By Meghan Byrnes, Griffin Johnson and Morgan Brang<\/p>\n
Features Editor, Editor in Chief and Entertainment Editor<\/p>\n
Girls Golf
The Jamesville-Dewitt High School\u2019s Varsity Girls golf team is coming off of an undefeated and sectional championship season in 2012. So far this season the team is 7-0 and first place in OHSL. According to sophomore Junghye Kim, their major golfers returning from last year are juniors Molly Hair and Victoria Roney, who will be playing in the one and two spots. Kim herself will be playing in the number three spot. Part of their success according to their coach, Joe Tesori, is senior captain Valerie Purcell whose \u201csmile and energy are a positive influence.\u201d However, their rival this season, as usual here at J-DHS, is Christian Brothers Academy who they have already beaten twice this year. Coach Tesori also said they have to be on the lookout for teams that have greatly improved since last season such as Cazenovia, Chittenango, and Skaneateles. Their undefeated record is despite the unpredictable weather at the beginning of this years spring sports season which prohibited the team from going and practicing outside. \u201cWe only got out once before our first match, but our girls worked hard on drills inside for three weeks,\u201d said Coach Tesori. For this year\u2019s season, the goal of the golf team is to maintain their status from last year of being undefeated sectional champions. Purcell believes the team has done very well so far and that they definitely have the ability to reach their goals.<\/p>\n
Girls Track
Even though the Varsity Girls Track and Field team has not had any major meets yet, they are practicing hard for the meet against their biggest competition, East Syracuse Minoa, which is on May 1. The team is coached by Jim Lawton. Sophomores Cortney Vaughan and Emilee Carpenter agree that Rachel Fairbanks is one of their best runners this season. Some of the other runners mentioned by Vaughan are Patrece Martin, Taylor Rae Danforth and Laura Wengert who are some of their more important runners of the season. \u201cOur goal is to win sectionals and hopefully send some people to state qualifiers,\u201d said Vaughan.<\/p>\n
Boys Tennis
\u201cWe have a solid team this year,\u201d said senior Amir Nazem. The Boys Varsity Tennis team, coached by Eugene Sul, started their season out against Cortland and came out with a win. The weather did become a predicament early in the season. \u201cWe ended up practicing in the main gym much more often than usual and just setting up two tennis courts in there,\u201d said Coach Sul. The team now has a record of 3-0 in the league and 4-0 overall, and hopes to keep the season going successfully. Some of the bigger competition for the season will be CBA and F-M, even though they are both non-league. \u201cEveryone else we will easily defeat,\u201d said Coach Sul. So far in their season the team has defeated Cortland, Homer, Fulton, and Manlius Pebble Hill. \u201cWe want to win all our matches and then hopefully go to sectionals in the end,\u201d said freshman Alex Tso. According to Coach Sul, the team has a 50\/50 chance to winning team sectionals over CBA. The reason the chances are half is because the J-DHS team has nine seniors, with seniors Abe Davis and Steve Procopio leading the team and contributing greatly. Another senior Jon Williams believes that the key to their success this season is their determination. \u201cOur team is all really close,\u201d added Williams.<\/p>\n
Boys Track
They started off their season undefeated with a win on April 18 against CBA and Fowler because of their hard work in practice, according to senior Billy Hohreiter. The team has beaten CBA, Fowler, and Mexico in their first few meets this season. Many members of the team contribute their success to their coaches. \u201cCoach Kline is a great coach and teaches us a lot,\u201d said junior Nick Wright. The Boys Varsity Track team placed third out of 24 teams in their last invitational on April 24 at CNS. Because of their long standing legacy of dominating their competition in dual meets, there aren\u2019t really any major rivals for the boys track team. \u201cWe usually beat most teams by at least 30 points,\u201d said senior Mike Monta\u00f1ez. \u201cThere are some good individual rivalries between athletes, however, particularly within the distance group, because they run against each other in Cross Country, then Indoor Track and Outdoor Track,\u201d added Coach William Leberman. Although the team persevered through the weather to get their three wins to start off the season, the weather did negatively affect everyone\u2019s performances according to Coach Leberman. \u201cThe pole vault has been cancelled two weeks in a row because of the weather, which is really unfortunate because we have one of the best pole vaulters in all of Section III: Zach Liebmann,\u201d added Coach Leberman. The goal of the runners on the team is to win all their meets and to eventually make it to states. \u201cIf a miracle happens, we wanna win states,\u201d said Hohreiter. \u201cWe want to send a ton of people to states,\u201d said sophomore Sam Griffiths. The coach has high hopes as well and believes that his team has the potential to do very well this year due to their large amount of talent across many of the events. \u201cWe think we have an excellent chance at taking the Sectional Championship Meet,\u201d added Coach Leberman.<\/p>\n
Softball
Last year\u2019s season for the softball team was incredibly successful. They went all the way to the finals in the state tournament. According to sophomore Maddy Frank, the team has the potential to go just as far this year, if not farther. \u201cLast year we went to states but lost in the finals. This year we want to win it all,\u201d added junior Maggie Austin. Returning from last year, junior pitcher Kerri Keeler will be critical to the team\u2019s success. \u201cKerri was our starting pitcher last year so she has a lot of experience,\u201d said senior Mady Deveraux. Frank validates this, saying, \u201cKerri Keeler is a great pitcher. We are going to really need her to be on her game this year.\u201d Frank and Austin agree that their seniors have already begun to step up for the team this season. \u201cOur current record is 5-1 with a loss to Central Square,\u201d said their Coach Philip Deagustine. They have only lost one game, which is surprising since the weather has kept them off the field for the start of the season. The poor weather conditions have also pushed back many of the team\u2019s games. \u201cWe now have to play every other day or back-to-back games,\u201d said Mr. Deagustine. As far as expectations for the season, Mr. Deagustine hopes to compete for a sectional title at the end of the season.<\/p>\n
Girls Lacrosse
After starting off the season with a 5-6 record (4-3 in division play), members of the Varsity Girls Lacrosse team believe they have some work to do if they want to reach their full potential. \u201cWe\u2019re still working out the kinks,\u201d says senior captain Olivia Jasinski. \u201cI think we\u2019re still trying to find ourselves because it\u2019s such a young team this year,\u201d she added. After losing ten seniors, the team now includes 11 underclassmen and one eighth grader. Coach Phil Luckette realizes just how young and \u201crelatively inexperienced\u201d this year\u2019s team is, but also recognizes the progress his team has made despite this. \u201cThere has been both team and individual growth,\u201d says Coach Luckette; \u201cthe coaching staff is happy with the transition we are making.\u201d But both Jasinski and fellow senior captain Jackie Halpin agree that the fact that the fields were not in use for so long affected their play. \u201cI think the late start delayed us,\u201d said Halpin; \u201cWe couldn\u2019t get on the fields.\u201d \u201cMore time on the field will help us,\u201d said Jasinski; \u201cI think with time we\u2019ll have a better chance to win sectionals.\u201d Coach Luckette believes that if the team continues to develop that they should be in definite contention for a league title. He also understand that it will be difficult road to sectionals with teams like CBA, Auburn and Fulton in the mix of competition. \u201cWe will have to bring our best game if we expect to make a good run.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boys Golf Sectionals
When the Varsity Boys Golf team finished off their solid regular season, the team ended up qualifying three players: seniors Mike Engstrom, Jeff Edwards, and Joe Shapiro. \u201c(Qualifying three players) was really good for our team,\u201d said Engstrom; \u201cI\u2019d say the (regular) season was a success.\u201d But after a long winter break, the Sectional Tournament on May 23, is drawing nearer for the three. Both Shapiro and Edwards agreed that preparations for the tournament could have been better. \u201cIts tough. I\u2019ve had other obligations that I thought were a little more important than golf (in the off season),\u201d said Edwards. Although the two think that it will be difficult to advance passed sectionals, especially with such good competition, they agree that their teammate Engstrom has the best chance. Engstrom believes that after playing a lot of golf and spending time in the range he has a chance to win it too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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