Archive - Feb 2013 - Sports Article
February 12th
DONALDSON — Pink will be the color of the night at the LifePlex on Wednesday as Ancilla College basketball and Marshall County Ounce of Prevention team up for their annual “Chargers for Change” game to raise money and awareness of breast cancer.
The Chargers will take on Kalamazoo Valley Community College to raise money for the charity with the women’s game beginning at 5:30 p.m. and the men’s game to follow.
PLYMOUTH — The Northern Lakes Conference recently presented former Plymouth head girls basketball coach Dave Cox with the NLC Lifetime Outstanding Service Award and Lifetime Gold Pass to all NLC events.
Prior to his hire as head girls’ coach at Plymouth, Cox spent a combined six years in the Triton, Caston and Plymouth feeder systems. He initiated a Plymouth indoor/outdoor summer league basketball program in 1993 that grew to include over 85 teams and 874 participants across Northern Indiana.Â
HAMLET — Oregon-Davis guard Ashley Campbell was named as one of the IBCA/ Subway Players of the Week Monday for her performances during Class A Sectional 51 play last week.
8th grade girls basketball
Lincoln wins Valpo tourney
Over the weekend, the Lincoln Junior High eighth grade girls basketball team traveled to Valparaiso to participate in its second tournament in as many weeks. The Lady Red Storm used strong second half play in both games to win the tourney title, advancing to the championship with a 35-21 win over Grimmer in the semifinal before taking the title, 38-21, versus Ben Franklin.
Down 18-15 at halftime of the championship, Lincoln responded on both ends of the court, finishing the game on a 20-6 run.
February 11th
Monday, Feb. 11
Tuesday, Feb. 12
Argos boys basketball at South Central 7:45 p.m.
Bremen boys basketball at Tippecanoe Valley 7:45 p.m.
CMA boys basketball vs Plymouth 7:30 p.m.
Glenn boys basketball at NorthWood 7:45 p.m.
OD boys basketball vs Covenant Christian 7 p.m.
Triton boys basketball vs Rochester 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 13
Thursday, Feb. 14
Bremen boys swimming at Penn Sectional 5:30 p.m.
Culver Community boys basketball vs South Central 8 p.m.
CMA, Plymouth swimming at Warsaw Sectional 1 p.m.
OD boys basketball vs Lakeland Christian 6:30 p.m.
Culver Military senior Anthony McHugh scored a second period nearfall against 138-pound No. 1-ranked Tommy Forte of Mishawaka in the finals of the Merrillville Wrestling Semistate Saturday. McHugh lost by a narrow 3-2 decision to finish runner-up at the meet and earn a spot out to the state finals next week.
Plymouth's Haley Harrell put up seven points in the fourth quarter to lead the Lady Pilgrims in a down-to-the-wire win over St. Joe Friday night and followed up with a team-high 10 points versus Marian in the New Prairie Sectional Championship Saturday.
NEW CARLISLE — After Friday night’s semifinal thrillers, Saturday’s New Prairie Sectional championship seemed like a bit of an anticlimax.
It sure didn’t feel that way to the Lady Pilgrims though.
No. 10 Plymouth used its signature brand of swarming man-to-man to hold Mishawaka Marian to 1 of 6 shooting in the first half en route to an 18-7 halftime lead, and the Lady Pilgrims’ pressure never let up in an eventual 38-21 sectional championship victory over the Knights.
HAMLET — That old adage about defense winning championships held for Oregon-Davis’ girls basketball team Saturday.
The Class A No. 2 Lady Cats switched up full-court and half-court defenses, restricted the scoring looks for Triton’s top shooters, and limited the No. 9 Trojans to 30 percent from the field in a 76-38 victory in the Class A Sectional 51 final at The Den.
MERRILLVILLE — Sometimes, rematches are a good thing, even when they don’t work out.
Ask Culver Academies senior Anthony McHugh, who is riding a momentum wave into next weekend’s state wrestling finals.
It’s not that he won a championship in the 138-pound weight class at Saturday’s Merrillville semistate tournament. Actually, he lost.
But in taking Mishawaka’s Tommy Forte down to the wire before dropping a 3-2 decision in the title bout, McHugh proved he may be ready to make a long run up the awards stand at the state meet.
