Hamilton SE Lady Royals Lock Up Sectional 8
Published May 24, 2013 |
Hamilton Southeastern Lady Royals: Sectional 8 SOFTBALL CHAMPS!
The last time David Cook and his Hamilton Southeastern Royals won a sectional was in the 2009-10 season. That path led to the Class 4A State Championship.
And this marks Cook’s 25th year coaching the Lady Royals. And he’ll be inducted into the Indiana Softball Hall of fame next month.
His Lady Royals, ranked No. 6 in the state, are 25-5. They’ve already matched their 2012 win total.
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So, life would appear to be pretty good in the Royals Nation.
Are the stars aligned? Is a another run in the cards? Three more wins are needed to reach Ben Davis, site of the IHSAA State Finals, on June 8.
Cook just shook his head like he didn’t want to go there when asked about the possibility of another championship. He didn’t want any part of thinking about it, let alone talking about….such a possibility.
“Nah….a lot left to do,” said Cook, who also won state in 2007….and is the only Hamilton County coach with 2 state softball titles. “We had the toughest draw in the sectional. We just need to stay focused and continue playing good ball. We’re just taking things one game at a time, and right now we’re starting to think about the next game.”
Alyssa Buchanan allowed only 1 hit in the 4-1 victory over
Zionsville/HC Sports Daily photos: Andrew Duvall.
Thanks to a solid 1-hit pitching performance and a timely hit from Alyssa Buchanan in a 4-1 victory over Zionsville to capture Sectional 8 hardware on Friday at Fishers, that next game comes against Harrison at 6 p.m. on Tuesday in the regional at the Southeastern Softball Complex.
The regional winner moves to West Lafayette on June 1 for the semistate, where 2 wins are needed to earn a berth in the State Championship game.
“We had to get past Noblesville and then Carmel (the 2-time defending sectional champion), and Zionsville is a good team,” Cook said. “This is a tough, really tough sectional.”
Guerin Seeks 1st Sectional Title In Baseball
Published May 25, 2013 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
It’s been a good season for Guerin Catholic High School baseball.
Now, the Golden Eagles of coach Jeff Buckner find themselves one game away from making it possibly even more memorable.
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On the line is a sectional championship, something Guerin Catholic has yet to achieve.
On Friday, Guerin Catholic got past Mt. Vernon 4-3 and advanced to the championship game in Class 3A Sectional 26 at Brebeuf Jesuit.
Guerin avenged an early-season loss to the Marauders, coached by former Hamilton Southeastern coach Scott Johnson.
The Golden Eagles, now 18-8 overall, meet the host Braves at 3 p.m. on Monday.
Brebeuf advanced with a 23-0, 6-inning laugher against Indianapolis Howe.
“This will be our fourth time in the championship….and third in a row….second in a row vs. Brebeuf,” said Buckner, whose Golden Eagles have won 14 of their past 17 games.
“We have had great leadership from our 9 seniors all year.”
Gianakos Resigns…UHS Assistant Moves Up
Published May 24, 2013 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Paul
Gianakos
Paul Gianakos has resigned and assistant Brandon Lafferman has been promoted to head coach of the University High School boys varsity basketball team.
Gianakos, who guided the Trailblazers to back-to-back Class A sectional championships and the school’s first boys regional basketball championship in the 2012-13 season.
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Brandon Lafferman
Gianakos was 38-34 in 3 seasons coaching the ‘Blazer boys. He was 33-17 the past 2 seasons.
In his letter of resignation, Gianakos said that he would like to pursue other interests both in and out of the coaching profession.
Lafferman, who also teaches physical education and health at the Carmel high school, has been an assistant for the boys varsity program since 2010, has played a key role in the team’s recent successes.
In addition to teaching and coaching at University, Lafferman is president and founder of Indiana Primetime Sports, a youth sports organization that specializes in football, basketball and baseball programs for chidden 4 to 14 years of age.
Lafferman, a native of of Los Angeles and a 2007 Butler University graduate, and his wife reside in Carmel.
Southeastern Dominates Regional Field
Published May 24, 2013 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Zach Reitzug broke his own regional record in the 300-meter hurdles at Lafayette Jeff/HC Sports Daily photo: Andrew Duvall.
It’s on to the State Meet for the top-ranked Hamilton Southeastern boys track and field contingent.
The Royals made it look easy for the second straight week, running away from the Lafayette Jeff Regional field by a huge margin.
The Royals scored 121 points to 69.50 for runner-up fishers and 65 for Carmel.
State Meet runners-up in 2012, they’ll have their sights on defending champion Lawrence Central on May 31 at Indiana University in Bloomington.
The Royals’ Troy Reeder won both the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs.
The Team Scores
1) Hamilton Southeastern 121, 2) Fishers 69.50, 3) Carmel 65, 4) Lafayette Jeff 60, 5) Avon 52, 6) Noblesville 32, 7) Westfield 31.50, 8) Plainfield 30, 9) West Lafayette 22, 10) North Montgomery 19, 11) Zionsville 17, 12) McCutcheon 13, 13) Mooresville 12, 14) Brownsburg 11, 15) Lebanon 10, 15) Guerin Catholic 10, 17) Harrison 8.50, 18) Benton Central 8, 19) Southmont 7.50, 20) Lafayette C. Cath. 4, 20) Carroll (Flora) 4, 22) North Vermillion 3, 22) Rossville 3, 24) Tri-County 2, 24) Tri-West 2, 24) Danville 2, 27) Faith Christian 1.
Hamilton SE won 6 first-place ribbons, led by double winner Troy Reeder. The senior took the 1,600-meter run in 4:18.36 and the 3,200-meter run in 9:38.96.
Ryan Davis remained unbeaten in the 400-meter dash. He turned in a 47.36 clocking, while Fishers’ Diquis Manley was second to him in 48.04.
Zach Reitzug broke his 2012 regional mark of 38.08 with a 37.05 clocking in the 300-meter hurdles. He was second to teammate Jacob Wright at 110-meter hurdles, and Wright, who won both hurdles at the sectional, was runner-up to Reitzug in the 300 hurdles in the regional.
Reitzug, who was third behind teammate Taylor Christiansen in the long jump, also shared in the 4×400-meter relay victory, joining Joshua Christy, Davis and Jacob Wright, who ran the anchor leg.
Royals, Hounds Make Mighty Big Statements
Published May 24, 2013 | A pair of first-year Hamilton County varsity baseball coaches are each 1 victory away from playing for the Zionsville Sectional baseball championship.
Camel coach Dan Roman/HC Sports Daily file photo.
Coach Dan Roman’s Carmel Greyhounds defeated defending champion Zionsville 11-1 in five innings and coach Scott Henson’s Hamilton Southeastern Royals got past No. 15 Westfield 2-1 in 9 innings in the Sectional 8 baseball tournament on Monday.
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Carmel (18-10) and HSE (18-11) will meet in Monday’s second semifinal at approximately 1:30 p.m., following the Noblesville-North Central encounter, scheduled for 11 a.m.
HSE coach Scott Henson/HC Sports Daily file photo.
Ironically, SE lost twice to Westfield by 4-1 and 1-0 scores in the reglar season….the Rocks broke a 1-1 tie with 3 in the eighth inning and then the 1-0 win came in the bottom of the ninth.
And on Thursday, junior Trey Gant homered in the ninth.
An RBI double by sophomore Baily Partlow gave Westfield a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning. HSE tied it at 1-1 in the sixth.
HSE got 4 hits and Westfield got 6.
Tre’ Gant produced 2 hits, 2 RBIs….and the winning HR/HC Sports Daily file photo.
Cole McCrary, had 2 hits, including a double, and Nathan Manworren also had a pair of hits. Chase Shaw added a singled for the Rocks.
Mitch Roman, whose dad is the coach at Carmel, doubled and singled for HSE. Gantt also singled and collected 2 RBIs.
It had to be as sweet a victory for Southeastern as it was painful for Westfield.
“Very tough loss for us, but I’m very proud to have had the opportunity to coach these boys. They are an outstanding group of young men and accomplished a lot this season. We had our opportunities tonight; the 4th inning really hurt us. Can’t have runners at second and third and get nothing out of it. We just simply didn’t get the timely hit and that was the difference,” said Westfield coach Ryan Bunnell, whose Hoosier Crossroads Conference-champion Rocks, ranked No. 15, closed out the season with a 22-7 record.
No. 6 HSE, Zionsville To Vie For Sectional 8 Title
Published May 23, 2013 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Senior Alyssa Buchanan went 3-for-4 with a double and her 7th HR of season for No. 6 Lady Royals/HC Sports Daily file photo.
Sixth-ranked Hamilton Southeastern knocked off two-time defending sectional champion Carmel 6-3 in the semifinals to advance to Friday’s 6 p.m. Sectional 8 championship game at the Fishers Softball Complex.
Hamilton SE (24-4), which defeated Carmel 10-0 earlier in the season, meets Zionsville (5-13) in the championship game. The Sectional 8 winner advances against the visiting winner from Harrison on Tuesday, May 28 at 7 p.m. in the regional.
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Alyssa Buchanan was 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and 2 RBIs and she also scored a run. It was her second home in the sectional and No. 7 for the season. She also relieved winner Amanda Wintrow in the fifth inning to record the save.
Roni Patterson doubled and singled and knocked in 1 run.
Amanda Wintrow pitched into the fifth inning. She allowed 1 earned run on 2 hits, walked 3 and struck out 2. Buchanan was tagged for 2 runs on 3 hits in 2 2/3 innings. She fanned 2. The Lady Royals were leading 3-1 when he came in. Carmel scored single runs in in the sixth and seventh after HSE took a 6-1 lead with 2 runs in the top of the sixth.
Buchanan’s homer came off losing pitcher Kristyn Eckl, who allowed 4 earned runs on 7 hits in 4 innings. Adrienne Jones gave up 2 runs (1 earned) on 2 hits in 3 innings.
Roni Patterson had 2 hits including a double, and drove in 1 run.
Maggie Armstrong singled home 1 run; Madison Maloof had 1 RBI; and Bailey Rager, Sydney Payne and Wintrow each singled.
Katie Wede led Carmel (13-13) with 3 hits.Haley Van Ness doubled; catcher Lauren Godden added an RBI single; and Sam Pash also had an RBI.
HSE stranded 7 runners and the Lady Greyhounds left 8 on the base paths.
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Husky Golfers Shoot Past Clinton Prairie
Published May 23, 2013 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Hamilton Heights was on its golf game, registering a 23-stroke victory over 166, Clinton Prairie 189 at Cicero’s Bear Slide Golf Club.
The totals read: Hamilton Heights 166, Clinton Prairie 189.
The Huskies’ Taylor Fletcher captured medalist honors with a 39.
“Senior Night for the Hamilton Heights golf team turned chilly but senior Taylor Fletcher battled the wind and cold to win medalist honors) with an outstanding round,” coach Kerry Altherr said.
Hamilton Heights scores
Taylor Fletcher 39
Evan Fiscus 42
Andrew Beaver 45
Phil Beaver 49
Jesse Reed 46
Spencer Loomis 47
Brady Schulze 51
Tyler Terry 54
Carmel Wins Tennis Regional; Fishers Ousted
Published May 22, 2013 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Carmel’s top-ranked girls tennis team won the Kokomo Regional, while host North Central knocked Fishers out of the IHSAA team tournament on Wednesday.
Carmel defeated Harrison 4-1 and advance to the LaPorte Semistate on Saturday at 10 a.m. The Lady Greyhounds (12-0) meet Highland Regional champion Munster (19-4).
North Central was a 3-2 winner over Fishers, which finished with a 17-3 record.
Jessica Lorenz finished at the season 18-0 at No. 3 singles for the Lady Tigers.
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The Results
Carmel 4 Harrison 1
1s-Bailey Padgett d. Lexingtion Eiler 6-0,6-0
2s-Lauryn Padgett d. Madison Vanfossen 6-2,6-2
3s-Molly Fletchall d. Rebecca Dinkel 6-1,6-0
1d-Amy Brentlinger/Linnea Peters lost to Megan Hawkins/Meghan Dinkel 6–4,5-7, 6-7(7-5)
2d-Emma Love/Mary Voigt d Rachel Taylor/Cailynn Holm 6-0, 6-1
Varsity Record: 12-0
Coach Mike Bostic Quote
“The state tournament is about peaking at the right time and I think we prepared to do just that. Amy and Linna played a really smart team that knew their strengths and executed them extremely well. I am confident our girls will bounce back. Bailey, Lauryn and Molly are playing some dominant singles right now. Emma and Mary have gotten better with each match. We look forward to the semi-state in Laporte against Munster. They will have a lot of fans with the match being in Northern Indiana. We will need to play our best tennis and I am confident that our girls will be prepared.”
The Results
North Central 3, Fishers 2
1s-Kailey Eaton (15-4) lost to Claire Reifeis 2-6, 2-6
2s-Caitlin Gardner (12-4) lost to Caroline McAuley 1-6, 5-7
3s-Jessica Lorenz (18-0) d. Cassie Davis 7-6, 6-2
1d-Olivia Ruthsatz (16-2)/Ellen Hornett (16-2) d. Kit Sommers/Alliue McKenzie 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
2d-Marie Schlonegar/Carley Primavera d. Jayne Henn (14-4)/Madi Mason (14-4)4-6, 6-4, 6-4
University Off To Strong Start in Sectional
Published May 22, 2013 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
University began defense of its Sectional 58 championship with a 5-inning, 19-0 win over Tindley at Bethesda Christian on Wednesday.
Four Trailblazer pitchers combined to strike out 11 and limit the Tigers to two hits.
University (8-9) scored in each of the first four innings, and all 19 players saw action.
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Shawn Miller pitched two perfect innings and Nicholas Klemsz struck out the side in his only inning of work.
Isaac Mervis was 2-for-3, scored 3 runs and drove in 3.
Eric Metzman, Klemsz and Josh Etchberger drove in two runs each.
Eric Wott and Etchberger had two hits apiece.
The ‘Blazers pounded out six doubles – Wott, Metzman, Mervis, Klemsz, Alex Carson and Zach Nerney all had 2-base hits.
University will play host Bethesda Christian at noon on Saturday.
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Here We Go Again: No. 1 HSE Regional’s Best?
Published May 22, 2013 | Top-ranked Hamilton Southeastern, which finished second in the boys state track and field championship in 2012, should be the team everyone else is chasing in the Lafayette Jeff Regional on Thursday evening.
Coach Joe Golden’s Royals are deep, very deep, and they have exceptional sprinters.
Solid teammates, great competitors, Hamilton Southeastern senior Zach Reitzug and junior Jacob Wright are champion hurdlers/photo: courtesy of kidsportphotos for HC Sports Daily.
No. 6 Fishers, which defeated HSE in the Hoosier Crossroads Conference meet but ran second to the Royals in the sectional, and Carmel loom as top challengers in the regional, which gets under way at 6 p.m.
Qualifiers from the Carmel, Benton Central, Lafayette Jeff and Plainfield sectionals feed into the regional.
And the favorite?
HSE depth is oh-so-impressive. The Royals overwhelmed Fishers in the sectional 169 to 130.50.
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A look at HSE’s likely top point-getters:
■ Senior Ryan Davis has been un beatable and still looks unbeatable in the 400-meter dash.
■ No one has come close to Troy Reeder, the 2012 state runner-up, in the 1,600-meter run. Reeder also ran second to Carmel’s Robt. Browning in the sectional 3,200-meter run.
■ Jacob Wright is coming off double wins in the sectional 110 and 300-meter hurdles in 14.17 and 37.40,respectively. His main challengers should be Fishers’ Max Leamer and HSE teammate Zach Reitzug, and Reitzug especially in the 300 hurdles (Reitzug dominated the 300 H until losing to Wright last week).
■ Taylor Christiansen and Reitzug have been the top 2 scorers in the long jump most of the season. Christiansen’s best is 22-0.50, and Reitzug has been over 21 feet.
■ Austin Hogan won the discus throw 164-09.00 in the sectional and was second to Carmel’s Vince Laconi in the sectional shot put.
■ The Royals’ 4×400-meter relay (Reitzug, Joshua Christy, Davis and Rysan Wistrom) smashed the sectional record, turning in a blistering 3:17.68.
■ The Royals also ran second in the sectional 4×100-meter relay (Phoenix Badua, Christiansen, Khalid, Lloyd Turner).
HSE, Carmel Swing Big Bats To Advance
Published May 22, 2013 | 
HSE sophomore Maggie Armstrong (15) is greeted after hitting her second home run/HC Sports Daily photos: Andrew Duvall.
Maggie Armstrong picked a good time to hit a pair of home runs.
She had 2 of Hamilton Southeastern’s 3 home runs, and winning pitcher Alyssa Buchanan had the other one as the Class 4A No. 6 Lady Royals (23-4) defeated No. 9 Noblesville 3-2 in Sectional 8 at the Fishers Softball Complex on Tuesday night.
In the nightcap, two-time defending sectional champion Carmel (13-12) overpowered Fishers (14-7), winning 11-5 and avenging a 9-6 regular-season loss.
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Carmel scored 5 runs in the sixth, highlighted by Jaclyn Kweder’s grand slam home run, to pull away from the Lady Tigers, who led 5-3 after scoring 5 times in the fifth. Riley Tejecek also homered for the Lady Greyhounds in their display of power that included 13 hits.
Alyssa Buchanan scattered 4 hits and helped her own cause with a home run.
Southeastern and Carmel collide in a semifinal at 8 o’clock on Wednesday, following the 5:45 p.m. game between North Central at Zionsville.
It will be a rematch. HSE defeated Carmel 10-0 on April 22.
Wednesday’s winners meet for the championship at 6 p.m. on Friday.
It was the second 2-homer game of the season for Armstrong, a sophomore shortstop. She now has 4 home runs to her credit, 2 behind Buchanan, the team leader who also homered.
“I hit 2 against Brownsburg,” said Armstrong, who was 3-for-3 with a single. “The pitches I hit (tonight) were up, a little high, and I just made solid contact.
“I just wanted to do it for my teammates and for our seniors.”
All 3 home runs were served up by freshman Alexis Shannon, who allowed 3 runs on 3 hits and fanned 3 in 2 1/3 innings.
With 1 out in the bottom of the first, Armstrong drilled the first pitch over the centerfield wall. Buchanan followed with a liner over the left field wall with 2 outs.
Armstrong connected on the second pitch that sailed over the right field wall for a 3-1 lead.
Carmel players were all smiles after Jaclyn Kweder smacked a grand slam home run.
Noblesville, which ended the season at 18-5, cut the HSE lead to 2-1 in the top of the inning. A hit batsman, followed by a sacrifice bunt, and Hannah DeSalvo’s bloop hit over first base accounted for Noblesville’s first run.
Ashley Cleverly, the ace of the Noblesville staff, came on in relief after Buchanan’s homer. The junior had not pitched in the past eight games because of tendonitis in her right wrist.
Cleverly was especially sharp and shut the door on Southeastern, scattering 5 hits in 3 2/3 innings.
In the fourth, Cleverly got out of a bases-loaded jam.
Lady Royals Roll To Regional Track Title
Published May 22, 2013 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
The high-powered Hamilton Southeastern girls track and field team didn’t miss a beat in winning the West Lafayette Regional on Tuesday night.
HSE junior Brittany Goggans has hand in a pair of regional records/HC Sports Daily file photo.
The third-ranked Lady Royals compiled 110 points to runner-up Noblesville’s 73. Carmel was third, a point back with 72 points. Fishers finished in a two-way tie for seventh place with 29; Hamilton Heights was 12th with 17; Westfield tied for 15th with 11; and Guerin Catholic finished with 5.
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Team Scores: Hamilton SE 110; Noblesville 73; Carmel 72; West Lafayette 45; Lafayette Jeff 32; Mooresville 31; Harrison & Fishers 29; Brownsburg 28; Avon 22; Plainfield 21; Hamilton Heights 17; Zionsville & Covington 14; Westfield & Benton Central 11; McCutcheon 10; South Newton & Tri County 8; Tri-West 7; Guerin Catholic 5; Carroll (Flora), North White & Rossville 4; Clinton Prairie & North Newton 3; Southmont 2; and Fountain Central, North Vermillion, Danville, Lafayette Central Catholic, Twin Lakes and Faith Christian each had 1.
The girls State Meet is June 1 at IU in Bloomington.
Hamilton Southeastern, which rode its depth to the victory, won four events, including the record-setting 4×100-meter relay, and qualified all 3 relays for the State Meet.
The Lady Royals’ Hannah Allaben, Kayla Seymour, Katherine Goens and Brittany Goggans set a 47.96 regional record in the 4×100-meter relay, breaking HSE’s 2012 mark of 48.52.
Goggans, a junior, also set a record in the 200-meter dash at 25.24. The old standard was 25.32, set by HSE’s Portia Bailey in 2007.
Goens won the long jump with a 17-00.25 effort.
Seymour also gave the Lady Royals a first, winning the 100-meter dash in 12.58.
HSE’s Iden Impressive In Singles Tourney Debut
Published May 21, 2013 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Kelly Iden is 20-1 this season/HC Sports Daily file photo.
Hamilton Southeastern High School senior tennis standout Kelly Iden may have made a quite a statement for those players competing in the IHSAA Singles Tournament.
Iden defeated Mt. Vernon’s Kelsi Tammen in straight on Tuesday in the opening round of the state tournament.
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The regional round of the 32nd Annual Singles Tournament is scheduled to get under way on June 1.
Iden, who moved from No. 2 singles in 21012 to No. 1 singles this season, is 3-0 in the postseason and 20-1 overall after a solid 17-1 regular season.
She’ll compete collegiately at Eastern Illinois.
“She didn’t have any trouble making the transition from No. 2 to No. 1 singles. She’s truly an awesome person and player,” said first-year girls coach Kirk Webber.
University’s Wott Hits For The Cycle In Rout
Published May 21, 2013 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
University closed the regular season with a 15-3, 5-inning win over Indiana School for the Deaf on Tuesday night.
Senior Eric Wott hit for the cycle and drove in 5 runs, raising his season batting average to .482. Wott led off the game with a triple and added a 2-run double in the first inning as the Trailblazers jumped out to a 7-0 lead. Wott added a 3-run home run in the third inning and completed the cycle with a single in the fourth.
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Eric Metzman had two hits for the Trailblazers, while Ben Klemsz and winning pitcher Shawn Miller each drove in two runs. Alex Carson had a double for UHS. 17 Blazers made at least one plate appearance and 18 saw action in the game.
UHS will carry a 7-9 record in to Sectional 58 play Wednesday evening when the ‘Blazers defense of their sectional championship against Indianapolis Tindley.
The Blazers did not play Tindley during the season, but own wins over the other Sectional 58 teams. UHS has defeated Greenwood Christian (10-0), host Bethesda Christian (11-6) and now Indiana Deaf.
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