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Vote Rocky ShanehsazFor Noblesville City Council on May 7!

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Photo providedHamilton County Tourism is working with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to connect with Hamilton County and local cities and celebrate the month of May. The IMS requests that the county fly the Indianapolis 500 flag during the entire month of May. On Monday, the Indy 500 flag was raised over the Courthouse. (From left) Hamilton County Commissioners Steve Dillinger, Christine Altman and Mark Heirbrandt, Hulman Motorsports Senior Vice President of Events Allison Melangton.

County partners with IMS for 500 Days of May

Churches to stream services . . .

Noblesville PrayerBreakfast canceledover legal worries

The REPORTERThe Noblesville Prayer

Breakfast scheduled for May 2 at White River Christian Church has been canceled.

In lieu of the tradition-al breakfast, many local churches have offered to stream a Facebook Live prayer service that morning. Once the event has been organized, social media will be used to share de-tails of when and where to

watch the service for those interested.

The prayer breakfast is held in conjunction with the National Day of Prayer. Following the 2018 No-blesville Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast, the city turned the event organization over to Helping Hands of No-blesville after receiving out-side pressure and potential litigation over separation of church and state – and those concerns have resurfaced.

Westfield launches SafeRoads campaignThe REPORTER

On Tuesday, May-or Andy Cook launched Westfield’s new SafeRoads campaign. It is a city-wide effort to reduce the number of per-sonal injury and fatality automo-bile crashes in Westfield. Along with the mayor’s office, the ef-forts include the Westfield Police Department and the West-field Department of Public Works.

“Westfield is a safe, family-oriented communi-ty but in the last year, we have seen our accidents tick up 5 percent,” said Cook. “Statistics also show that 90 percent of accidents are caused by human er-ror. That means they are preventable. We are going to try and prevent some of those accidents.”

The SafeRoads cam-paign will have four focus areas:

• education: The City will implement ongo-ing awareness campaigns around the dangers of dis-

tracted driving, drunk driving, etc.

• enforce-ment: The West-field Police De-partment will target the top 10 accident loca-tions in the city, as well as focus on distracted

drivers.• environment: The

Westfield Police Depart-ment and the Westfield De-partment of Public Works will look at removing permanent structures ad-jacent to roads, improving sight lines, lane markings and intersection lighting. The City is also working with the Indiana Depart-ment of Transportation on making improvements to several intersections along State Road 32.

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‘The White River Plan’ presented to County CommissionersBy FRED SWIFTReadTheReporter.com

An outline of what is called The White River Plan was present-ed to County Commissioners at their Monday meeting by Tourism Director Brenda Myers.

The plan calls for steps to make the river and its banks cleaner and more attractive to those visiting

the county's major waterway. Be-yond that, the plan is to encourage knowledge of the numerous parks and historic sites along the river.

The river improvement plan was conceived several years ago with the intent of making the river a recreational asset for Hamilton and Marion counties. Currently the project's supporters are in the process of preparing recommen-

dations for what can be included in the development stage.

Myers said "an action-orient-ed plan" will be created by May 16 taking recommendations into consideration. She stressed that there will be no consideration of purchasing or making use of pri-vately owned land that borders the river. Earlier, there were apparently unfounded rumors of plans to con-

demn or purchase river frontage.Existing recreational and his-

toric sites on White River include Strawtown Koteewi Park, Potters Bridge Park and trail, the Nobles-ville Riverwalk, Conner Prairie, Carmel's River Heritage Park, Fishers Heritage Park and Hazel Landing Park.

Monday's presentation was in-formational only. No vote by com-

missioners was requested.The county parks department

is expected to coordinate with the plans as they move forward. Even-tually, some type of Hamilton-Mar-ion County board for White River development is envisioned to carry out and maintain river improve-ments including possibly retrofit-ting dams to maintain a favorable river elevation.

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Carmel Clerk’s Office termination leads to special council meeting

The REPORTERThe Carmel City Coun-

cil conducted a special meeting on Tuesday evening to investigate the actions of Clerk-Treasurer Christine Pauley after she fired Di-rector of Internal Controls, Ann Bingman.

Carmel is currently un-dergoing its annual State Board of Accounts audit, and council members are concerned due to the cru-cial role Bingman played in the audit.

Bingman, who worked as the city’s Director of In-ternal Controls since Feb-ruary 2016, believes her termination was political-

ly motivated, as Pauley has been a supporter of Mayor Brainard’s challenger, Fred Glynn in the May 7 Republican pri-mary.

Bingman says she was “trou-bled” by tasks Pauley asked her to per-form. Bingman says she believes they were linked to doing research for the political adversaries of the Mayor.

According to Bingman, further evidence is when Pauley previously saw her talking with City of Car-

mel Employee Benefits Manager Sue Wolfgang, a current candidate for Carmel City Clerk, about city business, Pauley accused her of “conversing with the enemy."

"As finance chair, I want to assure tax-payers that their elected city council will do everything in its power to ensure the clerk-treasurer stands by her promises to complete the audits and physical inven-tory in a timely manner,” said Carmel Councilor and Finance Chair Sue Finkam.

“This is a key piece of trans-parent governance, to which we are committed.”

In addition to controver-sy within the clerk's office, Pauley recently went pub-lic with harassment alle-gations against Mayor Jim Brainard.

Pauley alleges Brainard created a toxic work envi-ronment after she rejected the mayor's invitation to accompany him on a trip to Rome.

City officials said Tues-day's council meeting was not directed at Pauley, but was held to determine who would handle duties as CPA after Bingman's termination.

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• advocacy: Mayor Cook will push for new laws on cell phone usage in vehicles and restricting util-ity poles in “Clear Zones.”

“Westfield is a thriving city, with that, we have more cars on our roads,” said Westfield Police Chief Joel Rush. “As a communi-ty, we can do a lot to make our roads safer. We need to follow the rules of the road, be aware of our surround-ings and use only hands-free cell phone technology when driving.”

Already this year, May-or Cook mandated that any City of Westfield employee in a city vehicle be prohib-ited from using a cell phone while driving. April is Dis-tracted Driving Awareness Month, a national effort to educate motorists on the dangers of distracted driv-ing and eliminate prevent-able deaths. Nationwide, 8 percent of accidents are linked to distracted driving.

Safefrom Page 1Demolition underway on Fishers

Fire Department headquarters

Photo providedFishers Fire Department Lt. Rich Nyberg honed his demolition skills this weekend prior to the start of the old headquarters demolition on Tuesday.

The REPORTERThe building that has

been home to firefighters for 28 years continued to support firefighters in its last hours as firefighters took saws and axes to it this past weekend.

Demolition officially began Tuesday on Fishers Fire Headquarters, but fire-fighters began the process with training on their old station this weekend. Lt. Rich Nyberg, a 28-year se-nior veteran and one of the original firefighters to use the building, took the first swing of the sledge ham-mer on the firehouse. Crews followed suit and trained on the building all weekend to enhance their skills.

Announced in 2018, due to growth needs of the department and increas-ing costs of maintenance,

the station that houses nine pieces of equipment and the administration offices is slated to be torn down and rebuilt in the same area. The project is expected to cost $9.4 million dollars and take 18 months to build. The new station will provide ad-ditional space for firefighter living quarters, as well as functional work space. The administration offices will still be a part of this station with additional space for management needs.

To continue to effective-ly serve the same response area, firefighters have been relocated to the Indy Fuel apartments off 126th Street, which keeps the firefighters and equipment in the same response district. This lo-cation keeps the response times unchanged for conti-nuity of service.

About the Fishers Fire Department

Fishers Fire Department serves the Fishers commu-nity from six fire stations and one medic sub-station with 146 firefighters and staff. The department serves an estimated population of 92,000 and responds annu-ally on nearly 6,000 emer-gencies. An all-hazards department, firefighters not only respond to traditional emergencies such as fires, medical and rescue, but service the community for hazardous materials emer-gencies, behavioral health management, communi-ty paramedicine program, community risk reduction and emergency response team (ERT) situations. The department services 52 square miles within Hamil-ton County.

By STU CLAMPITTReadTheReporter.com

Carmel High School Re-publicans President Chris Elmore was the driving force behind this winter’s blankets for the homeless drive, which spread from Carmel to include dona-tions from across Central Indiana.

Now he’s working hard to help fight the opioid ep-idemic in Hamilton County

by organizing a prescription drug takeback day from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 27 at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds, 2003 Pleasant St., Noblesville.

Like his last Young GOP project, this one has outgrown the bounds of Carmel and now includes several Young GOP clubs coming together to help their communities.

“Carmel High School is the main driving force for

this,” Elmore told The Re-porter. “It is also run with Westfield High School, Fishers High School, Uni-versity, Brebeuf, Park Tu-dor and Zionsville Com-munity High School Young Republican Clubs.”

The goal of this project is to take back over-pre-scribed drugs in the com-munity under proper police supervision.

“The drug epidemic is large in America, with opi-

oids being some of the most addictive substances for abusers,” Elmore said.

For Elmore, this is both a matter of community ser-vice and an issue with a per-sonal connection.

“I have seen people whose lives have been ru-ined by opioids and who have struggled with addic-tion,” Elmore told The Re-porter. “This project does strike a personal nerve for me.”

The event is largely about helping fight the opi-oid epidemic, but it is in no way limited to just those prescription drugs. Citizens are encouraged to bring any prescription medication that is expired, over-pre-scribed, or for any other reason needs to be disposed of properly.

“If they have the bottles with all the prescription in-formation on it, we keep it so we can keep track of which drugs we are col-lecting,” Elmore said. “We had originally reached out to the Sheriff’s Depart-ment, who put us in contact with the Hamilton County Council on Drugs and Alco-hol. We will have Sheriff’s Department supervision at the event with Captain Mark Bowen.”

This is the second time clubs in Hamilton County and Zionsville have partic-ipated in a project like this.

“We are all part of a larger organization called the Indiana High School Republicans who started about a year ago,” Elmore said. “This is one of the first projects we wanted to work on because we thought it was important to address the opioid issue and fight against the drug epidemic that we see in our commu-nity and our schools.”

Elmore told the Report-er that both community ser-vice and Republican poli-tics have become important to him in recent years.

“I got involved with Re-publican issues in 2016 and

after that election I started to identify more with the Republican Party,” Elmore explained. “I joined the club last year. Both presidents graduated last year. I took the president position this year and really reinvigo-rated the club with a lot of community service as well as political activity.”

Part of that reinvigo-ration could be seen in his first project as president, the blankets for the homeless drive last winter.

“That was my idea,” El-more said. “Initially it just started with Carmel, but after we saw the incredible community response we were getting we decided we were going to try to spread

this to the other clubs in Hamilton County. It turned out involving all of Central Indiana. It was one of the first ideas I had for the club and I was really passionate about it.”

The Young Republicans are hoping to have at least five members from each participating club on hand at Saturday’s drug takeback event.

All you have to do is ar-rive at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds, 2003 Pleasant St., Noblesville, between 9 a.m. and noon on Saturday. The Young Republicans will be on hand to come col-lect the opioids for you and safely dispose of them with police supervision.

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Locations around Hamilton CountyThe Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs along with the Sheriff’s

Office will accept expired and unwanted medications from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 27 at four locations: Riverview Health, Sheridan Elliott Pharmacy, 4-H Fairgrounds and Cicero CVS.

The Rx Take-Back sites cannot accept liquids, sharps or needles. Liquids can be mixed with Oil-Dri or cat litter, wrapped in plastic, and placed in the garbage. Sharps, syringes, lancets and needles can be taken to Hamilton County Household Hazardous Waste, 1717 Pleasant St., Noblesville.

The Sheriff’s Office properly disposed of more than 1,000 pounds of medications in 2018 and nearly 200 pounds already in 2019.

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Taylor Center of Natural History Sat., April 20, 1PM

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White River Campground Fri.-Sun., April 26-28*, 12PM

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Cool Creek Nature Center Sat., April 27, 10AM

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Stop in at Culver’s,support local FFA

The REPORTERGiving back to your lo-

cal community has never tasted so delicious.

On Thursday, May 2, Culver's guests can pur-chase a scoop of Fresh Frozen Custard for only $1. Culver's of Noblesville and Fishers will donate the proceeds from the scoops to Hamilton County FFA chapters.

“All Hamilton County high schools do such great work preparing young ag-riculture students in our community for the respon-sibility of managing our future food supply," said

Jeff Meyer and Neil Mill-er, owner-operators of Cul-ver's of Noblesville and Fishers. "We're excited to celebrate this deserving organization."

Scoops of Thanks Day is part of Culver's Thank You Farmers Project, which supports agricultural educa-tion programs – including the National FFA Orga-nization – that encourage smart farming in an effort to ensure that we contin-ue to have enough food to feed our country's growing population.

"Our guests want to have good food to feed their

families, today and in the future," said Culver’s CEO Joseph Koss. "They've shown us just how much they care about ag educa-tion by helping us raise a total of more than $2 mil-lion for FFA and local ag organizations in the past five years."

This year will mark the fourth year of Scoops of Thanks Day. To date, Culver's restaurants have generated a total of more than $215,000 in donations for local FFA chapters and other agricultural orga-nizations. Learn more at culvers.com.

The REPORTERA bill authored by

State Sen. Victoria Spartz (R-Noblesville) that would encourage a study of the governance and legisla-tive oversight of Indiana’s education system recently passed the Senate by a vote of 38-8.

senate enrolled act 546 would urge the Legisla-tive Council to task the In-terim study Committee on Education to study the com-position of the State Board of Education (SBOE), Gov-ernor’s Workforce Cabi-net (GWC) and Commis-sion for Higher Education

(CHE). “Per the Indi-

ana Constitution, the legislative branch is respon-sible for edu-cation,” Spartz said. “We have been making a lot of changes to streamline our education system and align it with the new demands of the 21st century, including changing the state superin-tendent role to an appointed position and updating the GWC, among other things. Starting in 2020, the gov-ernor will have a direct re-

sponsibility for the education sys-tem in our state, but it’s important the legislative branch has the proper checks and balances in place to monitor the implementa-tion of education

policies with the least possi-ble amount of bureaucracy.”

The bill would also task the committee with study-ing the feasibility of merg-ing the SBOE and GWC.

SEA 546 will now move to the governor for consid-eration.

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The REPORTERThe Carmel Police

Department recently wel-comed the addition of three new officers: Evan M. Car-ter, Collin M. Fogle and Neil W. McLean.

Evan Carter graduated from Abeka Academy High School while living in Sul-zbach, Germany. He then attended Indiana Universi-ty-Purdue University – In-dianapolis (IUPUI) where he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice in May 2017. Carter also successfully complet-ed the Tier 1 Basic Course at the Law Enforcement Academy at Indiana Uni-versity – Bloomington in August 2016. He was previ-ously employed with Eske-nazi Health in Indianapolis where he was a security of-ficer and special deputy.

Collin Fogle graduat-ed from Homestead High School in Fort Wayne. After

completing high school, he initially enrolled at Ivy Tech Community College. Fo-gle later transferred to Ball State University in Muncie where he obtained a Bach-elor of Science degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Digital Forensics in July 2013. He was previ-ously employed with the In-diana State Excise Police as an Enforcement Officer and was assigned to the District 3 Field Office in Crawfords-ville. He has worked for the Indiana State Excise Police since January 2016.

Neil McLean graduat-

ed from Bob Jones High School in Madison, Ala. McLean then attended Lin-coln Tech in Indianapolis where he obtained an Au-tomotive Tech Certificate. He later attended Ball State University where he ob-tained an Associate degree in Arts with a concentra-tion Business Administra-tion in May 2018. He was previously employed with Chrysler FCA (Fiat Chrys-ler Automobiles) Transmis-sion Plant in Tipton where he worked in production primarily as a parts delivery driver for the company.

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Carmel Police hires three new officers

The REPORTERDuke Energy has award-

ed grants of up to $5,000 to 19 Indiana economic devel-opment groups for two sep-arate programs.

Locally, Hamilton County Economic Develop-ment Corporation received grant funding.

“The Marketing Part-nership Program and the Foreign Direct Investment Partnership Program are designed to help local eco-nomic development groups strengthen marketing ef-forts to help attract jobs and investment to the com-munities within our Indi-ana service territory,” said Erin Schneider, director of economic development for Duke Energy Indiana.

To qualify for program consideration, each appli-cant must submit a market-ing plan that has a direct impact on the community’s economic growth and sup-ports Duke Energy’s eco-nomic development goals.

Duke Energy awards grants to 19Indiana economic development groups

The REPORTERIndiana Attorney Gen-

eral Curtis Hill praised a decision this week by the Indiana Court of Appeals upholding the constitutionality of Indiana’s Right to Farm Act.

Indiana’s stat-ute limits the sce-narios in which an agricultural operation may be sued for nuisance. The purpose, as the law states, is “to conserve, protect, and encourage the development and improvement of agri-cultural land for the produc-tion of food and other agri-cultural products” and “to reduce the loss to the state of its agricultural resources.”

In a case decided Mon-day, property owners adja-

cent to an expanding live-stock operation challenged the law on the premise that their residential properties lost market value as a result

of the increased agricultural activ-ities.

“Protect ing agriculture in Indiana serves a purpose very important to our economy,” Hill said. “Hoosier farmers help feed the world, and

the state has a compelling interest in preserving their ability to perform their im-portant work. The Right to Farm Act is a constitutional and effective means of ac-complishing this goal.”

Click here to read the brief filed by Indiana in this case in August 2018.

AG Curtis Hill prevails indefending constitutionality ofIndiana’s Right to Farm Act

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The economic develop-ment organizations receiv-ing the 2019 grants include:

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• Southwest Indiana De-velopment Council

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Letter to the Editor

Shaffer notes apparent uptick in Carmel’s property taxes

Dear Editor:I recently posted The Number of the

Day on my Non-Mayor page on Facebook. It was 12.5 – the percentage of growth in property tax rates in Carmel since the last municipal elections. Numbers right out of the Hamilton County website reflected that, as well as an 82 percent jump from 2007 to 2019. Rates are rates. No contro-versy there.

A few hours later, the city council per-son for my district posted a comment: "I believe your property taxes are lower to-day than they were in 2006. I looked at Zillow."

Checking Zillow, I found partial data had been recorded. Only half of the 2017 taxes were listed and none of 2015's. Zil-low ain't perfect.

Most telling, however, was the irrel-evance of the taxes paid to the tax rate charged. As tax assessments increased and decreased, the total tax bills increased and decreased. Assessment down, total bill

down; assessment up, total bill up. That’s totally independent of the persistent in-creases in the rates.

Plain as the nose on your face. The same nose, theoretically, that pried into my personal property taxes in the first place.

I can defend Councilor Bruce Kim-ball's spying on the ground that, indeed, ever-increasing tax rates is a gigantic embarrassment to anyone who voted for them. Especially for anyone party to run-ning up a $1.3 billion total outstanding debt as recorded by the Indiana Depart-ment of Local Government Finance.

I can defend the councilor's ignorance of information Zillow didn't provide. Zil-low also reports the mayor's property tax-es went up 6.7 percent since 2014 (2015 is missing, remember?) on his $999,277 house.

I apologize to the mayor for snooping. My councilor made me do it.

Bill shafferCarmel

Letter to the Editor

Reader: Why not support Adam Aasen for Carmel City Council?

Dear Editor:I’m writing today in support of Adam

Aasen and to encourage the people of the Southeast district to vote for Adam come May 7.

I’ve been fortunate to get to know Adam through his engagement in Car-mel Rotary and the community over the past handful of years. Having first met Adam at his restaurant in Carmel, I immediately noticed his genuine in-terest in serving the people and visitors of Carmel.

What’s drawn me to Adam is his un-wavering character to do what’s right. Sure, he’s received invaluable experi-ence as a journalist that shows he un-derstands the issues and can ask tough questions. Sure, his fiscal maturity and discipline running his small business with his family shows he gets tough de-cisions, cost to benefit comparisons and relying on a team to deliver positive re-sults. Sure, he’s proven his commitment

and dedication to the Carmel community through his countless hours of volunteer-ing, hosting fundraisers and serving on committees and nonprofit boards.

But why else do I support Adam? He has a vested interest in making Carmel the best community it can be for genera-tions. No longer just for his business, but for his family as well.

Adam and his wife, Nicole, wel-comed their newborn daughter Madeline in December. He’s embraced fatherhood and I believe Adam now has another rea-son to value strong leadership, effective fact gathering and decisive action.

Adam does not take lightly that the decisions he makes will help shape Car-mel’s future for his daughter and all children in this city. I’d encourage you to consider this and more as you head to the ballot box on May 7.

Sincerely,Joshua e. CarrCarmel

Letter to the Editor

Advocating for researchinto Alzheimer’s disease

Dear Editor:Earlier this month I joined more than

1,200 advocates from across the country on Capitol Hill to meet with our legisla-tors about the sixth-leading cause of death and most expensive disease in the county, Alzheimer’s disease. We traveled to the nation’s capital as part of the Alzheimer’s Impact Movement (AIM), the advocacy arm of the Alzheimer’s Association.

While there, I personally spoke with Congressman Jim Baird and Congress-woman Susan Brooks. I shared the story of my grandma passing away from Alz-heimer’s just over one year ago and how my mom and her siblings shared care-giving duties for many years to ensure Grandma had the care and love needed during her most helpless years.

I urged Representatives Baird and Brooks to support the Improving HOPE for Alzheimer’s Act to improve dementia

care planning services through Medicare, and the Younger-Onset Alzheimer’s Dis-ease Act to allow individuals living with dementia under the age of 60 to access programs under the Older American’s Act. I also asked for federal funding to support of recently passed BOLD Infra-structure for Alzheimer’s Act and an in-crease of $350 million for Alzheimer’s disease research at the NIH.

Alzheimer’s is the only one of the top 10 causes of death that currently cannot be prevented, slowed or cured. Research is critical to treating and ultimately stop-ping this devastating disease. Please contact your legislators at the state and federal levels to push for more attention to this horrific disease. You can learn more about the policies I advocated for at alzimpact.org.

Jason BarrettCarmel

Letter to the Editor

Reader: Vote your pocketbookDear Editor:Come May 7, you better vote your

pocketbook.It seems that some candidates getting

elected don’t have an understanding of what it takes to run a city. People need to wake up and get their facts straight before they vote. On May 10, our property taxes are due, and if you haven’t looked at your tax bill yet you are paying a lot more than the 1 percent cap that was placed on resi-dential properties.

I read a recent article written by Mike Corbett that hits the nail on the head. He referred to a pyramid as being what our fiscal house should be built on, and he is exactly right.

The base of that pyramid or foundation represents our corporate tax base of which everything is to be built on. This is so the tax burdens don’t fall so much on resi-dential property owners as it does today. Information obtained through the county assessor’s office indicated that of all the as-sessed properties in the incorporated areas of the City of Noblesville, 69.4 percent are residential and only 30.6 percent commer-cial or industrial.

As stated in Mike Corbett’s article, this pyramid is upside down. The largest portion of the tax burden should fall on

commercial and industrial. Residential should be at the top of the pyramid, not the bottom.

When I look at my tax bill, my $260,000 house should be capped at $2,600, per the 1 percent cap. Instead, my tax bill is $2,926.

Chris Jensen, you stated at the May-or’s forum at Noblesville High School you were the only candidate on stage that had reduced our taxes. Noblesville has the highest base rate between Carmel, Fishers and Westfield. I have yet to see you vote against a tax abatement for any businesses even when they were unnec-essary. Why?

We need elected officials who know how to grow our commercial tax base and who know how to spend our money wise-ly. They should be looking at the ROI (re-turn on investment) instead of projects that look good but offer little or no return.

The only people I see running who un-derstand these concepts are Mike Corbett for Mayor and Mark Hall, Rocky Shaneh-saz, Mark Skipper and Mark Boice for City Council. People, this is not a popularity contest, so wake up and do your research.

Let’s make Noblesville strong and proud!

rick smithNoblesville

8 “Go Teal” with Prevail!

David E. McClure December 13, 1938 – April 7, 2019

David E. McClure, husband, friend, attorney and consummate global traveler, em-barked on his final earthly journey Sunday, April 7, 2019.

He was born December 13, 1938, in Indianapolis to James E. and Amelia V. (Beyle) McClure. He attended John Strange Elementary and Broad Ripple High School (class of 1956). At IU Bloomington he was a member of Theta Chi fraternity and later graduated Indiana Law School in 1965.

He practiced law at McClure, McClure & Davis for over 50 years.David loved life, his legal work, social network of friends, and

is remembered by his wit, intellectual curiosity and far-reaching knowledge, allowing him to talk to anyone about anything. His gen-

erosity and kindness were a signature characteristic. He cherished good friends and loved spinning yarns of days past.

He loved the Pacers and Colts. He once stated one of his greatest joys was celebrating Christmas in his home with good friends and less fortunate families. For many years, he provided Christmas gifts for the children, served up by a jolly Santa Claus.

His adventurous spirit led him to travel to 130 countries by train to remote corners of the earth, including the highest railroad in the world (Peru), the Trans-Siberian Express, South Africa and Turkey. Planning trips and traveling with friends was energizing. After buying a rail car built in 1913, traveling “first class” on his private railcar attached to Amtrak and VIA and being the first to take a private car to Mexico was one of his greatest memories.

He was committed to the success of the French Lick Scenic Railway since 1978, and was on the Executive Board as Vice President at the time of his death. He donated his private car to the Railway.

In 2010, he married Kathy Fox, a longtime friend and traveling companion. The wedding guests boarded the train at French Lick riding to Jasper, with the ceremony taking place on the back platform of his railcar. He will be remembered by his wife, friends and family. Donations may be made to Wheeler Mission at wheelermission.org/donate-to-wheeler.

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Lawrence E. O’Connor January 5, 1937 – April 21, 2019

Lawrence E. O’Connor, 82, Fishers, passed away on Sunday, April 21, 2019 at Prairie Lakes Health Campus in Noblesville. He was born on January 5, 1937 to Edward and Flora (Nave) O’Connor in Atchison, Kan.

Larry proudly served his country, doing two tours of duty during the Vietnam War as a Navy Lieutenant and Chief Hangar Deck Of-ficer aboard the USS Kitty Hawk. He completed his military service in the Air Force, retiring as a Captain. In May of 2018, Larry was honored for his military service by being selected as an Honor Flight Hero.

He worked as a contracting officer for U.S. Customs and enjoyed his travels, especially to Hawaii. Most of all, Larry loved spending time with his children and grandchildren.

He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Ellen O’Connor; children, Michael (Sue) O’Connor, Michele (Dale) Wedel, Patricia O’Connor and Kelli O’Connor; stepsons, Scott Barker and Brent (Emily) Bark-er; sister, Mary Catherine (Charles) Garrett; six grandchildren; and

three great-grandchildren.In addition to his parents, Larry was preceded in death by his brothers, Keith Bury

and Kenneth Bury.Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, 2019 at St. John Vianney Catho-

lic Church, 15176 Blessed Mother Blvd., Fishers, with visitation from noon to the time of service. Rev. Sean Pogue will officiate. Burial will be at Oaklawn Memorial Gardens in Indianapolis.

At the request of family, in lieu of flowers, me-morial contributions are strongly suggested to Indy Honor Flight, P.O. Box 10, Plainfield, IN 46168.

Condolences: randallroberts.com

ArrangementsCalling: Noon to 1 p.m., April 25Service: 1 p.m., April 25Location: St. John Vianney Catholic ChurchCondolences: randallroberts.com

Helen J. Smith September 8, 1928 – April 18, 2019

Helen J. Smith, 90, Westfield, passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at Riverview Health in Noblesville. She was born on September 8, 1928 to Wil-liam and Frances (Mennel) Hanley in Indianapolis.

Helen worked for the State of Indiana, as a secretary for the In-dianapolis Archdiocese and at the Naval Armory. She was a former member of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, St. Monica Catholic Church and Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, and was currently attending St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church. Helen’s faith was very important to her. She was an avid reader, enjoyed crossword puzzles, and loved flowers. Helen’s greatest joy was her family. She loved them greatly and was at her happiest at family gatherings.

She is survived by her husband of 60 years, John J. Smith; son, James (Nora) Smith; daughter, Susan (David) Hopper; seven grandchildren, Madeline Smith, Alexander Smith, Connor Smith, Jeffrey Hopper, Leanna Hopper, Rebekah Hopper and Joseph Hop-per; and one great-grandchild, Jace Hopper.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, William Hanley and Jack Hanley; sisters, Pauline Schneider, Anne Mock and Margaret Shambaugh.

Mass will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, 2019 at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church, 17102 Spring Mill Road, Westfield. Visita-tion will be from 11 a.m. to the time of service at the church. Burial will be at held at a later date.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Vin-cent de Paul, 3001 E. 30th St., Indianapolis, IN 46218.

Condolences: randallroberts.com

ArrangementsCalling: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., April 25Service: 1 p.m., April 25Location: St. Maria Goretti Catholic ChurchCondolences: randallroberts.com

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TODAY’S BIBLE READINGAnd they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last. The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Luke 13:29-35 (KJV)

Janet Brashers August 9, 1935 – April 19, 2019

Janet Brashers, 83, Westfield, passed away on Friday, April 19, 2019 at Riverview Health in Noblesville. She was born on August 9, 1935 to Guy and Gladys (Landers) Wilson in Cave City, Ark.

Janet worked as a nurse’s aide and was a member of Sheridan First Baptist Church. She enjoyed crosswords, game shows and spending time with her family.

Janet is survived by her sons, Darrell (Janice) Brashers and Dwayne Brashers; daughter, Patricia (Michael) Bowen; 15 grand-children; and many great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her hus-band, Edgar “Gene” Brashers; daughter, Carol McCoy; sister, Ear-

lene Williams; and brothers, Teddy Wayne Wilson and Warren Dene Wilson.Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday,

April 24, 2019 at Randall & Roberts Funeral Home, 1150 Logan St., Noblesville. Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 25, 2019 at the funeral home. Burial will be at Crownland Cemetery in No-blesville.

Condolences: randallroberts.com

ArrangementsCalling: 4 to 8 p.m., April 24Service: 11 a.m., April 25Location: Randall & Roberts Funeral HomeCondolences: randallroberts.com

JoAnn Pickett September 17, 1936 – April 20, 2019

JoAnn Pickett, 82, Noblesville, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 20, 2019. She was born on September 17, 1936 in Noblesville.

JoAnn worked for Shaffer and Lawrence accounting in Indianap-olis and resided in Noblesville all of her life. JoAnn enjoyed trav-elling and spending time with family and friends. She also loved to square dance, working in the yard and planting flowers around her house. JoAnn was a member of the American Legion Women’s Aux-iliary in Noblesville.

She is survived by her sons, Rodd (Arlene) Pickett and Todd (Mi-chelle) Pickett; granddaughter, Sarah (Jimmy) Gore; great-grand-daughters, Josie and Eliza Gore; sister, Joyce (Clovis) Burrow; along

with several nieces and nephews.JoAnn was proceeded in death by her parents, Rufus and Jane Guilkey; and sisters,

Ruth Evelyn Morris, Betty Jean King and Nellie Jane Marcum.Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday,

April 25, 2019 at Randall & Roberts Funeral Home, 1150 Logan St., Noblesville. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 26, 2019 at the funeral home. Burial will be at Crownland Cemetery in No-blesville following the service.

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ArrangementsCalling: 4 to 8 p.m., April 25Service: 11 a.m., April 26Location: Randall & Roberts Funeral HomeCondolences: randallroberts.com

Meeting NoticesMembers of the Cicero Town

Council will attend the Cicero Economic Development Com-mittee meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the Cicero Town Hall, 70 N. Byron St., Cicero.

The Fall Creek Township Board will meet at 7 p.m. on Mon-day, May 13, 2019 in the Com-munity Room at the Fall Creek Township Trustee’s Office, 11595 Brooks School Road, Fishers.

Pursuant to IC 5-14-1.5-5 (a) The Hamilton County Council has been invited to attend a break-fast hosted by Good Samaritan Network at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, April 26, 2019, at the Krieg Devault Conference Suite at Riverview Hospital located, 395 Westfield Road, Noblesville.

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Noblesville Schools announced on Monday that Coach Brian McCauley has informedthem he will not be returning as boys varsity basketballcoach.  McCauley shared the decision  while meeting with  schoolofficials to review the basketball program. He has been head boysbasketball coach for the Noblesville Millers since 2014 and is alsoa social studies teacher at the high school.

"I want to thank Coach McCauley for serving our student athletesthese past five years," said Leah Wooldridge, Noblesville HighSchool athletic director. "He is a great basketball mind and we haveappreciated his hard work and dedication to our basketball program.”

Noblesville will begin the process of identifying a replacementfor McCauley immediately and will announce their selection at alater date.

McCauley will remain as a teacher with Noblesville Schools.

McCauley steps down asNHS boys basketball coach

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By RICH TORRESFISHERS – With two outs in the bottom

of the sixth, the game tied 3-3 and thepressure of the Mudsock rivalry at its apexon Tuesday night, Fishers’ freshman KayleeKardash didn’t get lost in her head.

Instead, she was right in rhythm, thanksto her favorite band, Imagine Dragons.

“I was honestly singing in my head,”Kardash laughed. “That’s my walkup song[Whatever It Takes], so since it wasn’tplaying tonight, I just thought I’d sing it inmy head.”

Up 1-0 in the count, Kardash’s swingwas pitch perfect.

With adrenaline in her veins and Fishers’flawless Hoosier Crossroads Conferencerecord on the line, Kardash crushed a go-ahead two-run home run over the center-field fence, powering the host Tigers to a5-4 victory over rival Hamilton Southeast-ern.

“I was just looking to get a base hit andkeep the lineup going through,” said Kar-dash, who finished 2-for-3. “I wanted tomake sure we kept getting runners on andjust do what we do best, which is scoringruns.”

The Tigers (8-2, 4-0 HCC) kept theiroffensive trend going behind Kardash’stowering bomb. With 90 runs scored in 10games this season, Fishers won its fourthstraight to remain unbeaten in its pursuit ofa potential league title.

Junior Brooke Benson, an Indiana Uni-versity commit, blasted a solo home run –her second this year – to tie the game 1-1 inthe bottom of the fourth, and CarolineBernhardt put the Tigers in front 3-1 with atwo-run single in the same frame.

The Tigers racked up eight hits, includ-ing seven in the final three innings to avengelast year’s 10-0 Mudsock loss to HSE duringthe regular season.

Fishers eliminated HSE 4-3 in the sec-tional semifinals last season, but the Royals(6-5, 2-2 HCC) refused to go quietly onTuesday, despite trailing twice.

Unable to capitalize on two bases-loadedsituations in the top of the first, seniorNicole Lang broke through against Fishers’

starter Hannah Mays with a solo home runin the top of the fourth.

The Royals faced a 3-1 deficit in the topof the sixth and deadlocked the game 3-3with an RBI single by Olivia Capuano, whowent 2-for-3. A Tigers’ throwing errorplated Lillian Leiner and cut the margin 3-2after the junior hit a triple to move intoscoring position.

“We had an opportunity in the firstinning to score, and we didn’t take advan-tage of that, but I liked how we battled,”HSE head coach Dave Cook said. “We puta lot of pressure on them. I thought it was apretty good ball game both ways. Therewere big hits both ways and some goodpitching both ways. But we had opportuni-ties.”

Hamilton Southeastern left four runnersin scoring position as Mays settled in toimprove to 6-2 on the year. Laboringthrough a 35-pitch top of the first, Maysregrouped and tossed a complete game withtwo walks, two strikeouts and two earnedruns.

“There was a lot of adrenaline startingthat game. She was a little too hyped up, Ithink,” Fishers head coach Daren Jamessaid. “Once she settled in and once she getsin her groove, she moves the ball around anddoes a good job for us.”

Mays retired eight straight to end thethreat in the first inning and extended herdominance through the third. Lang’s sixthhome run on the year snapped May’s runbefore the right-hander bounced back andlimited the damage against the determinedRoyals.

The Tigers’ bats took care of the rest.“We got some clutch hitting tonight for

sure. Brooke gets that solo to get us tied backup, and then we get a nice one out ofCaroline, and we get the two-run home runout of the freshman to get us over the top,”

James said. “We had a lot of timely hittingtonight.”

Kardash’s two-out heroics in the bottomof the sixth unfolded after Bernhardt sliceda 3-1 offering from HSE starter OliviaBucher into center field for a single.

“I just knew I had to keep smiling andhave a good mindset in that situation,”Kardash said. “It was a lot of fun.”

The Royals attempted to spoil the moodwith three consecutive one-out hits in thetop of the seventh. Jordan Rager pressed theissue with an RBI single that drove in AbbyTaylor from second base, but Mays induceda pair of pop ups to seal the win.

“We always talk about playing with thelead, and we got the lead, but they answeredright back,” Cook said. “They take the leadand we answer right back to tie it up. Wehad a chance to do something in the seventh.We had one in, but we didn’t get two in.”

The Tigers travel to Mt. Vernon onThursday and resume HCC play April 30 atAvon. HSE heads to Bloomington North on

Tigers do “Whatever It Takes,” win Mudsock trophy

Reporter photo by Richie Hall

The Fishers softball team held off Hamilton Southeastern 5-4 to win the Mudsock Trophy on Tuesday. Kaylee Kardash’stwo-run home run in the sixth inning helped the Tigers clinch the win, which keeps them undefeated in Hoosier CrossroadsConference play.

Noblesville held off a comeback byWestfield on Tuesday, eventually winningthe all-county and Hoosier CrossroadsConference game 9-8 at the Shamrocks' field.

The Millers scored seven runs in the topof the first inning. Chloe Tragesser hit a leftfield double for the first run, scoring EllaWhite. Julia Furiak batted in Tragesser, thenscored later in the inning after Abby Brownreached on error.

Emily Minett put Noblesville ahead 4-0after scoring on a wild pitch. White finishedthe first-inning scoring with a triple to sendRylie Moore, Brown and Myah Stuckeyhome.

Natalie Deck got Westfield's first run inthe bottom of the first inning, batting inAvery Parker. In the third inning, LexiMartin doubled home Brooklyn Carey. TheShamrocks then cut the Millers' lead to onewith four runs in the fourth: Khloe Millerscored on an error, then Parker hit a three-run home run, also scoring CarolineMaymon and Reghan Oland.

Noblesville got back up 8-6 in the fifthinning, as Tragesser scored after AbigailHarvey reached on error. Westfield tied thegame in the sixth inning; Martin singled inCarey, then Deck scored on a wild pitch. Butthe Millers scored the winning run in the topof the seventh, as Shea Sterrett batted inTragesser.

White and Tragesser both had three hits,while Furiak, Minett and Sterrett all had two.Baily Ryan pitched five innings for the win.Deck, Martin and Maymon each had twohits for the Shamrocks.

MONDAY GAMESNoblesville easily scored its biggest win

of the year on Monday, upsetting Class 3ANo. 1 New Palestine 8-3 at the Dragons'field.

The Millers' win ended a 30-game winstreak for New Palestine, a team that had notlost a home game in almost four years - itslast defeat at home was April 30, 2015. TheDragons are ranked No. 5 in the countryaccording to USA Today, and lost only oncein the past year, to Center Grove.

New Pal scored first, in the bottom ofthe first, but Noblesville got two runs in thetop of the second to take the lead. EmilyMinett doubled to get on base, and RylieMoore smacked a home run into center fieldto score them both. That was just thebeginning.

The Dragons tied the game in the bottomof the second, but Moore struck again in thetop of the third. She hit another homer tocenter field, this one scoring three runs,including Alyssa Solomon and Minett.Noblesville led from that point forward.

Abby Brown scored on an error in thetop of the fourth, and then it was EllaWhite's turn to be the big hitter. Her two-runhome run put the Millers up 8-2. MyahStucky also scored.

New Palestine got another run in thesixth inning, but that was it. The Millers'Maddie Taylor pitched a perfect seventhinning to finish the upset. Taylor struck outfive and allowed only four hits. TheDragons' top five hitters averaged over .500,but Noblesville held them to 3-for-16 at theplate.

Westfield won an all-county game withSheridan on Monday 10-9 at Biddle Park,the Blackhawks' home field.

The Shamrocks scored four runs in thetop of the first inning. Avery Parker stolehome, then Sara Harmeyer hit a center fielddouble to send Emily Revercomb in. NatalieDeck and Harmeyer both later scored runs,both on steals of home plate.

Sheridan got two runs in the bottom ofthe second, when Allie Delph doubled inBreanna Bouse and Katy Crail. Westfieldgot one of those runs back in the top of thefourth; Caroline Maymon's center fielddouble sent Savannah Arvin home.

The Blackhawks blasted ahead 9-5 byscoring seven runs in the bottom of thefourth. Crail doubled home Emma Went,Delph got Crail in with a single, and TaylorBates hit a bases-loaded single to scoreAddyson Ream and tie the game. Thatbrought Bouse back to the plate, and shecracked a grand slam home run over centerfield. Caitlin Neese, Jayden Warren andBates also scored.

The Shamrocks answered that in the topof the sixth. Reghan Oland got on base witha single, and advanced to second on the

throw, during which time Arvin scored.Avery Parker was next, and she knocked athree-run homer in to tie the game. Maymonand Oland also scored. Shortly thereafter,Deck got Westfield in front with a solo homerun to right field.

Arvin, Maymon and Oland all had twohits. Avery Wagner pitched five innings for

the win, striking outseven. Delph, Batesand Bouse all had twohits for Sheridan.

Sheridan bouncedback on Tuesday witha 5-2 win over ClintonCentral. TheBlackhawks startedwith two runs in thefirst inning: AddysonReam hit a double toscore Crail, thenNeese doubled inReam.

In the third inning, Delph got on basewith a triple, and was quickly home, asReam hit an 0-1 pitch over the center fieldfence for a home run. Sheridan got anotherrun in the fourth, when Crail hit a sacrificefly to score Mia Brooks.

Neese was 3-for-3, including twodoubles. Crail and Ream both had two hits.Bouse got the win, with four strikeouts overfour innings. Ream pitched the other threeinnings, striking out six.

Noblesville 8,New Palestine 3

Noblesville AB R H RBIElla White 4 1 1 2Chloe Tragesser 4 0 0 0Julia Furiak 4 0 1 0Emily Minett 2 2 1 0Rylie Moore 3 2 2 5Maddie Taylor 2 0 0 0Alyssa Solomon 1 1 0 0Abby Brown 2 1 0 0Kyleigh Lowry 2 0 0 0Myah Stuckey 2 1 0 0Abigail Harvey 1 0 1 0Totals 27 8 6 7Score by inningsNoblesville 023 300 0 - 8 6 2New Palestine 110 001 0 - 3 4 1HR: Moore 2, White. 2B: Minett. SB: Brown.Noblesville pitching IP R ER HTaylor 7 3 2 4Strikeouts: Taylor 5. Walks: Taylor 8.

Westfield 10,Sheridan 9

Westfield AB R H RBIAvery Parker 3 2 1 3Emily Revercomb 4 1 1 0Brooklyn Carey 1 0 0 0Natalie Deck 3 2 1 1Lexi Martin 4 0 1 0

Madeline Hunter 0 0 0 0Sara Harmeyer 3 1 1 1Zoe Klink 4 0 0 0Savannah Arvin 4 2 2 0Caroline Maymon 4 1 2 1Reghan Oland 4 1 2 1Totals 34 10 11 7HR: Deck, Parker. 2B: Harmeyer, Maymon,Revercomb. SB: Arvin, Hunter, Parker. HBP:Deck.Westfield pitching IP R ER HAvery Wagner (W) 5 4 4 5Alexis McClure 2 5 5 6Strikeouts: Wagner 7, McClure 2. Walks:Wagner 6, McClure 1.Sheridan AB R H RBIKaty Crail 3 2 1 1Riley Reed 2 0 0 0Allie Delph 3 0 2 3Addyson Ream 3 1 1 0Caitlin Neese 4 1 1 0Jayden Warren 3 1 1 0Taylor Bates 4 1 2 1Breanna Bouse 4 2 2 4Emma Went 4 1 1 0Totals 30 9 11 9HR: Bouse. 3B: Went. 2B: Crail, Delph. SB:Crail, Neese, Ream. SAC: Reed. HBP: Delph.Sheridan pitching IP R ER HDelph 3 5 3 4Ream 4 5 3 7Strikeouts: Delph 2, Ream 1. Walks: Delph 2,Ream 1.Score by inningsWestfield 400 105 0 - 10 11 1Sheridan 020 700 0 - 9 11 0

Noblesville 9,Westfield 8

Noblesville AB R H RBIElla White 4 1 3 3Chloe Tragesser 5 3 3 1Julia Furiak 3 1 2 1Baily Ryan 1 0 0 0Emily Minett 3 1 2 0Rylie Moore 2 1 0 0Shea Sterrett 2 0 2 1Abby Brown 1 1 0 0Abigail Harvey 4 0 1 0Alyssa Solomon 2 0 0 0Kyleigh Lowry 2 0 0 0Myah Stuckey 3 1 0 0Lauren DeRolf 4 0 1 0Totals 36 9 14 6

3B: White. 2B: Tragesser. SB: White, DeRolf.SAC: Furiak. HBP: Moore.Noblesville pitching IP R ER HRyan (W) 5 6 5 8Clara Bodinus 2 2 2 2Strikeouts: Ryan 1. Walks: Bodinus 4, Ryan 2.Westfield AB R H RBIAvery Parker 4 2 1 3Emily Revercomb 1 0 0 0Brooklyn Carey 2 2 1 0Natalie Deck 5 1 2 1Lexi Martin 4 0 2 2Zoe Klink 3 0 1 0Alexis McClure 3 0 1 0Savannah Arvin 3 0 0 0Caroline Maymon 3 1 2 0Reghan Oland 3 1 0 0Khloe Miller 0 1 0 0Totals 31 8 10 6HR: Parker. 2B: Martin, McClure. SB: Carey 2,Maymon, Miller. SAC: McClure, Revercomb.Westfield pitching IP R ER HAvery Wagner 0.2 7 3 3McClure 6.1 2 1 11Strikeouts: McClure 1. Walks: Wagner 3,McClure 2.Score by inningsNoblesville 700 010 1 - 9 14 3Westfield 101 402 0 - 8 10 4

Sheridan 5,Clinton Central 2

Sheridan AB R H RBIKaty Crail 4 1 2 1Riley Reed 4 0 0 0Allie Delph 3 1 1 0Addyson Ream 3 2 2 3Caitlin Neese 3 0 3 1Taylor Bates 2 0 1 0Jayden Warren 3 0 0 0Breanna Bouse 2 0 0 0Emma Went 3 0 1 0Mia Brooks 0 1 0 0Totals 27 5 10 5Score by inningsClinton Central 001 100 0 - 2 7 0Sheridan 202 100 x - 5 10 0HR: Ream. 3B: Delph. 2B: Neese 2, Ream. SB:Crail 2, Bates.Sheridan pitching IP R ER HBouse (W) 4 2 2 6Ream 3 0 0 1Strikeouts: Ream 6, Bouse 4. Walks: none.

Saturday before facing HCC foe Noblesvilleon April 30.

“It’s always good to beat your rival,especially as close as they are. We’re tryingto do something in conference we’ve neverdone before,” James said. “This gets us astep closer.”

Fishers 5,Hamilton Southeastern 4

Southeastern AB R H RBIAbby Taylor 3 1 1 0Ava Aguilar 4 0 1 0Jordan Rager 3 0 1 1Nicole Lang 3 1 1 1Lillian Leiner 4 1 1 0Kaelin Wincek 3 1 0 0Olivia Capuano 3 0 2 1Libby Ratliff 3 0 0 0Ella Lewis 3 0 0 0

Totals 29 4 7 33B: Leiner. HR: Lang.HSE pitching IP R ER HOlivia Bucher 6.0 5 5 8Strikeouts: Bucher 2. Walks: Bucher 3.Fishers AB R H RBIOlivia Stinson 4 0 0 0Courtney James 1 0 0 0Brooke Benson 3 1 1 1Hannah Mays 3 0 0 0Olivia Latimer 2 1 1 0Jade Frye 3 1 1 0Caroline Bernhardt 3 1 2 2Kaylee Kardash 3 1 2 2Mara Lorkowski 2 0 1 0Totals 24 5 8 5HR: Kardash, Benson. 2B: Latimer. SAC:Lorkowski.Fishers pitching IP R ER HHannah Mays 7.0 4 2 7Strikeouts: Mays 2. Walks: Mays 2.Score by inningsSoutheastern 000 102 1 - 4 7 1Fishers 000 302 X - 5 8 1

Millers upset New Pal, hold off Westfield

Reporter photos by Richie Hall

Noblesville’s Ella White runs in to score during the first inning of the Millers’ game at Westfield on Tuesday. Also pictured isShamrocks catcher Savannah Arvin.

Hamilton Southeastern coach David Cook talks with Ava Aguilar during the Royals’game at Fishers on Tuesday.

TIGERS From Page 10

Breanna BouseSheridan

The Hamilton Southeastern girls tennisteam picked up a pair of Hoosier CrossroadsConference wins to start the week.

On Monday, the 15th-ranked Royalstook care of No. 13 Avon 4-1 on the road.Southeastern swept the singles matches,winning all three in straight sets. No. 1doubles Jeorgia Templin and Taylor Clearywere also victorious in straight sets.

"This was a big win for us as we knewAvon was a tough team, and they alwaysplay well at their courts," said Royals coachKirk Webber. "It feels good to get aconference road win. Our girls are startingto find their groove."

Southeastern continued that groove onTuesday, sweeping No. 17 Franklin Centralin a home meet. The Royals only droppedtwo games in the singles matches, includinga 6-0, 6-0 win from No. 3 Tea Vrkic. No. 1Audrey De Witt and No. 2 Adalyn De Wittgot 6-0, 6-1 victories. In doubles, Templinand Cleary won the No. 1 match in threesets, with No. 2 Nikki Hite and MishaBukkasagaram winning in straight sets.

Hamilton Southeastern 4,Avon 1

No. 1 singles: Audrey De Witt def. Becker 6-1,6-1No. 2 singles: Adalyn De Witt def. Smith 6-4, 6-1No. 3 singles: Tea Vrkic def. Uno 6-3, 6-1No. 1 doubles: Jeorgia Templin and TaylorCleary def. Sutton and Sesslar 6-3, 6-0No. 2 doubles: Nikki Hite and MishaBukkasagaram lost to Hart and Sargent 3-6, 6-4,6-2

Hamilton Southeastern 5,Franklin Central 0

No. 1 singles: Audrey De Witt def. Laker, 6-1,6-0No. 2 singles: Adalyn De Witt def. Laudeman6-1, 6-0No. 3 singles: Tea Vrkic def. Hite 6-0, 6-0No. 1 doubles: Jeoriga Templin and TaylorCleary def. Sobieralski and Schiffli 6-1, 3-6, 6-1No. 2 doubles: Nikki Hite and MishaBukkasagaram def. Cooney and Mullen 6-2, 6-4

Noblesville split a pair of dual matchesthis week.

On Monday, the Millers cruised pastLawrence Central 5-0 in a home meet atNoblesville East Middle School.Noblesville's effort was highlighted by No.1 singles Madi Randolph and No. 2 singlesAlli Maskew avenging pre-season losses totheir opponents.

On Tuesday, Noblesville dropped a 3-2meet at Hoosier Crossroads Conferenceopponent Brownsburg. The Millers'

victories came from its doubles teams, No.1 Alex Greer and Katelyn Decker and no. 2Kaylee David and Sierra Leach.

"The outstanding performances tonightgoes to all our doubles players," saidNoblesville coach Tim Samons.

Noblesville 5,Lawrence Central 0

No. 1 singles: Madi Randolph def. Davis 6-1,2-6, 6-2No. 2 singles: Alli Maskew def. Heneisen 6-3,6-4No. 3 singles: Maggie Thomas def. Burroughs6-0, 6-0No. 1 doubles: Alex Greer and Katelyn Deckerdef. Bohlman and Karandos 7-6 (0), 6-3No. 2 doubles: Kaylee David and Sierra Leachdef. Moore and Senninger 6-0, 6-0

Brownsburg 3,Noblesville 2

No. 1 singles: Madi Randolph lost to Allen 6-0,6-0No. 2 singles: Alli Maskew lost to Roberts 6-0,6-3No. 3 singles: Maggie Thomas lost to Sueter 6-0,6-0No. 1 doubles: Alex Greer and Katelyn Deckerdef. Thompson and Cougill 7-5, 6-2No. 2 doubles: Kaylee David and Sierra Leachdef. Walrich and Naberhaus 5-7, 6-3, 11-9

Westfield won a Monday dual meet withGreenwood 4-1.

The Shamrocks swept the three singlesmatches, while No. 2 doubles MayaRaymond and Hannah Pensyl won 6-0, 6-0.Westfield is 3-3 and hosts Avon at 5 p.m.today.

Westfield 4,Greenwood 1

No. 1 singles: Chloe Kalis won 6-1, 6-1No. 2 singles: Julia Gabennesch won 6-3, 6-2No. 3 singles: Emma Schwind won 6-1, 6-1No. 1 doubles: Meredith Carlson and MaddieHeilmann lost 6-2, 4-6, 2-6No. 2 doubles: Maya Raymond and HannahPensyl won 6-0, 6-0

Hamilton Heights dropped a pair of dualmeets this week.

The Huskies fell to Western 5-0 onMonday. Heights coach Wayne Rupe saidthat although it wasn't the outcome the teamwanted, he credited No. 3 singles BrookeSears and No. 1 doubles Gwen Kelley andCaitlin Hartwick with playing well.

Heights lost a Tuesday dual to HeritageChristian 4-1. Sears won the No. 3 singlesmatch in straight sets.

"Although we lost, this match scorecould have very easily been 4-1 in ourfavor... that’s how close the match was,"said Rupe.

Western 5,Hamilton Heights 0

No. 1 singles: Addi Gordon lost to Moreno 6-0,6-0No. 2 singles: Hailey VanOeveren lost to Lutgen6-2, 6-0No. 3 singles: Brooke Sears lost to Lupoi 6-3,7-5No. 1 doubles: Gwen Kelley and Caitlin Hartwicklost to Moore and Hall 6-3, 7-5

No. 2 doubles: Cortney Martin and MaddieNickel lost to Clearwaters and Lentz 6-2, 6-2

Heritage Christian 4,Hamilton Heights 1

No. 1 singles: Addi Gordon lost to Jackson 6-0,6-1No. 2 singles: Hailey VanOeveren lost toMalmquist 0-6, 6-3, 6-3No. 3 singles: Brooke Sears lost to Ditslear 6-4,7-5No. 1 doubles: Gwen Kelley and Kate Biggs lostto Eads and Cranfill 6-4, 6-1No. 2 doubles: Cortney Martin and MaddieNickel lost 4-6, 6-2, 6-2

Royals pick up two wins over HCC teams

Reporter photo by Kent Graham

Noblesville’s Maggie Thomas scored a 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 3 singles during theMillers’ Monday meet with Lawrence Central.

Guerin Catholic, Hamilton County's only Catholic High School, announced last weekthat Ryan Davis has been named the school's new Athletic Director.

Davis, a Central Indiana native, joined Guerin Catholic last summer as AssistantAthletic Director. Prior to joining the Golden Eagle staff, Davis was a teacher and coachat Indianapolis' Cathedral High School.

"We are excited to promote Ryan to the position of athletic director," said GuerinCatholic Principal James McNeany. "During his time here, he has shown a passion formentoring our coaches, hosting excellent competitions, and humbly serving ourcommunity. I believe with his leadership, we will seek to live out Gospel values throughthe avenue of athletics - which is not an easy task in today's sports culture."

 Davis received his undergraduate degree in Social Studies Education from IndianaUniversity and his Master's Degree in Educational Administration from Butler University.

He and his wife Laura have two daughters, Annie (3) and Quinn (9 months) and aremembers of St. Louis de Montfort Catholic Church in Fishers, Indiana.

Ryan Davis named GuerinCatholic Athletic Director

The Noblesville boys track and fieldteam hosted its own invitational on Tuesday.

The meet saw two new records. Hamil-ton Southeastern's Noah Malone set a newmark in the 100 dash of 10.75 seconds. TheMillers' Andrew Anderson set a new recordin the 800 run of 1:57.59. Malone was adouble winner, as he also took the 200 dash.

Team scores were unavailable at presstime. Top eight results now follow.

4x800 relay: 1. Hamilton Southeastern 8:33.21,5. Noblesville 9:03.18.110 hurdles: 5. Caleb Durden (HSE) 1.06, 6. DanNevitt (N) 17.69, 7. Bryce Gray (HSE) 17.75.100 dash: 1. Noah Malone (HSE) 10.75, 2. GagePratt (HSE) 11.04, 3. Stephen Sydnor (HSE) 11.27.1600 run: 1. AJ Brisben (HSE) 4:45.07, 3. EricSwinson (HSE) 4:45.44, 5. Blake Hipkiss (N)4:46.06, 6. Nick Dombroski (N) 4:46.77, 7. IanMontarsi (N) 4:47.17.4x100 relay: 5. Noblesville 47.74.400 dash: 2. DeVontez Cox (N) 51.94, 3. NickBostock (HSE) 52.17, 4. Emilio Rios-Rojas (HSE)53.04, 7. Clayton Toner (HSE) 54.07.300 hurdles: 4. Durden (HSE) 42.95, 6. GundeepSingh (HSE) 43.67, 8. Gray (HSE) 44.39.800 run: 1. Andrew Anderson (N) 1:57.59, 3.Jacob Wiggers (HSE) 2:00.57, 4. Eric Carothers(HSE) 2:00.65, 5. Justin Amburgy (N) 2:03.55, 7.Seth Koszyk (N) 2:04.58.200 dash: 2. Sydnor (HSE) 23.23, 7. Kody Leach(N) 23.84.3200 run: 1. Travis Hickner (N) 9:55.94, 2. NolanSatterfield (HSE) 10:10.13, 3. Will Marquardt(HSE) 10:10.62, 6. Will Tuckis (HSE) 10:27.06, 7.Evan Campbell (N) 10:28.10, 8. Joel Mumaw (N)10:29.89.4x400 relay: 1. Noblesville 3:30.32, 5. Southeast-ern 3:36.59.High jump: 1. Drew Herman (N) 6-7, T4. LukeBlevins (N) 5-6, 6. Isaac Abeo (HSE) 5-6, 7. JackNewcomer (N) 5-6.Pole vault: 2. Mitch Conard (N) 12-6, 3. ClarkCollins (HSE) 11-6, 4. Aakash Jariwala (HSE) 11-0.Long jump: 1. Shomari Rogers-Walton (N) 22-6.25, 8. Herman (N) 20-1.Shot put: 4. Evan Lantz (HSE) 45-4, 6. SavonSmith (HSE) 40-8.75.Discus: 4. Lantz (HSE) 126-9.

Fishers swept a dual meet with WestfieldTuesday at Reynolds Tigers Stadium.

The girls won 108-24, while the boysscore was unavailable. Fishers' HL Lewiswas a double winner in the boys meet, withvictories in the 100 and 200 dashes. HaydenTobias swept the discus and shot put. In thegirls meet, the Shamrocks' Haley Boehmwon the 100 and 300 hurdles, with ZoePentecost taking the discus and shot put.

BOYS MEET4x800 relay: 1. Fishers 8:33.73.110 hurdles: 1. Cooper Boehm (W) 15.71, 2.Calvin Grenda (W) 15.80, 3. Marcus Roux (F)16.26.100 dash: 1. HL Lewis (F) 11.29, 2. Jason Lassic(F) 11.45, 3. Francis Agbo (W) 11.51.1600 run: 1. Hunter Christy (F) 4:31.18, 2. NoahDouthit (W) 4:33.61, 3. Mahamat Djour (W)4:36.42.4x100 relay: 1. Westfield 43.98.400 dash: 1. Keefer Soehngen (F) 50.73, 2. JoeHarris (W) 53.77, 3. Jones (F) 55.41.300 hurdles: 1. Grenda (W) 41.30, 2. MasonMcCartney (F) 43.16, 3. Reece Boland (F) 44.40.800 run: 1. Jaylen Castillo (F) 2:00.76, 2. EthanMeyer (F) 2:02.39, 3. David Mannella (W) 2:03.33.200 dash: 1. Lewis (F) 22.37, 2. Agbo (W) 22.87,3. Cole Carrithers (F) 22.97.3200 run: 1. Samuel Novak (W) 9:55.97, 2.Jonathon Roth (F) 10:09.24, 3. Alec Foster (F)10:19.02.

4x400 relay: 1. Fishers 3:27.99.High jump: 1. Ethan Forbes (F) 5-10, T2. AnthonyCampbell (F) 5-8; Jackson Dunn (F) 5-8.Long jump: 1. Mario Chalmers (W) 20-5.75, 2.Campbell (F) 20-5, 3. Neely (F) 18-11.25.Discus: 1. Hayden Tobias (F) 169-6, 2. Wyatt Puff(F) 166-11, 3. Ethan Dye (F) 146-8.Shot put: 1. Tobias (F) 55-8, 2. Puff (F) 53-9, 3.Isaiah Jackson (F) 51-10.Pole vault: 1. Dunn (F) 12-6, 2. Jonathan Frey(W) 9-6, 3. Derek James (F) 9-0.

GIRLS MEET4x800 relay: 1. Fishers 10:31.12.100 hurdles: 1. Haley Boehm (W) 15.79, 2. GabbyLewis (F) 17.59, 3. Arianna Kelley (F) 17.82.100 dash: 1. Tamia Perryman (F) 12.60, 2. MyahDonaldson (F) 13.19, 3. Grace May (F) 13.32.1600 run: 1. Abby Carter (F) 5:19.48, 2. VeraSchafer (F) 5:21.25, 3. Debbie Shera (F) 5:30.01.4x100 relay: 1. Fishers 49.95.400 dash: 1. Evelyn Butler (F) 1:04.27, 2. Chloe

Schroeder (F) 1:05.35, 3. Ana Carmorlinga (F)1:07.06.300 hurdles: 1. Boehm (W) 48.11, 2. Katie Folta(F) 49.03, 3. Kelley (F) 49.88.800 run: 1. Emma Gillespie (F) 2:26.63, 2. LiliaBodnar (F) 2:27.67, 3. Hannah Fife (W) 2:28.27.200 dash: 1. Ella Scally (F) 25.44, 2. Perryman(F) 25.49, Lewis (F) 26.65.3200 run: 1. Elizabeth Barrett (F) 11:27.59, 2.Miya Wai (F) 12:14.38, 3. Natalie Segura (F)12:43.05.4x400 relay: 1. Fishers 4:15.96.High jump: 1. Perryman (F) 5-0, 2. Emily Monson(F) 4-8, 3. Sarah Reddan (F) 4-8.Long jump: 1. Folta (F) 15-8.5, 2. Sydney Black(W) 15-6, 3. Lewis (F) 15-1.Discus: 1. Zoe Pentecost (W) 111-5, 2. RaeWinkle (F) 106-3, 3. Olivia Willman (F) 97-0.Shot put: Pentecost (W) 36-2, 2. Willman (F)33-7, 3. Winkle (F) 32-3.Pole vault: 1. Alison Casey (F) 10-6, 2. LaurenBryant (F) 8-6, 3. Liza Pradham (F) 7-6.

Reporter photo by Kent Graham

Noah Malone (left), Gage Pratt (center), and Stephen Sydnor finished 1-2-3 for Hamilton Southeastern in the 100 dash duringTuesday’s Noblesville Invitational. Malone set a new meet record in the event.

New records set at Noblesville boys invitational

University cruised past Bethesda Chris-tian 11-1 Monday in a five-inning game at

RoundTripper Acade-my.

The Trailblazersled from the start,scoring four runs inthe first inning. NateShatkowski hit afourth-inning triplethat scored DawsonEstep. Estep was 2-for-3, batting in threeruns, including thefirst one of the game.Tyler Galyean scored

that run, the first of his three runs.Adam Oxley pitched four innings for the

win, striking out five and allowing just twohits.

University is 5-5-1 and hosts GreenwoodChristian Academy on Thursday.

University 11,Bethesda Christian 1

(5 innings)University AB R H RBIAlex Washlock 1 1 1 1Tyler Galyean 2 3 1 1Dawson Estep 3 2 2 3Nate Shatkowski 3 2 1 1Ben Westerkamm 3 0 1 1Ben Ewer 3 0 1 0Adam Oxley 2 0 1 1Jacob Lange 1 0 0 0Kolton Stevens 2 1 0 0Grayson Knight 0 2 0 0Totals 20 11 8 8Score by inningsBethesda Christian 000 01 - 1 4 2University 420 41 - 11 8 13B: Shatkowski. SB: Estep, Galyean, Oxley,Washlock, Westerkamm. SAC: Washlock 2.HBP: Washlock.University pitching IP R ER HOxley (W) 4 0 0 2Lange 1 1 0 2Strikeouts: Oxley 5, Lange 3. Walks: none.

Washlock

‘Blazers cruise past Bethesda

Westfield beat Fishers 7-1 in an all-county and Hoosier Crossroads Conferencegame Monday at the Shamrocks' field.

The Tigers scored the first run of thegame in the top of the first inning; TristanBaker stole second base and Collin Sheltonran home on the throw to second.

The Shamrocks got on the board in thethird inning with three runs. Bryce Dortonhit a sacrifice fly for the first run, scoringAustin Wessel. Tyler Smitherman came tothe plate next, and he singled home LukeHutson and Trey Anderson.

Westfield kept going in the fourth inningwith three more runs. Hutson bunted homeAndy Manzur, then Anderson doubled inHutson. Dorton then picked up his secondRBI of the game with a center field hit toscore Anderson.

Dorton made it three RBIs for the gamewhen he singled home Jackson Preston inthe sixth inning. Dorton was 2-for-3 at theplate, while Anderson went 3-for-4, includ-ing two doubles. Payton Tamm pitched fourinnings for the win, with Mason Cox reliev-ing him for the save.

“This was a good win for us against awell coached Fishers team," said Shamrockscoach Ryan Bunnell. "And it was importantfor us to get this win and stay in the hunt forthe HCC crown. Payton Tamm and MasonCox were really good for us on the moundtonight. Both threw a lot of strikes andmixed their pitches well. Trey Anderson,Bryce Dorton and Tyler Smitherman contin-ued to swing the bat well with big nightstonight.

"When we compete against the game andtry to play as clean a game as wellcan...when we can do that we are tough tobeat. I think our kids are starting to see thatand it’s exciting, because if they 'get it' Ithink the sky is the limit. We just have tokeep getting better, not be satisfied with

where we are and keep growing.”Westfield is 6-3 and begins a three-game

series with Noblesville on Thursday.Fishers rebounded on Tuesday by

beating Pendleton Heights 3-2 at the Tigers'field.

Locked in a scoreless pitchers’ duelthrough five innings, the Arabians were ableto manufacture a run in the top of the sixth totake a 1-0 lead. The Tigers responded in thebottom of the sixth:  Nick Lukac led theinning off with a walk.  Dominic Oliveriofollowed with a single, his second hit of thenight. The next batter Kiel Brenczewski hita ball back up the middle that the pitcher wasable to knock down.  The Arabian pitchertried to get the out at second base, but histhrow took the fielder off the base to loadthe bases with no outs for the Tigers. DanielOwens walked to score Lukac and tie thatgame at 1-1. After a strikeout, Grant Whetselscored Oliverio on a hard hit ground ball tosecond to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead.

 With two outs and a runner on second inthe top of the seventh, the Tigers appearedto be headed to a 2-1 victory, but a defensivemiscue allowed the runner to score fromsecond and tie the game at 2-2.

  The Tigers once again responded asKaid Muth reached on a three base error

when a deep fly ball bounced off the gloveof the right fielder.  The Arabians intention-ally walked the next two batters to load thebases with no outs.  With the infield drawnin to cut down the winning run at home,Oliverio hit one of the hardest balls of thenight right at the second baseman, who wasable to double off the Tigers runner atfirst for a line drive double play. Now withtwo outs, Brenczewski was intentionallywalked to load the bases again.  Afterworking the count to a full count, Owensreceived the game winning RBI on a basesloaded walk.

"We won, which is good," said Tigerscoach Matthew Cherry. "Our guys had alittle bit better approaches tonight at theplate, even though it didn't look like it onthe scoreboard. We ran ourselves out of acouple innings, but got ourselves back inposition to win and we were able to do it."

Oliverio had two hits, while Owens hita double. Michael Hart got the pitching win,throwing the final inning.

Fishers will play its annual MudsockSeries with Hamilton Southeastern thisweekend. The first game is Thursday at theRoyals' Ken Seitz Field.

Westfield 7, Fishers 1Fishers AB R H RBINick Lukac 3 0 0 0Collin Shelton 3 1 0 0JJ Woolwine 3 0 1 0Tristan Baker 0 0 0 0Kiel Brenczewski 1 0 0 0Kaid Muth 2 0 0 0Daniel Owens 3 0 0 0Jackson Preston 3 0 1 0Dominic Oliverio 3 0 0 0Grant Whetsel 3 0 1 0Charlie Walker 0 0 0 0Totals 24 1 3 0SB: Baker 2, Shelton 2. HBP: Muth.Fishers pitching IP R ER HAnthony Castellani (L) 3.2 6 3 6Owens 1.1 0 0 1

Jack Minns 1.0 1 1 3Strikeouts: Castellani 3, Owens 1, Minns 1.Walks: Castellani 1, Owens 1.Westfield AB R H RBITrey Anderson 4 3 3 1Bryce Dorton 3 0 2 3Tyler Smitherman 3 0 1 2AJ Bunnell 0 0 0 0Zach Collins 3 0 1 0Kyle Pepiot 3 0 0 0Andy Manzur 2 1 0 0Austin Wessel 2 1 1 0Luke Hutson 2 2 2 1Parker Bard 2 0 0 0Cody South 1 0 0 0Jack Lawrence 0 0 0 0Totals 25 7 10 72B: Anderson 2. SB: Hutson 2, Anderson,Pepiot, Wessel. SAC: Wessel, Dorton. HBP: Col-lins, Manzur, Smitherman.Westfield pitching IP R ER HPayton Tamm (W) 4 1 0 1Mason Cox (S) 3 0 0 2Strikeouts: Tamm 5, Cox 3. Walks: Tamm 2, Cox1.Score by inningsFishers 100 000 0 - 1 3 4Westfield 003 301 x - 7 10 1

Fishers 3,Pendleton Heights 2

Fishers AB R H RBINick Lukac 2 1 0 0Dominic Oliverio 4 1 2 0Kiel Brenczewski 3 0 1 0Daniel Owens 2 0 1 2Tristan Baker 0 0 0 0Michael Hart 0 0 0 0Jackson Preston 3 0 0 0Grant Whetsel 3 0 1 1Jack Braun 3 0 0 0Ethan Davies 2 0 0 0Kaid Muth 1 1 0 0Charlie Walker 2 0 0 0Totals 25 3 5 3Score by inningsPendleton Heights 000 001 1 - 2 4 3Fishers 000 002 1 - 3 5 12B: Owens. SB: Oliverio.Fishers pitching IP R ER HBaker 1 0 0 1Drew Louden 5 1 1 2Hart (W) 1 1 0 1Strikeouts: Louden 3, Hart 1. Walks: Baker 1.

Hamilton Southeastern got past MountVernon 3-2 in aTuesday away game.

The Royalsscored all three oftheir runs in the fifthinning, as MattBuckingham nailed athree-RBI doubleinto left field. JakeStout, MichaelCherry and AnthonyEggers all scored.Jake Huston had

Southeastern's other hit.The Royals used five pitchers in the

game. Griffin Lohman threw one inningfor the win, with Brayton Harrison gettingthe save. Cole Graverson and Harrisonboth threw three strikeouts.

Southeastern is 7-3 and begins theannual Mudsock series with Fishers onThursday.

Hamilton Southeastern 3,Mount Vernon 2

Southeastern AB R H RBIAnthony Eggers 1 1 0 0Caden Ruhnow 1 0 0 0Jake Huston 3 0 1 0Matthew Buckingham 3 0 1 3Brayton Harrison 3 0 0 0Greyson Droste 3 0 0 0Jack DeWolf 2 0 0 0Cole DeWael 2 0 0 0Matt Iacobucci 2 0 0 0Jake Stout 0 1 0 0Michael Cherry 1 1 0 0Cam Bolling 0 0 0 0Jordan Millikan 0 0 0 0Totals 21 3 2 3Score by inningsSoutheastern 000 030 0 - 3 2 2Mount Vernon 000 001 1 - 2 4 12B: Buckingham. SB: Buckingham, DeWael,Harrison, Huston. HBP: Cherry, DeWael.Southeastern pitching IP R ER HCole Graverson 3.0 0 0 1Griffin Lohman (W) 1.0 0 0 0Jacob Poore 1.0 0 0 0Dylan Gray 0.1 1 1 2Brayton Harrison (S) 1.2 1 0 1Strikeouts: Graverson 3, Harrison 3, Poore 2.Walks: Graverson 1, Lohman 1, Gray 1,Harrison 1.

Noblesville lost its first Hoosier Cross-roads Conferencegame of the season onMonday, falling 5-1 atFranklin Central.

The Millers scoredtheir lone run in thefifth inning, whenEthan Imel hit a solohome run to left field.Noblesville was heldto two hits in thegame, with DJ Owensgetting the other hit, asixth-inning single.

The Millers are 8-7 overall and 5-1 inconference play. Noblesville begins a three-game series with Westfield on Thursday.

Noblesville 5,Franklin Central 1

Noblesville AB R H RBICole Barnes 2 0 0 0Cooper Miles 2 0 0 0DJ Owens 3 0 1 0Matt Peek 3 0 0 0Cade Nelis 3 0 0 0Brady Walden 3 0 0 0Zach Gruver 2 0 0 0Ethan Imel 2 1 1 1Lucas Williams 1 0 0 0Camden Nagel 0 0 0 0Totals 21 1 2 1Score by inningsNoblesville 000 010 0 - 1 2 1Franklin Central 200 120 x - 5 10 1HR: Imel. SB: Williams. HBP: Barnes.Noblesville pitching IP R ER HPeek (L) 4.1 5 5 9Clay Holzworth 1.2 0 0 1Strikeouts: Holzworth 4, Peek 3. Walks: none.

Tigers fall to Westfield, rebound against Pendleton Heights

Payton TammWestfield

Nick LukacFishers

Eggers

Imel

Buckingham’s double sendsHSE past Mount Vernon

Millers drop first HCC game of season

Tuesday scoresDetroit 7, Boston 4

Miami 3, Cleveland 1Cincinnati 7, Atlanta 6Arizona 2, Pittsburgh 1

Baltimore 9, Chicago White Sox 1San Francisco 7, Toronto 6

Detroit 4, Boston 2Tampa Bay 5, Kansas City 2

N.Y. Mets 9, Philadelphia 0St. Louis 4, Milwaukee 3

Chicago Cubs 7, L.A. Dodgers 2Houston 10, Minnesota 4Washington 6, Colorado 3

N.Y. Yankees 7, L.A. Angels 5Oakland 11, Texas 5

San Diego 6, Seattle 3MLB standings

American LeagueEast W L PCT. GBTampa Bay 16 8 .667 -N.Y. Yankees 13 10 .565 2.5Toronto 11 13 .458 5.0Boston 9 15 .375 7.0Baltimore 9 16 .360 7.5Central W L PCT. GBMinnesota 13 8 .619 -Cleveland 12 10 .545 1.5Detroit 12 10 .545 1.5Chi. White Sox 9 13 .409 4.5Kansas City 7 17 .292 7.5West W L PCT. GBSeattle 16 10 .615 -Houston 14 9 .609 0.5Texas 12 10 .545 2.0Oakland 13 13 .500 3.0L.A. Angels 9 15 .375 6.0

National LeagueEast W L PCT. GBN.Y. Mets 13 10 .565 -Philadelphia 12 11 .522 1.0Atlanta 11 11 .500 1.5Washington 11 11 .500 1.5Miami 7 16 .304 6.0Central W L PCT. GBSt. Louis 14 9 .609 -Pittsburgh 12 9 .571 1.0Chi. Cubs 11 10 .524 2.0Milwaukee 13 12 .520 2.0Cincinnati 9 13 .409 4.5West W L PCT. GBL.A. Dodgers 15 10 .600 -Arizona 13 11 .542 1.5San Diego 13 11 .542 1.5Colorado 10 14 .417 4.5San Francisco 10 14 .417 4.5

Sheridan picked up two home wins tostart the week.

On Monday, the Blackhawks beat Taylor4-1. Sheridan scoredthree runs in the thirdinning, starting withKyle Archer gettinghome on a passed ball.Sean Speck then senta two-RBI single intocenter field to scoreZach Oberle andCaine Spencer. In thefourth inning,Cameron Hovey gothome after Archerreached on error.

Nolan Buckner pitched six innings forthe win, tossing five strikeouts. Jake O'Harathrew the seventh inning, striking out threefor the save.

On Tuesday, the 'Hawks won a HoosierHeartland Conference game over ClintonCentral 11-1 in six innings. Archer provideda three-RBI double in the fifth inning, withSpeck and Jake Vita also hitting a double.

Steve Smith led off the sixth inning witha triple, then Luke Chesney was hit by apitch and Speck drew a walk to load thebases. Walker Casler then hit a two-RBIsingle to score Smith and Chesney and finishthe game on the 10-run rule.

Speck pitched five innings, allowing nohits and striking out five.

The Blackhawks are 7-2 and host Taylorat 5 p.m. today.

Sheridan 4, Taylor 1Sheridan AB R H RBISteve Smith 3 0 0 0

Jake O'Hara 3 0 0 0Sean Speck 3 0 1 2Nolan Buckner 3 0 0 0Cameron Hovey 2 1 1 0Jake Vita 3 0 1 0Kyle Archer 2 1 1 1Zach Oberle 3 1 0 0Caine Spencer 2 1 1 0Drake Delph 0 0 0 0Totals 24 4 5 3Taylor 000 100 0 - 1 5 3Sheridan 003 100 x - 4 5 1SB: Hovey.Sheridan pitching IP R ER HBuckner (W) 6 1 1 5O'Hara (S) 1 0 0 0Strikeouts: Buckner 5, O'Hara 3. Walks: O'Hara2, Buckner 1.

Sheridan 11,Clinton Central 1

(6 innings)Sheridan AB R H RBISteve Smith 4 1 1 0Jake O'Hara 3 0 0 0Lucas Chesney 0 1 0 0Sean Speck 3 0 1 0Nolan Buckner 2 2 1 0Walker Casler 1 1 1 2Cameron Hovey 2 2 1 1Drake Delph 0 2 0 0Jake Vita 2 0 1 2Kyle Archer 3 1 1 3Corbin Went 2 0 0 0Caine Spencer 2 1 1 0Totals 24 11 8 8Score by inningsClinton Central 000 001 - 1 2 4Sheridan 005 042 - 11 8 13B: Smith. 2B: Archer, Speck, Vita. SB: Hovey 3,Spencer 2, Chesney, Delph, Went. HBP:Chesney, Vita.Sheridan pitching IP R ER HSpeck (W) 5 0 0 0Zach Oberle 1 1 1 2Strikeouts: Speck 5, Oberle 1. Walks: Speck 3,Oberle 1.

Carmel got two hard-fought victoriesthis week.

On Monday, the Greyhounds beat Avon4-3 at Hartman Field.The Orioles scoredtwo runs in the top ofthe first inning, butthe ‘Hounds answeredright away with threeruns in the bottom ofthe first, whenJackson Adamscracked a three-RBIdouble into centerfield. Christian Wil-liams, Logan Urban-owski and Alex

Brooks all got home.Carmel added its fourth run in the fourth

inning. Jared Greene got home after Urban-owski reached on an error.

Mitchell Henneberry threw five inningsfor the win, with four strikeouts against fourhits. Aiden Bradbury pitched the sixthinning in relief, and Brooks pitched theseventh, getting the save.

The 'Hounds made a late rally onTuesday to beat Lawrence North 2-1 in anaway Metropolitan Conference game.

The Wildcats scored their run in the firstinning. Carmel had to wait until the seventhinning to score, but it was worth it.

Brayden Lentz drew a walk. Cody Licame in to run for Lentz, and he advancedto third when Jackson Adams hit a double.Drew Harding came in to run for Adams,and he and Li were both batted in by DrydenSchroeder's right field single.

Drew Olssen pitched the complete game,including a perfect seventh inning to clinchthe victory. Olssen struck out nine andallowed only three hits.

Carmel is 8-5 and will host LawrenceNorth at 5:30 p.m. today to finish the MICseries.

Carmel 4, Avon 3Carmel AB R H RBIChristian Williams 3 1 1 0Logan Urbanowski 2 1 0 0Alex Brooks 2 1 1 0Brayden Lentz 3 0 0 0Jackson Adams 2 0 1 3Dryden Schroeder 3 0 0 0JD Rogers 2 0 0 0Jared Greene 2 1 0 0Drew Olssen 3 0 1 0Totals 22 4 4 3Score by inningsAvon 200 001 0 - 3 5 1Carmel 300 100 x - 4 4 02B: Adams. SB: Olssen, Williams. HBP: Rogers.Carmel pitching IP R ER HMitchell Henneberry (W) 5 3 3 4Aiden Bradbury 1 0 0 1Brooks (S) 1 0 0 0Strikeouts: Henneberry 4, Brooks 2, Bradbury 1.Walks: Henneberry 1, Brooks 1.

Carmel 2,Lawrence North 1

Carmel AB R H RBIChristian Williams 3 0 0 0Logan Urbanowski 3 0 0 0Alex Brooks 2 0 0 0Brayden Lentz 2 0 0 0Jackson Adams 3 0 1 0Dryden Schroeder 3 0 1 2JD Rogers 3 0 2 0Michael Uhrig 3 0 0 0Drew Olssen 3 0 0 0Cody Li 0 1 0 0Drew Harding 0 1 0 0Totals 25 2 4 2Score by inningsCarmel 000 000 2 - 2 4 1Lawrence North 100 000 0 - 1 3 02B: Adams. SB: Rogers.Carmel pitching IP R ER HOlssen 7 1 1 3Strikeouts: Olssen 9. Walks: Olssen 3.

Casler Schroeder

Guerin Catholic cruised past HeritageChristian 9-0 in aCircle CityConference gameTuesday at the GoldenEagles' field.

Guerin scores itsfirst run in the firstinning, when BennettEly doubled inKeenan Taylor. TheGolden Eagles addedfour runs in thesecond inning: Taylorhit a left field to

double to send Josh Schaaf and WesGingerich home, then Ely batted in Taylor.Nate Bingman stepped up next, and hesingled home Ely.

Gingerich added a third-inning run whenhis sacrifice fly scored Sam Lewandowski,who led off the inning with a double. GuerinCatholic added three more runs in the fifthinning: Ely singled in Gingerich (who goton with a double), then later scored on a wildpitch. Bingman stole home for GC's ninthrun.

Ely finished 4-for-5 at the plate andtotaled three RBIs. Taylor, Bingman,Lewandowski and Schaaf all had two hits.

Matt Parenteau got the win, striking outeight in four winning while allowing twohits.

The Golden Eagles are 10-2 and playThursday at Heritage Christian to completethe conference series.

Guerin Catholic 9,Heritage Christian 0

Guerin Catholic AB R H RBIKeenan Taylor 3 2 2 2Bennett Ely 5 2 4 3Nate Bingman 3 1 2 1Luke Godfrey 3 0 1 0Braden Reel 3 0 0 0Max Engelking 4 0 0 0Sam Lewandowski 4 1 2 0Josh Schaaf 3 1 2 0Dominic Ferrucci 1 0 0 0Wes Gingerich 1 2 1 1Gavin Morrow 1 0 1 0Totals 31 9 15 7Score by inningsHeritage Christian 000 000 0 - 0 2 1Guerin Catholic 141 030 x - 9 15 12B: Ely, Gingerich, Lewandowski, Taylor. SB:Godfrey, Taylor. SAC: Gingerich. HBP: Taylor.Guerin Catholic pitching IP R ER HMatt Parenteau (W) 4 0 0 2Bingman 1 0 0 0Lewandowski 2 0 0 0Strikeouts: Parenteau 8, Lewandowski 1. Walks:Bingman 1.

Ely

Hamilton Heights took care of businessin the fourth inning,and that led theHuskies to a 4-3Hoosier Conferencewin at Northwesternon Tuesday.

Heights scored allof its runs with twoouts in the fourth.Issiac Hickok got onbase with a single,then moved to secondwhen Luke Stohlerdrew a walk. That

brought up Alex Hewitt, and his double sentHickok home and Stohler to third.

Andrew VanOeveren came up next andhit a triple to score Stohler and Hewitt,giving the Huskies the lead. Sam Allen thensingled home VanOeveren.

“Tonight was a step forward for us," saidHeights coach JR Moffatt. "We didn’t playparticularly well, but well enough to win.We have told them that good teams figureout how to win on off nights and we did thattonight."

Hewitt and Allen finished the game withtwo hits. Sam Fulton pitched the completegame, striking out 14. Moffatt said Fultonpitched well and moved to 4-0 for theseason, noting that Northwestern "did agood job of making him work."

“They hit the ball pretty well," saidMoffatt. "Fortunately for us they spreadthose hits out.”

“I’m really happy for our guys. It’stough with the weather and not really beingable to practice," said Moffatt. "Very limitedin what we’ve been able to do and they havemade the most of it. We are a young teamgetting older by the game. I tell them, everypitch, every at bat, every inning...the restwill kind of shake itself out.”

The Huskies are 4-1 in the conferenceand 5-4 overall. They host Northwestern at5:30 p.m. tonight to finish the series.

Hamilton Heights 4,Northwestern 3

Heights AB R H RBILuke Thesier 4 0 1 0Lucas Letsinger 3 0 1 0Erik Malott 4 0 0 0Sam Fulton 3 0 0 0Issiac Hickok 3 1 1 0Luke Stohler 1 1 0 0Sam Wahl 1 0 0 0Alex Hewitt 3 1 2 1Andrew VanOeveren 3 1 1 2Sam Allen 3 0 2 1Totals 28 4 8 4Score by inningsHeights 000 400 0 - 4 8 1Northwestern 020 100 0 - 3 8 13B: VanOeveren. 2B: Hewitt. SB: Thesier.Heights pitching IP R ER HFulton 7 3 3 8Strikeouts: Fulton 14. Walks: Fulton 2.

VanOeveren

Sheridan picks up two home wins Two-hard fought victories for Carmel

Golden Eagles cruise past Heritage ChristianBig fourth inning leads to Huskies win