy that is great to have around,” Christian said.

Junior Hunter McGuire and senior Austin Blain are starters for LHS at its hy-brid outside linebacker when the ‘Jackets face a spread offense.

“They are very athletic out on the pe-rimeter,” Christian said.

Also a starter at tight end, senior Stuart Allen is a starter at outside linebacker for LHS.

“(He) is an absolute thumper,” Chris-tian said. “He can defend the run very well, and has worked really hard to better himself this off-season.”

Also in the mix is junior Dillon Wag-oner, who will see time on both sides of the ball this season.

“Dillion has a lot of potential,” Chris-tian said. “He is super fast and strong so he is nice to be able to have at the outside linebacker spot.”

LEBANON FOOTBALL from page 19


Lebanon senior Connor Hicks (21) is one of several players the Lebanon offense will lean on this season for production. Cunningham is pictured here during the ‘Jackets’ jamboree at Mt. Vernon.

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Lebanon senior Lane Groce (2) attempts to score during the ‘Jackets’ jamboree at Mt. Vernon.

LEBANON FOOTBALLfrom page 22

SecondaryThe secondary is led by senior Connor Hicks, an all-state defensive

back last season.“He commands the defense so well.

He has a great job of having a nose for the ball, and knowing what is coming,” Christian said. “We can line him up in man coverage or keep him back in safety. He has a lot of experience there so we are confi dent in his playmaking ability.”

Also back in the secondary is defen-sive back Zack Ivey, a 5-foot-10 senior.

“Zack played a lot for us last year. He is a good cover guy, and can stop the run as well. He plays super hard and just loves the game of football,” Christian said.

Also in the mix in the ‘Jackets sec-ondardy are Kenyon Breedlove, Jack Ehrhardt and Tanner Angst.

Breedlove, a 6-foot, 165-pound senior, has made the transition from outside linebacker to corner.

“Kenyon has worked so hard this summer,” Christian said. “We transi-tioned him from outside linebacker to corner because of his athleticism.”

Out for football for the first time, Ehrhardt, a 6-foot-1, 170-pound junior, made an impact on the football fi eld in

his fi rst game against Rolla, coming up with a key interception late in the fi rst half.

“Jack is a tremendous athlete who we can send in there to cover anybody at anytime, and I think that’s what makes him so special,” Christian said. “In our team camp this summer, Jack picked off the same quarterback three consecutive plays in a row.”

Also a factor at receiver, Angst is a tall defensive back who can play safety.

“He is tall and long and has the abil-ity and instinct to make plays for us,” Christian said.

Special TeamsLebanon easily won the battle of fi eld

position in its home opener against Rolla, in large part due to the abilities of senior Ken-drick Tiller, who recorded four touchbacks, forcing Rolla to start its drives at its own 20.

“There is no doubt that Kendrick will be a factor every week for us. I believe he is the best kicker in our league by far,” Christian said. “He is one of our most valuable play-ers because of his ability to change the fi eld position, and his ability to make deep fi eld goals that most teams would have to settle for going for on fourth down or even having to punt.”

8Th Grade ScheduleSept. 10 Republic @ LebanonSept. 22 Marshfield @ MarshfieldOct. 1 Willard @ LebanonOct. 8 Waynesville @ LebanonOct. 15 Ozark @ OzarkOct. 22 Camdenton @ Lebanon

7Th Grade ScheduleSept. 10 Republic @ RepublicSept. 22 Marshfield @ LebanonOct. 1 Willard @ WillardOct. 8 Waynesville @ WaynesvilleOct. 15 Ozark @ LebanonOct. 22 Camdenton @ Camdenton

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PLAKE TO LEAD NEW LHS SWIM TEAM

see ‘Swim/page 25

Yellowjackets will open first year in the pool on Sept. 1 at CarthageBy Israel Potoczny and Aaron JenningsThe Daily [email protected]

Jeff Plake will be leading the brand new boys’ high school swim team at Lebanon with meets starting on Sept. 1 at Carthage.

The team, which previously operated at LHS as a club team, was formally introduced as a Missouri State High School Activities Association sanctioned sport earlier this summer, and Plake was hired to take over the program last week.

Plake has since helped organize the team and has been practicing at the Lebanon Kenneth E. Cowan Civic Center.

As a youngster growing up in St. Louis, Plake com-peted for his high school swim team and remains an avid swimmer today, swimming three to four times per week.

He said his background in the sport and in coaching led him to apply for the position.

“I knew that I have a lot of knowledge about swim-ming and coaching and I think being an overall coach and knowing about athletics in general has aided me in this tremendously,” he said. “Knowing different

drills to work people out, and things that can help them athletically. So I applied. I don’t know how many applicants there were. I talked to coach (activities director) Will Christian one afternoon and gave him my background, and what I’ve done and the fact that I still swim three to four times a week and I know a lot about the sport — and here I am.

“I think that the neatest thing now is to watch the kids that I’ve helped show what to do while swim-ming, to understand how to swim correctly. Most people know how to swim, correctly, not so much. That’s been the biggest challenge so far. Getting these guys that know how to swim, but not know how to swim correctly to change old habits and teach them how to be fast.”

The swim team has been an offi cial team at the school for less than two weeks, and Plake said the ‘Jackets goals in the early stages of the season remain simple.

“Our goal is to be able to compete — on any level,” Plake said. “Just to understand what we’re doing, and I think get better

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LEBANON SWIMMING from page 24

every day. Whether you’re getting in the water, getting out of the water, turning on the boards.

“As long as we’re getting better every day and understanding why we’re doing it.”

Currently, LHS has 10 regular seasons meets scheduled. The ‘Jackets will wrap up the season at the SWMO Champi-onships on Oct. 29-31, then will compete at the MSHSA state pre-lims on Nov. 6-7.

Lebanon currently does not have any home meets scheduled for the 2015 season and is one of several new start-up programs in the area.

Lebanon previously competed as a club sport as the local YMCA sponsored a swim team for several years.

Plake, who has also served as an assistant track coach at LHS, said there are similarities between the two sports as he will attempt to match swimmers with the event that is right for them.

“There are differ-ent events, there is sprinting 50 meters to swimming 500 meters,” Plake said. “It’s very much like track. Being a track coach helps a lot. Right now, I’m fi nd-ing out who’s the best at what stroke. We’ve got a good mix of kids.

I believe everyone will have t o c o m -p e t e o n the var-sity level, w h i c h means we will have some kids b e t t e r than oth-ers, and that’s okay.

“I tell the boys every day. Whatever your fi rst time is, that’s your time to beat. It doesn’t mat-ter who you’re against, you’re racing yourself. As long as you get bet-ter, that’s a win for them and a win for the school and a win for me

because y o u ’ re getting b e t t e r, t h a t ’ s the goal of this p r o -gram.”

Plake is only t h e c o a c h o f t h e

boys swim team. The girls’ swim season will take place during the winter sports season and a separate coach will be hired to lead that team.

Plake said a hand-ful of swimmers came from the club program, including sophomore

Kyle Moore.“ K y l e w i l l b e a

swimmer to watch this year in this part of the conference, and probably will qualify for the state meet,” Plake said. “There is a camaraderie that’s going between these guys is very special.

“ I h a v e o n e e x -ample in particular, ( s o p h o m o r e ) B a r t Sandoval, who is rac-ing Kyle Moore every day and is giving Kyle somebody to push. He is going to make Kyle better and Kyle is going to make him better because now Bart is going to chase him.”


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Lebanon senior Maddie Trumbo is a returning starter for the 2015 LHS girls’ tennis team and will play No. 1 singles this season. The Yellowjackets were 13-4 in match play last season, one of the best year’s in school history.

and I have a lot of faith in her to get us big time wins at the number six spot,” Crowell said.

Also getting some time at the number No. 6 spot is Hannah Lowery.

“I think she does a great job of knowing what she wants to do

with the ball,” Crowell said. “I have a lot of faith that if she is playing varsity that she will be able to pull out a lot of wins for us.

“She got her first varsity win in a super-tie breaker so that is very impressive to get your first varsity

win like that.”The Yellowjackets feature eight

seniors this year: Andersen, Wood, Trumbo, Morris, Brooklyn Elliot, Adrienne Allen, Francesca Rosati and Elizabeth Myler.

“Brooklyn, Adrienne, Franc-esca, and Elizabeth are all great

girls,” Crowell said. “They work hard every single day to get better and they make our team better.

“They all get along really well, and they always are supporting each other so it makes it kind of feel like a tennis family.”

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CONWAY OPENS WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS


Conway senior Andrew Huckaby is one of four returning all-state players and one of eight seniors for the Conway High School baseball team.


CONWAY — The Conway baseball team is gearing up for the fall baseball season after a strong finish to 2014.The Bears were 27-5 in the spring and won the Missouri Class 3 District 11 tourna-ment and advanced to the playoffs where they fell, 2-1, to Stockton in the sectional round.

“We definitely had a chance, and a clear opportunity to win it,” Conway head coach Clay Bilyeu said. “That makes it a little bit disappointing ... but you know we had a great year all the way through but ... just knowing how close we were to moving one step closer to the goal we had our team set for … it was defi nitely obtainable.

“As a team we just fell short.”The Bears lose just one senior, Tyler

Simpson, who was a starter at fi rst base and was 1-0 in three appearances on the

mound.But Conway otherwise returns eight

seniors, including a strong pitching staff that posted a 1.81 ERA last season.

“Our pitching staff is pretty good,” Bi-lyeu said. “It’s easily one of our strengths. We have three guys that threw the bulk of our innings last year and they’re all back for their senior year — Hunter Dane, An-drew Huckabee and Ethan Medlock.

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Conway not only returns eight seniors, but all-state players as well, led by Dame, who was a fi rst-team all-state selection.

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Girls Volleyball Schedule Date Opponent Location Time8/28 Plato HS Home 6pm9/1 Dallas Co. Away 6pm9/5 Forsyth Tour. Away TBA9/8 Fordland HS Home 6pm9/10 Houston HS Away 6pm9/12 Buffalo Away TBA9/14 Spfd. Catholic Home 6pm9/15 Sparta HS Home 6pm9/17 Dixon HS Away 6pm9/19 Straffod Tour. Away TBA

Date Opponent Location Time9/22 Pleasant Hope Away 6pm9/24 Licking Away 6pm9/29 Cabool HS Away 6pm10/1 Ava HS Home 6pm10/5 Strafford HS Home 6pm10/8 Niangua Home 6pm10/10 Fairgrove Tour. Away TBA10/12 Fairgrove HS Away 6pm10/15 Skyline HS Home 6pm10/19 Districts TBA TBA

Submitted photoPictured is the 2015 Conway High School volleyball team. In thefirst row, from left, are Ashton Atteberry, Jentry Dame and Alana Palmer. Second row, are Jennah Cunningham, Lexi Atteberry, Graysen Patten and Sophie Howe. Third row, are Riley Earls, Janessa Jensen, Shay Rodden and Carolyn Alexander.

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nings, he allowed 34 hits, walked 23 and struck out 117.

And at the plate he led the Bears with a .438 bat-ting average, 10 doubles, seven home runs and 37 RBIs.

Senior Chris Terry was a second-team all-state outfielder who will also see time at shortstop when Dame is on the mound. He hit .391 last season and led the team with 35 runs scored and 26 stolen bases.

Huckaby was an honorable mention all-state pitcher and was 10-1 with a 0.76 ERA. In 13 ap-pearances on the mound, he threw 64 1/3 innings, allowed 43 hits, walked 22 and struck out 80.

Also back is RC Shockley, an honorable mention all-state selection as an outfielder. Shockley was third on the team with a .421 batting average.

Other returning starters include junior Tayler Simpson, senior Jared Smith, senior Charlie Perry-man and senior Randell Rosenthal.

“Last year our expectation was to get to a district championship game and see if we could win it ... and we did that. Now we want to go a little further. Our district is still going to be tough, with no guarantees of us winning, but we feel like we can win it. Hope-fully even one or two games past that.”


Conway junior Hunter Dame (12) is one of several starters returning this season for the Conway baseball team. Dame will be counted on to play third base, second base and pitch.

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LDR photo/Aaron JenningsPictured is the 2015 Conway High School baseball team. In the first row, from left, are Hunter Wissbaum, Aaron Lund, Tristen Taylor, Hayden Graves, Riley Radar and Riley Ward. Second row, are Chris Terry, Lane Doing, Randall Rosenthal, Cooper Keesling, Jarod Smith, Tayler Simpson, Hunter Dame and Brody Bilyeu. Third row, are Tyler Hawkins, Tanner Pippins, Brett Neal, Charlie Perryman, Andrew Huckaby, Ethan Medlouk, R.C. Shockley and Brendan Lundgren.


After graduating large senior class, ‘Jackets look to another large group for leadership

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The ‘Jackets struggled through a host of injuries last season and won just fi ve games, but for the second straight season, LHS will fi eld a team with a deep senior class.

Lebanon graduated eight starters and 12 seniors, including standouts Nick Wapelhorst and Cody Cates, from a team that won fi ve games in 2014, but head coach Matt Jernigan said a new class of seniors is ready to fi ll the void.

“We are excited about the amount of talent that we have coming back, especially after graduating such a big senior class,” Jernigan said. “I think a lot of teams will see the number of guys that we graduated last year, and guys like Wapelhorst and Cates, and

aren’t going to really think too much about us at the beginning of the year, but I think we are going to surprise some teams.

“Last year was tough injury-wise and had a lot of injuries, especially to our seniors, so it was a tough year. This year, we are going to have another big senior class coming, and it seems like the program is getting to a point where we are graduating big numbers, but also have big numbers coming in,” Jernigan said.

Six players return with varsity experi-ence, led by senior keeper Tyler Wittrock. A three-year starter and an All-Ozark Conference performer last season, Jerni-gan said Wittrock has already drawn some college interest and will be counted on this year for his leadership.


Lebanon senior Kyle Monnahan (10) plays the ball during the ‘Jackets’ season opener against the Marshfi eld Blue Jays as part of the Central Bank Tournament. The ‘Jackets opened the season by winning the tournament, posting three shutouts.

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LDR photo/Aaron JenningsPictured is the 2015 Lebanon boys’ soccer team. In the first row, from left, are Nick Alexander-Wright, Cody Beard, Jaret Scharnhorst, Peter Hattman, Luis Zepeda, Manny Del Rio-Vasquez and Christian Parker-Hatch. Second row, are David Baker, Gage Breczko, Chris Speer, Alec Shoemaker, Joe Zhang, Tanner Wittrock, Kyle Monnahan and Luis Romero. Third row, are Spencer Barberra, Austin McDonald, Sam Young, Darrin Roberts, Andrew Mills, Tristan Lambert and Cody Smith. Fourth row, are Tyler Wittrock, Robert Walker, Brad Day, Chris Lupardus, Cyrus Murray, Eric Turner, Triston Melton and Kaleb Hooper. Fifth row, are coach Woolsey, Jacob Collins, Kaleb Harlow and coach Matt Jernigan.

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Lebanon senior Sam Young (20) plays the ball during the ‘Jackets’ season opener against the Marshfi eld Blue Jays as part of the Central Bank Tournament. The ‘Jackets opened the season by winning the tournament, posting three shutouts.

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“He is a solid keeper and a real vo-cal leader in the back and is getting some college interest,” Jernigan said.

Also back are senior defenders Sam Young (a two year starter) and Robert Walker and senior center mids Luis Zepeda, Luis Romero and Jaret Scharnhorst.

Senior forward Eric Turner scored a host of goals on JV last season and was moved up to varsity midway through the season.

“He (Turner) has a little bit of var-sity experience and we are looking for him to move into a goal-scoring role this year,” Jernigan said.

Also in the mix is Brad Day, a junior, Andrew Mills, a sophomore, and Kaleb Harlow, sophomore. Brad will likely fi ll a sweeper role, while Andrew will fi ll a role as a defender and Harlow at outside mid.

“They are going to be a big part of it,” Jernigan said. “Harlow played quite a bit of varsity last year and will be looking to do the same again this year.”

Jernigan said the biggest question mark entering the season is how a new crop of varsity players will adjust to play in the Ozark Conference.

“They did well at the JV level and had a pretty good year last year, but it is just a different speed at the varsity level,” Jernigan said. “We have been talking a lot about our possessions and being able to keep the ball and it is something that we have been focused on all summer.”

And, after relying heavily on Wapelhorst for goal scoring the past

several seasons, Jernigan said fi nding an offensive threat will be a big key to the season.

“We need to fi nd that go-to player again this year and have some guys step up and put the ball in the back of the net,” Jernigan said.

Wittrock is one of the few seniors leaders with varsity experience for a young Lebanon boys’ soccer team, and will playing a pivitol role for the squad in goal this season.

“Last season was tough,” he said. “We had a great group of seniors. I had been looking forward to that year for a while, and we had a lot of injuries. When you have two or three of your best players out at the same time due to injuries, it’s tough.

“It was a tough season, a growing season for sure. We had a lot of guys forced into a senior position, getting play time they didn’t expect to get. Tough year — only winning five games. The injuries defi nitely crept up on us.”

Jernigan said the squad currently has 12 seniors out for the team, but cautioned that number could change in the upcoming weeks.

However, even with 12 seniors, Lebanon will have a host of new players fi lling new roles at the varsity level.

“We’re gonna have a lot of inex-perience on the varsity level this year,” he said. “We are going to have several

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Pictured is the 2015 Lebanon boys’ soccer seniors. In the fi rst row, from left, are Jaret Scharnhorst, Luis Romero, Kyle Monnahan, Tristan Lambert, Joe Zhang and Luis Zepeda. Second row, are Chris Speer, Sam Young, Eric Turner, Tyler Wittrock, Chris Lupardus, Robert Walker and Austin McDonald.

LEBANON SOCCERfrom page 30

VARSITY/JUNIOR VARSITY ROSTER00 KALEB HOOPER GK SO.1 TYLER WITTROCK GK SR.2 ERIC TURNER F SR.4 JARET SCHARNHORST M SR.6 CODY BEARD M SO.7 ROBERT WALKER D/F SR.8 ANDREW MILLS D SO.9 LUIS ROMERO MF/F SR.10 KYLE MONNAHAN D/F SR.11 AUSTIN MCDONALD F SR.12 TRISTAN LAMBERT F SR.13 JOE ZHANG F SR.14 GAGE BRECZKO D JR.16 BRADLEY DAY D JR.18 LUIS ZEPADA M SR.19 CYRUS MURRAY M SO.20 SAM YOUNG D SR.24 KALEB HARLOW M/F FR.26 CHRIS LUPARDUS D JR.31 CHRIS SPEER M SR.

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guys with key roles that don’t have ex-perience playing on varsity. Overall we have a very athletic group this year … and our leadership is there as well.”

A three-year starter and an All-Ozark Conference performer last season, Jerni-gan said Wittrock has already drawn some college interest and will be counted on this year for his leadership.

“He is a solid keeper and a real vocal leader in the back and is getting some college interest,” Jernigan said.

Jernigan said competing in district play is still a big goal for the soccer program. The Yellowjackets com-pete in Missouri Class 4 District 9, which feature a Central, Parkview and Waynesville.

“This is a wide open district where anything can happen,” Jernigan said. “If we put the effort in, we can outwork the other teams in our district. That’s our number one goal for sure. we’d like to get to that district championship game. Lebanon has never been to a district championship, the boys have never. So, that’s our goal. Getting the Ozark Confer-ence wins — that’s defi nitely something we strive for.

“We’re in one of the best conferences in the state, so it’s always going to be a battle.”

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