HSE Girls in 2012 Hall of Fame Basketball Classic
Published March 26, 2012 | Hamilton Southeastern’s girls basketball team has been selected to play in the 2012 City Securities Hall of Fame Classic at the New Castle Fieldhouse on Thursday, Dec. 27, it was announced on Monday.
Coach Chris Huppenthal’s team will play Class 4A state runner-up Columbus in the 11 a.m. opener.
Hamilton Southeastern makes its second appearance in the girls Classic. The Lady Royals won the 2004 event with wins over Bloomington North and East Chicago Central.
The Southeastern boys were Hall of Fame Classic champions this past season.
Both HSE programs finished the regular season ranked No. 1 in the state.
The Town of Fishers also will be represented in the boys Hall of Fame game. Collin Hartman plays for Cathedral. The 6-6 junior averaged 12.0 and 6.0 rebounds for the Irish (20-4) this past season.
Tickets for the tournaments will be available through participating schools and the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in the 2012 school year.
6 Junior Girls In Class Basketball All-Star Classic
Published March 20, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Six student-athletes from Hamilton County have accepted invitations to put their talents on display in the Third Indiana Class Basketball All-Star Classic Junior Girls Games, scheduled for June 15, at historic New Castle Fieldhouse.
Games will be held at 12:30 and 2 p.m.
All participants will be broken up into four separate teams and play two 20-minute halves.
Those competing will be Carmel’s Jeralyn Williams, Hamilton Heights’ Dakota Weatherford, Hamilton Southeastern’s Taya Reimer and Jessica Pongonis, and Westfield’s Jenn Anderson and Amy Shedd.
Reimer, Weatherford Head Hamilton County Sports Daily Girls Basketball Honor Team
Published February 25, 2012 | 
HSE's Taya Reimer/HC Sports Daily photo: Mark Morrow.
Hamilton Southeastern, which was unbeaten in the regular season, placed three players on the second annual Hamilton County
Hamilton Heights' Dakota Weatherford
Sports Daily Basketball Honor Team, led by co-Player of the Year Taya Reimer, a 6-4 junior who shared the honor with 5-5 Hamilton Heights junior guard Dakota Weatherford.
First-year Hamilton Heights coach Tod Windlan, who led the Lady Huskies to the school’s second sectional crown and first since the 2002-03 season, was selected Coach of the year.
The team is made up of eight underclassmen among the top 15 players selected.
| GIRLS BASKETBALL HONOR TEAM
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Fishers’ Destiny Washington and Noblesville’s Jessica Kiser were the only sophomores selected.
Lady Huskies coach Tod Windlan/HC Sports Daily (Hamilton Heights) photos: Shawn Barney.
Windlan, who is 104-78 in eight years of coaching, led a young Hamilton Heights team to a 21-5 won-loss record. That’s also a school-record number of victories for the Lady Huskies.
Windlan credits “wonderful team chemistry’’ for this season’s success, and said that it is a reflection of Dakota Weatherford.
Weatherford averaged 22.2 points and scored a school record-high 41 points. She also was second in rebounds and assists, and led the state in steals with 183 (7.04) per game.
Well Done! Lady Tigers, Lady Millers Aid Cause
Published February 23, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
Fishers and Noblesville players stand together/photo provided by Fishers High School.
At the Jan. 11 Cancer Awareness Event “Shoot For The Cure’’ game between the Fishers and Noblesville girls basketball teams, the girls helped collect $1,063.86 for the American Cancer Society.
During halftime of both the JV and varsity game, Noblesville and Fishers players paired up and walked through the stands asking fans for donations. The Lady Millers even donated $100 to the cause.
Fred Ilnicki, one of the JV officials that night, even signed over his paycheck for the money he earned officiating that night, said Keenan Copeland, Athletic Office Administrative Assistant at Fishers High School.
“The Lady Tigers are honored and humbled by giving back to the community and are focused on others throughout the season. By organizing and having such a successful event, the girls are able to say that basketball is more than just a game,’’ Copeland said.
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) |
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.
Young Lady Huskies Hope Journey Continues
Published February 16, 2012 | 
2011-12 Sectional basketball champion Hamilton Heights Lady Huskies/HC Sports Daily photos: Shawn Barney.
When you consider what the Hamilton Heights girls basketball team has already accomplished in 2011-12 season, can things get any better?
Well, how about a regional championship to go along with the school’s second sectional title and first since the 2002-03 seasons.
“We felt good about going into the sectional. We’ve got a shot . . . but we knew the regional would be loaded,’’ first-year Heights coach Tod Windlan said.
Loaded? You bet. All four Class 3A teams are ranked.
Starters (from left): Brianna Marshall, Kiley Walters, Haley Cook, Dakota Weatherford, Caitlin Matchett.
Norwell is No. 1, NorthWood No. 2, and Fort Wayne Concordia No. 7.
The No. 6 Lady Huskies (21-4), who set a school record for season victories, meet Concordia in the second game Saturday in the Bellmont Regional. Norwell and NorthWood are both 21-3.
Windlan chuckles when he talks about the reaction some people had when he told them he was taking the Hamilton Heights job. “Yeah, a few pretty much thought I was crazy,’’ he said. “I knew about the success of the program, and that the cupboard was not bare.
“I think if anything we’ve surprised lots people locally . . . but not me. I saw how well they played and played together in the summertime, and the kids really adapted to our philosophy.’’
Westfield, N. Central Vie In Sectional 8 Final
Published February 11, 2012 | 
Westfield's Terese Wade scrambles to try and get the ball away from Zionsville's Lauren Bensen. Jenn Anderson is No. 34, and the Rocks' Gabrielle Lapinski is at far left/George Sinnis/courtesy: kidsportphotos.
Size and brute force played major roles en route to Westfield and North Central gaining berths today at 7:30 p.m. in the Sectional 8 girls basketball championship game at Carmel.
Carmel senior Abby Dean (3) tries to pressure North Central's Jasmine Falcon into a turnover in Friday night's second game.
Simply put, Zionsville had no answer for 6-foot-3 Jenn Anderson, and Carmel could not match up with North Central’s inside game, led by 6-5 Nariah Taylor.
Thus, the tournament trail ended for Zionsville 58-34 and defending champion Carmel 59-48. The Lady Greyhounds also lost to North Central by nine points during the regular season.
Anderson, who was able to sit out the final 12-13 minutes in the second half and get some much deserved rest, hit Zionsville (4-17) with a 19-point, 10-rebound performance. Anderson made 8-of-12 shots and 3-of-4 free throws.
The Auburn-bound Taylor had 14 points and 19 rebounds.
Zionsville's Laurie King can't stop Jenn Anderson.
The No. 14 Lady Panthers (18-5) out-rebounded the Lady Greyhounds by a resounding 53-21 margin, and Westfield (14-8) won the boards 30-20.
“I wanted to give Jenn a rest once we got a 20-point lead. She seldom comes out of games, and we felt like she was due some rest,’’ said Westfield coach Shane Sumpter, who will be making his third straight trip to the final game.
“I told the kids that you can’t win sectionals unless you play on Saturday nights. We’re happy to be there and just to know we’ll get a shot at winning, and we know we’ll need to give it our best shot.’’
Sumpter led Westfield to the Class 4A sectional title two years ago, and lost to Carmel last year.
He said after winning the opening game that it didn’t matter who they played.
But it stands to reason that tonight’s Anderson-Taylor matchup could be something special, for fans and coaches alike.
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