From Indiana’s tourney drought expert, John Ockomon:

Sectionals are over..... Regionals are here.

Caston won the prize for the longest sectional drought ended...1985. 39 years. Lawrence Central was second at 1987. Only new winner was Parke Heritage who just opened in 2020( Rockville who merged with them won in 2018.)

Othor drought enders were:Woodlan 90, New Prairie 2000, Laville 03, Lewis Cass 05, Speedway 10, Scotttsburg 12, Northeastern 11 and South Spencer 06.

Now the regionals..29 schools back from last year. 17 are defending their title.

17 have not won a regional:
4A Lawrence Central, Evans North
3A New Prairie, Woodlan,
2A Laville, Lewis Cass, Sheridan, Parke heritage, South Spencer
1A Caston, Daleville, Bethesda

18 have not won for 10 years plus: Valpo 04, McCutchon 11, Mt Vernon -Fortville 13. Plainfield 98, Hanover Ctl 99, Bremen 86, Speedway 84, Scottsburg 95, Washington 97, Fremont 99. FW Luers 13, Eastbrook 84. Northeastern 98, North Decatur 2000, Morgan Twp 98,Clinton Central 97, Eminence 99.

Plainfield, Lawrence Ctl, Bremen, New Prairie, Lewis Cass, Luers, Eastbrook, Northeastern, Caston, Clinton Ctl, and North Central (F) all have good chances.to win.

Some of these game locations are crazy. No team in a regional should travel two hours and having the first game. I thought this new system was for fans to be able to get to games and some school spirit. Some these locations have teams that pass more than one location closer. About as bad as a paoli traveling two hours for a sectional on a school night.

Union's only two wins came against non-IHSAA teams. Wapahani enjoying a fine season.

Also enjoying still shooting threes in the the 4th quarter up 107-18..

Score tracker bucket-by-bucket
https://www.maxpreps.com/games/2-3-...ltckoLW0E2fDi1EIQcy_A#tab=scoretrkr&schoolid=

Rank School Total Points Record 1st Place Votes
1 Fishers 424 18-1 8
2 Lawrence North 414 18-1 7
3 Noblesville 392 16-2 5
4 Westfield 379 14-2
5 Kokomo 329 17-3
6 Greenfield-Central 326 18-0 2
7 Indianapolis Cathedral 304 13-3
8 Indianapolis Attucks 260 17-5
9 Ben Davis 248 13-4
10 Brownstown Central 213 17-4
11 Evansville Harrison 201 15-2
12 Richmond 187 18-2
13 Tipton 135 17-1
14 Lake Central 123 14-2
15 South Bend Riley 94 16-4
16 Brebeuf Jesuit 91 12-4
16 Carmel 91 9-9
18 New Palestine 67 14-4
19 Concord 54 15-2
20 Franklin Community 41 14-3

Other Schools Receiving Votes (LISTED ALPHABETICALLY)
Bellmont (14-3), Brownsburg (11-9), Center Grove (12-4), Crown Point (12-4), Danville (16-1),
East Chicago Central (14-4), Fort Wayne Bishop Luers (14-2), Fort Wayne Wayne (15-3),
Franklin Central (9-10), Hamilton Southeastern (13-6), Jeffersonville (11-6), New Albany (14-
4), North Central (Indianapolis) (12-6), Orleans (14-2), Penn (12-4), Scottsburg (13-4), Seymour
(14-4), Terre Haute North Vigo (16-3), Valparaiso (15-4), Wapahani (16-2), Warren Central (11-
9), Warsaw Community (12-4), Evansville Christian School (17-1)

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Washington downed city rival Adams in this weekend's Sectional championship, 77-45, and in the process some history was made. Washington's 6-3 junior Kira Reynolds swatted away 16 Adams' shot attempts which qualifies as the 4th best game ever among shot blockers!


South Bend Washington's Kira Reynolds

Most Blocks in a Game
(B) 18 Greg Oden - Lawrence North vs. Arlington 2004-05
(B) 16 Bill Wanstrath - Batesville vs. Brookville 1978-79
(B) 14 Noah Hupmann - Evansville Day vs. Mt. Vernon 2018-19
(B) 14 Jake Kitchell - South Central (UM) vs. Morgan Twp 2007-08
(B) 14 Jake Kitchell - South Central (UM) vs. New Prairie 2008-09
(B) 14 Zach Lett - Seton Catholic vs Jeff Dayton OH 2012-13
(B) 13 Jake Moynihan - Seton Catholic vs. Burris 2017-2018
(B) 13 Kenny Perry - South Spencer vs. Castle 1979-80
(B) 13 Kiyron Powell - EV Bosse vs. Princeton 2018-19
(B) 13 Kiyron Powell - EV Bosse vs. Washington 2018-19
(G) 22 Jennifer Bursley - Hebron vs. LaCrosse 1990-91
(G) 19 Elana Eickholtz - Restoration Christian vs. South Central 2006-07
(G) 17 Jennifer Bursley - Hebron vs. LaCrosse 1988-89
(G) 16 Jennifer Bursley - Hebron vs. Gary Westside 1990-91
(G) 16 Katie Griffin - Avon vs. Pike 2007-08
(G) 16 Kira Reynolds - SB Washington vs. SB Adams 2023-24
(G) 16 Kayla Rogers - Eastern Greene vs. Clay City 2016-17
(G) 15 Molly King - Lafayette Catholic vs. Southern Wells 2010-11
(G) 14 Calli Beezhold - Covenant Christian Demotte vs. River Forest 2012-13
(G) 14 LaQuita Williams - Gary Wallace vs. Indy Washington 2004-05
(G) 14 Katie Griffin - Avon vs. Brownsburg 2007-08

In GBB Sectionals last night Northview defeated South Vermillion 75-30 with all of SV's points coming as the result of 10 made three point fgs. Does anyone remember another occurrence of a team scoring only from the 3 point line? No 2s made no FTs made?

Special to Hickory Husker by John Ockomon
Girls Sectional Final games Sat nite

Girls 10 year droughts and their chances

Class 4A
Columbia City 2000 very slight fav over Homestead
Lawrence Central 87 should beat Warren Central
Terre Haute North 07 has no chance vs Plainfield
Whiteland 07 over Franklin would be a major upset
Jennings County 05 wont be easy Over BNL

Class 3A
New Prairie 2000 big fav over SB Clay
Woodlan 1990 even vs Concordia
West lafayette 05 underdog vs Benton Ctl
Jay County 06 big dog to Hamiton Hts
Sparkplugs 2013 hopes to upend Purdue Poly Englewood
Batesville 09 big dog to Greensburg
Scottsburg 12 big fav over Madison 14
Boonville 92 no way vs Gibson Southern

2A
Illiana Christian NW underdog to Andrean
Laville 03 has a chance vs North Judson
Lewis Cass 2005 5should beat Winamac 2014 drought
Whitko Never won is big dog to FW Luers
Blackford 09 not fav vs Eastbook
Northeastern 11 shd break the drought vs Shenandoah
Scecina 93 no chance vs Eastern Hancock
Parke Heritage New school 2020 should win first title
Crawford County 93 even match South Spencer 2006

1A
Caston 85 hopefully can stop the drought vs Tri County but could be hard
Anderson Prep NW even money vs Daleville
Shakamak 13 slight dog to North Ctl -Farm
Indiana Math & Sci NW will have to wait another year
Oldenburg 06 has a chance vs JCD
Rising Sun 2003 TUFF Battle with Trinity Lutheran
Evansville Christian NW underdog to Wood Mem

NEW CASTLE, Ind. -- in doing some research for another project, I stumbled upon this gem. During the 1977 girls Sectional played at New Castle, BRV downed Cowan, 66-18. The Vikes subbed early and often to keep things sporting (all BRV players scored and only two reached double digits,) but ultimately Cowan fumbled their way to 57 turnovers - second most all-time.


1977 Blue River Valley Vikings!

Most Turnovers in a Game
(B) 59 EV Christian vs. EV Bosse 1985-86
(B) 53 Linton vs. TH Garfield 1970-71
(B) 40 Providence vs. Jeffersonville 1986-87
(B) 39 Jay County vs. FW South 2015-16
(B) 38 Jeffersonville vs. Seymour 1963-64
(B) 35 Jeffersonville vs. Shelbyville 1988-89
(B) 34 Jeffersonville vs. Madison 1971-72
(B) 34 Jeffersonville vs. Charlestown 1978-79
(B) 34 Jeffersonville vs. Seymour 1968-69
(B) 34 Medora vs. Southwestern 1989-90
(G) 79 Charlestown vs. Scottsburg 1975-76
(G) 57 Cowan vs. Blue River Valley 1976-77
(G) 55 Waldron vs. Triton Central 1982-83
(G) 50 Warsaw vs. Columbia City 1976-77
(G) 42 International vs. Liberty Christian 2016-17
(G) 41 Caston vs. Knox 2016-17
(G) 40 Caston vs. Rochester 2019-20
(G) 38 Jeffersonville vs. North Harrison 2008-09
(G) 38 Marion vs. Lafayette harrison 2019-20
(G) 37 Bellmont vs. Snider 2011-12

CLASS 4A

Lake Central Sectional
Hammond Central 75, East Chicago 44
Merrillville 63, Morton 53

Valpo Sectional
KV52, Hobart 37
Crown Point 55, Lowell 45

South Bend Sectional
Washington 53, Michigan City 15
Mishawaka 41, Plymouth 37

Pendleton Heights Sectional
New Pal 42, Greenfield 35
Pendleton Heights 56, Muncie Central 20

Indianapolis Sectional
Lawrence North 76, Cathedral 34
Lawrence Central 75, Attucks 18

Pike Sectional
Franklin Central 51, Southport 14
Ben Davis 66, Decatur Central 39

Floyd Central Sectional
BNL 58, New Albany 24
Silver Creek 60, Floyd Central 51

CLASS 3A

Highland Sectional
Hanover Central 55, Noll 35
Boone Grove 42, Griffith 41 OT

Garrett Sectional
Garrett 46, Heritage 33
Woodlan 54, Dwenger 41

Twin Lakes Sectional
Twin Lakes 54, Western 46
Benton Central 61, North Montgomery 19

Maconaquah Sectional
Northwestern 57, Peru 45
Bellmont 42, Oak Hill 31

Yorktown Sectional
Frankton 59, Centerville 19
Hamilton Hts 64, New Castle 9

Cascade Sectional
Lebanon 46, Webo 31
Tri-West 69, Crawfordsville 11

Owen Valley Sectional
Indian Creek 75, Brown County 45
Northview 75, South Vermillion 30

Lawrenceburg Sectional
Greensburg 60, Franklin County 26
Lawrenceburg 56, Rushville 41

CLASS 2A

Lake Station Sectional
Illiana Christian 46 Whiting 39
Bowman Academy 66, Lighthouse CPA 16

Elwood Sectional
Eastern 53 Taylor 44
Blackford 57, Tipton 13

Lapel Sectional
Wapahani 37, Monroe Central 32
Lapel 50, Alex 36

South Put Sectional
Parke Heritage 53, Cloverdale 14
Southmont 45, South Put 35

Providence Sectional
Austin 46, Providence 35
Eastern 69, Clarksville 33

North Knox Sectional
North Knox 66, Sullivan 36
South Knox 68, Eastern Greene 39

CLASS 1A

Culver Sectional
Triton 42, Trinity Greenlawn 11
Argos 47, Westville 43

Bloomfield Sectional
Bloomfield 57, Dugger 26
Shakamak 74, Lighthouse Christian 30

Southwestern Sectional
Oldenburg 52, Southwestern 24
Morristown 67, Waldron 54

Barr-Reeve Sectional
Barr-Reeve 40, Loogootee 22
Springs Valley 64, Shoals 25

CLASS 4A

Lake Central Sectional
Lake Central 59, Munster 53

Valpo Sectional
Valpo 55, Chesterton 49

South Bend Sectional
Adams 61, LaPorte 25

Northridge Sectional
Northridge 57, Warsaw 55
Penn 51, Concord 19

FW Carroll Sectional
Carroll 45, East Noble 43
Snider 64, Northrop 60

Columbia City Sectional
Columbia City 68, Wayne 38
Homestead 82, FW South 24

Kokomo Sectional
Harrison 71, Marion 29
Kokomo 55, Logansport 22

HSE Sectional
HSE 52, Westfield 21
Fishers 52, Carmel 38

Pendleton Heights Sectional
Mount Vernon 48, Anderson 42

Cathedral Sectional
Warren Central 77, North Central 58

Pike Sectional
Pike 72, Perry Meridian 19

Avon Sectional
Brownsburg 74, Avon 42

Mooresville Sectional
Bloomington North 57, Martinsville 32
Center Grove 47, Bloomington South 20

Whiteland Sectional
Whiteland 52, East Central 23
Franklin 37, Shelbyville 32

Floyd Central Sectional
Jennings County 59, Seymour 38

Evansville Sectional
North 58, Harrison 29
Central 51, Jasper 38

[The oldest active high school gymnasium in Indiana turns 100 next year, and Mishawaka is throwing it a birthday party in style.

“The Cave,” home to the MHS basketball, wrestling and volleyball teams, will host a 100th anniversary celebration Jan. 4, 2025, against Northview High School. It’ll be 100 years and one week to the day that the Cavemen played their first game in the gym – Dec. 27, 1924 – against the same school they played in the first contest. Back then, it was Brazil High School, which consolidated into Northview in 1984.

The schools were hoping to play on the 27th, but Northview is playing in a holiday tournament that same day, hence why the anniversary game will take place a week later. Northview is located 20 miles east of Terre Haute.]

Mishawaka planning 100-year anniversary game for 'The Cave' in early 2025

The oldest active high school gymnasium in Indiana turns 100 next year, and Mishawaka is throwing it a birthday party in style.

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The end of the road is near for many of Indiana’s Senior female hoopers, as the regular season came to a close Saturday evening. Tonight begins Sectional play for several teams, with aspirations of making it to Gainbridge Fieldhouse in late-February. The boys’ also remained competitive last week, with some thrilling ends to games. This week seven players in total have been chosen as Week-13 Players of the Week.

Valparaiso Junior Jack Smiley, Homestead Sophomore Myah Epps, Greenfield-Central Junior Braylon Mullins, West Lafayette Senior Adrianne Tolen, Brownstown Central Senior Jack Benter, New Washington Senior Kaidin James, and Indian Creek Senior Faith Wiseman have been selected For Jan. 22-Jan. 27 in the recognition program coordinated by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association. Smiley is the boys’ winner, and Epps is the girls’ winner in District-1. Mullins is the boys’ recipient, while Tolen is the girls’ recipient for District-2. Benter takes home boys’ honors, while James and Wiseman share girls’ honors for District-3.

Valparaiso continued their nice season with a pair of strong wins over the weekend. Friday night, the Vikings took care of a solid Merrillville squad, 80-63, in Merrillville. Smiley was locked in, scoring 23 points, pulling down 8 rebounds, handing out 11 assists to post a double-double, and collecting 4 steals in the meantime. Saturday, the Vikings hosted Munster, knocking off the Mustangs by a 62-55 margin. The 6-2 guard was again strong, scoring 26 points on 10-18 shooting, including 5-10 from deep. He also tallied 6 rebounds and 9 assists to help Valparaiso to a 14-4 mark to end January.

Homestead’s Myah Epps might just be a Sophomore, but she is already gaining a reputation for late-game heroics for the Spartans. Friday, in a 72-71 double overtime thriller against Fort Wayne Northrop, the 5-10 guard made play after play, including a critical score late in regulation, as well as the game-tying basket to push the game into the second overtime period. All in all, Epps scored 27 points in the triumph, knocking down 11-17 shots from the field, 2-4 from 3-point range, and 3 free throws, while pulling in 8 rebounds, handing out 9 assists, and posting 2 steals and 2 blocked shots defensively.

Greenfield-Central Junior Braylon Mullins has already put together a stellar career, so at this point he is just compiling more tales to tell. Friday night, the Cougars traveled to Pendleton Heights for a Hoosier Heritage Conference game, and they escaped with a 74-72, double overtime victory against the Arabians. The 6-5 Junior guard erupted for a career-high and school record 51 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer. Overall, Mullins was 18-31 from the field, he knocked down 4 3-pointers, and he was an efficient 11-13 from the charity stripe. He also chipped in 4 rebounds, 3 assists, a pair of steals, and a blocked shot in the exciting performance.

West Lafayette Senior Adrianne Tolen has been extremely strong and consistent all season, and last week she helped the Red Devils to a pair of nice wins over Class 4A competition. Thursday, they hosted crosstown rival Harrison, knocking off the Lady Raiders, 53-42. Tolen was on point, scoring 27 points via 11-18 shooting, she made her only 3-point attempt, and she tossed in 4 free throws as well. The 5-10 wing added 5 rebounds, a pair of assists, and she collected 8 steals in the victory. Saturday, the Red Devils picked up an impressive win, 56-28, over a now 19-4 McCutcheon squad. Playing slightly beyond halftime, the Missouri S&T commit was again strong, posting a stat line of 10 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, and 4 steals, as they head into their Sectional play following another winning season.

Purdue University recruit and Brownstown Central Senior Jack Benter helped his Braves to a trio of Mid-Southern Conference wins last week. Tuesday, Brownstown handled Austin fairly easily, Friday it was another lopsided win at Charlestown, and Saturday the Braves took care of Corydon Central in Corydon by yet another large margin, pushing their conference record to 7-0; 16-4 overall. All week the

6-5 guard shot the ball extremely well, scoring 76 points on 28-44 overall, including a combined 16-25 (64%) performance in the three games from beyond the arc. He added a total of 22 rebounds and 15 assists over those three contests as well.

New Washington Senior Kaidin James isn’t widely known throughout the state, but she has been impressive at times throughout her career for the Mustangs. Tuesday, in a comfortable Southern Conference win at Crothersville, the 5-7 guard posted the rare triple-double, exploding for 38 points, pulling in 11 rebounds (6 offensive), and stealing the ball 15 times. She also handed out 6 assists and even blocked a shot for good measure. She was 13-14 from the charity stripe, and she surpassed the 1500-point mark for her career.

Indian Creek Senior and Indiana University commit Faith Wiseman is sharing District-3 honors with James because of an even rarer quadruple-double she posted in their 69-35 Western Indiana Conference win over South Putnam Thursday night. The 6-4 forward scored 18 points and collected an outstanding 26 rebounds in the contest, to go along with 10 assists and 10 blocked shots. Wiseman also joined the exclusive 1000 rebound club Thursday. Saturday, the Senior forward helped the Braves to a perfect 10-0 conference record, with a 50-34 win against Northview.

1. Muncie Central (15-2)
2. Jeffersonville (16-0)
3. Richmond (14-2)
4. EV Central (14-2)
5. Huntingburg (16-1)
6. TH Gersmeyer (20-2)
7. Crispus Attucks (11-3)
8. Indianapolis Tech (14-1)
9. Anderson (12-5)
10. Elkhart (13-3)

[South Bend Adams boys basketball coach Chad Johnston reached a career milestone Monday, picking up his 300th victory in a 59-46 home win over Bremen.

He became the third coach in South Bend history to reach 300 career wins, joining former Adams coach Dave Hadaway (315 wins) and Mark Johnson, who won a total of 470 games across stops at the now-defunct LaSalle, Riley and Saint Joseph. Hadaway — who the court at Adams High School is named after — was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000, and Johnson is surely on his way there as well.]

South Bend Adams boys basketball coach Chad Johnston reaches 300 career wins with victory over Bremen

Chad Johnston became one of three South Bend boys basketball coaches to reach the 300-career win milestone Monday.

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Coach David Corder has resigned as head coach at Waldron.

John Shaw will be the interim coach starting tonight against Bethesda through the end of the season.

I figure the new numbers will come out in January or February and then post season alignments in May?
What you got?
In this area, it looks like Shelbyville and Jennings Co could be 3A, Salem 2A and Henryville and Providence could be 1A.
Providence really close dependent on any numbers that may change from last time to now.

The IBCA sent out a list of dates for those beginning to put together their summer calendar, and I thought it would be worth sharing here.

June 2: Indiana Junior All-Stars vs. Kentucky Junior All-Stars (site TBA)

June 3: Indiana All-Star “Futures Games” (site TBA)

June 5: Indiana Senior All-Stars vs. Indiana Junior All-Stars (site TBA)

June 7: Indiana Senior All-Stars at Kentucky Senior All-Stars (site TBA)

June 8: IBCA All-Star Shootout (Warren Central)

June 8: Indiana Senior All-Stars vs. Kentucky Senior All-Stars (Gainbridge Fieldhouse)

June 13: IBCA/IHSAA Girls’ Underclass Showcase (Ben Davis)

June 14-15: IBCA/IHSAA Girls’ Team Showcase(Hamilton Southeastern/Mt. Vernon-Fortville)

June 21-23: IBCA/IHSAA Boys’ Team Showcase in memory of Charlie Hughes (Carmel, Westfield)

June 28: IBCA/IHSAA Boys’ Underclass Showcase (Brownsburg)

[The group of 24 diverse artists from across the state will bring to life their interpretations of some of the most memorable and iconic people, moments, and places in Indiana basketball history on 6-foot basketball sculptures. These large public art pieces will be on display throughout the Downtown Home Court for the duration of NBA All-Star 2024.]