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LAMAR
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Savages eye big season

By John Contreras
The Lamar Ledger
The Lamar High School football
team enjoyed another successful
season in the Tri-Peaks League,
but the postseason was not kind to
the Savages.
After opening the season with
two losses to Burlington (28-20)
and Florence (12-6 in overtime),
the Savages ran off a string of eight
victories over Ellicott, La Junta,
Monte Vista, St. Mary’s, Dolores
Huerta, Colorado Springs Chris-
tian, Trinidad, and Manitou
Springs.
But in preliminaries of the Class
2A state playoffs, Lamar fell to the
Holy Family Tigers, 39-15, to finish
the season with an 8-3 record.
Heavy losses on both the offen-
sive and defensive lines have the
Lamar coaching staff looking hard
at newcomers vying for those spots
in hopes of returning to the play-
offs.
Head coach Jason Tice and his
seven assistant coaches welcomed
around 70 plus players for this
year’s team.
The Savages return a wealth of
skill people to build around in their
open pro-set formations.
The coaching staff has in-
stalled Branson Jennings, a
6-2, 205 junior at the
quarterback position,
while Cory Fasiot-
to, a 6-2, 195
senior, was
moved to tight end.
Bruising fullback Emilio Carrillo
(5-9, 205) returns for his senior sea-
son, while the tailback spot will be
manned by elusive Erik Niesch-
burg, a 5-10, 170 junior. Senior Dar-
rian Adame, a 5-10, 150 senior, will
play the sweeper position.
Fassiotto will share duty at tight
end with Colby Turner, a 5-10, 170
senior. Rotating at wide receiver
will be Kyle Monson, 5-18, 140 sen-
ior and Isiah Martinez, 6-0, 145 jun-
ior.
The question for Lamar will be
the offensive line, where only Mi-
chael Niedens (6-0, 250 senior) and
Tony Herrera (6-1, 275 junior) re-
turn as starters.
Neidens has been moved to cen-
ter and Herrera is at quick side
guard.
Filling the other positions on the
line will be Josh Viar, a 5-10, 190
senior, at strong side guard; Jose
Rodriguez, a 5-10, 190 senior, at
strong stide tackle, and Kaden Pier-
son, a 6-3, 205 sophomore at quick
side tackle. Remington Stocking, a
5-5, 160 senior, will also contribute
on the front line.
The offense will feature pro sets,
two back looks, and Tice’s tradi-
tional man in motion.
Tice and his staff
feel like they can
throw the ball
much more effec-
tively this year as
well.
Defensively,
the team is
looking at the
same problem
in that they must shore up their de-
fensive front.
Defensive coordinator Austin
Wertz may change up the defen-
sive look this year, as the Savages
look strong at the linebacker spots.
Returning league MVP and leading
tackler Emilio Carrillo will lead the
way, along with Viar, a starter a
year ago. The duo will be joined by
Zeb Harvey (5-10, 150 junior) and
Jamin Tate (5-7, 145 sophomore).
Gabe Beard (6-0, 180 junior) and
Cory Fasiotto will play at defensive
ends.
The defensive tackle positions
will be shared by Hererra, Niedens,
Tyler Nielson (5-10, 180 junior) and
Jonathan Ortiz, 5-10, 195 sopho-
more).
The defensive backfield looks
strong and will be led by league
MVP Ricky Rodriquez (5-9, 170
senior) at cornerback. Diminutive
Mike Sandoval, a 5-4, 135 senior,
will join Rodriquez at cornerback.
Derrick Adame (5-8, 135 junior)
will be the starter at free safety
The specialty teams, which get a
hard look every practice, will be
paced by Tylor Jara, last year’s
punter and kick off man.
Returning punts and kick offs
will be Sandoval and Rodriquez.
“Even though it is early, this is a re-
ally fun team to coach,” said Ticke
“They like to practice and work
hard every day. They are a really
good kids to be around.“Looking at
the Tri-Peaks League, coach Tice
said, “Florence is the favorite until
some one beats them. But I’d like
to think we are the best team in the
league.”
In the Denver Post Class 2A pre-
season football three teams from
the Tri-Peaks League are ranked.
The state poll reads as follows: 1.
Faith Christian, 2. Kent Denver: 3.
Brush; 4. Aspen; 5. Platte Canyon;
6. Bayfield; 7. Florence; 8. Olathe;
9. Lamar; 10. Colorado Springs
Christian.
2010 SCHEDULE
Friday, Aug. 27 - at Trinidad,
7:00
Friday, Sept. 3 - at Burlington,
7:00
Saturday, Sept. 11 - at Kent
Denver, 1:00
Friday, Sept. 17 - ALAMOSA, 7:00
Friday, Sept. 24 - MANITO
SPRINGS (Homecoming), 6:30
Friday, Oct. 1 - at La Junta, 7:00
Friday, Oct. 8 - at Colorado
Springs Christian, 7:00
Friday, Oct. 15 - FLORENCE, 7:00
Friday, Oct. 22 - at St. Mary’s,
7:00
Friday, Oct. 29 - TRINIDAD, 7:00
Saturday, Nov. 13 - State
preliminaries, TBA
Saturday, Nov. 20 - State
quarterfinals, TBA
Saturday, Nov. 27 - State Erik
semifinals, TBA Nieschburg
Saturday, Dec. 4 - State finals, will start at
TBA tailback to
lead the
ground
attack for
the
Savages.
John Contreras
The Lamar
Ledger

Cory
Fassiotto Branson Jennings
moves from will start the season
quarterback under center for the
to tight end Savages.
this season.
John Contreras
John Contreras The Lamar Ledger
The Lamar
Ledger

John Contreras The Lamar Ledger

2010 LAMAR FOOTBALL TEAM (Seniors and Juniors): Front row, l-r, Mark Winsor, Chris Felthager, Cory Andrade, Luis Jimenez, Michael Sandoval, Kyle Monson, Darrick Adame, Noah Kelly-Hernandez,
and Gerardo Soto. Middle row, l-r, Aran Laughter, Tylor Jara, Isiah Martinez, Ricky Rodriguez, Emilio Carrillo, Zeb Harvey, Gabe Beard, Colby Turner, Erik Nieschburg, Da-kota Turner, Ryan Yoder, and Tyler
Nielson. Back row, l-r, Josh Viar, Darrian Adame, Branson Jennings, Michael Niedens, Cory Fassiotto, Tony Herrera, Travis Hoots, Jose Rodriquez, Anthony Holdren, Braxton Warn, and Noe Gomez. Not
pictured Remington Stocking, Julian Carrillo, and Hector Morales.

LAMAR
PREP SOFTBALL
Softball team eyes new season
By John Contreras
The Lamar Ledger
The Lamar High School
girls softball team is coming
off a 13-8 season a year ago.
Lamar was one of four
teams that received an at large
bid to play in the Class 3A
state tournament. As the No.
16 seed the Lady Savages
didn’t catch much of a break
as they faced No. 1 seed and
eventual state champion Erie
and lost 14-4.
Craig Forney heads into his
second year as the helm.
He said last year was a
learning experience for him
and now with one season un-
der his belt his expectations
are higher.
“Just getting to know the
players was new for me and
thank goodness for my assist-
ant coaches,” he said. “It took
us a while to really mesh as a
team. Early in the season, we
struggled for a bit and we had
some tough games. But I
thought we were playing our
best softball at the end of the
year and that’s all you can ask
for as a coach.”
This season, Forney has 35
players out for the team.
“Having the numbers is a
good problem to have,” he
said. “But it’s hard to get a
good evaluation of all of the
players.”
Forney lost the services of
his top two pitchers from last
year. He said another area of
concern will be behind the
plate where he also lost his top
two catchers.
Looking to pick up the slack
John Contreras The Lamar Ledger
LAMAR VARSITY SOFTBALL TEAM: Front row, l-r,
Abi Cruz, Vanessa Galindo, and Abbie Reed. Middle
row, l-r, Ashley Lawrence, Kaitlin Ybarra, Tessa
Peacock, Tanner Campbell, and Tanisha Kisamore.
Back row, l-r, Chelsea Vallejos, Madison
Dorenkamp, Katie Crampton, Whitney Crown, and
Felicity Perales. Not pictured Veronica Jimenez.
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2010 SCHEDULE
and senior Whitney Crown. also tabbed to see duty in the Tues., Sept. 7 - at La Junta, 14 - ST. MARY’S, V, 4:00 ACADEMY, V/JV,
“I think our pitching will outfield. V, 4:00 Thurs., Sept. 23 - at Rocky 11:00
definitely be a strength this Thurs., Sept. 9 - at Limon, Ford, V/JV, 4:00 Thurs., Oct. 7- at Dolores
Looking ahead to this sea- V/JV, 4:00
year,” said Forney. “We return Sat., Sept. 25 - at Sierra, V, Huerta, V/JV, 4:00
Katie and she worked hard son, Forney said, “You always Fri., Sept. 10 - at Burlington 2:00 Sat., Oct. 9 - at Florence, V/
set your goals higher every Tournament, V
over the summer and looks Mon., Sept. 27 - ROCKY JV, 11:00
year. This year, we definitely Sat., Sept. 11 - PUEBLO
stronger. Whitney can also EAST, V/JV, 11:00 FORD, JV, 4:00 Sat., Oct. 16 - District
want to finish higher in the Tournament, TBA
throw and I have some other Mon., Sept. 13 - LA JUNTA, Thurs., Sept. 30 - LA JUNTA,
league and I think we can. I V, 4:00 Oct. 22-23 - State
girls who can come in. We’ll JV, 4:00
want to see us be more consis- Tues., Sept. Sat., Oct. 2 - CLASSICAL Tournament, Aurora
be fine pitching wise.”
Forney will be counting on tent. I really think we return
some girls who know the
some young players to fill the
void at catcher. Candidates for game.”
the job are junior Felicity Per- The Lady Sav-
ales, and sophomores Vanessa ages will com-
Galindo and Veronica Jime- Tessa Peacock
pete in Dis- returns to lead the
nez. trict 2 for
Lady Savages on
“The position of main con- the
defense at
cern is catcher,” he said. “I’m
shortstop.
trying to find that every day
catcher because it’s such a vi- John Contreras The
tal position.” Lamar Ledger
The infield should be solid
with several players return-
ing but Forney explained
they will see duty at differ-
ent positions.
Senior Madison Do-
renkamp will play at
first base while fresh-
man Abbie Reed moves
in at second base. Sen-
ior Tessa Peacock will
make the move from third
base to shortstop while senior
Tanner Campbell will play the
hot corner at third base. Also
seeing work in the infield will postsea-
be senior Tanisha Kisamore. son with the top
In the outfield, Whitney two teams advancing to
Crown will move from right the 3A state tournament.
field to center field. Battling
for the position in right field The seven teeams in Dis-
will be seniors Kaitlin Ybarra trict 2 include Lamar, Clas-
and Ashley Lawrence. sical Academy, Dolores
Playing left field will be an- Huerta, Florence, La Junta,
other freshman prospect in Rocky Ford, and St. Mary’s.
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LAMAR
PREP VOLLEYBALL

Lamar to sport young team

Tecklenburg takes over the reins
By John Contreras
The Lamar Ledger
The Lamar High School vol-
leyball team will see some
changes with a new head
coach at the helm.
After serving as head coach
for the past five years, Brian
Lauritsen made the decision to
step down.
Taking over will be a famil-
iar face in Dave Tecklenburg,
who is no stranger to the pro-
gram.
It was Lauritsen who took
over the program from Teck-
lenburg five years ago.
Tecklenburg will face the
challenge of finding some
young players to fill some big
holes left from graduation.
The Lady Savages gradu-
ated six seniors from last
year’s varsity roster.
Clairissa Winsor
and Gabrielle
Hammer return as
Tecklenburg returns only Ortega and freshman Sierra the two players
two players that saw varsity Vazquez. with varsity
playing time a year ago, but experience for the
has some talented young play- Middle hitters for the team Lady Savages.
ers to build around for the fu- will be junior Haley May, Shannon Harper
Lamar Ledger
ture. sophomore Jolynn Rider, and
Returning players with var- freshmen Lauren Tinnes and
sity experience include Claris- Summer Eberhardt. “We are
sa Winsor, a 5-7 senior outside technically in a rebuilding
hitter and Gabrielle Hammer,
year, but are looking to im-
a 5-7 junior outiside hitter.
Other outside hitters look- prove quickly and fill the
ing to fill in and make their voids that were left by
mark will be freshmen Regina the graduating class,”
Westhoff and Sarah Blain, and said Tecklenburg.
senior Kayla Cameron. “Practices overall
Tecklenburg said that junior have been going
Audrey Parker and freshmen pretty good. We
Taylor Wertz and Katie Teck- are all excited
lenburg are looking to feel the
about the po-
setting/opposite duties.
Sophomores Tianne Wood- tential of this
ward, Jordan Schwartz, Kita- team and look
nae Martinez, and Kalee forward to the
Shields are back row special- upcoming
ists along with junior Coraima season.”

2010 SCHEDULE
Sat., Sept. 4 - MANITOU
SPRINGS, C/JV/V, 1:00
Thurs., Sept. 9 - at St.
Mary’s, C/JV/V, 4:00
Sat., Sept. 11 - LCC
Tournament, C-team, 9:00
Sat., Sept. 18 - at
Burlington, C/JV/V, 1:00
Tues., Sept. 21 - TRINIDAD,
C/JV/V, 4:00
Thurs., Sept. 23 - at La
Junta, C/JV/V, 4:00
Sat., Sept. 25 - ELLICOTT,
C/JV,/ V, 1:00
Tues., Sept. 28 - at James
Irwin, C/JV/V, 4:00
Thurs., Sept. 30 - ST.
MARY’S, C/JV/V, 4:00
Sat., Oct. 2 - at Fowler
Tournament, JV/V, TBA
Tues., Oct. 5 - SIERRA, C/
JV/V, 4:00
Sat., Oct. 9 - at Trinidad, C/
JV/V, 1:00
Tues., Oct. 12 - LA JUNTA,
C/JV/V, 4:00
Thurs., Oct. 14 - at Rye, C/
JV/V, 4:30
Sat., Oct. 16 - at Ellicott, C/
JV/V, 1:00
Tues., Oct. 19 - JAMES
IRWIN, C/JV/V, 4:00
Sat., Oct. 23 - Cross-
Divisonal Playoff, 1:00
Sat., Oct. 30 - District
Tournament
Sat., Nov. 6 - Regional
Tournament
Nov. 12-13 - State
Tournament, Denver

Shannon Harper Lamar Ledger

2010 LAMAR VARSITY AND JV VOLLEYBALL TEAMS: Front row, l-r, Kayla Carmeron and Clairissa Winsor. Middle row, Taylor Wertz, Sierra Vazquez, Sarah Blain, Kalee
Sheilds, Audrey Parker, Katie Tecklenburg, and Coraima Ortega. Back row, l-r, Tianne Woodward, Jordan Schwartz, Summer Eberhardt, Haley May, Gabrielle Hammer,
Lauren Tinnes, Jolynn Rider, and Regina Westhoff.

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John Contreras The Lamar Ledger

2010 LAMAR SOCCER TEAM: Front row, l-r, Jordan Jara, Eze Lopez, Elijio Rodriguez, Blake Robertson, Kyle Pritchett, Fabian Tovar, and Domo Tovar, manager. Middle row, l-r, Josh Aguil-era, Jose Cantu,
Jose Francisco Rosario, Marco Mungaray, Santiago Chavez, Chris Arguello, Adrian Arguello, and Mark Sanchez. Back row, l-r, Ian Wheaton, Manuel Bejarano, Adam San-chez, Luis Rivera, Kimo Muro, Juan
Chavez, Roberto Herrera, Ryan Choat, Jonathan (Benito) Adame, Aaron Westhoff, Reyes Duque, Tarjei Svendson, and Santiago Corralero. Not pictured Miguel Martinez and Omar Martinez.

PREP SOCCER

Lamar boys make jump to varsity
By John Contreras
The Lamar Ledger
It will be the beginning of a
new era for the Lamar High
School boys’ soccer team.
After two successful sea-
sons at the junior varsity level,
the Savages will make the big
jump to the varsity level.
The Savages will be under
the direction of new head
coach Miguel Roman after the
departure of former head
coach James Rooks.
Roman isn’t new to the pro-
gram as he served as an assist-
ant coach the last two years.
“I’m very excited and hope-
fully we can put a pretty good
team on the field,” said Ro-
man. “I learned a lot from
James but I also have a lot of
experience. I’ve played soccer
since I was five years old. I
have a pretty good knowledge
of the game.”
One of the biggest things
Roman said he learned from
Rooks is interacting with the
players.
“That plays a big part,” said
Roman. “If the kids don’t have
any respect for you then you
keeper will be senior Miguel
Martinez from Granada High
School and freshman Mark
Sanchez.At the defender posi-
tions, Roman will count on
senior Jonathan Adame, sen-
ior Tarjei Svendson, senior Ian
Wheaton, senior Ryan Choat,
and sophomore Santiago Cha-
vez. Leading the way as mid-
fielders will be senior Aaron
Westhoff (captain), senior
Juan Chavez, senior Omar
Martinez from Granada, sen-
ior Santiago Corralero, junior
Kimo Muro, junior Reyes Du-
que, junior Luis Rivera; and so-
pomore Fabian Tovar from
Granada.Top players at the
forward positions will be sen-
John Contreras The Lamar Ledger ior Roberto Herrera, junior
Lamar High School soccer players Roberto Herrera (top) and Adam Sanchez, sophomore
Jonathan Benito Adame work on technique during a recent Jose F. Rosario, and sopho-
practice. more Josh Aguilera.
Looking ahead to playing a
won’t succeed. I want the kids of talent,” he said. “If the kids varsity schedule, Roman said,
“I’ve talked to our kids and
to have fun and learn the are willing to learn and play
game. That’s what soccer is all with intensity, we’ll be fine.” they know it won’t be easy.
The last couple of years we
about.” “We lost some key seniors
were scoring a lot of goals in
Roman has over 30 players last year,” added Roman. “But our matches. This year it will
on the roster which includes a we’ve got some players ready be different. But our guys are
good base of seniors.“We are to step in and do their best.” excited and they know it will
young, but I feel we have a lot Players to watch at goal- be a little more challenging
now. We’re looking forward to tournament
the season and the kids are Thurs., Nov. 4 - State
working hard and working to- tournament
Sat., Nov. 6 - State
gether.” tournament
Lamar will open the season Tues., Nov. 9 - State
at home against Manitou tournament
Springs on Thursday, Sept. 2.
2010 SCHEDULE
Thurs., Sept. 2 - MANITOU
SPRINGS, V/JV, 4:00/5:30
Sat., Sept. 4 - at Vista
Ridge, V, 11:00
Sat., Sept. 11 - at Vanguard,
V/JV, 1:00/2:30
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Thurs., Sept. 23 - at Salida, located in
V/JV, 4:00/6:00
Thurs., Sept. 30 - at Pueblo Lamar
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Sat., Oct. 2 - at James Irwin, Eads
V/JV, 12:00/1:30
Tues., Oct. 5 - SIERRA, 4:00 Widefield
Thurs., Oct. 7 - at St.
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Sat., Oct. 9 - at Classical
Academy, V/JV, 1:00/2:30
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LAMAR
PREP CROSS COUNTRY

Changing of the guard Melgoza said he’s high on

By John Contreras
The Lamar Ledger two freshmen in Davis and Pi-
non.
The Lamar High School “Josh is doing a super job
girls and boys cross country and has been pushing the sen-
teams have been hitting the iors and juniors,” he said.
course in stride as they pre- “He’s not big but is going to
pare for the 2010 season. make a lot of noise as a fresh-
Joe Harbert and Erik Mel- man. I’m anxiously to see how
goza head into their third sea- he does. He’s a kid that comes
son as the respective coaches in with a lot of drive and that’s
for the girls’ and boys’ teams. exciting to see.”

Harbert graduated two sen- “Eric is a new kid and he’s

iors from last year’s team and also doing a super job,” citied
currently has 10 girls out. Melgoza. “He’s in my top five
right now. He’s another kid
He said a welcome addition
like Josh and not very big, but
to this year’s team is junior Su-
he’s up there running with the
sie Lira, who will be looking to
big dogs.”
fill the shoes of her sister An-
tonia who was one of the for- “The rest of the kids on the
mer top runners for the Lady team are also doing a real
Savages. good job,” Melgoza said.
“Susie is a huge welcome “They still haven’t come into
addition to our team after play- their own and still haven’t
ing softball last year,” said reached the potential I think
Harbert. “Her sister Antonia they can. But they’re working
went to state for us last year. hard for us and they are going
Susie looks great right and to push the varsity guys.”
working hard.”
Looking ahead to the sea-
Another top prospect in her son, Melgoza said, “I always
first year out for cross country have high expectations. I like
is Kim States, a senior from taking the kids to compete
Wiley. against the mountain and pri-
“Kim is very personable and vate schools and see what we
her work ethic is great. We’re can do. We can’t recruit kids
happy to have her on the like they can.”
team. Melgoza noted that Class
John Contreras The Lamar Ledger
Also returning from last 2010 LAMAR GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM: Front row, l-r, Sydney Crist, Maribel Duque, MyKinthia Ebron, Monica Gaitonde, and 3A in cross country is chang-
year is junior Sydney Crist, Amy Jaime. Back row, l-r, Susie Lira, Naerissa Strossner, Giovanna Vargas Soto, Daniela Villasenor, and Jodi States. ing a little bit with Alamosa
who Harbert said is a great dropping into the classification
competitor and works very and the region.
hard.
“Alamosa is rich in tradition
From there, Harbert said and probably has one of the
the rest of the field is close be- finest coaches in the state
hind to fill the fourth varsity when it comes to high school
spot on the team. cross country and track and
The rest of the roster for the field,” he said. “They always
girls’ team will include seniors put together a good product.
Naerissa Strossner and Gio- Classical Academy is also
vanna Vargas Soto; junior Dan- going to be tough because
iela Villasenor ; and sopho- they’re 60 to 70 kids deep. I
mores Maribel Duque, believe Salida returns some
MyKinthia Ebron, Monica good runners also.”
Gaitonde, and Amy Jaime.
As far as Lamar is con-
“I feel lucky and fortunate to cerned, Melgoza said, “I feel
be the coach,” said Harbert. “I we’ll be able to compete and
have a great bunch of kids and we’re looking forward to the
they’re all willing to work hard season.”
and have good attitudes. They
strive to please and what more
could you ask for. I really ex-
pect good things from this
2010 SCHEDULE
team.” Thurs., Sept. 2 - at Rocky
Melgoza has 11 out for this Ford, MS/JV/V, 3:00
year’s boy’s team. Sat., Sept. 4 - Pre-State
Invitational, JV/V, Arapahoe
He will look to fill the shoes County Fairgrounds, 9:30
of two of his top runners Josh
Jaime and Jose Rueda, who Tues., Sept. 7 - at Canon
graduated. City, JV/V, 4:00

“We lost a couple of good Sat., Sept. 11 - LAMAR

kids in Josh and Jose,” said INVITATIONAL, MS/JV/V, 9:00
Melgoza. “I think it was a Tues., Sept. 14 - at
good solid season last year. Florence, JV/V, 3:30
We built on our numbers and Fri., Sept. 17 - at Air
we built the program back to Academy, JV/V, 3:00
where I’d like to see it.”
Thurs., Sept. 30 - at
The team will be fairly John Contreras The Lamar Ledger Wasson-Pikes Peak Invitational,
young with only two seniors 2010 LAMAR BOYS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM: Front row, l-r, Matthew Aguilera, Nolan Anderson, Philip Binder, Dalton Bray, Josh JV/V, 4:00
on the roster in Jared Smartt Davis, and Davis Haggard. Back row, l-r, Grant Haggard, Dakota Jara, Jared Smartt, Eric Pinon, and Codey Smith. Thurs., Oct. 7 - at La Junta,
and Codey Smith, a newcomer MS/JV/V
from Wiley High School.
Fri., Oct. 15 - Tri-Peaks
Juniors will include Nolan Also new to the team are Melgoza said the team will They’re understanding what I mar coach. “He’s an excellent League Meet at Florence, MS/
Anderson, Philip Binder, Da- two freshmen Josh Davis and have two good leaders in An- expect a runner should be motocross rider and he loves JV/V, 2:00
vis Haggard, and Grant Hag- Eric Pinon from Garden City, derson and Smartt. mentally as well as physically.” to compete in that realm. I’m
Kan. trying to use that to translate Fri., Oct. 22 - Regionals at
gard. “They’ve been in the pro- Melgoza also expects Grant Fountain Creek Park, JV/V,
“We’re going to be a young over to cross country and
Sophomores on the roster team and that’s a good thing,” gram for three and four years Haggard to have a successful track. He knows how to win 2:00
will include Matthew Aguilera said Melgoza. “Age and size, I now and are real solid run- season. and it’s just a matter of him Sat., Oc. 30 - State meet at
from Wiley, Dalton Bray, and feel, doesn’t carry a factor in ners,” he said. “They are start- “I’ve been pushing Grant for gaining confidence and believ- Arapahoe County Fairgrounds,
Dakota Jara. cross country.” ing to come into their own. two years now,” said the La- ing in his ability.” TBA

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LAMAR
Golf team

John Contreras The Lamar Ledger

This year’s Lamar High School golf team will be comprised of front row, l-r, Ratna Malkan, Erin O’Neill, Jacob Reed, Jorge Morales, Chris Flippin, and Andrew Becker. Back row, l-r,
Kaleb Owens, Sam Houria, Austin Peck, Joe Perales, Thomas Fierro, Josh Dowen, Tanner Hasser, and Coy Mahanay. Not pictured Chandler Hill and Holly Pennington.

Football team (Sophomores and Freshmen)

John Contreras The Lamar Ledger

2010 LAMAR FOOTBALL TEAM (Sophomores and Freshmen): Front row, l-r, Jorge Jimenez, Logan Bender, Demetrius Miramontes, Chris Johnson, Zach Ramsay, Nick Coberly, Cesar
Serrano, and Colin Muhanay. Middle row, l-r, Jonathan Ortiz, Kelby Fassiotto, Tyler Trout, Jason Terrell, Horacio Maldonado, Gabe Salazar, Payden Breneman, Isaac Tate, Uriel
Vasquez, and Rodney Wilson. Back row, l-r, Chance Amrine, Jamin Tate, Paul Dellinger, Kaden Pierson, Dylan Emick, Casey Fassiotto, Javier Becerra, Kodiak Ratzlaff, Josh
Schemahorn, Vicent Chavarria, Abel Sala-zar, and Talon Shipman. Not pictured Layne Fleshman and Brandon Reed.

JV softball team

Shannon Harper Lamar Ledger

2010 LAMAR JV SOFTBALL TEAM: First row, l-r, Swayzee Bellomy, Jodi Maestas, Viviana Bosquez,Emily Williams, Ciarra Lantis, Suleme Escobedo. Second row, l-r, Chelsea Figueroa,
Alex Juarez, Becky Esteb, Amber Torrez, Hillary Perales. Third row, Audrey Aguierre, Kayla Sal-dana, Brandi Thompson, Amanada Esquibel, and Erica Dominguez. Fourth row, l-r, Geni
Vargas-Soto, Janicia Montes, Ariel Jimenez, Lucero Madrid, and Marina Enciso.
8. LAMAR FALL SPORTS 2010, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

WILEY
PREP VOLLEYBALL
Ledger Staff Report

For the first time since 2002, the

Lady Panthers qualified for the state
tournament under second-year head
coach Audrey Bauer.
At the Class 1A state tournament
in Denver, Wiley went 1-2 in pool
play and finished the season with a
19-9 record.
“The success that these girls had
last year — a trip to state in volley-
ball, state runner-up in basketball,
and several qualifying for state in
track — has only helped us,” said
Bauer. “These girls have really
grown and matured in just one year.”
The Lady Panthers lost one of
their top hitters to graduation in out-
side hitter Tanner Parmely, as well
as middle Sandra Morales and out-
side Katherine DeWitt.
But they do return four starters in-
cluding their leading hitter 6-0 junior
Taylin Spitzer. Middle hitter Teri
Johnson, just a sophomore, returns
giving Bauer and her coaching staff
two strengths to build around.
As important, Wiley returns setter
Kacey Wells and libero Erika Rag-
land, two important cogs in the Wiley
offense and defense.
Spitzer was a first-team selection
on the Arkansas Valley All-Confer-
ence volleyball teams while Ragland
Robin Prosser Courtesy Photo
was named to the second-team.
KEY PLAYERS returning for the Lady Panthers will feature junior Kacey Wells, sophomore Teri Johnsen, junior Taylin Spitzer and junior Erika Ragland.
“We must replace three hitters and
work hard on our passing, so we defi-

Lady Panthers hope

nitely have things to work on,” said
Bauer. “We have a lot of possibilities
though.”
Bauer is looking at younger class-
men Sabra Perdue, Brenna Cash,
and Bailey Dotson as possible hit-
ters. Wiley’s only senior, Tessa

to carry over success

McDonald will get a look there also.
Sophomore Kim States will give Wi-
ley some defensive presence as well.
“Our JV girls have improved leaps
and bounds, so I am really excited
about our prospects,” Bauer said.
Looking at the teams in Class 1A
District 3, Bauer said it should be
competitive. “Walsh will be good in
our district and Holly has been good Fri., Sept. 17 - SWINK, 4:00 Tues., Oct. 5 - EADS, 5:00 Fri., Oct. 22 - McCLAVE, 4:00
in junior high the last couple of 2010 SCHEDULE Tues., Sept. 21 - Manzanola, Kim, Fri., Oct. 8 - SPRINGFIELD, 4:00
Tues., Oct. 26 - Districts at High
Sat., Oct. 9 - at McClave Seed, TBA
years,” she said. “But we have good Thurs., Sept. 2 - at Las Animas, and Holly at Wiley, 4:00
5:00 tournament, TBA
players to build around in crucial po- Fri., Sept. 24 - at Granada, 4:00
Tues., Sept.7 - CHEYENNE WELLS, Tues., Oct. 12 - CHERAW, 5:00 Fri., Oct. 29 - Districts, TBA
sitions. We are very young age wise, 4:00 Thurs., Sept. 30 - at Kit Carson, Fri., Oct. 15 - at Walsh, 4:00
Fri., Nov. 5 - Regionals, TBA
but I like this team. It should be an Sat., Sept. 11 - at LCC tournament 4:00 Tues., Oct. 19 - South Baca at
exciting year.” (JV/V) Fri., Oct. 1 - at Holly, 4:00 Pritchett, 4:00 Nov. 12-13 - State tournament, TBA

2010 WILEY
VOLLEYBALL TEAM:
Front row, l-r, Tarynn
Lane, Bailey Dodson,
Tanisha Gra-ham, and
Shelby Aguilera. Middle
row, l-r, Jordan Sniff,
Jessica Millspaugh,
Sabra Perdue, Beth
McDougal, Koby Rohr,
and Kim States. Back
row, l-r, Sheleana
Mangum, Brenna
Cash, Maggie
Schneider, Kacey
Wells, Erika Ragland,
Taylin Spitzer, Teri
Johnsen, Tessa
McDonald, and
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HOLLY
PREP FOOTBALL

Wildcats look to make run

By John Contreras
The Lamar Ledger
The Holly High School football
team was expected to be one of
the top contenders in the Arkansas
Valley 8-man Conference last sea-
son.
Instead, the Wildcats stumbled
and finished fourth in the league
standings and ended the year with
4-6 record under new head coach
Scott Hodgson.
“With a new coach there were a
lot of adjustments to make,” said
Hodgson. “But I feel we’re headed
in the right direction this
year.“Holly owned a 1-2 record
heading into their conference
schedule a year ago.
The Wildcats got off to a 2-0
start with big wins over Wiley and
McClave but lost their last three
league games falling to Spring-
field, 44-14; Walsh, 62-22; and Gra-
nada, 30-28.
In the cross-division playoffs,
Holly came up with a big win over
the Fowler Grizzlies, 38-32, to ex-
tend the season another week.
The season ended when Holly
was stomped by the Merino Rams,
63-8. Merino went on to win the
Class A 8-man state championship
over defending state champion
Dayspring Christian.
Hodgson lost just three seniors
from last year’s team including
running back Mike Salgado, who
rushed for 1,500 yards.
The Wildcats have 23 players
out for this year’s team and return
seven starters on offense and sev-
en starters on defense.
Looking to have a big senior
campaign will be Mikey Lozano, a
6-0, 185-pound running back, who
was a first-team selection on the
Arkansas Valley All-Conference
team.
“We lost running back Mike Sal-
gado and it’s hard to replace a kid
like that,” Hodgson said. “But we
have some kids ready to step it up.
Mikey Lozano will be a key part of
our offense and we’re expecting
big things from him and our whole
team.“Back to direct the offense at
quarterback will be Stetson Rush-
ton, a 6-1, 170-pound junior. Rush-
ton was an honorable-mention se-
lection on the all-conference team.
Also in the backfield will be full-
back Jace Nordyke, a 5-9, 160 sen-
ior.
Twin brothers Estevan (6-0, 200
senior) and Richard Hernandez
(6-0, 210 senior) will lineup on the
offensive line as double tight ends.
Estevan was named all-conference
honorable-mention last year and
he could also see duty as a run-
ning back.
The interior front line will be
anchored by first-team all-confer-
ence player Brandon Hess, a 6-4,
210-pound senior guard.. He’ll be
joined by Jeremy Brian, a 5-8, 170
sophomore, at center. The other
guard position will be manned by
Jace Massar, a 6-4, 230 junior.
“Last year we started the season
with three new linemen,” ex-
plained Hodgson. “Now they’re
more comfortable with each other
and the communication is better.
We will have good size up and
we’re expecting good things from
our front five.“On the defensive
side, Dylan Hammit, a 5-9, 170
sophomore, will play at nose
guard. The defensive ends will be
Hess and Massar.
Lining up at linebackers will be
Lozano and Richard and Estevan
Hernandez. The safety will be Ty-
lor Swopes, a 5-11, 170 jun-
ior.Looking at the Arkansas Valley
Conference, Hodgson said that
Walsh get the nod to win the
league title, but anything can hap-
pen.
“This is a tough league and on
any given Friday night it depends
on who shows up and plays the
best. Walsh, Granada, and Spring-
field are going to be tough again
and McClave and Wiley are going
to be better this year also. We
have a lot of potential but the key
is to perform to your potential.”
2010 SCHEDULE Mikey
Fri., Sept. 3 - at Swink, 7:00 Lozano will
Fri., Sept. 10 - LAMAR JV, 6:00 be one of the
Fri., Sept. 17 - at Fowler, 7:00 main cogs on
Fri., Sept. 24 - WALSH, 7:00 offense and
Fri., Oct. 1 - WILEY, 7:00 defense for
Fri., Oct. 8 - at McClave, 7:00
Fri., Oct. 15 - at Springfield, the Wildcats.
7:00 John Contreras
Fri., Oct. 22 - GRANADA, 7:00 The Lamar
Sat., Oct. 30 - Cross-divisional Ledger
game, TBA
Sat., Nov. 6 - State
preliminaries, TBA
Sat., Nov. 13 - State
quarterfinals, TBA
Sat., Nov. 20 - State semifinals,
TBA
Sat., Nov. 27 - State
championship, TBA

John Contreras The Lamar Ledger

2010 HOLLY FOOTBALL TEAM: First row, l-r, Estevan Hernandez, Mikey Lozano, Richard Hernandez, Eddie Rodriguez, Christian Orozco, and Chris Pizarro. Second row, l-r, Rudy Pizarro, Sy Donaldson,
Joseph Parker, Jason Barth, Tyler Swopes, Dillon Hammit, Porter Salisbury, Jace Nordyke, and Tony Vidal. Fourth row, l-r, Drew Thompson, Tanner Barth, Jeremy Brian, Brandon Hess, Jace Masser,
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HOLLY
PREP VOLLEYBALL

Lady Wildcats look for turn around appointment. But we learned a

By John Contreras
The Lamar Ledger
The Holly High School vol-
leyball team will enter the
2010 season under second-
year head coach Catherine
Hodgson.
The Lady Wildcats lost five
seniors from a team that only
won four matches last year.
Looking back on her first
year at the helm, Hodgson
said, “I learned a lot about my
players and a lot about myself
as a coach. We didn’t make it
past districts, which was a dis-
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improved during the course of
the season.”
“This year, we’re going to
try different things and look
forward to putting those to
work this year,” she said. “I
see a lot of good things hap-
pening for us this year. We
have a lot of potential and girls
are working hard. The girls
coming back are hungry and
want more.”
With 16 out for this year’s
team, Hodgson has a solid of
group of four seniors that she
hopes can provide the leader-
ship to get the Lady Wildcats
over the hump.
Seniors on this year’s team
will include Shelbie Weeder,
5-10 outside hitter; Kylene Da-
vis, 5-7 utility player; Rhiannon
Campbell, 5-3 outside/right
side hitter; and Delaine Gar-
cia, 5-5 libero.
Leading the attack at the net
will be junior Lora Kirmer, a
6-2 middle hitter, who earned
second-team honors on the Ar-
kansas Valley All-Conference
John Contreras The Lamar Ledger
volleyball teams a year ago.
Also expected to make 2010 HOLLY VOLLEYBALL TEAM: Front row, l-r, Kayla Gutierrez, Kenzi Tefertiller, Lacey Darnell. Middle row, l-r, Lora Kirmer, Alexus
some big contributions will be Griego, Tiana Isley, Jordan Fletcher, and Liberty Bollig. Back row, l-r, Ashlynn Hess, Kensie Simon, Delaine Garcia, Kylene Davis,
junior Liberty Boling, a 5-9 Shelbie Weeder, Rhiannon Campbell, Kayla Hannel, and Sheridan Rushton.
outside/right side hitter; jun-
ior Kayla Guiterrrez, a 5-4 set- Kensie (Simon) is coming up and Liberty Boling) that are dez, a junior. We’re thinking Sat., Sept. 11 - Deerfield
as a sophomore and has been good hitters. We’re just figur- about her and talked about it. and Walsh at Deerfield, 9:30
ter; and sophomore Kensie Si- Thurs., Sept. 16 - at
mon, 5-11 middle hitter. a lot on her hitting this sum- ing out which side they hit We had T-shirts made with
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“Shelbie is definitely going mer. Delaine is going to be an better from.” her number on them in her Tues., Sept. 21 - Manzanola
honor.”
to be the leader of our team awesome libero. Those four Rounding out the team are and Kim at Wiley, 4;00
from the outside,” said Hodg- are going to be some key play- junior Kenzi Tefertiller; sopho- Holly enters its third year at Fri., Sept. 24 - WALSH, 4:00
ers for us. I have a couple of mores Kayla Hannel and Jor- the Class 1A level. The Lady Thurs., Sept. 30 - South
son. “Lora is going to be phe- Baca at Campo, 4:00
dan Fletcher as well as fresh- Wildcats are members of Dis-
nomenal as a middle hitter. other players (Kylene Davis Fri., Oct. 1 - WILEY, 4:00
men Tiana Isley, Sheridan trict 3 and will play against the
likes of Wiley, Kim, Spring- Fri., Oct. 8 - at McClave,
Rushton, Ashlyn Hess, Lacey 4:00
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Have a great Darnell, and Alexa Griego.
On the varsity roster will be
Manzanola.
Saturday, Oct. 9 - at Swink
Tournament, TBA
’I’m excited about the sea-
season & floor Darnell, and Hess, and Rush- son,” Hodgson said. “I think
Thurs., Oct. 14 - EADS, 4:00
Friday, Oct. 15 - at
ton.
the competition “We missed having some
it’s going to be a good year.” Springfield, 4:00
Fri., Oct. 22 - GRANADA,
2010 SCHEDULE
Holly Wildcats! leadership last year and I
think we have that this year,” Thurs, Sept. 2 - at Granada,
4:00
Tues., Oct. 26 - Districts at
said Hodgson. “I think we also 4:00 Higher Seed, TBA
Sat., Sept. 4 - LAS ANIMAS, Fri., Oct. 29 - Districts, TBA
have bonded more together 10:00 Fri., Nov. 5 - Regionals, TBA
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GRANADA
PREP FOOTBALL
Bobcats
hungry
for more
By John Contreras
The Lamar Ledger
Facing some heavy losses to
graduation, most observers felt
that Granada High School foot-
ball program would face a re-
building mode last season.
However, rebuilding isn’t a
word that veteran coach Man-
uel Gonzales likes to use.
He was forced to put some
young players into action and
they responded with a fairly
successful season.
Last year, Granada started
the season with three straight
losses to defending state cham-
pion Dayspring Christian, 41-14;
Stratton, 38-14; and Cheyenne
Wells, 34-8.
But the Bobcats went on to
win four of its five games in the
Senior Traegon Arkansas Valley 8-man Confer-
Marquez returns ence. They defeated Spring-
for his second field, 24-7, before losing a close
season as the game to Walsh, 34-28.
quarterback for Granada then rolled off three
the Bobcats. straight wins over McClave,
50-22; Wiley, 61-19; and edged
John Contreras Holly, 30-28.
The Lamar Ledger
The conference race ended
in a three-way tie for first place
between Walsh, Springfield,
and Granada that resulted in a
California playoff that was
played at Savage Stadium in La-
mar.
In the first half, Granada fell
to Springfield, 26-0, but
bounced back to beat a banged-
up Walsh team, 8-0, in the sec-
ond half to earn the No. 2 seed
for the cross-divisional playoffs.
HAVE FUN “We did okay last year,” said
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FOOTBALL TEAM:
Front row, l-r, Jose
Sanchez, Cruz Vega,
Xavier Martinez, Marcus
Camacho, and Armando
Hernandez. Middle row,
l-r, Brynden Burns,
Chase Holdren, Bryan
Gonzales, Antonio
Huerta, Kyle Hartshorn,
Tony Esquibel, Saul
Pizarro, and Juan
Morales. Back row, l-r,
Tanner Grasmick, Sam
Rink, Caleb Harris,
Brady Rink, Dillon
Bohlander, Kolby
Palmer, Traegon
Marquez, and Abran
Solorzano.
John Contreras
The Lamar Ledger
Valley Conference first-team se-
lection.
Marquez will be joined in the
backfield by sophomore Saul
Pizarro at tailback and junior
Tony Esquibel and sophomore
Caleb Harris rotating at full-
back.“Traegon is our veteran
back there and he did a good
job for us last year,” praised
Gonzales. “I feel Saul, Tony,
and Caleb will give us a good
running game.“Receivers will
feature sophomores Kolby
Palmer, Bryan Gonzales, and
Brynden Burns.
On the front line, sophomore
Sam Rink gets the inside nod at
center while Brady Rink, a jun-
ior, will play right guard and
sophomore Dillon Bohlander at
left guard. Many of the same
players will play on the defen-
sive side of the ball but Gon-
zales will also count on senior
Kyle Hartshorn, junior Juan
Morales, and sophomores Tan-
ner Grasmick, Chase Holden,
and Antonio Huerta to contrib-
ute on the defensive
side.“We’ve still got a lot of
young kids,” said Gonzales.
“We’ve been hitting it pretty
hard in practice and we’re
going to play hard.“Looking at
the Arkansas Valley Confer-
ence, Gonzales gives the nod to
Walsh. From there he feels it is
wide open.
2010 SCHEDULE
Fri., Sept. 3 - CHEYENNE
WELLS, 7:00
Fri., Sept. 10 - STRATTON,
7:00
Fri., Sept. 17 - at Rolla, Ks.,
7:00
Fri., Sept. 24 - WILEY, 7:00
Fri., Oct. 1 - at Springfield,
7:00
Fri., Oct. 8 - WALSH, 7:00
Fri., Oct. 15 - at McClave,
7:00
Fri., Oct. 22 - at Holly, 7:00
Sat., Oct. 30 - Cross-
divisional game, TBA
Sat., Nov. 6 - State
preliminaries, TBA
Sat., Nov. 13 - State
quarterfinals, TBA
Sat., Nov. 20 - State
semifinals, TBA
Sat., Nov. 27 - State
championship, TBA
12 . LAMAR FALL SPORTS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

GRANADA
PREP VOLLEYBALL

John Contreras The Lamar Ledger

2010 GRANADA VOLLEYBALL TEAM: Front row, l-r, Alyssa Sigala, Sabrina Camacho, Chanel Tirado, and Kolleen Camacho. Middle row, l-r, Kyreth Tirado, Paveola Perez, Ariana Ya-nez, Kirby Vanderpool,
Wendy Galan, Dalia Yanez, Alyssa Dulac, and Emily Wilson. Back row, l-r, Selena Demers, Tallie Harmon, Darcy Widener, Carrie Morrow, Abby Hopper, Brittani Widener, Marlena Rojas, Rebecca Gomez,
and Maria Medrano.

Bobcats return with core players Otto lost only one starter
KEY By John Contreras
RETURNERS The Lamar Ledger from last year so she returns
for Granada as nucleus of players.
include front For Granada volleyball The Granada coach will be
row, l-r, coach Cindy Otto it seems ev- counting on the following play-
Selena ery time she heads into a new ers to turn things around.
Demers and season it’s been a young team Leading the way will be Car-
Alyssa that she’ll put on the floor. rie Marrow, a 5-8 junior setter;
Dulac. Back Britt Widener, a 5-6 junior
That seems to be the case
row, l-r, middle hitter; Selena Demers,
again this year.
Brittani a 5-5 junior middle hitter; Ky-
The fifth year head coach
Widener, reth Tirado, a 5-4 junior mid-
Carrie has 21 players out for the team
but has only one senior on the dle hitter; Marlena Rojas, a 5-6
Marrow, and sophomore outside hitter;
Marlena roster. The rest of team will in-
clude six juniors, seven sopho- Alyssa Dulac, a 5-4 sophomore
Rojas. setter; and Rebecca Gomez, a
mores, and seven freshmen.
John Contreras
However, she isn’t going to 5-6 junior middle hitter.
The Lamar
Ledger complain about the numbers. Competing in one of the
When she first took over the tougher districts in the state,
program she barely had Otto knows it’s been tough for
enough players to practice her team to break into the win-
with. ning column.
“We’re going to be young In District 2, McClave and
again, but hopefully the expe- Kit Carson have been the
rience some of our players teams to beat but have suf-
have gained will pay divi- fered some tough losses due
dends,” she said. to graduation.
Last year, the Lady Bobcats The rest of the District 2
struggled as far as victories field includes Cheraw, Chey-
were concerned but Otto said enne Wells, Eads, Karval, and
she measured the success of Plainview.
the season with the progress 2010 SCHEDULE
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Fri., Sept. 3 - CHEYENNE
WELLS, 4:00
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Animas, 5:00
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McCLAVE
New coach to direct Lady Cardinals
Former assistant row,” explained Dunning.
Looking ahead to the sea-
takes over son, Dunning stated, “Our ex-
program pectations have not changed.
We know what our goals are
and we will do what it takes to
By John Contreras achieve those goals.”
The Lamar Ledger
2010 SCHEDULE
Entering the 2010 season, Thurs., Sept. 2 – at
the McClave High School vol- Cheyenne Wells, 5:30
leyball program will be under Fri., Sept. 3 – at Manzanola,
the direction of a new head 5:00
coach Rachel Dunning. Sat., Sept. 4 – FOWLER,
Dunning takes over the 2:00
reins from former coach Fri., Sept. 10 – SWINK, 4:00
Brianne Howe, who guided Sat., Sept. 11 – at LCC
the Lady Cardinals for five Tournament (JV)
years. Thurs., Sept. 16 – at
Dunning won’t be a stranger Plainview, 5:00
to the program as she served Fri., Sept. 17 – GENOA-
as the assistant coach the past HUGO, 4:00
five years. Howe had a suc- Tues., Sept. 21 – CHERAW,
cessful tenure at McClave as 5:00
she led the Lady Cardinals to Fri., Sept. 24 – at
the state tournament all five Springfield, 4:00
years including a state runner- Tues., Sept. 28 – at Las
up finish in 2005. Animas, 4:00
In last year’s state tourna- Fri., Oct. 1 – at Walsh, 4:00
ment, McClave went 1-2 in Thurs., Oct. 7 – at Eads,
pool play and finished the sea- 4:00
son with a 19-9 record. Fri., Oct. 8 – HOLLY, 4:00
In the state tournament, John Contreras The Lamar Ledger Sat., Oct. 9 – McCLAVE
TOURNAMENT, TBA
McClave opened with a three- 2010 McCLAVE VOLLEYBALL TEAM: Front row, l-r, Melissa Navarrette, Kelsey Thaxton, Sydney Curley, Karlee Stuart, Sabrina Brewer,
game sweep over North Park. Tyler Ann Clodfelter. Back row, l-r, Maranda Co-berly, Camie Idler, Tausha Sniff, Sara Turner, Jordan Nolder, and Danica Fleshman. Not Thurs., Oct. 14 – KIT
pictured Kenzie Shields and Mariah Caldwell. CARSON, 4:30
In their next match,
Fri., Oct. 15 – GRANADA,
McClave tangled with top seed 4:00
and eventual state champion so well and can set the ball middle hitter, but I’m expect- hitter, also saw some valuable Idler, a 5-8 sophomore setter;
anywhere to perfection.” varsity playing time last year and Tausha Sniff a 5-11 sopho- Fri., Oct. 22 – at Wiley, 4:00
Otis and gave the Lady Bull- ing more from her this year
dogs everything they wanted espcially with blocking. Like and moves into a starting posi- more middle hitter. Tues., Oct. 26 – Districts at
Curley, a 5-11 senior middle tion. “We’re basically a pretty Higher Seed, TBA
before falling 27-25, 27-25, and Karlee, she’s going to be a vi-
25-15. hitter, played mostly in the The new head coach will young team,” said Dunning. Fri., Oct. 29 – Districts, TBA
tal player for us.”
front row last year. However, also look for big contributions “So we’re going to depend on Fri., Nov. 5 – Regionals, TBA
Playing for a spot in the
she is going to play all around Dunning said that Kelsey from Sara Turner, a 5-10 soph- our first seven players to play Nov. 12-13 – State
semifinal round, McClave fell
this year. “Sydney is a great Thaxton, a 5-7 junior outside omore outside hitter; Cami both in the front and back tournament, TBA
in five games to Weldon Valley
25-27, 25-19, 22-25, 25-21, and
12-15.
McClave lost six senior
BEST
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have a season & floor
starters from last year’s team
so Dunning has some holes to
OF LUCK great season LUCK
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McCLAVE
PREP FOOTBALL
Cardinals look to bounce back
By John Contreras
The Lamar Ledger
It was a rebuilding year for
the McClave High School foot-
ball team in 2009 as the Cardi-
nals finished the year with a 1-7
record.
The lone victory for McClave
came in the last game of the
regular season as they defeated
archrival Wiley, who finished
winless for the second season
in a row.
Third-year head coach
Shawn Randel lost only one
senior from last year’s team so
he brings back a lot of players
who gained some valuable ex-
perience and playing time.
“We played a lot of freshmen
last season and you know with
freshmen you’re going to make
a lot of mistakes,” said Randel.
“Hopefully those guys have
grown a little bit. Now we have
a chance to start seniors, jun-
iors, and sophomores this year
instead of freshmen and that al-
ways helps.”
Randel has 18 prospects out
for this year’s team which is
five more players than he had
last year.
On offense, Randel said the
quarterback position is the big
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Tate Mauser, Cody Canfield, William Valdez, PJ Navarrette, and Keaton Sloan. Not pictured Mark
Wertz, Javier Chacon, Tanner Sisneros, and Dallas Newman.
question mark facing the Cardi- the candidate to run the offense
nals. for the Cardinals.
Kelley will be joined in the
“The big question mark is at
backfield by fullback Wacey
quarterback, no doubt about it,”
Turner, 5-10, 150 senior and
he said. “We had two freshmen
tailback William Valdez, a 6-0,
working there last year and
170 senior.
have a lot of inexperience at
“I’ve always been a run first
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up front and hopefully we can
turn it around on offense,” said
Randel.
On defense, the front line will
be led by Mauser at nose guard
and Turner and Canfield at de-
fensive ends. Playing at line-
backer will be Stuart, Kelley,
and Sterling Noecker, 5-10, 180
. Sloan and Valdez will be the
safeties in the defensive back-
field.
“We did some good things
on defense last year,” Randel
said. “We switched to a 4-2 and
probably going to switch again.
I want to take advantage of our
size and get some bigger kids
on the field. I think we’ll be a
little bit faster than we were last
John Contreras The Lamar Ledger year. We struggled stopping
the run and hopefully we can fix
some things. As you know,
there’s some good running
teams in the conference.”
And speaking of the Arkan-
Tate Mauser, a 6-4 junior, will sas Valley Conference, Randel
anchor the line at center. He said that Walsh will be the team
will be flanked by guards Chase to beat no question. After that
Morris, a 6-2, 235 junior and he feels it could be wide open.
J.D. Stuart, a 5-10, 245 junior. “Springfield had a good sea-
son last year,” he said. “Gra-
At the end positions will be
nada lost two players who trans-
Cody Canfield, a 6-4, 150 sopho-
ferred but they’re always tough.
more and Keaton Sloan, a 5-10, Holly should be better after
160 junior.
playing under a new coach last
“We’ll have some decent size year. Wiley has a new coach
By Rhonda Uhland
The Lamar Ledger
Starting his third season as
the head coach for the Eads
High School football team,
Dustin Uhland would like
nothing better than to see his
athletes have a successful sea-
son.
The 2009 season ended with
Eads making their way to the
Final Four in the Class A
6-man state playoffs before be-
ing eliminated by Hi-Plains in
a high scoring affair, 59-47.
The loss snapped a six-game
winning streak for the Eagles
as they finished the season
with a 7-3 record.
Rhonda Uhland Courtesy Photo
Although Eads lost a mass
tion, this year’s team is re-
building with strong under-
classmen who have good work
ethics and a will to win.
If there is a weakness for
the Eagles it is that they are
young, as they only have one
returning senior, two juniors,
eleven sophomores and one
freshman.
“We definitely are going to
be a young team this year,”
HAVE FUN said Uhland.
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with Eads having pretty good
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he’ll be working hard to turn
things around for them.““We
had a tough season last year,
but our kids played hard,”
added Randel. “They got better
and I really respect them with
how hard they worked. There
were a lot of games where we
were just outmanned. Hopeful-
ly, we’ll turn the table this
year.”
McClave opens the 2010
campaign on the road at Man-
zanola on Friday, Sept. 3 at 7
p.m.
2010 SCHEDULE
Fri., Sept 3 - at Manzanola,
7:00
Fri., Sept. 10 - SWINK, 7:00
Fri., Sept. 17 - GENOA-
HUGO, 7:00
Fri., Sept. 24 - at
Springfield, 7:00
Fri., Oct. 1 - at Walsh, 7:00
Fri., Oct. 8 - HOLLY, 7:00
Fri., Oct. 15 - GRANADA,
7:00
Fri., Oct. 22 - Wiley, 7:00
Sat., Oct. 30 - Cross-
divisional game, TBA
Sat., Nov. 6 - State
preliminaries, TBA
Sat., Nov. 13 - State
quarterfinals, TBA
Sat., Nov. 20 - State
semifinals, TBA
Sat., Nov. 27 - State
championship, TBA
rich, junior Jon Mitchek, and
junior Justin Lenox.
At the end positions will be
sophomores Logan Crawford
and Troy Miller or freshman
Blaine Winder.
Uhland said that many of
the players above will also see
work on defense.
Playing at linebacker will be
Randolph, Guiterrez, Troy
Miller, and Crawford.
At the defensive ends will
be Lenox, Mitchek, and Wei-
rich and Winder will play at
safety.
Rounding out the roster is
Tyler Harris, T.J. Mitchell,
Kyle Crow, Taylor Weirich,
Logan Smith, and Daniel Orte-
ga.
“We’re still trying to iron
out some positions,” explained
Uhland. “But things are start-
ing to take shape. We’ll know
more when we get that first
game under our belts.”
Eads will start the season on
the road with games against
Edison and Deer Trail before
returning to play at home in
mid-September when the Ea-
gles take on the Hi-Plains Pat-
riots
2010 SCHEDULE
Sat., Sept 4 - at Edison,
1:00
Fri, Sept. 10 - at Deertrail,
7:30
Fri, Sept. 17 - HI-PLAINS,
7:30
Fri, Sept. 24 - at South Baca
(Vilas), 7:00
Fri, Oct. 1 - CHERAW, 7:00
Sat., Oct. 9 - at Bethune,
1:00
Fri, Oct. 15 - FLAGLER, 7:30
Fri, Oct 22 - AGUILAR, 7:00
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WILEY
PREP FOOTBALL

John Contreras The Lamar Ledger

2010 WILEY FOOTBALL TEAM: Front row, l-r, Nathan Stone, Dakota Lewis, Zach Kaps, Hay-den Stegman, Brandon Rhuda, Keaton Turner, Omar Ayala, Anthony Cruz, and Zach Garner. Back row, l-r, Alex
Mullins, Kaleb Herrera, Taylor Wilson, Colby Strickland, Patrick Gonzales, Ivan Castanos, Zach Perdue, Kody Wallace, Chris Turner, Zane Tempel, and David Ybarra.

Former coach offers fresh start

Ledger Staff Report
It’s deja vu for Dave Eastin.
Eastin returns to Wiley
High School as both the su-
perintendent and head football
coach.
He served as the Panther’s
head man in football from
2002-2006.
Like his first appearance at
Wiley, Eastin inherits a team
that has struggled the last two
years.
“It is deja vu for me,” Eastin
said. “My first years at Wiley
were tough. We had to over-
come a losing mentality.”
And Eastin did; Wiley lost in
a California playoff his third
year for a chance to advance
to the state playoffs, then
made the playoffs his final
year when they fell to Haxtun
in the state quarterfinals. It re-
mains Wiley’s last appearance
in the playoff field for football.
The Panthers, who were 0-8
each of the last two years,
have responded to Eastin’s en-
thusiasm, as they have 21 play-
ers out this year.
“We wanted to get some
bodies out here, and we want
to change that mindset. We
have some bodies and we are
working on changing that
mindset every day at practice,”
Eastin remarked.
run out of the I-formation of-
fensively and look to have a
balanced offense.
“We have lots of work to
do,” admitted Eastin, “But this
is a dream come true for me.
To be able to come to a school
as both an administrator and a
coach is just a fabulous oppor-
tunity. I am absolutely ecstatic
about this. My family loved
Wiley the first time, and we
just feel lucky to be here now.”
2010 SCHEDULE
Fri., Sept. 3 - SIMLA, 7:00
Fri., Sept. 10 - SPRINGER,
N.M., 7:00
Fri., Sept. 17 - SWINK, 7:00
Fri., Sept. 24 - at Granada,
7:00
Fri., Oct. 1 - at Holly, 7:00
Fri., Oct. 8 - SPRINGFIELD,
7:00
Fri., Oct. 15 - at Walsh, 7:00
Fri., Oct. 22 - McClave, 7:00
Sat., Oct. 30 - Cross-
divisional game, TBA
Sat., Nov. 6 - State
preliminaries, TBA
John Contreras The Lamar Ledger
SENIORS for the Panthers will include, l-r, Taylor Wilson, Zach Perdue, Ivan Castanos, Zach Garner, and Brandon Rhuda. Sat., Nov. 13 - State
quarterfinals, TBA
The Panthers will build back; Brandon Rhuba, end; le-mention on last year’s Ar- will also look to help on the Sat., Nov. 20 - State
around five seniors - Ivan Cas- and Taylor Wilson, a running kansas Valley All-Conference defensive side of the ball as semifinals, TBA
tanos, line: Zack Garner, end back. football teams. well. Sat., Nov. 27 - State
and line; Heath Perdue, full- Wilson was named honorab- All five mentioned above The Panthers will look to championship, TBA

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EADS
PREP VOLLEYBALL

Lady Eagles look to get back on track

By John Contreras
The Lamar Ledger

The Eads High School vol-

leyball program will welcome
the addition of two players
from Plainview High School
on the team this year.
Lack of players forced Plain-
view to co-op with Eads.
“The combination with
Plainview has been a positive
situation,” said Janelle Crow,
who enters her fourth year as
the head coach for Eads.
The Lady Eagles are com-
ing off a season where they
struggled with some youth
and inexperience.
Crow said it’s a different sit-
uation this year as her girls
are working hard to improve.
“We have girls who don’t
like to lose, so they are work-
ing hard and do not want to go
through the season they had
last year,” she said.
Returning starters for Eads
include Marisa Dixon, a 5-11
sophomore middle hitter and
Kailey Lane, a 5-5 senior set-
ter.
Paige Specht, a 5-5 senior
outside hitter, and Natalya
Weber, a 5-6 junior setter,
both started for Plainview last
year and will move into start-
ing roles for the Lady Eagles.
Other players Crow will also
be counting on to fill some
holes on the varsity team will
be Bekah Hallman, a 5-7 junior
outside hitter and Kailyn Lane,
a 5-3 freshmen defensive spe- Rhonda Uhland Courtsey Photo
cialists. 2010 EADS VOLLEYBALL TEAM: Front row, l-r, Leisha Peck, Kailyn Lane, Dorian Ray, and Alyssa Splitter. Middle row, l-r, Mikayla Schmidt, Shealynn McCracken, Paige
Also returning is Emily Wei- Specht, Kailey Lane, and Natalya Weber. Back row, l-r, Marisa Dixon, Emily Weirich, Addie Seifried, Dena Hallman, Sheri Weber, and Bekah Hallman.
rich, a 5-9 middle hitter, who
missed last season due to an Tues, Sept. 14 - CHEYENNE EADS
injury. WELLS, 5:00 VOLLEYBALL
“I look for Emily and Marisa Fri., Sept. 17- HI-PLAINS, SENIORS: L-R,
to be a good combination in 5:30 Paige Specht,
the middle for us,” said Crow. Tues., Sept. 21 - KIT Kailyn Lane,
CARSON, 4:30 and Addie
“I feel our strength will be at
Seifried.
the net if we work well togeth- Fri., Sept. 24 - SOUTH BACA Rhonda
er. I also have some good set- at Vilas, 5:30 Uhland Courtsey
ters that will play a big role.” Photo
Thurs., Sept. 30 - at Walsh,
Rounding out the roster are 4:30
Leisha Peck, Dorian Ray, Alys-
Fri., Oct. 1 - CHERAW, 5:00
sa Splitter, Mikayla Schmidt,
Shealynne McCracken, Addie Tues., Oct. 5 - at Wiley, 5:00 Tri County Ford
Seifried, Dena Hallman, and
Sheri Weber.
Thurs., Oct. 7 - McCLAVE,
4:00 of Lamar
Besides Eads, the teams in
District 2 include McClave, Kit
Sat., Oct. 9 at Bethune,
5:00
Wishes
Carson, Cheyenne Wells, Che-
raw, Karval, and Granada.
Thurs., Oct. 14 - at Holly, the best
4:00
“This district is always Fri., Oct. 15 - FLAGLER,
of luck
tough,” said Crow. “We’re ap-
proaching every team as a
5:00
to all
Tues., Oct. 19 - GRANADA,
tough opponent and with that
mentality I think that will
5:00 the
make us a better team. Like I
said before things have been
Thurs., Oct. 21 - PLAINVIEW,
5:00 area
positive and the girls are work- Tues., Oct. 26 - Districts,
TBA
HOFFMAN sports
ing together.”

2010 SCHEDULE
Thurs., Oct. 28 - Districts,
TBA
INSURANCE teams
Thurs., Sept. 2 Fri., Nov. 5 - Regionals, TBA AGENCY this
-SPRINGFIELD, 4:00
Sat., Sept. 4 - STRATTON, Fri., Nov. 12 - State 800 South Main 2010
tournament
4:00 Lamar, CO 82052 season.
Fri., Sept. 10 - at Deertrail, Sat., Nov. 13 - State
5:30 tournament 719-336-4011

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great season
the competition ALL AREA
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