Pride Issue 10 by Jennifer Felke

Plymouth High School 2011–2012

Pride Issue 10

General Information

Team Information

Team Physicians

Dan Tyree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Superintendent

Nickname: Rockies/Pilgrims

Tony McPherron, D.O. Tod Stillson, M.D. Joel Schumacher, M.D.

Dr. Rodger Smith. . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Superintendent Jim Condon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Principal Andrew Hartley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Principal Ken Olson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Principal Roy Benge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athletic Director John Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Athletic Director

PHS Colors: Crimson & White PHS Song: Illinois Loyalty

WINTER COACHING STAFF

Mary Beth Hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athletic Secretary

Boys Basketball

Girls Basketball

Board of Education

Ryan Bales . . . Head Coach

Dave Cox . . . . Head Coach

Scott Michel . . . . Assistant

Dave Duncan . . . Assistant

Geoff Scheetz . . . Assistant

Lindsay Rogers . . Assistant

Kyle Benge. . . . . Assistant

Corey Duncan . . Assistant

Tony Plothow. . . JV Coach

Elaine Hessel. . . Volunteer

Grant Fulton. . . . . . . . . .

Eric Carmichael . JV Coach

. . . . . . . Freshman Coach

Ted Hayden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Freshman Coach

Wrestling

Dan Dewar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Freshman Coach

Todd Samuelson

Larry Pinkerton

Melissa Christiansen

Frank Brubaker Larry Holloway

Thank You . . . OUR

MAJOR

SPONSORS

PHS BOOSTER CLUB Oliver Ford Women’s Big Red Open Men’s Big Red Open / Alumni Association Joe Martin Country Auto Dodge Drive for Your School Michiana Contracting Culligan Soft Water US Granules Delmonte Yoder’s Sporting Center Dr. Tony McPherron – Speciality Orthopedics Coca Cola The UPS Store – Lisa Poczik Bruno’s Pizza Slam Dunk Marketing Town and Country Press, Inc. Zimmerman Photography

Bob Read . . . . Head Coach Ryan Rust . . . . . Assistant John Mills . . . . . Assistant Jim Calhoun . . . Volunteer Jessie Huerta . . Volunteer

Boys Swimming Leanne Senter . . . . . . . . . . . Head & Diving Coach

Gymnastics Dr. Tony McPherron . . . .

Girls Swimming Katie Kappler. Head Coach Beth Corbett . . . Assistant Leanne Senter . . . . Diving

Beth Corbett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Coach

Cheerleading

Trainer Ryan Carroll

Varsity: Olivia Hilliard, Kendall Cooper, Alex Moore, Schae Stein, Madison Good, Ella Portteus, Haley Stein, Darian Sarna Junior Varsity: Holly Gosky, Danielle Erickson, Rachel Hacha, Markee Farley 1 1

Kyle Kaser getting fouled

John Ruff taking a shot

BOYS JV BASKETBALL

he JV boys’ basketball team is 5-9 on the season. Last week-

end, the young Pilgrims went 1-1 losing to Northridge 25-40 and came back on Saturday to beat Mishawaka in a close game 36-35. Against Northridge, Zach Stone had 7 points and Sco� Carmichael added 6. In the Mishawaka game, Stone led the Pilgrims scoring 12 points. Plymouth travels to Warsaw on Thursday, Feb. 9, for Photo by: Ron Zimmerman

Photo by: Ron Zimmerman

another conference game with

BOYS VARSITY BASKETBALL

the JV game starting at 6:15 pm.

he Plymouth Pilgrims recorded three wins last week to raise their season record to 10-4. On Monday, Plymouth traveled to Bremen for a make-up game. In a total team effort, the Pilgrims won 66-38. Sophomore, Tom Felke, led the team in scoring with 13 points. Ike Kastner added 12 points. Ryan McNeil had 11 points. Mack Mercer had 9 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals. John Ruff had 7 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Joe Knapp led the team in rebounds with 7. On Friday, Plymouth won an important conference game against the Northridge Raiders 60-53. Northridge did not have an answer to stop sophomore, Mack Mercer. Mercer finished the game with 31 points hi�ing 11 of 14 from the field. Mercer also grabbed 11 rebounds, had 2 assists and 2 steals. John Ruff

Tuesday, Feb. 14, and Wawasee on

scored 7 points while Joe Knapp and Kyle Kaser came off the bench to each score 7 points to help give the Pilgrims the win. On Saturday, the Pilgrims faced Mishawaka. Plymouth got off to a fast start leading 18-9 a�er the first quarter which set the tone for the rest of the game. The Cavemen stayed with the Pilgrims through the rest of the game but could not make up for the first quarter deficit. Plymouth won 60-53. Ryan McNeil led the team with 14 points, 3 from the 3pt. line. Ruff had 9 points, 2 assists and 3 steals. Mercer had 7 points and 5 rebounds. Kastner added 7 points and Gabe Vervynckt had 6. Plymouth travels to Warsaw on Thursday, Feb. 9, for another conference game with the JV game starting at 6:15 pm. The Pilgrims will host CMA on Tuesday, Feb. 14, and Wawasee on Thursday, Feb. 16.

The Pilgrims will host CMA on Thursday, Feb. 16.

BOYS FRESHMAN BASKETBALL The freshman boys’ basketball team is 7-6 on the season. Plymouth won two games last week beating S.B. St. Joseph in a low scoring game 17-15 and pulled out the win against conference foe, Northridge, 37-34. Plymouth will host Valparaiso on Saturday, Feb. 4, at 11:00 am. The young Pilgrims will travel to LaPorte on Monday, Feb. 6, for a 6:30 pm game. The Pilgrims will ﬁnish their season hosting Rochester on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 6:30 pm and Plymouth will host the NLC tournament on Saturday, Feb. 11, with games at 10:00 and 11:45 am.

GIRLS VARSITY BASKETBALL

he varsity girls’ basketball team is 6-12 on the season. The young Pilgrims keep improving every game. Plymouth won another conference game beating Wawasee 47-31. Junior, Amber Redinger led the team in scoring with a season high 20 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. Fellow junior, Lauren Tanner, added 11 points. The Pilgrims beat S.B. Clay 53-43 with 4 players in double ﬁgures. Tanner led the team with 16 points and grabbed 4 rebounds. Freshman, Haley Harrell had 14 points and had 5 rebounds. Redinger had 11 points and 9 rebounds. Freshman, Hunter Stevens, had 10 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals. Against conference rival, Northridge, the Pilgrims had problems scoring. Stevens led the team with 15 points and 4 rebounds. Tanner had 9 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals. Redinger had 6 points and led the team

Brittany Himes on offense

in rebounds with 5. Plymouth hosted Goshen on Thursday, Feb. 2, in their last regular season game. The following seniors and their parents were honored a�er the game: Victoria Dewar, daughter of Dan & Tina Dewar and Bri�any Himes, daughter of Karla Himes. The Pilgrims are ge�ing ready for the IHSAA Sectional. Plymouth will play the winner of Glenn and South Bend St. Joseph on Friday, Feb. 10 at New Prairie.

Amber Redinger making a basket

GIRLS JV BASKETBALL

he JV team is 13-5 on the year. The young Pilgrims beat Wawasee 45-5. Kaydon Fosler led the team with 16 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals. Dylan Holiday had 10 points and Meagan Fisher had 8 points, 2 assists and 5 steals. Allie Wright had 4 assists and 4 steals. Against S.B. Clay, Plymouth won 43-3. Fosler had 12 points, 3 assists and 9 steals. Savannah Mae had 7 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. Fisher added 6 points. Plymouth lost to conference foe, Northridge 13-19.

Photos by: Ron Zimmerman

GIRLS FRESHMAN BASKETBALL

he freshman girls’ basketball team is 8-8 on the season. The Pilgrims beat Northridge 28-14 and S.B. Adams 31-12. Plymouth will play in the NLC tournament on Saturday, Feb. 4, at Northridge. Plymouth will play Tippecanoe Valley at 10:00 am. The consolation and championship games will be played at noon.

Savannah Mae looking to pass

Scholar Athlete of the Month The Scholar/athlete for the month of February is Brandon Baird, son of Brian & Laura Baird. Brandon is 9th in his class with an 11.2 GPA. He is a member of the Art club, AFS, French Club and the Academic Superbowl. Brandon was on the soccer team. Brandon plans to attend Indiana University.

BOYS SWIMMING

he boys’ swim team is 3-7 on the season. The Pilgrims lost to CMA 69-113 and beat Tippecanoe Valley last week 110-65. Against Valley, 1st place finishes went to Elliot Eads, 200 free & 100 free, Jared Hill, 200 IM & 500 free, Ben Shor�, 100 fly, Tom Serf, 100 back and the 200 medley relay, Levi Schuler, Brandon Brashere, Clayton Maddox, and Jake Martin, and the 200 free relay, Schuler, Cody Poczik, Shor� and Hill. At the NLC Championships, Ellio� Eads is the only PHS swimmer to make the finals. Eads finished 7th in the 50 free and Brady Ruffing finished 8th in diving. The Pilgrims finished 8th . Plymouth

UPCOMING

IHSAA TOURNAMENTS AT PHS Sat., Feb. 25 @ 1:00 – 3:30 GIRLS BASKETBALL SEMI-STATE Tue. – Sat., Feb. 28 – March 3, BOYS BASKETBALL SECTIONAL

Brandon Baird

will travel to Tippecanoe Valley on Monday, Feb. 6, for a 3-way with Knox at 6:00 pm. A�er that meet, Plymouth will be preparing for the IHSAA Sectional at Warsaw with the prelims on Thursday, Feb. 16, and the ﬁnals on Saturday, Feb. 18.

GIRLS SWIMMING

he PHS girls’ swim team lost their last meet of the season to S.B. St. Joseph 53-127. Katelyn Brown, 100 breast, was the only Plymouth swimmer to finish first. The Pilgrims will compete in the IHSAA Sectional finals on Saturday, Feb. 4, at Warsaw with the diving competition at 9:00 am and the consolation and finals in all events at 1:00 pm.

Sat., March 10 @ 10:00 -12:00 – 8:00 BOYS BASKETBALL REGIONAL

WRESTLING

he wrestling team ﬁnished 5th at the NLC Championships and 3rd at the IHSAA Sectional. Senior, Jacob Segraves, 195, and junior, DeAndre Pickford, 220, were both Sectional Champions and will advance to the Rochester Regional Saturday, Feb. 4, at 9:00 am. Other wrestlers advancing to the Regional, Ian Horvath, 160, John Mills, 103, Luke Shumacher, 126, and Drew Dodson, Hwt.

Allie Wright on offense

Hunter Stevens driving to the basket Photos by: Ron Zimmerman

Mack Mercer blocking a shot

G Y M NA S T I C S

he gymnastics team is 3-0 on the season. Plymouth beat West Noble 98.55-81.2 Freshman, Cassi Quissell set a

new school record on the beam with a score of 9.4. Besides winning the beam, Quissell, also took first on the vault and the floor and All Around. Sophomore, Nicky Davis, back a�er an injury, won the bars competition. Senior, Maggie Morrow, was second place All Around. Plymouth will compete in the Lakeland Inv. on Saturday, Feb. 4, at 11:00 am. Plymouth will host Warsaw, on Thursday, Feb. 9, at 6:30 pm in their last home meet of the season. The following seniors and their parents were honored before the first meet of the season: Mandy McPherron, daughter of Tony & Kris McPherron, Maggie Morrow, daughter of Tom Felke running the play

Dave & Chris Morrow, and Stephanie Rosas, daughter of Alfonso and Yolanda Rosas.

King / Queen Candidates

Prince / Princess Candidates

Ma� Lee, Gabby Ramirez, Evan Glaub, Molly Henderson, King, Jared Hill, Queen, Cassie Gaines, Kelly Hoeﬄer, Jason Pickell, Maggie Mor�ow, Cole Mann

Sam Stevens, Lauren Tanner, Kur� Corsbie, Princess, Maddy Good, Prince, Ben Piazza, Savannah Mae, Elliot Eads, Haley Har�ell, Max Holloway, Chase Holzwar�, Blake Smith