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Results from Maconaquah for Wednesday, December 6th
Boys Varsity Swimming beats Tippecanoe Valley 109 – 67
The boys got another win last night against Tippy Valley. Tippy has 4 excellent swimmers. 3 of them have gone to state the previous two years. It was great for our kids to see them swim. Our boys looked tired after the effort on Monday. They still swam well but didn’t have a lot of best times. Janis continues to improve every day. I put him in the 100 Backstroke for the first time and he did great. He also dropped 1.5 in the 50 back. Isaiah Moore is getting stronger and improving his endurance. He dropped .3 in 50 Free and 3 sec in 100 Free. Jarrod Nead dropped 3.5 in 50 Breast. Luke Abbott had a great swim in the 100 Fly dropping 4.5 sec. P.J. Higgins dropped 2 sec in 100 Fly. Cole Nye dropped 3.5 in 200 IM. Camron Metcalf continues to impress on th diving board. He learned how to do a reverse 1 1/2 on Tuesday and did it last night. He increased his score by 1.8 points. Colton Beebe dropped .2 in the 50 Free and swam the 500 for the first time. He may have a new favorite event! Sam Cardwell improves every day. He dropped .8 in 50 Fly and .1 in 50 Free. Zach Duke dropped 1.3 in 100 Back. Joel Loshnowsky swam the 200 IM for the first time and Aiden Ousley swam the 100 Butterfly for the first time. The Golden Goggle Award goes to Drake Samuel. Drake dropped 11.4 sec in the 500 free and was right at his best in the 200 free. He is going to break 6 minutes in the 500 pretty soon. The boys have two more meets before christmas break.
Girls Varsity Swimming beats Tippecanoe Valley 131 – 45
The girls have had a great week of competition. On Wednesday night they swam against the Vikings from Tippy Valley. The 200 medley relay earned the girls 1st (Loshnowsky, Duke, Collins, Laber)and 2nd (Abby Jordan, Winegardner, Schoettmer, and Rodkey) to get things started! Chloe Jordan placed 1st in the 200 free with Burnett placing 3rd. Winegardner and Collins placed 1,2 in the IM. Zoie Laber came in 1st with Abby Jordan coming in 2nd in the 50 free. Rodkey, McClain, and Shively placed 1,2,3 in diving. In the 100 butterfly, Lucy Loshnowsky and Abby Jordan placed 1 and 2. The 100 free was powerful with Zoie Laber, Shay Schoettmer (PR), and Dalaney Duke coming in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Chloe Jordan had a season best time in the 500 coming in 1st followed by Marissa Burnett in 3rd and Viala Seymoure in 5th. The 200 free relay team of Rodkey, Winegardner, Duke, and Chloe Jordan came in 1st. Lucy Loshnowsky and Kendal Collins placed 1 and 2 in the 100 backstroke. Delaney Duke, Laci Winegardner, and Shay Schoettmer looked strong in the 100 breaststroke and placed 1,2,3. To finish the night, the relay teams of Laber, Loshnowsky, Abby Jordan, & Chloe Jordan’s placed 1st and Schoettmer, Gallango, Burnett, & Collins in 2nd.
The Golden Goggle went to Shay Schoettmer. Shay has really been working hard in all strokes and it really showed in this meet! She had a PR in the 100 free and really improved her breaststroke time for the season.
Boys 7th Grade Basketball beats Northfield 41 – 24
The Braves overcame a slow start and a one point deficit after the first quarter to beat Northfield 41-24.
The boys were able to use a strong press to get some turnovers and baskets. They also made strong passing, found the open players, and had great rebounds.
Leading the Braves in scoring was Levi Merritt with 17 points. Also scoring for the Braves were Jaxon Cole with 7 points, Brayden Stamper with 6 points, Evan Zeiser with 5 points, Colt Myers with 4 points, and Caleb Barnett with 2 points.
The Braves improve to 4-2 on the season and will travel to Western on Monday, December 11 to take on the Panthers. Game starts at 6pm. Hope you see Brave fans there!
Boys 8th Grade Suffers Another Close Defeat
We played in a similar fashion as that of the Peru game where we fell just out of reach to writting a miraculous come from behind one of a kind grand ole story. We are a resilient team and the only way to find out if you are is to play in games such as this. It is just a hard pill to have to swallow specially multiple times this early and often. The boys should be commended for their spirit and determination for much of the game. When we are firing on all cyclindars, teams take notice. We just need to have four complete quarters which I believe will come this season. We will continue to grind away working on being more effective rebounders and opportunistic offensive hunters. Jack Gochenour led all scores with 20 while Jude Callane had an emergent night with 9, which means his best is yet to come. Brody Kubly had another inspiring night with 6. Please keep our brother CJ in your thoughts and prayers as he heals from a wrist injury that occured towards the end of the game tonight. Our next contest is Monday @ Western.
Girls Varsity Basketball beats Tri-Central Jr-Sr 63 – 24
On her 18th birthday, Miranda Stoll lead the Lady Braves with 18 points in a 63-24 win over Tri-Central. The Lady Braves started out hot with hitting 5 three point shots in the first quarter. Stoll had 3 and Addie Maiben had 2 of the 5 3FG’s. The Lady Braves took a 23-4 lead after the first quarter.
The hot shooting continued in the 2nd quarter with Bailey Carson hitting another 3 point shot and getting scoring from 5 different players.
In the 2nd half, the Lady Braves rotated diffent players and continued where they started the game, outscoring Tri-Central 10 – 8 and in the 4th quarter 16- -3.
The Lady Braves had 9 different players score tonight. Also scoring were Sydney Barnes with 8 points, Ireland Kile 7 points, Bailey Carson – 5 points and Chloe Smyth, Shaelyn Powell and Delaney Betzner all had 4 points. Averie Maiben had 3 points.
Hallie Maiben did an outstanding job running the team tonight from the point guard position and Aubrey Kaiser really locked in on defense and held Tri-Central’s best player to just 6 points for the night.
The Lady Braves are back in action next Tuesday, December 12 when they host #8 (2A) Carroll in a varsity only contest. Tipoff is set for 6:00 pm.
