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BonHomme/Avonwrestling teamhostedaTriwithWagner and Vermillion on Thursday, December 5 at Avon.
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The Avon boys’ basketball team has a new head coach thisseason,MarshallFaulkner. Coach Faulkner is assisted by Coach Dan Fathke. Faulkner beenacoachfortwoyears.This year’s team has a good mix of bothupperandunderclassmen. The seniors on this year’s team are Aziah Meyer, John Fathke, LandonMudder,TrevorEggers andPierceJonkers.Al’shamon Gunter, Jamison Pelton, Jacob RatzlaffandLanceOdensmake up the juniors on the squad. Sophomore team members includeGraysonRatzlaff,Dominic DoomandBraylonFathke. Up and coming freshmen team membersincludeAlvinGunter and Easton Sees.
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This year the Bon Homme/ Scotland/Avongirls’wrestling teamiscoachedbyHeadCoach Darren Kriz and assisted by Jim Kocer, Ben Hellmann, Alex Caba, Shane Sutera and Dom Pechous. Coach Kocer has taken point when it comes to the girls’ wrestling team. This year’s team has two seniors Peyton Hellmann and Ashley Tolsma. Peyton is a four-time state champion with a 42-0 record last season and a career record of 146-9. Peyton is ranked number four nationally by USA Wrestling forHighSchoolgirls’wrestlers in the 135-pound weight class. Ashleybroughthome8thplace at last year’s state tournament and finished her season with a record of 18-20. Juniors on the BHSA’s girls wrestling team are Britney Rueb and Hope Kemnitz. Britney is a threetime state champion, one time state runner-up, finished last year’sseasonwitha28-2record andhasacurrentcareerrecord of 121-9. Britney is ranked number 28 by USA Wrestling in the National Rankings for High School girl wrestlers in her weight class of 130 pounds. Hope Kemnitz qualified for last season’s state tournament and ended the season with a 11-16 record. Hadlee Kracht and Jasmine Rueles-Hertz are sophomores on the team. Hadlee placed 8th at the state tournament last season and ended her season with a 31-17 record. Baily Kemnitz is a freshman team member. The team also has two seventh graders Sydney Johnson and Harper Kracht.
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If one is a resident of Avon, then he or she has probably noticed a new face patrolling the town’s streets. This is because Avon has a new Chief of Police, Edwin Young Sr. Young began his work with the Avon Police Department on November 25. Young has been in the law enforcement field for the past 28 years, starting in 1996. Young was born and raised in Rosebud. During the latter part of his teenage years, his family moved to Nevada. Young graduated from high school in Owyhee, NV in 1992. He then joined the United States Army and was stationed at both Ft. Eustis and Ft. Story, VA until he was honorably discharged in 1995.
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