Gary Franklin
- Sports Writer
The road to Conseco Fieldhouse has once again
been charted by the Indiana High School Athletic
Association. The field in opening consisted
of 393 teams, 5,626 participants, to compete
among the 64 selected Sectional sites. Sectional
#56, the Lapel sites competition got underway
on Monday night, February 27, due to a 9 team
field, with the majority of sites opening on
Tuesday, February 28. Sectional play continues
through Saturday, March 4, with a two-round
Regional slated for Saturday, March 11. One
game Semi-State's are set for Saturday, March
18, with the winners earning a spot in the
State Finals at Conseco Fieldhouse on Saturday,
March 25. In all, 389 games will be played
over the four week period.
At the State Finals, there will be a championship
game in each of the four classes beginning
with Class 1A at 10:36 a.m. EST, followed immediately
by the Class 2A game. After a mid-afternoon
break, the second session will begin with the
Class 3A championship game at 6:06 p.m. EST,
followed by the Class 4A championship game.
SECTIONAL #44, Class 2A
Indians took a time-out with 1:49 remaining
in the half. Indian Withers scored a FG following
the time-out, and teammate George made 3/3
FT shots, drawing the score to a 3 point difference
at 29-26 where it remained at quarter's end.
The Indians captured the lead early in the
third quarter off George and McIntosh FG's.
With the score Indians 30-29 Rebels, Southwestern
called for a time-out. Following the time-out,
events beyond the Indians' control went quickly
south. Rebel McVey scored a FG, Stephens drained
the 3, McVey added a 3, and Thomasson 2/2 FT's
to take the score to Rebels 39-30 Indians at
the 2:16 mark. Indian Kirk lit up the net for
a 3, but Rebel Andrews answered with a pair
of 3's to edge the margin yet greater. Following
a Milan time-out, Rebel McVey scored a pair
of FT's taking the game to a 14 point spread,
ending the quarter Rebels 47-33 Indians.
Scoring in the fourth continued to be friendly
to the Rebels as they outscored the tribe 12-6.
Rebel scoring came from Andrews with a FG and
5 FT's, McVey 2 FG's and a FT. Indian scoring
was from a Pennington FG, Jeremy Hunt's 2/2
FT shooting, and a George FG, ending the game
with the score of 59-39, the Indians' season
over, and the Rebels allowed to move forward
for Friday night's first game.
SECTIONAL #58, Class 1A
Game One
Sectional #58 opened on Tuesday evening, February
28, at South Decatur High School, with competition
between the South Decatur Cougars and the Jac-Cen-Del
Eagles. The Eagles at game's end were victorious,
64-51, advancing them to the second game on
Friday, March 3, against the Oldenburg Academy
Twisters. The opening game at 6:00 p.m. pits
the Shawe Memorial Hilltoppers against the
Rising Sun Shiners. |
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