Eastside Messenger - July 12th, 2020

PAGE 12 - EASTSIDE MESSENGER - July 12, 2020
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Looking back at CW’s state volleyball champions
By Linda Dillman
Staff Writer
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More than three decades ago, a lady
Indians sports team from Canal
Winchester High School accomplished
something few teams ever do–they won a
state championship the first time school
history.
In 1986, the Indians girls’ volleyball
team finished the season with a record of
29-1 going 16-0 in the Mid-State League.
The team also had a 58-game winning
streak.
Jennifer Butts, a team co-captain and
1987 Canal Winchester High School graduate,
now serves as a Youth to Youth advisor
and health/advanced health teacher at her
alma mater. She played volleyball all four
years of high school.
“Our conditioning that summer was the
beginning of that season,” said Butts. “It
set the standard. We worked hard, didn’t
make excuses, held each other accountable
and we never took any team for granted.”
While the start-of-the season loss to
Bexley was a blow, the team resolved to not
let the situation repeat itself.
“We were determined to create our own
ending to the season,” said Butts. “Our goal
was a state championship. The whole season
was amazing. We enjoyed the process
and the journey. We were able to play the
regionals at CWHS and it was absolutely
awesome.”
Student sections were packed in the
gymnasium during the regional competition.
“We had a huge following all season and
they continued that support to University
of Dayton,” said Butts. “After the state
championship, we came home to a huge
escort. Fire trucks and police cars leading
us into town and to our gymnasium. The
following day we had a big celebration. It
was unforgettable.”
Butts called it a very close-knit team.
“We had team meals, we enjoyed each
other’s company, we worked out any team
issues in house–which were very few, and
we were dedicated to being the very best,”
said Butts. “Coach (Colleen) Ross and
Coach (Renee) Riddle pushed us and challenged
us every day in practices. Practices
were so hard and playing our matches were
our reward. The old adage it took a lot of
blood sweat tears went into that season.”
On Sept. 2, 2016, the team was inducted
into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame.
Members of the 1986 Class A championship
team included Lisa Chafin,
Georgina Wilkinson, Jenni Butts, Debbie
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Photo courtesy of Canal Winchester Schools
The 1986 Canal Winchester state championship volleyball team members, from left to
right: (first row) Lisa Chafin, Georgina Wilkinson, Jenni Butts, Debbie Hasbrook, Kristy
Froehlich, Leslie James; (second row) Head Coach Colleen Ross, Ruthie Stedman,
Jenni Picklesimer, Shelly Millington, Mindy Multerer, Melissa Rohrenback, Paige
Beery, Assistant Coach Renee Riddle.
Hasbrook, Kristy Froehlich, Leslie James,
Ruthie Stedman, Jenni Picklesimer, Shelly
Millington, Mindy Multerer, Melissa
Roehrenbeck and Paige Berry.
According to Butts, players who attended
the ceremony were able to laugh and
share memories about their lives during
the championship season. They also
recalled Froehlich’s memory, who passed
away in 2002. Team members also keep in
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“The school, students and community
rallied around us and filled our gymnasium
every single game,” said Butts. “It was an
amazing, wonderful season that changed
all of our lives. We worked so hard and we
made it our goal to win it all. Coach Ross
created a standard and we believed in it
and pushed each other every day to not let
her down or each other.”
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