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WINTER IS
COMING
By
Owen
Pu t nam
W I N T E R
S P O R T S
P R E V I E W
The cheerleaders will open their competition season up in the first weekend
of December and we look forward to seeing their routine. They had fun
during the fall season with the Homecoming routine and dance, but according
to senior Rachael Sypult, they will be much more serious and have put a lot
of hard work into this season so far.
As for boys basketball, the 86th Annual Pontiac Holiday Tournament will
take place during the last week of December. This is one of the biggest
community events of the year and our biggest sporting event. The Indians
look to reach regional play again. This is a young team as there are just a
handful of seniors. Nonetheless, Pontiac will have a competitive squad this
year. Look for Austin Long to have himself a season, as the 6’4” senior was
injured the majority of last season.
The girls basketball team, led by senior Grace Gschwendter, has looked good
so far this season. They too are a young group that will be primed for the
following years. However, this year’s squad may be the best we’ve seen in a
while. Gschwendter says, “As long as we can calm and slow things down we
should be pretty good.” As there is a lot of basketball left to play, we look
forward to what this squad will bring us.
Coming up for both programs is the first annual Hoops for Hope day in
January. All of the boys and girls basketball teams will play that day with
part of the proceeds going to American Cancer Society and Livingston
County Cancer Fund.
This winter season looks be a very competitive one at PTHS, as we all enjoy
watching and supporting our teams we hope to see some more hardware
brought home for the tribe!
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As we head into the winter season at PTHS, we hope to continue our
success from last year.
The wrestling team sent three men to state last year who are already
working hard towards another strong season. Be on the lookout for recent
University of Buffalo commit Jake Lanning this year as he looks to better
his previous season which earned him 6th place in the state meet.
The swim team looks primed to make another run at the Cornbelt this year
with 2016 state qualifier Brett Spires leading the pack. The swimmers have
broken many records the past couple of years, so we will look forward to
seeing them set new records.