JACH NEWS SERVICE. Kiely Decker, a senior golfer at Lafayette Central Catholic High School and one of the school's student leaders, is OurTown.com's Student-Athlete of the Month for September 2009. Knights' athletic director Tim Bordenet nominated Kiely for the recognition. Kiely is the Knights' No. 1 golfer and is averaging a 42 strokes over nine holes and has been the medalist in four tournaments this year, said her coach and father Tom Decker. "By sectionals she will be even lower," Coach Decker said. "She is one of our leaders and works hard to get better each and every day." Kiely has a 3.773 average and ranks 12th in a class of 55. She is Central Catholic's Student Council president, member of the Mayor's Youth Commission, co-director of the Search Retreat and coordinates the Relay for Life. She has won the Sportsmanship Award for the Central Indiana Junior Golf Association two of the past three years. "Kiely is a tremendous ambassador for our school," Coach Bordenet said.
JACH NEWS SERVICE. McCutcheon High School swimmer Megan Gallagher said she likes the longer races because it gives her more of mental challenge. Gallagher seems to be winning a lot of those challenges looking at her swimming results this season, improving by leaps and laps from her freshman year.
One the hardest things to do in sports is to score a soccer goal, but WLs Mackenzie Staton made it look easy last year and has continued that progress so far this season. Staton was one of the states scoring leaders at more than a goal a game.
