Five South seniors have made their decisions on where to play college football.
Tackle Reilly Flynn will attend NAIA power St. Francis in Fort Wayne. Linebacker Alex Sarpa will walk on at Indiana.
Wide receiver Lucas Franz will attend Division 3 Wabash, two-way lineman David Tiwari will attend Division 1AA Butler and linebacker Jon Campbell will attend Division 3 Franklin.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Lifting getting good results
By Rex Kirts
South's off-season weight lifting program, its first under Kirk Kennedy as coach, is getting good results.
There are between 50-55 players lifting in the regular school class and after school, and there are about 15 in winter sports who are not lifting.
"It's going OK," Kennedy said. The first testing took place last week, and Kennedy called the results encouraging.
"I hope they gained confidence and will become even more encouraged to work out harder," he said. "We're never satisfied, just hope to see improvement."
Kennedy and strength coach David Schunk began the workouts in December, and the initial results weren't good. The Panthers had a long way to go.
"In December," Schunk said, "one player could clean 225 pounds. Now we have 11." The top cleaner is junior Jordan Egan at 252 pounds.
FROM ONE PLAYER who could squat 375 pounds the list grew to 10 who can do 400 or more, with two at 450-plus. The two are sophomores Jacob Brinegar and Lando Mason. Sophomore Matt Henderson, who weighs just 170 pounds, improved his squat from 300 to 380 pounds.
The stat most often quoted is the bench press. But the bench is more for looking good in a T-shirt while the squat and clean are athletic measures and more indicative of football strength. The Panthers have 11 who can bench 225-plus, Egan being No. 1 at 290 pounds and Mason second at 275.
The lifting takes place Monday, Wednesday and Friday. On Tuesday and Thursday, players work on their speed and agility at Teamwork on the west side of town. About 35 make it to Teamwork. There are some middle school players at Teamwork now, but that will grow during the spring.
The Panthers were 3-7 two years ago and 2-8 last year. The freshman team was outstanding this year, and there is optimism Kennedy has the program headed back in the right direction.
South's off-season weight lifting program, its first under Kirk Kennedy as coach, is getting good results.
There are between 50-55 players lifting in the regular school class and after school, and there are about 15 in winter sports who are not lifting.
"It's going OK," Kennedy said. The first testing took place last week, and Kennedy called the results encouraging.
"I hope they gained confidence and will become even more encouraged to work out harder," he said. "We're never satisfied, just hope to see improvement."
Kennedy and strength coach David Schunk began the workouts in December, and the initial results weren't good. The Panthers had a long way to go.
"In December," Schunk said, "one player could clean 225 pounds. Now we have 11." The top cleaner is junior Jordan Egan at 252 pounds.
FROM ONE PLAYER who could squat 375 pounds the list grew to 10 who can do 400 or more, with two at 450-plus. The two are sophomores Jacob Brinegar and Lando Mason. Sophomore Matt Henderson, who weighs just 170 pounds, improved his squat from 300 to 380 pounds.
The stat most often quoted is the bench press. But the bench is more for looking good in a T-shirt while the squat and clean are athletic measures and more indicative of football strength. The Panthers have 11 who can bench 225-plus, Egan being No. 1 at 290 pounds and Mason second at 275.
The lifting takes place Monday, Wednesday and Friday. On Tuesday and Thursday, players work on their speed and agility at Teamwork on the west side of town. About 35 make it to Teamwork. There are some middle school players at Teamwork now, but that will grow during the spring.
The Panthers were 3-7 two years ago and 2-8 last year. The freshman team was outstanding this year, and there is optimism Kennedy has the program headed back in the right direction.
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