Baseball: Tough Draw For Sectional 8 Teams
Published May 15, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Based on state rankings, it would appear that Zionsville’s Class 4A No. 2 Zionsville baseball team should be favored to win the Noblesville Sectional, when Sectional 8 gets under way on Wednesday, May 23.
None of the other teams in the seven-team field are ranked, though Fishers was ranked No. 10 before losing four straight games.
It was pretty much the same scenario a year ago at Zionsville, where the Eagles entered as the team to beat.
But the Eagles were grounded in a hurry.
Westfield, despite a losing record, won the title, and then reached the final of the Avon Regional.
But in Sectional 8, arguably the toughest sectional in the state, there really isn’t a favorable draw.
And this year’s pairings, released on Tuesday by the IHSAA, certainly didn’t do Zionsville any favors. Nor did the draw do any favors for Fishers or Hamilton Southeastern, two of the better teams in the field based on high double-digit winning records. The Tigers are 20-7 and the Royals 18-8..
Zionsville owns the best won-loss record in the field at 20-4.
Fishers, which lost two competitive Hoosier Crossroads Conference games to Zionsville this season, opens the tournament against a pretty good North Central team. That winner gets Noblesville, which drew the first-round bye.
In the May 24 opener, Zionsville and HSE lock horns, and the winner gets the Westfield-Carmel winner in the second round.
Zionsville and Hamilton Heights were the only Hamilton County teams to receive byes. The Class 3A Huskies meet Muncie South on Memorial Day at Yorktown.
Pairings are listed on Scoreboard
Royals Extend Winning Streak To 8 Games
Published May 15, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Hamilton Southeastern and host Harrison hooked up in a pitcher’s duel on Monday, with the Royals pulling out a 2-1 Hoosier Crossroads Conference decision.
Senior right-hander Jacob Kowal spun a 2-hitter and struck out 5, as the high-flying Royals won their eighth consecutive game. Kowal had a no-hitter through 4 and 2/3 innings.
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Hamilton Southeastern moved to 10-5 in the HCC and 17-8 overall.
Southeastern pushed across runs in the second and fifth innings, and Harrison got on the board in the bottom of the fifth.
Justin Striebel collected 3 hits and 1 RBI; lead-off batter Wes Edrington punched out a pair of hits and drove home the other run; and Chris Irwin had 2 hits, including a double.
Mitch Roman, Sean Green and Tre Gantt each singled for the Royals.
2012 HCC Golf Tourney: It’s Miller Time
Published May 15, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Noblesville and Westfield tied at 302, but the fifth-man tie-breaker was the difference, giving the Millers the 2012 Hoosier Crossroads Conference golf championship on Monday at Bear Slide GC in Cicero.
Team Scores: 1. Noblesville 302; 2. Westfield 302; 3. Avon 306; 4. Zionsville 307; 5. Hamilton SE 312; 6. Brownsburg; 7. Harrison 324; 8. McCutcheon 331; 317; 9. Fishers 352; 10. Lafayette Jeff 366.
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Avon’s Keegan McKinney took medalist honors with an even-par 72, 1 shot ahead of Noblesville’s Jackson Wright.
Timmy and David Hildebrand and Colton Smith each carded a 75 for Westfield. Johnny Watts’ 76 was low for Hamilton Southeastern, while David Sopoci and Dalton Mudd matched 85s for Fishers.
Another battle between Hamilton County schools comes off Saturday at 1 p.m. at Wood Wind Golf Club in the annual Hamilton County Tournament.
“I’m really proud of the way the guys hung in there all day. We talked at the beginning of the year about setting goals of winning the conference, county and the sectional. We were able to attain the first one, now we have to get back to work and try for the county on Saturday,” Noblesville coach Gary Sewell said. “I think the way we played the back nine (we started on hole 10) set us up well for the day. We really played that nine well and I knew we would be in it if we just kept away from big numbers, which we were able to do.
“This conference is the best golf conference in the state and for us to be fortunate to win is an incredible feat.”
Fishers Girls Net 1st Conference Championship
Published May 13, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
She's No. 1: Hamilton Southeastern's Kristie Hsu wins No. 1 singles at Hoosier Crossroads Conference meet/HC Sports Daily photo: Andrew Duvall.
The first part of 2012 has been quite a championship season for the Fishers High School girls tennis team.
The Lady Tigers went 9-0 against Hoosier Crossroads Opponents during the regular season, and they added the HCC tournament championship at Avon on Saturday.
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No. 3 singles champ: Fishers freshman Jessica Lorenz provides valuable points with her victory.
Yet, latching onto the trophy wasn’t exactly a walk in the park for Fishers, which got past in-town rival Hamilton Southeastern in another hotly contested showdown 45-43.
The Lady Tigers defeated the Lady Royals 3-2 in their regular-season match matchup for the annual Mudsock Trophy.
And it was an especially big and satisfying day for coach Don Roesler’s Lady Tigers, since it was the first HCC girls tennis championship for the school.
Freshman Jessica Lorenz’s victory at No. 3 singles proved especially critical for the Lady Tigers after HSE’s Kristie Hsu and Kelly Iden won Nos. 1 and 2 singles, respectively.
Fishers junior Kailey Eaton lost 3 matches this season, 2 coming against Hsu, a senior.
More points for Fishers came at No. 2 singles, where foreign exchange student Benedicte Heigaard reached the semifinals.
Also, the talented tandem of Fishers juniors Olivia Ruthsatz and Ellen Hornett won No. 1 doubles.
Next up for Fishers, 14-1 in head-to-head competition this season, losing only to No. 2 Carmel last week, is the Noblesville Sectional on March 18, where the Lady Tigers join Hamilton Heights and HCC foes Hamilton Southeastern and the host Lady Millers.
“I have been looking forward to this year for awhile. With returning coaches Dale and Christy Seipel I felt we had a strong team this year. With returning letterman Kailey, Olivia and Jayne, we had a strong base. I had seen Benedicte, our foreign exchange student, and Ellen, our transfer from Marion H.S., hit in the summer and knew they could contribute.
With freshman Caitlin (Gardner) and Jessica also making the varsity cut, I knew we had a chance to win the conference,” said Fishers coach Don Roesler.
“We went 9-0 in conference and really wanted to back it up at the conference tournament. Well we did, we won conference for the first time. We have been working hard and hope to win at sectionals, something no FHS tennis team has done yet.’’
University Reaches Milestone In season Wins
Published May 13, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
University improved to 10-5 on the season, sweeping Bethesda Christian 4-3 and 11-0 (5 innings) on the road on Saturday.
It was a milestone day for the Trailblazers. It marked the first time the school’s baseball team has reached double-digit wins.
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Matthew Padrick was 4-for-4 on the day with a double, 1 RBI, 3 stolen bases 3 runs scored.
In the opener, Nicholas Klemsz’s second double of the game scored pinch runner Eric Metzman with the winning run in the top of the sixth.
Shawn Miller struck out 8 over 5 innings to improve to 3-0 on the season. Freshman Jordan Bray struck out 4 in two innings of relief work to earn his second save.
Eric Wott doubled, and Jordan Bray had 1 RBI for the Trailblazers.
In the second game, Tyler Carlson pitched a 3-hit shutout, the first of his high school career.
Three Bethesda Christian pitchers issued 11 walks and UHS had 7 hits.
Wott and Padrick had two hits apiece, while Kyrne Beauford and Dakota Allen drove in two runs each. The Trailblazers stole 8 bases, with Wott getting 3 and Beauford 2.
Greyhounds Place 3rd In Sollman Invitational
Published May 13, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Carmel placed third out of 18 teams in the Sollman Invitational at the Trophy Club on Saturday.
Bedford North Lawrence won with a 299 total, followed by Floyd Central (306) and Carmel (308).
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Noblesville was sixth with a 317, and Westfield eighth with a 322 score.
Brownsburg’s Austin Winings fired a 67 to earn medalist honors.
The Scores:
1. BNL – 299, 2. Floyd Central – 306, 3. Carmel – 308, 4. Cathedral – 312, 5. Zionsville – 314, 6. Noblesville – 317, 7. Avon – 320, 8. Westfield – 322, 9. Brownsburg – 322, 10. Martinsville – 327, 11. Center Grove – 330, 12. Lebanon – 330, 13. F. Wayne Canterbury – 332, 14. Seymour – 335, 15. Columbus North – 337. 16. Bloomington North – 337, 17. Pike – 379, 18. Roncalli – 394.
“We played well overall but just couldn’t get the ball to drop. We struggled early with putting the ball. We battled back on the back 9 and played better but couldn’t make up ground on BNL. Andrew Havill played great golf, shooting 2 under par (70). Back to work Monday,” said Carmel coach Chad Carr, whose Greyhounds take on North Central at Coffin GC in Indianapolis.
Royals, Tigers Finish 1-3 In HCC Boys Track
Published May 12, 2012 | Track and field in the Town of Fishers is about as good as it gets.
Hamilton Southeastern's Zach Bray claimed the HCC 110-meter hurdles title in what has been an outstanding season for the senior. He's usually first to the finish line/HC Sports Daily photo: Andrew Duvall.
The third-ranked Hamilton County boys followed the No. 2 Lady Royals’ lead in capturing Hoosier Crossroads Conference track and field meets this week.
The girls won on Tuesday; the boys won on Friday.
And, too, the Fishers girls finished a close second to HSE in the girls meet, and the Tigers were third in the boys HCC meet.
And both schools appear capable of causing quite a bit of commotion in IHSAA girls and boys sectionals next week.
Hamilton Southeastern’s overall depth was the difference on Friday’s at Lafayette Jeff.
The Royals totaled 155 points. Avon was second with 123, followed by Fishers (102). Noblesville was fifth (80) and Westfield (31) rounding out the Hamilton County field.
HSE's Zach Reitzug smashed the 300-meter hurdles record in 38.04/Submitted photo.
Southeastern scored heavily in the hurdles, where junior Zach Reitzug set a record in the 300 hurdles in 38.04, breaking the 38.83 mark set by Zionsville’s Shane Mikesky. Sophomore Jacob Wright placed second, while senior Zach Bray won the 110 hurdles in 14.55, and Wright was fifth.
■ Senior Troy Reeder won the 3,200 in 9:20.18.
■ Hamilton Southeastern also won the 4×100-meter relay in 42.72, with sophomore Khalid Fuller, junior Ryan Davis, sophomore Cameron Polk and sophomore Phoenix Badua handling the baton.
■ The Royals also scored crucial points in the 200 dash (Cameron Polk, 2nd), the discus (Austin Hogan, 2nd), 400 dash (David Calhoun, 2nd; Tyler Duffy, 3rd), 3200 (Alex Zoumbaris, 3rd), long jump (Taylor Christensen, 3rd; Reitzug, 4th), 1600 (Sawyer Hitchcock, 4th), 200 (Loyd Turner 4th), high jump (Brendon Murry, 4th), and the 4×400 relay was the runner-up to record-setting Fishers.
Junior Diquis Manley, who gave Fishers a first in the 400-meter dash, anchored the 4×400 relay, joining sophomore teammates Michael Ryan and Patrick Chavis, and junior Nikko Foster.
Note: First-place finishers and Hamilton County finishers on Scoreboard.
Softball Sectionals Set To Begin May 21
Published May 11, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Pairings were drawn on Thursday for the 28th Annual IHSAA Softball State Tournament Series.
Sectionals are May 21‐26 with the 64 winners moving into a 1‐game regional round on Tuesday, May 29.
From there, 32 teams will square off in a four‐team semistate on Saturday, June 2, with the four state championship games scheduled for Saturday, June 9 at Ben Davis High School.
Class 4A No. 1 and defending state champion Carmel begins its tournament run against North Central in Sectional 8 at Carmel’s Cherry Tree Complex.
No. 6 Hamilton Southeastern, which opens against Westfield, and Carmel are in opposite brackets.
Daily schedules for each tournament site will be announced by the host schools.
There are seven teams in Sectional 8.
The Schedule:
Sectional 8 at Carmel
Game 1: Hamilton Southeastern vs. Westfield.
Game 2: Fishers vs. Zionsville.
Game 3: North Central (Indianapolis) vs. Carmel.
Game 4: Noblesville vs. Winner of Game 1.
Game 5: Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3.
Championship: Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5
All pairings on Scoreboard
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