Chase volleyball looking up
CHASE — It's a high ceiling for the Chase Kat volleyball team after an 0-31 season without winning a set.
Coach Grace Faltysek has reloaded with a 11-player squad, which is assured of showing steady improvement with a young squad.
VOLLEYBALL ROSTER
SENIOR—24—Riley Bowen, 5-7, MH
JUNIORS— 8—Alyssa Beavers, 5-3, DS; 16—Addison Kleinsorge, 5-4, MH
SOPHOMORES—11—Makayla Miller, OH; 33—Hailey Beavers, S; 35—Demoret Harmony, 5-10, MH
NINTH-GRADERS 2—Natalie Kendall-Hixson, OH; 5—Olivia Henry, S; 6—Ali Black, DS; 18—Emmabelle Bowen, S; 23—Isabella Arce, DS
CHASE SCHEDULE
8-29—at Tescott Jamboree (Otis-Bison/Pawnee Heights)
9-2—Burrton, La Crosse
9-4—at Central Plains/ Fairfield
9-9—at Tescott/Lakeside
9-16—at Tescott/ Rock Hills
9-20—at Pawnee Heights Tournament
9-23—at *Ness City/*Victoria
9-30—at *Central Plains/*Otis-Bison
10-4—JV quad
10-7—*Ellinwood/*Macksville
10-11—CPL Tournament at Hoisington
10-14—at *Kinsley/St. John/*LaCrosse
10-21—at 1A regional
10-17—at Natoma/Thunder Ridge
Chase football has three seniors
CHASE – Great Bend native and Barton Cougar graduate Cole Wintholz will start his second season with the Chase Kats football team. The 2010 Great Bend graduate and 2012 Barton Cougar graduate earned a degree in criminal justice.
Wintholz has coached recreational sports since he was 18 years old. He credits Great Bend coach Jason Duvall for lifechanging advice. Chase assistants are Mike Rice and Lucas McLaren.
Chase (1-9, 1-3 District) technically broke a 30-game losing streak with a 1-0 forfeit over Burrton. Chase last won a contested game Oct. 9, 2020 with a 62-38 win over Tescott.
Senior QB/RB/DG Leland Rice earned All-Central Prairie honors last year. Chase features a 9-player roster with a 95-pound back Laydn Hinterliter and four 200-plus pounders -- Justice Cavender (210), Robert DeVorss (238), Troy McLaren (210) and Santiago Torres/Esquivil (237).
“Our goal is to win some games,” Wintholz said. “I want the players to learn how to be men and how to work hard. A positive year for Chase will be to have these kids learn that hard work does pay off. I want them to develop the skills to be men in the future.”
CHASE KATS
SENIORS—10—Laydn Hinderliter, 5-1, 95, RB/CB; 11—Humberto Rincon, 5-11, 178, WR/DB/PK; 20—Leland Rice, 5-7, 151, QB/RB/DG
JUNIORS—49—Justice Cavender, 5-11, 210, C/DG
SOPHOMORES—25—Duncan McLaren, 5-7, 144, WR/CB; 42—Aaron Rice, 5-2, 157, C/DG; 55—Robert DeVorss, 6-2, 238, OG/DG
NINTH-GRADERS—25—Troy McLaren, 6-0, 210, QB/LB; 48—Santiago Torres/Esquivil, 5-8, 237, OG/DG
CHASE
6-MAN DISTRICT 2— Cunningham 10-1 (4-0), Tescott 8-3 (3-1), Otis-Bison 6-4 (2-2), Chase 1-9 (1-3)
9-5—at Pawnee Heights (0-1)
9-12—at Northern Valley (0-1)
9-19—Western Plains (24-80)
9-26—Tescott (0-73)
10-3—at Wheatland/Grinnell
10-10—*Cunningham (0-1)
10-17—*at Tescott (6-62)
10-24—*at Otis-Bison (6-62)
