Basketball

CMS Lady Cougars Win at Busco

By Chris Oswalt on Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Both CMS Lady Cougar basketball teams upped their marks to 5-4 with convincing victories over Busco on Thursday evening.  The 7th grade won by the final score of 47-12.  Kylie Kaylor and Ariene Butler led the way with 13 pts,  and Butler added 9 rebounds.  Kinzie Estep added 7 pts, Maddie Houser 6 pts, Jennifer Bartels 4pts, Mackenzie Cannici and Aubrie Eckert 2 pts each... Read More...

Wildcats cruise to lopsided win

By Joanne Green on Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

It was a game No. 21 Huntington would rather forget as the top-ranked Wildcats of Indiana Wesleyan University (23-2, 12-1) manhandled the Foresters on their way to a lopsided 62-30 win at Luckey Arena.

Ranked as the top defensive team in NAIA Division II, the Wildcats lived up to their reputation by holding HU to a season-low 30 points on 18... Read More...

2012 K of C Free Throw Competition

By Lamont Neal on Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

The 2012 Knights of Columbus Free Throw Competition was held on Sunday, January 29th at Huntington Catholic School. The participants competed in age levels 10-14. The winners of Council 1014 are:

Left to Right: 10 yr old boy’s winner Sam Garretson, a 5th grader at SJ/SE; 11 yr old boy’s winner Martin Harold of HCS’s 5th/6th grade team; 12 yr old boy’s winner Josh Rakoczy, a manager for the 7th grade team at Riverview, 13 yr old boy’s winner Shafer Garrett of Canterbury’s 7/8th grade team, and 13 yr old girl’s winner, Madison Jennings of HCS’s 7/8th grade team... Read More...

Wildcats slip past Foresters

By Joanne Green on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Just three days after a 90-85 triple overtime win over Mount Vernon, the 16th-ranked Wildcats of Indiana Wesleyan University only needed two extra periods to get the job done Tuesday night against the Foresters of Huntington University. They shot 51.6% for the game to steal an 80-78 win at the Merillat Complex... Read More...

CMS Girls BB Teams Defeat Southern Wells

By Chris Oswalt on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Mother Nature had not wanted Crestview girls and Southern Wells to play this year.  After rescheduling because of questionable weather for the second time, Tuesday evening finally basketball was played.  Much to Crestview's happiness, both teams played well.  In the 7th grade game, the final score was 30-26... Read More...

Girls Basketball Sectional

By Lamont Neal on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

The first round of the Girls Basketball Sectional will be on Tuesday, February 7th at Homestead High School, located at 4310 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46814.  Huntington North will play Wayne High School in the second game of the evening at approx. 7:30pm.  The second round of the Sectional will be on Friday, February 10th @ 6pm and 7:30pm... Read More...

HU woman's team to host ‘Pink Out'

By Joanne Green on Monday, January 30th, 2012

The Huntington University women’s basketball team will host its annual “Pink Out” at 1 p.m. on February 11 at the university’s Merillat Physical Education and Recreation Complex. The event will honor and celebrate breast cancer survivors during halftime of the Huntington University vs... Read More...

Both CMS Runner-Up in Conference Tourney

By Chris Oswalt on Monday, January 30th, 2012

This is the 2nd year now that Crestview has been in the NELSMC conference for sports.  For boys basketball, this year finishing runner-up for both teams out of 9, should start to earn some respect from other teams around the conference.  This is how it happened.

The morning started with both teams playing Wawasee... Read More...

Lady Vikings handle Bearcats

By Lamont Neal on Sunday, January 29th, 2012

The Lady Vikings took on the Muncie Central Bearcats Friday night and picked up their fourth victory of the season. The Vikings rode a big 22 point first quarter and a defense that only gave up 5 points in the second quarter to the 59-44 victory. The Vikings go a big night from Katlyn Kreider who scored a double double with 17 points and 11 rebounds on 8 of 9 shooting... Read More...

Vikings push Northsmen to Overtime

By Lamont Neal on Sunday, January 29th, 2012

The Vikings boys basketball team travelled to Northfield Saturday night to take on the 12-3 Northmen.  The Vikings pushed the Northsmen to overtime but came up just short falling 59-57.

The Vikings were led in scoring by Kalving Miller’s 19 points and Noah Reed’s 12. Trenton Kern and Levi Lawson led the rebounding with 7 apiece... Read More...

Vikings travel to top ranked Muncie Cent

By Lamont Neal on Sunday, January 29th, 2012

The Vikings travelled down to Muncie on Friday night to take on top ranked 3a team and one of the top 5 teams in the state according to the Maxprep ratings. The Vikings jumped out to an early lead on the Bearcats and then battled them tough through the first quarter trailing 15-10 after one.

The second showed why the Bearcats are 13-2 as they cranked up the offense and opened up a 38-20 halftime lead... Read More...

Catholic Boys take on Queen of Angels

By Dustin Howell on Sunday, January 29th, 2012

A great Sunday for basketball. Sunday 1/29/12 our Huntington Catholic 7/8 Grade Boys Basketball team played Queen of Angels at Queen on Angels and beat them 37-27. Below are stats from the game.

Queen of Angels-27

Huntington Catholic-37

Stats:

#4 Mark Blomeke-8 total points

#12 Ross Wilcoxson-2 total points

#34 Matt Warner-6 total points

#35 Derek Teusch-11 total points

#21 Brandon Bowers-10 total points

Next Saturday 2/4/12 we play St... Read More...

Huntington Lady Eagles

By Mark Shultz on Sunday, January 29th, 2012

The Huntington Lady Eagles participated in the Fort Wayne Guard Invitational Saturday played at the Spiece Fieldhouse in Fort Wayne.  The Eagles won three games on the day to bring home the first place trophy.  “This was definitely the hardest tournament yet at the Invitational.  We played three quality teams in less than 7 hours... Read More...

Foresters knock off Lancers

By Joanne Green on Sunday, January 29th, 2012

Behind Ryan Boester’s career best 24 points, the HU men’s basketball team snapped their three-game losing streak by knocking off No. 4 Grace College 81-77 Saturday afternoon. With this win, the Foresters move to 14-10, 6-6 in league play. HU is currently in a three-way tie with Goshen and Spring Arbor for the fifth spot in the MCC... Read More...

Foresters mount second half comeback

By Joanne Green on Sunday, January 29th, 2012

After a sluggish first half, the Forester women’s basketball team mounted a heroic second half comeback to claim a crucial 60-54 win over the Lancers of Grace College.  With this win, the Foresters (15-7) improve to 7-5 in league play and into a three-way tie for third while the Lancers (14-10, 6-6) drop into fourth place... Read More...