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GBB: Crawfordsville claims SAC crown with victory over Frankfort

Posted on 31 January 2009 by .

 


 January 31, 2009


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Crawfordsville junior Alex Gasaway scored a team-high 20 points to lift the Athenians to the conference title.
Girls basketball

Friday

At Frankfort

Crawfordsville 59, Frankfort 35

Crawfordsville 12 15 25 7 – 59

Frankfort 11 6 8 10 – 35

Scoring:
Crawfordsville – Alex Gasaway 9-14 0-0 20, Lexi Stevens 4-5 2-3 12,
Mandi Johnson 4-10 2-2 11, Betty Elliott 4-11 1-2 9, Kylie Justus 2-8
0-0 5, Katy Conklin 1-4 0-0 2, Stephanie Wethington 0-1 0-0 0, Courtney
Hamilton 0-0 0-0 0, Sydney Brock 0-0 0-0 0, Sara Barr 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals: 25-53 4-7 59. Frankfort – Alex Thompson 5-9 7-9 17, Brittney
Warmoth 3-10 1-2 8, Brook Howe 2-11 2-5 6, Maci Webster 1-2 1-1 3,
Graham Warwick 0-0 1-1 1, Ashley Lawson 0-1 0-2 0, Megan Miller 0-1 0-0
0, Whitney Leach 0-0 0-0 0, Alex Taylor 0-0 0-0 0, Elizabeth Scott 0-0
0-0 0, Torie Foust 0-0 0-1 0, Totals: 11-34 12-20 35.

Three-point
shooting: Crawfordsville 6-13 (Gasaway 2-2, Stevens 2-3, Justus 1-4,
Johnson 1-4), Frankfort 1-6 (Warmoth 1-4, Howe 0-2)

Rebounds: Crawfordsville 32 (Elliott 8, Gasaway 7), Frankfort 35 (Thompson 9)

Fouls: Crawfordsville 20, Frankfort 12

Fouled out: Johnson C

Turnovers: Crawfordsville 23, Frankfort 33

Records: Crawfordsville 17-2 (6-0 SAC), Frankfort 10-7 (4-2 SAC)

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By Cale Stephens
For The Paper

FRANKFORT – The Athenians have another championship to celebrate.

Class
3A No. 8 Crawfordsville High School’s girls basketball team soundly
defeated Sagamore Athletic Conference rival Frankfort 59-35 to earn
their second straight outright conference championship Friday.

The Sagamore Conference crown is the Athenians’ third overall conference title.

“Winning
the conference was obviously a goal of ours,” Crawfordville coach
Darren Haas said. “Let’s face it. We’ve got bigger aspirations than
just winning the conference this year. We want to win every conference
game.”

Crawfordsville will get a chance to go 7-0 in the conference next Friday night against Western Boone.

Junior
Alex Gasaway led Crawfordsville with 20 points. Seniors Lexi Stevens
added 12 points, while senior Mandi Johnson had 11. Junior Betty
Elliott put in nine points and grabbed eight rebounds.

Gasaway was surprised to find out that she had scored as much as she did.

“I
never really know what I score,” she said. “I know Coach Haas didn’t
expect for us to blow [Frankfort] out. We worked on last-second plays
in practice because we thought the game would be that close.”

Crawfordsville
(17-2, 6-0 SAC) was slow out of the gate and didn’t hit its stride
until Johnson was saddled with two quick fouls in the first quarter.

Frankfort (10-7, 4-2 SAC) held an 11-4 lead with 3:15 to play in the opening quarter.

“We
seem to have had a lot of slow starts, this year especially,” Gasaway
said. “We’ve had trouble adjusting to the gym in the past. I don’t know
if that was it or not.”

Gasaway found her spark and she and junior Betty Elliott cut loose.

The duo scored 15 points during a 21-1 scoring run over the next 10 minutes to put the game out of reach.

“[Our
first quarter] was like the first quarter last week against Southmont,”
Haas said. “It’s like we came out and played the worst quarter ever.
Then we had one of the best quarters to follow it up. I feel like our
team goes as Alex goes many times. And Alex had a slow start tonight.
She was very lethargic. So our team was lethargic. She had a quiet
game. I would have guessed she only had 10 points.”

A 25-point third quarter by the Athenians was just the icing on the cake for their second-straight conference title.

“[Winning
the championship] takes the pressure off of us for next week,” Gasaway
said. “We will be relaxed and we play a lot better that way.”
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BB: SAC race justs gets tighter and tighter

Posted on 31 January 2009 by .

 

Mike Mcgraw

Hoosier Authority

To say the Sagamore Conference race has slowly grown toward
a climax is a major understatement. Entering February, the race is far too
close to call and all of the marquis games are still remaining.

 

After Friday night’s action, three SAC teams remain
undefeated. North Montgomery heads the list
with a 5-0 conference slate. The Chargers downed Western Boone Friday night
53-41. North Montgomery put three players in
double figures led by the 16 points of both Colin Maltsberger and D.J. Byrd.
Clay Pierce added 11 points and 10 rebounds. The loss left Western Boone
winless in the league at 0-6.

 

Danville
stands at 4-0 in league play. The warriors were scheduled out of conference Friday
versus Owen Valley,
but the game was postponed due to weather conditions in southern Indiana. Then there is Frankfort. The Hot Dogs
schedule begins their league play late in the campaign. However, they moved to
3-0 in conference Friday night by edging Crawfordsville 65-63. Frankfort senior Steve loveless exploded for
33 points and mate Troy Porter added 17. That was enough to hold off a late
rally by the Athenains.

 

The other league game saw Lebanon thump a depleted Southmont
club 65-47. That moved the much improved Tigers to 4-3 in the league and 7-7
overall. Southmont dropped to 1-4 and 5-7.

 

So, the drama has built and now the next two weeks will
deliver the big finish. None of the three contenders has yet played any of the
others. North Montgomery has just two conference games left and they are
against Danville and Frankfort. The challenge will be a big one as
the Chargers will face both on the road. North Montgomery travels to Frankfort on February 12th and to Danville on the 17th.
The Frankfort
game could have two very different looks. The Hot Dogs host Danville next Friday night. That means by the
time North Montgomery comes calling the Hot
Dogs will either be playing for an outright title or hoping to cause traffic
jam at the top of the standings. Stay tuned. It will definitely be worth the
price of admission.

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GBB: Crawfordsville remains in top ten of 3A

Posted on 26 January 2009 by .

 

It is obvious the state pollsters are not holding
Crawfordsville’s loss to Heritage Christian against the Athenians.
Crawfordsville is still ranked eighth in the 3A poll this week. The Athenians
are currently 16-2 on the campaign.

 

Here is a look at the complete poll in all classes.

CLASS 4A
1. Ben Davis (20-0) 148 (13)
2. South Bend Washington (20-0) 137 (2)
3. Terre Haute South (15-0) 120
4. Hamilton Southeastern (16-1) 105
5. Jay County (16-0) 75
6. Fishers (16-2) 71
7. Plainfield (14-1) 64
8. Mooresville (15-1) 43
9. Carmel (14-3) 32
10. Elkhart Memorial (14-3) 11
11. Jeffersonville (64-3) 9
12. Decatur Central (13-5) 2
12. Floyd Central (15-2) 2
14. Lafayette Jefferson (14-4) 1
14. Seymour (13-4) 1

CLASS 3A
1. Benton Central (16-1) 140 (9)
2. Norwell (14-1) 112 (3)
2. Fort Wayne Elmhurst (15-2) 112
4. Vincennes Lincoln (15-2) 102 (2)
5. Rushville (12-3) 73 (1)
6. Wawasee (15-3) 56
7. Evansville Memorial (14-3) 48
8. Crawfordsville (16-2) 47
9. Gibson Southern (17-1) 45
10. Owen Valley (15-2) 33
11. Plymouth (13-4) 21
12. Greensburg (15-1) 12
13. Batesville (15-1) 10
14. North Harrison (15-3) 6
15. Calumet (15-2) 5
16. Mitchell (12-3) 2
17. Hamilton Heights (14-3) 1

CLASS 2A
1. Heritage Christian (17-0) 150 (15)
2. Oak Hill (17-1) 135
3. Garrett (16-1) 106
4. Taylor (17-3) 83
5. Fort Wayne Luers (13-4) 80
6. Speedway (14-1) 72
7. Lapel (13-2) 61
8. Austin (15-4) 55
9. Winchester (13-3) 45
10. Jimtown (13-3) 18
11. Wabash (14-3) 7
12. Brownstown (10-5) 5
13. Evansville Mater Dei (11-5) 2
13. Hagerstown (13-3) 2
13. Winamac (13-4) 2
16. North Posey (13-3) 1
16. Prairie Heights (15-3) 1

CLASS A
1. Vincennes Rivet (15-1) 123 (3)
2. Barr-Reeve (14-2) 117 (3)
3. Oregon-Davis (14-2) 115 (9)
4. White River Valley (14-3) 91
5. Turkey Run (15-2) 80
6. University (14-3) 72
7. Southern Wells (13-2) 49
8. Argos (11-2) 44 (1)
9. Northeast Dubois (14-3) 41
10. New Washington (14-3) 36
11. Lafayette Central Catholic (11-7) 17
12. Fort Wayne Canterbury (11-4) 16
13. Jac-Cen-Del (12-4) 9
14. Southwestern (Shelbyville) (8-6) 4
15. Randolph Southern (13-5) 3
15. Waldron (10-7) 3
17. Crothersville (13-4) 2
18. Kouts (12-3) 1
18. Borden (9-6) 1
18. South Central Elizabeth (7-10) 1

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GBB: 2A #1 Heritage Christian rolls past 3A #6 Crawfordsville, 75-46

Posted on 20 January 2009 by .

By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor

INDIANAPOLIS – Class 2A top-ranked Heritage Christian made a serious statement Jan. 19 with a 75-46 home victory over 3A No. 6 Crawfordsville. Each team came in with 15 wins and, after a vicious nine-minute stretch over the first and second periods, it was the visitors who left stuck on that mark.

Crawfordsville senior swingman Mandi Johnson led all scorers with 22 points, while senior guard Claire Freeman paced three HC scorers in double figures with 17.

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W: Sagamore has four wrestlers rated among best in indiana

Posted on 15 January 2009 by .

 

The latest
rankings of individual wrestlers within weight class are out and the Sagamore
Conference has four wrestlers who are among the top 16 in their respective
weight classes. Interestingly, they come from four different schools within the
league.

 

Senior Nick
Beattie of Western Boone is rated 13th at 130lbs. and is followed in
14th by junior Quaye Bealmer of Tri-West.  The other two wrestlers also share a weight
class. Nick Hodges of Southmont is the highest rated Sagamore wrestler. He is second
at 189lbs… Chaz Brock of Crawfordsville is ninth in that weight class.

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W: Sagamore schools fare well in Crawfordsville Invitational

Posted on 12 January 2009 by .

 


 January 12, 2009


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Wrestling

Saturday

Athenian Eight-Way Invitational

At Crawfordsville HS

Team
scores: Westfield 238, McCutcheon 151, Southmont 165½, Crawfordsville
154½, Fountain Central 142, Seeger 105, Bishop Chatard 93, North White
89½

103 pounds

Championship: Sparky Inman WE maj. dec. Taylor Hanthorne SE 21-8

Third-place: Dylan Rogers SO dec. Clayton Hudson FC 9-6

Fifth-place: Ryan Bean CV tech. fall Brad Ball NW, 6:00

112 pounds

Championship: Briar Perkins CV dec. Dillon Scott FC 3-2

Third-place: Conlin Krebs WE maj. dec. Andrew Ciresi BC 10-0

Fifth-place: Keith Wiley NW dec. Morgan Shaffer MC 18-16

119 pounds

Championship: Brady White WE dec. Joey Engle FC 8-7

Third-place: Jory Louks MC dec. Steven Simpson SO 8-3

Fifth-place: Matt Barkley BC maj. dec. Colby Light CV 13-0

125 pounds

Championship: Jordan Hicks SE maj. dec. Parker Bankert W 15-4

Third-place: Alex Hulzar MC pin Jerry Crissinger SO, 2:22

Fifth-place: Derek Jackson FC pin Hudson Miller CV, 2:33

130 pounds

Championship: John Floor WE dec. Andrew Mitchell FC 10-6

Third-place: Winston Craft SE dec. Scott Fiddler MC 6-2

Fifth-place: Jacob Morris SO dec. A.J. Frigo NW 10-4

135 pounds:

Championship: Ethan Dale MC dec. Eli Moore FC 7-2

Third-place: Dylan Robinson SO dec. Drew Billman WE 12-5

Fifth-place: Julio Castro BC won by forfeit over Jared Allgood CV

140 pounds

Championship: Nathan Whitlow S dec. Travis Rowe NW 10-8

Third-place: Jared Wethington MC pin Tyler Smith WE, 3:47

Fifth-place: Quentin Clough FC pin Austin Blair CV 4:04

145 pounds

Championship: Nick Baker CV dec. Ryan Chism SO 9-5

Third-place: Tyler Hileman NW dec. Bryan Cohen SE 4-0

Fifth-place: Joe Sullivan BC maj. dec. Luke Schaeffer WE 22-10

152 pounds

Championship: Brock Robinson WE dec. Alex Worm SO 5-2

Third-place: Kevin Russell NW dec. Brandon Miller MC 10-7

Fifth-place: John Rogers CV maj. dec. Jake Chinn SE 14-4

160 pounds

Championship: Anthony Bill BC dec. Cheney Dale MC 8-5

Third-place: Sam Shoaf FC dec. Craig Fairley CV 2-1

Fifth-place: Josh Nichols WE dec. Cody Haslam SO 3-1

171 pounds

Championship: R.V. Peter WE dec. Tyler McCoy MC 8-3

Third-place: Scott Moore FC pin Alex Bill BC, 1:47

Fifth-place: Cole Wills SO tech. fall Brendan King CV, 6:00

189 pounds

Championship: Chaz Brock CV dec. Robert Melby WE 4-3

Third-place: Danny Guitierrez MC maj. dec. Joe Fehribach BC 9-1

Fifth-place: Ben Fuchs SO pin Jordan Allen NW, 2:00

215 pounds

Championship: Paul Parsley WE dec. Matt Sumner MC 9-7

Third-place: David Maquez NV pin Clifton Phipps SE, 1:55

Fifth-place: Taylor Minick FC dec. Kyle Sprunger BC 9-2

Hvt.

Championship: Dylan McBride CV dec. Tyler Bridge SO 8-2

Third-place: Zach Mukai SE pin Blake Ford MC, 4:19

Fifth-place: Sean McCarthy WE won by forfeit

Crawfordsville results

103:
Ryan Bean (5th); 112: Briar Perkins (1st); 119: Colby Light C (6th);
125: Hudson Miller (6th); 130: Steven Wilson (did not place); 135:
Jared Allgood (6th); 140: Austin Blair (6th); 145: Nick Baker (1st);
152: John Rogers (5th).

160: Craig Fairley (4th); 171: Brendan
King (6th); 189: Chaz Brock (1st); 215: Adam Swift (did not place);
Hvt.: Dylan McBride (1st)

Southmont results

103: Dylan
Rogers (3rd); 112: Dalton Burris (did not place); 119: Steven Simpson
(4th) 125: Jerry Crissinger (4th); 130: Jacob Morris (5th); 135: Dylan
Robinson (3rd); 140: Nathan Whitlow (1st); 145: Ryan Chism (2nd); 152:
Alex Worm (2nd).

160: Cody Haslam (6th); 171: Cole Wills (5th); 189: Ben Fuchs (5th); 215: Jesse Martin – did not place; Hvt.: Tyler Bridge (2nd)


Reprinted courtesy of:
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www.thepaper24-7.com

THE PAPER

Five
Montgomery County wrestlers won individual titles at Saturday’s
Athenian Eight-Way Invitational at Crawfordsville High School.

Westfield
won the Athenian Invitational, finishing with 238 points. McCutcheon
(151) placed second followed by county schools Southmont (165½) and
Crawfordsville (154½).

Crawfordsville had four individual
champions, including sophomore Briar Perkins (112 pounds), senior Nick
Baker (145), senior Chaz Brock (189) and junior Dylan McBride (Hvt.).

Perkins
and Brock each only have two losses this season. Perkins picked up a
3-2 decision over Fountain Central’s Dillon Scott in their championship
match, while Brock earned a 4-3 decision over the Mustangs’ Robert
Melby.

Baker and McBride each defeated Southmont opponents in their title matches.

Baker
scored a 9-5 decision over Mounties’ senior Ryan Chism in their
145-pound title match. McBride earned an 8-2 decision over senior Tyler
Bridge.

Southmont had only one champion – junior Nathan
Whitlow. He earned a 10-8 decision over North White’s Travis Rowe in
the 140-pound title match..
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BB: North Montgomery makes it three Sugar Creek titles in a row

Posted on 12 January 2009 by .

 


 January 12, 2009

 
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North Montgomery’s boys basketball team won their third-straight Boys’ Sugar Creek Classic title Saturday night.

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North Montgomery senior D.J. Byrd scored a game-high 34 points in the Chargers’ title-game win.
Boys basketball

Saturday

Sugar Creek Classic

At Southmont HS

Championship game

North Montgomery 65, Crawfordsville 48

Crawfordsville 5 13 19 11 – 48

North Montgomery 13 16 20 16 – 65

Scoring:
Crawfordsville – Quinten Anderson 0-3 0-0 0, Nolan Harris 2-5 0-0 5,
Jordan Boykin 6-10 1-3 11, Tyler Whittington 2-6 5-6 11, Trent Crabtree
2-7 1-2 7, Caleb Rasmussen 1-3 1-1 3, Brett McKinney 1-2 0-0 2, Klajdi
Osmani 0-2 0-0 0, Michael Demeter 2-3 0-0 5, Evan Morgan 1-2 2-2 4,
Brad Wethington 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 17-43 10-14 48. North Montgomery –
Clay Pierce 4-10 1-2 10, Colin Maltsberger 3-7 1-6 8, Kal Airey 0-1 0-0
0, D.J. Byrd 15-23 0-0 34, Kyle Kingma 2-2 0-0 4, Jake Thomas 1-3 0-0
2, Austin Krutzsch 1-1 0-0 2, Andrew Airey 2-6 0-0 5, Jordan Galloway
0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 28-53 2-8 65.

Three-point shooting:
Crawfordsville 3-10 (Anderson 0-1, Whittington 1-2, Crabtree 2-4,
McKinney 0-1, Osmani 0-1, Demeter 1-1), North Montgomery 7-17 (Pierce
1-2, Maltsberger 1-3, Byrd 4-10, A. Airey 1-2)

Rebounds: Crawfordsville 26 (Boykin 7), North Montgomery 31 (Byrd 10, Pierce 6)

Fouls: Crawfordsville 17, North Montgomery 18

Turnovers: Crawfordsville 20, North Montgomery 9

Records: North Montgomery 8-3, Crawfordsville 4-5


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By John Groth
Sports Editor

NEW MARKET – D.J. Byrd kept county-rival Crawfordsville off guard.

North
Montgomery High School’s senior standout took control of the Sugar
Creek Classic with his off-the-ball movement, dashing past defenders
and darting around screens.

Now, they’ve got their three-peat and Byrd earned his, too.

Byrd
scored a game-high 34 points, including 21 in the second half, to lift
North Montgomery to a 65-48 victory over county- and Sagamore Athletic
Conference rival Crawfordsville in the third-annual Boys’ Sugar Creek
Classic championship game at Southmont.

North Montgomery has won all three Sugar Creek Classic titles and has yet to lose a game in the tournament.

“I’ve
been working on moving without the ball all week, making myself more
versatile and keeping defenders guessing so that the defense doesn’t
know what to do. That’s the best way to play as an offensive player,”
said Byrd, who was named the Sugar Creek Classic’s MVP for the third
consecutive year. “It’s a good achievement. We want to win
championships, no matter what it is. That’s what we did tonight.”

It’s
the second straight year North Montgomery (8-3) defeated Crawfordsville
(4-5) in the Sugar Creek Classic title game and the Chargers’ seventh
consecutive victory over the Athenians overall.

The win was also Chargers’ coach Scott Radeker’s 100th career victory during his eight-year tenure at the school.

“I
told assistant coach [Ken] Hampton, we have a chance to get to 100
tonight, not just me,” Radeker said. “It’s all due to the great players
we’ve had here.”

Although Byrd didn’t top his career- and Sugar
Creek Classic high of 41 set in last year’s title game, he was every
bit as dominant.

Byrd scored from inside and outside, working the post in the first half and then burying three-pointers in the second half.

After
scoring 13 points and picking up three fouls – including a technical
with 1:56 remaining in the second quarter – Byrd was sent to the bench
by Radeker to settle down.

His anger dissipated but his shot stayed hot.

Byrd scored 11 of North Montgomery’s first 13 third-quarter points to keep the Chargers up by double-digits.

Byrd finished 15-of-23 from the field and hit 4-of-10 thee-point attempts.

“I
told him to keep his mouth shut and play,” Radeker said. “He caught the
ball of offensive screens and did a good job passing the ball in a
timely fashion.”

North Montgomery senior Clay Pierce (10 points)
and senior Colin Maltsberger (eight points) joined Byrd on the Sugar
Creek Classic All-Tournament team, along with Crawfordsville senior
Jordan Boykin (11 points), Southmont sophomore Trent Murray and Western
Boone senior Aaron Vaughn.

Crawfordsville coach John Blackwell, meanwhile, was frustrated.

After
dominating the rebounding battle and controlling the paint in a Friday
semifinal game against Southmont, the Mounties lost both areas Saturday
night.

They also struggled with turnovers. Halfway through the
second quarter, the Athenians had more turnovers than field goal
attempts.

They finished with 20 turnovers overall, with 13 coming in the first half.

Blackwell took all his starters and put five back-ups in to start the third quarter.

They went on an 8-4 run, but Byrd’s threes widened the gap up again.

“I
was just trying to win the game,” Blackwell said. “The guys on the
floor weren’t getting it done. I didn’t feel like we had a chance with
the way we were playing and with the guys we were playing.”

North
Montgomery next plays Friday at conference rival Danville, while
Crawfordsville travels to North Vermillion for a Saturday night game.

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FB: Ryker steps down as Crawfordsville football coach

Posted on 11 January 2009 by .

 

It is difficult to step away from a job you love.
Nonetheless, that is the position Crawfordsville football coach Rex Ryker has
found himself in. Ryker has resigned as the head coach of the Athenians to
pursue an administrative position.

 

He will be remembered as the man who resurrected Athenian
football. Crawfordsville had won only seven games in eight seasons before Ricer’s
arrival in 2003. The Athenians have since established themselves as a force
within the Sagamore Conference. Ryker led Crawfordsville to seven win seasons
twice in his tenure at the school, in 2005 and again in 2007.

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BB: Sugar Creek Classic: North Montgomery and Crawfordsville advance to final

Posted on 10 January 2009 by .

By Jeff Hodge
Contributing Writer

CRAWFORDSVILLE – North Montgomery had to go overtime to post a 50-44 defeat of Western Boone, while Crawfordsville coasted in the second half of its 64-53 victory over host Southmont Jan.9 in the opening round of the Sugar Creek Classic.

Following is a review of each game ahead of the Jan. 10 championship and consolation games.

Game 1: North Montgomery 50, Western Boone 44 (OT)
Western Boone blanketed and harassed Purdue-bound D.J. Byrd the entire first half of the opener and seemed to be doing a great job of taking him out of the game. The effort gave the Stars a great chance to pull off an upset in the third annual tourney.

But the 6’5” Byrd seemed to finally snap out of his funk with 3:29 remaining in the third quarter and the Chargers trailing 26-23. Byrd and Western Boone’s Trevin Poole became entangled, resulting in a double foul and Byrd going to the bench for about 30 seconds.

Upon returning to the game, Byrd scored six points and assisted on another basket to help the Chargers end the third quarter with a 31-28 lead. Yet Western Boone responded by hitting back- to-back 3-pointers by sophomore Brandon Burtner and senior guard Aaron Vaughn to take a 34-31 lead with six minutes remaining in the game.

Neither team was able to get more than a four-point lead in the fourth quarter. With North Montgomery clinging to a 42-39 lead, Poole forced overtime by knocking down a three with 1.2 seconds remaining.
 
The Chargers were able to prevail in the overtime by limiting Western Boone to only two free throws in the fourth-minute extra session. Byrd led all scorers with 27 points, while Vaughn led the way for Western Boone with 19.

The Chargers got outrebounded in falling behind early. .
“It was intense out there,” said eighth-year North Montgomery coach Scott Radeker. “I think back to all the games we have played with them, and it always seems like this.

“They’re ****, a little bit. They get after you, and they are scrappy.”

North Montgomery (7-3) scrambled all night with Western Boone (4-5), falling behind 7-0 in the first 2:23 of the game and trailing 14-12 after one. The second quarter was rather **** as both teams misfired repeatedly, and the Stars still held a 23-21 halftime lead.

Byrd paced the Chargers with eight first-half points, while the Stars were led by Vaughn’s 13.

North Montgomery advances to the tourney’s championship game Saturday night against Crawfordsville, a 64-53 winner over Southmont.

Game 2: Crawfordsville 64, Southmont 53
Led by senior Jordan Boykin, Crawfordsville (4-4) owned the floor in the second half as the Athenians advanced with an 11-point conquest of the host Mounties (3-4). The C-ville senior center scored 16 of his game-best 22 points after intermission.

“He set the tone for himself,” said first-year Athenians coach John Blackwell, not at all happy with his team’s play after a first half in which Crawfordsville trailed 30-29. “He had the floor in the locker room before I got there myself.

“I was really, really pleased that he showed that kind of leadership.”

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GBB: Crawfordsville escapes upset bid of Lafayette CC

Posted on 06 January 2009 by .

 


 January 06, 2009


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Crawfordsville junior Alex Gasaway makes a no-look pass to senior Betty Elliott.

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Crawfordsville senior Mandi Johnson was honored before Monday’s game
against Lafayette Central Catholic and was presented the game ball from
this past Saturday, when she scored her 1,000th-career point against
West Lafayette Harrison.
Girls basketball

Monday

At Crawfordsville

Crawfordsville 42,

Lafayette Central Catholic 39

Lafayette Central Catholic 11 9 7 12 – 39

Crawfordsville 11 15 5 11 – 42

Scoring:
Lafayette Central Catholic – Kinsey Arnold 2-6 0-0 6, Jessica Murphy
2-7 1-1 5, Molly King 2-5 6-8 10, Olivia Walker 2-11 2-2 8, Sarah Burks
3-10 2-2 8, Sami Gruse 0-2 0-0 0, Katy Crowe 0-0 0-0 0, Ashley Adams
0-1 1-2 1, Brittany Adams 0-0 1-2 1. Totals: 11-42 13-17 39.
Crawfordsville – Lexi Stevens 1-5 2-4 5, Kylie Justus 1-4 4-4 6, Haley
Grundy 1-2 1-3 3, Mandi Johnson 6-18 4-6 16, Alex Gasaway 5-12 0-0 10,
Katy Conklin 0-0 0-2 0, Betty Elliott 1-4 0-0 2, Stephanie Wethington
0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 15-45 11-19 42.

Three-point shooting:
Lafayette Central Catholic 4-12 (Arnold 2-6, Walker 2-4, Burks 0-1,
Adams 0-1), Crawfordsville 1-9 (Stevens 1-4, Justus 0-3, Johnson 0-1,
Gasaway 0-1)

Rebounds: Lafayette Central Catholic 35 (Burks 7, Arnold 6, King 5), Crawfordsville 33 (Johnson 10, Elliott 7)

Fouls: Lafayette Central Catholic 17, Crawfordsville 16

Turnovers: Lafayette Central Catholic 23, Crawfordsville 16

Records: Crawfordsville 13-1, Lafayette Central Catholic 7-5

Reprinted courtesy of:
The Paper of Montgomery County
www.thepaper24-7.com

By John Groth
Sports Editor

Crawfordsville’s tentative fourth-quarter play nearly cost them Monday night.

They could have likely said goodbye to their top-10 ranking and had to deal with an extremely disappointing defeat.

But when the Athenians’ girls basketball team needed a game-saving play, their big three came up with the heroics.

Class
3A No. 6 Crawfordsville survived a second-half comeback, getting nine
fourth-quarter points from seniors Mandi Johnson and Lexi Stevens and a
key block by junior Alex Gasaway in the final seconds for a 42-39 win
over visiting Lafayette Central Catholic.

“We’ve won close
games against Danville and now Lafayette Central Catholic,”
Crawfordsville coach Darren Haas said. “The girls are having to handle
a little more of the pressure. I think it’s a good thing. We’re not
taking care of the ball. We didn’t aggressively go to the basket. We
had a lot of tentative play. Unfortunately, tentative play doesn’t lead
to anything good.”

For the second time in four games, the Athenians (13-1) let a double-digit second-half lead disappear.

Two weeks ago, Crawfordsville fell apart against Class 3A No. 3 Benton Central and ended up with its first loss.

But Monday night, the Athenians hung on for the win with defense.

Leading 39-29 with 5:20 left in the fourth quarter, Crawfordsville looked like it had sealed this game up.

Johnson,
who finished with a game-high 16 points, had scored six of the
Athenians’ first eight fourth-quarter points, and in turn, had helped
push their lead to ouble-digits for the first time.

Instead, Crawfordsville’s offense became hesitant.

Lafayette
Central Catholic (7-5) forced Crawfordsville into two straight
turnovers, scoring off both. Senior Kinsey Arnold and sophomore Olivia
Walker hit back-to-back three-pointers to cut lead to just 39-35 with
3:03 to play.

Sophomore Molly King added two free throws and the lead was just two with 2:35 remaining.

After both teams traded baskets, the Knights had a chance to tie the game with under a minute left.

That’s when the Athenians’ defense recovered.

Stevens
tied up a Lafayette Central Catholic player and forced a jump ball,
with the possession arrow giving the ball back to Crawfordsville with
50.6 seconds left.

Then, with 20.7 seconds left, she hit the first of two free throws to give Crawfordsville a 42-39 edge.

Lafayette Central Catholic still had one last chance.

Senior
Sarah Burks missed a three-pointer with eight seconds left. Walker
grabbed the rebound and tried to launch a three from the right wing.

But Gasaway (10 points) blocked the shot and the ball was left bouncing on the court as time expired.

Crawfordsville forced 23 turnovers, none bigger than Stevens’ late fourth-quarter tie-up.

Her heads-up play resulted in a jump ball and gave the Athenians’ a possession when they needed one.

“We
changed our defense and did a few more traps,” said Johnson, who went
only 6-of-18 from the field. “As a team, we knew the game was close and
defensively we had to pick it up and that’s what we did.”

King
led the Knights with 10 points, while Burks added eight. Lafayette
Central Catholic had won six straight games before Monday night’s loss.

Crawfordsville struggled with its shooting from all areas.

The
Athenians went just 15-of-45 (33.3 percent) from the field, made only
11 of 19 free-throw attempts (57.9 percent) and hit just 1-of-9 (11.1
percent) shots from three-point range.

But what frustrated Haas the most was the number of missed short inside shots.

After
the Athenians missed their third straight lay-up in a two-minute span
late in the fourth quarter, he slammed his clipboard down on the court
in frustration.

Crawfordsville next plays Sagamore Athletic Conference rival Tri-West on Thursday and Haas hopes they clear up the problem.

“We’re
getting the shots we want. We just keep missing them,” Haas said. “If I
knew the problem, this wouldn’t be happening. Maybe I should just
ignore it and say ‘we’re not shooting anymore lay-ups in practice.’ Do
a little reverse psychology.”
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