December 2017/January 2018 Volume 5, Issue 3 On Twitter @ohiobkcoaches UPOCOMING EVENTS Story Ideas for the Newsletter Showcase Nominations due 2/1 2/1 Winter Hooplines 2/7 Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association Newsletter COACHES ANNOUNCED FOR NORTH- SOUTH GAMES The Coaches for the 60th Boys and the 38th Girls North-South All-Star Games have been selected. The boys games will be played at Olentangy Liberty High School on Friday, April 20th, 2018 with the first game beginning at 6:30 pm. The girls games will be played at Denison University on Friday as well, with the first game beginning at 6:30 pm. To be selected to coach in the All-Star Games the Coach s Team had to play in the District Finals the previous year. The coaches for 2018 are: Girls Division III & IV North: Pat Keney (Jackson-Milton ) Eric Rothgery (Elyria Catholic) Girls Division I & II North: Girls Division III & IV South: Girls Division I & II South: Boys Division III & IV North: Boys Division I & II North: Boys Division III & IV South: Boys Division I & II South: Kevin Braaten (Midpark) Meghan Larrick (Avon) Dennis McIntosh (West Liberty Salem) J.D. McKenzie (Portsmouth Notre Dame) J.R. Shumate (Newark) Jason Tincher (Bellbrook) Gary Offenberger (Sandy Valley) Jaymes Zacharich (Ayersville) Brett Larrick (Elyria) Denny Thompson (Elida) Brian Neal (Roger Bacon) Jeff Davidson (Brookville) Matt Hoops (Unioto) Jeremy Dixon (Urbana) Ohio-Kentucky All-Star Game The 2018 Ohio-Kentucky All-Star game will be played on April 7, 2018 at St. Thomas More College. Walker Scores 1,000th Point and Hose wins 100th Game On December 15th, Gabe Walker of Wooster Triway scored his 1,000th point. Josh Hose of Massillon Tuslaw won his 100th game
Statewide OHSAA Military Appreciation Night Set for January 19th The Ohio High School Athletic Association encourages Ohio high schools to take part in a statewide military appreciation night on January 19th, honoring active and veteran United States Armed Forces members at athletic contests. For the second season in a row, student sections can play a role in this event with creative themes that will honor military members while also showing school pride. They can submit pictures and videos of their themes to be considered for the 2018 OHSAA Battle for the Golden Megaphone contest by posting content to Twitter and Instagram, using #GoldenMegaphone. The 2018 OHSBCA Showcase online nomination process is simple and affords us the chance to collect important information more easily and more quickly in the spring. We think most of you will like the online nomination and voting process we are supplying. To nominate a boys player, please click here To nominating a girls player, please click here OHSBCA ANNOUNCES HALL OF FAME FOR 2018 The Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association (OHSBCA) is proud to announce the coaches and dates for the Hall of Fame Induction for the Class of 2018. The four high school coaches being inducted are: Dave Butcher (Pickerington North); Ed Foulk (Kenton Ridge); Dave Froelich (Van Wert); Pete Liptrap (Pickerington North). The Induction Ceremony for the 32nd Class will be conducted at the Columbus Marriott at 1375 Cassady Avenue in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at 5:30 PM. Tickets may be obtained by Calling Hall of Fame Director Paul Wayne at 419-261-2547 or by email at wayno14@embarqmail.com. ED FOULK OF KENTON RIDGE Ed Foulk graduated from Mechanicsburg High School in 1969, where he played football, basketball and baseball. In 1973 he graduated from Miami University and received his Master s Degree from Ohio State University in 1977. His coaching career began at Mechanicsburg High School in 1973 where he began coaching football, basketball and baseball. Veteran coaches Jerry Wasserman, Tom Franz, and Ron Dixon were great mentors and influenced him forever. His coaching career continued for a total of 44 years. During these years he coached freshman boys basketball, reserve boys and girls basketball, football, baseball, softball and volleyball for one year. Coach Foulk began his head-coaching career at Kenton Ridge High School in 1984, coaching for the next 33 years. During these years the Lady Cougars won 619 games with 176 losses, 15 League Championships, 8 District Championships, 2 Regional Championships, 5 Regional Runner-ups, and 2 State Semi-Finalists. Among the coaching awards were District 9 Coach of the Year Awards, one OHSBCA Coach of the Year Award, numerous Springfield News and Sun Awards, and the Bob Arnzen Longevity Award. He was selected to coach District 9 games, the Ohio-Kentucky game and the North-South game. He also served on the OHSBCA Girls Advisory Board for over ten years. Coached Foulk was the Head Softball Coach at Kenton Ridge for 23 years, winning 462 games with 156 losses. The Lady Cougar Softball Teams was State Runner-up three times, Regional Champion 5 times, and District Champion 9 times. He was inducted into the Ohio High School Fast pitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2014. Through all the successes, Coach Foulk has always given credit to all the players, outstanding assistant coaches, administration, parents and family. The Kenton Ridge Lady Cougars have always been known for up-tempo, running and scoring. They have scored over 100 points more than 50 times and a high game of 136 points. The Lady Cougars have always played in Holiday Tournaments, playing 26 times against out of state teams. Two Kenton Ridge players have earned All-American Honors, 35 All-Ohio Honors and 30 had the opportunity to play college basketball. Ed has been married to Peggy, his best friend, for 45 years. They have three sons, Chad, Brad and Brett, and two daughterin-laws, Trish, a KR point guard 1996, and Amanda, a Graham point guard. They have 5 grandchildren: Luke, Lily, Mylee, Lincoln and Lexi.
PETE LIPTRAP OF PICKERINGTON NORTH Pete Liptrap is the son of Jim and Joe Ann Liptrap. Pete is a 1974 graduate of Columbus Eastmoor High School where he played basketball for William Red Courtney and was an All-City player. He earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Studies at Muskingum College. While at Muskingum, he played basketball for the legendary Jim Burson and was a two-time All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection, the league MVP his senior year, and was voted the Outstanding Senior Athlete at Muskingum. He taught in the Pickerington Local School system for 35 years. He taught Social Studies his first four years while serving as Assistant Basketball Coach to Charlie Gill. He next served as a Graduate Assistant at Miami (Oh.) University where he received his Masters of Arts Degree in Physical Education. In 1983, he returned to Pickerington where he served as Head Basketball Coach for the next 30 years. For 20 years he served as Head Coach of Pickerington High School, and following the split of the district, he spent 10 years as Head Coach of Pickerington North High School. Pete compiled a record of 406-263 in his career as Head Basketball Coach. During this time his teams won 10 Ohio Capital Conference Championships, and 7 times his teams reached the Central District Finals in Division I, winning District Titles in 1991 and 2002. The 1991 team lost in the Regional Semi-Final while the 2002 team was beaten in the Regional Final. For his accomplishments Coach Liptrap has twice been recognized as A.P. State Coach of the Year (1989 and 1994), and three times he was recognized as the Central District Coach of the Year (1989, 1994, 2011). Additionally, he has been Ohio Capital Conference Coach of the Year 10 times, District 11 Coach of the Year 9 times, and twice was named Dispatch-Agonis Coach of the Year in Central Ohio (1989, 1994). Pete has received the prestigious Bob Arnzen Award for his 20 plus years of service at Pickerington. He was honored with the OHSAA Sportsmanship, Ethics, and Integrity (SEI) Award in 2014. Pete has coached in the Ohio-Kentucky Game, the North-South All- Star Game, and he helped coach Team Ohio, which won the first National Rising Senior Event that was sponsored by the NHSBCA. Pete was active in the Ohio Basketball Coaches Association, serving as District 11 Director and the Director of the Scholarship Society Awards for the OHSBCA. Pete's family has been his biggest supporters over the years. He has been married for 27 years to his lovely wife Leslie and they have 2 sons. Joe is an elementary teacher in Grandview and Jeff is a junior at Otterbein University, majoring in elementary education. He appreciates their great support as well as the support of his parents, his in-laws, and his two sisters, Joni and Toni. Pete remains active in coaching today serving as an assistant at Bexley High School. He still serves as a substitute teacher in Pickerington. As he reflects on his career, he would like to thank the great players he coached as well as his loyal assistants throughout his career. He truly appreciates all the hard work they have done for him and the program. Dave Butcher of Pickerington Central Dave grew up the son of a Superintendent and Elementary School Teacher. He graduated from Toronto High School in 1973 where he lettered in basketball, football and golf and is a member of the Toronto High School Hall of Fame. He received his undergrad and Master s degree from The Ohio State University. After beginning his coaching career on the boys side, he accepted the Pickerington girls head coaching job in 1983. Butcher would quickly turn around a struggling program and win his first State Championship at age 30 in 1985 starting an unprecedented 15 year run which would put Ohio girls basketball on the map. Largely due to his team's relentless effort on the defensive end, Butcher s teams were ranked for 10 straight years in USA Today s Super 25 and were ranked number one in Ohio by the Associated Press for nine consecutive years. Pickerington also had a 74 game winning streak and won 181 straight league games during his career. Five of his players were named Player of the Year in Ohio and more than 70 of his student athletes have played Division 1 college basketball. Dave was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 and the Greater Columbus Basketball Legends Hall of Fame in 2015. Other career highlights include defeating Ohio and WNBA Legend Katie Smith's Logan Lady Chieftains in front of a still record crowd (12,385) St. John's Arena in 1992 and knocking off Christ the King High School, New York which featured WNBA legend Chamique Holdsclaw and Oregon City High School, then USA #1, in back to back nights. Collectively, Coach Butcher has been the head varsity girls basketball coach in Pickerington for 35 years, 20 years as head coach at Pickerington Central and 15 years as head coach at Pickerington North. He comes into the 2017-18 season with a record of 737-133, all in the "big" school division, which is almost a 84% winning percentage. He has won 24 district titles including 23 in a row. His teams have won 23 Ohio Capital Conference Championships, 13 regional championships, 6 state titles ('85, '90, '92, '93, '98, and '99) and finished #1 in the country by USA Today in 1999. Amazingly, Butcher took teams to the Ohio Girls Basketball State Tournament in four different decades. Dave has received numerous coaching honors such as: OCC Coach of the year, District Coach of the Year, State Coach of the Year, Paul Walker Award recipient, and was also named USA Today s National Coach of the Year. In addition, Dave has coached in the WBCA College All-American Game, has been a member of the National High School All-American Selection Committee, and had the honor of being a part of USA Women's Basketball, coaching at the Youth Developmental Olympic Festival in Colorado Springs. Dave has been married for 38 years to Linda and they are the proud parents of two sons and a daughter. Brian is a graduate of Capital Law School and is employed as an attorney in Columbus, Jeff is a faculty member at the College of Coastal Georgia, and Stacey, a Capital nursing graduate, is a labor and delivery nurse in Traverse City, Michigan.
DAVID FROELICH OF VAN WERT David Froelich grew up in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana before moving to Van Wert where he graduated from high school in 1975. He grew up in an athletic family with two older brothers and supportive parents who instilled work ethic, competitiveness, and core values. Serving as great role models, his parents and brothers set an example of how to be successful in all aspects of life. After playing basketball and baseball in high school, he became a four-year basketball letter winner at Alma College in Michigan and was a two-year captain while earning various team and league honors before graduating with a B.A. in Education in 1979. He later received a Masters in Sports Administration from Ashland University in 1983. Upon college graduation, he began his teaching and coaching career at Perrysburg High School as a Business Education teacher while coaching football, basketball and girls track. He was extremely fortunate to begin his basketball coaching career with Hall of Fame coach, Larry Clark and spent four years with him as a varsity assistant. In 1983, he accepted the head coaching position at Colonel Crawford High School winning 141 games while spending nine years there as a teacher and Athletic Director before accepting the Assistant Principal job at Van Wert High School where he coached 21 years as the head coach and had 279 wins. While always having a team first mentality, his teams played hard and were fundamentally sound, allowing them to win numerous league and tournament championships throughout the years. He also amassed various coaching honors with the following Coach of the Year awards several times: Crawford County, Lima News Dream Team, Western Buckeye League, AP North Central Ohio, AP Northwest Ohio, District 8 Division 2 and all divisions. He was also fortunate enough to coach the following All Star games: Mansfield News Journal, District 8, the Ohio-West Virginia, OHSBCA North-South, Ohio-Kentucky, and the Ohio-Indiana. In 2012, he was awarded the prestigious Bob Arnzen Award for his years at Van Wert High School. As a 39-year member of the OHSBCA, he was first elected as the District 6 Vice President before moving to Van Wert. He then was elected District 8 President for three years, District 8 Director for two years and was then elected to serve on the OHSBCA Executive Board for a 10-year term, including serving as President from 2006-2008. In 2010, he was appointed to be the Ohio representative to the NHSBCA and was fortunate enough to receive the National Court of Honor award in 2014. David has been married to the most supportive and understanding coaching wife, Rhonda, for 39 years. They are the proud parents of three daughters, Sarah, Melissa and Kayla and two son-in-laws Scott White and TJ Imm and four grandsons Jayden, Landon, Keegan and Gavin. This award is a program award and Coach Fro has been blessed to have outstanding players, great assistant coaches, many who either stayed with the program for many years or went on to become head coaches, as well as supportive administrators who allowed him to coach with his tough and competitive approach. On behalf of all who made this award possible, he says thank you and is humbled and honored to be an inductee to the OHSBCA Hall of Fame 2018. OHSBCA 2018 H ALL OF HONOR The OHSBCA annually honors people outside the coaching ranks for their contribution to basketball and our association on both the local and state level. This year, the odd numbered districts are up for the award. Next years recipients will come from the even numbered districts. Section 23 Hall of Honor Award A. Criteria 1. Any individual who provides exemplary service to high school basketball may be nominated for the award. 2. Must be nominated by a District Director or Officers. 3. Each district is allowed to give one Distinguished Service Award per year. 4. This award can be given to any coach, referee, announcer (radio/tv), administrator, sports personnel, etc. *** Honorees are presented a plaque at the annual North/South All-Star Game in April The 2018 OHSBCA Hall of Honors recipients are: North/South Game All-Star Games Set for April 20th The North-South All Star Games have undergone a change again this year to better serve the needs of the players and the coaches. Both all-star games will be on Friday, April 20th. The boys games will be played at Olentangy Liberty High School and the girls games at Denison University with both games beginning at 6:30 PM. We are excited to announce our partnership with V.A.T., Inc. who is providing this years transportation for athletes and coaches for the North/South Weekend District 1 District 3 District 5 District 7 District 9 District 11 District 13 District 15 Jack Betts Score Keeper at Austintown Fitch Dick Hyde Score Keeper at Wellington Gary Smith Score Keeper at Strasburg David Kleck Radio Announcer at Napoleon Jeff Mullins District 9 All-Star Game Andy Barric - Score Keeper at Pickerington Central Randy Dillinger Score Keeper at Alexander Lee Barlow Basketball Official
National High School Basketball Coaches Association Position Paper A. Title/Topic: Use of a Shot Clock in scholastic games B. Suggested Stance/Position for NHSBCA It is the opinion of the National High School Basketball Coaches Association that the use of the shot clock should be an option available to every state for adoption. C. Brief Background (facts, etc.) As of the end of the 2016-17 academic year, there are eight states (Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island, Washington, New York, California, North Dakota and South Dakota) that allow use of the shot clock at some level in at least 1 gender in their state. There are a number of other states that have also expressed an interest in at least looking into use of the shot clock. However, the purchase of the equipment necessary to implement the use of the shot clock is a significant expense. Many state leaders are hesitant to mandate that expense upon every school in their state without more information. D. Rationale, other information The NHSBCA suggests that the National Federation make the use of the shot clock a state adoption measure for at least 5 years. The NFHS could make use of the shot clock optional, with language similar to what it used this year in enlarging the coaching box The coaching box now shall be bounded by a line drawn 28 feet from the end line toward the division line. A line drawn from the sideline toward the team bench becomes the end of the coaching box toward the end line. State associations may alter the length and placement of the 28-foot coaching box. States could choose to use the shot clock at some level in some form within its state in order to gather data and information to make an informed decision about whether they feel it should be implemented completely. Currently coaches, officials and state leaders have only information they are given from those eight states that are using the shot clock. Date: July 2017 Put together by: Greg Grantham, North Carolina
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION POSITION PAPER A. Title/Topic: Specialization of high school student-athletes in one sport B. Suggested Stance/Position for the NHSBCA It is the opinion of the National High School Basketball Coaches Association (NHSBCA) that the specialization trend in America (focusing development in one sport and eliminating participation in all other sports during a student-athlete s high school years) is detrimental to the total growth of young people and opens up the potential for higher injury rates and stunted development. C. Brief Background: Currently in our country there is a movement on encouraging young student-athletes to focus on playing and nurturing development in one sport only and to eliminate participating in all others at their schools. The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (with additional funding from the National Federation of State High School Associations Foundation) recently completed a study revealing that high school athletes who specialize in a single sport sustain lower-extremity injuries at significantly higher rates than athletes who do not specialize in one sport. This study was conducted throughout the 2015-16 school year at 29 high schools in Wisconsin, and involved more than 1,500 student-athletes. The study also showed that specialized athletes were twice as likely to sustain a gradual onset/repetitive-use injury as athletes who did not specialize, and those who specialized were more likely to sustain an injury even when controlling gender, grade, previous injury status and sport. This University of Wisconsin study focused specifically on physical affects specialization causes. The NHSBCA feels that there is also a possibility of some psychological, emotional, and social developmental damage done to young people risking burn-out, alienation from peers, and a misconception surrounding their own personal importance in the school environment. D. Rationale and other thoughts: It is the opinion of the NHSBCA that the specialization of high school age student-athletes, based on a multitude of data and research, raises the potential for physical injury in these young people, as well as impeding their psychological, emotional, and social growth during their early years of scholastic competition, and should be strenuously discouraged whenever appropriate. We recommend that school districts create and disperse information on this subject, and make it mandatory for all students entering high school (along with their parents) to read and internalize this data before making well-informed decisions. This can be accomplished in orientation sessions prior to beginning high school. In addition, because most of this is brought on by the desire to receive athletic scholarships after high school, discussions and information sessions should be conducted (during these same events) regarding the opportunity for potential financial aid upon entering college. Naturally, every school will handle these procedures differently, but it should be imperative families confirm they ve been made aware of this information and understand that there is a great amount of information on this specialization subject available to them. We further recommend visiting youthguidelines.com / a resource covering healthy guidelines for young people. Date: July, 2017 Prepared by: Dave Ginsberg, Secretary, NHSBCA PO Box 638, Plainfield, IN 46168 Visit us at http://nhsbca.org Follow @NHSBCA on Twitter!
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