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The Knight Tribune

NOVEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Avan Beiswanger Class (Grade): Junior Family: 2 sisters, Halle and Audrey Favorite TV Show: Greys Anatomy Favorite Actor: Liam Neeson Favorite Actress: Melissa McCarthy Favorite Movie: TAG Favorite Music: Country Favorite Song: Every little thing Favorite Artist: Thomas Rhett Favorite Color: Teal Favorite Vacation Spot: Fort Myers, Florida Sports Role Model: Sydney Romero Non-Sports Role Model: Grandpa Hal Favorite Subject: Strength Favorite late-night snack: Grapes Family in Sports: My little sister is in Gymnastics Career goal: Undecided If you could have a Superpower, what would it be: To read peoples minds

Girls Basketball: New season, new look The East Noble Lady Knights

Basketball team enters the 2019-20

season, as most teams do, with a

few new faces on the roster. The

good news for the Lady Knights,

however, is graduation in 2019 did

not take its toll on the program.

Junior catalyst, Avan Beiswanger,

is back after missing the entire

2018-19 season due to injury.

Freshman-Bree Walmsley will also

step into some minutes early.

“Avan is back and we will add Bree

to create some depth,” said Head

Coach DeAnn Booth.

5 Juniors return to the line-up, all of

whom started as Sophomores:

Kylie Garton, Karly Kirkpatrick, Carly

Turner, Anna Becker, and Patton.

Turner is the leading returning

scorer at 9.5 PPG. Patton averaged

8.3 points, Garton 6.3, Becker 5.5,

and Kirkpatrick 5.3. Anna Becker

hit 36 Triples a year ago, while

Kirkpatrick made 100+ trips to the

foul line. Senior-Rylee Cripe also

saw valuable minutes as a Junior

last season.

The Knights will look to compete

for an NE8 crown this season in a

highly competitive conference.

Norwell and Bellmont have been

favorites over the last few years

and the Lady Knights of East Noble

are hoping to add their name to

that list.

East Noble will host Sectional 5

this season, a tournament that has

been won by Carroll each of the last

3 seasons. The Lady Knights are the

last team other than Carroll to win

Sectional 5 with a title in 2016.

The Lady Knights will be on the

road for 4 of the first 5 games of

the season before returning to the

Big Blue Pit for a tough

Thanksgiving week schedule with

Carroll and Central Noble coming to

Kendallville.

this issue

Girls Basketball P.1 Swimming P.3

Boys Basketball P.5 Wrestling P.8

Gymnastics P.10 Show Choir P.11

Theatre P.12 Football P.13

Athletic Contacts P.15

ISSUE

November 2019

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NOVEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Rylee Cripe Class (Grade): 12 Family: Mom, Dad, Sister Favorite TV Show: The Office Favorite Actor: Ryan Reynolds Favorite Actress: Blake Lively Favorite Movie: Baywatch Favorite Music: Hip hop/ rap Favorite Song: Enemies Favorite Artist: Post Malone Favorite Color: White Favorite Vacation Spot: Cancun Mexico Sports Role Model: Jennie Finch Non-Sports Role Model: My sister Favorite Subject: Math Favorite late-night snack: Oreos Family in Sports: Sister (plays softball at Indiana Tech) Career goal: Major in elementary education If you could have a Superpower, what would it be: Invisibility

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NOVEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Samantha Richards Class (Grade): 12th Family: Sonja and Eric Richards Favorite TV Show: This is Us Favorite Actor: Ryan Reynolds Favorite Actress: Blake Lively Favorite Movie: Mama Mia Favorite Music: Country Favorite Song: Knee Deep Favorite Artist: Post Malone Favorite Color: Pink Favorite Vacation Spot: Anywhere warm Sports Role Model: Allyson Felix Non-Sports Role Model: Mindy Hoffar Favorite Subject: Chemistry Favorite late-night snack: Sour Patch Kids Family in Sports: Nathan Richards: Football, Swimming, Track Career goal: Orthodontist If you could have a Superpower, what would it be: Invisibility

The East Noble Knights

Swim teams have hoisted 3

Conference Championship

trophies over the last 3 seasons:

2 on the girls side and 1 on the

boys. The Lady Knights will be

looking to defend their 2018-19

title. Like many programs,

graduation opens the line-up

substantially.

“The boys and girls swim and

dive teams are looking forward

to the 2019-20 season,” said

Head Coach Meredith Eakins.

“After losing a large, talented

senior class last year, the

underclassmen are prepared to

step up and fill the holes left.”

The Knights will have close to

40 swimmers on the roster this

winter, many of which are

multi-sport athletes. “Many

athletes put in work all summer

and fall to come into the season

strong,”

said Coach Eakins. “Where as

others will use the conditioning

they gained from fall sports as

they transition into the winter

season.”

The Coaching staff is excited

about about the team atmosphere

in fall workouts and over the

course of the first few weeks of

practice. The Girls team will first

compete at home on November

18 while the boys (who have not

yet begun “official” practices)

will open their season on

December 3.

“It will be an exciting year as

many of the swimmers have

become more versatile in their

strokes and will be able to to

explore new events,” said Coach.

“Returning experienced and

talented divers will be a huge

asset to the team.”

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NOVEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Austin Fortman Class (Grade): 12th Family: (Mom) Melanie, (Dad) Brian, (2 sisters) Maddie and Katelyn. Favorite TV Show: South Park Favorite Actor: Michael B. Jordan Favorite Actress: None Favorite Movie: None Favorite Music: 80’s Favorite Song: Africa by Toto Favorite Artist: Bon Jovi Favorite Color: Green Favorite Vacation Spot: Hilton Head, South Carolina Sports Role Model: Michael Phelps Non-Sports Role Model: Parents Favorite Subject: History Favorite late-night snack: Chips Family in Sports: None Career goal: Undecided If you could have a Superpower, what would it be: Teleportation

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NOVEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Hayden Jones Class (Grade): 12 Family: Gabe & Daphne Jones. Chandler & Corie Jones (sisters) Favorite TV Show: Wild n’ Out Favorite Actor: Will Smith Favorite Actress: Margot Robbie Favorite Movie: Stepbrothers Favorite Music: Rap Favorite Song: Make No Sense Favorite Artist: Youngboy or Young Thug Favorite Color: purple Favorite Vacation Spot: N/A Sports Role Model: Michael Jordan Non-Sports Role Model: Trump Favorite Subject: P.E Favorite late-night snack: Pizza Rolls Family in Sports: N/A Career goal: Sports Analyst / Sports broadcasting

If you could have a Superpower, what

would it be: Transportation

The East Noble Knights

Basketball team will look quite a

bit different in 2019-20. The

Knights, who have gone 42-7 over

the last 2 seasons, lost 3 important

pieces to the puzzle due to

graduation last spring.

Ali Ali, Michael Bender, and

Brent Cox combined for 75% of

the rebounding in 2018-19 along

with over half of the scoring and

minutes played. Gone with the

2019 class is also much of the size

the Knights boasted.

The Knights will return a

couple of players who are more

than capable of putting points on

the scoreboard. Senior – Hayden

Jones has scored 852 career points

entering his senior season. The

6’0, 3-time All-NE8 Point Guard,

will likely join the 1,000 point

club and could become the

school’s all-time career assists

leader by season’s end.

Jones, also known for his

competitive nature and defensive

prowless, will be the anchor in a

much smaller EN defense in

2019-20.

Senior – Nate Dickson is

coming off a breakout Junior

campaign. The 6’0 guard

averaged 9.0 PPG and shot a

staggering 48% from beyond the

3-point arc en route to being

named a 2nd Team All-NE8

performer. Dickson will be

counted on to score in a variety of

ways in 2019-20 as well as taking

an increased roll on the glass.

The Knights could have 6 Seniors

on the roster once the season

begins. Brooks Miller and Luke

Denton, both Seniors, will

provide toughness and grit in an

undersized line-up. Both are

scrappy and had tremendous fall

seasons in football and tennis,

respectively.

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Luke McCue, another member of the class of 2020,

has had a tremendous fall in team and individual

workouts. McCue brings added length and

athleticism to the line-up.

“We are really excited about this Senior class,”

said Head Coach Ryan Eakins. “These kids have

played a lot of basketball together since 3rd grade and

they know each other well.”

“Hayden and Nate will both be important on the

offensive end of the floor, but the defensive end is

where we need them to make their mark,” said Coach

Eakins. “We must be a team that is committed to the

defensive end of the floor and rebounding the

basketball. Those two areas will allow us to be a

competitive team come tournament time.”

The Knights are unsure of the start of their season

as East Noble’s Football Season continues with its

post-season run. The Knights are scheduled to kick

off the season on November 26 with the traditional trip

to Ligonier and a match-up with the new-look West

Noble Chargers.

East Noble will first be back in the Big Blue Pit on

December 12, hosting Northridge.

NOVEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Nate Dickson Class (Grade): Senior Family: Linda Dickson and Charlie Dickson Favorite TV Show: Drake and Josh Favorite Actor: Jonny Depp Favorite Actress: Jennifer Aniston Favorite Movie: Rocky II Favorite Music: Rap Favorite Song: Hold On- Lil Tjay Favorite Artist: Lil Wayne Favorite Color: Red Favorite Vacation Spot: Florida Sports Role Model: Grayson Allen Non-Sports Role Model: My Father Favorite Subject: Math Favorite late-night snack: Garden Salsa Sun Chips Career goal: Financial Advisor

If you could have a Superpower, what would it

be: To fly

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NOVEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Blaine Malott

“Blaine Malott is a hard working senior

who comes into this season off of a great

run last year. He was one match away

from the state finals last season, and we

hope he can make it that next step this

year. Blaine is a great leader on and off of

the mat and we are extremely excited

about what he brings to the table this

season.”

--Head Coach, Sam Riesen

The East Noble Knights

Wrestling team is excited for

the upcoming season!

“We have a quality group of

athletes returning and we look

forward to seeing them

compete this next season,” said

Head Coach Sam Riesen. “We

lost 3 quality wrestlers – all

NE8 Champions last year.”

Those 3 spots of NE8

Champs from last year include

Adam Ledesma, Tanner Stacy,

and Wes Combs.

This season’s team will be

led by a returning state

qualifier (Aidan Sprague-

113*) and two returning semi-

state qualifiers (Blaine Malott-

126*, Garner Owens-

152*). The team also has a

very strong core of leadership

coming from our senior class

(Malott-126*, Caiden Conley-

182*, Noah Schooley-220*,

Leyth Al-Mohamedawi-285*).

To go along with the strong

leadership of the

aforementioned athletes the

team returns several letter

winners from last year, this

group includes returning

regional qualifiers Jalen

Belhumeur- 120*, Jacob

Graden- 170*, and Caden

Conley*- 182.

This year’s goals include

winning the sectional as a team

and producing multiple state

qualifiers, according to Coach

Riesen. “These are all goals

that our team and staff view as

being realistic,” said Coach.

“We hope to reach all of these

goals, but in order to do that we

need to have a room full of kids

and fill each weight class.”

Coach Riesen is also excited to

add a new member to the

coaching staff – Zach Aldrich.

Coach Aldrich will be joining

the team at the conclusion of

football season.

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NOVEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Caden Conley

Class: 12 Family: Chad and Melissa Conley Favorite TV Show: that 70’s show Favorite Actor: Tom Hanks Favorite Actress: Scarlett Johansson Favorite Movie: Up Favorite Music: Anything Favorite Song: Biggie by Big Heath

Favorite Artist: Eminem Favorite Color: Orange Favorite Vacation Spot: Hawaii Sports Role Model: Ray Lewis / Drue Tranquil Non-Sports Role model: My parents Favorite Subject: History Favorite late-night snack: PB & J Family in sports: None Career Goal: to be as successful as I can be Super power: Teleportation

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NOVEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Nevaeh Wolf Class (Grade): 12 Family: 2 sisters and 3 brothers Favorite TV Show: Grey’s Anatomy Favorite Actor: Adam Sandler Favorite Actress: Jennifer Aniston Favorite Movie: The Spongebob Movie Favorite Music: Rap Favorite Song: Cheryl- Yung Gravy Favorite Artist: Jeremy Zucker Favorite Color: Pink Favorite Vacation Spot: Florida Sports Role Model: Maggie Nichols Non-Sports Role Model: Beyoncé Favorite Subject: Anything science Favorite late-night snack: Popcorn Family in Sports: Sister is in volleyball, track, and softball Career goal: To become a pediatrician If you could have a Superpower, what would it be: To fly

NOVEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Ally Blackburn Class (Grade): 9th Family: Kyle, Lori, Stuart, Boo, Rescale Favorite TV Show: Friends Favorite Actor: Zac Efron Favorite Actress: Jennifer Anniston Favorite Movie: Daddy’s Home Favorite Music: pop Favorite Song: Seniorita Favorite Artist: Thomas Rhett Favorite Color: Yellow Favorite Vacation Spot: Fort Myers Beach Sports Role Model: Simone Biles Non-Sports Role Model: N/A Favorite Subject: N/A Favorite late-night snack: Pringles Family in Sports: Tennis and Track Career goal: Rockette If you could have a Superpower, what would it be: Invisibility

The East Noble Knights

Gymnastics team has begun

workouts and is starting strong.

The Lady Knights will be

looking at 11 young ladies on

the roster this winter.

The Knights return 7 girls

from last year’s squad and will

add 4 new gymnasts to the

roster.

“My goal for this year is to

build on skills mastered from

last year and have clean, solid

routines,” said Head Coach Erin

Weldon. “I want to give a

shout-out to Nevaeh Wolf and

Ally Blackburn. These girls

have shown up to every

conditioning practice and have

worked hard the entire time. I

am very proud of their

commitment to the start of the

season!”

The Knights will officially

begin practice in mid-November

and will compete beginning in

January 2020.

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NOVEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Sadie Coverstone

Sadie Coverstone is a senior who has

played multiple roles on the Munk

Stage. Some of her roles include the

Fairy God Mother in Cinderella, Grace

in Annie, and most recently blew away

audiences with her voice as Donna

Sheridan in Mamma Mia. She has also

appeared in Raise a Ruckus and is a

member of the East Noble Show

Choirs. Sadie wants to go to college

for vocal performance after high

school.

East Noble Theatre is very

busy this time of year. Last

week, auditions were held for

our holiday musical, White

Christmas. “We had a large

group of talented kids show up

and the cast will be wonderful,”

said director Josh Ogle. The

show will showcase some of

Irving Berlin’s classic songs—

some that appeared in the 1954

movie, and some awesome

additions for the staged version.

White Christmas runs

December 5, 6, 7 & 8 at the

Cole Auditorium.

The Theatre is also rehearsing

for their upcoming competition

show called, The Dash. This

was written by the students of

Mr. Ogle’s theatre class. The

story revolves around a man

who doesn’t understand the true

meaning of life, until a few

ghostly friends show him. The

Knights will be taking this

piece of work to the annual

Indiana Regional Thespian

Conference at Bethel College

on Saturday November, 23rd.

NOVEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Chandler Eggering

Chandler Eggering is a “new to the

program” senior. He got his start with

Mamma Mia where he played the role

of Skye. Chandler is a former member

of the Marching Band and appeared in

Raise a Ruckus.

There will also be a free

public showing of The Dash on

Thursday November 21 at the

Cole Auditorium at 7:00 PM.

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East Noble Show Choir will not

be into full swing until after the first

the year. That will not damper any

of the excitement in anticipation for

the upcoming season.

“We are excited to have all three

of our groups competing throughout

the state,” said director Chris

Mettert. “We are hoping to carry on

our traditions of being a finalist in

ISSMA State Finals.”

The Knights will look forward to

January with a large portion of the

last year’s Show Choir returning for

this year’s season.

The first official competition is

January 11 at Bellmont.

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The East Noble Knights Football team sits at 11-0 and

ranked #1 in the state of Indiana in class 4A after a convincing

victory over rival DeKalb in front of the home fans last Friday.

The Barons, who finished the season with 8 wins, saw two of its

three losses come at the hands of the East Noble Knights!

The week before, East Noble opened post-season play on the

road in Middlebury against the Northridge Raiders. Bailey

Parker threw for 4 TDs, 3 of which went to Hayden Jones as the

offense put up 6 TDs on the night.

Just as EN did in week 9, the Knights lit up the scoreboard less

than a minute into the game as Junior-Running Back-Justin

Marcellus broke through for a 46-yard Touchdown run. After a

lengthy Raider drive that stalled, Bailey Parker found Rowan

Zolman in the corner of the endzone on 3rd & Goal from the

11-yard line to put the Knights up 14-0.

The Raiders would answer back, getting into Knight territory

with big gain on a double pass. On the next play, a 48-yard TD

run would cut the lead to 14-7. The Knights would answer with

a quality drive that resulted in an 8-yard Bailey Parker TD run

to put the Knights up 21-7 with 5:20 remaining in the first half.

After a stop by the EN defense, the Knights would beat the

clock down the field and Parker would hit Jones from 11 yards

out for 28-7 lead heading into intermission.

The Raiders executed a long drive on their first possession of

the second half that ended in a 1 yd Touchdown run on 4th &

Goal to bring Northridge within 28-14 with 6:59 left in the 3rd.

That was the closest the Raiders would be

the rest of the night as East Noble

answered with a score of their own less

than 2 minutes later on a 15-yard TD pass

from Parker to Jones. Rowan Zolman

would intercept a Northridge pass on their

next possession, his first of 2 interceptions

on the evening.

Two plays later, Bailey Parker rolled out

to his left and found Hayden Jones

crossing the middle of the field. Jones

turned on the afterburners and took it to

the house for a 60-yard score to give the

Knights their 42nd and final point of the

night.

Northridge would add 1 more score to

bring the total to 42-21, but it was too

little too late as the Knight victory sets up

a match-up with rival-DeKalb in

Kendallville next Friday. Parker threw for

4, ran for another, and Justin Marcellus

rushed for the other Knight TD.

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In the victory over DeKalb, the Knights scored 48

seconds into the game on their 3rd play from scrimmage

and never looked back in a game that saw a running clock

the entire second half.

Bailey Parker set up his 6 yard TD run on the opening

drive with a long run of his own on the play before. Three

minutes later, Parker hooked up with Hayden Jones for the

first of two TD connections on the night from 13 yards out

to put the Knights ahead 14-0 less than 4 minutes into the

game. Only 2:14 later, Parker found TE-Brett Christian

rolling out to his right for a 6-yard score to give the

Knights a 21-0 lead. DeKalb (8-3) threatened and even

drop a pass in stride that would have led to 6 points, but

the Barons could not find a way to put a point on the board

in the 1st half.

Bailey Parker found the endzone again with his legs on a

54-yard TD run late in the 1st quarter to give the Knights a

28-0 lead only 10 minutes into the contest. A back-and-

forth 2nd quarter with multiple flags both ways led to

stalled offensive possessions. Parker would find Jones

again over the middle and Jones shed multiple tacklers for

his 2nd TD of the night, 39 yards on this one and East

Noble led DeKalb 35-0 at the half.

A running 2nd half clock limited possessions for both

teams. DeKalb got onto the scoreboard with 2:10 left in the

3rd quarter on a 3-yard TD run after multiple East Noble

penalties allowed the Baron drive to continue.

Parker found Sophomore-Nick Munson for

a 10-yard score early in the 4th Quarter in what

would be EN’s final score of the night. Dekalb

QB Evan Eshbach threw a 20-yard TD pass in

the 4th quarter for the final points of the

evening.

Parker, who had thrown for 2200 yards and 32

TD’s through 10 games, lit up the stat sheet

again with 4 Touchdowns through the air and 2

more on the ground. Hayden Jones brought his

Touchdown total to 14 on the season and is

nearing 1,000 yards receiving.

The Knights will now play host to Conference

foe – the Leo Lions in the Sectional title game

on Friday, November 8. Kickoff will be set for

7:00 PM.

East Noble is hoping to win its first sectional

since 2003, the year in which the Knights made

it all the way to the RCA Dome while finishing

Runner-up in class 4A. The Knights have

appeared in the Sectional Title game two other

times since 2003. East Noble’s only State

Championship came back in 2000.

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