Lady Aces Soccer Report From Coach Ed Berberich

The MCHS Girl's soccer team began their first ever season on the road at Harrisburg on Saturday March 17th, losing 1-7. Harrisburg scored the first 3 goals of the game, with Rylie Webb scoring the Lady Aces sole, & first ever, goal on the day to bring the score to 1-3. Harrisburg added one more goal before the half ended to go in to the break with a 3 goal lead. Harrisburg scored 3 goals in the 2nd half to complete the scoring.

It was a lot of firsts for us in this game. We've got many girls who've never played soccer, and all but one haven't played soccer in at least a few years, so this was definitely the first step towards learning to play as a team out on the field. Harrisburg is a good team, & our players were taught a lot in the first half, especially in regards to the physicality of the game. We weren't really ready for that aspect to start with, but as the girls learned what they were allowed to do out there when fighting for the ball, they really started to embrace that side of the game and began to try to match Harrisburg's physical play. We did a good job of being unselfish offensively and trying to use our teammates to move the ball up the field. As we improve our positioning and spacing, I feel we'll get even better at that moving forward. We gave ourselves some scoring chances and converted on one of them, which is what we want to see even when we lose. We want to learn to play aggressively in our attack, so I'd rather see a result like this than to play conservatively just to try to make the score look better. Most importantly, we played with joy, and we cheered our teammates on regardless of who was on the field and who was on the sideline. We have 24 players here, and we want all of them to play, & that only works if the girls are supportive of each other. The sideline was so loud in fact, that it was often difficult to hold a conversation over there. That's probably the thing I was most proud of and it made this game one of the most fun experiences I've had coaching. That attitude is infectious and it's going to help us as we keep looking to improve throughout the season. There's no shortcuts in getting to the point we want to be, so we'll just keep looking to improve with each day, hopefully driven by the positive energy we displayed in this game.

The Lady Aces then traveled to Olney on Tuesday March 20th to face the Lady Tigers, in a Varsity/JV doubleheader, losing 2-4 in the varsity match, and winning 4-0 in JV action. 

In the varsity match, Olney took the early lead, scoring the first 2 goals of the game, but Maya Smith scored her first goal on an assist from Rylie Webb to bring the Lady Aces to within 1 at halftime. The scoring was the same in the 2nd half, with Olney adding 2 & the Lady Aces adding 1, when Rylie Webb scored to bring the score to 2-4. For the game, Mt Carmel had 10 shots on goal, 8 on frame & 2 off frame, with 3 additional scoring chances created. Olney got off 13 shots, 10 on frame. 

We came out &, despite the adverse weather conditions, continued to play with positivity in this one. It was brutally cold with snow coming down off and on throughout the night, which gave us another situation to learn to play through. We gave ourselves a really good chance to win the match as we had 1 shot hit the post & had 3 other point blank opportunities that just missed going in. Being a new team, we’ve had to work so much on our technical skills & our play throughout the field just so that we can get ourselves in scoring situations that we just haven’t been able to work on shooting yet. Because of that, it’s not surprising that we’re not quite as sharp there as we hope to be, but we’ll work at it and we’ll get better there. Again, the main thing is we’re having fun & we’re showing improvement, & we’ll keep at it. 

JV then played, beating Olney 4-0 in the first JV match of the season. Maya Smith started off the scoring with a quick goal just a few minutes in to the match. The Lady Aces never looked back from there, with Tristyn Wyatt scoring 2 goals & Sophie Berberich adding 1. 

With so many players on the team these JV matches are good opportunities to experiment with things & get some extra playing time, which is big for us at this point. Half the team are seniors, so for the JV match we just threw all the freshmen through juniors out there, but I was happy that we had seniors volunteer to go play JV as well since we needed, and will continue to need, some more players for these matches to give needed rest to everybody. 

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Kieffer Throws Shutout As Mt. Carmel Golden Aces Varsity Defeats Red Hill

 

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Lady Warriors Finish 7-5 On Spring Trip

The Wabash Valley College Lady Warriors came back from their spring trip with a 7-5 record. They played against some very good competition and teams that already had played 15 or more games.

They started their swing at Shawnee CC and took a double header winning 14-0 and 6-0. That makes them 2-0 in the GRAC. Then they traveled to Southern Union State and split winning 5-4 and losing 8 to 6. Then they took on Lurleen Wallace and swept winning 6-1 and 6-4. The Lady Warriors then had two days off before they started play in Niceville, Florida.

On Thursday they won against Lancing CC of Michigan 3-0 but then lost to Northwest Florida State 3-2. Friday they played three games winning the first over Coastal Alabama 10-2. They then dropped games to Gulf Coast 4-3 and Costal Alabama-North 4-1. On Saturday they took another win over Lurleen Wallace 12-6 then lost to Wallace CC of Dothan 9-3.

The Lady Warriors now stand 12-7 for the spring. They will be at home on Thursday when they will take on Southwestern Illinois and on Saturday they will travel to Mattoon to play arch rival Lake Land College.

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Stipp & Rager Named To All Big 8 Team

2018 Big 8 All Conference Basketball Team

Glen Rouch Boonville

Jared Englert Jasper

Eric Nordhoff Jasper

Justin Persohn Jasper

Austin Rager Mt. Carmel

Brayden Stipp Mt. Carmel

Zach Dove Princeton Community

Stephan Wilkerson Princeton Community

Sam Corona Vincennes Lincoln

Tyson Wright Washington

 

Big 8 Conference Standings

Jasper 6-0

Princeton 5-1

Mt. Carmel 3-3

Vincennes 3-3

Washington 3-3

Boonville 1-5

Mt. Vernon 0-6

Mt. Carmel's Brayden Stipp (L) and Austin Rager (R) were named today to the All-Big 8 Conference Team. 

Mt. Carmel's Brayden Stipp (L) and Austin Rager (R) were named today to the All-Big 8 Conference Team. 

Kenny Taylor Headed To IKWF State Tournament

Kenny Taylor placed  2nd at the Carbondale Regional and 3rd at the Highland Sectional which will advance him to the IKWF State Tournament this weekend. 

This makes him a 2X state qualifier. He has 22 wins for the season with 19 of those being pins. 

Kenny will be representing the Aces Wrestling Club at the State wrestling tournament in Rockford Thursday, Friday and Saturday

Satchel Taylor and Jorden Wood were also sectional qualifiers

Kenny Taylor (R) is shown with his brothers Hank and Satchel after advancing to the IKWF State Tournament. 

Kenny Taylor (R) is shown with his brothers Hank and Satchel after advancing to the IKWF State Tournament. 

Golden Aces Boys Basketball Super-Sectional Ticket Sales

The Mount Carmel High School Boys Basketball team has advanced to the SIU Super-Sectional game to be played @ 7:30 P.M. at SIU Arena in Carbondale on Tuesday, March 6.  

The MCHS Athletic Department is pre-selling tickets for the game.  Tickets are sold as general admission to students for the students section and by seat number for adults.  Cost is $10.  They may be purchased in the MCHS Athletic Office (near stage area of Main Gym) on Monday March 5 from 9:00-4:00 and Tuesday, March 6 from 9:00-12:30.

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Allendale Volleyball 8th Grade Night

On Thursday, March 1st, the Allendale Yellow Jackets held 8th grade night for its volleyball team.  Madison Adams, Kinze Cusick, Lexi Fisher, Alex Isaac, Katie Jackson, Taylor Woods, and manager Holly Lofton were all recognized prior to the game against New Hope.  The girls also gave recognition to their coaches, Kristi Isaac and Patti Thompson, as both coaches were coaching in their final home game of their career.  Coach Isaac has been a volleyball coach at Allendale for 10 years and Coach Thompson has coached for 7 years with the Yellow Jackets.

The 8th grade girls recognizing their coaches, Kristi Isaac and Patti Thompson

The 8th grade girls recognizing their coaches, Kristi Isaac and Patti Thompson

Kevin Adams, Madison Adams, Jen Adams

Kevin Adams, Madison Adams, Jen Adams

Kristi Cusick, Kinze Cusick, Chris Cusick

Kristi Cusick, Kinze Cusick, Chris Cusick

April Fisher, Lexi Fisher, Scott Fisher

April Fisher, Lexi Fisher, Scott Fisher

Paula Jackson, Katie Jackson, Ralph Jackson

Paula Jackson, Katie Jackson, Ralph Jackson

Patricia Baxley, Taylor Woods, Jon Woods

Patricia Baxley, Taylor Woods, Jon Woods

Holly Lofton and Brenda Lofton

Holly Lofton and Brenda Lofton

Kristi Isaac, Alex Isaac, Jon Isaac

Kristi Isaac, Alex Isaac, Jon Isaac

Tyra Named First Team All-Big Ten For 3rd Time

From IU Athletics: 

 Senior guard Tyra Buss, senior forward Amanda Cahill and freshman guard Jaelynn Penn were all honored by the Big Ten on Monday as the league announced its annual postseason awards.  Buss was named to the league's first team for the third-straight year while Cahill picked up second team honors also for the third-straight year and Penn was named to the All-Freshman team.
 
Buss, a first team selection by the media a unanimous selection by the coaches, becomes the third player in school history to earn three first team honors in her career, matching Denise Jackson (1981, 1983, 1984) and Karna Abram (1985-87) three selections. Buss is averaging a team-high 20.8 points per game to go along with 4.8 assists and 1.9 steals as she shoots 43.2 percent from the floor and 35.4 percent from 3-point range. The Mt. Camel, Ill. native has scored in double figures in 28 of 29 games and has 16 20-plus scoring games including three 30-point scoring games. In her final season in Cream and Crimson, Buss has broken the school records for points scored, steals, assists, free throws made, free throws attempted and 3-pointers attempted. She is fourth amongst all-time players at Indiana (men's or women's) in scoring with 2,204 career points. In addition, Buss is a Senior CLASS Award finalist and a CoSIDA Academic All-District selection.
 
Cahill, a second-team selection by the coaches and media, is also a three-time All-Big Ten selection, with second team/honorable mention honors as a sophomore and second team honors as a junior. The Clyde, Ohio native is averaging 14.7 points and a team-high 8.2 rebounds as she adds 2.8 assists, 1.3 blocks and 1.3 steals per game. She is shooting a team-high 39.9 percent from 3-point range, 46.9 percent from the floor and 79.3 percent from the free throw line. She became the second player in school history to record 1,700 points and 1,000 rebounds this season and has 10 double-doubles. She ranks third all-time in career rebounds, third in double-doubles, tied for fourth in 3-pointers made, seventh in scoring and seventh in blocked shots. Cahill is also IU's Sportsmanship Award winner for the second-straight season. She is also CoSIDA Academic All-District selection for the third-straight year and was a top 30 candidate for the Senior CLASS Award.
 
Penn is the first freshman for Indiana on the All-Freshman team since 2014 and has started in all 29 games. The Louisville, Ky. native is averaging 10.1 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.2 assist and 1.1 steals per game. She was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week twice (Jan. 22 and Jan. 29) and has scored in double figures 12 times and dished out multiple assists in 18 games while pulling down multiple rebounds in 26 games while averaging 33.4 minutes per game. She scored a season-high 21 points twice including a win over Nebraska on Feb. 17.
 
The No. 7 seed Hoosiers open up Big Ten Tournament action on Thursday night when they face No. 10 seed Michigan State. Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m. ET at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
 

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Mt. Carmel & Allendale Finish 1st & 2nd In B-Team Tourney

On Saturday, February 17th, the Yellow Jackets Volleyball Tournament was held at Allendale School.  In the B-team tournament, Mt. Carmel went 3-0 to claim 1st Place and Allendale finished 2-1 to achieve 2nd Place.  St. Mary's finished in 3rd Place, while Cisne finished in 4th Place.  The following are the game scores from the B-team tournament:

Allendale defeated St. Mary's 15-11 and 15-6

Mt. Carmel defeated Cisne 15-7 and 15-9

St. Mary's defeated Cisne 15-10, 11-15, and 15-10

Mt. Carmel defeated Allendale 15-10 and 15-3

Allendale defeated Cisne 15-7 and 15-8

Mt. Carmel defeated St. Mary's 15-13 and 15-8

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Warriors Blow Out Lewis & Clark By 25

The Wabash Valley College Warriors won on the road Saturday at Lewis and Clark 96 to 71.  The Warriors improve to 18-8 on the season.  WVC would go on a 26 to 12 run in the last 10 minutes of the game to pick up the win.  Marcus Garrett had 22 points, Austin Trice had 16 to be the leading scorers.

WVC plays at Lincoln Trail Wednesday night.  Only four games remaining and they are all GRAC contests.

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Mt. Carmel Wins Allendale Volleyball Tournament

On Saturday, February 17th, the Yellow Jackets Volleyball Tournament was held at Allendale School.  In the A-team tournament, Mt. Carmel went 3-0 to claim 1st Place and Cisne finished 2-1 to achieve 2nd Place.  St. Mary's finished in 3rd Place, while Allendale finished in 4th Place.  The following are the game scores from the A-team tournament: 

Mt. Carmel defeated Allendale 15-6 and 15-10

Cisne defeated St. Mary’s 15-9 and 15-4

St. Mary’s defeated Allendale 10-15, 16-14, and 15-2

Mt. Carmel defeated Cisne 15-4 and 15-9

Mt. Carmel defeated St. Mary’s 15-2 and 15-9

Cisne defeated Allendale 15-8 and 15-10

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This Is It...Saturday Is Senior Day For Tyra At IU

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana will celebrate decorated seniors Tyra Buss and Amanda Cahill in Senior Day festivities on Saturday against Nebraska. Tipoff is set for Noon ET on Big Ten Network. 
 
Indiana (14-12, 7-6 B1G) vs. Nebraska (19-7, 10-3 B1G)
Saturday, February 17, 2018 • 12 p.m. ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall • Bloomington, Ind.
Broadcast: BTN (Mike Monaco, Brenda VanLengen)

Promotions: Senior Day:  seniors Tyra Buss and Amanda Cahill will be honored. A pregame ceremony will take place on the court of Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall at approximately 11:40 a.m. ET. A postgame video will be played following the singing of the IU alma mater followed by Tyra and Amanda addressing the crowd. Fans are asked to remain in their seats until its conclusion. The team will sign autographs postgame.
 
Senior Day poster: The first 500 fans will receive a commemorative poster of Amanda Cahill and Tyra Buss.
 
Tyra Buss Bobblehead: The first 850 fans to the south lobby marketing table will receive a voucher for a Tyra Bussbobblehead. The voucher can be redeemed beginning at the 5-minute mark of the second quarter at the south lobby marketing table. Bobbleheads will be handed out until the end of the game.
 
ABOUT THE COACHES
Indiana
Teri Moren
Career Record: 272-181 (15th Season)
Indiana Record: 73-51 (4th Season)
 
Nebraska
Amy Williams
Career Record: 219-138 (11th Season)
Nebraska Record: 26-29 (2nd Season)
 
ABOUT THE CORNHUSKERS
Nebraska comes into Saturday's meeting after improving to 9-0 on the road this season with a 79-69 win over Michigan State. They are led by sophomore guard Hannah Whitish (12.8 ppg., 5.1 apg.) along with junior forward Maddie Simon (10.4 ppg., 5.8 rpg.) and freshman center Kate Cain (10.3 ppg, 6.8 rpg.). They are averaging 69.8 points per game while shooting 43.1 percent from the floor. They lead the league in field goal percentage defense, holding opponents to 36.9 percent from the floor.
 
SERIES HISTORY
Nebraska leads the series, 5-4
 
LAST MEETING
2/19/17 - L, 64-67 (Lincoln, NE)
CELEBRATING THE SENIORS
Seniors Tyra Buss and Amanda Cahill will be honored in their final regular season home game on Saturday against Nebraska. In their four-year careers, Buss and Cahill have been a part of 73 wins, two postseason appearances including the program's first NCAA Tournament appearance in 14 years and first tournament victory in 33 years. The duo has started in all 124 career games, as neither has never missed a game in their four-year career. A plethora of accolades between them, the duo will go down as the only two players in the top 10 of scoring to play at the same time. 
 
BARN BURNER STAYS WITH IU
Indiana completed its first sweep of Purdue since 1984-85 with a 52-44 win at Purdue on Monday night. The Hoosiers take the two-game series this season, after also picking up the 70-54 win on Jan. 6 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The win was also the first for IU in Mackey Arena since 2008. Senior forward Amanda Cahill led the way with her ninth double-double this season with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
 
STREAKIN' 
Indiana has won six games in a row with Monday's win over Purdue. The six consecutive wins in Big Ten games is the longest streak under head coach Teri Moren and marked the longest such streak in regular season play since  1982-83. 
 
EIGHT POINTS OR LESS
Indiana has battled in its share of close
games this season, deciding 12 games by eight points or less. The Hoosiers are 7-6 in games decided by eight points or less this season. Eighgt of those games have come in Big Ten play including the Monday night win at Purdue, which IU took home the win 52-44. 
THAT SCHEDULE IS TOUGH
The Hoosiers are playing one of the toughest schedules in the nation, which is currently 13th in Division I. They have faced six ranked opponents this season, including four of their first seven games in Big Ten play. Of those four league foes, they met three of those on the road. 
 
MORE RECORDS TO BREAK
With records set in points scored, free throws made, free throws attempted, and steals, Buss will set her sights on the assist records at Indiana. Currently, Buss ranks second in assists (512) behind Tisha Hill's 533 career dishes. Buss is also registering on the all-time 3-pointers made list, coming in fourth (179) and second in attempts (570).
 
Category (Number To Break Record)
Assists - 13
 
CAHILL MAKES HER MARK
Senior Amanda Cahill set for another
career milestone against Wisconsin on Jan. 24, as she grabbed her 1,000th rebound. She became the third player to record 1,000 rebounds along with Denise Jackson (1,273) and Whitney Thomas (1,090) to reach the career milestone. She's just the second-ever player to record over 1,700 points and 1,000 rebounds. She ranks seventh all-time in scoring (1,706), third all-time in rebounds (1,032), third in all-time double-doubles (38) and seventh in blocks (114). She is also seventh amongst all active Division I players in rebounds. 
 
ANOTHER DAY FOR KYM
Junior forward Kym Royster poured in 19 points as she went 7-for-10 from the field and 5-for-6 from the free throw line in Indiana's win over Illinois. It marked her 15th game in double figures this season as she is one of the most improved players in the Big Ten. The Newark, Ohio native is averaging 11.3 points per points, up 7.1 points from her sophomore season to go along with 6.2 rebounds per game (+3.6).
 
PENN PUTS UP POINTS
Freshman guard Jaelynn Penn continues to put up solid numbers for Indiana in her freshman season. She has posted ten games in double digits this season and is averaging 9.7 points and 4.9 rebounds in her freshman season. She ranks sixth in points per game amongst all Big Ten freshmen, third in steals (1.1), sixth in rebounding and sixth in assists (2.2). She is a two-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week selection as she picked up honors in back-to-back weeks on Jan. 9 and Jan. 16 while starting every game for Indiana this season.
 
BUSS NAMED FINALIST FOR SENIOR CLASS AWARD
Senior guard Tyra Buss is one of ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, announced by the organization on Feb. 8. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their athletic platforms to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. Fans can make up 1/3 of the final voting by visiting seniorclassaward.com to cast their vote daily until March 19.
 
UP NEXT
Indiana closes out the regular season on the road on Tuesday at Minnesota at 8 p.m. ET and Saturday at Iowa at Noon ET.

Info and Photo Courtesy IU Athletics

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