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02/26/2006 02:09 AM EST
 Luers hits jackpot at semistate
Youthful Knights knock off champs, head to title game
By Greg Jones, High school sports editor
ELKHART – The only thing missing for Bishop Luers was the scissors. Once they had those in hand, the Knights could celebrate their 56-49 upset Saturday of defending Class 3A state champion South Bend St. Joseph’s in style.
  

            

  
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State swimming
Second-place Spartans feel like champs
INDIANAPOLIS – Andrew Hoffman had no doubts. As he was getting set to anchor Homestead’s 200-yard freestyle relay, it didn’t matter what place the Spartans were in. He was going to help deliver a championship swim.
Wrestling
Bellmont is 2nd at state
GREENWOOD – It’s a situation no wrestler wants to be in. Especially not a senior wrestling in his final match at the team state tournament.
 
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High School Sports Digest
  • Hawks unable to overcome chilling start - 2/26/2006 03:01 AM EST
    By Sarah Trotto, The Journal Gazette
    ELKHART – Westview coach Randy Yoder couldn’t contain his excitement any longer.
  • Harding learns lessons about life - 2/26/2006 03:01 AM EST
    By Greg Jones and Sarah Trotto, The Journal Gazette
    ELKHART – Although the outcome was disappointing for Harding, the real battle was already won for the Hawks girls basketball team, according to interim coach J.J. Foster.
  • High schools - 2/26/2006 03:01 AM EST
    S.B. St. Joseph’s: Lechlitner 16, Smallbone 9, Newsom 7, Dockery 6, Wilson 6, Werntz 6. Bishop Luers: Martin 19, Wyss 12, Dawson 9, Hathaway 7, M. Pedro 4, Lohlmuller 2, A. Pedro 2.
  • Fine end to wild ride - 2/25/2006 03:01 AM EST
    By Greg Jones, High school sports editor
    Considering how frustrating the wait was for this, it was a bit surprising the North Side fans waited until only 20 seconds were left before they even started the chant. As the seconds ticked off, “SAC, SAC, SAC” came down from the home crowd at By Hey Arena to ring in the conference championship.
  • Angola senior sinks Lakeland - 2/25/2006 03:01 AM EST
    By Michael Rothstein, The Journal Gazette
    LAGRANGE – The senior stood at the line, 3 seconds left, score tied, game in his hands with the raucous crowd making noise deafening for a high school gymnasium.
  • School-record scoring outburst lifts New Haven - 2/25/2006 03:01 AM EST
    The Journal Gazette
    Casey Yoder scored a school-record 41 points to lead New Haven to a 73-69 victory Friday night over Adams Central.
  • Homestead expected to be in hunt for state title - 2/25/2006 03:01 AM EST
    The Journal Gazette
    Homestead, which finished tied for eighth in the state last year, should be in the thick of things today after its placings Friday night in the state swimming preliminaries at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis.
  • Arrest of Snider coaches surprises SAC colleagues - 2/24/2006 03:01 AM EST
    By LaMond Pope, The Journal Gazette
    SAC coaches responded with shock and support for Snider wrestling coaches Mike Ester and Demetrice Burton, who were arrested Saturday morning for public intoxication.
  • Luers hopes heroics unneeded this time vs. St. Joe’s - 2/24/2006 03:01 AM EST
    By Greg Jones, High school sports editor
    Sure, the game is remembered by Bishop Luers at least by the ones who are still left, which isn’t many. The last time the Knights played South Bend St. Joseph’s in a girls basketball semistate is still fresh in their minds.
  • Overcoming adversity - 2/24/2006 03:01 AM EST
    By Sarah Trotto, The Journal Gazette
    They mourned the death of a junior varsity teammate the day before they played two regional games. Their coach was fired two games before the regular season ended.
  • Westview banking on Fisher - 2/24/2006 03:01 AM EST
    By Sarah Trotto, The Journal Gazette
    The first name that crept up in conversation when Harding team members talked about semistate opponent Westview was Tiffany Fisher.
  • Everything’s in focus for Hoffman - 2/24/2006 03:01 AM EST
    By Michael Rothstein, The Journal Gazette
    He leaves this planet in moments before a race, blocks out the noises around him, the coaches talking and the superfluous sounds from the loudspeakers.
  • Bye may play key sectional role - 2/20/2006 03:01 AM EST
    By Greg Jones, High school sports editor
    Opposing on the sidelines, coaches Ray Sims from Snider and Eric Foister from Huntington North also seem to have differing viewpoints as well on their impending sectional matchup.