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Generally, we are exceptionally young. We are in the midst of a culture change here at Prairie du Chien, but I am impressed with what I have seen up to this point with the players. If par-ents and players begin to believe in what they are being asked to do by the coaching sta�, we will be able to see improvement as the season moves along.

Returning in the back�eld are: Quarterback Brogan Potter, Running back Casey Hogenson, and fullback Peyton Hall. We did not score many points last year, had too many turnovers, and lost almost our entire o�ensive line, so there is a good bit of work to do.

Defensively we were not very strong last year and we need to put a real emphasis on that side of the ball. �ere are returners with Adrian Johanningmeier, Chad Mara, Hunter Sheckler, and Gunnar Kravchuk, but we will need to really improve on funda-mentals such as tackling.

Letterwinners lost: 13Former Players now competing: Brogan Riter UW-Platteville

(2012)I was head coach from 2006-2010 (�ve years 31-20, 15-12

Conference, 3-3 Playo�s). Going into my 20th year of coaching at the high school level - I am stepping back in, as Jon Boyle, former head coach, has moved back to Marsh�eld to be closer to family.

Date Opponent Site Time9/12 Luther High School A 7 PM9/19 Platteville (Youth Night) H 7 PM9/26 Dodgeville High School A 7 PM10/3 Richland Ctr (homecoming & senior night) 7 PM10/10 Lancaster A 7 PM10/17 River Valley A 7 PM10/24-25WIAA Regionals TBA TBA

Members of the Prairie du Chien High School football team are, front row: Jack Amundson, Ben Riter, Quinton Scott, Max Amundson and Abe Amundson. Second row: Kyle Wilkinson, Ethan Swiggum, Adrian Cuff, Nick Rogge, Robert Velasco, Sean Schultz, Jarrett Debruin, Blake Garcia, Isaac Nichols, Cody Larsen and Chris Check. Third row: Jacob Kotte, Tyler Elmquist, Brendan Fleshner, Hunter Tripp, Carter Titlbach, Cade Clark, Drake Coleman, Jacob Mallat and Cory Check. Fourth row: Owen Feye, Nathan Gevelinger, Brad Lange, Todd Yager, Aaron Amundson, Dave Antoniewicz, Jeff Riter, Paul Morovits and Dylan Yeomans. Fifth row: Gunnar Kravchuck, Mike Steiner, Chad Mara, Stephen Ronnefeldt, Riley Meyers, Scott Sauter, Hunter Sheckler, Peyton Hall and Pete Saddler. Sixth row: Casey Hogenson, Brandon Check, Dominic Wright, Cody Cauffman, Nick Weber, Jack Wasecheck, Drew Scott, Blake Bunts and Ryan Severson. Seventh row: Cory Fischer, Tyler Mason, Brogan Potter, Tyler Adrian, Ryan McGrath, Adrian Johanningmeier, Eric Nolan, Nathan Banasik and Zach Neisius. (Photo coutesy of B&C Photography)

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Team: Prairie du Chien Girls Cross CountryCoaches: Alli Klein and Patrick Klein

Returning letterwinners: Hannah Herreid, Mariah Schwager

Other key players: Katie Zahara, Kelsey Achenbach, Laura DuCharme, Hailey Seitz

Who are some of the top teams in your conference? What is your conference outlook, goals for the season?

Dodgeville-Mineral Point, and Platteville will be the top teams in our conference this season. As a team, our goal is to score as close as possible to Lancaster, River Valley, and Rich-land Center. With half our team being �rst year runners, we’ll have to learn quickly in order to compete with other experi-enced conference runners.

What will be the keys to your success this season? �e keys to success this season are to be able to build up our

base without running into injuries and also having girls step up into leadership roles. �is will be di�cult, as many of our girls are new to the sport, however, I believe it can and will be done.

What was last year’s record? We placed sixth place at the Conference Meet last year.

What do you consider your team’s strengths and challenges? Our biggest strength is our team camaraderie. We have

many girls who are able to laugh and have good time while train-ing and getting into great shape. Our biggest challenges will be to compete within our exceptionally tough conference. We will be racing against some of the top runners in the state and it is our goal to stick as close to them as possible.

Team: Prairie du Chien Boys Cross CountryCoaches: Alli Klein and Patrick Klein

Returning Letterwinners: Jacob Linder, Jacob Schneider, Connor George, Nick Johnson, Nolan Stram

Other Key Players: Jacob Lenzendorf, Josh Lenzendorf, TJ Sprosty, Karson Prodzinski


Similar to last year, the two predicted top teams within the SWC Conference will be Platteville and Dodgeville/Mineral Point, both of whom pulled away from the �eld at the champi-onships last year. In a spectacular performance, the Prairie du Chien’s boys team pulled o� a third place �nish, one of its best �nishes in recent years. Our goal will be to at least match this �nish at the conference championships, and narrow the gap be-tween ourselves and second place. Afterwards, improvement on our 12th place WIAA Sectional �nish should be expected.

What will be the keys to your success this season?We’ve lost �ve seniors to graduation, three of whom were

our top �ve scorers. It will be crucial for last season’s juniors and sophomores to step up and accept the challenge of leadership on our team.

What was last year’s record?We were 3-3 in dual meets last year, with a third place overall

�nish at the SWC Conference Championships.

What do you consider your team’s strengths and challenges?Our biggest challenge will be adjusting our runners who are

without varsity racing experience to compete at a higher cali-ber level of competition. We are fortunate in that these younger athletes have begun to embrace a “winning” vision of running,

Date Opponent Site Time9-13 River Valley Invitational A 8:30 a.m.9-25 Richland Center Invitational A 5 a.m.9-27 Fennimore Invitational A 8:30 a.m.10-4 Platteville Invitational A 9 a.m.10-7 Platteville Meet A 5:30 a.m.10-16 Conference Meet H 5 a.m.10-25 Sectionals A TBD

Members of the Prairie du Chien High School boys and girls cross country teams are, front row: Katie Zahara, Isabella Cummuta, Hailey Seitz and Hannah Herreid. Second row: Tyler Cota, Jacob Schnei-der, Nick Johnson, TJ Sprosty and Jacob Mara. Third row: Mariah Schwager and Lindsey Welter. Fourth row: Coach Allison Klein, Jacob Lenzendorf, Adam Groom, Connor George, Matt Halverson, Jacob Linder and Coach Patrick Klein. Back row: Austin McDuffey, Nolan Stram, Josh Lenzendorf and Levi Orr. (Photo courtesy of B&C Photography)

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Anything you would like to add?�is year’s season places an emphasis on the expectations

our athletes, parents and coaching sta� will hold each other to. We expect this season to be another step forward in the build-ing process of Prairie du Chien Cross Country.

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By Coach Jim Rohde

�e 2014 men’s soccer team is poised for a very exciting and competitive season. �e roster has nine returning letter winners, of which six were full season starters and three were named All Conference Honorable Mention, which should make for a very exciting PDCHS soccer season.

Six veteran seniors, one junior and a group of nine sopho-mores are returning with signi�cant increases in size, speed and skill levels. In addition, four freshman are taking the next step up after playing last fall in the Prairie du Chien Youth League.

�e SWC should be a very close and competitive conference this year, making for many exciting games and an open door for the Conference Championship. �e combination of the strong upper classmen with experience, strength and leadership and the young, fast and talented sophomores and freshmen, should provide a strong and controlling defense with a quicker, more precise and unpredictable attack on o�ense.

�e result, some very exciting and enjoyable soccer matches with big victories for the Blackhawks. See you this fall at the Blu� View pitch.

Prairie golfers look forward to seeing how they match up

Members of the Prairie du Chien High School boys soccer team area, front row: Manager Mallory Fulcher, AJ Cox, Nathan Specht, Ethan Swiggum, Gary Wynos, Derek Spiller and Manager Brooke Boone. Middle row: Head Coach Jim Rohde, Daniel Rider, Evan Teynor, Brian McNett, Sam Peterson, Jack Stoeffler, Jon Dyer, Assistant Coach Ken Stoeffler and Assistant Coach Mark Oheler. Back row: Chas Sagedahl, Adam Rider, Wesley Schwager, Nick Adamany, Tanner Bollman, Will Seeley and Na-thaniel Oehler. Hunter Domeier is not pictured. (Photo courtesy of B&C Photography)

Members of the Prairie du Chien High School girls golf team are, front row: Jesse Gutknecht, Emily Trautsch and Tara Herreid. Back row: Megan Johnson, Autumn Kohler, Taylor Hendrickson, Coach Mary Gasser and Jennifer Slaght. (Photo by B&C Photography)

Soccer team poised for exciting, competitive season

Date Opponent Site Time9-11 Darlington H 4 PM9-12 Lancaster H 4 PM9-16 Southwestern A 4 PM9-24 Conference Meet A 4 PM

Date Opponent Site Time9-16 Platteville/Lancaster A 4:45 PM9-18 River Valley A 4:45 PM9-23 Richland Center H 4:45 PM9-25 Dodgeville H 4:45 PM9-26 Driftless United A 7 PM9-30 Arcadia A 4:45 PM10-2 Platteville H 4:45 PM10-7 River Valley A 4:45 PM10-9 Arcadia (Senior Night) H 4:45 PM

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Date Opponent Site Time

9-16 Lancaster (Parent’s Night) H 7:15 PM

9-18 Dodgeville A 7:15 PM

9-23 Platteville H 7:15 PM

9-25 Decorah H 7:15 PM

9-30 River Valley A 7:15 PM

10-2 North Crawford H 7:15 PM

10-7 Richland Center A 7:15 PM

10-9 Lancaster A 7:15 PM

10-11 North Crawford Invitational A 9:30 AM

10-16 Dodgeville (Senior Night) H 7:15 PM

10-21 WIAA Regionals TBA TBD

Prairie du Chien volleyball team looking for top half finishCoach: Linda Redman

Key players: Courtney Pattison, Jamie Kozelka and Brooke Moret


River Valley and Platteville are two of the top teams. Our goals are to �nish in the top half of the conference.

What will be the keys to your success? With our low numbers, a key will be to �nd the right combi-

nation of players.What was last year’s record? Overall 17-12, Conference 6-4What do you consider your team’s strengths and challenges?Stengths: Our returning seniors will bring leadership and

experience to the team. Challenges: We need to overcome our low number of players.

Members of the Prairie du Chien High School volleyball team are, front row: Vanessa Wright, Lauren Nicholson, Faith Gurske and Brooke Trautsch. Back row: Anna Zeeh, Jacqueline LaHaie, Katie Check, Paige Rickleff, Jamie Kozelka, Brooke Moret, Courtney Pattison, Kelly Check, Maria Skemp and Ni-cole Lessard (Photo courtesy of B&C Photography)

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Head Coach: Brad GillitzerAssistant Coaches: Cody Mullikin, AV Roth,Volunteer Coach: Tim Yager

Key players: All returning seniors! We have a pretty big re-turning group of 7-9 seniors.


In the past and as history has shown in recent years, De Soto has been very good, you also have to look at North Crawford and Seneca (it was not long ago they were in the State Game). You know at this point in the season you have to think everyone has the chance to put together a really good team.

Our goals this season are to successfully implement our new o�ense and defense which will take some time to get comfort-able with. I think we also need to work on teamwork and really come together as a team, as a program, and as a school; and try to get the most out of everyone involved, to succeed. My goal as the coach for this program is to achieve and hold our student athletes to a higher standard and in the end give ourselves a �ghting chance to make the playo�s at the end of the season. As any sports fan knows; once your in, anything can happen!

What will be the keys to your success this season?Like any football program; hard work, “team” work, and

staying healthy. Also, grasping our new defense and o�ense in time to become successful will be key.

What was last year’s record? 1-8

What do you consider your team’s strengths and challenges?Our strength’s must be our seniors. And the challenges will

be how they grasp our new defense and o�ense. And how I do as a �rst year head coach!

Wauzeka-Steuben to have new offense, defense

Members of the Wauzeka-Steuben High School football team are, front row: Manager Riley Hooker. Second row: Megan Klema, Patrick Marfilius, Zach Lomen, Celina Giddings, Issac Bryne, Garrett Groom, Jacob Bird and Logan Lomen. Third row: Assistant Coach AV Roth, Jeremy Lessard, Brandon Carter, Connor Stenner, Richard Rutherford, Nick Lund, Jack Hromadka, and Head Coach Brad Gil-litzer. Back row: Turner Krachey, Brady Krachey, Josh Rush, Jeramiah Huber, Tye Schafer, Jonah Hu-ber and Tyler Atkinson. Not pictured: Coaches Cody Mullikin and Tim Yager; Manager Cater Lomas; Players Braden Folbrecht, Marti Joaquin Lluis, Bradley Swatek and Brittany Ray. (Photo by Christofer Smikrud)

Date Opponent Time

9-12 Seneca 7:00 p.m.

9-19 De Soto (Parents Night) 7:00 p.m.

9-26 at Kickapoo/LaFarge 7:00 p.m.

10-3 at Cassville 7:00 p.m.

10-10 at Ithaca 7:00 p.m.

10-17 Weston (Homecoming) 7:00 p.m.

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Top Teams: North Crawford, Seneca, Ithaca, De SotoWe look to play competitively against the top teams in our

conference. We won’t be a team to overlook.

What will be the keys to your success this season?Adaptation, drive, communication, teamwork

What was last year’s record? 3-12

What do you consider your team’s strengths and challenges?Strength: We have several returning letterwinners and they

will provide excellent leadership. Weakness: Players will be adjusting to new roles.

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Members of the Wauzeka-Steuben High School volleyball team are, front row: Amari McCarthy and Amber Boylen. Second row: MiKayla Walters, Whitni Marfilius and Kelsey Kapinus. Third row: Lexi Bird, Samantha Groom and Bethany McCullick. Fourth row: Tori Bedward, Coach Joni McCarthy and Molly Heisz. Back row: Jadyn Sander and Tatem Bauers. (Photo by Christofer Smikrud)

Date Opponent Time

9-11 at Seneca 6:00 p.m.

9-16 North Crawford 6:00 p.m.

9-18 at LaFarge (NC) 6:00 p.m.

9-20 Cassville Tourney TBA

9-23 Ithaca 6:00 p.m.

9-30 at De Soto Fresh/JV/Var. 5:00 p.m.

10-2 Seneca (NC) 6:00 p.m.

10-7 at Kickapoo Fresh/JV/Var. 5:00 p.m.

10-9 at Ithaca (NC) 6:00 p.m.

10-14 LaFarge 6:00 p.m.

10-16 at Weston 7:00 p.m.

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Starters returning on o�ense: 10Starters returning on defense: 10

Base o�ense: SpreadBase defense: 5-4

What are the expectations and challenges for the team this season?

�e biggest challenge for our team is keeping everyone healthy since we have 18 players.

What can be expected from the team on o�ense?Our team has good speed so we expect to be able to pass and

run the ball well.

What can be expected from the defense and special teams?We have a strong corps of linebackers and corner backs so we

need to focus on stopping the run.

Who are some of the top teams in the Ridge and Valley?Ithaca has a strong football program with a lot of solid play-

ers returning. My picks for the top three in the conference race are Ithaca, Weston and North Crawford.

Date Opponent Site Time

9-12 Wauzeka-Steuben A 7 PM

9-19 Kickapoo/La Farge-Homecoming 7 PM

9-26 North Crawford A 7 PM

10-3 De Soto H 7 PM

10-10 Weston A 7 PM

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Members of the Seneca High School football team are, front row: Manager Mia Buffington, Izaiah Caya, Eric Konichek, Cody Ostrander and Manager Ryan Zach. Second row: Ian Joy, Parker Hagen-sick, Noah Allan, Timothy Sprosty and Tyler Zach. Third row: Austin Duha, Andrew Wall, Assistant Coach Robert Buffington, Head Coach Justin Goodrich, Assistant Coach Derek Joy, Seth Harvat and Jake Whiteaker. Back row: Adam Aspenson, Nate Withey, Nick Payne, Brady Fernette and Tyler George. (Photo courtesy of B&C Photography)

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3 Eric Konichek 12 WR/CB 5'6" 126

4 Brady Fernette 11 QB/LB 6'0" 165

7 Ian Joy 11 RB/LB 5'8" 160

11 TJ Sprosty 9 WR/LB 5'7" 135

12 Cody Ostrander 9 WR/CB 5'5" 109

25 Tyler Zach 11 WR/CB 5'6" 121

33 Tyler George 12 RB/LB 5'10" 167

50 Leighton Rooney 10 OL/DL 6'2" 157

52 Nathan Withey 12 OL/DL 5'11" 168

53 Parker Hagensick 10 OL/DL 5'7" 147

55 Jake Whiteaker 12 OL/DL 5'9" 149

56 Andrew Wall 9 OL/DL 5'9" 139

63 Austin Duha 11 OL/LB 5'10" 156

64 Seth Harvat 11 OL/DL 5'10" 148

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Date Opponent Site Time9-13 Seneca Classic H 9 AM9-16 Kickapoo A 6 PM9-20 Iowa Grant Tourn. A 9 AM9-23 Weston A 6 PM9-30 Ithaca A 6 PM10-2 Wauzeka-Steuben A 6 PM10-7 De Soto A 6 PM10-14 North Crawford H 6 PM10-16 LaFarge A 6 PM10-21 Regionals TBA TBA

Seneca girls will work hard to contend for the R&V CrownHead Coach: Dawn RayAssistant and JV Coach: Angie Mabb

Returning letter winners: Morgan Payne, Taylor Redman, Michaela Chambers, Morgan Wall, Paige Forde, Nicole Man-ders, Jena Konichek, Sam Boland and Becky Trautsch

Other key players: Emily Garfoot and Alivia Salinas

Who are some of the top teams in the conference and what is your conference outlook, goals for the season?

Some of the top teams in the Ridge and Valley Conference should be La Farge, Ithaca and North Crawford. Conference out-look: �e Conference can be up for grabs this year. Anyone can be playing tough on any given night. Seneca has the ability to be one of the top teams. Goals for the season: To improve each game and push ourselves to our capability. We need to �nd our spark and we can roll tough with it, to get the killer instinct and roll with it. We will be working hard to contend for the confer-ence title and to be ready for the tournament trail.

Last year’s record: We were 6-1 and second in the conference behind North Crawford.

What are the keys to success this season?We have some very talented girls and we need to believe in

ourselves and push ourselves and everything else will follow. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction. We have girls with great attributes, and when we get everything rolling, we can cre-ate a dominant team. I have a good bunch of seniors in Morgan Payne, Taylor Redman, Michaela Chambers, Morgan Wall and Paige Forde. Junior Nicole Manders will play and be tough in the middle for us while Morgan Payne and Taylor Redman will control our outside with Michaela Chambers either controlling the other middle or setting up the other girls. Sophomore Becky Trautsch will help set our hitters. Jena Konichek will always bring a positive attitude to the team. We have two strong fresh-men playing for us this year. �ey are Emily Garfoot and libero Alivia Salivas. Both girls will start. �ese girls have a great at-titude and they all need to believe in themselves and we can be a successful team.

Members of the Seneca High School volleyball team are, front row: Paige Forde, Michaela Chambers, Manager Nicky Trautsch, Samantha Boland, Manager Makenna Greene, Morgan Payne and Taylor Redman. Middle row: Manager Liv Swanson, Emily Garfoot, Morgan Wall, Jena Konichek and Man-ager Erin Sime. Back row: Head Coach Dawn Ray, Haley Wall, Nicole Manders, Alivia Salinas, Becky Trautsch, Hannah Whiteaker and Assistant Coach Angie Mabb. (Photo courtesy of B&C Photography)

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Head Coach: Wade Winkers (sixth year as head coach) (nine years as assistant), Overall Record (12-35), Conference Record (10-28)

Assistant Coaches: Joe Schulte, Ryan Fox, Logan Prochaska, Adam Guthrie, Andrew Redman

2013 Season: Overall Record (1-8)Conference Record (1-7) Base O�ense: FlexboneBase Defense: 4-2-5Returning Letter winners:SR – Zach ErtzSR – Desmond CrappSR – Kirk MartinSR – Brock KazdaSR – Seth WilliamsSR – Marty FischerSR – Saul BarritaJR – Zach NoetheJR – Nathan JelinekJR – Eric SantosJR – Blake StagmanJR – Tyler KirschbaumSO – Ben Ertz SO – Cody LenzendorfTop Teams/Conference Outlook: �e conference lost some great talent to graduation, but re-

turns some really great talent as well. Black Hawk coming o� a state title will have lots of experience for all their returning players and Potosi has a nice nucleus back as well. I look for Shullsburg, Pecatonica and Belmont to make some noise with a nice group of returning players as well and very few seniors last year. We expect to be a much more competitive team in the Six Rivers Conference this year.

Keys to Success: As it is with every team, health will be a huge key to our suc-

cess this season. We return 14 players who had varsity experi-ence in some facet last year. Many of those players are at very key positions, so if this group stays healthy and our freshmen class gives us some depth it will be very bene�cial. Improving defensively is a priority this season, as the last couple years, the big play has become a real issue. If we can limit those and our

Date Opponent Site Time9-12 Black Hawk A 7 PM9-19 Shullsburg Homecoming 7 PM9-26 Ithaca Parents’ Night 7 PM10-3 Belmont A 7 PM10-11 Highland A 2 PM10-17 Pecatonica-Argyle Senior/Youth Night 7 PM10-24 WIAA Playo� TBA TBA

River Ridge striving to be more competitive in Six Rivers

Members of the River Ridge High School football team are front row: Manager Ian Crapp, Manager Cole Crubel, Manager Blake Crubel, Zach Ertz, Des-mond Crapp, Saul Barrita, Brock Kazda, Seth Williams, Marty Fischer, Kirk Martin, Manager Brett Moravits, Manager Logan Drone and Manager Braden Crubel. Second row: Camron Mish, Dillin Meier, Jake Breuer, Ryan Redman, Jason Pritzl, Ty Bloom, Aidan Morro, Jordan Kline, Tyler Lansing, Tyler Mil-lin and Mat Walz. Third row: Gavin Steiber, Tyler Kirschbaum, Nathan Jelinek, Austin Revolinski, Ben Ertz, Eric Santos, Zach Noethe, Isaac White, Blake Stagman and Cody Lenzendorf. Back row: Assistant Coach Joe Schulte, Assistant Coach Ryan Fox, Head Coach Wade Winkers, Assistant Coach Andrew Redman and Assistant Coach Logan Prochaska. (Photo courtesy of Lindsey Ludvik Photography)

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o�ense continues to improve, we could make some big improve-ment on last year’s record.

Strengths: Experience at Quarterback, Receiver, O-Line should be ben-

e�cial. We bring back the whole o�ensive line from a year ago and the quarterback is in his second year after leading us in

rushing and passing a year ago. It looks as though we will have a large freshmen class, so if we can start stacking those together, we will get our numbers up. Having a JV season this season was a goal we had and it looks as though that is going to happen.

Concerns: We obviously would like to have more depth with our upper

classmen, so we will probably be forced to play some freshmen here and there. We have been forced to do this the last couple years, and we are really trying to avoid this unless we have to.


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9-11 Potosi A 6 PM9-15 Shullsburg A 6 PM9-16 Belmont A 6 PM9-20 Cassville Tournament 9 AM9-22 Benton H 6 PM9-25 Highland A 6 PM9-30 Cassville (Parents’ Night) 6 PM10-7 Potosi H 6 PM10-9 Belmont (Senior Night) 6 PM10-14 Shullsburg A 6 PM10-16 Benton A 6 PM

Members of the River Ridge High School volleyball team are, front row: Emma Mergen, Rylee Eck-ert, Johanna Allen, Veronica Zinkle, Ashley Plondke and Kaeli Jandro. Second row: Manager Taylor Langmeier, Sydney Bloom, Tessa Reynolds, Hunter Kisting, Lena Pritchard and Manager Faith Schier.Third row: Head Coach Dianne Langmeier, Assistant Coach GiGi Collins, Franci Gates, Amber Pat-terson, Bridgette Myers, Sammy Steiger, Sierra Schier, Assistant Coach Kristen Collins and Assistant Coach Brittany Caley. (Photo courtesy of Lindsey Ludvik Photography)

River Ridge looking forward to fun, competitive season

RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

Coach: Dianne Langmeier (Nine years coaching at River Ridge)

2013 Record: 13-7 Overall, 7-5 Conference (tie for fourth place)

Returning starters (year, position, honors):Bridgette Myers, Jr., S, OH, First Team All ConferenceJohanna Allen Sr., MHRoni Zinkle, Sr., Setter, OH, MHOther returning letterwinners:Emma Mergen, Sr., OH, DSAmber Patterson, Jr,. MHRylee Eckert, Sr., OH, MHKaeli Jandro, Sr., S, OH

Promising newcomers:Sydney Bloom, Jr., Libero, DSAshlee Plondke, Sr., MH,OHSierra Schier, DS, OHSammy Steiger, OH, MH, DSLena Pritchard, OH, DSHunter Kisting, OH, DS

Strengths/concerns of this year’s team:We’re hoping for some strong hitting and blocking, since we

have a little more height than we did last year. We are looking for more consistent serve receiving, serving, and hitting this year.

Comments on the conference race:Belmont will be tough as they were conference champs last

year, and they have Keeghan Kamps returning. I think it will be a year where any team could take out another from the start to the �nish, which makes it a fun and competitive season!

Other comments/any human interest stories on your team:We have a couple of rodeo girls on our team. Sammy Steiger

and Bridgette Myers just got done competing at the National High School Rodeo Finals in July. �ey also competed in rodeo in August, which is about the same time volleyball starts. �ey do a great job balancing schedules and making it all work! It is nice to see them be successful in both sports!


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The River Ridge High School volleyball team should set themselves up nicely for a run at the conference championship this season. (Courier Press file photo)

The River Ridge High School football team will be ready to run past op-ponents as they strive for continued improvement throughout the season. (Courier Press file photo)

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