Local sports roundup: December 16-18
Boys basketball
Center Grove swimmers retain county championships
Lara Phipps would like to close out her senior season atop the podium at the state meet in February.
Center Grove boys basketball defeats Whiteland
Center Grove may not have an Indiana All-Star candidate or a major Division I recruit on its roster. What the Trojans do have are plenty of ways to beat somebody, and they were almost all on display Friday night.
Hallett off to strong start for Indian Creek wrestling
The annual Johnson County wrestling tournament has an uncanny knack for shoehorning dozens of storylines into a few hours of competition.
College notebook: Beverly helps lead Grizzlies to win over Earlham
Freshman center Dylan Beverly scored 11 points and had two assists, two steals and two blocked shots for the Franklin College men’s basketball team in an 80-75 defeat of visiting Earlham. The former Franklin Community High School player leads the Grizzlies in blocks this season with 15.
Local sports roundup: December 14
Girls basketball
Mike Beas: As Indiana legends go, McGinnis in his own league
Fundamentally speaking, the technique was all wrong.
Ackermann emerging as a star for Franklin boys swimming
Borrowing the nickname that Shaquille O’Neal bestowed on fellow basketball Hall of Famer Paul Pierce some two decades ago, Franklin swim coach Zach DeWitt calls sophomore Lucas Ackermann “The Truth.”
Hammill hopes to help lead Wisconsin to second NCAA volleyball title
Madison Hammill didn’t see the floor when Wisconsin won its first NCAA volleyball championship two years ago.