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RONNIE’S RAMBLINGS
vol. 01 Issue 54 02.23.2015
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Cover photo: Danville’s Brock Hudkins is the state wrestling champion at 120#.
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In this issue...
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Ronnie’s Ramblings
Four Six
Wrestling state championship
Swimming/diving Sectionals - Boys
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boys Basketball
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RONNIE’S RAMBLINGS
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by ronnie wilson
his last week was a bit of a strange/easy/challenging/interesting week. Monday night I had no events to cover. This “night off” gave me a chance to catch-up on my laundry and assorted other household chores I have been neglecting. I accomplished much less than I had hoped, but about as much as I expected - I am still behind in most all of the chores. Tuesday was full. Three boys basketball games all scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Given the appropriate scheduling and locations of basketball games I can cover four games in one night. This was not ope of those nights. One of the three games was between two local teams. That is the only game I covered that night. Wednesday was another night off. I was not sure what to do with myself having two nights off in the same week, let alone two in three nights. I returned to my domestic du-
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ties. Again, I did not accomplish as much as would have liked, but as much as could in the time given. Thursday night had two boys swimming/diving sectionals scheduled at 5:30 p.m.; on at Ben Davis with the only local team being Brownsburg and the other at Plainfield with all of the other six teams thee. I decided to go to Ben Davis and spend the night covering Brownsburg. I would cover the other five schools on Saturday at Plainfield. Friday night’s schedule had four boys basketball games, again. Fortunately, one of the teams I had covered
on Tuesday night, so they were out of the mix. I could do two, but no way I could do three. I picked the two closest to each other. I decided to go to the venue closest to me first. The JV game ran late. It did not finish until after 7:30 p.m.; that is the estimates start of the var-
sity game. The varsity game did not begin until 8 p.m. The night had not begun for me an I was already late. My initial plan was to shoot the first quarter and about 2 3 minutes of the second quarter or the first game, then drive to the second game to cover the last couple of minutes of the third quarter and all of the fourth. The game-time gods were not on my side. I scurried to the second game, knowing I would be
late, but thinking I could probably cover at least the entire fourth quarter. Again, not on this night. As I entered the gym I saw the game clock had 3:30 remaining in the fourth quarter. I needed to get into position and begin shooting very quickly. I managed to get several decent and a couple of good shots at both games and published them in this issue The “fun� part of the weekend was about to begin. The first girls regional basketball game was scheduled for 10 a.m. at Danville. I arrived at about 9:30 a.m. Something was not right. The parking lot was completely cleared of snow and totally devoid of cars. I called the Danville AD. He stated the games had been postponed to 5 and 7 p.m due to weather. No problem, I would go to
the boys swimming/diving sectional at Plainfield, which began at 1 p.m. Wrong again. That start time had been delayed until 5 p.m. due to weather. I decided I would cover the first half or so of the basketball game then drive to the swim/dive sectional to cover the end of it. Did I mention the state wrestling championships were to be gin at 7 p.m. Saturday night. I return to the basketball venue to be told the games have been postponed to Monday. NO big deal, I can now get to the swim/dive sectional earlier and cover all of it. By this time I had abandoned any hope of getting to cover wrestling. Fortunately, another photographer I know would be there covering it for several other newspapers. I asked him if he could get a couple of shots to me. He said he would try. He did. It looked like I was out of the woods, but no. The girls regional basketball game and the Ben Davis swim/dive sectional were rescheduled to begin at 6 and 5:30 p.m., respectively, Monday, February 23. Am I having fun?
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State Championship Wrestling Results - 2015 Wt Name 106 Tyler Mills finished 2nd 120 Brock Hudkins - State Champion 126 Elliott Molloy finished third 160 Brandon helm finished third 285 Bryce Biddle finished fourth
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School BHS DCHS DCHS AHS PHS
wrestling Photos by Doug McSchooler
Brownsburg’s Tyler Mills finishd 2nd at 106# at the state wrestling championships.
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Swimming/ Divng Sectional Photos by Ronnie Wilson
Avon’s rant Lewis is the Plainfield sectional champion in the 200 Individual Medley. He is also a part of the champion 200 Medley Relay and 400 Freestyle Relay squads and the 100 Butterfly..
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Boys Sectional* Swimming/Diving Individual/Relay Event Champions 2015
Event 200 Medley Relay
Sectional Champion AHS - Garrett Hammons, Chandler Bray, Grant Lewis, Parks Jones. 200 Freestyle AHS - Parks Jones. 200 Individual Medley AHS - Chandler Bray. 1 Meter Diving DCHS - Eli Alexander. 100 Butterfly AHS - Grant Lewis. 500 Freestyle AHS - Parks Jones. 100 Breaststroke AHS - Chandler Bray. 400 Freestyle Relay AHS - Parks Jones, Grant Lewis, Grant Sprout, Chandler Bray.
Boys Sectional* Swimming/Diving Team Finishes - 2015 Avon - Sectional Cham- Danville finished 7th. pion Tri-West finished 8th. Plainfield finished 3rd. Cascade finished 11th.
*From the Plainfield Sectional. The Ben Davis
Sectional finals were postponed to 2-20-2015.
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Avon’s Garrett Hammons began the sectional competition as he swam the first leg backstroke of the first event. He and his 200 Medley Relay squad secured the sectional championship in their event.
Avon’s Grant Sprout is a mamber of the sectional championship 400 Freestyle Relay squad.
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Avon’s Chandler Bray is the Plainfield sectional champion in the 200 Breaststroke. He is also a member of the sectional championsip 200 Medley Relay and 400 Freestyle squads.
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Danivlle’s Eli Alexander is the Plainfield sectional diving champion.
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Avon’s Parks Jones is the Plainfield sectional champion in the 500 Freestyle. He is also a member of the sectional championship 200 Medley Relay and 400 Freestyle Relay squads.
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Brownsburg’s Braden Jackson swims the lead-off leg of the 400 Freestyle Relay at the Ben Davis Sectional.
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Brownsburg’s Diego La Torre-Reyes begins the 100 Backstroke at the Ben Davis sectional.
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Brownsburg’s Joe Ancel swims the 100 Breaststroke at the Ben Davis sectional.
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Brownsburg’s Jack Franzman starts the 50 Freestyle at the Ben Davis sectional competition.
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Above - Brownsburg’s Kyle Baney swims the 100 Butterfly in sectional competition at Ben Davis Below - Brownsburg’s Vince Partlow swims the 500 Freestyle in sectional completion at Ben Davis.
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Above - Brownsburg’s Jack Lukens begins the anchor leg of the 200 Medley Relay at the Ben Davis sectional. Below - Brownsburg’s Vince Partlow swims the 200 Freestyle in sectional competition at Ben Davis.
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Brownsburg’s Adam Moll swims the 200 Backstroke in sectional competition at Ben Davis.
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Brownsburg’s Jimmy Breedlove begins sectional completion for Brownsburg with the backstroke portion of the 200 Medley Relay at Ben Davis.
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Brownsburg’s Andrew Fulwider swims the breaststroke portion of the 200 Medley Relay in sectional competition at Ben Davis.
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It is not clear if this ghoulish/pajama party group of Brownsburg boys swim/dive fans are trying to intimidate the opposition of motivate their team.
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Basketball Photos by Ronnie Wilson
Avon’s Logan White grabs an offensive rebound versus Noblesville.
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Avon’s Jack McCue versus Noblesville.
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Danville’s Mitch Delamarter versus Crawfordsville.
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Danivlle’s Austin Cowart takes a giant step toward the basket versus Crawfordsville.
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Plainfield’s Nathan Mills gets past Brownsburg’s Jordache Mavunga.
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Plainfield’s Conner Brens evaluates the defense prior to taking a shot veersus Brownsburg.
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Plainfield’s Max Kurkowski gets open to score versus Brownsburg.
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Brownsburg’s Tyler Kirtz shoots around Plainfield’s Conner Brens.
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Brownsburg’s Landon Hall protects a loose ball from Plainfield’s Max Kurkowski.
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Brownsburg’s Adrian Chapman at Plainfield.
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Plainfield’s Reece Crawford versus Brownsburg.
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Brownsburg’s Landon Hall at Plainfield.
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RONNIE’S RAMBLINGS vol. 01 Issue 54 02.23.2015
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