Osgood Journal Sports
August 19, 2008

'08 Milan Indian HS football teams hold season opening scrimmage against Eastern Pekin

Gary Franklin, Sports Writer
A week after the 2008 Black N' Gold Milan football debut of Friday, August 8, where 200+ Milan youth hit the MHS gridiron for an inner squad showcase, the high school teams met rival Eastern Pekin for a preseason scrimmage.
Of the massive number of kids participating in the Black N' Gold showcase, 154 were currently between the kindergarten and eighth grade in school, with the additional 55 on high school teams.
The high school players have been working and training hard in their preparatory practices to claim a more positive season outcome than teams of recent years.
If fan turnout for the '08 Black N' Gold showcase is any type of an indicator, the Milan teams will continue to be well represented in all levels by fan support.
Scrimmage vs Eastern Pekin
A beautiful evening for being out doors made for superb scrimmage weather on the Milan High School gridiron on Friday evening, August 16. The Indian 2008 cheer squad made their season debut during the first half of the football teams scrimmage. All were anxious and excited to be back in front of the home crowd, cheering for their team. The cheer squad will travel to Vevay to participate in the Swiss Wine Festival cherrlearer competition on Sunday, August 25. The competiton is to get underway with Jr-High at 3:15 p.m. and the High School venue to start at 4:30 p.m.
The football team will travel to Northeastern on Friday, August 22, to open their regular season play against the Knights with a 7 p.m. start. The tribes first home game will be against the Batesville Bulldogs on Friday, August 29.

GARY FRANKLIN PHOTO Indian front line attack as quarterback Jared Ison delivers the pass over the top to his receiver.

 

Eagle trio are part of a perfect AAU summer season

Gary Franklin, Sports Writer

A Jac-Cen-Del Eagle basketball trio joined forces over the summer with area players in AAU competition under the direction of Coach Craig Houk. The young Eagles, Blake Sutton, Matt Gehl and Tim Arnett found teammates in the Southport Travel League in three Greensburg players; Craig Houk, Zach Brown and DJ Wright and two Batesville players; Alex Jobst and Zach Meyer.
The team put together a perfect season at 9-0 in regular league season play. They continued to go undefeated through the league championship playoff with victories over the Southport Elite 102-78, the Indianapolis Zoom 77-70, Ben Davis 68-64 and the Indianapolis Gators 75-63, to wrap it up.
Following league play under the team name "Southeast Indiana Heat", the team comprised of Sutton, Gehl and Arnett, joined by Greensburg's Latori Wright and Craig Houk, Brenden Bragg and Kyle Green of Switzerland County and Sean Powell of Lawrenceburg, successfully completed AAU 17 & under play by winning the Midwest Youth National Championship, held in Louisville, Kentucky.
Competition at the Midwest National found the Heat winning three of three in poll play to advance them to a top seed. Wins were over the Tennessee Elite 80-60, Wisconsin Nelson County 82-52 and the Hoosier Hornets 82-59.
The Heat's final three games for the national title resulted in wins of 82-59 over the Indianapolis Bulls, 77-50 over the Anderson Elite and 77-65 over the Birmingham, Alabama Express.