HERE'S TO A SLAM DUNK SEASON! - 1

FOSTORIA REVIEW TIMES, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2012
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of last season. Also back after having
seen starting roles in 2011-12 are
junior Gabe Walters (6-3) and sophomore
Nick Shumaker (5-11).
Miller is joined in the senior class
by 6-0 Terrance
Bello and 5-11
Matt Decker, both
of whom saw most
of their time with
the junior varsity
last season.
Along with
Walters, Brady
Rutter (5-10), the
coach’s son, returns as a junior. Among
the other juniors, Dalton Murray
(6-0) played almost entirely on the
junior varsity squad last year, while
Smith
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“I’d say Colleen and Heather are as
ood as any two players in the league,”
mith said. “We
ust need to build
round them.”
Smith also
ooks for a contined
presence near
he basket from
senior Ali Mowrey,
a 5-8 senior who
last year put up
10.9 points and 7.3
rebounds.
Smith will look
for further senior
contributions from
“There are a lot of kids
who can give us positive
contributions.”
Kate Whetsel (5-1), Sami Birkmire
(5-9), Shelby Emerine (5-5) and Beth
Hay (5-5).
St. Wendelin’s junior class includes
Taylor Williams (5-0), Morgan Hay
Nick Root (5-8) and Steven Murray
(5-10) were full-time JV players.
Also in the junior class are Nash
Baker (6-0), who missed all of last
season with a knee injury, and Brad
Buhrow (5-8), who has returned to
basketball after wrestling last year.
Moving up from the junior varsity
are sophomores Jacob Fretz (6-0),
Cole Frankart (5-11) and Donovan
Scudder (5-9).
JIM RUTTER,
ST. WENDELIN BOYS HEAD COACH
“Unlike last year, when
we were just trying to
compete, we’re taking the
fl oor expecting to win. We
need to get our swagger
back.”
Good Luck
This Season
Welcoming new patients
Peter Campbell
could help as
a 5-9 freshman
who “has a lot of
the qualities you
like a point guard
to have,” Rutter
said.
All in all,
Rutter said, a key
to his club’s success will be how well
his players mesh into a unit.
“A lot’s going to depend on what
they want to do,” he said.
(5-7) and Edy Mowrey (5-7), while the
sophomores are Meghan Reiter (5-6),
Makenzie McAfee (5-9) and Sicily
Leiter (5-6).
The Mohawks’ freshmen are Allie
Rutter (5-9), Krystal Krout (5-7),
Mikayla Gilliland (5-4), Kamryn Troike
(6-2) and Hunter Weidner (5-11).
Smith hopes his squad took strides
AARON SMITH,
ST. WENDELIN GIRLS HEAD COACH
toward improvement
through a
rigorous scrimmage
schedule that
include go-arounds
with perennial
state power Berlin
Hiland and bigger
schools such as
Clyde, Solon and
Cuyahoga Falls
Walsh Jesuit.
“Those were
tough scrimmages
and we got it handed to us pretty good,”
Smith said. “But we learned the level
we need to get to and the speed we
need to get to, to be a competitive
team.”
ST. WENDELIN
PATRICK RILEY / for the Review Times
ST. WENDELIN’S boys team includes: (front, from left) Matt Decker, Terrance Bello, Zach Miller; (middle, from
left) Brad Buhrow, Peter Campbell, Donovan Scudder, Brady Rutter, Nick Root, Steven Murray; (back, from left)
head coach Jim Rutter, Nash Baker, Cole Frankart, Dalton Murray, Gabe Walters, Nick Shumaker, Jacob Fretz,
assistant coach Doug Guillen, manager Dominic Guillen.
PATRICK RILEY / for the Review Times
ST. WENDELIN’S girls team includes: (front, from left) Heather Saalman, Shelby Emerine, Samantha Birkmire,
Colleen Fondessy, Ali Mowrey, Beth Hay, Kate Whetsel; (back, from left) manager Sydney Johnson, manager
Hannah Burns, head coach Aaron Smith, Sicily Leiter, Allie Rutter, Kamryn Troike, Edy Mowrey, Makenzie
McAfee, Morgan Hay, Taylor Williams, manager Hannah Kelbley, assistant coach Steve Geroski.
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