Harrison (West Lafayette) Raiders | Archive | October, 2008

Six out of ten Hoosier Crossroads Conference schools advanced to play in week #2 of the state football playoffs on Halloween night (Oct. 31).

As a result, Hoosier Crossroads Conference Content Coordinator Eric Eaton is back for a sectional semifinals preview show in which he takes an in-depth look and gives predictions on all six contests involving conference schools.

To watch this week’s program on the sectional semifinals, simply push play on the video player in this article!

Note: This program will continue each week of the postseason as long as there is at least one HCC school still competing in the playoffs.

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Here is your HCC Daily Scoreboard for Monday, October 27
 
Girls Soccer
Ft. Wayne Snider Semistate semifinal
Guerin Catholic 4, McCutcheon 3 – The Maverics twice had first half leads of one goal, but Guerin Catholic was able to rally both times to take the victory. Click here to read an in-depth story on the game courtesy of the Lafayette Journal & Courier.

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By Eric Eaton
Hoosier Crossroads Conference Content Coordinator

LAFAYETTE – The Harrison Raiders entered class 4A sectional #7 competition having lost six of its final seven regular season matches.

However, as it always does, the state tournament gives teams an opportunity for a fresh start, since all regular season records are rendered meaningless once the tournament begins.

Well, Harrison took advantage of its fresh start, rolling to a sectional title at McCutcheon High School on October 25 with three game victories over both Kokomo and Lafayette Jefferson.

After downing Kokomo 25-17, 25-14, and 25-15 in the afternoon semifinal, coach Lori Janssen’s Raiders faced a Lafayette Jefferson team in the championship match that they had beaten in straight games earlier in the season.

The Raiders would get off to a fast start against Jeff in the title match, and thus sent the signal that they wouldn’t be taking the Bronchos lightly.

Harrison received a combined total of five kills from senior Sami Vierk and sophomore Alexa Banker in a convincing 25-15 opening-game victory over the Bronchos.

Lafayette Jeff would regroup in game two though, and held a 10-8 lead on Harrison, before everything would unravel for the underdog Bronchos.

Facing the before mentioned two-point deficit, the Raiders would run off a string of 10 consecutive points en route to a 25-18 game two victory over Lafayette Jeff.

The sophomore Banker dominated the second game from her outside hitter position, contributing six kills and a service ace in the win.

Harrison then made quick work of their Tippecanoe County and conference rivals in the third game, rolling to a 25-11 victory and capturing its second consecutive sectional title in the process.

For the game, Vierk led the Raiders in kills with 11, while Banker and senior Jacklyn Williams each added 10.

Lafayette Jeff, which finishes its season at 6-26, was led by the seven kills of sophomore middle hitter Morgan Riley.

With the win, Harrison (18-15) advances to the semifinals of the Huntington North Regional on Saturday, Nov. 1 to play the host 23-12 Vikings at approximately 12:30 P.M.

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Here is your HCC Daily Scoreboard for Saturday, October 25

Boys Cross Country Semistates
New Prairie Semistate – Here are the HCC team finishes from the meet: #3 McCutcheon-1st (48 points), Harrison-17th (385 points), and Lafayette Jefferson-19th (439 points). McCutcheon, which was led by Ross Russell’s third-place finish (16:01), advances as a team to state finals on November 1 at 1:45 P.M. in Terre Haute.

Franklin Central Semistate – Here are the HCC team finishes from the meet: #4 Fishers-2nd (93 points), #10 Noblesville-5th (167 points), and #12 Zionsville-7th (189 points).  Top-ranked Carmel won the meet with 53 points. Fishers, which received second and third-place finishes from Drew and Alex Shields, along with Noblesville, both advance as teams to the state finals on Saturday, November 1 at 1:45 P.M. in Terre Haute. Individually, the following conference runners earned a spot in the state finals as individuals by finishing in the top-15: Dylan Sorensen-Zionsville (4th-place), Chris Surfus-Avon (8th-place), and Scott Vicenzi-Brownsburg (12th-place).

Girls Cross Country Semistates
New Prairie Semistate – Harrison finished 10th with 274 points and Lafayette Jefferson was 13th with 340 points; but both teams failed to qualify for the state finals. #5 Lake Central won the semistate with 51 points.

Franklin Central Semistate – Here are the HCC team finishes from the meet: #6 Noblesville-2nd (119 points), #8 Westfield-6th (132 points), #14 Brownsburg-7th (234 points), and Avon-14th (359 points). #1 Carmel won the meet with 44 points, but Noblesville and Westfield each advance as teams to Saturday’s state finals meet which takes place at 1:00 P.M. in Terre Haute. Individually, both Makayla Schultheis-Fishers (8th-place), and Maya Nagy-Avon (15th-place) advance to the state finals as individuals with top-15 finishes at the semistate.

Boys Soccer Semistates
Crown Point Semistate
Semifinal:
#17 Munster 2, Harrison 1 (OT)

North Central (Indianapolis) Semistate
Semifinals:
#10 Noblesville 2, Roncalli 1 (PK)
#5 Zionsville 2, #18 Center Grove 0
Championship:
Zionsville 4, Noblesville 0 – The Eagles advance to the state finals on Saturday, November 1 at Kuntz Stadium in Indianapolis to play Mishawaka Marian at noon in the semifinals.

Girls Soccer Semistates
North Central (Indianapolis) Semistate
Semifinals:
#1 Noblesville 2, #18 East Central 0
#8 Cathedral 2, #17 Brownsburg 1 (PK)
Championship:
Noblesville 2, Cathedral 0 – The Millers advance to the state finals on Saturday at Kuntz Stadium in Indianapolis to play #5 Evansville Memorial at 10:00 A.M. in the semifinals.

Ft. Wayne Snider Semistate
McCutcheon vs. Guerin Catholic semifinal (postponed to Monday, October 27)

Boys Tennis Individual State Finals
Doubles:
Quarterfinal match: Connor Braden/Tanner Braden (Lafayette Jefferson) defeated Chris Campbell/Tanner Niehaus (Jasper) 6-1, 7-5
Semifinal match: Joe Hammond/Nick Laconi (Zionsville) defeated Connor Braden/Tanner Braden (Lafayette Jefferson) 6-2, 6-2
Championship match: Joe Hammond/Nick Laconi (Zionsville) defeated Daniel Desper/Derek Romer (East Noble) 6-7, 6-3, 6-4; Click here to watch an interview with Hammond and Laconi!
Consolation match: Connor Braden/Tanner Braden (Lafayette Jefferson) defeated Michael Eberle/Richard Holcomb (Terre Haute North) 6-4, 7-6

Singles:
Quarterfinal match: Dalton Albertin (Lawrence Central) defeated Evan Hawkins (Harrison) 6-3, 6-3

Volleyball Sectionals
Brownsburg Sectional
Semifinal match:
4A #3 Avon 3, Brownsburg 0 – Game scores: 25-15, 25-21, 25-20
Championship match:
Avon 3, Ben Davis 0 – Game scores: 25-12, 25-15, 25-10; Avon advances to the in the semifinals of the Center Grove Regional on Saturday, November 1 at 11:30 A.M. to battle 4A #1 Cathedral.

McCutcheon Sectional
Semifinal matches:
Lafayette Jefferson 3, McCutcheon 2 – Game scores: 19-25, 25-14, 23-25, 25-20, 15-13
Harrison 3, Kokomo 0 – Game scores: 25-17, 25-14, 25-15
Championship match:
Harrison 3, Lafayette Jefferson 0 – Game scores: 25-15, 25-18, 25-11; The Raiders advance to the semifinals of the Huntington North Regional on Saturday, and will play the host Vikings at 12:30 P.M.

Westfield Sectional
Semifinal matches:
Hamilton Southeastern 3, Fishers 0 – Game scores: 25-12, 25-18, 25-22
Carmel 3, Westfield 0 – Game scores: 26-24, 25-17, 25-17
Championship match:
Hamilton Southeastern 3 Carmel 1 – Game scores: 14-25, 25-22, 25-14, 25-22; HSE, which captured its first volleyball sectional title in 16 years, advances to the semifinals of the Center Grove Regional to play 4A #7 Center Grove on Saturday at 11:30 A.M.
   

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Here is your Hoosier Crossroads Conference Daily Scoreboard for Friday, October 24.

Football Sectionals

4A Sectional #13  
Zionsville 24, Westfield 0 – The game was scoreless at halftime, but the Eagles (6-4) showed their muscle in the second half and advance to the sectional semifinals were they will host Mooresville 8-2 next Friday on Halloween night. Westfield’s season comes to end at 1-9. Click here to watch video highlights from Zionsville’s win over the Shamrocks!

5A Sectional #4
Lafayette Jefferson 42, Anderson 14 – The Bronchos (6-4) will host co#2 Carmel in the semifinals next Friday night. Click here to read a game story on Jeff’s win over Anderson from George Bremer courtesy of the Lafayette Journal & Courier.

Co#2 Carmel 41, Noblesville 0 – The Millers end their season with a final record of 3-7.

Harrison (West Lafayette) 42, McCutcheon 14 – The Raiders (5-5) will travel to 9-1 #14 Kokomo next Friday night for the sectional semifinals. Meanwhile, McCutcheon (1-9) ends its season with just one victory for a second straight season. Click here to read a story from Nathan Baird on Harrison’s big win over the Mavericks courtesy of the Lafayette Journal & Courier.

5A Sectional #5
#9 Warren Central 49, co#2 Hamilton Southeastern 21 – The Royals finish their season with an outstanding 9-1 mark and an outright Hoosier Crossroads Conference championship.

Fishers 31, Lawrence North 20 – The Tigers (7-3) will play another MIC school next week in the sectional semifinals when the travel to #9 Warren Central (7-3) on Friday, October 31. Click here to read a story with video about Fishers win over L.N. from HoosierAuthority.com’s Jessica Brooks!

5A Sectional #6
#13 Avon 49, Indianapolis Tech 3 – The 8-2 Orioles won their sixth straight game and will now travel to #5 Southport (9-1) next Friday night for the semifinals in what should be one of the marquee matchups of the week. Click here to read an article on Avon’s win over Tech from Jake Thompson courtesy of the Hendricks County Flyer Group.

Brownsburg 21, Franklin Central 18 – The Bulldogs (5-5) will host a red-hot #8 Ben Davis team (7-3) in the sectional semifinals next Friday. Click here to watch video highlights of Brownsburg’s win over the Flashes! Then, click here to read a story about the game from Kevin Leibrock courtesy of the Hendricks County Flyer Group.

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Here is your Hoosier Crossroads Conference Daily Scoreboard for Thursday, October 23. 

Girls Volleyball Sectionals

Westfield Sectional
Westfield 3, Zionsville 1 – Game scores: 23-25, 25-15, 25-17, 25-22
Carmel 3, Noblesville 0 – Game scores: 25-21, 25-13, 25-16 (Carmel and Westfield will meet in the sectional semifinals on Saturday, October 25 at 11:00 A.M.)

Brownsburg Sectional
Brownsburg 3, Pike 0 – Game scores: 25-12, 25-21, 29-27. Click here to watch video highlights from the match!
4A #3 Avon 3, Decatur Central 0 – Game scores: 25-5, 25-12, 25-11 (Avon and Brownsburg will square off in the sectional semifinals on Saturday at approximately 12:30 P.M.) Click here for video highlights from the Orioles win!

McCutcheon Sectional
Harrison (West Lafayette) 3, Logansport 0 – Game scores: 25-19, 25-20, 25-20 (The Raiders advance to the sectional semifinals where they will play Kokomo on Saturday, October 25 at approximately 12:30 P.M.) Click here to read a story on Harrison’s sectional win over Logansport courtesy of the Lafayette Journal & Courier.

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Here is your Hoosier Crossroads Conference Daily Scoreboard for Wednesday, October 22.

Girls Soccer Regionals

Zionsville Regional Championship
co#1 Noblesville 3, New Palestine 0 – The Millers advance to the semifinals of the North Central (Indianapolis) Semistate on Saturday, October 25 where they will meet #18 East Central at 10:00 A.M.

Avon Regional Championship
#17 Brownsburg 3, Roncalli 2 – The Bulldogs advance to the semifinals of the North Central (Indianapolis) Semistate on Saturday where they will face defending state champion #8 Cathedral at 10:00 A.M. Cathedral eliminated Brownsburg from the state tournament last season in the championship game of the North Central Semistate. Click here to read a story on Brownsburg’s victory over Roncalli courtesy of the Hendricks County Flyer Group. 

Logansport Regional Championship
McCutcheon 3, Kokomo 2 – The Mavericks are enjoying quite a postseason, having won sectional and regional championships for the first time in the program’s history. Next up for McCutcheon in the semifinals of the Ft. Wayne Snider Semistate on Saturday, October 25 is a matchup with Guerin Catholic at 10:00 A.M. Click here to read more on the Mavericks Regional Championship victory over Kokomo courtesy of the Lafayette Journal & Courier.

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Starting this week and continuing throughout the 2008 IHSAA state football playoffs, Hoosier Crossroads Conference Content Coordinator Eric Eaton will host a weekly video program previewing each and every playoff matchup involving a Hoosier Crossroads Conference school.

To watch this week’s program, which previews the sectional openers for all 10 conference teams, simply push play on the video player in this article.

Note: This program will continue each week of the postseason as long as there is at least one HCC school still competing in the playoffs.

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Here is your Hoosier Crossroads Conference Daily Scoreboard for Monday, October 20.

Volleyball
Hamilton Southeastern 3, Mt. Vernon (Fortville) 0 – Game scores: 25-6, 25-5, 25-9

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By Jessica Brooks
Staff Writer

WEST LAFAYETTE – Harrison (West Lafayette) threw a 4-0 shutout at Crawfordsville Oct. 18 to capture the West Lafayette Regional championship.

Coach Chris Castro credits his players’ success to their hard training all season.

“Our strengths come from all the training we’ve put in through the week,” Castro said. “Our boys are really getting everything where it should be – we’re not overlooking anything.

“We’re actually playing every team the way we should be playing all year.”

Harrison (13-6-1) defeated McCutcheon, 3-0, in Wednesday’s semifinal, while Crawfordsville had posted a 3-1 victory over Tipton. Harrison now moves on Oct. 25 to the Crown Point semistate, where the Raiders will face No. 17 Munster (17-1-1) in the second semifinal.

The winner of that match will challenge the survivor of Mishawaka Marian (13-6) vs. LaPorte (8-11-1) for a berth in the Nov. 1 state finals.

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