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		<title>Alder grad completes first season with pro volleyball team</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For The Advocate &#160; Jaclynn Yocum, a 2004 graduate of Jonathan Alder High School, recently completed her first season with the Arizona Sizzle of the professional Premier Volleyball League. Her season wrapped up at the USA Volleyball national tournament in Louisville, Ky. It was Yocum’s rookie year with the Phoenix-based squad. “It was a great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plain City native is featured senior at University of Findlay</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 01:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sarah Foltz For The Madison Press &#160; Coming from a small town, Erica Ernst Stottlemyer had her eyes set on The University of Findlay’s small class sizes, pre-veterinary medicine program and the women’s soccer team after high school. In her freshman year, she decided that physical therapy would be the best major and she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alder confident in its return to state tournament</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; By Chris Miles Sports Editor &#160; When the Jonathan Alder baseball team takes the field for their Division II state semifinal Thursday at 5 p.m. at Huntington Park they’ll be looking at a team similiar to themselves. The Huskies (23-7) are a squad that likes to play “small ball,” has at least one stud [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pioneers prevail in regional semifinal game</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2013 14:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Miles Sports Editor &#160; DAYTON — It’s not always about how many hits you get, but more importantly about when you get them. The Jonathan Alder baseball team was outhit during a Division II regional semifinal against Springfield Shawnee at University of Dayton Thursday, but the Pioneers delivered clutch hits when they needed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jonathan Alder boys  basketball camp set</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 16:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Jonathan Alder Pioneers Summer Skills Camp is scheduled Monday, June 10 through Thursday, June 13 for boys who will be in fourth through ninth-grade next school year. The camp will feature work on individual skill development, offensive and defensive concepts, drills to improve your game as well as competitions, contests and prizes. Camp for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alder, WJ win; London drops heartbreaker</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 14:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Miles Sports Editor &#160; The Jonathan Alder baseball team found a way to deliver when it needed to and will move on in the Division II Central District tournament because of it. The Pioneers (19-8) scored five runs with two outs en route to an 8-1 second-round victory over visiting Lakewood Thursday. With the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alder sweeps Madison County Quad meet</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 13:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Miles Sports Editor &#160; There is power that comes in numbers, especially in the sport of track and field. The Jonathan Alder girls and boys track squads took home the championships of the Madison County Quad meet Tuesday at London on the strength of their superior numbers. The Pioneers simply had more athletes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>London’s Carey shuts down Pioneers; Red Raiders roll 6-1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 14:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Miles Sports Editor &#160; London High School junior hurler Zac Carey really wanted to throw in Tuesday’s inter-county game with host Jonathan Alder. Red Raiders coach Jim Wolverton insisted on keeping his ace available for South Central Ohio League games. But when the Red Raiders (10-8) contest with Hillsboro was rained out Monday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local girls earn bid to 2013 Junior Olympics</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For The Plain City Advocate &#160; The 15 National volleyball team from Elite Volleyball Training Center in Plain City were big winners at the Molten Bid Volleyball Tournament, hosted at the Columbus Convention Center the weekend of April 6-7. The team earned a national bid to attend the Junior National Championships (Junior Olympics) in Dallas, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alder’s big inning stuns West Jeff, gives Pioneers county softball title</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Miles Sports Editor &#160; The Jonathan Alder softball team is built on speed. With an army of lighting quick young players, the Pioneers have carved out a name for themselves this year for being a team that puts pressure on opposing teams with its ability to run. West Jefferson has what is considered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring sports season off to chilly April start</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Miles Sports Editor &#160; The spring sports season will see warmer days than the ones that have greeted area teams here at the start of April. But until mother nature turns down the breeze and turns up the heat, baseball, softball, tennis and track and field teams will have to deal with cooler [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mix of young and old have Pioneers poised for breakout season in ’13</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Miles Sports Editor &#160; With an influx of talented youngsters to go with a group of hard-nosed veterans, the Jonathan Alder softball team is poised for a breakout spring. Coach Dave McGrew is excited to see how his team meshes together as it looks to make noise in the Central District. “I’ve been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Softball: County tourney could be a classic</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Miles Sports Editor &#160; The 2013 Madison County softball tournament could prove to be one of the most competitive in recent years. All four county squads figure to have strong teams which could make for an interesting afternoon of softball Saturday, April 13 at West Jefferson. “We always look forward to playing in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manning was a standout on and off the field</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Miles Sports Editor &#160; Logan Manning wasn’t the most vocal member of the Jonathan Alder boys soccer team. But when he had something to say, it usually didn’t go unnoticed. “On the field he was a quiet kid,” Pioneers coach David Lanka said. “He usually let his actions speak for themselves. But when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sports Commentary Try copying off your neighbor’s bracket</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alright, I know all of you out there are or were outstanding students in high school and/or college and never had to resort to looking at a neighboring classmates’ paper for the possible right answers for a test you weren’t ready for. I never did it either, I swear. However, I wasn’t above asking a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madison County Special Olympics announces annual award winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the Madison Press &#160; Applauding service well done. Recently, the Madison County Special Olympics Program announced the winners of its annual recognition awards. The awards are voted on by the Special Olympics athletes themselves, as well as staff and community people who are involved with the program. Mike Ellis truly is a gold medal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alder’s Miller is county’s lone state bowling qualifer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Miles Sports Editor &#160; Pioneers’ senior Jaron Miller rolled a 687 series at the Central District tournament Saturday at HP Lanes and finished second to earn a spot in this week’s state championship tournament. Miller’s three-game total came in behind only Newark’s Austin Martin (728). Alder as a team finished a disappointing fourth (3,872), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pioneers’ Thomas taking her game to Urbana University</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Miles Sports Editor &#160; Jonathan Alder girls soccer coach Dan Brady remembers watching a youth soccer match years ago where a fleet-footed youngster was literally running circles around opposing players. Years later that same player was doing much the same at the high school level, earning her all-district honors for the Pioneers. That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Area teams preparing for district tourney</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Miles Sports Editor &#160; None of the Madison-County boys basketball teams are seeded really high in the upcoming Central District tournaments, but just about every one of them has a chance of doing some serious damage. They’ve all either shown they can play with and or beat top teams, or they have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alder boys and girls pick up wins</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“It was a great atmosphere,” Alder coach Brent Cahill said. “We’ve played well in spurts all season long and we really didn’t do anything different but finish.]]></description>
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