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FOSTORIA REVIEW TIMES, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2011 

After 12 years away, new 

St. Wendelin coach Jim Rutter has 

returned to high school hoops 

DOUG CAMERON / for the Review Times 

JIM RUTTER enjoyed 

considerable success as 

Fostoria High School’s coach 

from 1986 to 1999. He’ll now 

try to bring consistently 

winning ways to St. Wendelin. 

By SCOTT COTTOS 

SPORTS EDITOR 

His hair has turned mostly gray, 

and his way of directing a team 

seems to have mellowed a bit. 

But make no mistake. Nothing 

has faded in Jim Rutter’s passion 

for coaching basketball. 

Otherwise, it wouldn’t have made 

sense for him to step away from the 

lower visibility and relative comfort 

of working with youngsters in 

lower grades 

to return to a 

role in which 

his work is 

in the public 

eye at least 21 

times a year 

and many amateur 

evaluators 

who have no 

qualms about 

vociferously 

expressing 

their feelings 

for all to hear. 

Especially 

after it has been 

12 years since 

he was last a 

head varsity 

coach. 

B u t J i m 

Rutter is back 

in the saddle, now as the head boys 

coach at St. Wendelin, a mere couple 

miles from Fostoria High School, 

where he led the boys squad from 

1986 to 1999. 

“I’m thrilled,” St. Wendelin athletic 

director Donene Smith said. 

“The kids are excited. The school’s 

excited.” 

And, back in a familiar role, 

Rutter said, “I’m having a good time 

so far.” 

Rutter left FHS in 1999 when he 

was hired as principal at Vanguard- 

Sentinel Career and Technology 

Centers in Fremont, a position he 

continues to hold. 

“I looked at it and just 

thought maybe I had 

something to offer to St. 

Wendelin ... I’d been at 

the games and I thought 

there were some things I 

could hopefully bring with 

me from the experience 

of the past that would be 

beneficial to the kids.” 

Before departing, Rutter directed 

Fostoria to four sectional championships, 

two Great Lakes League titles 

and the school’s lone district title, 

in 1994, when the Redmen’s run 

through the Division II tournament 

lasted until the regional final. 

He never entirely got out of coaching. 

With his children attending St. 

Wendelin, he became involved in 

coaching at the younger levels there, 

as well as in AAU ball. 

For three years he coached a 

JIM RUTTER 

ST. WENDELIN HEAD BOYS 

BASKETBALL COACH 

travel team 

on which his 

daughter Chelcie, 

a 2010 

St. Wendelin 

graduate, 

played. He also 

coached Chelcie 

in AAU ball 

and his youngest 

daughter, 

Allie, now a 

St. Wendelin 

eighth-grader, 

in youth travel 

competition. 

He also 

spent four years 

of basketball 

with the current 

St. Wendelin 

sophomores, 

including his 

son Brady, and coached his son in 

baseball as well. 

He said he “wasn’t looking at all” 

for a varsity job in the spring when 

the St. Wendelin post came open, 

but talks between himself and school 

administrators eventually developed 

into him becoming the Mohawks’ 

new head coach. 

Smith said several qualified candidates 

interviewed for the job, but 

Rutter stood out. 

“It’s such a plus, having someone 

with his integrity and his familiarity 

with the school,” she said. “He was 

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Rutter 

the best fit for our school.” 

Rutter used a great deal of caution 

in venturing back into the timeconsuming 

endeavor. He took the job 

in May. 

“In all honesty, it dragged on a 

little bit just because of me,” he said. 

“I wanted to be sure everybody was 

going to be OK with me doing it, both 

St. Wendelin and my family, because 

the one thing I did realize, and I see 

it now, was I was really involved in it. 

“It was 10 months a year, and the 

only reason it was less than 12 was the 

state said it had to be less. Otherwise, 

it would be 12 months.” 

Rutter said neither the chance to 

coach his son at the varsity level nor 

anything else in particular created a 

spark that led to his decision to retake 

control of a program. 

“I looked at it and just thought 

maybe I had something to offer to 

St. Wendelin,” he said. “Because of 

my kids, I’d been at the games and 

I thought there were some things I 

could hopefully bring with me from 

the experience of the past that would 

be beneficial to the kids. Knowing 

some of the kids, having coached the 

sophomore class 

from fifth grade 

through eighth 

grade, I knew 

they had some 

hard workers 

and they would 

have at least an 

understanding 

of what I would 

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expect from 

them. That was 

probably an 

advantage that 

a lot of people 

wouldn’t have.” 

Rutter hopes 

to use the same 

style of running 

with the 

ball on offense 

and pressing 

on defense as 

he employed at 

FHS, though 

he noted that a 

slower style may 

prove to work 

better. Regardless 

of the 

tempo, Rutter’s 

expectations of his players begin with 

the premise of giving 100 percent all 

of the time. 

“The one thing when I was hired 

(at Fostoria) is the same thing I told 

them here: ‘I’ll never guarantee you 

championships, but I’ll guarantee you 

that I will give you as much effort as 

I expect the kids to give,’” he said. “I 

will work as hard or harder than anybody 

else, and that’s what I hope for 

“The one thing when I was 

hired (at Fostoria) is the 

same thing I told them 

here: ‘I’ll never guarantee 

you championships, but I’ll 

guarantee you that I will 

give you as much effort 

as I expect the kids to 

give. I will work as hard or 

harder than anybody else, 

and that’s what I hope for 

(the players) because a 

lot of times if you do that 

you end up with the rest 

falling into place.” 

Photos by DOUG CAMERON / for the Review Times 

THOUGH HE HASN’T been on a high school sideline since 1999, Jim Rutter still enjoys coaching basketball. He 

acknowledges, though, that his style has mellowed a bit through his years of coaching in the lower grades. 

(the players) because a lot of times if 

you do that you end up with the rest 

falling into place.” 

As simple as giving maximum 

effort sounds, anyone who’s ever 

been in a supervisory capacity knows, 

actual performance doesn’t always 

match the expectation. 

Rutter said 

JIM RUTTER 

ST. WENDELIN HEAD BOYS 

BASKETBALL COACH 

he saw a need 

to raise the bar 

in that regard 

in order to get 

the ball rolling 

toward turning 

around a program 

that had won 26 

of 86 games in the 

last four years, 

including just five 

of 21 last season. 

“I just thought 

we really need 

to get to a point 

where you took 

some pride in 

yourself and that 

means playing 

hard,” Rutter 

said. “It’s not 

worrying about 

the score or how 

much you play. 

It’s about being 

proud of yourself 

and walking off 

the floor knowing 

you gave your 

best effort.” 

Rutter acknowledged that his experiences 

in between varsity positions 

may have altered the way in which he 

delivers his message. 

“I’m not as vocal as I used to be,” he 

said. “I think just being away from the 

game as a head coach for awhile, even 

though I really wasn’t away from the 

game, and working with the younger 

kids, I may have changed a little bit. 

Everybody always told me I was pretty 

animated (at Fostoria). I just think a 

little bit of time away, a little bit of 

time coaching younger kids where 

you can’t jump down their throats, 

and trying to find ways to get your 

points across, it’s a little different.” 

But, he added with a smile: “I guess 

once we get in a game, we’ll see.” 

Indeed, there is a variation in the 

priorities at the different levels that 

must be navigated. 

“We tried to keep them interested, 

we tried to give them some fundamentals 

and we tried to get them to understand 

what the head coach is looking 

for,” Rutter said of working with 

players in the lower grades. “Now (in 

high school), it’s more along the lines 

of making them understand, ‘Yeah, I 

hope you enjoy what you’re doing, but 

it’s competitive.’ 

“It’s not a joke. You’re not always 

going to laugh about what’s happening. 

You need to take it seriously and 

get something across. Some of the 

(players) are struggling with that concept 

right now. That’s just something 

they’ll have to understand. They’re 

going to practice hard, they’re going 

to play hard, and to get to that they’re 

going to have to listen to what the 

coach is telling them. They have to 

listen. 

“And (the players) are not always 

with just one group of guys. Now 

you’re with four different grades, and 

if you want playing time, you’ve got to 

earn your playing time. There could 

always be someone younger or older 

who is more talented, so you have to 

take it seriously and work at it.” 

Rutter said he doesn’t know how 

quickly a winning program can be 

constructed, but he believes a sense 

of teamwork will prove beneficial. 

“My teams at Fostoria, a lot of 

them were very close-knit groups of 

kids,” he said. “Some of them weren’t, 

but the majority was very close, very 

tight. And (his current players) need 

to develop a sense of belonging with 

each other. That’s what I really hope 

these guys develop, and if that happens, 

when they’re playing for each 

other instead of for themselves, then 

I think the turnaround will go faster.” 

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T4 FOSTORIA 


REDMEN | BOYS 

Fostoria to face early-season challenges 

Rick Renz well recalls how his Fostoria High School 

boys started slowly last year, only to show improvement 

and eventually win a sectional championship 

before finishing with a 10-12 record. 

Most of the key players from that squad have graduated, 

but Renz wouldn’t be particularly surprised if this 

year’s group does something similar. 

Tough early tests against Findlay, Ottawa-Glandorf, 

Tiffin Columbian and Tiffin Calvert loom before the 

challenge of the first season of Northern Buckeye Conference 

play comes around. Then, by the end of the 

season, “we could be one of those teams” that wreaks 

havoc in the Division III tournament. 

“It’s not that we don’t have any talent,” Renz said. 

“It’s just that sometimes it takes a while before it comes 

together.” 

Though the Redmen will have to replace many of 

last year’s contributions, most notably those of A.J. 

Settles (14.4 points, 3.5 assists, 2.2 steals per game), 

one thing won’t change: Defense comes first on a Rick 

Renz-coached team. 

“We’re starting at the beginning,” he said. “The 

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first couple of weeks have all been fundamental stuff. 

“We’ve got to go with the things I believe in — fundamentals 

and defense — and let the offense take care 

of itself. If you can do the fundamentals, play defense 

and run an offense, you’ll be OK.” 

The most significant returnee is Adonis Cousin, 

who averaged 8.8 points and 4.7 rebounds per contest 

while playing on an FHS squad that went 6-8 

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Settles lone returning letterwinner for FHS 

It’s a whole new ball game for Fostoria High School 

girls coach Mat Swortchek. 

Not only have the Lady Red switched from the 

Northern Ohio League to the Northern Buckeye Conference, 

but it virtually will be an entirely new squad 

wearing black and red. 

“Numbers are an obvious weakness,” FHS’ fifthyear 

head coach said, referring to the 16 girls who are 

out for basketball. “And we don’t have a lot of veterans, 

so they’re learning on the fly.” 

Among the veterans who played for last year’s 

squad that posted records of 7-15 overall and 3-11 in 

the NOL, the one who will be particularly missed is the 

graduated Veronica Wonderly. All the Lady Red standout 

did while surpassing 1,000 points for her career 

was record team-highs of 26.8 points, 5.2 rebounds, 

5.0 steals and 3,2 assists per game while providing 

leadership as well. 

With 5-foot-7 sophomore Kierra Settles being FHS’ 

lone returning letterwinner, Swortchek and his staff 

have had to be in full teaching mode since the summer. 

“With our youth and inexperience, we used all 

Settles Hall Swortchek 

of our 10 coaching days (of the summer) in-house,” 

Swortchek said, noting that along with working on 

fundamentals the players were able to become familiar 

with one another and the coaches. 

“We’re happy with the kids who have come out and 

want to be here,” he said. “We have some kids who 

have the potential to become great players.” 

Settles showed herself to be an emerging force as 

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in its last season in the Northern 

Ohio League. The 6-foot-2 junior can 

contribute on the inside and from the 

perimeter. 

“Definitely, 

his offense and 

rebounding will 

be important,” 

Renz said. “The 

biggest thing 

will be where his 

defense is at.” 

Brandon 

Glenn (6-1) was 

a varsity regular 

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capability to outwork 

every team on our 

schedule.” 

last season and heads the five-player 

senior class. Also back as seniors after 

seeing limited varsity time in 2010- 

11 are David Cook (5-11), Houston 

Burrow (6-1) and Tyler Layton (6-0). 

The fifth senior, Brennan Baeder 

(6-1), is in his first year of high school 

basketball, and his biggest contributions 

are expected to be as a “glue 

guy” who motivates and promotes 

team unity. 

The Redmen’s only true post presence 

is 6-4 junior Xavier Ragin, whose 

varsity time last year also was sparing. 

“He needs to control the boards 

and score from deep into the key,” 

RICK RENZ, 

FOSTORIA HEAD BOYS COACH 

Renz said. 

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is expected 

to come from 

6-1 sophomore 

Elijah Hampton, 

while 6-0 freshman 

Dominique 

Fuller could provide 

some scoring 

punch. 

Renz hopes a blue-collar approach 

will pay off for his team. 

“We might not be more talented 

than every team on our schedule,” he 

said. “But we have the capability to 

outwork every team on our schedule.” 

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FOSTORIA HIGH SCHOOL’S boys team includes: (front, from left) Elijah Hampton, David Cook, Brandon Glenn, 

Nakeem Johnson, Brennan Baeder; (middle, from left) manager Clay Renz, Houston Burrow, Eric Sanchez, Tyler 

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she spent most of last season in the 

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“She’s the person we’re leaning on 

to help the younger kids understand 

how to get through the season,” 

Swortchek said. 

FHS does have four seniors, but 

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Jackson (5-8) is playing for the first 

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MOHAWKS | BOYS 

Rutter takes over SW team in transition 

St. Wendelin’s varsity boys roster lists nine players. 

But with a young team that has a limited amount 

of varsity experience, it’s a good thing that the roster 

wasn’t etched in stone. 

Varsity players could move to the junior varsity, 

and vice versa, as the season goes along. 

“It’s going to be along the lines of the kids deciding 

who goes where based on how they do in practice 

and games,” new coach Jim Rutter said. “What you 

see today may not be what you see five games into 

the season.” 

Transition is already the name of the game for 

the Mohawks. Rutter, who led Fostoria High School 

for 13 mostly successful seasons, is back in the high 

school ranks for the first time since 1999, though he’s 

remained involved at lower grade levels. With him, he 

brings a desire for an up-tempo style — a stark contrast 

to the walk-it-up game directed by former coach 

Shawn Ginnan for the previous four years. 

While Rutter believes youngsters generally prefer a 

running game that allows for more individual freedom, 

Rutter Shontz Reinhart 

he knows there’s an adjustment period involved. 

“We’re putting almost all new players out there, and 

everything is brand new,” he said. “For the players, 

they’re trying to figure out, ‘Where’s this guy want 

me to be and what does he want me to do?’” 

What Rutter and his players certainly would like 

to do is improve on last year’s records of 5-16 overall 

and 2-9 in the Midland Athletic League. 

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have difficulties this season. 

But with 95 victories in the past five years, including 

an appearance in the Division IV regional finals, 

there’s a culture and standards he expects his players 

to understand, and he hopes that aids in this year’s 

efforts to win. 

“There’s always optimism,” he said. “Even if we’re 

overmatched and I cry about how bad we are, we still 

expect to win every time we go on the floor.” 

Getting those wins will be a challenge, especially 

early in the season, Smith said. 

“This is a full rebuilding year,” he said. “The last 

two years, we’ve graduated seven seniors and it’s just 

caught up to us. And it’s hard to tell where we’re at 

(two weeks before the start of the season) because 

we’ve had so many injuries.” 

The Mohawks, who last year went 15-7 overall 

and 7-3 in the Midland Athletic League, will have to 

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“Our schedule is so overloaded, it’ll be 10 games 

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As for that possibility, it’s much 

ike many things for a program in 

ransition. 

“I have to know it before I can tell 

ou,” Rutter said with a smile. 

Last year, with his son Brady playng 

on the junior varsity, Rutter saw 

ost of the varsity games, so he does 

ave some idea of what he has on 

and. Foremost, he has three expeienced 

varsity players around whom 

e can build. 

Alex Shontz, a 6-foot-2 senior 

ho averaged 11.7 points per game 

ast year, could play most any posiion 

and make matching up difficult 

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been plagued by a foot injury that may 

cost her a couple 

of early games 

and another 

junior guard, Kate 

Whetsel, not suffered 

an ACL tear 

in the summer. 

Smith said Whetsel 

has been 

cleared to play, 

but he doesn’t 

expect her to be at 

full strength until 

January. 

Saalman (5-foot-3) and 5-11 junior 

guard Colleen Fondessy will be main 

cogs for the Mohawks, with Smith 

saying they “are as good at their positions 

as anyone in the league.” 

In time, they’ll get help in the backcourt 

from the 5-3 Whetsel, sophomores 

“Our goal is to get better 

and better and maybe by 

tournament time be the 

team nobody wants to 

face.” 

Also back are juniors Austin Reinhart 

(5-8) and Zach Miller (6-0), 

who will play point guard and post, 

respectively. 

The only senior other than Shontz 

is Tyler Rumschlag (5-10), who has 

limited varsity experience, while Terrance 

Bello (6-0) joins Reinhart and 

Miller in the junior class. 

On the current varsity roster, 

Rutter is most familiar with the 

sophomores, having coached them for 

four years in the lower grades. They 

include Brady Rutter (5-10), Tyson 

Ogg (6-0), Gabe Walters (6-2) and 

Nash Baker (5-10), who is working 

his way back from a knee injury. 

All told, coach Rutter has been 

encouraged in the preseason. 

“They seem to certainly be listening 

and absorbing the things I’m 

asking them to do,” he said. “I like 

their effort and I like seeing some leadership 

from some of the kids.” 

Taylor Williams (5-0) and Edy Mowrey 

(5-7) and junior Beth Hay (5-6). 

Mowrey and Hay could also swing to 

forward spots. 

Another key junior will be 5-9 post 

player Ali Mowrey, who will be counted 

on to pick up some of the rebounding 

load left by Schiefer’s graduation. Other 

candidates for 

AARON SMITH, 

ST. WENDELIN HEAD GIRLS COACH 

playing time in 

the post spots are 

junior Sam Birkmire 

(5-8), sophomore 

Morgan Hay 

(5-8) and freshman 

Makenzie 

McAfee (5-8). 

Junior post 

players Shelby 

Emerine and 

Johnna Hoover, 

both of whom 

stand 5-6, will see most of their playing 

time with the junior varsity. 

“We have good kids and they’re willing 

to learn,” Smith said. “Our goal is 

to get better and better and maybe by 

tournament time be the team nobody 

wants to face.” 

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ST. WENDELIN’S boys team includes: (front, from left) Tyson Ogg, Gabe Walters, Alex Shontz, Terrance Bello, 

Zach Miller; (back, from left) assistant coach Jesse Faeth, Austin Reinhart, Nash Baker, Tyler Rumschlag, Brady 

Rutter, head coach Jim Rutter. 

SHANNON DOVE / the Review Times 

ST. WENDELIN’S girls team includes: (front, from left) managers Sydney Johnson, Hannah Burns, Hannah 

Kelbley; (second row, from left) Johnna Hoover, Sam Birkmire, Ali Mowrey, Colleen Fondessy, Morgan Hay, 

Makenzie McAfee, Beth Hay; (third row, from left) assistant coach Dani Papenfus, Shelby Emerine, Heather 

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ARCADIA — Considering the Arcadia boys basketball 

team won only four games in 2008-2009 and 

two in 2009-2010, Danny Furlong had to enjoy the 

progress that his team made in the 2010-2011 season. 

Furlong, in his first season coaching the Redskins, 

guided the squad to a 6-14 overall mark and a 1-8 

record in the Blanchard Valley Conference. 

Entering 2011-2012, expectations will be even 

higher for Arcadia which returns six seniors and seven 

letterwinners. 

Casey Mock, a 5-foot-10 junior point guard, will be 

the top Redskins playmaker. 

Mock, a third-team all-BVC pick a season ago, led 

Arcadia with 15.5 points per game, 2.4 rebounds per 

game and 1.8 assists per game. 

The Redskins will then rotate four seniors at the 

wing position. 

Grant Baker (7 ppg, 2.6 rpg), Loren Huntley (5.8 

ppg, 2.7 rpg), Lucas Huntley (4.2 ppg), and Johnstown 

Baird will be Arcadia’s main options on the perimeter. 

Jimmy Graham (3.1 ppg) and Matt Smith (1.5 ppg) 

will be expected to carry the load inside. 

Filling out the roster are juniors Tanner Dean, Seth 

REDSKINS | GIRLS 

ARCADIA — In his previous 27 years at Arcadia, 

longtime head coach Randy Baker has amassed 20 

winning seasons. 

Baker and his Redskins will be looking for another 

in 2011-2012 with the return of a solid nucleus. 

Miranda Palmer, a second-team all-Blanchard 

Valley Conference selection last season, is back at 

guard. 

Palmer, standing 5-foot-5, scored 13 points per 

game, grabbed 2.4 rebounds and dished off 3.7 assists 

per game, which was third best in the conference. 

Also back for Arcadia, which rattled off a 14-game 

win streak last season, is 5-10 junior Kristen Glick. 

The forward/center put in 8 points and snagged 

6.5 rebounds per contest for the Redskins. 

The other returning letterwinner is Regina Fox. 

The 5-4 junior guard tallied 2.6 points, 2 rebounds 

and 2 assists per game. 

Also expected to contribute favorably are sophomores 

Courtney Cramer and Rebecca Kirian along 

with freshman Molly Glick. 

Cramer will play at either guard or forward and 

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The Redskins will look to move up the BVC ladder. 

Arcadia has not had a plus-.500 record in the conference 

since the 1996-1997 season when the Redskins 

went 7-2 in the conference. Arcadia went 17-5 overall 

that season and won a sectional championship. 

The Redskins will open up on Saturday at Lakota., 

which is one of nine Midland Athletic League teams 

on the schedule. 

Kirian will see minutes at the forward and center position. 

Molly Glick will provide depth at forward. 

The Redskins did lose some solid players to graduation, 

however. 

Kendal Moses led the BVC with 7.8 rebounds per 

game and Lexis Fleegle scored 14 points per contest 

and shot a conference-high 49 percent from beyond 

the arc in 2010-2011. 

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BETTSVILLE 

T9 

BOBCATS | BOYS 

Bobcats facing number of challenges 

BETTSVILLE — It’s all a numbers game at Betsville. 

For the second season in a row, the Bobcats will 

ot be fielding a girls basketball team. But the boys 

eam will be at a robust 14 players – robust when you 

onsider that the school has just 21 high school-aged 

oys, total. 

“They’re good kids, really good kids,” Bobcats 

oach Mike Haynes said. 

“It’s just ... low numbers. Kids that have just started 

playing this year, like first-year guys, it kind of slows 

practice down and some guys are getting impatient, 

but it’s been OK. 

“The kids know it’s tough and they know we need 

the ones coming out … so it’s tough that way.” 

The Bobcats seek to improve on last year’s 7-13 

record, including a 4-7 mark in Midland Athletic 

League play. 

But Bettsville will face numerous challenges, 

including lack of size and lack of experience in addition 

to low numbers. 

Haynes will look to his senior duo of Dominic Miccichi 

and Dominic King to lead a young Bobcats squad. 

Both have varsity experience and have been named 

team captains. 

Miccichi, a 6-3 forward, is the team’s only big man 

and averaged 11.6 points and 7.2 rebounds last season. 

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Three seniors will augment the Bobcats from the 

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Harvey and 5-4 guard Anthony Meza. 

Also vying for playing time will be 6-2 junior forward 

Tommy Kipps, 6-0 junior guard Jacob Grine and 

6-1 junior forward Logan Robinson. 

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T10 ELMWOOD 


ROYALS | BOYS 

Elmwood to feature just two letterwinners 

BLOOMDALE — Plenty of experience returned 

for Elmwood boys basketball last season as the five 

senior lettermen captured the final Suburban Lakes 

League boys basketball championship for the Royals. 

The Royals finished 14-6 overall last season but 

bowed out to Patrick Henry in the sectional championship 

game. 

Fourth-year Elmwood head coach Ty Traxler said 

goodbye to two first-team all-SLL players in T.J Waldock 

and Jay Hannah and second team all-SLL selection 

Kevin Hammer. 

Hannah was a two-time first team all-SLL selection, 

while Waldock earned SLL Player of the Year honors. 

Traxler’s cupboard might seem a little bare, but two 

senior letterwinners return for the Royals in 2011-12. 

Tyler Rosendale, a 5-foot-8 point guard, averaged 

4.2 points per game and dished out 1.8 assists. Max 

Zyski, a 6-3 post performer, averaged 2.6 points and 

2.1 rebounds. 

Looking to fill the void left by graduation are 

seniors Trey Marsh (5-10), Jeff Vanscoder (6-1), 

Rodman Scott (6-1) and Dillon St. Clair (5-8). Marsh 

Rosendale 

Zyski 

Traxler 

and Vanscoder will play at wing, Scott is a post player 

and St. Clair is another wing. Juniors Michael Chapman 

(5-10) and Zach Foster (6-0), both wing players, 

and post performers Chris Kerr (6-4) Mica Robinson 

(6-3), and Austin Hoiles (6-2) will also battle for minutes. 

Three sophomores include 6-4 Aaron Arnold, 5-8 

Sebastian Baxter and 6-3 Sawyer Haines. 

Elmwood will play its first game in the newly 

formed Northern Buckeye Conference at Fostoria on 

December 9th at 7:30 p.m. 

ROYALS | GIRLS 

Beckford, Gross expected to lead Royals 

BLOOMDALE — Last season Elmwood won the 

last two games during the regular season and rode 

that momentum into the postseason. 

Led by Sierra Beckford’s 35 points, Elmwood 

knocked off No. 2-seeded Otsego in the sectional final 

before falling the next round. That left the Royals with 

a 7-15 record. 

Doug Reynolds returns to Elmwood as a varsity 

coach, taking over the girls program. He led Hopewell- 

Loudon’s girls to a Division IV state runner-up finish 

in 1998 and a state crown in 1999. 

Reynolds revitalized Elmwood’s boys program, 

winning three Suburban Lakes League titles while 

compiling a 266-102 record. 

Beckford (5-foot-10), a senior and honorable mention 

Suburban Lakes League pick, returns as the leading 

scorer posting 11 points per game a season ago. 

Junior Brittany Gross will provide scoring balance 

after averaging 9.2 points and earning second team 

Suburban Lakes League honors. 

Nikki Hickman (5-6 guard) and Beth Foster (5-10 

post), a pair of seniors, will be expected to provide 

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With one more year of experience under their belt 

juniors Abby Gonyer (5-6), Tori Hillard (5-9), Emily 

Smith (5-9) and Brittany George provide plenty of 

optimism for help in depth. 

There are also five sophomores, Kristan Curtis, 

Morgan Huff, Marissa Swavel, Tiffany Hillard and 

Courtney Emmitt. 

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FINDLAY 

T11 

TROJANS | BOYS 

Gettys is key to Findlay’s hopes 

FINDLAY — Jim Rucki knows he has the bodies 

to fill the uniforms no longer worn by Brock Ammons, 

Grant Birchmeier and Kyle Boyd. 

The challenge facing the Trojans as they prepare 

for the 2011-12 season will be finding the intangibles 

those players provided that never showed up in the 

box score. 

“You either had to see us play a lot or be a coach 

to understand how important those guys were to our 

team,” Rucki said. 

Ammons, now playing at Ohio Dominican, was 

a 6-foot-7 forward who averaged 14.8 points and 5.2 

rebounds a game. Birchmeier, a 5-9 point guard, averaged 

8.9 points and led the Trojans in steals (64), 

3-pointers (45) and floor leadership. Boyd, a lock-down 

defensive player, led Findlay in assists (4.9 per game). 

There is, however, a good nucleus returning from 

team that went unbeaten (10-0) in Greater Buckeye 

Conference play, reached the Division I regional semifinals 

and finished 21-3 overall. 

Six players, who played in 20 or more games last 

season, are back, including returning starters C.J. 

FINDLAY — On the home front, Connie Lyon is 

earning all about terms like remodeling and renovaion. 

On the basketball court, another construction 

hrase comes to mind. 

“Certainly every coach would like to say they are 

reloading. But for us this year, the best word is rebuilding,” 

said Lyon, entering her 10th season as Findlay’s 

girls coach. 

The Trojans graduated seven players from a solid 

senior class that went 13-9 overall and 8-2 in the 

Greater Buckeye Conference. Three other players who 

saw some varsity action last season did not return. 

“We’re young,” Lyon said. 

“We need experience, which we are going to get 

this year and get plenty of, considering the conference 

we’re in and our non-conference schedule.” 

Where graduation hurt Findlay on the perimeter, 

Lyon returns a team that has more height than recent 

years and could establish a strong inside presence. 

Heading the returning letterwinners are centers 

Christina McQueen, a 6-2 junior who averaged 5.5 

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Gettys, who has signed with North Carolina-Wilmington, 

was the GBC Player of the Year and a thirdteam 

all-Ohio selection. The 6-foot-11 senior averaged 

18.3 points, 10.3 rebounds and 2.1 blocked shots per 

game. Peak, a 6-2 senior forward, averaged 2.5 points 

and 2.0 rebounds last season. Complementing Gettys 

inside will be Joseph Davidson, a 6-7 junior. Also back 

are 6-1 senior Boston Ballmer, 6-2 sophomore Michael 

Clark and 6-3 sophomore Adam Twining. 

TROJANS | GIRLS 

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sophomore who averaged 6.3 points and 3.9 rebounds 

her freshman season. Adding to Findlay’s post play 

will be 6-foot junior Paulicia Kelley and 5-10 juniors 

Nicole Muehl and Abby Smarkle. 

Zoe Swisher, a 5-6 sophomore, is one of the top 

candidates to run the point guard spot. Also filling the 

guard spots will be 5-6 sophomore Jaycey Hardesty 

and juniors Courtney Quinlan (5-3) and Brittanne 

Burnside (5-6). 

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T14 HOPEWELL-LOUDON 


CHIEFTAINS | BOYS 

Chieftains carrying high hopes 

BASCOM — With all five starters returning from 

last season, experience will be a definite theme for the 

Hopewell-Loudon boys during the 2011-2012 season. 

Last year the Chieftains went 10-11 overall and 6-5 

in the Midland Athletic League, starting five players 

who had never seen varsity action while playing for 

first-year head coach Adam Smith. 

That experience should prove to be a key factor 

this season. Hopewell-Loudon has all five starters 

returning to the floor this year, providing stability 

and leadership in addition to experience. 

“Last year we were starting five guys who had 

never played varsity. This year we have all five starters 

back,” Smith said. “While we were young last year, 

this year we should be one of the more experienced 

teams out there.” 

Defense will also play a pivotal role for the Chieftains, 

considering they led the MAL in defense last 

year. 

Combine teamwork with a good defense and a 

strong outside shooting game and the Chieftains could 

find themselves contending for a first-ever MAL title.. 

BASCOM — In his second season at the helm of 

the Hopewell-Loudon girls, coach Rod Daniel is looking 

forward to this season after her first squad went 

8-13 overall and 3-7 in the Midland Athletic League. 

“We have kind of a unique group this year in that we 

have just about everybody back.” Daniel said. “And as 

far as a leader, I like to think I have 11 of them out there 

because they push each other, they support each other 

and there’s not one of them that stands above another.” 

Size will definitely be a factor this season, as the 

Lady Chieftains boast six players standing 5-10 or 

taller, with three of them at greater than 6 feet. 

Daniel hopes his team can pressure opponents into 

making mistakes, which will create offensive opportunities. 

Still, he added, “While I love to push the ball 

up and down the floor, and so do the girls, with our 

size we also need to be patient and wait to work the 

ball inside.” 

Among those returning for Hopewell-Loudon this 

year is 6-foot-4 junior Danielle Rohrbach, who led the 

team in scoring last season at 10 points to go with 8.8 

rebounds per game. In addition, the Lady Chieftains 

Gregg Tyree Smith 

Returning for the Chieftains this season will be 

last year’s leading scorer, Alec Gregg, a 6-foot junior 

who averaged 13 points per game. Joining Gregg as 

returnees are 6-4 senior Tyler Tyree (12 points, 6.0 

rebounds per game), 6-3 senior Logan Sendelbach (9.0 

points, 4.0 rebounds), 6-0 senior Eric Depinet (4.0 

points, 4.0 rebounds) and 5-9 senior Travis Ardner 

(4.0 points per game). In addition, junior Adam Black 

(5-10) and sophomore Tre Holcomb (5-11) could see 

significant playing time and add some depth. 

CHIEFTAINS | GIRLS 

H-L girls sport many returnees 

Rohrbach Hohman Daniel 

have junior returnees in 6-foot Cassandra Hohman 

(9.8 points, 6.5 rebounds), 5-10 Lauren Trumpler (8.9 

points, 4.8 rebounds, 5-6 Racquel Hossler (2.5 points, 

1.6 rebounds) and 5-6 Kailey Coleman (1.3 points, 

1.6 rebounds), along with 6-1 sophomore Courtney 

Burns (6.4 points, 7.3 rebounds). Rounding out the 

Hopewell-Loudon roster are seniors Paige Reinhart- 

Anez (5-5) and Kasey Siegel (5-11), junior Marissa 

Reinhart (5-5) and sophomores Hope Brickner (5-11) 

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LAKOTA 

T15 

RAIDERS | BOYS 

Up is the only direction for Raiders 

KANSAS — After a winless 2010-11 campaign, 

he Lakota boys team is a group with a lot to improve 

n this year. 

Fortunately for the Raiders, the pieces are in place 

or a much more competitive season. 

“Last year was tough,” Lakota coach Tim Walsh 

said of the Raiders’ 0-19 campaign, which included an 

0-11 Midland Athletic League mark. “We were very 

inexperienced across the board. Even our seniors, 

some of them were first-year players, too. 

“I’m hoping it will help to have that year under 

their belt now. We really only lost one senior starter, 

Ryan Chalfin. For the most part, we started mostly 

underclassmen. So I’m hoping having a little more 

experience this year will pay off.” 

Though the Raiders will likely miss Chalfin’s teamleading 

7.3 rebounds per game, the team is boosted by 

the return of leading scorer Nick McDole. 

McDole, a 6-foot-3 senior and third-year letterman, 

averaged 11.1 points and 4.3 rebounds last season and 

and figures to be Lakota’s primary weapon again this 

year. Other returnees include senior Jordan Harrison 

McDole Robbins Walsh 

(5-10), who averaged 6.3 points last term. Also back 

are seniors Brian Vamos (5-9) Dillon Reinhart (5-11), 

Chris Robbins (5-7) and junior Kody Brewer (6-1). 

Also in the mix are senior Logan Greiner (5-10), 

juniors Tiger Jaso (6-0), Darris McGown (5-8), 

Nathan Ray (5-11) and sophomores Colin Timmons 

(6-0), Josh Kirkpatrick (6-0) and Kyle Below (6-2). 

Even with the extra experience, this edition of the 

Raiders still has a lot of work to do, primarily in the 

shooting and turnover categories, Walsh said. 

RAIDERS | GIRLS 

Lakota grad takes reins of girls squad 

KANSAS — A new year brings a new coach for 

he Lakota girls. 

Lakota graduate Mike Miller, who guided the 

chool’s eighth-grade girls last season, takes the helm 

his year. 

This season will be Miller’s first high school coaching 

experience in 18 years, when he was Lakota’s boys 

junior varsity coach. 

“They asked me if I wanted to get back into high 

school coaching,” Miller said with a laugh. “After some 

persuasion, I decided to do it.” 

Miller inherits a team that lost leading scorer Amy 

Gosh (9.5 points, 8.4 rebounds) to graduation. 

However, the Raiders return with a core group of 

players that played in every game last season, including 

5-foot-10 senior Jessica Hoffman and 5-8 senior 

Kaela Wiseman. 

Hoffman averaged 8.6 points and led the team with 

9.5 rebounds per game, while Wiseman put up 5.3 

points per game. 

Juniors Sierra Ray (5-6) and Stephanie Miller (5-2) 

also return to the fold. Miller led Lakota with 45 assists 

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Just how good will the Raiders be this year after a 

2010-11 season that included records of 6-15 overall 

and 1-9 in the Midland Athletic League? Only time 

will tell. 

“Right now they’re just a hard-working bunch,” 

Miller said. “It’s kind of early to tell because I’m putting 

a lot of new stuff in that they’re not used to, and 

it’s just a matter of how much time it’s going to be until 

that all sinks in.” 

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T16 NEW RIEGEL 


BLUE JACKETS | BOYS 

Three of top scorers are back for Jackets 

NEW RIEGEL — Coming off of a 16-6 season, a 

10-1 Midland Athletic League record and a share of 

the MAL title, New Riegel is looking for more success. 

Although five Blue Jackets players graduated, three 

of New Riegel’s top four scorers return. 

Ryan Schalk, a 6-foot senior, was a first team MAL 

pick after averaging 10.3 points and 3.1 rebounds per 

game last season. 

Cody Kinn, another senior who earned second team 

MAL honors, is back as well. He scored 10.5 points 

and grabbed 5.5 rebounds. 

Senior Collin Snyder led the MAL with 5.0 assists 

per game, while also scoring 7.0 points and snaring 

4.9 rebounds. 

Zach Arbogast, a senior, also returns. He put in 3.9 

points and had 3.8 rebounds last year. 

Six juniors will be expected to fill out the New 

Riegel roster. Brandyn Reinhart, Andrew Hohman, 

Brady Hall, Korey Williams, Nick Wank and Josh Nye 

will all look for some time on the court. 

Head coach Todd Aichholz, who is back for his sixth 

year, likes his team’s athleticism and versatility. 

Schalk 

Aichholz 

With several solid players, practices have been 

intense and Aichholz believes with four solid leaders 

back along with several hungry newcomers that 

the team could gel into a strong unit by the time the 

season ends. 

New Riegel will look to challenge for another MAL 

title and has a tough out of conference schedule lined 

up. The Blue Jackets will play Blanchard Valley Conference 

opponents Arcadia, Van Buren and Vanlue as 

well as Colonel Crawford and D- I foe Anthony Wayne. 

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NEW RIEGEL — The season had not even started 

yet and veteran New Riegel girls basketball coach 

Steve Lucius had already lost a key member of this 

year’s squad. 

It appears that senior Stacey Wank may be lost for 

the 2010-11 campaign with an injury suffered during 

volleyball season. 

The 5-foot-9 post player was the team’s top returning 

rebounder with 4.5 boards per game. She also 

tossed in 6.2 points per contest. 

But have no fear New Riegel fans. 

Lucius knows a little about putting together winning 

basketball teams. 

In his 26 years at New Riegel he has an amazing 

record of 462-127. 

He’ll have a solid player to build his team around 

in returning 5-foot-5 senior guard Brooke Scherger. 

Scherger was a second team all-Midland Athletic 

League selection in 2010 as she popped in 9.1 points 

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Junior guard Abby Cassidy (5-6) averaged 2.2 

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SENECAS | BOYS 

Expectations run high for Senecas 

TIFFIN — Second-year coach Tim Ritzler saw a 

ot of good things during summer workouts with his 

Calvert girls squad and he’s looking forward to a good 

season. 

“I thought we had a really good summer from the 

standpoint that we had most of the girls here every day 

with either open gyms or summer league and that,” 

Ritzler said. 

Despite heavy graduation losses in All-Midland 

Athletic League players Kelsey Sikora (first team), 

Cleo Bowers (second team) and Erin Gruss (honorable 

mention), Ritzler believes the Senecas have the 

personnel to improve upon last year’s 14-7 overall 

record and fifth place finish in the Midland Athletic 

League (6-4) with a young roster that features just one 

senior, Brittany Perry. Perry, a 5-foot-10 forward, was 

an honorable mention all-league selection last season, 

averaging 11.2 points and 6.2 rebounds per game and 

shooting a league-best 60.4 percent from the floor. 

Two juniors, Megan Funkhouser (5-6) and Marisa 

Horn (5-4) are battling back from ACL tears. 

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at the championship. 

But Senecas players have high expectations of 

themselves every year. 

“I don’t know if there’s any pressure,” Calvert coach 

Ted Willman said of trying to become repeat champions. 

“The expectation is definitely there. The guys 

that are in this program, I think all the way down to 

junior high ... they see the banners in the gym.” 

Leading that charge is a senior class six men strong, 

and the trio of Matt Frank, Ben Nielsen and Nate Ritzler, 

bring a wealth of experience to the floor. 

Frank, a 5-10 guard, is the team’s only three-time 

letterwinner and averaged 8.7 points per game as a 

junior. The 6-3 forward Nielsen is the team’s big man 

and averaged 8.4 points, while the 5-10 Ritzler has 

earned a spot in the starting lineup after averaging 6.3 

points as the Senecas’ sixth man a year ago. 

Seniors Nick Bennett (6-2) and Joe Brickner (6-3) 

are choices for a spot in the starting lineup, with Willman 

is likely to choose which one starts based on that 

night’s competition. Also battling for playing time is 

6-2 senior forward Ryan Huss. 

Nick Warnement (6-1) leads a junior class that’s 

five members strong. Calvert’s starting point guard 

as a sophomore, Warnement averaged 8.9 points. The 

remaining juniors — Brad Iannantuono (5-10), Brian 

Gruss (6-0), Jared Thompson (6-0) and Gianluca 

Tomasello (6-0) — have little or no varsity experience 

and will learn on the fly. 

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5-6 sophomore Kate Brickner. Junior Alanna Widman 

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Tornadoes aim for league contention 

TIFFIN — Once again, the Tiffin Columbian football 

team made a push in the playoffs. But having many 

of his key players as late arrivals is something to which 

fifth-year boys basketball coach Bill Beaston has grown 

accustomed. 

The Tornadoes last season went 7-15 overall and 

4-10 in the Northern Ohio League. However, with just 

one player graduating from last year’s squad, the Tornadoes 

are loaded with experience and could hit stride 

quickly despite the late arrival of the football players. 

This senior-laden team will be looking to get back 

to the top this year after sharing the league title two 

years ago. Beaston said there is a plenty of leadership 

on the squad. 

“Guys are working hard and are really motivated 

after last year’s season,” he said. “There are more 

options this year. There is also a lot more of a team 

concept.” 

The Tornadoes are looking to operate at a high 

tempo, but they’ll do whatever is necessary to be successful, 

Beaston said. 

The Tornadoes return their leading scorer from last 

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year in 6-foot-1 senior Nick Loura, who averaged 13.6 

points per game. he other guard position will be filled 

by another senior, 5-8 Jonah Boyer, who averaged 8.9 

points per game. The go-to post threat is 6-3 senior 

Kyle Heminger (7.5 points), and he’ll get help from 6-3 

senior Deker Kneeskern (5.3 points). A player that is 

a bit raw is 6-4 sophomore Isaiah Moore. He averaged 

6.6 points per game playing at the junior varsity level 

last season, and with his size and athleticism, he could 

be a capable finisher, Beaston said. 

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Columbian moves into ‘rebuilding year’ 

TIFFIN — After going 14-8 overall and 10-4 in 

the Northern Buckeye Conference last season, Tiffin 

Columbian’s girls will have to restart the engine this 

year. 

The Tornadoes have little experience heading into 

this season with just two seniors. This edition of the 

Columbian girls will have to grow up quickly after 

graduating five seniors from last year’s team. 

The two returning seniors, 5-foot-4 Tori Stephens 

and 6-0 Anna Williams, are expected to be team leaders 

this season, veteran coach Larry Kisabeth said. 

“This is definitely going to be a rebuilding year,” 

Kisabeth said. “Players are going to have to accept 

new roles, define new roles, and there is a huge learning 

curve. 

With a lack of size, our full-court defense is a key 

and transition baskets are big. We have to box out 

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juniors Megan Moore (5-3), Marissa Ward (5-3) and 

newcomer Michaela Miller (5-11). 

“Miller is a very good athlete,” Kisabeth said. “She 

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Bishop’s first squad is short on experience 

VAN BUREN — When you are an inexperienced 

cook and try to make a dish from scratch, you are never 

sure how things will turn out. 

The finished product could be extremely tasty, a 

complete disaster or something in between. 

The Van Buren boys basketball team will be in 

that situation this season under first-year coach Marc 

Bishop. 

Bishop, a University of Finday graduate, steps in 

for E.J. Frost, who had a long and successful tenure. 

Frost led the Van Buren program for 12 years and 

compiled a 268-180 record. The Black Knights competed 

in the regional tournament four times and made 

it to the championship three times. 

Bishop will have to mold together a unit short on 

varsity experience with no returning letterwinners. 

He will still have plenty of talented players to work 

with as the Black Knights’ junior varsity team went 

14-5 last season with an 8-1 mark in the Blanchard 

Valley Conference. 

Sophomores Sawyer Junge and Daniel Roberts 

are expected to play at the guard spots. Senior Justin 

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slots. Zeke Wiechart and Josh Roberts, both seniors, 

will play inside at center. 

Senior Tyler Smith and sophomore Tory Palmer 

will expect to see time, respectively, at guard and 

forward. Juniors Brennen Swain, Erik Glass, Jason 

Sawyer, Matt DeVore and Ryan Brauneller are also on 

the varsity roster along with sophomore Mac Williams. 

Van Buren will be competing in Division III for the 

first time in school history this winter. 

BLACK KNIGHTS | GIRLS 

Three juniors expected to lead VB charge 

Anderbery 

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VAN BUREN — Even though Van Buren had five 

eniors returning from the previous year, the squad 

managed just a 5-16 overall record during the 2010-11 

girls basketball campaign. 

Departing from that Black Knights’ squad were 

Madi Coldren, a second team all-Blanchard Valley 

Conference selection and BVC honorable mention 

selection Kalynn Leeper. 

This season, Michael Daniels, who took over as the 

Black Knights’ head girls basketball coach in 2009 and 

has guided the Van Buren squad an 18-24 record in 

two seasons, is beginning with a relatively new mix 

on the court. 

Van Buren will be led by a trio of junior hardwood 

performers. 

Those candidates include Morgan Flick and Kristen 

Tropf, a pair of 5-foot-3 guards. 

Also returning to the Black Knights’ fold is Elyse 

Anderbery (5-10 forward). 

Filling in at the post position is expected to be a 

6-foot senior in Ashlee Arbaugh. 

Last season also saw a 180-degree turn in conference 

play as the Black Knights dropped from 6-3 in 

the BVC two years ago, to a 2-7 record. 

After opening the season with three straight nonconference 

encounters, Van Buren was scheduled to 

begin BVC play today by hosting Hardin Northern. 

The Black Knights will then travel to Cory-Rawson 

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VANLUE —Things will be looking up at Vanlue in 

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Along with the Wildcats immense height and size, 

Vanlue will have tall expectations for the 2011-2012 

boys basketball season, under six-year coach Jeff 

Kloepfer. 

The Wildcats went 19-3 last season and 7-2 in the 

Blanchard Valley Conference. 

Back from that team are five experienced letterwinners 

who helped the Wildcats start the season on 

a 10-game win streak and then win nine consecutive 

games before falling to Leipsic in tournament play. 

Four of the returners stand at least 6-foot-4 inches. 

The biggest of those players is 6-9 post Zach 

Garber, who currently has scholarship offers from 

several Division I programs. 

Garber was a second team all-BVC selection and a 

second team all-Northwest Ohio pick. 

Jonathan Kloepfer will form a strong duo of post 

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Vanlue will be gunning for its first BVC boys basketball 

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While the Wildcats graduated four-year letterwinner 

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Senior Savannah Engard, a 5-foot-5 guard, is 

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T 2 1 

Photos by KYLE HUNTER / for the Review Times 

AMELIA RECKER, Thayne Recker, Anessa Recker and 

Alivia Recker (l-r) pose four times the threat to their 

opponents on the court. Each Arlington senior brings 

their own set of talents to the Red Devils. 

Recker quadruplets bring four 

times the talent to the Red Devils 

By TED RADICK 

FOR THE REVIEW TIMES 

ARLINGTON — Scott and Deidre Recker sat 

n their living room recently, trying to decide how 

uch time they’ve spent, how many trips they’ve 

ade during their children’s athletic careers. 

Finally, Deidre gave up. 

“I can’t even imagine how many miles and how 

any hours,” she said. 

Thayne, Amelia, Alivia and Anessa Recker, 

Arlington seniors, have been involved in basketball, 

and other sports as well, since their elementary 

school days. 

Practices, games, summer AAU programs — it’s 

all added up to thousands of hours and hundreds of 

thousands of miles. 

Put it this way, the Recker family has a van dedicated 

to sports travel. 

Yes, Scott may drive it to work or for shopping 

trips on occasion, but it’s essentially a van dedicated 

to basketball travel. And it’s not the first one the 

family has owned. 

“We had our white van. We drove that most of 

the time,” he said. “When we got rid of that, it had 

250,000 miles on it. We got our Honda Odyssey 

van four years ago. We got it in August that year 

and it had 11,000 miles on it. It’s got 140,000 miles 

on it now. 

“We put 30,000 miles on a vehicle a year. At least 

80 percent of that is sports related.” 

Such is the life for parents of quadruplets that 

are heavily involved in athletics. 

Four of everything 

Scott and Deidre had been trying to start a 

family for several years when Deidre found out she 

was pregnant. Quadruplets, needless to say, wasn’t 

in the plans. 

“I was excited to finally be pregnant after five or 

six years of trying,” Deidre said. 

“I thought my gosh, four. You think they’re going 

to hand you one baby and it’s going to stay small 

until it’s time to take care of the next one.” 

“There was a thought of ‘How are we going to do 

this?” Scott said. “Four strollers, four high chairs, 

four of everything. It turned out not to be as difficult 

as we thought it might be. We got a lot of help from 

family and friends.” 

The attention, at first, was the hardest part. 

“Everything was the quads, the quads,” Deidre 

said. 

“They knew they were special because everywhere 

they went, the next thing you knew, boom, 

everyone was in our face. ‘How old are they, what 

are they like, were they premature?’ It was constant. 

“The first time we went to the mall, for their first 

Christmas, we were there maybe 20 minutes and at 

least a hundred people came up to us. Scott pointed 

to me and said ‘We’re out of here.’” 

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to Arlington when the children were 

two years old. The attention around 

the village was immediate as well. 

“When we moved to Arlington in 

January, they turned three in May, we 

went to the pool and everyone knew 

who we were,” Deidre said. “‘There’s 

the quads and their mom.’ I hadn’t 

even met anyone in Arlington yet. I 

knew one little old lady at the store, 

but that was it.” 

For the quads, though, four is just 

a number. 

“This is normal to us,” Amelia said. 

“I think it would be unique and different 

if there wasn’t four of us. 

“It doesn’t ever really sink in that 

your quads, and that nobody else is 

like this.” 

Thayne Devils’ mainstay 

It’s one thing to fall in love with a 

port. It’s another to have the drive 

nd talent to be successful, and the 

eckers are expecting plenty of sucess 

this season. 

Thayne, a 6-foot-4 post, started 

3 games as a freshman and has been 

mainstay in the Red Devils’ lineup 

ver since. Last season he averaged 

8.2 points and 8.5 rebounds per 

ame. 

“Thayne, this is going to be his 

ourth year of varsity basketball,” 

rlington boys coach Jason Vermillion 

said. “We have had a lot of players 

play a lot of varsity games, but Thayne 

has been in more than 60 now. We 

expect him to lead the charge, so to 

speak.” 

Only one senior graduated from 

last year’s Arlington boys team, and 

the Red Devils are expected to be in 

the thick of Blanchard Valley Conference 

race. 

“Jake Leonard and I have been 

playing varsity for three years,” 

Thayne said. “We have Wes (Corbin) 

and Adam (Inniger) that played all 

last year. We know the plays and what 

(Vermillion) expects of us.” 

What Vermillion expects is constant 

effort. 

“His work ethic has been really 

good,” Vermillion said. “He has a 

knack for finding the basketball on 

rebounds. 

The 

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ALIVIA RECKER 

Year G PTS FGM FGA FG% 2-FGM 2-FGA 2 FG% 3-FGM 3-FGA 3 FG% FTM FTA FT% Tot. Reb. Off. Reb. Def. Reb. Ast Stl Blk TO PPG RPG 

08-09 22 67 28 81 34.6% 27 80 33.8% 1 1 100.0% 10 16 62.5% 64 24 40 27 24 11 25 3.0 2.9 

09-10 24 167 70 153 45.8% 67 143 46.9% 3 10 30.0% 24 40 60.0% 97 36 61 67 55 19 52 7.0 4.0 

10-11 25 114 45 116 38.8% 42 101 41.6% 3 15 20.0% 21 29 72.4% 84 21 63 69 33 33 40 4.6 3.4 

TOTAL 71 348 143 350 40.9% 136 324 42.0% 7 26 26.9% 55 85 64.7% 245 81 164 163 112 63 117 4.9 3.5 

AMELIA RECKER 


08-09 22 201 89 162 54.9% 89 161 55.3% 0 1 0.0% 23 34 67.6% 127 60 67 54 37 15 39 9.1 5.8 

09-10 24 416 161 273 59.0% 159 269 59.1% 2 4 50.0% 92 123 74.8% 170 82 88 68 80 21 49 17.3 7.1 

10-11 25 374 147 240 61.3% 146 235 62.1% 1 5 20.0% 79 111 71.2% 144 63 81 79 90 23 47 15.0 5.8 

TOTAL 71 991 397 675 58.8% 394 665 59.2% 3 10 30.0% 194 268 72.4% 441 205 236 201 207 59 135 14.0 6.2 

ANESSA RECKER 


09-10 1 0 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 

10-11 10 3 1 7 14.3% 0 5 0.0% 1 2 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 0.3 0.1 

TOTAL 11 3 1 7 14.3% 0 5 0.0% 1 2 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 0.3 0.1 

THAYNE RECKER 

“If it takes a second or third jump, 

he’s pretty quick to go get that ball. 

That’s something you can’t teach. 

That’s somebody going after it, playing 

hard. 

“It’s his heart and his will to win 

as much as anything. With that, success 

will happen for you.” 

Thayne’s had plenty of success. 

A first team all-BVC nod as a defensive 

end in football this past fall; 

first team all-BVC and District 8 as 

a junior in basketball; and second 

team all-Northwest Ohio and honorable 

mention all-Ohio in basketball 

last season as well. 

What Thayne wants this season 

is to be recognized as the top inside 

player in the BVC. 

It’s a conference that’s been loaded 

with solid post players in recent seasons 

with the likes of Leipsic’s Liam 

Nadler, Pandora-Gilboa’s Tyler Gratz 

and Josh Lee, and Van Buren’s Rich 

Meyer. One player looms large this 

season, literally and figuratively, in 

Vanlue’s 6-9 center Zach Garber. 

“I look forward to it, the pressure,” 

Thayne said of that matchup. 

“There’s games you know are going 

to come down to the wire and you 

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08-09 21 164 64 108 59.3% 59 94 62.8% 5 14 35.7% 31 54 57.4% 117 47 70 13 9 25 35 7.8 5.6 

09-10 22 371 134 256 52.3% 130 246 52.8% 4 10 40.0% 99 150 66.0% 205 78 127 29 34 34 28 16.9 9.3 

10-11 22 400 150 277 54.2% 141 257 54.9% 9 20 45.0% 91 151 60.3% 188 70 118 26 33 32 56 18.2 8.5 

TOTAL 65 935 348 641 54.3% 330 597 55.3% 18 44 40.9% 221 355 62.3% 510 195 315 68 76 91 119 14.3 7.8 

win.” 

Girls roles will change 

Winning is something the Arlington 

girls have been used to in recent 

seasons. The Red Devils raced 

through the 2010-11 regular season 

at 20-0 en route to a 24-1 campaign 

that ended in the Division IV regional 

semifinals. 

Three starters are gone from that 

team, though, and Arlington girls 

coach Seth Newlove is looking for 

some new things from the Reckers 

this season. 

“Amelia’s role will change in a way 

that, she’s always been a scorer for 

us but she’s going to have to do the 

bulk of that this year,” Newlove said. 

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Amelia averaged 15 points, 5.8 

rebounds and 3.2 assists per game 

as a junior and was a second team 

all-BVC pick and third team all- 

Northwest Ohio. 

What does Newlove expect this 

season? 

“Basically everything she’s done 

in the past, but just a little more of 

it,” he said. 

Alivia, meanwhile, will be counted 

on to score more. Her scoring average 

last season, 4.6 points per game, 

fell from 7.0 as a sophomore. 

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else. 

“This year, Alivia’s role is going to 

change a ton. Alivia is going to have 

to score for us. 

“She’s never averaged more than 

six or seven points, and she’s going 

to have to get in double figures just 

about every night. We need her to 

shoot from outside, and she’s going 

to run the point some.” 

Anessa, on the other hand, will 

be playing her first year of fulltime 

varsity ball after seeing spot duty as a 

junior. Medical problems delayed her 

basketball development for several 

years in middle school. 

In her sixth-grade year, Anessa 

underwent brain surgery to correct 

Chiari malformation. That was the 

result of a herniated brain tissue 

constricting the flow of fluid into 

the spine. The built-up pressure also 

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resulted in scoliosis, or spinal curvature, 

that led to another operation 

to put two titanium rods in her upper 

back. 

“Anessa is a really good shooter,” 

Newlove said. “I’ve told her I expect 

her to come into a game and shoot 

the ‘3’. She has the ability to pass 

the ball inside and read the defense. 

People use the term ‘zone-buster.’” 

“I’m finally with my friends after 

four years of basketball,” Anessa said. 

“I think things are going pretty well 

so far.” 

4 children, 4 colleges 

Anessa’s surgeries led to some 

oul-searching for the parents. 

“It’s funny how it comes around,” 

eidre said. 

“We just love sports, so we said 

f you’re going to play then be the 

est you can be. We kind of pushed 

hem at first, and parents would say 

Oh, you’re pushing too much.’ No, 

e weren’t. We did it because they 

anted to do it. 

“But after Anessa’s surgery, we’ve 

lways said, don’t let sports define 

ho you are.” 

They haven’t. While the quads 

aturally are quite close, each is also 

uite different. 

“One of the challenges is that they 

ach have their unique strengths and 

ersonalities,” Newlove said. “I don’t 

hink, with them being siblings, that 

ny of them are alike from a personlity 

standpoint or even their skills.” 

There’s been no talk of attending 

he same college, and each has plans 

o do something different with their 

rofessional lives. 

Amelia is looking to a medical 

areer, Alivia civil or architectural 

ngineering, Anessa elementary eduation 

and Thayne integrated social 

studies with an eye on being a history 

teacher and coach. 

Four children. Four colleges. Four 

tuition bills. 

“You know what, you just do it,” 

Deidre said. “Everyone’s doing it, 

maybe not with four, but we’ve made 

plans because 

“... Amelia and Anessa 

were talking about the 

four of them always being 

with each other and they 

said ‘Mom, I bet we’ll miss 

each other more going off 

to college than you will.’” 

we knew it was 

coming.” 

“Other things 

have come up 

and we think, 

‘how are we ever 

going to do this’ 

or ‘how are we 

ever going to do 

that,’ and somehow 

we manage,” 

Scott said. 

Basketball 

may help out. 

Thayne, Amelia 

and Alivia are all 

interested in college ball. No decisions 

have been made yet, but … 

“We’re hoping all their hard work 

in basketball and in the classroom will 

pay off right now,” Deidre said. 

Scoring goal in mind 

Team goals are the most important 

for each of the quads. The girls want 

to pick up where the Red Devils left off 

last season while Thayne is counting 

on his team’s experience to get to the 

top of the BVC. 

“Us, Leipsic and Vanlue have experience 

coming back, so it’s probably 

going to be a battle between the three 

of us,” Thayne said. 

“We all have to go out and play our 

hardest. If we take care of business we 

can beat those two, but we’ll have to 

see what happens.” 

It won’t take long to find out where 

the Arlington girls stand. A Dec. 1 

matchup at Liberty-Benton will likely 

decide the conference race. It’s a familiar 

scenario for BVC fans as L-B and 

Arlington have squared off early in the 

season in recent years. 

“It’s nothing new to look forward 

to that, but it’s something we discuss 

every day,” Amelia said. 

“L-B is a backyard rival. It’s exciting 

to play them every year. They 

have amazing players and an amazing 

coach, and it’s always great to go 

over there and compete with them. 

It’s intense the entire time, and that’s 

what you want in a game. We feed off 

of that as a team, and I look forward 

to that.” 

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“It pushes you 

to get better at 

the beginning of 

the season, but 

it would be nice 

to play someone 

tougher at 

the end, too, to 

see how you are 

and how you did 

throughout the 

season,” Alivia 

said. “As far as 

when I’d like 

to play L-B, it 

doesn’t really 

matter.” 

Personal goals are also important, 

and Thayne and Amelia share one — 

they’d like to become Arlington’s alltime 

leading scorer. 

Amelia enters the season with 

991 career points. Thayne has 935. 

The record, held by Newlove, is 1,577 

points. 

“I’m glad both of them have that 

goal. I always had a goal when I 

played,” Newlove said. “It’s something 

to shoot for.” 

Then, Newlove laughed. 

“I’d rather Amelia get it than 

Thayne, personally. That’s better for 

us,” he said of his girls team. “In all 

honestly, I don’t care about the record 

I hold. I’d be happy for either of them 

to get it, because that means they 

would have some pretty awesome 

senior years. 

“They’re going to have to score a 

lot of points. It’s within reach.” 

Amelia will also be aiming at 

Ashley (Frantz) Rostorfer’s girls 

record of 1,323 points set from 1999 

to 2002. She will be the third girls 

players at Arlington to reach 1,000 

points after Heacock hit the milestone 

last year. 

Thayne should finish no worse 

than second on Arlington’s scoring list 

and, with 510 career rebounds coming 

into the season should end up high 

on the boys list as well. Jeff Frantz, 

a 1970 Arlington graduate, holds the 

boys school record with 760 boards. 

“Those two are competitive on 

that,” Scott said of the scoring race 

between Thayne and Amelia. “He’ll 

say, ‘You just played more games than 

me, that’s all it is.’ She’ll say, ‘So, win 

more.’ That scoring part, between 

those two, that’s probably the most 

competitive they are as far as goals 

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or career marks. 

“They’re not an ‘I’ type of player,” 

Deidre said. 

“They’ll be competitive in as far 

as ‘Thayne, we were 20-0. What 

were you?’” Scott said. “Then he’s 

in trouble, because it’s three on one.” 

Taking sides like that is a rarity 

in the Recker household. 

“We’re always together as a 

family,” Deidre said “People sometimes 

think it’s only in sports, but 

we’re always together.” 

The parents are aware that might 

make for some hard times when it 

comes time for the children to leave 

for college in the fall. 

“Just tonight I had to run money 

up to the school for shoes and pictures,” 

Deidre said. 

“When we were coming home 

Amelia and Anessa were talking 

about the four of them always being 

with each other and they said ‘Mom, 

I bet we’ll miss each other more going 

off to college than you will.’ 

“I’ve never thought about that. 

We’ve been sitting here thinking, 

‘What are we going to do.’ But think 

about that, they all four go different 

directions. Anessa and Amelia both 

said, ‘Mom, it’s going to be really 

hard for us because we’ve always 

been together.’” 

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