What qualities make a champion?
That question was posed to six coaches who have led Catholic high school teams in Indianapolis to state championships: Linda Bamrick, girls’ basketball coach at Cathedral High School; Jim Boswell, football coach at Cardinal Ritter Jr./Sr. High School; Ott Hurrle, football coach at Father Thomas Scecina Memorial High School; Leo Klemm, boys’ basketball coach at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School; Bruce Scifres, football coach at Roncalli High School; and Jill Starliper, former volleyball coach at Bishop Chatard High School. Here is a list of “champion” qualities drawn from their insights. Faith—”Faith is the foundation of being a champion,” said Scifres, who has coached Roncalli to six state championships in football. “Faith in yourself, faith in your teammates, and then the thing that ties them all together—faith in God. One of the big advantages that we have as a Catholic school is we have a common bond of being Christians, of being young men and young women of faith. That bond is a tr
