ThisWeek Community Newspapers Dublin Villager
March 17, 2011
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Girls Soccer
Irish’s Scoliere to join sister at Ohio State By SCOTT HENNEN ThisWeek Community Newspapers Life will be changing for Megan Scoliere — on and off the soccer field. The senior midfielder for the Dublin Scioto High School girls soccer team not only will be playing the sport at Ohio State, she will be moving to the back as a defender. Scoliere signed a letter of intent Feb. 4 to play for the Buckeyes.
“They liked my feet because they said I could play forward, midfielder or as a defender,” said Scoliere, who also considered Kentucky and Duquesne, a school in Pittsburgh. “They look for players who can play a variety of positions. But being a defender is nothing new because I have played defense my entire life in club soccer with Ohio Premier.” Scoliere led the Irish in scoring last season with 14 goals and 13 assists, and she also has the program record for ca-
reer scoring with 93 points on 32 goals and 29 assists. She helped the Irish finish a program-best 17-2-1 last fall and reach their first Division I district final, where they lost 1-0 to eventual state finalist Pickerington North. She was first-team all-state and the Player of the Year in the OCC-Cardinal Division, which Scioto won at 6-0-1 for its first OCC title since 2004. “Megan is a great all-around player and is a leader on the field,” Scioto coach
Track/Cross Country
Coffman’s Collins signs to compete for Dayton By AARON BLANKENSHIP coach (Sarah Hinkley). Her ThisWeek Community Newspapers coaching style fits me well, because she has plans for me to get When Megan Collins arrived better each year.” During Hinkley’s first season at Dublin Coffman High School, she was a 4-foot-9 freshman with as coach, the Flyers women’s a slender build and the goal of cross country team finished third merely competing for the cross (75 points) in the Atlantic 10 country and track and field championship meet behind Richmond (43) and La Salle (68). teams. Dayton also finished ninth After growing eight inches and becoming more muscular, (248) in the 33-team Division I Collins developed into such a Great Lakes Regional as Michisuccessful runner that she began gan State (80) won the champigetting recruited by Division I onship. Under the direction of coach college cross country and track coaches by the start of her sen- Adam Steinwachs, the Flyers women’s track and field team ior year. Collins visited several uni- scored 161 points to win the Atversities, before signing a letter lantic 10 indoor championship of intent on Feb. 3 to run cross meet Feb. 18-19 ahead of runcountry and track at the Uni- ner-up Charlotte (159). “I don’t have a big goal for versity of Dayton. “I’ve grown a lot, both phys- college yet, because I don’t want ically and as a runner, since my to put a limit on myself,” Collins freshman year,” Collins said. “I said. “I’m just going to do my was looking for a school that I best. I do know that I want to go could run for, and ever since I into special education, because took an official visit to Dayton I’ve always wanted to be a (on Nov. 7), it’s been my No. 1 teacher.” Collins, a four-year letterchoice. “I also looked at Miami and winner in cross country, finished Xavier, as well as some other 102nd in the Division I state meet places, but Dayton was the best in 19 minutes, 45.1 seconds as fit for me. I felt I fit in with the a senior. She also combined with team very well and I love the (cross country/assistant track) Brooke Sciullo, Clarissa Bons
and Rachel Weber to place 15th in the 3,200-meter relay (9:29.45) in the Division I state track and field meet last year as a junior. “Megan has always been a consistent runner, who I never remember having a bad race,” said Jim Ferguson, Coffman’s girls cross country and girls track and field coach. “She’s made steady progress in the four years she’s been here, and she’s gotten bigger and stronger, too. She used to specialize in the 3,200 in track, but she’s developing more speed and she was a successful 800 and mile runner last year.” Ferguson believes Collins, who carries a 4.0 grade-point average, has the potential to be an even more successful runner at Dayton than she has been at Coffman. “We’re not a program that runs a lot of miles, so she has the potential to get stronger and better in college,” Ferguson said. “She’s a great kid and a great student who still has a lot of room for growth, and I think that’s why a lot of college coaches were interested in her.”
Chris Adams. “You can put her anywhere on the field and she will play well.” At OSU, Scoliere will be joining her sister, Danielle, a senior midfielder who has started the last two seasons. “It’s really exciting because the only time I played with her was in one year of high school when I was a senior and she was a freshman,” Danielle said. “The biggest difference for her will be the speed of play in college because everything is so fast and so physical.”
Megan said her sister offered plenty of insight to get her ready for college soccer. “My sister is always telling me I need to get a lot stronger before I get there. She said I’m too weak,” said Megan, the daughter of Michael and Nancy Scoliere. “She said if I want to play with the big dogs, I’m going to have to get bigger.” shennen@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
Kayser wins sportsmanship award From staff reports Dublin Coffman gymnastics coach Julie Kayser has won a Sportsmanship, Ethics and Integrity Award from the Ohio High School Athletic Association. Kayser was honored March 4 at the state tournament at Hilliard Bradley. “I’m totally thrilled with it. It’s an honor just to be nomi-
nated by your fellow coaches,” Kayser said. “It’s an honor that is coming from the coaches and it’s a one-time deal. It’s the highest honor you can get as a coach.” Kayser has been named Coach of the Year by the state (1992, 1993 and 2007), the Central District (1987, 1998 and 2009) and the Ohio Capital Conference (2007 and 2009). She
has led 12 teams to the state tournament while winning six district and 11 OCC titles. Kayser coached at Upper Arlington from 1985-98, winning the state championship in 1995. During that time she had one individual state champion, Katie Bernon, in 1994. She retired from UA in 1998 but returned to coaching two years later at Coffman.
BASKETBALL Continued from page C1
was a starter for much of the season and two others had postseason starts. Guard Zack Riddle was only part of the program for one year after transferring from Watterson, but was the Shamrocks’ leader on the court. He led the team in scoring (16.5 points per game), assists (4.1) and 3-point shooting percentage (43.5). Riddle scored 20 points or more seven times, including a career-high 30 in a 63-40 win over Kilbourne on Feb. 11. He was named first-team all-league and third-team all-district. Guard Christian Heine, a fouryear varsity player, averaged 13.4 points, made 57 3-pointers and shot 42 percent beyond the 3-point line. He also made firstablankenship@thisweeknews.com team all-league and was honorwww.ThisWeekSPORTS.com able mention all-district.
Starting forward Adam Hall averaged 8.5 points and a teambest 7.1 rebounds and was second-team all-league and honorable mention choice all-district. Guard Matt DiThomas averaged 6.5 points and was special mention all-league. The other seniors were guards Travis Beckett and Dan Stucky and forward Dan Pfister. Beckett and Pfister each started a tournament game. “It was a great group,” Collins said of his team. “Everyone fit in well, and it made for a good mix of kids. The camaraderie was great this year.” The Shamrocks expect to return one full-time starter from this season in 6-foot-11 center Eric Weisenbach, who averaged 7.0 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.5 blocks and was honorable mention all-league. He had a careerhigh 18 points against Whetstone.
Also expected to return are junior guard Brad Schulze and sophomore forwards Jason Hall and Kevin Marsh. Schulze had a career-high 12 points against Logan. Another player expected to return is junior Kyle Molock, a guard and Purdue University recruit who missed the entire season after suffering a severe knee injury last summer. A starter as a freshman and sophomore, he averaged 14.0 points and 3.0 assists and was named first-team all-league and honorable mention all-district last season. “I like the guys we have back and we have some good ones coming up from the (junior varsity) team that went 16-2,” Collins said. “What I like a lot is their basketball IQ. That makes things really exciting.” www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
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