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the Melody Men barbershop music group. McCord said he will be meeting soon with downtown merchants to discuss the open house and plans for next year’s events.

While on the subject of the holidays, council member Doris Beeman reported local children are invited to have lunch with Santa from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at village hall, 1 S. High St.

TROY — A Piqua woman who used a knife to stab a male acquaintance in the chest in May following a verbal dispute has been convicted of felonious assault.

A sentencing hearing for Cleda Lovell, 49, has been set for Jan 17 after she entered a plea of no contest to one count of felonious assault. She was found guilty.

A second-degree felony, Lovell faces a prison sentence of between two to eight years. She also could be ordered to make restitution in the case for the medical injuries the victim, Angelo Fedele, suffered during the May 28 stabbing.

Piqua medics responded to 824 Nicklin Ave. on the night of the incident and found the victim on the ground outside near a vehicle, according to police reports. The victim in the case was later transported to the hospital and has since fully recovered.

Officers made contact with Lovell, who had locked herself inside her house before letting officers inside, reports state.

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Covington grad on ‘Nightline’ COVINGTON — Covington High School grad, Staff Sgt. Erin Gibson, who is currently serving in Afghanistan, will be featured on ABC’s Nightline at 11:30 p.m. Thursday.

Gibson, a medic and the daughter of Amy Lavey of Covington, was honored with a Medal for Valor after rushing into a “hot’ landing zone that was actively receiving enemy fire, to save the life of a French soldier.

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Mitchell Dunlap of Troy, Nick Myers of Covington and Stephen Elliott of Piqua, l-r, students in the Upper Valley Career Center Environmental Occupations Program, work with Piqua city workers to plant 16 Ivory Silk Lilac trees along Nicklin Avenue on Monday morning. Forty-two students took part in the project. As an added safety measure while working near city streets, students were wearing safety vests donated to the career center as a gift from A.M Leonard Corporation in Piqua.

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BY TOM MILLHOUSE News Editor tmillhouse@dailycall.com COVINGTON — Mayor Ed McCord advised Covington Village Council on Monday night that the recent Covington Candlelight Christmas Open House ushered in

the holiday season with well-attended activities and business promotions.

“From all indications it was a huge success,” McCord said of the Covington Candlelight Christmas Open House. The event was held two weekends this year, instead of just one weekend as in the past. The events were held the weekends of Nov. 11-12 and Nov. 18-19.

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Minding their manners Piqua Catholic students put their lessons into practice at special meal

BY SUSAN HARTLEY Executive Editor shartley@dailycall.com PIQUA — Thanksgiving dinner should be a trouble-free affair this year for Piqua Catholic School families, thanks to the efforts of teachers and a dedicated group of volunteers.

On Tuesday, students in K-8th grade were treated to a special luncheon, which provided them the opportunity to put into practice a topic they have been learn-

ing about this past quarter — table manners.

“We’re celebrating 25 years at Piqua Catholic this year and we’re trying to put together an unique event for each quarter,” said Liz Robbins, director of development and involvement for the school. Students are learning about a specific topic each quarter, Robbins said. This past quarter featured fitness and manners.

Students learned about fitness during gym class, with their regular classroom teachers incorporating the topic of manners throughout their regular curriculum.

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Continued from page 1 and show them how important it is to have proper table manners,” Robbins said. So the idea of a special lunch came up in a planning session and about two dozen parents and other volunteers connected to the school agreed to help plan and serve the meal. Also helping organize Tuesday’s event were teachers Ellen Grieshop, a first grade teacher and Joyce Thornberry, who teaches 8th grade.

The gym was set up in a manner similar to a wedding reception, Robbins said, with donated linens and china from The Spot in Sidney. Parent and community volunteers dressed up in white shirts with black bow ties and dark pants to serve each student their meal.

“Without the volunteers, this wouldn’t have happened, ” Robbins said.

“The Spot also made our pies, but we paid for them.”

The menu also included mashed potatoes, chicken and noodles and rolls. A fruit salad, which was prepared by the students at the Downing Street campus on Monday, also was served.

“We have a buddy system here at Piqua

Catholic and everyone was paired up with their buddy,” Robbins said.

“When the students were escorted in by their buddies their faces were in awe” at the specially set tables and decorations.

The students also were given the opportunity to wear dressy clothing on Tuesday, instead of regular school uniforms.

First-grader Dylan Barnes, 6, said he will definitely be using the table manners he has learned about on Thanksgiving Day. He also said mashed potatoes were his favorite and he “thought it was beautiful” when he saw the gym for the first time.

Two specific manners Molly second-grader Green, 7, said she remembered learning about was “don’t talk with your mouth full and no elbows on the table.” Green said she had been practicing these manners at home and said she really did like the special school lunch on Tuesday.

And Kaitlin Buechter, 9, a third-grader, said Tuesday’s event was the “first fancy lunch” that she’d been able to attend. “I liked the chicken and noodles. They were nice. I learned how to use the silverware,” she said, also noting that she dressed up special for the luncheon.

Covington Continued from page 1 Speaking on behalf of the Police Committee, Beeman reported plans to erect signs at the intersections of Bridge and Pearl streets and Bridge and Wall streets informing drivers that crossing traffic does not stop at the intersections since Bridge Street is a through street.

Beeman said there has been a problem with traffic not stopping on Pearl and Wall streets at the Bridge Street intersections.

Beeman also reported there were no vandalism problems reported during Halloween and that concerns have been expressed about a dark area along Broadway in the vicinity of Fifth Third Bank.

After studying the issue

for about a year, council approved a records retention policy. The new policy spells out procedures for disposing of records no longer needed by the village.

Council also gave final approval to minor revisions of the village income tax ordinance, as suggested by Elaine Christian, who handles village income tax collections.

Among the revisions are changing the income tax deposit dates to coincide with federal tax deposit dates.

Village Fiscal Officer Carmen Siefring reviewed financial projections with council members.

At the end of the regular meeting, council went into executive session to discuss village employee compensation.

Eva C. Compton PIQUA — Eva C. Compton, 59, of Piqua, died at 4:50 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, at Miami Va l l e y Hospital, Dayt o n , s u r rounded by her loving family. COMPTON She was born in Dayton on Dec. 19, 1951, to the late Russell H. and Daisy (Brown) Fowler. On Aug. 28, 1971, in Bradford, she married Marion Compton.

He survives.

Eva also is survived by two sons and daughtersin-law, Michael and Mandy Compton and Jimmy and Cami Compton, all of Piqua; two daughters and son-in-law, Debbie and Joe LeRouge of Piqua and Vanessa Greenlee of Huntsville,

Ala.; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Sue and Bill Roddy of Careyville, Tenn., Linda and Dan Daugherty of Troy and Stella and Jim LeVan of Piqua; one brother, Russell Fowler of Tennessee; and seven grandchildren, Michael Compton, Kalop Compton, Deven Stantz, Caden Compton, Ashley Greenlee, Brandon Mason and Chase Mason.

She was preceded in death by one sister, Brenda Smith.

Eva worked at Meijer’s in Troy as a clerk for 17 years before retiring. She liked to play bingo and loved birds. Most importantly, Eva loved her grandbabies.

A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua.

Friends may call from 6-7 p.m. at the funeral home.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.melcher-sowers.com.

Death notices WEST MILTON — Everett “Sonny” Lee Burton, 69 of West Milton, passed away on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, at Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton.

Funeral services will be held at today at the HaleSarver Family Funeral Home, West Milton, with Pastor John Johansen officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, West Milton.

SIDNEY — Freddie Junior Cassidy, 70, of Sidney, passed away at 3:25 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, at his residence.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 12 p.m. at Cromes Funeral Home, Sidney, with the Rev. Anthony Krummrey officiating. Burial will follow at Glen Cemetery in Port Jefferson.

NEW BREMEN — Homer John “Squirt” Raterman, 87, of Sidney, passed away at 7:05 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, at Elmwood Assisted Living of New Bremen.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, at Holy Angels Catholic Church with the Rev. Daniel Schmitmeyer officiating. Burial will be at Graceland Cemetery in Sidney.

Cromes Funeral Home, Sidney, is in charge of arrangements.

SIDNEY — Jane Ann Wolf, 63, of Sidney, passed away at 7:08 a.m. Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, at Wilson Memorial Hospital.

Memorial services will be held Tuesday at Cromes Funeral Home, Sidney. In keeping with Jane’s wishes, her body was donated to a medical school.

SIDNEY — Thomas L. Sniffen, 73, of Dorothy Love Retirement Community, Sidney, died at the retirement community at 4:37 a.m. Friday, Nov. 18, 2011.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at St. Jacob Lutheran Church, Anna, with Pastor Michael Althauser. Burial will follow at Glen Cemetery, Port Jefferson.

Salm-McGill and Tangeman Funeral Home in said Huff, who also an- Sidney is handling the funeral arrangements. nounced the first national citizens survey to be conST. PARIS — L.C. “Lenny” Beair, 51, of St. Paris, ducted randomly by a passed away at 6:45 a.m. Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in his company out of Boulder, residence.

Colo. The survey should Private memorial services will be held at the contake place in February venience of the family. and will compare the city Atkins-Shively Funeral Home, St. Paris, is servto other communities na- ing the family. tionwide by rank of delivery of services.

The survey will cover various topics that may ask such questions as how Continued from page 1 blood off of a couch. one rates Piqua as a place An additional felony When officers made charge of tampering with to live.

Huff hopes to have re- entry into Lovell’s home, evidence was dismissed as sults of the survey some- they reported that pepper a result of a plea agreespray was in the air and ment. time in the spring.

To sign up for the Piqua that Lovell had blood on Lovell remains out of Alert program visit her pants and was appar- jail on a recognizance www.piquaoh.org or visit ently attempting to clean bond. the city’s Facebook page.

Alert program Continued from page 1 “I think it is just a matter of keeping citizens informed as best we can,” continued Huff. “It’s just a way to communicate and one of the important things we need to do.”

Recent notifications via email through the new alert program has included leaf pickup times, meeting notices and police department information log updates.

Huff implemented the same program in his former residences in Blacksburg, Va., and Town of Fishers, Ind. “We just want to encourage people to sign up,”

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Brenton D. Bird TROY — Brenton D. Bird, 62, known by most as “Pop,” passed away peacefully with his family beside him Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and a great friend to many.

He was born Oct. 30, 1949, in Richmond, Ind. to the late James and Dereda (Smith) Bird.

Brent married his loving wife of 44 years, Shirley Miller, and she survives.

He also is survived by his only daughter and sonin-law, Beth and Steve Garrison of Conover; grandchildren, Brittany and Austin Garrison; two brothers and sister-inlaws, Mark and Margie Bird of Apache Junction, Ariz. and Steve and Dena Bird of Liberty, Ind.; one sister and brother-in-law, Jennifer and Elvin Miller of New Paris. Other special family members include sister-in-law, Judy Davis (Gary) of Greensfork, Ind.; sister-in-law, Connie Hamilton (Stu) of Pickens, S.C.; brother-inlaw, Dwight Miller of Centerville, Ind.; maternal parent, Pauline (John) Sedgwick of Richmond, Ind. and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Brent was employed at

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BERNE, Ind. — Annaliese Foss, 83, of Berne, Ind., and a former longt i m e resident of T r o y, passed away at 7:51 p . m . FOSS N o v.

18, 2011, a Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Ind., following a sudden illness.

She was born Oct. 21, 1928, in Koln, Germany, the William Von Eyser and Anna Marie (Kollarzick) Von Eyser.

She married Dr. Harold G. Foss, who died Sept, 26, 2008.

Survivors include two children, Annaliese (Gregory G.) Schamerloh of Decatur, Ind., and Gregory D. (Debbie) Bailey of Colorado; brother, Rudy Von Eyser of Rockford, Ill.; sister, Gertrude Swanson of Chicago, Ill.; sister, Marianne Fausher of Chicago,

Ill.; grandson, Gregory D. (Debbie) Bailey of Evansville, Ind.; granddaughter, Annaliese J. (Joel) Redondo of El Paso, Texas; twin grandson, Chad (Shawnna) Bailey of Berne, Ind.; twin grandson, Dane Bailey of Decatur, Ind.; grandson, Jeffery Foss of Colorado; granddaughter, Kristin Foss of Colorado; brother, Rudy Von Eyser of Rockford, Ill.; sister, Gertrude Swanson of Chicago, Ill.; and sister, Marianne Fausher of Chicago, Ill.; and 10 great-grandchildren, Julian, Mykaela and Anastasia Bailey, Brianna, Anthony and Christopher Redondo and Natalie, Brookelyn and Adison Bailey and Zavior Bailey.

Annaliese was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening, cooking and dogs.

There will be no services or visitation per Annaliese’s request.

Preferred memorials are to the Adams County Animal Shelter or any animal shelter of the donor’s choice.

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He will be dearly missed by his family and friends.

Visitation will be from 12-2 p.m. Saturday, at the Fisher-Cheney Funeral Home, Troy, with a funeral service to follow at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Jeff Langley and Pastor James E. Leighty officiating. A graveside service will be held at Casstown Cemetery following the funeral service.

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Thanksgiving Day will be sunny and cool with a high of 53. It will be sunny and mild on Black Friday for shoppers. High: 50 Low: 37.

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Piqua Catholic School sixth-graders embrace an annual holiday tradition to help children in other parts of the world. Students Ellie Scott and Meredith Karn are inspecting the treasures for Operation Christmas Child, a program to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to needy children in foreign countries.The assembled gift boxes include small toys, school supplies and hygiene items. The most important part of the gift is the prayer offered to the child who will be receiving the gift.

Book signing slated at library PIQUA — The author of Losing Alicia: A Father’s Journey, John L. Titus, is scheduled for a book signing at the Piqua Public Library on Monday, Dec. 5. A meet and greet session will begin at 6:30 p.m.

After remarks by Titus at 7 p.m., the book signing will follow until 8:30 p.m.

During the evening local professional artists of the Piqua Visual Artists Society also will display their art work at the library. Some pieces will be available for purchase.

Titus’s daughter Alicia was a flight attendant on United Airlines Flight 175 during the terrorist attack, which struck New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. He visited Piqua in September as a speaker at the city’s remembrance of the event. His book chronicles the struggle of a parent’s worst fear, the loss of a child and the acceptance that only can be made possible with faith and love.

Since Alicia’s death, Titus has become a strong advocate for peace and social justice. The retired college administrator now is a political activist and has been busy writing articles, doing documentaries, and giving talks on these and related issues all over the United States, Canada and Italy. He has spoken at universities, colleges, churches, the American Muslin Voice Convention, the Department of Peace Conference, the Congressional Committee to Reintroduce the Department of Peace Bill, and the Global Nonviolence Conference.

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John Titus of St. Paris has written Losing Alicia: A Father’s Story, about the loss of his daughter Alicia in the 9/11 terrorist attack on New York City. Alicia was a flight attendant on United Airlines Flight 175. Titus will conduct a meet and greet and book signing at the Piqua Public Library on Dec. 5. committee member of September 11 Families for a Peaceful Tomorrow. This organization of 9/11 victim’s family members and friends officially formed in February 2002, to speak out on the atrocities of war, especially civilian casualties, to promote trans-

parency in government decisions about the 9/11 attack, to encourage alternatives to war, and to further effects toward peace and justice.

This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Piqua Public Library.

The public is invited.

TROY — The December WACO Adult Lecture will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, at the WACO Air Museum. The guest speaker will be Walt Hoy, and he will be discussing his experiences with underground weapons testing performed by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) during the 1960s. As an Air Force helicopter pilot, he witnessed first-hand the effects of an atomic weapon test that went terribly wrong and became an above-ground test. This test was kept secret for many years.

Hoy received an aeronautical engineering degree from Saint Louis University in 1956. He entered the Air Force in 1958, and he was assigned to R&D Command and served as a project engineer at the rocket track at White Sands, N.M. He flew spy satellite mid-air recovery missions in Lockheed C-130s. In 1969, he was assigned to a commando group in Viet Nam, flying the Sikorsky Jolly

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BRADFORD — The Bradford Board of Education recognized the students of the month, heard from building principals and approved suggested policy changes during it’s regular November meeting.

Fifth-graders Taylor Stine and Marissa Cassel were recognized as November’s Elementary Students of the Month for being the only three-year members in Brighter Touch of Orange, the 3-5 grade show choir.

Seniors Jonathan Barbee and Austin Sell were the high school students of the month. Barbee for setting a new Most Career Yards school record — over 4,000 yards. And Sell recently received a math medal award as Bradford’s top math student at the 5th annual Honda of America Manufacturing and The Ohio State University’s College of Engineering ceremony.

High school principal PJ Burgett discussed the Darke County Leadership Conference, congratulating the “B” Crew with placing second in the school and community spirit contest.

Elementary Principal Judi York discussed Grandparent’s Day, which will run differently this year with grandparents actually spending time in individual classrooms. According to York, many of the teachers are planning special activities for their visits.

Both principals discussed some of the staff deworkshops velopment recently completed and the very well-attended parent teacher conferences.

York also announced that Rita Brandon, PE teacher and BoxTops for Education coordinator, has already received around $1,632 in BoxTops, which is just over half of the school’s goal for the school year.

In business, the board approved 22 new and revised policies, according to Superintendent Jeff Patrick, most are slight word changes. If anyone is interested in viewing these policies, just stop by the superintendent’s office.

The board will be having a work session at 6 p.m. Dec 14 to finish the new superintendent job description and evaluation tool.

The next regular meeting will be at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 21 in room 404 and the public is encouraged to attend.

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Green Giants. Later assignments had him flying Fairchild C-123s, De Havilland Beavers and Hughes helicopters. After Vietnam, he was assigned to Wright-Patterson AFB. At the Flight Dynamics Lab, Hoy designed and built 24 XBQM-106 small drones to find and destroy enemy antiaircraft systems. Walt retired from the Air Force in 1978. In his career, he had flown 20 years and was qualified in 13 different military aircraft.

Today, Hoy is actively involved with many Dayton aviation organizations including the U.S. Air Force Museum, Fox Lite, Inc., Wright “B” Inc., and the Wright Image Group.

This lecture is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be available.

For more information, call the WACO Air Museum at 335-9226 or e-mail lcdir@wacoairmuseum.org.

The museum is located at 1865 S. County Road 25-A, Troy.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2011

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Veteran asks why officials didn’t attend

Serving Piqua since 1883

“Rejoice ever more. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 AKJV

Guest Column

Ways cited to help get Ohioans back to work ecently, President Obama held a campaign-style rally in Ohio touting his ‘jobs’ plan in front of the Brent Spence Bridge. Ironically, neither his plan nor his ‘pass the bill’ ‘we can’t wait’ rhetoric will help the Brent Spence get the repairs it needs or help get Ohioans working again. The Obama administration’s costly short-term fixes have done little to improve America’s infrastructure and even less to create new American jobs.

So rather than add new ‘stimulus’ spending, higher taxes, or more needless regulations, House Republicans will soon introduce the latest component of our Plan for America’s Job Creators: an energy reform and infrastructure jobs bill called the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act. The American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act links new American energy production to high-priority infrastructure projects. It will do two things to support long-term job growth: expand American energy production and use those revenues to repair and improve America’s roads and bridges. Here’s how.

First, this bill will help create American jobs by eliminating some of the unnecessary government barriers that prevent our country from utilizing its vast energy resources. For example, lifting President JOHN BOEHNER Obama’s drilling ban on new offshore areas and 8th District Congressman opening less than three percent of ANWR’s 19 million acres that was set aside for oil and natural gas development.

Second, expanded energy production will help lower fuel prices, and provide a new revenue stream for our infrastructure needs. As we develop new sources of American energy, we’re going to need modern infrastructure to bring that energy to the market. And as American energy production increases so too will the revenue for high-priority infrastructure projects.

Third, the bill will speed up environmental and bureaucratic approvals – the real hurdles delaying improvements to the Brent Spence Bridge and other projects – with reforms like concurrent review that will cut the project review and permitting process in half.

And fourth, it’s fiscally responsible. The bill will include reforms to ensure dollars are spent on the highest priority projects, not diverted to frivolous purposes as they have been in recent decades. And like every bill we’ve passed through the House since the American people entrusted Republicans with a majority, this one will have no earmarks in it.

Expanding energy production is a common-sense way to help create new jobs, lower energy prices, and improve our infrastructure. Instead of just spending money on another expensive short-term scheme, this bill will support real long-term job creation by helping lower energy prices for American families and small businesses, and provide more resources, more quickly for the highest priority infrastructure projects.

Lean more about the American Energy Infrastructure & Jobs Act and our efforts to encourage job creation by visiting johnboehner.house.gov.”

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Commentary

Let’s hear it for the girls “Bobby identifies as a mixed up with all of this, a girl, and he’s a boy,” a Dengroup called American Herver mother told a TV staitage Girls has stepped in to tion in a news story about fill the breach. Established her son, who has been acin 1995 in Ohio, AHG has cepted as a Girl Scout.

15,000 members in 42 “He’s been doing this states and four countries. since he was about 2 years The members have uniold. He’s loved girl stuff, so forms and badges, and they we just let him dress how even sell various products.

KATHRYN LOPEZ he wants, as long as he’s “I believe that character Columnist happy,” she explained. development needs to be When Felisha Archuleta based on timeless truths, first approached the local troop leader not on cultural norms,” said Patti about her son joining, the answer was Garibay, national executive director of pretty sensible: but he’s a boy. the American Heritage Girls. “I believe But what’s only natural is not politi- the standards of behavior for humans cally correct and so the troop leader sub- are clearly defined by their maker sequently got a talking-to. “Girl Scouts through the words of the Bible. I also beis an inclusive organization and we ac- lieve that because each of us is made in cept all girls in kindergarten through the image of God, we have an incredible 12th grade as members,” the Girl Scouts ability to achieve, to be creative and to in Colorado ultimately declared. The change the world, because of his grace.” statement continued: “If a child identiWhen Juliette Gordon Low founded fies as a girl and the child’s family pres- the Girl Scouts, Garibay reflects, she ents her as a girl, Girl Scouts of Colorado “encouraged girls to be faith-filled and welcomes her as a Girl Scout.” outward focused … Many have felt that My heart goes out to Bobby as the Girl today’s Girl Scouts have strayed from Scout cookie continues to crumble. Being that mission.” Garibay began AHG when a Girl Scout may only contribute to his the Girl Scouts made God optional in confusion. their pledge. AHG “is not for everyone,” But his membership may be clarifying she acknowledges, “but it is for a lot of to the rest of us. The Girl Scouts today is families seeking a faith-based, scoutnothing like the clean, wholesome or- type program that builds women of inganization that many think it is. Local tegrity while instilling eternally decisions about gender-blind scouting impactful values.” are just the tip of the iceberg. To help The American Heritage Girls, it turns correct this picture, Sharon Slater, pres- out, have a lot more in common with the ident of Family Watch International, has Boy Scouts of America than the Girl put together a website for concerned Scouts do. In 2009, the Boy Scouts of parents, www.100questionsforthe- America issued a formal statement of girlscouts.org. support of the American Heritage Girls.

Christy Volanski, whose two daugh- “Like the BSA, AHG is faith-based, realters have quit the Girl Scouts, was one izing a duty to God is of utmost imporof those concerned parents. She points tance to the full development of a child,” out that Girls Scouts of the USA, the Garibay adds.

American arm of the global organizaThe George Washington Bridge contion, is a member of the National Col- necting New York and New Jersey may laboration for Youth (NCY), which be green this month in honor of the promotes pro-choice groups and abortion 100th anniversary of the GSA, but the campaigns. color may really point to the time being Slater’s is not a war against the Girl ripe for a second look and a consideraScouts, though. “We would love for the tion of alternatives.

Girl Scouts to return to what most people believe they are — an organization Kathryn Lopez is the editor of Nafocused on developing girls with strong tional Review Online (www.nationalremoral character,” she tells me. view.com). She can be contacted at But for those who don’t want to be klopez@nationalreview.com.

To the Editor: I would like to say thank you to all veterans for their services. On Nov. 11, I attended the memorial service and I want to say thank you to all that attended it as well.

As I looked throughout the crowd, I don’t recall seeing the mayor or any other so-called dignitaries representing the city of Piqua. I consider this to be a slap in the face to those veterans who have paid the ultimate price, along with those veterans still living and those now serving.

I see no humor that the same week you would ask for a vote, but yet you could not adjust your time on Nov. 11 to pay respect to those who fought to give you and all others that right.

There was so much emphasis directed to 9/11 by those of you that was glorified of your participation in such a ceremony, one of which our own mayor wrote a letter for the paper telling us how great it was and if you weren’t there you missed out, so to speak.

I am sorry 9/11 happened as much as the next person, the pain suffered by the families over the loss of their loved ones.

Think a second, don’t you think those families that lost loved ones while protecting our rights and freedom endure the same pain and grief?

Yet … those of you that can attend a Nov. 11 ceremony that lasts about about half hour chose not to. Wait…a veteran fought for you to have that right.

Also, the next election day or 9/11 day, along with the rights you have today, let us not forget Nov. 11 to thank a veteran.

If I happened to miss you out in the crowd at the Nov. 11 ceremony, I apologize, however, if you were not there … shame, shame. How gratifying it could have been for you.

By the way, PAC I thank the Lord every day.

—Dennis Tennery American war veteran, Piqua

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Moderately Confused THE FIRST AMENDMENT Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Where to Write Public officials can be contacted through the following addresses and telephone numbers: ■ Lucy Fess, mayor, 5th Ward Commissioner, ward5comm@piquaoh.org, 615-9251 (work), 773-7929 (home) ■ John Martin, 1st Ward Commissioner, ward1comm@piquaoh.org, 773-2778 (home) ■ William Vogt, 2nd Ward Commissioner, ward2comm@piquaoh.org, 773-8217 ■ Joe Wilson, 3rd Ward Commissioner, ward3comm@piquaoh.org, 778-0390 ■ Judy Terry, 4th Ward Commissioner, ward4comm@piquaoh.org, 773-3189 ■ City Manager Gary Huff, ghuff@piquaoh.org, 778-2051 ■ Miami County Commissioners: John “Bud” O’Brien, Jack Evans and Richard Cultice, 201 W. Main St., Troy, OH 45373 440-5910;

commissioners@comiami.oh.us ■ John R. Kasich, Ohio governor, Vern Riffe Center, 77 S. High St., Columbus, OH 43215, (614) 644-0813, Fax: (614) 466-9354 ■ State Sen. Bill Beagle, 5th District, Ohio Senate, First Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215; (614) 466-6247; e-mail: SD05@sen.state.oh.us ■ State Rep. Richard Adams, 79th District, House of Representatives, The Riffe Center, 77 High St. 13th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215, (614) 466-8114, Fax: (614) 719-3979; district79@ohr.state.oh.us ■ Jon Husted, Secretary of State, 180 E. Broad St. 15th floor, Columbus, OH 53266-0418 (877) 767-6446, (614)466-2655; ■ David Yost, State Auditor, 88 E. Broad St., 5th floor, Columbus, OH 43215, (800) 282-0370 or 614-466-4514

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

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DEAR NEEDS TO KNOW: You and your boyfriend are normal, healthy young adults. If this is the first time you and a young man have gotten “a little heavy,” then it’s not surprising that you felt conflicted, depending upon how you were raised to think about premarital relations.

However, because you have now progressed to the point of physical intimacy, it is important that you and your boyfriend talk about last weekend and what may happen in the future. Share your feelings and ask how HE feels about what happened and what he would like to happen going forward.

That’s not desperate or rushing things — that is communication. True intimacy involves the mutual sharing of thoughts and feelings in a relationship.

DEAR ABBY: A few weeks ago, my wife returned from a business meeting out of town. After unpacking, she took a bath. I happened into the bathroom just as she finished drying off. When she saw me, she grabbed a towel and held it over her shoulder and breast, but not before I spotted a hickey and bruise on her chest.

When I asked her about the hickey, she said she had no idea what had caused it. After that, she refused to discuss the matter. The hickey faded and

DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Taylor Swift was crowned artist of the year at the American Music Awards for a second time.

“This is so crazy!” the country superstar said after beat such contenders as Adele, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry to capture all three awards that she was nominated for at Sunday’s ceremony, including artist of the year, the show’s highest accolade that she previously claimed in 2009.

“I ended up writing the record by myself, so the fact that you would honor it this way, you have no idea what this means to me,” said Swift after winning the trophy for favorite country album for “Speak Now.” She was also awarded the prize for favorite country female artist.

Nicki Minaj, the pinkloving hip-hop diva, won two awards Sunday. She kicked off the 39th annual fan-favorite ceremony by sporting a pair of speakers on her muchtalked about posterior and was later honored as rap/hip-hop favorite artist, besting a group that included mentor Lil Wayne, and won favorite rap/hip-hop album for “Pink Friday.”

“There’s so much love in this room,” beamed the pink-haired Minaj.

Adele had been the night’s leading nominee with four nods, but didn’t have much of a presence at the show: She was absent from the ceremony because she is recovering

ABIGAIL VAN BUREN

Advice disappeared after two or three weeks.

Yesterday she agreed to take a polygraph test, but how do we go about arone?

Your ranging thoughts?

— TROUBLED HUSBAND IN TEXAS DEAR TROUBLED HUSBAND: If your marriage is on such thin ice that you need a lie detector test to determine if your wife is telling the truth, you may need the services of a family law specialist.

You asked my opinion, and here it is: From my perspective, you and your wife could benefit more from some truth sessions with a marriage counselor than with a polygraph examiner. However, one way to find a polygraph examiner would be to Google “polygraph examiners in Texas.” Another would be to consult an attorney about a referral.

And now, Dear Readers, allow me to again share the traditional Thanksgiving Prayer that was penned by my dear mother, Pauline Phillips.

No Thanksgiving would be complete for me without it: Oh, Heavenly Father, We thank Thee for food and remember the hungry.

We thank Thee for health and remember the sick.

We thank Thee for freedom and remember the enslaved.

May these remembrances stir us to service, That Thy gifts to us may be used for others. Amen.

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

— Love, ABBY

Complete the grid so every row, column and 3 x 3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.

MONDAY’S SOLUTION

from recent throat surgery. Adele tied Swift with three awards: favorite pop/rock female artist, adult contemporary artist and pop/rock album for “21.”

Other winners included Maroon 5 as favorite pop-rock band/duo/group, Blake Shelton as favorite country male artist, Lady Antebellum as favorite country band/duo/group, Beyonce as favorite soul/R&B female artist, Rihanna for favorite soul/R&B album for “Loud” and Hot Chelle Rae as new artist of the year.

The ceremony inside

the Nokia Theatre in an unusually rainy Los Angeles was drenched with 17 musical performances.

Justin Bieber got in the holiday spirit among a forest of neon lights with “Under the Mistletoe,” and Kelly Clarkson, wearing a glittery red gown with her hair swept to the side, delivered a swinging rendition of her hit “Mr. Know It All” as back-up dancers dressed as 1930s-era photographers snapped the firstever “American Idol” champion.

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony shared custody of rapper Pitbull, who joined the former

Sylvia astounds them all

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Taylor Swift accepts the award for country favorite album for “Speak Now” at the 39th Annual American Music Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles.

couple in a pair of separate performances. Lopez performed essentially a live version of a car commercial starring the “Idol” judge set to “Papi” — with the car onstage — before launching into her hit “On the Floor.” Pitbull later returned to the stage and joined Anthony for “Rain Over Me.” Lopez expressed surprise when she won the favorite Latin music artist award.

“It’s been up and down and just exciting and overwhelming and so many things,” Lopez said of the last year.

Several artists delivered stripped-down performances: The Band Perry crooned an emotional “If I Die Young,” a pink-haired Perry accompanied herself on guitar for “The One That Got Away” and a platinumblonde Chris Brown simply sang “All Back” before being joined by a troop of helmet-clad back-up dancers for a flashy interpretation of “Say It With Me.” There were collaborations, too. Lopez joined a glowing-in-the-dark will.i.am for his new single “Hard.” Christina Aguilera dueted with Maroon 5 on their “Moves Like Jagger,” and then Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine teamed with Gym Class Heroes for their hit “Stereo Hearts.” Bieber joined LMFAO in animal-print pants for the show’s finale, which ended with everyone on stage — including David Hasselhoff — stripping down to smiley-face underwear.

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Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Couple considering sex must first explore their feelings DEAR ABBY: I’m a freshman in college and have the sweetest boyfriend in the world.

We’ve always been close and trusted each other, never pushing the other too far. I always thought it was innocent and safe.

Last weekend, though, things got a little heavy between us. We stopped before anything happened, but I felt dirty afterward.

As I thought about it, I realized that, to me, it had seemed OK that our relationship was starting to take a more intimate turn.

Is it wrong for me to think this way? I don’t know how to bring up the “sex talk” with him without seeming desperate or like I’m rushing things.

What should I do?

— NEEDS TO KNOW IN VIRGINIA

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It was duplicate night at the club, and, as usual, players were positioning themselves so that they would not encounter Sylvia during the game. It wasn’t that they feared Sylvia’s expertise; on the contrary, she was certain to hand out lots of presents during the session. What made them uncomfortable was the feeling that

they had no control over the proceedings when Sylvia was at their table.

Unfortunately, only half the players — those who got there very early — were able to avoid her.

The rest sat like so many ducks in a shooting gallery, hoping not to be victimized by one of Sylvia’s legendary aberrations.

It didn’t take long for lightning to strike. At the very first table, Sylvia, West, was defending against four spades after the bidding shown and led the king of hearts. Declarer won with the ace and returned a spade to Sylvia’s king.

Calculating furiously, Sylvia concluded that her side could never legitimately score more than three tricks — two spades and a heart — since South couldn’t

have more than one diamond. Deception was therefore her only chance, she decided, so at trick three she returned the ten of hearts! South wasn’t taken in, though; he won with dummy’s jack and played a second spade to Sylvia’s ace.

Sylvia was very disappointed that her ten-ofhearts play had not succeeded in fooling declarer. Recognizing that only a miracle could now defeat the contract, she next led the six of

hearts! An astonished East won the trick with the nine and returned a club, which Sylvia ruffed to set the contract!

Not surprisingly, no other East-West pair defeated four spades, so Sylvia and her partner had a cold top. And a sadder but wiser South vowed that henceforth, he would be among the earliest arrivals for the club duplicate.

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Squirrel makes good family pet RB, Earl and I sat on the porch, probably the last time this year. Amongst the leaves and scurrying in the brisk breeze were the busy squirrels, always working. Back inside, I heard the wind whipping around the windows, tearing at branches to pull down the last of the reluctant leaves. The dogwood tree jealously holds its foliage beyond our others.

The maples, redbuds, weeping and Shubert cherry trees are barren, the leaves torn off and scattered down the street. Autumn, the interim before winter when living things rest.

Except RB, a leaf fanatic who doesn’t take a break. I’ve heard him call those leaves ugly names. I love the sycamore tree for the variegated bark and huge leaves but he hates those trees on Park, saying they “target” our corner with their seasonal shedding.

I’m fascinated by squirrels, who are genetically disciplined toward survival. I mean, are they not here? Do they not prepare for hard and lean times?

Do you ever see them standing in line? Holding a sign or tin cup? They plan beyond today, eating a bite and storing a bite.

An acquaintance calls them

CAROLYN STEVENS Columnist bushy-tailed rats. Certainly not! They aren’t prolific breeders, mating only once or twice a year and bearing only one or two at a time. They don’t eat each other and aren’t naturally aggressive toward humans.

That friend told me squirrels eat his tomatoes; I suggested that he feed them and they’d leave his tomatoes alone. Our squirrels never touch our tomatoes. (Well, maybe a taste of the first tomato but that’s all.) They don’t eat meat but they relish food scraps, like carrots, dried bread, fruit, popcorn, nuts that have gone rancid. I hope you can see one with a french fry; they hold it like a popsicle and almost close their eyes as they enjoy it.

Like any other creature, they can cause problems. A roofer told me of a repair job in

an attic where he found bushels of walnuts, acorns, and buckeyes stored by a squirrel who was prepared. They recycle and discard nothing usable.

Watching their activity in the maple, I wondered why a squirrel attacked and dismantled a sturdy looking, leaf-mound nest. Carrying all the materials to the other side, he reinforced the nest there.

Do you think groves of oak or walnut trees just happen, when a nut hits the ground and takes root? They get some help from industrious squirrels. A friend said he saw a squirrel, probably an apprentice, burying a small rock — but the instinct was there. I don’t know if squirrels recover their buried supplies but their digging doesn’t ruin a lawn. We have little divots all over the yard and consider it naturally aerated. (Think of lovely golf courses!)

Squirrels bring wonderful surprises each spring. They don’t steal my flower bulbs, they trade them. Some of my tulips are down the block but in turn, they bring me new plants. One October, our daughter came with dozens of bulbs and, tolerating the raw

wind, set each one into the corner garden, by the weeping cherry tree she planted there.

That’s been two decades ago but the lovely flowers return each year, bringing beautiful memories. One spring day, before a trip out of the country, I took a last look at that garden, knowing much of it would bloom and be gone before I returned. There, all by itself, was a new one. Small but sturdy was a delicate iris, a clear and perfect yellow, our daughter’s favorite flower and color. I felt it was a message, maybe a goodbye gift, and I took pictures of it. It never came back.

I’m sure a squirrel was involved.

We had a first-hand, inhouse experience with a squirrel. One of our sons found a baby squirrel that fell from a tree, stunning, frightened, but not injured. (Of course he brought it home for care! Was he not his mother’s child?)

Helping its recovery, we put it in a bird cage with seeds and water. He immediately rubbed the hair off his nose, trying to chew the way out. (Shows you what I know about squirrelnursing.) Turned loose, he enjoyed traveling on the arms

and shoulders of the children.

Once the youngest one said, as the squirrel perched on his shoulder, “He’s warming me!”

Squirrel apparently emptied its bladder. Having the run of the house,our temporary pet needed a name and we settled on “Charlie.” Later we found it to be “Charlie Ann.” Friends stopped to see if we really did have a squirrel living in the house. I called her and she came running to meet them. When I was sewing, she gathered spools of thread and tucked them into my shirt collar. When she tried to build a nest in the sleeve of RB’s best suit, it was time for her to live outside; we provided food and lodging. Sometimes she came when I called. Our neighbor joking phoned to ask that I call our squirrel because she was eating the popcorn from their discarded Christmas tree. The last time I called, she ran along the top of the fence, looked directly at me, then turned and left, never to come back.

She was the first squirrel in the neighborhood and the only one with a name.

You can contact Carolyn Stevens at candrstevens@att.net.

New biscuit recipe turned out to be a success for breakfast This is Saturday afternoon. Our day is going differently than expected.

Five of our children are down with the flu. Daughter Lovina was the first one to get sick, she came home from school yesterday not feeling well. This morning four more of the children woke up with some sort of bug. It seems to be like a stomach flu. I do hope it leaves our house soon and the rest of us won’t catch it. A lot of my day has been spent taking care of the sick. I decided to sit down and write my column in between taking care of the children. None of them seem to want to

eat but I have been giving them liquids to keep them hydrated.

Meanwhile, husband Joe is out deer hunting with son Benjamin. Well, Benjamin is really just going along for the fun of it. Some friends that live nearby have offered for Joe to hunt their woods. Joe doesn’t have any work next week so he should have time to go deer hunting then also. Joe and Benjamin left early this morning before daylight and while they saw a deer they didn‘t get it. Most of the children said they weren’t hungry but I still made breakfast. I made biscuits,

LOVINA EICHER The Amish Cook sausage gravy and fried eggs. Joe and Benjamin were glad to see the breakfast when they came home around 9:30.

Daughter Loretta washed dishes and swept floors for me. So far she is not on the sick list and has done a good job of helping me around the house. I brought all the laundry up from the basement that we had washed yesterday.

Everything was dry so we folded it and put it away. I hung a few pieces outside yesterday but it was so cold and windy it would have been hard to keep all the clothes on the wash line. I sure do appreciate the lines put in the base-

ment to dry clothes in the winter months. With the coal-stove being down there it does not take long for clothes to dry. I am glad we did our weekly cleaning yesterday so that is off the list. Also glad we did the laundry.

Daughter Elizabeth baked some “outrageous chocolate chip cookies” yesterday. They are delicious but not going as fast as they usually do with all the sickness around. Hopefully this flu will be gone by Thanksgiving. I bought a 24-pound turkey and we plan to have Jacob and Emma’s here for Thanksgiving dinner. This week will go fast with Joe being home and only a three-day school week. The first semester of school is already over and report cards were handed out. Verena seems to be doing well with her school work despite all that has gone on with her over the past 1 1 /2. Kevin, 6, is always excited to come home from school to let me

know if he has learned something new.

One evening when we were eating supper he said “Mom, I know the days of the week now.” I was amazed that he knew them. Last night he came home and said “Mom I can count to 100 by fives and started counting.” He was oh-so-proud to come home with a certificate saying he could count to 100 and wanted me to hang it on the refrigerator.

He said “now I need to learn how to count to one million.”

Lovina, 7, is a good help with Kevin. She is always trying to teach him new things that she is learning in first grade.

Our thoughts and prayers are with our friend Linda and family as she struggles with cancer. May God be with them as they go through this trial of life.

Linda’s husband and daughter are both teachers at our school and her son has been our children’s bus driver for years. May God

bless them and all of you wonderful readers.

I will share a new biscuit recipe that I tried this morning. They turned out nice and flaky. I like to try different kinds of biscuits instead of using the same ones all the time.

SOUTHERN BISCUITS 2 cups sifted flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 /2 teaspoon salt 1 /2 teaspoon cream of tartar 2 tablespoons sugar 1 /2 cup shortening 1 egg, beaten 2 /3 cup milk Preheat the oven to 450.

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License, tag renewal, and now HIV test JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON — At one Department of Motor Vehicles’ office in the nation’s capital, motorists can get a driver’s license, temporary tags and something wholly unrelated to the road: a free HIV test.

In a city with one of the highest percentages of residents living with HIV or AIDS, health officials have now test-driven the inDMV testing and are finding that it works. So far, more than 5,000 people have been screened and gotten results while they wait.

Now officials are expanding the program, offering testing at an office where Washington residents register for food stamps, Medicaid and other government assistance. On Monday, the first day of the program, 60 people got tested, officials said. As an incentive they’re being offered a $5 gift card to a local grocery store.

“You have to meet people where they are,” exSheila plained Brockington, who oversees HIV testing at the DMV office in southeast Washington. “You’re waiting anyway. You might as well.”

The testing project, which began last October, isn’t run by the DMV but instead by a nonprofit group, Family and Medical

Counseling Service Inc., which uses an office inside the site. To ensure confidentiality, residents get tested and receive their results in the office, out of earshot of those going about their usual DMV business. The nonprofit got a $250,000 grant to do the testing and secured the support of the city’s Health Department and the DMV. Now a second, similar grant is funding expansion.

Government statistics released in June show about 1.1 million Americans were living with the AIDS virus in 2008, and other studies show that about 10 percent to 20 percent of U.S. adults are tested annually. But those involved in HIV/AIDS work recognize that more needs to be done to identify people living with HIV, said Chris Collins, the vice president and director of public policy for amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research.

“We need to be looking for creative ways to reach people who haven’t tested in the past,” said Collins, who hasn’t studied Washington’s program but said innovation and creativity by cities is important.

In Washington, not everyone was sold on the idea when it was proposed by the head of the Family and Medical Counseling Service, Angela Wood. She came up with the idea after sitting at a DMV of-

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Pictured above ar front row, left to right, Hayley Monroe, Abby Berger, Taylor Bachman, Sarah Palmer, and Brooke Reinke. Back row, left to right, head coach Chris Davis, Macy Yount, Makayla Carness, Shelby Vogler, Tasha Potts, Jasmine Davis, and team manager Hayley Ryan.

Volleyball team named UVMC Sports Medicine Team of the Month TROY — The Piqua High School Varsity Girls’ Volleyball team, which won its first conference title since 1996, has been named the UVMC Center for Sports Medicine Team of the Month for November.

The team was undefeated in the Greater Western Ohio Conference North, was Division 1 sectional champion and had an overall record of 19-6.

The record was the best for the team since 2002.

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Diabetic has plenty to be thankful for Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for all the blessings we’ve been given. This however can be difficult when you’re bogged down with diabetes and all that comes along with it.

Friday night my sugar started rising and wouldn’t stop resulting in me spending a lot of time in the upper 400s. I had the worst case of ketones I’ve ever seen in my 25 years with this fabulous disease. The strip turned so dark purple you would’ve thought Barney himself peed on it (Ketones can be detected through peeing on testing strips. The strip turns a shade a purple to show what level the ketones are). Despite bolusing through the pump, giving injections and raising my basal rate, it took me a full 24 hours to return to normal.

But, when I got back to normal, my agony wasn’t over. The episode lead to a bad case of diabetes burnout. I was so sick of trying to keep everything in a perfect balance. I was tired of having a pump stuck to me, tired of checking my blood sugar, tired of counting carbs, tired of looking out for complications…just plain tired of it all!

Luckily, this only lasted about half a day. I guess some time away with mom was exactly what I needed.

So, leading into this holiday, I think it’s important that I take the opposite stand and recognize what I’m thankful for rather than what I‘m

JENNIFER RUNYON Columnist unthankful for. I encourage you to do the same.

Rather than focusing on what we don’t have — like working pancreas, let’s be thankful for what we do. Feel free to change this wording to fit your life if you do have a working pancreas.

Here’s my list. I hope it helps get you started on making your own. If you wouldn’t mind e-mailing me your responses to jrunyon@who.rr.com, I’d love to hear them! Happy Thanksgiving to you!

May your day be filled with love, joy, gratitude and reasonable blood sugars!

My diabetes blessings 1. My family, I could not (emphasize that could not) make it through this without them.

2. The Type 1 Talk group. (A support group that meets the last Sunday of every other month.

If you know someone who would benefit from knowing others with the privilege of having this disease, please email. OK, I got my plug in). I’ve gotten so much joy from bringing diabetics together and hope it has been beneficial to those that attend.

3. Insulin, insulin pumps, continuous glu-

cose monitors, etc. The list of diabetes technology and medicine goes on and on. I’m beyond thankful for them because they have provided so much freedom to me and well, let’s face it, without insulin I wouldn’t be alive today.

4. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and all the work they do especially regarding the artificial pancreas and those of you who donated to the JDRF walk.

5. This column and its readers. It has been so great to have this outlet to help spread the word, educate and vent about life with diabetes (I hope you feel I’ve done all

those things). While I may not be there with you, I feel that we’ve laughed together, cried together, been fed up together and been hopeful together. It is for this reason that no matter what situation you find yourself in, I hope you look past the negatives in your life and take time to recognize and be thankful for the positives. OK, enough of that sappy stuff — go get that list started and let me know what you come up with!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Jennifer Runyon has had type 1 diabetes for 25 years. She can be reached at jrunyon@woh.rr.com.

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way. Colleen Russell, 28, a newly married nurse who was at the DMV to change her name on her driver’s license, said she knew she was negative.

But she said she got tested because she comes in contact with patients every day who could be infected.

Not all residents are sure of their status, though. One man who got tested and spoke on the condition that his name not be used said his wife is HIV positive. Though he had had a negative HIV test before, it reassured him to have a second one at the DMV. Wood, the person who proposed the unconventional testing sites, said she understands they aren’t right for everyone.

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have tested positive, though some already knew their status. That’s below the city’s infection rate of 3 percent.

By now, the four people who run the program at the DMV office have their pitch for testing down.

When people are on line, one of the testers approaches with the offer: free tests, money off your bill, and the promise that it won’t hurt.

“We don’t do blood. We do swabs,” tester Karen Johnson tells patrons, explaining that the test of their saliva takes 20 minutes and that participants will not lose their place in the DMV line.

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MIKE ULLERY Staff Photographer mullery@dailycall.com PIQUA — What began as a short pursuit by Piqua police Tuesday afternoon when an officer on patrol recognized the driver of a vehicle as a man with an outstanding arrest warrant ended nearly four hours later with a pair of arrests.

Officers spotted the suspect driving a 14-foot UHaul truck on State Route 185 near the north edge of Piqua around 1:30 p.m.

When the suspect failed to stop, the officer began pursuing the truck but called off the chase after reaching the city limits.

A short time later a Demming Road resident called 9-1-1 to report suspicious activity. Officers from the Piqua police department and Miami County Sheriff’s office responded and found the abandoned U-Haul truck back a lane in the 4000 block of Demming Road off State Route 66, north of the city.

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Lt. Dave Norman of the Miami County Sheriff’s Office leads Steven Michael Baker away in handcuffs following Baker’s apprehension on State Route 66 near Hardin Road late Tuesday afternoon.

A search ensued for the Route 66 and Hardin Alter- been released. suspect and an unidenti- nate Road just before 5 The investigation confied companion. Over the p.m. Deputies converged on tinues by sheriff’s deputies course of the next several the scene and apprehended as to what additional hours, a pair of burglaries Steven Michael Baker on charges may be filed. were reported in the imme- an outstanding warrant.

A sheriff’s deputy rediate area of the search.

Another male subject, who portedly injured his leg The suspects were ob- was with Baker was also during the apprehension of served in the area of State arrested. His name has not the suspects and was transported to Upper Valley Medical Center by Piqua Fire Department medics. His name has not been released.

Troy man pleads guilty to abduction charge Suspect faces up to 5 years in prison on reduced charge

BY WILL E SANDERS Staff Writer wsanders@dailycall.com TROY A — T r o y man entered a plea of guilty to o n e count of abduction at NICKELS

a court hearing in common pleas court Monday where the man decided to waive a grand jury’s consideration of his case.

Jeffrey D. Nickels, 29, was originally charged with a count of rape, a first-degree felony, but pleaded to an amended charge of abduction, a third-degree felony.

A Jan. 9 sentencing hearing was set. Nickels faces up to five years in prison. He is being held at the Miami County Jail on a $100,000 bond for that charge.

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Aug. 29 at the Troy Towne Apartments that Nickels physically and sexually assaulted a female acquaintance against her will that resulted in injuries to the victim.

According to police reports, Nickels punched the victim several times before having sexual intercourse with the victim against her will.

Court documents disclose the victim was an well-known acquaintance to the suspect, who used “force or the threat of force” when committing the crime.

CASSTOWN — The season of Thanksgiving came a few days early at the Miami East Board of Education meeting Monday.

Appreciation for the support of the 1.75 percent earned income tax that replaced the district’s traditional income tax was relayed from each board member and from Superintendent Dr. Todd Rappold.

“We are very appreciative of our community’s support,” Rappold said.

Board member Gayle Carson reported his observations at the Ohio School Board Association’s annual capital conference in Columbus.

“It was an excellent conference,” Carson said.

“The speaker, Jamie Vollmer, wrote a book called ‘Schools Cannot Do It Alone.’ I think it’s very important for us as a board to strengthen our community relations year-round instead of every time we need something. Going forward, it’s something we need to do.”

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Rappold said he hopes to have the route established by the winter break and possibly be ready by the start of January.

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Board member Brad Burton asked if it would be ready by the first of the year. Rappold said the coordination wasn’t as easy as just adding another bus on the route to keep schedules the same for elementary and junior high arrangements that have already been established.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — This can be a good day when it comes to some kind of personal achievement for which you’re striving. You’re likely to get the break you’ve been looking for.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Even if certain prospects appear fuzzy, continue to be hopeful. Positive aspects are working behind the scenes, helping you achieve your aims.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Lucky you, because a friend is in a position to help you pull off something that you’ve long been working for. If you keep the required secrecy, you’ll be able to profit handsomely.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — The present aspects under which you’re working will produce exactly what you’re hoping to accomplish. Thus, any commitment you make will benefit everybody involved.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Watch for an unusual opportunity that could enable you to strengthen your position in a joint endeavor. The other parties could profit as well, but chances are you’ll do better.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Check with friends to see if anybody has some good ideas for fun activities. An excellent suggestion might come from the quiet one in the group.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Favorable conditions are moving in your direction, which could have an effect upon your work, finances or even your leisure hours. It seems that when one thing goes right, everything else does as well.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Concentrate on matters that require either a verbal or written commitment.

If you’ve made a promise of some kind, be sure to follow through on what you pledged to do.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Keep all your avenues for gain open, so that you’ll be able to act immediately when they give off positive signals.

You could profit from more than one source.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Something constructive can be done to uplift your financial position, so take advantage of any chance you get for gain, no matter how small it is. Lady Luck is in your corner right now.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You’ll be at your best when it comes to anything that has to do with profit. Something financially constructive can be advanced.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — News is coming your way that will encourage you to revive a social endeavor on which you worked hard and long, but gave up on. It can be successful if you do now as you first planned.

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Upper Valley Family Care is currently accepting applications for a part-time medical assistant to work with the doctor and patients. Must be able to work at a fast pace.

Excellent computer, communications and customer service skills required. Previous office nursing experience required.

RN SupervisorCasual Time RN Restorative Nurse1st Shift- Full Time We are looking for skilled people who have had 2-4 years experience. Come in and fill out an application and speak with Beth Bayman, Staff Development.

Koester Pavilion 3232 North County Road 25A Troy OH 45373 (I-75 at exit 78) 937.440.7663 Phone 937.335.0095 Fax Located on the Upper Valley Medical Center Campus EOE

POLICY: Please Check Your Ad The 1st Day. It Is The Advertiser’s Responsibility To Report Errors Immediately.

Publisher Will Not Be Responsible for More Than One Incorrect Insertion. We Reserve The Right To Correctly Classify, Edit, Cancel Or Decline Any Advertisement Without Notice.

Thurs - Weds @ 5pm Sat - Thurs @ 4pm

1, 2 & 3 Bedroom, Houses & Apts.

SEIPEL PROPERTIES Piqua Area Only Metro Approved (937)773-9941 9am-5pm Monday-Friday EVERS REALTY

TROY, 2 bedroom townhomes, 1.5 baths, 1 car garage, ca, w/d hook up, all appliances, $685 (937)216-5806 EversRealty.net

1 PIQUA, large 2 bedroom, all electric, all amenities, (937)308-9709.

1&2 BEDROOM apartments, stove & refrigerator furnished. Deposit & no pets. (937)773-9498.

1320 FAIRFAX, 2 bedroom, refrigerator, stove, dishwasher provided, washer/ dryer hook-up, non-smoking environment, no pets. $460 month plus deposit, off street parking.

(937)441-3921 2 BEDROOM in Troy, Stove, refrigerator, W/D, A/C, very clean, cats ok. $525. (937)573-7908

CLEAN, QUIET, safe 1 bedroom.

Senior approved. No pets. $450 (937)778-0524

SUNSET SQUARE APARTMENTS 1 BEDROOM APARTMENT AVAILABLE

All utilities paid!

Elderly/ Disabled Handicapped Accessible Income Based

Send cover letter detailing interests and resume to UVFC 700 S Stanfield Rd Troy, OH 45373 Independently owned and operated.

EEOC

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For Rent

305 Apartment 2&3 BEDROOM TOWNHOMES, Piqua, all appliances including washer/ dryer, 1.5 & 2.5 bath.

(937)335-7176 www.1troy.com

TROY, 1 & 2 Bedrooms, appliances, CA, water, trash paid, $425 & $525 month. $200 Deposit Special!

(937)673-1821

TROY 2 bedroom duplex with garage. No dogs. $525 a month (937)657-5948

NOTICE Investigate in full before sending money as an advance fee. For further information, call or write:

Better Business Bureau 15 West Fourth St. Suite 300 Dayton, OH 45402 www.dayton.bbb.org 937.222.5825

TROY area, 2 bedroom townhouses, 1-1/2 bath, furnished appliances, W/D hookup, A/C, No dogs $475. (937)339-6776.

This notice is provided as a public service by

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CAUTION Whether posting or responding to an advertisement, watch out for offers to pay more than the advertised price for the item. Scammers will send a check and ask the seller to wire the excess through Western Union (possibly for courier fees).

The scammer's check is fake and eventually bounces and the seller loses the wired amount.

While banks and Western Union branches are trained at spotting fake checks, these types of scams are growing increasingly sophisticated and fake checks often aren't caught for weeks.

Funds wired through Western Union or MoneyGram are irretrievable and virtually untraceable.

If you have questions regarding scams like these or others, please contact the Ohio Attorney General’s office at (800)282-0515.

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(937)335-1443

PIQUA, 1 bedroom, appliances furnished, newly painted. $325/mo +deposit. NO PETS! (678)614-3633

205 Business Opportunities

Equal Housing Opportunity

MCGOVERN RENTALS TROY 2 BR duplexes & 2 BR townhouses. 1.5 baths, 1 car garage, fireplace, Great Location! Starting at $625-$675.

PIQUA, 1 bedroom available. Downtown location! Owner pays water and sewer. $275 a month + deposit. Call Galbreath Property Management today for details!

(937)339-0508.

LOVELY TROY, 2 bedroom condo, 1.5 bath, private parking, washer/ dryer hook-up. Appliances. $575. (937)335-5440

Managed by Gorsuch Mgmt Co. Piqua (937)778-0806 TTY/ TDD (800)750-0750

EFFICIENCY APARTMENT perfect for one person. Washer/ dryer, CA, appliances. $400 month.

Non-smoking, no pets.

Utilities paid.

(937)524-9114.

NEAR DOWNTOWN. 2 Rooms, small kitchen, stove and refrigerator, $230 month, $200 deposit.

No pets.

(937)773-5991

877-844-8385

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315 Condos for Rent

1851 West Grant Street, Piqua

IN PIQUA, 5 rooms & bath, first floor, washer/ dryer hookup, $400, (937)773-2829 after 2pm.

Equal Opportunity Employer

240 Healthcare

LOST: puppy, Shephard mix, mostly black with tan, and white, green camouflage collar, vicinity of Hetzler Rd. (937)773-8606

Full-Time

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

gulrey@areaelectric.com

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LOST: male Papillon, about 8 lbs., white & brown, last seen Fairview Road headed towards Sidney, neutered, (937)214-1808.

250 Office/Clerical

Mon - Thurs @ 5pm Weds - Tues @ 5pm Fri - Thurs @ 5pm

Piqua Daily Call

** state Real E

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877-844-8385

THANKSGIVING 2011 DISPLAY & CLASSIFIED DEADLINES SIDNEY DAILY NEWS ISSUE Wednesday, 11/23 Thursday, 11/24 Friday, 11/25 Saturday, 11/26 Monday, 11/28

DISPLAY DEADLINE Friday, 11/18, 5pm Friday, 11/18, 5pm Monday, 11/21, 5pm Tuesday, 11/22, Noon Tuesday, 11/22, Noon

LINER Tuesday, 11/22, 3pm Tuesday, 11/22, 3pm Wed., 11/23, Noon Wed., 11/23, 3pm Wed., 11/23, 5pm

COMMUNITY MERCHANT ISSUE Monday, 11/28

DISPLAY DEADLINE Tuesday, 11/22, 5pm

LINER DEADLINE Wed., 11/23, 3pm

TROY DAILY NEWS / PIQUA DAILY CALL ISSUE Wednesday, 11/23 Thursday, 11/24 Friday, 11/25 Saturday, 11/26 Sunday, 11/27 Monday, 11/28

DISPLAY DEADLINE

LINER DEADLINE

Friday, 11/18, 5pm Friday, 11/18, 5pm Monday, 11/21, 5pm Tuesday, 11/22, Noon Tuesday, 11/22, Noon Tuesday, 11/22, Noon

Tuesday, 11/22, 3pm Tuesday, 11/22, 3pm Wed., 11/23, Noon Wed., 11/23, 3pm Wed., 11/23, 4pm Wed., 11/23, 5pm

MIAMI COUNTY ADVOCATE ISSUE DISPLAY DEADLINE LINER DEADLINE Tuesday, 11/22, 5pm Wed., 11/23, 4pm Monday, 11/28 Please be advised our offices will be closed in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25.

We will re-open on Monday, November 28 at 8am.

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GENERAL INFORMATION

All Display Ads: 2 Days Prior Liners For:

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DEADLINES/CORRECTIONS:

Hartzell Fan, a leading manufacturer of industrial air moving equipment is seeking qualified candidates for the following positions at our Piqua, OH and Portland, IN locations: • Software Engineer • Fiberglass Engineer • Black Belt Engineer • Manufacturing Engineering Tech.

• Drafters • Cost Accountant • Marketing Coordinator • Customer Experience Manager Hartzell offers an excellent compensation and benefits package including Health/Dental/Prescription Drug Plan, Flexible Benefits Plan, 401K Retirement Savings Plan, Paid Holidays, Paid Vacation, Tuition Reimbursement and much more!

For detailed information regarding these openings and to apply please visit www.hartzellindustries.com Equal Opportunity Employer

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Garage Sale

Service&Business DIRECTORY

DIRECTORY

To advertise in the Garage Sale Directory Please call: 877-844-8385

510 Appliances

REFRIGERATOR, 26.0 cu. ft. Frigidaire side by side, black, ice and water dispenser, 3 years old. $500 or best offer.

(937)773-4419

535 Farm Supplies/Equipment

CORN HEAD, 6 rows, No 63 for John Deere combine, $1500, (937)526-4861.

545 Firewood/Fuel

FIREWOOD, All hardwood, $150 per cord delivered or $120 you pick up.

(937)596-6622 or (937)726-2780

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SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, In ground for flower beds or lawns. Great Christmas Gifts for parents and children. Convenient, affordable.

Gift cards available. (937)492-7582

577 Miscellaneous

BAR STOOLS, medium colored oak, (2), swivel back, Amish custom made, (937)778-0986.

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635 Farm Services

Amish Crew

A&E Construction

Pole Barns•30x40x12 with 2 doors, $9,900 •40x64x14 with 2 doors, $16,000 ANY SIZE AVAILABLE!

Any type of Construction: Roofing, remodeling, siding, add-ons, interior remodeling and cabintets, re-do old barns, new home construction, etc.

AMISH CREW Will do roofing, siding, windows, doors, dry walling, painting, porches, decks, new homes, garages, room additions.

30 Years experience Amos Schwartz (260)273-6223

AK Construction

COOKWARE, Original Wagner cast iron. Excellent condition! Price negotiable. (937)492-9434

(937) 473-2847 Pat Kaiser (937) 216-9332

CHRISTMAS TREE, 9.5', slim. $75. (937)473-9833 Call after 2pm.

CRIB, cradle, changing table, Pack-N-Play, basinet, Porta-Crib, saucer, playpen, car seat, blankets, clothes, gate, potty, tub, ty buddies, more.

(937)339-4233 HOT TUB, Viking, twin power motors with lights, waterfall, cd player, gazebo. $3500, Tires/wheels 215x40x18 , $200 Both like new (937)418-1575

Find your next car

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Horseback Riding Lessons

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Free Estimates • Fully Insured • 17 Years of Home Excellence

(937) 339-7222 Complete Projects or Helper Decks, Drywall, Cement, Paint, Fences, Repairs, Cleanup, Hauling, Roofing, Siding, Etc. Insured/References

COOPER’S GRAVEL Gravel Hauled, Laid & Leveled Driveways & Parking Lots

CERAMIC TILE AND HOME REPAIRS RON PIATT Owner/Installer Licensed & Insured

937-489-9749 In Memory Of Morgan Ashley Piatt

660 Home Services

660 Home Services

WE KILL BED BUGS! KNOCKDOWN SERVICES

starting at $

00

159 !!

(See Us For Do-It-Yourself Products) For 75 Years

Since 1936

773-4200 Free Inspections

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Amy E. Walker, D.V.M. 937-418-5992 Mobile Veterinary Service Treating Dogs, Cats & Exotics

“All Our Patients Die”

700 Painting

Urb Naseman Construction Home Remodeling And Repairs ~Vinyl Siding ~ Soffit & Facia ~ Home Repairs 937-498-4473 937-726-4579 FREE Estimates Over 20 Yrs Experience Licensed & Insured

CURTIS PAINTING & HOME REPAIR Interior/Exterior Painting Commercial/Residential Svc. Vinyl Siding & Soffet Drywall/ Plaster Repair Carpentry, and Basement Remodeling Services Available Fully Insured 21 Years Experience

937-335-4425 937-287-0517

715 Blacktop/Cement

everybody’s talking about what’s in our

scchallrental@midohio.twcbc.com

COOPER’S BLACKTOP

937-573-4737

PAVING, REPAIR & SEALCOATING DRIVEWAYS PARKING LOTS

www.buckeyehomeservices.com

• Roofing • Windows • Kitchens • Sunrooms

• Spouting • Metal Roofing • Siding • Doors

• Baths • Awnings • Concrete • Additions

CALL TODAY FOR FREE ESTIMATE

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937-875-0153 937-698-6135

MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR Safari motorized scooter. Used less than 5 years. $200. Very good condition. (937)394-2923

NASCAR DIECAST collection. Over 225 1/24 diecast. Some autograph cars, Autograph picture cards. NASCAR card collection and lots more. 3 curio cabinets.

(419)629-2041

POWERED WHEELCHAIR, like new condition. $600. (937)606-2828

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a t n a S Paws Remember your 4-legged or fine-feathered friend in full color this Holiday Season in all three I-75 Newspapers (Sidney Daily News, Troy Daily News and Piqua Daily Call)!

ONLY ONLY $9 $9

Please call 877-844-8385 with questions

Published: December 15 • Deadline: December 6

“Sami Sue”

Your Name:______________________________________ Address: ________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Phone: _________________________________________ Payment: K Cash K Check K CC CC#___________________ Exp:____/____

Brad & Emily

Your Pet’s Name: _________________________________ Message: _______________________________________ From: __________________________________________

Ad size 1col x 3”

Mail form, photo and payment to: Sidney Daily News, Attn: Santa Paws, PO Box 4099, Sidney, OH 45365

We love our Sami Sue!

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Hours: Fri. 9-8 Sat. & Sun. 9-5

MINIMUM CHARGES APPLY

HALL(S) FOR RENT! (937)454-6970

VENDORS WELCOME

875-0153 698-6135

630 Entertainment

Booking now for 2011 and 2012

in the Sidney Plaza next to Save-A-Lot

or (937) 238-HOME

Handyman Services

Commercial / Residential

All Types of Interior/Exterior Construction & Maintenance

Flea Market 1684 Michigan Ave.

(937) 339-1902

CHORE BUSTER

645 Hauling

• New Roof & Roof Repair • Painting • Concrete • Hauling • Windows & Doors • New Rubber Roofs

Sidney

675 Pet Care

260-740-7639 260-410-6454 260-623-3263

Holiday Special Buy 4 lessons & GET 1 FREE • No experience required.

• Adults & Children ages 5 & up • Gift Certificates Available • Major Credit Cards Accepted Flexible Schedule Nights & Weekends 937-778-1660 www.sullenbergerstables.com

BATHTUB BENCH, Guardian. Guardian commode, InMotion II Treadmill, Rollator, ped bike. All previously used items.

(937)492-0606

Small #Basements #Siding #Doors #Barns

Ask about our Friends & Neighbors discounts

We do...

Pole Barns • New Homes Roofs • Garages • Add Ons Cement Work • Remodeling Etc.

Erected Prices:

(419) 203-9409

#Repairs Large and #Room Additions #Kitchens/Baths #Windows #Garages

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570 Lawn and Garden

625 Construction

$10 OFF Service Call 937-773-4552

CALL TODAY! (937)418-4712 or (937)710-5277 1144 Fisher Dr., Piqua, OH 45356

•Refrigerators •Stoves •Washers & Dryers •Dishwashers • Repair & Install Air Conditioning until November 30, 2011 with this coupon

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RECLINERS, Lane, 2, tan, good condition. $75 for both. (937)773-1395

CHILDREN 2 YRS AND UP 40 HOURS $70 WEEK 25 HOURS AND LESS $30 WEEK

937-492-5150

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PIANO, Baby Grand, smallest model made. Excellent value for the price, $100, (937)214-5044.

• 1st, 2nd and 3rd shift • Tax Claimable • Price Negotiable for more than one child • Meals and snacks provided • Close to Nicklin & Wilder School District • Mornings, before and after school

APPLIANCE REPAIR

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500 - Merchandise

DINETTE TABLE with 3 chairs. Maple wood, pedestal type. BISTRO TABLE with 2 chairs. Inlaid tiles on table and chairs.

(937)492-0357

FREE ES AT ESTIM

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TERRY’S

Voted #1 in Shelby County

by Sidney Daily News Readers

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NEAR BRADFORD in country 3 bedroom trailer, $350. Also 2 bedroom trailer, washer/dryer hookup. $375. (937)417-7111, (937)448-2974

560 Home Furnishings

INFANTS 0-2 YEARS 40 HOURS $70 WEEK 25 HOURS AND LESS $30 WEEK

Gutters • Doors • Remodel

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325 Mobile Homes for Rent

Shelby County Fairgrounds, Saturday November, 26th.

8:30am-3:00pm and the last Saturday of every month.

K I D S P L AC E

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670 Miscellaneous

Roofing • Siding • Windows

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TROY, Troy-Sidney Rd, 3 bedrooms, $700 monthly plus electric, newly remodeled, hardwood/ carpet floors, heated tile, oak trim, central air (937)524-2061

Gun & Knife Show

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PIQUA, 9 rooms, 2 full baths. Full basement.

Outside city limits, remodeled, $1150 month plus deposit. Hardwood floors, wrought iron fixtures, quartz countertops! Very well insulated, LOW HEAT BILLS! Central air, fenced yard, heated floors. Discount if rent paid on time.

(937)524-2061

550 Flea Markets/Bazaars

(937)339-7333

Continental Contractors

CALL TODAY!335-5452 CALL 335-5452 Center hours 6am 11:55pm Center hoursnow 6 a.m. to 6top.m.

“A CUT ABOVE THE REST”

937-335-6080

1st and 2nd shifts weeks 12 ayears We•Provide care for children 6 weeks• to6 12 years andtooffer Super • Preschool andprogram Pre-K 3’s, and 4/5’s preschool andprograms a Pre-K and Kindergarten • Before and after school care program. We offer before and after school care, •Enrichment Transportation to Troy schools Kindergarten and school age transportation to Troy schools.

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PIQUA, 2935 Delaware Circle, 3 Bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car garage, all appliances, No pets, $880 monthly, 1 year lease, (937)778-0524

2464 Peters Road, Troy, Ohio 45373

FIREWOOD for sale. All seasoned hardwood, $130 per cord split/ delivered. Roundwood $85 per cord; delivered/ dumped. , (937)844-3756.

• Pruning • Cabling & • Stump Bracing Removal • Lot Cleaning • Trimming • Storm Damage • Dead Wooding FREE Estimates • Fully Insured

Roofing, Windows, Siding, Fire & Water Restoration

LEARNING CENTER

545 Firewood/Fuel

665 Lawn, Garden, Landscaping

655 Home Repair & Remodel

937-492-ROOF

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NEWLY RENOVATED, master suite, hardwood flooring, fireplace, modern kitchen, partial basement, appliances, 2 car detached garage, fenced yard. 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath, two story, brick. $970. orrfelt@orrfelt.com.

(937)371-9142.

KIDZ TOWN

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3 BEDROOM home. 1st floor bathroom, enclosed porches. $475 monthly.

CAC approved. ( 9 3 7 ) 7 7 3 - 4 3 7 5 (937)418-0237.

655 Home Repair & Remodel

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* Limit of one pet per advertisement

2 BEDROOM trailer at Stillwater Beach Campground. $350.

(937)473-5563

in

620 Childcare

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2 BEDROOM house for rent. Appliances included, freshly painted, new flooring throughout. No pets. $500 monthly with water and trash included, $500 deposit. $27 application fee. Available immediately. 511 W. Franklin St., Troy. (937)301-1276

SIDNEY

2355 Wapakoneta Ave, (across from Carriage Hill Apt), Saturday 9am-1pm.

Lots of NEW items! Bar lights, 7.5 HP Craftsman pressure washer, large selection hand tools, new Christmas lights, electrical & plumbing items, dining tables, men's & ladies clothing .

600 - Services

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320 Houses for Rent

555 Garage Sales/Yard Sales

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BRADFORD 5468 Buckneck Rd. (East of Bradford off US 36) November 25th and 26th 9am-6pm, November 27th 9am-3pm.

Come to Christmas in the country where we will have quality handmade items and homemade goodies like grandma used to make.

FIND & SEEK

To advertise in the Classifieds That Work Service & Business Directory please call: 877-844-8385

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555 Garage Sales/Yard Sales

PLACE YOUR AD IN THE CLASSIFIEDS THAT WORK 877-844-8385 OR ON THE WEB AT WWW.DAILYCALL.COM • PIQUA DAILY CALL

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PIQUA DAILY CALL • PLACE YOUR AD IN THE CLASSIFIEDS THAT WORK 877-844-8385 OR ON THE WEB AT WWW.DAILYCALL.COM

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

13A

577 Miscellaneous

SNOW THROWER, TroyBilt, 24" clearing path.

5.5hp, electric start. $450 cash. (937)778-8671

Pictureit Sold

To advertise in the Classifieds That Work

WALKER, tub/shower benches, commode chair, toilet riser, glider rocker, canes, tub/wall grabbers, end table, microwave & toaster ovens, more.

(937)339-4233

Picture it Sold Please call: 877-844-8385

580 Musical Instruments

ORGAN, Theater Lowry console, in excellent condition, mahogany finish.

With two Leslie cabinets.

Make offer.

(937)773-2217

583 Pets and Supplies

BICHON FRISE, male, CKC, $100, Shi-Chon, male, $100, Ready soon, Yorkie-Poos & Malti-Poos, (419)925-4339

CAT, female, gentle, 2 years old, gray and white, has shots and is spayed.

Free to good home.

(937)773-2329

GOLDEN RETRIEVER Pups, AKC, vet checked and first shots at 6 weeks.

5 females, 5 males. Parents on premises. $250 stephkoble76@winds t r e a m . n e t .

(937)473-5698.

HAVAMALT PUPPIES, Non shedding, hypo allergenic, designer puppies, beautiful colors, shots, family raised, 8 weeks old on December 23rd, taking deposits now, (937)526-3418 JACK RUSSELL, full blooded, tails docked. 7 weeks old. $150 (937)308-4867

MINIATURE PINSCHER puppies, vet checked, first shots, tails docked, dew claws removed, ready for Christmas. $200 each.

(937)418-6575

1982 FOURWINNS BOAT

1999 BUICK CENTURY AWESOME DEAL!!! Only 110,500 miles. 3100 motor.

All electric. A/C. Runs great! Very clean inside and out. Good gas mileage. NICE CAR!! $4500.

(937)726-5605

18 ft., 165 OMC Inboard Outboard, runs great. $3000 OBO. (937)524-2724 (513)509-3861

2001 HARLEY DAVIDSON ULTRA CLASSIC

1986 WILDERNESS FLEETWOOD 29', stored inside, 4 new tires, everything works great!

Large awning, excellent condition, like new! A must see!! Asking $3500.

Call (937)418-3516

Full dresser, Vance & Hines pipes, new battery, new tires, very good condition. 64,000 miles Price reduced! $10,000 OBO Call anytime (937)726-4175

800 - Transportation

890 Trucks

805 Auto

1999 CHEVY Tahoe, 2 tone grey, great condition, 4 wheel drive, leather seats, running boards, tow package, power windows/locks, rebuilt tranny, new parts. (402)340-0509 1999 DODGE F100 van, Half ton, very good running condition, $1300.

(937)362-4769

805 Auto

2004 BUICK Le Sabre Ltd. 20,200 miles, white, navy blue cloth top.

Leather interior, Florida car! Immaculate. $13,000 OBO. (937)492-1308

2010 CHEVROLET Silverado LT. 8 Cylinder, 4 x 4, extended cab, short bed. 5200 miles, $24,500.

(937)698-5351

899 Wanted to Buy

890 Trucks

WANTED: junk cars and trucks. Cash paid and free removal. Get the most for your junker call us (937)732-5424.

1990 GMC TRUCK, only 83,000 miles, power brakes & steering, electric lock & windows, $2300, (937)526-4963.

2008 FORD ESCAPE XLT GREAT condition. 80,000 miles- mostly highway, recently detailed inside and out. Non-smoker and no accidents. All scheduled maintenance performed, $12,500.

Call (937)773-2694 ask for Jennie

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PIT BULLS. 3 blue nose Pit puppies. 2 grey females. 1 fawn (light tan male), blue eyes, 9 weeks old. UKC registered parents, shots, $500 OBO. (661)492-6625 moneyace99@yahoo.com

Full Color 1col. x 3” block

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Bailey Louise Hamblin November 11, 2010

Twins are handled as two (2) separate photos

Love, Daddy, Mommy, Grandpa and Grandma

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WEIMARANER PUPPY AKC, Vet checked, 19 weeks old. 1st and 2nd shots, wormed, tails and claws done. $350.

(937)658-0045

Sidney Daily News Attn: Baby’s First Christmas PO Box 4099, Sidney, Ohio 45365

Name of Baby: ________________________________________________________

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592 Wanted to Buy

CASH, top dollar paid for junk cars/trucks, running or non-running. I will pick up.

Thanks for calling (937)719-3088 or (937)451-1019

Birth Date: ____________________________________________________________ From:________________________________________________________________ Your Name: __________________________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________________ City:_____________________ State:_____ Zip:________ Phone:_________________

593 Good Things to Eat

HOLIDAY TURKEYS, Home grown, free range, and fresh.

Call (937)526-4934 ask for Beth. If no answer leave message.

! Please mail my photo back to me in the SASE provided. We cannot be responsible for photos lost in the mail. ! I will pick up my photo after December 20, 2010. We only hold pictures for 6 months after publication. ! Payment Enclosed ! Check ! Visa/MC ! Discover ! Cash ! Am Express

RUSH CREEK CHRISTMAS TREE FARM

CHRISTMAS TREES TALL TREES OUR SPECIALTY

339-3681 524-7775 U-Cut Wreaths, Grave Blankets, Roping & Crafts also available Weekdays 2 p.m.-5 p.m.

Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sunday Noon-5 p.m.

Tips on Caring for a Real Tree 1. Keep the tree in a cool, shady place like the garage or porch until ready to bring indoors to decorate.

2. Saw a thin disk (1/2 to 1 inch) off the trunk prior to placing the tree in a water-holding stand.

3. Make the cut perpendicular to the axis of the stem, NOT in a v-shape or at angles. The tree will “drink” its water through the layer between the bark and wood. If you shave the bark off of the trunk the tree will not be able to absorb water.

4. Place the tree in its water-holding stand within two hours after making the cut to the trunk. When a tree is cut it will naturally form a seal of sap over it’s stump to keep moisture in the tree. You must break the seal to allow the tree to once again “drink” the water needed to keep it fresh throughout the holidays.

5. Your stand must be able to hold enough water for the size of the tree. A good rule of thumb is a one-quart capacity for every inch of diameter of the trunk.

CUT YOUR OWN TREE

Valley View Farm

4163 Walnut Grove Rd. Troy

Your Signature:_________________________________

None Fresher than FULTONS! FREE Horse drawn wagon rides on weekends!

You Cut Your Own. We provide saws, shake and net wrap

Nov. 23 - Dec. 23 10am-5pm Closed Thanksgiving

Our trees have been irrigated through the summer Market Open Fri, Sat & Sun 10am-5pm Enter South Cafe side St. Rt. 202 • SE of Troy, NE of Tipp City

937-335-6983

www.fultonfarms.com

Douglas Fir, Canaan Fir, Norway Spruce $ $

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■ Bengals still looking for big win, page 16.

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IN BRIEF ■ Correction In the story on Eric Wagner breaking the house record at Brel-Aire Lanes, the bowler whose record he broke was Wally Studebaker, not Wally Hildebrand

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Holiday camp in Greenville The Major Holiday Baseball Camp will put on a two-day camp for hitting, pitching, catching and fielding Dec. 29-30 at the Darke County YMCA. The camp is for ages 10-18 and cost of the camp is $95.

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The video highlights the 1992 team that defeated Troy in the Division I regional final in the only time the two schools have met in the playoffs, and the 1993 team, which provided the most exciting finish ever to a Troy-Piqua game with Ryan Honeycutt scoring on the final play.

The contest is going on now.

Voting will end Thursday.

Three finalists will be chosen and the winner will be announced Dec. 3.

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Buckeyes keep feeding off ‘D’ OSU romps over North Florida COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio State wants to be a premier team at the end of the season. To do that, the Buckeyes will have to feed off their defense — just like they have been.

Jared Sullinger had 27 points and 13 rebounds, and No. 3 Ohio State roared to a big first-half lead to beat North Florida 85-50 on Monday night.

"Any team that wants to be good on this level has to turn turnovers into easy buckets," said swingman Lenzelle Smith Jr., who had seven points, five rebounds and set career bests with three steals and five assists.

"Different teams do that well, like your Kentuckys and your North Carolinas. Mostly every time they get a turnover they're scoring at the other end. This program is just as big as that."

Deshaun Thomas added 16 points and William Buford 13 for the Buckeyes (4-0), who ran their home winning streak to 26 in a row.

The Buckeyes forced 23 turnovers and converted them

into 25 points. That's become the M.O. for a team in transition that is trying to replace three starters from last season's club that finished the regular season ranked No. 1.

"With all the time we've spent defensively, I would hope that that would be something these guys could lock on to and maybe hang their hat on," coach Thad Matta said of the Buckeyes ability to score points in transition.

"You go back to the game against (No. 7) Florida, at the end of the first half and into the start of the second half, that was probably the difference for us in extending that lead."

Parker Smith had 10 points for North Florida (1-4), which has lost on the road to heavyweights Alabama, Florida, Miami and the Buckeyes. The Ospreys dropped to 0-11 against ranked teams.

After building a 19-point lead at halftime, Ohio State scored the first six points of the second half and 15 of the first 17.

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Jared Sullinger dunks the ball against North Florida Monday.

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QUOTED "Would you vote for a quarterback for MVP if he only appeared in three of his team's games?”

—Jim Ingraham on not voting for Justin Verlander

COLUMBUS – Tradition survives and thrives in Ohio State football the week of the Michigan game, no matter how much change might have been thrown at the Buckeyes the rest of this season.

During the last 10 years, when Ohio State was winning nine of 10 games against its biggest rival, including the last seven in a row, former coach Jim Tressel and the players were quick to tell

you the annual November showdown was “the greatest rivalry in college football,” or maybe even “the greatest rivalry in sports.”

Tressel is gone and so is the air of certainty OSU fans had about their team’s chances against Michigan, especially during the Rich Rodriguez cave-in the last three seasons.

Ohio State (6-5, 3-4 Big Ten) is an underdog by slightly more than a touchdown against the Wolverines (9-2, 5-2 Big Ten) on Saturday at Michigan Stadium.

The momentum of this season seems to have swung to Michigan lately after it dominated Nebraska 45-17 last week.

And it has definitely left the Buckeyes’ sidelines after back-to-back losses to Purdue and Penn State.

Instead of putting the cap on another brilliant season, Ohio State finds itself playing to salvage its season.

Instead of heading to one of the BCS bowls after administering another beating to Michigan, OSU is hoping to avoid a trip to a bowl named after auto

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But they’re still saying this rivalry is the greatest.

Head coach Luke Fickell was two minutes, 31 seconds into his weekly press conference on Monday when he called Ohio State-Michigan “the greatest rivalry in sports.”

A little later, senior offensive tackle Mike Adams said, “It’s the greatest rivalry in college football. And we don’t want to be the ones who break the streak.”

Once the rivalry leaned almost as far in Michigan’s direction as it does

toward Ohio State today.

From 1988-2000, John Cooper’s OSU teams were 2-10-1 against the Wolverines.

Fickell got one win over Michigan as a player, during his sophomore season, when the Buckeyes beat the Wolverines 22-6. He even got a rare pass interception for a defensive lineman in that game.

He also played in three of the most shocking OSU losses to Michigan, each of which made beating Michigan even more of an See TRADITIONPage 15

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MVP caps off big year for Braun Outfielder led Brewers to first division title in almost 30 years NEW YORK (AP) — Milwaukee's Ryan Braun won the NL Most Valuable Player Award on Tuesday after helping lead the Brewers to their first division title in nearly 30 years.

The left fielder received 20 of 32 first-place votes and 388 points in voting announced by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

"I'm not going to pretend like I wasn't anxious or nervous because I was," said Braun, who was sitting on the balcony of his home in Malibu, Calif., when he received the call that he had won. "I was obviously thrilled, excited.

It's honestly difficult to

put into words how much this means to me.

Los Angeles center fielder Matt Kemp, who came close to winning the Triple Crown, received 10 first-place votes and finished second with 332 points. Braun's teammate Prince Fielder finished third with 229 points, and Arizona's Justin Upton finished fourth with 214 points. Fielder and Upton each received one firstplace vote.

St. Louis' Albert Pujols finished fifth. It was the 11th straight year the three-time MVP was in the top 10 in balloting.

NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw was 12th in the voting a

day after Detroit's Justin Verlander added the AL MVP to his Cy Young.

"I think he was the single most dominant player in baseball this year," Braun said of Verlander.

"As a position player I'm biased to the fact that I think position players should be at the forefront of the award but if you honestly look at what he accomplished, how much he meant to that team and how dominant he truly was you cannot make any argument against him winning that award."

Braun led the NL with a .597 slugging percentage and had a chance to overtake Jose Reyes for the batting title on the last

Verlander wins AL MVP award First pitcher since 1992 to win award NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Verlander predicts the debate is over for a few years. Pitchers can now win the Most Valuable Player.

"I think this set a precedent," the Detroit Tigers ace said Monday after becoming the first starting pitcher in a quarter century voted MVP. "I'm happy that the voters acknowledged that, that we do have a major impact in this game and we can be extremely valuable to our team and its success."

After winning the AL's pitching triple crown by going 24-5 with a 2.40 ERA and 250 strikeouts, Verlander received 13 of 28 first-place votes and 280 points from the Baseball Writers' Association of America. He became the first pitcher voted MVP since Oakland's Dennis Eckersley in 1992 and the first starting pitcher since Boston's Roger Clemens in 1986.

"Obviously pitchers are not just written off all of a sudden because they're pitchers," Verlander said.

Boston center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury was second with four firsts and 242 points, followed by Toronto right fielder Jose Bautista with five firsts and 231 points, Yankees center fielder Curtis Granderson with 215 and Detroit first baseman Miguel Cabrera with 193.

Recent history has been against pitchers. Since Eckersley's win, only once had a pitcher finished as high as second.

In 1999, Boston's Pedro

Martinez was 13 points behind Texas catcher Ivan Rodriguez after going 234 with a 2.07 ERA and 313 strikeouts. Martinez had eight first-place votes to seven for Rodriguez, but La Velle Neal of the Minneapolis Star Tribune and George King of the New York Post left Martinez off their ballots.

"Not even in my wildest dreams had I thought of this," Verlander said during a conference call from his home in Virginia. "I want to say this is a dream come true. I can't say that because my dream had already had come true ... to win a Cy Young. And the next dream is to win a World Series. This wasn't even on my radar until the talk started. And then all of a sudden it was a this-couldactually-happen type of thing."

Verlander had the most wins in the major leagues since Oakland's Bob Welch went 27-6 in 1990.

Verlander pitched his second career no-hitter at Toronto on May 7. His season reopened debate over whether pitchers can be MVPs. "I think that a starting pitcher has to do something special to be as valuable or more so than a position player," Verlander said. "Obviously, having the chance to play in 160some games in the case of Miguel, they can obviously have a huge impact every day.

“That's why, I've talked about on my day, on a pitcher's day, the impact

we have is tremendous on that game. So you have to have a great impact almost every time out to supersede (position players) and it happens on rare occasions, and I guess this year was one of those years."

Verlander, the 2006 AL Rookie of the Year, joined the Brooklyn Dodgers' Don Newcombe as the only players to win all three major awards in their careers.

Other pitchers to win MVP and Cy Young in the same year are Newcombe (1956), Los Angeles' Sandy Koufax (1963), St. Louis' Bob Gibson and Detroit's Denny McLain (1968), Oakland's Vida Blue (1971), Milwaukee's Rollie Fingers (1981) and Detroit's Willie Hernandez (1984).

Verlander appeared on only 27 ballots and was omitted by Jim Ingraham of The Herald-News in Ohio, who voted Bautista first. Sheldon Ocker of the Akron Beacon Journal voted Verlander eighth.

"I'd wrestled with this for a long time. If I was ever going to vote for pitcher for MVP, it would be him this year," Ingraham said. "He hasn't appeared in 79 percent of their games, any starting pitcher really doesn't appear in 79 percent of his team's games in a year.

"Would you vote for an NFL quarterback for MVP if he only appeared in three of his team's 16 games, which would be 21 percent?

“So that's part of it.”

day of the season but finished second with a .332 average. The four-time AllStar had 33 homers, 111 RBIs, 109 runs scored and stole 33 bases as Milwaukee won a franchise-best 96 games. His 77 extrabase hits was tops in the league.

Kemp led the NL in homers with 39 and RBIs with 126 and was third in average (.324), but played for the NL West's thirdplace Dodgers. He also won a Gold Glove.

"Matt's one of the best players in the game. No question about it. The season he had will go down as one of the greatest in Dodgers history," said Braun, who grew up root-

ing for the Dodgers. "If he had won the MVP I certainly couldn't have argued with him winning. he had a phenomenal year."

While Braun and Kemp had similar statistics, Kemp was hindered by the Dodgers' 82-79 thirdplace finish in the NL West.

"Without a doubt I think it's a drastically different experience playing meaningful games down the stretch," Braun said.

The 28-year-old Braun is the first Brewers player to win the MVP award in the National League and first since Robin Yount won in 1989, when Milwaukee was in the AL East.

"Robin's the greatest player in Milwaukee Brewers history so anytime you're mentioned alongside him it's a achievetremendous ment," Braun said.

Braun signed a $105 million, five-year contract extension in April, linking him to the Brewers through 2020.

He received a $100,000 bonus for winning the MVP. "This team has been so loyal to me. They believed in me. They drafted me.

They helped to develop me and there would be nothing more meaningful to me than to eventually win a world championship in Milwaukee," he said.

inside the program.

Senior center Mike Brewster says Tressel was always bringing it up some way or another while he was recruiting him and after he got to Ohio State.

“Yeah, definitely.,” Brewster said. “There were many different ways he would bring it up.

“The countdown clock in the weight room, the board in the locker room, just little reminders to always keep it in the back of your mind”

That emphasis continues in Fickell’s first season.

“When you start recruiting a guy, whether he’s from South Florida, Columbus, Ohio or Cleveland, Ohio, when you’re recruiting them, you talk about this game, the excitement behind this type of football,” he said.

“Seventy to 75 percent of these guys grew up within a 250-moile radius, so they’ve lived it since the time they were young kids.”

Shootout.

In their only previous meeting with a Big Ten team, the Ospreys lost at No. 19 Purdue 77-57 a year ago.

The Buckeyes have won 99 of their past 100 games against unranked opponents in Columbus and are 12-0 against members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.

The Buckeyes didn't play crisply in the opening half, yet still maintained a 45-26 lead.

They missed their first four free throws and first three shots from the field.

But, as usual, their defense helped provide points.

"This is almost like a March week," Sullinger said of the Buckeyes' schedule, which includes games on Monday, Wednesday and Friday this week. "(In March) you play on a Friday, you're off on Saturday and you have a little practice, and then you're right back at it on Sunday. It's a quick turnaround. So it's kind of a

test for what we've got coming. It's almost like a midterm for March."

Up 24-19, Ohio State went on an 11-2 run with Sullinger scoring five points and Thomas hitting two buckets. The biggest cheer of the night, however, came when Smith stole the ball from North Florida's Matt Sauey in the backcourt and drove the length of the court for a left-handed tomahawk dunk.

Sullinger had 16 points, Thomas 13 and Buford 10 — all 10 coming in the first 10:11.

The Buckeyes plan on continuing to rely on their defensive pressure from the guards and the inside of play of the burly Sullinger and long-armed Thomas.

"Coach always says we get good shots when we get it inside," Thomas said. "When we throw it into Sully and me, the percentages are up. That's one of our goals. We try to be a great 3-point shooting team, but inside's working real well right now."

Tradition Continued from page 14 obsession than normal around Ohio State.

In 1993, No. 5 Ohio State suffered its only loss of the season, 28-0, to an unranked Michigan team.

In 1995, No. 2 Ohio State was 11-0 when it lost 31-23 to No. 12 Michigan.

And in 1996, No. 2 OSU was unbeaten when it lost 13-9 to No. 21 Michigan.

If the Michigan game is a major point of emphasis in public for Ohio State’s coaches, current and past, it might be even more so

OSU Continued from page 14 "Those runs are hard to go against these kind of guys," North Florida coach Matthew Driscoll said. "I coached at this level for a long time at Baylor and Clemson, the Big 12 and the ACC, and when you have runs like that you can really separate yourself."

Still, the Ospreys didn't go away easily. Matta pulled his starters early in the second half but reinserted them because he was unhappy with the play at both ends by the subs.

"Coach Matta told us, 'Be ready. You've got 2 minutes (to rest),'" Sullinger said. "Of course, Coach Matta's 2 minutes is about 4 minutes. We kind of knew we were going back in. As soon as we were back in, he said, 'Pick up the juice. Pick up the intensity. We should be winning by way more."

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Bengals come close, fizzle at end again Young team still looking for big win CINCINNATI (AP) — Seven yards away from tying the game in the closing seconds, the young Bengals fizzled.

They've done that twice in a row now, costing them a spot at the top of the AFC North. A 31-24 loss in Baltimore on Sunday dropped them to third, a game behind the Ravens and Steelers.

They're not going down easily.

They had a chance to tie Pittsburgh in the closing minutes a week earlier, but William Gay intercepted Andy Dalton's pass inside the 20-yard line to secure a 24-17 win. On Sunday in Baltimore, the Bengals (6-4) had a firstand-goal from the 7-yard line with 50 seconds left and couldn't score.

In three of their four losses, they've been in position to tie or take the lead in the closing minutes but come up short.

"We've got heart," tight end Jermaine Gresham said. "That's with everybody."

The Bengals had a chance to get in range for a tying field goal in Denver during the second game of the season, but Dalton was sacked and the Bengals lost 24-22.

Their four losses have been by 2, 5, 7 and 7 points.

The Bengals opened the season with the youngest roster in the AFC and an average of 3.6 years of ex-

perience, second only to Cleveland in the conference. They complete their intrastate series on Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium.

A team that had low expectations with a rookie quarterback and such a young cast is showing a lot of promise. All that seems to be missing is the experience.

"I think it's the level of ability on the football team," coach Marvin Lewis said Monday. "I think that's the fun part of it. It's the level of ability to make that play to win that game, as opposed to you've got no chance to make that play.

"We've got a chance to make the play and win every game we play. And I think that's the fun of where we are, to continually take those steps and not regress with that.

We've got to keep pushing the envelope with it."

Their inexperience has showed in the last two games.

They fell behind Pittsburgh 14-0, then rallied behind Dalton. He threw two interceptions in the fourth quarter that doomed the comeback.

The second-round draft pick from TCU had three more interceptions on Sunday. The last two led to touchdowns that helped the Ravens pull ahead 3114 early in the fourth quarter.

The Bengals went to a

no-huddle offense and nearly caught up. Dalton's 43-yard pass to Jerome Simpson put the ball at the 7-yard line with 50 seconds left. That's when the inexperience showed.

Dalton threw an incompletion, then was called for grounding when he threw the ball away while getting sacked. He threw another incompletion, then was sacked on fourth down. Dalton finished 24 of 45 for 373 yards and a touchdown with three interceptions.

Even though Dalton came up short, he was imEldora owner Tony Stewart celebrates his win Sunday. pressive under pressure.

"He's playing beyond his years," Gresham said.

NOTES: Lewis was optimistic that rookie WR A.J. Green can return against the Browns after missing the game in Baltimore with a bruised right knee. Green wasn't on the field because of the injury when Dalton threw those five interceptions in the last five quarters. ... Lewis doesn't think there was conclusive evidence to overturn Gresham's 9yard touchdown catch with 5:35 left. After watching the replay, referee Ron Winter said the tight end didn't hold onto the ball after stretching to get it in the end zone, rendering it an incompletion. Lewis thought it was a touchdown. The Bengals settled for a field goal that cut it to 31-24.

McCoy sore, ready to go on Sunday Hillis, Ward out against Bengals

BY JEFF SCHUDEL Willoughby Herald Colt McCoy was sore Monday morning, but otherwise OK after taking another beating in the Browns' 14-10 victory over the Jaguars.

McCoy did not need an MRI on his right shoulder and will be with the starters on Wednesday when the Browns get back to practice for the Bengals.

McCoy has taken every snap this season with the exception of trick plays when the snap went directly to Joshua Cribbs.

The Jaguars sacked McCoy twice, but as has been the case in the past, it wasn't a sack that got McCoy on Sunday but a hit by linebacker Daryl Smith on a pass in the second quarter.

The ball wobbled coming off McCoy's hand.

Jacksonville was called for pass interference on the play. Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio thought one of his linemen tipped the ball because it was so wobbly, but after review the call held and the Browns had a first down on the 1. Two plays later, Chris Ogbonnaya plowed into the end zone to tie the game, 7-7.

McCoy trotted to the sideline with the rest of the offense. He sat on the bench and was immediately curtained off by players and other personnel in street clothes so media and the Jaguars couldn't see as doctors tended to him.

Jacksonville held the ball for all but the final five seconds of the first half. The Jaguars had the

ball for the start of the third quarter, so McCoy had more than a half-hour to recover before he had to do anything but take a knee once at the end of the first half.

"He's fine," Shurmur said. "He got banged around a little bit. It was his shoulder, but he's fine.

We didn't go through any major evaluation. Don't ask about the MRI. I don't think he had one."

McCoy is trying to become the first Browns quarterback to start all 16 games in a season since Tim Couch did it in 2001.

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Eldora connection enjoys big NASCAR weekend Stewart, Stenhouse Jr., Dillon have ties to track

ROSSBURG — Tony Stewart's determined and convincing drive to victory at Homestead Miami Speedway and the resulting NASCAR Sprint Cup Series crown Sunday night, capped off an exciting NASCAR championship weekend that resulted in a trio of title holders sharing an Eldora Speedway connection.

As owner of the famed southwestern Ohio speed plant, as well as a frequent competitor and victor on the one-half mile clay oval, Stewart was quick to point out that Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (Nationwide Series) and Austin Dillon (Camping World Truck Series) have also made their presence known at Eldora.

Stenhouse's name was etched into the Eldora Speedway history books in 2007 during the annual Four Crown Nationals when he bested the United States Auto Club (USAC) Midget field, while Dillon's claim to fame came during the 2010 World 100 for Late Models. At that time, in only his second appearance on the hallowed El-

dora clay, Dillon topped the 134 car field with quick time honors.

He eventually finished 13th in the 100-lap chase.

Stewart's accomplishments as an Eldora driver are even greater with victory stage appearances as the result of feature wins in Sprint Cars (winged and non-winged), Midgets, Modifieds and Late Models. Additionally, Stewart has prevailed over Eldora's marquee Prelude to the Dream three times since its inception in 2005.

It may very well be that the Prelude event could offer an opportunity for the trio of NASCAR champions to return together as Eldora competitors in 2012. While Stewart has not released invitations to the annual June charity event as of yet, Stenhouse, Jr. and Dillon have to be considered as likely candidates to get mail from the three-time Sprint Cup champion as invitees.

As the Eldora Speedway owner since the Fall of 2004, Tony Stewart continues on his pledge to keep Eldora on the forefront of the Nation's grassroots race tracks, with an

ongoing schedule of improvements to the facility and an innovative schedule of events, featuring a myriad of racing divisions and sanctioning bodies.

In addition to the talent-laden Prelude to the Dream invitational (June 6) and World 100 (September 7 & 8), Eldora's key events in 2012 include the Dirt Late Model Dream (June 8 & 9) and the Kings Royal weekend (July 13 & 14).

The ticket sale campaign for these events begins Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. by going online to www.eldoraspeedway.com.

Short track racing remains very dear and close to Stewart as he continues to give back to the roots of his career. He currently fields a pair of World of Outlaw (WoO) Sprint Car teams, in addition to USAC Sprint, Midget and Silver Crown teams.

His owner championships have not been limited to his recent NASCAR Sprint Cup title; he has also earned owner accolades through his WoO Sprint, USAC Sprint and Silver Crown teams.

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Ryan Hughes makes a move to the basket.

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Taylor Wellbaum soars through the air last season.

Hughes and Josh Holfinger all saw a lot of action inside last year.

Ashton is a 6-1 senior, while Hughes is a 6-3 junior and Holfinger is a 6-5 junior.

“Kyler is a returning letterman who has worked hard and improved a lot over the summer,” Butler said. “Ryan is a very versatile kid, who can play outside or inside.

He is strong and athletic.

“Josh gives us some size in the post and is very athletic.”

Rounding out the roster are junior guard Luke Karn (5-11), senior Phil Ruppert (6-2), guard Noah Ghere (5-11) and 6-3 junior Azjohn Taylor.

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his ball handling,” Butler said. “Phil is a first-year player, who is going to help us.

“Noah is a good ball handler and a good shooter. Azjohn is new to the program. He gives us an athletic guy on the wing.”

Butler likes the makeup of his team.

“They have a real good attitude,” he said. “They play with a lot of enthusiasm.

“We have seven seniors and six of them were football players, so they bring a lot of leadership.”

While Piqua may not be huge in size, Butler likes their versatility.

“We have a lot of interchangeable parts,” Butler said. “That allows us to mix personnel.

“We have a lot of guys who can play inside or outside.”

Butler said one thing he has focused on is defense.

“We aren’t going to put 80 up on many people, but we have really focused on defense,” he said. “We want to keep people in the

40s. That is what high school basketball has become.

“Especially early in the season when football players haven’t been in the gym that much. You look at the boxscores on Saturday and you will see a lot scores in the 40s.”

Still, he knows they have to improve offensively.

“We have a couple of guys on this team capable of scoring in the 40s,” Butler said. “But, if we can just have five or six guys scoring around double figures, that is what you need.”

Butler said the GWOC North is intriguing.

“You have four new coaches out of the six teams,” he said. “Tim Miller does a great job at Troy and the Vandalia coach has a very solid program.

Trotwood, Greenville and Sidney all have new coaches.

“It will be interesting to scout them early on and see what they are doing.”

And Butler can’t wait to get started.

Kindric Link and Piqua are shooting for a better year.

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Heath Butler was excited when he was hired as the Piqua boys basketball coach last spring.

Those feelings have just increased for Butler as the season nears.

“I am excited,” Butler said. “People are asking me all the time if I am ready for the season to start.

“We have been working on fundamentals most of practice and putting plays in at the end of practice.

So, am I ready for the season to start? Yes, but we still have a lot to do.”

Butler has no concerns over taking over a program that has gone 1-41 the last two seasons — and likes the fact the players feel like they have something to prove.

“They have that proverbial chip on their shoulder,” Butler said. “It is not that they are mad.

“They are determined to show people they are not a bad team. That the last two years were a fluke.

“They were in most of the games — there were just mistakes at critical times that cost them in a lot of the games.”

The Indians have plenty of experience.

Kindric Link, Trae Honeycutt and Taylor Wellbaum were all starters at the guard spots last year.

Link and Honeycutt are 6-1 seniors, while Wellbaum is a 5-9 senior.

“Kindric is a two-year starter,” Butler said. “He brings a lot of experience and can shoot the ball.

“Trae is a 2-year starter.

He is very athletic, a very good shooter on the perimeter and has good skills.

“Taylor is very quick.

He brings athleticism and is a good shooter.”

Senior guard Joel Hissong (5-11) got valuable palying time last year after transferring from Lehman.

“He is a returning letterman and a very good shooter from the outside,” Butler said. “He has worked hard on his ball handling and is going to help us in that area this year.”

Jordan Feeser, a 6-5 senior, is back for his fourth year of varsity action.

“He is our guy inside,” Butler said. “He is a 3year letterman and is very strong and athletic.”

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moving out on the perimeter,” Hoke said. “She has good instincts and is only going to get better as she gets experience.”

Hoke hopes to have a balanced scoring attack.

“Last year, we had Christy and Maddie and then there was a pretty big drop off,” he said.

“Hopefully, we can have some other kids pick it up scoring wise.”

Another key will be how the Lady Indians handle pressure.

“We are going to get a lot of pressure from other teams,” he said. “We just need to be ready for that and deal with it.”

He sees the GWOC North as being wide open.

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“Macy is a strong 3point shooter, who plays hard and is a good offensive rebounded,” Hoke said. “Janise is also coming off ACL surgery.

“She is extremely quick and starting to show signs she can be a scoring threat.

“Teija is good ball handler and tough defensive player.

“Danajha had ACL surgery two years ago. She is getting back into the flow now, both offensively and defensively.”

Rounding out the roster is 5-9 freshman Tasha Potts.

“Tasha is an athletic post who is capable of

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“We didn’t have to go over what my expectations were from them,” Hoke said. “They know what to expect. And the other thing is we have eight girls returning this year. This is a pretty experienced group.”

The Lady Indians have three seniors returning to provide leadership for what is still a relatively young squad.

“We have a lot of experience,” Hoke said. “But, at the same time, we have five sophomores and a freshman.”

One of t h o s e seniors is 5-6 guard Maddie Hilleary, who has been playing varsity since she was a freshman.

She was the Lady Indians second leading scorer last year at 8.0 point per game.

“She is very athletic and brings a toughness to the team on defense,” Hoke said. “She is also an offensive scoring threat for us.”

Kesley Deal is a 5-8 senior.

“She is another 3-year lettermen that brings leadership and toughness,” Hoke said. “She is coming off a foot injury.

She led the team in charges taken last year.

She is a good rebounder who we hope can be a scoring threat.”

Imari Witten, a 5-6 guard, rounds out the seniors.

“She is providing us with a lot of leadership,” Hoke said. “She is a returning letter winner and an outstanding shooter from the 3-point line.”

The juniors are led by 6foot post Christy Graves, starting for the third season.

Graves averaged 12 points last year to lead the Indians.

“She has the ability to play inside or outside,” Hoke said. “She can step out and hit the 3-point shot. She is coming off foot surgery.”

Rounding out the junior class are 5-9 post Shelby Vogler and 5-4 guard Hannah Mowery.

“Shelby is an excellent rebounder,” Hoke said.

“She brings a lot of athletic ability.

“She was an All-GWOC player in volleyball. We would like her to become more of a scoring threat.

“Hannah is coming off an ACL injury last season.

She is working her way back into the flow and we will use her at the point.

She is a good 3-point shooter.”

Katie Allen, a 5-7 guard, heads up a strong group of sophomores.

“After getting thrown into the mix last year, Katie is back with a year’s experience,” Hoke said.

“She has worked really hard on her game and improved her shot.”

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Edison men off to good start Ralph returns for second season as Charger coach

BY ROB KISER Sports Editor rkiser@dailycall.com Edison Community College men’s basketball coach Jon Ralph admits he feels more comfortable in his second season at the helm of the Charger men.

And that is reflected in a 3-1 start to the season.

“I think I definitely know the teams we are playing against in the league and what they do,” Ralph said. “That also gave me an advantage in recruiting (knowing who he wanted). We were able to get on some good players early.”

He is confident from what he has seen that the Chargers can take a big step forward from last year’s 11-14 record, which included just two wins in OCCAC play.

“The teams that are traditionally strong still are,” Ralph said. “But, I do feel like we can be right in the mix.”

The toughest part for him so far is a common one at the JUCO level — a high turnover of last year’s roster.

“We only have four players back from last year,” he said. “That has made it a little tough, but we have gotten off to a good start.”

Two of those sophomores are Mohammed Shek-Mohammed (Colum-

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“Mohammed is a really good kid,” Ralph said. “He brings a lot of energy off the bench. He brings a lot of enthusiasm. Lamont is a very instinctive player.

He was instrumental in our 3-0 start this season and has the ability to score.”

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and center Jordy Meyer (Covington).

“Kyle is a multi-talented guy for us,” Ralph said. “He can play inside or outside and he can shoot the ball. Jordy is a very tough, strong minded kid.

“He is undersized in the post, but he is a very effective player for us.”

There is a strong group of freshman in the post, led by Nick Tingle (North-

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“Nick was the MVP of the Charger Classic to start the season,” Ralph said. “He is another multitalented guy who can play inside or outside. Jessie is another one of those guys who can play inside or outside. He has played very well. We have him in the post right now and he is leading us in scoring.”

Reggie and Rondale Beard from Dayton Jefferson will also be in the post.

“Reggie is a very toughminded kid,” Ralph said.

“He is a strong kid who can play inside for us.

Rondale is 6-6, 230. So, he gives us a physical pres-

ence and size inside. He is a strong-tough minded player.”

Also seeing action inside will be Donnie Lee (Meadowdale), while Corey Decker (Parkway) is a guard.

“Donnie is very quick inside,” Ralph said. “He can rebound and block shots for us. Corey is a back-up guard.

“He is very well schooled and fundamentally sound.”

Two freshman who have emerged at the guard position are Josh Jones (Bellefontaine) and Jacob Benanzer (Houston).

“Josh is our point guard and a floor general,” Ralph

said. “He does a good job of keeping us organized and is very well-schooled in the game. Jacob comes from a very solid high school program under John Willoughby at Houston and is very fundamentally sound.”

Also seeing action at the guard spots will be Eric Beckstedt (Covington) and Chris Brown-Johnson (Yellow Springs).

“Eric is a very good shooter,” Ralph said.

“Chris is a multi-talented guy who has proven himself with his defense.”

Ralph expects the Chargers to have a balanced scoring attack.

“We have one guy averaging in double figures,” he said. “We have two just over nine points a game and one just under nine.

“And we have several more scoring around six a game. So, we are getting scoring from a lot of people.”

Defense will be a key for the Chargers.

“It is important at any level,” Ralph said. “It just takes on a little different look at this level, because of the speed of the game and the athleticism. I think this team is probably a little more athletic (than last year).”

Which is just one of the many reasons Ralph is feeling more comfortable in his second season.

Rank back as Lady Chargers coach Veteran coach knows building character as important as Ws

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rkiser@dailycall.com When it comes to winning games and championships, Edison Community College basketball coach Kim Rank has been there — done that.

But, what drives the veteran coach — back in charge of the program after retiring two years ago — is what happens to his players long after they turn in their blue and gold uniforms.

“That is what it is about for me and what I am concerned with — developing them as a person and what happens to them in life,” Rank said. “The wins are nice, but a lot of what we do as far as basketball is superficial stuff, compared to what is going to happen to them in their lives.”

There is no question Rank has had much success in both areas and he expects this year’s team to be no exception.

“I think you should always set high goals,” Rank said. “That gives you something to strive for. It’s important to have realistic goals as well, but you want set your goals high and work to accomplish that.”

Edison will have a strong inside game, led by 6-foot-2 sophomore Brianna Innocent (VandaliaButler).

Innocent gave a sign of what she can do in her first game, with 27 points and 15 rebounds against Glen Oaks.

“She is probably the most complete player I have ever had here,” Rank said. “There are things she does out there that are just instinctive — as a coach, it gives you a great appreciation for what she does. She is the kind of player that makes everyone around her better.”

But, she is not the Lady Chargers only presence inside.

Freshman Jo Steva (St.

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Brianna Innocent and the Edison women are shooting for a big year.

Marys) had a game similar to Innocent in Edison’s first win of the season.

The 5-11 post had a double-double with 26 point and 23 rebounds against the Rio Grande JVs. “Jo (Steva) is a really strong rebounder,” Rank said. “She compliments Brianna inside. That is a really good combination.”

And 6-foot sophomore Brooke Gariety (Russia) and 5-11 sophomore Lottie Hageman (Miami East) give Edison good depth at the position.

“Brooke is really good defensively for us,” Rank said. “She is very good on the point in our trap. She has long arms gives teams a lot of problems. Lottie is very good distributing the ball and can hit the 12 to 15-foot jumper.”

The Lady Chargers are also strong on the perime-

ter.

The other three starters are 5-6 freshman Kristen Winemiller (Jackson Center) at the point and 5-5 sophomore (Cori Blackburn) and 5-6 freshman Kendra Brunswick (Fort Recovery) on the wings.

“Our last game was Kristen’s first game at the point and she did a great job,” Rank said. “Cori is an excellent 3-point shooter and we just felt like she was not getting enough shots at the point. Kendra is also an outstanding 3point shooter.”

Providing depth at the guard position are 5-5 sophomore Martina Brady (Princeton) and 5-7 freshman Mackenzie May (Jackson Center).

“Martina played some last year and got some experience,” Rank said. “She is starting to understand her role. Mackenzie is an-

other girl who has shown she has the ability to score for us.”

Rounding out the roster are 5-4 sophomore Megan McGowen (Riverside) and 5-6 freshman Dakota Sowders (Jackson Center).

“Megan is a girl with a real positive attitude and she gives the whole team a lift,” Rank said. “Dakota is just now starting to understand what we need her to do to be successful at this level.”

While Rank was away for just one year, he said it has definitely been a big adjustment period.

“At the JUCO level, you turn over half your roster every year,” he said. “I helped recruit some of these girls, but the thing is, I had never coached them. They are learning a whole new system. So, there has definitely been a transition period.”

But, part of that is just the process with a basketball team.

“I have always felt like the first third of the season was a learning period,” Rank said. “You are making adjustments — you are always refining things — seeing who should play where. So, you can get to where you are playing your best basketball the second half of the season.”

Ohio Community College Athletic Conference play begins in January and part of those high expectations are to be right at the top in the OCCAC. “I think Cincinnati State and Owens are two of the teams that will

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challenge us,” Rank said.

“But, in this conference, you can lose on any given night.”

And as he goes through the process of developing his young players on and off the court — Rank is always reminded of something the late John Wooden once said.

“He said if you give 100 percent in everything you do that day, you are going to have a pretty good day,” Rank said. “Some of the examples he gave were on the basketball court, in the classroom, with your family and in your interaction with other people.”

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Williams looks for improvement Looking forward to second season a Lehman boys coach

BY KEN BARHORST Ohio Community Media SIDNEY — Isaiah Williams is looking forward to season No. 2 as the head boys basketball coach at Lehman, and with added depth, and a prized transfer student, he thinks his Cavaliers can improve on last year’s 12-12 record.

Williams took over at Lehman and became a head coach for the first time last year, after stints as an assistant coach at Wayne High School in Huber Heights.

This year’s squad will be young again, with only one returning starter, but with more depth than a year ago, he looks for a faster pace this year, which he thinks will lead to better things.

“We’re going to be young, with only a few seniors, but we’re going to be more experienced than people think,” Williams said. “I thought last year was a success with the things we had to overcome, like a late start because of football, and a new coach and system. I thought we did well.

“But I learned that our preparation has to be better. We have to get more out of our practices every night, and we all have to focus on our next opponent, instead of looking ahead.”

When you only have one starter back, it’s nice that it’s your leading scorer, and that’s the situation for

Williams. Alex Baker is the lone starter returning from last year’s Lehman team, and he led the Cavaliers in scoring with a 14.7 average.

“Alex had some excellent games for us,” said Williams. “And he’s a lot stronger this year.

“He had a good year last year even though he had an injured wrist when practice started. He’s 100 percent this year, and he’ll be a real weapon for us.”

There is another “starter” returning, but he did so at Northmont.

Solomon King White, a senior, was the starting point guard for the T-Bolts last year in the Greater Western Ohio Conference, and he averaged 6.6 points and 3.4 assists per game.

“He brings leadership to the program and the ability to be creative on his shot,” said Williams. “And he definitely has a competitor’s mentality that will hopefully win some games for us. He’s about 5-9, he’s a lefty, and he has tremendous quickness.”

Williams has plenty of size inside, too, leading him to think the Cavaliers will be “solid on the boards.”

Michael Jacob is a 6-5 junior who Williams says will be a key player inside, and he also has 6-4 sophomore James Rego.

“He’s our back-to-thebasket player,” Williams said of Rego. “He can score around the basket, is a good

defender, and will be a shotblocker, too.’

And there’s also Ben Thieman, who is close to 63. He competed in the state golf tournament this fall, and was one of the top linksters in the area.

“He will help out a lot,” said Williams. “He’s just a freak athlete.”

Junior Connor Richard is also a guard and is coming back from an injury.

And another junior, Therron Goins, will spell King White at the point and play off-guard. “He’s probably the toughest little guy (5-9) you’ve ever been around,” Williams said of Goins.

There are a couple more sophomores in the mix in Drew Westerheide, who will be the backup point guard, John Husa and Josh Smith.

And he’s also expecting contributions from a couple of freshmen in Jackson Frantz and Greg Spearman.

“They will all play because we’re going to get it out and go,” he said. “We have to be tough on defense, especially when you’re playing fast.

“Last year, we didn’t have the depth we needed, and we got tired early.

“So we slowed it down a little. This year will be different. If they go fast, we can do better.

“The schedule is really tough this year and hopefully that will help us grow up fast.”

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Alex Baker returns for the Lehman boys this winter.

Goodwin takes over as Lady Cavs coach Lehman girls have three seniors, lots of youth

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The Lehman girls basketball team is hoping for a big year from Paxton Hatcher (33) this season.

Julia Harrelson is a sophomore who will probably run the point for the Lady Cavs, but Goodwin said the other spot is wide open.

Two seniors are definitely in the mix in Maria Yannucci and Katie Williams.

“They both play hard,” said Goodwin. “Karie has been a pleasant surprise.

She has worked hard,” He said those six will be the main group of players this season, “unless we get

some surprises off the volleyball team.”

The volleyball team again had a long season, advancing all the way to the regional finals before bowing out.

Despite the lack of experience, and numbers, Goodwin is convinced the up-tempo game is the way to go.

“I think that makes it fun,” he said. “Rather than walk the ball up the floor.

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He has moved on, and there isn’t a lot of experience left behind for Goodwin, who recently became a head girls coach for the first time after being a head boys coach at Mendon-Union and Fairlawn.

The news isn’t all bad.

He has three starters back from last season, but there is no experience after that.

And there’s a potential problem on the horizon — there are no juniors in the program.

“No experience behind those three returning starters,” said Goodwin.

“We only have 13 or 14 girls in the program, and with no juniors, five are freshmen and three are sophomores. But it is what it is.

“You lose a class the size of school we are, it’s devastating. But we still plan to go up-tempo and see what happens.”

He has an excellent scorer returning in senior Lindsey Spearman, who went for about 16.5 points per game last season to lead Lehman and finish as the top scorer in the area.

“She’ll be our outside threat,” said Goodwin.

“We’ll hop on her shoulders early and hope some other girls can step up and do what we need.”

The other two returning starters are also seniors in Paxton Hatcher and Kandis Sergeant, who is around 5-foot-10.

“We’re really going to need Paxton to step up,” Goodwin said. “Kandis can score, but she didn’t get enough touches last year.

About the only time she touched the ball was on a rebound.

“We have to get the ball inside to her and make her presence felt this year.”

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Nick Rank is back at the point guard spot for the Bradford boys basketball team.

BRADFORD — Curtis Enis has already helped turn around the fortunes of one program at Bradford.

Now the school is looking to him to aid another.

The Railroaders went 021 a season ago and, much like when he took over the football program, Enis has helped bring out a sense of pride in Bradford basketball and a desire to strive to improve.

"Everyone around the team is upbeat," Enis said.

"The kids are all working really hard. That's all you can ask of them as a coach. We're just trying to establish Bradford basketball right now."

The Railroaders also have some experience — and size — to begin rebuilding with.

Bradford returns a trio of seniors, including 6foot-3, 240-pound forward Travis Knightstep, 6-3, 190-pound forward Austin Sell and 6-0 guard/forward Alan Yount.

Also back is sophomore point guard Nick Rank and 6-4, 165-pound guardforward Brandon Wysong.

"We have some experience at some positions," Enis said. "Right now we're just trying to change the culture around the team.

“It's all about putting the kids in situations that they can control during the course of a basketball game.

"They all love the game of basketball, and we're teaching them the simpler points of the game. All we're trying to do is show them those aspects of the game that they can control and take advantage of."

The Railroaders also have more potential for the future, though, with a massive junior class.

Corey Rench, Aaron Yohey, Luke Hafer, Brandon Wirrig, Jacob Cline, Eric

Swabb, Josh Hoelscher and Bryce Arnett will all be competing for playing time.

"We're made up of eight juniors, a few seniors and a couple sophomores, and we've got some varsity experience thrown into that mix, too," Enis said. "It's been extremely fun to coach these guys and letting them play to their ability."

And that ability includes playing an uptempo style.

"We're trying to get up and down the floor," Enis said. "We've got a lot of speed and quickness with our younger kids.

“But we also know we've got to play 'D' and rebound the basketball.

"If we can't get stops, we can't expect to win. And I really think the kids understand that."

And stops could be hard to come by in the loaded Cross County Conference — but the Railroaders are ready to work for them.

"You've always got to contend with Franklin Monroe and Tri-Village.

Those guys play basketball year-round — because they don't have to worry about football," Enis said.

"Miami East is always tough, and coach (Allen) Mack is a legend.

“Covington's also always tough because of the way coach (Roger) Craft runs his program. They've always got good size and good talent."

But when it comes to turning around an 0-21 team, the goals have to be more internal and about improving as individuals and as a team than Xs and Os, wins and losses.

"Our goal is just to go out and compete every time we have the opportunity to," Enis said. "We've got to rebound the basketball and make our free throws — those are the things we can control.

Hopefully we can go out every night and do those things."

Lady Railroaders have experience, continuity Bradford girls look for improvement

BY JOSH BROWN Ohio Community Media BRADFORD — The Bradford girls basketball team has experience this season and more talent on the horizon.

But they've also got something they've lacked for a long time — and that could be a big key for the team's growth and improvement.

Continuity.

Dennis Fair returns for his second season as Bradford coach after the program went through a number of coaches in a short amount of time.

And with that added sense of continuity, the Railroaders can focus on building on what they've already learned rather than scrapping it for something totally new.

"With a new coach every year, everyone wants to bring their own offense and defense in," Fair said. "I really haven't changed much from last year. I just want to keep it simple, let the girls do the things they know how to do, maybe throw a couple new things in as the season progresses but fine tune what they know already and build on that.

"I've been here six years — four on the JV level, and then I got the opportunity to move up. I think so (it helps)."

The Railroaders also have some experience back from last year's 3-18 team — in-

cluding at one key position.

Senior Chelsey Broughman will run the offense at point guard for the fourth straight season.

"She's started all four years. She runs the floor at the point and helps keep control of everyone," Fair said.

"She just runs the offense so well being a four-year starter.

She's seen it all. She still gets rattled from time to time, but the majority of the time she's just running the offense."

Also returning is senior forward Alisha Patty — the tallest girl on the team at 5foot-7.

"She's started since midway through her freshman year," Fair said. "She's more of an all-around player as well as a leader. She helps keep everyone together, too."

Courtney and Katie Miller and Payton Shuff round out the corps of seniors for the Railroaders, and Chelsea Dross is the lone junior on the squad. A quartet of talented sophomores — Bree Bates, Brooke Dunlevy, Michayla Barga and Haley Patty will also see plenty of playing time.

"We moved Bree (Bates) up last year as a freshman for some size," Fair said. "Sometimes it feels like we're the only team in the Cross County Conference without a six-footer. We're definitely looking for big things out of her as a sophomore. And Brooke (Dunlevy), we're looking for her to be a leader. She played very little last year, but I think she can be a big

asset to the team so far as shooting — she's one of the best shooters I've got.

"We've got four sophomores, and three of them will be starting depending on matchups."

And without a lot of size, the Railroaders will have to depend on quickness.

"We're small, so we're hoping to be fast," Fair said.

"Hopefully we'll be running the floor and wearing some teams down with our speed.

"Our sophomore class is really good, and the freshman class that just came up is really good, too. That's something I haven't seen in years.

“Most of the time we've had one or two good players in each class, but our sophomores and freshmen right now have both numbers and talent in both groups."

Which is important in the stacked CCC. "Miami East is a big one, and Tri-Village is another.

And Mississinawa Valley did very well last year and didn't lose a lot," Fair said. "Those will be the three contenders for the title."

As for Bradford, it will take things one step at a time.

And learning to close is the first step.

"Obviously, we just want to finish some games," Fair said. "We had some opportunities last year with games we should have won.

“If we get the opportunity, we have to close some teams out and put more Ws on the board."

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Chelsey Broughman returns for the Bradford girls.

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BY ROB KISER Sports Editor rkiser@dailycall.com COVINGTON — Covington boys basketball coach Roger Craft must replace a strong senior group that included Eric Beckstedt, Josh Boehringer, Martin Leistner, Kody Spade, Tyler Noffsinger and Jake Bitner.

“We lost a good group of kids,” Craft said. “Eric Beckstedt was really playing well for us. So, was Josh Boehringer before he got hurt and Martin Leistner had a good year. We are going to have reload, just like every year.”

But, he also has a talented returning group, led by juniors Cole Owens, Dylan Owens, Troy Cron and Gabe Mohler.

“We have a good group of kids coming back,” Craft said. “Cole averaged right at 10 points last year. Troy got some valuable playing time and Dylan was a starter for us.”

Mohler and Cole Owens are both 6-5 posts.

“Cole is a two-year letter winner,” Craft said.

“He has a nice touch around the basket and a strong post presence.

Gabe is a returning letter winner who adds depth to the post position.”

Dylan Owens is a 6-1 wing, while Troy Cron is a 5-8 guard.

“Dylan is a returning

letter winner,” Craft said.

“He is a very intense, aggressive athlete, with excellent shooting range.

Troy is a returning letter winner who has a very good floor game and will be counted on for leadership at the point guard position.”

Four other juniors are 6-4 Austin Angle, 6-2 Ryan Craft, 6-0 Alex Baskerville and 5-11 Trent Tobias.

“Austin has good size,” Craft said. “He had a fine season last year at the reserve level and adds depth at the post position. Ryan is a fine shooter, with good court awareness. He will be counted on for depth.

“Alex is athletic and versatile enough to play in the post or on the perimeter. Trent can play the point or off-guard position and will be counted on for depth at the varsity level.”

Two seniors on the roster are 5-11 post Steven BleI and 5-10 guard Sam Earick.

“Steven is an undersized post player who never lacks effort and will provide leadership,” Craft said. “Sam worked extremely hard during the off-season, plays very hard and will provide leadership.”

As has become the norm, the football playoffs gave Covington a late start for basketball.

But, Craft wouldn’t have it any other way.

One adjustment he did make though was delaying the start of the season by a week.

“One big reason for that is the Buccs start playing Cross County Conference games in week one.

“If it had been a nonconference game, I might not have done that,” Craft said. “It was a long, tough football season and the kids deserved some time to relax.

“I didn’t want them to have to get right into basketball without a break.”

Craft expects the CCC to be wide-open, although he considers Miami East, Tri-Village, Arcanum, Bethel and Franklin Monroe to be among the front runners.

“I think any team can beat any team on any given night,” Craft said.

And as always, the Buccs will also play a non-conference tough schedule.

“It is problem even a little tougher this year,” Craft said. “We have a game with Coldwater for the first time on the road.”

The postseason will be a little different as well.

Covington moves up to Division III this year.

“I think the schedule helps , especially with moving up to D-III,” Craft said.

And as always, the Buccs will be ready for anBEN ROBINSON/GOBUCCS.COM PHOTO other challenging season Dylan Owens returns for the Covington boys basketball team. and more success.

Lady Buccs return strong combo Simon-Kihm good for 25 points per game last year

BY ROB KISER Sports Editor rkiser@dailycall.com COVINGTON — Veteran Covington girl basketball coach Chris Besecker has no doubt of the offensive output he can get from seniors Julianna Simon and Shelby Kihm.

Simon, a 6-1 wing, led the Lady Buccs with 15 points per game and Kihm, a 6-1 post, scored 10 points a game down in the paint.

“There scoring wasn’t a problem,” Besecker said.

“The problem was getting scoring from anyone else.

So far, that hasn’t changed in our scrimmages. But, I think Caitlyn Crawford is going to make a big difference this year.”

Crawford, the third 6-1 senior on the Buccs roster, has battled through injuries the last two years.

“Caitlyn has played hurt the last couple years,” Besecker said. “She is healthy this year and I think that is going to make a huge difference. I think that is really going to help us.”

Also seeing action in the post will be 5-11 senior Haley Reames.

“There is no question we have good size,” Besecker said.

Along with Simon, on the wing will be 5-8 junior Jessie Shilt and 5-8 freshman Cassidy Cain.

“There is no question Cassidy (Cain) is going to help us with some of the ball handling,” Besecker said.

Hannah Pond, a 5-4 senior, will be at one guard spot, while 5-5 junior Heidi Snipes will be the point guard.

Rounding out the roster are 5-5 junior Kayleigh Cecil, 5-5 sophomore Shianne Fortner, 5-3 junior Brittany Flora, 5-5 junior

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Julianna Simon returns to give Covington a scoring punch again this season.

Rachel Carder, 5-4 junior Ashley Albright, 5-5 junior Samantha Slusher and 57 senior Haleigh Murphy.

“Yes, we have size,” Besecker said. “But, we are going to fight the same thing we have been fighting since Ashley Johnson graduated (in 2007). She averaged less than two turnovers a game at point guard.

“You get used to some-

one like that and we haven’t been able to replace her. Heidi will handle the pressure some of the time, but really, it is going to be a team thing.

Whoever can get the ball up the floor needs to do it.”

He said another key for Covington’s success will be how they play down the stretch.

While the Lady Buccs made strides from the

year before with a 10-11 mark last year, Besecker said it could have been better.

“There were a lot of games where we just didn’t make plays down the stretch,” he said. “Look at the two Mississinawa games last year. We had shots at the end of those games to tie or win. That is just a matter of mental and physical toughness.”

As always, the Buccs will play a strong non-conference schedule.

“I don’t even want to think about the non-conference schedule,” he said.

“It is good in a way (playing a tough schedule). But, when the other team just handles you, sometimes it can beat you down. It is up to the girls to keep that from happening.”

Besecker said for the most part his team did that last year.

“I thought we were very competitive in a lot of those games,” he said.

“And then, there were a few games where we weren’t.

“Coaches will tell you the most difficult thing is getting their team to play with consistency.”

And things won’t get a lot easier in the Cross Country Conference with juggernauts Miami East and Tri-Village returning.

“I don’t think there is any question those two are expected to battle it out for the conference title,” Besecker said. “If it plays out any other way, I think a lot of people are going to be surprised.

After that, it is pretty wide open. Tri-County North has a nice program, Bradford has some good, young players. Newton has been pretty solid the last couple of years.”

And Besecker hopes the Buccs will be right in that battle below the top two — only time will tell.

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BY KEN BARHORST Ohio Community Media HOUSTON — Last year was one for the books in boys basketball at Houston, the Wildcats tying for the SCL championship and advancing to the state tournament for the first time in school history.

They finished the season with a 20-6 record.

That was a senior-dominated team, which means there are some huge holes to fill for longtime head coach John Willoughby, who is closing in on his 300th career victory, something only two other coaches in Shelby County history have done.

“Our numbers are low, and we’re working out a varsity-JV split,” said Willoughby. “It took a while before we really knew who was going to play where.

“We have 14 kids that will play JV and varsity this season.”

The reason for the low numbers is a small junior class, Willoughby said.

But he’s not overly concerned.

“We’ll be competitive,” he said. “I don’t think we’re rebuilding at all. I think we’ll be fine.

“We have to get our kids ready. younger They’re good, but not ready for varsity yet. We have to get them ready.”

He has just two players back that lettered on last year’s state tournament team, including Luke Winner and Adam Mullen.

Winner, however, is questionable after an acci-

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Adam Mullen and Houston hope to have another exciting season this winter. dent this summer.

“Adam saw a lot of playing time last year and was a steady force,” said Willoughby of Mullen.

“He’s a real good defender and I’m glad to have him back.

“Right now he’s playing the point, but we have two or three guys that will be able to fill that role.”

Brandon Clack saw some time on varsity last season and will probably be a starter on the wing, said Willoughby.

And Gary Phipps is 6-2 and a steady ballplayer and good defender, said the coach.

Ryan Curl is 6-31/2 and Willoughby expects good things from him, also.

“We’re looking for him to be more aggressive at the offensive end,” he said.

“He can score but he’s willing to pass too much. I told him he’s a 6-4 post player. I don’t want him leading our team in assists.”

Juniors TJ Martin and

Seth Clark will likely swing back and forth between both JV and varsity.

Jacob Braun is a sophomore who will play the point and some on the wing, and Jesse Phlipot is a 6-4 sophomore who will play in the post and on the wing.

Nate Ritchie is a 6-1 wing and post player, and Austin Sarver will also play both JV and varsity, at least for now.

“He’s impressed me so far in preseason,”

Willoughby said. “I think he’s trying to work his way up to a steady varsity position.”

Willoughby thinks the Wildcats will be able to score points, even though most were lost to graduation.

“I think we’ll be a good perimeter shooting team,” he said. “I believe we’ll throw the ball into the post more than last year.

Last year, we penetrated well and created. This year I think we’ll be more

of an outside team.

“We had really good penetrators last year and we have a couple kids that can do that this year.

Mullen is a good driver, and Clack is good off the dribble. Phlipot can get by people and he’s good in the lane.

“Defensively, I think we’ll be pretty good on the ball,” he went on. “Braun is good on the ball and Mullen is excellent. Clack can get after it.

“On the perimeter I think we’ll be pretty good defensively.

“We’re working a lot with the young kids on their help defense.”

He thinks this could be one of his better rebounding teams.

“We should be all right.

We’re good in terms of height and athleticism,” he said. Our sophomores will see plenty of action. I think it’s just the learning right now, what it takes to compete.

Practices weren’t competitive enough early and I think that’s because the younger kids lacked an understanding of what it’s going to take.”

Willoughby said last year was great, with the trip to the state tournament, but that was last year and this is a new season.

“Each group is their own,” he said. “We’re going to have our own identity this year. I don’t want the kids to talk about last year.

“I want them to have their own identity and find their own way, because it’s a new group.”

Ward is optimistic about Lady Cats Houston returns four starters

BY KEN BARHORST Ohio Community Media HOUSTON — Houston girls basketball coach Greg Ward hopes the early part of the preseason doesn’t carry over.

He is rightfully optimistic going into the upcoming season, since he lost only one starter and has his leading scorer back from a team that won 12 games last season (12-11) and had a nice tournament run.

“I was thinking we could have a good season, but then we really struggled in our first scrimmage,” said Ward, in his 12th season at Houston.

“We have seven letter-winners back and our leading scorer in Kristi Elliott.

“We didn’t average a lot last year, though, so hopefully we’ll score more points.”

He also has one other big concern, and that’s rebounding. Houston has given up too many points the last couple years, but Ward says it’s not the defense.

“We’ll do a great job on defense, then give up an offensive rebound for a bucket, so all that effort goes to waste,” he said.

“Offensively, we can be kind of streaky, so I’m looking for more consistency on offense, and that will take a little of the pressure off the defense.

“I think we need to be more patient on offense.

It’s the old adage, if you don’t have the ball, you can’t score.

“So we need to be a little more selective in attacking the basket.”

Elliott was the point guard last season and av-

eraged right around 10 points per game for the Lady Wildcats.

Ward looks for her to run the show and be a scorer, too.

“That’s a lot to ask,” he said. “She understands it though. Hopefully, we have a couple other girls that can spell her at the point, like she did for Jaclyn Willoughby when she was a sophomore. Then we can put her in other positions.”

Elliott is a senior, as is Bethany Reiser at the two-guard.

Ward says she is probably Houston’s best defender, and she is one of the girls who can spell Elliott at the point.

Junior Kortney Phipps is 5-foot-11 but pencil thin, says Ward.

“She has to learn how to use her speed,” he said.

“We need her to get us some points inside.

“We’ve worked hard over the offseason to get the ball inside and get the girls to realize that they need to attack more in there.”

Another junior, 5-9 Alyssa Stang, doesn’t have much size, but Ward said she’s strong enough to play inside.

“She’s good at picking up the loose balls and rebounds,” he said. “And she can score, but she needs to recognize that.”

Nikki Holthaus, another junior, will also play the point.

“She gives us some nice flexibility,” said Ward.

“She’s a good defender and really quick.”

Another senior is Allison Roeth, who got off to a late start after running in the State Cross Country

meet for the third year in a row.

“Allison has always looked like a runner, but this year she looks so athletic,” said Ward. “Obviously, she’s in great shape, and we’re hoping for some big things from her. How she plays will be important.”

Meg Phyllaier is another senior that Ward is looking for contributions from.

“She is a good leader and a hard-nosed player,” he said. “She does anything we ask of her.”

Monique Booher is a sophomore who Ward says will see a lot of varsity playing time.

“Real strong and works hard,” he said. “There’s a lot of upside with her. She will play a lot.”

Heidi Cox is another sophomore who will play some varsity and likely some junior varsity, too.

And there are two more juniors in Angela Gilkeson and Erika Powell.

“Angela has a nose for the ball and we could always count on her for a breakaway on a steal in JV,” Ward said. “Erika is only in her second year of basketball, so she’ll be a role player. She plays hard and does what we ask.”

Ward thinks the league is more wide open than it’s been recently, and hopes his squad can be one of the challengers this season.

“When you only lose one girl who played a lot of minutes, you’re optimistic,” he said. “We have most of our kids back.

“But we have some concerns, and rebounding without a doubt is at the OCM FILE PHOTO top. And second would be Leading scorer Kristi Elliott returns for the Houston girls basketball team. consistency on offense.”

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Ethan Schafer makes a move to the basket for Russia last year.

RUSSIA — Longtime Russia coach Paul Bremigan has good news for officials this basketball season — he probably won’t be chasing any of them down.

For Bremigan, one of only two County coaches to reach the 300-win plateau, this has been a different kind of preseason.

He missed a lot of it after undergoing knee replacement surgery early this month.

He was hoping to return to the practice floor on election day, but after getting out to vote in the morning, he discovered he’d have to wait a little longer.

“Spencer Cordonnier is my varsity assistant, and Dave Borchers has been my JV coach for a long time, and they took over,” Bremigan said. “So the kids were in good hands, and I talked to them a lot.”

The Raiders have some experience back from a team that finished with an 11-10 record last season, but Bremigan got some bad news early on when returning point guard Colyn McEldowney, one of the team captains, found out he would need surgery on his foot, sidelining him for the entire season.

“It’s really tough on a senior like Colyn is,” said Bremigan. “He lettered

the last two years. But from a team standpoint, fortunately we’re strong at guard, so we should be able to overcome it.”

The two remaining team captains are seniors Bryce Rittenhouse and Ethan Schafer, and they are both guards.

There are three other seniors on the team, including 6-foot-9 Brandon Wilson, who Bremigan says is pretty much all the height the Raiders have.

But that may be enough, since Wilson averaged just under double figures last season.

“I think Brandon can be a double-double player for us,” Bremigan said, referring to scoring and rebounding.

Jacob Monnin is a 6-3 senior who will play in the post, and Corey Bremigan, the coach’s son, is a 6-2 senior wingman.

Juniors include 6-1 Treg Francis, a good shooter capable of scoring well, 6-2 wingman Austin Gariety, 6-3 post player Bryce Dues and 5-11 guard Trevor Sherman.

“I think we can go eight or nine deep. It’s kind of up in the air as to who we’re going to play,” said Bremigan. “We have 13 freshmen in the program and six or seven sophomores, and we’d like to get them some playing time.

“They’ve been very successful in junior high.”

The Raiders will be uptempo again, and Bremigan is putting extra

emphasis on the defense this year.

“We want to be able to push the ball up the floor.

That’s always been our No. 1 goal,” Bremigan said. “We’re not real big besides Brandon, so there might be times when we’re pretty small. So there are some different things we can do offensively and defensively depending on who is in the game.

“Defensively, we’re really going to have to play good defense with this group. I thought defensively, we just weren’t good enough last year.

“We gave up about 55 points a game, and that’s too many. We need to get better, so this group really has to work hard on defense.”

There aren’t a lot of points returning from last season, but the potential is there.

“Scoring is a question mark right now, and that’s another reason why we have to play good defense,” he said. “Because we’re not sure where our points are going to come from. I can see us having some balance. Treg can shoot well, and I think Brandon can score for us. We have some guys capable of averaging in double figures, but they can also average three or four assists, too.

“One of the main reasons our focus is defense is because of those points.

One kind of feeds off the other.”

Lady Raider guards will stand tall Russia girls will be team to watch in SCL RUSSIA – Russia will be a team to watch in the County chase this season, and they won’t be hard to find — they Lady Raiders will be the team whose guards are taller than their post players.

That’s what second-year coach Allan King says about his squad, which he thinks can take a dramatic step forward over last season’s 9-12 overallrecord, which included four losses to Anna and Fort Loramie, both state tournament participants.

“We had a very young team last season, with two seniors and a third that was injured the whole season,” King said. “The two that played both had good years, but there was a lot of learning and the first year in a new system. So we pretty much got what we expected out of last season.

“The main thing I was worried about was growth and development, and we had a lot of that last year and over the summer.”

With that one year under his belt, King said things are going much more smoothly this year, another reason for his optimism.

“The first day this year was a perfect example,” he said. “Our practice 25 last year was our first practice this year. I didn’t have to explain every drill, or break everything down.

We’re farther ahead and that can only help us.”

In terms of personnel, nine of Russia’s top 12 players on the varsity last season are returning, and there is an abundance of size, so much so that the guards are every bit as tall as the inside players, maybe more so.

There are three seniors

5-11, Becca Meyer 5-10 and Bethany York 5-10.

“Shana is one of the smartest players we have.

She really understands the game and gets the most out of her ability,” said King. “Bethany is very athletic, and a high jumper at state last year.

Ashley is athletic enough to play outside and Becca plays hard and gives us depth at a couple positions.”

York and Shana Meyer were the top two rebounders on the team last year at 6.0 and 5.3, respectively, and York was the area’s third-best field goal shooter at 55.4 percent, and led the Lady Raiders in steals with 43.

There is a sophomore that King says will be a key figure for the Lady Raiders in 5-11 Camille Puthoff, who worked her way into the starting lineup as a freshman.

“She is a great athlete who is putting together her basketball skills,” King said. “She started at the point midway on, and this summer made leaps and bounds.

“She’s definitely a scoring threat and her ability to get to the basket sets her apart.”

He has another 5-11 sophomore in Maggie Kearns, who played a lot of junior varsity but came on strong at the end of the year and had a great summer, according to King.

“She continued to grow

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Shana Meyer (25) returns for the Russia girls basketball team this year. in Macy Monnin, Lexi Schoessow and Katelyn Herron.

“I’m expecting a lot out of them,” said King. “I’m

looking to them for leaderThe junior class is ship, and they are all just where the size is.

Ashley Borchers is 6solid kids that give you maximum effort. And they foot-1 and will play a twoare fundamentally sound.” guard. Shana Meyer is

not only physically, but mentally,” he said. “She’s starting to learn to use what she has.”

Taylor Borchers is another sophomore who King says is probably the team’s most aggressive player.

She’s 5-5 and will play a lot at the point, and she may find herself on the wing, too.

“I think we can make some noise,” said King of his squad. “From doing what my ultimate goal is, we’re probably a year away, but I still think we can do great things this year.

“And there is a lot of anticipation from the community.

“We’re hoping to use rebounding as a key. Good defensive teams finish with a rebound. And we’re hoping to put up around 60 points a game.

“Youth and inexperience in big games is a concern,” he went on. “In our conference there are a lot of big games and I think that will be our biggest weakness. There are a lot of new things we want to do, and how quickly we can grasp those things will be a key.

“But I think the most interesting thing is depth.

We’ll probably be able to throw nine or 10 kids out there that are all pretty much the same.

“On any given night, that’s gives you more chances to have success.”

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Trista Lavy will return for the Newton girls basketball team this season.

PLEASANT HILL — Its always helpful to have experience.

And the Newton girls basketball team has plenty of it.

Fresh off a 9-12 campaign a year ago, Newton is back with nine returning players on its roster, and hopes of competing in the Cross County Conference title race.

Junior Trista Lavy will run the show at point guard, while senior Marina Snipes is back and closing in on the Newton scoring record.

“She’s in the upper-echelon of leading scorers for all-time Newton record,” Newton coach Ken Ford said.

Seniors Aryn Doseck and Fawn King will both be forwards and are expected to make all around while contributions, Andee Welbaum will see time at guard and small forward.

“We really have no true centers,” Ford said. “Our size dictates well have to spread floor out and run up down the floor because we don’t have anybody tall.”

They may be lacking in size, but what the Indians do have is a lot of depth.

Grace Hignite, a letter winner last year, returns, while Marissa Kleman, Kirsten Burden, Kasey Thompson will also vie for playing time.

“Any of these girls could fill various positions and could end up in a starting roll,” Ford said. “We are pretty deep this year.”

Newton, however, will be without sophomore Halee Molette, who injured her ACL. But fresh-

men Trelissa Lavy, Madison Tebics, Megan Rutledge, Allison Wise and Brittany Ross are expected to compete to earn varsity spots, as well.

“We’ve got a very good incoming freshmen class, some could make a good impact the varsity level,” Ford said. “They have to come in here and earn their stripes.

“This class had a very good junior high career,” Ford said. “I think they only lost three or four games in those two years.

They won the CCC last year.”

Ford will rely on that depth to provide a lot of energy, especially on the defensive end of the floor, but he also stresses the importance of being patient on offense.

“We will continue to play with high defensive intensity and use our skill’s on offense to read defense and get good shots,” Ford said.

But Newton’s quest for the league title won’t be easy, and Ford — like most coaches in the CCC— knows the road runs through Tri-Village.

“Tri-Village won it last year, so you have to believe they are one of the favorites,” Ford said.

“Miami East and Covington will also compete.

There are lot of good teams in our league. But until somebody beats them (Tri-Village), they are still the champs.

“It always depends on strength of the teams in the league,” Ford said.

“But I would think we have a chance of being in the top 3 or 4 if we do everything right.

The Indians open the season against Troy Christian on Nov. 28.

Things coming together for Newton boys Fisher sees progress in second year of rebuilding program PLEASANT HILL — When Newton coach Steve Fisher began his tenure at Newton, he entered with high hopes of restoring the program with a rich history of basketball tradition.

And now, in his second year as Newton coach, Fisher is finally seeing it all come together.

“We are in the second year of rebuilding program,” Fisher said. “Its a process. I really think we made strides this summer.

You know, last summer, we didn’t have a gym, and I think that hurt us a lot.

“But we have a good number in (of players) in elementary through junior high.

“I think we have built some excitement around Newton basketball program again.

“It’s one of the schools in the area that has always been known as a ‘basketball school’. And we are trying to get back to that point.”

In an injury-plagued 2010 season, Newton finished with a 7-14 record, falling to Jefferson in first round of the tournament.

Now, the Indians roster features nine returnees, who gained significant experience last season.

Jordan Hodges — a Cross County Conference Honorable Mention honoree last year — will be the lone senior starter for Newton, and Fisher expects him to be a playmaker.

“Jordan had really good summer, we are expecting good things,” Fisher said.

“He’s one of the kids that can make a play. He’s really athletic, good length.

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Jordan Hodges (20) returns for Newton.

I’m happy with what he’s shown so far.”

Bobby Gerodimos is back in the post for his junior campaign, after playing every game for the Indians as a sophomore.

Daniel Vance, who missed last four games last year with broken wrist, is also back to run the point.

“Those three (Hodges, Gerodimos and Vance) have to be our main three offensive threats,” Fisher

said. “The one thing we have been lacking is inside-outside threat.

Gerodimos can step out and shoot some outside shots.

“So I finally feel we have some offensive balance. Last year we were so dependent on Cody Jackson by the end of the year.

This year I think we can have more balance insideout, and we haven’t had that here before.”

David Brauer, who saw

significant varsity time at the end of last year, is expected to make an impact in the post, while junior Cole Adams is expected to be in the starting rotation, as well.

“David is going to be a banger and battler inside,” Fisher said. “He has really improved shooting tremendously. He will be a kid that hangs around the basket and gets rebounds.

We need him to be the guy that does the all of the little things for us.

“Cole is a kid that started for us from the middle of January to Febuary,” Fisher said. “We think he can help us out a lot.”

Branden Walter, a 6foot-5 post player who played junior varsity last season, is expected to come off the bench and get quality minutes for the Indians, while Michael Unser, who didn’t play last season but played varsity his freshman year, will join the varsity squad, as will 5-foot-10 junior Gavin Alexander, who started in Newton’s tournament game against Jefferson.

“Michael played as freshman, and got varsity experience,” Fisher said.

“He’s got length.

“He could play at point, he can play the wing, as well. He’s a good defender.

We are hoping he can step.”

The depth off the bench is something Newton was lacking last season. With the lineup Fisher has this year, he doesn’t expect to see much of a drop off in production off the bench.

“What I like about this team is our length,” Fisher said. “We don’t have great size, but I think our length will bother some teams.

We are better team athlet-

ically this year.

“We feel like we have a rotation where we can run some kids in and out,” Fisher said. “Last year, I think we lost some games where we just ran out of gas or got in foul trouble.

When you don’t have a lot of depth, little stuff can cost you games.”

Schools like Miami East, Tri-Village and Covington are expected to

compete for the CCC title, but Fisher hopes he can continue to help push Newton in the right direction.

“I would hope could finish in the middle of pack,” Fisher said. “I don’t know if we are in the elite yet. If we can take steps, then we are going in the right direction.

Newton hosts Mississinawa Valley on Dec. 2.

2011-2012 NEWTON BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Date H/A Opponent Dec. 2 H Mississinawa Valley* Dec. 3 H Troy Christian Dec. 9 H Franklin Monroe* Dec. 10 A Lehman Catholic Dec. 16 A Bradford* Dec. 17 A Carlisle Dec. 20 H Arcanum* Dec. 23 A Twin Valey South* Dec. 30 A Emmanuel Christian Jan. 6 H Tri-County North* Jan. 7 H Xenia Christian Jan. 13 A National Trail* Jan. 20 H Miami East* Jan. 27 A Covington* Jan. 31 A Bethel* Feb. 3 H Ansonia* Feb. 4 A Milton-Union Feb. 10 A Tri-Village* Feb. 11 H Bradford Feb. 17 H Houston * denotes CCC game

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BY JOSH BROWN Ohio Community Media CASSTOWN — Miami East gave its long-time home a fitting sendoff throughout last season.

A season that came to a rudely abrupt end earlier than expected.

Now the Vikings enter a new season in a new home with the same old expectations — and a few familiar faces to help along the way.

Miami East went 21-2 last season — including a 16-game winning streak after an early-season loss to Troy, its only home loss — and went a perfect 12-0 in Cross County Conference play to win the league title outright. That CCC run included an emotional victory over eventual runner-up Franklin Monroe in the next-to-last game ever played in the old Miami East High School gymnasium — a gym that was the heart and soul of the Casstown community and one of the more popular destinations for basketball in Miami County for many, many years.

Come tournament time, though, the Vikings drew the No. 1 seed in theDivision III super sectional — and No. 2 seed Greeneview rolled the dice and jumped into the same bracket. The Vikings held a lead late in the game, but the Rams were able to come back and bounce Miami East prematurely.

“It’s unusual to see the No. 2 seed go into the same bracket with the No. 1 seed,” Miami East coach Allen Mack said. “That was more like a district final or a regional game. It was a very tough game to close out with.

“But we’re looking forward now.”

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Josh Snyder (5) returns to play more tough defense for the Miami East boys basketball team.

And Viking fans have plenty to look forward to.

Miami East lost six seniors to graduation — including starters Evan Wolf and Justin Hershberger — but a trio of starters return as seniors this year.

“We’re certainly going to miss our senior class from last year. Those six kids really made big contributions,” Mack said.

“Fortunately for us, we’ve got some athletes and basketball players that will be ready to step in.”

The group is led by 5foot-9 Josh Snyder at the point, a slasher and tough defender that can distribute and knock down long-

range shots.

Bradley Coomes , a 6-3 wing, also returns with a lot of the same skills, and 5-11 Gunner Shirk can — and will — play anywhere the team needs him.

“Josh really took off in the middle of last year on and really led the offense,” Mack said. “Bradley led us in 2-point field goals, is a slasher, a good mid-range shooter and great defender. Last year, we put him on Tri-Village’s Drew Moore and Covington’s Eric Beckstedt when we ran our triangle-and-two.

“Gunner was one of our better outside shooters a year ago. He’s played

about everywhere for us and is an all-around player. He hits five 3s in one game and had 23 points as highs.

“Those three we’re really counting on to lead us on and off the court.

They’re great basketball players and great kids.”

The team will have two other seniors on the roster, as well. Three-sport athlete Colton Bowling will play the post, and wing Luke Clark is an excellent outside shooter.

Junior Garrett Mitchell — younger brother of former Viking player Aaron Mitchell — was one of the top JV players from a year

ago and has grown a lot.

He also was the ringleader of the rowdy student section that followed the Viking volleyball team to a state title in the fall.

“He has flexibility and size,” Mack said. “Like his brother, he’s grown late.

And he brings that same kind of energy he did as a fan in volleyball to the basketball court.”

Junior Ross Snodgrass is deadly from the outside, and fellow junior Kevin Jackson is a 6-0 wing/post.

A pair of sophomores — 63 post Luke House and wing Michael Fellers — will add depth, as well, and 6-3 freshman post A.J.

Hickman has plenty of potential.

“Luke (House) played a lot of minutes this summer and was on JV as a freshman,” Mack said.

“Michael (Fellers) is an all-around athlete and a great outside shooter, and A.J. has a big, strong body and is an excellent post player.”

And Mack’s specialty is taking all of those pieces and putting them together into one talented team.

“This is a great group of kids. Only three have significant varsity experience, and this year we’re looking for some of the others to move up, step in and deliver,” Mack said.

“Like last year, we have a lot of seniors. We’re hoping the other guys can step up and establish themselves, and we’re confident they will. We’re pretty excited about this group.”

But in the always-tough CCC, the Vikings may have a tough time repeating last year’s undefeated run.

“Bethel has a lot of kids back, Covington is always strong,” Mack said. “Twin Valley South has a couple of returning post players, Tri-Village returns everyone except Moore.

Franklin Monroe was in the regional final — they lost a lot of seniors but have their starting point guard back.

“It’s hard to tell for sure (who the front-runner is).”

But when the Vikings open play in their new gym on Dec. 2 against TriCounty North, one thing is for sure – the same strong community that made Miami East’s old gym what it was will breathe life into the Vikings’ new home.

“We hope to start out in our new home the way we went out in our old,” Mack said.

Lady Vikings look to continue success East girls coming off state championship in volleyball CASSTOWN — Miami East's girls needed an extra week before the start of basketball.

They all had a pretty busy fall.

Something that coach Preston Elifritz doesn't mind at all — because that could very well translate to even more success on the basketball court.

That's because the Vikings boast many players from fall's volleyball and girls soccer teams, both of which had extremely successful season.

The volleyball team won the Division III State title, and the girls soccer team won a district title and played in the regional semifinal — and that's the kind of tournament experience the young team could use on the basketball court.

"I couldn't be more ecstatic as a Viking and an alum of the school," Elifritz said. "The girls winning that state title is going to do a lot of good for the community and for them.

"We've got no seniors on this team. These girls have only seen the district level in basketball, which was awesome experience for us last year as freshmen and sophomores.

“But now they've been able to see the regional level in soccer and state level in basketball."

And that can only help.

"They may be different sports, but pressure in athletics is all the same," Elifritz said. "Those little

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Madison Linn is back for the Miami East girls basketball team. lessons they learned, no matter what sport they learned them in, will start to creep up in basketball, too."

This year's Vikings will be led by a trio of juniors — a pair of 6-footers in Abby Cash, who was first team All-Cross County Conference last season, and Leah Dunivan and three-year varsity player Madison Linn.

"Abby is a well-rounded individual," Elifritz said.

"She's very athletic. She's got size, but she will play the wing, too. She shoots extremely well, and she's got tremendous vision and is very basketball-smart.

"Leah is the kind of person you want to have in a foxhole with you. She's tough. She's a defensive presence in the paint and has a phenomenal knack

for rebounding the basketball. She understands her role and, like Abby, is an awesome leader.

"Madison shoots the ball really well, and she'll step up and handle the point guard responsibilities. She's very aggressive and will be a phenomenal contributor to the team."

A quartet of sophomores will also be leaned on heavily.

Ashley and Trina Current are forces in the post, and Angie Mack and Emily Kindell will see expanded roles from the past, as well.

"The Currents are both very capable of playing their roles," Elifritz said.

"You can't teach size and talent, and they both have it.

“And they both have their own different skill sets and ways to contribute. We expect pretty good stuff from them both.

"Angie and Emily both had great summers, and we're looking for their roles to be a bit bigger than last year.

“They're both really good shooters. We're looking for them to step it up on the defensive end."

Also competing for playing time will be Christine Bowling, Tori Nuss, Lindsey Brookhart and Sam Skidmore.

"We have zero seniors, so we have to ask our juniors to lead us," Elifritz said. "But they're all tough kids. They battle. They just refuse to lose and go at it. These kids have just been a pleasure to work with."

Mainly because they

want to work.

"That's the first battle that we didn't have to fight," Elifritz said. "They want to work. They want to come in and practice and work hard to get better."

And after finishing second in the CCC for the first time since joining, the Vikings have something to fight for, as well.

"The road to the championship goes through TriVillage," Elifritz said.

"We're looking to avenge two 11-1 seasons.

“Last year was the first one since we've joined the CCC that we've lost the title — and they have everyone back. Covington will also be a challenge this year with the experience it has back.

"It's just one of those leagues where if you don't show up on any given night — we're going to have a bulls-eye on our back because of our success. We're looking for consistency right now. If we do the little things right night in and night out, we'll succeed."

And that's something the Vikings have had plenty of experience doing in the fall.

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Prep Boys Basketball Schedules PIQUA Dec. 2, WAPAKONETA Dec. 6, TIPPECANOE Dec. 9, at Trotwood-Madison Dec. 16, MIAMISBURG Dec. 17, at Stebbins Dec. 20, VANDALIA-BUTLER Dec. 29, WPTW CLASSIC Dec. 30, WPTW CLASSIC Jan. 3, GREENVILLE Jan. 6, at Sidney Jan. 13, TROY Jan. 17, at Beavercreek Jan. 20, at Vandalia-Butler Jan. 24, SPRINGFIELD Jan. 27, TROTWOOD-MADISON Jan. 31, at Xenia Feb. 3, SIDNEY Feb. 10, at Greenville Feb. 14, SPRINGBORO Feb. 17, at Troy LEHMAN CATHOLIC Dec. 3, at Delphos Jefferson Dec. 10, NEWTON Dec. 16, MIAMI EAST Dec. 17, RIVERSIDE Dec. 23, at Versailles Dec. 29, at WPTW Classic Dec. 30, at WPTW Classic Jan. 3, FRANKLIN MONROE Jan. 7, at Houston Jan. 13, at Anna Jan. 14, at Lima Bath Jan. 21, SIDNEY Jan. 24, FORT LORAMIE Feb. 3, TROY CHRISTIAN Feb. 4, at Catholic Central Feb. 10, JACKSON CENTER Feb. 11, at Bethel Feb. 14, at Tri-Village Feb. 18, at St. Marys TBA, at Minster BRADFORD Dec. 2, at Ansonia Dec. 3, HOUSTON Dec. 9, TRI-VILLAGE Dec. 16, NEWTON Dec. 17, at Fairlawn Dec. 20, at Mississinawa Valley Dec. 23, FRANKLIN MONROE Jan. 6, TROY CHRISTIAN Jan. 12, at Arcanum Jan. 14, MIDDLETOWN MADISON Jan. 20, TWIN VALLEY SOUTH Jan. 21, at Russia Jan. 27, at Tri-County North Jan. 28, YELLOW SPRINGS Jan. 31, NATIONAL TRAIL Feb. 3, at Miami East Feb. 4, at Riverside Feb. 10, COVINGTON Feb. 11, at Newton Feb. 17, at Bethel COVINGTON Dec. 9, at Tri-County North

Jan. 31, at Franklin Monroe Feb. 3, BRADFORD Feb. 10, at Arcanum Feb. 17, at Twin Valley South Feb. 18, MILTON-UNION NEWTON Dec. 2, MISSISSINAWA VALLEY Dec. 3, TROY CHRISTIAN Dec. 9, FRANKLIN MONROE Dec. 10, at Lehman Dec. 16, at Bradford Dec. 17, at Carlisle Dec. 20, ARCANUM Dec. 23, at Twin Valley South Dec. 30, at Emmanuel Christian Jan. 6, TRI-COUNTY NORTH Jan. 7, XENIA CHRISTIAN Jan. 13, at National Trail Jan. 20, MIAMI EAST Jan. 27, at Covington Jan. 31, at Bethel Feb. 3, ANSONIA Feb. 4, at Milton-Union BEN ROBINSON/GOBUCCS.COM FILE PHOTO

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Dec. 10, VERSAILLES Dec. 16, at National Trail Dec. 20, MIAMI EAST Dec. 23, MARION LOCAL Dec. 29, at WPTW Classic Dec. 30, at WPTW Classic Jan. 6, at Bethel Jan. 7, at Milton-Union Jan. 13, ANSONIA Jan. 14, at New Bremen Jan. 20, at Tri-Village Jan. 21, HOUSTON Jan. 27, NEWTON Jan. 31, at Mississinawa Valley Feb. 3, FRANKLIN MONROE Feb. 4, at Coldwater Feb. 7, TWIN VALLEY SOUTH Feb. 10, at Bradford Feb. 17, ARCANUM GRAHAM Dec. 6, at West Liberty-Salem Dec. 9, at Ben Logan Dec. 13, STEBBINS Dec. 16, GREENON Dec. 20, at Indian Lake Dec. 29, at Xenia Jan. 6, at Urbana Jan. 13, NORTHWESTERN Jan. 17, at Kenton Ridge Jan. 20, BEN LOGAN Jan. 24, at Tippecanoe Jan. 27, at Greenon Jan. 28, at Wilmington Feb. 3, INDIAN LAKE Feb. 4, BLAIR ACADEMY Feb. 7, SPRINGFIELD SHAWNEE Feb. 10, URBANA Feb. 11, THURGOOD MARSHALL Feb. 17, at Northwestern

Feb. 18, COLUMBUS DESALES HOUSTON Dec. 2, RUSSIA Dec. 3, at Bradford Dec. 9, at Botkins Dec. 13, at Minster Dec. 16, JACKSON CENTER Dec. 20, at Anna Dec. 23, FORT LORAMIE Jan. 7, LEHMAN Dec. 10, at Fairlawn Dec. 13, at Russia Dec. 14, OTTAWA-GLANDORF Dec. 20, BOTKINS Dec. 21, at Covington Dec. 27, at Jackson Center Dec. 31, ANNA Feb. 3, at Fort Loramie Feb. 4, ANSONIA Feb. 10, FAIRLAWN Feb. 11, RIVERSIDE Feb. 17, at Newton MIAMI EAST Dec. 2, TRI-COUNTY NORTH Dec. 3, NORTHWESTERN Dec. 9, NATIONAL TRAIL Dec. 13, at Troy Dec. 16, at Lehman Dec. 20, at Covington Dec. 23, BETHEL Dec. 29, at Versailles Invitational Dec. 30, at Versailles Invitational Jan. 6, at Ansonia Jan. 7, TROY CHRISTIAN Jan. 13, TRI-VILLAGE Jan. 15, at Fairmont Jan. 20, at Newton Jan. 27, MISSISSINAWA VALLEY

RUSSIA Dec. 2, at Houston Dec. 3, at New Bremen Dec. 10, MINSTER Dec. 13, at Ansonia Dec. 16, BOTKINS Dec. 17, at Fort Loramie Dec. 20, at Jackson Center Dec. 23, ANNA Jan. 6, FAIRLAWN Jan. 7, NEW BREMEN Jan. 13, HOUSTON Jan. 21, BRADFORD Jan. 27, at Botkins Jan. 28, VERSAILLES Jan. 31, JACKSON CENTER Feb. 3, at Anna Feb. 10, FORT LORAMIE Feb. 17, at Fairlawn Feb. 18, at Marion Local VERSAILLES Dec. 2, at Greenville Dec. 10, at Covington Dec. 16, ST. HENRY Dec. 23, LEHMAN Dec. 29, VERSAILLES INVITE Dec. 30, VERSAILLES INVITE Jan. 6, at Fort Recovery Jan. 7, FORT LORAMIE Jan. 13, MARION LOCAL Jan. 14, at Mississinawa Valley Jan. 20, at Coldwater Jan. 21, TWIN VALLEY SOUTH Jan. 27, at Delphos St. John’s Jan. 28, at Russia Feb. 3, MINSTER Feb. 4, FRANKLIN MONROE Feb. 10, at New Bremen Feb. 11, ANSONIA Feb. 17, NEW KNOXVILLE Feb. 18, at Parkway

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LEHMAN CATHOLIC Nov. 25, at Riverside Nov. 26, SIDNEY Dec. 1, at Tri-Village Dec. 3, MINSTER Dec. 13, at Marion Local Dec. 17, at St. Henry Dec. 22, at St. Marys Dec. 27, HOUSTON Jan. 3, at Bethel Jan. 5, at Fort Loramie Jan. 7, ARCANUM Jan. 12, at Graham Jan. 14, VERSAILLES Jan. 17, CATHOLIC CENTRAL Jan. 19, GREENVILLE Jan. 21, at Anna Jan. 28, at Covington Feb. 2, TROY CHRISTIAN Feb. 4, NEW KNOXVILLE Feb. 11, RUSSIA BRADFORD Dec. 1, MIAMI EAST Dec. 6, at Yellow Springs Dec. 8, at National Trail Dec. 12, at Houston Dec. 15, TRI-COUNTY NORTH Dec. 17, at Twin Valley South Dec. 22, ARCANUM Dec. 29, TROY CHRISTIAN Jan. 3, at Parkway Jan. 5, at Franklin Monroe Jan. 7, at Mechanicsburg Jan. 12, MISSISSINAWA VALLEY Jan. 14, at Newton

Jan. 16, at Russia Jan. 19, at Tri-Village Jan. 26, ANSONIA Feb. 2, BETHEL Feb. 4, RIVERSIDE Feb. 6, BROOKVILLE Feb. 9, at Covington COVINGTON Nov. 25, at Houston Nov. 26, FAIRLAWN Dec. 1, at Franklin Monroe Dec. 3, at Versailles Dec. 8, MISSISSINAWA VALLEY Dec. 15, at Newton Dec. 17, TRI-VILLAGE Dec. 22, at Ansonia Jan. 2, at Milton-Union Jan. 12, at Miami East Jan. 14, NATIONAL TRAIL Jan. 19, TRI-COUNTY NORTH Jan. 21, MARION LOCAL Jan. 26, at Twin Valley South Jan. 28, LEHMAN Jan. 30, at Russia Feb. 2, at Arcanum Feb. 4, at New Bremen Feb. 6, BETHEL Feb. 9, BRADFORD GRAHAM Nov. 29, at West Liberty-Salem Dec. 3, BEN LOGAN Dec. 7, at Stebbins Dec. 10, at Greenon Dec. 17, at Indian Lake Dec. 21, TIPPECANOE Dec. 28, at Urbana Jan. 3, ANNA Jan. 7, NORTHWESTERN Jan. 12, LEHMAN Jan. 14, at Ben Logan Jan. 21, GREENON Jan. 23, at Miami East Jan. 25, at Springfield Shawnee Jan. 28, INDIAN LAKE Jan. 30, at Triad Feb. 1, JONATHAN ALDER Feb. 4, URBANA Feb. 8, KENTON RIDGE Feb. 11, at Northwestern HOUSTON Nov. 25, COVINGTON Nov. 29, RUSSIA Dec. 1, at Fairlawn Dec. 3, at Botkins Dec. 6, TRI-VILLAGE

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