Saturday afternoon updates

Some quick updates before we head to Arlington to broadcast the Mt. Vernon-Chatard game for the regional championship tonight, which you can hear LIVE at HancockCountySports.com at approximately 6:35 p.m.

Boys basketball
Mt. Vernon fell 61-45 to Lawrence Central in a Saturday-afternoon road game. With his future college coach, Tom Crean, in the house, LC's Jeremy Hollowell scored 28 points. C.J. Coleman had 21 for the Marauders.


The loss puts MV's record at 12-5 and snaps a six-game winning streak that was punctuated with an impressive 15-point victory over Warren Central earlier this week. LC is 13-5 on the year.

The Marauders' next game is Friday vs. New Palestine, which you can hear LIVE at HancockCountySports.com!

Wrestling
7 Hancock County wrestlers: four from Greenfield-Central and three from New Palestine, will wrestle in next week's State Finals at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.


The State Finals prelims are Friday, with the round of 8 wrestling down to the state title matches on Saturday.

Greenfield-Central's Josh Farrell (138) won the semistate title, defeating Perry Meridian's Nick Bova in the title match. Farrell is 36-3 and will have one of the four top seeds at the State Finals next week.

G-C's Ian Early (195) and Austin Gearlds (220) finished second in their weight classes. The Cougars' Sam Locke won third place at 126.


New Palestine advanced three wrestlers. Tommy Cash (106) suffered his first loss of the season -- to unbeaten Nathan Boston of Lawrence North by a 1-0 score on an escape late in the second period. Cash is the semistate runner-up and will take a 42-1 record to Bankers Life Fieldhouse next week. Taylor Fee (113) finished fourth in his weight class. Connor Robinson (160) placed third.
Undefeated New Palestine 106-pounder Tommy Cash will wrestle for the semistate title. Taylor Fee (113) and Connor Robinson (160) are wrestling in the consolation matches.

Swimming
Mt. Vernon's Lauren Reifel placed sixth in diving at the IHSAA State Finals today. Reifel totaled 416.95 points, with state champ Shelby Bartlett of Fishers totaling 458.55. MV's Sarah Barker also scored at the state meet, placing 12th.