Pilot News Sports Year in Review Area Highlights, Milestones and Achievements from the 2014-2015 Year. Photo IDs, from left, row by row; TOP: Culver Community s Triston Rodriguez, right, fights the hands of Culver MilitaryAcadmy wrestler Myles Krintz during the 138-pound championship at the Plymouth Wrestling Sectional; Oregon-Davis girls basketball coach Terry Minix hugs daughter and player Lexi after the Lady Cats win a sectional championship; MIDDLE: Bremen s Micaela Box looks for an opening during Westview Sectional play; LaVille s Danielle Romano clears a hurdle during a preliminary heat at the Northern State Conference Track and Field Tournament; Plymouth s Randi Dunn chips up onto a green during Warsaw Sectional play; BOTTOM: Glenn s Zach Combes runs for a touchdown during a home game with North Judson; Triton students cheer during a boys basketball sectional semifinal game at the Trojan Trench.
Page 2 Pilot News Sports in Review July 6, 2015 With the 2014-15 school year now long gone, this online special edition offers a look back at some of the most significant high school sports stories of the year. From championships to school records, here is a pictorial review of some of the highlights broken down by season. We hope you enjoy it. 2014 fall season Binkley breaks Argos soccer career scoring record Triton wins Culver Volleyball Sectional Damon Binkley receives his record-setting game ball from Argos Athletic Director Jon Alcorn. Binkley set a career record of 130 goals for the Dragons. Lady Dragons 4-peat at soccer sectional Triton s volleyball team poses for a team pic after winning the Class A Culver Community Volleyball Sectional back in October. The Lady Trojans advanced through LaCrosse and South Central before downing Oregon-Davis in three games in the sectional final. The sectional title represented the program s sixth all time and first since 2002. Bremen football repeats at sectional Argos Courtney Dunlap dribbles in traffic during a game with LaVille. The Lady Dragons earned their fourth straight sectional championship with a 3-0 shutout of Bremen last October. Rockies win NLC, run regular season table Bremen s football team celebrates after claiming a repeat sectional championship on the road at Woodlan on Nov. 7. It was the Lions fourth sectional title in the past five seasons under head coach Bob Holmes. Dragons win 4th straight regional Pilgrims win 18th straight sectional Plymouth quarterback Jack Barron fades back to throw a pass during a home game. The Rockies ran the Northern Lakes Conference table during an undefeated regular season. Argos players celebrate on the pitch after a goal. The Dragons won their fourth consecutive regional championship with a 4-1 win over Greentown on Oct. 18. John Hunter returns a ball during No. 1 singles play last fall. Plymouth s boys tennis team won its 18th straight sectional championship with a 5-0 victory over host Bremen back on Oct. 4.
Page 3 Pilot News Sports in Review July 6, 2015 2014-15 winter season OD repeats at regional Lancers set single-season win mark, win sectional, Bi-County championships Oregon-Davis Lexi Minix, left, and Taylor Kranenburg, right, hold up their regional championship hardware at Caston back on Feb. 21. The Lady Cats beat Fort Wayne Blackhawk and Kouts to earn a repeat regional title. Berger sets LaVille scoring record LaVille s boys basketball squad listens to head coach Michael Edison s instruction during a break in the action of the Lancers regional championship game with Hammond Noll on March 14. LaVille set a single-season program record for wins with 21, including a sectional championship and the program s first Bi-County Tournament title since 1969. Columbia sets Glenn 3-point records Stevens breaks 1,000-point mark LaVille s Blake Berger listens to head coach Michael Edison during the North Judson Regional championship. Berger finished his high school career with a programrecord 1,471 points. Lady Falcons win Bi-County John Glenn s Kyler Columbia handles the ball during a game with Culver Community. Columbia finished her career with the Lady Falcons with a program-high 205 3-pointers. She also set single-season (74) and single-game (9) 3-point shooting records for Glenn. Trojans, Falcons split NSC Plymouth s Hunter Stevens dribbles in from the wing during a game at The Rock. Stevens set a career scoring record for the Lady Pilgrims with 1,032 points. She is the only female Plymouth player to break the 1,000-point barrier. John Glenn s girls basketball team celebrates a Bi-County Tournament semifinal victory over tourney favorite OD on Jan. 22. The Lady Falcons went on to win the tourney with a 48-37 victory over conference rival Culver Community. At left, Triton s Joey Corder goes up for a layup. At right, John Glenn s Jacob Strong does the same. The Trojans and the Falcons shared the final Northern State Conference crown with 6-1 league records.
Page 4 Pilot News Sports in Review July 6, 2015 2014-15 winter season (cont.) OD boys win sectional championship Lady Cavs win NSC With their recently-won sectional championship trophy in hand, the Oregon-Davis boys basketball team celebrates its 38-34 sectional title win over host Triton on March 7. Dodson, 2 other area wrestlers make state Culver Community s Donna Zehner drives the lane during a game with John Glenn. The Lady Cavaliers went unbeaten in Northern State Conference play to win the fnal NSC championship outright. Quissell earns repeat state berth Adam Dodson, left, faces Ethan Briggeman of Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter in the opening round of the IHSAA State Wrestling Finals Feb. 20. LaVille s Ben Norton and Culver Community s Triston Rodriguez also both made the cut to state, although all three lost their opening matches. Ralston sets sectional swim record Plymouth gymnast Cassi Quissell competes in the Floor Exercise at the IHSAA s state gymnastics finals on March 22. It was Quissell s second straight trip to the state meet, and she finished 18th in the All-Around competition. CGA swim team wins sectional CMA s Grant Ralston holds up his championship ribbon at the Warsaw Boys Swim Sectional. Ralston won two championships and set a new 50 freestyle record of 21.54. STARKE County Hamlet, Indiana Culver Girls Academy s swim team shows off its new-found sectional championship hardware after winning the Warsaw Girls Swim Sectional on Feb. 7. The Lady Eagles racked up 357 points to take home the program s third-ever sectional crown. Serving area farmers since 1928 Hamlet Phone 574-867-2411 Hamlet LP - Petroleum 574-867-2315 Brems Branch Phone - Knox 574-772-4590 Petroleum Products LP Gas For Home Heat GRAIN - FERTILIZER
2015 spring season Page 5 Pilot News Sports in Review July 6, 2015 Trojans win Class A baseball championship Lions win Class 2A sectional title Triton poses for a team photo following the Trojans 2-1 sectional championship victory over host South Central in Union Mills. It was just the program s fourth ever sectional title. Lady Trojans 3-peat at sectional Bremen s baseball team shows off its championship trophy after topping host Westview 7-4 for a Class 2A sectional title. Lady Lions take softball regional Triton s softball team holds up its sectional championship trophy after winning their school its third straight such title with a narrow 7-6 victory over Bethany Christian on the Lady Trojans home field. Plymouth clinches girls tennis regional Bremen s softball team celebrates on the field after beating Eastside 4-0 for a Class 2A regional championship. A week earlier, the Lady Lions earned their third straight sectional title versus Westview. The regional championship was only the program s third ever. Padillas qualify for state doubles finals Plymouth s Lanae Singleton smiles after finishing up her 2 singles match at the CGA Regional May 27. Singleton s three-set win clinched her team its first regional championship since 2006. Pilgrims qualify for golf regional CGA s Regina and Amanda Padilla talk between points at the Culver Academies Team Regional last spring. The cousins went on to earn a LaPorte Doubles Regional championship with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Concord s Holyn Eldridge and Amanda Meserve on June 6. Trojans win final NSC Tournament Plymouth s boys golf team is all smiles after earning a regional berth with a secondplace Warsaw Sectional score of 305. It was the first regional berth of head coach Ben Waymouth s nine-year tenure. Triton s boys golf team displays some conference hardware after winning the final Northern State Conference Tournament with a 333 score at Mystic Hills on May 23.
Page 6 Pilot News Sports in Review July 6, 2015 2015 spring season (cont.) Fosler wins regional high jump championship Plymouth s Kaydon Fosler high jumps at the IHSAA Girls Track and Field State Finals. Fosler cleard a personal-best 5 feet, 6 inches to win the high jump competition at the Warsaw Regional May 26. Beeson wins regional vault title Bremen s Beau Beeson competes at the IHSAA State Track and Field Finals in Bloomington. Beeson cleared 14 feet, 1 inch to win the South Bend St. Joseph Regional pole vaulting championship. Triton, Bremen girls tennis share last NSC crown Plymouth girls track wins repeat sectional Plymouth s Allie Wright finishes up the 1600 relay during a home meet early last spring. Wright helped lead the Lady Pilgrims to a repeat Rochester Sectional title on May 14. Triton, above, and Bremen, below, split the final Northern State Conference girls tennis title. Triton won the team tournament on May 16, while the Lady Lions went undefeated through round robin play. The result was a tie in the final NSC standings and a co-conference championship. Lions repeat at final NSC Tournament Bremen s Sam Lacher gets set for the 400-meter dash at the Northern State Conference Tournament May 13. Lacher won four championships a second straight year, and the Lions won a repeat team ttile.