GHS Tiger Cubs take home county wrestling team title
Friday, December 14, 2012
Individual champions for the 2012 Putnam County wrestling tournament included Ryley Cook, Nick Havey, Jacob Lorimer, Dean Kleiber, Jordan Sanders, Jacob Camacho, Riley Boswell, Joe Waters, Aaron Langdon, Carter Lewis, Hunter Smith, Rudy Harris and Lane Hacker. Blaine Fenwick is not picutred.
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CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School wrestling team won its second straight Putnam County wrestling championship on Thursday, finishing with a 3-0 team record and earning seven individual county champions.
Tiger Cubs senior Carter Lewis (170) won his fourth consecutive county title.
"It was a good win for us, but we've got to keep looking forward," GHS coach Matt McComish said. "It's always good to win county. We knew we had some tough teams to wrestle when we came in, and we knew it was going to be close
Greencastle's Hunter Smith (black) got the worst of this exchange with South Putnam's Tanner Thompson, but Smith was able to recover to win the match and win his second straight county championship.
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"It was a tough fight all night all night and I'm glad we came away with a win."
Ryley Cook (106), Jordan Sanders (113), Riley Boswell (145), Aaron Langdon (160), Hunter Smith (182) and Blaine Fenwick (220) also won titles for GHS.
"All seven of them wrestled really well," McComish said. "We still have things we can improve on, but we're starting to do some things right. At this time of the season, that's what I want to see."
The South Putnam team finished second in the meet with a 2-1 record. They had six county champions: Nick Havey (113), Jacob Lorimer (120), Jacob Camacho (138), Joe Waters (152), Rudy Harris (195) and Lane Hacker (3-0).
"As a team we wrestled pretty well," SPHS coach Josh Hendrickson said. "(We've got to) fix the basics, work on the things that we've worked on and affect the things that we know."
Camacho won his second straight conference title, and also competed in the best match of the night, a battle with Greencastle's Nick Pingleton.
Tied at five after three rounds, the two battled through the sudden victory period and into the 30-second tiebreaker periods.
Camacho started in the defensive position, then slipped into a reversal. Neither could gain an upper hand in the time remaining and Camacho earned a 7-5 win by decision.
North Putnam finished the meet in third place and it was led by Dean Kleiber, who won his second-straight county title at 126 pounds.
The Cougars finished 1-2, equaling last year's county dual result.
"We had some good performances tonight," NPHS coach Bucky Kramer said. "It's tough on us when we're giving up four weight classes (to forfeit) off the top. You've got to stay happy with what we're seeing. Overall it's a good improvement."
Cloverdale rounded out the field, finishing 0-3 for the second consecutive year.
CHS coach Steven Livingston said his young team has a lot of room to grow.
"I don't think we looked nearly our best tonight," Livingston said. "We just try to stay positive and keep the guys working hard and focus on what really matters and that's the matches at the end of the season.
"Those are the matches that we keep telling our guys, keep your nose to the grind; keep getting better. Win those matches when they count at the end of the season. That's how you get your picture on the wall. That's how people remember you."
Havey, Waters, Smith and Harris each won their second straight county title.
Greencastle's Fenwick suffered an apparent neck injury in his bout against South Putnam's Jacob Williams. He was taken out on a stretcher.
The champion Tiger Cubs return to action Saturday when they host the Holiday Invitational on Saturday at 9 a.m. North Putnam hosts a dual meet with Rockville on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 6:30 p.m.
South Putnam will compete in the state duals on Saturday, Dec. 22 at Westfield High School beginning at 9 a.m. Cloverdale is back when they compete at Ben Davis High School on Thursday, Dec. 27 at 8 a.m.
Complete individual results will be included in a future issue of the Banner Graphic.
At Cloverdale
2012-13 Putnam County Wrestling Tournament
1. Greencastle 3-0, 2. SPHS 2-1, 3. NPHS 1-2, 4. Cloverdale 0-3.
Individual Champions
106 -- Ryley Cook, GHS
113 -- Nick Havey, SPHS
120 -- Jacob Lorimer, SPHS
126 -- Dean Kleiber, NPHS
132 -- Jordan Sanders, GHS
138 -- Jacob Camacho, SPHS
145 -- Riley Boswell, GHS
152 -- Joe Waters, SPHS
160 -- Aaron Langdon, GHS
170 -- Carter Lewis, GHS
182 -- Hunter Smith, GHS
195 -- Rudy Harris, SPHS
220 -- Blaine Fenwick, GHS
285 -- Lane Hacker, SPHS
Bad half dooms Eagles against Patriots
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
South Putnam junior Aubrey Nichols knocks down a three-point shot from the corner against Owen Valley on Tuesday.
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A weak second half gave them a 55-36 loss, but the South Putnam girls' basketball team spent the first half of Tuesday's game looking ready to upset Owen Valley.
The Eagles' shots weren't falling but a newly-installed 2-3 zone defense had the Patriots scrambling.
Owen Valley shot just 24 percent (6-for-25) in the first half.
"At halftime, we were happy with the position we were in," SPHS head coach Lindsey Blackman said. "Because we switched to the zone, we knew we had to get block outs and get defensive rebounds. We crashed the boards offensively and were able to get some second shot attempts.
"We were happy with the aggressiveness and the tone in the first half and then we kind of let it go in the third (quarter)."
The Eagles led 19-15 at the break.
SPHS junior Aubrey Nichols and senior Leanna Masters each had six rebounds in the half, though the Eagles were outrebounded as a team, 22-19.
That deficit foreshadowed things to come.
Owen Valley came out for the second half on fire, getting to the rim on nearly every possession.
When Masters picked up her third foul early in the third the Patriots dominated the interior, pulling in seven offensive rebounds in the quarter.
The Patriots opened the second half on 23-2 run that extended into the fourth and dispirited the Eagles.
"I told the girls, this was the first time I wasn't happy with our performance," Blackman said. "It looked like in the third quarter we gave up. As soon as they hit a couple big shots, the shoulders went down, it was very quiet on defense. It seemed like a little let up."
Mallory Cash led the Eagles with nine points and three steals. Masters finished with eight points (three-for-four shooting) and nine rebounds.
Patriots guard Alicia Wilson had a game-high 17 points and five steals.
Sarah Jones came off the bench to pull in 14 rebounds for Owen Valley.
The Eagles are back in action Thursday when they travel to Covenant Christian. The game tips at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Owen Valley -- 8 7 19 21 -- 55
South Putnam -- 8 11 2 15 -- 36
Individual scoring
Owen Valley: Wilson 7-12, 2-2, 17; Herrington 5-7, 1-2, 13; Corder 5-11, 0-1, 10; Williams 3-12, 0-0, 7; Jones 3-13, 0-0, 6; Eldridge 1-6, 0-0, 2; Richardson 0-3, 0-1, 0.
South Putnam: Cash 4-13, 0-0, 9; Masters 3-4, 2-3, 9; Nichols 2-7, 1-1, 6; Varvel 2-10, 1-4, 5; Whitaker 2-2, 0-0, 4; Birt 1-6, 0-0, 2; Barnes 1-4, 0-0, 2; Cundiff 0-2, 0-0, 0; York 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hewitt 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring (three-pointers)
Owen Valley: 24-61 (9-34), 3-5, 51; South Putnam 15-48 (2-9), 4-9, 36.
Rebounds (offensive)
Owen Valley 45 (22), South Putnam 31 (13)
Turnovers
Owen Valley 16, South Putnam 21
Eagles fly through water to split with Fountain Central Mustangs
Monday, December 10, 2012
South Putnam senior Zeke Evens lost his goggles early during the 100-yard breast stroke event on Saturday against Southmont, but still swam to a third-place finish.
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The South Putnam boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams split a meet with Fountain Central on Satuday.
The boys' squad came away with a 103-68 victory, while the girls lost 117-68.
"I think they swam really well," SPHS swim coach Matthew Edwards said. "Even some of the swimmers that aren't getting the first places are getting personal bests."
On the boys' side, senior Matt Lund, juniors Tayler Arnold and Tyler Neumann and sophomore Zane Crosby started off the morning with a win in the 200 medley relay.
It was one of four wins on the day for Arnold, the school's record-holder in the 100 back.
Edwards said Arnold is focusing more on sprints this year. That showed when he picked up a win in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races.
Crosby and freshman Zach Rayce each picked up wins in individual races as well.
"We were down a lot of swimmers, due to illness and other things," Edwards said. "It really put a lot of strain on the swimmers (who are forced into) doing new events and things they weren't used to, but they handled it well."
The girls' team is still working to improve.
Many of the seniors are working on new events, Edwards said.
Freshman Katie Hansel (in the 200 free) and senior Lyndsie Beasley (100 breast) picked up solo wins for the team.
Hansel, Deszi, senior Ashley Wilson and freshman Katie Jo Beasley also teamed up to win the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Edwards said he enjoys the Fountain Central meet every year.
The SPHS coach is Mustangs alumnus, but said he has another reason for appreciating the meet.
"Our schools are very similar," he said, regarding the schools' populations and facilities. "This is always a really good meet for us to compete in because we're on the same level."
The Eagles return to the pool on Tuesday at Southmont at 6 p.m.
At South Putnam
Girls' results
Fountain Central 117, South Putnam 68
Boys' results
South Putnam 103, Fountain Central 68
Event Results
Girls' 200 medley relay:
1. FCHS-A Gayler, McGrady, Moore, Campbell; 2:09.15; 2. F-B Gibbs, Thomas, Green, R Johnson; 2:23.44; 3. SPHS Deszi, L. Beasley, Farmer, K Beasley; 2:25.78; 4. F-C Clevenger, M Johnson, Chavez, Winland; 2:33.62; 5. S-B Wilson, Arnold, Shaw, Plunkett; 2:41.00.
Boys' 200 medley relay:
1. S-A Arnold, Neumann, Lund, Crosby; 2:00.22; 2. F-A Hall, Phillips, Nine, Freeman; 2:05.09; 3. S-B Rayce, Evens, Nees, Chambers; 2:10.22.
Girls' 200 free:
1. Hansel, S; 2:34.39; 2 Thomas, F; 2:34.66; 3. Hands, F; 2:35.20; 4. Johnson, F; 2:38.44; 5. Wilson, S; 2:52.91; 6. Kiste, S; 3:13.16.
Boys' 200 free:
1. Phillips, F; 2:21.82; 2. Fields, S; 2:33.00; 3. Pitts, S; 2:35.39; 4. Andres, F; 2:55.44; 5. Hoagland, F; 3:05.61.
Girls' 200 IM:
1. Gibbs, F; 2:45.48; 2. Beasley, S; 2:56.35; 3. Green, F; 3:03.97; 4. Knight, S; 3:24.84; 5. Kelley, S; 3:41.32; DQ Gayler, F.
Boys' 200 IM:
1. Nine, F; 2:28.52; 2. Lund, S; 2:38.28; 3. Rayce, S; 2:49.80; 4. Nees, S; 2:50.60; 5. McGrady, F; 3:06.33.
Girls' 50 free:
1. Campbell, F; 28.63; 2. Farmer, S; 29.26; 3. Gulley, F; 29.97; 4. Arnold, S; 31.93; 5. Hands, F; 32.70; 6. Shaw, S; 33.59.
Boys' 50 free:
1. Arnold, S; 24.94; 2. Freeman, F; 28.19; 3. Terry, F; 33.39; 4. Martinek, F; 34.21; DQ Crosby, S.
Girls' diving:
1. Cambell, F; 145.25; 2. Plunkett, S; 142.65; 3. Sullivan, S; 134.00; 4. Winland, F; 77.4.
Boys' diving:
1. Freeman, F; 151.50; 2. Neumann, S; 129.35.
Girls' 100 fly:
1. McGrady, F; 1:07.20; 2. Moore, F; 1:10.05; 3. Clevenger, F; 1:39.09; 4. Shaw, S; 139.76; 5. Knight, S; 1:40.63.
Boys' 100 fly:
1. Nine, F; 1:06.35; 2. Lund, S; 1:06.58; 3. Hall, F; 1:13.19; 4. Nees, S; 1:19.04.
Girls' 100 free:
1. Chavez, F; 36.83; 2. Gulley, F; 1:04.73; 3. Farmer, S; 1:07.86; 4. Green, F; 1:08.00; 5. K Beasley, S; 1:09.28; 6. Kiste, S; 1:18.78.
Boys' 100 free:
1. Arnold, S; 56.19; 2. Pitts, S; 1:04.56; 3. McGrady, F; 1:12.09; 4. Chambers, S; 1:12.26; 5. Terry, F; 1:19.35.
Girls' 500 free:
1. McGrady, F; 6:36.26; 2. Morgan, S; 6:59.56; 3. Johnson, F; 6:59.75; 4. Hansel, S; 7:08.63; 5. Wilson, S; 7:26.93; 6. Johnson, F; 7:35.22.
Boys' 500 free:
1. Crosby, S; 6:06.93; 2. Z Evens, S; 6:30.49; 3. C Evens, S; 7:27.30; DQ Andres, F.
Girls' 200 free relay:
1. F-A Green, Thomas, Moore, Gulley; 2:01.24; 2. S-A Beasley, Arnold, Hansel, Farmer; 2:01.85; 3. F-B Hands, Winland, Clevenger, Johnson; 2:16.92; 4. S-B Knight, Kelley, Kiste, Plunkett; 2:20.10.
Boys' 200 free relay:
1. S-A Lund, Nees, Crosby, Arnold; 1:44.98; 2. F-A Nine, Freeman, McGrady, Phillips; 1:50.91; 3. S-B Pitts, Chambers, Fields, Evens; 2:06.48; 4. F-B Hoagland, Martinek, Terry, Andres; 2:19.44.
Girls' 100 back:
1. Gayler, F; 1:13.57; 2. Gibbs, F; 1:19.28; 3. K Beasley, S; 1:19.94; 4. Deszi, S; 1:20.68; 5. Chavez, F; 1:27.67.
Boys' 100 back:
1. Rayce, S; 1:11.94; 2. Hall, F; 1:14.96; 3. Fields, S; 1:21.85; 4. Hoagland, F; 1:53.02.
Girls' 100 breast:
1. Beasley, S; 1:28.84; 2. Thomas, F; 1:31.28; 3. Johnson, F; 1:41.33; 4. Arnold, S; 1:41.52; 5. Clevenger, F; 1:51.49; 6. Kelley, S; 2:01.91.
Boys' 100 breast:
1. Phillips, F; 1:18.65; 2. Neumann, S; 1:21.14; 3. Z Evens, S; 4.1:22.13; C Evens, S; 1:31.50.
Girls' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Hansel, Wilson, Deszi, K Beasley; 4:27.93; 2. F-A McGrady, Gayler, Gibbs, Campbell; 4:33.10; 3. F-B Hands, Chavez, Moore, Johnson; 4:43.62; 4. S-B Shaw, Plunkett, Kiste, Knight; 5:15.81.
Boys' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Pitts, Rayce, Fields, Neuman; 4:34.10; 2. F-A McGrady, Andres, Terry, Hall; 5:05.42.
Mounties run past Eagles in 66-41 romp
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Junior forward Trey Moore elevates to attempt a shot in the lane on Saturday. Moore was the lone bright spot for South Putnam, scoring a team-high 16 points in the loss to Southmont.
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The South Putnam boys' basketball team has size, both height and strength. This can often be a benefit, but the detriments for having such a roster were exposed on Saturday when the Eagles lost to Southmont, 66-41.
The Mounties forced 16 first-half turnovers, controlling the pace of the game and flustering the South Putnam offense.
The Eagles were overwhelmed by the Mounties half-court trap and ball pressure, rarely getting an opportunity to feed the ball into the post to use their size as an advantage.
SPHS took an early 3-2 lead when senior Justin Bumgardner completed a traditional three-point play at the 6:26 mark in the opening period, but the lead didn't last.
Mounties junior Devon Burton and senior Drake Cooksey turned up the intensity and forced the Eagles' ball handlers into difficult situations, forcing passes and picking up their dribble near midcourt.
"We didn't handle the pressure at all," SPHS head coach Troy Burgess said. "We've had two opportunities now against very good teams that have really gotten out and pressured us in Danville and in Southmont, and we haven't handled it.
"For us to be as good as we want to be, and get to where we want to be, we've got to handle that better."
Southmont led 24-10 after the first quarter, but the second was even more dominant.
Burton finished the first half with three steals and 18 points, going six-for-nine from the field.
Cooksey had four steals and 10 points himself.
"We've got a lot of quick guys. We've got to play to that," Southmont coach Jon Sparks said. "The guys did a real good job with that. I wish the second half had been as good, but it's hard to keep up with that intensity."
The teams went to the break with Southmont leading 41-14.
SPHS finally emerged from the locker room with less than a minute on the halftime clock.
They had a new game plan and a new lineup.
Junior Derrick Mitchell started in place of Bumgardner, who picked up technical foul in the first quarter and remained on the bench for the rest of the game.
Mitchell, a guard, also gave the Eagles more ball handlers on the court to try to get around the press.
The Eagles became more deliberate, slowing the game down and making careful decisions.
The new pace allowed them to get inside and they began drawing fouls. Down big, scoring with the clock stopped can be an equalizer.
Southmont committed nine fouls in the third quarter, allowing SPHS to go eight-for-eight on free throw attempts, but still managed to play even.
Burton tacked on 10 more points, giving him a game-high 28.
The Eagles finally made some headway in the fourth, but by then it was too late.
"We played hard in the second half," Burgess said. "I was proud of our kids. They didn't quit; they didn't let down. They continued to play hard."
Junior Trey Moore had a team-high 16 points and remained in attack mode until the final buzzer.
The Eagles lone advantage in the game came on the glass as they outrebounded Southmont 34-22.
"I've got to do a better job as a coach of preparing my guys to get them ready for this type of game," Burgess said. "I'll put this one on me tonight. I didn't have our guys prepared for that type of pressure."
Preparing for quickness in practice will be a challenge for the Eagles, and Burgess said he'll have to get creative.
"I know these guys will work hard; they'll do what I ask them to do," Burgess said. "We're going to have to create (quickness) somehow. As a coach, that's my job to figure out how we can simulate that, and how we can create that type of an atmosphere so we're ready.
"We're going to see it again next Friday night."
The Eagles return against Rockville on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Southmont -- 24 17 14 11 -- 66
South Putnam -- 10 4 14 13 -- 41
Individual scoring
Southmont: Burton 10-17, 4-6, 28; Cooksey 10-14, 0-4, 15; Thomas 2-8, 4-4, 10; Dinius 3-5, 0-0, 7; Stewart 1-1, 1-2, 3; Dehne 1-3, 1-3, 3; McCormick 0-1, 0-0, 0; Benge 0-0, 0-0, 0; Remley 0-0, 0-0, 0; Whalen 0-2, 0-0, 0; Truncone 0-1, 0-0, 0.
South Putnam: Moore 6-9, 4-4, 16; Arnold 2-8, 3-4, 7; R Chestnut 1-6, 2-2, 4; Pell 1-3, 0-0, 3; Bumgardner 1-2, 1-3, 3; Long 1-3, 1-4, 3; Franklin 1-4, 1-4, 3; D Chestnut 0-1, 1-2, 1; Vittetow 0-2, 0-0, 0; Mitchell 0-0, 0-0, 0; Carmichael 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring
Southmont 22-45, 15-24, 66; South Putnam 13-37, 13-23, 41.
Rebounds (offensive)
Southmont 22 (4); South Putnam 34 (13).
Turnovers
Southmont 13, South Putnam 26.
Tiger Cubs' JV wins 2012 county tournament
Saturday, December 8, 2012
The Greencastle girls' JV poses on the bleachers after winning the 2012 county championship. Members of the team include (front, from left) Kaylee Evans, Bethanie Burgeson, Paige Bragg, (second row) Madison Trout, Lauren Bridgewater, Marley Haltom, (back) Delanie Stoltey, Tera Amis, Alison White and Megan Haltom. [Order this photo]
CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School girls' junior varsity basketball team entered Saturday's county tournament with an impressive 7-1 record.
They left with a trophy, pair of wins, two tattered nets and claim to a 2012 county title.
"I'm really proud of them," GHS JV coach Matthew Welker said. "It's a great accomplishment to get to 9-1. We've faced some tough teams this year."
The Tiger Cubs defeated North Putnam in the final, 39-35.
Sophomore Lauren Bridgewater opened the game by making a three-pointer from the wing and finished with a game-high 12 points.
Greencastle led 12-8 after the first quarter and, at various times, appeared on the verge of going on a big run to push the Cougars to the brink of defeat.
NPHS kept fighting.
Freshman Jenny Heron was cold early but began heating up late in the first quarter, knocking down a pair of threes to keep her team in the game.
Heron and freshman Taylor Nauert worked the high-post and wing in perfect sync throughout the game.
Greencastle took a 25-19 lead to the fourth quarter, but North Putnam kept fighting.
Sophomore Kaitlin Mindiola scored five points in the quarter, including a traditional three-point play with 4:49 remaining, helping the Cougars seize momentum.
The team battled all the way back to tie GHS at 31-all with 2:15 to play.
The teams traded buckets back and forth. Freshman Paige Bragg added field goal with 30 seconds left to give GHS a 37-35 lead.
North Putnam drew up a play for Heron on the wing.
Her go-ahead three-point attempt caromed off the rim with twelve seconds remaining and the Tiger Cubs hauled in the rebound, raced the length of the court and Bridgewater put in a layup to ice the game.
"(North Putnam) would not go away," Welker said. "I'm really proud of everyone on the team for staying with it."
Greencastle beat Cloverdale 36-19 in the opening round matchup.
North Putnam beat South Putnam 31-24.
"I'm really pleased with the way the kids worked today," NPHS coach Laura Blaydes said. "It's a tough one to swallow but we're going to turn around and play again Tuesday and get our third win of the year."
North Putnam plays at North Vermillion Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Greencastle returns to action Thursday at Rockville.
At Cloverdale
2012 Putnam County girls' JV tournament
North Putnam -- 8 5 6 16 -- 35
Greencaste -- 12 7 6 14 -- 39
Individual scoring
NP: Nauert 4-7, 0-0, 10; Clodfelter 3-11, 0-2, 6; Heron 2-12, 0-0, 6; Mindiola 2-7, 1-1, 5; Millican 2-7, 0-0, 4; Laffin 1-1, 0-0, 2; M. Smith 0-2, 2-2, 2; B. Smith 0-0, 0-0, 0; Evans 0-1, 0-0, 0.
G: Bridgewater 5-11, 2-3, 12; Bragg 5-7, 0-2, 10; Amis 3-4, 1-1, 7; White 2-5, 3-4, 7; Stoltey 1-7, 0-0, 0; Trout 0-1, 0-0, 0; Ma. Haltom 0-1, 0-0, 0; Me. Haltom 0-0, 0-0, 0; Evans 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
North Putnam: 27 (11); Greencastle: 27 (10).
Turnovers
North Putnam: 14; Greencastle: 13
Greencastle boys get payback from tournament loss
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle senior Nate Christy (12) jumps to defend a layup by Cloverdale junior Kedrick Collet. Christy made a big offensive contribution as well, finishing with 11 points.
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After playing an overtime thriller in the Putnam County Classic, the Greencastle and Cloverdale boys' basketball teams seemed destined for another back-and-forth game on Friday.
The teams did not disappoint as Cloverdale came back from a 26-19 halftime deficit to take a lead with 2:46 to play.
Greencastle pulled out a 49-47 win, avenging their loss on Saturday.
Senior Nick Gilliam led the team with a game-high 12 points, including four in the fourth quarter.
"It was a good team win for us and we're just thrilled to get that first victory," GHS head coach Troy Greenlee said. "We've got a lot of guys that haven't played much varsity basketball, so every time we step on the floor, I just think we need to look to get better."
Cloverdale head coach Pat Rady said, despite the loss, he was pleased with his team's effort.
"Even though we lost tonight, I though we played better than we did last week," Rady said. "The turnovers will kill you every time, and that's what we've got to work on."
The Clovers turned the ball over 21 times, including 14 in the second half. Compared to the Tiger Cubs' 13 for the game, ball control played a huge factor.
CHS came out on fire, making five-of-nine shots, including three three-pointers, in the first period.
The Tiger Cubs' came back in the second, powered by the team's young bench.
Sophomores Brody Bollman, Adam Gerard, Colyn Foxx, Calvin Hughes and freshman Ryan Coble gave the team a spark that led to an 11-2 run to open the quarter.
"We told them in (the locker room) that it's going to be different guys every night that are going to make plays for us," Greenlee said. "Tonight I thought Ryan Coble came in, as a freshman, and hit some big shots and made some big plays.
"It was one of those games that we needed everything from everybody tonight."
Senior Dustin Cummings entered the starting lineup for Cloverdale to begin the second half, which seemed to energize the team's offense.
With the rest of the team spacing the floor, junior point guard Brandon Dorman was free to drive into the lane. He made four-of-five shots in the period, scoring eight of his 10 points.
CHS ended the quarter on a 6-2 run, trailing by only one after three.
Sophomore Brantson Scott tied the game with 3:01 remaining and, after a Greencastle turnover, Cummings sank a free throw to put the Clovers ahead with 2:46 to play.
The lead wouldn't last long as GHS senior Nate Christy sank a deep three on the next trip.
The Tiger Cubs' stretched the lead to four then tried to slow the game down, stretching out the clock by dribbling the ball on the perimeter.
"As a team, we've got to be able to take those runs and build on them instead of giving a team a little bit of life," Greenlee said. "I thought, coming out in the second half, we didn't pressure the ball like we should have. We just kind of let them get whatever they wanted on the offensive end."
With Greencastle's young guards working the clock, Cloverdale expanded its defense.
The ball pressure overwhelmed Greencastle as junior Kedrick Collet picked up a steal and layup with 25 seconds remaining.
"We haven't worked on that (ball pressure) a lot," Rady said.
The Clovers had only been called for three fouls in the half, so extending the game by forcing free throws was not an option.
Instead the team again picked up the pressure. Greencastle lost the ball out of bounds on the baseline with just seconds remaining.
Greencastle called a time.
Cloverdale, down two, had six seconds to go the length of the court for a basket.
Dorman took the ball past half court, then had it knocked up in the air.
The ball landed out of bounds to the Clovers, but only 1.7 seconds remained.
Dorman's heave as time expired came up well short.
"We made it exciting there towards the end," Greenlee said. "We struggled handling the ball a little bit down the stretch and gave them a chance."
Greencastle hosts Sullivan tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Cloverdale is back in action Friday when they'll host Monrovia.
At Greencastle
Cloverdale -- 13 6 18 10 -- 47
Greencastle -- 8 18 12 11 -- 49
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Dorman 5-11, 0-0, 10; Scott 5-8, 0-0, 10; Collet 3-8, 0-0, 9; Schroer 3-8, 0-0, 8; Cummings 1-1, 3-4, 5; Cupp 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hughes 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Gilliam 6-14, 0-0, 12; Christy 4-7, 0-0, 11; Winslow 4-11, 1-2, 9; Bollman 2-6, 2-2, 6; Coble 2-3, 0-0, 6; Foxx 1-2, 0-0, 2; King 0-3, 1-2, 1; Gerard 0-1, 1-2, 1; Mitchell 0-3, 0-0, 0; Hughes 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
C: 25 (3)
G: 28 (15)
Turnovers
C: 21
G: 13
Tiger Cubs utilize blazing third quarter to trample Clovers
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle senior Rayleigh Amis (23) finds room amid a crowd in the paint to score a layup for the Tiger Cubs.
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Greencastle has a young girls' basketball team, but the prideful bunch doesn't quit. After a loss to Danville on Tuesday, the team trailed Cloverdale 19-12 at halftime on Friday.
The Tiger Cubs came back from the break on a torrid pace, led by the defense and pressure of senior Rayleigh Amis and junior Alex Basile, channeling the run into a 39-32 win.
The pair combined for four steals in the period.
"Our defense is really what changed it for us," GHS coach Bradley Key said. "I thought Rayleigh Amis and Alex Basile were really the game changers. Those are the two captains and I told them, once they picked up their intensity, I really felt like everyone else followed along.
"That's what captains do, but we've got to have that for four quarter."
The two teams could not seem to find any offense in the early goings, at combining for a one-of-13 stretch early in the first period.
Amis, a team captain, took control of the offense for Greencastle, using her five-foot-eleven frame to work the ball in the paint.
Cloverdale senior Bristy Skiles carried the early load for her team.
"We're really a different team when she's able to hit a couple shots," Cloverdale coach Matthew Langdon said. "She's done a good job the past couple weeks of trying to change her game a little bit. Just not a spot-up shooter. She's able to go off the dribble to create some space."
Skiles had five of the team's eight first-quarter points, and added another three in the second quarter.
Greencastle shot just 21 percent in the first half (five-for-24).
"Towards the end of the second quarter we started playing better," Key said. "I just told them (at halftime) that, 'you know what you need to do to win.' That's it."
Whatever he said, or didn't say, seemed to work.
The Tiger Cubs emerged from the locker room with nearly five minutes left in the intermission, two minutes earlier than normal.
They then went on a 26-to-five run to open the second half.
Cloverdale opened the third quarter with starting guard Amillia Nally on the bench. Nally had picked up three fouls in the first half and, with a thin bench, Langdon inserted sophomore Bailee Stevens into the lineup.
"Bailee gives us really good minutes, but there are times when she needs a break," Langdon said. "We thought, if Mel (Amillia Nally) picked up that fourth foul early, there was no way that Bailee could play 10 straight minutes until we could put Mel back in."
Langdon said he second-guessed his own decision after Greencastle went on its run.
"That was a decision that you go back and think about, 'should I have done it differently,'" he said. "
Without another point guard to turn to, the Clovers couldn't regain their composure and stop the bleeding until it was too late.
Cloverdale finished the game on an eight-one run, but with the clock ticking down, Langdon elected not to extend the game by fouling.
In a laissez-faire game called by the officials, the Clovers had only picked up four in the half.
"Cloverdale: give them credit. They've gotten significantly better during the last two or three years," Key said. "They've won four games and they're going to win quite a few more."
Langdon said his team will bounce back.
"Against a good team like that, sometimes we struggle offensively," Langdon said. "Every possession we had to have good defense. There were just a couple let downs and, when they made a run, we just got a little rattled and got a little too quick."
Greencastle plays at Rockville on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Cloverdale returns to action Friday when they host Monrovia at 6 p.m.
At Greencastle
Cloverdale -- 8 11 5 8 -- 32
Greencastle -- 9 3 18 9 -- 39
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Skiles 3-10, 0-0, 8; Clark 4-6, 0-0, 8; Gruener 3-8, 0-0, 6; Shrum 1-1, 2-4, 4; Nally 1-6, 3; Stevens 1-7, 1-1, 3; Walters 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Amis 5-9, 0-0, 10; Lenihan 4-9, 0-0, 8; Taylor 2-6, 2-3, 6; Earl 2-12, 0-2, 6; Stoltey 2-4, 0-0, 4; Covert 1-2, 1-2, 3; Basile 1-8, 0-0, 2; Smiley 0-0, 0-0, 0; Trout 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
C: 33 (9)
G: 30 (11)
Turnovers
C: 19
G: 10
GHS Tiger Cubs paddle past Southmont Mounties
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle freshman Amelia Smith (far) edges out senior Kaelynn Cox (near) and Southmont's Kelly Richards in the girls 100-yard freestyle event on Thursday. Less than one second seperated the three swimmers.
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The Greencastle boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams dominated their dual meets against South-mont on Thursday.
The girls' won every event en route to a 121-55 win.
The boys' were tripped up only in diving and cruised to a 142-28.
"I'm very happy with the results," GHS swim coach Kent Menzel said. "They told me they were going to do some great stuff tonight, and they definitely delivered."
Although the teams cruised, there were several races that came right down to the wire.
In the girls' 200-free, GHS swimmer senior Kaelynn Cox led by only half a body length with 60 yards to go. She pulled away in down the stretch, giving her a 3.2 second victory, finishing in a time of 2:25.30.
That was one of the few scares the Mounties could give Greencastle, but the team provided enough excitement for itself.
"For us, it's how everybody is progressing as far as their times are concerned," Manzel said. "We have really had a great week. We did not quite see the effect of the fast swimming in the team score (of Tuesday's meet) against Bloomington North, but it was really happening.
"Tonight, that momentum continued at the right place at the right time, and you saw what our swimmers were capable of more and more."
A pair of Tiger Cub girls raced to the finish in the 100 free, with freshman Amelia Smith edging out Cox, 1:03.60 to 1:03.84.
The boys' squad had it's own excitement.
After Southmont sophomore diver Zac Gray pulled out a victory over GHS sophomore Levi Lewis, the Tiger Cubs' swimmers swept the rest of the meet, challenging only themselves to the finish.
This became especially true in the 100-back, which pitted two of the Tiger Cubs' better swimmers -- junior Nash Firebaugh and junior Nathan Gardner -- against each other.
"Nash and Nathan are good friends and they asked to be able to race each other tonight, so I let them," Menzel said. "They're both very fast. Nash tonight had a little bit of an edge on his turns. In terms of straight-up swimming speed they were pretty equal, but Nash was getting a little bit of an edge each time they came into the wall.
"They were both in it for fun tonight, and I think they were both winners on that count."
Firebaugh finished at 59.53, narrowly edging out Gardner.
The Tiger Cubs made clean top-three sweeps in boys 200 free, girls 200 IM, girls and boys 100 fly and boys 100 free.
GHS returns to the pool on Tuesday at Crawfordsville at 6 p.m., with the conference schedule starting soon after.
"We're going to keep pressing up until Dec. 22 where we finish our fall season at the Wabash Valley Invitational," Menzel said. "We want to be strong and sharp for conference, but then set our eyes on the sectional championship."
At Greencastle
Girls' swimming and diving
Greencastle 121, Southmont 55
Boys' swimming and diving
Greencastle 142, Southmont 28
Event Results
Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Meyer, Mallary FR, Wheeler, Emily JR, Brush, Libby FR, Smith, Amelia FR), 2:07.94; 2. SHS 'A' (Ward, Ellen B JR, Kinkead, Morgan M JR, Wickholm, Nikki M SO, Witherspoon, Lauren N JR), 2:18.65; 3. GHS 'B' (Roberts, Jessica FR, Hansen, Beth Ann SO, Romer, Corrie FR, Stevens, Kristen SO), 2:21.41; 4. SHS 'B' (Edwards, Christa SO, Reed, Sadie A SR, Harrison, Katy M SO, Waddell, Hannah B SR), 2:36.41.
Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Gardner, Nathan JR, Harms, Isaac JR, Firebaugh, Nash L JR, Secrest, Taylor SO), 1:52.62; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Mangrum, Brant JR, Watson, Brayden SO, Ummel, Jason SO, Kessler, Jacob FR), 2:05.90; 3. SHS 'A' (Cloncs, Steven FR, Bartlett, Collin SR, Arnold, Justin L SO, Waddell, Wyatt 7), 2:16.21; 4. GHS-IN 'C' (Johnson, Mitchell SO, Hudson, Bryce SR, Secrest, Zach SO, Lewis, Levi SO), 2:19.61.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle:
1. Cox, Kaelynn, GCAS-IN, 2:25.30; 2. Richards, Kelsey M, SMT-IN, 2:28.52; 3. Simpson, Shannon M, SMT-IN, 2:32.47; 4. Doyle, Brittany N, SMT-IN, 2:38.51; 5. Mason, Kaitlynne, GCAS-IN, 2:55.38; 6. Anderson, Caitlyn, GCAS-IN, 3:10.95.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brattain, Elijah D, GCAS-IN, 2:04.42; 2. Asbell, Alex, GCAS-IN, 2:16.00; 3. Briones, Alex J, GCAS-IN, 2:18.66; 4. Bartlett, Collin, SMT-IN, 2:22.35.
Girls 200 Yard IM:
1. Brush, Libby, GCAS-IN, 2:36.16; 2. Wheeler, Emily, GCAS-IN, 2:45.07; 3. Gomez, Rosio, GCAS-IN, 2:47.86; 4. Wickholm, Nikki M, SMT-IN, 2:51.08; 5. Waddell, Hannah B, SMT-IN, 2:59.92; --. Harrison, Katy M, SMT-IN, DQ.
Boys 200 Yard IM:
1. Firebaugh, Nash L, GCAS-IN, 2:13.02; 2. Ummel, Jason, GCAS-IN, 2:38.39; 3. Arnold, Justin L, SMT-IN, 2:43.05; 4. Watson, Brayden, GCAS-IN, 2:52.72.
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle:
1. Smith, Amelia, GCAS-IN, 28.44; 2. Witherspoon, Lauren N, SMT-IN, 30.16; 3. Moore, Rebecca, GCAS-IN, 30.84; 4. Ward, Ellen B, SMT-IN, 31.43; 5. Stevens, Kristen, GCAS-IN, 32.43; 6. Karpova, Sofya, SMT-IN, 36.69.
Boys 50 Yard Freestyle:
1. Secrest, Taylor, GCAS-IN, 26.42; 2. Harms, Isaac, GCAS-IN, 27.50; 3. Cloncs, Steven, SMT-IN, 31.48; 4. Johnson, Mitchell, GCAS-IN, 31.75; 5. Waddell, Wyatt, SMT-IN, 32.76.
Girls 1 mtr Diving:
1. Fauvergue, Madi, GCAS-IN, 102.35.
Boys 1 mtr Diving:
1. Gray, Zac, SMT-IN, 135.70; 2. Lewis, Levi, GCAS-IN, 130.75.
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly:
1. Gomez, Rosio, GCAS-IN, 1:14.60; 2. Meyer, Mallary, GCAS-IN, 1:15.09; 3. Romer, Corrie, GCAS-IN, 1:18.91; 4. Wickholm, Nikki M, SMT-IN, 1:24.51; 5. Peters, Allison, SMT-IN, 2:22.92.
Boys 100 Yard Butterfly:
1. Gardner, Nathan, GCAS-IN, 1:02.27; 2. Mangrum, Brant, GCAS-IN, 1:24.71; 3. Secrest, Zach, GCAS-IN, 1:32.86.
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle:
1. Smith, Amelia, GCAS-IN, 1:03.60; 2. Cox, Kaelynn, GCAS-IN, 1:03.83; 3. Richards, Kelsey M, SMT-IN, 1:04.50; 4. Witherspoon, Lauren N, SMT-IN, 1:08.79; 5. Hansen, Beth Ann, GCAS-IN, 1:20.96; 6. Karpova, Sofya, SMT-IN, 1:29.14.
Boys 100 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brattain, Elijah D, GCAS-IN, 54.22; 2. Ummel, Jason, GCAS-IN, 1:01.56; 3. Kessler, Jacob, GCAS-IN, 1:03.85; 4. Gray, Zac, SMT-IN, 1:21.47.
Girls 500 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brush, Libby, GCAS-IN, 6:27.05; 2. Simpson, Shannon M, SMT-IN, 6:50.88; 3. Doyle, Brittany N, SMT-IN, 6:57.05; 4. Moore, Rebecca, GCAS-IN, 7:01.93; 5. Mason, Kaitlynne, GCAS-IN, 7:48.47; 6. Edwards, Christa, SMT-IN, 8:03.43.
Boys 500 Yard Freestyle:
1. Harms, Isaac, GCAS-IN, 6:04.32; 2. Briones, Alex J, GCAS-IN, 6:26.57; 3. Bartlett, Collin, SMT-IN, 6:27.73; 4. Asbell, Alex, GCAS-IN, 6:27.85; 5. Waddell, Wyatt, SMT-IN, 8:07.02.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Cox, Kaelynn SR, Romer, Corrie FR, Gomez, Rosio JR, Smith, Amelia FR), 1:54.72; 2. SHS 'A' (Monts, Brooke A JR, Richards, Kelsey M SR, Kinkead, Morgan M JR, Simpson, Shannon M JR), 2:03.34; 3. GHS 'B' (Wheeler, Emily JR, Roberts, Jessica FR, Stevens, Kristen SO, Moore, Rebecca SO), 2:06.72; 4. SHS 'B' (Doyle, Brittany N SR, Peters, Allison SO, Edwards, Christa SO, Waddell, Hannah B SR), 2:25.11; 5. GHS 'C' (Anderson, Caitlyn FR, Fauvergue, Madi FR, Hansen, Beth Ann SO, Mason, Kaitlynne SR), 2:30.90.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brattain, Elijah D SO, Kessler, Jacob FR, Secrest, Taylor SO, Briones, Alex J SO), 1:46.03; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Ummel, Jason SO, Watson, Brayden SO, Mangrum, Brant JR, Asbell, Alex SR), 1:53.97; 3. SHS 'A' (Arnold, Justin L SO, Cloncs, Steven FR, Waddell, Wyatt 7, Bartlett, Collin SR), 2:05.25.
Girls 100 Yard Backstroke:
1. Meyer, Mallary, GCAS-IN, 1:14.32; 2. Harrison, Katy M, SMT-IN, 1:21.68; 3. Roberts, Jessica, GCAS-IN, 1:27.87; 4. Anderson, Caitlyn, GCAS-IN, 1:45.96; 5. Peters, Allison, SMT-IN, 1:46.91.
Boys 100 Yard Backstroke:
1. Firebaugh, Nash L, GCAS-IN, 59.53; 2. Gardner, Nathan, GCAS-IN, 1:01.68; 3. Cloncs, Steven, SMT-IN, 1:16.06; 4. Johnson, Mitchell, GCAS-IN, 1:17.31.
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke:
1. Wheeler, Emily, GCAS-IN, 1:21.65; 2. Kinkead, Morgan M, SMT-IN, 1:22.08; 3. Romer, Corrie, GCAS-IN, 1:24.17; 4. Hansen, Beth Ann, GCAS-IN, 1:27.27; 5. Reed, Sadie A, SMT-IN, 1:28.12; 6. Monts, Brooke A, SMT-IN, 1:35.77.
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke:
1. Secrest, Taylor, GCAS-IN, 1:16.46; 2. Watson, Brayden, GCAS-IN, 1:19.61; 3. Hudson, Bryce, GCAS-IN, 1:20.48.
Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brush, Libby FR, Meyer, Mallary FR, Gomez, Rosio JR, Cox, Kaelynn SR), 4:26.51; 2. SHS 'A' (Witherspoon, Lauren N JR, Wickholm, Nikki M SO, Simpson, Shannon M JR, Richards, Kelsey M SR), 4:39.82; 3. GHS 'B' (Roberts, Jessica FR, Mason, Kaitlynne SR, Stevens, Kristen SO, Moore, Rebecca SO), 5:09.78; 4. SHS 'B' (Doyle, Brittany N SR, Reed, Sadie A SR, Monts, Brooke A JR,
Harrison, Katy M SO), 5:22.71.
Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brattain, Elijah D SO, Harms, Isaac JR, Gardner, Nathan JR, Firebaugh, Nash L JR), 3:44.07; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Briones, Alex J SO, Kessler, Jacob FR, Mangrum, Brant JR, Asbell, Alex SR), 4:16.89; 3. GHS 'C' (Hudson, Bryce SR, Lewis, Levi SO, Johnson, Mitchell SO, Secrest, Zach SO), 5:24.81.
Tiger Cubs lose physical battle to feisty Danville Warriors, 58-51
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Greencastle junior guard Alex Basile steals the ball from Danville junior Chelsea Gould in the fourth quarter of the game on Tuesday. Basile had five total steals and finished with a team-high 12 points.
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The Danville girls' basketball team is starting to make a habit of frustrating its' Putnam County foes.
After winning at South Putnam by three last week, the Warriors topped Greencastle on Tuesday, 58-51.
The Tiger Cubs fell behind early, at times in the first quarter struggling to cross midcourt. They turned the ball over 15 times in the period.
They responded in the second quarter. GHS closed the gap to 21-18 at the half and had zero turnovers.
Senior Rayleigh Amis and sophomore Jessica Lenihan had eight of the teams' 10 points in the second quarter, combining for four-for-seven shooting.
"Danville a good job, in the first half especially, of pressuring us up front; getting some easy steals that lead to easy baskets," GHS coach Bradley Key said. "Our girls did a good job of fighting back. Only being down three at half was a pretty good accomplishment."
The teams traded buckets for most of the third quarter, though GHS never got closer than one.
They traded fouls, as well.
The Tiger Cubs had six in the quarter and the Warriors had seven.
Amis and Danville's leading scorer, sophomore Allie Lake, each picked up their fourth foul in the period.
When the dust settled, the Warriors took a 38-33 lead into the fourth.
Danville opened the final frame on a nine-two run in the first two minutes, but the Tiger Cubs kept scratching for a lead.
The closest they came was seven points.
Junior Alex Basile made five-of-six shots in the period, but her team-high 12 points weren't enough.
"We told her, we know she can score, but she's got to believe in herself," Key said. "In that fourth quarter she stepped up and kept us in the game a little longer."
Key called one final timeout, down seven with 6.8 seconds remaining.
GHS got a steal, but junior Shelby Earl's shot from the wing missed wide and the ball rolled harmlessly out of bounds.
"They did play hard," Key said. "I don't think we really gave up at any point in time. We put ourselves in bad positions.
"Every day we've got to get better for February and hopefully that game is an experience that we can learn from."
Greencastle will play Cloverdale on Friday at 6 p.m.
At Greencastle
Danville -- 14 7 17 20 -- 58
Greencastle -- 8 10 15 18 -- 51
Individual scoring
Danville: Lake 7-14, 1-3, 16; Gould 3-7, 6-6, 13; Newby 5-10, 2-4, 13; Taylor 3-5, 1-2, 7; Lynch 1-3, 1-2, 3; Kiefer 0-1, 3-4, 3; Ford 1-1, 0-0, 3; Motter 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Basile 6-11, 0-0, 12; Amis 4-10, 2-2, 10; Lenihan 5-8, 0-2, 10; Taylor 3-11, 2-2, 9; Earl 2-10, 0-0, 4; Stoltey 1-3, 2-2, 4; Covert 0-0, 2-4, 2; Smiley 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Turnovers
D: 20
G: 24
Rebounds
D: 26
G: 30
Three-pointers
D: 4-11
G: 1-9
Clovers dominate Eminence in 61-9 win
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Cloverdale sophomore Bailee Stevens steps in front of a pass intended for Eminence freshman Zoe Foote. Stevens had eight steals in the game.
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The Cloverdale girls' basketball team held Eminence to only two first-half points in its 61-9 win on Monday.
It was the team's largest margin of victory since beating Indianapolis Howe 81-24 on Dec. 29, 2006.
"Defensively we played well," Cloverdale coach Matthew Langdon said. "You have to just slow down and make sure that we were learning stuff off of the game."
The Clovers shut out the Eels in the first quarter, using a full-court press for the first four minutes before falling back into half court for the remainder of the game.
The teams' 2-3 zone proved just as potent. Senior Paige Gruener had five first-half steals, most leading to layups on the other end.
Gruener finished with 11 points.
The Clovers were led in scoring by sophomore Bailee Stevens, who came off the bench to score 14 points. She added seven steals.
"Paige is always our leader on the defensive end; getting steals. Bailee really stepped up for us tonight." Langdon said. "Our girls, defensively, moved their feet really well. Even in the 2-3, where it's easy to just pass it around and not to get a lot of steals, our girls really moved their feet."
Eminence finally got on the scoreboard when senior Codi Belcher made a short shot from the baseline with two minutes left in the second quarter.
Leading 32-2 at halftime, senior Amillia Nally came on in the third quarter, scoring seven of her 13 points in the first two minutes.
Both teams used the game as a chance to get younger players into the game.
With the outcome decided (45-4 after three quarters), Langdon used the fourth to get his underclassmen varsity experience.
Because many of them also play on the junior varsity team, they were only eligible to play for one quarter of varsity action.
"It gets tough for us from here on out," Langdon said. "We need to continue to work on things and continue to improve. We can't just be content with this. We really need to work to get better in the next week."
Cloverdale opens its conference schedule at Greencastle on Friday at 6 p.m.
At Eminence
Cloverdale -- 17 15 14 15 -- 61
Eminence -- 0 2 2 5 -- 9
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Stevens 6-16, 2-5, 14; Nally 5-9, 2-4, 13; Gruener 4-12, 3-3, 11; Shrum 4-10, 1-1, 9; Tate 2-2, 1-5, 5; Dorsett 1-1, 2-2, 4; Clark 2-4, 0-0, 4; Worthington 1-1, 0-0, 2; Walters 0-2, 1-2, 1; Helterbrand 0-3, 0-0, 0; Skiles 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Eminence: Jobes 1-9, 0-0, 2; Foote 1-7, 0-0, 2; Belcher 1-4, 0-0, 2; Watson 0-2, 2-2, 2; Moore 0-9, 1-6, 1; Stierwalt 0-3, 0-0, 0; Gore 0-2, 0-0, 0; Marlnee 0-6, 0-0, 0; Ninette 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hall 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Turnovers
C: 17
E: 32
Rebounds
C: 48
E: 33
Eagles claim county title, redeem last year's final loss
Sunday, December 2, 2012
The 2012 Putnam County Classic champions South Putnam. The players (front, from left) Trevor Long (fr.), Klayton Vittetow (jr.), Derrick Mitchell (jr.), Justin Bumgardner (sr.), Jimmy Rutter (fr.), (second row, from left) Trey Moore (jr.), Kinser Franklin (sr.), Ryan Chestnut (sr.), Logan Pell (sr.), Sawyer Arnold (jr.) and Codey Snow (sr.). [Order this photo]
The South Putnam boys' basketball team used its height (and experience) to its advantage on Saturday, claiming the 2012 Putnam County Championship with a 53-44 win against North Putnam.
It's the Eagles' first PCC win since 2008, allowing the club to avenge last year's championship game loss to Greencastle.
"This goes back a year ago," South Putnam coach Troy Burgess said. "I think this means a lot to the kids that graduated last year -- my seniors that graduated.
"We came in last year and got this thing off and running, and those guys kind of set the tone and got things going in the right direction."
Senior forward Justin Bumgardner led the charge for the Eagles, pulling down a game-high 16 rebounds while adding 15 points.
"He had a good weekend for us, offensively, on the boards, everything," Burgess said. "We feel like our strength right now is our inside, our post-presence. When we get the ball inside to them and finish, we can be pretty good."
The Eagles' penetration led to early foul trouble for the NPHS bigs, seniors Jameson Brewer and Jake Haste.
Each picked up his third foul before halftime, forcing the Cougars to go with a small-ball lineup that couldn't withstand the Eagles attack.
As a team, SPHS out-rebounded NPHS 46-32.
"We got ourselves into trouble in the first half with three fouls on both of those guys," NPHS coach Nathan Martindale said. "That kind of puts us behind the eight-ball."
The Eagles led by only two, 14-12, after the first quarter despite holding NPHS to just 4-19 shooting.
The quickness of the Cougar guards helped force five turnovers in the period.
"That's what we can do," Martindale said, "because we're quick, we're athletic."
The Eagles figured out the press and began attacking inside during the second quarter.
Brewer picked up an early third foul, leaving Haste to carry the load inside.
NPHS senior Jameson Brewer blocks a lay-up attempt from SPHS junior Trey Moore into the seats in the first quarter of the 2012 Putnam County Championship final.
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With three minutes remaining before halftime, SPHS senior Ryan Chestnut snuck underneath him and pulled in an offensive rebound. Haste was called for a push in the back. He then picked up a technical foul, his third personal, and was sent to the bench.
With Haste out, the Eagles completed the quarter on a seven-nothing run and took a 25-17 lead into halftime.
"We had to make a decision there to keep us with a little bit more athleticism," Martindale said. "Coy (Flynn, who started the second half) has some good athleticism, he's quick. We thought we could get after them just a little bit there and bring Jake off the bench (in the second half)."
The Eagles continued to slowly pull away in the third quarter. Senior Logan Pell opened the scoring with a three-pointer, and Bumgardner scored eight points in the period on four-of-five shooting.
Brewer began heating up as well, knocking down a pair of threes in the quarter. He finished with a game-high 19 points.
"We don't mind the three point shot, but we'd also like to see him get toward the bucket," Martindale said. "That's part of what we talked about in the locker room. We've got to take more shots in the paint. We can't be banking on the three-point shot all the time, because that's going to get us hurt."
SPHS led 38-27 after three, and the fouls continued piling up for the Cougars.
The only thing keeping NPHS in the game was the Eagles poor foul shooting (seven-of-14 in the fourth), but the Cougars simply couldn't mount enough offense to respond.
"I thought (South Put) played a good game, but this one is on us," Martindale said. "Offensively, we just did not do a good job with shot selection; with understanding what's a good shot and what's a bad shot. We forced way too much from the outside."
Brewer added a couple more late threes, but by then it was too late for a comeback.
It's still early in the season, but both coaches said their teams will use the tournament results to grow and move forward.
"When you win the county, you put the target on your back," Burgess said. "That's OK, we'll take that. But you can't rest. You've got to continue to work."
Martindale had firmer words for his squad.
"Our guys, they've got to understand where we need to go," Martindale said. "With this team, we've learned from it, we're young in terms of experience and we'll be better next week."
The Eagles are back in action on Friday when they open the West Central Conference schedule against Cascade at 7:30 p.m.
North Putnam hosts Crawfordsville on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
At Greencastle
Putnam County Classic -- Championship game
South Putnam -- 14 11 13 15 -- 53
North Putnam -- 12 5 10 17 -- 44
Individual scoring
South Putnam: Bumgardner 6-12, 3-7, 15; Moore 4-8, 4-6, 12; Pell 3-5, 0-0, 8; Franklin 3-8, 0-0, 8; Arnold 1-3, 3-4, 6; Chestnut 2-6, 1-4, 5; Vittetow 0-1, 0-0, 0; Long 0-0, 0-0, 0.
North Putnam: Brewer 7-17, 2-2, 19; Green 4-12, 0-0, 10; Nauert 2-15, 0-0, 5; Hazelgrove 1-6, 2-2, 4; Haste 1-3, 0-0, 2; Flynn 1-6, 0-0, 2; Herrmann 1-3, 0-0, 2.
Team scoring
S: 19-42, 11-22, 53.
N: 16-64, 4-4, 44.
Rebounds (Offensive)
S: 46 (6)
N: 32 (11)
Three-point shooting
S: 5-7
N: 8-29
Turnovers
S: 17
N: 8
Clovers pull out thrilling OT win in PCC consolation
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Cloverdale junior Brandon Dorman blocks a lay-up by Greencastle sophomore Brody Bollman in the 2012 Putnam County Classic consolation game.
The final day of the 2012 Putnam County Classic boys' basketball tournament featured a thrilling comeback, last-second game-tying shot from an unlikely source, a dramatic overtime and a pair of teams battling for their early-season identity.
And that was just in the consolation game.
The Cloverdale Clovers topped Greencastle 51-49 in overtime on Saturday, battling back from a tough first half to claim the thrilling victory.
"We didn't do anything more than what Greencastle did. The two teams played hard at each other and after overtime when the gun sounded, we happened to be ahead," Cloverdale coach Pat Rady said. "This game could have gone either way. We both were right there and we both, if we look at the films, both coaches and the players are going to think, 'Boy, if I could have done this; if I could have done that.'"
There were no signs early that the game would end in such electrifying fashion.
Despite six turnovers, the Clovers had a lead after the first quarter, 9-6. The wheels started to come off in the second.
GHS held its opponent to only four field goal attempts in the second quarter, one a last-second prayer from beyond half court.
The Tiger Cubs took a 21-14 lead into the break, despite shooting only seven-for-24 from the field themselves.
"I thought our kids responded well from last night," GHS coach Troy Greenlee said. "They were pretty disappointed. They're pretty disappointed tonight because of the loss, but there's a lot of good kids with character in there."
As they did Friday against North Putnam, the Clovers began to heat up in the third quarter.
Junior Kedrick Collet poured in eight the team's 18 points in the quarter on three-of-four shooting, sparking the anemic attack and fueling up their defensive energy.
Cloverdale narrowed the gap to only two points after three, 34-32, and more importantly, entered the fourth quarter already in the bonus, having drawn six Tiger Cubs fouls.
"Fouling is something we're going to need to look at," Greenlee said. "We've been fouling way too much in the last three games. We've still got a ways to go."
Sophomore sixth-man Lane Winslow fouled out with 3:29 left, and senior forward Nick Gilliam (with his game-high 16 points) followed a minute later.
For the first time since six minutes remained in the second quarter, the Clovers took the lead with 3:08 left in regulation.
GHS seemed lifeless, with all the momentum heading the Clovers' way and two of its best offensive playmakers fouled out.
But poor free throw shooting kept the Tiger Cubs in the game.
Cloverdale made only eight-of-21 free throws in the second half.
That, combined with a slow pace, allowed Greencastle to hang tight, never trailing by more than three points.
"As I told them before we went out tonight, sometimes that ball," Rady said, "is not going to fall. But defense, your hustle, your attitude, can always be the same.
"And we said, don't worry about missed shots. Some of the guys that struggled then hit some big ones for us towards the end."
The Tiger Cubs had players hit big shots as well.
GHS sophomore Adam Gerard scored with 17 seconds to go and narrowed the gap to 45-44.
Greenlee called a timeout to set his defense. The Tiger Cubs fouled, sending Collet to the line.
Only one-for-four on his free throws at that point, the junior calmly knocked down both and gave the Clovers a three-point lead.
Twelve seconds left. Timeout, Greencastle.
The Tiger Cubs passed the ball around and found sophomore guard Colyn Foxx open at the top of the key.
Foxx was scoreless, 0-2 from the field.
His high-arcing shot sailed over the lunging arm of Collet and nestled into the bottom of the net with only six seconds remaining.
"He hit a big shot; a real big shot" Greenlee said. "It just kind of ended up that he got the ball in his hands. It wasn't really anything that I set up. That last play was set up for Holden (King, a junior). It just ended up in (Foxx's) hand and I feel pretty confident about him shooting it."
As Greencastle celebrated, Cloverdale hustled to get the ball back in for a chance of its own.
Collet streaked to half court and let fly his prayer.
The ball rimmed out. Overtime.
The Clovers scored first on a field goal by Collet, but Greencastle went right back on the attack.
Sophomore Brantson Scott, tied with Collet for a team-high 13 points, was called for his fifth foul.
Senior Nick Cupp, a starter who had rested for much of the second half, was called back into action.
GHS sophomore Brody Bollman drew the foul and sank both his free throws, re-tying the game.
Cloverdale responded and drew a foul.
Ice-cold Nick Cupp was sent to the line.
He knocked down the first and missed the second, but Cloverdale got the ball back.
Junior Brandon Dorman was fouled, his team up one with 26 seconds left.
Dorman missed the first and made the second, his fifth point of the game.
Greencastle called another time out. This time a three-ball would win it.
Again it went to Foxx at the top of the key. He missed short and the buzzer sounded.
"We just didn't make enough plays in the overtime," Greenlee said. "We didn't put the ball in the basket enough."
Thrilling weekend wins are starting to become a Cloverdale specialty.
"That's two Saturdays in a row now," Rady said, referring to a last-second win over Riverton Parke on Nov. 24. "You can't put your hat on anything this early. It's a long, long season and you have to be ready."
Cloverdale and Greencastle meet again on Friday at GHS at 7:30 p.m.
At Greencastle
Putnam County Classic -- Consolation
Greencastle -- 6 15 13 13 -- 2 -- 49
Cloverdale -- 9 5 18 15 -- 4 -- 51
Individual scoring
Greencastle: Gilliam 5-11, 6-10, 16; Mitchell 2-2, 2-5, 7; Gerard 2-7, 2-2, 7; King 2-9, 0-0, 6; Winslow 3-7, 0-0, 6; Bollman 1-6, 2-2, 4; Fox 1-5, 0-0, 3; Christy 0-5, 0-2, 0; Hughes 0-4, 0-0, 0.
Cloverdale: Collet 4-8, 3-6, 13; Scott 5-8, 3-14, 13; Schroer 5-13, 0-0, 12; Cummings 2-4, 2-6, 6; Dorman 1-5, 3-6, 5; Cupp 0-1, 1-2, 1; Hughes 0-0, 1-2, 1.
Team scoring
G: 16-56, 12-20, 49.
C: 17-36, 13-35, 51.
Rebounds (Offensive)
G: 43 (17).
C: 33 (7).
Three-point shooting
G: 5-18.
C: 4-16.
Turnovers
G: 21
C: 21
New redistricting plan raises questions for North Putnam
Saturday, December 1, 2012
A new plan for redistricting North Putnam for the 2014 election year is up for review, and the school will begin rolling out town meetings to explain the plan to all of the voters in the corporation.
In October, North Putnam was hit with a lawsuit that dealt with the unfair districting of the townships.
This lawsuit has had the North Putnam School Board coming up with ideas and a plan to redistrict the school district.
The North Putnam School Board has proposed a plan to redistrict the area that will now allow for five district seats and two at-large seats, instead of six and one.
"(We've) set this plan into motion, so that in the future we are not re-inventing the wheel," North Putnam superintendent Dan Noel said. "It was a very time-consuming process, but that's what the law says, so that's what we're going to do."
The plan is to make it so that five members of the board will come from the five new redistricted precincts:
* Russell and Clinton
* Jackson and Franklin North
* Monroe East, Monroe West and Franklin South
* Floyd West and Floyd South
* Floyd East
The other two members of the board would be restricted members at-large. Everyone in the corporation votes, but the member must reside in a specified area.
One will be from the Jackson and Floyd townships and the other from the four western townships.
The redistricting process was set in motion because the previous precincts were divided by townships.
These townships had very different populations and were not in compliance with Indiana law.
The school board districts now have relatively equal populations, but a new potential problem has emerged.
Voters elected candidates to serve full four-year teams and that has now changed.
The board was expected to have completed the redistricting process well in advance of the election on Nov. 6 so potential candidates would be able to file correctly, and voters would know the terms of the election.
Now, those who, a few weeks ago, were elected to serve for four years have had their term cut to two years.
Four of the board's seven spots were up for election -- Russell, Franklin, Monroe townships, and the lone at-large seat.
The remaining three spots -- Floyd, Jackson and Clinton townships -- were (and are) up for vote in November 2014.
Incumbent board member Mark Hoke retained his at-large seat in the election. That at-large seat is the only one from the recent election that did not have a reduced term -- it will still run from Jan. 1, 2014-Dec. 31-2017, though it will now be the Restricted West at-large seat.
The other three spots were won by people who will be new to the board -- Darrell Wiatt in Russell, Jill Summerlot in Franklin and Jim Bowling in Monroe.
Despite being elected to four-year terms (meant to run from Jan. 1, 2013-Dec. 31, 2016) those seats will now be up for re-election in November 2014.
Additionally, because Russell and Clinton (and Monroe and Franklin South) will now share a seat, there could potentially be two sets incumbent board members running against one another for the same seat.
Term limits have also changed.
At the 2014 election, the Monroe (East and West)/Franklin South district and the Floyd West/Floyd South district will be a two-year term that runs from Jan. 1, 2015-Dec. 31, 2016.
The subsequent terms will last for four years (2017-2020, 2021-2024, etc.).
The lawsuit the board is facing has been answered, but there are still some questions about the new plan.
North Putnam will hold town meetings for the next four months to explain the process, and the new voting districts, to the corporation's voters.
Beginning on Dec. 3, and running until March 21, the Noel and board members will talk with voters and listen to suggestions or questions about the changes.
Redistricting wasn't the only thing discussed at Thursday's special meeting. Robin Smith was promoted to replace Debbie Carrico as the new food service director.
Cougars run through Clovers to reach county final
Saturday, December 1, 2012
North Putnam junior Jordan Nauert makes a three-point shot from the corner over Cloverdale junior Brandon Dorman.
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When the opening tip rolled out of bounds and the game official pointed in the direction of the North Putnam boys' basketball team, it seemed to set the tone for the night.
The ball seemed to keep going the Cougars way in their Putnam County Classic semifinal game against Cloverdale, a 66-41 win for NPHS.
The Cougars jumped out to an 8-0 lead, sparked by the hot shooting of junior Jordan Nauert and senior Jameson Brewer.
Nauert sank three three-point buckets from the corner in the opening period and tallied 13 points total before the first break.
After a brief spurt of three straight buckets for CHS, the Cougars rolled through the rest of the quarter to take a 21-6 lead.
"Any time you can make shots from the perimeter, that's going to spread things out for you a little bit," NPHS coach Nathan Martindale said. "I thought the guys were doing a nice job of finding each other; getting each other spots on the floor to be successful."
Cloverdale responded at the break, adjusting its defense to a new 1-3-1 set that took away the corner jumpers.
The Clovers opened the second quarter with a pair of threes by junior Kedrick Collet and a step-back shot from junior Kade Schroer.
"You've got to take your hats off to North Putnam," CHS coach Pat Rady said. "At times, I thought (the 1-3-1) defense worked well, but we left the shooters, (Nauert) and (Brewer) open a bit too much and if you leave those guys open, they rack them up."
The Clovers kept the defensive pressure up in the second quarter, holding NPHS to only two-of-11 shooting.
The teams entered halftime with North Putnam leading 27-20.
"I had a few choice words in the halftime locker room. I think that might have gotten them going just a little bit," Martindale said. "We were just a little passive in the first half, so in the second half we wanted to make sure we cranked it up a notch, and I thought we did that.
"I thought guys bought in and got really aggressive and that was where we got a lot of our stuff at."
The Cougars came out flat for the first four minutes of the third, allowing CHS to close the gap to 27-26.
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Junior Coy Flynn entered the game and NPHS began blazing, forcing 10 turnovers in the third quarter, attacking the rim, ripping the ball away repeatedly with half court pressure and seizing complete control of the game.
A 17-four run to end the quarter erased any comeback chances the Clovers hoped to cling to.
Flynn finished with eight points on four-of-six shooting with three steals.
"(North Putnam) caused us to turn the ball over and showed us a lot of areas that we've got to work on," Rady said. "We knew this year, with things that have happened, was going to be a year in progress. We just can't panic."
The run continued into the fourth quarter for NPHS, with Brewer and senior center Jake Haste taking over the paint.
The pair shot five-of-six in the quarter, totaling 13 points.
The up-tempo, high energy game plan helped carry the Cougars to the PCC championship game on Saturday where they'll face South Putnam at 8 p.m at Greencastle High School.
"The effort was great tonight, we just have to make sure we bring it again tomorrow night," Martindale said. "We're ready to go."
Cloverdale will take on Greencastle in the PCC consolation game at 6:30 p.m.
"No game, whether it's a win or a loss, is going to determine much this early in the year," Rady said. "It's not a lot of time to correct the mistakes we made tonight, that's got to come from practice.
"You improve in practice and I think we've got to realize that and, throughout the year, practice has got to be a little bit tougher."
At Greencastle
Putnam County Classic semifinal
Cloverdale -- 6 14 10 11 -- 41
North Putnam -- 21 6 17 22 -- 66
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Collet 7-13, 2-2, 20; Scott 4-8, 1-1, 9; Schroer 4-6, 0-0, 8; Dorman 1-11, 0-0, 2; Cupp 1-3, 0-0, 2; Cummings 1-2, 0-2, 2; Hughes 0-2, 0-0, 0.
North Putnam: Nauert 10-13, 0-0, 25; Brewer 5-11, 2-2, 14; Haste 4-8, 1-1, 9; Flynn 4-6, 0-2, 8; Green 2-11, 2-2, 6; Hazelgrove 0-2, 2-4, 2; Beaman 0-3, 0-0, 0; Herrmann 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Three-point shooting
Cloverdale: 4-16
North Putnam: 7-17
Turnovers
Cloverdale: 20
North Putnam: 17
GHS Tiger Cubs take home county wrestling team title
Friday, December 14, 2012
Individual champions for the 2012 Putnam County wrestling tournament included Ryley Cook, Nick Havey, Jacob Lorimer, Dean Kleiber, Jordan Sanders, Jacob Camacho, Riley Boswell, Joe Waters, Aaron Langdon, Carter Lewis, Hunter Smith, Rudy Harris and Lane Hacker. Blaine Fenwick is not picutred.
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CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School wrestling team won its second straight Putnam County wrestling championship on Thursday, finishing with a 3-0 team record and earning seven individual county champions.
Tiger Cubs senior Carter Lewis (170) won his fourth consecutive county title.
"It was a good win for us, but we've got to keep looking forward," GHS coach Matt McComish said. "It's always good to win county. We knew we had some tough teams to wrestle when we came in, and we knew it was going to be close
Greencastle's Hunter Smith (black) got the worst of this exchange with South Putnam's Tanner Thompson, but Smith was able to recover to win the match and win his second straight county championship.
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"It was a tough fight all night all night and I'm glad we came away with a win."
Ryley Cook (106), Jordan Sanders (113), Riley Boswell (145), Aaron Langdon (160), Hunter Smith (182) and Blaine Fenwick (220) also won titles for GHS.
"All seven of them wrestled really well," McComish said. "We still have things we can improve on, but we're starting to do some things right. At this time of the season, that's what I want to see."
The South Putnam team finished second in the meet with a 2-1 record. They had six county champions: Nick Havey (113), Jacob Lorimer (120), Jacob Camacho (138), Joe Waters (152), Rudy Harris (195) and Lane Hacker (3-0).
"As a team we wrestled pretty well," SPHS coach Josh Hendrickson said. "(We've got to) fix the basics, work on the things that we've worked on and affect the things that we know."
Camacho won his second straight conference title, and also competed in the best match of the night, a battle with Greencastle's Nick Pingleton.
Tied at five after three rounds, the two battled through the sudden victory period and into the 30-second tiebreaker periods.
Camacho started in the defensive position, then slipped into a reversal. Neither could gain an upper hand in the time remaining and Camacho earned a 7-5 win by decision.
North Putnam finished the meet in third place and it was led by Dean Kleiber, who won his second-straight county title at 126 pounds.
The Cougars finished 1-2, equaling last year's county dual result.
"We had some good performances tonight," NPHS coach Bucky Kramer said. "It's tough on us when we're giving up four weight classes (to forfeit) off the top. You've got to stay happy with what we're seeing. Overall it's a good improvement."
Cloverdale rounded out the field, finishing 0-3 for the second consecutive year.
CHS coach Steven Livingston said his young team has a lot of room to grow.
"I don't think we looked nearly our best tonight," Livingston said. "We just try to stay positive and keep the guys working hard and focus on what really matters and that's the matches at the end of the season.
"Those are the matches that we keep telling our guys, keep your nose to the grind; keep getting better. Win those matches when they count at the end of the season. That's how you get your picture on the wall. That's how people remember you."
Havey, Waters, Smith and Harris each won their second straight county title.
Greencastle's Fenwick suffered an apparent neck injury in his bout against South Putnam's Jacob Williams. He was taken out on a stretcher.
The champion Tiger Cubs return to action Saturday when they host the Holiday Invitational on Saturday at 9 a.m. North Putnam hosts a dual meet with Rockville on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 6:30 p.m.
South Putnam will compete in the state duals on Saturday, Dec. 22 at Westfield High School beginning at 9 a.m. Cloverdale is back when they compete at Ben Davis High School on Thursday, Dec. 27 at 8 a.m.
Complete individual results will be included in a future issue of the Banner Graphic.
At Cloverdale
2012-13 Putnam County Wrestling Tournament
1. Greencastle 3-0, 2. SPHS 2-1, 3. NPHS 1-2, 4. Cloverdale 0-3.
Individual Champions
106 -- Ryley Cook, GHS
113 -- Nick Havey, SPHS
120 -- Jacob Lorimer, SPHS
126 -- Dean Kleiber, NPHS
132 -- Jordan Sanders, GHS
138 -- Jacob Camacho, SPHS
145 -- Riley Boswell, GHS
152 -- Joe Waters, SPHS
160 -- Aaron Langdon, GHS
170 -- Carter Lewis, GHS
182 -- Hunter Smith, GHS
195 -- Rudy Harris, SPHS
220 -- Blaine Fenwick, GHS
285 -- Lane Hacker, SPHS
Bad half dooms Eagles against Patriots
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
South Putnam junior Aubrey Nichols knocks down a three-point shot from the corner against Owen Valley on Tuesday.
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A weak second half gave them a 55-36 loss, but the South Putnam girls' basketball team spent the first half of Tuesday's game looking ready to upset Owen Valley.
The Eagles' shots weren't falling but a newly-installed 2-3 zone defense had the Patriots scrambling.
Owen Valley shot just 24 percent (6-for-25) in the first half.
"At halftime, we were happy with the position we were in," SPHS head coach Lindsey Blackman said. "Because we switched to the zone, we knew we had to get block outs and get defensive rebounds. We crashed the boards offensively and were able to get some second shot attempts.
"We were happy with the aggressiveness and the tone in the first half and then we kind of let it go in the third (quarter)."
The Eagles led 19-15 at the break.
SPHS junior Aubrey Nichols and senior Leanna Masters each had six rebounds in the half, though the Eagles were outrebounded as a team, 22-19.
That deficit foreshadowed things to come.
Owen Valley came out for the second half on fire, getting to the rim on nearly every possession.
When Masters picked up her third foul early in the third the Patriots dominated the interior, pulling in seven offensive rebounds in the quarter.
The Patriots opened the second half on 23-2 run that extended into the fourth and dispirited the Eagles.
"I told the girls, this was the first time I wasn't happy with our performance," Blackman said. "It looked like in the third quarter we gave up. As soon as they hit a couple big shots, the shoulders went down, it was very quiet on defense. It seemed like a little let up."
Mallory Cash led the Eagles with nine points and three steals. Masters finished with eight points (three-for-four shooting) and nine rebounds.
Patriots guard Alicia Wilson had a game-high 17 points and five steals.
Sarah Jones came off the bench to pull in 14 rebounds for Owen Valley.
The Eagles are back in action Thursday when they travel to Covenant Christian. The game tips at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Owen Valley -- 8 7 19 21 -- 55
South Putnam -- 8 11 2 15 -- 36
Individual scoring
Owen Valley: Wilson 7-12, 2-2, 17; Herrington 5-7, 1-2, 13; Corder 5-11, 0-1, 10; Williams 3-12, 0-0, 7; Jones 3-13, 0-0, 6; Eldridge 1-6, 0-0, 2; Richardson 0-3, 0-1, 0.
South Putnam: Cash 4-13, 0-0, 9; Masters 3-4, 2-3, 9; Nichols 2-7, 1-1, 6; Varvel 2-10, 1-4, 5; Whitaker 2-2, 0-0, 4; Birt 1-6, 0-0, 2; Barnes 1-4, 0-0, 2; Cundiff 0-2, 0-0, 0; York 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hewitt 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring (three-pointers)
Owen Valley: 24-61 (9-34), 3-5, 51; South Putnam 15-48 (2-9), 4-9, 36.
Rebounds (offensive)
Owen Valley 45 (22), South Putnam 31 (13)
Turnovers
Owen Valley 16, South Putnam 21
Eagles fly through water to split with Fountain Central Mustangs
Monday, December 10, 2012
South Putnam senior Zeke Evens lost his goggles early during the 100-yard breast stroke event on Saturday against Southmont, but still swam to a third-place finish.
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The South Putnam boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams split a meet with Fountain Central on Satuday.
The boys' squad came away with a 103-68 victory, while the girls lost 117-68.
"I think they swam really well," SPHS swim coach Matthew Edwards said. "Even some of the swimmers that aren't getting the first places are getting personal bests."
On the boys' side, senior Matt Lund, juniors Tayler Arnold and Tyler Neumann and sophomore Zane Crosby started off the morning with a win in the 200 medley relay.
It was one of four wins on the day for Arnold, the school's record-holder in the 100 back.
Edwards said Arnold is focusing more on sprints this year. That showed when he picked up a win in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races.
Crosby and freshman Zach Rayce each picked up wins in individual races as well.
"We were down a lot of swimmers, due to illness and other things," Edwards said. "It really put a lot of strain on the swimmers (who are forced into) doing new events and things they weren't used to, but they handled it well."
The girls' team is still working to improve.
Many of the seniors are working on new events, Edwards said.
Freshman Katie Hansel (in the 200 free) and senior Lyndsie Beasley (100 breast) picked up solo wins for the team.
Hansel, Deszi, senior Ashley Wilson and freshman Katie Jo Beasley also teamed up to win the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Edwards said he enjoys the Fountain Central meet every year.
The SPHS coach is Mustangs alumnus, but said he has another reason for appreciating the meet.
"Our schools are very similar," he said, regarding the schools' populations and facilities. "This is always a really good meet for us to compete in because we're on the same level."
The Eagles return to the pool on Tuesday at Southmont at 6 p.m.
At South Putnam
Girls' results
Fountain Central 117, South Putnam 68
Boys' results
South Putnam 103, Fountain Central 68
Event Results
Girls' 200 medley relay:
1. FCHS-A Gayler, McGrady, Moore, Campbell; 2:09.15; 2. F-B Gibbs, Thomas, Green, R Johnson; 2:23.44; 3. SPHS Deszi, L. Beasley, Farmer, K Beasley; 2:25.78; 4. F-C Clevenger, M Johnson, Chavez, Winland; 2:33.62; 5. S-B Wilson, Arnold, Shaw, Plunkett; 2:41.00.
Boys' 200 medley relay:
1. S-A Arnold, Neumann, Lund, Crosby; 2:00.22; 2. F-A Hall, Phillips, Nine, Freeman; 2:05.09; 3. S-B Rayce, Evens, Nees, Chambers; 2:10.22.
Girls' 200 free:
1. Hansel, S; 2:34.39; 2 Thomas, F; 2:34.66; 3. Hands, F; 2:35.20; 4. Johnson, F; 2:38.44; 5. Wilson, S; 2:52.91; 6. Kiste, S; 3:13.16.
Boys' 200 free:
1. Phillips, F; 2:21.82; 2. Fields, S; 2:33.00; 3. Pitts, S; 2:35.39; 4. Andres, F; 2:55.44; 5. Hoagland, F; 3:05.61.
Girls' 200 IM:
1. Gibbs, F; 2:45.48; 2. Beasley, S; 2:56.35; 3. Green, F; 3:03.97; 4. Knight, S; 3:24.84; 5. Kelley, S; 3:41.32; DQ Gayler, F.
Boys' 200 IM:
1. Nine, F; 2:28.52; 2. Lund, S; 2:38.28; 3. Rayce, S; 2:49.80; 4. Nees, S; 2:50.60; 5. McGrady, F; 3:06.33.
Girls' 50 free:
1. Campbell, F; 28.63; 2. Farmer, S; 29.26; 3. Gulley, F; 29.97; 4. Arnold, S; 31.93; 5. Hands, F; 32.70; 6. Shaw, S; 33.59.
Boys' 50 free:
1. Arnold, S; 24.94; 2. Freeman, F; 28.19; 3. Terry, F; 33.39; 4. Martinek, F; 34.21; DQ Crosby, S.
Girls' diving:
1. Cambell, F; 145.25; 2. Plunkett, S; 142.65; 3. Sullivan, S; 134.00; 4. Winland, F; 77.4.
Boys' diving:
1. Freeman, F; 151.50; 2. Neumann, S; 129.35.
Girls' 100 fly:
1. McGrady, F; 1:07.20; 2. Moore, F; 1:10.05; 3. Clevenger, F; 1:39.09; 4. Shaw, S; 139.76; 5. Knight, S; 1:40.63.
Boys' 100 fly:
1. Nine, F; 1:06.35; 2. Lund, S; 1:06.58; 3. Hall, F; 1:13.19; 4. Nees, S; 1:19.04.
Girls' 100 free:
1. Chavez, F; 36.83; 2. Gulley, F; 1:04.73; 3. Farmer, S; 1:07.86; 4. Green, F; 1:08.00; 5. K Beasley, S; 1:09.28; 6. Kiste, S; 1:18.78.
Boys' 100 free:
1. Arnold, S; 56.19; 2. Pitts, S; 1:04.56; 3. McGrady, F; 1:12.09; 4. Chambers, S; 1:12.26; 5. Terry, F; 1:19.35.
Girls' 500 free:
1. McGrady, F; 6:36.26; 2. Morgan, S; 6:59.56; 3. Johnson, F; 6:59.75; 4. Hansel, S; 7:08.63; 5. Wilson, S; 7:26.93; 6. Johnson, F; 7:35.22.
Boys' 500 free:
1. Crosby, S; 6:06.93; 2. Z Evens, S; 6:30.49; 3. C Evens, S; 7:27.30; DQ Andres, F.
Girls' 200 free relay:
1. F-A Green, Thomas, Moore, Gulley; 2:01.24; 2. S-A Beasley, Arnold, Hansel, Farmer; 2:01.85; 3. F-B Hands, Winland, Clevenger, Johnson; 2:16.92; 4. S-B Knight, Kelley, Kiste, Plunkett; 2:20.10.
Boys' 200 free relay:
1. S-A Lund, Nees, Crosby, Arnold; 1:44.98; 2. F-A Nine, Freeman, McGrady, Phillips; 1:50.91; 3. S-B Pitts, Chambers, Fields, Evens; 2:06.48; 4. F-B Hoagland, Martinek, Terry, Andres; 2:19.44.
Girls' 100 back:
1. Gayler, F; 1:13.57; 2. Gibbs, F; 1:19.28; 3. K Beasley, S; 1:19.94; 4. Deszi, S; 1:20.68; 5. Chavez, F; 1:27.67.
Boys' 100 back:
1. Rayce, S; 1:11.94; 2. Hall, F; 1:14.96; 3. Fields, S; 1:21.85; 4. Hoagland, F; 1:53.02.
Girls' 100 breast:
1. Beasley, S; 1:28.84; 2. Thomas, F; 1:31.28; 3. Johnson, F; 1:41.33; 4. Arnold, S; 1:41.52; 5. Clevenger, F; 1:51.49; 6. Kelley, S; 2:01.91.
Boys' 100 breast:
1. Phillips, F; 1:18.65; 2. Neumann, S; 1:21.14; 3. Z Evens, S; 4.1:22.13; C Evens, S; 1:31.50.
Girls' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Hansel, Wilson, Deszi, K Beasley; 4:27.93; 2. F-A McGrady, Gayler, Gibbs, Campbell; 4:33.10; 3. F-B Hands, Chavez, Moore, Johnson; 4:43.62; 4. S-B Shaw, Plunkett, Kiste, Knight; 5:15.81.
Boys' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Pitts, Rayce, Fields, Neuman; 4:34.10; 2. F-A McGrady, Andres, Terry, Hall; 5:05.42.
Mounties run past Eagles in 66-41 romp
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Junior forward Trey Moore elevates to attempt a shot in the lane on Saturday. Moore was the lone bright spot for South Putnam, scoring a team-high 16 points in the loss to Southmont.
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The South Putnam boys' basketball team has size, both height and strength. This can often be a benefit, but the detriments for having such a roster were exposed on Saturday when the Eagles lost to Southmont, 66-41.
The Mounties forced 16 first-half turnovers, controlling the pace of the game and flustering the South Putnam offense.
The Eagles were overwhelmed by the Mounties half-court trap and ball pressure, rarely getting an opportunity to feed the ball into the post to use their size as an advantage.
SPHS took an early 3-2 lead when senior Justin Bumgardner completed a traditional three-point play at the 6:26 mark in the opening period, but the lead didn't last.
Mounties junior Devon Burton and senior Drake Cooksey turned up the intensity and forced the Eagles' ball handlers into difficult situations, forcing passes and picking up their dribble near midcourt.
"We didn't handle the pressure at all," SPHS head coach Troy Burgess said. "We've had two opportunities now against very good teams that have really gotten out and pressured us in Danville and in Southmont, and we haven't handled it.
"For us to be as good as we want to be, and get to where we want to be, we've got to handle that better."
Southmont led 24-10 after the first quarter, but the second was even more dominant.
Burton finished the first half with three steals and 18 points, going six-for-nine from the field.
Cooksey had four steals and 10 points himself.
"We've got a lot of quick guys. We've got to play to that," Southmont coach Jon Sparks said. "The guys did a real good job with that. I wish the second half had been as good, but it's hard to keep up with that intensity."
The teams went to the break with Southmont leading 41-14.
SPHS finally emerged from the locker room with less than a minute on the halftime clock.
They had a new game plan and a new lineup.
Junior Derrick Mitchell started in place of Bumgardner, who picked up technical foul in the first quarter and remained on the bench for the rest of the game.
Mitchell, a guard, also gave the Eagles more ball handlers on the court to try to get around the press.
The Eagles became more deliberate, slowing the game down and making careful decisions.
The new pace allowed them to get inside and they began drawing fouls. Down big, scoring with the clock stopped can be an equalizer.
Southmont committed nine fouls in the third quarter, allowing SPHS to go eight-for-eight on free throw attempts, but still managed to play even.
Burton tacked on 10 more points, giving him a game-high 28.
The Eagles finally made some headway in the fourth, but by then it was too late.
"We played hard in the second half," Burgess said. "I was proud of our kids. They didn't quit; they didn't let down. They continued to play hard."
Junior Trey Moore had a team-high 16 points and remained in attack mode until the final buzzer.
The Eagles lone advantage in the game came on the glass as they outrebounded Southmont 34-22.
"I've got to do a better job as a coach of preparing my guys to get them ready for this type of game," Burgess said. "I'll put this one on me tonight. I didn't have our guys prepared for that type of pressure."
Preparing for quickness in practice will be a challenge for the Eagles, and Burgess said he'll have to get creative.
"I know these guys will work hard; they'll do what I ask them to do," Burgess said. "We're going to have to create (quickness) somehow. As a coach, that's my job to figure out how we can simulate that, and how we can create that type of an atmosphere so we're ready.
"We're going to see it again next Friday night."
The Eagles return against Rockville on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Southmont -- 24 17 14 11 -- 66
South Putnam -- 10 4 14 13 -- 41
Individual scoring
Southmont: Burton 10-17, 4-6, 28; Cooksey 10-14, 0-4, 15; Thomas 2-8, 4-4, 10; Dinius 3-5, 0-0, 7; Stewart 1-1, 1-2, 3; Dehne 1-3, 1-3, 3; McCormick 0-1, 0-0, 0; Benge 0-0, 0-0, 0; Remley 0-0, 0-0, 0; Whalen 0-2, 0-0, 0; Truncone 0-1, 0-0, 0.
South Putnam: Moore 6-9, 4-4, 16; Arnold 2-8, 3-4, 7; R Chestnut 1-6, 2-2, 4; Pell 1-3, 0-0, 3; Bumgardner 1-2, 1-3, 3; Long 1-3, 1-4, 3; Franklin 1-4, 1-4, 3; D Chestnut 0-1, 1-2, 1; Vittetow 0-2, 0-0, 0; Mitchell 0-0, 0-0, 0; Carmichael 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring
Southmont 22-45, 15-24, 66; South Putnam 13-37, 13-23, 41.
Rebounds (offensive)
Southmont 22 (4); South Putnam 34 (13).
Turnovers
Southmont 13, South Putnam 26.
Tiger Cubs' JV wins 2012 county tournament
Saturday, December 8, 2012
The Greencastle girls' JV poses on the bleachers after winning the 2012 county championship. Members of the team include (front, from left) Kaylee Evans, Bethanie Burgeson, Paige Bragg, (second row) Madison Trout, Lauren Bridgewater, Marley Haltom, (back) Delanie Stoltey, Tera Amis, Alison White and Megan Haltom. [Order this photo]
CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School girls' junior varsity basketball team entered Saturday's county tournament with an impressive 7-1 record.
They left with a trophy, pair of wins, two tattered nets and claim to a 2012 county title.
"I'm really proud of them," GHS JV coach Matthew Welker said. "It's a great accomplishment to get to 9-1. We've faced some tough teams this year."
The Tiger Cubs defeated North Putnam in the final, 39-35.
Sophomore Lauren Bridgewater opened the game by making a three-pointer from the wing and finished with a game-high 12 points.
Greencastle led 12-8 after the first quarter and, at various times, appeared on the verge of going on a big run to push the Cougars to the brink of defeat.
NPHS kept fighting.
Freshman Jenny Heron was cold early but began heating up late in the first quarter, knocking down a pair of threes to keep her team in the game.
Heron and freshman Taylor Nauert worked the high-post and wing in perfect sync throughout the game.
Greencastle took a 25-19 lead to the fourth quarter, but North Putnam kept fighting.
Sophomore Kaitlin Mindiola scored five points in the quarter, including a traditional three-point play with 4:49 remaining, helping the Cougars seize momentum.
The team battled all the way back to tie GHS at 31-all with 2:15 to play.
The teams traded buckets back and forth. Freshman Paige Bragg added field goal with 30 seconds left to give GHS a 37-35 lead.
North Putnam drew up a play for Heron on the wing.
Her go-ahead three-point attempt caromed off the rim with twelve seconds remaining and the Tiger Cubs hauled in the rebound, raced the length of the court and Bridgewater put in a layup to ice the game.
"(North Putnam) would not go away," Welker said. "I'm really proud of everyone on the team for staying with it."
Greencastle beat Cloverdale 36-19 in the opening round matchup.
North Putnam beat South Putnam 31-24.
"I'm really pleased with the way the kids worked today," NPHS coach Laura Blaydes said. "It's a tough one to swallow but we're going to turn around and play again Tuesday and get our third win of the year."
North Putnam plays at North Vermillion Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Greencastle returns to action Thursday at Rockville.
At Cloverdale
2012 Putnam County girls' JV tournament
North Putnam -- 8 5 6 16 -- 35
Greencaste -- 12 7 6 14 -- 39
Individual scoring
NP: Nauert 4-7, 0-0, 10; Clodfelter 3-11, 0-2, 6; Heron 2-12, 0-0, 6; Mindiola 2-7, 1-1, 5; Millican 2-7, 0-0, 4; Laffin 1-1, 0-0, 2; M. Smith 0-2, 2-2, 2; B. Smith 0-0, 0-0, 0; Evans 0-1, 0-0, 0.
G: Bridgewater 5-11, 2-3, 12; Bragg 5-7, 0-2, 10; Amis 3-4, 1-1, 7; White 2-5, 3-4, 7; Stoltey 1-7, 0-0, 0; Trout 0-1, 0-0, 0; Ma. Haltom 0-1, 0-0, 0; Me. Haltom 0-0, 0-0, 0; Evans 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
North Putnam: 27 (11); Greencastle: 27 (10).
Turnovers
North Putnam: 14; Greencastle: 13
Greencastle boys get payback from tournament loss
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle senior Nate Christy (12) jumps to defend a layup by Cloverdale junior Kedrick Collet. Christy made a big offensive contribution as well, finishing with 11 points.
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After playing an overtime thriller in the Putnam County Classic, the Greencastle and Cloverdale boys' basketball teams seemed destined for another back-and-forth game on Friday.
The teams did not disappoint as Cloverdale came back from a 26-19 halftime deficit to take a lead with 2:46 to play.
Greencastle pulled out a 49-47 win, avenging their loss on Saturday.
Senior Nick Gilliam led the team with a game-high 12 points, including four in the fourth quarter.
"It was a good team win for us and we're just thrilled to get that first victory," GHS head coach Troy Greenlee said. "We've got a lot of guys that haven't played much varsity basketball, so every time we step on the floor, I just think we need to look to get better."
Cloverdale head coach Pat Rady said, despite the loss, he was pleased with his team's effort.
"Even though we lost tonight, I though we played better than we did last week," Rady said. "The turnovers will kill you every time, and that's what we've got to work on."
The Clovers turned the ball over 21 times, including 14 in the second half. Compared to the Tiger Cubs' 13 for the game, ball control played a huge factor.
CHS came out on fire, making five-of-nine shots, including three three-pointers, in the first period.
The Tiger Cubs' came back in the second, powered by the team's young bench.
Sophomores Brody Bollman, Adam Gerard, Colyn Foxx, Calvin Hughes and freshman Ryan Coble gave the team a spark that led to an 11-2 run to open the quarter.
"We told them in (the locker room) that it's going to be different guys every night that are going to make plays for us," Greenlee said. "Tonight I thought Ryan Coble came in, as a freshman, and hit some big shots and made some big plays.
"It was one of those games that we needed everything from everybody tonight."
Senior Dustin Cummings entered the starting lineup for Cloverdale to begin the second half, which seemed to energize the team's offense.
With the rest of the team spacing the floor, junior point guard Brandon Dorman was free to drive into the lane. He made four-of-five shots in the period, scoring eight of his 10 points.
CHS ended the quarter on a 6-2 run, trailing by only one after three.
Sophomore Brantson Scott tied the game with 3:01 remaining and, after a Greencastle turnover, Cummings sank a free throw to put the Clovers ahead with 2:46 to play.
The lead wouldn't last long as GHS senior Nate Christy sank a deep three on the next trip.
The Tiger Cubs' stretched the lead to four then tried to slow the game down, stretching out the clock by dribbling the ball on the perimeter.
"As a team, we've got to be able to take those runs and build on them instead of giving a team a little bit of life," Greenlee said. "I thought, coming out in the second half, we didn't pressure the ball like we should have. We just kind of let them get whatever they wanted on the offensive end."
With Greencastle's young guards working the clock, Cloverdale expanded its defense.
The ball pressure overwhelmed Greencastle as junior Kedrick Collet picked up a steal and layup with 25 seconds remaining.
"We haven't worked on that (ball pressure) a lot," Rady said.
The Clovers had only been called for three fouls in the half, so extending the game by forcing free throws was not an option.
Instead the team again picked up the pressure. Greencastle lost the ball out of bounds on the baseline with just seconds remaining.
Greencastle called a time.
Cloverdale, down two, had six seconds to go the length of the court for a basket.
Dorman took the ball past half court, then had it knocked up in the air.
The ball landed out of bounds to the Clovers, but only 1.7 seconds remained.
Dorman's heave as time expired came up well short.
"We made it exciting there towards the end," Greenlee said. "We struggled handling the ball a little bit down the stretch and gave them a chance."
Greencastle hosts Sullivan tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Cloverdale is back in action Friday when they'll host Monrovia.
At Greencastle
Cloverdale -- 13 6 18 10 -- 47
Greencastle -- 8 18 12 11 -- 49
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Dorman 5-11, 0-0, 10; Scott 5-8, 0-0, 10; Collet 3-8, 0-0, 9; Schroer 3-8, 0-0, 8; Cummings 1-1, 3-4, 5; Cupp 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hughes 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Gilliam 6-14, 0-0, 12; Christy 4-7, 0-0, 11; Winslow 4-11, 1-2, 9; Bollman 2-6, 2-2, 6; Coble 2-3, 0-0, 6; Foxx 1-2, 0-0, 2; King 0-3, 1-2, 1; Gerard 0-1, 1-2, 1; Mitchell 0-3, 0-0, 0; Hughes 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
C: 25 (3)
G: 28 (15)
Turnovers
C: 21
G: 13
Tiger Cubs utilize blazing third quarter to trample Clovers
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle senior Rayleigh Amis (23) finds room amid a crowd in the paint to score a layup for the Tiger Cubs.
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Greencastle has a young girls' basketball team, but the prideful bunch doesn't quit. After a loss to Danville on Tuesday, the team trailed Cloverdale 19-12 at halftime on Friday.
The Tiger Cubs came back from the break on a torrid pace, led by the defense and pressure of senior Rayleigh Amis and junior Alex Basile, channeling the run into a 39-32 win.
The pair combined for four steals in the period.
"Our defense is really what changed it for us," GHS coach Bradley Key said. "I thought Rayleigh Amis and Alex Basile were really the game changers. Those are the two captains and I told them, once they picked up their intensity, I really felt like everyone else followed along.
"That's what captains do, but we've got to have that for four quarter."
The two teams could not seem to find any offense in the early goings, at combining for a one-of-13 stretch early in the first period.
Amis, a team captain, took control of the offense for Greencastle, using her five-foot-eleven frame to work the ball in the paint.
Cloverdale senior Bristy Skiles carried the early load for her team.
"We're really a different team when she's able to hit a couple shots," Cloverdale coach Matthew Langdon said. "She's done a good job the past couple weeks of trying to change her game a little bit. Just not a spot-up shooter. She's able to go off the dribble to create some space."
Skiles had five of the team's eight first-quarter points, and added another three in the second quarter.
Greencastle shot just 21 percent in the first half (five-for-24).
"Towards the end of the second quarter we started playing better," Key said. "I just told them (at halftime) that, 'you know what you need to do to win.' That's it."
Whatever he said, or didn't say, seemed to work.
The Tiger Cubs emerged from the locker room with nearly five minutes left in the intermission, two minutes earlier than normal.
They then went on a 26-to-five run to open the second half.
Cloverdale opened the third quarter with starting guard Amillia Nally on the bench. Nally had picked up three fouls in the first half and, with a thin bench, Langdon inserted sophomore Bailee Stevens into the lineup.
"Bailee gives us really good minutes, but there are times when she needs a break," Langdon said. "We thought, if Mel (Amillia Nally) picked up that fourth foul early, there was no way that Bailee could play 10 straight minutes until we could put Mel back in."
Langdon said he second-guessed his own decision after Greencastle went on its run.
"That was a decision that you go back and think about, 'should I have done it differently,'" he said. "
Without another point guard to turn to, the Clovers couldn't regain their composure and stop the bleeding until it was too late.
Cloverdale finished the game on an eight-one run, but with the clock ticking down, Langdon elected not to extend the game by fouling.
In a laissez-faire game called by the officials, the Clovers had only picked up four in the half.
"Cloverdale: give them credit. They've gotten significantly better during the last two or three years," Key said. "They've won four games and they're going to win quite a few more."
Langdon said his team will bounce back.
"Against a good team like that, sometimes we struggle offensively," Langdon said. "Every possession we had to have good defense. There were just a couple let downs and, when they made a run, we just got a little rattled and got a little too quick."
Greencastle plays at Rockville on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Cloverdale returns to action Friday when they host Monrovia at 6 p.m.
At Greencastle
Cloverdale -- 8 11 5 8 -- 32
Greencastle -- 9 3 18 9 -- 39
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Skiles 3-10, 0-0, 8; Clark 4-6, 0-0, 8; Gruener 3-8, 0-0, 6; Shrum 1-1, 2-4, 4; Nally 1-6, 3; Stevens 1-7, 1-1, 3; Walters 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Amis 5-9, 0-0, 10; Lenihan 4-9, 0-0, 8; Taylor 2-6, 2-3, 6; Earl 2-12, 0-2, 6; Stoltey 2-4, 0-0, 4; Covert 1-2, 1-2, 3; Basile 1-8, 0-0, 2; Smiley 0-0, 0-0, 0; Trout 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
C: 33 (9)
G: 30 (11)
Turnovers
C: 19
G: 10
GHS Tiger Cubs paddle past Southmont Mounties
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle freshman Amelia Smith (far) edges out senior Kaelynn Cox (near) and Southmont's Kelly Richards in the girls 100-yard freestyle event on Thursday. Less than one second seperated the three swimmers.
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The Greencastle boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams dominated their dual meets against South-mont on Thursday.
The girls' won every event en route to a 121-55 win.
The boys' were tripped up only in diving and cruised to a 142-28.
"I'm very happy with the results," GHS swim coach Kent Menzel said. "They told me they were going to do some great stuff tonight, and they definitely delivered."
Although the teams cruised, there were several races that came right down to the wire.
In the girls' 200-free, GHS swimmer senior Kaelynn Cox led by only half a body length with 60 yards to go. She pulled away in down the stretch, giving her a 3.2 second victory, finishing in a time of 2:25.30.
That was one of the few scares the Mounties could give Greencastle, but the team provided enough excitement for itself.
"For us, it's how everybody is progressing as far as their times are concerned," Manzel said. "We have really had a great week. We did not quite see the effect of the fast swimming in the team score (of Tuesday's meet) against Bloomington North, but it was really happening.
"Tonight, that momentum continued at the right place at the right time, and you saw what our swimmers were capable of more and more."
A pair of Tiger Cub girls raced to the finish in the 100 free, with freshman Amelia Smith edging out Cox, 1:03.60 to 1:03.84.
The boys' squad had it's own excitement.
After Southmont sophomore diver Zac Gray pulled out a victory over GHS sophomore Levi Lewis, the Tiger Cubs' swimmers swept the rest of the meet, challenging only themselves to the finish.
This became especially true in the 100-back, which pitted two of the Tiger Cubs' better swimmers -- junior Nash Firebaugh and junior Nathan Gardner -- against each other.
"Nash and Nathan are good friends and they asked to be able to race each other tonight, so I let them," Menzel said. "They're both very fast. Nash tonight had a little bit of an edge on his turns. In terms of straight-up swimming speed they were pretty equal, but Nash was getting a little bit of an edge each time they came into the wall.
"They were both in it for fun tonight, and I think they were both winners on that count."
Firebaugh finished at 59.53, narrowly edging out Gardner.
The Tiger Cubs made clean top-three sweeps in boys 200 free, girls 200 IM, girls and boys 100 fly and boys 100 free.
GHS returns to the pool on Tuesday at Crawfordsville at 6 p.m., with the conference schedule starting soon after.
"We're going to keep pressing up until Dec. 22 where we finish our fall season at the Wabash Valley Invitational," Menzel said. "We want to be strong and sharp for conference, but then set our eyes on the sectional championship."
At Greencastle
Girls' swimming and diving
Greencastle 121, Southmont 55
Boys' swimming and diving
Greencastle 142, Southmont 28
Event Results
Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Meyer, Mallary FR, Wheeler, Emily JR, Brush, Libby FR, Smith, Amelia FR), 2:07.94; 2. SHS 'A' (Ward, Ellen B JR, Kinkead, Morgan M JR, Wickholm, Nikki M SO, Witherspoon, Lauren N JR), 2:18.65; 3. GHS 'B' (Roberts, Jessica FR, Hansen, Beth Ann SO, Romer, Corrie FR, Stevens, Kristen SO), 2:21.41; 4. SHS 'B' (Edwards, Christa SO, Reed, Sadie A SR, Harrison, Katy M SO, Waddell, Hannah B SR), 2:36.41.
Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Gardner, Nathan JR, Harms, Isaac JR, Firebaugh, Nash L JR, Secrest, Taylor SO), 1:52.62; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Mangrum, Brant JR, Watson, Brayden SO, Ummel, Jason SO, Kessler, Jacob FR), 2:05.90; 3. SHS 'A' (Cloncs, Steven FR, Bartlett, Collin SR, Arnold, Justin L SO, Waddell, Wyatt 7), 2:16.21; 4. GHS-IN 'C' (Johnson, Mitchell SO, Hudson, Bryce SR, Secrest, Zach SO, Lewis, Levi SO), 2:19.61.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle:
1. Cox, Kaelynn, GCAS-IN, 2:25.30; 2. Richards, Kelsey M, SMT-IN, 2:28.52; 3. Simpson, Shannon M, SMT-IN, 2:32.47; 4. Doyle, Brittany N, SMT-IN, 2:38.51; 5. Mason, Kaitlynne, GCAS-IN, 2:55.38; 6. Anderson, Caitlyn, GCAS-IN, 3:10.95.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brattain, Elijah D, GCAS-IN, 2:04.42; 2. Asbell, Alex, GCAS-IN, 2:16.00; 3. Briones, Alex J, GCAS-IN, 2:18.66; 4. Bartlett, Collin, SMT-IN, 2:22.35.
Girls 200 Yard IM:
1. Brush, Libby, GCAS-IN, 2:36.16; 2. Wheeler, Emily, GCAS-IN, 2:45.07; 3. Gomez, Rosio, GCAS-IN, 2:47.86; 4. Wickholm, Nikki M, SMT-IN, 2:51.08; 5. Waddell, Hannah B, SMT-IN, 2:59.92; --. Harrison, Katy M, SMT-IN, DQ.
Boys 200 Yard IM:
1. Firebaugh, Nash L, GCAS-IN, 2:13.02; 2. Ummel, Jason, GCAS-IN, 2:38.39; 3. Arnold, Justin L, SMT-IN, 2:43.05; 4. Watson, Brayden, GCAS-IN, 2:52.72.
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle:
1. Smith, Amelia, GCAS-IN, 28.44; 2. Witherspoon, Lauren N, SMT-IN, 30.16; 3. Moore, Rebecca, GCAS-IN, 30.84; 4. Ward, Ellen B, SMT-IN, 31.43; 5. Stevens, Kristen, GCAS-IN, 32.43; 6. Karpova, Sofya, SMT-IN, 36.69.
Boys 50 Yard Freestyle:
1. Secrest, Taylor, GCAS-IN, 26.42; 2. Harms, Isaac, GCAS-IN, 27.50; 3. Cloncs, Steven, SMT-IN, 31.48; 4. Johnson, Mitchell, GCAS-IN, 31.75; 5. Waddell, Wyatt, SMT-IN, 32.76.
Girls 1 mtr Diving:
1. Fauvergue, Madi, GCAS-IN, 102.35.
Boys 1 mtr Diving:
1. Gray, Zac, SMT-IN, 135.70; 2. Lewis, Levi, GCAS-IN, 130.75.
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly:
1. Gomez, Rosio, GCAS-IN, 1:14.60; 2. Meyer, Mallary, GCAS-IN, 1:15.09; 3. Romer, Corrie, GCAS-IN, 1:18.91; 4. Wickholm, Nikki M, SMT-IN, 1:24.51; 5. Peters, Allison, SMT-IN, 2:22.92.
Boys 100 Yard Butterfly:
1. Gardner, Nathan, GCAS-IN, 1:02.27; 2. Mangrum, Brant, GCAS-IN, 1:24.71; 3. Secrest, Zach, GCAS-IN, 1:32.86.
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle:
1. Smith, Amelia, GCAS-IN, 1:03.60; 2. Cox, Kaelynn, GCAS-IN, 1:03.83; 3. Richards, Kelsey M, SMT-IN, 1:04.50; 4. Witherspoon, Lauren N, SMT-IN, 1:08.79; 5. Hansen, Beth Ann, GCAS-IN, 1:20.96; 6. Karpova, Sofya, SMT-IN, 1:29.14.
Boys 100 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brattain, Elijah D, GCAS-IN, 54.22; 2. Ummel, Jason, GCAS-IN, 1:01.56; 3. Kessler, Jacob, GCAS-IN, 1:03.85; 4. Gray, Zac, SMT-IN, 1:21.47.
Girls 500 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brush, Libby, GCAS-IN, 6:27.05; 2. Simpson, Shannon M, SMT-IN, 6:50.88; 3. Doyle, Brittany N, SMT-IN, 6:57.05; 4. Moore, Rebecca, GCAS-IN, 7:01.93; 5. Mason, Kaitlynne, GCAS-IN, 7:48.47; 6. Edwards, Christa, SMT-IN, 8:03.43.
Boys 500 Yard Freestyle:
1. Harms, Isaac, GCAS-IN, 6:04.32; 2. Briones, Alex J, GCAS-IN, 6:26.57; 3. Bartlett, Collin, SMT-IN, 6:27.73; 4. Asbell, Alex, GCAS-IN, 6:27.85; 5. Waddell, Wyatt, SMT-IN, 8:07.02.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Cox, Kaelynn SR, Romer, Corrie FR, Gomez, Rosio JR, Smith, Amelia FR), 1:54.72; 2. SHS 'A' (Monts, Brooke A JR, Richards, Kelsey M SR, Kinkead, Morgan M JR, Simpson, Shannon M JR), 2:03.34; 3. GHS 'B' (Wheeler, Emily JR, Roberts, Jessica FR, Stevens, Kristen SO, Moore, Rebecca SO), 2:06.72; 4. SHS 'B' (Doyle, Brittany N SR, Peters, Allison SO, Edwards, Christa SO, Waddell, Hannah B SR), 2:25.11; 5. GHS 'C' (Anderson, Caitlyn FR, Fauvergue, Madi FR, Hansen, Beth Ann SO, Mason, Kaitlynne SR), 2:30.90.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brattain, Elijah D SO, Kessler, Jacob FR, Secrest, Taylor SO, Briones, Alex J SO), 1:46.03; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Ummel, Jason SO, Watson, Brayden SO, Mangrum, Brant JR, Asbell, Alex SR), 1:53.97; 3. SHS 'A' (Arnold, Justin L SO, Cloncs, Steven FR, Waddell, Wyatt 7, Bartlett, Collin SR), 2:05.25.
Girls 100 Yard Backstroke:
1. Meyer, Mallary, GCAS-IN, 1:14.32; 2. Harrison, Katy M, SMT-IN, 1:21.68; 3. Roberts, Jessica, GCAS-IN, 1:27.87; 4. Anderson, Caitlyn, GCAS-IN, 1:45.96; 5. Peters, Allison, SMT-IN, 1:46.91.
Boys 100 Yard Backstroke:
1. Firebaugh, Nash L, GCAS-IN, 59.53; 2. Gardner, Nathan, GCAS-IN, 1:01.68; 3. Cloncs, Steven, SMT-IN, 1:16.06; 4. Johnson, Mitchell, GCAS-IN, 1:17.31.
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke:
1. Wheeler, Emily, GCAS-IN, 1:21.65; 2. Kinkead, Morgan M, SMT-IN, 1:22.08; 3. Romer, Corrie, GCAS-IN, 1:24.17; 4. Hansen, Beth Ann, GCAS-IN, 1:27.27; 5. Reed, Sadie A, SMT-IN, 1:28.12; 6. Monts, Brooke A, SMT-IN, 1:35.77.
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke:
1. Secrest, Taylor, GCAS-IN, 1:16.46; 2. Watson, Brayden, GCAS-IN, 1:19.61; 3. Hudson, Bryce, GCAS-IN, 1:20.48.
Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brush, Libby FR, Meyer, Mallary FR, Gomez, Rosio JR, Cox, Kaelynn SR), 4:26.51; 2. SHS 'A' (Witherspoon, Lauren N JR, Wickholm, Nikki M SO, Simpson, Shannon M JR, Richards, Kelsey M SR), 4:39.82; 3. GHS 'B' (Roberts, Jessica FR, Mason, Kaitlynne SR, Stevens, Kristen SO, Moore, Rebecca SO), 5:09.78; 4. SHS 'B' (Doyle, Brittany N SR, Reed, Sadie A SR, Monts, Brooke A JR,
Harrison, Katy M SO), 5:22.71.
Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brattain, Elijah D SO, Harms, Isaac JR, Gardner, Nathan JR, Firebaugh, Nash L JR), 3:44.07; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Briones, Alex J SO, Kessler, Jacob FR, Mangrum, Brant JR, Asbell, Alex SR), 4:16.89; 3. GHS 'C' (Hudson, Bryce SR, Lewis, Levi SO, Johnson, Mitchell SO, Secrest, Zach SO), 5:24.81.
Tiger Cubs lose physical battle to feisty Danville Warriors, 58-51
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Greencastle junior guard Alex Basile steals the ball from Danville junior Chelsea Gould in the fourth quarter of the game on Tuesday. Basile had five total steals and finished with a team-high 12 points.
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The Danville girls' basketball team is starting to make a habit of frustrating its' Putnam County foes.
After winning at South Putnam by three last week, the Warriors topped Greencastle on Tuesday, 58-51.
The Tiger Cubs fell behind early, at times in the first quarter struggling to cross midcourt. They turned the ball over 15 times in the period.
They responded in the second quarter. GHS closed the gap to 21-18 at the half and had zero turnovers.
Senior Rayleigh Amis and sophomore Jessica Lenihan had eight of the teams' 10 points in the second quarter, combining for four-for-seven shooting.
"Danville a good job, in the first half especially, of pressuring us up front; getting some easy steals that lead to easy baskets," GHS coach Bradley Key said. "Our girls did a good job of fighting back. Only being down three at half was a pretty good accomplishment."
The teams traded buckets for most of the third quarter, though GHS never got closer than one.
They traded fouls, as well.
The Tiger Cubs had six in the quarter and the Warriors had seven.
Amis and Danville's leading scorer, sophomore Allie Lake, each picked up their fourth foul in the period.
When the dust settled, the Warriors took a 38-33 lead into the fourth.
Danville opened the final frame on a nine-two run in the first two minutes, but the Tiger Cubs kept scratching for a lead.
The closest they came was seven points.
Junior Alex Basile made five-of-six shots in the period, but her team-high 12 points weren't enough.
"We told her, we know she can score, but she's got to believe in herself," Key said. "In that fourth quarter she stepped up and kept us in the game a little longer."
Key called one final timeout, down seven with 6.8 seconds remaining.
GHS got a steal, but junior Shelby Earl's shot from the wing missed wide and the ball rolled harmlessly out of bounds.
"They did play hard," Key said. "I don't think we really gave up at any point in time. We put ourselves in bad positions.
"Every day we've got to get better for February and hopefully that game is an experience that we can learn from."
Greencastle will play Cloverdale on Friday at 6 p.m.
At Greencastle
Danville -- 14 7 17 20 -- 58
Greencastle -- 8 10 15 18 -- 51
Individual scoring
Danville: Lake 7-14, 1-3, 16; Gould 3-7, 6-6, 13; Newby 5-10, 2-4, 13; Taylor 3-5, 1-2, 7; Lynch 1-3, 1-2, 3; Kiefer 0-1, 3-4, 3; Ford 1-1, 0-0, 3; Motter 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Basile 6-11, 0-0, 12; Amis 4-10, 2-2, 10; Lenihan 5-8, 0-2, 10; Taylor 3-11, 2-2, 9; Earl 2-10, 0-0, 4; Stoltey 1-3, 2-2, 4; Covert 0-0, 2-4, 2; Smiley 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Turnovers
D: 20
G: 24
Rebounds
D: 26
G: 30
Three-pointers
D: 4-11
G: 1-9
Clovers dominate Eminence in 61-9 win
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Cloverdale sophomore Bailee Stevens steps in front of a pass intended for Eminence freshman Zoe Foote. Stevens had eight steals in the game.
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The Cloverdale girls' basketball team held Eminence to only two first-half points in its 61-9 win on Monday.
It was the team's largest margin of victory since beating Indianapolis Howe 81-24 on Dec. 29, 2006.
"Defensively we played well," Cloverdale coach Matthew Langdon said. "You have to just slow down and make sure that we were learning stuff off of the game."
The Clovers shut out the Eels in the first quarter, using a full-court press for the first four minutes before falling back into half court for the remainder of the game.
The teams' 2-3 zone proved just as potent. Senior Paige Gruener had five first-half steals, most leading to layups on the other end.
Gruener finished with 11 points.
The Clovers were led in scoring by sophomore Bailee Stevens, who came off the bench to score 14 points. She added seven steals.
"Paige is always our leader on the defensive end; getting steals. Bailee really stepped up for us tonight." Langdon said. "Our girls, defensively, moved their feet really well. Even in the 2-3, where it's easy to just pass it around and not to get a lot of steals, our girls really moved their feet."
Eminence finally got on the scoreboard when senior Codi Belcher made a short shot from the baseline with two minutes left in the second quarter.
Leading 32-2 at halftime, senior Amillia Nally came on in the third quarter, scoring seven of her 13 points in the first two minutes.
Both teams used the game as a chance to get younger players into the game.
With the outcome decided (45-4 after three quarters), Langdon used the fourth to get his underclassmen varsity experience.
Because many of them also play on the junior varsity team, they were only eligible to play for one quarter of varsity action.
"It gets tough for us from here on out," Langdon said. "We need to continue to work on things and continue to improve. We can't just be content with this. We really need to work to get better in the next week."
Cloverdale opens its conference schedule at Greencastle on Friday at 6 p.m.
At Eminence
Cloverdale -- 17 15 14 15 -- 61
Eminence -- 0 2 2 5 -- 9
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Stevens 6-16, 2-5, 14; Nally 5-9, 2-4, 13; Gruener 4-12, 3-3, 11; Shrum 4-10, 1-1, 9; Tate 2-2, 1-5, 5; Dorsett 1-1, 2-2, 4; Clark 2-4, 0-0, 4; Worthington 1-1, 0-0, 2; Walters 0-2, 1-2, 1; Helterbrand 0-3, 0-0, 0; Skiles 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Eminence: Jobes 1-9, 0-0, 2; Foote 1-7, 0-0, 2; Belcher 1-4, 0-0, 2; Watson 0-2, 2-2, 2; Moore 0-9, 1-6, 1; Stierwalt 0-3, 0-0, 0; Gore 0-2, 0-0, 0; Marlnee 0-6, 0-0, 0; Ninette 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hall 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Turnovers
C: 17
E: 32
Rebounds
C: 48
E: 33
Eagles claim county title, redeem last year's final loss
Sunday, December 2, 2012
The 2012 Putnam County Classic champions South Putnam. The players (front, from left) Trevor Long (fr.), Klayton Vittetow (jr.), Derrick Mitchell (jr.), Justin Bumgardner (sr.), Jimmy Rutter (fr.), (second row, from left) Trey Moore (jr.), Kinser Franklin (sr.), Ryan Chestnut (sr.), Logan Pell (sr.), Sawyer Arnold (jr.) and Codey Snow (sr.). [Order this photo]
The South Putnam boys' basketball team used its height (and experience) to its advantage on Saturday, claiming the 2012 Putnam County Championship with a 53-44 win against North Putnam.
It's the Eagles' first PCC win since 2008, allowing the club to avenge last year's championship game loss to Greencastle.
"This goes back a year ago," South Putnam coach Troy Burgess said. "I think this means a lot to the kids that graduated last year -- my seniors that graduated.
"We came in last year and got this thing off and running, and those guys kind of set the tone and got things going in the right direction."
Senior forward Justin Bumgardner led the charge for the Eagles, pulling down a game-high 16 rebounds while adding 15 points.
"He had a good weekend for us, offensively, on the boards, everything," Burgess said. "We feel like our strength right now is our inside, our post-presence. When we get the ball inside to them and finish, we can be pretty good."
The Eagles' penetration led to early foul trouble for the NPHS bigs, seniors Jameson Brewer and Jake Haste.
Each picked up his third foul before halftime, forcing the Cougars to go with a small-ball lineup that couldn't withstand the Eagles attack.
As a team, SPHS out-rebounded NPHS 46-32.
"We got ourselves into trouble in the first half with three fouls on both of those guys," NPHS coach Nathan Martindale said. "That kind of puts us behind the eight-ball."
The Eagles led by only two, 14-12, after the first quarter despite holding NPHS to just 4-19 shooting.
The quickness of the Cougar guards helped force five turnovers in the period.
"That's what we can do," Martindale said, "because we're quick, we're athletic."
The Eagles figured out the press and began attacking inside during the second quarter.
Brewer picked up an early third foul, leaving Haste to carry the load inside.
NPHS senior Jameson Brewer blocks a lay-up attempt from SPHS junior Trey Moore into the seats in the first quarter of the 2012 Putnam County Championship final.
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With three minutes remaining before halftime, SPHS senior Ryan Chestnut snuck underneath him and pulled in an offensive rebound. Haste was called for a push in the back. He then picked up a technical foul, his third personal, and was sent to the bench.
With Haste out, the Eagles completed the quarter on a seven-nothing run and took a 25-17 lead into halftime.
"We had to make a decision there to keep us with a little bit more athleticism," Martindale said. "Coy (Flynn, who started the second half) has some good athleticism, he's quick. We thought we could get after them just a little bit there and bring Jake off the bench (in the second half)."
The Eagles continued to slowly pull away in the third quarter. Senior Logan Pell opened the scoring with a three-pointer, and Bumgardner scored eight points in the period on four-of-five shooting.
Brewer began heating up as well, knocking down a pair of threes in the quarter. He finished with a game-high 19 points.
"We don't mind the three point shot, but we'd also like to see him get toward the bucket," Martindale said. "That's part of what we talked about in the locker room. We've got to take more shots in the paint. We can't be banking on the three-point shot all the time, because that's going to get us hurt."
SPHS led 38-27 after three, and the fouls continued piling up for the Cougars.
The only thing keeping NPHS in the game was the Eagles poor foul shooting (seven-of-14 in the fourth), but the Cougars simply couldn't mount enough offense to respond.
"I thought (South Put) played a good game, but this one is on us," Martindale said. "Offensively, we just did not do a good job with shot selection; with understanding what's a good shot and what's a bad shot. We forced way too much from the outside."
Brewer added a couple more late threes, but by then it was too late for a comeback.
It's still early in the season, but both coaches said their teams will use the tournament results to grow and move forward.
"When you win the county, you put the target on your back," Burgess said. "That's OK, we'll take that. But you can't rest. You've got to continue to work."
Martindale had firmer words for his squad.
"Our guys, they've got to understand where we need to go," Martindale said. "With this team, we've learned from it, we're young in terms of experience and we'll be better next week."
The Eagles are back in action on Friday when they open the West Central Conference schedule against Cascade at 7:30 p.m.
North Putnam hosts Crawfordsville on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
At Greencastle
Putnam County Classic -- Championship game
South Putnam -- 14 11 13 15 -- 53
North Putnam -- 12 5 10 17 -- 44
Individual scoring
South Putnam: Bumgardner 6-12, 3-7, 15; Moore 4-8, 4-6, 12; Pell 3-5, 0-0, 8; Franklin 3-8, 0-0, 8; Arnold 1-3, 3-4, 6; Chestnut 2-6, 1-4, 5; Vittetow 0-1, 0-0, 0; Long 0-0, 0-0, 0.
North Putnam: Brewer 7-17, 2-2, 19; Green 4-12, 0-0, 10; Nauert 2-15, 0-0, 5; Hazelgrove 1-6, 2-2, 4; Haste 1-3, 0-0, 2; Flynn 1-6, 0-0, 2; Herrmann 1-3, 0-0, 2.
Team scoring
S: 19-42, 11-22, 53.
N: 16-64, 4-4, 44.
Rebounds (Offensive)
S: 46 (6)
N: 32 (11)
Three-point shooting
S: 5-7
N: 8-29
Turnovers
S: 17
N: 8
Clovers pull out thrilling OT win in PCC consolation
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Cloverdale junior Brandon Dorman blocks a lay-up by Greencastle sophomore Brody Bollman in the 2012 Putnam County Classic consolation game.
The final day of the 2012 Putnam County Classic boys' basketball tournament featured a thrilling comeback, last-second game-tying shot from an unlikely source, a dramatic overtime and a pair of teams battling for their early-season identity.
And that was just in the consolation game.
The Cloverdale Clovers topped Greencastle 51-49 in overtime on Saturday, battling back from a tough first half to claim the thrilling victory.
"We didn't do anything more than what Greencastle did. The two teams played hard at each other and after overtime when the gun sounded, we happened to be ahead," Cloverdale coach Pat Rady said. "This game could have gone either way. We both were right there and we both, if we look at the films, both coaches and the players are going to think, 'Boy, if I could have done this; if I could have done that.'"
There were no signs early that the game would end in such electrifying fashion.
Despite six turnovers, the Clovers had a lead after the first quarter, 9-6. The wheels started to come off in the second.
GHS held its opponent to only four field goal attempts in the second quarter, one a last-second prayer from beyond half court.
The Tiger Cubs took a 21-14 lead into the break, despite shooting only seven-for-24 from the field themselves.
"I thought our kids responded well from last night," GHS coach Troy Greenlee said. "They were pretty disappointed. They're pretty disappointed tonight because of the loss, but there's a lot of good kids with character in there."
As they did Friday against North Putnam, the Clovers began to heat up in the third quarter.
Junior Kedrick Collet poured in eight the team's 18 points in the quarter on three-of-four shooting, sparking the anemic attack and fueling up their defensive energy.
Cloverdale narrowed the gap to only two points after three, 34-32, and more importantly, entered the fourth quarter already in the bonus, having drawn six Tiger Cubs fouls.
"Fouling is something we're going to need to look at," Greenlee said. "We've been fouling way too much in the last three games. We've still got a ways to go."
Sophomore sixth-man Lane Winslow fouled out with 3:29 left, and senior forward Nick Gilliam (with his game-high 16 points) followed a minute later.
For the first time since six minutes remained in the second quarter, the Clovers took the lead with 3:08 left in regulation.
GHS seemed lifeless, with all the momentum heading the Clovers' way and two of its best offensive playmakers fouled out.
But poor free throw shooting kept the Tiger Cubs in the game.
Cloverdale made only eight-of-21 free throws in the second half.
That, combined with a slow pace, allowed Greencastle to hang tight, never trailing by more than three points.
"As I told them before we went out tonight, sometimes that ball," Rady said, "is not going to fall. But defense, your hustle, your attitude, can always be the same.
"And we said, don't worry about missed shots. Some of the guys that struggled then hit some big ones for us towards the end."
The Tiger Cubs had players hit big shots as well.
GHS sophomore Adam Gerard scored with 17 seconds to go and narrowed the gap to 45-44.
Greenlee called a timeout to set his defense. The Tiger Cubs fouled, sending Collet to the line.
Only one-for-four on his free throws at that point, the junior calmly knocked down both and gave the Clovers a three-point lead.
Twelve seconds left. Timeout, Greencastle.
The Tiger Cubs passed the ball around and found sophomore guard Colyn Foxx open at the top of the key.
Foxx was scoreless, 0-2 from the field.
His high-arcing shot sailed over the lunging arm of Collet and nestled into the bottom of the net with only six seconds remaining.
"He hit a big shot; a real big shot" Greenlee said. "It just kind of ended up that he got the ball in his hands. It wasn't really anything that I set up. That last play was set up for Holden (King, a junior). It just ended up in (Foxx's) hand and I feel pretty confident about him shooting it."
As Greencastle celebrated, Cloverdale hustled to get the ball back in for a chance of its own.
Collet streaked to half court and let fly his prayer.
The ball rimmed out. Overtime.
The Clovers scored first on a field goal by Collet, but Greencastle went right back on the attack.
Sophomore Brantson Scott, tied with Collet for a team-high 13 points, was called for his fifth foul.
Senior Nick Cupp, a starter who had rested for much of the second half, was called back into action.
GHS sophomore Brody Bollman drew the foul and sank both his free throws, re-tying the game.
Cloverdale responded and drew a foul.
Ice-cold Nick Cupp was sent to the line.
He knocked down the first and missed the second, but Cloverdale got the ball back.
Junior Brandon Dorman was fouled, his team up one with 26 seconds left.
Dorman missed the first and made the second, his fifth point of the game.
Greencastle called another time out. This time a three-ball would win it.
Again it went to Foxx at the top of the key. He missed short and the buzzer sounded.
"We just didn't make enough plays in the overtime," Greenlee said. "We didn't put the ball in the basket enough."
Thrilling weekend wins are starting to become a Cloverdale specialty.
"That's two Saturdays in a row now," Rady said, referring to a last-second win over Riverton Parke on Nov. 24. "You can't put your hat on anything this early. It's a long, long season and you have to be ready."
Cloverdale and Greencastle meet again on Friday at GHS at 7:30 p.m.
At Greencastle
Putnam County Classic -- Consolation
Greencastle -- 6 15 13 13 -- 2 -- 49
Cloverdale -- 9 5 18 15 -- 4 -- 51
Individual scoring
Greencastle: Gilliam 5-11, 6-10, 16; Mitchell 2-2, 2-5, 7; Gerard 2-7, 2-2, 7; King 2-9, 0-0, 6; Winslow 3-7, 0-0, 6; Bollman 1-6, 2-2, 4; Fox 1-5, 0-0, 3; Christy 0-5, 0-2, 0; Hughes 0-4, 0-0, 0.
Cloverdale: Collet 4-8, 3-6, 13; Scott 5-8, 3-14, 13; Schroer 5-13, 0-0, 12; Cummings 2-4, 2-6, 6; Dorman 1-5, 3-6, 5; Cupp 0-1, 1-2, 1; Hughes 0-0, 1-2, 1.
Team scoring
G: 16-56, 12-20, 49.
C: 17-36, 13-35, 51.
Rebounds (Offensive)
G: 43 (17).
C: 33 (7).
Three-point shooting
G: 5-18.
C: 4-16.
Turnovers
G: 21
C: 21
New redistricting plan raises questions for North Putnam
Saturday, December 1, 2012
A new plan for redistricting North Putnam for the 2014 election year is up for review, and the school will begin rolling out town meetings to explain the plan to all of the voters in the corporation.
In October, North Putnam was hit with a lawsuit that dealt with the unfair districting of the townships.
This lawsuit has had the North Putnam School Board coming up with ideas and a plan to redistrict the school district.
The North Putnam School Board has proposed a plan to redistrict the area that will now allow for five district seats and two at-large seats, instead of six and one.
"(We've) set this plan into motion, so that in the future we are not re-inventing the wheel," North Putnam superintendent Dan Noel said. "It was a very time-consuming process, but that's what the law says, so that's what we're going to do."
The plan is to make it so that five members of the board will come from the five new redistricted precincts:
* Russell and Clinton
* Jackson and Franklin North
* Monroe East, Monroe West and Franklin South
* Floyd West and Floyd South
* Floyd East
The other two members of the board would be restricted members at-large. Everyone in the corporation votes, but the member must reside in a specified area.
One will be from the Jackson and Floyd townships and the other from the four western townships.
The redistricting process was set in motion because the previous precincts were divided by townships.
These townships had very different populations and were not in compliance with Indiana law.
The school board districts now have relatively equal populations, but a new potential problem has emerged.
Voters elected candidates to serve full four-year teams and that has now changed.
The board was expected to have completed the redistricting process well in advance of the election on Nov. 6 so potential candidates would be able to file correctly, and voters would know the terms of the election.
Now, those who, a few weeks ago, were elected to serve for four years have had their term cut to two years.
Four of the board's seven spots were up for election -- Russell, Franklin, Monroe townships, and the lone at-large seat.
The remaining three spots -- Floyd, Jackson and Clinton townships -- were (and are) up for vote in November 2014.
Incumbent board member Mark Hoke retained his at-large seat in the election. That at-large seat is the only one from the recent election that did not have a reduced term -- it will still run from Jan. 1, 2014-Dec. 31-2017, though it will now be the Restricted West at-large seat.
The other three spots were won by people who will be new to the board -- Darrell Wiatt in Russell, Jill Summerlot in Franklin and Jim Bowling in Monroe.
Despite being elected to four-year terms (meant to run from Jan. 1, 2013-Dec. 31, 2016) those seats will now be up for re-election in November 2014.
Additionally, because Russell and Clinton (and Monroe and Franklin South) will now share a seat, there could potentially be two sets incumbent board members running against one another for the same seat.
Term limits have also changed.
At the 2014 election, the Monroe (East and West)/Franklin South district and the Floyd West/Floyd South district will be a two-year term that runs from Jan. 1, 2015-Dec. 31, 2016.
The subsequent terms will last for four years (2017-2020, 2021-2024, etc.).
The lawsuit the board is facing has been answered, but there are still some questions about the new plan.
North Putnam will hold town meetings for the next four months to explain the process, and the new voting districts, to the corporation's voters.
Beginning on Dec. 3, and running until March 21, the Noel and board members will talk with voters and listen to suggestions or questions about the changes.
Redistricting wasn't the only thing discussed at Thursday's special meeting. Robin Smith was promoted to replace Debbie Carrico as the new food service director.
GHS Tiger Cubs take home county wrestling team title
Friday, December 14, 2012
Individual champions for the 2012 Putnam County wrestling tournament included Ryley Cook, Nick Havey, Jacob Lorimer, Dean Kleiber, Jordan Sanders, Jacob Camacho, Riley Boswell, Joe Waters, Aaron Langdon, Carter Lewis, Hunter Smith, Rudy Harris and Lane Hacker. Blaine Fenwick is not picutred.
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CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School wrestling team won its second straight Putnam County wrestling championship on Thursday, finishing with a 3-0 team record and earning seven individual county champions.
Tiger Cubs senior Carter Lewis (170) won his fourth consecutive county title.
"It was a good win for us, but we've got to keep looking forward," GHS coach Matt McComish said. "It's always good to win county. We knew we had some tough teams to wrestle when we came in, and we knew it was going to be close
Greencastle's Hunter Smith (black) got the worst of this exchange with South Putnam's Tanner Thompson, but Smith was able to recover to win the match and win his second straight county championship.
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"It was a tough fight all night all night and I'm glad we came away with a win."
Ryley Cook (106), Jordan Sanders (113), Riley Boswell (145), Aaron Langdon (160), Hunter Smith (182) and Blaine Fenwick (220) also won titles for GHS.
"All seven of them wrestled really well," McComish said. "We still have things we can improve on, but we're starting to do some things right. At this time of the season, that's what I want to see."
The South Putnam team finished second in the meet with a 2-1 record. They had six county champions: Nick Havey (113), Jacob Lorimer (120), Jacob Camacho (138), Joe Waters (152), Rudy Harris (195) and Lane Hacker (3-0).
"As a team we wrestled pretty well," SPHS coach Josh Hendrickson said. "(We've got to) fix the basics, work on the things that we've worked on and affect the things that we know."
Camacho won his second straight conference title, and also competed in the best match of the night, a battle with Greencastle's Nick Pingleton.
Tied at five after three rounds, the two battled through the sudden victory period and into the 30-second tiebreaker periods.
Camacho started in the defensive position, then slipped into a reversal. Neither could gain an upper hand in the time remaining and Camacho earned a 7-5 win by decision.
North Putnam finished the meet in third place and it was led by Dean Kleiber, who won his second-straight county title at 126 pounds.
The Cougars finished 1-2, equaling last year's county dual result.
"We had some good performances tonight," NPHS coach Bucky Kramer said. "It's tough on us when we're giving up four weight classes (to forfeit) off the top. You've got to stay happy with what we're seeing. Overall it's a good improvement."
Cloverdale rounded out the field, finishing 0-3 for the second consecutive year.
CHS coach Steven Livingston said his young team has a lot of room to grow.
"I don't think we looked nearly our best tonight," Livingston said. "We just try to stay positive and keep the guys working hard and focus on what really matters and that's the matches at the end of the season.
"Those are the matches that we keep telling our guys, keep your nose to the grind; keep getting better. Win those matches when they count at the end of the season. That's how you get your picture on the wall. That's how people remember you."
Havey, Waters, Smith and Harris each won their second straight county title.
Greencastle's Fenwick suffered an apparent neck injury in his bout against South Putnam's Jacob Williams. He was taken out on a stretcher.
The champion Tiger Cubs return to action Saturday when they host the Holiday Invitational on Saturday at 9 a.m. North Putnam hosts a dual meet with Rockville on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 6:30 p.m.
South Putnam will compete in the state duals on Saturday, Dec. 22 at Westfield High School beginning at 9 a.m. Cloverdale is back when they compete at Ben Davis High School on Thursday, Dec. 27 at 8 a.m.
Complete individual results will be included in a future issue of the Banner Graphic.
At Cloverdale
2012-13 Putnam County Wrestling Tournament
1. Greencastle 3-0, 2. SPHS 2-1, 3. NPHS 1-2, 4. Cloverdale 0-3.
Individual Champions
106 -- Ryley Cook, GHS
113 -- Nick Havey, SPHS
120 -- Jacob Lorimer, SPHS
126 -- Dean Kleiber, NPHS
132 -- Jordan Sanders, GHS
138 -- Jacob Camacho, SPHS
145 -- Riley Boswell, GHS
152 -- Joe Waters, SPHS
160 -- Aaron Langdon, GHS
170 -- Carter Lewis, GHS
182 -- Hunter Smith, GHS
195 -- Rudy Harris, SPHS
220 -- Blaine Fenwick, GHS
285 -- Lane Hacker, SPHS
Bad half dooms Eagles against Patriots
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
South Putnam junior Aubrey Nichols knocks down a three-point shot from the corner against Owen Valley on Tuesday.
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A weak second half gave them a 55-36 loss, but the South Putnam girls' basketball team spent the first half of Tuesday's game looking ready to upset Owen Valley.
The Eagles' shots weren't falling but a newly-installed 2-3 zone defense had the Patriots scrambling.
Owen Valley shot just 24 percent (6-for-25) in the first half.
"At halftime, we were happy with the position we were in," SPHS head coach Lindsey Blackman said. "Because we switched to the zone, we knew we had to get block outs and get defensive rebounds. We crashed the boards offensively and were able to get some second shot attempts.
"We were happy with the aggressiveness and the tone in the first half and then we kind of let it go in the third (quarter)."
The Eagles led 19-15 at the break.
SPHS junior Aubrey Nichols and senior Leanna Masters each had six rebounds in the half, though the Eagles were outrebounded as a team, 22-19.
That deficit foreshadowed things to come.
Owen Valley came out for the second half on fire, getting to the rim on nearly every possession.
When Masters picked up her third foul early in the third the Patriots dominated the interior, pulling in seven offensive rebounds in the quarter.
The Patriots opened the second half on 23-2 run that extended into the fourth and dispirited the Eagles.
"I told the girls, this was the first time I wasn't happy with our performance," Blackman said. "It looked like in the third quarter we gave up. As soon as they hit a couple big shots, the shoulders went down, it was very quiet on defense. It seemed like a little let up."
Mallory Cash led the Eagles with nine points and three steals. Masters finished with eight points (three-for-four shooting) and nine rebounds.
Patriots guard Alicia Wilson had a game-high 17 points and five steals.
Sarah Jones came off the bench to pull in 14 rebounds for Owen Valley.
The Eagles are back in action Thursday when they travel to Covenant Christian. The game tips at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Owen Valley -- 8 7 19 21 -- 55
South Putnam -- 8 11 2 15 -- 36
Individual scoring
Owen Valley: Wilson 7-12, 2-2, 17; Herrington 5-7, 1-2, 13; Corder 5-11, 0-1, 10; Williams 3-12, 0-0, 7; Jones 3-13, 0-0, 6; Eldridge 1-6, 0-0, 2; Richardson 0-3, 0-1, 0.
South Putnam: Cash 4-13, 0-0, 9; Masters 3-4, 2-3, 9; Nichols 2-7, 1-1, 6; Varvel 2-10, 1-4, 5; Whitaker 2-2, 0-0, 4; Birt 1-6, 0-0, 2; Barnes 1-4, 0-0, 2; Cundiff 0-2, 0-0, 0; York 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hewitt 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring (three-pointers)
Owen Valley: 24-61 (9-34), 3-5, 51; South Putnam 15-48 (2-9), 4-9, 36.
Rebounds (offensive)
Owen Valley 45 (22), South Putnam 31 (13)
Turnovers
Owen Valley 16, South Putnam 21
Eagles fly through water to split with Fountain Central Mustangs
Monday, December 10, 2012
South Putnam senior Zeke Evens lost his goggles early during the 100-yard breast stroke event on Saturday against Southmont, but still swam to a third-place finish.
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The South Putnam boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams split a meet with Fountain Central on Satuday.
The boys' squad came away with a 103-68 victory, while the girls lost 117-68.
"I think they swam really well," SPHS swim coach Matthew Edwards said. "Even some of the swimmers that aren't getting the first places are getting personal bests."
On the boys' side, senior Matt Lund, juniors Tayler Arnold and Tyler Neumann and sophomore Zane Crosby started off the morning with a win in the 200 medley relay.
It was one of four wins on the day for Arnold, the school's record-holder in the 100 back.
Edwards said Arnold is focusing more on sprints this year. That showed when he picked up a win in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races.
Crosby and freshman Zach Rayce each picked up wins in individual races as well.
"We were down a lot of swimmers, due to illness and other things," Edwards said. "It really put a lot of strain on the swimmers (who are forced into) doing new events and things they weren't used to, but they handled it well."
The girls' team is still working to improve.
Many of the seniors are working on new events, Edwards said.
Freshman Katie Hansel (in the 200 free) and senior Lyndsie Beasley (100 breast) picked up solo wins for the team.
Hansel, Deszi, senior Ashley Wilson and freshman Katie Jo Beasley also teamed up to win the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Edwards said he enjoys the Fountain Central meet every year.
The SPHS coach is Mustangs alumnus, but said he has another reason for appreciating the meet.
"Our schools are very similar," he said, regarding the schools' populations and facilities. "This is always a really good meet for us to compete in because we're on the same level."
The Eagles return to the pool on Tuesday at Southmont at 6 p.m.
At South Putnam
Girls' results
Fountain Central 117, South Putnam 68
Boys' results
South Putnam 103, Fountain Central 68
Event Results
Girls' 200 medley relay:
1. FCHS-A Gayler, McGrady, Moore, Campbell; 2:09.15; 2. F-B Gibbs, Thomas, Green, R Johnson; 2:23.44; 3. SPHS Deszi, L. Beasley, Farmer, K Beasley; 2:25.78; 4. F-C Clevenger, M Johnson, Chavez, Winland; 2:33.62; 5. S-B Wilson, Arnold, Shaw, Plunkett; 2:41.00.
Boys' 200 medley relay:
1. S-A Arnold, Neumann, Lund, Crosby; 2:00.22; 2. F-A Hall, Phillips, Nine, Freeman; 2:05.09; 3. S-B Rayce, Evens, Nees, Chambers; 2:10.22.
Girls' 200 free:
1. Hansel, S; 2:34.39; 2 Thomas, F; 2:34.66; 3. Hands, F; 2:35.20; 4. Johnson, F; 2:38.44; 5. Wilson, S; 2:52.91; 6. Kiste, S; 3:13.16.
Boys' 200 free:
1. Phillips, F; 2:21.82; 2. Fields, S; 2:33.00; 3. Pitts, S; 2:35.39; 4. Andres, F; 2:55.44; 5. Hoagland, F; 3:05.61.
Girls' 200 IM:
1. Gibbs, F; 2:45.48; 2. Beasley, S; 2:56.35; 3. Green, F; 3:03.97; 4. Knight, S; 3:24.84; 5. Kelley, S; 3:41.32; DQ Gayler, F.
Boys' 200 IM:
1. Nine, F; 2:28.52; 2. Lund, S; 2:38.28; 3. Rayce, S; 2:49.80; 4. Nees, S; 2:50.60; 5. McGrady, F; 3:06.33.
Girls' 50 free:
1. Campbell, F; 28.63; 2. Farmer, S; 29.26; 3. Gulley, F; 29.97; 4. Arnold, S; 31.93; 5. Hands, F; 32.70; 6. Shaw, S; 33.59.
Boys' 50 free:
1. Arnold, S; 24.94; 2. Freeman, F; 28.19; 3. Terry, F; 33.39; 4. Martinek, F; 34.21; DQ Crosby, S.
Girls' diving:
1. Cambell, F; 145.25; 2. Plunkett, S; 142.65; 3. Sullivan, S; 134.00; 4. Winland, F; 77.4.
Boys' diving:
1. Freeman, F; 151.50; 2. Neumann, S; 129.35.
Girls' 100 fly:
1. McGrady, F; 1:07.20; 2. Moore, F; 1:10.05; 3. Clevenger, F; 1:39.09; 4. Shaw, S; 139.76; 5. Knight, S; 1:40.63.
Boys' 100 fly:
1. Nine, F; 1:06.35; 2. Lund, S; 1:06.58; 3. Hall, F; 1:13.19; 4. Nees, S; 1:19.04.
Girls' 100 free:
1. Chavez, F; 36.83; 2. Gulley, F; 1:04.73; 3. Farmer, S; 1:07.86; 4. Green, F; 1:08.00; 5. K Beasley, S; 1:09.28; 6. Kiste, S; 1:18.78.
Boys' 100 free:
1. Arnold, S; 56.19; 2. Pitts, S; 1:04.56; 3. McGrady, F; 1:12.09; 4. Chambers, S; 1:12.26; 5. Terry, F; 1:19.35.
Girls' 500 free:
1. McGrady, F; 6:36.26; 2. Morgan, S; 6:59.56; 3. Johnson, F; 6:59.75; 4. Hansel, S; 7:08.63; 5. Wilson, S; 7:26.93; 6. Johnson, F; 7:35.22.
Boys' 500 free:
1. Crosby, S; 6:06.93; 2. Z Evens, S; 6:30.49; 3. C Evens, S; 7:27.30; DQ Andres, F.
Girls' 200 free relay:
1. F-A Green, Thomas, Moore, Gulley; 2:01.24; 2. S-A Beasley, Arnold, Hansel, Farmer; 2:01.85; 3. F-B Hands, Winland, Clevenger, Johnson; 2:16.92; 4. S-B Knight, Kelley, Kiste, Plunkett; 2:20.10.
Boys' 200 free relay:
1. S-A Lund, Nees, Crosby, Arnold; 1:44.98; 2. F-A Nine, Freeman, McGrady, Phillips; 1:50.91; 3. S-B Pitts, Chambers, Fields, Evens; 2:06.48; 4. F-B Hoagland, Martinek, Terry, Andres; 2:19.44.
Girls' 100 back:
1. Gayler, F; 1:13.57; 2. Gibbs, F; 1:19.28; 3. K Beasley, S; 1:19.94; 4. Deszi, S; 1:20.68; 5. Chavez, F; 1:27.67.
Boys' 100 back:
1. Rayce, S; 1:11.94; 2. Hall, F; 1:14.96; 3. Fields, S; 1:21.85; 4. Hoagland, F; 1:53.02.
Girls' 100 breast:
1. Beasley, S; 1:28.84; 2. Thomas, F; 1:31.28; 3. Johnson, F; 1:41.33; 4. Arnold, S; 1:41.52; 5. Clevenger, F; 1:51.49; 6. Kelley, S; 2:01.91.
Boys' 100 breast:
1. Phillips, F; 1:18.65; 2. Neumann, S; 1:21.14; 3. Z Evens, S; 4.1:22.13; C Evens, S; 1:31.50.
Girls' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Hansel, Wilson, Deszi, K Beasley; 4:27.93; 2. F-A McGrady, Gayler, Gibbs, Campbell; 4:33.10; 3. F-B Hands, Chavez, Moore, Johnson; 4:43.62; 4. S-B Shaw, Plunkett, Kiste, Knight; 5:15.81.
Boys' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Pitts, Rayce, Fields, Neuman; 4:34.10; 2. F-A McGrady, Andres, Terry, Hall; 5:05.42.
Mounties run past Eagles in 66-41 romp
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Junior forward Trey Moore elevates to attempt a shot in the lane on Saturday. Moore was the lone bright spot for South Putnam, scoring a team-high 16 points in the loss to Southmont.
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The South Putnam boys' basketball team has size, both height and strength. This can often be a benefit, but the detriments for having such a roster were exposed on Saturday when the Eagles lost to Southmont, 66-41.
The Mounties forced 16 first-half turnovers, controlling the pace of the game and flustering the South Putnam offense.
The Eagles were overwhelmed by the Mounties half-court trap and ball pressure, rarely getting an opportunity to feed the ball into the post to use their size as an advantage.
SPHS took an early 3-2 lead when senior Justin Bumgardner completed a traditional three-point play at the 6:26 mark in the opening period, but the lead didn't last.
Mounties junior Devon Burton and senior Drake Cooksey turned up the intensity and forced the Eagles' ball handlers into difficult situations, forcing passes and picking up their dribble near midcourt.
"We didn't handle the pressure at all," SPHS head coach Troy Burgess said. "We've had two opportunities now against very good teams that have really gotten out and pressured us in Danville and in Southmont, and we haven't handled it.
"For us to be as good as we want to be, and get to where we want to be, we've got to handle that better."
Southmont led 24-10 after the first quarter, but the second was even more dominant.
Burton finished the first half with three steals and 18 points, going six-for-nine from the field.
Cooksey had four steals and 10 points himself.
"We've got a lot of quick guys. We've got to play to that," Southmont coach Jon Sparks said. "The guys did a real good job with that. I wish the second half had been as good, but it's hard to keep up with that intensity."
The teams went to the break with Southmont leading 41-14.
SPHS finally emerged from the locker room with less than a minute on the halftime clock.
They had a new game plan and a new lineup.
Junior Derrick Mitchell started in place of Bumgardner, who picked up technical foul in the first quarter and remained on the bench for the rest of the game.
Mitchell, a guard, also gave the Eagles more ball handlers on the court to try to get around the press.
The Eagles became more deliberate, slowing the game down and making careful decisions.
The new pace allowed them to get inside and they began drawing fouls. Down big, scoring with the clock stopped can be an equalizer.
Southmont committed nine fouls in the third quarter, allowing SPHS to go eight-for-eight on free throw attempts, but still managed to play even.
Burton tacked on 10 more points, giving him a game-high 28.
The Eagles finally made some headway in the fourth, but by then it was too late.
"We played hard in the second half," Burgess said. "I was proud of our kids. They didn't quit; they didn't let down. They continued to play hard."
Junior Trey Moore had a team-high 16 points and remained in attack mode until the final buzzer.
The Eagles lone advantage in the game came on the glass as they outrebounded Southmont 34-22.
"I've got to do a better job as a coach of preparing my guys to get them ready for this type of game," Burgess said. "I'll put this one on me tonight. I didn't have our guys prepared for that type of pressure."
Preparing for quickness in practice will be a challenge for the Eagles, and Burgess said he'll have to get creative.
"I know these guys will work hard; they'll do what I ask them to do," Burgess said. "We're going to have to create (quickness) somehow. As a coach, that's my job to figure out how we can simulate that, and how we can create that type of an atmosphere so we're ready.
"We're going to see it again next Friday night."
The Eagles return against Rockville on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Southmont -- 24 17 14 11 -- 66
South Putnam -- 10 4 14 13 -- 41
Individual scoring
Southmont: Burton 10-17, 4-6, 28; Cooksey 10-14, 0-4, 15; Thomas 2-8, 4-4, 10; Dinius 3-5, 0-0, 7; Stewart 1-1, 1-2, 3; Dehne 1-3, 1-3, 3; McCormick 0-1, 0-0, 0; Benge 0-0, 0-0, 0; Remley 0-0, 0-0, 0; Whalen 0-2, 0-0, 0; Truncone 0-1, 0-0, 0.
South Putnam: Moore 6-9, 4-4, 16; Arnold 2-8, 3-4, 7; R Chestnut 1-6, 2-2, 4; Pell 1-3, 0-0, 3; Bumgardner 1-2, 1-3, 3; Long 1-3, 1-4, 3; Franklin 1-4, 1-4, 3; D Chestnut 0-1, 1-2, 1; Vittetow 0-2, 0-0, 0; Mitchell 0-0, 0-0, 0; Carmichael 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring
Southmont 22-45, 15-24, 66; South Putnam 13-37, 13-23, 41.
Rebounds (offensive)
Southmont 22 (4); South Putnam 34 (13).
Turnovers
Southmont 13, South Putnam 26.
Tiger Cubs' JV wins 2012 county tournament
Saturday, December 8, 2012
The Greencastle girls' JV poses on the bleachers after winning the 2012 county championship. Members of the team include (front, from left) Kaylee Evans, Bethanie Burgeson, Paige Bragg, (second row) Madison Trout, Lauren Bridgewater, Marley Haltom, (back) Delanie Stoltey, Tera Amis, Alison White and Megan Haltom. [Order this photo]
CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School girls' junior varsity basketball team entered Saturday's county tournament with an impressive 7-1 record.
They left with a trophy, pair of wins, two tattered nets and claim to a 2012 county title.
"I'm really proud of them," GHS JV coach Matthew Welker said. "It's a great accomplishment to get to 9-1. We've faced some tough teams this year."
The Tiger Cubs defeated North Putnam in the final, 39-35.
Sophomore Lauren Bridgewater opened the game by making a three-pointer from the wing and finished with a game-high 12 points.
Greencastle led 12-8 after the first quarter and, at various times, appeared on the verge of going on a big run to push the Cougars to the brink of defeat.
NPHS kept fighting.
Freshman Jenny Heron was cold early but began heating up late in the first quarter, knocking down a pair of threes to keep her team in the game.
Heron and freshman Taylor Nauert worked the high-post and wing in perfect sync throughout the game.
Greencastle took a 25-19 lead to the fourth quarter, but North Putnam kept fighting.
Sophomore Kaitlin Mindiola scored five points in the quarter, including a traditional three-point play with 4:49 remaining, helping the Cougars seize momentum.
The team battled all the way back to tie GHS at 31-all with 2:15 to play.
The teams traded buckets back and forth. Freshman Paige Bragg added field goal with 30 seconds left to give GHS a 37-35 lead.
North Putnam drew up a play for Heron on the wing.
Her go-ahead three-point attempt caromed off the rim with twelve seconds remaining and the Tiger Cubs hauled in the rebound, raced the length of the court and Bridgewater put in a layup to ice the game.
"(North Putnam) would not go away," Welker said. "I'm really proud of everyone on the team for staying with it."
Greencastle beat Cloverdale 36-19 in the opening round matchup.
North Putnam beat South Putnam 31-24.
"I'm really pleased with the way the kids worked today," NPHS coach Laura Blaydes said. "It's a tough one to swallow but we're going to turn around and play again Tuesday and get our third win of the year."
North Putnam plays at North Vermillion Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Greencastle returns to action Thursday at Rockville.
At Cloverdale
2012 Putnam County girls' JV tournament
North Putnam -- 8 5 6 16 -- 35
Greencaste -- 12 7 6 14 -- 39
Individual scoring
NP: Nauert 4-7, 0-0, 10; Clodfelter 3-11, 0-2, 6; Heron 2-12, 0-0, 6; Mindiola 2-7, 1-1, 5; Millican 2-7, 0-0, 4; Laffin 1-1, 0-0, 2; M. Smith 0-2, 2-2, 2; B. Smith 0-0, 0-0, 0; Evans 0-1, 0-0, 0.
G: Bridgewater 5-11, 2-3, 12; Bragg 5-7, 0-2, 10; Amis 3-4, 1-1, 7; White 2-5, 3-4, 7; Stoltey 1-7, 0-0, 0; Trout 0-1, 0-0, 0; Ma. Haltom 0-1, 0-0, 0; Me. Haltom 0-0, 0-0, 0; Evans 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
North Putnam: 27 (11); Greencastle: 27 (10).
Turnovers
North Putnam: 14; Greencastle: 13
Greencastle boys get payback from tournament loss
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle senior Nate Christy (12) jumps to defend a layup by Cloverdale junior Kedrick Collet. Christy made a big offensive contribution as well, finishing with 11 points.
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After playing an overtime thriller in the Putnam County Classic, the Greencastle and Cloverdale boys' basketball teams seemed destined for another back-and-forth game on Friday.
The teams did not disappoint as Cloverdale came back from a 26-19 halftime deficit to take a lead with 2:46 to play.
Greencastle pulled out a 49-47 win, avenging their loss on Saturday.
Senior Nick Gilliam led the team with a game-high 12 points, including four in the fourth quarter.
"It was a good team win for us and we're just thrilled to get that first victory," GHS head coach Troy Greenlee said. "We've got a lot of guys that haven't played much varsity basketball, so every time we step on the floor, I just think we need to look to get better."
Cloverdale head coach Pat Rady said, despite the loss, he was pleased with his team's effort.
"Even though we lost tonight, I though we played better than we did last week," Rady said. "The turnovers will kill you every time, and that's what we've got to work on."
The Clovers turned the ball over 21 times, including 14 in the second half. Compared to the Tiger Cubs' 13 for the game, ball control played a huge factor.
CHS came out on fire, making five-of-nine shots, including three three-pointers, in the first period.
The Tiger Cubs' came back in the second, powered by the team's young bench.
Sophomores Brody Bollman, Adam Gerard, Colyn Foxx, Calvin Hughes and freshman Ryan Coble gave the team a spark that led to an 11-2 run to open the quarter.
"We told them in (the locker room) that it's going to be different guys every night that are going to make plays for us," Greenlee said. "Tonight I thought Ryan Coble came in, as a freshman, and hit some big shots and made some big plays.
"It was one of those games that we needed everything from everybody tonight."
Senior Dustin Cummings entered the starting lineup for Cloverdale to begin the second half, which seemed to energize the team's offense.
With the rest of the team spacing the floor, junior point guard Brandon Dorman was free to drive into the lane. He made four-of-five shots in the period, scoring eight of his 10 points.
CHS ended the quarter on a 6-2 run, trailing by only one after three.
Sophomore Brantson Scott tied the game with 3:01 remaining and, after a Greencastle turnover, Cummings sank a free throw to put the Clovers ahead with 2:46 to play.
The lead wouldn't last long as GHS senior Nate Christy sank a deep three on the next trip.
The Tiger Cubs' stretched the lead to four then tried to slow the game down, stretching out the clock by dribbling the ball on the perimeter.
"As a team, we've got to be able to take those runs and build on them instead of giving a team a little bit of life," Greenlee said. "I thought, coming out in the second half, we didn't pressure the ball like we should have. We just kind of let them get whatever they wanted on the offensive end."
With Greencastle's young guards working the clock, Cloverdale expanded its defense.
The ball pressure overwhelmed Greencastle as junior Kedrick Collet picked up a steal and layup with 25 seconds remaining.
"We haven't worked on that (ball pressure) a lot," Rady said.
The Clovers had only been called for three fouls in the half, so extending the game by forcing free throws was not an option.
Instead the team again picked up the pressure. Greencastle lost the ball out of bounds on the baseline with just seconds remaining.
Greencastle called a time.
Cloverdale, down two, had six seconds to go the length of the court for a basket.
Dorman took the ball past half court, then had it knocked up in the air.
The ball landed out of bounds to the Clovers, but only 1.7 seconds remained.
Dorman's heave as time expired came up well short.
"We made it exciting there towards the end," Greenlee said. "We struggled handling the ball a little bit down the stretch and gave them a chance."
Greencastle hosts Sullivan tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Cloverdale is back in action Friday when they'll host Monrovia.
At Greencastle
Cloverdale -- 13 6 18 10 -- 47
Greencastle -- 8 18 12 11 -- 49
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Dorman 5-11, 0-0, 10; Scott 5-8, 0-0, 10; Collet 3-8, 0-0, 9; Schroer 3-8, 0-0, 8; Cummings 1-1, 3-4, 5; Cupp 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hughes 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Gilliam 6-14, 0-0, 12; Christy 4-7, 0-0, 11; Winslow 4-11, 1-2, 9; Bollman 2-6, 2-2, 6; Coble 2-3, 0-0, 6; Foxx 1-2, 0-0, 2; King 0-3, 1-2, 1; Gerard 0-1, 1-2, 1; Mitchell 0-3, 0-0, 0; Hughes 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
C: 25 (3)
G: 28 (15)
Turnovers
C: 21
G: 13
Tiger Cubs utilize blazing third quarter to trample Clovers
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle senior Rayleigh Amis (23) finds room amid a crowd in the paint to score a layup for the Tiger Cubs.
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Greencastle has a young girls' basketball team, but the prideful bunch doesn't quit. After a loss to Danville on Tuesday, the team trailed Cloverdale 19-12 at halftime on Friday.
The Tiger Cubs came back from the break on a torrid pace, led by the defense and pressure of senior Rayleigh Amis and junior Alex Basile, channeling the run into a 39-32 win.
The pair combined for four steals in the period.
"Our defense is really what changed it for us," GHS coach Bradley Key said. "I thought Rayleigh Amis and Alex Basile were really the game changers. Those are the two captains and I told them, once they picked up their intensity, I really felt like everyone else followed along.
"That's what captains do, but we've got to have that for four quarter."
The two teams could not seem to find any offense in the early goings, at combining for a one-of-13 stretch early in the first period.
Amis, a team captain, took control of the offense for Greencastle, using her five-foot-eleven frame to work the ball in the paint.
Cloverdale senior Bristy Skiles carried the early load for her team.
"We're really a different team when she's able to hit a couple shots," Cloverdale coach Matthew Langdon said. "She's done a good job the past couple weeks of trying to change her game a little bit. Just not a spot-up shooter. She's able to go off the dribble to create some space."
Skiles had five of the team's eight first-quarter points, and added another three in the second quarter.
Greencastle shot just 21 percent in the first half (five-for-24).
"Towards the end of the second quarter we started playing better," Key said. "I just told them (at halftime) that, 'you know what you need to do to win.' That's it."
Whatever he said, or didn't say, seemed to work.
The Tiger Cubs emerged from the locker room with nearly five minutes left in the intermission, two minutes earlier than normal.
They then went on a 26-to-five run to open the second half.
Cloverdale opened the third quarter with starting guard Amillia Nally on the bench. Nally had picked up three fouls in the first half and, with a thin bench, Langdon inserted sophomore Bailee Stevens into the lineup.
"Bailee gives us really good minutes, but there are times when she needs a break," Langdon said. "We thought, if Mel (Amillia Nally) picked up that fourth foul early, there was no way that Bailee could play 10 straight minutes until we could put Mel back in."
Langdon said he second-guessed his own decision after Greencastle went on its run.
"That was a decision that you go back and think about, 'should I have done it differently,'" he said. "
Without another point guard to turn to, the Clovers couldn't regain their composure and stop the bleeding until it was too late.
Cloverdale finished the game on an eight-one run, but with the clock ticking down, Langdon elected not to extend the game by fouling.
In a laissez-faire game called by the officials, the Clovers had only picked up four in the half.
"Cloverdale: give them credit. They've gotten significantly better during the last two or three years," Key said. "They've won four games and they're going to win quite a few more."
Langdon said his team will bounce back.
"Against a good team like that, sometimes we struggle offensively," Langdon said. "Every possession we had to have good defense. There were just a couple let downs and, when they made a run, we just got a little rattled and got a little too quick."
Greencastle plays at Rockville on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Cloverdale returns to action Friday when they host Monrovia at 6 p.m.
At Greencastle
Cloverdale -- 8 11 5 8 -- 32
Greencastle -- 9 3 18 9 -- 39
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Skiles 3-10, 0-0, 8; Clark 4-6, 0-0, 8; Gruener 3-8, 0-0, 6; Shrum 1-1, 2-4, 4; Nally 1-6, 3; Stevens 1-7, 1-1, 3; Walters 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Amis 5-9, 0-0, 10; Lenihan 4-9, 0-0, 8; Taylor 2-6, 2-3, 6; Earl 2-12, 0-2, 6; Stoltey 2-4, 0-0, 4; Covert 1-2, 1-2, 3; Basile 1-8, 0-0, 2; Smiley 0-0, 0-0, 0; Trout 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
C: 33 (9)
G: 30 (11)
Turnovers
C: 19
G: 10
GHS Tiger Cubs paddle past Southmont Mounties
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle freshman Amelia Smith (far) edges out senior Kaelynn Cox (near) and Southmont's Kelly Richards in the girls 100-yard freestyle event on Thursday. Less than one second seperated the three swimmers.
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The Greencastle boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams dominated their dual meets against South-mont on Thursday.
The girls' won every event en route to a 121-55 win.
The boys' were tripped up only in diving and cruised to a 142-28.
"I'm very happy with the results," GHS swim coach Kent Menzel said. "They told me they were going to do some great stuff tonight, and they definitely delivered."
Although the teams cruised, there were several races that came right down to the wire.
In the girls' 200-free, GHS swimmer senior Kaelynn Cox led by only half a body length with 60 yards to go. She pulled away in down the stretch, giving her a 3.2 second victory, finishing in a time of 2:25.30.
That was one of the few scares the Mounties could give Greencastle, but the team provided enough excitement for itself.
"For us, it's how everybody is progressing as far as their times are concerned," Manzel said. "We have really had a great week. We did not quite see the effect of the fast swimming in the team score (of Tuesday's meet) against Bloomington North, but it was really happening.
"Tonight, that momentum continued at the right place at the right time, and you saw what our swimmers were capable of more and more."
A pair of Tiger Cub girls raced to the finish in the 100 free, with freshman Amelia Smith edging out Cox, 1:03.60 to 1:03.84.
The boys' squad had it's own excitement.
After Southmont sophomore diver Zac Gray pulled out a victory over GHS sophomore Levi Lewis, the Tiger Cubs' swimmers swept the rest of the meet, challenging only themselves to the finish.
This became especially true in the 100-back, which pitted two of the Tiger Cubs' better swimmers -- junior Nash Firebaugh and junior Nathan Gardner -- against each other.
"Nash and Nathan are good friends and they asked to be able to race each other tonight, so I let them," Menzel said. "They're both very fast. Nash tonight had a little bit of an edge on his turns. In terms of straight-up swimming speed they were pretty equal, but Nash was getting a little bit of an edge each time they came into the wall.
"They were both in it for fun tonight, and I think they were both winners on that count."
Firebaugh finished at 59.53, narrowly edging out Gardner.
The Tiger Cubs made clean top-three sweeps in boys 200 free, girls 200 IM, girls and boys 100 fly and boys 100 free.
GHS returns to the pool on Tuesday at Crawfordsville at 6 p.m., with the conference schedule starting soon after.
"We're going to keep pressing up until Dec. 22 where we finish our fall season at the Wabash Valley Invitational," Menzel said. "We want to be strong and sharp for conference, but then set our eyes on the sectional championship."
At Greencastle
Girls' swimming and diving
Greencastle 121, Southmont 55
Boys' swimming and diving
Greencastle 142, Southmont 28
Event Results
Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Meyer, Mallary FR, Wheeler, Emily JR, Brush, Libby FR, Smith, Amelia FR), 2:07.94; 2. SHS 'A' (Ward, Ellen B JR, Kinkead, Morgan M JR, Wickholm, Nikki M SO, Witherspoon, Lauren N JR), 2:18.65; 3. GHS 'B' (Roberts, Jessica FR, Hansen, Beth Ann SO, Romer, Corrie FR, Stevens, Kristen SO), 2:21.41; 4. SHS 'B' (Edwards, Christa SO, Reed, Sadie A SR, Harrison, Katy M SO, Waddell, Hannah B SR), 2:36.41.
Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Gardner, Nathan JR, Harms, Isaac JR, Firebaugh, Nash L JR, Secrest, Taylor SO), 1:52.62; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Mangrum, Brant JR, Watson, Brayden SO, Ummel, Jason SO, Kessler, Jacob FR), 2:05.90; 3. SHS 'A' (Cloncs, Steven FR, Bartlett, Collin SR, Arnold, Justin L SO, Waddell, Wyatt 7), 2:16.21; 4. GHS-IN 'C' (Johnson, Mitchell SO, Hudson, Bryce SR, Secrest, Zach SO, Lewis, Levi SO), 2:19.61.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle:
1. Cox, Kaelynn, GCAS-IN, 2:25.30; 2. Richards, Kelsey M, SMT-IN, 2:28.52; 3. Simpson, Shannon M, SMT-IN, 2:32.47; 4. Doyle, Brittany N, SMT-IN, 2:38.51; 5. Mason, Kaitlynne, GCAS-IN, 2:55.38; 6. Anderson, Caitlyn, GCAS-IN, 3:10.95.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brattain, Elijah D, GCAS-IN, 2:04.42; 2. Asbell, Alex, GCAS-IN, 2:16.00; 3. Briones, Alex J, GCAS-IN, 2:18.66; 4. Bartlett, Collin, SMT-IN, 2:22.35.
Girls 200 Yard IM:
1. Brush, Libby, GCAS-IN, 2:36.16; 2. Wheeler, Emily, GCAS-IN, 2:45.07; 3. Gomez, Rosio, GCAS-IN, 2:47.86; 4. Wickholm, Nikki M, SMT-IN, 2:51.08; 5. Waddell, Hannah B, SMT-IN, 2:59.92; --. Harrison, Katy M, SMT-IN, DQ.
Boys 200 Yard IM:
1. Firebaugh, Nash L, GCAS-IN, 2:13.02; 2. Ummel, Jason, GCAS-IN, 2:38.39; 3. Arnold, Justin L, SMT-IN, 2:43.05; 4. Watson, Brayden, GCAS-IN, 2:52.72.
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle:
1. Smith, Amelia, GCAS-IN, 28.44; 2. Witherspoon, Lauren N, SMT-IN, 30.16; 3. Moore, Rebecca, GCAS-IN, 30.84; 4. Ward, Ellen B, SMT-IN, 31.43; 5. Stevens, Kristen, GCAS-IN, 32.43; 6. Karpova, Sofya, SMT-IN, 36.69.
Boys 50 Yard Freestyle:
1. Secrest, Taylor, GCAS-IN, 26.42; 2. Harms, Isaac, GCAS-IN, 27.50; 3. Cloncs, Steven, SMT-IN, 31.48; 4. Johnson, Mitchell, GCAS-IN, 31.75; 5. Waddell, Wyatt, SMT-IN, 32.76.
Girls 1 mtr Diving:
1. Fauvergue, Madi, GCAS-IN, 102.35.
Boys 1 mtr Diving:
1. Gray, Zac, SMT-IN, 135.70; 2. Lewis, Levi, GCAS-IN, 130.75.
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly:
1. Gomez, Rosio, GCAS-IN, 1:14.60; 2. Meyer, Mallary, GCAS-IN, 1:15.09; 3. Romer, Corrie, GCAS-IN, 1:18.91; 4. Wickholm, Nikki M, SMT-IN, 1:24.51; 5. Peters, Allison, SMT-IN, 2:22.92.
Boys 100 Yard Butterfly:
1. Gardner, Nathan, GCAS-IN, 1:02.27; 2. Mangrum, Brant, GCAS-IN, 1:24.71; 3. Secrest, Zach, GCAS-IN, 1:32.86.
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle:
1. Smith, Amelia, GCAS-IN, 1:03.60; 2. Cox, Kaelynn, GCAS-IN, 1:03.83; 3. Richards, Kelsey M, SMT-IN, 1:04.50; 4. Witherspoon, Lauren N, SMT-IN, 1:08.79; 5. Hansen, Beth Ann, GCAS-IN, 1:20.96; 6. Karpova, Sofya, SMT-IN, 1:29.14.
Boys 100 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brattain, Elijah D, GCAS-IN, 54.22; 2. Ummel, Jason, GCAS-IN, 1:01.56; 3. Kessler, Jacob, GCAS-IN, 1:03.85; 4. Gray, Zac, SMT-IN, 1:21.47.
Girls 500 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brush, Libby, GCAS-IN, 6:27.05; 2. Simpson, Shannon M, SMT-IN, 6:50.88; 3. Doyle, Brittany N, SMT-IN, 6:57.05; 4. Moore, Rebecca, GCAS-IN, 7:01.93; 5. Mason, Kaitlynne, GCAS-IN, 7:48.47; 6. Edwards, Christa, SMT-IN, 8:03.43.
Boys 500 Yard Freestyle:
1. Harms, Isaac, GCAS-IN, 6:04.32; 2. Briones, Alex J, GCAS-IN, 6:26.57; 3. Bartlett, Collin, SMT-IN, 6:27.73; 4. Asbell, Alex, GCAS-IN, 6:27.85; 5. Waddell, Wyatt, SMT-IN, 8:07.02.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Cox, Kaelynn SR, Romer, Corrie FR, Gomez, Rosio JR, Smith, Amelia FR), 1:54.72; 2. SHS 'A' (Monts, Brooke A JR, Richards, Kelsey M SR, Kinkead, Morgan M JR, Simpson, Shannon M JR), 2:03.34; 3. GHS 'B' (Wheeler, Emily JR, Roberts, Jessica FR, Stevens, Kristen SO, Moore, Rebecca SO), 2:06.72; 4. SHS 'B' (Doyle, Brittany N SR, Peters, Allison SO, Edwards, Christa SO, Waddell, Hannah B SR), 2:25.11; 5. GHS 'C' (Anderson, Caitlyn FR, Fauvergue, Madi FR, Hansen, Beth Ann SO, Mason, Kaitlynne SR), 2:30.90.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brattain, Elijah D SO, Kessler, Jacob FR, Secrest, Taylor SO, Briones, Alex J SO), 1:46.03; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Ummel, Jason SO, Watson, Brayden SO, Mangrum, Brant JR, Asbell, Alex SR), 1:53.97; 3. SHS 'A' (Arnold, Justin L SO, Cloncs, Steven FR, Waddell, Wyatt 7, Bartlett, Collin SR), 2:05.25.
Girls 100 Yard Backstroke:
1. Meyer, Mallary, GCAS-IN, 1:14.32; 2. Harrison, Katy M, SMT-IN, 1:21.68; 3. Roberts, Jessica, GCAS-IN, 1:27.87; 4. Anderson, Caitlyn, GCAS-IN, 1:45.96; 5. Peters, Allison, SMT-IN, 1:46.91.
Boys 100 Yard Backstroke:
1. Firebaugh, Nash L, GCAS-IN, 59.53; 2. Gardner, Nathan, GCAS-IN, 1:01.68; 3. Cloncs, Steven, SMT-IN, 1:16.06; 4. Johnson, Mitchell, GCAS-IN, 1:17.31.
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke:
1. Wheeler, Emily, GCAS-IN, 1:21.65; 2. Kinkead, Morgan M, SMT-IN, 1:22.08; 3. Romer, Corrie, GCAS-IN, 1:24.17; 4. Hansen, Beth Ann, GCAS-IN, 1:27.27; 5. Reed, Sadie A, SMT-IN, 1:28.12; 6. Monts, Brooke A, SMT-IN, 1:35.77.
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke:
1. Secrest, Taylor, GCAS-IN, 1:16.46; 2. Watson, Brayden, GCAS-IN, 1:19.61; 3. Hudson, Bryce, GCAS-IN, 1:20.48.
Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brush, Libby FR, Meyer, Mallary FR, Gomez, Rosio JR, Cox, Kaelynn SR), 4:26.51; 2. SHS 'A' (Witherspoon, Lauren N JR, Wickholm, Nikki M SO, Simpson, Shannon M JR, Richards, Kelsey M SR), 4:39.82; 3. GHS 'B' (Roberts, Jessica FR, Mason, Kaitlynne SR, Stevens, Kristen SO, Moore, Rebecca SO), 5:09.78; 4. SHS 'B' (Doyle, Brittany N SR, Reed, Sadie A SR, Monts, Brooke A JR,
Harrison, Katy M SO), 5:22.71.
Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brattain, Elijah D SO, Harms, Isaac JR, Gardner, Nathan JR, Firebaugh, Nash L JR), 3:44.07; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Briones, Alex J SO, Kessler, Jacob FR, Mangrum, Brant JR, Asbell, Alex SR), 4:16.89; 3. GHS 'C' (Hudson, Bryce SR, Lewis, Levi SO, Johnson, Mitchell SO, Secrest, Zach SO), 5:24.81.
Tiger Cubs lose physical battle to feisty Danville Warriors, 58-51
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Greencastle junior guard Alex Basile steals the ball from Danville junior Chelsea Gould in the fourth quarter of the game on Tuesday. Basile had five total steals and finished with a team-high 12 points.
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The Danville girls' basketball team is starting to make a habit of frustrating its' Putnam County foes.
After winning at South Putnam by three last week, the Warriors topped Greencastle on Tuesday, 58-51.
The Tiger Cubs fell behind early, at times in the first quarter struggling to cross midcourt. They turned the ball over 15 times in the period.
They responded in the second quarter. GHS closed the gap to 21-18 at the half and had zero turnovers.
Senior Rayleigh Amis and sophomore Jessica Lenihan had eight of the teams' 10 points in the second quarter, combining for four-for-seven shooting.
"Danville a good job, in the first half especially, of pressuring us up front; getting some easy steals that lead to easy baskets," GHS coach Bradley Key said. "Our girls did a good job of fighting back. Only being down three at half was a pretty good accomplishment."
The teams traded buckets for most of the third quarter, though GHS never got closer than one.
They traded fouls, as well.
The Tiger Cubs had six in the quarter and the Warriors had seven.
Amis and Danville's leading scorer, sophomore Allie Lake, each picked up their fourth foul in the period.
When the dust settled, the Warriors took a 38-33 lead into the fourth.
Danville opened the final frame on a nine-two run in the first two minutes, but the Tiger Cubs kept scratching for a lead.
The closest they came was seven points.
Junior Alex Basile made five-of-six shots in the period, but her team-high 12 points weren't enough.
"We told her, we know she can score, but she's got to believe in herself," Key said. "In that fourth quarter she stepped up and kept us in the game a little longer."
Key called one final timeout, down seven with 6.8 seconds remaining.
GHS got a steal, but junior Shelby Earl's shot from the wing missed wide and the ball rolled harmlessly out of bounds.
"They did play hard," Key said. "I don't think we really gave up at any point in time. We put ourselves in bad positions.
"Every day we've got to get better for February and hopefully that game is an experience that we can learn from."
Greencastle will play Cloverdale on Friday at 6 p.m.
At Greencastle
Danville -- 14 7 17 20 -- 58
Greencastle -- 8 10 15 18 -- 51
Individual scoring
Danville: Lake 7-14, 1-3, 16; Gould 3-7, 6-6, 13; Newby 5-10, 2-4, 13; Taylor 3-5, 1-2, 7; Lynch 1-3, 1-2, 3; Kiefer 0-1, 3-4, 3; Ford 1-1, 0-0, 3; Motter 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Basile 6-11, 0-0, 12; Amis 4-10, 2-2, 10; Lenihan 5-8, 0-2, 10; Taylor 3-11, 2-2, 9; Earl 2-10, 0-0, 4; Stoltey 1-3, 2-2, 4; Covert 0-0, 2-4, 2; Smiley 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Turnovers
D: 20
G: 24
Rebounds
D: 26
G: 30
Three-pointers
D: 4-11
G: 1-9
Clovers dominate Eminence in 61-9 win
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Cloverdale sophomore Bailee Stevens steps in front of a pass intended for Eminence freshman Zoe Foote. Stevens had eight steals in the game.
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The Cloverdale girls' basketball team held Eminence to only two first-half points in its 61-9 win on Monday.
It was the team's largest margin of victory since beating Indianapolis Howe 81-24 on Dec. 29, 2006.
"Defensively we played well," Cloverdale coach Matthew Langdon said. "You have to just slow down and make sure that we were learning stuff off of the game."
The Clovers shut out the Eels in the first quarter, using a full-court press for the first four minutes before falling back into half court for the remainder of the game.
The teams' 2-3 zone proved just as potent. Senior Paige Gruener had five first-half steals, most leading to layups on the other end.
Gruener finished with 11 points.
The Clovers were led in scoring by sophomore Bailee Stevens, who came off the bench to score 14 points. She added seven steals.
"Paige is always our leader on the defensive end; getting steals. Bailee really stepped up for us tonight." Langdon said. "Our girls, defensively, moved their feet really well. Even in the 2-3, where it's easy to just pass it around and not to get a lot of steals, our girls really moved their feet."
Eminence finally got on the scoreboard when senior Codi Belcher made a short shot from the baseline with two minutes left in the second quarter.
Leading 32-2 at halftime, senior Amillia Nally came on in the third quarter, scoring seven of her 13 points in the first two minutes.
Both teams used the game as a chance to get younger players into the game.
With the outcome decided (45-4 after three quarters), Langdon used the fourth to get his underclassmen varsity experience.
Because many of them also play on the junior varsity team, they were only eligible to play for one quarter of varsity action.
"It gets tough for us from here on out," Langdon said. "We need to continue to work on things and continue to improve. We can't just be content with this. We really need to work to get better in the next week."
Cloverdale opens its conference schedule at Greencastle on Friday at 6 p.m.
At Eminence
Cloverdale -- 17 15 14 15 -- 61
Eminence -- 0 2 2 5 -- 9
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Stevens 6-16, 2-5, 14; Nally 5-9, 2-4, 13; Gruener 4-12, 3-3, 11; Shrum 4-10, 1-1, 9; Tate 2-2, 1-5, 5; Dorsett 1-1, 2-2, 4; Clark 2-4, 0-0, 4; Worthington 1-1, 0-0, 2; Walters 0-2, 1-2, 1; Helterbrand 0-3, 0-0, 0; Skiles 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Eminence: Jobes 1-9, 0-0, 2; Foote 1-7, 0-0, 2; Belcher 1-4, 0-0, 2; Watson 0-2, 2-2, 2; Moore 0-9, 1-6, 1; Stierwalt 0-3, 0-0, 0; Gore 0-2, 0-0, 0; Marlnee 0-6, 0-0, 0; Ninette 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hall 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Turnovers
C: 17
E: 32
Rebounds
C: 48
E: 33
Eagles claim county title, redeem last year's final loss
Sunday, December 2, 2012
The 2012 Putnam County Classic champions South Putnam. The players (front, from left) Trevor Long (fr.), Klayton Vittetow (jr.), Derrick Mitchell (jr.), Justin Bumgardner (sr.), Jimmy Rutter (fr.), (second row, from left) Trey Moore (jr.), Kinser Franklin (sr.), Ryan Chestnut (sr.), Logan Pell (sr.), Sawyer Arnold (jr.) and Codey Snow (sr.). [Order this photo]
The South Putnam boys' basketball team used its height (and experience) to its advantage on Saturday, claiming the 2012 Putnam County Championship with a 53-44 win against North Putnam.
It's the Eagles' first PCC win since 2008, allowing the club to avenge last year's championship game loss to Greencastle.
"This goes back a year ago," South Putnam coach Troy Burgess said. "I think this means a lot to the kids that graduated last year -- my seniors that graduated.
"We came in last year and got this thing off and running, and those guys kind of set the tone and got things going in the right direction."
Senior forward Justin Bumgardner led the charge for the Eagles, pulling down a game-high 16 rebounds while adding 15 points.
"He had a good weekend for us, offensively, on the boards, everything," Burgess said. "We feel like our strength right now is our inside, our post-presence. When we get the ball inside to them and finish, we can be pretty good."
The Eagles' penetration led to early foul trouble for the NPHS bigs, seniors Jameson Brewer and Jake Haste.
Each picked up his third foul before halftime, forcing the Cougars to go with a small-ball lineup that couldn't withstand the Eagles attack.
As a team, SPHS out-rebounded NPHS 46-32.
"We got ourselves into trouble in the first half with three fouls on both of those guys," NPHS coach Nathan Martindale said. "That kind of puts us behind the eight-ball."
The Eagles led by only two, 14-12, after the first quarter despite holding NPHS to just 4-19 shooting.
The quickness of the Cougar guards helped force five turnovers in the period.
"That's what we can do," Martindale said, "because we're quick, we're athletic."
The Eagles figured out the press and began attacking inside during the second quarter.
Brewer picked up an early third foul, leaving Haste to carry the load inside.
NPHS senior Jameson Brewer blocks a lay-up attempt from SPHS junior Trey Moore into the seats in the first quarter of the 2012 Putnam County Championship final.
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With three minutes remaining before halftime, SPHS senior Ryan Chestnut snuck underneath him and pulled in an offensive rebound. Haste was called for a push in the back. He then picked up a technical foul, his third personal, and was sent to the bench.
With Haste out, the Eagles completed the quarter on a seven-nothing run and took a 25-17 lead into halftime.
"We had to make a decision there to keep us with a little bit more athleticism," Martindale said. "Coy (Flynn, who started the second half) has some good athleticism, he's quick. We thought we could get after them just a little bit there and bring Jake off the bench (in the second half)."
The Eagles continued to slowly pull away in the third quarter. Senior Logan Pell opened the scoring with a three-pointer, and Bumgardner scored eight points in the period on four-of-five shooting.
Brewer began heating up as well, knocking down a pair of threes in the quarter. He finished with a game-high 19 points.
"We don't mind the three point shot, but we'd also like to see him get toward the bucket," Martindale said. "That's part of what we talked about in the locker room. We've got to take more shots in the paint. We can't be banking on the three-point shot all the time, because that's going to get us hurt."
SPHS led 38-27 after three, and the fouls continued piling up for the Cougars.
The only thing keeping NPHS in the game was the Eagles poor foul shooting (seven-of-14 in the fourth), but the Cougars simply couldn't mount enough offense to respond.
"I thought (South Put) played a good game, but this one is on us," Martindale said. "Offensively, we just did not do a good job with shot selection; with understanding what's a good shot and what's a bad shot. We forced way too much from the outside."
Brewer added a couple more late threes, but by then it was too late for a comeback.
It's still early in the season, but both coaches said their teams will use the tournament results to grow and move forward.
"When you win the county, you put the target on your back," Burgess said. "That's OK, we'll take that. But you can't rest. You've got to continue to work."
Martindale had firmer words for his squad.
"Our guys, they've got to understand where we need to go," Martindale said. "With this team, we've learned from it, we're young in terms of experience and we'll be better next week."
The Eagles are back in action on Friday when they open the West Central Conference schedule against Cascade at 7:30 p.m.
North Putnam hosts Crawfordsville on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
At Greencastle
Putnam County Classic -- Championship game
South Putnam -- 14 11 13 15 -- 53
North Putnam -- 12 5 10 17 -- 44
Individual scoring
South Putnam: Bumgardner 6-12, 3-7, 15; Moore 4-8, 4-6, 12; Pell 3-5, 0-0, 8; Franklin 3-8, 0-0, 8; Arnold 1-3, 3-4, 6; Chestnut 2-6, 1-4, 5; Vittetow 0-1, 0-0, 0; Long 0-0, 0-0, 0.
North Putnam: Brewer 7-17, 2-2, 19; Green 4-12, 0-0, 10; Nauert 2-15, 0-0, 5; Hazelgrove 1-6, 2-2, 4; Haste 1-3, 0-0, 2; Flynn 1-6, 0-0, 2; Herrmann 1-3, 0-0, 2.
Team scoring
S: 19-42, 11-22, 53.
N: 16-64, 4-4, 44.
Rebounds (Offensive)
S: 46 (6)
N: 32 (11)
Three-point shooting
S: 5-7
N: 8-29
Turnovers
S: 17
N: 8
Clovers pull out thrilling OT win in PCC consolation
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Cloverdale junior Brandon Dorman blocks a lay-up by Greencastle sophomore Brody Bollman in the 2012 Putnam County Classic consolation game.
The final day of the 2012 Putnam County Classic boys' basketball tournament featured a thrilling comeback, last-second game-tying shot from an unlikely source, a dramatic overtime and a pair of teams battling for their early-season identity.
And that was just in the consolation game.
The Cloverdale Clovers topped Greencastle 51-49 in overtime on Saturday, battling back from a tough first half to claim the thrilling victory.
"We didn't do anything more than what Greencastle did. The two teams played hard at each other and after overtime when the gun sounded, we happened to be ahead," Cloverdale coach Pat Rady said. "This game could have gone either way. We both were right there and we both, if we look at the films, both coaches and the players are going to think, 'Boy, if I could have done this; if I could have done that.'"
There were no signs early that the game would end in such electrifying fashion.
Despite six turnovers, the Clovers had a lead after the first quarter, 9-6. The wheels started to come off in the second.
GHS held its opponent to only four field goal attempts in the second quarter, one a last-second prayer from beyond half court.
The Tiger Cubs took a 21-14 lead into the break, despite shooting only seven-for-24 from the field themselves.
"I thought our kids responded well from last night," GHS coach Troy Greenlee said. "They were pretty disappointed. They're pretty disappointed tonight because of the loss, but there's a lot of good kids with character in there."
As they did Friday against North Putnam, the Clovers began to heat up in the third quarter.
Junior Kedrick Collet poured in eight the team's 18 points in the quarter on three-of-four shooting, sparking the anemic attack and fueling up their defensive energy.
Cloverdale narrowed the gap to only two points after three, 34-32, and more importantly, entered the fourth quarter already in the bonus, having drawn six Tiger Cubs fouls.
"Fouling is something we're going to need to look at," Greenlee said. "We've been fouling way too much in the last three games. We've still got a ways to go."
Sophomore sixth-man Lane Winslow fouled out with 3:29 left, and senior forward Nick Gilliam (with his game-high 16 points) followed a minute later.
For the first time since six minutes remained in the second quarter, the Clovers took the lead with 3:08 left in regulation.
GHS seemed lifeless, with all the momentum heading the Clovers' way and two of its best offensive playmakers fouled out.
But poor free throw shooting kept the Tiger Cubs in the game.
Cloverdale made only eight-of-21 free throws in the second half.
That, combined with a slow pace, allowed Greencastle to hang tight, never trailing by more than three points.
"As I told them before we went out tonight, sometimes that ball," Rady said, "is not going to fall. But defense, your hustle, your attitude, can always be the same.
"And we said, don't worry about missed shots. Some of the guys that struggled then hit some big ones for us towards the end."
The Tiger Cubs had players hit big shots as well.
GHS sophomore Adam Gerard scored with 17 seconds to go and narrowed the gap to 45-44.
Greenlee called a timeout to set his defense. The Tiger Cubs fouled, sending Collet to the line.
Only one-for-four on his free throws at that point, the junior calmly knocked down both and gave the Clovers a three-point lead.
Twelve seconds left. Timeout, Greencastle.
The Tiger Cubs passed the ball around and found sophomore guard Colyn Foxx open at the top of the key.
Foxx was scoreless, 0-2 from the field.
His high-arcing shot sailed over the lunging arm of Collet and nestled into the bottom of the net with only six seconds remaining.
"He hit a big shot; a real big shot" Greenlee said. "It just kind of ended up that he got the ball in his hands. It wasn't really anything that I set up. That last play was set up for Holden (King, a junior). It just ended up in (Foxx's) hand and I feel pretty confident about him shooting it."
As Greencastle celebrated, Cloverdale hustled to get the ball back in for a chance of its own.
Collet streaked to half court and let fly his prayer.
The ball rimmed out. Overtime.
The Clovers scored first on a field goal by Collet, but Greencastle went right back on the attack.
Sophomore Brantson Scott, tied with Collet for a team-high 13 points, was called for his fifth foul.
Senior Nick Cupp, a starter who had rested for much of the second half, was called back into action.
GHS sophomore Brody Bollman drew the foul and sank both his free throws, re-tying the game.
Cloverdale responded and drew a foul.
Ice-cold Nick Cupp was sent to the line.
He knocked down the first and missed the second, but Cloverdale got the ball back.
Junior Brandon Dorman was fouled, his team up one with 26 seconds left.
Dorman missed the first and made the second, his fifth point of the game.
Greencastle called another time out. This time a three-ball would win it.
Again it went to Foxx at the top of the key. He missed short and the buzzer sounded.
"We just didn't make enough plays in the overtime," Greenlee said. "We didn't put the ball in the basket enough."
Thrilling weekend wins are starting to become a Cloverdale specialty.
"That's two Saturdays in a row now," Rady said, referring to a last-second win over Riverton Parke on Nov. 24. "You can't put your hat on anything this early. It's a long, long season and you have to be ready."
Cloverdale and Greencastle meet again on Friday at GHS at 7:30 p.m.
At Greencastle
Putnam County Classic -- Consolation
Greencastle -- 6 15 13 13 -- 2 -- 49
Cloverdale -- 9 5 18 15 -- 4 -- 51
Individual scoring
Greencastle: Gilliam 5-11, 6-10, 16; Mitchell 2-2, 2-5, 7; Gerard 2-7, 2-2, 7; King 2-9, 0-0, 6; Winslow 3-7, 0-0, 6; Bollman 1-6, 2-2, 4; Fox 1-5, 0-0, 3; Christy 0-5, 0-2, 0; Hughes 0-4, 0-0, 0.
Cloverdale: Collet 4-8, 3-6, 13; Scott 5-8, 3-14, 13; Schroer 5-13, 0-0, 12; Cummings 2-4, 2-6, 6; Dorman 1-5, 3-6, 5; Cupp 0-1, 1-2, 1; Hughes 0-0, 1-2, 1.
Team scoring
G: 16-56, 12-20, 49.
C: 17-36, 13-35, 51.
Rebounds (Offensive)
G: 43 (17).
C: 33 (7).
Three-point shooting
G: 5-18.
C: 4-16.
Turnovers
G: 21
C: 21
GHS Tiger Cubs take home county wrestling team title
Friday, December 14, 2012
Individual champions for the 2012 Putnam County wrestling tournament included Ryley Cook, Nick Havey, Jacob Lorimer, Dean Kleiber, Jordan Sanders, Jacob Camacho, Riley Boswell, Joe Waters, Aaron Langdon, Carter Lewis, Hunter Smith, Rudy Harris and Lane Hacker. Blaine Fenwick is not picutred.
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CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School wrestling team won its second straight Putnam County wrestling championship on Thursday, finishing with a 3-0 team record and earning seven individual county champions.
Tiger Cubs senior Carter Lewis (170) won his fourth consecutive county title.
"It was a good win for us, but we've got to keep looking forward," GHS coach Matt McComish said. "It's always good to win county. We knew we had some tough teams to wrestle when we came in, and we knew it was going to be close
Greencastle's Hunter Smith (black) got the worst of this exchange with South Putnam's Tanner Thompson, but Smith was able to recover to win the match and win his second straight county championship.
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"It was a tough fight all night all night and I'm glad we came away with a win."
Ryley Cook (106), Jordan Sanders (113), Riley Boswell (145), Aaron Langdon (160), Hunter Smith (182) and Blaine Fenwick (220) also won titles for GHS.
"All seven of them wrestled really well," McComish said. "We still have things we can improve on, but we're starting to do some things right. At this time of the season, that's what I want to see."
The South Putnam team finished second in the meet with a 2-1 record. They had six county champions: Nick Havey (113), Jacob Lorimer (120), Jacob Camacho (138), Joe Waters (152), Rudy Harris (195) and Lane Hacker (3-0).
"As a team we wrestled pretty well," SPHS coach Josh Hendrickson said. "(We've got to) fix the basics, work on the things that we've worked on and affect the things that we know."
Camacho won his second straight conference title, and also competed in the best match of the night, a battle with Greencastle's Nick Pingleton.
Tied at five after three rounds, the two battled through the sudden victory period and into the 30-second tiebreaker periods.
Camacho started in the defensive position, then slipped into a reversal. Neither could gain an upper hand in the time remaining and Camacho earned a 7-5 win by decision.
North Putnam finished the meet in third place and it was led by Dean Kleiber, who won his second-straight county title at 126 pounds.
The Cougars finished 1-2, equaling last year's county dual result.
"We had some good performances tonight," NPHS coach Bucky Kramer said. "It's tough on us when we're giving up four weight classes (to forfeit) off the top. You've got to stay happy with what we're seeing. Overall it's a good improvement."
Cloverdale rounded out the field, finishing 0-3 for the second consecutive year.
CHS coach Steven Livingston said his young team has a lot of room to grow.
"I don't think we looked nearly our best tonight," Livingston said. "We just try to stay positive and keep the guys working hard and focus on what really matters and that's the matches at the end of the season.
"Those are the matches that we keep telling our guys, keep your nose to the grind; keep getting better. Win those matches when they count at the end of the season. That's how you get your picture on the wall. That's how people remember you."
Havey, Waters, Smith and Harris each won their second straight county title.
Greencastle's Fenwick suffered an apparent neck injury in his bout against South Putnam's Jacob Williams. He was taken out on a stretcher.
The champion Tiger Cubs return to action Saturday when they host the Holiday Invitational on Saturday at 9 a.m. North Putnam hosts a dual meet with Rockville on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 6:30 p.m.
South Putnam will compete in the state duals on Saturday, Dec. 22 at Westfield High School beginning at 9 a.m. Cloverdale is back when they compete at Ben Davis High School on Thursday, Dec. 27 at 8 a.m.
Complete individual results will be included in a future issue of the Banner Graphic.
At Cloverdale
2012-13 Putnam County Wrestling Tournament
1. Greencastle 3-0, 2. SPHS 2-1, 3. NPHS 1-2, 4. Cloverdale 0-3.
Individual Champions
106 -- Ryley Cook, GHS
113 -- Nick Havey, SPHS
120 -- Jacob Lorimer, SPHS
126 -- Dean Kleiber, NPHS
132 -- Jordan Sanders, GHS
138 -- Jacob Camacho, SPHS
145 -- Riley Boswell, GHS
152 -- Joe Waters, SPHS
160 -- Aaron Langdon, GHS
170 -- Carter Lewis, GHS
182 -- Hunter Smith, GHS
195 -- Rudy Harris, SPHS
220 -- Blaine Fenwick, GHS
285 -- Lane Hacker, SPHS
Bad half dooms Eagles against Patriots
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
South Putnam junior Aubrey Nichols knocks down a three-point shot from the corner against Owen Valley on Tuesday.
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A weak second half gave them a 55-36 loss, but the South Putnam girls' basketball team spent the first half of Tuesday's game looking ready to upset Owen Valley.
The Eagles' shots weren't falling but a newly-installed 2-3 zone defense had the Patriots scrambling.
Owen Valley shot just 24 percent (6-for-25) in the first half.
"At halftime, we were happy with the position we were in," SPHS head coach Lindsey Blackman said. "Because we switched to the zone, we knew we had to get block outs and get defensive rebounds. We crashed the boards offensively and were able to get some second shot attempts.
"We were happy with the aggressiveness and the tone in the first half and then we kind of let it go in the third (quarter)."
The Eagles led 19-15 at the break.
SPHS junior Aubrey Nichols and senior Leanna Masters each had six rebounds in the half, though the Eagles were outrebounded as a team, 22-19.
That deficit foreshadowed things to come.
Owen Valley came out for the second half on fire, getting to the rim on nearly every possession.
When Masters picked up her third foul early in the third the Patriots dominated the interior, pulling in seven offensive rebounds in the quarter.
The Patriots opened the second half on 23-2 run that extended into the fourth and dispirited the Eagles.
"I told the girls, this was the first time I wasn't happy with our performance," Blackman said. "It looked like in the third quarter we gave up. As soon as they hit a couple big shots, the shoulders went down, it was very quiet on defense. It seemed like a little let up."
Mallory Cash led the Eagles with nine points and three steals. Masters finished with eight points (three-for-four shooting) and nine rebounds.
Patriots guard Alicia Wilson had a game-high 17 points and five steals.
Sarah Jones came off the bench to pull in 14 rebounds for Owen Valley.
The Eagles are back in action Thursday when they travel to Covenant Christian. The game tips at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Owen Valley -- 8 7 19 21 -- 55
South Putnam -- 8 11 2 15 -- 36
Individual scoring
Owen Valley: Wilson 7-12, 2-2, 17; Herrington 5-7, 1-2, 13; Corder 5-11, 0-1, 10; Williams 3-12, 0-0, 7; Jones 3-13, 0-0, 6; Eldridge 1-6, 0-0, 2; Richardson 0-3, 0-1, 0.
South Putnam: Cash 4-13, 0-0, 9; Masters 3-4, 2-3, 9; Nichols 2-7, 1-1, 6; Varvel 2-10, 1-4, 5; Whitaker 2-2, 0-0, 4; Birt 1-6, 0-0, 2; Barnes 1-4, 0-0, 2; Cundiff 0-2, 0-0, 0; York 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hewitt 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring (three-pointers)
Owen Valley: 24-61 (9-34), 3-5, 51; South Putnam 15-48 (2-9), 4-9, 36.
Rebounds (offensive)
Owen Valley 45 (22), South Putnam 31 (13)
Turnovers
Owen Valley 16, South Putnam 21
Eagles fly through water to split with Fountain Central Mustangs
Monday, December 10, 2012
South Putnam senior Zeke Evens lost his goggles early during the 100-yard breast stroke event on Saturday against Southmont, but still swam to a third-place finish.
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The South Putnam boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams split a meet with Fountain Central on Satuday.
The boys' squad came away with a 103-68 victory, while the girls lost 117-68.
"I think they swam really well," SPHS swim coach Matthew Edwards said. "Even some of the swimmers that aren't getting the first places are getting personal bests."
On the boys' side, senior Matt Lund, juniors Tayler Arnold and Tyler Neumann and sophomore Zane Crosby started off the morning with a win in the 200 medley relay.
It was one of four wins on the day for Arnold, the school's record-holder in the 100 back.
Edwards said Arnold is focusing more on sprints this year. That showed when he picked up a win in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races.
Crosby and freshman Zach Rayce each picked up wins in individual races as well.
"We were down a lot of swimmers, due to illness and other things," Edwards said. "It really put a lot of strain on the swimmers (who are forced into) doing new events and things they weren't used to, but they handled it well."
The girls' team is still working to improve.
Many of the seniors are working on new events, Edwards said.
Freshman Katie Hansel (in the 200 free) and senior Lyndsie Beasley (100 breast) picked up solo wins for the team.
Hansel, Deszi, senior Ashley Wilson and freshman Katie Jo Beasley also teamed up to win the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Edwards said he enjoys the Fountain Central meet every year.
The SPHS coach is Mustangs alumnus, but said he has another reason for appreciating the meet.
"Our schools are very similar," he said, regarding the schools' populations and facilities. "This is always a really good meet for us to compete in because we're on the same level."
The Eagles return to the pool on Tuesday at Southmont at 6 p.m.
At South Putnam
Girls' results
Fountain Central 117, South Putnam 68
Boys' results
South Putnam 103, Fountain Central 68
Event Results
Girls' 200 medley relay:
1. FCHS-A Gayler, McGrady, Moore, Campbell; 2:09.15; 2. F-B Gibbs, Thomas, Green, R Johnson; 2:23.44; 3. SPHS Deszi, L. Beasley, Farmer, K Beasley; 2:25.78; 4. F-C Clevenger, M Johnson, Chavez, Winland; 2:33.62; 5. S-B Wilson, Arnold, Shaw, Plunkett; 2:41.00.
Boys' 200 medley relay:
1. S-A Arnold, Neumann, Lund, Crosby; 2:00.22; 2. F-A Hall, Phillips, Nine, Freeman; 2:05.09; 3. S-B Rayce, Evens, Nees, Chambers; 2:10.22.
Girls' 200 free:
1. Hansel, S; 2:34.39; 2 Thomas, F; 2:34.66; 3. Hands, F; 2:35.20; 4. Johnson, F; 2:38.44; 5. Wilson, S; 2:52.91; 6. Kiste, S; 3:13.16.
Boys' 200 free:
1. Phillips, F; 2:21.82; 2. Fields, S; 2:33.00; 3. Pitts, S; 2:35.39; 4. Andres, F; 2:55.44; 5. Hoagland, F; 3:05.61.
Girls' 200 IM:
1. Gibbs, F; 2:45.48; 2. Beasley, S; 2:56.35; 3. Green, F; 3:03.97; 4. Knight, S; 3:24.84; 5. Kelley, S; 3:41.32; DQ Gayler, F.
Boys' 200 IM:
1. Nine, F; 2:28.52; 2. Lund, S; 2:38.28; 3. Rayce, S; 2:49.80; 4. Nees, S; 2:50.60; 5. McGrady, F; 3:06.33.
Girls' 50 free:
1. Campbell, F; 28.63; 2. Farmer, S; 29.26; 3. Gulley, F; 29.97; 4. Arnold, S; 31.93; 5. Hands, F; 32.70; 6. Shaw, S; 33.59.
Boys' 50 free:
1. Arnold, S; 24.94; 2. Freeman, F; 28.19; 3. Terry, F; 33.39; 4. Martinek, F; 34.21; DQ Crosby, S.
Girls' diving:
1. Cambell, F; 145.25; 2. Plunkett, S; 142.65; 3. Sullivan, S; 134.00; 4. Winland, F; 77.4.
Boys' diving:
1. Freeman, F; 151.50; 2. Neumann, S; 129.35.
Girls' 100 fly:
1. McGrady, F; 1:07.20; 2. Moore, F; 1:10.05; 3. Clevenger, F; 1:39.09; 4. Shaw, S; 139.76; 5. Knight, S; 1:40.63.
Boys' 100 fly:
1. Nine, F; 1:06.35; 2. Lund, S; 1:06.58; 3. Hall, F; 1:13.19; 4. Nees, S; 1:19.04.
Girls' 100 free:
1. Chavez, F; 36.83; 2. Gulley, F; 1:04.73; 3. Farmer, S; 1:07.86; 4. Green, F; 1:08.00; 5. K Beasley, S; 1:09.28; 6. Kiste, S; 1:18.78.
Boys' 100 free:
1. Arnold, S; 56.19; 2. Pitts, S; 1:04.56; 3. McGrady, F; 1:12.09; 4. Chambers, S; 1:12.26; 5. Terry, F; 1:19.35.
Girls' 500 free:
1. McGrady, F; 6:36.26; 2. Morgan, S; 6:59.56; 3. Johnson, F; 6:59.75; 4. Hansel, S; 7:08.63; 5. Wilson, S; 7:26.93; 6. Johnson, F; 7:35.22.
Boys' 500 free:
1. Crosby, S; 6:06.93; 2. Z Evens, S; 6:30.49; 3. C Evens, S; 7:27.30; DQ Andres, F.
Girls' 200 free relay:
1. F-A Green, Thomas, Moore, Gulley; 2:01.24; 2. S-A Beasley, Arnold, Hansel, Farmer; 2:01.85; 3. F-B Hands, Winland, Clevenger, Johnson; 2:16.92; 4. S-B Knight, Kelley, Kiste, Plunkett; 2:20.10.
Boys' 200 free relay:
1. S-A Lund, Nees, Crosby, Arnold; 1:44.98; 2. F-A Nine, Freeman, McGrady, Phillips; 1:50.91; 3. S-B Pitts, Chambers, Fields, Evens; 2:06.48; 4. F-B Hoagland, Martinek, Terry, Andres; 2:19.44.
Girls' 100 back:
1. Gayler, F; 1:13.57; 2. Gibbs, F; 1:19.28; 3. K Beasley, S; 1:19.94; 4. Deszi, S; 1:20.68; 5. Chavez, F; 1:27.67.
Boys' 100 back:
1. Rayce, S; 1:11.94; 2. Hall, F; 1:14.96; 3. Fields, S; 1:21.85; 4. Hoagland, F; 1:53.02.
Girls' 100 breast:
1. Beasley, S; 1:28.84; 2. Thomas, F; 1:31.28; 3. Johnson, F; 1:41.33; 4. Arnold, S; 1:41.52; 5. Clevenger, F; 1:51.49; 6. Kelley, S; 2:01.91.
Boys' 100 breast:
1. Phillips, F; 1:18.65; 2. Neumann, S; 1:21.14; 3. Z Evens, S; 4.1:22.13; C Evens, S; 1:31.50.
Girls' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Hansel, Wilson, Deszi, K Beasley; 4:27.93; 2. F-A McGrady, Gayler, Gibbs, Campbell; 4:33.10; 3. F-B Hands, Chavez, Moore, Johnson; 4:43.62; 4. S-B Shaw, Plunkett, Kiste, Knight; 5:15.81.
Boys' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Pitts, Rayce, Fields, Neuman; 4:34.10; 2. F-A McGrady, Andres, Terry, Hall; 5:05.42.
Mounties run past Eagles in 66-41 romp
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Junior forward Trey Moore elevates to attempt a shot in the lane on Saturday. Moore was the lone bright spot for South Putnam, scoring a team-high 16 points in the loss to Southmont.
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The South Putnam boys' basketball team has size, both height and strength. This can often be a benefit, but the detriments for having such a roster were exposed on Saturday when the Eagles lost to Southmont, 66-41.
The Mounties forced 16 first-half turnovers, controlling the pace of the game and flustering the South Putnam offense.
The Eagles were overwhelmed by the Mounties half-court trap and ball pressure, rarely getting an opportunity to feed the ball into the post to use their size as an advantage.
SPHS took an early 3-2 lead when senior Justin Bumgardner completed a traditional three-point play at the 6:26 mark in the opening period, but the lead didn't last.
Mounties junior Devon Burton and senior Drake Cooksey turned up the intensity and forced the Eagles' ball handlers into difficult situations, forcing passes and picking up their dribble near midcourt.
"We didn't handle the pressure at all," SPHS head coach Troy Burgess said. "We've had two opportunities now against very good teams that have really gotten out and pressured us in Danville and in Southmont, and we haven't handled it.
"For us to be as good as we want to be, and get to where we want to be, we've got to handle that better."
Southmont led 24-10 after the first quarter, but the second was even more dominant.
Burton finished the first half with three steals and 18 points, going six-for-nine from the field.
Cooksey had four steals and 10 points himself.
"We've got a lot of quick guys. We've got to play to that," Southmont coach Jon Sparks said. "The guys did a real good job with that. I wish the second half had been as good, but it's hard to keep up with that intensity."
The teams went to the break with Southmont leading 41-14.
SPHS finally emerged from the locker room with less than a minute on the halftime clock.
They had a new game plan and a new lineup.
Junior Derrick Mitchell started in place of Bumgardner, who picked up technical foul in the first quarter and remained on the bench for the rest of the game.
Mitchell, a guard, also gave the Eagles more ball handlers on the court to try to get around the press.
The Eagles became more deliberate, slowing the game down and making careful decisions.
The new pace allowed them to get inside and they began drawing fouls. Down big, scoring with the clock stopped can be an equalizer.
Southmont committed nine fouls in the third quarter, allowing SPHS to go eight-for-eight on free throw attempts, but still managed to play even.
Burton tacked on 10 more points, giving him a game-high 28.
The Eagles finally made some headway in the fourth, but by then it was too late.
"We played hard in the second half," Burgess said. "I was proud of our kids. They didn't quit; they didn't let down. They continued to play hard."
Junior Trey Moore had a team-high 16 points and remained in attack mode until the final buzzer.
The Eagles lone advantage in the game came on the glass as they outrebounded Southmont 34-22.
"I've got to do a better job as a coach of preparing my guys to get them ready for this type of game," Burgess said. "I'll put this one on me tonight. I didn't have our guys prepared for that type of pressure."
Preparing for quickness in practice will be a challenge for the Eagles, and Burgess said he'll have to get creative.
"I know these guys will work hard; they'll do what I ask them to do," Burgess said. "We're going to have to create (quickness) somehow. As a coach, that's my job to figure out how we can simulate that, and how we can create that type of an atmosphere so we're ready.
"We're going to see it again next Friday night."
The Eagles return against Rockville on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Southmont -- 24 17 14 11 -- 66
South Putnam -- 10 4 14 13 -- 41
Individual scoring
Southmont: Burton 10-17, 4-6, 28; Cooksey 10-14, 0-4, 15; Thomas 2-8, 4-4, 10; Dinius 3-5, 0-0, 7; Stewart 1-1, 1-2, 3; Dehne 1-3, 1-3, 3; McCormick 0-1, 0-0, 0; Benge 0-0, 0-0, 0; Remley 0-0, 0-0, 0; Whalen 0-2, 0-0, 0; Truncone 0-1, 0-0, 0.
South Putnam: Moore 6-9, 4-4, 16; Arnold 2-8, 3-4, 7; R Chestnut 1-6, 2-2, 4; Pell 1-3, 0-0, 3; Bumgardner 1-2, 1-3, 3; Long 1-3, 1-4, 3; Franklin 1-4, 1-4, 3; D Chestnut 0-1, 1-2, 1; Vittetow 0-2, 0-0, 0; Mitchell 0-0, 0-0, 0; Carmichael 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring
Southmont 22-45, 15-24, 66; South Putnam 13-37, 13-23, 41.
Rebounds (offensive)
Southmont 22 (4); South Putnam 34 (13).
Turnovers
Southmont 13, South Putnam 26.
Tiger Cubs' JV wins 2012 county tournament
Saturday, December 8, 2012
The Greencastle girls' JV poses on the bleachers after winning the 2012 county championship. Members of the team include (front, from left) Kaylee Evans, Bethanie Burgeson, Paige Bragg, (second row) Madison Trout, Lauren Bridgewater, Marley Haltom, (back) Delanie Stoltey, Tera Amis, Alison White and Megan Haltom. [Order this photo]
CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School girls' junior varsity basketball team entered Saturday's county tournament with an impressive 7-1 record.
They left with a trophy, pair of wins, two tattered nets and claim to a 2012 county title.
"I'm really proud of them," GHS JV coach Matthew Welker said. "It's a great accomplishment to get to 9-1. We've faced some tough teams this year."
The Tiger Cubs defeated North Putnam in the final, 39-35.
Sophomore Lauren Bridgewater opened the game by making a three-pointer from the wing and finished with a game-high 12 points.
Greencastle led 12-8 after the first quarter and, at various times, appeared on the verge of going on a big run to push the Cougars to the brink of defeat.
NPHS kept fighting.
Freshman Jenny Heron was cold early but began heating up late in the first quarter, knocking down a pair of threes to keep her team in the game.
Heron and freshman Taylor Nauert worked the high-post and wing in perfect sync throughout the game.
Greencastle took a 25-19 lead to the fourth quarter, but North Putnam kept fighting.
Sophomore Kaitlin Mindiola scored five points in the quarter, including a traditional three-point play with 4:49 remaining, helping the Cougars seize momentum.
The team battled all the way back to tie GHS at 31-all with 2:15 to play.
The teams traded buckets back and forth. Freshman Paige Bragg added field goal with 30 seconds left to give GHS a 37-35 lead.
North Putnam drew up a play for Heron on the wing.
Her go-ahead three-point attempt caromed off the rim with twelve seconds remaining and the Tiger Cubs hauled in the rebound, raced the length of the court and Bridgewater put in a layup to ice the game.
"(North Putnam) would not go away," Welker said. "I'm really proud of everyone on the team for staying with it."
Greencastle beat Cloverdale 36-19 in the opening round matchup.
North Putnam beat South Putnam 31-24.
"I'm really pleased with the way the kids worked today," NPHS coach Laura Blaydes said. "It's a tough one to swallow but we're going to turn around and play again Tuesday and get our third win of the year."
North Putnam plays at North Vermillion Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Greencastle returns to action Thursday at Rockville.
At Cloverdale
2012 Putnam County girls' JV tournament
North Putnam -- 8 5 6 16 -- 35
Greencaste -- 12 7 6 14 -- 39
Individual scoring
NP: Nauert 4-7, 0-0, 10; Clodfelter 3-11, 0-2, 6; Heron 2-12, 0-0, 6; Mindiola 2-7, 1-1, 5; Millican 2-7, 0-0, 4; Laffin 1-1, 0-0, 2; M. Smith 0-2, 2-2, 2; B. Smith 0-0, 0-0, 0; Evans 0-1, 0-0, 0.
G: Bridgewater 5-11, 2-3, 12; Bragg 5-7, 0-2, 10; Amis 3-4, 1-1, 7; White 2-5, 3-4, 7; Stoltey 1-7, 0-0, 0; Trout 0-1, 0-0, 0; Ma. Haltom 0-1, 0-0, 0; Me. Haltom 0-0, 0-0, 0; Evans 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
North Putnam: 27 (11); Greencastle: 27 (10).
Turnovers
North Putnam: 14; Greencastle: 13
Greencastle boys get payback from tournament loss
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle senior Nate Christy (12) jumps to defend a layup by Cloverdale junior Kedrick Collet. Christy made a big offensive contribution as well, finishing with 11 points.
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After playing an overtime thriller in the Putnam County Classic, the Greencastle and Cloverdale boys' basketball teams seemed destined for another back-and-forth game on Friday.
The teams did not disappoint as Cloverdale came back from a 26-19 halftime deficit to take a lead with 2:46 to play.
Greencastle pulled out a 49-47 win, avenging their loss on Saturday.
Senior Nick Gilliam led the team with a game-high 12 points, including four in the fourth quarter.
"It was a good team win for us and we're just thrilled to get that first victory," GHS head coach Troy Greenlee said. "We've got a lot of guys that haven't played much varsity basketball, so every time we step on the floor, I just think we need to look to get better."
Cloverdale head coach Pat Rady said, despite the loss, he was pleased with his team's effort.
"Even though we lost tonight, I though we played better than we did last week," Rady said. "The turnovers will kill you every time, and that's what we've got to work on."
The Clovers turned the ball over 21 times, including 14 in the second half. Compared to the Tiger Cubs' 13 for the game, ball control played a huge factor.
CHS came out on fire, making five-of-nine shots, including three three-pointers, in the first period.
The Tiger Cubs' came back in the second, powered by the team's young bench.
Sophomores Brody Bollman, Adam Gerard, Colyn Foxx, Calvin Hughes and freshman Ryan Coble gave the team a spark that led to an 11-2 run to open the quarter.
"We told them in (the locker room) that it's going to be different guys every night that are going to make plays for us," Greenlee said. "Tonight I thought Ryan Coble came in, as a freshman, and hit some big shots and made some big plays.
"It was one of those games that we needed everything from everybody tonight."
Senior Dustin Cummings entered the starting lineup for Cloverdale to begin the second half, which seemed to energize the team's offense.
With the rest of the team spacing the floor, junior point guard Brandon Dorman was free to drive into the lane. He made four-of-five shots in the period, scoring eight of his 10 points.
CHS ended the quarter on a 6-2 run, trailing by only one after three.
Sophomore Brantson Scott tied the game with 3:01 remaining and, after a Greencastle turnover, Cummings sank a free throw to put the Clovers ahead with 2:46 to play.
The lead wouldn't last long as GHS senior Nate Christy sank a deep three on the next trip.
The Tiger Cubs' stretched the lead to four then tried to slow the game down, stretching out the clock by dribbling the ball on the perimeter.
"As a team, we've got to be able to take those runs and build on them instead of giving a team a little bit of life," Greenlee said. "I thought, coming out in the second half, we didn't pressure the ball like we should have. We just kind of let them get whatever they wanted on the offensive end."
With Greencastle's young guards working the clock, Cloverdale expanded its defense.
The ball pressure overwhelmed Greencastle as junior Kedrick Collet picked up a steal and layup with 25 seconds remaining.
"We haven't worked on that (ball pressure) a lot," Rady said.
The Clovers had only been called for three fouls in the half, so extending the game by forcing free throws was not an option.
Instead the team again picked up the pressure. Greencastle lost the ball out of bounds on the baseline with just seconds remaining.
Greencastle called a time.
Cloverdale, down two, had six seconds to go the length of the court for a basket.
Dorman took the ball past half court, then had it knocked up in the air.
The ball landed out of bounds to the Clovers, but only 1.7 seconds remained.
Dorman's heave as time expired came up well short.
"We made it exciting there towards the end," Greenlee said. "We struggled handling the ball a little bit down the stretch and gave them a chance."
Greencastle hosts Sullivan tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Cloverdale is back in action Friday when they'll host Monrovia.
At Greencastle
Cloverdale -- 13 6 18 10 -- 47
Greencastle -- 8 18 12 11 -- 49
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Dorman 5-11, 0-0, 10; Scott 5-8, 0-0, 10; Collet 3-8, 0-0, 9; Schroer 3-8, 0-0, 8; Cummings 1-1, 3-4, 5; Cupp 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hughes 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Gilliam 6-14, 0-0, 12; Christy 4-7, 0-0, 11; Winslow 4-11, 1-2, 9; Bollman 2-6, 2-2, 6; Coble 2-3, 0-0, 6; Foxx 1-2, 0-0, 2; King 0-3, 1-2, 1; Gerard 0-1, 1-2, 1; Mitchell 0-3, 0-0, 0; Hughes 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
C: 25 (3)
G: 28 (15)
Turnovers
C: 21
G: 13
Tiger Cubs utilize blazing third quarter to trample Clovers
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle senior Rayleigh Amis (23) finds room amid a crowd in the paint to score a layup for the Tiger Cubs.
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Greencastle has a young girls' basketball team, but the prideful bunch doesn't quit. After a loss to Danville on Tuesday, the team trailed Cloverdale 19-12 at halftime on Friday.
The Tiger Cubs came back from the break on a torrid pace, led by the defense and pressure of senior Rayleigh Amis and junior Alex Basile, channeling the run into a 39-32 win.
The pair combined for four steals in the period.
"Our defense is really what changed it for us," GHS coach Bradley Key said. "I thought Rayleigh Amis and Alex Basile were really the game changers. Those are the two captains and I told them, once they picked up their intensity, I really felt like everyone else followed along.
"That's what captains do, but we've got to have that for four quarter."
The two teams could not seem to find any offense in the early goings, at combining for a one-of-13 stretch early in the first period.
Amis, a team captain, took control of the offense for Greencastle, using her five-foot-eleven frame to work the ball in the paint.
Cloverdale senior Bristy Skiles carried the early load for her team.
"We're really a different team when she's able to hit a couple shots," Cloverdale coach Matthew Langdon said. "She's done a good job the past couple weeks of trying to change her game a little bit. Just not a spot-up shooter. She's able to go off the dribble to create some space."
Skiles had five of the team's eight first-quarter points, and added another three in the second quarter.
Greencastle shot just 21 percent in the first half (five-for-24).
"Towards the end of the second quarter we started playing better," Key said. "I just told them (at halftime) that, 'you know what you need to do to win.' That's it."
Whatever he said, or didn't say, seemed to work.
The Tiger Cubs emerged from the locker room with nearly five minutes left in the intermission, two minutes earlier than normal.
They then went on a 26-to-five run to open the second half.
Cloverdale opened the third quarter with starting guard Amillia Nally on the bench. Nally had picked up three fouls in the first half and, with a thin bench, Langdon inserted sophomore Bailee Stevens into the lineup.
"Bailee gives us really good minutes, but there are times when she needs a break," Langdon said. "We thought, if Mel (Amillia Nally) picked up that fourth foul early, there was no way that Bailee could play 10 straight minutes until we could put Mel back in."
Langdon said he second-guessed his own decision after Greencastle went on its run.
"That was a decision that you go back and think about, 'should I have done it differently,'" he said. "
Without another point guard to turn to, the Clovers couldn't regain their composure and stop the bleeding until it was too late.
Cloverdale finished the game on an eight-one run, but with the clock ticking down, Langdon elected not to extend the game by fouling.
In a laissez-faire game called by the officials, the Clovers had only picked up four in the half.
"Cloverdale: give them credit. They've gotten significantly better during the last two or three years," Key said. "They've won four games and they're going to win quite a few more."
Langdon said his team will bounce back.
"Against a good team like that, sometimes we struggle offensively," Langdon said. "Every possession we had to have good defense. There were just a couple let downs and, when they made a run, we just got a little rattled and got a little too quick."
Greencastle plays at Rockville on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Cloverdale returns to action Friday when they host Monrovia at 6 p.m.
At Greencastle
Cloverdale -- 8 11 5 8 -- 32
Greencastle -- 9 3 18 9 -- 39
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Skiles 3-10, 0-0, 8; Clark 4-6, 0-0, 8; Gruener 3-8, 0-0, 6; Shrum 1-1, 2-4, 4; Nally 1-6, 3; Stevens 1-7, 1-1, 3; Walters 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Amis 5-9, 0-0, 10; Lenihan 4-9, 0-0, 8; Taylor 2-6, 2-3, 6; Earl 2-12, 0-2, 6; Stoltey 2-4, 0-0, 4; Covert 1-2, 1-2, 3; Basile 1-8, 0-0, 2; Smiley 0-0, 0-0, 0; Trout 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
C: 33 (9)
G: 30 (11)
Turnovers
C: 19
G: 10
GHS Tiger Cubs paddle past Southmont Mounties
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle freshman Amelia Smith (far) edges out senior Kaelynn Cox (near) and Southmont's Kelly Richards in the girls 100-yard freestyle event on Thursday. Less than one second seperated the three swimmers.
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The Greencastle boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams dominated their dual meets against South-mont on Thursday.
The girls' won every event en route to a 121-55 win.
The boys' were tripped up only in diving and cruised to a 142-28.
"I'm very happy with the results," GHS swim coach Kent Menzel said. "They told me they were going to do some great stuff tonight, and they definitely delivered."
Although the teams cruised, there were several races that came right down to the wire.
In the girls' 200-free, GHS swimmer senior Kaelynn Cox led by only half a body length with 60 yards to go. She pulled away in down the stretch, giving her a 3.2 second victory, finishing in a time of 2:25.30.
That was one of the few scares the Mounties could give Greencastle, but the team provided enough excitement for itself.
"For us, it's how everybody is progressing as far as their times are concerned," Manzel said. "We have really had a great week. We did not quite see the effect of the fast swimming in the team score (of Tuesday's meet) against Bloomington North, but it was really happening.
"Tonight, that momentum continued at the right place at the right time, and you saw what our swimmers were capable of more and more."
A pair of Tiger Cub girls raced to the finish in the 100 free, with freshman Amelia Smith edging out Cox, 1:03.60 to 1:03.84.
The boys' squad had it's own excitement.
After Southmont sophomore diver Zac Gray pulled out a victory over GHS sophomore Levi Lewis, the Tiger Cubs' swimmers swept the rest of the meet, challenging only themselves to the finish.
This became especially true in the 100-back, which pitted two of the Tiger Cubs' better swimmers -- junior Nash Firebaugh and junior Nathan Gardner -- against each other.
"Nash and Nathan are good friends and they asked to be able to race each other tonight, so I let them," Menzel said. "They're both very fast. Nash tonight had a little bit of an edge on his turns. In terms of straight-up swimming speed they were pretty equal, but Nash was getting a little bit of an edge each time they came into the wall.
"They were both in it for fun tonight, and I think they were both winners on that count."
Firebaugh finished at 59.53, narrowly edging out Gardner.
The Tiger Cubs made clean top-three sweeps in boys 200 free, girls 200 IM, girls and boys 100 fly and boys 100 free.
GHS returns to the pool on Tuesday at Crawfordsville at 6 p.m., with the conference schedule starting soon after.
"We're going to keep pressing up until Dec. 22 where we finish our fall season at the Wabash Valley Invitational," Menzel said. "We want to be strong and sharp for conference, but then set our eyes on the sectional championship."
At Greencastle
Girls' swimming and diving
Greencastle 121, Southmont 55
Boys' swimming and diving
Greencastle 142, Southmont 28
Event Results
Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Meyer, Mallary FR, Wheeler, Emily JR, Brush, Libby FR, Smith, Amelia FR), 2:07.94; 2. SHS 'A' (Ward, Ellen B JR, Kinkead, Morgan M JR, Wickholm, Nikki M SO, Witherspoon, Lauren N JR), 2:18.65; 3. GHS 'B' (Roberts, Jessica FR, Hansen, Beth Ann SO, Romer, Corrie FR, Stevens, Kristen SO), 2:21.41; 4. SHS 'B' (Edwards, Christa SO, Reed, Sadie A SR, Harrison, Katy M SO, Waddell, Hannah B SR), 2:36.41.
Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Gardner, Nathan JR, Harms, Isaac JR, Firebaugh, Nash L JR, Secrest, Taylor SO), 1:52.62; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Mangrum, Brant JR, Watson, Brayden SO, Ummel, Jason SO, Kessler, Jacob FR), 2:05.90; 3. SHS 'A' (Cloncs, Steven FR, Bartlett, Collin SR, Arnold, Justin L SO, Waddell, Wyatt 7), 2:16.21; 4. GHS-IN 'C' (Johnson, Mitchell SO, Hudson, Bryce SR, Secrest, Zach SO, Lewis, Levi SO), 2:19.61.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle:
1. Cox, Kaelynn, GCAS-IN, 2:25.30; 2. Richards, Kelsey M, SMT-IN, 2:28.52; 3. Simpson, Shannon M, SMT-IN, 2:32.47; 4. Doyle, Brittany N, SMT-IN, 2:38.51; 5. Mason, Kaitlynne, GCAS-IN, 2:55.38; 6. Anderson, Caitlyn, GCAS-IN, 3:10.95.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brattain, Elijah D, GCAS-IN, 2:04.42; 2. Asbell, Alex, GCAS-IN, 2:16.00; 3. Briones, Alex J, GCAS-IN, 2:18.66; 4. Bartlett, Collin, SMT-IN, 2:22.35.
Girls 200 Yard IM:
1. Brush, Libby, GCAS-IN, 2:36.16; 2. Wheeler, Emily, GCAS-IN, 2:45.07; 3. Gomez, Rosio, GCAS-IN, 2:47.86; 4. Wickholm, Nikki M, SMT-IN, 2:51.08; 5. Waddell, Hannah B, SMT-IN, 2:59.92; --. Harrison, Katy M, SMT-IN, DQ.
Boys 200 Yard IM:
1. Firebaugh, Nash L, GCAS-IN, 2:13.02; 2. Ummel, Jason, GCAS-IN, 2:38.39; 3. Arnold, Justin L, SMT-IN, 2:43.05; 4. Watson, Brayden, GCAS-IN, 2:52.72.
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle:
1. Smith, Amelia, GCAS-IN, 28.44; 2. Witherspoon, Lauren N, SMT-IN, 30.16; 3. Moore, Rebecca, GCAS-IN, 30.84; 4. Ward, Ellen B, SMT-IN, 31.43; 5. Stevens, Kristen, GCAS-IN, 32.43; 6. Karpova, Sofya, SMT-IN, 36.69.
Boys 50 Yard Freestyle:
1. Secrest, Taylor, GCAS-IN, 26.42; 2. Harms, Isaac, GCAS-IN, 27.50; 3. Cloncs, Steven, SMT-IN, 31.48; 4. Johnson, Mitchell, GCAS-IN, 31.75; 5. Waddell, Wyatt, SMT-IN, 32.76.
Girls 1 mtr Diving:
1. Fauvergue, Madi, GCAS-IN, 102.35.
Boys 1 mtr Diving:
1. Gray, Zac, SMT-IN, 135.70; 2. Lewis, Levi, GCAS-IN, 130.75.
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly:
1. Gomez, Rosio, GCAS-IN, 1:14.60; 2. Meyer, Mallary, GCAS-IN, 1:15.09; 3. Romer, Corrie, GCAS-IN, 1:18.91; 4. Wickholm, Nikki M, SMT-IN, 1:24.51; 5. Peters, Allison, SMT-IN, 2:22.92.
Boys 100 Yard Butterfly:
1. Gardner, Nathan, GCAS-IN, 1:02.27; 2. Mangrum, Brant, GCAS-IN, 1:24.71; 3. Secrest, Zach, GCAS-IN, 1:32.86.
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle:
1. Smith, Amelia, GCAS-IN, 1:03.60; 2. Cox, Kaelynn, GCAS-IN, 1:03.83; 3. Richards, Kelsey M, SMT-IN, 1:04.50; 4. Witherspoon, Lauren N, SMT-IN, 1:08.79; 5. Hansen, Beth Ann, GCAS-IN, 1:20.96; 6. Karpova, Sofya, SMT-IN, 1:29.14.
Boys 100 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brattain, Elijah D, GCAS-IN, 54.22; 2. Ummel, Jason, GCAS-IN, 1:01.56; 3. Kessler, Jacob, GCAS-IN, 1:03.85; 4. Gray, Zac, SMT-IN, 1:21.47.
Girls 500 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brush, Libby, GCAS-IN, 6:27.05; 2. Simpson, Shannon M, SMT-IN, 6:50.88; 3. Doyle, Brittany N, SMT-IN, 6:57.05; 4. Moore, Rebecca, GCAS-IN, 7:01.93; 5. Mason, Kaitlynne, GCAS-IN, 7:48.47; 6. Edwards, Christa, SMT-IN, 8:03.43.
Boys 500 Yard Freestyle:
1. Harms, Isaac, GCAS-IN, 6:04.32; 2. Briones, Alex J, GCAS-IN, 6:26.57; 3. Bartlett, Collin, SMT-IN, 6:27.73; 4. Asbell, Alex, GCAS-IN, 6:27.85; 5. Waddell, Wyatt, SMT-IN, 8:07.02.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Cox, Kaelynn SR, Romer, Corrie FR, Gomez, Rosio JR, Smith, Amelia FR), 1:54.72; 2. SHS 'A' (Monts, Brooke A JR, Richards, Kelsey M SR, Kinkead, Morgan M JR, Simpson, Shannon M JR), 2:03.34; 3. GHS 'B' (Wheeler, Emily JR, Roberts, Jessica FR, Stevens, Kristen SO, Moore, Rebecca SO), 2:06.72; 4. SHS 'B' (Doyle, Brittany N SR, Peters, Allison SO, Edwards, Christa SO, Waddell, Hannah B SR), 2:25.11; 5. GHS 'C' (Anderson, Caitlyn FR, Fauvergue, Madi FR, Hansen, Beth Ann SO, Mason, Kaitlynne SR), 2:30.90.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brattain, Elijah D SO, Kessler, Jacob FR, Secrest, Taylor SO, Briones, Alex J SO), 1:46.03; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Ummel, Jason SO, Watson, Brayden SO, Mangrum, Brant JR, Asbell, Alex SR), 1:53.97; 3. SHS 'A' (Arnold, Justin L SO, Cloncs, Steven FR, Waddell, Wyatt 7, Bartlett, Collin SR), 2:05.25.
Girls 100 Yard Backstroke:
1. Meyer, Mallary, GCAS-IN, 1:14.32; 2. Harrison, Katy M, SMT-IN, 1:21.68; 3. Roberts, Jessica, GCAS-IN, 1:27.87; 4. Anderson, Caitlyn, GCAS-IN, 1:45.96; 5. Peters, Allison, SMT-IN, 1:46.91.
Boys 100 Yard Backstroke:
1. Firebaugh, Nash L, GCAS-IN, 59.53; 2. Gardner, Nathan, GCAS-IN, 1:01.68; 3. Cloncs, Steven, SMT-IN, 1:16.06; 4. Johnson, Mitchell, GCAS-IN, 1:17.31.
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke:
1. Wheeler, Emily, GCAS-IN, 1:21.65; 2. Kinkead, Morgan M, SMT-IN, 1:22.08; 3. Romer, Corrie, GCAS-IN, 1:24.17; 4. Hansen, Beth Ann, GCAS-IN, 1:27.27; 5. Reed, Sadie A, SMT-IN, 1:28.12; 6. Monts, Brooke A, SMT-IN, 1:35.77.
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke:
1. Secrest, Taylor, GCAS-IN, 1:16.46; 2. Watson, Brayden, GCAS-IN, 1:19.61; 3. Hudson, Bryce, GCAS-IN, 1:20.48.
Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brush, Libby FR, Meyer, Mallary FR, Gomez, Rosio JR, Cox, Kaelynn SR), 4:26.51; 2. SHS 'A' (Witherspoon, Lauren N JR, Wickholm, Nikki M SO, Simpson, Shannon M JR, Richards, Kelsey M SR), 4:39.82; 3. GHS 'B' (Roberts, Jessica FR, Mason, Kaitlynne SR, Stevens, Kristen SO, Moore, Rebecca SO), 5:09.78; 4. SHS 'B' (Doyle, Brittany N SR, Reed, Sadie A SR, Monts, Brooke A JR,
Harrison, Katy M SO), 5:22.71.
Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brattain, Elijah D SO, Harms, Isaac JR, Gardner, Nathan JR, Firebaugh, Nash L JR), 3:44.07; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Briones, Alex J SO, Kessler, Jacob FR, Mangrum, Brant JR, Asbell, Alex SR), 4:16.89; 3. GHS 'C' (Hudson, Bryce SR, Lewis, Levi SO, Johnson, Mitchell SO, Secrest, Zach SO), 5:24.81.
Tiger Cubs lose physical battle to feisty Danville Warriors, 58-51
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Greencastle junior guard Alex Basile steals the ball from Danville junior Chelsea Gould in the fourth quarter of the game on Tuesday. Basile had five total steals and finished with a team-high 12 points.
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The Danville girls' basketball team is starting to make a habit of frustrating its' Putnam County foes.
After winning at South Putnam by three last week, the Warriors topped Greencastle on Tuesday, 58-51.
The Tiger Cubs fell behind early, at times in the first quarter struggling to cross midcourt. They turned the ball over 15 times in the period.
They responded in the second quarter. GHS closed the gap to 21-18 at the half and had zero turnovers.
Senior Rayleigh Amis and sophomore Jessica Lenihan had eight of the teams' 10 points in the second quarter, combining for four-for-seven shooting.
"Danville a good job, in the first half especially, of pressuring us up front; getting some easy steals that lead to easy baskets," GHS coach Bradley Key said. "Our girls did a good job of fighting back. Only being down three at half was a pretty good accomplishment."
The teams traded buckets for most of the third quarter, though GHS never got closer than one.
They traded fouls, as well.
The Tiger Cubs had six in the quarter and the Warriors had seven.
Amis and Danville's leading scorer, sophomore Allie Lake, each picked up their fourth foul in the period.
When the dust settled, the Warriors took a 38-33 lead into the fourth.
Danville opened the final frame on a nine-two run in the first two minutes, but the Tiger Cubs kept scratching for a lead.
The closest they came was seven points.
Junior Alex Basile made five-of-six shots in the period, but her team-high 12 points weren't enough.
"We told her, we know she can score, but she's got to believe in herself," Key said. "In that fourth quarter she stepped up and kept us in the game a little longer."
Key called one final timeout, down seven with 6.8 seconds remaining.
GHS got a steal, but junior Shelby Earl's shot from the wing missed wide and the ball rolled harmlessly out of bounds.
"They did play hard," Key said. "I don't think we really gave up at any point in time. We put ourselves in bad positions.
"Every day we've got to get better for February and hopefully that game is an experience that we can learn from."
Greencastle will play Cloverdale on Friday at 6 p.m.
At Greencastle
Danville -- 14 7 17 20 -- 58
Greencastle -- 8 10 15 18 -- 51
Individual scoring
Danville: Lake 7-14, 1-3, 16; Gould 3-7, 6-6, 13; Newby 5-10, 2-4, 13; Taylor 3-5, 1-2, 7; Lynch 1-3, 1-2, 3; Kiefer 0-1, 3-4, 3; Ford 1-1, 0-0, 3; Motter 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Basile 6-11, 0-0, 12; Amis 4-10, 2-2, 10; Lenihan 5-8, 0-2, 10; Taylor 3-11, 2-2, 9; Earl 2-10, 0-0, 4; Stoltey 1-3, 2-2, 4; Covert 0-0, 2-4, 2; Smiley 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Turnovers
D: 20
G: 24
Rebounds
D: 26
G: 30
Three-pointers
D: 4-11
G: 1-9
Clovers dominate Eminence in 61-9 win
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Cloverdale sophomore Bailee Stevens steps in front of a pass intended for Eminence freshman Zoe Foote. Stevens had eight steals in the game.
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The Cloverdale girls' basketball team held Eminence to only two first-half points in its 61-9 win on Monday.
It was the team's largest margin of victory since beating Indianapolis Howe 81-24 on Dec. 29, 2006.
"Defensively we played well," Cloverdale coach Matthew Langdon said. "You have to just slow down and make sure that we were learning stuff off of the game."
The Clovers shut out the Eels in the first quarter, using a full-court press for the first four minutes before falling back into half court for the remainder of the game.
The teams' 2-3 zone proved just as potent. Senior Paige Gruener had five first-half steals, most leading to layups on the other end.
Gruener finished with 11 points.
The Clovers were led in scoring by sophomore Bailee Stevens, who came off the bench to score 14 points. She added seven steals.
"Paige is always our leader on the defensive end; getting steals. Bailee really stepped up for us tonight." Langdon said. "Our girls, defensively, moved their feet really well. Even in the 2-3, where it's easy to just pass it around and not to get a lot of steals, our girls really moved their feet."
Eminence finally got on the scoreboard when senior Codi Belcher made a short shot from the baseline with two minutes left in the second quarter.
Leading 32-2 at halftime, senior Amillia Nally came on in the third quarter, scoring seven of her 13 points in the first two minutes.
Both teams used the game as a chance to get younger players into the game.
With the outcome decided (45-4 after three quarters), Langdon used the fourth to get his underclassmen varsity experience.
Because many of them also play on the junior varsity team, they were only eligible to play for one quarter of varsity action.
"It gets tough for us from here on out," Langdon said. "We need to continue to work on things and continue to improve. We can't just be content with this. We really need to work to get better in the next week."
Cloverdale opens its conference schedule at Greencastle on Friday at 6 p.m.
At Eminence
Cloverdale -- 17 15 14 15 -- 61
Eminence -- 0 2 2 5 -- 9
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Stevens 6-16, 2-5, 14; Nally 5-9, 2-4, 13; Gruener 4-12, 3-3, 11; Shrum 4-10, 1-1, 9; Tate 2-2, 1-5, 5; Dorsett 1-1, 2-2, 4; Clark 2-4, 0-0, 4; Worthington 1-1, 0-0, 2; Walters 0-2, 1-2, 1; Helterbrand 0-3, 0-0, 0; Skiles 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Eminence: Jobes 1-9, 0-0, 2; Foote 1-7, 0-0, 2; Belcher 1-4, 0-0, 2; Watson 0-2, 2-2, 2; Moore 0-9, 1-6, 1; Stierwalt 0-3, 0-0, 0; Gore 0-2, 0-0, 0; Marlnee 0-6, 0-0, 0; Ninette 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hall 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Turnovers
C: 17
E: 32
Rebounds
C: 48
E: 33
Eagles claim county title, redeem last year's final loss
Sunday, December 2, 2012
The 2012 Putnam County Classic champions South Putnam. The players (front, from left) Trevor Long (fr.), Klayton Vittetow (jr.), Derrick Mitchell (jr.), Justin Bumgardner (sr.), Jimmy Rutter (fr.), (second row, from left) Trey Moore (jr.), Kinser Franklin (sr.), Ryan Chestnut (sr.), Logan Pell (sr.), Sawyer Arnold (jr.) and Codey Snow (sr.). [Order this photo]
The South Putnam boys' basketball team used its height (and experience) to its advantage on Saturday, claiming the 2012 Putnam County Championship with a 53-44 win against North Putnam.
It's the Eagles' first PCC win since 2008, allowing the club to avenge last year's championship game loss to Greencastle.
"This goes back a year ago," South Putnam coach Troy Burgess said. "I think this means a lot to the kids that graduated last year -- my seniors that graduated.
"We came in last year and got this thing off and running, and those guys kind of set the tone and got things going in the right direction."
Senior forward Justin Bumgardner led the charge for the Eagles, pulling down a game-high 16 rebounds while adding 15 points.
"He had a good weekend for us, offensively, on the boards, everything," Burgess said. "We feel like our strength right now is our inside, our post-presence. When we get the ball inside to them and finish, we can be pretty good."
The Eagles' penetration led to early foul trouble for the NPHS bigs, seniors Jameson Brewer and Jake Haste.
Each picked up his third foul before halftime, forcing the Cougars to go with a small-ball lineup that couldn't withstand the Eagles attack.
As a team, SPHS out-rebounded NPHS 46-32.
"We got ourselves into trouble in the first half with three fouls on both of those guys," NPHS coach Nathan Martindale said. "That kind of puts us behind the eight-ball."
The Eagles led by only two, 14-12, after the first quarter despite holding NPHS to just 4-19 shooting.
The quickness of the Cougar guards helped force five turnovers in the period.
"That's what we can do," Martindale said, "because we're quick, we're athletic."
The Eagles figured out the press and began attacking inside during the second quarter.
Brewer picked up an early third foul, leaving Haste to carry the load inside.
NPHS senior Jameson Brewer blocks a lay-up attempt from SPHS junior Trey Moore into the seats in the first quarter of the 2012 Putnam County Championship final.
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With three minutes remaining before halftime, SPHS senior Ryan Chestnut snuck underneath him and pulled in an offensive rebound. Haste was called for a push in the back. He then picked up a technical foul, his third personal, and was sent to the bench.
With Haste out, the Eagles completed the quarter on a seven-nothing run and took a 25-17 lead into halftime.
"We had to make a decision there to keep us with a little bit more athleticism," Martindale said. "Coy (Flynn, who started the second half) has some good athleticism, he's quick. We thought we could get after them just a little bit there and bring Jake off the bench (in the second half)."
The Eagles continued to slowly pull away in the third quarter. Senior Logan Pell opened the scoring with a three-pointer, and Bumgardner scored eight points in the period on four-of-five shooting.
Brewer began heating up as well, knocking down a pair of threes in the quarter. He finished with a game-high 19 points.
"We don't mind the three point shot, but we'd also like to see him get toward the bucket," Martindale said. "That's part of what we talked about in the locker room. We've got to take more shots in the paint. We can't be banking on the three-point shot all the time, because that's going to get us hurt."
SPHS led 38-27 after three, and the fouls continued piling up for the Cougars.
The only thing keeping NPHS in the game was the Eagles poor foul shooting (seven-of-14 in the fourth), but the Cougars simply couldn't mount enough offense to respond.
"I thought (South Put) played a good game, but this one is on us," Martindale said. "Offensively, we just did not do a good job with shot selection; with understanding what's a good shot and what's a bad shot. We forced way too much from the outside."
Brewer added a couple more late threes, but by then it was too late for a comeback.
It's still early in the season, but both coaches said their teams will use the tournament results to grow and move forward.
"When you win the county, you put the target on your back," Burgess said. "That's OK, we'll take that. But you can't rest. You've got to continue to work."
Martindale had firmer words for his squad.
"Our guys, they've got to understand where we need to go," Martindale said. "With this team, we've learned from it, we're young in terms of experience and we'll be better next week."
The Eagles are back in action on Friday when they open the West Central Conference schedule against Cascade at 7:30 p.m.
North Putnam hosts Crawfordsville on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
At Greencastle
Putnam County Classic -- Championship game
South Putnam -- 14 11 13 15 -- 53
North Putnam -- 12 5 10 17 -- 44
Individual scoring
South Putnam: Bumgardner 6-12, 3-7, 15; Moore 4-8, 4-6, 12; Pell 3-5, 0-0, 8; Franklin 3-8, 0-0, 8; Arnold 1-3, 3-4, 6; Chestnut 2-6, 1-4, 5; Vittetow 0-1, 0-0, 0; Long 0-0, 0-0, 0.
North Putnam: Brewer 7-17, 2-2, 19; Green 4-12, 0-0, 10; Nauert 2-15, 0-0, 5; Hazelgrove 1-6, 2-2, 4; Haste 1-3, 0-0, 2; Flynn 1-6, 0-0, 2; Herrmann 1-3, 0-0, 2.
Team scoring
S: 19-42, 11-22, 53.
N: 16-64, 4-4, 44.
Rebounds (Offensive)
S: 46 (6)
N: 32 (11)
Three-point shooting
S: 5-7
N: 8-29
Turnovers
S: 17
N: 8
GHS Tiger Cubs take home county wrestling team title
Friday, December 14, 2012
Individual champions for the 2012 Putnam County wrestling tournament included Ryley Cook, Nick Havey, Jacob Lorimer, Dean Kleiber, Jordan Sanders, Jacob Camacho, Riley Boswell, Joe Waters, Aaron Langdon, Carter Lewis, Hunter Smith, Rudy Harris and Lane Hacker. Blaine Fenwick is not picutred.
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CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School wrestling team won its second straight Putnam County wrestling championship on Thursday, finishing with a 3-0 team record and earning seven individual county champions.
Tiger Cubs senior Carter Lewis (170) won his fourth consecutive county title.
"It was a good win for us, but we've got to keep looking forward," GHS coach Matt McComish said. "It's always good to win county. We knew we had some tough teams to wrestle when we came in, and we knew it was going to be close
Greencastle's Hunter Smith (black) got the worst of this exchange with South Putnam's Tanner Thompson, but Smith was able to recover to win the match and win his second straight county championship.
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"It was a tough fight all night all night and I'm glad we came away with a win."
Ryley Cook (106), Jordan Sanders (113), Riley Boswell (145), Aaron Langdon (160), Hunter Smith (182) and Blaine Fenwick (220) also won titles for GHS.
"All seven of them wrestled really well," McComish said. "We still have things we can improve on, but we're starting to do some things right. At this time of the season, that's what I want to see."
The South Putnam team finished second in the meet with a 2-1 record. They had six county champions: Nick Havey (113), Jacob Lorimer (120), Jacob Camacho (138), Joe Waters (152), Rudy Harris (195) and Lane Hacker (3-0).
"As a team we wrestled pretty well," SPHS coach Josh Hendrickson said. "(We've got to) fix the basics, work on the things that we've worked on and affect the things that we know."
Camacho won his second straight conference title, and also competed in the best match of the night, a battle with Greencastle's Nick Pingleton.
Tied at five after three rounds, the two battled through the sudden victory period and into the 30-second tiebreaker periods.
Camacho started in the defensive position, then slipped into a reversal. Neither could gain an upper hand in the time remaining and Camacho earned a 7-5 win by decision.
North Putnam finished the meet in third place and it was led by Dean Kleiber, who won his second-straight county title at 126 pounds.
The Cougars finished 1-2, equaling last year's county dual result.
"We had some good performances tonight," NPHS coach Bucky Kramer said. "It's tough on us when we're giving up four weight classes (to forfeit) off the top. You've got to stay happy with what we're seeing. Overall it's a good improvement."
Cloverdale rounded out the field, finishing 0-3 for the second consecutive year.
CHS coach Steven Livingston said his young team has a lot of room to grow.
"I don't think we looked nearly our best tonight," Livingston said. "We just try to stay positive and keep the guys working hard and focus on what really matters and that's the matches at the end of the season.
"Those are the matches that we keep telling our guys, keep your nose to the grind; keep getting better. Win those matches when they count at the end of the season. That's how you get your picture on the wall. That's how people remember you."
Havey, Waters, Smith and Harris each won their second straight county title.
Greencastle's Fenwick suffered an apparent neck injury in his bout against South Putnam's Jacob Williams. He was taken out on a stretcher.
The champion Tiger Cubs return to action Saturday when they host the Holiday Invitational on Saturday at 9 a.m. North Putnam hosts a dual meet with Rockville on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 6:30 p.m.
South Putnam will compete in the state duals on Saturday, Dec. 22 at Westfield High School beginning at 9 a.m. Cloverdale is back when they compete at Ben Davis High School on Thursday, Dec. 27 at 8 a.m.
Complete individual results will be included in a future issue of the Banner Graphic.
At Cloverdale
2012-13 Putnam County Wrestling Tournament
1. Greencastle 3-0, 2. SPHS 2-1, 3. NPHS 1-2, 4. Cloverdale 0-3.
Individual Champions
106 -- Ryley Cook, GHS
113 -- Nick Havey, SPHS
120 -- Jacob Lorimer, SPHS
126 -- Dean Kleiber, NPHS
132 -- Jordan Sanders, GHS
138 -- Jacob Camacho, SPHS
145 -- Riley Boswell, GHS
152 -- Joe Waters, SPHS
160 -- Aaron Langdon, GHS
170 -- Carter Lewis, GHS
182 -- Hunter Smith, GHS
195 -- Rudy Harris, SPHS
220 -- Blaine Fenwick, GHS
285 -- Lane Hacker, SPHS
Bad half dooms Eagles against Patriots
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
South Putnam junior Aubrey Nichols knocks down a three-point shot from the corner against Owen Valley on Tuesday.
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A weak second half gave them a 55-36 loss, but the South Putnam girls' basketball team spent the first half of Tuesday's game looking ready to upset Owen Valley.
The Eagles' shots weren't falling but a newly-installed 2-3 zone defense had the Patriots scrambling.
Owen Valley shot just 24 percent (6-for-25) in the first half.
"At halftime, we were happy with the position we were in," SPHS head coach Lindsey Blackman said. "Because we switched to the zone, we knew we had to get block outs and get defensive rebounds. We crashed the boards offensively and were able to get some second shot attempts.
"We were happy with the aggressiveness and the tone in the first half and then we kind of let it go in the third (quarter)."
The Eagles led 19-15 at the break.
SPHS junior Aubrey Nichols and senior Leanna Masters each had six rebounds in the half, though the Eagles were outrebounded as a team, 22-19.
That deficit foreshadowed things to come.
Owen Valley came out for the second half on fire, getting to the rim on nearly every possession.
When Masters picked up her third foul early in the third the Patriots dominated the interior, pulling in seven offensive rebounds in the quarter.
The Patriots opened the second half on 23-2 run that extended into the fourth and dispirited the Eagles.
"I told the girls, this was the first time I wasn't happy with our performance," Blackman said. "It looked like in the third quarter we gave up. As soon as they hit a couple big shots, the shoulders went down, it was very quiet on defense. It seemed like a little let up."
Mallory Cash led the Eagles with nine points and three steals. Masters finished with eight points (three-for-four shooting) and nine rebounds.
Patriots guard Alicia Wilson had a game-high 17 points and five steals.
Sarah Jones came off the bench to pull in 14 rebounds for Owen Valley.
The Eagles are back in action Thursday when they travel to Covenant Christian. The game tips at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Owen Valley -- 8 7 19 21 -- 55
South Putnam -- 8 11 2 15 -- 36
Individual scoring
Owen Valley: Wilson 7-12, 2-2, 17; Herrington 5-7, 1-2, 13; Corder 5-11, 0-1, 10; Williams 3-12, 0-0, 7; Jones 3-13, 0-0, 6; Eldridge 1-6, 0-0, 2; Richardson 0-3, 0-1, 0.
South Putnam: Cash 4-13, 0-0, 9; Masters 3-4, 2-3, 9; Nichols 2-7, 1-1, 6; Varvel 2-10, 1-4, 5; Whitaker 2-2, 0-0, 4; Birt 1-6, 0-0, 2; Barnes 1-4, 0-0, 2; Cundiff 0-2, 0-0, 0; York 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hewitt 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring (three-pointers)
Owen Valley: 24-61 (9-34), 3-5, 51; South Putnam 15-48 (2-9), 4-9, 36.
Rebounds (offensive)
Owen Valley 45 (22), South Putnam 31 (13)
Turnovers
Owen Valley 16, South Putnam 21
Eagles fly through water to split with Fountain Central Mustangs
Monday, December 10, 2012
South Putnam senior Zeke Evens lost his goggles early during the 100-yard breast stroke event on Saturday against Southmont, but still swam to a third-place finish.
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The South Putnam boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams split a meet with Fountain Central on Satuday.
The boys' squad came away with a 103-68 victory, while the girls lost 117-68.
"I think they swam really well," SPHS swim coach Matthew Edwards said. "Even some of the swimmers that aren't getting the first places are getting personal bests."
On the boys' side, senior Matt Lund, juniors Tayler Arnold and Tyler Neumann and sophomore Zane Crosby started off the morning with a win in the 200 medley relay.
It was one of four wins on the day for Arnold, the school's record-holder in the 100 back.
Edwards said Arnold is focusing more on sprints this year. That showed when he picked up a win in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races.
Crosby and freshman Zach Rayce each picked up wins in individual races as well.
"We were down a lot of swimmers, due to illness and other things," Edwards said. "It really put a lot of strain on the swimmers (who are forced into) doing new events and things they weren't used to, but they handled it well."
The girls' team is still working to improve.
Many of the seniors are working on new events, Edwards said.
Freshman Katie Hansel (in the 200 free) and senior Lyndsie Beasley (100 breast) picked up solo wins for the team.
Hansel, Deszi, senior Ashley Wilson and freshman Katie Jo Beasley also teamed up to win the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Edwards said he enjoys the Fountain Central meet every year.
The SPHS coach is Mustangs alumnus, but said he has another reason for appreciating the meet.
"Our schools are very similar," he said, regarding the schools' populations and facilities. "This is always a really good meet for us to compete in because we're on the same level."
The Eagles return to the pool on Tuesday at Southmont at 6 p.m.
At South Putnam
Girls' results
Fountain Central 117, South Putnam 68
Boys' results
South Putnam 103, Fountain Central 68
Event Results
Girls' 200 medley relay:
1. FCHS-A Gayler, McGrady, Moore, Campbell; 2:09.15; 2. F-B Gibbs, Thomas, Green, R Johnson; 2:23.44; 3. SPHS Deszi, L. Beasley, Farmer, K Beasley; 2:25.78; 4. F-C Clevenger, M Johnson, Chavez, Winland; 2:33.62; 5. S-B Wilson, Arnold, Shaw, Plunkett; 2:41.00.
Boys' 200 medley relay:
1. S-A Arnold, Neumann, Lund, Crosby; 2:00.22; 2. F-A Hall, Phillips, Nine, Freeman; 2:05.09; 3. S-B Rayce, Evens, Nees, Chambers; 2:10.22.
Girls' 200 free:
1. Hansel, S; 2:34.39; 2 Thomas, F; 2:34.66; 3. Hands, F; 2:35.20; 4. Johnson, F; 2:38.44; 5. Wilson, S; 2:52.91; 6. Kiste, S; 3:13.16.
Boys' 200 free:
1. Phillips, F; 2:21.82; 2. Fields, S; 2:33.00; 3. Pitts, S; 2:35.39; 4. Andres, F; 2:55.44; 5. Hoagland, F; 3:05.61.
Girls' 200 IM:
1. Gibbs, F; 2:45.48; 2. Beasley, S; 2:56.35; 3. Green, F; 3:03.97; 4. Knight, S; 3:24.84; 5. Kelley, S; 3:41.32; DQ Gayler, F.
Boys' 200 IM:
1. Nine, F; 2:28.52; 2. Lund, S; 2:38.28; 3. Rayce, S; 2:49.80; 4. Nees, S; 2:50.60; 5. McGrady, F; 3:06.33.
Girls' 50 free:
1. Campbell, F; 28.63; 2. Farmer, S; 29.26; 3. Gulley, F; 29.97; 4. Arnold, S; 31.93; 5. Hands, F; 32.70; 6. Shaw, S; 33.59.
Boys' 50 free:
1. Arnold, S; 24.94; 2. Freeman, F; 28.19; 3. Terry, F; 33.39; 4. Martinek, F; 34.21; DQ Crosby, S.
Girls' diving:
1. Cambell, F; 145.25; 2. Plunkett, S; 142.65; 3. Sullivan, S; 134.00; 4. Winland, F; 77.4.
Boys' diving:
1. Freeman, F; 151.50; 2. Neumann, S; 129.35.
Girls' 100 fly:
1. McGrady, F; 1:07.20; 2. Moore, F; 1:10.05; 3. Clevenger, F; 1:39.09; 4. Shaw, S; 139.76; 5. Knight, S; 1:40.63.
Boys' 100 fly:
1. Nine, F; 1:06.35; 2. Lund, S; 1:06.58; 3. Hall, F; 1:13.19; 4. Nees, S; 1:19.04.
Girls' 100 free:
1. Chavez, F; 36.83; 2. Gulley, F; 1:04.73; 3. Farmer, S; 1:07.86; 4. Green, F; 1:08.00; 5. K Beasley, S; 1:09.28; 6. Kiste, S; 1:18.78.
Boys' 100 free:
1. Arnold, S; 56.19; 2. Pitts, S; 1:04.56; 3. McGrady, F; 1:12.09; 4. Chambers, S; 1:12.26; 5. Terry, F; 1:19.35.
Girls' 500 free:
1. McGrady, F; 6:36.26; 2. Morgan, S; 6:59.56; 3. Johnson, F; 6:59.75; 4. Hansel, S; 7:08.63; 5. Wilson, S; 7:26.93; 6. Johnson, F; 7:35.22.
Boys' 500 free:
1. Crosby, S; 6:06.93; 2. Z Evens, S; 6:30.49; 3. C Evens, S; 7:27.30; DQ Andres, F.
Girls' 200 free relay:
1. F-A Green, Thomas, Moore, Gulley; 2:01.24; 2. S-A Beasley, Arnold, Hansel, Farmer; 2:01.85; 3. F-B Hands, Winland, Clevenger, Johnson; 2:16.92; 4. S-B Knight, Kelley, Kiste, Plunkett; 2:20.10.
Boys' 200 free relay:
1. S-A Lund, Nees, Crosby, Arnold; 1:44.98; 2. F-A Nine, Freeman, McGrady, Phillips; 1:50.91; 3. S-B Pitts, Chambers, Fields, Evens; 2:06.48; 4. F-B Hoagland, Martinek, Terry, Andres; 2:19.44.
Girls' 100 back:
1. Gayler, F; 1:13.57; 2. Gibbs, F; 1:19.28; 3. K Beasley, S; 1:19.94; 4. Deszi, S; 1:20.68; 5. Chavez, F; 1:27.67.
Boys' 100 back:
1. Rayce, S; 1:11.94; 2. Hall, F; 1:14.96; 3. Fields, S; 1:21.85; 4. Hoagland, F; 1:53.02.
Girls' 100 breast:
1. Beasley, S; 1:28.84; 2. Thomas, F; 1:31.28; 3. Johnson, F; 1:41.33; 4. Arnold, S; 1:41.52; 5. Clevenger, F; 1:51.49; 6. Kelley, S; 2:01.91.
Boys' 100 breast:
1. Phillips, F; 1:18.65; 2. Neumann, S; 1:21.14; 3. Z Evens, S; 4.1:22.13; C Evens, S; 1:31.50.
Girls' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Hansel, Wilson, Deszi, K Beasley; 4:27.93; 2. F-A McGrady, Gayler, Gibbs, Campbell; 4:33.10; 3. F-B Hands, Chavez, Moore, Johnson; 4:43.62; 4. S-B Shaw, Plunkett, Kiste, Knight; 5:15.81.
Boys' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Pitts, Rayce, Fields, Neuman; 4:34.10; 2. F-A McGrady, Andres, Terry, Hall; 5:05.42.
Mounties run past Eagles in 66-41 romp
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Junior forward Trey Moore elevates to attempt a shot in the lane on Saturday. Moore was the lone bright spot for South Putnam, scoring a team-high 16 points in the loss to Southmont.
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The South Putnam boys' basketball team has size, both height and strength. This can often be a benefit, but the detriments for having such a roster were exposed on Saturday when the Eagles lost to Southmont, 66-41.
The Mounties forced 16 first-half turnovers, controlling the pace of the game and flustering the South Putnam offense.
The Eagles were overwhelmed by the Mounties half-court trap and ball pressure, rarely getting an opportunity to feed the ball into the post to use their size as an advantage.
SPHS took an early 3-2 lead when senior Justin Bumgardner completed a traditional three-point play at the 6:26 mark in the opening period, but the lead didn't last.
Mounties junior Devon Burton and senior Drake Cooksey turned up the intensity and forced the Eagles' ball handlers into difficult situations, forcing passes and picking up their dribble near midcourt.
"We didn't handle the pressure at all," SPHS head coach Troy Burgess said. "We've had two opportunities now against very good teams that have really gotten out and pressured us in Danville and in Southmont, and we haven't handled it.
"For us to be as good as we want to be, and get to where we want to be, we've got to handle that better."
Southmont led 24-10 after the first quarter, but the second was even more dominant.
Burton finished the first half with three steals and 18 points, going six-for-nine from the field.
Cooksey had four steals and 10 points himself.
"We've got a lot of quick guys. We've got to play to that," Southmont coach Jon Sparks said. "The guys did a real good job with that. I wish the second half had been as good, but it's hard to keep up with that intensity."
The teams went to the break with Southmont leading 41-14.
SPHS finally emerged from the locker room with less than a minute on the halftime clock.
They had a new game plan and a new lineup.
Junior Derrick Mitchell started in place of Bumgardner, who picked up technical foul in the first quarter and remained on the bench for the rest of the game.
Mitchell, a guard, also gave the Eagles more ball handlers on the court to try to get around the press.
The Eagles became more deliberate, slowing the game down and making careful decisions.
The new pace allowed them to get inside and they began drawing fouls. Down big, scoring with the clock stopped can be an equalizer.
Southmont committed nine fouls in the third quarter, allowing SPHS to go eight-for-eight on free throw attempts, but still managed to play even.
Burton tacked on 10 more points, giving him a game-high 28.
The Eagles finally made some headway in the fourth, but by then it was too late.
"We played hard in the second half," Burgess said. "I was proud of our kids. They didn't quit; they didn't let down. They continued to play hard."
Junior Trey Moore had a team-high 16 points and remained in attack mode until the final buzzer.
The Eagles lone advantage in the game came on the glass as they outrebounded Southmont 34-22.
"I've got to do a better job as a coach of preparing my guys to get them ready for this type of game," Burgess said. "I'll put this one on me tonight. I didn't have our guys prepared for that type of pressure."
Preparing for quickness in practice will be a challenge for the Eagles, and Burgess said he'll have to get creative.
"I know these guys will work hard; they'll do what I ask them to do," Burgess said. "We're going to have to create (quickness) somehow. As a coach, that's my job to figure out how we can simulate that, and how we can create that type of an atmosphere so we're ready.
"We're going to see it again next Friday night."
The Eagles return against Rockville on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Southmont -- 24 17 14 11 -- 66
South Putnam -- 10 4 14 13 -- 41
Individual scoring
Southmont: Burton 10-17, 4-6, 28; Cooksey 10-14, 0-4, 15; Thomas 2-8, 4-4, 10; Dinius 3-5, 0-0, 7; Stewart 1-1, 1-2, 3; Dehne 1-3, 1-3, 3; McCormick 0-1, 0-0, 0; Benge 0-0, 0-0, 0; Remley 0-0, 0-0, 0; Whalen 0-2, 0-0, 0; Truncone 0-1, 0-0, 0.
South Putnam: Moore 6-9, 4-4, 16; Arnold 2-8, 3-4, 7; R Chestnut 1-6, 2-2, 4; Pell 1-3, 0-0, 3; Bumgardner 1-2, 1-3, 3; Long 1-3, 1-4, 3; Franklin 1-4, 1-4, 3; D Chestnut 0-1, 1-2, 1; Vittetow 0-2, 0-0, 0; Mitchell 0-0, 0-0, 0; Carmichael 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring
Southmont 22-45, 15-24, 66; South Putnam 13-37, 13-23, 41.
Rebounds (offensive)
Southmont 22 (4); South Putnam 34 (13).
Turnovers
Southmont 13, South Putnam 26.
Tiger Cubs' JV wins 2012 county tournament
Saturday, December 8, 2012
The Greencastle girls' JV poses on the bleachers after winning the 2012 county championship. Members of the team include (front, from left) Kaylee Evans, Bethanie Burgeson, Paige Bragg, (second row) Madison Trout, Lauren Bridgewater, Marley Haltom, (back) Delanie Stoltey, Tera Amis, Alison White and Megan Haltom. [Order this photo]
CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School girls' junior varsity basketball team entered Saturday's county tournament with an impressive 7-1 record.
They left with a trophy, pair of wins, two tattered nets and claim to a 2012 county title.
"I'm really proud of them," GHS JV coach Matthew Welker said. "It's a great accomplishment to get to 9-1. We've faced some tough teams this year."
The Tiger Cubs defeated North Putnam in the final, 39-35.
Sophomore Lauren Bridgewater opened the game by making a three-pointer from the wing and finished with a game-high 12 points.
Greencastle led 12-8 after the first quarter and, at various times, appeared on the verge of going on a big run to push the Cougars to the brink of defeat.
NPHS kept fighting.
Freshman Jenny Heron was cold early but began heating up late in the first quarter, knocking down a pair of threes to keep her team in the game.
Heron and freshman Taylor Nauert worked the high-post and wing in perfect sync throughout the game.
Greencastle took a 25-19 lead to the fourth quarter, but North Putnam kept fighting.
Sophomore Kaitlin Mindiola scored five points in the quarter, including a traditional three-point play with 4:49 remaining, helping the Cougars seize momentum.
The team battled all the way back to tie GHS at 31-all with 2:15 to play.
The teams traded buckets back and forth. Freshman Paige Bragg added field goal with 30 seconds left to give GHS a 37-35 lead.
North Putnam drew up a play for Heron on the wing.
Her go-ahead three-point attempt caromed off the rim with twelve seconds remaining and the Tiger Cubs hauled in the rebound, raced the length of the court and Bridgewater put in a layup to ice the game.
"(North Putnam) would not go away," Welker said. "I'm really proud of everyone on the team for staying with it."
Greencastle beat Cloverdale 36-19 in the opening round matchup.
North Putnam beat South Putnam 31-24.
"I'm really pleased with the way the kids worked today," NPHS coach Laura Blaydes said. "It's a tough one to swallow but we're going to turn around and play again Tuesday and get our third win of the year."
North Putnam plays at North Vermillion Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Greencastle returns to action Thursday at Rockville.
At Cloverdale
2012 Putnam County girls' JV tournament
North Putnam -- 8 5 6 16 -- 35
Greencaste -- 12 7 6 14 -- 39
Individual scoring
NP: Nauert 4-7, 0-0, 10; Clodfelter 3-11, 0-2, 6; Heron 2-12, 0-0, 6; Mindiola 2-7, 1-1, 5; Millican 2-7, 0-0, 4; Laffin 1-1, 0-0, 2; M. Smith 0-2, 2-2, 2; B. Smith 0-0, 0-0, 0; Evans 0-1, 0-0, 0.
G: Bridgewater 5-11, 2-3, 12; Bragg 5-7, 0-2, 10; Amis 3-4, 1-1, 7; White 2-5, 3-4, 7; Stoltey 1-7, 0-0, 0; Trout 0-1, 0-0, 0; Ma. Haltom 0-1, 0-0, 0; Me. Haltom 0-0, 0-0, 0; Evans 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
North Putnam: 27 (11); Greencastle: 27 (10).
Turnovers
North Putnam: 14; Greencastle: 13
Greencastle boys get payback from tournament loss
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle senior Nate Christy (12) jumps to defend a layup by Cloverdale junior Kedrick Collet. Christy made a big offensive contribution as well, finishing with 11 points.
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After playing an overtime thriller in the Putnam County Classic, the Greencastle and Cloverdale boys' basketball teams seemed destined for another back-and-forth game on Friday.
The teams did not disappoint as Cloverdale came back from a 26-19 halftime deficit to take a lead with 2:46 to play.
Greencastle pulled out a 49-47 win, avenging their loss on Saturday.
Senior Nick Gilliam led the team with a game-high 12 points, including four in the fourth quarter.
"It was a good team win for us and we're just thrilled to get that first victory," GHS head coach Troy Greenlee said. "We've got a lot of guys that haven't played much varsity basketball, so every time we step on the floor, I just think we need to look to get better."
Cloverdale head coach Pat Rady said, despite the loss, he was pleased with his team's effort.
"Even though we lost tonight, I though we played better than we did last week," Rady said. "The turnovers will kill you every time, and that's what we've got to work on."
The Clovers turned the ball over 21 times, including 14 in the second half. Compared to the Tiger Cubs' 13 for the game, ball control played a huge factor.
CHS came out on fire, making five-of-nine shots, including three three-pointers, in the first period.
The Tiger Cubs' came back in the second, powered by the team's young bench.
Sophomores Brody Bollman, Adam Gerard, Colyn Foxx, Calvin Hughes and freshman Ryan Coble gave the team a spark that led to an 11-2 run to open the quarter.
"We told them in (the locker room) that it's going to be different guys every night that are going to make plays for us," Greenlee said. "Tonight I thought Ryan Coble came in, as a freshman, and hit some big shots and made some big plays.
"It was one of those games that we needed everything from everybody tonight."
Senior Dustin Cummings entered the starting lineup for Cloverdale to begin the second half, which seemed to energize the team's offense.
With the rest of the team spacing the floor, junior point guard Brandon Dorman was free to drive into the lane. He made four-of-five shots in the period, scoring eight of his 10 points.
CHS ended the quarter on a 6-2 run, trailing by only one after three.
Sophomore Brantson Scott tied the game with 3:01 remaining and, after a Greencastle turnover, Cummings sank a free throw to put the Clovers ahead with 2:46 to play.
The lead wouldn't last long as GHS senior Nate Christy sank a deep three on the next trip.
The Tiger Cubs' stretched the lead to four then tried to slow the game down, stretching out the clock by dribbling the ball on the perimeter.
"As a team, we've got to be able to take those runs and build on them instead of giving a team a little bit of life," Greenlee said. "I thought, coming out in the second half, we didn't pressure the ball like we should have. We just kind of let them get whatever they wanted on the offensive end."
With Greencastle's young guards working the clock, Cloverdale expanded its defense.
The ball pressure overwhelmed Greencastle as junior Kedrick Collet picked up a steal and layup with 25 seconds remaining.
"We haven't worked on that (ball pressure) a lot," Rady said.
The Clovers had only been called for three fouls in the half, so extending the game by forcing free throws was not an option.
Instead the team again picked up the pressure. Greencastle lost the ball out of bounds on the baseline with just seconds remaining.
Greencastle called a time.
Cloverdale, down two, had six seconds to go the length of the court for a basket.
Dorman took the ball past half court, then had it knocked up in the air.
The ball landed out of bounds to the Clovers, but only 1.7 seconds remained.
Dorman's heave as time expired came up well short.
"We made it exciting there towards the end," Greenlee said. "We struggled handling the ball a little bit down the stretch and gave them a chance."
Greencastle hosts Sullivan tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Cloverdale is back in action Friday when they'll host Monrovia.
At Greencastle
Cloverdale -- 13 6 18 10 -- 47
Greencastle -- 8 18 12 11 -- 49
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Dorman 5-11, 0-0, 10; Scott 5-8, 0-0, 10; Collet 3-8, 0-0, 9; Schroer 3-8, 0-0, 8; Cummings 1-1, 3-4, 5; Cupp 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hughes 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Gilliam 6-14, 0-0, 12; Christy 4-7, 0-0, 11; Winslow 4-11, 1-2, 9; Bollman 2-6, 2-2, 6; Coble 2-3, 0-0, 6; Foxx 1-2, 0-0, 2; King 0-3, 1-2, 1; Gerard 0-1, 1-2, 1; Mitchell 0-3, 0-0, 0; Hughes 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
C: 25 (3)
G: 28 (15)
Turnovers
C: 21
G: 13
Tiger Cubs utilize blazing third quarter to trample Clovers
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle senior Rayleigh Amis (23) finds room amid a crowd in the paint to score a layup for the Tiger Cubs.
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Greencastle has a young girls' basketball team, but the prideful bunch doesn't quit. After a loss to Danville on Tuesday, the team trailed Cloverdale 19-12 at halftime on Friday.
The Tiger Cubs came back from the break on a torrid pace, led by the defense and pressure of senior Rayleigh Amis and junior Alex Basile, channeling the run into a 39-32 win.
The pair combined for four steals in the period.
"Our defense is really what changed it for us," GHS coach Bradley Key said. "I thought Rayleigh Amis and Alex Basile were really the game changers. Those are the two captains and I told them, once they picked up their intensity, I really felt like everyone else followed along.
"That's what captains do, but we've got to have that for four quarter."
The two teams could not seem to find any offense in the early goings, at combining for a one-of-13 stretch early in the first period.
Amis, a team captain, took control of the offense for Greencastle, using her five-foot-eleven frame to work the ball in the paint.
Cloverdale senior Bristy Skiles carried the early load for her team.
"We're really a different team when she's able to hit a couple shots," Cloverdale coach Matthew Langdon said. "She's done a good job the past couple weeks of trying to change her game a little bit. Just not a spot-up shooter. She's able to go off the dribble to create some space."
Skiles had five of the team's eight first-quarter points, and added another three in the second quarter.
Greencastle shot just 21 percent in the first half (five-for-24).
"Towards the end of the second quarter we started playing better," Key said. "I just told them (at halftime) that, 'you know what you need to do to win.' That's it."
Whatever he said, or didn't say, seemed to work.
The Tiger Cubs emerged from the locker room with nearly five minutes left in the intermission, two minutes earlier than normal.
They then went on a 26-to-five run to open the second half.
Cloverdale opened the third quarter with starting guard Amillia Nally on the bench. Nally had picked up three fouls in the first half and, with a thin bench, Langdon inserted sophomore Bailee Stevens into the lineup.
"Bailee gives us really good minutes, but there are times when she needs a break," Langdon said. "We thought, if Mel (Amillia Nally) picked up that fourth foul early, there was no way that Bailee could play 10 straight minutes until we could put Mel back in."
Langdon said he second-guessed his own decision after Greencastle went on its run.
"That was a decision that you go back and think about, 'should I have done it differently,'" he said. "
Without another point guard to turn to, the Clovers couldn't regain their composure and stop the bleeding until it was too late.
Cloverdale finished the game on an eight-one run, but with the clock ticking down, Langdon elected not to extend the game by fouling.
In a laissez-faire game called by the officials, the Clovers had only picked up four in the half.
"Cloverdale: give them credit. They've gotten significantly better during the last two or three years," Key said. "They've won four games and they're going to win quite a few more."
Langdon said his team will bounce back.
"Against a good team like that, sometimes we struggle offensively," Langdon said. "Every possession we had to have good defense. There were just a couple let downs and, when they made a run, we just got a little rattled and got a little too quick."
Greencastle plays at Rockville on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Cloverdale returns to action Friday when they host Monrovia at 6 p.m.
At Greencastle
Cloverdale -- 8 11 5 8 -- 32
Greencastle -- 9 3 18 9 -- 39
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Skiles 3-10, 0-0, 8; Clark 4-6, 0-0, 8; Gruener 3-8, 0-0, 6; Shrum 1-1, 2-4, 4; Nally 1-6, 3; Stevens 1-7, 1-1, 3; Walters 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Amis 5-9, 0-0, 10; Lenihan 4-9, 0-0, 8; Taylor 2-6, 2-3, 6; Earl 2-12, 0-2, 6; Stoltey 2-4, 0-0, 4; Covert 1-2, 1-2, 3; Basile 1-8, 0-0, 2; Smiley 0-0, 0-0, 0; Trout 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
C: 33 (9)
G: 30 (11)
Turnovers
C: 19
G: 10
GHS Tiger Cubs paddle past Southmont Mounties
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle freshman Amelia Smith (far) edges out senior Kaelynn Cox (near) and Southmont's Kelly Richards in the girls 100-yard freestyle event on Thursday. Less than one second seperated the three swimmers.
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The Greencastle boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams dominated their dual meets against South-mont on Thursday.
The girls' won every event en route to a 121-55 win.
The boys' were tripped up only in diving and cruised to a 142-28.
"I'm very happy with the results," GHS swim coach Kent Menzel said. "They told me they were going to do some great stuff tonight, and they definitely delivered."
Although the teams cruised, there were several races that came right down to the wire.
In the girls' 200-free, GHS swimmer senior Kaelynn Cox led by only half a body length with 60 yards to go. She pulled away in down the stretch, giving her a 3.2 second victory, finishing in a time of 2:25.30.
That was one of the few scares the Mounties could give Greencastle, but the team provided enough excitement for itself.
"For us, it's how everybody is progressing as far as their times are concerned," Manzel said. "We have really had a great week. We did not quite see the effect of the fast swimming in the team score (of Tuesday's meet) against Bloomington North, but it was really happening.
"Tonight, that momentum continued at the right place at the right time, and you saw what our swimmers were capable of more and more."
A pair of Tiger Cub girls raced to the finish in the 100 free, with freshman Amelia Smith edging out Cox, 1:03.60 to 1:03.84.
The boys' squad had it's own excitement.
After Southmont sophomore diver Zac Gray pulled out a victory over GHS sophomore Levi Lewis, the Tiger Cubs' swimmers swept the rest of the meet, challenging only themselves to the finish.
This became especially true in the 100-back, which pitted two of the Tiger Cubs' better swimmers -- junior Nash Firebaugh and junior Nathan Gardner -- against each other.
"Nash and Nathan are good friends and they asked to be able to race each other tonight, so I let them," Menzel said. "They're both very fast. Nash tonight had a little bit of an edge on his turns. In terms of straight-up swimming speed they were pretty equal, but Nash was getting a little bit of an edge each time they came into the wall.
"They were both in it for fun tonight, and I think they were both winners on that count."
Firebaugh finished at 59.53, narrowly edging out Gardner.
The Tiger Cubs made clean top-three sweeps in boys 200 free, girls 200 IM, girls and boys 100 fly and boys 100 free.
GHS returns to the pool on Tuesday at Crawfordsville at 6 p.m., with the conference schedule starting soon after.
"We're going to keep pressing up until Dec. 22 where we finish our fall season at the Wabash Valley Invitational," Menzel said. "We want to be strong and sharp for conference, but then set our eyes on the sectional championship."
At Greencastle
Girls' swimming and diving
Greencastle 121, Southmont 55
Boys' swimming and diving
Greencastle 142, Southmont 28
Event Results
Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Meyer, Mallary FR, Wheeler, Emily JR, Brush, Libby FR, Smith, Amelia FR), 2:07.94; 2. SHS 'A' (Ward, Ellen B JR, Kinkead, Morgan M JR, Wickholm, Nikki M SO, Witherspoon, Lauren N JR), 2:18.65; 3. GHS 'B' (Roberts, Jessica FR, Hansen, Beth Ann SO, Romer, Corrie FR, Stevens, Kristen SO), 2:21.41; 4. SHS 'B' (Edwards, Christa SO, Reed, Sadie A SR, Harrison, Katy M SO, Waddell, Hannah B SR), 2:36.41.
Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Gardner, Nathan JR, Harms, Isaac JR, Firebaugh, Nash L JR, Secrest, Taylor SO), 1:52.62; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Mangrum, Brant JR, Watson, Brayden SO, Ummel, Jason SO, Kessler, Jacob FR), 2:05.90; 3. SHS 'A' (Cloncs, Steven FR, Bartlett, Collin SR, Arnold, Justin L SO, Waddell, Wyatt 7), 2:16.21; 4. GHS-IN 'C' (Johnson, Mitchell SO, Hudson, Bryce SR, Secrest, Zach SO, Lewis, Levi SO), 2:19.61.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle:
1. Cox, Kaelynn, GCAS-IN, 2:25.30; 2. Richards, Kelsey M, SMT-IN, 2:28.52; 3. Simpson, Shannon M, SMT-IN, 2:32.47; 4. Doyle, Brittany N, SMT-IN, 2:38.51; 5. Mason, Kaitlynne, GCAS-IN, 2:55.38; 6. Anderson, Caitlyn, GCAS-IN, 3:10.95.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brattain, Elijah D, GCAS-IN, 2:04.42; 2. Asbell, Alex, GCAS-IN, 2:16.00; 3. Briones, Alex J, GCAS-IN, 2:18.66; 4. Bartlett, Collin, SMT-IN, 2:22.35.
Girls 200 Yard IM:
1. Brush, Libby, GCAS-IN, 2:36.16; 2. Wheeler, Emily, GCAS-IN, 2:45.07; 3. Gomez, Rosio, GCAS-IN, 2:47.86; 4. Wickholm, Nikki M, SMT-IN, 2:51.08; 5. Waddell, Hannah B, SMT-IN, 2:59.92; --. Harrison, Katy M, SMT-IN, DQ.
Boys 200 Yard IM:
1. Firebaugh, Nash L, GCAS-IN, 2:13.02; 2. Ummel, Jason, GCAS-IN, 2:38.39; 3. Arnold, Justin L, SMT-IN, 2:43.05; 4. Watson, Brayden, GCAS-IN, 2:52.72.
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle:
1. Smith, Amelia, GCAS-IN, 28.44; 2. Witherspoon, Lauren N, SMT-IN, 30.16; 3. Moore, Rebecca, GCAS-IN, 30.84; 4. Ward, Ellen B, SMT-IN, 31.43; 5. Stevens, Kristen, GCAS-IN, 32.43; 6. Karpova, Sofya, SMT-IN, 36.69.
Boys 50 Yard Freestyle:
1. Secrest, Taylor, GCAS-IN, 26.42; 2. Harms, Isaac, GCAS-IN, 27.50; 3. Cloncs, Steven, SMT-IN, 31.48; 4. Johnson, Mitchell, GCAS-IN, 31.75; 5. Waddell, Wyatt, SMT-IN, 32.76.
Girls 1 mtr Diving:
1. Fauvergue, Madi, GCAS-IN, 102.35.
Boys 1 mtr Diving:
1. Gray, Zac, SMT-IN, 135.70; 2. Lewis, Levi, GCAS-IN, 130.75.
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly:
1. Gomez, Rosio, GCAS-IN, 1:14.60; 2. Meyer, Mallary, GCAS-IN, 1:15.09; 3. Romer, Corrie, GCAS-IN, 1:18.91; 4. Wickholm, Nikki M, SMT-IN, 1:24.51; 5. Peters, Allison, SMT-IN, 2:22.92.
Boys 100 Yard Butterfly:
1. Gardner, Nathan, GCAS-IN, 1:02.27; 2. Mangrum, Brant, GCAS-IN, 1:24.71; 3. Secrest, Zach, GCAS-IN, 1:32.86.
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle:
1. Smith, Amelia, GCAS-IN, 1:03.60; 2. Cox, Kaelynn, GCAS-IN, 1:03.83; 3. Richards, Kelsey M, SMT-IN, 1:04.50; 4. Witherspoon, Lauren N, SMT-IN, 1:08.79; 5. Hansen, Beth Ann, GCAS-IN, 1:20.96; 6. Karpova, Sofya, SMT-IN, 1:29.14.
Boys 100 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brattain, Elijah D, GCAS-IN, 54.22; 2. Ummel, Jason, GCAS-IN, 1:01.56; 3. Kessler, Jacob, GCAS-IN, 1:03.85; 4. Gray, Zac, SMT-IN, 1:21.47.
Girls 500 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brush, Libby, GCAS-IN, 6:27.05; 2. Simpson, Shannon M, SMT-IN, 6:50.88; 3. Doyle, Brittany N, SMT-IN, 6:57.05; 4. Moore, Rebecca, GCAS-IN, 7:01.93; 5. Mason, Kaitlynne, GCAS-IN, 7:48.47; 6. Edwards, Christa, SMT-IN, 8:03.43.
Boys 500 Yard Freestyle:
1. Harms, Isaac, GCAS-IN, 6:04.32; 2. Briones, Alex J, GCAS-IN, 6:26.57; 3. Bartlett, Collin, SMT-IN, 6:27.73; 4. Asbell, Alex, GCAS-IN, 6:27.85; 5. Waddell, Wyatt, SMT-IN, 8:07.02.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Cox, Kaelynn SR, Romer, Corrie FR, Gomez, Rosio JR, Smith, Amelia FR), 1:54.72; 2. SHS 'A' (Monts, Brooke A JR, Richards, Kelsey M SR, Kinkead, Morgan M JR, Simpson, Shannon M JR), 2:03.34; 3. GHS 'B' (Wheeler, Emily JR, Roberts, Jessica FR, Stevens, Kristen SO, Moore, Rebecca SO), 2:06.72; 4. SHS 'B' (Doyle, Brittany N SR, Peters, Allison SO, Edwards, Christa SO, Waddell, Hannah B SR), 2:25.11; 5. GHS 'C' (Anderson, Caitlyn FR, Fauvergue, Madi FR, Hansen, Beth Ann SO, Mason, Kaitlynne SR), 2:30.90.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brattain, Elijah D SO, Kessler, Jacob FR, Secrest, Taylor SO, Briones, Alex J SO), 1:46.03; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Ummel, Jason SO, Watson, Brayden SO, Mangrum, Brant JR, Asbell, Alex SR), 1:53.97; 3. SHS 'A' (Arnold, Justin L SO, Cloncs, Steven FR, Waddell, Wyatt 7, Bartlett, Collin SR), 2:05.25.
Girls 100 Yard Backstroke:
1. Meyer, Mallary, GCAS-IN, 1:14.32; 2. Harrison, Katy M, SMT-IN, 1:21.68; 3. Roberts, Jessica, GCAS-IN, 1:27.87; 4. Anderson, Caitlyn, GCAS-IN, 1:45.96; 5. Peters, Allison, SMT-IN, 1:46.91.
Boys 100 Yard Backstroke:
1. Firebaugh, Nash L, GCAS-IN, 59.53; 2. Gardner, Nathan, GCAS-IN, 1:01.68; 3. Cloncs, Steven, SMT-IN, 1:16.06; 4. Johnson, Mitchell, GCAS-IN, 1:17.31.
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke:
1. Wheeler, Emily, GCAS-IN, 1:21.65; 2. Kinkead, Morgan M, SMT-IN, 1:22.08; 3. Romer, Corrie, GCAS-IN, 1:24.17; 4. Hansen, Beth Ann, GCAS-IN, 1:27.27; 5. Reed, Sadie A, SMT-IN, 1:28.12; 6. Monts, Brooke A, SMT-IN, 1:35.77.
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke:
1. Secrest, Taylor, GCAS-IN, 1:16.46; 2. Watson, Brayden, GCAS-IN, 1:19.61; 3. Hudson, Bryce, GCAS-IN, 1:20.48.
Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brush, Libby FR, Meyer, Mallary FR, Gomez, Rosio JR, Cox, Kaelynn SR), 4:26.51; 2. SHS 'A' (Witherspoon, Lauren N JR, Wickholm, Nikki M SO, Simpson, Shannon M JR, Richards, Kelsey M SR), 4:39.82; 3. GHS 'B' (Roberts, Jessica FR, Mason, Kaitlynne SR, Stevens, Kristen SO, Moore, Rebecca SO), 5:09.78; 4. SHS 'B' (Doyle, Brittany N SR, Reed, Sadie A SR, Monts, Brooke A JR,
Harrison, Katy M SO), 5:22.71.
Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brattain, Elijah D SO, Harms, Isaac JR, Gardner, Nathan JR, Firebaugh, Nash L JR), 3:44.07; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Briones, Alex J SO, Kessler, Jacob FR, Mangrum, Brant JR, Asbell, Alex SR), 4:16.89; 3. GHS 'C' (Hudson, Bryce SR, Lewis, Levi SO, Johnson, Mitchell SO, Secrest, Zach SO), 5:24.81.
Tiger Cubs lose physical battle to feisty Danville Warriors, 58-51
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Greencastle junior guard Alex Basile steals the ball from Danville junior Chelsea Gould in the fourth quarter of the game on Tuesday. Basile had five total steals and finished with a team-high 12 points.
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The Danville girls' basketball team is starting to make a habit of frustrating its' Putnam County foes.
After winning at South Putnam by three last week, the Warriors topped Greencastle on Tuesday, 58-51.
The Tiger Cubs fell behind early, at times in the first quarter struggling to cross midcourt. They turned the ball over 15 times in the period.
They responded in the second quarter. GHS closed the gap to 21-18 at the half and had zero turnovers.
Senior Rayleigh Amis and sophomore Jessica Lenihan had eight of the teams' 10 points in the second quarter, combining for four-for-seven shooting.
"Danville a good job, in the first half especially, of pressuring us up front; getting some easy steals that lead to easy baskets," GHS coach Bradley Key said. "Our girls did a good job of fighting back. Only being down three at half was a pretty good accomplishment."
The teams traded buckets for most of the third quarter, though GHS never got closer than one.
They traded fouls, as well.
The Tiger Cubs had six in the quarter and the Warriors had seven.
Amis and Danville's leading scorer, sophomore Allie Lake, each picked up their fourth foul in the period.
When the dust settled, the Warriors took a 38-33 lead into the fourth.
Danville opened the final frame on a nine-two run in the first two minutes, but the Tiger Cubs kept scratching for a lead.
The closest they came was seven points.
Junior Alex Basile made five-of-six shots in the period, but her team-high 12 points weren't enough.
"We told her, we know she can score, but she's got to believe in herself," Key said. "In that fourth quarter she stepped up and kept us in the game a little longer."
Key called one final timeout, down seven with 6.8 seconds remaining.
GHS got a steal, but junior Shelby Earl's shot from the wing missed wide and the ball rolled harmlessly out of bounds.
"They did play hard," Key said. "I don't think we really gave up at any point in time. We put ourselves in bad positions.
"Every day we've got to get better for February and hopefully that game is an experience that we can learn from."
Greencastle will play Cloverdale on Friday at 6 p.m.
At Greencastle
Danville -- 14 7 17 20 -- 58
Greencastle -- 8 10 15 18 -- 51
Individual scoring
Danville: Lake 7-14, 1-3, 16; Gould 3-7, 6-6, 13; Newby 5-10, 2-4, 13; Taylor 3-5, 1-2, 7; Lynch 1-3, 1-2, 3; Kiefer 0-1, 3-4, 3; Ford 1-1, 0-0, 3; Motter 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Basile 6-11, 0-0, 12; Amis 4-10, 2-2, 10; Lenihan 5-8, 0-2, 10; Taylor 3-11, 2-2, 9; Earl 2-10, 0-0, 4; Stoltey 1-3, 2-2, 4; Covert 0-0, 2-4, 2; Smiley 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Turnovers
D: 20
G: 24
Rebounds
D: 26
G: 30
Three-pointers
D: 4-11
G: 1-9
Clovers dominate Eminence in 61-9 win
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Cloverdale sophomore Bailee Stevens steps in front of a pass intended for Eminence freshman Zoe Foote. Stevens had eight steals in the game.
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The Cloverdale girls' basketball team held Eminence to only two first-half points in its 61-9 win on Monday.
It was the team's largest margin of victory since beating Indianapolis Howe 81-24 on Dec. 29, 2006.
"Defensively we played well," Cloverdale coach Matthew Langdon said. "You have to just slow down and make sure that we were learning stuff off of the game."
The Clovers shut out the Eels in the first quarter, using a full-court press for the first four minutes before falling back into half court for the remainder of the game.
The teams' 2-3 zone proved just as potent. Senior Paige Gruener had five first-half steals, most leading to layups on the other end.
Gruener finished with 11 points.
The Clovers were led in scoring by sophomore Bailee Stevens, who came off the bench to score 14 points. She added seven steals.
"Paige is always our leader on the defensive end; getting steals. Bailee really stepped up for us tonight." Langdon said. "Our girls, defensively, moved their feet really well. Even in the 2-3, where it's easy to just pass it around and not to get a lot of steals, our girls really moved their feet."
Eminence finally got on the scoreboard when senior Codi Belcher made a short shot from the baseline with two minutes left in the second quarter.
Leading 32-2 at halftime, senior Amillia Nally came on in the third quarter, scoring seven of her 13 points in the first two minutes.
Both teams used the game as a chance to get younger players into the game.
With the outcome decided (45-4 after three quarters), Langdon used the fourth to get his underclassmen varsity experience.
Because many of them also play on the junior varsity team, they were only eligible to play for one quarter of varsity action.
"It gets tough for us from here on out," Langdon said. "We need to continue to work on things and continue to improve. We can't just be content with this. We really need to work to get better in the next week."
Cloverdale opens its conference schedule at Greencastle on Friday at 6 p.m.
At Eminence
Cloverdale -- 17 15 14 15 -- 61
Eminence -- 0 2 2 5 -- 9
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Stevens 6-16, 2-5, 14; Nally 5-9, 2-4, 13; Gruener 4-12, 3-3, 11; Shrum 4-10, 1-1, 9; Tate 2-2, 1-5, 5; Dorsett 1-1, 2-2, 4; Clark 2-4, 0-0, 4; Worthington 1-1, 0-0, 2; Walters 0-2, 1-2, 1; Helterbrand 0-3, 0-0, 0; Skiles 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Eminence: Jobes 1-9, 0-0, 2; Foote 1-7, 0-0, 2; Belcher 1-4, 0-0, 2; Watson 0-2, 2-2, 2; Moore 0-9, 1-6, 1; Stierwalt 0-3, 0-0, 0; Gore 0-2, 0-0, 0; Marlnee 0-6, 0-0, 0; Ninette 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hall 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Turnovers
C: 17
E: 32
Rebounds
C: 48
E: 33
GHS Tiger Cubs take home county wrestling team title
Friday, December 14, 2012
Individual champions for the 2012 Putnam County wrestling tournament included Ryley Cook, Nick Havey, Jacob Lorimer, Dean Kleiber, Jordan Sanders, Jacob Camacho, Riley Boswell, Joe Waters, Aaron Langdon, Carter Lewis, Hunter Smith, Rudy Harris and Lane Hacker. Blaine Fenwick is not picutred.
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CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School wrestling team won its second straight Putnam County wrestling championship on Thursday, finishing with a 3-0 team record and earning seven individual county champions.
Tiger Cubs senior Carter Lewis (170) won his fourth consecutive county title.
"It was a good win for us, but we've got to keep looking forward," GHS coach Matt McComish said. "It's always good to win county. We knew we had some tough teams to wrestle when we came in, and we knew it was going to be close
Greencastle's Hunter Smith (black) got the worst of this exchange with South Putnam's Tanner Thompson, but Smith was able to recover to win the match and win his second straight county championship.
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"It was a tough fight all night all night and I'm glad we came away with a win."
Ryley Cook (106), Jordan Sanders (113), Riley Boswell (145), Aaron Langdon (160), Hunter Smith (182) and Blaine Fenwick (220) also won titles for GHS.
"All seven of them wrestled really well," McComish said. "We still have things we can improve on, but we're starting to do some things right. At this time of the season, that's what I want to see."
The South Putnam team finished second in the meet with a 2-1 record. They had six county champions: Nick Havey (113), Jacob Lorimer (120), Jacob Camacho (138), Joe Waters (152), Rudy Harris (195) and Lane Hacker (3-0).
"As a team we wrestled pretty well," SPHS coach Josh Hendrickson said. "(We've got to) fix the basics, work on the things that we've worked on and affect the things that we know."
Camacho won his second straight conference title, and also competed in the best match of the night, a battle with Greencastle's Nick Pingleton.
Tied at five after three rounds, the two battled through the sudden victory period and into the 30-second tiebreaker periods.
Camacho started in the defensive position, then slipped into a reversal. Neither could gain an upper hand in the time remaining and Camacho earned a 7-5 win by decision.
North Putnam finished the meet in third place and it was led by Dean Kleiber, who won his second-straight county title at 126 pounds.
The Cougars finished 1-2, equaling last year's county dual result.
"We had some good performances tonight," NPHS coach Bucky Kramer said. "It's tough on us when we're giving up four weight classes (to forfeit) off the top. You've got to stay happy with what we're seeing. Overall it's a good improvement."
Cloverdale rounded out the field, finishing 0-3 for the second consecutive year.
CHS coach Steven Livingston said his young team has a lot of room to grow.
"I don't think we looked nearly our best tonight," Livingston said. "We just try to stay positive and keep the guys working hard and focus on what really matters and that's the matches at the end of the season.
"Those are the matches that we keep telling our guys, keep your nose to the grind; keep getting better. Win those matches when they count at the end of the season. That's how you get your picture on the wall. That's how people remember you."
Havey, Waters, Smith and Harris each won their second straight county title.
Greencastle's Fenwick suffered an apparent neck injury in his bout against South Putnam's Jacob Williams. He was taken out on a stretcher.
The champion Tiger Cubs return to action Saturday when they host the Holiday Invitational on Saturday at 9 a.m. North Putnam hosts a dual meet with Rockville on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 6:30 p.m.
South Putnam will compete in the state duals on Saturday, Dec. 22 at Westfield High School beginning at 9 a.m. Cloverdale is back when they compete at Ben Davis High School on Thursday, Dec. 27 at 8 a.m.
Complete individual results will be included in a future issue of the Banner Graphic.
At Cloverdale
2012-13 Putnam County Wrestling Tournament
1. Greencastle 3-0, 2. SPHS 2-1, 3. NPHS 1-2, 4. Cloverdale 0-3.
Individual Champions
106 -- Ryley Cook, GHS
113 -- Nick Havey, SPHS
120 -- Jacob Lorimer, SPHS
126 -- Dean Kleiber, NPHS
132 -- Jordan Sanders, GHS
138 -- Jacob Camacho, SPHS
145 -- Riley Boswell, GHS
152 -- Joe Waters, SPHS
160 -- Aaron Langdon, GHS
170 -- Carter Lewis, GHS
182 -- Hunter Smith, GHS
195 -- Rudy Harris, SPHS
220 -- Blaine Fenwick, GHS
285 -- Lane Hacker, SPHS
Bad half dooms Eagles against Patriots
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
South Putnam junior Aubrey Nichols knocks down a three-point shot from the corner against Owen Valley on Tuesday.
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A weak second half gave them a 55-36 loss, but the South Putnam girls' basketball team spent the first half of Tuesday's game looking ready to upset Owen Valley.
The Eagles' shots weren't falling but a newly-installed 2-3 zone defense had the Patriots scrambling.
Owen Valley shot just 24 percent (6-for-25) in the first half.
"At halftime, we were happy with the position we were in," SPHS head coach Lindsey Blackman said. "Because we switched to the zone, we knew we had to get block outs and get defensive rebounds. We crashed the boards offensively and were able to get some second shot attempts.
"We were happy with the aggressiveness and the tone in the first half and then we kind of let it go in the third (quarter)."
The Eagles led 19-15 at the break.
SPHS junior Aubrey Nichols and senior Leanna Masters each had six rebounds in the half, though the Eagles were outrebounded as a team, 22-19.
That deficit foreshadowed things to come.
Owen Valley came out for the second half on fire, getting to the rim on nearly every possession.
When Masters picked up her third foul early in the third the Patriots dominated the interior, pulling in seven offensive rebounds in the quarter.
The Patriots opened the second half on 23-2 run that extended into the fourth and dispirited the Eagles.
"I told the girls, this was the first time I wasn't happy with our performance," Blackman said. "It looked like in the third quarter we gave up. As soon as they hit a couple big shots, the shoulders went down, it was very quiet on defense. It seemed like a little let up."
Mallory Cash led the Eagles with nine points and three steals. Masters finished with eight points (three-for-four shooting) and nine rebounds.
Patriots guard Alicia Wilson had a game-high 17 points and five steals.
Sarah Jones came off the bench to pull in 14 rebounds for Owen Valley.
The Eagles are back in action Thursday when they travel to Covenant Christian. The game tips at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Owen Valley -- 8 7 19 21 -- 55
South Putnam -- 8 11 2 15 -- 36
Individual scoring
Owen Valley: Wilson 7-12, 2-2, 17; Herrington 5-7, 1-2, 13; Corder 5-11, 0-1, 10; Williams 3-12, 0-0, 7; Jones 3-13, 0-0, 6; Eldridge 1-6, 0-0, 2; Richardson 0-3, 0-1, 0.
South Putnam: Cash 4-13, 0-0, 9; Masters 3-4, 2-3, 9; Nichols 2-7, 1-1, 6; Varvel 2-10, 1-4, 5; Whitaker 2-2, 0-0, 4; Birt 1-6, 0-0, 2; Barnes 1-4, 0-0, 2; Cundiff 0-2, 0-0, 0; York 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hewitt 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring (three-pointers)
Owen Valley: 24-61 (9-34), 3-5, 51; South Putnam 15-48 (2-9), 4-9, 36.
Rebounds (offensive)
Owen Valley 45 (22), South Putnam 31 (13)
Turnovers
Owen Valley 16, South Putnam 21
Eagles fly through water to split with Fountain Central Mustangs
Monday, December 10, 2012
South Putnam senior Zeke Evens lost his goggles early during the 100-yard breast stroke event on Saturday against Southmont, but still swam to a third-place finish.
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The South Putnam boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams split a meet with Fountain Central on Satuday.
The boys' squad came away with a 103-68 victory, while the girls lost 117-68.
"I think they swam really well," SPHS swim coach Matthew Edwards said. "Even some of the swimmers that aren't getting the first places are getting personal bests."
On the boys' side, senior Matt Lund, juniors Tayler Arnold and Tyler Neumann and sophomore Zane Crosby started off the morning with a win in the 200 medley relay.
It was one of four wins on the day for Arnold, the school's record-holder in the 100 back.
Edwards said Arnold is focusing more on sprints this year. That showed when he picked up a win in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races.
Crosby and freshman Zach Rayce each picked up wins in individual races as well.
"We were down a lot of swimmers, due to illness and other things," Edwards said. "It really put a lot of strain on the swimmers (who are forced into) doing new events and things they weren't used to, but they handled it well."
The girls' team is still working to improve.
Many of the seniors are working on new events, Edwards said.
Freshman Katie Hansel (in the 200 free) and senior Lyndsie Beasley (100 breast) picked up solo wins for the team.
Hansel, Deszi, senior Ashley Wilson and freshman Katie Jo Beasley also teamed up to win the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Edwards said he enjoys the Fountain Central meet every year.
The SPHS coach is Mustangs alumnus, but said he has another reason for appreciating the meet.
"Our schools are very similar," he said, regarding the schools' populations and facilities. "This is always a really good meet for us to compete in because we're on the same level."
The Eagles return to the pool on Tuesday at Southmont at 6 p.m.
At South Putnam
Girls' results
Fountain Central 117, South Putnam 68
Boys' results
South Putnam 103, Fountain Central 68
Event Results
Girls' 200 medley relay:
1. FCHS-A Gayler, McGrady, Moore, Campbell; 2:09.15; 2. F-B Gibbs, Thomas, Green, R Johnson; 2:23.44; 3. SPHS Deszi, L. Beasley, Farmer, K Beasley; 2:25.78; 4. F-C Clevenger, M Johnson, Chavez, Winland; 2:33.62; 5. S-B Wilson, Arnold, Shaw, Plunkett; 2:41.00.
Boys' 200 medley relay:
1. S-A Arnold, Neumann, Lund, Crosby; 2:00.22; 2. F-A Hall, Phillips, Nine, Freeman; 2:05.09; 3. S-B Rayce, Evens, Nees, Chambers; 2:10.22.
Girls' 200 free:
1. Hansel, S; 2:34.39; 2 Thomas, F; 2:34.66; 3. Hands, F; 2:35.20; 4. Johnson, F; 2:38.44; 5. Wilson, S; 2:52.91; 6. Kiste, S; 3:13.16.
Boys' 200 free:
1. Phillips, F; 2:21.82; 2. Fields, S; 2:33.00; 3. Pitts, S; 2:35.39; 4. Andres, F; 2:55.44; 5. Hoagland, F; 3:05.61.
Girls' 200 IM:
1. Gibbs, F; 2:45.48; 2. Beasley, S; 2:56.35; 3. Green, F; 3:03.97; 4. Knight, S; 3:24.84; 5. Kelley, S; 3:41.32; DQ Gayler, F.
Boys' 200 IM:
1. Nine, F; 2:28.52; 2. Lund, S; 2:38.28; 3. Rayce, S; 2:49.80; 4. Nees, S; 2:50.60; 5. McGrady, F; 3:06.33.
Girls' 50 free:
1. Campbell, F; 28.63; 2. Farmer, S; 29.26; 3. Gulley, F; 29.97; 4. Arnold, S; 31.93; 5. Hands, F; 32.70; 6. Shaw, S; 33.59.
Boys' 50 free:
1. Arnold, S; 24.94; 2. Freeman, F; 28.19; 3. Terry, F; 33.39; 4. Martinek, F; 34.21; DQ Crosby, S.
Girls' diving:
1. Cambell, F; 145.25; 2. Plunkett, S; 142.65; 3. Sullivan, S; 134.00; 4. Winland, F; 77.4.
Boys' diving:
1. Freeman, F; 151.50; 2. Neumann, S; 129.35.
Girls' 100 fly:
1. McGrady, F; 1:07.20; 2. Moore, F; 1:10.05; 3. Clevenger, F; 1:39.09; 4. Shaw, S; 139.76; 5. Knight, S; 1:40.63.
Boys' 100 fly:
1. Nine, F; 1:06.35; 2. Lund, S; 1:06.58; 3. Hall, F; 1:13.19; 4. Nees, S; 1:19.04.
Girls' 100 free:
1. Chavez, F; 36.83; 2. Gulley, F; 1:04.73; 3. Farmer, S; 1:07.86; 4. Green, F; 1:08.00; 5. K Beasley, S; 1:09.28; 6. Kiste, S; 1:18.78.
Boys' 100 free:
1. Arnold, S; 56.19; 2. Pitts, S; 1:04.56; 3. McGrady, F; 1:12.09; 4. Chambers, S; 1:12.26; 5. Terry, F; 1:19.35.
Girls' 500 free:
1. McGrady, F; 6:36.26; 2. Morgan, S; 6:59.56; 3. Johnson, F; 6:59.75; 4. Hansel, S; 7:08.63; 5. Wilson, S; 7:26.93; 6. Johnson, F; 7:35.22.
Boys' 500 free:
1. Crosby, S; 6:06.93; 2. Z Evens, S; 6:30.49; 3. C Evens, S; 7:27.30; DQ Andres, F.
Girls' 200 free relay:
1. F-A Green, Thomas, Moore, Gulley; 2:01.24; 2. S-A Beasley, Arnold, Hansel, Farmer; 2:01.85; 3. F-B Hands, Winland, Clevenger, Johnson; 2:16.92; 4. S-B Knight, Kelley, Kiste, Plunkett; 2:20.10.
Boys' 200 free relay:
1. S-A Lund, Nees, Crosby, Arnold; 1:44.98; 2. F-A Nine, Freeman, McGrady, Phillips; 1:50.91; 3. S-B Pitts, Chambers, Fields, Evens; 2:06.48; 4. F-B Hoagland, Martinek, Terry, Andres; 2:19.44.
Girls' 100 back:
1. Gayler, F; 1:13.57; 2. Gibbs, F; 1:19.28; 3. K Beasley, S; 1:19.94; 4. Deszi, S; 1:20.68; 5. Chavez, F; 1:27.67.
Boys' 100 back:
1. Rayce, S; 1:11.94; 2. Hall, F; 1:14.96; 3. Fields, S; 1:21.85; 4. Hoagland, F; 1:53.02.
Girls' 100 breast:
1. Beasley, S; 1:28.84; 2. Thomas, F; 1:31.28; 3. Johnson, F; 1:41.33; 4. Arnold, S; 1:41.52; 5. Clevenger, F; 1:51.49; 6. Kelley, S; 2:01.91.
Boys' 100 breast:
1. Phillips, F; 1:18.65; 2. Neumann, S; 1:21.14; 3. Z Evens, S; 4.1:22.13; C Evens, S; 1:31.50.
Girls' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Hansel, Wilson, Deszi, K Beasley; 4:27.93; 2. F-A McGrady, Gayler, Gibbs, Campbell; 4:33.10; 3. F-B Hands, Chavez, Moore, Johnson; 4:43.62; 4. S-B Shaw, Plunkett, Kiste, Knight; 5:15.81.
Boys' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Pitts, Rayce, Fields, Neuman; 4:34.10; 2. F-A McGrady, Andres, Terry, Hall; 5:05.42.
Mounties run past Eagles in 66-41 romp
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Junior forward Trey Moore elevates to attempt a shot in the lane on Saturday. Moore was the lone bright spot for South Putnam, scoring a team-high 16 points in the loss to Southmont.
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The South Putnam boys' basketball team has size, both height and strength. This can often be a benefit, but the detriments for having such a roster were exposed on Saturday when the Eagles lost to Southmont, 66-41.
The Mounties forced 16 first-half turnovers, controlling the pace of the game and flustering the South Putnam offense.
The Eagles were overwhelmed by the Mounties half-court trap and ball pressure, rarely getting an opportunity to feed the ball into the post to use their size as an advantage.
SPHS took an early 3-2 lead when senior Justin Bumgardner completed a traditional three-point play at the 6:26 mark in the opening period, but the lead didn't last.
Mounties junior Devon Burton and senior Drake Cooksey turned up the intensity and forced the Eagles' ball handlers into difficult situations, forcing passes and picking up their dribble near midcourt.
"We didn't handle the pressure at all," SPHS head coach Troy Burgess said. "We've had two opportunities now against very good teams that have really gotten out and pressured us in Danville and in Southmont, and we haven't handled it.
"For us to be as good as we want to be, and get to where we want to be, we've got to handle that better."
Southmont led 24-10 after the first quarter, but the second was even more dominant.
Burton finished the first half with three steals and 18 points, going six-for-nine from the field.
Cooksey had four steals and 10 points himself.
"We've got a lot of quick guys. We've got to play to that," Southmont coach Jon Sparks said. "The guys did a real good job with that. I wish the second half had been as good, but it's hard to keep up with that intensity."
The teams went to the break with Southmont leading 41-14.
SPHS finally emerged from the locker room with less than a minute on the halftime clock.
They had a new game plan and a new lineup.
Junior Derrick Mitchell started in place of Bumgardner, who picked up technical foul in the first quarter and remained on the bench for the rest of the game.
Mitchell, a guard, also gave the Eagles more ball handlers on the court to try to get around the press.
The Eagles became more deliberate, slowing the game down and making careful decisions.
The new pace allowed them to get inside and they began drawing fouls. Down big, scoring with the clock stopped can be an equalizer.
Southmont committed nine fouls in the third quarter, allowing SPHS to go eight-for-eight on free throw attempts, but still managed to play even.
Burton tacked on 10 more points, giving him a game-high 28.
The Eagles finally made some headway in the fourth, but by then it was too late.
"We played hard in the second half," Burgess said. "I was proud of our kids. They didn't quit; they didn't let down. They continued to play hard."
Junior Trey Moore had a team-high 16 points and remained in attack mode until the final buzzer.
The Eagles lone advantage in the game came on the glass as they outrebounded Southmont 34-22.
"I've got to do a better job as a coach of preparing my guys to get them ready for this type of game," Burgess said. "I'll put this one on me tonight. I didn't have our guys prepared for that type of pressure."
Preparing for quickness in practice will be a challenge for the Eagles, and Burgess said he'll have to get creative.
"I know these guys will work hard; they'll do what I ask them to do," Burgess said. "We're going to have to create (quickness) somehow. As a coach, that's my job to figure out how we can simulate that, and how we can create that type of an atmosphere so we're ready.
"We're going to see it again next Friday night."
The Eagles return against Rockville on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Southmont -- 24 17 14 11 -- 66
South Putnam -- 10 4 14 13 -- 41
Individual scoring
Southmont: Burton 10-17, 4-6, 28; Cooksey 10-14, 0-4, 15; Thomas 2-8, 4-4, 10; Dinius 3-5, 0-0, 7; Stewart 1-1, 1-2, 3; Dehne 1-3, 1-3, 3; McCormick 0-1, 0-0, 0; Benge 0-0, 0-0, 0; Remley 0-0, 0-0, 0; Whalen 0-2, 0-0, 0; Truncone 0-1, 0-0, 0.
South Putnam: Moore 6-9, 4-4, 16; Arnold 2-8, 3-4, 7; R Chestnut 1-6, 2-2, 4; Pell 1-3, 0-0, 3; Bumgardner 1-2, 1-3, 3; Long 1-3, 1-4, 3; Franklin 1-4, 1-4, 3; D Chestnut 0-1, 1-2, 1; Vittetow 0-2, 0-0, 0; Mitchell 0-0, 0-0, 0; Carmichael 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring
Southmont 22-45, 15-24, 66; South Putnam 13-37, 13-23, 41.
Rebounds (offensive)
Southmont 22 (4); South Putnam 34 (13).
Turnovers
Southmont 13, South Putnam 26.
Tiger Cubs' JV wins 2012 county tournament
Saturday, December 8, 2012
The Greencastle girls' JV poses on the bleachers after winning the 2012 county championship. Members of the team include (front, from left) Kaylee Evans, Bethanie Burgeson, Paige Bragg, (second row) Madison Trout, Lauren Bridgewater, Marley Haltom, (back) Delanie Stoltey, Tera Amis, Alison White and Megan Haltom. [Order this photo]
CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School girls' junior varsity basketball team entered Saturday's county tournament with an impressive 7-1 record.
They left with a trophy, pair of wins, two tattered nets and claim to a 2012 county title.
"I'm really proud of them," GHS JV coach Matthew Welker said. "It's a great accomplishment to get to 9-1. We've faced some tough teams this year."
The Tiger Cubs defeated North Putnam in the final, 39-35.
Sophomore Lauren Bridgewater opened the game by making a three-pointer from the wing and finished with a game-high 12 points.
Greencastle led 12-8 after the first quarter and, at various times, appeared on the verge of going on a big run to push the Cougars to the brink of defeat.
NPHS kept fighting.
Freshman Jenny Heron was cold early but began heating up late in the first quarter, knocking down a pair of threes to keep her team in the game.
Heron and freshman Taylor Nauert worked the high-post and wing in perfect sync throughout the game.
Greencastle took a 25-19 lead to the fourth quarter, but North Putnam kept fighting.
Sophomore Kaitlin Mindiola scored five points in the quarter, including a traditional three-point play with 4:49 remaining, helping the Cougars seize momentum.
The team battled all the way back to tie GHS at 31-all with 2:15 to play.
The teams traded buckets back and forth. Freshman Paige Bragg added field goal with 30 seconds left to give GHS a 37-35 lead.
North Putnam drew up a play for Heron on the wing.
Her go-ahead three-point attempt caromed off the rim with twelve seconds remaining and the Tiger Cubs hauled in the rebound, raced the length of the court and Bridgewater put in a layup to ice the game.
"(North Putnam) would not go away," Welker said. "I'm really proud of everyone on the team for staying with it."
Greencastle beat Cloverdale 36-19 in the opening round matchup.
North Putnam beat South Putnam 31-24.
"I'm really pleased with the way the kids worked today," NPHS coach Laura Blaydes said. "It's a tough one to swallow but we're going to turn around and play again Tuesday and get our third win of the year."
North Putnam plays at North Vermillion Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Greencastle returns to action Thursday at Rockville.
At Cloverdale
2012 Putnam County girls' JV tournament
North Putnam -- 8 5 6 16 -- 35
Greencaste -- 12 7 6 14 -- 39
Individual scoring
NP: Nauert 4-7, 0-0, 10; Clodfelter 3-11, 0-2, 6; Heron 2-12, 0-0, 6; Mindiola 2-7, 1-1, 5; Millican 2-7, 0-0, 4; Laffin 1-1, 0-0, 2; M. Smith 0-2, 2-2, 2; B. Smith 0-0, 0-0, 0; Evans 0-1, 0-0, 0.
G: Bridgewater 5-11, 2-3, 12; Bragg 5-7, 0-2, 10; Amis 3-4, 1-1, 7; White 2-5, 3-4, 7; Stoltey 1-7, 0-0, 0; Trout 0-1, 0-0, 0; Ma. Haltom 0-1, 0-0, 0; Me. Haltom 0-0, 0-0, 0; Evans 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
North Putnam: 27 (11); Greencastle: 27 (10).
Turnovers
North Putnam: 14; Greencastle: 13
Greencastle boys get payback from tournament loss
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle senior Nate Christy (12) jumps to defend a layup by Cloverdale junior Kedrick Collet. Christy made a big offensive contribution as well, finishing with 11 points.
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After playing an overtime thriller in the Putnam County Classic, the Greencastle and Cloverdale boys' basketball teams seemed destined for another back-and-forth game on Friday.
The teams did not disappoint as Cloverdale came back from a 26-19 halftime deficit to take a lead with 2:46 to play.
Greencastle pulled out a 49-47 win, avenging their loss on Saturday.
Senior Nick Gilliam led the team with a game-high 12 points, including four in the fourth quarter.
"It was a good team win for us and we're just thrilled to get that first victory," GHS head coach Troy Greenlee said. "We've got a lot of guys that haven't played much varsity basketball, so every time we step on the floor, I just think we need to look to get better."
Cloverdale head coach Pat Rady said, despite the loss, he was pleased with his team's effort.
"Even though we lost tonight, I though we played better than we did last week," Rady said. "The turnovers will kill you every time, and that's what we've got to work on."
The Clovers turned the ball over 21 times, including 14 in the second half. Compared to the Tiger Cubs' 13 for the game, ball control played a huge factor.
CHS came out on fire, making five-of-nine shots, including three three-pointers, in the first period.
The Tiger Cubs' came back in the second, powered by the team's young bench.
Sophomores Brody Bollman, Adam Gerard, Colyn Foxx, Calvin Hughes and freshman Ryan Coble gave the team a spark that led to an 11-2 run to open the quarter.
"We told them in (the locker room) that it's going to be different guys every night that are going to make plays for us," Greenlee said. "Tonight I thought Ryan Coble came in, as a freshman, and hit some big shots and made some big plays.
"It was one of those games that we needed everything from everybody tonight."
Senior Dustin Cummings entered the starting lineup for Cloverdale to begin the second half, which seemed to energize the team's offense.
With the rest of the team spacing the floor, junior point guard Brandon Dorman was free to drive into the lane. He made four-of-five shots in the period, scoring eight of his 10 points.
CHS ended the quarter on a 6-2 run, trailing by only one after three.
Sophomore Brantson Scott tied the game with 3:01 remaining and, after a Greencastle turnover, Cummings sank a free throw to put the Clovers ahead with 2:46 to play.
The lead wouldn't last long as GHS senior Nate Christy sank a deep three on the next trip.
The Tiger Cubs' stretched the lead to four then tried to slow the game down, stretching out the clock by dribbling the ball on the perimeter.
"As a team, we've got to be able to take those runs and build on them instead of giving a team a little bit of life," Greenlee said. "I thought, coming out in the second half, we didn't pressure the ball like we should have. We just kind of let them get whatever they wanted on the offensive end."
With Greencastle's young guards working the clock, Cloverdale expanded its defense.
The ball pressure overwhelmed Greencastle as junior Kedrick Collet picked up a steal and layup with 25 seconds remaining.
"We haven't worked on that (ball pressure) a lot," Rady said.
The Clovers had only been called for three fouls in the half, so extending the game by forcing free throws was not an option.
Instead the team again picked up the pressure. Greencastle lost the ball out of bounds on the baseline with just seconds remaining.
Greencastle called a time.
Cloverdale, down two, had six seconds to go the length of the court for a basket.
Dorman took the ball past half court, then had it knocked up in the air.
The ball landed out of bounds to the Clovers, but only 1.7 seconds remained.
Dorman's heave as time expired came up well short.
"We made it exciting there towards the end," Greenlee said. "We struggled handling the ball a little bit down the stretch and gave them a chance."
Greencastle hosts Sullivan tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Cloverdale is back in action Friday when they'll host Monrovia.
At Greencastle
Cloverdale -- 13 6 18 10 -- 47
Greencastle -- 8 18 12 11 -- 49
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Dorman 5-11, 0-0, 10; Scott 5-8, 0-0, 10; Collet 3-8, 0-0, 9; Schroer 3-8, 0-0, 8; Cummings 1-1, 3-4, 5; Cupp 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hughes 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Gilliam 6-14, 0-0, 12; Christy 4-7, 0-0, 11; Winslow 4-11, 1-2, 9; Bollman 2-6, 2-2, 6; Coble 2-3, 0-0, 6; Foxx 1-2, 0-0, 2; King 0-3, 1-2, 1; Gerard 0-1, 1-2, 1; Mitchell 0-3, 0-0, 0; Hughes 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
C: 25 (3)
G: 28 (15)
Turnovers
C: 21
G: 13
Tiger Cubs utilize blazing third quarter to trample Clovers
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle senior Rayleigh Amis (23) finds room amid a crowd in the paint to score a layup for the Tiger Cubs.
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Greencastle has a young girls' basketball team, but the prideful bunch doesn't quit. After a loss to Danville on Tuesday, the team trailed Cloverdale 19-12 at halftime on Friday.
The Tiger Cubs came back from the break on a torrid pace, led by the defense and pressure of senior Rayleigh Amis and junior Alex Basile, channeling the run into a 39-32 win.
The pair combined for four steals in the period.
"Our defense is really what changed it for us," GHS coach Bradley Key said. "I thought Rayleigh Amis and Alex Basile were really the game changers. Those are the two captains and I told them, once they picked up their intensity, I really felt like everyone else followed along.
"That's what captains do, but we've got to have that for four quarter."
The two teams could not seem to find any offense in the early goings, at combining for a one-of-13 stretch early in the first period.
Amis, a team captain, took control of the offense for Greencastle, using her five-foot-eleven frame to work the ball in the paint.
Cloverdale senior Bristy Skiles carried the early load for her team.
"We're really a different team when she's able to hit a couple shots," Cloverdale coach Matthew Langdon said. "She's done a good job the past couple weeks of trying to change her game a little bit. Just not a spot-up shooter. She's able to go off the dribble to create some space."
Skiles had five of the team's eight first-quarter points, and added another three in the second quarter.
Greencastle shot just 21 percent in the first half (five-for-24).
"Towards the end of the second quarter we started playing better," Key said. "I just told them (at halftime) that, 'you know what you need to do to win.' That's it."
Whatever he said, or didn't say, seemed to work.
The Tiger Cubs emerged from the locker room with nearly five minutes left in the intermission, two minutes earlier than normal.
They then went on a 26-to-five run to open the second half.
Cloverdale opened the third quarter with starting guard Amillia Nally on the bench. Nally had picked up three fouls in the first half and, with a thin bench, Langdon inserted sophomore Bailee Stevens into the lineup.
"Bailee gives us really good minutes, but there are times when she needs a break," Langdon said. "We thought, if Mel (Amillia Nally) picked up that fourth foul early, there was no way that Bailee could play 10 straight minutes until we could put Mel back in."
Langdon said he second-guessed his own decision after Greencastle went on its run.
"That was a decision that you go back and think about, 'should I have done it differently,'" he said. "
Without another point guard to turn to, the Clovers couldn't regain their composure and stop the bleeding until it was too late.
Cloverdale finished the game on an eight-one run, but with the clock ticking down, Langdon elected not to extend the game by fouling.
In a laissez-faire game called by the officials, the Clovers had only picked up four in the half.
"Cloverdale: give them credit. They've gotten significantly better during the last two or three years," Key said. "They've won four games and they're going to win quite a few more."
Langdon said his team will bounce back.
"Against a good team like that, sometimes we struggle offensively," Langdon said. "Every possession we had to have good defense. There were just a couple let downs and, when they made a run, we just got a little rattled and got a little too quick."
Greencastle plays at Rockville on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Cloverdale returns to action Friday when they host Monrovia at 6 p.m.
At Greencastle
Cloverdale -- 8 11 5 8 -- 32
Greencastle -- 9 3 18 9 -- 39
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Skiles 3-10, 0-0, 8; Clark 4-6, 0-0, 8; Gruener 3-8, 0-0, 6; Shrum 1-1, 2-4, 4; Nally 1-6, 3; Stevens 1-7, 1-1, 3; Walters 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Amis 5-9, 0-0, 10; Lenihan 4-9, 0-0, 8; Taylor 2-6, 2-3, 6; Earl 2-12, 0-2, 6; Stoltey 2-4, 0-0, 4; Covert 1-2, 1-2, 3; Basile 1-8, 0-0, 2; Smiley 0-0, 0-0, 0; Trout 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
C: 33 (9)
G: 30 (11)
Turnovers
C: 19
G: 10
GHS Tiger Cubs paddle past Southmont Mounties
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle freshman Amelia Smith (far) edges out senior Kaelynn Cox (near) and Southmont's Kelly Richards in the girls 100-yard freestyle event on Thursday. Less than one second seperated the three swimmers.
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The Greencastle boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams dominated their dual meets against South-mont on Thursday.
The girls' won every event en route to a 121-55 win.
The boys' were tripped up only in diving and cruised to a 142-28.
"I'm very happy with the results," GHS swim coach Kent Menzel said. "They told me they were going to do some great stuff tonight, and they definitely delivered."
Although the teams cruised, there were several races that came right down to the wire.
In the girls' 200-free, GHS swimmer senior Kaelynn Cox led by only half a body length with 60 yards to go. She pulled away in down the stretch, giving her a 3.2 second victory, finishing in a time of 2:25.30.
That was one of the few scares the Mounties could give Greencastle, but the team provided enough excitement for itself.
"For us, it's how everybody is progressing as far as their times are concerned," Manzel said. "We have really had a great week. We did not quite see the effect of the fast swimming in the team score (of Tuesday's meet) against Bloomington North, but it was really happening.
"Tonight, that momentum continued at the right place at the right time, and you saw what our swimmers were capable of more and more."
A pair of Tiger Cub girls raced to the finish in the 100 free, with freshman Amelia Smith edging out Cox, 1:03.60 to 1:03.84.
The boys' squad had it's own excitement.
After Southmont sophomore diver Zac Gray pulled out a victory over GHS sophomore Levi Lewis, the Tiger Cubs' swimmers swept the rest of the meet, challenging only themselves to the finish.
This became especially true in the 100-back, which pitted two of the Tiger Cubs' better swimmers -- junior Nash Firebaugh and junior Nathan Gardner -- against each other.
"Nash and Nathan are good friends and they asked to be able to race each other tonight, so I let them," Menzel said. "They're both very fast. Nash tonight had a little bit of an edge on his turns. In terms of straight-up swimming speed they were pretty equal, but Nash was getting a little bit of an edge each time they came into the wall.
"They were both in it for fun tonight, and I think they were both winners on that count."
Firebaugh finished at 59.53, narrowly edging out Gardner.
The Tiger Cubs made clean top-three sweeps in boys 200 free, girls 200 IM, girls and boys 100 fly and boys 100 free.
GHS returns to the pool on Tuesday at Crawfordsville at 6 p.m., with the conference schedule starting soon after.
"We're going to keep pressing up until Dec. 22 where we finish our fall season at the Wabash Valley Invitational," Menzel said. "We want to be strong and sharp for conference, but then set our eyes on the sectional championship."
At Greencastle
Girls' swimming and diving
Greencastle 121, Southmont 55
Boys' swimming and diving
Greencastle 142, Southmont 28
Event Results
Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Meyer, Mallary FR, Wheeler, Emily JR, Brush, Libby FR, Smith, Amelia FR), 2:07.94; 2. SHS 'A' (Ward, Ellen B JR, Kinkead, Morgan M JR, Wickholm, Nikki M SO, Witherspoon, Lauren N JR), 2:18.65; 3. GHS 'B' (Roberts, Jessica FR, Hansen, Beth Ann SO, Romer, Corrie FR, Stevens, Kristen SO), 2:21.41; 4. SHS 'B' (Edwards, Christa SO, Reed, Sadie A SR, Harrison, Katy M SO, Waddell, Hannah B SR), 2:36.41.
Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Gardner, Nathan JR, Harms, Isaac JR, Firebaugh, Nash L JR, Secrest, Taylor SO), 1:52.62; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Mangrum, Brant JR, Watson, Brayden SO, Ummel, Jason SO, Kessler, Jacob FR), 2:05.90; 3. SHS 'A' (Cloncs, Steven FR, Bartlett, Collin SR, Arnold, Justin L SO, Waddell, Wyatt 7), 2:16.21; 4. GHS-IN 'C' (Johnson, Mitchell SO, Hudson, Bryce SR, Secrest, Zach SO, Lewis, Levi SO), 2:19.61.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle:
1. Cox, Kaelynn, GCAS-IN, 2:25.30; 2. Richards, Kelsey M, SMT-IN, 2:28.52; 3. Simpson, Shannon M, SMT-IN, 2:32.47; 4. Doyle, Brittany N, SMT-IN, 2:38.51; 5. Mason, Kaitlynne, GCAS-IN, 2:55.38; 6. Anderson, Caitlyn, GCAS-IN, 3:10.95.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brattain, Elijah D, GCAS-IN, 2:04.42; 2. Asbell, Alex, GCAS-IN, 2:16.00; 3. Briones, Alex J, GCAS-IN, 2:18.66; 4. Bartlett, Collin, SMT-IN, 2:22.35.
Girls 200 Yard IM:
1. Brush, Libby, GCAS-IN, 2:36.16; 2. Wheeler, Emily, GCAS-IN, 2:45.07; 3. Gomez, Rosio, GCAS-IN, 2:47.86; 4. Wickholm, Nikki M, SMT-IN, 2:51.08; 5. Waddell, Hannah B, SMT-IN, 2:59.92; --. Harrison, Katy M, SMT-IN, DQ.
Boys 200 Yard IM:
1. Firebaugh, Nash L, GCAS-IN, 2:13.02; 2. Ummel, Jason, GCAS-IN, 2:38.39; 3. Arnold, Justin L, SMT-IN, 2:43.05; 4. Watson, Brayden, GCAS-IN, 2:52.72.
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle:
1. Smith, Amelia, GCAS-IN, 28.44; 2. Witherspoon, Lauren N, SMT-IN, 30.16; 3. Moore, Rebecca, GCAS-IN, 30.84; 4. Ward, Ellen B, SMT-IN, 31.43; 5. Stevens, Kristen, GCAS-IN, 32.43; 6. Karpova, Sofya, SMT-IN, 36.69.
Boys 50 Yard Freestyle:
1. Secrest, Taylor, GCAS-IN, 26.42; 2. Harms, Isaac, GCAS-IN, 27.50; 3. Cloncs, Steven, SMT-IN, 31.48; 4. Johnson, Mitchell, GCAS-IN, 31.75; 5. Waddell, Wyatt, SMT-IN, 32.76.
Girls 1 mtr Diving:
1. Fauvergue, Madi, GCAS-IN, 102.35.
Boys 1 mtr Diving:
1. Gray, Zac, SMT-IN, 135.70; 2. Lewis, Levi, GCAS-IN, 130.75.
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly:
1. Gomez, Rosio, GCAS-IN, 1:14.60; 2. Meyer, Mallary, GCAS-IN, 1:15.09; 3. Romer, Corrie, GCAS-IN, 1:18.91; 4. Wickholm, Nikki M, SMT-IN, 1:24.51; 5. Peters, Allison, SMT-IN, 2:22.92.
Boys 100 Yard Butterfly:
1. Gardner, Nathan, GCAS-IN, 1:02.27; 2. Mangrum, Brant, GCAS-IN, 1:24.71; 3. Secrest, Zach, GCAS-IN, 1:32.86.
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle:
1. Smith, Amelia, GCAS-IN, 1:03.60; 2. Cox, Kaelynn, GCAS-IN, 1:03.83; 3. Richards, Kelsey M, SMT-IN, 1:04.50; 4. Witherspoon, Lauren N, SMT-IN, 1:08.79; 5. Hansen, Beth Ann, GCAS-IN, 1:20.96; 6. Karpova, Sofya, SMT-IN, 1:29.14.
Boys 100 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brattain, Elijah D, GCAS-IN, 54.22; 2. Ummel, Jason, GCAS-IN, 1:01.56; 3. Kessler, Jacob, GCAS-IN, 1:03.85; 4. Gray, Zac, SMT-IN, 1:21.47.
Girls 500 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brush, Libby, GCAS-IN, 6:27.05; 2. Simpson, Shannon M, SMT-IN, 6:50.88; 3. Doyle, Brittany N, SMT-IN, 6:57.05; 4. Moore, Rebecca, GCAS-IN, 7:01.93; 5. Mason, Kaitlynne, GCAS-IN, 7:48.47; 6. Edwards, Christa, SMT-IN, 8:03.43.
Boys 500 Yard Freestyle:
1. Harms, Isaac, GCAS-IN, 6:04.32; 2. Briones, Alex J, GCAS-IN, 6:26.57; 3. Bartlett, Collin, SMT-IN, 6:27.73; 4. Asbell, Alex, GCAS-IN, 6:27.85; 5. Waddell, Wyatt, SMT-IN, 8:07.02.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Cox, Kaelynn SR, Romer, Corrie FR, Gomez, Rosio JR, Smith, Amelia FR), 1:54.72; 2. SHS 'A' (Monts, Brooke A JR, Richards, Kelsey M SR, Kinkead, Morgan M JR, Simpson, Shannon M JR), 2:03.34; 3. GHS 'B' (Wheeler, Emily JR, Roberts, Jessica FR, Stevens, Kristen SO, Moore, Rebecca SO), 2:06.72; 4. SHS 'B' (Doyle, Brittany N SR, Peters, Allison SO, Edwards, Christa SO, Waddell, Hannah B SR), 2:25.11; 5. GHS 'C' (Anderson, Caitlyn FR, Fauvergue, Madi FR, Hansen, Beth Ann SO, Mason, Kaitlynne SR), 2:30.90.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brattain, Elijah D SO, Kessler, Jacob FR, Secrest, Taylor SO, Briones, Alex J SO), 1:46.03; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Ummel, Jason SO, Watson, Brayden SO, Mangrum, Brant JR, Asbell, Alex SR), 1:53.97; 3. SHS 'A' (Arnold, Justin L SO, Cloncs, Steven FR, Waddell, Wyatt 7, Bartlett, Collin SR), 2:05.25.
Girls 100 Yard Backstroke:
1. Meyer, Mallary, GCAS-IN, 1:14.32; 2. Harrison, Katy M, SMT-IN, 1:21.68; 3. Roberts, Jessica, GCAS-IN, 1:27.87; 4. Anderson, Caitlyn, GCAS-IN, 1:45.96; 5. Peters, Allison, SMT-IN, 1:46.91.
Boys 100 Yard Backstroke:
1. Firebaugh, Nash L, GCAS-IN, 59.53; 2. Gardner, Nathan, GCAS-IN, 1:01.68; 3. Cloncs, Steven, SMT-IN, 1:16.06; 4. Johnson, Mitchell, GCAS-IN, 1:17.31.
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke:
1. Wheeler, Emily, GCAS-IN, 1:21.65; 2. Kinkead, Morgan M, SMT-IN, 1:22.08; 3. Romer, Corrie, GCAS-IN, 1:24.17; 4. Hansen, Beth Ann, GCAS-IN, 1:27.27; 5. Reed, Sadie A, SMT-IN, 1:28.12; 6. Monts, Brooke A, SMT-IN, 1:35.77.
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke:
1. Secrest, Taylor, GCAS-IN, 1:16.46; 2. Watson, Brayden, GCAS-IN, 1:19.61; 3. Hudson, Bryce, GCAS-IN, 1:20.48.
Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brush, Libby FR, Meyer, Mallary FR, Gomez, Rosio JR, Cox, Kaelynn SR), 4:26.51; 2. SHS 'A' (Witherspoon, Lauren N JR, Wickholm, Nikki M SO, Simpson, Shannon M JR, Richards, Kelsey M SR), 4:39.82; 3. GHS 'B' (Roberts, Jessica FR, Mason, Kaitlynne SR, Stevens, Kristen SO, Moore, Rebecca SO), 5:09.78; 4. SHS 'B' (Doyle, Brittany N SR, Reed, Sadie A SR, Monts, Brooke A JR,
Harrison, Katy M SO), 5:22.71.
Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brattain, Elijah D SO, Harms, Isaac JR, Gardner, Nathan JR, Firebaugh, Nash L JR), 3:44.07; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Briones, Alex J SO, Kessler, Jacob FR, Mangrum, Brant JR, Asbell, Alex SR), 4:16.89; 3. GHS 'C' (Hudson, Bryce SR, Lewis, Levi SO, Johnson, Mitchell SO, Secrest, Zach SO), 5:24.81.
Tiger Cubs lose physical battle to feisty Danville Warriors, 58-51
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Greencastle junior guard Alex Basile steals the ball from Danville junior Chelsea Gould in the fourth quarter of the game on Tuesday. Basile had five total steals and finished with a team-high 12 points.
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The Danville girls' basketball team is starting to make a habit of frustrating its' Putnam County foes.
After winning at South Putnam by three last week, the Warriors topped Greencastle on Tuesday, 58-51.
The Tiger Cubs fell behind early, at times in the first quarter struggling to cross midcourt. They turned the ball over 15 times in the period.
They responded in the second quarter. GHS closed the gap to 21-18 at the half and had zero turnovers.
Senior Rayleigh Amis and sophomore Jessica Lenihan had eight of the teams' 10 points in the second quarter, combining for four-for-seven shooting.
"Danville a good job, in the first half especially, of pressuring us up front; getting some easy steals that lead to easy baskets," GHS coach Bradley Key said. "Our girls did a good job of fighting back. Only being down three at half was a pretty good accomplishment."
The teams traded buckets for most of the third quarter, though GHS never got closer than one.
They traded fouls, as well.
The Tiger Cubs had six in the quarter and the Warriors had seven.
Amis and Danville's leading scorer, sophomore Allie Lake, each picked up their fourth foul in the period.
When the dust settled, the Warriors took a 38-33 lead into the fourth.
Danville opened the final frame on a nine-two run in the first two minutes, but the Tiger Cubs kept scratching for a lead.
The closest they came was seven points.
Junior Alex Basile made five-of-six shots in the period, but her team-high 12 points weren't enough.
"We told her, we know she can score, but she's got to believe in herself," Key said. "In that fourth quarter she stepped up and kept us in the game a little longer."
Key called one final timeout, down seven with 6.8 seconds remaining.
GHS got a steal, but junior Shelby Earl's shot from the wing missed wide and the ball rolled harmlessly out of bounds.
"They did play hard," Key said. "I don't think we really gave up at any point in time. We put ourselves in bad positions.
"Every day we've got to get better for February and hopefully that game is an experience that we can learn from."
Greencastle will play Cloverdale on Friday at 6 p.m.
At Greencastle
Danville -- 14 7 17 20 -- 58
Greencastle -- 8 10 15 18 -- 51
Individual scoring
Danville: Lake 7-14, 1-3, 16; Gould 3-7, 6-6, 13; Newby 5-10, 2-4, 13; Taylor 3-5, 1-2, 7; Lynch 1-3, 1-2, 3; Kiefer 0-1, 3-4, 3; Ford 1-1, 0-0, 3; Motter 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Basile 6-11, 0-0, 12; Amis 4-10, 2-2, 10; Lenihan 5-8, 0-2, 10; Taylor 3-11, 2-2, 9; Earl 2-10, 0-0, 4; Stoltey 1-3, 2-2, 4; Covert 0-0, 2-4, 2; Smiley 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Turnovers
D: 20
G: 24
Rebounds
D: 26
G: 30
Three-pointers
D: 4-11
G: 1-9
GHS Tiger Cubs take home county wrestling team title
Friday, December 14, 2012
Individual champions for the 2012 Putnam County wrestling tournament included Ryley Cook, Nick Havey, Jacob Lorimer, Dean Kleiber, Jordan Sanders, Jacob Camacho, Riley Boswell, Joe Waters, Aaron Langdon, Carter Lewis, Hunter Smith, Rudy Harris and Lane Hacker. Blaine Fenwick is not picutred.
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CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School wrestling team won its second straight Putnam County wrestling championship on Thursday, finishing with a 3-0 team record and earning seven individual county champions.
Tiger Cubs senior Carter Lewis (170) won his fourth consecutive county title.
"It was a good win for us, but we've got to keep looking forward," GHS coach Matt McComish said. "It's always good to win county. We knew we had some tough teams to wrestle when we came in, and we knew it was going to be close
Greencastle's Hunter Smith (black) got the worst of this exchange with South Putnam's Tanner Thompson, but Smith was able to recover to win the match and win his second straight county championship.
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"It was a tough fight all night all night and I'm glad we came away with a win."
Ryley Cook (106), Jordan Sanders (113), Riley Boswell (145), Aaron Langdon (160), Hunter Smith (182) and Blaine Fenwick (220) also won titles for GHS.
"All seven of them wrestled really well," McComish said. "We still have things we can improve on, but we're starting to do some things right. At this time of the season, that's what I want to see."
The South Putnam team finished second in the meet with a 2-1 record. They had six county champions: Nick Havey (113), Jacob Lorimer (120), Jacob Camacho (138), Joe Waters (152), Rudy Harris (195) and Lane Hacker (3-0).
"As a team we wrestled pretty well," SPHS coach Josh Hendrickson said. "(We've got to) fix the basics, work on the things that we've worked on and affect the things that we know."
Camacho won his second straight conference title, and also competed in the best match of the night, a battle with Greencastle's Nick Pingleton.
Tied at five after three rounds, the two battled through the sudden victory period and into the 30-second tiebreaker periods.
Camacho started in the defensive position, then slipped into a reversal. Neither could gain an upper hand in the time remaining and Camacho earned a 7-5 win by decision.
North Putnam finished the meet in third place and it was led by Dean Kleiber, who won his second-straight county title at 126 pounds.
The Cougars finished 1-2, equaling last year's county dual result.
"We had some good performances tonight," NPHS coach Bucky Kramer said. "It's tough on us when we're giving up four weight classes (to forfeit) off the top. You've got to stay happy with what we're seeing. Overall it's a good improvement."
Cloverdale rounded out the field, finishing 0-3 for the second consecutive year.
CHS coach Steven Livingston said his young team has a lot of room to grow.
"I don't think we looked nearly our best tonight," Livingston said. "We just try to stay positive and keep the guys working hard and focus on what really matters and that's the matches at the end of the season.
"Those are the matches that we keep telling our guys, keep your nose to the grind; keep getting better. Win those matches when they count at the end of the season. That's how you get your picture on the wall. That's how people remember you."
Havey, Waters, Smith and Harris each won their second straight county title.
Greencastle's Fenwick suffered an apparent neck injury in his bout against South Putnam's Jacob Williams. He was taken out on a stretcher.
The champion Tiger Cubs return to action Saturday when they host the Holiday Invitational on Saturday at 9 a.m. North Putnam hosts a dual meet with Rockville on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 6:30 p.m.
South Putnam will compete in the state duals on Saturday, Dec. 22 at Westfield High School beginning at 9 a.m. Cloverdale is back when they compete at Ben Davis High School on Thursday, Dec. 27 at 8 a.m.
Complete individual results will be included in a future issue of the Banner Graphic.
At Cloverdale
2012-13 Putnam County Wrestling Tournament
1. Greencastle 3-0, 2. SPHS 2-1, 3. NPHS 1-2, 4. Cloverdale 0-3.
Individual Champions
106 -- Ryley Cook, GHS
113 -- Nick Havey, SPHS
120 -- Jacob Lorimer, SPHS
126 -- Dean Kleiber, NPHS
132 -- Jordan Sanders, GHS
138 -- Jacob Camacho, SPHS
145 -- Riley Boswell, GHS
152 -- Joe Waters, SPHS
160 -- Aaron Langdon, GHS
170 -- Carter Lewis, GHS
182 -- Hunter Smith, GHS
195 -- Rudy Harris, SPHS
220 -- Blaine Fenwick, GHS
285 -- Lane Hacker, SPHS
Bad half dooms Eagles against Patriots
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
South Putnam junior Aubrey Nichols knocks down a three-point shot from the corner against Owen Valley on Tuesday.
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A weak second half gave them a 55-36 loss, but the South Putnam girls' basketball team spent the first half of Tuesday's game looking ready to upset Owen Valley.
The Eagles' shots weren't falling but a newly-installed 2-3 zone defense had the Patriots scrambling.
Owen Valley shot just 24 percent (6-for-25) in the first half.
"At halftime, we were happy with the position we were in," SPHS head coach Lindsey Blackman said. "Because we switched to the zone, we knew we had to get block outs and get defensive rebounds. We crashed the boards offensively and were able to get some second shot attempts.
"We were happy with the aggressiveness and the tone in the first half and then we kind of let it go in the third (quarter)."
The Eagles led 19-15 at the break.
SPHS junior Aubrey Nichols and senior Leanna Masters each had six rebounds in the half, though the Eagles were outrebounded as a team, 22-19.
That deficit foreshadowed things to come.
Owen Valley came out for the second half on fire, getting to the rim on nearly every possession.
When Masters picked up her third foul early in the third the Patriots dominated the interior, pulling in seven offensive rebounds in the quarter.
The Patriots opened the second half on 23-2 run that extended into the fourth and dispirited the Eagles.
"I told the girls, this was the first time I wasn't happy with our performance," Blackman said. "It looked like in the third quarter we gave up. As soon as they hit a couple big shots, the shoulders went down, it was very quiet on defense. It seemed like a little let up."
Mallory Cash led the Eagles with nine points and three steals. Masters finished with eight points (three-for-four shooting) and nine rebounds.
Patriots guard Alicia Wilson had a game-high 17 points and five steals.
Sarah Jones came off the bench to pull in 14 rebounds for Owen Valley.
The Eagles are back in action Thursday when they travel to Covenant Christian. The game tips at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Owen Valley -- 8 7 19 21 -- 55
South Putnam -- 8 11 2 15 -- 36
Individual scoring
Owen Valley: Wilson 7-12, 2-2, 17; Herrington 5-7, 1-2, 13; Corder 5-11, 0-1, 10; Williams 3-12, 0-0, 7; Jones 3-13, 0-0, 6; Eldridge 1-6, 0-0, 2; Richardson 0-3, 0-1, 0.
South Putnam: Cash 4-13, 0-0, 9; Masters 3-4, 2-3, 9; Nichols 2-7, 1-1, 6; Varvel 2-10, 1-4, 5; Whitaker 2-2, 0-0, 4; Birt 1-6, 0-0, 2; Barnes 1-4, 0-0, 2; Cundiff 0-2, 0-0, 0; York 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hewitt 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring (three-pointers)
Owen Valley: 24-61 (9-34), 3-5, 51; South Putnam 15-48 (2-9), 4-9, 36.
Rebounds (offensive)
Owen Valley 45 (22), South Putnam 31 (13)
Turnovers
Owen Valley 16, South Putnam 21
Eagles fly through water to split with Fountain Central Mustangs
Monday, December 10, 2012
South Putnam senior Zeke Evens lost his goggles early during the 100-yard breast stroke event on Saturday against Southmont, but still swam to a third-place finish.
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The South Putnam boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams split a meet with Fountain Central on Satuday.
The boys' squad came away with a 103-68 victory, while the girls lost 117-68.
"I think they swam really well," SPHS swim coach Matthew Edwards said. "Even some of the swimmers that aren't getting the first places are getting personal bests."
On the boys' side, senior Matt Lund, juniors Tayler Arnold and Tyler Neumann and sophomore Zane Crosby started off the morning with a win in the 200 medley relay.
It was one of four wins on the day for Arnold, the school's record-holder in the 100 back.
Edwards said Arnold is focusing more on sprints this year. That showed when he picked up a win in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races.
Crosby and freshman Zach Rayce each picked up wins in individual races as well.
"We were down a lot of swimmers, due to illness and other things," Edwards said. "It really put a lot of strain on the swimmers (who are forced into) doing new events and things they weren't used to, but they handled it well."
The girls' team is still working to improve.
Many of the seniors are working on new events, Edwards said.
Freshman Katie Hansel (in the 200 free) and senior Lyndsie Beasley (100 breast) picked up solo wins for the team.
Hansel, Deszi, senior Ashley Wilson and freshman Katie Jo Beasley also teamed up to win the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Edwards said he enjoys the Fountain Central meet every year.
The SPHS coach is Mustangs alumnus, but said he has another reason for appreciating the meet.
"Our schools are very similar," he said, regarding the schools' populations and facilities. "This is always a really good meet for us to compete in because we're on the same level."
The Eagles return to the pool on Tuesday at Southmont at 6 p.m.
At South Putnam
Girls' results
Fountain Central 117, South Putnam 68
Boys' results
South Putnam 103, Fountain Central 68
Event Results
Girls' 200 medley relay:
1. FCHS-A Gayler, McGrady, Moore, Campbell; 2:09.15; 2. F-B Gibbs, Thomas, Green, R Johnson; 2:23.44; 3. SPHS Deszi, L. Beasley, Farmer, K Beasley; 2:25.78; 4. F-C Clevenger, M Johnson, Chavez, Winland; 2:33.62; 5. S-B Wilson, Arnold, Shaw, Plunkett; 2:41.00.
Boys' 200 medley relay:
1. S-A Arnold, Neumann, Lund, Crosby; 2:00.22; 2. F-A Hall, Phillips, Nine, Freeman; 2:05.09; 3. S-B Rayce, Evens, Nees, Chambers; 2:10.22.
Girls' 200 free:
1. Hansel, S; 2:34.39; 2 Thomas, F; 2:34.66; 3. Hands, F; 2:35.20; 4. Johnson, F; 2:38.44; 5. Wilson, S; 2:52.91; 6. Kiste, S; 3:13.16.
Boys' 200 free:
1. Phillips, F; 2:21.82; 2. Fields, S; 2:33.00; 3. Pitts, S; 2:35.39; 4. Andres, F; 2:55.44; 5. Hoagland, F; 3:05.61.
Girls' 200 IM:
1. Gibbs, F; 2:45.48; 2. Beasley, S; 2:56.35; 3. Green, F; 3:03.97; 4. Knight, S; 3:24.84; 5. Kelley, S; 3:41.32; DQ Gayler, F.
Boys' 200 IM:
1. Nine, F; 2:28.52; 2. Lund, S; 2:38.28; 3. Rayce, S; 2:49.80; 4. Nees, S; 2:50.60; 5. McGrady, F; 3:06.33.
Girls' 50 free:
1. Campbell, F; 28.63; 2. Farmer, S; 29.26; 3. Gulley, F; 29.97; 4. Arnold, S; 31.93; 5. Hands, F; 32.70; 6. Shaw, S; 33.59.
Boys' 50 free:
1. Arnold, S; 24.94; 2. Freeman, F; 28.19; 3. Terry, F; 33.39; 4. Martinek, F; 34.21; DQ Crosby, S.
Girls' diving:
1. Cambell, F; 145.25; 2. Plunkett, S; 142.65; 3. Sullivan, S; 134.00; 4. Winland, F; 77.4.
Boys' diving:
1. Freeman, F; 151.50; 2. Neumann, S; 129.35.
Girls' 100 fly:
1. McGrady, F; 1:07.20; 2. Moore, F; 1:10.05; 3. Clevenger, F; 1:39.09; 4. Shaw, S; 139.76; 5. Knight, S; 1:40.63.
Boys' 100 fly:
1. Nine, F; 1:06.35; 2. Lund, S; 1:06.58; 3. Hall, F; 1:13.19; 4. Nees, S; 1:19.04.
Girls' 100 free:
1. Chavez, F; 36.83; 2. Gulley, F; 1:04.73; 3. Farmer, S; 1:07.86; 4. Green, F; 1:08.00; 5. K Beasley, S; 1:09.28; 6. Kiste, S; 1:18.78.
Boys' 100 free:
1. Arnold, S; 56.19; 2. Pitts, S; 1:04.56; 3. McGrady, F; 1:12.09; 4. Chambers, S; 1:12.26; 5. Terry, F; 1:19.35.
Girls' 500 free:
1. McGrady, F; 6:36.26; 2. Morgan, S; 6:59.56; 3. Johnson, F; 6:59.75; 4. Hansel, S; 7:08.63; 5. Wilson, S; 7:26.93; 6. Johnson, F; 7:35.22.
Boys' 500 free:
1. Crosby, S; 6:06.93; 2. Z Evens, S; 6:30.49; 3. C Evens, S; 7:27.30; DQ Andres, F.
Girls' 200 free relay:
1. F-A Green, Thomas, Moore, Gulley; 2:01.24; 2. S-A Beasley, Arnold, Hansel, Farmer; 2:01.85; 3. F-B Hands, Winland, Clevenger, Johnson; 2:16.92; 4. S-B Knight, Kelley, Kiste, Plunkett; 2:20.10.
Boys' 200 free relay:
1. S-A Lund, Nees, Crosby, Arnold; 1:44.98; 2. F-A Nine, Freeman, McGrady, Phillips; 1:50.91; 3. S-B Pitts, Chambers, Fields, Evens; 2:06.48; 4. F-B Hoagland, Martinek, Terry, Andres; 2:19.44.
Girls' 100 back:
1. Gayler, F; 1:13.57; 2. Gibbs, F; 1:19.28; 3. K Beasley, S; 1:19.94; 4. Deszi, S; 1:20.68; 5. Chavez, F; 1:27.67.
Boys' 100 back:
1. Rayce, S; 1:11.94; 2. Hall, F; 1:14.96; 3. Fields, S; 1:21.85; 4. Hoagland, F; 1:53.02.
Girls' 100 breast:
1. Beasley, S; 1:28.84; 2. Thomas, F; 1:31.28; 3. Johnson, F; 1:41.33; 4. Arnold, S; 1:41.52; 5. Clevenger, F; 1:51.49; 6. Kelley, S; 2:01.91.
Boys' 100 breast:
1. Phillips, F; 1:18.65; 2. Neumann, S; 1:21.14; 3. Z Evens, S; 4.1:22.13; C Evens, S; 1:31.50.
Girls' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Hansel, Wilson, Deszi, K Beasley; 4:27.93; 2. F-A McGrady, Gayler, Gibbs, Campbell; 4:33.10; 3. F-B Hands, Chavez, Moore, Johnson; 4:43.62; 4. S-B Shaw, Plunkett, Kiste, Knight; 5:15.81.
Boys' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Pitts, Rayce, Fields, Neuman; 4:34.10; 2. F-A McGrady, Andres, Terry, Hall; 5:05.42.
Mounties run past Eagles in 66-41 romp
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Junior forward Trey Moore elevates to attempt a shot in the lane on Saturday. Moore was the lone bright spot for South Putnam, scoring a team-high 16 points in the loss to Southmont.
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The South Putnam boys' basketball team has size, both height and strength. This can often be a benefit, but the detriments for having such a roster were exposed on Saturday when the Eagles lost to Southmont, 66-41.
The Mounties forced 16 first-half turnovers, controlling the pace of the game and flustering the South Putnam offense.
The Eagles were overwhelmed by the Mounties half-court trap and ball pressure, rarely getting an opportunity to feed the ball into the post to use their size as an advantage.
SPHS took an early 3-2 lead when senior Justin Bumgardner completed a traditional three-point play at the 6:26 mark in the opening period, but the lead didn't last.
Mounties junior Devon Burton and senior Drake Cooksey turned up the intensity and forced the Eagles' ball handlers into difficult situations, forcing passes and picking up their dribble near midcourt.
"We didn't handle the pressure at all," SPHS head coach Troy Burgess said. "We've had two opportunities now against very good teams that have really gotten out and pressured us in Danville and in Southmont, and we haven't handled it.
"For us to be as good as we want to be, and get to where we want to be, we've got to handle that better."
Southmont led 24-10 after the first quarter, but the second was even more dominant.
Burton finished the first half with three steals and 18 points, going six-for-nine from the field.
Cooksey had four steals and 10 points himself.
"We've got a lot of quick guys. We've got to play to that," Southmont coach Jon Sparks said. "The guys did a real good job with that. I wish the second half had been as good, but it's hard to keep up with that intensity."
The teams went to the break with Southmont leading 41-14.
SPHS finally emerged from the locker room with less than a minute on the halftime clock.
They had a new game plan and a new lineup.
Junior Derrick Mitchell started in place of Bumgardner, who picked up technical foul in the first quarter and remained on the bench for the rest of the game.
Mitchell, a guard, also gave the Eagles more ball handlers on the court to try to get around the press.
The Eagles became more deliberate, slowing the game down and making careful decisions.
The new pace allowed them to get inside and they began drawing fouls. Down big, scoring with the clock stopped can be an equalizer.
Southmont committed nine fouls in the third quarter, allowing SPHS to go eight-for-eight on free throw attempts, but still managed to play even.
Burton tacked on 10 more points, giving him a game-high 28.
The Eagles finally made some headway in the fourth, but by then it was too late.
"We played hard in the second half," Burgess said. "I was proud of our kids. They didn't quit; they didn't let down. They continued to play hard."
Junior Trey Moore had a team-high 16 points and remained in attack mode until the final buzzer.
The Eagles lone advantage in the game came on the glass as they outrebounded Southmont 34-22.
"I've got to do a better job as a coach of preparing my guys to get them ready for this type of game," Burgess said. "I'll put this one on me tonight. I didn't have our guys prepared for that type of pressure."
Preparing for quickness in practice will be a challenge for the Eagles, and Burgess said he'll have to get creative.
"I know these guys will work hard; they'll do what I ask them to do," Burgess said. "We're going to have to create (quickness) somehow. As a coach, that's my job to figure out how we can simulate that, and how we can create that type of an atmosphere so we're ready.
"We're going to see it again next Friday night."
The Eagles return against Rockville on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Southmont -- 24 17 14 11 -- 66
South Putnam -- 10 4 14 13 -- 41
Individual scoring
Southmont: Burton 10-17, 4-6, 28; Cooksey 10-14, 0-4, 15; Thomas 2-8, 4-4, 10; Dinius 3-5, 0-0, 7; Stewart 1-1, 1-2, 3; Dehne 1-3, 1-3, 3; McCormick 0-1, 0-0, 0; Benge 0-0, 0-0, 0; Remley 0-0, 0-0, 0; Whalen 0-2, 0-0, 0; Truncone 0-1, 0-0, 0.
South Putnam: Moore 6-9, 4-4, 16; Arnold 2-8, 3-4, 7; R Chestnut 1-6, 2-2, 4; Pell 1-3, 0-0, 3; Bumgardner 1-2, 1-3, 3; Long 1-3, 1-4, 3; Franklin 1-4, 1-4, 3; D Chestnut 0-1, 1-2, 1; Vittetow 0-2, 0-0, 0; Mitchell 0-0, 0-0, 0; Carmichael 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring
Southmont 22-45, 15-24, 66; South Putnam 13-37, 13-23, 41.
Rebounds (offensive)
Southmont 22 (4); South Putnam 34 (13).
Turnovers
Southmont 13, South Putnam 26.
Tiger Cubs' JV wins 2012 county tournament
Saturday, December 8, 2012
The Greencastle girls' JV poses on the bleachers after winning the 2012 county championship. Members of the team include (front, from left) Kaylee Evans, Bethanie Burgeson, Paige Bragg, (second row) Madison Trout, Lauren Bridgewater, Marley Haltom, (back) Delanie Stoltey, Tera Amis, Alison White and Megan Haltom. [Order this photo]
CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School girls' junior varsity basketball team entered Saturday's county tournament with an impressive 7-1 record.
They left with a trophy, pair of wins, two tattered nets and claim to a 2012 county title.
"I'm really proud of them," GHS JV coach Matthew Welker said. "It's a great accomplishment to get to 9-1. We've faced some tough teams this year."
The Tiger Cubs defeated North Putnam in the final, 39-35.
Sophomore Lauren Bridgewater opened the game by making a three-pointer from the wing and finished with a game-high 12 points.
Greencastle led 12-8 after the first quarter and, at various times, appeared on the verge of going on a big run to push the Cougars to the brink of defeat.
NPHS kept fighting.
Freshman Jenny Heron was cold early but began heating up late in the first quarter, knocking down a pair of threes to keep her team in the game.
Heron and freshman Taylor Nauert worked the high-post and wing in perfect sync throughout the game.
Greencastle took a 25-19 lead to the fourth quarter, but North Putnam kept fighting.
Sophomore Kaitlin Mindiola scored five points in the quarter, including a traditional three-point play with 4:49 remaining, helping the Cougars seize momentum.
The team battled all the way back to tie GHS at 31-all with 2:15 to play.
The teams traded buckets back and forth. Freshman Paige Bragg added field goal with 30 seconds left to give GHS a 37-35 lead.
North Putnam drew up a play for Heron on the wing.
Her go-ahead three-point attempt caromed off the rim with twelve seconds remaining and the Tiger Cubs hauled in the rebound, raced the length of the court and Bridgewater put in a layup to ice the game.
"(North Putnam) would not go away," Welker said. "I'm really proud of everyone on the team for staying with it."
Greencastle beat Cloverdale 36-19 in the opening round matchup.
North Putnam beat South Putnam 31-24.
"I'm really pleased with the way the kids worked today," NPHS coach Laura Blaydes said. "It's a tough one to swallow but we're going to turn around and play again Tuesday and get our third win of the year."
North Putnam plays at North Vermillion Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Greencastle returns to action Thursday at Rockville.
At Cloverdale
2012 Putnam County girls' JV tournament
North Putnam -- 8 5 6 16 -- 35
Greencaste -- 12 7 6 14 -- 39
Individual scoring
NP: Nauert 4-7, 0-0, 10; Clodfelter 3-11, 0-2, 6; Heron 2-12, 0-0, 6; Mindiola 2-7, 1-1, 5; Millican 2-7, 0-0, 4; Laffin 1-1, 0-0, 2; M. Smith 0-2, 2-2, 2; B. Smith 0-0, 0-0, 0; Evans 0-1, 0-0, 0.
G: Bridgewater 5-11, 2-3, 12; Bragg 5-7, 0-2, 10; Amis 3-4, 1-1, 7; White 2-5, 3-4, 7; Stoltey 1-7, 0-0, 0; Trout 0-1, 0-0, 0; Ma. Haltom 0-1, 0-0, 0; Me. Haltom 0-0, 0-0, 0; Evans 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
North Putnam: 27 (11); Greencastle: 27 (10).
Turnovers
North Putnam: 14; Greencastle: 13
Greencastle boys get payback from tournament loss
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle senior Nate Christy (12) jumps to defend a layup by Cloverdale junior Kedrick Collet. Christy made a big offensive contribution as well, finishing with 11 points.
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After playing an overtime thriller in the Putnam County Classic, the Greencastle and Cloverdale boys' basketball teams seemed destined for another back-and-forth game on Friday.
The teams did not disappoint as Cloverdale came back from a 26-19 halftime deficit to take a lead with 2:46 to play.
Greencastle pulled out a 49-47 win, avenging their loss on Saturday.
Senior Nick Gilliam led the team with a game-high 12 points, including four in the fourth quarter.
"It was a good team win for us and we're just thrilled to get that first victory," GHS head coach Troy Greenlee said. "We've got a lot of guys that haven't played much varsity basketball, so every time we step on the floor, I just think we need to look to get better."
Cloverdale head coach Pat Rady said, despite the loss, he was pleased with his team's effort.
"Even though we lost tonight, I though we played better than we did last week," Rady said. "The turnovers will kill you every time, and that's what we've got to work on."
The Clovers turned the ball over 21 times, including 14 in the second half. Compared to the Tiger Cubs' 13 for the game, ball control played a huge factor.
CHS came out on fire, making five-of-nine shots, including three three-pointers, in the first period.
The Tiger Cubs' came back in the second, powered by the team's young bench.
Sophomores Brody Bollman, Adam Gerard, Colyn Foxx, Calvin Hughes and freshman Ryan Coble gave the team a spark that led to an 11-2 run to open the quarter.
"We told them in (the locker room) that it's going to be different guys every night that are going to make plays for us," Greenlee said. "Tonight I thought Ryan Coble came in, as a freshman, and hit some big shots and made some big plays.
"It was one of those games that we needed everything from everybody tonight."
Senior Dustin Cummings entered the starting lineup for Cloverdale to begin the second half, which seemed to energize the team's offense.
With the rest of the team spacing the floor, junior point guard Brandon Dorman was free to drive into the lane. He made four-of-five shots in the period, scoring eight of his 10 points.
CHS ended the quarter on a 6-2 run, trailing by only one after three.
Sophomore Brantson Scott tied the game with 3:01 remaining and, after a Greencastle turnover, Cummings sank a free throw to put the Clovers ahead with 2:46 to play.
The lead wouldn't last long as GHS senior Nate Christy sank a deep three on the next trip.
The Tiger Cubs' stretched the lead to four then tried to slow the game down, stretching out the clock by dribbling the ball on the perimeter.
"As a team, we've got to be able to take those runs and build on them instead of giving a team a little bit of life," Greenlee said. "I thought, coming out in the second half, we didn't pressure the ball like we should have. We just kind of let them get whatever they wanted on the offensive end."
With Greencastle's young guards working the clock, Cloverdale expanded its defense.
The ball pressure overwhelmed Greencastle as junior Kedrick Collet picked up a steal and layup with 25 seconds remaining.
"We haven't worked on that (ball pressure) a lot," Rady said.
The Clovers had only been called for three fouls in the half, so extending the game by forcing free throws was not an option.
Instead the team again picked up the pressure. Greencastle lost the ball out of bounds on the baseline with just seconds remaining.
Greencastle called a time.
Cloverdale, down two, had six seconds to go the length of the court for a basket.
Dorman took the ball past half court, then had it knocked up in the air.
The ball landed out of bounds to the Clovers, but only 1.7 seconds remained.
Dorman's heave as time expired came up well short.
"We made it exciting there towards the end," Greenlee said. "We struggled handling the ball a little bit down the stretch and gave them a chance."
Greencastle hosts Sullivan tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Cloverdale is back in action Friday when they'll host Monrovia.
At Greencastle
Cloverdale -- 13 6 18 10 -- 47
Greencastle -- 8 18 12 11 -- 49
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Dorman 5-11, 0-0, 10; Scott 5-8, 0-0, 10; Collet 3-8, 0-0, 9; Schroer 3-8, 0-0, 8; Cummings 1-1, 3-4, 5; Cupp 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hughes 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Gilliam 6-14, 0-0, 12; Christy 4-7, 0-0, 11; Winslow 4-11, 1-2, 9; Bollman 2-6, 2-2, 6; Coble 2-3, 0-0, 6; Foxx 1-2, 0-0, 2; King 0-3, 1-2, 1; Gerard 0-1, 1-2, 1; Mitchell 0-3, 0-0, 0; Hughes 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
C: 25 (3)
G: 28 (15)
Turnovers
C: 21
G: 13
Tiger Cubs utilize blazing third quarter to trample Clovers
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle senior Rayleigh Amis (23) finds room amid a crowd in the paint to score a layup for the Tiger Cubs.
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Greencastle has a young girls' basketball team, but the prideful bunch doesn't quit. After a loss to Danville on Tuesday, the team trailed Cloverdale 19-12 at halftime on Friday.
The Tiger Cubs came back from the break on a torrid pace, led by the defense and pressure of senior Rayleigh Amis and junior Alex Basile, channeling the run into a 39-32 win.
The pair combined for four steals in the period.
"Our defense is really what changed it for us," GHS coach Bradley Key said. "I thought Rayleigh Amis and Alex Basile were really the game changers. Those are the two captains and I told them, once they picked up their intensity, I really felt like everyone else followed along.
"That's what captains do, but we've got to have that for four quarter."
The two teams could not seem to find any offense in the early goings, at combining for a one-of-13 stretch early in the first period.
Amis, a team captain, took control of the offense for Greencastle, using her five-foot-eleven frame to work the ball in the paint.
Cloverdale senior Bristy Skiles carried the early load for her team.
"We're really a different team when she's able to hit a couple shots," Cloverdale coach Matthew Langdon said. "She's done a good job the past couple weeks of trying to change her game a little bit. Just not a spot-up shooter. She's able to go off the dribble to create some space."
Skiles had five of the team's eight first-quarter points, and added another three in the second quarter.
Greencastle shot just 21 percent in the first half (five-for-24).
"Towards the end of the second quarter we started playing better," Key said. "I just told them (at halftime) that, 'you know what you need to do to win.' That's it."
Whatever he said, or didn't say, seemed to work.
The Tiger Cubs emerged from the locker room with nearly five minutes left in the intermission, two minutes earlier than normal.
They then went on a 26-to-five run to open the second half.
Cloverdale opened the third quarter with starting guard Amillia Nally on the bench. Nally had picked up three fouls in the first half and, with a thin bench, Langdon inserted sophomore Bailee Stevens into the lineup.
"Bailee gives us really good minutes, but there are times when she needs a break," Langdon said. "We thought, if Mel (Amillia Nally) picked up that fourth foul early, there was no way that Bailee could play 10 straight minutes until we could put Mel back in."
Langdon said he second-guessed his own decision after Greencastle went on its run.
"That was a decision that you go back and think about, 'should I have done it differently,'" he said. "
Without another point guard to turn to, the Clovers couldn't regain their composure and stop the bleeding until it was too late.
Cloverdale finished the game on an eight-one run, but with the clock ticking down, Langdon elected not to extend the game by fouling.
In a laissez-faire game called by the officials, the Clovers had only picked up four in the half.
"Cloverdale: give them credit. They've gotten significantly better during the last two or three years," Key said. "They've won four games and they're going to win quite a few more."
Langdon said his team will bounce back.
"Against a good team like that, sometimes we struggle offensively," Langdon said. "Every possession we had to have good defense. There were just a couple let downs and, when they made a run, we just got a little rattled and got a little too quick."
Greencastle plays at Rockville on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Cloverdale returns to action Friday when they host Monrovia at 6 p.m.
At Greencastle
Cloverdale -- 8 11 5 8 -- 32
Greencastle -- 9 3 18 9 -- 39
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Skiles 3-10, 0-0, 8; Clark 4-6, 0-0, 8; Gruener 3-8, 0-0, 6; Shrum 1-1, 2-4, 4; Nally 1-6, 3; Stevens 1-7, 1-1, 3; Walters 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Amis 5-9, 0-0, 10; Lenihan 4-9, 0-0, 8; Taylor 2-6, 2-3, 6; Earl 2-12, 0-2, 6; Stoltey 2-4, 0-0, 4; Covert 1-2, 1-2, 3; Basile 1-8, 0-0, 2; Smiley 0-0, 0-0, 0; Trout 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
C: 33 (9)
G: 30 (11)
Turnovers
C: 19
G: 10
GHS Tiger Cubs paddle past Southmont Mounties
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle freshman Amelia Smith (far) edges out senior Kaelynn Cox (near) and Southmont's Kelly Richards in the girls 100-yard freestyle event on Thursday. Less than one second seperated the three swimmers.
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The Greencastle boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams dominated their dual meets against South-mont on Thursday.
The girls' won every event en route to a 121-55 win.
The boys' were tripped up only in diving and cruised to a 142-28.
"I'm very happy with the results," GHS swim coach Kent Menzel said. "They told me they were going to do some great stuff tonight, and they definitely delivered."
Although the teams cruised, there were several races that came right down to the wire.
In the girls' 200-free, GHS swimmer senior Kaelynn Cox led by only half a body length with 60 yards to go. She pulled away in down the stretch, giving her a 3.2 second victory, finishing in a time of 2:25.30.
That was one of the few scares the Mounties could give Greencastle, but the team provided enough excitement for itself.
"For us, it's how everybody is progressing as far as their times are concerned," Manzel said. "We have really had a great week. We did not quite see the effect of the fast swimming in the team score (of Tuesday's meet) against Bloomington North, but it was really happening.
"Tonight, that momentum continued at the right place at the right time, and you saw what our swimmers were capable of more and more."
A pair of Tiger Cub girls raced to the finish in the 100 free, with freshman Amelia Smith edging out Cox, 1:03.60 to 1:03.84.
The boys' squad had it's own excitement.
After Southmont sophomore diver Zac Gray pulled out a victory over GHS sophomore Levi Lewis, the Tiger Cubs' swimmers swept the rest of the meet, challenging only themselves to the finish.
This became especially true in the 100-back, which pitted two of the Tiger Cubs' better swimmers -- junior Nash Firebaugh and junior Nathan Gardner -- against each other.
"Nash and Nathan are good friends and they asked to be able to race each other tonight, so I let them," Menzel said. "They're both very fast. Nash tonight had a little bit of an edge on his turns. In terms of straight-up swimming speed they were pretty equal, but Nash was getting a little bit of an edge each time they came into the wall.
"They were both in it for fun tonight, and I think they were both winners on that count."
Firebaugh finished at 59.53, narrowly edging out Gardner.
The Tiger Cubs made clean top-three sweeps in boys 200 free, girls 200 IM, girls and boys 100 fly and boys 100 free.
GHS returns to the pool on Tuesday at Crawfordsville at 6 p.m., with the conference schedule starting soon after.
"We're going to keep pressing up until Dec. 22 where we finish our fall season at the Wabash Valley Invitational," Menzel said. "We want to be strong and sharp for conference, but then set our eyes on the sectional championship."
At Greencastle
Girls' swimming and diving
Greencastle 121, Southmont 55
Boys' swimming and diving
Greencastle 142, Southmont 28
Event Results
Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Meyer, Mallary FR, Wheeler, Emily JR, Brush, Libby FR, Smith, Amelia FR), 2:07.94; 2. SHS 'A' (Ward, Ellen B JR, Kinkead, Morgan M JR, Wickholm, Nikki M SO, Witherspoon, Lauren N JR), 2:18.65; 3. GHS 'B' (Roberts, Jessica FR, Hansen, Beth Ann SO, Romer, Corrie FR, Stevens, Kristen SO), 2:21.41; 4. SHS 'B' (Edwards, Christa SO, Reed, Sadie A SR, Harrison, Katy M SO, Waddell, Hannah B SR), 2:36.41.
Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Gardner, Nathan JR, Harms, Isaac JR, Firebaugh, Nash L JR, Secrest, Taylor SO), 1:52.62; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Mangrum, Brant JR, Watson, Brayden SO, Ummel, Jason SO, Kessler, Jacob FR), 2:05.90; 3. SHS 'A' (Cloncs, Steven FR, Bartlett, Collin SR, Arnold, Justin L SO, Waddell, Wyatt 7), 2:16.21; 4. GHS-IN 'C' (Johnson, Mitchell SO, Hudson, Bryce SR, Secrest, Zach SO, Lewis, Levi SO), 2:19.61.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle:
1. Cox, Kaelynn, GCAS-IN, 2:25.30; 2. Richards, Kelsey M, SMT-IN, 2:28.52; 3. Simpson, Shannon M, SMT-IN, 2:32.47; 4. Doyle, Brittany N, SMT-IN, 2:38.51; 5. Mason, Kaitlynne, GCAS-IN, 2:55.38; 6. Anderson, Caitlyn, GCAS-IN, 3:10.95.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brattain, Elijah D, GCAS-IN, 2:04.42; 2. Asbell, Alex, GCAS-IN, 2:16.00; 3. Briones, Alex J, GCAS-IN, 2:18.66; 4. Bartlett, Collin, SMT-IN, 2:22.35.
Girls 200 Yard IM:
1. Brush, Libby, GCAS-IN, 2:36.16; 2. Wheeler, Emily, GCAS-IN, 2:45.07; 3. Gomez, Rosio, GCAS-IN, 2:47.86; 4. Wickholm, Nikki M, SMT-IN, 2:51.08; 5. Waddell, Hannah B, SMT-IN, 2:59.92; --. Harrison, Katy M, SMT-IN, DQ.
Boys 200 Yard IM:
1. Firebaugh, Nash L, GCAS-IN, 2:13.02; 2. Ummel, Jason, GCAS-IN, 2:38.39; 3. Arnold, Justin L, SMT-IN, 2:43.05; 4. Watson, Brayden, GCAS-IN, 2:52.72.
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle:
1. Smith, Amelia, GCAS-IN, 28.44; 2. Witherspoon, Lauren N, SMT-IN, 30.16; 3. Moore, Rebecca, GCAS-IN, 30.84; 4. Ward, Ellen B, SMT-IN, 31.43; 5. Stevens, Kristen, GCAS-IN, 32.43; 6. Karpova, Sofya, SMT-IN, 36.69.
Boys 50 Yard Freestyle:
1. Secrest, Taylor, GCAS-IN, 26.42; 2. Harms, Isaac, GCAS-IN, 27.50; 3. Cloncs, Steven, SMT-IN, 31.48; 4. Johnson, Mitchell, GCAS-IN, 31.75; 5. Waddell, Wyatt, SMT-IN, 32.76.
Girls 1 mtr Diving:
1. Fauvergue, Madi, GCAS-IN, 102.35.
Boys 1 mtr Diving:
1. Gray, Zac, SMT-IN, 135.70; 2. Lewis, Levi, GCAS-IN, 130.75.
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly:
1. Gomez, Rosio, GCAS-IN, 1:14.60; 2. Meyer, Mallary, GCAS-IN, 1:15.09; 3. Romer, Corrie, GCAS-IN, 1:18.91; 4. Wickholm, Nikki M, SMT-IN, 1:24.51; 5. Peters, Allison, SMT-IN, 2:22.92.
Boys 100 Yard Butterfly:
1. Gardner, Nathan, GCAS-IN, 1:02.27; 2. Mangrum, Brant, GCAS-IN, 1:24.71; 3. Secrest, Zach, GCAS-IN, 1:32.86.
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle:
1. Smith, Amelia, GCAS-IN, 1:03.60; 2. Cox, Kaelynn, GCAS-IN, 1:03.83; 3. Richards, Kelsey M, SMT-IN, 1:04.50; 4. Witherspoon, Lauren N, SMT-IN, 1:08.79; 5. Hansen, Beth Ann, GCAS-IN, 1:20.96; 6. Karpova, Sofya, SMT-IN, 1:29.14.
Boys 100 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brattain, Elijah D, GCAS-IN, 54.22; 2. Ummel, Jason, GCAS-IN, 1:01.56; 3. Kessler, Jacob, GCAS-IN, 1:03.85; 4. Gray, Zac, SMT-IN, 1:21.47.
Girls 500 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brush, Libby, GCAS-IN, 6:27.05; 2. Simpson, Shannon M, SMT-IN, 6:50.88; 3. Doyle, Brittany N, SMT-IN, 6:57.05; 4. Moore, Rebecca, GCAS-IN, 7:01.93; 5. Mason, Kaitlynne, GCAS-IN, 7:48.47; 6. Edwards, Christa, SMT-IN, 8:03.43.
Boys 500 Yard Freestyle:
1. Harms, Isaac, GCAS-IN, 6:04.32; 2. Briones, Alex J, GCAS-IN, 6:26.57; 3. Bartlett, Collin, SMT-IN, 6:27.73; 4. Asbell, Alex, GCAS-IN, 6:27.85; 5. Waddell, Wyatt, SMT-IN, 8:07.02.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Cox, Kaelynn SR, Romer, Corrie FR, Gomez, Rosio JR, Smith, Amelia FR), 1:54.72; 2. SHS 'A' (Monts, Brooke A JR, Richards, Kelsey M SR, Kinkead, Morgan M JR, Simpson, Shannon M JR), 2:03.34; 3. GHS 'B' (Wheeler, Emily JR, Roberts, Jessica FR, Stevens, Kristen SO, Moore, Rebecca SO), 2:06.72; 4. SHS 'B' (Doyle, Brittany N SR, Peters, Allison SO, Edwards, Christa SO, Waddell, Hannah B SR), 2:25.11; 5. GHS 'C' (Anderson, Caitlyn FR, Fauvergue, Madi FR, Hansen, Beth Ann SO, Mason, Kaitlynne SR), 2:30.90.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brattain, Elijah D SO, Kessler, Jacob FR, Secrest, Taylor SO, Briones, Alex J SO), 1:46.03; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Ummel, Jason SO, Watson, Brayden SO, Mangrum, Brant JR, Asbell, Alex SR), 1:53.97; 3. SHS 'A' (Arnold, Justin L SO, Cloncs, Steven FR, Waddell, Wyatt 7, Bartlett, Collin SR), 2:05.25.
Girls 100 Yard Backstroke:
1. Meyer, Mallary, GCAS-IN, 1:14.32; 2. Harrison, Katy M, SMT-IN, 1:21.68; 3. Roberts, Jessica, GCAS-IN, 1:27.87; 4. Anderson, Caitlyn, GCAS-IN, 1:45.96; 5. Peters, Allison, SMT-IN, 1:46.91.
Boys 100 Yard Backstroke:
1. Firebaugh, Nash L, GCAS-IN, 59.53; 2. Gardner, Nathan, GCAS-IN, 1:01.68; 3. Cloncs, Steven, SMT-IN, 1:16.06; 4. Johnson, Mitchell, GCAS-IN, 1:17.31.
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke:
1. Wheeler, Emily, GCAS-IN, 1:21.65; 2. Kinkead, Morgan M, SMT-IN, 1:22.08; 3. Romer, Corrie, GCAS-IN, 1:24.17; 4. Hansen, Beth Ann, GCAS-IN, 1:27.27; 5. Reed, Sadie A, SMT-IN, 1:28.12; 6. Monts, Brooke A, SMT-IN, 1:35.77.
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke:
1. Secrest, Taylor, GCAS-IN, 1:16.46; 2. Watson, Brayden, GCAS-IN, 1:19.61; 3. Hudson, Bryce, GCAS-IN, 1:20.48.
Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brush, Libby FR, Meyer, Mallary FR, Gomez, Rosio JR, Cox, Kaelynn SR), 4:26.51; 2. SHS 'A' (Witherspoon, Lauren N JR, Wickholm, Nikki M SO, Simpson, Shannon M JR, Richards, Kelsey M SR), 4:39.82; 3. GHS 'B' (Roberts, Jessica FR, Mason, Kaitlynne SR, Stevens, Kristen SO, Moore, Rebecca SO), 5:09.78; 4. SHS 'B' (Doyle, Brittany N SR, Reed, Sadie A SR, Monts, Brooke A JR,
Harrison, Katy M SO), 5:22.71.
Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brattain, Elijah D SO, Harms, Isaac JR, Gardner, Nathan JR, Firebaugh, Nash L JR), 3:44.07; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Briones, Alex J SO, Kessler, Jacob FR, Mangrum, Brant JR, Asbell, Alex SR), 4:16.89; 3. GHS 'C' (Hudson, Bryce SR, Lewis, Levi SO, Johnson, Mitchell SO, Secrest, Zach SO), 5:24.81.
GHS Tiger Cubs take home county wrestling team title
Friday, December 14, 2012
Individual champions for the 2012 Putnam County wrestling tournament included Ryley Cook, Nick Havey, Jacob Lorimer, Dean Kleiber, Jordan Sanders, Jacob Camacho, Riley Boswell, Joe Waters, Aaron Langdon, Carter Lewis, Hunter Smith, Rudy Harris and Lane Hacker. Blaine Fenwick is not picutred.
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CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School wrestling team won its second straight Putnam County wrestling championship on Thursday, finishing with a 3-0 team record and earning seven individual county champions.
Tiger Cubs senior Carter Lewis (170) won his fourth consecutive county title.
"It was a good win for us, but we've got to keep looking forward," GHS coach Matt McComish said. "It's always good to win county. We knew we had some tough teams to wrestle when we came in, and we knew it was going to be close
Greencastle's Hunter Smith (black) got the worst of this exchange with South Putnam's Tanner Thompson, but Smith was able to recover to win the match and win his second straight county championship.
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"It was a tough fight all night all night and I'm glad we came away with a win."
Ryley Cook (106), Jordan Sanders (113), Riley Boswell (145), Aaron Langdon (160), Hunter Smith (182) and Blaine Fenwick (220) also won titles for GHS.
"All seven of them wrestled really well," McComish said. "We still have things we can improve on, but we're starting to do some things right. At this time of the season, that's what I want to see."
The South Putnam team finished second in the meet with a 2-1 record. They had six county champions: Nick Havey (113), Jacob Lorimer (120), Jacob Camacho (138), Joe Waters (152), Rudy Harris (195) and Lane Hacker (3-0).
"As a team we wrestled pretty well," SPHS coach Josh Hendrickson said. "(We've got to) fix the basics, work on the things that we've worked on and affect the things that we know."
Camacho won his second straight conference title, and also competed in the best match of the night, a battle with Greencastle's Nick Pingleton.
Tied at five after three rounds, the two battled through the sudden victory period and into the 30-second tiebreaker periods.
Camacho started in the defensive position, then slipped into a reversal. Neither could gain an upper hand in the time remaining and Camacho earned a 7-5 win by decision.
North Putnam finished the meet in third place and it was led by Dean Kleiber, who won his second-straight county title at 126 pounds.
The Cougars finished 1-2, equaling last year's county dual result.
"We had some good performances tonight," NPHS coach Bucky Kramer said. "It's tough on us when we're giving up four weight classes (to forfeit) off the top. You've got to stay happy with what we're seeing. Overall it's a good improvement."
Cloverdale rounded out the field, finishing 0-3 for the second consecutive year.
CHS coach Steven Livingston said his young team has a lot of room to grow.
"I don't think we looked nearly our best tonight," Livingston said. "We just try to stay positive and keep the guys working hard and focus on what really matters and that's the matches at the end of the season.
"Those are the matches that we keep telling our guys, keep your nose to the grind; keep getting better. Win those matches when they count at the end of the season. That's how you get your picture on the wall. That's how people remember you."
Havey, Waters, Smith and Harris each won their second straight county title.
Greencastle's Fenwick suffered an apparent neck injury in his bout against South Putnam's Jacob Williams. He was taken out on a stretcher.
The champion Tiger Cubs return to action Saturday when they host the Holiday Invitational on Saturday at 9 a.m. North Putnam hosts a dual meet with Rockville on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 6:30 p.m.
South Putnam will compete in the state duals on Saturday, Dec. 22 at Westfield High School beginning at 9 a.m. Cloverdale is back when they compete at Ben Davis High School on Thursday, Dec. 27 at 8 a.m.
Complete individual results will be included in a future issue of the Banner Graphic.
At Cloverdale
2012-13 Putnam County Wrestling Tournament
1. Greencastle 3-0, 2. SPHS 2-1, 3. NPHS 1-2, 4. Cloverdale 0-3.
Individual Champions
106 -- Ryley Cook, GHS
113 -- Nick Havey, SPHS
120 -- Jacob Lorimer, SPHS
126 -- Dean Kleiber, NPHS
132 -- Jordan Sanders, GHS
138 -- Jacob Camacho, SPHS
145 -- Riley Boswell, GHS
152 -- Joe Waters, SPHS
160 -- Aaron Langdon, GHS
170 -- Carter Lewis, GHS
182 -- Hunter Smith, GHS
195 -- Rudy Harris, SPHS
220 -- Blaine Fenwick, GHS
285 -- Lane Hacker, SPHS
Bad half dooms Eagles against Patriots
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
South Putnam junior Aubrey Nichols knocks down a three-point shot from the corner against Owen Valley on Tuesday.
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A weak second half gave them a 55-36 loss, but the South Putnam girls' basketball team spent the first half of Tuesday's game looking ready to upset Owen Valley.
The Eagles' shots weren't falling but a newly-installed 2-3 zone defense had the Patriots scrambling.
Owen Valley shot just 24 percent (6-for-25) in the first half.
"At halftime, we were happy with the position we were in," SPHS head coach Lindsey Blackman said. "Because we switched to the zone, we knew we had to get block outs and get defensive rebounds. We crashed the boards offensively and were able to get some second shot attempts.
"We were happy with the aggressiveness and the tone in the first half and then we kind of let it go in the third (quarter)."
The Eagles led 19-15 at the break.
SPHS junior Aubrey Nichols and senior Leanna Masters each had six rebounds in the half, though the Eagles were outrebounded as a team, 22-19.
That deficit foreshadowed things to come.
Owen Valley came out for the second half on fire, getting to the rim on nearly every possession.
When Masters picked up her third foul early in the third the Patriots dominated the interior, pulling in seven offensive rebounds in the quarter.
The Patriots opened the second half on 23-2 run that extended into the fourth and dispirited the Eagles.
"I told the girls, this was the first time I wasn't happy with our performance," Blackman said. "It looked like in the third quarter we gave up. As soon as they hit a couple big shots, the shoulders went down, it was very quiet on defense. It seemed like a little let up."
Mallory Cash led the Eagles with nine points and three steals. Masters finished with eight points (three-for-four shooting) and nine rebounds.
Patriots guard Alicia Wilson had a game-high 17 points and five steals.
Sarah Jones came off the bench to pull in 14 rebounds for Owen Valley.
The Eagles are back in action Thursday when they travel to Covenant Christian. The game tips at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Owen Valley -- 8 7 19 21 -- 55
South Putnam -- 8 11 2 15 -- 36
Individual scoring
Owen Valley: Wilson 7-12, 2-2, 17; Herrington 5-7, 1-2, 13; Corder 5-11, 0-1, 10; Williams 3-12, 0-0, 7; Jones 3-13, 0-0, 6; Eldridge 1-6, 0-0, 2; Richardson 0-3, 0-1, 0.
South Putnam: Cash 4-13, 0-0, 9; Masters 3-4, 2-3, 9; Nichols 2-7, 1-1, 6; Varvel 2-10, 1-4, 5; Whitaker 2-2, 0-0, 4; Birt 1-6, 0-0, 2; Barnes 1-4, 0-0, 2; Cundiff 0-2, 0-0, 0; York 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hewitt 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring (three-pointers)
Owen Valley: 24-61 (9-34), 3-5, 51; South Putnam 15-48 (2-9), 4-9, 36.
Rebounds (offensive)
Owen Valley 45 (22), South Putnam 31 (13)
Turnovers
Owen Valley 16, South Putnam 21
Eagles fly through water to split with Fountain Central Mustangs
Monday, December 10, 2012
South Putnam senior Zeke Evens lost his goggles early during the 100-yard breast stroke event on Saturday against Southmont, but still swam to a third-place finish.
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The South Putnam boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams split a meet with Fountain Central on Satuday.
The boys' squad came away with a 103-68 victory, while the girls lost 117-68.
"I think they swam really well," SPHS swim coach Matthew Edwards said. "Even some of the swimmers that aren't getting the first places are getting personal bests."
On the boys' side, senior Matt Lund, juniors Tayler Arnold and Tyler Neumann and sophomore Zane Crosby started off the morning with a win in the 200 medley relay.
It was one of four wins on the day for Arnold, the school's record-holder in the 100 back.
Edwards said Arnold is focusing more on sprints this year. That showed when he picked up a win in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races.
Crosby and freshman Zach Rayce each picked up wins in individual races as well.
"We were down a lot of swimmers, due to illness and other things," Edwards said. "It really put a lot of strain on the swimmers (who are forced into) doing new events and things they weren't used to, but they handled it well."
The girls' team is still working to improve.
Many of the seniors are working on new events, Edwards said.
Freshman Katie Hansel (in the 200 free) and senior Lyndsie Beasley (100 breast) picked up solo wins for the team.
Hansel, Deszi, senior Ashley Wilson and freshman Katie Jo Beasley also teamed up to win the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Edwards said he enjoys the Fountain Central meet every year.
The SPHS coach is Mustangs alumnus, but said he has another reason for appreciating the meet.
"Our schools are very similar," he said, regarding the schools' populations and facilities. "This is always a really good meet for us to compete in because we're on the same level."
The Eagles return to the pool on Tuesday at Southmont at 6 p.m.
At South Putnam
Girls' results
Fountain Central 117, South Putnam 68
Boys' results
South Putnam 103, Fountain Central 68
Event Results
Girls' 200 medley relay:
1. FCHS-A Gayler, McGrady, Moore, Campbell; 2:09.15; 2. F-B Gibbs, Thomas, Green, R Johnson; 2:23.44; 3. SPHS Deszi, L. Beasley, Farmer, K Beasley; 2:25.78; 4. F-C Clevenger, M Johnson, Chavez, Winland; 2:33.62; 5. S-B Wilson, Arnold, Shaw, Plunkett; 2:41.00.
Boys' 200 medley relay:
1. S-A Arnold, Neumann, Lund, Crosby; 2:00.22; 2. F-A Hall, Phillips, Nine, Freeman; 2:05.09; 3. S-B Rayce, Evens, Nees, Chambers; 2:10.22.
Girls' 200 free:
1. Hansel, S; 2:34.39; 2 Thomas, F; 2:34.66; 3. Hands, F; 2:35.20; 4. Johnson, F; 2:38.44; 5. Wilson, S; 2:52.91; 6. Kiste, S; 3:13.16.
Boys' 200 free:
1. Phillips, F; 2:21.82; 2. Fields, S; 2:33.00; 3. Pitts, S; 2:35.39; 4. Andres, F; 2:55.44; 5. Hoagland, F; 3:05.61.
Girls' 200 IM:
1. Gibbs, F; 2:45.48; 2. Beasley, S; 2:56.35; 3. Green, F; 3:03.97; 4. Knight, S; 3:24.84; 5. Kelley, S; 3:41.32; DQ Gayler, F.
Boys' 200 IM:
1. Nine, F; 2:28.52; 2. Lund, S; 2:38.28; 3. Rayce, S; 2:49.80; 4. Nees, S; 2:50.60; 5. McGrady, F; 3:06.33.
Girls' 50 free:
1. Campbell, F; 28.63; 2. Farmer, S; 29.26; 3. Gulley, F; 29.97; 4. Arnold, S; 31.93; 5. Hands, F; 32.70; 6. Shaw, S; 33.59.
Boys' 50 free:
1. Arnold, S; 24.94; 2. Freeman, F; 28.19; 3. Terry, F; 33.39; 4. Martinek, F; 34.21; DQ Crosby, S.
Girls' diving:
1. Cambell, F; 145.25; 2. Plunkett, S; 142.65; 3. Sullivan, S; 134.00; 4. Winland, F; 77.4.
Boys' diving:
1. Freeman, F; 151.50; 2. Neumann, S; 129.35.
Girls' 100 fly:
1. McGrady, F; 1:07.20; 2. Moore, F; 1:10.05; 3. Clevenger, F; 1:39.09; 4. Shaw, S; 139.76; 5. Knight, S; 1:40.63.
Boys' 100 fly:
1. Nine, F; 1:06.35; 2. Lund, S; 1:06.58; 3. Hall, F; 1:13.19; 4. Nees, S; 1:19.04.
Girls' 100 free:
1. Chavez, F; 36.83; 2. Gulley, F; 1:04.73; 3. Farmer, S; 1:07.86; 4. Green, F; 1:08.00; 5. K Beasley, S; 1:09.28; 6. Kiste, S; 1:18.78.
Boys' 100 free:
1. Arnold, S; 56.19; 2. Pitts, S; 1:04.56; 3. McGrady, F; 1:12.09; 4. Chambers, S; 1:12.26; 5. Terry, F; 1:19.35.
Girls' 500 free:
1. McGrady, F; 6:36.26; 2. Morgan, S; 6:59.56; 3. Johnson, F; 6:59.75; 4. Hansel, S; 7:08.63; 5. Wilson, S; 7:26.93; 6. Johnson, F; 7:35.22.
Boys' 500 free:
1. Crosby, S; 6:06.93; 2. Z Evens, S; 6:30.49; 3. C Evens, S; 7:27.30; DQ Andres, F.
Girls' 200 free relay:
1. F-A Green, Thomas, Moore, Gulley; 2:01.24; 2. S-A Beasley, Arnold, Hansel, Farmer; 2:01.85; 3. F-B Hands, Winland, Clevenger, Johnson; 2:16.92; 4. S-B Knight, Kelley, Kiste, Plunkett; 2:20.10.
Boys' 200 free relay:
1. S-A Lund, Nees, Crosby, Arnold; 1:44.98; 2. F-A Nine, Freeman, McGrady, Phillips; 1:50.91; 3. S-B Pitts, Chambers, Fields, Evens; 2:06.48; 4. F-B Hoagland, Martinek, Terry, Andres; 2:19.44.
Girls' 100 back:
1. Gayler, F; 1:13.57; 2. Gibbs, F; 1:19.28; 3. K Beasley, S; 1:19.94; 4. Deszi, S; 1:20.68; 5. Chavez, F; 1:27.67.
Boys' 100 back:
1. Rayce, S; 1:11.94; 2. Hall, F; 1:14.96; 3. Fields, S; 1:21.85; 4. Hoagland, F; 1:53.02.
Girls' 100 breast:
1. Beasley, S; 1:28.84; 2. Thomas, F; 1:31.28; 3. Johnson, F; 1:41.33; 4. Arnold, S; 1:41.52; 5. Clevenger, F; 1:51.49; 6. Kelley, S; 2:01.91.
Boys' 100 breast:
1. Phillips, F; 1:18.65; 2. Neumann, S; 1:21.14; 3. Z Evens, S; 4.1:22.13; C Evens, S; 1:31.50.
Girls' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Hansel, Wilson, Deszi, K Beasley; 4:27.93; 2. F-A McGrady, Gayler, Gibbs, Campbell; 4:33.10; 3. F-B Hands, Chavez, Moore, Johnson; 4:43.62; 4. S-B Shaw, Plunkett, Kiste, Knight; 5:15.81.
Boys' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Pitts, Rayce, Fields, Neuman; 4:34.10; 2. F-A McGrady, Andres, Terry, Hall; 5:05.42.
Mounties run past Eagles in 66-41 romp
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Junior forward Trey Moore elevates to attempt a shot in the lane on Saturday. Moore was the lone bright spot for South Putnam, scoring a team-high 16 points in the loss to Southmont.
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The South Putnam boys' basketball team has size, both height and strength. This can often be a benefit, but the detriments for having such a roster were exposed on Saturday when the Eagles lost to Southmont, 66-41.
The Mounties forced 16 first-half turnovers, controlling the pace of the game and flustering the South Putnam offense.
The Eagles were overwhelmed by the Mounties half-court trap and ball pressure, rarely getting an opportunity to feed the ball into the post to use their size as an advantage.
SPHS took an early 3-2 lead when senior Justin Bumgardner completed a traditional three-point play at the 6:26 mark in the opening period, but the lead didn't last.
Mounties junior Devon Burton and senior Drake Cooksey turned up the intensity and forced the Eagles' ball handlers into difficult situations, forcing passes and picking up their dribble near midcourt.
"We didn't handle the pressure at all," SPHS head coach Troy Burgess said. "We've had two opportunities now against very good teams that have really gotten out and pressured us in Danville and in Southmont, and we haven't handled it.
"For us to be as good as we want to be, and get to where we want to be, we've got to handle that better."
Southmont led 24-10 after the first quarter, but the second was even more dominant.
Burton finished the first half with three steals and 18 points, going six-for-nine from the field.
Cooksey had four steals and 10 points himself.
"We've got a lot of quick guys. We've got to play to that," Southmont coach Jon Sparks said. "The guys did a real good job with that. I wish the second half had been as good, but it's hard to keep up with that intensity."
The teams went to the break with Southmont leading 41-14.
SPHS finally emerged from the locker room with less than a minute on the halftime clock.
They had a new game plan and a new lineup.
Junior Derrick Mitchell started in place of Bumgardner, who picked up technical foul in the first quarter and remained on the bench for the rest of the game.
Mitchell, a guard, also gave the Eagles more ball handlers on the court to try to get around the press.
The Eagles became more deliberate, slowing the game down and making careful decisions.
The new pace allowed them to get inside and they began drawing fouls. Down big, scoring with the clock stopped can be an equalizer.
Southmont committed nine fouls in the third quarter, allowing SPHS to go eight-for-eight on free throw attempts, but still managed to play even.
Burton tacked on 10 more points, giving him a game-high 28.
The Eagles finally made some headway in the fourth, but by then it was too late.
"We played hard in the second half," Burgess said. "I was proud of our kids. They didn't quit; they didn't let down. They continued to play hard."
Junior Trey Moore had a team-high 16 points and remained in attack mode until the final buzzer.
The Eagles lone advantage in the game came on the glass as they outrebounded Southmont 34-22.
"I've got to do a better job as a coach of preparing my guys to get them ready for this type of game," Burgess said. "I'll put this one on me tonight. I didn't have our guys prepared for that type of pressure."
Preparing for quickness in practice will be a challenge for the Eagles, and Burgess said he'll have to get creative.
"I know these guys will work hard; they'll do what I ask them to do," Burgess said. "We're going to have to create (quickness) somehow. As a coach, that's my job to figure out how we can simulate that, and how we can create that type of an atmosphere so we're ready.
"We're going to see it again next Friday night."
The Eagles return against Rockville on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Southmont -- 24 17 14 11 -- 66
South Putnam -- 10 4 14 13 -- 41
Individual scoring
Southmont: Burton 10-17, 4-6, 28; Cooksey 10-14, 0-4, 15; Thomas 2-8, 4-4, 10; Dinius 3-5, 0-0, 7; Stewart 1-1, 1-2, 3; Dehne 1-3, 1-3, 3; McCormick 0-1, 0-0, 0; Benge 0-0, 0-0, 0; Remley 0-0, 0-0, 0; Whalen 0-2, 0-0, 0; Truncone 0-1, 0-0, 0.
South Putnam: Moore 6-9, 4-4, 16; Arnold 2-8, 3-4, 7; R Chestnut 1-6, 2-2, 4; Pell 1-3, 0-0, 3; Bumgardner 1-2, 1-3, 3; Long 1-3, 1-4, 3; Franklin 1-4, 1-4, 3; D Chestnut 0-1, 1-2, 1; Vittetow 0-2, 0-0, 0; Mitchell 0-0, 0-0, 0; Carmichael 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring
Southmont 22-45, 15-24, 66; South Putnam 13-37, 13-23, 41.
Rebounds (offensive)
Southmont 22 (4); South Putnam 34 (13).
Turnovers
Southmont 13, South Putnam 26.
Tiger Cubs' JV wins 2012 county tournament
Saturday, December 8, 2012
The Greencastle girls' JV poses on the bleachers after winning the 2012 county championship. Members of the team include (front, from left) Kaylee Evans, Bethanie Burgeson, Paige Bragg, (second row) Madison Trout, Lauren Bridgewater, Marley Haltom, (back) Delanie Stoltey, Tera Amis, Alison White and Megan Haltom. [Order this photo]
CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School girls' junior varsity basketball team entered Saturday's county tournament with an impressive 7-1 record.
They left with a trophy, pair of wins, two tattered nets and claim to a 2012 county title.
"I'm really proud of them," GHS JV coach Matthew Welker said. "It's a great accomplishment to get to 9-1. We've faced some tough teams this year."
The Tiger Cubs defeated North Putnam in the final, 39-35.
Sophomore Lauren Bridgewater opened the game by making a three-pointer from the wing and finished with a game-high 12 points.
Greencastle led 12-8 after the first quarter and, at various times, appeared on the verge of going on a big run to push the Cougars to the brink of defeat.
NPHS kept fighting.
Freshman Jenny Heron was cold early but began heating up late in the first quarter, knocking down a pair of threes to keep her team in the game.
Heron and freshman Taylor Nauert worked the high-post and wing in perfect sync throughout the game.
Greencastle took a 25-19 lead to the fourth quarter, but North Putnam kept fighting.
Sophomore Kaitlin Mindiola scored five points in the quarter, including a traditional three-point play with 4:49 remaining, helping the Cougars seize momentum.
The team battled all the way back to tie GHS at 31-all with 2:15 to play.
The teams traded buckets back and forth. Freshman Paige Bragg added field goal with 30 seconds left to give GHS a 37-35 lead.
North Putnam drew up a play for Heron on the wing.
Her go-ahead three-point attempt caromed off the rim with twelve seconds remaining and the Tiger Cubs hauled in the rebound, raced the length of the court and Bridgewater put in a layup to ice the game.
"(North Putnam) would not go away," Welker said. "I'm really proud of everyone on the team for staying with it."
Greencastle beat Cloverdale 36-19 in the opening round matchup.
North Putnam beat South Putnam 31-24.
"I'm really pleased with the way the kids worked today," NPHS coach Laura Blaydes said. "It's a tough one to swallow but we're going to turn around and play again Tuesday and get our third win of the year."
North Putnam plays at North Vermillion Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Greencastle returns to action Thursday at Rockville.
At Cloverdale
2012 Putnam County girls' JV tournament
North Putnam -- 8 5 6 16 -- 35
Greencaste -- 12 7 6 14 -- 39
Individual scoring
NP: Nauert 4-7, 0-0, 10; Clodfelter 3-11, 0-2, 6; Heron 2-12, 0-0, 6; Mindiola 2-7, 1-1, 5; Millican 2-7, 0-0, 4; Laffin 1-1, 0-0, 2; M. Smith 0-2, 2-2, 2; B. Smith 0-0, 0-0, 0; Evans 0-1, 0-0, 0.
G: Bridgewater 5-11, 2-3, 12; Bragg 5-7, 0-2, 10; Amis 3-4, 1-1, 7; White 2-5, 3-4, 7; Stoltey 1-7, 0-0, 0; Trout 0-1, 0-0, 0; Ma. Haltom 0-1, 0-0, 0; Me. Haltom 0-0, 0-0, 0; Evans 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
North Putnam: 27 (11); Greencastle: 27 (10).
Turnovers
North Putnam: 14; Greencastle: 13
Greencastle boys get payback from tournament loss
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle senior Nate Christy (12) jumps to defend a layup by Cloverdale junior Kedrick Collet. Christy made a big offensive contribution as well, finishing with 11 points.
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After playing an overtime thriller in the Putnam County Classic, the Greencastle and Cloverdale boys' basketball teams seemed destined for another back-and-forth game on Friday.
The teams did not disappoint as Cloverdale came back from a 26-19 halftime deficit to take a lead with 2:46 to play.
Greencastle pulled out a 49-47 win, avenging their loss on Saturday.
Senior Nick Gilliam led the team with a game-high 12 points, including four in the fourth quarter.
"It was a good team win for us and we're just thrilled to get that first victory," GHS head coach Troy Greenlee said. "We've got a lot of guys that haven't played much varsity basketball, so every time we step on the floor, I just think we need to look to get better."
Cloverdale head coach Pat Rady said, despite the loss, he was pleased with his team's effort.
"Even though we lost tonight, I though we played better than we did last week," Rady said. "The turnovers will kill you every time, and that's what we've got to work on."
The Clovers turned the ball over 21 times, including 14 in the second half. Compared to the Tiger Cubs' 13 for the game, ball control played a huge factor.
CHS came out on fire, making five-of-nine shots, including three three-pointers, in the first period.
The Tiger Cubs' came back in the second, powered by the team's young bench.
Sophomores Brody Bollman, Adam Gerard, Colyn Foxx, Calvin Hughes and freshman Ryan Coble gave the team a spark that led to an 11-2 run to open the quarter.
"We told them in (the locker room) that it's going to be different guys every night that are going to make plays for us," Greenlee said. "Tonight I thought Ryan Coble came in, as a freshman, and hit some big shots and made some big plays.
"It was one of those games that we needed everything from everybody tonight."
Senior Dustin Cummings entered the starting lineup for Cloverdale to begin the second half, which seemed to energize the team's offense.
With the rest of the team spacing the floor, junior point guard Brandon Dorman was free to drive into the lane. He made four-of-five shots in the period, scoring eight of his 10 points.
CHS ended the quarter on a 6-2 run, trailing by only one after three.
Sophomore Brantson Scott tied the game with 3:01 remaining and, after a Greencastle turnover, Cummings sank a free throw to put the Clovers ahead with 2:46 to play.
The lead wouldn't last long as GHS senior Nate Christy sank a deep three on the next trip.
The Tiger Cubs' stretched the lead to four then tried to slow the game down, stretching out the clock by dribbling the ball on the perimeter.
"As a team, we've got to be able to take those runs and build on them instead of giving a team a little bit of life," Greenlee said. "I thought, coming out in the second half, we didn't pressure the ball like we should have. We just kind of let them get whatever they wanted on the offensive end."
With Greencastle's young guards working the clock, Cloverdale expanded its defense.
The ball pressure overwhelmed Greencastle as junior Kedrick Collet picked up a steal and layup with 25 seconds remaining.
"We haven't worked on that (ball pressure) a lot," Rady said.
The Clovers had only been called for three fouls in the half, so extending the game by forcing free throws was not an option.
Instead the team again picked up the pressure. Greencastle lost the ball out of bounds on the baseline with just seconds remaining.
Greencastle called a time.
Cloverdale, down two, had six seconds to go the length of the court for a basket.
Dorman took the ball past half court, then had it knocked up in the air.
The ball landed out of bounds to the Clovers, but only 1.7 seconds remained.
Dorman's heave as time expired came up well short.
"We made it exciting there towards the end," Greenlee said. "We struggled handling the ball a little bit down the stretch and gave them a chance."
Greencastle hosts Sullivan tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Cloverdale is back in action Friday when they'll host Monrovia.
At Greencastle
Cloverdale -- 13 6 18 10 -- 47
Greencastle -- 8 18 12 11 -- 49
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Dorman 5-11, 0-0, 10; Scott 5-8, 0-0, 10; Collet 3-8, 0-0, 9; Schroer 3-8, 0-0, 8; Cummings 1-1, 3-4, 5; Cupp 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hughes 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Gilliam 6-14, 0-0, 12; Christy 4-7, 0-0, 11; Winslow 4-11, 1-2, 9; Bollman 2-6, 2-2, 6; Coble 2-3, 0-0, 6; Foxx 1-2, 0-0, 2; King 0-3, 1-2, 1; Gerard 0-1, 1-2, 1; Mitchell 0-3, 0-0, 0; Hughes 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
C: 25 (3)
G: 28 (15)
Turnovers
C: 21
G: 13
Tiger Cubs utilize blazing third quarter to trample Clovers
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle senior Rayleigh Amis (23) finds room amid a crowd in the paint to score a layup for the Tiger Cubs.
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Greencastle has a young girls' basketball team, but the prideful bunch doesn't quit. After a loss to Danville on Tuesday, the team trailed Cloverdale 19-12 at halftime on Friday.
The Tiger Cubs came back from the break on a torrid pace, led by the defense and pressure of senior Rayleigh Amis and junior Alex Basile, channeling the run into a 39-32 win.
The pair combined for four steals in the period.
"Our defense is really what changed it for us," GHS coach Bradley Key said. "I thought Rayleigh Amis and Alex Basile were really the game changers. Those are the two captains and I told them, once they picked up their intensity, I really felt like everyone else followed along.
"That's what captains do, but we've got to have that for four quarter."
The two teams could not seem to find any offense in the early goings, at combining for a one-of-13 stretch early in the first period.
Amis, a team captain, took control of the offense for Greencastle, using her five-foot-eleven frame to work the ball in the paint.
Cloverdale senior Bristy Skiles carried the early load for her team.
"We're really a different team when she's able to hit a couple shots," Cloverdale coach Matthew Langdon said. "She's done a good job the past couple weeks of trying to change her game a little bit. Just not a spot-up shooter. She's able to go off the dribble to create some space."
Skiles had five of the team's eight first-quarter points, and added another three in the second quarter.
Greencastle shot just 21 percent in the first half (five-for-24).
"Towards the end of the second quarter we started playing better," Key said. "I just told them (at halftime) that, 'you know what you need to do to win.' That's it."
Whatever he said, or didn't say, seemed to work.
The Tiger Cubs emerged from the locker room with nearly five minutes left in the intermission, two minutes earlier than normal.
They then went on a 26-to-five run to open the second half.
Cloverdale opened the third quarter with starting guard Amillia Nally on the bench. Nally had picked up three fouls in the first half and, with a thin bench, Langdon inserted sophomore Bailee Stevens into the lineup.
"Bailee gives us really good minutes, but there are times when she needs a break," Langdon said. "We thought, if Mel (Amillia Nally) picked up that fourth foul early, there was no way that Bailee could play 10 straight minutes until we could put Mel back in."
Langdon said he second-guessed his own decision after Greencastle went on its run.
"That was a decision that you go back and think about, 'should I have done it differently,'" he said. "
Without another point guard to turn to, the Clovers couldn't regain their composure and stop the bleeding until it was too late.
Cloverdale finished the game on an eight-one run, but with the clock ticking down, Langdon elected not to extend the game by fouling.
In a laissez-faire game called by the officials, the Clovers had only picked up four in the half.
"Cloverdale: give them credit. They've gotten significantly better during the last two or three years," Key said. "They've won four games and they're going to win quite a few more."
Langdon said his team will bounce back.
"Against a good team like that, sometimes we struggle offensively," Langdon said. "Every possession we had to have good defense. There were just a couple let downs and, when they made a run, we just got a little rattled and got a little too quick."
Greencastle plays at Rockville on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Cloverdale returns to action Friday when they host Monrovia at 6 p.m.
At Greencastle
Cloverdale -- 8 11 5 8 -- 32
Greencastle -- 9 3 18 9 -- 39
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Skiles 3-10, 0-0, 8; Clark 4-6, 0-0, 8; Gruener 3-8, 0-0, 6; Shrum 1-1, 2-4, 4; Nally 1-6, 3; Stevens 1-7, 1-1, 3; Walters 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Amis 5-9, 0-0, 10; Lenihan 4-9, 0-0, 8; Taylor 2-6, 2-3, 6; Earl 2-12, 0-2, 6; Stoltey 2-4, 0-0, 4; Covert 1-2, 1-2, 3; Basile 1-8, 0-0, 2; Smiley 0-0, 0-0, 0; Trout 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
C: 33 (9)
G: 30 (11)
Turnovers
C: 19
G: 10
GHS Tiger Cubs take home county wrestling team title
Friday, December 14, 2012
Individual champions for the 2012 Putnam County wrestling tournament included Ryley Cook, Nick Havey, Jacob Lorimer, Dean Kleiber, Jordan Sanders, Jacob Camacho, Riley Boswell, Joe Waters, Aaron Langdon, Carter Lewis, Hunter Smith, Rudy Harris and Lane Hacker. Blaine Fenwick is not picutred.
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CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School wrestling team won its second straight Putnam County wrestling championship on Thursday, finishing with a 3-0 team record and earning seven individual county champions.
Tiger Cubs senior Carter Lewis (170) won his fourth consecutive county title.
"It was a good win for us, but we've got to keep looking forward," GHS coach Matt McComish said. "It's always good to win county. We knew we had some tough teams to wrestle when we came in, and we knew it was going to be close
Greencastle's Hunter Smith (black) got the worst of this exchange with South Putnam's Tanner Thompson, but Smith was able to recover to win the match and win his second straight county championship.
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"It was a tough fight all night all night and I'm glad we came away with a win."
Ryley Cook (106), Jordan Sanders (113), Riley Boswell (145), Aaron Langdon (160), Hunter Smith (182) and Blaine Fenwick (220) also won titles for GHS.
"All seven of them wrestled really well," McComish said. "We still have things we can improve on, but we're starting to do some things right. At this time of the season, that's what I want to see."
The South Putnam team finished second in the meet with a 2-1 record. They had six county champions: Nick Havey (113), Jacob Lorimer (120), Jacob Camacho (138), Joe Waters (152), Rudy Harris (195) and Lane Hacker (3-0).
"As a team we wrestled pretty well," SPHS coach Josh Hendrickson said. "(We've got to) fix the basics, work on the things that we've worked on and affect the things that we know."
Camacho won his second straight conference title, and also competed in the best match of the night, a battle with Greencastle's Nick Pingleton.
Tied at five after three rounds, the two battled through the sudden victory period and into the 30-second tiebreaker periods.
Camacho started in the defensive position, then slipped into a reversal. Neither could gain an upper hand in the time remaining and Camacho earned a 7-5 win by decision.
North Putnam finished the meet in third place and it was led by Dean Kleiber, who won his second-straight county title at 126 pounds.
The Cougars finished 1-2, equaling last year's county dual result.
"We had some good performances tonight," NPHS coach Bucky Kramer said. "It's tough on us when we're giving up four weight classes (to forfeit) off the top. You've got to stay happy with what we're seeing. Overall it's a good improvement."
Cloverdale rounded out the field, finishing 0-3 for the second consecutive year.
CHS coach Steven Livingston said his young team has a lot of room to grow.
"I don't think we looked nearly our best tonight," Livingston said. "We just try to stay positive and keep the guys working hard and focus on what really matters and that's the matches at the end of the season.
"Those are the matches that we keep telling our guys, keep your nose to the grind; keep getting better. Win those matches when they count at the end of the season. That's how you get your picture on the wall. That's how people remember you."
Havey, Waters, Smith and Harris each won their second straight county title.
Greencastle's Fenwick suffered an apparent neck injury in his bout against South Putnam's Jacob Williams. He was taken out on a stretcher.
The champion Tiger Cubs return to action Saturday when they host the Holiday Invitational on Saturday at 9 a.m. North Putnam hosts a dual meet with Rockville on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 6:30 p.m.
South Putnam will compete in the state duals on Saturday, Dec. 22 at Westfield High School beginning at 9 a.m. Cloverdale is back when they compete at Ben Davis High School on Thursday, Dec. 27 at 8 a.m.
Complete individual results will be included in a future issue of the Banner Graphic.
At Cloverdale
2012-13 Putnam County Wrestling Tournament
1. Greencastle 3-0, 2. SPHS 2-1, 3. NPHS 1-2, 4. Cloverdale 0-3.
Individual Champions
106 -- Ryley Cook, GHS
113 -- Nick Havey, SPHS
120 -- Jacob Lorimer, SPHS
126 -- Dean Kleiber, NPHS
132 -- Jordan Sanders, GHS
138 -- Jacob Camacho, SPHS
145 -- Riley Boswell, GHS
152 -- Joe Waters, SPHS
160 -- Aaron Langdon, GHS
170 -- Carter Lewis, GHS
182 -- Hunter Smith, GHS
195 -- Rudy Harris, SPHS
220 -- Blaine Fenwick, GHS
285 -- Lane Hacker, SPHS
Bad half dooms Eagles against Patriots
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
South Putnam junior Aubrey Nichols knocks down a three-point shot from the corner against Owen Valley on Tuesday.
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A weak second half gave them a 55-36 loss, but the South Putnam girls' basketball team spent the first half of Tuesday's game looking ready to upset Owen Valley.
The Eagles' shots weren't falling but a newly-installed 2-3 zone defense had the Patriots scrambling.
Owen Valley shot just 24 percent (6-for-25) in the first half.
"At halftime, we were happy with the position we were in," SPHS head coach Lindsey Blackman said. "Because we switched to the zone, we knew we had to get block outs and get defensive rebounds. We crashed the boards offensively and were able to get some second shot attempts.
"We were happy with the aggressiveness and the tone in the first half and then we kind of let it go in the third (quarter)."
The Eagles led 19-15 at the break.
SPHS junior Aubrey Nichols and senior Leanna Masters each had six rebounds in the half, though the Eagles were outrebounded as a team, 22-19.
That deficit foreshadowed things to come.
Owen Valley came out for the second half on fire, getting to the rim on nearly every possession.
When Masters picked up her third foul early in the third the Patriots dominated the interior, pulling in seven offensive rebounds in the quarter.
The Patriots opened the second half on 23-2 run that extended into the fourth and dispirited the Eagles.
"I told the girls, this was the first time I wasn't happy with our performance," Blackman said. "It looked like in the third quarter we gave up. As soon as they hit a couple big shots, the shoulders went down, it was very quiet on defense. It seemed like a little let up."
Mallory Cash led the Eagles with nine points and three steals. Masters finished with eight points (three-for-four shooting) and nine rebounds.
Patriots guard Alicia Wilson had a game-high 17 points and five steals.
Sarah Jones came off the bench to pull in 14 rebounds for Owen Valley.
The Eagles are back in action Thursday when they travel to Covenant Christian. The game tips at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Owen Valley -- 8 7 19 21 -- 55
South Putnam -- 8 11 2 15 -- 36
Individual scoring
Owen Valley: Wilson 7-12, 2-2, 17; Herrington 5-7, 1-2, 13; Corder 5-11, 0-1, 10; Williams 3-12, 0-0, 7; Jones 3-13, 0-0, 6; Eldridge 1-6, 0-0, 2; Richardson 0-3, 0-1, 0.
South Putnam: Cash 4-13, 0-0, 9; Masters 3-4, 2-3, 9; Nichols 2-7, 1-1, 6; Varvel 2-10, 1-4, 5; Whitaker 2-2, 0-0, 4; Birt 1-6, 0-0, 2; Barnes 1-4, 0-0, 2; Cundiff 0-2, 0-0, 0; York 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hewitt 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring (three-pointers)
Owen Valley: 24-61 (9-34), 3-5, 51; South Putnam 15-48 (2-9), 4-9, 36.
Rebounds (offensive)
Owen Valley 45 (22), South Putnam 31 (13)
Turnovers
Owen Valley 16, South Putnam 21
Eagles fly through water to split with Fountain Central Mustangs
Monday, December 10, 2012
South Putnam senior Zeke Evens lost his goggles early during the 100-yard breast stroke event on Saturday against Southmont, but still swam to a third-place finish.
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The South Putnam boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams split a meet with Fountain Central on Satuday.
The boys' squad came away with a 103-68 victory, while the girls lost 117-68.
"I think they swam really well," SPHS swim coach Matthew Edwards said. "Even some of the swimmers that aren't getting the first places are getting personal bests."
On the boys' side, senior Matt Lund, juniors Tayler Arnold and Tyler Neumann and sophomore Zane Crosby started off the morning with a win in the 200 medley relay.
It was one of four wins on the day for Arnold, the school's record-holder in the 100 back.
Edwards said Arnold is focusing more on sprints this year. That showed when he picked up a win in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races.
Crosby and freshman Zach Rayce each picked up wins in individual races as well.
"We were down a lot of swimmers, due to illness and other things," Edwards said. "It really put a lot of strain on the swimmers (who are forced into) doing new events and things they weren't used to, but they handled it well."
The girls' team is still working to improve.
Many of the seniors are working on new events, Edwards said.
Freshman Katie Hansel (in the 200 free) and senior Lyndsie Beasley (100 breast) picked up solo wins for the team.
Hansel, Deszi, senior Ashley Wilson and freshman Katie Jo Beasley also teamed up to win the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Edwards said he enjoys the Fountain Central meet every year.
The SPHS coach is Mustangs alumnus, but said he has another reason for appreciating the meet.
"Our schools are very similar," he said, regarding the schools' populations and facilities. "This is always a really good meet for us to compete in because we're on the same level."
The Eagles return to the pool on Tuesday at Southmont at 6 p.m.
At South Putnam
Girls' results
Fountain Central 117, South Putnam 68
Boys' results
South Putnam 103, Fountain Central 68
Event Results
Girls' 200 medley relay:
1. FCHS-A Gayler, McGrady, Moore, Campbell; 2:09.15; 2. F-B Gibbs, Thomas, Green, R Johnson; 2:23.44; 3. SPHS Deszi, L. Beasley, Farmer, K Beasley; 2:25.78; 4. F-C Clevenger, M Johnson, Chavez, Winland; 2:33.62; 5. S-B Wilson, Arnold, Shaw, Plunkett; 2:41.00.
Boys' 200 medley relay:
1. S-A Arnold, Neumann, Lund, Crosby; 2:00.22; 2. F-A Hall, Phillips, Nine, Freeman; 2:05.09; 3. S-B Rayce, Evens, Nees, Chambers; 2:10.22.
Girls' 200 free:
1. Hansel, S; 2:34.39; 2 Thomas, F; 2:34.66; 3. Hands, F; 2:35.20; 4. Johnson, F; 2:38.44; 5. Wilson, S; 2:52.91; 6. Kiste, S; 3:13.16.
Boys' 200 free:
1. Phillips, F; 2:21.82; 2. Fields, S; 2:33.00; 3. Pitts, S; 2:35.39; 4. Andres, F; 2:55.44; 5. Hoagland, F; 3:05.61.
Girls' 200 IM:
1. Gibbs, F; 2:45.48; 2. Beasley, S; 2:56.35; 3. Green, F; 3:03.97; 4. Knight, S; 3:24.84; 5. Kelley, S; 3:41.32; DQ Gayler, F.
Boys' 200 IM:
1. Nine, F; 2:28.52; 2. Lund, S; 2:38.28; 3. Rayce, S; 2:49.80; 4. Nees, S; 2:50.60; 5. McGrady, F; 3:06.33.
Girls' 50 free:
1. Campbell, F; 28.63; 2. Farmer, S; 29.26; 3. Gulley, F; 29.97; 4. Arnold, S; 31.93; 5. Hands, F; 32.70; 6. Shaw, S; 33.59.
Boys' 50 free:
1. Arnold, S; 24.94; 2. Freeman, F; 28.19; 3. Terry, F; 33.39; 4. Martinek, F; 34.21; DQ Crosby, S.
Girls' diving:
1. Cambell, F; 145.25; 2. Plunkett, S; 142.65; 3. Sullivan, S; 134.00; 4. Winland, F; 77.4.
Boys' diving:
1. Freeman, F; 151.50; 2. Neumann, S; 129.35.
Girls' 100 fly:
1. McGrady, F; 1:07.20; 2. Moore, F; 1:10.05; 3. Clevenger, F; 1:39.09; 4. Shaw, S; 139.76; 5. Knight, S; 1:40.63.
Boys' 100 fly:
1. Nine, F; 1:06.35; 2. Lund, S; 1:06.58; 3. Hall, F; 1:13.19; 4. Nees, S; 1:19.04.
Girls' 100 free:
1. Chavez, F; 36.83; 2. Gulley, F; 1:04.73; 3. Farmer, S; 1:07.86; 4. Green, F; 1:08.00; 5. K Beasley, S; 1:09.28; 6. Kiste, S; 1:18.78.
Boys' 100 free:
1. Arnold, S; 56.19; 2. Pitts, S; 1:04.56; 3. McGrady, F; 1:12.09; 4. Chambers, S; 1:12.26; 5. Terry, F; 1:19.35.
Girls' 500 free:
1. McGrady, F; 6:36.26; 2. Morgan, S; 6:59.56; 3. Johnson, F; 6:59.75; 4. Hansel, S; 7:08.63; 5. Wilson, S; 7:26.93; 6. Johnson, F; 7:35.22.
Boys' 500 free:
1. Crosby, S; 6:06.93; 2. Z Evens, S; 6:30.49; 3. C Evens, S; 7:27.30; DQ Andres, F.
Girls' 200 free relay:
1. F-A Green, Thomas, Moore, Gulley; 2:01.24; 2. S-A Beasley, Arnold, Hansel, Farmer; 2:01.85; 3. F-B Hands, Winland, Clevenger, Johnson; 2:16.92; 4. S-B Knight, Kelley, Kiste, Plunkett; 2:20.10.
Boys' 200 free relay:
1. S-A Lund, Nees, Crosby, Arnold; 1:44.98; 2. F-A Nine, Freeman, McGrady, Phillips; 1:50.91; 3. S-B Pitts, Chambers, Fields, Evens; 2:06.48; 4. F-B Hoagland, Martinek, Terry, Andres; 2:19.44.
Girls' 100 back:
1. Gayler, F; 1:13.57; 2. Gibbs, F; 1:19.28; 3. K Beasley, S; 1:19.94; 4. Deszi, S; 1:20.68; 5. Chavez, F; 1:27.67.
Boys' 100 back:
1. Rayce, S; 1:11.94; 2. Hall, F; 1:14.96; 3. Fields, S; 1:21.85; 4. Hoagland, F; 1:53.02.
Girls' 100 breast:
1. Beasley, S; 1:28.84; 2. Thomas, F; 1:31.28; 3. Johnson, F; 1:41.33; 4. Arnold, S; 1:41.52; 5. Clevenger, F; 1:51.49; 6. Kelley, S; 2:01.91.
Boys' 100 breast:
1. Phillips, F; 1:18.65; 2. Neumann, S; 1:21.14; 3. Z Evens, S; 4.1:22.13; C Evens, S; 1:31.50.
Girls' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Hansel, Wilson, Deszi, K Beasley; 4:27.93; 2. F-A McGrady, Gayler, Gibbs, Campbell; 4:33.10; 3. F-B Hands, Chavez, Moore, Johnson; 4:43.62; 4. S-B Shaw, Plunkett, Kiste, Knight; 5:15.81.
Boys' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Pitts, Rayce, Fields, Neuman; 4:34.10; 2. F-A McGrady, Andres, Terry, Hall; 5:05.42.
Mounties run past Eagles in 66-41 romp
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Junior forward Trey Moore elevates to attempt a shot in the lane on Saturday. Moore was the lone bright spot for South Putnam, scoring a team-high 16 points in the loss to Southmont.
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The South Putnam boys' basketball team has size, both height and strength. This can often be a benefit, but the detriments for having such a roster were exposed on Saturday when the Eagles lost to Southmont, 66-41.
The Mounties forced 16 first-half turnovers, controlling the pace of the game and flustering the South Putnam offense.
The Eagles were overwhelmed by the Mounties half-court trap and ball pressure, rarely getting an opportunity to feed the ball into the post to use their size as an advantage.
SPHS took an early 3-2 lead when senior Justin Bumgardner completed a traditional three-point play at the 6:26 mark in the opening period, but the lead didn't last.
Mounties junior Devon Burton and senior Drake Cooksey turned up the intensity and forced the Eagles' ball handlers into difficult situations, forcing passes and picking up their dribble near midcourt.
"We didn't handle the pressure at all," SPHS head coach Troy Burgess said. "We've had two opportunities now against very good teams that have really gotten out and pressured us in Danville and in Southmont, and we haven't handled it.
"For us to be as good as we want to be, and get to where we want to be, we've got to handle that better."
Southmont led 24-10 after the first quarter, but the second was even more dominant.
Burton finished the first half with three steals and 18 points, going six-for-nine from the field.
Cooksey had four steals and 10 points himself.
"We've got a lot of quick guys. We've got to play to that," Southmont coach Jon Sparks said. "The guys did a real good job with that. I wish the second half had been as good, but it's hard to keep up with that intensity."
The teams went to the break with Southmont leading 41-14.
SPHS finally emerged from the locker room with less than a minute on the halftime clock.
They had a new game plan and a new lineup.
Junior Derrick Mitchell started in place of Bumgardner, who picked up technical foul in the first quarter and remained on the bench for the rest of the game.
Mitchell, a guard, also gave the Eagles more ball handlers on the court to try to get around the press.
The Eagles became more deliberate, slowing the game down and making careful decisions.
The new pace allowed them to get inside and they began drawing fouls. Down big, scoring with the clock stopped can be an equalizer.
Southmont committed nine fouls in the third quarter, allowing SPHS to go eight-for-eight on free throw attempts, but still managed to play even.
Burton tacked on 10 more points, giving him a game-high 28.
The Eagles finally made some headway in the fourth, but by then it was too late.
"We played hard in the second half," Burgess said. "I was proud of our kids. They didn't quit; they didn't let down. They continued to play hard."
Junior Trey Moore had a team-high 16 points and remained in attack mode until the final buzzer.
The Eagles lone advantage in the game came on the glass as they outrebounded Southmont 34-22.
"I've got to do a better job as a coach of preparing my guys to get them ready for this type of game," Burgess said. "I'll put this one on me tonight. I didn't have our guys prepared for that type of pressure."
Preparing for quickness in practice will be a challenge for the Eagles, and Burgess said he'll have to get creative.
"I know these guys will work hard; they'll do what I ask them to do," Burgess said. "We're going to have to create (quickness) somehow. As a coach, that's my job to figure out how we can simulate that, and how we can create that type of an atmosphere so we're ready.
"We're going to see it again next Friday night."
The Eagles return against Rockville on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Southmont -- 24 17 14 11 -- 66
South Putnam -- 10 4 14 13 -- 41
Individual scoring
Southmont: Burton 10-17, 4-6, 28; Cooksey 10-14, 0-4, 15; Thomas 2-8, 4-4, 10; Dinius 3-5, 0-0, 7; Stewart 1-1, 1-2, 3; Dehne 1-3, 1-3, 3; McCormick 0-1, 0-0, 0; Benge 0-0, 0-0, 0; Remley 0-0, 0-0, 0; Whalen 0-2, 0-0, 0; Truncone 0-1, 0-0, 0.
South Putnam: Moore 6-9, 4-4, 16; Arnold 2-8, 3-4, 7; R Chestnut 1-6, 2-2, 4; Pell 1-3, 0-0, 3; Bumgardner 1-2, 1-3, 3; Long 1-3, 1-4, 3; Franklin 1-4, 1-4, 3; D Chestnut 0-1, 1-2, 1; Vittetow 0-2, 0-0, 0; Mitchell 0-0, 0-0, 0; Carmichael 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring
Southmont 22-45, 15-24, 66; South Putnam 13-37, 13-23, 41.
Rebounds (offensive)
Southmont 22 (4); South Putnam 34 (13).
Turnovers
Southmont 13, South Putnam 26.
Tiger Cubs' JV wins 2012 county tournament
Saturday, December 8, 2012
The Greencastle girls' JV poses on the bleachers after winning the 2012 county championship. Members of the team include (front, from left) Kaylee Evans, Bethanie Burgeson, Paige Bragg, (second row) Madison Trout, Lauren Bridgewater, Marley Haltom, (back) Delanie Stoltey, Tera Amis, Alison White and Megan Haltom. [Order this photo]
CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School girls' junior varsity basketball team entered Saturday's county tournament with an impressive 7-1 record.
They left with a trophy, pair of wins, two tattered nets and claim to a 2012 county title.
"I'm really proud of them," GHS JV coach Matthew Welker said. "It's a great accomplishment to get to 9-1. We've faced some tough teams this year."
The Tiger Cubs defeated North Putnam in the final, 39-35.
Sophomore Lauren Bridgewater opened the game by making a three-pointer from the wing and finished with a game-high 12 points.
Greencastle led 12-8 after the first quarter and, at various times, appeared on the verge of going on a big run to push the Cougars to the brink of defeat.
NPHS kept fighting.
Freshman Jenny Heron was cold early but began heating up late in the first quarter, knocking down a pair of threes to keep her team in the game.
Heron and freshman Taylor Nauert worked the high-post and wing in perfect sync throughout the game.
Greencastle took a 25-19 lead to the fourth quarter, but North Putnam kept fighting.
Sophomore Kaitlin Mindiola scored five points in the quarter, including a traditional three-point play with 4:49 remaining, helping the Cougars seize momentum.
The team battled all the way back to tie GHS at 31-all with 2:15 to play.
The teams traded buckets back and forth. Freshman Paige Bragg added field goal with 30 seconds left to give GHS a 37-35 lead.
North Putnam drew up a play for Heron on the wing.
Her go-ahead three-point attempt caromed off the rim with twelve seconds remaining and the Tiger Cubs hauled in the rebound, raced the length of the court and Bridgewater put in a layup to ice the game.
"(North Putnam) would not go away," Welker said. "I'm really proud of everyone on the team for staying with it."
Greencastle beat Cloverdale 36-19 in the opening round matchup.
North Putnam beat South Putnam 31-24.
"I'm really pleased with the way the kids worked today," NPHS coach Laura Blaydes said. "It's a tough one to swallow but we're going to turn around and play again Tuesday and get our third win of the year."
North Putnam plays at North Vermillion Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Greencastle returns to action Thursday at Rockville.
At Cloverdale
2012 Putnam County girls' JV tournament
North Putnam -- 8 5 6 16 -- 35
Greencaste -- 12 7 6 14 -- 39
Individual scoring
NP: Nauert 4-7, 0-0, 10; Clodfelter 3-11, 0-2, 6; Heron 2-12, 0-0, 6; Mindiola 2-7, 1-1, 5; Millican 2-7, 0-0, 4; Laffin 1-1, 0-0, 2; M. Smith 0-2, 2-2, 2; B. Smith 0-0, 0-0, 0; Evans 0-1, 0-0, 0.
G: Bridgewater 5-11, 2-3, 12; Bragg 5-7, 0-2, 10; Amis 3-4, 1-1, 7; White 2-5, 3-4, 7; Stoltey 1-7, 0-0, 0; Trout 0-1, 0-0, 0; Ma. Haltom 0-1, 0-0, 0; Me. Haltom 0-0, 0-0, 0; Evans 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
North Putnam: 27 (11); Greencastle: 27 (10).
Turnovers
North Putnam: 14; Greencastle: 13
Greencastle boys get payback from tournament loss
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Greencastle senior Nate Christy (12) jumps to defend a layup by Cloverdale junior Kedrick Collet. Christy made a big offensive contribution as well, finishing with 11 points.
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After playing an overtime thriller in the Putnam County Classic, the Greencastle and Cloverdale boys' basketball teams seemed destined for another back-and-forth game on Friday.
The teams did not disappoint as Cloverdale came back from a 26-19 halftime deficit to take a lead with 2:46 to play.
Greencastle pulled out a 49-47 win, avenging their loss on Saturday.
Senior Nick Gilliam led the team with a game-high 12 points, including four in the fourth quarter.
"It was a good team win for us and we're just thrilled to get that first victory," GHS head coach Troy Greenlee said. "We've got a lot of guys that haven't played much varsity basketball, so every time we step on the floor, I just think we need to look to get better."
Cloverdale head coach Pat Rady said, despite the loss, he was pleased with his team's effort.
"Even though we lost tonight, I though we played better than we did last week," Rady said. "The turnovers will kill you every time, and that's what we've got to work on."
The Clovers turned the ball over 21 times, including 14 in the second half. Compared to the Tiger Cubs' 13 for the game, ball control played a huge factor.
CHS came out on fire, making five-of-nine shots, including three three-pointers, in the first period.
The Tiger Cubs' came back in the second, powered by the team's young bench.
Sophomores Brody Bollman, Adam Gerard, Colyn Foxx, Calvin Hughes and freshman Ryan Coble gave the team a spark that led to an 11-2 run to open the quarter.
"We told them in (the locker room) that it's going to be different guys every night that are going to make plays for us," Greenlee said. "Tonight I thought Ryan Coble came in, as a freshman, and hit some big shots and made some big plays.
"It was one of those games that we needed everything from everybody tonight."
Senior Dustin Cummings entered the starting lineup for Cloverdale to begin the second half, which seemed to energize the team's offense.
With the rest of the team spacing the floor, junior point guard Brandon Dorman was free to drive into the lane. He made four-of-five shots in the period, scoring eight of his 10 points.
CHS ended the quarter on a 6-2 run, trailing by only one after three.
Sophomore Brantson Scott tied the game with 3:01 remaining and, after a Greencastle turnover, Cummings sank a free throw to put the Clovers ahead with 2:46 to play.
The lead wouldn't last long as GHS senior Nate Christy sank a deep three on the next trip.
The Tiger Cubs' stretched the lead to four then tried to slow the game down, stretching out the clock by dribbling the ball on the perimeter.
"As a team, we've got to be able to take those runs and build on them instead of giving a team a little bit of life," Greenlee said. "I thought, coming out in the second half, we didn't pressure the ball like we should have. We just kind of let them get whatever they wanted on the offensive end."
With Greencastle's young guards working the clock, Cloverdale expanded its defense.
The ball pressure overwhelmed Greencastle as junior Kedrick Collet picked up a steal and layup with 25 seconds remaining.
"We haven't worked on that (ball pressure) a lot," Rady said.
The Clovers had only been called for three fouls in the half, so extending the game by forcing free throws was not an option.
Instead the team again picked up the pressure. Greencastle lost the ball out of bounds on the baseline with just seconds remaining.
Greencastle called a time.
Cloverdale, down two, had six seconds to go the length of the court for a basket.
Dorman took the ball past half court, then had it knocked up in the air.
The ball landed out of bounds to the Clovers, but only 1.7 seconds remained.
Dorman's heave as time expired came up well short.
"We made it exciting there towards the end," Greenlee said. "We struggled handling the ball a little bit down the stretch and gave them a chance."
Greencastle hosts Sullivan tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Cloverdale is back in action Friday when they'll host Monrovia.
At Greencastle
Cloverdale -- 13 6 18 10 -- 47
Greencastle -- 8 18 12 11 -- 49
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Dorman 5-11, 0-0, 10; Scott 5-8, 0-0, 10; Collet 3-8, 0-0, 9; Schroer 3-8, 0-0, 8; Cummings 1-1, 3-4, 5; Cupp 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hughes 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Gilliam 6-14, 0-0, 12; Christy 4-7, 0-0, 11; Winslow 4-11, 1-2, 9; Bollman 2-6, 2-2, 6; Coble 2-3, 0-0, 6; Foxx 1-2, 0-0, 2; King 0-3, 1-2, 1; Gerard 0-1, 1-2, 1; Mitchell 0-3, 0-0, 0; Hughes 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
C: 25 (3)
G: 28 (15)
Turnovers
C: 21
G: 13
GHS Tiger Cubs take home county wrestling team title
Friday, December 14, 2012
Individual champions for the 2012 Putnam County wrestling tournament included Ryley Cook, Nick Havey, Jacob Lorimer, Dean Kleiber, Jordan Sanders, Jacob Camacho, Riley Boswell, Joe Waters, Aaron Langdon, Carter Lewis, Hunter Smith, Rudy Harris and Lane Hacker. Blaine Fenwick is not picutred.
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CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School wrestling team won its second straight Putnam County wrestling championship on Thursday, finishing with a 3-0 team record and earning seven individual county champions.
Tiger Cubs senior Carter Lewis (170) won his fourth consecutive county title.
"It was a good win for us, but we've got to keep looking forward," GHS coach Matt McComish said. "It's always good to win county. We knew we had some tough teams to wrestle when we came in, and we knew it was going to be close
Greencastle's Hunter Smith (black) got the worst of this exchange with South Putnam's Tanner Thompson, but Smith was able to recover to win the match and win his second straight county championship.
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"It was a tough fight all night all night and I'm glad we came away with a win."
Ryley Cook (106), Jordan Sanders (113), Riley Boswell (145), Aaron Langdon (160), Hunter Smith (182) and Blaine Fenwick (220) also won titles for GHS.
"All seven of them wrestled really well," McComish said. "We still have things we can improve on, but we're starting to do some things right. At this time of the season, that's what I want to see."
The South Putnam team finished second in the meet with a 2-1 record. They had six county champions: Nick Havey (113), Jacob Lorimer (120), Jacob Camacho (138), Joe Waters (152), Rudy Harris (195) and Lane Hacker (3-0).
"As a team we wrestled pretty well," SPHS coach Josh Hendrickson said. "(We've got to) fix the basics, work on the things that we've worked on and affect the things that we know."
Camacho won his second straight conference title, and also competed in the best match of the night, a battle with Greencastle's Nick Pingleton.
Tied at five after three rounds, the two battled through the sudden victory period and into the 30-second tiebreaker periods.
Camacho started in the defensive position, then slipped into a reversal. Neither could gain an upper hand in the time remaining and Camacho earned a 7-5 win by decision.
North Putnam finished the meet in third place and it was led by Dean Kleiber, who won his second-straight county title at 126 pounds.
The Cougars finished 1-2, equaling last year's county dual result.
"We had some good performances tonight," NPHS coach Bucky Kramer said. "It's tough on us when we're giving up four weight classes (to forfeit) off the top. You've got to stay happy with what we're seeing. Overall it's a good improvement."
Cloverdale rounded out the field, finishing 0-3 for the second consecutive year.
CHS coach Steven Livingston said his young team has a lot of room to grow.
"I don't think we looked nearly our best tonight," Livingston said. "We just try to stay positive and keep the guys working hard and focus on what really matters and that's the matches at the end of the season.
"Those are the matches that we keep telling our guys, keep your nose to the grind; keep getting better. Win those matches when they count at the end of the season. That's how you get your picture on the wall. That's how people remember you."
Havey, Waters, Smith and Harris each won their second straight county title.
Greencastle's Fenwick suffered an apparent neck injury in his bout against South Putnam's Jacob Williams. He was taken out on a stretcher.
The champion Tiger Cubs return to action Saturday when they host the Holiday Invitational on Saturday at 9 a.m. North Putnam hosts a dual meet with Rockville on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 6:30 p.m.
South Putnam will compete in the state duals on Saturday, Dec. 22 at Westfield High School beginning at 9 a.m. Cloverdale is back when they compete at Ben Davis High School on Thursday, Dec. 27 at 8 a.m.
Complete individual results will be included in a future issue of the Banner Graphic.
At Cloverdale
2012-13 Putnam County Wrestling Tournament
1. Greencastle 3-0, 2. SPHS 2-1, 3. NPHS 1-2, 4. Cloverdale 0-3.
Individual Champions
106 -- Ryley Cook, GHS
113 -- Nick Havey, SPHS
120 -- Jacob Lorimer, SPHS
126 -- Dean Kleiber, NPHS
132 -- Jordan Sanders, GHS
138 -- Jacob Camacho, SPHS
145 -- Riley Boswell, GHS
152 -- Joe Waters, SPHS
160 -- Aaron Langdon, GHS
170 -- Carter Lewis, GHS
182 -- Hunter Smith, GHS
195 -- Rudy Harris, SPHS
220 -- Blaine Fenwick, GHS
285 -- Lane Hacker, SPHS
Bad half dooms Eagles against Patriots
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
South Putnam junior Aubrey Nichols knocks down a three-point shot from the corner against Owen Valley on Tuesday.
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A weak second half gave them a 55-36 loss, but the South Putnam girls' basketball team spent the first half of Tuesday's game looking ready to upset Owen Valley.
The Eagles' shots weren't falling but a newly-installed 2-3 zone defense had the Patriots scrambling.
Owen Valley shot just 24 percent (6-for-25) in the first half.
"At halftime, we were happy with the position we were in," SPHS head coach Lindsey Blackman said. "Because we switched to the zone, we knew we had to get block outs and get defensive rebounds. We crashed the boards offensively and were able to get some second shot attempts.
"We were happy with the aggressiveness and the tone in the first half and then we kind of let it go in the third (quarter)."
The Eagles led 19-15 at the break.
SPHS junior Aubrey Nichols and senior Leanna Masters each had six rebounds in the half, though the Eagles were outrebounded as a team, 22-19.
That deficit foreshadowed things to come.
Owen Valley came out for the second half on fire, getting to the rim on nearly every possession.
When Masters picked up her third foul early in the third the Patriots dominated the interior, pulling in seven offensive rebounds in the quarter.
The Patriots opened the second half on 23-2 run that extended into the fourth and dispirited the Eagles.
"I told the girls, this was the first time I wasn't happy with our performance," Blackman said. "It looked like in the third quarter we gave up. As soon as they hit a couple big shots, the shoulders went down, it was very quiet on defense. It seemed like a little let up."
Mallory Cash led the Eagles with nine points and three steals. Masters finished with eight points (three-for-four shooting) and nine rebounds.
Patriots guard Alicia Wilson had a game-high 17 points and five steals.
Sarah Jones came off the bench to pull in 14 rebounds for Owen Valley.
The Eagles are back in action Thursday when they travel to Covenant Christian. The game tips at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Owen Valley -- 8 7 19 21 -- 55
South Putnam -- 8 11 2 15 -- 36
Individual scoring
Owen Valley: Wilson 7-12, 2-2, 17; Herrington 5-7, 1-2, 13; Corder 5-11, 0-1, 10; Williams 3-12, 0-0, 7; Jones 3-13, 0-0, 6; Eldridge 1-6, 0-0, 2; Richardson 0-3, 0-1, 0.
South Putnam: Cash 4-13, 0-0, 9; Masters 3-4, 2-3, 9; Nichols 2-7, 1-1, 6; Varvel 2-10, 1-4, 5; Whitaker 2-2, 0-0, 4; Birt 1-6, 0-0, 2; Barnes 1-4, 0-0, 2; Cundiff 0-2, 0-0, 0; York 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hewitt 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring (three-pointers)
Owen Valley: 24-61 (9-34), 3-5, 51; South Putnam 15-48 (2-9), 4-9, 36.
Rebounds (offensive)
Owen Valley 45 (22), South Putnam 31 (13)
Turnovers
Owen Valley 16, South Putnam 21
Eagles fly through water to split with Fountain Central Mustangs
Monday, December 10, 2012
South Putnam senior Zeke Evens lost his goggles early during the 100-yard breast stroke event on Saturday against Southmont, but still swam to a third-place finish.
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The South Putnam boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams split a meet with Fountain Central on Satuday.
The boys' squad came away with a 103-68 victory, while the girls lost 117-68.
"I think they swam really well," SPHS swim coach Matthew Edwards said. "Even some of the swimmers that aren't getting the first places are getting personal bests."
On the boys' side, senior Matt Lund, juniors Tayler Arnold and Tyler Neumann and sophomore Zane Crosby started off the morning with a win in the 200 medley relay.
It was one of four wins on the day for Arnold, the school's record-holder in the 100 back.
Edwards said Arnold is focusing more on sprints this year. That showed when he picked up a win in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races.
Crosby and freshman Zach Rayce each picked up wins in individual races as well.
"We were down a lot of swimmers, due to illness and other things," Edwards said. "It really put a lot of strain on the swimmers (who are forced into) doing new events and things they weren't used to, but they handled it well."
The girls' team is still working to improve.
Many of the seniors are working on new events, Edwards said.
Freshman Katie Hansel (in the 200 free) and senior Lyndsie Beasley (100 breast) picked up solo wins for the team.
Hansel, Deszi, senior Ashley Wilson and freshman Katie Jo Beasley also teamed up to win the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Edwards said he enjoys the Fountain Central meet every year.
The SPHS coach is Mustangs alumnus, but said he has another reason for appreciating the meet.
"Our schools are very similar," he said, regarding the schools' populations and facilities. "This is always a really good meet for us to compete in because we're on the same level."
The Eagles return to the pool on Tuesday at Southmont at 6 p.m.
At South Putnam
Girls' results
Fountain Central 117, South Putnam 68
Boys' results
South Putnam 103, Fountain Central 68
Event Results
Girls' 200 medley relay:
1. FCHS-A Gayler, McGrady, Moore, Campbell; 2:09.15; 2. F-B Gibbs, Thomas, Green, R Johnson; 2:23.44; 3. SPHS Deszi, L. Beasley, Farmer, K Beasley; 2:25.78; 4. F-C Clevenger, M Johnson, Chavez, Winland; 2:33.62; 5. S-B Wilson, Arnold, Shaw, Plunkett; 2:41.00.
Boys' 200 medley relay:
1. S-A Arnold, Neumann, Lund, Crosby; 2:00.22; 2. F-A Hall, Phillips, Nine, Freeman; 2:05.09; 3. S-B Rayce, Evens, Nees, Chambers; 2:10.22.
Girls' 200 free:
1. Hansel, S; 2:34.39; 2 Thomas, F; 2:34.66; 3. Hands, F; 2:35.20; 4. Johnson, F; 2:38.44; 5. Wilson, S; 2:52.91; 6. Kiste, S; 3:13.16.
Boys' 200 free:
1. Phillips, F; 2:21.82; 2. Fields, S; 2:33.00; 3. Pitts, S; 2:35.39; 4. Andres, F; 2:55.44; 5. Hoagland, F; 3:05.61.
Girls' 200 IM:
1. Gibbs, F; 2:45.48; 2. Beasley, S; 2:56.35; 3. Green, F; 3:03.97; 4. Knight, S; 3:24.84; 5. Kelley, S; 3:41.32; DQ Gayler, F.
Boys' 200 IM:
1. Nine, F; 2:28.52; 2. Lund, S; 2:38.28; 3. Rayce, S; 2:49.80; 4. Nees, S; 2:50.60; 5. McGrady, F; 3:06.33.
Girls' 50 free:
1. Campbell, F; 28.63; 2. Farmer, S; 29.26; 3. Gulley, F; 29.97; 4. Arnold, S; 31.93; 5. Hands, F; 32.70; 6. Shaw, S; 33.59.
Boys' 50 free:
1. Arnold, S; 24.94; 2. Freeman, F; 28.19; 3. Terry, F; 33.39; 4. Martinek, F; 34.21; DQ Crosby, S.
Girls' diving:
1. Cambell, F; 145.25; 2. Plunkett, S; 142.65; 3. Sullivan, S; 134.00; 4. Winland, F; 77.4.
Boys' diving:
1. Freeman, F; 151.50; 2. Neumann, S; 129.35.
Girls' 100 fly:
1. McGrady, F; 1:07.20; 2. Moore, F; 1:10.05; 3. Clevenger, F; 1:39.09; 4. Shaw, S; 139.76; 5. Knight, S; 1:40.63.
Boys' 100 fly:
1. Nine, F; 1:06.35; 2. Lund, S; 1:06.58; 3. Hall, F; 1:13.19; 4. Nees, S; 1:19.04.
Girls' 100 free:
1. Chavez, F; 36.83; 2. Gulley, F; 1:04.73; 3. Farmer, S; 1:07.86; 4. Green, F; 1:08.00; 5. K Beasley, S; 1:09.28; 6. Kiste, S; 1:18.78.
Boys' 100 free:
1. Arnold, S; 56.19; 2. Pitts, S; 1:04.56; 3. McGrady, F; 1:12.09; 4. Chambers, S; 1:12.26; 5. Terry, F; 1:19.35.
Girls' 500 free:
1. McGrady, F; 6:36.26; 2. Morgan, S; 6:59.56; 3. Johnson, F; 6:59.75; 4. Hansel, S; 7:08.63; 5. Wilson, S; 7:26.93; 6. Johnson, F; 7:35.22.
Boys' 500 free:
1. Crosby, S; 6:06.93; 2. Z Evens, S; 6:30.49; 3. C Evens, S; 7:27.30; DQ Andres, F.
Girls' 200 free relay:
1. F-A Green, Thomas, Moore, Gulley; 2:01.24; 2. S-A Beasley, Arnold, Hansel, Farmer; 2:01.85; 3. F-B Hands, Winland, Clevenger, Johnson; 2:16.92; 4. S-B Knight, Kelley, Kiste, Plunkett; 2:20.10.
Boys' 200 free relay:
1. S-A Lund, Nees, Crosby, Arnold; 1:44.98; 2. F-A Nine, Freeman, McGrady, Phillips; 1:50.91; 3. S-B Pitts, Chambers, Fields, Evens; 2:06.48; 4. F-B Hoagland, Martinek, Terry, Andres; 2:19.44.
Girls' 100 back:
1. Gayler, F; 1:13.57; 2. Gibbs, F; 1:19.28; 3. K Beasley, S; 1:19.94; 4. Deszi, S; 1:20.68; 5. Chavez, F; 1:27.67.
Boys' 100 back:
1. Rayce, S; 1:11.94; 2. Hall, F; 1:14.96; 3. Fields, S; 1:21.85; 4. Hoagland, F; 1:53.02.
Girls' 100 breast:
1. Beasley, S; 1:28.84; 2. Thomas, F; 1:31.28; 3. Johnson, F; 1:41.33; 4. Arnold, S; 1:41.52; 5. Clevenger, F; 1:51.49; 6. Kelley, S; 2:01.91.
Boys' 100 breast:
1. Phillips, F; 1:18.65; 2. Neumann, S; 1:21.14; 3. Z Evens, S; 4.1:22.13; C Evens, S; 1:31.50.
Girls' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Hansel, Wilson, Deszi, K Beasley; 4:27.93; 2. F-A McGrady, Gayler, Gibbs, Campbell; 4:33.10; 3. F-B Hands, Chavez, Moore, Johnson; 4:43.62; 4. S-B Shaw, Plunkett, Kiste, Knight; 5:15.81.
Boys' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Pitts, Rayce, Fields, Neuman; 4:34.10; 2. F-A McGrady, Andres, Terry, Hall; 5:05.42.
Mounties run past Eagles in 66-41 romp
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Junior forward Trey Moore elevates to attempt a shot in the lane on Saturday. Moore was the lone bright spot for South Putnam, scoring a team-high 16 points in the loss to Southmont.
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The South Putnam boys' basketball team has size, both height and strength. This can often be a benefit, but the detriments for having such a roster were exposed on Saturday when the Eagles lost to Southmont, 66-41.
The Mounties forced 16 first-half turnovers, controlling the pace of the game and flustering the South Putnam offense.
The Eagles were overwhelmed by the Mounties half-court trap and ball pressure, rarely getting an opportunity to feed the ball into the post to use their size as an advantage.
SPHS took an early 3-2 lead when senior Justin Bumgardner completed a traditional three-point play at the 6:26 mark in the opening period, but the lead didn't last.
Mounties junior Devon Burton and senior Drake Cooksey turned up the intensity and forced the Eagles' ball handlers into difficult situations, forcing passes and picking up their dribble near midcourt.
"We didn't handle the pressure at all," SPHS head coach Troy Burgess said. "We've had two opportunities now against very good teams that have really gotten out and pressured us in Danville and in Southmont, and we haven't handled it.
"For us to be as good as we want to be, and get to where we want to be, we've got to handle that better."
Southmont led 24-10 after the first quarter, but the second was even more dominant.
Burton finished the first half with three steals and 18 points, going six-for-nine from the field.
Cooksey had four steals and 10 points himself.
"We've got a lot of quick guys. We've got to play to that," Southmont coach Jon Sparks said. "The guys did a real good job with that. I wish the second half had been as good, but it's hard to keep up with that intensity."
The teams went to the break with Southmont leading 41-14.
SPHS finally emerged from the locker room with less than a minute on the halftime clock.
They had a new game plan and a new lineup.
Junior Derrick Mitchell started in place of Bumgardner, who picked up technical foul in the first quarter and remained on the bench for the rest of the game.
Mitchell, a guard, also gave the Eagles more ball handlers on the court to try to get around the press.
The Eagles became more deliberate, slowing the game down and making careful decisions.
The new pace allowed them to get inside and they began drawing fouls. Down big, scoring with the clock stopped can be an equalizer.
Southmont committed nine fouls in the third quarter, allowing SPHS to go eight-for-eight on free throw attempts, but still managed to play even.
Burton tacked on 10 more points, giving him a game-high 28.
The Eagles finally made some headway in the fourth, but by then it was too late.
"We played hard in the second half," Burgess said. "I was proud of our kids. They didn't quit; they didn't let down. They continued to play hard."
Junior Trey Moore had a team-high 16 points and remained in attack mode until the final buzzer.
The Eagles lone advantage in the game came on the glass as they outrebounded Southmont 34-22.
"I've got to do a better job as a coach of preparing my guys to get them ready for this type of game," Burgess said. "I'll put this one on me tonight. I didn't have our guys prepared for that type of pressure."
Preparing for quickness in practice will be a challenge for the Eagles, and Burgess said he'll have to get creative.
"I know these guys will work hard; they'll do what I ask them to do," Burgess said. "We're going to have to create (quickness) somehow. As a coach, that's my job to figure out how we can simulate that, and how we can create that type of an atmosphere so we're ready.
"We're going to see it again next Friday night."
The Eagles return against Rockville on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Southmont -- 24 17 14 11 -- 66
South Putnam -- 10 4 14 13 -- 41
Individual scoring
Southmont: Burton 10-17, 4-6, 28; Cooksey 10-14, 0-4, 15; Thomas 2-8, 4-4, 10; Dinius 3-5, 0-0, 7; Stewart 1-1, 1-2, 3; Dehne 1-3, 1-3, 3; McCormick 0-1, 0-0, 0; Benge 0-0, 0-0, 0; Remley 0-0, 0-0, 0; Whalen 0-2, 0-0, 0; Truncone 0-1, 0-0, 0.
South Putnam: Moore 6-9, 4-4, 16; Arnold 2-8, 3-4, 7; R Chestnut 1-6, 2-2, 4; Pell 1-3, 0-0, 3; Bumgardner 1-2, 1-3, 3; Long 1-3, 1-4, 3; Franklin 1-4, 1-4, 3; D Chestnut 0-1, 1-2, 1; Vittetow 0-2, 0-0, 0; Mitchell 0-0, 0-0, 0; Carmichael 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring
Southmont 22-45, 15-24, 66; South Putnam 13-37, 13-23, 41.
Rebounds (offensive)
Southmont 22 (4); South Putnam 34 (13).
Turnovers
Southmont 13, South Putnam 26.
Tiger Cubs' JV wins 2012 county tournament
Saturday, December 8, 2012
The Greencastle girls' JV poses on the bleachers after winning the 2012 county championship. Members of the team include (front, from left) Kaylee Evans, Bethanie Burgeson, Paige Bragg, (second row) Madison Trout, Lauren Bridgewater, Marley Haltom, (back) Delanie Stoltey, Tera Amis, Alison White and Megan Haltom. [Order this photo]
CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School girls' junior varsity basketball team entered Saturday's county tournament with an impressive 7-1 record.
They left with a trophy, pair of wins, two tattered nets and claim to a 2012 county title.
"I'm really proud of them," GHS JV coach Matthew Welker said. "It's a great accomplishment to get to 9-1. We've faced some tough teams this year."
The Tiger Cubs defeated North Putnam in the final, 39-35.
Sophomore Lauren Bridgewater opened the game by making a three-pointer from the wing and finished with a game-high 12 points.
Greencastle led 12-8 after the first quarter and, at various times, appeared on the verge of going on a big run to push the Cougars to the brink of defeat.
NPHS kept fighting.
Freshman Jenny Heron was cold early but began heating up late in the first quarter, knocking down a pair of threes to keep her team in the game.
Heron and freshman Taylor Nauert worked the high-post and wing in perfect sync throughout the game.
Greencastle took a 25-19 lead to the fourth quarter, but North Putnam kept fighting.
Sophomore Kaitlin Mindiola scored five points in the quarter, including a traditional three-point play with 4:49 remaining, helping the Cougars seize momentum.
The team battled all the way back to tie GHS at 31-all with 2:15 to play.
The teams traded buckets back and forth. Freshman Paige Bragg added field goal with 30 seconds left to give GHS a 37-35 lead.
North Putnam drew up a play for Heron on the wing.
Her go-ahead three-point attempt caromed off the rim with twelve seconds remaining and the Tiger Cubs hauled in the rebound, raced the length of the court and Bridgewater put in a layup to ice the game.
"(North Putnam) would not go away," Welker said. "I'm really proud of everyone on the team for staying with it."
Greencastle beat Cloverdale 36-19 in the opening round matchup.
North Putnam beat South Putnam 31-24.
"I'm really pleased with the way the kids worked today," NPHS coach Laura Blaydes said. "It's a tough one to swallow but we're going to turn around and play again Tuesday and get our third win of the year."
North Putnam plays at North Vermillion Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Greencastle returns to action Thursday at Rockville.
At Cloverdale
2012 Putnam County girls' JV tournament
North Putnam -- 8 5 6 16 -- 35
Greencaste -- 12 7 6 14 -- 39
Individual scoring
NP: Nauert 4-7, 0-0, 10; Clodfelter 3-11, 0-2, 6; Heron 2-12, 0-0, 6; Mindiola 2-7, 1-1, 5; Millican 2-7, 0-0, 4; Laffin 1-1, 0-0, 2; M. Smith 0-2, 2-2, 2; B. Smith 0-0, 0-0, 0; Evans 0-1, 0-0, 0.
G: Bridgewater 5-11, 2-3, 12; Bragg 5-7, 0-2, 10; Amis 3-4, 1-1, 7; White 2-5, 3-4, 7; Stoltey 1-7, 0-0, 0; Trout 0-1, 0-0, 0; Ma. Haltom 0-1, 0-0, 0; Me. Haltom 0-0, 0-0, 0; Evans 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
North Putnam: 27 (11); Greencastle: 27 (10).
Turnovers
North Putnam: 14; Greencastle: 13
GHS Tiger Cubs take home county wrestling team title
Friday, December 14, 2012
Individual champions for the 2012 Putnam County wrestling tournament included Ryley Cook, Nick Havey, Jacob Lorimer, Dean Kleiber, Jordan Sanders, Jacob Camacho, Riley Boswell, Joe Waters, Aaron Langdon, Carter Lewis, Hunter Smith, Rudy Harris and Lane Hacker. Blaine Fenwick is not picutred.
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CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School wrestling team won its second straight Putnam County wrestling championship on Thursday, finishing with a 3-0 team record and earning seven individual county champions.
Tiger Cubs senior Carter Lewis (170) won his fourth consecutive county title.
"It was a good win for us, but we've got to keep looking forward," GHS coach Matt McComish said. "It's always good to win county. We knew we had some tough teams to wrestle when we came in, and we knew it was going to be close
Greencastle's Hunter Smith (black) got the worst of this exchange with South Putnam's Tanner Thompson, but Smith was able to recover to win the match and win his second straight county championship.
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"It was a tough fight all night all night and I'm glad we came away with a win."
Ryley Cook (106), Jordan Sanders (113), Riley Boswell (145), Aaron Langdon (160), Hunter Smith (182) and Blaine Fenwick (220) also won titles for GHS.
"All seven of them wrestled really well," McComish said. "We still have things we can improve on, but we're starting to do some things right. At this time of the season, that's what I want to see."
The South Putnam team finished second in the meet with a 2-1 record. They had six county champions: Nick Havey (113), Jacob Lorimer (120), Jacob Camacho (138), Joe Waters (152), Rudy Harris (195) and Lane Hacker (3-0).
"As a team we wrestled pretty well," SPHS coach Josh Hendrickson said. "(We've got to) fix the basics, work on the things that we've worked on and affect the things that we know."
Camacho won his second straight conference title, and also competed in the best match of the night, a battle with Greencastle's Nick Pingleton.
Tied at five after three rounds, the two battled through the sudden victory period and into the 30-second tiebreaker periods.
Camacho started in the defensive position, then slipped into a reversal. Neither could gain an upper hand in the time remaining and Camacho earned a 7-5 win by decision.
North Putnam finished the meet in third place and it was led by Dean Kleiber, who won his second-straight county title at 126 pounds.
The Cougars finished 1-2, equaling last year's county dual result.
"We had some good performances tonight," NPHS coach Bucky Kramer said. "It's tough on us when we're giving up four weight classes (to forfeit) off the top. You've got to stay happy with what we're seeing. Overall it's a good improvement."
Cloverdale rounded out the field, finishing 0-3 for the second consecutive year.
CHS coach Steven Livingston said his young team has a lot of room to grow.
"I don't think we looked nearly our best tonight," Livingston said. "We just try to stay positive and keep the guys working hard and focus on what really matters and that's the matches at the end of the season.
"Those are the matches that we keep telling our guys, keep your nose to the grind; keep getting better. Win those matches when they count at the end of the season. That's how you get your picture on the wall. That's how people remember you."
Havey, Waters, Smith and Harris each won their second straight county title.
Greencastle's Fenwick suffered an apparent neck injury in his bout against South Putnam's Jacob Williams. He was taken out on a stretcher.
The champion Tiger Cubs return to action Saturday when they host the Holiday Invitational on Saturday at 9 a.m. North Putnam hosts a dual meet with Rockville on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 6:30 p.m.
South Putnam will compete in the state duals on Saturday, Dec. 22 at Westfield High School beginning at 9 a.m. Cloverdale is back when they compete at Ben Davis High School on Thursday, Dec. 27 at 8 a.m.
Complete individual results will be included in a future issue of the Banner Graphic.
At Cloverdale
2012-13 Putnam County Wrestling Tournament
1. Greencastle 3-0, 2. SPHS 2-1, 3. NPHS 1-2, 4. Cloverdale 0-3.
Individual Champions
106 -- Ryley Cook, GHS
113 -- Nick Havey, SPHS
120 -- Jacob Lorimer, SPHS
126 -- Dean Kleiber, NPHS
132 -- Jordan Sanders, GHS
138 -- Jacob Camacho, SPHS
145 -- Riley Boswell, GHS
152 -- Joe Waters, SPHS
160 -- Aaron Langdon, GHS
170 -- Carter Lewis, GHS
182 -- Hunter Smith, GHS
195 -- Rudy Harris, SPHS
220 -- Blaine Fenwick, GHS
285 -- Lane Hacker, SPHS
Bad half dooms Eagles against Patriots
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
South Putnam junior Aubrey Nichols knocks down a three-point shot from the corner against Owen Valley on Tuesday.
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A weak second half gave them a 55-36 loss, but the South Putnam girls' basketball team spent the first half of Tuesday's game looking ready to upset Owen Valley.
The Eagles' shots weren't falling but a newly-installed 2-3 zone defense had the Patriots scrambling.
Owen Valley shot just 24 percent (6-for-25) in the first half.
"At halftime, we were happy with the position we were in," SPHS head coach Lindsey Blackman said. "Because we switched to the zone, we knew we had to get block outs and get defensive rebounds. We crashed the boards offensively and were able to get some second shot attempts.
"We were happy with the aggressiveness and the tone in the first half and then we kind of let it go in the third (quarter)."
The Eagles led 19-15 at the break.
SPHS junior Aubrey Nichols and senior Leanna Masters each had six rebounds in the half, though the Eagles were outrebounded as a team, 22-19.
That deficit foreshadowed things to come.
Owen Valley came out for the second half on fire, getting to the rim on nearly every possession.
When Masters picked up her third foul early in the third the Patriots dominated the interior, pulling in seven offensive rebounds in the quarter.
The Patriots opened the second half on 23-2 run that extended into the fourth and dispirited the Eagles.
"I told the girls, this was the first time I wasn't happy with our performance," Blackman said. "It looked like in the third quarter we gave up. As soon as they hit a couple big shots, the shoulders went down, it was very quiet on defense. It seemed like a little let up."
Mallory Cash led the Eagles with nine points and three steals. Masters finished with eight points (three-for-four shooting) and nine rebounds.
Patriots guard Alicia Wilson had a game-high 17 points and five steals.
Sarah Jones came off the bench to pull in 14 rebounds for Owen Valley.
The Eagles are back in action Thursday when they travel to Covenant Christian. The game tips at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Owen Valley -- 8 7 19 21 -- 55
South Putnam -- 8 11 2 15 -- 36
Individual scoring
Owen Valley: Wilson 7-12, 2-2, 17; Herrington 5-7, 1-2, 13; Corder 5-11, 0-1, 10; Williams 3-12, 0-0, 7; Jones 3-13, 0-0, 6; Eldridge 1-6, 0-0, 2; Richardson 0-3, 0-1, 0.
South Putnam: Cash 4-13, 0-0, 9; Masters 3-4, 2-3, 9; Nichols 2-7, 1-1, 6; Varvel 2-10, 1-4, 5; Whitaker 2-2, 0-0, 4; Birt 1-6, 0-0, 2; Barnes 1-4, 0-0, 2; Cundiff 0-2, 0-0, 0; York 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hewitt 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring (three-pointers)
Owen Valley: 24-61 (9-34), 3-5, 51; South Putnam 15-48 (2-9), 4-9, 36.
Rebounds (offensive)
Owen Valley 45 (22), South Putnam 31 (13)
Turnovers
Owen Valley 16, South Putnam 21
Eagles fly through water to split with Fountain Central Mustangs
Monday, December 10, 2012
South Putnam senior Zeke Evens lost his goggles early during the 100-yard breast stroke event on Saturday against Southmont, but still swam to a third-place finish.
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The South Putnam boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams split a meet with Fountain Central on Satuday.
The boys' squad came away with a 103-68 victory, while the girls lost 117-68.
"I think they swam really well," SPHS swim coach Matthew Edwards said. "Even some of the swimmers that aren't getting the first places are getting personal bests."
On the boys' side, senior Matt Lund, juniors Tayler Arnold and Tyler Neumann and sophomore Zane Crosby started off the morning with a win in the 200 medley relay.
It was one of four wins on the day for Arnold, the school's record-holder in the 100 back.
Edwards said Arnold is focusing more on sprints this year. That showed when he picked up a win in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races.
Crosby and freshman Zach Rayce each picked up wins in individual races as well.
"We were down a lot of swimmers, due to illness and other things," Edwards said. "It really put a lot of strain on the swimmers (who are forced into) doing new events and things they weren't used to, but they handled it well."
The girls' team is still working to improve.
Many of the seniors are working on new events, Edwards said.
Freshman Katie Hansel (in the 200 free) and senior Lyndsie Beasley (100 breast) picked up solo wins for the team.
Hansel, Deszi, senior Ashley Wilson and freshman Katie Jo Beasley also teamed up to win the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Edwards said he enjoys the Fountain Central meet every year.
The SPHS coach is Mustangs alumnus, but said he has another reason for appreciating the meet.
"Our schools are very similar," he said, regarding the schools' populations and facilities. "This is always a really good meet for us to compete in because we're on the same level."
The Eagles return to the pool on Tuesday at Southmont at 6 p.m.
At South Putnam
Girls' results
Fountain Central 117, South Putnam 68
Boys' results
South Putnam 103, Fountain Central 68
Event Results
Girls' 200 medley relay:
1. FCHS-A Gayler, McGrady, Moore, Campbell; 2:09.15; 2. F-B Gibbs, Thomas, Green, R Johnson; 2:23.44; 3. SPHS Deszi, L. Beasley, Farmer, K Beasley; 2:25.78; 4. F-C Clevenger, M Johnson, Chavez, Winland; 2:33.62; 5. S-B Wilson, Arnold, Shaw, Plunkett; 2:41.00.
Boys' 200 medley relay:
1. S-A Arnold, Neumann, Lund, Crosby; 2:00.22; 2. F-A Hall, Phillips, Nine, Freeman; 2:05.09; 3. S-B Rayce, Evens, Nees, Chambers; 2:10.22.
Girls' 200 free:
1. Hansel, S; 2:34.39; 2 Thomas, F; 2:34.66; 3. Hands, F; 2:35.20; 4. Johnson, F; 2:38.44; 5. Wilson, S; 2:52.91; 6. Kiste, S; 3:13.16.
Boys' 200 free:
1. Phillips, F; 2:21.82; 2. Fields, S; 2:33.00; 3. Pitts, S; 2:35.39; 4. Andres, F; 2:55.44; 5. Hoagland, F; 3:05.61.
Girls' 200 IM:
1. Gibbs, F; 2:45.48; 2. Beasley, S; 2:56.35; 3. Green, F; 3:03.97; 4. Knight, S; 3:24.84; 5. Kelley, S; 3:41.32; DQ Gayler, F.
Boys' 200 IM:
1. Nine, F; 2:28.52; 2. Lund, S; 2:38.28; 3. Rayce, S; 2:49.80; 4. Nees, S; 2:50.60; 5. McGrady, F; 3:06.33.
Girls' 50 free:
1. Campbell, F; 28.63; 2. Farmer, S; 29.26; 3. Gulley, F; 29.97; 4. Arnold, S; 31.93; 5. Hands, F; 32.70; 6. Shaw, S; 33.59.
Boys' 50 free:
1. Arnold, S; 24.94; 2. Freeman, F; 28.19; 3. Terry, F; 33.39; 4. Martinek, F; 34.21; DQ Crosby, S.
Girls' diving:
1. Cambell, F; 145.25; 2. Plunkett, S; 142.65; 3. Sullivan, S; 134.00; 4. Winland, F; 77.4.
Boys' diving:
1. Freeman, F; 151.50; 2. Neumann, S; 129.35.
Girls' 100 fly:
1. McGrady, F; 1:07.20; 2. Moore, F; 1:10.05; 3. Clevenger, F; 1:39.09; 4. Shaw, S; 139.76; 5. Knight, S; 1:40.63.
Boys' 100 fly:
1. Nine, F; 1:06.35; 2. Lund, S; 1:06.58; 3. Hall, F; 1:13.19; 4. Nees, S; 1:19.04.
Girls' 100 free:
1. Chavez, F; 36.83; 2. Gulley, F; 1:04.73; 3. Farmer, S; 1:07.86; 4. Green, F; 1:08.00; 5. K Beasley, S; 1:09.28; 6. Kiste, S; 1:18.78.
Boys' 100 free:
1. Arnold, S; 56.19; 2. Pitts, S; 1:04.56; 3. McGrady, F; 1:12.09; 4. Chambers, S; 1:12.26; 5. Terry, F; 1:19.35.
Girls' 500 free:
1. McGrady, F; 6:36.26; 2. Morgan, S; 6:59.56; 3. Johnson, F; 6:59.75; 4. Hansel, S; 7:08.63; 5. Wilson, S; 7:26.93; 6. Johnson, F; 7:35.22.
Boys' 500 free:
1. Crosby, S; 6:06.93; 2. Z Evens, S; 6:30.49; 3. C Evens, S; 7:27.30; DQ Andres, F.
Girls' 200 free relay:
1. F-A Green, Thomas, Moore, Gulley; 2:01.24; 2. S-A Beasley, Arnold, Hansel, Farmer; 2:01.85; 3. F-B Hands, Winland, Clevenger, Johnson; 2:16.92; 4. S-B Knight, Kelley, Kiste, Plunkett; 2:20.10.
Boys' 200 free relay:
1. S-A Lund, Nees, Crosby, Arnold; 1:44.98; 2. F-A Nine, Freeman, McGrady, Phillips; 1:50.91; 3. S-B Pitts, Chambers, Fields, Evens; 2:06.48; 4. F-B Hoagland, Martinek, Terry, Andres; 2:19.44.
Girls' 100 back:
1. Gayler, F; 1:13.57; 2. Gibbs, F; 1:19.28; 3. K Beasley, S; 1:19.94; 4. Deszi, S; 1:20.68; 5. Chavez, F; 1:27.67.
Boys' 100 back:
1. Rayce, S; 1:11.94; 2. Hall, F; 1:14.96; 3. Fields, S; 1:21.85; 4. Hoagland, F; 1:53.02.
Girls' 100 breast:
1. Beasley, S; 1:28.84; 2. Thomas, F; 1:31.28; 3. Johnson, F; 1:41.33; 4. Arnold, S; 1:41.52; 5. Clevenger, F; 1:51.49; 6. Kelley, S; 2:01.91.
Boys' 100 breast:
1. Phillips, F; 1:18.65; 2. Neumann, S; 1:21.14; 3. Z Evens, S; 4.1:22.13; C Evens, S; 1:31.50.
Girls' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Hansel, Wilson, Deszi, K Beasley; 4:27.93; 2. F-A McGrady, Gayler, Gibbs, Campbell; 4:33.10; 3. F-B Hands, Chavez, Moore, Johnson; 4:43.62; 4. S-B Shaw, Plunkett, Kiste, Knight; 5:15.81.
Boys' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Pitts, Rayce, Fields, Neuman; 4:34.10; 2. F-A McGrady, Andres, Terry, Hall; 5:05.42.
Mounties run past Eagles in 66-41 romp
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Junior forward Trey Moore elevates to attempt a shot in the lane on Saturday. Moore was the lone bright spot for South Putnam, scoring a team-high 16 points in the loss to Southmont.
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The South Putnam boys' basketball team has size, both height and strength. This can often be a benefit, but the detriments for having such a roster were exposed on Saturday when the Eagles lost to Southmont, 66-41.
The Mounties forced 16 first-half turnovers, controlling the pace of the game and flustering the South Putnam offense.
The Eagles were overwhelmed by the Mounties half-court trap and ball pressure, rarely getting an opportunity to feed the ball into the post to use their size as an advantage.
SPHS took an early 3-2 lead when senior Justin Bumgardner completed a traditional three-point play at the 6:26 mark in the opening period, but the lead didn't last.
Mounties junior Devon Burton and senior Drake Cooksey turned up the intensity and forced the Eagles' ball handlers into difficult situations, forcing passes and picking up their dribble near midcourt.
"We didn't handle the pressure at all," SPHS head coach Troy Burgess said. "We've had two opportunities now against very good teams that have really gotten out and pressured us in Danville and in Southmont, and we haven't handled it.
"For us to be as good as we want to be, and get to where we want to be, we've got to handle that better."
Southmont led 24-10 after the first quarter, but the second was even more dominant.
Burton finished the first half with three steals and 18 points, going six-for-nine from the field.
Cooksey had four steals and 10 points himself.
"We've got a lot of quick guys. We've got to play to that," Southmont coach Jon Sparks said. "The guys did a real good job with that. I wish the second half had been as good, but it's hard to keep up with that intensity."
The teams went to the break with Southmont leading 41-14.
SPHS finally emerged from the locker room with less than a minute on the halftime clock.
They had a new game plan and a new lineup.
Junior Derrick Mitchell started in place of Bumgardner, who picked up technical foul in the first quarter and remained on the bench for the rest of the game.
Mitchell, a guard, also gave the Eagles more ball handlers on the court to try to get around the press.
The Eagles became more deliberate, slowing the game down and making careful decisions.
The new pace allowed them to get inside and they began drawing fouls. Down big, scoring with the clock stopped can be an equalizer.
Southmont committed nine fouls in the third quarter, allowing SPHS to go eight-for-eight on free throw attempts, but still managed to play even.
Burton tacked on 10 more points, giving him a game-high 28.
The Eagles finally made some headway in the fourth, but by then it was too late.
"We played hard in the second half," Burgess said. "I was proud of our kids. They didn't quit; they didn't let down. They continued to play hard."
Junior Trey Moore had a team-high 16 points and remained in attack mode until the final buzzer.
The Eagles lone advantage in the game came on the glass as they outrebounded Southmont 34-22.
"I've got to do a better job as a coach of preparing my guys to get them ready for this type of game," Burgess said. "I'll put this one on me tonight. I didn't have our guys prepared for that type of pressure."
Preparing for quickness in practice will be a challenge for the Eagles, and Burgess said he'll have to get creative.
"I know these guys will work hard; they'll do what I ask them to do," Burgess said. "We're going to have to create (quickness) somehow. As a coach, that's my job to figure out how we can simulate that, and how we can create that type of an atmosphere so we're ready.
"We're going to see it again next Friday night."
The Eagles return against Rockville on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Southmont -- 24 17 14 11 -- 66
South Putnam -- 10 4 14 13 -- 41
Individual scoring
Southmont: Burton 10-17, 4-6, 28; Cooksey 10-14, 0-4, 15; Thomas 2-8, 4-4, 10; Dinius 3-5, 0-0, 7; Stewart 1-1, 1-2, 3; Dehne 1-3, 1-3, 3; McCormick 0-1, 0-0, 0; Benge 0-0, 0-0, 0; Remley 0-0, 0-0, 0; Whalen 0-2, 0-0, 0; Truncone 0-1, 0-0, 0.
South Putnam: Moore 6-9, 4-4, 16; Arnold 2-8, 3-4, 7; R Chestnut 1-6, 2-2, 4; Pell 1-3, 0-0, 3; Bumgardner 1-2, 1-3, 3; Long 1-3, 1-4, 3; Franklin 1-4, 1-4, 3; D Chestnut 0-1, 1-2, 1; Vittetow 0-2, 0-0, 0; Mitchell 0-0, 0-0, 0; Carmichael 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring
Southmont 22-45, 15-24, 66; South Putnam 13-37, 13-23, 41.
Rebounds (offensive)
Southmont 22 (4); South Putnam 34 (13).
Turnovers
Southmont 13, South Putnam 26.
GHS Tiger Cubs take home county wrestling team title
Friday, December 14, 2012
Individual champions for the 2012 Putnam County wrestling tournament included Ryley Cook, Nick Havey, Jacob Lorimer, Dean Kleiber, Jordan Sanders, Jacob Camacho, Riley Boswell, Joe Waters, Aaron Langdon, Carter Lewis, Hunter Smith, Rudy Harris and Lane Hacker. Blaine Fenwick is not picutred.
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CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School wrestling team won its second straight Putnam County wrestling championship on Thursday, finishing with a 3-0 team record and earning seven individual county champions.
Tiger Cubs senior Carter Lewis (170) won his fourth consecutive county title.
"It was a good win for us, but we've got to keep looking forward," GHS coach Matt McComish said. "It's always good to win county. We knew we had some tough teams to wrestle when we came in, and we knew it was going to be close
Greencastle's Hunter Smith (black) got the worst of this exchange with South Putnam's Tanner Thompson, but Smith was able to recover to win the match and win his second straight county championship.
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"It was a tough fight all night all night and I'm glad we came away with a win."
Ryley Cook (106), Jordan Sanders (113), Riley Boswell (145), Aaron Langdon (160), Hunter Smith (182) and Blaine Fenwick (220) also won titles for GHS.
"All seven of them wrestled really well," McComish said. "We still have things we can improve on, but we're starting to do some things right. At this time of the season, that's what I want to see."
The South Putnam team finished second in the meet with a 2-1 record. They had six county champions: Nick Havey (113), Jacob Lorimer (120), Jacob Camacho (138), Joe Waters (152), Rudy Harris (195) and Lane Hacker (3-0).
"As a team we wrestled pretty well," SPHS coach Josh Hendrickson said. "(We've got to) fix the basics, work on the things that we've worked on and affect the things that we know."
Camacho won his second straight conference title, and also competed in the best match of the night, a battle with Greencastle's Nick Pingleton.
Tied at five after three rounds, the two battled through the sudden victory period and into the 30-second tiebreaker periods.
Camacho started in the defensive position, then slipped into a reversal. Neither could gain an upper hand in the time remaining and Camacho earned a 7-5 win by decision.
North Putnam finished the meet in third place and it was led by Dean Kleiber, who won his second-straight county title at 126 pounds.
The Cougars finished 1-2, equaling last year's county dual result.
"We had some good performances tonight," NPHS coach Bucky Kramer said. "It's tough on us when we're giving up four weight classes (to forfeit) off the top. You've got to stay happy with what we're seeing. Overall it's a good improvement."
Cloverdale rounded out the field, finishing 0-3 for the second consecutive year.
CHS coach Steven Livingston said his young team has a lot of room to grow.
"I don't think we looked nearly our best tonight," Livingston said. "We just try to stay positive and keep the guys working hard and focus on what really matters and that's the matches at the end of the season.
"Those are the matches that we keep telling our guys, keep your nose to the grind; keep getting better. Win those matches when they count at the end of the season. That's how you get your picture on the wall. That's how people remember you."
Havey, Waters, Smith and Harris each won their second straight county title.
Greencastle's Fenwick suffered an apparent neck injury in his bout against South Putnam's Jacob Williams. He was taken out on a stretcher.
The champion Tiger Cubs return to action Saturday when they host the Holiday Invitational on Saturday at 9 a.m. North Putnam hosts a dual meet with Rockville on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 6:30 p.m.
South Putnam will compete in the state duals on Saturday, Dec. 22 at Westfield High School beginning at 9 a.m. Cloverdale is back when they compete at Ben Davis High School on Thursday, Dec. 27 at 8 a.m.
Complete individual results will be included in a future issue of the Banner Graphic.
At Cloverdale
2012-13 Putnam County Wrestling Tournament
1. Greencastle 3-0, 2. SPHS 2-1, 3. NPHS 1-2, 4. Cloverdale 0-3.
Individual Champions
106 -- Ryley Cook, GHS
113 -- Nick Havey, SPHS
120 -- Jacob Lorimer, SPHS
126 -- Dean Kleiber, NPHS
132 -- Jordan Sanders, GHS
138 -- Jacob Camacho, SPHS
145 -- Riley Boswell, GHS
152 -- Joe Waters, SPHS
160 -- Aaron Langdon, GHS
170 -- Carter Lewis, GHS
182 -- Hunter Smith, GHS
195 -- Rudy Harris, SPHS
220 -- Blaine Fenwick, GHS
285 -- Lane Hacker, SPHS
Bad half dooms Eagles against Patriots
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
South Putnam junior Aubrey Nichols knocks down a three-point shot from the corner against Owen Valley on Tuesday.
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A weak second half gave them a 55-36 loss, but the South Putnam girls' basketball team spent the first half of Tuesday's game looking ready to upset Owen Valley.
The Eagles' shots weren't falling but a newly-installed 2-3 zone defense had the Patriots scrambling.
Owen Valley shot just 24 percent (6-for-25) in the first half.
"At halftime, we were happy with the position we were in," SPHS head coach Lindsey Blackman said. "Because we switched to the zone, we knew we had to get block outs and get defensive rebounds. We crashed the boards offensively and were able to get some second shot attempts.
"We were happy with the aggressiveness and the tone in the first half and then we kind of let it go in the third (quarter)."
The Eagles led 19-15 at the break.
SPHS junior Aubrey Nichols and senior Leanna Masters each had six rebounds in the half, though the Eagles were outrebounded as a team, 22-19.
That deficit foreshadowed things to come.
Owen Valley came out for the second half on fire, getting to the rim on nearly every possession.
When Masters picked up her third foul early in the third the Patriots dominated the interior, pulling in seven offensive rebounds in the quarter.
The Patriots opened the second half on 23-2 run that extended into the fourth and dispirited the Eagles.
"I told the girls, this was the first time I wasn't happy with our performance," Blackman said. "It looked like in the third quarter we gave up. As soon as they hit a couple big shots, the shoulders went down, it was very quiet on defense. It seemed like a little let up."
Mallory Cash led the Eagles with nine points and three steals. Masters finished with eight points (three-for-four shooting) and nine rebounds.
Patriots guard Alicia Wilson had a game-high 17 points and five steals.
Sarah Jones came off the bench to pull in 14 rebounds for Owen Valley.
The Eagles are back in action Thursday when they travel to Covenant Christian. The game tips at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Owen Valley -- 8 7 19 21 -- 55
South Putnam -- 8 11 2 15 -- 36
Individual scoring
Owen Valley: Wilson 7-12, 2-2, 17; Herrington 5-7, 1-2, 13; Corder 5-11, 0-1, 10; Williams 3-12, 0-0, 7; Jones 3-13, 0-0, 6; Eldridge 1-6, 0-0, 2; Richardson 0-3, 0-1, 0.
South Putnam: Cash 4-13, 0-0, 9; Masters 3-4, 2-3, 9; Nichols 2-7, 1-1, 6; Varvel 2-10, 1-4, 5; Whitaker 2-2, 0-0, 4; Birt 1-6, 0-0, 2; Barnes 1-4, 0-0, 2; Cundiff 0-2, 0-0, 0; York 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hewitt 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring (three-pointers)
Owen Valley: 24-61 (9-34), 3-5, 51; South Putnam 15-48 (2-9), 4-9, 36.
Rebounds (offensive)
Owen Valley 45 (22), South Putnam 31 (13)
Turnovers
Owen Valley 16, South Putnam 21
Eagles fly through water to split with Fountain Central Mustangs
Monday, December 10, 2012
South Putnam senior Zeke Evens lost his goggles early during the 100-yard breast stroke event on Saturday against Southmont, but still swam to a third-place finish.
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The South Putnam boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams split a meet with Fountain Central on Satuday.
The boys' squad came away with a 103-68 victory, while the girls lost 117-68.
"I think they swam really well," SPHS swim coach Matthew Edwards said. "Even some of the swimmers that aren't getting the first places are getting personal bests."
On the boys' side, senior Matt Lund, juniors Tayler Arnold and Tyler Neumann and sophomore Zane Crosby started off the morning with a win in the 200 medley relay.
It was one of four wins on the day for Arnold, the school's record-holder in the 100 back.
Edwards said Arnold is focusing more on sprints this year. That showed when he picked up a win in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races.
Crosby and freshman Zach Rayce each picked up wins in individual races as well.
"We were down a lot of swimmers, due to illness and other things," Edwards said. "It really put a lot of strain on the swimmers (who are forced into) doing new events and things they weren't used to, but they handled it well."
The girls' team is still working to improve.
Many of the seniors are working on new events, Edwards said.
Freshman Katie Hansel (in the 200 free) and senior Lyndsie Beasley (100 breast) picked up solo wins for the team.
Hansel, Deszi, senior Ashley Wilson and freshman Katie Jo Beasley also teamed up to win the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Edwards said he enjoys the Fountain Central meet every year.
The SPHS coach is Mustangs alumnus, but said he has another reason for appreciating the meet.
"Our schools are very similar," he said, regarding the schools' populations and facilities. "This is always a really good meet for us to compete in because we're on the same level."
The Eagles return to the pool on Tuesday at Southmont at 6 p.m.
At South Putnam
Girls' results
Fountain Central 117, South Putnam 68
Boys' results
South Putnam 103, Fountain Central 68
Event Results
Girls' 200 medley relay:
1. FCHS-A Gayler, McGrady, Moore, Campbell; 2:09.15; 2. F-B Gibbs, Thomas, Green, R Johnson; 2:23.44; 3. SPHS Deszi, L. Beasley, Farmer, K Beasley; 2:25.78; 4. F-C Clevenger, M Johnson, Chavez, Winland; 2:33.62; 5. S-B Wilson, Arnold, Shaw, Plunkett; 2:41.00.
Boys' 200 medley relay:
1. S-A Arnold, Neumann, Lund, Crosby; 2:00.22; 2. F-A Hall, Phillips, Nine, Freeman; 2:05.09; 3. S-B Rayce, Evens, Nees, Chambers; 2:10.22.
Girls' 200 free:
1. Hansel, S; 2:34.39; 2 Thomas, F; 2:34.66; 3. Hands, F; 2:35.20; 4. Johnson, F; 2:38.44; 5. Wilson, S; 2:52.91; 6. Kiste, S; 3:13.16.
Boys' 200 free:
1. Phillips, F; 2:21.82; 2. Fields, S; 2:33.00; 3. Pitts, S; 2:35.39; 4. Andres, F; 2:55.44; 5. Hoagland, F; 3:05.61.
Girls' 200 IM:
1. Gibbs, F; 2:45.48; 2. Beasley, S; 2:56.35; 3. Green, F; 3:03.97; 4. Knight, S; 3:24.84; 5. Kelley, S; 3:41.32; DQ Gayler, F.
Boys' 200 IM:
1. Nine, F; 2:28.52; 2. Lund, S; 2:38.28; 3. Rayce, S; 2:49.80; 4. Nees, S; 2:50.60; 5. McGrady, F; 3:06.33.
Girls' 50 free:
1. Campbell, F; 28.63; 2. Farmer, S; 29.26; 3. Gulley, F; 29.97; 4. Arnold, S; 31.93; 5. Hands, F; 32.70; 6. Shaw, S; 33.59.
Boys' 50 free:
1. Arnold, S; 24.94; 2. Freeman, F; 28.19; 3. Terry, F; 33.39; 4. Martinek, F; 34.21; DQ Crosby, S.
Girls' diving:
1. Cambell, F; 145.25; 2. Plunkett, S; 142.65; 3. Sullivan, S; 134.00; 4. Winland, F; 77.4.
Boys' diving:
1. Freeman, F; 151.50; 2. Neumann, S; 129.35.
Girls' 100 fly:
1. McGrady, F; 1:07.20; 2. Moore, F; 1:10.05; 3. Clevenger, F; 1:39.09; 4. Shaw, S; 139.76; 5. Knight, S; 1:40.63.
Boys' 100 fly:
1. Nine, F; 1:06.35; 2. Lund, S; 1:06.58; 3. Hall, F; 1:13.19; 4. Nees, S; 1:19.04.
Girls' 100 free:
1. Chavez, F; 36.83; 2. Gulley, F; 1:04.73; 3. Farmer, S; 1:07.86; 4. Green, F; 1:08.00; 5. K Beasley, S; 1:09.28; 6. Kiste, S; 1:18.78.
Boys' 100 free:
1. Arnold, S; 56.19; 2. Pitts, S; 1:04.56; 3. McGrady, F; 1:12.09; 4. Chambers, S; 1:12.26; 5. Terry, F; 1:19.35.
Girls' 500 free:
1. McGrady, F; 6:36.26; 2. Morgan, S; 6:59.56; 3. Johnson, F; 6:59.75; 4. Hansel, S; 7:08.63; 5. Wilson, S; 7:26.93; 6. Johnson, F; 7:35.22.
Boys' 500 free:
1. Crosby, S; 6:06.93; 2. Z Evens, S; 6:30.49; 3. C Evens, S; 7:27.30; DQ Andres, F.
Girls' 200 free relay:
1. F-A Green, Thomas, Moore, Gulley; 2:01.24; 2. S-A Beasley, Arnold, Hansel, Farmer; 2:01.85; 3. F-B Hands, Winland, Clevenger, Johnson; 2:16.92; 4. S-B Knight, Kelley, Kiste, Plunkett; 2:20.10.
Boys' 200 free relay:
1. S-A Lund, Nees, Crosby, Arnold; 1:44.98; 2. F-A Nine, Freeman, McGrady, Phillips; 1:50.91; 3. S-B Pitts, Chambers, Fields, Evens; 2:06.48; 4. F-B Hoagland, Martinek, Terry, Andres; 2:19.44.
Girls' 100 back:
1. Gayler, F; 1:13.57; 2. Gibbs, F; 1:19.28; 3. K Beasley, S; 1:19.94; 4. Deszi, S; 1:20.68; 5. Chavez, F; 1:27.67.
Boys' 100 back:
1. Rayce, S; 1:11.94; 2. Hall, F; 1:14.96; 3. Fields, S; 1:21.85; 4. Hoagland, F; 1:53.02.
Girls' 100 breast:
1. Beasley, S; 1:28.84; 2. Thomas, F; 1:31.28; 3. Johnson, F; 1:41.33; 4. Arnold, S; 1:41.52; 5. Clevenger, F; 1:51.49; 6. Kelley, S; 2:01.91.
Boys' 100 breast:
1. Phillips, F; 1:18.65; 2. Neumann, S; 1:21.14; 3. Z Evens, S; 4.1:22.13; C Evens, S; 1:31.50.
Girls' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Hansel, Wilson, Deszi, K Beasley; 4:27.93; 2. F-A McGrady, Gayler, Gibbs, Campbell; 4:33.10; 3. F-B Hands, Chavez, Moore, Johnson; 4:43.62; 4. S-B Shaw, Plunkett, Kiste, Knight; 5:15.81.
Boys' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Pitts, Rayce, Fields, Neuman; 4:34.10; 2. F-A McGrady, Andres, Terry, Hall; 5:05.42.
GHS Tiger Cubs take home county wrestling team title
Friday, December 14, 2012
Individual champions for the 2012 Putnam County wrestling tournament included Ryley Cook, Nick Havey, Jacob Lorimer, Dean Kleiber, Jordan Sanders, Jacob Camacho, Riley Boswell, Joe Waters, Aaron Langdon, Carter Lewis, Hunter Smith, Rudy Harris and Lane Hacker. Blaine Fenwick is not picutred.
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CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School wrestling team won its second straight Putnam County wrestling championship on Thursday, finishing with a 3-0 team record and earning seven individual county champions.
Tiger Cubs senior Carter Lewis (170) won his fourth consecutive county title.
"It was a good win for us, but we've got to keep looking forward," GHS coach Matt McComish said. "It's always good to win county. We knew we had some tough teams to wrestle when we came in, and we knew it was going to be close
Greencastle's Hunter Smith (black) got the worst of this exchange with South Putnam's Tanner Thompson, but Smith was able to recover to win the match and win his second straight county championship.
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"It was a tough fight all night all night and I'm glad we came away with a win."
Ryley Cook (106), Jordan Sanders (113), Riley Boswell (145), Aaron Langdon (160), Hunter Smith (182) and Blaine Fenwick (220) also won titles for GHS.
"All seven of them wrestled really well," McComish said. "We still have things we can improve on, but we're starting to do some things right. At this time of the season, that's what I want to see."
The South Putnam team finished second in the meet with a 2-1 record. They had six county champions: Nick Havey (113), Jacob Lorimer (120), Jacob Camacho (138), Joe Waters (152), Rudy Harris (195) and Lane Hacker (3-0).
"As a team we wrestled pretty well," SPHS coach Josh Hendrickson said. "(We've got to) fix the basics, work on the things that we've worked on and affect the things that we know."
Camacho won his second straight conference title, and also competed in the best match of the night, a battle with Greencastle's Nick Pingleton.
Tied at five after three rounds, the two battled through the sudden victory period and into the 30-second tiebreaker periods.
Camacho started in the defensive position, then slipped into a reversal. Neither could gain an upper hand in the time remaining and Camacho earned a 7-5 win by decision.
North Putnam finished the meet in third place and it was led by Dean Kleiber, who won his second-straight county title at 126 pounds.
The Cougars finished 1-2, equaling last year's county dual result.
"We had some good performances tonight," NPHS coach Bucky Kramer said. "It's tough on us when we're giving up four weight classes (to forfeit) off the top. You've got to stay happy with what we're seeing. Overall it's a good improvement."
Cloverdale rounded out the field, finishing 0-3 for the second consecutive year.
CHS coach Steven Livingston said his young team has a lot of room to grow.
"I don't think we looked nearly our best tonight," Livingston said. "We just try to stay positive and keep the guys working hard and focus on what really matters and that's the matches at the end of the season.
"Those are the matches that we keep telling our guys, keep your nose to the grind; keep getting better. Win those matches when they count at the end of the season. That's how you get your picture on the wall. That's how people remember you."
Havey, Waters, Smith and Harris each won their second straight county title.
Greencastle's Fenwick suffered an apparent neck injury in his bout against South Putnam's Jacob Williams. He was taken out on a stretcher.
The champion Tiger Cubs return to action Saturday when they host the Holiday Invitational on Saturday at 9 a.m. North Putnam hosts a dual meet with Rockville on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 6:30 p.m.
South Putnam will compete in the state duals on Saturday, Dec. 22 at Westfield High School beginning at 9 a.m. Cloverdale is back when they compete at Ben Davis High School on Thursday, Dec. 27 at 8 a.m.
Complete individual results will be included in a future issue of the Banner Graphic.
At Cloverdale
2012-13 Putnam County Wrestling Tournament
1. Greencastle 3-0, 2. SPHS 2-1, 3. NPHS 1-2, 4. Cloverdale 0-3.
Individual Champions
106 -- Ryley Cook, GHS
113 -- Nick Havey, SPHS
120 -- Jacob Lorimer, SPHS
126 -- Dean Kleiber, NPHS
132 -- Jordan Sanders, GHS
138 -- Jacob Camacho, SPHS
145 -- Riley Boswell, GHS
152 -- Joe Waters, SPHS
160 -- Aaron Langdon, GHS
170 -- Carter Lewis, GHS
182 -- Hunter Smith, GHS
195 -- Rudy Harris, SPHS
220 -- Blaine Fenwick, GHS
285 -- Lane Hacker, SPHS
Bad half dooms Eagles against Patriots
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
South Putnam junior Aubrey Nichols knocks down a three-point shot from the corner against Owen Valley on Tuesday.
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A weak second half gave them a 55-36 loss, but the South Putnam girls' basketball team spent the first half of Tuesday's game looking ready to upset Owen Valley.
The Eagles' shots weren't falling but a newly-installed 2-3 zone defense had the Patriots scrambling.
Owen Valley shot just 24 percent (6-for-25) in the first half.
"At halftime, we were happy with the position we were in," SPHS head coach Lindsey Blackman said. "Because we switched to the zone, we knew we had to get block outs and get defensive rebounds. We crashed the boards offensively and were able to get some second shot attempts.
"We were happy with the aggressiveness and the tone in the first half and then we kind of let it go in the third (quarter)."
The Eagles led 19-15 at the break.
SPHS junior Aubrey Nichols and senior Leanna Masters each had six rebounds in the half, though the Eagles were outrebounded as a team, 22-19.
That deficit foreshadowed things to come.
Owen Valley came out for the second half on fire, getting to the rim on nearly every possession.
When Masters picked up her third foul early in the third the Patriots dominated the interior, pulling in seven offensive rebounds in the quarter.
The Patriots opened the second half on 23-2 run that extended into the fourth and dispirited the Eagles.
"I told the girls, this was the first time I wasn't happy with our performance," Blackman said. "It looked like in the third quarter we gave up. As soon as they hit a couple big shots, the shoulders went down, it was very quiet on defense. It seemed like a little let up."
Mallory Cash led the Eagles with nine points and three steals. Masters finished with eight points (three-for-four shooting) and nine rebounds.
Patriots guard Alicia Wilson had a game-high 17 points and five steals.
Sarah Jones came off the bench to pull in 14 rebounds for Owen Valley.
The Eagles are back in action Thursday when they travel to Covenant Christian. The game tips at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Owen Valley -- 8 7 19 21 -- 55
South Putnam -- 8 11 2 15 -- 36
Individual scoring
Owen Valley: Wilson 7-12, 2-2, 17; Herrington 5-7, 1-2, 13; Corder 5-11, 0-1, 10; Williams 3-12, 0-0, 7; Jones 3-13, 0-0, 6; Eldridge 1-6, 0-0, 2; Richardson 0-3, 0-1, 0.
South Putnam: Cash 4-13, 0-0, 9; Masters 3-4, 2-3, 9; Nichols 2-7, 1-1, 6; Varvel 2-10, 1-4, 5; Whitaker 2-2, 0-0, 4; Birt 1-6, 0-0, 2; Barnes 1-4, 0-0, 2; Cundiff 0-2, 0-0, 0; York 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hewitt 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring (three-pointers)
Owen Valley: 24-61 (9-34), 3-5, 51; South Putnam 15-48 (2-9), 4-9, 36.
Rebounds (offensive)
Owen Valley 45 (22), South Putnam 31 (13)
Turnovers
Owen Valley 16, South Putnam 21
GHS Tiger Cubs take home county wrestling team title
Friday, December 14, 2012
Individual champions for the 2012 Putnam County wrestling tournament included Ryley Cook, Nick Havey, Jacob Lorimer, Dean Kleiber, Jordan Sanders, Jacob Camacho, Riley Boswell, Joe Waters, Aaron Langdon, Carter Lewis, Hunter Smith, Rudy Harris and Lane Hacker. Blaine Fenwick is not picutred.
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CLOVERDALE -- The Greencastle High School wrestling team won its second straight Putnam County wrestling championship on Thursday, finishing with a 3-0 team record and earning seven individual county champions.
Tiger Cubs senior Carter Lewis (170) won his fourth consecutive county title.
"It was a good win for us, but we've got to keep looking forward," GHS coach Matt McComish said. "It's always good to win county. We knew we had some tough teams to wrestle when we came in, and we knew it was going to be close
Greencastle's Hunter Smith (black) got the worst of this exchange with South Putnam's Tanner Thompson, but Smith was able to recover to win the match and win his second straight county championship.
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"It was a tough fight all night all night and I'm glad we came away with a win."
Ryley Cook (106), Jordan Sanders (113), Riley Boswell (145), Aaron Langdon (160), Hunter Smith (182) and Blaine Fenwick (220) also won titles for GHS.
"All seven of them wrestled really well," McComish said. "We still have things we can improve on, but we're starting to do some things right. At this time of the season, that's what I want to see."
The South Putnam team finished second in the meet with a 2-1 record. They had six county champions: Nick Havey (113), Jacob Lorimer (120), Jacob Camacho (138), Joe Waters (152), Rudy Harris (195) and Lane Hacker (3-0).
"As a team we wrestled pretty well," SPHS coach Josh Hendrickson said. "(We've got to) fix the basics, work on the things that we've worked on and affect the things that we know."
Camacho won his second straight conference title, and also competed in the best match of the night, a battle with Greencastle's Nick Pingleton.
Tied at five after three rounds, the two battled through the sudden victory period and into the 30-second tiebreaker periods.
Camacho started in the defensive position, then slipped into a reversal. Neither could gain an upper hand in the time remaining and Camacho earned a 7-5 win by decision.
North Putnam finished the meet in third place and it was led by Dean Kleiber, who won his second-straight county title at 126 pounds.
The Cougars finished 1-2, equaling last year's county dual result.
"We had some good performances tonight," NPHS coach Bucky Kramer said. "It's tough on us when we're giving up four weight classes (to forfeit) off the top. You've got to stay happy with what we're seeing. Overall it's a good improvement."
Cloverdale rounded out the field, finishing 0-3 for the second consecutive year.
CHS coach Steven Livingston said his young team has a lot of room to grow.
"I don't think we looked nearly our best tonight," Livingston said. "We just try to stay positive and keep the guys working hard and focus on what really matters and that's the matches at the end of the season.
"Those are the matches that we keep telling our guys, keep your nose to the grind; keep getting better. Win those matches when they count at the end of the season. That's how you get your picture on the wall. That's how people remember you."
Havey, Waters, Smith and Harris each won their second straight county title.
Greencastle's Fenwick suffered an apparent neck injury in his bout against South Putnam's Jacob Williams. He was taken out on a stretcher.
The champion Tiger Cubs return to action Saturday when they host the Holiday Invitational on Saturday at 9 a.m. North Putnam hosts a dual meet with Rockville on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 6:30 p.m.
South Putnam will compete in the state duals on Saturday, Dec. 22 at Westfield High School beginning at 9 a.m. Cloverdale is back when they compete at Ben Davis High School on Thursday, Dec. 27 at 8 a.m.
Complete individual results will be included in a future issue of the Banner Graphic.
At Cloverdale
2012-13 Putnam County Wrestling Tournament
1. Greencastle 3-0, 2. SPHS 2-1, 3. NPHS 1-2, 4. Cloverdale 0-3.
Individual Champions
106 -- Ryley Cook, GHS
113 -- Nick Havey, SPHS
120 -- Jacob Lorimer, SPHS
126 -- Dean Kleiber, NPHS
132 -- Jordan Sanders, GHS
138 -- Jacob Camacho, SPHS
145 -- Riley Boswell, GHS
152 -- Joe Waters, SPHS
160 -- Aaron Langdon, GHS
170 -- Carter Lewis, GHS
182 -- Hunter Smith, GHS
195 -- Rudy Harris, SPHS
220 -- Blaine Fenwick, GHS
285 -- Lane Hacker, SPHS
GHS Tiger Cubs take home county wrestling team title
Individual champions for the 2012 Putnam County wrestling tournament included Ryley Cook, Nick Havey, Jacob Lorimer, Dean Kleiber, Jordan Sanders, Jacob Camacho, Riley Boswell, Joe Waters, Aaron Langdon, Carter Lewis, Hunter Smith, Rudy Harris and Lane Hacker. Blaine Fenwick is not picutred.
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Tiger Cubs senior Carter Lewis (170) won his fourth consecutive county title.
"It was a good win for us, but we've got to keep looking forward," GHS coach Matt McComish said. "It's always good to win county. We knew we had some tough teams to wrestle when we came in, and we knew it was going to be close
Greencastle's Hunter Smith (black) got the worst of this exchange with South Putnam's Tanner Thompson, but Smith was able to recover to win the match and win his second straight county championship.
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Ryley Cook (106), Jordan Sanders (113), Riley Boswell (145), Aaron Langdon (160), Hunter Smith (182) and Blaine Fenwick (220) also won titles for GHS.
"All seven of them wrestled really well," McComish said. "We still have things we can improve on, but we're starting to do some things right. At this time of the season, that's what I want to see."
The South Putnam team finished second in the meet with a 2-1 record. They had six county champions: Nick Havey (113), Jacob Lorimer (120), Jacob Camacho (138), Joe Waters (152), Rudy Harris (195) and Lane Hacker (3-0).
"As a team we wrestled pretty well," SPHS coach Josh Hendrickson said. "(We've got to) fix the basics, work on the things that we've worked on and affect the things that we know."
Camacho won his second straight conference title, and also competed in the best match of the night, a battle with Greencastle's Nick Pingleton.
Tied at five after three rounds, the two battled through the sudden victory period and into the 30-second tiebreaker periods.
Camacho started in the defensive position, then slipped into a reversal. Neither could gain an upper hand in the time remaining and Camacho earned a 7-5 win by decision.
North Putnam finished the meet in third place and it was led by Dean Kleiber, who won his second-straight county title at 126 pounds.
The Cougars finished 1-2, equaling last year's county dual result.
"We had some good performances tonight," NPHS coach Bucky Kramer said. "It's tough on us when we're giving up four weight classes (to forfeit) off the top. You've got to stay happy with what we're seeing. Overall it's a good improvement."
Cloverdale rounded out the field, finishing 0-3 for the second consecutive year.
CHS coach Steven Livingston said his young team has a lot of room to grow.
"I don't think we looked nearly our best tonight," Livingston said. "We just try to stay positive and keep the guys working hard and focus on what really matters and that's the matches at the end of the season.
"Those are the matches that we keep telling our guys, keep your nose to the grind; keep getting better. Win those matches when they count at the end of the season. That's how you get your picture on the wall. That's how people remember you."
Havey, Waters, Smith and Harris each won their second straight county title.
Greencastle's Fenwick suffered an apparent neck injury in his bout against South Putnam's Jacob Williams. He was taken out on a stretcher.
The champion Tiger Cubs return to action Saturday when they host the Holiday Invitational on Saturday at 9 a.m. North Putnam hosts a dual meet with Rockville on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 6:30 p.m.
South Putnam will compete in the state duals on Saturday, Dec. 22 at Westfield High School beginning at 9 a.m. Cloverdale is back when they compete at Ben Davis High School on Thursday, Dec. 27 at 8 a.m.
Complete individual results will be included in a future issue of the Banner Graphic.
At Cloverdale
2012-13 Putnam County Wrestling Tournament
1. Greencastle 3-0, 2. SPHS 2-1, 3. NPHS 1-2, 4. Cloverdale 0-3.
Individual Champions
106 -- Ryley Cook, GHS
113 -- Nick Havey, SPHS
120 -- Jacob Lorimer, SPHS
126 -- Dean Kleiber, NPHS
132 -- Jordan Sanders, GHS
138 -- Jacob Camacho, SPHS
145 -- Riley Boswell, GHS
152 -- Joe Waters, SPHS
160 -- Aaron Langdon, GHS
170 -- Carter Lewis, GHS
182 -- Hunter Smith, GHS
195 -- Rudy Harris, SPHS
220 -- Blaine Fenwick, GHS
285 -- Lane Hacker, SPHS
Bad half dooms Eagles against Patriots
South Putnam junior Aubrey Nichols knocks down a three-point shot from the corner against Owen Valley on Tuesday.
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The Eagles' shots weren't falling but a newly-installed 2-3 zone defense had the Patriots scrambling.
Owen Valley shot just 24 percent (6-for-25) in the first half.
"At halftime, we were happy with the position we were in," SPHS head coach Lindsey Blackman said. "Because we switched to the zone, we knew we had to get block outs and get defensive rebounds. We crashed the boards offensively and were able to get some second shot attempts.
"We were happy with the aggressiveness and the tone in the first half and then we kind of let it go in the third (quarter)."
The Eagles led 19-15 at the break.
SPHS junior Aubrey Nichols and senior Leanna Masters each had six rebounds in the half, though the Eagles were outrebounded as a team, 22-19.
That deficit foreshadowed things to come.
Owen Valley came out for the second half on fire, getting to the rim on nearly every possession.
When Masters picked up her third foul early in the third the Patriots dominated the interior, pulling in seven offensive rebounds in the quarter.
The Patriots opened the second half on 23-2 run that extended into the fourth and dispirited the Eagles.
"I told the girls, this was the first time I wasn't happy with our performance," Blackman said. "It looked like in the third quarter we gave up. As soon as they hit a couple big shots, the shoulders went down, it was very quiet on defense. It seemed like a little let up."
Mallory Cash led the Eagles with nine points and three steals. Masters finished with eight points (three-for-four shooting) and nine rebounds.
Patriots guard Alicia Wilson had a game-high 17 points and five steals.
Sarah Jones came off the bench to pull in 14 rebounds for Owen Valley.
The Eagles are back in action Thursday when they travel to Covenant Christian. The game tips at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Owen Valley -- 8 7 19 21 -- 55
South Putnam -- 8 11 2 15 -- 36
Individual scoring
Owen Valley: Wilson 7-12, 2-2, 17; Herrington 5-7, 1-2, 13; Corder 5-11, 0-1, 10; Williams 3-12, 0-0, 7; Jones 3-13, 0-0, 6; Eldridge 1-6, 0-0, 2; Richardson 0-3, 0-1, 0.
South Putnam: Cash 4-13, 0-0, 9; Masters 3-4, 2-3, 9; Nichols 2-7, 1-1, 6; Varvel 2-10, 1-4, 5; Whitaker 2-2, 0-0, 4; Birt 1-6, 0-0, 2; Barnes 1-4, 0-0, 2; Cundiff 0-2, 0-0, 0; York 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hewitt 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring (three-pointers)
Owen Valley: 24-61 (9-34), 3-5, 51; South Putnam 15-48 (2-9), 4-9, 36.
Rebounds (offensive)
Owen Valley 45 (22), South Putnam 31 (13)
Turnovers
Owen Valley 16, South Putnam 21
Eagles fly through water to split with Fountain Central Mustangs
South Putnam senior Zeke Evens lost his goggles early during the 100-yard breast stroke event on Saturday against Southmont, but still swam to a third-place finish.
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The boys' squad came away with a 103-68 victory, while the girls lost 117-68.
"I think they swam really well," SPHS swim coach Matthew Edwards said. "Even some of the swimmers that aren't getting the first places are getting personal bests."
On the boys' side, senior Matt Lund, juniors Tayler Arnold and Tyler Neumann and sophomore Zane Crosby started off the morning with a win in the 200 medley relay.
It was one of four wins on the day for Arnold, the school's record-holder in the 100 back.
Edwards said Arnold is focusing more on sprints this year. That showed when he picked up a win in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races.
Crosby and freshman Zach Rayce each picked up wins in individual races as well.
"We were down a lot of swimmers, due to illness and other things," Edwards said. "It really put a lot of strain on the swimmers (who are forced into) doing new events and things they weren't used to, but they handled it well."
The girls' team is still working to improve.
Many of the seniors are working on new events, Edwards said.
Freshman Katie Hansel (in the 200 free) and senior Lyndsie Beasley (100 breast) picked up solo wins for the team.
Hansel, Deszi, senior Ashley Wilson and freshman Katie Jo Beasley also teamed up to win the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Edwards said he enjoys the Fountain Central meet every year.
The SPHS coach is Mustangs alumnus, but said he has another reason for appreciating the meet.
"Our schools are very similar," he said, regarding the schools' populations and facilities. "This is always a really good meet for us to compete in because we're on the same level."
The Eagles return to the pool on Tuesday at Southmont at 6 p.m.
At South Putnam
Girls' results
Fountain Central 117, South Putnam 68
Boys' results
South Putnam 103, Fountain Central 68
Event Results
Girls' 200 medley relay:
1. FCHS-A Gayler, McGrady, Moore, Campbell; 2:09.15; 2. F-B Gibbs, Thomas, Green, R Johnson; 2:23.44; 3. SPHS Deszi, L. Beasley, Farmer, K Beasley; 2:25.78; 4. F-C Clevenger, M Johnson, Chavez, Winland; 2:33.62; 5. S-B Wilson, Arnold, Shaw, Plunkett; 2:41.00.
Boys' 200 medley relay:
1. S-A Arnold, Neumann, Lund, Crosby; 2:00.22; 2. F-A Hall, Phillips, Nine, Freeman; 2:05.09; 3. S-B Rayce, Evens, Nees, Chambers; 2:10.22.
Girls' 200 free:
1. Hansel, S; 2:34.39; 2 Thomas, F; 2:34.66; 3. Hands, F; 2:35.20; 4. Johnson, F; 2:38.44; 5. Wilson, S; 2:52.91; 6. Kiste, S; 3:13.16.
Boys' 200 free:
1. Phillips, F; 2:21.82; 2. Fields, S; 2:33.00; 3. Pitts, S; 2:35.39; 4. Andres, F; 2:55.44; 5. Hoagland, F; 3:05.61.
Girls' 200 IM:
1. Gibbs, F; 2:45.48; 2. Beasley, S; 2:56.35; 3. Green, F; 3:03.97; 4. Knight, S; 3:24.84; 5. Kelley, S; 3:41.32; DQ Gayler, F.
Boys' 200 IM:
1. Nine, F; 2:28.52; 2. Lund, S; 2:38.28; 3. Rayce, S; 2:49.80; 4. Nees, S; 2:50.60; 5. McGrady, F; 3:06.33.
Girls' 50 free:
1. Campbell, F; 28.63; 2. Farmer, S; 29.26; 3. Gulley, F; 29.97; 4. Arnold, S; 31.93; 5. Hands, F; 32.70; 6. Shaw, S; 33.59.
Boys' 50 free:
1. Arnold, S; 24.94; 2. Freeman, F; 28.19; 3. Terry, F; 33.39; 4. Martinek, F; 34.21; DQ Crosby, S.
Girls' diving:
1. Cambell, F; 145.25; 2. Plunkett, S; 142.65; 3. Sullivan, S; 134.00; 4. Winland, F; 77.4.
Boys' diving:
1. Freeman, F; 151.50; 2. Neumann, S; 129.35.
Girls' 100 fly:
1. McGrady, F; 1:07.20; 2. Moore, F; 1:10.05; 3. Clevenger, F; 1:39.09; 4. Shaw, S; 139.76; 5. Knight, S; 1:40.63.
Boys' 100 fly:
1. Nine, F; 1:06.35; 2. Lund, S; 1:06.58; 3. Hall, F; 1:13.19; 4. Nees, S; 1:19.04.
Girls' 100 free:
1. Chavez, F; 36.83; 2. Gulley, F; 1:04.73; 3. Farmer, S; 1:07.86; 4. Green, F; 1:08.00; 5. K Beasley, S; 1:09.28; 6. Kiste, S; 1:18.78.
Boys' 100 free:
1. Arnold, S; 56.19; 2. Pitts, S; 1:04.56; 3. McGrady, F; 1:12.09; 4. Chambers, S; 1:12.26; 5. Terry, F; 1:19.35.
Girls' 500 free:
1. McGrady, F; 6:36.26; 2. Morgan, S; 6:59.56; 3. Johnson, F; 6:59.75; 4. Hansel, S; 7:08.63; 5. Wilson, S; 7:26.93; 6. Johnson, F; 7:35.22.
Boys' 500 free:
1. Crosby, S; 6:06.93; 2. Z Evens, S; 6:30.49; 3. C Evens, S; 7:27.30; DQ Andres, F.
Girls' 200 free relay:
1. F-A Green, Thomas, Moore, Gulley; 2:01.24; 2. S-A Beasley, Arnold, Hansel, Farmer; 2:01.85; 3. F-B Hands, Winland, Clevenger, Johnson; 2:16.92; 4. S-B Knight, Kelley, Kiste, Plunkett; 2:20.10.
Boys' 200 free relay:
1. S-A Lund, Nees, Crosby, Arnold; 1:44.98; 2. F-A Nine, Freeman, McGrady, Phillips; 1:50.91; 3. S-B Pitts, Chambers, Fields, Evens; 2:06.48; 4. F-B Hoagland, Martinek, Terry, Andres; 2:19.44.
Girls' 100 back:
1. Gayler, F; 1:13.57; 2. Gibbs, F; 1:19.28; 3. K Beasley, S; 1:19.94; 4. Deszi, S; 1:20.68; 5. Chavez, F; 1:27.67.
Boys' 100 back:
1. Rayce, S; 1:11.94; 2. Hall, F; 1:14.96; 3. Fields, S; 1:21.85; 4. Hoagland, F; 1:53.02.
Girls' 100 breast:
1. Beasley, S; 1:28.84; 2. Thomas, F; 1:31.28; 3. Johnson, F; 1:41.33; 4. Arnold, S; 1:41.52; 5. Clevenger, F; 1:51.49; 6. Kelley, S; 2:01.91.
Boys' 100 breast:
1. Phillips, F; 1:18.65; 2. Neumann, S; 1:21.14; 3. Z Evens, S; 4.1:22.13; C Evens, S; 1:31.50.
Girls' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Hansel, Wilson, Deszi, K Beasley; 4:27.93; 2. F-A McGrady, Gayler, Gibbs, Campbell; 4:33.10; 3. F-B Hands, Chavez, Moore, Johnson; 4:43.62; 4. S-B Shaw, Plunkett, Kiste, Knight; 5:15.81.
Boys' 400 free relay:
1. S-A Pitts, Rayce, Fields, Neuman; 4:34.10; 2. F-A McGrady, Andres, Terry, Hall; 5:05.42.
Mounties run past Eagles in 66-41 romp
Junior forward Trey Moore elevates to attempt a shot in the lane on Saturday. Moore was the lone bright spot for South Putnam, scoring a team-high 16 points in the loss to Southmont.
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The Mounties forced 16 first-half turnovers, controlling the pace of the game and flustering the South Putnam offense.
The Eagles were overwhelmed by the Mounties half-court trap and ball pressure, rarely getting an opportunity to feed the ball into the post to use their size as an advantage.
SPHS took an early 3-2 lead when senior Justin Bumgardner completed a traditional three-point play at the 6:26 mark in the opening period, but the lead didn't last.
Mounties junior Devon Burton and senior Drake Cooksey turned up the intensity and forced the Eagles' ball handlers into difficult situations, forcing passes and picking up their dribble near midcourt.
"We didn't handle the pressure at all," SPHS head coach Troy Burgess said. "We've had two opportunities now against very good teams that have really gotten out and pressured us in Danville and in Southmont, and we haven't handled it.
"For us to be as good as we want to be, and get to where we want to be, we've got to handle that better."
Southmont led 24-10 after the first quarter, but the second was even more dominant.
Burton finished the first half with three steals and 18 points, going six-for-nine from the field.
Cooksey had four steals and 10 points himself.
"We've got a lot of quick guys. We've got to play to that," Southmont coach Jon Sparks said. "The guys did a real good job with that. I wish the second half had been as good, but it's hard to keep up with that intensity."
The teams went to the break with Southmont leading 41-14.
SPHS finally emerged from the locker room with less than a minute on the halftime clock.
They had a new game plan and a new lineup.
Junior Derrick Mitchell started in place of Bumgardner, who picked up technical foul in the first quarter and remained on the bench for the rest of the game.
Mitchell, a guard, also gave the Eagles more ball handlers on the court to try to get around the press.
The Eagles became more deliberate, slowing the game down and making careful decisions.
The new pace allowed them to get inside and they began drawing fouls. Down big, scoring with the clock stopped can be an equalizer.
Southmont committed nine fouls in the third quarter, allowing SPHS to go eight-for-eight on free throw attempts, but still managed to play even.
Burton tacked on 10 more points, giving him a game-high 28.
The Eagles finally made some headway in the fourth, but by then it was too late.
"We played hard in the second half," Burgess said. "I was proud of our kids. They didn't quit; they didn't let down. They continued to play hard."
Junior Trey Moore had a team-high 16 points and remained in attack mode until the final buzzer.
The Eagles lone advantage in the game came on the glass as they outrebounded Southmont 34-22.
"I've got to do a better job as a coach of preparing my guys to get them ready for this type of game," Burgess said. "I'll put this one on me tonight. I didn't have our guys prepared for that type of pressure."
Preparing for quickness in practice will be a challenge for the Eagles, and Burgess said he'll have to get creative.
"I know these guys will work hard; they'll do what I ask them to do," Burgess said. "We're going to have to create (quickness) somehow. As a coach, that's my job to figure out how we can simulate that, and how we can create that type of an atmosphere so we're ready.
"We're going to see it again next Friday night."
The Eagles return against Rockville on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
At South Putnam
Southmont -- 24 17 14 11 -- 66
South Putnam -- 10 4 14 13 -- 41
Individual scoring
Southmont: Burton 10-17, 4-6, 28; Cooksey 10-14, 0-4, 15; Thomas 2-8, 4-4, 10; Dinius 3-5, 0-0, 7; Stewart 1-1, 1-2, 3; Dehne 1-3, 1-3, 3; McCormick 0-1, 0-0, 0; Benge 0-0, 0-0, 0; Remley 0-0, 0-0, 0; Whalen 0-2, 0-0, 0; Truncone 0-1, 0-0, 0.
South Putnam: Moore 6-9, 4-4, 16; Arnold 2-8, 3-4, 7; R Chestnut 1-6, 2-2, 4; Pell 1-3, 0-0, 3; Bumgardner 1-2, 1-3, 3; Long 1-3, 1-4, 3; Franklin 1-4, 1-4, 3; D Chestnut 0-1, 1-2, 1; Vittetow 0-2, 0-0, 0; Mitchell 0-0, 0-0, 0; Carmichael 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Team scoring
Southmont 22-45, 15-24, 66; South Putnam 13-37, 13-23, 41.
Rebounds (offensive)
Southmont 22 (4); South Putnam 34 (13).
Turnovers
Southmont 13, South Putnam 26.
Tiger Cubs' JV wins 2012 county tournament
The Greencastle girls' JV poses on the bleachers after winning the 2012 county championship. Members of the team include (front, from left) Kaylee Evans, Bethanie Burgeson, Paige Bragg, (second row) Madison Trout, Lauren Bridgewater, Marley Haltom, (back) Delanie Stoltey, Tera Amis, Alison White and Megan Haltom. [Order this photo]
They left with a trophy, pair of wins, two tattered nets and claim to a 2012 county title.
"I'm really proud of them," GHS JV coach Matthew Welker said. "It's a great accomplishment to get to 9-1. We've faced some tough teams this year."
The Tiger Cubs defeated North Putnam in the final, 39-35.
Sophomore Lauren Bridgewater opened the game by making a three-pointer from the wing and finished with a game-high 12 points.
Greencastle led 12-8 after the first quarter and, at various times, appeared on the verge of going on a big run to push the Cougars to the brink of defeat.
NPHS kept fighting.
Freshman Jenny Heron was cold early but began heating up late in the first quarter, knocking down a pair of threes to keep her team in the game.
Heron and freshman Taylor Nauert worked the high-post and wing in perfect sync throughout the game.
Greencastle took a 25-19 lead to the fourth quarter, but North Putnam kept fighting.
Sophomore Kaitlin Mindiola scored five points in the quarter, including a traditional three-point play with 4:49 remaining, helping the Cougars seize momentum.
The team battled all the way back to tie GHS at 31-all with 2:15 to play.
The teams traded buckets back and forth. Freshman Paige Bragg added field goal with 30 seconds left to give GHS a 37-35 lead.
North Putnam drew up a play for Heron on the wing.
Her go-ahead three-point attempt caromed off the rim with twelve seconds remaining and the Tiger Cubs hauled in the rebound, raced the length of the court and Bridgewater put in a layup to ice the game.
"(North Putnam) would not go away," Welker said. "I'm really proud of everyone on the team for staying with it."
Greencastle beat Cloverdale 36-19 in the opening round matchup.
North Putnam beat South Putnam 31-24.
"I'm really pleased with the way the kids worked today," NPHS coach Laura Blaydes said. "It's a tough one to swallow but we're going to turn around and play again Tuesday and get our third win of the year."
North Putnam plays at North Vermillion Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Greencastle returns to action Thursday at Rockville.
At Cloverdale
2012 Putnam County girls' JV tournament
North Putnam -- 8 5 6 16 -- 35
Greencaste -- 12 7 6 14 -- 39
Individual scoring
NP: Nauert 4-7, 0-0, 10; Clodfelter 3-11, 0-2, 6; Heron 2-12, 0-0, 6; Mindiola 2-7, 1-1, 5; Millican 2-7, 0-0, 4; Laffin 1-1, 0-0, 2; M. Smith 0-2, 2-2, 2; B. Smith 0-0, 0-0, 0; Evans 0-1, 0-0, 0.
G: Bridgewater 5-11, 2-3, 12; Bragg 5-7, 0-2, 10; Amis 3-4, 1-1, 7; White 2-5, 3-4, 7; Stoltey 1-7, 0-0, 0; Trout 0-1, 0-0, 0; Ma. Haltom 0-1, 0-0, 0; Me. Haltom 0-0, 0-0, 0; Evans 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
North Putnam: 27 (11); Greencastle: 27 (10).
Turnovers
North Putnam: 14; Greencastle: 13
Greencastle boys get payback from tournament loss
Greencastle senior Nate Christy (12) jumps to defend a layup by Cloverdale junior Kedrick Collet. Christy made a big offensive contribution as well, finishing with 11 points.
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The teams did not disappoint as Cloverdale came back from a 26-19 halftime deficit to take a lead with 2:46 to play.
Greencastle pulled out a 49-47 win, avenging their loss on Saturday.
Senior Nick Gilliam led the team with a game-high 12 points, including four in the fourth quarter.
"It was a good team win for us and we're just thrilled to get that first victory," GHS head coach Troy Greenlee said. "We've got a lot of guys that haven't played much varsity basketball, so every time we step on the floor, I just think we need to look to get better."
Cloverdale head coach Pat Rady said, despite the loss, he was pleased with his team's effort.
"Even though we lost tonight, I though we played better than we did last week," Rady said. "The turnovers will kill you every time, and that's what we've got to work on."
The Clovers turned the ball over 21 times, including 14 in the second half. Compared to the Tiger Cubs' 13 for the game, ball control played a huge factor.
CHS came out on fire, making five-of-nine shots, including three three-pointers, in the first period.
The Tiger Cubs' came back in the second, powered by the team's young bench.
Sophomores Brody Bollman, Adam Gerard, Colyn Foxx, Calvin Hughes and freshman Ryan Coble gave the team a spark that led to an 11-2 run to open the quarter.
"We told them in (the locker room) that it's going to be different guys every night that are going to make plays for us," Greenlee said. "Tonight I thought Ryan Coble came in, as a freshman, and hit some big shots and made some big plays.
"It was one of those games that we needed everything from everybody tonight."
Senior Dustin Cummings entered the starting lineup for Cloverdale to begin the second half, which seemed to energize the team's offense.
With the rest of the team spacing the floor, junior point guard Brandon Dorman was free to drive into the lane. He made four-of-five shots in the period, scoring eight of his 10 points.
CHS ended the quarter on a 6-2 run, trailing by only one after three.
Sophomore Brantson Scott tied the game with 3:01 remaining and, after a Greencastle turnover, Cummings sank a free throw to put the Clovers ahead with 2:46 to play.
The lead wouldn't last long as GHS senior Nate Christy sank a deep three on the next trip.
The Tiger Cubs' stretched the lead to four then tried to slow the game down, stretching out the clock by dribbling the ball on the perimeter.
"As a team, we've got to be able to take those runs and build on them instead of giving a team a little bit of life," Greenlee said. "I thought, coming out in the second half, we didn't pressure the ball like we should have. We just kind of let them get whatever they wanted on the offensive end."
With Greencastle's young guards working the clock, Cloverdale expanded its defense.
The ball pressure overwhelmed Greencastle as junior Kedrick Collet picked up a steal and layup with 25 seconds remaining.
"We haven't worked on that (ball pressure) a lot," Rady said.
The Clovers had only been called for three fouls in the half, so extending the game by forcing free throws was not an option.
Instead the team again picked up the pressure. Greencastle lost the ball out of bounds on the baseline with just seconds remaining.
Greencastle called a time.
Cloverdale, down two, had six seconds to go the length of the court for a basket.
Dorman took the ball past half court, then had it knocked up in the air.
The ball landed out of bounds to the Clovers, but only 1.7 seconds remained.
Dorman's heave as time expired came up well short.
"We made it exciting there towards the end," Greenlee said. "We struggled handling the ball a little bit down the stretch and gave them a chance."
Greencastle hosts Sullivan tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Cloverdale is back in action Friday when they'll host Monrovia.
At Greencastle
Cloverdale -- 13 6 18 10 -- 47
Greencastle -- 8 18 12 11 -- 49
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Dorman 5-11, 0-0, 10; Scott 5-8, 0-0, 10; Collet 3-8, 0-0, 9; Schroer 3-8, 0-0, 8; Cummings 1-1, 3-4, 5; Cupp 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hughes 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Gilliam 6-14, 0-0, 12; Christy 4-7, 0-0, 11; Winslow 4-11, 1-2, 9; Bollman 2-6, 2-2, 6; Coble 2-3, 0-0, 6; Foxx 1-2, 0-0, 2; King 0-3, 1-2, 1; Gerard 0-1, 1-2, 1; Mitchell 0-3, 0-0, 0; Hughes 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
C: 25 (3)
G: 28 (15)
Turnovers
C: 21
G: 13
Tiger Cubs utilize blazing third quarter to trample Clovers
Greencastle senior Rayleigh Amis (23) finds room amid a crowd in the paint to score a layup for the Tiger Cubs.
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The Tiger Cubs came back from the break on a torrid pace, led by the defense and pressure of senior Rayleigh Amis and junior Alex Basile, channeling the run into a 39-32 win.
The pair combined for four steals in the period.
"Our defense is really what changed it for us," GHS coach Bradley Key said. "I thought Rayleigh Amis and Alex Basile were really the game changers. Those are the two captains and I told them, once they picked up their intensity, I really felt like everyone else followed along.
"That's what captains do, but we've got to have that for four quarter."
The two teams could not seem to find any offense in the early goings, at combining for a one-of-13 stretch early in the first period.
Amis, a team captain, took control of the offense for Greencastle, using her five-foot-eleven frame to work the ball in the paint.
Cloverdale senior Bristy Skiles carried the early load for her team.
"We're really a different team when she's able to hit a couple shots," Cloverdale coach Matthew Langdon said. "She's done a good job the past couple weeks of trying to change her game a little bit. Just not a spot-up shooter. She's able to go off the dribble to create some space."
Skiles had five of the team's eight first-quarter points, and added another three in the second quarter.
Greencastle shot just 21 percent in the first half (five-for-24).
"Towards the end of the second quarter we started playing better," Key said. "I just told them (at halftime) that, 'you know what you need to do to win.' That's it."
Whatever he said, or didn't say, seemed to work.
The Tiger Cubs emerged from the locker room with nearly five minutes left in the intermission, two minutes earlier than normal.
They then went on a 26-to-five run to open the second half.
Cloverdale opened the third quarter with starting guard Amillia Nally on the bench. Nally had picked up three fouls in the first half and, with a thin bench, Langdon inserted sophomore Bailee Stevens into the lineup.
"Bailee gives us really good minutes, but there are times when she needs a break," Langdon said. "We thought, if Mel (Amillia Nally) picked up that fourth foul early, there was no way that Bailee could play 10 straight minutes until we could put Mel back in."
Langdon said he second-guessed his own decision after Greencastle went on its run.
"That was a decision that you go back and think about, 'should I have done it differently,'" he said. "
Without another point guard to turn to, the Clovers couldn't regain their composure and stop the bleeding until it was too late.
Cloverdale finished the game on an eight-one run, but with the clock ticking down, Langdon elected not to extend the game by fouling.
In a laissez-faire game called by the officials, the Clovers had only picked up four in the half.
"Cloverdale: give them credit. They've gotten significantly better during the last two or three years," Key said. "They've won four games and they're going to win quite a few more."
Langdon said his team will bounce back.
"Against a good team like that, sometimes we struggle offensively," Langdon said. "Every possession we had to have good defense. There were just a couple let downs and, when they made a run, we just got a little rattled and got a little too quick."
Greencastle plays at Rockville on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Cloverdale returns to action Friday when they host Monrovia at 6 p.m.
At Greencastle
Cloverdale -- 8 11 5 8 -- 32
Greencastle -- 9 3 18 9 -- 39
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Skiles 3-10, 0-0, 8; Clark 4-6, 0-0, 8; Gruener 3-8, 0-0, 6; Shrum 1-1, 2-4, 4; Nally 1-6, 3; Stevens 1-7, 1-1, 3; Walters 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Amis 5-9, 0-0, 10; Lenihan 4-9, 0-0, 8; Taylor 2-6, 2-3, 6; Earl 2-12, 0-2, 6; Stoltey 2-4, 0-0, 4; Covert 1-2, 1-2, 3; Basile 1-8, 0-0, 2; Smiley 0-0, 0-0, 0; Trout 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Rebounds (offensive)
C: 33 (9)
G: 30 (11)
Turnovers
C: 19
G: 10
GHS Tiger Cubs paddle past Southmont Mounties
Greencastle freshman Amelia Smith (far) edges out senior Kaelynn Cox (near) and Southmont's Kelly Richards in the girls 100-yard freestyle event on Thursday. Less than one second seperated the three swimmers.
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The girls' won every event en route to a 121-55 win.
The boys' were tripped up only in diving and cruised to a 142-28.
"I'm very happy with the results," GHS swim coach Kent Menzel said. "They told me they were going to do some great stuff tonight, and they definitely delivered."
Although the teams cruised, there were several races that came right down to the wire.
In the girls' 200-free, GHS swimmer senior Kaelynn Cox led by only half a body length with 60 yards to go. She pulled away in down the stretch, giving her a 3.2 second victory, finishing in a time of 2:25.30.
That was one of the few scares the Mounties could give Greencastle, but the team provided enough excitement for itself.
"For us, it's how everybody is progressing as far as their times are concerned," Manzel said. "We have really had a great week. We did not quite see the effect of the fast swimming in the team score (of Tuesday's meet) against Bloomington North, but it was really happening.
"Tonight, that momentum continued at the right place at the right time, and you saw what our swimmers were capable of more and more."
A pair of Tiger Cub girls raced to the finish in the 100 free, with freshman Amelia Smith edging out Cox, 1:03.60 to 1:03.84.
The boys' squad had it's own excitement.
After Southmont sophomore diver Zac Gray pulled out a victory over GHS sophomore Levi Lewis, the Tiger Cubs' swimmers swept the rest of the meet, challenging only themselves to the finish.
This became especially true in the 100-back, which pitted two of the Tiger Cubs' better swimmers -- junior Nash Firebaugh and junior Nathan Gardner -- against each other.
"Nash and Nathan are good friends and they asked to be able to race each other tonight, so I let them," Menzel said. "They're both very fast. Nash tonight had a little bit of an edge on his turns. In terms of straight-up swimming speed they were pretty equal, but Nash was getting a little bit of an edge each time they came into the wall.
"They were both in it for fun tonight, and I think they were both winners on that count."
Firebaugh finished at 59.53, narrowly edging out Gardner.
The Tiger Cubs made clean top-three sweeps in boys 200 free, girls 200 IM, girls and boys 100 fly and boys 100 free.
GHS returns to the pool on Tuesday at Crawfordsville at 6 p.m., with the conference schedule starting soon after.
"We're going to keep pressing up until Dec. 22 where we finish our fall season at the Wabash Valley Invitational," Menzel said. "We want to be strong and sharp for conference, but then set our eyes on the sectional championship."
At Greencastle
Girls' swimming and diving
Greencastle 121, Southmont 55
Boys' swimming and diving
Greencastle 142, Southmont 28
Event Results
Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Meyer, Mallary FR, Wheeler, Emily JR, Brush, Libby FR, Smith, Amelia FR), 2:07.94; 2. SHS 'A' (Ward, Ellen B JR, Kinkead, Morgan M JR, Wickholm, Nikki M SO, Witherspoon, Lauren N JR), 2:18.65; 3. GHS 'B' (Roberts, Jessica FR, Hansen, Beth Ann SO, Romer, Corrie FR, Stevens, Kristen SO), 2:21.41; 4. SHS 'B' (Edwards, Christa SO, Reed, Sadie A SR, Harrison, Katy M SO, Waddell, Hannah B SR), 2:36.41.
Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Gardner, Nathan JR, Harms, Isaac JR, Firebaugh, Nash L JR, Secrest, Taylor SO), 1:52.62; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Mangrum, Brant JR, Watson, Brayden SO, Ummel, Jason SO, Kessler, Jacob FR), 2:05.90; 3. SHS 'A' (Cloncs, Steven FR, Bartlett, Collin SR, Arnold, Justin L SO, Waddell, Wyatt 7), 2:16.21; 4. GHS-IN 'C' (Johnson, Mitchell SO, Hudson, Bryce SR, Secrest, Zach SO, Lewis, Levi SO), 2:19.61.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle:
1. Cox, Kaelynn, GCAS-IN, 2:25.30; 2. Richards, Kelsey M, SMT-IN, 2:28.52; 3. Simpson, Shannon M, SMT-IN, 2:32.47; 4. Doyle, Brittany N, SMT-IN, 2:38.51; 5. Mason, Kaitlynne, GCAS-IN, 2:55.38; 6. Anderson, Caitlyn, GCAS-IN, 3:10.95.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brattain, Elijah D, GCAS-IN, 2:04.42; 2. Asbell, Alex, GCAS-IN, 2:16.00; 3. Briones, Alex J, GCAS-IN, 2:18.66; 4. Bartlett, Collin, SMT-IN, 2:22.35.
Girls 200 Yard IM:
1. Brush, Libby, GCAS-IN, 2:36.16; 2. Wheeler, Emily, GCAS-IN, 2:45.07; 3. Gomez, Rosio, GCAS-IN, 2:47.86; 4. Wickholm, Nikki M, SMT-IN, 2:51.08; 5. Waddell, Hannah B, SMT-IN, 2:59.92; --. Harrison, Katy M, SMT-IN, DQ.
Boys 200 Yard IM:
1. Firebaugh, Nash L, GCAS-IN, 2:13.02; 2. Ummel, Jason, GCAS-IN, 2:38.39; 3. Arnold, Justin L, SMT-IN, 2:43.05; 4. Watson, Brayden, GCAS-IN, 2:52.72.
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle:
1. Smith, Amelia, GCAS-IN, 28.44; 2. Witherspoon, Lauren N, SMT-IN, 30.16; 3. Moore, Rebecca, GCAS-IN, 30.84; 4. Ward, Ellen B, SMT-IN, 31.43; 5. Stevens, Kristen, GCAS-IN, 32.43; 6. Karpova, Sofya, SMT-IN, 36.69.
Boys 50 Yard Freestyle:
1. Secrest, Taylor, GCAS-IN, 26.42; 2. Harms, Isaac, GCAS-IN, 27.50; 3. Cloncs, Steven, SMT-IN, 31.48; 4. Johnson, Mitchell, GCAS-IN, 31.75; 5. Waddell, Wyatt, SMT-IN, 32.76.
Girls 1 mtr Diving:
1. Fauvergue, Madi, GCAS-IN, 102.35.
Boys 1 mtr Diving:
1. Gray, Zac, SMT-IN, 135.70; 2. Lewis, Levi, GCAS-IN, 130.75.
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly:
1. Gomez, Rosio, GCAS-IN, 1:14.60; 2. Meyer, Mallary, GCAS-IN, 1:15.09; 3. Romer, Corrie, GCAS-IN, 1:18.91; 4. Wickholm, Nikki M, SMT-IN, 1:24.51; 5. Peters, Allison, SMT-IN, 2:22.92.
Boys 100 Yard Butterfly:
1. Gardner, Nathan, GCAS-IN, 1:02.27; 2. Mangrum, Brant, GCAS-IN, 1:24.71; 3. Secrest, Zach, GCAS-IN, 1:32.86.
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle:
1. Smith, Amelia, GCAS-IN, 1:03.60; 2. Cox, Kaelynn, GCAS-IN, 1:03.83; 3. Richards, Kelsey M, SMT-IN, 1:04.50; 4. Witherspoon, Lauren N, SMT-IN, 1:08.79; 5. Hansen, Beth Ann, GCAS-IN, 1:20.96; 6. Karpova, Sofya, SMT-IN, 1:29.14.
Boys 100 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brattain, Elijah D, GCAS-IN, 54.22; 2. Ummel, Jason, GCAS-IN, 1:01.56; 3. Kessler, Jacob, GCAS-IN, 1:03.85; 4. Gray, Zac, SMT-IN, 1:21.47.
Girls 500 Yard Freestyle:
1. Brush, Libby, GCAS-IN, 6:27.05; 2. Simpson, Shannon M, SMT-IN, 6:50.88; 3. Doyle, Brittany N, SMT-IN, 6:57.05; 4. Moore, Rebecca, GCAS-IN, 7:01.93; 5. Mason, Kaitlynne, GCAS-IN, 7:48.47; 6. Edwards, Christa, SMT-IN, 8:03.43.
Boys 500 Yard Freestyle:
1. Harms, Isaac, GCAS-IN, 6:04.32; 2. Briones, Alex J, GCAS-IN, 6:26.57; 3. Bartlett, Collin, SMT-IN, 6:27.73; 4. Asbell, Alex, GCAS-IN, 6:27.85; 5. Waddell, Wyatt, SMT-IN, 8:07.02.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Cox, Kaelynn SR, Romer, Corrie FR, Gomez, Rosio JR, Smith, Amelia FR), 1:54.72; 2. SHS 'A' (Monts, Brooke A JR, Richards, Kelsey M SR, Kinkead, Morgan M JR, Simpson, Shannon M JR), 2:03.34; 3. GHS 'B' (Wheeler, Emily JR, Roberts, Jessica FR, Stevens, Kristen SO, Moore, Rebecca SO), 2:06.72; 4. SHS 'B' (Doyle, Brittany N SR, Peters, Allison SO, Edwards, Christa SO, Waddell, Hannah B SR), 2:25.11; 5. GHS 'C' (Anderson, Caitlyn FR, Fauvergue, Madi FR, Hansen, Beth Ann SO, Mason, Kaitlynne SR), 2:30.90.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brattain, Elijah D SO, Kessler, Jacob FR, Secrest, Taylor SO, Briones, Alex J SO), 1:46.03; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Ummel, Jason SO, Watson, Brayden SO, Mangrum, Brant JR, Asbell, Alex SR), 1:53.97; 3. SHS 'A' (Arnold, Justin L SO, Cloncs, Steven FR, Waddell, Wyatt 7, Bartlett, Collin SR), 2:05.25.
Girls 100 Yard Backstroke:
1. Meyer, Mallary, GCAS-IN, 1:14.32; 2. Harrison, Katy M, SMT-IN, 1:21.68; 3. Roberts, Jessica, GCAS-IN, 1:27.87; 4. Anderson, Caitlyn, GCAS-IN, 1:45.96; 5. Peters, Allison, SMT-IN, 1:46.91.
Boys 100 Yard Backstroke:
1. Firebaugh, Nash L, GCAS-IN, 59.53; 2. Gardner, Nathan, GCAS-IN, 1:01.68; 3. Cloncs, Steven, SMT-IN, 1:16.06; 4. Johnson, Mitchell, GCAS-IN, 1:17.31.
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke:
1. Wheeler, Emily, GCAS-IN, 1:21.65; 2. Kinkead, Morgan M, SMT-IN, 1:22.08; 3. Romer, Corrie, GCAS-IN, 1:24.17; 4. Hansen, Beth Ann, GCAS-IN, 1:27.27; 5. Reed, Sadie A, SMT-IN, 1:28.12; 6. Monts, Brooke A, SMT-IN, 1:35.77.
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke:
1. Secrest, Taylor, GCAS-IN, 1:16.46; 2. Watson, Brayden, GCAS-IN, 1:19.61; 3. Hudson, Bryce, GCAS-IN, 1:20.48.
Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brush, Libby FR, Meyer, Mallary FR, Gomez, Rosio JR, Cox, Kaelynn SR), 4:26.51; 2. SHS 'A' (Witherspoon, Lauren N JR, Wickholm, Nikki M SO, Simpson, Shannon M JR, Richards, Kelsey M SR), 4:39.82; 3. GHS 'B' (Roberts, Jessica FR, Mason, Kaitlynne SR, Stevens, Kristen SO, Moore, Rebecca SO), 5:09.78; 4. SHS 'B' (Doyle, Brittany N SR, Reed, Sadie A SR, Monts, Brooke A JR,
Harrison, Katy M SO), 5:22.71.
Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. GHS 'A' (Brattain, Elijah D SO, Harms, Isaac JR, Gardner, Nathan JR, Firebaugh, Nash L JR), 3:44.07; 2. GHS-IN 'B' (Briones, Alex J SO, Kessler, Jacob FR, Mangrum, Brant JR, Asbell, Alex SR), 4:16.89; 3. GHS 'C' (Hudson, Bryce SR, Lewis, Levi SO, Johnson, Mitchell SO, Secrest, Zach SO), 5:24.81.
Tiger Cubs lose physical battle to feisty Danville Warriors, 58-51
Greencastle junior guard Alex Basile steals the ball from Danville junior Chelsea Gould in the fourth quarter of the game on Tuesday. Basile had five total steals and finished with a team-high 12 points.
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After winning at South Putnam by three last week, the Warriors topped Greencastle on Tuesday, 58-51.
The Tiger Cubs fell behind early, at times in the first quarter struggling to cross midcourt. They turned the ball over 15 times in the period.
They responded in the second quarter. GHS closed the gap to 21-18 at the half and had zero turnovers.
Senior Rayleigh Amis and sophomore Jessica Lenihan had eight of the teams' 10 points in the second quarter, combining for four-for-seven shooting.
"Danville a good job, in the first half especially, of pressuring us up front; getting some easy steals that lead to easy baskets," GHS coach Bradley Key said. "Our girls did a good job of fighting back. Only being down three at half was a pretty good accomplishment."
The teams traded buckets for most of the third quarter, though GHS never got closer than one.
They traded fouls, as well.
The Tiger Cubs had six in the quarter and the Warriors had seven.
Amis and Danville's leading scorer, sophomore Allie Lake, each picked up their fourth foul in the period.
When the dust settled, the Warriors took a 38-33 lead into the fourth.
Danville opened the final frame on a nine-two run in the first two minutes, but the Tiger Cubs kept scratching for a lead.
The closest they came was seven points.
Junior Alex Basile made five-of-six shots in the period, but her team-high 12 points weren't enough.
"We told her, we know she can score, but she's got to believe in herself," Key said. "In that fourth quarter she stepped up and kept us in the game a little longer."
Key called one final timeout, down seven with 6.8 seconds remaining.
GHS got a steal, but junior Shelby Earl's shot from the wing missed wide and the ball rolled harmlessly out of bounds.
"They did play hard," Key said. "I don't think we really gave up at any point in time. We put ourselves in bad positions.
"Every day we've got to get better for February and hopefully that game is an experience that we can learn from."
Greencastle will play Cloverdale on Friday at 6 p.m.
At Greencastle
Danville -- 14 7 17 20 -- 58
Greencastle -- 8 10 15 18 -- 51
Individual scoring
Danville: Lake 7-14, 1-3, 16; Gould 3-7, 6-6, 13; Newby 5-10, 2-4, 13; Taylor 3-5, 1-2, 7; Lynch 1-3, 1-2, 3; Kiefer 0-1, 3-4, 3; Ford 1-1, 0-0, 3; Motter 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Basile 6-11, 0-0, 12; Amis 4-10, 2-2, 10; Lenihan 5-8, 0-2, 10; Taylor 3-11, 2-2, 9; Earl 2-10, 0-0, 4; Stoltey 1-3, 2-2, 4; Covert 0-0, 2-4, 2; Smiley 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Turnovers
D: 20
G: 24
Rebounds
D: 26
G: 30
Three-pointers
D: 4-11
G: 1-9
Clovers dominate Eminence in 61-9 win
Cloverdale sophomore Bailee Stevens steps in front of a pass intended for Eminence freshman Zoe Foote. Stevens had eight steals in the game.
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It was the team's largest margin of victory since beating Indianapolis Howe 81-24 on Dec. 29, 2006.
"Defensively we played well," Cloverdale coach Matthew Langdon said. "You have to just slow down and make sure that we were learning stuff off of the game."
The Clovers shut out the Eels in the first quarter, using a full-court press for the first four minutes before falling back into half court for the remainder of the game.
The teams' 2-3 zone proved just as potent. Senior Paige Gruener had five first-half steals, most leading to layups on the other end.
Gruener finished with 11 points.
The Clovers were led in scoring by sophomore Bailee Stevens, who came off the bench to score 14 points. She added seven steals.
"Paige is always our leader on the defensive end; getting steals. Bailee really stepped up for us tonight." Langdon said. "Our girls, defensively, moved their feet really well. Even in the 2-3, where it's easy to just pass it around and not to get a lot of steals, our girls really moved their feet."
Eminence finally got on the scoreboard when senior Codi Belcher made a short shot from the baseline with two minutes left in the second quarter.
Leading 32-2 at halftime, senior Amillia Nally came on in the third quarter, scoring seven of her 13 points in the first two minutes.
Both teams used the game as a chance to get younger players into the game.
With the outcome decided (45-4 after three quarters), Langdon used the fourth to get his underclassmen varsity experience.
Because many of them also play on the junior varsity team, they were only eligible to play for one quarter of varsity action.
"It gets tough for us from here on out," Langdon said. "We need to continue to work on things and continue to improve. We can't just be content with this. We really need to work to get better in the next week."
Cloverdale opens its conference schedule at Greencastle on Friday at 6 p.m.
At Eminence
Cloverdale -- 17 15 14 15 -- 61
Eminence -- 0 2 2 5 -- 9
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Stevens 6-16, 2-5, 14; Nally 5-9, 2-4, 13; Gruener 4-12, 3-3, 11; Shrum 4-10, 1-1, 9; Tate 2-2, 1-5, 5; Dorsett 1-1, 2-2, 4; Clark 2-4, 0-0, 4; Worthington 1-1, 0-0, 2; Walters 0-2, 1-2, 1; Helterbrand 0-3, 0-0, 0; Skiles 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Eminence: Jobes 1-9, 0-0, 2; Foote 1-7, 0-0, 2; Belcher 1-4, 0-0, 2; Watson 0-2, 2-2, 2; Moore 0-9, 1-6, 1; Stierwalt 0-3, 0-0, 0; Gore 0-2, 0-0, 0; Marlnee 0-6, 0-0, 0; Ninette 0-1, 0-0, 0; Hall 0-1, 0-0, 0.
Turnovers
C: 17
E: 32
Rebounds
C: 48
E: 33
Eagles claim county title, redeem last year's final loss
The 2012 Putnam County Classic champions South Putnam. The players (front, from left) Trevor Long (fr.), Klayton Vittetow (jr.), Derrick Mitchell (jr.), Justin Bumgardner (sr.), Jimmy Rutter (fr.), (second row, from left) Trey Moore (jr.), Kinser Franklin (sr.), Ryan Chestnut (sr.), Logan Pell (sr.), Sawyer Arnold (jr.) and Codey Snow (sr.). [Order this photo]
It's the Eagles' first PCC win since 2008, allowing the club to avenge last year's championship game loss to Greencastle.
"This goes back a year ago," South Putnam coach Troy Burgess said. "I think this means a lot to the kids that graduated last year -- my seniors that graduated.
"We came in last year and got this thing off and running, and those guys kind of set the tone and got things going in the right direction."
Senior forward Justin Bumgardner led the charge for the Eagles, pulling down a game-high 16 rebounds while adding 15 points.
"He had a good weekend for us, offensively, on the boards, everything," Burgess said. "We feel like our strength right now is our inside, our post-presence. When we get the ball inside to them and finish, we can be pretty good."
The Eagles' penetration led to early foul trouble for the NPHS bigs, seniors Jameson Brewer and Jake Haste.
Each picked up his third foul before halftime, forcing the Cougars to go with a small-ball lineup that couldn't withstand the Eagles attack.
As a team, SPHS out-rebounded NPHS 46-32.
"We got ourselves into trouble in the first half with three fouls on both of those guys," NPHS coach Nathan Martindale said. "That kind of puts us behind the eight-ball."
The Eagles led by only two, 14-12, after the first quarter despite holding NPHS to just 4-19 shooting.
The quickness of the Cougar guards helped force five turnovers in the period.
"That's what we can do," Martindale said, "because we're quick, we're athletic."
The Eagles figured out the press and began attacking inside during the second quarter.
Brewer picked up an early third foul, leaving Haste to carry the load inside.
NPHS senior Jameson Brewer blocks a lay-up attempt from SPHS junior Trey Moore into the seats in the first quarter of the 2012 Putnam County Championship final.
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With Haste out, the Eagles completed the quarter on a seven-nothing run and took a 25-17 lead into halftime.
"We had to make a decision there to keep us with a little bit more athleticism," Martindale said. "Coy (Flynn, who started the second half) has some good athleticism, he's quick. We thought we could get after them just a little bit there and bring Jake off the bench (in the second half)."
The Eagles continued to slowly pull away in the third quarter. Senior Logan Pell opened the scoring with a three-pointer, and Bumgardner scored eight points in the period on four-of-five shooting.
Brewer began heating up as well, knocking down a pair of threes in the quarter. He finished with a game-high 19 points.
"We don't mind the three point shot, but we'd also like to see him get toward the bucket," Martindale said. "That's part of what we talked about in the locker room. We've got to take more shots in the paint. We can't be banking on the three-point shot all the time, because that's going to get us hurt."
SPHS led 38-27 after three, and the fouls continued piling up for the Cougars.
The only thing keeping NPHS in the game was the Eagles poor foul shooting (seven-of-14 in the fourth), but the Cougars simply couldn't mount enough offense to respond.
"I thought (South Put) played a good game, but this one is on us," Martindale said. "Offensively, we just did not do a good job with shot selection; with understanding what's a good shot and what's a bad shot. We forced way too much from the outside."
Brewer added a couple more late threes, but by then it was too late for a comeback.
It's still early in the season, but both coaches said their teams will use the tournament results to grow and move forward.
"When you win the county, you put the target on your back," Burgess said. "That's OK, we'll take that. But you can't rest. You've got to continue to work."
Martindale had firmer words for his squad.
"Our guys, they've got to understand where we need to go," Martindale said. "With this team, we've learned from it, we're young in terms of experience and we'll be better next week."
The Eagles are back in action on Friday when they open the West Central Conference schedule against Cascade at 7:30 p.m.
North Putnam hosts Crawfordsville on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
At Greencastle
Putnam County Classic -- Championship game
South Putnam -- 14 11 13 15 -- 53
North Putnam -- 12 5 10 17 -- 44
Individual scoring
South Putnam: Bumgardner 6-12, 3-7, 15; Moore 4-8, 4-6, 12; Pell 3-5, 0-0, 8; Franklin 3-8, 0-0, 8; Arnold 1-3, 3-4, 6; Chestnut 2-6, 1-4, 5; Vittetow 0-1, 0-0, 0; Long 0-0, 0-0, 0.
North Putnam: Brewer 7-17, 2-2, 19; Green 4-12, 0-0, 10; Nauert 2-15, 0-0, 5; Hazelgrove 1-6, 2-2, 4; Haste 1-3, 0-0, 2; Flynn 1-6, 0-0, 2; Herrmann 1-3, 0-0, 2.
Team scoring
S: 19-42, 11-22, 53.
N: 16-64, 4-4, 44.
Rebounds (Offensive)
S: 46 (6)
N: 32 (11)
Three-point shooting
S: 5-7
N: 8-29
Turnovers
S: 17
N: 8
Clovers pull out thrilling OT win in PCC consolation
Cloverdale junior Brandon Dorman blocks a lay-up by Greencastle sophomore Brody Bollman in the 2012 Putnam County Classic consolation game.
And that was just in the consolation game.
The Cloverdale Clovers topped Greencastle 51-49 in overtime on Saturday, battling back from a tough first half to claim the thrilling victory.
"We didn't do anything more than what Greencastle did. The two teams played hard at each other and after overtime when the gun sounded, we happened to be ahead," Cloverdale coach Pat Rady said. "This game could have gone either way. We both were right there and we both, if we look at the films, both coaches and the players are going to think, 'Boy, if I could have done this; if I could have done that.'"
There were no signs early that the game would end in such electrifying fashion.
Despite six turnovers, the Clovers had a lead after the first quarter, 9-6. The wheels started to come off in the second.
GHS held its opponent to only four field goal attempts in the second quarter, one a last-second prayer from beyond half court.
The Tiger Cubs took a 21-14 lead into the break, despite shooting only seven-for-24 from the field themselves.
"I thought our kids responded well from last night," GHS coach Troy Greenlee said. "They were pretty disappointed. They're pretty disappointed tonight because of the loss, but there's a lot of good kids with character in there."
As they did Friday against North Putnam, the Clovers began to heat up in the third quarter.
Junior Kedrick Collet poured in eight the team's 18 points in the quarter on three-of-four shooting, sparking the anemic attack and fueling up their defensive energy.
Cloverdale narrowed the gap to only two points after three, 34-32, and more importantly, entered the fourth quarter already in the bonus, having drawn six Tiger Cubs fouls.
"Fouling is something we're going to need to look at," Greenlee said. "We've been fouling way too much in the last three games. We've still got a ways to go."
Sophomore sixth-man Lane Winslow fouled out with 3:29 left, and senior forward Nick Gilliam (with his game-high 16 points) followed a minute later.
For the first time since six minutes remained in the second quarter, the Clovers took the lead with 3:08 left in regulation.
GHS seemed lifeless, with all the momentum heading the Clovers' way and two of its best offensive playmakers fouled out.
But poor free throw shooting kept the Tiger Cubs in the game.
Cloverdale made only eight-of-21 free throws in the second half.
That, combined with a slow pace, allowed Greencastle to hang tight, never trailing by more than three points.
"As I told them before we went out tonight, sometimes that ball," Rady said, "is not going to fall. But defense, your hustle, your attitude, can always be the same.
"And we said, don't worry about missed shots. Some of the guys that struggled then hit some big ones for us towards the end."
The Tiger Cubs had players hit big shots as well.
GHS sophomore Adam Gerard scored with 17 seconds to go and narrowed the gap to 45-44.
Greenlee called a timeout to set his defense. The Tiger Cubs fouled, sending Collet to the line.
Only one-for-four on his free throws at that point, the junior calmly knocked down both and gave the Clovers a three-point lead.
Twelve seconds left. Timeout, Greencastle.
The Tiger Cubs passed the ball around and found sophomore guard Colyn Foxx open at the top of the key.
Foxx was scoreless, 0-2 from the field.
His high-arcing shot sailed over the lunging arm of Collet and nestled into the bottom of the net with only six seconds remaining.
"He hit a big shot; a real big shot" Greenlee said. "It just kind of ended up that he got the ball in his hands. It wasn't really anything that I set up. That last play was set up for Holden (King, a junior). It just ended up in (Foxx's) hand and I feel pretty confident about him shooting it."
As Greencastle celebrated, Cloverdale hustled to get the ball back in for a chance of its own.
Collet streaked to half court and let fly his prayer.
The ball rimmed out. Overtime.
The Clovers scored first on a field goal by Collet, but Greencastle went right back on the attack.
Sophomore Brantson Scott, tied with Collet for a team-high 13 points, was called for his fifth foul.
Senior Nick Cupp, a starter who had rested for much of the second half, was called back into action.
GHS sophomore Brody Bollman drew the foul and sank both his free throws, re-tying the game.
Cloverdale responded and drew a foul.
Ice-cold Nick Cupp was sent to the line.
He knocked down the first and missed the second, but Cloverdale got the ball back.
Junior Brandon Dorman was fouled, his team up one with 26 seconds left.
Dorman missed the first and made the second, his fifth point of the game.
Greencastle called another time out. This time a three-ball would win it.
Again it went to Foxx at the top of the key. He missed short and the buzzer sounded.
"We just didn't make enough plays in the overtime," Greenlee said. "We didn't put the ball in the basket enough."
Thrilling weekend wins are starting to become a Cloverdale specialty.
"That's two Saturdays in a row now," Rady said, referring to a last-second win over Riverton Parke on Nov. 24. "You can't put your hat on anything this early. It's a long, long season and you have to be ready."
Cloverdale and Greencastle meet again on Friday at GHS at 7:30 p.m.
At Greencastle
Putnam County Classic -- Consolation
Greencastle -- 6 15 13 13 -- 2 -- 49
Cloverdale -- 9 5 18 15 -- 4 -- 51
Individual scoring
Greencastle: Gilliam 5-11, 6-10, 16; Mitchell 2-2, 2-5, 7; Gerard 2-7, 2-2, 7; King 2-9, 0-0, 6; Winslow 3-7, 0-0, 6; Bollman 1-6, 2-2, 4; Fox 1-5, 0-0, 3; Christy 0-5, 0-2, 0; Hughes 0-4, 0-0, 0.
Cloverdale: Collet 4-8, 3-6, 13; Scott 5-8, 3-14, 13; Schroer 5-13, 0-0, 12; Cummings 2-4, 2-6, 6; Dorman 1-5, 3-6, 5; Cupp 0-1, 1-2, 1; Hughes 0-0, 1-2, 1.
Team scoring
G: 16-56, 12-20, 49.
C: 17-36, 13-35, 51.
Rebounds (Offensive)
G: 43 (17).
C: 33 (7).
Three-point shooting
G: 5-18.
C: 4-16.
Turnovers
G: 21
C: 21
New redistricting plan raises questions for North Putnam
A new plan for redistricting North Putnam for the 2014 election year is up for review, and the school will begin rolling out town meetings to explain the plan to all of the voters in the corporation.
In October, North Putnam was hit with a lawsuit that dealt with the unfair districting of the townships.
This lawsuit has had the North Putnam School Board coming up with ideas and a plan to redistrict the school district.
The North Putnam School Board has proposed a plan to redistrict the area that will now allow for five district seats and two at-large seats, instead of six and one.
"(We've) set this plan into motion, so that in the future we are not re-inventing the wheel," North Putnam superintendent Dan Noel said. "It was a very time-consuming process, but that's what the law says, so that's what we're going to do."
The plan is to make it so that five members of the board will come from the five new redistricted precincts:
* Russell and Clinton
* Jackson and Franklin North
* Monroe East, Monroe West and Franklin South
* Floyd West and Floyd South
* Floyd East
The other two members of the board would be restricted members at-large. Everyone in the corporation votes, but the member must reside in a specified area.
One will be from the Jackson and Floyd townships and the other from the four western townships.
The redistricting process was set in motion because the previous precincts were divided by townships.
These townships had very different populations and were not in compliance with Indiana law.
The school board districts now have relatively equal populations, but a new potential problem has emerged.
Voters elected candidates to serve full four-year teams and that has now changed.
The board was expected to have completed the redistricting process well in advance of the election on Nov. 6 so potential candidates would be able to file correctly, and voters would know the terms of the election.
Now, those who, a few weeks ago, were elected to serve for four years have had their term cut to two years.
Four of the board's seven spots were up for election -- Russell, Franklin, Monroe townships, and the lone at-large seat.
The remaining three spots -- Floyd, Jackson and Clinton townships -- were (and are) up for vote in November 2014.
Incumbent board member Mark Hoke retained his at-large seat in the election. That at-large seat is the only one from the recent election that did not have a reduced term -- it will still run from Jan. 1, 2014-Dec. 31-2017, though it will now be the Restricted West at-large seat.
The other three spots were won by people who will be new to the board -- Darrell Wiatt in Russell, Jill Summerlot in Franklin and Jim Bowling in Monroe.
Despite being elected to four-year terms (meant to run from Jan. 1, 2013-Dec. 31, 2016) those seats will now be up for re-election in November 2014.
Additionally, because Russell and Clinton (and Monroe and Franklin South) will now share a seat, there could potentially be two sets incumbent board members running against one another for the same seat.
Term limits have also changed.
At the 2014 election, the Monroe (East and West)/Franklin South district and the Floyd West/Floyd South district will be a two-year term that runs from Jan. 1, 2015-Dec. 31, 2016.
The subsequent terms will last for four years (2017-2020, 2021-2024, etc.).
The lawsuit the board is facing has been answered, but there are still some questions about the new plan.
North Putnam will hold town meetings for the next four months to explain the process, and the new voting districts, to the corporation's voters.
Beginning on Dec. 3, and running until March 21, the Noel and board members will talk with voters and listen to suggestions or questions about the changes.
Redistricting wasn't the only thing discussed at Thursday's special meeting. Robin Smith was promoted to replace Debbie Carrico as the new food service director.
Cougars run through Clovers to reach county final
North Putnam junior Jordan Nauert makes a three-point shot from the corner over Cloverdale junior Brandon Dorman.
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The ball seemed to keep going the Cougars way in their Putnam County Classic semifinal game against Cloverdale, a 66-41 win for NPHS.
The Cougars jumped out to an 8-0 lead, sparked by the hot shooting of junior Jordan Nauert and senior Jameson Brewer.
Nauert sank three three-point buckets from the corner in the opening period and tallied 13 points total before the first break.
After a brief spurt of three straight buckets for CHS, the Cougars rolled through the rest of the quarter to take a 21-6 lead.
"Any time you can make shots from the perimeter, that's going to spread things out for you a little bit," NPHS coach Nathan Martindale said. "I thought the guys were doing a nice job of finding each other; getting each other spots on the floor to be successful."
Cloverdale responded at the break, adjusting its defense to a new 1-3-1 set that took away the corner jumpers.
The Clovers opened the second quarter with a pair of threes by junior Kedrick Collet and a step-back shot from junior Kade Schroer.
"You've got to take your hats off to North Putnam," CHS coach Pat Rady said. "At times, I thought (the 1-3-1) defense worked well, but we left the shooters, (Nauert) and (Brewer) open a bit too much and if you leave those guys open, they rack them up."
The Clovers kept the defensive pressure up in the second quarter, holding NPHS to only two-of-11 shooting.
The teams entered halftime with North Putnam leading 27-20.
"I had a few choice words in the halftime locker room. I think that might have gotten them going just a little bit," Martindale said. "We were just a little passive in the first half, so in the second half we wanted to make sure we cranked it up a notch, and I thought we did that.
"I thought guys bought in and got really aggressive and that was where we got a lot of our stuff at."
The Cougars came out flat for the first four minutes of the third, allowing CHS to close the gap to 27-26.
Cloverdale's Kedrick Collet throws a pass from his knees around pressing NPHS senior Zach Green.
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A 17-four run to end the quarter erased any comeback chances the Clovers hoped to cling to.
Flynn finished with eight points on four-of-six shooting with three steals.
"(North Putnam) caused us to turn the ball over and showed us a lot of areas that we've got to work on," Rady said. "We knew this year, with things that have happened, was going to be a year in progress. We just can't panic."
The run continued into the fourth quarter for NPHS, with Brewer and senior center Jake Haste taking over the paint.
The pair shot five-of-six in the quarter, totaling 13 points.
The up-tempo, high energy game plan helped carry the Cougars to the PCC championship game on Saturday where they'll face South Putnam at 8 p.m at Greencastle High School.
"The effort was great tonight, we just have to make sure we bring it again tomorrow night," Martindale said. "We're ready to go."
Cloverdale will take on Greencastle in the PCC consolation game at 6:30 p.m.
"No game, whether it's a win or a loss, is going to determine much this early in the year," Rady said. "It's not a lot of time to correct the mistakes we made tonight, that's got to come from practice.
"You improve in practice and I think we've got to realize that and, throughout the year, practice has got to be a little bit tougher."
At Greencastle
Putnam County Classic semifinal
Cloverdale -- 6 14 10 11 -- 41
North Putnam -- 21 6 17 22 -- 66
Individual scoring
Cloverdale: Collet 7-13, 2-2, 20; Scott 4-8, 1-1, 9; Schroer 4-6, 0-0, 8; Dorman 1-11, 0-0, 2; Cupp 1-3, 0-0, 2; Cummings 1-2, 0-2, 2; Hughes 0-2, 0-0, 0.
North Putnam: Nauert 10-13, 0-0, 25; Brewer 5-11, 2-2, 14; Haste 4-8, 1-1, 9; Flynn 4-6, 0-2, 8; Green 2-11, 2-2, 6; Hazelgrove 0-2, 2-4, 2; Beaman 0-3, 0-0, 0; Herrmann 0-0, 0-0, 0.
Three-point shooting
Cloverdale: 4-16
North Putnam: 7-17
Turnovers
Cloverdale: 20
North Putnam: 17
SPHS responds, moves to PCC championship game
SPHS senior Justin Bumgardner attempts a lay-up over Greencastle senior Nick Gilliam. Bumgardner had a game-high 17 points in the PCC semifinal.
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Greencastle's response fell short and South Putnam advanced with a 58-34 win, but the second half scare left Eagles coach Troy Burgess looking for more from his team.
"(GHS is) a very good team; they're very well coached. They're not going to roll over," Burgess said. "We changed up a little bit this week after Tuesday night's game (a loss at Danville). We put our post player, (senior Ryan) Chestnut, down in the press. He's a big strong kid. If we get the ball to him he's strong enough to turn, square and find the open guy."
The Eagles opened the game with a 14-0 lead, holding Greencastle off the scoreboard for the first 6:35 of the game.
South Putnam's defense only improved in the second quarter.
"We took a lot of contested shots tonight," GHS head coach Troy Greenlee said. "Shots are hard enough when they're uncontested, but when you force things and when you don't move the ball to get open looks, it's going to be hard to shoot a high percentage."
Leading 18-five after one, the Eagles gave up an early bucket to sophomore Lane Winslow, then totally locked down the Tiger Cubs for the last six minutes of the half.
Six-foot-three junior guard-forward Trey Moore had eight points and four rebounds at halftime for the much-taller Eagles team.
"It was like we were pressing tonight, but we weren't pressuring as well as we should have," Greenlee said. "We gave them way too many opportunities at the end of the press. We'll have to look at the tape and find out exactly why.
"I don't think we were aggressive enough at the front end of the press and I don't think we did a very good job of getting back past the ball once it got past us."
Greencastle senior guard Nate Christy dribbles around South Putnam senior guard Logan Pell. Christy's four second-half threes helped keep GHS in the game, but the Eagles prevailed with a dominant 58-34 win.
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The scores allowed the much-quicker GHS team to employ a full court press, rattling the Eagles.
SPHS began missing lay-ups and the Tiger Cubs began to crawl back into contention.
"The best way to attack a press is to go try to shoot lay-ups," Burgess said. "When you press somebody, you're trying to get a turnover and speed it up. When you're playing a press offense, you want to attack and get lay-ups."
Leading 42-27 entering the fourth quarter, the Eagles missed shots began turning into free throw attempts.
SPHS made eight-of-12 shots from the line in the final period and held GHS to only three-of-14 shooting.
Eagles senior Justin Bumgardner was the games high-scorer, finishing with 17 points, including 11 in the final frame.
"We talked about this as a coaching staff: to be successful, we're going to have to press," Greenlee said. "It's something we're going to have to get better at, and tonight we learned some lessons about some things we need to do better."
South Putnam's height advantage allowed them to swing the ball around the perimeter with ease and get shots near the basket throughout the game.
"We feel like right now, that's the strength of our team," Burgess said. "We've got some big guys, strong guys inside. We've got some guys that get to the rim pretty well."
The Eagles will face North Putnam in the PCC final on Saturday at 8 p.m., but Burgess said the team would need to make improvements to get up to its potential.
"We're not too bad when we get to the rim," Burgess said. "Now we've got to be able to finish. We've got to be able to make free throws."
Greencastle faces Cloverdale in the consolation final at 6:30 p.m.
"There's definitely things we've got to get better at," Greenlee said. "We're not going to go crazy and change a bunch of stuff, we've just got to get better at what we do."
At Greencastle
Putnam County Classic semifinal
South Putnam -- 18 12 12 16 -- 58
Greencastle -- 5 2 20 7 -- 34
Individual Scoring
South Putnam: Bumgardner 5-14, 7-14, 17; Arnold 3-8, 3-4, 11; Pell 3-4, 2-5, 8; Moore 4-6, 0-0, 8; Chestnut 3-5, 2-4, 8; Franklin 3-5, 0-0, 6; Long 0-2, 0-0, 0.
Greencastle: Christy 4-13, 0-0, 12; Gilliam 2-15, 2-3, 7; Winslow 3-11, 0-0, 6; Bollman 1-5, 2-2, 4; King 0-6, 3-3, 3; Gerard 1-4, 0-2, 2; Mitchell 0-1, 0-0, 0; Foxx 0-3, 0-0, 0; Hughes 0-4, 0-0, 0.
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