Lady Eagles fly past Milan in 62-23 blowout at Jac-Cen-Del

Josh Barnett - Sports Editor

The Jac-Cen-Del Lady Eagles continued their excellent defense to defeat conference foe Milan on Tuesday night. The Lady Eagles defeated the Lady Indians 62-23 to push their record over .500 at 4-3. The Indians' record however drops to 1-8 on the season.

In the first quarter the Lady Eagles started off hot outscoring their opponent 15-3. Janelle Hardesty netted five points in the quarter to help give JCD their lead.

Milan scored 10 points in the second quarter, but the Eagles scored 16 to take a 31-13 lead going into halftime. Emily Einhaus scored 6 of JCD's 16 second quarter points.

The Lady Eagles came out hot again in the third quarter, adding 16 more to their total. The defense continued to prove strong holding Milan to another single-digit quarter with 6 points. Hardesty and Einhaus led the way with 6 points each in the quarter.

In the fourth quarter the Lady Eagles stayed on pace with another 15 points to Milan's 4 to make the

final score 62-23. Six players on JCD's team scored in the fourth quarter alone.

Janelle Hardesty led the Lady Eagles with 15 points. Emily Einhaus celebrated her 16th birthday nearly matching her age with 14 points. Traci Sieberts chipped in 7 points and had a team high 7 rebounds. Cassidy Krieg, Erika Simon and Amanda Harmeyer each scored 6 points and Talena Huff and Abby Rohlfing chipped in 4 points apiece. Rohlfing also recorded a team high 5 blocks. The Lady Eagles missed just two free-throws in the contest going 11 for 13. They also shot an outstanding 47% from the field draining 25 out of 53 shots.

Megan Lade led Milan with 8 points followed by Lacee Alloway with 6 and Katie Volz and Kiley MacVey with 3 each. The Lady Indians struggled from the field connecting on just 7 out of 51 shots for a morbid 13% field goal shooting. They also had a hard time on free-throws hitting just 9 out of 27 attempts.

Both teams play again this week with Jac-Cen-Del traveling to Trinity Lutheran on Thursday and the

Lady Indians traveling to Lawrenceburg on Saturday. JCD's game is scheduled to start at 6:00 pm while Milan's is scheduled to start at 12:00 pm.

IN Basketball Hall of Fame to honor southern counties

Josh Barnett - Sports Editor

The Indiana High School Basketball Hall Fame will be holding a ceremony for the 26 southern Indiana counties in Clarksville on Saturday, April 26 at the Holiday Inn Lakeview.

The banquet is title "Success of the South" and will feature guest speaker, Iowa University Head Basketball Coach and IU great, Steve Alford.

All inductees from the area will be recognized at the banquet and will be presented with a special edition program. Each inductee will also receive special souvenirs and favors at their table.

Tickets for the event are $40 for the event. Reception and cash bar are from 5:00 pm until 6:30 pm. Dinner will be served at 6:30 and the program will begin at 7:00 pm.

Anyone interested in attending the event needs to contact John Ward at 689-4732 or call the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame at 765-529-1891