Harold’s Commentary

Kerstin Gierlowski

Knox senior softball player Kerstin Gierlowski has decided to continue her career at Ancilla College next spring. Described by her head coach Ron Kukula as “one of those players that you could put anywhere and she will do a great job. She always knows what to do when she gets the ball”. In 29 at-bats this year, Kerstin is currently batting .448 and has driven in 16 runs while striking out just twice. While she is very excited about making her college choice, Gierlowski is still focused on the remainder of her senior softball season and has very high expectations for the Lady Redskins in the post-season. Kerstin plans to study nursing while attending Ancilla.

Kerstin signs her Letter of Intent

Kerstin with her family, Knox coach Ron Kukula, Knox AD Phil Owens, and Ancilla coach Scott Reese.

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Hope Wagner

Knox senior basketball player Hope Wagner has officially committed to Indiana University Northwest where she will begin her college basketball career next winter. Wagner is coming off a year when she not only led the team in scoring and assists, but was also one of the main leaders on a team that won the school’s first sectional championship since 1995.

After graduating most of the scoring off of last year’s team, the Redhawks anticipate Wagner’s aggressive style of offense to make an immediate impact. Hope’s own expectations of herself mirror that of her future coaches, “we lost a lot of scoring, so I’m going to have to do my best going to the basket and looking to shoot as much as I can”. While attending IU Northwest, Hope plans on studying criminal justice.

Hope posses with IU coach Ryan Shelton, Knox AD Phil Owens, and Knox coach Dan Huizenga.

Hope officially signs with IU Northwest as her family looks on.

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Ethan Biggs

South Central’s all-time leading rusher Ethan Biggs has decided to continue his football career in Rochester Minnesota. The Rochester Community Yellowjackets have one of the top Junior College football programs in the country, having won two national championships in 2000 and 2007, and have suffered just one losing season since 1968.

Holding multiple offensive records at South Central High School, Biggs is unsure which side of the ball he will be playing on this fall. The Yellowjacket offensive and defensive coaches are in a battle to have Ethan at either free safety or running back. When asked which side he would rather play for Ethan said “I love running the ball, but it really doesn’t matter to me as long as I can play and help the team out and hopefully win another championship”. Ethan plans on studying nursing while attending Rochester.

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This week we announced the 2nd annual WKVI All-Area boys basketball teams. Here’s who made the cut…

1st Team

Josh Anderson-John Glenn

John Eckert-NJSP

Marcus Kammrath-South Central

Bryan McKinney-Winamac

Winston Yergler-NJSP

2nd Team

Riley Charlesworth-LaCrosse

Elliott Coad-Knox

Trent Elliott-Culver

Kendall Hochstedler-NJSP

Zach Shidler-Winamac

Congratulations to the members of this year’s All-Area teams!

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Here are the 1st and 2nd WKVI All-Area girls basketball teams for 2011-12:

1st Team

Ashley Campbell-Oregon-Davis

Marissa Hamilton-West Central

Sarah Redweik-Winamac

Stephanie Shorter-Winamac

Hope Wagner-Knox

2nd Team

Jesse Averone-Oregon-Davis

Shelby Gilbert-Knox

Jordann Frasure-North Judson

Justine Kruger-West Central

Elisabeth White-North Judson

Congratulations to all of the members of this year’s All-Area teams!

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Boys Career Scoring Leaders: (Minimum 300 points)

1. John Eckert-Sr. (NJ): 1,445
2. Kendall Hochstedler-Sr. (NJ): 917
3. Winston Yergler-Sr. (NJ): 773
4. Josh Anderson-Sr. (JG): 745
5. Elliott Coad-Sr. (K): 668
6. Bryan McKinney-Sr. (W): 605
7. Zach Shidler-Jr. (W): 502
8. Riley Charlesworth-Jr. (L): 443
9. Trent Elliott-So. (C): 419
10. Craig McIntosh-Sr. (OD): 419
11. Spencer Dobson-Sr. (WC): 416
12. Marcus Kammrath-Sr. (SC): 416
13. Collin Stevens-Jr. (C): 372
14. Micah Budzinski-Jr. (C): 349
15. Mitch Fingerhut-Sr. (NJ): 333
16. Kyle Krohn-Sr. (W): 314
17. Jordan Morning-Sr. (W): 309

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Boys Scoring Leaders: (Through 2-21-12)

(Stats as reported to www.etpearl.com)

1. John Eckert (NJ): 19.6ppg-374 points (19 games)
2. Riley Charlesworth (L): 17.8ppg-304 points (17 games)
3. Winston Yergler (NJ): 17.8ppg-339 points (19 games)
4. Elliott Coad (K): 16.8ppg-320 points (19 games)
5. Josh Anderson (JG): 16.7ppg-318 points (19 games)
6. Marcus Kammrath (SC): 15.6ppg-281 points (18 games)
7. Trent Elliott (C): 15.3ppg-291 points (19 games)
8. Kendall Hochstedler (NJ): 14.8ppg-282 points (19 games)
9. Bryan McKinney (W): 12.7ppg-229 points (18 games)
10. Jimmy Rippe (L): 10.2ppg-174 points (17 games)
11. Adam Clindaniel (SC): 10.1ppg-163 points (16 games)
12. Jake Jones (OD): 10.8ppg-206 points (19 games)
13. Sam Culver (L): 10.1ppg-173 points (17 games)
14. Zach Shidler (W): 10.7ppg-193 points (18 games)
15. Jacoda Anderson (C): 10.0ppg-191 points (19 games)

Coaching Leaders: (Through 2-21-12)

1. Dan Warkentien (SC): 259-108 .706 (16 years)
2. Todd Boldry (K): 194-117 .624 (14 years)
3. Travis Hannah (JG): 145-142 .504 (13 years)
4. Bryan Heimlich (WC): 109-88 .553 (9 years)
5. Kyle Elliott (C): 39-45 .464 (4 years)
6. Kyle Johnson (W): 24-17 .585 (2 years)
7. Phil Shabi (NJ): 16-3 .842 (1 year)
8. Matt Crawford (OD): 4-16 .200 (1 year)
9. Scot Spoljaric (L): 2-15 .117 (1 year)

Team Records: (Through 2-21-12)

1. NJSP: 16-3
2. Winamac: 12-6
3. Culver: 10-9
4. South Central: 9-9
5. John Glenn: 9-10
6. West Central: 6-13
7. Knox: 4-15
8. Oregon-Davis: 4-16
9. LaCrosse: 2-15

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Girls Career Scoring Leaders: (Minimum 300 points)

1. Sarah Redweik-Sr. (W): 855
2. Ashley Campbell-So. (OD): 832
3. Jordann Frasure-Jr. (NJ): 680
4. Marissa Hamilton-Sr. (WC): 655
5. Justine Kruger-Sr. (WC): 646
6. Jesse Averone-So. (OD): 635
7. Elisabeth White-Sr. (NJ): 635
8. Hope Wagner-Sr. (K): 562
9. Jill Rosenbaum-So. (SC): 503
10. Alisha McIntosh-So. (OD): 487
11. Stephanie Shorter-So. (W): 463
12. Shelby Gilbert-Sr. (K): 456
13. Kenley Sanchez-Sr. (NJ): 412
14. Danna Timm-Sr. (NJ): 402
15. Kayla Shaffer-So. (C): 401
16. Katie Schwenk-Sr. (OD): 390
17. Jessica Schramm-Jr. (W): 366
18. Haley Frasure-Jr. (NJ): 318
19. Kaitlin Zachary-Jr. (K): 310

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Girls Scoring Leaders (Final)

(Stats as reported to www.etpearl.com)

1. Ashley Campbell (OD): 18.8ppg-491 points (26 games)
2. Jill Rosenbaum (SC): 15.7ppg-331 points (21 games)
3. Sarah Redweik (W): 14.5ppg-349 points (24 games)
4. Marissa Hamilton (WC): 14.2ppg-342 points (24 games)
5. Kayla Shaffer (C): 13.3ppg-294 points (22 games)
6. Hope Wagner (K): 13.0ppg-327 points (25 games)
7. Jesse Averone (OD): 12.3ppg-283 points (23 games)
8. Jordann Frasure (NJ):  11.8ppg-249 points (21 games)
9. Alisha McIntosh (OD): 11.1ppg-291 points (26 games)
10. Elisabeth White (NJ): 11.1ppg-233 points (21 games)
11. Justine Kruger (WC): 11.0ppg-266 points (24 games)
12. Kyler Columbia (JG): 10.8ppg-227 points (21 games)
13. Stephanie Shorter (W): 10.3ppg-249 points (24 games)
14. Jessica Schramm (W): 10.2ppg-247 points (24 games)

Career Coaching Records: (Final)

1. Terry Minix (OD): 268-140 .657 (19 years)
2. Dan Huizenga (K): 121-105 .535 (10 years)
3. John Hampton (NJ): 118-79 .599 (9 years)
4. Gina Hierlmeier (WC): 94-43 .686 (6 years)
5. Tony Scheub (C): 34-15 .693 (2 years)
6. Rick Budka (SC): 33-50 .397 (4 years)
7. Jeff Wagner (W): 31-16 .659 (2 years)
8. Brian McMahan (L): 6-34 .150 (3 years)
9. Kyle Amor (JG): 4-17 .190 (1 year)

Team Records: (Final)

1. Oregon-Davis: 21-5
2. West Central: 18-6
3. Winamac: 18-6
4. NJSP: 13-8
5. Knox: 13-12
6. Culver: 9-13
7. South Central: 8-13
8. LaCrosse: 4-16
9. John Glenn: 4-17

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Boys Career Scoring Leaders: (Minimum 300 points)

1. John Eckert-Sr. (NJ): 1,340
2. Kendall Hochstedler-Sr. (NJ): 835
3. Winston Yergler-Sr. (NJ): 690
4. Josh Anderson-Sr. (JG): 653
5. Elliott Coad-Sr. (K): 596
6. Bryan McKinney-Sr. (W): 521
7. Zach Shidler-Jr. (W): 418
8. Spencer Dobson-Sr. (WC): 389
9. Craig McIntosh-Sr. (OD): 376
10. Riley Charlesworth-Jr. (L): 373
11. Collin Stevens-Jr. (C): 361
12. Trent Elliott-So. (C): 360
13. Marcus Kammrath-Sr. (SC): 336
14. Micah Budzinski-Jr. (C): 324

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Boys Scoring Leaders: (Through 1-28-12)

(Stats as reported to www.etpearl.com)

1. John Eckert (NJ): 19.2ppg-269 points (14 games)
2. Winston Yergler (NJ): 18.2ppg-256 points (14 games)
3. Riley Charlesworth (L): 18.0ppg-234 points (13 games)
4. Elliott Coad (K): 17.7ppg-248 points (14 games)
5. Josh Anderson (JG): 16.1ppg-226 points (14 games)
6. Marcus Kammrath (SC): 15.4ppg-201 points (13 games)
7. Trent Elliott (C): 14.5ppg-232 points (16 games)
8. Kendall Hochstedler (NJ): 14.2ppg-200 points (14 games)
9. Bryan McKinney (W): 13.1ppg-145 points (11 games)
10. Allen Biggers (C): 11.6ppg-187 points (16 games)
11. Adam Clindaniel (SC): 11.3ppg-147 points (13 games)
12. Craig McIntosh (OD): 10.6ppg-138 points (13 games)
13. Sam Culver (L): 10.3ppg-135 points (13 games)
14. Jimmy Rippe (L): 10.0ppg-131 points (13 games)

Coaching Leaders: (Through 1-28-12)

1. Dan Warkentien (SC): 256-106 .707 (16 years)
2. Todd Boldry (K): 194-112 .634 (14 years)
3. Travis Hannah (JG): 142-140 .504 (13 years)
4. Bryan Heimlich (WC): 107-87 .552 (9 years)
5. Kyle Elliott (C): 38-43 .469 (4 years)
6. Kyle Johnson (W): 21-13 .617 (2 years)
7. Phil Shabi (NJ): 12-2 .857 (1 year)
8. Scot Spoljaric (L): 2-11 .153 (1 year)
9. Matt Crawford (OD): 1-12 .076 (1 year)

Team Records: (Through 1-28-12)

1. NJSP: 12-2
2. Winamac: 9-2
3. Culver: 9-7
4. South Central: 6-7
5. John Glenn: 6-8
6. Knox: 4-10
7. West Central: 4-12
8. LaCrosse: 2-11
9. Oregon-Davis: 1-12

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Girls Career Scoring Leaders: (Minimum 300 points)

1. Sarah Redweik-Sr. (W): 785
2. Ashley Campbell-So. (OD): 712
3. Jordann Frasure-Jr. (NJ): 654
4. Elisabeth White-Sr. (NJ): 601
5. Jesse Averone-So. (OD): 592
6. Justine Kruger-Sr. (WC): 581
7. Marissa Hamilton-Sr. (WC): 549
8. Hope Wagner-Sr (K): 476
9. Jill Rosenbaum-So. (SC): 473
10. Alisha McIntosh-So. (OD): 414
11. Kenley Sanchez-Sr. (NJ): 410
12. Shelby Gilbert-Sr. (K): 402
13. Stephanie Shorter-So. (W): 397
14. Danna Timm-Sr. (NJ): 372
15. Kayla Shaffer-So. (C): 369
16. Katie Schwenk-Sr. (OD): 357
17. Haley Frasure-Jr. (NJ): 308

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Girls Scoring Leaders (through 1-28-12)

(Stats as reported to www.etpearl.com)

1. Ashley Campbell (OD): 18.5ppg-371 points (20 games)
2. Jill Rosenbaum (SC): 15.8ppg-301 points (19 games)
3. Sarah Redweik (W): 15.5ppg-279 points (18 games)
4. Jesse Averone (OD): 13.3ppg-240 points (18 games)
5. Marissa Hamilton (WC): 13.1ppg-236 points (18 games)
6. Kayla Shaffer (C): 13.1ppg-262 points (20 games)
7. Hope Wagner (K): 12.6ppg-241 points (19 games)
8. Jordann Frasure (NJ):  12.3ppg-223 points (18 games)
9. Kyler Columbia (JG): 11.1ppg-200 points (18 games)
10. Justine Kruger (WC): 11.1ppg-201 points (18 games)
11. Elisabeth White (NJ): 11.0ppg-199 points (18 games)
12. Alisha McIntosh (OD): 10.9ppg-218 points (20 games)
13. Stephanie Shorter (W): 10.1ppg-183 points (18 games)

Career Coaching Records: (through 1-28-12)

1. Terry Minix (OD): 263-139 .654 (19 years)
2. John Hampton (NJ): 117-77 .603 (9 years)
3. Dan Huizenga (K): 117-103 .532 (10 years)
4. Gina Hierlmeier (WC): 89-42 .679 (6 years)
5. Tony Scheub (C): 34-13 .723 (2 years)
6. Rick Budka (SC): 33-48 .407 (4 years)
7. Jeff Wagner (W): 27-14 .658 (2 years)
8. Brian McMahan (L): 6-32 .157 (3 years)
9. Kyle Amor (JG): 3-15 .166 (1 year)

Team Records: (through 1-28-12)

1. Oregon-Davis: 16-4
2. Winamac: 14-4
3. West Central: 13-5
4. NJSP: 12-6
5. Knox: 9-10
6. Culver: 9-11
7. South Central: 8-11
8. LaCrosse: 4-14
9. John Glenn: 3-15

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Boys Career Scoring Leaders: (Minimum 300 points)

1. John Eckert-Sr. (NJ): 1,286
2. Kendall Hochstedler-Sr. (NJ): 786
3. Winston Yergler-Sr. (NJ): 644
4. Josh Anderson-Sr. (JG): 610
5. Elliott Coad-Sr. (K): 541
6. Bryan McKinney-Sr. (W): 518
7. Zach Shidler-Jr. (W): 404
8. Spencer Dobson-Sr. (WC): 365
9. Craig McIntosh-Sr. (OD): 320
10. Collin Stevens-Jr. (C): 320
11. Trent Elliott-So. (C): 302
12. Micah Budzinski-Jr. (C): 300

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