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2015 Sectional #27 Girls Basketball Champions vol. 01 Issue 53 02.16-2015

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Cover photo: Members

of the the Danville Girls Basketball Team celebrate the first Danville Community High School girls basetball sectional championship in 28 years.

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Ronnie’s Ramblings

Four Seven

Girls Sectional Basketball

state finals diving

Eighteen

boys Basketball

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by ronnie wilson

rior to this past Friday night, I was in a bit of dilemma four local teams were playing in sectional semi-finals at two different locations. There existed the possibility of two all-Hendricks County sectional championships. That would be a good thing for Hendricks County and a hurdle for me.

As good as I may be, I cannot cover two games in different locations at the same time.

To compound he potential difficulty is that all of my regular associate photographers were occupied on Saturday night with something called Valentine’s Day activities.

The potential also existed that there could be one local team in each of the two locations. That would still leave me with how to cover two games occurring simultaneously.

Unfortunately, two of the local teams, Brownsburg and Plainfield, were eliminated on Friday night. As much as that

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outcome resolved my scheduling conundrum, I would have much rather had to devise a way to get coverage of both sectional finals with all four local teams playing.

As uncaring as the basketball gods were, they still had a sense of humor. The one game remaining for me to cover was Danville and Tri-West at Greencastle.

This would be a rematch of a regular season game on January 30th which Tri-West won, 76 - 69. This had all of the ear markings of an excellent game.

The other bit of humor is that the two

teams playing are both from Hendricks County and had to travel to Greencastle to play a game that quite easily could have been played locally.

Playing locally would have saved travel time and gas for the schools as well as spectators.

I have not forgotten swimming/diving state finals and wrestling semi-state competition.

The Hendricks County participant in the final sixteen of any event at the IU Natatorium were diver Molly Fears of Plainfield finishing 13th, and Avon’s 200 Medley Relay squad of Ana Walters, Emily Smith, Katie Qualls and Natalie Myers finishing 13th; 500 Freestyle Natalie Myers finished 9th; and Katie Qualls finished 16th

Now for the lighter side.

I found the below online several months ago. It has not been marked in my files as having been used here this year, but I seem to remember retyping it. Maybe I have just reread it several times and it just seems very familiar.

Even if it is a repeat, it is still funny. The student received an “A” for creativity ad and “F” as an actual grade.

(I also question the veracity of the exam. The questions seem to be a bit contrived, properly worded and cover a myriad of disparate topics.

Q. In what battle did Napoleon die?

Ans. - His last one.

Q. Where was the Declaration of Independence signed? Ans. - At the bottom.

Q. The Ravi River slows in which state? Ans. -

A liquid state.

Q. What is the main reason for divorce? Ans. - Marriage.

Q. What is the main reason for exams? Ans. - Failure.

Q. What can you never eat for breakfast? Ans. - Lunch, supper and dinner.

Q. What looks like half an apple? Ans. - The other half.

Q. If you threw a red stone into a blue sea, what would it become? Ans. - A wet stone.

Q. How can a man go either days without sleeping? Ans. Easy, sleep at night.

Q. How can you lift an elephant with one hand? Ans. You can never lift an elephant that has one hand.

Q. If you have three apples and four oranges in one hand and four oranges and three apples in the other hand, what would you have? Ans. - Very large hands.

Q. If it took 10 me 10 hours to build a brick wall, how long would it take five men to build it? Ans. - No time, the wall was already built.

Q. How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it? Ans. Any way you want, because a concrete floor is very hard to crack with a raw egg.

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County Results Basketball Sectional Results - Girls

Brownsburg - Lost to Martinsville, 68 - 60. Lady Bulldog Alyiah Walker tallied 15 points.

Danville - Defeated Greencastle, 71 - 48. Maleha Motter recorded a double-double with 10 rebounds, and a game-high 19 points, including 5 for 5 deuces, 2 for 5 treys and 3 for 3 at the charity stripe. Teammates Allie Lake and Hannah Newby tallied 11 points each. Lake also recorded seven thefts.

Defeated Tri-West, 57 - 48 for the sectional championship.

The Lady Warriors presented a balanced scoring attack with three players in double figures and a fourth with nine points.

Nicki Kiefer led the Danville offense with 16 points, followed closely by teammate Cami Collins with 15 markers. Collins was also named Danville’s “Player of the Game”. Maleha Motter tallied 12 points. Floor general Allie Lake counted nine markers and seven assists, while sinking clutch free

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throws in the closing minutes.

In addition to her points, Collins garnered five steals. Motter grabbed nine rebounds. Hannah Newby demonstrated excellent hustle while scoring five points and securing seven rebounds.

After the game, Danville coach Kaley May commented, “...balanced scoring was a significant factor in this win...” This is the Lady Warriors first sectional championship in 28 years. Next they will play Indianapolis Chatard at 10 a.m. at Danville Community High School.

For Tri-West, Karen Jones led the Lady Bruin scoring with a game-high 18 points.

Plainfield - Lost to Mooresville, 67 - 37.

Tri-West - Defeated Indian Creek, 65 - 54.

56 - 39. Quaker Max Kurkowski counted 17 points.

Tri-West - Defeated Crawfordsville, 63 - 28.

Swimming/Diving State Finals

Avon -

200 Medley Relay Ana Walters, Emily Smith, Katie Qualls, Natalie Myers - 13th.

500 Freestyle Natalie Myers, 9th; Katie Qualls - 16th Plainfield - Molly Fears finished 13th.

Wrestling Semi-State Individual Champions

Avon Brandon Helm at #160.

Evan Elmore at #182.

Gunnar Larson at #220.

Basketball - Boys Danville Avon Brock Hudkins at #120.

Brownsburg - Defeated Short- Elliot Malloy at #126. ridge, 55 - 37. Bulldog Tyler Kurtz scored a game-high 15 Semi-State Team points. Teammate KJ Walton Finishes added 13 markers.

Avon - Semi-State Champion.

Cascade Danville - Defeated Avon,. 62 - Danville 4th 54. Warrior Luke Callahan tal- Plainfield - 8th.

Brownsburg - 11th. lied 20 points.

Plainfield - Defeated Cascade,

Girls Basketball Sectional Photos by Ronnie Wilson

Danville’s Allie Lake shoots against Tri-West’s Karen Jones in sectional championship action.

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Danville’s Nicki Kiefer buries a trey versus Tri-West in sectional championship play.

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Tri-West’s Madison Sprecher drives against Danville’s Allie Lake in sectional championship play.

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Danville’s Cami Collins (l), Tri-West’s Katrina Headlee (m

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m) and Danville’s Ashlyn Sims (r) battle for a loose ball.

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Danville’s Maleha Motter in sectional championship action versus Tri-West.

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Tri-West’s Karen Jones looks to makes a pass in sectional championship action against Danville.

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Danville’s Hannah Newby secures a rebound versus Tri-West in sectional championship play.

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Tri-West’s Katrina Headlee scores during sectional championship action against Danville.

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Danville Girls Basketball team captains, Nicki Kiefer (l) and Allie Lake display the team’s 2015 Sectional #27 championship trophy.

From bottom to top - Danville players Allie Lake, Cami Collins, Robin Ford, Ashlyn Sims and Nicki Kiefer enjoy their sectional championship.

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Diving

Photo by Doug McSchooler

Plainfield diver reflects on state finals experience When asked to reflect on her 13 place finish at the state diving finals, Plainfield’s Molly Fears (left) responded. “I was definitely in shock I made it into the finals, it was an amazing moment and I can’t really describe the way it made me feel. I didn’t think I would be able to make the cuts after hitting the board on my fourth dive. I knew I needed to keep up my confidence and just remember I am just as good as the top 8. My coaches Kayla And Mr. Cavanaugh always tell me one dive at a time and Kayla always told me I have 5 seconds and then I need to move on and that’s what I did. I had no injuries it was honestly just a tap of the feet on the board. My pride was damaged more or less, I had high hopes of being able to stand on the podium and make everyone

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proud but I now know that the podium isn’t what you need to make others proud. I reached my main goal of top 16 and overall I am happy with my performance.

I am taking two weeks off and then getting right back at it in order to prove to myself and others that I can be a better diver.”

Basketball Photos by Ronnie Wilson

Danville’s Cole Potts versus Avon.

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...and the game begins...Avon at Danville.

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Danville’s Luke Callahan grabs a defensive rebound versus Avon.

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Danville’s Ryan Cloncs (33) an

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nd Avon’s Jordan Peterson (11).

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Avon’s Andrew Short at Danville.

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Danivlle’s Jacob Fulton rejects Avon’s Hayden Crowder’s shot.

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Avon’s Jack McCue at Danville.

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Avon’s Logan White at Danville.

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Avon’s Brandon Peters defends Danville’s Luke Callahan.

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Cascade’s Dalton Dubois at Plainfield.

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Plainfield’s Reece Crawford and Cascade’s Zac Butler jockey for an advantage to snare a rebound.

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Plainfield’s Reece Crawford versus Cascade.

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Plainfield’s Mark Daum II versus Cascade.

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Cascade’s Brock Stephenson at Plainfield.

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Plainfield’s Max Kurkowski versus Cascade.

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