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4 Hamilton County Divers Qualify for State Meet
Published February 22, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Four underclassmen will represent Hamilton County in Saturday’s state diving competition at IU Natatorium
Hamilton Southeastern sophomore Cody Coldron placed second in Tuesday's Regional Diving at Fishers/photo: Carolyn Laughlin, correspondent.
on the IUPUI campus.
The Diving prelims and semis begin at 9 a.m., followed by the 1 p.m. consolations and finals in all events.
Hamilton Southeastern sectional champion Cody Coldron was second in the regional diving competition Tuesday night at Fishers.
The Millers’ Zach Hall, the Noblesville Sectional champion, placed third.
Coldron is a sophomore and Hall a junior.
HSE sophomore Seth Winslow finished seventh in the regional.
Fishers freshman Austin smith earned the eighth and final qualifying berth to the state meet.
Muncie Central’s Zane Parker won the regional with 465.95 points.
Coldron scored a 47.30-point total, and Hall finsihed with 440.20 points.
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Top 8 State Qualifiers
1. Zane Parker Muncie Central 465.95
2. Cody Caldron Hamilton SE 447.30
3. Zach Hall Noblesville 440.20
4. Dustin Miller Lafayette Jeff 407.55
5. Jonah Snyder F.W. Carroll 388.95
6. Tyler Warren Homestead 378.40
7. Seth Winslow Hamilton SE 356.00
8. Austin Smith Fishers 351.10
GAME ON! HSE, NC Meet In Sectional 8 Opener
Published February 20, 2012 | The season will end early for one of the two highest ranked basketball teams in Class 4A, when Sectional 8 tips off at the Mill in Noblesville on Feb. 28.
Top-ranked Hamilton Southeastern (19-2) and No. 2 North Central (18-4) were matched up right off the bat in Sunday’s blind draw pairings.
Sectional Tournament Pairings on SCOREBOARD.
North Central, the preseason No. 1, has been perched at the top of the rankings twice this season, as has Southeastern. Both the Panthers and Royals arguably are the most experienced teams in the field.
Hamilton Southeastern, which has won 13 straight games and two of the past three sectionals, and North Central, which won state two years ago and lost to eventual state champion Bloomington South in last year’s Southport Semistate, will be meeting for the third time this season.
North Central defeated visiting HSE 81-76 on Dec. 17, and the Royals smacked the Panthers 89-80 in the championship game of the City Securities Hall of Fame Classic at New Castle 13 days later.
So Game On!
Hamilton Southeastern is the defending champion at Noblesville in what is the state’s toughest big-school sectional this season, and most seasons for that matter. It’s also a sectional that could not be more wide open.
Fishers’ Mitch Sliga STATE Wrestling Champion!
Published February 19, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Mitch Sliga’s hard word, dedication and persistence finally brought him the prize he’s sought for three years.
THIRD TIME A CHARM: Junior Mitch Sliga put an exclamation point on his 49-0 season on Saturday night at Banker's Life Fieldhouse/HC sports Daily photo: Shawn Barney.
In his third trip to the state wrestling finals, the junior wrestling sensation from Fishers High School is now an IHSAA state champion!
And he’s also a first-time state champion in two different sports for Fishers.
The Greco-Roman wrestling national champion as a freshman was a member of the 2010 Fishers Tigers Class 5A state football championship team. And now he’s an individual state champion in Indiana high school wrestling in the 195-pound weight class.
And he got it done in an impressive manner on Saturday night at Banker’s Life Fieldhouse.
Sliga pinned two earlier opponents in a matter of 70 seconds. The final match took a little more time. He led 2-1 after the first period, and then broke a 2-2 tie against Merrillville’s Kourtney Berry (32-1), ranked No. 2 in the state, in a pin fall with 39.7 seconds remaining in the second period. The pin came in 3:20.
“Winning in that fashion, the way I got the pin, is just amazing,’’ Sliga said during an IHSAA webcast interview.
Sliga, who gave up football after his sophomore season to concentrate on wrestling, was third in the state at 189 pounds in each of the past two seasons.
Sectional Swimming: 20th Title In Row For HSE
Published February 19, 2012 | With only a couple of events remaining and the outcome not in doubt, Hamilton Southeastern swimming coach Andy Pedersen was asked, “Does winning ever get old.’’
HSE coach Andy Pedersen (right) and high school principal Matt Kegley share a laugh toward the end of the boys sectional.
He leaned back, folded his arms and chuckled, “What do you think?’’ His Royals not only won the Southeastern Sectional boys swimming and diving championship, it marked the 20thconsecutive year for his team to hoist the trophy high in the air.
Hamilton Southeastern sophomores Cody Coldron (right), the champion, and third-place finisher Seth Winslow qualified for Tuesday's Diving Regional at Fishers High School. Competition starts at 6 p.m./HC Sports Daily photos: Mark Morrow.
“I went through the other side of it last year when Fishers snapped our 15thstraight girls sectional champion winning streak. I like this feeling much, much better,’’ Pedersen said with a big smilie. Southeastern totaled 537 points to runner-up Fishers’ 381. At Noblesville, top-ranked Carmel won its fifth straight sectional. The Greyhounds compiled 514.5 points to runner-up Noblesville’s 391 and third-place Westfield’s 377.5 The Royals’ depth showed, but they also won all three relays, and got wins from Ricky Kelley (100 fly), Jackson Russell (200 IM) and sophomore Cody Coldron (diving). Fishers had two double winners in juniors Chris Cutter (500 free and 100 back) and Davis Arick (50 and 100 free).
| BOYS STATE SWIMMING
Feb. 24: Prelims, 6 p.m. Feb. 25: Diving prelims and semis, 9 a.m.; Consolations & Finals (all events), 1 p.m. Site: IU Natatorium. |
At Noblesville, Carmel’s Roma Sarapin (50 free and 100 fly) and Westfield’s Nathan Hopkins (200 free and 500 relay) each won two individual events. The Greyhounds also won all three relays. Continue reading
Millers Impressive In HCC Win Over Fishers
Published February 18, 2012 | 
Fishers' Jon Flemming comes up with the loose ball/HC Sports Daily photos: Shawn Barney.
Noblesville wasn’t necessarily trying to send a message to other Sectional 8 teams, but the Millers probably did.
Fishers' Tyler Alderman blocks Sam Philpott's shot. The 6-8 senior had 7 blocks, while the 6-7 Noblesville junior led all scorers with 23 points
They might have sent one to themselves, too. Even though it’s unlikely they need to be reminded just how well they are playing.
Noblesville's Daniel Purvlicis comes down with one of his seven rebounds.
They are a good, deep team. They know it, and for most of the game they showed it.
And it appears safe to say that the Millers will have to be reckoned in a little less than two weeks, when arguably the most competitive sectional in the state tips off at The Mill.
The Millers defeated a solid Fishers ball club 67-59 on Friday night, a win on the road that gave coach Dave McCollough a reason to feel good. He seemed pretty relaxed while talking about it, and he even smiled a little.
Noblesville coach Dave McCollough gets his point across to one of the striped shirts.
“It was a win we needed . . . and really wanted to get. Anytime you can win on the road, especially in this league (Hoosier Crossroads Conference), it’s big,’’ he said while hanging up his suit coat on a hanger in the dressing room. “Actually it wasn’t just a good night . . . it’s been a good week, a really good week.’’
Fishers coach Joe Leonard goes over strategy during a timeout.
On Tuesday, the Millers (13-7), winners of six straight games, knocked off No. 15 Lawrence Central 75-67. They finished the conference at 6-3.
As good of a win as it was for Noblesville, it had to be an especially crushing loss to Fishers, which battled hard and has been quite competitive in every game this season. The loss knocked the Tigers (10-9, 6-2 HCC) out of the conference title picture as Hamilton Southeastern (8-0 ) has wrapped up first place with one game remaining.
“Fishers is a very good basketball team, and it was a good challenge for us, and with the exception of a few moments, and some turnovers, I thought we handled the challenge well,’’ McCollough said. “We were a little rattled at one point, but we held together.’’
One of those moments came in the final quarter, where the Millers turned over the ball six times.
“We got in a hurry,” McCollough said. “We started rushing things. Our vision narrowed. We need to work on being like quarterbacks, where we’re seeing the field of play, not just one or two spots.”
Still, it was a good win. What makes the victory even more satisfying, perhaps, is that McCollough is developing depth. He lost two players to injuries and another to a health issue early in the season.
‘Depth-wise, Noblesville was able to use 10 different players, a couple of whom got more playing time than usual because of foul problems to starters.
Carmel, HSE Lead Boys Sectional Swim Prelims
Published February 17, 2012 | Defending champions Carmel and Hamilton Southeastern led the boys sectional swimming preliminaries at Noblesville and HSE, respectively, on Thursday night.
Carmel, the defending state champion, and Hamilton SE qualified 27 swims for Saturday’s finals, scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Diving is first up at 9 a.m.
Noblesville and Westfield also showed their strength by qualifying 26 and 25 swims, respectively.
Over at Southeastern, Fishers, which had top seeds in eight events, followed the Royals by qualifying 20 swims for Saturday.
Fishers had two lead the way in two individual events. Davis Arick was tops in the 50-yard and 100-free events, and Chris Cutter was the top seed in the 50-freestyle and 100-yard backstroke.
Also, Anderson senior Kyle Johnson topped two events — 200 free and 100 butterfly.
Carmel and Westfield also produced two double seeds. Roma Sarapin was tops in both the 50 free and 100-yard butterfly, and Westfield’s Peter Koss led the field in the 100 free and the 200 IM.
The Greyhounds’ Zech Banks, whose 56.57 time is No. 1 in the state, turned in a 58.71 clocking in the 100-yard breaststroke.
Results on Scoreboard
7 County Wrestlers Gear Up For State Finals
Published February 15, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Unbeatens Mitch Sliga (Fishers) and Lukas Schaeffer (Westfield) lead a field of seven Hamilton County wrestlers from three high schools into the IHSAA Individual State Wrestling Finals at Banker’s Life Fieldhouse, beginning Friday night.
Friday’s first round gets under way at first round 6 o’clock.
Action moves to Saturday at 9:30 a.m. for the quarterfinals), followed by the semifinals; Consolations are at 5 p.m. and the championship matches at 7:30.
Webcast: Saturday night’s state championship matches will be streamed live at www.ihsaatv.org .
Sliga, a junior, who’s looking for his first state championship at 195-pound weight class after finishing third at 170 in each of the past two seasons, is ranked No. 1 in the state in his class and is 45-0. Schaeffer is 50-0 and ranked No. 2 at 182.
Other county qualifiers are: Fishers sophomore Jordan Lile (120, 41-3); Hamilton Southeastern junior John Tatom (145, 38-3), senior Matt Irick (170, 39-4) and senior Hayden Janney (285, 34-4) at 285; and Westfield senior Taylor DeLong (44-9) at 195.
Wrestling: Sliga, Schaeffer Remain Unbeaten
Published February 12, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Unbeatens Mitch Sliga (Fishers) and Lukas Schaeffer (Westfield) were the only Hamilton County wrestlers to win individual tournament titles at the New Castle Semistate on Saturday.
The top four wrestlers in each class advance to the state finals at Banker’s Life Arena.
The state finals are Feb. 17 (first round) at 6 p.m., and Feb. 18 (quarterfinals
at 9:30 a.m., followed by the semifinals; Consolations are at 5 p.m. and the championship matches at 7:30.
Webcast: Saturday night’s state championship matches will be streamed live at www.ihsaatv.org .
Sliga, a junior, has finished third at the state meet in each of the past two seasons. He’s 45-0 in the 195-pound weight class, and ranked No. 1 in the state. Schaeffer is 50-0 and ranked No. 2.
In the championship matches:
>>>Sliga d. Ian Early (Greenfield Central) 39-2 (Dec 9-2).
>>>Schaeffer d. CJ Martin (Perry Meridian) 30-6 (Dec 3-2).
Other county qualifiers:
Westfield’s Taylor DeLong (44-9) won the third-place match at 195.
Hamilton Southeastern had three third-place finishers: John Tatom (38-3) at 145, Matt Irick (39-4) at 170 and Hayden Janney (34-4) at 285.
Fishers’ Jordan Lile placed fourth at 120.
Results on Scoreboard
HSE Wins County Frosh BB Tourney To Go 18-1
Published February 11, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Hamilton Southeastern captured the 2012 Hamilton County freshman basketball Tournament championship on Saturday at the Mill in Noblesville.
The young Royals defeated Westfield 45-33 in the final. Hamilton Heights finished third with a 35-31 victory over Fishers.
Southeastern reached the fin al with a 50-25 decision over Hamilton Heights, and Westfield advance with a 55-43 decision over fishers.
HSE’s toughest came in the opener against Carmel. The Royals pulled out a 52-48 overtime vict5ory. In other first-round games, Hamilton Heights edged Guerin Catholic 46-43; Westfield upended University 48-35; and Fishers got past Noblesville 46-39.
Hamilton Southeastern has won 18 of 19 games this season.
Semistate Wrestling Set For New Castle
Published February 10, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Hamilton County qualified 24 wrestlers for the New Castle Semistate Individual Tournament on Saturday.
Fishers' Mitch Sliga (red jersey ) is Hamilton County's lone No. 1-ranked wrestler in the state. He wrestles at 195 pounds/HC Sports Daily photos: Shawn Barney.
Hamilton Southeastern had the most semistate qualifiers with nine, followed by Westfield’s seven, Fishers’ six and Carmel’s two. In addition, the Royals had four regional champions, while the Shamrocks had three and the Tigers two.
HSE’s four winners were Chase Watson (126, 36-3), John Tatom (145, 35-2), Matt Irick (170, 36-3) and Hayden Janney (285, 31-3).
Westfield’s wins came from AJ Belden (113, 42-6), Logan Floor (160, 38-10) and Lukas Schaeffer (182, 46-0).
Fishers’ Mitch Sliga (41-0) won the 195-pound championship, while the Tigers’ Jordan Lile (39-1) was the winner at 120.
Southeastern’s wins came from Chase Watson (126, 36-3), John Tatom (145, 35-2), Matt Irick (170, 36-3) and Hayden Janney (285, 31-3).
Sliga, a junior and a two-time state finalist at 170, is ranked No. 1 in the state, Schaeffer is No. 2 in his class, and Tatom is No. 4 at 145.
Westfield's Lukas Schaeffer (green) is ranked No. 2 in the state at 182.
Noblesville failed to land a winner at Pendleton Heights.
Sophomore Niko Barrantes (106, 26-8)
and Mitch Hensley (170, 29-8) were runners-ups,
the highest finishers for the Millers.
The top four in each weight class
punched tickets to the
New Castle Semistate:
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106
*2. Nick Barrentes, Noblesville; 3. Karl Wilhelm, Carmel.
113
1. AJ Belden, Westfield; 3. Vinny Pavan, Fishers.
120
1. Jordan Lile, Fishers; *Stephen Storey, Noblesville.
126
1. Chase Watson, HSE 4. Lance Syverson, Fishers.
132
2. Michael Steele, Westfield; 3. Mitch Snyder, HSE.
138
3. Drake Gunning, Westfield.
145
1. John Tatom, HSE; 3. Lucas Rooney, Westfield.
152
2. Jackson Bennett, HSE.
160
1. Logan Floor, Westfield; 2. Austin Neibarger, HSE; 4. Ben Krege, Carmel.
170
1. Matt Irick, HSE; *2. Mitch Hensely, Noblesville; 3. Seth Riley, Fishers.
182
1. Lukas Schaeffer, Westfield; 3. Levi Pearson, HSE.
195
1. Mitch Sliga, Fishers; 2. Taylor DeLong, Westfield.
220
2. Andy Eldridge, HSE; 3. *Cody Bond, Noblesville.
285
1. Hayden Janney, HSE; 2. Patrick Stevens, Fishers.
*Qualified at Pendelton Heights; all others qualified at North Montgomery.
| STATE WRESTLING FINALS
Advancement to State Finals: The top four place winners in each weight class at the semistate advance to the state finals. The state finals are Feb. 17 (first round) at 6 p.m., and Feb. 18 (quarterfinals Consolations are at 5 p.m. and the championship matches at 7:30. Webcast: Saturday night’s state championship matches will be streamed live at www.ihsaa.org .
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