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Written by David Wolman
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 08:00 |
The Osawatomie volleyball team had only three days to work on fundamentals since completing conditioning during the first week of practice, so it didn’t come as much of a surprise to second-year coach Emily Mader that her squad didn’t have too much polish to their game during Thursday’s annual Red-White Scrimmage.
Despite the limited amount of playing time on the court, she was rather pleased with her players’ efforts — namely at the setter position.
Osawatomie was banking on senior Alissa Drake to run the offense for the second season, but with her opting not to go out for volleyball, the Trojans had to look elsewhere — fortunately, not too far. Senior Mackenzie Nickell is now handling those duties. She got plenty of experience in the position as a setter for Prairie View before transferring to Osawatomie last year.
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Written by David Wolman
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 08:00 |
If anyone tells Osawatomie football coach Clint Bailey his team has the potential to be a big-play offense this season, he could answer with a yes, he said, pointing out he has plenty of speed returning and a third-year starting quarterback in senior Seth Jones, who threw for more than 1,000 yards and had 19 touchdown passes last year.
Friday’s annual Red-White Scrimmage at Lynn Dickey Field backed up that point — at least somewhat. The night may have been an exhibition between teammates who have been practicing in the hot summer sun for the past two weeks as the new school year gets under way, but with the Trojans registering 15 plays (out of 63 total) of at least 15 yards, the scrimmage could offer a glimpse into Osawatomie’s fortunes on that side of the ball this season.
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Written by David Wolman
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 08:00 |
When the Osawatomie cross country team takes to the Anderson County Invitational on Thursday, they’ll have near a full bus load on the 25-minute trip south to Garnett. It’s been that good of a turnout for the Trojans.
First-year coach Matt Higgins walked through the hallways at the start of the school year and asked students not playing volleyball or football if they’d be interested in coming out. On the first couple of days of practice, 25 students were running. The numbers kept growing. By the end of last week, Osawatomie saw that number increase to 37.
It’s made for some good competition in practice.
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Written by David Wolman
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 08:00 |
It was unknown Saturday whether the opposition at the season-opening Jayhawk Invitational realized Central Heights had placed fourth in last year’s Class 3A state tournament, but one thing was for sure: The Vikings seemed to bring out the best in the other teams.
Adversity was something Central Heights had to face throughout the day as it trailed early in many of its matches. Part of that was attributed to the fact that the Vikings made some position changes to the rotation in the offseason — in addition facing the loss of four seniors to graduation.
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Written by David Wolman
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 08:00 |
Clint Bailey stood underneath the bright lights of Lynn Dickey Field. Moments following the conclusion of Friday’s annual red-white scrimmage, he was posed a question about how ready his team was for its season opener against Anderson County. He looked at the sky and took a deep breath. Then, knowing in the back of his head it was just one week away, he offered a nonverbal cue as if to suggest “it’s about time.”
“It seems like it’s been a long time, and I’m pretty sure if you ask any of those guys, it seems like we’ve been doing football all year,” he said. “It’s creeping up on us.”
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