"I want kids to get excited about being a student at Brown County High School" Coach Wendling said. He wants the kids that are non-athletes to get more school pride. He wants people to be as proud of this school as he is.
   Coach Wendling and a group of student came up with a list of ideas that would get everyone involved. They came up with twenty or so different ideas but with the short amount of time they have to do these, they picked three that the kids could do. They have picked to do tug of war, a co-ed volleyball game and a powder puff football game. This will be going during spirit week and on Friday we have a pep rally at 2:30 p.m. to wrap it all up. Anyone can participate. Athletes can participate at their coaches' discretion.
   "I hear so many kids saying I hate this school and this school is stupid. Well, that is a reflection of them because they are a member of this school" Coach Wendling said. "I want everyone to be proud of this school. This school has a lot of good things going for it. We are only as good as the people in it and we have good students here. We just got to get motivated and someone has to motivate them. I think kids are dying for something to be done. I just don't think there has been any guidance." 
  

    BCHS football coach has great confidence in his players; he just wants them to have a slightly better mental game. Coach Ken Wendling says that if they practice with the intensity that they should have in a game it would make them better. He just worries sometimes that his boys take the other teams for granted and think they are going to be easy to beat, then lose and coaches don't want that to happen.
Coach Wendling shares about his seniors this year, their practices and games, and grades concerning players. These student athletes have busy schedules, so sometimes graders can be a problem. Staying on top of grades can be a difficult task. To be able to play on the team you have to be passing 5 classes, or ells u can't play in games and participate.
"Seniors have been very special showing tremendous leadership," Coach Wendling said about his ten seniors this year. He says losing them will leave a big hole next year. They are a big part of the 2011-2012 varsity team.
Wendling shares his philosophy at their practices, each afternoon after school for at least two hours a day. The Eagle football team doesn't do much conditioning anymore. They had open workouts every summer to get in shape then. He claims that if they work hard in practice, then they will stay in shape. They do different drills in practice. They stretch and warm up and they spend about 10-15 minutes on a drill and move on. Coach Wendling says that "you play how you practice," and that's a common philosophy coaches believe. So if they have a bad practice the day before a game, coaches worry.
Practice seemed to pay off last Friday against South Vermilion. The end score was 41-6. Now it's time for the big game on Friday. The boys will be playing their rival the Indian Creek Braves. With the turn out the JV boys had Monday night.

   This past Saturday, the girls' volleyball team played in the Trinity Lutheran Invitational against host Trinity Lutheran, Lighthouse Christian Academy, and Rising Sun High School. The trip was pretty successful. The girls came out of it 2-1 with wins against Rising Sun and Lighthouse Christian Academy. Lighthouse Christian was a familiar team, "going into it, we played Lighthouse Christian before, we knew how they played going into it", coach Erica Almas said.
   This Thursday, September 29, the girl's volleyball team is going to play Southwestern at home. Southwestern is 2-7-1 this year. They have had their struggles throughout this season. "I hope that going into this game; we will gain a confidence booster going into October. Southwestern isn't very strong offensively or defensively. " Coach Almas said. After this game, the girls have only four games left in their season. The whole team is looking forward to a repeat Sectionals win.

   In the homecoming game last Friday night against Sullivan, the Eaglessadly came up short losing 21-7. 
    Coach Wendling believes the main problem was the team's offense. He claims the defense was good but they couldn't execute anything on offense and that's what killed them.
"I don't think they're much better than us," says Coach Wendling about the Sullivan High school team. "We could have done better." Coach says he was disappointed with the loss, and doesn't think the boys played their best game.
   The Eagle's only touchdown was scored by Wedan, assisted by Totton. They had good execution and that's what forced a us a touchdown. Coach Wendling says, "We just made some key mistakes at the wrong time." "If we played Sullivan ten times, we could beat them five." He strongly believes in these boys, and knows they can play better. He has hope they are good football players and they can do something good in their careers.

    Tuesday night, October 4, the girls' volleyball team traveled to Waldron looking for a win against a 14-11 Waldron team. The JV and Varsity teams won in straight sets 2-0 and then 3-0, with impressive performances by Siera Updike and Sasha Robinson. Sasha had 12 kills and 6 points scored. Siera had 9 kills with 8 points scored. Other notable performers were Morgan Dobbs, Kari Barnett and Jessica Hoskins. This was a huge victory for the girls for their record and it was also a huge mental victory. The win put them at a record of 14-8. They have a record of 3-3 in their conference.
With Sectionals nearing closer and closer, the girls are preparing hard working on their offensive consistency. However, they cannot forget their three matches left. The final home game of the season will take place on Thursday October 6, they will go against Bloomfield. The team has two more games next week playing at Indian Creek Tuesday and at Greensburg Thursday.
"We have a good group of girls this year; some of them have been playing travel volleyball so they are prepared and are ready to play at a high level" Siera Updike, a volleyball senior, said in regard to their chances at Sectionals.

The Brown County Boys' Tennis Team had a fantastic last match of the season. They defeated White River Valley 4-1. They have played their hardest, and have played some tough matches against large schools, such as Columbus East, Sullivan, West Vigo, and many more.
In their match against White River Valley, the lineup was in singles1: Trent Myers defeated Nathan Miller 6-0, 6-1.2: Shane Franklin won against Ethan Hoffeditz 6-0, 6-2.3: Toby Kirts (senior) beat Michael Fisher 7-5, 6-0.Doubles:1: Jordan Rose (senior) and Duncan Ricci defeated Derek Myers and Luke Mowery 6-1, 7-5. 2: Colton Edens-Magner (senior) and Evan Rose beat Trey Graves and Jordan English 6-0, 6-2.

On Thursday, September 29, the team played at Columbus North, against Columbus East in the first round of sectionals. Playing number one singles, was Nathan Miller. He lost to Seth Meyers 0-6, 0-6. Playing number two singles, was Shane Franklin, who lost 0-6, 0-6 against Kenny Cote. Bryce Fish lost 1-6, 0-6 against Jonathan James.
Playing one doubles for Brown County was Jordan Rose and Duncan Ricci. They won against Matt Fuehne and Alex Pegram 6-2, 6-2. Luke Galle and Jacob Lammert defeated Colton Edens- Magner and Evan Rose 6-0, 6-2. Brown County lost to East 1-4. However, since Jordan Rose and Duncan Ricci won their match at one doubles, they get to move on to next round of sectionals. They are playing Columbus North on Tuesday October 4th at Seymour.

The Brown County eagles played Edgewood last week at Edgewood, and lost 45-22. Some of the boys were upset about the loss, and weren't happy about the performance.
Coach Wendling simply said it was a sloppy game, and they couldn't put the ball anywhere on offense, and the defense just couldn't stop the ball Football coaches have planned to work on at the practices this week for senior night this Friday, and for their last game of the scheduled season, they want to work on running the ball and passing, and getting the ball moved around.
This Friday is a special night for the seniors, because it's the last game of the season, and luckily, it's at home. Coach Wendling hopes to be successful because the Eagles play Northview. The Eagles always have a tough time beating Northview. They are the number one team in the conference right now. Seniors are excited!."I am pleased because a lot of people didn't think we could have a good season like this." Coach Wendling says about the season coming to an end. "It's gone by really, really quick!" Wendling shares that after the season they will hopefully still do weightlifting and workouts after season to all the underclassmen who are wanting to play football next season.    At the sectional draws the other night, Brown County plays Rushville at Rushville first game, and then if they win that game, they are supposed to play Indian Creek at home. As of right now, the Varsity Eagles have a season of 4-4 in the conference, so depending o if they win or lose this Friday night, will determine if they have a winning or losing season. 

    Crowds gathered on Thursday to cheer on the Lady Eagles' Volleyball team. When it was said and done, they didn't disappoint. The team was matched up against South Vermillion in the first round of Sectionals on Thursday October 20. They came out with a 3-0 win and didn't give up more than 11 points in a game. They moved on to the second round and went on to play against Greencastle on Saturday. In the game against Greencastle, they came out victorious again 3-0. After a long day at Owen Valley High School, the girls came

back at 7 p.m to play against a very strong Edgewood team. When it was all said and done, they girls were defeated by Edgewood 3-1. With the crowd behind them, this was a mentally and physically difficult loss. In the words of Coach Erica Almas, "We could have won the game against Edgewood if we would have won the second game. It really came down to who blocked better and our hitters were afraid to hit into them" she said. They will be looking for a Sectional win next year.