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Rocks Top Marauders, Secure Winning Season
Published February 22, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Wade Burtron
Westfield got back on the winning track, dealing visiting Mt. Vernon a 59-52 setback on Tuesday night.
It also gave the Rocks an 11-9 season record, marking the second winning season under coach Eric Rauch in three seasons.
It was a tight game all the way.
Westfield led 22-18 at halftime, but the Marauders went up 33-32 after three quarters, and the Rocks needed a 27-point fourth quarter to pull it out.
Both teams shot well from the free-throw line. Mt. Vernon made 20-24 tosses, and Westfield made 16-of-20.
Senior Wade Burtron scored 21 points to lead the way in his final home game, and sophomore Tyler Osswald netted 10 points.
Burtron also ahd 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. Ajay Lawton led the Rocks with 4 steals.
Stephen Turner led Mt. Vernon with 19 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.
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
No. 1 Royals Conference Champs Once Again
Published February 18, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Westfield's Dejuan Simmons crashes into HSE's Zach Taylor, while Alex Dall follows the play/HC Sports Daily photos: Steve Risley.
Class 4A No. 1 Hamilton Southeastern wrapped up its third straight Hoosier Crossroads Conference basketball championship on Friday night.
Matt Fischer tries to stop Gary Harris from scoring.
Southeastern’s 79-68 victory over host Westfield, coupled with Fishers’ 67-59 loss to Noblesville, enabled the Royals to win the HCC title lock, stock and barrel at 8-0. The Tigers have two conference losses.
The Royals (19-2) can put the finishing touches on an unbeaten HCC season with a victory next Friday against visiting Lafayette Jeff.
Westfield (10-9) put up a good fight, and it was close for the first two quarters.
The Royals started slowly against Westfield, and trailed 13-10 after the first quarter. They were up 30-29 at halftime and moved into a 58-41 lead with a 28-12 scoring edge in the third quarter.
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.
Millers Upend Bears For 5th Straight Victory
Published February 15, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Junior Jordan Goodman led Noblesville with 23 points/HC Sports Daily file photo.
Host Noblesville continued its strong play of late by defeating 4A No. 15 Lawrence Central 75-67 at the Mill on Tuesday night.
The Millers (12-7) will ride a five-game winning streak into Friday’s Hoosier Crossroads Conference game at Fishers.
The Tigers are 6-1 in the conference, while the Millers are tied for third at 5-3 with Westfield and Avon.
| BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
>>>Burtron triggers Westfield win . . . Northwestern gets past Huskies Click on continue reading |
The Millers enjoyed a big shooting night, making 25-of-41 shots for a red-hot 60.9 percent.
But in the end, Noblesville had to overcome a superb effort by Jeremy Howell, who led the Bears with 33 points and 13 rebounds.
Jordan Goodman led the way with 23 points while making 8-of-11 shots, including 3-of-6 from behind the arc.
Goodman also had 3 steals and 2 rebounds.
Sam Philpott had 19 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.
Daniel Purvlicis had 13 points, 3 rebounds and 1 block, while Neal Dotson added 8 points, 5 assists and 4 steals for the Millers.
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.
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
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