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LETTER FROM THE GO TEAM OFFICE

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he smell of the fall is all around us, from the leaves on the ground mixed with the dew and the brisk air in the morning to the smell of Thanksgiving

food right around the corner. One of the best smells is fresh pictures delivered directly to your door from our brand new redesigned online Casey McCoy Promotions Coordinator

photo store at www.GoTeamMagazine.com.

You can also view the magazine online now by just clicking on the monthly magazine cover on

the homepage. If you come across any problems with the website then feel free to give me a call at 812-760-6576 or you can email me at Events@GoTeamMagazine.com. If you can’t find any pictures of your star athlete on www.GoTeamMagazine.com make sure to let me know when your star’s next event is. I will personally make sure to schedule it in so you can have great professional pictures sent directly to you just in time to share with your family for the holidays. Everyone loves to get holiday cards from their friends and family. Order your holiday cards early from Go Team Magazine featuring your star athlete caught in the best and least expensive action photography around.

We are starting a brand new portion of Go Team Magazine including team and individual pictures.

If you have a team or organization and would like Go Team to be their team photographer simply give me a call or an email. Make your team photography into a fundraiser today with the help of Go Team Magazine, call today for more information on the fundraiser. If you are the president or head of a booster club or organization please email me about this new fundraiser we we’re offering for you.

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contents

NOVEMBER DECEMBER 2009

editorial

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1 Letter from the Go Team Office

By Casey McCoy

6 Face-Off!

High school hockey

21 Lacrosse They do it indoors, too!

3 Coaches’ Corner

8 Mega Mites At Mega Gymnastics

22 T-Ball Last of the (little) boys of summer

4 Athlete of the Month Blake Brown 5 Core Essentials by Chick-Fil-A About Cooperation

10 Varsity Pigskin Harrison vs. Bosse 14 Icy Cheers Little Icemen pom-pommers

16 Upcoming Go Team Photo Shoots 31 Schedule of Family Events 30 Brag Blog Jeremy Barnes Amanda Robinson Teela Temme Lesley Wilzbacher Josh Pendleton 32 Coupons

14 Middle School Volleyball The City Championships 18 Kickers Soccer Highland vs. Thompkins 19 From the Ashes Rising Phoenix Martial Arts 20 Riding Hope An inspirational pictorial

23 Soccer Tots At Metro Sports 24 Cub Football Nothing little about these guys 25 EBA Basketball RC Cola vs. Deja Blue

Publisher

Bashar Hamami Business Manager

Sharon Tindle sharon@news-4u.com Managing Editor

Dylan Gibbs editor@goteammagazine.com Contributors

Derrick Powell Promotions Coordinator:

Casey McCoy events@goteammagazine.com Account Executives

Carolyn Cummings Keith LaCrosse Web Programming

Jeff Lingis Production Supervisor

Amanda Smith art@news-4u.com Graphic Artist

Jaqulyn Woolsey

26 Youth Football Evansville Junior Football League 28 The Fan’s Page A photo tribute to you – the fanatics in the stands

Photography

Mark McCoy

ON THE COVER THIS ISSUE Memorial vs. Harrison Hockey

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COACHES CORNER Looking Beyond High School

by Derrick Powell Cheer Zone Cheer Coach

forgive freely and build relationships with people that are based on respect and understanding.

Your best weapons against the unexpected are knowledge and experience. Seek out wisdom from friends, family, or classmates who have been in a similar situation. Be kind and always express thanks to those people that have helped you get you where you are today. If you are not able to find someone who has been in

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Many times student athletes are asked to devote every waking moment to developing and fine tuning their skills. This is all to give them a competitive edge in hopes of being the next Shawn Johnson or LeBron James. Being involved in every recreational and youth league activity through the on and off seasons can be just as diminishing as it helpful to a student athletes overall development. A healthy balance of academics and recreation needs to be instilled at a young age for all students alike.

I can remember when I was getting ready for graduation it seemed like there were so many decisions that needed to be made. Being able to determine what factors held more weight in my decision Your best weapons against the unexpected are knowledge and making process was tough. experience. Seek out wisdom from friends, family, or classmates who What schools to apply for, what have been in a similar situation. will be my major, how will I pay for this? All these elements must be considered the same boat, don’t panic! Keep confidence in when choosing your future education plans. Don’t yourself. It is very easy to think that you won’t get let it overwhelm you; stay focused on what is your research paper done, get an “A” on your final, important. Also, remember why it is that you are or be ready for the big meet this weekend. Proper going to college… for your education. You cannot preparation will help balance the many challenges strictly base your decision on athletics. Statistics you might face as a student athlete. Developing show the likelihood of becoming a professional the skills now while you are still in high school will athlete is not in your favor. But don’t let that deter put you ahead of the game for college.

Imagine more. Once you have decided your dream of becoming a college athlete. The experiences and rewards of being on a team in what your plans are after high school, don’t feel like you are stuck to what you originally chose. college are immense.

There are several lessons I try and teach Exploring your options is one of the many luxuries my students to help them grow into well-rounded of being a young adult. After determining your individuals. Our world is always changing including goals you need to then decide how you will achieve people and their ideas. Problems can occur in every them. Keep your eye on the ball but always plan aspect of your life. You cannot always control every for the unexpected. Remember Murphy’s Law, situation that you must deal with, but keeping an “What can go wrong, will go wrong.” You can read open mind can help you deal with these problems all the books or hear all the motivational speakers, in a productive manner. My grandfather always but only you know if you are prepared for what lies told me, “Life is 10 percent you make it, and ahead. Remember, no matter how hard the task 90 percent how you take it.” Being a collegiate at hand, no matter how impossible it may seem, student athlete, you will have to deal with study keep confidence in yourself and do what it takes to groups, teammates, and possibly co-workers. So win.

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ATHLETE OF THE MONTH What sports do you play or have been involved in?

Football, Basketball, Wrestling, Swimming Favorite sport to play?

Wrestling Favorite sport or team to watch?

UFC/MMA Awards?

Tons of medals and trophies.

7th grade wrestling record was twenty wins and only two loses.

Extracurricular activities (besides sports are you involved in)?

Work at Roly Poly, workout at Fitness 19 Do you belong to any organizations?

USA wrestling, AAU wrestling, Memorial CUB wrestling and football What is the best part of being on a team?

Working together to achieve a goal.

What do you do mentally and physically to prepare for a game or competitions?

BB: Think of what I need to do and go over it in my mind.

Who is your role model?

The coaching staff at Memorial High School and Matt Powless.

What are your future plans?

I want to go to Nationals for wrestling and compete in state in wrestling.

How does being involved in sports help you in every day life?

It teaches me discipline.

Thing that’s been in your locker the longest?

Take a shower

Gym Clothes

Teammates would be shocked to know I…?

I’d love to compete against?

That I am an advanced open water scuba diver.

UFC Hall of Famer Randy Courte

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First thing I do when I wake up in the morning?

DO YOU KNOW AN OUTSTANDING ATHLETE? LET US KNOW! Log on to GoTeamMagazine.com and nominate someone today!

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Core Value of the Month: COOPERATION COOPERATION: Working together to do more than you can do alone Activities children engage in while growing up can prepare them to effectively work with others. How can we help kids see the importance of cooperation and begin to build a solid base for working with others? Children need to know that:

CATCH YOUR CHILD SHOWING COOPERATION Core Essentials believes that a key way to help your child internalize the character values being taught is to “catch” them demonstrating the value. Here are a few suggestions on how you can catch your child, Individuality and cooperation go hand in hand. As important and let him or her know you see them showing as it is to help children understand their unique talents and cooperation. personalities, it is just as important to help them see how their uniqueness can complement others to accomplish more. Children • Note when your child works well with others, need to see that cooperating with others confirms their individual during playtime or doing chores. worth and acknowledges the benefits of working toward a shared purpose.

• Notice when your child works cooperatively with younger or older children.

Cooperation turns individual discouragement into shared success. Realistically viewing a difficult situation or task can be • Catch your child working together with other kids very discouraging. The issue is not the analysis of the problem but or coaches to put things back in their place. the emotional response. Teaming up to tackle a task breaks what appears to be an overwhelming chore into achievable pieces. These are just a few ways you can catch your child Children need to see that working cooperatively overcomes showing cooperation. The Core Essentials Program discouragement and multiplies the feeling of success. believes it takes an INWARD attitude to influence OUTWARD behavior. The Program is based on Recognizing personal limits encourages cooperation. Learning to aligning the home and school to teach character. become a confident individual is important. But even the most self-assured cannot do everything. Perhaps a benefit of difficult If you do catch your child cooperating, we would situations is that our personal limits are defined for us. Though love to hear about it. Tell us what your child did in a such discoveries are somewhat uncomfortable, these times help note sent into the school, or an e-mail sent directly us see where cooperation makes seemingly impossible tasks to his or her teacher. possible.

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HOCKEY - Memorial vs. Harrison

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GYMNASTICS - at Mega

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Adisyn Salesky

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FOOTBALL - Harrison vs. Bosse

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CHEERLEADING - Evansville Icemen

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VOLLEYBALL - Perry Heights vs. Helfrich Park Kylie O’Nan

Nicole Chandler

Kori Waelbroeck

(L to R) Marissa Scheller, Morgan Kunkle

Kendall Eng

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(L to R)Kendall English, Katie Nienaber

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Basketball Martial Arts Cornhole Tournament Lacrosse Basketball Basketball

at Castle Elementary at Chad’s School (Hartke)

11/10/2009 11/12/2009

West Terrace Fundraiser Metro Sports Middle School Castle vs. South Reitz vs. Henderson

11/23/2009 11/15/2009 11/16/2009 12/1/2009

We want to be at your event!

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*Events subject to change with out notice.

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EVENTS RECENTLY POSTED TO GoTeamMagazine.com Football Volleyball Soccer T-Ball Soccer Football Football Cheerleading Lacrosse Gymnastics Basketball Martial Arts Equestrian Hockey T-Ball Basketball

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EJFL Broncos, Cheifs, Dolphins Helfrich Park vs. Perry Heights Middle School Kickers - Highland vs. Thompson Middle School Plaza Park - Green vs. White Soccer Tots at Metro Cub Football Memorial vs. Harrison Varsity Harrison vs. Memorial Evansville Icemen Open Play at Metro Mega Mites (3-4 yrs. old) at EBA - RC Cola vs. Deja Blue at Rising Phoenix Riding Hope Season Opener - Memorial vs. Harrison YMCA Plaza Park - Blue vs. Red at Washington Middle School

10/10/2009 10/6/20009 09/19/2009 10/12/2009 10/14/2009 10/15/2009 10/23/2009 10/20/2009 10/20/2009 10/26/2009 10/27/2009 10/29/2009 11/2/2009 11/2/2009 10/12/2009 11/4/2009

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SOCCER KICKERS Highland vs. Thompson

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MARTIAL ARTS - Rising Sun Phoenix

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EQUESTRIAN - Riding Hope

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LACROSSE - Metro Sports (L to R) Myles Devoy, Chris Sutton

Neil Engleman

Chris Sutton

160 Cody Woolsey

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T-BALL - Metro Sports Mattie Griffin

Drew Behny, Owen Whitacre, Sam Yates

Carter Wooten

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Abigail Greenwell

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SOCCER - Metro Sports Finn Adams

Sydney Ulrey

Wyatt Ulrey Joey Lan

gerak

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CUB FOOTBALL - Memorial vs. Harrison

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BASKETBALL - at EBA

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FOOTBALL - EJFL James Wadlington

Joseph Durham

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Jackson “Scrappy” Mann Trevor Nau

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FAN PAGE

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BRAG BLOG JEREMY BARNES – age 14 Jeremy is an awesome athlete and a great student who always gives a 110 percent all the time. He made a great team captain and loves football. I am proud to call him my brother, and I will be always be there to cheer him on!

-- Heather Barnes

TEELA TEMME – age 14 Teela is a very accomplished rider and has been riding competitively since she was 8. She has 72 1st place trophies, in ribbons she has 97 1st, 125 2nd, 101 3rd, 69 4th, 55 5th, and 1 6th. Also won 6th and 7th in State competition, 5 Grand Champion and 4 Reserve Grand Champion in 4H, and many, many other Grand and Reserve Grand in local saddle club, and hi-point and reserve hi-point awards which I can forward to you.

Mostly she is an inspiration to others and helps them build their confidence. She likes to win but is more interested in the friendships she develops and people she can help.

-- Yvonne Temme JOSH PENDLETON Josh Pendleton has 344 yards rushing and SEVEN touchdowns in the Bosse victory over Harrison (score:43 - 34 ) for the Buehler Bowl Trophy, Friday, Oct. 16th.

I’m not sure where his performance ranks as far as EVSC or IHSAA records, but personally, it was the best single game performance I’ve ever actually witnessed/ and/or/ photographed by a high school football player, here in Evansville.

Previously, the 297 yards and six touchdowns by North’s Derenzo Bushrod, in a Nov. 2000 Sectional victory over Vincennes, was the best performance I’d seen.

Josh is also thinking about pursuing photography in college.

-- Anonymous

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LESLEY WILZBACHER – age 17 I picked Lesley Wilzbacher because she is not only my sister she is a amazing setter for central high school she stared varsity year freshman year and she was 3rd in the state she worked her butt off and really think she should be player of the month she has one more year and that is it.

-- Lacey Wilzbacher

AMANDA ROBINSON – German Township Softball My daughter's team won the German Township u8 softball tourney after an undefeated season.

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SCHEDULE OF FAMILY EVENTS ACORN PARK

NORTH PARK

(Corner of West Franklin and 10th Avenue) 812-424-4881

812-428-8237 Every Monday: Pre-School Story Time, ages 3-5, 1 p.m.

Every Tuesday: Toddler Storytime, ages 2-3, 10 a.m.

Kids Create-a-drop-in Craft, 2:30 p.m.

Every Wednesday: Ready Baby, 9:30 a.m.

December 13 and 14: Santaland. Not only will Santa be on site with his helpers (visitors can get a free photo taken with the red-suited jolly fellow), but favorite characters such as SpongeBob, Barney and the loveable Muppets from Sesame Street will be there too. Enjoy goodies and hot chocolate from the Donut Bank and live music and songs. Event is from 3 to 6 p.m. each evening.

DOWNTOWN EVANSVILLE 812-424-2986 November 22: Downtown Holiday Parade. This community tradition has entered its second decade of ushering in the Holiday season with plenty of spirited music, marching bands, colorful floats, clowns, dancers and much more. Included in the festivities are the lighting of the City Christmas Tree and the muchanticipated arrival of Santa Claus. Before the Parade, at the corner of Fourth and Main Streets, kids can enjoy free arts and crafts, live entertainment and have their photos taken with St. Nick. The parade route is scheduled to start at the Centre and journey down Locust Street, turning on Second Street and then will continue up Main Street in Downtown Evansville. The Parade begins at 3 p.m.

OAKLYN 812-428-8234 Every Monday and Tuesday: Under Twos Storytime Storytime, 9:30 a.m.

Toddler Time, 10:15 a.m.

Preschool Time, 11 a.m.

GARVIN PARK 812-437-2627 November 26 through January 3, 2010: Ritzy’s Fantasy of Lights. A mile-long drive past dozens of animated Holiday light displays await visitors to this, the largest annual winter light show in Indiana. Proceeds go to benefit the Easter Seals of Southwest Indiana. Horsedrawn carriage rides are available each night of the event as well.

guests through hands-on activities and more. Davis’ photography will also be on display at cMoe through November 30. Event is from 1 to 3 p.m.

November 29: Stories in Action. Favorite Holiday tales are part of this fun happening, which includes music and crafts presented by the able staff from cMoe. Begins in the Freedom Gallery at 2 p.m.

MESKER PARK ZOO BOTANICAL GARDEN

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812-435-6143 December 5: Breakfast with Santa. The Zoo hosts this special event, complete with crafts, photo opportunities and a jolly breakfast with the main man from the North Pole. Call the number above and dial extension 406 to make reservations.

ROBERTS STADIUM 812-476-1383

KOCH FAMILY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF EVANSVILLE 812-477-4339

DOWNTOWN NEWBURGH, IN 812-853-2815 December 4 through 6: Newburgh Celebrates Christmas. A weekend packed with plenty of spirit, events include the arrival of Santa, the lighting of the town Christmas tree, caroling, tours, and more items of interest to celebrate the season.

November 26 through 29: 76th Annual Hadi Shrine Circus. Showtimes for this Thanksgiving weekend tradition are Thanksgiving Day at 2 and 7 p.m., November 27 and 28 at 9:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and a final matinee at 3 p.m. on Sunday, November 29.

EVANSVILLE MUSEUM OF ARTS, HISTORY & SCIENCE 812-425-2406 Continuing through November 29: Exhibition: The Child Mummy – On display in the Old Gallery, this exquisite item is a rare glimpse into the preservation methods of the ancients. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.

Sundays. Closed Mondays.

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EVANSVILLE PUBLIC CENTRAL 812-428-8200 Every Tuesday, Toddler time 10 a.m., Preschool time, 1:15pm Every Friday: Art Starts, 11 a.m., Teens Clay workshop, 3:45 p.m.

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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA THEATRE

Every Child Is Beautiful, a 24 page soft cover children’s book about celebrating and embracing our differences. All proceeds for the book go to the Easter Seals of Southwestern Indiana.

November 22: It’s Easy Being Green. Through storytelling and song, Susan Fowler takes guests on a journey from the simple times of campfires and candles to modern lighting and the future of illumination.

Event held in the Freedom Gallery at 2 p.m.

November 28: Photography Exhibit. Nikki Davis, author of All Children are Beautiful, celebrates diversity with

812-464-8600 November 15, 18 through 22: A Christmas Carol. A musical adaptation by director Lenny Leibowitz of one of the most perfect tales ever written, this play will bring children of all ages to the doorstep of the Holiday Season. Call for more information.

WESSELMAN WOODS NATURE PRESERVE 812-479-0771 December 12: Reindeer Games with Santa. Kids can come and enjoy Holiday crafts and hands-on activities along with a provided snack. Cost is $4 per person or $12 per family. Registration for this event is required.

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