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School leaders: 2011 presents many unknowns

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Anne Gonzales, former Westerville mayor and city council member, is sworn in as the 19th District representative in the Ohio House of Representatives. U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-Genoa Township) administered the oath while Gonzales’ son, Richard, daughter, Jennifer, and other family members watched Jan. 3.

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Gonzales sworn in to House

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Former Westerville City Councilwoman Anne Gonzales officially stepped up to become the representative for Ohio’s 19th House District Jan. 3.

Gonzales was sworn in to her new office

by U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-Genoa Township) in Westerville’s City Hall, which was filled with officials from city council and Westerville schools, and Genoa Township, Blendon Township and Reynoldsburg, as well as Gonzales’ family members and supporters.

“It was many people in this room who encouraged me to run for state representative,” Gonzales said after her swearing-in.

She said she would not have been elected to the seat without a campaign of active volunteers, who hand-addressed and deliv-

ered 22,000 letters and knocked on tens of thousands of doors during the campaign.

Gonzales defeated incumbent Democrat Marian Harris and Libertarian Mike Johnston for the seat in November.

“It’s such an amazing experience, and I wouldn’t be in the position I’m in today without the many people who helped me through the campaign, and the support of my family,” Gonzales said.

Gonzales also said that her successful campaign brought a promise from Republican House leadership that she could serve on committees of her choosing in Columbus.

“That means a lot for this district because there’s going to be good representation at the Statehouse,” she said.

Gonzales, who has lived in Westerville for 16 years and served on city council from 2001 until her election to state office, is the

first Westerville resident to represent Ohio’s 19th House District since 1980.

The district includes Westerville, New Albany, Reynoldsburg, Canal Winchester, Groveport, portions of Columbus and Obetz, and Jefferson and Madison townships.

Before her swearing-in, Westerville City Council Chairman Mike Heyeck said Gonzales will put her high energy to good use in benefiting the district.

“It’s going to bode well for the district.

It’s also going to bode well for the state of Ohio,” Heyeck said.

Gonzales is a paralegal who graduated from Otterbein University with a bachelor’s degree in general psychology. She lives in Westerville with her husband, John, and their three children, Jennifer, Lois and Richard. jnesbitt@thisweeknews.com

March, which meant it needed to put the program in place by the next school year to meet state requirements.

But the state announced in midDecember that it would once again allow districts to apply for a waiver to delay implementation, this time for two years.

“Due to the financial and space hardships, we will give that waiver serious consideration,” said Karen McClellan, the district’s deputy chief academic officer.

Superintendent Dan Good said state politics have made it difficult for districts to plan for things such as the implementation of allday kindergarten.

The legislature is due to pass

The state budget deficit and a new governor are leaving Westerville City Schools officials with a lot of guesswork in 2011.

“The word for the first six months of the year is uncertainty, if not for the whole year,” Westerville school board president Kristi Robbins said. “We’ll be looking closely at the Statehouse and monitoring it to determine the direction we need to go.”

The overall uncertainty could lead the district to once again apply for a waiver to delay the implementation of all-day, everyday kindergarten.

The district initially applied for a waiver for the mandate last See KINDERGARTEN, page A2

Highlands Park renovations on schedule, budget

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Westerville residents should be able to kick off the summer season at Highlands Pool.

Renovations to the 38-year-old aquatic center, which started in early August, are on schedule to be completed in time for the pool to open for the 2011 season, which begins on Memorial Day, said Mike Hooper, development administrator for the Westerville Department of Parks and Recreation.

“The project is moving along

well, on schedule and on budget,” Hooper said.

The $7.6-million renovation at the park includes replacing the previous facilities at the aquatic center with a tot pool, leisure pool, a slide-and-spray playground, an eight-lane, 25-meter pool with a diving well, a lazy river and patio space.

The city is constructing all-new buildings at the center, which will be energy-efficient and environmentally friendly.

Also at the park, the renovaSee HIGHLANDS, page A6

Fundraising continues for Hanby Park depot

By JENNIFER NESBITT ThisWeek Community Newspapers

The city is continuing to raise funds to build a bike hub along the Ohio to Erie Trail in Hanby Park.

Ground is scheduled to be broken this spring for the project, dubbed the Hanby Train Depot. The city has allocated $50,000 toward the $150,000 cost of the bike hub and the Westerville Department of Parks and Recreation is working with community partners to raise money to fund the remainder of the cost.

So far, the city has received money from the Westerville Parks Fund, the Westerville Parks Foun-

dation and Sertoma, which is selling bricks to raise money for the project, said Mike Hooper, development administrator for the Westerville Department of Parks and Recreation.

Hooper said the fundraising efforts will help to shape the Hanby Train Depot, as the city is looking for a sponsor to fund a fireplace for the structure and is working with Uptown businesses to pay for a $15,000 information kiosk.

Inclusion of those elements will depend entirely on funding, Hooper said, though he said the kiosk could be added to the train depot after its initial construction.

See HANBY, page A2

Martin Luther King Jr. ‘Day On’ to offer volunteer opportunities

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Westerville’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day events once again will provide the community with volunteer opportunities.

The sixth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration will be at 8 a.m. Jan. 17 at Villa Milano, 1630 Schrock Road.

The breakfast will be followed by the Martin Luther King Jr. “Day-On,” volunteer opportuni-

ties and multicultural activities provided by Otterbein University’s Center for Community Engagement at the Westerville Community Center, 350 N. Cleveland Ave. Volunteer stations will include the Seeds of Hope, to create “seed tape” for easy planting in Otterbein’s community garden, and The Gift of Warmth, which will invite volunteers to design fleece scarves to be donated to My Very Own Blanket for distribution to

children in foster care throughout Ohio.

At the same time, the Westerville Community Center will present multicultural performances and demonstrations.

The “Day On” is meant to inspire those who have Martin Luther King Day off from work or school to participate in community activities that keep with King’s legacy.

See MLK ‘DAY ON’, page A6

By Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek

Xcel Martial Arts owner Deb Confer helps 7-year-old Daniel Johnson during a class at Xcel’s new location in the Flags Center Plaza on Jan. 3.

Xcel moves to new, larger location Xcel opened in Westerville nearly three years ago when Deb and Larry Confer, both master instructors in tae kwon do, decided to open their Xcel Martial Arts will celebrate the new year own studio after teaching at a school in Dublin. in a new location.

A few students followed from that school, Deb The martial arts school moved this week from Confer said, but she said she and her husband its former home in Westerview Plaza to 6867 were really starting the school from scratch. The Flags Center Drive, on Schrock Road just west of Cleveland Avenue.

See XCEL MARTIAL ARTS, page A6

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HANBY Continued from page A1 Preliminary plans for the depot call for restrooms, an eating area, the fireplace and a place for bicyclists to lock their bikes.

The hub, which was designed to resemble a train depot as an homage to a train stop that once existed in Westerville, is meant to attract those using the Ohio to Erie trail to Uptown Westerville. Cyclists would be able to park their bikes, rest and walk into Uptown to eat or shop.

To make that vision a reality, Hooper said the parks and recreation department is working to promote the bricks being sold by Sertoma.

A 4-by-8-inch brick costs $50 and has three lines of text, and an 8-by8-inch brick costs $250 and has six lines of text.

The bricks will identify the person, family or business that purchased it, and the bottom line will say “established” followed by the year that the person, family or business located in Westerville.

“We’re trying to get everyone to create a legacy,” Hooper said.

Those interested in purchasing a brick can get information at the Westerville Community Center, 350 N. Cleveland Ave., or by calling Hooper at (614) 901-6505. jnesbitt@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNEWS.com

Continued from page A1 a new two-year budget this summer, and funding for education is on the line as a result of a budget deficit that’s projected to be as high as $8-billion.

A deficit during the last budgeting process in 2009 led the legislature to miss June budget deadlines, and Good said he doesn’t know when schools will find out what their share of the next state budget will be.

“It would be too optimistic to consider the state budget would be in effect in time to start planning,” Good said.

All-day kindergarten has been budgeted into the 2011-2012 school year because officials anticipated having to implement it, but those expected cuts from the state could mean that the district may not be able to fund the program with its current revenues for more than one year, Good said.

When the district applied for a waiver for all-day kindergarten last year, administrators said the program would require hiring 21 teachers and adding 18 classrooms. That would cost a projected $2-million, much of which would be recurring expenses, administrators said.

It’s also unknown how newly elected Gov. John Kasich will treat school funding and school policy as he takes office this month. Kasich also could choose to do away with portions of outgoing Gov. Ted Strickland’s House Bill 1, which included the mandate for all-day, every-day kindergarten.

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Despite that, officials said the district has to move forward with plans to implement all-day kindergarten.

“We have to operate within the law as we know it currently,” Robbins said.

Even with those uncertainties, Good said the district does anticipate implementing all-day kindergarten within the next five years.

Another unknown for the district is how soon it will be on the ballot for another levy, something that could be affected by potential cuts from the state.

Good said district officials will have to begin discussing “resource procurement” soon because the five-year financial forecast shows a $13.5-million deficit in fiscal year 2013, which ends June 30, 2013.

“We’ll be having that conversation very soon,” he said. “I think the answer to that question will be coming soon.”

Spokesman Greg Viebranz said the five-year forecast shows that the commitment the district had made to voters in passing the last levy — that funds would maintain the district through fiscal year 2012 — will be met.

The district is taking measures to improve efficiencies and lower costs, Good said, such as consolidating its preschool at one location rather than having multiple locations.

At the same time, administrative offices will move to the district’s new Eastwind facility, opening up the current administrative space for the district’s credit-re-

covery and credit-acceleration programs. These will attract more students, Good said, bringing more state dollars back to the district.

And if the Westerville school district does choose to waive the implementation of all-day kindergarten for another two years, it may be able to reallocate some of that money, he said.

Even with financial constraints, Good said the district continues to earn achievements that show residents that their dollars are being invested wisely, such as by earning the state’s highest report card rating of “Excellent with Distinction” and by having all three of its high schools included in the U.S. News & World Report list of the country’s best high schools.

“It’s not to pin another medal on our chest,” Good said. “It’s showing the return on investment.” jnesbitt@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNEWS.com

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Westerville has begun receiving applications for its vacant finance director position.

Former finance director Jack Winkel, who served the city for more than 30 years, announced in September that he was leaving his post for a position with the Bexley Public Library. The city has since contracted with the Novak Group, a recruitment firm, to help find a replacement, said city manager Dave Collinsworth.

Through that company, the city has received applications for the position, Collinsworth said. The company has not provided the city with an update as to how many candidates have applied, he said.

By the middle of this month, the recruitment firm will recommend candidates.

“The goal would be by the end of the first quarter that we have an offer out to somebody,” Collinsworth said.

He said the city is looking for candidates who, in addition to having the appropriate degrees, have extensive experience working in public finance, preferably

from the state auditor’s office and a triple-A bond rating.

Those types of achievements are crucial for the city, Collinsworth said, because they let residents know that the city is doing a good job handling their tax dollars.

“Those types of things have to continue moving forward with the next finance director,” he said.

That reputation should help the city attract good candidates for the finance director position, he said.

“We believe we’ll be successful in attracting high-quality individuals,” Collinsworth said.

Though Winkel established a good financial path for Westerville, Collinsworth said city leaders also will be looking for a candidate who will bring new ideas to the table.

“We want to make sure that whoever steps into that position will not only carry on the traditions but they will also bring to the table some future vision for how we’re going to continue to improve operationally,” he said.

at the municipal level.

“We want someone that preferably has local government experience in public finance,” he said. “The ideal candidate would come out of the public sector and have 10 or 12 years in public finance.”

The city is looking for candidates with experience in governmental accounting, budgeting, utilities and income tax collecting, investing and debt management, Collinsworth said.

Winkel served Westerville well, Collinsworth said, and the city will be looking for someone who can continue the good work that he did.

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As it were

Downtown was busy on New Year’s Eve 1910 As Columbus and central Ohio moved toward the end of 2010, the area counted itself fortunate that it had missed the great storms that brought freeze warnings to the citrus-growing South and more than a foot of snow to much of the north.

All of this bad news about bad weather is sure to remind us how lucky we are to miss such things.

Well … at least most of the time.

Central Ohio has been relatively free of snow in the past few weeks. But some of us may remember that last winter brought us a lot of snow — after the first of the year.

Such was the case in Columbus 100 years ago, as well.

As 1910 became 1911, a large blast of cold air accompanied by snow, wind and other wintry things was heading straight for the Midwest.

Fortunately, it did not arrive until a couple of days after New Year’s Eve. So, as it had so many times in the past, the party went on.

New Year’s Eve in Columbus in 1910 would instantly be recognizable in some ways to a visitor from our own time. There were a lot of happy people on the streets of downtown Columbus at the very late hour of 11 p.m.

Some of them, having stopped at a party or two, were probably a little happier than others.

But there were differences as well. Columbus in 1910 was a “streetcar city” whose newly developed suburbs in every direction were linked to the central busiED ness district by electrified LENTZ streetcars. It was to the downtown that people came to work, to worship, to shop and to amuse themselves.

It was in downtown Columbus that one would find the best stores, the best restaurants and most of the city’s theatres.

And almost all of these places were open on New Year’s Eve. The Busy Bee confectionery store was selling several kinds of candy and ice cream. These included Salted Jordan Almonds, Crème de Menthe Marshmallows and New Year’s Neapolitan ice cream.

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After dinner at a local restaurant or a bit of ice cream at the Busy Bee, some residents passed the evening of the last day of the year at a local theatre. Some form of motion picture theatre had been present in Columbus since the 1890s.

Over the years, nickelodeon parlors had given way to silent film presentations in larger rooms.

But to most people, going to the theatre still meant a trip to a place where real people performed on stage.

In Columbus in 1910, one could choose from a variety of theatre presentations on New Year’s Eve. The High Street Theatre featured “Harry Clay Blaney in his new American play ‘The Boy from Wall Street,’ an American play that is proving to be one of the greatest comedies ever staged.”

Not to be outdone, B. F. Keith’s Theatre offered a play, “When Pat was King,” and vaudeville acts including “the Four Onetti Sisters, the Three Leighton Boys, and Irene Romaine — the dain-

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ty pianologist.” If one were still seeking amusement after all of this, Keith’s also offered a motion picture or two.

For the more traditional culture crowd, the place to visit was the Colonial Theatre. Taking advantage of technology, the Colonial offered to take ticket orders by telephone and follow up with “motorcycle ticket delivery.” The tickets in question offered admission to performances by “Mr. Mantell and his distinguished company” of Shakespearean actors. On New Year’s Eve, one could see “Romeo and Juliet” in the afternoon or “Richard III” in the evening.

Most of the theatres, church services and other public gatherings let out around 11 p.m. and people began to fill the streets around Statehouse Square. They were coming out this early because the biggest difference between 1910 and 2010 is that the celebration of the New Year began at 11:30 p.m. rather than midnight. At 11:30, church bells began to chime, fireworks were ignited and a general celebration began.

It began at 11:30 because some people still refused to follow the standard time established by the railroads many years earlier.

These people still followed “sun time” and to them, midnight came 30 minutes earlier. At 12 a.m.

Standard Time, the railroad locomotives at Union Station joined the celebration with blasts from their whistles and the party continued.

After all of this celebrating, many of the happy residents of the city went home, enjoyed a dish of Busy Bee Neapolitan ice cream and went to bed with the confident belief that 1911 would be a good year. And as we now know, for the most part, they were absolutely right.

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The For-Mel Women’s Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 10, at the home of Mary Kay Geiger. The program will be a book review. Anyone who has read a good book can share it with others. If unable to attend, call Mary Kay at 882-2598.

Friends of Jesus, a worship service for the developmentally disabled, 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Church of the Saviour United Methodist Church, 11239 Fancher Road. Call Sherri Cummins at (740) 975-4915 or visit fojministries.net.

Christian Marketplace Network Westerville Chapter, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. the third Friday of each month at MCL Restaurant, 60 Westerville Square. Christians in the marketplace are invited to attend for lunch, fellowship, prayer, networking and business presentations. All are welcome. Registration fee is $2. Call Jerry King at (614) 899-9870 or visit www.cmn-usa.org.

Kiwi Club Columbus Chapter, a social and charitable organization of former and current American Airlines stewardesses/flight attendants. Membership is open to former stewardesses/flight attendants of TWA, Reno Air, Air Cal, Ozark and Trans Caribbean. If interesting in attending a monthly meeting, call (740) 587-4634 or (614) 876-2509.

Westerville Lions Club, 6:30-8:30 p.m. the first and third Thursdays of the month (September through May) at the American Legion Young-Budd Post 171, 393 E. College Ave. Visitors welcome. Call Merrill Castle at (614) 893-6672.

Westerville Rotary Club Sunrise, 7:15-8:15 a.m. Wednesdays, at MCL Cafeteria, 60 Westerview Square. Call Julie Friend (614) 794-3900 or e-mail julie@juliefriend.com.

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Last year was another recordbreaking year for the food pantry at the Westerville Area Resource Ministry (WARM).

The food pantry served 4,454 families in 2010, up 6 percent from the previous year. Those families included 14,038 people, an 8-percent increase from 2009.

“We established another service record in helping more families than ever before in the Westerville community,” WARM executive director Scott Marier said.

The increases in service are smaller than the double-digit increases WARM has seen in previous years, Marier said, but that was in part due by an effort by WARM to make sure it could adequately serve all of its clients.

“We didn’t see the dramatic increase,” Marier said. “Part of that was we grew so much the previous years that internally we were trying to stabilize to make sure we were able to sustain that.”

In the past seven years, Marier said, WARM has seen an average increase of 20 percent per year in the number of people served by its food pantry. In that time, the ministry has not added any staff to help meet the need, he said.

In 2011, he said, the food pantry is expecting to see a 10- to 12-percent increase in its clientele.

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“We’re looking for ways to be able to facilitate that,” he said.

“We’re committed to do whatever is necessary in 2011 to continue to combat that.”

Though the percentage increase was relatively small for 2010 from the previous year, Marier said, WARM’s numbers continued to surprise its staff. In December, the food pantry served 415 families, the highest number ever in one month. In one day in December, the pantry served 58 families.

“In 2005, 58 families would have been a good week for us,” Marier said. “We’ve almost tripled the number of people we’re serving each year from just five or six years ago.”

The food pantry also served 220 families for Thanksgiving in 2010, providing them with an additional week’s worth of groceries, or 70 pounds of food. In 2009, the pantry served fewer than 200 families for Thanksgiving. That number was about 175 in 2008.

Marier said he knows a portion of the dramatic increases in WARM’s client base is due to the downturn in the economy.

“People who at one time were donors are now clients. As people continue to get squeezed with either losing their jobs or those kinds of things, that creates a continuous (need),” Marier said. “That’s had a tremendous impact in people needing help.”

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However, he said, the growth also can be attributed to WARM increasing its efforts to combat hunger within the Westerville school district, where 28 percent of students now qualify for free and reduced-priced lunches.

“There’s a larger awareness that WARM is established in the community to provide help,” Marier said. “I’m not sure what the demand or the need was five years ago or six years ago, I just know we weren’t equipped to serve the demand at that time.”

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The bags had notes asking residents to place food donations in the bag and place the bags back on their stoops.

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school has grown to include about 120 students, leading the Confers to seek a larger location.

“It’s kind of amazing,” Confer said. “We’ve grown so much, coming from nothing, and the economy’s been bad.”

As the class sizes have grown at the martial-arts school, so has the number of the classes that the school offers, she said.

Initially, Confer and her husband were working full-time at outside jobs when they opened Xcel. After being laid off, Confer decided it was best to focus full-time on the school.

Also a personal trainer, Confer began offering boot camp and adult fitness classes at the school, which became popular among the

tions will enhance existing wetlands, create a north parking lot with landscaping, create a Spring Road entrance, add a soccer field, resurface the southern parking lot, modify the eastern parking lot and create a new driveway with a roundabout and parking spaces at the front of the park, where the city plans to place a single entrance.

So far, the new pools have been completed up to their gutters, the buildings are being enclosed to allow construction crews to proceed with inside work, and the soccer field, north parking lot and entrance drive have been completed, Hooper said.

The cold winter weather will not slow work at the park, he said.

“They’ll keep plunging ahead for the winter. They work right through the weather,” he said.

As the renovations move forward, Hooper said, the city is working on all it needs to ensure that the new aquatic center will be eligible for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification through the U.S. Green Building Council.

In addition to using environmentally friendly designs for the buildings, Westerville is keeping records on the concrete and asphalt it reused from the old facilities and on the scrap metal it has recovered and recycled through the construction process, Hooper said.

Once the facility is finished, it will have to be inspected before LEED certification is granted, Hooper said.

Though the facility is months from being completed, Hooper said the progress is clearly visible to passersby.

“It’s definitely looking different,” he said.

After years of planning, Hooper said, it’s exciting to see elements of the Highlands Park renovations coming together.

“It’s going to be a unique facility. I think it’s going to create a special space in Westerville that’s different than anywhere else,” he said. “It’s just a whole different feel.”

parents of students. Parents also began signing up for adult martial-arts classes, she said.

The school now offers 11 different types of classes, with instruction offered each day of the week. The school’s youngest student is 2, and the oldest is in his mid-60s, Confer said.

To accommodate that growth, the Confers looked for a larger space in Westerville for months before finding a former wine store on Schrock Road. It took a considerable amount of renovation to get the space ready for martial arts students, Confer said, but the couple was committed to staying in Westerville.

“The farther you go, the more students you lose,” she said.

With the new space, Confer said the school will be able to add

MLK ‘DAY ON’ Continued from page A1 Anyone is invited to participate in the “Day On,” and there is no need to register, said Westerville spokeswoman Christa Dickey, a member of the planning committee for the breakfast.

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The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration will be themed “Step-by-Step: Reflections on a Dream.” During the breakfast, Mount Carmel St. Ann’s president Janet Meeks, Westerville community activist Richard Bird and Otterbein University student Manal Farah will speak on that theme.

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The Confers will be joined at the school by their daughter, Briana, who will help teach classes.

She’s also a master instructor and a five-time national champion who has been training in martial arts for 14 years.

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The Westerville North High School boys basketball team has been able to pile up points in spurts, as was evident in the Jack Stephens Tournament in Parkersburg, W.Va. The Warriors beat New Martinsville (W.Va.) Magnolia 81-56 on Dec. 29 and host Parkersburg 83-66 a day later in the championship to move to 5-2 overall. But coach Kevin Thuman

knows his team will have to improve its half-court offense if it’s going to excel as the schedule begins to emphasize OCC-Cardinal Division games.

“We have been fortunate because we have shown the ability to score quickly, and it’s one of the things we are most pleased with,” Thuman said.

“But one of the areas we have struggled has been in our half-court game.

When (Olentangy) Liberty and (Westerville) Central made us play halfcourt, we didn’t play as well.”

The Warriors lost to Liberty 66-60 in overtime on Dec. 21 and lost to Central 42-40 on Dec. 10.

Through seven games, North was averaging 69.3 points overall and 77 in victories. It had averaged only 50 points in its two losses.

“I thought one of the improvements made over the holidays was when we ran our half-court offense against Magnolia and Parkersburg, we were much more efficient,” Thuman said. “When we were ahead with two minutes to go,

we were working on closing out the game. We want to make the other team foul us or make sure we get a great shot.

I definitely saw some improvement.”

The explosiveness of North’s offense was on display in the championship of the Jack Stephens Tournament. Leading 17-13 after the opening period, North outscored Parkersburg 28-10 in the second quarter to lead 45-23 at halftime.

“It happened really kind of fast (against Parkersburg),” Thuman said.

“It was a back-and-forth game in the first quarter, but then we got some steals and hit a couple of 3s and, before you knew it, we were up by 20.”

Sophomore point guard Jack Gibbs led with 24 points against Parkersburg and sophomore guard Adrian Cook scored 18. Six-foot-5 junior center Taivion Thomas had 14 points, followed by junior forward Matt Rhodes with 13 and sophomore guard Darren See NORTH, page B3

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Football needs signing flexibility On Feb. 2, a few dozen high school football players from central Ohio will be among the thousands nationally who officially make their college decisions known.

For many, signing a letter of intent will be nothing more than a formality to complete what has been known for months, and sometimes even years.

Accepting a scholarship JARROD offer can seem like a ULREY no-brainer for some players such as Westerville Central senior tight end Nick Vannett, one of the country’s best at his position who said last July that playing for Ohio State would be “truly a dream come true.”

Most, of course, don’t have it that easy.

In the high-stakes world of prep recruiting, athletes are getting scholarship offers at younger ages than ever before.

When you’re a school from a BCS conference such as the Big Ten, having an early plan for how you’ll fill out your 2011 recruiting class — and for that matter, those in 2012 and 2013 — is just good business strategy.

This trend hasn’t been without its obstacles for college football programs, which often are left in limbo until the official signing day or later waiting for athletes to make up their minds.

In late October, Dublin Coffman senior quarterback Cole Stoudt verbally committed to Wyoming, only to announce 10 days later that he would sign with Clemson.

Pickerington North senior tight end Darien Bryant, after being wooed for months by schools that included Hawaii, North Carolina and West Virginia, verbally committed to Nebraska on Dec. 16.

Less than 48 hours later, Bryant backed out of the commitment.

The stories of Bryant and Stoudt are similar to dozens of others throughout the nation, as teenagers attempt to make decisions that will affect their lives for years to come.

Could there be a way to make these decisions easier?

Having more options would help.

That’s what college basketball permits. Players are able to sign with their respective programs in November or in April if they’re still undecided.

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This would allow recruiters to focus on the remaining athletes throughout their senior seasons.

Think that’s too early? Players could be allowed to sign in October, which would encourage those considering enrolling in January to finalize their decision.

Another option would be to allow players to sign in mid-December so it would not conflict

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South’s Donnie Fitzgerald vies for a loose ball with Craig Fada of Watterson during the Wildcats’ 62-22 drubbing of the host Eagles on Dec. 30.

Basketball

Wildcats boys blowing past opponents

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The Westerville South High School boys basketball team has been dominating opponents this season.

With a blend of a hard-nosed defense and a fast-breaking offense, the Wildcats were 7-0 overall before playing Westerville North last Tuesday.

Life was good for the Wildcats after a 62-22 win over Watterson on Dec. 30.

They made it look easy against the Eagles, leading 28-4 at halftime. Afterward, part of coach Ed Calo’s message was for his team to stay grounded.

“I tell our team the truth: that it’s never as good as you think and it’s never as bad as you think,” said Calo, whose team had won 33 consecutive regular-season games before playing North. “We made (the Watterson game) look easy, but we really had to work. (Watterson) missed some easy shots that changed the mind-

set, but we really went after it.”

Through seven games, South had beaten its opponents by an average margin of 29.3 points. The victory over Watterson was its second by 39 or more points. The other was an 81-42 win over Groveport in the opener Dec. 4. The Wildcats’ lone challenge came in an 82-78 win over Reynoldsburg on Dec. 14.

A key to South’s success has been solid play by players who stepped into larger roles this season, including sen-

ior guard Damarkeo Lyshe.

A spot player last season, Lyshe set up the Wildcats’ high-pressure defense against Watterson by guarding Brad McCurdy, the Eagles’ point guard. Lyshe drew two charges in the contest and forced McCurdy to dribble out of bounds.

Perhaps nothing signified South’s mentality more than in the third quarter when Lyshe stole the ball from McCurdy and See SOUTH, page B3

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Keeping pace in league race is Central boys’ goal

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The Westerville Central High School boys basketball team hopes to keep pace with Olentangy Liberty and Westerville South in the race for the OCCCardinal Division championship.

The Warhawks, who were 42 overall and 3-1 in the OCCCardinal before playing Olentangy last Tuesday and rode a three-game winning streak into the matchup with the Braves, travel to Liberty on Friday. The Patriots were 6-1 and 4-0 entering the new year, with their lone setback being a 64-54 loss to New Albany in their opener Dec. 4.

Defending league champion South, which defeated Central 74-45 on Dec. 7, was 7-0 and 4-0 before playing Westerville North last Tuesday.

By Jeff Mills/ThisWeek Last season, Central won both Aly Jurcenko of Central shoots in front of a Worthington Kilbourne meetings with Liberty by 64-58 defender during the host Warhawks’ 44-39 loss Dec. 29. Jurcenko scores.

See ULREY, page B3 scored 14 points to lead Central.

Key players for the Patriots

At a glance Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Central boys and girls basketball teams: BOYS Dec. 14 — Lost to Zanesville 54-49.

Nick Vannett scored 15 points. *Dec. 17 — Defeated Marysville 5839. Vannett scored 21 points. *Dec. 21 — Def. Dublin Scioto 5643. Kamorin Harris scored 13 points and Vannett and Quentin Henderson each scored 12.

Dec. 28 — Def. Bowling Green 67-63 *Last Tuesday — Played Olentangy *Friday — At Olentangy Liberty Saturday — Home vs. Hartley Of note: The Warhawks were 4-2 overall and 3-1 in the OCC-Cardinal before

include 6-foot-1 senior guard Andy Yazrombek, 5-11 junior guard Jake Bischoff and 6-7 junior center Nick Archer.

“We have to continue to get better and there’s still things that we’re putting in to complete the package,” Central coach Todd Minney said. “I’m so proud of how hard these guys are work-

last Tuesday.

GIRLS Dec. 14 — Def. Mount Vernon 35-25.

Abby King scored 15 points. *Dec. 17 — Def. Marysville 48-34.

King and Aly Jurcenko each scored 10 points. *Dec. 21 — Lost to Dublin Scioto 5243. Jurcenko scored 11 points and Megan Mills scored 10.

Dec. 29 — Lost to Worthington Kilbourne 44-39. Jurcenko scored 14 points. *Last Wednesday — Played Olentangy *Friday — At Olentangy Liberty Of note: The Warhawks were 3-6 overall and 2-3 in the OCC-Cardinal before last Wednesday. *OCC-Cardinal game

ing. They get better every day and they come to work. We have to work on discipline first and taking care of the ball more. We have to implement a little bit more offensive stuff and defensively we haven’t even hit some of the things that we’re looking See CENTRAL, page B3

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2010: The Year In Review

Off-field tragedy, stunning upsets among top stories From staff reports As we begin 2011, we take a look back at the highs and lows of central Ohio high school sports for 2010. There was tragic news off the field, as Rico Butler, who helped the Hilliard Davidson football team win the Division I state championship in 2009, drowned in a quarry.

There were stunning upsets, including the Northland boys basketball team, which lost to Gahanna 71-45 in a Division I regional final despite being ranked No. 1 in the country and the defending state champion. And there was triumph on the football field, as two members of the CCL, Hartley and Watterson, captured state championships.

Here’s how the year stacked up through the eyes of the sports staff at ThisWeek Community Newspapers.

We hope you enjoy the look back at 2010 as much as we did.

TWICE AS NICE: The CCL has only five teams in football but produced two state champions in Hartley and Watterson.

Hartley, led by running back Noah Key, defeated Chagrin Falls 34-13 in the Division IV state final on Dec. 3 at Massillon’s Paul Brown Tiger Stadium to finish 13-2 and capture its first state championship since 1986. Watterson overcame six turnovers to beat Akron Buchtel 13-12 in the Division III state final on Dec. 4 at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium to finish 13-1 and win its first state title since 2002.

Key, the Division IV Player of the Year who rushed for 2,755 yards (8.8 yards per carry) and 40 touchdowns, rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries against Chagrin Falls, which finished 13-2.

Omar Lane also had a big game, rushing for 117 yards and a touchdown on six carries. The Hawks went 5-for-5 on fourth down, recovered an onside kick and held Chagrin Falls to 159 total yards.

“I don’t know if there were a ton of people who picked us to win the game,” Hawks coach Brad Burchfield said. “We taped all the pundits saying that Chagrin Falls is going to win the game and played it for the kids (the night before the state final).

We’re happy to take that underdog role.”

Watterson, which won its final 10 games, held Buchtel to 204 total yards but was not able to pull away from the Griffins because of turnovers. The Eagles, who had 258 yards, lost three fumbles and threw three interceptions, including one that was returned 80 yards for a touchdown.

With Watterson trailing 12-6, Ray Cook scored on a 3-yard run and Tim Carter kicked the extra point to put the Eagles ahead with 10 minutes, 50 seconds left. On their ensuing possession, the Griffins drove from their own 23-yard line to the Watterson 6, only to be stopped on fourth-and-1.

Buchtel, which finished 114, got the ball back three plays later on the Watterson 21 as the result of an Eagles fumble. However, on second-and-15 from the Eagles’ 26, Jared Simpson sacked Griffins quarterback Stephen Parker for a loss of 12 yards and Brad McCurdy intercepted Parker on the next play to help seal the victory.

“These guys know as well as I do how great of an accomplishment this season was,” Eagles coach Dan Bjelac said.

“There were a number of behind-the-scenes things that happened. This team found ways to get it done all year.”

Linebacker Matt Redfield was the state’s co-Defensive Player of the Year and district Defensive Player of the Year.

STUNNING UPSETS: The Northland boys basketball team and Gahanna boys soccer team both were ranked No. 1 in the country for much of their respective seasons, but neither was able to defend their respective state championships, or even return to the state tournament.

Northland lost to Gahanna 7145 in a regional final on March 20 at the Fairgrounds Coliseum.

The loss snapped a 37-game winning streak for the Vikings, who finished 23-1.

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No. 1: Watterson’s T.J. GIlles (left), Matt Redfield (39), Patrick Rhomberg (4), Brad McCurdy (11), Ray Cook (35) and the rest of the Eagles celebrate after a 13-12 victory over Akron Buchtel in the Division III state championship game Dec. 4 at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium in Massillon. Fellow CCL member Hartley also won a state title, beating Chagrin Falls 34-13 in the Division IV final.

the floor, with Stevie Taylor and Rob Brandenberg (19 points apiece) leading the way. The Lions advanced to state for the first time, where they lost to eventual champion Massillon Jackson 62-50 in a semifinal on March 26 to finish 26-1.

“As time goes on, people will remember our Northland game more than playing in front of 15,000 people at the Schott,” said Lions coach Tony Staib, whose team was ranked second in the final state poll behind Northland. “It was a team everybody said that couldn’t be beat.

The way we beat them, it was one of those magical games that puts an exclamation point on the season for these guys.”

Jared Sullinger, now playing for Ohio State, had 24 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Vikings, who lost despite outrebounding Gahanna 36-18.

Northland, which had beaten Cincinnati Princeton 60-58 in the 2009 state final, spent several weeks as the No. 1-ranked team in the country, according to most national polls. Among the Vikings’ victories were a 53-52 win over Henderson (Nev.) Findlay Prep on Dec. 17, 2009, and a 47-46 win over Mouth of Wilson (Va.) Oak Hill Academy on Jan. 16. Both of those games were televised on ESPN. Ranked first for most of the season in the ESPN/Rise poll, the Gahanna boys soccer team lost to Olentangy Orange 2-1 in double overtime in a Division I regional final on Nov. 6, marking its only loss in its last 44 games.

The Lions had beaten Orange 3-0 on Sept. 9 and had outscored their opponents 96-9. The Pioneers lost to Centerville 2-1 in a state semifinal on Nov. 9. Gahanna finished 19-1-1, with its only other blemish being a 1-all tie against Massillon Jackson on Oct. 2.

Orange’s Colton Bloecher scored the winning goal against the Lions with 4:24 left in the second overtime.

“It’s shocking,” said Gahanna senior forward Chris Davis, who scored with 3 seconds left in the first half to give the Lions a 1-0 halftime lead. “We were so determined to win. It’s devastating.

I didn’t expect this at all. I thought we were going to win and go to the state semis.”

OV E R C O M I N G TRAGEDY: The Hilliard Davidson football team fell short in its quest to repeat as Division I state champion, finishing 13-1 after losing to Huber Heights Wayne 28-14 in a state semifinal on Nov. 27.

Still, it was another successful season for the Wildcats, especially when taking into consideration that the Davidson football family was dealt a major blow when running back Rico Butler drowned May 25 while swimming with friends in a quarry.

Butler would have been a senior this year.

“I think everyone would have taken a 13-1 season,” said coach Brian White, whose team won its 11th OCC championship by finishing 7-0 in the OCC-Central Division. “Coming into this year, we weren’t exactly sure how everything was going to pan out and what the kids’ reaction to losing Rico was going to be.

There were a multitude of questions about things coming into this year.”

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No. 6: Reynoldsburg girls track and field team defies odds by winning second consecutive Division I state title.

No. 7: Upper Arlington girls swimming and diving team earn sixth consecutive Division I state title.

No. 8: Lakewood softball team captures third consecutive state title.

No. 9: Central Ohio players sweep the Division I and II state titles in boys tennis.

No. 10: Twin brothers Chris Uhle and Joey Uhle of Olentangy Liberty top one another for state pole vault record.

No. 11: Westerville North boys cross country team only can wonder what might have been at Division I state meet.

No. 12: Harvest Prep girls basketball team produces Division IV state championship.

No. 13: Two area wrestlers capture state titles.

No. 14: Columbus Academy junior Morgan Ransom earns Division II state girls golf title.

No. 15: Cousins Ashley Thai and Lauren Thai of Hilliard Bradley win doubles title in Division II state girls tennis.

No. 16: Upper Arlington and Dublin Jerome capture state titles in boys lacrosse.

No. 17: A year after area boys soccer teams swept all three state championships, no central Ohio team wins a title.

No. 18: Westerville Central’s Mary Wells rolls to girls bowling title as Warhawks place second.

No. 19: Area coaches reach career milestones.

No. 20: Two longtime area coaches step down.

No. 21: Hilliard Davidson baseball team upsets top-seeded Grove City in Division I district tournament.

No. 22: Four area Division I boys basketball teams finish the regular season undefeated.

No. 23: The Dublin Coffman and Big Walnut girls volleyball teams lose in their state finals matches.

No. 24: Thomas Worthington field hockey team falls short in state championship.

No. 25: Childhood friends vie for NCAA men’s soccer title.

No. 4: Jared Sullinger had another big season for the Northland boys basketball team, garnering Ohio’s Mr. Basketball award for the second consecutive season along with earning McDonald’s All-American and Naismith National Player of the Year honors. It was a bittersweet season, however, as Sullinger’s Vikings, the defending state champions and top-ranked team in the country, were stunned by Gahanna 71-45 in a regional final. The Lions’ upset victory, coupled with the Olentangy Orange boys soccer team’s shocking 1-0 win over defending state champion Gahanna in a regional final, was voted the No. 2 story of the year.

On the morning of the second day of the Cardinals’ dominating performance at the Division I state tournament, his wife, Leeanne, went into labor with the couple’s third child.

Cristiano Matthew Mampieri was born about four hours before the Cardinals teed off on Oct. 23, allowing Mampieri an opportunity to meet his team at Ohio State’s Scarlet Course before the start of the second round.

“He got there and gave them a pep talk before they were to tee off and then went back to the hospital for a while,” assistant coach Eric Horvath said.

“He told me he had a favor to ask of me, and then takes off early.”

“Eric said that he felt like he was the Dennis Hopper character from the movie ‘Hoosiers.’

You know when Gene Hackman gets kicked out of the (basketball) game and hands (Hopper’s character) the scorebook and tells him he’s the coach now,” Mampieri said with a wide grin.

“It wasn’t anything like that, but (Eric) did a great job.”

When Mampieri returned to the course a few hours later, St. Charles was well on its way to its second consecutive state title.

The Cardinals shot a record 610, breaking the previous mark of 611 set by Cleveland St. Ignatius in 2002 and Upper Arlington in 1993, and finished well ahead of runner-up St. Ignatius (621).

Senior Michael Ricaurte was tournament medalist with a 144 over 36 holes.

Mampieri resigned as coach after the state tournament, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family.

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Rhodes (6-5) was the team’s top returnee after averaging 6.0 points and 1.9 rebounds as a starter last season. Gibbs and senior forwards Tucker Arthurs and Garrett Lieb saw limited varsity action a year ago.

“I knew we had talent, but it’s a big jump from j.v to varsity,” Thuman said. “Central has a lot of seniors and Liberty has some big, physical bodies. “(Dublin) Jerome is a bigger, physical team. What’s encouraging is kids were adept at making adjustments. It’s big when they can make the adjustments necessary to win (as players did in a 79-61 win over Jerome on Dec. 7).”

Through seven games, the Warriors had four players averaging in double figures, led

by Gibbs at 20.1 points. Rhodes was second at 16.4, followed

by Thomas (12.1) and Cook (10.7). Rhodes had a team-high 15 3-pointers, followed by Gibbs with nine.

•The girls team was 8-1 overall and 4-1 in the OCC-Cardinal before playing South last Wednesday.

By Tim Norman/ThisWeek Much of the Warriors’ suc- North’s Darren Nettles tries to maneuver around Antonio Bisutti cess has been from a balanced of Dublin Scioto during the host Warriors’ 61-40 win Dec. 17. attack. In a 60-29 win over Briggs on Dec. 28, senior guard Bri Clegg had 17 points, folAt a glance lowed by senior point guard Monique Jones (12), senior for- Below are the recent results and com- Of note: The Warriors were 5-2 overward Caitlin Kusan (9), junior ing schedules for the North boys and all and 2-2 in the OCC-Cardinal before girls basketball teams: last Tuesday. forward Ellie Vosler (8), sophBOYS omore forward Gabrielle Pace Dec. 17 — Defeated Dublin Scioto GIRLS Dec. 13 — Def. Central Crossing 55(8) and sophomore guard Brey- 61-40. Jack Gibbs scored 15 points, 37. Monique Jones and Caitlin Kusan onia Hearn (5).

Garrett Lieb scored nine and Matt each scored 15 points and Bri Clegg “When you have balance like Rhodes and Taivion Thomas each scored 12 points, including two 3pointers. eight. that, it makes it tough on op- scored *Dec. 21 — Lost to Olentangy Liber- *Dec. 17 — Lost to Dublin Scioto 47ponents,” coach Jim Kloepfer ty 66-60 (OT). Gibbs scored 22 points, 41. Clegg scored 16 points, including said. “It’s much more difficult Rhodes scored 16, Adrian Cook scored three 3-pointers, Kusan scored 10 and Jones scored eight. than when you only have one 12 and Thomas scored 10.

Dec. 29 — Def. New Martinsville *Dec. 21 — Def. Olentangy Liberty or two girls scoring for you.”

(W.Va.) Magnolia 81-56 in Jack 64-25. Kusan scored 22 points and Through nine games, Jones Stephens Tournament at Parkersburg Jones scored 11. was leading the Warriors in (W.Va.). Rhodes scored 28 points, in- Dec. 28 — Def. Briggs 60-29. Clegg scoring, averaging 12.6 points, cluding four 3-pointers, Gibbs scored scored 17 points and Jones scored 12. followed by Kusan (12.4) and 21 and Thomas scored 14.

Dec. 30 — Def. Parkersburg 83-66 *Last Wednesday — Played South Clegg (9.6). Clegg had a team- in championship of Jack Stephens *Friday — Home vs. Marysville high 13 3-pointers and Jones Tournament. Gibbs scored 24 points, Saturday — At Dublin Coffman Cook scored 18, Thomas scored 14 Of note: The Warriors were 8-1 overhad 12.

drove the length of the floor for a layup and a chance for a 3point play. The Wildcats’ bench erupted as though the game was tied, when in fact Lyshe’s basket made it 34-7.

“We all just have a common goal, really,” guard Ben Jones said. “Our coach always says, ‘Play like one, act like one.’ Our bench always needs to be in the game emotionally and support the players on the court. Everybody is really starting to learn their new roles and really sticking to their goals.”

To guard against complacency, all anyone on South’s roster needs to do is think back to last season when South finished the regular season 20-0 and earned the No. 3 seed for the Division I district tournament, only to be

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At a glance Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the South boys and girls basketball teams: BOYS *Dec. 21 — Defeated Marysville 6941. Traevon Jackson scored 19 points, Damarkeo Lyshe scored 15 and Ben Jones scored 12.

Dec. 30 — Def. Watterson 62-22.

Jackson scored 23 points. *Last Tuesday — Played North Friday — At Olentangy. The Wildcats won 97-44 and 65-46 last season.

Of note: The Wildcats were 7-0 overall and 4-0 in the OCC-Cardinal before

beaten by eighth-seeded MarionFranklin 66-57 in a district semifinal to finish 22-1.

The Wildcats would rather forget about last season’s ending, however, and instead focus on making sure their level of play does not drop off.

“We’re all motivated,” Lyshe said. “Our goal is to stay motivated and striving every day to get better.”

last Tuesday.

GIRLS *Dec. 21 — Lost to Marysville 5247. Morgan Neighbors scored 21 points, including four 3-pointers. *Last Wednesday — Played North *Friday — Home vs. Olentangy. The teams split last season, with the Wildcats losing 48-42 in the first meeting and winning 59-46 in the second.

Of note: The Wildcats were 4-3 overall and 3-2 in the OCC-Cardinal before last Wednesday. *OCC-Cardinal game

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OCC-Cardinal before playing Olentangy last Wednesday.

The Warhawks entered the contest looking to snap a two-game losing streak. Their latest setback was a 44-39 loss to Worthington Kilbourne on Dec. 29.

“We could have won our last game against Kilbourne,” coach Doug Etgen said. “Obviously, we’d like to be 5-4 or something around there, but the girls’ attitudes are still real good. We’re having good practices. When you have positive attitudes, it’s not the end of the world right now.”

Central plays Friday at Liberty, which entered the new year 1-8 overall and 0-5 in the OCCCardinal.

Last season, the teams split two meetings, with the Warhawks winning the first game 41-39 and the Patriots winning the second 46-40.

Liberty’s hopes for success took a major hit when senior guard Allyson VanGundy was lost for the season after tearing the ACL in her right knee on Dec. 3 in a 59-53 loss to Westerville South. VanGundy was averaging 15.5 points and five assists.

“Liberty really took a tough blow when Allyson VanGundy, their best player, tore her ACL a couple weeks ago,” Etgen said. “They have a lot of length. Their interior defense is going to be really good. They’re going to be a really good rebounding team. They’re playing a lot of young girls. They’re going through some tough times right now.”

Through nine games, Abby King was leading the Warhawks in scoring, averaging 9.9 points, followed by Aly Jurcenko (7.3).

to do.”

Among the Warhawks’ victories was a 67-63 win over Bowling Green on Dec. 28. Central lost 64-60 to the Bobcats last season.

The Warhawks beat Bowling Green despite not having senior center Nick Vannett, who missed the contest because he was preparing for the Offense-Defense Bowl Game last Friday in Myrtle Beach, S.C. “We didn’t have Nick,” Minney said. “That took away our post presence. We had to change positions around a lot. I went to the speed game and defensively more of a hard-pressure game. The kids responded really well out of the gate with some great enthusiasm.”

Central also played most of the first three quarters without leading scorer Kamorin Harris, who was in foul trouble. Harris provided a needed spark in the fourth quarter, as he scored 16 of his team-high 20 points over the final eight minutes.

“I had to step up,” Harris said. “The team put the ball in my hands and they told me to make plays, so I had to make plays.”

Quentin Henderson scored 17 points and Christian Graves scored 14.

Bowling Green’s Chauncey Orr, who has received interest from several Division I colleges, scored 27 points. Orr is the son of Bowling Green State University men’s basketball coach Louis Orr, a former collegiate and NBA player.

Through six games, Vannett was leading Central in scoring, averaging 16.4 points, followed by Harris (14.8) and Henderson (12).

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Wrestling is different from other high school sports. If an athlete doesn’t make weight, he doesn’t compete. It is the only team sport in which weight, more than skill, determines a position. That’s why one of the most important times on competition day is the weigh-in.

The NCAA and high school athletics associations across the country have tried to stamp out the practice of rapid weight loss since collegiate wrestlers Billy Jack Saylor, Joseph LaRosa and Jeff Reese died trying to make weight in 1997.

The OHSAA has been heavily involved in the weigh-in process since the 2006-07 wrestling season. Coaches interviewed by ThisWeek unanimously agreed the OHSAA’s weight certification program has been a positive, but they said there are questions about its effectiveness and its fairness to athletes who also compete in a fall sport.

“I think the idea of the (program) is good, but it doesn’t eliminate the severe weight cutting,” Reynoldsburg coach Jared Ball said. “They crash early. The idea now is to be at their weight at the beginning (of the season).”

Each of the college wrestling deaths came after a period of extreme weight loss.

Reese was trying to get down to the 150-pound weight class and had lost a reported 17 pounds in three days.

Severely dehydrated, the Michigan wrestler died in the locker room at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor as he tried to weigh-in.

Saylor, a Campbell University wrestler, and LaRosa, who competed at Wisconsin-La Crosse, died under similar circumstances.

The OHSAA’s weight certification program attempts to eliminate rapid weight loss by establishing a mini-

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Hilliard Davidson senior Nolan Gill (right) battles Mark Martin of Lakewood St. Edward in a first-round match at 135 pounds during the Division I state tournament last season. Gill was listed at 174 pounds as a football player for the Wildcats last fall and his wrestling season was delayed until he could lose weight in order to compete at 140 pounds.

mum weight at which a wrestler can compete during the season. The minimum weight, called the “alpha weight,” takes into account hydration level and body-fat percentage.

Teams typically spend an afternoon during the preseason getting the entire roster certified. Wrestlers undergo a urinalysis to prove they are not dehydrated, and once adequate hydration is established, they have their body-fat percentage determined.

If a male wrestler’s body fat is 7 percent or less (12 percent or less for females), he is not allowed to wrestle at a weight class lower than his weight at the time of certification.

Wrestlers with more than 7 percent body fat are allowed to lose weight, but only in small weekly amounts determined by the OHSAA’s weight-loss formula.

“The only guarantee that you’ll be allowed to wrestle at a certain weight

is if you weigh in at that weight hydrated,” Ready coach Chance Van Gundy said. “If you’re hydrated at 140 (pounds) with 7 percent body fat, you’ll be able to wrestle 140.

But if you weigh 140.1, you have to wrestle up.”

Since this formula determines where athletes can wrestle once the season starts, Van Gundy meets with prospective team members early in the fall to determine where they might fit in the lineup once the season begins. This helps wrestlers establish a goal weight and they can use the fall to trim down before getting certified, unless they’re playing a fall sport.

Getting in shape for wrestling is especially difficult for football players. At the heavier weights, football and wrestling have some shared benefits, but most of the weight classes would be considered small for football players.

No one knows the difference in conditioning philosophy like Jason Hackett, a football player and state champion wrestler for Hamilton Township who graduated in 2003.

“Football coaches push size to have bigger, stronger kids,” said Hackett, who now coaches at Hamilton Township’s middle and high schools. “I’d like to see (the hydration test) in the middle of the season. They’ll lose that weight just because they work that hard (in wrestling practice). I loved football and wrestling, but they’re different types of conditioning.”

In 2002, Hackett won a Division II state wrestling championship at 171 pounds after he helped the football team make the playoffs. Had the hydration test been in place at that time, Hackett said he wouldn’t have been able to compete at 171. He ended the football season at 205 pounds and needed until January to lose the weight.

According to the rules at the time, he had to wrestle half of his matches at his lowest weight to be eligible for the postseason.

“It took a lot out of me,” Hackett said of losing the weight. “I really do like how the hydration test is set up.

The way I look at it, you might have to bump up a weight, but you’re going to need that strength. You can’t cut weight to where you’re not going to be able to step on the mat.”

Hackett also said finding the proper weight class is important. He said moving down in weight can give a wrestler an advantage, because he should have a larger frame and stronger muscles than a competitor who is naturally smaller. Hackett’s success at 171 pounds earned him a scholarship to Arizona State.

The need for some to lose weight had some like Pickerington Central coach Jason Allen calling for a later start to the wrestling season. Olentangy coach Matt Hammons wanted

to level the playing field by having the OHSAA use the same assessor to run the weight certification tests.

Perhaps no school in the area deals with the dichotomy of football and wrestling conditioning like Hilliard Davidson. In wrestling, Davidson won the Division I district championship last season and was chosen to represent the Central District at the state duals on Jan. 9. However, three of Davidson’s four state qualifiers last year were members of the football team, which won the Division I state championship in 2009 and made it to a state semifinal this past fall.

Had Davidson won its state football semifinal on Nov. 27, wrestling state qualifiers Chase Delande, Nolan Gill and Alex Mickley would have been playing football on Dec. 4, the same day that the wrestling team opened its season.

Because he played football at a lighter weight, Delande was able to join the wrestling team for the opener on Dec. 4, but Gill and Mickley didn’t make their debuts until Dec. 28.

Coach Dominic DiSabato had to put off filing weight certifications until Gill and Mickley were able to reach their target weights. Not only did the pair miss nearly a month of the season, but Davidson also had to postpone a Dec. 16 dual with West Jefferson until Jan. 26. Mickley was listed at 170 pounds on the football roster and is wrestling at 152. Gill was listed at 174 for football and is competing at 140 for wrestling.

“My first day back I lost like five pounds, and then the next day it was another five pounds,” Mickley said Dec. 16. “Then the next day I would eat the littlest thing and be right back up. Last week was tough, but this week the weight really started dropping.” jstewart@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

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The Beat Arts, eats and fun in central Ohio

FAB 5

Filjak made her or5 Ms. chestral debut at the age of 12 and, more recently, was the winner of the 2009 Cleveland Piano Competition.

She was kind enough to engage in an e-mail Q&A with The Beat.

By Jim Fischer

jfischer@thisweeknews.com

1 As a college student exper-

imenting with digital sampling software and creating mashups, Gregg Michael Gillis displayed a clever ear and got tagged “a lawsuit waiting to happen” by no less than the New York Times Magazine.

Gillis settled on stage name Girl Talk, started releasing records and took the clubs by storm.

Girl Talk will play Lifestyle Communities Pavilion Thursday, Jan. 6. Tickets are $25. Call 1800-745-3000.

2 “Russian Masters” is not a

chess tournament but a tribute by the Columbus Symphony Orchestra to great composers from that nation, starting with programs Friday and Saturday, Jan. 7-8, at the Ohio Theatre.

The program includes RimskyKorsakov’s Overture on Russian Themes, Stravinsky’s Petrouchka and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Con-

Vladimir Feltsman

certo No. 1. Pianist Vladimir Feltsman joins the CSO on the Tchaikovsky piece.

Enrique Arturo Diemecke guest conducts.

Oh, there are more Russian masters, and the CSO has two more of these programs slated over the next few weeks, so folks will get to hear more Tchaikovsky but also Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff and The Beat’s favorite, Shostakovich.

Tickets for the Jan. 7-8 programs are $66.50-$11.50. Call (614) 228-8600.

latest entry in the 3 The “young country music acts fronted by an attractive blonde woman” is The Band Perry.

Three siblings hailing from Mobile, Ala., it took the trio a few years of playing each in their own band to realize that their musical ventures were best kept in the family.

You may have heard the charttopping If I Die Young. There’s likely more where that came from.

TBP will play Newark’s Midland Theatre Sunday, Jan. 9.

Tickets are $22.50.

Call (740) 345LIVE.

4 To

call Louisville’s Dawn Landes offbeat is akin to calling a rainbow colorful. It seems obvious but it’s still worth checking out for yourself.

Landes will take her unique liberties with folk and bluegrass at the Rumba Cafe Monday, Jan. 10. Call (614) 2681841.

Dawn Landes

The Beat: Both of your parents were pianists? Seems like you would either embrace this or run away from it! Talk about their influence on you as a young person and still today as a professional musician.

Martina Filjak: My parents were both amazing, although my father unfortunately died when I was very young. Growing up in a musical family was an absolute privilege. I cannot even really recall the first time my baby fingers went over the keyboard, but certainly I was still a toddler. I have been incredibly attracted to music and to the piano in the same time. I recall I was able to read music in the same time I was starting to be able to read and write.

TB:You also faced challenges from a standpoint of social/political upheaval in your country when you were young. Can you share how that may have shaped you as a person and an artist?

MF: I indeed have experienced and grew up amidst the entire huge, historical change that has significantly changed the circumstances of the early 90s in entire Eastern Europe — and I have also experienced several years of war in my home country.

It is impossible to not be somehow touched or marked by those events on a strong personal level.

Those memories are in the same time very public and very intimate. I say public because on one hand you see it in newspapers and on TV, and on the other hand private, since you experi-

Croatian-born pianist Martina Filjak will perform with ProMusica Chamber Orchestra Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 8 and 9, at the Southern Theatre. Tickets are $46-$10 and are available by calling (614) 464-0066 or through www.promusicacolumbus.org.

ence yourself these traumatic events that are often touching very hidden parts of (one’s) self.

Naturally, it has given my personality a certain edge — perhaps, an edge is something that an artist could use at times? I certainly hope so.

TB: In Columbus, you’ll be playing Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G. Can you talk about this piece?

MF: This concerto is a special piece for me. I learned it listening to it for weeks while I was about 12 years old. I was recovering from a traffic accident and wasn’t allowed to read, play or be exposed to a too strong light after the concussion I suffered.

So back then, the Ravel concerto was my saviour. After I recovered I had to beg my teacher to let me play it - she wouldn’t at first as she said I was too young. But I learned it anyway.

TB:You are very expressive while you play. Are you aware of this?

MF: Thank you. I believe this is one of my goals - when I play I really do attempt to express and give the absolute maximum.

TB: As a young “classical” artist, do you feel a responsibility to bring this music to young audiences?

MF: I would say, I try to bring music to all possible audiences, not necessarily only the young ones. I have a feeling that, since the appreciation of classical music comes with a certain ‘age and social status,’or at least it is commonly believed to be like that, this idea in the same time scares potential audiences off.

But I also have a feeling that classical music is making a ‘comeback’ - maybe people are starting to get intrigued to know more about music that was able to survive through centuries?

For more from The Beat’s Q&A with Martina Filjak, read the BeatBlog at www.ThisWeekNews.com.

Another Fisherman’s Wharf, more great seafood Chalk up another one for the Chalkias family — a new Fisherman’s Wharf has opened. Sailing out dishes of high-grade seafood from its Polaris-area kitchen, this Wharf is off to a brisk start.

For background, the original Fisherman’s Wharf premiered on Morse Road in the mid-’70s during a drastically more provincial dining era than we’re currently enjoying. Partially drawing on the Chalkias family’s Greek heritage, it was like the restaurant that launched a thousand others.

Some are still chugging along, others have long run aground, but count among that distinguished number Niki’s Deli, a Fisherman’s Wharf in Bexley, Fisherman’s Wharf Pier II, Feta in Pickerington and the Big Fat Greek Kuzina. I’ll not bother mentioning every eatery with ties to the Chalkias brood, but rest assured that if you’re a fan of Greek food in Columbus,

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by G.A. Benton you’ve probably patronized a Chalkias-related restaurant.

So of course Grecian accents make their way into the new Fisherman’s Wharf, but as its name suggests, this place is mostly about the fish. Its nautical theme is clearly stated outside, where beneath porthole windows peeking through huge and heavy black lacquered doors, a split-in-two captain’s wheel serves as handles.

Inside, off-white walls with coppery swaths set off black and blue accents. So tablecloths, menus, napkins, servers outfits and even leftovers boxes are night shaded.

Fanciful blue pops up in pretty, aquarium-riffing stained glass windows. There’s also a large and at-

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Macadamia Nut Crusted Halibut at Fisherman’s Wharf.

tractive rectangular bar in the big and bustling restaurant.

Overall, it’s a handsome, but not chichi, establishment. Accordingly, it generally draws in

regular folks splurging on excellent, and pricey, seafood. As for cooking and plating styles, they’ve ranged from straightforward to considerably fancier.

From the latter group, the Sesame Ahi Tuna ($12) was a fine starter. Looking like a dozen dominoes toppled in a straight row, the raw, served room temperature “tiles” of delicious sashimi-grade fish sported crunchy seared rims encrusted with white and black sesame seeds. Artful squiggles of wasabi mayo and a fragrant oil provided modernist touches — but skip the overpowering soy sauce dip.

Homier but soulful was the Seafood Chowder ($4.50/cup).

Actually more like a soothing potato soup laced with clams, its starchy ballast was leavened with a nicely measured tang.

Saladwise, my favorite was the eye-catching, tongue-delighting

Fisherman’s Wharf 1611 Polaris Pkwy., Westerville 614-431-1411 Web: bestgreekusa.com Cuisine: Seafood Price: $$$ ($20-$30 per person) Patio: Yes Hours: 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m.

Monday-Thursday, 11:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Friday, 12-10:30 p.m. Saturday, 12-9 p.m. Sunday and near meal-in-itself Captain’s Artichoke Salad ($6). Like a gussied up Greek salad, its manifold elements (cucumber, roasted red peppers, creamy feta and much more) made for a dynamic combination.

Navigating the mammoth menu for entrees can take a while. You’ll scan past delicacies like Day Boat Scallops, plump Danish scampi, killer Kodiak Alaskan Red King

Crab Legs, and luscious Maine lobster tails. Want ’em all? Then opt for the Baked Variety platter ($50, but could feed two) which rounds them up simply, perfectly cooked, dusted with seasoned breadcrumbs and presented with lakes of garlicky melted butter.

For something “cheffier,” pick the terrific Macadamia Nut Crusted Halibut ($26). Sauced with a sweetish orange buerre blanc, it was a huge and truly beautiful piece of succulent snow-white fish.

Soft and supple, yet endowed with bells and whistles galore (berries, bananas, nutella, whipped cream, chocolate sauce), Gina’s Crepes ($12, easily serves two) were the obvious dessert star.

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Abusive customers pose issues for servers, restaurateurs Bill Glover was quite fond of his appetizer: braised pork belly drizzled with jalapeno ketchup and served with creamed corn.

One of his customers, who apparently had a sensitivity to spiciness, had other ideas and wasn’t shy in sharing her thoughts.

“She looked at me with this real callous face and said, ‘Where do you get off putting this on the menu?

My tongue is swollen and I can hardly talk.’”

Glover, chef and owner of Sage American Bistro in the University District, said he apologized but the guest wouldn’t relent.

He asked, in front of a room full of astonished onlookers, what he could do to make her happy. She said nothing and stormed off with her dining companion, who also had a choice expletive for the chef.

So the customer’s always right? It depends on who you ask.

“You always have to lean on the side of the guest is right,” Glover said. “But on the food-service side you can’t believe the things we encounter. People leave this profession because they get bitter dealing with the public.”

Indeed, pleasing guests is the objective of any diligent restaurateur. Certainly, they have some legitimate complaints: a forgotten fork, cloudy wine glass or cold chicken fricassee.

So how does one differentiate constructive criticism from downright abuse?

Industry veteran Paul Liu, owner of Haiku and Bento Go Go, said customers cross the line when they insult the staff.

“A lot of times when you talk civilly with them, the owner or the manager talks to them, they behave differently,” Liu said. “Sometimes they don’t

of service to their staff. And, in his professional world, there is no substitute for first-rate customer relations.

“The food is an important component” of restaurants, he said. “But there are plenty of people who will eat mediocre food if the service is world-class.”

His company sends secret diners in to test the determination of servers. They will, for example, say they found a hair on their burger. The servers too often will look for the wayward lock or quibble with customers when the solution is simple: “Toss the old one away and get them a new one,” Cannon said.

“Service is a lost art in this industry,” he said.

“Those that stay focused on it usually have better sales growth, significantly better profits and a significantly better culture and environment than those who don’t.”

Recipe of the week and when they don’t, you politely ask them to leave.”

It’s an endless discussion in the food-service industry, said Jarrod Clabaugh, director of communications for the Ohio Restaurant Association.

“We always encourage our members to train their staffs on the importance of etiquette,” he said. “Whenever a customer’s request can be followed, like leaving a particular item out of a dish, they should do their best to meet that request.”

Most patrons are easy to please, Clabaugh said.

“But, some customers’ requests can be over-

reaching,” he said. “It’s important to walk the line carefully.”

Howard Cannon of Restaurant Consultants of America, based in Alabama, said restaurants can never overvalue customer service.

“In the old days it was ‘The customer’s always right,’” he said. “Now you can barely get an operator to agree with that. Ultimately they’re not trained to believe it.”

Cannon said the industry has grown so much, so fast, that operators couldn’t teach the finer points

“Frenchie” fries, courtesy of David MacLennan of Latitude 41.