Saturday, November 27, 2010

Next week: Dragons vs. Royals

The Hancock County Game of the Week crew will be headed to New Palestine Friday night for the first intra-county clash of the year when the young New Palestine Dragons host the senior-laden Eastern Hancock Royals.

Airtime is 7:10 p.m. with Andrew Smith, Chris Lambert and Allen Cooper. Join us then!

LISTEN LIVE!

Saturday redux

Two great games to watch today: #3 Mt. Vernon girls beat #4 Hamilton Heights 64-55, jumping up by as many as 17 points before Heights made a furious rally to get the MV lead to four points late. MV was led by Kayla Negley's 15 points and is now 4-0. It was a full team effort for MV. Jessica Brown hit a lot of FTs late, freshman Erica Moore was dominant in the third quarter, Anna Olson quarterbacked the defense and ran the boards.

HH defeats the new-look Marauder boys 58-54, despite a furious start by the Marauders. MV jumped ahead 24-12, but IU recruit Austin Etherington touched off a big run with a four-point play that got the Huskies back into it. Etherington had 16 points for the Huskies, while Quinn Williams had an excellent game for the Marauders, scoring 20 points and leading the Marauder defense.

Elsewhere in Hancock County, New Palestine's boys hung with New Castle, but fell 78-66. The Dragons next play Friday at home against Eastern Hancock.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Wednesday hoops: Royals win, Dragons fall

Boys basketball: Eastern Hancock 55, Centerville 51: In the renewal of an annual night-before-Thanksgiving tradition that dates back decades, the Royals got the upper hand on an always-solid Centerville team. EH, with four starters returning, has a solid core back this year. Royals face Frankton Saturday.

Boys basketball: Jennings County 78, New Palestine 75, OT: Taylor Rainey scored 26 points for the Dragons and NP started the fourth quarter on a 17-0 run to climb out of a 57-42 deficit. However, Jennings County rallied to send the game into OT and pulled away to win. NP hosts New Castle Saturday.

New Indiana Football Show & more

The final 2010 Indiana Football Show is posted, with a preview of the five state title games.
Listen to it here (right-click to download to your MP3 player).

From Tuesday night
Boys basketball: Richmond 54, Greenfield-Central 47: Josh Mayes 15 points for the Cougars.
Richmond Pal-Item

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Tuesday roundup

Boys basketball: Richmond 51, Greenfield-Central 47
The Cougars open their season with a close loss to the Red Devils at the Tiernan Center. G-C continues on the road Friday at Whiteland. Saturday's home opener against Fishers has been postponed due to the Fishers football team continuing to play in the IHSAA State Finals.

Girls basketball: Westfield 66, New Palestine 64, OT
The Dragons fell to Westfield in OT, but not without some drama. Bethany Murrell scored 33 points, hitting a 3-pointer inside the final seconds of regulation to tie it, but the Shamrocks got two late free throws from 6-foot-2 center Jenn Anderson in OT to win. Emily Curry had 13 points, including four in OT, for the Dragons. Sophomore Katie Morris had 10 rebounds as the Dragons outrebounded the Shamrocks 44-24. NP is 1-3 and heads to Columbus East Friday.


Friday, November 19, 2010

Girls BB roundup

Mt. Vernon 56, Rushville 33: This was one of the most anticipated games of the week, and the Marauders didn't disappoint, beating the defending state runner-up by 23 points. MV is now 3-0 on the year and has put together two 20-plus point victories over solid competition. Next Saturday, we will broadcast MV's (3-0) next home game against Hamilton Heights at 2:10 p.m.

Warren Central 59, New Palestine 56: The Dragons led Warren for much of the game and put quite a scare into Class 4A's eighth-ranked team, but the Warriors rallied in the fourth to win a game that was close throughout. Danielle Owens led the Dragons with a career-high 17 points, while Bethany Murrell added 14. The Dragons (1-2) visit Westfield Tuesday.

Pendleton Heights 63, Greenfield-Central 39: The Arabians had a solid debut and backed it up with another impressive victory over the Cougars. G-C is now 2-2 and next plays a day game Nov. 27 against Marion.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

New Indiana Football Show for semistate week

This week's Indiana Football Show previews all 10 of this week's semistate matchups, highlights some of the key players in each game, and also includes an interview with Daniel Engler of AlmanacSports.com, who is the GID's resident historian and has a tremendous list of the pre-1973 state champs (the "mythical" state champions). We also chat about Reitz & Mater Dei.

Click here to listen (right-click to download and save to your MP3 player).