By Paul Jones
Sports Editor Senior middle blocker, Brian Trieble, stands out from the crowd both metaphorically and literally. Standing at 6’6”, he towers above most both on and off the court, but that is only part of who he is. Some might remember him from his electric pregame handshake during the basketball season. He performed some Jedi moves before he played against Central on his senior night. Being a multi-sport athlete is tough. Playing both basketball and volleyball is not something that many athletes do. So where does his love for athletics come from?
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By Austin Kelly Staff Writer Red Lion boys volleyball has a new coach this season. Coach Rick Torbert has taken over as head coach of the Red Lion High School boys varsity volleyball team. “I’m very excited to take over as head coach of the team,” Mr. Torbert said. Previously, Mr. Torbert had coached ten years of girls club volleyball at Yorktowne Volleyball Club. He was a volunteer at Red Lion for girls volleyball for four years. He even has a sand volleyball court in his front yard and hosts tournaments, clinics, leagues, and training in the summer. By Larissa Joines
Staff Writer During the 2016 spring sports season the girls lacrosse team will undergo a series of competition throughout their season, according to their coach, Samantha Phipps, who is new this year. Coach Phipps comes from a background of disciplined and well respected programs. She intends to insert that into her coaching style and build this team to that. Minus the loss of one teammate, Kasey Lewis who played attack, all previous starters will return to the 2016 roster. “I think that we are pretty strong and I am really excited,” sophomore Peyton Shima said. “We are going to do a lot better than people are expecting.” The team feels confident that this year will be a very successful year. Jazz Cross
Staff Writer Red Lion high school softball players, Haley Taylor and Megan Confer and the rest of their teams are preparing for this season. Taylor and Confer both play left field. They are important because they help their team become more efficient by helping to get the ball if it travels beyond the other player’s reach. “We are trying to get the team together and connect on the field,” sophomore Taylor said. By Helen Zeidman Junior Editor in Chief The boys tennis team is facing many challenges and changes this season. They lost two starters last year, including Sam Innerst who had been the team’s leader throughout his tennis career. Senior Nicholas Stare stepped up to the baseline this year as the team’s number one seed for the beginning of the season. The team also has new leadership this year, with Ryan Small being the head coach. Small was the assistant coach last year, with the help of Head Coach Ronda Vasellas and Coach Jeffrey Fix. “The team has changed in many ways this season. One of the biggest ways is we are missing an assistant coach, Jeff Fix, who passed away last year,” Coach Small said. “The team has definitely missed his guidance and unwavering support, but they definitely would have made him proud so far this season.” In addition to the team’s new guidance, the varsity lineup has drastically changed since last year. The varsity’s seeded line up for this season is sophomore Alec Shue, senior Nicholas Stare, senior Alex Ohme, senior Chase McKnight, and junior Riley Krout. The varsity doubles teams are Stare and McKnight as the first seed and then Ohme and Krout as the second seed. Alec Shue, a sophomore who was the second seed for the team last year, had surgery on his right hand, preventing him from playing in the beginning of the season. Despite still not being able to use his dominant right hand to play, he still played on the team with his left hand. He even won his first varsity match of the season against Spring Grove, pulling out the win in three long sets. Shue has recently been cleared to play with his right hand for the rest of the season, so he was able to claim his position as the number one seed on the team. The lineup for the tennis season is subject to change since the team has challenge matches throughout the season to update the lineup seeds. This means that players can challenge the player directly above them in the bracket to a match. If the challenger wins two matches, then they move up in the lineup. Several junior varsity players are planning to move up the ladder to advance their position with challenge matches. Another change for the new season is the influx of new players to the team. There are seven new players to the team this season. A lot of freshman decided to join the team this year, including Mason Seredych. “I went to Tennis for Kids here at the high school for the past two years,” Seredych said. “Since I liked it so much, I decided to play at the high school.” All of the players, even the freshman who are new to the team, are eager to prove themselves this season and improve their game skills. “I want to get as much practice as I need. I would like to work to challenge the person in front of me to move up in the lineup,” Seredych said. Coach Small has similarly ambitious goals for the team. “The goals for this season are to represent our school, community, and team with class and dignity at all times, play intelligent tennis, and solidify all aspects of our game, mental and physical,” Coach Small said. Despite the changes that are evident in the team, they are determined to go into the season fighting. The team has already swept Bermudian Springs and Northeastern and won against Elizabethtown. They will face Central York at home on April 20 at 3:30 New Oxford at home on April 22 at 3:30. By Paul Jones Sports Editor Overcoming a slow start to the season, the boys basketball team is in prime position to make the district playoffs.”We got off to a little bit of a slow start but we are starting to play a lot better now, so we are trying to make a push here into districts,” Head Coach Steve Schmehl said. Sitting at 10-10, the team has faced some adversity. With the excusal of Jason Rebuck, the Lions lost rebounding and scoring which are key in the type of game they want to play. Guys like senior Kendrick Boyd-Gillespie and junior Ryan Schreckengast had to pick up in those areas. One thing that the average fan might not realize is that the team plays a grueling schedule with many tough opponents. “Basketball in York County has gotten really good in the past six or seven years. I think last three years York County has had the best basketball in district three, so we are competing with the best teams,” Schmehl said. The weather also posed a problem as they lost important practice time. With weather and the challenging schedule combined it makes it even tougher. “The season is so condensed anyway. you get 22 games in really 55 days. With the weather we had more games than practices in the month of January,” Schmehl said. The Lions however do find things to keep their spirits high. “Guys have been doing some dancing after big wins and you have to do that stuff. Obviously everybody wants to win and it’s serious, especially this time of year. There can be a lot of pressure but pressure is only what you put on yourself,” Schmel said. There were also many good things about the season. Junior guard Gary Hunt started the season coming off the bench, but was inserted into the starting lineup in the second game of the season and has played extremely well. “Gary the last six or seven games has been one of our best players, if not our best player. He brings a lot of energy, he can really score the ball, and he is starting to figure out some other things as well,” Schmehl said. While the boys’ season may have been cut short, there is much that the players, coaches, and fans have to look forward to for next year. |
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