6 sports wingspan • may 20, 2011 A s they lined up on the track, the men’s and wom- en’s track teams remembered why they were there. It was April 14, and they were there to host the Sar- ah Hyatt Invitational for the fifth year in a row, The meet honored Hyatt, a former student who was paralyzed in a car accident in June 2006. The track teams were deter- mined to win on their home track. The Lady Falcons’ 4 x 800-meter relay team, con- sisting of sophomores Kelsey Vaughn, Angela Gross and Hannah Owen and freshman Alexis Vidak, won first place. Other first place wins went to Vaughn in the open 800-meter run and senior Kiersten Ellsworth in the 1600-meter run. “Our team did really well in the Sarah Hyatt invita- tional. This track meet our team worked together with the goal of first place, and a lot of our athletes ran new per- sonal records,” Vaughn said. The men’s track team had wins from Zach Bryant in the 400-meter dash and the 800-meter run and ju- nior Sean Rapp in the 1600-meter run. The Falcons’ 4 x 400-meter relay team took first. In field events, sopho- more Saban Nuw took first in long jump. “Ever since my freshman year in track, I have always told my teammates, ‘Run as fast as you can; then run fast- er.’ This always helped me and my team push ourselves to our limit,” Bryant said. On April 28 the Falcon track teams competed in the WNCAC meet at Western Carolina University where the Lady Falcons won their 10 th straight conference title. The men’s team placed second. Both teams had members that JV Briefs JV baseball ended season strong Freshmen boost JV women’s soccer JV soſtball team finishes 9-4 T he junior varsity women’s softball team finished the season with a record of 9-4. “We only lost a few games so it went very well. Our defense was great,” sophomore Bethany Gar- ren said. The game at Brevard was one of the best games for the team, according to Garren. “The best game was at Brevard when we won 20- 10. Offensively, we did very well, and defensively we did excellent. It turned out to one of our best games ever,” Garren said. T he junior varsity baseball team has had a successful season, going 20-1. The team’s only loss came against a nonconfer- ence team, North Bun- combe, 6-3. “Our last game against East Henderson went really well,” freshman Mitchell McCrary said. “We started off being down in the game, 3-0, but then we came back in the last inning and run-ruled them on two outs. We never really had any hits for that game until that inning, but after that we got in a rally and came back and won.” The team’s last game was at home against Hendersonville. “This season, we have come closer as a team and we’ve gotten to know each other better,” McCrary said. Photo by Emily Albea West students compete in national swimming championships Michael Turlington Sports Editor Soſtball team qualifies for state playoffs Record: 14-4 Aury St.Germain Feature Writer Photo used by permission of Lifetouch Early in the season, sophomore Conor Kennedy competes in the 4 x 800-meter relay, one of the relay teams that qualified for the state meet. Track team competes at 3A state meet Meredith Cole Feature Editor competed in the regional meet on May 7. The Lady Fal- cons took second overall and the men’s team placed 12th. Strong finishes at the state meet came from Ells- worth, seventh in both the 1600-meter and 3200-meter run; the Lady Falcon 4 x 800 relay team, sixth; and a fifth place win by senior Lydia McCall in long jump. Freshman Melissa White, placed 12th in the 100-meter hurdles, and sophomore Heidi Brickhouse placed 11th in shot put. Finishes on the men’s side included an 11th place finish by freshman Luke Earwood, juniors Kyle Vale, Ja- cob Creasman and Zach Bryant in the 4 x 400; a 17th place finish by Bryant in the 800; and a 14th place finish by the 4 x 800 team of freshman Joe Chapman, sopho- more Conor Kennedy, and juniors Sean Rapp and Bryant. T he junior varsity women’s soccer team finished the season with a record of 10-4-5. “It was a very good season. It was the best JV season West soccer has ever had, as far as the record,” freshman Anna Yarbrough said. A 1-1 tie in the Asheville game was a turning point in the season for the women’s team, according to Yarbrough. “The whole team worked together. We had lost a few games before so we wanted to get our season turned around. Everyone put forth their best effort,” she said. O n April 3, two West swimmers were in Florida pre- paring for the a national competition. Junior Dy- lon Johnson and freshman Garrett Hoce made it to the meet in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. for their club team, the Asheville Piranhas. While swimming for West, the two swimmers broke several school records, and this meet was a chance to prove themselves on a much larger scale. “I had to work extremely hard to make it to nation- als,” Hoce said. “I practiced every day, so I was able to cut off time in my events. Swimming for West helped me out a lot. Swimming with a team helped me develop a team feel and showed me that working together is key.” The YMCA National Championships included the nation’s top swimmers and the best coaches. To make a national qualifying time requires a great amount of dedi- cation to the sport. Both Hoce And Johnson practiced twice a day during the school year. Hoce swam in the 200-yard fly, the 400-yard indi- vidual medley and the 500-yard freestyle, but he did not place in any of his events. Even though he did not place, he was able to beat his own personal record. Johnson competed in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard butterfly. Johnson also achieved a personal best during the preliminary meet but did not place. “Swimming in nationals was a good experience,” Johnson said. “It was helpful to compete against great swimmers from other areas of the United States. I had to remember that I was swimming against some of the best young swimmers in the United States.” Even though this was the biggest meet that the two swimmers have competed in, they did their best to keep their nerves from taking over. This was both swimmers’ first time at YMCA nationals. “The nationals meet was really fun and relaxed,” Johnson said. “It was great to spend a whole week in Flor- ida and swim, but we were also able to have a good time while we were there. It was fun to hang out with Garrett and my teammates as well as other swimmers from all over the country. We also went snorkeling, which was a lot of fun.” Both Hoce and Johnson plan on stepping up their practice schedules to get back to the YMCA Nationals meet in 2012. The swimmers are planning to follow a stricter work- out plan throughout the upcoming year. With a whole year of training until the next national competition, John- son and Hoce are hoping to place higher and beat their times from this year. “Getting to nationals was great, but I am going to work even harder in the coming year to get back and beat my times from this year,” Johnson said. “Last year, I prac- ticed twice a day on most days, but next year I am going to prepare even more.” T his season had been called a “rebuilding year” for the softball team, but the players wanted to prove otherwise. With a 14-4 record, the Lady Falcons earned the sec- ond seed from the Western North Carolina Athletic Con- ference for the state playoffs behind Franklin. “The girls are working hard; they’re very conscious of what needs to be done on defense. We have a motto of ‘Next Play,’ where we never give up. If you make a mistake one play, then you move onto the next one. They have gained a lot more confidence this season, and it shows,” Coach Mike Matthews said. In the first round of playoffs, originally set for May 17 at home, the Lady Falcons faced St. Stephens. Rain forced the game to be moved to May 18 at 5 p.m. “Our goals were to improve as a team and really come together because last year there was a lot of drama, and we weren’t a real team. But this year we have really come together as a team,” sophomore Sarah Wood said. “We have defeated a lot of teams that we would have nev- er come close to beating if we didn’t. We have come a long way. We are a tough team to beat now because we have only lost four games.” Matthews stressed that he did not want his players to strike out looking. “I believe you win by being aggres- sive, by swinging at the ball, and we practiced that on this team,” Matthews said. “They’re all very good hitters and very confident when they swing.” During the winter sports season, junior Dylon Johnson competes in the 100-meter freestyle at a meet at the Hendersonville YMCA. Johnson was one of two West swimmers to com- pete at a national meet in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in April.
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6sports wingspan • may 20, 2011
As they lined up on the track, the men’s and wom-en’s track teams remembered why they were there. It was April 14, and they were there to host the Sar-
ah Hyatt Invitational for the fifth year in a row, The meet honored Hyatt, a former student who was paralyzed in a car accident in June 2006. The track teams were deter-mined to win on their home track.
The Lady Falcons’ 4 x 800-meter relay team, con-sisting of sophomores Kelsey Vaughn, Angela Gross and Hannah Owen and freshman Alexis Vidak, won first place. Other first place wins went to Vaughn in the open 800-meter run and senior Kiersten Ellsworth in the 1600-meter run.
“Our team did really well in the Sarah Hyatt invita-tional. This track meet our team worked together with the goal of first place, and a lot of our athletes ran new per-sonal records,” Vaughn said.
The men’s track team had wins from Zach Bryant in the 400-meter dash and the 800-meter run and ju-nior Sean Rapp in the 1600-meter run. The Falcons’ 4 x 400-meter relay team took first. In field events, sopho-more Saban Nuw took first in long jump.
“Ever since my freshman year in track, I have always told my teammates, ‘Run as fast as you can; then run fast-er.’ This always helped me and my team push ourselves to our limit,” Bryant said.
On April 28 the Falcon track teams competed in the WNCAC meet at Western Carolina University where the Lady Falcons won their 10th straight conference title. The men’s team placed second. Both teams had members that
JV BriefsJV baseball ended season strong
Freshmen boostJV women’s soccer
JV softball teamfinishes 9-4
The junior varsity women’s softball team
finished the season with a record of 9-4.
“We only lost a few games so it went very well. Our defense was great,” sophomore Bethany Gar-ren said.
The game at Brevard was one of the best games for the team, according to Garren.
“The best game was at Brevard when we won 20-10. Offensively, we did very well, and defensively we did excellent. It turned out to one of our best games ever,” Garren said.
The junior varsity baseball team has had
a successful season, going 20-1. The team’s only loss came against a nonconfer-ence team, North Bun-combe, 6-3.
“Our last game against East Henderson went really well,” freshman Mitchell McCrary said. “We started off being down in the game, 3-0, but then we came back in the last inning and run-ruled them on two outs. We never really had any hits for that game until that inning, but after that we got in a rally and came back and won.”
The team’s last game was at home against Hendersonville.
“This season, we have come closer as a team and we’ve gotten to know each other better,” McCrary said.
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Early in the season, sophomore Conor Kennedy competes in the 4 x 800-meter relay, one of the relay teams that qualified for the state meet.
Track team competes at 3A state meet
Meredith ColeFeature Editor
competed in the regional meet on May 7. The Lady Fal-cons took second overall and the men’s team placed 12th.
Strong finishes at the state meet came from Ells-worth, seventh in both the 1600-meter and 3200-meter run; the Lady Falcon 4 x 800 relay team, sixth; and a fifth place win by senior Lydia McCall in long jump. Freshman Melissa White, placed 12th in the 100-meter hurdles, and sophomore Heidi Brickhouse placed 11th in shot put.
Finishes on the men’s side included an 11th place finish by freshman Luke Earwood, juniors Kyle Vale, Ja-cob Creasman and Zach Bryant in the 4 x 400; a 17th place finish by Bryant in the 800; and a 14th place finish by the 4 x 800 team of freshman Joe Chapman, sopho-more Conor Kennedy, and juniors Sean Rapp and Bryant.
The junior varsity women’s soccer team
finished the season with a record of 10-4-5.
“It was a very good season. It was the best JV season West soccer has ever had, as far as the record,” freshman Anna Yarbrough said.
A 1-1 tie in the Asheville game was a turning point in the season for the women’s team, according to Yarbrough.
“The whole team worked together. We had lost a few games before so we wanted to get our season turned around. Everyone put forth their best effort,” she said.
On April 3, two West swimmers were in Florida pre-paring for the a national competition. Junior Dy-lon Johnson and freshman Garrett Hoce made it
to the meet in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. for their club team, the Asheville Piranhas. While swimming for West, the two swimmers broke several school records, and this meet was a chance to prove themselves on a much larger scale.
“I had to work extremely hard to make it to nation-als,” Hoce said. “I practiced every day, so I was able to cut off time in my events. Swimming for West helped me out a lot. Swimming with a team helped me develop a team feel and showed me that working together is key.”
The YMCA National Championships included the nation’s top swimmers and the best coaches. To make a national qualifying time requires a great amount of dedi-
cation to the sport. Both Hoce And Johnson practiced twice a day during the school year.
Hoce swam in the 200-yard fly, the 400-yard indi-vidual medley and the 500-yard freestyle, but he did not place in any of his events. Even though he did not place, he was able to beat his own personal record.
Johnson competed in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard butterfly. Johnson also achieved a personal best during the preliminary meet but did not place.
“Swimming in nationals was a good experience,” Johnson said. “It was helpful to compete against great swimmers from other areas of the United States. I had to remember that I was swimming against some of the best young swimmers in the United States.”
Even though this was the biggest meet that the two swimmers have competed in, they did their best to keep their nerves from taking over. This was both swimmers’ first time at YMCA nationals.
“The nationals meet was really fun and relaxed,”
Johnson said. “It was great to spend a whole week in Flor-ida and swim, but we were also able to have a good time while we were there. It was fun to hang out with Garrett and my teammates as well as other swimmers from all over the country. We also went snorkeling, which was a lot of fun.”
Both Hoce and Johnson plan on stepping up their practice schedules to get back to the YMCA Nationals meet in 2012.
The swimmers are planning to follow a stricter work-out plan throughout the upcoming year. With a whole year of training until the next national competition, John-son and Hoce are hoping to place higher and beat their times from this year.
“Getting to nationals was great, but I am going to work even harder in the coming year to get back and beat my times from this year,” Johnson said. “Last year, I prac-ticed twice a day on most days, but next year I am going to prepare even more.”
This season had been called a “rebuilding year” for the softball team, but the players wanted to prove otherwise.
With a 14-4 record, the Lady Falcons earned the sec-ond seed from the Western North Carolina Athletic Con-ference for the state playoffs behind Franklin.
“The girls are working hard; they’re very conscious of what needs to be done on defense. We have a motto of ‘Next Play,’ where we never give up. If you make a mistake one play, then you move onto the next one. They have gained a lot more confidence this season, and it shows,” Coach Mike Matthews said.
In the first round of playoffs, originally set for May 17 at home, the Lady Falcons faced St. Stephens. Rain forced the game to be moved to May 18 at 5 p.m.
“Our goals were to improve as a team and really come together because last year there was a lot of drama, and we weren’t a real team. But this year we have really come together as a team,” sophomore Sarah Wood said. “We have defeated a lot of teams that we would have nev-er come close to beating if we didn’t. We have come a long way. We are a tough team to beat now because we have only lost four games.”
Matthews stressed that he did not want his players to strike out looking.
“I believe you win by being aggres-sive, by swinging at the ball, and we practiced that on this team,” Matthews said. “They’re all very good hitters and very confident when they swing.”
During the winter sports season, junior Dylon Johnson competes in the 100-meter freestyle at a meet at the Hendersonville YMCA. Johnson was one of two West swimmers to com-pete at a national meet in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in April.