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10THE CANNON - SPORTS Oct. 14, 2009Titan Sports wrap-upFOOTBALLThe Titan varsity footballteam has experienced manyups and downs this year,but still keeps pressing on. Losingthree of the biggest games of the yearcan be hard for a football team, butwith an attitude like no other, Tech’spersistence and teamwork maytake the Titans through the IPSACTournament. With a 4-4 record, theTitans head to Broad Ripple Fridayto end the regular season. Sectionalsbegin Oct. 23. Players recognizedon senior night Oct. 2 include:Robert Richards, Chad Pruett,Larry Lynch, J. Luke Papenmeir,Jaron Dozier, Dante Lee,Robert Dycus, ChristopherHope, Zachary Ward, Josh Cotner,Thomas Rivers, MichaelHendricks, Timothy Irwin,Sam Tate, Dale Harper, HenryGarcia and William Jelks.VOLLEYBALLWith two more matches to go,today at Manual and Saturdayat Howe, the girls volleyballteam hopes to improve their 3-7record. Sectionals begin Oct.20.As the leaders of the team, thefour seniors’ main focus is tobecome better all around. “Mymain goal is to be a beast onand off the court,” said middlehitter Rhonda Simmons.Senior Tracy Guerrero, athird year volleyball athlete, plansto attend Purdue University as anaerospace engineering major.Senior CassandraThe Tech AthleticDepartment celebratedSenior Night Oct. 2.McDowell, whohas been playingfor five years, plansto join the militaryand/or attend IndianaUniversity.Angelica Henry,has been playing fora year. Henry plansto attend CoastalCommerce Universityto major insomething involvingthe medical field.Melanie Moore has been playingfor two years. Moore plans to goto college and major in entrepreneurshipin order to start her ownbusiness.BOYS AND GIRLS SOCCEROn Oct. 1, the boys and girls soccerteams defeated Broad Ripple ina double-header match, making thisyear’s soccer senior night one to remember.The Lady Titans managed to defeatthe Rockets 4-1, in the first match.ACE senior, Phoebe Jensen, led theteam to a victory, scoring three goals.“It felt great because I hadn’t playedThe volleyball team is getting ready for post-seasonaction.Photo by Darnell PhotographySENIOR NIGHTSeniors from all fall sports,cheerleaders and the marchingband were recognized.The ceremony took place beforethe varsity football gameagainst Heritage Christian.soccer in a really long time and I wasjust getting back in the groove. Scoringthree goals made me feel like Iwas a soccer star again,”Jensen said.Sarah Keevil, Tish Migliaccio,Ashley Huizer,Jenaya Hooks, StephanieMcCoy, EsmeraldaSánchez, Maria Alatorre,Lauren Allen, Liz Pinedo,and Anna Lucas areamong the other seniorson the team.The boys team alsodefeated Broad Ripple,with a score of 2-0. Scoringboth goals was Abraham Gomez,a senior in the Magnet Academy.Other seniors on the boys team includeJesus Bello, Colin O’Banyel,Wellington Ginah, Barnard Mondel,Mamadou Dem and Isaac Garcia.BOYS CROSS COUNTRYWhile suffering three very traumaticinjuries this season, the Titanboys’ cross country team still held ittogether to be able to win IPSAC thisseason. One of the top runners, KrisWilliams experienced a foot injury.The cross country team recognized10 seniors at the Senior Nightceremony: Kris Williams, McKenzieSpotts, Luke Peeler, Asa Floyd, MatthewStraine, Nathan Bogan,Wellington Ginah, PatrickCialdella, Robert Wells andLamar Calbert.BOYS TENNISThe boys tennis team finishedout the season strong by winningIPSAC this year.“We swept IPSAC at all positions,”Assistant Coach AndrewRingham said. The teamhad many long-awaited wins atthe tournament.“My most memorable momentof the season was whenI beat my arch rival fromManuel at IPSAC finals,” saidnumber one singles playerJake Friedly.Joel Reyes (number onedoubles with Angel Avina)and Jake Friedly captainedthe team as a sophomore andjunior, respectively.“We have a full squad of 14 but noseniors. I was impressed by how thejuniors stepped up to take the leadershiprole and lead the underclassmen,”Coach Kathy Kinghorn said.Team member Joel Reyes said theteam has shown steady improvement.“All of our freshmen can now hit aball and individually, I got better atserving,” Reyes said.The team had a 5-10 record thisyear.Information compiled byBrandon Young, JasmynPowell, Jazmine Johnson, LizPinedo and Emily Green.Seniors pose for thecamera before the Homecominggame againstLutheran. The Titangirls soccer team makesa pyramid with seniorplayers. A Titan boystennis player smashes thereturn over the net.The boys soccer teamreceives plaques at thesenior night ceremonyOct. 2.Photos courtesy CoachVictor Bush, Coach TroyHammon and DarnellPhotography.