New Palestine's girls basketball team fell 47-44 to Franklin in a
close girls basketball game, in the championship in the Franklin
Tournament.
The Dragons and Grizzly Cubs traded the
lead several times, before the Cubs hit a FT in the final minute to take
a 45-44 lead. NP had a three-second violation with the ball with 15
seconds left. Franklin's Tori Fiddler hit two FTs with 13 seconds to go,
and the Dragons had two looks from 3-point range fall just short that
would've tied the game.
Bethany Murrell led the
Dragons with 18 points and nine rebounds. Tori Stephenson added eight
points for NP. The Parmer sisters led Franklin -- Tara scored 13 and
Shelby had 10, and the duo hit five 3-pointers between them.
NP is now 6-8 and next plays Jan. 10 at Greenwood. That game will be broadcast LIVE by HancockCountySports.com.
Friday, December 30, 2011
GBB: New Palestine in Franklin Tournament final
The New Palestine girls basketball team jumped out to a fast start
and pulled away to a 57-45 victory over Indian Creek in the semifinals
of the Franklin tournament.
NP will play Franklin -- a 60-39 winner over West Vigo -- at 8 p.m. tonight in the championship game.
Bethany Murrell had a hot start for the Dragons, hitting four first-half 3-pointers en route to a 23-point, eight-rebound day.
NP was off to a hot start in general, shooting over 50 percent for much of the first half and hitting six 3-pointers.
Emily Curry added 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting, and she added an exclamation point to the opening half with a long 3-pointer at the buzzer, which gave the Dragons a 42-21 lead. Lauren Tieman added 10 points and eight rebounds. Abby Seifert nearly had a double-double without scoring a point -- she had 12 rebounds and a career-high eight assists. Kyleigh Smock & Tori Stephenson each scored five points for the Dragons.
Ally Lehman led IC with 25 points and 14 rebounds.
NP will play Franklin -- a 60-39 winner over West Vigo -- at 8 p.m. tonight in the championship game.
Bethany Murrell had a hot start for the Dragons, hitting four first-half 3-pointers en route to a 23-point, eight-rebound day.
NP was off to a hot start in general, shooting over 50 percent for much of the first half and hitting six 3-pointers.
Emily Curry added 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting, and she added an exclamation point to the opening half with a long 3-pointer at the buzzer, which gave the Dragons a 42-21 lead. Lauren Tieman added 10 points and eight rebounds. Abby Seifert nearly had a double-double without scoring a point -- she had 12 rebounds and a career-high eight assists. Kyleigh Smock & Tori Stephenson each scored five points for the Dragons.
Ally Lehman led IC with 25 points and 14 rebounds.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Wrestling: G-C 4th at Connersville Invitational
Greenfield-Central's wrestling team placed fourth in the 32-team Connersville Spartan Classic invitational over two days Wednesday and Thursday.
Cathedral won the event with 246 points, outpacing Roncalli (240), Evansville Reitz (228) and G-C (191.5). DeKalb (186) was fifth.
Leading the way for the Cougars was 138-pounder Josh Farrell, who was a perfect 5-0 on the two days and was his weight class' champion. Austin Rose (152) and Austin Gearlds (220) were both runners-up, going 4-1 in the event. Ian Early (195) placed third, going 6-1. Dezmen McGinley (170) was fifth, going 4-2. Also placing were Kyle Wilburn (6th, 182), Taylor Wright (7th, 106), Cole Moore (7th, 113) and Garrett Mullins (8th, 120).
Cathedral won the event with 246 points, outpacing Roncalli (240), Evansville Reitz (228) and G-C (191.5). DeKalb (186) was fifth.
Leading the way for the Cougars was 138-pounder Josh Farrell, who was a perfect 5-0 on the two days and was his weight class' champion. Austin Rose (152) and Austin Gearlds (220) were both runners-up, going 4-1 in the event. Ian Early (195) placed third, going 6-1. Dezmen McGinley (170) was fifth, going 4-2. Also placing were Kyle Wilburn (6th, 182), Taylor Wright (7th, 106), Cole Moore (7th, 113) and Garrett Mullins (8th, 120).
Marauders win consolation game
Mt. Vernon was very impressive in a dominant consolation-game victory over Roncalli in the evening session of the Hall of Fame Classic.
MV won 72-46 over the Rebels -- avenging a defeat from last year's regional championship game. The Marauders jumped out to a 23-3 lead, and then after Roncalli closed the Marauder lead to seven late in the third, used a 15-0 run to go up 67-41 and put the game away.
The Marauders controlled the glass -- outrebounding Roncalli 16-4 in the opening half and 36-14 for the game. MV's defense also forced 18 Roncalli turnovers.
MV shot 56 percent from the floor -- including 60 percent after halftime. Roncalli hit 43 percent from the field.
Makenzi Reasor led the Marauders offensively with 19 points, hitting 8-of-13 shots. She also had five boards, a steal and a block. Jessica Brown had a strong all-around game with 16 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals. She hit 7-of-13 from the floor. Erica Moore and Rachel Houck both hit 5-of-9 -- Houck buried three 3-pointers. Moore had 15 points and seven boards, Houck 13 points and three steals. Kelsie Owens added six big points off the bench.
MV's point output was its highest of the year, eclipsing its total in its victory against Hamilton Heights in November.
Unbeaten 4A No. 2 Penn -- which beat MV in the opening game -- went on to defeat 3A No. 1 Norwell 46-39 in the championship game.
The Marauders are now 11-3. They are next in action Tuesday against Southport at home.
MV won 72-46 over the Rebels -- avenging a defeat from last year's regional championship game. The Marauders jumped out to a 23-3 lead, and then after Roncalli closed the Marauder lead to seven late in the third, used a 15-0 run to go up 67-41 and put the game away.
The Marauders controlled the glass -- outrebounding Roncalli 16-4 in the opening half and 36-14 for the game. MV's defense also forced 18 Roncalli turnovers.
MV shot 56 percent from the floor -- including 60 percent after halftime. Roncalli hit 43 percent from the field.
Makenzi Reasor led the Marauders offensively with 19 points, hitting 8-of-13 shots. She also had five boards, a steal and a block. Jessica Brown had a strong all-around game with 16 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals. She hit 7-of-13 from the floor. Erica Moore and Rachel Houck both hit 5-of-9 -- Houck buried three 3-pointers. Moore had 15 points and seven boards, Houck 13 points and three steals. Kelsie Owens added six big points off the bench.
MV's point output was its highest of the year, eclipsing its total in its victory against Hamilton Heights in November.
Unbeaten 4A No. 2 Penn -- which beat MV in the opening game -- went on to defeat 3A No. 1 Norwell 46-39 in the championship game.
The Marauders are now 11-3. They are next in action Tuesday against Southport at home.
Marauders to face Roncalli at 6 p.m.
Mt. Vernon fell victim to an early run and fell 62-41 to the 4A No. 2 Penn Kingsmen in the second semifinal at the Hall of Fame Classic.
The unbeaten Kingsmen scored the game's first 17 points and led 25-2 after a quarter. MV rallied in the fourth quarter to close the score, outscoring the Kingsmen 22-13 in the final eight minutes.
Erica Moore had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds, as well as two blocked shots for MV. Jessica Brown had nine points and six assists. Rachel Houck hit three 3-pointers and scored a team-high 13 points. She also had four steals.
Western Michigan commit Alex Morton had 15 points to lead Penn. Olivia Carlton scored 14 points and hit three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter. Sophomore Caroline Buhr had 12 points and six rebounds.
MV will face Roncalli in the 6 p.m. consolation game at the New Castle Fieldhouse tonight. Live coverage will begin on HancockCountySports.com at 5:45 p.m. Penn will face 3A No. 1 Norwell in the title game, as Norwell rallied to beat Roncalli 62-59 in the first semifinal.
The unbeaten Kingsmen scored the game's first 17 points and led 25-2 after a quarter. MV rallied in the fourth quarter to close the score, outscoring the Kingsmen 22-13 in the final eight minutes.
Erica Moore had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds, as well as two blocked shots for MV. Jessica Brown had nine points and six assists. Rachel Houck hit three 3-pointers and scored a team-high 13 points. She also had four steals.
Western Michigan commit Alex Morton had 15 points to lead Penn. Olivia Carlton scored 14 points and hit three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter. Sophomore Caroline Buhr had 12 points and six rebounds.
MV will face Roncalli in the 6 p.m. consolation game at the New Castle Fieldhouse tonight. Live coverage will begin on HancockCountySports.com at 5:45 p.m. Penn will face 3A No. 1 Norwell in the title game, as Norwell rallied to beat Roncalli 62-59 in the first semifinal.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Hall of Fame Classic Thursday
Mt. Vernon's girls basketball team will participate in the Hall of Fame Classic on Thursday, and HancockCountySports.com will have all of the Marauder action. Join Andrew Smith and Chris Lambert at approximately 12:40 p.m. for the Marauders' semifinal game against Penn.
The Marauders will play at either 6 or 8 p.m. in the night session. Our broadcast will begin 20 minutes before the tipoff.
Here's the schedule from the New Castle Fieldhouse.
11 a.m.: 3A #1 Norwell (8-0) vs. Roncalli (8-3)
1 p.m.: 4A #2 Penn (11-0) vs. 3A #3 Mt. Vernon (10-2)
6 p.m.: Consolation
8 p.m.: Championship
The Marauders are making their third appearance in the Hall of Fame Classic. They last did so in 1999, with a Johna Goff-Alissa Kirby-led team winning the Classic championship. That Marauder team would post a 22-2 record and finished ranked No. 2 in Class 3A, later playing eventual state champ Cathedral in a close sectional semifinal that was essentially the 3A championship game.
This year's MV squad is a balanced, veteran group with four starters returning from last year's 21-2 squad. Guard Jessica Brown, center Makenzi Reasor and forward Erica Moore are all averaging in double-figures, with guard Rachel Houck averaging just under double-figures at 9.3 ppg. Forward Anna Olson is one of the area's top rebounders with an 8.6 average on the glass. Brown, Reasor and Houck all scored in double-figures in the Marauders' 47-31 victory over New Palestine in the county championship game. Reasor (Indiana State) and Brown (Indiana Wesleyan) have committed to play collegiately. Reasor is one of several Div. I signees/commits at the tournament. Brown is headed to one of the NAIA's national powerhouse programs in IWU.
The Penn team MV will face is fairly similar -- a team that allows fewer than 40 points per game, a team that has five starters averaging at least 7.7 points per game and is led by a Div. I signee -- future Western Michigan Bronco Alex Morton, a 5-9 guard who is averaging 17 ppg. Penn is 11-0 and was the Class 4A state runner-up last year. The Kingsmen have won 35 straight regular-season games against Indiana teams dating back to the midpoint of the 2008-09 season. Their only regular-season loss in that span was a loss to an Illinois squad last year.
In the other semifinal, Norwell is a perfect 8-0 and took over the No. 1 spot in Class 3A from MV after the Marauders' early-December loss to Anderson. Since 2009, Norwell is 71-6 and was a regional finalist in 2011. The Knights are led by Miami-Ohio signee Jessica Rupright, who is totaling 18.4 points and 7.9 rebounds per game. Roncalli is 8-3 and is a team familiar to the Marauders -- the two teams met in the regional final last season. The Rebels are missing Butler signee Katie Brewer, who has missed several games with an injury, but have 6-2 junior guard Bridget Perry (Purdue) scoring 21 points per game. Sophomore forward Elizabeth Bowers is averaging 10 points and eight rebounds per contest. The Rebels start four underclassmen.
The Marauders will play at either 6 or 8 p.m. in the night session. Our broadcast will begin 20 minutes before the tipoff.
Here's the schedule from the New Castle Fieldhouse.
11 a.m.: 3A #1 Norwell (8-0) vs. Roncalli (8-3)
1 p.m.: 4A #2 Penn (11-0) vs. 3A #3 Mt. Vernon (10-2)
6 p.m.: Consolation
8 p.m.: Championship
The Marauders are making their third appearance in the Hall of Fame Classic. They last did so in 1999, with a Johna Goff-Alissa Kirby-led team winning the Classic championship. That Marauder team would post a 22-2 record and finished ranked No. 2 in Class 3A, later playing eventual state champ Cathedral in a close sectional semifinal that was essentially the 3A championship game.
This year's MV squad is a balanced, veteran group with four starters returning from last year's 21-2 squad. Guard Jessica Brown, center Makenzi Reasor and forward Erica Moore are all averaging in double-figures, with guard Rachel Houck averaging just under double-figures at 9.3 ppg. Forward Anna Olson is one of the area's top rebounders with an 8.6 average on the glass. Brown, Reasor and Houck all scored in double-figures in the Marauders' 47-31 victory over New Palestine in the county championship game. Reasor (Indiana State) and Brown (Indiana Wesleyan) have committed to play collegiately. Reasor is one of several Div. I signees/commits at the tournament. Brown is headed to one of the NAIA's national powerhouse programs in IWU.
The Penn team MV will face is fairly similar -- a team that allows fewer than 40 points per game, a team that has five starters averaging at least 7.7 points per game and is led by a Div. I signee -- future Western Michigan Bronco Alex Morton, a 5-9 guard who is averaging 17 ppg. Penn is 11-0 and was the Class 4A state runner-up last year. The Kingsmen have won 35 straight regular-season games against Indiana teams dating back to the midpoint of the 2008-09 season. Their only regular-season loss in that span was a loss to an Illinois squad last year.
In the other semifinal, Norwell is a perfect 8-0 and took over the No. 1 spot in Class 3A from MV after the Marauders' early-December loss to Anderson. Since 2009, Norwell is 71-6 and was a regional finalist in 2011. The Knights are led by Miami-Ohio signee Jessica Rupright, who is totaling 18.4 points and 7.9 rebounds per game. Roncalli is 8-3 and is a team familiar to the Marauders -- the two teams met in the regional final last season. The Rebels are missing Butler signee Katie Brewer, who has missed several games with an injury, but have 6-2 junior guard Bridget Perry (Purdue) scoring 21 points per game. Sophomore forward Elizabeth Bowers is averaging 10 points and eight rebounds per contest. The Rebels start four underclassmen.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Updated county tourney history
Here's the history of the Hancock County tournament, updated with today's games.
BOYS*New Palestine 70, Greenfield-Central 24
Mt. Vernon 66, *Eastern Hancock 51
Eastern Hancock 63, Greenfield-Central 26, consolation
New Palestine 61, *Mt. Vernon 55, championship
GIRLS
*New Palestine 57, Greenfield-Central 49
Mt. Vernon 67, *Eastern Hancock 18
Greenfield-Central 78, Eastern Hancock 47, consolation
*Mt. Vernon 47, New Palestine 31, championship
previous champions & game scores below the jump
BOYS*New Palestine 70, Greenfield-Central 24
Mt. Vernon 66, *Eastern Hancock 51
Eastern Hancock 63, Greenfield-Central 26, consolation
New Palestine 61, *Mt. Vernon 55, championship
GIRLS
*New Palestine 57, Greenfield-Central 49
Mt. Vernon 67, *Eastern Hancock 18
Greenfield-Central 78, Eastern Hancock 47, consolation
*Mt. Vernon 47, New Palestine 31, championship
previous champions & game scores below the jump
County finals: Dragon boys, Marauder girls repeat
The Hancock County championship trophies are staying put after this year, as the New Palestine boys and Mt. Vernon girls both used big fourth-quarter runs to win their respective titles tonight at Mt. Vernon.
In the boys game, NP won 61-55, largely spurred by a 16-1 run that spanned the end of the third quarter and the start of the fourth that saw a seven-point Marauder lead turn into an eight-point Dragon advantage.
New Palestine junior forward Michael Morris keyed the second-half run, hitting two 3-pointers and scoring 16 of his 26 points after the break. Morris hit 9-of-12 from the floor, nearly all from the perimeter, including 4-of-5 from 3-point range. He was also a perfect 4-of-4 from the line. Senior Josh Penley added 11 points and three boards -- scoring several of his points down the stretch to help the Dragons build and maintain their second-half lead. Justin Ikerd hit a big third-quarter 3-pointer in the game-turning run and finished with six points and seven assists. Reid Clark had six points and five boards.
MV sophomore C.J. Coleman helped key an early Marauder edge, as he scored 15 of his team-high 21 points in the first half. Coleman's backcourt mate, junior Anthony Burnett, scored six first-quarter points and finished with eight. Alex Payne hit two fourth-quarter 3-pointers to try to lead the Marauders back from what became an 11-point deficit and scored 11 points on perfect 4-for-4 shooting. Stephen Turner also scored 11 points for the Marauders.
NP is now 8-1 and next plays Jan. 6 against Delta. MV is 5-3 and next plays Jan. 6 at Greenfield-Central in a game we will broadcast live on HancockCountySports.com.
Eastern Hancock won the consolation game 63-26 over Greenfield-Central. The Royals improved to 6-4, G-C fell to 0-9.
In the girls game, Mt. Vernon scored nearly half its points in the final five minutes in a 47-31 victory over New Palestine, to win its third consecutive county title.
NP led 29-24 with five minutes left and had an open look from 3 that would've made it an eight-point game, but MV went on a 21-0 run fueled by its defense and timely 3-point shooting, as Makenzi Reasor, Rachel Houck and Jessica Brown all hit 3-pointers in the run and MV's defense forced several turnovers.
The Marauders were led by Brown's 14 points, four assists and four steals. Reasor finished with 13 points, six rebounds and three steals. Houck had 10 points. Anna Olson had 10 rebounds to lead MV on the glass.
New Palestine built the lead with strong play from Bethany Murrell, who had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Abby Seifert had nine boards.
The Marauders (10-2) next play Thursday in the Hall of Fame Classic, with the semifinal game against 4A No. 1 Penn at approximately noon. Listen to the game on HancockCountySports.com. The Dragons are now 5-7 and next play Friday in the Franklin Tournament, facing Indian Creek at noon.
Greenfield-Central won the consolation game 78-47 over Eastern Hancock. Sara Jones had a career-high 22 points for G-C, with LaRae Cruz adding 14. G-C is now 8-5 and next plays Jan. 3 at Delta. EH is now 8-4 and hosts Southwestern (Shelby) Jan. 3.
In the boys game, NP won 61-55, largely spurred by a 16-1 run that spanned the end of the third quarter and the start of the fourth that saw a seven-point Marauder lead turn into an eight-point Dragon advantage.
New Palestine junior forward Michael Morris keyed the second-half run, hitting two 3-pointers and scoring 16 of his 26 points after the break. Morris hit 9-of-12 from the floor, nearly all from the perimeter, including 4-of-5 from 3-point range. He was also a perfect 4-of-4 from the line. Senior Josh Penley added 11 points and three boards -- scoring several of his points down the stretch to help the Dragons build and maintain their second-half lead. Justin Ikerd hit a big third-quarter 3-pointer in the game-turning run and finished with six points and seven assists. Reid Clark had six points and five boards.
MV sophomore C.J. Coleman helped key an early Marauder edge, as he scored 15 of his team-high 21 points in the first half. Coleman's backcourt mate, junior Anthony Burnett, scored six first-quarter points and finished with eight. Alex Payne hit two fourth-quarter 3-pointers to try to lead the Marauders back from what became an 11-point deficit and scored 11 points on perfect 4-for-4 shooting. Stephen Turner also scored 11 points for the Marauders.
NP is now 8-1 and next plays Jan. 6 against Delta. MV is 5-3 and next plays Jan. 6 at Greenfield-Central in a game we will broadcast live on HancockCountySports.com.
Eastern Hancock won the consolation game 63-26 over Greenfield-Central. The Royals improved to 6-4, G-C fell to 0-9.
In the girls game, Mt. Vernon scored nearly half its points in the final five minutes in a 47-31 victory over New Palestine, to win its third consecutive county title.
NP led 29-24 with five minutes left and had an open look from 3 that would've made it an eight-point game, but MV went on a 21-0 run fueled by its defense and timely 3-point shooting, as Makenzi Reasor, Rachel Houck and Jessica Brown all hit 3-pointers in the run and MV's defense forced several turnovers.
The Marauders were led by Brown's 14 points, four assists and four steals. Reasor finished with 13 points, six rebounds and three steals. Houck had 10 points. Anna Olson had 10 rebounds to lead MV on the glass.
New Palestine built the lead with strong play from Bethany Murrell, who had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Abby Seifert had nine boards.
The Marauders (10-2) next play Thursday in the Hall of Fame Classic, with the semifinal game against 4A No. 1 Penn at approximately noon. Listen to the game on HancockCountySports.com. The Dragons are now 5-7 and next play Friday in the Franklin Tournament, facing Indian Creek at noon.
Greenfield-Central won the consolation game 78-47 over Eastern Hancock. Sara Jones had a career-high 22 points for G-C, with LaRae Cruz adding 14. G-C is now 8-5 and next plays Jan. 3 at Delta. EH is now 8-4 and hosts Southwestern (Shelby) Jan. 3.
County finals tonight: NP at MV
The New Palestine Dragons and Mt. Vernon Marauders will face off for the 2011-12 Hancock County basketball championships tonight at Mt. Vernon after both the Dragon and Marauder boys and girls teams won their semifinal games today.
The championship games will be broadcast live by HancockCountySports.com
First, the tourney rundown:
Boys
Semifinals
*New Palestine 70, Greenfield-Central 24. Brandon Jonas leads Dragons with 13 points. Justin Ikerd scores 12.
Mt. Vernon 66, *Eastern Hancock 51. MV led 38-18 at halftime and 54-37 after three.
Greenfield-Central (0-8) vs. Eastern Hancock (5-4), 6:30 p.m. (consolation, MV auxiliary gym)
New Palestine (7-1) vs. Mt. Vernon (5-2), 6:30 p.m. (championship, MV main gym)
Girls
Semifinals
*New Palestine 57, Greenfield-Central 49. Dragons jump out to early eight-point lead and never trail. Bethany Murrell 17 points, Lauren Tieman 16 points, Abby Seifert 10 pts/9 reb for NP. LaRae Cruz 20 points for G-C.
Mt. Vernon 67, *Eastern Hancock 18. Marauders improve to 9-2 with the victory.
Greenfield-Central (7-5) vs. Eastern Hancock (8-3), 8 p.m. (consolation, MV auxiliary gym)
New Palestine (5-6) vs. Mt. Vernon (9-2), 8 p.m. (championship, MV main gym)
Tonight's notes
In the girls tournament, Mt. Vernon will be going for its third straight county title -- trying to join the 2006-09 Greenfield-Central team in turning that feat. MV has won a record four county championships so far -- the first two (2003-04 and 2004-05) and the last two. It's a rematch of last year's county final, when MV beat NP 55-32. The Marauders also won a 49-31 decision at NP on Dec. 17. This will mark the third consecutive year that MV and NP will have played each other twice in a season -- in both the regular season and in the county tourney. New Palestine is looking for its second championship, with its previous title coming in 2005-06. MV has won all four tournament meetings. MV"s Julie Shelton is the winningest coach in the nine-year history of the tournament, with four championships.
In the boys tournament, Mt. Vernon and New Palestine will meet in the final for the fourth time -- they previously met in consecutive years from 2006-07 through 2008-09. The two schools have split the last seven championships -- NP is the defending champion, and also won in 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2007-08. MV won the title in 2006-07 and in back-to-back years in 2008-09 and 2009-10. This is also the seventh time in nine years they've met in the county tournament. They have split the first six meetings. NP's Adam Barton and MV's Steve Lynch have each won three county tourneys as head coaches, tying for the lead.
The championship games will be broadcast live by HancockCountySports.com
First, the tourney rundown:
Boys
Semifinals
*New Palestine 70, Greenfield-Central 24. Brandon Jonas leads Dragons with 13 points. Justin Ikerd scores 12.
Mt. Vernon 66, *Eastern Hancock 51. MV led 38-18 at halftime and 54-37 after three.
Greenfield-Central (0-8) vs. Eastern Hancock (5-4), 6:30 p.m. (consolation, MV auxiliary gym)
New Palestine (7-1) vs. Mt. Vernon (5-2), 6:30 p.m. (championship, MV main gym)
Girls
Semifinals
*New Palestine 57, Greenfield-Central 49. Dragons jump out to early eight-point lead and never trail. Bethany Murrell 17 points, Lauren Tieman 16 points, Abby Seifert 10 pts/9 reb for NP. LaRae Cruz 20 points for G-C.
Mt. Vernon 67, *Eastern Hancock 18. Marauders improve to 9-2 with the victory.
Greenfield-Central (7-5) vs. Eastern Hancock (8-3), 8 p.m. (consolation, MV auxiliary gym)
New Palestine (5-6) vs. Mt. Vernon (9-2), 8 p.m. (championship, MV main gym)
Tonight's notes
In the girls tournament, Mt. Vernon will be going for its third straight county title -- trying to join the 2006-09 Greenfield-Central team in turning that feat. MV has won a record four county championships so far -- the first two (2003-04 and 2004-05) and the last two. It's a rematch of last year's county final, when MV beat NP 55-32. The Marauders also won a 49-31 decision at NP on Dec. 17. This will mark the third consecutive year that MV and NP will have played each other twice in a season -- in both the regular season and in the county tourney. New Palestine is looking for its second championship, with its previous title coming in 2005-06. MV has won all four tournament meetings. MV"s Julie Shelton is the winningest coach in the nine-year history of the tournament, with four championships.
In the boys tournament, Mt. Vernon and New Palestine will meet in the final for the fourth time -- they previously met in consecutive years from 2006-07 through 2008-09. The two schools have split the last seven championships -- NP is the defending champion, and also won in 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2007-08. MV won the title in 2006-07 and in back-to-back years in 2008-09 and 2009-10. This is also the seventh time in nine years they've met in the county tournament. They have split the first six meetings. NP's Adam Barton and MV's Steve Lynch have each won three county tourneys as head coaches, tying for the lead.
Friday, December 23, 2011
More tourneys
A couple more holiday tourneys next week:
Mt. Vernon will play in the girls Hall of Fame Classic. The Marauders will face Penn at approximately noon on Thursday 12/29. The championship and consolation games will be played at 6/8 p.m. that evening, with Roncalli and Norwell the other two participants. Listen to MV's games at HancockCountySports.com
Also, New Palestine's girls will play in the Franklin Tournament. The Dragons will face Indian Creek at approximately noon, with the championship and consolation games at 6/8 p.m. that evening, with Franklin and West Vigo the other two participants. Follow those games on our Twitter feed.
Mt. Vernon will play in the girls Hall of Fame Classic. The Marauders will face Penn at approximately noon on Thursday 12/29. The championship and consolation games will be played at 6/8 p.m. that evening, with Roncalli and Norwell the other two participants. Listen to MV's games at HancockCountySports.com
Also, New Palestine's girls will play in the Franklin Tournament. The Dragons will face Indian Creek at approximately noon, with the championship and consolation games at 6/8 p.m. that evening, with Franklin and West Vigo the other two participants. Follow those games on our Twitter feed.
County tourney info
The 2011-12 Hancock County Tournament is on its way. All games will be played Dec. 27, and in boy/girl doubleheader format (boys play first this year)
Pairings
BOYS
Greenfield-Central (0-7) at New Palestine (6-1), 10 a.m. Tuesday
Mt. Vernon (4-2) at Eastern Hancock (5-3), 10 a.m. Tuesday
Consolation at Mt. Vernon auxiliary gym, 6 p.m. Tuesday
Championship at Mt. Vernon main gym, 6 p.m. Tuesday (broadcast: HancockCountySports.com)
GIRLS
Greenfield-Central (7-4) at New Palestine (4-6), 11:30 a.m. Tuesday
Mt. Vernon (8-2) at Eastern Hancock (8-2), 11:30 a.m. Tuesday
Consolation at Mt. Vernon auxiliary gym, 8 p.m. Tuesday
Championship at Mt. Vernon main gym, 8 p.m. Tuesday (broadcast: HancockCountySports.com)
previous champions & game scores below the jump
Pairings
BOYS
Greenfield-Central (0-7) at New Palestine (6-1), 10 a.m. Tuesday
Mt. Vernon (4-2) at Eastern Hancock (5-3), 10 a.m. Tuesday
Consolation at Mt. Vernon auxiliary gym, 6 p.m. Tuesday
Championship at Mt. Vernon main gym, 6 p.m. Tuesday (broadcast: HancockCountySports.com)
GIRLS
Greenfield-Central (7-4) at New Palestine (4-6), 11:30 a.m. Tuesday
Mt. Vernon (8-2) at Eastern Hancock (8-2), 11:30 a.m. Tuesday
Consolation at Mt. Vernon auxiliary gym, 8 p.m. Tuesday
Championship at Mt. Vernon main gym, 8 p.m. Tuesday (broadcast: HancockCountySports.com)
previous champions & game scores below the jump
Commentary: Expected NCAA ruling kills Hinkle event
By Andrew Smith,
HancockCountySports.com
A few years back, I grabbed a basketball, dribbled up to the lane, elevated on the springy Hinkle Fieldhouse floor, and fired a jump shot.
Swish.
Bobby Plump hit a memorable shot from nearly that exact spot on that exact floor nearly 50 years before. I wanted to do the same.
Why was it possible?
Because our high school team had been invited to Hinkle to play in a basketball doubleheader.
It was an annual tradition -- there were a few dates we circled on the high school basketball calendar. Sure, Pike High -- where I attended -- had a powerhouse basketball program that was consistently ranked among the state's best, so we played a lot of big games. But there were always a few dates that stood out -- the annual Marion County Tournament, with the final four at Southport in mid-January, and the annual games against other powers like Muncie Central and Ben Davis among them.
But the biggest was our annual trip to Hinkle Fieldhouse, almost always to play the equally-powerful Lawrence North Wildcats. Another memory is playing the Hall of Fame Classic in front of a nearly-packed house at Assembly Hall against Bedford North Lawrence and some guy named Damon.
But according to an NCAA ruling from last month, those things can't happen anymore, as the NCAA has spiked "non-scholastic" events from taking place at college venues. We all remember the furor when the ruling led to the disbanding of a sextupleheader that was scheduled for the gym in early December on 24 hours' notice. It appears to have also killed the Hoosier Heritage Conference girls basketball shootout that was to have taken place at Hinkle that is scheduled for Jan. 21, as reported by both the Daily Reporter and Indianapolis Business Journal sports guru Anthony Schoettle.
Originally, the girls basketball shootout was not affected by the NCAA rule, which only applied to boys hoops. But the NCAA is set to meet and likely add girls programs to that. My guess is, football is probably next.
It's intended to keep some schools from getting a recruiting advantage over others.
What it's doing instead is taking away opportunities. At the risk of telling a "walking to school in the snow uphill both ways" story, it's a crime that today's student-athletes won't get to experience what thousands of Hoosiers have been able to experience.
When we got to play our annual game at Hinkle, it was a date in the "big-time." It was a great opportunity for our players, our fans, our community to be a part of an awesome venue. Yes, Hinkle belongs to Butler University, but since it was built in 1928, it has really belonged to the entire state. It was "ours" -- Mecca for high school hoops. Just about every big game in Indianapolis was played there. It was practically the home gym for Crispus Attucks in its 1950s heyday, and an Indianapolis school could go through the entire state tournament without ever stepping off of Butler's campus to play a tournament game.
It was even better if you caught a day game -- as Mt. Vernon did a couple of years ago when its boys and girls teams played Hamilton Heights at Hinkle -- and saw the blue seats awash in the sunlight pouring in through the windows. But Hinkle was a magical destination.
This is a case of the NCAA cutting off its nose to spite its face. The percentage of student-athletes who will play at a Div. I college is miniscule, and any perceived recruiting advantage is definitely miniscule.
Are there unscrupulous operators who would try to schedule "made-for-TV" events with tons of prospective recruits in a college's venue? Certainly. But those are few and far between, and legitimate operations like Ray Compton's Compton Strategies get sucked into the vortex. It's unfortunate that the many (people like Compton, who have long put on such events that enhance the student-athlete experience) get sucked into the issues with a few.
A sensible alternative would be to have the NCAA approve the operators of such "non-scholastic events" and make sure they don't have ties with agents, shoe companies, AAU teams or colleges themselves. Because, in most cases, these events are put on by well-meaning people who are providing the infrastructure to give high school students a memorable experience, not to gain any perceived recruiting advantage for a school.
After all, high school games have been played at Butler for more than 80 years. It's only been in the last two that Butler University has advanced to the NCAA title game -- in an era when the slate of high school games played at Hinkle was sharply reduced.
The other issue is that conferences like the HHC have long been proactive about giving their student-athletes good experiences. Every three years since 2003, the HHC has held a football quadrupleheader at either the RCA Dome or Lucas Oil Stadium. Given the limited number of opportunities at Lucas Oil next year, the 2012 event -- if it happens -- is slated to be played either there or at Ball State University's Scheumann Stadium. BSU's venue has also hosted numerous "conference days" for neighboring leagues, including the North Central and Mid-Indiana Conferences. The eventual plan was to make this Hinkle quadrupleheader a regular day for both boys and girls teams, giving more of the conference's student-athletes a chance to play a memorable, special game in a special venue. They started with a girls basketball event because all eight HHC schools were slated to play conference games on the weekend of Jan. 21.
All of that could be in jeopardy. The HHC does this as a conference -- a scholastic entity -- to enhance opportunities for its student-athletes. Have a handful gone on to play in college? Certainly, but the vast majority of HHC athletes -- like any high school athletes -- will hang up their tennis shoes or cleats the moment their last IHSAA tournament event ends their senior years.
In the zeal to protect a select few student-athletes from unscrupulous recruiters -- those select few student-athletes who are often influenced by shoe companies, boosters and other handlers and who would be highly unlikely to be influenced by playing one high school game at a college venue -- we deny the many student athletes the opportunity to step out of the normal high school venue and play a memorable game at an awesome venue. We've essentially locked the door and said "to play here, you must get a scholarship."
That's wrong. Well-intentioned, but still wrong.
The NCAA is denying the opportunity to provide outstanding experiences for the many because of the fear of a few. A memorable day and a great celebration of a conference's basketball teams will instead become another 1/20th of the high school basketball schedule.
It's time for the organization to do the right thing and allow approved "non-scholastic" operators like Compton Strategies, the folks running the Region Roundball Rumble (which was booted from Valpo University) and Super Hoops -- whose Jan. 7 all-day classic at Mackey Arena was also shelved -- to use college venues if they've been properly vetted and are proven to not have ties to the slimier elements of college recruiting, and give student-athletes great experiences while they're still in high school, rather than reserving them for the select few who are talented enough to garner a Div. I scholarship.
Until then, I'd implore the HHC to continue to seek out a legendary high school venue within the conference footprint that would work. The Muncie and New Castle Fieldhouses are both iconic venues which would be a great place to host high school hoops.
Programming note: Because of this event changing and the games likely reverting back to their originally-scheduled campus sites, we will have to make adjustments to our broadcast schedule. We were slated to broadcast the New Palestine vs. Rushville and Mt. Vernon vs. Greenfield-Central games that Saturday, in addition to the Eastern Hancock at Lapel boys game that Friday night and the Mt. Vernon vs. Knightstown boys game that Thursday. Several games -- and game dates -- might change due to his move, and therefore, we will significantly change the broadcast schedule. Please stay logged into here, our Twitter account, our Facebook account or our website for more info.
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A few years back, I grabbed a basketball, dribbled up to the lane, elevated on the springy Hinkle Fieldhouse floor, and fired a jump shot.
Swish.
Bobby Plump hit a memorable shot from nearly that exact spot on that exact floor nearly 50 years before. I wanted to do the same.
Why was it possible?
Because our high school team had been invited to Hinkle to play in a basketball doubleheader.
It was an annual tradition -- there were a few dates we circled on the high school basketball calendar. Sure, Pike High -- where I attended -- had a powerhouse basketball program that was consistently ranked among the state's best, so we played a lot of big games. But there were always a few dates that stood out -- the annual Marion County Tournament, with the final four at Southport in mid-January, and the annual games against other powers like Muncie Central and Ben Davis among them.
But the biggest was our annual trip to Hinkle Fieldhouse, almost always to play the equally-powerful Lawrence North Wildcats. Another memory is playing the Hall of Fame Classic in front of a nearly-packed house at Assembly Hall against Bedford North Lawrence and some guy named Damon.
But according to an NCAA ruling from last month, those things can't happen anymore, as the NCAA has spiked "non-scholastic" events from taking place at college venues. We all remember the furor when the ruling led to the disbanding of a sextupleheader that was scheduled for the gym in early December on 24 hours' notice. It appears to have also killed the Hoosier Heritage Conference girls basketball shootout that was to have taken place at Hinkle that is scheduled for Jan. 21, as reported by both the Daily Reporter and Indianapolis Business Journal sports guru Anthony Schoettle.
Originally, the girls basketball shootout was not affected by the NCAA rule, which only applied to boys hoops. But the NCAA is set to meet and likely add girls programs to that. My guess is, football is probably next.
It's intended to keep some schools from getting a recruiting advantage over others.
What it's doing instead is taking away opportunities. At the risk of telling a "walking to school in the snow uphill both ways" story, it's a crime that today's student-athletes won't get to experience what thousands of Hoosiers have been able to experience.
When we got to play our annual game at Hinkle, it was a date in the "big-time." It was a great opportunity for our players, our fans, our community to be a part of an awesome venue. Yes, Hinkle belongs to Butler University, but since it was built in 1928, it has really belonged to the entire state. It was "ours" -- Mecca for high school hoops. Just about every big game in Indianapolis was played there. It was practically the home gym for Crispus Attucks in its 1950s heyday, and an Indianapolis school could go through the entire state tournament without ever stepping off of Butler's campus to play a tournament game.
It was even better if you caught a day game -- as Mt. Vernon did a couple of years ago when its boys and girls teams played Hamilton Heights at Hinkle -- and saw the blue seats awash in the sunlight pouring in through the windows. But Hinkle was a magical destination.
This is a case of the NCAA cutting off its nose to spite its face. The percentage of student-athletes who will play at a Div. I college is miniscule, and any perceived recruiting advantage is definitely miniscule.
Are there unscrupulous operators who would try to schedule "made-for-TV" events with tons of prospective recruits in a college's venue? Certainly. But those are few and far between, and legitimate operations like Ray Compton's Compton Strategies get sucked into the vortex. It's unfortunate that the many (people like Compton, who have long put on such events that enhance the student-athlete experience) get sucked into the issues with a few.
A sensible alternative would be to have the NCAA approve the operators of such "non-scholastic events" and make sure they don't have ties with agents, shoe companies, AAU teams or colleges themselves. Because, in most cases, these events are put on by well-meaning people who are providing the infrastructure to give high school students a memorable experience, not to gain any perceived recruiting advantage for a school.
After all, high school games have been played at Butler for more than 80 years. It's only been in the last two that Butler University has advanced to the NCAA title game -- in an era when the slate of high school games played at Hinkle was sharply reduced.
The other issue is that conferences like the HHC have long been proactive about giving their student-athletes good experiences. Every three years since 2003, the HHC has held a football quadrupleheader at either the RCA Dome or Lucas Oil Stadium. Given the limited number of opportunities at Lucas Oil next year, the 2012 event -- if it happens -- is slated to be played either there or at Ball State University's Scheumann Stadium. BSU's venue has also hosted numerous "conference days" for neighboring leagues, including the North Central and Mid-Indiana Conferences. The eventual plan was to make this Hinkle quadrupleheader a regular day for both boys and girls teams, giving more of the conference's student-athletes a chance to play a memorable, special game in a special venue. They started with a girls basketball event because all eight HHC schools were slated to play conference games on the weekend of Jan. 21.
All of that could be in jeopardy. The HHC does this as a conference -- a scholastic entity -- to enhance opportunities for its student-athletes. Have a handful gone on to play in college? Certainly, but the vast majority of HHC athletes -- like any high school athletes -- will hang up their tennis shoes or cleats the moment their last IHSAA tournament event ends their senior years.
In the zeal to protect a select few student-athletes from unscrupulous recruiters -- those select few student-athletes who are often influenced by shoe companies, boosters and other handlers and who would be highly unlikely to be influenced by playing one high school game at a college venue -- we deny the many student athletes the opportunity to step out of the normal high school venue and play a memorable game at an awesome venue. We've essentially locked the door and said "to play here, you must get a scholarship."
That's wrong. Well-intentioned, but still wrong.
The NCAA is denying the opportunity to provide outstanding experiences for the many because of the fear of a few. A memorable day and a great celebration of a conference's basketball teams will instead become another 1/20th of the high school basketball schedule.
It's time for the organization to do the right thing and allow approved "non-scholastic" operators like Compton Strategies, the folks running the Region Roundball Rumble (which was booted from Valpo University) and Super Hoops -- whose Jan. 7 all-day classic at Mackey Arena was also shelved -- to use college venues if they've been properly vetted and are proven to not have ties to the slimier elements of college recruiting, and give student-athletes great experiences while they're still in high school, rather than reserving them for the select few who are talented enough to garner a Div. I scholarship.
Until then, I'd implore the HHC to continue to seek out a legendary high school venue within the conference footprint that would work. The Muncie and New Castle Fieldhouses are both iconic venues which would be a great place to host high school hoops.
Programming note: Because of this event changing and the games likely reverting back to their originally-scheduled campus sites, we will have to make adjustments to our broadcast schedule. We were slated to broadcast the New Palestine vs. Rushville and Mt. Vernon vs. Greenfield-Central games that Saturday, in addition to the Eastern Hancock at Lapel boys game that Friday night and the Mt. Vernon vs. Knightstown boys game that Thursday. Several games -- and game dates -- might change due to his move, and therefore, we will significantly change the broadcast schedule. Please stay logged into here, our Twitter account, our Facebook account or our website for more info.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
#3 Marauders beat Franklin
In a hard-fought game, the third-ranked Mt. Vernon girls basketball team pulled away to a 68-56 victory over the Franklin Grizzly Cubs Thursday night.
MV used a 15-0 first-quarter run to build a 12-point lead, and had four players score in double-figures in the victory, doing so while battling foul trouble much of the night.
MV improved to 8-2 on the season with the victory, heading into the Hancock County Tournament on Tuesday.
Makenzi Reasor scored eight points in the first-quarter run and finished with 16. Teammate Erica Moore -- the Marauders' other 6-footer on the front line -- led the Marauders with 18 points.
After trailing 15-4 at the end of one, Franklin made a run in the second and cut the Marauders' lead to 30-25 at halftime. Moore had a big third quarter as the Marauders pushed the lead to 46-35, and then MV scored 22 in the fourth to pull away.
Rachel Houck hit six late free throws to help salt the game away, and scored 14 points. Jessica Brown added 13 points and Anna Olson scored seven for the Marauders.
Shelby Parmer led Franklin with a game-high 21 points. The Grizzly Cubs are now 6-5 headed into their own tournament Dec. 30 -- which will include New Palestine. Franklin will meet West Vigo in the first semifinal, with New Palestine facing Indian Creek in the second semi.
The Marauders' next game will be at Eastern Hancock at approximately 11:30 a.m. in Tuesday's Hancock County Tournament. MV is a two-time defending county champion. New Palestine will host Greenfield-Central in the other semifinal round. MV will host the championship and consolation games, with the boys playing at 6 p.m. and the girls at approximately 8 p.m. HancockCountySports.com will broadcast both championship games on Tuesday.
MV used a 15-0 first-quarter run to build a 12-point lead, and had four players score in double-figures in the victory, doing so while battling foul trouble much of the night.
MV improved to 8-2 on the season with the victory, heading into the Hancock County Tournament on Tuesday.
Makenzi Reasor scored eight points in the first-quarter run and finished with 16. Teammate Erica Moore -- the Marauders' other 6-footer on the front line -- led the Marauders with 18 points.
After trailing 15-4 at the end of one, Franklin made a run in the second and cut the Marauders' lead to 30-25 at halftime. Moore had a big third quarter as the Marauders pushed the lead to 46-35, and then MV scored 22 in the fourth to pull away.
Rachel Houck hit six late free throws to help salt the game away, and scored 14 points. Jessica Brown added 13 points and Anna Olson scored seven for the Marauders.
Shelby Parmer led Franklin with a game-high 21 points. The Grizzly Cubs are now 6-5 headed into their own tournament Dec. 30 -- which will include New Palestine. Franklin will meet West Vigo in the first semifinal, with New Palestine facing Indian Creek in the second semi.
The Marauders' next game will be at Eastern Hancock at approximately 11:30 a.m. in Tuesday's Hancock County Tournament. MV is a two-time defending county champion. New Palestine will host Greenfield-Central in the other semifinal round. MV will host the championship and consolation games, with the boys playing at 6 p.m. and the girls at approximately 8 p.m. HancockCountySports.com will broadcast both championship games on Tuesday.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
New Palestine wins 5th straight
The New Palestine basketball team trailed at halftime, but seized the lead in the third quarter and eventually pulled away to a 62-48 road victory over Beech Grove Wednesday night.
The victory was the Dragons' fifth straight, and their first since receiving votes in the AP Class 4A poll. The Dragons are now 6-1 on the season heading into the Dec. 27 Hancock County Tournament.
Reid Clark and Josh Penley helped the Dragons take the lead after Beech Grove led for much of the first half. Penley and Michael Morris combined for 16 points in the third quarter after scoring two between them in the first half, helping the Dragons turn a 19-17 deficit into a 39-30 lead. It would be cut to 39-38 when BG's Cody Utterback and Ronnie Dietz hit back-to-back 3-pointers to sandwich the quarter break, but the Dragons responded.
Justin Ikerd's 3-pointer -- the only one for the Dragons in the game -- helped the Dragons re-build a six-point edge and they pulled away from there. Clark scored 10 of his team-high 18 points in the fourth quarter. Penley added 17 points -- 10 in the third quarter, 15 in the second half -- to help lead a balanced attack. Penley also had four rebounds and three steals.
Clark had a double-double -- his second of the season -- by adding 13 rebounds to his 18 points. The Dragons outrebounded Beech Grove 36-20. He scored five straight points in the fourth quarter to help the Dragons pull out to a double-digit lead.
The Dragons had to rally from an early 11-4 deficit, as they scored nine straight points to take a brief lead in the second quarter before BG took the lead at halftime.
Morris added eight second-half points for the Dragons. Brandon Collins had seven points and five rebounds off the bench. Brandon Jonas also had five rebounds. The Dragons' defense held Beech Grove to 34 percent shooting. Zach Barkdull led the Hornets with 22 points and three assists. Ronnie Dietz had 12 points and nine rebounds.
Listen to the archive at HancockCountySports.com
The next games for all of the county teams will be Dec. 27 in the county tournament. New Palestine (6-1) will host Greenfield-Central (0-7); while Eastern Hancock (5-3) will host Mt. Vernon (4-2) in the semifinal rounds, which will begin at 10 a.m. The girls games will follow each.
The boys championship and consolation games will be played at 6 p.m. that evening at Mt. Vernon. Listen to the title game live at HancockCountySports.com beginning at 5:40 p.m.
The victory was the Dragons' fifth straight, and their first since receiving votes in the AP Class 4A poll. The Dragons are now 6-1 on the season heading into the Dec. 27 Hancock County Tournament.
Reid Clark and Josh Penley helped the Dragons take the lead after Beech Grove led for much of the first half. Penley and Michael Morris combined for 16 points in the third quarter after scoring two between them in the first half, helping the Dragons turn a 19-17 deficit into a 39-30 lead. It would be cut to 39-38 when BG's Cody Utterback and Ronnie Dietz hit back-to-back 3-pointers to sandwich the quarter break, but the Dragons responded.
Justin Ikerd's 3-pointer -- the only one for the Dragons in the game -- helped the Dragons re-build a six-point edge and they pulled away from there. Clark scored 10 of his team-high 18 points in the fourth quarter. Penley added 17 points -- 10 in the third quarter, 15 in the second half -- to help lead a balanced attack. Penley also had four rebounds and three steals.
Clark had a double-double -- his second of the season -- by adding 13 rebounds to his 18 points. The Dragons outrebounded Beech Grove 36-20. He scored five straight points in the fourth quarter to help the Dragons pull out to a double-digit lead.
The Dragons had to rally from an early 11-4 deficit, as they scored nine straight points to take a brief lead in the second quarter before BG took the lead at halftime.
Morris added eight second-half points for the Dragons. Brandon Collins had seven points and five rebounds off the bench. Brandon Jonas also had five rebounds. The Dragons' defense held Beech Grove to 34 percent shooting. Zach Barkdull led the Hornets with 22 points and three assists. Ronnie Dietz had 12 points and nine rebounds.
Listen to the archive at HancockCountySports.com
The next games for all of the county teams will be Dec. 27 in the county tournament. New Palestine (6-1) will host Greenfield-Central (0-7); while Eastern Hancock (5-3) will host Mt. Vernon (4-2) in the semifinal rounds, which will begin at 10 a.m. The girls games will follow each.
The boys championship and consolation games will be played at 6 p.m. that evening at Mt. Vernon. Listen to the title game live at HancockCountySports.com beginning at 5:40 p.m.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Notebook: Sectional sites see slight changes
The IHSAA announced the 2011-12 sectional sites Monday, and there were some slight changes from what had been announced earlier this year.
Where the local schools will be headed (all teams feed into the south semistate)
Boys basketball
Greenfield-Central (4A Sectional 9): Sectional at New Castle, regional at Hinkle
New Palestine (4A Sectional 13): Sectional at Center Grove, regional at Shelbyville
Mt. Vernon (3A Sectional 27): Sectional at Mt. Vernon, regional at Greencastle
Eastern Hancock (2A Sectional 41): Sectional at Hagerstown, regional at Connersville
Girls basketball
Greenfield-Central (4A Sectional 9): Sectional at Greenfield-Central, regional at Decatur Central
New Palestine (4A Sectional 13): Sectional at Franklin, regional at Bedford North Lawrence
Mt. Vernon (3A Sectional 27): Sectional at Arlington, regional at Lebanon
Eastern Hancock (2A Sectional 41): Sectional at Cambridge City Lincoln, regional at Speedway
Two of the sites were changes from what was announced -- NP's girls sectional will be at Franklin and not Franklin Central. MV's girls regional will feed into the Lebanon regional, rather than a site at Danville. This year will be the first time since the IHSAA switched to the four-team, three-game regional format in 2002 that MV will not be hosting a girls regional.
Team rankings
Three Hancock County basketball teams are receiving poll votes this week. Mt. Vernon's girls remained No. 3 in Class 3A in the ICGSA girls poll. The Marauders are tied for No. 18 in the single-class IBCA poll. The Marauders are also fourth in the Sagarain Class 3A rankings.
On the boys side, New Palestine is receiving votes in the AP Class 4A poll -- it would be a 22nd-place tie if the poll ranked teams past No. 10. Mt. Vernon is receiving votes in the 3A poll -- and would be in a 16th-place tie. MV is also second in the Sagarin computer rankings in Class 3A, in part because of one of the toughest schedules in the state.
Where the local schools will be headed (all teams feed into the south semistate)
Boys basketball
Greenfield-Central (4A Sectional 9): Sectional at New Castle, regional at Hinkle
New Palestine (4A Sectional 13): Sectional at Center Grove, regional at Shelbyville
Mt. Vernon (3A Sectional 27): Sectional at Mt. Vernon, regional at Greencastle
Eastern Hancock (2A Sectional 41): Sectional at Hagerstown, regional at Connersville
Girls basketball
Greenfield-Central (4A Sectional 9): Sectional at Greenfield-Central, regional at Decatur Central
New Palestine (4A Sectional 13): Sectional at Franklin, regional at Bedford North Lawrence
Mt. Vernon (3A Sectional 27): Sectional at Arlington, regional at Lebanon
Eastern Hancock (2A Sectional 41): Sectional at Cambridge City Lincoln, regional at Speedway
Two of the sites were changes from what was announced -- NP's girls sectional will be at Franklin and not Franklin Central. MV's girls regional will feed into the Lebanon regional, rather than a site at Danville. This year will be the first time since the IHSAA switched to the four-team, three-game regional format in 2002 that MV will not be hosting a girls regional.
Team rankings
Three Hancock County basketball teams are receiving poll votes this week. Mt. Vernon's girls remained No. 3 in Class 3A in the ICGSA girls poll. The Marauders are tied for No. 18 in the single-class IBCA poll. The Marauders are also fourth in the Sagarain Class 3A rankings.
On the boys side, New Palestine is receiving votes in the AP Class 4A poll -- it would be a 22nd-place tie if the poll ranked teams past No. 10. Mt. Vernon is receiving votes in the 3A poll -- and would be in a 16th-place tie. MV is also second in the Sagarin computer rankings in Class 3A, in part because of one of the toughest schedules in the state.
Tuesday wrap: Royal boys, girls post big wins
Eastern Hancock's boys basketball team improved to 5-3 on the season with a big road victory at Blue River Tuesday night.
EH beat the Vikings 66-59, knocking off a squad that had been receiving votes in the AP Class A poll.
The Royals next play Tuesday, Dec. 27 in the opening round of the county tournament. The Royals will host Mt. Vernon at 10 a.m. in the semifinal round. The championship/consolation rounds will be played at MV at 6 p.m.
Girls basketball
Eastern Hancock 53, Cambridge City Lincoln 49: The Royals used a big third quarter to build a double-digit lead, then held off a furious comeback to post the best 10-game start in school history.
The Royals now have an 8-2 record on the season. Sophomore guard Kiersten Schrope had 16 points, four rebounds, three assists and four steals. Sophomore forward Kristen Eischen added 15 points and five boards to lead the Royals.
Alora Marshall had eight points and four steals. Lauren Harmon added seven points and four boards.
EH used a big third quarter to pull away in a game that was tied 12-all after a quarter and 21-all at halftime. The Royals outscored the Golden Eagles 19-5 in the penultimate frame to go up 40-26 headed into the final eight minutes.
EH's next game is against 3A No. 3 Mt. Vernon in the opening round of the county tournament at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 27.
Connersville 55, Greenfield-Central 47: Connersville jumped out to a double-digit lead after a quarter and held on to snap the Cougars' six-game winning streak.
Sara Jones and LaRae Cruz led the Cougars, scoring 14 points each. Katie Peters added six points for G-C.
Connersville led 19-7 after a quarter and 26-13 at the half. G-C cut the deficit to 10 at the end of three and scored 20 fourth-quarter points.
The Cougars are now 7-4. Their next game is Dec. 27 at New Palestine in the Hancock County Tournament. Their semifinal game will be at 11:30 a.m. -- after the boys teams play -- with the championship/consolation games at Mt. Vernon that night.
Upcoming broadcasts
We have several games coming up on HancockCountySports.com. On Wednesday, join Andrew Smith and Chris Lambert for live play-by-play as the 5-1 New Palestine Dragons -- receiving votes in the AP poll -- take on the Beech Grove Hornets. Join us at 7:10 p.m. for the broadcast.
On Tuesday, Dec. 27, join Andrew, Chris and Greg Elkins for the Hancock County championship games, starting with the boys final at 5:40 p.m. from Mt. Vernon. The girls championship game broadcast will follow.
On Thursday, Dec. 29, join Andrew and Chris for the Hall of Fame Classic. We'll be on at approximately 11:20 for Mt. Vernon vs. Penn in the semifinal round, and then we'll have the Marauders' game that night.
EH beat the Vikings 66-59, knocking off a squad that had been receiving votes in the AP Class A poll.
The Royals next play Tuesday, Dec. 27 in the opening round of the county tournament. The Royals will host Mt. Vernon at 10 a.m. in the semifinal round. The championship/consolation rounds will be played at MV at 6 p.m.
Girls basketball
Eastern Hancock 53, Cambridge City Lincoln 49: The Royals used a big third quarter to build a double-digit lead, then held off a furious comeback to post the best 10-game start in school history.
The Royals now have an 8-2 record on the season. Sophomore guard Kiersten Schrope had 16 points, four rebounds, three assists and four steals. Sophomore forward Kristen Eischen added 15 points and five boards to lead the Royals.
Alora Marshall had eight points and four steals. Lauren Harmon added seven points and four boards.
EH used a big third quarter to pull away in a game that was tied 12-all after a quarter and 21-all at halftime. The Royals outscored the Golden Eagles 19-5 in the penultimate frame to go up 40-26 headed into the final eight minutes.
EH's next game is against 3A No. 3 Mt. Vernon in the opening round of the county tournament at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 27.
Connersville 55, Greenfield-Central 47: Connersville jumped out to a double-digit lead after a quarter and held on to snap the Cougars' six-game winning streak.
Sara Jones and LaRae Cruz led the Cougars, scoring 14 points each. Katie Peters added six points for G-C.
Connersville led 19-7 after a quarter and 26-13 at the half. G-C cut the deficit to 10 at the end of three and scored 20 fourth-quarter points.
The Cougars are now 7-4. Their next game is Dec. 27 at New Palestine in the Hancock County Tournament. Their semifinal game will be at 11:30 a.m. -- after the boys teams play -- with the championship/consolation games at Mt. Vernon that night.
Upcoming broadcasts
We have several games coming up on HancockCountySports.com. On Wednesday, join Andrew Smith and Chris Lambert for live play-by-play as the 5-1 New Palestine Dragons -- receiving votes in the AP poll -- take on the Beech Grove Hornets. Join us at 7:10 p.m. for the broadcast.
On Tuesday, Dec. 27, join Andrew, Chris and Greg Elkins for the Hancock County championship games, starting with the boys final at 5:40 p.m. from Mt. Vernon. The girls championship game broadcast will follow.
On Thursday, Dec. 29, join Andrew and Chris for the Hall of Fame Classic. We'll be on at approximately 11:20 for Mt. Vernon vs. Penn in the semifinal round, and then we'll have the Marauders' game that night.
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Saturday wrap: Hoops & wrestling
Boys basketball
New Palestine 64, Franklin Central 63: The Dragons won a see-saw battle against the Flashes with some clutch play at the end of the game.
The Dragons trailed 60-57 when Justin Ikerd hit a 3-pointer to knot the game up in the late stages. Then, Josh Penley got a steal and turned it into a basket to give the Dragons the lead. The Dragons then forced a stop and Michael Morris drained two free throws with 3 seconds left to ice it.
Four Dragons scored in double-figures as they improved to 5-1 on the season. Morris had a 17-point night, hitting 5-of-9 shots and adding nine rebounds and four assists. Ikerd scored 15 points, hitting five 3-pointers and grabbing four rebounds. Penley had 12 points, nine rebounds, two assists and two steals, while junior guard Solomon Haynes had a season-high 10 points on 3-of-4 shooting, three assists and two steals. Senior Reid Clark added six points, five rebounds and a team-high three steals.
The Dragons rallied from deficits of 20-13 after a quarter and 34-26 at the half, taking the lead by scoring 20 third-quarter points and going ahead 46-44, setting up a see-saw finish.
The Dragons' next game will be Wednesday at Beech Grove. It will be broadcast live by HancockCountySports.com
Mt. Vernon 60, Whiteland 31: The Marauders posted lopsided victories in back-to-back games, beating a Whiteland team that came into the game with a 4-1 record and had just beaten Center Grove.
The Marauders, now 4-2, won their two weekend games by a combined score of 137-79. They will next play Jan. 27 in the Hancock County Tournament, visiting Eastern Hancock at 10 a.m. in the morning session before hosting the championship/consolation games at 6 p.m.
Cambridge City Lincoln 65, Eastern Hancock 54: The Royals trailed 27-22 at halftime, and then saw Cambridge City Lincoln pull away in the second half.
CCL was led by Zac Rea, who nearly had a triple-double with 19 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists. Jared Pyle scored in double-figures for the Royals.
The Royals are now 4-3 and play Tuesday at Blue River.
Girls basketball
Eastern Hancock 57, Northeastern 54: Playing less than 24 hours after their hard-fought game against Knightstown, the Royals rallied from a nine-point deficit in the final three minutes to beat Northeastern.
EH trailed 28-20 at halftime after Northeastern scored 23 in the second quarter, but the Royals chipped away, cutting the deficit to 37-33 at the end of three.
The Royals had tremendous balance in scoring, as six players scored between seven and 11 points.
Lauren Harmon led the way for the Royals, scoring 11 points to pace a balanced attack. She hit three 3-pointers and also added six rebounds. Alora Marshall had 10 points, four rebounds and two steals. Skyler Overleese also scored nine points, with Hannah Best adding eight points and four assists. Guard Kiersten Schrope had seven points, seven boards, four assists and two steals. Kaytlin Eastes had seven points and six boards, while Kristen Eischen had five points. Peyton Neisler had five rebounds off the bench.
The Royals are now 7-2 and play Tuesday at home against Cambridge City Lincoln.
New Palestine 65, Yorktown 24: The Dragons jumped ahead 19-2 after a quarter and used a strong defensive effort to pull away. The Dragons got a lot of production from throughout their lineup.
Tori Stephenson led the way with three 3-pointers and 15 points to go along with eight steals, hitting a pair of triples in the second quarter to help the Dragons open up a 37-9 halftime lead. NP's defense held Yorktown to two points in the third, with the Dragons leading 51-11.
Lauren Tieman added 12 points and eight rebounds. Bethany Murrell scored 12 points -- all early -- and added a strong all-around game with 12 points, nine assists, six rebounds, four steals and four blocked shots. Taylor Espich had a career-high 10 points, four assists and three steals, making her first career start.
Emily Curry and Abby Seifert each scored seven points. Seifert also added eight rebounds and four steals.
The Dragons' defense forced 20 steals and 30 turnovers, leading to 38 Dragon points.
The Dragons' next game will be against Greenfield-Central in the Hancock County Tournament on Dec. 27.
Wrestling
New Palestine wins Dragon 5-way: The Dragons won a thrilling 34-33 decision over Greenfield-Central to take the New Palestine 5-way duals Saturday afternoon.
The Dragons also beat Mt. Vernon 84-0, Union County 60-15 and Triton Central 66-6 en route to the victory. The Dragons are now 18-1 on the season in dual matches.
Greenfield-Central is now 12-3. The Cougars beat Mt. Vernon 82-0, Union County 60-14 and Triton Central 58-15.
For New Palestine, Willie Bryan (285), Tommy Cash (106), Taylor Fee (120), Gordon Wagner (126), Billy Emmons (113), Nick Ulrey (145) and Connor Robinson (160) all won their matches against G-C in their dual meet, with Bryan, Cash and Robinson all winning by fall and Emmons taking a forfeit. Fee won a major decision wrestling up a weight class.
Bryan, Cash, Fee, Ulrey and Robinson were all 5-0 on the day. In addition, Rylan McCarty was 3-0 at 120. Gordon Wagner, Brian Wagner, Cameron Denney, Matt Roembke and Robbie Elsea all went 3-1, with Wagner wrestling the match of the day, taking two-time state champion Cody Phillips of Union County the distance before falling 9-6. Ulrey and G-C's Josh Farrell -- also a state-ranked wrestler -- had a down-to-the-wire match that wasn't decided until the final takedown in the closing seconds.
Greenfield-Central's Kyle Wilburn, Ian Early, Farrell, Austin Rose and Dezmen McGinley all went 4-0 on the day.
Mt. Vernon went 0-4 as a team.
Swimming
Greenfield-Central's boys finished fourth in the Hamilton Southeastern invitational, with two school records being set. Jon McCormick set a record finishing fifth in the 100 breaststroke at 1:02.33. The 400 free relay of Patrick Stutz, Wilburn, Wilburn and James Young finished fourht and set a record in 3:21.28. Other top-8 finishers were Young (4th 100 fly, 8th 200 free), Stutz (2nd 50 free, 6th 100 free), McCormick (4th, 200 IM0 and the 200 free relay of Stutz, Wilburn, Young and Wilburn, which finished 2nd. The 200 medley relay was seventh.
G-C's girls finished eighth. Carly Fernandes was fifth in the 100 backstroke and seventh in the 200 IM.
New Palestine 64, Franklin Central 63: The Dragons won a see-saw battle against the Flashes with some clutch play at the end of the game.
The Dragons trailed 60-57 when Justin Ikerd hit a 3-pointer to knot the game up in the late stages. Then, Josh Penley got a steal and turned it into a basket to give the Dragons the lead. The Dragons then forced a stop and Michael Morris drained two free throws with 3 seconds left to ice it.
Four Dragons scored in double-figures as they improved to 5-1 on the season. Morris had a 17-point night, hitting 5-of-9 shots and adding nine rebounds and four assists. Ikerd scored 15 points, hitting five 3-pointers and grabbing four rebounds. Penley had 12 points, nine rebounds, two assists and two steals, while junior guard Solomon Haynes had a season-high 10 points on 3-of-4 shooting, three assists and two steals. Senior Reid Clark added six points, five rebounds and a team-high three steals.
The Dragons rallied from deficits of 20-13 after a quarter and 34-26 at the half, taking the lead by scoring 20 third-quarter points and going ahead 46-44, setting up a see-saw finish.
The Dragons' next game will be Wednesday at Beech Grove. It will be broadcast live by HancockCountySports.com
Mt. Vernon 60, Whiteland 31: The Marauders posted lopsided victories in back-to-back games, beating a Whiteland team that came into the game with a 4-1 record and had just beaten Center Grove.
The Marauders, now 4-2, won their two weekend games by a combined score of 137-79. They will next play Jan. 27 in the Hancock County Tournament, visiting Eastern Hancock at 10 a.m. in the morning session before hosting the championship/consolation games at 6 p.m.
Cambridge City Lincoln 65, Eastern Hancock 54: The Royals trailed 27-22 at halftime, and then saw Cambridge City Lincoln pull away in the second half.
CCL was led by Zac Rea, who nearly had a triple-double with 19 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists. Jared Pyle scored in double-figures for the Royals.
The Royals are now 4-3 and play Tuesday at Blue River.
Girls basketball
Eastern Hancock 57, Northeastern 54: Playing less than 24 hours after their hard-fought game against Knightstown, the Royals rallied from a nine-point deficit in the final three minutes to beat Northeastern.
EH trailed 28-20 at halftime after Northeastern scored 23 in the second quarter, but the Royals chipped away, cutting the deficit to 37-33 at the end of three.
The Royals had tremendous balance in scoring, as six players scored between seven and 11 points.
Lauren Harmon led the way for the Royals, scoring 11 points to pace a balanced attack. She hit three 3-pointers and also added six rebounds. Alora Marshall had 10 points, four rebounds and two steals. Skyler Overleese also scored nine points, with Hannah Best adding eight points and four assists. Guard Kiersten Schrope had seven points, seven boards, four assists and two steals. Kaytlin Eastes had seven points and six boards, while Kristen Eischen had five points. Peyton Neisler had five rebounds off the bench.
The Royals are now 7-2 and play Tuesday at home against Cambridge City Lincoln.
New Palestine 65, Yorktown 24: The Dragons jumped ahead 19-2 after a quarter and used a strong defensive effort to pull away. The Dragons got a lot of production from throughout their lineup.
Tori Stephenson led the way with three 3-pointers and 15 points to go along with eight steals, hitting a pair of triples in the second quarter to help the Dragons open up a 37-9 halftime lead. NP's defense held Yorktown to two points in the third, with the Dragons leading 51-11.
Lauren Tieman added 12 points and eight rebounds. Bethany Murrell scored 12 points -- all early -- and added a strong all-around game with 12 points, nine assists, six rebounds, four steals and four blocked shots. Taylor Espich had a career-high 10 points, four assists and three steals, making her first career start.
Emily Curry and Abby Seifert each scored seven points. Seifert also added eight rebounds and four steals.
The Dragons' defense forced 20 steals and 30 turnovers, leading to 38 Dragon points.
The Dragons' next game will be against Greenfield-Central in the Hancock County Tournament on Dec. 27.
Wrestling
New Palestine wins Dragon 5-way: The Dragons won a thrilling 34-33 decision over Greenfield-Central to take the New Palestine 5-way duals Saturday afternoon.
The Dragons also beat Mt. Vernon 84-0, Union County 60-15 and Triton Central 66-6 en route to the victory. The Dragons are now 18-1 on the season in dual matches.
Greenfield-Central is now 12-3. The Cougars beat Mt. Vernon 82-0, Union County 60-14 and Triton Central 58-15.
For New Palestine, Willie Bryan (285), Tommy Cash (106), Taylor Fee (120), Gordon Wagner (126), Billy Emmons (113), Nick Ulrey (145) and Connor Robinson (160) all won their matches against G-C in their dual meet, with Bryan, Cash and Robinson all winning by fall and Emmons taking a forfeit. Fee won a major decision wrestling up a weight class.
Bryan, Cash, Fee, Ulrey and Robinson were all 5-0 on the day. In addition, Rylan McCarty was 3-0 at 120. Gordon Wagner, Brian Wagner, Cameron Denney, Matt Roembke and Robbie Elsea all went 3-1, with Wagner wrestling the match of the day, taking two-time state champion Cody Phillips of Union County the distance before falling 9-6. Ulrey and G-C's Josh Farrell -- also a state-ranked wrestler -- had a down-to-the-wire match that wasn't decided until the final takedown in the closing seconds.
Greenfield-Central's Kyle Wilburn, Ian Early, Farrell, Austin Rose and Dezmen McGinley all went 4-0 on the day.
Mt. Vernon went 0-4 as a team.
Swimming
Greenfield-Central's boys finished fourth in the Hamilton Southeastern invitational, with two school records being set. Jon McCormick set a record finishing fifth in the 100 breaststroke at 1:02.33. The 400 free relay of Patrick Stutz, Wilburn, Wilburn and James Young finished fourht and set a record in 3:21.28. Other top-8 finishers were Young (4th 100 fly, 8th 200 free), Stutz (2nd 50 free, 6th 100 free), McCormick (4th, 200 IM0 and the 200 free relay of Stutz, Wilburn, Young and Wilburn, which finished 2nd. The 200 medley relay was seventh.
G-C's girls finished eighth. Carly Fernandes was fifth in the 100 backstroke and seventh in the 200 IM.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Friday wrap: Heading toward county
All four Hancock County boys teams -- and one of the girls teams -- were in action at home tonight, with several big performances throughout.
Eastern Hancock 56, Knightstown 51: The Royals took an early lead and never looked back in a five-point victory. EH led by four points at the end of the first quarter and never trailed in the game. Knightstown kept within striking distance, but EH's lead was often between 3-8 points much of the night.
The game was a coming-out party for EH's Cody Clark, who had 17 points and eight rebounds and commanded the paint inside. The Royals' Jared Pyle also had a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds, including 10 in the second quarter as the Royals opened up an eight-point lead -- one that would be whittled to four at halftime, but would be pushed back up to nine by the end of the third. Victor Vincz would hit four late free throws to help seal the victory, among his nine points.
Clay Ratliff led three Panthers in double-figures with 16 points. Freshman point guard Jake Kwisz had 13 for Knightstown.
EH (4-2) is back in action Saturday night at Cambridge City Lincoln, and then again Tuesday at Blue River. Knightstown is now 1-5.
New Palestine 73, Morristown 61: The Dragons used a big second quarter to build a 31-19 halftime lead and pull away, using three double-figure performances.
Dragon forward Michael Morris -- their leading scorer on the year -- had a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds. He hit 7-of-9 shots from the floor and was a perfect 5-of-5 from the line. Justin Ikerd had his second straight double-figure game with 18 points, hitting four 3-pointers. Josh Penley had 17 points and three assists, while Reid Clark added eight points and five boards. Solomon Haynes added seven assists and six rebounds.
The Dragons shot 50 percent from the floor and won despite a 30-point effort by Morristown's Dylan Langkabel.
NP is now 4-1, and will be back in action Saturday night at Franklin Central. The Dragons then will travel to Beech Grove Wednesday evening, for a game we will broadcast on HancockCountySports.com.
Mt. Vernon 77, Shelbyville 38: The Marauders led 51-12 at the half and extended the lead into the second half. C.J. Coleman led MV with 20 points in the victory, which gave the Marauders a 3-2 record on the year and a 1-1 HHC mark.
The Marauders next play in the county tournament Dec. 27. They will visit Eastern Hancock in the morning semifinals, and then host the championship/consolation round that evening.
Yorktown 84, Greenfield-Central 31: The Tigers built a big lead and handed the Cougars their seventh straight loss. G-C is now also 0-2 in HHC play. The Cougars' next game will be Dec. 27 in the Hancock County Tournament semifinal round at New Palestine.
Jordan Keener led G-C with 12 points. Cole Olesky added six points. Two Tigers scored 17 points to lead Yorktown.
The county championship games from Mt. Vernon that evening will be broadcast live at HancockCountySports.com
GIRLS
Knightstown 46, Eastern Hancock 39: Knightstown was able to pull away from a close game late and hand the Royals their second loss of the year in eight games.
The game was a see-saw contest early, but Knightstown took the lead for good in the second quarter, feeding sophomore post player Emily Thomas. She finished with 14 points, scoring 10 in the middle quarters.
EH was led by Kristen Eischen and Hannah Best, who each scored 11 points. Best hit two 3-pointers to help lead a Royal comeback. EH tried to rally from a late 11-point deficit, led by Best's second 3 of the game, but the Panthers were able to hold on. Eischen had 10 rebounds to complete a double-double. Kaytlin Eastes had seven rebounds and five blocked shots, and Kiersten Schrope had six steals for the Royals.
EH is now 6-2 on the year. Knightstown is 6-3. The Royals next play Saturday afternoon at Northeastern.
Eastern Hancock 56, Knightstown 51: The Royals took an early lead and never looked back in a five-point victory. EH led by four points at the end of the first quarter and never trailed in the game. Knightstown kept within striking distance, but EH's lead was often between 3-8 points much of the night.
The game was a coming-out party for EH's Cody Clark, who had 17 points and eight rebounds and commanded the paint inside. The Royals' Jared Pyle also had a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds, including 10 in the second quarter as the Royals opened up an eight-point lead -- one that would be whittled to four at halftime, but would be pushed back up to nine by the end of the third. Victor Vincz would hit four late free throws to help seal the victory, among his nine points.
Clay Ratliff led three Panthers in double-figures with 16 points. Freshman point guard Jake Kwisz had 13 for Knightstown.
EH (4-2) is back in action Saturday night at Cambridge City Lincoln, and then again Tuesday at Blue River. Knightstown is now 1-5.
New Palestine 73, Morristown 61: The Dragons used a big second quarter to build a 31-19 halftime lead and pull away, using three double-figure performances.
Dragon forward Michael Morris -- their leading scorer on the year -- had a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds. He hit 7-of-9 shots from the floor and was a perfect 5-of-5 from the line. Justin Ikerd had his second straight double-figure game with 18 points, hitting four 3-pointers. Josh Penley had 17 points and three assists, while Reid Clark added eight points and five boards. Solomon Haynes added seven assists and six rebounds.
The Dragons shot 50 percent from the floor and won despite a 30-point effort by Morristown's Dylan Langkabel.
NP is now 4-1, and will be back in action Saturday night at Franklin Central. The Dragons then will travel to Beech Grove Wednesday evening, for a game we will broadcast on HancockCountySports.com.
Mt. Vernon 77, Shelbyville 38: The Marauders led 51-12 at the half and extended the lead into the second half. C.J. Coleman led MV with 20 points in the victory, which gave the Marauders a 3-2 record on the year and a 1-1 HHC mark.
The Marauders next play in the county tournament Dec. 27. They will visit Eastern Hancock in the morning semifinals, and then host the championship/consolation round that evening.
Yorktown 84, Greenfield-Central 31: The Tigers built a big lead and handed the Cougars their seventh straight loss. G-C is now also 0-2 in HHC play. The Cougars' next game will be Dec. 27 in the Hancock County Tournament semifinal round at New Palestine.
Jordan Keener led G-C with 12 points. Cole Olesky added six points. Two Tigers scored 17 points to lead Yorktown.
The county championship games from Mt. Vernon that evening will be broadcast live at HancockCountySports.com
GIRLS
Knightstown 46, Eastern Hancock 39: Knightstown was able to pull away from a close game late and hand the Royals their second loss of the year in eight games.
The game was a see-saw contest early, but Knightstown took the lead for good in the second quarter, feeding sophomore post player Emily Thomas. She finished with 14 points, scoring 10 in the middle quarters.
EH was led by Kristen Eischen and Hannah Best, who each scored 11 points. Best hit two 3-pointers to help lead a Royal comeback. EH tried to rally from a late 11-point deficit, led by Best's second 3 of the game, but the Panthers were able to hold on. Eischen had 10 rebounds to complete a double-double. Kaytlin Eastes had seven rebounds and five blocked shots, and Kiersten Schrope had six steals for the Royals.
EH is now 6-2 on the year. Knightstown is 6-3. The Royals next play Saturday afternoon at Northeastern.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
#3 MV girls extend HHC lead
Mt. Vernon posted a 49-31 victory over New Palestine in girls basketball Thursday night, scoring the game's first seven point to take an early lead, then pulling away with an 18-7 fourth quarter.
The victory gave the Marauders a stranglehold on the HHC race, giving them a one-game lead past the halfway point of conference play. MV is 4-0 in league play with three games left -- against Delta, Shelbyville and Greenfield-Central -- and has beaten several of the teams who would be considered top contenders.
Tonight's game was another step in that process. Jessica Brown started the game with five quick points -- giving her 1,000 for her career. Although she finished with seven points, she also had five assists to lead the Marauders in that category.
Where MV showed its muscle was on the glass. 6-footers Erica Moore and Makenzi Reasor helped the Marauders to 14 offensive rebounds and a 12-0 edge in second-chance points. Reasor had a strong all-around game with 18 points and seven boards. Moore had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Both had several key putbacks with the game on the line down the stretch.
Rachel Houck also had seven points for the Marauders, including two big second-half 3-pointers that helped MV pull away.
The Dragons had a balanced attack, led by Emily Curry's 10 points and two steals. Bethany Murrell had seven points, four rebounds and three steals. Lauren Tieman also had seven points and four rebounds. Abby Seifert had a team-high five boards and Taylor Espich had three steals and a blocked shot.
Reasor had 18 points and Moore 13 to lead MV. Jessica Brown, the Marauders' leading scorer on the season, scored seven points.
Mt. Vernon is 7-2 overall and 4-0 in HHC play, and next plays at home Thursday, 12/22 vs. Franklin. The Dragons are now 3-6 and 2-2 in HHC play. They travel to Yorktown on Saturday for a 6 p.m. JV start.
You can go to HancockCountySports.com to listen to the archive, and also log in on Friday at 5:40 p.m. for girls and boys hoops, with Eastern Hancock hosting Knightstown.
Swimming
The New Palestine girls basketball team fell to Mt. Vernon 49-31 at home on Thursday night.
The Dragons fell behind 9-2 after a quarter, but climbed back into the game and stayed within contact of the third-ranked Marauders for much of the night, but MV's inside tandem of Erica Moore and Makenzi Reasor helped MV pull away in the fourth quarter.
The Dragons had a balanced attack, led by Emily Curry's 10 points and two steals. Bethany Murrell had seven points, four rebounds and three steals. Lauren Tieman also had seven points and four rebounds. Abby Seifert had a team-high five boards and Taylor Espich had three steals and a blocked shot.
Reasor had 18 points and Moore 13 to lead MV. Jessica Brown, the Marauders' leading scorer on the season, scored seven points.
The Dragons are now 3-6 and 2-2 in HHC play. They travel to Yorktown on Saturday for a 6 p.m. JV start before taking a 10-day break prior to hosting Greenfield-Central in the Dec. 27 county tournament.
Swimming
The New Palestine and Mt. Vernon swim teams split a dual swim meet Thursday night. The New Palestine girls Mt. Vernon 101-85 on Thursday night, while the Marauder boys won 95-90.
"This was an exciting meet. This rivalry always bring out the best performances from both schools," NP coach Steve Maxwell said.
NPHS junior Emily Trimpe set a school record in the 100 freestyle, a time of 55.64 leading a 1-2 finish for the Dragons. Other winners for the girls were Jordan Rogers in the 200 IM (the sixth-best performance in NP history), Karen Emminger in the 50 freestyle and Trimpe again in the 100 breaststroke. The Dragons also won the 200 free relay with Trimpe, Jordan Rogers, Emminger and Olivia Ayer; and the 400 free relay with Rogers, Emminger, Katie Mustard and Trimpe.
Mt. Vernon winners were Eve Gonzales in the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle, Lauren Reifel leading a 1-2-3 finish in diving, Maddie Powell in the 100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke and the 200 medley relay team of Jessica Hantz, Ellen Werner, Powell and Jessica Blackburn.
In the boys meet, Mt. Vernon winners were David Cochran in diving, Drew Logan in the 500 freestyle, David Hantz in the 100 backstroke, Kenny Gilpin in the 100 breaststroke and the 200 medley relay team of Hantz, Gilpin, Ian Hanssen and Reid Eberhard
The Dragons saw Jake Grieg swim the second-fastest time in school history in winning the 200 freestyle, teaming up with Grant Gish for a 1-2 finish. Greig and Gish also finished 1-2 in the 50 freestyle. Sam Baker won the 100 freestyle and 200 IM, Luke Steigerwalt took the 100 butterfly -- with Klay Simmons finishing second. Greig, Gish, Simmons and Baker won the 200 free relay and the 400 free relay.
"We had our best 'team performance' of the season," NP coach Steve Maxwell said. "We've had good individual swims in all our meets, but this was good across the board."
The victory gave the Marauders a stranglehold on the HHC race, giving them a one-game lead past the halfway point of conference play. MV is 4-0 in league play with three games left -- against Delta, Shelbyville and Greenfield-Central -- and has beaten several of the teams who would be considered top contenders.
Tonight's game was another step in that process. Jessica Brown started the game with five quick points -- giving her 1,000 for her career. Although she finished with seven points, she also had five assists to lead the Marauders in that category.
Where MV showed its muscle was on the glass. 6-footers Erica Moore and Makenzi Reasor helped the Marauders to 14 offensive rebounds and a 12-0 edge in second-chance points. Reasor had a strong all-around game with 18 points and seven boards. Moore had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Both had several key putbacks with the game on the line down the stretch.
Rachel Houck also had seven points for the Marauders, including two big second-half 3-pointers that helped MV pull away.
The Dragons had a balanced attack, led by Emily Curry's 10 points and two steals. Bethany Murrell had seven points, four rebounds and three steals. Lauren Tieman also had seven points and four rebounds. Abby Seifert had a team-high five boards and Taylor Espich had three steals and a blocked shot.
Reasor had 18 points and Moore 13 to lead MV. Jessica Brown, the Marauders' leading scorer on the season, scored seven points.
Mt. Vernon is 7-2 overall and 4-0 in HHC play, and next plays at home Thursday, 12/22 vs. Franklin. The Dragons are now 3-6 and 2-2 in HHC play. They travel to Yorktown on Saturday for a 6 p.m. JV start.
You can go to HancockCountySports.com to listen to the archive, and also log in on Friday at 5:40 p.m. for girls and boys hoops, with Eastern Hancock hosting Knightstown.
Swimming
The New Palestine girls basketball team fell to Mt. Vernon 49-31 at home on Thursday night.
The Dragons fell behind 9-2 after a quarter, but climbed back into the game and stayed within contact of the third-ranked Marauders for much of the night, but MV's inside tandem of Erica Moore and Makenzi Reasor helped MV pull away in the fourth quarter.
The Dragons had a balanced attack, led by Emily Curry's 10 points and two steals. Bethany Murrell had seven points, four rebounds and three steals. Lauren Tieman also had seven points and four rebounds. Abby Seifert had a team-high five boards and Taylor Espich had three steals and a blocked shot.
Reasor had 18 points and Moore 13 to lead MV. Jessica Brown, the Marauders' leading scorer on the season, scored seven points.
The Dragons are now 3-6 and 2-2 in HHC play. They travel to Yorktown on Saturday for a 6 p.m. JV start before taking a 10-day break prior to hosting Greenfield-Central in the Dec. 27 county tournament.
Swimming
The New Palestine and Mt. Vernon swim teams split a dual swim meet Thursday night. The New Palestine girls Mt. Vernon 101-85 on Thursday night, while the Marauder boys won 95-90.
"This was an exciting meet. This rivalry always bring out the best performances from both schools," NP coach Steve Maxwell said.
NPHS junior Emily Trimpe set a school record in the 100 freestyle, a time of 55.64 leading a 1-2 finish for the Dragons. Other winners for the girls were Jordan Rogers in the 200 IM (the sixth-best performance in NP history), Karen Emminger in the 50 freestyle and Trimpe again in the 100 breaststroke. The Dragons also won the 200 free relay with Trimpe, Jordan Rogers, Emminger and Olivia Ayer; and the 400 free relay with Rogers, Emminger, Katie Mustard and Trimpe.
Mt. Vernon winners were Eve Gonzales in the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle, Lauren Reifel leading a 1-2-3 finish in diving, Maddie Powell in the 100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke and the 200 medley relay team of Jessica Hantz, Ellen Werner, Powell and Jessica Blackburn.
In the boys meet, Mt. Vernon winners were David Cochran in diving, Drew Logan in the 500 freestyle, David Hantz in the 100 backstroke, Kenny Gilpin in the 100 breaststroke and the 200 medley relay team of Hantz, Gilpin, Ian Hanssen and Reid Eberhard
The Dragons saw Jake Grieg swim the second-fastest time in school history in winning the 200 freestyle, teaming up with Grant Gish for a 1-2 finish. Greig and Gish also finished 1-2 in the 50 freestyle. Sam Baker won the 100 freestyle and 200 IM, Luke Steigerwalt took the 100 butterfly -- with Klay Simmons finishing second. Greig, Gish, Simmons and Baker won the 200 free relay and the 400 free relay.
"We had our best 'team performance' of the season," NP coach Steve Maxwell said. "We've had good individual swims in all our meets, but this was good across the board."
Basketball weekend
Lots of basketball this weekend starts tonight, with a BIG girls game between New Palestine and 3A No. 3 Mt. Vernon.
The Dragons are 3-5 against a top-25 schedule, but could easily be 7-1 as four of their losses have been in down-to-the-wire games. The Marauders are 6-2, with both defeats to 4A programs having strong years. The game features four players who will be playing at the next level next year -- MV's Makenzi Reasor (Indiana State) and Jessica Brown (Indiana Wesleyan) along with NP's Bethany Murrell (Florida Gulf Coast) and Tori Stephenson (Danville Area CC).
The game also features two of the area's top rebounders in NP's Lauren Tieman and Abby Seifert -- the latter of which is averaging more than 10 rebounds per game -- and MV's Reasor and Anna Olson. Both teams are senior-laden, and this could be the final meeting for these teams as currently constituted.
The other big key is the HHC race. MV can take a full-game lead on the conference going into the Christmas break with games remaining against Delta, Greenfield-Central and Shelbyville. Should the Dragons win, it would forge a 4-way tie at the top of the conference, with tonight's two participants, G-C and Pendleton Heights -- who are both 3-1 in league play.
You can listen to the game live tonight with Chris Lambert and Greg Elkins on HancockCountySports.com. Direct listen live link here.
Knightstown at Eastern Hancock: More hoops on Friday, with the Royals and Panthers facing off in a doubleheader. First, let's look at the boys. EH is 3-2, and is two baskets away from being a perfect 5-0 on the year. Knightstown is 1-4, as both teams are retooling a bit after graduating strong senior classes last season. Victor Vincz had 27 points in EH's 68-53 victory over Sheridan on Saturday. He and Jared Pyle lead EH in scoring. Knightstown has a young team led by Clay Ratliff, who is nearly averaging a double-double.
On the girls side, EH is 6-1, enjoying its best start in years, led by sophomore guard Kiersten Schrope, who has scored, rebounded and handled the ball for the Royals. Sophomore Kristen Eischen does a lot of the work up front. But Knightstown poses a tough test. The Panthers are experienced, with four players averaging between 9-11 points per game, and they are coming off a victory over New Castle last week. Knightstown is 5-3.
Listen to both games starting at 5:40 p.m. Friday at HancockCountySports.com
Other games
Friday boys
Morristown at New Palestine, 7:30: Another installment in Hancock County's longest-running basketball series -- the two teams have played each other annually since at least the 1940s, and likely longer. The Dragons have dominated the series recently, and have a deep, senior-laden team that's 3-1 on the year. Morristown does feature one of the state's top scorers in Dylan Langkabel, who is headed to Northwood University in Michigan to play next year. Expect a good matchup.
Shelbyville at Mt. Vernon, 7:30: The Marauders are 2-2, but are ranked No. 2 in Class 3A by the Sagarin ratings. MV has played four tough opponents so far, so the winless Golden Bears (0-4) could be a good opportunity for the Marauders to get a lift going into the county tournament. Our friends at WSVX (www.wsvx.com) will broadcast the game.
Yorktown at Greenfield-Central, 7:30: Yorktown is 1-0 in HHC play and 2-2 overall since Greg Miller returned to the head coaching reins. The Tigers have been building for some time. The Cougars are 0-6 on the year and have struggled to score points, but have done so against a brutally-difficult schedule and with a very young, sophomore-laden team. Our friends at WRGF-89.7 will broadcast.
Saturday boys
Eastern Hancock at Cambridge City Lincoln, 7:30: This game could be a good matchup, as the Golden Eagles are experienced and playing at home. CCL is 2-2 on the year under coach Rodney Klein.
New Palestine at Franklin Central, 7:30: The Dragons and Flashes resume their series after a long hiatus. And it happens without legendary FC coach Mark James on the sidelines, as he took his boots to Ben Davis. The Flashes are 3-2 under new coach John Rockey, and are coming off big wins over Columbus North and Fishers. This could be a preview of the Center Grove sectional. A student broadcast is available at WRFT-91.5.
Saturday girls
Eastern Hancock at Northeastern, 1:30: The Royals will have a quick turnaround, playing Saturday afternoon after a Friday-night game, which will be good prep for the county tournament. Northeastern comes in with a 2-7 record.
New Palestine at Yorktown, 7:30: The Dragons go on the road for the first time since before Thanksgiving with their final conference matchup before the county tournament. Yorktown graduated the bulk of a core that had been together for four years and is starting over with new coach Lendon Schwartz. The Tigers are 4-4, but are 0-2 in HHC play so far.
The Dragons are 3-5 against a top-25 schedule, but could easily be 7-1 as four of their losses have been in down-to-the-wire games. The Marauders are 6-2, with both defeats to 4A programs having strong years. The game features four players who will be playing at the next level next year -- MV's Makenzi Reasor (Indiana State) and Jessica Brown (Indiana Wesleyan) along with NP's Bethany Murrell (Florida Gulf Coast) and Tori Stephenson (Danville Area CC).
The game also features two of the area's top rebounders in NP's Lauren Tieman and Abby Seifert -- the latter of which is averaging more than 10 rebounds per game -- and MV's Reasor and Anna Olson. Both teams are senior-laden, and this could be the final meeting for these teams as currently constituted.
The other big key is the HHC race. MV can take a full-game lead on the conference going into the Christmas break with games remaining against Delta, Greenfield-Central and Shelbyville. Should the Dragons win, it would forge a 4-way tie at the top of the conference, with tonight's two participants, G-C and Pendleton Heights -- who are both 3-1 in league play.
You can listen to the game live tonight with Chris Lambert and Greg Elkins on HancockCountySports.com. Direct listen live link here.
Knightstown at Eastern Hancock: More hoops on Friday, with the Royals and Panthers facing off in a doubleheader. First, let's look at the boys. EH is 3-2, and is two baskets away from being a perfect 5-0 on the year. Knightstown is 1-4, as both teams are retooling a bit after graduating strong senior classes last season. Victor Vincz had 27 points in EH's 68-53 victory over Sheridan on Saturday. He and Jared Pyle lead EH in scoring. Knightstown has a young team led by Clay Ratliff, who is nearly averaging a double-double.
On the girls side, EH is 6-1, enjoying its best start in years, led by sophomore guard Kiersten Schrope, who has scored, rebounded and handled the ball for the Royals. Sophomore Kristen Eischen does a lot of the work up front. But Knightstown poses a tough test. The Panthers are experienced, with four players averaging between 9-11 points per game, and they are coming off a victory over New Castle last week. Knightstown is 5-3.
Listen to both games starting at 5:40 p.m. Friday at HancockCountySports.com
Other games
Friday boys
Morristown at New Palestine, 7:30: Another installment in Hancock County's longest-running basketball series -- the two teams have played each other annually since at least the 1940s, and likely longer. The Dragons have dominated the series recently, and have a deep, senior-laden team that's 3-1 on the year. Morristown does feature one of the state's top scorers in Dylan Langkabel, who is headed to Northwood University in Michigan to play next year. Expect a good matchup.
Shelbyville at Mt. Vernon, 7:30: The Marauders are 2-2, but are ranked No. 2 in Class 3A by the Sagarin ratings. MV has played four tough opponents so far, so the winless Golden Bears (0-4) could be a good opportunity for the Marauders to get a lift going into the county tournament. Our friends at WSVX (www.wsvx.com) will broadcast the game.
Yorktown at Greenfield-Central, 7:30: Yorktown is 1-0 in HHC play and 2-2 overall since Greg Miller returned to the head coaching reins. The Tigers have been building for some time. The Cougars are 0-6 on the year and have struggled to score points, but have done so against a brutally-difficult schedule and with a very young, sophomore-laden team. Our friends at WRGF-89.7 will broadcast.
Saturday boys
Eastern Hancock at Cambridge City Lincoln, 7:30: This game could be a good matchup, as the Golden Eagles are experienced and playing at home. CCL is 2-2 on the year under coach Rodney Klein.
New Palestine at Franklin Central, 7:30: The Dragons and Flashes resume their series after a long hiatus. And it happens without legendary FC coach Mark James on the sidelines, as he took his boots to Ben Davis. The Flashes are 3-2 under new coach John Rockey, and are coming off big wins over Columbus North and Fishers. This could be a preview of the Center Grove sectional. A student broadcast is available at WRFT-91.5.
Saturday girls
Eastern Hancock at Northeastern, 1:30: The Royals will have a quick turnaround, playing Saturday afternoon after a Friday-night game, which will be good prep for the county tournament. Northeastern comes in with a 2-7 record.
New Palestine at Yorktown, 7:30: The Dragons go on the road for the first time since before Thanksgiving with their final conference matchup before the county tournament. Yorktown graduated the bulk of a core that had been together for four years and is starting over with new coach Lendon Schwartz. The Tigers are 4-4, but are 0-2 in HHC play so far.
Wednesday wrap: G-C wrestlers win
On the night Gordon Nesbit was inducted into the Greenfield-Central wrestling Hall of Fame, the Cougar wrestlers defeated Speedway 55-15 at home Wednesday.
G-C's JV also won 51-6.
No varsity individual results were provided, but the Cougars are now 9-2 on the year.
G-C's JV also won 51-6.
No varsity individual results were provided, but the Cougars are now 9-2 on the year.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Tuesday wrap: EH, G-C girls continue hot streaks
Greenfield-Central's girls basketball team has the longest hot streak going of any school in the county. It continued Tuesday, as the Cougars won their sixth straight game, beating Richmond 53-37.
The Cougars started red-hot, shutting out the Red Devils in a 16-0 first quarter. They continued from there, building the lead to 35-16 at halftime and 49-28 at the end of three.
Senior guard LaRae Cruz -- fresh off a 30-point game in Saturday's overtime victory over Chatard -- followed it up with a 21-point effort. Junior Katie Peters scored 10 points in a double-figure game. Ashley Chase added nine points for G-C.
Now 7-3, the Cougars next play Dec. 20 at home against Connersville. Richmond falls to 5-4.
Eastern Hancock 44, Lapel 42: The Royals continued their strong start, improving to 6-1 on the year with a big road win against the Bulldogs.
Guard Kiersten Schrope had nine points, 12 rebounds and four assists to lead the Royals in an all-around victory. Forward Kristen Eischen added eight points and six rebounds. Hannah Best had seven points. Kaytlin Eastes had five points and six boards. Nine different Royals scored.
The game was close throughout -- EH led 10-9 after a quarter, trailed 20-18 at halftime and 32-31 at the end of three.
Lapel fell to 3-4 with the loss.
EH next plays at 6 p.m. Friday at home against the Knightstown Panthers. You can listen to a live broadcast by logging on to HancockCountySports.com beginning at 5:40 p.m. Join Andrew Smith and Chris Lambert for all of the action. That game will be followed by the EH-Knightstown boys game.
Before then, log on at 7:10 p.m. Thursday for more girls hoops, as 3A No. 3 Mt. Vernon takes on New Palestine in a key Hoosier Heritage Conference contest.
Swimming
Cougars, Marauders split: Greenfield-Central's 400 free relay set a school record in beating Mt. Vernon 125-61 Tuesday night in a boy/girl dual swimming meet. Patrick Stutz, James Young, Cody Wilburn and Kyle Wilburn combined to put an exclamation point on their victory with the record.
The Cougars won all three relays, and got individual victories from Cody Wilburn in the 200 freestyle, Jon McCormick in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke, Stutz in the 50 and 100 freestyle, Young in the 100 butterfly and Erik Kile in the 500 freestyle.
Mt. Vernon used its depth to win the girls meet 98-87.
G-C's coaching staff cited the swims of Carly Fernandes in the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke, Taylor Johnson in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly, as well as Bethany Weldon and Kylie Smith.
MV's results were not provided to HancockCountySports.com.
Dragons sweep Royals: The New Palestine boys and girls swim teams prepared for their Thursday-night meet against rival Mt. Vernon with a pair of victories over Eastern Hancock.
The Dragon boys won 126-44. Winners were Christian Dodd in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke, Jake Uppfalt in the 100 butterfly, Zach Nagel is diving, Luke Steigerwalt in the 500 freestyle, David Thompson in the 100 backstroke, the 200 medley relay of Uppfalt, Grant Gish, Kelley Murphy and Steigerwalt; the 200 free relay of Thompson, Parker Horn, Jake Mitchell and Todd Horn, and the 400 free relay of Will Mitchell, Murphy, Seth Eagleson and Dodd.
Other strong swims were turned in by Devin Jones and Seth Eagleson in the 100 freestyle.
EH winners were Sam Carlton in the 50 frestyle and Trevor Jones in the 100 freestyle.
The Dragon girls won 120-52. Dragon winners were Erin Trimpe in the 200 freestyle, Lily Horn in the 200 IM and 500 freestyle, Emily Bare in the 100 backstroke, Natalie Berea in the 100 breaststroke, Hannah Ayer in diving, Addison Virt in the 100 butterfly, the 200 medley relay team of Kayla Jameson, Claire Hornsby, Virt and Monica Neeb and the 200 free relay of Tricia Roberson, Becca Digney, Virt and Erin Trimpe.Virt's time in the 100 butterfly was eighth-best all-time at New Palestine.
EH winners were Bekah Dickmander in the 50 freestyle, Sarah Henderson in the 100 freestyle and the 400 free relay team of Bekah Dickmander, Shelby Wyatt, Amanda Dickmander and Henderson.
The Cougars started red-hot, shutting out the Red Devils in a 16-0 first quarter. They continued from there, building the lead to 35-16 at halftime and 49-28 at the end of three.
Senior guard LaRae Cruz -- fresh off a 30-point game in Saturday's overtime victory over Chatard -- followed it up with a 21-point effort. Junior Katie Peters scored 10 points in a double-figure game. Ashley Chase added nine points for G-C.
Now 7-3, the Cougars next play Dec. 20 at home against Connersville. Richmond falls to 5-4.
Eastern Hancock 44, Lapel 42: The Royals continued their strong start, improving to 6-1 on the year with a big road win against the Bulldogs.
Guard Kiersten Schrope had nine points, 12 rebounds and four assists to lead the Royals in an all-around victory. Forward Kristen Eischen added eight points and six rebounds. Hannah Best had seven points. Kaytlin Eastes had five points and six boards. Nine different Royals scored.
The game was close throughout -- EH led 10-9 after a quarter, trailed 20-18 at halftime and 32-31 at the end of three.
Lapel fell to 3-4 with the loss.
EH next plays at 6 p.m. Friday at home against the Knightstown Panthers. You can listen to a live broadcast by logging on to HancockCountySports.com beginning at 5:40 p.m. Join Andrew Smith and Chris Lambert for all of the action. That game will be followed by the EH-Knightstown boys game.
Before then, log on at 7:10 p.m. Thursday for more girls hoops, as 3A No. 3 Mt. Vernon takes on New Palestine in a key Hoosier Heritage Conference contest.
Swimming
Cougars, Marauders split: Greenfield-Central's 400 free relay set a school record in beating Mt. Vernon 125-61 Tuesday night in a boy/girl dual swimming meet. Patrick Stutz, James Young, Cody Wilburn and Kyle Wilburn combined to put an exclamation point on their victory with the record.
The Cougars won all three relays, and got individual victories from Cody Wilburn in the 200 freestyle, Jon McCormick in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke, Stutz in the 50 and 100 freestyle, Young in the 100 butterfly and Erik Kile in the 500 freestyle.
Mt. Vernon used its depth to win the girls meet 98-87.
G-C's coaching staff cited the swims of Carly Fernandes in the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke, Taylor Johnson in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly, as well as Bethany Weldon and Kylie Smith.
MV's results were not provided to HancockCountySports.com.
Dragons sweep Royals: The New Palestine boys and girls swim teams prepared for their Thursday-night meet against rival Mt. Vernon with a pair of victories over Eastern Hancock.
The Dragon boys won 126-44. Winners were Christian Dodd in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke, Jake Uppfalt in the 100 butterfly, Zach Nagel is diving, Luke Steigerwalt in the 500 freestyle, David Thompson in the 100 backstroke, the 200 medley relay of Uppfalt, Grant Gish, Kelley Murphy and Steigerwalt; the 200 free relay of Thompson, Parker Horn, Jake Mitchell and Todd Horn, and the 400 free relay of Will Mitchell, Murphy, Seth Eagleson and Dodd.
Other strong swims were turned in by Devin Jones and Seth Eagleson in the 100 freestyle.
EH winners were Sam Carlton in the 50 frestyle and Trevor Jones in the 100 freestyle.
The Dragon girls won 120-52. Dragon winners were Erin Trimpe in the 200 freestyle, Lily Horn in the 200 IM and 500 freestyle, Emily Bare in the 100 backstroke, Natalie Berea in the 100 breaststroke, Hannah Ayer in diving, Addison Virt in the 100 butterfly, the 200 medley relay team of Kayla Jameson, Claire Hornsby, Virt and Monica Neeb and the 200 free relay of Tricia Roberson, Becca Digney, Virt and Erin Trimpe.Virt's time in the 100 butterfly was eighth-best all-time at New Palestine.
EH winners were Bekah Dickmander in the 50 freestyle, Sarah Henderson in the 100 freestyle and the 400 free relay team of Bekah Dickmander, Shelby Wyatt, Amanda Dickmander and Henderson.
Monday, December 12, 2011
New polls out
Mt. Vernon's girls basketball team moved two spots to No. 3 in the Class 3A poll this week.
The Marauders had been No. 1 since the preseason poll, remaining there after a loss to Lawrence Central. MV moved two spots after last week's loss to Anderson, a team receiving 4A poll votes.
MV is 6-2, and next plays Thursday at New Palestine. You can listen to that game LIVE on HancockCountySports.com!
MV is the only county team receiving votes in either the boys or girls poll.
MV is also ranked No. 18 overall in the IBCA poll.
Interestingly, the Sagarin computer rankings have the Marauders boys AND girls teams both ranked No. 2 in Class 3A. The MV boys are currently 2-2, but have played the second-toughest schedule in the state.
Friday night, you can listen to more basketball, as the Eastern Hancock boys and girls teams host Knightstown. Join us for the play-by-play beginning at 5:40, the girls game at 6 and the boys game at 8, on HancockCountySports.com!
The Marauders had been No. 1 since the preseason poll, remaining there after a loss to Lawrence Central. MV moved two spots after last week's loss to Anderson, a team receiving 4A poll votes.
MV is 6-2, and next plays Thursday at New Palestine. You can listen to that game LIVE on HancockCountySports.com!
MV is the only county team receiving votes in either the boys or girls poll.
MV is also ranked No. 18 overall in the IBCA poll.
Interestingly, the Sagarin computer rankings have the Marauders boys AND girls teams both ranked No. 2 in Class 3A. The MV boys are currently 2-2, but have played the second-toughest schedule in the state.
Friday night, you can listen to more basketball, as the Eastern Hancock boys and girls teams host Knightstown. Join us for the play-by-play beginning at 5:40, the girls game at 6 and the boys game at 8, on HancockCountySports.com!
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Successful night for county hoop squads
It was a successful day & evening for the county basketball teams.
Earlier, you read about Mt. Vernon's 64-24 victory over Yorktown. Tonight, three other basketball teams in the county joined them as winners.
Let's start with boys basketball
Eastern Hancock 68, Sheridan 53: The Royals bounced back nicely from Friday's loss to Northeastern, in which EH lost a 21-point lead. Sheridan was also coming off a big victory.
The Royals are now 3-2. Their next game is Friday vs. Knightstown. You can listen to the broadcast LIVE by logging on to HancockCountySports.com!
And in girls basketball
New Palestine 59, Shelbyville 35: The Dragons commanded the glass in the opening half, built a 25-9 lead, extended it to 30-13 at halftime and cruised to a victory over the Golden Bears.
NP is now 2-1 in HHC play and 3-5 overall. The Dragons got big nights from their forwards, as Lauren Tieman scored 14 points and Abby Seifert had a career-high 11 points and added 14 boards -- one shy of her career high. Bethany Murrell had eight rebounds and five assists, while Kyleigh Smock also had five assists for the Dragons.
Greenfield-Central 60, Chatard 53, OT: LaRae Cruz had a career night for the Cougars, scoring 30 points to lead G-C to an overtime victory.
The victory was the Cougars' fifth straight, and gave them a 6-3 mark for the year.
The Cougars jumped ahead 15-8 after a quarter, but Chatard used an 11-4 third quarter to take the lead at 37-34. The teams were tied 49-all going to OT,
In addition to Cruz's 30, the Cougars also got contributions from freshman Regan Lewis (8 points) and junior frontliners Katie Peters (7 points) and junior center Sara Jones (7 points).
G-C next plays Tuesday at home against Richmond.
Earlier, you read about Mt. Vernon's 64-24 victory over Yorktown. Tonight, three other basketball teams in the county joined them as winners.
Let's start with boys basketball
Eastern Hancock 68, Sheridan 53: The Royals bounced back nicely from Friday's loss to Northeastern, in which EH lost a 21-point lead. Sheridan was also coming off a big victory.
The Royals are now 3-2. Their next game is Friday vs. Knightstown. You can listen to the broadcast LIVE by logging on to HancockCountySports.com!
And in girls basketball
New Palestine 59, Shelbyville 35: The Dragons commanded the glass in the opening half, built a 25-9 lead, extended it to 30-13 at halftime and cruised to a victory over the Golden Bears.
NP is now 2-1 in HHC play and 3-5 overall. The Dragons got big nights from their forwards, as Lauren Tieman scored 14 points and Abby Seifert had a career-high 11 points and added 14 boards -- one shy of her career high. Bethany Murrell had eight rebounds and five assists, while Kyleigh Smock also had five assists for the Dragons.
Greenfield-Central 60, Chatard 53, OT: LaRae Cruz had a career night for the Cougars, scoring 30 points to lead G-C to an overtime victory.
The victory was the Cougars' fifth straight, and gave them a 6-3 mark for the year.
The Cougars jumped ahead 15-8 after a quarter, but Chatard used an 11-4 third quarter to take the lead at 37-34. The teams were tied 49-all going to OT,
In addition to Cruz's 30, the Cougars also got contributions from freshman Regan Lewis (8 points) and junior frontliners Katie Peters (7 points) and junior center Sara Jones (7 points).
G-C next plays Tuesday at home against Richmond.
Saturday roundup: MV girls win big
Mt. Vernon's girls basketball team had a resounding 64-24 victory over Yorktown at home Saturday afternoon.
The Marauders led 20-3 after a quarter, 39-5 at the half and 51-11 after three quarters of the victory.
MV was led by Jessica Brown's 18 points. Makenzi Reasor and Rachel Houck added 12 each for the Marauders. Anna Olson scored eight. Mikaela Whitinger led the Tigers with seven points.
Brown is now five points away from reaching the 1,000-point mark for her career.
MV is now 6-2 and is 3-0 in Hoosier Heritage Conference play -- the lone unbeaten remaining in the HHC standings. Yorktown is 3-4 and 0-2 in HHC play. The Marauders next play Thursday at New Palestine. You can listen to the game LIVE at HancockCountySports.com!
The Marauders led 20-3 after a quarter, 39-5 at the half and 51-11 after three quarters of the victory.
MV was led by Jessica Brown's 18 points. Makenzi Reasor and Rachel Houck added 12 each for the Marauders. Anna Olson scored eight. Mikaela Whitinger led the Tigers with seven points.
Brown is now five points away from reaching the 1,000-point mark for her career.
MV is now 6-2 and is 3-0 in Hoosier Heritage Conference play -- the lone unbeaten remaining in the HHC standings. Yorktown is 3-4 and 0-2 in HHC play. The Marauders next play Thursday at New Palestine. You can listen to the game LIVE at HancockCountySports.com!
Friday, December 9, 2011
Friday night hoops
In our broadcast tonight, the New Palestine boys basketball team jumped out to an early double-digit
lead and posted its best defensive game in 13 years in a 63-19 victory
over Greenfield-Central.
The Dragons' victory was their largest win margin since a 49-point win over Eastern Hancock 1999 and their best defensive effort since also holding Sheridan to 19 points in 1998.
Freshman Brandon Jonas had a big night, scoring a career-high 17 points, hitting 7-of-8 from the field. Junior Michael Morris kick-started the Dragons in the second quarter, scoring 12 points in the frame en route to a 16-point night on 6-of-7 shooting. Junior Justin Ikerd added three 3-pointers and 13 points. He hit two early threes that gave the Dragons an 11-3 edge. NPHS would lead 19-3 after a quarter and 37-9 at the half.
The Dragons shot 54 percent from the floor, hitting 24-of-44. G-C's bright spot was its free throw shooting, as the Cougars hit 8-of-10 from the line in the game.
Now 3-1, the Dragons next play Friday 12/16 at home against Morristown, beginning a three games in six days stretch that will continue Saturday 12/17 at Franklin Central.
G-C (0-6) next plays Friday at home against Yorktown.
Pendleton Heights 58, Mt. Vernon 49: Kellen Dunham had yet another strong game for the Arabians, totaling 32 points and six rebounds to lead the Arabians past MV.
The Marauders fell behind 18-2 early and battled back into the game. from there. Stephen Turner led the Marauders with 18 points. C.J. Coleman had 15.
MV (2-2) will next play Friday against Shelbyville.
Northeastern 68, Eastern Hancock 65: The Royals jumped out to an early 21-point lead, but Northeastern chipped it down to three by the end of the third and took the game in the fourth.
EH is now 2-2. The Royals are the one county boys team in action Saturday, hosting Sheridan.
Girls basketball
Greenfield-Central pulled away from a close game to beat New Palestine 51-45.
The game was close throughout, but G-C had eight offensive rebounds in the fourth quarter and outboarded the Dragons 15-6 in the final frame. That led to key second-chance points that eventually allowed the Cougars to pull away.
Shelby Oldham hit a big 3-pointer that gave G-C its first six-point lead and set the tone for the latter stages of the game.
But the big key was Sara Jones. The junior post player had career highs with 16 points, 12 rebounds and four blocked shots. LaRae Cruz added 17 points and eight rebounds, and Katie Peters had 12 points and eight boards for G-C.
Bethany Murrell had 18 points to lead the Dragons in scoring, to go along with six rebounds. Lauren Tieman had nine points and nine rebounds. Abby Seifert had seven points, eight rebounds and two assists.
Both teams are back in action Saturday. The Cougars will host Chatard for a 6 p.m. JV tip. The Dragons next play Saturday at home against Shelbyville. The varsity-only game will tip off at 7:30 p.m.
Next week
Join the HancockCountySports.com crew for two live broadcasts. On Thursday night, join Chris Lambert and Greg Elkins for girls basketball, as the Mt. Vernon Marauders visit the New Palestine Dragons. On Friday, join Andrew Smith and Chris Lambert for boys and girls hoops, with the Eastern Hancock Royals hosting the Knightstown Panthers. Airtime is 5:40 on Friday and 7:10 p.m. on Thursday.
The Dragons' victory was their largest win margin since a 49-point win over Eastern Hancock 1999 and their best defensive effort since also holding Sheridan to 19 points in 1998.
Freshman Brandon Jonas had a big night, scoring a career-high 17 points, hitting 7-of-8 from the field. Junior Michael Morris kick-started the Dragons in the second quarter, scoring 12 points in the frame en route to a 16-point night on 6-of-7 shooting. Junior Justin Ikerd added three 3-pointers and 13 points. He hit two early threes that gave the Dragons an 11-3 edge. NPHS would lead 19-3 after a quarter and 37-9 at the half.
The Dragons shot 54 percent from the floor, hitting 24-of-44. G-C's bright spot was its free throw shooting, as the Cougars hit 8-of-10 from the line in the game.
Now 3-1, the Dragons next play Friday 12/16 at home against Morristown, beginning a three games in six days stretch that will continue Saturday 12/17 at Franklin Central.
G-C (0-6) next plays Friday at home against Yorktown.
Pendleton Heights 58, Mt. Vernon 49: Kellen Dunham had yet another strong game for the Arabians, totaling 32 points and six rebounds to lead the Arabians past MV.
The Marauders fell behind 18-2 early and battled back into the game. from there. Stephen Turner led the Marauders with 18 points. C.J. Coleman had 15.
MV (2-2) will next play Friday against Shelbyville.
Northeastern 68, Eastern Hancock 65: The Royals jumped out to an early 21-point lead, but Northeastern chipped it down to three by the end of the third and took the game in the fourth.
EH is now 2-2. The Royals are the one county boys team in action Saturday, hosting Sheridan.
Girls basketball
Greenfield-Central pulled away from a close game to beat New Palestine 51-45.
The game was close throughout, but G-C had eight offensive rebounds in the fourth quarter and outboarded the Dragons 15-6 in the final frame. That led to key second-chance points that eventually allowed the Cougars to pull away.
Shelby Oldham hit a big 3-pointer that gave G-C its first six-point lead and set the tone for the latter stages of the game.
But the big key was Sara Jones. The junior post player had career highs with 16 points, 12 rebounds and four blocked shots. LaRae Cruz added 17 points and eight rebounds, and Katie Peters had 12 points and eight boards for G-C.
Bethany Murrell had 18 points to lead the Dragons in scoring, to go along with six rebounds. Lauren Tieman had nine points and nine rebounds. Abby Seifert had seven points, eight rebounds and two assists.
Both teams are back in action Saturday. The Cougars will host Chatard for a 6 p.m. JV tip. The Dragons next play Saturday at home against Shelbyville. The varsity-only game will tip off at 7:30 p.m.
Next week
Join the HancockCountySports.com crew for two live broadcasts. On Thursday night, join Chris Lambert and Greg Elkins for girls basketball, as the Mt. Vernon Marauders visit the New Palestine Dragons. On Friday, join Andrew Smith and Chris Lambert for boys and girls hoops, with the Eastern Hancock Royals hosting the Knightstown Panthers. Airtime is 5:40 on Friday and 7:10 p.m. on Thursday.
Tonight: G-C vs. NP
Tonight, listen to LIVE high school basketball as the Greenfield-Central girls and boys teams visit New Palestine.
The girls game will tip off at 6 p.m., the boys at approximately 8 p.m.
Join Andrew Smith, Chris Lambert and Greg Elkins for the call at 5:40 p.m. on HancockCountySports.com!
The girls game will tip off at 6 p.m., the boys at approximately 8 p.m.
Join Andrew Smith, Chris Lambert and Greg Elkins for the call at 5:40 p.m. on HancockCountySports.com!
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Thursday wrap: G-C swimmers split, NP swimmers sweep
The Greenfield-Central swim teams split a Thursday-night meet with Pendleton Heights, as the G-C boys won 132-51, while the G-C girls fell 101.5-82.5.
On the boys side, Bailey Willoughby was a double-individual event winner for G-C, winning the 200 IM and 100 backstroke. Patrick Stutz, James Young and Austin Wilburn also won individual events.
In the girls meet, Carly Fernandes won the 200 IM and 500 freestyle, while Taylor Johnson won the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly.
The Cougars next compete Tuesday at home against Mt. Vernon.
New Palestine sweeps Delta
The New Palestine swim teams beat Delta Thursday night at home.
The Dragon girls won 111-75, while the boys beat the Eagles 93-83.
Winners for the girls were Megan Prosser in the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke, Olivia Ayer in the 50 freestyle, Claire Hornsby in the 100 butterfly, Katie Mustard in the 100 freestyle, Addison Virt in the 100 breaststroke and all three relay teams. Prosser, Virt, Hornsby and Ayer won the 200 medley relay; Emily Trimpe, Jordan Rogers, Karen Emminger and Ayer won the 200 free relay and Rogers, Mustard, Emminger and Trimpe won the 400 free relay.
Winners for the boys were Jake Greig in the 200 freestyle and 50 freestyle, Grant Gish in the 100 freestyle -- pacing a 1-2 finish with teammate Sam Baker -- and Jake Uppfalt in the 100 breaststroke. The Dragons also won the 200 free relay with Greig, Gish, Baker and Uppfalt, and the 400 free relay with Greig, Gish, Luke Steigerwalt and Baker.
"Both teams swam better tonight than in earlier meets," Maxwell said. "Their turns and finishes were much cleaner and more crisp.
"We're not where we need to be, especially early in our races, but we will use winter break for a big training boost to prepare for conference and sectional."
Other strong swims, according to coach Steve Maxwell, were Emily Bare in the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke and her relay splits, Tricia Roberson in the medley relay and 200 frestyle, Lily Horn in the free relay, 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly and the swims of Katie Mustard, Nerea Capon and Natalie Berea. On the boys side, Maxwell cited Kelley Murphy, Todd Horn and Seth Eagleson's medley relay splits, Christian Dodd's IM performance, and the performances of Parker Horn, Arik Bonnett and Will Mitchell.
"It's really good to see the underclassmen having good swims early in the season. We really need the depth having good second-through-fourth swimmers in each event. This depth of talent gives us a better chance of success in conference and sectional."
Basketball
Greenfield-Central and New Palestine's JV teams played each other in advance of Friday's varsity doubleheader, which can be heard LIVE on HancockCountySports.com.
G-C's girls beat the Dragons 29-15, led by Brooke Bell's eight points. NP won the boys game 42-17.
The action begins at 5:40 p.m. Friday with the Indiana Basketball Digest pregame show, and the tipoff of the girls game at 6 p.m. Join Andrew Smith, Chris Lambert and Greg Elkins for the action at HancockCountySports.com!
On the boys side, Bailey Willoughby was a double-individual event winner for G-C, winning the 200 IM and 100 backstroke. Patrick Stutz, James Young and Austin Wilburn also won individual events.
In the girls meet, Carly Fernandes won the 200 IM and 500 freestyle, while Taylor Johnson won the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly.
The Cougars next compete Tuesday at home against Mt. Vernon.
New Palestine sweeps Delta
The New Palestine swim teams beat Delta Thursday night at home.
The Dragon girls won 111-75, while the boys beat the Eagles 93-83.
Winners for the girls were Megan Prosser in the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke, Olivia Ayer in the 50 freestyle, Claire Hornsby in the 100 butterfly, Katie Mustard in the 100 freestyle, Addison Virt in the 100 breaststroke and all three relay teams. Prosser, Virt, Hornsby and Ayer won the 200 medley relay; Emily Trimpe, Jordan Rogers, Karen Emminger and Ayer won the 200 free relay and Rogers, Mustard, Emminger and Trimpe won the 400 free relay.
Winners for the boys were Jake Greig in the 200 freestyle and 50 freestyle, Grant Gish in the 100 freestyle -- pacing a 1-2 finish with teammate Sam Baker -- and Jake Uppfalt in the 100 breaststroke. The Dragons also won the 200 free relay with Greig, Gish, Baker and Uppfalt, and the 400 free relay with Greig, Gish, Luke Steigerwalt and Baker.
"Both teams swam better tonight than in earlier meets," Maxwell said. "Their turns and finishes were much cleaner and more crisp.
"We're not where we need to be, especially early in our races, but we will use winter break for a big training boost to prepare for conference and sectional."
Other strong swims, according to coach Steve Maxwell, were Emily Bare in the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke and her relay splits, Tricia Roberson in the medley relay and 200 frestyle, Lily Horn in the free relay, 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly and the swims of Katie Mustard, Nerea Capon and Natalie Berea. On the boys side, Maxwell cited Kelley Murphy, Todd Horn and Seth Eagleson's medley relay splits, Christian Dodd's IM performance, and the performances of Parker Horn, Arik Bonnett and Will Mitchell.
"It's really good to see the underclassmen having good swims early in the season. We really need the depth having good second-through-fourth swimmers in each event. This depth of talent gives us a better chance of success in conference and sectional."
Basketball
Greenfield-Central and New Palestine's JV teams played each other in advance of Friday's varsity doubleheader, which can be heard LIVE on HancockCountySports.com.
G-C's girls beat the Dragons 29-15, led by Brooke Bell's eight points. NP won the boys game 42-17.
The action begins at 5:40 p.m. Friday with the Indiana Basketball Digest pregame show, and the tipoff of the girls game at 6 p.m. Join Andrew Smith, Chris Lambert and Greg Elkins for the action at HancockCountySports.com!
Slight New Palestine schedule change
New Palestine High School is announcing a slight change on Saturday's girls
basketball game vs. Shelbyville.
The junior varsity game has been canceled. The varsity game will tip off at
7:30 p.m.
The game will be the Dragons' third annual "Pink Night" as the Dragons will
wear pink to support cancer research. The Dragons will hold a silent auction
with the funds going to support cancer patients in our community. The Dragons
will wear pink uniforms for the occasion, and a silent auction will be held in
the auxiliary gymnasium.
Prior to that, the Dragons' boys and girls teams will play a doubleheader
against Greenfield-Central, starting with the girls game at 6 p.m. Friday,
followed by the boys game. It will be the home opener for the defending
sectional champion Dragon boys team. Coaches from both teams will coach the game
barefoot to raise awareness for Samaritan's Feet, an organization dedicated to
providing shoes for the 300 million people worldwide who go without shoes every
day.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Weekend hoops
Tuesday night marked the only mid-week girls game of the week, but there's plenty of hoops on tap for the weekend.
Friday night
Greenfield-Central at New Palestine (B/G doubleheader), 6 p.m. The Dragon and Cougar girls have played some great games over the last few years, including an overtime thriller last season. Meanwhile, the Dragon and Cougar boys played an OT game a year ago for the county title, and this is a game where the Cougars often play a strong game against their rivals. Listen to the broadcast with Andrew Smith, Chris Lambert and Greg Elkins live on HancockCountySports.com starting at 5:40 p.m. Friday.
Mt. Vernon at Pendleton Heights, 7:30 p.m. The Marauders play another Hall of Fame Classic team and Div. I recruit as they see Kellen Dunham and the Arabians in a big early conference game. MV hung with 4A No. 2 Hamilton Southeastern for a half before the Royals pulled away. Dunham, a Butler recruit, has been putting up some huge scoring numbers.
Northeastern at Eastern Hancock, 7:30 p.m.: The Royals begin a double-weekend against a 2-2 Northeastern club that's a potential sectional foe. EH is coming off a 61-49 victory over Southwestern (Shelby) last week.
Saturday
Sheridan at Eastern Hancock, 7:30 p.m.: Sheridan is opening its season this weekend, so we'll see what the Blackhawks have this year. This is the first of back-to-back double-weekends for EH.
GIRLS: Yorktown at Mt. Vernon, 12:30 p.m.: The Marauders have a 2-0 HHC record, but will be bouncing back from a loss to Anderson on Tuesday night. Yorktown is 3-3, having won two straight games under first-year coach Lendon Schwartz. GIRLS: Shelbyville at New Palestine, 7:30 p.m.: The Dragons host their annual pink game for cancer research as they host the Golden Bears in a rematch of last year's sectional upset. It's also the back half of a big HHC weekend for the Dragons.
GIRLS: Chatard at Greenfield-Central, 7:30 p.m.: The Cougars host the second half of a back-to-back weekend against a 2-3 Trojan club led by Kevin Sweeney. G-C is now 4-3 and has won three straight games, and is playing well at the moment.
Upcoming broadcasts
We have three games in two nights next week and a full December schedule on HancockCountySports.com
Thursday 12/15: Mt. Vernon at New Palestine (GIRLS), 7:10 p.m.
Friday 12/16: Knightstown at Eastern Hancock (BOYS), 5:40 p.m.
Wednesday 12/21: New Palestine at Beech Grove (BOYS), 7:10 p.m.
Tuesday 12/27: County championship (BOYS/GIRLS), 5:40 p.m.
Thursday 12/29: Mt. Vernon in Hall of Fame Classic (GIRLS)
Friday night
Greenfield-Central at New Palestine (B/G doubleheader), 6 p.m. The Dragon and Cougar girls have played some great games over the last few years, including an overtime thriller last season. Meanwhile, the Dragon and Cougar boys played an OT game a year ago for the county title, and this is a game where the Cougars often play a strong game against their rivals. Listen to the broadcast with Andrew Smith, Chris Lambert and Greg Elkins live on HancockCountySports.com starting at 5:40 p.m. Friday.
Mt. Vernon at Pendleton Heights, 7:30 p.m. The Marauders play another Hall of Fame Classic team and Div. I recruit as they see Kellen Dunham and the Arabians in a big early conference game. MV hung with 4A No. 2 Hamilton Southeastern for a half before the Royals pulled away. Dunham, a Butler recruit, has been putting up some huge scoring numbers.
Northeastern at Eastern Hancock, 7:30 p.m.: The Royals begin a double-weekend against a 2-2 Northeastern club that's a potential sectional foe. EH is coming off a 61-49 victory over Southwestern (Shelby) last week.
Saturday
Sheridan at Eastern Hancock, 7:30 p.m.: Sheridan is opening its season this weekend, so we'll see what the Blackhawks have this year. This is the first of back-to-back double-weekends for EH.
GIRLS: Yorktown at Mt. Vernon, 12:30 p.m.: The Marauders have a 2-0 HHC record, but will be bouncing back from a loss to Anderson on Tuesday night. Yorktown is 3-3, having won two straight games under first-year coach Lendon Schwartz. GIRLS: Shelbyville at New Palestine, 7:30 p.m.: The Dragons host their annual pink game for cancer research as they host the Golden Bears in a rematch of last year's sectional upset. It's also the back half of a big HHC weekend for the Dragons.
GIRLS: Chatard at Greenfield-Central, 7:30 p.m.: The Cougars host the second half of a back-to-back weekend against a 2-3 Trojan club led by Kevin Sweeney. G-C is now 4-3 and has won three straight games, and is playing well at the moment.
Upcoming broadcasts
We have three games in two nights next week and a full December schedule on HancockCountySports.com
Thursday 12/15: Mt. Vernon at New Palestine (GIRLS), 7:10 p.m.
Friday 12/16: Knightstown at Eastern Hancock (BOYS), 5:40 p.m.
Wednesday 12/21: New Palestine at Beech Grove (BOYS), 7:10 p.m.
Tuesday 12/27: County championship (BOYS/GIRLS), 5:40 p.m.
Thursday 12/29: Mt. Vernon in Hall of Fame Classic (GIRLS)
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Tuesday wrap: Marauders fall to Anderson
Mt. Vernon ran into one of the state's highest-scoring teams in the Anderson Indians Tuesday evening.
The Marauders saw why. MV fell to the Indians 72-61, as Anderson scored 46 second-half points, including a 24-12 third-quarter run that gave the Indians a 50-41 edge going into the final eight minutes.
MV battled foul trouble for much of the second half, as well.
Ranked No. 1 in Class 3A, the Marauders are now 5-2. They will next play Saturday at home against Yorktown.
Swimming
The New Palestine swim teams continued a busy stretch of six meets in 13 days with a pair of three-way victories Tuesday at Beech Grove.
The Dragon girls scored 175 points to beat Beech Grove (50) and Tech (45). The Dragon boys outdistanced BG 147-135. Tech scored 34.
Winners for the Dragon girls included Emily Trimpe in the 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke, swimming season-best times in each event, Erin Trimpe in the 200 IM and 500 freestyle, Karen Emminger in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly, Hannah Ayer in diving, Jordan Rogers in the 100 freestyle, Megan Prosser in the 100 backstroke with a season-best time, the 200 medley relay of Prosser, Addison Virt, Lily Horn and Olivia Ayer, the 200 freestyle relay of Emily Trimpe, Rogers, Emminger and Olivia Ayer, and the 400 freestyle relay of Rogers, Katie Mustard, Emminger and Emily Trimpe.
In the boys race, several swimmers swam "off" events and led victories. The Dragons got victories from Grant Gish in the 200 freestyle, Sam Baker in the 200 IM and 500 freestyle, Jake Greig in the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle with season-best times, Zach Nagel in diving, Luke Steigerwalt in the 100 backstroke, the 200 free relay of Greig, Gish, Baker and Jake Uppfalt and the 400 free relay of Greig, Gish, Steigerwalt and Baker.
Coming up
Listen to HancockCountySports.com Friday night for a basketball doubleheader: Greenfield-Central at New Palestine. Join Chris Lambert, Andrew Smith and Greg Elkins for the action beginning at 5:40 p.m. with the play-by-play of the girls game, with the boys to follow.
Next week, join us on Thursday, Dec. 15 for Mt. Vernon at New Palestine girls basketball, then on Friday, Dec. 16 for Knightstown at Eastern Hancock boys/girls basketball, all on HancockCountySports.com!
The Marauders saw why. MV fell to the Indians 72-61, as Anderson scored 46 second-half points, including a 24-12 third-quarter run that gave the Indians a 50-41 edge going into the final eight minutes.
MV battled foul trouble for much of the second half, as well.
Ranked No. 1 in Class 3A, the Marauders are now 5-2. They will next play Saturday at home against Yorktown.
Swimming
The New Palestine swim teams continued a busy stretch of six meets in 13 days with a pair of three-way victories Tuesday at Beech Grove.
The Dragon girls scored 175 points to beat Beech Grove (50) and Tech (45). The Dragon boys outdistanced BG 147-135. Tech scored 34.
Winners for the Dragon girls included Emily Trimpe in the 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke, swimming season-best times in each event, Erin Trimpe in the 200 IM and 500 freestyle, Karen Emminger in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly, Hannah Ayer in diving, Jordan Rogers in the 100 freestyle, Megan Prosser in the 100 backstroke with a season-best time, the 200 medley relay of Prosser, Addison Virt, Lily Horn and Olivia Ayer, the 200 freestyle relay of Emily Trimpe, Rogers, Emminger and Olivia Ayer, and the 400 freestyle relay of Rogers, Katie Mustard, Emminger and Emily Trimpe.
In the boys race, several swimmers swam "off" events and led victories. The Dragons got victories from Grant Gish in the 200 freestyle, Sam Baker in the 200 IM and 500 freestyle, Jake Greig in the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle with season-best times, Zach Nagel in diving, Luke Steigerwalt in the 100 backstroke, the 200 free relay of Greig, Gish, Baker and Jake Uppfalt and the 400 free relay of Greig, Gish, Steigerwalt and Baker.
Coming up
Listen to HancockCountySports.com Friday night for a basketball doubleheader: Greenfield-Central at New Palestine. Join Chris Lambert, Andrew Smith and Greg Elkins for the action beginning at 5:40 p.m. with the play-by-play of the girls game, with the boys to follow.
Next week, join us on Thursday, Dec. 15 for Mt. Vernon at New Palestine girls basketball, then on Friday, Dec. 16 for Knightstown at Eastern Hancock boys/girls basketball, all on HancockCountySports.com!
Three Dragons named IFCA All-State
Three members of New Palestine's HHC champion football team were
named to the Indiana Football Coaches Association All-State team this
week.
Quarterback Connor Simmons and WR/DBs Brandon Collins and Josh Penley were named to the IFCA Class 4A team. Collins was named to the team as a wide receiver, Penley as a defensive back.
For Collins and Penley, it's their second All-State selection and makes them consensus All-State picks. Both were also selected to the Associated Press All-State team, as selected by the state media, last week. The IFCA team is selected by the coaches. Greenfield-Central's Matt Dickerson was also selected to the AP All-State team last week.
Collins set the New Palestine single-season and career receptions record this season with 60 catches, 923 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns. His 923 yards comprise the biggest season ever by a New Palestine receiver, and his 60 season catches and 76 career catches are both school records. Collins is also second on New Palestine's career receiving yardage list behind 1993 graduate Jay Ehle with 1,141 career yards.
He also had six interceptions, an interception return for a touchdown and two fumble recoveries as a defensive back. On offense, Penley had 883 receiving yards and 17 receiving touchdowns this season, setting the school touchdown receptions record with 17 for the season and 20 for his career.
Simmons also rewrote the New Palestine football record book, completing 174 passes for for 2,795 yards and 35 touchdowns this year. He broke the New Palestine single-season and career records for completions, passing yards and passing touchdowns, all of which had previously been held by either Mark Shepler since 1987 or Matt Rodgers since 1993. He holds the career records for passing yards (3,289), completions (212) and passing touchdowns (39). He completed 64 percent of his passes this season and ranked among the state leaders in passing yards and touchdowns this season. He also twice broke the single-game passing touchdowns record with five TD passes.
Together, they helped lead the Dragons to a 10-1 record, a second straight Hoosier Heritage Conference championship, an HHC-record 20-game winning streak in conference games, the No. 1 ranking in the AP Class 4A poll at the end of the season and the school's first unbeaten regular season since 1988.
Quarterback Connor Simmons and WR/DBs Brandon Collins and Josh Penley were named to the IFCA Class 4A team. Collins was named to the team as a wide receiver, Penley as a defensive back.
For Collins and Penley, it's their second All-State selection and makes them consensus All-State picks. Both were also selected to the Associated Press All-State team, as selected by the state media, last week. The IFCA team is selected by the coaches. Greenfield-Central's Matt Dickerson was also selected to the AP All-State team last week.
Collins set the New Palestine single-season and career receptions record this season with 60 catches, 923 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns. His 923 yards comprise the biggest season ever by a New Palestine receiver, and his 60 season catches and 76 career catches are both school records. Collins is also second on New Palestine's career receiving yardage list behind 1993 graduate Jay Ehle with 1,141 career yards.
He also had six interceptions, an interception return for a touchdown and two fumble recoveries as a defensive back. On offense, Penley had 883 receiving yards and 17 receiving touchdowns this season, setting the school touchdown receptions record with 17 for the season and 20 for his career.
Simmons also rewrote the New Palestine football record book, completing 174 passes for for 2,795 yards and 35 touchdowns this year. He broke the New Palestine single-season and career records for completions, passing yards and passing touchdowns, all of which had previously been held by either Mark Shepler since 1987 or Matt Rodgers since 1993. He holds the career records for passing yards (3,289), completions (212) and passing touchdowns (39). He completed 64 percent of his passes this season and ranked among the state leaders in passing yards and touchdowns this season. He also twice broke the single-game passing touchdowns record with five TD passes.
Together, they helped lead the Dragons to a 10-1 record, a second straight Hoosier Heritage Conference championship, an HHC-record 20-game winning streak in conference games, the No. 1 ranking in the AP Class 4A poll at the end of the season and the school's first unbeaten regular season since 1988.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Saturday wrap: Lots o' hoops
Lots of basketball today: seven of the eight Hancock County basketball teams in action today, and six came away successful, including Hoosier Heritage Conference victories for the G-C, NP and MV girls and the NP boys. Eastern Hancock had a sweep of the day, too.
First, let's look at the evening boys games:
New Palestine 63, Rushville 51: The Dragons get a big victory in one of the HHC's toughest road venues. NP jumped ahead 20-3 after a quarter and never trailed from there, leading 34-21 at half and 51-40 after three.
Michael Morris scored 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting for the Dragons and added eight rebounds. Reid Clark had a double-double with 10 points and 12 boards. Josh Penley had 14 points, four rebounds and three assists. Justin Ikerd added nine points. Brandon Collins grabbed seven rebounds for the Dragons.
NP is now 2-1 on the season and 1-0 in the Hoosier Heritage Conference. The Dragons next play Friday against Greenfield-Central in the second half of a boy/girl doubleheader. Our LIVE HancockCountySports.com broadcast will begin at 5:40 p.m.
Eastern Hancock 61, Southwestern (Shelby) 49: The Royals won their second straight game with a road victory against the Spartans -- a team in EH's future conference, the Mid-Hoosier. Now 2-1, the Royals will next play at home Friday against Northeastern.
Southport 55, Greenfield-Central 29: The Cardinals, led by ex-Cougar Wes Peek, won in Cougar Gymnasium. Mason Irbe and Travis Dougherty each scored seven points to lead G-C. Zach Batton added five. Listen to the Cougar boys and girls next Friday at New Palestine, live on HancockCountySports.com!
Mt. Vernon was idle and will next play Friday at Pendleton Heights.
The four girls teams were all perfect
Mt. Vernon 44, Pendleton Heights 39: In the game we broadcast on HancockCountySports.com, the Marauders won a nip-and-tuck battle to improve to 5-1 on the season and 2-0 in HHC play.
Jessica Brown scored 18 points and Makenzi Reasor added 13 points to lead the Marauders. Kenzie Gustin had 21 for PH.
MV's next game will be Tuesday against Anderson.
Greenfield-Central 58, Rushville 54: The Cougars won their fourth straight game with a big road victory at Rushville. G-C outscored the Lions 16-6 in the third quarter to take a 44-36 lead heading into the fourth quarter. Senior LaRae Cruz scored 17 points to lead G-C. Shelby Oldham added 15 points and Sara Jones scored nine.
The Cougars are now 4-3 on the season and 2-1 in HHC play. They will meet New Palestine at 6 p.m. Friday. Listen to the broadcast on HancockCountySports.com.
New Palestine 60, Delta 48: The Dragons dominated the glass to win their HHC opener against a previously-unbeaten Eagles team. NP outrebounded Delta 55-21 and grabbed 28 offensive rebounds in the victory.
Bethany Murrell scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Dragons with a double-double. Lauren Tieman had 12 rebounds and Abby Seifert 11 boards. Emily Curry added nine of her 11 points in the first half.
NP held a hot-shooting Delta team that had been averaging 70 points per game to below 40 percent shooting on the day.
The Dragons are now 2-4 and 1-0 in HHC play. They will host Greenfield-Central at 6 p.m. Friday. Listen to the broadcast on HancockCountySports.com.
Eastern Hancock 48, Union County 44: The Royals improved to 5-1 on the season with the close victory. EH led 25-21 at half, saw Union County close it to 37-36 at the end of three before EH pulled away.
Kristen Eischen led the Royals with 21 points, nine rebounds, two blocked shots and four steals. Alora Marshall had eight points and seven boards. Hannah Boaz hit a couple of big shots down the stretch to score seven. Kaytlin Eastes added six points.
EH next plays Tuesday at Lapel.
Wrestling
Dragons go 4-1 at New Castle 6-way: New Palestine went 4-1 at the New Castle 6-way, with only a narrow loss to Pendleton Heights a blemish on the perfect record. NP is now 10-1 on the season. Included in the Dragons' victories were wins over perennial powers New Castle and Bellmont.
First, let's look at the evening boys games:
New Palestine 63, Rushville 51: The Dragons get a big victory in one of the HHC's toughest road venues. NP jumped ahead 20-3 after a quarter and never trailed from there, leading 34-21 at half and 51-40 after three.
Michael Morris scored 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting for the Dragons and added eight rebounds. Reid Clark had a double-double with 10 points and 12 boards. Josh Penley had 14 points, four rebounds and three assists. Justin Ikerd added nine points. Brandon Collins grabbed seven rebounds for the Dragons.
NP is now 2-1 on the season and 1-0 in the Hoosier Heritage Conference. The Dragons next play Friday against Greenfield-Central in the second half of a boy/girl doubleheader. Our LIVE HancockCountySports.com broadcast will begin at 5:40 p.m.
Eastern Hancock 61, Southwestern (Shelby) 49: The Royals won their second straight game with a road victory against the Spartans -- a team in EH's future conference, the Mid-Hoosier. Now 2-1, the Royals will next play at home Friday against Northeastern.
Southport 55, Greenfield-Central 29: The Cardinals, led by ex-Cougar Wes Peek, won in Cougar Gymnasium. Mason Irbe and Travis Dougherty each scored seven points to lead G-C. Zach Batton added five. Listen to the Cougar boys and girls next Friday at New Palestine, live on HancockCountySports.com!
Mt. Vernon was idle and will next play Friday at Pendleton Heights.
The four girls teams were all perfect
Mt. Vernon 44, Pendleton Heights 39: In the game we broadcast on HancockCountySports.com, the Marauders won a nip-and-tuck battle to improve to 5-1 on the season and 2-0 in HHC play.
Jessica Brown scored 18 points and Makenzi Reasor added 13 points to lead the Marauders. Kenzie Gustin had 21 for PH.
MV's next game will be Tuesday against Anderson.
Greenfield-Central 58, Rushville 54: The Cougars won their fourth straight game with a big road victory at Rushville. G-C outscored the Lions 16-6 in the third quarter to take a 44-36 lead heading into the fourth quarter. Senior LaRae Cruz scored 17 points to lead G-C. Shelby Oldham added 15 points and Sara Jones scored nine.
The Cougars are now 4-3 on the season and 2-1 in HHC play. They will meet New Palestine at 6 p.m. Friday. Listen to the broadcast on HancockCountySports.com.
New Palestine 60, Delta 48: The Dragons dominated the glass to win their HHC opener against a previously-unbeaten Eagles team. NP outrebounded Delta 55-21 and grabbed 28 offensive rebounds in the victory.
Bethany Murrell scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Dragons with a double-double. Lauren Tieman had 12 rebounds and Abby Seifert 11 boards. Emily Curry added nine of her 11 points in the first half.
NP held a hot-shooting Delta team that had been averaging 70 points per game to below 40 percent shooting on the day.
The Dragons are now 2-4 and 1-0 in HHC play. They will host Greenfield-Central at 6 p.m. Friday. Listen to the broadcast on HancockCountySports.com.
Eastern Hancock 48, Union County 44: The Royals improved to 5-1 on the season with the close victory. EH led 25-21 at half, saw Union County close it to 37-36 at the end of three before EH pulled away.
Kristen Eischen led the Royals with 21 points, nine rebounds, two blocked shots and four steals. Alora Marshall had eight points and seven boards. Hannah Boaz hit a couple of big shots down the stretch to score seven. Kaytlin Eastes added six points.
EH next plays Tuesday at Lapel.
Wrestling
Dragons go 4-1 at New Castle 6-way: New Palestine went 4-1 at the New Castle 6-way, with only a narrow loss to Pendleton Heights a blemish on the perfect record. NP is now 10-1 on the season. Included in the Dragons' victories were wins over perennial powers New Castle and Bellmont.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Friday wrap: Marauders, Cougars fall at home
Mt. Vernon and Greenfield-Central both fell at home to strong programs Friday night, seeing some outstanding individual performances.
In the game we broadcast, 4A No. 2 Hamilton Southeastern pulled away to beat Mt. Vernon 67-39 in a game that was pretty close for a half. HSE's Zak Irvin led a blistering start in which the Royals scored 23 first-quarter points and built a double-digit lead, but MV's C.J. Coleman scored eight in the second quarter and closed the Royals' lead to 28-22 before HSE scored the quarter's final six points.
But that's where Gary Harris, one of the top players in the nation, stepped in. He scored nine of his 17 points in the third quarter -- including a personal seven-point run that included a dunk, a jumper, a steal and a 3-pointer that quickly built the Royals' lead to 44-26. HSE would use a relentless defense to extend it from there.
The Royals are strong and deep, putting together an attack with four double-figure scorers for the second straight game. Harris, who will be playing for Michigan State next year, scored 17. Irvin -- a 6-7 junior guard headed to Michigan -- had a game-high 18. Guard Jacobby Bledsoe scored 14 points, including four 3-pointers. HSE's Paul Furlin also hit double-figures.
Coleman led MV with 15 points. Stephen Turner scored 13 for the Marauders, including eight in the first quarter.
MV next plays next Friday against Pendleton Heights on the road. MV is now 2-1 on the year.
Meanwhile, Greenfield-Central fell to New Castle 62-35. The Cougars did put forth their highest point total of the year in the loss, which dropped them to 0-4.
Mason Irbe led G-C with 9 points, with Grant Wolfe scoring 8. Austin Goolsby scored 16 points and Kendall Ryan 14 for the Trojans.
Three games are on the boys docket Saturday, all at 7:30
Eastern Hancock at Southwestern (Shelby)
New Palestine at Rushville
Southport at Greenfield-Central
In girls action, all four teams will be in action for Saturday afternoon games -- EH (vs. Union County), NP (vs. Delta) and MV (vs. PH) will be at home, while G-C will travel to Rushville. Join our crew for the Mt. Vernon vs. Pendleton Heights game, with the broadcast at 2:10 p.m. Listen LIVE on HancockCountySports.com!
Next week, join us at approximately 5:40 p.m. Friday for girls and boys basketball, as the New Palestine Dragons host the Greenfield-Central Cougars in a doubleheader -- the first of back-to-back Friday doubleheaders. The following week, we'll have MV at NP girls on Dec. 15, then EH vs. Knightstown boys and girls on Dec. 16.
In the game we broadcast, 4A No. 2 Hamilton Southeastern pulled away to beat Mt. Vernon 67-39 in a game that was pretty close for a half. HSE's Zak Irvin led a blistering start in which the Royals scored 23 first-quarter points and built a double-digit lead, but MV's C.J. Coleman scored eight in the second quarter and closed the Royals' lead to 28-22 before HSE scored the quarter's final six points.
But that's where Gary Harris, one of the top players in the nation, stepped in. He scored nine of his 17 points in the third quarter -- including a personal seven-point run that included a dunk, a jumper, a steal and a 3-pointer that quickly built the Royals' lead to 44-26. HSE would use a relentless defense to extend it from there.
The Royals are strong and deep, putting together an attack with four double-figure scorers for the second straight game. Harris, who will be playing for Michigan State next year, scored 17. Irvin -- a 6-7 junior guard headed to Michigan -- had a game-high 18. Guard Jacobby Bledsoe scored 14 points, including four 3-pointers. HSE's Paul Furlin also hit double-figures.
Coleman led MV with 15 points. Stephen Turner scored 13 for the Marauders, including eight in the first quarter.
MV next plays next Friday against Pendleton Heights on the road. MV is now 2-1 on the year.
Meanwhile, Greenfield-Central fell to New Castle 62-35. The Cougars did put forth their highest point total of the year in the loss, which dropped them to 0-4.
Mason Irbe led G-C with 9 points, with Grant Wolfe scoring 8. Austin Goolsby scored 16 points and Kendall Ryan 14 for the Trojans.
Three games are on the boys docket Saturday, all at 7:30
Eastern Hancock at Southwestern (Shelby)
New Palestine at Rushville
Southport at Greenfield-Central
In girls action, all four teams will be in action for Saturday afternoon games -- EH (vs. Union County), NP (vs. Delta) and MV (vs. PH) will be at home, while G-C will travel to Rushville. Join our crew for the Mt. Vernon vs. Pendleton Heights game, with the broadcast at 2:10 p.m. Listen LIVE on HancockCountySports.com!
Next week, join us at approximately 5:40 p.m. Friday for girls and boys basketball, as the New Palestine Dragons host the Greenfield-Central Cougars in a doubleheader -- the first of back-to-back Friday doubleheaders. The following week, we'll have MV at NP girls on Dec. 15, then EH vs. Knightstown boys and girls on Dec. 16.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
A basketball weekend
We have a big hoops weekend coming up on HancockCountySports.com.
Friday night, two of the four county basketball teams are in action. Join Andrew Smith and Chris Lambert for the call as the 2-0 Mt. Vernon Marauders take on the 1-0 Hamilton Southeastern Royals. HSE is ranked No. 2 in Class 4A, the Marauders are just outside the top 10 in Class 3A's AP poll. Michigan State recruit Gary Harris will be in the house and we're looking forward to a great game.
Airtime is 7:10 p.m. on HancockCountySports.com!
Also Friday, Greenfield-Central (0-3) will host New Castle (2-0) with a 7:30 tipoff.
On Saturday, all four girls teams will be in action during the day. Join Chris Lambert and Greg Elkins for the call as 3A No. 1 Mt. Vernon puts its 4-1 mark on the line against Pendleton Heights, a team receiving votes in the 4A poll and is also 4-1. The broadcast begins at 2:10 p.m. on HancockCountySports.com.
Other games going on Saturday afternoon: Delta at New Palestine; Greenfield-Central at Rushville and Union County at Eastern Hancock.
Saturday night, three of the four boys teams are in action. Eastern Hancock (1-1) will travel to Southwestern (Shelby), Greenfield-Central will host Southport -- a team coached by former Cougar Wes Peek -- and New Palestine (1-1) will head to Rushville to open conference play.
Next Friday, join us for a doubleheader: Greenfield-Central at New Palestine, 6 p.m. airtime on HancockCountySports.com!
Friday night, two of the four county basketball teams are in action. Join Andrew Smith and Chris Lambert for the call as the 2-0 Mt. Vernon Marauders take on the 1-0 Hamilton Southeastern Royals. HSE is ranked No. 2 in Class 4A, the Marauders are just outside the top 10 in Class 3A's AP poll. Michigan State recruit Gary Harris will be in the house and we're looking forward to a great game.
Airtime is 7:10 p.m. on HancockCountySports.com!
Also Friday, Greenfield-Central (0-3) will host New Castle (2-0) with a 7:30 tipoff.
On Saturday, all four girls teams will be in action during the day. Join Chris Lambert and Greg Elkins for the call as 3A No. 1 Mt. Vernon puts its 4-1 mark on the line against Pendleton Heights, a team receiving votes in the 4A poll and is also 4-1. The broadcast begins at 2:10 p.m. on HancockCountySports.com.
Other games going on Saturday afternoon: Delta at New Palestine; Greenfield-Central at Rushville and Union County at Eastern Hancock.
Saturday night, three of the four boys teams are in action. Eastern Hancock (1-1) will travel to Southwestern (Shelby), Greenfield-Central will host Southport -- a team coached by former Cougar Wes Peek -- and New Palestine (1-1) will head to Rushville to open conference play.
Next Friday, join us for a doubleheader: Greenfield-Central at New Palestine, 6 p.m. airtime on HancockCountySports.com!
Thursday wrap: Dragon, Cougar wrestlers win
The New Palestine wrestling team was letter-perfect in an 84-0 victory over Whiteland.
Besides the two forfeits, every one of the 12 matches the Dragons
wrestled was won by fall, and none extended into the third period.
The fastest fall came in the evening's third match, as senior Connor Robinson recorded a pin in 22 seconds at 160. Rylan McCarty had a 27-second fall at 113, Jack Buchanan had a 33-second pin at 220 and Logan Hunt a 36-second fall at 145. Nick Ulrey (152) had the other first-period fall, in 52 seconds.
Other Dragon winners were Taylor Fee (120), Gordon Wagner (126), Max Ingle (132), Robbie Elsea (138), Brian Wagner (170), Cameron Denney (195) and Willie Bryan (285). Billy Emmons (106) and Noah Grable (182) both received forfeits.
The Dragons are now 6-0 heading into Saturday's New Castle 6-way.
The Dragon JV also won 24-12.
Greenfield-Central 43, Franklin Central 21: The Cougars remained unbeaten with a road victory. G-C is now 7-0 on the season.
The big victory came at 132, where the Cougars' Cody Cecil won a 6-3 decision against the state's seventh-ranked wrestler in his weight class. Other winners for G-C were Dustin Mayhugh (145), Dezmen McGinley (170), Ian Early (195) and Tyler Beeson (285), all by fall. Josh Farrell won a 17-6 major decision at 138. Other winners by decision were Taylor Wright (106), Sam Locke (126), Austin Rose (152) and Austin Gearlds (220).
The Cougars next wrestle Dec. 10 at the Perry Meridian duals.
G-C won the JV match 76-22.
Swimming
Greenfield-Central sweeps New Castle:The Cougar swim teams had a good night in a double-victory over New Castle at home.
G-C's boys won 109-76. Cougar winners were Erik Kile in the 200 freestyle, Patrick Stutz in the 200 IM, Nathan Graber in diving and the 200 free relay of McCormick, Wilburn, Young and Kile.
G-C's girls posted a 93-92 victory. Carly Fernandes and Taylor Johnson were triple-winners. Fernandes won the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke, Johnson the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly. They also won the 200 medley relay (Fernandes, Weldon, Johnson, Smith). Jeneal Hunt won diving.
The Cougars next compete Nov. 8 against Pendleton Heights.
New Palestine splits with Yorktown: The Dragon boys beat Yorktown 106-72 in their season opener. The NPHS girls fell 103-83.
On the boys side, senior Jake Greig was as four-event winner, taking the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle and joining sophomore Grant Gish, senior Sam Baker and senior Klay Simmons on the 200 and 400 free relays.
Gish also won the 100 backstroke. Simmons won the 200 freestyle. Baker took the 200 IM. Other winners for the Dragons were junior Luke Steigerwalt (100 butterfly) and senior Jake Uppfalt (100 breaststroke).
On the girls side, junior Emily Trimpe won the 50 freestyle and freshman Erin Trimpe won the 500 freestyle. The 200 free relay of Emily Trimpe and seniors Jordan Rogers, Karen Emminger and Olivia Ayer also were winners.
NP coach Steve Maxwell also cited the performances of Todd Horn on the anchor leg of the 200 medley relay, which finished second, and his fourth-place finish in the 50 free, as the Dragons went 1-2-4 in that event. He said Erin Trimpe in the 500 free, Christian Dodd in the anchor of the boys 200 free relay that finished second and sealed a 1-2 finishin that event, and his fifth-place finish in the 100 breaststroke, and the swim of Rebecca Digney in the 100 butterfly. Maxwell noted the team has been training hard and will be training throughout the next several meets to prepare for "championship season" in January.
"It's a good win for the boys," Maxwell said. "Yorktown is always tough."
The fastest fall came in the evening's third match, as senior Connor Robinson recorded a pin in 22 seconds at 160. Rylan McCarty had a 27-second fall at 113, Jack Buchanan had a 33-second pin at 220 and Logan Hunt a 36-second fall at 145. Nick Ulrey (152) had the other first-period fall, in 52 seconds.
Other Dragon winners were Taylor Fee (120), Gordon Wagner (126), Max Ingle (132), Robbie Elsea (138), Brian Wagner (170), Cameron Denney (195) and Willie Bryan (285). Billy Emmons (106) and Noah Grable (182) both received forfeits.
The Dragons are now 6-0 heading into Saturday's New Castle 6-way.
The Dragon JV also won 24-12.
Greenfield-Central 43, Franklin Central 21: The Cougars remained unbeaten with a road victory. G-C is now 7-0 on the season.
The big victory came at 132, where the Cougars' Cody Cecil won a 6-3 decision against the state's seventh-ranked wrestler in his weight class. Other winners for G-C were Dustin Mayhugh (145), Dezmen McGinley (170), Ian Early (195) and Tyler Beeson (285), all by fall. Josh Farrell won a 17-6 major decision at 138. Other winners by decision were Taylor Wright (106), Sam Locke (126), Austin Rose (152) and Austin Gearlds (220).
The Cougars next wrestle Dec. 10 at the Perry Meridian duals.
G-C won the JV match 76-22.
Swimming
Greenfield-Central sweeps New Castle:The Cougar swim teams had a good night in a double-victory over New Castle at home.
G-C's boys won 109-76. Cougar winners were Erik Kile in the 200 freestyle, Patrick Stutz in the 200 IM, Nathan Graber in diving and the 200 free relay of McCormick, Wilburn, Young and Kile.
G-C's girls posted a 93-92 victory. Carly Fernandes and Taylor Johnson were triple-winners. Fernandes won the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke, Johnson the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly. They also won the 200 medley relay (Fernandes, Weldon, Johnson, Smith). Jeneal Hunt won diving.
The Cougars next compete Nov. 8 against Pendleton Heights.
New Palestine splits with Yorktown: The Dragon boys beat Yorktown 106-72 in their season opener. The NPHS girls fell 103-83.
On the boys side, senior Jake Greig was as four-event winner, taking the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle and joining sophomore Grant Gish, senior Sam Baker and senior Klay Simmons on the 200 and 400 free relays.
Gish also won the 100 backstroke. Simmons won the 200 freestyle. Baker took the 200 IM. Other winners for the Dragons were junior Luke Steigerwalt (100 butterfly) and senior Jake Uppfalt (100 breaststroke).
On the girls side, junior Emily Trimpe won the 50 freestyle and freshman Erin Trimpe won the 500 freestyle. The 200 free relay of Emily Trimpe and seniors Jordan Rogers, Karen Emminger and Olivia Ayer also were winners.
NP coach Steve Maxwell also cited the performances of Todd Horn on the anchor leg of the 200 medley relay, which finished second, and his fourth-place finish in the 50 free, as the Dragons went 1-2-4 in that event. He said Erin Trimpe in the 500 free, Christian Dodd in the anchor of the boys 200 free relay that finished second and sealed a 1-2 finishin that event, and his fifth-place finish in the 100 breaststroke, and the swim of Rebecca Digney in the 100 butterfly. Maxwell noted the team has been training hard and will be training throughout the next several meets to prepare for "championship season" in January.
"It's a good win for the boys," Maxwell said. "Yorktown is always tough."
Penley, Collins Dickerson make All-State teams
New Palestine WR/DB Josh Penley and Greenfield-Central RB/DB Matt Dickerson were announced as a member of the Associated
Press Class 4A All-State team, both as defensive backs.In addition, New Palestine WR Brandon Collins was an All-State wide receiver.
Penley had a tremendous senior year, with 883 receiving yards and 17 receiving touchdowns this season. He also had six interceptions, an interception return for a touchdown and two fumble recoveries as a defensive back, helping lead the Dragons to a 10-1 record, a second straight Hoosier Heritage Conference championship and the No. 1 ranking in the Class 4A poll at the end of the season. He is the Dragons' all-time receiving touchdowns leader. Penley was also named honorable mention at WR.
Collins also had a big senior year, with 60 catches, 923 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns. He set New Palestine's single-season and career receptions records and the single-season receiving yards record.
Dickerson had four blocked kicks, five interceptions -- three of which he returned for touchdowns. He also had three kick returns for TDs. On offense, Dickerson accounted for 547 yards of total offense and four touchdowns.
Also, four other Dragons, two Royals and one Cougar were named as honorable mention All-State players:
For NP:
Penley had a tremendous senior year, with 883 receiving yards and 17 receiving touchdowns this season. He also had six interceptions, an interception return for a touchdown and two fumble recoveries as a defensive back, helping lead the Dragons to a 10-1 record, a second straight Hoosier Heritage Conference championship and the No. 1 ranking in the Class 4A poll at the end of the season. He is the Dragons' all-time receiving touchdowns leader. Penley was also named honorable mention at WR.
Collins also had a big senior year, with 60 catches, 923 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns. He set New Palestine's single-season and career receptions records and the single-season receiving yards record.
Dickerson had four blocked kicks, five interceptions -- three of which he returned for touchdowns. He also had three kick returns for TDs. On offense, Dickerson accounted for 547 yards of total offense and four touchdowns.
Also, four other Dragons, two Royals and one Cougar were named as honorable mention All-State players:
For NP:
- QB Connor Simmons: 2,795 yards passing, 35 TDs. Set all NPHS single-season and career passing records.
- OL Mitch Disman: Offense produced 4,352 yards of total offense and scored 57 TDs
- DL Chris Wolf: 5 sacks, 6.5 TFL on defense that produced three shutouts this season.
- LB Brandon Wiggins: 105 tackles, 1 sack, 6 TFL. Leading tackler on defense.
- K Austin Frazier: 9-13 FG, 27-29 PATs, long 37.
- RB Spencer Gilbert: 1,007 yards rushing, 9 TDs; 1,182 yards from scrimmage, 10 TDs.
- DB Dalton Korlowicz: 94 tackles, 4 TFL, 2 forced fumbles
EH girls fall to Frankton
Eastern Hancock's girls fell 56-43 to Frankton on the road Wednesday, dropping the Royals' record to 4-1.
Alora Marshall had 14 points and six rebounds for the Royals. Peyton Neisler added 12 points. Kristen Eischen had seven rebounds and Lana Marshall added six.
The Royals return home Saturday for a 1:30 contest against Union County.
Alora Marshall had 14 points and six rebounds for the Royals. Peyton Neisler added 12 points. Kristen Eischen had seven rebounds and Lana Marshall added six.
The Royals return home Saturday for a 1:30 contest against Union County.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
SW: Cougars swim well at Noblesville
Greenfield-Central's boys swim team fell to Noblesville 98-88 Tuesday night. G-C's boys swam well against one of the top teams in the state, with the team score lead changing hands several times.
Cougar winners were Jon McCormick (200 IM), Austin Wilburn (50 freestyle), James Young (100 butterfly) and the 200 free relay of Stutz, Young, Cummings and Dickerson -- leading a 1-2 finish.
The G-C girls fell 139-44 to Noblesville. Carly Fernandes led G-C with a victory in the 100 backstroke.
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