FISHERS — There was a common feeling shared among the Highland, Pendleton Heights and Anderson coaches after the preliminary swimming sectional held at Hamilton Southeastern on Thursday. All were extremely happy with their boys’ swims.
The reason for the excitement was pretty much unanimous as well. The coaches were pleased because their swimmers were beating, and in some cases, smashing personal records.
Breaking personal records is quite an accomplishment but when you start breaking school records — that is another beast of its own. That is just what Jacob Childress of Pendleton Heights did in the 100-yard backstroke, and what the Highland 400-yard freestyle relay team did in the sectional prelims.
Childress broke his own school record by finishing second in the 100-yard backstroke competition. He swam a 53.35 seconds, which is below the state cut time of 54.34. If he were to swim that time in Saturday’s championship finals he would automatically go to state in this event.
The team that broke a school record was the Scots’ 400-yard freestyle relay team. The combination of Kyle Johnson, Jason Cramer, Jake Fugate and Lew Brown beat the previous school record of 3:20.93 with a time of 3:20.87.
The 400 free relay time shattered their seed time by nearly eight seconds (3:28.70).
“It was a great night, it really was,” said Highland coach Dave Renz. “The most important thing is we put ourself in position to score the maximum number of points we’re capable of doing on Saturday — I’m pleased.”
Arabians coach Jeff Maydak was fist pumping the night away as 23 of his 24 individual swims ended with personal best times.
“I was pleased as punch tonight,” said Maydak. “I thought we did a fantastic job. I’m just really happy.”
Anderson coach Jeff Eddy said that not everything went perfect for his swimmers, but he felt that they swam the best they could considering all the illnesses his team has fought through.
One swim that stood out was Matthew Gray’s 100 free, which placed him in the championship finals after finishing in fifth place. Eddy was also pleased with Seth Morris moving on to the championship finals in the 500 free with a sixth-place finish.
Jordan Eddy has battled pneumonia in the latter part of the year. He has missed a total of 20 days of swimming due to his illness. Swimming in the 500 free (an endurance event) would take a Herculean-type effort just to finish. He placed 10th, which put him in the consolation finals on Saturday.
“A little too much this year,” Eddy of his team’s struggles with illnesses. “We’re just happy to do as well as we did.”
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Bearcats upend AHS
Often basketball is a simple game, and it was certainly true for the Anderson boys basketball team here Thursday night. “We had too many turnovers — that’s the game,” said AHS coach Joe Nadaline after the Indians lost to Muncie Central 54-46 for their eighth straight defeat.
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Bulldogs topple Raiders, win 9th in a row
The Bulldogs keep on rolling. Lapel (16-3) led from start to finish as it beat visiting Shenandoah 69-47 Thursday night to push its winning streak to nine games.
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PHHS shoots down Fishers
It can be easy to take Kellen Dunham for granted. But the Pendleton Heights senior reminded everyone why he is a Mr. Basketball candidate with a furious fourth quarter Thursday night against Fishers. Dunham scored 15 of his game-high 32 points in the final eight minutes, connected on all 10 of his free-throw attempts during the period and drained a 3-pointer from the top of the key early in the frame that sent the fifth-ranked Arabians on their way to a 53-42 victory.
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Frankton subdues Liberty
Youth was on display Thursday night in Frankton as the host Eagles squared off against the Liberty Christian Lions boys basketball team. Neither team had a senior start the game, and Frankton proved to be the more seasoned team in a 68-59 win.
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Indians fall to Bearcats 54-46
Photos from Anderson as the Indians hosted the Muncie Central Bearcats.
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Five for fighting
Like other coaches, Alexandria wrestling coach Jack Grimaldi sometimes has to worry about how to motivate his charges as they head into their matches. That shouldn’t be an issue for him with his five Tigers heading into Saturday’s individual semistate at New Castle.
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Red-hot Lapel limiting miscues
Like any basketball coach, Jimmie Howell knows how important it is for a team to be playing its best basketball as the state tournament draws near.
But what’s going on in Lapel might be redefining that theory.
With a 60-42 win on the road over Class 3A No. 6 Guerin Catholic on Saturday, the Bulldogs pushed their winning streak to eight games. Over the 32-minute course of the game against the Golden Eagles, Lapel committed a microscopic four turnovers. -
PH moves on
On the roster of every successful team is a player or two who will do the unpleasant work. The ones who actually find satisfaction in this pursuit are worth their weight in wins to any coach. Pendleton Heights sophomore Kiawna Cottrell was just that player Tuesday as the Arabians advanced to the second round of sectional play with a 55-45 victory over Greenfield-Central.
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Indians slay Spartans
The last time these two girls basketball teams met on Jan. 17, Anderson defeated Connersville 83-74 in overtime. Lady Tribe coach Chad Cook knew the Spartans would come out with a chip on their shoulder ready for revenge in Tuesday’s opening round of the Class 4A sectional.
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Eagles eke by Raiders
Back in November, the Frankton girls basketball team handled Shenandoah by 29 points. Tuesday’s sectional opener at Shenandoah wasn’t as easy, but the end result was the same as Frankton moved on with a 44-43 win over the host Shenandoah Raiders.
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