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During a timeout early in the second quarter, Indian Creek coach Brian Ferris, his team trailing by 11 points, encouraged players to look at the near-capacity crowd inside their gym.

Boys basketball

Swimming and diving

Evan Hernandez wasn’t your typical stud swimmer, the kid who was dominating his competition from the age of 8 or 9 and just staying on top. He’s had to get it from the mud.

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It has been since I started hunting at 12 years old. There was magic in getting up early to go afield in pursuit of deer, rabbits and pheasants, then returning to the year’s greatest family feast.

Wabash College defensive lineman Cade Lansdell produced nine tackles in the Little Giants’ 49-25 win over visiting Kenyon. The senior, a Center Grove product, has recorded 41 tackles this season entering today’s Monon Bell Classic at DePauw.

The down side of being a 3-point specialist is that if that’s the only club in your bag, it’s pretty easy for opposing defenses to take away from you.

Girls swimming and diving

With 6:18 left in the third quarter of the Johnson County tournament championship game, Savanna Bischoff knocked down a 3-pointer to help Center Grove draw even with Indian Creek. It was the Trojans’ fourth triple of the game.

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