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.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Semifinals: Marauders in sectional final, Dragons fall in 4th
Mt. Vernon is one game away from its second straight sectional title -- and the fourth under coach Julie Shelton -- after a blowout victory over Howe in tonight's semifinal at Arlington.
Meanwhile, New Palestine saw its season end after losing an 11-point second-half lead and falling to Franklin 60-52 in the 4A semifinal at Franklin.
The Marauders were never challenged in their game against Howe, leading 32-0 after a quarter and allowing just one point in the first half. MV, ranked No. 2 in Class 3A, improved to 19-5 with the victory and advanced to Saturday night's sectional championship against the Chatard Trojans, who beat Guerin Catholic 66-59 in the second game at Arlington.
Chris Lambert and Andrew Smith will have the broadcast at 6:35 p.m. Saturday from Arlington High School, live at HancockCountySports.com.
Thanks for listening tonight as the New Palestine Dragons played a tremendous first three quarters in building a 44-33 lead late in the third, but Franklin went on a 17-3 run to take the lead and salted a 60-52 victory away at the foul line.
The Dragons had three players in double-figures and held Franklin to below 30 percent shooting, but the Grizzly Cubs' 24 offensive boards and 20 Dragon turnovers -- several in the second half -- ended up turning the tide.
Shelby Parmer scored 24 points for Franklin. Bethany Murrell (20), Tori Stephenson (16) and Emily Curry (10) all scored in double-figures for the Dragons. Abby Seifert had 13 rebounds as the six Dragon seniors -- Murrell, Stephenson, Curry, Seifert, Kyleigh Smock and Lauren Tieman -- finished their careers at New Palestine. The Dragons finished the season 11-11.
Franklin moves on to face Greenwood in Saturday's sectional title game at Franklin.
Meanwhile, New Palestine saw its season end after losing an 11-point second-half lead and falling to Franklin 60-52 in the 4A semifinal at Franklin.
The Marauders were never challenged in their game against Howe, leading 32-0 after a quarter and allowing just one point in the first half. MV, ranked No. 2 in Class 3A, improved to 19-5 with the victory and advanced to Saturday night's sectional championship against the Chatard Trojans, who beat Guerin Catholic 66-59 in the second game at Arlington.
Chris Lambert and Andrew Smith will have the broadcast at 6:35 p.m. Saturday from Arlington High School, live at HancockCountySports.com.
Thanks for listening tonight as the New Palestine Dragons played a tremendous first three quarters in building a 44-33 lead late in the third, but Franklin went on a 17-3 run to take the lead and salted a 60-52 victory away at the foul line.
The Dragons had three players in double-figures and held Franklin to below 30 percent shooting, but the Grizzly Cubs' 24 offensive boards and 20 Dragon turnovers -- several in the second half -- ended up turning the tide.
Shelby Parmer scored 24 points for Franklin. Bethany Murrell (20), Tori Stephenson (16) and Emily Curry (10) all scored in double-figures for the Dragons. Abby Seifert had 13 rebounds as the six Dragon seniors -- Murrell, Stephenson, Curry, Seifert, Kyleigh Smock and Lauren Tieman -- finished their careers at New Palestine. The Dragons finished the season 11-11.
Franklin moves on to face Greenwood in Saturday's sectional title game at Franklin.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Girls soccer sectional semis: G-C, NP win
The soccer sectional championships will be happening 12 miles apart, but they'll have the same look.
Greenfield-Central vs. New Palestine.
Like their boys counterparts last night, the Cougars and Dragons both won their semifinal games in the girls soccer sectional tonight at New Palestine.
G-C beat Mt. Vernon 1-0 in the opening game of the sectional. The Cougars carried the play in the opening half, but the goalkeepers -- G-C's Katie Peters and MV's Jordan Slusher -- were able to keep the teams at bay. But in the first three minutes of the second half, a mishandled ball in the box gave G-C's Emily Koers the opening she needed. She punched a loose ball in the goalmouth into the net.
Peters made a handful of saves as MV desperately pushed to get the equalizer in the final minutes, but was unable.
The Cougars will move on to play New Palestine in Saturday's 5 p.m. championship game at NP. The Dragons scored five goals in each half to beat Shelbyville 10-0 in the second semifinal.
Leading goal scorer Lauren Joray scored twice for the Dragons. Lauren Kehrt also had two goals. Morgan Parish, Jordan Barton and Kristin Wagner each added a goal and an assist. Lindsay Meyer had two assists to build her season total to 19 -- one back of the state leader.
Joray scored the game's first two goals 41 seconds apart in the opening nine minutes. NP then scored two goals 50 seconds apart from Barton and Emilee Larson. Kehrt scored late in the first half, and then 54 seconds into the second. NP scored three times in the first 4:02 of the second half. Morgan Carpenter and Jennifer Roberts also scored second-half goals for hte Dragons. Amy Hilton and Kalli Shepler-Tucker had assists.
Holly Hilton and Mckenzie Morgan shared the shutout for the Dragons, who outshot Shelbyville 29-0. It is Hilton's state-leading 15th shutout of the season for the Dragons, who are 15-0-3.
Saturday night, it's soccer night in New Palestine and Greenfield.
Everything begins at 5 p.m. with the girls game between the Dragons and Cougars at NPHS.
Then, the boys game will take place on the westside of Greenfield with the Dragons-Cougars matchup at the G-C field. The game is currently set to be at 7 p.m., but the schools are planning to move it back to 7:30 pending approval from the IHSAA. Our www.hancockcountysports.com broadcast will begin 15 minutes before kickoff of the boys game.
Greenfield-Central vs. New Palestine.
Like their boys counterparts last night, the Cougars and Dragons both won their semifinal games in the girls soccer sectional tonight at New Palestine.
G-C beat Mt. Vernon 1-0 in the opening game of the sectional. The Cougars carried the play in the opening half, but the goalkeepers -- G-C's Katie Peters and MV's Jordan Slusher -- were able to keep the teams at bay. But in the first three minutes of the second half, a mishandled ball in the box gave G-C's Emily Koers the opening she needed. She punched a loose ball in the goalmouth into the net.
Peters made a handful of saves as MV desperately pushed to get the equalizer in the final minutes, but was unable.
The Cougars will move on to play New Palestine in Saturday's 5 p.m. championship game at NP. The Dragons scored five goals in each half to beat Shelbyville 10-0 in the second semifinal.
Leading goal scorer Lauren Joray scored twice for the Dragons. Lauren Kehrt also had two goals. Morgan Parish, Jordan Barton and Kristin Wagner each added a goal and an assist. Lindsay Meyer had two assists to build her season total to 19 -- one back of the state leader.
Joray scored the game's first two goals 41 seconds apart in the opening nine minutes. NP then scored two goals 50 seconds apart from Barton and Emilee Larson. Kehrt scored late in the first half, and then 54 seconds into the second. NP scored three times in the first 4:02 of the second half. Morgan Carpenter and Jennifer Roberts also scored second-half goals for hte Dragons. Amy Hilton and Kalli Shepler-Tucker had assists.
Holly Hilton and Mckenzie Morgan shared the shutout for the Dragons, who outshot Shelbyville 29-0. It is Hilton's state-leading 15th shutout of the season for the Dragons, who are 15-0-3.
Saturday night, it's soccer night in New Palestine and Greenfield.
Everything begins at 5 p.m. with the girls game between the Dragons and Cougars at NPHS.
Then, the boys game will take place on the westside of Greenfield with the Dragons-Cougars matchup at the G-C field. The game is currently set to be at 7 p.m., but the schools are planning to move it back to 7:30 pending approval from the IHSAA. Our www.hancockcountysports.com broadcast will begin 15 minutes before kickoff of the boys game.
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