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A final hit, and the ball slammedonto the West volleyball team’s side,ending a near-perfect season. For thesecond time this year, Cardinal Gib-bons celebrated a defeat of the LadyFalcons. “It’snotanyfuntolose,especiallywhenyou’renotusedtoit,andourgirlsarenotusedtolosing,”CoachJanStan-leysaid.“ButI’mproudofthegirlsandwehadagreatseason.” TheLadyFalconsfirstlosttoCar-dinal Gibbons at the season-openingGreat Eight tournament, then won 29consecutive games to make it to thestate finals and a 0-3 loss to CardinalGibbons. Theteamwillloseeightseniorstograduation. “They (the juniors) have a lot ofexperience and a lot of heart,” seniorPatricia Cantrell said. “They can defi-nitelymakeittostate.” Stanleyisconfidentinherplayers. “Winning state is our goal everyyear,”shesaid.“Wehavealotofgoodgirls coming back,alongwiththesopho-moresfromthejuniorvarsity team, whichwasundefeated.”
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Foursportsteamsclinchedcon-ferencetitlesinthenew2A/3AAppalachianAthleticConference:
men’sandwomen’scrosscountry,vol-leyballandwomen’sgolf.Footballandmen’ssoccerfinishedtheseasonthirdintheconference,whilewomen’sten-nisfinishedtheseasontiedforfourthplace.
SophomoreAshleyHeywood’sfeetpounded the course, creating deepprints in the mud. Rain created hugepuddlesinthemiddleofthetrail. The weather at regionals was farfromideal.JacksonParkwasovertakenwith a cold, windy rain. The women’scross country teams were the last torace, so the course was in even worsecondition. Despite the challenges, theLadyFalconsfinishedthirdbyonlyonepoint, despite two uniform violationdisqualifications. Junior Kiersten Ells-worthplacedfifthindividually. “Itstartedoffsprinkling,butbythetimeourracecamearound,itwastheheaviestithadbeenallday,”Heywoodsaid.“AllofTuscolafellatthestartline.” The men’s team placed eighth.Senior Brandon Hawkins placed 16thoverall, and sophomore Sean Rappplaced31st. The young women’s team, whichwill lose no seniors for next season,placed10thatthestatemeetinTangle-woodPark,Clemmons,onNov.7.Themen’steamwilllosesevenseniors,fiveoutofthetopseven. “Nextyear’steamwillperformre-ally well,” Hawkins said.“We all hopethebestforthem.”
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Last year the senior-laden, state-ranked men’s soccer team finished atthetopoftheWesternAthletic2ACon-ference. This fall the young team fin-ishedthirdintherealignedconferencewitha10-10-3(6-6-2)record. Theteamadvancedtotheplayoffs,facingtop-seededAshevilleHighinthefirstround. “Theywereareallygoodteam,andweknewthatwewouldhavetoplaythebest we had all season to beat them,”seniorSpencerSharritssaid. The score was 0-0 with little timeleft on the clock, but Asheville man-agedtogetapointandcameawaywithaclosewin. “I was amazed at how well weplayed,” junior Patrick Miller said. “Ithinkifweplayedthemagainwecouldbeatthem.” Next season looks promising toHead Coach Brian Brewer. “We haveone of the top goal-keepers in WNC, andwe should be skilledanddeepineverypo-sition,”hesaid.
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With a heartbreaking droppedpass,theFalconsfelltotheBurnsBull-dogs by three points during the firstroundofthe3Astateplayoffs.TheFal-
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Huddling with her players, Coach Jan Stanley (top) gives them instructions before the 3A state championship match in Raleigh, N.C. The Lady Falcons lost the match, 0-3, to rival Cardinal Gibbons. On Tuesday, Stanley announced that she will retire Jan. 21. At the homecoming game against Brevard on Oct. 16, offensive lineman Ben Stanley, a senior, (bottom) snaps the ball to quarterback Dillon Baker, a junior. The Falcons went on to win the game, 28-21, helping the team gain a playoff berth.
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Withtheswishofaracket,seniorAmieCloerfellinthefirstroundofthe3A singles state tournament at Burl-ingtonTennisCenterinBurlingtonlastmonth. “In the past three years, I justbasically breezed right through thefirst rounds (of the playoffs), and thisyear I knew that I had to playTiffanyVanhpraseuth from Ledford,” Cloer
said. “I’d lost to her several times be-foreoutsideofschool,sogoingintoitIknewwhatthechanceswere.” Cloerwasthe2Asinglesstaterun-ner-up last season and freshman yearwasasemifinalist.AccordingtoCloer,themoveto3Aforhersenioryearwasill-timed. “I’malittledisappointedthisyear,nothavingthatstate title,”Cloersaid.“Butifyoudidn’tlookatmyfamilyandattheirhistory,it’sstillprettygood.”
conswentfromlastyear’s1-10seasontoaplayoffbidbyworkingonoffensiveplays at Wofford College during thesummer. “We added the triple option andthat helped us move the ball,” juniorKevin Thomas said. “Last season ourmain problem was moving the ballwhenwehadto,andwedidn’tstrugglewiththatmuchthisseason.” Notonlydid theFalconsworkontheiroffensiveproductionandstrategyat Wofford, but they also worked onstrengthconditioning. “Thepracticeswerereallytoughatcamp,andsometimestheyweren’ttoofun,” senior Patrick Maurer said. “buttheteamwascommittedandweknewweneededthesepractices.”
The Falcons finished third in thenew Appalachian Athletic ConferencebehindFranklinandTuscola.AturningpointintheseasonwasthewinagainstareapowerhousePisgah. “OneofthebestmomentswasourwinoverPisgah,”Maurersaid.“Ithadrained the whole week prior, and wewere all sick.We practiced in the rainand kept working hard and winningwasgreatforus.” The team felt more prepared forthe competition they faced.“We havemade great improvements. It’s almostlike we were a totallydifferentteam,”Thom-as said. “The practiceswere a lot harder andtougher.”
Volleyball coachto retire after35-year career
Ryan DuckettSenior Editor
All successful coaching careersmusteventuallycometoaclose,andWest’s most successful one
isnoexception. VolleyballHeadCoachJanStanleypubliclyannouncedherimpendingre-tirementattheendofthesemesteronJan.21inapressreleaseonTuesday. “Ifeltlikeitwastime.Myhusbandhas been retired for three years, and Ilook forward to spending more timewith him,” Stanley said.“It was a veryharddecisionbecauseIhadbeenhereforsolong.” Stanley leaves with a legacy ofsuccess. Since joining the faculty 35years ago,West’s first and only volley-ballcoachhasrackedup30conferencechampionships and five volleyballstatetitles. Lastseason,sheearnedcareervic-toryNo.658,atotalthatmadeherthewinningestvolleyballcoachinN.C.his-tory.Inaddition,Stanleywasinductedinto the North Carolina High SchoolAthletic Association Hall of Fame in2008andhaswontwonationalcoachoftheyearawards. Her legacy goes beyond all of heraccomplishments, Stanley’s playerssaid. “She has been here a long time.Shehasdoneherjobandtaughtevery-bodylifelessons,”seniorSummerKre-mersaid.“Shewaslikeamothertoherplayersbecauseshecaredforthemlikeshecaredforherowndaughters.” Over the years, Stanley alsocoached softball, basketball, tennis,track and even cheerleading. In 1989,Stanley brought West its first statechampionship, a volleyball win thatwas followed by a volleyball and bas-ketballstatechampionshipthefollow-ingschoolyear. Stanley’s most successful runcame from 2003 until her last seasonwhenherteamsappearedinsixoutofa possible seven state championshipmatches,winningthree. Stanley’s oldest daughter, TiffanyLowrance,willreplacehermotherandwill become West’s second volleyballcoachever.Lowranceplayedvolleyballand basketball at Appalachian StateUniversity. “My daughter will be taking overascoachandthathelpedmydecisiona whole lot,” Stanley said.“I think theprogram is in good hands. She hashelpedmesomuchoverthepastyearsandthegirlsknowherreallywell.” In a press release, Principal DeanJones spoke about Stanley’s legacy attheschool. “No words can adequately de-scribe what Coach Stanley has meantto our school, students, athletes andcommunity during her career here atWest,”Jonessaid.“Sheistheconsum-mate professional who, on a daily ba-sis, promotes the success of, and cre-ates positive relationships with, any-onefortunateenoughtoknowher.Sheisagreatteacher,atremendouscoachandanevenbetterhumanbeing.”
