Thursday, January 5, 2012

Schedule changes

Upcoming NCAA legislation that has killed the impending Hoosier Heritage Conference girls basketball classic at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Jan. 21 has also caused changes to our broadcast schedule.

We had planned to broadcast two games from the Hinkle Classic, and several games that weekend. We will continue to broadcast the Knightstown-MV boys game on Thursday, Jan. 19.

However, we have schedule changes for the rest of the weekend.
On Friday, Jan. 20, we will broadcast the Mt. Vernon at Greenfield-Central girls game, which was originally to be played at Hinkle. Because of that, we will not be able to broadcast the Eastern Hancock at Lapel game that was originally on our schedule that evening. We are no longer planning to broadcast any games on Saturday, Jan. 21 as of this time.

We are adding two games to our broadcast schedule that were not originally part of it: 
On Friday, Feb. 3, we will broadcast two games simultaneously. We've added the Senior Night for Mt. Vernon's decorated girls basketball senior class as the 3A No. 2 Marauders face 4A No. 5 North Central. Join Chris Lambert for that game, or join Andrew Smith for the Shelbyville at New Palestine boys game that night.

On Tuesday, Feb. 21, join us as Eastern Hancock's boys team visits Morristown.

Weekend hoops

A full schedule of Friday-night games coming up in Hancock County.

Join Andrew & Chris for the live broadcast of Mt. Vernon at Greenfield-Central. The Marauders come in with a 5-3 mark against the toughest schedule in Class 3A, led by C.J. Coleman, Stephen Turner and a a balanced attack. G-C has improved and is always up for this rivalry game. Join us at 7:10 at HancockCountySports.com

Also Friday, Delta (5-3) is at New Palestine (8-1). The Dragons need an HHC win to set up a showdown with 4A No. 10 Pendleton Heights next week. NP has won seven straight, including the county title. The Dragons have a balanced attack, led by Michael Morris, who scored 26 points against Mt. Vernon in the county final.

Eastern Hancock (6-4) visits Muncie Burris (4-5) at Ball Gym, one of the oldest active gymnasiums in the state. The Royals had a good showing in finishing third at the county tourney, led by Victor Vincz and Jared Pyle. EH has some impressive wins on the year -- especially against Blue River, Frankton and Knightstown. Burris has victories over 3A Yorktown and 4A Portage.

On Saturday
Mt. Vernon visits New Castle. The Marauders boys get a turn at the largest high school fieldhouse in the world. This should be one of the stronger games of the year. Our friends at WMDH will provide a broadcast.

Just one girls game this weekend: 3A No. 2 Mt. Vernon (12-3) at Noblesville, which is slated for 1:30 p.m. Saturday. You can listen to the live broadcast of the game with Chris Lambert at HancockCountySports.com.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Tuesday hoops: Successful night for county teams

Three girls basketball games on the Hancock County calendar tonight as we get back to action.

Class 3A No. 3 Mt. Vernon kept its winning ways going, beating Southport 61-42.

Makenzi Reasor scored 25 points to lead the Marauders in scoring. Jessica Brown added 14 points. Junior Rachel Houck had seven and sophomore Erica Moore added six.

 The Marauders built a 33-17 lead at halftime and then finished the game on a 16-4 run after Southport cut into the lead in the fourth quarter.

 MV is now 12-3, and the Marauders' next game is Saturday afternoon at Noblesville. Listen to the game LIVE with Chris Lambert at 1:10 p.m. Saturday at HancockCountySports.com.

Eastern Hancock 43, Southwestern (Shelby) 38: The Royals had great balance, as four different players scored at least eight points for EH in a victory over Southwestern.

Hannah Best led the Royals in scoring with 10 points and six rebounds. Kristen Eischen had eight points and 11 boards. Kiersten Schrope added nine points, six rebounds and six assists. Kaytlin Eastes had eight points,. Alora Marshall added six points and seven rebounds.

The victory gave the Royals a 9-4 record on the season heading into the Thursday 1/12 game against Morristown.

Greenfield-Central 58, Delta 44: The Cougars improved to 9-5 on the season with the victory. G-C is also 4-1 in Hoosier Heritage Conference play, setting a showdown the weekend of Jan. 20 that could be for the HHC title.

The Cougars were led by LaRae Cruz's 20 points. Katie Peters added 17 and Regan Lewis 9 for the Cougars. G-C outscored Delta 17-12 in the second quarter to take a 24-20 halftime lead, and pulled away in the fourth, outscoring the Eagles 19-9 in the last eight minutes to turn a four-point edge into a double-digit victory.

G-C next plays Thursday 1/12 against Knightstown in the Cougars' annual Pink Game.

New Palestine is idle until 1/10, when the Dragons visit Greenwood in the first of two NP GBB games we'll have on HancockCountySports.com next week. Also log on to listen as the Dragons face Triton Central on Thursday 1/12.

Friday, December 30, 2011

GBB: Franklin nips New Palestine 47-44

New Palestine's girls basketball team fell 47-44 to Franklin in a close girls basketball game, in the championship in the Franklin Tournament.

The Dragons and Grizzly Cubs traded the lead several times, before the Cubs hit a FT in the final minute to take a 45-44 lead. NP had a three-second violation with the ball with 15 seconds left. Franklin's Tori Fiddler hit two FTs with 13 seconds to go, and the Dragons had two looks from 3-point range fall just short that would've tied the game.

Bethany Murrell led the Dragons with 18 points and nine rebounds. Tori Stephenson added eight points for NP. The Parmer sisters led Franklin -- Tara scored 13 and Shelby had 10, and the duo hit five 3-pointers between them.

NP is now 6-8 and next plays Jan. 10 at Greenwood. That game will be broadcast LIVE by HancockCountySports.com.

GBB: New Palestine in Franklin Tournament final

The New Palestine girls basketball team jumped out to a fast start and pulled away to a 57-45 victory over Indian Creek in the semifinals of the Franklin tournament.

NP will play Franklin -- a 60-39 winner over West Vigo -- at 8 p.m. tonight in the championship game.

Bethany Murrell had a hot start for the Dragons, hitting four first-half 3-pointers en route to a 23-point, eight-rebound day.

NP was off to a hot start in general, shooting over 50 percent for much of the first half and hitting six 3-pointers.

Emily Curry added 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting, and she added an exclamation point to the opening half with a long 3-pointer at the buzzer, which gave the Dragons a 42-21 lead. Lauren Tieman added 10 points and eight rebounds. Abby Seifert nearly had a double-double without scoring a point -- she had 12 rebounds and a career-high eight assists. Kyleigh Smock & Tori Stephenson each scored five points for the Dragons.

Ally Lehman led IC with 25 points and 14 rebounds.

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).

Marauders win consolation game

Mt. Vernon was very impressive in a dominant consolation-game victory over Roncalli in the evening session of the Hall of Fame Classic.

MV won 72-46 over the Rebels -- avenging a defeat from last year's regional championship game. The Marauders jumped out to a 23-3 lead, and then after Roncalli closed the Marauder lead to seven late in the third, used a 15-0 run to go up 67-41 and put the game away.

The Marauders controlled the glass -- outrebounding Roncalli 16-4 in the opening half and 36-14 for the game. MV's defense also forced 18 Roncalli turnovers.

MV shot 56 percent from the floor -- including 60 percent after halftime. Roncalli hit 43 percent from the field. 

Makenzi Reasor led the Marauders offensively with 19 points, hitting 8-of-13 shots. She also had five boards, a steal and a block. Jessica Brown had a strong all-around game with 16 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals. She hit 7-of-13 from the floor. Erica Moore and Rachel Houck both hit 5-of-9 -- Houck buried three 3-pointers. Moore had 15 points and seven boards, Houck 13 points and three steals. Kelsie Owens added six big points off the bench.

MV's point output was its highest of the year, eclipsing its total in its victory against Hamilton Heights in November.

Unbeaten 4A No. 2 Penn -- which beat MV in the opening game -- went on to defeat 3A No. 1 Norwell 46-39 in the championship game.

The Marauders are now 11-3. They are next in action Tuesday against Southport at home.