Outside The County-Oak Hill
Results from Oak Hill for Saturday, January 7th
The Lady Eagles battled #1 ranked Blackford and held them to their lowest scoring game of the season. The teams went into halftime tied at 19 before the Bruins won the game 42-36.
Liz Godfrey scored 10 points and also had 3 steals and 3 assists. Jennessa Shields was second in scoring with 8 points.
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Oak Hill went 3-0 to win the Peru Triple Duals on Saturday, January 7, 2023.
Oak Hill won lop-sided victories against Bishop Chatard’s JV and Rossville in the first two rounds. The third round was an exciting match against Peru. Oak Hill led throughout the match, but Peru narrowed the margin to a score of 36-35 going into the final bout. Oak Hill’s Devon Adkins won that final bout by pinning his opponent, sealing the team’s 42-35 win and first place finish. Emilio Liscano, Austin Lawrence, Will Warnock, Evan Miller, Thane Jones, Silas Jones, and Colin Tarlton also had wins in the match against Peru.
Final Team Standings:
- Oak Hill 3-0
- Peru 2-1
- Rossville 1-2
- Bishop Chatard JV 0-3
Note: The scores of all matches are included in the attached information.
Oak Hill’s wrestlers finished with the following records:
106 – Mauricio Perez 2-1
113 – Colin Tarlton 3-0
120 – Jordan Denham 2-1
126 – no wrestler
132 – Devon Adkins 2-1
138 – Tyson Kendall 2-1
145 – Emilio Liscano 3-0
152 – Austin Lawrence 3-0
160 – Will Warnock 3-0
170 – Evan Miller 2-1
182 – Charles Curtis 2-1
195 – Thane Jones 3-0
220 – Silas Jones 3-0
285 – Wyatt Strange 2-1
Oak Hill will wrestle at home against Norwell on Wednesday, January 11, 2023.
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The girls team won by 14.5 points. That is the difference of only 1 extra swimmer or diver placing 10th in 1 event. 14.5 points would have been a close dual meet let alone a huge invite consisting of 18 teams.
Our dive squad, consisting of Abby Sneed, Cora Saylor, Lauren Bisdorf, and Wrigley Boswell set the stage Friday night for Oak Hill to win this invite. With our biggest competitors without divers, Friday night accelerated us to the lead!
This is the girls 2nd year in a row winning the Jay County Invite!
Top 16 Places Include:
Medley Relay
7th Kelli Moore, Emma Bledsoe, Audra Berens, Janey Van Dyke
12th Jaycie Pearce, Reece Wagner, Kenae Drollinger, Lauren Rex
200 Freestyle
6th (tied) Jaycie Pearce
10th Whitney York
12 Isabel Snyder
14th Eily Hawk
200 IM
4th Emma Bledsoe
10th Kenae Drollinger
15th Audra Berens
50 Freestyle
6th Janey Van Dyke
11th Lauren Rex
Diving
1st Abby Sneed
4th Cora Saylor
6th Lauren Bisdorf
7th Wrigley Boswell
100 Butterfly
13th Kenae Drollinger
100 Freestyle
6th Kelli Moore
11th Lauren Rex
15th Reece Wagner
500 Freestyle
6th Whitney York
9th Isabel Snyder
14th Eily Hawk
200 Freestyle Relay
6th Emma Bledsoe, Kelli Moore, Kenae Drollinger, Janey Van Dyke
11th Riley Alfandre, Reece Wagner, Audra Berens, Lauren Rex
100 Backstroke
8th Kelli Moore
13th Jaycie Pearce
100 Breaststroke
1st Emma Bledsoe
14th Reece Wagner
16th Audra Berens
400 Freestyle Relay
8th Isley Hayes, Evie Holz, Jaycie Pearce, Audrey Rex
9th Eily Hawk, Isabel Snyder, Riley Alfandre, Whitney York
On paper, with the seed times, we were predicted to lose by 24 points. The girls team knew that going in and knew that this weekend was going to be a challenge. Things definitely went our way in a couple events but going into this meet with the right mind set carried this team to victory.
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January 6th, sophomore diver Grant Cates competed 11 dives at the Jay County Invite and surpassed Caiden Lakes 11 dive record by nearly 25 points! In 2018 Caiden Lake, Coached by Bobby Hart, won the state title in dive; mind you, in a sport with no class.
Last year, Cates competed at the state competition held at IUPUI. As a Freshman, he finished 5th. Cates this year has his sights on the title, however, there is at least 1 known competitor that could keep him from this tremendous goal and achievement! Cates has turned to international competition this summer and has been on the grind to improve his skills on the board and to give himself the opportunity and chance to win State this year and the 2 more years after this. As you can imagine, Cates goals do not stop there as the Olympic Trials are on the radar for this young athlete!
Cates, who was once coached by Bobby Hart as well, is now coached by one of Bobby’s divers and state qualifyer Chris Simmons (2011 Graduate from Oak Hill).
A Tradition of Excellence is not only found in the water but on the board as well here at Oak Hill and we look forward to seeing what these two are capable of!
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The boys faced over 14 teams, and this is the 2nd year in a row the boys team have won this invite.
Top 16 Places:
Medley Relay
2nd Wyatt Drollinger, Evan Bledsoe, Hayden Maynard, Ethan Leal
9th Owen Lynch, Gavin Hazelwood, Blake Waggle, Keegan Meyer
200 Freestyle
2nd Andrew Scalf
9th Gunnar Cornwell
10th Harrison Roesly
200 IM
4th Hayden Maynard
6th Evan Bledsoe
11th Blake Waggle
50 Freestyle
1st Ethan Leal
4th John Seybold
Diving
1st Grant Cates (School Record)
2nd Maddux Boswell
100 Butterfly
1st Wyatt Drollinger
9th Owen Lynch
14th Blake Waggle
100 Freestyle
2nd Ethan Leal
7th John Seybold
14th Kyler Gulley
15th Keegan Meyer
500 Freestyle
1st Andrew Scalf
7th Gunnar Cornwell
11th Harrison Roesly
15th Talon Morgan
200 Freestyle
2nd John Seybold, Hayden Maynard, Wyatt Drollinger, Ethan Leal
9th Evan Bledsoe, Gavin Hazelwood, Owen Lynch, Kyler Gulley
100 Backstroke
3rd Wyatt Drollinger
7th Hayden Maynard
100 Breaststroke
6th Evan Bledsoe
9th Gavin Hazelwood
10th Owen Lynch
400 Freestyle Relay
4th John Seybold, Andrew Scalf, Gunnar Cornwell, Harrison Roesly
6th Talon Morgan, Kyler Gulley, Blake Waggle, Keegan Meyer
The boys team currently has a record of 7-0 and look to increase that going into this next week against Kokomo.
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On a night when past legends of Oak Hill were honored, the Golden Eagles came out scorching hot to put on a show for those in attendance against the Comets two-three zone and hit a flurry of shots led by Landon Biegel! Biegel hit 4 threes int quarter one, 2 in quarter 2, 2, in quarter 3, and then gave way to the reserves in the 4th quarter. Before his night was over, though, Biegel excited the crowd with a couple of thunderous dunks to go along with his shooting! His teammates followed suit with Matthew Strange hitting a pair of threes, as well as one from Colin Middlesworth, Caleb Kroll, and Trenton Sweet. Leading 48-17 at the half, the Golden Eagles got the lead past 35 to a running clock early in the third quarter. That improves the record to an impressive 10-1! Scoring ended up like this for the Eagles: Biegel with 38, Kroll with 11, Strange with 10, Middlesworth with 7, Fagan with 4, Sweet with 3, and lamb with 2. The Eagles will travel to Southwood Tuesday to try and keep things rolling!
