Three of the past four years, the Blue Springs South tennis team has dominated play in the Suburban Big Seven conference.
For the Jaguars to successfully defend their title from last year, some newcomers are going to have to step forward in 2010.
“We have the two seniors in No. 1 Zack Kaltenbach and Brooks Stotts and Chris Hammond is back from last year and we have a whole lot of newcomers,” South coach Sheri Rehmer said in the South gymnasium as she handed out tennis gear.
“We’ve had so much success in the past with the great players like Bret (Berryman) and Nick (Monaco) and Zack – and we’ve had so much depth.
“The depth is what helps you win three conference titles in four years. And we might have some depth this year – but we just haven’t found out who the varsity starters will be. There are a lot of kids battling for positions on varsity.
“That’s why it’s kind of difficult handing out the gear because we just don’t know who’s going to be rounding out the varsity team.”
She knows one player – No. 1 Kaltenbach, who was a co-captain last year with Monaco, the Examiner’s Player of the Year.
“I can’t believe this is Zack’s last year,” Rehmer said, wiping a fake tear from her eye. “I’ve had him since he was little freshman, and he’s become such a great player and team leader. I really am going to miss him.”
RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY: Beep, beep!
Beep, beep!
Things are so congested in the Fort Osage High School hallways, cafeteria and gymnasiums that activities director Brandon Hart jokingly said, “We need a police officer to take care of all the traffic inside our school building.”
Fort Osage has no synthetic surface for football or soccer, so the baseball team has spent much of the early part of spring practice indoors – along with members of the soccer and track teams.
“It can get pretty congested,” Fort Osage baseball coach Chris Walker said, “but just about everybody is going through what we’re going through. It would be nice to have the artificial turf so we could go out and hit some ground balls or shag some fly balls. But we’re getting in some throwing inside and we have a great area for our batting cages.
“We’re getting in a lot of swings. The main thing that concerns me is getting our pitchers’ arms ready for the season. You don’t want to throw a kid out there the first game who isn’t ready to pitch. We’re not going to let any kid risk getting his arm hurt early in the season.”
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Three of the past four years, the Blue Springs South tennis team has dominated play in the Suburban Big Seven conference.
For the Jaguars to successfully defend their title from last year, some newcomers are going to have to step forward in 2010.
“We have the two seniors in No. 1 Zack Kaltenbach and Brooks Stotts and Chris Hammond is back from last year and we have a whole lot of newcomers,” South coach Sheri Rehmer said in the South gymnasium as she handed out tennis gear.
“We’ve had so much success in the past with the great players like Bret (Berryman) and Nick (Monaco) and Zack – and we’ve had so much depth.
“The depth is what helps you win three conference titles in four years. And we might have some depth this year – but we just haven’t found out who the varsity starters will be. There are a lot of kids battling for positions on varsity.
“That’s why it’s kind of difficult handing out the gear because we just don’t know who’s going to be rounding out the varsity team.”
She knows one player – No. 1 Kaltenbach, who was a co-captain last year with Monaco, the Examiner’s Player of the Year.
“I can’t believe this is Zack’s last year,” Rehmer said, wiping a fake tear from her eye. “I’ve had him since he was little freshman, and he’s become such a great player and team leader. I really am going to miss him.”
RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY: Beep, beep!
Beep, beep!
Things are so congested in the Fort Osage High School hallways, cafeteria and gymnasiums that activities director Brandon Hart jokingly said, “We need a police officer to take care of all the traffic inside our school building.”
Fort Osage has no synthetic surface for football or soccer, so the baseball team has spent much of the early part of spring practice indoors – along with members of the soccer and track teams.
“It can get pretty congested,” Fort Osage baseball coach Chris Walker said, “but just about everybody is going through what we’re going through. It would be nice to have the artificial turf so we could go out and hit some ground balls or shag some fly balls. But we’re getting in some throwing inside and we have a great area for our batting cages.
“We’re getting in a lot of swings. The main thing that concerns me is getting our pitchers’ arms ready for the season. You don’t want to throw a kid out there the first game who isn’t ready to pitch. We’re not going to let any kid risk getting his arm hurt early in the season.”
