Archive - Feb 2013 - Sports Article
February 7th
HAMLET — Two games, two big blowouts at the Class A Girls Basketball Sectional 51 Wednesday at The Den.
In the opener, host Oregon-Davis ran off 27 unanswered points to open the game and limited Westville to four points through three quarters en route to an 83-18 victory.
Meanwhile, Argos rattled off 22 consecutive points over a nine-minute span in the first half and settled for a mere 30-point margin in a 52-22 rout of Michigan City Marquette in the nightcap.
PLYMOUTH — Plymouth Rockies offensive lineman Dan Samuelson made it official Wednesday morning — next year he will be a Michigan Wolverine.
After a long-involved recruitment period, Samuelson arrived at his decision for a simple reason.
“Coach Hoke and academics,” said Samuelson of his decision of U of M. “I want to study Special Education.”
That decision — along with many others for the Samuelsons — is family-related.
Girls basketball
Slabaugh, Lucchese lead Lady Lions in sectional opener
Bremen jumped out to a 17-11 lead at the first quarter break and held off Prairie Heights down the stretch for a 58-53 victory at the Lady Lions’ opener at the Class 2A Central Noble Sectional Tuesday night.
Sara Slabaugh and Ashley Lucchese put up 17 and 16 points, respectively, and Chelsea Huppert finished with eight as the Lions earned back-to-back wins for just the second time this season.
February 6th
HAMLET — The basketball, not to mention Culver Community’s season, hung seemingly in suspended animation on the rim.
The ball, lofted wide open from the right block by South Central freshman center Riley Popplewell rolled off the front of the iron as regulation expired to extend the game and the Cavs’ season.
In the extra session, Culver sophomore forward Donna Zehner scored five points and swiped a pair of steals as the Cavs eked out a 41-39 overtime victory over the Satellites in the Class A Girls Basketball Sectional 51 opener at Oregon-Davis Tuesday.
NEW CARLISLE — Few teams can afford to overlook their opponents come tournament time, especially on their home floor.
At 1-19 coming into Tuesday’s Class 3A Sectional 19 opener, host New Prairie looked like a pushover on paper, but the Lady Cougars came ready to play. Fortunately for Culver Girls Academy, so did they.
CGA took control early with a 13-2 game-opening run, and the Lady Eagles never looked back in an eventual 59-49 sectional quarterfinal win.
Girls basketball
Lady Lions advance
Bremen's girls basketball team advanced to the semifinal at the Class 2A Central Noble Sectional with a 58-53 win over Prairie Heights Tuesday night.
The Lady Lions advance to play Northern State Conference foe LaVille Friday at 6 p.m.
• BREMEN 58, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 53
At Central Noble Sectional
Complete results unavailable
Boys swimming
Bremen boys win
Bremen's boys swim team handed visiting Concord a 96-87 loss at home at Bremen Tuesday night.
Complete results from the meet were not available.
• BREMEN 96, CONCORD 87
At Bremen
February 5th
DONALDSON — The Ancilla College baseball team will be pitching in to help in a special effort for American soldiers overseas.
Ancilla Athletic Director Gene Reese — an avid baseball fan — came across a perfect community service match for the team while reading up on the latest baseball news online. Reese came across Gloves 4 Troops, a charity run by Vance Albitz, a minor league shortstop with the Memphis Cardinals. A brief discussion with Ancilla baseball coach Joe Yonto later, and the Chargers were on board.
Q - Question number one is always about your family, so why don’t you tell us who they are?
A - My mom’s name is Liz, my step dad’s name is Greg, my real dad lives in California and his name is David, I have a little brother and little sister named Gil and Olive.
Q - You’ve had a chance to spend time in California with your dad; you guys have done some interesting stuff...
A - I’ve gone to a couple Giants games. We actually had a chance to go to a World Series game this year, and that was quite an experience.
Q - Not too many people get to do that...
Wrestling
Glenn advances four to semistate
John Glenn advanced four wrestlers to the Merrillville Semistate en route to an eighth-place team finish with 80.5 points at the Crown Point Regional Saturday, while Knox closed out its season in 10th place with a score of 37.
Austin Coach was runner-up at 113 pounds for Glenn, while brothers Andrew and James Frey earned consolation wins to finish third at Crown Point. Adam Dodson bounced back from his first loss of the year with a 4-2 decision victory in the consols of the 160-pound bracket for third place and a berth to Merrillville.
February 4th
Monday, Feb. 4
No events scheduled
Tuesday, Feb. 5
Bremen girls basketball vs Prairie Heights at Central Noble Sectional 6 p.m.
Culver Community girls basketball vs South Central at OD Sectional 5:30 p.m. CT
CGA vs New Prairie at New Prairie Sectional 7 p.m. ET
Wednesday, Feb. 6
Argos girls basketball vs Marquette at OD Sectional 7 p.m. CT
John Glenn girls basketball vs South Bend St. Joe at New Prairie Sectional 6 p.m.
OD girls basketball vs Westville at OD Sectional 5:30 p.m. CT
Plymouth girls basketball vs Jimtown at New Prairie Sectional 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 7
