Two weeks into the season, there are already no unbeaten county high school boys’ varsity basketball teams but the six county coaches have hopes to piece together a postseason run once next February rolls around.
One new coach joins the lineup of coaches as Matt Tinsley moves east from the post at St. Marys to take over the Jefferson West boys from David Overstreet. Other than that, no county boys coach is in less than his third year at his school.
Perry-Lecompton was the best team in the county a season ago in finishing with a 19-3 record but dropped a tight substate semifinal game to Holton. After that the records get much closer to the .500 winning mark as JCN finished 11-10, Oskaloosa finished 11-11, Valley Falls and McLouth were 7-15 and West finished 6-15.
The six teams have gotten off to up-and-down starts as Perry-Lecompton has dropped games to Bishop Ward and Hayden while beating West to start 1-2; JCN started 2-0 but lost three straight in the Delaware Valley League Preseason Tourney to drop to 2-3; Oskaloosa led all county teams with a fifth-place finish in the DVL Tourney to move to 3-2; Valley Falls fell to Oskaloosa in the fifth-place game at the tourney to drop to 2-3; McLouth has stumbled to an 0-4 start; and West has dropped its first 3 games. All records are as of Monday, with Tuesday games pending at press time.
Following is a capsule review of each team entering the season in order of finish last season.
Perry-Lecompton
Coach: Jeff Dickson, fourth year
Last season: 19-3
This year’s athletic group of Kaw seniors were freshmen when Dickson came to Perry-Lecompton and the team has its sights set on advancing further into the postseason this season.
One early factor that works both positively for the players and somewhat against the team’s early chances was the run of the Kaw football team to the state football title game. The season wrapped up Thanksgiving weekend with the basketball players on the football team getting only a week to ready for action when the season started Dec. 5. The Kaws’ early record may reflect some rustiness, in part for that reason.
“These guys put a lot of work in and it paid off for them,” said Dickson of the football team’s efforts this season. “It’s a partnership here, 100 percent, between (football) coach Mike Paramore and I, so I don’t look at it like it cost me something here. If we got the chance to be in the football state championship every year, I can live with that. It’s one of those things where the kids see all their work come to fruition, and it’s fun to see them go against what has been the norm at this place.”
Dickson has good numbers in the program with 30 players out but said he would like to see even more out for the team. The squad includes eight seniors, including “twin towers” Andy Bowman and Joel Gantz. Other key returnees include senior guard Kyle Morgison and senior guard Shane Gimzo. Dickson said he is looking to junior Brad Phillips, junior guard Riley Shafer, senior forward Caleb Wege, junior guard Kameron Hurd, and senior guard Eric Hastert to also fill roles on the varsity.
“Andy Bowman has stepped up big time for us so far,” Dickson said. “He had a stat line versus Jeff West of 25 points, 13 rebounds, 4 steals and 6 blocks and he’s capable of doing that every night. Losing Caleb Denton to graduation was a big loss for us, because what he did for us leaves a void. We’ve got a lot of other great kids though. Brad Phillips is Mr. Fundamentals and plays hard, Riley handles the ball great to give us the ability to slide Kyle Morgison over to give him more opportunities to shoot, Caleb Wege is a really hard worker, one of those blue collar hard hat types of player, and Kameron has a great shot and has been a JV all star for us.”
Dickson said the team is sticking to his tenet of aggressive defense.
“We’re all about defense and getting it done with our pressure defense and doing that the right way,” Dickson said. “I’d like for us to get up and down the floor a little more. I think we have the most depth we’ve had since I came here.”
As the Kaws enter one of their last couple seasons in the Kaw Valley League before a move to the Big Seven, Dickson points to Mill Valley, Lansing, Piper and Basehor-Linwood as the front runners in this season’s KVL.
“I think we’ll be in the mix, too,” Dickson said. The team made the move from the midseason McLouth Tournament to the Baldwin Tournament in order to face more comparable sized schools to help prepare for substate. “It should be an extremely competitive league, but if we play like we’re capable, we can and should win it.”
Dickson said his squad still isn’t playing up to capability but will hopefully be in prime shape when the games really start to count.
“We’re not where we need to be but we’re getting there,” he said. “We’ve played pretty poorly as a team so far but we’ve had a couple good individual performances. The guys have proven that if we’re willing to put in the same amount of work kids in other districts do, including in the offseason, we can create a lot of excitement.”
Jefferson County North
Coach: Jim Brickell, 23nd year
Last season: 11-10
Brickell returns for his 23rd year as coach at North with only three seniors lost from last year’s squad that scratched out a winning record at 11-10.
Those seniors were key players for the Chargers but some underclassmen did make somewhat of a name for themselves last season and return to key this year’s team.
North’s 32 players include six seniors led by guard Riley Noll, guard/forward Dalton Speer and guard Matt Perry, who is bouncing back from an early injury. The varsity rotation also includes sophomore guard Jeff Hale, who saw quite a bit of varsity time as a freshman last season, junior guard Austin Gaspard, junior forward Nick Clark, who missed last season with an injury, junior post player Tyler Noll, senior forward Brendan Stevens, and sophomore forward Spencer Wentz.
“We’re still a work in progress,” Brickell said. “Riley has stepped his game up for us already and hit some big shots in games. Defensively we’ve been very good, but we haven’t been scoring very well. Some of that has to do with our deliberate style we play and some of it comes down to us not making shots.”
Despite their scoring problems the Chargers started the season by winning their first two games and then lost their third game in double overtime to Pleasant Ridge, who Brickell points to as one of the top teams in the Delaware Valley League along with Troy, Oskaloosa, Wathena and, potentially, Valley Falls.
“We had a couple opportunities to beat Pleasant Ridge there and couldn’t get the shot knocked down,” he said. The loss came in the quarterfinals of the DVL Preseason Tournament. “I think Valley Falls will be much improved, and Jackson Heights also looks improved from last season.”
Brickell said the team has impressed him with its mentality and thinks good things can happen if the offensive wrinkles are ironed out in the Chargers.
“We’re working a lot on man defense and we haven’t played it very much, if at all, so far but we’ve got to be able to play it. We need to start working on shooting. We’re not shooting well outside and that’s a big part of our game. Actually, I thought we might really struggle early but the guys have really impressed me. They play so darn hard. We talk about doing what it takes to win and they really want to win. They aren’t concerned with points, and who’s getting what, they want to win, and I like that.”
Oskaloosa
Coach: Rod Stottlemire, fourth year
Last season: 11-11
Stottlemire has some rebuilding to do with the Bears after losing a group of nine seniors, but a couple solid varsity players return to help this season’s cause.
The Bears have 21 players out for basketball, including seven seniors. Varsity leaders include senior guard J.T. Thurston, senior post players Chase Tenpenny and Adam Paavola and senior guard Lakota Coffman. Stottlemire said he is also looking to sophomore guards Adam Bowser and Levi Wade, and junior forward Brandon Barnes to step up as the season moves along.
“A lot of our success comes down to our ‘other’ guys stepping up,” Stottlemire said. “I think Levi and Brandon will improve quite a bit as the season moves along. We’re a young team, somewhat, so we look like a million bucks one night and not the next. Most times I want to play fast but with this group I’m trying to temper that speed a bit and keep it reined in.”
Stottlemire pointed to Wathena and KC Christian to lead the DVL this season, although he said it should be competitive all-around.
Stottlemire said the key for the Bears will likely be developing some on-court chemistry with the mix of a small amount of returning varsity experience and a batch of players new to the varsity level.
“We’ve gotta get more familiar with one another and learn what all of our roles are,” Stottlemire said. “There are times we’ve looked good and times we haven’t, but we’ve had a couple days in a row with some good practices. I’m hoping as they play together more that happens more and more.”
Valley Falls
Coach: Caleb Gatzemeyer, fourth year
Last season: 7-15
Gatzemeyer and the Dragons recovered well from a 0-win season in 2006-07 by winning 7 games last season, and Gatzemeyer has the sights set on taking that next step with an athletic group of players this season.
Gatzemeyer paces all county teams with 37 players out for basketball this year in Valley Falls, including a solid group of eight seniors. Perhaps his top two returnees are senior guard Ray Cook and junior post player Riley Bunde, who already has a 31-point game this season, but Gatzemeyer also mentions junior guard Mitchell Streeter, senior forward Josh Kearney, junior guard Logan Wynkoop, sophomore guard/forward Alex Nottingham, senior Ridge Glassel, senior Dylan McKnight, senior T.J. Breese, senior Cole Edwards, junior Blane Brosa, and sophomore Brooks Glassel as other parts of a deep Dragon varsity.
“I’m looking to the upperclassmen for the leadership this season,” Gatzemeyer said. “Riley had a good scoring game that first game and has been good at consistency in rebounding but has struggled a little bit scoring lately. Our last game (a loss to KC Christian) I thought we took a couple steps back but we’ve had some good practices the last couple days and are feeling pretty confident.”
Gatzemeyer also pointed to Wathena and KCC as the teams to beat in the DVL along with Pleasant Ridge. Overall he said the league is pretty level, however.
Gatzemeyer said he has solid expectations but is focusing on a game-to-game basis with a busy schedule before the Christmas break.
“I’ve seen good signs in terms of our athleticism and effort,” he said. “We’ve established a good run of classes of kids coming through that look sound, so hopefully we can get a good season under our belt here and move on. When you think about it, you don’t get a whole lot of practice time until you hit that break. We’ve got some big tests coming up over the next couple weeks. We’ll try to keep things rolling our way.”
McLouth
Coach: Jason Schroeder, third year
Last season: 7-15
The Bulldogs had their ups and downs last season and lost a good group of seniors from that squad as Schroeder enters his third season as head coach at McLouth.
Gone are graduated scoring leaders Mike Rome, Mark Stewart and Ryan Smith from last year’s squad, so Schroeder is looking to senior forward Derrick Crouse, senior forward Jarrod Bechard and junior guard Cole Batman to take up the slack this season. McLouth has 24 players out for the squad, including only three seniors. The other senior, guard Vinny Gonzalez, is another role player Schroeder is expecting production from along with freshman post player Gavin Swearngin, junior guard Tyler Drinnon, freshman guard Alex Courtney and freshman forward Alen Kramer.
“We’ve got some young players in the mix,” Schroeder said. “We’ve had a couple tough games early, but the last game we played (a loss to Immaculata), I felt we let one get away. I feel a bit better about how the team is going.”
Schroeder echoed Stottlemire’s and Gatzemeyer’s assessments of the DVL in naming Pleasant Ridge, KC Christian and Wathena the top teams of the DVL. He said a group of Troy, Horton, Valley Falls, Oskaloosa and JCN could also step up.
“I think the league is in three or four little tiers this season,” he said.
Schroeder said time may be the team’s friend this season as he feels some experience for the younger players with the core of upperclassmen leadership may help the season play out favorably for the Bulldogs.
“We keep working on individual skills. We may try a little bit more pressure defense this season,” Schroeder said. “I put in a new offense this season and the guys are still getting used to that, so I’m being patient there. The guys are working hard, and as long as we keep doing that, I think good things will start to happen. All they can do is their best and that’s what I ask for.”
Jefferson West
Coach: Matt Tinsley, first year
Last season: 6-15
The Tigers lost one of the best players in the county in post player Tom Shirley to graduation, but Tinsley’s first squad of Tigers gives him some ingredients to work with as he makes the transition to the job.
Tinsley spent the last two years as boys’ coach at St. Marys after some time as a graduate assistant coach on the Washburn University men’s basketball team. He has 25 players out for basketball at West, including only three seniors.
Tinsley said he is looking to those seniors – guard Willie Barnett, forward Cole Buckman and guard Briar Ploude – as the team leaders. The rest of the varsity squad is fleshed out by junior forward Alex Baker, junior forward Aaron Starr, junior point guard Sam DeMaranville, sophomore forward Dillon Roy, junior guard Bryce Miller and junior guard Tim Rhodd and junior guard Adam Fechter.
“We have quite a bit of injuries early but I thought it was a complete 180-degree turnaround from our first to our second game,” Tinsley said. The Tigers were routed by Silver Lake in the first game but bounced back to give Perry-Lecompton all it could handle. “We led Perry-Lecompton with two minutes left, so I was pleased with our effort in that game. If we play with that effort every game, we have good things ahead of us.”
Tinsley mentioned Nemaha Valley and Sabetha as two of the teams to beat in the Big Seven this season.
“I’d like to think we have a shot,” Tinsley said. “We’ve got some good tests early to show where we’ll be but I expect us to be near the top.”
Tinsley said he favors an up-tempo style of play.
“I want us to be tough on the defensive end and get after it from a team aspect. I want the guys to know what it takes to play hard all the time. Once they get that figured out I think we’ll be looking for better things.I was very pleased with how we bounced back from that first game. I think they’re understanding what we’re teaching them in practice. Hopefully we get all that together and can do some good things this season.”
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
New coach joins HS girls' hoops ranks
One new coach joins the group of county high school girls’ basketball coaches this season as the five returnees try to build on winning or near-winning seasons.
Justin Mayer is the new coach of the Perry-Lecompton Kaws as he succeeds Mark Armstrong, who coached the team for four seasons. Mayer teaches at Eudora High School and has spent the last six years as an assistant coach for the Eudora girls’ squad.
Following a 2006-07 season in which no team won 10 games, all but Perry-Lecompton had double-digit wins in 2007-08. Jefferson County North, Oskaloosa and McLouth fought down to the wire in the Delaware Valley League race with Oskaloosa coming out on top. JCN finished with the best overall record at 18-6 while Oskaloosa was right there at 17-6 and McLouth was 13-8. Jefferson West matched that 13-8 record and Valley Falls finished 11-11 last season. Perry-Lecompton finished with a 4-17 record.
All six teams started play last week, as Oskaloosa started off with a win over Nemaha Valley while JCN did the same with a win over Maur Hill Mt. Academy. McLouth fell to St. Mary’s Academy, Jefferson West lost to Silver Lake, Valley Falls lost to ACCHS following a Dec. 4 loss to Immaculata, and Perry-Lecompton lost to Bishop Ward.
The teams continue play this week with Oskaloosa, JCN, McLouth and Valley Falls competing at the Delaware Valley League Preseason Tournament, which will be held in Oskaloosa this year. West and the Kaws were set to face off Tuesday before West returns to action Friday to play host to Sabetha.
Following is a capsule review of each team entering the season in order of last season’s record.
JCN
Coach: Steve Noll, fourth year
Last season: 18-6
The turnaround Steve Noll had been waiting for happened last season as North’s underclassmen-laden team got the farthest of any county team before falling to ACCHS in the 3A substate title game.
The best news out of that loss was that North’s only loss to graduation was one senior. Noll also has some strength in numbers this season as he ties West for the most players out with 23. That group includes a core of four seniors plus some talented juniors that were key to last season’s run. The seniors are guard/forward Amelia Noll, forward Devin Gigstad, guard Lisa Weishaar and forward Haley Hoffman, and junior guard Sara Navinskey and junior forward Mallory GrandPre are two other returning leaders for the Chargers.
Junior guard Beth Anne Brickell is slated to return from a knee injury after Christmas while sophomore forward Katie Noll also returns after seeing ample varsity playing time last season. Noll said he has a couple new weapons in stow in the form of freshmen Kate Brickell and Jordan Kramer, who he says he plans to work into the varsity rotation over the season.
“The girls have been working hard,” Noll said. He said some nagging injuries are taking their toll early on but he hopes to have everyone in full health by the return from Christmas break. “They had good volleyball and cross-country seasons so it’s good to be able to build on that a little bit. We don’t have a lot of size, but I think all the girls play a little bigger than what they are.”
Noll said several teams could be in the running for the DVL title after a season in which North fell short to county rival Oskaloosa by a slim margin.
“I think the league is gonna be tough,” Noll said. “We return a lot but so do Oskaloosa and McLouth. I think Valley Falls might surprise a lot of people. Then you’ve got teams like KC Christian and Horton that are always up there. It should be a fun race.”
After coming so close to a state bid last season, Noll said he hopes the team can take the next step this time around.
“The girls have been with me since they were in seventh and eighth grade, and they’ve been competitive every year (at the middle school level),” he said. “I guess it’s all kinda fallen into place. We’ve got some pretty high goals this season. I think we’re ready to go, we’ve just gotta go out there and play our game.”
Oskaloosa
Coach: LeeAnn Tufte, fourth year
Last season: 17-6
Tufte’s Bears also took a step forward last season and return quite a bit of the scoring punch from that team.
The Bears won the DVL title and went into substate as one of the frontrunners but stumbled versus ACCHS in the semifinals to finish a great season on a sour note.
It’s not often that a coach with 15 players out for a sport, seniors to freshmen, can point to depth as a strong point but Tufte said she feels that’s the case with this year’s team. Senior standout guard Nicole Rockhold and sophomore guard Hailey Kelly are the two top returnees for the Bears, whose roster includes two other seniors – forwards Jordan Cross and Rachell Hicks.
The Bears lost the inside presence of seniors Emily Heston and Myla Heston to graduation, and junior Kyra Coffman will miss the season with a knee injury, but Tufte has some players with some returning experience, plus a couple freshmen ready to do their part. Junior Mallory Schmidt, junior Audrey Trowbridge and sophomore Kristin Brey all got solid playing time last season and Tufte plans to work freshman forward Haley Pfau and freshman forward Rachel Schmanke into the mix. Sophomore guard Abby Thurston and sophomore forward Katie Barnes also saw some varsity time in the team’s opening win over Nemaha Valley Friday.
“I was very, very pleased with last season,” Tufte said. “We’ve picked up some freshmen and our numbers are pretty thin, but I really think you could field two varsities with our top 11. This early part of the season we’ll be figuring out rotation questions and see how everybody fits. We might be having to play some starters on varsity in junior varsity this year.”
Staying healthy will be a key, but Tufte said she also focused more on shooting going into games this year. A poor offensive effort was a main reason behind the season-ending loss to ACCHS last season so, looking at another tough schedule this season, Tufte said she wanted to see improvement in that area.
“Our shooting percentage and ability to shoot from outside was key last year, and that last loss really showed us how important that is,” Tufte said. “I’ve been really pleased with how that has come along. The other big thing is defense. We’ve got to play strong defense. If we can use that to transition into offense that will take a lot of the scoring stress off Nicole and Hailey.
“I think the DVL race is gonna be close. JCN and McLouth have most of their players back, and teams like KCC and Horton are always strong.”
Tufte said she thinks her squad is ready to get into games and leave scrimmaging behind.
“I think we’ll be able to put people in this year and, really, not skip a beat,” Tufte said. “I’m excited about this season. I know the girls are anxious to get going and see how they match up.”
McLouth
Coach: Todd Cossman, second year
Last season: 13-8
Cossman had few to no complaints about his first year as head coach at McLouth as his team was in the thick of the DVL hunt throughout the season before also losing to ACCHS in substate play.
Numbers are still low for the Bulldogs as Cossman has 14 players out, but only one senior. The main returnees are junior standout guard Missy Rome, junior post presence Kylie Shufflebarger and junior post player Cassidy Bristol. Cossman also pointed out returnees sophomore guard Logan Terry and sophomore Jessie Troupe, and said freshmen Terri Stewart and Morgan Drinnon will also see varsity playing time. The lone senior on the team is forward Haley Holwick.
“The girls have been playing well in practice,” Cossman said. “We’re keeping it pretty much the same this season. We want to build some continuity, and move forward in what we started last season – take that next step.”
The Bulldogs got started on the wrong foot with the season opening loss to a solid St. Mary’s Academy team Friday but Cossman is hoping his team is in the hunt once more for a DVL title.
“The league looks pretty solid. Oskaloosa is right up there, JCN is up there. I think Immaculata and Horton could be good,” Cossman said.
Cossman lost two solid seniors in Abby Annis and Sam Farris from last year’s team. He said he expects some learning is still left to be done but he likes his chances with his squad.
“Missy can play with just about any guard in the state,” Cossman said, “and we’ve got two really good inside players in Kylie and Cassidy. We’ve got some questions to answer and we may have some growing pains early on, but I’m pretty happy so far. Hopefully we can get going full swing by Christmas break.”
Jefferson West
Coach: Dan Hypse, third year
Last season: 13-8
Returning players are also a strength at West as Hypse returns quite a bit of experience from a team that lost to Hayden in 4A substate play to finish last season.
Hypse has a little strength in his numbers as a squad of 23 includes nine freshmen and 14 junior varsity and varsity players. Seniors and juniors form the core of the team, as Hypse has four seniors on the squad. Daughter guard/forward Hayley Hypse is joined by fellow seniors forward Audrey Mullins, forward Katie Bigham and guard/forward Michelle Bowen, who transferred to West last season from Oskaloosa. Hypse and Mullins have extensive varsity experience while Bigham had a standout season as a freshman but has seen her last two basketball seasons derailed by injuries. Joining those four will be junior guard Taylor Jaimes, junior forward Morgan Scott, junior guard and forward BriAnna Ploude, junior post player Jessica Martin, sophomore post player Jessica Wells and sophomore guard Monica Sanders.
“Hayley, Audrey and Katie have all played at the varsity level for a while now,” Hypse said. “We know what style we want to play – aggressive man-to-man defense. We want to get after people and create turnovers and turn those into baskets on the other end.”
West finished among the top three in the Big Seven League last year and said, after the frontrunner Holton, the league is a good race.
“Hopefully we can move up after finishing third last year,” Hypse said. “Holton is the top team, but we’re gonna have to play well every night or get beaten.”
West lost a narrow contest to Silver Lake to start the season 0-1, but Hypse said he hopes his team will be tested and improved by the time the games really count in February.
“I feel like we play a good schedule,” Hypse said. “I’d like us to be farther along offensively going into games. We’ve been really stressing defense in practice. Hopefully by the time we get to Christmas break the offense is starting to click.”
Valley Falls
Coach: Todd Gish, fourth year
Last season: 11-11
Gish’s team improved to a .500 record last season but had troubles with consistency before getting bounced from the 2A substate semifinals by Valley Heights.
The biggest loss for the Dragons from that team is graduated post player Rebekah Bunde, but Gish is hoping a group of other players can step up to fill the inside void left by Bunde’s departure. Gish has 22 players out for basketball, which includes four seniors. All four have seen significant playing time the last couple seasons, led by guards and forwards Tess Robinson and Chelsy Lassiter. Senior Chelsey Correll will be looked to for more production in the post this season and senior guard Shelbie Glissman returns to try and give Valley Falls an offensive boost. Other key returnees include sophomore guards Abbey Kearney, who had a standout freshman season, and Morgan Streeter, who also saw plenty of playing time as a freshman. Gish said junior guard Brenna Lane, junior forward Bethany Myers, junior guard and forward Bailey Sherretts, junior Courtnie Watson and sophomore Kaitlyn Speer would also likely see varsity time.
“Abbey was big for us last year, so we’ll lean on her quite a bit,” Gish said. “Really we’ve got about eight more girls that are fairly interchangeable. I’m hoping Chelsey (Correll) can step up a little on the offensive end, and Chelsy (Lassiter) had games in spurts last year where she was in double figures, too, so hopefully she can be a little more consistent with that.”
The changes add up to a drive for more aggression defensively from Gish.
“We played a little more soft zone defense last year so I’d like to work more man-to-man in. We’re challenged in size but we’ll have to make up for that,” Gish said.
Gish pointed out last year’s DVL top three – JCN, Oskaloosa and McLouth – as the main three to watch again this season.
“Oskaloosa will be tough, and JCN has everybody back, and McLouth maybe has the best player in the league in Rome,” Gish said. “Some things will have to go our way, but part of the challenge is changing the mindset here. The girls aren’t used to seeing a lot of success.”
The season is off to a rough start as the Dragons have dropped single-digit-deficit games to Immaculata and ACCHS to start 0-2. Gish said he’s hoping the good feelings he has had about the team entering play pan out.
“Practices have been going pretty well early on,” Gish said. “I think overall they’re quite a bit better at this point than they were last year at this point. We’ll know a lot more after a few games.”
Perry-Lecompton
Coach: Justin Mayer, first year
Last season: 4-17
The Kaws have struggled in recent years but Mayer is hoping he can get the outlook turned around for the Kaw girls.
Mayer’s wife, the former Chrissy McClure, is a mid-1990s graduate of Perry-Lecompton so, when he heard of the job’s availability, he looked at it as a challenge.
“I had wanted to be a head coach and, since my wife is a graduate of Perry-Lecompton and her family is still close, I figured this was a good place to start,” Mayer said. He has spent the last six years as an assistant at Eudora, and also teaches there.
Mayer has only 15 girls out for basketball but only two are seniors. He said he is looking to junior guard Emma Gantz, junior post player Katie Volle, senior post player Megan Elder, junior guard Katie Hirsch, senior guard Sydney Allen, sophomore guard Taylor Akagi to lead the way on varsity. He pointed out junior post player Jessica Christman, sophomore guard/forward Kerry Neil and junior guard Abby Bays as other players who will see varsity time.
“It’s kind of an unsolved mystery, why more girls aren’t coming out for the team,” Mayer said. “We had situations where some girls who hadn’t been out went out for the team and others who had, didn’t. We’re taking the time to figure out what works best with this group.”
Mayer said this is very much a transition year as he settles into his first head coaching job, which is also a building project in turning around the Kaw girls.
“We’re gonna have to outwork teams on the defensive end. That’ll be our staple,” Mayer said. “We’re getting to know each other and that’s gonna take some time.”
Mayer said Lansing, Tonganoxie and Basehor-Linwood should be the top teams in the perennially tough Kaw Valley League. He said he hopes this year is a chance for him to lay the foundation for years to come.
“We’re suiting up everybody,” Mayer said of varsity games. “We’re working on getting to know my philosophy and relaxing and making good decisions on the offensive end. You’ve got to be able to handle defensive pressure. Hopefully we can get better as the year goes on. I think the girls have the tools, it’s just a matter of putting them together.”
Justin Mayer is the new coach of the Perry-Lecompton Kaws as he succeeds Mark Armstrong, who coached the team for four seasons. Mayer teaches at Eudora High School and has spent the last six years as an assistant coach for the Eudora girls’ squad.
Following a 2006-07 season in which no team won 10 games, all but Perry-Lecompton had double-digit wins in 2007-08. Jefferson County North, Oskaloosa and McLouth fought down to the wire in the Delaware Valley League race with Oskaloosa coming out on top. JCN finished with the best overall record at 18-6 while Oskaloosa was right there at 17-6 and McLouth was 13-8. Jefferson West matched that 13-8 record and Valley Falls finished 11-11 last season. Perry-Lecompton finished with a 4-17 record.
All six teams started play last week, as Oskaloosa started off with a win over Nemaha Valley while JCN did the same with a win over Maur Hill Mt. Academy. McLouth fell to St. Mary’s Academy, Jefferson West lost to Silver Lake, Valley Falls lost to ACCHS following a Dec. 4 loss to Immaculata, and Perry-Lecompton lost to Bishop Ward.
The teams continue play this week with Oskaloosa, JCN, McLouth and Valley Falls competing at the Delaware Valley League Preseason Tournament, which will be held in Oskaloosa this year. West and the Kaws were set to face off Tuesday before West returns to action Friday to play host to Sabetha.
Following is a capsule review of each team entering the season in order of last season’s record.
JCN
Coach: Steve Noll, fourth year
Last season: 18-6
The turnaround Steve Noll had been waiting for happened last season as North’s underclassmen-laden team got the farthest of any county team before falling to ACCHS in the 3A substate title game.
The best news out of that loss was that North’s only loss to graduation was one senior. Noll also has some strength in numbers this season as he ties West for the most players out with 23. That group includes a core of four seniors plus some talented juniors that were key to last season’s run. The seniors are guard/forward Amelia Noll, forward Devin Gigstad, guard Lisa Weishaar and forward Haley Hoffman, and junior guard Sara Navinskey and junior forward Mallory GrandPre are two other returning leaders for the Chargers.
Junior guard Beth Anne Brickell is slated to return from a knee injury after Christmas while sophomore forward Katie Noll also returns after seeing ample varsity playing time last season. Noll said he has a couple new weapons in stow in the form of freshmen Kate Brickell and Jordan Kramer, who he says he plans to work into the varsity rotation over the season.
“The girls have been working hard,” Noll said. He said some nagging injuries are taking their toll early on but he hopes to have everyone in full health by the return from Christmas break. “They had good volleyball and cross-country seasons so it’s good to be able to build on that a little bit. We don’t have a lot of size, but I think all the girls play a little bigger than what they are.”
Noll said several teams could be in the running for the DVL title after a season in which North fell short to county rival Oskaloosa by a slim margin.
“I think the league is gonna be tough,” Noll said. “We return a lot but so do Oskaloosa and McLouth. I think Valley Falls might surprise a lot of people. Then you’ve got teams like KC Christian and Horton that are always up there. It should be a fun race.”
After coming so close to a state bid last season, Noll said he hopes the team can take the next step this time around.
“The girls have been with me since they were in seventh and eighth grade, and they’ve been competitive every year (at the middle school level),” he said. “I guess it’s all kinda fallen into place. We’ve got some pretty high goals this season. I think we’re ready to go, we’ve just gotta go out there and play our game.”
Oskaloosa
Coach: LeeAnn Tufte, fourth year
Last season: 17-6
Tufte’s Bears also took a step forward last season and return quite a bit of the scoring punch from that team.
The Bears won the DVL title and went into substate as one of the frontrunners but stumbled versus ACCHS in the semifinals to finish a great season on a sour note.
It’s not often that a coach with 15 players out for a sport, seniors to freshmen, can point to depth as a strong point but Tufte said she feels that’s the case with this year’s team. Senior standout guard Nicole Rockhold and sophomore guard Hailey Kelly are the two top returnees for the Bears, whose roster includes two other seniors – forwards Jordan Cross and Rachell Hicks.
The Bears lost the inside presence of seniors Emily Heston and Myla Heston to graduation, and junior Kyra Coffman will miss the season with a knee injury, but Tufte has some players with some returning experience, plus a couple freshmen ready to do their part. Junior Mallory Schmidt, junior Audrey Trowbridge and sophomore Kristin Brey all got solid playing time last season and Tufte plans to work freshman forward Haley Pfau and freshman forward Rachel Schmanke into the mix. Sophomore guard Abby Thurston and sophomore forward Katie Barnes also saw some varsity time in the team’s opening win over Nemaha Valley Friday.
“I was very, very pleased with last season,” Tufte said. “We’ve picked up some freshmen and our numbers are pretty thin, but I really think you could field two varsities with our top 11. This early part of the season we’ll be figuring out rotation questions and see how everybody fits. We might be having to play some starters on varsity in junior varsity this year.”
Staying healthy will be a key, but Tufte said she also focused more on shooting going into games this year. A poor offensive effort was a main reason behind the season-ending loss to ACCHS last season so, looking at another tough schedule this season, Tufte said she wanted to see improvement in that area.
“Our shooting percentage and ability to shoot from outside was key last year, and that last loss really showed us how important that is,” Tufte said. “I’ve been really pleased with how that has come along. The other big thing is defense. We’ve got to play strong defense. If we can use that to transition into offense that will take a lot of the scoring stress off Nicole and Hailey.
“I think the DVL race is gonna be close. JCN and McLouth have most of their players back, and teams like KCC and Horton are always strong.”
Tufte said she thinks her squad is ready to get into games and leave scrimmaging behind.
“I think we’ll be able to put people in this year and, really, not skip a beat,” Tufte said. “I’m excited about this season. I know the girls are anxious to get going and see how they match up.”
McLouth
Coach: Todd Cossman, second year
Last season: 13-8
Cossman had few to no complaints about his first year as head coach at McLouth as his team was in the thick of the DVL hunt throughout the season before also losing to ACCHS in substate play.
Numbers are still low for the Bulldogs as Cossman has 14 players out, but only one senior. The main returnees are junior standout guard Missy Rome, junior post presence Kylie Shufflebarger and junior post player Cassidy Bristol. Cossman also pointed out returnees sophomore guard Logan Terry and sophomore Jessie Troupe, and said freshmen Terri Stewart and Morgan Drinnon will also see varsity playing time. The lone senior on the team is forward Haley Holwick.
“The girls have been playing well in practice,” Cossman said. “We’re keeping it pretty much the same this season. We want to build some continuity, and move forward in what we started last season – take that next step.”
The Bulldogs got started on the wrong foot with the season opening loss to a solid St. Mary’s Academy team Friday but Cossman is hoping his team is in the hunt once more for a DVL title.
“The league looks pretty solid. Oskaloosa is right up there, JCN is up there. I think Immaculata and Horton could be good,” Cossman said.
Cossman lost two solid seniors in Abby Annis and Sam Farris from last year’s team. He said he expects some learning is still left to be done but he likes his chances with his squad.
“Missy can play with just about any guard in the state,” Cossman said, “and we’ve got two really good inside players in Kylie and Cassidy. We’ve got some questions to answer and we may have some growing pains early on, but I’m pretty happy so far. Hopefully we can get going full swing by Christmas break.”
Jefferson West
Coach: Dan Hypse, third year
Last season: 13-8
Returning players are also a strength at West as Hypse returns quite a bit of experience from a team that lost to Hayden in 4A substate play to finish last season.
Hypse has a little strength in his numbers as a squad of 23 includes nine freshmen and 14 junior varsity and varsity players. Seniors and juniors form the core of the team, as Hypse has four seniors on the squad. Daughter guard/forward Hayley Hypse is joined by fellow seniors forward Audrey Mullins, forward Katie Bigham and guard/forward Michelle Bowen, who transferred to West last season from Oskaloosa. Hypse and Mullins have extensive varsity experience while Bigham had a standout season as a freshman but has seen her last two basketball seasons derailed by injuries. Joining those four will be junior guard Taylor Jaimes, junior forward Morgan Scott, junior guard and forward BriAnna Ploude, junior post player Jessica Martin, sophomore post player Jessica Wells and sophomore guard Monica Sanders.
“Hayley, Audrey and Katie have all played at the varsity level for a while now,” Hypse said. “We know what style we want to play – aggressive man-to-man defense. We want to get after people and create turnovers and turn those into baskets on the other end.”
West finished among the top three in the Big Seven League last year and said, after the frontrunner Holton, the league is a good race.
“Hopefully we can move up after finishing third last year,” Hypse said. “Holton is the top team, but we’re gonna have to play well every night or get beaten.”
West lost a narrow contest to Silver Lake to start the season 0-1, but Hypse said he hopes his team will be tested and improved by the time the games really count in February.
“I feel like we play a good schedule,” Hypse said. “I’d like us to be farther along offensively going into games. We’ve been really stressing defense in practice. Hopefully by the time we get to Christmas break the offense is starting to click.”
Valley Falls
Coach: Todd Gish, fourth year
Last season: 11-11
Gish’s team improved to a .500 record last season but had troubles with consistency before getting bounced from the 2A substate semifinals by Valley Heights.
The biggest loss for the Dragons from that team is graduated post player Rebekah Bunde, but Gish is hoping a group of other players can step up to fill the inside void left by Bunde’s departure. Gish has 22 players out for basketball, which includes four seniors. All four have seen significant playing time the last couple seasons, led by guards and forwards Tess Robinson and Chelsy Lassiter. Senior Chelsey Correll will be looked to for more production in the post this season and senior guard Shelbie Glissman returns to try and give Valley Falls an offensive boost. Other key returnees include sophomore guards Abbey Kearney, who had a standout freshman season, and Morgan Streeter, who also saw plenty of playing time as a freshman. Gish said junior guard Brenna Lane, junior forward Bethany Myers, junior guard and forward Bailey Sherretts, junior Courtnie Watson and sophomore Kaitlyn Speer would also likely see varsity time.
“Abbey was big for us last year, so we’ll lean on her quite a bit,” Gish said. “Really we’ve got about eight more girls that are fairly interchangeable. I’m hoping Chelsey (Correll) can step up a little on the offensive end, and Chelsy (Lassiter) had games in spurts last year where she was in double figures, too, so hopefully she can be a little more consistent with that.”
The changes add up to a drive for more aggression defensively from Gish.
“We played a little more soft zone defense last year so I’d like to work more man-to-man in. We’re challenged in size but we’ll have to make up for that,” Gish said.
Gish pointed out last year’s DVL top three – JCN, Oskaloosa and McLouth – as the main three to watch again this season.
“Oskaloosa will be tough, and JCN has everybody back, and McLouth maybe has the best player in the league in Rome,” Gish said. “Some things will have to go our way, but part of the challenge is changing the mindset here. The girls aren’t used to seeing a lot of success.”
The season is off to a rough start as the Dragons have dropped single-digit-deficit games to Immaculata and ACCHS to start 0-2. Gish said he’s hoping the good feelings he has had about the team entering play pan out.
“Practices have been going pretty well early on,” Gish said. “I think overall they’re quite a bit better at this point than they were last year at this point. We’ll know a lot more after a few games.”
Perry-Lecompton
Coach: Justin Mayer, first year
Last season: 4-17
The Kaws have struggled in recent years but Mayer is hoping he can get the outlook turned around for the Kaw girls.
Mayer’s wife, the former Chrissy McClure, is a mid-1990s graduate of Perry-Lecompton so, when he heard of the job’s availability, he looked at it as a challenge.
“I had wanted to be a head coach and, since my wife is a graduate of Perry-Lecompton and her family is still close, I figured this was a good place to start,” Mayer said. He has spent the last six years as an assistant at Eudora, and also teaches there.
Mayer has only 15 girls out for basketball but only two are seniors. He said he is looking to junior guard Emma Gantz, junior post player Katie Volle, senior post player Megan Elder, junior guard Katie Hirsch, senior guard Sydney Allen, sophomore guard Taylor Akagi to lead the way on varsity. He pointed out junior post player Jessica Christman, sophomore guard/forward Kerry Neil and junior guard Abby Bays as other players who will see varsity time.
“It’s kind of an unsolved mystery, why more girls aren’t coming out for the team,” Mayer said. “We had situations where some girls who hadn’t been out went out for the team and others who had, didn’t. We’re taking the time to figure out what works best with this group.”
Mayer said this is very much a transition year as he settles into his first head coaching job, which is also a building project in turning around the Kaw girls.
“We’re gonna have to outwork teams on the defensive end. That’ll be our staple,” Mayer said. “We’re getting to know each other and that’s gonna take some time.”
Mayer said Lansing, Tonganoxie and Basehor-Linwood should be the top teams in the perennially tough Kaw Valley League. He said he hopes this year is a chance for him to lay the foundation for years to come.
“We’re suiting up everybody,” Mayer said of varsity games. “We’re working on getting to know my philosophy and relaxing and making good decisions on the offensive end. You’ve got to be able to handle defensive pressure. Hopefully we can get better as the year goes on. I think the girls have the tools, it’s just a matter of putting them together.”
Monday, November 10, 2008
JCN settles for fourth at state volleyball
The line between tears of joy and tears of frustration was thin at times for the Jefferson County North Chargers volleyball team as the squad slipped through pool play only to have a frustrating Saturday for a fourth-place finish Nov. 1 at the 3A state tournament in Salina.
The Chargers entered play on Halloween afternoon at the Bicentennial Center as the fifth seed in a pool with top-seeded Phillipsburg, fourth-seeded Osage City and eighth-seeded Hoisington. Hoisington knocked off Phillipsburg in an upset in the first match of the day and the Chargers got started versus Osage City.
The Indians, who entered the tourney at 35-5, jumped out to a 14-6 game 1 lead but saw North fight back to whittle the lead to 21-17 and, eventually, 23-21, on a kill by North senior Lisa Weishaar. After Osage City’s second timeout of the game, a North player made contact with the net to give Osage City game point and an illegal hit call on North gave Osage City a 25-21 win in the first game of the best-of-three match. North took the early lead in game two by surging to a 14-3 advantage and rolling to a 25-13 win to force a deciding game 3.
The game would be close as North took a 6-3 lead but Osage City came back to take a 15-9 lead. JCN responded to tie the game at 18 on a kill by senior Devin Gigstad and force an Indians timeout. JCN made it a 6-point run to make the lead 21-18 but the Indians tied the game at 22. The Indians had a match point at 24-23 but JCN junior Sara Navinskey came through with a kill. At a 24-all tie, JCN sophomore Jordyne Seichepine scored a kill to give North a match point but Osage City retied the game. A Seichepine block gave North a second chance and an Osage City kill attempt hit the net and fell on the Indians’ side to give North the match.
North stayed on the court to face top seed Phillipsburg and found the Panthers focused after their opening loss to Hoisington. The Panthers led most of the way as they pulled away to a 4- or 5-point lead most of game 1 to take the game by a score of 25-20. JCN established the early lead in game 2 and was ahead, 14-9, before the Panthers started to creep back into the game. They got the game tied at 16 before moving ahead with a run of 4 straight points to make it 21-17. A Weishaar kill cut it to 22-20 and the Chargers got within a point before the Panthers scored the next 3 points to take the game and the match, 25-21, and drop JCN to 1-1 in pool play.
Hoisington and Phillipsburg both defeated Osage City to knock the Indians out of contention at 0-3 and set up a pivotal match between North and 2-0 Hoisington with a shot at advancing to Saturday’s Final Four on the line. North pulled out its best match of the day to dispatch the Cardinals, 25-21, 25-18. On the tiebreaker, Phillipsburg came through as the pool’s top seed while North came out ahead of Hoisington based on the amount of games needed to win its 2 matches.
The Chargers were then slated to face Rock Creek as the top qualifier in the other pool in Saturday’s semifinal match. North would play a tough game 1 but wouldn’t recover from a close loss in that game in game 2.
The Mustangs jumped out to a 5-2 lead and forced a North timeout at 9-4. The Chargers responded to tie the game at 11, 12 and 13. Rock Creek would creep ahead again only to see North tie the game at 16. Rock Creek again took a 3-point lead at 19-16 but North wouldn’t go away to cut the lead back to 20-19. Again Rock Creek tried to put the game away at 23-19 and 24-21 but a Mustang serve sailed long and a good serve by North junior Molly Lyon wasn’t returned by Rock Creek to keep North in the game.
After a Mustang timeout, a Gigstad tip fell in to tie the game at 24. Rock Creek had another chance to win the game but North scored two straight points including a Weishaar kill that forced a Mustang illegal hit to give North a game point. After another Mustang timeout, Rock Creek survived to tie the game but North fought off another game point before Rock Creek eventually won the game, 29-27, as a Seichepine kill fell just long.
JCN held an early 8-5 lead in game 2 and led, 9-6, when Rock Creek rolled off 9 straight points to take a 15-9 lead. The Mustangs extended the lead to 7 points before North was able to make a run to cut the lead to 21-18. Rock Creek would score the final 2 points of the match to move into the state title game with a 29-27, 25-19 victory.
With dreams of a state title dashed, the Chargers were forced to refocus on a rematch with Phillipsburg, which fell to Garden Plain in the other semifinal. The second match with the Panthers would play out much like the first one as a tight game 1 saw Philipsburg pull ahead in the teens to take a 19-14 lead. North cut the lead back to 20-19 but the Panthers rattled off 5 straight points to take game 1 by a 25-19 count.
In game 2, Phillipsburg took a 6-1 lead and extended it to 11-5. JCN got as close as 13-10 before the Panthers went on another run to make it 19-10. The Panthers got match point at 24-12 and North fought off three points before the Panthers were able to take home a 25-16 game 2 victory for third place in the tournament.
With the season in the books at 35-10, North coach Jeremy Gish huddled his players as they emotionally dealt with a tough end to another successful season. The team waited and watched as Garden Plain defeated Rock Creek in two games for the state title and then the Chargers got their fourth-place medals and took time for some team photos by the cadre of parents, students and supporters that made the trek west on I-70 to Salina.
Gish said despite the unfavorable outcome of Saturday’s matches, he and his team wouldn’t second-guess themselves.
“We don’t have any regrets,” Gish said. “The girls played extremely hard and they left all they had on the court. Against Rock Creek, we probably got our best defensive match of the year. The girls just refused to let the ball hit the floor at times. Rock Creek is a good team but, really, we don’t match up well. With Phillipsburg, we knew what they liked to do, we just couldn’t get it going. I think the girls were extremely motivated. I didn’t feel like we were getting too many breaks today, and there’s not much you can do about that.”
Navinskey was later named to the Kansas Volleyball Association’s all-tournament team for the 3A tourney.
The Chargers entered play on Halloween afternoon at the Bicentennial Center as the fifth seed in a pool with top-seeded Phillipsburg, fourth-seeded Osage City and eighth-seeded Hoisington. Hoisington knocked off Phillipsburg in an upset in the first match of the day and the Chargers got started versus Osage City.
The Indians, who entered the tourney at 35-5, jumped out to a 14-6 game 1 lead but saw North fight back to whittle the lead to 21-17 and, eventually, 23-21, on a kill by North senior Lisa Weishaar. After Osage City’s second timeout of the game, a North player made contact with the net to give Osage City game point and an illegal hit call on North gave Osage City a 25-21 win in the first game of the best-of-three match. North took the early lead in game two by surging to a 14-3 advantage and rolling to a 25-13 win to force a deciding game 3.
The game would be close as North took a 6-3 lead but Osage City came back to take a 15-9 lead. JCN responded to tie the game at 18 on a kill by senior Devin Gigstad and force an Indians timeout. JCN made it a 6-point run to make the lead 21-18 but the Indians tied the game at 22. The Indians had a match point at 24-23 but JCN junior Sara Navinskey came through with a kill. At a 24-all tie, JCN sophomore Jordyne Seichepine scored a kill to give North a match point but Osage City retied the game. A Seichepine block gave North a second chance and an Osage City kill attempt hit the net and fell on the Indians’ side to give North the match.
North stayed on the court to face top seed Phillipsburg and found the Panthers focused after their opening loss to Hoisington. The Panthers led most of the way as they pulled away to a 4- or 5-point lead most of game 1 to take the game by a score of 25-20. JCN established the early lead in game 2 and was ahead, 14-9, before the Panthers started to creep back into the game. They got the game tied at 16 before moving ahead with a run of 4 straight points to make it 21-17. A Weishaar kill cut it to 22-20 and the Chargers got within a point before the Panthers scored the next 3 points to take the game and the match, 25-21, and drop JCN to 1-1 in pool play.
Hoisington and Phillipsburg both defeated Osage City to knock the Indians out of contention at 0-3 and set up a pivotal match between North and 2-0 Hoisington with a shot at advancing to Saturday’s Final Four on the line. North pulled out its best match of the day to dispatch the Cardinals, 25-21, 25-18. On the tiebreaker, Phillipsburg came through as the pool’s top seed while North came out ahead of Hoisington based on the amount of games needed to win its 2 matches.
The Chargers were then slated to face Rock Creek as the top qualifier in the other pool in Saturday’s semifinal match. North would play a tough game 1 but wouldn’t recover from a close loss in that game in game 2.
The Mustangs jumped out to a 5-2 lead and forced a North timeout at 9-4. The Chargers responded to tie the game at 11, 12 and 13. Rock Creek would creep ahead again only to see North tie the game at 16. Rock Creek again took a 3-point lead at 19-16 but North wouldn’t go away to cut the lead back to 20-19. Again Rock Creek tried to put the game away at 23-19 and 24-21 but a Mustang serve sailed long and a good serve by North junior Molly Lyon wasn’t returned by Rock Creek to keep North in the game.
After a Mustang timeout, a Gigstad tip fell in to tie the game at 24. Rock Creek had another chance to win the game but North scored two straight points including a Weishaar kill that forced a Mustang illegal hit to give North a game point. After another Mustang timeout, Rock Creek survived to tie the game but North fought off another game point before Rock Creek eventually won the game, 29-27, as a Seichepine kill fell just long.
JCN held an early 8-5 lead in game 2 and led, 9-6, when Rock Creek rolled off 9 straight points to take a 15-9 lead. The Mustangs extended the lead to 7 points before North was able to make a run to cut the lead to 21-18. Rock Creek would score the final 2 points of the match to move into the state title game with a 29-27, 25-19 victory.
With dreams of a state title dashed, the Chargers were forced to refocus on a rematch with Phillipsburg, which fell to Garden Plain in the other semifinal. The second match with the Panthers would play out much like the first one as a tight game 1 saw Philipsburg pull ahead in the teens to take a 19-14 lead. North cut the lead back to 20-19 but the Panthers rattled off 5 straight points to take game 1 by a 25-19 count.
In game 2, Phillipsburg took a 6-1 lead and extended it to 11-5. JCN got as close as 13-10 before the Panthers went on another run to make it 19-10. The Panthers got match point at 24-12 and North fought off three points before the Panthers were able to take home a 25-16 game 2 victory for third place in the tournament.
With the season in the books at 35-10, North coach Jeremy Gish huddled his players as they emotionally dealt with a tough end to another successful season. The team waited and watched as Garden Plain defeated Rock Creek in two games for the state title and then the Chargers got their fourth-place medals and took time for some team photos by the cadre of parents, students and supporters that made the trek west on I-70 to Salina.
Gish said despite the unfavorable outcome of Saturday’s matches, he and his team wouldn’t second-guess themselves.
“We don’t have any regrets,” Gish said. “The girls played extremely hard and they left all they had on the court. Against Rock Creek, we probably got our best defensive match of the year. The girls just refused to let the ball hit the floor at times. Rock Creek is a good team but, really, we don’t match up well. With Phillipsburg, we knew what they liked to do, we just couldn’t get it going. I think the girls were extremely motivated. I didn’t feel like we were getting too many breaks today, and there’s not much you can do about that.”
Navinskey was later named to the Kansas Volleyball Association’s all-tournament team for the 3A tourney.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
County football scores from Oct. 24, 2008
Oskaloosa, 41, vs. Jefferson County North, 0
Pleasant Ridge, 48, vs. McLouth, 6
Atchison, 35, vs. Jefferson West, 14
Baldwin, 35, vs. Perry-Lecompton, 28
Valley Falls, 54, vs. Immaculata, 6
Pleasant Ridge, 48, vs. McLouth, 6
Atchison, 35, vs. Jefferson West, 14
Baldwin, 35, vs. Perry-Lecompton, 28
Valley Falls, 54, vs. Immaculata, 6
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