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SECTIONALS The Herald â– YO U R C O M M U N I T Y N E W S PA P E R S I N C E 1 8 9 5 DUBOISCOUNTYHERALD.COM

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Jasper’s Claire Knies leads a Wildcat program that’s searching to win its first sectional championship since 2015 as they’ll host their Class 4A sectional for the first time.

Forest Park will also host its Class 2A sectional for the eighth straight season as they hope to bring a trophy back to Ferdinand after losing in the semifinal last year.

Postseason brings intensity, pressure for teams

By JONATHAN SAXON jsaxon@dcherald.com The time is upon us. After three months of crossing half court, cutting across the lane, and defending the paint it is now time to put it all on the line as the local girls basketball teams chase glory in the sectional tournament.

Everyone knows the stakes; you must bring your best night in and night out as one misstep could be enough to bring the season to a close.

“Emotions are high in the Indiana state basketball tournament,” said Northeast Dubois head coach Andy Chinn, whose team will be defending their sectional title when they play on Feb. 1. “Everybody is excited and nervous, the atmosphere in the gym is electric. The whole town will shut down for our game Friday night.

That’s something we don’t take for granted.”

“The tournament is the ultimate goal, having success in the tournament has to be one of your goals in the beginning of the season,” said Kim Brown, head coach of the Heritage Hills Patriots. “I don’t know why else we play. We play the regular season for your record and conference championships and all that, but all that goes away once the tournament starts.”

Indeed, all of the shots, fouls, and hustle plays have led to this latest pool of competition with all the teams in their respective brackets bringing everything to bear so they may earn the right to cut down the nets and bring the coveted sectional championship back to their schools.

“To me, it’s different because we all realize that if we want to keep going we have to win,” said Forest Park junior forward Ma-

Southridge’s Monica Steckler and Northeast Dubois’ Jazlyn Sander don’t only lead their respective teams at the point guard position, they both also help add a significant amount of scoring. cie Zink. “The practices before sectional are different because I’m trying to help others have the mindset of ‘it’s now or never.’ It’s go time, if we don’t go now we’ll never have a chance.”

Jasper senior forward Rachel Gress echoes that sentiment and notes that all the players involved are reaching deep into their reserves to mine every ounce of effort, for tomorrow is not promised at this stage of the game.

“Everyone kind of knows this could be their last go ‘round,” she said. “Everyone wants to be focused, everyone is trying as hard as they can and are just leaving it all out there.”

But that is only one thread that goes into the tapestry that is the sectional tournament, as the many players and coaches can attest to the other factors which make this portion of the season so special.

One of the added elements that heightens the excitement

for all that are involved is the crowd. All of the teams are sure to draw legions of their fans by the carload and they fill the stands with cheers as they show their support for the kids they have watched grow and flourish in their communities.

“One thing we enjoy at our gym is that we have our student body right behind us and our students always come loud and ready to go,” said Forest Park coach Tony Hasenour. “ They bring an energy to the gym and the team, and it’s fun having them right on top of us at the bench.”

With their parents, friends, and neighbors rooting for them to play their best, the players feed off of that passion and fervor to boost their collective abilities to levels they had not experienced before.

“We have great fans. A lot of my classmates come out and support even if they don’t know

the game of basketball,” said Heritage Hills sophomore guard Avery Neff. “I remember we had spirit night and everyone came out and it was really loud. Having everyone cheer for you, that gives you more energy to finish and win.”

But another part of the mix is the kind of energy the opposing teams will be adding, as they bring their heightened levels of intensity to make their claims for a sectional title.

Teams that may find themselves matched up against opponents they faced before in the regular season, but it’s a totally different ball game when they run into each other during sectional.

Everyone has to be prepared to match that output.

“It’s going to be challenging to match (an opponent’s) intensity, but I know that we can do it,” said Northeast Dubois guard Madison Cave. “However hard they’re going, we go harder.”

“I think we’ll be ready to go when we get out there,” said Southridge sophomore guard Kennedy Nalley. “It’s not a problem for our team to be ready to go when we step on the court.

Once we get into sectional we’ll be ready to go.”

One factor that teams hope to combat is the tendency to add extra pressure to their games. Everyone knows what’s up for grabs and what’s at risk when the ball tips off, but it’s just as important for teams to not get wrapped up in their task to the point of being overwhelmed.

Coaches have to balance those things out mentally, but when it comes down to it the players can’t forget how to play the kind of game that has gotten them to this point.

“You remind them that they’ve

been playing basketball since they were in third grade, they know how to play,” said Jasper coach Jessica Mehringer. “They’ve been playing all year, they know how to play together. Yes it’s one-anddone but you have to come out and trust your skills and the work you’ve put in for the entire year.

If you can get them to do that, the game is easy.”

Hasenour relates it to the task of eating an elephant: parse it out into chunks and don’t feel like you have to do everything at once.

“It’s a fine line because everybody knows what’s at stake,” said Hasenour, “You’re not hiding that from anybody, but at the same time it’s not like ‘Oh my gosh, you have to play perfect to win this game.’ We want to do A, B, and C and that’s going to help us win. It’s just breaking it down into those things you want to do to stop the other team and not putting that extra pressure on yourself.”

All of those things combine to create an entirely different season with its own unique feel and weight. But everyone is ready and excited to start the final charge, and just maybe take home a bit of history for their trouble.

All-Time Sectional Stats ■■ Jasper — 20 titles (most recent, 2015) ■■ Southridge — 9 titles (most recent, 2014) ■■ Forest Park — 9 titles (most recent, 2017) ■■ NE Dubois — 16 titles (most recent, 2018) ■■ Heritage Hills — 4 titles (most recent, 1994)

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Cats hope successful year carries to sectional

By HENDRIX MAGLEY hmagley@dcherald.com JASPER — There’s a lot for the Jasper girls basketball team to be happy about this season. Whether it was the Wildcats’ perfect record in December that added up to an 11game winning streak, or a successful Big Eight Conference season in which they won their first conference title since 2012.

But if there’s one thing that’s impressed head coach Jessica Mehringer the most, it’s how the Wildcats have come together as a team and have continued to grow as a group with each game.

“The amount of mental preparation that these girls have put in to being ready for each and every game is impressive,” Mehringer said. “I knew they had the skills and I know they’ve been locked in at practice, but when you can execute those same things mentally in a game situation, that’s what’s really impressed me.”

After graduating just one senior from last year’s team, the young Cats set out to do big things in their 2018-19 campaign. They boasted two of the area’s top scorers in Kortney Ruhe and Brooke Nottingham, as well as two players — Claire Knies and Reagan Egbert — who were able to post a significant amount of double-doubles with scoring and rebounding.

The scariest thing about that foursome for opposing teams is that only one of those players, Ruhe, is a senior.

Nottingham, who is averaging 11.2 points per game and has lit up teams with her three-point shooting, has been impressed with how the Cats have grown this season.

But at the same time, the Wildcats’ solid season hasn’t been any sur-

prise to her.

“This season was everything we had hoped for,” Nottingham said.

“We’re having a great, winning season, and we’ve come through Nottingham with wins in a lot of tough games. We’ve really developed as a team a lot this year.”

The Cats toughed out several wins, including a big comeback victory against Big Eight foe Vincennes Lincoln, as well as ending Washington’s then-undefeated start to the year in December at the Hatchet House.

One player who’s played a major role in several of those victories is Ruhe, one of two seniors on the Wildcats’ roster, along with forward Rachel Gress. While Ruhe has always been a solid scorer (she averaged 9.2 points in 2018, up to 12.8 in 2019), she believes she’s become a more consistent scorer this season.

“I’ve just become more confident in myself knowing I can trust myself with shooting and knocking down shots,” Ruhe said. “A lot of that comes from my teammates, too, because I can’t score without them.”

Another player who’s made a huge impression on the Wildcats’ record this season is junior forward Reagan Egbert. Whether it’s been off the bench or in a starting role, she has continued to improve by leaps and bounds, and also is causing problems for opposing teams’ defenses.

“Around Christmastime, I

pointed out to [Egbert] that I was really impressed with how much she has worked on trying to get better on her own,” Mehringer said.

“She’s done Ruhe a great job of making it tougher to guard us, because she gets rebounds, makes a lot of nice post moves and she’s got a pretty high ceiling for growth still.

There’s no telling what she’ll be able to do.”

After traveling to Evansville last year, the Wildcats won’t have to leave the friendly confines of Jasper, as they’ll host the Class 4A sectional for the first time.

While some of the players don’t necessarily think playing at home is a huge advantage, Nottingham is ecstatic that the Wildcats won’t have to hit the road to start the postseason.

“Playing at home is so much

better,” Nottingham said. “I hate going on the bus for long bus rides. The home-court advantage is obviously something we love.”

The one thing the Wildcats are hoping doesn’t happen again is a first-round exit. After defeating Evansville Harrison during the regular season last year, the Warriors defeated the Cats in the first round of the sectional, sending Jasper home early.

This year, the Cats will face Evansville North (11-11) in the opening game. The Huskies defeated the Wildcats 47-26 earlier this season in Evansville, but as Jasper knows, the postseason can be an entirely different animal.

“Last year, we made some criti-

cal errors late in the game and had some breakdowns earlier, where if we didn’t have those, it wouldn’t have been as close in the end,” Mehringer said about last year’s postseason loss to the Warriors. “I think we really learned from that game, and I’ve seen that this season with these girls being mentally ready and understanding game situations and what they need to do.”

Ruhe added: “I think for us to succeed and go as far as we want to, we have to keep our turnovers down and continue to work together. That’s a key factor for us.

When we don’t work together, we know it, and so does everybody else.”

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Southridge Raiders

Members of the Southridge girls basketball team are, from left, first row: Kylie Evans, Kennedy Nalley, Mady Neukam, Monica Steckler, Kennedy Siddons and Ella Mattingly.

Second row: Emma Marley, Gabriella Werner, Grace Sickbert, Myah Montgomery, Abigail Kerkhoff, Mikah Goeppner and Anna Kappner.

SEASON RESULTS (6-14) OPPONENT W/L SCORE PERRY CENTRAL L 43-39 at Paoli L 38-30 at Princeton L 43-25 at Jasper L 52-31 EVANSVILLE MATER DEI L 41-34 BOONVILLE L 55-49 FOREST PARK L 42-32 TELL CITY W 55-36 NORTH POSEY W 59-43 at Pike Central W 54-50, OT

OPPONENT W/L SCORE at Evansville Bosse L 53-51 HERITAGE HILLS L 52-32 at Washington L 60-37 NORTH KNOX L 43-33 at Northeast Dubois W 45-29 at South Spencer W 54-52 at Wood Memorial L 41-39 GIBSON SOUTHERN L 62-43 at Vincennes Lincoln L 68-33 at Tecumseh W 58-52

STATISTICS Members of the Southridge girls basketball coaching staff, from left, assistant coach Paul Neukam, head coach Steve Rust and assistant coach Steve Winkler. Not pictured: junior varsity head coach Bernie Main and assistant coach Kendyl Dearing.

Members of the Southridge cheer squad are, from left, first row: Hannah Barnett, Chaney Barrett, Jenifer Najarro, Kiesha Wampler and Ansley Bicknell. Second row: Elisha Painter, Bailey Prickett, Lexi Flores and Baileigh Schneider.

PLAYER Myah Montgomery Mady Neukam Monica Steckler Kennedy Nalley Grace Sickbert Abby Kerkhoff Mikah Goeppner Anna Kappner Kennedy Siddons Emma Marley Kylie Evans Ella Mattingly Gabbie Werner

G 20 20 20 14 20 20 17 18 14 9 9 7 9

PTS HI 321 38 198 21 131 14 64 14 46 6 30 6 10 2 7 3 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

AVG FG 3PT FT-FTA 16.0 107 33 74-98 9.9 66 10 56-101 6.6 44 4 39-68 4.6 25 9 5-13 2.3 16 0 14-27 1.5 13 0 4-11 0.6 4 0 2-2 0.4 2 1 2-2 0.3 1 0 2-4 0.2 1 0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0-0

Student managers for the Southridge girls basketball team are, from left, Randi Moeller and Sara Hughes. Not pictured: Aaliyah Deno and Timothy Ash.

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Jasper Wildcats

Members of the Jasper girls basketball team are, from left, first row: Kendyl Ruhe, Lexie Jerger, Brooke Nottingham, Kara Krueger, Claire Knies and Hannah Schwenk. Second row: Jaycie Hooten, Kortney Ruhe, Rachel Gress, Reagan Egbert, Riley Merder, Isabelle Blazey, Emma Shelton and Kylee Vaal. Not pictured: Isabelle Hopf.

SEASON RESULTS (15-7) OPPONENT at Vincennes Rivet SOUTHRIDGE at Evansville North at Evansville Memorial NORTH HARRISON at Evansville Central HERITAGE HILLS VINCENNES LINCOLN at Mount Carmel at Washington NORTHEAST DUBOIS

W/L SCORE L 52-41 W 52-31 L 47-26 L 52-44 W 64-62, OT W 72-36 W 63-49 W 58-51 W 63-38 W 41-36 W 62-34

OPPONENT W/L SCORE PIKE CENTRAL W 63-41 at South Central W 58-26 EVANSVILLE HARRISON W 61-46 FOREST PARK W 62-43 at Evansville Mater Dei W 55-54 at Gibson Southern L 76-48 at Jeffersonville L 77-46 at Boonville W 75-65 CASTLE L 52-38 MOUNT VERNON W 55-43 at Princeton W 56-42

STATISTICS Members of the Jasper girls basketball coaching staff, from left, Eric Dall, Jessica Mehringer and Scott Blazey. Not pictured: Mallory Wehr.

Members of the Jasper cheer squad are, from left, first row: Olivia Biggs, Courtney Vennekotter, Zoe Biggs, Cade Crutchfield, Olivia Ariens, Brynn Sermersheim and Jurney Sturgeon. Second row: Ava Collins, Jaysee Pierce, Breann Mehringer, Emily Rennie, Brynn Schwartz and Kylie Patterson.

PLAYER Kortney Ruhe Brooke Nottingham Claire Knies Reagan Egbert Meredith Hilgefort Emma Shelton Riley Merder Lexie Jerger Kendyl Ruhe Isabelle Blazey Kara Krueger Hannah Schwenk

G PTS HI AVG FG 3PT FT-FTA 21 269 34 12.8 83 18 87-119 21 234 26 11.1 83 37 33-51 21 179 25 8.5 75 18 11-30 21 178 18 8.5 67 0 44-76 11 59 14 5.4 22 7 8-11 21 71 12 3.4 25 4 17-32 21 53 6 2.5 20 0 13-24 15 24 5 1.6 7 2 8-12 4 4 2 1.0 2 0 0-0 19 9 3 0.5 4 0 1-4 7 2 2 0.3 1 0 0-0 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0-0

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Forest Park Rangers

Members of the Forest Park High School girls basketball sectional team are, from left, first row: Amber Theising, Kenlee Gehlhausen, Katelyn Englert, Macie Zink and Molly Lusk. Second row: Linda Jacob, Brooke Haug, Faith Zazzetti, Kennedy Sermersheim, and Ali Welp.

SEASON RESULTS (11-12) OPPONENT W/L SCORE TELL CITY W 41-32 SPRINGS VALLEY L 51-39 at Loogootee L 51-40 GIBSON SOUTHERN L 74-48 at Perry Central W 52-43 at Evansville Mater Dei L 50-44 at Southridge W 42-32 at Tecumseh L 64-54 at Heritage Hills L 45-36 EVANSVILLE CENTRAL W 61-48 at Paoli W 46-39

OPPONENT W/L SCORE CRAWFORD COUNTY L 68-56 NORTHEAST DUBOIS W 50-29 vs. Brownstown Central L 44-35 vs. Cloverdale L 54-39 vs. North Daviess W 53-12 vs. Edgewood W 51-40 at Jasper L 62-43 at Pike Central L 56-45 CORYDON CENTRAL W 45-37 SOUTH SPENCER W 55-36 at Evansville North L 51-44 NORTH POSEY W 49-14

STATISTICS Coaches of the Forest Park High School girls basketball sectional team are, from left, assistant varsity coach Jen Lusk, varsity head coach Tony Hasenour, junior varsity coach Lavina Schwartz and freshman coach Allie Pund.

Members of the Forest Park cheer squad are, from left, first row: Olivia Englert, Layne Prechtel, Riley Prechtel, Ava Evans and Lauren Troesch. Second row: Shielyn Nippers, Liseth Trejos, Madi Fleck, Macy Clark and Marna Davis.

PLAYER G PTS HI AVG FG 3PT FT-FTA Macie Zink 23 284 29 12.3 82 26 94-133 Faith Zazzetti 23 214 18 9.3 73 1 67-106 Ali Welp 23 190 15 8.3 59 31 41-65 Kenlee Gehlhausen 23 131 14 5.7 40 16 35-69 Kennedy Sermersheim 23 70 11 3.0 25 5 15-32 Linda Jacob 23 62 10 2.7 24 1 13-26 Amber Theising 23 47 10 2.0 16 9 6-7 Brooke Haug 23 41 5 1.8 16 0 9-10 Molly Lusk 21 21 6 1.0 8 5 0-0 Katelyn Englert 22 9 4 0.4 4 0 1-2

Managers of Forest Park High School girls basketball team are, from left: Ashtyn Welp, Averie Welp and Emma Welp.

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Northeast Dubois Jeeps

Members of the Northeast Dubois High School girls basketball sectional team are, from left, first row: Becca Brosmer, Haley Reckelhoff, Madison Cave and Mia Smith. Second Row: Hailey Carie, Jocelyn Wininger, Brinley Royer, Hadley Fuhrman, Alexus Royer and Jazlyn Sander.

SEASON RESULTS (5-17) OPPONENT W/L SCORE HERITAGE HILLS L 46-15 at North Knox L 43-27 at Paoli L 43-36 vs. South Dearborn L 40-25 vs. Lanesville L 35-31 vs. Providence L 46-32 at South Knox L 54-31 at Orleans L 58-37 at Wood Memorial L 83-42 at Washington Catholic W 64-41 SPRINGS VALLEY L 61-54

OPPONENT TELL CITY at Crawford County at Jasper at Forest Park at Boonville SHOALS SOUTHRIDGE BARR-REEVE at Loogootee PERRY CENTRAL VINCENNES RIVET

W/L SCORE L 49-34 L 57-25 L 62-34 L 50-29 W 38-29 W 52-37 L 45-29 W 34-32 L 59-25 W 48-36 L 55-19

STATISTICS Coaches for the Northeast Dubois High School girls basketball sectional team are, from left: Bruce Chinn, Tia Messier, Andy Chinn and Kevin Denu.

Members of the Northeast Dubois cheer squad are, from left, first row: Lexi Freyberger, Paige Knies, Hannah Schepers and Jordan Bauer. Second row: Morgan Schepers, Hali Nesbitt, Mitchell Schepers, Madison Knies and Courtney Vittitow.

PLAYER Madison Cave Hadley Fuhrman Jazlyn Sander Mia Smith Haley Reckelhoff Brinley Royer Becca Brosmer Jocelyn Wininger Hailey Carie Alexus Royer

G PTS HI AVG FG 3PT FT-FTA 19 256 26 13.5 81 44 50-78 20 160 20 8.0 60 18 22-42 22 95 13 4.3 32 0 31-40 22 74 11 3.4 21 1 31-49 22 70 8 3.2 25 2 18-32 20 51 9 2.6 14 2 21-35 21 37 6 1.8 12 0 13-20 7 5 4 0.7 2 0 1-2 14 9 7 0.6 4 0 1-2 20 3 2 0.2 1 0 1-9

Managers for the Northeast Dubois High School girls basketball sectional team are, from left: Blake Reckelhoff, Nick Hemmerlein, Breanna Holden and Ben Schepers.

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Throughout her four years with the Southridge girls basketball team, Mady Neukam has always been one of the Raiders’ most consistent scorers. She’ll lead a balanced scoring attack into the postseason as the Raiders (6-14) face Pike Central (5-16) in the opening game of the Class 2A sectional in Vincennes on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. With a victory, Southridge would face Princeton (14-8) in the semifinal. The other first round matchup is Sullivan (14-9) against defending sectional champion Vincennes Lincoln (20-3) with the winner advancing to face Washington (15-7).

Teamwork, rebounding keys for Raider success

By JONATHAN SAXON jsaxon@dcherald.com The Southridge girls basketball team has had their ups and downs during this year’s hardwood campaign. The Raiders (614) have played hard and at times harnessed their abilities to their greatest effect, while other times they have let games that they could have won slip away in the fourth quarter.

But despite the setbacks they are eagerly looking forward to the sectional tournament as an opportunity to redefine themselves and their season. They believe that they are a better basketball team than their wins and losses total represents and are ready to step up and prove it.

“Our record doesn’t show the potential we have for the tournament,” said sophomore guard Kennedy Nalley. “Our record doesn’t show what kind of team we are. We were in so many close games that could have won. We have the potential to do some big things here.”

“I’ve had other coaches tell me ‘You guys are scary’, and they’re coming to scout us because we are a dangerous team,” added Raiders head coach Steve Rust. “We like to attack the basket and in some of those games our transition was good. Things like that we can use to propel us going forward.”

Rust said that a lot of the struggles the team faced were things that come with a team of players that had a small amount of collective varsity experience. They had to adapt and learn the speed of the game on the fly, which led to a few bumps along the road. Still, he did see some signs of growth and progression out of his team during the year.

“In comparison to the last two years this team was much better at not turning the ball over,” he said.

“I think the other area where we progressed is with our perimeter play. There were stretches in certain basketball games where they were determined to win. When we had those stretches this team did a real good job of playing together. We shot the ball really well and were able to finish in those stretches.”

But now the key for the Raiders is taking those periods of increased productivity and extending them across a game environment where the level of competition is heightened to the tenth degree. It won’t be enough to just play with energy and enthusiasm — the girls have to learn from their past missteps and find ways to get stops and score points when the momentum of the game is up for grabs. To that end, the number one on-court element all the players point to when it comes to influencing the flow of their games is crashing the glass.

“We’ve let so many teams get easy baskets on offensive rebounds, even free throw rebounds,” said Nalley. “I think if we could get more rebounds, especially against the bigger teams, that would help us out a lot.”

“All the teams we play against are bigger than us, so if you’re not going to block out you’re not getting any rebounds,” added senior guard Mady Neukam. “That’s especially important for a team that is as small as we are.”

With that being said, the Raiders are also honed in on the factors that have contributed to their successes, and most notably the players feel that everything they have learned about one another and their play styles over the course of

the season can be cashed in for a run in the tournament.

“We’re not as distant from each other, we’re playing as a team again,” said freshman forward Myah Montgomery.

“I think we’ve just learned what every player’s strength is and complemented each other with those things,” added Nalley.

“Most of the time (we) work together with those strengths that we have, look for better shots for the people that need them, and put it all together to make it work.”

And while the team may not have the kind of height across the board that draws immediate concern, the Raiders still believe they have a level of quickness and speed they can use to power their offense and impact the game in their favor.

“When we move the ball, offensively we can really break teams down,” said Neukam. “We got a lot of quick girls. Penetrating and kicking out, we have a lot of great shooters for kickout threes.

We can knock those shots down.

So when we’re driving and moving the ball well, that’s one of our strengths.”

With the regular season behind them, the Raiders are eager to use the postseason to right some of their wrongs and offer proof as to what they are capable of when they harness all of their skills and talents to their greatest effect.

The Raiders will be going into sectional with a positive thrust after winning their final regular season game and open tournament play against the Pike Central Chargers, whom they beat 54-50 in overtime when they faced them on Dec. 6 with Montgomery erupting for 38 points. Rust has boiled the Raiders’ recipe for success to a few keys that the team must ac-

complish if they are to secure the right to keep on playing.

“Most important is our defense and how we come up with stops,” he said. “We are going to have to be able to block out, stop the

dribble-drive. On the flipside of that, we’ll have to be able to finish in the paint and take care of the basketball. I we do those things on both ends of the floor, we’ll give ourselves a chance to win.”

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Rangers’ focus: For sectional, everybody’s 0-0

By HENDRIX MAGLEY hmagley@dcherald.com Coming into the season, the Forest Park girls basketball players knew they were going to be facing some tough challenges.

They graduated several key pieces from their 2018 team that went 159, and also entered the year with just 14 players on the roster.

The limited number of players meant the Rangers wouldn’t be able to field a junior varsity team, and several freshman and sophomore girls were going to be thrown into a varsity role from the very beginning. While a situation like that would make anyone nervous, Forest Park head coach Tony Hasenour has been impressed with the progress the younger players have made throughout their 11-12 season.

“Most of these freshmen and sophomores were supposed to get JV learning lessons, but instead they were thrust into the varsity spotlight,” Hasenour said. “There were a few times earlier in the year where they’d mess up and we had to remind ourselves as a staff that these mistakes they were making in a varsity game would normally have come in a JV game. I’ve really been pleased with how they’ve come along and how much better they’ve gotten throughout the year.”

One of the players Hasenour has been especially impressed with is freshman point guard Ali Welp. Welp has started since the Rangers’ first game of the season against Tell City, and Hasenour called her “one of the most coachable players we have on the team.”

Welp is currently averaging 8.2 points, and scored a season-high

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Freshman point guard Ali Welp has entered the program and made an immediate impact for the Rangers. Forest Park (11-12) opens its postseason Tuesday against Evansville Mater Dei (12-10) at 6:30 p.m. with a potential semifinal against Perry Central (4-18) looming. The other first round matchup is South Spencer (11-11) against Tell City (13-10) with the winner facing North Posey (1-21).

15 points against Perry Central and Northeast Dubois.

Forest Park has also been led by its trifecta of players with three years of varsity experience — juniors Macie Zink, Kenlee Gehlhausen and Faith Zazzetti. That veteran group has helped lead the Rangers to several big wins this season, including a road victory

over Paoli, as well as victories over county foes Southridge and Northeast Dubois.

What’s helped Forest Park come away with wins in some key situations?

“All of our leaders on our team have confidence,” Zink said. “Let’s say we’re trying to get a pass to someone. If it doesn’t work the first

time, we just have the mindset that we’ll go and get it next time. It’s not like we’re going to be scared to pass it because we might get a turnover. Confidence has been a big part of our team this year.”

Gehlhausen added: “We’ve just been getting a lot smarter with what we do. Our passes have gotten better, and we’ve worked on

handling the ball.”

If there’s one thing that’s hindered the Rangers’ success this season, Hasenour believes it’s been their turnovers.

Heading into the postseason, he referred to it as Forest Park’s “Achilles heel,” and said it’s important for the team to handle its opponent’s schemes. In fact, it’s one of the main keys for the Rangers this postseason.

“Whether it’s a pressure man-toman team, a full-court press team or a half-court trap team, we have to be able to handle the other team’s pressure,” Hasenour said. “We feel like the girls are starting to understand the angles, balance and positioning a little better, and it’s making a difference on the court.”

Forest Park will face Evansville Mater Dei (12-10) to open the sectional Tuesday in Ferdinand, the eighth consecutive season the Rangers have hosted a sectional. Forest Park has defeated four of the other five teams in their sectional (North Posey, Perry Central, South Spencer, Tell City), but lost to the Wildcats.

However, no matter what the result was the first time the two teams met, the Rangers know they have to remain focused on the matchup at stake, not what happened in the past.

“We can’t think ‘Oh, hey, we beat them my so many the first time,’ because everybody goes into the sectional 0-0,” Zink said. “Everyone is in the exact same spot, and we need to engrave that in everybody’s head. No one comes in at the bottom, no one comes in at the top. It’s all even, and we’re all putting together that same fight through the end.”

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Young Jeeps enter postseason with promise

By JONATHAN SAXON jsaxon@dcherald.com The Northeast Dubois girls basketball team came into this season with a sense of what they would have to overcome.

Gone was the core of seniors that led the Jeeps to last season’s sectional title, and in their place was a collection of players who were tasked with stepping up to fill those shoes and roles of those that came before them.

Sure they were young and didn’t have the experience that marked last year’s team, but Northeast Dubois head coach Andy Chinn didn’t let that dissuade them from having the expectations and goals that come with being the defending sectional champions. He tried to instill in them that a winning attitude and the heart to compete doesn’t all lie with the class of players that have graduated and moved on ahead of them.

“Our players this year knew they had big shoes to fill,” he said.

“But one thing we say is that tradition doesn’t graduate. We’ve had the approach that we’re winners and we try to get better every single day.”

But it was tough on the team to meet the challenge with five brand new starters coming together and trying to figure it all out as they went along.

The Jeeps went through a lot of rough patches and losses as they worked through their season, but never wavered from their ideals and what they set out to accomplish every time they hit the floor. They salvaged and

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Northeast Dubois junior Madison Cave had a breakout season for the Jeeps as she was third among all area girls basketball players as she averaged 13.5 points per game. The Jeeps (5-17) will have a first round bye in the Class 1A sectional at Springs Valley as they’ll play on Friday against either Wood Memorial (13-10) or Springs Valley (15-7). The other first round battle is between Cannelton (6-17) and Tecumseh (16-5). learned what they could from all their results, good or bad, and are proud of the progression they have achieved at this point in the year.

“Everybody individually and as a team grew so much, it’s really uplifting to see that everyone has worked so hard over the season,” said junior guard Madison

Cave, who was third in the area with 13.5 points per game. “Everyone is taking more shot opportunities on offense, and we’re working better as a team. That’s all I can ask for out of the whole team.”

“It’s been a night and day difference from our first game with how much better we’ve

gotten mentally and fundamentally,” said Chinn. “I think our team basketball IQ has really gone up a lot these last three months. We take care of the ball better, rebound, find the open man — we’re understanding basketball.”

With that in mind they are continuing the march forward into

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Chinn likes to break down the Jeeps’ season into three parts and feels that everything the team has endured has readied them for this final leg of their journey. They’re not going into the tournament with their heads low, they are ready to stand and play to whatever conclusion lies before them.

“We are the defending champs, and until somebody can knock us off we have the approach that it’s ours to lose,” he said. “As young as our team is, they all played last year. They felt what it was like to cut down the nets, they know what it takes and how it feels. It’s exciting to think about what could happen.”

The Jeeps will have to wait for the smoke to clear between Wood Memorial and Springs Valley to find out who they will play on Friday, Feb. 1, but no matter which team advances the preparation will remain consistent.

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Confident Patriots take pride in their defense

By HENDRIX MAGLEY hmagley@dcherald.com Throughout the season, the Heritage Hills girls basketball team has stymied its opponents with its tenacity and toughness on the defensive edge. In fact, the Patriots’ defensive average of 35.85 points given up a game ranks as second best in Class 3A, only behind No. 2 ranked Mishawaka Marian.

If you ask the players what the biggest surprise has been about their 17-5 season, it seems defense is the most common answer for the Patriots who open their sectional on Friday in Fort Branch at 8 p.m. EST awaiting the winner of Gibson Southern (20-3) and Evansville Bosse (7-12).

“I didn’t realize that our defensive pressure was going to be so aggressive this season,” said senior guard Claire Heckel. “It’s definitely helped us out in the long run.”

However, head coach Kim Brown isn’t surprised at all by how well the Patriots have performed defensively this season. In fact, a hard-nosed defense is what is expected from Heritage Hills

basketball.

“That’s what I expect of them. They might be a little surprised by how well they can play defense,” Brown said.

“Honestly, I’m still not to the point where I think we’re consistently dominant on defense as we need to Lytton be, but we’re improving every game, so that’s a good thing. I’m glad the team is buying into our defensive effort.”

If there’s anything that has surprised Brown about the Patriots’ season this year, it’s the amount of confidence they entered the 2018-19 campaign with.

After graduating five seniors from last season’s 17-4 team, including three of their leading scorers in Abby Wahl, Kate Kaetzel and Kerragan Mulzer, the Patriots were going to be entering the year with several fresh faces and players who didn’t receive a ton of varsity playing time last season. But the Pats have conquered many of these challenges

ing back this year that we might not be as good. But we’ve actually proved ourselves wrong.”

The Patriots have been led by a variety of different players on the offensive end, including freshman Hadley Lytton (9.6 points per game) and Gordon Heckel sophomore Avery head on, as they’ve compiled a Neff (6.3 points per game), but the 17-5 season that included a nine- one player who many teams have game winning streak and wins tried to key in on is sophomore over tough teams such as Wash- forward Rebekah Gordon.

Gordon is currently averaging ington and Evansville North.

“After a really good season 16.5 points per game and 8.4 relast year, these girls came in with bounds per game, and has already a lot of confidence that they could racked up seven double-doubles get something done, and they’ve this season. After being thrown into followed through to get it done,” the starting lineup as a freshman Brown said. “We had a spell last season, she says she’s picked up where we lost three games in a right where she left off last season row that we thought we shouldn’t (averaged 8.2 points, 5.9 rebounds), have, but they bounced back. but with a lot more confidence.

“I think last year helped me get Their resilience has been surthe jitters out and understand the prising to me.”

Heckel added: “We knew that varsity level,” Gordon said. “It’s last year’s group of seniors were helped me to become a better leader really good, and we thought com- physically and vocally on the court.”

Last year didn’t end the way the Patriots hoped it would, as they were shockingly defeated in the first round of the sectional by an 8-15 Mount Vernon team. This year, Heritage Hills will have a bye and await the winner of Gibson Southern and Evansville Bosse.

The Titans ended the Patriots’ nine-game winning streak and undefeated home record earlier this season, so a rematch could potentially be a tough challenge for Heritage Hills. No matter what happens, though, the Pats are hoping to use the experience from last year’s tough defeat to help them in this year’s postseason run.

“I know they don’t want that to happen again. I don’t think we look at any game as a ‘gimme’,” Brown said. “Every game we go into is somebody that we’re going to have to fight for a win, so they’re not taking anything for granted.”

Gordon added: “[Last year] helps us get a better vision on how we should focus in the sectional and how we need to see our opponents. We can’t just expect a win right off the bat.”

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YEAR WINNER

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1976 Southridge Jasper Jasper 34-21 1977 Jasper Southridge Jasper 59-41

Tell City Heritage Hills Boonville 45-39 1978 Jasper NE Dubois Jasper 54-28

Castle Boonville Boonville 48-36 1979 Jasper Pike Central Jasper 54-42

Boonville Tell City Boonville 36-34 1980 Jasper Springs Valley Jasper 75-29

Boonville Tell City Boonville 44-28 1981 Jasper NE Dubois Jasper 43-34

Boonville Heritage Hills Boonville 52-35 1982 Jasper Southridge Jasper 52-45

Boonville Tell City Boonville 38-33 1983 Jasper Southridge Jasper 39-37

Boonville Tell City Boonville 34-30 1984 Forest Park NE Dubois Jasper 63-47

Boonville Cannelton Boonville 57-47 1985 Forest Park NE Dubois Jasper 67-48

Boonville Cannelton Boonville 54-46 1986 Forest Park NE Dubois Jasper 55-49

Boonville Tecumseh Boonville 52-40 1987 Southridge Forest Park Jasper 64-57

Boonville Castle Boonville 65-46 1988 Southridge Jasper Jasper 56-50

Castle Boonville Boonville 32-31 1989 Southridge Jasper Jasper 52-41

Heritage Hills Boonville Boonville 36-32 1990 Pike Central Forest Park Jasper 70-48

Heritage Hills Castle Boonville 63-36 1991 Pike Central Jasper Jasper 41-40

South Spencer Castle Boonville 61-58**** 1992 Pike Central Jasper Jasper 43-41

Boonville Tell City Boonville 52-42 1993 Pike Central Southridge Jasper 40-33

Heritage Hills Boonville Boonville 40-36 1994 Pike Central NE Dubois Jasper 65-43

Heritage Hills Boonville Boonville 43-42 1995 Pike Central Jasper Jasper 49-42

South Spencer Boonville Boonville 35-34 1996 Jasper Forest Park Jasper 47-37

Castle Boonville Boonville 56-47 1997 Jasper Southridge Jasper 64-25

Castle Boonville Boonville 57-36 1998 Jasper Gib. Southern Vin. Lincoln 47-40

Southridge South Spencer Wood Memorial 31-22 NE Dubois Tecumseh Tecumseh 45-26

Ev. Memorial Ev. Bosse Ev. Bosse 62-54 1999 Jasper Gib. Southern Jasper 46-35

South Spencer Perry Central Wood Memorial 68-57

NE Dubois Cannelton Tecumseh 69-44

Ev. Memorial Boonville Heritage Hills 54-50 2000 Jasper Vin. Lincoln Washington 41-39

Forest Park South Spencer Southridge 46-32

NE Dubois Springs Valley W. Washington 52-40

Ev. Memorial Ev. Bosse Boonville 66-50 2001 Jasper Vin. Lincoln Washington 69-57

Forest Park Crawford County Southridge 50-35

NE Dubois Springs Valley W. Washington 58-53*

Ev. Memorial Ev. Mater Dei Boonville 68-55 2002 Jasper Sullivan Washington 56-44 Southridge Forest Park Southridge 40-28

YEAR WINNER RUNNER-UP HOST SCHOOL SCORE

New Harmony Tecumseh Wood Memorial 65-52

Gib. Southern Ev. Memorial Boonville 48-39 2003 Sullivan Vin. Lincoln Washington 57-53 Southridge Tell City Southridge 50-41

NE Dubois New Harmony Tecumseh 51-44

Ev. Memorial Ev. Bosse Boonville 80-59 2004 Washington Vin. Lincoln Washington 48-46*

Tell City South Spencer Southridge 48-39

NE Dubois Crothersville W. Washington 56-33

Ev. Memorial Ev. Mater Dei Boonville 83-54 2005 Jasper Gib. Southern Washington 43-39* Forest Park Southridge Southridge 44-40

NE Dubois Springs Valley Springs Valley 51-38

Ev. Memorial Heritage Hills Boonville 60-32 2006 Gib. Southern Jasper Washington 49-37

South Spencer Perry Central Southridge 41-40

NE Dubois Springs Valley Orleans 57-34

Ev. Memorial Ev. Bosse Boonville 69-52 2007 Gib. Southern Vin. Lincoln Washington 43-41 Southridge Forest Park Southridge 43-34

NE Dubois Orleans W. Washington 43-28

Ev. Bosse Boonville Boonville 67-44 2008 Vin. Lincoln Jasper Washington 44-38

Tell City Ev. Mater Dei Forest Park 58-42

NE Dubois Crothersville Springs Valley 52-47* 2009 Vin. Licoln Heritage Hills Southridge 60-34

North Posey Perry Central Ev. Mater Dei 49-38

NE Dubois Crothersville Orleans 58-56* 2010 Jasper Southridge Washington 41-26

Ev. Mater Dei Perry Central Forest Park 45-27

NE Dubois Orleans Springs Valley 46-28 2011 Jasper Southridge Southridge 42-41

Forest Park Ev. Mater Dei Ev. Mater Dei 65-52

NE Dubois Springs Valley Orleans 37-31 2012 Jasper Washington Washington 39-32

Ev. Mater Dei Forest Park Southridge 61-40

NE Dubois Springs Valley Orleans 55-44 2013 Jasper Mitchell Washington 66-53

Ev. Mater Dei Perry Central Southridge 68-29

NE Dubois Tecumseh Wood Memorial 49-42 2014 Southridge Vin. Lincoln Vin. Lincoln 46-41

North Posey Tell City Forest Park 42-17

Wood Memorial NE Dubois Wood Memorial 62-57* 2015 Jasper Washington Jasper 58-43

North Posey Forest Park Forest Park 44-42

Wood Memorial NE Dubois Tecumseh 60-40 2016 Vin. Lincoln Southridge Princeton 48-39

Forest Park South Spencer Forest Park 54-36

Springs Valley Wood Memorial Springs Valley 49-48

Ev. Memorial Boonville Heritage Hills 64-31 2017 Vin. Lincoln Princeton Vin. Lincoln 56-52

Forest Park Tell City Forest Park 45-35*

Wood Memorial NE Dubois Tecumseh 59-42

Ev. Memorial Heritage Hills Gib. Southern 55-40 2018 Castle Ev. North Ev. Central 41-37

Vin. Lincoln Princeton Princeton 69-54

Ev. Mater Dei North Posey Forest Park 46-29

NE Dubois Wood Memorial Wood Memorial 35-30

Ev. Memorial Gib. Southern Mount Vernon 56-41 * overtime ** double OT *** triple OT **** quadruple OT

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Heritage Hills Patriots

Above: Coaches of the Heritage Hills High School girls basketball sectional team are, from left, head coach Kim Brown, junior varsity coach Ray Kaetzel and assistant coach Tara Lytton.

Right: Members of the Heritage Hills High School girls basketball sectional team are, from left, first row: Hadley Lytton, Avery Neff, Kylee Appman, Kyndall Jordan and Ella Schnieders. Second row: Brianna Quinn, Claire Heckel, Grace Mangan, Rebekah Gordon, Nevah Barnett and Morgan Vaal.

SEASON RESULTS (17-5) OPPONENT W/L SCORE at Northeast Dubois W 46-15 EVANSVILLE REITZ W 48-22 SOUTH CENTRAL W 82-23 at Evansville North W 38-35 EVANSVILLE HARRISON W 64-21 PRINCETON W 52-38 at Tell City L 42-36 at Tecumseh L 45-44 at Jasper L 63-49 FOREST PARK W 45-36 at Southridge W 52-32

OPPONENT W/L SCORE vs. South Spencer W 47-41 at Tell City W 47-28 WASHINGTON W 36-30 SOUTH SPENCER W 52-34 at North Posey W 59-26 PERRY CENTRAL W 62-32 at Mount Vernon W 48-33 GIBSON SOUTHERN L 72-56 at Boonville W 72-49 EVANSVILLE MATER DEI L 62-57 at Pike Central W 73-61

STATISTICS PLAYER Rebekah Gordon Hadley Lytton Claire Heckel Avery Neff Morgan Vaal Brianna Quinn Nevah Barnett Kyndall Jordan Kylee Appman Ella Schnieders Grace Mangan

G PTS HI AVG FG 3PT FT-FTA 22 362 27 16.5 134 8 86-122 22 211 22 9.6 67 28 50-63 22 151 12 6.9 53 23 21-33 22 139 15 6.3 45 20 29-44 16 97 18 6.1 34 4 25-31 21 78 11 3.7 22 1 33-58 22 74 11 3.4 28 0 18-27 15 22 11 1.5 4 0 14-18 19 21 8 1.1 7 0 7-10 16 8 5 0.5 1 0 6-10 10 0 0 0.0 0 0 0-0 Managers of the Heritage Hills High School girls basketball sectional team are, from left, first row: Abi Wilson and Taylor Klem.

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