What does St. Henry need to do to improve in 2009/2010? What do they need to keep doing to be successful? Remember, please be constructive.

St Henry won its first 34th District Championship in its first year out of the 33rd. But this years team will have to work hard to get back where they were last year. They lose 8 seniors from that team, most notably leading scorers Camron Speed and David Zumdick.

 

But with that said. They still have 3 seniors with experience starting for Coach Faust. PG Jake Hils, known for his good defense and dishing out assist. Benny Bessler, one of the more athletic players in NKY. And Ryan Anderson is one best players in the 34th district that no one knows about. These 3 seniors along with Juniors John Patula and Zach Barnett should give Coach Faust a solid group of talent to work with.

Seems the Crusaders will be light on the bench will these 5 be the starting 5 then for St. Henry?

Seems the Crusaders will be light on the bench will these 5 be the starting 5 then for St. Henry?

 

Since its only October and practices haven't even started, I have no clue what the starting 5 will be. These are the 5 with the most experience, Im sure Faust will have no problem inserting depth. Last year they were 11 deep, I wouldn't expect them to be that deep again.

I look for Darius Meiman to get some minutes. He is only a freshman but he is a very good player.

Darius is at St. Henry? When did he transfer from Walton and why?

Darius is at St. Henry? When did he transfer from Walton and why?

 

I would not call it a transfer as he was not in high school previously. My guess is that Darius and his family felt that St. Henry was the best school for him.

I've heard some good things about this boy also, but lets remember he's only a freshman. He's got a lot to learn. Im sure especially on the defensive side of the ball.

 

Im not saying its impossible for him to see varsity minutes, but its very rare for Coach Faust to even move a freshman to varsity early in the season. I can only remember four guys to start there freshman seasons out on the varsity level. Matt Fabiani, Sam Lageman, Kieth Schuler, and Mike Topmiller. Guys like Jeff Eisenmenger, Matt Otte, Todd Vieth, and Nick Love all played Freshman and/or JV there freshman year.

 

I wish this young man good luck and am glad he chose to go to St Henry. He's got a great coach and hopefully he'll have a great career at St. Henry. From what I hear the entire freshman class should be pretty decent.

Do they have any height this year ?

Do they have any height this year ?

 

I believe I saw the last "height" the Cru had walking down the sidewalks of Edgewood with his girlfriend recently.

St. Henry has good coaching, but this year they will be lacking in alot of areas it seems do they make it out the 34th District then this year?

Under the radar. That's how Faust likes it. Look at the polls the last 2 years, preseason vs. postseason. Small, sleepers, over-achievers, rarely disappointing.

Never count out Faust, great coach who always gets the best out of all his players.

Never count out Faust, great coach who always gets the best out of all his players.

 

I think you nailed it. The loss of Speed will hurt, but they always seem to find a way to make it to the regional tournament.

Coach Faust will have this team ready and this group will probably surprise some people as usual. But they have a tough draw in the Class the A in Newport to get out of the first round there. Also I agree how will they replace Speed and even Zumdick, but the one that I think was a key player who came out of nowwhere was Volz on last years team. You have the players metioned above who got time last year but my question who is going to be St. Henrys unknown player that comes out of nowwhere and makes this team better?