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Southridge’s Jaden Hayes (left) and Heritage Hills’ Blake Sisley are two of Southern Indiana’s premier big men on the hardwood. While both of them can cause problems inside the perimeter with their strength and post moves, they are also just as comfortable with pulling up for a three-pointer or bringing the ball up the court like a point guard. In today’s era of basketball, skill sets are no longer limited to just one position.
Balanced big men provide endless possibilities By HENDRIX MAGLEY hmagley@dcherald.com The days of the traditional center are long, long gone. Shaquille O’Neal shooting a three-pointer? Forget it. Dikembe Mutombo bringing the ball up the court? Rare. But in the era of what some may call, “positionless basketball,” it’s becoming more and more common to see big men act like guards. While this is very prevalent at the professional level with players such as Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins, it’s been talked about even more recently at the collegiate level with Duke superstar Zion Williamson. Evan local big men around the area have watched some players at the collegiate level and have tried to work on some of their skills for their own game. “I kind of like to watch (Indiana’s) Juwan Morgan,” said Forest Park forward Curt Hopf, who averages 15.9 points per game for the Rangers. “He doesn’t come outside too much but he does at times. I also watch the guys in the NBA and those guys can definitely do it all.” For a lot the area’s big guys, they begin to learn these skills as soon as they start playing basketball at the AAU level. As ball-handling skills and shooting are being taught at a younger age to a wider variety of player types, the multi-dimensional “big” has developed. “I always think back to when I first started AAU way back in third grade,” Hopf said. “My parents always drilled it in (my head) for me that you have to be able to handle whatever is thrown at you. You have to be
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Jasper’s Quentin Harmon and Jared Englert (left two players) along with Forest Park’s Curt Hopf have displayed a mix of strength on the inside and outside. prepared to play any position and I’ve been working on that all the time.” Southridge senior forward Jaden Hayes echoed that sentiment: “My guard skills started to develop the summer before my junior year while I was playing AAU with DistinXion. This past summer, I felt like my game really took off — my shot has developed really well and I had developed some passing skills.” So what’s brought on the change in philosophies? Southridge head coach Mark Rohrer points back to a trend that started in the NBA around the 1990s and early 2000s. “I really kind of think it’s because of the European big guys that started coming over to the NBA and it just trickled down from there,” Rohrer said. “That wave of that type of player coming
over enhanced it a little more.” Forest Park head coach David Welp believes that the change in play style is due to the increase of athleticism in young players. “I think guys have gotten a lot better over the past 15 years,” Welp said. “For us, we try to utilize skill sets in various ways. With Curt (Hopf), if someone is being physical with him we can pull him outside or if they’re shorter or not as physical then we can send him down low to post up. Utilizing the skill sets is important.” Teams will often gameplan to prepare how they can best utilize their big men, depending on their opponent’s projected lineup. But well before the preparation for each individual game comes the drills that big men participate in at practices. “Ever since I’ve been coaching, I always make our post guys
go through our ball handling drills,”said Heritage Hills head coach Nate Hawkins. “We’re just trying to improve everyone’s game — not that we’re trying to turn these guys into guards, but at the same time we want them to feel comfortable with the basketball in their hands.” It’s not just the ball-handling skills that have helped the big men evolve, it’s also the shooting from beyond the arc. Looking at stats from around the area, several area big men have impressive three-point numbers. Junior forward Quentin Harmon leads Jasper in three-point percentage at 46 percent while fellow big Jared Englert has made 31 percent of his shots from downtown. Hayes leads all Raider shooters with 38 three-pointers made while Heritage Hills’ sophomore forward Blake Sisley is making 33 percent of his shots from downtown. “It makes teams have to focus on guarding me,” said Sisley. “Because if I were to screen, I can either pop (a shot) or drive to the basket.” Hayes added: “It has just allowed me to offer more to my team — it’s allowed me to become more versatile and our offense is now more efficient and lethal.” For Englert, he started to work even more on his threepoint shot during his junior year alongside Eric Nordhoff as the Cats would sometimes run a four-out system with four players along the arc. “That skill is important because the defender can’t just limit you to the post,” Englert said. “They have to come out and guard
you and respect your shot.” Having the ability to be multidimensional has always helped several local bigs become heavily recruited by colleges. One of those is Sisley, who already holds a Division I offer from the University of Evansville. His head coach is well aware of how these skills he continuously is improving on will only help him as he searches to take his game to the next level. “Most colleges are looking at Blake as a three (small forward) or a stretch-four kind of guy right now because who knows how much more he’s going to grow? He’s still a young kid,” Hawkins said. “We give him free reign because he can shoot the basketball and we expect him to be shooting threes.” Another player that’s had several Division I visits at places such as Indiana University is Hopf. “We know he’s going to be able to utilize that skill set wherever he goes,” Welp said. “He could still get a little taller but everywhere across the country, bigs are starting to play more outside and not just inside. Having that mindset is important as he continues his career.” But no matter what the future holds, the goal is the same for each of these players — find a way to continue to improve on different facets of their game. And with basketball continuing to evolve nearly everyday, it’s a surefire bet that we’ll see positions evolving more and more. “What we want to do is find a way to improve these kids overall games,” Hawkins said. “We just want to develop them to become the best players that they can be.”
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Senior guard Josh Weidenbenner is one of the members of Jasper’s boys basketball team that has an abundance of varsity experience. That experience has paid off this season as Jasper finished with a 13-9 record and a share of the Big Eight conference title. The Wildcats will open their postseason play on Tuesday against Evansville Harrison (12-10) at 8 p.m. EST. With a victory, Jasper would face host school Evansville North (5-17) on Friday evening.
Confident Cats head into the postseason hungry By HENDRIX MAGLEY hmagley@dcherald.com Jasper boys basketball head coach John Goebel has often preached the importance of playing your best basketball heading into March. While the Wildcats have had a few stumbles against a few tough programs throughout the season, Burger the team is very confident with where they’re at heading into Tuesday’s sectional opener against Evansville Harrison at Evansville Englert North. “I think we’re at a really good spot right now because we’ve been playing good team ball,” said senior forward Jared Englert. “We’ve been sharing the ball really well and I think that’s just going to set us up for success in the sectional.” Goebel added: “We’re really proud of this team and what they’ve accomplished this season. We’ve had our peaks and valleys but now that we’re through them, hopefully we’re rising to the top at the right time.” The Wildcats have notched plenty of impressive wins throughout the season. They defeated Washington in hostile ter-
ritory at the Hatchet House, they had a gutsy performance against the rival Alices in Vincennes and they also knocked off a ranked foe in Evansville Mater Dei on the road. Not to mention victories against other tough squads such as Evansville Reitz at the Ford Center as well as Evansville Central and Mount Carmel on the road. Jasper also secured a share of the Big Eight conference title with Princeton and Washington, their fourth in the past six years. While there were some hiccups against county foes Forest Park and Southridge, the positives outweigh the negatives by far for the Wildcats. “We’ve had a couple of tough losses but we’ve also had some really good wins,” Goebel said. “We’re really just a few breaks away from being 8-13 so you have to give these guys credit.” At the beginning of the season, Jasper knew they’d have a core nucleus of guys coming back who already had an abundance of varsity experience from the past couple of seasons. Players such as junior guard/ forward Jackson Kabrick (team leader with 13 points per game), senior forward Jared Englert (six double-doubles this year), senior guard Reece Milligan (shooting 41 percent from threepoint) and senior guard Josh Weidenbenner were players who entered the season with that past experience. But Jasper has received a plethora of support from their role players as well. Several underclassmen — junior forward Quentin Harmon, junior guard Elliott Hopf and sophomore guard Caleb Burger — as well as several
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Jasper head coach key seniors such as forward Phillip Noblitt, forward Kyle Hedinger and guard Dillon Sternberg have all made huge impacts for the Wildcats. “These guys have came in and gave us strong, quality minutes,” Goebel said. “It takes more for a team to click then just a few guys who often get the glory — there’s a whole lot of roles and shoes that need to be filled.” Burger is one of the players that’s stepped up and filled that role for Jasper. In his first full year of varsity action for the Wildcats, Burger is averaging 11.5 minutes per game as well as 2.4 points per game. “I just try to go out there and do my thing — whatever coach asks me to do, I just go out there and do my best to give it my all,” Burger said. “It’s pretty fun to go out there and give our team a boost whenever we need it. Just knowing that they
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Southridge Raiders
Members of the Southridge boys basketball team are, from left, first row: Jadon Culbertson, Camden Gasser, Jaden Hayes, Matt Price, Joe LaGrange, Kaden Neukam and Carter Whitehead. Second row: Dylan Bland, Sam Sermersheim, Ethan Bell, Colson Montgomery, Garrett Voegerl, Austin Kaeck, Jack Gasser and Kaleb Wibbeler.
Coaches for the Southridge boys basketball team are, from left, assistant coach Brett Roesner, assistant coach Jeff Tooley, head coach Mark Rohrer, assistant coach Michael Hopkins, junior varsity coach Drew Messmer and athletic trainer Danny Rogers.
Members of the Southridge cheer squad are, from left, first row: Hannah Barnett, Chaney Barrett, Jenifer Najarro, Kiesha Wampler and Ansley Bicknell. Second row: Elisha Painter, Bailey Prickett, Lexi Flores and Baileigh Schneider.
SEASON RESULTS (18-5) OPPONENT W/L SCORE CORYDON CENTRAL W 69-32 at Tell City W 51-43 vs. Evansville Mater Dei L 65-52 at Shoals L 57-51 PRINCETON L 53-48 PIKE CENTRAL W 66-37 at Jeffersonville L 60-51 vs. Christian Academy W 45-35 vs. Tecumseh W 52-33 at Forest Park W 53-37 TECUMSEH W 73-43 NORTHEAST DUBOIS W 49-35
OPPONENT at Jasper HERITAGE HILLS vs. North Posey at Forest Park at Washington GIBSON SOUTHERN at Perry Central NORTH DAVIESS at South Spencer LOOGOOTEE BOONVILLE
STATISTICS W/L SCORE W 40-38, OT L 64-52 W 58-46 W 56-51 W 71-70 W 60-33 W 64-43 W 55-44 W 41-30 W 60-47 W 53-33
PLAYER Colson Montgomery Jaden Hayes Joe LaGrange Garrett Voegerl Matt Price Camden Gasser Kaden Neukam Sam Sermersheim Carter Whitehead Kaleb Wibbeler Austin Kaeck Jadon Culbertson Dylan Bland Jack Gasser
G 23 23 23 22 23 23 10 10 14 4 6 6 4 4
PTS HI 495 35 303 26 271 20 77 10 57 12 29 6 12 5 9 6 12 2 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
AVG FG 21.5 190 13.2 107 11.8 95 3.3 29 2.6 18 1.3 10 1.2 5 0.9 3 0.9 4 0.5 1 0.5 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0
3PT FT-FTA 36 79-112 38 51-75 31 50-64 4 15-44 13 8-14 6 3-7 2 0-0 0 3-5 0 4-4 0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0
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Jasper Wildcats
Members of the Jasper boys basketball team are, from left, first row: Kyle Hedinger, Reece Milligan, Jared Englert, Josh Weidenbenner, Dillon Sternberg and Phillip Noblitt. Second row: Quentin Harmon, Elliott Hopf, Reece Day, Caleb Burger, Jackson Kabrick and Carter Stamm.
SEASON RESULTS (13-9) OPPONENT W/L SCORE EVANSVILLE HARRISON W 73-60 at Gibson Southern W 67-38 at Evansville Memorial L 58-45 vs. Evansville Reitz W 58-52 BOONVILLE W 55-54 TELL CITY L 48-33 at Evansville Central W 71-52 EVANSVILLE NORTH W 58-51 at Vincennes Lincoln W 61-53 at Mount Vernon W 73-47 at Washington W 53-46
OPPONENT W/L SCORE SOUTHRIDGE L 40-38, OT FOREST PARK L 54-51 at Northeast Dubois W 32-25 NEW ALBANY L 53-20 BARR-REEVE L 52-47 at Heritage Hills L 60-48 at Evansville Mater Dei W 67-57 at Mount Carmel W 65-54 PRINCETON L 52-35 PIKE CENTRAL W 46-32 NORTH DAVIESS L 50-46, OT
STATISTICS
Coaches of the Jasper boys basketball team are, from left, junior varsity coach Jeremy Wolf, freshman coach Caleb Begle, varsity head coach John Goebel, assistant coach Jason Ahlbrand, assistant coach Cam Harris and assistant Adam Schwartz.
Members of the Jasper cheer squad are, from left, first row: Olivia Biggs, Courtney Vennekotter, Zoe Biggs, Cade Crutchfield, Olivia Ariens, Brynn Sermersheim and Jurney Sturgeon. Second row: Ava Collins, Jaysee Pierce, Breann Mehringer, Emily Rennie, Brynn Schwartz and Kylie Patterson.
PLAYER Jackson Kabrick Jared Englert Reece Milligan Quentin Harmon Josh Weidenbenner Phillip Noblitt Elliott Hopf Caleb Burger Carter Stamm Dillon Sternberg Kyle Hedinger Reece Day
G 22 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 10 20 16 4
PTS HI 279 28 242 22 189 20 115 16 111 12 60 8 62 10 51 7 11 5 14 8 8 5 0 0
AVG FG 12.7 99 11.5 101 8.6 70 5.2 49 5.0 40 2.9 23 2.8 25 2.3 15 1.1 2 0.7 5 0.5 2 0.0 0
3PT FT-FTA 32 49-63 9 31-57 28 21-31 6 11-16 12 19-27 1 13-23 0 12-27 8 13-25 0 7-10 2 2-2 0 4-8 0 0-0
Managers of the Jasper boys basketball team are, from left, Trevor Weisman, Zack McCart and Drew Hurst.
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Forest Park Rangers
Members of the Forest Park boys basketball team are, from left, first row: Garrett Betz, Reid Steffe, Elliott Rothgerber, Garret Jochem and Aaron Hurst. Second row: Wade Leonard, Cooper Uebelhor, Curt Hopf, Kaden Bowman, Drew Howard and Logan Englert. Not pictured: Simon Jacob.
SEASON RESULTS (14-9) OPPONENT W/L SCORE at Crawford County L 43-41 SPRINGS VALLEY W 66-37 at Tell City L 60-40 at Loogootee W 54-40 vs. Evansville Bosse L 69-59 NORTHEAST DUBOIS W 41-36 WASHINGTON L 58-42 SALEM W 77-63 LANESVILLE W 57-44 SOUTHRIDGE L 53-37 BARR-REEVE L 52-44 at Perry Central W 60-44
OPPONENT W/L SCORE SOUTH SPENCER W 68-44 at North Posey W 75-69 at Jasper W 54-51 SOUTHRIDGE L 56-51 at Tecumseh W 53-47 EVANSVILLE MATER DEI L 69-48 WOOD MEMORIAL W 62-43 HERITAGE HILLS L 69-55 at Boonville W 55-46 at Pike Central W 47-30 at Gibson Southern W 49-43
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Coaches for the Forest Park boys basketball team are, from left, assistant coach Jesse Begle, junior varsity coach Phil Winkler, head coach David Welp and freshman coach Abe Schwartz.
Members of the Forest Park cheer squad are, from left, first row: Olivia Englert, Layne Prechtel, Riley Prechtel, Ava Evans and Lauren Troesch. Second row: Shielyn Nippers, Liseth Trejos, Madi Fleck, Macy Clark and Marna Davis.
PLAYER Curt Hopf Isaac Uebelhor Simon Jacob Drew Howard Reid Steffe Elliott Rothgerber Aaron Hurst Wade Leonard Garrett Betz Garret Jochem Cooper Uebelhor Logan Englert Kaden Bowman
G 23 9 23 23 23 13 23 20 22 17 7 2 1
PTS HI 366 26 97 18 220 21 183 19 156 17 46 9 77 8 36 8 38 9 12 3 4 2 0 0 0 0
AVG FG 15.9 141 10.8 37 9.6 78 8.0 67 6.8 53 3.5 15 3.3 33 1.8 10 1.7 15 0.7 3 0.6 2 0.0 0 0.0 0
Sean Lubbers is the student manager for the Forest Park boys basketball team.
3PT FT-FTA 6 78-139 3 20-29 24 40-58 21 28-38 42 8-17 4 12-21 0 11-19 5 11-18 0 8-16 3 3-5 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0
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Northeast Dubois Jeeps
Members of the Northeast Dubois boys basketball team are, from left, first row: Ethan Ziegler, Marshall Knies, Logan Dodd, Trevor Seufert, Reece Bauer and Eli Schott. Second row: Nick Lueken, Lane Knies, Dante Miller, Logan Mehringer, Eli Lueken and Ty Riecker.
SEASON RESULTS (9-13) OPPONENT W/L SCORE at Pike Central W 52-44 WASHINGTON CATHOLIC W 57-32 at Heritage Hills L 78-39 ORLEANS W 53-25 at White River Valley W 46-45 at Forest Park L 41-36 at Barr-Reeve L 57-38 SOUTH KNOX L 45-38 at Southridge L 49-35 CANNELTON W 68-36 at Vincennes Rivet L 46-34
OPPONENT at Springs Valley JASPER WOOD MEMORIAL PAOLI NORTH KNOX MITCHELL NORTH DAVIESS at Perry Central at Shoals LOOGOOTEE at Tecumseh
W/L SCORE L 60-49 L 32-25 W 55-46 L 58-40 W 53-43 W 52-43 L 46-40 L 60-53 L 50-40 L 54-44 W 44-30
STATISTICS
Coaches are Seth Matheis, left, Cody Ziegler, Terry Friedman and Travis Schroering.
Members of the Northeast Dubois High School cheer squad are, from left, first row: Lexi Freyberger, Paige Knies, Hannah Schepers and Jordan Bauer. Second row: Morgan Schepers, Hali Nesbitt, Mitchell Schepers, Madison Knies and Courtney Vittitow.
PLAYER Reece Bauer Logan Dodd Ethan Ziegler Lane Knies Marshall Knies Nick Lueken Trevor Seufert Ty Riecker Dante Miller Logan Mehringer Eli Schott
G 22 22 22 22 22 22 21 21 3 4 14
PTS HI 325 24 150 13 144 19 117 12 90 10 63 7 48 10 31 5 4 2 3 3 10 3
AVG FG 14.8 118 6.8 55 6.5 43 5.3 40 4.1 32 2.9 24 2.3 18 1.5 10 1.3 1 0.8 1 0.7 2
3PT FT-FTA 10 99-140 23 17-30 25 33-46 15 22-31 5 21-42 9 6-18 2 10-17 1 10-16 0 2-3 1 0-1 0 6-6
Managers for the Northeast Dubois boys basketball team are, from left, Landon Ernst, Ethan Atkins and Evan Smith.
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Sophomores Colson Montgomery (left) and Camden Gasser have been two key cogs of a Raiders squad that’s also led by several upperclassmen such as seniors Jaden Hayes, Joe LaGrange and Matt Price. Southridge (18-5) opens sectional play on Tuesday against Sullivan (12-12) and with a victory, they’ll face Princeton (18-5) in the semifinals.
Raiders eager for chance at back-to-back titles By JONATHAN SAXON jsaxon@dcherald.com It’s quite amazing the way things can change over the course of a year. Last season, the Southridge boys basketball team went into sectional on the heels of a losing stretch that saw them drop four of their last five games. Despite that, the Raiders were able to draw a first round bye in the tournament and went on to defeat Sullivan and Vincennes Lincoln in double overtime to win their first sectional title since 2007 and their 13th overall in the program’s history. But this year the story is a bit different as the Raiders (185) have won 15 of their last 16 games, including nine straight to finish the season. They will also go into this year’s sectional tournament as the hunted instead of the hunters as they will look to retain their title when they open up play against the Golden Arrows (12-12) on Tuesday. For their part, the boys don’t seem intimidated by the prospect of facing everyone’s best shot. “It’s sectional basketball in Indiana, everyone is going to be giving it their all no matter what,” said senior center Jaden Hayes. “Everyone is going to be playing like it’s their last game of the season. We have a target on our back, but as long as we keep that tunnel vision and keep playing hard I don’t think there’s anything that can stop us. I’m really excited for my last tournament.” Continuity has also been a major game changer for the Raiders. The team has the pleasure of returning most of its core group that were featured heavily during last year’s title run, but during that season they struggled to find
that high performance area that leads to consistent wins. Two of the Raiders’ major offensive options, senior guard Joe LaGrange and sophomore guard Colson Montgomery, were new to the team, and it took them a full season of play to work out how they fit in with the other guys on the floor as they worked to win ball games. But this season they, along with the rest of the players, had the benefit of building on the prior year and have turned that sense of continuity into a season that saw two different win streaks of at least six games. “Now we all know where we’re going to be on the court,” said Montgomery. “We know each other’s moves, we know what we’re going to do. We’re two steps ahead of everyone else, it’s an experience level that we didn’t have last year with all of us new comers.” “There was obviously some pressure coming in, it was a lot of new things” said LaGrange. “You want to do well and show how you can play. Now I’m a lot more comfortable. I’ve played in front of the community for two years now, so I’m a lot more comfortable and looking forward to sectional.” Another major change has been the addition of Mark Rohrer, the new face at the helm for the Raiders after Ted O’Brien stepped down from the role last season. Rohrer said it was process for both him and the players to get to know each other and figure out what worked best for the Raiders from a technical standpoint, especially early in the season. But the team never lost faith in what they were doing from a basketball perspective, and the wins came naturally once everyone settled in after the first month of the season. “I’ve been impressed and
pleased with the growth our guys have had,” he said. “These guys have had the right mindset throughout the season, it’s been a blast to coach them. They’ve learned from me just as much as I’ve learned from them.” Even though it’s been great to ride the wave of wins that the Raiders have racked up going into postseason, Rohrer reiterated that the team isn’t coasting and still operate with a sense of purpose as they look to earn second sectional championship. Rohrer won two in a row in his last two seasons as the coach of South Knox, so he is in the process of pushing the right buttons to keep the boys motivated. And that involves taking a page out of Alabama football head coach Nick Saban’s playbook. “When any reporter asks him about how do you go from being so good one season to still being so good the next, he talks about not getting complacent,” he said. “That is the number one (thing), not getting complacent with thinking ‘We are where we need to be right now,’ and not getting any better. I think that motivating factor for us is we’re the defending sectional champs, and we don’t feel like we’re getting the respect that we should be. I think 17, 18 year-old kids really can thrive in that, so we’ll try to use that a little bit.” Rohrer said the biggest evolutions the Raiders have experienced have been in the areas of taking care of the ball, sharing the ball, and making better decisions in terms of shots, and he believes all of those things will only become more valuable when sectional games start. Rohrer honed in on turnovers as a factor that allows teams to stay in games possibly steal wins if things are close late. But in addition to that, he also
looks to rebounding as a way of denying opponents extra looks at the rim and when the ball is in the Raiders’ hands they have to maximize every opportunity they get to make shots. The keys are clear for the Raiders as they move toward their repeat act on Tuesday. With con-
tinuity, trust in their coaches, and regular season success to back them up everyone is ready to do their part and bring a second straight banner back to Memorial Gym. “I love these guys, it’s my last go around so let’s go get one done,” said Hayes.
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Through ups and downs, Rangers stay strong By HENDRIX MAGLEY hmagley@dcherald.com The Forest Park boys basketball team has taken its fair share of lumps throughout the season. While they’ve dealt with several tough defeats to strong programs throughout the season, the biggest loss wasn’t to another team — it was losing junior guard Isaac Uebelhor for the season with an injury. But in the wake of a serious injury to one of the team’s best players, the Rangers, as a whole, have stepped up in his absence to make sure the season wouldn’t be a lost cause as the team prepares for Wednesday’s sectional opener against Perry Central in Huntingburg. “As soon as [Isaac] went down, people were like ‘Oh, man, season is over’,” sophomore forward Curt Hopf said. “But I’ve been very impressed with the way we’ve handled it. We know that losing Isaac was a huge loss for us, but we’ve realized that we can still get things done.” While Hopf already had made a big impact alongside Uebelhor, the big man had to take on a heavier workload with the team’s secondleading scorer out for the season. It’s also meant an increased workload for players such as sophomore forward Simon Jacob and senior guards Reid Steffe and Elliott Rothgerber. Even though Jacob, Steffe and Rothgerber all had varsity experience prior to this season, two firsttime varsity players have also had a major impact for Forest Park this season — sophomore Wade Leonard and freshman Drew Howard. No matter who’s been on the court, first-year head coach David
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Senior guard Reid Steffe is one of Forest Park’s primary catalysts on both offense and defense. The Rangers (14-9) open their postseason against Perry Central (8-15) on Wednesday at 8 p.m. With a victory, Forest Park would face either Evansville Mater Dei (15-7) or South Spencer (8-15) on Friday. Welp has been pleased with the effort and the energy the Rangers (149) have provided throughout each and every game. “These guys are really understanding their roles, they’re understanding what they need to do and what their job is in order to help our team succeed,” Welp said. “I’ve been very happy with all the guys that we’ve had step up.” The Rangers have had a balanced scoring attack all season — Hopf is averaging 15.8 points per game, Jacob is at 10.0 points per game and Howard is at 7.5 points per game.
While Hopf was a starter on last year’s team that made it all the way to the IHSAA Class 2A state championship game, the rest of this year’s starters are all first-year starters as the Rangers graduated Sam Englert, Daniel Lusk and Collin Hochgesang from last year’s starting five. Even though it took the new-look Rangers a bit of time to gel early in the season, they’ve showed their strengths as the year progressed with wins over strong teams such as Jasper and Springs Valley. “I feel like we’ve really started to come together as a family because
at the beginning of the season, we didn’t have that much chemistry since we lost so many people from last year,” Jacob said. “As the year progressed, we’ve learned each other’s type of play and we’ve really grown.” Hopf added: “As we’ve grown together, we’ve taken some hard hits like some 20-point losses but we’ve taken them together as a team. That’s what a team always strives for.” While Forest Park has gained plenty of support from the underclassmen, the Rangers have also
been lead by a steady senior group. Whether it’s the three-pointers from Steffe (he leads the team with 41 three-pointers made) or the solid contributions off the bench from Rothgerber, Aaron Hurst, Garrett Betz and Garret Jochem, Welp has been very pleased with the leadership that group has shown. “Our seniors have taken ownership to help us get where we’re at,” Welp said. “We lean on our seniors because we have five of them who have experience — they understand their roles and they’ve really started to produce as well.” The Rangers will open their sectional against Perry Central on Wednesday, a team they defeated 60-44 earlier this season. If they win the opening game, the Rangers will face either South Spencer or Evansville Mater Dei on Friday — they defeated the Rebels 68-44 in an earlier meeting but lost to the Wildcats 69-48. What do the Rangers feel they need to do in order to come away with their third straight sectional title? “Our guys need to be consistent on a daily basis,” Welp said. “That’s what we’re striving to have everyday. We have to continue to work on the little things because those show whether or not we’re being consistent.” Hopf added: “Teamwork — if we don’t play as a team and we try to play selfish then it’s not going to work out. Teams like Tell City and Mater Dei in our sectional are team oriented and very tough.” But perhaps Jacob summed up Forest Park’s mantra the best. “As long as we play Ranger basketball, we’ll be good.”
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Defensive pressure a staple for Jeep basketball By JONATHAN SAXON jsaxon@dcherald.com Going into this season, the Northeast Dubois Jeeps knew they had to contend with a few adjustments as they worked out their new basketball identity. Gone was the senior-laden core that carried the bulk of the scoring load for last year’s sectional finalist team, so kids who either didn’t see a lot of varsity time or played on the junior varsity team would be asked to fill in those roles. The Jeeps (9-13) also didn’t have size in the front court that could establish a reliable post and rebounding presence, which forced the team to cater their offense and team rebounding approaches to compensate. Despite those challenges, the Jeeps still had their signature defense to rely on, a man-to-man scheme which sought to pressure opponents at every turn and use stops to create fastbreak buckets. Additionally, the team felt that they had the speed and shooting ability to spread teams out in a way to facilitate perimeter offense and cuts inside to the basket. But, there were times where the team’s deficiencies came back to bite them. Their defense could always keep the Jeeps in ball games, but that could only go so far during periods where shots weren’t falling and the boys couldn’t get a basket inside to stop other team’s offensive pushes. The struggle to score led Northeast Dubois on a ride where it was difficult to establish positive consistency for most of the season. “When the losses have piled up, it’s shown in the shot percentage
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Northeast Dubois’ Ethan Ziegler, Marshall Knies and Lane Knies show off the Jeeps’ defensive pressure against North Daviess earlier this year. The Jeeps (9-13) open their postseason against Cannelton (9-13) on Tuesday at Wood Memorial. With a win, Northeast Dubois will face Evansville Day (9-11) in Friday’s semifinal. column,” said junior guard Reece Bauer. “We haven’t hit many threes in the games that we’ve lost.” “On offense we would get stagnant and miss shots,” added junior guard Ethan Ziegler. “We missed a lot of threes at times in bad stretches.” But Northeast Dubois head coach Terry Friedman chooses to look at the season a different way. Yes, it would have been great to string together the wins this year,
but with sectional functioning as a second season for all teams involved, Friedman wants the Jeeps to look at their regular season as an extended stretch of prep for the tourney. “As we move into the tournament, I feel like we’ve got 21 practice games under our belt,” said Friedman before the Jeeps went out and won their final regular season game against the Tecumseh Braves, 44-30. “We’re going to
have to take the experiences we’ve had over the course of this season and apply those in the tournament as we move forward.” Friedman believes that there has been progress the team can lean on in the postseason. When he factored in the youth of the Jeeps and the fact that a lot of the guys would be learning on the fly, he anticipated there would be times were the team took a few steps
forward and then a few steps back. But despite that, he saw stretches where the boys were competing on an even plane with the good teams they faced and thinks that their trial-by-fire will benefit them when they start sectional play against the Cannelton Bulldogs (9-13). “When I look at this team, I’m not really sure the wins and losses reflects the growth that we’ve seen,” he said. “We started with a fairly young team, I feel like over the course of the season we’ve really developed and gotten better. We’ve shown in some big games that we’re capable of competing.” Friedman still has confidence in his team, specifically the shooters, and thinks the Jeeps can make a deep run similar to what they accomplished last season if the boys play with the thought of letting the shots fly with no hesitation as they present themselves. Defensively, the Jeeps gave up an average of about 46 points per game during the regular season, and if they can minimize the turnovers as well as raise their efforts when it comes to crashing the glass they have as good of shot as anybody in a tournament field that Friedman see’s as up for grabs. “This is wide open tournament that we’re in,” he said. “With the tournament, you can throw the records out. Right now it’s going to come down to which team can execute the best. We’re going to be ready.” “We have a lot of mentally strong basketball players,” added Bauer, “Everyone has high spirits, hopes right now. Everybody is going into it with the same goal in mind, and I believe everybody thinks we can win it.”
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Patriots enter postseason with extra motivation By JONATHAN SAXON jsaxon@dcherald.com There isn’t much to complain about when it comes to this season of basketball for the Class 3A No. 4 Heritage Hills Patriots. They’ve posted another 20-win season, have won their last 19 games, and their only blemish came against Washington Leibering at the Hatchet House after they scored 101 points the night before. It’s been a season full of highs for the Patriots (22-1), something they were confident they could accomplish early on. “We knew the core group was coming back, we’ve all grew up together and we knew we had something special,” said junior guard Simon Scherry. “Once we started playing the first few games we realized it could be something special.” “We knew this year was going to be special right from the start,” added sophomore center Blake Sisley. “From the first day of practice we’ve been working hard because we didn’t want to fall short of our goals. So far we haven’t and we’re just looking to keep pushing forward.” The Patriots will do battle with Evansville Bosse (16-7) right away in the first round of the tournament on Tuesday at
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Murray Becher has been dominant for the Patriots throughout his junior year as he’s averaging over 20 points per game and also joined the 1,000-point scorer club this season. Heritage Hills (22-1) opens the postseason against Evansville Bosse (16-7) on Tuesday in Boonville — a win would match them up with Evansville Memorial (14-9) on Friday in the semifinal round. Boonville — a game that may arguably be one of the best in the state. The team was in this same position last season coming into sectional with a lot of momentum before suffering a firstround exit against Evansville Memorial. Heritage Hills head coach Nate Hawkins said last year’s result motivated them to come back better this season and he feels that if the players hone it and take it a game at a time they can go forward and produce a different result in this next go around of the tournament.
“Having to go through that was not a taste they enjoyed,” Hawkins said. “It feels like these guys are really motivated to make that postseason march. Now it’s time to take it to the next level and ramp it up. And the next step for us is a sectional championship. We know it’s not going to be easy, but at the same time we know it’s an attainable goal.” While the offense has been impressive for the Patriots this year, Hawkins insists that the team doesn’t look to outscore people when they play games. Instead, their first goal is in
stopping other teams, which they accomplish by using their length and speed to implement a full court scheme that creates pressure and deflections which turns into transition offense. “There’s a reason that they say defense wins championships, and we’ve hung our hat on that,” he said. “If we’re going to make a run in that sectional as demanding as it is, it’s going to start on the defensive end.” “Our defense is really what holds our team together,” said junior guard Murray Becher. “Our goal is to hold teams under 50 points, and when you do that you have a great chance at winning the game.” But the team is also a handful when they bring the ball up and set up their half court offense. With so many capable playmakers and shooters covering the perimeter, as well as having a talented big like Sisley to play through, when they get the ball moving it’s a tough assignment for any team because the plays can happen from anywhere. “Everybody gets open shots and it opens up everything,” said Scherry. “Getting it into Blake, he kicks it out and we just make the extra pass all the way around. It gets everybody flowing into the offense.” Another factor that causes issues for other teams is the depth the Patriots boast on their bench. With guys like senior guard Carson Leibering, senior big
Grahm Turner, and junior forward Dylan Begle (who has found himself in the starting lineup following an injury to senior guard Cade Jones). The Patriots have the ability to simply overwhelm teams with wave after wave of bodies that Hawkins feels confident in leaving on the floor for long stretches at a time to maintain and extend leads while the starters get a rest. “Coach just wants us to bring it every night with energy,” said Leibering, who has made several key three-pointers off the bench for the Pats this season. “It’s always great with coach having confidence in us. It just helps us go out there and play loose. There’s no pressure on us because we know that coach is confident in us, so we just go out there and play our best.” All the pieces seem to be in order as the Patriots look to start the tournament against Bosse on Tuesday. Hawkins said it’s been a joy to watch the team grow and reach the point where they are playing their best basketball in late February, but now it’s time to take their regular season work use it as a foundation to take the next step in the postseason. “This has been a really special group and it’s been a great regular season,” said Hawkins. “It’s just a group of winners, they play together and have a lot of fun. I feel like We’ve set ourselves up to have the opportunity to make a deep postseason run.”
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YEAR WINNER RUNNER-UP HOST SCHOOL SCORE 1998 Gibson Southern Pike Central Washington 63-47 Evansville Bosse Evansville Memorial Boonville 72-71* South Spencer Evansville Mater Dei Southridge 69-68 Cannelton Northeast Dubois Tecumseh 70-61 1999 Gibson Southern Pike Central Washington 64-53 Heritage Hills Boonville Boonville 58-53 Evansville Mater Dei Perry Central Southridge 62-56 Tecumseh Cannelton Tecumseh 66-42 2000 Princeton Vincennes Lincoln Washington 61-46 Evansville Mater Dei Evansville Bosse Boonville 86-60 Paoli Tell City Southridge 73-69 Northeast Dubois Springs Valley Orleans 71-46 2001 Jasper Vincennes Lincoln Washington 71-69* Evansville Mater Dei Heritage Hills Boonville 72-59 Crawford County Tell City Southridge 65-64 Northeast Dubois Orleans W. Washington 61-30 2002 Jasper Pike Central Washington 66-39 Gibson Southern Heritage Hills Boonville 53-43 Crawford County Southridge Southridge 50-46 Tecumseh Evansville Day Wood Memorial 64-52 2003 Sullivan Vincennes Lincoln Washington 38-37 Heritage Hills Gibson Southern Boonville 38-36 Forest Park Crawford County Southridge 59-45 Tecumseh Evansville Day Tecumseh 48-37 2004 Vincennes Lincoln Washington Washington 64-54 Evansville Mater Dei Heritage Hills Boonville 59-55 Forest Park North Posey Southridge 64-42 Orleans Crothersville W. Washington 45-33 2005 Washington Vincennes Lincoln Washington 83-60 Evansville Mater Dei Boonville Boonville 47-38 Forest Park Southridge Southridge 61-46 Orleans Northeast Dubois Springs Valley 42-40* 2006 Washington Vincennes Lincoln Washington 63-53 Evansville Mater Dei Evansville Bosse Boonville 66-64 Forest Park South Spencer Southridge 50-37 Orleans Northeast Dubois Orleans 67-44 2007 Washington Vincennes Lincoln Washington 71-63 Evansville Bosse Evansville Memorial Boonville 56-54 Southridge Tell City Southridge 42-41 Orleans West Washington W. Washington 70-43 2008 Washington Vincennes Lincoln Washington 76-49 Evansville Mater Dei Tell City Southridge 54-41 Orleans Springs Valley Springs Valley 32-24 2009 Washington Vincennes Lincoln Southridge 42-34 Forest Park Evansville Mater Dei Boonville 69-60 Northeast Dubois Orleans Orleans 40-39 2010 Washington Jasper Washington 43-30 Forest Park Evansville Mater Dei Southridge 66-44 Northeast Dubois Orleans Springs Valley 44-42**
2011 Washington Southridge Southridge 47-36 Forest Park North Posey Boonville 43-41 Trinity Lutheran Orleans Orleans 53-40 2012 Vincennes Lincoln Jasper Washington 56-41 Forest Park Evansville Mater Dei Southridge 73-51 Orleans Northeast Dubois Orleans 61-47 2013 Vincennes Lincoln Jasper Washington 48-25 Perry Central Evansville Mater Dei Southridge 56-54 Northeast Dubois Tecumseh Wood Memorial 69-60* 2014 Jasper Heritage Hills Southridge 69-52 Perry Central Evansville Mater Dei Boonville 67-64 Northeast Dubois Tecumseh Tecumseh 55-45 2015 Vincennes Lincoln Washington Washington 50-40 Evansville Mater Dei Forest Park Southridge 69-64 Wood Memorial Evansville Day Wood Memorial 49-39 2016 Pike Central Jasper Southridge 49-47 Evansville Bosse Heritage Hills Boonville 68-36 South Spencer Forest Park Jasper 59-43 Wood Memorial Tecumseh Tecumseh 61-48 2017 Pike Central Vincennes Lincoln Washington 51-34 Forest Park Evansville Mater Dei Forest Park 44-43 Wood Memorial Northeast Dubois Wood Memorial 53-38 Evansville Bosse Mount Vernon Boonville 86-54 2018 Evansville North Castle Evansville North 74-68* Southridge Vincennes Lincoln Southridge 69-65** Forest Park North Posey Tecumseh 47-44 Springs Valley Northeast Dubois Springs Valley 68-54 Evansville Bosse Evansville Memorial Boonville 67-62 * overtime * double overtime ■■ HOW THEY’VE FARED ALL-TIME IN THE SECTIONAL School Yrs. Won Lost Pct. Titles Jasper 102 164 71 .698 31 Southridge 46 46 33 .582 13 Forest Park 47 55 35 .611 12 Northeast Dubois 42 43 33 .566 9 Heritage Hills 46 46 37 .554 9 ■■ OTHER POSTSEASON TITLES School Regional Jasper 14 Southridge 2 Forest Park 6 Northeast Dubois 3 Heritage Hills 0
Semistate 1 2 4 0 0
State 1 0 2 0 0
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Heritage Hills’ coaches are freshman coach John Becher, left, head coach Nate Hawkins, assistant coach Dillion Gregory and junior varsity coach Josh Wetzel.
Members of the Heritage Hills varsity boys basketball team are from left, first row: Simon Scherry, Cade Jones, Grant Lashley, Cayden Kratzer and Carson Leibering. Second row: Cole Sigler, Dylan Begle, Mark Doyle, Blake Sisley, Grahm Turner and Murray Becher.
SEASON RESULTS (22-1) OPPONENT W/L SCORE NORTH HARRISON W 71-43 NORTHEAST DUBOIS W 78-39 at North Posey W 101-60 at Washington L 74-57 EVANSVILLE CENTRAL W 60-53 at Mount Vernon W 79-49 EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL W 57-36 BOONVILLE W 53-35 NORTH HARRISON W 63-48 TELL CITY W 56-34 GIBSON SOUTHERN W 76-45 vs. Madison Central W 61-58
OPPONENT W/L SCORE at Tecumseh W 83-47 PIKE CENTRAL W 71-31 at Southridge W 64-52 at Evansville Mater Dei W 69-54 SOUTH SPENCER W 85-39 at Boonville W 81-55 JASPER W 60-48 at Forest Park W 69-55 TELL CITY W 60-50 at Princeton W 58-45 PERRY CENTRAL W 68-39
STATISTICS PLAYER Murray Becher Simon Scherry Blake Sisley Cole Sigler Dylan Begle Carson Leibering Cade Jones Grahm Turner Grant Lashley Mark Doyle Cayden Kratzer
G 23 23 23 23 23 23 16 23 17 14 15
PTS HI 467 30 356 28 301 24 178 16 103 13 76 15 34 6 33 5 17 5 7 2 8 3
AVG FG 20.3 187 15.5 134 13.1 120 7.7 63 4.5 37 3.3 28 2.1 15 1.4 13 1.0 6 0.5 1 0.5 3
3PT FT-FTA 18 75-114 50 38-51 15 46-62 30 22-37 5 24-29 10 10-14 0 4-8 1 6-11 3 2-2 0 5-10 2 0-0
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