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Indians, Bulldog programs share common ground By Mark Griffin Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com
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In both school's 100th season of football, Waite and Scott have something else in common heading into their matchup Friday — both lost to Start. Coach Gardner Howard’s Indians lost to the Spartans 30-14 last Friday, while Scott fell to Start 21-12 on Oct. 4. The Indians and Bulldogs, under coach Michael Daniels, will each be looking for different results when they clash at Mollenkopf Stadium. “Whenever you get to coach against someone you consider a friend, it’s extra special,” Howard said. “Coach Daniels and I have been friends for a while now and I have a great deal of respect for him and what he does at Scott. Scott is a very proud community with tradition and history like none other, so it’s a priviledge to (play a) great school with great pride and tradition competing on the battlefield.” Waite, which fell to 1-6 and 1-1 in the CL with the loss to Start, beat Scott (1-6, 02) last season. The Indians hosted Bowsher this week, while the Bulldogs faced Woodward. Some may have felt that with the difficult schedule Waite had already played, a win over Start was achievable. The Spartans (3-4, 2-0), however, managed to control the game. “Coach (Tyson) Harder, his staff and players definitely deserve the credit for outplaying us,” Howard said. “They performed and made more plays than we did and deserved the victory. In order to compete for a league title you have to take every week as a championship game. The grueling schedule we’ve played will pay dividends in the long run, whether it’s this week, this season or next. “We have a very young and inexperienced team, and every game and every play is a worthwhile experience. We had a
100th Year Waite Indians vs. Scott Bulldogs Mollenkopf Stadium October 25 7 p.m.
Waite's 5-foot-10, 200 pound senior wide receiver Nate Houls carries into defensive traffic during the Indian's 21-12 Toledo City League loss to west side rival Start.(Photo courtesy of Innovations Portrait Studio/www.innovationsvisualimpact.com) few missed opportunities that could have swung the game in a different direction, but give Start the credit. They made the plays and executed their game plan.” Howard said the Indians’ offensive line, which consists of tackles Dornae Higgs and Jesus Benavidez, guards Jovan Sanson and Noah Paprocki, and center Nick Jensen, has “played pretty well this season and I’m excited about their potential going forward.” He added that junior quarterback Jer-
emy Pratt is also making progress. The firstyear starter has completed 72 of 167 passes (43 percent) for 863 yards and four touchdowns. Pratt also leads the team in rushing, with 428 yards and four touchdowns on 94 carries. “Our offense is predicated on making reads and decisions, and I think our quarterback is growing and learning how to execute what we want,” Howard said. “I am pushing them to be better each week and
This painting of a Waite-Scott Thanksgiving game at the Waite Bowl, which typically drew 20,000 fans before World War II, is on display at the Weber Block, Front and Main Street, East Toledo. (Press file photo by Ken Grosjean)
Waite vs. Scott All-Time Gridiron Series YEAR
1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919^ 1920 1921 1922^ 1923 1924* 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932* 1933 1934 1935 (tie) 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 (tie)
WAITE SCOTT
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13 21 57 19 12 6 35 0 15 14 6 7 0 13 20 32 19 0 0 0 6 7 0 6 6 7 7 7
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WAITE SCOTT
1969 8 1970 6 1971 13 1987 17 1990 36 1991 (ot) 6 1995 35 1996 20 1997 23 1998 0 1999 27 2002 20 2003 34 2004 34 2005 (ot) 0 2006 14 2009 20 2010 29 2011 32 2012 14 Waite 48, Scott 25 (4 ties)
I’m very excited about what lies ahead of us. Our defensive unit has seen better days and will continue to fight, but our inexperience, youth and overall physicalness has to improve, and it will.” Junior receiver Diondre Irish leads Waite with 25 catches for 401 yards, while senior Tyler Slawski has 20 catches for 181 yards. The Indians’ season comes to a close at home on Oct. 31 against Woodward (2-5, 1-1), which won its first CL game since 2007 with a 6-2 win over Rogers last Friday. “The goal is always to represent Waite High School and our community with class and respect,” Howard said. “If we are able to win out and get a little help, who knows? We can still share a piece of the City title. We definitely owe it to our seniors to go out and fight for them, to have them end their senior season and careers at Waite feeling good about themselves. We are excited and looking forward to working hard.” Despite 100 years of football, this is not their 100th meeting. Because the City League had as many as 14 teams, more or less, it was divided into Blue and Red divisions for years. Later schedules were based on results from the previous two seasons, which means they didn’t always play, but did play twice one year — 1953. Waite leads the all-time series, 48-25, with four ties.
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*Waite national titles ^Scott national titles Waite shutout wins.. 15 Scott shutout wins....11
Storied Waite, Scott celebrating 100 years on gridiron By J. Patrick Eaken Press Sports Editor sports@presspublications.com Waite and Scott both have something else in common heading into this year’s historic meeting Friday — they once had nationally-recognized football programs. This year, both schools are celebrating their 100th year of football. In its early years, the annual East Toledo-West Toledo rivalry between Toledo’s only two schools was played on Thanksgiving — drawing up to 20,000 fans to either school’s horseshoeshaped concrete and steel stadium. If you were a Toledo football fan before World War II, your family was at that game before sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner. Soon, new schools DeVilbiss and Libbey also began playing on Thanksgiving,
and later Macomber, Bowsher, Start, Woodward (at first a vocational school), Rogers, and seven different Catholic schools were added to the fold. The final Waite-Scott Thanksgiving game was played in 1961, the late Andy Toth once told The Press. The original Waite Bowl was located where Mollenkopf Stadium is today, but extended into where the baseball field currently sits, and pictures make it look more like a college stadium. Waite moved into Waite Stadium, now Mollenkopf Stadium, in 1934, while Scott’s bowl was used for several more decades until a crumbling foundation led to its razing. Waite and Scott were the teams to beat before WWII, both earning national recognition — each school has two national championships and Waite has five state
poll championships. Waite won national titles in 1924 and 1932, Scott in 1919 and 1922, according to researchers Doug Huff, West Virginia; Barry Sollenberger, Arizona; and Bob Pruter, Illinois. One Waite team was invited to the White House after defeating Miami Senior (Fla.) in the national championship game. Throughout the season, the team traveled across the country by train to play other prep powerhouses, taking tutors and books with them. Waite coaches Don McCallister (39-4-1) and Jack Mollenkopf (91-25-7) went on to successful NCAA Division I college coaching careers at South Carolina and Purdue, but it was coach Larry Bevan (45-5-1) who started it all in 1918. Mollenkopf became a Boilermaker legend and even has a building named for him on the West Lafayette,
Indiana campus. “Coach Jack Mollenkopf was the very best coach in town and his teams were extremely well-coached,” wrote Lew Cross, Class of 1946, for the 90th anniversary publication of Waite High School published by The Press 10 years ago. When the two schools opened in 1914, they replaced Toledo High School, which stood where the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library’s main building is on Michigan Avenue. Even the Toledo Central High Mastadons were a powerhouse dating back to the 19th Century, ultimately playing the University of Notre Dame freshman team in 1913, but losing to the Fighting Irish, 10-0. Toledo Central lost the 1904 national championship game to Detroit Central, 6-5 (scoring was different then).
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OCTOBER 21, 2013
On special teams, welcome to Mr. Rozek’s neighborhood By Jeffrey D. Norwalk Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com In the stands at Comet Stadium, a Genoa football fan could be heard referring to Comet player Tyler Rozek as an “animal.” Another likened him to a “machine,” while his neighbor called Rozek a “beast” and another fan ringing a maroon Genoa cowbell chimed in with the metaphor “assassin.” Perhaps the best description for the 5-foot-9, 189 pound Comet senior special teams ace would be “heat-seeking missile” for the way he sprints down the field with no regard and locks onto his target. “I love to hit, and you could definitely say that I take a lot of pride in my hitting, because I think a guy can set the tone in a football game, and get himself, his team, and the fans really excited when he makes a big hit,” shares the 18-year-old Rozek. Rozek has become a solid fixture on second-year head coach Tim Spiess’ special teams units for two years. “Actually, I prefer hitting on special teams,” he says, “because I get to run down the field at full speed, there’s really no real play on, there’s nothing to remember, it’s just smashing into someone as hard as you can, and it’s simple and really, really fun. “Some guys have to kind of develop a feel for special teams play, a taste for it, but I feel like hitting just comes naturally to me. I think football is an aggressive sport, and that we kind of have to go as hard as we can out there, and knock our opponents down with good, solid hits, because if any one of us, or any player on any team, takes a play off, or goes at half-speed, there’s always that better chance we could get hurt. “But, I would definitely have to say that special teams are just as important to a football team as the offense and defense. Good, hard special teams play just gets everyone jacked, from your teammates, to your coaches, to the fans. I mean, once everybody sees a big hit on special teams, they get into a game a whole lot more, and everyone starts getting more excited and
Senior Tyler Rozek. (Press photo by Harold Hamilton/HEHphotos.smugmug.com) cheering louder.” Genoa is 7-0 overall, 4-0 in the Northern Buckeye Conference, after escaping with a 49-35 win over Northern Buckeye Conference foe Lake (5-1, 2-1). The Flyers held 14-0 and 21-7 leads, leading to Comet fans cringing in their seats at Lake Community Stadium, before Genoa came back to win. Rozek led all of Coach Spiess’s special teamers with nine tackles heading into that game. There have been other special team plays to remember, including another highlight in the rout over Eastwood. During Genoa’s heavyweight bout with longtime coach Jerry Rutherford and his Eagles, Rozek dove headlong into the fray to recover an onside kick, which put his Comets in business on the Eagles’ side of the gridiron. The onside kick was a gutsy call, with Genoa in the lead, and it caught the Eagles off guard.
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Rozek’s favorite special teams hit came on August 24, 2012 against Ottawa Hills. He made his debut as a future special teams ace on a play where he took out four Green Bears before lighting up the ball carrier. Fellow Comet special teams wrecking crews Jake Wojciechowski, Blake Traver, and Dakota Sheahan have their top Rozek moments, too. They each point out No. 6’s slobber knocker on a return man this season as their No. 1. Says the 6-0, 182 pound junior Wojciechowski: “Rozek just came flying out of nowhere and just cracked him. It was probably the hardest hit of the year so far. My favorite is when he just goes nuts and builds up a lot of anger and yells like crazy.” Echoes the 5-10, 181 pound junior Traver: “He came out of nowhere and destroyed their return man. He’s fast, explosive, dangerous, and what makes him spe-
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cial is his ‘I don’t care’ mentality. If you get in his way, you’re going to get hit hard.” Adds the 6-0, 187 pound senior Sheahan: “Tyler just stands out on the kickoff team. He is one of the fastest kids on the unit and he hits harder than anyone on it. Other teams really have to watch him because his play can pin them inside their own 15 with no problem.” Perhaps the most glowing endorsement of Rozek comes from Spiess: “Tyler Rozek is just a high-energy football player and his enthusiasm is contagious.” Genoa football statistician Lee Nissen, a lifelong Comet, calls Rozek “a maximum effort kind of guy” and “a great kid from a great family.” Co-athletic director Mike Thomas, also a lifelong Comet, calls Rozek a “team player” and a “mature young man.” Rozek has yet to record an all-conference award. So, he has established his own goals, for before and after football. “I’d like to be a first team defensive tackle and for our team to win the NBC and go all the way,” Rozek said. “After graduation, I plan on going into the service and then becoming a fireman.” Outside of special teams hits, as an undersized defensive tackle, he’s recorded 19 tackles, four tackles for a loss, four sacks, two forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries. “To be honest with you, it doesn’t bother me at all that I don’t get a lot of recognition for my special teams play like (return man) Casey (Gose) and (first team All-Ohio placekicker) Cody (Pickard) do,” offers Rozek. “For me, special teams play is about going out there and doing my job and being in the right place at the right time. Our success on special teams is about our other hard-hitting special teams players, too,” In turn, Tyler dishes out kudos to the aforementioned Sheahan, Traver, ‘Wojo,’ junior Nick Wolfe, and younger brother Kyle Rozek “because they’re all really fast, and can really lay the wood, too.” “Special teams are about saving your anger up from the rest of the week and taking it out on the football field,” he says.
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OCTOBER 21, 2013
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Matwiejczyk, Ulinski — like peanut butter and chocolate By Jeffrey D. Norwalk Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com The Detroit Tigers double play team of shortstop Alan Trammell and second baseman “Sweet” Lou Whitaker, chocolate and peanut butter, the dudes from “The Hangover” movies — there are some combinations that just go together. Another combination is 5-foot-11, 200 pound Woodmore senior quarterback Jake Matwiejczyk, and his 5-5, 141 pound senior wide receiver Evan Ulinski. “Jake is a great athlete who has developed into a good QB,” praises coach Britton Devier, who in his fourth year as the architect of Woodmore football. “He has always been a good runner but this year has become the total quarterback package. He distributes the ball well to our wide receivers and running backs. “Evan is the toughest, most-competitive kid,” continues Coach D. “He proves that dynamite comes in all sizes. Evan has made several amazing catches this year, and rarely has a drop. Without these two on offense, we’d have a much different identity.” The Cats are 4-3 overall, but 1-3 in the Northern Buckeye Conference. This comes after finishing 4-6 overall and at 2-5 in NBC play in 2012 and 2-8, and 1-6 in ‘11. Those three league losses this season loom large, but the quarterback feels as if Woodmore can play with anyone, including the larger schools in the NBC. “I think we are so close to battling for the NBC title again. This team definitely has the attitude and mindset for it,” shares the 18-year-old Matwiejczyk. Outside of his team’s turnaround, Matwiejczyk has enjoyed a taste of success, to the tune of 83 completions on 142 attempts, for 1,297 yards and 16 passing touchdowns. Prior to the ‘Cats loss at Rossford, he was still tops on the NBC passing leader board, even ahead of Lake’s All-NBC second team quarterback and Flyer recordholder Jared Rettig. “We really are so close,” agrees the 18year-old Ulinski, who also checks into the NBC leader board with 25 receptions for 386 yards, three TDs, and a chain-moving average of 15.4 yards per catch. That places him just behind Woodmore teammate Malachi Brown (17 catches, 440 yards, 25.9 ave.) and big Genoa tight end Quentin Spiess (11, 415, 37.7), although Ulinski remains the most-targeted receiver in the NBC. “Last year, we beat (perennial NBC
Senior wide receiver Evan Ulinski fights through defensive tacklers during Woodmore's 55-6 rout over Port Clinton. (Press photo by Dean Utendorf/ WoodmorePhotos. com) power) Eastwood in a really close game,” Ulinski adds, “and I think this year, in some cases, we just haven’t executed like we know we can. “But, I think the community is really just excited about our team again,” he continues, “and I’ve never really seen a bigger crowd on a Friday night, then like the one we had at our season opener (rout over Port Clinton) this year. I’m excited.” Matwiejczyk interjects, “This town’s definitely rocking on Friday nights again. I
don’t think we’ve ever had this many people come to our games since I’ve been here. You can just tell it’s a different atmosphere this year, and it’s got to be a little intimidating for opposing teams to come into Wildcats Stadium on Friday nights.” Who can blame the PC Redskins (0-7, 0-4), the Elmwood Royals (1-6, 1-3), and the resurgent Flyers (5-2, 2-2) -each of who’s already made a trip to refurbished Wildcats Stadium this fall, and left town with a 55-7 loss, a 49-22 loss, and a 63-34 win respec-
tively, for winding away from Elmore with a new-found respect for these ‘Cats. For Matwiejczyk there has been no shortage of big games, including: 186 yards through the air, 200 on the ground, and a five touchdown night (two passing, three rushing) to kick off the season against Port Clinton; a second five touchdown night (three passing, two rushing) in week two at Cardinal Stritch Catholic; a three rushing touchdown night against Lake, in which he took off with the ball 29 times for 158 yards (he also threw for 268, and two scores); and a six touchdown night — five of them passing, on 352 yards against Elmwood. Ulinski turned in a two TD-catch output versus Tiffin Calvert to help spark a 4814 win; an 81-yard kickoff return for a score to get the party started against Stritch, and a two-yard TD reception in a 56-6 victory; and eight catches, for 121 yards against Elmwood, which he capped off with a sweet one-handed grab near the goal line. Matwiejczyk and Ulinski have combined for 874 extra yards, via J-Mat utilizing his legs and shifty 4.65 40 time to scramble for 628 yards on the ground, and 11 touchdowns, with Ulinski complementing him with 10 kickoff returns for 246 yards as a solid special teams ace. “Yes, in the end…that’s what heroes do,” Devier said. “They’re champions of the cause. They go above and beyond the call. They have each other’s backs. They make everyone around them feel good about being a part of something. And they never forget where they came from…which translates to Matwiejczyk and Ulinski knowing that they’re never as good alone, as they are together, and with the support of their hometown behind them. And that’s a recipe for sweet success, and a winning combination, whether you’re winning championships every year or not.” Ulinski also plays defense, and is a returning second-team all-NBC defensive back from ‘12, who has notched 31 tackles, 27 of them solos, and two tackles for losses. While Matwiejczyk was honorable mention all-district for the ‘Cats last year after throwing for 2,107 yards and rushing for 910. To go along with his second team All-NBC defensive accolades, Ulinski earned secondteam offensive honors on the strength of 43 catches, for 534 yards, and nine TDs. “I would describe Evan as a hell of an athlete, and he’s definitely the toughest kid I know,” Matwiejczyk said. “He’s always working his heart out on the field. I’ve never seen anyone outwork him.”
Rockets undefeated By Yaneek Smith Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com Having just completed a regular season that saw them go a near-perfect 15-0-1 and 12-0 in the Sandusky Bay Conference, the Rockets enter the Division II tournament with a chance to make a deep run. The tie could, however, prove to be a blessing in disguise. Third-year coach Ken Filar says it can humble a team, forcing them to reevaluate their standing. Filar, who was previously the junior varsity coach at Central Catholic, inherited a team that was undergoing a rebuilding phase. After winning league titles in 2008 and 2010, the Rockets had two good but less than spectacular seasons before rebounding this year to dominate their competition. The turnaround has resulted from an ideal blend of Oak Harbor’s defense and opportunistic offense that has scored goals at key times throughout the season. The players credit Filar with stressing the importance of defense and making sure the players stay grounded and not look ahead. “(Coach Filar) just told us to take it one game at a time and to focus on the next game,” Andy Burnette said. “I’ve felt confident that if we kept working we’d be alright.” Burnette, a junior forward whose sister, Amber, a 2013 OHHS graduate, is currently competing for the Owens Community College soccer team, led the Rockets with 25 goals and six assists. “All the extra practices and the summer practices we’ve had have helped a lot,” said Burnette, who also wrestles and runs track. “At the beginning of the year, we had to work some things out but now we’re playing really well.” Despite averaging 1.6 goals per game,
Oak Harbor freshman Tyler Bowlick (far right) defends Genoa sophomore midfielder Jarod Brossia (7) as Rocket junior Andy Burnette looks on. (Press photo by Russ Lytle) Burnette, whose scoring has been instrumental in helping the Rockets go from 610-2 to 15-0-1, understands the importance of team defense. “Early on, our goal was to keep getting shutouts, he said, “(but) we knew we couldn’t have a shutout every game.” Senior forward Connor Eli, who had to sit out his junior year after transferring from Genoa, was second on the team with 23 goals and finished with 16 assists. Fellow senior Tate Haar, a three-year letter winner and the team’s most versatile player, scored 16 goals and set a single-season school record with 28 assists. Haar was a first-team district selection in 2012 and a leading candidate to be named the SBC’s Player of the Year. “We knew what the other teams (in the league) were losing and that the freshmen coming up could contribute,” Haar said, referring to the quintet of Nate Poiry, Tyler
Bullock, Donovan Damron, Quintin Dewalt and Liam Hall that is new to the team. “And the juniors and seniors matured a lot, too. We’ve worked hard this year” Haar also talked about how the team’s chemistry has been vital to the success of the team. “We’re all close and are friends with each other,” he said. “Nobody on our team dislikes each other and a lot of us hang out together outside of soccer. Andy and I have played soccer together for a while and Connor and I hang out a lot, too.” After employing a basic 4-4-2 defensive formation last season, Oak Harbor tweaked things and currently uses a system that is basically a hybrid of the 4-4-2 and the 5-3-2. A center midfielder usually drops back in coverage to help strengthen the defense, a move that has consistently stifled opponents’ offenses. The six primary defenders are Derek
Wood, Brandon Schimming, Tyler Sievert and James Walters and Damron and Tyler Bowlick fill in off the bench. But it hasn’t been just the defenders who have helped to form a potent defense. Other players like Tim Poiry, Nate Poiry, Trevor Hanely, David Birchall, Caleb Dornbush, Allen Luecke, Austin Schimming and John Pluto and goalie Kyle Draper have been critical to defending the net. Last Saturday, the Rockets, the top seed in the Division II Toledo district, faced No. 6 seed Central Catholic, which defeated Lake, 1-0. If they won, they’ll face Maumee on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Central Catholic’s Gallagher Athletic Complex with a spot in the district final awaiting them on Oct. 26. Maumee (10-5-1) defeated Wauseon, 4-3, in overtime Wednesday behind Michigan State recruit Alex Wagener, who scored all four Panther goals.
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OCTOBER 21, 2013
Stritch soccer title surprises everyone, even coach By Mark Griffin Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com Dan Roggelin has two words to say when asked if he expected Cardinal Stritch’s girls’ soccer team to be this good, this fast. “Absolutely not,” said Roggelin, in his 14th year as the Cardinals’ coach. Roggelin didn’t know what to make of his roster in July, when he realized he had 14 new players coming in. Stritch finished 4-11-1 last season. “I graduated a lot, and we had five returning freshmen coming back as sophomores,” Roggelin said. “I had one threeyear junior and one two-year senior.” The Cardinals entered a preseason tournament in Bowling Green and played well, despite losses to Swanton and Miami East, both regional qualifiers last season, and Miami East. “Talk about jelling quickly,” Roggelin said. “It was a very fun weekend in BG. We changed up our offense halfway through the tournament because I saw the speed we had, and it worked very well for us.” Stritch lost two of its first three regularseason games, to Whitmer and Delta, before reeling off seven straight wins. The Cardinals finished 12-3-1 in the regular season and tied Ottawa Hills for the inaugural Toledo Area Athletic Conference championship, both with 4-1-1 TAAC records. The Cardinals beat Ottawa Hills, 54, on Oct. 12 in the sectional tournament opener. Stritch, which has outscored opponents 78-25, advanced to play Oak Harbor on Saturday at Genoa for the right to advance to the district tournament. “For them to be playing this well and jell this well as a team, it’s been absolutely fantastic to coach them,” Roggelin said. “I have a lot of speed that I haven’t had in the past, and a lot of experience and knowledge of the game. I have kids who can play soccer.” Junior Sarah Wamer, who transferred from Lake after her freshman year and sat out last season, and fellow midfielder Kama Hardy both scored two goals in the tourney win over Ottawa Hills. Sophomore midfielder/forward Kali Hardy, who is Kama’s cousin, had the other goal. Kama Hardy leads the team in goals (37) and assists (12). “She not only looks to score, but she
It appears as if Cardinal Stritch Catholic sophomore Kama Hardy is doing a balancing act with the soccer ball. (Press photo by Doug Karns/ KateriSchools. org) gives other people the opportunity to score also,” Roggelin said. “She knows that if she’s marked, somebody is going to be open. She’s quiet, but when she’s out there talking, the kids are listening. She’s one of my captains and the person I would call the leader of the team.” Wamer is second on the team with 16 goals and nine assists. “She fit into the team very well and is another one of my captains,” Roggelin said. “The kids listen to her and she’s done a great job. She’s (built) solid and is quick enough — not lightening fast but she has good foot skills and is very coachable. Most of the team is that way. I’m blessed with a team that when you tell them to do something, they do it.”
Caitlyn Amborski, a freshman forward, has nine goals and seven assists, while Kali Hardy has seven goals and six assists. “Kali has struggled this year with injuries to her leg, but she’s done very well,” Roggelin said. “She’s quiet but aggressive, and she knows the game well. She’s afraid of nothing. Last year she tied Kama for the team lead in scoring.” Junior third-year player Cecelia Gozdowski, a team captain, “runs the defense,” according to Roggelin, while sophomore keeper Sydnie Rodriguez has 169 saves and an 89 percent save percentage, with seven shutouts. “She has done a huge job this year as far a making the right decision,” Roggelin said. “She has done a fantastic job back
there as our goalkeeper and is in charge of the specialty plays.” Some of the Cardinals’ other top players include senior defender Annureet Mangat, sophomore midfielder Jettie Moore, sophomore utility player Kirsten Aldrich, sophomore defender Abbie Reichert and freshman defender Jami Hardy. This year’s squad will graduate just three seniors, only one of whom starts, giving Roggelin plenty of optimism for next year and beyond. “This year has been a lot of fun,” he said. “This team is going to be just as strong next year. I’m looking forward to the future with this group. Kids will be fighting for positions next year, which is a nice position to be in.”
Gyurke, Hess girls lead Clay harriers to championship By Mark Griffin Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com Winning the school’s first girls cross country league championship didn’t come unexpectedly for Clay coach Dave Hess. The Eagles, runners-up behind Notre Dame Academy last season, claimed the Three Rivers Athletic Conference title on Oct. 12 at Walsh Park in Fremont. They scored just 27 points to finish well ahead of runner-up Notre Dame’s 72 points. “We were the team to beat (in the TRAC) all year,” said Hess, in his 25th season. “We had beaten them earlier, and that was our goal. They were the defending champs and the team to beat, but we performed like we should have. We ran
solid. To score 27 points at the league meet, we’re running pretty good. Hopefully we’re not peaking yet. We should be getting close.” Hess said finally winning a conference championship was “overdue.” “We’ve been close a few times,” he said. “It felt good to get it.” Senior Erin Gyurke was the individual TRAC champion, finishing in a season-best time of 17:57.5. Hess said Gyurke, who placed eighth at last year’s state meet, sets the tone for the entire team. “We tell her to be out front and get a low number for the team,” Hess said. “She’s done that consistently. Our No. 2 runner feeds off her and it just goes from there. She sets the tone in workouts as well. That’s where the leadership shows more, in practice.”
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Sophomore Haley Hess was second overall at the TRAC meet, finishing in 18:42.8. “That was her best performance of the season,” coach Hess said. “She did a nice job. She was right there, ready to pop a good (time).” Freshman Sydney Hess was sixth in 19:55.9, followed by sophomore Hannah Hess (seventh, 19:58.0), freshman Caitlyn Kuecher (11th, 20:15.0) and juniors Brooke Gyori (29th, 21:31.2) and Jessy Bohland (42nd, 23:33.2). Freshman Madison Miller ran in the open race and had “a real good race,” according to coach Hess. “They’re all doing a really nice job,” he said. “The strength of the team is where our fifth runner is. We want them to be as close to Erin and Haley as possible.”
Clay will compete in the Division I district meet on Saturday at Pearson Park. The top four teams advance to next week’s regional meet at Hedges-Boyer Park in Tiffin. The Eagles were a regional qualifier a year ago. “We think we have a real good shot of advancing,” Hess said. “Hopefully in the process we can win a district title without having to run all out. That would be nice to accomplish that. It gets tougher from there. We’ll take it one week at a time, and hopefully we peak at regionals and have another good run the following week.” Clay’s boys team finished sixth at the TRAC meet, scoring 139 points. St. Francis de Sales won with 44 points. Junior Vanya Barron was the Eagles’ top placer, taking 18th in 17:31.7. Junior Matthew Gibbons was 19th in 17:34.0.
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Clay, St. Francis to host ‘Goodwill Drive to Victory’ By Press Staff Writer sports@presspublications.com In case you haven’t heard, Clay’s football game on Oct. 25, against St. Francis DeSales at Clay Memorial Stadium has been selected as “Goodwill Stores Drive to Victory Game of the Week” on Buckeye Cable Sports Network. What is the Drive to Victory? It’s a competition to see which school can collect the most clothes, household items, computers, and even vehicles that will be donated to Goodwill. The only items that cannot be donated are televisions, mattresses, and any item that contains HazMat materials. It’s simple. All you have to do is collect items and place them in the “Goodwill Drive to Victory Truck” located in the Clay High School parking lot on the west side of the high school – you can’t miss it. Items can be dropped off October 21-24, from 7 a.m.-10 a.m. and 2 p.m.-5:30 p.m. The donations will be weighed Oct. 25 at noon. The winning school with the most weight will be announced Friday night during the game and televised on BCSN. The winning school will receive a $700 scholarship and the runner-up will receive a $300 scholarship. Everyone wins; the items donated will be sold at Goodwill stores and the profits will be used to help people with disabilities right here in our community.
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Mountain Biking 102 Fremont Elmore Cycle & Fitness will host Mountain Biking 102 at Toledo’s Ottawa-Jermain Park off-road bike trail on at 2 p.m. on October 20. The workshop will focus on traversing logs and bunny hops along with lessons on ascending, descending, cornering and proper attention to line of sight and focus on trails. The event is free and open to the public, however registration is required. To register, contact Fremont Elmore Cycle & Fitness at 419-332-4481 or email Judy@fre montcycleandfitness.com.
Sports announcements A 2013 Fall Basketball Shooting TuneUp for boys and girls (grades 6-12) sponsored by Western Basin Toledo AAU will be Oct. 28-29 at the Eastern YMCA from 6:308 p.m. Cost for a YMCA member is $10, and for a non-member is $15. Call the YMCA at 419-691-3523 or Coach Arnie Sutter at 419340-0935. ********* The Oregon White Caps baseball team is holding tryouts for boys ages 13-14 on Oct 26 from 1-3pm at the Oregon Recreation Complex Diamond No. 6. The team plans to play recreation ball and two to three tournaments during the 2014 season. Come prepared to fill out paper work before tryouts begin. Contact Dave Grimes at 419-304-2020.
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Team Overall Genoa (4-0, NBC) 7-0 Northwood (4-0, TAAC) 5-2 Eastwood (3-1, NBC) 5-2 Lake (2-2, NBC) 5-2 Woodmore (1-3, NBC) 4-3 Gibsonburg (2-2, TAAC) 3-4 Oak Harbor (2-2, SBC) 3-4 Clay (0-4, TRAC) 2-5 Waite (1-1, TCL) 1-6 Card Stritch (0-4, TAAC) 0-7
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Eastwood girls’ runners win third league title By Yaneek Smith Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com The Eastwood girls cross country team won their third straight Northern Buckeye Conference title, finishing with a remarkably low 20 points, well ahead of second-place Otsego, who had 63. Elmwood was third (69), followed by Rossford (106) and Lake (107). Eastwood freshman Hannah Sponaugle led the way with a first place finish, running a time of 19 minutes, 39 seconds to finish 17 seconds ahead of Woodmore’s Courtney Burner. Sponaugle’s teammate Maddie Jackson was third overall in 20:09 (out of 59 runners) and Meagan Kaminski was sixth in 21:12, earning all first team league honors. The other top five Eagle runners were Ashley Madaras (8th in 21:30) and Lexi Clark (9th in 21:42), both of whom earned second-team league honors. Three other runners, Emily Zielinski (18th in 23:01), Larissa Barman (19th in 23:07) and McKayla Phillips (20th in 23:12) were named honorable mention for finishing in the top 21. “First of all, I want to give all the credit to the girls,” said coach Stephanie Schneider-Sims. “It’s their dedication and hard work that makes it work. When I was named the head coach in May, the girls decided that we had to work hard in the summer. They put in more miles and more lifting days this past summer than they have in years. “One of the goals was to make it to state as a team. You have to take it one step at a time. We took care of the league and now we’re focusing on the next three weeks. We’ve talked about making it to state. Is that going to happen? About 8-9 teams in our region have been ranked in the top-25, so it will be tough, but we’ll see. Northwest Ohio is very competitive for cross country.” Jackson, who was the individual champion at the conference meet in each of the last two seasons, is one of the most accomplished runners in Eastwood’s history. She finished 38th in the Division II state meet last season, running in 19:36.66 She’s also a successful track athlete, having qualified for regionals last spring in two events, the 4x100 meter relay (8th) and the 800 (12th). “Jackson is the complete package,” Schneider-Sims said. “When she goes out for something, she puts her whole heart into it, whether its school, track or cross country. She’s going to do everything she can to make herself and her team better. She and Hannah have pushed each other and made each other better this season.” Currently, Sponaugle (19:35) and Jackson (19:36) rank seventh and eighth, respectively, on Eastwood’s list of best times. The school record of 18:56, which was set by Bailey Ulinski in 2007, is within Sponaugle’s reach since she has three more years of competition in front of her. “She’s been running a long time,” Schneider-Sims said. “I coached her in junior high track — I knew that Hannah was going to be good when I saw her in seventh grade. She’s dedicated, she runs year round and does 5Ks in the summer. Did I think that she would be running steady 19:00s all year? Not necessarily. To her credit, she gets to practice every day with Maddie Jackson.” The Eagles have been dominant for the entire season, finishing first at the Norm Bray Invitational and two NBC Jamboree events. Eastwood also finished second at the Fostoria Invite and the Clay Eagle Invite. Schneider-Sims was an assistant for 15 years before taking over for Richard Morgan, who retired after 16 seasons leading the program. Schneider-Sims says the reason for both team’s success stems from the players’ commitment to staying in shape year round and putting in the miles during the summer. This process, which begins in late May or early June, involves building stamina and increasing weekly mileage as the summer progresses.
Clay girl golfers second in two different leagues By Mark Griffin Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com With six seniors in the lineup this season, Clay girls golf coach Kevin Crosson was able to ride the wave and soak in the Eagles’ success. Next year will be a new challenge. “The funny thing is, with girls golf at Clay, one year I’ll have four golfers and one year I’ll have 22,” said Crosson, who just completed his 15th season with the Eagles. “This year we had 13 golfers and we’re graduating six, so I’ll still have seven. Those seven worked all year long with volunteer golf coaches who have helped me for a number of years. With those seven and the incoming freshmen, I know we have a lot of work to do. I look forward to working with them and continuing our success in the future.” This year’s team finished second behind St. Ursula Academy in the Three Rivers Athletic Conference, and took second behind Northview in the Northwest Ohio Girls Golf League. “We really had a successful season,” Crosson said. “We knew going in that St. Ursula would be extremely difficult to beat. St. Ursula is loaded. They’re down at the state tournament this weekend and they have a good chance of winning it. “In the NWOGGL, we finished second to a Northview team that made it to districts. We were very competitive with every school. We had a lot of first- and secondplace finishes throughout the season. Most of our second-place finishes came to either St. Ursula or Northview.” Clay’s departing seniors are Alyssa Fussell, Sam Maze, Courtney Quinlan, Kaitlyn Sheahan, Molly Kristof and Kellie Riley. All six girls were three-year varsity players. “They all worked their tails off, and they’re great kids,” Crosson said. “I’ve coached basketball for 19 years and golf for 15 years, and this has to be one of the greatest senior classes I’ve ever coached. They love the game, they worked their tails off, they have fun, they come from great families and they do everything the correct way. All of them made academic All-Ohio and academic All-TRAC.” The Eagles’ season ended on Oct. 2 at Detwiler, where they placed sixth out of 10 teams at the Division I sectional tournament. Sheahan, Clay’s No. 5 golfer, had
Clay golfer Courtney Quinlan. (Photo courtesy of Preston Quinlan) the team’s top score at sectionals and just missed advancing to the district tournament by two strokes. “Our sectional was a killer,” Crosson said. “If we played in any other sectional in the state, we would have qualified to districts.” Fussell, the team captain, led Clay with a 45.3 average and made first-team AllNWOGGL and third-team All-TRAC. “She did a great job with her leadership role,” Crosson said. “Alyssa is one of the longer hitters in Northwest Ohio. It seemed like with Alyssa, every time there was a nine-hole round or an 18-hole round, it seemed like she would have two bad holes that would keep her from shooting in the 30s and playing ‘bogey’ golf. That could be said about the rest of the team.”
Maze, with a 45.6 average, was the Eagles’ most improved player. She earned first-team honors in the TRAC and the NWOGGL. “She’s an extremely hard worker, as the rest of them are,” Crosson said. “Sam really wants to play college golf and follow her sister (Amanda, who played at Siena Heights), but she also wants to be better than her sister and separate herself.” Crosson said Quinlan, who had a 45.8 average and made second-team All-TRAC and All-NWOGGL, and Fussell also want to play college golf. Sheahan had a 47.7 average and made the second team in both leagues, while Kristof had a 48.4 average and made the second team in the NWOGGL and the third team in the TRAC. Riley finished with a 59.4 average.
Donnelly perseveres despite injuries, Guillain-Barre By Mark Griffin Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com Alexis Donnelly went from being the leading scorer on her college soccer team to literally a coach on the sideline in a blink of an eye. Donnelly, a junior forward at Siena Heights (Mich.) College and a Clay graduate, was one of a few players scrambling for a ball against Madonna College on Sept. 28 when the ball popped up in the air. “I went to go get it, and me and a girl kind of collided,” said Donnelly, 20. “She hit me on the outside of my leg and my right knee buckled inward and I twisted and heard it pop. The refs stopped the game immediately. It was just a big ‘pop!’ ” Donnelly said she crumpled to the ground, screaming. “The physician at Madonna said I had a patella sprain and I would be back in a week or two,” Donnelly said. “I went home (to Toledo) and got X-rayed and they came back negative. I had to see my orthopedic surgeon at Wildwood, and as soon as he started doing some tests he knew it was my ACL. It’s an ACL and meniscus. He’s not sure if my MCL’s torn or not.” The trip to Wildwood was Donnelly’s official notice: her junior season with the Saints was over. She was leading the team in scoring, with seven goals and five assists in just 10 games, and was having the best season of her soccer career. “My season’s over, and it’s been really rough,” Donnelly said. “I felt like finally I was in a good spot and I wasn’t having any more health issues, just minor bumps and bruises. I was physically fit and where I wanted to be. I started getting on a roll and it all felt like it was taken away from me in an instant.” Injuries and illness are nothing new to Donnelly. She tore her ACL halfway through her senior season (2010-11) at Clay and still made first-team All-City League and all-district. She also has to deal with Guillain-Barre syndrome, a disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks
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Alexis Donnelly the nerves. People with Guillain-Barre syndrome feel weakness and tingling in their extremities at first, followed by sensations that can quickly spread and eventually paralyze the entire body. “I’ve had no symptoms,” Donnelly said. “I still get tingly sometimes, like when I get sick. My legs still fall asleep fairly easy, just like before. I put it behind me. I feel like if it’s going to come back, so be it. I’ll beat it again. It’s not even a worry to me anymore.” Donnelly hasn’t been the only player hurting on the Saints’ roster. Two other players are out of action, one with a broken bone in her shin and the other one with pulled ligaments in her ankle. Donnelly, a psychology major, said she has been on the sidelines helping 11th-year coach Scott Oliver during games. “I’m definitely in coach mode right now,” she said, “It’s kind of instilled in me. That’s what I want to do when I’m done playing. I want to be the graduate assistant coach here when I graduate. I definitely want to keep my foot in the coaching door.” The Saints have gone 3-1 without Donnelly in the lineup, improving to 7-6-1 and 3-2 in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Con-
ference. That doesn’t mean Oliver wouldn’t rather have her in the lineup. “Alexis was voted by her teammates to be a team captain this year,” he said. “She is a perfect balance of lead by example and lead with the heart. She is one of the fiercest competitors we have on the team and is willing to do whatever it takes to make her team be successful. The best attribute I can credit her with as far as playing goes is that she makes her teammates better. Whether that is in certain plays, or off the field with character. She just makes everyone around her feel special and important. “She is always helping to coach her teammates and keep them laughing and smiling. I have only coached her for two and a half years now and she is one of my favorite players of all time.” Donnelly is scheduled to undergo knee surgery on Nov. 4, and she hopes to be back on the field by late April. She remains steadfast that her teammates shouldn’t feel sorry for themselves just because they lost one of their leaders. “It shouldn’t matter who’s in the game,” Donnelly said. “You know how to play and you have to have heart and drive no matter who’s on the field. You have to be able to go into battle and put it all on the line. We just have to show up and play.”
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