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Versailles Republican Sports
February 2, 2006

Weekend split for Eagles varsity

Gary Franklin - Sports Writer

The Jac-Cen-Del Eagle boys' team split this past weekend, taking the win over the Oldenburg Academy Twisters by 21 on Friday night, then losing by 3 to the South Dearborn Knights on Saturday, January 28.
THE OLDENBURG GAME:

JCDHS was the site for the January 27 game, the mere 4 point advantage the Eagles were able to muster by the end of their first period was no true read on a game that found them firmly in control by twenty by the end of the third quarter, leading to an Eagle victory at 63-42.

Leading the Eagle scoring for the game was Brandon Gehl with 22, Adam Vollmer added 11, followed by Tucker Brown with 8. Three Eagles managed 6 points for the game, Kyle Horan, Andrew Wagner, and Justin Huff, and Thomas Winnington scored a pair of FG's for 4. The Eagles managed 9 steals in the game, 3 by Vollmer, 2 by Horan, and 1 each by Huff, Daniel Leonetti, Tyler Bradshaw, and Blake Billman. Coty Horn rounded out the Eagle roster.

Oldenburg scoring came from Jason Eckstein with 13, T. J. Berry 9, Pierce Ebinger 7, Brian Stenger 6, Andy Eckstein 5, and 2 by Benjamin Newton. Rounding out the Twister roster were R. J. Raab, James Bruns, Mike Johnston, and Eric Galente.

Final score, Jac-Cen-Del 63-42 Oldenburg Academy.
SOUTH DEARBORN GAME:

The Saturday JCD Eagle boys' match found their bus traveling to South Dearborn to contest the Knights, where they fell 57-54.

Observing the Coach Bradshaw Eagles' ever changing rotation of whom scoring will erupt from on any given night keeps them ever in the contest and ever able to throw a different look at their competition.

This particular game found the Eagles trailing by 3 at the first period's end 16-13, down 33-24 at the half, matching point for point in the third and able to eat into the Knight lead 14-8 in the fourth, falling short by 3, 57-54 at game's end.

First quarter scoring for the Eagles came from a pair of FG's each from Brown and Gehl, a 3 by Huff, and a FG from Vollmer. Knights Cody Johnson scored 2-3's & a FG, Garrett Rollins 3 FG's and Robbie Tiettmeyer a FG.

Second quarter points came from Eagles Brown with 3 FG's, 2 Huff FT's, and a FG & FT by Horan. SD scoring came from 4 Tiettmeyer FG's, a 3 & 2 FT's from Sam Schmeltzer, and a FG each by Johnson and Rocky Legge.

Third quarter points for JCD came from 3 FG's & a FT by Gehl, 2 FG's by Brown, a FG & FT from Horan, and 2 made FT shots by Tyler Bradshaw. Knight scoring in the third came at the hands of 2-3's by Schmeltzer, a 3, a FG, & a FT by Johnson, with a FG each by Adam Wheat and Tiettmeyer.

Final quarter scoring for the Eagles was by Brown with 2 FG's, Huff with a 3 & 3 FT's, a Gehl FG, and a pair of FT's from Vollmer. The Knight fourth found scoring from Legge connecting on 3 FT's, 2 FT's by Johnson and a 3 from Schmeltzer. The final score Knights 57-54 over Eagles.

GARY FRANKLIN PHOTO

Jac-Cen-Del Eagle seniors Tyler Bradshaw and Blake Billman #42, are ever ready to come in off the bench and do battle for the team.

Lady Indians unsettle the Hilltoppers

Gary Franklin - Sports Writer

The Milan Lady Indians set up camp at Madison Shawe High School, there to battle to the victory at 54-50 on Thursday, January 26.

First quarter action found the team's pace, neck and neck, with the Lady Indians squeezing out a one point lead at 10-9 by quarter's end. The second quarter verified an Indian move, advancing their margin to 8. In the third quarter, the Lady Indians further distanced themselves from the Lady Hilltoppers to a 10 point margin. However the fourth proved their advantage was needed as the Lady Hilltoppers outscored the Lady Indians 23 to 17. The final score, Lady Indians 54-50 Lady Hilltoppers, setting the Lady Indian overall season record at 7-12 and 1-5 in the ORVC.

In the first for the Lady Indians, Kelly Stutler scored a FG, Kady Alloway a 3 & a FG, and Megan Lade added 3 pointer. Lady Hilltopper scoring was a FG each by Ebony Inskeep and Liz Kelly, a FT by Alyssa Richard, and a pair of FG's from Alyssa Hall.

Sole second quarter scoring for Shawe developed from a FG & 3 by Hall, whereas Lady Indian scoring came from 2 FG's each by Stutler and K. Alloway, a FG & FT by Lacee Alloway, and a FT from Cassie Billingsley.

Lady Indian Billingsley added a FT in the third, Megan Lade scored 2 FG's, K. Alloway drilled a 3, and L. Alloway netted 3 FG's & a FT. The Lady Hilltoppers Inskeep scored a FG, a FT by Kelly, a FG & FT by Richard, a pair of 3's from Maria Berry, and Hall added 2 FG's, a 3, & 4 FT's.

The final scoring by the Lady Hilltoppers came from a FT by Kelly, a FG & a FT by Richard, an Inskeep FG, a pair of 3's from M. Berry, and Hall scoring 2 FG's, a 3, & 4 FT's. Lady Indian fourth quarter scorers were K. Alloway with 2 FT's, L. Alloway a FG, & 3 FT's, and 4 FG's & 2 FT's by Lade.

Scoring 26, Hall was high scorer in the game for the Lady Hilltoppers, and with 17 Lade was high scorer for the Lady Indians.

Non-scoring Lady Indians members were Kaity Barton, Emily Schmaltz, Abby Bergman, Kristine Cunningham, Rebecca Haugh, Amanda Walter, and Denise Lawhorn. Non-scoring members for the Shawe Lady Hilltoppers were Sarah Berry, Katie Mingione, Alex Lauderbaugh, Kathryn Gray, Brittany Armstrong, and Patrishia Lustig.