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Gibson Southern fall sports schedules BOYS AND GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Tue Aug 23, KY/IN Border Clash,­ 5:30 p.m. @ Owensboro. Sat Aug 27, Evansville Harrison Invite, TBA­ @ Angel Mounds.Thu Sept 01, Alan Hopewell Class Invitational, 5:00 p.m. @ GSHS. Tue Sep 06 , Triangular (Boonville/Tecumseh), 4:30 p.m. @ GSHS. Sat Sep 10, Heritage Hills Invite, 9:00 a.m. @ Heritage Hills.

Sat Sep 17, South Knox Invitational, 9:30 a.m. @ South Knox. Tue Sep 20, Triangular, 5:00 p.m. @ GSHS. Sat Sep 24, Pike Central Invite, 9:30 a.m. @ Pike Central. Sat Oct 01, PAC Meet, 10:30 a.m. @ GSHS. FOOTBALL Fri Aug 19, Forest Park High School, 6:30 p.m. @ Forest Park. Fri Aug 26, South Spencer High School, 7:00 p.m. @ South Spencer. Fri Sep 02, North Posey High School, 7:00 PM @ GSHS. Sat Sep 10, Henderson County (I-69 Bowl), 3:15 p.m. @ Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis. Fri Sep 16, Princeton High School, 7:00 p.m. @ Princeton. Fri Sep 23, Heritage Hills High School, 7:00 PM @ GSHS. Fri Sep 30, Pike Central (Homecoming), 6:30 p.m. @ GSHS. Fri Oct 07, Tell City High School, 7:00 p.m. @ Tell City. Fri Oct 14, Southridge High School, 6:30 p.m. @ GSHS. GIRLS GOLF Mon Aug 01, Martinsville High

School, 10:00 a.m. @ Foxcliff Golf Club. Tue Aug 02, Bedford North Lawrence High School, 9:00 a.m. @ Otis Park Golf Club. Fri Aug 05, Mt. Vernon Invite, 9:00 a.m. @ Western Hills CC. Tue Aug 09, Vincennes Lincoln High School, 4:30 p.m. — CC of Old Vincennes. Thu Aug 11, Princeton High School, 4:30 p.m. @ Princeton Country Club. Sat Aug 13, Lady Titan Invite, 1:00 p.m. @ Cambridge. Mon Aug 15, Triangular (PC & SS), 4:30 p.m. @ Cambridge.

Tue Aug 16, Triangular (Castle, Reitz), 4:30 p.m. @ Cambridge.

Thu Aug 18, Triangular (Mt. Carmel/ Mt. Vernon), 4:30 p.m. @ Mt. Carmel. Mon Aug 22, Triangular (Mater Dei, North), 4:30 p.m. @ Cambridge.

Thu Aug 25, Triangular (Southridge/ North Posey), 4:30 p.m. @ Cambridge CC. Thu Sep 01, Vincennes Rivet High School, 4:30 p.m. @ CC of Old Vincennes. Thu Sep 08, Forest Park High School, 4:30 p.m. @ Forest Park High School. Sat Sep 10, PAC Championships, 10:00 a.m. @ Oakland City Golf Club. Mon Sep 12, Jasper High School, 4:15 p.m. @ Jasper Municipal. Tue Sep 13, Triangular Harrison/Reitz, 4:30 p.m. @ Cambridge.

BOYS SOCCER Mon Aug 15, South Spencer High School, 7:00 p.m. @ GSHS. Tue Aug 16, Evansville Mater Dei High, 5:30 p.m. @ Moutoux Park. Fri Aug 19,

River City Classic, TBA @ Evansville. Sat Aug 20, River City Classic, TBA @ Evansville. Mon Aug 22, North Posey High School, 6:30 p.m. @ North Posey High School.

Thu Aug 25, Wood Memorial, 5:00 p.m. @ GSHS. Tue Aug 30, Heritage Hills High School, 7:00 p.m. @ GSHS. Tue Sep 06, Evansville Central High School, 7:30 p.m. @ EVSC Field. Thu Sep 08, Mt. Vernon High School, 5:30 p.m. @ Mt. Vernon High School.Thu Sep 15, Tell City High School, 6:00 p.m. @ Tell City High School. Sat Sep 17, Evansville Harrison High, 12:00 p.m. @ Evansville Harrison (Covert Ave. Complex).

Mon Sep 19, Boonville High School, 7:00 p.m. @ Boonville High School.

Tue Sep 20, Princeton High School, 7:00 p.m. @ GSHS. Thu Sep 22, Pike Central High School, 6:30 p.m. @ GSHS. Tue Sep 27, Washington High School, 5:00 p.m. @ Washington High School. Thu Sep 29, Forest Park High School, 5:00 p.m. @ GSHS. GIRLS SOCCER Mon Aug 15, South Spencer High School, 5:00 p.m. @ GSHS. Tue Aug 16, Evansville Reitz, 5:30 p.m. @ GSHS. Thu Aug 18, Boonville High School, 5:00 p.m. @ GSHS. Sat Aug 20, Evansville Harrison High, 11:00 a.m. @ GSHS. Mon Aug 22, North Posey High School, 5:00 p.m. @ North Posey High School. Thu

Aug 25, Evansville Mater Dei High, 7:30 p.m. @ Evansville Mater Dei High. Tue Aug 30, Wood Memorial , 5:00 p.m. @ GSHS. Thu Sep 01, Mt. Vernon High School, 5:30 p.m. @ Mt. Vernon High School. Sat Sep 03, Heritage Hills High School, 10:30 a.m. @ Heritage Hills High School.

Mon Sep 12, Evansville Central High School, 5:00 p.m. @ Evansville Central High School. Thu Sep 15, Forest Park High School, 5:00 p.m. @ GSHS. Tue Sep 20, Princeton High School, 5:00 p.m. @ GSHS. Thu Sep 22, Pike Central High School, 4:30 p.m. @ GSHS. Sat Sep 24, Jasper High School, 11:30 a.m. @ Jasper High School. Mon Sep 26, Evansville Bosse High School, 7:00 p.m. @ Evansville Bosse High School.

Tue Sep 27, Terre Haute North Vigo High School, 6:30 p.m. @ GSHS. BOYS TENNIS Tue Aug 16, Evansville North High School, 4:30 p.m. @ Evansville North High School. Thu Aug 18, Tell City High School, 5:00 p.m. @ Tell City High School. Mon Aug 22, Pike Central High School, 4:30 p.m. @ Pike Central High School.

Tue Aug 23, Wood Memorial, 4:30 p.m. @ GSHS. Thu Aug 25, Heritage Hills High School, 4:30 p.m. @ GSHS. Mon Aug 29, Evansville Central High School, 4:30 p.m. @ GSHS. Tue Aug 30, North Posey High School, 4:30 p.m. @ North

Posey High School. Thu Sep 01, Mt. Vernon High School, 4:45 p.m. @ GSHS. Tue Sep 06, Princeton High School, 4:30 p.m. @ GSHS. Thu Sep 08, South Spencer High School, 4:30 p.m. @ South Spencer High School. Sat Sep 10, Titan Invitational, 9:00 a.m. @ Gibson Southern High School. Mon Sep 12, Southridge High School, 4:30 p.m. @ Southridge High School. Thu Sep 15, Tecumseh High School, 4:30 p.m. @ Tecumseh High School. Fri Sep 16, Jeffersonville Classic, 5:30 p.m. @ Jeffersonville High School. Sat Sep 17, Jeffersonville Classic, 8:00 a.m. @ Jeffersonville High School. Mon Sep 19, Evansville Mater Dei High, 4:30 p.m. @ GSHS. Tue Sep 20, Boonville High School, 4:30 p.m. @ Boonville High School. Mon Sep 26, Forest Park High School, 4:30 PM @ Forest Park High School.

VOLLEYBALL Tue Aug 16, Evansville Memorial H.S., 5:30 p.m. @ GSHS. Thu Aug 18, Boonville High School, 5:30 p.m. @ GSHS. Mon Aug 22, Evansville Bosse High School, 5:30 p.m. @ GSHS. Thu Aug 25, Tell City High School, 5:30 p.m. @ Tell City High School. Sat Aug 27, Harrison Invite, 9:00 a.m. @ Evansville Harrison High. Mon Aug 29, Washington High School, 5:30 p.m. @ GSHS. Tue Aug 30, Evansville Harrison High, 5:30 p.m. @ Evansville Harrison High.

Tue Sep 06, Evansville Reitz, 5:30 p.m. @ Evansville Reitz. Thu Sep 08, Jasper High School, 5:30 p.m. @ GSHS. Sat Sep 10, Central Invite, 9:00 a.m. @ Evansville Central High School. Mon Sep 12, Heritage Hills High School, 5:30 p.m. @ Heritage Hills High School. Tue Sep 13, Wood Memorial, 5:30 p.m. @ Wood Memorial. Thu Sep 15, Vincennes Lincoln High School, 5:30 p.m. @ Vincennes Lincoln High School. Mon Sep 19, Evansville Central High School, 5:30 p.m. @ Evansville Central High School. Tue Sep 20, Tecumseh High School, 5:30 p.m. @ GSHS. Thu Sep 22, Evansville North High School, 5:30 p.m. @ Evansville North High School. Mon Sep 26, South Spencer High School, 6:00 p.m. @ GSHS. Tue Sep 27, Mt. Vernon High School, 5:30 p.m. @ Mt. Vernon High School.

Thu Sep 29, Princeton High School, 5:30 p.m. @ Princeton High School.

Sat Oct 01, Tecumseh JV Tournament, 9:00 a.m. @ Tecumseh High School. Tue Oct 04, Pike Central High School, 5:30 p.m. @ Pike Central High School. Thu Oct 06, Forest Park High School, :30 p.m. @ Forest Park High School. Mon Oct 10, Evansville Mater Dei High, 6:00 p.m. @ GSHS. Tue Oct 11, Southridge High School, 6:00 p.m. @ Southridge High School. Thu Oct 13, North Posey High School, 5:30 p.m. @ North Posey High School.

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Titans hope to be in state championship conversation once again LUCAS WHITTEN Sports Editor

The Gibson Southern High School football team dominated their season opener and hope to continue that tread throughout the season.

In the 56-0 route of Forest Park on the road, junior quarterback Isaac Sellers took over for his graduated borther Nick and rushed for two touchdowns.

Running back Dylan Stefanich rushed for three touchdowns in the first game of the season, leaving head coach Nick Hart extremely proud.

“I’m very proud of how our guys played. Our effort was phenomenal, our execution was good at times, and our offensive line did a good job of opening holes,” Coach Nick Hart said after his fiveyear career record rose to 48-7 with his fifth straight seasonopening win. “Forest Park was bringing guys off the edge, but our linemen started picking them up.”

A great offensive line will give Stefanich plenty of opportunities to break out this year and with Sellers showing that he is a threat with both his legs and his arm, the Titans offense is something to look out for.

If the offense can keep up the pace that they have set for themselves early on, they could find themselves in teh same situation as last year,

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Schenk looks to diverse and balanced offense for 2016 campaign

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Princeton Community High School Football. Front row, from left: Zach Montz, Jaylan Hyneman, Dalton Beal, Joe Bichler, Riley McConnell, Brogan Reneer, JaVon Wilkerson, Kane Madison, Tyler Marshall, David Etolen, Cameron Sisk, Dylan Gray, Payton Halbig. Second row, from left: Jordan Hatten, Devonte Hardiman, Hunter Powers, Austin Schafer, Tim Evans, Maleek Hardiman, Darrion Madison, Micaiah Webb, Paul Fugate. Third row, from left: Drew Robb, Cody Lashbrook, Kobe James, Zach Dove, Adam Ashworth, Luke Drew, Eli Buck, Brett Harrell, Aj Etolen, Dustin Winchell, Jonathan Anslinger, Jalen Kenworthy, Cole Hensley. Fourth row, from left: Jarrett Market, Julian Hyneman, Keith Garrett, Kyle Dillon, Desmond Madison, Chance Anderson, Koal Carroll, Chase Riley, Jordyn Banet. Fifth row, from left: Kain Carroll, Gerit Bock, Bailey Dillon, Nathan Craven, Luis Delgado, Josiah Webb, Sean Brock, Nick Jett, Eric Partin.

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The Princeton Community High School football team has an interesting offensie heading into the 2016 campaign.

Head coach Waylon Schenk sees two deserving players who can thrive at the quarterback position to create different

offensive scenarios every snap.

Senior Brogan Reneer and junior Maleek Hardiman will alternate time during games at the quarterback position. When one is playing quarterback, the other will be lined up at receiver.

“They’ll both rotate from receiver throughout the night,” said Schenk prior to their cancelled season opener against

Wood Memorial on Aug. 19.

“They’ll probably split the snaps fifty-fifty. I think they’ve both earned the opportunity and they are both good receivers.”

Also a star on the offensive side of the ball will be JaVon Wilkerson. Wilkerson missed the end of the track and field season in the spring, including a possible trip to the st ate meet, while

away at Fort Leonard Wood as an Army National Guard enlistee.

“JaVon is a game breaker,” Schenk said. “He’s a kid that can really hurt you in the pass and we’ve built run schemes that will utilise his skill set.”

Schenk is happy with where his offense is at compared to last year. This year, “we were

balanced on offense,” Schenk said following a preseason scrimmage with Tecumseh, “that’s what we were going for.

I feel like we have four or five options in the run game. We made some plays down field with the passing game. Last year I felt we were predictable on offense, but this year I feel like we are a lot more balanced.

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Trojans look to seniors for a much-needed bounceback season LUCAS WHITTEN Sports Editor

A group of eight seniors will lead the Wood Memorial High School Trojans football team in 2016 in hopes of a big season for the program.

Brock Carter, Bob Huot, Austin Powell, Juston Jones, Tristan Riley, Seth Sales, Corbin Richeson, and Jon Bichler wili lead a 28- man roster with 10 freshman, five sophomores and five juniors during the 2016 campaign.

“Brock Carter will be our starting quarterback,” said head coach Caleb Cherry. “He’s a senior that started our sectional game last year. He’s been quarterback No. 1 the whole summer.

We’re just telling him a formation or a play and he’s running the rest of it on his own. He’s a super tough kid and we’re going to run a bit of an option and stuff.

He’ll earn every yard that he has to. He shows the team that he isn’t afraid to take charge and that’s awesome.”

In 2015, the Trojans failed to win a game, going 0-10 including 0-4 in conference and a 49-14 loss to Perry Central in their lone sectional game.

“Honestly, I’m pretty excited,” said head coach Caleb Cherry prior to the season. “We get to

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Wood Memorial High School Football. Front row, from left: Kyle Tepe, Austin Powell, Seth Sales, Tucker McCrary, Juston Jones. Second row, from left: Jon Bichler, Jacob Askren, Corbin Richeson, Bob Huot, Brock Carter. Third row, from left: Dakota Ward, Mason Williams, Remington Wilkison, Clayton Grider, Brady Balnkenship, Nathaniel Pitcher. Back row, from left: Kyler Gammon, Khieylan Bobbitt, Spencer Cannon, Luke Price, Grant Hale, Anthony Pitcher, Wyatt Hunt. put the new offense in. We’ve got a lot of upperclassman. It’s the first year that I can say that size won’t be an issue. We feel more positive and excited than we have in the past few years.

This is the crew that we’ve been working on since we’ve started.

These seniors were sophomores and I coached them at 7th and 8th grade. We know these kids and they’re hard workers. We’re ready to get started.”

The team struggled in a preseason scrimmage against the Pike Central High School Char-

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Trojan volleyball hopes for a sectional repeat and more in 2016

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Wood Memorial High School Volleyball. Front row, from left: Lexuss Ellerbrook, Taylor Pflug, Carsen Robinson, Katie Thacker, Chloe Bartley. Middle row, from left: Maddie Bruce, Grace Morgan, Khloye Strickland, Audra Carter, Clri Pflug, Bristynn Graman, MAdison Wyrick, Izzy Schnepf. Back row, from left: Adison Stone, Hannah Thacker, Kezie Tooley, Lexi Lashbrook, Sydney Lamar, Bailee Speicher, Ashton Stone, manager Roxane Cauwet. match, “but playing some very good plays.

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After going 10-11 in 2015, along with a 2-1 conference record, a sectional championship and a first-round regional exit, the Wood Memorial High School Trojans volleyball team hopes to have a more successful season in 2016.

Although the first two games didn’t go as planned, in which the Trojans lost 3-1 to both Northeast Dubois and Mt. Vernon to kick off their season, head coach Whitney Powers thinks it is still early for her squad.

“I wasn’t disappointed, but I definitely wasn’t pleased,” Powers said following the 3-1 loss to Mt. Vernon. “It was lack of effort and energy. We struggled with that and didn’t seem motivated to be playing. We did have

It’s the second match of the season, though. We aren’t going to be where we want to be and that’s why we are going to come hard in practice tomorrow.”

Five seniors make up half of the varsity roster with returning players Chloe Bartley, Carsen Robinson, Lexuss Ellerbrook, Katie Thacker and Taylor Pflug as the leaders on the squad.

The varsity team also has three juniors, Cori Pflug, Lexi Lashbrook and Kenzie Tolley and two sophomores in Hannah Thacker and Bailee Speicher.

The Trojans are messing around with lineups early in the season hoping to find a group that clicks.

“Unfortunately we missed a lot of serves tonight,” Powers said following the Mt. Vernon

around with lineups early this year, we’re going to have those. We’re going to be adjusting here, but I have no doubt that we’ll find our click here and we’ll get it together.”

The Trojans will have a rematch against Loogootee, the team that knocked them out of regionals, 3-1, on Oct. 3 at Wood Memroial High School and will face Gibson County foes Gibson Southern at home on Sept. 13 and Princeton Community on the road on Sept. 22.

The Trojans have plenty of experience on the roster and Powers is excited with the team she has the success that they can bring this season.

“They’re a solid team,” Powers said. “The girls know that it’s not going to be easy. My girls don’t like to lose and they’re on fire and they’re ready.”

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Titans looking for a rebound season after going 4-21 in 2015

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Gibson Southern High School Volleyball. Front row, from left: Samantha Purcell, Kylie Moskos, Lauren Ziliak, Kate Ziliak, Allison McClain. Back row, from left: Whitney Norris, Shealyn Riggs, head coach Amy Norris, Megan Niehaus, Kaleigh Johnson.

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The Gibson Southern High School Titans volleyball team is hoping for a rebound season in their 2016 campaign.

In 2015, the Titans finished with a 4-21 record that included 1-7 in conference, and a 1-11 record at home.

“The girls are a hard working and very coach-able bunch,” said head coach Amy Norris. “We are looking forward for the season.”

The Titans will have to compete with a key player from 2015 in Whitney Norris, who will spend the entire season recovering from a back injury.

The Titans will also need to find a way to replace Jackie Goedde, a setter.

“Last season she played all around in the setting position and also

middle in the front row,” Norris said of her sophomore. “Everyone is going to have to step up and do their part.”

The team will return seniors Kylie Moskos, Kate Ziliak, Lauren Ziliak and sophomore Shealyn Riggs.

To fill those roles, Norris will look to four underclassman on the 9-player roster with sophomores Kaleigh Johnson, Riggs, Whitney Norris and freshman Megan Niehaus.

The upperclassman include the trio of seniors and juniors Samantha Purcell and Allison McClain.

The Tigers will play eight games at GSHS on their 24 game schedule including games against Washington High School, Jasper High School and Evansville Mater Dei. “We are going to just take one game at a time, compete to the best of our ability and learn and improve with every match,” Norris said.

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New head coach Hayden hopes to lead Tigers volleyball to promise land LUCAS WHITTEN Sports Editor

The Princeton Community High School Tigers volleyball team has a new head coach, but not one that they haven’t met before.

Ryan Hayden steps in to fill the role as the new varsity head coach after Emily Schmitt resigned to spend more time with her family.

Hayden, formerly the Tigers’ JV coach, thinks that they will be just as competitive this year as they have in recent seasons.

“We should be a competitive team as long as we have good ball control, serve well, and continue to improve transitioning from base to defense,” said Hayden, “We are hoping to compete for a sectional title this year.”

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Brewer, Jaelyn Dunn and Sam Hyneman all graduated last season, leaving some major holes to fill for the 2016 squad.

Fornter, who plays with Thomas More College as a setter, Brewer and Dunn all set single season records for the Tigers last year in assists, kills and digs respectively.

“We are not going to be able to replace their accomplishments with individual players,” Hayden said. “We will have to replace them with a team effort. We will replace Hannah’s kills from last year by spreading the sets around and asking out outside hitters, Kennedy Hardiman and Kiare Young, to get more kills this year.”

Returning senior Brooke James “is going to have a big senior year,” Hayden said about the 5-foot-11 middle

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Princeton Community High School Volleyball. Front row, from left: Chayse Hedge, Brooke Shafer, Adri Davis. Second row, from left: Kennedy Clark, Haley Hart, Sabreena Salemie, Madison Pflug, Shaina Santos. Third frow, from left: Avery JonesTaylor, Kennedy Hardiman, Easton Chandler, Kiare Young, MacKenzie Linson, Tori Bush. Back from, from left: Kylee Hale, Brooke James, Mallory Smith, Syerra York, Kloe Key, Emma Sartore, Emma Ault. blocker. “She has played varsity since her freshman year, but this year she will play back row for the first time.”

Hayden also praises his teams depth at the defensive specialists position.

“Sabreena Salemie, Madison Pflug, Haley Hart and Kennedy Clark will all play in the back row and do a good job with serve reception and defense,” said Hayden.

Hayden also added some youth to the roster, bringing up Kylee Hale and Clark from the 2015 JV team and will be bringing in Mallory Smith to play varsity as a freshman.

The Tigers started off their season right, earning Hayden his first win as a varsity coach in the teams

first attempt with a 3-0 win over Evansville Reitz on Aug. 15 at Tiger Arena.

James led the way for the team with 19 kills in 31 attempts while also recorded a pair of blocks, three assists, four digs and a pair of aces.

Easton Chandler thrived in the setter role, recording 26 assists in the victory.

Last season, the Tigers finished with a 29-3 record, with two of those losses coming from conference rival Jasper including a 3-1 loss in the sectional finals.

“We are looking forward to playing Jasper,” Hayden said. “Jasper is a sectional and conference opponent and they have a successful volleyball program.”

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Titans graduate seven key players, look to youth for 2016 Lucas Whitten/Daily Clarion

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A large sophomore class is likely to lead the 2016 Gibson Southern High School boys soccer team after losing seven key players in between seasons.

The Titans are led by new head coach Bob Drennan and he’s interested to see how his style works with the Titans.

“I’m very excited for the upcoming season,” Drennan said. “Since this is my first year as head coach, I am interested to see if my processes and playing style translate into growth and success for our players. We have a great group to work with a great attitude.”

His great group doesn’t come without loss though. The team lost Mason Mockobee, Ian Defelice, Caleb Kifer, Zach Drennan and Elijah Kramer due to graduation, while also losing Saxon Watkins who

moved.

Defelice was the main source of scoring for the titans, racking up 17 total goals. Mockobee was second on the team with 8 goals and seven assists and Kifer led the team in assists with 10. The three graduated seniors were the top three pointsgetters for the Titans as well.

“We lost a lot from last year,” Drennan said. “With Mockobee, DeFelice, Kifer, Drennan, Kramer, and Hall graduating and Saxon Watkins leaving the area, we lost most of our scoring and assist from last year.

Fortunately, we have players ready to step into those roles. We have a large sophomore class with more talent than I can put on the field at one time. Combined with returning upper classmen starters like Blake Tenbarge, Tait Tenbarge, Trey Riggs, Austin Dewig and Jacob Murphy, we have the talent to absorb those losses.”

Blake Tenbarge scored three goals and two assists in 2015, Riggs scored once and Dewig scored once.

The Titans will look to 10 sophomores, Mitchell Priar, Garrett Barthel, Preston Risinger, Jaden Fleetwood, Alex Meyer, Brendon Murphy, Josh Pohl, Josh Kramer, Eli Kifer, Avery Gick and Bryce Williams, as their biggest chunk of the roster.

The Titans kicked off 2016 with a 1-1 record and an early conference victory over South Spencer, 1-0 in their first match of the year with a goal scored

by Trey Riggs and a shutout in goal by Priar.

Following a season that ended in the first game of the sectional tournament to rival Evansville Mater Dei, Drennan is ready to go.

I am just so very exited,” Drennan said.

“I have a great group of players, a great facility, a great fan base and a great school.

Gibson Southern High School Boys Soccer. Front row, from left: Owen Watkins, Ethan Reinbrecht, Brendon Murphy, Mitchell Priar, Zackery Roberts, Jake Novonty, Grant Walker. Second row, from left: Josh Kramer, Kody Merrell, Blake Tenbarge, Jeffery Carrillo-Julian, Dalton Turpin, Cody Ryan, Justin Brown. Third row, from left: Eli Kifer, Jacob Rumble, Garrett Barthel, Bryce Williams, Josh Pohl, Preston Risinger. Back row, from left: Alex Meyer, Jaden Fleetwood, Trey Riggs, Avery Gick, Tait Tenbarge, Jacob Murphy, Austin Dewig.

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Princeton Community High School Boys Soccer. Front row, from left: Henry Wilhite, Oscar Villalobos. Middle row, from left: Luke Dunn, Licson Regis, Caleb Merrifield, Kameron Byers, Jalen Stewart, Austin Stackhouse. Back row, from left: Braden Matthews, Noah Youngson, Jaiden Scott, Zack Ledford, Brantley Muckerheide, Nathan Sandusky, Kaleb Huff, head coach Brad Woods.

LUCAS WHITTEN Sports Editor

With a 2-13 record (0-5 in conference) in 2015, the Princeton Community High School boys soccer team didn’t quite perform to expectations.

The Tigers worked with a 1-6 record when playing at home, 1-1 when playing on neutral territory and failing to record a win, 0-6, when playing on the road.

The team had some success when it came to the post season, earning a 1-0 win over Evansville Day in their first game of sectionals before losing 3-1 to North Posey.

The 15-man roster will be led by five seniors, Zack Ledford, Nathan Sandusky, Jaiden Scott, Austin Stackhouse and Noah Youngson.

Two juniors are on the squad in

Luke Dunn and Caleb Huff.

Brantley Muckerheide is the lone sophomore with seven freshman joining the club.

Kameron Byers, Braden Matthews, Caleb Merrifield, Licson Regis, Jalen Stewart, Oscar Villalobos and Henry Wilhite are the seven freshman.

Head coach Brad Woods will lead the 2016 team through a 16 game schedule that features nine road games, a spot the team had trouble with last season.

Road games include matchups with Mater Dei High School, Pike Central High School, Gibson Southern and Vincennes Lincoln.

The Tigers opened up their season with a tough, 12-0 loss to Washington on the road, moving the team to 0-1 in their overall and conference records.

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Princeton Community fall sports schedule Volleyball Mon. Aug 15, Retiz at Princeton 7:00 p.m. Thurs. Aug 18 Princeton at Jasper 6:30 p.m. Tues. Aug 23 Southridge at Princeton 7:00 p.m. Thurs. Aug 25 Princeton at Washington 7:00 p.m.

Sat. Aug 27 Vincennes Lincoln Invitational Wed. Aug 31 Vincennes Rivet at Princeton 7:00 p.m. Thurs. Sep 1 Princeton at Evansville North 7:30 p.m.

Tues. Sep 6 Princeton at Mater Dei 7:30 Thurs Sep 8 Vincennes Lincoln at Princeton 7:00 p.m. Mon Sep 12 Linton-Stockton at Princeton 6:30 p.m.

Tues. Sep 13 Princeton at Pike Central 7:00 p.m. Thurs. Sep 15 Princeton at Mount Vernon 7:30 p.m. Sat. Sep 17 Wood Memorial Invitational 9:00 a.m. Mon. Sep 19. South Spencer at Princeton 7:30 p.m. Tues. Sep 20 Princeton at Mount Carmel 7:30 p.m.

Thurs. Sep 22 Wood Memorial at Princeton 7:30 p.m. Mon. Sep 26 Princeton at Boonville 7:00 p.m. Tues. Sep 27 Princeton at Central 7:00 p.m. Thurs.

Sep 29 Gibson Southern at Princeton 7:00 p.m. Mon. Oct 3 North Posey at Princeton 7:30 p.m. Wed. Oct 5 Princeton at Evansville Memorial 7:00 p.m.

Thurs. Oct 6 South Knox at Princeton 7:00 p.m. Tues. Oct 11 Tecumseh at Princeton 7:00 p.m.

Wed. Oct 12 Princeton at Bosse 7:00 p.m.

Boys Soccer Tues. Aug 16 Princeton at Washington 6:00 p.m. Wed. Aug 24 Princeton at Central 7:00 p.m. Sat. Aug 27 Heritage Hills at Princeton 12:00 p.m. Tues.

Aug 30 Boonville at Princeton 5:30 p.m. Wed. Aug 31 Princeton at Mater Dei 7:30 p.m. Sat. Sep 3 Princeton at Pike Central 11:00 a.m. Tues. Sep 6 Princeton at Washington Catholic 5:30 p.m. Sat. Sep 10 Jasper at Princeton 11:00 a.m. Mon. Sep 12 Mount Vernon at Princeton 5:30 p.m. Thurs.

Sep 15 Princeton at North Knox 5:30 p.m. Tues. Sep 20 Princeton at Gibson Southern 7:00 p.m. Thurs. Sep 22 Princeton at Vincennes Lincoln 5:30 p.m. Sat. Sep 24 Wood Memorial at Princeton 12:00 p.m. Wed. Sep 28 South Spencer at Princeton 6:00 p.m.

Thurs. Sep 29 Mount Carmel at Princeton 5:30 p.m.

Girls Soccer Mon. Aug 15 Sullivan at Princeton 5:00 p.m. Wed. Aug 17 Princeton at Washington Catholic 5:30 p.m. Tues.

Aug 23 Princeton at Mount Vernon 5:30 p.m. Thurs. Aug 25 Princeton at Jasper 5:30 p.m. Sat. Aug 27 South Spencer at Princeton 10:00 a.m. Tues. Aug 30 Princeton at Evansville Day 5:30 p.m.

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5:30 p.m. Thurs. Sep 8 Pike Central at Princeton 5:00 p.m. Mon. Sep 12 Princeton at Boonville 5:30 p.m. Sat. Sep 17 Princeton at North Posey 11:00 a.m. Tues. Sep 20 Princeton at Gibson Southern 5:00 p.m. Thurs. Sep 22 Princeton Vincennes Lincoln 5:00 p.m. Sat. Sep 24 Wood Memorial at Princeton 10:00 a.m. Mon. Sep 26 Washington at Princeton 5:30 p.m.

Thurs. Sep 29. Princeton at Evansville Harrison 5:00 p.m.

Girls Golf Thurs. Aug 11 Princeton at Gibson Southern 4:30 p.m. Sat. Aug 13 Lady Titan Invitational 1:00 p.m. Mon. Aug 15 Princeton at North Knox 4:30 p.m.

Tues. Aug 16 Princeton at Signature School 4:30 p.m. Tues. Aug 23 North Knox at Princeton 4:30 p.m. Wed. Aug 24 Triangular at Princeton 4:30 p.m.

Thurs. Aug 25 Triangular at North Central 4:30 p.m. Sat. Aug 27 Vincennes Rivet Golf Invitational 8:00 a.m. Wed. Aug 31 Princeton at Boonville 4:30 p.m.

Thurs. Sep 1 Triangular at Princeton 4:30 p.m. Fri. Sep 2. Harrison at Princeton 4:30 p.m. Tues. Sep 6 Triangular at Pike Central 4:30 p.m. Sat. Sep 10 Big 8 Conference Meet at Oak Meadow 1:00 p.m. Mon. Sep 12 Princeton at Evansville Reitz 4:15 p.m. Thurs. Sep 15 Princeton at North Posey 4:30 p.m.

Boys and Girls Cross Country Tues. Aug 16 Princeton at Mount Vernon Sat. Aug 20 Poineer XC Invitational 9:00 a.m. Sat. Aug 27 Evansville Harrison Invitational 9:00 a.m. Tues. Aug 30 Southridge XC Invitational 4:30 p.m.

Thurs. Sep 1 Alan Hopewell Invitational 5:00 p.m. Sat. Sep 3. Columbus North Invitational (Boys Only) 8:30 a.m. Tues.

Sep 6 Triangular Lawrenceville, Princeton at Mount Carmel 4:30 p.m. Sat. Sep 10 Washington Invitational 8:00 a.m. Tues. Sep 13 PCHS Invitational 4:30 p.m.

Sat. Sep 17 South Knox Invitational (Girls Only) 9:30 a.m. Sat. Sep 17 Onley Invitational (Boys Only) 10:00 a.m. Tues. Sep 20 Triangular at Gibson Southern 5:00 p.m. Sat. Sep 24 Pike Central Invitational 9:30 a.m. Tues.

Sep 27 Jasper Invitational 4:30 p.m.

Sat. Oct. 1 Big 8 Conference Meet at Jasper 9:30 a.m.

Boys Tennis Tues. Aug 16 Princeton at Evansville Day School 4:30 p.m. Wed. Aug 17 Princeton at Evansville Harrison 4:30 p.m. Thurs. Aug 18 Princeton at Jasper 4:45 p.m. Mon. Aug 22 Princeton at Bosse 4:30 p.m. Tues. Aug 23 North at Princeton 4:15 p.m. Thurs. Aug 25 Mount Vernon 5:00 p.m. Sat. Aug 27 Sullivan at Princeton 9:00 a.m. Mon.

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Aug 29 Heritage Hills 5:00 p.m. Tues.

Aug 30 Wood Memorial at Princeton 4:30 p.m. Tues. Sep 1 Princeton at Washington 4:45 Tues. Sep 6 Princeton at Gibson Southern 4:30 p.m.

Thurs. Sep 8 Vincennes Lincoln at Princeton 4:30 p.m. Mon. Sep 12 South Spencer at Princeton 4:45 p.m. Tues.

Sep 13 Princeton at Linton-Stockton 4:00 p.m. Thurs. Sep 15 Reitz and Princeton 4:45 p.m. Tues. Sep 20 BarrReeve at Princeton 5:30 p.m. Wed. Sep 21 Princeton at Tecumseh 4:30 p.m. Thurs. Sep 22 Boonville at Princeton 4:45 p.m. Mon. Sep 26 Princeton at Vincennes Rivet 4:30 p.m.

Football Fri. Aug 19 Princeton at Wood Memorial 6:30 p.m. Fri. Aug 26 Pike Central at Princeton 6:30 p.m. Fri. Sep 2 Washington at Princeton 7:00 p.m. Fri. Sep 9 Princeton at Mount Carmel 7:00 p.m. Fri. Sep 16. Gibson Southern at Princeton 7:00 p.m. Fri. Sep 23 Jasper at Princeton 7:00 p.m. Fri. Sep 30 Princeton at Boonville 7:00 p.m. Fri. Oct 7 Mount Vernon at Princeton 7:00 p.m. Fri. Oct 14 Princeton at Vincennes Lincoln 7:00 p.m.

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Leadership key for Trojan boys soccer season

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Wood Memorial High School Boys Soccer. Front row, from left: Spencer Vickers, Christian Hillyard, Nate McDowell, Caleb Head, Cameron Saulmon, Josh Stephens, Justin Strickland. Middle row, from left: Cameron Houchins, Nathan Stephens, Harden Hunter, Carson Johnson, Ethan Phillips, Noah Casey, Eli Schenks, Travis Bottoms. Back row, from left: Owen Heldt, Jon Reising, Bailey Booker, Jake Price, Tristan Vickers, Logan Hensley, Austin Allen, manager Abby Passwaiter.

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Last season the Wood Memorial High School Trojans boys soccer team finished with a 2-93 record that included a winless 0-3-2 conference record.

But this season, head coach Josh Stolz thinks he has a group of seniors that can lead them to a successful 2016 campaign.

“We’re excited and hopeful,” Stolz said. “We’ve got a good group of seniors that have played for a long time and they’re a great group. They work together and hopefully they can put something together that they can be proud of their senior season.”

With seven seniors on the 22 man roster, the team will look to their three captains, Caleb Head and twin brothers Specner and Tristan Vickers, for leadership and guidance throughout the season.

“Caleb Head will need to be very involved and controlling,” Stolz said.

“He’s going to play in the midfield role so he has to be heavily involved and a lot of the season is going to ride on the Vickers twins. One is a leader on defense, the other is a

leader on offense. We look to the captains to lead us by example on and off the field to get ready for the games.”

Also filling a crucial role will be goalkeeper Jake Price and his backup Noah Casey.

“Our keeper has a lot on him,” said Stolz. “If a team has a standout goalkeeper, the team will be excellent. We’re fortunate that we have Price and a good backup in Casey.

They do great in games and we’re very happy that we are set in that position. We think Jake is really going to help us and this is his third year to play there. He’s been a very good varsity keeper.

After losing three seniors in between seasons, the team added four freshman in Travis Bottoms, Carson Johnson, Josh Stephens and Justin Strickland.

“We lost three seniors and we picked up four freshman,” Stolz said.

“Of course they aren’t going to fill those shoes. Everybody steps up.

Losing only three isn’t a lot, so fortunately we don’t have a lot of holes to fill. I think we’ll be just as strong as last year if not better.”

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Titans hopeful for a ‘very successful’ soccer season LUCAS WHITTEN Sports Editor

The Gibson Southern High School Lady Titans soccer team is looking to continue the success that they had last season.

In 2015, the Lady Titans worked their way to a 14-3-1 record while going a perfect 5-0 in conference play. The Titans held a 5-1-1 record at home, an 8-1 record when playing on the road and a 1-1 record on neutral fields.

Unfortunately for the Titans, the successful season ended early after a 1-1 loss to the North Posey Vikings after a 5-4 shootout in the second round of the sectional tournament.

Head coach Emily Kavanagh is hoping for another successful season.

“We’re hopeful for a very successful soccer season,” Kavanagh said. “Our biggest challenge will be finishing and moving well on the field given new positioning and defensive line.”

The Titans graduated Morgan Reed who s cored 13 of the Titans’ 68 goals in 2015.

Reed also recorded eight assists in 18 games played.

“We graduated two seniors,” Kavanagh said, “one being a starting midfield and top goal scorer Morgan Reed, but we have 10 returning starters as

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Gibson Southern Girls Soccer. Front row, from left: Kendall Jacobs, Sydney Goedde, Maggie Rose, Molly Will, Samantha Bittner, Kendall Singleton. Middle row, from left: Madaline Maurer, Katie Rose, Katie Scott, Hayley Doty, Skylar Boes, Jesika Mahoney, Morganne Reeder. Back row, from left: assistant coach Wyatt Schmitt, Sohpie Toth, Elizabeth Nichols, Grace Bammer, Amy Niehaus, Abigail Goings, Mallory Reynolds, Grace well as other players who have stepped up to fill these positions.”

Included in the group of returning players is the Amy Niehaus, the Titans’ leading scorer from last season with 15 goals in 17 games played.

The senior will continue in the forward position in 2016.

Also returning to the team is Skylar Boes, a junior

midfielder that scored nine goals and eight assists for the Titans in her sophomore season.

Last season’s starting goaltender Sophie Toth will also be returning after playing 18 games in net for 1,440 minutes while only allowing eight goals for a 0.8 goals against average and recording 10 shutouts for a 14-3-1 record.

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The Titans kicked off the 2016 campaign shutout win on Aug. 15 against South Spencer.

“We started our regular season strong tonight with a 5-0 win against South Spencer,” Kavanagh said. “A lot of players got a lot of playing time and experience on the field.”

The Titans are excited as the season rolls on and are keeping an eye on the teams

date with Terre Haute North on Sept. 27 “because the competition and intensity levels are so high,” Kavanagh said.

“We have a lot of talent and depth on our team this year.

The girls are well-conditioned and ready for the season ahead. We just have to keep working hard and playing our best no matter the opponent,” Kavanagh added.

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Wood Memorial fall sports schedule FOOTBALL Fri Aug. 19, Princeton Community High School at Wood Memorial, 6:30 p.m.

Fri Aug. 26, Tecumseh Jr/Sr. High School at Wood Memorial, 6:30 p.m.

Fri Sep. 02, Vincennes Lincoln High School, at Vincennes Lincoln, 6:30 p.m.

Fri Sep. 09, North Knox High School at North Knox, 6:30 p.m.

Fri Sep 16, Eastern Greene High School at Wood Memorial, 6:30 p.m.

Fri Sep. 23, Perry Central High School at Wood Memorial, 6:30 p.m.

Fri Sep. 30, North Daviess JuniorSenior HS at North Daviess, 6:30 p.m.

Fri Oct. 07, North Central HS-Farmersburg at North Central, 6:30 p.m.

Fri Oct. 14, Crawford County High School at Wood Memorial, 6:30 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL Mon Aug. 15. Northeast Dubois High School at NE Dubois, 5:30 p.m.

Tues. Aug. 16, Mount Vernon High School at Wood Memorial, 6:00 p.m.

Thur. Aug. 18, Vincennes Rivet High School at Wood Memorial, 5:30 p.m.

Sat Aug 20, Springs Valley High School at Springs Valley, 11:00 a.m.

Mon Aug 22, Washington Catholic at Wood Memorial, 5:30 p.m.

Tue Aug. 23, South Knox at Wood Memorial, 5:30 p.m.

Thur Aug. 25, Tecumseh Jr/Sr. High School at Tecumseh, 5:30 p.m.

Mon Aug. 29, Shoals Jr/Sr HS, at Shoals, 5:30 p.m.

Tue Aug. 30, White River Valley High School at Wood Memorial 5:00 p.m.

Thur Sep 01, Vincennes Lincoln High School, at Vincennes Lincoln, 5:30 p.m.

Tue Sep 06, Pike Central High School at Pike Central, 5:30 p.m.

Thur Sep 08, Barr Reeve High School at Wood Memorial, 5:30 p.m.

Tue Sep 13, Gibson Southern High School at Wood Memorial 5:30 p.m.

Thur Sep. 15, Evansville North HS at Wood Memorial High School, 5:30 p.m.

Sat Sep 17, Wood Memorial Invitational at Wood Memorial, 9:00 a.m.

Mon Sep. 19, Eastern Greene High School at Wood Memorial, 5:00 p.m.

Tue Sep. 20, South Spencer High School at Wood Memorial, 5:30 p.m.

Thur Sep. 22, Princeton Community at Princeton Community, 5:30 p.m.

Tue Sep 27, North Posey High School at North Posey, 5:30 p.m.

Thur Sep 29, Heritage Hills at Wood Memorial, 5:30 p.m.

Sat Oct 1, North Daviess HS (invitational) at North Daviess, 8:00 a.m.

Mon Oct 3, Loogootee High School at Wood Memorial, 5:30 p.m.

Tue Oct. 4, Washington High School at Washington, 5:30 p.m.

Tue Oct. 11, Bosse High School, at Bosse, 6:00 p.m.

Thur Oct 13, North Knox High School at Wood Memorial, 5:30 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER Tue. Aug. 16, Northeast Dubois High School at NE Dubois, 5:00 p.m.

Sat Aug 20, Boonville High School at Wood Memorial, 10:00 a.m.

Tue Aug. 23, Evansville Harrison at Wood Memorial, 5:00 p.m.

Thur Aug. 25, Mount Vernon High School at Wood Memorial, 5:30 p.m.

Tue Aug. 30, Gibson Southern High School at Gibson Southern, 5:00 p.m.

Thur Sep. 01, North Posey High School at North Posey, 5:00 p.m.

Tue Sep. 06, Evansville Central HS at Wood Memorial, 5:00 p.m.

Thur Sep. 08, South Spencer High School at Wood Memorial, 5:00 p.m.

Sat Sep. 10, Bosse High School at Bosse, 10:00 a.m.

Tue Sep 13, Washington Catholic at Washington Catholic, 4:30 p.m.

Thur Sep 15, North Knox High School at Wood Memorial, 5:00 p.m.

Tue Sep. 20, Evansville Day School at Evansville Day, 5:00 p.m.

Thur Sep. 22, Vincennes Rivet High School at Wood Memorial, 5:00 p.m.

Sat Sep. 24, Princeton Community at Princeton Community, 10:00 a.m.

Mon Sep 26, South Knox at Wood

Memorial, 5:00 p.m.

Wed Sep 28, Pike Central at Pike Central, 4:30 p.m.

BOYS SOCCER Tue Aug. 16, NE Dubois High School at Wood Memorial, 5:00 p.m.

Thur Aug. 18, North Knox at North Knox, 5:00 p.m.

Tue Aug. 23, South Knox at South Knox, 5:00 p.m.

Thur Aug. 25, Gibson Southern at Gibson Southern, 5:00 p.m.

Tue Aug. 30, Shoals HS at Wood Memorial, 4:30 p.m.

Thur Sep. 01, Norht Posey at Wood Memorial, 5:00 p.m.

Tue Sep. 06, Evansville Day at Evansville Day, 5:30 p.m.

Thur Sep 08, South Spencer at South Spencer, 5:00 p.m.

Sat Sep 10, Bosse at Bosse, 10:00 a.m.

Tue Sep 13, Boonville at Wood Memorial, 5:00 p.m.

Thur Sep. 15, Mount Vernon at Mount Vernon, 5:30 p.m.

Tue Sep. 20, Tell City Schools at Wood Memorial, 5:00 p.m.

Thur Sep. 22, Vincennes Rivet at Vincennes Rivet, 5:00 p.m.

Sat Sep 24, Princeton Community at Princeton Community, 11:45 a.m.

Mon Sep 26, Washington Catholic at Washington Catholic, 5:00 p.m.

Wed Sep. 28, Pike Central at Wood

Memorial, 4:30 p.m.

BOYS TENNIS (All games on the road) Tue Aug. 16, North Davies, 4:45 p.m.

Mon Aug. 22, Tecumseh, 4:30 p.m.

Tue Aug. 23, Gibson Southern, 4:30 p.m.

Thur Aug. 25, NE Dubois, 4:30 p.m.

Sat Aug. 27, NE Posey (invitational), TBA Mon Aug. 29, F J Reitz, 4:30 p.m.

Tue, Aug. 30, Princeton Community, 4:30 p.m.

Thur Sep. 01, Pike Central, 4:30 p.m.

Tue Sep. 06, Evansville Central, 4:30 p.m.

Wed Sep. 07, Vincennes Rivet 4:30 p.m.

Mon Sep. 12, Bar Reeve, 4:30 p.m.

Tue Sep 13, Southridge, 4:30 p.m.

Thur Sep. 15, Evansville Day, 4:30 p.m.

Mon Sep 19, South Spencer, 4:30 p.m.

Tue Sep. 20, Bosse, 4:30 p.m.

Thur Sep. 22, Heritage Hills, 4:30 p.m.

Mon Sep. 26, Loogooteee, 4:30 p.m.

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Wood Memorial High School Girls Soccer. Front row, from left: Morgan Loveless, Makayla Stocker, Kim Ellerman, Jenna McGowan, Katelynn Englehardt.

Middle row, from left: Breanna Welborn, Kalyn Ingle, Kendal Maikranz, Josi Lipscomb, Sydney Day. Back row, from left: Dan Parish, Avery Tepe, Ashlyn Morgan, Brenna Maikranz, Kylie Head, Cassidy McIntosh, Cassidy Saulmon.

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Trojan girls look for fourth straight conference title LUCAS WHITTEN Sports Editor

Last season, the Wood Memorial High School Lady Trojans worked their way to their third straight Blue Chip Conference title.

Head coach Dan Gomez will lead the Trojans once again in hopes that a squad made up of 13 seniors can lead the 17-woman roster to their fourth straight conference title.

“I think we’re in for a really good season,” Gomez said. “We’re a senior heavy team this year and the seniors will look for their fourth straight Blue Chip title this season.”

Sydney Day, Kim Ellerman, Katelynn Englehardt, Kylie Head, Kalyn Ingle, Josi Lipscomb, Morgan Loveless, Brenna Maikranz, Kendal Maikranz, Cassidy McIntosh, Ashlyn Morgan, Cassidy Saulmon and Makayla Stocker will lead one junior, Jenna McGowan, one sophomore Lily Froemming and a pair of reshman Avery Tepe and Breanna Welborn.

“As far as replacements, a lot of the girls this year were starters last year, so not much to replace,” Gomez said. “We have to replace a goalie, but Kim Ellerman will do a good job at that position.

“We’re looking for good things out of Brenna

Maikranz, She had multiple hat tricks in 2015 before she broke her toe and was out. Ashlyn Morgan will be to the outside.

She’s got speed, so if she needs to go in or out she can.”

The Trojans schedule is made up of 16 games, with an even eight at home and eight on the road.

Included in the road schedule are matches against Gibson County rivals Gibson Southern and Princeton Community. The Trojans lost to Gibson Southern 4-0 in the regular season and with a 6-0 loss in sectionals.

The Tigers and Trojans lone match in 2015 ended up in a 1-1 tie at Wood Memorial High School.

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Princeton Community High School Girls Soccer. Front row, from left: Keona Louis, Hannah Gillihan, Hadley Sheffer, Kira Wolf. Second row, from left: Tori Matthews, Beth Walton, Lydia Dixon, Kaycee Russell, Brooke Moody, Jesse Goforth. Third row, from left: Nyco Louis, Paije King, Katie Embree, Mara Shearer. Back row, from left: Nikki Slayton, Ava Little, Emma Heldt, Tabitha Wiseman, Casey Minkler, Abby Dixon.

LUCAS WHITTEN Sports Editor

Last season, the Princeton Community High School Lady Tigers soccer team had a hard time finding momentum.

The team kicked things off with a five game losing streak before finishing the season with a 3-121 overall record. whilg going 1-4 in conference and failing to capture a win on the road.

Despite the rough season, head coach David Dixon is excited to see his team take the field in 2016.

“I’m optimistic for our team and future development,” Dixon said. “I’m looking forward to them

playing together as a team and becoming a unit.”

The team will be returning their leading goal scorer from last season, Tori Matthews, who in 16 games played recorded 11 goals and eight assists (a team-high) for 30 points.

Matthews’ 11 goals were just under half of the teams 25 total, an average of just 1.6 goals per match.

Seniors Emma Heldt, Nyco Louis and Nikki Slayton will also be returning to the team for the 2016 campaign, a group that made up 10 of the teams’ goals last season with one, four and five respectively.

Russell also recorded

seven assists were second best on the team.

The Tigers add six freshman to the squad in Jesse Goforth, Casey Minkler, Brooke Moody, Hadley Sheffer, Tabitha Wideman and Kira Wolf.

“We have a few new defensive players who are very promising,” Dixon said, “and we think they’ll work great with our other players.”

Regardless of the outcome of the season, Dixon will cherish his time coaching the Tigers squad.

“I’m blessed to have this opportunity to coach this great group of girls, and I believe they all have a bright future in this sport!”

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Tiger upperclassmen hope to lead freshmen to back-to-back sectional titles

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Princeton Community High School Boys Tennis. Front row, from left: Noah West, Conner Gentry, Hunter McCandless, Trenton Cochran. Back rom, from left: Eric Flaningam, Seth Robbins, Ethan Flaningam, Hunter Davis.

LUCAS WHITTEN Sports Editor

In 2015, the Princeton Community Tigers boys tennis team worked their way to a sectional championship after a 5-0 defeat of Heritage Hills.

Unfortunately, the Tigers were eliminated in the first round of regionals, falling to Evansville North 5-0.

In 2016, Tigers head coach Matt Moade has a 2016 roster that varies by age.

There are two seniors on the squad, Ethan Flaningam and Seth Robbins, three juniors in Hunter Davis, Eric Flaningam and Noah West, no sophomores and three freshman, Trent Cochran, Conner Gentry and Hunter McCandless.

Assistant coach Marvin Fisher will help the 2016 team through a 19 match schedule that features some quality opponents.

The Tigers will take

on Gibson County rivals Gibson Southern on the road on Sept. 6 at 4:30 p.m. and Wood Memorial at home on Aug. 30 at 4:30 p.m.

With majority of the roster as upperclassmen, the seniors will need to help the freshman learn their footing for the upcoming season when there is no senior class while also helping them along the way this season en route to backto-back sectional championships.

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Trojans tennis looks to the future LUCAS WHITTEN Sports Editor

The Wood Memorial High School Trojans boys tennis team is still very, very young. In the programs third year, head coach Dan Bolin hopes the team grows even more.

“I think we’re going to be better than last year,” Bolin said about his 9-man roster that doesn’t include a senior. “They’re practices are better and they’re learning new things. Overall, we should be fifty-fifty by the end of the year. I hope to be competitive come sectional time.”

The Trojans are made up of three juniors, Lathan Falls, Trent Holder and Walker Nurrenbern, and six sophomores

in Paxon Bartley, Braydon Bell, Jalen Doerner, James Gates, Cody Goodall and Isiah Norrick.

Nurrenbern will take the No. 1 singles role while Bartley and Holder when man No. 2 and No. 3 respectively.

The No. 1 doubles group is made up of Falls and Doerner while the number two will be Norrick and Bell while regular rotations.

In their first match of the season, the Trojans fell 3-2 to North Daviess on the road, but Bolin was pleased with what he saw.

“It went pretty well,” Bolin said. “It could have went either way. It came down to a 3-set match and we just came up short 5-7.

I was pleased with the way they played.”

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The Trojans will have one obstical to over come frequently this year, playing on the road.

The tennis courts at WMHS are currently under construction to be replaced with new courts, forcing the Trojans to play without a home game all season long.

While Bolin hopes to compete in 2016, he’s focused on preparing the team for next season as well, hoping the group will continue to grow in it’s short history.

“We’re still a young team,” Bolin said. “I’ve got three juniors and six sophomores. I hope this year everybody enjoys themselves and next year Lucas Whitten/Daily Clarion we’ll be the team to beat Wood Memorial High School Boys Tennis. Front row, from left: Jalen Doerner, Cody in the area.”

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GSHS tennis looking to youth for five senior replacements

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Gibson Southern High School Boys Tennis. Front row, from left: Isaiah Kiesel, Devon Bullock, Gavin Graper, Daniel Knapp, Alex Harper, Jarrett Klusmeier. Back row, from left: assistant coach Trent Wallace, Alex Kruse, Derek Lynn, Kaleb Conklin, Samuel Romershausen, Casey Nurrenbern, assistant coach April Graper, head coach Terry Wallace.

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The Gibson Southern High School boys tennis team has a lot of holes to fill after their 2015 season.

“We lost 5 seniors that all started varsity,” said head coach Terry Wallace. “That’s extremely important because there are only 7 varsity players.

Our younger players are working hard to fill those shoes, as they know how significant of a loss it is to lose 7 seniors.

The lack of varsity experience is a concern for Wallace, but he expects the team to get better as the season goes on.

“We are fairly young and our players don’t have much varsity experience,” Wallace said, “but we expect our players to get better every match and be very competitive this year.

They have been working extremely hard in practice

these past couple weeks to prepare for season.

The entire GSHS boys tennis roster is made up of five juniors, Matt Arnett, Alex Kruse, Derek Lynn, Casey Nurrenbern and Sam Romershausen. There are four sophomores, Kaleb Conklin, Gavin Graper, Alex Harper and Daniel Knapp. And three freshman in Devon Bullock, Isaiah Kiesel and Jarrett Klusmeier.

“The team is very even this year throughout the line-up,” Wallace said. “On any given day, anybody can beat anybody. We are working to find effective doubles teams that mesh well together. We have nine players competing for varsity spots so everyone has a possibility of making big contributions.”

In a scrimmage match against Mater Dei earlier in the season, Wallace was pleased with what he saw out of his seniorless squad.

“There was no official match score, but we competed hard and feel we learned what we need to improve on to have success this year,” said Wallace.

The Titans will play seven home matches on a 19 match season and include home matches against Gibson County rivals, Wood Memorial and Princeton Community.

Wallace looks forward to the teams Pocket Athletic Conference matches because “conference matches usually have a little more intensity and more at stake. Winning conference is always a goal of ours.”

Experience won’t matter for Wallace’s expectations though.

“Although we are relatively young, inexperienced and seniorless roster, we expect our team to compete extremely hard and continually get better throughout the season.”

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Titan XC fully reloaded JOHN ROARK Staff Writer

FORT BRANCH— Gibson Southern High School’s boys’ cross-country program graduated four quality seniors during the spring.

However, it’s going to be a while before Titans’ coach Jeremy Aydt has to deal with losing a senior.

That’s because GSHS’s roster carries nary a senior. To boot, Aydt’s squad is back-loaded with underclassmen.

The Titans’ distance runners are comprised of five juniors, seven sophomores and five freshmen.

“We lost Aaron Cochran, Caleb Kifer, Zachary Davis, Nick Scheller and Logan Dilbeck,” Aydt said. “All of them were great leaders that the current athletes looked up last year.”

Don’t believe for a moment,

though, that the Titans’ talent cupboard is bare.

For starters, Travis Hart made quite a splash as a freshman, with a 5K personal best time of 17 minutes, 14 seconds, which was the team’s secondbest effort (Cochran, 16:50).

Hart was a first-team all-Pocket Athletic Conference selection.

Hart’s back and ready to make more noise as a sophomore, as is classmate Adam Reed (17:42).

Four of the five returning juniors — Mason Biitner, Shane Harper, John Loehr and Alec Martin—broke 20 minutes last fall, as did incoming sophomore Skylar Lay. The remainder of the returnees all broke 21 minutes — junior Dimitri Dewig and sophomores Jackson Maurer and Hunter Topper.

The freshman class consists of Colten Bindner, Austin

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Gibson Southern High School Boys Cross Country. Front row, from left: Darren Harrison, Coleten Bindner, Wade Happe, Zach Purcell. Middle row, from left: Austin Bromm, Shane Harper, Skylar Lay, Dakota Rogers, Eric Harpenau, Ethan King. Back row, from left: Adam Reed, Jackson Maurer, Travis Hart, Alec Martin, Cross Epperson, Dillon Hasenour, Hunter Topper, Dimitri Dewig.

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Aydt anticipates more of the same this fall from his group of boys’ runners.

“The kids have worked hard during

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For Aydt and GSHS, the faces and names may come and go, yet the expectations aren’t

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“The team has set goals of challenging for a PAC and Sectional championship, while advancing to regional and semi-state,” the coach said.

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PCHS boys’ XC ready for next step JOHN ROARK Staff Writer

This much can be said about Princeton Community High School’s boys’ cross-country team: It apparently isn’t shaken by triskaidekaphobia—that is, the fear of the number 13.

After his team wound up placing 13th in last year’s Semi-State team standing, Tigers’ head coach Bill Niederhaus says his team is ready to surpass that finish in 2016.

“We have high expectations wanting to improve on our 13th place finish at Semi-State last year,” Niederhaus said.

“We have 12 practice meets to get ready for the one shot we have to improve when we get

to Semi-State.”

Yes, this year’s Semi-State serves as PCHS’s 13th meet on the slate.

Again, no fear­—at least there shouldn’t be, what with Princeton’s stable of returnees.

Niederhaus did take a moment to remember his graduated runners.

“The runners we lost were Phil Dzienciol, Nathan Sailer, Roman Wagner and Hunter Stokes,” the Tigers’ coach said. “We are replacing them by working hard to make ourselves better than last year.

This group helped us to get a mindset to be better this year.”

Princeton’s varsity returnees are senior Desi Walker,

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Princeton Community High School Boys Cross Country. Front row, from left: Heath Rumple, Justin Niederhaus, Jeret Wilkerson, Jackson Krieg, Logan Jones. Back row, from left: Drew Willis, Noah Glomski, Chandler Weeks, Kyler Havill, Lee Friedman. Not pictured: Desmond Walker, Dakota Moore, Kahlil Wilkerson. three juniors (Justin Niederhaus, Lee Friedman and Chandler Weeks) and sophomore Jackson Krieg.

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Niederhaus noted a pair of junior newcomers, Kyler Havill and Heath Rumple, have the ability to help out.

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Lady Titan harriers have youth JOHN ROARK Staff Writer

FORT BRANCH— Though the Gibson Southern High School girls’ crosscountry squad doesn’t list as many runners as its boys’ counterpart, the Lady Titans are hardly lacking in ability.

That’s because two of the team’s scorers are back, including last year’s No. 2 runner, sophomore-to-be Abbye Huelsman, Huelsman’s top time of 20 minutes, 42 seconds was bested by only Kylie Hasenour (19:58), who’s taken her talents to the University of Evansville.

“We lost Masie Lay, Lexi Lay, Kylie Hasenour and Holly Bittner,” Aydt said. “This year’s runners will step up and fill in their shoes.”

Like Hasenour, Huelsman was a first-team All-Pocket Athletic Conference choice in 2015. Her best effort was a fifth-place finish at the Hopewell Invitational.

Sophomore Ellie Kiesel finished her freshman fall campaign with the team’s

fifth-best time of 21:15, recorded at the regional level.

Morgan Jackson (21:55 during the regional) is also back from a strong freshman season, as is Sydney Thomas (23:02). Juniors Kennedy Stoll (23:46) and Olivia Schneider (26:32) also seek to improve GSHS’s fortunes.

The balance of the roster is comprised of two sophomores (Jordyn Graham and Kristen Benkert) and a pair of freshmen (Grace Greubel and Clara Pohl).

Gibson Southern’s girls finished second in the PAC championships and were runnersup in the sectional and fifth in the regional team standing.

All told, the Lady Titans finished 65 and 43 versus the teams they competed against.

Aydt says his club should be right back in the thick of things in 2016.

“We gear our focus on the post season, PAC, sectional, and regional,” Aydt said. “We want to advance as many individuals and/or the team to Semi-State.”

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Gibson Southern High School Girls Cross Country. Front row, from left: Morgan Jackson, Jordyn Graham, Kristen Benkert, Abbye Huelsman. Back row, from left: Ellie Kiesel, Sydney Thomas, Grace Greubel, Kennedy Stoll, Clara Pohl, Olivia Schneider.

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Lady Tigers’ cross triples roster size for 2016 campaign JOHN ROARK Staff Writer

Can Princeton Community High School’s girls’ cross-country team find strength in numbers?

Lady Tigers’ coach Debbie Ridgely, certainly hopes so.

Last year, Ridgely had just two runners, well short of the required five needed for a team score.

Add a little recruiting in the hallways, and suddenly Princeton has a roster of six.

“We have four seniors, and two juniors,” Ridgely said. “One of my seniors, Lexus Brittingham, made it to semi-state last year.

“She has her sights set on competing at state this year.

“She has trained hard all summer long; I expect her to begin her season on a very positive note,” Ridgely said.

Brittingham finished fifth at the South Knox Sectional, then 20th at

the Pike Central Regional before ending her season at semi-state.

Brittingham’s lone teammate in 2015 —that being then-sophomore Sydney Young—ran 13th at the sectional and also advanced to the Regional.

Ridgely said Young is currently nursing an injury as she enters her junior campaign. “(Young) has gotten off to a rough start,” Ridgely said. “However, with her love of the sport, plus her success last year, I see her getting into the swing of things very soon.”

New to the Lady Tigers’ roster are three seniors, Jessica Mata and twins Adina and Yvline Adis; along with junior Elisabeth Glomski.

Ridgely says her expanded roster is eager to get going.

“The new members of the team have all been training this summer as well and are excited to begin competition,” Ridgely added.

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Princeton Community High School Girls Cross Country. Front row, from left: Jessica Mata, Lexus Brittingham. Back row, from left: Yvline Regis, Adina Regis, Elisabeth Glomsi, Sydney Young.

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Titan girls golf successful early

Tiger girls golf looking forward

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The Gibson Southern High School Lady Titans golf team has already shown success at the start of their 2016 campaign.

The team took down Gibson County rivals, the Princeton Community High School Tigers 179-231 very early in the season before coming in second in the Titan Invitational at Cambridge Golf Club in Evansville later that week with a 175.

In their first triangular of the season, the Titans knocked off both Pike Central and South Spencer, winning 182-213-242 respectively.

The Titans are led by their No. 1, senior Kenzie Whitten, No. 2, Julia Angermeier, senior Ellie Marshall and lone junior Lexi Hunt.

Last season, the Princeton Community High School Lady Tigers golf team finished fifth in the sectional tournament at the Country Club of Old Vincennes on Sept. 19 with a 390 score, just 11 strokes back from fourth place finisher Sullivan and 45 strokes back from winners Vincennes Rivet.

This season, head coach Jenny Kolb has a lot to look forward to. And with her players giving it their all, she is excited to see them play.

“I am looking forward to watching the girls improve as the season progresses,” Kolb said. “Many of our girls scored better in our last match than they have in

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Gibson Southern High School Girls Golf. Front row, from left: Elizabeth Angermeier, Julia Angermeier, Allie Sensmeier. Back row, from left: Lexi Hunt, Kenzie Whitten, Claire Jones, Ellie Marshall.

After losing Lexie Sollman, who shot a 78 in the sectional championship, the team has a hole to fill.

That shouldn’t be a problem if both Whitten and Angermeier continue to play as well as they are at the start of the season.

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Princeton Community High School Girls Golf.

Front row, from left: Holly Sullivan, Bree Moody, Brittany Griffin. Back row, from left: Allison Craven, Mikah Johnson, Kaci Goforth, Renee Bower, Haley York. practice. They are getting out and working more on their own and are dedicated to continued improvement.”

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