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Today the conference has five member schools: Bishop Chatard, Brebeuf Jesuit, Guerin Catholic, Roncalli, and Heritage Christian. Covenant Christian will join the conference in the 2018-19 season as the 6th member. By joining the conference, Heritage affords its student athletes additional opportunities for conference championships and recognition for achievement on and off the field. “Our involvement will raise the level of our athletic programs and provide the best possible opportunities for athletic competition,ˮ said Heritage athletic director Michelle York. “As we strive to fulfill our mission, we believe this new conference affiliation will allow us to move forward at an even higher level as we glorify God and pursue excellence.” The Lady Eagles basketball team won the school’s first conference championship in its inaugural year with a 4-0 record. Congratulations to the team and coach Rick Risinger.
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he 2017-18 athletic season brought with it exciting changes for the HCS Eagles as they competed in their inaugural season as members of the Circle City Conference. The conference (est. 2016) was formed to unite like-minded greater Indianapolis metro area schools and promote mutually accepted high standards for high school athletics, including a strong emphasis on sportsmanship, integrity, respect, competition, and a balanced role of athletics and academics in student life. In addition to creating a unique values-based setting for competition, the conference provides opportunities for the exchange of ideas and programs whilst building professional networks amongst members. The conference also affords leadership opportunities for the student athletes through a leadership conference hosted every fall by a member school. Twelve to sixteen student athletes are invited to attend and focus on sportsmanship, discipleship opportunities, leadership and teamwork.
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2018 MCDONALD'S ALL AMERICAN The Heritage Christian School community is incredibly proud of your outstanding achievements and wish you the very best as you continue your basketball career at the University of Notre Dame.
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tched in black script letters on the gleaming hardwood floor of Heritage Christian School’s gymnasium are the words “Glorify God, Play Hard, Have Fun.” It’s a saying familiar to the many students and families who knew former Heritage coach, “Doc” Richards. For 11 years, he coached the school’s girls’ varsity basketball and boys’ tennis teams. He led the tennis teams to two City Championships and in 2004, a Semi-State title. In 2001, he earned the Indianapolis City Coach of the Year award for his work with the girls’ basketball team. But he’s most remembered for the life lessons he instilled on and off the courts. He taught that “a team makes a success, not an individual.” After a battle with cancer, Richards went to be with the Lord in 2005. Each year, two Heritage student athletes are named recipients of the Doc Richards Athlete Award, for high academic achievement.
Pictured left to right, Heritage girls’ basketball coaches Ron Young, Mark “Doc” Richards and Rick Risinger.
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