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Fall athletic update: boys soccer, girls volleyall teams capture sectional titles By Brad Lennon, Athletic Director
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he Park Tudor boys soccer team won its second soccer sectional championship in the past three years with a 3-0 win over Arsenal Tech in the title game. The win represented Park Tudor’s fifth boys sectional soccer crown in school history. Coach Trent Kuprewicz also led his team to its fourth consecutive Indiana Crossroads Conference (ICC) championship earlier in the fall. Rainy weather at the regional match against Pike on October 15 didn’t stop the team from playing hard, but in the end, the Panthers lost 6-0. The boys ended the season with an impressive 12-5 record. Seniors Cole Sommer and Marc Wagoner led the Panthers in goals and assists respectively with Cole standing at 21 goals – one short of the single-season school record. Both ended their senior season as owners of career records in goals and assists. Coach Scott McDougall and the girls soccer squad closed out their regular season with a conference championship and a defeat of ICC rival Cardinal Ritter in the season finale. The win was the program’s third consecutive league title. The girls won by a score of 2-1, with goals coming from senior scoring leader Hannah Farley and junior Maddie Kahn. The girls ended the season with a 7-5-2 record. They opened up state tournament play at Pike against reigning Marion County champion Ben Davis, but lost 2-0.
VOLLEYBALL
The girls volleyball season was a huge success. The season got off to a great start with the girls capturing the Park Tudor Invitational title, defeating Warren Central, 18 park tudor phoenix FALL 2008
The girls volleyball team celebrates after its sectional win against Heritage Christian on October 25. Back row, left to right: Assistant Coach Riley Sparks ’03, Abby Frank ’12, Hannah Ladendorf ’12, Kristen Trimpe ’10, Lydia Neubauer ’10, Coach Steve Math. Middle row: Ovini Rodrigo ’10, Maddie Reese ’10, Nigelie Assee ’10. Front row: Samantha Johansen ’10, Vanessa Johansen ’10, Ayana Lindsey ’12, Natalie Tomlin ’09, Lyndsey Holt ’09.
Lawrence Central and Pendleton Heights. The netters worked their way as high as No. 3 in the state 2A volleyball rankings on the strength of a mid-season 9-1 record. After a deep run into the Marion County Tournament, Park Tudor fell in the county semifinals to eventual champion Brebeuf. They followed up with a resounding three-game sweep of Brebeuf just three days later. Entering state sectional play, Park Tudor stood with an impressive 18-6 record and a No. 7 state ranking. The team defeated Beech Grove, Ritter and Scecina to take home the ICC conference trophy, then headed into sectional play. The girls defeated Washington and Ritter before besting Heritage Christian in the hard-fought sectional championship game to win Park Tudor’s first girls volleyball sectional title! At press
time, the team is scheduled to play Class 2A No. 1-ranked Muncie Burris in the regionals.
FOOTBALL
The 2008 football version of the Panthers fielded a young and inexperienced team that battled its way through one of the toughest 1A schedules in the state. First-year Coach Scott Fischer’s team stood winless, having played a schedule that included the No.- 1 ranked teams in 1A and 2A, the Nos.-2-and-3-ranked teams in 1A, and the No.-7 team in in 3A. If that wasn’t enough ,Park Tudor drew a very highly regarded Lafayette Central Catholic team in the state’s most difficult sectional, which included threetime defending state champion Sheridan. The JV squad ended its season with a 1-4 record against the same teams. Coach Fischer saw continued improvement in his squad and found solace in
knowing that the varsity team, in spite of its record, had a chance to win all but two of its games. GOLF
The girls golf team returned to varsity competition this fall after a two-year layoff owing to lack of participants. Eight girls answered the call to play and ended the season with a solid 4-4 record, highlighted by wins over two large county schools, Lawrence North and Warren Central. Coach Eli Salatich led the girls to a 13th-place finish out of 16 teams in the county meet. The team consisted of one senior, a junior, and the rest freshmen. The season was capped with freshman Claire Gerwig qualifying and advancing to regional play by scoring an 87 in the sectional. Claire was one of only three girls advancing from a non-qualifying team, and at age 14, the youngest. She is the first Park Tudor