On February 28, the varsity Paoli Rams faced Henryville Hornets at home. In the first half of the game the Rams had the lead, at half time both teams were tied at 29. The final score was 73 to 60. Overall, the boys had a very good season with a record of 21 and 3.
On Wednesday February 28, the Paoli High School boys basketball team participated in Sectionals. However, the boys lost 60-73. These are a few photos from the game:
Any high school girl who is interested in track should see Mrs. Hudelson by Wednesday, February 28.
Tomorrow night the Regional champion girls basketball team will be available for pictures and autographs at the boys basketball game against Perry Central.
During the second half of the JV game and between the JV and Varsity basketball games, the girls team members will be available to sign autographs and have your picture taken with them. The Athletic Department will be selling a special, limited edition 8×10 photo of the team for $5, which the team will then sign.
Many senior athletes have participated in their sport for years. However, for senior Chaz Becht, wrestling is still new territory for him.
Becht started wrestling his junior year and has spent his senior year continuing to learn new things about the sport each time he went on the mat.
“Learning new things about the sport makes it fun because there are always things I can do better,” said Becht.
One would assume most athletes join a sport due to an interest in it. For Becht, he originally joined to save the program. The team had very few members, so Becht joined to keep the wrestling program going and to introduce himself to something he had never done before.
Many people see mistakes in a sport, but Becht sees wrestling as a sport that only accounts for yourself. If you mess up, it is on you. By using this mindset, Becht has bettered himself and others around him in the wrestling program.
“My favorite part about wrestling is that it is an individual sport, which means if I lose a match, I can’t blame anyone but myself. That is what pushed me to do better than the last match,” said Becht.
Wrestling is not very popular among a lot of schools, especially smaller ones such as PHS. The development of popularity around the school is something that is vital for seasons to come. Having some sort of fan base for any sport is a necessity, and Becht wants that more than anything for the wrestling program.
Wrestling may not be Becht’s most experienced sport he is involved in, but it does not lessen the amount of heart he puts into competition.
Story by Jace Ingle
Girls basketball semi-state tickets will be on sale in the athletic office starting tomorrow morning, Tuesday, February 13. Tickets are $8.00. Seating is not reserved at the semi-state. We will be selling tickets from tomorrow until halftime of the varsity boys basketball game this Friday night.
Semi-state will be held at Jeffersonville High School. We play Winchester High School at 1:00 pm. Doors will open at 12:00 pm on Saturday.
The Ram Archery team competed in the Switzerland County Invitational this past Saturday. The team finished 2nd overall team, with many personal bests being shot by many of our archers. Murphy Laws brought home the awards of Top High School Male at the tournament as well as the Top Overall Archer of the tournament. The archery team will travel to South Spencer this Friday evening.
