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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Tuesday's games

All four Hancock County teams were in action Tuesday night, and two remain alive in the IHSAA boys basketball tournament.

New Palestine and Eastern Hancock both posted first-round sectional wins and advanced to Friday night. Greenfield-Central and Mt. Vernon both fell in their openers.

New Palestine 51, Franklin 45: Michael Morris had 18 points as the Dragons pulled away from the Grizzly Cubs in the second half. NP improved to 15-6 on the season with the victory. NP trailed 10-4 early and was behind 20-19 at the half before rallying to take the lead in the third quarter and never relinquishing it. Morris hit several shots down the stretch to lead the Dragons. NP outscored Franklin 12-5 in the third to take a 31-25 lead going into the final eight minutes.

Morris hit 8-of-12 shots from the floor to score his 18 points, and also had seven rebounds. Josh Penley had 13 points and nine boards. Brandon Collins had eight points and three rebounds. Solomon Haynes added seven points. Reid Clark had five rebounds inside.

The Dragons will advance to play Whiteland on Friday night, a rematch of the Warriors' 88-81 win on Jan. 21. The game will tip off at 6 p.m., join Andrew & Chris for the play-by-play at 5:35 at HancockCountySports.com.

Eastern Hancock 68, Hagerstown 51: A big second quarter turned a 9-8 lead into a 30-16 halftime edge, and the Royals kept pulling away from there. Victor Vincz scored 23 points to help EH avenge a defeat from Friday night.

The Royals are now 11-10 on the year. They will face Cambridge City Lincoln at 6 p.m. Friday at Hagerstown.

Guerin Catholic 35, Mt. Vernon 28: Both teams' defenses were stifling, holding the opponent to below 35 percent shooting. But the 10th-ranked Golden Eagles used theirs to take a lead in the third quarter, turning a couple of steals by Riley Rapp and a couple of charges taken by Zach Hufford to get the defensive stands, and cashed in on the other end. Guerin turned a 15-13 halftime deficit into a 23-20 lead going into the fourth, and then used a two-minute possession that ended in an Aaron Brennan putback with 4:05 left that made it 25-20.

MV had two open 3-pointers to tie the game in the final two and a half minutes, but both were long and Guerin was able to secure the rebound.

C.J. Coleman had 12 points to lead MV. Anthony Burnett added nine. Stephen Turner had 10 boards. Bryan Hall scored 10 points -- including five fourth-quarter free throws to help put the game away -- to lead Guerin. Brennan, a solid sophomore who has been drawing major college interest, had nine points and seven rebounds.

MV's season ends at 13-8. Guerin is now 18-5 and advances to face Howe in Friday's semifinals.

Interestingly, Tuesday's game was the second-fewest points ever allowed by Mt. Vernon in a tournament game (and the fewest ever allowed in a sectional game). The only game that eclipsed it was a 45-30 regional victory against Greensburg in 2010. The 28 points were the fewest scored by MV in a tournament game.

Connersville 58, Greenfield-Central 27: The Spartans knocked off G-C for the second time in a week. Connersville jumped out to a 33-12 halftime edge and never looked back in the victory. G-C's season finishes at 3-18. Connersville will face #2 Pendleton Heights in Friday's semifinal.

Local sectional glances
Class 2A at Hagerstown
Tuesday's game
Eastern Hancock 68, Hagerstown 51
Wednesday's games
Northeastern (10-9) vs. Union County (18-2), 6 p.m.
Centerville (16-4) vs. Knightstown (1-19), 7:30 p.m.
Friday's games
Cambridge City Lincoln (10-10) vs. Eastern Hancock (11-10), 6 p.m.
Wednesday's winners, 7:30 p.m.
Winner goes to: Connersville regional, will face Broad Ripple sectional winner in first semi. Second semi: Triton Central vs. South Putnam sectional winners.

Class 3A at Mt. VernonTuesday's games
Chatard 67, Arlington 61

Guerin Catholic 35, Mt. Vernon 28

Friday's games
Brebeuf (10-9) vs. Chatard (14-8), 6 p.m.
Howe (8-13) vs. Guerin Catholic (18-5), 7:30 p.m.
Winner goes to: Greencastle regional, will face Beech Grove sectional winner in the first semi. Second semi: Greencastle vs. Frankfort sectional winners

Class 4A at New Castle (Greenfield-Central)
Tuesday's games
Richmond 57, Anderson 55
Connersville 58, Greenfield-Central 27
Friday's games 
New Castle (15-5) vs. Richmond (20-3), 6 p.m.
#2 Pendleton Hts. (21-2) vs. Connersville (13-10), 7:30 p.m.
 Winner goes to: Hinkle regional, will face Northview sectional winner in the second semifinal. First semi: Tech vs. Southport sectional winners
(Tech-Southport--North-view-NC/ BS-Seymour, Evansville-C. Grove)

Class 4A at Center Grove (New Palestine)
Tuesday's games
New Palestine 51, Franklin 45
Franklin Central 59, Greenwood 36 

Friday's games 
Whiteland (10-10) vs. New Palestine (15-6), 6 p.m. (HancockCountySports.com LIVE broadcast)

Center Grove (11-9) vs. Franklin Central (13-9), 7:30 p.m.
Winner goes to: Shelbyville regional, will face Evansville sectional winner in the second semifinal. First semi: Bloomington South vs. Seymour sectional champs.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Tuesday wrap: great matchups

All 3 county teams who played tonight fell as the final week of the regular season began tonight, but all three fell in their Tuesday-night contests.

Morristown 80, Eastern Hancock 68: The Royals and Yellow Jackets hooked up in a back-and-forth tussle that saw Morristown pull away in the final five minutes. A big reason why was the play of 6-foot-4 Morristown senior Dylan Langkabel. He had 44 points -- 30 in the second half -- to carry the Yellow Jackets to the victory.

Langkabel scored 15 points in each the third and fourth quarters and helped the Jackets pull away. EH led 31-30 at the half and had a 38-32 lead in the third quarter, but Langkabel led an 8-1 run that saw Morristown take the lead at 40-39. He also hit a 3-pointer and a pull-up jumper on back-to-back possessions to turn a three-point edge into a 65-57 game and essentially put it away midway through the fourth.

Victor Vincz followed up his 52-point game from last week by leading four Royals in double-figures, with 24 points, eight rebounds and eight assists. Isaiah McCormick had 13 points, including three 3-pointers. Garrett Hancock also hit three triples -- EH hit 10 for the game -- and scored 11 points. Jared Pyle battled foul trouble but finished with 12 points and five rebounds. Cody Wallace had six rebounds.

You can listen to the archive of tonight's game at HancockCountySports.com

EH (10-9) finishes Friday against Hagerstown.

Westfield 59, Mt. Vernon 52: The Marauders dropped their third straight game -- all against 4A schools -- against a strong Shamrocks team on the road.

Stephen Turner led the Marauders with 19 points and 10 rebounds. C.J. Coleman scored 15. Center Wade Burtron led Westfield with 21 points.

Westfield built an early 10-point lead. MV cut it to one on several occasions, but couldn't get over the hump, as Westfield outscored the Marauders 26-20 in the fourth quarter.

MV is now 12-7 and finishes the regular season Friday at Yorktown. That game will be live at HancockCountySports.com

Connersville 59, Greenfield-Central 29: The Cougars hung tough for a half, trailing 26-23 at the break, but Connersville started the second half on a big run and outscored G-C 33-6 after the break to pull away.

G-C finishes the regular season 3-17, and opens sectional play Tuesday at New Castle against the same Spartan team it played tonight.

New Palestine was idle tonight, and finishes the regular season Friday at Greenwood. NP is 13-6.

Gymnastics
New Palestine posts season-high score:New Palestine's gymnastics team posted a season-high score in a 103.0-85.725 victory over the Shelbyville Golden Bears.
 
Kenzi Hoffman swept the meet, winning first place in all four events and the all-around. She scored 9.05 on vault, 8.85 on uneven bars, 9.225 on balance beam and 9.025 on the floor exercise. Her winning all-around score was 36.150. Senior Jessica Marshall placed second on beam (9.0) and in all-around (32.975). Ciarra Hough was second on floor (8.725) and third in all-around (30.275). Whitney Weileman was second on vault (8.3) and bars (8.6).Maddie Wallace and Julie Hilton tied for fourth on vault (8.15).
 
The Dragons' next meet will be Saturday's Columbus East Olympian Invitational, which will begin at noon.
 

Friday, January 27, 2012

Friday wrap: MV beats Spartans, G-C/NP fall

We saw the Hoosier Heritage Conference race really become a two-horse show with a third team -- Mt. Vernon -- still having a shot tonight, with the big action taking place among our county schools.

Pendleton Heights did what PH does -- pull out to a big lead and beat Greenfield-Central 85-22. Kellen Dunham had 15 points for the Arabians as they built a 48-15 lead at the half. He finished with 18 points, as Matt Wehner's 20 led the Arabians, who now have a 6-0 HHC record and face Yorktown next week with the conference title on the line.

It's on the line because Yorktown beat New Palestine 64-53 at the Tigers' den tonight in the game we broadcast at HancockCountySports.com. Led by Michael Morris' eight first-quarter points, NP jumped ahead 16-9 early, but Yorktown used a 13-2 second-quarter run to take a 30-25 lead, and -- save one tie -- the Tigers would never relinquish it. Seth Cook, the Tigers' leading scorer, had eight of his 20 points in the second quarter, and teammate Brandon Phillips knocked down two big 3-pointers in the third en route to a 15-point night. Morris led the Dragons with 18 points, but he was the Dragons' lone double-figure scorer. Josh Penley and Brandon Jonas added eight each. Yorktown is now 11-3 and 4-0 in HHC play. NP is 10-4 and 3-2.

Mt. Vernon was the lone winner among county teams tonight. The Marauders beat Connersville 51-44 in the Spartan Bowl, rallying with a big second-half run to take the lead and take a 10-4 overall record. MV is back in action Saturday at home against HHC foe Delta. MV is 3-1 in HHC play.

One other county game on tap Saturday night, and it's the game we'll broadcast at HancockCountySports.com: Eastern Hancock at Greenfield-Central. The Royals are 7-7 and were idle tonight, while G-C

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).

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

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.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Marauders, Dragons victorious

Mt. Vernon and Connersville were two teams led by outstanding senior guards who were just looking for a bit of consistency heading into the season's homestretch.

The Marauders got it in a 46-44 victory.

The two senior guards didn't disappoint -- MV's Quinn Williams scored 18 points on 8-of-14 shooting and led two key Marauder runs that helped open up leads of 19-10 and 28-20. Connersville's Zach Miller scored 19 points and hit back-to-back 3-pointers that cut an eight-point Marauder lead to 38-36 late.

And then it was time for the young players to shine. Freshman C.J. Coleman and sophomore Anthony Burnett hit 8-of-10 from the line in the final 1:25 to fend off Connersville's comeback -- although two more desperation 3s gave the Spartans a chance to win it with a triple at the buzzer that hit the rim and bounded off.

The Marauders did it with free throws -- they were 10-of-14 in the final quarter -- possession (six turnovers) and defense/rebounding. They held Connersville to 40% shooting (15-40), while shooting just under 50% themselves (15-31). Stephen Turner had a big game on the glass, and Coleman (nine points) and Burnett (10 points) were key complementary scorers, especially given they combined for nine in the fourth quarter.

MV has played three straight one-possession games. The Marauders (4-9/1-3) dive back into HHC play Saturday at Delta. Tip is 7:45 p.m.

Elsewhere ... all of the eyes in the HHC were on tonight's contest between Greenfield-Central and Pendleton Heights. The Cougars came in with the HHC lead and a win would put them in great shape heading into the final couple of conference games. Meanwhile, the Arabians needed a win to stay in the conference race.

PH got the win, but it was in a tight game. The Arabians won 59-50, forging a virtual three-way tie in the HHC race. PH is now 5-1 in conference play, while G-C (5-8) and Rushville are both 4-1. The Cougars and Rushville play each other late in the season. G-C also has a huge game against Delta next week.

But first, the Cougars have to face an 11-3 Eastern Hancock team that was idle tonight. The Royals will host G-C at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Chris and Andrew will bring the game to you at 7:10. Of course, you always can LISTEN LIVE HERE!

New Palestine evened its mark back at .500 and got its first conference win tonight, knocking off Yorktown 68-53. The Dragons' (7-7) next game will be Feb. 4 at Shelbyville, which will be our Game of the Week broadcast next week.

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