The girls’ JV lost to Plymouth 31-29 on Saturday dropping their record to 1-2. Grace Healy led the team in scoring with 11 points. The Varsity stormed back from a 13 point second half deficit to beat Plymouth 51-48. Ari Gerdt led the team in scoring with 17 followed by Taelynn Oelling with 13. The Lady Vikes took on the Merrillville Pirates on Wednesday night. The score for the JV game was 48-24, with the Lady Vikes coming out on top. Grace Healy led the way with 8 points. The varsity game score was 73-42, with the Vikings victorious. Jessica Gast and Ari Gerdt led in scoring with 17 apiece. They are now 4-2. The girls’ travel to South bend Clay on Saturday night.
The freshmen girls’ basketball team defeated Michigan City 21-16 this past Thursday running their record to 4-1. Lucia Otten led the team with 10 points and Ryanne Reese had 3 rebounds and 3 steals. The play of the game was when they sliced through their press for a basket by Dana Nguyen to take the lead. On Saturday, they were defeated by Plymouth 38-10. Lucia Otten had 4 points and Sam Sabol had 3 rebounds and 2 steals in the loss. They are now 4-2.
Valparaiso girls’ basketball continues to honor Valpo Legends. On Wednesday night, they recognized Jennifer Davis. Jennifer played at VHS from 1986 to 1989 for Coach Dave Kenning. In Jennifer’s senior year her team won Sectionals and Regionals, and advanced to Semi-State. They did not win semi-state but this was her favorite memory from her time playing at VHS. She really enjoyed her team, and loved all the memories they made. Jennifer holds the record of leading scorer in girls’ basketball with over 1,000 points. From her time playing at Valparaiso High School, she learned that if you work hard and work on progressing as a team together, things will go your way. Additionally, Jennifer played Volleyball and Softball, and was all state in all three sports she played, along with band. After her amazing career playing for Valparaiso, she received a full scholarship to play basketball at LaSalle University in Philadelphia. She played four years there and her senior year she led the nation in free throw percentage. She is also the only female athlete at LaSalle University with a jersey retired. Jennifer’s advice to any girl playing basketball at VHS right now would be to always practice and put forth effort, it pays off. High School basketball taught Jennifer to always enjoy the little moments in life, to enjoy the friends you have now in high school, as well as your teammates. Jennifer is now a Key Account Manager for Henkel and coaches youth basketball. She has been married to her husband Brad for 18 years with two daughters, Andrea and Allison. In addition Jennifer is also a part of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Silver Anniversary Team.
The girls’ swim team is off to a 2-0 start after defeating Highland 120-62 and LaPorte 122-61. In the dual meet win against LaPorte, a few of our standout swimmers included freshmen Shannon McCall who not only won both of her individual events but also swam her lifetime best times in the 100 freestyle (56.57) and 100 backstroke (1:05.23). Another awesome swim was from JV Swimmer Alyssa Geer who finally accomplished her long time goal of breaking 30 seconds in her 50 freestyle. Congratulations! Detailed meet results can be found at http://www.valposwimming.com/.
The Varsity and JV boys’ basketball team started their season on Wednesday night as they travelled south to take on Boone Grove. They won 88-31 thanks in part to a 25-0 run to start the second period. Nathan Aerts in his first Varsity start led the way with 25 points and 7 rebounds. Brandon Newman added 17 points and 6 rebounds. Colin Walls dished out a game high 7 assists. The JV won as well 57-20. Luke Balash led in scoring with 11 followed by Cooper Jones with 8 and Tommy Cavanaugh with 7. The boys’ are at home on Saturday night against Hobart.
Congratulations to Janci Courtaney for being named 3rd Team All State in girls’ soccer and Claire Brogan, Janci Courtaney, Kelly Landry, Marcelle Manatrey, Mia Magnetti, and Carli Milroy for being named Academic All State.
Congratulations to the following members of the boys’ soccer team Ryan Blazek, Brendan Devine, Evan Fletcher, Bobby Gjorseski, George Goldfarb, Jubal Harmon, Jacob Herren, Samuel Klumpe, Blake Mersman, Justin Roth, Zachary Rubin, Blaise Sellers, and Jacob Wells for being named Academic All State.
The Fall Sports Awards were held this past Tuesday evening. The team MVP’s assembled on the stage for a group picture with their awards. Congratulations to all of our fall athletes and teams. Both the boys’ and the girls’ lead the DAC All Sports Award after the fall season.