Basketball - December 2011 Archive
Lady Eagles Notch Tough Road Win
By Lamont Neal on Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
The Huntington Lady Eagles beat the Ft. Wayne Hurricanes on their home floor 51-50 to move their record to 12-1. Jenna Cleveland hit two free throws with ten seconds left to give the Eagles a three point lead. The Hurricanes answered with a field goal with three seconds left and the Eagles held onto the ball to run out the clock... Read More...
Sluggish second half dooms Foresters
By Lamont Neal on Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
The Eagles of Cornerstone University (8-6) held the Forester men’s basketball team to 28 second half points to pick up the 81-68 road win and send HU into Christmas break with its fifth loss of the season.
Caleb Kennedy paced the Foresters with 24 points while Shane Merryman added another 17... Read More...
Huntington Catholic Comes Out on Top
By Lamont Neal on Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
Monday night Huntington Catholic's 5/6th grade team finished their Huntington County 6th grade basketball season at 6-4 with a victory over Crestview team 2. In a tough, competitive game, the final score was Huntington Catholic 35 and Crestview 25.
Lady Vikes pick up win
By Lamont Neal on Sunday, December 18th, 2011
The Lady Vikings travelled to Richmond Saturday night looking to pick up their first win of the season. The Vikings and Red Devils battled all day trading the lead 8 times and tying another 8 times with the Vikings taking a 2 point lead after 3 quarters. The Vikings would make it hold up and in the end the Vikings would hold on for the 40-39 victory... Read More...
Vikings dig out of hole against Wayne
By Lamont Neal on Saturday, December 17th, 2011
The Vikings dug themselves a big hole in the first quarter against the Wayne Generals on Saturday night falling behind 24-8 after one quarter of play. Wayne is a talented team with speed and size led by the tandem of Ronald Lucas and Justin Mitchell that puts a lot of pressure on the ball and it looked like the Vikings were in for a long night early... Read More...
Huntington Catholic Falls Short
By Lamont Neal on Saturday, December 17th, 2011
Huntington Catholic 7/8 grade boys basketball fell short to St. Rose/Louis.
St. Rose/Louis-50
Huntington Catholic-34
Brandon Bowers-10 total points
Michael Albertson-2 total points
Max Pyle-2 total points
Derek Teusch-6 total points
Mark Blomeke-10 total points
Ethan Owens-2 total points
Matt Warner-2 total points
Huntington Catholic Girls Basketball
By Lamont Neal on Saturday, December 17th, 2011
Huntington Catholic girls basketball team has been busy. The following are the results from their last three games.
Huntington Catholic VS Precious Blood
#14 Madison Jennings scored a total of 14 points and had 6 rebounds
#24 Emily Klepper scored a total of 6 points and had 14 rebounds
#21 Alyssa Woolard scored a total of 2 points a with 3 rebounds
# 4 Janessa Dodson had 3 rebounds
With a Final Score of HC 22 PB 19
Huntington Catholic VS St... Read More...
Foresters extend win streak to three
By Lamont Neal on Saturday, December 17th, 2011
The Forester women’s basketball team extended their win streak to three with a 70-67 win over the Eagles of Judson University Friday night to head into Christmas break with a 7-4 record.
Kelsey Green poured in a game-high 20 points and pulled down a game best 12 boards to pace HU with the double double... Read More...
Vikings downed by Devils
By Lamont Neal on Saturday, December 17th, 2011
The Richmond Red Devils came to North Arena on Friday night. The Devils are big and shoot the three well and are handful on the basketball court.
Things were looking good for the Vikings as Richmonds big man got into early foul trouble but the outside shooting of Richmond was too much to overcome as they pulled away from the Vikings... Read More...
Huntington Catholic takes on Homeschool
By Lamont Neal on Friday, December 16th, 2011
Huntington Catholic 7/8 grade boys took on the Homeschool team. Here are the results
Huntington-24
Home School-52
Mark Blomeke- 11 total points
Ross Wilcoxson- 2 total points
Matt Warner- 2 total points
Derek Teusch-4 total points
Brandon Bowers- 4 total points
CMS Boys Split With Wawasee
By Chris Oswalt on Friday, December 16th, 2011
The 7th Grade Boys Basketball team stayed hot on Thursday evening at the Cougar Den defeating Wawasee by the score of 37-24. Hunter Hollowell led the way with 11 pts, Ben Bentz added 9 and Matt Guhl pitched in 8. Luke Pulver playd a strong floor game and knocked down 6 pts, Colton Landrum added 2 pts and Spencer Kryder finished off the scoring with 1 pt... Read More...
Viking Freshmen outlast North Side
By Lamont Neal on Friday, December 16th, 2011
The Viking boy’s freshmen team used a big 17 point second quarter to overcome the hole they dug themselves in the first to tie up the North Side Redskins at 21.
The Vikings then continued their trapping zone in the second half frustrating the Redskins. The game was tight until the end when Snyder stepped to the line with 9... Read More...
7th Grade Wins CMS Invitational
By Chris Oswalt on Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
The 7th Grade boys basketball team from Crestview brought home from the trophy on Saturday from their own invitational. In the championship game they defeated Whitko 43-41. Patrick Miller led the way with 12 pts, Luke Pulver added 8 and Ben Bentz and Hunter Hollowell each added 7 for the Cougars... Read More...
CMS Boys Split With Indian Springs Stars
By Chris Oswalt on Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
The Crestview Cougars 8th grade boys basketball team struggled to their second loss in a row. This time Indian Springs played a good game and defeated them 37-23. Austin Davidson and Jacob Vinson each had 6 pts, while Konner Platt added 5pts. Bryson Gradeless added 6 rebounds off the bench... Read More...
Lady Vikes times for Saturday's games
By Lamont Neal on Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
The freshman and JV GBB games at Kokomo will start at 11am on Sat. Dec. 17, and the varsity game will follow at 12:30pm.
Riverview Athletics Review Wk of 12/5
By Mark Dubois on Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
On Monday, December 5 the boys 7th and 8th grade basketball teams traveled to Norwell. The 7th grade lost their 1st game of the season 24-41. Nolan Betterly and Sam Daugherty were top scorers with 6 points each. The 8th grade team also lost 34-37. Kory Goodrich racked up 15 points, and Jack Doughty scored 9... Read More...
Border Battle
By Lamont Neal on Sunday, December 11th, 2011
The Huntington Lady Eagles were handed their first loss in the second game of the annual Border Battle at Spiece Fieldhouse in Fort Wayne. The Eagles went 2 and 1 beating Hudsonville (MI) and the Illinois Crusaders. They were defeated by Traverse City (MI) 49-47. Travers City is currently ranked 9th in the nation in the Homeschool Rankings... Read More...
Saint Xavier tops HU in 106-92 in 2OT
By Lamont Neal on Sunday, December 11th, 2011
Despite Caleb Kennedy’s career best 43 points, the Cougars of Saint Xavier University, ranked 23rd in NAIA Division I, snapped their five-game losing streak to the Huntington University men’s basketball team (9-4) by handing the Foresters a 106-92 double overtime loss on Saturday afternoon at the Shannon Center... Read More...
Foresters outlast RedStorm 66-62
By Lamont Neal on Sunday, December 11th, 2011
The University of Rio Grande’s four-game winning streak was snapped Saturday afternoon when the HU women’s basketball team handed the RedStorm a 66-62 loss in the opening game of the Newt Oliver Coaches Classic.
Despite some foul trouble in the post, the Foresters battled to own an eight point lead with four minutes left in the opening stanza but Rio Grande dialed up their defensive intensity to outscore HU 11-0 in the final minutes of the half to take a 33-30 lead into the locker room... Read More...
Vikings dig big early hole
By Lamont Neal on Sunday, December 11th, 2011
The Vikings dug themselves an early hole Saturday night and worked all night to try and get out of it. The Vikings started slow and were struggling earlier trying to contain the Chargers from Carroll and fell behind 10-25 in the first quarter.
Coach Cripe then switched up the Viking defense going to a zone frustrating the Chargers and Vikings behind the three point shooting of Kalvin Miller fought they way back into the game trailing at the half 22-31... Read More...
Lady Vikings 0-6
By Valerie Stout on Friday, December 9th, 2011
Defending 1A state champions, Canterbury’s Lady Cavaliers, came to town, giving the Vikings a dose of why they were state champion. Both teams started off slow, neither team scoring for the first three minutes. Once Canterbury scored, the Cavaliers took off. At the end of the first quarter, Lady Cavaliers scored 20 to Huntington’s measly 4... Read More...
HU disposes of Titans 61-51
By Lamont Neal on Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Looking to get back on track, the HU women’s basketball team did just that Tuesday night with a 61-51 road win over the Titans of Indiana University South Bend.
It was a sluggish start for the Foresters as they went scoreless for the first five minutes of play but Lauren Meese finally took the lid off the basketball when she drained a three to pull within two of the Titans at 5-3... Read More...
Foresters topple Warriors 80-64
By Lamont Neal on Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
The Forester men’s basketball team toppled the Warriors of Rochester College 80-64 in non-conference action Tuesday night. With this win, HU moves to 9-3 on the season.
The Warriors’ only lead came of the night came in the opening minute of play but it was short-lived as the Foresters never trailed after taking a 5-4 lead at the 17:39 mark... Read More...
Weaver Scores 1000th point
By Lamont Neal on Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Catherine Weaver scored her 1000th point early in the game as the Huntington Lady Eagles won big over King’s Academy in Fairmount, IN. The Eagles blistered the net as they shot 48% on their way to an 80-15 win. Weaver, a sophomore, needed 6 points to get to the milestone. “Cat missed two free throws sitting on 5 points... Read More...
Cougars Sneak Out 2 From Riverview
By Chris Oswalt on Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
In two very tightly contested basketball games Crestview and Riverview showed their fans that this season is going to be fun. The evening got started with a thrilling 39-37 Crestview victory. Ben Bentz scored 15 pts, but none were more important than the last basket with 13 seconds remaining off an inbounds pass from Hunter Hollowell... Read More...
Huntington disposes of Warriors
By Lamont Neal on Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
The Huntington University Foresters (9-3) got back on track Tuesday night with an 80-64 win over the Warriors of Rochester College (9-4). Huntington led 46-29 at half-time and then cruised to the victory over the Warriors.
Huntington’s Caleb Kennedy topped all scorers in the game with 19 points... Read More...
Riverview Athletics Review Wk of 11/28
By Mark Dubois on Monday, December 5th, 2011
On Tuesday, November 29 the boys basketball teams hosted the Lakeview Tigers from Warsaw. The 7th grade team won 55-34. Carson Wright led the Raiders with 22 points, followed by Jared Coolman with 12. The 7th grade season record is 3-0. The 8th grade team lost 44-48. Isaac Smith was top scorer with 21 points... Read More...
CMS Travels To Tippy Valley Tourney
By Chris Oswalt on Monday, December 5th, 2011
Crestview 7th and 8th grade Boys Basketball teams traveled to Tippy Valley for a tournament on Saturday morning. The 7th grade cougars brought home a Runner-up 2nd place for the day. In the 1st game CMS had little problems with Wabash defeating them 67-15. Spencer Kryder led the way with 12 pts... Read More...
Vikings fall to Tigers
By Lamont Neal on Monday, December 5th, 2011
The Vikings travelled to Warsaw Saturday night and ran into a very good Tiger team. The Vikings were coming off an impressive win on Friday night against Southwood while Warsaw had dropped their opener in a close one on Friday night against Homestead. The Vikings were led by Noah Reed's 17 points but it was not enough as the Vikings fell to the Tigers 69-45... Read More...
Foresters fall to Lancers
By Lamont Neal on Sunday, December 4th, 2011
As would be expected from two top twenty teams, it was a battle from start to finish that favored 20th-ranked Grace College (8-3, 2-1) over the No. 10 Foresters 58-50 on Saturday afternoon at the Orthopaedic Capital Center.
The Lancers outscored the Foresters 13-2 to open the contest but Pazia Speed made sure HU didn’t throw in the towel early as she knocked down three triples on the way to an 18-0 run that gave the Foresters a 20-13 lead at the midway point of the half... Read More...
Lady Eagles Win Holiday Classic
By Lamont Neal on Sunday, December 4th, 2011
The Huntington Lady Eagles traveled to Indianapolis to participate in the annual Holiday Classic held by the ICBA (Indiana Christian Basketball Alliance). The Eagles knocked off two nationally ranked teams to win the tournament. The Lady Eagles are currently ranked 16th nationally in the National Homeschool Rankings... Read More...
Foresters Come Up Short
By Lamont Neal on Sunday, December 4th, 2011
In a well-played game that came down to the wire, it was the 4th-ranked Lancers of Grace College who came away with the 77-75 MCC road win against the HU men’s basketball team on Saturday afternoon.
While it would have been easy for Coach Platt’s youthful squad to back down to one of the top-ranked teams in the nation, the Foresters rose to the occassion to match the Lancers in nearly every statistical category... Read More...
Lady Vikings Fight Hard
By Valerie Stout on Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
Lady Vikings, 0-4, hit the floor Friday night, in a close conference game against the Marion Giants, 2-5. The Vikes hit the court, playing like a team, and fighting hard.
Giants received the tip off, but failed to connect. Huntington rebounded, passing to Taylor Pursifull who was fouled in her first shot, she knocked down both free throws giving the Vikings a 2-0... Read More...
Vikings roll over Knights
By Lamont Neal on Friday, December 2nd, 2011
The Vikings travelled down to South Wood to take on the Nights on Friday night. The Nights play a aggressive 2-3 zone and try to pressure the ball. The Vikings handled the pressure well and made the Nights pay by continually attacking the rim and when the Nights collapsed the defense the Vikings would kick the ball out for the three... Read More...
Foresters fall to scrappy Knight squad
By Lamont Neal on Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Postponed a day because of a power outage from the season’s first snow, the 10th-ranked HU women’s basketball team fell to a scrappy Marian University squad 64-57 Thursday night at the Merillat Complex. With this loss, the Foresters drop to 4-3, 1-1 in league play.
The Knights’ aggressive and physical style of play seemed to wear down the Foresters and nowhere was it more obvious than the charity stripe... Read More...
