Saturday wrap

Just two Hancock County basketball teams were in action today before things really heat up next week, and the two Mt. Vernon basketball teams split the two games.

In the afternoon, the MV girls beat Noblesville 58-46. Center Makenzi Reasor had 22 points, including 12 in the first quarter to stake MV to an early 18-14 lead. Junior guard Rachel Houck added 19 points for the second-ranked Marauders, who are now 13-3 on the year. You can listen to the archived broadcast here.

C.J. Coleman sparked the MV boys early against New Castle, but the host Trojans pulled away in the third and won 64-49. New Castle outscored MV 25-11 in the third to take the lead. MV is now 6-4 heading into next week's double-weekend -- home vs. Rushville Friday, at Howe Saturday.

Wrestling
Dragons 2nd, Marauders 8th at NP Invitational: New Palestine's wrestling team placed second to Roncalli, while Mt. Vernon was eighth at the New Palestine Invitational.

NP totaled 241 points, finishing behind Roncalli (266.5). Martinsville (191) was third and East Central (169) fourth. Columbia City (105), Beech Grove (94), Rushville (84) at Mt. Vernon (63) took the other places.

NP had four champions. Tommy Cash (106) won with a fall and a 10-1 decision over Roncalli's Vance Ellis in the title match. Gordon Wagner (126) also won with two falls and then a 12-4 major decision over Roncalli's Ryan Hammer in the title match. Robbie Elsea (138) defeated MV's C.J. Eastman in the title match 8-2. Nick Ulrey (145) also won, defeating Martinsville's Levi Hess 5-3 in the final match after winning two matches by fall.

Taylor Fee (113), Brian Wagner (170) and Cameron Denney (195) all placed second for NP. Rylan McCarty (120) and Connor Robinson (160) finished third.

Eastman was MV's highest-placing wrestler. The Marauders' Ryan Barker (145) placed third.

The two teams will compete again Saturday at the HHC meet at Pendleton Heights.

Cougars 2nd at North Central Invitational: The Greenfield-Central wrestling team went 4-1 at the North Central Invitational, with a huge 31-26 victory over No. 8 Hamilton Southeastern in the day's fourth match.

The Cougars also beat Southmont 53-9, North Central 59-9 and Westfield 45-21. G-C's loss was to No. 5 Cathedral 40-21.


The Cougars' next match will be the HHC meet next Saturday at Pendleton Heights.

Coming up
Lots of basketball on HancockCountySports.com the next few weeks. This week, we'll feature *three* ranked teams on our broadcasts.

On Tuesday, join us for girls basketball, as New Palestine visits 4A No. 4 Greenwood. Then, join us again Thursday as the New Palestine girls host 2A No. 5 Triton Central, which is currently unbeaten at 11-0. On Friday, New Palestine's boys put their 9-1 record on the line against 4A No. 10 Pendleton Heights, a team featuring Butler recruit Kellen Dunham, and a matchup featuring two of the three teams tied for the HHC lead. All three broadcasts begin at 7:10 p.m. Join us!