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The 'Z' Team
Jeff Zimmerman knew before he even had the job.
He had a plan to be a varsity volleyball coach somewhere, at some time.
He also knew who the first spot on his coaching staff would go to — his brother Todd.
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Ramser is Dragons' junior leader
Danielle Ramser is a rarity in high school sports — a junior captain.
Despite Silver Creek having four seniors, the Silver Creek setter was tabbed to be the Dragons’ leader, along with senior LeAnn Osterhoudt.
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Floyd feeling different this time
Floyd Central heads to Delaware County Saturday with the expectation of winning its first volleyball state championship.
The Highlanders had the same expectation the past two seasons when they fell short in the state semifinals.
In 2007, the Highlanders were first-timers and played like it in a four-set loss to New Castle. Last year, Floyd won its opening set against Muncie Central, but dropped the next three in a 14-25, 25-22, 25-16, 25-21 defeat.
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Der could be Floyd's missing piece
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COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Nov. 6, 2009
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
• Eric Schulz (Indiana State men’s cross country, New Albany graduate, Sr.) — top performance: fourth in the Missouri Valley Conference Championships last Saturday in Peoria, Ill., 26:11; notes: Schulz earned a spot on the all-conference squad in leading the Sycamores to the Missouri Valley title by one point over second-place Southern Illinois. Schulz was ISU’s top runner in the meet.
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Highlander football trying to keep up
It may seem odd for some to hear it, but the Floyd Central football team will be doing its best just to keep up with the mass of success at its school this Friday night.
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Maymon plays through pain, has SC in state semis
Silver Creek faced a daunting task at last Saturday’s Class 3A Jasper Regional.
Not only did the Dragons have to face strong Jasper and Sullivan programs, but it appeared that they would have to do it without their best offensive player.
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KELLY: IHSAA should consider putting another class into session
Every year, there is chatter about whether the format of the IHSAA soccer tournaments should be changed.
And every year, it remains the same.
Now that the dust is settling on another high school soccer season, maybe it’s time for the powers that be to consider some alterations.
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CLASS 4A REGIONAL: Highlanders make it three straight
Floyd Central had a goal for Saturday’s Seymour Regional: get in, get out, get to state.
The Highlanders had little trouble advancing to next Saturday’s Class 4A State Finals in Muncie for the third straight year.
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CLASS 3A REGIONAL: Dragons roll past Sullivan in championship
JASPER — When he arrived at Silver Creek High School three seasons ago as the head volleyball coach, Jeff Zimmerman promised his sophomores, who are now seniors, that he would guide them to the IHSAA State Finals before they graduated.
On Saturday, the former New Albany assistant coach came through for his four seniors.
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Mustangs stumble in Class A semifinals
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CROSS COUNTRY: Dogs place 24th at state meet
New Albany’s season finished on Saturday with a 24th-place showing at the IHSAA State Cross Country Meet in Terre Haute.
The Bulldogs, who grabbed the final spot at state by placing sixth at the Brown County Semistate last weekend, had two runners finish in the top 100.
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5A FOOTBALL: Floyd Central tops New Albany in semifinal, 34-28
FLOYDS KNOBS — Two key fourth-quarter defensive stops by the Floyd Central football team ended New Albany’s chances of scoring a second win over the Highlanders in three weeks on Friday night at Ron Weigleb Stadium.
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2A FOOTBALL: Pioneers’ season ends with an 8-7 setback at muddy Paoli
PAOLI — The Paoli football team has never been more proud of a sloppy win.
On a night better served for ark construction and a field that resembled the Everglades, Paoli scored a decisive two-point conversion after a penalty and held off Providence 8-7 in the Class 2A Sectional 31 semifinal at Cook Field.
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VOLLEYBALL: Season-changing performance
Floyd Central’s volleyball team has been victorious 33 times this season, but it may have been one of its three losses that turned the Highlanders into the squad that dominated last Saturday’s Seymour Sectional.
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VOLLEYBALL: New Wash looks to go beyond first round at regional
In last week’s sectional, the New Washington volleyball team accomplished a rare feat. The Mustangs defeated three teams to whom they had lost in the regular season en route to winning their third straight sectional championship.
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VOLLEYBALL: Dragons have unfinished business this season at Jasper
All season, the Silver Creek volleyball team has lived by one motto — unfinished business.
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CROSS COUNTRY: Dogs continue their stellar season
The New Albany boys’ cross country team has not hid from lofty expectations this season. The team said before the year started it would be the first to win a Hoosier Hills Conference title in school history — which it did. It said it would reserve a second-straight spot in the IHSAA state finals — which it claimed last weekend at the Brown County Semistate.
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HUTSELL: At least October still has high school football
Remember when October was great for sports? The glorious time when this month meant good things were going on in the world.
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Friday's night football capsules
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FOOTBALL: Providence faces rejuvenated Paoli program in sectional semifinal
Not long ago, a sectional semifinal matchup against Paoli was cause for celebration.
Facing the Rams meant an easy week and an easy victory.
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KICK IT: 2009 Teams of the season are unveiled
So here it is: “Kick It’s” boys’ and girls’ high school soccer “Teams of the Season.”
And they probably bear little resemblance to your own teams, but isn’t that what it’s all about — opinions?
In fact, just on that point: If we’d picked teams straight after the regular season, they wouldn’t look remotely like what you’re reading before you today.
Congratulations to all and we would be interested to hear what your lineups would be.
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VOLLEYBALL: Floyd Central wins third straight sectional title
JEFFERSONVILLE — About three weeks ago, the Floyd Central volleyball team decided it was time to make the season fun again.
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SEMISTATE ROUNDUP: NA boys’ CC heading back to state
One area cross country team was able to advance to next Saturday’s IHSAA State Finals at Saturday’s Brown County Semistate. As for one area individual, he came up just short of going to state himself.
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FOOTBALL: Whitehead, defense lead New Albany to Sectional 8 triumph, 33-21
NEW ALBANY — New Albany played its best quarter of the season, outscoring Evansville North 20-0 in the second period to advance in Class 5A Sectional 8 play with a 33-21 victory over the Huskies at Buerk Field.
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FOOTBALL: Floyd Central's near perfect offense no match for Jennings
NORTH VERNON — Floyd Central’s offense was near perfect.
Jennings County’s defense had no answer.
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FOOTBALL: Pirates shut out in sectional opener
CHARLESTOWN — Early missed opportunities proved costly to Charlestown on Friday as it fell 20-0 to Class 3A No.6 Indian Creek in the opening round of Class 3A Sectional 23 at Dutch Reis Field.
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FOOTBALL: Castle ends Jeff’s season once again
JEFFERSONVILLE — On Friday night at Blair Field, the Jeffersonville football team got its chance to avenge last year’s loss to Castle in the Class 5A Sectional 8 championship, but failed to take advantage of that opportunity in a 21-14 loss.
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VOLLEYBALL: Showdown set
JEFFERSONVILLE — Both the Floyd Central and New Albany volleyball teams had little trouble on opening night of the Class 4A Jeffersonville Sectional on Thursday.
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SOCCER: Dogs take turnaround to semistate
The Washington High School boys’ soccer team is 19-1-1, has only been scored on 11 times in 21 matches, is ranked eighth in the state, has won 13 sectional titles in the last 15 years and has captured seven regional crowns in school history.
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VOLLEYBALL: Hornets, Mustangs to meet again
BORDEN – Henryville and New Washington advanced to Saturday morning’s Borden Volleyball Sectional semifinals with victories on Thursday.
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GIRLS' SOCCER: Highlanders’ strong effort ends in 1-0 loss to North in regional
COLUMBUS—Columbus North’s girls soccer team came away with a regional title with a 1-0 win against Floyd Central on Wednesday.
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FOOTBALL PICKS: Sectional opener week
The following predictions were written with a tiny flashlight in a poorly lit attic, as I attempt to quarantine myself from the onset of the flu epidemic that has invaded my extended family.
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FOOTBALL: Preview of Friday's sectional games
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VOLLEYBALL: Borden rolls in sectional opener
BORDEN – The Class A sectional host Borden Braves cruised to an easy opening-round win over Christian Academy on Tuesday, 25-13, 25-16, 25-9, and advanced to play Lanesville in Saturday’s semifinal round.
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VOLLEYBALL: Dragons stop C-town in first round
RAMSEY—Silver Creek’s volleyball team began its Class 3A sectional title defense with a 25-9, 25-7, 25-19 victory over Charlestown in first-round play.
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Generals hang tough in sectional loss
Clarksville dropped its Sectional 47 opening match to Paoli, 25-22, 25-16, 25-17, on Tuesday.
Clarksville coach Anne Bird said she was impressed with the Generals’ effort.
“We held our own,” she said. “I was proud of them.”
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Revenge run continues New Albany boys
FLOYDS KNOBS — The New Albany boys’ soccer team’s surprising run through the IHSAA state tournament continued in dramatic fashion on Monday at Floyd Central High School.
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Highlander girls win fourth straight sectional
FLOYDS KNOBS — Four games. Four shutouts. Four straight sectional championships.
The Floyd Central girls’ soccer seniors capped off the season the only way they’ve know how — winning a sectional title.
On Monday, the Highlanders finished their latest victory, blanking Corydon Central in the final of the Floyd Central Sectional, 7-0.
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KELLY: What a wild few days
The last seven days have been pretty eventful in the world of Southern Indiana high school soccer, eh?
I’m not quite sure where to kick off, so I’ll start in the middle and end with the beginning. And I’ll present it to you as thus: Four statements we can all keep in mind going into the future.
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GIRLS' SOCCER: Floyd tops Providence in sectional matchup
FLOYDS KNOBS — By virtue of its 2-0 victory over Providence on Saturday, the Floyd Central girls’ soccer team will face Corydon Central in Monday’s Floyd Central Sectional championship.
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BOYS' SOCCER: Dogs defeat Jeff in semifinal
FLOYDS KNOBS — Revenge hasn’t been the goal of New Albany’s boys’ soccer team. It has just been an added bonus of its run to Monday’s Floyd Central Regional championship.
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HUTSELL: A night we all knew was coming
NEW WASHINGTON — The surprise to some is that it just happened officially on Saturday night.
Jim Matthews may have made a name for himself because of the things that happened on the basketball court on Saturday nights in New Washington.
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CROSS COUNTRY: Highlanders, Bulldogs earn return trips to semistate
MARENGO — Saturday was a day of triumphant returns for the Clark-Floyd area at the Crawford County cross country regional.
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CROSS COUNTRY: Dragons moving on to semistate
Silver Creek will send both its boys’ and girls’ cross country teams to next weekend’s semistate race at Brown County.
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2-MINUTE DRILL: New Albany HS vs. Floyd Central HS - Oct. 16, 2009
Spend a few minutes on the sidelines taking in the scene in this short video compilation taken at New Albany High School.
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HS FOOTBALL: Providence punishes Clarksville, 37-8
Buoyed by solid defense and an offense that struck through the air and on the ground, Providence crushed host Clarksville 37-8 last night in the annual town championship.
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FOOTBALL: Jennings goes South, beats Jeff
JEFFERSONVILLE — Jennings County’s Tieler South out-jumped Jeffersonville defenders on two second-half touchdown receptions to lead the visiting Panthers by Jeffersonville on Friday at Blair Field, 12-6.
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FOOTBALL: Pirates fall in season finale
Charlestown was held to 189 yards of total offense and the Pirates turned the ball over twice, as they fell for just the second time this season, 20-14 on Friday night at Lawrenceburg.
