By Paul Jones
Sports Coordinator The Red Lion girls basketball team has been a powerhouse in York County. Under former coach Don Dimoff, the team won a total of 14 York-Adams county championships, along with a streak of 12 straight from 2001-2012. However, Mr. Dimoff is coaching at Millersville University now, leaving a coaching vacancy for the team for the first time in 22 years. “Don was here for 22 years,” Athletic Director Arnold Fritzius said. “So we knew going into it that finding somebody to replace Mr. Dimoff was going to be virtually impossible.” The impossible was reached however, as the next coach was found right within the program. Assistant coach, Bill Novak, was elevated to the head coaching position and done so at the suggestion of Don Dimoff himself.
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By Brianna Lehr Business Manager The Red Lion competition cheer team has been working since August to ensure they reach top ten in nationals. “Walking off the mat at nationals feels so unreal because everything we worked so hard for finally paid off,” senior cheerleader Steph Healy said. The team qualified for nationals on their most recent competition on Dec. 4 and compete at districts on Dec. 17 and if they’re placed at the top of their division, they are able to go to states, which is located at the Giant Center in Hershey, on Jan. 20 & 21. By Gary Hunt
Staff Writer Red Lion has a new wrestling coach. With last year’s record of 16 - 4, we interviewed Red Lion’s captains and new head coach to get some details on the upcoming year. New wrestling coach Albert Gleichauf said his plans for this upcoming season are to win a lot of matches and build relationships with his wrestlers. He hopes to improve the team’s previous record this year. Gleichauf said his goal for the season is to be champions in both county’s and district “I feel my team is that good.” Gleichauf said 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. By Shawn Gunarich Features Editor In the beginning of February, the competition cheerleaders traveled to Disney World in Orlando, Florida to compete in their second consecutive appearance on a national level. Ashleigh Reinert physical education teacher and coach expressed her feelings of the experience as, nothing else like it. “The atmosphere, there is nothing else like it”, Reinert said “everyone on the squad put forth the effort and I’m glad we made it as far we did.” Competition cheer placed 12 out of 21 teams in the co-ed division. “We did great, we were a little disappointed with what we got, but you can’t take anything away from the other teams,” Reinert said, “but in the end it’s just a great experience.” Competition cheer had a long year full of late night practices to make sure everyone was on the same level as the others. “It was hard to get everyone to work together and get on the same level as others,” Reinert said, “over half the team had never stepped out onto the mat before,” But when competition time came around the squad was ready, placing fourth in states and pushing on to finals. “It’s like a well oiled machine,” Junior Samantha Sprenkle said as she described what it is like going through a routine during a competition. Red Lions competition cheer is already looking to the future and gearing up for more practice and have talked of recruiting, much like what they did with the football players this year. Red Lions competition cheer is already looking to the future and gearing up for more practice. “I worry sometimes about the longevity of comp cheer, but I’m very positive about next year, and have high hopes,” Reinert said, “if we can do what we did this year I will have no complaints.” “I’m very proud of all of them, for all their hard work,” coach Reinert said. By Shawn Gunarich News and Feature Editor 50 years of wrestling at Red Lion high school, and coach Christopher Schell has high hopes for the future of the wrestling program. “The future is very bright and promising,” Schell said. “It will be hard to replace senior heavyweight Jared Schell, however the junior class is talented and next year is there year to shine.” Red Lion ended the year with a record of 11-4, Seniors Jared Schell and Junior Dylan Gurreri lead the charge. Gurreri ended the season 25-8 and schell 26-2. “Dylan is a high flying takedown technician,” Schell said. “He continues to let his opponent up just to take them down again, unstoppable at times.” Wrestling is not all about winning, and a lot of work is put into molding a wrestler.” It takes commitment, dedication and to have the intensity to push your practice partner and yourself,” Schell said. “It takes a good attitude to take on all competition and being a family.” Wrestling had an overall solid season, placing third at Lebanon High School Berserker duals, and second at Denver duals at Cocalico High School. Coach Schell has high hopes for the underclassman wrestlers as well. “They push the upperclassmen, which shows great heart,” Schell said. “Each one of them has shined in different matches this year to pull of the win.” |
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