Cats fall short, Rangers open wrestling season

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the herald ■ Monday, November 19, 2018

Cats fall short, Rangers open wrestling season From Herald Staff Reports This past weekend was a busy one for local sports teams, as Jasper girls basketball traveled south to Evansville, Prep the Wildcat sports and Heritage Hills swim teams participated in an invitational, and Forest Park opened its wrestling season. Here’s a brief rundown of Saturday’s prep sports action.

■■ Girls Basketball Tigers 52, Wildcats 44: The Jasper

girls basketball team played tough with Class 3A No. 5 Evansville Memorial on Saturday afternoon, but the Cats fell just short in their battle with the Tigers.

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Jasper held a lead after the first quarter, and trailed by just a point at the halftime break/ But the Tigers pulled away for an eight-point victory in the second half. Kortney Ruhe led Jasper with

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17 points and eight rebounds, while Reagan Egbert finished with eight points and nine rebounds. Claire Knies also added

eight points. Peyton Murphy led Evansville Memorial with 19 points, while Soffia Rieckers added 14.

■■ Girls Swimming Cats, Pats compete at Mt. Vernon:

The Jasper and Heritage Hills girls swim teams competed at the Mount Vernon Invitational this past weekend. The Wildcats placed sixth overall with a score of 109, while the Patriots placed 10th with a score of 13. Evansville Memorial won with a score of 258. Jasper was led by Carmina Armstrong, who had two firstplace finishes — a 25.67 in the 50yard freestyle and a 56.05 in the 100-yard freestyle. Zoe Biggs also placed high for the Wildcats, as she finished third in diving. Heritage Hills was led by Elizabeth Williams, who placed fifth overall in diving.

■■ Wrestling Rangers open season at invite:

Benson 6-88, Kernodle 5-40, Washington 2-38, McLendon 1-17, Shallenberger Jr. 1-13, Taylor 1-6, Young 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS — Southridge: LaGrange. Western Boone: Benson. Friday’s Games CLASS 2A Eastbrook (13-1) vs. Western Boone (14-0), Noon CLASS 4A Fort Wayne Dwenger (13-1) vs. Evansville Central (13-1), 3:30 p.m. CLASS 6A Carmel (11-2) vs. Warren Central (13-0), 7:05 p.m. Saturday’s Games CLASS 1A Pioneer (14-0) vs. North Vermillion (13-1), Noon CLASS 3A West Lafayette (14-0) vs. Evansville Memorial (140), 3:30 p.m. CLASS 5A New Palestine (13-0) vs. Decatur Central (12-1), 7:05 p.m.

Crosby (HH) 1:28.26, 22. M. VanMeter (J) 1:30.20 100 freestyle — 1. Armstrong (J) 56.05, 2. Flora (JE) 56.67, 3. Lemon (EC) 59.00, 11. Gogel (HH) 1:03.86, 21. A. Skorge (J) 1:10.99, 26. Martin (HH) 1:14.88, 32. Basra (J) 1:18.16, 39. Quinn (HH) 1:26.13, 41. Block (HH) 1:27.35, 49. Christiansen (J) 1:52.47 500 freestyle — 1. Glover (MV) 5:25.49, 2. Miller (JE) 5:33.98, 3. Jenkins (ER) 5:42.84, 9. Matheis (J) 6:04.59, 16. Kreilein (J) 6:59.93, 17. Ahner (J) 7:03.10 200 freestyle relay — 1. Evansville Memorial (Haseman, Schnautz, McCoy, Broshears) 1:44.39, 2. Mount Vernon (Epley, Crawford, Bellew, Glover) 1:46.66, 3. Evansville Central (Lemon, Woods, Kinsler, Banks) 1:48.80, 6. Jasper (Haas, Henke, Sample, Armstrong) 1:51.96, 11. Jasper (A. VanMeter, Kippenbrock, M. VanMeter, Matheis) 2:01.36, 15. Jasper (Ahner, Kreilein, Roberts, Robinson) 2:11.32, 20. Heritage Hills (Yung, Block, Quinn, Martin) 2:22.10 100 backstroke — 1. Newkirk (EM) 58.90, 2. Collins (MV) 1:03.95, 3. Dixon (JE) 1:06.01, 12. Haas (J) 1:12.17, 14. Sample (J) 1:14.74, 22. Robinson (J) 1:24.07, 31. Grow (J) 1:33.51, 33. Basra (J) 1:34.45 100 breaststroke — 1. Umbach (ER) 1:11.38, 2. Flora (JE) 1:15.13, 3. McEwen (JE) 1:15.65, 16. Williams (HH) 1:24.51, 17. Roberts (J) 1:24.70, 20. Witte (J) 1:28.16, 21. Crosby (HH) 1:28.68, 22. A. VanMeter (J) 1:29.73, 26. A. Schnell (J) 1:34.57, 27. Yang (HH) 1:35.12, 29. Kizior (J) 1:36.88, 32. Lane (J) 1:41.21, 34. Mehringer (J) 1:42.30 400 freestyle relay — 1. Mount Vernon (Cox, Crawford, Collins, Glover) 3:51.32, 2. Jeffersonville (Miller, Case, Dilger, Flora) 3:56.54, 3. Bedford North Lawrence (Patton, Hatfield, Summers, Carlile) 3:58.65, 6. Jasper (Sample, Henke, Matheis, Armstrong) 4:07.93, 11. Jasper (A. Skorge, Kippenbrock, Ahner, Witte) 4:36.73, 13. Heritage Hills (Gogel, Porter, Crosby, Williams) 4:39.07, 16. Jasper (Kreilein, Roberts, Mehringer, Robinson) 5:05.17, 20. Jasper (Lane, Basra, A. Schnell, Kizior) 5:43.09

The Forest Park wrestling team opened its season this past weekend as the Rangers traveled to compete in the Bedford North Lawrence Invitational. The Rangers placed third, as they defeated New Albany (54-26), Bedford North Lawrence (54-30) and Mount Vernon (52-24). They lost to North Harrison (72-12) and Indianapolis Washington (59-12). Patrick Recker (113), Logan Ferguson (113), Dylan Niehaus (120), Travis Haug (126) were all undefeated on the weekend, while Isaac Brosmer (106) and Austin Hoppenjans (160) lost just once.

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Local schedule ■■ TODAY, NOVEMBER 19 Prep Boys Basketball Pike Central at Jasper (F) 6:00 Heritage Hills at Forest Park (F) 6:30 Prep Girls Basketball Boonville at Southridge (JV/V) 6:30 Northeast Dubois at Wood Memorial (JV/V) 6:30 Prep Swimming Salem at Northeast Dubois 6:00 Boonville/Corydon Central at Southridge 6:30 ■■ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 Prep Boys Basketball Heritage Hills at Evansville Memorial (F) 6:00 Evansville Harrison at Jasper (JV/V) 6:30 Prep Girls Basketball Gibson Southern at Jasper (F) 6:00 Forest Park at Evansville Mater Dei (JV/V) 6:30 Princeton at Heritage Hills (JV/V) 6:30 ■■ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 Prep Boys Basketball Forest Park at Crawford County (JV/V) 6:00 Northeast Dubois at Pike Central (JV/V) 6:00 Prep Wrestling Southridge at Edgewood Invitational 8:00  

Grade basketball

AT JASPER GIRLS GRADE 7 ■■ Jasper 28, Corydon Central 12 Corydon Central ............................... 0 6 0 6 — 12 Jasper ............................................. 9 8 7 4 — 28 Leading scorers: (J) Englert 6, Giesler 6, Schipp 6; (CC) Cantrell 8

Prep basketball AT EVANSVILLE GIRLS VARSITY ■■ Evansville Memorial 52, Jasper 44 Jasper ...................................... 11 12 12 9 — 44 Evansville Memorial ................ 10 14 14 14 — 52 JASPER — Ruhe 6-13 5-6 17, Egbert 3-4 2-5 8, Nottingham 2-7 1-2 5, Knies 4-7 0-1 8, Blazey 0-0 0-0 0, Merder 1-1 0-0 2, Hilgefort 1-5 0-0 2, Shelton 0-0 0-0 0, Gress 1-1 0-0 2. Totals: 18-38 8-14 44. EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL — Warren 0-0 0-0 0, Murphy 6-10 4-6 19, Anslinger 1-7 3-6 5, Wittmer 0-4 0-0 0, Rieckers 5-16 4-6 14, Russel 0-2 0-0 0, Lensing 1-1 2-2 6, Tornatta 3-9 0-3 6, Stratman 2-2 0-0 4. Totals: 18-51 13-23 52. 3-point field goals — Jasper 0-6 (Ruhe 0-1, Nottingham 0-1, Knies 0-1, Hilgefort 0-3), Evansville Memorial 3-17 (Murphy 3-5, Anslinger 0-2, Rieckers 0-8, Russel 0-2). Rebounds — Jasper 28 (Egbert 9), Evansville Memorial 22 (Tornatta 7). Turnovers — Jasper 25, Evansville Memorial 17. JUNIOR VARSITY Jasper ........................................ 16 10 3 7 — 36 Evansville Memorial................... 13 11 14 6 — 44 JASPER — Vaal 13, Schwenk 5, Hooten 4, Jerger 4, Ruhe 3, Sermersheim 3, Krueger 2, Noblitt 2. EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL — Lindauer 10, McCutchen

Seniors (Concluded from Page One) Ben Hudson and Joe LaGrange made big plays, such as safeties and interceptions that helped keep the Raiders in games. The seniors even

Stars (Concluded from Page One) 88 yards and a score. As potent as WeBo’s offense was, the defense was just as dominant. The Stars defenders were fast and furious as they shot off the ball, got good pushes on Southridge’s offensive line, batted down passes and seemingly had at least three guys in the backfield every time the Raiders snapped the ball. Except for their scoring drive in the first half,

8, McGuire 7, Burger 6, Cosby 6, Obeuchain 5, Nobles 2.Z ■■ IHSAA GIRLS BASKETBALL SCORES Adams Central 70, Ft. Wayne Wayne 30 Barr-Reeve 55, Mitchell 40 Batesville 34, S. Ripley 32 Bedford N. Lawrence 38, Jeffersonville 37 Bellmont 56, Heritage 23 Bethany Christian 57, S. Bend Clay 47 Bloomfield 58, N. Knox 47 Bloomington Lighthouse 44, Indpls Irvington 18 Brownstown 67, Henryville 24 Castle 62, Floyd Central 27 Central Noble 55, DeKalb 18 Charlestown 58, S. Central (Elizabeth) 28 Columbus East 64, Franklin Central 57 Concord 41, Mishawaka 40 Connersville 56, Anderson 54 Covenant Christian 60, Bloomington North 49 Culver Academy 38, LaVille 29 Danville 47, Indpls Ritter 32 Delphi 44, Frontier 27 E. Noble 61, Ft. Wayne North 45 Eastern (Greentown) 72, Rossville 50 Eastern (Pekin) 46, Providence 23 Eminence 25, Hamilton 19 Ev. Memorial 52, Jasper 44 Fountain Central 34, Carroll (Flora) 30 Franklin Co. 49, Switzerland Co. 43 Ft. Wayne Dwenger 63, New Haven 37 Ft. Wayne Luers 64, Mississinewa 51 Ft. Wayne South 54, S. Bend Washington 22 Hamilton Southeastern 62, Carroll (Ft. Wayne) 22 Hammond Noll 66, Boone Grove 42 Heritage Christian 70, Guerin Catholic 24 Hobart 64, River Forest 46 Indpls Brebeuf 32, Providence Cristo Rey 29 Indpls Roncalli 62, Indpls Cathedral 40 Jac-Cen-Del 64, Milan 29 Jennings Co. 73, Greensburg 66 Kankakee Valley 52, Morgan Twp. 35 Knightstown 62, Centerville 58 Knox 45, LaCrosse 30 Kouts 46, W. Central 21 LaPorte 75, S. Bend Riley 47 Lakeland Christian 37, Elkhart Christian 35 Lawrence North 75, New Palestine 44 Linton 71, N. Daviess 19 Logansport 59, Richmond 45 Lowell 54, Griffith 37 Maconaquah 40, Rochester 37 Martinsville 58, Indpls Chatard 53 Michigan City Marquette 55, Andrean 17 Mt. Vernon (Fortville) 40, E. Central 36 Munster 46, Hammond Morton 21 N. Decatur 57, S. Decatur 48 N. Harrison 50, Scottsburg 44 New Albany 51, Corydon 43 New Castle 58, Delta 51 New Washington 50, Madison Shawe 36 Northfield 70, Huntington North 29 Northwestern 65, Cass 19 Norwell 42, NorthWood 40 Pendleton Hts. 67, Frankton 49 Penn 61, Lake Central 24 Pioneer 47, Culver 40 Plymouth 40, Valparaiso 38 Randolph Southern 36, Hagerstown 33 Rensselaer 53, Tri-County 16 S. Knox 50, S. Spencer 40

Salem 61, Madison 42 Shakamak 60, White River Valley 54 Shenandoah 57, Cambridge City 45 Sheridan 43, Elwood 30 Springs Valley 65, Rock Creek Academy 37 Sullivan 65, Edgewood 38 Tell City 40, Ev. Reitz 22 Terre Haute South 62, Ev. Harrison 58 Trinity Lutheran 62, Crothersville 47 Triton 41, Wawasee 15 Union City 64, S. Adams 50 Vincennes 52, Ev. Mater Dei 29 Vincennes Rivet 93, N. Posey 26 W. Washington 55, Lanesville 46 Wabash 55, Southern Wells 29 Waldron 58, Rising Sun 39 Wapahani 73, Daleville 64 Washington Twp. 63, Covenant Christian (DeMotte) 47 Westfield 51, Kokomo 26 Westview 48, Elkhart Memorial 39 Whitko 56, Madison-Grant 36 Winamac 47, Manchester 35 Winchester 51, Jay Co. 40 Woodlan 46, Lakewood Park 33

Prep football

Prep swimming

AT THORNTOWN IHSAA SEMISTATE GAME VARSITY ■■ Western Boone 48, Southridge 7 Southridge ..............0 7 0 0 — 7 Western Boone ......14 7 14 13 — 48 First quarter WB — Wright 14-yard run (Young kick) 7:42, 7-0 WB — Hendrix 43-yard pass from Wright (Young kick) 6:01, 14-0 Second quarter SR — Schank 1-yard run (Dubon kick) 2:21, 14-7 WB — Wright 24-yard run (Young kick) 0:52, 21-7 Third quarter WB — Benson 8-yard pass from Wright (Young kick) 8:12, 28-7 WB — Hendrix 47-yard pass from Wright (Young kick) 5:03, 35-7 Fourth quarter WB — Washington 7-yard pass (Young kick) 7:22, 42-7 WB — Young 28-yard run (PAT failed) 2:01, 48-7 SR WB First downs 6 25 Rushes-yards 10 166 Comp-Att-Int 4-13-1 20-28-1 Passing yards 64 314 Total yards 74 480 Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-yards 7-75 14-115 Punts-average 8-29.4 1-35.0 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING — Southridge: Schank 15-20, Montgomery 5-1, Wibbeler 1-0, M. Springer 1-(-1), Gerber 1-(-3), B. Springer 4-(-7). Western Boone: Washington 17-84, Wright 6-40, Young 1-28, Wethington 9-21, Baird 1-0, Irion 2-(-1), Kernodle 1-(-2), Durbin 1-(-4). PASSING — Southridge: Montgomery 4-13-1 64. Western Boone: Wright 19-27-1 308, Benson 1-1-0 6. RECEIVING — Southridge: Schank 2-37, Seger 1-20, B. Springer 1-7. Western Boone: Hendrix 3-111,

AT MOUNT VERNON GIRLS ■■ MOUNT VERNON INVITATIONAL Team Scores 1. Evansville Memorial (258), 2. Mount Vernon (255), 3. Jeffersonville (227), 4. Evansville Reitz (168), 5. Bedford North Lawrence (133), 6. Jasper (109), 7. Evansville Central (99), 8. Evansville Mater Dei (71), 9. Evansville North (50), 10. Heritage Hills (13), 11. Gibson Southern (12). 200 medley relay — 1. Evansville Memorial (Newkirk, Schnautz, Broshears, Haseman) 1:53.27, 2. Mount Vernon (Collins, Scates, Epley, Cox) 1:58.01, 3. Jeffersonville (Dixon, McEwen, Dilger, Flora) 2:02.59, 13. Jasper (Haas, Roberts, Kippenbrock, A. Skorge) 2:14.67, 14. Heritage Hills (Porter, Williams, Crosby, Gogel) 2:16.09, 16. Jasper (A. VanMeter, Witte, Ahner, M. VanMeter) 2:22.31, 19. Heritage Hills (Martin, Yung, Quinn, Block) 2:34.53 200 freestyle — 1. Broshears (EM) 1:53.85, 2. Glvoer (MV) 2:00.65, 3. Miller (JE) 2:04.59, 12. Henke (J) 2:17.58, 13. Matheis (J) 2:17.89, 16. Williams (HH) 2:26.16, 18. Gogel (HH) 2:26.79, 22. Witte (J) 2:33.71, 26. Robinson (J) 2:37.73 200 individual medley — 1. Newkirk (EM) 2:14.01, 2. Umbach (ER) 2:18.24, 3. Carlile (BNL) 2:21.91, 15. Sample (J) 2:41.36, 20. A. VanMeter (J) 2:50.83, 21. Porter (HH) 2:58.23, 23. Mehringer (J) 3:06.72 50 freestyle — 1. Armstrong (J) 25.67, 2. Epley (MV) 25.99, 3. McEwen (JE) 26.74, 10. Haas (J) 28.48, 22. A. Skorge (J) 30.83, 38. Quinn (HH) 36.35, 41. Yung (HH) 36.49, 42. Kizior (J) 36.56, 43. Lane (J) 36.66, 44. Block (HH) 37.23, 51. Ibilal (HH) 41.40, 53. Dieterich (HH) 42.72, 59. Christiansen (J) 48.86 Diving — 1. Rollett (ER) 390.50, 2. Kemper (ER) 370.96, 3. Z. Biggs (J) 328.40, 5. Williams (HH) 292.35, 6. O. Biggs (J) 290.80, 12. Detzer (HH) 185.00, 16. Davis (J) 101.90 100 butterfly — 1. Broshears (EM) 58.26, 2. Epley (MV) 1:00.93, 3. Carlile (BNL) 1:02.28, 10. Henke (J) 1:09.32, 16. Kippenbrock (J) 1:22.93, 21.

made their mark on special teams as kicker Jeovany Dubon continued the legacy of soccer players doubling up as juggernauts on the football field for the Raiders. Thinking back to his freshman year, Schank couldn’t have pictured the lasting impact the Southridge football program would end up leaving on his life.

“You just can’t put that kind of experience into words,” Schank said. “Being a little kid, you look forward to playing Raider football, but you never are really quite sure what it’s going to entail until you find out as you grow up through this program. All of these memories are just something that I’ll never trade for the world.”

And while the Class of 2018 still has about six months left before its high school graduation, the seniors have played their final downs on the gridiron while wearing the Southridge ‘S’ on their helmet. All the senior class can hope for the next group of seniors is that they continue to carry the legacy of strong leadership and

the “never quit” type attitude that Southridge has become known for. “They need to know that the bar is never set too high, you keep going every time through thick and thin no matter what happens,” Kramer said. “Even if you have a bad season, you just bounce back, because that’s what Raiders do, no matter what sport we play.”

Southridge struggled to put together any long offensive series throughout the game. They held the Raiders to 74 yards of total offense. “They had a swarming defense, it was crazy,” Montgomery said. “I’d roll out for a pass, and there would be a guy behind me and a guy in front of me.” “They scouted us well, their coach did a good job of having an idea of what we were going to do and what our approach was going to be,” Schank added. “That’s a credit to them. They were aggressive and played hard

and really took advantage of our weaknesses.” Montgomery finished 4-of-13 for 64 yards and an interception. Schank had 20 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries. He also had two catches for 37 yards. The mood was somber after the game, as the team grappled with the fact that it would not be going back to state. But even though it was emotional after the game, Buening was still proud of his guys for the way they fought through the injuries and difficulties of their season to even make

it back to semistate. “To have our seniors battle through as many injuries [that] occurred, as a football program, that’s part of it,” he said. “For everyone to hang in and just keep working, to me that was quite an accomplishment.” For the seniors who played their last game on Saturday, their shared hope is that the players who return can use Saturday’s game as fuel to get back into the mix next season and keep up the proud football tradition that has been cultivated in Huntingburg

the past few seasons. “Don’t take a snap for granted,” Seger said. “Play every single one like its your last. I know we’re bumping up to 3A next year, and I don’t want them to be intimidated. They can go just as far, maybe further.” “I hope they learn a lot of the life lessons that go into football,” Schank added. “I hope they never forget those. I hope losses like this motivate them to work extra hard. They’re fighters and competitors, so I know they’re going to step up.”

On the air All Times EST ■■ TODAY, NOVEMBER 19 TELEVISION 2:30 p.m. — College men’s basketball: Xavier vs. Auburn (ESPN2) 4:30 p.m. — College men’s basketball: San Diego State vs. Duke (ESPN2) 6:30 p.m. — College men’s basketball: Loyola (Chicago) vs. Richmond (FS1) 7 p.m. — NBA basketball: Utah Jazz at Indiana Pacers (FOXSMW) 7 p.m. — College men’s basketball: California vs. St. John’s (ESPN2) 7 p.m. — College men’s basketball: Eastern Michigan at Rutgers (BTN) 8:15 p.m. — NFL football: Kansas City Chiefs at Los Angeles Rams (ESPN) 9 p.m. — College men’s basketball: Iowa State vs. Arizona (ESPNU) 9 p.m. — College men’s basketball: Wyoming vs. Boston College (FS1) 9:30 p.m. — College men’s basketball: Southern California vs. Texas Tech (ESPN2)