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B&GSW: Crawfordsville Wins Eighth Straight Montgomery County Title
Posted on 22 December 2008 by .
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BB: Weekend Action Leaves North Montgomery, Danville On Top Of Sagamore Standings
Posted on 22 December 2008 by .
Mike Mcgraw
Hoosier Authority
Sagamore Conference basketball reached the Christmas break
exactly where most people thought it would be, with Danville and North
Montgomery on top of the standings. Both the Warriors and Chargers picked up
league wins over the weekend and now stand at 3-0 in conference play. If you
are looking for a surprise, look no further than
growling once more. They sit third despite a loss to
the action from over the weekend.
North Montgomery downed Crawfordsville 66-53 Friday evening
to once again claim the
The Chargers then celebrated Saturday by mauling
left handed most of the time and it posed serious problems—for
points on 10 of 12 shooting in the game. Colin Maltsberger added 17 markers for
the Chargers. Meanwhile, Crawfordsville rebounded from Friday’s loss by
rallying late to down highly regarded Seeger 64-55. The Athenians were led by
the 18 points of Trent Crabtree.
defeating
57-53 Friday night to improve to 3-0 in the league and hand the Tigers their
first conference loss. Brian Barber’s crew then dismantled
salvaged the weekend by destroying Indianapolis Manual 55-35. The Tigers are
unquestionably the most improved team in the SAC.
The rest of the league action was on Saturday night.
that they are still to be dealt with this season. The Hot Dogs slipped past
Western 60-57. A three pointer from Steve Loveless broke a 55 all tie late in
the fourth quarter. Loveless finished with 19 points and Troy Porter added 13
markers. Western Boone had little trouble improving to 3-3, crushing Fountain
Central 50-33. However, the Stars hit the break still looking for their first
conference victory.
Things did not go so well for Southmont and Tri-West. The
Mounties were upset by North Vermillion 65-59 despite 18 point from Cody VanScoyoc.
Look no further than 12 of 29 free throw shooting for a cause. Tri-West
stumbled out of the blocks at Cloverdale, trailing 21-10 at the end of the
first quarter. The Bruins controlled much of the remainder of the game, but it
was not enough. The Clovers claimed a 63-59 upset victory.
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Mounties Fall to North Vermillion
Posted on 22 December 2008 by .
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Wrestling Wins County!
Posted on 22 December 2008 by .
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Mounties have eight individual champs, take fourth-consecutive county meet By John Groth Sports Editor In his first county wrestling meet, Austin Michael didn’t let the pressure weigh him down. Neither did Dylan Rogers. Two Southmont High School freshmen followed the strategy Mounties’ coach Jamie Welliever has preached throughout his entire career. Pins lead to wins. They both pinned themselves individual county titles and helped Southmont earn its fourth-straight Montgomery County meet title. Behind Michael and Rogers and their three pins, Southmont defeated Crawfordsville 40-25 and North Montgomery 45-19 to win this year’s county championship at Crawfordsville. “Seeing my team fall behind and needing points, I did everything I could to help the team out and pinned a guy,” said Michael, who scored six points after pinning Crawfordsville freshman Branden Brooks to give Southmont a 30-26 lead with two matches left. The Mounties won those final two individual matches and defeated Crawfordsville. “When I wrestle, I usually feel a whole lot better when I’m actually wrestling. It calms all my nerves.” In previous years, it’s been Southmont’s upperclassmen and experience which has given the Mounties the advantage. This time, its youth propelled the team to the win. Eight Southmont wrestlers won individual county titles, including Michael and Rogers. Besides pinning Brooks, Michael also pinned North Montgomery freshman Colton Bane in 36 seconds. Rogers pinned Crawfordsville freshman Ryan Bean in their 103-pound match and won his match against North Montgomery by forfeit. They, along with sophomore Dylan Robinson (135, 2-0, including an upset of Crawfordsville senior Jared Allgood) combined for nearly half of the Mounties’ individual county champs. “Those freshmen, I could talk about them all day long,” Southmont coach Jamie Welliever said. “To put two freshmen in the line-up and to get that out of those guys, they deserve a lot of credit.” Junior Steven Simpson (119, 2-0); junior Nathan Whitlow (140, 2-0); senior Ryan Chism (145, 2-0); senior Alex Worm (152, 2-0); and senior Nick Hodges (189/215, 2-0) also earned county titles for Southmont. Hodges earned his in a 4-2 decision over Crawfordsville senior Chaz Brock at 215 pounds in a match that went up a weight class, then pinning North Montgomery junior Charlie Akers in 2:41. Hodges had expected to wrestle Brock at 189 pounds and had cut weight to do so. Crawfordsville coach Chris Ervin had to choose which weight class he wanted to have Brock wrestle in he wanted to wrestle first and elected to move him up to 215. Ervin moved senior Justin Bryant down to 189, while Welliever countered putting in sophomore Benjamin Fuchs at 189 and moving Hodges up to 215. The battle between the two former Indiana High School Athletic Association State qualifiers didn’t disappoint. Hodges led 2-1 heading into the third period, then added two points on a takedown with 1:29 remaining to push his lead to three. Brock cut the lead to 4-2 with 35 seconds left but couldn’t make any shoots or score any points the rest of the match. Crawfordsville did have four county champs – three more than the Athenians had last season. Junior Briar Perkins (2-0, 112); freshman Hudson Miller (125, 2-); junior Craig Fairley (2-0, 160) and junior Dylan McBride (2-0, Hvt.) each earned titles. For McBride, it was his second in a row. But what cost the Athenians was pins, especially against the Mounties. Southmont had five pins compared to Crawfordsville’s two. Crawfordsville defeated North Montgomery 43-24 and only had three pins. “I hope that puts an exclamation point [on the pins],” Ervin said. “We’ll come in every day and try to get a little bit better. We’re definitely not peaking yet . . . We’re disappointed. We thought we would and expected to win. I fee like [Saturday] Southmont outwrestled us. The kids are hurting. But that’s a good thing.” North Montgomery had two county champs – senior Jordan LeJeune (2-0, 171) and sophomore Colton Snider (2-0, 215). “We came here to be competitive and we were,” North Montgomery coach J.D. Minch said. “We’re young. We’re working hard. We have one goal in mind and that’s four weeks away – sectionals.” | ||||||
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Boys Basketball Defeats South Putnam
Posted on 20 December 2008 by .
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By John Groth Sports Editor GREENCASTLE – This fourth-quarter point explosion could change the Southmont boys basketball team’s whole season. Sparked by some aggressive play and trips to the foul line, the Mounties found their shooting touch. They just needed some more assertive defense to trigger their offense. Southmont forced 22 South Putnam turnovers and hit its free throws down the stretch for a 64-53 road victory Saturday night. After scoring just 34 points through three quarters, the Mounties erupted for 30 in the fourth quarter. Southmont went 8-of-11 (72.7 percent) from the field and 14-of-15 (93.3 percent) from the free-throw line in the quarter. “We had a nice run,” Chadd said. “We were hitting free throws and then shots started to fall. That may be our last 30-point quarter, that’s for sure. I hope our fourth quarter turns our shooting around for the next couple of weeks.” Southmont (2-2) evened its record back to the .500 mark before Friday’s Sagamore Athletic Conference game and its home opener against Western Boone. In that fourth quarter, the Mounties drove to the basket, picked up fouls and even had tempers flare a little bit. Sophomore guard Trent Murray was the real beneficiary. With 4:53 left in the final quarter and the Mounties up just five, Murray made a steal and raced downcourt for a lay-up. But South Putnam senior Noah Boswell fouled him and referees called a technical on Murray after the play. Murray made all four free throws – two for his shot attempt and two for the technical – and then added another basket a minute later to push Southmont’s lead to 50-36. “Coach Chadd told me to focus on my free throws, hit them and block everything else out,” said Murray, who finished with a game-high 17 points. “We were cold the entire game. Then [senior Cody VanScoyoc) hit a big shot and that started us up. After he hit that first shot in the fourth, it just kind of caught.” Junior Jordan Burkett added 14 and senior Nick Truncone had 12 for Southmont. Juniors Cameron Chestnut and Nathan Welty each had 13 points for South Putnam (2-4). | |||
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South Swim Doubles Up North Vermillion
Posted on 20 December 2008 by .
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THE PAPER NEW MARKET – Seniors powered Southmont High School’s swim teams to a Monday night home meet sweep of North Vermillion. Senior April Detro won two events to lead the girls’ team to a 124-28 victory. Detro took the 500-yard freestyle (6:11.878) and the 100 backstroke (1:13.78). She also swam on the Mounties’ winning 200 medley relay with senior Hilary Mishler and juniors Shelby Etcheson and Susan Ward and the winning 400 freestyle relay with Dove, Ward and freshman Jessika Zachary. Dove swam on the first-place 200 freestyle relay with Etcheson, junior Emily Jarvis and freshman Victoria Burkhart. Dove (50 freestyle) and Mishler (100 butterfly) and juniors Kelsey Bowman (100 breaststroke) and Jarvis (200 individual medley) also won individual events. In the boys meet, seniors Sam Hatcher and Andreas Winn-Turner each won individual events to lead the Mounties to a 133-32 win. Hatcher (500 freestyle), Winn-Turner (200 freestyle), juniors Ian Line (50 freestyle) and Matt Elless (100 freestyle) and sophomores Anthony Politz (100 butterfly), Alex Clauser (200 individual medley) and Aaron Wheeler (200 individual medley) and Aaron Wheeler (100 backstroke) each won events. Line and Elless also swam on the first-place 400 freestyle relay with sophomore Alex Clauser and freshman Cody Philpott. Line, Clauser, sophomore Micah Hatch and senior Andrew Poynter teamed to win the 200 freestyle relay, while Line, senior Chris Lewis, sophomore Kyle McCormick and freshman Justin Armbruster won the 200 medley relay. | ||||||
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Lady Mounties Lose to Danville
Posted on 20 December 2008 by .
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Southmont folds in fourth-quarter collapse By Cale Stephens For The Paper DANVILLE – Danville’s pressure defense got to the Southmont High School girls basketball team. In their Sagamore Athletic Conference opener, the visiting Mounties folded in the fourth quarter, giving up a 10-point lead and suffering a 38-35 loss Friday night against Danville. Southmont senior Elizabeth Sparks had two chances to tie the game in the last 22 seconds. Senior Brittany Byers rebounded Sparks’ first three-point miss. Byers missed on the putback attempt and corralled her second offensive board. Then she immediately kicked the ball back to Sparks for a last three-pointer for the tie. The ball bounced off the rim as time ran out. “I think we just ran out of gas there at the end,” Southmont coach Reasley Thompson said. “I think Danville made some plays there at the end, hit some threes, got some steals, got some turnovers. Those are some things we can learn from and get better.” Southmont (3-5, 0-1 SAC) used a 7-2 run at the start of the third quarter to extend its halftime lead to 27-17. They kept that lead until the very last minute of the game. Danville (6-3, 1-0 SAC) applied some full-court pressure and forced seven Mounties’ turnovers in the fourth quarter. Those turnovers led to baskets by Warriors senior Liz Scott. Scott scored the last 12 Danville points and the last seven points of the game. She shot 4-of-8 from the floor and 2-for-3 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter to finish with 14 points. On the other hand, Southmont’s shooting went ice cold in the final eight minutes of the game. The Mounties shot 1-of-7 from the floor and 2-of-6 from the foul line. “[Danville’s] intensity picked up at the end,” Thompson said. “They got a few steals that led to easy baskets. We were trying to match their intensity. Danville did a good job applying pressure. Once we broke the press, I think they just wore us down. But we were only playing six girls there at the end. I thought our girls still gave it everything they had.” A Sparks jumper with 1:50 to play in the opening quarter gave Southmont a 9-8 lead. It’s a lead they did not give up until the 44-second mark in the fourth quarter, when Scott sank a three-pointer to give Danville a 37-35 edge. Sparks had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Sophomore Crystal Flowers added eight points. Byers pulled down eight rebounds, as well. Danville was led by junior Amy Kramer’s 16 points and 10 boards. Kramer was the focal point of the Warriors’ offense through the first three quarters. In the fourth quarter, junior Kyra Burton guarded Kramer and kept her off the offensive boards. “Kyra, I thought, had one of her best games of the season,” Thompson said. “She’s continuing to improve. This is only her second year ever playing basketball. So, for her to provide important minutes like she did tonight, is going to be crucial for us the rest of the season.” Senior Kylie Demoret sat out the last three quarters of the game after banging her head on the court. Thompson was unsure of her status but hopes to get her back by next week. Fellow senior Creasy Clauser isn’t expected to start practicing until after the Christmas break. She is still healing from a cross country injury she suffered at the end of the fall. It doesn’t get any easier for the Mounties as they will take another whole week off. They will face conference foe Western Boone at Southmont this coming Friday. | ||||||
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Boys Basketball Loses to Danville
Posted on 15 December 2008 by .
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Danville junior records double-double By Cale Stephens For The Paper DANVILLE – Six foot, nine-inch Danville junior center Travis Carroll did his job as a defensive intimidator. The Southmont High School boys’ basketball team never found a rhythm and was nearly shut out in the third quarter as they fell to Sagamore Athletic Conference rival Danville 55-33 Friday night. Carroll, an NCAA Division I recruit, stood tall in the lane and took away any chance of the Mounties scoring inside and finished with a double-double – 17 points, 13 rebounds. “I think Travis Carroll effects a lot of [Danville’s] defense,” said Southmont assistant coach Jon Sparks. Southmont coach Dan Chadd was unavailable to talk after Friday night’s game. “Anytime you have a shot-blocker like him, a shot-blocker that doesn’t have to jump to get a lot of his blocks. He not only affects the big guys and the driving lanes, but allows his teammates to get out in the passing lanes and do a lot more. They build their defense around him.” Southmont (1-2, 0-2 SAC) trailed by just seven, 24-17, at the start of the third quarter. However, four turnovers and a string of Danville (4-0, 2-0 SAC) three-pointers turned their seven-point deficit into a 35-17 hole. Carroll added five more points to the Danville lead before Southmont even scored in the third quarter. A jumper by senior Brody Nichols with 22 seconds on the clock was the only points the Mounties got in the third quarter. Danville senior Nate Rigdon added insult to injury by hitting a jump shot at the buzzer to bury Southmont, 42-19, after three quarters. “Let’s give [Danville] some credit,” Sparks said. “They played some good defense. Offensively…right now, we’re not shooting the ball well. When you don’t have confidence in your shot the court just shrinks on you. It’s difficult to get a good look. When you get a good look you hesitate.” Southmont shot 29.1 percent (14-of-48) from the floor and just 3-for-10 from the free-throw line. Carroll averages a double-double thus far this season (24 points per game, 14.5 rebounds per game). He led all scorers and rebounders with 17 and 13, respectively. “Honestly, 17 points for a guy that good, I’m OK with,” Sparks said. “Not many teams are going to hold that guy under 15 points. We don’t have anyone that can match-up height or weight wise. He is very skilled.” Rigdon scored 15 for Danville. Sophomore Tyler Hall was the third Warrior in double figure scoring with 12 points. Southmont was led by senior Nick Truncone’s 10 points. Junior Jordan Burkett and sophomore Trent Murray each added six. Southmont travels to South Putnam today. “We’re going to watch some tape,” Sparks added. “We’re going to bring our kids in and let them shoot. Try and be positive with them. Show them the good things that they did [Friday]. They’ve got to pick themselves up. They’ve got to be mentally tough to do it. All we can do is encourage them.” | |||
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BB & GBB: League Action Heats Up–Here Is The Wrap Up
Posted on 13 December 2008 by .
Mike McGraw
Hoosier Authority
Conference action got started in full force within the
Sagamore Conference Friday evening, and the league favorites quickly flexed
their muscles. Both Danville and North Montgomery picked up lopsided wins
However, there is a surprise entrant at the top of the league standings.
Lebanon is tied at the top with the big boys.
Danville used some pressure defense and he ever present
Travis Carroll to romp past Southmont 55-33 on the Warriors home court. North
Montgomery kept pace with a 75-46 pasting of Tri-West. The Chargers controlled
the boards and the tempo throughout most of this one. The surprise of the
evening came at Lebanon where the Tigers moved to 2-0 in league play by downing
Western Boone 56-47.
It was a disappointing night in non-conference play.
Frankfort, one of the favorites for the conference crown, was upset at home by
Logansport. The Berries kept the Hot Dogs high powered offense in check during
a 58-55 triumph. Also, Crawfordsville fell to West Lafayette in a low scoring
affair 45-38. The Athenians struggled to dent the scoreboard in the final
minutes.
In the Sagamore, conference games mean boys/girls
doubleheaders. The girls put on quite a show Friday night. The biggest news of
the evening is that Lebanon is discovering there is life after Maggie Boyer.
The Tigers downed Western Boone on a last second shot 50-49. The victory evened
Lebanon’s conference mark at 1-1 and moved them to 3-6 overall. Western Boone
dropped to 5-4 and 1-1 in the league.
Elsewhere, Danville continues to surprise people. The
Warriors moved to 6-3 with a 38-35 win over Southmont. It was the league opener
for both squads. Southmont falls to 2-5 overall. Finally, Tri-West downed North
Montgomery 58-53 to even their conference mark at 1-1. The Bruins face a major
test this coming week when Frankfort comes to call.
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