The Indiana High
School Swim Coaches’ Association has released its third poll for the 2008-09
girls swimming season, and Mount Vernon (Posey) is the big mover among teams in the Top
20 as the Wildcats go from 19th to 12th this week
Bloomington
South is the only other team making a significant bump up, going from 53rd
to 31st. The top 11 schools – including a first five of Carmel, Hamilton
Southeastern, Center Grove, Homestead, and Columbus North – remain the same.
Teams
are listed by ranking followed by school and vote total. The IHSSCA’s Top 52 from Nov. 23:
The Indiana Basketball Coaches Association
has released its all-classes combined preseason poll for the 2008-09 boys
basketball campaign, and Lawrence North will start the year at No. 1.
The enormously tall Wildcats pace
Bloomington South, Lafayette Jefferson, defending Class 4A state runner-up Marion,
and Franklin Central in the first five. New Albany, defending 2A state champ Fort
Wayne Luers, Muncie Central, Carmel, and Indianapolis Cathedral round out the
Top 10.
Teams are listed by rank followed by
school, vote total, and first-place votes if applicable. The IBCA preseason
poll:
1. Lawrence North 238 (10)
2. Bloomington South 203 (1)
3. Lafayette Jefferson 200
4. Marion 172
5. Franklin Central 150
6. New Albany 144
7. Fort Wayne Luers 133
8. Muncie Central 128
9. Carmel 120
10. Indianapolis Cathedral 110
11. Batesville 90
12. North Central (Indianapolis) 75
13. Tipton 56
14. Brownsburg 46 (1)
15. Winchester 44
16. Fort Wayne Snider 41
17. Harding 40
18. South Bend Adams 38
19. Bluffton 37
20. Anderson 35
Others receiving votes: South Bend Riley,
Valparaiso, East Chicago Central, Washington, North Montgomery, Gary Wallace,
Warsaw, Pike, New Castle, Elkhart Central, Jeffersonville, Northwestern,
Indianapolis Howe Academy, Terre Haute North, South Bend Clay, South Bend
Washington, Evansville Memorial, Kokomo, Columbus East, Delta, Warren Central,
Evansville Harrison, Bowman Academy, Evansville Mater Dei, Decatur Central,
Munster, Terre Haute South, Plymouth, Danville, Triton, East Central,
Lawrenceburg, Rockville, Westview, Jac-Cen-Del, Hamilton Southeastern, Avon,
Lafayette Central Catholic, Penn, Barr-Reeve
Class
5A top-ranked Center Grove jumped on No. 8 Ben Davis early – as in
first-play-of-the-game-early – Nov. 21, scoring on a 66-yard pass from quarterback
Jordan Luallen to running back Luke Swift and rolling to a 49-21 5A southern
semistate victory.
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The
lopsided W sets senior-laden Center Grove (13-1) up with a Nov. 29 state finals
rematch with co-Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference champion No. 2 Carmel
(13-1), a 33-32 come-from-behind winner at Center Grove in Week 3.
The
lightning-quick touchdown by Swift (18 carries, 180 yards) set off a 28-0 CG run
that Ben Davis (10-4) could not hope to overcome. That spurt was led by Swift,
who had totaled nearly 240 yards of offense by halftime in helping the Trojans build
a 35-14 lead.
A
33-yard TD pass from quarterback Greg Rice to Mike Covington drew Ben Davis
within 35-21 in the third quarter. The Giants then drove back into CG territory,
but a 30-yard field goal attempt by Moises Vigueras was no good.
Center
Grove scored twice more in fourth quarter to put the game away, the first time
on a two-yard run by Swift and the second a one-yard plunge by Luallen.
Ben
Davis had driven deep into Trojan territory after Swift’s first score, but
penalties squandered a drive to tie and the Giants were forced to punt. Center
Grove took over at its own 5, and Swift rambled 95 yards for the TD to make it 14-0.
Center
Grove dominated on the ground, piling up an even 400 yards on 44 carries while,
relatively speaking, limiting the torrid-of-late Ben Davis attack to 197 yards
on 37 rushes. Kyle Jones added 96 yards on six carries for CG, which also got
90 yards from Luallen on his nine rushes. Luallen was also perfect on his four
passes for 122 yards.
Ben
Davis was led my Miles Wright, who carried 20 times for 132 yards and had a
touchdown. Covington finished with eight receptions for 104 yards and two TDs,
while Rice was 14 of 29 for 185 yards with the two TD passes and an interception.
WALTON
– Coach Scott Mannering and the Class 4A No. 4 Cass Kings cleared the final
hurdle Nov. 21 in an incredible run to the state finals with a 28-7 win over seventh-ranked
Jimtown.
The
host Kings dominated on the ground, racking up 313 yards of rushing. Cass was
paced by another sensational night from running back Colton Zeck, who finished the
night with 181 yards rushing and four touchdowns.
The
scoring did not start until the second quarter, when the Kings converted on a
fumble recovery from Jimtown. It was a one-play, 44-yard drive that saw Zeck
scamper off the left side and down the sideline for the score.
The
Kings would capitalize on their next possession as well. Zeck capped a 66-yard drive
off with a two-yard run, and the Kings’ lead was 14-0.
Jimtown’s
only visit to the end zone would come with less three minutes to go in the half
as Joshua Ruben found Austin Pirtle to pull the Jimmies to within seven at
halftime.
The
Jimmies would get no closer, however, as the Cass front line took over. Ball
State-recruit Kitt O’Brien and sophomore Jake Rouch both tip the scales at over
300 pounds, and they flexed their muscle in the trenches. Brady Tolle and Matt
Rinehart sped their way around offensive lineman like they were standing still.
The
results were demoralizing to a Jimtown team that could find no room to run. The
Jimmies would muster just 141 yards on the ground for the night, and when their
opening drive of the second half stalled at the Kings’ 25-yard line, things got
worse.
The
very next play saw the Kings’ O-line gash a hole on the right side that a
freight train could drive through, and Zeck turned on speed we have never seen
before as he raced 75 yards untouched for his third score of the night.
Game
over.
Zeck
would score one more time in the fourth and cap a spectacular night that moves
the Cass football program to uncharted waters … the state finals.
Cass,
which improves to 13-1, will head to Lucas Oil Stadium the day after
Thanksgiving to take on No. 5 Heritage Christian (14-0), the defending state
runner-up, for the 2A title.
CARMEL – The Class 5A No. 2 Carmel Greyhounds sealed their ticket to their third straight state championship game Nov. 21 with a 38-3 home victory over No. 11 Penn.
Carmel’s success against Penn was greatly attributed to senior quarterback Morgan Newton. The 6’4″, 215-pound University of Kentucky recruit passed for 106 yards and three touchdowns. He finished out the night 10 of 14 and also tallied 85 rushing yards on 16 carries that included a seven-yard touchdown run.
Also excelling on the offensive side were senior wide receivers Eric Ardaiolo and Troy Stratford. Ardaiolo caught 12- and eight-yard touchdown passes, while Stratford snared a 23-yard TD. Senior Evan Bergman assisted the team with 84 yards on a dozen carries that included a 12-yard touchdown.
Penn scored on a field goal during the first possession to start off the game. But from then on, the Greyhounds’ defense barely let the Kingsmen move. Penn missed its second and only other field goal attempt.
Starting off the second half, Carmel’s Nick Logan received the kickoff and ran it to his own 40-yard line. Carmel marched its way to the Penn 35, but they were forced to punt. An out-of-bounds kick led to a Penn takeover at its own 18.
A few plays later, Greyhounds linebacker Steven Baskerville intercepted a pass, and Carmel took over at the Penn 30. Carmel stopped short of a TD at the 11, but kicker Jordan Babcock’s field goal attempt was successful.
Penn punted on its next possession, and Carmel marched down the field to the Penn 18 before adding another Babcock field goal in the third quarter.
Penn took possession but soon turned it over on an interception by Carmel defensive back Chase Varndell, who had two INTs on the night. Carmel started at the Penn 43, moving all the way to the 1-yard line and first and goal. A quarterback sack pushed the Greyhounds back eight yards, but they scored on the next play with a pass to Ardaiolo.
Penn received the kickoff and returned it to its own 26. The Kingsmen’s next pass was intercepted by defensive back Scott Dehnke, but a defensive holding penalty allowed Penn to maintain possession. The clock ran out before Penn could score.
“What you’ve done so far has been unbelievable,” Carmel coach Mo Moriarity said in a postgame speech to his team. “We’ve just got one more.”
Carmel (13-1) will face off for the 5A state championship against top-ranked Center Grove (13-1) Nov. 29 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Back in September, Carmel squeaked out a 33-32 win over Center Grove
COLUMBUS
– Kickoff at 7 p.m. local time of the Nov. 21 Class 4A southern semistate showdown
between fifth-ranked Indianapolis Cathedral and top-ranked Columbus East?
Heatless.
Trading
touchdowns in the first four minutes of perhaps the state’s most highly anticipated
Final Four clash? Breathless.
Committing six second-half turnovers of a 10-all game with a chance at a state finals
berth hanging in the balance? Reckless.
But
that’s how it went down for unbeaten host Columbus East in an absolutely frigid
Friday night football affair. After opening the second half with an 11-play
drive that resulted in a missed 36-yard field goal attempt, the Olympians’ next
seven possessions went – beyond shockingly, in all honesty – like this:
Interception.
Interception returned for touchdown. Fifteen-yard punt that led to touchdown. Interception that led to field goal. Fumble that led to touchdown.
Fumble that led to touchdown. Interception.
Yipes. I repeat, YIPES.
“You
just can’t make those kinds of mistakes against a good team like that,” said
Columbus East eighth-year coach Bob Gaddis. “We really moved the ball well in
the first half but just couldn’t get anything going in the second half.”
Nooooooooo
foolin’. Not surprisingly, a team with nearly unparalleled postseason history
such as Cathedral (the Irish own six state titles) took full advantage. And for
the most part, it was one of Indiana’s finest quarterbacks that the Irish
torched en route to the rout.
Columbus
East QB Dusty Kiel entered this fray with a very famous surname and the sparkling
credentials – 145 of 218 for 2,954 yards and 34 touchdowns with only four
interceptions – to live up to it. And the evening certainly began brightly enough
when the 6’3” senior connected on his first three passes in going 5 of 6 for 77
yards on an initial drive that culminated with a nine-yard TD toss to sophomore
Shane Henderson that evened the game at 7.
(Cathedral
junior QB Kofi Hughes had opened the scoring with a 51-yard option keeper to
the right on the game’s fifth play, breaking a tackle just past the line of
scrimmage and scooting down the Cathedral sideline for the score.)
But
in the second half of this bitterly cold and bitterly contested battle, Cathedral’s
halftime adjustments fully stymied the Olympian leader. After once again
starting a half off on fire – Kiel hit four of his first five passes for 53
yards in moving East to the Cathedral 17 prior to senior Matt Wilson’s field
goal try that was pulled right – an absolute nightmare ensued for the strong-armed Indiana University recruit.
On
2nd and 10 from the East 42, Kiel’s deep pass down the left sideline
floated and was picked off by Cathedral senior defensive back Ryan Foley, who
returned it nearly 30 yards to the Olympians’ 47. Although the O “D” swelled up
and forced a punt, the subsequent kick by junior Scott Miller was downed inside
the East 10 for the second time on the night, setting the Os up on their own
6-yard line.
Ruh-roh.
Three plays later, Kiel’s pass over the middle was slightly behind his receiver
but right on target for Irish DB Jake Zupancic. The 5’11” junior snagged the
errant throw at the East 35 and weaved his way to the end zone, breaking the
tie and putting Cathedral up 17-10 following Miller’s extra point with 1:45
left in the third quarter.
Trailing
for the first time since 8:00 showed on the clock in the game’s opening period,
East stumbled through a three-and-out response that only got worse when Henderson
shanked a 15-yard punt to the right. Cathedral (11-2) needed only 1:19 to go 42
yards in six plays, with junior running back Nick Najem scoring from one yard
out off right tackle to give the Irish a two-TD lead at 10:58 of the final stanza.
Taking
over at his own 35 following the kickoff, Kiel threw a 10-yard pass that was
picked off by senior linebacker Ollie Ware and returned seven yards to the
Olympians’ 38. The East defense tightened once again, but Miller’s 35-yard
field goal made it a three-possession lead with only 7:23 remaining in the
game.
Any
faint hopes that were left for the orange-clad faithful following pass plays of
seven and 18 yards were dashed when senior RB Joumeel McLaurine fumbled on a draw
play, with Cathedral senior LB Matt Falvey recovering at the East 42.
At
this point it simply became too difficult to justify observing, ironically, a
meltdown of a team with such promise in weather that might very well cost me my
toes. Suffice to say that Hughes scored on a nine-yard run, Columbus East (13-1)
turned the ball over once more, Hughes punctuated the second-half onslaught
with a 10-yard run, and the Olympians squeezed in one final turnover before the clock mercifully expired.
Cathedral
will face another unbeaten and higher-ranked opponent Nov. 29 in the 4A state
finals. That would be either second-ranked Lowell or No. 3 Fort Wayne Dwenger,
who are playing in this weekend’s only Saturday semistate.
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INDIANAPOLIS
– After racing out to a 24-0 first-half lead, Class 2A fifth-ranked Heritage
Christian had to hang on for dear life Nov. 21 in its home semistate battle
with No. 11 Brownstown.
The
Eagles came up with a big stop on 4th and 3 from their own 5-yard line
with just over four minutes to play, and defending state runner-up HC was able
to run out the clock to preserve a 24-16 victory.
Heritage
Christian needed only two minutes to jump on top of Brownstown with a five-play,
71-yard drive. Jackson Kirtley capped the early strike by finding
Morgan Cook on a four-yard touchdown and early 7-0 lead.
Neither
team, however, was able to heat up on this (smart alec alert!) beautiful
November evening for the remainder of the first quarter. It was not until 6:45
remained in the half that Heritage Christian scored again, this one coming on a
26-yard field goal by Alex Butterworth to push the lead to double digits at 10-0.
The
ensuing kickoff must have found the Braves still frozen as the kick was
mishandled and recovered by Heritage at the Brownstown 28-yard line. It took
only two plays for Kirtley to find Tommy Eggleston (six catches, 73 yards) on a
14-yard touchdown, and the Eagles took what seemed to be a commanding 17-0 lead
with 5:58 remaining before halftime.
Brownstown
should have considered some additional heaters on the sidelines to try to get
back in the game. With just under three minutes till the break, Heritage
Christian running back Austin Olvey (18 carries, 109 yards) scored from two
yards out to make the score 24-0.
Time
to warm up that bus for the long ride home, right?
Hold
on. Brownstown finally showed some life on 3rd and 8 with a 59-yard
pass from Cam Cockerham to Blaze Hurley, and Teddy Stucker’s one-yard run with 0:49
on the clock made it 24-7 heading to intermission.
Things
quickly got interesting when Hurley (20 carries for 78 yards rushing, four receptions
for 84 yards receiving) burned through the HC kickoff team for 98 yards and an
apparent touchdown to start the second half. The play was nullified by an illegal
block in the back, but it provided a huge spark for the struggling Braves.
After
the HC defense rose to the occasion and stopped the Braves on downs at the HC
3, the Brownstown “D” answered back when the ubiquitous Hurley picked off a Kirtley
pass. Two plays later Stucker (20 rushes for 90 yards) scored again from a yard
out, but the PAT was blocked to make it 24-13.
Now
the Braves where catching fire and getting their offense in rhythm – it looked
like there just might be an upset brewing. A 30-yard field goal for Brownstown at
the beginning of the fourth quarter made it a potentially one-possession game at
24-16.
Compounding
the comeback effort was the fact that after surrendering more than 200 passing
yards to Kirtley in the first half, Brownstown prevented the stellar HC QB from
a single completion in the second.
But for the second straight game – HC had
slammed the regional door on Speedway last week by keeping the Sparkplugs out
of the end zone on seven plays inside the 6-yard line in a 27-21 victory – the
Eagles made another big stop late.
This time it was the two-way Eggleston
making a huge defensive play, stopping Hurley for no gain on fourth down.
“When the bend-but-don’t-break defense
works, it’s awfully nice,” said Heritage Christian coach Ron Qualls, who started
this rapidly rising program seven years ago. “We’ve brought a lot of energy the
last couple weeks when teams have been inside our 5 and the game’s been on the
line.
The
HC offense turned to the ground game, handing the ball to Olvey on eight straight
plays to run out the clock.
Brownstown had a great run, winning 11 of its
last 12 games. It was a tough loss to take as the Braves played a great second
half and came up just a few plays short. Congratulations on a terrific season!
Now that I have
finally thawed from this frigid November night, I can check for frostbite
knowing that next week’s game will be indoors. Heritage Christian will face
fourth-ranked Cass (13-1) at 7 p.m. ET the day after Thanksgiving at brand-new
Lucas Oil Stadium for the 2A state title.
This
is Uncle Mike’s favorite part of the season. There are fewer games, which means
he can’t be wrong as often. Imagine how happy he will be next week!
Here
are his thoughts on the Nov. 21 semistate action.
CLASS 5A
PHILOSOPHICAL
QUESTION: When was the last major upset in Class 5A? Let’s face it. 5A football
is as predictable as a rerun of “Saved by the Bell.”
Carmel
38, Penn 3
Can
we please put at least one other MIC school in the northern bracket so the
Greyhounds have at least one tough game on the way to the Oil Can?
Center
Grove 49, Ben Davis 21
Giant
pride is back on the westside. Unfortunately, talent is still on the southside.
CLASS 4A
Indianapolis
Cathedral 41, Columbus East 10
That
was hardly worth all the buildup.
CLASS 3A
Bellmont
35, NorthWood 21
I
would take great pride in saying six weeks ago that these guys were really good.
There is only one problem – that also was the week after I said Portage was
really good. Hey, one out of two is better than the public schools are running
against the parochial.
Evansville
Memorial 27, Indianapolis Chatard 14
Now
we know how to defeat one of the powerful Central Indiana parochial schools.
Force them to play a parochial school from somewhere else.
CLASS 2A
Cass
28, Jimtown 7
These
guys are a lot tougher than the original Waltons. (You have to know your Indiana
geography to get that one.)
Heritage
Christian 24, Brownstown 16
Brownstown
should give classes on how to be good, but not good enough.
CLASS A
Sheridan
46, Southern Wells 14
A
southern well is what the visitors from the north got thrown into by the
Blackhawks.
Indianapolis
Ritter 30, Linton 26
If
they can play Ritter that tough, we are going to have to quit making jokes
about the Miners. They are obviously a legitimate power.
With
less than a minute to go before halftime of the Nov. 22 Class 4A northern
semistate showdown between undefeated No. 2 Lowell and undefeated No. 3 host
Fort Wayne Dwenger, the score was 0-0. But the teams combined for two
touchdowns in 25 seconds before the half, setting the stage for a second-half
offensive bonanza.
When
the icicle-tinged dust settled, Dwenger (14-0) had won not only the second-half battle
(four TDs, a pair of two-point conversions, and one field goal to Lowell’s two
TDs and one two-point conversion) but also the war, rallying from a 22-16 deficit
late in the third quarter with the game’s final 22 points in a 38-22 victory.
Dwenger
senior quarterback Trevor Yerrick bounced back from a so-so first half (3
of 8 passing for 25 yards with one TD and one interception) with a magnificently
efficient second, going 4 of 6 for 136 yards and three TDs after intermission.
Two of those scoring passes went to 5’7” junior wide receiver Joel Gerardot,
whose 63-yard reception erased Lowell’s final lead with 1:30 left in the third
period before his 26-yard catch finished the game’s scoring with 57 seconds to
play.
The Saints’ humongous second half trumped a
very solid performance from junior running back Brandon Grubbe, who carried 26
times for 147 yards and a touchdown and added another 20-yard TD on his lone
reception for Lowell (13-1).
Dwenger advances to the 4A state championship Nov. 29, where No. 5
Indianapolis Cathedral awaits in a hugely anticipated throwdown of parochial football factories.
Between the two Catholic powerhouses, a total of nine state titles have been
won in 15 state championship appearances.
That
includes Dwenger’s 34-27 victory in the schools’ only head-to-head finals matchup
in 1991.
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THIS CRAZY SEMISTATE THRILLER!!
THORNTOWN – Western Boone’s Brandy Woody
and Crawfordsville’s Lexi Stevens are both outstanding point guards, but they
are quite different players. Woody is a dynamic scorer who can carry a team
offensively, while Stevens is the ultimate floor general and the undisputed
leader of the Class 3A sixth-ranked Athenians.
The two players hooked up Nov. 21 in the
first round of the Sugar Creek Classic in a battle for the ages. Stevens, who
makes sure Crawfordsville’s big guns, Alex Gasaway and Mandi Johnson, get the
ball in position to be productive, had the last laugh in a scintillating 58-57
Crawfordsville victory.
That is, if she had enough strength left to
laugh.
The
key to this contest was Western Boone’s game plan. The Stars harassed Stevens
mercilessly from the outset in an attempt to get the ball out of her hands.
After
all, the best way to **** a serpent is to cut off the head. If Stevens did not
have the ball, it stood to reason, she could not get it to the big guns.
For
16 minutes, the plan worked to perfection. Western Boone grizzled Stevens,
forcing her into several turnovers. When the ball was not in her hands, the
Crawfordsville offense was a turnover waiting to happen.
In
all, the Athenians committed 15 first-half miscues. To make matters worse,
Johnson picked up her second foul with a minute to play in the first quarter,
and Gasaway was not far behind.
After
a 12-12 tie at the end of one, Crawfordsville was forced to switch to a passive
zone for most of the second quarter to survive the early foul trouble. And it
looked for awhile like the tactic might work.
After
giving Western Boone a 5-0 run to start the second quarter, Crawfordsville
scored five points of its own to again forge a tie. It was at this point,
however, that the Stars tactics began to pay real dividends.
Western
Boone ended the half on a 15-2 run that was punctuated by a flurry of Athenian
mistakes. The Stars went to intermission with a 32-19 cushion, and it looked
like Crawfordsville was in real trouble.
Whatever
was said at halftime, Crawfordsville returned to the floor in the third quarter
with a renewed sense of purpose. The Athenians went on a 12-4 run to start the stanza
and bring the margin to five at 36-31.
Woody
immediately responded with an old-fashioned three-point play to push the lead
back to eight. But reserve Athenian post player Betty Elliot made two huge
plays in the final minute of the quarter and, at the end of three periods, it
was 39-35 in favor of Western Boone.
A
funny thing happened as the tense fourth quarter began. Suddenly, Stevens no
longer seemed bothered by the Western Boone pressure.
She
began to assert herself, and the Athenians went on an 11-4 run to take a 46-43
lead. The spurt was capped when Stevens aggressively drove against the tight
defense she was facing and was fouled, and she calmly sank both free throws.
From
this point to the end of the game, the two point guards put on one heck of a
show. Woody scored on each of Western Boone’s next three possessions. Stevens,
meanwhile, assisted on three straight Crawfordsville scores, one by Johnson and
two by Gasaway.
The
fireworks brought the score to 52-51 in favor of Crawfordsville.
After
another Gasaway bucket, Woody canned a 3-pointer to tie the game at 54. Once
again, Elliot came to the Athenians’ rescue, grabbing an offensive rebound and
sticking it back in for a 56-54 lead.
Then
Katie Brewer, the other perimeter threat for Western Boone, found the mark with
a three with 22 seconds remaining. Suddenly, the Stars held the lead at 57-56.
After
a Crawfordsville timeout, Western Boone spoiled a sideline inbounds play,
knocking the ball out on the baseline. The Stars’ defense remained stout,
knocking a second baseline inbounds pass out of play.
That
left 2.1 seconds for Crawfordsville to take one last try.
This
time the Athenians sprung Johnson open on a roll back to the basket after a
screen at the foul line. Care to take a guess at who delivered the pass?
That’s
right. Stevens triggered a perfect inbounds pass to her mate, and Johnson did
the rest in canning a short shot from the right block.
After
its careless ballhandling in the first half, Crawfordsville committed only two
turnovers in the second half. Stevens survived and eventually outsmarted a
defensive effort as stern as any she will face all year.
Perhaps
most importantly, a Crawfordsville team that had trouble playing under pressure
last season responded with flying colors on this night. On the other hand,
Western Boone served notice the Stars are anything but frightened of the Athenians.
Woody
ended the night with a game-high 24 points, while Brewer added 16 markers to
the effort. Gasaway led the Athenians with 23 points.
The
evening’s first game supplied a math lesson to both Southmont and North
Montgomery. The Mounties learned 27 does not equal 32. Meanwhile, North
Montgomery learned five can equal three.
Southmont
controlled much of the first half of this game and enjoyed a 12-10 lead midway
through the second quarter. Then the Chargers went on a 14-2 run spanning the
last three minutes of the second period and the first two minutes of the third
stanza.
The
resulting 24-14 lead was all the cushion the Chargers would need. They played
evenly until the final minutes and eventually took a 48-34 victory.
With
the exception of the five-minute lapse, Southmont played the heavily favored
Chargers evenly throughout. For North Montgomery, the five-minute surge was
enough to garner its third victory of the season without a defeat.
Crawfordsville
and North Montgomery will meet at 7:30 p.m. ET Saturday for the championship,
while Western Boone and Southmont will meet in the consolation at six o’clock.
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