This 2000-2001 Booklet Has Been Compiled to Recap This Year S Basketball Season and The

HISTORY

OF

WAYNEDALE

GIRL’S

BASKETBALL

Revised in 2001

INTRODUCTION

This 2000-2001 booklet has been compiled to recap this year’s basketball season and the history of girl’s basketball at Waynedale High School. It summarizes the 2000-2001 season, its highlights, and its team and individual accomplishments.

After a preseason of scrimmages against three teams the new version of the Lady Bears had showed signs of a new style and new era in Waynedale Basketball. Only three players had much experience from a year ago including two freshmen. With only three seniors and three juniors most around the area had serious doubts if the young Bears could compete at the varsity level. A lot of effort would be required, as well as improvement in skills to compete at the level necessary to compete with the strong Wayne County League this year. Aleah Lehman was the lone returning starter, who had been asked only to get the ball up the floor in the past along with freshman role players Toni Fry and Brittany Stowers along with Amy Dye and Bethany Bracken who had played the minimum quarters to letter. This meant little to this group, as all were willing to step up and take on new roles to help the team develop a new identity.

The year started off with an exciting overtime win versus Tuslaw, but was followed by two tough losses to Northwestern and Smithville followed by a win versus Rittman and two more losses. It seemed the Bears were going to struggle if they didn’t start playing better defense and so for the next few games it was up one night and down the next. A big athletic team from Orrville was the next opponent and it looked like they were going to blow out the young Bears, but a little run at the end of the first half to the Bears back from being down 24-6 gave them hope. At half time the Bears regrouped and came back out with a new fire. Using a great team effort on the press the Bears forged ahead by 6 points after three quarters and held on for a big win. This seemed to be the point that the Bears had learned that with a good defensive effort the points would come. The Bears made a nice run, going 9 and 5 to finish the season including a 6 and one mark before they ran into the number 1 seed and arch-rival Chippewa to finish the season. In fact, after a tough loss to 12-1 Smithville, the Bears ran off four wins by an average margin of 25 points, including a thumping of a solid Central Christian crew. The Norwayne Bobcats stopped what would have proved to be a school record winning streak of 7 in a row, but the defense was back and huge strides had been taken in restoring the winning attitude.

WAYNEDALE HIGH SCHOOL STAFF

Superintendent John Richie

High School PrincipalBill Seder

Athletic DirectorLes Saurer

Head Basketball CoachDon McConnell

JV Basketball CoachGlenn Miller

Freshman Basketball CoachJan Higgins

Assistant Varsity Basketball Gwen Miller

Eighth Grade Basketball CoachJenn Persinger

Seventh Grade Basketball CoachJulie Dimassimo

Score book KeeperJodi Swartzentruber

Camera CrewDustin Carter/Freshman team

WAYNEDALE VARSITY BASKETBALL ROSTER

NameNumberHeightClass PositionLetters

Aleah Lehman12 5’4”SeniorGuard 3

Amy Thompson15 5’8”SophomoreForward -

Ashley Ray20 5’5”JuniorGuard 1

Bethany Bracken22 5’5”JuniorGuard 2

Brittany Stowers24 5’9”SophomoreGuard 2

Toni Fry25 5’9”SophomoreForward 2

Mindy Miller30 5’5”FreshmanWing -

Paula Rice 31 5’3”SophomoreGuard -

Amanda Clark 33 5’4”SophomoreGuard -

Amy Dye 40 5’9”SeniorForward 2

Jenna Gessel 44 5’7”SeniorForward 1

Amber Gerber 50 5’8”JuniorForward 1

TEAM RECORDWINS-12Losses-10

2000-2001 Leaders/Honors

Name/Class

Three-Year Letter WinnersAleah Lehman-12

Two-Year Letter WinnersAmy Dye-12

Bethany Bracken-11

Toni Fry-10

Brittany Stowers-10

First-Year Letter WinnersJenna Gessel-12

Amber Gerber-11

Ashley Ray-11

Special Awards

Top Scorer & RebounderToni Fry

Assist Leader & Free Throw %Brittany Stowers

Best Defensive Player &

Most Hustle Jenna Gessel

Golden Bear AwardAleah Lehman

Team LeadersMarkPlayer

Scoring262Toni Fry

Rebounding 229Toni Fry

Field Goal Percentage*51.1%Toni Fry

Three Point FG Percentage*31.6%Aleah Lehman

Free Throw Percentage*77.8%Brittany Stowers

Steals 67Toni Fry

Assists 58 Brittany Stowers

Blocked Shots 23Toni Fry

Per Game Rating24.7Toni Fry

Turnovers 46Toni Fry

Fouls 62Jenna Gessel

(*minimum attempts 1/game)

2000-2001 INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS

Toni Fry-1st Team District 4 Coaches All Star Team

-1st Team All Wayne County League

-Top Daily Record Rebounder – 10.4

Aleah Lehman-Honorable Mention District 4 Coaches All Star Team

-2nd Team All Wayne County League

-Berkey All Star Team

-Ohio Scholarship Society

Brittany Stowers-2nd Team All Wayne County League

-Honorable Mention District Coaches All Star Team

-Top 3 Free Throw % in Daily Record Area

Jenna Gessel-Ohio Scholarship Society

-Berkey All Star Team

Bethany Bracken-Ohio Scholarship Society

Amber Gerber-Ohio Scholarship Society

2000-2001 VARSITY RESULTS

BEARS SCORESOPPONENTS

TUSLAW 3834

NORTHWESTERN 3442

SMITHVILLE 3661

RITTMAN 4744

FAIRLESS 4356

HILLSDALE 4446

NORWAYNE 3724

CHIPPEWA 4658

DALTON 4837

NORTHWESTERN 4068

ORRVILLE 5551

CHIPPEWA 6031

MANSFIELD TEMPLE 5619

SMITHVILLE 2932

RITTMAN 5536

HILLSDALE 6046

CENTRAL CHRISTIAN 5833

MOGADORE CHRISTIAN 6830

NORWAYNE 3542

DALTON 4937

ST. VINCENT ST. MARY (tourney) 3626

CHIPPEWA (tourney) 2248

2000-2001 TEAM STATS

WAYNEDALEOPPONENTS

Totals Averages/GamesTotals Averages/Game

SCORING97044.592342.0

FIELD GOALS

-MADE36916.827612.5

-ATTEMPTED97044.1 76434.7

-PERCENTAGE38.0%36.1%

FREE THROWS

-MADE218 7.9155 7.0

-ATTEMPTED33215.1248 11.3

-PERCENTAGE65.7%62.5%

REBOUNDS

-OFFENSIVE222 10.11798.1

-DEFENSIVE45020.540318.3

-TOTAL67230.558226.5

STEALS240 10.9155 7.0

ASSISTS26011.8216 9.8

TURNOVERS36216.5416 18.9

BLOCKED SHOTS 63 2.9 38 1.7

FOULS29813.531714.4

TEAM RATING1545.670.31102.750.1

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

SCORING

NAMETOTAL POINTSAVERAGEHIGH GAME

Toni Fry262 11.924

Brittany Stowers208 9.921

Aleah Lehman198 9.0 18

Jenna Gessel 81 3.7 14

Bethany Bracken 65 3.09

Amy Dye 59 2.78

Ashley Ray 42 1.9 14

Amber Gerber 41 1.96

Paula Rice 7 1.04

Amanda Clark 3 0.42

Mindy Miller 2 0.42

Amy Thompson 2 0.5 2

SHOOTING - FIELD GOAL % MADE ATTEMPTED %

Toni Fry96188 51.1%

Amy Thompson1 2 50.0%

Brittany Stowers80183 43.7%

Aleah Lehman84218 38.5%

Mindy Miller 1 3 33.3%

Ashley Ray19 60 31.7%

Bethany Bracken26 84 31.0%

Jenna Gessel20 65 30.8%

Amber Gerber14 66 25.5%

Amy Dye25100 25.0%

Paula Rice 2 8 25.0%

Amanda Clark 1 4 25.0%

SHOOTING-FREE THROW % MADE ATTEMPTED %

Brittany Stowers 42 5477.8%

Amber Gerber 13 1776.5%

Toni Fry 70 10070.0%

Ashley Ray 4 666.7%

Aleah Lehman 24 3863.2%

Jenna Gessel 41 6563.1%

Paula Rice 3 650.0%

Amy Dye 9 1947.4%

Bethany Bracken 12 2744.4%

REBOUNDING STATS

PLAYERTOTAL OFFENSIVE DEFENSIVEAVERAGE

Toni Fry 22973 15710.4

Jenna Gessel 10053 47 4.5

Brittany Stowers 8017 63 3.8

Aleah Lehman 7124 47 3.2

Bethany Bracken 5913 46 2.7

Amy Dye 52 12 40 2.4

Amber Gerber 4519 26 2.0

Ashley Ray 18 4 14 0.8

Amanda Clark 7 3 4 1.0

Paula Rice 6 4 2 0.8

Amy Thompson 4 0 4 1.0

Mindy Miller 2 1 1 0.6

STEALS TotalsAverage

Toni Fry 67 3.0

Brittany Stowers 42 2.0

Aleah Lehman 37 1.7

Bethany Bracken 37 1.7

Jenna Gessel 31 1.4

Amy Dye 11 0.5

Amber Gerber 7 0.3

Paula Rice 4 0.5

Mindy Miller 2 0.5

Amanda Clark 2 0.3

Ashley Ray 1 .04

ASSISTSTotalsAverage

Brittany Stowers 58 2.8

Aleah Lehman 53 2.4

Toni Fry 48 2.2

Bethany Bracken 43 2.0

Jenna Gessel 21 1.0

Amy Dye 16 0.7

Ashley Ray 7 0.4

Amanda Clark 4 0.5

Amber Gerber 3 0.2

Paula Rice 2 0.3

Mindy Miller 2 0.5

Amy Thompson 1 0.3

TURNOVERSTOTALAVERAGE

Toni Fry 95 4.3

Aleah Lehman 58 2.6

Brittany Stowers 46 2.2

Amy Dye 40 1.8

Bethany Bracken 39 1.8

Jenna Gessel 33 1.5

Amber Gerber 25 1.1

Ashley Ray 22 1.0

Mindy Miller 2.5 0.6

Amanda Clark 1.0 0.1

Amy Thompson 1.0 0.3

Paula Rice 0.5 .07

BLOCKED SHOTSTOTALSAVERAGE

Toni Fry 23 1.0

Jenna Gessel 11 0.5

Brittany Stowers 11 0.5

Bethany Bracken 5 0.2

Aleah Lehman 4 0.2

Amber Gerber 4 0.2

Amy Dye 3 0.1

Mindy Miller 1 0.3

Paula Rice 1 0.1

FOULSTOTALSAVERAGE

Jenna Gessel 622.8

Toni Fry 472.1

Brittany Stowers 422.0

Amy Dye 361.6

Bethany Bracken 361.6

Aleah Lehman 351.5

Amber Gerber 180.8

Ashley Ray 150.7

Mindy Miller 30.8

Amanda Clark 20.3

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER RATINGS

(Formula: Field Goal % + if over 40%; - if under 40%; Free Throw % + if (over 60%; - if under 60% + Rebounds + Assists + Points + Blocked Shots (-Turnovers - Fouls

PLAYERSYEAR RATINGAVERAGE/GAME

Toni Fry543.5 24.7

Brittany Stowers341.8 15.5

Aleah Lehman263.8 12.0

Jenna Gessel195.5 9.4

Bethany Bracken 105 4.8

Amber Gerber 39 1.8

Amy Dye 22 1.0

Ashley Ray 17 0.8

Paula Rice 15 1.9

Amanda Clark 11.5 1.6

Amy Thompson 2.5 0.6

Mindy Miller 1 0.3

HISTORY OF COACHING TENURES

COACHYEARSTERMWON LOST PERCENT

Don McConnell 10 1991-01 126 89 58.6

Cray Falde 21989-91 16 29 35.6

Bernie Caldwell 31986-89 40 27 59.7

Dick Miller 41982-86 50 41 54.9

Sam Sayre 11981-82 4 17 19.0

Glenn Miller 21979-81 15 26 36.6

Mike Ebert 21977-79 19 14 57.6

Barb Howard 31974-77 18 19 48.6

HISTORY OF PAST WAYNEDALE GIRLS BASKETBALL SEASONS

YEARCOACHRECORDLEAGUE RANK

1974-75Barb Howard 6-6

1975-76Barb Howard 4-7

1976-77Barb Howard 8-6

1977-78Mike Ebert 11-4Runner-Up

1978-79Mike Ebert 8-10

1979-80Glenn Miller 7-13

1980-81Glenn Miller 8-13

1981-82Sam Sayre 6-17

1982-83Dick Miller 12-9Third

1983-84Dick Miller 15-10Third

1984-85Dick Miller 19-5Third

1985-86Dick Miller 4-17

1986-87Bernie Caldwell 13-8Runner-Up

1987-88Bernie Caldwell 13-9

1988-89Bernie Caldwell 14-10

1989-90Cray Falde 12-11

1990-91Cray Falde 4-18

1991-92Don McConnell 10-11Third

1992-93Don McConnell 16-6Runner-Up

1993-94Don McConnell 14-8Runner-Up

1994-95Don McConnell 16-7 Runner-Up

1995-96Don McConnell 15-6Runner-Up

1996-97Don McConnell 9-12Third

1997-98Don McConnell 7-13

1998-99Don McConnell 11-10Third

1999-00Don McConnell 15-6Third

2000-01Don McConnell 12-10

Sectional Championships

-Class “A”1984, 1985

-Division III 1993, 1994, 1995

District Championships

-Class “A”1984, 1985

-Division III1995 (Runner-Up)

WAYNEDALE TEAM RECORDS

MarkYear

Best Offensive Average-Season51.61982-83

Best Defensive Average-Season(pre-3pt.)29.01984-1985

Best Defensive Average-Season(post-3pt.)33.91995-96

Most Wins in a Season191984-85

Most Wayne County League Wins-Season111984-85

111992-93

111995-96

Most Non-League Wins in a Season6-01999-00

Most Losses in a Season181990-91

Best Winning Percentage in a Season79%1984-85

Best Wayne County League Winning %79%1984-85

79%1992-93

79%1995-96

Most Consecutive Wins in a Season 71984-85

71992-93

(1996-97 Freshman won 8 to finish season)

Most Points Scored in a Game (vs. Rittman)941982-83

Most Points Allowed in a Game 1011981-82

(to Norwayne)

Fewest Points Scored (vs. Norwayne) 151985-86

(vs. Dalton) 151991-92

Fewest Points Allowed (vs. Rittman) 91995-96

Most Shots Attempted (vs. Central) 871980-81

Most Field Goals Made (vs. Central) 391982-83

Most Free Throws Made(vs. Tuslaw) 261995-96

Most Steals in a Game (vs. Central) 331993-94

Most Steals in a Season 4321993-94

Most Turnovers Forced-Game (Central) 421992-93

Most Turnovers Created in a Season 5861993-94

Most Assists in a Season 3591993-94

Most Assists-Game (Norwayne Sec. Chp) 321993-94

Widest Scoring Margin in a Game (Rittman) 581993-94

(Medina Christian) 581999-00

Best Team Rating for a Game (Rittman) 1881993-94

Most Turnovers in a Game (vs. Chippewa) 421990-91Least Turnovers in a Game (vs. Rittman) 3 1995-96

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS-RECORD BOARD

PlayerMarkYear

Scoring -CareerBrenda Griffith12701981-85

-SeasonBrenda Griffith 433(18.1)1983-84

-GameEmily Davis 361999-00

Rebounds-CareerJamie Mullens 6671990-94

-SeasonJamie Mullens 2491993-94

-GameLissa Williams 221978-79

Steals-CareerPhilomena Nussbaum2141992-94

-SeasonPhilomena Nussbaum1111993-94

-GamePhilomena Nussbaum 101993-94

Assists-CareerCindy LaPalme4111996-00

-SeasonCindy LaPalme1431999-00

-GameKristi Kiser 181993-94

Blocked-CareerKristi Lackman2341986-90

Shots-SeasonKristi Lackman1291989-90

-GameJamie Mullens 141993-94

3-Point-CareerNikki Kiser 391993-96

Field Goals-SeasonNikki Kiser 241995-96

-GameNikki Kiser 41995-96

FG Percentage -SeasonLaura Lingenfelter64.8%1995-96

FT Percentage -SeasonTonya Barkman80.8%1996-97

Most Free-GameDorothy Hosfeld121982-83

Throws-Consecutive Dorothy Hosfeld121982-83

Nancy Olinger121980-81

Most FG Attempts -Season Brenda Griffith3781983-84

Scoring -SeasonBrenda Griffith18.11984-85

Average-CareerBrenda Griffith14.11980-85

Offensive-SeasonJamie Mullens1281983-84

Rebounds-GameJamie Mullens 151983-84

Defensive-SeasonLaura Lingenfelter1641994-95

-GameKristi Lackman 161987-88

Rebounding AverageLissa Williams12.31978-79

FG Made-GameEmily Davis181999-00

Triple Doubles -SeasonJamie Mullens 31993-94

-CareerJamie Mullens 31989-94

Player Rating -Season Ave. Jamie Mullens37.41983-84

-GameJamie Mullens721983-84

ALL WAYNE COUNTY ATHLETIC LEAGUE TEAM 2000-01

1ST TEAM

TeamSchoolClass

Ashley CanterChippewaJunior

Diane MaletichSmithvilleJunior

Heidi GasserNorwayneJunior

Heather GortnerNorthwesternJunior

Cheyanne BoyanChippewaJunior

Beth BesanconSmithvilleSophomore

Kristen CutterNorthwesternSenior

Toni FryWaynedaleSophomore

Mollie BeeryRittmanSenior

Joslyn LawrenceHillsdaleJunior

2ND TEAM

Taniqua MillerChippewaSenior

Aleah LehmanWaynedaleSenior

Stephanie BercawHillsdaleJunior

Miranda Lawrence HillsdaleSenior

Brittany StowersWaynedaleSophomore

Jacey BausDaltonSenior

Jenn MaibachNorwayneSophomore

Amy WorkingerSmithvilleSenior

Heather HoffmanChippewaJunior

Ashley HaleyNorthwesternSenior

Courtney TisherRittmanSenior

DISTRICT #3 COACHES ALL STAR TEAM

1ST TEAM

PlayerTeamClass

Diane MaletichSmithvilleJunior

Ashley CanterChippewaJunior

Tracy VorshakFairlessJunior

Beth GortnerNorthwesternJunior

Beth BesanconSmithvilleSophomore

Cheyanne BoyanChippewaJunior

Toni FryWaynedaleSophomore

Emily EichelberryLoudonvilleSenior

Kristen CutterNorthwesternSenior

Mollie BeeryRittmanSenior

Michelle NizkadTuslawSenior

2ND TEAM

Taniqua MillerChippewaSenior

Jen MaceyakSt. ThomasSenior

Trish WhiteFairlessSenior

Brittany StowersWaynedaleSophomore

Heidi WorkingerSmithvilleSenior

Natalie BarroneSt. ThomasJunior

Heather DutaLoudonvilleSenior

Rachel Van HornLoudonvilleSenior

Heather HoffmanChippewaJunior

Amanda NelsonFairlessSenior

Courtney TisherRittmanSenior

Aleah LehmanWaynedaleSenior

Jullianne ParkerTuslawJunior