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GBB SECT. 25: 3A #6 Crawfordsville puts away North Montgomery, 57-39

Posted on 13 February 2009 by .

By Mike McGraw
Executive Director

THORNTOWN – Crawfordsville’s 57-39 victory Feb. 13 over North Montgomery did more than just advance the Class 3A sixth-ranked Athenians (20-2) into the championship game of Sectional 25 at Western Boone. It may have finally vanquished some very nasty demons.

Crawfordsville has been a very talented squad ever since seniors Mandi Johnson and Lexi Stevens arrived on the scene as freshmen. However, they have never won a sectional title. The reasons have varied, but the result has always been a disappointing ending to otherwise great seasons.

The demons surfaced again early in the fourth quarter of Friday’s game. North Montgomery was playing, arguably, its best game of the season. The Chargers had erased a nine-point halftime deficit and tied the game at 34 with a little over six minutes left to play.

Bad memories were hanging over the gymnasium like an eerie fog. It was, as they say, gut-check time.

It was then the Athenians, and their talented seniors, rose up and to slay far more than their Montgomery County neighbors. The sequence of events is definitely worth relating:

Johnson hit a jumper from the corner to put Crawfordsville back into the lead. Alex Gasaway created a steal and finished with a breakaway layup. Stevens stole the ball and hit two free throws at the other end. Betty Elliot got a steal, and Johnson turned it into two points. Stevens got another steal.

In less than two minutes, Crawfordsville ran off 12 unanswered points, removed all doubt as to the outcome of the game, and dispelled the demons from the premises.

The rest of the game was “The Lexi Stevens Show.” The Athenians’ emotional leader controlled the ball and drained 7 of 8 free throws down the stretch as Crawfordsville turned on the afterburners. It was a 23-5 onslaught over the final six minutes that produced the highly deceptive final score.

Johnson and Stevens combined to score 42 of Crawfordsville’s 57 points. Johnson led all scorers with 28 points on a sizzling 13-of-21 performance from the field. Stevens added 14, nine of them in the final quarter.

Nicole Kingma led the gallant Chargers (10-11) with 10 points.

Crawfordsville, which finished as Sagamore Conference champion at 7-0, had beaten North Montgomery twice earlier in the season: 56-37 in the Sugar Creek Classic on this floor Nov. 22, then again 62-41 at North Montgomery Dec. 19.

The victory sets up a showdown with Danville, a 54-26 winner over Southmont, in the title game.

In the night’s opening semifinal, Danville (10-10) advanced in far less-dramatic fashion as the Warriors downed Southmont 54-26 behind a dominating defensive effort. Danville held the Mounties to just one first-quarter field goal and eight first-half points in building a 15-point cushion at halftime.

The catalyst in that performance was senior point guard Molly Stewart. The 5’1” Stewart was, simply stated, a pest all over the court in the first half. She harassed Southmont ballhandlers, contested outlet passes on every Mounties rebound, ran the offense flawlessly at the Danville end, and generally made life miserable for Southmont.

The Mounties (10-11) did their best to mount a charge in the third quarter, but they simply could not cash in on their opportunities. (Southmont suffered through a dismal shooting performance the entire evening.) The lead was 16 at the end of three stanzas, and Danville capitalized on the necessary defensive risks the Mounties took in the fourth quarter

Liz Scott led Danville with 15 points, while Stewart added 11 points, five assists, and four rebounds. Elizabeth Sparks led Southmont, and all scorers, with 12 markers.

Crawfordsville, which also owns a pair of previous victories over Danville (54-42 at the Zionsville Tournament Dec. 29, then again two weeks later 60-41 at Danville), will be favored by three touchdowns in their third meeting, according to the Sagarin power ratings.

Hoosier Authority spoke with Crawfordsville Coach Darren Haas and with Danville’s Stewart after the games. Their comments are in the video players on this page!

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GBB: Crawfordsville downs Western Boone in sectional play

Posted on 12 February 2009 by .


February 12, 2009


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The Paper photo by Lori Poteet
Crawfordsville junior Alex Gasaway tied for a team-high with 17 points in Tuesday’s sectional win.

The Paper photo by Lori Poteet
Crawfordsville senior Mandi Johnson scored 17 points and became the Athenians’ all-time scoring leader.
Girls basketball

Tuesday

IHSAA Western Boone Sectional 25

First round

At Western Boone

Game 2

Crawfordsville 67, Western Boone 47

Crawfordsville 15 16 12 24 – 67

Western Boone 4 11 12 20 – 47

Scoring:
Crawfordsville – Lexi Stevens 4-5 2-2 11, Kylie Justus 5-8 0-0 12,
Mandi Johnson 3-9 11-12 17, Alex Gasaway 6-13 4-5 17, Betty Elliott 3-5
0-0 6, Haley Grundy 0-0 0-0 0, Katy Conklin 1-1 0-0 2, Stephanie
Wethington 0-0 0-0 0, Olivia Stevens 1-1 0-1 2, Courtney Hamilton 0-0
0-0 0, Sydney Brock 0-0 0-0 0, Amber Johnson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 23-42
17-19 67. Western Boone – Katie Brewer 3-12 0-0 8, Brandy Woody 7-19
5-7 21, Kara Jones 1-1 0-0 2, Lindsey Woody 0-7 3-4 3, Adrianne
Bramblett 2-5 2-2 6, Presley Roy 1-3 1-2 4, Courtney Scott 0-1 0-0 0,
Sara Brewer 1-4 0-0 3, Kelsie Mitchell 0-0 0-0 0, Hanna Hildebrandt 0-1
0-0 0, Tatum Lee 0-0 0-0 0, Laine Bennington 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 15-54
11-15 47.

Three-point shooting: Crawfordsville 4-13 (Stevens
1-2, Justus 2-5, Johnson 0-2, Gasaway 1-4), Western Boone 6-22 (K.
Brewer 2-8, B. Woody 2-8, L. Woody 0-1, Roy 1-3, S. Brewer 1-4,
Hildebrandt 0-1)

Rebounds: Crawfordsville 37 (Gasaway 11, Johnson 9, Elliott 7), Western Boone 24 (B. Woody 5, L. Woody 5)

Fouls: Crawfordsville 14, Western Boone 21

Fouled out: B. Woody WB

Turnovers: Crawfordsville 19, Western Boone 16

Records: Crawfordsville 19-2, Western Boone 10-10

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

By John Groth
Sports Editor

DOVER – Darren Haas nearly kept Mandi Johnson on the bench for the entire third quarter.

After
his star senior forward started with a flat first half,
Crawfordsville’s girls basketball coach took her out and thought he’d
let her stew for awhile. The rest of his team was rolling along.

Midway through the period, she convinced him to change his mind.

Johnson took off her warm-up pants and told Haas she wanted to play.

She
found her inner aggressiveness, then wrapped up Crawfordsville’s
all-time career scoring mark and helped the Athenians move on in the
Indiana High School Athletic Association Western Boone Sectional.

Johnson
became Crawfordsville’s all time-career scoring leader with a
third-quarter free throw and she and junior Alex Gasaway tied for
team-high scoring honors with 17 points, as Class 3A No. 6
Crawfordsville routed Sagamore Athletic Conference rival Western Boone
67-47 in a first-round sectional win.

Johnson made only three
of nine shots but did most of her damage from the free-throw line,
hitting 11 of 12 attempts – all of which came in the second half. She
scored 13 of her 17 points in the final two quarters.

“Finally,”
said Johnson, who broke 1993 graduate Kari Fruits’ career mark of 1,132
points to climb atop Crawfordsville’s all-time scoring list. Johnson
entered the game six points from breaking Fruits’ mark and now has
1,144 total points. “My free throws were on and I was hitting them.
That was a good thing. I’m not sure if it sunk in yet. I feel
privileged to be able to do that. I’m very excited. It’s an honor,
really.”

Crawfordsville (19-2), which broke its single-season
school record for wins, advances to Friday’s sectional semifinals where
the Athenians will play county- and conference rival North Montgomery.

Crawfordsville
has played North Montgomery (10-10) twice this season, winning both
games – a 56-37 victory in the Nov. 22 Girls’ Sugar Creek Classic
championship game and 62-41 victory in a Dec. 19 regular-season meeting.

They’ll look to take care of them for a third time, just like they did Western Boone.

Keyed
by another hot-shooting and defensive-minded first quarter,
Crawfordsville disposed of Western Boone in a second consecutive
double-digit blowout.

Crawfordsville outscored Western Boone
15-4 in the first quarter, holding the Stars to just 1-of-9 shooting
and forcing them into seven turnovers.

It was the second
straight game the Athenians held the Stars to single digits in the
first quarter, after holding them to 0-of-13 shooting and two points
last Friday night.

Crawfordsville went on an 8-0 run to end
the first quarter and added another two points to start the second
quarter to build a 17-4 lead.

Gasaway scored five of the 10 points during the run, hitting a three-pointer and scoring off a put-back basket.

Junior Kylie Justus added a three and Johnson scored off a put-back.

The Athenians never let their lead drop to less than 10 points the rest of the game.

“Mentally, we came out with the attitude that no one can stop us,” Johnson said. “That’s what we went out and tried to do.”

Crawfordsville dominated the rebounding battle, finishing with 37 compared to Western Boone’s 24.

Gasaway had 11 of those for her third double-double in the team’s last four games, while Johnson added eight.

The
Athenians also kept Stars’ junior Brandy Woody from beating them,
keeping senior guard Lexi Stevens and junior guard Kylie Justus around
her throughout the game.

Although Woody scored a game-high 21
points, she hit just 7-of-19 field-goal attempts. Western Boone didn’t
have another player finish in double figures.

“Western Boone
is a team I have a lot of respect for because they do such a great job
because of Brandy Woody,” Haas said. “We tried to make them do things
they don’t want to do.”

Justus (12 points) and Stevens (11 points) did just as much offensively as they did defensively.

They combined for 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting and hit three of the Athenians’ four three-pointers.

Justus echoed Haas idea that their team defense was key.

“We
tried to keep control and not let them go where they want to go,” she
said. “We tried to keep them in one spot and keep control of our
defense. We worked together as a team.”

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GSW: Crawfordsville garners another sectional crown

Posted on 09 February 2009 by .

 


 February 09, 2009


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The Paper photo by Lori Poteet
Crawfordsville High School’s girls’ swim team members dunk coach Mark
Hesse into the pool after winning their seventh-straight IHSAA
sectional meet.

The Paper photo illustration by Lori Poteet
Southmont senior Hilary Mishler (top), CHS junior Missy Robinson
(bottom) and North Montgomery senior Emily McIlrath each set records
Saturday.
Girls swimming

IHSAA Crawfordsville Sectional

Championships

At Crawfordsville HS

Team
scores: Crawfordsville 295, Greencastle 235, Southmont 185, North
Montgomery 166, Western Boone 97, Fountain Central 90, Seeger 78, South
Putnam 77, South Vermillion 76, North Putnam 50, Attica 14, North
Vermillion 12

**The first-place team, along with the winner of
each event and any swimmers with additional State cut times advance to
the IHSAA State finals**

200 medley relay: 1:50.69**
Crawfordsville (Shelby Conrad, Missy Robinson, Victoria Fairfield,
Becca Howland); 2. 1:52.43* Greencastle (Murtagh, Terry, Ball,
Collins); 3. 1:57.23 Southmont (Victoria Burkhart, Hilary Mishler, Abby
Dove, April Detro); 4. 2:01.27 North Montgomery (Lakyn Riley, Emily
McIlrath, Jana Amstutz, Erin Redmaster); 5. 2:06.66 Fountain Central
(Sheldon, N. Lowe, McGrady, J. Lowe); 6. 2:10.85 South Putnam (New,
York, Sherwood, Lund).

Consolation: 7. 2:12.82 North Putnam
(Smith, Werner, Wilcox, Harper); 8. 2:13.40 South Vermillion (Benson,
Roberts, N. Draper, Hamke); 9. 2:14.75 Western Boone (J. Long, Paul, B.
Long, Zimmerman); 10. 2:26.29 North Vermillion (Denton, Poynter, H.
Chew, Rudolph).

** = Sectional record and State cutoff time

* = State cutoff time

200
freestyle: 2:00.58 Victoria Fairfield CR; 2. 2:03.74 Erika Collins G;
3. 2:07.71 Morgan Terry G; 4. 2:07.99 Abby Dove SM; 5. 2:11.36 Abigail
Emmert WB; 6. 2:14.27 Kelly Thompson NM.

Consolation: 7. 2:17.62
Meghan McGee WB; 8. 2:18.69 Lyndi Hollis SE; 9. 2:21.01 Cassie Brainard
CR; 10. 2:21.23 Sara Culler G; 11. 2:23.02 Holley Smith SV: 12. 2:24.76
Elizabeth Guinter CR.

200 IM: 2:07.84** Hilary Mishler SM; 2.
2:10.54* Missy Robinson CR; 3. 2:18.92 Sarah Robertson CR; 4. 2:30.77
Holly Hunt CR; 5. 2:31.59 Victoria Burkhart SM; 6. 2:32.57 Caitlin
Gannaway G.

Consolation: 7. 2:28.17 Jana Amstutz NM; 2.
2:32.21 Emily Jarvis SM; 9. 2:33.84 Natasha Aring G; 10. 2:45.79
Jessica Long WB: 11. 2:47.05 Michelle Harper NP; 12. 2:53.20 Bailey
McGrady FC.

** = Sectional record and State cutoff time

50
freestyle: :24.97 Melissa Ball G; 2. :25.71 Becca Howland CR; 3. :25.98
April Detro SM; 4. :26.02 Blaire Kinslow WB: 5. :26.36 Jennifer Haddock
SE: 6. :27.26 Sydney Terry G.

Consolation: 7.:26.47 Katherine
Wilcox NP; 8. :26.73 Taylor Simpson NM; 9. :26.85 Melanie Bittles G;
10. :27.26 Erin Redmaster NM; 11. :28.26 Lakyn Riley NM; 12. :28.52
Amanda Lund SP.

Diving: 314.05 Bekah Simmons CR; 2. 278.00
Calli Patton CR; 3. 273.70 Mercedees Leister SV: 4. 251.20 Samantha
Morgan CR; 5. 235.15 Terryn Randolph SV; 6. 229.95 Allysia Lollar SP;
7. 226.20 Alli Hudson NM: 8. 217.35 Alexa Sears WB; 9. 216.35 Julie
Lowe FC; 10. 213.95 Samantha Means FC; 11. 212.05 Lainey Poor G; 12.
182.85 Kaitlyn Brooks SE.

100 butterfly: :58.18 Victoria
Fairfield* CR; 2. :58.92* Emily McIlrath NM; 3. 1:04.92 Melanie Bittles
G; 4. 1:05.61 Abby Dove SM; 5. 1:06.80 Kelly Menzel CR; 6. 1:07.26 Jana
Amstutz NM.

Consolation: 7. 1:08.66 Natasha Aring G; 8. 1:12.95
Annie Stewart CR; 9. 1:13.27 Cassie Parker SM; 10. 1:15.45 Kate
Sherwood SP; 11. 1:15.91 McKenzie Taylor SE; 12. 1:21.46 Natalie Draper
SV.

* = State cutoff time

100 freestyle: :54.12 Kelsey
Murtagh G; 2. :56.08 Melissa Bal G: 3. :57.45 Blaire Kinslow WB; 4.
:57.49 April Detro SM; 5. :59.96 Katherine Wilcox NP; 6. 1:02.66 Sydney
Terry G.

Consolation: 7. :59.42 Jennifer Haddock SE: 8.
1:00.24 Taylor Simpson NM; 9. 1:00.52 Erin Redmaster NM; 10. 1:01.33
Nikki Lowe FC: 11. 1:02.62 Cassie Brainard CR; 12. 1:04.77 Laura Draper
SV.

500 freestyle: 5:27.35 Becca Howland CR: 2. 5:37.94 Morgan
Terry G; 3. 5:42.31 Shelby Conrad CR; 4. 5:55.97 Abigail Emmert WB; 5.
6:07.51 Kelly Thompson NM; 6. 6:10.68 Emily Jarvis SM.

Consolation:
7. 6:08.18 Lyndi Hollis SE; 8. 6:11.94 Kelly Menzel CR; 9. 6:13.96
Lainey Poor G; 10. 6:25.66 Sara Culler G; 11. 6:26.55 Meghan McGee WB;
12. 6:33.82 Holley Smith SV.

200 freestyle relay: 1:41.61***
Crawfordsville (Becca Howland, Sarah Robertson, Victoria Fairfield,
Missy Robinson); 2. 1:43.55 Greencastle (Murtagh, Collins, Gannaway,
Ball); 3. 1:49.07 North Montgomery (E. Redmaster, Thompson, Amstutz,
Simpson); 4. 1:53.76 Seeger (Hollis, Tarter, Taylor, Haddock); 5.
1:55.42 South Putnam (Vance, Sherwood, Arnold, Lund); 6. 1:57.45
Fountain Central (J. Lowe, Wilson, Sheldon, N. Lowe)

Consolation:
7. 1:57.05 Southmont (Rachel Reffett, Kelsey Bowman, Cassie Parker,
Jarvis); 8. 1:58.38 South Vermillion (Hamke, L. Draper, N. Draper,
Hire); 9. 2:01.80 North Putnam (Smith, Werner, Harper, Wilcox); 10.
2:02.87 North Vermillion (H. Chew, Jones, Denton, Rudolph); 11. 2:10.31
Attica (Holtkamp, Bossaer, Fisher, Broadwater).

*** = Ties pool and sectional record

100
backstroke: :56.68* Hilary Mishler SM; 2. :56.83* Kelsey Murtagh G; 3.
1:03.73 Erika Collins G; 4. 1:03.75 Shelby Conrad CR; 5. 1:07.85 Holly
Hunt CR: 6. 1:09.28 Victoria Burkhart SM.

Consolation: 7.
1:11.99 Lakyn Riley NM; 8. 1:13.23 Mackenzie Sheldon FC: 9. 1:13.57
Elizabeth Guinter CR; 10. 1:15.83 Sarah New SP; 11. 1:16.19 Jessica
Long WB; 12. 1:16.83 Briana Smith NP.

* = State cutoff time

100
breaststroke: 1:03.80**** Missy Robinson CR; 2. 1:05.44* Emily McIlrath
NM; 3. 1:10.51 Nikki Lowe FC: 4. 1:10.69 Sarah Robertson CR; 5. 1:17.64
Dusty VanHyfte SE; 6. 1:18.82 Caitlin Gannaway G.

Consolation:
7. 1:20.54 Katellyn Roberts SV; 8. 1:20.55 Jessica York SP; 9. 1:22.43
Julie Lowe FC; 10. 1:22.59 Shaley Furr CR; 11. 1:22.92 Alexandra
Hegedus WB; 12. 1:23.69 Kelsey Bowman SM.

**** = School, pool and sectional record and State cutoff time

* = State cutoff time

400
freestyle relay: 3:51.45 Southmont (Victoria Burkhart, April Detro,
Abby Dove, Hilary Mishler); 2. 4:02.89 North Montgomery (Simpson,
Thompson, L. Riley, McIlrath); 3. 4:07.70 Western Boone (McGee, J.
Long, Emmert, Kinslow); 4. 4:25.14 South Vermillion (Smith, Hire,
Shafer, L. Draper); 5. 4:26.04 Fountain Central (Wilson, Howard,
Sheldon, McGrady); 6. 4:33.40 South Putnam (Vance, Sherwood, Lund,
Arnold).

Consolation: 7. 4:35.28 Seeger (Hollis, Hultquist,
Taylor, Tarter); 8. 5:01.23 Attica (Holtkamp, Fisher, Bossaer,
Broadwater); 9. 5:13.41 North Putnam (Greeson, Novak, Kaufman,
Johnson).


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

By John Groth
Sports Editor

Sitting on a small pink and gray cooler, Mark Hesse watched Crawfordsville High School’s girls swim team celebrate.

His
hands covering his mouth, the Athenians’ swim coach still looked
incredulous at Crawfordsville’s latest Indiana High School Athletic
Association (IHSAA) sectional accomplishment.

What was
expected to be a close IHSAA Crawfordsville Sectional meet turned into
the Athenians’ record-breaking and dominating show Saturday afternoon.

The
Athenians won seven of 12 events, set three sectional records and won
their seventh-straight IHSAA Crawfordsville Sectional crown.

Crawfordsville scored 295 points, outdistancing runner-up Greencastle by 60, and never let its momentum slow down.

“I
was taking it all in,” said Hesse, who was named Coach of the Meet.
“You have an idea as a coach of what they’re capable of. You play out
scenarios. You play out the best case and the worst case in your head.
You see the girls every day. You have an idea but you never know if it
will come together. Everyone, all the girls – swimmers and divers –
they came to together and they erformed like champions.”

Crawfordsville’s run started with the meet’s opening event.

Its
200-yard medley relay team, of juniors Missy Robinson, Victoria
Fairfield, Becca Howland and freshman Shelby Conrad won the opening
event and finished in 1:50.69 – a school record and State cutoff time.

Fairfield
added a win in the 200 freestyle and Robinson placed second – and hit a
State cutoff time in the 200 individual medley.

With
Greencastle closing in after the 50 freestyle, the Athenians’ diving
trio of senior Bekah Simmons, freshman Calli Patton and junior Samantha
Morgan finished first, third and fourth in the event to pull them way
out in front.

They shaved diving coach Dave Whitehead’s head in celebration soon after.

Fairfield
scored another win in the 100 butterfly, Howland added one in the 500
freestyle and the Athenians closed out the meet winning two of the
final four events, including the 200 freestyle relay where they tied
the sectional and pool record (1:41.61) with Southmont’s relay from
2002.

“I’d be lying to you if I said I saw this coming,” Hese
said. “This is great. But it’s what we’re supposed to do. Now we go to
the [IUPUI] Natatorium – us, county swimmers, Greencastle swimmers –
and all need to go down there and represent this part of the state.”

Robinson
advanced to the State finals in both her events – winning the 100-yard
breaststroke with a school, pool and IHSAA Crawfordsville Sectional
record time of 1:03.80 and finishing second and making a State finals
cut in the 200 individual medley.

For Robinson, it was all about the team.

She
wasn’t planning on wearing her fast suit for the 100 breaststroke, but
Hesse wanted her to wear it for the 200 freestyle relay and she didn’t
have enough time to change and switch suits.

Robinson put up
another astounding 100 breaststroke time, and it marked the second time
in three days she’d broken her previous record set last season.

“I’m
not even fully tapered,” said Robinson, who won the event for the
second-straight year. “I’m not shaved. It’s going to go way down . . .
I’m going for 1:02.”

Records were shattered throughout the meet, not only by Crawfordsville but by other Montgomery County schools.

County
rivals Southmont (185) and North Montgomery (166) finished third and
fourth, but will each have at least one swimmer headed to next
weekend’s State finals.

Southmont senior Hilary Mishler won
and set sectional records in both her events, including shattering a
31-year-old pool mark in the 200-yard individual medley.

North Montgomery senior Emily McIlrath broke two school records and will head to the State finals in two individual events.

Mishler
was a nervous wreck throughout the week, worrying about whether she
could hit her best times and reaching her goals. Turned out, she had no
problems.

Mishler finished the 200 individual medley in 2:07.84,
shattering Christine Inman’s sectional record of 2:10.25 set in 2004
and the long-standing pool mark of 2:12.27 set by Crawfordsville’s
Sally Johnson in 1978.

Then, in the 100 backstroke, Mishler
eeked out a win, finishing in 56.58 seconds – just .15 seconds better
than Greencastle senior Kelsey Murtagh.

Mishler’s time broke
Murtagh’s sectional record (58.41 seconds) set last year and Jenny
Connolly’s pool record of 56.61 seconds in 2006.

Murtagh beat Mishler in the event last year, but Mishler vowed it wasn’t going to happen again.

“I
didn’t ever imagine I’d be anywhere this close [to the record],”
Mishler said. “I saw Kelsey there and I was not going to let her beat
me no matter what happened.”

Mishler will have teammates at the State finals with her for the first time in three years.

She
swam on the Mounties’ winning 400 freestyle relay (3:51.45), along with
seniors Abby Dove and April Detro and freshman Victoria Burkhart.

Southmont coach Kevin Hedrick couldn’t have been happier.

“Hilary
really, really stepped up good,” he said. “She exceeded all
expectations for [Saturday]. We’re really, really excited about next
week . . . After seeing Kelsey swim as fast as she did in the 100
[freestyle], I knew it was going to take a 57 to beat her. Last year,
Hilary was sick. This year, she was really on her game.”

McIlrath performed just as well.

She finished second in both her events – the 100 breaststroke and 100 butterfly but advanced to State in both.

McIlrath
set a school record in the 100 breaststroke, finishing second behind
Robinson in 1:05.44, and also advanced in the 100 butterfly (58.92
seconds).

“[Missy] gave me a good race, which is all I need,”
said McIlrath, who will swim at State for the second-straight year.
“I’m thankful to have her to race against like that. I didn’t think I’d
get a 1:05. I would have been happy with a 1:07.”
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W: Southmont’s Hodges one of three Sagamore wrestlers to claim regional crown

Posted on 08 February 2009 by .

 

Three
Sagamore Conference wrestlers claimed regional championships Saturday. The trio
was part of 16 wrestlers from SAC schools who qualified for semi-state
competition next Saturday The champions include Southmont’s Nick Hodges who won
the 189 lb. class at the North Montgomery Regional. That is, of course, no
surprise. Hodges is one of the favorites for the state title at that weight. He
was joined on the top step of the awards platform by Josh Julian of Lebanon who
won the 112 lb. weight class. At Mooresville, Ryan Kolb of Tri-West won the 152
lb. title.

 

Overall, Southmont and Lebanon led the way for
Sagamore schools. Both the Mounties and Tigers advanced four wrestlers to next
week. Crawfordsville advanced three wrestlers and every other school in the
conference advanced one wrestler to semi-state competition.

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GBB: Crawfordsville ready to finish the job this time around

Posted on 08 February 2009 by .

 


Mike McGraw

Hoosier Authority


Sectional
play begins Tuesday evening at three sites that contain Sagamore schools in the
field. Of course, the biggest of those is Western Boone where all six teams are
members of the SAC. Meanwhile, Frankfort travels to Benton Central for tourney
play and Tri-West is in the 2A sectional at Speedway.

 

Crawfordsville
is the clear favorite at Western Boone. Unlike last season, the Athenians
appear to be heading into the tourney at the top of their game. It won’t take
long to find out. Crawfordsville will play its biggest challenger, Western
Boone, in the opening round. The Stars took the Athenians to the wire in a
regular season game in December. Lebanon is also headed into the tourney
playing well. The Tigers will face Southmont in the opening round. Look for
Crawfordsville and Lebanon to meet in the final of this one. Hoosier Authority predicts
Crawfordsville will fulfill its destiny this time around.

 

Frankfort
has a tough opening assignment against Twin Lakes. An upset here is not out of
the question. However, don’t look for the Hot Dogs to be able to pull any
miracles against the host Bison later in the tourney. Meanwhile Tri-West drew
into the other half of the bracket from host Speedway. The Bruins could easily
find themselves in the final. Look for Speedway to put an end to their run at that
point.

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BSW: Crawfordsville falls on road to Greencastle

Posted on 04 February 2009 by .

 


 February 04, 2009

 
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Boys swimming

Tuesday

At Greencastle

Greencastle 104, Crawfordsville 79

200
medley relay: 1:51.63 Greencastle (Jesse Elkins, Ryan Payne, Mitch
Ball, Chris Pierce); 2. 1:51.89 Crawfordsville (Kyle Dieruf, Gabe Wolf,
Dakota Smoll, Brett Linn); 3. 2:20.24 Greencastle (Smith, Wilson,
Watson, Timm). 200 freestyle: 1:51.76 Luke Crimmins G; 2. 1:58.61
Guffey G; 3. 1:58.97 Chiarella G; 4. 2:03.93 Tony Sturm C; 5. 2:06.40
Clayton Servies C. 200 IM: 2:10.77 Nick Stevens G; 2. 2:18.38 Woodall
G; 3. 2:20.94 Wolf C; 4. 2:23.65 Joel Hobson C; 5. 2:25.97 J.D. Furr C.
50 freestyle: :24.28 Ryan Payne G; 2. :24.35 Elkins G; 3. :25.00
Brandon Largent C; 4. :26.01 Pierce G; 5. :26.66 Linn C. Diving: 211.40
Brett Linn C; 2. 169.35 Eric Totheroh C; 3. 136.10 Buchanan G.

100
butterfly: :56.68 Luke Crimmins G; 2. 1:03.86 Chiarella G; 3. 1:04.29
Sturm C; 4. 1:05.03 Ball G; 5. 1:07.82 Chris Sills C. 100 freestyle:
:51.87 Dakota Smoll C; 2. :52.75 Woodall G; 3. :55.90 Elkins G; 4.
:58.89 Largent C; 5. :1:01.16 Watson G. 500 freestyle: 5:38.49 Clayton
Servies C; 2. 5:40.02 Dieruf C; 3. 5:59.91 Kass G; 4. 6:21.79 Pierce G;
5. 6:23.22 A.J. Ehrlich C. 200 freestyle relay: 1:38.70 Greencastle
(Luke Crimmins, Jesse Elkins, Chris Pierce, Austin Woodall); 2. 1:43.03
Crawfordsville (Largent, Linn, Sturm, Furr); 3. 1:48.53 Crawfordsville
(Austin Evans, Ryan Richmond, Sills, Servies); 4. 1:58.62 Greencastle
(Chiarella, Kass, Timm, Gun). 100 backstroke: 1:01.02 Dakota Smoll C;
2. 1:01.79 Guffey G; 3. 1:03.93 Dieruf C; 4. 1:05.65 Hobson C; 5.
1:10.42 Smith G. 100 breaststroke: 1:06.97 Ryan Payne G; 2. 1:08.27
Wolf C; 3. 1:09.18 Furr C; 4. 1:16.22 Watson G; 5. 1:17.40 Richmond C.
400 freestyle relay: 3:33.94 Greencastle (Luke Crimmins, Austin
Woodall, Jay Guffey, Nick Stevens); 2. 3:51.14 Crawfordsville (Sturm,
Largent, Smoll, Wolf); 3. 4:00.20 Greencastle (Ball, Chiarella, Smith,
Payne); 4. 4:07.42 Crawfordsville (Ehrlich, Evans, Hobson, Dieruf); 5.
4:10.58 Crawfordsville (Servies, Sills, Camden Walther, Richmond).

Record: Crawfordsville 7-4



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


GREENCASTLE
– Crawfordsville High School’s boys swimming team lost their
second-straight dual meet Tuesday night, suffering a 104-79 road loss
at Greencastle.

Junior Dakota Smoll won two individual events
– the 100-yard freestyle (51.87 seconds) and 100 backstroke (1:01.02)
to lead the Athenians (7-4).

Senior Brett Linn (diving) was the team’s only other individual winner.
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W: Montgomery County schools advance 26 wrestlers to regional round

Posted on 01 February 2009 by .

 

Overall, it was not the day that Crawfordsville or Southmont
were hoping for during sectionals Saturday. Both squads had aspirations of a
team title but those were hopes were ruined by the performance of Fountain
Central. Crawfordsville finished third and Southmont fourth in the competition.
North Montgomery was right behind in fifth.

 

Nonetheless, the three SAC schools advanced a total of 26
grapplers to the regional round of the individual tourney next Saturday. Both
Crawfordsville and Southmont moved nine wrestlers through while North Montgomery advanced eight.

 

Here is a look at the complete sectional results.

 

1. Fountain Central 242
2. South Vermillion 233
3. Crawfordsville 225
4. Southmont 205.5
5. North Montgomery 179
6. North Vermillion 143
7. Rockville 62
8. Covington 26
9. Turkey Run 10

Individual results:

103
1. Dalyn Farris 9 11-4 North Montgomery
2. Dylan Rogers 9 19-15 South Montgomery
3. Clayton Hudson 9 20-13 Fountain Central
4. Spencer Bishop 10 30-7 South Vermillion

112
1. Briar Perkins 11 36-3 CV
2. Dillon Scott 11 29-3 FC
3. Caleb Dale 10 20-14 NM
4. Dalton
Burris 10 13-19 SM

119
1. Joey Engle 9 31-1 FC
2. Dalton
Millikan 11 33-5 SV
3. Graham Lough 9 19-16 NM
4. Steven Simpson 11 22-13 SM

125
1. Eli Moore 9 20-4 FC
2. Adrian Smith 12 23-7 SV
3. Hudson
Miller 9 27-16 CV
4. Ryan Mendenhall 10 14-13 NV

130
1. Wade Bohannon 12 38-1 SV
2. Andrew Mitchell 9 30-2 FC
3. Steven Wilson 10 10-16 CV
4. Jacob Morris 9 7-20 SM

135
1. Brody Millikan 12 28-2 SV
2. Dylan Robinson 10 19-8 SM
3. Austin Blair 10 17-22 CV
4. Derek Jackson 12 25-6 FC

140
1. Nathan Whitlow 11 29-2 SM
2. Caleb Arehart 12 32-7 SV
3. Quentin Clough 9 26-8 FC
4. Isaac Myers 10 18-18 NM

145
1. Nick Baker 11 31-8 CV
2. Ross Hoggatt 11 33-4 SV
3. Ethan Myers 11 13-7 NM
4. Brice Peyton 10 20-10 CO

152
1. Alex Worm 12 26-6 SM
2. John Rogers
11 23-18 CV
3. Jessy Hayes 12 22-10 NV
4. Dusty Pike 12 16-17 SV

160
1. Craig Fairley 11 32-7 CV
2. Sam Shoaf 11 30-3 FC
3. Ashdon Frazier 12 34-6 SV
4. Eric Arney 12 16-20 RO

171
1. Scott Moore 11 26-1 FC
2. Michael Bennett 12 35-5 SV
3. Jordan LeJuene 12 16-13 NM
4. Kyle Doan 12 15-21 RO

189
1. Nick Hodges 12 23-1 SM
2. Chaz Brock 12 36-3 CV
3. Eric Houmes 12 35-1 NV
4. Brad Pierce 11 10-5 NM

215
1. Taylor Minick 10 22-10 FC
2. Colton
Snider 10 17-15 NM
3. Ax Tuttle 10 24-11 NV
4. Jordan Phillips 9 3-2 SM

Heavyweight
1. Dylan McBride 11 33-6 CV
2. Caleb Miller 11 30-3 NV
3. Trent Wallace 10 30-8 SV
4. Jake Wimsett 12 23-13 RO

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