Shelbyville Lady Golden Bears Basketball

Shelbyville Lady Bears captured the # 36 spot in the preseason ratings out of all schools from all of the classes. 1 ben davis 2 cathedral 3 center grove 4 valpo 5 terre haut south 6 fw luers 7 fw snider 8 decatur central 9 gary west 10 kokomo 11 evansville memorial 12 highland 13 martinsville 14 new albany 15 forest park 16 triton 17 white river valley 18 huntington north 19 crown point 20 alexandria 21 s b washington 22 brownsburg 23 penn 24 franklin central 25 muncie central 26 connersville 27 perry meridian 28 plymouth 29 wawasee 30 southport 31 frankfort 32 northwood 33 north central - marion 34 franklin county 35 mt vernon ft ville 36 SHELBYVILLE 37 sheandoah 38 eastern hancock 39 greensburg 40 pike 41 winchester 42 jennings county 43 jasper 44 leo 45 north knox 46 beech grove 47 fountain central 48 lebanon 49 andrean 50 lewis cass and turkey run (tie) LET'S WIN AND MOVE UP!!!

Ken Berger and Brian Gaffney were named the coaches for the 2000-2001 Freshman team. A twenty game schedule has been announced and 14 girls are expected to try out for the team.

The Shelbyville Lady Bears under the tutelage of third year coach John Fair will return eight letter winners from last year’s 13-8 season. Key strengths will be defense, depth, quickness, and shooting. The Bears will be lead by Sara Laird (5’8” Sr., 13.1 ppg.) and Jenni Ross (5’8” Sr. 6.5 ppg.). Juniors who will see a lot of playing time will be Susan Kolls (5’7” 4.6 ppg.), and Ashley Coy (5’7” 3.2 ppg.). Other players who add depth to the defense include lightening quick Megan Eiler (5’5” Jr. 1.9 ppg.), Ashley Matney (5’7” Jr. 2 ppg.) and Allison Berger (5’6” So). A key to the Bears will be the development of sophomore center Katie Douglas (6’0” 4.1 ppg.). Newcomers, twin freshman guards, Gretchen Haehl (5’4”) and Gwen Haehl (5’8”) will add a terrific punch for the Bears. Look for Gretchen to be the starting point guard and Gwen to be fighting to be a starter. Also, look for junior Ann Griffey (6’0”) and freshman Haley Wise (5’11”) to contribute. Shelbyville will continue to run, press, and play physical defense. Added to the mix will be that this version of the Golden Bears appear to be able to shoot.

A new full time athletic trainer is now available for SHS athletes. His name is Kyle Whitkamper. Stop by the new training room and say hello. Kyle was hired by Shelbyville High School athletic department in conjunction with Major Hospital. This should be a big help to all of the athletes.

Shelbyville Golden Bears - 10/14 - Golden Bear coach John Fair's outlook is "we've got 8 letterwinners plus we've got the Haehls and Wise coming in." The coach has great reason to be excited about the upcoming season after going 13-8 last year. The leading senior is Sarah Laird (5'7 2G), who averaged 13.1 PPG, 3.5 APG and 3 steals per game a year ago. "Sarah is getting stronger and is very dedicated," says Fair, "she plays a lot of minutes, usually in the 28-30 range." Sophomore Katie Douglas (6'0 C) "is a left-handed post player who is just learning the game. She didn't know what the 'block' was last year as a freshman," says Fair. "I say she is our most important player. If we can get her to get 8-10 points and 8-10 rebounds a game, we should be doing alright," adds the coach. As a middle school group, Gretchen Haehl (5'5 PG '04), Gwen Haehl (5'7 G '04) and Haley Wise (5'11 F/C) lost only one game en route to a 36-1 record. That one loss was when Gretchen Haehl sat out ill. Gretchen is expected to be in the starting lineup from the get-go as a varsity freshman this year. The most physical kid on the team is senior Jenni Ross (5'7 F). Five juniors are Ashley Coy (5'8 WF), Megan Eiler (5'5 PG), Anne Griffey (6'0 C), Susan Kolls (5'7 2G) and Ashley Mateney (5'7 2G). Kolls averaged 5 PPG and is known to be a good shooter. Mateney is "the best defender on the team," says Fair. He also adds Eiler will be "the backup point guard." The second-fastest player is sophomore Allison Berger (5'7 2G). "I want to win our conference and win the sectional," say Fair, "but I also just want to get better."