Jac-Cen-Del
Lady Eagle, Valorie Wagner... Academically And Athletically,
Always Active
Gary Franklin, Sports Writer
Over the last four years, senior JCD Lady Eagle Valorie
Wagner, worked endlessly season in and season out, toward
making herself and her team the best they could be.
Team sports definitely take more than one member to establish
a winning team, but one person can certainly lay much of the
groundwork. Unselfishly Wagner has strived to give her all
both accademically and athletically.
In her chosen athletic off season's, she continues to work
diligently to stay healthy and fit, honing her skills and
endurance levels at every allowable opportunity.
Particularly important to this effort, is that she also maintains
strong academic performances in addition to all of the sports
she is involved in.
This year she was named as one of the two Ripley County Lilly
Scholarship recipients. That in itself speaks volumes of her
priorities off the floor as well as on.
JCD Lady Eagle Varsity Basketball Coach Scott Smith stated,
"Val's Lilly Scholarship is evidence that she is a true
student-athlete and that it is possible to be an outstanding
athlete as well as an outstanding student. I hope young girls
see her for the outstanding role-model that she is."
Some of the athletic accomplishments Wagner has amassed as
a senior at JCD include: 1) Selection to the Hoosier Basketball
Coaches Association Class lA East All-Star Team. 2) Named
Academic All-State as one of an elite group of 25 statewide.
3) Selected as a Ripley County Girls Team All-Star in the
Ripley County Voiture 1047, 40 and 8 All-Star game. 4) State
Finalist in the Wendy's High School Heisman selection. 5)
Selected Academic All-State by IGSCA. 6) Named a Hoosier Basketball
Magazine '09 All-State Honorable Mention. 7) '09 Basketball
Ohio River Valley Conference Mental Attitude Award Winner.
8) National Semi-Finalist in the SAMMY (Got Milk Award), 9)
Selected as a IHSAA/Ripley County Tobacco Prevention and Cessation
Program Poster Role Model 10) Ripley Publishing Co. Inc. "Girls
Basketball Excellence Award Winner". 11) Ranked fourth
in state as "Steal Leader" stats for '08-'09
Other awards earned include: 1) '08 All-Ripley County Basketball
Tournament Team. 2) '09 All-Ripley County Basketball Tournament
Team. 3) '07 All-Sectional Basketball Team. 4) '08 All-Sectional
Basketball Tournament Team. 5) '09 All-Sectional Basketball
Tournament Team. 6) '09 All-Ohio River Valley Conference Basketball
Team.
JCDHS honors and awards include: 1) The reigning season and
career "Steal Leader". 2) In top 15 or better in
six career &/or season categories in JCDHS basketball.
3) Has won 15 HS Letters at JCD. 4) State Finalist in Track
in '06 and '08, and is participating this year as well. 5)
All ORVC in Track & Field in '06, '07, '08 and likely
'09. 6) All ORVC in Softball in '07 and '08, also likely in
'09. 7) JCDHS record holder in Track & Field 100 M Dash,
200 M Dash and the Long Jump. 8) Ranks #1 in class academically.
JCDHS Varsity Girls Basketball Coach Scott Smith stated, "It
is so rare to find someone with the combination of athleticism,
intelligence, work-ethic and spirit. It is even rarer to find
these qualities in a teenager, and that is what makes Val
special.
She not only works tirelessly to become the best she can be
in everything, she has incredible ability to inspire everyone
around her to strive for the best as well. The fact that she
can accomplish everything she has in the 'me' centered society
we live in, while always focusing on team achievement first
is truly remarkable. She deserves every recognition she gets
and more, in my opinion."
Valorie "Val" Wagner is the daughter of Dennis and
Flora Wagner. She has a younger sister Becca and a younger
brother Austin.
In Val's senior basketball program profile, she recognized
her parents as her model. Her advice for underclassmen: "There
are some things you can't take with you like time and fouls,
so use them while you have them."
Ripley County girls sports fans will indeed find a vacancy
with the graduation of Valorie Wagner, and we at Ripley Publishing
wish her the very best in all her future endeavors!
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Raider,
Eagle & Indian ORVC SPRING SPORTS REPORT for April
Gary Franklin, Sports Writer
March 30 - April 11
Varsity Baseball
Team ORVC Overall
Rising Sun 0-0 2-1
Jac-Cen-Del 0-0 0-0
South Ripley 0-0 0-1
Southwestern NR
Milan NR
Shawe NR
Switz. Co. NR
Top Performers
Thomas Welch - SR Raider
2/3, Run, RBI, Dbl & SB vs SD
Jared Keck - SR Raider
2/4, Run, RBI vs SD
Seth Leonard - SR Raider
2/4. Run, RBI, 2-SB vs SD
ORVC 'Player of the Week'
Tyler Jones - RS Shiner
Varsity Softball
Team ORVC Overall
Rising Sun 1-0 2-1
Jac-Cen-Del 0-0 1-1
Switz. Co. 0-0 1-3
Sw Hanover 0-0 1-1
South Ripley 0-0 0-1
Shawe 0-1 3-1
Milan NR
Top Performers
Valorie Wagner - JCD Eagle
4/6 with 3 Runs, 2 games
Regina Ricke - JCD Eagle
13IP, 2 ER & 4 K's in 2 games
Janine Huff - JCD Eagle
2/5 with 2 RBI's in 2 games
Kasey King - SR Raider
1/4 with a Run vs EC
Becca Bodenberg- SR Raider
2/5 vs East Central
ORVC 'Co-Player of the Week'
Kelsey Bailie -RS Shiner
Tori Valkovci - Shawe Topper
Boys Track
Thad Fleming - SR Raider
42' 1" Discus
Dylan Groves - SR Raider
5' 8" High Jump
Spencer Braley - SR Raider
:43.2 Low Hurdles
Spencer Purdy - JCD Eagle
100m Dash - :11.43
Spencer Purdy - JCD Eagle
200m Dash - :24.09
Dylan Groves - SR Raider 400m Dash - :52.2
Devon Swinney - SR Raider
2:18.0 - 800mRun
JCD - 4x100 Relay :49.09
ORVC 'Co-Performer of the Week'
Spencer Purdy - JCD Eagle &
Ricky Sparks - RS Shiner
Girls Track
Valorie Wagner- JCD Eagle
Long Jump - 17' 4"
Valorie Wagner - JCD Eagle
100m Dash - :12.81
Valorie Wagner - JCD Eagle
200m Dash - :27.70
ORVC 'Performer of the Week'
Valorie Wagner- JCD Eagle
Golf
Bryan Peters - Milan Indian
43 @ HL
Ethan Voss -Milan Indian
45 @ HL
ORVC 'Golfer of the Week'
Nick Hall - Shawe Hilltopper
April 13-18
Varsity Baseball
Team ORVC Overall
Switz. Co. 2-0 2-2
Rising Sun 1-0 3-1
Sw Hanover 1-0 1-5
Jac-Cen-Del 0-1 0-2
Milan 0-2 0-4
South Ripley NR
Shawe NR
Top Performers
Ryan Schuler - MJCD Eagle
2/5, with 2 Dbl's in 2 games.
ORVC 'Player of the Week'
Zach Osowski - Switz. Co. & Henry Green - Sw Hanover
Varsity Softball
Team ORVC Overall
Milan 3-0 5-1
Sw Hanover 1-0 3-2
Rising Sun 1-1 3-2
Switz. Co. 1-2 1-3
Shawe 1-3 5-3
Jac-Cen-Del 0-0 1-3
South Ripley 0-1 0-3
Top Performers
Valorie Wagner - JCD Eagle
1/3 with a Run
Regina Ricke - JCD Eagle
6 IP, 2ER & 5 K's vs Gbrg
Janine Huff - JCD Eagle
1/3 vs Gbrg
Erica Ester - SR Raider
2/7, 2 RBI's & a Run
Kyla Sexton - SR Raider
3/8, 7IP, & 5 K's
Arielle Noel - Milan Indian
21IP, 34K's, 3 Wins, 2ER /wk.
Terri Hawkins - Milan Indian
8/13, 8 RBI's, Dbl, Tpl & HR ORVC 'Player of the Week'
Arielle Noel - Milan
Boys Track
Thad Fleming - SR Raider
Shot Put - 43' 11"
Thad Fleming - SR Raider
Discus 138'3"
Dylan Groves - SR Raider
& SC's Green & Otter
High Jump 5' 6"
South Ripley Raiders -
4x100 Relay :48.70
4x400 Relay 3:42.0
4x800 Relay 9:03.0
ORVC 'Performer of the Week'
Isaac Crouch - RS Shiner
Girls Track
Lacy Ward - SR Raider
Shot Put - 31' 4"
Kasey King - SR Raider
High Hurdles :16.6
Jordan Clements - SR Raider
100m Dash - :13.40
Kasey King - SR Raider
200m Dash - :28.20
Jenifer Patrick - SR Raider
1600m Run - 6:06.0
Jenifer Patrick - SR Raider
3200m Run - 13.29.0
South Ripley Raiders -
4x100 Relay :54.80
4x400 Relay 4:44.0
ORVC 'Performer of the Week'
Kasey King - SR Raider
Boys Varsity Golf
Bryan Peters - Milan Indian
39 @ Hoossier Links
Donald Lows - JCD Eagle
41 @ North Branch
Logan Simon - JCD Eagle
46 @ North Branch
Joe Abplanalp - JCD Eagle
47 @ North Branch
Marty Porter - SR Raider
43 @ Hoosier Links
ORVC 'Golfer of the Week'
Bryan Peters - Milan Indian
& Nick Hall - Shawe
April 20-25
Varsity Baseball
Team ORVC Overall
Rising Sun 2-0 6-2
South Ripley 3-1 5-2
Switz. Co. 2-1 3-5
Milan 1-2 3-4
Jac-Cen-Del 0-1 0-3
Shawe 0-2 1-13
Sw Hanover 1-0 NR 1-5
Top Performers
Jared Keck - SR Raider
7IP, 7K's, 2ER, 8/13, 8 RBI's, 2-Dbl's & a Tpl in 4 games
Kile Huss - SR Raider
5/11, 8RBI's, HR, Dbl, 3 Runs in 4 games
Brian Thomas - SR Raider
10IP, 2 Wins, 14K's, 2 ER, 3/8 in 4 games
Chris Walker - Milan Indian
7IP, 0ER, 11 K's, vs S. Dec.
Derek Walker - Milan Indian
1 hit shut out, vs SwH, 7 /11, 2 Dbl's, 5 RBI's in 3 games
Zach Turner - Milan Indian
6/9 in 2 games
Shane Adams - JCD Eagle
3/4. Dbl & RBI vs TL
ORVC 'Co- Player of the Week'
Jared Keck - SR Raider & Tyler Jones - RS Shiner
Varsity Softball
Team ORVC Overall
Milan 4-0 10-2
Rising Sun 3-1 8-2
Sw Hanover 1-1 6-4
Switz. Co. 1-2 3-5
Shawe 1-4 6-4
Jac-Cen-Del 0-0 1-3
South Ripley 0-3 0-5
Top Performers
Arielle Noel - Milan Indian
11/16, 11 Runs & 2 Dbl's /wk
Brittany Lewis - Milan Indian
10/21, 6 RBI's & 3 Dbls in wk
Teri Hawkins - Milan Indian
10/17, 6 RBI's & 4 Dbls in wks in wk
Kasey King - SR Raider
5/10, 4 Runs & 2-Dbls in wk
Katie Polly - SR Raider
4/8, 2 Runs & 2 RBI's in wk
Kaitlyn Welch - SR Raider
6/10, 4 RBI's & 2 Dbl's in wk
ORVC 'Co-Player of the Week'
Brittany Lewis - Milan Indian & Kayla Kelly - RS Shiner
Boys Track
No Report
Girls Track
No Report
Golf
Joe Abplanalp - JCD Eagle
44 @ Spring Hills
Logan Simon - JCD Eagle
48 @ Spring Hills
Jake Waldron -SR Raider
43 @ Vineyard
ORVC 'Golfer of the Week'
Eric Grote - Shawe Topper
