the above pictures are from her Freshman Year, when I started this page. She is now 17 years old and a junior at the Manchester High School. This page has mostly Freshman year info, with links to more current pages, you will just have to look around. She is very involved
in sports
- Volleyball
- Basketball
- Softball
She did track in JR High, but in high school softball will come first. She made the varsity volleyball team as a starter
as a freshman, the only freshman on the team. She has only been playing volleyball for 4 years.
1998-1999 Basketball
1998 Volleyball
1998-1999 Softball
Junior Year
ARTICLES
Fresman Year
Warsaw paper.....
Manchester Squires
You can read Whitko's preview and substitute it for Manchester's.
Like Whitko, Manchester has a first-year varsity volleyball coach, Jessica
Tate. Like Whitko's coach, Tate knows her
players. She, too, was the junior varsity coach the last two years.
Middle hitter Jodie Peden and setter Megan Eckert are two key returners for
the Squires. Freshman hitter Jessica Hicks and
back row player Natalie Stambaugh also figure to contribute.
"These are girls I had my first year on junior varsity, and we have been
pretty successful the last couple of years," Tate said.
"We're excited."
Manchester went 7-24 overall and 0-7 in the Three Rivers Conference last
year. The Squires lost to Wabash in the first round
of the sectional.
Tate hopes to find girls who take the team by the scruff of the neck and
point it in the right direction.
"Just letting our leaders come out naturally is important," she said. "We
had a problem with that last year, finding leaders. We
have good leaders. We're trying to speed up our offense and lower our sets
and passes to create problems for the defense.
That's the main thing we've been stressing, that and communication."
Erin Groombridge, Carrie Rodriguez, Katie Zile and Tracie Hart graduated
last year.
Manchester's 1997 season opens with a Monday match at Maconaquah.
September 5, 1997
Volleyball: Manchester stops Wabash
By PD staff
WABASH, Ind. - The Manchester volleyball team improved its record to
5-2 with Thursday's 15-13-15-8 victory over Wabash.
Jodie Peden led Manchester with nine service points and added three blocks
and two kills. Megan Eckert had nine assists.
Michelle Gerber finished with six kills and three blocks. Amanda White had
five kills. Jessica Hicks recorded five digs.
October 3, 1997
Volleyball: Southwood fights off Manchester
By PD staff
WABASH, Ind. - Southwood picked up its second consecutive victory
over a county rival with Thursday's 16-14, 11-15, 15-10 win against
Manchester.
The victory puts Southwood right back in the Three Rivers Conference title
hunt. After starting 1-2, Southwood is now 3-2 in the conference.
Manchester (15-11) won its first three conference games but has dropped
to 3-2 with losses to Southwood and Northfield this week.
Laura Kinder led Southwood (16-10) with 13 kills and added five blocks,
four digs and three service points.
Jodie Peden had 12 blocks, eight digs and three kills for Manchester.
Southwood stats - Hayley Bozarth 8 kills, 4 digs, 2 blocks; Lindsay Degitz
11 digs, 8 points; Stephanie Tyson 9 kills, 8 points, 2 digs; Megan Bozarth 9
points, 4 assists, 3 kills, 2 blocks, 2 digs; Jennifer Cochran 10 points, 6 digs;
Megan Garner 7 kills, 1 dig; Audrey Baldwin 4 digs, 2 points; Gina Proffitt
28 assists, 9 digs, 4 points, 2 kills, 1 block; Ashley Paul 6 digs.
Manchester stats - Natalie Stambaugh 8 digs; Luciana Leao 11 kills, 11
digs; Michelle Gerber 9 digs, 5 kills; Jessica Hicks 5 kills, 3 digs; Megan
Eckert 14 assists; Karmen Miller 4 assists.
Southwood was also the winner of the junior varsity contest, 15-6, 15-7.
Amy Weaver had 10 kills, six digs, four assists and three points for
Southwood (18-3).
For Manchester (5-10), Bree Day had 15 assists and five points. Kasie Zile
had five kills. Jeanne Rodriguez added two digs.
Southwood stats - Stephanie Tyson 8 points, 8 assists, 4 kills, 3 digs;
Ashley Adams 6 kills, 1 dig; Cynthia Good 2 kills, 1 block; Brooke McKee
8 digs, 3 kills, 3 points; Shaunda Kennedy 7 points, 2 digs; Jamie Proffitt 8
digs, 5 points, Amy Steele 10 digs, 6 kills, 3 points.
Squires Win TRC!!!!
Manchester shares TRC title
By Roy Church
DENVER, Ind. — Manchester clinched a tie for the Three Rivers
Conference championship here Monday night by defeating North Miami
7-15, 17-15, 15-8 in its final match of the regular season.
The Lady Squires finished 5-2 in the TRC, tied with Whitko. There was a
three-way tie for third at 4-3 between Southwood, Tippecanoe Valley and
Rochester.
"We came out slow, but turned it around in the second game, then came
from behind to win the third," head coach Jessica Tate said.
Jodie Peden had a team-high 10 blocks, Megan Eckert had 15 assists,
Michelle Gerber had nine kills, six blocks and six digs, Luciana Leas had
seven kills, Greta Miller had eight blocks and Natalie Stambaugh had five
aces and five digs.
Good job Squires! They had a great turn around from last year. Everyone with the team did great this year.
The season is done. The team finished 18-14 and 5-2 in the TRC!
The team finished 2nd in the County Tourney!! They went 2-1.
The team took second place at a tourney in Ft Wayne on 9/20/97!! A trophey for the school and medals for each player.
They lost the first game of the sectional, so the season is over, a great year!! Now on to basketball!! Practice starts Monday, October 20, 1997.
Basketball
This is her first love. She has played the sport since 1st grade. Last year her 8th grade team won our local
Wabash County Tourney. There are 4 high schools in our county, Manchester, Northfield, Southwood and Wabash. The team only
had 8 members, as we are a small school. Her goal is to be part of an Indiana State Champion!
October 23, 1997, Jessica was placed on the varsity team!! So now this is her second sport on varsity as a freshman!! More to come. The team played in a jamboree on November 5, 1997. They played two quarters against two different teams. We won both quarters. The team looked great and played very well together! I believe North Manchester will be very proud of this team!
The team finished the season at 17-3, 7-0 in TRC!
Manchester finished 4-1 in the post-season, 21-4 on the year!
Squires
21-4 record
TRC Champs
Wawasee Tourney Champs
Wabash County Tourney Champs
Sectional Champs
Regional Champs
Final Four team
1998 Sectional
1998 Regional
Squire Girl's Basketball News!
More News!
Indiana's 2A Girl's Basketball Rankings
Wabash County 1997 Basketball Tourney
AWARDS
1997-1998 Times-Union Honorable Mention All-Area Team
(Schools included are: Manchester, Warsaw, Wawasee, Northwood, Tippy Valley, Whitko, and Triton)
1997-1998 Northfield All-Tournament Team
February 27, 1998 The Journal Gazette Peak Performers Girl's Honorable mention
February 28, 1998 Pride 105FM Regional's Player of the Game
March 6, 1998 The Journal Gazette Peak Girl's Performer
1997-1998 TRC All-conference Girl's Basketball Honorable Mention
1997-1998 All County 2nd Team (Wabash County)
1997-1998 Lady Squires Most Improved Player
She has played softball for 6 years, and T-ball for 3 years before this. The past 2 years she has
playd for a 18 year old and younger fast pitch team. She has been the starting pitcher for the team
for the whole time she has been on the team. This summer's team came in first during the season and
2nd in the tournament. She now plays for the High School, the varisty team, her 3rd sport as a Freshman!First Federal is the name of her summer
softball team, and my wife and I both coach the team.
Well now you can football to her sports. She had a football game tonight against the seniors. It was flag football. She played quarterback, and threw a touchdown pass. Her team lost 7-6. She also rushed the quarterback and tipped one pass. It looked like she had a great time, as did all the girls. This was on 10/7/97.
Just as important as sports is her school work. I am very please to report that Jessica made the honor roll with all A(s) and B(s)! With all the effort she puts forward with the sports she still makes the time to study and it shows! 2nd nine weeks, she made all A(s) and B(s) again! The 3rd 9 weeks she again made all As and Bs!
Links to other sites on the Web
WNBA
Warsaw Newspaper
Amateur Softball Association
USA Volleyball
University of Tennesee Sports
Manchester Schools
Manchester High School
List of all Indiana High Schools
Email Jessica
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