Athletics
Playing for a Cause
It’s Pink Out night at the Varsity home volleyball game against East Central on September 14th, starting at 6:00 PM. We started out strong and ended strong. We went into three sets and came out with a big win. The score for the first set was 25-6, the second set 25-19, and the third set 25-9. When a player, Avynn Belding number 19, was asked what her goal is for this volleyball season, she said, “My goal is to win sectionals because we have a really good team right now!”
Cross Country Semi-State
It’s Pink Out night at the Varsity home volleyball game against East Central on September 14th, starting at 6:00 PM. We started out strong and ended strong. We went into three sets and came out with a big win. The score for the first set was 25-6, the second set 25-19, and the third set 25-9. When a player, Avynn Belding number 19, was asked what her goal is for this volleyball season, she said, “My goal is to win sectionals because we have a really good team right now!”
Sectional Finals
It’s the Jennings County Volleyball team against Floyd Central. Megan Vogel and Addison Martin are setters. Charlee Barlow, Avynn Belding, Zoie Suhre, and Abrey Belding are hitters. Libero Taylor Mowery, Mallory Manowitz, Lydia Roth, Chloe Haeufle, and Kaydence Lowman are passers. After a speech from Mr. Roller, the team went in with signs cheering “Boat crew 2” with a positive mindset of, “We are going to win!” Even though we lost, we fought for every point. The game went into three sets, with Floyd leading a win in all. The score of the first set was 25-8. The score of the second set was 25-18. The score of the third set was 25-16. It was a good season with the Jennings County Lady Panthers Volleyball team coming out strong with over 20 wins! Coach Leanna Matern said, “The best record in 15 years!”
Girls Wrestling
Girls wrestling has always been a controversial topic. Many may believe that girls should not participate in this sport since it has been male dominated up until the late 1980’s. In recent years, however, women have gained more recognition within the sport.
In Jennings County, coed teams are now a thing of the past. As more and more girls are joining the team, the sport has emerged greatly. Mr. Morrison, the JCHS wrestling coach, has said, “I think it’s great seeing them grow and learn how to wrestle. It’s good to see them enjoying the benefits as well as the discipline within the sport.” Girls were not able to fully enjoy wrestling as there weren’t that many of them to make an impact on. Now that they have their own team, they are able to immerse themselves and learn more about the sport than ever before. Thanks to the separate teams, both boys and girls can grow at a much quicker rate.
The only difficulty of having an all girls team is their knowledge of the sport. In the past, girls turned away from wrestling and many didn’t think girls should join, so their knowledge of it is vague. Since it is most of the girls first year of wrestling, teaching them the logistics of the sport shouldn’t be too difficult. However, it will be difficult getting past the discrimination considering the sport was and still partially is male dominated.
Wrestling should be seen as an open sport for all to participate, and Jennings County High School is hoping to make that happen. Thanks to the separate teams, everyone can now experience the full benefits of wrestling.
Catch a Punt!
On September 2, 2022 the Student Council organized a Catch a Punt fundraiser in order to raise funds to financially support the group during the school's home football game. Football game attendees were able to buy a $1 ticket raffle all the way up until halftime when the raffle was drawn. The participant had three chances to catch the punted football during halftime to win half of the money raised from raffle ticket sales. Ayden Benson, a 2022 graduate, caught the punted football on his second try. The lucky winner went home with $90 that night.