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listing every matchup though, I will look at the matchups for the top ten teams
according to this week's ICGSA Top 10 Poll.
In 4A:
***Ben Davis (20-0) will matchup with 3-15 Indianapolis Manuel
Floyd Central (19-0) takes on Jennings County who is 3-16
Jeffersonville (19-1)gets the Jennings Co/Floyd Central winner
Mooresville (20-1) faces 7-12 Martinsville
Kokomo (16-1)and 18-1 Logansport give the state one of the best first round
matchups
Merrillville (18-1)has a big matchup with 14-7 Michigan City
Bloomington North (19-2) faces 10-9 Columbus East
Penn (16-2)gets the winners of SB Admas and SB Clay
Elkhart Memorial (20-2) opens with 13-5 Northridge
Decatur Central (16-4)will match up with the Brownsburg/Avon winner
In 3A
Rushville (19-2)will start out with 8-11 New Palestine
Norwell (18-0)will open with 13-6 Peru
Hamilton Heights (17-1)will take on fellow top ten team Mount Vernon
(Fortville)(17-2)
Evansville Memorial (16-3)will match up with 10-8 Mount Vernon (Posey)
Gibson Southern (19-1)will face the winner of the previous game mentioned.
***Fort Wayne Elmhurst (15-4)will have a huge matchup with either Norwell or Peru
Fort Wayne Concordia (15-3)takes on 2-17 Heritage
NorthWood (16-3)matches up with 10-8 Wawasee
Hammond Gavit (19-0)will face the Roosevelt/Hammond High winner
In 2A
Winchester (19-0)takes aim at 5-13 Lapel
Jimtown (17-1)will play the LaVille/Bremen winner
Austin (18-2)will begin the tournament against 2-16 West Washington
Boone Grove (19-1)faces 7-12 Hebron
Oak Hill (15-3)will play 9-9 Sheridan
Wabash (18-1)plays 10-9 Manchester
Taylor (17-3) will start with 12-6 Tipton
***Heritage Christian (10-9)and fellow top ten team Indian Creek (18-2) will open
against each other
Brownstown Central (16-3)will open with Eastern (Pekin)
in 1A
Vincennes Rivet (18-0)will face 5-13 North Daviess
***Fort Wayne Canterbury (17-2)plays 10-9 Elkhart Christian
Barr-Reeve (18-1)takes on Loogootee (11-7)
Turkey Run (15-5)gets the bye and will face Covington or Rockville
Waldron (16-3) opens with Eminence who is 1-18
Oregon-Davis (17-4)and 5-14 Triton will play
Kouts (15-3)opens with 7-11 Whiting
Jac-Cen-Del (15-3)locks horns with 2-16 South Decatur
Tri-Central (14-6) will play the Rossville/Clinton Prairie winner
North Vermillion (16-2)will open with 3-14 Attica
*** indicates 2009 IHSAA State Champion
Also, Mid America Broadcasting will cover the Hanover Central Setional.
The sectional begins Tuesday night with 9-8 Hanover Central and 5-14 Bishop Noll.
On Friday night Edison at 4-13 faces 9-10 Wheeler and River Forest will play the
winner of Tuesday night's game. the championship game will be played on Saturday.
ReplyReply AllMove...SATURDAY JANUARY 2nd
With 2009 behind us, it makes sense to look back at some of the great moments in
girls high school sports.
Carmel won is 23rd straight swimming state championship. In the 200 yard medley
relay Jessie Hammes, Lauren Stauder, Devon Mason, and Megan Detro of Carmel
won. Logan Mason of Carmel won the 200 yard freestyle, Trish Regan from Carmel
won the 200 yard individual medley, and Megan Detro from Carmel won the 50
yard freestyle. The one meter diving champion was Katie Bittner from Noblesville,
Homestead's McKenzie Bagan won the 100 yard butterfly, and Kait Fiederbach
was the 100 yard freestyle champion. The 500 yard freestyle was won by Lauren
Jordan from Carmel, and Megan Detro, Jessie hames, Logan Mason and Trish
Mason won the 200 yard freestyle relay for Carmel. Carmel's Jessie Hammes was
also a winner of the 100 yard backstroke, and Tori Bagan from Homestead won
the 100 yard breaststroke. Finally, Carly Marshall, Logan Mason, Rhiannon
Sheets, and Trish Regan brought the hardware home for Carmel in the 400 yeard
freestyle relay.
In basketball, Ben Davis, Fort Wayne Elmhurst, Heritage Christian and Fort
Wayne Canterbury all won state championships. In thes games held at Lucas Oil
Stadium, Ben Davis and South Bend Washington in the 4A game combined for a
state championship record .527 shooting percentage from the field. Also, both the
1A and 2A games went to overtime. Sklyer Diggins of South Bend Washigton was
chosen as Indiana's Miss Basketball.
In gymnastics, Valparaiso won a record 7th state championship and their second in
a row. Roncalli was the runner-up. Individually, Kellie Kidd of Valpo won both the
all-around and balance beam for the second year in a row, she also won the vault
and floor exercise, and Kayla Heator of Fremont won in uneven parallell bars.
The softball finals were highlighted by Center Grove winning it's 5th state
championship in the sport. New Palestine won it's second 3A state championship in
a row and Mdison-Grant and Tecumseh won in 2A and 1A respectivly. Jenny
Esparza of Avon narrowly beat Mel Dumezich from Whiting for Miss Softball
honors.
Lawrence North denied Warren Central it's fourth state championship in a row by
beating the Warriors 51-45. The 100 was won by Shanice Gibson from
Jeffersonville, the 200 by Eboby Wright from Warren Central, and the 400 by
Logan Hayes from Warren Central. In the 800, Abby Farley won for Park Tudor,
Kate DeSimone won the 1600, while Megan Ranegar took the 3200 for Valpo. In
the hurdles Portia Bailey from Hamilton Southeastern was the 100 meter champion
and Stacia Wetherford from Lawrence North won her second in a row in the 300.
The 400, 1600 and 3200 meter relays were won by teams from Warren Central,
Lawrence North and Carmel. In the filed events the long jump champion was
Rebecca Neville from Merrillville, Hamilton Southeastern's Paige Smith won in the
discus, Vatesville's Ellie Tidman won her 3rd straight high jump champion, Tori
Bliss from Portage won the shot put and the pole vault champion was Ellie
McCardwell from Pendleton Heights.
Carmel had succes in sports other than swimming with a team state championship in
tennis beating Homestead 4-1. Mary Hill from Munster won the singles
championship 6-3, 5-7 and 6-3 over Caroline Hedrick from Columbus North. The
Brebeuf doubles team of Annabeth Barnard and Gabrielle Rubenstien beat
Carmel's Megan Renninger and Oliver Trancik 64-6-1 to win that title.
Golf saw Martinsville crowned as the team champion for a record 11th time, while
Megan Potee from Noblesville was the individual medalist.
Carmel also won the cross country team championship, defeating Lake Central.
Sarah Higgens from Center Grove was the individual champion, while Emily Mossler
from North Central (Indy) was the runner-up.
Evansville Memorial beat Forth Wayne Snider to take home the schools second
soccer championship.
Finally in volleyball, Indiapolis Cathedral won in 4A over Muncie central, Delta beat
Mishawaka Marian in 3A, Muncie Burris defeated Brownstown Central in 2A and
Michigan City Marquette beat Barr-Reeve in class 1A.
MONDAY DECEMBER 21st
There are still 17 girls basketball teams that are undefeated in Indiana. Those
teams include Westfield, Hobart, Barr-Reeve, Ben Davis, Gibson Southern, Gavit,
Kokomo, Mooresville, Winchester, Floyd Central, Merrillville, Randolph Southern,
Vincennes Rivet, Norwell, Warsaw, Jasper, & South Bend Clay.
Of these teams, a few are guarenteed not to continue undefeated throughout the
reguar season. For instance, Merrillville will host Hobart on January 19th.
Likewise, Hobart will host Gavit to conclude the season on the 4th of Febuary.
Also Barr-Reeve and Vincennes Rivet will be hooking up at the Patriots home court
on the 28th of January.
You can catch most of these teams in tournaments over the holidays. With only a
little over a month left in the season, I would catch one of these teams before it
is too late!
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 22nd
It's early in the season, but Northwest Indiana girls basketball already has only
a few undefeated teams left. Nine, in fact. Those teams include Merrillville and
Portage (both 3-0) from the Duneland, Gavit (4-0) from The Great Lakes, no
teams from the Greater South Shore, Hobart (5-0) and Munster (3-0) from the
Northwest Crossroads, West Side and Roosevelt (both 2-0) from the
Northwestern, Boone Grove (4-0) from the PCC, and 3-0 Bowman Academy who is
an independent.
On the other side, there are not many winless teams either. Again, there are
only nine including Morton, Hammond High and Clark from the Great Lakes, Edison
and Marquette from the Greater South Shore, no teams from the Northwest
Crossroads, Northwest Crossroads, or the independents, and South Central,
Morgan Township, Washington Township and LaCrosse from the PCC.
It's too early to make any real predictions based on these early numbers since
early season schedules often contain much larger or much smaller conference
school that make getting a win much harder or easier respectively. My point is
that fans of those undefeated teams should not make their state championship
plans just yet and fans of those winless teams should not hang it up just yet.
There are a lot of games and there is a lot of time between now and a potential
trip to Fort Wayne.
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 1st
The field has been set for the IHSAA Volleyball State Finals. Many of the
participants will be some of the usual suspects, while others have not been to the
finals in a while.
The finalists for class 4A are 35-2 Elkhart Memorial taking on 35-3 Floyd Central
and 33-3 Center Grove taking on 33-4 Muncie Central. The semi-final matches
will take place at Yorktown High School.
In class 3A the finalists are 33-5 Mishawaka Marian against 36-1 Yorktown and
32-1 Brebeuf vs. 27-11 Silver Creek. The 3A matches will be at Muncie Central.
Class 2A semi-finals will be at Delta and will feature 32-5 Southwood vs 31-4
Fairfield and 38-0 Muncie Burris taking on 29-4 Brownstown Central.
Finally, in class 1A it will be 20-1 Indianapolis Lutheran and 27-7 Wes-Del locking
horns while 32-6 Michigan City Marquette does battle with 36-0 Barr-Reeve. The
1A matches will be at Ball State's Worthern Arena.
The finals will take place at Worthern Arena with 1A beginning at 2:30 pm ET, 2A
at 4:15, 3A following at 6 and 4A at 8:10
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 25th
Twelve region golfers will be heading to the girls state golf finals at The Legends
of Indiana Golf Course in Frankiln this weekend. Round One begins on Friday with
Round Two commencing on Saturday. The following ladies from four different high
schools will be competing. Participants are listed in order of their tee time.
Kamryn Klawitter, Munster, Junior
Brianna Davy, Lake Central, Senior
Elizabeth Gorski, Valpo, Sophomore
Marissa Kroeger, Chesterton, Sophomore
Stephanie Drake, Chesterton, Sophomore
Catherine Manning, Valpo, Senior
Hayley Miller, Chesterton, Senior
Lyndsay Holmes, Valpo, Junior
Erin Devaney, Chesteron, Senior
Susan Friedlander, Valpo, Freshman
Kelly Grassel, Chesterton, Freshman
Kelly Copeland, Valpo, Senior
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11th
Northwest Indiana has had it's share of outstanding softball pitchers. One of
them, Amanda Wendlinger, is just 5 years removed from becoming the second
player in state championship history to pitch a perfect game for Hanover Central
en route to a 2A state championship. Wendlinger, who played collegiatly at the
University of Indianapolis, will be taking her vast softball knowledge to North
Newton High School as the Spartans new head coach.
SEPTEMBER 7th
Believe it or not, as of Labor Day the high school volleyball regular season is
about half way over, with sectionals less than a month away. At mid season some
stars are beginning to rise in Indiana. Some of the names are familiar and playing
for highly ranked teams, others are individual stars on teams that don't get the
same accolades.
Here are some of the leaders through the first half:
Kills
1. Julie Roeder (SR-OH) Tecumseh 5.6 kills per game, 46.8% kill %
2. Maggie Harbison (SR-OH/MH) Carmel 4.7 kills per game, 48.3% kill %
3. Sofia Cucuz (JR-OH/MH) Crown Point 4.4 kills per game, 46.4% kill %
4. Taylor Unroe (SR-OH) Muncie Burris 3.9 kills per game, 52.8% kill %
5. Kreigha Henney (SR-MH) Columbus East 3.5 kills per game, 56.8% kill %
Muncie Burris has two other players in the top 20 in kills in Junior Chelsie Toth
and Taylor Morey. Crown Point also features a second player, Junior Gabrielle
Raspopovich and Columbus East also feature Alicia Gosney. Also worth noting is the
Knox 1-2 punch of Juniors Caity Farus and Janyl Zachary who are number 7 and 8
respectively in kills per game.
As the mid season look back continues, we will look at the top 4 in digs in Indiana.
The top five include Senior Daniell Hartmann of Churubusco (7.0 digs per game),
Washington Township Junior Sarah Lawson (6.8 digs per game), Senior Emily Reber
from Carmel (6.3), Columbus East Senior Katlyn Hudson (6.1) and from Evansville
Central, Jumior Sydney Franklin (5.3).
Worth noting is that kill leader Julie Roeder from Tecumseh is also in the top 20
in digs (#16).
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 2nd
Dan Burkman replaces Dana Scott as the Head Basketball Coach of the girls team
at Indian Creek. Burkman was a former assistant at Southport. This leaves only
8 open head coaching positions on the girls side in the state. Those open positions
include Bethesda Christian, Bloomfield, FW Carroll, Center Grove, Fall Creek
Academy, Milan, North Miami, and Pike.
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1st
If there was ever any doubt to the quality of high school volleyball in Indiana, it
should be erased after the release of the national volleyball rankings on
MaxPreps.com. In the top 25 are two Indiana teams including perennial 2A power
Muncie Burris at #10 and Brebuef at #15.
MONDAY AUGUST 17th
The IHSAA has modernized the state softball tournament starting in the
2009-2010 year. Previously, four team have gone to the state finals and
competed in a semi-final on Friday before that championship games on Saturday.
The new format will begin the sectionals at the same point in the season as in
previous years with a 1 game regional on the following Tuesday, a four game
semi-state on the next Saturday and the state championship game the next
Saturday. This is probably a good move for Indiana Softball because of delays
over the past several years in getting all of the semi-final and final games in due
to rain in June.
THURSDAY AUGUST 13th
This may be old news by now, but for those who have not heard the IHSAA girls
basketball state finals will be held in Fort Wayne for the 2009-2010 season. This
will mark the first time since the girls basketball tournament started that the
finals have been held outside of Indianapolis. The championships, which are slated
for March 6th,could not be held at Lucas Oil Stadium because of a trade show,
Conseco Fieldhouse because of the Big Ten Tournament, or at Hinkle Fieldhouse
because of a possible Horizon League Tournament conflict. Instead, the class
A-AAAA titles will be held at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, in the
Northeast corner of the state. Fort Wayne won over bids from ball State and
Indiana to hold the finals. Regardless, it should be interesting to see what
attendance will be like, especially if there are participating teams from south of
Indianapolis.
according to this week's ICGSA Top 10 Poll.
In 4A:
***Ben Davis (20-0) will matchup with 3-15 Indianapolis Manuel
Floyd Central (19-0) takes on Jennings County who is 3-16
Jeffersonville (19-1)gets the Jennings Co/Floyd Central winner
Mooresville (20-1) faces 7-12 Martinsville
Kokomo (16-1)and 18-1 Logansport give the state one of the best first round
matchups
Merrillville (18-1)has a big matchup with 14-7 Michigan City
Bloomington North (19-2) faces 10-9 Columbus East
Penn (16-2)gets the winners of SB Admas and SB Clay
Elkhart Memorial (20-2) opens with 13-5 Northridge
Decatur Central (16-4)will match up with the Brownsburg/Avon winner
In 3A
Rushville (19-2)will start out with 8-11 New Palestine
Norwell (18-0)will open with 13-6 Peru
Hamilton Heights (17-1)will take on fellow top ten team Mount Vernon
(Fortville)(17-2)
Evansville Memorial (16-3)will match up with 10-8 Mount Vernon (Posey)
Gibson Southern (19-1)will face the winner of the previous game mentioned.
***Fort Wayne Elmhurst (15-4)will have a huge matchup with either Norwell or Peru
Fort Wayne Concordia (15-3)takes on 2-17 Heritage
NorthWood (16-3)matches up with 10-8 Wawasee
Hammond Gavit (19-0)will face the Roosevelt/Hammond High winner
In 2A
Winchester (19-0)takes aim at 5-13 Lapel
Jimtown (17-1)will play the LaVille/Bremen winner
Austin (18-2)will begin the tournament against 2-16 West Washington
Boone Grove (19-1)faces 7-12 Hebron
Oak Hill (15-3)will play 9-9 Sheridan
Wabash (18-1)plays 10-9 Manchester
Taylor (17-3) will start with 12-6 Tipton
***Heritage Christian (10-9)and fellow top ten team Indian Creek (18-2) will open
against each other
Brownstown Central (16-3)will open with Eastern (Pekin)
in 1A
Vincennes Rivet (18-0)will face 5-13 North Daviess
***Fort Wayne Canterbury (17-2)plays 10-9 Elkhart Christian
Barr-Reeve (18-1)takes on Loogootee (11-7)
Turkey Run (15-5)gets the bye and will face Covington or Rockville
Waldron (16-3) opens with Eminence who is 1-18
Oregon-Davis (17-4)and 5-14 Triton will play
Kouts (15-3)opens with 7-11 Whiting
Jac-Cen-Del (15-3)locks horns with 2-16 South Decatur
Tri-Central (14-6) will play the Rossville/Clinton Prairie winner
North Vermillion (16-2)will open with 3-14 Attica
*** indicates 2009 IHSAA State Champion
Also, Mid America Broadcasting will cover the Hanover Central Setional.
The sectional begins Tuesday night with 9-8 Hanover Central and 5-14 Bishop Noll.
On Friday night Edison at 4-13 faces 9-10 Wheeler and River Forest will play the
winner of Tuesday night's game. the championship game will be played on Saturday.
ReplyReply AllMove...SATURDAY JANUARY 2nd
With 2009 behind us, it makes sense to look back at some of the great moments in
girls high school sports.
Carmel won is 23rd straight swimming state championship. In the 200 yard medley
relay Jessie Hammes, Lauren Stauder, Devon Mason, and Megan Detro of Carmel
won. Logan Mason of Carmel won the 200 yard freestyle, Trish Regan from Carmel
won the 200 yard individual medley, and Megan Detro from Carmel won the 50
yard freestyle. The one meter diving champion was Katie Bittner from Noblesville,
Homestead's McKenzie Bagan won the 100 yard butterfly, and Kait Fiederbach
was the 100 yard freestyle champion. The 500 yard freestyle was won by Lauren
Jordan from Carmel, and Megan Detro, Jessie hames, Logan Mason and Trish
Mason won the 200 yard freestyle relay for Carmel. Carmel's Jessie Hammes was
also a winner of the 100 yard backstroke, and Tori Bagan from Homestead won
the 100 yard breaststroke. Finally, Carly Marshall, Logan Mason, Rhiannon
Sheets, and Trish Regan brought the hardware home for Carmel in the 400 yeard
freestyle relay.
In basketball, Ben Davis, Fort Wayne Elmhurst, Heritage Christian and Fort
Wayne Canterbury all won state championships. In thes games held at Lucas Oil
Stadium, Ben Davis and South Bend Washington in the 4A game combined for a
state championship record .527 shooting percentage from the field. Also, both the
1A and 2A games went to overtime. Sklyer Diggins of South Bend Washigton was
chosen as Indiana's Miss Basketball.
In gymnastics, Valparaiso won a record 7th state championship and their second in
a row. Roncalli was the runner-up. Individually, Kellie Kidd of Valpo won both the
all-around and balance beam for the second year in a row, she also won the vault
and floor exercise, and Kayla Heator of Fremont won in uneven parallell bars.
The softball finals were highlighted by Center Grove winning it's 5th state
championship in the sport. New Palestine won it's second 3A state championship in
a row and Mdison-Grant and Tecumseh won in 2A and 1A respectivly. Jenny
Esparza of Avon narrowly beat Mel Dumezich from Whiting for Miss Softball
honors.
Lawrence North denied Warren Central it's fourth state championship in a row by
beating the Warriors 51-45. The 100 was won by Shanice Gibson from
Jeffersonville, the 200 by Eboby Wright from Warren Central, and the 400 by
Logan Hayes from Warren Central. In the 800, Abby Farley won for Park Tudor,
Kate DeSimone won the 1600, while Megan Ranegar took the 3200 for Valpo. In
the hurdles Portia Bailey from Hamilton Southeastern was the 100 meter champion
and Stacia Wetherford from Lawrence North won her second in a row in the 300.
The 400, 1600 and 3200 meter relays were won by teams from Warren Central,
Lawrence North and Carmel. In the filed events the long jump champion was
Rebecca Neville from Merrillville, Hamilton Southeastern's Paige Smith won in the
discus, Vatesville's Ellie Tidman won her 3rd straight high jump champion, Tori
Bliss from Portage won the shot put and the pole vault champion was Ellie
McCardwell from Pendleton Heights.
Carmel had succes in sports other than swimming with a team state championship in
tennis beating Homestead 4-1. Mary Hill from Munster won the singles
championship 6-3, 5-7 and 6-3 over Caroline Hedrick from Columbus North. The
Brebeuf doubles team of Annabeth Barnard and Gabrielle Rubenstien beat
Carmel's Megan Renninger and Oliver Trancik 64-6-1 to win that title.
Golf saw Martinsville crowned as the team champion for a record 11th time, while
Megan Potee from Noblesville was the individual medalist.
Carmel also won the cross country team championship, defeating Lake Central.
Sarah Higgens from Center Grove was the individual champion, while Emily Mossler
from North Central (Indy) was the runner-up.
Evansville Memorial beat Forth Wayne Snider to take home the schools second
soccer championship.
Finally in volleyball, Indiapolis Cathedral won in 4A over Muncie central, Delta beat
Mishawaka Marian in 3A, Muncie Burris defeated Brownstown Central in 2A and
Michigan City Marquette beat Barr-Reeve in class 1A.
MONDAY DECEMBER 21st
There are still 17 girls basketball teams that are undefeated in Indiana. Those
teams include Westfield, Hobart, Barr-Reeve, Ben Davis, Gibson Southern, Gavit,
Kokomo, Mooresville, Winchester, Floyd Central, Merrillville, Randolph Southern,
Vincennes Rivet, Norwell, Warsaw, Jasper, & South Bend Clay.
Of these teams, a few are guarenteed not to continue undefeated throughout the
reguar season. For instance, Merrillville will host Hobart on January 19th.
Likewise, Hobart will host Gavit to conclude the season on the 4th of Febuary.
Also Barr-Reeve and Vincennes Rivet will be hooking up at the Patriots home court
on the 28th of January.
You can catch most of these teams in tournaments over the holidays. With only a
little over a month left in the season, I would catch one of these teams before it
is too late!
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 22nd
It's early in the season, but Northwest Indiana girls basketball already has only
a few undefeated teams left. Nine, in fact. Those teams include Merrillville and
Portage (both 3-0) from the Duneland, Gavit (4-0) from The Great Lakes, no
teams from the Greater South Shore, Hobart (5-0) and Munster (3-0) from the
Northwest Crossroads, West Side and Roosevelt (both 2-0) from the
Northwestern, Boone Grove (4-0) from the PCC, and 3-0 Bowman Academy who is
an independent.
On the other side, there are not many winless teams either. Again, there are
only nine including Morton, Hammond High and Clark from the Great Lakes, Edison
and Marquette from the Greater South Shore, no teams from the Northwest
Crossroads, Northwest Crossroads, or the independents, and South Central,
Morgan Township, Washington Township and LaCrosse from the PCC.
It's too early to make any real predictions based on these early numbers since
early season schedules often contain much larger or much smaller conference
school that make getting a win much harder or easier respectively. My point is
that fans of those undefeated teams should not make their state championship
plans just yet and fans of those winless teams should not hang it up just yet.
There are a lot of games and there is a lot of time between now and a potential
trip to Fort Wayne.
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 1st
The field has been set for the IHSAA Volleyball State Finals. Many of the
participants will be some of the usual suspects, while others have not been to the
finals in a while.
The finalists for class 4A are 35-2 Elkhart Memorial taking on 35-3 Floyd Central
and 33-3 Center Grove taking on 33-4 Muncie Central. The semi-final matches
will take place at Yorktown High School.
In class 3A the finalists are 33-5 Mishawaka Marian against 36-1 Yorktown and
32-1 Brebeuf vs. 27-11 Silver Creek. The 3A matches will be at Muncie Central.
Class 2A semi-finals will be at Delta and will feature 32-5 Southwood vs 31-4
Fairfield and 38-0 Muncie Burris taking on 29-4 Brownstown Central.
Finally, in class 1A it will be 20-1 Indianapolis Lutheran and 27-7 Wes-Del locking
horns while 32-6 Michigan City Marquette does battle with 36-0 Barr-Reeve. The
1A matches will be at Ball State's Worthern Arena.
The finals will take place at Worthern Arena with 1A beginning at 2:30 pm ET, 2A
at 4:15, 3A following at 6 and 4A at 8:10
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 25th
Twelve region golfers will be heading to the girls state golf finals at The Legends
of Indiana Golf Course in Frankiln this weekend. Round One begins on Friday with
Round Two commencing on Saturday. The following ladies from four different high
schools will be competing. Participants are listed in order of their tee time.
Kamryn Klawitter, Munster, Junior
Brianna Davy, Lake Central, Senior
Elizabeth Gorski, Valpo, Sophomore
Marissa Kroeger, Chesterton, Sophomore
Stephanie Drake, Chesterton, Sophomore
Catherine Manning, Valpo, Senior
Hayley Miller, Chesterton, Senior
Lyndsay Holmes, Valpo, Junior
Erin Devaney, Chesteron, Senior
Susan Friedlander, Valpo, Freshman
Kelly Grassel, Chesterton, Freshman
Kelly Copeland, Valpo, Senior
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11th
Northwest Indiana has had it's share of outstanding softball pitchers. One of
them, Amanda Wendlinger, is just 5 years removed from becoming the second
player in state championship history to pitch a perfect game for Hanover Central
en route to a 2A state championship. Wendlinger, who played collegiatly at the
University of Indianapolis, will be taking her vast softball knowledge to North
Newton High School as the Spartans new head coach.
SEPTEMBER 7th
Believe it or not, as of Labor Day the high school volleyball regular season is
about half way over, with sectionals less than a month away. At mid season some
stars are beginning to rise in Indiana. Some of the names are familiar and playing
for highly ranked teams, others are individual stars on teams that don't get the
same accolades.
Here are some of the leaders through the first half:
Kills
1. Julie Roeder (SR-OH) Tecumseh 5.6 kills per game, 46.8% kill %
2. Maggie Harbison (SR-OH/MH) Carmel 4.7 kills per game, 48.3% kill %
3. Sofia Cucuz (JR-OH/MH) Crown Point 4.4 kills per game, 46.4% kill %
4. Taylor Unroe (SR-OH) Muncie Burris 3.9 kills per game, 52.8% kill %
5. Kreigha Henney (SR-MH) Columbus East 3.5 kills per game, 56.8% kill %
Muncie Burris has two other players in the top 20 in kills in Junior Chelsie Toth
and Taylor Morey. Crown Point also features a second player, Junior Gabrielle
Raspopovich and Columbus East also feature Alicia Gosney. Also worth noting is the
Knox 1-2 punch of Juniors Caity Farus and Janyl Zachary who are number 7 and 8
respectively in kills per game.
As the mid season look back continues, we will look at the top 4 in digs in Indiana.
The top five include Senior Daniell Hartmann of Churubusco (7.0 digs per game),
Washington Township Junior Sarah Lawson (6.8 digs per game), Senior Emily Reber
from Carmel (6.3), Columbus East Senior Katlyn Hudson (6.1) and from Evansville
Central, Jumior Sydney Franklin (5.3).
Worth noting is that kill leader Julie Roeder from Tecumseh is also in the top 20
in digs (#16).
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 2nd
Dan Burkman replaces Dana Scott as the Head Basketball Coach of the girls team
at Indian Creek. Burkman was a former assistant at Southport. This leaves only
8 open head coaching positions on the girls side in the state. Those open positions
include Bethesda Christian, Bloomfield, FW Carroll, Center Grove, Fall Creek
Academy, Milan, North Miami, and Pike.
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1st
If there was ever any doubt to the quality of high school volleyball in Indiana, it
should be erased after the release of the national volleyball rankings on
MaxPreps.com. In the top 25 are two Indiana teams including perennial 2A power
Muncie Burris at #10 and Brebuef at #15.
MONDAY AUGUST 17th
The IHSAA has modernized the state softball tournament starting in the
2009-2010 year. Previously, four team have gone to the state finals and
competed in a semi-final on Friday before that championship games on Saturday.
The new format will begin the sectionals at the same point in the season as in
previous years with a 1 game regional on the following Tuesday, a four game
semi-state on the next Saturday and the state championship game the next
Saturday. This is probably a good move for Indiana Softball because of delays
over the past several years in getting all of the semi-final and final games in due
to rain in June.
THURSDAY AUGUST 13th
This may be old news by now, but for those who have not heard the IHSAA girls
basketball state finals will be held in Fort Wayne for the 2009-2010 season. This
will mark the first time since the girls basketball tournament started that the
finals have been held outside of Indianapolis. The championships, which are slated
for March 6th,could not be held at Lucas Oil Stadium because of a trade show,
Conseco Fieldhouse because of the Big Ten Tournament, or at Hinkle Fieldhouse
because of a possible Horizon League Tournament conflict. Instead, the class
A-AAAA titles will be held at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, in the
Northeast corner of the state. Fort Wayne won over bids from ball State and
Indiana to hold the finals. Regardless, it should be interesting to see what
attendance will be like, especially if there are participating teams from south of
Indianapolis.
