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1 Wildcat Nation, WOW! What a week to be a Wildcat!! We have a lot of great news from the world of athletes! Here we go, the Lawrence North athletics weekly update for the week of February 11, 2019: Lawrence North Athletics Community Partner of the Week: CULVER S on 96 th Street Stop by Culver s at 7105 E. 96 th Street (Near Sam s Club/Menards) for their famous butterbugers, cheese curds, and custard! Check out their complete menu right here:

LN Student-Athletes of the Week LN Girls Basketball Team and Tony Perkins, Basketball In the span of 5 days last week, the LN girls basketball team won the IHSAA

This team has also produced an average GPA of 3.7 in the classroom. Outstanding young ladies on and off the court!

2 LN Student-Athletes of the Week LN Girls Basketball Team and Tony Perkins, Basketball In the span of 5 days last week, the LN girls basketball team won the IHSAA Sectional and Regional Championships! Key contributions were made by everyone in order to take home these titles and Get that Bread! This team has also produced an average GPA of 3.7 in the classroom. Outstanding young ladies on and off the court! Perkins, a junior, had a fantastic game in the win over Ben Davis. An honor roll student, Tony put up 20 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, and made the game winning shot at the buzzer to knock off the Giants, Great job, Wildcats! Cheerleading:

The Cats hosted a cheer clinic for elementary Future Wildcats and supported the girls basketball team as they won the Regional championship at Decatur Central.

3 The LN cheerleaders had a very busy and successful week! The team traveled to Ben Davis to cheer on the boys to victory over Ben Davis on Friday night, then split the squad on Saturday. The Cats hosted a cheer clinic for elementary Future Wildcats and supported the girls basketball team as they won the Regional championship at Decatur Central. Additionally, we had all six seniors submit their applications for the IASP Academic All-State cheerleading team. Seniors Kennedy Barlow, Madison Ivory, Nia Jameson, Terrianna Lyles, Eryn Johnson, and Destiny Williams have an average GPA of 3.96! We are very proud of them. Great job, ladies! Pictures by Mr. Penrose and Coach Sahagun. Boys Basketball

4 The Cats had an opportunity to see Coach Keefer get recognized by the Indiana Pacers on Thursday before the BD game. Coach was recognized alongside two other Hall of Fame coaches, JR Holmes and Donna Cheatham. A framed Hickory uniform was presented at halftime honoring their long and successful careers in Indiana high school basketball. The team had a great time, and the Pacers beat the L.A. Clippers to cap off a fantastic evening. The next night, the Wildcats (12-6, 3-3 MIC) defeated Ben Davis on a last second put back bucket by Tony Perkins, knocking off the Giants on a last second buzzer beater for the second year in a row! Perkins had a fantastic game with 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists. The Wildcats will travel to MIC rival Pike (13-7, 3-2 MIC) on Friday night and then will host Ft. Wayne South (9-6) on Saturday afternoon, with the JV starting at 4:00pm and the varsity to follow around 5:45pm. Pictures by Mr. Penrose, Jan Keefer, and Gary Christie.

6 Girls Basketball: Wow, what a week for LNGBB! The Wildcats (21-6) won not one IHSAA tournament, but two IHSAA tournaments! On Monday, the team knocked off Heritage Christian to capture the Sectional title. On Saturday, the team beat Mooresville in game one, and then took down MIC rival Ben Davis to take the Regional championship! Now in the Final Four, they are headed to the Jeffersonville Semi- State to take on the Castle Knights (23-4), with a berth to the IHSAA State championship game at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on the line! Members of the team include Kalyn Ervin, Maddie Howe, Montasia McAllister, Kaitlin Fasbender, Aniyjha Graves, Atiana Smith, Lauren Gunn, Jayla Smith, Kristian Young, Shamaria Walker, Katie Davidson, Justis Odom, and Aerial Miller. The game is set for a 3:15pm tipoff. Pictures by Mr. Penrose and Alanna Ampil. LN STUDENT FAN BUS INFORMATION Sign-ups are going on now for the LN student fan bus to Jeffersonville on Saturday. Cost is $15 and includes a pizza lunch at LN, bus ride to and from Jeffersonville, and game ticket. Students must sign up before Friday at 2:00pm, with money due when you sign up. 11:40am 12:10pm Lunch in the LN Café 12:20pm Bus Departs for Jeffersonville 2:30pm Arrive in Jeffersonville 3:15pm Game Time! LN (21-6) vs Castle (23-4) 5:30pm Depart Jeffersonville 7:45pm Arrive back at LN

Swimming & Diving: Brooke Atkins swam at the IHSAA State Championships this weekend, competing in the 100 yard backstroke. On Friday night, she set a new LN school record with a time of :56.

Great job, Brooke, and best wishes as you continue your academic and swimming career at Xavier University!

9 Swimming & Diving: Brooke Atkins swam at the IHSAA State Championships this weekend, competing in the 100 yard backstroke. On Friday night, she set a new LN school record with a time of :56.42 to qualify for Saturday, where she moved up two places from her preliminary swim to finish 11 th in the state! Great job, Brooke, and best wishes as you continue your academic and swimming career at Xavier University! The boys swimming & diving team will host the IHSAA Sectional on Thursday and Saturday this week. The Wildcats (8-0) look to win their 4 th Sectional title in school history this week, and hopefully accomplish what no other team has ever done at Lawrence North; win the Marion County title, Sectional title, and have an undefeated dual meet record in the same year! Good luck, boys! Go get that hardware!! Pictures by Mr. Penrose and Matt Vail.

Wrestling: Three wrestlers represented LN at the New Castle Semi-State on Saturday.

ticket round, just one step shy of a state finals trip.

controversial match in the ticket round, 7-6.

10 Wrestling: Three wrestlers represented LN at the New Castle Semi-State on Saturday. 106 pounder Logan Carrender won his first round match by pin but lost in the ticket round, just one step shy of a state finals trip. 113 pounder Anthony Hughes also won his first round match by pin but lost a controversial match in the ticket round, pound senior Deacon Pettiford had a great season, finishing his year in the first round. Great job, wrestlers! Pictures by Mr. Penrose and Coach Stewart.

College Signing Celebration Fifteen student-athletes have made their college choice over the last few weeks, and we celebrated on Wednesday morning.

11 College Signing Celebration Fifteen student-athletes have made their college choice over the last few weeks, and we celebrated on Wednesday morning. Including the 5 others we recognized earlier this year, these 20 student-athletes have an average GPA of These young men and women have also served others through various community-service projects. Great athletes, great students, great people. The Wildcat Way: "Achieving Excellence - Building Character - Serving Others." Pictures by Mr. Crousore and Dr. Nesbit. Harold Jones, Ball State, Football Derin McCulley, Ball State, Football Cole Sherman, Hanover, Baseball Maalik Houston, Northwood, Baseball Caleb Vaughn, University of Indianapolis, Baseball Sarah Greer, Loyola-Chicago, XC/Track Will Spear, University of Indianapolis, Baseball Ryli John, Marian, Soccer Connor Benson, Butler, Football Kednal Alexis, University of Indianapolis, Football Deon Pettiford, Indiana State, Football Erik Wilhelm, University of Indianapolis, Soccer Will Shepler, Wabash College, Track & Field Jacob Penrose, Wabash College, Swimming

Lawrence Township has teamed up with Adidas and Team Pride Athletics to provide our athletes

12 Official LN Online Store Featuring Adidas Merchandise Get your officially licensed LN Wildcats gear at the LN Sideline Store! Lawrence Township has teamed up with Adidas and Team Pride Athletics to provide our athletes and fans officially licensed Lawrence North apparel. Check out the official online store right here or on our website:

13 Spring Sports Tryout Information It may be cold outside, but spring sports will heat up soon! If you are interested in trying out for a spring sport, please contact the coach for details. Teams are currently conducting pre-season workouts. First official tryout dates and contact information is listed below. As always, an IHSAA physical must be submitted to the athletic office prior to any workout, open gym, practice or competition. Online Emergency Medical Forms must also be completed. Go to for more information. Boys Sports: Baseball: Head Coach Richard Winzenread richardwinzenread@msdlt.k12.in.us March 11 Golf: Head Coach Tom Ferry thomasferry@msdlt.k12.in.us March 11 Track & Field: Head Coach Patrick Mallory patmallory@msdlt.k12.in.us February 11 Girls Sports: Softball: Head Coach Matt Marino MatthewMarino@proassurance.com March 4 Tennis: Assistant Coach Brad Cangany johncangany@msdlt.k12.in.us March 11 Track & Field: Head Coach Hillary Church hillarychurch@msdlt.k12.in.us February 11

14 You can find up-to-date scheduling information for all sports at GO CATS!! Mike Penrose, CAA Athletic Director Lawrence North High School 7802 Hague Road Indianapolis, IN (317) office (317) fax Achieving Excellence~Building Character~Serving Others For more info on LN athletics: LN Wildcats: MIC Conference: Twitter: Facebook: Lawrence North Athletics

Lawrence North Athletics Community Partner of the Week:

Lawrence North Athletics Community Partner of the Week: Wildcat Nation, If you thought last week was good, this past weekend just put it to shame! Our student-athletes did an AMAZING job! We are so incredibly proud of them! Let s get to it, the Lawrence North