Sports 4 Boys basketball season preview Nick Verzolini “Kyle Wooldridge and Jake The Rams need to play to have success this season. Reporter Deppen got their first varsity more physical on defense to The rams have their first experience last year and have success this year. conference game against Get- The boys’ basketball team is should be more seasoned this Leonard said, "We will have tysburg on December ninth at looking to turn it around this year, “said Leonard. to play with more physical 7:30 p.m. year after winning one game Leonard is looking for lead- presence. Winning loose balls, The rams are looking to in two years; the Rams enter ership and expanded roles getting deflections, digging in send a statement in their first this season with new hope. from his seniors. on defense will be a key to any game . Leonard said “Andrew Photo by: Town Lively.com "Our goal will be to compete improvement we are going to "After a pretty tough season at a higher level this year. We McClean, Will Mitzell, and make.” last year, the expectation of Junior Michael Bracey returns to the mat for the new season. gained valuable experience Anthony Nordwall are all re- The Rams need to improve the coaches and all of our last year against a tough turning seniors and veterans of on the mental part of the game, players is improvement in schedule, and this year, we the program; they will look to as well. every facet of the game. I'm should be able to put ourselves have expanded roles this year "We have to have a better confident we will see it hap- Back to wrestle in the rotation.” in a position to win games attitude this year--when things pen,” said Leonard. instead of wilting down the Other players that could get tough, we have to be will- make an impact on the varsity Nick Verzolini stretch,” said coach Grant ing to fight our way to the squad are juniors Jonathan Reporter Leonard. other side of it. Supreme effort The Rams have three return- Osborne and Austin Jenkins. and attitude is often what ulti- ing starters: senior guard Ryan “There are quite a few guys mately separates the successful The wrestling team will have to face the challenge of taking that should see varsity minutes teams from those who strug- the mat without four-time state champion Chance Marsteller Trott who was the leading this year for the first time and gle,” said Leonard. and have to make the transition to new up-and-coming wres- scorer last year, junior guard may make big impacts. A lot New junior varsity coach tlers. Jacob Deppen and junior for- will be determined by how Jake Roupe will assist Leonard Along with Marsteller, the Rams will have to replace Pat- ward Kyle Wooldridge. they respond in practice,” said this season. rick Scarborough as well. Scarborough posted a record of 78- Leonard said, “We have Leonard Roupe has spent the last cou- 22 in his career. quite a few guys who are re- The Rams are looking to ple of years as the seventh and Marsteller finished his career 166-0 and became the 11th turning that could have big rely on their athleticism and eighth grade coach and is an four-time state champ in Pennsylvania history. seasons. Ryan Trott has been their ability to stretch the floor alumni of both the school and “He was just non-stop. In the mat room he always was push- on the varsity squad for the on offense. the basketball program. ing, pushing, pushing. Never a moment giving anything up”, past three years, and this is his "We have guys who can The Rams open their season said coach Michael Balestrini. last shot. He is talented stretch the floor offensively with a tip off tournament at Photo by: Brad Dunaway Marsteller will attend Oklahoma State University and enough to be a real problem with their shooting and are Bermudian Springs. begin wrestling for the Cowboys this year. for other teams” Boys basketball coach Grant pretty solid athletically. It's a The boys’ basketball team is Marsteller said the recruiting process was a struggle. The Rams are looking for Leonard is looking forward continued development of matter of putting it all togeth- looking for continued im- “I was getting a thousand phone calls and I had to turn my to coaching a fantastic season. er” said Leonard. provement and are expecting phone off for two days and I got home and Cael (Penn State Wooldridge and Deppen. coach) shows up. I was overwhelmed, so I'm like, 'I'm done.' I was going to take all five official visits, check out all my op- tions, and yet three days into it I was done,”said Marsteller. Balestrini believes Marsteller can go undefeated. “I know in his mind he's going undefeated (in college). Can Is there a dance team anymore? he do it? Yeah, in my opinion," Balestrini said. "Will he? There are a lot of variables. Now he's going to be hitting (opponents with) man-strength." Mikala Hollingshead and I want this to continue on enough for the team to contin- one solo in each dance. Even without Marsteller and Scarborough, the Rams still Reporter after the seniors now are gone, ue, three students had con- Some of the moves the team have Bracey, who was a first team YIAA All Star last season. because it is fun to do in high flicts of interest such as musi- does are high kicks, splits, The Rams will look for Bracey to lead them on the mat this Despite student interest, school,” said senior Ashlynn cal or other prior engagements pivot turns, and many more season. dance team will not run dur- Corrrigan. that would conflict with the moves that make the dances The 113 pound junior is 43-13 in his career and is looking to ing the winter season, but At tryouts, students had to schedule. challenging. continue to have success this year. coach Marcie Barr hopes to learn a special routine that “We didn’t get the right The team votes on their fa- Balestrani has built a team that has a couple of individuals have a spring team. Barr and alumni Hailey Poe amount of students to do it, vorite songs that they will that could have success this season. This would have been the taught them the day before. because many students who perform to at the games. Those players to watch are sophomore Andrew Barnett, sen- third season for the dance They had to perform this wanted to do it had other Last year’s the songs that the ior Elliott Stauffer, and senior Nathan Stewart. team. dance for the judges. things, and some might have team performed to were Barnett was 29-9 last year and could become a stand out During the fall tryouts on The judges this year were been afraid to try something “Timber” by Pit Bull, “Safe wrestler in York County this season. November 3 – 5, six students field hockey coach Andrea new,” commented Barr. and Sound” by Capital Cities, Stauffer enters his senior campaign with a record of 22-16 tried out. Walton, Barr, and guidance Barr does not want to give and “Applause” by Lady Ga- going 20-11 last year. Those interested in joining office secretary Barbra Peter- up on the team or season, so ga. Stewart was 22-6 last year and the rams hope he can contin- the team completed a form son. she is hoping to have a spring If there is a dance team in ue to have success heading into his senior season. located outside of Barr’s The judges job is to watch team. the spring, it will likely follow Some players with potential to improve this year are sopho- room. each student on how good Typically, the dance team the same try-out process. more James Bennett and Austin McName. McName was 12- The form also explained their movements and well performs at the all the Varsity The season would be similar 13 as a freshman and Bennett was 7-13. when practices were sched- they are constructed. boys’ home basketball games. to the winter one with similar The wrestling team is looking for development out of these uled, optional practice dates, Students who are participat- The team does pre-game and choice in songs and dances. wrestlers. and when the final try out ing are graded on things like half time dance at every home “This is an amazing thing if The Rams were 10-10 last season as a team. The rams ex- occurred. facials which means the stu- game. students aren’t into sports like pect to improve this year as a team and continue to have indi- The team was looking for dents show there smiles and Pre-game consists of when basketball or volleyball. This vidual success as well. people with a dance back- look like they want to be the band is at the game, the is a good thing to try out for. The Rams lost a lot of their matches due to the fact that they ground, but it is not required. there. team has different dances to You can make a lot of new didn’t always have a wrestler for the match. The Rams would Students also need to be Another is how tight the go with each song that is friends and memories as have to forfeit a weight class.