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‘There is no silver bullet to fix the opioid problem’ was the message Hamil-ton County Coroner John Chalfin delivered during a Saturday morning fo-rum hosted by the Carmel Christian Church.

During the forum, Chalfin, along with Rev. Jerry Zehr, Pastor of Car-mel Christian Church and president of the Carmel Interfaith Alliance; Justin Phillips, Clinical Addic-tions Counselor Founder and Executive Director Overdose Lifeline, Inc.; Rev. Andrea Boutselis, Parents of Addicted Loved Ones; Michelle Sybes-ma, Chief of Strategy and Development at Parkdale Centers and Indiana State Senator Jim Merritt, dis-cussed signs of drug use, securing medicine cabinets and drug takeback opportu-nities, resources for detox, treatment and recovery and recent legislation.

Chalfin reported last year his office investigated 36 drug overdose deaths that occurred in Hamilton County, and that figure may rise once investigations are completed on deaths that occurred late in the year.

Chalfin also stated the number may not portray a true picture. “If someone from Hamilton County has

overdosed and they are transported to a Marion County hospital, and they die there, it becomes a Mar-ion County case.”

Chalfin also noted prob-lems with the way hospitals report deaths directly related to overdoses.

“Is 36 drug overdose deaths an epidemic? If it is your child, one is too many,” said the Coroner.

“We need a united front to fight this issue. Beat the doors down at the legis-lature and don’t be afraid to confront a family mem-ber or loved one if you think there is a problem,” stated Chalfin.

Nearly 100 people at-tended the forum on a morning with double-digit negative wind chill factors. In addition to many con-cerned residents that at-tended, the event caught the attention of several commu-nity leaders. Also attending were Sheriff candidates Ja-son Sloderbeck and Eddie Moore, Hamilton County Commissioner Mark Heir-brandt, County Councilman Fred Glynn, members of the Carmel City Council and Judge Gail Bardach, who presides over the county’s drug court.

When asked about Sat-urday’s turnout, Rev. Jerry Zehr said, “This is a very serious issue all around the country, it shows people care.”

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Reporter photo by Jeff JellisonHamilton County Coroner John Chalfin addressed a crowd of nearly 100 people during an opioid epidemic forum Saturday hosted by Carmel Christian Church.

Surface Transportation Board accepts all public comments on railbanking

The REPORTERThe Federal Surface Trans-

portation Board ruled Friday that it will accept and review all public comments received regarding the petition submit-ted by the City of Fishers, City of Noblesville and Hamilton County (“Owners”) in an ef-fort to railbank the Nickel Plate Railroad. The ruling comes as a response to numerous public comments and motions sub-mitted referencing the Owners’ petition to accelerate the aban-donment process so that they can replace the rails with a rec-reational trail.

The STB received several additional comments after its extended deadline and a law-

yer for the Owners filed mo-tions requesting that the board ignore various comments and make an expedited ruling. But the board has decided to take all of those comments into consideration.

“Because of the significant public interest in this proceed-ing,” reads the written deci-sion, “and in the interest of a complete record that embodies the full spectrum of interests involved…all of those plead-ings and letters will therefore be accepted into the record.”

“This is a HUGE mile-stone,” said Logan Day, Presi-dent of the Save the Nickel Plate community action group. “The STB received 112 filings, an

unprecedented number for this type of proceeding. Of those, 94 OPPOSED railbanking, 8 were from Fishers, Nobles-ville and Hamilton County, 4 SUPPORTED railbanking and 6 were NEUTRAL or supple-mental motions to a filing. The STB is listening to the public!”

Save the Nickel Plate mem-ber Mike Corbett stated, “It's good to know they will take the public's comments into account. That's more than our local may-ors are doing. It's a shame we have to rely on the federal gov-ernment to be heard.”

The STB is giving the Owners until Jan. 25 to submit a final reply to the proceeding. After that date, the STB will

close the case and review all submissions, presumably to is-sue a final decision thereafter.

A copy of the decision can be found at: goo.gl/WfXZQU

About Save The Nickel Plate Inc.

Save The Nickel Plate edu-cates residents along the Nick-el Plate Rail about the bene-fits of choosing to retain their railroads. Currently, Save The Nickel Plate Inc. is working to preserve the track between Fishers and Noblesville. The goal is to reverse the loss of railroad history and preserve the history and heritage of the Nickel Plate Road for the en-joyment and education of all future generations.

Noblesville’s Federal Hill Commons Ice Plaza to remain open for additional weekThe REPORTER

Due to the extreme temperatures that the community has faced the past two weeks, the City of Noblesville has extended its contract to keep the Federal Hill Commons Ice Plaza open for one additional week through Monday, Jan. 15.

“This first year has seen a tremendous turnout and interest from the public. Unfortunately, most of the two weeks of winter break were so bitter cold that the Ice Plaza could not be opened and enjoyed. We hope warmer forecasts will allow families and friends a chance to come and enjoy the unique experience before we close on Jan. 15,” said Noblesville Parks Director Brandon Bennett.

All ages are welcome to participate and rental ice skates range from kid to adult sizes. Skating aids are avail-able for children needing extra support while on the ice.

Remaining hours for the Ice Plaza include:• Saturday, Jan. 6 – Noon to 5 p.m.• Sunday, Jan. 7 – 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.• Monday, Jan. 8 – 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.• Tuesday to Friday, Jan. 9 to 12 – 5 to 9 p.m.• Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 13 and 14 – Noon to 10 p.m.• Monday, Jan. 15 – Noon to 8 p.m.Admission is $12 and allows for unlimited skating all

day. Guests that bring their own skates will receive a re-duced admission fee of $10. Starting Jan. 8, the Ice Plaza is offering a “Heat Wave Special” for the final week of

ice skating with discounted admission fees of $10. Those that bring their own skates will not receive an additional discount this week.

Tickets may be purchased online at federalhillcom-mons.com/iceplaza to bypass the ticket line at the ice rink. For additional information about the Ice Plaza, visit federalhillcommons.com.

The Ice Plaza is sponsored by Burtner Electric, Ca-thedral High School, CSI Signs, Duke Energy, First Mer-chants, Gaylor Electric, Hamilton County Tourism, Indi-ana American Water, McGavic Outdoor Power, Midwest Paving, Options Charter School, Pete Schwartz – Carpen-ter Realty, Peterson Architecture, Schwartz’s Bait & Tack-le, St. Vincent Hospital and Walmart.

The heart and eyes of the LittlesI've been a grand-

mother for over 20 years. I've often won-dered … what are the littles thinking?

Now I know.You see, when

we were opening our Christmas presents on New Year’s Day I re-ceived a book. "What I love about Grandma Janet".

I will tell you that it tipped over my Comfort and Joy Bucket. For several months they had been discussing ways to fill in the blanks in the book.

I had no idea what they saw in me and how they felt ... until I read the book

Favorite food that I make? Sugar Cream Pie

Describe Grandma Janet with a dance ... the waltz. Sassy and classy and intelli-gent. Now, that's funny.

Favorite place to hang out with me? My home. Yes, my little house on the alley. They said that it was warm and cozy. (sigh)

Place they like to go with me? Church. They loved that I would always take them to church with me. Many a Saturday night all four would spend the night with me. I would wake up early on Sunday morning, bake cinnamon rolls and get them dressed.

Getting them dressed was often like herding cats. Find the shoes and match the socks. Clean up spilled milk. Wipe sticky fingers and mouths. Wrestle with coats, hats and gloves. Change a diaper or two. When they were all finally potty trained, I did the Happy Day Dance.

The absolute biggest struggle was car

Cook to runagain for state

legislatureThe REPORTER

Incumbent State Representative Tony Cook, District 32 (Delaware, Madison, Hamilton, Tipton, Howard and Grant coun-ties) will seek a third term in the May primary.

Since entering the legislature, Cook has been very productive and effective ushering in leg-islation. He has authored five bills that have been passed into law, co-au-thored 16 that have been enacted and has sponsored six bills from the Senate

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The REPORTERThe Sheridan Historical

Society is offering a spe-cial program for the pub-lic at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 8 in the Community Room of the Sheridan Pub-lic Library, 103 W. First St. Many people are already aware that the Society has recently purchased the old Hippodrome Theater Build-ing across the street from the current museum and is busy converting it into the new museum.

As a part of that conver-sion process there are lots of memories and many ques-tions about what Sheridan’s

Main Street was comprised of and what it looked like 60 years ago. Society mem-bers have asked former res-ident Pat Pickett to come and share his memories and a few photographs with the community.

Many older communi-ty members will remember that Pat’s father Noel pur-chased the Hippodrome and converted it into a variety store. One of the mysteries the Society hopes to solve at the Monday evening pro-gram is what was housed in the Hippodrome building before it was converted to a movie theater. If you know,

please come to this program and enlighten us all.

Pat has lots of memo-ries and great stories about the theater as well as oth-er Main Street haunts and hang-outs. Multiple photo-graphs of uptown Sheridan will be shown depicting Main Street through the ages. The public is cordial-ly invited to attend this free program and be part of the memory sharing that will take place.

Society President Ron Stone will be present and be able to give audience members an update on the progress being made as the

building is re-purposed to house the new Sheridan Historical Society Muse-um. The old museum has outgrown its current home and the move to the larg-er venue across the street will afford an opportunity to provide much more dis-play space and give badly needed storage space for all the artifacts.

This is planned to be a fun meeting with lots of reminiscing taking place and light refreshments will be served. There will be lots of time for questions and answers and the sharing of old memories of times past.

Photo providedRon Stone (left) and Jim Pickett (right) talk with Pat Pickett about his upcoming program for the Sheridan Historical Society.

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seats. Ugh. Wrangle. Wres-tle, Wipe sweat, even when it was snowing. Mumble words. Pinch fingers (most-ly mine) and say a few prayers. "Lord, I hope you are watching."

When we got to church I got them signed in and stickers on them to identify them as belonging to me. We made our way to four classes. Many times two were upstairs on opposite sides of the building and two were on the first floor. I had to sign them in their classes and pick a cubby hole for the two littlest to put their bags and coats in. Once in a while I had to pry their arms from my neck but mostly they loved go-ing in their classes.

I would make my way into the sanctuary and col-lapse into my seat ... and smile. I knew that scripture said that if you trained up a child in the way he/she should go ... when he/she was old, they would not forget it.

I taught them their meal blessings. I taught them "Now I lay me down to sleep ..."

So when one of the questions they answered in the book was "what do you appreciate the most that your grandma taught you?" I had to catch my breath. The answer was ... to pray. I choked back the tears.

I had no idea this would be their thoughts. Twenty year old Matt. Nineteen year old Alecksa. Fourteen year old Abby. Twelve year old Jake. They all had the same thoughts. They actu-ally came up with 50 things they loved about me.

If you ever want to do something special for your grandparents I suggest do-ing just what these littles did for me this Christmas.

They are not the only ones doing the remember-ing. Grandma Janet did too. It was worth every pinched finger and messy diaper. It's been quite the twenty years to remember.

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that then passed the House with his vocal advocacy and were signed into law by the Governor.

Two major education bills he authored last year were the Course Access Bill (HB 1007), widening the array of classes for students, and the flexible school fi-nance bill (HB 1009) that assists corporations in mov-

ing money where needed. In 2016 he was co-author of the priority, and highly pop-ular, Next Generation Hoo-sier Scholarship bill, which provides tuition scholar-ships to high performing se-nior high school students to enter the teaching field.

Representative Cook is currently Vice Chairman of the Education Committee,

and he also serves on the Government and Regulato-ry Reform Committee, as well as the Family, Chil-dren, and Human Affairs house committee.

Representative Cook came to the statehouse after serving 41 years in the pub-lic education profession as a teacher, principal and su-perintendent of schools.

Hamilton County business featured . . .

IMCU launches new TV ad campaign

The REPORTERIndiana Members Cred-

it Union (IMCU) recently launched a new televi-sion advertising campaign showcasing IMCU’s com-mitment to personal, local service. The new campaign launched at the end of 2017 and includes four creative spots.

One of the creative spots features Tony Jack-son, owner of Bolden’s Cleaning and Restoration Service based out of No-blesville. IMCU's new commercial highlights its partnership with Bolden's Cleaning and Restoration and IMCU’s commitment to offering the commercial services business members need and the local, personal service they can count on.

For more information, or to view the spots, please visit IMCU.com.

Bolden’s Cleaning and Restoration Service specializes in carpet and upholstery cleaning and water and fire restoration. As a local business, owner

Tony Jackson appreciates the need to differentiate from the competition and employs a tagline “Where Quality Comes First”. Bolden’s provides both residential and commercial emergency services as well as scheduled cleanings. For more information or to schedule an appointment, visit boldens.com.

About Indiana Members Credit Union

Indiana Members Cred-it Union, headquartered in

Indianapolis, was founded in 1956 on the campus of IUPUI. IMCU has since grown to 26 branches in Central Indiana, offering consumer and business members a better financial alternative and a full array of products and services. Traditionally offering bet-ter rates on loans and de-posits, IMCU maintains true to its roots by “Keep-ing It Simple” for mem-bers. For more information, please visit IMCU online at imcu.com.

Photo providedTony Jackson, Owner of Bolden’s Cleaning and Restoration Service.

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HAND hosts team trivia competition, raffle in NoblesvilleThe REPORTER

Registration is open for HAND Inc.’s first Trivia Night fundraiser, scheduled for 7 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 26 at the Noblesville Event Center, 2350 Conner St. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Teams of four or eight are invited to compete in five rounds of gener-al-knowledge trivia hosted by Indy’s Live Trivia. In-dividuals who want to play will be placed on a team. The top-scoring team will win a prize.

Tickets are $200 for a team of eight, $100 for

a team of four, or $30 for an individual. Registration includes appetizers, water and soda, and participants will be able to buy tickets for beer and wine.

HAND also will be con-ducting a raffle at the event (Indiana Gaming License #146069). Raffle prizes in-clude an Indianapolis Colts autographed football, a swag bag from the Indiana Pacers and gift cards from Primanti Bros., Houlihan’s and Sam’s Club.

Trivia Night is a fund-raiser for HAND, a No-blesville-based nonprofit

that works to address the housing needs of low- and moderate-income individ-uals and families. HAND has invested more than $17 million in Hamilton Coun-ty housing since 2003.

HAND owns six apart-ment communities that of-fer a total of 96 affordable units, and 10 additional units under construction in Carmel are expected to be available this year.

Research suggests Hamilton County needs almost 11,000 more afford-able housing units to meet existing needs.

Fishers road construction updates, week of Jan. 7

The REPORTER131st Street

There will be periodic lane restrictions at the in-tersection of 131st Street and Cumberland Road while utility relocation work is completed.

106th StreetCrews will be landscap-

ing the center of the round-about at 106th Street and Geist Road throughout the week, weather permitting. Temporary lane restrictions may be in place as work

is completed.Interstate 69

Milestone Contractors has opened additional trav-el lanes on I-69 between State Road 37 Exit 205 and State Road 38 Exit 219. I-69 is open to three lanes in each direction on the heavily traveled stretch of interstate.

As part of a $92 mil-lion design-build contract, Milestone has added a third lane in each direction to the median, repaired and resur-faced existing pavement and rehabilitated bridges and drainage structures on 15 miles of I-69 in Hamil-ton and Madison counties. Construction of an addi-tional auxiliary lane be-tween the 116th Street en-trance ramp to I-69 South and the I-69 South Exit 204 ramp to 106th Street will continue through next spring.

I-69 South will be tem-porarily reduced to two lanes to allow space for the SR 37 and 116th Street entrance ramps to safely merge while construction continues on the south-bound auxiliary lane be-tween the 116th Street and

106th Street ramps.Crews closed lanes

on I-69 South and SR 37 South on Dec. 8 to modify pavement markings in the area to establish this winter traffic pattern. Questions about this project should be directed to INDOT at east-centralin@indot.in.gov or 1-855-463-6848.

State Road 37The Meeting Presen-

tation from the Dec. 11 SR 37 Project Public Meeting, along with ad-ditional information about the project, are available here.

The SR 37 improve-ment project is a $124 mil-lion joint project between Fishers, Hamilton County, Noblesville and INDOT. Questions or concerns may be directed to drivefish-ers@fishers.in.us.

Outside of FishersCyntheanne Road be-

tween 146th Street and 156th Street is closed to replace the bridge over Keiser Drain.

Please contact Hamil-ton County Highway De-partment at 317-773-7770 with any questions.

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TODAY’S BIBLE READINGBut the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

Matthew 18:28-30 (KJV)

Which Hoosier author wrote The Way West?

The REPORTER1874 – Carl Fisher was

born in Greensburg. He became an entrepreneur who helped build the In-dianapolis Motor Speed-way, inspired the Lincoln National Highway and pi-oneered the development of Florida.

1885 – Mark Twain and novelist George W. Cable presented joint readings at the Plymouth Church in downtown Indi-anapolis. A reviewer from the Indianapolis Sentinel reported that "the audience was in a high state of hilar-ity throughout the night."

1901 – Alfred B. Guthrie, Jr., was born in Bedford. He grew up to become a novelist, screen-writer and historian. His novel The Way West won the Pulitzer Prize for Fic-tion in 1950. His screen-

play for the motion picture Shane was nominated for an Academy Award.

1915 – President Woodrow Wilson was in Indianapolis to give a speech at Tomlinson Hall. Addressing party faithful, he said, "It is rather lone-ly living in Washington. I have been confined for two years at hard labor and even now feel that I am simply out on parole."

1982 – Renowned conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein arrived at Indiana University to

begin a six-week residen-cy at the School of Mu-sic. "I'm very happy to be in Bloomington," he said. "Even the cold weather should stimulate the cre-ative work ... I have come here to do."

2017 – The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Indianapolis was desig-nated a National Historic Landmark by the Unit-ed States Department of the Interior. Dedicated in 1902, it is the largest of the more than 200 Civil War Memorials in the nation.

6 Sports

By CRAIG ADKINSIt was Senior Day at The Mill on Satur-

day for a pair of Miller basketball players,along with manager Sean O'Reilly andthere's no better way to celebrate seniorsthan with a win.

Great ball movement and a consistentbarrage of scoring would help the Millerspull away in the fourth for a 63-46 matineevictory over Mount Vernon.

For the first 90 seconds of the game, itwas a defensive standstill before AbbyHaley took a pass in the right corner fromMallory Johnson and drained a three for anearly lead 3-0 for Noblesville.

Mount Vernon would take their first-year lead on consecutive buckets fromSophia Willams and Abby Worley at 6-5,but two Johnson free throws put Noblesvillein front 7-6 with 1:57 left in the first. MaddieKnight scored five straight points of her ownfor a six point lead of 12-6 and the Millersheld onto a 13-8 after one.

The Marauders woke up offensively andput a dent in the deficit, spreading out theiroffense, chipping away slowly. An 11-6 runwould tie things up at 19-19 late in the firsthalf.

Free throws became a common theme inthe final minutes of the second and make upthe majority of Noblesville's scoring and itwas all the Millers could do to fend off theMount Vernon attack.

The score would be tied at 22 from acouple Emily Kiser free throws and the leadwent back to Mount Vernon by two as TessaFreeman made two of her own. Haley sanktwo from the charity stripe in the finalsecond of the half to tie it through two, 24-24.

Emily Kiser would get the Millers goingin the third quarter, taking a pass fromKnight, and quickly laying it off the glassand in. That basket would tie her for fifth onthe all-time Noblesville girls basketballscoring list with Jenny Horn ('82).

Sydnee Perry came off the MountVernon bench to and converted an old-fashioned three-point play and a 27-26, butthat wouldn't last long.

Johnson scored on a driving layup thatwould give the Millers a 28-27 edge and themomentum shift they needed. The Millerstried to lengthen their lead, but the Maraud-ers wouldn't go away just yet.

The lead would change hands before theend of the third with another connection ofKnight to Kiser for a one point Millercushion 37-36 after three periods.

The visitors would take one last leadbefore the tide would turn the Millers'fortune on Senior Day.

Mount Vernon scored the first four ofthe fourth, but that seemed to only fuel thefire for Noblesville for the remainder of thegame.

Knight and Johnson continued theircombo scoring of late, as they would knockdown five 3-pointers between the two,completely taking Mount Vernon out oftheir defensive scheme.

“Well, we woke up in the fourth quar-ter,” said Noblesville head coach DonnaBuckley on her team's wake-up call in thefourth quarter.

“Senior Night's tough. You have somany emotions that go into the game. The

fourth quarter, we finally came out andrelaxed and played real well,” Buckleycontinuing on her team's production in thefinal quarter that put away the Marauders.

Ball movement was extremely key inNoblesville's pursuit of the win and MountVernon just couldn't find ways to stop theMillers' quickness down the stretch.

“We made some shots and all of the

Scoring barrage in fourth pushes Noblesville past Mount Vernon

Reporter photo by Kent Graham

Noblesville senior Emily Kiser scored 26 points during the Millers’ Senior Night victory over Mount Vernon Saturday at TheMill. Kiser moved into fifth place on the Noblesville all-time scoring list with 1,197 points.

By RICHIE HALLReporter Sports EditorDefense at the beginning, free throws at

the end. And in between, a few 3-pointers.Add all that up, and the result was

another win for Hamilton Heights.The Class 3A No. 10 Huskies beat

Westfield 44-31 at The Rock in a Saturdayafternoon game. While the start was veryslow - the Shamrocks led 3-1 after the firstquarter - Heights turned it on during thesecond period and held off a late Westfieldcharge with stunning display of free-throwshooting in the fourth period.

Jade Shipley was the first scorer of theday, hitting a 3-pointer for the 'Rocks with4:20 left in the first quarter. Heights' Bay-leigh Runner made a free throw with 1:02left in the period to get the Huskies on theboard.

As it turned out, Runner's foul shot wasthe beginning of a 12-0 run for Heights. That

run included three 3-pointers, one each fromKayla Kirtley, Payton Dissett and LexiBranham. Kirtley made a layin as well.

Westfield's Megan Rops ended the runwith a 3-pointer. The Huskies made onemore long-range shot, this one from Runner,late in the period, and eventually lead 18-9at halftime.

"We've got girls that can knock downshots and when they're open, they got toshoot them with confidence," said Heightscoach Keegan Cherry. "I always tell them,'You're going to make every shot that youshoot, and if you miss it, you're going tomake the next one. You're going to make thenext one.' So I want them to shoot the ballwith confidence. There in that second quar-ter, I didn't realize that we made four of themthere."

The Huskies held their largest lead in themiddle of the third period, when a 7-0 runput them up 25-11. Dissett drained hersecond 3-pointer of the day during that drive.

"Payton's coming on and you've got toguard her now," said Cherry.

A traditional three-point play fromKirtley gave Heights a 32-21 lead with 2:57left in the fourth, but that's when Westfieldmade a last push. Sophia Kreag and RyannBunting drained back-to-back triples tosuddenly cut the lead to 32-27. Anotherbasket from Kreag got the 'Rocks within33-29.

But Heights would let Westfield get nocloser, embarking on an 11-0 run - with allpoints from the free-throw line. The Huskieswent 11-of-14 during that stretch, withLauryn Wiley and Kirtley both going 4-for-4during that time.

"That's one thing we talk about a lot is,our ability to convert at the free-throw line,especially late in ball games to close themout," said Cherry. "And anytime you'replaying a program like Westfield, that'scoached by Coach (Ginny) Smith, who doesa fantastic job with her team, free throws arebig."

Kirtley finished the game with 13 points,while Branham scored 12. Wiley pulled nine

Defense, free throws leadHuskies past Shamrocks

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sudden, you can see everybody relax. It wasball movement and shots go down and fromthere into a blowout situation,” said Buckleyon Noblesville's fourth quarter scoring spreethat put the game out of reach for MountVernon.

“I honestly thought we were uptightmost of the game. It's Senior Night and youwanna send your seniors out in the rightway,” said Buckley on the importance ofwinning on Senior Night.

After Knight's three tied the game for thefinal time at 40-40, Noblesville would finishthe game on a 23-6 run to solidify the SeniorDay win, 63-46.

Mount Vernon (7-10) would only getSydnee Perry into double-figures with ateam-high 17 points.

Noblesville (11-7) won its fourth gamein a row. The Millers were led by Kiser'sgame-high 26 points, seven rebounds, fourassists and four blocked shots, while alsogoing 14-for-15 from the foul line. Kiseralso passed Jenny Horn and is now the fifthall-time leading scorer in Noblesville girlsbasketball history with 1,197 points.

The junior duo of Knight and Johnsonwere at it again. Knight was on fire in thesecond half, draining four of her five fromoutside the arc for 17 points and Johnsonswished a pair of treys in the fourth andfinished with 11 points.

The Millers' next game is Friday atZionsville, with a tipoff at 6 p.m. as part ofa girl-boy doubleheader.

Noblesville 63, MountVernon 46

Noblesville FG FT TP PFMallory Johnson 3-10 3-4 11 3Olivia Morales 1-2 0-0 2 1Maddie Knight 6-11 0-0 17 3Madison Whetro 0-1 1-2 1 1Abby Haley 1-1 3-5 6 4Emily Kiser 6-15 14-15 26 1Sarah Etchison 0-0 0-0 0 0Kailyn Ely 0-0 0-0 0 0Anna Kiser 0-0 0-0 0 1Totals 17-40 21-26 63 14Score by QuartersMount Vernon 8 16 12 10 - 46Noblesville 13 11 13 26 - 63Noblesville 3-point shooting (8-18) Knight 5-8,Johnson 2-8, Haley 1-1, Whetro 0-1.Noblesville rebounds (20) Kiser 7, Johnson 3,Knight 3, Whetro 3, Morales 2, Haley 1, team 1.

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rebounds, with Ana Collar grabbing eightand Kirtley collecting five.

Shipley and Kreag both had eight pointsfor Westfield, with Shipley draining two 3s.Freshman Gigi Eldredge, who helped sparkthe Shamrocks' fourth-quarter run, had sixrebounds, while Ava Henson and AnnabelleO'Hair both corralled five.

"They played hard in the fourth quarter,"said Smith. "I guess for me it's just a frus-trating moment because, why can't it be thatway all the time? Why can't that sense ofurgency happen in the first quarter?

"We give up 18 points at the half, but thedifference is, we only scored nine," saidSmith. "We've got to figure out how to scoreand score consistently. It can't be just in thefourth quarter, or have a wave in the thirdquarter. We've got to do be able to do thatall four quarters if we expect to beat a goodteam."

Heights is now 10-6 for the season, andreturns to the Husky Dome on Tuesday toplay Western in a Hoosier Conference game.Westfield is 12-6 and also plays at home onTuesday, hosting Greenwood.

Hamilton Heights 44,Westfield 31

Heights FG FT TP PFAna Collar 0-0 0-3 0 2Bayleigh Runner 1-5 3-5 6 5Kayla Kirtley 3-9 6-7 13 3Lexi Branham 4-8 3-4 12 1Lauryn Wiley 1-4 4-4 6 0Payton Dissett 2-5 1-2 7 2Jillian Osswald 0-0 0-0 0 0Totals 11-31 17-25 44 13Heights 3-point shooting (5-14) Dissett 2-5,

Branham 1-4, Kirtley 1-3, Runner 1-2.Heights rebounds (28) Wiley 9, Collar 8, Kirtley5, Branham 3, Runner 2, Dissett 2.Westfield FG FT TP PFJade Shipley 2-9 2-2 8 0Karley Wininger 1-3 0-0 2 4Sophia Kreag 3-10 1-2 8 3Ava Henson 1-1 0-0 2 1

Annabelle O'Hair 0-2 0-0 0 0Megan Rops 1-3 1-6 4 4Ashtin DeCraene 0-2 0-0 0 2Zoe Pentecost 0-0 0-0 0 1Ryann Bunting 2-8 1-1 6 5Gigi Eldredge 0-3 1-4 1 4Totals 10-41 6-15 31 24Westfield 3-point shooting (5-17) Shipley 2-5,

Kreag 1-5, Bunting 1-5, Rops 1-2.Westfield rebounds (28) Eldredge 6, Henson 5,O'Hair 5, Shipley 4, Kreag 4, Pentecost 2,DeCraene 1, Bunting 1.Score by QuartersHeights 1 17 7 19 - 44Westfield 3 6 8 14 - 31

Reporter photo by Richie Hall

Hamilton Heights’ Payton Dissett (1) looks for an opening during the Huskies’ game with Westfield Saturday at The Rock.Pictured for Westfield are Megan Rops (10) and Sophia Kreag (21).

HUSKIES From Page 6

By RICHIE HALLReporter Sports EditorCarmel held off a second-half challenge

from a good Fort Wayne South Side teamSaturday afternoon, eventually winning75-62 at the Eric Clark Activity Center.

The game was close in the first quarter,but back-to-back 3-pointers from Amy Dilkand Tomi Taiwo pushed the Class 4A No. 2Greyhounds ahead 22-13 by the first-periodbuzzer. The Archers opened the secondquarter with a '3,' but Carmel skipped off ona 17-2 run to jump ahead 39-18.

During the run, Taiwo scored eightpoints, including a rare four-point play:Taiwo drained a 3-pointer while beingfouled, then made the subsequent free throw.Dilk also helped out with an assist to ReaganHune, a triple and a basket off a steal.

The 'Hounds were up 41-21 with 30seconds to go in the half before Fort Wayne

South scored the final three points to getwithin 41-24 athalftime. That turnedout to be the start of a15-0 run that got theArchers to within 41-36 with 3:25 left in thethird period.

"We got goodlooks, we didn't shootthe ball very well forabout five minutes inthe third quarter," saidCarmel coach TodWindlan. "It was like

we couldn't buy a basket."A jumper by Dilk with three minutes to

go stopped the run, but Taniece Chapman'sthree-point play edged Fort Wayne South towithin 43-39. Carmel didn't allow theArchers another basket in the period, and

that helped get them back ahead 50-42 bythe end of the third quarter.

From there, the Greyhounds began tore-build their lead. Taiwo scored eight pointsto push Carmel's advantage from 54-44 to62-45; that included a 3-pointer and atraditional three-point play. Dilk wound upwith nine points in the fourth quarter.

"We were able to run some sets againsttheir zone and get shots, and we finallystarted knocking some shots down like wewere in the first half," said Windlan.

Taiwo finished the game with 29 pointsand totaled five 3-pointers, also making foursteals. Dilk scored 22 points and wound upwith a triple-double by handing out 10assists and making 10 steals. Hune added 10points.

Jasmine McWilliams led Carmel'srebounding with eight, followed by BlakeSmith with six and Dilk with five.

The 'Hounds are now 18-1 for the seasonand host Anderson on Wednesday.

Carmel 75, Fort WayneSouth 62

Carmel FG FT TP PFTomi Taiwo 9-17 6-6 29 3Amy Dilk 7-16 6-7 22 4Reagan Hune 4-11 2-2 10 3Blake Smith 3-5 0-0 6 3Jasmine McWilliams 3-8 0-0 6 4Mackenzie Wood 1-3 0-0 2 1Molly Gillig 0-0 0-0 0 1Maddi Sears 0-2 0-0 0 1Macy Berglund 0-1 0-0 0 0Totals 27-63 14-15 75 20Score by QuartersFW South 13 11 18 20 - 62Carmel 22 19 9 25 - 75Carmel 3-point shooting (7-21) Taiwo 5-12, Dilk2-7, Sears 0-2.Carmel rebounds (37) McWilliams 8, Smith 6,Dilk 5, Hune 4, Taiwo 3, Wood 3, Berglund 1,team 7.

Greyhounds holds off Fort Wayne South

Dilk

8 Sports

University needed a run. TheTrailblazers had spent the majority of theafternoon on their heels, seeing a 12-pointfirst-half lead at Lebanon dwindle to six atthe break, then become a deficit in the final15 seconds of regulation. Two free throwsfrom junior guard Brooke Andrus sent thegame to overtime in the first place at 41-41,and after a level first overtime period, asecond was required to settle the score.

After falling behind to start the secondovertime, 47-45, the Trailblazers turned totheir leading scorer to knot the game up,feeding Lindsey Syrek for a bucket.University fed Syrek the next time down thefloor, and the sophomore forward went tothe line, knocking down two free throws togive her team a 49-47 lead. After anotherstop, Syrek scored another 2-pointer,pushing the lead to four.

Senior guard Natalie Nickless drilledfour consecutive free throws to pushUniversity’s lead to 55-47, then junior guardHaley Tomlinson split a pair to cap off an11-0 run. After Lebanon finally ended therun with a late 2-pointer, Nickless hit twomore free throws, securing a 58-49, double-overtime road win at Lebanon on Saturdayafternoon.

The Trailblazers (14-3) playedshorthanded Saturday,down two starters,with just 11 players inthe program dressingthe junior varsity andvarsity contests. As aresult, University’sstarters played nearlyevery minute of thegame — Andrus,Nickless andTomlinson played all40 minutes; Syrekplayed 39; sophomore

forward Lilly Fair played 38.Behind eight first-half points from

Nickless and seven from Andrus, Universitystaked its claim to an early lead, holding a13-9 advantage that the Trailblazersstretched to a 23-11 lead early in the secondquarter. From that point on, though,Lebanon chipped away at the Universitylead. The Tigers (5-11) had the advantagedown to six at the half, 23-17, and just twoat the end of the third quarter, 29-27.

Lebanon got its first lead since theopening minutes to start the fourth, taking a30-29 lead, but University quickly answered

to go back ahead. The Tigers would not holdthe lead again until late, when junior guardMadison Wiery completed a four-point playto put Lebanon up 41-39 with 14 secondsleft.

After calling a timeout, the Trailblazersbroke the Lebanon press and got the balldown the floor to Brooke Andrus, who wasfouled going up for a layup. Andrus hit bothshots, the Trailblazers got a stop, and thegame proceeded to overtime.

Lebanon senior forward Tori Harker putthe host Tigers ahead early in the overtimeperiod, 43-41, but the Trailblazers tied itback up when sophomore forward LindseySyrek scored. Andrus put University ahead45-43 with two made free throws, but theTrailblazers couldn’t hold onto theiradvantage — Harker split two free throwsto cut the lead to one, then freshman forwardAshlyn Terrill did the same, tying the gameback up at 45-45. Again, University wasforced to come up with a defensive stop toextend the game and converted, forcing awild shot that was off the mark.

Like in the first overtime, Lebanonplayed from in front when Terrill laid it into establish a 47-45 advantage, setting thestage for University’s run.

Syrek finished just one block shy of atriple-double — scoring 19 and grabbing 17boards in addition to the nine blocks — andAndrus finished with 18 points and sixassists. Nickless was quiet in the second halfuntil the second overtime, with her perfect6-for-6 performance at the line capping a14-point day. Tomlinson chipped in six,while Fair scored the outstanding point.

University will have a chance to rest upbefore its sternest test yet, a Thursday visitto 3A No. 8 Beech Grove.

University 58,Lebanon 49

(double overtime)University FG FT TP PFLindsey Syrek 8 3-6 19 4Brooke Andrus 5 6-6 18 0Lilly Fair 0 1-2 1 2Haley Tomlinson 1 3-7 6 2Natalie Nickless 3 6-6 14 2Hallie Harrison 0 0-0 0 1Totals 17 19-27 58 11Score by QuartersUniversity 13 10 6 12 4 13 - 58Lebanon 9 8 10 14 4 4 - 49University 3-pointers (5) Andrus 2, Nickless 2,Tomlinson 1.

Syrek

University girls win in double OT

By RICHIE HALLReporter Sports EditorA hot-shooting night gave the Carmel

boys basketball team a big all-county winon Saturday.

The Greyhounds beat Westfield 73-31at The Rock. Carmel's offense got going inthe first half and would eventually turn a14-6 first-quarter lead into a 54-14 third-quarter advantage.

"We shot the ball well," said Greyhoundscoach Ryan Osborn. "For us right now, wegot to allow our defense to roll into ouroffense. And I think when we're gettingstops and pushing the ball a little bit, flowinginto offense, the rhythm shots come. Andwe've been talking a little bit the last coupleweeks about movement, screening bodieson offense and getting good shots for eachother. And I thought we did that tonight."

Carmel led 17-8 after the first quarter,with Luke Heady, Andrew Owens and ColeJenkins all making 3-pointers. Headyopened the second period with back-to-backtriples, then Owens and Alex Jackson addedone 3-pointer each late in the quarter.

The 'Hounds used another 9-0 run tojump ahead 63-18 late in the third. John

Michael Mulloy made a traditional three-point play, then later scored on a layin. Bythe fourth quarter, Carmel's bench was onthe floor; Connor Wemhoff added six points.

Four Greyhounds reached double fig-ures. Owens scored 17 points, Mulloy added12, while Heady and Karsten Windlan bothscored 11. Owens and Heady each finishedwith three 3-pointers.

Owens reached double-double status bypulling 10 rebounds. Mulloy collected eightboards and Jenkins grabbed six. Jenkins alsomade four steals, while Jackson had twoblocked shots.

Zach Banks scored 12 points for the

Shamrocks, with Michael Koza corrallingeight rebounds.

"We had the ball and then we turn itover, and they hit the 35-footer," said West-field coach Shane Sumpter, referring to along-range Cole Jenkins '3' that he made atthe first-quarter buzzer. "The whole gamewent south from there."

Carmel finished the game with 10 3-pointers. Sumpter also said that the Grey-hounds' defense took his team out of thingsthe Shamrocks wanted to do.

"We obviously didn't play well tonightand they did," said Sumpter.

The Greyhounds are now 7-3 and playat Cathedral on Wednesday. Westfield is 4-5and hosts Hamilton Southeastern on Fridayas part of a girl-boy Hoosier CrossroadsConference doubleheader.

Carmel 73,Westfield 31

Carmel FG FT TP PFCole Jenkins 3-4 1-2 8 2Luke Heady 4-5 0-0 11 2Jalen Whack 1-2 1-1 3 0Andrew Owens 7-11 0-0 17 2John Michael Mulloy 4-9 4-4 12 1Alex Jackson 2-4 1-2 5 2

Karsten Windlan 4-5 1-2 11 2Ben Frische 0-0 0-0 0 2Jackson Jannsen 0-3 0-0 0 0Will Christie 0-2 0-1 0 1Beau Robbins 0-0 0-0 0 1Connor Wemhoff 2-2 2-2 6 1Totals 27-47 10-14 73 16Carmel 3-point shooting (10-19) Owens 3-4,Heady 3-3, Windlan 2-3, Jackson 1-3, Jenkins1-2, Jannsen 0-2, Whack 0-1, Christie 0-1.Carmel rebounds (41) Owens 10, Mulloy 8,Jenkins 6, Jackson 4, Windlan 3, Christie 3,Wemhoff 2, Robbins 2, Heady 1, Whack 1,Frische 1.Westfield FG FT TP PFZach Banks 3-9 6-11 12 2Josh Van Dyke 1-4 0-0 3 0Caleb Welch 1-2 0-1 2 1Benji Welch 0-2 0-0 0 1Cam Simons 0-5 2-2 2 3Chris Chin 3-8 0-0 7 2Michael Koza 0-2 0-3 0 2Garrett Pollard 2-3 0-1 5 0Sam Eaton 0-0 0-0 0 1Eli Patchett 0-0 0-0 0 0Mason Brooks 0-0 0-0 0 0Totals 10-35 8-18 31 12Westfield 3-point shooting (3-17) Chin 1-3, VanDyke 1-2, Pollard 1-2, Banks 0-5, Simons 0-3, N.Welch 0-1, C. Welch 0-1.Westfield rebounds (14) Koza 8, C. Welch 2,Simons 2, Banks 1, Van Dyke 1.Score by QuartersCarmel 17 22 24 10 - 73Westfield 8 3 9 11 - 31

Andrew OwensCarmel

Michael KozaWestfield

Hot-shooting ‘Hounds beat Shamrocks

Guerin Catholic beat parochial rivalBishop Luers 68-47 inboys basketball actionSaturday afternoon inFort Wayne.

The GoldenEagles (8-5) lead fromthe opening tip, butthe Knights stayed instriking distance untilafter halftime.However GC got on a23-2 run to start thethird quartereventually held a 55-

28 lead at the end of the stanza.

Jack Hansen had 25 points while settingthe school's single-game rebound record,grabbing 20 caroms. The previous recordwas held by Luke Hacherl when he grabbed17 rebounds at Lebanon on Jan. 16, 2010.Teammate Zach Munson also had a double-double for the Golden Eagles, scoring 11points and grabbing 10 rebounds. LukeGodfrey was a third double-digit scorer forCoach Pete Smith's club with 12 points.

For the game Guerin Catholicoutrebounded Luers 47-26. "That's a lot ofrebounds for one player," said Smith inregards to Hansen's feat. "Jack had sixoffensive boards and just was around theball all game. It was a real solid effort."

GC held Luers to 27 percent field goalshooting (17-63) on the Knights' homecourt, while shooting almost 50 percentshooting from the field (26-53) themselves.It was the team's third victory in fivemeetings between the schools.

The Golden Eagles will play theirseventh straight game away from home nextFriday night in Indianapolis at Broad Ripple.

Guerin Catholic 68,Bishop Luers 47

Guerin FG FT TP PFKian Sills 3-7 0-0 6 0Clay Hepp 1-2 2-2 5 3

Luke Godfrey 4-9 2-2 12 2Zach Munson 4-10 3-4 11 1Jack Hansen 11-18 1-2 25 1Bernie McGuinness 1-1 0-0 3 0Drew Thieme 2-3 0-0 4 0Roc Ricker 0-2 0-0 0 0Kameron Osswald 0-0 2-2 2 0Matt Parenteau 0-0 0-0 0 0Josh Osborn 0-0 0-0 0 0Totals 26-52 10-12 68 7Score by QuartersBishop Luers 9 13 6 19 - 47Guerin Catholic 14 16 25 13 - 68Guerin Catholic 3-point shooting (6-18) Godfrey2-7, Hansen 2-3, Hepp 1-2, McGuinness 1-1,Sills 0-2, Ricker 0-1, Thieme 0-1, Munson 0-1.Guerin Catholic rebounds (47) Hansen 20,Munson 10, Sills 4, Godfrey 4, Thieme 4, Ricker2, Hepp 2, team 1.

Godfrey

GC’s Hansen sets rebounding mark during Fort Wayne victory

Sheridan won a road game at FountainCentral 65-51 on Sat-urday.

The Blackhawksled 20-12 after thefirst quarter, thenwere up 33-18 athalftime. AustinHunter led the Sheri-dan scoring with 18points, includingthree 3-pointers,while AngeGnamkey added 14points.

Nick Burnell had an outstanding nighton the boards with 16 rebounds. Gnamkeycollected six rebounds and Hunter madefour steals.

Sheridan is now 6-3 for the season andis back on the road next Saturday (Jan. 13)

at Elwood.

Sheridan 65, FountainCentral 51

Sheridan FG FT TP PFAustin Hunter 6-14 3-4 18 4Jack Waitt 0-4 0-0 0 0Drake Delph 2-7 2-2 7 2Brody Perry 2-3 0-0 4 1Caleb Duke 2-2 2-5 6 1Ange Gnamkey 3-11 8-9 14 4Nick Burnell 2-4 2-3 6 4Sean Weitzel 2-3 0-0 4 0Tanner Swindle 1-2 3-4 6 1Jesse Kolb 0-1 0-0 0 3Totals 20-51 20-27 65 20Score by QuartersSheridan 20 13 15 17 - 65FCHS 12 6 17 16 - 51Sheridan 3-point shooting (5-17) Hunter 3-8,Delph 1-3, Swindle 1-2, Waitt 0-3, Weitzel 0-1.Sheridan rebounds (36) Burnell 16, Gnamkey6, Hunter 4, Duke 3, Waitt 2, Delph 2, Swindle2, Perry 1.

Gnamkey

‘Hawks win at Fountain CentralNoblesville fell to Muncie Central 55-43

in a Saturday evening away game.The Bearcats jumped out to a 17-8 lead

after the first quarter.The Millers cut thatlead to 24-22 byhalftime, with XavierHines and JaronYouree both scoringfive points in thesecond period. ButMuncie outscoredNoblesville 15-7 inthe third quarter andheld that lead in thefourth.

"It was adisappointing and frustrating road lossversus Muncie Central," said Noblesvillecoach Brian McCauley. "We had too manyturnovers (15), gave up too many offensiverebounds (12), and missed 10 layups for thegame. We got off to a slow start but I wasvery pleased with how we cut an 11-pointdeficit in the second quarter to only twopoints by halftime. We didn't execute welloffensively or defensively at the beginningof the third quarter and that set the tone forthe rest of the half."

Xavier Hines led the Millers with 15points, including seven in the fourth period.Jaron Youree added 13 points; both he and

Youree made three 3-pointers. Hines andRyan Barnes each pulled six rebounds, withYouree grabbing five. Jordan Schmidthanded out five assists.

"This is a great learning opportunity forus that will hopefully help us improve," saidMcCauley. "I thought Jaron Youree gave usa nice lift off the bench by scoring 13 points,grabbing five rebounds, and having onesteal."

Noblesville is now 7-5 for the season.The Millers travel to Zionsville on Fridayfor a girl-boy Hoosier CrossroadsConference doubleheader.

Muncie Central 55,Noblesville 43

Noblesville FG FT TP PFJordan Schmidt 1-4 0-0 3 2Xavier Hines 6-20 0-0 15 1Zack Johnson 0-5 0-0 0 3Eagan Keever-Hill 1-2 0-0 2 5Ryan Barnes 5-11 0-4 10 3Jaron Youree 4-9 2-2 13 1Alex Hancock 0-1 0-0 0 0Totals 17-52 2-6 43 15Score by QuartersMuncie Central 17 7 15 16 - 55Noblesville 8 14 7 14 - 43Noblesville 3-point shooting (7-21) Hines 3-10,Youree 3-7, Schmidt 1-2, Johnson 0-2.Noblesville rebounds (29) Hines 6, Barnes 6,Youree 5, Keever-Hill 3, Schmidt 2, Johnson 2,Hancock 2, team 3.

Youree

Millers fall to Bearcats

The Carmel wrestling team went 3-0 at its own Triple Dual meet on Saturday.The Greyhounds beat North Montgomery 33-26, Lawrenceburg 55-21 and Ben

Davis 62-9. Carmel wrestlers finishing the day 3-0 were: Suhas Chundi at 106, BrendanMattingly at 120/126, Kyle Holman at 126/132, Joe Theriot at 138, Garrett Sharp at145, Jack Eiteljorge at 160.

Westfield and Hamilton Southeastern competed at the North Central Invitational onSaturday, and both finished the day with 4-1 records.

The Shamrocks beat Greenfield-Central 46-29, Bishop Chatard 61-19, North Central36-30 and Lawrence Central 72-3, while falling to the Royals 41-24. Westfield hadthree wrestlers finish the day undefeated: Carson Eldred at 113 pounds, Kyle Saez at152 and Ryan Mahoney at 182.

In addition to its win over Westfield, Southeastern beat Lawrence Central 62-9,North Central 46-25 and Bishop Chatard 66-9, while falling to Cathedral 51-19. EthanBlake (at 160), Blake Forbes (at 132) and Andrew Irick (at 195) all had undefeateddays.

The Carmel swim teams easily swept theMetropolitan Conference meet, which tookplace Saturday at the Greyhounds' AquaticCenter.

The Carmel girls scored 581 points towin, taking 11 of the 12 events. TrudeRothrock placed first in the individualmedley and the butterfly, Kelly Pash tookthe 50 and 100 freestyles, and KendraBowen won the 200 and 500 freestyles.Other Greyhound winners Emma Toomeyin diving, Rachel Young in the breaststrokeand all three relays.

Carmel's boys totaled 535 points andtook 10 events. Brett Sherman was first inthe IM and 500 free, while Andrew Couchonswept the 50 free and breaststroke. Otherfirst-place finishers were Jake Mitchell inthe 200 free, Alec DeLong in the 100 free,Wyatt Davis in the backstroke and all threerelays.

GIRLS MEETTeam scores: Carmel 581, North Central 461,Center Grove 322, Pike 201, Lawrence North 163,Warren Central 142, Lawrence Central 117, BenDavis 116.200 medley relay: 1. Carmel (Colleen Duffy, KellyPash, Avery Williams, Grace Pangburn) 1:47.35.200 freestyle: 1. Kendra Bowen 1:53.97, 2.Ashlyn Underhill 1:54.35, 3. Hannah White 1:57.75.200 individual medley: 1. Trude Rothrock2:07.41, 2. Sarah Jarding 2:12.15, 3. Allie Carmi-chael 2:14.73.50 freestyle: 1. Pash 23.33, 2. Rachel Young24.53, 4. Alyssa Conley 24.86.One-meter diving: 1. Emma Toomey 374.75, 2.Alaina Heyde 366.95, 7. Grace Helms 314.10.100 butterfly: 1. Rothrock 56.86, 2. Williams

58.57, 4. Meredith Berglund 59.29.100 freestyle: 1. Pash 51.58, 2. Pangburn 53.17,4. Samantha Waples 54.32.500 freestyle: 1. Bowen 5:13.32, 3. Croaning5:18.88, 4. Victoria Johns 5:23.72.200 freestyle relay: 1. Carmel (A. Conley, Pang-burn, Duffy, Young) 1:38.71.100 backstroke: 2. Sarah Myung 59.00, 3. TaylorConley 1:00.05, 5. Duffy 1:00.86.100 breaststroke: 1. Young 1:08.80, 2. MalakHattab 1:09.85, 4. Makayla Sura 1:10.79.400 freestyle relay: 1. Carmel (Pash, Rothrock,Underhill, Bowen) 3:30.40.

BOYS MEETTeam scores: Carmel 535, North Central 385,Center Grove 368, Lawrence North 257, Pike 187,Warren Central 167, Lawrence Central 103, BenDavis 98.200 medley relay: 1. Carmel (Wyatt Davis,Andrew Couchon, Brett Sherman, Stefano Batista)1:35.11.200 freestyle: 1. Jake Mitchell 1:44.02, 2. AlecDeLong 1:45.18, 8. Griffin Seaver 1:52.66.200 individual medley: 1. Sherman 2:01.97, 2.Andrew Morozov 2:03.14, 4. Jota Iwase 2:05.45.50 freestyle: 1. Couchon 21.46, 2. Batista 21.98,9. Isaiah Thompson 23.53.One-meter diving: 4. Brandon Sandy 275.35, 8.John Curcio 258.95, 9. Austin Rushinsky 238.00.100 butterfly: 2. Griffin Hadley 53.92, 3. Iwase54.03, 6. Charles Seed 56.60.100 freestyle: 1. DeLong 48.42, 4. PatrickCavanaugh 49.67, 10. Ethan Johns 52.55.500 freestyle: 1. Sherman 4:54.08, 6. WilliamPlumb 5:11.08, 7. Johns 5:13.12.200 freestyle relay: 1. Carmel (Couchon, Davis,DeLong, Batista) 1:27.47.100 backstroke: 1. Davis 51.65, 4. Morozov54.68, 5. Zachary Burch 57.25.100 breaststroke: 1. Couchon 57.71, 2. Batista57.77, 4. Cavanaugh 1:03.14.400 freestyle relay: 1. Carmel (Davis, Hadley,Morozov, Mitchell) 3:13.17.

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Royals fall to Warren Central

Reporter photo by Kirk Green

Hamilton Southeastern’s Noah Smith takes the basketball inside and drawsa foul during the Royals’ game with Warren Central on Saturday. TheWarriors beat Southeastern 58-56. Stats were not available at press time.

‘Hounds go unbeaten at Triple Dual

Carmel swimmersdominate MIC meet

Bishop Chatard 68,Guerin Catholic 46

Guerin FG FT TP PFClaire Sawyer 1-1 0-0 2 0Danielle Mason 0-1 0-0 0 3Sarah Holba 2-2 0-1 4 2Sydney Geis 3-6 2-4 8 0Hanna Bills 1-6 3-4 5 1Olivia Labus 2-4 2-2 7 5Carly Hammons 0-0 0-0 0 1

Grace Hackett 1-1 1-1 3 0Mary Theresa Ford 1-3 0-0 2 0Nicole Cunningham 5-14 0-2 15 3Totals 16-38 8-15 46 15Score by QuartersGuerin Catholic 13 17 2 14 - 46Bishop Chatard 17 13 13 25 - 68Guerin Catholic 3-point shooting (6-16)Cunningham 5-9, Labus 1-1, Geis 0-3, Mason0-1, Bills 0-1, Ford 0-1.Guerin Catholic rebounds (27) Labus 9, Mason4, Holba 3, Geis 3, Bills 3, Sawyer 2, Ford 2,Hammons 1.

Late girls basketball boxscore

Fishers swept the team championshipsat the Hoosier Crossroads Conference swimmeet, which took place Saturday atNoblesville

In the girls meet, the Tigers scored 493.5points. Fishers won seven events, includinga double win from Hannah Pratt in the 200and 100 freestyles. Corinne Yorkman wonthe individual medley, Morgan Casey tookthe diving event, Morgan Booth won the 500free and the Tigers also placed first in the200 and 400 free relays.

Hamilton Southeastern began the meetwith a win in the medley relay, whileHannah Pugh took first in the butterfly.Noblesville's Sammy Huff paced thebreaststroke.

The Fishers boys won four events,including two by Drake Stallworth: The 200free and butterfly. Cole VanDevender placedfirst in diving, with Aaron Frollo winning

the 500 free. The Royals placed first in the200 free relay.

Results with all top 16 county finishersnow follow:

GIRLS MEETTeam scores: Fishers 493.5, HamiltonSoutheastern 408, Zionsville 291,Westfield 246, Brownsburg 224.5,Noblesville 191, Avon 183.200 medley relay: 1. Southeastern(Abby Harter, Madison Kertin, HannahPugh, Emily Barnes) 1:47.83, 2. Fishers(Corinne Yorkman, Miya Wai, NicoleRueff, Ellen Fero) 1:50.71, 4. Westfield(Molly Ruggles, Erin Verbrugge, KatieHand, Kerry Effinger) 1:53.45, 5.Noblesville (Jordan Cooley, SammyHuff, Caitlin Marshall, Abby Harvey)1:53.78.

200 freestyle: 1. Hannah Pratt (F)1:55.78, 2. Abby Jahns (F) 1:56.06, 3.Morgan Booth (F) 1:57.79, 5. KayleighWitt (HSE) 2:00.33, 8. Effinger (W)2:03.90, 13. Gillian Cripe (N) 2:05.02,16. Bri Saple (HSE) 2:06.43.200 individual medley: 1. Yorkman (F)2:10.89, 2. Verbrugge (W) 2:11.20, 3. A.Harter (HSE) 2:12.09, 4. SavannahKennedy (F) 2:13.42, 5. Pugh (HSE)2:13.66, 6. Huff (N) 2:14.88, 8. Hand (W)2:15.48, 10. Ellie Pedersen(HSE)2:15.74, 11. Wai (F) 2:16.88, 15.Cooley (N) 2:22.92.50 freestyle: 2. Barnes (HSE) 24.15, 3.Amilia Nusbaum (F) 24.60, 4. KylaSrncik (F) 25.21, 5. Fero (F) 25.30, 6.Mia Herzog (W) 25.57, 9. Olivia Harter(HSE) 26.17, 10. Harvey (N) 26.24, 11.Lily Hunter (W) 26.27, 15. Da Bin Jung(HSE) 27.27, 16. Sophie Carmosino (N)27.32.One-meter diving: 1. Morgan Casey(F) 398.30, 2. Sarah Ballard (HSE)389.45, 3. Halli Siwik (HSE) 383.40, 4.Grace Mossing (F) 383.00, 5. AshleySinicropi (HSE) 359.80, 7. Natalie Bryan(F) 302.85, 9. Taylor Jackson (W)296.50, 11. Gabby Sanburn (W) 288.75,13. Amanda Barker (W) 265.80, 15.Deirdre Lieb (N) 259.35.100 butterfly: 1. Pugh (HSE) 58.50, 2.Marshall (N) 59.33, 3. Rueff (F) 1:00.26,4. Kertin (HSE) 1:00.84, 5. Hand (W)1:01.49, 6. Kara Robeson (F) 1:01.72,

8. M. Ruggles (W) 1:02.00, 10. Jung(HSE) 1:02.45, 11. Fero (F) 1:02.50, 14.Ava Wettrick (N) 1:05.49.100 freestyle: 1. Pratt (F) 53.54, 2.Nusbaum (F) 53.58, 3. Barnes (HSE)53.73, 4. Srncik (F) 54.68, 5. MollyPedersen (HSE) 54.84, 6. Effinger (W)56.16, 8. Saple (HSE) 57.28, 10. Cripe(N) 57.92, 11. Hunter (W) 58.01.500 freestyle: 1. Booth (F) 5:07.29, 2.Jahns (F) 5:07.37, 3. Sam Hietpas (F)5:18.03, 5. Marshall (N) 5:21.55, 8. Witt(HSE) 5:30.88, 14. Tina Berger (N)5:40.02, 15. Lauren Martin (W) 5:41.87,16. Lauren Passios (HSE) 5:42.81.200 freestyle relay: 1. Fishers(Nusbaum, Fero, Srncik, Pratt) 1:38.39,2. Southeastern (Barnes, M. Pedersen,Witt, Saple) 1:38.71, 5. Westfield(Hunter, Maddie DiFlora, M. Ruggles,M. Herzog) 1:45.55, 7. Noblesville(Harvey, Brooke Haflich, Carmosino,Cripe) 1:48.28.100 backstroke: 2. A. Harter (HSE)58.26, 3. Verbrugge (W) 58.78, 4.Yorkman (F) 59.93, 5. O. Harter (HSE)1:00.16, 6. M. Pedersen (HSE) 1:00.75,7. Cooley (N) 1:02.14, 8. M. Ruggles(W) 1:02.26, 9. Kennedy (F) 1:02.31, 10.Robeson (F) 1:02.52, 13. M. Herzog (W)1:04.42, 16. Brianna McBride (N)1:05.74.

Fishers sweeps HCC swim meet

100 breaststroke: 1. Huff (N) 1:06.96,2. Wai (F) 1:07.72, 5. Kertin (HSE)1:09.74, 6. Victoria Vicory (HSE)1:10.28, 9. E. Pedersen (HSE) 1:13.39,11. Rachel Tat (N) 1:14.40, 12. LindseyReichert (F) 1:14.60, 13. Elle Herzog(W) 1:15.20, T14. Kayce Ingram (F)1:15.63, 16. Harvey (N) 1:16.24.400 freestyle relay: 1. Fishers(Nusbaum, Jahns, Yorkman, Pratt)3:35.50, 3. Southeastern (Witt, M.Pedersen, A. Harter, E. Pedersen)3:42.33, 4. Westfield (Effinger, Hunter,Hand, Verbrugge) 3:47.06, 6.Noblesville (Marshall, Cripe, ElizabethMulanax, Huff) 3:51.76.

BOYS MEETTeam scores: Fishers 438, Zionsville416.5, Hamilton Southeastern 364,Noblesville 237, Westfield 219.5, Avon194, Brownsburg 168.200 medley relay: 2. Fishers (KyleHaflich, Noah Baldwin, Trevor Adcock,Cory Jacocks) 1:38.85, 3. Southeastern(Blake Ratliff, Andrew Truxall, KeeganStreett, Andrew Christopher) 1:40.73, 5.Noblesville (Cameron Kramer, SamBleisch, Evan Diamente, Lawson Crum)1:42.65, 6. Westfield (Brett Calvin,

Cameron Clayton, Chris Kenney, CodyFenimore) 1:42.77.200 freestyle: 1. Drake Stallworth (F)1:44.56, 3. Jack Wolfred (N) 1:47.18, 4.Nick Harris (F) 1:47.77, 5. B. Ratliff(HSE) 1:48.21, 6. Sam Kuhn (F)1:48.69, 7. Calvin (W) 1:49.55, 8. AaronHelms (N) 1:50.17, 14. Evan Sellers(HSE) 1:52.89, 15. Cameron Knurek(HSE) 1:53.04, 16. Jakob Janson (N)1:53.25.200 individual medley: 2. Haflich (F)1:56.25, 4. Aaron Frollo (F) 1:59.60, 6.Jacocks (F) 2:00.91, 8. Connor Harrison(HSE) 2:04.14, 9. Kramer (N) 2:04.21,11. Streett (HSE) 2:06.76, 12. Clayton(W) 2:07.76, 13. Alex Casas (W)2:09.21, 15. Isaac Stephan (N) 2:10.31,16. Nick Beeson (N) 2:10.95.50 freestyle: 2. DJ Rogers (HSE) 21.81,3. Kenney (W) 21.84, 4. Diamente (N)22.18, 6. A. Christopher (HSE) 22.51, 7.Adcock (F) 23.01, 9. Joel Crull (F) 23.23,11. Thomas Reising (HSE) 23.42, 12.Christopher Goolsby (F) 23.75, 13.Crum (N) 23.90, T14. Chandler Luedke(W) 24.09, 16. Jacob Roberts (W) 24.11.One-meter diving: 1. ColeVanDevender (F) 462.55, 2. NathanBarr (HSE) 363.65, 3. Garrett Garwood(HSE) 330.20, 4. Ben Hobson (W)

301.65, 7. Kaleb White (W) 229.25, 8.Thomas Nguyen (W) 222.96, 11. GarrettFox (F) 210.90, 13. Lukas Wooster (F)191.75, 15. Kaeden Smith (HSE) 182.15.100 butterfly: 1. Stallworth (F) 50.93,2. Diamente (N) 53.12, 3. Harrison(HSE) 53.50, 5. Adcock (F) 54.39, 6.Ethan Christopher (HSE) 54.75, 8.Ethan Forbes (HSE) 56.38, 9. Goolsby(F) 57.10, 10. Janson (N) 57.27, 11. WillHuff (N) 57.45, 14. Roberts (W) 58.86,16. Zane Kaufman (W) 59.66.100 freestyle: 2. Rogers (HSE) 47.84,3. Kenney (W) 48.32, 4. Wolfred (N)48.69, 7. A. Christopher (HSE) 50.18, 8.Streett (HSE) 50.47, 9. Fenimore (W)50.65, 10, Baldwin (F) 50.69, 13. PeytonDewaelsche (F) 51.73, 14. TylerSchwertferger (F) 52.58, 15. MichaelSimpson (W) 52.65, 16. Ben Griffin (N)53.22.500 freestyle: 1. Frollo (F) 4:45.78, 3.Harris (F) 4:48.76, 4. Kramer (N)4:56.59, 7. Helms (N) 4:59.09, 8. BrunoKitazuka (F) 5:01.59, 10. Sellers (HSE)5:04.39, 12. Calvin (W) 5:11.54, 13. E.Christopher (HSE) 5:12.12, 14. AndrewRatliff (HSE) 5:13.42, 15. Huff (N)5:16.14, 16. Nathanael Brown (W)5:21.47.

200 freestyle relay: 1. Southeastern(Sellers, Rogers, A. Christopher,Harrison) 1:28.37, 2. Fishers (Stallworth,Jacocks, Crull, Harris) 1:29.25, 5.Noblesville (Diamente, Crum, Janson,Wolfred) 1:32.08, 7. Westfield (Brown,Simpson, Luedke, Roberts) 1:36.30.100 backstroke: 2. Haflich (F) 52.84, 3.B. Ratliff (HSE) 54.11, 6. Kuhn (F)56.37, 7. Forbes (HSE) 56.64, 8. A.Ratliff (HSE) 58.54, 9. Dewaelsche (F)59.12, 11. Kaufman (W) 59.69, 12.Beeson (N) 1:00.01, 13. Brown (W)1:01.13, 14. Simpson (W) 1:01.34.100 breaststroke: 3. Baldwin (F)1:00.69, 4. Jacocks (F) 1:01.55, 5.Truxall (HSE) 1:01.92, 6. Crull (F)1:03.03, 8. Clayton (W) 1:04.09, 10.Sam Bleisch (N) 1:04.68, 11. IsaacStephan (N) 1:05.15, 13. Reising (HSE)1:05.58, 15. John Kirby (HSE) 1:06.31,16. Griffin (N) 1:07.57.400 freestyle relay: 2. Fishers(Stallworth, Frollo, Harris, Haflich)3:15.60, 3. Southeastern (Rogers, B.Ratliff, Harrison, Forbes) 3:19.84, 4.Westfield (Kenney, Calvin, Fenimore,Clayton) 3:22.73, 5. Noblesville(Wolfred, Janson, Helms, Kramer)3:24.68.

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Photos by Bret Richardson

The Fishers boys (above) and girls (below) swim teams each won the Hoosier Crossroads Conference championships Saturday at Noblesville.Turn to Page 11 to see more pictures.

Eastern ConferenceAtlantic W L PCT. GBBoston 33 10 .767 -Toronto 27 10 .730 3.0Philadelphia 19 19 .500 11.5New York 18 21 .462 13.0Brooklyn 15 24 .385 16.0Central W L PCT. GBCleveland 26 13 .667 -Milwaukee 21 17 .553 4.5Detroit 21 17 .553 4.5Indiana 20 19 .513 6.0Chicago 14 26 .350 12.5Southeast W L PCT. GBWashington 23 17 .575 -Miami 21 17 .553 1.0Charlotte 15 23 .395 7.0Orlando 12 28 .300 11.0Atlanta 10 28 .263 12.0

Western ConferenceNorthwest W L PCT. GBMinnesota 25 16 .610 -Oklahoma City 22 17 .564 2.0Denver 21 18 .538 3.0Portland 20 18 .526 3.5Utah 16 23 .410 8.0Pacific W L PCT. GBGolden State 32 8 .800 -L.A. Clippers 17 21 .447 14.0Phoenix 15 26 .366 17.5Sacramento 13 25 .342 18.0L.A. Lakers 11 27 .289 20.0Southwest W L PCT. GBHouston 27 11 .711 -San Antonio 27 13 .675 1.0New Orleans 19 19 .500 8.0Dallas 13 27 .325 15.0Memphis 12 27 .308 15.5

NBA standingsSaturday’s scores

Golden State 121, L.A. Clippers 105Boston 87, Brooklyn 85

Detroit 108, Houston 101Indiana 125, Chicago 86

Cleveland 131, Orlando 127Milwaukee 110, Washington 103Minnesota 116, New Orleans 98

Sacramento 106, Denver 98

By GREG RAPPAPORTCourtesy nba.com/pacersAfter missing four games with a sore

right knee, Victor Oladipo stormed back intoaction on Saturday night, putting forth avirtuoso performance as the Pacers snappeda five-game losing streak, easily dispatchingthe Bulls 125-86.

It didn't take long for Oladipo toreintroduce himself to the home crowd,scoring the game's first points with a put-back slam.

Oladipo finished his night filling up thebox score in seemingly every category,racking up 23 points, nine assists, sixrebounds, five steals, and just one turnover.

If there were any signs of rust fromhaving sat out for two weeks, they certainlyweren't visible to the fans in attendance asOladipo oscillated between rim-rattlingslams, no-look passes, and pull-up 3-pointers.

"I was just out there playing," saidOladipo, who recorded five steals in the firstquarter alone. "I just kind of get lost in thegame and do whatever I can to help my

teammates. I just try to set the tone at bothends."

Surprisingly, the game's key stretch forthe Pacers (20-19) occurred without Oladipoon the floor.

To open the second quarter, Pacers headcoach Nate McMillan rolled out a bench unitfeaturing Domantas Sabonis, TJ Leaf, LanceStephenson, Cory Joseph, and Joe Young.

With the Pacers already leading by fivepoints, the group essentially put the gameaway in the first half, opening the quarterwith a battering 15-2 run.

Leaf, whose minutes have beenmercurial this season, made the most of histime on the floor, scoring 15 points on 6-of-6shooting, five of which came duringIndiana's bruising second quarter run.

Also of note was Joe Young, whoconnected on back-to-back buckets whilealso swiping a Bulls pass during his firstshift on the floor. Young finished his nightwith 11 points.

The powerful Pacers run put the hostsup by 20, but the Pacers hardly slowed fromthere. As the starters reentered the game,Indiana kept its avalanche of scoring in

motion, outpacing the Bulls 33-11 in thegame-deciding second quarter.

"You're always are a little concernedwhen guys are coming back off an injury,"McMillan said of Oladipo. "You know wewanted to be cautious with him, as far as hisminutes, and we're watching him closely outthere. He and I talked about just allowingthe game to come to him, have fun, don't putpressure on yourself, and he did. I thoughthe came out and was relaxed."

In the third quarter, Oladipo continuedhis torrid scoring, putting in the Pacers' firstseven points of the second half.

Things continued to falter for the Bulls(14-26) defense throughout the quarter, asIndiana hung 37 points on the visitors in theframe, taking a virtually insurmountable101-67 lead into the fourth quarter.

"The bottom line is, (Indiana) lookedcomfortable all night," said Bulls head coachFred Hoiberg. "They brought the fight to ustonight. They got into us right away. Wedidn't handle it well."

For the Pacers, Saturday's game came asa relief as they snapped what had been their

longest losing streak of the season, movingthe team back above the .500 mark.

Emotionally, the return of aspiring All-Star Oladipo clearly provided a boost for theBlue & Gold, as the Pacers racked up theirhighest point total since their overtime winover the Nuggets on December 10th.

The Bulls — who were playing on thesecond night of a back-to-back — werenever able to get it going against the Pacers'pressure defense, finishing the nightshooting a lowly 38 percent from the field.

With the 39-point win, Indiana openedits four-game homestand on the right note,breaking loose from its recent stretch ofunderwhelming play as Oladipo's returnbrought a spark to a Pacers team desperatelyin need of one.

"That's an All-Star guy," Leaf said ofOladipo after the game. "Any time he's inthe lineup, he's going to make things a littleeasier, gonna take the pressure off guys. Butin this league it's next man up, especiallywith this team. We know how much talentwe have, but it's certainly nice to have a guylike that back."

With Oladipo back, Pacers trounce Bulls

Photos by Bret Richardson

ABOVE: Hamilton Southeastern’sHannah Pugh won the girls butterfly.RIGHT: Westfield’s Chris Kenney (right)finished third and Noblesville’s JackWolfred (left) placed fourth in the boys100 free.

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