Monthly Archives: February 2023

Batesville, Boys Basketball, Rushville

Batesville dominates Lions in EIAC game.

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The Rushville Lions hosted the Batesville Bulldogs in an EIAC matchup on Thursday evening. The Bulldogs got an early lead in the game and never trailed for the entire 32 minutes. The finished the first quarter up by nine, increased the lead to 13 by halftime, and held the Lions to just 13 second half points to pull off a 68-36 win. The Bulldogs are now 13-6 on the season and 4-2 in EIAC games. The loss drops Rushville 4-16 on the season, and they finished their EIAC games with an 0-7 record.

 Cole Pride got the Dogs on the board to start the game with an old fashioned three-point play. Cade Kaiser scored for BHS, and Quentin Cain scored for the Lions. Pride added two more buckets, and Dylan Thompson and XxZavien Jenkins scored for the Lions making the score 9-7. The Bulldogs then went on a 7-0 run with Jack Grunkemeyer scoring four-points and Kaiser three. Jenkins hit from deep for Rushville and Thompson scored with two seconds to go in the quarter to make the score 21-12 after the first frame.

The second quarter started with a Sam Johnson basket for the Dogs, and Danny Corn scored twice for Rushville. Pride scored for BHS and Chase Woolf landed a deep three for the Lions and the score was 25-19 midway through the period. Grunkemeyer then went on a tear scoring the next six-points for Batesville. Jenkins scored four for the Lions, then Grunkemeyer and Kaiser finished off the half with a bucket each to make the score 36-23 at the half. The Dogs started the third frame on an 8-2 run, Thompson scored for Rushville then Pride and Kaiser each hit a three-point basket to go up by 23-points. Thompson scored again for RCHS and Pride hit another deep three to close out the frame with the Dogs on top 53-30. The Lions got six points in the final quarter a three-pointer from Braydon Wilson a Thompson basket and a Corn free throw. The Dogs added 15-points from five different players in the period to win the conference matchup 68-36.

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BHS       21          15          17          15          68

RCHS     12          11          7            6            36

Unofficial Scoring-

BHS- Grunkemeyer 26, Pride 17, Kaiser 12, Sam Johnson 7, Gus Prickel 3, Brendan Heiser 3

RCHS- Thompson 12, Jenkins 10, Corn 5, Woolf 3, Wilson 3, Cain 2, Morton 1      

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Boys Basketball, Connersville, East Central

Spartans remain undefeated in EIAC games

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The #12 ranked Connersville Spartans hosted the East Central Trojans last night in an EIAC hardwood matchup. The game was a low scoring affair with the Spartans taking the first quarter, EC held Connersville to just two-points in the second quarter and led by three at the half. An even third period had the Trojans up by one-point going into the final period. The Spartans outscored EC by 11-points in the fourth quarter and secured their second win in a row.  

The first quarter started with the Spartans jumping out to a 4-0 lead with Lucas Barron and Braxton Myers each scoring. Cole Wheat got the first East Central basket, and Dylan Maxwell added the next field goal to tie the game up at 4-4. Myers scored again for CHS and that started an 8-0 run for the Spartans, Gavin Pearson scored two from the charity stripe, Josh Williams scored, and Blaine Hornsby hit the final basket in the frame to put Connersville up 12-4 after one period. Carson Pieczonka opened the second quarter with a three-point shot, Maxwell added a three ball, and then went to the foul line twice in a row hitting all four freebies and putting EC up 14-12. Myers scored again for the Spartans, but Rhys Hofer ended the half with a three-pointer for EC and giving them a 17-14 lead at the half. Pieczonka started the third frame off with a deep ball and Wheat hit a free throw putting the Trojans up 21-14. Connersville got a basket from Myers and a three pointer from a wide-open Pearson to pull the game back to just a two-point lead for EC. Pieczonka hit his third deep ball with three minutes to go in the quarter. Connersville closed out the period with Myers scoring and collecting a free throw to make the score EC 24 CHS 22 after three quarters. The final frame started with both teams scoring Barron for Connersville and Hofer for EC, then the Spartans went on a 7-0 run (Myers 5, Barron 2) to retake the lead. Pieczonka collected two-points from the charity stripe for EC, then Pearson collected four freebies for Connersville, Brayden Pearson got in the scoring column with a free throw and CHS was up by 10. East Central got a final free throw from Pieczonka with 18 seconds remaining and that was the fnal point scored in the game. Connersville got the win 38-29 and improved to 14-4 on the season. They remain undefeated in EIAC games at 5-0. The Trojans fall to 5-14 on the season and 3-2 in EIAC games. The Spartans will have their hands full in their next contest, they host #10 New Palestine (17-1) on Saturday evening. East Central will have a matinee game with EIAC foe Batesville (13-6) on Saturday at 1:30pm.   

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ECHS     4            13          7            5            29

CHS       12          2            8            16          38

Unofficial Scoring–

East Central– Pieczonka 12, Maxwell 9, Hofer 5, Wheat 3

Connersville– Myers 16, G. Pearson 9, Barron 8, Josh Williams 2, Hornsby 2, B. Pearson 1

Wrestling

Semi State Wrestling matchups

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Semi-state for wrestling will take place this Saturday in New Castle. All wrestlers must win twice to be able to advance onto the state finals.

In the 106 bracket, freshman Liam Hubbartt from South Dearborn with a record of 28-9 will compete against freshman Gunnar Butt from New Palestine, whose record is 23-7.

 In the 113 bracket, freshman Tyler Stenger from East Central with a record of 22-12 will take on sophomore Nathan Reyes from Indianapolis Cathedral, whose record is 24-13. Along with that in the same bracket, sophomore Cole Freese from Franklin County, whose record is 38-3, will take on senior Kaleb Colwell from Elwood Community, whose record is 18-13.

In the 120 bracket, sophomore Colin Troyer of FC (record 38-1) will take on freshman Aden Rangel from North Vermillion, whose record is 33-3.

In the 126 bracket, sophomore Caleb Mattingly from Carmel (21-5) will take on EC senior Blake Wolf, whose record is 23-6.

 In the 132 bracket, Hamilton Heights Junior Isaac Kuhn (28-3) will take on Rushville High School senior Tuff Tackett, whose record is 29-12. In the same bracket, East Central High School freshman Nyden Euson (20-12) will take on Indianapolis Bishop Chatard sophomore Sam Bustamante, whose record is 34-8.

Aric Fox of Connersville (20-18) is competing in the 138 bracket; he will face 33-3 Warren Central sophomore Christian Arberry.

In the 145 bracket, Lawrenceburg junior Brayden Tudor (19-5) will take on Pendleton Heights junior Jack Todd, whose record is 30-1. Dylan Lengerich of EC (32-6) is set to face Hamilton Heights’ Carson Fettig, a junior holding a mark of 36-6.

In the 152 bracket, East Central senior Grayson Hylton (27-9) will take on Mt.Vernon (Fortville) junior Elijah Kiner, whose record is 19-17.

In the 160 bracket, Southport senior Daunte Hon (27-12) will take on Franklin County senior Hayden Newell, whose record Is 39-12.

In the 170 bracket, Franklin County junior Breck Bohman (14-5) will take on Hamiton Heights senior Jimmy Lacey, whose record is 36-6. Also, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard sophomore Kade Rickard (31-9) will take on East Central senior Brayden Huber, whose record is 28-8. Lastly, Indianapolis Cathedral freshman Kyle Harden (36-4) will take on Lawrenceburg junior Drake Rorabacher, whose record is 22-10.

In the 182 bracket, Fishers sophomore Christophe Quarles (33-7) will take on EC sophomore Brendin Kolter, whose record is 23-12.

In the 195 bracket, Connersville senior Orlan Foster (39-2) will take on Indianapolis Cathedral junior Oscar Kirch, whose record is 15-14. EC’s Brayden Rouse (27-7) will do battle with Anderson’s Clayton Stephens (23-7).

In the 220 bracket, Roncalli senior Royce Deckard (24-3) will take on Franklin County senior Lendon Sizemore, whose record is 27-11. Connersville’s Levi DeGroat (30-7) is set to face Talan Humphrey of Franklin Central (22-8).

 In the 285 bracket, Carmel senior Jack Milligan (22-5) will take on Batesville sophomore Max Amberger, whose record is 33-7. Unbeaten Lawrenceburg senior Colton Roth (20-0) tries to stay perfect against fellow senior Dylan Braun of North Montgomery (32-8).

Action at the NC Fieldhouse is slated to start at 8 a.m. or shortly after.

Boys Basketball, Lawrenceburg, Rushville

Tigers pull away from Rushville in fourth quarter for the win

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An EIAC matchup took place Thursday evening when the Rushville Lions traveled to take on Lawrenceburg. A low scoring first quarter kept the Lions in the game, but the Tigers pushed ahead in the second period. Rushville held the Tigers to just eight-points in the third period and it was a one-point contest going into the final quarter. Lawrenceburg doubled up the Lions in the fourth frame and secured the win to improve to 16-4 on the season and 3-2 in EIAC games. The Lions now losers of three straight fall to 4-15 on the season and 0-6 in EIAC games. Rushville will play their final conference game tonight on the road in Batesville (12-6) at 7:30pm. The Tigers host Rising Sun (9-10) on Saturday night.

Sam Cornet got the Tigers on the board first with a turnaround jumper, Nick Jarman tied it up 30 seconds later for Rushville. Cooper Bobo scored for Lawrenceburg then a scoreless streak started for both teams over the next 2:30. Ben Cornett went to the line for the Tigers and hit both freebies putting LHS up 6-2. Dylan Thompson got a basket to fall for the Lions with two minutes to go in the period, and that was the final score in the frame. Lawrenceburg led after one quarter 6-4, then they went on a 7-0 run to start the second quarter, and two minutes later they were up 13-4, with Logan Rohrer and Bobo scoring for the Tigers on the run. Rushville’s point guard Quentin Cain, in his first game back got his first points of the game after driving to the lane and making a shot while getting hacked. He completed the three-point play, then Cornett scored again, and Charlie Meyer hit a basket for Lawrenceburg, Rohrer hit a pair of free throws and the Tigers were up 19-8 with under three minutes to go in the half. The Lions finished the second quarter strong, Thompson scored back-to-back, and Chase Woolf drained a three-pointer to pull Rushville within four-points of the hosts. Meyer got Lawrenceburg back up by six before the half with two points from the charity stripe, and the Tigers led at the half 21-15.

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The second half started with the Lions getting a three from Cain, Ben Cornett scored for LHS, and Rushville got a basket from Jarman and another from Kam Morton. Midway through the frame Rushville had pulled to within one-point of the Tigers, the score was Lawrenceburg 23 Rushville 22. After swapping baskets Rushville scored again at 1:45 remaining when Thompson hit a mid-range jump shot and tied the game up at 26-26. Lawrenceburg went back up by three after Bobo collected an old fashioned three-point play, and Thompson responded when he collected a pair of free throws, making the score Lawrenceburg 29 Rushville 28, through three quarters played. Noah Knigga scored the first basket in the final period for the Tigers, and B. Cornett scored from under the rim, then again on a jumper to put Lawrenceburg up 35-28. Knigga scored again and the Tigers were on an 8-0 run. Thompson scored for RCHS to stop the Lawrenceburg run. Bobo added four more points for the Tigers and B. Cornett scored three times from the foul line. Rushville got a basket from Morton and two more from Thompson that made it an eight-point game in Lawrenceburg s favor with just one minute remaining in the contest. The Lions collected two more points in the contest on a pair of XxZavien Jenkins free throws. But the Tigers got four-points from Bobo and Rohrer scored at the buzzer giving the Tigers a 50-38 conference win.

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LHS        6            15          8            21          50

RCHS     4            11          13          10          38

Individual Scoring

LHS- Bobo 15, B. Cornett 14, Rohrer 9, S. Cornett 4, Knigga 4, Meyer 4

RCHS- Thompson 18, Cain 6, Jarman 4, Morton 4, Woolf 3, Jenkins 3

Connersville, Girls Basketball, Greensburg, Lawrenceburg

EIAC girls all-freshman team selected by eiacsports.com

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Your eiacsports.com All-Freshman girls team includes two Greensburg Lady Pirates, two Lawrenceburg Lady Tigers, and a Connersville Lady Spartan. The five players have started for their respective squads all season, and the future of their programs looks to be a bright one.

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Boys Basketball

EIAC Boys Basketball Leading Scorers

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  1. Ryan Willoughby (S. Dearborn)         19.2
  2. Ki Dyer (Greensburg)                           18.3
  3. Brant Ertel (Franklin Co.)                     17.4
  4. Josh Williams (Connersville)               16.5
  5. Cole Pride (Batesville)                         16.3
  6. Carson Pieczonka (East Central)        14.7
  7. Cade Kaiser (Batesville)                       12.7
  8. Cooper Bobo (Lawrenceburg)            12.2
  9. Logan Rohrer (Lawrenceburg)           11.9
  10. Brodie Teke (S. Dearborn)                  11.8
  11. Lucas Baron (Connersville)                 11.4
  12. Jack McKinsey (Greensburg)              10.9
  13. Jeter Edwards (Greensburg)               10.9
  14. Sam Johnson (Batesville)                   10.8
  15. Braxton Myers (Connersville)              9.9
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Batesville, Boys Basketball, South Dearborn

Bulldogs collect a pair of wins

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Thursday- vs South Dearborn

The Bulldogs and South Dearborn Knights faced off in an EIAC matchup on Thursday. Sam Johnson scored the first basket of the game for Batesville from three-point land and Brodie Teke matched Johnson shot to tie the game up. Both teams battled even until a 6-0 run by the Knights led by Adam Kunkel’s four-points, put SD up 12-7. Johnson and Jack Grunkmeyer scored again for BHS, Teke hit from deep again and Corbin Cassidy did the same putting SD up 18-11 after the first frame. A 5-0 SD run started the second quarter pushing the Knights lead to 12-points. Ryan Willoughby added a three-pointer for SD but the Dogs got hot and went on a 9-0 run with Gus Prickel getting the scoring started. Cade Kaiser and Cole Pride chipped in, and a Pride free throw just before halftime tied the game up at 28-28.

The second half began, and the Dogs got another three-pointer from Johnson, Hudson Shackelford scored for the Knights, the Batesville got hot again. Pride scored the next six-points in the contest, Prickel then hit back-to-back three’s and the Dogs lead was back to 13-points. Kunkel landed a basket for SD before the half ended making the score 43-32 in Batesville’s favor. Both teams traded baskets for the first few possesions in the fourth quarter before Willoughby hit two in a row making it a 10-point game. Johnson hit again from deep, his sixth three-point basket of the game. Prickel and Teke each hit from deep for their respective teams, but Pride finished off the game completing an old fashioned three-point play giving his team a 57-44 win.

Unofficial Scoring-

BHS – Johnson 22, Pride 13, Prickel 11, Grunkmeyer 6, Kaiser 5

SDHS – Teke 14, Willoughby 13, Shackelford 6, Kunkel 6, Cassidy 3, Peyton Hill 2

Saturday- vs Madison

The Bulldogs edged the Cubs 15-12 in the first quarter and put up 20 more points in the second to take a 10-point lead at the half. Batesville shutdown the Cubs in the third period, holding them to just three-points, while dropping another 20 to go up 55-28. The Cubs outscored Batesville 19-17 in the final frame, but the Dogs cruised past the Cubs for the 25-point win. The 72-47 win is the highest point total for BHS this season, topping the open game 69-point effort against Jac-Cen-Del. Johnson scored 22-points for the second consecutive game, Pride match his 22, Kaiser 11, Laker and Prickel 5, Drake 4, Luers 2, Grunkmeyer 1.

Boys Basketball, Franklin County

Wildcats losing streak continues

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FC’s skid grew to seven with Saturday afternoon’s 69-59 home loss to Edinburgh. The Cats last lost seven straight between the end of the 2020-21 campaign and start of the next season.

The Lancers have consistently been among the top Class A teams in the state over the last few years. They improved to 12-5 with a 26-point effort by Caleb Dewey.

FC had a nice day on offense. Three players got over the double-digit plateau for FC – Gillman led with 14, Weartz added 13 and Butt a dozen. Xander Rodriguez got into the action with 5; Ertel, Morehead and Johnson had 4 each and Blake Stephenson posted 3.

Jackson Hartwell added 11 and Jarrett Turner and Conner Ramey 10 apiece for the guests.

FC (8-10) has a double weekend coming up, hosting Greenfield-Central Friday and traveling to Victory College Prep on the southeast side of Indianapolis Saturday night.

Wrestling

Area wrestlers on to semistate

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RICHMOND – Needing to advance past the opening round of the Richmond Regional to punch their tickets to the New Castle Semistate (Feb. 11, 8 a.m.), several wrestlers from area schools did just that Saturday morning at the Red Devils’ Tiernan Center.

A handful of those fought their way to the top of the podium in their respective weight classes. Cole Freese and Colin Troyer won at 113 and 120 pounds for Franklin County’s Wildcats, who ended third in team rankings behind champion East Central and runner-up New Castle. EC saw just a solo champion, Grayson Hylton at 152. The Connersville Spartans’ big boys, Orlan Foster at 195 and Levi DeGroat at 220, were tops in their divisions. Jordan Takara of Union County was first at 160. Matthew Baylor (44-0 at 106) and Colton Roth (20-0 at 285) were unbeaten bookends for Milan and Lawrenceburg, respectively. NC had four champs and Eastern Hancock a pair.

Freese (38-3) had already advanced to the following weekend thanks to a 1st-round forfeit by Blue River Valley. The sophomore then used up just 38 seconds of energy in pinning Northeastern’s Lucas Chamness before earning a 12-2 major decision over Centerville’s Kyle Sheard. EC’s Tyler Stenger took third in the bracket.

Troyer ran his record to 38-1, needing just under three minutes of mat time to claim the title. He opened with a 44-second pin of Tri’s Tanner Stockton, then won by injury walkover as Centerville’s Bryson Hale defaulted. In the final, the soph pinned EH’s Logan Gilman in the waning seconds of the first period.

Takara (39-4) battled FC’s Hayden Newell (32-9) in the championship round, the senior duo separated by just two points as the Patriot won 6-4. UC’s upperclassman had won by technical fall (20-2) over NE’s Thane Berger and squeaked by Centerville’s Luke Cannarella 7-6. Newell’s path took him past EH’s Dominic Shelby (10-4) and Milan’s Cameron Gilb (inj. Default).

Roth and Batesville’s lone regional rep, Max Amberger (33-7), slogged to a 1-0 duel in the heavyweight final. At 170, FC’s Breck Bohman (14-5) ended up third after first pinning Blue River’s Tyler Flynn and falling 10-3 to eventual champ Jon Eberhart of NC; Bohman decisioned Lawrenceburg’s Drake Rorabacher 6-4 in the consolation match. Another Wildcat moving on is senior Lendon Sizemore (27-11), who placed fourth at 220. Sizemore pinned NC’s Quentin Mozier in the second period to start the day, then suffered a 3-0 defeat to NE’s Michael Henderson and pin loss to Centerville’s Nathan Westover.

Rushville’s Tuff Tackett (29-12) finished runner-up at 132, losing by major decision to Cameron Volz of EH. Tackett “tuff”-ed out a 5-4 win over Shenandoah’s Sam Hinshaw early and narrowly got by Greensburg’s Preston Merritt 3-1 in the semis. Merritt added a 10-1 major over Centerville’s Kale Creech before being disqualified in his third-place bout with EC’s Nyden Euson.

UC’s Jesus Aquino-Morales took third at 126. Chewy pinned Lincoln’s Aidan Capps but was pinned by division champ Tylin Thrine of NC. He then beat EH’s Zayne Badgley 8-2. EC’s Blake Wolf was runner-up.

Other area athletes advancing include Aric Fox of Connersville (4th; 138), Dylan Lengerich of EC (2nd; 145), Brayden Tudor of LHS (3rd; 145), Brayden Huber of EC (2nd; 170), Brendin Kolter of EC (2nd; 182) and Brayden Rouse of EC (2nd; 195).

Advancement to state finals requires each wrestler win at least twice at New Castle this weekend. Other feeder regionals are Frankfort, Pendleton Heights and Perry Meridian. 

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