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Arcanum sophomore Stevie Johnting will look to help lead the Lady
Trojans to the Cross County Conference
title with her outside shooting
and ability to drive to the bucket. CNO Photos by George Starks
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Fearon gearing
up for new season
Arcanum looking to improve
By George Starks
ARCANUM- The first scrimmage of the new season revealed many things to
Arcanum coach Rachel Fearon.
As with all first scrimmages, a coach will see the good, the bad and
the ugly and Fearon talked about it all.
“I think we did a really nice job getting the ball up the floor
tonight,” said Fearon after the Trojans scrimmage with Greenville and
St. Henry. “That’s definitely a positive of our game. The girls are in
shape and I asked them who could play two more quarters and they all
raised their hands. That is a positive for me. With our numbers being
down, that is a plus for us.”
Then, there was the rest of the story…the bad and the ugly.
“The bad and the ugly starts with injuries and communication,” admitted
Fearon. “I have communication problems because we are young. We have
experience but we are still young. When our communication lets down,
our defense lets down and we’ve got to change that.”
Taking nothing for granted, Fearon has four returning letter winners
back from a year ago and with the loss of Abby O’Donnell to graduation,
Fearon will look to her sophomores and juniors to lead the way. With
Shelby Howard out for the season due to shoulder surgery and Brittney
McKinney down with an injury that should not keep her out long, Fearon
looks to be very competitive.
With the spring, summer and fall over with, the Arcanum Lady Trojans
has had several months to reflect on some things that happened a year
ago. Namely, a loss to Versailles in the district title game at Tipp
City.
In that loss to Versailles, Fearon knows it all boiled down to the
final 1:40 of the game.
With the 2014-15 edition of the Lady Trojans, Fearon likes her chances
in that same 1:40.
“I really think that because we are a year older, it could make a
difference in the outcome of that game,” Fearon stated. “I think we go
deeper even though the numbers aren’t there because my sophomores have
that year of experience at the varsity level. I think that year of
experience would make a difference.”
Arcanum will open the season at Tri-Village in the annual Bill Burkett
Tournament on November 28.
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Trojan junior Rebecca Deao will be the force in the middle for
Arcanum during the 2014-15 season.
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