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Prep Sports
September 2009
Wednesday September 23, 2009
Posted by: Sports at 6:43PM EST on September 23, 2009
The Lowell Red Devils volleyball team has a goal this year around the staple: "Fight for 12".
Because the volleyball season is 12 weeks long through the sectional week, fighting for 12 will get the Red Devils to their first sectional final game since beating Highland in 2005. Lowell has fought each of the first six weeks of the season, beating Andrean and Munster on the first round of the Northwest Crossroads Conference schedule. The 'Devils play Munster for the second time on Thursday. "Everything that we're doing right now should be to better ourselves," coach Kim Kilmer said after her team lost to Griffith, "to get to sectional week and fight past that." -- Hillary Smith
Posted by: Sports at 6:21PM EST on September 23, 2009
The Region got to know Ana Nicksic as a setter last year, when as a freshman she was called on to set for Andrean's tough front line.
At over 6-foot tall, she'd always been a front-line hitter herself, but grew quickly into the setter's role. This season, she's being utilized both as a setter and has been told to unleash her hitting prowess when she sees fit. "We're keeping our options open," Andrean coach Naveed Nizam said. "We're going to use her as a weapon and we've given her the green light to swing away when she wants to. We don't want her to be timid, we want her to learn to read and see where the ball's going." Against Bishop Noll on Tuesday, Nicksic had 3 kills and was 9-for-9 hitting. Her season high is nine kills in a five-set win over Griffith. -- Hillary SmithTuesday September 22, 2009
Posted by: Jim Peters at 2:37AM EST on September 22, 2009
Laurie Richter e-mailed me after a recent column about Charlie Adams' presentation on recruiting at Wheeler High School. Her son plays basketball for reigning Division III national champion Washington University in St. Louis, and said she was shocked at how complicated the recruiting process was for the average parents. As a result, she interviewed families and college coaches and wrote a guidebook to help parents get through the process. It's called: "Put Me In, Coach: A Parent's Guide to Winning the Game of College Recruiting". Here's a link: (www.collegesportsrecruitingbook.com). Richter also published an ebook of recruiting tips to go along with it -- "The Recruiting Companion for College Sports: Over 100 Winning Tips." Both can also be found on Amazon. "As useful as these recruiting seminars are -- I went to several when we were in the middle of it -- I have found that parents really seem to connect with what another parent has gone through so I have received very positive response to the introduction of the book," Richter wrote. The book has also been endorsed by Texas football coach Mack Brown and retired Texas women's basketball coach Jody Conradt, who both know a thing or two about recruiting. "Just wanted to let you know that there are other resources out there to help folks manage the recruiting process, especially for all the second-tier kids who won't get the recruiting attention that the blue chippers get," Richter wrote. "And it's usually too late when they figure out where they are in the pecking order." -- Jim Peters
Wednesday September 16, 2009
Posted by: Jim Peters at 2:18AM EST on September 16, 2009
More than 2,000 runners from more than 100 high schools throughout Indiana and Michigan will compete in the 42nd annual New Prairie Cross Country Invitational Saturday. With the school's purchase of a chip timing system, those runners will be wearing ankle strap chips for the first time. Coaches' packets included numbers and chips that will be assigned to runners. Ankle straps will be collected from the runners before they exit the finish chute. Teams failing to return their assigned chips will be assessed a fee. Monday September 14, 2009
Posted by: Nate Ulrich at 6:48PM EST on September 14, 2009
Crown Point sophomore quarterback Joe
Hopman fumbled during the second play from scrimmage in the Bulldogs' 23-21
Duneland Athletic Conference win against host Lake Central on Friday night.
Lake Central recovered the fumble, and scored one play later to take an early 7-0 lead. But Hopman bounced back. He had 113 yards rushing and completed 11-of-22 passes for 146 yards and a touchdown. "I thought we competed real well all night," C.P. coach Chip Pettit said. "It was a game that had some momentum swings on both sides. ... We almost got run out of the gym for the second week in a row, not to use a basketball term, but I thought our kids responded." -- Nate Ulrich |
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