Harold’s Commentary

Dave Sharpe

John Glenn football has a new head coach. The hiring of Dave Sharpe to replace coach Justin Bogunia, who resigned at the end of last season, was approved by the John Glenn school board earlier this week. Sharpe (the son of coaching legend Bill Sharpe), played his high school football career as an offensive lineman at Jimtown high school where he was a part of two state championships. After graduating from Purdue University, Sharpe returned to Jimtown where he was an assistant coach for eight years. Coach Sharpe has been a part of three state championship football teams as both a coach and a player. Congratulations and welcome to Dave Sharpe, the new head football coach of the John Glenn Falcons!

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Matt Hurford

Culver Community high school senior wrestler Matt Hurford completed his undefeated season with a state championship. Hurford (47-0) defeated Jonah Zorniger (27-5) of Avon 15-7 in the first round of the tournament, he then went on to defeat Katrell Moss (34-8) of Warren Central 7-2 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinal round, Matt defeated Brian Wagner (41-6) of New Palestine 3-0 to advance to the finals where he defeated Jake Masengale (40-3) of Perry Meridian 9-4. Matt’s state championship is the second for Culver wrestling in the last three years, joining 2011 graduate Jeremiah Harvey. He also joins an elite group of state champions in the Kankakee Valley: Chris Kasten (Winamac Wrestling ’04 and ’05), Shane Crawford (Winamac Track ’07), Oregon-Davis (Boys and Girls Basketball ’07), Jeremiah Harvey (Culver Wrestling ’11). Congratulations to Matt Hurford of Culver Community high school, this year’s 182lb state champion!

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The Oregon-Davis Lady Bobcats have won their second consecutive sectional championship and their sixth in the last seven years. After graduating one senior off of last year’s 21-5 team, expectations were high for the Lady Cats, and they did not disappoint! O-D rolled through their own sectional defeating Westville in the first game 83-18. They then went on to defeat Argos 75-42 before defeating Triton for the third time this season 76-38. Oregon-Davis (21-3) will be taking on Morgan Township (14-10) in the first game of the Caston regional this Saturday.

Jesse Averone

Ashley Campbell

Ashley Clark

Haley Collings

Lincy Jones

Taylor Kranenburg

Katie Marsh

Alicia McIntosh

Lexi Minix

Kendra Sauer

Zoe Seese

Riley Trott

Allen Renz (Mgr.)

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The West Central Lady Trojans have won their third straight sectional championship! After graduating five seniors from last year’s team, including their top three scorers, and playing under new head coach Brad Odom, very few believed the Trojans could pull off another championship run. The Lady Trojans believed and have won 8 of their last 9 games.

The Championship run began with a 37-17 win over Pioneer in the first round of the North White sectional. The Trojans then went on to defeat Tri-County 39-19 in the semifinals before defeating Caston in the championship game 40-29. West Central (14-9) will be taking on #1 ranked Fort Wayne Canterbury (21-3) in the second game of the Caston regional on Saturday.

Ashton Barkho

Sarah Becker

Sara Bernal

Gretchen Blackburn

Hannah Czarnecki

Lexi Foerg

Alivia Kruger

Samantha Lincoln

Mesha Masters

Kenzie Pfledderer

Mickayla Wenzel

Autumn Wireman

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Boys Scoring Leaders (Season): through 2/12/13 (10ppg)

Riley Charlesworth (LaCrosse): 19.9ppg (16 games)

Trent Elliott (Culver): 19.7ppg (18 games)

Zach Shidler (Winamac): 17.5ppg (17 games)

Bryce Guse (LaCrosse): 14.1ppg (15 games)

Blake Hurford (OD): 12.3ppg (16 games)

Dalton Bailey (NJSP): 12.2ppg (17 games)

Adam Clindaniel (SC): 11.8ppg (16 games)

Jake Strong (Glenn): 10.9ppg (18 games)

Dylan Short (Knox): 10.7ppg (17 games)

Drew McKay (WC): 10.3ppg (11 games)

Zach Johnston (OD): 10.1ppg (17 games)

Boys Individual Scoring (Career): Minimum 300 points

Zach Shidler-Winamac (Sr): 829

Riley Charlesworth (Sr)-LaCrosse: 806

Trent Elliott-Culver (Jr): 806

Colton Hill-Knox (Sr): 590

Collin Stevens-Culver (Sr): 576

Micah Budzinski-Culver (Sr): 498

Jake Strong-John Glenn (So): 420

Adam Clindaniel-South Central (Sr): 416

Dylan Short-Knox (Sr): 403

Sam Culver-LaCrosse (Sr): 374

Blake Hurford-Culver (So): 350

Bryce Guse-LaCrosse (Jr): 339

*As reported to etpearl.com

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Girls Scoring Leaders (Season): through 2/9/13 (10ppg)

Ashley Campbell (OD): 19.9ppg (24 games)

Stephanie Shorter (Winamac): 16.9ppg (15 games)

Kayla Shaffer (Culver): 16.1ppg (22 games)

Jordann Frasure (NJSP): 14.8ppg (21 games)

Jesse Averone (OD): 13.5ppg (24 games)

Jessica Schramm (Winamac): 13.5ppg (22 games)

Alisha McIntosh (OD): 12.7ppg (24 games)

Jill Rosenbaum (SC): 12.5ppg (20 games)

Haley Collings (OD): 12.3ppg (24 games)

Riley Popplewell (SC): 11.9ppg (20 games)

Kaitlin Zachary (Knox): 11.0ppg (22 games)

Gabbie Sievers (LaCrosse): 10.8ppg (22 games)

Kyler Columbia (Glenn): 10.6ppg (21 games)

Kayla Zimmerman (NJSP): 10.6ppg (20 games)

Loren Vukovits (Glenn): 10.3ppg (20 games)

Nikki Frasure (Knox): 10.1ppg (22 games)

Girls Scoring Leaders (Career): Minimum 300 points

Ashley Campbell-OD (Jr): 1,311

Jordann Frasure-NJSP (Sr): 989

Jesse Averone-OD (Jr): 960

Alisha McIntosh-OD (Jr): 794

Kayla Shaffer-Culver (Jr): 756

Jill Rosenbaum-South Central (Jr): 754

Stephanie Shorter-Winamac (Jr): 717

Jessica Schramm-Winamac (Sr): 664

Kaitlin Zachary-Knox (Sr): 553

Gabbie Sievers-LaCrosse (Sr): 490

Haley Collings-OD (Jr): 481

Taylor Guse-LaCrosse (Sr): 458

Kyler Columbia-Glenn (So): 451

Haley Frasure-NJSP (Sr): 450

Kayla Zimmerman-NJSP (Sr): 448

Tatum Schultz-Culver (So): 390

Katie Dreessen-Glenn (Sr): 386

Bethany Brogdon-Winamac (Jr): 341

Alivia Kruger-West Central (Jr): 337

Mickella Hardy-Culver (So): 325

Carah Ochs-Glenn (Sr): 319

Nikki Frasure-Knox (Sr): 304

Loren Vukovits-Glenn (So): 302

*As reported to etpearl.com

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Boys Basketball Coaching Leaders: (Through 1/29/13)

Dan Warkentien-South Central (16 years): 262-121 .684

Travis Hannah-John Glenn (13 years): 153-152 .502

Bryan Heimlich-West Central (9 years): 114-100 .533

Kyle Elliott-Culver (5 years): 50-51 .495

Kyle Johnson-Winamac (3 years): 31-26 .563

Phil Shabi-NJSP (2 years): 20-15 .571

Matt Crawford-OD (2 years): 6-30 .166

Scot Spoljaric-LaCrosse (2 years): 4-28 .125

Chris McGowen-Knox (1 year): 2-12 .142

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Girls Basketball Coaching Leaders: (Through 1/29/13)

Terry Minix-OD (20 years): 286-143 .667

Dan Huizenga-Knox (11 years): 129-117 .524

Gina Hierlmeier-Culver (7 years): 105-51 .673

Brad Odom-West Central (8 years): 85-85 .500

Rick Budka-South Central (5 years): 45-57 .441

Jeff Wagner-Winamac (3 years): 46-20 .696

Kyle Amor-John Glenn (2 years): 19-21 .475

Debbie Bolen-NJSP (1 year): 12-7 .631

Brian McMahan-LaCrosse (4 years): 12-46 .206

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Boys Scoring Leaders (Season): through 1/29/13 (10ppg)

Riley Charlesworth (LaCrosse): 20.7ppg (12 games)

Trent Elliott (Culver): 20.3ppg (15 games)

Zach Shidler (Winamac): 18.0ppg (12 games)

Bryce Guse (LaCrosse): 13.1ppg (11 games)

Dalton Bailey (NJSP): 12.6ppg (14 games)

Blake Hurford (OD): 12.2ppg (14 games)

Adam Clindaniel (SC): 11.4ppg (13 games)

Dylan Short (Knox): 10.8ppg (14 games)

Zach Johnston (OD): 10.6ppg (15 games)

Jake Strong (Glenn): 10.5ppg (14 games)

Drew McKay (WC): 10.3ppg (11 games)

Boys Individual Scoring (Career): Minimum 300 points

Trent Elliott-Culver (Jr): 755

Zach Shidler-Winamac (Sr): 746

Riley Charlesworth (Sr)-LaCrosse: 736

Colton Hill-Knox (Sr): 572

Collin Stevens-Culver (Sr): 543

Micah Budzinski-Culver (Sr): 482

Adam Clindaniel-South Central (Sr): 375

Sam Culver-LaCrosse (Sr): 374

Dylan Short-Knox (Sr): 373

Jake Strong-John Glenn (So): 370

Blake Hurford-Culver (So): 324

*As reported to etpearl.com

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Girls Scoring Leaders (Season): through 1/29/13 (10ppg)

Ashley Campbell (OD): 19.5ppg (21 games)

Stephanie Shorter (Winamac): 17.1ppg (13 games)

Kayla Shaffer (Culver): 16.2ppg (19 games)

Jordann Frasure (NJSP): 15.6ppg (19 games)

Jesse Averone (OD): 14.5ppg (21 games)

Jessica Schramm (Winamac): 13.1ppg (18 games)

Alisha McIntosh (OD): 12.7ppg (21 games)

Riley Popplewell (SC): 12.1ppg (19 games)

Jill Rosenbaum (SC): 12.0ppg (19 games)

Haley Collings (OD): 11.6ppg (21 games)

Kyler Columbia (Glenn): 10.6ppg (19 games)

Gabbie Sievers (LaCrosse): 10.6ppg (18 games)

Kaitlin Zachary (Knox): 10.6ppg (20 games)

Kayla Zimmerman (NJSP): 10.6ppg (18 games)

Nikki Frasure (Knox): 10.5ppg (20 games)

Girls Scoring Leaders (Career): Minimum 300 points

Ashley Campbell-OD (Jr): 1,243

Jordann Frasure-NJSP (Sr): 978

Jesse Averone-OD (Jr): 940

Alisha McIntosh-OD (Jr): 755

Jill Rosenbaum-South Central (Jr): 731

Kayla Shaffer-Culver (Jr): 709

Stephanie Shorter-Winamac (Jr): 686

Jessica Schramm-Winamac (Sr): 624

Kaitlin Zachary-Knox (Sr): 523

Gabbie Sievers-LaCrosse (Sr): 442

Haley Frasure-NJSP (Sr): 434

Taylor Guse-LaCrosse (Sr): 431

Haley Collings-OD (Jr): 430

Kyler Columbia-Glenn (So): 429

Kayla Zimmerman-NJSP (Sr): 426

Katie Dreessen-Glenn (Sr): 370

Tatum Schultz-Culver (So): 351

Bethany Brogdon (Jr): 317

Mickella Hardy-Culver (So): 312

Carah Ochs-Glenn (Sr): 312

Alivia Kruger-West Central (Jr): 308

*As reported to etpearl.com

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L-R: Nathan Welter, John Kustrin, Jeremy Crittendon, Nichol Mann Altman, Larry Dust, and Harold Welter

WKVI sports announcers Harold and Nathan Welter greeted four of the five inductees into the Knox High School Hall of Fame Saturday night at Weinberg Gym in Knox. The two sportscasters were part of a contingent that met in the Redskin Room before the induction ceremonies. John Kustrin, Jeremy Crittendon, Nichol Mann Altman and Larry Dust were present. Only Oris Fine, of Bradenton, Florida was unable to be attend the event. He was represented by his Scott and Ralph from Michigan City.

The Master of Ceremonies for the event was Indiana University Health Starke Hospital Community Relations Director Ted Hayes. Presenting plaques to the inductees was Knox School Superintendent A.J. Gappa.

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Boys Basketball Coaching Leaders: (Through 1/19/13)

Dan Warkentien-South Central (16 years): 262-119 .688

Travis Hannah-John Glenn (13 years): 151-152 .498

Bryan Heimlich-West Central (9 years): 114-98 .538

Kyle Elliott-Culver (5 years): 49-50 .494

Kyle Johnson-Winamac (3 years): 30-26 .535

Phil Shabi-NJSP (2 years): 20-13 .606

Matt Crawford-OD (2 years): 5-29 .147

Scot Spoljaric-LaCrosse (2 years): 3-28 .096

Chris McGowen-Knox (1 year): 2-10 .166

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Girls Basketball Coaching Leaders: (Through 1/19/13)

Terry Minix-OD (20 years): 284-143 .665

Dan Huizenga-Knox (11 years): 128-116 .525

Gina Hierlmeier-Culver (7 years): 104-49 .680

Brad Odom-West Central (8 years): 83-84 .497

Rick Budka-South Central (5 years): 44-54 .448

Jeff Wagner-Winamac (3 years): 43-19 .693

Kyle Amor-John Glenn (2 years): 17-21 .447

Debbie Bolen-NJSP (1 year): 11-6 .647

Brian McMahan-LaCrosse (4 years): 10-45 .181

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Boys Scoring Leaders (Season): through 1/19/13 (10ppg)

Trent Elliott (Culver): 21.3ppg (13 games)

Riley Charlesworth (LaCrosse): 20.1ppg (11 games)

Zach Shidler (Winamac): 17.3ppg (11 games)

Dalton Bailey (NJSP): 13.4ppg (12 games)

Bryce Guse (LaCrosse): 13.2ppg (10 games)

Blake Hurford (OD): 11.9ppg (12 games)

Dylan Short (Knox): 11.1ppg (12 games)

Jake Strong (Glenn): 10.6ppg (12 games)

Adam Clindaniel (SC): 10.4ppg (11 games)

Drew McKay (WC): 10.3ppg (11 games)

Zach Johnston (OD): 10.1ppg (13 games)

Boys Individual Scoring (Career): Minimum 300 points

Trent Elliott-Culver (Jr): 727

Zach Shidler-Winamac (Sr): 721

Riley Charlesworth (Sr)-LaCrosse: 709

Colton Hill-Knox (Sr): 567

Collin Stevens-Culver (Sr): 526

Micah Budzinski-Culver (Sr): 464

Sam Culver-LaCrosse (Sr): 374

Dylan Short-Knox (Sr): 355

Jake Strong-John Glenn (So): 351

Adam Clindaniel-South Central (Sr): 341

*As reported to etpearl.com

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