High School Sports
SEMISTATE ROUNDUP: NA boys’ CC heading back to state
One area cross country team was able to advance to next Saturday’s IHSAA State Finals at Saturday’s Brown County Semistate. As for one area individual, he came up just short of going to state himself.
For the first time in program history, the New Albany boys’ team earned a second consecutive trip to state, which will be at the LaVern Gibson Course in Terre Haute. The Bulldogs finished sixth at semistate with 182 points, beating seventh-place Evansville Memorial by four points.
The top six teams and top 15 individuals qualified for state.
“A lot has to go right in order to go back to state in any sport. We’re proud of the kids,” New Albany head coach Paul Hamilton said.
Pryce Ragains was the top finisher for the Bulldogs, placing 24th. Jason Holcomb was 34th and Mathew Holcomb was 40th for the Bulldogs.
Borden junior Hunter WIlliams was two spots shy of advancing to the state finals. Williams finished 17th overall, just less than four seconds behind 15th-place finisher Brian Depasse of Terre Haute North.
Floyd Central wound up 17th and SIlver Creek was 20th on the day. Cory Portwood was the Highlanders’ top finisher, placing 42nd. Aaron Beck led the Dragons with a 68th-place effort.
Terre Haute North slipped by second-place North Harrison in the team standings. North finished with 55 points as a team, while the Cougars were one point behind in the final standings. Tyler Byrne of North Harrison was the individual champion, winning the 5-kilometer race in a time of 16:15.5.
In the girls’ meet, Floyd Central led all local teams by finishing 11th. The Highlanders’ Constance Rhodes was 48th overall while Chelsea Reidinger (68th), Hannah Keehn (81st), Brandy Fulton (88th) and Abbie Ewing (96th) completed the scoring for the Highlanders.
“I was very happy with our girls today. Connie Rhodes led a good team effort,” said Highlander coach Carl Hook. “God has truly blessed us this year and we are very thankful to have had such a good season. We made a huge jump from the last couple of years and really have things going in the right direction.”
Silver Creek wound up 17th and had the highest-placing local individual in senior runner Olivia Horvath, who was 33rd. New Albany was one spot behind the Dragons in 18th, led by freshman Phoebe Bauer in 50th.
Jeff’s Connie Chan was 39th and teammate Jessica Mosqueda was 82nd on the day.
BOYS’ SOCCER
• New Albany falls in semistate semi: Washington was finally able to crack New Albany’s vaunted defense in the semifinal of the Evansville Central Semistate on Saturday.
After five straight postseason shutouts, New Albany was shut down themselves by the Hatchets (20-1-1), falling 5-0.
It ended an improbable run for the Bulldogs (9-11-1), whose five postseason victories were more than the team recorded in 15 regular-season matches. Along the way, New Albany avenged regular-season losses to four teams and won twice in penalty-kick shootouts — once in the sectional semifinals against Floyd Central and again on Monday against Seymour in the Floyd Central Regional final.
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Floyd Central center Jennifer Smith was the best player on the best team in Southern Indiana, making her The Evening News and Tribune Sonya Wahl Memorial Area Player of the Year.
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GYMNASTICS: Regional-bound Red Devils
Prior to the start of its season, the Jeffersonville High School gymnastics team talked about its goals for the upcoming season.
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CLASS 4A SECTIONAL: Maschmeyer’s game-winner gives Jeff first sectional title in four years, 59-57
Evan Maschmeyer has always been a player that has made the plays to help his team win games.
On Saturday night at Scott Gym, the 6-foot-3 junior gave Jeffersonville its first sectional title in four years. -
CLASS A SECTIONAL: Hornets undone by turnovers, Lanesville
Henryville shot 55 percent from the field in the first half, outrebounded Lanesville 28-23, and held Eagles’ star Bryant Conder to a season-low nine points in the Class A, Sectional 62 championship game on Saturday night.
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CLASS 4A SECTIONAL: New Albany holds of Floyd Central; Jeff advances
New Albany and Jeffersonville will meet in the Class 4A Sectional 15 championship game for the fifth straight season.
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CLASS 2A SECTIONAL: Wischmeier too much for Pioneers to handle
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CLASS A SECTIONAL: Henryville beats buzzer, Rock Creek
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TRIPLE TEAM EFFORT: Big three carry Wildcats to title at Jeff High
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CLASS A SECTIONAL: Lions, Hornets prevail in down-to-wire wins
Both of the first-round games of the Class A Borden Sectional went into the final minute on Wednesday night — with Rock Creek Christian and Henryville coming out on top to advance to Friday’s semifinal round.
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