December 2013 Volume 1, Issue 3 Gopher Notes

Special Interest Articles:

• Girls basketball Girls Basketball Team is on FIRE! off to a great The 2013-14 Lady Gophers currently 8-0. The girls One of the biggest reasons start basketball team is off to a rallied in their next game, for the hot start is the great • Ryne Smith fantastic start. Coach Haid’s another tough Hoosier defensive play by the team. takes over the squad began play on Heartland game at Tri- CP currently has the 15th boys basketball November 15 at Fountain Central. This game was a best statistical defense in the program Central and avenged a very closely contested entire state. The team leader heartbreaking loss from last matchup which the Gophers in points and rebounds is • Wrestling team year defeating the Mustangs were able to win as Senior Madison Douglass, (14.8 enjoying early on their home floor. The Ivve Weflen hit a big three ppg, 9.3 rpg). Mattyson season success. Lady Gophers ran off five point shot late in the game. Robison leads the team in

more wins in a row over Faith This year’s team is currently assists with 2.5 apg. Keep . Dance Team Christian, University, 7-1 and 3-0 in HHC play. up the great play ladies! getting into the groove. Rossville, Carroll, and The Lady Gophers are Frontier. CP suffered its first looking to become back to defeat on 12/12 against back HHC Champs for the Attica, a team who is first time since 1980 & 1981! Must See Info:

Physicals 2 BOOMER IS BOYS BASKETBALL UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP COMING! 2 Ryne Smith has begun his (11.5ppg), leading JUNIOR VARSITY Gopher Sports on the first season as the head rebounder (5rpg), and This year’s JV team is off to coach of the boys’ basketball leader in assists (2.5apg). web 2 a great start and are program. After a very Kale Morris leads the team currently 2-2. Their wins are Holiday Tourneys 4 productive spring, summer, in scoring at 14.5ppg. over Fountain Central and and fall in the weight room While Austin, Kale, and January Schedule 4 Seeger. The Gophers lost a and gym, the boys are junior Merrick McGraw have heartbreaker to Carroll on a Senior Athletes 5 currently four games into the most of the experience, last second shot. These 2013-14 season. The team several newcomers are boys have played well at has played in three very playing critical roles this times throughout the first four close games and with all of year. Junior Doug games and like the varsity its youth and inexperience is Coapstick, Sophomores are looking for more showing signs of making Jacob Price and Grant consistency throughout each marked improvement from Ream, along with Freshman game. The JV team will host last year. This year’s squad Dru Scott are all playing a Holiday Tournament on has a lone senior in Austin pivotal roles for the January 2 with games at 9 & Martin. Austin is a three year Gophers. The team will 11 AM. starter and is the team’s have several home games second leading scorer after the Holiday Break so get out to see the boys.

Physicals

Every athlete, who wants We offered physicals at Please contact the Athletic to participate in one of our school this past May and Department if you have athletic programs, JH or will do so again in May of any other questions. HS, MUST have a 2014. All students can physical and concussion take advantage of this waiver on file with the opportunity to get ready Athletic Department. The for 2014-15. physical must have been You can get a physical done after April 1, 2013. form from the Athletic This is an IHSAA rule and Office, the Athletic as such must be followed. website, IHSAA.org, or If you have already had a your doctor’s office. physical, but have yet to turn in your form please do so ASAP.

Here Comes the BOOMER! BOOMER IS COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One of the most always a hotly contested a display of acrobatic electrifying shows in matchup and this year we dunks to get everyone all sports is coming to CP. have added fuel to the fired up for the second That’s right, BOOMER, fire! BOOMER will lead half. Keep checking the Indiana Pacers our Gophers onto the floor www.cpgophers.com to mascot will be here on at the beginning of the find out the latest about January 17, 2014! We game as they warm-up to this special event. Put want to “pack the gym” on take on the Bulldogs. this date on your calendar this night as our boys During the first half because you will not want basketball team takes on BOOMER will do his best to miss out on all the county and HHC rival to keep the excitement excitement! Clinton Central. This is levels high as he prepares the crowd for his half-time extravaganza! During half- time BOOMER will put on

IT’S HERE – GOPHER ATHLETICS NEW WEBSITE

The wait is over!!! The The website will highlight newly created our high school and junior cpgophers.com is up and high teams. Please check running on this! You can out this site every chance now access schedules, you get. scores, documents, game

recaps, purchase Gopher gear and so much more all in this one location.

CP WRESTLING

Coach Jeremy Corbin and success at the Lafayette supply them with some his staff have done a great Jeff Invitational where they gifts for the holidays. job over the past few years went going 3-2 on the day. Great job by these young in trying breathe the Prairie defeated men! Come out and watch excitement back into CP Indianapolis Manuel, these guys compete. The Wrestling. Their efforts Attica, and Frontier. This matches are exciting and have paid off as the 2013- year’s team has a wide fast paced! The Gophers 14 season gets underway. range of experience next home match is a big For the first time in a while competing on the mat. one as CP will host the we are able to field a full Coach Corbin is very county wrestling meet on th squad. Not only are we pleased at this point in the January 8 , at 6pm. Wrestling Team able to fill all the weight season with the hard work classes, but we are off to a and attention to detail that great start as well. The team has shown. Perhaps Gophers have had some the greatest part about this early successes as team is the fact that they competition has begun. have tried to give back to CP defeated Guerin the CP community as well. Catholic in the Gophers The team sponsored a home opener. The team family for the holiday also had a great deal of season and was able to

DANCE TEAM GETS ITS SEASON UNDERWAY

The 2013-14 version of an entire routine. This at most of our home boys the Prairiettes is off and took a lot of energy and basketball games and dancing! These girls have patience, but it paid off. several of our girls put a lot of time, effort, The Prairiettes and the basketball games. These and energy into their elementary students ladies do a great job and routines. They provide performed this routine that represent our school well. Prairiettes extra entertainment at our night at halftime of the boys and girls varsity girls’ varsity basketball basketball games. Like game. This was a huge many of our other squads, success and was a lot of the Prairiettes held a clinic fun for both the for the elementary participants and the fans

students on November 16. that were at the game. On that Saturday morning You can see several the team came in early in photos from the clinic on the morning and worked the athletic website at with a large number of cpgophers.com. Continue young girls showing them to look for our dance team several moves as well as as they will be performing

NEW SOFTBALL COACH HIRED The Clinton Prairie School Board approved the next

coach of the CP softball program. Randy Cooper will be back at the helm of the program that led to a state championships in 2002 & 2005.

Randy Cooper

HOLIDAY TOURNAMENTS

Our basketball teams are involved in several holiday tournaments. The JV boys will host a holiday tournament on January 2. They will play Clinton Central at 9 AM, while Carroll will take on Tri-Central. Winners will meet at 11 AM.

The Varsity team will once again participate in the Clinton Central Holiday Tournament. They will play the 8 PM game on Jan 2. They will either play Carroll or Tri-Central at 6:30 or 8 PM on Jan. 3. Check back at cpgophers.com or @GohperAD to find out.

The Varsity Girls basketball team will be hosting a Holiday Tournament on Jan. 3. The Gophers will play South Newton at 9 AM while Eastern will play Cloverdale. Winners and Losers of the morning games will play at 11:30 AM. Come support our teams.

JANUARY SCHEDULE

GO TO WWW.CPGOPHERS.COM to view the schedules for each of your favorite Gopher teams! You can also get daily updates by following Gopher Athletics @GopherAD.

WINTER SENIOR ATHLETES

Lucy Coons Mary Gick Brooke Taylor Emilie Van der Feyden

Francesca Varraro Abby Clark Ivve Weflen Katherine Wines

Austin Martin Kelsey Ballard Lauren Scott Nathan Moore

CP Athletics Contact Information:

Eric Ulrich, Athletic Director –(765) 659-3305 ext. 397 [email protected] Twitter: @GopherAD