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We have just received word from the Athletic Director that tonights boys game against Centerburg has moved up to 5:00pm for the JV start and 6:30pm for the Varsity start. A significant weather system is slated to move through the area beginning late this afternoon and through tonight, bringing with it a mixed variety of weather.
The FHS Student Council will hold a Chili Dinner on Friday night, January 20, starting at 4:00pm in the High School Commons area outside the gym. The dinner will run during the FHS Boys game versus Centerburg. A donation for the dinner is suggested.
The benefit is to raise funds for Fredericktown Elementary School teacher Stacey Bellman who is battling Breast Cancer, and the family of FHS Athletic Director Mark DeLaney and his family, whose daughter Addyson Grace is fighting Urea Cycle Disorder and in need of a liver transplant.
Proceeds from the donations will be split between the two families.
By JIM BOSTIC
The Freddie Wrestlers took on Columbus Africentric Early College and Columbus Whetstone in a three way meet and walked away with two big wins.
In the first match up the Freddies took on Africentric and never lost a match. Carson Mills won the 106-pound class by technical fall (18-3) in the third period. Matt Giffon won the 120-pound class with a pin in the second period. Nolan Dilts won the 126-pound class with a pin in the first period. Austin Palms won the 132-pound class with a pin in the second period. Wyatt Owens won the 145-pound class by technical fall (15-0) in the second period. Dennis Sanchez won the 152-pound class with a pin in the first period. Allisa Stone won the 160-pound class in sudden death overtime, 10-9. Caleb Snyder won the 170-pound class with a pin in the first period. Cody McGuire won the 195-pound class with a pin in the second period. The Freddies won the match, 73 – 0.
In the second match up the Freddies took on Whetstone and won 54 – 28. Matt Giffon won the 113-pound class with a pin in the first period. Nolan Dilts won by technical fall (25-10) in the second period. Austin Palms won with a pin in the second period. Wyatt Owens won with a pin in the first period. Dennis Sanchez won with a pin in the third period. Caleb Snyder won with a pin in the second period. Cody McGuire won by technical fall (20-3) in the second period. Josh Neff won with a pin in the first period.
Accuracy, speed, teamwork, communication, and execution are all key words that describe the effort on the court in the Freddies 63-55 victory over Johnstown at home on Friday night.
Austin Hathaway opened the scoring from outside the arc with Ryan Logan snagging a hop underneath the net for two more in the first two minutes of play against the Johnnies. It was another trey from Hathaway that caused the Johnstown bench to call a timeout to regroup.
Johnstown opened their scoring from the line, but Logan was right back at it for two, before the Johnnies caught a quick break to leave them trailing behind 10-6 and the Freddies calling a timeout. Justin Snyder nailed a three-pointer with 1:30 left in the first to begin what would a real shootout.
Almost five-and-a-half minutes passed before Johnstown found the net as the Freddies increased their lead to ten points and then with the outside talent of Snyder a 20-point lead at the half.
Logan grabbed two from the line less than twenty seconds into the game followed by Max Miller and a trey to make it a 23-point lead.
Things really didn’t start clicking for the Johnnies until late in the third when they were able to find some holes to get to the inside and slowly start to close the gap. Some subsitutions may have given that opportunity, but the four freshmen managed to get some experience and hit the net to keep the Freddies ahead into the fourth quarter. Johnstown managed to find some momentum late in the game to keep the Freddies on their toes, but it was not enough as Fredericktown sailed to a 63-55 victory.
Justin Snyder and Ryan Logan had 14-points with both shooting two of two from the line. Nash Cunningham and Austin Hathaway both had 10-points for the evening.
Photo By JASON BOSTIC - Curtis Carpenter working to keep the Indians to the outside in the third quarter to maintain a lead for the win.
The Fredericktown Freddies (5-2) entertained Mount Gilead of the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference on Friday night at home and handed the Indians their first loss of the season, 57-47.
It took Ryan Logan a mere 30 seconds into the game to get the Freddies on the board and the speed picked up from there. Defensively the Freddies were locked down and kept to poor shooting solutions as it took them four-and-a-half minutes to get a second shot from inside to put more points up. While on the scorebooks, Fredericktown started out strong tossing up 16-points in the first quarter, the often rushed shooting solutions held them back from their full potential.
The second quarter the Indians turned up the pressure to keep the Freddies to single digit scoring, but the Fredericktown defense likewise didn’t give much room to budge. Headed into the locker room at halftime, Fredericktown had the 23-18 lead.
Mount Gilead opened up the scoring in the second half from the outside with the trey to tighten the gap. Two minutes into the half, the Freddies opened up their scoring. Seconds later it was Justin Snyder who found nothing but net from the outside for three to stun the Indians and start the shooting spree for the Freddies. With less than thirty seconds left on the clock in the third Nash Cunningham kept the Freddies lead to double digits.
The fourth quarter, Mount Gilead finally found their way to shut down the Freddies scoring, but an overly anxious defense on the Indians part sent the home team to the line for 12 of their 18 points in the final eight minutes. Fredericktown was 15 of 27 from the line on the evening compared to the Indians 3 of 9.
Ryan Logan led the Freddies with a career high 29 points, and three steals. Nash Cunningham came through with 12-points each with Cunningham shooting fifty-percent from the line.
Jake Sturges lead Mount Gilead with 17 points and Ethan Harris with 12. Fredericktown improves to (5-2) and will travel Tuesday night to Clear Fork for another non-conference game.
The Fredericktown Community and beyond came together to support the Gaumer/Ernsberger families after the recent tragic loss of Nick and Ashlei. 565 runners registered for the event and several more on horseback to raise $9500 for the family. More photos from this event will be coming and provided to the family.
GoFreddies.com has started posting images from the 2011-2012 FHS Boys Basketball season. Photo galleries are below. Click on the image to browse the gallery of photos. If you are interested in ordering, please write down the image number and size of image and either see me at the game, email jason@bosticimagery.com, or call 740-627-1664 to place an order.
100% of the profits from purchases in the next two weeks from basketball galleries will be made as donations to my 2012 Scott Firefighter Stair Climb for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. See me for more information!!!
FHS Boys Basketball vs Mt. Gilead (CLICK IMAGE)
FHS Boys Basketball vs Northmor (CLICK IMAGE)
FHS Boys Basketball at Northridge (CLICK IMAGE)
Sample of both sides to the wristband. Purchase of the bands was made through anonymous donations.
As many know, we were looking for a great way to help do some fundraising for the DeLaney family, well it all came to fruition this week. Through a wristband sale, we will be getting the family 100% of the proceeds from the green silicone wristbands. These will be on sale beginning tonight at the FHS girls basketball game versus Johnstown and continue to be sold until we run out. There is a LIMITED quantity of them, and the price is $5.00 each. We will be running sales through the student council and if you are writing a check it should be made out to Fredericktown Schools.
We have set bands back and WILL have more at the FHS boys basketball game next Wednesday night as well. Get behind your Freddies and show your support to help with this great cause!
There will be a candlelight vigil tonight, December 19 at the Fredericktown H.S. track in memory of FHS student Nick Gaumer. The ceremony will run from 6-7pm. All are welcome to come and share memories of Nick or just simply be with friends. Dress warm!
Tragedy has struck the Fredericktown community once again with the loss of young life as the result of a fatal motor vehicle accident. Local FHS student athlete Nick Gaumer along with his older sister Ashlei Ernsberger passed away from injuries sustained on Saturday afternoon. Pray for all families and responders involved.
