Sports 4 KD Winter Sport teams look for improvements

Bryand Stansbury The team has been running The coaches and players This year in February or Reporter new drills to prepare them- hope to have a successful sea- March we are going to host a selves for the teams they are son and hope to win districts. cheerleading clinic for all ag- going to play this season. The The cheerleading team has a es. Winter sports have arrived at new drills are maintaining the lot of new improvements this This will be an all-day event Kennard Dale and the coaches shape of the players. year. with lunch included. (Small are already preparing the “We do a lot of basketball- “I am proud of how far my registration fee) There will be teams for the long winter sea- specific conditioning during cheerleaders have come since tumbling, cheer, jumps, stunt- son. practice. Most of our players August. They are a great ing and dance stations that Coaches have been putting are involved in exercise pro- group of young ladies. They each girl will get try. in a lot of time and effort to grams outside of just basket- placed second in the YIAA when Coach Dorn was asked make sure their teams are ball, which is a huge ad- County Cheerleading compe- if she likes her team she re- ready for the season, which vantage,” said Leonard. tition, they did great!,” said sponded with the following means that the coaches also The coaches and the players cheerleading coach Rachel “YES. YES. YES! They have have new strategies for train- to change a lot of things this Dorn. never given me any prob- ing the players. year. The team hopes to continue lems,” Winter sports include boys Photo by: Byrand Stansbury “We have a better attitude to change for the better. “I love working with the kids basketball, girls basketball, this year and some more expe- “My goals for the girls are to and improving their skills” wrestling, and cheerleading. rienced players coming back,” Kennard-Dale Boys Varsity team huddling after the first quarter improve their cheerleading said Clark “The athletes have been put- said Leonard. skills as a whole, work as a “I like watching the wrestlers ting in a lot of work to make They hope that the changes “We have fewer kids and “More drilling basic moves team to positively influence succeed” Said Coach Ba- sure they are ready for the they are making will result in some issues with depth at the and condition harder,” said their fellow peers and athletes, lestrini. season this year.” Said, bas- a successful season. guard position,” said Clark. coach Mike Balestrini. and teach sportsmanship,” Leonard says “Coaching ketball player Adam Coomes The girls’ basketball team, The team plans to work on Also, season has dramati- said Dorn. offers an opportunity to work The boys’ varsity basketball on the other hand, plans to the issues they are having and cally changed this year. “The coaches and the team with students in a completely team stand with a record of 4- make sure the girls are in want to approach the court in “They changed our league to plan to add new techniques to different context than the 10 so far this season. Also, the shape a different way. a new way. three divisions; we have a keep improving the team. classroom. Working with so boys basketball team has “We will lift 2 times per “We are going to try to use a chance to win our division” So far this year we made many personalities in such a changed their approach when week, as well as doing on- variety of different zone de- said Balestrini.” cards for children in a pediat- personal setting is a unique coming on the court. Despite court conditioning’” said fenses as well as a motion The practices for the wres- ric unit and the girls loved it! experience. I also love com- the Record the team continues Coach Joshua Clark. offense”, said Clark tlers are going to be more We also supported our band petitive spirit, and coaching to improve. So far the girls’ basketball The boys wrestling team is extreme. “We plan to pick up by going to the York fair to provides that atmosphere each “This year, we have been team record stands at 3-11. taking a new approach on the pace of our workouts and cheer them on. Next year we and every day.” much more competitive on the Although the scoreboard everything they have been condition more”, said Balesti- will do this more often! The The coaches all love the ex- court and much more energet- doesn’t show the team has still doing. ni. The wrestling team has girls love the band! perience and want to watch ic and positive as a group. It’s improved. The team is experi- To keep the players in good been successful with a record We started a competition the kids continue to succed been fun to be part of it.,” said encing challenges different shape the coach has new ide- of 1-0 this year with a sea- squad for the first time in and keep watching them grow coach Grant Leonard. from last year. as: son. three years and we did well! as a team.

Rawle’s workout philosophy is to create a well-balanced program that incorporates all muscle groups to one point or 2014 NFL Wild card weekend another. “My job is to prevent ath- letes from getting injured as Jack Whitt playoff teams were set. They seeded Colts going against cent speculation he is too old well as making them stronger, Reporter are split into two conferences: fifth seeded Bengals. to play. He responded by so targeting a weakness of a the AFC and the National The winner of those games throwing a second best in the team and developing a pro- Wild Card Weekend in Football Conference (NFC). will go on to play either the league 39 touchdowns. gram to fix them are all things football was a success for The NFC teams are the Se- Patriots or Broncos in the Di- Another quarterback in this I look for in a program,” said some teams, but a disap- attle Seahawks, Green Bay visional Round. The first class has almost a sure-fire Rawle. pointment for many. With Packers, Dallas Cowboys, seeded Patriots will play ei- win for MVP this season. Aa- His philosophy approach lots of good teams getting Carolina Panthers, Detroit ther the Ravens or Bengals, ron Rodgers is having a sea- includes a lot of his workouts in the playoffs fans are in Lions and Arizona Cardinals. and the second seed Broncos son for the ages. He isn’t post- in supersets. A superset is a store for great playoffs in The AFC teams are the will play the Colts or Steelers. ing eye popping stats, but he is Photo by: Renee Gering set of one exercise, then an- 2015. New England Patriots, Den- The NFC has the same sce- winning almost every game he other set of a different exer- ver Broncos, Indianapolis nario, but different teams. The is in as he went 12-4. He also Trainer Patrick Rawle at work. Wild Card weekend will cise and switch back and start Saturday, January 3 Colts, Pittsburg Steelers, Cin- third seeded Cowboys play only threw five interceptions forth. and end Sunday the 4. cinnati Bengals and Baltimore the sixth seed Lions, while the to 38 touchdowns. Often, in a girl’s lacrosse The American Football Ravens. fourth seeded Panthers will Another story for the workout, a superset will con- Conference (AFC) had a The Wild Card playoff play the fifth seeded Arizona playoffs is the fact that quar- New sist of a lift of some sort and tight finish for the last games are the first in the three Cardinals. terback Tony Romo and the some type of stretch or breath- playoff spot. The Texans, game playoff series. Only the best of the best Cowboys are winning. They ing exercise. Cheifs, Ravens and The AFC and NFC will play make it to the playoffs, but have a history of losing in An example of that superset Chargers all had an oppor- each other in a bracket. The many teams had to battle December and not showing up Trainer would be a set of cleans then tunity to get the last spot in top two teams of their confer- through adversity. in key games. They responded hamstring curls. week 17. ence will get a bye week The Arizona Cardinals lost by going 4-0 in December on Renee Gering Hamstring curls are when a The Baltimore Ravens which are the Patriots and their starting quarterback Car- their way to a 12-4 record and Reporter person is on their knees then were the team that secured Broncos for the AFC and the son Palmar after winning all the third seed in the NFC. another person holds their feet the final playoff spot after Packers and Seahawks for the six games he participated in. This will be one of the best This year, as many know, down and you try to slowly they beat the Cleveland NFC. The Cardinals also lost their playoffs the NFL and its fans the school has a new member move your body down and Browns and the San Diego With that said, the AFC backup quarterback Drew have ever seen, it could in- of our athletic program: feel the stretch in your ham- Chargers lost to the Kansas Wild Card round will look Stanton. clude many great offenses and strength and conditioning co- strings. City Cheifs. like this: third seeded Steelers The Carolina Panthers start- a lot of great rivalries includ- ordinator Patrick Rawle. His philosophy of supersets With that said, the play sixth seeded Ravens. The ed the season with three wins, ing maybe one of the best in Rawle previously worked changes when there is a lift other game will be fourth eight losses and a tie. They all of sports, Ravens and with the women’s volleyball then another exercise but does were the only team to make it Steelers. team at Pennsylvania State not involve weights. to the post season with more "I think it's been amazing," University. Squats with the bar and losses than wins with a 7-8-1 Kubiak said this week. "I told As a kid, Rawle loved sports weights then use the ab roller, record. coach that after the game. Just and played soccer, baseball, or medicine ball slams. But those teams have battled to watch what the team has and even a little football. Rawle says that he doesn’t through those deficits and did been through physically, emo- He got involved in weight have a favorite workout. How- what it took to play in Janu- tionally, and John held every- training as a power lifter his ever, he does love the snatch, ary. body together. … His team is sophomore year of high clean and jerk. The post season is full of a reflection of him. He's a school. A snatch is a lift in which winning quarterbacks. Includ- battler, and that's what his He switched to Olympic the barbell is brought in a sin- ing former Super Bowl win- team has done all year." Of- weightlifting his senior year gle motion from the floor to ning quarterbacks Aaron fensive Coordinator of The of high school and still com- arms-extended position over- Rodgers, Peyton Manning, Ravens Gary Kubiak said. petes in the sport today. head. Russell Wilson, Joe Flacco, For the AFC the New Eng- As the strength and condi- The clean and jerk is when Ben Roethlisberger and Tom land Patriots won, and the tioning coach, Rawle gets to the barbell is lifted from the Brady. Seattle Seahawks won the work with almost all the floor to a racked position Photo by: Rob Carr Among those quarterbacks, NFC Championship. sports teams in the school. across the chest at shoulder Patriots beat the Ravens in this years playoffs in New England Peyton Manning has had re- “I didn’t like the workouts level. at first, but now we are really The jerk involves the weight close and I like his programs. being lifted above the head I trust he [Rawle] is going to until arms are straight. get me places,” said sopho- Rawle also says that to do Playoff’s for college football more Morgan Garey. those exercises you have to do He is currently working with them right and fast for them to girl’s lacrosse, softball, base- be affective. Renee Gering Championship. played as bowl games and the ly counted. ball, and some girls’ volley- Because of all the Olympic Reporter “I think the committee is championship game will be The first-ranked team plays ball for off-season workouts. lifts very biased towards Nick Sa- played in a different city on a the fourth- ranked team and “It is good to see that the require, Rawle believes these For the first time in col- ban,” said sophomore Jack Monday night, every year. the second-ranked team plays teams that train are the teams are the most beneficial for lege football history, there Whitt. Only four teams are picked, the third-ranked team. that succeed and continue to athletes. will be playoffs leading up The committee determines so it does not run too long into The semifinal games will be succeed,” said Rawle. Rawle believes that explo- to a National Champion- who goes on based on the the academic calendar and it rotated between bowl games: Along with the off-season siveness is the most important ship game. team’s record, the comparison limits the number of games Cotton, Fiesta, Rose, Orange, workouts, Rawle works with a skill to an athlete, although At the end of the regular of the results to common op- played by a collegiate athlete. Peach and Sugar. lot of students who just like to the most important skill de- season games and after the ponents, championships won, Now that there are playoffs, The semifinal games will be train and lift but aren’t neces- pends upon the sport. main bowl games, the top and other common factors. every game of the regular sea- played during the New Year’s sarily training for a particular “Work hard and good things four teams will enter the The committee is also re- son counts. holiday. sport. Which is ok, but he will happen, whether in your playoffs. sponsible for selecting the top Before, games just in the “I think having college would rather deal with kids sport, weight training, or life Committee that will de- four teams, ranking them, and conference, such as the South- playoffs will give teams that that actually have a sport to go in general,” said Rawle. “Be termine what four teams assigning them to playoff eastern Conference (SEC), have had a rough start to the to every week make improve- disciplined, train hard, and be will go onto the playoffs sites. Atlantic Coast Conference year, prove themselves,” said ments in that sport. a champion.” and play for the National The semifinal games will be (ACC), and the Big Ten, real- sophomore Elizabeth Graham.