REVIEW Opponent Result Score St. Louis Park W 21-7 Foley L 7-42 Redwood Valley W 26-2 Pipestone W 34-6 Luverne W 39-13 Marshall W 35-14 Windom W 42-7 Worthington W 44-23 Section 3AA Tournament St. James W 56-0 Martin County West W 51-12 Maple River W 23-7 Class AA State Tournament Chatfeld L 6-32 Overall record: 10-2 SWC record: 6-0 2013 JCC football results Opponent Result Score Southwestern United W 3-0 St. James W 3-0 Redwood Valley W 3-0 Rochesster Mayo L 0-2 Anoka W 2-0 Eagan L 0-2 Shakopee W 2-1 Mankato East W 3-0 Luverne W 3-0 Mankato East W 2-1 Westbrook-Walnut Grove W 2-0 Cannon Falls W 2-1 Minneota L 1-2 Spirit Lake W 3-0 Marshall L 0-3 Fairmont W 3-0 Blue Earth Area W 3-0 Windom W 3-2 Visitation W 2-1 Edina L 1-2 Sioux Falls Roosevelt L 1-2 Tri-City United W 2-1 Hill-Murray L 0-2 New Ulm W 3-0 Worthington W 3-1 Martin County West W 3-1 Pipestone W 3-0 Section 3AA Tournament Fairmont W 3-0 Pipestone W 3-0 Marshall L 0-3 Overall record: 22-8 SWC record: 5-1 2013 JCC volleyball results Only one team won a set against the Marshall Ti- gers in the postseason this season. And it wasnt at the state tournament or even in the section finals. by DAN CONDON Sports Editor by DAN CONDON Sports Editor Huskies top 20 wins for seventh straight season JCC volleyball team had season end to eventual state champion Marshall It was Jackson County Central in the Section 3AA sub-section finals on Hal- loween. The Ti gers went on to sweep Morris Area/ Chokia/Alberta in the sec- tion finals and sweep their way through the state tour- nament. Thats the way things have gone lately for the Huskies: put an excellent team on the court, only to lose in the section tourna- ment to the eventual state champions. We were the team that played them toughest in the tournament, JCC head coach Teresa VanEpps said. So was our match the state title match? Marshall was the only team to beat JCC in South- west Conference action this year as JCC went 5-1 in the conference and 20-7 in the regular season. After opening the section tourna- ment with two wins, JCC lost to Marshall to finish the season 22-8. Seven of those losses came in tournaments both regular season and postseason as JCC faced stiff competition at Lakev- ille North and Shakopee tournaments, as well as its own tourney. Those are the types of tournaments we need to go to to be successful. Play- ing those squads that push you to the limit helps you push forward and to know where you need to go, VanEpps said. We learn when were playing a team and losing 25-20. We dont learn when were winning 25-2 or 25-5. A balanced team helped the Huskies all fall, but VanEpps credits her two seniors, Kenna Bannister and Shelby Benson, for leading the team. Neither played a whole lot prior to this season, but both put together fine final seasons. My two seniors, Im sure glad they stuck it out, VanEpps said. Im so proud of them and what they did in the offseason. I think it says a ton for their character; how many kids do you know their junior year not see much of the court and then shine their senior year? Bannister was second on the team with 203 kills and her 161 digs were the third- most. She also had 37 ace serves and 27 set assists. Kenna did a fabulous job this year, VanEpps See JCC VB on C6 See JCC FB on C6 Photo by Dan Condon Kegan Moore follows a block from Matt Schmit after taking a handoff from Shadrach Wacker during a game this season. All three were all-Southwest Conference players this season. Photo by Dan Condon Sarah Brandt (2), Sydney Eddy (11), Kaylee Burmeister (3), Rachel Johnson (back right), Kathryn Nasby (middle right) and Sydney Nyborg (front right) celebrate a point for Jackson County Central this season. Member FDIC Jackson 50.8+.30+0 bao'|o.ost.co \o oooostaoo t|o v|ta| o|o spots p|a |o oovo|op|og ooog |oos aoo boo|os. T|at's .| .o pooo| soppot oo |oca| at||otos. GO HUS KI E S ! Heading into the season, the Jackson County Central football team had plenty of question marks after losing several key players from a team that went to the state tournament in 2012. The Huskies answered all those questions with passing grades as they made it back-to-back sec- tion championships and the first outright Southwest Conference championship since 2009. I thought we had a great year, head coach Tom Schuller said. Anytime you can get 10 victories, thats high-rent district. Conference, section championships highlight season Back-to-back trips to state tourney for JCC football team That means you made it out of the section. The Huskies went 7-1 during the regular season, with their lone loss coming to Foley in the second game of the year. Following that loss, the Huskies ran the table in the conference, outscoring opponents 220- 65 in league games. JCC took its six-game win streak into the playoffs and had little trouble in the first two section games, winning 56-0 and 51-12 to move to the section finals. There, t he Huski es earned their second con- secutive trip to the state tournament by beating Maple River 23-7. JCC lost 32-6 to Chatfield in the Class AA state quar- terfinals to have its season end with a 10-2 mark. Getting out of the sec- tion is always a highlight, Schuller said. Part of the reason for JCCs success was a strong group of seniors and a dominant line on both sides of the ball. The Huskies had 13 se- niors, with quite a few of them having playing ex- perience heading into this season. They had a huge im- pact, Schuller said. That was a great class for us. They had a hand in win- ning 20 ball games the last two years. Two of those meaningful seniors were Matt Schmit and Nolan Hohenstein, who were in their third year on the offensive and defen- sive lines. The two, along with senior Chris Baker, brought experience to an offensive line that paved the way for the Huskies to rush for 3,284 yards this fall. Joining the three return- ers on the offensive line were senior Zach Paulson and sophomore Michael Miller. Those five, along with senior tight end Ryan Brighton and junior tight end Freeman Scott, made things easy for a backfield that was fairly new. Senior Shadrach Wack- C2 Thursday, November 21, 2013 Sports Review Peter Nasby (left) and Jordan Cushman (above) run at meets this season for Jackson County Central. 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The girls fielded a full team all season after a couple seasons of not doing so and the boys finished the year with arguably their best meet of the season. Deep girls team does well After two seasons with- out a full team, the Huskies had some depth on their roster this season. JCC started with a full varsity squad and got even better with the addition of a pair of eighth-graders mid- way through the season. Through it all, freshman Annika Lilleberg and se- nior Sam Swift were team leaders. Swift was the fastest JCC girl in the seasons first meet and then Lilleberg took over the lead spot the next five meets. Lilleberg had a time faster than 17 minutes four times this season and Swift was under 18 minutes seven times. Lillebergs best time of the season was 16:15 in Fairmont and Swifts best was 17:02 on the same course. Swift was voted the teams most dedicated run- Cross country teams flled with improvements ner, an award head coach Rafe York said she earned because of her work ethic and great attitude. Lille- berg was the teams runner of the year. Freshman Jayni Ander- son was a scoring runner in every meet for JCC this season, finishing as the second Husky once. She had a season-best time of 16:58 in Fairmont and was faster than 18 minutes five times. Midway through the sea- son, eighth-graders Jes- sica Christoffer and Molly Boyum made the jump from junior high to var- sity and immediately made their presence felt. The girls were com- petitive all season and the ranks were bolstered mid- way through the season when the eighth-graders made the jump to varsity. It was an eclectic group, but they pulled together on race days. Christoffer was the fast- est Husky in the final two meets of the season, includ- ing when she finished 15 th
at the Southwest Confer- ence meet and 22 nd at the Section 3A meet. She was consistent in her four var- sity races, with all of her times being between 16:23 and 16:33. Jessica was a nice sur- prise, York said. She made the jump from mid- dle school to varsity and continued to excel. Boyum was JCCs fifth runner in all four meets she ran in and she ran a season-best time of 18:02 twice. Sophomore Jadin Bez- dicek had her score count in four meets and was un- der 19 minutes three times. Sophomore Elyse Johnson bettered the 19-minute mark four times, with a season-best time of 18:24 in Fairmont. Freshman Karli Cavness ran a season-best 18:03 in Fairmont and exchange student Oda Kristensen had a season-best time of 19:19 when she was JCCs fifth runner in Worthing- ton. Sophomor e Kayl ee Rosenkranz ran in two varsity meets for JCC and freshman Rhilynn Luh- mann-Reyes ran in three. The Huskies were fourth in the conference meet and placed seventh in the sec- tion meet. Just having a full team was something for the girls to be proud of said first- year head coach York. I think the returners from previous seasons probably appreciated hav- ing a full team more than I did, simply because I wasnt here for the leaner years, he said. York said the team hopes to continue its upward trend. The girls who are re- turning are looking for- ward to improving next year, he said. Theyre planning to participate in our summer program and to run some road races together next summer. In addition to the returning varsity runners, we also have a full team of mid- dle-schoolers returning. Im excited for the girls future. Boys finish strong The JCC boys had some ups and downs throughout the season, but all seven varsity runners had either their best or second-best race of the year at the sec- tion meet. The boys had a bit of an up and down season, York said. We finished last in the conference, but pulled out a top-10 finish at the section meet. York said that meet was the highlight of the season. Achieving the goal of finishing in the top-10 at the section meet would have to be the highlight, he said. It was nice to see everything come together in the final meet. The Huskies were a se- nior-dominated team, with six on the team. Leading the way was Peter Nasby, who was the fastest JCC runner in all seven meets he competed in. Nasbys fastest finish was 18:24 at Fairmont and he ran 18:27 in the final race of his career to place 30 th at sections. Senior Jeremiah Flat- gard was the fastest Hus- ky once and had his time count in all eight meets. His best time was 19:13 at sections and he ran 19:30 at the conference meet. Although he never was a scoring runner for the Hus- kies, senior Jack Ziemer made an impression in his only season of cross country. Ziemer had a sea- son-best time of 28:16 at the conference meet and trimmed nearly four min- utes off his first meet of the season. The Triple Threat of Peter Nasby, Jeremiah Flatgard and Jack Ziemer set the tone for the team with their combination of work ethic and goofiness, York said. Senior Jordan Ringgen- berg was JCCs second finisher five times, with his best time coming with a 19:12 at the section meet. He also ran 19:41 at the conference meet, giving Ringgenberg his two best times of the season in his final two races. Jordan Ringgenberg was a steady presence who seemed to get better every meet, York said. Junior Warren Darling also kept improving and was JCCs four runner five times and second finisher once. In his first season of cross country, Darling had a season-best 19:48 in Fairmont and was just two seconds slower at sections. Senior Jordan Cushman finished strong, posting by far his best time of the season at the section meet. There, he ran 19:54 to place 67 th . His second-best time was 20:18 in Worthington early in the season. At the section meet, Jordan Cushman displayed some competitive fire that I wasnt sure he had, York said. Senior Bradley Gus- tafson was a scoring run- ner twice and had season- best 20:37 at sections. Bradley was one of the track kids I recruited and he made an impact by be- ing in our top seven all season, York said. Junior Jack Ringkob was a scoring runner twice and sophomore Matthew Ring- kob, sophomore Jeremiah Manwarren and freshman Wyatt Weier were scoring runners once. Junior An- drew Torgerson also ran two varsity meets for JCC. York said the six seniors stand out from this season and will be missed heading into next year. Losing six runners from a team of 14 will obviously have an impact from a numbers standpoint, but well also miss their lead- ership and ability, he said. The Huskies will have to find capable replacements if Yorks plans of building a quality program happen. I want to keep build- ing the program, he said. This years team set the baseline and now its time to start advancing. York gets help York said there were a few things that made his first season as head coach a success. One was former head coach Kerri Kocak coming back to help him. I cant thank Kerri Ko- cak enough for coming out of retirement to be my assistant, he said. The other was a supportive group of parents. Our parent s were great, he said. Working at our meet, throwing pasta parties, getting their kids to school for 6:30 practice on the really hot days, supporting the kids at the meets; they were awe- some. C3 Thursday, November 21, 2013 Sports Review For the second year in a row, the Jackson Coun- ty Central cheerleading squad got to cheer at the state tournament. On the sideline for every JCC foot- ball game this season were the cheerleaders, and that was no different during the Huskies run through the playoffs. In fact, the cheerleaders performed during halftime of the Class AA state tour- nament, with part of that routine done in just a day. That was made possible by a group of cheerleaders that put in a lot of time all throughout the season. They work hard, head coach Barb Tvinnereim said. They are never will- ing to settle for less than their best. Weve had prac- tice every day. Sometimes we practice in the morning. They really do try to repre- sent JCC well on the field. The team had a pair of hardworking seniors in Kassidy Timmer and Jayde Price leading the way. Seniors are always im- portant, Tvinnereim said. I cant say enough about Kassidy and Jayde and what they have done for our team. They are the glue that keeps everything else together. Joining those two were juniors Bailey Schneek- loth, Madison Cregeen, Kortney Porter and Mi- chaela Vancura; sopho- mores Kiana Nyborg, An- nie Gee, Makenna Donnelli and Aubry Salberg; and freshmen Josie Horn and Clair Smith. Schneekloth and Porter were both named all-state cheerleaders at the Min- nesota Cheer Off in St. Paul and helped the Huskies win the Class A division and the time-out cheer. Along with their success in the cheer off competi- tion, the team did a fine job pumping up the crowd during games. I was very happy with how the girls performed and cheered this year, Tvinnereim said. They were willing to work hard and get the job done when needed. Football cheer is about the team and they really went above and be- yond to make the boys feel special. With the football season over, several of the cheer- JCC cheer squad has two named to all-state team by DAN CONDON Sports Editor Huskies cheer at state tourney for second straight year leaders now turn their focus to the competitive cheerleading season. Football cheer is an important way to get those girls that havent cheered a lot ready for the competi- tive season, Tvinnereim said. They can work on stunts, jumps, dance; what- ever is needed. Just getting out in front of people is important; it makes them more confident. The Huskies hope that season is just as successful as the one that just ended. I always hate the end of another season, but this years football team and cheer team have really made this season unforget- table, Tvinnereim said. I feel both have done an ex- cellent job of representing JCC and the hardworking kids that go to school here. Left: Annie Gee holds up a sign as she cheers on the Huskies. Above: Kiana Nyborg sports a smile and whips her hair during a cheer. Right: Madison Cregeen holds her pose at the top of a pyramid during a halftime perfor- mance this season. Below: Bailey Schneekloth flashes a smile while cheering for Jackson County Central this fall. Photos by Dan Condon Jackson County Central cheerleaders strike a pose while cheering at a football game this season. 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When you dont win, youre not consistent, he Winless Wildcats fght to the end by DAN CONDON Sports Editor by DAN CONDON Sports Editor said. We looked good at times on offense, then wed get a penalty or make a mental mistake. The same thing on defense: wed have a couple good series and then give up a big play. The Wildcats shuffled some people around and, at times, had some success. We tried to mix some things up and try different things, Drent said. We continued to give a good effort, which is not always easy when youre not win- ning. Junior Dakotah Schmid and senior Skyler Sievert both played some quarter- back, with Schmid leading the team with 374 passing yards and three touch- downs. Schmid also led SWU with 284 rushing yards and a pair of touchdowns. Sievert had a team-high 11 catches for 180 yards and hauled in a touchdown pass. On defense, he had two interceptions. Christian Mariscal had two fumble recoveries for the Wildcats and Hunter Timko had three sacks. Schmid was named to the all-Southern Confederacy Conference and Sievert and junior Jordan Hall were honorable-mention picks. The Wildcats graduate just three players, giving the team hope for more success next season. There are a lot of kids back, Drent said. They should have a lot of expe- rience back and hopefully get in the win column a couple times. While the Wildcats re- turn plenty of players, Drent and co-head coach Jason Fisher wont be back on the sideline. The two have been to- gether the last 11 seasons with Drent coaching Photos by Dan Condon Jake Getzel sheds off a tackler in a Southwestern United football game this season. Jordan Hall gets some pointers from co-head coach Jason Fisher on the sideline this season. four more years prior to that but are stepping down. We both have large fam- ilies, Drent said. We both need to have a little more family time. Hopefully someday Ill be back at it. Drent said former Wild- cat player and current assistant Jared Bourquin would be a good candidate to take over as head coach, but nothing has been de- cided yet. Id like to see him take it over, Drent said. Hed be a good guy for it. Theyll get some young blood in there, some new voices. Increased numbers and some runners returning with experience helped the Southwestern United cross country teams do well this fall. The SWU girls, in par- ticular, had team and indi- vidual success, while the Wildcat boys saw some flashes individually. Two to state for girls Eighth-graders Rachel Salentiny and MaKayla Edwards led the SWU girls all season and both quali- fied for the state meet the first runners from the school to do so since Julie Pohlman in 2003. Salentiny earned all- state honors by placing 13 th at the Class A state meet with a time of 15:20. Edwards finished 35 th in 15:43. Head coach Les Knut- son was surprised to see the two running near the 30 th spot at the state meet and then was even more surprised when he saw Salentiny keep moving up. I said, Here comes Sal- entiny already, and then Edwards wasnt far behind her, he said. Salentinys time at state is the fastest of any run- ner in school history and her 13 th -place finish trails just Jessica Zellars eighth- place finish in 1997. More numbers, consistency means more success for Wildcats Salentiny, Edwards run at state meet The two qualified for state by placing well in the section meet, where Salentiny was eighth and Edwards 13 th . Salentiny finished third at the Red Rock Conference meet and Edwards was sixth as both earned all-conference honors. Eighth-grader Brianna Preston also had a consis- tent season, finishing 35 th
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at the conference meet. Those t hree were steady, Knutson said. They came back and got a lot better. Eighth-grader Chey- enne Schaffer went out for cross country all season after running the final few meets a season ago. She was SWUs fourth runner, finishing 58 th at the section meet and 15 th at the confer- ence meet. Seventh-grader Jaylyn Lubben was 17 th at the conference meet and 94 th at sections and eighth-grader Vanessa Juarez was 23 rd at the RRC meet and 79 th at sections. The Wildcats got fifth in the section meet, finish- ing just two points out of fourth. They were second at the RRC meet, missing a conference title by just two points. Looking back, not win- ning the conference was a little disappointing, Knut- son said. At the time, we were happy. If we wouldve tied Mt. Lake, we wouldve won the meet because we wouldve won the tiebreak- er. Knutson leads SWU boys Freshman Logan Knut- son had the best season of any SWU boy, even though it ended a meet early. Knut- son, the son of SWUs head coach, was really coming on at the end of the season before an injury forced him out of the section meet. He really ran well; much better than I fig- ured, Coach Knutson said. He started out the season with some pretty good runs in junior varsity. Then when he moved to varsity, he really ran well. Knutsons first few var- sity meets were solid, but then he finished eighth in St. James in 17:23, eighth in Fairmont in 17:59 and fifth at the conference meet to earn all-conference honors. The injury prevented Knutson from an outside chance at state. He wouldve been a longshot, although the way he was improving, you never know, Coach Knut- son said. He had a good individual season. Running for the Wildcats at the section meet were eighth-grader Brett Muel- ler (75 th ), eighth-grader Ben Sheldahl (85 th ), sev- enth-grader Carlos Juarez (103 rd ), eighth-grader Ty- ler Brunk (112 th ), fresh- man Derek Rossow (113 th ), freshman Jacob Rossow (115 th ) and seventh-grader Christian Juarez (117 th ). It was the first varsity meet for all but the Ros- sow twins. The Wildcats were last in the meet, but that didnt deter Coach Knutson. We got a team score, which we didnt do last year, he said. Theres nowhere to go but up. The Wildcats won the junior high meet at the RRC meet, with Sheldahl finishing first and Mueller second. Hope for continued success for the Wildcats Coach Knutson said he thinks the SWU girls can maintain their success and hopes with even more numbers, the boys can fol- low suit. I think these girls are really cohesive, he said. They really like it. The boys, its hard to say. We need to get a few more out. But the coach likes where the program is headed. I was real happy with the whole deal, he said. We made improvements number-wise over a year ago and made improve- Photos by Dan Condon Rachel Salentiny (left) and MaKayla Edwards are the first cross country runners from the school to qualify for state since 2003. ments consistency-wise. We had better team success with the girls and at least had a team with the boys. Logan Knutson runs for the Wildcat boys this season. C5 Thursday, November 21, 2013 Sports Review Opponent Result Score Jackson County Central L 0-3 Worthington W 3-0 Edgerton W 3-0 Waconia L 0-2 Andover L 0-2 Bloomington Jeferson W 2-0 LeSueur-Henderson W 2-1 Tracy-Milroy-Balaton L 1-2 Pipestone W 3-0 Southwest MN Christian W 3-1 Hills-Beaver Creek W 3-0 Mt. 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Servicing TRANE, Goodman, Lennox and most major brands. Wildcats win Red Rock Conference championship Photos by Dan Condon Andrea Hinkeldey makes a pass with her teammates watching during a Southwestern United volleyball match this season. by DAN CONDON Sports Editor Kailey Wendland (from left), Courtney Place, Rachel Mathias, Autumn Hinkeldey, Andrea Hinkeldey and Hailey Schumacher celebrate after Southwestern United won the Red Rock Conference championship. Led by an all-state per- former and six all-confer- ence players, the South- western United volleyball team had one of the best seasons in team history. SWU went 25-5-2 on the season and was a perfect 10-0 to win the Red Rock Conference for the first time since 2009. That was definitely a major success, head coach Christine Malm said of winning the conference. During the season, SWU had a streak of 22 straight matches without a loss (the Wildcats had a tie in there), which continued into the playoffs. Included in the streak were tournament titles at Blue Earth and the Subway Tournament in Marshall. SWU volleyball team has sights set even higher next season That streak finally ended in the Section 3A tourna- ment when the Wildcats lost a five-set match to Murray County Central. In the regular season, SWU beat MCC in a five-set match to all but clinch the conference title. I thought it was a good season, over- a l l , e v e n t hough we didnt make it as far in the postseason as we wanted, Malm said. The key to t he t eam s s t r i n g o f wins, Malm said, was a desire to go all-in for the team. They were playing to- gether, she said. Its hard to get all 16 girls together on the same page. When we were having our winning streak, we were all in it for the same reason. Leading the Wildcats this season was junior Court- ney Place, who was an all-conference performer and named second-team all-state for Class A. Place had 463 kills on the season, accounting for nearly half of the Wild- cats 943 kills. The hard- hitting middle hitter also had a team-high 99 blocks, including 36 solo blocks. Her 204 digs were third most o n t h e team and Place add- ed 28 ace serves. Also earning all-con- ference honors were senior outside hitter Autumn Hinkeldey, ju- nior outside hitter Kailey Wendland and sophomore right-side hitter Andrea Hinkeldey. Junior middle hitter Rachel Mathias and sophomore setter Hailey Schumacher were honor- able-mention all-confer- ence. Andrea Hinkeldey was second on the team with 162 kills and dished out 88 set assists. She added 209 digs, 71 blocks and 33 ace serves. Autumn Hinkeldey was second on the team with 230 digs and added 37 ace serves, 26 kills and 28 blocks. Wendlands 126 kills were third on the team and her 239 digs were a team high. She also had 16 ace serves and 28 blocks. Mathias led the Wildcats with 48 ace serves and pounded 120 kills the fourth most for SWU. Her 76 blocks were second on the team and Mathias also had 43 digs. Schumacher dished out 710 set assists as she set up MY PHILOSOPHY IS TO ALWAYS BUILD ON THE YEAR BEFORE, SO IM HOPING FOR AN EVEN BETTER YEAR NEXT YEAR. Christine Malm a powerful Wildcat attack. The sophomore also had 16 kills, 17 ace serves, 111 digs and 35 blocks. Senior defensive spe- cialist Alisa Carlson had 98 digs, senior defensive specialist Sonja Peters had 27 digs, junior right-side hitter Sarah Schmid had 13 kills and senior outside hitter Kristin Liepold had 16 kills, 13 digs and 11 ace serves. Along with contributing on the court, Malm said Liepold was the teams big- gest motivator. Kristin was definitely our cheer captain, she said. She had the team motivated all the time. With five girls named to all-conference teams re- turning next season, Malm said theres no reason to believe next year could even be better than this season. I think the girls are ready to make it a little further next year, she said. My philosophy is to always build on the year before, so Im hoping for an even better year next year. C6 Thursday, November 21, 2013 Sports Review Score by quarter 1 2 3 4 Total JCC 90 142 87 65 384 Opponent 46 39 34 46 165 Team statistics Category JCC Opponent Total points 384 165 Points per game 32.0 13.8 Total ofense 4,218 2,497 Ofensive yards per game 351.5 208.1 Rushing yards 3,284 1,186 Rush yards per game 273.7 98.8 Yards per rush 6.1 3.3 Passing yards 934 1,311 Pass yards per game 77.7 109.3 Pass attempts-completions 57-109 115-243 Yards per completion 16.4 11.4 Penalties-yards 89-706 49-356 2013 JCC football team stats Rushing Name Yards Carries Avg. TDs Keegan Moore 1,377 181 7.6 20 Luke Norland 540 112 4.8 9 Paden Moore 453 86 5.3 8 Shadrach Wacker 296 67 4.4 5 JCC 3,284 539 6.1 46 Passing Name Att. Comp. Yards TDs Shadrach Wacker 107 57 934 4 JCC 109 57 934 4 Receiving Name Catches Yards Avg. TDs Darnell Taylor-Breck 28 535 19.1 3 Ryan Brighton 11 194 17.6 1 Keegan Moore 10 75 7.5 0 JCC 57 934 16.4 4 Defense/Special Teams Name INT FR TDs Safety Ryan Salzwedel 5 0 2 0 Mitchell Macek 2 1 0 0 Shadrach Wacker 2 1 0 0 Brady Place 2 0 0 0 JCC 12 7 2 2 Scoring Name TDs FG/XP 2 pt. Points Keegan Moore 20 3 126 Luke Norland 9 1 56 Paden Moore 8 1 50 Marek Bingel 41/3 50 Shadrach Wacker 5 30 Darnell Taylor-Breck 3 18 Ryan Salzwedel 3 18 Caleb Will 2 12 Ryan Brighton 1 1 8 Demonte Thomas 1 6 Zach Holm 1 6 Team 2 safeties 4 JCC 53 41/3 6 384 2013 JCC football individual stats Kills/Blocks Name Kills Ace blocks Kaylee Burmeister 302 13.5 Kenna Bannister 203 14 Abby Benson 168 56 Sydney Eddy 119 34 Sarah Brandt 88 21.5 Sydney Nyborg 69 17 Alison Benson 42 15 Rachel Johnson 29 11 JCC 1,042 182 Serving Name Serves Errors Pct. Aces Shelby Benson 217 9 95.8 30 Rachel Johnson 274 12 95.6 40 Kathryn Nasby 370 17 95.4 40 Sydney Nyborg 171 11 93.5 11 Abby Brinkman 62 5 91.9 5 Abby Benson 89 10 88.7 11 Kaylee Burmeister 237 30 87.3 37 Megan Edlin 57 10 82.4 10 Kenna Bannister 107 20 81.3 8 JCC 1,505 134 91.8 208 Sets/Digs Name Set assists Digs Rachel Johnson 625 135 Shelby Benson 195 69 Kathryn Nasby 43 390 Kaylee Burmeister 27 217 Kenna Bannister 15 161 Sydney Nyborg 12 89 Lacey Wacker 26 2 Sarah Brandt 14 24 Sydney Eddy 19 16 Abby Benson 5 27 Abby Brinkman 3 27 Alison Benson 15 12 JCC 999 1,171 2013 JCC volleyball stats said. What a great senior year. She developed some different shots and wasnt afraid to use them. She was a great senior leader for us. Benson led the Huskies with a 95.8 serving per- centage and had 30 ace serves. She also had 195 set assists and 69 digs. Shelby had such a great attitude and determina- tion to be on the court, VanEpps said. The Huskies had three juniors earn all-conference honors, including two who were recognized by the state. Kaylee Burmeister was named first-team all-state for Class AA and Kathryn Nasby was honorable men- tion. Burmeister led JCC with 302 kills and was second with 217 digs. She also had 13.5 ace blocks and 37 ace serves. Nasby, JCCs libero, had a team-leading 390 digs and tied for the team lead with 40 ace serves. She also served at 95.4 per- cent, missing just 17 of 370 serves. Setter Rachel Johnson was also all-conference after dishing out 625 set as- sists. The junior routinely put the ball on the money as JCC pounded 1,042 kills as a team this season. John- son also had 40 ace serves, 135 digs, 29 kills and a 95.6 serving percentage. Freshman Abby Benson emerged in her first year on varsity, hammering 168 kills and recording a team- high 56 blocks as a middle hitter. Older sister Alison Ben- son had 42 kills and 15 blocks as a junior. Junior Sydney Eddy had 119 kills and 34 ace blocks and junior Sarah Brandt had 88 kills and 21.5 ace blocks. Sophomore Sydney Nyborg had 69 kills, 89 digs, 17 ace blocks and 21 ace serves. Junior Megan Edlin had 10 ace serves, sophomore Abby Brinkman had 27 digs and five ace serves and freshman Lacey Wack- er had 26 set assists. The girls were a joy to work with every day, VanEpps said. It was fun coming to the gym; thats what keeps you coming back for more when its enjoyable to be there. VanEpps said it was tough not having her daughter, former three-year starter and all-state player Mi- chelle, in the gym this sea- son, but this group made it much easier. Not having Michelle in the gym, that was a little different, she said. Being able to come into the gym and work with those ladies and their great attitudes, they made it easier not be- ing at Michelles games. A highlight of the season is how hard they came in and worked every day. There wasnt a day they didnt come in and work hard; and thats all 13 of them. VanEpps said that hard work is expected to con- tinue throughout the off- season. Playing in the offsea- son, getting those touches in the offseason, is huge for our program, she said. The more touches you can get, the better youre going JCC VB: JCC wins 22 Continued from C1 to be. If a player doesnt play spring ball, they lose over 600,000 touches; thats huge. While the Huskies had two valuable seniors this year, they return 11 play- ers from a team that won 22 matches. Weve got some great young girls, VanEpps said. Im definitely looking for- ward to next year. The Huskies return both their all-state performers and all three all-confer- ence players and bring back plenty of height. Well have a tall squad, VanEpps said. There are three 6-footers and a cou- ple 510 girls. Volleyball is a game of height in cer- tain aspects. Weve also got girls that are willing to put in the time and ef- fort to become better de- fensive players and serve receivers. That, for me, is exciting. And just knowing she has 11 girls coming back with varsity experience is a good feeling for VanEpps. I had 13 girls on my squad and 11 are return- ing, she said. Thats promising for any coach when you have 11 letter- winners returning. Photos by Dan Condon Kenna Bannister makes a pass for the Huskies. Rachel Johnson dishes out one of her 625 set assists. JCC FB: Back to state Continued from C1 er was in his first year as starting quarterback and running backs Keegan Moore, Paden Moore and Luke Norland were all new to their roles as work- horses. Keegan Moore led the Huskies with 1,377 yards rushing, which ranks fifth for a single season in school history. His 20 touchdown runs are the third most for a season. Moore, just a sopho- more, already has 21 ca- reer touchdowns (fifth for a career) and 1,450 career rushing yards (10 th for a career). Paden Moore has 17 ca- reer rushing touchdowns after scoring eight this season. He rushed for 453 yards his junior season. Norland, a junior in his first year out for football since seventh grade, ran for 540 yards and nine touchdowns. Wacker rushed for 296 yards and five touchdowns and threw for another 934 yards and four scores. Three of those touchdown passes went to senior Dar- nell Taylor-Breck, who had 28 catches for 535 yards. Brighton caught the other touchdown one of his 11 catches for 194 yards. The Huskies scored 53 touchdowns this season and exchange student Marek Bingel made the extra point after 41 of them. The kicking special- ist missed just three extra points and made three field goals this season. Sophomore Ryan Salz- wedel led a new-look de- fensive backfield with five interceptions, two of which were returned for touch- downs. Wacker and senior safety Mitchell Macek both in- tercepted two passes and recovered a fumble. Senior safety Brady Place had a pair of interceptions. The Moore brothers were joined in the line- backing core by junior Kyle Kapplinger. The trio played behind a line that included Schmit, Hohen- stein, Brighton, senior Wy- att Livingston, senior Aus- tin Bell-Pixler and junior Brandon Schmit. As a unit, the Huskies allowed just 208 yards per game and limited op- ponents to just 98.8 yards rushing a game. Zach Holm did the bulk of the kick returning for the Huskies, averaging 21.5 yards on his 20 re- turns. One of those went for a touchdown in JCCs con- ference win over Marshall. Keegan Moore was named the offensive back of the year in the confer- ence and Matt Schmit was the defensive lineman of the year. Paden Moore was the co-defensive back of the year for the conference and Schuller was named the conferences coach of the year. Bot h Moores, Mat t Schmi t , Hohens t ei n, Brighton and Wacker were named to the first-team all-conference team and Macek and Salzwedel were honorable-mention selec- tions. While several Huskies earned year-end recogni- tion, Schuller said they all deserve credit for the teams success. Its more of a team thing, he said. Everybody that was on the team had an impact on the team. The Huskies graduate 13 players who had a big part in the teams two straight trips to state, but Schuller said his team knows what it takes to replace a tough group. We have to get back to work, he said. We had a great year in the weight room; now we need an- other great offseason in the weight room. The biggest change will come on the offensive line, where four starters will need to be replaced. Weve got to overhaul almost the whole offensive line, Schuller said. But all three running backs return, as do several others with varsity experi- ence. Weve got some people coming back, Schuller said. 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