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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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Dungy shares message of conviction at Northside
NEW ALBANY — Ever since he retired as the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts earlier this year, Tony Dungy has been making his rounds.
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EXCLUSIVE: Q and A with Tony Dungy
Prior to his speech in the Chick-fil-A “Desire to Inspire” Dinner Series at Northside Christian Church in New Albany on Tuesday night, Evening News and Tribune sports writer Kevin Harris conducted a brief but exclusive interview with former Indianapolis Colts’ head coach Tony Dungy.
Here is Harris’ one-on-one, question-and-answer session with the Super Bowl XLI-winning coach:
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Stutsman has Floyd set up for state run
Floyd Central will be making its third straight trip to the volleyball state finals on Saturday.
And it is likely no coincidence that the Highlanders’ recent dominance has coincided with the career of Melanie Stutsman.
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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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IN THE FAST LANE: Today is NASCAR's Wild-Card day
In baseball and football terms, wild cards mean the playoff spots given to Major League Baseball and NFL teams that failed to win their respective divisions, but got into the postseason because of a solid record.
In NASCAR terms, wild card is defined by just one word — Talladega.
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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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COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Oct. 30, 2009
• Cordario Collier (Thomas More football, New Albany graduate, Sr.) — top performance: 20 carries for 189 yards, including two touchdown runs of 35 and 18 yards, and eight receptions for 109 yards, including a 52-yard TD reception, in the Saints’ 28-14 victory last Saturday at Thiel; notes: Collier’s 298 total yards against Thiel helped him win the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week honor for the second consecutive week. A win Saturday at Washington & Jefferson will give Thomas More (7-0, 5-0 PAC) its second consecutive conference championship.
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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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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Rivalry redone
More than two weeks ago, New Albany’s football team was sitting at 0-8. It was a place Bulldogs’ coach Kevin Roth didn’t like — and a place he hasn’t been in his last 20 years of coaching.
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Friday's night football capsules
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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.
