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Monday, August 17, 2009
Tecumseh boys soccer ready for strong year
Tecumseh High School returns a strong nucleus of 10 players from its boys soccer team that finished 14-3-2 last fall.
Arrows coach Jason Runner said the success has only made his team hungry for more in 2009.
“They’re really determined and focused on what they want to do,” Runner said. “They’ve worked hard and they’re gelling together. We’ve got team unity. It’s way early, but it’s nice to see that.”
The Arrows have a big group this season with 18 on varsity and 17 on the junior varsity. He said the competition has been a good thing for the program.
“There are a lot of people fighting over those positions,” Runner said. “Practices are really intense.”
Forward Zach Schwartz is the team’s returning leading scorer with eight goals and four assists last season.
“He’s going to be dangerous up top,” Runner said.
He said his team has several kids who can score on set pieces and corner kicks.
“We’re really dangerous with everybody,” Runner said.
The Arrows are hoping to claim the CBC Kenton Trail Division title this season after finishing second to Tippecanoe last fall. It was ties to Graham and Shawnee last year that hurt their chances, and Runner hopes they’ve learned from it.
“Hopefully, this year we’re focused more and know that anything can happen at anytime,” Runner said.
Runner knows his group is willing to do whatever it takes to win.
“They’ve got the desire and the want,” Runner said. “They really devoted themselves to that. I can really just sit back and let them play.”
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Training Camp Insider: Southeastern
Just to get to practice, Southeastern’s football players have to run. Drive through South Charleston in August, and you just might spot the team running from the Tizwhiz Feeds plant south of town up South Church Street to the high school.
Head coach Greg Bonifay, in his second season, doesn’t mind. It’s just another way to get his players moving. And this year, the Trojans could be moving up in the Ohio Heritage Conference.
They finished 3-7 in 2008 for the second straight seasons but lost two games by one point and three more by seven points or less.
Last year, the Trojans switched to the spread offense in Week 5, and they will stick to it this season with four-year starter Reed Florence leading the way at quarterback.
“We’ve gotten to work a lot on it instead of putting it in halfway through the season,” Bonifay said. “It fits our athletes better. We’ve got some tall receivers, some athletic receivers with good hands. We’re pretty deep at receiver. We thought it would be a good offense for us our quarterback’s arm.”
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Football preview: Shawnee returns plenty on defense
In 2008, the Shawnee football team allowed 196 points — pretty consistent considering two opponents (Tipp and Tecumseh) combined to score 97 of those.
This season the Braves have eight starters back: linemen Dylan Jamison, Nick Storts and Jared Easterday, defensive ends Eric DeWitt and Brad MacLeod, plus Kris Hanaway at linebacker. In the secondary, Sam Marshall, Dan Rohrer and Cody Combs also return.
The front seven will be one of the team’s strengths this year, head coach Rick Meeks said.
Kris Hanaway’s ability to build on last season’s 812 rushing yards in 2008 will be another.
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Football preview: Catholic Central has a new look
Few teams in the state have experience as much success as Catholic Central’s football program in recent seasons. Six straight playoff appearances and one trip to the state tournament are proof of that.
But many of the contributors from those teams are gone. Two seniors, Pat Sheehan and Devon Halloran, will be the team leaders.
The Fighting Irish will be able to distribute the ball to Sheehan, Ryan Tumblison, Sebastian Monnin and Jake Aldridge.
The top two tacklers are back: Halloran (97) and Sheehan (87).
The freshman and sophomore classes are huge, so the younger Irish players will need to make an immediate impact for continued success.
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