After nearly 3 years as sports editor my time at the Daily Reporter will end on March 2. I made more friends than I can name and will be forever grateful to the HanCo sports community for embracing me. Thank you for a remarkable journey. It has been an honor G-C, MV, EH & NP!
History! For the first time in
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baseball state finals history we have a no-hitter.
@Providence_BB
sophomore Gavin Jackson
@gavinjackson_22
tosses complete game no-no with 10 Ks to help Providence win third 2A title in program history
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Class 4A Mt Vernon Marauders (14-1) win 14th straight game and first football state title in program history. Beat Northridge 45-14 with five different players scoring touchdowns. QB Gehrig Slunaker named 4A mental attitude award winner, passed for 235 yards, 3 TDs
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Cool moment after the Greenfield-Central Cougars win tonight. Team honors injured teammate Jessica Farrell by wearing custom jersey shirts with her number 23 on the back. Farrell is out the rest of the season with an ACL tear.
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Class 3A IHSAA FB State: FINAL - Bishop Chatard 34, Lawrenceburg 14
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@BCHSAthletics
@BCHSTrojansFB
Trojans win state-leading 16th football state title, 14th in 3A all time since 1983
Last year’s 152 lbs state finals rematch lives up to the hype. Battle at 160 lbs. goes to
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Cathedral’s No. 4 Elliott Rodgers, who defeats
@GCCougars
@Greenfield_WC
Greenfield-Central’s No. 2 Cooper Noehre with match-winning takedown with 5.2 left
@IndianaMat
What an amazing final night. I’m happy for both the Mt. Vernon Marauders and the New Palestine Dragons boys hoops team for advancing into the sectional finals. Good luck to both teams, schools and communities. I wish the best to everyone in Hancock County.
History is made!
@AURavensWBB
Lexi Dellinger sets a new AU women’s basketball all-time scoring record with a 3-pointer (7th of the night) to overtake Angel Hall’s mark of 1,832 pt. Dellinger’s shot put her at 1,834. Her 37 pts vs. Defiance gives her 1,840. AU won 87-73
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Two come-from-behind games in one day. A 49-year streak snapped this morning, followed by a 50-year title drought finally coming to an end. Class 4A Mt Vernon is a final four team, defeats No. 7 Cathedral 6-4 for Regional 3 title
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@mvmarauders
He drought is over!
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baseball wins first regional championship in 50 years.
4A Reg 3 championship game: FINAL Mt Vernon 6, Cathedral 3
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The HSE Royals are state champs!
HSE
@HSEsoftball
walks it off 2-1 in the seventh vs New Palestine to win its third
@IHSAA1
4A state title (‘07, ‘10).
Alex Kiemeyer
@AlexKiemeyer
drives in the winning run, while Swedarsky strikes out 13 with 2 hits allowed
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Catch heard around the world!
LF Nick Fero robbed a game-tying HR for the final out of Sect 8 to secure Ty Anderson’s no-hitter and Westfield’s first sectional title since 2010-11.
Westfield defeated Fishers 1-0.
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Congrats to Josh Farrell for being inducted into
@Greenfield_WC
Hall of Fame tonight. 173-15 career record, 2013 state champ, career leader in takedowns, wins, winning %, team points, tech falls, single season wins & percentage. Four-time state place winner (1st, 2nd, 7th, 6th)
Westfield wins first regional since 2009 with 13-2 win over McCutcheon
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Rocks belt 13 hits, turned 3 double plays & SS
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Brayden Hibler, Central Missouri commit, goes 4-for-4 with 4 RBI (2 singles, double, triple, BB).
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@GoRocksbaseball
Was just told that I’m not a real newspaper guy because I don’t use an iPad or iPhone to score baseball games. My scorebook will never retire!
#OldSchool
FINAL: Sect 9 championship- Mt Vernon 8, Pendleton Heights 0
MV improves to 24-6 (ongoing single-season wins record and first outright
@HHCConference
title this year), wins 8th sectional all time, first since 2011 and first in 4A.
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@mvmarauders
Marauders win their sweet 16th (consecutive) to repeat as 4A Sectional 9 champions. Third 4A sectional title in five years and 15th overall. MV moves to 22-2 with Ben Davis (21-6) ahead at Southport Regional on Saturday, March 12
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Another upset win. 2A Boone Grove takes down No. 1 Lafayette Central Catholic 1-0.
Wolves beat No. 2 South Adams 1-0 at Regional
Ty Bothwell strikes out 13 vs Knights, including final out
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My heart truly goes out to the
@GCHSWomensBball
program. Not the way anyone’s season should end. I applaud coach Key, the Cougars & the seniors for their fortitude, sacrifices & efforts this season despite tremendous adversity. These Cougars are winners in my book.
@GCCougars
New Palestine’s Richard Clevenger wins his first career wrestling sectional title. The 195-pounder runs the table in Shelbyville behind a pair of pins. Improves to 29-5 on the year
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@WrestlingNPHS
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It’s official now. Cathedral claims team title with 12-7 decision by Jordan Slivka in 160 finals.
Slivka beats No. 1 Donnell Washington to win 2nd straight state championship
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@ChsSwamp
“It definitely feels amazing. Revenge, man. Coming here. Three-hour drive. Sitting on the bus for three hours, a little tired, but we came out and got after it.” - Mt Vernon senior Keagan La Belle
La Belle with three rushing TDs in programs 1st semistate title win
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Mt Vernon’s Sam McWilliams
@mvmarauders
is heading to
@IHSAA1
golf state. McWilliams cards 3-under-par 69 at The Players Club for third best individual regional score and second best among individual state qualifiers without a team. MV shoots 325 as team.
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fires 348
I’m sorry to report that
#GoStripesGnome
suffered another blow this week, according to
@TigerBaseball17
Jon Vore. The “mascot” apparently lost a chunk from its side prior to today, but Vore & the Tigers believe gnome will push through to
#VictoryField
for State.
#heartofachampion
No headgear, no problem.
@Greenfield_WC
Dylan Dorman borrows
@NewPalWrestle
headgear and rallies back from 2-0 deficit to win 12-5 over Chesterton’s Ethan Kaiser to advance to Saturday’s 138 lbs
@IHSAA1
wrestling state quarterfinals
@GCCougars
At a special meeting on Wednesday, Superintendent Dr. Shane Robbins recommended Mike Kirschner as the next head football coach at Mt. Vernon High School. Kirschner comes to
@mvmarauders
after an 18-year tenure at Ben Davis High School, where he spent the last eleven as head coach
As
@mikekirschner1
said after the game, every week and every opponent is a hurdle during the postseason. That’s two down with four more to go for top-ranked 4A Mt. Vernon (11-0). One week at a time.
@mvmarauders
Millers complete Kokomo Semistate sweep! Millers girls blank Crown Point 7-0, join boys team and advance to 3A state. Up next a meeting with Carmel at state
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@MillerNationAD
Asa Garcia becomes first Avon’s first 3-time state champion with pin in 1:23 vs Roncalli’s Alec Viduya in 132 finals
Garcia is 162-12 in his career
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FINAL: GSOC Sect final - Mt. Vernon 3, New Palestine 0
Marauders (15-2) win ninth straight game, first sectional title since 2015. MV’s Anna Isger with hat trick
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3A No. 5 Tri-West Bruins keep their historic run going. Clinched first outright Sagamore Conference title this year, first sectional since 2018, and today, the program’s first regional title ever with 11-2 win over No. 6 West Vigo
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@TriWestBaseball
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Volleyball is for everyone
@NPHSDragons
The boys club volleyball team played the girls varsity squad in an exhibition tonight. Girls won in three sets. Fundraiser event was conducted to support both programs, as boys volleyball continues to emerge throughout the state
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