We'll have the full HHC preview tomorrow, but Friday night, join Andrew Smith, Mike Jackson and Chris Lambert for high school football. The New Palestine Dragons meet the Whiteland Warriors in the season opener. We'll be live online at 7 p.m. Friday from Shepler Field at Kelso Stadium. Join us!
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Upcoming games
Friday, Aug. 26: South Decatur at Eastern Hancock, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 27: New Palestine vs. Richmond, 9:30 a.m. (from Warren Central)
Saturday, Aug. 27: Mt. Vernon vs. Marion, 12:30 p.m. (from Warren Central)
Tuesday, Aug. 30: BOYS SOCCER: New Palestine at Mt. Vernon, 6:15 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 1: VOLLEYBALL: Greenfield-Central at New Palestine, 6:15 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 2: Pendleton Heights at New Palestine, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Wednesday wrap: MV soccer wins 8-0 again
Two nights into the boys soccer season, and Mt. Vernon is 8-0, 8-0. One night after putting a snowman on the board against Richmond, the Marauders did it again Wednesday at Rushville in their HHC opener.
Trevor Johnson scored a hat trick and Mouhamed Kanate added two goals to lead MV to the 8-0 victory. Each also had an assist. Luke Fimreite scored the game's first goal -- his second in two nights -- and MV was off from there. Johnson and Cole Justus also scored in the first half, Kyle Pruitt joined Johnson and Kanate in scoring second-half goals. For the second straight night, Corban Hartley and Drew Kammerer combined on the shutout, making a total of three saves.
Late Tuesday events
Volleyball: EH 3, Morristown 2: Morristown has been the measuring stick for small-school volleyball in the area for more than a decade. But Eastern Hancock knocked off the Jackets with a thrilling 25-20, 23-25, 25-16, 23-25, 15-11 victory over the Yellow Jackets. Taylor Mercer had 12 kills and 17 digs to lead EH. Melissa Carlton had 16 digs, Melissa Bedell totled 10 kills while Jordian Eastes had 15 digs, 38 assists and seven aces.
Boys soccer: G-C 1, New Castle 1: The Cougars struck first in the opening half, but New Castle tied the score in the second half as both teams opened 0-0-1.
Girls golf: Whiteland 159, New Palestine 184: The Dragons shot their best score since 2007 at Hickory Stick. Abby Poole led NP with a 40.
Trevor Johnson scored a hat trick and Mouhamed Kanate added two goals to lead MV to the 8-0 victory. Each also had an assist. Luke Fimreite scored the game's first goal -- his second in two nights -- and MV was off from there. Johnson and Cole Justus also scored in the first half, Kyle Pruitt joined Johnson and Kanate in scoring second-half goals. For the second straight night, Corban Hartley and Drew Kammerer combined on the shutout, making a total of three saves.
Late Tuesday events
Volleyball: EH 3, Morristown 2: Morristown has been the measuring stick for small-school volleyball in the area for more than a decade. But Eastern Hancock knocked off the Jackets with a thrilling 25-20, 23-25, 25-16, 23-25, 15-11 victory over the Yellow Jackets. Taylor Mercer had 12 kills and 17 digs to lead EH. Melissa Carlton had 16 digs, Melissa Bedell totled 10 kills while Jordian Eastes had 15 digs, 38 assists and seven aces.
Boys soccer: G-C 1, New Castle 1: The Cougars struck first in the opening half, but New Castle tied the score in the second half as both teams opened 0-0-1.
Girls golf: Whiteland 159, New Palestine 184: The Dragons shot their best score since 2007 at Hickory Stick. Abby Poole led NP with a 40.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Tuesday roundup: MV soccer wins 8-0
Boys soccer
Mt. Vernon 8, Richmond 0: Mouhamed Kanate scored four goals and Eric Thompson added two more second-half tallies in a Marauder season-opening romp. Eric Ahonen scored the season's first goal on an assist from Kyle Cansler, and the floodgates opened rapidly from there. Kanate scored a hat trick in the first half, with Adam Luke also adding a goal to make it 5-0. Cansler and C.J. Coleman each had two assists. Ahonen and Luke both had a goal and an assist, while Luke Fimreite and freshman Matt Powell both had assists. Corban Hartley and Drew Kammerer shared the shutout in net. MV next plays Wednesday at Rushville.
Girls soccer
Mt. Vernon 1, Southport 1: Senior Kristina Voltz scored a first-half goal on an assist from Suzy DeWael to knot the game, and it stayed that way the rest of the night in the Marauders' season opener. Freshman Olivia Coleman made five stops in net to secure the tie. The Marauders open 0-0-1 and next play Saturday at Muncie Central. They will then face Greenfield-Central Monday night.
Volleyball
New Palestine 3, Rushville 0: The Dragons won their season-opening match 25-9, 25-16, 25-6 over Rushville Tuesday night. Senior Emily Curry had 15 assists and six kills for the Dragons. Megan Riley added seven blocks and five kills. NP is now 1-0 both overall and in the Hoosier Heritage Conference.
Perry Meridian 3, Greenfield-Central 0: The Cougars fell 25-10, 25-14, 25-23 in their season opener. G-C next plays Saturday in the Lafayette Jeff Classic.
Boys tennis
Whiteland 3, New Palestine 2:The Dragons' victories both came at doubles. Reid Clark and Connor Swain won at No. 1 doubles 6-2, 6-0. At No. 2 doubles, Evan Poole and Kyle Willhelm won 6-0, 6-3. The Dragons were close at singles, with two freshmen and a sophomore playing in the three spots. Freshman Brent Barrett dropping a 6-4, 6-3 No. 1 singles match in his varsity debut. Shayan Khokhar and Ben Farley both dropped straight-set matches, but lost one of the two sets by one break.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Monday roundup: NP girls soccer wins
Girls soccer
New Palestine 3, Perry Meridian 2: Lauren Joray scored two goals and assisted on Morgan Parish's second-half game-winner as the Dragons won their season opener. Parish scored with just over 26 minutes left in the second half, five minutes after the Falcons had tied it. Joray scored twice in the first half, both on Lindsay Meyer assists. The Dragons are now 1-0.
Boys tennis
Mt. Vernon 5, Shenandoah 0: The Marauders got off to a fine start with five straight-set victories. Bryce Bobb won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1 singles. Kendall Ryan and Reid Eberhard both won 6-0, 6-0 at singles. MV's doubles teams of Ben Bobb/Jake Shephard and Corey Beck/Zak Weaver also won their matches, each dropping only three games. The Marauders are 1-0.
Girls golf
Cougars 2nd, Royals 3rd: Greenfield-Central was second and Eastern Hancock third in a three-way meet at Royal Hylands in Knightstown. Beech Grove won with a 188, while G-C carded a 197 and EH a 211. Hannah Boaz (50) and Rachel Boaz (51) led the Royals. Macy Fout (54) and Hailey Carlton (56) also scored for EH.
New Palestine 3, Perry Meridian 2: Lauren Joray scored two goals and assisted on Morgan Parish's second-half game-winner as the Dragons won their season opener. Parish scored with just over 26 minutes left in the second half, five minutes after the Falcons had tied it. Joray scored twice in the first half, both on Lindsay Meyer assists. The Dragons are now 1-0.
Boys tennis
Mt. Vernon 5, Shenandoah 0: The Marauders got off to a fine start with five straight-set victories. Bryce Bobb won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1 singles. Kendall Ryan and Reid Eberhard both won 6-0, 6-0 at singles. MV's doubles teams of Ben Bobb/Jake Shephard and Corey Beck/Zak Weaver also won their matches, each dropping only three games. The Marauders are 1-0.
Girls golf
Cougars 2nd, Royals 3rd: Greenfield-Central was second and Eastern Hancock third in a three-way meet at Royal Hylands in Knightstown. Beech Grove won with a 188, while G-C carded a 197 and EH a 211. Hannah Boaz (50) and Rachel Boaz (51) led the Royals. Macy Fout (54) and Hailey Carlton (56) also scored for EH.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
HancockCountySports.com volleyball schedule
HancockCountySports.com is excited to announce that we will be bringing you high school volleyball this fall. Join Chris Lambert for all of the play-by-play of key county matchups.
Airtimes are approximate. They will be approximately 10 minutes before the start of the varsity match.
Thursday, Sept. 1: Greenfield-Central at New Palestine, 6:20 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 13: Greenfield-Central at Mt. Vernon, 6:50 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 19: Eastern Hancock at Mt. Vernon, 6:50 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 8: Hancock County championship at MV, TBA
Monday, Oct. 10: Mt. Vernon at New Palestine, 6:20 p.m.
Airtimes are approximate. They will be approximately 10 minutes before the start of the varsity match.
Thursday, Sept. 1: Greenfield-Central at New Palestine, 6:20 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 13: Greenfield-Central at Mt. Vernon, 6:50 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 19: Eastern Hancock at Mt. Vernon, 6:50 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 8: Hancock County championship at MV, TBA
Monday, Oct. 10: Mt. Vernon at New Palestine, 6:20 p.m.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
New Palestine names baseball coach
Shawn Lyons has been named the new baseball coach at New Palestine High School. Lyons had been the top assistant to Allen Cooper and the team's pitching coach since 2002, and had been a part of the program since 1997. New Palestine has won more than 300 games and six sectional and three regional titles during his career as an assistant, including a the 2004 Class 3A state title and the 2003 3A runner-up spot.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Fall schedules posted
The fall schedules for all four Hancock County schools are posted on our website.
Go to www.hancockcountysports.com and check out when and where everyone will be playing this fall!
Go to www.hancockcountysports.com and check out when and where everyone will be playing this fall!
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