High School Basketball 2016 by Herald-Star

Index

Dec. 1, 2016

Girls

Steubenville .................................................. 4 Weir ................................................................ 5 Catholic Central .......................................... 6 Madonna ...................................................... 7 Indian Creek .................................................. 8 Toronto .......................................................... 9 Edison .......................................................... 10 Harrison Central .......................................... 11 Brooke .......................................................... 12 Buckeye Local ............................................ 18 Oak Glen ...................................................... 19 Wheeling Park ............................................ 21

Boys

Steubenville ................................................ 32 Weir .............................................................. 33 Catholic Central ........................................ 34 Madonna .................................................... 35 Indian Creek .............................................. 36 Toronto ........................................................ 37 Edison .......................................................... 38 Harrison Central ........................................ 39 Brooke .......................................................... 40 Buckeye Local ............................................ 46 Oak Glen ...................................................... 47 Wheeling Park .......................................... 49

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Dec. 1 at Martins Ferry, 7 p.m. Dec. 5 at Buckeye Local Dec. 7 Weir Dec. 12 Harrison Central Dec. 15 at Brooke High, 5:45 p.m. Dec. 19 Youngstown East Dec. 23 at Oak Glen Dec. 27 John Marshall (Chuck Watt Classic), (V) 4 p.m. Dec. 28 East Liverpool (Chuck Watt Classic), (V) 3 p.m. Dec. 30 Catholic Central Jan. 5 at Weir, 5:45 p.m. Jan. 7 Buckeye Local High, Noon Jan. 11 at St. Clairsville High Jan. 14 at Catholic Central, 1 p.m. Jan. 19 at Harrison Central Jan. 21 Bellaire, 1 p.m. Jan. 25 at Edison Jan. 26 Brooke High Jan. 30 St. Clairsville Feb. 2 at John Marshall, 5:45 p.m. Feb. 6 OVAC Week JV games at 6 p.m. unless noted

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STEUBENVILLE BIG RED

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‘We want to be a great defensive team ... and limit our turnovers’ By ED LOOMAN For The Basketball Preview STEUBENVILLE — The faces have changed but the goals remain the same for the Big Red girls basketball team. “We want to be a great defensive team, own the offensive/defensive boards and limit our turnovers,” said Jeff Lombardo, who is entering his second season at the Big Red helm. “If we can do these things, our goal is to qualify in the top four of the OVAC and give ourselves a chance to play for a championship.” Lombardo’s first Steubenville club was senior dominated and finished with a 19-6 record, losing to powerful Maysville in a Division II district semifinal game. Big Red qualified for the OVAC Class 5A playoffs. This season, Steubenville has returned to 4A status in the Ohio Valley conference. Lost to graduation were Hannah Masloski, Elise Watts, Tenia Bark-

er, Amyrah Forte, Lysaih Rice and Janelle Dokes. Rice, who received a track scholarship from Pitt, was a 1,000-point scorer and earned considerable post-season awards. She topped the 1,000 point mark in Big Red’s November, 2015

victory over Claymont. Rice was a first-team allEastern District Division II selection. “We will start the season as an inexperienced team with only one returning letter, senior Rhiannon Petrisko,” Lombardo stated. “But, her

ability and great leadership will raise our level of play as her new teammates gain their confidence and experience heading into the season.” As a junior, Petrisko, who is a force in the paint, averages 15 points and 8.1 rebounds per

game. She was named to the third team of the Eastern District squad. “Graduating six seniors from last year’s team, our underclassmen have worked hard this summer,” Lombardo, who See BIG RED Page 16 Á

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WEIR HIGH RED RIDERS

‘Things look good down the road, but we have limited varsity experience ...’

SCHEDULE

Nov. 29 at Oak Glen

Dec. 2 East Fairmont Dec. 5 at Brooke, 5:45 p.m. Dec. 7 at Steubenville Dec. 12 Edison Dec. 15 Weirton Madonna Dec. 19 at Toronto Dec. 22 at East Fairmont Jan. 2 John Marshall Jan. 5 Steubenville Jan. 7 at Burgettstown Mahoney Tournament, (V), 11 a.m. Jan. 9 at Catholic Central Jan. 14 Grafton, Noon Jan. 16 Indian Creek Jan. 19 Oak Glen Jan. 23 at John Marshall Jan. 25 at Weirton Madonna Feb. 6 OVAC Week Feb. 11 at Grafton High, Noon Feb. Toronto Feb. Brooke

JV games at 6 p.m. unless noted

By RALPH COX For The Basketball Preview WEIRTON — Second-year Weir High girls’ basketball coach, Rick Stead, has a very young team, but is excited that one of his goals — having 21 girls to play a full program of varsity, junior varsity and freshman schedules — is being fulfilled.

Stead’s Lady Red Riders will have to get a lot of offense and defense from a large group of sophomores as he attempts to rebuild due to losses from the 2016-17 team that posted a 5-18 record. “Things look good down the road, but we have limited varsity experience after junior Bailey (Stead) and Fran (Farran) and perhaps Gia Fuscardo,” said Stead.

“We have some bigger girls, but they have to develop. “Until they do, we’ll probably play four and five guards early on until the young kids develop enough to give us some size inside and just give our bench some depth.” See RED RIDERS Page 26 Á

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SCHEDULE

Nov. 26 Indian Valley Nov. 28 at Tusky Central Catholic Dec. 5 Linsly (V), 7 p.m. Dec. 8 at Bridgeport Dec. 15 at Toronto Dec. 17 at Bishop Donahue Dec. 19 at Madonna Dec. 27 at Nese/Watt Holiday Tournament at SHS vs. TBA Dec. 28 at Nese/Watt Holiday Tournament at SHS vs. Martins Ferry, TBA Dec. 30 at Steubenville, 2 p.m. Jan. 3 at Martins Ferry, 2 p.m. Jan. 7 Bridgeport Jan. 9 Weir High Jan. 11 at West Branch Jan. 12 Tusky Central Catholic Jan. 14 Steubenville, 1 p.m. Jan. 19 Indian Creek Jan. 23 Toronto Jan. 25 at Indian Valley Jan. 30 Madonna Feb. 6 OVAC Week JV games at 6 p.m. unless noted

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By MIKE MATHISON For The Basketball Preview STEUBENVILLE — The Catholic Central girls’ basketball team is something it hasn’t been in a long time — experienced. The Crusaders return nine letter winners. Leading the way are five seniors — Brittany Bertoia, Gabby Capaldi, Natalie Mastroianni, Shayna Mirabella and Samm Simmons. They are joined by juniors Grace Godich, Tia Taglione and Malvern transfer Brantley Turnage. “With so many veteran players, we are not spending as much time at practice learning offenses and defenses,” thirdyear head coach Jess Looman said. “We are spending more time fine tuning, expanding and looking for other options off our our set plays. “The other benefit is that the girls are comfortable playing together and so far they are doing a pretty good job of

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“We are looking forward to having a successful season.” Central opened the season with a 58-51 comefrom-behind home win

over Indian Valley Nov. 26 in overtime. It got to the extra session when Capaldi hit a halfcourter at the buzzer. “In our opener, we

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SCHEDULE

Dec. 5 Bishop Donahue Dec. 8 Valley Dec. 12 at Toronto Dec. 15 at Weir Dec. 19 Catholic Central Dec. 27 Undo’s Tournament, tba Dec. 28 Undo’s Tournament, tba Jan. 4 Toronto Jan. 7 at Oak Glen (V), 7:30 p.m. Jan. 9 Trinity (V), 7 p.m. Jan. 13 at Charleston Catholic (V), 7 p.m. Jan. 14 at Parkersburg Catholic (V), 1 p.m. Jan. 17 Oak Glen Jan. 20 at Trinity (V), 7 p.m. Jan. 21 Caldwell, 1 p.m. Jan. 25 Weir Jan. 30 at Catholic Central Feb. 2 at Linsly (V), 7 p.m. Feb. 4 Magnolia, 1 p.m. Feb. 6 OVAC, tba Feb. 15 at Bishop Donahue JV games at 6 p.m. unless noted

By RALPH COX For The Basketball Preview WEIRTON — The Madonna girls’ basketball team made its first state tournament appearance in 15 years as the No. 5 seed last March. Don Ogden, in his seventh year as head coach, feels that is very good news, but it’s also news that‘s comes at a price.

The good news is that there is a positive carryover from last year’s run, according to Ogden. Not so good is that three senior starters including the leading scorer and second all-time female scorer in school history have graduated. Picking up diplomas last May were Monica Bragg, a four-year Blue Don starter who scored 1,571 career points, Katie Lammers and Mikaela Lenhart.

Bragg, who now is playing collegiate basketball at West Liberty University, averaged 22 points a game last year while Lammers and Lenhart took averages of six points a game each with them. That leaves Ogden with the task of finding 34 points a game from among three seniors, two juniors, five sophomores and See MADONNA Page 30 Á

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INDIAN CREEK REDSKINS

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SCHEDULE

Nov. 28 Harrison Central, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 1 Buckeye Local Dec. 5 at Edison Dec. 8 East Liverpool Dec. 12 at Beaver Local Dec. 15 St. John Central Dec. 19 at Buckeye Local, 5:45 p.m. Dec. 22 Edison Dec. 26 at St. Clairsville Dec. 29 at John Marshall, 5:45 p.m. Jan. 5 at East Livepool Jan. 9 Beaver Local Jan. 12 at Brooke, 5:45 p.m. Jan. 16 at Weir Jan. 19 at CCHS Jan. 23 St. Clairsville Jan. 26 at St. John Central, 5:30 p.m. Jan. 28 Buckeye 8 Championship Jan. 30 John Marshall Feb. 2 Brooke Feb. 6 OVAC Week JV games at 6 p.m. unless noted

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‘We couldn’t ask for a better group of kids as we work through this transition’ By MIKE MATHISON For The Basketball Preview WINTERSVILLE — First-year Indian Creek girls’ basketball head coach Jackie Rossi said early on that scirmmages would show a lot about her team. “We needed to be pushed to our limit to see how good we are — or how bad we are — and what we need to do to improve,” she remarked. She got that. “After two scrimmages I can see that our defense is definitely ahead of our offense which only makes sense since we graduated 90 percent of last year’s scoring (Bethany Davis and Alaina Taylor),” Rossi said. “Our offense is going to be a work in progress as the season progresses.” Davis was a First Team all-Eastern District selection a year ago, averaging 19.6 points and 6.7 rebounds a game. She was also a special mention All-Ohio pick. Davis became the second

female in school history to surpass the 1,000-point mark (Bre Berryman was the first) and finished her career with 1,184 points. Rossi took over the program last month after Erin DeSantis stepped down after 11 years at

the helm. “We couldn’t ask for a better group of kids as we work through this transition,” Rossi said. “They’ve responded well to our coaching style and continue to work hard to learn our system.”

The Redskins well could be one of the fastest teams in the Valley and expect a transition game. “We have a lot of quick players and we need to utilize that strength,” Rossi said.

“How we’re going to utilize that strength — we’re not really sure yet. “We have a couple of tall kids, too, but I would say we’re more guarddominated.”

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TORONTO RED KNIGHTS

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Nov. 28 Edison Dec. 1 at Bishop Donahue Dec. 5 Bridgeport Dec. 8 at Bellaire St. John Dec. 12 Madonna Dec. 15 Catholic Central Dec. 19 Weir High Dec. 21 at Bridgeport Dec. 22 at Buckeye Local Dec 29 at Oak Glen Jan. 4 at Madonna Jan. 9 at Edison Jan. 12 Oak Glen Jan. 20 East Richland Academy at OUE, 5:30 p.m. Jan. 23 at Catholic Central Jan. 25 St. John Central Jan. 26 at Conotton Valley Jan. 30 Buckeye Local Feb. 6 OVAC Week Feb. 8 at Southern Local Feb. 13 at Weir High JV games at 6 p.m. unless noted

By MATTHEW PEASLEE For The Basketball Preview TORONTO — As focused as Rusty Hodgkiss is on the upcoming Toronto girls basketball season, his first as head coach of the Red Knights, he also has his eye on the future. Not just next year, but 20 or 30 years down the road. “Even when I was coaching boys, I wanted them to look back when they’re older and think about the days when they played basketball for Coach Hodge,” he said. “I hope I

can make their high school years memorable and fun.” Hodgkiss comes to Toronto, his alma mater, after six years of assisting Don Ogden with Madonna. “I hear from the Madonna kids three or four days a week, still,” Hodgkiss said. “It was really hard to leave them, but we came back home. Hopefully, we can build that same bond with this group.” There are 20 girls out for the 2016-17 campaign, led by three seniors. Jazalynn Glenn, Serena Burkey and Crystal Ford are the seniors, backed by juniors Gina Fogle

Jenna Leasure, Sydney Taggart, Samantha Swearingen and Anna Holloway. “We’ve had a bunch of good practices,” Hodgkiss said. “We’ve looked pretty good against each other, we just have to put it all together against another team. “It’s been a real treat for me. The group of kids are perfect for what I want to do. They’re little and fast and can move the ball around. And, they want to be good. “I didn’t really know any of them outside of scouting them. I didn’t know who could

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SCHEDULE

Nov. 28 at Toronto Dec. 1 at Beaver Local Dec. 5 Indian Creek Dec. 8 at Buckeye Local Dec. 10 Barnesville, 5 p.m. Dec. 12 at Weir Dec. 15 East Liverpool Dec. 22 at Indian Creek Dec. 28 Brooke, 1 p.m. Dec. 29 St. Clairsville Jan. 4 Beaver Local Jan. 5 Buckeye Local Jan. 9 Toronto Jan. 11 Buckeye Trail Jan. 12 at East Liverpool Jan. 19 at Brooke, 5:45 p.m. Jan. 23 at Harrison Central Jan. 25 Steubenville Jan. 28 Buckeye 8 Championship, TBA, (V), 7:30 p.m. Jan. 30 at Claymont, 5:30 p.m. Feb. 6 OVAC Week JV games at 6 p.m. unless noted

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‘Things are running much smoother this year with the familiarity ...’ By AARON PETCHAL For The Basketball Preview RICHMOND — The second year is easier than the first. The Edison girls’ basketball team looks to build off of last season’s 6-17 record as Ryan Powell returns for his second season as head coach of the Wildcats. “Things are running much smoother this year with the familiarity I have with the girls as well as them understanding the system and terminology we use,” Powell said. Edison returns a solid group of players as it only lost senior Madison Carpenter to graduation. This season, Edison returns five lettermen — three-year lettermen Skylar Fankhauser, twoyear lettermen Sarah Anderson and Kayla Huff and one-year lettermen Sami Springer and Jaclyn Horvath. Horvath is the only member of the group who was not a regular starter last sea-

COURTESY RICH CERNANSKY son. Fankhauser will start at point guard, Anderson will start at shooting guard, and Huff and Springer will start at forward. Horvath, Madison Shannon, Parry Kryder and Lauren Ferralli are currently battling it out

for the final starting spot. The three girls who do not start will provide depth off of the bench this season. Kiersten Simeral will also see time at the varsity level. The Wildcats have five seniors on the roster this season —

Fankhauser, Anderson, Shannon, Horvath and Kryder. There are three juniors — Huff, Springer and Simeral. Ferralli is the lone sophomore expected to see varsity time this season. The other sophomores on the team are Kenzi Potkra-

jac, Mary Patterson and Morgan Adkins. Mikayla Petrisko and Skylar Grogg are the two freshmen players. “The strengths of our team will be the return of four girls with a lot of

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Dec. 1, 2016

‘I am excited to see how we navigate this season ...’

By BUBBA KAPRAL For The Basketball Preview CADIZ — While the overall numbers may be down, the Harrison Central girls’ basketball team has quantity and quality in the senior class, which counts seven strong. “All are vying for starting spots,” seventhyear head coach Nick Yourkovich said. “All seven are in the top of our rotation.” The seniors include Morgan Carter, Madison Doty, Alexia Dowdle, Rachel Morrison, Megan Stackhouse, Alexis Yoho and Ashley Mencer. Yoho brings talent and experience to the Lady Huskies’ backcourt. The 5-4 dandy has started all three years. “Alexis has the chance to be a four-year starter for us. She is tenacious defensively and will have the chore of guarding the opponent’s best player on most nights, “Yourkovich said. “This is a role she has accept-

SCHEDULE

Nov. 28 at Indian Creek Dec. 1 at Bellaire Dec. 5 St. Clairsville Dec. 8 at Union Local Dec. 10 Brooke Dec. 12 at Steubenville Dec. 15 Martins Ferry Dec. 19 Bellaire Dec. 22 at St. Clairsville Dec. 28 Malvern Jan. 5 Union Local Jan. 7 East Liverpool, noon Jan. 9 at John Marshall Jan. 12 at Martins Ferry Jan. 16 at Garaway Jan. 19 Steubenville Jan. 23 Edison Jan. 25 Buckeye Local Jan. 28 Buckeye 8 Championship Jan. 30 at Brooke Feb. 6 OVAC Week JV games at 6 p.m. unless noted

ed without hesitation. She has also worked to become more consistent offensively.” Carter is a 5-5 point guard. “Morgan has developed into one of our better offensive players. She has battled injuries in the past, but has real-

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Dec. 1 East Liverpool Dec. 5 Weir Dec. 7 John Marshall Dec. 10 at Harrison Central, Noon Dec. 13 at Wheeling Park Dec. 15 Steubenville Dec. 16 Morgantown Dec. 19 at Oak Glen, 6 p.m. Dec. 28 at Edison, 1 p.m. Jan. 3 Wheeling Park Jan. 10 at University Jan. 12 Indian Creek Jan. 14 at Parkersburg South, Noon Jan. 17 at John Marshall Jan. 19 Edison Jan. 25 St. Clairsville Jan. 26 at Steubenville, 6 p.m. Jan. 30 Harrison Central Feb. 2 at Indian Creek, 6 p.m. Feb. 6 OVAC Week Feb. 16 at Weir, 6 p.m. JV games at 5:45 p.m. unless noted

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‘We have a lot of experience, but we are still young ...’ By MIKE MATHISON For The Basketball Preview WELLSBURG — The Brooke girls’ basketball team has youthful experience as it embarks on the season. “Things are going in the right direction,” head coach Ryan Scherich said. The Bruins have 17 in uniform and only a pair of seniors in Gabby Velegol and Madisyn Reynolds. “They are great, allaround kids,” Scherich said. “We have a lot of experience, but we are still young with only the two seniors. Gabby has started for four years.” Juniors Marissa Elliott, Grace Dodson, Aleigha Edgar and Kylie Byers will also add experience to the lineup. Velegol is a three-year letter winner and Elliott a two-year letter winner. Both will start. Reynolds and Dodson (both two-year letter winners) and Edgar and Byers (one year each)

are vying for the other three starting positions. “Marissa has played varsity ball since her freshman year and she was a lot of time last year,” Scherich said. “She’ll do a lot of the ball handling.” Five sophomores dot the roster in Chloe Fox,

Kloee Billick, Brittany Burch, Hope Bowman and Chrissy Byers. Bowman and Byers also earned letters last season. Rounding out the roster are freshmen Jordan Arca, Ashley Arca, Peyton Reid, Alexandria Palmer, Natalie Ryan and

Rachel Kazmirski. ‘We are really impressed with the freshman group,” Scherich said. “It’s one of the largest and most skilled bunch of young ladies to come to Brooke in a long time. “If they keep working hard some of them will

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Dec. 1, 2016 Eastern District selections. Bertoia averaged 10.1 points, 5.2 Continued from Page 6 rebounds, seven steals and seven assists a game. Capaldi averaged 10 near the level we are capable of playpoints, five rebounds, five steals and ing,” Looman said. “With our seniors, we three assists. Mirabella and Simmons are not sure from game to game who is were honorable mention choices. going to step up and be our scorers. Turnage is 6-foot-3 with Simmons “In our first game, Shayna Mirabella, Brittany Bertoia, and Gabby Capaldi and Godich each at 5-10. Central should combined for 50 of our 58 points. How- have a strong inside presence. “The girls have been working hard ever, we really rely hard on all eight of in the offseason and are excited to see our juniors and seniors on any given where the season can take us,” Looman day. We still need to focus on the little said. things like running our offense; elimiRounding out the roster are sophonating turnovers; rebounding and boxmores Emma Borden, Karmen DiBiase, ing out.” Christine Dombrowski, and Julia Zatta; Central is coming off an 11-12 season, losing to Bishop Rosecrans in Divi- and freshmen Haley DiBenedetto, Carly Fayak, Anna Godich, Edy Harold, sion IV sectional play. The Crusaders Hannah Oleziewski and Isabella Oliver. were 9-14 the year before. “We will face a number of new oppo“First and foremost, our goal is to nents this year and are looking forward have a winning season, which hasn’t to the opportunities to grow,” Looman happened at Central for quite somesaid. “We are also looking forward to time,” Looman said. “For that to happen, we have to stay healthy, work hard the games with some of our county rivals as well.” everyday to improve, and focus on Looman is being assisted by Natasha playing team-oriented basketball.” Bertoia and Capaldi were third-team Canella and Ed Looman.

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Creek The Redskins will be led by seniors Kaitlyn Whitaker, Madison Smith and Hallie Schmitt. Whitaker and Smith are three-year letter winners and Schmitt has two letters. “It’s nice to have those seniors. They’re good kids. They’re smart kids. They’re hard workers,” Rossi said. “It has to be frustrating being a senior and you have a new coach and you have to learn everything in a new way. I haven’t see any of that frustration out of them on the court. They’ve been willing to learn and been real supportive of the younger kids.” Rossi also has juniors Rachel Cooper and Jocelyn Mattern. “While other coaches are perfecting things, we are learning things,” Rossi said. “That’s the learning curve we are faced with, but that’s the nature of it.” The Redskins have 19 players in the program. Nine sophomores dot the roster in Taylor Scott, Haylie Scott, Mackenzie

Continued from Page 7 Orban, Mimi Beatty, Ashley Yaich, Alyssa Merriman, Kacie Vandeborne, Ally Bevilacqua and Tera Parrish. “We have a really nice mix of kids,” Rossi said. “Even though we have some experience coming back, they’re all learning from square one with the system that we’re putting in.” Rounding out the players are freshmen Sloane Lewis, Aiamyia Dudley, Autumn Foust, Harley Rothacker and Ally Tweedy. “The girls work as hard on the court as they do in the classroom,” Rossi said. “I believe the Indian Creek school district is one of the best kept secrets in the area. Working here is so enjoyable because of the support we get from our kids, parents and administration. We have a bunch of resilient kids here at Indian Creek and it translates well on the court with the type of playing style we are implementing.” Rossi is being assisted by Steve Eft and Teek Mort.

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16 Big Red opens with road games at Martins Ferry and Buckeye Local before Continued from Page 4 host Weir High at the Crimson Center on Dec. 7. Martins Ferry, Oak Glen and Belspent several seasons as an assistant to laire are new to Steubenville’s schedule. Big Red boys coach Mike Haney, continSteubenville will face John Marshall ued. “They are excited to have their and East Liverpool in the Chuck chance to take our program another step Watt/John Nese Classic scheduled for forward.” Dec. 27 and Dec. 28 at SHS. Other seniors on Lombardo’s roster Lombardo likes what he’s seen from are Taylor Haney, Na’Auja Banks, his team in pre-season scrimmages but Knisha Saunders and Jaliyah Dokes. realizes there’s still plenty of work to do Big Red also has juniors Seana going forward. Ragusa, Sarah Brown, Taylor Williams “We must buy into to being a great and Emily King. Sophomore Makayla half court defensive team,” he stated. Crownover and freshman Maddison “For us to have the kind of success we Fields will compete for playing time. want to have this year, we can’t give “We’re fortunate to welcome back three all-around athletes who did not play teams second opportunities. I’m confilast year in Banks, Haney and Saunders,” dent our girls will continue working hard, continue to improve and be ready Lombardo pointed out. “They are committed to making the most of their senior for our season opener.” Larry Carocci has moved up from year and all have been working extremethe Harding Middle School staff to ly hard. “Our ladies are working hard at prac- become Lombardo’s junior varsity coach. The third member of the Big Red tice and are focused on getting better every day. That’s important because one staff is Jessica Olson, a first year coach of our goals involves peaking at the right and teacher. She is a graduate of Bethany College. time of the season.”

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Toronto Continued from Page 9 do what, so it’s been a learning process. We want to get shots up. I don’t like turnovers, so we want shots. Wherever they come from, I’m fine with it.” Hodgkiss has also implemented a high-pressure style of defense. He plans to use the team’s quickness on all ends of the court. “I like pressing and I like running,” he said. “I do not want to play 5-on-5. I would rather play 3-on-2.” The Red Knights have 10 sophomores who could make an impact in Jo’zaeyah Jordan, Bianca McDonald, Hollie Robinson, Shanna Reed, Sara Yarosz, Kiara Smith, Kaliyah McEwen, Mykalia Hale, Madisson Roach and Ashley Close. Ciera White and Isabele Leasure are the team’s two freshmen. Toronto is looking to build from a one-win season a year ago. In 2014, the Red Knights beat Bellaire St. John in the Dvision IV sectional opener, the first postseason win in a decade. “The first meeting I had with them

last spring, I asked what they want out of this,” Hodgkiss said. “They said, if we could win two games that would be great. Of course, we want to do more. And we can do more. They want to be competitive. They’re really determined. If we can just get them some confidence early, we’re going to be pretty good.” Hodgkiss will be assisted by Matt Arlia, who also come from Madonna. “He and I work really well together,” said Hodgkiss, a 1985 THS graduate. “The only bad idea is one that’s not mentioned. We bounce a lot of ideas off each other. We try what we can and we’re ready to move on to the next idea when something doesn’t work.” Arlia and Hodgkiss move from a program that advanced to the West Virginia Class A state tournament a year ago. “Success over here is going to be different than it was over there,” Hodgkiss said. “The tournament is a different beast in Ohio. Berlin Hiland is one of the top programs in the state, and they just happen to be in our region. “If we can get into the OVAC Tournament at some point, that would be great.”

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Dec. 1, 2016 and are very capable. “Skylar Fankhauser will be our point Continued from Page 10 guard and leader on the court. We will rely on her heavily.She is a very coachvarsity experience,” Powell said. “ able player. Sarah Anderson is an These girls — Fankhauser, Anderson, excellent shooter and capable defender Huff and Springer — are our four lead- that we will also count on. Kayla Huff ing scorers from last year. is a scorer that is effective inside and “Defense was definitely our strength out. She is also our leading rebounder. last year and I expect that to continue Even though she missed games last this year. If our offense can improve to year due to a concussion she was very the level of our defense I believe we productive as a sophomore and has can have a successful season.” unlimited potential. Sami Springer is an The Wildcats were in a lot of games excellent defensive player and last season they ended up losing after rebounder and a very intelligent player having a bad quarter or a bad stretch that picks things up very quickly. during the game. This season, Edison is “I am very confident in our four looking to turn those losses into wins. proven returning players, and I feel if “We are hoping to be much better we can stay healthy and be consistent offensively to get us over the hump in with some other role players we can close games,” Powell said. “This will have a very successful season.” also take some of the pressure off of Jeff Stone will once again serve as our defense.” Powell’s assistant. Powell has relied The Wildcats struggled the shooting heavily on Stone in the last two years. the ball at times last season. “Our goals are always to get better “We are going to rely heavily on our individually and as a team each and four returning starters for more scorevery day,” Powell said. “I feel that if ing and leadership,” Powell said. we are doing this the results of the sea“These girls have alot of experience son will follow.”

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Huskies Yourkovich said. “She’s aggressive on the offensive end and has really gotten after it defensively. She has the potential to be one of the better two-way players I’ve had here.” Stackhouse is a 5-6 forward. “Megan has developed into one of the vocal leaders of this team. Her hustle and work ethic has been a great example for all of our players. We are relying on Megan to be a very good defensive presence, strong rebounder and a threat offensively,” Yourkovich said. Mencer is a 5-6 forward who has raised the level of her play over the course of the last year. “Ashley really stepped up her game this summer and this preseason. She has been very focused and determined, which has led to great improvements in her game,” Yourkovich said. “I really think she is in for a great season. I couldn’t be more proud of her for how she has handled the past year. I am really looking forward to see how

Continued from Page 11 this season plays out for her.” Morrison, a 5-7 forward, will provide the Lady Huskies with an inside presence. “Rachel has put in a lot of time to improve her game. We are going to rely on her as a post presence and to be a strong, consistent rebounder. She has also developed a more consistent offensive game,” Yourkovich said. An eighth senior — Hannah Warrington — has been sidelined for the season due to a back injury. Picking up their diplomas last May were Paige Richards, D.J. Keesey and Shianne Nameth. Keesey is continuing her academic and hoop careers at Bluffton University. “I think we are going to be very balanced offensively, with everyone on the floor being a threat. We will be able to play with a variety of different lineups without any drop-off in talent,” See HUSKIES Page 31 Á

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By RICK DeLUCA For The Basketball Preview RAYLAND — The Buckeye Local girls’ basketball team has improved steadily under fourth-year coach Tom Figurski. The Panthers have gone from 3-20 to 9-13 to 13-10 a year ago.\ They won the Buckeye 8 North Division, finished as the conference runner-up and became the first Buckeye Local team to qualify for the OVAC championships, losing in the Class 4A title game at Ohio University-Eastern to Union Local. “Our girls are working very hard in the preseason and I expect them to continue to work hard and get better every time we go on the floor,” Figurski said. “This is going to be a very hard working group come game-time. We expect to be very competitive in each game we play.” The school career scoring record has been

topped in each of the past two years and his squad returns a sophomore this season that

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‘We have a mixture of veteran returners and young kids’ By MIKE MATHISON For The Basketball Preview NEW MANCHESTER — It’s another change for the five seniors on the Oak Glen girls’ basketball team. Veteran John Leary takes over for Ryan Wells, who is now an assistant with the boys’ team. “We have a solid group of young women who are trying very hard to adapt to a new system,” said Leary, who spent the last five years coaching the Toronto boys. “For the senior girls, I am their third coach in four seasons. They’ve had to adapt to two new systems during their high school days and they’re working hard to do things correctly. “We scrimmaged on black Friday and I wasn’t very pleased with a lot of things we failed to do offensively. We came in Saturday morning and spent the entire practice doing drill work and breaking our offens-

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rebounders, Rachel Vince, Kylee Torok, Kate Torok and Maddy Doyle. Figurski’s varsity roster features five seniors, with two of those returning for a third letter, four juniors including two letter winners and two talented sophomores who lettered and started as freshmen. Two senior letter winners return in guard Danielle Dvorcek and guard Lexie Swiger. Dvorcek tossed in 201 points, grabbed 78 rebounds had 37 assists and 35 steals as a junior. Swiger, who was used in a variety of possessions closed with 27 points, 42 rebounds, 11 assists and 10 steals. In addition, the senior contingent includes guard Shelby Gorlock, forward Logan Cunningham and center Emily Fox.

Continued from Page 18 Buckeye’s junior group is led by returning letter winners Amanda Piergallini and Maddie Gill. Piergallini closed with 53 points and 143 rebounds last season and will be a presence on the boards this year. Gill, a 5-10 center, is another inside player that saw limited action in key situations a year ago. Lady Panther juniors also include guard Casey Banal and 5-10 center Carrie Dill, both expected to play key roles this season. What could be the strength of the Lady Panther attack are the two returning sophomore letter winners. Emily Holzopfel, a 5-7 guard, was one of the Ohio Valley’s biggest scorers last year finishing with 429.

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By JOSH STROPE For The Basketball Preview WHEELING — The script has flipped for the Wheeling Park girls. In one year, the Patriots went from being young to experienced. “Experience was one of the things we lacked the past few years but that has all changed,” Wheeling Park coach Ryan Young said. “We expect to be in every game and expect to win every game. “Our strengths will be our speed and experience. The kids understand their roles and it has to be all of them together. We don’t have one kid that is going to carry us. “We are little undersized, but we will make up for that by pressing teams and getting them running.” Young, entering his third season, feels for the first time he has a veteran team that is familiar with his system. The Patriots return 11 varsity kids from last season’s 15-8 squad. Returning for the Patriots will be leading scorer Josie Daugherty. The senior guard averaged 14 points per game and Young is expecting a lot out of her. “She can score but she also has tremendous leadership,” he said. “From an offensive standpoint, we are going to need her to lead the team in scoring. She needs to make sure she is taking smart shots and also keeping the kids in line.” In the middle will be 5-foot-10 senior Emma Kendle. “Emma is the biggest kid and may be the toughest kid,” Young said. “She brings our biggest dimension.”

The other seniors are forwards Kirstin Hartman (5-7) and Megan Stanford (5-7). The two played valuable minutes last season and are expected to be bigger contributors this season. “Last year they knew their role, but this year they need to take the next step,” Young said. How far the Patriots could advance this season may rely on a solid junior class. Kylie McKennen will be the point guard and Young has high praise for his returning assists leader. “I don’t think she realizes just how good she can be,” he said. “A lot of colleges are starting to ask about her. She knows how to run an up-tempo offense and can be a good defender. She needs to stay out of foul trouble. “She is important to us this year. She will be the tempo-setter on offense and defense. She just has to learn to play under control and play good mental basketball.” A pair of soccer standouts will look to continue their success from the pitch and bring it to the hardwood. Lauren Schultz is a 5-10 guard that is one the Patriots’ best defenders. “She allows us to play a lot of different defenses,” Young said. Joining her in the backcourt is Morgan Glass. “Very athletic in the same mold as Lauren Schultz,” Young said. “She is very, very quick. We want to be a pressing team and those two will allow us to do that.” Laurel Robb is an undersized big at 5-7, but plays hard and does a lot of the dirty

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Red Riders Stead, a junior and Farran, a senior, are the only two starters and letter winners returning. Graduation took Alyssa Kelley, Rachael Zapatoczny and Asharay Smith and junior Allison Phillips, who was a starter last year as a sophomore, decided not to play basketball this year. Stead has two other upper classmen that he’s counting on to provide help in senior Cassidy Champ and junior Dafne Tanner. Both played junior varsity ball last year and got into a few varsity games for brief stints. Fuscardo came off the bench last year with the Madonna girls and transferred to Weir High during the off season. Stead is counting on her experience to help the Red Riders at point guard. That will allow him to move Farran, who is a fouryear letter winner, to shooting guard. Alexis Vuiller, who played on the jayvee team last year, is being counted upon to give the Riders a boost in the post. Champ is also working at the post with Vuiller and Stead sees Sam Kaczmarek and Maddie Dilullo

in the rotation. The other sophomores, who could see some varsity playing time are Julia Gianni, Rachael Evans, Katelynn McCallister, Taryn Davis, and Trezur Sartor. Stead said Sophie Mikula has shown some skills in early practices, but he plans to start her out on the freshman team. He’s hoping she can develop quickly to move up to junior varsity and perhaps has talent enough to play on the varsity club by season’s end. “Some of the younger girls could play 20 games or more if they develop and move from freshman to jayvee and jayvee to varsity,” Stead explained. “It will give the kids experience quickly and pay dividends in the back end of the season and the tournaments. “We have a good group of girls. We had 12 of them participate in the fall conditioning and flex days in the gym. I’m excited because it appears that we’re getting girls excited about playing

Continued from Page 5 basketball again at Weir High and we’re near to having a solid girls program.” Stead said the lack of size will dictate the Red Riders must push the ball up the floor and do a lot of transition basketball. “The key will be us playing transition basketball to take advantage of our quickness and conditioning,” he said. “We’ll also have more depth this year so we can give kids breaks. We have three or four kids that can handle the ball rather than one girl carrying the load like we’ve had in the recent past. “Defensively, I want to play man-to-man with pressure. We want to create turnovers to support that transition game we want to play. We’re quick and athletic and I hope that translates into good defense. “I’m emphasizing that everything we do is a sprint. We don’t want girls standing around.” Jessica Naughton returns as the varsity assistant and jayvee coach while Jim Davis and newcomer Ray Case, who has head coaching experience, will work with the freshman.

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Buckeye The smooth-shooting soph also had 129 rebounds, 22 assists and 35 steals. Another is 5-7 guard Alaire Destifanes, an excellent ball-handler with 53 points, 42 boards, 12 assists and 15 steals. “We will probably rotate at least eight players this season,” he added.

“We have a group that is very interchangeable, so that will give us the ability to play more girls and move people around. Figurski also has at his disposal a large jayvee group that will provide plenty of support in junior guard Brooke

Miller, junior guard Skylar Langford and forward Lillie Windsheimer. Rounding out the roster are sophomores Rachel Moore, Michaela Green, Paige Risden, Cameron Henry, Maddie Kujawa, Aubrey Sebring and Moran Donley; and freshmen Emily Ganze,

“and we weren’t dribbling the ball to death. We were moving it well. “We ran our offense through, which didn’t happen much last year. “We need to rebound better. We need to put a body on someone — an arm, something. It kills us is giving teams two, three, four extra shots and possessions. We have to stop giving up second-chance points. We have to limit the other team’s possessions. “Overall,

we’re a better team. Another year of maturity has really helped out.” Brooke has been known to play zone in the past and this year looks to play more man defense. “If we play zone, teams will just throw the ball over top of our 5-4 guards,” Scherich said. “We’ve played predominantly man so far and we have done well with it. We’re a lot faster as a team than we were last year and that helps us play man. “It should also help our transition game. Both our point guards have their heads up while dribbling.” Brooke’s height comes from Bow-

Continued from Page 20 Hayleigh Phillips, Brooke Carpino along with guard Brooke Roski, who is out with a torn ACL. Figurski has a veteran staff returning with varsity assistant Charlie Nest and assistants Ed Nest and Christine Defede.

Brooke and that is great for our program,” the coach said. “Last year Payge (Farmer) handled the ball a lot. One person handling the ball that much won’t happen this year.” Scherich said he liked one particular aspect of his team during a recent scrimmage. “We were making open jump shots,” he said,

Continued from Page xx man (6-2) and Velegol (5-10). “We would like our team speed to negate the fact we don’t have a lot of height,” Scherich said. “We are also a lot more optimistic this year.” Another plus for the Bruins is offseason activity. “One of the parents started a travel team and the girls have been playing the past two years,” Scherich said. “It helps when players are out there working on their games during the summer. That’s the biggest thing with this group. “In year’s past we haven’t always had kids playing summer ball. You can’t pick up a ball in November and expect to be good. It doesn’t work like that anymore.” Scherich is being assisted by Amy Serevicz and Johnny Schupbach.

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Madonna Continued from Page 6 five freshmen. He’ll start the rebuild with the two remaining starters from a year ago, junior Kasey Canei and sophomore Rachel Boniti. Canei plays the post position while Boniti is the point guard. “I admire Kasey because she played in the post through injuries particularly in the postseason and still contributed,” Ogden explained. “Boniti showed she has the ability to handle pressure and that was important to us down the stretch last year.” Canei was the second leading rebounder and scorer last year behind Bragg with averages of 9 points a game and 7 boards. Ogden has a group of five other letter winners that all saw minutes at the varsity level last year. “In this case, being a letter winner may be a little misleading because we had no junior varsity team last year so some of the girls saw playing time as fillins when we had foul trou-

ble or late in games that weren’t competitive,” Ogden said.. “They earned enough minutes to be considered lettermen but unfortunately, without the JV experience, they didn’t get the opportunity to develop like I would have liked.” Ogden said sophomore Andrea Alimario, who was one of the first girls off the bench, will be a key player this season. “Andrea Alimario will be called upon to do a lot of the things that Monica did last year such as shooting from the outside and going inside to help on the boards,” said Ogden. “She’s an athletic sophomore that has a good outside shot.” Ogden said senior Samantha Parris missed the early part of the season a year ago due to a soccer injury and spent the rest of the year playing catchup is back healthy this year and should be ready to add some experience to the mix. He’s looking for sophomore, Gabriella Staffelino, to provide much needed depth on the front line and two other sophomores, Sabrina Alatis and Gia Riccadonna, are vying for starting positions. Seniors Haley Timko, Emma Burns and junior Gianna Mascio all are out for the

first time and also are in the mix for playing time. Ogden plans to have a junior varsity team this year which will give five freshmen, Kali Krynicki, Madison Costello, Carly Dowiak, Kennedy Martin and Addie Backel along with some of the sophomores the opportunity to develop their skills. “I think we’ll have some growing pains early this year, but if the girls continue to work hard the talent is there to have a successful season,” Ogden exclaimed. “We’re quicker as a team than a year ago, but we have less experience. “The work ethic and culture from last season has carried over and we need to keep that because we have a lot of quality teams on our schedule.” Ogden has a new staff since Rusty Hodgkiss, who had been on the Madonna staff several years, became the head girls coach at Toronto and Matt Arlia went with him as the assistant. Ogden has Corey Wingett and Kim Edmiston on the staff.

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Huskies Yourkovich said. “We don’t have the numbers we have had in the past, but that has led to some very competitive practices. “The girls have really been getting after it, and they continue to make each other better almost every day.” Supporting the large senior group is a pair of talented juniors. Alex Wiley is a 5-5 point guard bat-

tling for a starting spot while Abby Dowdle is a 5-4 shooting guard. A third junior — Hannah Mattern — is out for the season due to a back injury. The future looks bright as the Harrison Central roster features five sophomores in Asia Muckle, Jara Madzia, Sydney Starr, Lexee McAfee and Marina Miller.

Freshman Lexi Carter rounds out the roster. Classmate Kobey Johnson is out for the year with a knee injury. “We have a lot of interchangeable parts, players who can play multiple positions. I think this is going to be a huge benefit to us. They seem to enjoy being around each other, which has led to some good chemistry,” Yourkovich offered. “This has been a real fun

Continued from Page 17 group to be around, to this point. “I am excited to see how we navigate this season, and what we look like at the end. “I think it will surprise some people. Our goals have not changed from the past.” Yourkovich’s varsity staff includes John Visser and former Lady Huskies’ standout Madison Richards.

Bears Amber Grotenfend. They are joined by juniors Emmy Severs, Lizzie Orenzuck, Kaylee Moore and Kinsey Beaver, and sophomore Maggie Kovalcik. “After scrimmages you sometimes figure out that what you want to do as a coach may not fit the skill set of your players,” Leary said.

“That has been the case. We are going to be better defensively if I adapt from what I want to do to what they can do best. “My style is to always try and push the ball and that isn’t going to change. We want to play fast and take advantage of our athleticism. “They’ve been working hard and adapting to things in a real positive manner.” The Golden Bears also have freshmen Alexa Andrews, Emily Ashcraft, Sophia Felger, Brittney Giorgini, Kailie Kell and Kaylee Travis. “I’m very optimistic about the season,” Leary said. “I believe the

Continued from Page 19 girls are willing to put in the work necessary to make the team successful.” Unfortunately for Leary, early injuries and illnesses have hampered progress a little. “We have been dealing with injury/illness issues which may make our roster smaller early this season,” Leary said. “Since our total roster is 16 players, all injuries become significant when trying to play a JV and varsity schedule. “All basketball coaches realize that the season is a marathon and not a sprint. Hopefully, we have dealt with our injury issues early and will get everyone healthy by Jan. 1. “The girls have a positive attitude and work ethic and that goes a long way in weathering any adversity we must deal with.” Leary will be assisted by Sam Paletta, Ashley Tharp, Jeremy Krzys and Jenna Wilson.

SCHEDULE

Dec. 13 at Boardman, 5:30 p.m. Dec. 17 at Minerva High, 5 p.m. Dec. 23 at Buchtel (V), 7 p.m. Dec. 27 Farrell High School (Chuck Watt Classic), (V), 6 p.m. Dec. 28 Martins Ferry (Chuck Watt Classic), (V), 7:30 p.m. Dec. 30 Catholic Central (V) 7:30 p.m. Jan. 3 Perry (Massillon) Jan. 7 Meadowbrook Jan. 10 at Cambridge Jan. 13 at Catholic Central Jan. 14 at St. Clairsville Jan. 18 at John Marshall, 5:45 p.m. Jan. 20 at Cardinal Mooney Jan. 24 Dover, 5 p.m. Jan. 27 Union Local Jan. 31 Indian Creek Feb. 1 at East Liverpool Feb. 3 at Martins Ferry Feb. 10 at Brooke High, 5:45 p.m. Feb. 14 OVAC Week Feb. 24 New Philadelphia JV games at 6 p.m. unless noted

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STEUBENVILLE BIG RED

Dec. 1, 2016

‘... This can be one of the tallest teams we’ve had in years’ By ED LOOMAN For The Basketball Preview STEUBENVILLE — Big Red’s boys basketball team got over the Division II District hump last season and Mike Haney just may have enough firepower this campaign to book another extended stay in the post-season. After falling short two consecutive years, Steubenville grabbed a district title by disposing of Morgan. Haney’s crew then fell to Columbus DeSales in the Sweet 16 to finish at 1610. “It’s not going to be one of the quickest teams I’ve had but this can be one of the tallest teams we’ve had in years,” said Haney, who is entering his ninth season at the Big Red helm. “We’ll play pressure defense like we always have but we’ll rely more this year on our size and length. We won’t have a guy like Dionne (Wallace-Jones) who was a one man press by him-

self. Our pressure this season will be designed to make passing the basketball harder.” Wallace-Jones is one of four players missing

from the Big Red roster. Also lost through graduation were Dimitri Collaros, Mandela Lawrence-Burke and Joey Walkosky.

Haney will have six seniors returning in Pookie Petteway, Charles Reeves, Jack Marx, Alec Davis, Isaiah Lee-Granatir and

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WEIR HIGH RED RIDERS ‘I think we have some good outside shooters’

By RALPH COX For The Basketball Preview WEIRTON — Last February the Weir High boys basketball team finished its season with a 12-11 record, the first winning record in four years. Things were looking up. But stuff began to happen for veteran coach Mike Granato’s club. First Grant Carrigan, a 6-7 starter, decided to transfer, two other starters, junior Cameron Pierce, the point guard, and 6-3 forward Cody Enrietti, went down with knee injuries playing football. Those roster losses along with the graduation of starters Jonathan West and Marques Smith along with Angelo Cassiadoro and Ethan Gilbert will make it an uphill battle for the Red Riders in 2016-17. “Before I blew the whistle for the first practice, three players of our top seven are gone,” said Granato,

who is in his 18th year as the head Red Rider coach. The exodus leaves Granato with two letter winners in Matt Anderson and Levi Mikula, both seniors. There are two other seniors, Lyric Washington, who played on the jayvee team last year and Michael

Gresko is out for basketball for the first time. The Red Riders will have six juniors in Keyshawn Faulks, LaBelle Hall, Frank Ty Hudachek, Nick Krutilla, Donovan Riggs and Justin Fidler. “Our junior class won 14 games on the jayvee

level last year and some dressed for the varsity as sophomores,” Granato said. “The injuries will give those kids an opportunity to play and compete on the varsity level this year. “I originally thought we could be 10 or 12 deep on our rotation this year, but even with the

injuries I think we’ll still have a rotation of eight or nine. “Things are a little changed around and we have to find different ways to accomplish our goals, but we have the same basic system and most of these kids have See RIDERS Page 42 Á

SCHEDULE

Dec. 6 at Oak Glen Dec. 13 John Marshall Dec. 17 Petersburg Dec. 20 Madonna, 5:30 p.m. Dec. 23 Edison Dec. 27 at Toronto Jan. 3 Toronto Jan. 7 at Burgettstown Mahoney Tournament, (V) 7 p.m. Jan. 10 at Indian Creek Jan. 13 at Weirton Madonna Jan. 16 at Lincoln (Fairmont Invitational Tournament), TBA Jan. 18 Oak Glen Jan. 20 at Brooke, 5:45 p.m. Jan. 27 Indian Creek Jan. 28 at North Marion, 2:30 p.m. Jan. 31 Buckeye Local Feb. 3 Brooke High Feb. 7 at Edison Feb. 10 at Buckeye Local, 5:45 p.m. Feb. 14 OVAC Week Feb. 21 at John Marshall, 5:45 p.m.

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Dec. 2 at Harrison Central Dec. 3 at Caldwell Dec. 9 at Bishop Donahue Dec. 16 at Madonna Dec. 20 at Toronto Dec. 23 Bishop Donahue Dec. 27 Holiday Tournament at SHS TBA Dec. 28 Holiday Tournament at SHS TBA Dec. 30 at Steubenville Jan. 3 Wheeling Central Jan. 6 Harrison Central Jan. 10 Bridgeport Jan. 13 Steubenville Jan. 17 St. John Central Jan. 20 Madonna Jan. 21 at Oak Glen Jan. 24 Toronto Jan. 27 at St. John Central Jan. 31 at Bridegeport Feb. 3 Oak Glen Feb. 14 OVAC Week

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CATHOLIC CENTRAL CRUSADERS Dec. 1, 2016

‘We have to keep improving on the little things’

By ED LOOMAN For The Basketball Preview STEUBENVILLE — So far, so good for Chris Tarquinio, the rookie boys basketball coach at Catholic Central. “I’m excited to get going and I’m happy to be back at Central coaching,” said Tarquinio, a 1993 CCHS graduate. “It’s been a while since I’ve been on the sidelines but basketball is still basketball. Offense is offense and defense is defense. You still have to play hard. If you do that, winning will come.” “I’m a Central guy. I graduated from the school and played basketball there. Central basketball has been part of my whole life. I have great memories of going to the arena to watch Central play. From going there and coaching there, I’m well aware of the school’s basketball tradition. I want to keep it going.” This is Tarquinio’s first head coaching

assignment. He does have experience as an assistant and was a long-time official. Tarquinio served on the Crusader staff under Frank Spence from 1996 to 1999.

“We’ve had two scrimmages and I’m happy with we’re at currently,” stated Tarquinio. “The kids are working hard but we all know we still have a lot of work to do. We have

to keep improving on the little things. “Overall, however, the kids have demonstrated a very positive attitude. They’re learning a new system and new tendencies. Things

are coming along well but it’s an adjustment period for everyone right now.” Tarquinio took over for Sean Tucker, who

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MADONNA BLUE DONS

‘They have to work like heck to reach that goal and so far they have’ By RALPH COX For The Basketball Preview WEIRTON — The learning curve is gone for the Madonna boys’ basketball team. Head coach Chris Blair is in his second season and welcomes 10 seniors off an 12-11 season with eight of those losses coming against top-10 state-ranked opponents. “The players have adjusted well to a familiar, but new system and coaching staff,” Blair said. “Our 10 seniors will cap stellar careers this year and one of our goals is that they end things with a trip to the state tournament in Charleston. But they have to work like heck to reach that goal and so far they have.” Leading the way are Tavon Jeter and Joey Ewusiak. The dynamic duo each averaged about 19 points and seven rebounds a game last year, according to Blair, who lost only one

player to graduation, Nick Higgins. “We have a close-knit and outstanding group of seniors who will wear the blue and white for one more year, led by Joey and Tavon,” Blair said. “They will be looked upon to continue their stellar careers by

providing leadership and consistently performing at a high level in every facet of the game, as well as elevating the play of those around them.” Ewusiak is in his fourth season as a Blue Don starter while Jeter will be in the lineup for

the third straight year. “We hope that the experience gained last year, coupled with our off-season work product, have prepared us for this season and the challenges that lie ahead,” Blair said. “We have a dynamic mix of talent, ranging from ath-

letic, quick and goodshooting guards to strong, tall and hardworking post players. “We like to play fast and create tempo.” Ewusiak and Jeter will be joined by classmates Jimmy Mazzone, See MADONNA Page 42 Á

SCHEDULE

Dec. 10 at Notre Dame, 5:45 p.m. Dec. 14 at Toronto Dec. 16 Catholic Central Dec. 20 at Weir Dec. 27 Undo’s Tournament, tba Dec. 28 Undo’s Tournament, tba Dec. 30 Notre Dame Jan. 5 Wheeling Central Jan. 6 at Oak Glen, (V) tba Jan. 10 at Bishop Donahue Jan. 13 Weir Jan. 20 at Catholic Central Jan. 21 at Trinity, 3 p.m. Jan. 24 Clay-Battelle Jan. 26 Toronto Jan. 28 Magnolia Tournament, tba Jan. 31 Oak Glen Feb. 1 Paden City Feb. 7 at Valley Feb. 11 Magnolia, Noon Feb. 14 OVAC Week, tba

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INDIAN CREEK REDSKINS

Dec. 1, 2016

SCHEDULE

Dec. 2 Carrollton Dec. 6 at Brooke, 5:45 p.m. Dec. 9 East Liverpool Dec. 10 at Edison, 1 p.m. Dec. 13 at Buckeye Local Dec. 20 Edison Dec. 23 at Beaver Local Dec. 27 St. Clairsville Dec. 30 at Harrison Central Jan. 3 at East Liverpool Jan. 6 Buckeye Local Jan. 10 Weir Jan. 17 Beaver Local Jan. 20 at Martins Ferry Jan. 24 at St. Clairsville Jan. 27 at Weir Jan. 31 at Steubenville Feb. 4 Buckeye 8 Championship Feb. 7 Martins Ferry Feb. 10 Harrison Central Feb. 14 OVAC Week

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‘Math class is like basketball, we are hoping our hard work pays off’ By AARON PETCHAL For The Basketball Preview WINTERSVILLE — Some things never change. The Indian Creek boys’ basketball team has always been known for playing stellar defense, and this season the Redskins may have a potent offense to go along with their trademark stingy defense. Last year, Indian Creek finished the season at 8-15, and the Redskins lost three seniors from last year’s team — Aaron Foldi, Adrian Greco and Cody Sinsel. Foldi, who was a threeyear starter, averaged about 15 points per game last season. Greco was a two-year starter, and Sinsel came off of the bench last year. The cupboard is not bare for the Redskins this season as Indian Creek returns several talented players. The Redskins will be led by senior Greg Wade, who will be a four-year letterman as

well as a three-year starter. Fellow senior Austin Freshwater, who will be a three-year letterman as well as a two-year starter, will also start. The other three starters

will be juniors Andy Waggoner, Nick Crawford and Austin Yaich. Waggoner and Crawford both lettered last season and were part-time starters, while Yaich earned a letter coming

off of the bench. “I think early in the year people may be saying who are these guys because Greg is the only one who has been a scorer on the varsity level to this point,” Indi-

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TORONTO RED KNIGHTS ‘The school is filled with a lot of great athletes ...’

By MATTHEW PEASLEE For The Football Preview TORONTO — Even though the Toronto boys basketball team is coming off a 16-8 season, with an appearance in the OVAC Class 2A consolation finals, new head coach Sean Tucker needs to implement some changes to keep the program viable into the future. That starts with getting some younger players more playing time and “building a program from the ground up.” “It’s literally a second wind,” Tucker said. “The school is filled with a lot of great athletes and we are going to build a successful basketball with them. They had a great record last year. One of the things we’re seeing in the young guys coming up is that they need to understand some of the fundamentals of the game. “We’re trying to build a program from the ground up, so we need

the young guys to find their footing and thrive off of what we’re teaching them.” To start in that

process, the Red Knights had a tough preseason schedule, which included scrimmages against teams

like Steubenville and Union Local. “We didn’t scrimmage anybody weak,” Tucker said. “I don’t

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SCHEDULE

Dec. 2 at Buckeye Local, 5:45 p.m. Dec. 9 at Bridgeport Dec. 14 Madonna Dec. 16 at Conotton Valley Dec. 20 Catholic Central Dec. 23 Oak Glen Dec. 27 Weirton Dec. 30 at Edison Jan. 3 at Weir Jan. 4 Buckeye Local Jan. 13 at Oak Glen Jan. 14 Bridgeport Jan. 17 Edison Jan. 20 Conotton Valley Jan. 24 at Catholic Central Jan. 26 at Madonna Jan. 27 Bellaire Feb. 3 at Beaver Local Feb. 7 at Bellaire Feb. 10 Beaver Local Feb. 14 OVAC Week

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Dec. 6 Conotton Valley Dec. 9 Beaver Local Dec. 10 Indian Creek, 1 p.m. Dec. 13 at East Liverpool Dec. 16 Buckeye Local Dec. 20 at Indian Creek By AARON PETCHAL For The Basketball Preview Dec. 23 at Weir Dec. 30 Toronto RICHMOND — The Jan. 3 at Beaver Local Edison boys’ basketball team will be a talented Jan. 6 East Liverpool and experienced group Jan. 7 Minerva, 5 p.m. this season. Jan. 10 at Buckeye Local The Wildcats won Jan. 14 at West Muskingum (Route nine games last season, and they are looking to 40 Classic), 3:30 p.m. add to that total this seaJan. 16 at Bishop Rosecrans son. (Route 40 Tourney), 1:30 p.m. Edison did lose a good group of seniors Jan. 17 at Toronto from last year’s squad Jan. 20 Harrison Central in Josh Woika, Connor Jan. 24 at Conotton Valley Bahen, Shane Layman and Hunter Talkington. Jan. 28 at Carrollton Feb. 4 Buckeye 8 Championship Talkington was a threat from the outside, while Feb. 7 Weir Woika did his damage on the inside. Feb. 14 OVAC Week

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Dec. 1, 2016

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The Wildcats will be led on and off the floor this season by their five seniors — Bryce Piatt, Dom Rogers, Zac Kramarich, Michael Speedy and Joey Nave. “These five seniors have experience and our success will be determined by their leadership ability,” Edison head coach Nate Moses said.

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as a returning starter. “He is very versatile, he can score, rebound, handle the ball and distribute,” Moses said. Piatt is a three-year letterman. “He is very athletic,

and plays both ends of the floor,” Moses said. Rogers also brings a lot to the table. “He returns healthy, and he will add much needed strength, toughness and leadership,” Moses said.

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Dec. 1, 2016

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Clifford is hoping his team doesn’t need to fully replace that identity it’s built during his career. “Whether it’s Duke, Kentucky or good high school teams around here, they all have an identity and something they hang their hat on,” Clifford said. “We’ve hung our hat on defense. Since we’re not as athletic, defense will become more of an effort thing. And when you want to guard, you can

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SCHEDULE

Dec. 2 Steubenville Central Dec. 9 at Union Local Dec. 17 River (at OUE), 3:45 p.m. Dec. 20 at Martins Ferry Dec. 23 St. Clairsville Dec. 27 Bellaire Dec. 30 Indian Creek Jan. 3 Union Local Jan. 6 at Steubenville Central Jan. 7 Brooke Jan. 10 at Bellaire Jan. 13 Martins Ferry Jan. 17 at St. Clairsville Jan. 20 at Edison Jan. 24 Claymont Jan. 27 at Buckeye Local Jan. 31 Beaver Local Feb. 4 Buckeye 8 Championship Feb. 7 East Liverpool Feb. 10 at Indian Creek Feb. 14 OVAC Week

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Dec. 6 Indian Creek Dec. 10 East Liverpool Dec. 13 at Oak Glen, 6 p.m. Dec. 16 at St. Clairsville, 6 p.m. Dec. 20 Carrollton By MATTHEW PEASLEE For The Basketball Preview Dec. 23 John Marshall Dec. 29 Brooke Tourney 6 p.m./8 p.m. WELLSBURG — New Dec. 30 Brooke Tourney 6 p.m./8 p.m. head coach Cam Koehler isn’t the only Jan. 5 Wheeling Park fresh aspect of the Jan. 7 at Harrison Central, 6 p.m. Brooke boys basketball team. This season, the Jan. 10 Parkersburg South Bruins have new uniJan. 13 at East Liverpool, 6 p.m. forms and a state-of-theart gym floor. Jan. 20 Weir “I’m looking forward Jan. 23 at Morgantown to a lot this season,” Koehler said. “EveryJan. 27 at John Marshall body is ready for a Jan. 31 at Wheeling Park fresh start. The things Coach (Dave) Reitter Feb. 3 at Weir, 6 p.m. had done were great. Feb. 10 Steubenville I’m going to build off of what he did. I’m trying Feb. 14 OVAC Week to get kids excited by Feb. 21 University adding a little flair to Feb. 23 Preston the program and I want

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to keep that up for years to come.” After 46 years at Brooke, the last 30 as head basketball coach, Reitter retired after last school year. Koehler applied for the position in March and was hired after two seasons as head coach of North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina) High School. Koehler, a 2007 Wheel-

ing Central Catholic graduate, has also coached in Morgantown, Fairmont, and Fort Pierce, Fla. Another new feature for the Bruins is the team, itself. Brooke will have a lot of youth and energy to carry them

into the season. “We can go in a lot of different directions,” Koehler said. “We’ve got solid guard play. We’re a little undersized, but we have some decent post players who can give us a post presence and add to our depth.

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Big Red Jones, Javon Davis and Gino Pierro. Sophomores on the varsity roster include James Roundtree, a transfer from Malvern, and Josh Zimmerman. Reeves goes 6-6, LeeGranatir 6-5, Smith 6-4 and Roundtree 6-3. Davis and Marx both stand 6-2. As a junior, Reeves, who has given a verbal commitment to play football at Pitt, earned firstteam Eastern District Division II honors. He averaged 15.1 points, 9.2 rebounds and 3.2 blocks. Petteway was an honorable mention selection. The biggest problem Haney has at the moment involves the success of the Big Red football team. Seven of the players on his varsity roster are still wearing pads. “Right now in our scrimmages, we’ve only been playing six guys,” said Haney, who also serves on Reno Saccoccia’s football staff. “We play in the football state championship on Dec. 2 and our first basketball game is Dec. 13. My plan is to give our football guys at least five days off before requiring them to be at basketball practice. So we may have just three or four practices with everyone attending before our opener. “Basketball is a long season and we have to give our guys some time to get rested up, get their bodies refreshed. Then, we’ll expect them to get after it. Our guys who don’t play football will be counted upon heavily early to provide leadership and help carry us until the football guys get into basketball shape.”

Central Continued from Page 32 Haney again will be assisted by Anthony Saccoccia, Greg Bowers, Brian Pruitt and Floyd Thompson. Phil Casinelli also is working as part of Haney’s staff. “I know we will run an up-tempo offense,” Haney stated. “Even though we’ll be getting a late start, the goal is to improve and get better every day. We’ll work hard, get after it, play great defense, put pressure on the ball and look to score in transition. “Hopefully, by the first of the year, we’ll have everyone in a basketball mode. We’ll get going from there.” Big Red will open with three straight road games (at Boardman, Minerva and Akron Butchel) before playing its home opener on Dec. 27 against Farrell, Pa. Boardman and Butchel are the new faces on Big Red’s schedule. Cambridge, Minerva and St. Clairsville are among the teams returning following a short absence. “We definitely have a challenging schedule,” Haney pointed out. “We start out at Boardman and I’m sure they’ll be tough and physical. We’ve never played them before since I’ve been the coach. I imagine Butchel is a team that likes to get up and down the floor. “These teams have practiced together for probably a month now. So, we’ll be behind the eight ball a little. We’ll just have to fight through it and really focus on playing good defense early. If an opponent can’t score, it can’t win.”

guided the Crusaders for eight seasons. Tucker now is the head coach at Toronto. Central’s 2016-2017 roster features four seniors in Jake Bolger, Lucca DiMichele, Austin Fowkes and Nate Kilonsky, As a junior, Bolger, the team’s point guard, averaged 12.2 points and 7.3 assists. He made the Division IV Eastern District third team. Fowkes is a returning starter and has been a Central regular for two seasons. The varsity roster also includes juniors A.J. Connor, Geno DiBiase, Donnie Vanderborne and Joe Zinno. Sophomores are Dom Argentine, Matt Bell, Justin Hartzell, Matt Kilonsky and Isaac Schmitz. Freshman Luca Connor also is expected to see time with the varsity. “The kids have been working extremely hard getting ready for this season,” Tarquinio noted. “As a group, we are all learning together. As a staff, we are learning the personnel and the kids are adjusting well.” “We have two returning starters back in Bolger and Fowkes. They provide us with some nice senior leadership. Our younger guys enjoy working hard and improving.” Tarquinio’s staff includes Dave Connor, a

1995 Central graduate, and Adam Martello, another Crusader product. Connor and Tarquinio played together at CCHS. Like Tarquinio, Connor also has experience coaching at his alma mater. Martello was on Tucker’s staff last season. “It’s a process,” the new coach stated. “In order for us to be the team we want to be, we have to do the little things correctly. We focus on the little things during every practice.” Central finished last season with an 11-12 record. Gone from that squad are Tony Barber, Jacob Rigaud and Brandon Svec. The Crusaders begin the season with five straight road games. The home opener is Dec. 23 with Bishop Donahue. “That’s not the ideal situation as a first-year head coach,” Tarquinio said when discussing the schedule. “With that said, basketball is still basketball and the hoops are still 10 feet high. “You still have to run your offense, be patient and work hard. The kids are giving me everything they have and I appreciate that effort from them.” Tarquinio noted he’s “grateful for the opportunity Steve Daley (Cen-

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Continued from Page 34 “I’m just excited about getting back to Central and coaching,” he stressed.

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Continued from Page 34 Continued from Page 37 Dustin Brown, Chase DiBartolomeo, Justin Canei, will want to be, our seniors will get us there.” Hunter Payne, Max Carey, Jake Gasvoda and Tim Junior Connor Hyndman will also look to conSeech. tribute on both ends of the floor. Madonna has four juniors in Tony Sellitti, Angelo The other junior on the roster is Jeffrey Gurrera, Giovanni Lenhart and Tripp Moore. McAfoose. “We have a tremendous supporting cast, many of The sophomores are Zack Easter, Anthony Siniwhich logged significant varsity minutes last year, cropi, Brandon Boyd, Bryce McAfoose, Andrew and we look for a high level of play and receiving Kinney and Brennan Scott. major contributions from players like Chase, Hyndman, Easter and Sinicropi will play key Dustin, Jimmy, Hunter, Tripp, Justin, Max and roles for the Wildcats this season. Jake,” Blair said. “We have a lot of players (Tony, “They will be relied upon to provide some Giovanni, Angelo, Tim) who played very well and depth,” Moses said. had a lot of success for our junior varsity team last The freshmen are Alec year and we expect them to continue their progress McBane, Andrew Pugh, this year and make an impact on our team. Logan Hanchin, Alex “While we have the starters returning from last Mayle and Zach Fluharty. year, I believe the starting five will change. There McBane is expected to is healthy competition for playing time and so far see varsity time this seathey are playing hard. We keep telling them that son. they have to earn playing time.” “The freshman class is a Rounding out the roster are sophomores Niko strong class that will hopefulFuscardo, Robby Valenti, Gavin Dietrich, Christian ly,with their development, provide Ridgeway and Dom Mazur; and freshmen Antonio even more depth,” Moses said. Daddario, Angelo Quattrochi, Evan Boniti, Josh “Our kids are excited to get the season started. We must continue to grow on both ends of the floor Gasvoda, Dylan Kolb, Joey Rowing and Jacob McCombs. daily to get to the point where we want to be.” “We have a team with a lot of potential, but As is always the case, the Wildcats will look to potential is just that,” Blair explained. “We have to get better throughout the season. go out and be willing to play every day four full “Our goal is always the same ... to go 1-0 in our next game,” Moses said. “We go day by day, game quarters. I think we have a very competitive schedby game. Right now our focus is on Dec. 6th. After ule for a Class A school. “That gives us a lot of great challenges. We’ll be that, Dec. 9th.” expected to compete and hopefully beat those teams.” Blair said he has a nice blend of height and quickness. Canei goes 6-feet-7, Ewusiak and Jeter check in a 6-feet-3 and Jake Gasvoda is a 6-footer. “Another thing we teach is attitude and effort From Your Friends at ... and we’re getting that,” Blair said. “These kids have worked hard during the off season refining their play on the court and building strength in the weight room. “They are a good group to be around not only on the court but off of it as well. That goes a long way.” The coaching staff remains intact with Mike Batista and Dave Wilharm as varsity assistants and Gary Lyons and Mike Payne coaching the junior varsity.

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Riders Continued from Page 32 been in it since seventh grade. “We don’t have the 6-3 or 6-7 height of a year ago so we’ll be more guard-oriented. Our forwards are pretty good in the paint so we’ll spread the floor more and take advantage of attacking the basket with our forwards.” Anderson, Hudachek and Krutilla lead that forward unit. “Krutilla is an excellent finisher around the basket as is Anderson, Hudachek, Washington, Hall and Mikula,” Granato continued. “Hudachek and Washington can attack the basket. “One of the things that has stood out during our summer league games and in the gym is our shooting. I think we have some good outside shooters.” Granato said defense is the top priority for this season. “We’ll be as good as the rebounding and blocking out,” Granato explained. “We’ve been drilling a lot more this year defensively because we flat out have to get better. I believe that if you don’t have good man-to-man fundamentals then you can’t play zone so we’ve been working hard on that..” Granato said he feels comfortable with the quickness of this year’s team. “That’s the beauty of being guard oriented,” he said. “We just have to make sure we’re as quick without the ball as we are with it..” Granato said he has three sophomores that may see varsity action in Thomas Buffington, Luca Haught and Caleb Hvizdak. Granato said he was really pleased with the large turnout of kids. “We’ll have a 12-man freshman team and we had to cut eight to get there,” said Granato. “We had 24 kids try out for seventh grade basketball and 18 for eighth grade. We were forced to cut 12 from that bunch. “The numbers are fantastic throughout the entire system. That gives us the flexibility to move kids up during the season.” Granato has a new staff this year that includes Tim Murray, an assistant principal at Weir High who is a former head basketball coach at Wirt County High School. Anthony Santangelo, a former Brooke High player and volunteer assistant last year, will be the junior varsity coach. Anthony Piccirillo will coach the freshmen.

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Toronto Continued from Page 37 want to get better going into the season and the only way you can do that is playing good teams, not cupcakes. You work through adversity and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to do with this group.â&#x20AC;? To bridge the gap between the old regime, with former head coach John Leary, Toronto seniors Ty West, an Eastern District third-team selection, and Sante Carducci will be be relied upon heavily. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s their responsibility to handle business professionally in their final year of prep basketball, while helping the underclassmen reach their potential. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our two seniors are growing everyday, which is a good thing,â&#x20AC;? Tucker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are natural-born leaders and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to utilize that.â&#x20AC;? Juniors Nolan Clegg, an Ohio State baseball recruit, and Jake Keenan, an Eastern District honorable mention, will be two of the more physical players in the area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He would run through a wall for his teammates and coaches,â&#x20AC;? Tucker said of Clegg. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He will be a force inside.â&#x20AC;? Of Keenan, Tucker said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We look for a lot out of him and he has a long way to go in terms of being a basketball player. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a handful for other teams. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be one of the best in our area.â&#x20AC;? Zach Gulczynski is another junior who will make an impact, along with sophomores Kobe Herrick, Trillion West and Nick Sninchak. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rely on your top five guys,â&#x20AC;? Tucker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You need to build a strong bench, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re focusing on having the 6 through 10 guys gameready so they can contribute. In the meantime, we need our starting five to be more than just good athletes, they need to know the game of basketball and be patient with the ball in certain situations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to be able to play as a team. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no individual that can survive on their own.â&#x20AC;? Another sophomore, Nate Karaffa, will be playing right away (by the sixth game of the season) once he gets healthy from a broken hand he suffered during football season. Last year, he was an Eastern District honorable mention. Freshman Lucas Gulczynski rounds out the roster. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The younger guys need to step up,â&#x20AC;? Tucker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get a lot of reps last year because they had some talented seniors.â&#x20AC;? Toronto will be without the services of the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-time leading scorer, Blaze Glenn, Blaine Rawson, Hank Clegg and Riley Kiersey, who all graduated in 2016. On Dec. 20, the Red Knights square off against Catholic Central, Tuckerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former squad where he spent the past eight seasons. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To look ahead to that game would just be cheating the kids,â&#x20AC;? Tucker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re focused on Game 1 (against Buckeye Local) and nothing else. After that, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be ready to play Game 2 (against Bridgeport). Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a Red Knight now.â&#x20AC;? Tucker will be assisted at Toronto by longtime confidant Joe Ribar.

St. Clairsvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Clifford in 41st season as hoops coach By SETH STASKEY For The Basketball Preview ST. CLAIRSVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kim Clifford can hardly believe it himself sometimes. The long-time St. Clairsville basketball coach is embarking on his 41st season as a basketball coach, 32nd as a head coach and 26th with the Red Devils. Quite simply, Cliffordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passion for the game and working with kids hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t waivered. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seasons like what lies ahead that keep him motivated. The Red Devils have become of the steadiest programs in Eastern Ohio during Cliffordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tenure. Last season, St. C. finished with a 15-7 record. Gone from that squad, which was bounced in the opening round of the Division II sectional by Steubenville and fell in

the OVAC 4A title game to Meadowbrook, are three starters and six total graduation losses. Included are Logan McCort, Daniel Trouten, Patrick Buchanan and Luke Slavik. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We lost a really good group of kids,â&#x20AC;? Clifford admitted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most of them had played (varsity) for three years and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really until we started practice that you kind of forget about the experience and things that you have with guys whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played that long.â&#x20AC;? With so many faces and so much production gone, many new faces are going to be called upon to take on larger and more defined roles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t dwell on experience or injuries,â&#x20AC;? Clifford said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to simply answer the bell. We have to coach the kids up, try to get them some confidence and see what things work and

Brooke Continued from Page 44 Williams, A.J. Wright and Aleksey Rasz will also see playing time. Unfortunately, the Bruins will be without the services of Koty Hudson and Gage Yost, who both suffered knee injuries in the football season. Brown will also be out for 6-8 weeks because of a dislocated knee cap. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unfortunate,â&#x20AC;? Koehler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those are great kids and great athletes.â&#x20AC;? With full support from the players and administration, Koehler is ready to get started. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been the best part of it,â&#x20AC;? Koehler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The vibes Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m getting from the school and community are all positive. Having a new face for the basketball program is a challenge at first, but everybody at Brooke has welcomed me in.â&#x20AC;? Larry Hood and Mike Lanigan will serve as assistant coaches.

donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work.â&#x20AC;? St. Clairsville did have the luxury of an entire preseason for the first time in many seasons. When the Red Devils failed to advance their football season into November, Clifford had his entire complement of players on board when the team began drills as its annual midnight madness on Nov. 4. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of nice with a more inexperienced team that we have the the full amount of practices and scrimmages to take advantage of,â&#x20AC;? Clif-

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‘We now have a good number of boys out for basketball’ By RALPH COX For The Basketball Preview NEW MANCHESTER — Third-year Oak Glen boys basketball coach Jerry Everly is confident that with seven returning lettermen (five of whom started in games last year) , the addition of a couple of new faces and a year of maturity that his Golden Bears have a good chance of improving on the 7-16 chart of a year ago. Oak Glen won’t have a lot of size unless promising 6-5 sophomore Alex Staub continues to improve enough to handle varsity competition, but will rely on experience, quickness and shooting. “We now have a good number of boys out for basketball,” Everly said. “It’s a good thing and I think these kids genuinely enjoy playing basketball so much that five or even 10 years after they graduate, you’ll see them playing

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Continued from Page 46 chunk out of the Panthers including the our point guard. We hope to create team’s top two scorers and top rebound- more scoring opportunities for him and er, but Buckeye has ample replacecontinue to put him in favorable situaments and experience coming back. tions.” “Brad (Cost) is the hardest worker Buckeye’s lone sophomore with the we have on this team,” the Panther varsity is guard Stevie Roberts. Jacob coach said about his 5-8 senior guard. Moffo, a guard, is only a freshman, “His leadership and knowledge has but will see action with the varsity as helped us stay on task and increase well. our team-togetherness. He is a great Haberfield has a full jayvee squad shooter and will help Drake (Novak) that will provide opportunity for the in handling the ball.” Panthers to build on. That group Another senior in the Buckeye includes juniors forward Trey attack is Sean Millard, a 6-4 senior Burgess, guard James Mills, forward guard/forward who transferred in from Ryan Tinsley, guard Zac Woodland out west. and forward Williams Hopkins. “Sean is a very gifted athlete and we Three freshmen that will be added are glad to have him this year,” Haber- to the jayvee contingent are guard field remarked. “He is able to play Josh Kinyo, guard Michael Buksa and inside and out on a consistent basis and forward Austin Farmer. Roberts and has a knack for scoring with the basJacob Moffo could also see action with ketball. We are going to try to create the jayvee group. scoring opportunities for him as well.” Rounding out the freshmen group is Buckeye’s roster also includes two forward Ethan Powell, forward Josh more seniors that will be counted on Barath, guard Mark Bailey and forduring the season in forward Nate ward Dalton Watt. Dwyer and forward Michael McCain. Two leading scorers from a year ago Novak, a skilled returning point are gone in Ryan Moffo and Dylan guard, will lead a junior contingent Dokes while graduation also took Caythat also features guard Shane Heitz, den Hennen, Jake Savage, Bobby forward Max Moffo and guard/forMyers, Brandon Mayle and Chayce ward Jeremiah Seaman. Novak finDufrasne. Moffo was also the team’s top ished last season with 134 points, 89 rebounder a year ago. assists and 31 steals. Haberfield’s staff returns varsity “Drake is able to get us going,” assistant Joe Soos and JV coach Chris Haberfield said of his talented guard. Heaton. Neil McCormick will coach “He has a very high basketball I.Q. ad the freshmen, Brian Best the eighth makes very good decisions on the floor, grade and Doug Flesch the seventh which is extremely important out of grade.

scrimmages, the Red Devils’ brass believes that the work in those scrimmages and allowing its new faces to adjust to their new roles and adapting to the speed of the game is huge for what lies ahead, including their opener against Bellaire on Dec. 9. “It’s a matter of getting to that point where we’re a cohesive unit,” Clifford said. “I definitely think this team is one that’s going to get better as the season moves along. We’re going to be alright.” Clifford is prepared for some growing pains, too. “One of the neat things has just been going to practice every day and seeing the progress,” Clifford said. “There are days when we’ve taken two steps forward, but one step back. As long as you’re going two for one, you’re going to be in pretty good shape.” While the Red Devils may lack some experience, Clifford really likes his team’s ability. “We have some guys

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who can be a match-up problem because they can play inside and outside,” Clifford said. “I think we’ll have some grit, which is always a good thing and maybe, most important of all, this is a group that just really wants to get better. They’re hanging on every word and doing whatever they can to get better. Those are important characteristics.” Unlike many of the last several seasons, the Red Devils won’t be blessed with as much depth as they’ve had. Early on — as they press through some injury issues — the Red Devils may only utilize a six or seven-man rotation. “A lot of the time we’ve had as many as nine guys in the mix, so our depth does concern us a little bit,” Clifford pointed out. “We’ll need some guys to step in and we realize that can be tough when you’ve not been out there.” As for the approach, the Red Devils still want to play end-to-end, but realize they’re going to have to be solid in the halfcourt, too. “Eventually teams make you play in the halfcourt, so that is where our emphasis is right now,” Clifford remarked. “We’re going to do some half-court pressing, but we’re not really extending our defense right now and part of that is because of our depth.” The Red Devils will be led by senior standout Michael Scarnecchia (64), who averaged some 13 points a game last winter. With another good season, Scarnecchia should eclipse the 1,000-point

Continued from Page 45 barrier for his career. “Michael’s really doing a good job of being a leader,” Clifford said. “He’s a really even keeled kid, who has is doing a good job of helping the younger kids. He’s older, bigger, stronger and the biggest thing is he understands how to get mismatches and how to play to his strengths.” Junior Matt Greenwood was a starter last season. He’s another with inside-outside ability. He showed last season to be an adept perimeter shooter. “Matt is a good shooter and he has good post moves,” Clifford said. “We think he and Michael both can be match-up problems. Most of what we do offensively is going to run through those two guys.” Senior Logan Williams is expected to take on a starting spot. He was slowed earlier this month by a lingering ankle injury he suffered in football. He’s expected to be in the lineup though next weekend. “We’re probably going to throw Logan out there if he’s ready or not,” Clifford joked. “He’s a great kid who has good leadership qualities. He’s a good defender and intelligent kid who can get us in the right spots.” Senior Justin Lane, who saw minimal action last season, is expected to contribute in the backcourt, too. Clifford calls him a “pretty good shooter with a lot of hours invested.” Sophomore Justin Heatherington is an athletic wing who will be one

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WHEELING PARK PATRIOTS

Dec. 1, 2016

‘We need to stay united and continue to get better’

By JOSH STROPE For The Basketball Preview

WHEELING — It’s not too often a school with the size of Wheeling Park has inexperience on its basketball team, but that is the situation Coach Michael Jebbia and the Patriots coaching staff finds themselves in as training camp hits. Wheeling Park returns two starters from last season’s 14-9 squad and Jebbia will rely heavily on those two as the rest of the roster will be a work in progress throughout the season. “The biggest thing is we need to try and stay positive, even when negative plays happen,” Jebbia, entering his 11th season as head coach, said. “There are going to be bad plays. There are going to be bad games. We need to stay united and continue to get better. “These sophomores are going to be good. You are probably going to see glimpses of it throughout the season, but they are going to have their ups and downs. “Every once in a while you have a season where you have very little seniors and that is what we have here. Just one of those rare years.” Rhett Schodzinski and Maezi

Mosby are the lone returning starters for the Patriots. Schodzinski is a 6-foot-3 twoyear letterman. The senior averaged 9.1 points per game in his junior season and has made 60 3-pointers in the past two seasons. Mosby is a 5-9 senior who started the second half of last season. A good defender who provides a lot of energy, Mosby shot 35 percent from 3-point range. “Rhett was the sixth-man as a sophomore and contributed a lot last year,” Jebbia said. “Maezi is one of the biggest contributors. They are going to be leaders. “The main thing is the leadership we are expecting from them. They are going to have to score more for us and keep us in the games. Maezi’s best quality is he is a solid defender and good perimeter shooter.” Issac Davis (6-2) is another senior who help out inside and is a solid rebounder. The biggest question mark may be junior Nate Phillips. Phillips would have been in line to be a starter, but a broken collarbone suffered during football season will likely keep him sidelined until after the new year. “He has played a good bit for

us last year and even started a few games. He will be a good scorer but were are just unsure right now when he will be able to get back on the court,” Jebbia said. Brian Goodwin is a 5-11 wing player that can help with scoring and is good at attacking the basket. “He has come up through the program and has really done a lot of the good things for us offensively,” Jebbia said. “We just need to get him caught up a little bit defensively.” At 6-2, Elijah Williams will come off the bench and be a help in rebounding. A talented sophomore class starts with Jack Stakem, who Jebbia believes could be a breakout player for the Patriots. Stakem will compete for the starting point guard position and has improved his perimeter shot. “He is a basketball junkie,” Jebbia said. Another sophomore looking to make an impact is Keondre’ King. The 6-2 wing will compete for minutes and help with scoring. He also has deep Wheeling Park ties as the son of 1999 Girls’ W.Va. Player of the year KeTara Lee and grandson of 1977 all-stater Keith ‘Silk’ Creighton.

Donovan Goodard is a good defender that has come along way in the past year. “Keondre’ has all the tools, as does Jack Stakem,” Jebbia said. “Those two can be steady players for us for a long time.” Others looking to contribute are juniors Alex Puskarich (6-1), Logan Tucker (6-9), Marcus Jordan (5-10), Adam Haggerty (510), and sophomores De’Vaughn McWhorter (5-8) and Jacob Shia (5-9). The biggest addition may be beside Jebbia where veteran coach Gene Ammirante has joined the staff. Ammirante was the coach at Bellaire for 30 years and, most recently, helped out the younger kids coaching 8th grade at Bridge Street Middle School. “He has been great,” Jebbia said. “We had an opening and we have been life-long friends. He was happy to jump on board. He sees things from a different perspective and just to be able to lean on him has been really good. He helps with the youth programs with his ‘Saturday Mornings with Coach A.’ He just loves it.” Along with Ammirante, the other assistant coaches are Tony Marvin, Terry Payne, Shaun Black and Josh Yost.

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St. C of the Red Devils’ “defensive stoppers.” Sophomore Matt Busby will be in the rotation, either as a starter or as the team’s sixth man. Juniors Matt Butkus and Kaden Blomquist will supply depth and minutes on the interior. The injury bug is expected to keep junior Jayden Starks out of the lineup for the first few weeks. Meanwhile, sophomore Craig Bober could possibly be back by February because of a torn ACL, but it’s far too early to officially predict, according to Clifford. “It’s one of those years where some guys will advance and some may fade,” Clifford explained. “The good news is they have a chance to get into the mix. The competition in practice has been helpful.” Another senior trying to crack the rotation is Stephen Hageter. Two other juniors vying for minutes are Christian Oberdick and Gage Kish.

Continued from Page 48 The balance of the sophomore class includes: Nick Diloretta, Nick Nicholhoff, Greg Norman, David Lane, Daquan Bass and Peyton Drake. Nine freshmen complete the Red Devils’ roster. They consist of John Luke DeFillipo, Nate Harris, Brett Vike, Tyler Brookover, Javon Lyons, Mikey Shaheen, Cade Wolfe, Aaron Jordan and Christian Simmons. The Red Devils have only 21 regularseason games scheduled. “We’ve had trouble finding that 22nd game, so if someone calls and wants to play, maybe we’ll go play,” Clifford said. New additions to the slate are a home game with World Harvest Prep from Columbus and a date with Morgan in the Buckeye 8 Challenge. “I think it’s a difficult schedule,” Clifford said. “It’s a pretty loaded nonleague schedule and I think the (Buckeye 8) will be really, really even this year.”

Bears improve and handled himself well against veteran varsity players in the summer league, will be able to skip the junior varsity level and see playing time with the varsity. “You can’t teach size,” Everly chuckled. “And he adds some bulk and is aggressive. So if he continues to improve, he should get a lot of meaningful playing time before the season is too old. “Chris Kokoski, a junior, will be our point guard. He is our best ball handler and did a great job for us as the starting point guard last year as a sophomore.” Kokoski averaged 9.2 points and 3.1 assists a game last year. Seniors Logan, Theiss, Feicht, along with Marques McHaffie and Jeff Rice, will be counted upon to carry a lot of the load and bring leadership to the squad, Everly said. Everly is counting on Rice to be the Oak Glen shooting guard, a role he filled last year and was by far the leading three-point shooter with 61 goals from behind the arc. Feicht (6-feet) returns as the leading scorer from a year ago with 11 points a game. He also was the second leading rebounder. Logan finished at

Continued from Page 47 10.7 a game so Everly is comfortable with his forwards. “We have a lot of competition in our intra-squad scrimmages at practice, which is different,” Everly exclaimed. “In the past we didn’t have enough advanced players to have evenly matched practice teams. “The six or seven-man varsity rotation looked really good in practice, but these guys this year are going after each other. It makes me wonder whether we do have a pretty good team with a lot more depth or we’re not as good as I think we can be.” Another sophomore, Sean Smith, who like Staub continues to improve, could have an impact at the varsity level. Smith saw varsity action in eight games a year ago and Everly commented that: “Sean will be a big part of what we do this year.” Others looking for varsity playing time are seniors Dustin Conner and Andy Gonzalez and juniors Marcus Poling and Patrick Chambers. Everly is backed up by two veteran coaches Scott Wiley and Ryan Wells, who both are former head coaches of the Golden Bear girls. Wiley will be the varsity assistant and Wells will coach the junior varsity.

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Creek Continued from Page 36 dress nine players on the varsity squad this season, though they may dress as many as 10 or 11. Junior Wyatt Pugh, and sophomores Derrick Eakle, Brennon Norris and Austin Judson will also see time at the varsity level. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, those would be our first nine,â&#x20AC;? Dunlevey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That

would be two seniors, four juniors and those three sophomores.â&#x20AC;? Other players vying for time are senior Donald Brown, sophomores Moe Brown and Mike Allan and freshmen Trevor Fante and Brock Lucas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Depth,â&#x20AC;? Dunlevy said asked what he thought the strength of his team would be this season.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a lot of kids who can play. I think we have a lot of kids who are able to score who havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done it at the varsity level except for Greg. Greg has had some big nights in his career. He is a four-year letterman and a threeyear starter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we are going to be able to make some shots.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;One thing I just talked to them about at practice was our inability to make free throws last year which was kind of disconcerting because we had kids who made them in the past who did not make them last year. Coaches talk about a team effort, but this was a team effort in the wrong direction. We were 8-15 last year, and if we had just shot in the 60s...we only gave up 49 points per game last season and went 8-15. You think about things like if we scored 50 points per game what would have our record been. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A couple times we gave up big points last year. We just did not score. Individually, the kids have put time in to be able to score. We have had different individual kids put in the time, but so far we have had different kids putting in a tremendous amount of time this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shooters are made and not born and our kids understand that. In the past, we have had kids who put in an awful lot of time, but we have not had this many kids put in this much time as a group. We open our gym at 6 a.m. and by 6:15 a.m. we have eight kids in the gym. It is all voluntary. We have always had kids who put in a lot of time. That is a good thing, but we have never had this many kids put in this much time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Math class is like basketball, we are hoping our hard work pays off. We have kids who are able to score as a result of their individual work in the offseason and their in-season

effort. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are going to play good defense. I do not want to take that for granted, but we are going to play good defense. We just need to get over the hump on the offensive end. We played prettygood defense last year, but when you do not make free throws or shots, that is a dangerous combination.â&#x20AC;? This season, Dunlevy will be assisted by Rob Lucas, Jeremy Presley and Mike Furda. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the No. 1 goal for any program and now that I am the AD, you want to be proud of your players and you want them to represent the school district in a positive way. I think we are going to be able to do that. We want the kids to represent their classmates and the whole district. You want to enjoy the season not just because you win. There are more important things do. You want the kids to do the right things overall in the effort they give as athletes as well as how they represent themselves, their families and the school district.â&#x20AC;? The Redskins are looking to get the season underway Friday night. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are ready to go,â&#x20AC;? Dunlevy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really looking forward to seeing how exactly we play. We have a lot kids who if we coach them right can

be nice players. They have to be confident. To do things, you have to be confident. I told them that now they have to do it at 7:30. They are now 7:30 players. They have to do it at 7:30. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the first nine players we played with last summer and at basketball camp, we have the possibility that on any given night any kid can have a real big game scoring wise. I believe it. It is how hard they work. We have had teams in the past where we made the playoffs in football, and it is normal coming off of football season to give kids a few days off, but this year most of the kids were in the gym Saturday, and the rest were in the gym Monday. They were ready to get rolling. That is a good sign. I like having football players, especially when you have a successful program like we have. They know how to win, and that knowing how to win carries over into basketball. That helps. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are going to fun to watch. We are going to play hard.â&#x20AC;?

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Harrison guard. If you don’t want to, you won’t be able to.” Clifford doesn’t think the defensive attitude will be a problem. Quite simply, he won’t allow it to be. “We want to be consistent,” Clifford said. “The kids are working hard and bringing effort every day.” Clifford expects there to be some maturation as guys adjust to new roles. “Toward the end of the summer, our guys started to figure out what it is they do best,” Clifford said. “So, they’ve kind of formed an individual identity that way, but still reacting to being in the mix for the first time will be a big key to our success.” For the Huskies, it starts with talented senior Tyler Redish. He had some big outings last season en route to averaging nearly a double-double. “Tyler is just a tough kid who can play inside and outside,” Clifford said. “He’s going to be a tough matchup for people. He’s ultra competitive, battles

every possession and he’s pretty skilled.” Junior 3-point shooter Caden Arbaugh returns at a guard spot. “Caden is really starting to grow into his body,” Clifford said. “He loves being around the game. He and Tyler are the guys we’re going to hang our hats on, especially early.” Senior Jacob Barr will handle the interior. He saw action last season en route to earning a letter. “Jacob is a really good kid who loves the game,” Clifford said. “He’s a kid who’s always in the right spot and does the right thing. He can finish inside, too.” Sophomore Caden Dalton is expected to take over the point-guard duties. A pass-first guard, Clifford likes his defensive prowess and ball-handling abilties. “When you can defend and handle it, that’s always a great place to start,” Clifford said. “We’d actually like him to shoot it a little more, but I think he will

grow into that.” The fifth starting spot has been an on-going battle between juniors Logan Elliott, Chance Hursey, DeJuan Caldwell and sophomore Tyler West. Clifford made sure to point that regardless of who doesn’t start, the other three will likely see varsity minutes. Also pushing to get into the mix is senior Hunter Sloan and sophomore Peyton Taylor. Sophomores vying to get into the mix are Dylan Redish, Evan Stein and Isiah White. The balance of the 22-player Harrison Central roster includes freshmen Colston Dalton, Alen Devernoe, Cruz Capers, Nick Coffland, Arik Carman, Cale McAfee, Clayton McCann and Garrett Bossell. According to Clifford, the Huskies do plan to field a freshman team, but the minute distribution for that will be determined as the season goes along

Continued from Page 39 because some of the ninth graders will see junior varsity action, too. While it’s always a plus, Clifford believes a strong start is even more important for this squad because of its youth. “With a younger group, if you’re able to get off to a good start, it helps get them to buy into what you’re saying because they’ve reaped the rewards. “We try to play as many teams as close as possible and then we go from there. We know the Buckeye 8 schedule will challenge us again. When you play teams that know what you’re trying to do, it comes down to execution.” Clifford’s coaching staff underwent a minor change. Serge Gentile has departed to become the Shadyside girls coach. Clifford will now be joined by Jim Little (junior varsity), Chad Figurski (varsity assistant), Willy Walker (freshmen), Ty Kenny (seventh), Ian White (eighth grade) and Tom Kenny (junior high assistant).

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