The Northwest Missourian (Vol. 103, No. 15)

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(COMMEMORATIVE POSTER INSIDE)
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION | SHAWNA KINGSTON
Th e Bearcat football team celebrates aft er defeating Shepherd in the Division II National Championship game. Th e Bearcats fi nished the season with a prefect record of 15-0.
Bearcats throttle Shepherd
to complete perfect season
ba pass and returned it 59 yards for a touchdown. ing yards and 30 touchdown passes. He is one of
JACOB BLAND
Enyard ended the season with two straight games the nine seniors that head coach Adam Dorrel will
Sports Editor | @J_Bland93
with an interception return for a touchdown. have to say goodbye to.
In front of a record crowd of 16,181 The Bearcat defense made big plays all game “I fi rst want to say that I am really proud of our
people at Sporting Park, Northwest long, whether it was through sacks or turnovers. seniors, there is no way we would have done this
Missouri State (15-0) beat Shepherd
Northwest’s defense surrendered only 97 total without our senior leadership,” Dorrel said. “Those
(14-1) 34-7 and was crowned as the 2015 National
yards of offense and sacked Ziemba a total of 10 guys have set a new standard at Northwest Mis-
Champion of Division II football.
times. Junior defensive tackle Collin Bevins led souri State for the expectation level from a work
Northwest never trailed Shepherd, and it did
the Bearcats with six total tackles and four sacks. standpoint.”
not take long for the Bearcats to score fi rst. On the
“We’ve done a pretty good job all year of get- Each year, Northwest is expected to compete
fi rst play of the game, Shepherd quarterback Jeff
ting pressure on the quarterback,” Bevins said. for a National championship, but this year’s cham-
Ziemba fumbled the snap and Northwest recovered
“The four sacks doesn’t just show how good of pionship, Northwest’s fi fth, had a different feel.
the ball at the fi ve yard line. After Shepherd’s cost-
a day I had, it shows the defensive line in gen- Coming into the season, no one gave the Bearcats
ly mistake, it only took Northwest three plays to
eral, even with the linebackers, and the pressure much of a chance to win it all. Dorrel didn’t even
score its fi rst touchdown of the day.
we were putting on the quarterback. It was a great see this one coming. Before the team played its fi rst
The Bearcats would not score again until half-
team game. They had 97 yards of offense and that game, he said Northwest was only a 7 win football
way through the second quarter when sophomore
was awesome, especially in the national champi- team. While his players didn’t take offense to his
Shane Williams caught a one-yard touchdown pass
from senior Brady Bolles. The touchdown was set- onship game.” statement, they did use it as motivation.
up by junior running back Jordan Grove’s 74-yard Shepherd scored its only touchdown of the day, “That’s been our rally cry all year,” Bolles
reception. Northwest broke the game wide open when Ziemba threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to said. “I remember during summer conditioning,
by scoring ten points in the fi nal 40 seconds of the junior wide receiver Billy Brown. The touchdown people were yelling out ‘7-4, do you want to be
second half. was setup by a Northwest fumble on a punt return. 7-4?’ Anytime I heard that, I was like ‘I’m going
After junior kicker Simon Mathiesen nailed a In his last game as a Bearcat, Bolles put on an- to push it that much more.’ You can take (what he
30-yard fi eld goal, Shepherd attempted to get some other effi cient performance as he completed 20 of said) two ways, you can take it as a slap to the face
points on the board before halftime, when senior his 27 pass attempts for 233 yards and a touch- or Dorrel knew we were going to use that as moti-
defensive back Bryce Enyard intercepted Ziem- down. Bolles fi nished the season with 3,981 pass- vation and it worked.”
Senior quarterback cements Bolles dynasty
anyone knew was the Bearcats were
JACOB BLAND
a young team coming off a disap-
Sports Editor | @J_Bland93
pointing loss in the fi rst round of the
While Northwest Division II Championship Playoffs
senior quar- the previous year. Oh, throw in the
terback Brady Bolles fact that the Bearcats’ head coach
was growing up, he had Adam Dorrel said that they were
dreams of playing on the national only a “seven win football team.” To
stage and winning the Heisman Tro- many football programs around the
phy. Even though his early child- country, a seven-win proclamation
hood dreams did not come true, he would not sound like a total shot to
would probably admit that he would the arm, but in Bearcat country the
not want it any other way. stakes are higher and that prediction
“Being able to win (the nation- rang as utter despair.
al championship) my senior year While many people would see
and go out the way we did, go unde- it as an insult, the Bearcat football
feated and say ‘we are the best in the players saw that statement as a chal-
country’ is defi nitely pretty sweet,” lenge, specifi cally Brady. Dorrel’s
Brady said. “I’ve learned so much prediction was not Brady’s only
in my time here at Northwest. It’s challenge.
such a special place. To be able to His other challenge was winning
step away and say ‘this was the best the national championship as North-
four years of my life’ is an under- west’s starting quarterback. While
statement because that was exactly the Bearcats won the national cham-
what it was.” pionship his sophomore year, he was
Coming into the 2015 football the backup, not the starter.
season, nobody knew what to expect
SHAWNA KINGSTON | NW MISSOURIAN
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Wrestling team
proves quality
over quantity
year’s Spoofhounds. Like any team
TREY RANDLE
coming off a historically good sea-
Chief Sports Reporter | @TreyRock36
son, the carryover in regards to mo-
It has been a little mentum is paramount for this team
over four weeks since the and its pursuit of another loaded
Maryville Spoofhounds trip to Columbia for the annual state
fi rst wrestling match of the season tournament. Coach Kellerstrass is
and already this year’s team appears not the only one looking to improve
to be on pace with last year’s team on a successful 2015 campaign. Se-
which sent six wrestlers to the state nior Jacob Partridge is on the same
tournament. page.
Head coach Connor Kellerstrass “I hope to take more people to
stated earlier this season that due to state than we did last year which will
uncharacteristically small numbers, be tough to do,” Partridge said.
the emphasis would be placed on The formula for success remains
improving individually each week. the same after the fi rst four weeks
And if the fi rst part of this season is according to Kellerstrass.
any indication, his plan has come to “Just learning how to fi nish HANNAH WOODSON | NW MISSOURIAN
fruition. out periods. There has been a lot With a low number of wrestlers this year, the Spoofh ounds look to improve individually throughout the season.
“Individually, the guys have of times we give up easy points to-
working and improving on our feet And to reach its goal of sending against you and they’re really hard
improved a lot and we can see that wards the end of the period,” Keller-
and working out from underneath. more wrestlers to the state tourna- to overcome,” Twaddle explained.
with how they fi nished last year and strass said. “We have to do a better
If we can take people down and get ment, the team knows the improve- “We need to continue to be aggres-
started this year,” Kellerstrass said. job at closing out hard.”
“With our small numbers it’s hard to That appears to be a common out, we’ll be tough to beat.” ments made since opening day must sive on our feet and getting as many
see success that way but individual- sentiment uttered by both player and Kellerstrass believes that in or- continue. Junior Matthew Twaddle takedowns as possible.”
ly the guys have done a good job and coach. For a team to be truly suc- der for the team to be truly success- acknowledges this. The wrestling team will take on
they keep improving. ” cessful, this is key. ful, one must buy into the process “We have to do a better job lim- Falls City High School and Sabetha
But simply improving week to “We’re just looking to compete,” that includes hard work and atten- iting pins. They’re the biggest thing High School Thursday, Jan. 14 at
week is not the primary goal for this Kellerstrass continued. “We’ve been tion to detail in regards to technique. because, in duels, they stack up Maryville High School.
Chiefs face tall task against New England
thirty point shutout over the Hous- the Patriots ended the regular sea- ots. Keep in mind, the Chiefs have rushed for 498 touchdowns and two
ton Texans. Overall, the Chiefs’ de- son is the least of the worries for the had a combined 47 sacks and 22 in- touchdowns.
fense forced fi ve turnovers, all of organization. The last time the two terceptions this season. If the trend If the Chiefs can fi nd a way to
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which were committed by Houston teams met, the Chiefs slaughtered continues, Tom Brady could have beat the Patriots and the banged up
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@joe_andrews15 quarterback Brian Hoyer. This gave the Patriots 41-14 at Arrowhead Sta- one tough game. Pittsburgh Steelers can muster out
the offense plenty of room to run up dium when Tom Brady was benched Each and every stop by the a win against Peyton Manning and
The Kansas City Chiefs’ sea- the scoreboard. after throwing 159 yards and two Chiefs defense will come as an company, they will play for a spot in
son has been a ride. Who would The Chiefs’ defense will be key interceptions by the middle of the advantage for the offense. With a the Super Bowl at Arrowhead Stadi-
have thought the Chiefs would be in in their next matchup against the fourth quarter. strong offensive line followed by um.
New England Patriots Jan. 16. The The Chiefs are expected to push the awareness of quarterback Alex Just a few weeks ago it did not
the second round of the NFL play-
defending Super Bowl Champi- the Patriots to the limit once again Smith and his receivers on offense, seem probable that the Chiefs could
offs after a 1-5 start? The Chiefs
ons entered the playoffs as a second with the defensive pressure that has the Patriots are unlikely to catch make it this far. Since then, the
are on an 11 game winning streak.
seed within the AFC. This gave the been with the Chiefs throughout the the offense off task more than a few Chiefs have shown up each and ev-
The most recent win brought Kansas
team a fi rst round bye week which 11 game win streak. If the Chiefs times in the game. Smith has thrown ery week, pulling away from games
City the fi rst Chiefs’ playoff victo- comes as much needed rest for the can get through the Patriot offensive for 20 touchdowns with only seven while also saving themselves from
ry since 1994. The game began with Patriots. The team lost four of the fi - line, pressure will be put on Tom interceptions this season. Smith has losing a few. In doing this, the
a kickoff return for a touchdown by nal six regular season games despite Brady, leaving the chance for poten- also transformed into a runner if it Chiefs have shown they are a cham-
Knile Davis. The game ended in a beginning the season 12-0. The way tial offensive mistakes by the Patri- looks like the better option. He has pionship caliber team.
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It is offi cial. The Rams are mov- The Rams organization has been
ing back to Los Angeles after play- to the playoffs fi ve times since relo-
ing 21 seasons in St. Louis. The cating to St. Louis. The team won
move came as pure arrogance. St.
the Super Bowl in its fi rst appear-
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The current condition of the
early 2000s.
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their now former stadium does not
The Edward Jones Dome has a
meet the stadium lease which was
capacity of 66,965 fans. Attendance
originally given. The city knows
averaged at 65,000 fans per game
that. It tried to fi x it. Rams owner
until 2008. After 2008, the average
Stan Kroenke wanted more than his
attendance per game has dropped to
team deserved from the city.
nearly 55,000 fans.
A part of the lease included the
This past season, the Rams had
promise of providing the Rams with
the worst attendance average in the
a “fi rst tier” stadium through 2025.
NFL, averaging 54,402 fans a game.
This meant the then newly-built Ed-
While Kroenke did not have full
wards Jones Dome must be within
ownership of the Rams until 2009,
the top 25 percent of NFL stadiums
the attendance slump has been seen
at the ten and twenty year marks of
in his entire reign as owner. It will
the lease. Arbitration talks or opt-
probably continue if the Rams move.
ing out of the lease were options if
Los Angeles is currently home to
the deal was not met. The stadium
the Angels (MLB), Dodgers (MLB),
was not classifi ed as fi rst tier in ei-
Kings (NHL), Ducks (NHL), Clip-
ther year.
pers (NBA) and Lakers (NBA).
Discussions involving renova-
Each team has deep roots and histo-
tions occurred after the 2005 check
ry in the city. Keep in mind, Los An-
until each party decided to remain
geles is a completely different mar-
neutral. The city of St. Louis en-
ket than St. Louis. Kroenke thinks
sured the stadium would be fi rst tier
the market difference will allow the
at the next checkpoint.
attendance issues to magically dis-
Renovations in 2009 were made
appear.
to add a new scoreboard along with
In all reality, nobody is going
updated technology in the con-
to come out and pay to watch the
course, suites and locker rooms. The
Rams lose consistently while the
renovations also added glass panels
other teams have proven to be play-
to the roof to increase the amount
off material. Some of the NFL team
of natural light in the stadium. This
owners who will vote on relocation
was not enough to classify the sta-
know this.
dium as fi rst tier in 2015. The Rams
The NFL is dedicated to bring-
decided to avoid the route of addi-
ing football back to Los Angeles.
tional arbitration allowing an opt-
Owners against the Rams relocation
out of the lease, leaving a chance for
would like the San Diego Chargers
relocation.
and the Oakland Raiders to relocate.
Plans to renovate the Edwards
Unlike the Rams, these two teams
Jones Dome were proposed before
2015. Both sides insisted on reno- have no possibility of a new stadi-
vations which would scrap the stadi- um in their respective cities.
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along the Mississippi river. 1967. The stadium was once shared
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Brady (10) and Blake (11) Bolles combined to win three National Championships (2009, 2013, 2015) in the span of seven years.
Northwest won the national for Northwest at the same time, but role the team’s success. Brady’s du- we were just a young team and inex-
BOLLES
championship in 2009, with Blake Blake helped establish a foundation al-threat ability not only gave North- perienced at some positions. About
CONTINUED FROM A1 as the starting quarterback. Blake’s that Brady and the Northwest foot- west another added dimension, but it midway through the year, they
efforts were huge for Northwest ball team could build off of. Brady also led to him receiving an unusual got their feet wet, played in some
“He (Blake Bolles) would al-
during its championship run as he joined the football team in 2012 and amount of playing time for a back- games, handled some adversity, and
ways joke and say ‘yeah you got a
passed for 4,145 yards, which still he would be the backup quarterback up. they just kind of grew up a little bit
championship, but you weren’t the
stands as the most passing yards in for his fi rst two seasons. At the conclusion of the 2013 as football players. Once that hap-
guy, you weren’t the starter,’” Brady a season in school history. Little did Despite being a backup to Trev- National championship season, pened, the offense took off down the
said. “For us to be able to win it this the Bolles know, that championship or Adams, Brady still found ways to Brady amassed more than 1,600 stretch.”
year, I can now one-up him and say win would be the fi rst of three the make an impact on the team. North- yards of total offense, which un- Once the offense found its
‘hey, I’ve got two, you’ve got one,’ two brothers would combine for. west won the national championship doubtedly cemented him as North- groove, Brady caught fi re and put
so that is pretty cool.” Blake and Brady never played in 2013 and Brady played a major west’s quarterback of the future. up impressive passing numbers. In
Brady’s experience as a backup dur- Northwest’s fi nal game of the 2015
ing the 2013 season gave him and
regular season against Washburn,
his teammates something to lean on
Brady passed for a career-high 402
as the Bearcats made their champi-
yards and three touchdowns. Brady’s
onship run this year.
leadership and patience might have
“Having that big-game expe-
been the missing piece to North-
rience going into the playoffs this
west’s championship aspirations.
year was huge, especially with
“I thought he was very diligent
how young we were,” Brady said.
with his preparation. I also thought
“We had some juniors and seniors
he was very diligent in preparing
that had played in 2013 who knew
CONGRATULATIONS the young guys and holding them
what to expect throughout the play-
accountable,” Dorrel said. “Our se-
BEARCATS offs and they were able to lead the
nior class was phenomenal this year
younger guys. (Those guys) knew
and, obviously, he had a big hand in
what to expect in each big game and
that.”
were able to keep (the younger play-
After the fi nal whistle blew of
ers) calm.”
from source medical clinic Brady’s path to winning his the 2015 Division II National Cham-
pionship, Northwest was crowned as
second national championship did
the champion and Brady’s legacy at
not come easy. Early in the season
Northwest was sealed. Besides win-
Northwest was winning games, but
the offense was not playing to its ning two national championships,
full potential. It was not until North- Brady will go down as one of the
west’s game against Northeastern most prolifi c quarterbacks in North-
State that the offense started to click west’s history. During his four years
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Veteran sharp-shooter
continues to build legacy
most everyday. I know (shooting) is
JACOB BLAND
a big part of my game and that also
Sports Editor | @J_Bland93
opens up my drives.”
For four years senior Crooker’s accuracy and consis-
guard Conner Crook- tency has steered him into North-
er has been a model of consistency west’s record book. Through 14
for the Northwest men’s basketball games of his senior season, Crooker
team. Not too long ago, head coach ranks second all-time behind associ-
Ben McCollum had the task of re- ate head coach Austin Meyer, with
building Northwest men’s basket- 178 made three-pointers, and fi rst
ball program. Amidst the rebuilding all-time in free-throw percentage at
process, Crooker was bought in as a 86 percent.
recruit. Crooker is Northwest’s lone se-
“He’s a high I.Q. basketball nior and his willingness to lead and
player, an excellent kid. You do not contribute is something coach Mc-
have to worry about him on or away Collum has heavily relied upon. Be-
from (the basketball court),” Mc- fore coming to Northwest, Crook-
Collum said. “He is defi nitely the er’s defensive skills were unpol-
type of player we like to recruit.” ished. As he has progressed under
coach McCollum’s watchful eye, he
Before coming to Northwest,
has developed into one of the team’s
Crooker played at Blue Valley North
best defenders.
High School. His efforts led to the
“Defensively, I have become
school’s turnaround. While his high
a lot better,” Crooker said. “I was
school did not win a state champi-
onship, he walked away knowing he kind of the man in high school, I did Senior Conner Crooker’s ability to make outside shots has been a proven commodity for the BBeRaIrAc aCtRs.EEDEN | NW MISSOURIAN
not have to focus much on defense.
helped lead the team to an unprece-
Now, in college, it’s a lot different
dented third-place fi nish in the state
and I have to rebound more. Coach
tournament.
McCollum works on (defense) every
After his high school basket-
day, so you’ll become better defen-
ball career came to a close, Crook-
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Crooker’s unselfi shness and
major role in Northwest’s success.
ability to develop into a quality de-
Crooker’s ability to make clutch
fender has paid big dividends for
baskets in key situations has proven
Northwest. Coming into the 2015-
to be an intangible asset.
2016 season, the team had to collec-
“He won (us the game against
tively look for a way to replace grad-
Minnesota State) last year and hit (a
uating senior Matt Wallace’s defen-
game winning shot) against North-
sive presence. Wallace was a defen-
eastern State his freshman year,”
sive stalwart for the Bearcats, which
McCollum said. “He is a big shot
led to him being named as MIAA
shooter. He could go zero for 20 and,
Defensive Player of the Year last
if the game was on the line, he will
season.
knock it down.”
Through 14 games, North-
The game McCollum referenced
west is 10-4 and Crooker’s leader-
against Minnesota State was a 59-56
ship and production has been a huge
Congratulations
victory for the Bearcats in the fi rst part of the team’s success. Crook-
round of the 2015 NCAA Division er has played in all of Northwest’s
II tournament. Both teams were tied 14 games and is second on the team Bearcats.
56-56 in the fi nal seconds before with 12.9 points per game. Last
Crooker made a two-point basket to week, Crooker was named MIAA
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Crooker’s hard work and dedi- Central Oklahoma, Crooker scored
cation, which started at a young age, a career-high 27 points to lead the
is a contributing factor in his abili- Bearcats to a 78-59 victory.
ty to develop into a sharp-shooter “He has really grown as a kid,”
along the perimeter. McCollum said. “He has gotten a lot
“Since I was little, my dad has tougher since his freshman year and Congratulations Bearcats -
been rebounding for me (while obviously he is having an excellent
I practice shooting basketball),” senior year. He has been here for Division II National Champs!
Crooker said. “He taught me my four years, he knows the system, he
shot and told me what to do. Now in knows his role, he’s unselfi sh, and
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Northwest and has been successful had to struggle, she’s had to work
because of her own hard work and and deal with different issues, but
determination. Wichmann was able through it all she has been extremely
to break the long jump record with persevering through it all.”
a leap of 19 feet 1.5 inches as well Coach Lorek has certainly made
as in the pentathlon with a total of his mark since taking his coaching
3,858 points. positions here at Northwest. Since
Coach Scott Lorek is entering taking over the job, the Bearcat
his twelfth season as head coach of women have had 29 student-athletes
the women’s track and fi eld team at obtain 82 All-MIAA honors in sev-
Northwest and loves the hard work en seasons. Nine have earned four or Congrats Bearcats!
that Wichmann puts out each and more All-MIAA awards.
every day. “I just really enjoy our pro-
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Lorek is full of humor and is al- ly comes down to confi dence, belief
ways encouraging his players to do and trust,” Lorek said.
better. “I told her she didn’t suck Coach Lorek has instilled this
that day,” Lorek said, (after Wich- sense of trust in all of his players
mann broke two school records). from top to bottom in all of the teams
“It’s about being able to stay loose, he has coached over the years and
having fun with it and to just really this year seems to be no different.
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Senior Trystan Lyle practices layups Nov. 16, 2015, in prepration for the rest of the
season. Th e Spoofh ounds next home game will be Jan. 15.
Chemistry is key for
Hounds success
Congratulations
their strategy as needed. Different
JOSEPH ANDREWS
athletes stand out in each game as a
Chief Sports Reporter | @Joe_Andrews15
result.
Maryville High “It has been multiple players
Bearcats!
School Spoofhounds that have been stepping up,” Stoeck-
boys basketball looks to
lein said. “Specifi cally, Trey (Ogles-
remain in competitive
by) has started to become more local
form as the second half of the sea-
and become more of a positive lead-
son begins.
er. So that is a good thing.”
Head coach Matt Stoecklein
The Spoofhounds look to keep
says this is something the team is ca-
the identity they established in the
pable of doing following a 7-4 start
pre-season through the second half
to the season.
of the season, leading them towards
“We are heading in the right di-
the chance of post-season success.
rection,” Stoecklein said. “The kids
“We keep talking about dis-
are working hard and having a lot of
fun. Things are going pretty well.” tricts,” Stoecklein said. “I think we
The Spoofhounds have lost three have a good shot at districts and re-
times this season. One came in a 57- ally even farther than that. We have
80 game against Staley in the Savan- a very good ball team. We have high
nah tournament. expectations.”
The other three came as MEC There are still ten games before
losses with a 65-66 loss to Benton, districts take place. The Spoof-
a 39-78 loss to Lafayette and a 67- hounds believe they have a chance
54 loss to Chillicothe. Each loss has to feed off of each game to make it
reminded the Spoofhounds to keep to the championship. Some games
moving forward with one goal in stand out to the team more than oth-
mind. ers. The town of Maryville is a huge
“A loss is always good,” Ogles- support to the team, specifi cally at
by said. “It sucks to lose. You hate home.
to lose more than you love to win.
“Our crowd is just amazing,”
Coming back from them is very im-
Stoecklein said. “They have these
portant. It shows what the team is
crazy theme nights. They come with
HOME TO THE BEARCAT GOLF TEAM made of.”
so much energy. Our boys just feed
The team’s ability to work to-
off of it. It is amazing.”
gether and come back from bad
Five of the remaining regular
games comes from relationships
Mozingo Lake Recreation Park season games occur at home with
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“We are all pretty close,” junior
ue with Mid-Buchanan Jan. 18, Sa-
Maryville, MO 64468 Trey Oglesby said. “We have been
together since we were little. Even vannah Jan. 22 and Bishop LeBlond
[phone] if we were not together, we played Feb. 1.
against each other, so we know each “It is always better with the
other’s game. We are getting more crowd in it,” Oglesby said. “When
experience while we are out there.” the crowd is up, we are up. It’s al-
Knowing each member’s skills ways easy with all of them behind
allows the Spoofhounds to adjust you.”
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Tanya Meyer drives to the basket against the University of Saint Mary’s. Northwest
won the game 67-35 Nov. 30.
Women continue
CONGRATULATIONS BEARCATS!
to struggle amid
coaching change
hump,” Scheel said. “We’ve just
ISAIAH SWANN
come up short at the end. A few pos-
Assistant Sports Editor | @iswanny3503
sessions here and there and the out-
Buck Scheel’s tran- come would be different. We need to
sition to interim head put together four solid quarters.”
coach has been a strenu- Senior Tember Schechinger has
ous one since taking over been stepping up the last couple
Dec. 16, 2015, following games posting back-to-back double
Coach Michael Smith’s unexpected doubles. Not only has Schechinger way to go
resignation for personal reasons.
been stuffi ng the stat sheet, she has
The team is winless so far while
now been entrusted with taking late
under the direction of Scheel, but
game shots when the team desper-
looking at the Bearcats’ record bearcats!
ately needs them.
would not tell you the full story of
“The next step is fi nishing the
the progress he has made with this
play and fi nishing every quarter. In
young team.
the third quarter, we struggle. We
It couldn’t have come at a worse
can’t have that, we need to come out
time for the Bearcats as they dove
with defense and attack on offense
into conference play and the more
as well,” Schechinger said. “The
diffi cult part of their schedule.
biggest thing is keeping the girls
“When things took place, there
hungry, keeping them motivated. If
really wasn’t a lot of time to think
we’ve got good energy and good ef-
about it. We just had to jump right in
fort every day, then things start to
and go with it,” Coach Scheel said.
carry over come game time.”
“The biggest thing is the girls just
This is the third Coach Schech-
all came together and looked at it as
inger has played under, so she is
we have an opportunity here and we
need to do what coach is asking and very familiar with the position she
let the outcome be determined later and her team have been put in.
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strengthened by such performances. made the transition go very smooth,”
“I think we’ve been making Schechinger said.
strides. For the most part, we have No matter what the outcomes
done a pretty good job of growing. seem to be, all of coach Scheel’s ath-
They’ve stayed positive through ev- letes have his back through this cru-
erything and tried to get over the cial transition.
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bound to be asked. That ate a stronger team in general.”
was the case with the While partial credit can be given
girls basketball team at Maryville to the players for their improvement
High School following the 2015 this season, one cannot help but give
season. Enter Quentin Albrecht, the
notice the architect of it all: the head
energetic, erudite instructor who, in
coach.
the midst of his fi rst season at MHS,
“More experience,” Sheil said
seeks to turn the program around.
about the difference Albrecht makes.
Sitting at 3-8 entering the week
“He uplifts the team. He helps us
of Jan. 11, the Spoofhounds have al-
work on our mistakes and makes
ready tripled their win total from a
sure we understand what we’re do-
year ago. But complacency is the
ing. He helps build confi dence.”
furthest thing from their minds. Or
One of the key characteristics of
at least that is the message relayed
an exceptional coach is the ability to
by coach Albrecht.
make players feel better than what
“We would like to get dou-
they are by building confi dence.
ble digits in wins,” Albrecht said.
That is not to say this year’s team is
“Which is a tall order for a team that
without talent. One of the fi rst things
started 0-23 last year, but there is
Albrecht mentions is the potential of
still a chance that we can attain that
the team that is only lacking in the
goal.”
cohesion needed to reach that next
But this will not be an overnight
level.
process. The team is showing notice-
“The goal was to create a sense
able improvement, but both players
of ownership where each player had
and coach share the belief that the
a sense of ownership in this team and
team is not anywhere close to being
where they want to be. But signifi - what we’re trying to do,” Albrecht
cant strides have been made and Al- said. “And now I see that in them.
brecht contributes this season’s im- They get along well. They commu-
provement to a new sense of cama- nicate well. They like each other and
raderie. they play well for each other.”
“We would like to play in the In a game so dependent on
district title game,” Albrecht con- chemistry and communication, it
tinued. “I thought our were a group appears that Albrecht and Co. have
that had potential but didn’t seem to found their formula to success. The
work together as a unit.” only way to know for sure is by
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