A unified approach to success at Greenwood High School

however, as with the football team, the volleyball team was in a different class. They finished the year 20-11. “This season we played and won begun implementing aspects of the in the regional finals, which we hadn’t BFS program at Greenwood, he felt done in six years,” says Mayenschein. that bringing in an outside BFS expert “We also advanced to the sectional such as Coach Cosenza would help finals, which we also hadn’t accomjump-start and improve his program. plished in six years. We had three He was right. “The BFS Clinic and All-Conference players; five starters Be an 11 Seminar brought back the recording over 100 kills, one setter pride in Greenwood High School,”

recording over 400 assists and the other says Hanson. That summer 38 boys, 26 setter recording over 300 assists. BFS of them football players, and made our girls better, faster 13 girls showed up for and stronger. It also workouts. gave the girls a level When the of confidence and Greenwood attitude that had Indians took the been missing field in 2006, it for years at was an entirely Greenwood.” different football Penny team.

This time Wehrs is they were physiGreenwood’s cally prepared and girls basketball Chad Hanson, believed in themcoach and has Head Footbal Coach selves, finishing 10-2, seen her team finish their most wins in a decade sixth in the conference for and their first playoff appearance the past three years. This year she since 2002. “This past season was the expects to move up several places. “We first season in which I had leaders on should finish with a 500 record or even the football field – in my previous two better for the first time in five years. years no one was willing to step up and We beat Mosinee this season, and that lead,” says Hanson. “I strongly believe hasn’t happened since 1996.”

that Coach Cosenza deserves a lot of Wehrs says her girls are staying the credit for helping transform the kids strong by lifting not only in the offinto leaders.” season but also during the season. “I But it wasn’t just the football team think a good core of girls are seeing the that enjoyed success from BFS. benefits and are starting to believe in the program. My girls are lifting actual weight and use positive peer pressure Strength in Unification when someone is just taking the easy Jenni Mayenschein is the girls way out. I have seen an improvement volleyball coach at Greenwood High, with vertical jumps as well.”

and she joins Hanson in praising As for boys basketball, Coach Josh the value of a strong weight-training Hartman saw his last two teams place program. In 2004, the Indians posted sixth and fourth in the conference over a 10-16 record, but the following year the past two years, but at the time of their record dropped to 5-20. In 2006, Greenwood High School’s unified approach to athletic excellence There’s a popular misconception that the average high school in America has about 1,000 students, but that’s simply not true.

Perhaps it’s because we tend to pay the most attention to large schools that have more resources than smaller ones, or because larger schools often have more outside community events. The fact is the average high school has only 300 students, which means of course that many schools have even fewer. One such school is Greenwood High School, which has only 155 students but is gaining a reputation for producing quality athletes in all sports. Chad Hanson has been the head football coach at Greenwood for the past three years, having taken over a program that ended the season 1-8.

Hanson recalls that during his first year, only about a half dozen athletes used the weightroom, a group that occasionally included one or two girls. The result was that at the end of his first year the team finished with just two more wins than in the previous year. The following year was not much better, but this time the team at least earned four wins. Because Greenwood is the smallest school in its conference and must play against schools that have as many as 600 students, not much is usually expected from athletes in this position. Hanson, however, would not accept that excuse. So the following spring he enlisted the help of BFS Clinician Ray Cosenza.

Although Hanson had already Greenwood High School is one of the smallest schools in the country with only 155 students.

“The BFS Clinic and Be an Eleven Seminar brought back the pride in GHS” this writing his Indians were tied for first this year with an 8-3 record. “At this point in the season, I feel we have been in better condition than our opponents. We have had more stamina and have been stronger, especially in the fourth quarter when it matters. We have had six close games so far and have managed to win five of those, including two triple-overtime wins and a single overtime win.” Indeed, the entire athletic program at this small Wisconsin school has benefited from taking a different approach to its strength and conditioning program.

Greenwood High School may be one of the smallest schools in the country, but its program is certainly winning BIG!

Last spring BFS Clinician Ray Cosenza gave a BFS Clinic and a Be an Eleven Seminar at Greenwood High to jumpstart their athletic program.

The BFS program made a big impact on the success of the girls basketball and volleyball teams. Shown are the seniors on the basketball team and the girls volleyball team posing after winning the Region 4 Championships.

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From BFS Magazine — March/April 2007. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).