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Spotlight Winter Sports Preview 2010

New-look TC women start season with a bang

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Written by John Giffin Tuesday, 30 November 2010 17:13

The 2010-11 Tabor College women’s basketball team: back row (from left), Kaitlin Meyer, Tynan Honn, Sarah Wyckoff, Gina Hullet, Whitney Polosky, Brittany Shaklee; middle row, Jordan Jackson, Mallory Flaming, Nicole Gentry, Hannah Paust, Lindsey Radic, Molly Dick, Regan Albee; front row, Katlyn Mary, Amy Jo Maphet, Lacie Ward, Jocelyn Cook, MacKenzie Dick, Vivian Olvera. The Tabor College women’s basketball team has a new look for this season. With many new faces on the perimeter and a lot of experience in the post, the Bluejays started the season with an upset win over No. 11 ranked Concor­dia.

All-KCAC returner, sophomore Tynan Honn (5-feet, 11 inches), scored the first two baskets for Tabor, but spent most of her time on the bench, falling into early foul trouble.

Coffeyville Community College transfer guard Lacie Ward (5-8) hit three of five...

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Solid core returns to lead Tabor men this year

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Written by John Giffin Tuesday, 30 November 2010 17:11

The 2010-11 Tabor College men’s basketball team: back row (from left), AJ Wiens, Clay Shewey, Max Frise, Damon Dechant, Ryan Chippeaux, Dylan Clark-Kaneable, Ahmad Farah, Dave Loewen, Grant Vogt; middle row, Daniel Jost, Logan Reimer, Micah Hiett, student assistant Connor Hampton, coach Micah Ratzlaff, assistant coach Anthony Monson, Curtis Dick, Nic Leppke, Dillion Munetsi; front row, Nick Hampton, Ethan Burgess, Cody Arnold, Aaron Magee, Lawson Kingsley, Phillip Jiminez, Gavin Serene, Brody Burns, Jose Reyna. With seven of its first nine games away from Hills­boro, the Tabor College men have come through the first eight with a 4-4 record.

Opening with a come-from behind, 70-60, victory at Benedic­tine College, Tabor has only dropped two contests to NAIA opponents, Baker and Bellevue.

Coming off a season with a 10-18 record overall and 7-11 in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, Tabor returns a solid core of returning players to mix with some new faces.

Returning for Tabor is all-KCAC post player Damon Dechant. The 6-feet, 6-inch senior is averaging 15.7 points and 6.8 rebounds and is shooting 60.3 percent from the field.

“He’s had a good off-season and has gotten bigger and stronger and is shooting the ball well” coach...

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