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RONNIE’S RAMBLINGS
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Cover photo: Cascade’s Zac Butler is the 2015 sectional champion in the Long Jump.
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The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching. John Wooden
Ronnie’s Ramblings
Four Boys Track & field Sectional
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Tennis Sectional
Fourteen Baseball
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by Ronnie Wilson
came across the following editorial reply last week and it voiced sentiments much more eloquently than I. I thought you might appreciate it. By Taylor Batten from the Charlotte Observer. I wrote a light blogpost last month about Mayor Dan Clodfelter proclaiming April 30 “Honesty Day” in Charlotte. Honesty Day, it turned out, is observed on that date nationwide. I noted a Wikipedia explanation of what it’s all about: “On this day, anyone participating may ask any question they choose and the opposing person should give a truthful and straightforward answer.” I invited readers to say what they would ask, and of whom. David Fry of Charlotte was among those who responded. “To: observer editors
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“Question? Why do you support such a liberal agenda? “Remember you’re supposed to answer honestly.” Well, rules are rules, so I suppose you deserve an honest answer for Honesty Day. Here goes: We believe that everyone is created equal. We believe that children should not bear responsibility for the sins of their parents. We believe that prevention is a heck of a lot cheaper than a cure. We believe people should not be treated as lesser citizens, with fewer rights, because of whom they love. We believe a thriving
city, state and nation rests to a great degree in the quality of its public schools, and that every child deserves a dedicated, dynamic teacher, regardless of what ZIP code that child lives in. We believe discrimination is wrong in every instance. We believe in consistency, so
if you are going to drug-test recipients of public assistance, drug-test them all, including the corporate chieftains who are the biggest beneficiaries. We believe that police officers should act professionally, under incredibly difficult circumstances, regardless of a suspect’s race. We believe taxes should be kept as low as possible while still providing a sound safety net for the neediest, a robust
education for all, decent health care for the elderly and the destitute, and other basics. We believe politicians of any party should keep their promises, avoid the appearance of personal gain from the public trust, and look out for the general welfare, not that of any one special interest. We believe there are people of worth beyond our tight circle and there are neighborhoods beyond our own, with different histories, perspectives and needs. We believe offenders have paid their price when their sentence is up and should be helped to assimilate back into society. And that that’s better for the community than neglecting them and watching them commit another crime. We believe there are peace-loving Muslims.
We do not believe President Obama was born in Kenya. We believe in the separation of church and state. We believe Moore Place, built with public and private money, and its housing-first approach is a model for how to help the chronically homeless. We believe Charlotte will need effective mass transit to handle its continually swelling population. We believe if you’re a fan of a politician solely because he has a ‘D’ or an ‘R’ after his name, then you’re not paying attention. We believe we have only one planet, and we should protect it for our grandchildren. If that earns us the label “liberal” in your eyes, Mr. Fry, so be it. We approach the issues of the day with an open mind and guided by those principles, not by blind devotion to any political party. And that’s the honest truth.
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Tri-West’s Wesley Cook is the 2015 sectional c
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Track & Field Boys Sectional Photos by Ronnie Wilson
champion in both the 100 and 200 Meter Dash.
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Avon’s Marcus Griffin is the 2015 section
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nal champion in the 300 Meter Hurdles.
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Avon’s David Schall is the 2015 sectional champion in the Discus Throw and the Shot Put.
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Brownsburg’s Hariharn Sathyamurthy is the 2015 sectional champion in the 800 and 1600 Meter runs.
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Brownsburg’s Nassif Kouton is the 2015 se
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ectional champion in the 200 Meter Dash.
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Tennis - Girls Sectional Photos by Ronnie Wilson
Avon’s Teodora Simion won her sectional championship match against Brownsburg’s Morgan Bettner.
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Brownsburg’s Kara Mehringer won her sectional championship match against Avon’s Samantha Selge.
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Avon’s #1 doubles pair of Kari Thrasher and Madelaine Jones won their secti
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ional championship match against Brownsburg’s Hailey Blood and Lily House.
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Brownsburg’s Morgan Bettner in sectional championship play against Avon’s Teodora Simion.
Avon’s Samantha Selge runs down a shot in sectional championship action against Brownsburg’s Kara Mehringer.
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Avon’s Kaylin Venezia won her sectional championship match against Brownsburg’s Payton Haygood.
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Brownsburg’s Payton Haygood in sectional championship play against Avon’s Kaylin Venezia.
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Brownsburg’s # 2 doubles pair of Hailey Blood and Lily House in sectional championship action against Avon’s Kari Thrasher and Madelaine Jones.
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Avon’s Erin Pool and Audrie Hillis at #1 doubles won their sectional cham
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mpionship match against Brownsburg’s Caitlin Preda and Kristina Petrovic.
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Brownsburg’s #1 doubles pair of Caitliln Preda and Kristina Petrovic in
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sectional championship play against Avon’s Erin Pool and Audrie Hillis.
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Plainfield’s Allison Huff in sectional action against Danville.
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Danville’s Sarah Stiers against Plainfield in sectional action.
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Plainfield’s Ally Edwards in sectional play against Danville.
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Plainfield’s Carolyn Copeland versus Danville, in sectional action.
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Danville’s Madeline Motes in sectional action against Plainfield.
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Baseball Photos by Ronnie Wilson
Plainfield’s Nick Cottingim versus Cascade.
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Plainfield’s Noah Lane slides safely
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y into third base versus Cascade.
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Cascade’s JT Phillips looks to his coach for the pitch signal to relay to his pitcher, Sawyer Donovan at Plainfield.
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Cascade’s Sawyer Donovan against Plainfield.
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Plainfield’s Seth Knuckles makes a throw to first for an out versus Cascade.
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Tri-West’s Carter Cooper makes a diving catch for an out versus Lebanon.
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Tri-West’s Jake Hill rips a base hit versus Lebanon.
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Tri-West’s Lucas Godin makes a leaping snag of a line-drove for an out versus Lebanon.
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Track & Field
Boys Sectional Event Champions* 100 Meter Dash - Wesley Cook - Tri-West Hendricks High School 200 Meter Dash - Wesley Cook - Tri-West Hendricks High School 400 Meter Dash - Nassif Kouton - Brownsburg High School 800 Meter Run - Hariharn Sathyamuthy - Brownsburg High School 1600 Meter Run - Hariharn Sathyamuthy - Brownsburg High School 300 Meter Hurdles - Marcus Griffin - Avon High School 4 x 100 Meter Relay - Zach Archer, Josh Brisco, Khalil Eljirby, Andrew Snoke - Plainfield High School 4 x 400 Meter Relay - Brandon Britton, Tyler Kirtz, Hariharn Sathyamuthy, Seth Webster - Brownsburg High School Long Jump - Zac butler - Cascade High School Shot Put - David Schall - Avon High School Discus Throw - David Schull - Avon High School * Hendricks County participants won 11 of 16 events
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County Results Softball
Avon - Defeated Perry Me-
ridian, 4 - 0. Haylie Foster was the winning pitcher. Hannah Goddard was 2-for3 at the plate, including a double. Sydnie Foster was 2-for3 at the plate.
Brownsburg
- Defeated Whiteland, 5 - 3. Sydney Lowe was the winning pitcher. MacKayla Gordon was 2-for-3 at the plate, including a double. Lost to Hamilton SE, 8 - 7.
Danville - Defeated Southmont, 11 - 1.
First Round Sectional Games
Avon - Plays Brownsburg on 5 - 27 at 6 p.m. at Martinsville. Cascade - Plays North Putnam on 5 - 27 at 6 p.m. at North Putnam. Danville - Plays the winner of Game 4 on 5 - 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Danville. Plainfield - Plays Terre Haute South on 5 - 28 at 7:30 at Martinsville. Tri-West - Plays Beech Grove on 5 - 30 at 5 p.m. at Danville.
Brownsburg - Defeated
Danville, 5 - 0.
Golf
Brownsburg - Lost to Cen-
ter Grove, 159 - 174. Finished 2nd at the new Castle Invitational. Luke Kelly was the Medalist, carding a 72.
Plainfield - Defeated Frank-
lin, 309 - 313. Johnny Gulley was the Medalist, carding a 73. Finished 2nd at the Mid-State Conference Meet.
Track & Field
Boys Sectional Team Finishes
(Of ten teams participating)* Avon - Champion. - 157 ville, 7 - 0. points Brownsburg -3rd - 103 Baseball Tennis points. Avon - Defeated Noblesville, Sectional Results Cascade - 7th - 35 points.. 3 - 2. Avon - Defeated Mooresville, Danville - 9th - 24 points.. Brownsburg - Defeated 3 - 2. Plainfield - 5th - 50 points. Hamilton SE, 7 - 6, in eight in- Defeated Plainfield, 5 - 0. Tri-West - 6th - 44 points. nings. Matt Rollyson was the Defeated Brownsburg, 4 - 1 For Individual Event Winners, winning pitcher. for the sectional championship. see preceding page.
Danville - Lost to Moores-
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PUBLISHED BY Wilson Photography
RONNIE’S RAMBLINGS vol. 01 Issue 73 05.25.2015
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