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State Championships for Girls Lacrosse and Runners Gretchen Farley and Sophia Kennedy

Girls Lacrosse

The Park Tudor girls lacrosse team finished an amazing season in style on June 3, winning the INGLA 1A State Championship over Center Grove by a score of 16-8. In front of a raucous crowd of Park Tudor students, parents, and faculty, the team extended an 8-5 halftime lead to 12-5 early in the second half and never looked back. The team reached the championship game by defeating South Bend St. Joseph in the Semi-State game 11-8. The State Championship is only the second in Park Tudor girls lacrosse history (the first was in 2006, when the team was led by Danielle MacInnes, who is now an assistant coach). During the tournament, every single player made significant contributions, especially goalie Sela Larman, defender Lilly Harris, midfielder Victoria Sullivan, and attackers Hadley Murphy and Lauren Richer, all of whom were named to the AllTournament team.

The team ended its stellar season with a record of 16-2, including 12 consecutive victories to close. Park Tudor outscored its opponents by a cumulative margin of 264-105, including a margin of 224-64 over its 1A opponents. In addition to the team’s State Championship victory, season highlights included a 9-7 victory over 2A Brebeuf, a 10-5 victory over Center Grove (when Center Grove was ranked #1 in 1A), a 16-8 victory over 2A Fishers High School, and a 19-9 victory in the Sectional Championship over Homestead.

Individual accolades include:

All-State Sectional Team: Defender Chloe Anderson, Midfielders Victoria Sullivan and Isabella Wallace, and attackers Hadley Murphy and Lauren Richer

1A First Team All-State: Chloe Anderson, Hadley Murphy and Victoria Sullivan

USA Lacrosse All-American: Victoria Sullivan

USA Lacrosse Indiana Coach of the Year: Leslie Sherman

Track and Field

The track and field team had a record-setting season with 14 indoor state medalists, 5 indoor state champions, 18 conference champions, 15 regional qualifiers, 6 state qualifiers, 3 state medalists, 2 state champions, 1 state meet record, and 13 new school record holders. The girls team won the indoor state meet, the girls and boys teams won the PT Invite meet, the girls and boys teams won the PAAC conference meet, and the girls team placed 10th at the outdoor state meet.

This season the team set 9 school records that included 13 athletes:

Boys 100 – Jasiah Rogers (10.30)

Boys 200 – Jasiah Rogers (21.68)

Boys 4x400 - Jonathan Harris, Donovan Pitts, DJ Gordon, Jasiah Rogers (41.97)

Boys 4x800 - Miles Wiley, Cason Ritz, Dan Mukhin, Spencer Hughes (8:14.06)

Girls Long Jump – Abigail Hampson (16-09.5)

Girls 800 – Gretchen Farley (2:04.95)

Girls 1600 – Gretchen Farley (4:48.43)

Girls 3200 – Sophia Kennedy (9:53.69)

Girls 4x800 - Sophia Kennedy, Isabella Wilburn, Simone Hall, Gretchen Farley (9:30.13)

Jasiah Rogers’ 100-meter time of 10.30 was the fastest in the state this season and 3rd fastest in state history over the past 119 years. Gretchen Farley was the IHSAA State Champion in the 800-meter run and set a new state meet record of 2:04.95. This time is the 2nd fastest in Indiana history and 6th best in the United States this season. Sophia Kennedy was the IHSAA State Champion in the 3200-meter run. Sophia’s personal-best 3200 time of 9:53.69 is the fastest in state history and 7th best in the United States this season.

Jasiah Rogers, Gretchen Farley, and Sophia Kennedy were awarded the Track Award. Charlie Bolton and Anna Supe were awarded the Field Award. Miley Wiley and Simone Hall were awarded the Rookie of the Year Award. Dan Mukhin and Avi Holden were awarded the Coaches’ Award. Cason Ritz and Isabella Wilburn were awarded the PT Dedication Award. Hayden Souza and Donovan Pitts were awarded the Panther Spirit Award. Congratulations to the track and field team on a remarkable, record-setting season!

Boys Lacrosse

The boys lacrosse team finished the season 8-7 and ranked #8 in 1A. Team leaders for the season were Jack Sturman (50 goals, 36 assists), Jack Anderson (77 ground balls), Yoav Ehrlich (58% save percentage), and Anthony Peng (59% faceoff percentage). Will Richer scored his 100th career goal this season, and Anthony Peng represented the team in the state All-Star Game. The team graduated an exceptional group of eight seniors, all of whom were starters at their position: Jack Anderson (LSM), Tommy Crossin (midfield), Anthony Peng (faceoff), Charlie Perine (midfield), Wes Rapp (defense), Will Richer (attack), Van Smith (midfield), and Jack Sturman (attack). All eight seniors were named Academic All-State and placed on the state All-Academic Team. Joining them on the state All-Academic Team were Yoav Ehrlich and fellow juniors Tucker Hawkins and Cooper Grabow. Wes Rapp was named the team’s Defensive MVP. Jack Sturman was named the team’s Offensive MVP;

Sturman was also named First-Team All-State at attack in class 1A. Ehrlich, Grabow, and rising junior Ethan Cline will lead the team through the off-season and into 2024.

Roncalli 5-0, Lawrence North 3-2 and North Central 4-1. The team also won the Pioneer Athletic Association Conference (PAAC) Tournament for the third year in a row.

To provide additional play, the JV squad participated in the Brebeuf JV Tourney, bringing home the win for the third year in a row. The JV players also competed in the Bulldog Invite at Brownsburg High School and finished fourth - their best showing ever.

Honors:

1st Team All State Singles: Caitlin VanWinkle

1st Team All State Doubles: Marissa Benge and Caroline VanWinkle

Honorable Mention Singles: Shreya Mallela

District 6 Doubles Nomination: Katie Pavlack and Natalie Whitacre

District 6 Coach of the Year: Andrea Calvert-Sanders

Boys Golf

The boys golf team enjoyed a wonderful spring campaign this year. While the Panthers ultimately fell short of their goal to advance to Regionals as a team, the players still had much to celebrate. The team bravely fought some harsh spring conditions including brutal cold and heavy winds to finish second in a very tough conference invite. After a fourth place finish at the Marion County Tournament, the boys continued to show great improvements in their scores and we had multiple players set new personal scoring records. To close out the season, the Panthers narrowly missed out on advancing to Regionals but two individuals, Atticus Caress and CJ Koenig, did score well enough to advance on their own.

Academic All-Conference award winners were Will Russell, Will Schmidt, and Jathan Pai. And congratulations to Atticus Caress on earning All-County honors at the Marion County Invite.

Academic All-State Team: Marissa Benge, Annamaria Ebersole, Anastasia Ebersole, Shreya Mallela, Katie Pavlack, Natalie Whitacre, Caitlin VanWinkle, and Caroline VanWinkle

Marion County Coaches of Girls Sports Association All County: Marissa Benge, Katie Pavlack, Natalie Whitacre, Caitlin VanWinkle, and Caroline VanWinkle

All-Conference: Marissa Benge, Annamaria Ebersole, Shreya

Mallela, Katie Pavlack, Caroline VanWinkle, Caitlin VanWinkle Natalie Whitacre

Academic All-Conference: Isabella Alaimo, Melena Cobas Martinez, Sruthi Devarapalli, Aditi Dey, Yael Ehrlich, Kate Fryburg, Erin Hargett, Vivian Keller, Cade King, Abby Langer, Liviya Larman, Kate McDonald, Hamna Naveed, Catherine Niculescu, Katie Pavlack, Jordan Pecar, Grey Signorello Wong, Ria Tandra, Caitlin VanWinkle, Caroline VanWinkle

Coaches Award: Abby Langer and Rabaile Rahman

Spirit Award: Erin Hargett and Isabella Alaimo

Most Improved: Katie Pavlack and Natalie Whitacre

Rookie of the Year: Shreya Mallela

Mental Attitude: Caitlin VanWinkle

MVP: Marissa Benge and Caroline VanWinkle

Leadership Awards: Isabella Alaimo, Kate Fryburg, Erin Hargett, Caitlin VanWinkle, and Caroline VanWinkle

Spring Crown Award: Caitlin VanWinkle

Girls Tennis

Fifty players of all levels participated on the 2023 girls tennis team. The Panthers captured many titles and finished as the IHSAA Girls Semi-State Finalists; varsity had a record of 14-5, and JV was 7-4. Caitlin VanWinkle was the IHSAA Girls Individual State Championship Semi-Finalist.

The team won the Sectional Championships over Pike 5-0, followed by rival Brebeuf 3-2. They defeated Covenant Christian 5-0 and Zionsville 4-1 to win the Regional Finals, but lost a tough match to Franklin Community 3-2 in the Semi-State Finals.

For the fifth year in a row, the Panthers captured the Marion County Girls Tournament with victories over Brebeuf 3-2,

Softball

The Park Tudor softball team finished the season with a winning record of 10-7 overall and went 4-0 in the Pioneer Conference (PAAC) becoming Conference Champions under first-year head coach Brooke McNary and assistant coaches Janae Hogg and Steven Hunter.

Led by freshman Layla Trammel, the Panthers had a great start to the season winning six straight games. They ended the season with their first Sectional tournament win in more than 12 years, and for the first time went undefeated in Conference play. The Panthers reached great milestones this season and are looking forward to continuing the positive trajectory next year. In addition to being named Conference Player of the Year, Layla Trammel also earned Marion County Honorable Mention.

Congratulations to the Panthers on a successful season!

Baseball

The Park Tudor baseball team had a great 2023 campaign as they posted their best record since the 2012 season. The team finished second in the PAAC Conference with an overall record of 22-8. The season kicked off with the annual spring break trip to Nashville, Tenn.

The Panthers were led by a strong pitching staff on the mound including junior Brady Redman (1.72 ERA), junior Carter Hall (2.00 ERA), junior Cole Burkman (2.86 ERA) and senior Lucas Bassi (4.73 ERA). The pitching staff was certainly a strength of the team this season; however, they were also a major offensive threat every time they took the field, scoring a total of 280 runs (83 more than last season). Offensively, the team was led by senior Lucas Bassi, who hit .403; junior Nolan Whitehead (.374); junior Carter Hall (.341); junior Brady Redman (.321); junior Cole Burkman (.306); and senior Mason Jennings (.304). Seniors Mason Jennings, Rod Wheeler, Sullivan Watson, Josh Bumpus, and Lucas Bassi set the tone for the season and will be missed as the team moves forward and prepares for next season.

level, seniors Josh Bumpus, Lucas Bassi, and Mason Jennings earned Academic All-State.

Team honors and awards: Mr. Hustle – Carter Hall; Most Improved – MJ Gaines; Mental Attitude – Josh Bumpus; MVP –Nolan Whitehead; Reichel Award – Lucas Bassi; Coaches Award – Ryan Sibbitt; and The Crown Award – Mason Jennings.

Boys Volleyball

The boys volleyball team kicked off their inaugural season going 2-1 in their first three matches (JV and varsity). Both squads lost to Carmel (1-2, and 1-3 respectively), beat Herron, and beat Cardinal Ritter (JV: 2-1, varsity: 3-2). The team finished in third place in their first-ever tournament, going 3-1 with victories over North Putnam, Terre Haute North and Ben Davis, eventually falling to Whiteland in the semifinal.

A highlight of the season was a 3-0 sweep of #6-ranked Heritage Christian. The team took one set against #8-ranked Brebeuf, but ultimately fell 3-1. The team closed out the regular season with two victories. On Thursday, May 4, the Panthers traveled to New Palestine to play the Dragons. Despite losing the first two sets, they rallied to take the last three and win the game. This brought their season record to 8-5. The Panthers then hosted Monrovia and walked away with a 3-0 sweep. The season ended with a 3-1 Sectional loss to Herron High School.

The team will certainly miss graduating seniors Dru Defrantz, Lorenzo Harrington, and Taban Kahre, who provided leadership and guidance throughout the season. The Panthers look forward to building on this year’s foundation as they move into their second season.

Four members of the 2023 squad earned PAAC All-Conference honors: senior Lucas Bassi, junior Nolan Whitehead, and junior Carter Hall earned PAAC first team honors, while junior Brady Redman earned PAAC second team honors. PAAC Academic All-Conference honors were earned by Mason Jennings, Josh Bumpus, Lucas Bassi, Sullivan Watson, Carter Hall, Ryan Sibbitt, Cole Burkman, Joe Klineman and Adam Verma. At the state