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About the CoverPhotographer: Mike UlleryDesigner: Darla Allen

HaleyWeidner (above) and Kin McCullough (below) volley for the Piqua tennis team. For more on the teamand other Piqua Fall Sports, see pages 8-9.

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Justice Young throws a pass against Northmont in a scrimmage. The Indians opn the season Friday against Elida.ROB KISER/CALL PHOTO

Folllowing blue print for successPiqua football reloads for 2012 campaign

Ryan Hughes runs with the ball against Northmont in a scrimmage.ROB KISER/CALL FILE PHOTO

BY ROB KISERSports Editor

rkiser@dailycall.comRe-loading is just the

modus operandi for suc-cessful football programsand coaches.

And if Piqua footballcoach Bill Nees is in thatposition, he feels like thisyears Indians will benefitfrom the talented groupthat graduated last year.

The fact that more thanhandful of those have goneon to play at the collegelevel is only what part ofwhat they brought to theprogram.

“I think they left a pret-ty good blueprint,” Neessaid of last year’s seniors.“Hopefully, these guyspicked up on that. Theyhad a pretty good blueprintto learn from. That (replac-ing talented players) is justsomething you have to doevery year.”

Senior Justice Young (6-foot-1, 183 pounds) will bethe starting quarterbackafter picking up valuableexperience a year ago.

“He played more lastyear than our second quar-terback normally would,”Nees said. “Because of that,he is ahead of the curve.”

And for a Piqua offensethat will feature a numberof different sets, Young’sversatility as a runner anda thrower is an asset.

“He can run the option,”Nees said. “He is just aseffective in the five-step(drop) as the three-step.Wewill do what we always do.We will tailor the offense tothe things he (JusticeYoung) does well.”

With Young in the back-field will be seniors RyanHughes (6-2, 188) andAustin Covault (6-1, 192).

Hughes is the topreturning rusher, pickingup 281 yards on 48 carrieslast year.

“Ryan (Hughes) is asolid back for us,” Neessaid. “He got a little moreexperience last year thanAustin (Covault). Austingives us that big back.There are some other guysthat will be back there,depending on what forma-tion we are in. We will use16 to 17 guys on offensewith all the different sets.”

They include seniorMason Kirkland (5-9, 168),junior Austin Reedy (5-10,173) and sophomore TrentYeoman, who scored threeTDs in Piqua’s first twoscrimmages.

Leading the receiversare seniors Luke Karn (6-1,163) and Josh Holfinger (6-5, 180). Also seeing actionthere will be junior JacobSowry (6-1, 169) and sopho-more Tate Honeycutt (5-10,145).

“Luke is bigger andstronger and is a playmak-er out there (at receiver),”Nees said. “One of thebiggest things is the wayJosh Holfinger has comeon. He gives us a guy withsize to throw to.”

The tight ends willinclude seniors MikeHaney (6-4, 276) and CodyCombs (6-1, 181) and juniorDaniel Monnin (6-2, 202).

“We have a number ofsets with multiple tightends,” Nees said. “So, wefeel like that is a place weneed two or three guys.”

Nees said Piqua’sstrength on offense maywell be the line.

Anchoring things at cen-ter will be senior AustinGarber (5-11, 203).

The guards will be sen-ior Nate Wise (6-2, 254)and junior DevinMagoteaux (6-2, 257), whilethe tackles will be seniorZach Martin (6-3, 246) andjunior Matt Stollmer (6-4,276).

“We have two starters

back and Devin(Magoteaux) played a lot,so we feel it is like havingthree starters back,” Neessaid. “This is as big andstrong a group as we aregoing to put out there. Wedefinitely like it should bea strength.”

Also in the mix is sopho-more Brendan Fries (6-3,279), who has the versatili-ty to play either guard ortackle.

“It is always great tohave a guy like that,” Neessaid. “He can work his wayin until he is ready to go.”

Defense is somethingthe Indians have come tobe known for under Nees.

And, not unlike theoffense, the Indians willhave 14 to 15 guys play keyroles.

“In the game today, withso many packages, youcan’t just plug 11 guys inthere,” Nees said. “We willplay a lot of people.”

And like the offense, thestrength appears to be onthe defensive line.

They will be lead by sen-ior defensive ends SolomonCarnes (6-2, 243) andHaney, who Nees expects towreak plenty of havoc onopposing offenses. Carnesled the team with 4.5 sacksa year ago and the twocombined for 88 tackles.

“We feel like that will bea strength,” Nees said. “Ithink they will be one ofthe top tandems we havehad at defensive end.”

At defensive tackle willbe senior Logan Peepels (6-2, 239) and junior KevinWatkins (6-3, 273).

“We are excited aboutthose guys,” Nees said.“They have progressed asmuch as anyone from thestart of practice to thescrimmages.”

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good about the defenseis having Hughes andCovault at the outside line-backer positions andCombs at free safety.“They are right in the

middle, the diamond, ofwhat we do on defense,”Nees said. “They are a bigpart of everything we dowith blitz adjustments andall the different things wedo. They are all great ath-letes and three of our besthitters.”At inside linebacker will

be juniors Hayden Hall (6-0, 196) and Dom Stone (6-2,211).“They are new,” Nees

said. “But, they did a greatjob at the JV level and havemoved up.We feel like theyare going to be good.”The nickel safety will be

Karn, with Sowry seeingtime at that position aswell.“Luke (Karn) has just

stepped up and taken thatnickel position,” Nees said.“He has done a great job.”Holding down one cor-

nerback spot will be seniorBen Crawford (6-1, 166).“That is another one of

the biggest things,” Neessaid. “Ben (Crawford) madethe move from safety tocornerback and has justtaken over that position.”Battling for time at the

other cornerback positionwill be senior Trey Pruitt(5-11, 163) and juniorJacob Teague (5-9, 138).“With all the four

receiver sets now, that canput a lot of pressure on thecornerbacks,” Nees said.There is a four-player

battle for the place-kicking

spot.They include Holfinger,

sophomore Dylan Runge(6-0, 172) and two soccerplayers in junior GriffenJennings (5-8, 206) andfreshman Caleb Vallieu (6-0, 173).Holfinger, who averaged

37,6 yards per punt lastyear, will handle the punt-ing duties.And as Piqua looks to

improve on last year’s 5-5record, Indian fans will seesome unfamiliar foes onthe schedule.Piqua opens at home

with Elida, before travelingto Kings. There is also aGWOC crossover gamewith Beavercreek for thefirst time.It will be the usual sus-

pects in the GWOC North,with Trotwood-Madisonappearing to be thefavorite. Greenville willjoin the Indians, Rams,Troy, Vandalia-Butler andSidney in the North.“Elida (D-III state semi-

finals last year) is one ofthe early favorites in theWBL (Western BuckeyeLeague),” Nees said. “Kingswas just voted the best D-IIin Cincinnati.”But, the Indians should

be well prepared for any-thing they see after scrim-mages with Northmontand D-I state title favoriteWayne.“We better be,” Nees

said. “That is we scheduledthe scrimmages we did.”And with the blueprint

for success left by lastyear’s seniors, the Indianshave re-loaded and areready for success.

The Piqua defense hopes to make more punishing hits like this one on a Northmont quarterback in a pre-season scrimmaage.

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2012 PIQUAFOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Date H/A Opponent TimeAug. 24 H Elida 7:30 p.m.Aug. 31 A Kings 7:30 p.m.Sept. 7 A Lima Senior 7:30 p.m.Sept. 14 H Beavercreek 7:30 p.m.Sept. 21 A Springboro 7:30 p.m.Sept. 28 H Trotwood-Madison* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 5 A Sidney* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 12 H Greenville* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 19 A Vandalia-Butler* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 26 H Troy* 7:30 p.m.* denotes GWOC North game

Piqua defensive lineman Mike Haney records a sack in the scrimmage with Northmont.ROB KISER/CALL FILE PHOTO

Piqua’s Cody Combs chases down a Northmont ball carrier in a pre-season scrimmage.ROB KISER/CALL FILE PHOTO

PIQUA DAILY CALL • WWW.DAILYCALL.COM LEHMAN CATHOLIC Thursday, August 23, 2012 5C

BY ROB KISERSports Editor

rkiser@dailycall.comSIDNEY — Last year

was an atypical one forLehman Catholic footballcoach Richard Roll.For the first time since

arriving at Lehman in2005, Roll and his teamfound themselves watch-ing, instead of participat-ing in the D-VI playoffs.That was not completely

unexpected considering theyouth of the team — but,Roll does not expect anoth-er 3-7 season this timearound.“My expectations are

high,” Roll said. “I am notsure we worked as hard (inthe off-season) last year asthe previous years. Lastyear, it just wasn’t in thecards for us.”The Cavaliers haven’t

forgotten the struggles of ayear ago as they head intoa new campaign.“I think it was a motiva-

tor for us in the off-season,”he said. “The kids haveworked hard. We lost somegood kids off last year’steam that were part of a lotof success. But, this is anew year.”The Cavaliers have

already suffered a blow inthe preseason, with return-ing starter Greg Spearmanlost of the season.“What it did was take

away our depth,” Roll said.“We felt like we had depth— but he was a two-waystarter — so it killed ourdepth.”The quarterback spot

will look much like it did ayear ago, with senior DanDavis (5-8, 155) and sopho-more Nick Rourke (5-11,150) sharing snaps.“They will split time

until one of them justmoves ahead (of theother),” Roll said. “In a wayyou would (like to see onequarterback), but we havemade it work before.”It will be a more wide-

open offense than in pastyears.“You will see a lot more

spread formations,” Rollsaid. “We are trying to uti-lize our talent — and whatit comes down to is we don’thave that big back. We will

run some option and Ithink we will throw theball more.”Seeing action at full-

back will be junior JohnHusa (5-11, 185) and seniorDan Davis (5-8, 155); whileHusa will also see time athalfback with sophomoreLane Monnin (5-8, 150).The receivers will be

juniors Kristopher Lee (6-1, 175) and AndrewWesterheide (5-11, 160)and sophomore Clay Selsor(6-3, 170).When they use a tight

end, it will be Lee.The offensive line is one

of the strong points.Seeing action at center

will be BradleyMontgomery (5-11, 215)and sophomore JosephSkelton (5-6, 195).Senior Nick Cummons

(5-11, 180) will be at oneguard spot, while BradleyMontgomery or juniorQuinn Monnin (5-11, 200)will be at the other guardspot.Seeing action at tackle

will be seniors MichaelJacob (6-5, 200) andQuinton Malone (6-2, 210)and sophomore BenMontgomery (5-8, 217).“We have four starters

back on the line,” Roll said.“So, we feel like that is astrong point.”The defensive line will

have Malone, BradMontgomery and juniorJames Rego (6-2, 217) atthe tackle spots, withGilardi, Jacob and QuinnMonnin seeing action atdefensive end.“It is (just like the offen-

sive line),” Roll said. “Wefeel like we are prettystrong up front.”The outside linebackers

will be Husa and seniorAndrew Adams (5-8, 145),while the inside lineback-ers will be Cummons andsophomore Skylar Brown(5-10, 160).The secondary will

include Lane Monnin,Davis, Westerheide andRourke.“We have guys out there

who played last year,” Rollsaid. “They have a year’sexperience.”Gilardi will handle the

punting duties, while sen-ior Zachary Taylor (5-11,168) will be the kicker.This be Lehman’s first

year competing in theNorth Central AthleticConference, which meanssome new competition.“I think the kids will

come to realize (get excitedabout it) as we get into theseason,” Roll said. “What Isee is Fort Loramie,Fairbanks, Waynesfield-Goshen and Lehman, in noparticular order, at the topof the conference. I thinkFort Loramie is going tohave another strong team.”Roll knows Lehman is

an improved team.“We are a year older,” he

said. “But, I don’t knowhow many more games weare going to win becausewe are playing a tougherschedule.”But, he would like noth-

ing better than gettingback into the routine ofpreparing for a game inweek 11.

2012 LEHMAN CATHOLICFOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Date H/A Opponent TimeAug. 24 H Anna (S) 7 p.m.Aug. 31 A at Minster 7:30 p.m.Sept. 7 H Indian Lake (S) 7 p.m.Sept. 14 A Fort Loramie* 7 p.m.Sept. 21 H Riverside* (S) 7 p.m.Sept. 28 A Waynesfield-Goshen* 7 p.m.Oct. 5 H Fairbanks* (P) 7 p.m.Oct. 12 A Upper Scioto Valley* 7 p.m.Oct. 19 H Spencerville* (S) 7 p.m.Oct. 26 H Open 7 p.m.* denotes NCAC game

Lehman footballone-year olderLooks for return to success

Lehman quarterback Dan Davis will look to avoid more tackles again this season. Lehman will host Anna in the season opener Friday.MIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO

DrewWesterheide runs with the ball during a game last seaon.MIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO

Michael Jacob will pressure opposing quarterbacks again this season.MIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO

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SIDNEY — TheLehman Catholic volleyballteam looks to continue itsamazing success this sea-son.

The Lady Cavaliers,under veteran coach GregSnipes, have one threestate titles and were oneset from advancing to thestate tournament last year,finishing with a 24-4 over-all record and the DivisionIV runnerups.

Returning lettterwin-ners from that teaminclude four-year startersAndrea Thobe and EllieWaldsmith.

Thobe, already one ofthe top setters around,made the move to outsidehitter as well last seasonand will continue in thatrole.

Waldsmith, a 5-11 mid-dle blocker and defensivedynamo Erica Paulus givethe Lady Cavaliers threestarters back from theirstate championship teamof two years ago.

Paulus will be moving tothe front row to play out-side hitter, while bothThobe and returning start-ing Ellie Cain, a junior, willbe setters and outside hit-ters.

Sophomore OliviaSlagle, another returninglettermen, will joinWaldsmith as a middleblocker.

Sophomores MargoBaker, Ellie Sargent andAva Schmitz will move upto the varsity.

Schmitz will take overas defensive specialist,while Sargent and Bakerwill see action as oppositehitters and in the back row.

“We are looking at hav-ing another strong teamthis year and hope to beplaying at our highest levelonce the tournamentstarts,” Snipes said. “Ourregular season scheduleshould have us playing atthe highest level possibleand we look forward to thecompetition.”

CROSS COUNTRYEvan Baker and

Christin Atkins will coachthe Cavaliers boys andgirls.

The seniors includeStephanie Ulbrich andLouie Gaier; the juniors areKatie Heckman, Joe Fuller,Nick Elsner and GabeBerning; and the sopho-mores are Derek Gaier,Erik Jackson and TeddyJackson.

They will be joined byfreshman JanelleGravunder.

The coaches expect tohave a good season andexpect big things fromFuller, a state qualifier intrack; and Elsner, a districtqualifier in cross countrylast season.

BOYS GOLFJoe Harrmann takes

over as Lehman golf coach.The Cavaliers advanced

to the Division III statetournament a year ago.

Reutrning letterwinnersinclude senior JohnCopella, juniors Bryce Eck,Mitchell Shroyer andMichael Reinhart; andsophomores Sam Dean andJake Watkins.

Joining the team aresophomore ThomasCovault and freshmanAdam Vonderhorst, TylerScott, Zach Scott, ZachHaas and Avery Pickrel.

“I am very excoted forthis season,” Harrmannsaid. “We had one lone sen-ior, John Copella, who willlook to make a state run.

“In addition to her, theteam has a host of youngtalent ready to make aname for themselves.”

BOYS SOCCERThe Cavalier boys soc-

cer team has a new coachthis season in TomThornton, and he takesover a team that has a lotof lettermen back from a 4-8-4 season.

Returning are seniordefender MitchellBosse,senior mid ZacTaylor, senior defenderLouie Gaier, junior defend-er Seth Bensman, juniordefenders Robby Heckmanand Peter Comer, juniorforwards Joseph Simpsonand Noah Dunn, sopho-more mid Travis Thortonand sophomore goalie NickEarhart.

The top newcomersinclude sophomore defend-er Kyla Caulfield, sopho-more forwards DylanSherman and RoccoCatanzarite, and freshmangoalie IanSmith and fresh-man forward Jared Brandt.“We are looking for astrong presence in theleague this year because ofour returning lettermen,”Thornton said, interferenceto Lehman joining theNorthwest CentralConference.

GIRLS SOCCERIt’s definitely a chang-

ing of the guard in girlssoccer at Lehman this fall— for the first time sincethe program began, BillRamey and MarkVondenheuvel will not beon the sidelines for theLady Cavalier booters.

The new coach is TonySchroeder, a familiar namesince he was highly suc-cessful as the school’s boyscoach a few seasons back.

“Lehman soccer owes agreat deal to coach Rameyand coach Vondenheuvelfor their many years ofdedicated service,” saidSchroeder. “”Beginningwith the establishment ofthe program and continu-ing to the competitivenessthat defines it today.”

Schroeder inherits ateam that returns 10 let-ter-winners and sevenstarters from an 11-4-3season of a year ago, sooptimism is running high.

There are just two sen-ior letter-winners indefender StephanyMcEldowney and forwardSarah Titterington.

The juniors are defend-ers Karly Baird, JordiEmrick and MadelineFranklin, goalie GraceFrantz, forward TaylorLachey and midfieldersMarla Schroeder andJenna Kronenberger.

There is one sophomorewho lettered last year as afreshman in midfielderElizabeth Edwards.

Schroeder expects soph-omore McKenna Guillozetand freshman Sara Fullerto both be in the startinglineup, while off the benchwill come junior midsKronenberger and LaurenGoettemoeller, junior for-ward Olivia Sehlhorst, jun-ior goalie Allie Hall, fresh-man defender Kassie Leeand freshman mid EmilyReinhart.

“With experienced sen-iors and juniors, we lookforward to having greatleadership on and off thefield,” said Schroeder. “Wehave 15 strong playersvying for the 11 startingpositions, and the competi-tion for those positions pro-vides a challenge thesegirls need to take theirskills to the next level. Welook well-balanced andstrong in all areas, andspeed should be a definiteasset.”

Schroeder said theschedule is challenging,with the addition ofSpringfield Catholic andPiqua.

GIRS TENNISThe Lady Cavs have a

new coach this season inWill Harrelson, and hetakes over a program thatlost a lot of outstandingplayers to graduation.

He’s left with just onereturning player, juniorJulia Harrelson, so he’ll becounting on newcomers tofill in, players like juniorsSarah Gravunder andMeghan Burner, and fresh-man Diana Gibson.

“We have a young andinexperienced varsitysquad after graduating allbut one varsity player fromlast year,” said Harrelson.“It’s exciting as a first-yearcoach to be able to startwith a young team andwatch them develop.

“We look forward to ourlarge junior class steppingup and possibly a freshmanmaking a run at a varsitysingles spot.

“We hope to representLehman well and look for-ward to a competitive regu-lar season.”

Lehman spikers lookto continue successTennis, golf teams will re-load

John Copella is back for the Lehman boys golf team. Copella chips onto the first green during the Homan Memorial that started the season.ROB KISER/CALL FILE PHOTO

Ellie Waldsmith gets a set from Ellie Cain during last year’s district finals.MIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO

Andrea Thobe will be back hitting and setting the ball for LehmanMIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO

Lehman’s Erica Paulu digs the ball against St. Henry last year.MIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO

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Jamie Hocker returnsas Bradford volleyballcoach.Graduating off last

year’s team were AlishaPaty, Brooke Floyd, KristaFloyd, Megan Pullins,Courtner Miller, KatieMiller and Sarah Leone.Returning letterwin-

ners included seniorsBlake Brewer and MeganHunt; and juniors HaleyPatty, Bree Bates andMichayla Barga.“This year I am focusing

on getting the girls to workand talk as a team,”Hocker said. “Focus on thelittle fundamentals andhopefully everything willfall into place. Our goalsare to work hard, play hardand have fun while doingit.”

Roaderslook tohave funHocker backas spiker coach

BY COLIN FOSTEROhio Community MediaBRADFORD — One

thing Bradford footballcoach Curtis Enis alwaystells his team is toapproach the game of foot-ball with “motivation,effort and commitment.”This particular group of

seniors has done is exactlythat.“They have passion and

love for the game,” Enissaid. “They enjoy the gameof football. That makes iteasier as a coach when youhave a group that lovescoming out and gettingafter it. It has been a bless-ing to be able to coachthese guys.”There are 10 seniors

returning for a Bradfordteam that has gone 10-10over the last two seasonsunder Enis’ watch.Enis is in his third year

as head coach of theRailroaders, fourth at theschool. The road throughthe Cross CountyConference won’t be easyfor the Railroaders — espe-

cially with the loss of sever-al skill position players onoffense.Bradford’s top running

back graduated inJonathan Barbee — whopiled up 1,034 yards on theground and scored ninetouchdowns last season.The Railroaders, howev-

er, have senior JamesCanan returning to thelineup. Canan led the teamin rushing touchdowns (13)and was also quarterbackBrandon Wysong’s top tar-get in the air, as the pairhooked up for 403 yardsand nine touchdowns.Wysong — a starter at

quarterback since a fresh-man — is also back thisseason.“We lost five or six sen-

iors from last year,” Enissaid. “Jonathan did a lot ofgood things for us. But wehave four or five backs nowwho have been eagerlywaiting for their opportuni-ties. That’s pretty exciting.“But it’s also just as

important to have a goodoffensive line. I really likehow hard the guys on theline have been competing.You can’t do anything onoffense without having a

good O-line.”Senior Corey Rench has

the next most experienceamong the leading candi-dates to fill the No. 2 backspot. As a junior, Renchranked third on the teamin rushing attempts (59),going for 431 yards on theground, while scoring threetimes.Also back is Jacob Cline,

who had two touchdownsin 2011. The two backscombined to average justover 10 carries a game. Onthe Bradford roster, thereare seven players listed as

running backs.But the competition at

Bradford’s camp has beenfierce and action-packed,and several positions arestill up for grabs — whichis something Enis likes tosee.Even the junior quarter-

back Wysong is beingpushed.As quarterback No.1 during his sophomoreyear, Wysong completed 38out of 87 passes for 792yards.He threw 12 touchdown

passes compared to sixinterceptions.

“It’s really too early todetermine (who will be atQB),” Enis said. “We have asophomore, Cody Robinson,who has impressed. But atthe same time, Brandonhas really made improve-ments.“Brandon is a good kid.

He’s a good student-ath-lete. He’s the typical quar-terback you want runningyour system.”On the defensive side of

the ball, Enis made it clearthe Roaders will be inattack-mode constantly. Interms of personnel, nineout of 10 seniors are slottedas defensive players —including Dallas Cassel(defensive line), Rench(defensive back), ShaneGill (linebacker), LukeHafer (linebacker), Canan(defensive end), JoshHoelscher (defensive end),Steven Gayhart (defensiveline) and Brandon Wirrig(defensive back), who alsohad two TD catches at tightend last season. The onlysenior not going both waysis offensive lineman TonyGunter.“I think we’ve got a lot of

good guys out there (ondefense),” Enis said. “We’re

going to have an attackingstyle of defense.We want tomake sure we are alwaysaggressive.“As the old saying goes,

our defense may bend, butwe don’t want it to break.”As practice has worn on

and the preseason gameshave been played, theBradford coach has beenimpressed with what histeam has displayed.Not just one person in

particular — but the wholeteam, which is surely agood sign heading into theseason.“They have all

impressed,” Enis said. “Thekids have really come tocompete. They have reallycome together as a team.Our preseason hasn’t beentoo bad. We got a lot of newcompetition out there,which is bright to see.“We have had to move

some kids around from dif-ferent positions. But rightnow, we are just focusingon finding out what works.We are focusing on being100-percent committed togiving our best effort.”The Railroaders host

the Ansonia Tigers at 7:30p.m. Friday

2012 BRADFORDFOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Date H/A Opponent TimeAug. 24 H Ansonia 7:30 p.m.Aug. 31 H Bethel* 7:30 p.m.Sept. 7 A National Trail* 7:30 p.m.Sept. 14 H Covington* 7:30 p.m.Sept. 21 A Ansonia* 7:30 p.m.Sept. 28 H Tri-County North* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 5 A Arcanum* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 12 A Miami East* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 19 H Mississinawa* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 26 A Twin Valley South* 7:30 p.m.* denotes CCC game

Roaders have motivation, commitmentWill be ledby 10 seniors

Shane Gill makes a tackle against Bethel last season. Gill is one of 10 seniors on the Bradford roster this season.ANTHONY WEBER/OCM FILE PHOTO

Miami East golfer Macaleh Thompson lines up a putt at the Lady Bucc/Eagle Invitational. For more on the Vikings, see page12C.

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Thompson Lines Up Putt

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Piqua’s Jasmine Davis goes up for a block in last year’s district finals.MIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO

Tasha Potts returns to the front row for the Lady Indians.MIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO

Four-year starter Shelby Vogler will be back for the Lady Indians.MIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO

Chris Davis returns asvolleyball coach.

The Lady Indians were19-7, won the GWOC Northtitle and advanced to theDivision I district finals forthe third straight year.

Graduating off thatteam was the GWOC NorthPlayer of the Year andschool record holder forkills Brooke Reinke andHayley Monroe.

Returning letterwinnersinclude seniors JasmineDavis, Taylor Bachman andShelby Vogler, juniorsMacy Yount and AbbyBerger and sophomoresMae Carnes and TashaPotts.

Davis is the schoolrecord holder for assists,Bachman is the schoolrecord holder for digs andVogler joins them as a four-year starter.

“Our goals are to getbetter every match and beready for the state tourna-ment,” Davis said.

BOYS CCAaron Hemmert takes

over as Piqua boys crosscountry coach.

Graduating off lastyear’s team were SeanCalhoun, Daret Spradleyand Isaac Hale.

Sophomore Mitch Bim-Merle is the only returninglettermen.

“With only one return-ing runner from last year, Iam in a team rebuildingyear,” Hemmert said. “Atthis point, we have eighttotal runners that havecommited to running forPiqua this year. My goalsan expecatations are to seeconsiderable improve-ments from the beginningof the season to the end.

“That will include racetimes of course and alsoimprovements in teamspirit and overall attitude.I would like everyone to

accomplish their own per-sonal goals and to see themcontinue to improve if theyaccomplish those goalsearly in the season.”

Hemmert hopes to dowell in the GWOC North.

“That is hard for me togauge,” he said. “I wouldlike to see us compete for

the GWOC North title, butin oder for that to happen,we have a lot of work aheadof us.”

GIRLS CCSteve Frazier returns

for his 17th season ascoach.

Lady Indian spikersare thinking bigGolf, boys CC have new coaches

Courtney Bensmanr runs in the Piqua Invitational.MIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO

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The Lady Indians fin-ished third in the GWOCNorth last year.Graduating off that teamwas two-time regionalqualifier Kaele Snapp.Returning letterwinners

are juniors CourtneyBensman, Sarah Palmerand Emily Wenrick; andsophomores Amy Hall,Kylie Hays and LyricWyan.“With all the returning

letterwinners coming back,we will have the bestchance in many years towin a league title,” Fraziersaid.

BOYS GOLFJared Askins takes over

as Piqua boys golf coach.The Indins were 7-5

overall last year and 2-2 inthe GWOC North.Graduating off that

team were Brandon Bercotand Darrin Grove.Returning letterwinners

include seniors BradAnderson, Cody Congdonand Colin Lavey and soph-omore Kenton Kiser.“With four returning let-

terwinners, Piqua is look-ing to compete for theGWOC North title,” Askinssaid.

GIRLS GOLFJosh Burns is the Piqua

girls golf coach.The Lady Indians have

a full team for the firsttime in a number of years.Alaina Mikolajewski

played for the boys JVteam last year.Joining her are first-

year golfers Cassidy Kraft,Morgan O’Neal and SarahGanger.“We are excited about

having a group that is will-ing to put in the time andeffort to learn the gameand help build our girls golfprogram.”

BOYS SOCCERNick Guidera returns

for his second season asPiqua boys soccer coach.The Indians were 6-10-1

overall last year and 1-3-1in the GWOC North.Graduating off that

team were Conner Benson,Cameron Langston, EvenGrissom, BrandonNewbright, Jarrod Stengel,Adrian Hemm, TylerBroaddrick and JustisDavis.Returning letterwinners

include senior Jon Bostick,Cody Lumpkin, XavierBrown, Eion Hogston andChance Kloecker; juniorGriffen Jennings and soph-omores Grady Stewart andClayton Brown.“We are hoping for a 10

win season and to competefor the GWOC North title,”Guidera said.

GIRLS SOCCERKaren Horvath returns

as the girls soccer coach.The Lady Indians are

coming off a 10-7-1 seasonin which they finished 3-2in the GWOC North.Piqua lost some key

players including leadingscorer Cheryl Bell, goalieKelsey Deal, Holly Black,Maddie Hilleary andLauren McGraw.Returning letterwinners

include seniors HaleyDotson, Brittany Dyas, ToriHostetter, Hannah Moweryand Hannah Strevell; jun-iors Danajha Clemons,Teija Davis, Kaili Ingle,Layne Patrizio andMichelle Smith; and sopho-mores MorgenGrunkemeyer, KaylaSchrubb and HannahWent.Joining the team are

sophomores AlexisBranam, Kaylee Bradney,Reganne Tate and fresh-man Amy Burt.“We have a lot of very

skilled returning letterwin-ners this season,” Horvathsaid. “I have confidencethat their experience at thevarsity level will help us tobe even more successfulthis season than everbefore.“The new additions to

the varsity team will makeus even more dynamic. Weexpect to have more winsthis year than we everhave. We are working hardevery day to improve onlast year’s efforts and beeven more successful.”Horvath expects the

GWOC play to be tough.“We play in an extreme-

ly competitive league withvery talented teams andcoaches,” she said. “Thisseason, we hope to havemore wins that last year inthe league.”

GIRLS TENNISCheryl Burkhardt

returns as coach.Returning players

include senior AndreaFerree, juniors KimMcCullough, Abby Helmanand Haley Weidenr andsophomores CorinneCrawford and Samantha

DeBusk.The new players include

sophomores MeghanMullen, Elle Ryan andMolly Smitley and fresh-man Jordan Kiefer.“Andrea Ferree, our only

senior and captain, movesfrom doubles to third sin-gles this year,” Burkhardtsaid. “While she likes dou-bles she is eager to beresponsible for the courtand take charge of thegame. I think she will givegood effort since it rests

solely on her shoulders toget it done.“Kim McCullough is our

only third-year player. Shewill move into more singlesthis season. She has playedfor two years at the doublesposition. She knows that itwill be a tough year play-ing at first Singles andchanging her game fromdoubles play but Kimworks very hard at hergame.“She is a coachable play-

er and pushes to do her

best. She was pleased withher doubles season lastyear starting out with awin playing with HaleyWeidner against Celinaand beating Fairborn dur-ing league play. During theseason this first doublesteam had several tiebreakmatches which is goodexperience for competitiveplay.“Haley Weidner will be

playing doubles and singlesthroughout the season. Shereturns for her second yearand plays strong in eitherdoubles or singles. Herexperiences last year havealready benefited her andshe continues to improveher level of play.“Abby Helman returns

this year and will continueat the 2nd Doubles posi-tion. She will have theexperience from last year’splay and that will benefither partners which are allnew players to the teamthis year.“Corinne Crawford is

another returning playerthat had played second andthird singles last year forthe Lady Indians. She willsee some doubles actionand continue to play sin-gles, too. She played wellduring the GWOC tourna-ment and during sectionalsas a singles player. Hergame is getting strongerand she displays a goodwork ethic on the court.“Samantha DeBusk

moves up from JV to varsi-ty for us this year. Sheplayed singles and doublesin exhibition matches allseason long. She did havesome Varsity experiencedue to injuries or illnessesat singles and doubles posi-tions last year. This yearshe will have an opportuni-ty to play singles and dou-bles. She is a player thather partner can count on indoubles and gaining moresingles experience will begood for her game.”Burkhardt is excited

about the new season.With our new players

this year it will allow theLady Indians by having afull varsity team and JV toplay at their competitivelevels and develop theirgames,” Burkhardt said. “Itis still a building time forPiqua. The girls are work-ing hard and improvingeveryday in practice.Matchplay is another levelto challenge their games.Beating Fairborn in GWOCplay last season and beingin several sets taking somecourts during matchplaymade the returning playersfor this year hungry to winthe courts and matches weshould win in 2012.”

BY ROB KISERSports Editor

rkiser@dailycall.comThird-year Edison

Community College volley-ball coach Faye Barhorstknows this year’s team hasa lot of potential — whichcan be a dangerous thing.“But, that is all it is,”

Barhorst said. “We have togo out and prove it on thecourt. We have a good corecoming back (from lastyear). Wa have the ShelbyCounty League Player ofthe Year and the GWOCNorth Player of the Year.But, that is all in the past.We still have to go out andprove it (on the court).”The returners are led by

5-11 middle blocker BrookeTurner (Fort Loramie).Also returning are 5-8

outside hitter MarissaBettinger (Anna), 6-footright-side hitter MarissaWirrig (Bradford), and apair of 5-5 defensive spe-cialists in MorganGriesdorn (Russia) andTory Shimp (Versailles).“Brooke Turner was our

MVP last year,” Barhorstsaid. “Brooke and MorganGriesdorn provide a lot ofleadership. I am glad forthe girls that didn’t do aswell last year as theyhoped, that they are back

and get a second shot at it.”The newcomers include

GWOC North Player of theYear Brooke Reinke, a 5-9outside hitter who ledPiqua to three straight D-Idistrict final appearances.Joining her is 5-9 out-

side hitter Brooke Richard

(Jackson Center), 5-9 right-side hitter DanielleSchulze (Anna) and 5-11middle April Cain (NewKnoxville).Getting them the ball

will be last year SCL’sPlayer of the Year, 5-7 set-ter Annie Frieders

(Jackson Center).“Practices can be quite

interesting with threeBrooke’s,” Barhorst saidwith a smile. “It is obviousin practice that BrookeTurner and Brooke Reinkehave been competitive ath-letes for a long time and

the other girls look to themfor leadership.“Brooke Richard is my

girl that will run through awall.“She is a basketball

player who also playingvolleyball. She is my hus-tler out there.”Which epitomizes the

Lady Chargers team,which will again be smallerthan many of their oppo-nents — but won’t lack inheart.“This is clearly my most

competitive team,”Barhorst said. “We aregoing to win with defense.That is something we talk

about all the time in prac-tice.”Barhorst sees the Ohio

Community CollegeAthletic Conference asstrong as ever.“I really like this confer-

ence because it is so com-petitive,” she said. “And ourregional is certainly verycompetitive. Owens andColumbus State are alwaysgoing to be very good.”And Barhorst is hopeful

Edison can be right there.“I believe in this team,”

she said.They just have to go out

and show it is more thanpotential.

Sept. 2, at Owens InvitationalSept. 3, at Owens InvitationalSept. 5, at OSU-LimaSept. 7, OWENS CCSept. 12, COLUMBUS STATE CCSept. 13, UNOHSept. 15, at Owens CCSept. 19, at Sinclair CCSept. 21, LORAIN CCSept. 28, LAKELAND CCSept. 29, CUYAHOGA CCOct. 1, at UNOHOct. 10, at Miami-MiddletownOct. 12, at Lakeland CCOct. 13, at Cuyahoga CCOct. 13, at Lorain CCOct. 17, SINCLAIR CCOct. 20, at Columbus State CC

Lady Chargers ready to competeEdison spikers have good mix of experience, talent

Edison Volleyball Schedule

The Edison Community College volleyball team includes front row (left toright): Annie Frieders, Tory Shimp, Marissa Bettinger, Morgan Griesdorn. Backrow: Appril Cain, Brooke Richard, Brooke Reinke, Danielle Schulze, MarissaWirrig, Brooke Turner.

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Xavier Browns (2) battles Troy players for the ball. Brown returns for the Indians.MIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO

HannahWent is back for the Piqua girls soccer team this season.MIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO

BY BEN ROBINSONGoBuccs.com

The kids on theCovington football teamhave probably never heardof the 1972 MiamiDolphins, the only team inNFL history to record aperfect season — nor dothey likely know of theDolphins' famed "No NameDefense".

Still, in a perfect world,the Buccaneers would lovenothing better than to belike the 1972 Dolphins —of course with its record —but also take a little bit ofownership of the name. InCovington, why not beknown as the "No NameBuccaneers"?

"That was probably thegreatest football team inhistory, yet not too manypeople know the names ofthe players," saidCovington's head footballcoach, who is in his sixthseason at the helm. "Theywere known as the 'NoNames'.

“That's a great examplefor us to emulate."

Now, nobody is sayingthe 2012 CovingtonBuccaneers are going to bethe 1972 Miami Dolphins,but the similarities to the"TEAM PHILOSOPHY"are there. Like Miami,Covington understandsthat ultimate goals are notattainable without a"TEAM FIRST" approach.

In an attempt to reachthe ultimate goal, theBuccaneers have taken the"TEAM" concept to anotherlevel. This will not onlyhave an impact inside thelocker room, but outside aswell.

"Our locker room ispretty darn close and forthe most part it has beensince I've been here," saidthe Buccs' coach. "The dif-ference this year is the kidshave taken that unity to anentirely different level.They (the kids) are allabout 'TEAM' now morethan ever."

Because of that "TEAMUNITY", Covington fanswho are accustom to follow-ing individual players andindividual statistics in thelocal papers and atbuccsfootball.com will begreatly disappointed thisyear because those statswill be nowhere to be found- at least not until the endof the season.

The only stats that willbe made available outsideof the locker room will beteam stats — a practicethat grants the wishes ofthe team.

"I'm sure I'll have a lotof media people mad at me,but that's the way they (thekids) want it and I'm all forit," Covington's coach said."I'll accept the heat fromthe media because frankly,the kids don't care who hasthe most rushing yards orwho catches the most pass-es. All they care about is

what the team does andthat's the way we areapproaching things. It's allabout the team."

Surely, there will be peo-ple who will disagree withthis approach because theyfeel that worthy playersmay not be recognized bythe local media.

In reality, individualrecognition from the mediais not what the Buccaneersare looking for. It's recogni-tion as a team that mattersmost.

"We recognize the kidsindividually in house,"coach explained. "Thatrecognition, the recognitionfrom your teammates, yourpeers, that's the recogni-tion that matters.

“We have things likeThe Champion's Club, TheSAC Unit, Pancake Playerof the Week, things likethat where individuals arerewarded for their individ-ual contributions to theteam."

The ultimate reward forCovington as a team ismaximizing its potential -and the Buccs are loadedwith potential in 2012 witha roster of 46 kids.

"We have the potentialto be a very, very good foot-ball team," said coach. "Buta lot of things go into max-imizing that potential.We'll have to stay healthyand maintain the rightattitudes."

Attitude is arguably thebiggest factor.

"That's true and rightnow our attitude is wherewe need it to be," heagreed. "We still have todevelop some more leader-ship, but I like where weare right now."

Right now, Covington isa team that has workedharder than ever in the off-season, improving in itsweight room and condition-ing sessions.

The Buccs put up recordnumbers in the weightroom, all the while becom-ing a leaner and faster foot-ball team.

"We've implementedsome new things that wefeel will make us moreexplosive as athletes,"stressed Covington's coach."It's little things that hope-fully will make a big differ-ence on the field. We can

already see the differencebecause this may be thefastest football team we'vehad from top to bottomsince I've been here."

Covington returns 15letter winners, includingall but one of its startingskill players.

With that many playersremaining from a year agoand 17 freshman on theteam, the improvement inspeed is impressive.

And this speed willhopefully translate into apotent offensive attack.

"We like the potentialwe have offensively," hesaid. "We have a lot of kidswho can make plays for usand that makes you thatmuch tougher to defend.The key for us is how wellwe mesh together as aunit."

The offensive line tookthe biggest hit from gradu-ation, but growth anddevelopment has led to sev-eral capable candidates inthe trenches.

"We're not set yet upfront, but we're gettingthere," the Buccaneer headman explained. "We'll prob-ably have a rotationbecause of kids playingboth ways."

Defensively, Covingtonhas shown the potential tobe very stingy. So far in thescrimmages the Buccs haveproven to be ball hawks,forcing several turnoversand converting them intoscores.

"Defense is all aboutattitude, flying to the foot-ball," he said. "We simpli-fied things on the defensiveside of the ball, whichallows the kids to just playand not have to think somuch.

“We've seen a differenceso far."

Perhaps the biggest dif-ference in the Covingtonfootball team is itsapproach - not so much bydesign, but by the tightnessand unity of the kids.Nobody cares whose namegets mentioned outside ofthe locker room as long asthe team is rewarded.

Which is why there areno names in this seasonpreview.

Covington may just verywell be the "No NameBuccaneers".

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Ready to becomeno-name BuccsCovington not worried about stats

2012 COVINGTONFOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Date H/A Opponent TimeAug. 24 H New Bremen 7:30 p.m.Aug. 31 A Mississinawa* 7:30 p.m.Sept. 7 H Bethel* 7:30 p.m.Sept. 14 A Bradford* 7:30 p.m.Sept. 21 A Tri-County North* 7:30 p.m.Sept. 28 H Miami East* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 5 A Twin Valley South* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 12 H National Trail* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 19 A Ansonia* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 26 H Arcanum* 7:30 p.m.* denotes CCC game

Covington’s Cole Owens dives on a fumble last season. The Buccs will be looking for another trip to the playoffs this season.BEN ROBINSON/GOBUCCS.COM PHOTO

Trent Tobias dives for yardage in the playoffs last season.MIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO

Alex Baskerville returns to the Covington backfield this year.BEN ROBINSON/GOBUCCS.COM PHOTO

2012 is a season of tran-sition for the Covingtonvolleyball team as it comesoff a 13-12 season from ayear ago.Gone are five key play-

ers, including the tallestfront court Covington hashad in some time with thegraduation of CaitlynCrawford, Shelby Kihmand Haley Reames.Also gone are coaches

Lindsey Sullenberger andAlex Christian after twoseasons at the helm.But with change comes

welcomed challenges andfirst-year head coachAshley Miller has steppedin to take those challengeshead on. Miller is a formerplayer at Fairlawn HighSchool and UrbanaUniversity. She also hasfour years of coaching expe-rience at Fairlawn and FortLoramie.She will be assisted by

former Covington varsityand junior varsity coachStephanie Robinson, whoplayed collegiately at theUniversity of Nebraska ofOmaha and enjoyed a highschool playing career withnational power Pius XI inMilwaukee, Wisconsin. Shehas nearly a decade ofcoaching experience atCovington schools from thevarsity level down to juniorhigh."We're excited, but at

the same time we have tobe patient," said AshleyMiller. "We got a late startis June. We were only ableto only get into one tourna-ment this summer becauseof that, so we are alreadybehind. The good thing isthe girls have worked veryhard."Making the transition

smoother will be the sixseniors on the roster; AnnaSnyder, Shelby Waag,Lindsey Frantz, JennaRindler, Zoe Reck andKiersten Atkinson — aswell as the return of sopho-mores Morgan Arbogastand Jessica Dammeyer, twoplayers who lettered lastseason as freshman.The Lady Buccs also,

has plenty of young talenton the varsity roster withsophomores KenzieAtkinson and ArielRobinson, along with fresh-man Erin Olson, BrookeGostomsky and AriannaRichards."We have six seniors,

but at the same time, weare young," Miller said."Also, we don't have the

size we had in the past, soserving and defense will bea key for us. We'll have tobe scrappy to beat teams."Covington will be chal-

lenged in the Cross CountyConference by Miami East,the defending DIII StateChampions and heavyfavorites to win the leagueonce again. Tri-CountyNorth and Twin ValleySouth also traditionallyfield strong teams, makingthe league schedule astough as it has been inrecent memory.The Lady Buccs will

also see very stiff out-of-conference competitionagainst the likes ofVersailles, Russia andFairlawn, as well as week-end tournaments at Annaand Minster"Our goal is be competi-

tive in our league," Millersaid. "Obviously, MiamiEast is the team to beat,but we feel that if we keepworking hard and keep theright attitude, we'll be com-petitive."Covington begins its

season on Monday atMiller's alma mater,Fairlawn.

BOYS CCJosh Long returns as

coach.Returning from last

year’s team that won theCCC, was second at districtand 10th at regionals areDale Brant, Isaac Canan,Matt Carder, Nate Dunn,Dustin Fickert, JaredHagan, Bryant Hicks,Jacob Kaiser, Ben Miller,Alex Schilling, JakeSowers, Nick Tobias, RileyVanHise and Lane White.Joining the team is Alex

Bitner, Daniel Jennings,Bryton Lear, JohnLongenecker, StevenShane, Jese Shell and SamSherman.“This team has the

potential to be one of thebest that I have coached,”Long said. “We have a goodmix of veteran and begin-ners that total 21 boys.“Our goals are to be

competitive in each of ourmeets and be running ourbest at the end of the sea-son.”Long expects big things

from Fickert, White,Carder and Schilling.“All four of these boys

ran in the 17s last year andthree of these boys arecoming off incredible trackseasons.“We will have several

boys that will be competingfor our last three varsityspots, which will make usbetter as the season pro-gresses.“Our season will be a

work in progress, but if wecontinue to work hard, wehave the potential tosuprise some people thisFall.”Long expects a battle in

the CCC.“Our league is going to

be very competitive thisyear,” Long said. “Weshould be in the mix again,as well as Tri-Village,Miami East and Tri-County North. The top fourteams all bring back theirtop seven runners.”

GIRLS CCLibby Long returns as

coach.Graduating off last

year’s team that won theCCC, was fourth at districtand 10th at regionals wasJulianna Simon.Returning letterwinners

include seniors KayleighCecil, Jessie Shilt, HeidiSnipes, Tara Snipes andCasey Yingst; juniorHannah Retz and sopho-mores Cassidy Cain, HeidiCron and Sarah Ray.New runners include

senior Bethany Richardsand freshman MeghanParker, Carly Shell andJulianna Yingst.“We will be led by a

strong senior class that hasbeen part of three straightleague championships,”Long said. “The senior classhas already had three suc-cessful years and theexpectations are as high asthey have ever been.”Covington will be led by

Tara Snipes.“Tara will be looking to

build on an outstandingtrack season, which includ-ed setting two new schoolrecords and a podium fin-ish at the state in the 800,”Long said.She expects the league

to be competitive.“We should be in the

mix for another leaguetitle,” Long said. “Otherteams that will be compet-ing at the top of the leaguewil include Miami East,Ansonia and NationalTrail.”

BOYS GOLFThe Covington boys golf

program has had its shareof success over the past fewyears and the Buccs expectthe same in 2012 with fourreturning letterman and ahost of others who arecapable of putting up lowscores."I think we can definite-

ly challenge in the league,"said Covington coach BillWise "The teams in theleague are pretty balanced,so I don't see a clearfavorite."Which Wise feels opens

things up for Covington."It is open for us, but we

will have to go out andprove it day in and dayout," he said. "Nobody willbe giving us anything."Returning from last sea-

son are D.J. Seger, RyanCraft, Joe Slusher and SamSlusher, who was leaguemedalist last season."Sam will probably be

our top golfer this year,"Wise said. "Him and hisbrother (Joe) were outthere about every day thissummer working on theirgames. They've bothimproved dramatically."Wise also sees potential

in his supporting cast."D.J. Seger is capable of

being right there with thetop golfers in any match,"he said. "He's not quite con-sistent yet, but he'simproving. Ryan (Craft)and Ben (Sherman) haveimproved a lot too.We havesome kids who are capableof putting up some goodscores."Covington also has a

freshman who will con-tribute a great dealthroughout the season."Levi (Winn) is young,

but for a freshman he'spretty good," Wise

explained. "He has all ofthe tools. All he needs ismore course time and hecan be pretty good beforeit's all said and done."And before it's said and

done, Covington hopes aleague championship isreturned with the scorecards.

GIRLS GOLFExpectations are always

high with the Covingtongirls golf team and thisseason will be no different.That's because

Covington returns four let-ter winners, including all-league performers CassieIngle and Jamie Crowell."Cassie (Ingle), Allison

(Ingle), Jamie (Crowell)and Katie (Blair) are ourreturning letterman," saidCovington coach RonSchultz. "And that's from ateam that finished fifth inthe district meet last year,which was our highest fin-ish ever."Cassie Ingle, a senior,

will once again lead theway for Covington"Cassie ended will

eleventh in the district lastyear out of sixty golfers,"Shultz said. "That's thehighest placer we've hadand her score of ninety wasthe best score we've had inthe district tournament."Cassie's sister, Allison,

finished fifth overall in theleague tournament andnarrowly missed out on all-league honors. She alsoreturns to the lineup."She was certainly one

of the top golfers in theleague," Shultz said ofAllison. "But she missed atournament that cost herall-league."Which Shultz hopes

doesn't happen this year asthe two have played a lot ofgolf together over the sum-mer."The two Ingle girls

have played in a lot of tour-naments this summer," hesaid. "They've finished one,two several times, so weare excited about the possi-bilities this year."

Also playing a lot of golfhave been the Blanton sis-ters, Jordan and Sydney."The Blanton girls have

been out on the course a lotas well," Schultz explained."They've worked very hardand improved significantlyover the summer."Another sister duo, the

Crowell sisters, are rightthere as well."Jamie came on

throughout the season lastyear and made all-league,so she is going to be one ofour top golfers," Schultzsaid. "And Jesse is only afreshman, but she seems topick things up very quickly.She's going to help us thisyear."Rounding out and

impressive lineup are first-year golfers MorganMcReynolds, Kimi Youngand Heather Spurgeon."All of the girls have

worked hard," Schultz said."It is tough sometimes formany of them to get outand play because they areplaying softball, basketballand some of the othersports, but they've done agood job of coming in readyto learn and improve.We'reexcited."Excited for an opportu-

nity to climb back to thetop of the CCC standingsafter finishing second ayear ago to National Trail."The league will be a

toss up and I feel we areright there," Schultz said."Trail doesn't have a team,and everyone else has mostof their top golfers back,including us. It's a bal-anced conference."What does concern

Schultz, however, is theslow start his team hasmade since practice beganjust two weeks ago."I'd like to think that

since we were second lastyear behind Trail that weshould be right there," hesaid. "But we haven'tshown it yet. Hopefully itcomes around."And if they do come

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BY COLIN FOSTEROhio Community MediaCASSTOWN — The

Miami East football teamlost nine seniors from lastyear, most notably, runningback Kevin McMaken —who rushed for 1,246 yardsand 21 touchdowns.

But when coach MaxCurrent looks at the 2012Vikings, he sees varsityexperience all over theplace, with the exception ofone key position.

“All is not doom andgloom — that’s for sure,”Current said. “We’ve gotsome nice players comingback. Sure, we have toreplace a 1,200-yard

rusher (McMaken).We’ve got a lot of guys com-ing back in the backfield.We’ve got some capablebacks with some good expe-rience.”

Miami East has 16 let-terwinners returning,along with a group of 10seniors. Under Current lastseason, the Vikings fin-ished 6-4 overall, 6-3 in theCross County Conference— which was good enoughfor third place.

Even with the loss ofMcMaken, the Vikings dohave a very unique andversatile backfield, startingwith junior Michael Fellers— a guy that did it all forthe team last year.

As a sophomore, Fellerswas the Vikings second-leading rusher (659 yards)and the top receiver. Healso was a record-tyingdefender, plus a specialteams guru — ending theyear as a first team All-CCC selection, a first teamAll-Southwest Districtmember and he was alsoselected as special mentionAll-Ohio.

“He does a lot for us,”Current said. “He’s a greatathlete. He led the team inreceiving last year. He cankick. He averaged 39 yardsper punt last year as ourpunter.

“He made three fieldgoals last year — and wasperfect on extra points. Hereturns kicks for us on spe-cial teams.

“He averaged 26 yardson kick returns, 15 yardson punts. He had a kickreturn for a touchdown.Defensively, he tied aschool record with sixinterceptions.

“So he’s a very versatileplayer. It’s nice to have aguy that’s good in all phas-es of the game.”

Junior Alex Brewer andsophomore ColtonMcKinney also add depth

and experience at the run-ning back position.

As a sophomore, Brewerwas East’s third leadingrusher with 287 yards anda pair of touchdowns, whileMcKinney netted 236yards on the ground withthree scores.

Colton Holicki, a juniortransfer from Troy, isexpected to be the startingfull back, while Currentalso anticipates Brewerand junior Robbie Adamscould see time at that posi-tion, as well.

Aside from Fellers, whowas the Vikings led theteam with 15 catches for319 yards in 2011, East hasDalton Allen and FrancoVillella slotted in the wide-out spots.

And Villella, a junior,has caught Current’sattention early on.

“He’s looked good intwo-a-days and in thescrimmages,” Current said.“He’s made a lot of catches— and he’s done a nice jobgetting yards after catch-es.”

Outside of that, seniorsZack Martinez and ColeHale will also be in the mixat wide receiver.

One of the positionslacking experience, howev-er, is at quarterback.

East graduated startingQB Colton Bowling, leavingtwo youngsters to duke itout for the position.

Sophomore ConnerHellyer is expected to beslotted in the spot, whilefreshman BraxtonDonaldson will play back-up.

“Conner doesn’t havemuch varsity experience,being a freshman lastyear,” Current said. “Fornever being a quarterback,I think Braxton has didsome good things.

“Both guys did a nice jobof preparing to be quarter-backs in the offseason.With us not being very

experienced at that posi-tion, I expect there to besome growing pains — butI think we should bealright in the long hull.”

Helping make the youngquarterbacks lives a littleeasier is a seasoned offen-sive line.

Senior Aaron Hubbard,junior Dan Bodenmillerand senior tight end KevinJackson all started lastseason.

The Vikings, though,must replace their centerposition. Candidates forthat spot include KolinBendickson, BrandonWilloughby and seniorBryant Miller.

Three other guys bat-tling for spots on the lineare Michael Trickey, BradySmallenbarger and JoeyYager. Junior Peter Churchis also in the mix to playtackle.

“We’ve got to replacesome linemen,” Currentsaid. “At least some guysare back that have someFriday night experience.Not all guys were mainstarters last year.

“But we had some ofthem cycling in and out incertain situations. So far,I'm enjoying the competi-tion I'm seeing out of thoseguys."

On defense, the Vikingshave several players back,as well. Fellers and ColeHale are switching places.Last season, Fellers had 48tackles as a safety, whileHale recorded 44 tacklesand had one interception atcornerback.

Current believes bothplayers can play eitherposition.

Adding more depth tothe strong defensive backcore is Allen — who saw alot of action at corner in thelast three games of 2011.

Brandon Force and ZackMartinez are jockeying towin the No. 3 corner posi-tion.

Senior Aaron Hubbardand junior Dylan Kinnisonbring experience back atinside linebacker. Bothguys were letterwinnerslast year.

Hubbard had 49 tackles,one caused fumble and onefumble recovery. JonathonAccurso, a junior, is alsobattling for a spot at LB.

On the outside is seniorTylor Henderson, whologged 38 tackles, one sackand an interception in hisjunior year. Villella is com-peting for a

spot also, whileSmallenbarger and Holickibattle it out for the startingspot on the other side.

The defensive linereturns basically 3 out of 4guys who played most ofthe time last season.Adams — a starter atdefensive tackle last sea-son — returns on thedefensive line.

Adams was a big-timeforce for the Vikings with67 tackles last season.

He will anchor thetrenches with the 6-foot-4Branden Ramey, who start-ed several games last sea-son.

Tanner Church andAustin Honeyman are con-tending for the other spotson the line.

At end, Jackson willstart on one side andBrewer, a converted line-backer, is looking to be theman on the other side.

Jackson had 27 tacklesas a junior to go along withtwo sacks, three fumblerecoveries — one for atouchdown. Also vying forplaying time areDonaldson and Yager.

The Vikings begin theirseason on the road with atough out of conferencegame against the Milton-Union Bulldogs on Fridayat 7:30 p.m.

A win over the Bulldogswould be retribution forCurrent and the Vikings,considering the narrow 21-14 defeat they suffered lastseason.

But if you ask Current,focusing on the winningthe CCC is the long-termgoal.

“We always want tocompete for the leaguetitle,” Current said. “That’salways the No. 1 goal. It’sall gravy after that.

“Some people would saythey want to make playoffs.But if you win your league,making the playoffs shouldcome easy.”

And that would be agreat experience for every-body.

2012 MIAMI EASTFOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Date H/A Opponent TimeAug. 24 A Milton-Union 7:30 p.m.Aug. 31 A Ansonia* 7:30 p.m.Sept. 7 H Arcanum* 7:30 p.m.Sept. 14 A Mississinawa* 7:30 p.m.Sept. 21 H Bethel* 7:30 p.m.Sept. 28 A Covington* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 5 H Tri-County North* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 12 H Bradford* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 19 A Twin Valley South* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 26 H National Trail* 7:30 p.m.* denotes CCC game

Sam Cash hits the ball for Miami East.MIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO

State champsstill loadedEast spikers, girls soccerlook to continue success

CASSTOWN — TheMiami East volleyballteam returns nearly every-one from last year’s D-IIIstate champions that JohnCash coached to a 29-1overall record and 12-0 inthe CCC.

Among those returneesare:

Abby Cash: A 6-footsetter/right side, Cash wasfirst team All-CCC andDistrict 9 Player of theYear. She was also firstteam All-Ohio and aprepvolleyball.com All-American.

Leah Dunivan: a 6-foot middle hitter, Dunivanwas first team All-CCCand second team District 9.

Allie Millhouse: A 5-4defensive specialist,Millhouse is already thecareer digs leader at MiamiEast.

Sam Cash: A 6-0 set-ter/right side, Cash wasfirst team All-CCC andDistrict 9. She was thirdteam All-Ohio and thestate tournament MVP.

Cash was also on theprepvolleyball.com 79 elitelist.

Angie Mack: The 5-9outside hitter was firstteam All-CCC and honor-able mention All-Ohio.

Allison Morrett: The5-7 libero was special men-tion All-CCC and aprepvolleyball.com gymdandies defensive finalist.

Trina Current: The 6-0 outside hitter had greatdistrict and state tourna-ment matches.

Ashley Current: The6-0 middle hitter is defen-sive stopper with greattouch.

L i n d s a yBlankenship: The 5-7serving specialist is also asolid defender.

Anna Kieswetter: The5-5 defensive specialistadds solid depth and isvery competitive in thedefensive position.

“Expecations are high,”John Cash said. “But, notthe type everyone else isthinking of.

“The players have highexpectations of one anotherto do their jobs at a highlevel.

“They know that theoutside has views, but thatdoesn’t matter.

“What matters to themis what hapens every dayto get better for each other.

“This group is settinghigh goals, but under-

stands the little things arewhat is going to help themreach these goals. There isa ton of practice to help usfor the last eight matches.”

BOYS CCAlan Russell returns as

coach.The Vikings finished

third in the CCC last year.Returning runners are

senior Seth Pemberton andjunior Josh Ewing.

“Seth Pemberton andJosh Ewing are our return-ing letterwinners,” Russellsaid. “Both gentlemanqualified and participatedin the regional cross coun-try meet last season. Theylook ready to return to theregional meet and improveon their performances lastseason.

“They will be matchedwith many new, youngerrunners. The freshman andother runners runnershave great attitudes andhave been working hard forthe upcoming season. Wehope to improve on ourthird-place finish in theleague (CCC).”

GIRLS CCRussell is also the girls

coach.The Lady Vikings also

finished third in the CCClast year.

Returning letterwinnersinclude senior MeredithWesco, juniors AbigaelAmheiser and ErinAugustus and sophomoresRenee DeFord and AbbyHawkins.

“I think we can makegreat improvements fromlast season,” Russell said.“Our girls did well in 2011.We did not lose anybodyand we will be joined by acouple freshman. If thegirls keep working, I thinkthey will accomplish greatthings in the upcomingseason.We hope to improveon our third-place finish inthe league (CCC).”

BOYS GOLFFormer Miami East

player, former Grahamgirls golf coach — and sonof the most recent Vikingcoach — Kyle Vanovertakes over the boys teamthis season looking to bringpride and desire back toMiami East golf.

“I have a great group ofyoung kids, and they’rebringing the dedicationback to Miami East golf,”Vanover said. “They’ve puta lot of time in, and it’s

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Current optimistic about EastVikings still have plenty of experience

Michael Fellers (13) will be a key player for the Miami East football team again this season.ANTHONY WEBER/CALL FILE PHOTO

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Amy Fletcher returnsfor her her fifth season ascoach.Graduating off last

year’s team were AlyManns, Lauren Haines andJill Kiefer.Returning letterwinners

include Morgan Potts,Maryn Klosterman andShauan Davee.New players include

Abby Younce, Alliyah Lee,Natalie Younce, CourtneyLeis, Lauren Setzkorn,Kristen Wenger , Lilly Toaland Katie Shomper.“This year, I have a very

young varsity team,”Fletcher said. “There areno seniors, two juniors,seven sophomores and two

freshman. I know they aredriven to lead and will dothat with commitment,respect and Christ-likebehavior honorable to God.“I belive our team will

be competitive in the con-ference and look forward toseeing how this youngteam responds and grows.”

BOYS SOCCERRyan Zeman returns for

his fourth season as coach.Graduating off last

year’s team were first teamAll-Metro BuckeyeConference player NickSpeck and Caleb Tanner.Returning letterwinners

include seniors CalebWatren, Greg Petersen and

Luke Gashell, juniorsLogan George, ChrisDickens, Alex Moritz andNathan Davis and sopho-more Doug Benedict.“We have a real solic

core group,” Zeman said.“We hope to finish first orsecond in the conference.”

GIRLS SOCCERBrian Peters returns

after guiding the LadyEagles to the Division IIIdistrict finals a year ago.Graduating off that

team were Amanda Sloan,Sydney Hefferon andMorgan Rench.“We want to train hard

and glorify God on thepitch,” Peters said.

Eagles have youngvolleyball squadSoccer teams look to be strong

Hannah Benjamin will play for the Troy Christian girls soccer team.MIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO

RUSSIA — Todd Wionreturns for his second sea-son as Russia volleyballcoach.The Lady Raiders were

18-6 last year, going 9-3 inthe SCL to finish second.Russia returns a talent-

ed group this year, led byseniors Ashley Borchers,Olivia Monnin, AbbieGoubeaux, Kayli Dues,Emily Francis andBethany York.Borchers, a setter/out-

side hitter, was first teamAll-SCL and District 9 andhonorable mention All-Ohio last year, whileMonnin, a left outside hit-ter, was first team All-SCLand second team District 9.Goubeuaux is a libero,

Dues is a defensive special-ist, Francis is a setter andYork is a middle hitter.Also returning are jun-

ior right outside hitterMaggie Kearns and sopho-more right outside hitterKylie Wilson.Top newcomers include

junior left outside hitterCamille Puthoff, sopho-more setter/outside hitterTaylor Daniel and sopho-more middle hitter ClaireSherman.“We will be a contender

this year,” Wiond said.“Combined with strongsenior leadership andyoung talent, we will be bevery competitive and lookto go far in postseasonplay.”Wion said the SCL will

be as tough as ever.“The Shelby County

Athletic League will bevery strong again thisyear,” Wion said. “I believewe will be one of the topcontenders.”

BOYS CCDoug Foster returns for

his seventh season ascoach.The Raiders were 149-

47 last year, won the SCLtitle, were district run-nerups and a state qualifi-er for the sixth straightyear, finishing 13th.Returning letterwinners

include senior BrandonBarlage, juniors StevenStickel, Bryan Drees andJohn Heung; and sopho-mores Jordan Gariety andAlex Herron.“With six of our top

seven runners back fromlast year’s squad and a tal-ented freshman class com-ing in, expectations will bequite high for the Russiaboys,” Foster said. “JuniorSteven Stickel led our teamlast season and he was fol-lowed closely by seniorBrandon Barlage, juniorsBryan Drees and JohnHeuing and sophomoresJordan Gariety and AlexHerron.“All of the above had

outstanding campaignslast year and we areexpecting greater accom-plishments from these sixthis upcoming season.”Other runners vying for

varsity spots includ seniorsJosh Meyer, TrevorSherman and AustinGariety; juniors JacobEpperson, Randy McCarty,Kyle Poling and NickPaulus; sophomore NickColby and freshmanAndrew Ball, BryantMcCarty, Caleb Ball,Weston Lavy, TrevorMonnin and JoesephStickel.“Our goals for the

upcoming season are toplace as high as we can atthe big invitationals, to winthe Shelby County Preview,the Shelby County League

meet, the Dayton districts,the Southwest regional andto qualify for the statemeet in Columbus.“From there, we will see

what happens. If we canstay healthy and injuryfree, our goals this seasonare very attainable.”Foster sees his team as

the SCL favorite.“At the present time, I

see us as the team to beatin the Shelby CountyLeague,” Foster said. “I saythis because of the experi-ence we have coming backand being the defendingchampions. Our stiffestcompetition will come fromAnna and Jackson Center.”

GIRLS CCFoster also coaches the

girls team.The Lady Raiders were

137-35, 2011 SCL run-nerups, district runnerupsand regional qualifiers.Graduating off that

team was Macy Monnin.Returning letterwinners

include seniors LaurenFrancis and Becca Meyer;junior Kirsten Voisard; andsophomores ClaudiaMonnin, Emily Borchersand Hannah Bornhorst.“This year’s team pos-

sesses a mixture of youthand experience going intothe upcoming season,”Foster said. “Six of the topseven runners are backfrom last year’s squad andexpectations for the teamare also extremely high.Wewil be led by first team All-Ohio senior LaurenFrancis.“Lauren had a tremen-

dous junior year and wefeel she is primed to beeven better this season.Senior Becca Meyer, juniorKirsten Voisard and sopho-

mores Emily Borchers,Claudia Monnin andHannah Bornhorst allgained vast experience lastyear. We feel they all willhave break-out perform-ances this cross countryseason.”Juniors Rachel Pinchot

and Emily Frazier return,along with newsomers infreshman Lauren Heaton,Amanda Frazier, MollyKerns, Erin Gaerke andKarissa Voisard.“The team goals are the

same as the boys,” Fostersaid. “We want to place ashigh as we can at the biginvitationals, win theShelby County Preview, theShelby County Leaguemeet, the Dayton districtsand the regional meet toqualify for state inColumbus.“Once again, from there,

we will see what happens.If we can stay healthy andinjury free, our goals thisseason are very reachable.”Foster hopes to battle

Fort Loramie for the SCLtitle.“Fort Loramie, the 2011

SCL champions, returnseveryone, so they are prob-aby the pre-seasonfavorite,” Foster said. “Thekey for us to win the leagueis getting our younger run-ners to perform the way wethink they can by the endof the season.“If this happens, we

have a great shot to bringthe title back to Russia.”

BOYS GOLFPaul Bremigan returns

for his 14th season ascoach.The Lady Raiders were

86-18 last year and 11-1 inthe SCL.Graduating off that

team were Corey Bremiganand Elijah Puthoff.Returning letterwinners

include seniors TregFrancis and Bryce Dues,junior Austin Tebbe andsophomore Luke Dapore.“We have 18 boys out for

golf this year and only twoseniors,” Bremigan said.“With these large numberswe hope to create a compet-itive atmosphere amongourselves to make us bet-ter. We will rely on TregFrancis and Bryce Dues forleadership and consistency.“AustinTebbe and Luke

Dapore had a lot of successand gained valuable expe-rience last year. Numerousunderclassmen will battlefor the remaining twospots. Freshmen ConnorMonnin and Zach Shermanhave done an outstandingjob so far this year.”Bremigan hopes to win

the SCL title.“Our number one goal

each year is to win theSCL,” Bremigan said. “Wedefinitely have a target onour back after winning theSCL four out of the last fiveyears. We are especiallyexcited to host the ShelbyCounty LeagueChampionship atStillwater Valley GolfCourse for the first time inseven years. Our ultimategoal for the postseason is togo where no Russia golfteam has gone — thestate.”Bremigan expects a

challenge in the SCL.“Fairlawn and Botkins

have a lot of lettermenback,” he said. “We hope tobe battling for the champi-onship to the finish.”

GIRLS GOLFDoug Borchers returns

as coach for the LadyRaiders, who were 4-8 over-all last year.Russia finished fourth

in the GreenvilleInvitational and was sev-enth at sectionals.Graduating off that

team was district qualifierTori Borchers, who was themedalist in every match.Returning letterwinners

include seniors GinaBarlage, Alexa Counts andAngie Muhlenkamp; andjuniors Taylor Borchersand Morgan Daugherty.“Our girls are looking

forward to the upcomingseason,” Borchers said.“I’ve seen great improve-ment in MorganDaugherty’s game over thesummer and other are com-ing on strong also.“With the graduation of

Tori, we will be looking forsome girls to step up andtake on a leadership rolefor our team. Our seniorsare capable of it and I thinkthey will.“Our newcomers are

showing dedication to thegame and picking up thefundamentals quickly.They’ll be factors in ourteam scores before it’s allsaid and done.“We’re looking to move

into contention for a dis-trict spot at the sectionaltournament this year, buthave work to do in order toget there.”Russia does not play in

a league in girls golf.“I predict the top teams

in the area will beTippecanoe, Versailles andCovington,” Borchers said.“It is our goal to continue toimprove our program tosomeday be on the levelthat those schools haveattained.”

Russia spikers coming off district final seasonCross country, golf teams look to continue success

From the left, Taylor Borchers (girls golf), Treg Francis (boys golf) and Lauren Francis (cross country) all return for Russia this season.CALL FILE PHOTOS

BY STEVE STOUTOhio Community MediaST. PARIS – A year ago,

Bob Riley had just beenhired as Graham’s headfootball coach and he knewvery little about theFalcons’ program.

“We got a late start, andthat made it tough,” saidRiley. “Now, I know ourplayers’ capabilities, whichmakes it a lot easier thanlast year.”

Graham went 2-8 over-all a year ago, and Rileywelcomes back sevenreturning letterwinners,including seniors TrentT h o m a s(quarterback/defensiveback), Jake Theodor (run-ning back/linebacker), Ben

Meyers (running back/line-backer) and Zach Holbrook(offensive lineman/defen-sive lineman); juniorsWiatt Hanlin (runningback/defensive back) andBarry Suttles (tightend/linebacker) and sopho-more Cole Theodor (run-ning back/defensive line-man).

Riley said Thomasshould bring leadership tothe quarterback postion.

“Trent is a very goodleader, so that should be abig plus,” said Riley. “Hecan throw the ball, but Ithink one of the key thingswith him is he will be anadded threat running theball. He’s good at cuttingand reading what the

defense is doing.”Others players expected

to see varsity playing time

for Graham include juniorsSam Keller (wide receiv-er/defensive back), Mason

Brunke (runningback/defensive back), SkyeMiller (offensive line-man/defensive lineman)and Eric Hess (offensivelineman/defensive line-man); sophomores TylerKimbley (offensive line-man/defensive lineman),Sterling Maurice (offensivelineman/defensive line-man) and Harold Farmer(offensive lineman/defen-sive lineman) and fresh-men Alex Marinelli (run-ning back/linebacker) andJustin Rayburn (offensivelineman/defensive line-man).

“We’re running thesame basic offense as lastyear, so our returning play-ers will have experience

with it and be more famil-iar with it, so that shouldmean less time having tolearn it,” said Riley. “Wealso have more team speedthis year … at least betterteam speed than we hadlast year, so that’s a plus.”

Riley expects Urbana tobe the team to beat in theCentral BuckeyeConference/Mad RiverDivision this season.

“Based on how manyfreshmen and sophomoresthey put up for all-leagueconsideration last year, I’dhave to say Urbana is thefavorite,” said Riley.“Indian Lake you don’thear much about, but Ithink they could be a dark-horse.”

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exciting having kidsthat want to do well, wantto compete, want to prac-tice — and want to win. Itmakes my job easier.”

Junior Austin Garrisonis the oldest member of theeight-man squad, whileVanover is looking at soph-omore Ryan Bergman asthe team’s No. 1 golfer.Scott Kirby, Kley Karadak,Mack Rose, Devin Carson,Nathan Peters and ZachOstendorf fill out the teamfull of freshmen and sopho-mores — and potential.

“These kids are wantingto compete and win, andthey’re willing to put thetime in to do that,” Vanoversaid. “We’ve never won theCross County Conferencebefore, and our goal is towin it this year and for thenext couple of years.

“I’m not predicting thatthat’s a certainty, but weshould be right there.We’regoing to open some eyes.There are some good thingsin the future for MiamiEast golf.”

GIRLS GOLFTom Meyer returns as

coach.The Lady Vikings fin-

ished 12-3 overall and 4-2in the CCC last year.

Graduating off thatteam were Terra Vanoverand Heather Macy.

Returning letterwinnersinclude seniors Tori Nuss,Allie Kindell and JeniSloan; and juniors Sam

Denlinger and MacalehThompson.

“We are looking forwardto a new season,” Meyersaid. “Five girls are backfrom last year and areready to hit the courses.”

BOYS SOCCERAdam Bell takes over as

coach.Graduating off last

year’s team were ZaneSmith, Jacob Miller, MarioRoush, Ryan Werling,Shane Kingrey and JacobHawkins.

Returning letterwinnersinclude seniors TuckerCarrigan, Chris Cron,Michael Harmon, CarsonLiddy, Jesse Minton andRoss Snodgrass; and sopho-mores Devan Baldasare,Michael Deeter, AustinKowalak and JakeSmallenbarger.

“In my first year as headcoach, our goal is to simplyimprove on our record fromlast year and hopefully bemore of a postseason threat during tournamenttime.”

GIRLS SOCCEREmalie Carson returns

for her ninth season ascoach.

The Lady Vikings were14-4-2 overall last year and6-0 in the CCC, advancingto the Division III regionalsemifinals.

Graduating off thatteam were Amy Barlage,Taylor Mitchell, DaniSands, Chelsea Sherman

and Taylor Young.Returning letterwinners

include seniors KylieBrown, Montana Hahn,Anna Snyder, CCC Playerof the Year KatrinaSutherly and SaraThompson; and juniorsAbigael Amheiser, KendraBeckman, KatelynGardella, Stevee Hazel,Lindsey Roeth, SamSkidmore and HaleyYoung.

Junior Kelly Rindlerwill be student assistantafter tearing her ACL lastspring.

“We have a lot of talentreturning from a team thatdid very well last year,”Carson said. “And we havesome fresh faces that aregoing to improve upon thatfoundation. So our expecta-tions are high this year.Early on, it is a matter ofgetting everyone used toone another again, and get-ting familiar with some ofthe adjustments we aremaking. But this is a greatgroup of kids that reallyunderstand the game, so itshouldn’t take long to getinto the swing of things.”

“Our goal is to win theconference again this year.We were 6-0 last year, andonly gave up 1 goal inleague play. But soccer is avery unpredictable game.Any team is capable of sur-prising you if you takethem lightly. So we have tostay focused, and take itone game at a time.”

2012 GRAHAMFOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Date H/A Opponent TimeAug. 24 H Tippecanoe 7:30 p.m.Aug. 31 A Versailles 7:30 p.m.Sept. 7 H Vandalia-Butler 7:30 p.m.Sept. 14 A Stebbins 7:30 p.m.Sept. 21 H Tecumseh 7:30 p.m.Sept. 28 A Indian Lake* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 5 H Greenon* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 12 A Ben Logan* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 19 H Northwestern* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 26 A Urbana* 7:30 p.m.* denotes CBC/MRD game

No rush to get started this timeRiley familiar with Falcons program; likes what he sees

EastContinued from page 12C

Scott Kirby returns for the Miami East boys golf team.ROB KISER/CALL FILE PHOTO

Seth Pemberton returns for the Miami East boys cross country team.MIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO

Abigail Amheiser returns for the Miami East girls cross country team.MIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO

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PLEASANT HILL —Brent Hodges returns asthe Newton boys soccercoach.Newton finished 11-6-2

last season.The Indians return

eight starters and a num-ber of other players whopicked up valuable playingtime off a team thatadvanced to the sectionalfinals for the secondstraight year and finishedthird in the CCC with a 4-2-1 record.Graduating off that

team were Jordan Hodges,Justin Fessler andEmerson Hussong.Hodges was a four-year

All-CCC player and three-time all district player.He had 13 goals and 20

assists and is fourth atNewton in career goals andthird in career assists.Fessler was a midfielder

and strong defensive play-er, as well as a four-yearlettermen.Hussong was a right

defender who aided theteam in only allowing 26goals last season.The top returners

included seniors GavinAlexander, Daniel Vanceand Mike Unser and soph-omore Levi Armentrout.Alexander was an All-

CCC goalie, who is alreadythe school record holder inshutouts.Vance, a striker, was

first team All-CCC afterbeing moved from defenseand providing the teamwith scoring and assists.Unser was an important

center defender who aidedthe team in controlling hisspot.“I am expecting great

leadership from him thisseason,” Hodges said.

Armentrout was honor-able mention All-CCC, with11 goals and three assistslast season.Injuries slowed from

setting the freshmanrecord for goals.“With a strong work

ethic, he should be a forceto handle this season,”Hodges said.Rounding out the roster

are seniors Aaron Oakes,Austin Flannary, BenMeyer, Brandon Delcamp,Cole Adams and MitchHussong; juniors ZaneClymer, NathanielMaxwell, Logan Welbaumand Cameron Bass; sopho-mores Johnny White, TylerDenlinger, Dustin Coateand Zack Steck; and fresh-man RJ Renner, LoganRobbins, Treyton Lavy,Andrew Dilts and KyleDimido.

William “Doc” Ginnreturns for his 14th seasonas Milton-Union volleyballcoach.The Lady Bulldogs were

18-6 overall last year and10-2 in the SWBL.Graduating off that

team were DanielleVincent (honorable men-tion All-SWBL), KatelymVincent, Taylor Dieprink,Allyson Whitmer andMeghan Swartz.Returning letterwinners

include seniors MichelleRichardson, Kate Nealeigh,Anna Vagedes, HaleyMartens and ShondraDeeter; and juniors KinseyDouglas, Katlyn Douglas,Courtney Wion, BriannaBull and Christine Heisey.“We return an experi-

enced and veteran team for

the 2012 season,” Ginnsaid, “featuring senior out-side hitter MichelleRichardson, an All-Ohiopick as a junior, and fourth-year setter, Kate Nealeigh,”Ginn said.“Also expected to con-

tribute is SWBL first-teamer Kinsey Douglas,who led the team in kills in2011, and her sister,Katelyn.The Douglas twins are

middle hitters for the‘Dogs. Experienced rightside hitter, Anna Vagedesadds an exceptional volley-ball IQ to the team.“The ‘Dogs will need

Juniors Courtney Wion,Brianna Bull, andChristine Heisey to comethrough if the season is tobe a great one. Wion, an

outside hitter,is an SWBLhonorable mention per-former. Heiseywill be theother setter in theBulldogs’ 6-2 offense. Wehave not settled on a defen-sive unit yet, but willchoose from senior HaleyMartens, and juniorsKaitlyn Thompson, JessicaShields, and Cloe Smith tohold down the back row.“We are looking to be

right up there in our leagueand in contention for theleague title.“ We have a nice core of

experienced players in ourkey positions.“We need to come up

with some more consistentpassing, but we can hit theball well and our offensiveweapons will be problemat-ic for our opponents.”

Newton soccer returnsstrong core of playersIndians look for another big year

Lady Bulldog spikerscoming off big yearCoach looking for another strong season

Newton’s Bobby Gerodimos watches a tee shot at the Dan Kendig Memorial.ROB KISER/CALL FILE PHOTO

BY JOSH BROWNOhio Community MediaWE S T M I LT O N —

Once the 2011 seasonended, Milton-Union’sopponents collectivelystarted salivating whenthinking about this upcom-ing fall.After all, the Bulldogs’

dynamic, speedy leadingrusher with the ankle-breaking moves — JakeFinfrock — had just gradu-ated.Milton-Union coach

Bret Pearce simply smiles,though, remembering thelast time a player likeFinfrock graduated.Because when superstarquarterback MitchellEvans graduated in 2006,no one expected much outof the Bulldogs the nextseason.“Like I’ve been telling

this team, they remind mea lot of our 2007 team,”Pearce said. “WhenMitchell Evans graduatedin 2006, everyone thoughtwe would go right downhill.But we still had a lot com-ing back … and we went onto win the league title andmake a nice playoff run.”In 2006 — Evans’ last

season — the Bulldogswent 11-2, earning the topspot in the Division IV,Region 14 playoffs andeven winning three post-season games.The following year,

without Evans’ help, theBulldogs finished the year10-2 and got the No. 2 seedin the Division IV, Region16 playoffs. They thenavenged their only regularseason loss in the firstround by beatingBrookville in a postseasongame before their runended.That was the last time

Milton-Union had reachedthe playoffs — until lastyear, Finfrock’s last year.The Bulldogs finished

their 2011 campaign 8-2,only missing out on aleague title to unbeatenWaynesville.They reached the play-

offs, though, where theylost to Waynesville 21-17 inthe first round.Finfrock was a major

part of that, rushing for ateam-high 1,524 yards and20 touchdowns and addinga team-high 132 receivingyards and two more scores.Also amongst the graduat-ed is quarterback CodyHollon, who threw for 302yards and four touchdowns,and Jordan Poland, whowas a major force on theline.“We had a lot of seniors

last year, a lot of kids thatcontributed a lot for fouryears for us,” Pearce said.“But even though we losethat, we still have a lot ofreturning experience.”And some of that experi-

ence is in the right placesoffensively — in the back-field and on the line.

Bruising back TylerBrown returns as a seniorthis year after piling upmore than 800 yards anddouble digits in touch-downs including the post-season.After two years as the

punishing, physical alter-native toFinfrock ’s quick-er, more agile style, Brownwill likely be picking up thelion’s share of the work-load. Also back are seniorcaptain JasonSiler and 6-foot-3, 295-pound juniorWesley Martin on theoffensive line.“Last year, Jake was our

leading rusher, so we obvi-ously have to replace that.And Tyler is going to get alot of those carries,” Pearcesaid.“Jason is our captain

and our leader on the offen-sive line, and Wesley is abig-time recruit that is def-initely going to be someoneother teams have to worryabout. He just pushed peo-ple around.”Corey Layman, Josh

Simpson and Andrew Lynnwill make up the rest of theline, with senior tight end

Alex King also returning tolend a hand. ChrisBoggs,Sam Niswonger and JoeThoele — who all saw lim-ited time last season onvarsity — will be compet-ing for carries and adddepth to the backfield,while Trevor Klosterman,Dakota Albaugh and DavidKarns will all see time atwideout.“Boggs is another big

back, and Niswonger andThoele, while not small,both have a little morespeed than power,” Pearcesaid. “So we may have a lit-tle of that (thunder andlightning combo) again.”The Bulldogs also have

a battle going to see whowill be calling the signalsbetween juniors LondonCowan and KentonDickison.But instead of battling,

Pearce has the option touse them like the New YorkJets with Mark Sanchezand Tim Tebow.Whether ornot that happens will haveto be seen.“London is a big, tall kid

with a strong arm. He’smore of a pocket passer.Kenton can hurt you a lit-tle more with his legs, andhe’s got great leadershipskills. It’s been a good bat-

tle,” Pearce said. “Andthey’re both so smart thatthey don’t necessarily needto get all the reps in prac-tice, either. We could movethem back and forth andchange the look of theoffense entirely.”The defense, however,

has much the same lookthat it did last season —much to Pearce’s delight.“We have eight return-

ing starters on defense.That’s part of the reasonwhy we’re so excited,” hesaid.Three-year starter and

senior Jesse Simpsonreturns at nose guard, asdo tackles Cole Penningtonand Siler. Josh Bryan andChris Boggs will play atinside linebacker, withTyler Cottrell also in themix, while Brown andAustin Dickison will playoutside linebacker. Karns,Kenton Dickison, Thoeleand Josh Booher will patrolthe secondary and makethings very hard for teamswanting to throw the ball.“We have a number of

great athletes that we’restill trying to see whetherthey’ll contribute more onoffense or defense, to seewhich side of the ball we’llrely on them for more,”

Pearce said.The Bulldogs will also

have a special teamsweapon back in seniorkicker Nick Fields."He's definitely a

weapon that can flip thefield in the field positionwar," Pearce said. "He's oneof the top kickers in thestate."And with all of that tal-

ent returning from lastyear's playoff team, there'sno reason for the Bulldogsto do anything but aimhigh."We're setting nothing

but the highest expecta-tions," Pearce said. "Wewant to be league champsagain. We've gone fouryears without a leaguechampionship, and wewant to bring one back toWest Milton."To do that, they've got

plenty to worry about —including last year'schamp, Waynesville, who,like them, graduated theirteam leader in quarterbackLuke Profitt."With (Profitt) playing

the last couple of years,they could have had thesecond-best quarterback inthe league on the benchthis whole time, and wewouldn't have known it.We're not overlooking any-one because of what theylost," Pearce said. "Justbecause they lost a lot, wedon't expect them to beweak. They graduated a bigsenior class, but their pro-gram is strong. Carlislealso returns a great nucle-us of kids, Dixie returns alot — we're not overlookinganyone."We're going to be a

team that is physical, andwe have to maintain a highlevel of intensity. If we cankeep that up, we'll give our-selves a chance to getwhere we want to be."

Don’t look past Milton-Union this yearPence likes whathe sees from team

2012 MILTON-UNIONFOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Date H/A Opponent TimeAug. 24 H Miami East 7:30 p.m.Aug. 31 H Oakwood 7:30 p.m.Sept. 7 A Tippecanoe 7:30 p.m.Sept. 14 A Bellbrook* 7:30 p.m.Sept. 21 H Madison* 7:30 p.m.Sept. 28 A Carlisle* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 5 A Preble Shawnee* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 12 H Dixie* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 19 H Waynesville* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 26 A Northridge* 7:30 p.m.* denotes SWBL game

Tyler Browns returns to the Milton-Union backfield.OCML FILE PHOTO

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BY DAVID FONGOhio Community MediaTROY —All the Troy

football fans hoping to seeobjects filling the skiesoverhead with the depar-ture of long-time Trojancoach Steve Nolan and histurf-churning wing-Toffense probably alreadymissed their chance whenthe Dayton InternationalAir Show came to town thissummer.Troy may have a new

coach and a new offensiveformation — but the phi-losophy will remain verymuch the same.“We’re going to run the

ball,” said new Troy foot-ball coach Scot Brewer, whotakes over for Nolan after28 years of record-settingrunning backs and eye-popping rushing statistics.“We’re going to be a power-I, ISO team. We’re going toget downhill, we’re going torun North and South andwe want to get after people.Then we’ll take our shotswith play action when theyline up to stop the run. Butwe’re still going to be aground and pound team.”While Troy will line up

primarily in a power-I for-mation, but don’t expectNolan’s beloved wing-T togo away completely.“You can call it whatev-

er you want, but every-thing we do still has rootsin the wing-T,” Brewer said.“We’ll still run a lot of samejet formations, a lot of thesame sweeps.“It’s not like we’re going

to try to reinvent the wheelaround here.“We’re going to stick to

what we know.”Of course, it may not

really matter what offen-sive formation the Trojansrun if Brewer doesn’t findthe proper personnel to runit — and quick.The Trojans lost seven

starters off last year’s team— which made back-to-back playoff runs — andmoved two of last year’sstarters to new positions,meaning Troy has exactlytwo starters returning tothe same positions — righttackle Alex Dalton and cen-ter Austin Eidemiller.Step one is finding new

running backs to fill thebackfield. Gone are half-backs Marcus Foster andIsaiah Williams — boththree-year starters — andfullback Zach Jones, a two-year starter.Troy will have three

options at tailback this sea-son — the Whitson broth-ers, Fred and Tre, andspeedster Miles Hibbler.Brewer is hoping this willbe the year FredWhitson, a5-foot-10, 180-pound senior,lives up to his considerablepromise.

He was seeing signifi-cant carries his junior sea-son before leaving the teamafter the third game of theseason. Likewise, Hibbler— a 5-10, 190-pound juniorwith 4.3-speed — was see-ing playing time early inthe season last year beforemissing the second half ofthe season with a case ofmononucleosis.The third option is Tre

Whitson, a 5-11, 170-poundsophomore who may havethe smoothest runningstyle of the three.“We’ve got some studs at

running back,” Brewersaid.Clearing the way for

those three will be seniorCody Zeller (5-10, 200-pounds), who started atguard last season for theTrojans. Brewer said he

brings an offensive line-man’s mentality to thebackfield.Of course, Brewer

knows having a fleet ofrunning backs will belargely meaningless if hecan’t find an offensive lineto open holes for them.He’s certainly confident

in Troy’s starting offensivelinemen — but knows he’san injury or two along theoffensive line away fromdisaster.Dalton (6-3, 265-

pounds) is a junior whostarted every game for theTrojans last season andalready is getting looksfrom a number of Division Icollege.At left guard will be sen-

ior Beau Emerick (6-0, 240-punds), while Eidemiller(5-10, 260-pounds) returns

at center.At right guard will be

senior Zach Willis (5-11,248-pounds), while juniorAndrew Kostecka (6-3, 225-pounds) rounds out the lineat right tackle.At tight end will be jun-

ior Seth Overla (6-3, 215-pounds), senior TreviorAdams (6-2, 195-pounds)and senior Ian Nadolny (6-2, 195-pounds).“Our offensive line has

played great in scrim-mages,” Brewer said. “Ourprotection was great.Kostecka has settled in attackle and Dalton is an ani-mal.“Having Emerick and

Willis back really helpsand Eidemiller is solid asalways in the middle.“If we don’t have anyone

get injured, we’ll be fine.”If someone does get

hurt, however, Troy willhave to turn to its back-upoffensive lineman.Lineman. Singular.Coming out of summer

camp, Overla — who start-ed at right tackle last year— is the only one who hasproven himself as the back-up at all five offensive linepositions.If one starter goes down,

Overla goes in. If twostarters go down, theTrojans will be left scram-bling.“Depth, obviously, is a

huge concern for us,”Brewer said.

Of concern, too, is find-ing replacements for therecord-setting duo of quar-terback Cody May andreceiver Ian Dunaway.May became just the

second quarterback inschool history to throw for1,000 or more yards in con-secutive seasons, whileDunaway graduated as thethird-leading receiver inschool history.Stepping in at quarter-

back for the Trojans will beMatt Barr, a 6-foot-3, 175-pound junior. He’ll bebacked up by junior JoeBenson (6-0, 175-pounds).“His footwork has got-

ten so much better sincelast year,” Brewer said ofBarr. “We’ve seen this kiddevelop and now he’s goingto settle in for us.“We think he’ll develop

into a force for us.”At the wide receiver slot

for the Trojans will be sen-ior Kurtis Johnson (6-1,180-pounds) and juniorGregory Johnson (6-0, 170-pounds).Lining up in the slot will

be seniors Blake Williams(5-9, 170-pounds), DevinBlakely (5-10, 165-pounds)and Devante Bush (5-9,160-pounds).“We’ve got the scheme,

it’s just a matter of gettingeveryone up to speed,”Brewer said. “We’re justlacking experience.“It’s all new faces out

there.”

New coach, formation; same philosophyDon’t expect‘Air Trojan’

2012 TROYFOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Date H/A Opponent TimeAug. 24 H Chaminade-Julienne7:30 p.m.Aug. 31 A Spr. Shawnee 7:30 p.m.Sept. 7 H Xenia 7:30 p.m.Sept. 14 H Springfield 7:30 p.m.Sept. 21 A Miamisburg 7:30 p.m.Sept. 28 H Sidney* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 5 A Vandalia-Butler* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 12 H Trotwood-Madison* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 19 A Greenville* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 26 A Piqua* 7:30 p.m.* denotes GWOC North game

BY DAVID FONGOhio Community MediaTROY — Even the

greatest of architects needsthe proper building materi-als.So while new Troy foot-

ball coach Scot Brewer isconfident in the defensivescheme he helped build inhis six years as the Trojans’defensive coordinator, heknows it won’t mattermuch unless he finds a wayto replace seven starters offa squad that gave up just15.0 points per game (topsin the 18-team GreaterWestern Ohio Conference)and 257.3 yards per game(second in the GWOC).“We feel good about our

defense because we knowour scheme works,” Brewersaid. “It’s a proven scheme.”The rebuilding project

for the Trojans will beginright down the middle ofthe defense, which was gut-ted by graduation.Through the center of

the defense, the Trojanslost a nose tackle, twoinside linebackers and asafety — a quartet of three-year starters, three ofhome are going on to playcollege football.Gone at nose tackle is

Alec Sears, who will byplaying this fall atMercyhurt College. Gone atinside linebacker are ChrisBlair and Zach Butcher,who led the Trojans intackles each of the last twoseasons. Blair will play hiscollege football at OhioDominican.Gone at safety is

Marcus Foster, an All-Ohioperformer who will play atthe University ofCincinnati this fall.“We’ve got a lot of kids

to replace, obviously,”Brewer said.Stepping in to fill Sears’

shoes will be senior NickCottom (6-foot, 260pounds), who did see signif-icant playing time last sea-son in a reserve role.He’ll be backed up by

senior Beau Emerick (6-foot, 240 pounds). FlankingCottom at the defensiveend positions will be MarcoAnverse (5-11, 206pounds), a sophomore whotore up the summer com-bine scene with speed andstrength not typically seenfrom a high school sopho-more) and junior SethOverla (6-3, 215 pounds),who not only will be expect-ed to play defense for theTrojans, but will back upevery position on Troy’soffensive line.

Backing up Anverse andOverla at the defensiveends will be junior AlexDalton (6-3, 265) and sen-ior Trevior Adams (6-2,195).“Cottom will be fine at

the nose because he doesn’ttake a play off,” Brewersaid. “Anverse is comingalong — sometimes he stillplays like a linebacker andwants to shoot the gaps,but he’s got all the physicaltools. And Overla is just astrong technician. He doeseverything right.”Stepping in for Blair

and Butcher at the insidelinebacker positions will beseniors Logan Schlosser (5-6, 170) and AnthonyMcCloy (5-10, 170).

While neither have thesize of their predecessors— both Blair and Butchertopped the 200-poundmark — Brewer said heexpects Schlosser andMcCloy to make up for thelack of size with sheertenacity.“There’s no doubt Logan

Schlosser can bring it —he’s like Mighty Mouse,”Brewer said. “In ourReynoldsburg scrimmage,they got a personal foulbecause they punched himin the head because he wasin their face on every play.People don’t like him verymuch because he comes upand hits them on everyplay.”Backing up Schlosser

and McCloy at inside line-backer will be senior CodyZeller (5-10, 200 pounds)and sophomores BrandonLee (5-9, 160 pounds) andAnthony Shoop (5-7, 180pounds).At outside linebacker,

senior Ian Nadolny (6-2,195 pounds), a three-yearstarter, returns. He’ll bebacked up by sophomoreTristan Wright (5-10, 150pounds).The other outside line-

backer position will bemanned by either juniorAlex Magoteaux (6-1, 163pounds), who makes themove from safety to line-backer, or unior Joe Benson(6-foot, 175).Those two were neck-

and-neck coming out ofsummer drills.As the only returning

linebacker from last year’steam, Brewer said Nadolnyis the unquestioned leaderof that unit.“He’s such a smart kid,”

Brewer said. “He’s alwaysin position to make plays.He’s a great leader and agreat kid.”With so many personnel

losses up front, there isplenty of returning talentin the defensive backfield,even with the loss of Foster.At one cornerback spot

will be senior SethPerdziola (6-foot, 193pounds).Perziola, a three-year

starter, has seen time atevery position in Troy’sdefensive backfield.At the other cornerback

spot will be senior DevinBlakely (5-10, 165 pounds),who started at corner lastseason for the Trojans.Backing up Perdziola

and Blakely at the cornerswill be senior BlakeWilliams (5-9, 170 pounds)and junior Todd Norris (6-0, 170 pounds).At free safety will be

sophomore Tre Whitson (5-11, 170 pounds), who willbe backed up by seniorDevante Bush (5-9, 160).At strong safety will be

senior Nick Zimmer (6-1,195 pounds), who startedat outside linebacker forthe Trojans last season.Senior Fred Whitson (5-10,180 pounds).“Our defensive backs

are the strength of ourdefense right now,” Brewersaid.Troy’s special teamswill be handled by sopho-more Zach Thompson (5-10,165), who will serve as theTrojans’ kicker and punter.He was Troy’s kicker

last season.

Brewer likes Troy defenseMust replace some key components

Ian Nadolny returns at linebacker for Troy.LEE WOOLERY/SPEEDSHOT PHOTO

Michelle Owen returnsfor her seventh season atTroy volleyball coach.Graduating off last

year’s team that finished13-10 overal and 3-2 in theGWOC North wereChelsey Sakal, MarieRank, Tori Fenter andDanielle Wright.Returning letterwinners

include seniors JennaSelby, Jennifer Monnier,Cassandra Rice andMackenzie Rice; and jun-iors Leah Selby, EmilyMoser and Jillian Ross.“Our goal each season is

to win the GWOC Northand play in the districttournament,” Owen said.“Last season was a disap-pointing season in terms ofour GWOC North recordand our end of the seasonrecord. We lost a lot ofmatches by fewer than fourpoints.“This year our seniors

are determined to lead byexample and accomplishour goals. We had a chip onour shoulder and some-thing to prove to everyonein the league. We have an

incredibly tough schedulethis year, which we hopewill prepare us for a goodstretch down the season.“We have a very strong

core of returning playersand a great group of incom-ing talent that we hope canhelp us accomplish ourgoals for the season.”

BOYS CCBob Campbell returns

as coach.The Trojans were

GWOC North runneruplast year and D-I districtchampions.Graduating off that

team were Cody Fox, JoshEnke, Jared Besecker, NateShigley, Thomas Harveyand Brian Holland.Returning letterwinners

include senior Jon Osman;juniors Branden Nosker,Blake Guillozet andNathan Fleischer; andsophomore Troy Schultzand Josh Spayde.Campbell hopes to bat-

tle with Vandalia-Butlerfor the GWOC North titleand with Butler, Centervill

Kaleb Title returns for the Troy golf team.ROB KISER/CALL FILE PHOTO

Playing withmotivationLady Trojans havesomething to prove

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KYLE SHANEROhio Community MediaVERSAILLES —

Entering his first season asVersailles’ head footballcoach, Adam Miller had alot he wanted to accom-plish.“It’s amazing how fast

time goes,” Miller said. “Ihad all these plans for thesummer and things I wasgoing to do football-wise,and I feel like I hardly gotto anything.”While Miller might not

have finished everythinghe hoped to do this sum-mer, he has helped trans-form the Tigers’ offensiveand defensive schemes inhopes of leading them backto the playoffs.“That’s our big goal, to

get back to the playoffs,”the Delphos St. John’sgraduate said.Versailles, one of the

state’s most successfulteams with seven statechampionships in football,ended a six-year playoffdrought last year underthen-head coach BobOlwin, who retired follow-ing the season.Getting back to the

playoffs again this seasonwill be tough, Miller said,as Versailles faces a toughMidwest AthleticConference schedule.Additionally, Fort

Recovery has been replacedby defending Division VIstate champion MarionLocal on Versailles’ sched-ule as a result of the MAC’sscheduling format.Having earned the

eighth and final playoffspot in their region lastyear, the Tigers know thetough task they face thisseason to get back and areusing that as motivation.“The bar is just that

much higher this year,”Miller said.On offense, Miller said

Versailles is doing a lot ofthe same things it did inthe past just with some dif-ferent formations and dif-ferent terminology.The biggest change fans

will see is the Tigersswitching from the spreadoffense they ran underOlwin to a more conven-tional offense that willfocus on running the ballinstead of passing so much.“We’re more of a steady

stream instead of a highrisk, high reward,” Millersaid.Leading the way in the

Tigers’ change is theiroffensive line, which hasfive players who have var-sity experience. JacobHeitkamp will play lefttackle, Nick Francis is atleft guard, BrandonChristian is at center,Justin Bruns is at rightguard, and Joel Dapore willplay right tackle.The linemen are adjust-

ing to a pass-heavy offensein which they waited for

the defense to come tothem to a more proactiverun offense.“Probably the biggest

thing was getting the offen-sive line to go forward,”Miller said. “They’vealways kind of gone back-wards most of the time.”The line will look to

open up holes for theTigers’ running backs,which will include KyleDieringer at fullback andJacob Paulus, MikeRutschilling and MitchGigandet at tailback.“The biggest thing we’re

probably still adjusting torunning backs seeingwhere the holes are,” Millersaid.Going from a spread

offense to a more tradition-al set, there are more play-ers in the box, which makesthe holes the backs have torun through smaller. Thebacks will have to trust theholes will open up, Millersaid.At quarterback

Versailles returns all-stateperformer Nick Campbell.A lot of the reads are thesame in Versailles’ newoffense as the one they pre-viously ran, Miller said, soCampbell knows the readshe will have to make.“It’s been great to have

an experienced quarter-back back there,” Millersaid.At receiver Versailles

has Damian Richard, agood talent who Campbellknows well, Miller said.Jacob Barga, CraigLangenkamp and JacobWennig also will get timeat receiver.“With our offense we

look to establish the runand then hopefully lullthem to sleep and hit somebig passes,” Miller said.Also, Versailles will uti-

lize tight ends more withDamian Richard leadingthe way as both a blockerand receiver.Chris Klamar and Zach

Steinbrunner also will seetime at tight end.Defensively Versailles is

switching from a 4-4 to a 4-3, although it’s very similarto what the team previous-ly ran, Miller said.Defensively Dominic

Richard, Chris Klamar andJacob Heitkamp will see

time at defensive end whileBrandon Christian andJoel Dapore will anchor theinside at defensive tackle.Both Dapore andHeitkamp are returningstarters.At linebacker Nick

Francis will man the insidewith Mike Rutschilling andCraig Wilker at outsidelinebacker. Both Francisand Rutschilling arereturning starters.In the defensive back-

field, Jacob Barga returnsto start at safety and willplay alongside DamianRichard. Jacob Paulus andCraig Langenkamp willanchor the corner posi-tions.Chad Winner returns as

Versailles’ kicker andpunter.“He can get the ball

down there and reallychange the field positionfor us,” Miller said.A lot of Versailles’

starters are playing bothoffense and defense thisseason.“We’ve got a lot of guys

going both ways right now,”Miller said. “We want to getbest on field.”Versailles has to put its

best on the field to contendwith Coldwater, who Millersaid is the favorite to winthe league, along withMinster, Delphos St. John’sand Marion Local.Some of the MAC

schools have seen the num-ber of players on theirteams decline, which hasresulted in some cancelingfreshman or junior varsitygames, Miller said, butthey’re still strong pro-grams.“Those teams are still

solid at the varsity level,”he said. “Definitely don’treally have any bye weekat all.”It’s been a lot of work

adjusting to life as a headcoach, said Miller, who hassix years of experience as avarsity assistant atNorthmont, Ottawa-Glandorf, Versailles andFort Loramie.But with a good support

staff around him, the tran-sition has gone smooth,and he’s enjoying the newchallenge.

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Sam Prakel is back to defend his Division III state title for Versailles.MIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO

Versailles’ BrookeWehrkamp was medalist at the Minster Invitational.ROB KISER/CALL FILE PHOTO

Versailles’ Mitchell Stover watches a tee shot at the Homan Memorial.ROB KISER/CALL FILE PHOTO

Doing a lotin short timeMiller ready in first yearas Versailles football coach

Scott Bayless returns asthe Houston boys golfcoach.The Wildcats finished 2-

10 last season.Graduating off that

team were Brandon Clack,Ricky Slough and GaryPhipps.Returning letterwin-

ners include seniors KylePatterson and DrewRoberts and juniors JaronHoward and AntonWehrman.Joining the Wildcats

team this Fall are fresh-man Deion Booher andQuinten Pence.“We are a young team in

terms of experience on thegolf course, but we are lear-ing and respecting thegame of golf.

Houston golf team is youngWildcats learning to repsect game

Jaron Howard is back for the Houston golf team.ROB KISER/CALL FILE PHOTO

2012 VERSAILLESFOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Date H/A Opponent TimeAug. 24 A Celina 7:30 p.m.Aug. 31 H Graham 7:30 p.m.Sept. 7 H Coldwater* 7:30 p.m.Sept. 14 A Anna* 7:30 p.m.Sept. 21 H Marion Local* 7:30 p.m.Sept. 28 A Parkway* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 5 H New Bremen* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 12 A Delphos St. John’s* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 19 H Minster* 7:30 p.m.Oct. 26 A at St. Henry* 7:30 p.m.* denotes MAC game

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AFC NorthCleveland Browns

Sept. 9 Philadelphia 1 p.m.Sept. 16 at Cincinnati 1 p.m.Sept. 23 Buffalo 1 p.m.Sept. 27 at Baltimore 8:20 p.m.Oct. 7 at N.Y. Giants 1 p.m.Oct. 14 Cincinnati 1 p.m.Oct. 21 at Indianapolis 1 p.m.Oct. 28 San Diego 1 p.m.Nov. 4 Baltimore 1 p.m.Nov. 11 BYENov. 18 at Dallas 1 p.m.Nov. 25 Pittsburgh 1 p.m.Dec. 2 at Oakland 4:25 p.m.Dec. 9 Kansas City 1 p.m.Dec. 16 Washington 1 p.m.Dec. 23 at Denver 4:05 p.m.Dec. 30 at Pittsburgh 1 p.m.

AFC EastBuffalo Bills

Sept. 9 at N.Y. Jets 1 p.m.Sept. 16 Kansas City 1 p.m.Sept. 23 at Cleveland 1 p.m.Sept. 30 New England 1 p.m.Oct. 7 at San Francisco 4:25 p.m.Oct. 14 at Arizona 4:05 p.m.Oct. 21 Tennessee 1 p.m.Oct. 28 BYENov. 4 at Houston 1 p.m.Nov. 11 at New England 1 p.m.Nov. 15 Miami 8:20 p.m.Nov. 25 at Indianapolis 1 p.m.Dec. 2 Jacksonville 1 p.m.Dec. 9 St. Louis 1 p.m.Dec. 16 Seattle (at Toronto) 4:05 p.m.Dec. 23 at Miami 1 p.m.Dec. 30 N.Y. Jets 1 p.m.

AFC SouthHouston Texans

Sept. 9 Miami 1 p.m.Sept. 16 at Jacksonville 1 p.m.Sept. 23 at Denver 4:25 p.m.Sept. 30 Tennessee 1 p.m.Oct. 8 at N.Y. Jets 8:30 p.m.Oct. 14 Green Bay 8:20 p.m.Oct. 21 Baltimore 1 p.m.Oct. 28 BYENov. 4 Buffalo 1 p.m.Nov. 11 at Chicago 8:20 p.m.Nov. 18 Jacksonville 1 p.m.Nov. 22 at Detroit 12:30 p.m.Dec. 2 at Tennessee 1 p.m.Dec. 10 at New England 8:30 p.m.Dec. 16 Indianapolis 1 p.m.Dec. 23 Minnesota 1 p.m.Dec. 30 at Indianapolis 1 p.m.

AFC WestDenver Broncos

Sept. 9 Pittsburgh 8:20 p.m.Sept. 17 at Atlanta 8:30 p.m.Sept. 23 Houston 4:25 p.m.Sept. 30 Oakland 4:05 p.m.Oct. 7 at New England 4:25 p.m.Oct. 15 at San Diego 8:30 p.m.Oct. 21 BYEOct. 28 New Orleans 8:20 p.m.Nov. 4 at Cincinnati 1 p.m.Nov. 11 at Carolina 1 p.m.Nov. 18 San Diego 4:25 p.m.Nov. 25 at Kansas City 1 p.m.Dec. 2 Tampa Bay 4:05 p.m.Dec. 6 at Oakland 8:20 p.m.Dec. 16 at Baltimore 1 p.m.Dec. 23 Cleveland 4:05 p.m.Dec. 30 Kansas City 4:25 p.m.

Cincinnati BengalsSept. 10 at Baltimore 7 p.m.Sept. 16 Cleveland 1 p.m.Sept. 23 at Washington 1 p.m.Sept. 30 at Jacksonville 4:05 p.m.Oct. 7 Miami 1 p.m.Oct. 14 at Cleveland 1 p.m.Oct. 21 Pittsburgh 8:20 p.m.Oct. 28 BYENov. 4 Denver 1 p.m.Nov. 11 N.Y. Giants 1 p.m.Nov. 18 at Kansas City 1 p.m.Nov. 25 Oakland 1 p.m.Dec. 2 at San Diego 4:25 p.m.Dec. 9 Dallas 1 p.m.Dec. 13 at Philadelphia 8:20 p.m.Dec. 23 at Pittsburgh 1 p.m.Dec. 30 Baltimore 1 p.m.

Miami DolphinsSept. 9 at Houston 1 p.m.Sept. 16 Oakland 1 p.m.Sept. 23 N.Y. Jets 1 p.m.Sept. 30 at Arizona 4:05 p.m.Oct. 7 at Cincinnati 1 p.m.Oct. 14 St. Louis 1 p.m.Oct. 21 BYEOct. 28 at N.Y. Jets 1 p.m.Nov. 4 at Indianapolis 1 p.m.Nov. 11 Tennessee 1 p.m.Nov. 15 at Buffalo 8:20 p.m.Nov. 25 Seattle 1 p.m.Dec. 2 New England 1 p.m.Dec. 9 at San Francisco 4:05 p.m.Dec. 16 Jacksonville 1 p.m.Dec. 23 Buffalo 1 p.m.Dec. 30 at New England 1 p.m.

Indianapolis ColtsSept. 9 at Chicago 1 p.m.Sept. 16 Minnesota 1 p.m.Sept. 23 Jacksonville 1 p.m.Sept. 30 BYEOct. 7 Green Bay 1 p.m.Oct. 14 at N.Y. Jets 1 p.m.Oct. 21 Cleveland 1 p.m.Oct. 28 at Tennessee 1 p.m.Nov. 4 Miami 1 p.m.Nov. 8 at Jacksonville 8:20 p.m.Nov. 18 at New England 1 p.m.Nov. 25 Buffalo 1 p.m.Dec. 2 at Detroit 1 p.m.Dec. 9 Tennessee 1 p.m.Dec. 16 at Houston 1 p.m.Dec. 23 at Kansas City 1 p.m.Dec. 30 Houston 1 p.m.

Kansas City ChiefsSept. 9 Atlanta 1 p.m.Sept. 16 at Buffalo 1 p.m.Sept. 23 at New Orleans 1 p.m.Sept. 30 San Diego 1 p.m.Oct. 7 Baltimore 1 p.m.Oct. 14 at Tampa Bay 1 p.m.Oct. 21 BYEOct. 28 Oakland 4:05 p.m.Nov. 1 at San Diego 8:20 p.m.Nov. 12 at Pittsburgh 8:30 p.m.Nov. 18 Cincinnati 1 p.m.Nov. 25 Denver 1 p.m.Dec. 2 Carolina 1 p.m.Dec. 9 at Cleveland 1 p.m.Dec. 16 at Oakland 4:25 p.m.Dec. 23 Indianapolis 1 p.m.Dec. 30 at Denver 4:25 p.m.

Baltimore RavensSept. 10 Cincinnati 7 p.m.Sept. 16 at Philadelphia 1 p.m.Sept. 23 New England 8:20 p.m.Sept. 27 Cleveland 8:20 p.m.Oct. 7 at Kansas City 1 p.m.Oct. 14 Dallas 1 p.m.Oct. 21 at Houston 1 p.m.Oct. 28 BYENov. 4 at Cleveland 1 p.m.Nov. 11 Oakland 1 p.m.Nov. 18 at Pittsburgh 8:20 p.m.Nov. 25 at San Diego 4:05 p.m.Dec. 2 Pittsburgh 4:25 p.m.Dec. 9 at Washington 1 p.m.Dec. 16 Denver 1 p.m.Dec. 23 N.Y. Giants 1 p.m.Dec. 30 at Cincinnati 1 p.m.

New England PatriotsSept. 9 at Tennessee 1 p.m.Sept. 16 Arizona 1 p.m.Sept. 23 at Baltimore 8:20 p.m.Sept. 30 at Buffalo 1 p.m.Oct. 7 Denver 4:25 p.m.Oct. 14 at Seattle 4:05 p.m.Oct. 21 N.Y. Jets 4:25 p.m.Oct. 28 at St. Louis (London) 1 p.m.Nov. 4 BYENov. 11 Buffalo 1 p.m.Nov. 18 Indianapolis 1 p.m.Nov. 22 at N.Y. Jets 8:20 p.m.Dec. 2 at Miami 1 p.m.Dec. 10 Houston 8:30 p.m.Dec. 16 San Francisco 8:20 p.m.Dec. 23 at Jacksonville 1 p.m.Dec. 30 Miami 1 p.m.

Jacksonville JaguarsSept. 9 at Minnesota 1 p.m.Sept. 16 Houston 1 p.m.Sept. 23 at Indianapolis 1 p.m.Sept. 30 Cincinnati 4:05 p.m.Oct. 7 Chicago 4:05 p.m.Oct. 14 BYEOct. 21 at Oakland 4:25 p.m.Oct. 28 at Green Bay 1 p.m.Nov. 4 Detroit 1 p.m.Nov. 8 Indianapolis 8:20 p.m.Nov. 18 at Houston 1 p.m.Nov. 25 Tennessee 1 p.m.Dec. 2 at Buffalo 1 p.m.Dec. 9 N.Y. Jets 1 p.m.Dec. 16 at Miami 1 p.m.Dec. 23 New England 1 p.m.Dec. 30 at Tennessee 1 p.m.

Oakland RaidersSept. 10 San Diego 10:15 p.m.Sept. 16 at Miami 1 p.m.Sept. 23 Pittsburgh 4:25 p.m.Sept. 30 at Denver 4:05 p.m.Oct. 7 BYEOct. 14 at Atlanta 1 p.m.Oct. 21 Jacksonville 4:25 p.m.Oct. 28 at Kansas City 4:05 p.m.Nov. 4 Tampa Bay 4:05 p.m.Nov. 11 at Baltimore 1 p.m.Nov. 18 New Orleans 4:05 p.m.Nov. 25 at Cincinnati 1 p.m.Dec. 2 Cleveland 4:25 p.m.Dec. 6 Denver 8:20 p.m.Dec. 16 Kansas City 4:25 p.m.Dec. 23 at Carolina 1 p.m.Dec. 30 at San Diego 4:25 p.m.

Pittsburgh SteelersSept. 9 at Denver 8:20 p.m.Sept. 16 N.Y. Jets 4:25 p.m.Sept. 23 at Oakland 4:25 p.m.Sept. 30 BYEOct. 7 Philadelphia 1 p.m.Oct. 11 at Tennessee 8:20 p.m.Oct. 21 at Cincinnati 8:20 p.m.Oct. 28 Washington 1 p.m.Nov. 4 at N.Y. Giants 4:25 p.m.Nov. 12 Kansas City 8:30 p.m.Nov. 18 Baltimore 8:20 p.m.Nov. 25 at Cleveland 1 p.m.Dec. 2 at Baltimore 4:25 p.m.Dec. 9 San Diego 1 p.m.Dec. 16 at Dallas 4:25 p.m.Dec. 23 Cincinnati 1 p.m.Dec. 30 Cleveland 1 p.m.

New York JetsSept. 9 Buffalo 1 p.m.Sept. 16 at Pittsburgh 4:25 p.m.Sept. 23 at Miami 1 p.m.Sept. 30 San Francisco 1 p.m.Oct. 8 Houston 8:30 p.m.Oct. 14 Indianapolis 1 p.m.Oct. 21 at New England 4:25 p.m.Oct. 28 Miami 1 p.m.Nov. 4 BYENov. 11 at Seattle 4:05 p.m.Nov. 18 at St. Louis 1 p.m.Nov. 22 New England 8:20 p.m.Dec. 2 Arizona 1 p.m.Dec. 9 at Jacksonville 1 p.m.Dec. 17 at Tennessee 8:30 p.m.Dec. 23 San Diego 8:20 p.m.Dec. 30 at Buffalo 1 p.m.

Tennessee TitansSept. 9 New England 1 p.m.Sept. 16 at San Diego 4:25 p.m.Sept. 23 Detroit 1 p.m.Sept. 30 at Houston 1 p.m.Oct. 7 at Minnesota 1 p.m.Oct. 11 Pittsburgh 8:20 p.m.Oct. 21 at Buffalo 1 p.m.Oct. 28 Indianapolis 1 p.m.Nov. 4 Chicago 1 p.m.Nov. 11 at Miami 1 p.m.Nov. 18 BYENov. 25 at Jacksonville 1 p.m.Dec. 2 Houston 1 p.m.Dec. 9 at Indianapolis 1 p.m.Dec. 17 N.Y. Jets 8:30 p.m.Dec. 23 at Green Bay 1 p.m.Dec. 30 Jacksonville 1 p.m.

San Diego ChargersSept. 10 at Oakland 10:15 p.m.Sept. 16 Tennessee 4:25 p.m.Sept. 23 Atlanta 4:05 p.m.Sept. 30 at Kansas City 1 p.m.Oct. 7 at New Orleans 8:20 p.m.Oct. 15 Denver 8:30 p.m.Oct. 21 BYEOct. 28 at Cleveland 1 p.m.Nov. 1 Kansas City 8:20 p.m.Nov. 11 at Tampa Bay 1 p.m.Nov. 18 at Denver 4:25 p.m.Nov. 25 Baltimore 4:05 p.m.Dec. 2 Cincinnati 4:25 p.m.Dec. 9 at Pittsburgh 1 p.m.Dec. 16 Carolina 4:05 p.m.Dec. 23 at N.Y. Jets 8:20 p.m.Dec. 30 Oakland 4:25 p.m.

Minnesota VikingsSept. 9 Jacksonville 1 p.m.Sept. 16 at Indianapolis 1 p.m.Sept. 23 San Francisco 1 p.m.Sept. 30 at Detroit 1 p.m.Oct. 7 Tennessee 1 p.m.Oct. 14 at Washington 4:25 p.m.Oct. 21 Arizona 1 p.m.Oct. 25 Tampa Bay 8:20 p.m.Nov. 4 at Seattle 4:05 p.m.Nov. 11 Detroit 1 p.m.Nov. 18 BYENov. 25 at Chicago 1 p.m.Dec. 2 at Green Bay 1 p.m.Dec. 9 Chicago 1 p.m.Dec. 16 at St. Louis 1 p.m.Dec. 23 at Houston 1 p.m.Dec. 30 Green Bay 1 p.m.

Washington RedskinsSept. 9 at New Orleans 1 p.m.Sept. 16 at St. Louis 4:05 p.m.Sept. 23 Cincinnati 1 p.m.Sept. 30 at Tampa Bay 4:25 p.m.Oct. 7 Atlanta 1 p.m.Oct. 14 Minnesota 4:25 p.m.Oct. 21 at N.Y. Giants 1 p.m.Oct. 28 at Pittsburgh 1 p.m.Nov. 4 Carolina 1 p.m.Nov. 11 BYENov. 18 Philadelphia 1 p.m.Nov. 22 at Dallas 4:25 p.m.Dec. 3 N.Y. Giants 8:30 p.m.Dec. 9 Baltimore 1 p.m.Dec. 16 at Cleveland 1 p.m.Dec. 23 at Philadelphia 1 p.m.Dec. 30 Dallas 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay BucsSept. 9 Carolina 4:25 p.m.Sept. 16 at N.Y. Giants 1 p.m.Sept. 23 at Dallas 1 p.m.Sept. 30 Washington 4:25 p.m.Oct. 7 BYEOct. 14 Kansas City 1 p.m.Oct. 21 New Orleans 1 p.m.Oct. 25 at Minnesota 8:20 p.m.Nov. 4 at Oakland 4:05 p.m.Nov. 11 San Diego 1 p.m.Nov. 18 at Carolina 1 p.m.Nov. 25 Atlanta 1 p.m.Dec. 2 at Denver 4:05 p.m.Dec. 9 Philadelphia 1 p.m.Dec. 16 at New Orleans 1 p.m.Dec. 23 St. Louis 1 p.m.Dec. 30 at Atlanta 1 p.m.

Seattle SeahawksSept. 9 at Arizona 4:25 p.m.Sept. 16 Dallas 4:05 p.m.Sept. 24 Green Bay 8:30 p.m.Sept. 30 at St. Louis 1 p.m.Oct. 7 at Carolina 4:05 p.m.Oct. 14 New England 4:05 p.m.Oct. 18 at San Francisco 8:20 p.m.Oct. 28 at Detroit 1 p.m.Nov. 4 Minnesota 4:05 p.m.Nov. 11 N.Y. Jets 4:05 p.m.Nov. 18 BYENov. 25 at Miami 1 p.m.Dec. 2 at Chicago 1 p.m.Dec. 9 Arizona 4:25 p.m.Dec. 16 at Buffalo (Toronto) 4:05 p.m.Dec. 23 San Francisco 4:25 p.m.Dec. 30 St. Louis 4:25 p.m.

Green Bay PackersSept. 9 San Francisco 4:25 p.m.Sept. 13 Chicago 8:20 p.m.Sept. 24 at Seattle 8:30 p.m.Sept. 30 New Orleans 4:25 p.m.Oct. 7 at Indianapolis 1 p.m.Oct. 14 at Houston 8:20 p.m.Oct. 21 at St. Louis 1 p.m.Oct. 28 Jacksonville 1 p.m.Nov. 4 Arizona 1 p.m.Nov. 11 BYENov. 18 at Detroit 1 p.m.Nov. 25 at N.Y. Giants 8:20 p.m.Dec. 2 Minnesota 1 p.m.Dec. 9 Detroit 8:20 p.m.Dec. 16 at Chicago 1 p.m.Dec. 23 Tennessee 1 p.m.Dec. 30 at Minnesota 1 p.m.

Philadelphia EaglesSept. 9 at Cleveland 1 p.m.Sept. 16 Baltimore 1 p.m.Sept. 23 at Arizona 4:05 p.m.Sept. 30 N.Y. Giants 8:20 p.m.Oct. 7 at Pittsburgh 1 p.m.Oct. 14 Detroit 1 p.m.Oct. 21 BYEOct. 28 Atlanta 1 p.m.Nov. 5 at New Orleans 8:30 p.m.Nov. 11 Dallas 4:25 p.m.Nov. 18 at Washington 1 p.m.Nov. 26 Carolina 8:30 p.m.Dec. 2 at Dallas 8:20 p.m.Dec. 9 at Tampa Bay 1 p.m.Dec. 13 Cincinnati 8:20 p.m.Dec. 23 Washington 1 p.m.Dec. 30 at N.Y. Giants 1 p.m.

New Orleans SaintsSept. 9 Washington 1 p.m.Sept. 16 at Carolina 1 p.m.Sept. 23 Kansas City 1 p.m.Sept. 30 at Green Bay 4:25 p.m.Oct. 7 San Diego 8:20 p.m.Oct. 14 BYEOct. 21 at Tampa Bay 1 p.m.Oct. 28 at Denver 8:20 p.m.Nov. 5 Philadelphia 8:30 p.m.Nov. 11 Atlanta 1 p.m.Nov. 18 at Oakland 4:05 p.m.Nov. 25 San Francisco 4:25 p.m.Nov. 29 at Atlanta 8:20 p.m.Dec. 9 at N.Y. Giants 4:25 p.m.Dec. 16 Tampa Bay 1 p.m.Dec. 23 at Dallas 1 p.m.Dec. 30 Carolina 1 p.m.

San Francisco 49ersSept. 9 at Green Bay 4:25 p.m.Sept. 16 Detroit 8:20 p.m.Sept. 23 at Minnesota 1 p.m.Sept. 30 at N.Y. Jets 1 p.m.Oct. 7 Buffalo 4:25 p.m.Oct. 14 N.Y. Giants 4:25 p.m.Oct. 18 Seattle 8:20 p.m.Oct. 29 at Arizona 8:30 p.m.Nov. 4 BYENov. 11 St. Louis 4:25 p.m.Nov. 19 Chicago 8:30 p.m.Nov. 25 at New Orleans 4:25 p.m.Dec. 2 at St. Louis 1 p.m.Dec. 9 Miami 4:05 p.m.Dec. 16 at New England 8:20 p.m.Dec. 23 at Seattle 4:25 p.m.Dec. 30 Arizona 4:25 p.m.

Detroit LionsSept. 9 St. Louis 1 p.m.Sept. 16 at San Francisco 8:20 p.m.Sept. 23 at Tennessee 1 p.m.Sept. 30 Minnesota 1 p.m.Oct. 7 BYEOct. 14 at Philadelphia 1 p.m.Oct. 22 at Chicago 8:30 p.m.Oct. 28 Seattle 1 p.m.Nov. 4 at Jacksonville 1 p.m.Nov. 11 at Minnesota 1 p.m.Nov. 18 Green Bay 1 p.m.Nov. 22 Houston 12:30 p.m.Dec. 2 Indianapolis 1 p.m.Dec. 9 at Green Bay 8:20 p.m.Dec. 16 at Arizona 4:05 p.m.Dec. 22 Atlanta 8:30 p.m.Dec. 30 Chicago 1 p.m.

New York GiantsSept. 5 Dallas 8:30 p.m.Sept. 16 Tampa Bay 1 p.m.Sept. 20 at Carolina 8:20 p.m.Sept. 30 at Philadelphia 8:20 p.m.Oct. 7 Cleveland 1 p.m.Oct. 14 at San Francisco 4:25 p.m.Oct. 21 Washington 1 p.m.Oct. 28 at Dallas 4:25 p.m.Nov. 4 Pittsburgh 4:25 p.m.Nov. 11 at Cincinnati 1 p.m.Nov. 18 BYENov. 25 Green Bay 8:20 p.m.Dec. 3 at Washington 8:30 p.m.Dec. 9 New Orleans 4:25 p.m.Dec. 16 at Atlanta 1 p.m.Dec. 23 at Baltimore 1 p.m.Dec. 30 Philadelphia 1 p.m.

Carolina PanthersSept. 9 at Tampa Bay 4:25 p.m.Sept. 16 New Orleans 1 p.m.Sept. 20 N.Y. Giants 8:20 p.m.Sept. 30 at Atlanta 1 p.m.Oct. 7 Seattle 4:05 p.m.Oct. 14 BYEOct. 21 Dallas 1 p.m.Oct. 28 at Chicago 1 p.m.Nov. 4 at Washington 1 p.m.Nov. 11 Denver 1 p.m.Nov. 18 Tampa Bay 1 p.m.Nov. 26 at Philadelphia 8:30 p.m.Dec. 2 at Kansas City 1 p.m.Dec. 9 Atlanta 1 p.m.Dec. 16 at San Diego 4:05 p.m.Dec. 23 Oakland 1 p.m.Dec. 30 at New Orleans 1 p.m.

St. Louis RamsSept. 9 at Detroit 1 p.m.Sept. 16 Washington 4:05 p.m.Sept. 23 at Chicago 1 p.m.Sept. 30 Seattle 1 p.m.Oct. 4 Arizona 8:20 p.m.Oct. 14 at Miami 1 p.m.Oct. 21 Green Bay 1 p.m.Oct. 28 New England (at London) 1 p.m.Nov. 4 BYENov. 11 at San Francisco 4:25 p.m.Nov. 18 N.Y. Jets 1 p.m.Nov. 25 at Arizona 4:25 p.m.Dec. 2 San Francisco 1 p.m.Dec. 9 at Buffalo 1 p.m.Dec. 16 Minnesota 1 p.m.Dec. 23 at Tampa Bay 1 p.m.Dec. 30 at Seattle 4:25 p.m.

NFC NorthChicago Bears

Sept. 9 Indianapolis 1 p.m.Sept. 13 at Green Bay 8:20 p.m.Sept. 23 St. Louis 1 p.m.Oct. 1 at Dallas 8:30 p.m.Oct. 7 at Jacksonville 4:05 p.m.Oct. 14 BYEOct. 22 Detroit 8:30 p.m.Oct. 28 Carolina 1 p.m.Nov. 4 at Tennessee 1 p.m.Nov. 11 Houston 8:20 p.m.Nov. 19 at San Francisco 8:30 p.m.Nov. 25 Minnesota 1 p.m.Dec. 2 Seattle 1 p.m.Dec. 9 at Minnesota 1 p.m.Dec. 16 Green Bay 1 p.m.Dec. 23 at Arizona 4:25 p.m.Dec. 30 at Detroit 1 p.m.

NFC EastDallas Cowboys

Sept. 5 at N.Y. Giants 8:30 p.m.Sept. 16 at Seattle 4:05 p.m.Sept. 23 Tampa Bay 1 p.m.Oct. 1 Chicago 8:30 p.m.Oct. 7 BYEOct. 14 at Baltimore 1 p.m.Oct. 21 at Carolina 1 p.m.Oct. 28 N.Y. Giants 4:25 p.m.Nov. 4 at Atlanta 8:20 p.m.Nov. 11 at Philadelphia 4:25 p.m.Nov. 18 Cleveland 1 p.m.Nov. 22 Washington 4:25 p.m.Dec. 2 Philadelphia 8:20 p.m.Dec. 9 at Cincinnati 1 p.m.Dec. 16 Pittsburgh 4:25 p.m.Dec. 23 New Orleans 1 p.m.Dec. 30 at Washington 1 p.m.

NFC SouthAtlanta Falcons

Sept. 9 at Kansas City 1 p.m.Sept. 17 Denver 8:30 p.m.Sept. 23 at San Diego 4:05 p.m.Sept. 30 Carolina 1 p.m.Oct. 7 at Washington 1 p.m.Oct. 14 Oakland 1 p.m.Oct. 21 BYEOct. 28 at Philadelphia 1 p.m.Nov. 4 Dallas 8:20 p.m.Nov. 11 at New Orleans 1 p.m.Nov. 18 Arizona 1 p.m.Nov. 25 at Tampa Bay 1 p.m.Nov. 29 New Orleans 8:20 p.m.Dec. 9 at Carolina 1 p.m.Dec. 16 N.Y. Giants 1 p.m.Dec. 22 at Detroit 8:30 p.m.Dec. 30 Tampa Bay 1 p.m.

NFC WestArizona Cardinals

Sept. 9 Seattle 4:25 p.m.Sept. 16 at New England 1 p.m.Sept. 23 Philadelphia 4:05 p.m.Sept. 30 Miami 4:05 p.m.Oct. 4 at St. Louis 8:20 p.m.Oct. 14 Buffalo 4:05 p.m.Oct. 21 at Minnesota 1 p.m.Oct. 29 San Francisco 8:30 p.m.Nov. 4 at Green Bay 1 p.m.Nov. 11 BYENov. 18 at Atlanta 1 p.m.Nov. 25 St. Louis 4:25 p.m.Dec. 2 at N.Y. Jets 1 p.m.Dec. 9 at Seattle 4:25 p.m.Dec. 16 Detroit 4:05 p.m.Dec. 23 Chicago 4:25 p.m.Dec. 30 at San Francisco 4:25 p.m.

PIQUA DAILY CALL • WWW.DAILYCALL.COM PREP SCHEDULES Thursday, August 23, 2012 19C

PIQUACross CountryAug. 25, at BrookvilleSept. 1, at MiamisburgSept. 5, at Fairborn (boys only)Sept. 8, at Tiffin (girls only)Sept. 15, at Ottowa GlandorfSept. 22, at SidneySept. 29, at Milton-UnionOct. 6, PIQUA INVITATIONALOct. 13, at GWOCBoys GolfAug. 24, VANDALIA-BUTLERAug. 29, at SidneyAug. 30, at Greenville/EatonSept. 7, at GreenvilleSept. 17, at WayneSept. 18, COVINGTONSept. 21, at TroySept. 24, WAYNESept. 27, at GWOC PostseasonBoys SoccerAug. 25, NEWTONAug. 28, at LebanonAug. 30, CENTERVILLESept. 4, at SpringfieldSept. 8, LIMA SHAWNEESept. 11, VANDALIA-BUTLERSept. 15, MIAMI EASTSept. 18, at SidneySept. 20, at BelmontSept. 22, at Kenton RidgeSept. 25, GREENVILLESept. 27, at MiamisburgSept. 29, at Milton-UnionOct. 2, TROTWOOD-MADISONOct. 9, at TroyGirls SoccerAug. 25, NEWTONAug. 29, LEBANONSept. 1, CELINASept. 5, SPRINGFIELDSept. 9, at Vandalia-ButlerSept. 15, at GrahamSept. 19, SIDNEYSept. 22, at XeniaSept. 24, at CentervilleSept. 26, at GreenonSept. 29, at Miami EastOct. 1, STIVERSOct. 3, at Trotwood-MadisonOct. 6, at GreenvilleOct. 10, TROYOct. 13, LEHMANGirls TennisAug. 23, SPRINGFIELDAug. 27, at FairbornAug. 28, at Vandalia-ButlerAug. 30, XENIASept. 4, SIDNEYSept. 6, at NorthmontSept. 8, at Greenville TourneySept. 11, at GreenvilleSept. 13, URBANASept. 18, at Trotwood-MadisonSept. 20, LEBANONSept. 24, at West CarrolltonSept. 25, TROYSept. 29, at GWOC TourneyVolleyballAug. 28, at FairbornAug. 30, LEBANONSept. 4, at CentervilleSept. 5, at Lehman CatholicSept. 6, SPRINGFIELDSept. 10, BELLBROOKSept. 11, at Vandalia-ButlerSept. 13, SIDNEYSept. 18, at GreenvilleSept. 20, at Trotwood-MadisonSept. 22, PIQUA INVITATIONALSept. 24, MILTON-UNIONSept. 25, TROYSept. 27, at XeniaSept. 29, at Lima SeniorOct. 1, at GWOC TourneyOct. 4, at GWOC TourneyOct. 9, at GWOC TourneyOct. 11, at GWOC Tourney

BRADFORDCross CountryAug. 25, at Bob Schul InvitationalSept. 1, at Treaty City InvitationalSept. 8, at Bearcat InvitationalSept. 11, at Fort Loramie InvitationalSept. 15, at Marysville InvitationalSept. 18, at Darke County InvitationalSept. 22, at Tour de SewerSept. 25, at Patriot InvitationalSept 29, at Best in the WestOct. 4, at Coldwater InvitationalOct. 6, at Anna InvitationalOct. 13, at CCCVolleyballAug. 25, at Darke County InvitationalAug. 27, at RiversideAug. 30, at Twin Valley SouthSept. 4, TRI-COUNTY NORTHSept. 6, at National TrailSept. 8, at DixieSept. 11, MIAMI EASTSept. 13, at CovingtonSept. 17, HOUSTONSept. 18, BETHELSept. 20, ANSONIASept. 22, at ArcanumSept. 25, at Tri-VillageSept. 27, at NewtonSept. 29, RUSSIAOct. 1, at Troy ChristianOct. 2, MISSISSINAWA VALLEYOct. 4, at Franklin MonroeOct. 8, at Milton-UnionOct. 11, ARCANUM

COVINGTONCross CountryAug. 25, at Bob Schul InvitationalSept. 1, at Treaty City InvitationalSept. 8, at Spencerville InvitationalSept. 15, at Cedarville InvitationalSept. 22, at George RogersSept. 29, at Miami County InvitationalOct. 6, at Anna InvitationalOct. 13, at CCCBoys GolfAug. 23, at Mississinawa ValleyAug. 27, FRANKLIN MONROEAug. 28, at BethelAug. 30, TWIN VALLEY SOUTHSept. 1, at Versailles InvitationalSept. 4, TRI-COUNTY NORTHSept. 6, NATIONAL TRAILSept. 10, MIAMI EASTSept. 11, ANSONIASept. 13, at ArcanumSept. 17, at New Knoxville/Fort LoramieSept. 20, at CCCGirls GolfAug. 23, at Mississinawa ValleyAug. 27, FRANKLIN MONROEAug. 28, at Fort LoramieAug. 31, at RussiaSept. 4, at St. HenrySept. 6, NATIONAL TRAILSept. 10, MIAMI EASTSept. 12, TROYSept. 13, at ArcanumSept. 17, RUSSIASept. 20, at CCCSept. 24, at TroyVolleyballAug. 27, at BethelAug. 30, at Tri-VillageSept. 4, NEWTONSept. 6, at Mississinawa ValleySept. 8, at VersaillesSept. 10, FRANKLIN MONROESept. 13, at BradfordSept. 15, ANSONIASept. 17, ARCANUMSept. 20, TWIN VALLEY SOUTHSept. 22, ANNASept. 25, at Tri-County North

Sept. 27, at National TrailSept. 29, at Minster triOct. 1, MIAMI EAST

GRAHAMCross CountryAug. 25, at Northwestern InvitationalSept. 8, at Mason InvitationalSept. 15, GRAHAM INVITATIONALSept. 18, at Max Evans MemorialSept. 22, at Troy InvitationalSept. 29, at Buck Creek InvitationalOct. 6, at Anna InvitationalOct. 13, at CBCBoys GolfSept. 1, at Versailles InvitationalSept. 5, at UrbanaSept. 7, at Miami EastSept. 10, at Indian LakeSept. 13, MILTON-UNIONSept. 20, at CBCGirls GolfAug. 29, at UrbanaSept. 5, at Kenton RidgeSept. 7, at Miami EastSept. 10, at Champaign CountyBoys SoccerAug. 27, LEHMANAug. 29, at BellefontaineSept. 1, at Milton-UnionSept. 5, STEBBINSSept. 8, at BethelSept. 10, at TippecanoeSept. 12, SPRINGFIELD SHAWNEESept. 17, at Kenton RidgeSept. 19, TECUMSEHSept. 22, WEST LIBERTY-SALEMSept. 24, BEN LOGANSept. 26, NORTHWESTERNOct. 1, at GreenonOct. 3, INDIAN LAKEOct. 10, at UrbanaGirls SoccerAug. 27, at LehmanAug. 29, BELLEFONTAINESept. 5, at StebbinsSept. 8, at BethelSept. 10, TIPPECANOESept. 12, at Soringfield ShawneeSept. 15, PIQUASept. 17, KENTON RIDGESept. 19, at TecumsehSpet. 24, at Ben LoganSept. 26, at NorthwesternSept. 29, at GreeneviewOct. 1, GREENONOct. 3, at Indian LakeOct. 10, URBANAVolleyballAug. 25, GRAHAM TRIAug. 28, URBANAAug. 30, at GreenonSept. 6, INDIAN LAKESept. 8, at Troy InvitationalSept. 11, BELLEFONTAINESept. 13, BEN LOGANSept. 18, at NorthwesternSept. 20, at Kenton RidgeSept. 25, at UrbanaSept. 27, GREENONSept. 29, GREENVILLEOct. 2, TIPPECANOEOct. 4, at Indian LakeOct. 9, at Ben LoganOct. 11, NORTHWESTERN

HOUSTONCross CountryAug. 25, at Bob Schul InvitationalSept. 8, at Bearcat InvitationalSept. 11, at Fort Loramie InvitationalSept. 15, at Eaton InvitationalSept. 22, at Tour de SewerSept. 25, at Tri-Village InvitationalSept. 29, at Best in the WestOct. 6, at Anna InvitationalOct. 13, at SCL meetBoys GolfAug. 27, ANSONIAAug. 28, ANNAAug. 30, at Fort LoramieSept. 4, FAIRLAWNSept. 8, at Joe Middleton InvitationalSept. 13, BOTKINSSept. 20, at SCLVolleyballAug. 27, ARCANUMAug. 28, at Jackson CenterAug. 30, ANNASept. 4, at Fort LoramieSept. 6, FAIRLAWNSept. 8, ANSONIA/FMSept. 11, NEW KNOXVILLESept. 13, at RussiaSept. 15, HOUSTON TRISept. 17, at BradfordSept. 18, BOTKINSSept. 20, JACKSON CENTERSept. 25, at AnnaSept. 27, FORT LORAMIESept. 29, NEWTON/RIVERSIDEOct. 1, at MinsterOct. 2, at FairlawnOct. 8, RUSSIAOct. 9, at Botkins

LEHMAN CATHOLICCross CountryAug. 25, at Bob Schul InvitationalSept. 8, at Spencerville InvitationalSept. 11, at Fort Loramie InvitationalSept. 15, at Graham InvitationalSept. 18, at Ohio Caverns InvitationalSept. 22, at Sidney InvitationalSept. 29, at Botkins InvitationalOct. 4, at Coldwater InvitationalOct. 6, at Anna InvitationalBoys GolfAug. 23, RIVERSIDEAug. 27, at RussiaAug. 28, at RiversideSept. 1, at Versailles InvitationalSept. 4, at Lima PerrySept. 6, SIDNEYSept. 10, LEHMAN TRISept. 14, at New KnoxvilleSept. 15, at Jordan MemorialSept. 17, LEHMAN TRISept. 18, at Marion LocalBoys SoccerAug. 25, MIAMI VALLEYAug. 27, at GrahamSept. 1, at Dayton ChristianSept. 6, GREENVILLESept. 8, BELLEFONTAINESept. 13, BOTKINSSept. 15, at OttovilleSept. 18, at BethelSept. 22, at NewtonSept. 27, NEW KNOXVILLESept. 29, YELLOW SPRINGSOct. 2, FRANKLIN MONROEOct. 6, at GreenonOct. 11, at LCCOct. 13, MILTON-UNIONGirls SoccerAug. 25, CELINAAug. 27, GRAHAMSept. 1, at Dayton ChristianSept. 6, at BotkinsSept. 8, CATHOLIC CENTRALSept. 15, ANNASept. 18, at BethelSept. 22, at NewtonSept. 25, MIAMI EASTSept. 29, TROY CHRISTIANOct. 1, FRANKLIN MONROEOct. 6, at Delphos St. John’sOct. 8, at BellefontaineOct. 11, at AnnaOct. 13, at PiquaGirls TennisAug. 25, at Schroeder’sAug. 27, at Milton-UnionAug. 28, CELINAAug. 29, SIDNEYSept. 4, at LCC

Sept. 5, BELLBROOKSept. 10, at Miami ValleySept. 11, ST. MARYSSept. 12, at BrookvilleSept. 17, CARROLLSept. 19, at EatonSept. 22, at Carroll InvitationalSept. 24, at WapakonetaSept. 25, at Catholic CentralVolleyballAug. 25, at FairlawnAug. 28, at Marion LocalAug. 29, at UrbanaSept. 1, LEHMAN INVITATIONALSept. 4, VERSAILLESSept. 5, PIQUASept. 8, at Jackson CenterSept. 11, at St. HenrySept. 13, at AnnaSept. 15, LEHMAN TRISept. 18, CELINASept. 20, FORT LORAMIESept. 22, at Piqua InvitationalSept. 24, FORT RECOVERYSept. 27, MIAMI EASTOct. 2, at New BremenOct. 8, PARKWAY

MIAMI EASTCross CountryAug. 25, at Northwestern InvitationalSept. 1, at Treaty City InvitationalSept. 11, at Indian Valley InvitationalSept. 15, at NorthmontSept. 22, at George RogersSept. 25, at Tri-Village InvitationalSept. 29, at Miami County InvitationalOct. 3, at Tippecanoe InvitationalOct. 6, at Piqua InvitationalOct. 13, at CCC meetBoys GolfAug. 23, at Franklin MonroeAug. 27, BETHELAug. 28, at Twin Valley SouthAug. 30, TRI-COUNTY NORTHSept. 1, at Versailles InvitationalSept. 4, at National TrailSept. 6, ANSONIASept. 7, GRAHAMSept. 8, at Tri-Village InvitationalSept. 11, ARCANUMSept. 13, TRI-VILLAGESept. 20, at CCCSept. 24, at Milton-UnionGirls GolfAug. 23, at Franklin MonroeAug. 28, RUSSIAAug. 30, at TroySept. 4, at National TrailSept. 7, GRAHAMSept. 10, at CovingtonSept. 11, ARCANUMSept. 12, at Catholic CentralSept. 13, TRI-VILLAGESept. 17, TROYSept. 18, at RussiaSept. 20, at CCCBoys SoccerAug. 30, at National TrailSept. 4, at BotkinsSept. 6, at Franklin MonroeSept. 8, TROY CHRISTIANSept. 13, TRI-COUNTY NORTHSept. 15, at PiquaSept. 17, EMMANUEL CHRISTIANSept. 20, at BethelSept. 27, NEWTONSept. 29, at FairlawnOct. 4, TWIN VALLEY SOUTHOct. 6, at Milton-UnionOct. 8, at Springfield ShawneeOct. 11, at Tri-VillageGirls SoccerAug. 25, vs.West Liberty-SalemAug. 30, at National TrailSept. 1, at TecumsehSept. 6, at Franklin MonroeSept. 8, TROY CHRISTIANSept. 13, TRI-COUNTY NORTHSept. 18, ANNASept. 20, BETHELSept. 25, at LehmanSept. 27, NEWTONSept. 29, PIQUAOct. 4, TWIN VALLEY SOUTHOct. 6, MILTON-UNIONOct. 8, at Springfield ShawneeVolleyballAug. 25, at Coldwater ClassicAug. 30, NEWTONSept. 1, at TroySept. 4, at Mississinawa ValleySept. 6, FRANKLIN MONROESept. 11, at BradfordSept. 13, ARCANUMSept. 18, TWIN VALLEY SOUTHSept. 20, at Tri-County NorthSept. 22, at Piqua InvitationalSept. 24, URBANASept. 25, at National TrailSept. 27, at LehmanSept. 29, at Columbus HartleyOct. 2, COVINGTONOct. 4, at BethelOct. 9, ANSONIAOct. 11, at Tri-Village

MILTON-UNIONCross CountryAug. 25, BOB SCHUL INVITATIONALSept. 1, at Treaty CitySept. 8, at Tiffin Carnival (boys)Sept. 8, at Brookville (girls)Sept. 11, at GreenonSept. 15, at Eaton InvitationalSept. 22, at Bellbrook InvitationalSept. 29, MIAMI COUNTY INVITEOct. 13, SWBLBoys GolfAug. 27, DIXIEAug. 29, BROOKVILLESept. 1, at Versailles InvitationalSept. 5, at CarlisleSept. 6, at NorthridgeSept. 11, MIDDLETOWN MADISONSept. 12, BELLBROOKSept. 13, at GrahamSept. 17, MIAMI EASTSept. 18, TRI-COUNTY NORTHSept. 20, at SWBLBoys SoccerAug. 28, PREBLE SHAWNEEAug. 30, at DixieSept. 1, GRAHAMSept. 4, at WaynesvilleSept. 6, at BelmontSept. 13, at Middletown MadisonSept. 15, NEWTONSept. 22, at BrookvilleSept. 27, WAYNESVILLESept. 29, at PiquaOct. 2, MIDDLETOWN MADISONOct. 6, MIAMI EASTOct. 9, at Preble ShawneeOct. 11, DIXIEOct. 13, at LehmanGirls SoccerAug. 23, BROOKVILLEAug. 28, at Preble ShawneeAug. 30, DIXIESept. 4, WAYNESVILLESept. 6, at NorthridgeSept. 13, MIDDLETOWN MADISONSept. 15, NEWTONSept. 25, NORTHRIDGESept. 27, at WaynesvilleOct. 2, at Middletown MadisonOct. 4, CARLISLEOct. 6, at Miami EastOct. 9, PREBLE SHAWNEEOct. 11, at DixieGirls TennisAug. 23, at DixieAug. 25, at SchroederAug. 27, LEHMAN CATHOLICAug. 28, at Waynesville

Aug. 29, GREENVILLEAug. 30, NORTHRIDGESept. 4, at BellbrookSept. 5, BEAVERCREEKSept. 6, CATHOLIC CENTRALSept. 10, VALLEY VIEWSept. 11, at Middletown MadisonSept. 12, at NorthmontSept. 13, CARLISLESept. 17, at C-JSept. 20, at BrookvilleSept. 26, at SWBLVolleyballAug. 28, at Preble ShawneeAug. 30, DIXIESept. 4, WAYNESVILLESept. 6, at NorthridgeSept. 8, M-U TRISept. 13, MIDDLETOWN MADISONSept. 18, at CarlisleSept. 24, at PiquaSept. 25, NORTHRIDGESept. 27, at WaynesvilleSept. 29, TRI-COUNTY NORTHOct. 2, at Middletown MadisonOct. 4, CARLISLEOct. 6, at London ClassicOct. 8, BRADFORDOct. 9, PREBLE SHAWNEEOct. 11, at Dixie

NEWTONCross CountryAug. 25, at Bob Schul InvitationalSept. 8, at Mason InvitationalSept. 15, at Eaton InvitationalSept. 22, at George RogersSept. 25, at Patriot InvitationalSept. 29, at Miami County InviteOct. 6, at Ed Leas ClassicBoys GolfAug. 23, NEWTONAug. 27, at Tri-VillageAug. 28, ANSONIAAug. 30, MISSISSINAWA VALLEYSept. 4, FRANKLIN MONROESept. 6, at BethelSept. 8, at Joe Middleton InvitationalSept. 11, at Tri-County NorthSept. 13, at National TrailSept. 20, at CCCBoys SoccerAug. 25, at PiquaAug. 30, at Franklin MonroeSept. 6, TWIN VALLEY SOUTHSept. 13, at Tri-VillageSept. 15, at Milton-UnionSept. 20, TRI-COUNTY NORTHSept. 22, LEHMAN CATHOLICSept. 25, at Xenia ChristianSept. 27, at Miami EastSept. 29, DIXIEOct. 2, at BotkinsOct. 4, at National TrailOct. 6, FRANKLIN MONROEOct. 11, BETHELGirls SoccerAug. 23, at Troy ChristianAug. 25, at PiquaAug. 30, at Franklin MonroeSept. 4, ANNASept. 6, TWIN VALLEY SOUTHSept. 8, NORTHRIDGESept. 11, BOTKINSSept. 15, at Milton-UnionSept. 20, TRI-COUNTY NORTHSept. 22, LEHMAN CATHOLICSept. 27, at Miami EastSept. 29, MIAMI VALLEYOct. 4, at National TrailOct. 6, FRANKLIN MONROEOct. 11, BETHELVolleyballAug. 25, at StiversAug. 27, RUSSIAAug. 30, at Miami EastSept. 4, COVINGTONSept. 6, BETHELSept. 10, at NorthridgeSept. 11, at AnsoniaSept. 13, TRI-VILLAGESept. 15, TROY CHRISTIANSept. 22, at Dixie triSept. 25, at Franklin MonroeSept. 27, BRADFORDSept. 29, HOUSTON/RIVERSIDEOct. 2, at ArcanumOct. 4, TWIN VALLEY SOUTHOct. 6, NEWTON TRIOct. 8, at Mississinawa ValleyOct. 9, at Tri-County NorthOct. 11, NATIONAL TRAIL

RUSSIACross CountryAug. 25, at Bob Schul InvitationalSept. 8, at Spencerville InvitationalSept. 11, at Fort Loramie InvitationalSept. 15, at Eaton InvitationalSept. 29, at Best of the WestOct. 6, at Anna InvitationalOct. 13, at SCLBoys GolfAug. 23, at BotkinsAug. 27, LEHMANAug. 30, at AnnaSept. 1, at Versailles InvitationalSept. 4, FORT LORAMIESept. 6, at FairlawnSept. 8, at Middleton InvitationalSept. 17, RUSSIA TRISept. 20, SCLGirls GolfAug. 28, at Miami EastAug. 31, COVINGTONSept. 11, at St. HenrySept. 13, MARION LOCALSept. 17, at CovingtonSept. 18, NEW BREMENVolleyballAug. 25, NEW BREMENAug. 27, at NewtonAug. 28, at BotkinsAug. 30, JACKSON CENTERSept. 4, at AnnaSept. 6, FORT LORAMIESept. 10, at CovingtonSept. 11, at FairlawnSept. 13, HOUSTONSept. 15, MISSISSINAWA VALLEYSept. 20, BOTKINSSept. 22, at Minster InvitationalSept. 24, VERSAILLESSept. 25, at Jackson CenterSept. 27, ANNASept. 29, at BradfordOct. 2, at Fort LoramieOct. 4, FAIRLAWNOct. 6, WAPAKONETAOct. 8, at Houston

TROYCross CountryAug. 25, at BrookvilleSept. 1, at Running Warrior InviteSept. 5, at Skyhawk InvitationalSept. 15, at NorthmontSept. 22, TROY INVITATIONALSept. 29, at Miami County InviteOct. 3, at TippecanoeOct. 6, at Piqua InvitationalOct. 13, at GWOCOct. 16, at Yellow Springs InviteBoys GolfAug. 23, GREENVILLEAug. 30, VANDALIA-BUTLERSept. 4, at Firebird InvitationalSept. 11, at Chaminade-JulienneSept. 12, SIDNEYSept. 18, at Sidney/XeniaSept. 19, CHAMINADE-JULIENNESept. 20, PIQUASept. 25, at WayneSept. 27, at GWOCGirls GolfAug. 29, VANDALIA-BUTLERAug. 30, MIAMI EASTSept. 6, at Beavercreek/CJSept. 10, WAYNE

Sept. 12, at CovingtonSept. 17, at Miami EastSept. 18, at Northmont/XeniaSept. 24, COVINGTONSept. 26, at GWOCBoys SoccerAug. 23, at FairmontAug. 28, SPRINGFIELDSept. 4, at FairbornSept. 6, at XeniaSept. 11, GREENVILLESept. 13, WEST CARROLLTONSept. 18, at Vandalia-ButlerSept. 22, at TecumsehSept. 25, TROTWOOD-MADISONSept. 27, SPRINGBOROOct. 2, SIDNEYOct. 6, at WayneOct. 9, PIQUAOct. 11, MIAMISBURGGirls SoccerAug. 25, at TippecanoeAug. 28, SPRINGFIELDSept. 1, at LebanonSept. 5, FAIRBORNSept. 10, at BellbrookSept. 15, at NorthmontSept. 19, VANDALIA-BUTLERSept. 22, at GreenvilleSept. 24, at MiamisburgSept. 25, TROTWOOD-MADISONOct. 1, WAYNEOct. 3, at SidneyOct. 6, at MiamisburgOct. 13, BEAVERCREEKGirls TennisAug. 23, FAIRBORNAug. 25, at SchroederAug. 28, at GreenvilleAug. 29, NORTHMONTAug. 30, at WayneSept. 6, BEAVERCREEKSept. 10, TECUMSEHSept. 11, TROTWOOD-MADISONSept. 12, XENIASept. 13, WEST CARROLLTONSept. 17, at MiamisburgSept. 18, at SidneySept. 20, FAIRMONTSept. 24, at Vandalia-ButlerSept. 25, at PiquaSept. 29, at GWOCVolleyballAug.25, at Bellbrook/TecumsehAug. 28, CENTERVILLEAug. 30, at SpringfieldSept. 1, MIAMI EASTSept. 4, at LebanonSept. 6, FAIRBRONSept. 8, TROY INVITATIONALSept. 11, at GreenvilleSept. 13, VANDALIA-BUTLERSept. 15, at VersaillesSept. 18, TROTWOOD-MADISONSept. 20, at SidneySept. 22, TIPPECANOESept. 25, at PiquaSept. 27, BEAVERCREEKOct.1, at GWOC TourneyOct. 4, at GWOC TourneyOct. 9, at GWOC TourneyOct. 11, at GWOC Tourney

TROY CHRISTIANCross CountryAug. 25, at Bob Schul InvitationalAug. 25, at Northwestern InvitationalSept. 11, at Fort Loramie InvitationalSept. 15, at Eaton InvitationalSept. 22, at Tour de SewerOct. 1, at Miami County InviteOct. 6, at Xenia Christian ClassicOct. 16, at Yellow SpringsBoys SoccerAug. 25, at National TrailAug. 27, PREBLE SHAWNEEAug. 30, at Miami ValleySept. 8, at Miami EastSept. 17, at Tri-VillageSept. 24, TWIN VALLEY SOUTHOct. 2, FAIRLAWNOct. 4, at Xenia ChristianOct. 5, YELLOW SPRINGSOct. 8, FRANKLIN MONROEOct. 11, DAYTON CHRISTIANGirls SoccerAug. 23, NEWTONAug. 30, at Miami ValleySept. 1, NORTHWESTERNSept. 6, MIDDLETOWN CHRISTIANSept. 8, at Miami EastSept. 10, at Dayton ChrsitianSept. 13, at Xenia ChristianSept. 15, BETHELSept. 17, BROOKVILLLESept. 20, DAYTON CHRISTIANSept. 25, XENIA CHRISTIANSept. 29, at Lehman CatholicOct. 2, at AnnaOct. 4, at Yellow SpringsOct. 8, FRANKLIN MONROEOct. 9, MIAMI VALLEYVolleyballAug. 25, BETHELAug. 28, YELLOW SPRINGSSept. 1, TROY CHRISTIAN TRISept. 4, at Emmanuel ChristianSept. 6, MIDDLETOWN CHRISTIANSept. 8, THURGOOD MARSHALLSept. 11, at Dayton ChristianSept. 13, at Xenia ChristianSept. 15, at NewtonSept. 20, DAYTON CHRISTIANSept. 22, MISSISSINAWA VALLEYSept. 25, XENIA CHRISTIANOct. 1, BRADFORDOct. 4, at Yellow SpringsOct. 8, at ArcanumOct. 11, EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN

VERSAILLESCross CountryAug. 25, at Bob Schul InvitationalSept. 8, at Mason InvitationalAug. 11, at Fort Loramie InvitationalAug. 15, at Graham InvitationalAug. 18, at Darke County InvitationalAug. 22, at Tour de SewerAug. 25, at Patriot InvitationalAug. 29, at Best in the WestOct. 4, at Coldwater InvitationalOct. 11, at MACBoys GolfAug. 23, at Fort RecoveryAug. 29, DELPHOS ST. JOHN’SAug. 30, at Marion LocalSept. 1, VERSAILLES INVITATIONALSept. 6, NEW BREMENSept. 8, at Joe Middleton InvitationalSept. 10, at ParkwaySept. 13, at ColdwaterSept. 17, ST. HENRYSept. 18, at Fort LoramieSept. 20, MINSTERGirls GolfAug. 30, MARION LOCALSept. 4, at Tri-VillageSept. 6, at New BremenSept. 10, VERSAILLESSept. 13, COLDWATERSept. 17, at St. HenrySept. 18, FORT LORAMIESept. 20, at MinsterVolleyballAug. 28, at Fort LoramieAug. 30, at ParkwaySept. 1, at Mercer Health InviteSept. 4, at Lehman CatholicSept. 6, at ColdwaterSept. 8, at UrbanaSept. 11, CELINASept. 13, MINSTERSept. 15, TROYSept. 18, NEW KNOXVILLESept. 20, at Fort RecoverySept. 24, at RussiaSept. 27, ST. HENRYSept. 29, at Van Wert InviteOct. 1, COVINGTONOct. 4, DELPHOS ST. JOHN’SOct. 9, at Marion LocalOct. 11, NeW BREMEN

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and Beavercreek for the GWOC title.GIRLS CC

Kevin Alexander returns for his sev-enth season as coach of the LadyTrojans.Graduating off last year’s GWOC

North champions and regional quali-fiers are Hailey Pierce, Riley Isely,Colleen Powers, Caitlin Culp andKaitlyn Youtz.Returning letterwinners include sen-

iors Angela Dennison, Caitlyn McMinnand Mariah Sano; juniors Jena Stewart,Courtney Burgaser, Katie-Grace Sawkaand Eillie Walters; and sophomoresCristina Dennison, Megan Falknor andNatalie Snyder.“The team is comprised of a strong

nucleus of talented returning runnersthis season,” Alexander said. “The onlyobstacle that may prevent the teamfrom reaching its goals is that the girlsneed to be more assertive in practicesand competition. I believe the teamleaders will step forward and convincethe less experienced runners to pushbeyond their comfort zone in the comingweeks.”Alexander expects Greenville to be a

strong team in the GWOC North.“Greenville should provide a formi-

dable challenge for the girls to repeat asGWOC North champions,” Alexandersaid. “Greenville has a strong nucleus ofunderclassmen that will only get betteras the season progresses.”

GIRLS SOCCERMichael Rasey returns for his second

season as coach.The Lady Trojans finished 11-8-1

overall last year and 4-1 in the GWOCNorth.Graduating off that team were Liana

Corio, Emily DeBella and KathrynLewis.Returning letterwinners include sen-

iors Amanda Blakley, Jessica Bornhorst,Madison Burchfield, Kasey Copas,Marisa Mowery, Ashley Rector, CatelynSchmiedebusch, Mackenzie Schulz andCierra Sutherland; juniors MorganBrown, Natasha Lucas, Leah Soutarand Maci Wadsoworth; and sophomoresAshley Littrell, Courtney Mazzulla andKina Sekito.“We are looking forward to a very

successful season with a team thatreturns 15 players from the one thatmade it to district finals one year ago,”Rasey said. “With the addition ofMorgan Brown (back for her junioryear), Alexis Hull and Melissa Short,our goal is to win the GWOC North andmake it further in the tournament.”

TroyContinued from page 16C

COLUMBUS (AP) — Onthe day he was introduced asOhio State’s 24th head coachlast November, Urban Meyeroutlined a relatively simple listof expectations for his players,his staff and himself.“I want a bunch of coaches

that coach like their hair’s onfire, and I want a football teamthat goes four to six seconds ofrelentless effort,” he said. “Youdo that, you have a chance towin in every game you play.”Meyer, winner of two

national championships atFlorida, returned from a one-year coaching hiatus as anESPN analyst to take over anOhio State program mired inNCAA sanctions and beatendown by a year of negativeheadlines.So far, he’s injected some

fresh thinking, a new offensivephilosophy and renewed inten-sity into a program which hadbeen consistently good in adecade under Jim Tressel,before he was bumped off hispedestal for covering up ascheme involving several topplayers trading memorabiliafor tattoos and money.Among several other NCAA

penalties, the Buckeyes arebanned from going to a bowlafter this season. So, withMeyer preaching he wants an“angry” team, they’ve taken itto heart by vowing to run thetable and obliterate all the badpublicity from a year of sus-pensions, violations and sanc-tions.“Our goal’s to go 12-0,” run-

ning back Carlos Hyde said.“Even though we can’t go to abowl game, we still have toplay. So we’re just going to getout there and have a chip onour shoulders since we can’t goto a bowl game — to let theworld know who the Buckeyesare this year.”Meyer took over an Ohio

State team coming off a dread-ful 6-7 season that included afour-game losing skid enteringthis season. Luke Fickell, theinterim coach then, wasretained as a defensive co-coor-dinator.The attitude was bad, some-

one was suspended for a viola-tion almost every week and itseemed everyone was waitingfor the NCAA to hand downthe penalties that came justbefore the Buckeyes lost toMeyer’s former employer,Florida, in the Gator Bowl.“There was a lot of (NCAA

and disciplinary) stuff going onlast year. You can’t really pointout what it was,” cornerbackBradley Roby said. “There wasso much stuff going on, I feellike it really affected every-body.”Meyer has told his players

to forget 2011 and concentrateon turning around the pro-gram. But he doesn’t havethree multiyear starters on theoffensive line, the top runningback and best linebacker froma team whose seven losseswere the most for an OhioState team since 1897.He has, though, instilled a

lot of energy and optimism.“Expectations always are

high,” said the focal point ofMeyer’s vaunted spreadattack, second-year quarter-back Braxton Miller. “When Iwas in high school looking atOhio State, I was like, ‘Man,they aren’t ever going to lose.They’re always going to begood.’ That’s the expectationsof the fans.”Miller and the new offense

are a radical change from thedays of Tressel, who oncefamously called the punt “themost important play in foot-ball.” Meyer would prefer notto punt at all.His Buckeyes will play

uptempo, throw the ball a lotto a lot of different receivers,and should prevent fans fromleaving their seats for a bath-room break for fear they’llmiss a 70-yard pass play — ormaybe a turnover.Jordan Hall would have

been the H back in the offense,the guy around whom mostplays revolve. But he’s out forthe first couple of games aftercutting a tendon while walkingbarefoot outside his apartmentthis summer. In his stead,Hyde, freshman Bri’onte Dunn(who sidestepped legal prob-lems this summer) and RodSmith also figure to be play-makers.Much depends on wideouts

Evan Spencer, Verlon Reed,Devin Smith, Michael Thomasand converted tight end JakeStoneburner. If one or more ofthem proves to be a threat totake a short pass the distance,it’ll make things considerablyeasier on Miller.The line needs rebuilding,

with first-year players dottingthe two-deep.On defense, the brutes up

front will be a strength, withMeyer gushing about the playof John Simon, JohnathanHankins, Garrett Goebel and— when he returns frommicrofracture surgery —Nathan Williams.The linebacker position is

thin but talented, with a lotriding on the improvement ofRyan Shazier and CurtisGrant. Cornerbacks Roby andTravis Howard and safetiesChristian Bryant, C.J. Barnettand Orhian Johnson anchorthe secondary.“I feel that everybody has

bought into coach Meyer,” saidShazier, a promising sopho-more who sports a shavedhead. “With everybody adjust-ing to it, I think we’re going tohave a really good season.”Meyer, who twice quit the

Florida job due to stress,health and family considera-tions, swears that he’s feelingreinvigorated and taking stepsto make sure he doesn’t burnout again.His first Ohio State sched-

ule won’t cause him any heart-burn. The Buckeyes play theirfirst four games at homeagainst the likes of Miami(Ohio), Central Florida,California and UAB, and in adown year for the Big Tenalmost every conference gameis winnable. The toughest willbe at Michigan State on Sept.29, Nebraska at home a weeklater, and the 1-2 punch toclose the regular season, attwo-time defending champWisconsin and home againstarchrival Michigan.Then … the season ends.

With no bowl game, Meyer andhis team will have to be con-tent with whatever they canaccomplish in 12 games.Meyer has no idea how

everyone, including himself,will handle the abrupt end ofthe season.“We’ve never not played for

a championship in November,”he said. “Ten years as a headcoach, every November wewere playing for a champi-onship. Do we have to createour own championship? I don’tknow. We’ll see how it goes.”

Meyer injects fresh thinkingReady to turn things around at Ohio State

Urban Meyer takes over as Ohio State coachAP PHOTO