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GCHS Notches Regular-Season Best 17th Win
Published February 22, 2012 | Parity didn’t come into the mix on Tuesday night at Guerin catholic High School. There was a big difference between Class A and Class 3A basketball. They were miles apart.
Guerin Catholic sophomore Whit Rapp recorded 14 assists, breaking his own school record/HC Sports Daily photos: Shawn Barney.
Class 3A No. 11 Guerin Catholic rolled over Class A No. 8 University by a resounding 82-39.
Jordan Pickett floats among traffic for two points. The University High junior scored 25 of his team's 39 points.
The bottom line was that University (15-4) couldn’t buy a basket, while the Golden Eagles bombed away at a 54.0 percent clip from the field.
In the process, Guerin Catholic (17-5) matched the most victories in school history and established a regular-season record for victories in six seasons of varsity basketball.
The 2007-08 team won 16 regular-season games and finished 17-6 overall.
Guerin senior Adam Hufford pulled down 12 rebounds. Grant Randle (13) tries to reach for the ball.
Coach Pete Smith’s Golden Eagles now prepare for next week’s Sectional 26 at Mt. Vernon against the host and No. 12-ranked Marauders on Wednesday.
University, the host at Sectional 58, begins play next Tuesday night.
Guerin Catholic came out on fire, racing to a 22-5 first-quarter lead. It was 36-16 at intermission, and the Golden eagles drove the final nail in the coffin with a 26-15 third-quarter margin and a 46-23 second-half scoring onslaught.
Senior Riley Rapp, a four-year starter, led the Golden Eagles with his season-high 21 points on Senior Night.
Mitchell Paige scored 12 and Bryan Hall netted 10 more. Sophomore Aaron Brennan chipped in nine points and Cal Lyons added eight points.
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.
Girls Basketball Regionals: Hamilton Heights, University Eliminated In First-Round Games
Published February 19, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
University High School seniors Hannah Meinen (33) and Grace Harsha (22) use aggressive defense to try and force a turnover/HC Sports Daily photos; Jeff Engel.
Junior Morgan Wood dribbles around a Southwestern (Shelby) defender.
The Indiana high school girls state basketball tournament trail came to an abrupt halt for Hamilton County schools Hamilton Heights and University in first-round regional games on Saturday.
Class 3A No. 6 Hamilton Heights got into foul trouble and was ousted by No. 7 Fort Wayne Concordia 67-44 at the Bellmont Regional, and University was held to 10 points below its season average in a 48-20 thumping by the host Lady Spartans in the Southeastern (Shelby) Regional.
The Lady Huskies, who produced the most season victories in Hamilton Heights girls basketball history this season, finished with a 21-5 record. The Lady Trailblazers ended play with a 7-15 won-loss record.
| REGIONAL CHAMPS
(of interest) Class 4A at Kokomo NORTH CENTRAL Class 3A at Bellmont FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA Class 3A at Lebanon MT. VERNON Class A at SW Shelby SOUTHWESTERN (Shelby) |
Class A No. 6 University Shorthanded, Loses
Published February 17, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
With top scorer Jordan Pickett nursing an ankle sprain, Class A No. 6 University fell to Horizon Christian 49-46 on Senior Night on Thursday night.
Horizon Christian, a Class A school not eligible for IHSAA postseason play, improved to 23-4; University fell to 15-3.
Caleb Oetjen, a 28.1 scorer, finished with 20 points. Pickett, a 6-1 junior, is the top scorer in Hamilton County at 26.0-points per game.
“He may or may not be able to play against Guerin Catholic (final regular-season game on Tuesday). If no go, he should be ready for the sectional,” coach Paul Gianakos said.
Kevin Bates led the Trailblazers with 14 points. Eric Wott and Dominic Dixon each scored nine, and Mitch Tanner added eight points. Dixon also had nine rebounds and 3 blocks; Tanner had 8 rebounds; and Wott had 6 boards.
Saturday’s scheduled game against Faith Christian has been canceled because of the University girls playing in the region al at Southwestern (Shelby).
Lady Blazers All About Toughness, Togetherness
Published February 16, 2012 | 
2011-12 Sectional champion University Trailblazers/HC sports Daily photos: Jeff Engel.
A lot has changed for the University girls basketball team in a year’s time.
The Lady Trailblazers, coming off of a five-win season, were undergoing a new system, and still learning.
“It was a teaching process,’’ Stacey Summitt Mann said about her first team at University.
The teaching aspect was still very much a part of this season’s progress. And it’s paid off, big time.
“Each game we made small goals for ourselves, one or two things to focus on. We used the regular season for it — teaching the fundamental game of basketball and preparing the girls for postseason play. And we constantly talked about it all year. They knew all year that this was their task — to prepare for sectionals,’’ Summitt Mann said.
Coach Stacey Summitt Mann (kneeling) said it's been an extraordinary season with a special group of girls. They're a very cohesive group.
The Lady Trailblazers certainly came together at the right time, and they already have two more victories and have two fewer losses than they did a year ago.
University won only four games during the regular season and now will take a 7-14 record to the Class A regional at Southwestern (Shelby) on Saturday. The Lady Trailblazers host Southwestern (14-8) in the 10 a.m. game. Clay City (18-6) will play Jac-Cen-Del (16-7) in the second game. The championship tilt is set for 8 p.m.
Pickett’s 30 Powers Class A No. 6 Trailblazers
Published February 15, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Junior Jordan Pickett leads Hamilton County in scoring/HC Sports Daily file photo.
Class A No. 6 University held on to deal 2A Heritage Christian a 59-56 loss on Tuesday night.
Visiting Heritage Christian (12-8), which has lost its past two games by a total of four points, drilled 26-of-30 free throws to stay in pursuit of the Trailblazers, who led 27-21 at halftime.
But poor free-throwing nearly cost the Trailblazers. They made only 8-of-24 free throws.
Jordon Picket, the Hamilton County scoring leader with a 25.8 scoring average, poured in 30 points.
Mitch Tanner and Kevin Bates added 10 and 6 points, respectively, for University.
Anthony Warrum led the Eagles with 24 points.
University (15-2) is four wins shy of matching the school’s most victories.
The 2004-05 team was 19-6.
The Trailblazers, who play host to Horizon Christian on Friday and Faith Christian on Saturday, so far have posted the school’s fewest number of losses in any one season. The 2003-04 team also lost only six games, and won 13.
Valentine’s Day Games Sweeten The Mix
Published February 13, 2012 | Carmel basketball coach Scott Heady just shook his head, smiled, and let out a slight chuckle when asked about playing a basketball game on Valentine’s Day.
“All I know is we’re playing for the conference championship that night. That’s all I’m thinking about right now . . . we’ve got to take care of the conference,’’ Heady said after his Class 4A No. 3 Greyhounds lost by two points last Thursday at top-ranked Hamilton Southeastern.
So, in other words, that means Cupid’s arrow will have to wait as Heady’s wife and a few other coaches’ wives will have to put any Valentine’s Day celebration on hold.
Six Hamilton County teams will be playing on Tuesday night.
Carmel (14-3) can win the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference outright with a win at Warren Central (13-6), which has one loss in the conference.
The Greyhounds are unbeaten in the MIC.
After Tuesday’s encounter, the Hounds on Friday play host to MIC foe Terre Haute, which has three conference losses.
Another big game will be at Pike, where Hamilton Southeastern clearly has a Bull’s-Eye on its back. The Royals can only hope the Red Devils don’t have a different kind of arrow in mind for them.
Southeastern (17-2), seeking its 13th straight victory, can match the school’s longest winning streak. The Royals won 13 consecutive regular-season games in the 2002-03 season.
Pike, which has been ranked most of the season, owns a 12-5 record.
Other games Tuesday find Heritage Christian at University; Lawrence Central is at Noblesville; Northwestern visits Hamilton Heights in Mid-Indiana Conference play; and Westfield treks to New Palestine.
Click on continue reading for this week’s full boys schedule.
Girls Sectionals: Hamilton Heights, University Advance To Regionals; Westfield’s Season Ends
Published February 12, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Junior Jenn Anderson is in obvious pain after leaving the game and needing an ice pack applied to her right knee. She fell with about 5 minutes left and did not return. She finished with 15 points and 5 rebounds in the 60-50 loss to North Central.
Hamilton Heights and University will play on, while Westfield’s hopes of a second sectional crown in three seasons were dashed in the Indiana high school girls basketball tournament on Saturday night.
Westfield coach Shane Sumpter tries to rally his troops during a timeout/HC Sports Daily photos: Shawn Barney.
North Central (19-5), the team that eliminated top-ranked and unbeaten Hamilton Southeastern, handed Westfield (14-9) a 60-50 loss in Class 4A Sectional 8 at Carmel.
The Lady Panthers advance to the Kokomo Regional, where they meet Logansport champion McCutcheon in the second game at noon.
Class 3A No. 6 Hamilton Heights (21-4) upended Delta 56-40 in Sectional 24 at Yorktown, as the Lady Huskies won the school’s first sectional since the 2002-03 season, and its second in school history.
Terese Wade (5) and North Central's Rachael Gregory dive for the loose ball.
And it undoubtedly was especially sweet for first-year Heights coach Tod Windlan, who was the varsity basketball coach at Delta in the 2009-10 season.
Class A University, under second-year head coach Stacey Summitt Mann, won the private Carmel school’s first sectional since the 2009-10 season and the school’s third since it opened in the 2003-04 season.
The Lady Trailblazers (7-14) pulled out a 32-20 victory over Indpls. Tindley in Sectional 58 at Bethesda Christian. They also defeated Tindley by six points in the regular season.
| BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
Feb. 18 Regionals >>>University vs. host Southwestern (Shelby), 10 a.m. >>>Hamilton Heights vs. For Wayne Concordia at Bellmont, noon.
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Hamilton Heights now advances to the Bellmont Regional on Saturday, Feb. 18, and University competes at Southwestern (Shelby).
Hamilton Heights meets Fort Wayne Concordia (17-5), the winner at Garrett, in the second game. NorthWood and Norwell play at 10 a.m.
University plays the first game, taking on Morristown Sectional winner Southwestern (Shelby), which is 14-8, at 10 a.m. That’s followed by Clay City and Jac-Cen-Del .
Regional championship games tip off at 8 p.m.
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.
Hamilton Heights, University Advance To Finals
Published February 11, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Hamilton Heights and University advanced to sectional championship games tonight at different, while Guerin Catholic and Sheridan saw their seasons come to an end on Friday night
Class 3A No. 6 Hamilton Heights (20-4) derailed Blackford 69-45 in Sectional 24 at Yorktown and will meet Delta (17-5) for the title. First-year Lady Huskies coach Tod Windlan coached at Delta in the 2009-10 season.
| SECTIONAL BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
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Class A University (6-15) hung on against the Intl. School of Indiana 28-23 and will meet Indpls. Tindley in a rematch at Bethesda Christian. The Lady Trailblazers (6-15) defeated Tindley 38-32 in the Carroll (Flora) holiday tournament on Dec. 17.
Sheridan (15-6), a winner of nine straight games going into the semifinal, pretty much shot blanks in Class 2A Sectional 38 at Delphi, falling to 17-game winner Seeger 48-24.
In Class 3A Sectional 26 at Indpls. Arlington, Guerin Catholic (16-8) lost to Bishop Chatard 66-57, for the second time this season. The Lady Golden Eagles entered the tournament riding a six-game winning streak. Chatard meets No. 2 Mt. Vernon (19-5) for the Sectional 26 championship.
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