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2014 Football State Champions Tri-West Hendricks
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Tri-West’s Nick Sprecher displays his 2014 Class AAA Mental Attitude Award. To Nick’s right is his father Steve and to his left his mother Stacy. It is the second Mental Attitude Award earned by TriWest Hendricks student/athletes this school year. Cover photo:
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If you break your neck (i.e. life threatening health issue), if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience. -- Robert Fulghum
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Are You Smarter Than... Answer
How many ducks? There are two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck in the middle. What is the total number of ducks? Ans - There are five ducks. Ducks A, B and C. A & B in front of C, B & C behind A and B in the middle.
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by ronnie wilson
s is typical for me, I ate too much on Thanksgiving Day, as I am sure many of us did. My indulgences extended from Friday through Sunday. Several years ago, my daughter Wendy, unilaterally decided she would be the Thanksgiving Day host site for her family; my side (which includes only me), her mother’s side, a step-father, an aunt, her brother and his daughter, her husbands family, (which can very from two or three to what seems like two or three dozen, but is probably only five to seven) and may include several periphery relatives and friends who happen to be in the area and know where they can get a good meal. She is the quintessential hostess, not wanting to disappoint anyone, (at which she succeeds) but the amount of food available is daunting. After grazing most of the evening after the big meal, there is still copious amounts of food remaining. Some of that food was prepared by other as a contribution to the feast, which makes things better for the meal, but worse for the leftovers. Wendy manages to get most of the leftovers out of here house, but that means others of us now have a day or two of leftovers to ingest.
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For those with multiple people in the family, that is not too bad, for me living alone, I know if I properly allocate portion size I will be eating leftovers for a week or more, but it will be actually only a few days. After several days some if not most of the remaining food stuffs are either rotten or going bad and inedible, so they will need to be thrown out. I have an aversion to throwing away perfectly good food, or wasting perfectly good food by not consuming it. I then proceed to eat my regular four or five meals a day but the portion size is two or three times what I would normally consume. iIfeel like a bloated tick for several days. It is now Sunday evening, and I am still stuffed. I have managed to eat most of the leftovers that are not suitable for extended refrigeration or freezing. I still have turkey, mashed potatos and dressing which I will freeze and parcel out to myself a portion or two each day for the
next week or so. It does save on my grocery bill for a week of so. Last week, I read two interesting perspectives on the same subject - Texas seceding from the United States of America. One perspective was from a Texas state legislator who was postulating that in the best interest of Texas and Texans, seceding would be very beneficial. The other perspective was complete support and offering services to expedite the process. I am in agreement with the later. Seceding from the union would destroy
the Texan economy, infrastructure and ability to sustain itself. I do not know know much money Texas receives from the federal government but I doubt it is not much if any more than it receives in all business, agriculture, highway, social services, economic and law enforcement monies. Even if what Texas contributes is greater than what it receives in return the added cost of self-government, military, highway construction and maintenance border patrols into a foreign country (the United States) and the plethora of other self-sustaining activities would be financial suicide. I say let them go and see how long it lasts. Did I mention their sacred professional spots teams would no longer be a part of “National” major leagues, because they would not be a part of this nation?
The following list of obscure items is sort of late, but actually on time. Normally I include a list of special days for the following month in the last issue of the previous month. That did not happen for December. December’s special days are being published on December first, thus they are not really late, but they are not really on schedule either. Regardless of their timing, I hope you find them amusing/entertaining/enlightening(?). December is... Hi Neighbor Month. December is... Bingo’s Birthday Month. December 1 is . . . . . National Pie Day and Eat A Red Apple Day. December 2 is... National Fritters Day. December 3 is . . . . . National RoofOver-Your-Head Day. December 4 is . . . . . Wear Brown Shoes Day. December 5 is... National Sacher Torte Day. December 6 is... National Gazpacho Day and Mitten Tree Day. December 7 is . . . . . National Cotton Candy Day. December 8 is... Take It In The Ear Day. December 9 is . . . . . National Pastry Day. December 10 is... Festival For The Souls of Dead Whales.
December 11 is... National Noodle Ring Day. December 12 is... National Ding-ALing Day. December 13 is . . . . Ice Cream and Violins Day. December 14 is... National Bouillabaisse Day. December 15 is . . . . National Lemon Cupcake Day. December 16 is... National Chocolate Covered Anything Day. December 17 is... Underdog Day & National Maple Syrup Day. December 18 is... National Roast Suckling Pig Day. December 19 is . . . . Oatmeal Muffin Day. December 20 is . . . . Games Day. December 21 is . . . . Look At The Bright Side Day, National Flashlight Day, National French Fried Shrimp Day, and Hamburger Day. December 22 is . . . . National DateNut Bread Day. December 23 is . . . . Roots Day. December 24 is . . . . National Egg Nog Day. December 25 is . . . . National Pumpkin Pie Day. December 26 is... National Whiners Day. December 27 is... National Fruitcake Day. December 28 is . . . . Card Playing Day and National Chocolate Day. December 29 is... Pepper Pot Day. December 30 is . . . . Festival Of Enormous Changes At The Last Minute and National Bicarbonate Of Soda Day. December 31 is . . . . Unlucky Day.
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Tri-West’s Wesley Cook was listed as a wide receiver in Saturday’s program at Lucas Oil Stadium. Nobody bothered to tell him that. It was the junior’s running ability that catapulted the Bruins to their first state championship in 11 years, defeating Andrean 49-27. “This was his kind of surface. The kid can flat fly and he can cut with this surface. That kid will battle tooth and nail all the way,” said TriWest Coach Chris Coll of Cook’s performance. “I didn’t anticipate it being quite like that. I don’t know what the numbers were, but I’m guessing they were pretty wild.” Pretty wild was right. Cook almost outscored
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the 59ers by himself. The junior rushed 14 times for 218 yards and three touchdowns. He also returned a kickoff 89 yards for a score. He accounted for three consecutive touchdowns to begin the second half. Just for good measure, he did live up to his “receiver” billing, catching three passes for 39 yards. As good as Cook was, quarterback Jake Hendershot was not far behind. His steady play led several Bruin drives throughout the afternoon. The senior threw for 279 yards, completing 22-33 passes. He also had a 35-yard touchdown to sophomore Casey Coll, and zero interceptions. Hendershot’s number one target was a familiar
name: Hendershot. His younger brother Peyton to be exact. The two connected seven times for 99 yards. All of those came in the first half. “We threw the ball around a little bit today. More-so than we probably have in the past. Peyton is a big target. Jake took advantage of him,” Coll stated. “All of these kids (receivers) played a whale of a game.” Tri-West found itself in a hole early, down 14-0 with just over four minutes gone by. Andrean went 70 yards on the
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downs in romp of Andrean game’s opening possession. The drive was capped by a 41-yard touchdown pass to receiver Jamie Johnson. A few minutes later, defensive end Josh Barajas blocked a punt, which gave them the ball at the Bruins’ 14 yard-line. Running back David Graham then caught a pass for the game’s second score. The Bruins were able to fight back thanks to two unusual plays. The first came with 9:19 to go in the second quarter. Jake Hendershot fumbled the ball into
tate championship clock to claim a state championship.
the end zone, only to have offensive lineman Jake Church fall on it for the score. That knotted the contest at 14. After a turnover on downs, Tri-West landed the ball in their own territory. The Bruins marched down the field, but appeared to settle for a 21-yard field goal from Thomas Tinteria. However, Andrean was called for roughing the kicker. The penalty provided a fresh set of downs at the two yard-line. The next play, Cook took a pitch and scampered across the goal line. This gave his squad a 21-14 advantage with 4:58 left in the half. Tri-West went into the locker room with the game tied at 21, and would never trail again.
“We lost a couple of our offensive starters early on. We kind of had to scramble to put some things together. I’m proud of kids that really had been in support roles, step up and had to stay on the field all day. I’m pretty excited for them and the fact that we were able to stay balanced even though we had to change some things up,” said Coll. The Bruins end the season with a record of 14-1. Their lone loss came in Week 1, an 1817 defeat at West Lafayette. The state championship is the fourth in school history, with previous titles in 1996, 2003, and 2004. This was Tri-West’s seventh appearance at the state finals.
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Football Photos by Ronnie Wilson
Tri-West’s Wesley Cook reacts to his 89-yard second-half opening kick-off TD return.
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Tri-West’s Mac Dutra (91), Jude Diagastinop (45) and Cameron Cole pressure the Andrean QB. The Bruin defense was intrumental in their state championship victory.
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After catching a Jake Hendershot pass, Tri-West’s Casey Coll evaded Andrean tac
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cklers and dove past the final defender to score in the state championship game.
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Tri-West’s Keith Poland brings an Andrean ball carrier to an abrupt stop in state champioinship play.
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Tri-West’s Aaron Rose (20) and Marcus Anderson (34) smother the Andrean ball carrier in state championship play.
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Tri-West’s Wesley Cook did not need his speed and agil
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lity to exploit this hole in the Andrean defense, to score.
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Tri-West’s Cameron Cole and friends, halt the progress of an Andrean ball carrier.
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Tri-West’s Jake Hendershot powers his way toward the goal line versus Andrean in state championship play.
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Tri-West’s Jake Hendersho celebrates as he scores a TD versus Andrean in state championship action.
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Tri-West’s Wesley Cook lunges forward, for one of his three rushing TDs. to score vesus Andrean in the state championship game
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Tri-West’s Jake (8) and Peyton (5) Hendershot celebrate a Bruin TD in state championship action versus Andrean.
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Tri-West’s Drake Strahl does whatever it takes to stop an Andrfean ball carrier, including removing the ball carrier’s jersey..
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Tri-West’s Kyle Rose trips-up an Andrean ball-carrier as help approaches. in state championship play.
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Tri-West’s Peyton Hendershot uses his 6’4” frame to snag a pass from brother Jake.
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Tri-West’s Wesley Cook repels the final Andrean defender on his way to score one of his three rushing TDs.
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Tri-West’s Thomas Tintera approaches the ball for one of his seven kickoffs in state chamionship play.
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Boys Basketball Photos by Dan McGlaun & Hannah McGlaun
Avon’s Jack McCue versus Plainfield at Banker’s Life.
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Plainfield’s Conner Brens against Avon at Banker’s Life.
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Avon’s Andrew Short versus Plainfield at Banker’s Life.
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Plainfield’s Keegan Motter against Avon at Banker’s Life.
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Avon’s Brandon Peters versus Plainfield at Banker’’s Life.
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Plainfield’s Reece Crawford against Avon at Banker’s Life.
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Girls Basketball Photos by Ronnie Wilson
Avon’s Katrina Hopkins battles for a rebound versus Greenfield Central.
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Avon’s Megan Hunt versus Greenfield Central.
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County Results Football
Tri-West - Defeats Andrean, 49 - 27, for a state championship. Wesley Cook tallied 218 yards rushing on 14 carries including an 89-yard kickoff return and a 59-yard run. Jake Hendershot was 22 of 33 passingw with no interceptions for 279 yards. Peyton Hendershot caught seven passes for 99 yards. Casey Coll snagged seven aerials for 90 yards. Offensive lineman Jake Church scored a TD on a Tri-West fumble in the end zone. See story on page 6.
Basketball - Girls
Avon - Lost to Noblesville, 90 - 27. Danville - Defeated Edgewood, 52 - 30. Maleha Motter led the Lady Warrior scoring with 17 points
Plainfield - Lost to Greenwood, 61 - 59. Kayla Casteel led the Lady Quaker scoring with 16 points. Defeated Franklin, 73 - 42.
Basketball - Boys
Avon - Defeated Plainfield, 71 - 59. Brownsburg - Lost to Southport, 54 - 39. Darian Ringo tallied 16 points for the Bulldogs. Cascade - Defeated Brownw County 60 - 53. Lost to Covington, 58 - 30. Danville - Defeated South Putnam, 81 - 29. Danville’s Luke Callahan tallied 31 points. Defeated Rockville, 75 - 43. Luke Callahan tallied a gamehigh 35 points.
Wrestling
Brownsburg - Defeated Martinsville, 59 - 6. Defeated Greenwood, 64 - 9. Defeated Edgewood, 61 - 4. Defeated Danville, 63 - 9. Defeated Bloomington North, 61 - 8.
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