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Fall Sports Preview

Miners begin the season with a lot of unknowns (08/19/09)
After losing 14 players to graduation from last year's regional champion 13-1 squad, Linton-Stockton football coach has a lot of unanswered questions heading into the 2009 season. "To be honest, I don't know," Weber said when asked about the outlook for this year. "We had some bad days of practice, but we also have had some good ones...

Depth still an issue for Thunderbirds (08/19/09)
LITTLE CINCINNATI -- Although the Eastern Greene football team has a roster of 38 players to begin the 2009 season, depth will continue to be a problem for the Thunderbirds. We have about 14-15 kids that will be full-time varsity players, said second-year coach Luke Dean. Depth will again be an area of concern...

Bulldogs look to replace strong senior class from last year (08/19/09)
DUGGER -- At the end of last season, Union (Dugger) head football coach Todd Gambill was wondering how many players he would have for this season's team after losing more than half of his team to graduation. From a pure numbers standpoint, Gambill will only have one less player on the roster when the season officially gets underway this Friday night. Experience is a totally different story on the other hand...

Fougerousse takes over Lady Miner volleyball (08/19/09)
Former Shakamak High School volleyball coach Jill Fougerousse is now in charge of the Linton-Stockton Lady Miners. She inherits a team that is defending champions in both the Tri-River Conference and Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference and was Class 2A Sectional runner-up a year ago. There were five losses to graduation from that 25-10 team...

Another season, another new face in charge of Bulldogs (08/19/09)
DUGGER -- For the fourth consecutive season, the Union (Dugger) volleyball team will have a new leader roaming the sidelines. This year, Nikki McCoy will be in charge of the Lady Bulldog spikers, as she replaces Becky Borter. Although McCoy will be new to the volleyball program she is not new to the girls athletic program...

Lady Thunderbirds will have young squad (08/19/09)
LITTLE CINCINNATI -- Without a senior on her 2009 roster, Eastern Greene High School volleyball coach Gina Ingram realizes that the best days are in front of the Lady Thunderbirds, who finished 8-20 a year ago. "To say we are young would definitely be an understatement," said Ingram, who is starting her fifth season in charge of the Lady T-Birds. "With no seniors, three juniors, two sophomores and eight freshmen, this year could be full of surprises."...

Young Lady Wolverines look to improve from last year (08/19/09)
SWITZ CITY -- White River Valley second year head coach Kristi Graves is anxious to get this season started. The Wolverines won just five matches one season ago, but were competitive in most every match. With four starters returning, Graves and company anticipate a bright future...

Schulte takes reigns of 2009 BHS squad (08/19/09)
BLOOMFIELD -- For the last two seasons, Susie Schulte has been coaching the Bloomfield Junior High School volleyball team. But Schulte will again be in charge of the Bloomfield High School varsity squad. She has compiled a 147-88 record in her seven previous seasons, the last in 2006 when the Lady Cardinals rallied to win the sectional...

Laker spikers look for third straight sectional (08/19/09)
JASONVILLE -- The Shakamak Lady Lakers volleyball team will have some big shoes to fill in the loss of Jessi Gilbert to graduation from last year's sectional championship team, but will turn to their core group of returning players for leadership. Five of the Lakers six starters are back in 2009, including three seniors. ...

Hendrix now leading Lady Miner golfers (08/19/09)
The Linton-Stockton High School girls golf team is now being coached by Chaz Hendrix, who is starting his third year as a physical science and health teacher at the school. Hendrix was an assistant coach for the girls basketball squad lin 2008-09. "Last year was the first year that I coached and I have taught at Linton the past two years," said Hendrix, a graduate of Vincennes Lincoln High School and Franklin College. "I was asked to coach the girls and I am happy to have this opportunity...

Young Lady Wolverine golfers look for improvement (08/19/09)
SWITZ CITY -- White River Valley High School girls golf coach Karen Collisson is hoping to see continued improvement from her young team that is only in their second year of organized play. Collisson will have five golfers on the team this season. "Right now we are just going to focus on improving from each and every match both from an individual and team standpoint," Collisson said. "We have a very young team that is basically in it's second official season."...

Experience the key word for Miner netters (08/19/09)
With seven returning lettermen, Linton-Stockton High School boys tennis coach Brad McKinney has high expectations for the 2009 season. "Being able to put out a entire line-up of kids that have lettered is not a bad place to start," said McKinney, who is in his 11th season in charge of the Miner netters. "I don't think I've ever had a team with this much experience...

Canty expects Cards to be competitive (08/19/09)
BLOOMFIELD -- With six returning lettermen from last year's 17-4 squad, Bloomfield High School boys tennis coach Mike Canty expects his 2009 team to be competitive again. "Of our three losses last year, three came to a strong North Daviess team -- one in the regular season, one in the conference champion and one in the sectional," said Canty, who is starting his 19th season with the program, 16th as the head coach. ...

Maryfield looks to rebuild Wolverine tennis program (08/19/09)
SWITZ CITY -- Roger Maryfield has had a plan for awhile and now his vision has become a reality as he is the new boys tennis coach at White River Valley. Now the new Wolverines coach has a new plan -- restore the tennis program. "I have known that I wanted to coach, I had a plan," Maryfield said. "The plan was to land a coaching job after my kids graduated high school. So I put in some inquiries this past summer and here I am now."...

Lady Miner roster includes six runners (08/19/09)
David Wence begins his second season in charge of the Linton-Stockton High School girls cross country program. "Last year was a learning experience for both me and the girls," said Wence. "Because of that, we tried to meet with the girls once a week this summer to try and build a base...

Lady Lakers look to continue post-season success (08/19/09)
JASONVILLE -- When asked about thoughts on the upcoming season for her the Shakamak girls cross country season, head coach Kelly Miller sounds like a broken record. "Our goals are pretty much the same as they have been over the last few years," Miller said. "We fell like we have the talent to win our conferences as well as the Greene County meet and we also want to advance out of our sectional."...

Lady Cardinal harriers set to defend SWIAC title (08/19/09)
BLOOMFIELD -- The Bloomfield girls cross country team will be looking to repeat as champions of the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference this fall. The 2009 squad will feature seven returning runners from last year's championship team, along with two incoming freshmen...

Numbers not a problem for Lady T-Birds (08/19/09)
LITTLE CINCINNATI -- This is a new year for coach Brian Spice and his Eastern Greene High School girls cross country team. After struggling to have five (the minimum needed to compile a team score) throughout 2008, he has 14 girls participating in pre-season practices...

Wolverine runners looking to improve times (08/19/09)
SWITZ CITY -- For the first time in a few years John Wells will have enough boys out for the cross country team to officially score in the meets this season. There will be seven boys on the Wolverines roster this year, however, Wells was not as fortunate on the girls side, as only two girls came out for the team...

Phegley to lead Bulldog harriers (08/19/09)
DUGGER -- Union (Dugger) High School boys cross country head coach Clarence Johnson is not sure on the exact number of participants he will have on his squad this season, but knows for sure who his top runner will be. All-conference runner Jake Phegley will once again lead the Bulldog harriers for the third straight season...

Youthful T-Birds look to 'finish' season (08/19/09)
LITTLE CINCINNATI -- The Eastern Greene boys cross country team had a pretty good regular season last year, but according to their head coach, Bill Valentine, the team came out flat in the biggest race of the season -- the sectional. This year with most of his top runners back, Valentine wants his team to finish the season strong...

Jones returns to lead Cardinal harriers (08/19/09)
BLOOMFIELD -- There has been an abundance of changes at Bloomfield this past summer in the sports department. One of those changes include Steve Jones returning after an eleven-year absence to guide the boys cross country program. Jones last coached at Bloomfield after the 1998 campaign...

Gambill set to make seventh state finals appearance (08/19/09)
JASONVILLE -- Shakamak senior runner Drew Gambill will once again guide the Laker boys cross country team this season. Gambill, who is coming off a fourth-place finish in the 800 meters in this past spring's Track and Field State meet, will be looking for his third straight trip to the state cross country championships at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course in Terre Haute...