Memorable Moments #11-#8

#11. September 24: Five-set “thriller” goes Bethany’s way
On senior night for the Bethany volleyball team at the Menno Lands, one senior went down and another stepped up. Hesston College-bound Kate Steury sprained her ankle during the warmup session; coach Lois Mast said her return, which was questionable and eventual, may have provided extra incentive for the team to succeed.
Bethany took a 2-0 set lead at 25-22, 25-15 before Elkhart Christian responded by taking the third and fourth sets at 22 and 17 points. On the first point of the fifth and deciding set, the momentum would shift again. Greg Keim of the Goshen News described that shift thus:

On the initial serve in the fifth and final game by ECA junior Kayley Baughman, Bethany’s dig appeared to be headed out of bounds. That’s when [senior Andrea] Born made a lunging save and the Bruins were able to get the ball over the net for a 1-0 lead.

Mast would later describe the play as “awesome,” citing it as an example of the Bruins’ superior defense that night — even if it was against themselves.
Bethany prevailed 25-22, 25-15, 22-25, 17-25, 15-12.
#10. October 17: Yoder scores on a corner

With 11 minutes elapsed in the scoreless soccer match sectional championship soccer match at Bodiker Field, referee Walt MacRae pointed toward the pitch’s southeast corner and awarded a penalty kick to the host Bruins. Midfielder Sharisse Yoder stepped up to take the kick, as she had many times over the season, and sent it on a line into Warsaw penalty area. The ball caromed off the right shoulder of Tiger goalkeeper Diana Monroy, hit the crossbar, and fell into the goal to give Bethany a 1-0 lead. It would be Bethany’s only shot on goal for the night, leaving them to play defense for over 68 minutes.
(More from this game coming later in the series.)
#9. May 15: Lehman hurls a one-hitter
In their first two turns at bat, Elkhart Christian managed two runs off Bruin pitcher Mattie Lehman despite a single from Annalisa Puckett being their sole tally in the hits column. But the 2-0 score after 1½ (or, for that matter, 3½) innings was as close as the Eagles would get. Bethany exploded for five runs in the fourth inning, all against starting pitcher Carrie Risner, and held the Eagles hitless for three more innings to close out game one with a 5-2 victory despite mustering only four singles and a double themselves. Puckett’s would be the only Eagle hit.

#8. September 15: Snyder goal propels BC over Goshen
Is it possible for a freshman in his twelfth high-school contest to dramatically alter the outcome? Yes. Does it happen? Not usually. But on a Tuesday night in September, Andrew Snyder turned the usual on its head, driving home a free kick with under seven minutes to play and giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead in their annual tussle with Goshen for city bragging rights. Jeff Yoder made seven saves that night to ensure that Bethany would come out ahead by the same score, at least until the teams met in the sectional final on the same field 25 days later. And while Snyder would score five other goals in 2009, part of a freshman trio that tallied 14 times for the varsity, none was more memorable than this.
Coming tomorrow: Bleeding Bruin Blue hits the hardwood for a pair of events from a memorable week in Hamilton.

Memorable Moments #15-#12

#15. April 26: Kelly hits for the cycle
Soon after 6:00 on a 64-degree Monday afternoon, Mikey Kelly stepped to the plate at Bodiker Field and lined the first pitch he saw to center field for a triple. After scoring on a single by James Helmuth, Kelly singled on the second pitch of his next at bat in the following inning and scored again. While the scoring accounted for two runs of Bethany’s 6-0 lead after three frames, the most significant score would be in the fifth. Leading off, Kelly lined a 1-1 pitch from Ryan Seller down the right field foul line for his first home run of the season. In the fifth, he would make the most of his final at bat by ripping a ball into the left-center field gap and stopping at second base with a double. Having recorded all four types of hits in the same game, Kelly turned an otherwise uneventful Monday night game into what is believed to be the first cycle in school history in a 14-4 victory over Valparaiso Victory Christian.
#14. October 3: Boys soccer takes conference title
Playing on their rain-soaked home turf at Bodiker Field, Jesse Ramer and Femi Hollinger-Janzen combined to slip three goals in six minutes past Argos goalkeeper Dylan Colburn. Seth Kauffman added another tally after halftime, and the Bruins held Argos scoreless and claimed their third consecutive Northern Indiana Soccer Conference title with a 4-0 defeat. Argos was runner-up for the third time in six years.
#13. May 22: Softball comes back against ECA
After an inning and a half of the Goshen Invitational consolation game, things were not looking up for the softball team. They mustered one hit in falling 16-0 to the hosts in the first round and trailed Elkhart Christian 5-0. To make matters worse, ECA was the team’s first-round sectional opponent just three days later. Bethany plated single runs in the second and third innings to cut the gap to 5-2. It was then that the floodgates opened, with a seven-run fourth giving way to three and four runs in the next two innings before the game was called in the sixth due to the ten-run mercy rule with the score 16-6 in favor of Bethany. Lauren Hooley finished with three hits and five RBI to lead the Bruins, while Mattie Lehman scattered two hits among six innings on the mound.
#12. December 19: Bruins win holiday tournaments
Low-scoring games and aggressive defense were hallmarks of the final games of the 2009 Bethany Christian Tournament. The girls used none of their usual offensive weapons, as Marla zumFelde missed five of six 3-point attempts and the team was an anemic 5-for-18 from the free throw line. Bethany entered the day with a 13-player roster combining JV and varsity, a shorthandedness that was compounded by a knee injury in the first game that ended one season; in the second quarter, a collision while diving for a loose ball would force the Bruins to play without starter Chris Minter. But trailing 31-25 entering the final quarter, the team outscored Elkhart Christian 15-8 as Eagle forward Natalie Allen sat with four fouls and then fouled out with nearly two minutes remaining; in her absence, the Eagles fell 40-39. Bethany finished with 11 points from zumFelde, nine from Ali Hochstetler and eight from Mandy Schlabach; Natalie Thorne had six to go with nine rebounds.
If the girls’ 40 points seemed low, the boys’ 37 could not be a good thing. But unlike the girls, the boys held Elkhart Christian to only eleven points in a first half that saw Bethany’s Jesse Ramer and ECA’s Sean Addison receive technical fouls on separate incidents from referee Darrell Watson. Addison would leave partway through the second half with an apparent injury. Bruin forwards Seth Kauffman and Hamilton Thorne finished with a combined 22 points and 23 rebounds, anchoring the interior of a defense that held the Eagles to 10 field goals and drew 20 fouls. Bethany’s offense operated from the interior as well, with no three-point shots and only three field goals from shooters smaller than 6’0”. But it was enough for a 37-28 win.
Coming tomorrow: We twist and bend our way through three nail-biting victories, as well as a fourth that wasn’t so close.

Bodiker Named Goshen Champion of Character

GOSHEN — Former Bethany coach and athletic director Dan Bodiker will receive the Dr. Roman Gingerich Champion of Character Award from Goshen College Maple Leaf Athletic Club during that institution’s homecoming ceremonies in October, according to a brochure from the college. Bodiker served as coach of Bethany’s boys and girls basketball, boys soccer, boys and girls track, and baseball during his tenure from 1964-1997. In the fall of 1997, he became Bethany’s athletic director, a post he held until retiring in 2007. After his retirement, he has served as an assistant boys basketball coach for the past two years.

During his 34 years as a coach, Bodiker won over 900 games and had an approximate varsity winning percentage of .560; records from the soccer team’s early years are incomplete. While the baseball sectional title in 1987 was the lone sectional title he won in IHSAA-sponsored competition, the Bruins were voted state champions in 1971 and 1972 by the Indiana Soccer Coaches Association and advanced to the semifinals of that association’s tournament in 1986.

Bodiker was inducted to the Elkhart County Sports Hall of Fame and the Indiana Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame in 2007. Since the spring of that year, the soccer, softball, baseball, and cross country teams have called home the Bodiker Athletic Fields on the school’s campus. Bodiker is joined by eight other Bethany representatives in the Hall; he coached six of those eight, with one person playing for the Bruins after his retirement from coaching.

The Champions of Character awards were created in 2006 by the Maple Leaf Athletic Club to honor Goshen alumni who “exemplify … the core values of Goshen College, the National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics, and the Mennonite Church.” Bodiker graduated from Goshen in 1964, lettering in baseball and soccer. He would be followed to his alma mater by his sons, one of whom was a two-time NAIA All-American soccer player and coaches high school boys soccer in Ohio.

Dan Bodiker (Elkhart County, Indiana Sports Hall of Fame)

Champions of Character (GoLeafs.net)

(Photo: Elkhart County Sports Hall of Fame)

Soccer Sectional Returning to Bethany

INDIANAPOLIS — The IHSAA has released the minutes of the Executive Committee's June 24 meeting, and it appears that Bethany will host Sectional 8 for the ninth consecutive year. The minutes list only sectionals that will change host sites, and none of the other sectional schools are hosting. This is the third girls soccer sectional that the Bruins have been tapped to host since the school was removed from other hosting rotations in the spring of 2007 due to the school's policy of not playing the national anthem at sporting events. In the eight years of the Bethany Christian girls soccer sectional, the host school is 9-5 and 2-2 in the sectional final.

The boys soccer and tennis sectionals will continue at Goshen, the boys and girls cross country sectionals will be at Ox Bow County Park, and the volleyball sectional will be held at Canterbury.

In other news, volleyball sectional winners will play a one-match regional on the Tuesday after the sectional final, with a four-team semi-state the following Saturday and the state championship match in each class the Saturday after that in Muncie. The regional is new for this year; previously, sixteen teams advanced to semi-state play and four teams in each class went to state.

The committee announced that the girls basketball state finals will return to Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne in 2011.

IHSAA Executive Committee Minutes

Memorable Moments: Those That Weren't

Starting sometime soon (hopefully tomorrow), I'll start counting down the 15 most memorable moments as determined by you, the fans. But before we look at those, here are a few more moments that didn't make the list.

August 18: Gerig opens season with goals
Taylor Christophel scored the Bruin girls soccer team's first goal of 2009, only 21 seconds into the game against a South Bend Riley squad that would finish 1-10-1. But 24 minutes later, Emma Gerig scored the team's second. Bethany added another before the intermission to make the score 3-0, but then Gerig tallied three goals in twelve minutes from the 52nd to the 64th. That hat trick plus one, part of a seven-goal Bethany onslaught, started Gerig on her way to the 12th-highest goal-scoring season in school history; Bethany scored 50 goals in 2009, the most since they played in the Crown Point semi-state in 2010.

October 1: Lincoln shocks the Bruins
A goal from Matt Weaver gave Bethany a 1-0 lead over NorthWood five minutes after halftime in Bethany's quest for a thirteenth win. But with mere seconds remaining on a rainy Thursday night at Bodiker Field, the ball slipped away from the feet of an unknown Bruin midfielder; NorthWood's Ryan Lincoln put it in the back of the net as NorthWood snatched a draw from the jaws of defeat.


January 21: Jordan beats the buzzer
Despite Seth Kauffman's 25 points that gave Bethany a ten-point lead with just over five minutes top lay, the final thunder in a matchup of two top-20 teams went to Canterbury's Jason Jordan. The 6'2", dreadlocked junior drove the lane and hit a 10-foot floating jump shot with 16 seconds remaining to give the Cavaliers a 55-54 lead. After a Bethany timeout, Seth Kauffman missed a layup and Hamilton Thorne erred on the put-back attempt and Canterbury escaped the Menno Lands with a victory.

Bruin Athletes Compete in SportsFest

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MISHAWAKA, Ind. — Three recent Bethany alumni participated last week in the SportsFest event held at Bethel College and sponsored by Schurz Communications, parent company of WSBT-TV, WSBT radio, and the South Bend Tribune. Defender JD Nafziger and Western Michigan-bound midfielder Jesse Ramer played for the Indiana East team that lost to a squad from metropolitan South Bend in the boys soccer event, while Goshen signee Seth Kauffman's 12 points were not enough as Indiana East came back from a 71-51 hole to tie Indiana West before dropping a boys basketball semifinal 89-87 to Indiana West. Kauffman also served as the East goalkeeper in the soccer semifinal, making seven saves on seven shots as East beat West 1-0 in a match called at halftime due to lightning. Full summaries of both events follow.

Indiana West's Colt Meadows (23) of Rochester drives the free-throw lane during a Schurz Communications SportsFest boys basketball game at Bethel College Wednesday night. Indiana East's Seth Kauffman (14), a 2010 Bethany alumnus, defends. The South Bend Tribune's Jim Rider depresses the shutter on his camera.

Breaking: Ramer Signs with WMU

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KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Bethany midfielder Jesse Ramer has signed a national letter of intent to continue his academic and soccer career at Western Michigan University, Bleeding Bruin Blue has learned. The Broncos compete in the Mid-American Conference under the direction of head coach Stu Riddle. WMU finished 6-10-1 in the 2009 fall season, 3-2-1 in MAC play.

Ramer, the 2009 Northern Indiana Soccer Conference Player of the Year, becomes the third Bruin to appear on the athletic roster of an NCAA Division I institution; 2009 graduate Chelsea Noble and 1993 graduate Jennifer Mortrud both played softball for Indiana and Western Michigan.

He was a four-year starter at Bethany, helping the team to three straight conference titles and the school’s inaugural sectional championship. Bethany head coach Hank Willems commented that the signing is a big deal, because although he has had multiple Division I players during a 17-year coaching career, “it’s not that may compared to the number of D-I players.”

Men's Soccer Signs 10, Adds Two Transfers for 2010-11 (WMUBroncos.com)

Fall 2009 Athletic Awards

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GOSHEN — Bethany held its fall sports award ceremony tonight in the school's auditorium. A list of major award winners by sport follows. Repeat winners are noted with an asterisk.

Boys/girls cross country

• Sportsmanship: *Leanne Hochstetler (senior), *Luis López (senior)
• Most Valuable Runner: Ben Hochstetler (sophomore)

Boys tennis

• Sportsmanship: Ben Mast (junior)
• Co-MVPs: Seth Krabill (junior), Ben Mast (junior)
• Most Improved: Austin Loucks (senior)
• JV Award: Blake Shetler (sophomore)

Volleyball

• Sportsmanship: Kate Steury (senior)
• Coaches' Award: Marla zumFelde (junior)
• Hustle: Mandy Schlabach (junior)
• Mental Attitude: Lexi Kantz (senior)
• Team Player: Corine Alvarez (senior)
• JV Award: Maria Thomas (freshman)

Boys soccer

• Sportsmanship: JD Nafziger (senior)
• Offensive MVP: Femi Hollinger-Janzen (sophomore)
• Defensive MVP: Aaron Stiffney (junior)
• Leadership: *Jesse Ramer (senior)
• Most Improved: *Ben Bontreger (junior)
• JV Award: Cory Bowman (junior)

Girls soccer

• Sportsmanship: Kelly Snyder (senior)
• Offensive MVP: *Emma Caskey (sophomore)
• Midfield MVP: *Sharisse Yoder (junior)
• Defensive MVP: Karli Graybill (senior)

In addition, several Bruins were named all-conference and all-district in recent weeks.

Bethany Soccer Players Named All-Conference

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GOSHEN — Jesse Ramer was named Northern Indiana Soccer Conference player of the year for the 2009 season, Bleeding Bruin Blue has learned. This is the third consecutive season on the all-NISC first team for the player with more assists than all but three players in school history; he is joined on the team by J.D. Nafziger, Aaron Stiffney, and Femi Hollinger-Janzen. Senior Seth Kauffman and junior Ben Bontreger are Bethany's representatives on the all-conference second team. (Ramer and Stiffney won all-district awards from the Indiana Soccer Coaches Association last week; click here for more details.)

On the girls side, senior defender Karli Graybill was named all-conference for the first time, while junior midfielder Sharisse Yoder makes her second consecutive appearance. Senior goalkeeper Kelly Snyder, who recorded shutouts in nine of Bethany's eleven wins this year, was named to the second team for the second time, while senior forward Emma Gerig garnered second-team recognition as well.

Breaking: Bruins Named All-District

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GOSHEN — Bleeding Bruin Blue has learned that Bethany's Jesse Ramer was named to the Indiana Soccer Coaches Association's all-District 2 team. The all-district team will play in the College Showcase All-Star game in Indianapolis the weekend before Thanksgiving.

Hank Willems was named private school district coach of the year for the second consecutive season, while Bruin junior Aaron Stiffney was named to the second team.

All-state teams are determined at the College Showcase, November 21-22 at North Central High School.

Boys All-District Teams (Hoosier Futbol)

Regional Match Report, October 21

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Girls soccer

GOSHEN — The Bruins gave up a goal at 5:09 of the first half, then held the Kingsmen to one goal in the next sixty minutes before falling 5-0 in regional play at Goshen.

Penn 5, Bethany 0

• P: Katie Hojara (Ali Scholtes assist) (6')
• P: Kimberly Luttrell (50')
• P: Scholtes (67')
• P: Katie Burns (68')
• P: Hojara (75')

Shots on goal — Penn 19, Bethany 1. Saves — Penn: Haley Craig 1; Bethany: Kelly Snyder 12. Corner kicks — Penn 7, Bethany 0. Referee — Jerry Chizum. Linesmen — Herbert Newman, Ted Ummel.

Penn girls blast Bethany Christian for regional championship (South Bend Tribune)

Penn wins third straight regional crown (Elkhart Truth)

Fine Bethany season ends (Goshen News)

PHOTO: Jay Seawell/Elkhart Truth

Bruins Meet the Press

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GOSHEN — As the fall sports season draws to a close, Bleeding Bruin Blue would like to take the opportunity to point out some occurrences of the Bruins in semi-mainstream media.

Michiana Sports Authority has available on its website four Bethany soccer games. In order, they are:

• August 25: Northridge at Bethany girls
• September 3: Northridge at Bethany boys, Carroll Soccer Classic (includes a nearly 20-minute interview with Bleeding Bruin Blue's editor)
• September 24: Culver Academy at Bethany girls
• September 26: Westview at Bethany girls

In addition, boys soccer coach Hank Willems appeared on Inside the Game with the same site in August. This interview can be heard during the pregame show here.

The Warsaw Times Union's Anthony Gadson was at Bodiker Field Tuesday and Thursday nights for the sectional soccer games. His reports can be found below:

• Lady Tigers Open Soccer Sectional With Win
• Lady Tigers top Westview
• Wawasee Girls Fall To Bruins

Reports by the Kendallville News-Sun and Milford Mail-Journal are not available without subscribing.

Finally, Bethany has released this video of Femi Hollinger-Janzen scoring the Bruin goal in the boys sectional final at Goshen High School. We pick up the action with approximately 2½ minutes to play in the first half:

(Video by Peter Shetler, Bethany Christian Schools)

Bruins touching the ball, in order: unknown, Femi Hollinger-Janzen, Jesse Ramer, Ryan Snyder, Jesse Ramer, Aaron Stiffney, Femi Hollinger-Janzen.

If you are aware of other things I missed, e-mail me at senorloco1908@gmail.com.

Match Reports, October 10

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Boys soccer
GOSHEN — Goshen perfected the one-man offense tonight as Carl Kay scored three goals in leading the Redskins to a 3-1 win over Bethany. Despite the loss, the Bruins outscored and out-cornered Goshen 5-4.

Goshen 3, Bethany 1 in Goshen sectional final

• B: Femi Hollinger-Janzen (38')
• G: Carl Kay (Warren Kay assist) (44')
• G: C. Kay (60')
• G: C. Kay (74')

Shots on goal — Bethany 5 (Hollinger-Janzen, JD Nafziger, Jesse Ramer, Matt Weaver, Joel Yoder); Goshen 4 (C. Kay 3, Gerardo Mejia). Saves — Bethany: Jeff Yoder 1; Goshen: Naciel Rodriguez 4. Corner kicks — Bethany 5, Goshen 4.

Redskins win third straight sectional soccer title (Goshen News)

Volleyball

GOSHEN — Lakewood Park def. Bethany 25-23, 18-25, 26-24, 26-24.

Aces — Bethany: Mattie Lehman 4. Assists — Bethany: Mandy Schlabach 17, Lehman 15. Kills — Bethany: Marla zumFelde 14, Kate Steury 11. Digs — Bethany: Corine Alvarez 17, Lehman 11. Blocks — Bethany: Corine Alvarez 4, Mandy Schlabach 3.

JV: Lakewood Park def. Bethany 25-23, 25-24.

Aces — Bethany: Rachel Schrock 3. Assists — Bethany: Elise Romero 9. Kills — Bethany: Maria Thomas 3. Digs — Bethany: Thomas 6.

Match Reports & Sectional Update, October 8

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Boys soccer
GOSHEN — Bethany 1, Wawasee 0 in Goshen sectional semifinal

• B: Andrew Snyder (Femi Hollinger-Janzen assist) (8')

Shots on goal — Bethany 9, Wawasee 4. Goalie saves — Bethany 4, Wawasee 6. Corner kicks —Bethany 8, Wawasee 1.

Bruins edge Wawasee (Goshen News)

Volleyball
MIDDLEBURY, Ind. — Bethany def. Clinton Christian 23-25, 21-25, 25-17, 25-21, 15-11.
Aces — Clinton: Jade Hathaway 2, Katlynne Miller 2. Assists — Bethany: Mattie Lehman 16, Mandy Schlabach 16; Clinton: Nicole Hochstetler 21, Miller 9. Kills — Bethany: Marla zumFelde 16, Corine Alvarez 13; Clinton: Natalie Bontrager 10, Karmen Yoder 10, Megan Troyer 9. Blocks — Bethany: Alvarez 4, Schlabach 2, zumFelde 2, Lexi Kantz 1 solo, Kate Steury 1 solo; Clinton: K. Yoder 1. Digs — Bethany: Lehman 14; Clinton: J. Hathaway 17, Troyer 17, Hochstetler 10.

JV: Bethany def. Clinton Christian 25-15, 25-23.
Aces — Bethany: Amber Heydon 6; Clinton: Caitie Yoder 3. Assists — Bethany: Elise Romero 9; Clinton: Janessa Bontrager 3. Kills — Bethany: Heydon 4; Clinton: C. Yoder 1, Desiree Miller 1. Digs — Bethany: Alena Yoder 4; Clinton: C. Yoder 6, Tori Hathaway 6.

Boys cross country
ELKHART — ECA 22, Bethany 36.
Top five — Jon Newhall (E) 18:05; A.J. Yoder (E) 18:17; Ben Hochstetler (B) 18:20; Derek Blankinship (E) 18:26; Jesse Bontreger (B) 18:32. Other Bruin runners — 6th, Luis López 18:46; 10th, Tim Beechy 20:19; 12th, Josh Leatherman 22:20.


Girls cross country
ELKHART — Bethany def. ECA (incomplete).
Top five — Ali Hochstetler (B) 19:23; Jenae Hershberger (B) 22:05; Kaylie Colon (E) 23:06; Eva Lapp (B) 23:12; Lizzie Swart (E) 24:51. Other Bruin runners — 6th, Lauren Hooley 25:45; 7th, Leanne Hochstetler 28:15.


MS volleyball
MIDDLEBURY, Ind. — Bethany def. Clinton Christian 25-9, 25-14. Aces — Bethany: Lorae Weaver 4.


Sectional update: boys soccer
Semifinal at Goshen
Goshen 3, West Noble 1

• G: Carl Kay (Eddie Chirino assist) (9')
• G: Chirino (Kay) (22')
• W: Diego Murillo (44')
• G: Jona Yanez (Kay) (67')

Shots on goal — Goshen 10, West Noble 3. Goalie saves — Goshen 2, West Noble 4. Corner kicks — Goshen 12, West Noble 0.

PHOTO: Chad Weaver/Goshen News

This Week In Bruindom, October 4-10

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Sun., October 4

• Athlete of the Week nominations due, 5:30 p.m.

Mon., October 5

• Boys tennis sectional final: Fairfield vs. Jimtown at Goshen MS, completion of suspended match, 4:30 p.m.
• MS boys cross country vs. Howe Military, 5:00 p.m.
• MS volleyball at Argos, 5:00 p.m. (B)
• MS volleyball at Argos, 6:15 p.m. (A)

Tues., October 6

• MS volleyball vs. Jimtown, 4:30 p.m. (B)
• MS volleyball vs. Jimtown, 5:45 p.m. (A)
• Volleyball at Goshen, 6:00 p.m. (JV)
• Girls soccer at Argos, 6:30 p.m. (V)
• Volleyball at Goshen, 7:15 p.m. (V)

Thurs., October 8

• MS volleyball at Clinton Christian, 4:30 p.m. (A)
• Girls cross country at ECA, 4:45 p.m.
• MS girls cross country vs. ECA, 5:00 p.m.
• Boys cross country at ECA, 5:25 p.m.
• MS boys cross country at ECA, 5:30 p.m.
• Boys soccer vs. Wawasee in Goshen sectional semifinal, 6:00 p.m.
• Volleyball at Clinton Christian, 6:00 p.m. (JV)
• Volleyball at Clinton Christian, 7:15 p.m. (V)
• Boys soccer: Goshen vs. West Noble in Goshen sectional semifinal, 8:00 p.m.

Fri., October 9

• MS boys & girls cross country at Stanley Clark Inv., 4:30 p.m.

Sat., October 10

• Volleyball vs. Lakewood Park, 11:00 a.m. (JV)
• Volleyball vs. Lakewood Park, 12:15 p.m. (V)
• Boys soccer Goshen sectional final: Wawasee/Bethany vs. Goshen/West Noble, 7:00 p.m. (V)

Match Reports & Sectional Updates, October 3

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Boys soccer
GOSHEN — Bethany 4, Argos 0

• B: Jesse Ramer (Eder Paez assist) (20')
• B: Femi Hollinger-Janzen (Andrew Snyder) (22')
• B: Hollinger-Janzen (Ramer) (25')
• B: Seth Kauffman (50')

Caution — Argos: Jordan O'Dell, 63rd minute.

Shots on goal — Argos 1, Bethany 11. Saves — Argos: Dylan Colburn 7; Bethany: Jeff Yoder 1.
Referee — Shawn Hesselbart. Linesmen — Luis Sixtos, Oscar Sixtos.

JV: Bethany 4, Argos 0.

• B: Tyrel Baldridge (11')
• B: Baldridge (Austin Mumaw assist) (14')
• B: Ian Croyle (19')
• B: Jared Nussbaum (penalty kick) (40')

Caution — Argos: Jordan O'Dell, 51st minute.

Shots on goal — Argos 3, Bethany 21. Saves — Argos: Jacob Mechling 17; Bethany: Jeremy Troyer 3.
Officials — Shawn Hesselbart, Luis Sixtos, Oscar Sixtos.

Girls soccer
LaGRANGE, Ind. — Bethany 5, Lakeland 0.

• B: Taylor Christophel (Emma Caskey assist) (19')
• B: Elyse Hooley (Sharisse Yoder) (41')
• B: Caskey (Gina Gautsche) (58')
• B: Maddie Gerig (Caskey) (71')
• B: Caskey (Marissa Weldy) (71')

Shots on goal — Bethany 17, Lakeland 3. Saves — Bethany: Caitlin Fecher 3; Lakeland: Shelby Heller 12. Corner kicks — Bethany 2, Lakeland 0.

Boys tennis

GOSHEN — Jimtown 4, Bethany 1 in Goshen sectional semifinal at Maple City Racquet Club. The match was moved from Goshen Middle School due to weather.

Seth Krabill lost to Wyatt Stutzman 4-6, 2-6. Ben Mast def. Malachi Randolph 6-3, 6-1. Blake Shetler lost to Brad Shipley 1-6, 2-6. Austin Loucks/Kyle Miller lost to Josh Beck/Derick Troeger 4-6, 3-6. Russell Klassen/Nick Rebec lost to Trent Kauffman/Derek Thwaits 6-3, 4-6, 3-6.

MS soccer

TOPEKA, Ind. — Concord 7, Bethany 0 in Hoosier Soccer Conference semifinals.
Shots on goal — Bethany 3, Concord 20. Saves — Bethany: Abe Thorne 9, Jordan Haarer 4. Corner kicks — Bethany 2, Concord 4.


Sectional update: boys tennis
Semifinals (at Maple City Racquet Club)
Jimtown 5, NorthWood 0
Matt Candler def. Ramiro Arguijo 6-0, 6-0. Shane Cook def. Corey Diener 6-1, 6-0. Bret Giddings def. Ben Zercher 6-1, 6-1. Josh George/Jake Hoffman def. Brennan Angle/Tyler Rhoades 6-2, 6-2. Nick Anglemeyer/John Raderstorf def. Jayson Linhart/Shawn Stahley 6-2, 6-3.

Fairfield 4, Bethany 1 (see above)

Championship (at Goshen)
Fairfield vs. Jimtown, susp. to Monday, 4:30 p.m.
Wyatt Stutzman (F) vs. Matt Candler: 1-1. Shane Cook (J) leads Malachi Randolph 2-1. Brad Shipley (F) vs. Bret Giddings: 1-1. Josh Beck/Derick Troeger (F) lead Josh George/Jake Hoffman 2-0. Nick Anglemeyer/John Raderstorf (J) lead Trent Kauffman/Derek Thwaits 2-1.

Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week, September 13-19 & 20-26

NOMINATE FOR MENNO LANDS MEMORIES or ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

The Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week for September 6-12, with three goals (one game-tying) and two assists (one on a game-winning goal) in two many games, is seventh grader Isaac Brenneman. The winner for the next week, scoring a goal and tallying two assists, is junior Joel Yoder.

Eligibility: Literally all Bruins in a position to win any athletic letter (varsity, JV or freshman) during the current season, or middle school counterparts thereof are eligible. The only exceptions are recent winners: Brenneman, Yoder, and Femi Hollinger-Janzen are ineligible for September 27-October 3.

Next Week: Nominations will be due Sunday, Oct. 4, at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. To nominate someone, send an e-mail to senorloco1908@gmail.com and put "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" in the subject line. The body of the message can be used for whatever you want. The three simple things that will disqualify a message are:

1. A subject line that reads "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" without actually naming an athlete.
2. Anyone nominating multiple people will have only the last nomination counted.
3. Señor Loco reserves the right to ignore e-mails with unnecessarily vulgar sections.

Match Reports & Sectional Update, October 1

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Boys soccer
GOSHEN — Bethany 1, NorthWood 1

• B: Matt Weaver (45')
• N: Ryan Lincoln (80')

Shots on goal — NorthWood 5, Bethany 11. Saves — NotrthWood: Maliq Taylor 10; Bethany: Jeff Yoder 4. Corner kicks — NorthWood 2, Bethany 8. Fouls — NorthWood 7, Bethany 12. Referee — Mark Lantz. Linesmen — Robert Zickafoos, Mark Gunther.

JV: NorthWood 1, Bethany 0. Goal — Clayton Seitz. Shots on goal — NorthWood 3, Bethany 5. Saves — NorthWood: Kyle Dijkstra 5; Bethany: Jeremy Troyer 2. Referee — Mark Gunther. Linesmen, Robert Zickafoos, Mark Lantz.

Girls soccer

ELKHART — Concord 2, Bethany 1

• C: Natalie Ogle (9')
• C: Kelsey Smucker (11').
• B: Emma Caskey (67')

Shots on goal — Bethany 4, Concord 4. Saves — Concord: Kayla Werst 3; Bethany: Caitlin Fecher 1. Corner kicks — Bethany 2, Concord 4.

Volleyball

GOSHEN — Cornerstone varsity def. Bethany JV 25-20, 25-22, 25-22.

Aces — Bethany: Amber Heydon 4. Assists — Bethany: Elise Romero 10. Kills — Bethany: Maria Thomas 6, Heydon 4. Digs — Bethany: Dona Park 4.

MS soccer

GOSHEN — Bethany 1, Stanley Clark 1 in first round of Hoosier Soccer Conference tournament (Bethany advances 4-3 on penalty kicks)

• B: Joseph Mumaw (Hans Miller, Dwight Markham assists) (53')
• S: unknown (60')

Shootout goals — Bethany: Isaac Brenneman, Jesse Amstutz, Ethan Miller, Lana Smucker. Shots — Stanley Clark 11, Bethany 5. Saves — Stanley Clark 2, Bethany: Abe Thorne 9. Corner kicks — Stanley Clark 5, Bethany 3.

MS volleyball

GOSHEN — Cornerstone def. Bethany 25-22, 25-18.

Aces — Bethany: Marie Bontrager 5. Assists — Bethany: Bontrager 3. Kills — Bethany: Hanna Hochstetler 3, Lorae Weaver 2.

MS boys cross country

ELKHART — Bethany incomplete vs. Concord.

Medalist — H. Zelaya (C) 11:08. Bruin runners — 10th, Ryan Miller 13:48; 11th, Parth Patel 14:11; 13th, Neel Bhagat 15:07; 15th, Jack Erlacher 18:36.

MS girls cross country

ELKHART — Bethany incomplete vs. Concord.

Medalist — T. Lee (C) 12:43. Bruin runners — 3rd, Katie Hurst 13:02; 7th, Syd Dille 14:30; 17th, Lena Yeakey 15:49.

Sectional update, boys tennis

GOSHEN — Goshen vs. Jimtown, suspended to Friday, 4:30 p.m.

Match Reports, September 29

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Boys soccer
GOSHEN — Bethany 2, ECA 0

• B: Jesse Ramer (Ryan Snyder, Andrew Snyder assists) (43')
• B: Eder Paez (Femi Hollinger-Janzen) (69').

Cautions — Bethany: Seth Kauffman (1) 20th minute; ECA: Tanner Scott 78th.

Shots on goal — ECA 2, Bethany 7; Saves — ECA: Sean Addison 5; Bethany: Jeff Yoder 2. Referee — Bob Gibson. Linesmen — Daniel Nava, Edward McKenna.

JV: Bethany 5, ECA 0

• B: James Helmuth (Lucas Morgan assist) (17')
• B: Tyler Brenneman (33')
• B: Morgan (38').
• B: Ian Croyle (Tyrel Baldridge) (61')
• B: Austin Mumaw (66').

Shots on goal — Bethany 9, ECA 1. Saves — ECA: Caleb Stayton 4; Bethany: Jeremy Troyer 1. Referee — Edward McKenna. Linesmen — Daniel Nava, Bob Gibson.

Girls soccer

WARSAW, Ind. — Warsaw 3, Bethany 1

• W: Meredith Hollar (2')
• W: Hollar (Emily Hickerson assist) (8')
• W: Emily Williamson (Kelly Wildman) (30')
• B: Sharisse Yoder (59')

Shots on goal — Warsaw 9, Bethany 6. Saves — Warsaw: Diana Monroy 5; Bethany: Kelly Snyder 2, Caitlin Fecher 0, Natalie Thorne 3. Corner kicks — Warsaw 3, Bethany 4.

Boys tennis

AKRON, Ind. — Bethany vs. Tippecanoe Valley, canceled.

Volleyball

GOSHEN — Northridge def. Bethany 23-25, 21-25, 26-24, 25-22, 15-10. Bethany was awarded a forfeit victory after a Northridge player participated in six sets, one more than is permitted per day. What that makes the score, I do not know.

Aces — Bethany: Corine Alvarez 2, Mattie Lehman 2. Assists — Bethany: Lehman 20, Mandy Schlabach 15. Kills — Bethany: Schlabach 12, Marla zumFelde 12. Blocks — Bethany: Alvarez 6 (2 solos), Schlabach 4, zumFelde 4. Digs — Bethany: Alvarez 13, Lehman 13.

JV: Northridge def. Bethany 25-15, 22-25, 15-2.

Assists — Bethany: Elise Romero 14; Northridge: Kate Ahonen 16. Kills — Bethany: Maria Thomas 14; Northridge: Katie Eaton 5. Digs — Bethany: Thomas 5, Alena Yoder 5; Northridge: Amy Stoffel 12.

MS volleyball "C"

GOSHEN — Jimtown def. Bethany: 25-15, 25-19. Aces — Jimtown: Kaylee Pletcher 2, Lindsey Stose 2.

(PHOTO: Jay Seawell/Elkhart Truth)

Match Reports, September 28

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Boys soccer "C"
GOSHEN — Bethany 1, FW Carroll 1

• B: Austin Mumaw (32').
• C: Matthew Gumbert (#5 assist) (70').

Shots on goal — Carroll 5, Bethany 2. Saves — Carroll: Sam Bodenstein 1; Bethany: Jeremy Troyer 3.

Boys tennis

GOSHEN — Bethany JV vs. Howe Military varsity.

Boys cross country

HAMLET, Ind. — Bethany 26, Jimtown 30; Triton 17, Bethany 42; Triton 16, Jimtown 41; Bethany 15, John Glenn 50; Bethany 15, Oregon-Davis 50; Jimtown 15, John Glenn 50; Jimtown 15, Oregon-Davis 50; Triton 15, John Glenn 50; Triton 15, Oregon-Davis 50. Medalist — Blake Lemler (T) 17:31. Bruin runners — 5th, Ben Hochstetler 18:40; 6th, Jesse Bontreger 18:49; 10th, Luis López 18:58; 18th, Tim Beechy 20:36; 28th, Josh Leatherman 23:55.

Girls cross country

HAMLET, Ind. — Jimtown 27, Bethany 31; Bethany 15, Triton 50; Bethany 15, John Glenn 50; Bethany 15, Oregon-Davis 50; Jimtown 15, Triton 50; Jimtown 15, John Glenn 50; Jimtown 15, Oregon-Davis 50. Medalist — Ali Hochstetler (B) 19:49. Other Bruin runners — 5th, Jenae Herhsberger 22:11; 7th, Eva Lapp 23:02; 16th, Lauren Hooley 26:09; 18th, Leanne Hochstetler 26:49.

MS soccer

GOSHEN — Goshen 11, Bethany 0. Shots — Bethany 2, Goshen 20. Saves — Bethany: Abe Thorne 5; Goshen 2. Corner kicks — Bethany 0, Goshen 5.

"B": Bethany vs. Goshen.

MS volleyball

ELKHART — Bethany vs. ECA.

MS boys cross country

LIGONIER, Ind. — West Noble 15, Bethany 50.

Medalist — Eric Silva (WN) 12:40. Bruin runners — 16th, Ryan Miller 14:58; 19th, Neel Bhagat 15:47; 20th, Parth Patel 15:51; 23rd, Aaron Maust 16:52; 28th, Jack Erlacher 22:12.

MS girls cross country

LIGONIER, Ind. — West Noble 20, Bethany incomplete.

Medalist — Katie Hurst (B) 14:22. Other Bruin runners — 16th, Syd Dille 15:57; 19th, Lena Yeakey 17:28.