The Hoosier Crossroads Conference fared well in the first weekend of sectional football. The HCC saw its share of blowouts as well as a few games that went down to the wire. Six schools from the HCC advanced, including Fishers and Hamilton Southeastern. Fishers advanced by downing McCutcheon 37-7. Hamilton Southeastern also posted a lopsided victory, winning 19-0 over Harrison (West Lafayette). Noblesville was on the winning side of a high scoring game in which the Millers topped Lafayette Jefferson 58-30. Brownsburg outmatched Indiana Tech by an astounding score of 65-0. Although the HCC saw its fair share of uneven games, there were a few games that were thrilling right down to the last minute.
Avon and Zionsville both advanced by slim margins against non-conference foes. Avon beat Ben Davis by a score of 28-24 while Zionsville defeated Terre Haute South 17-14. Westfield suffered a less fortunate fate, falling to Carmel 21-7. A majority of the HCC will be in action again this Friday, October 30th.
Fishers will host Carmel at 7 p.m. on Friday night. The Tigers, who suffered only one loss during the regular season, will try for their 10th win of the year. They will face the Greyhounds, who went undefeated in the MIC and posted a 9-1 overall record.
Hamilton Southeastern will travel to Noblesville for a rematch of regular season conference play. Hamilton Southeastern beat the Millers earlier this month by a score of 28-7. The game is scheduled for 7p.m. on Friday night.
Zionsville will host Brownsburg in a game that should prove to be extremely exciting. Zionsville and Brownsburg finished third and fourth, respectively, in the conference standings. Zionsville defeated the Bulldogs just two weeks ago by a score of 7-0. The 7 p.m. game should feature stellar defense once again.
In the final HCC sectional match up of Halloween weekend, Pike will host Avon at 7 p.m. The Orioles, who finished 3-6 in the HCC, will face a daunting task when they travel to Pike. The Red Devils posted nine wins this year, with their only setback coming to Center Grove in August.
One HCC team
silenced its doubters and another disappointed its believers. That is the theme
from sectional action over the weekend. Avon, which has been dismissed as being
“down” all season, rumbled to the title in the Pike Sectional. The Orioles lost
just one set in the tournament. They began by blitzing a Pike squad many
thought would give them trouble in the opening round. Avon won that match in
straight sets. They then ousted conference foe Brownsburg in the semi-finals in
four sets. The championship match was a three set drubbing of Indianapolis Ben
Davis. The championship scores were 25-15, 25-22, and 25-19.
At the other
end of the spectrum, Hamilton Southeastern’s season came to an unexpected end
in the championship match of the Zionsville Sectional. The once beaten Royals
were upset by Carmel in three sets 25-23, 25-19, and excruciatingly 31-29.
Harrison
captured the other sectional title claimed by the HCC. The Raiders downed
conference foe McCucheon in the semi-finals and then dispatched Logansport in
the championship match 25-23, 25-14, and 25-15.
Regional
play will find Harrison opening play at Muncie Central versus Carroll of Fort Wayne.
Muncie Central sits in the other bracket at that tournament. Meanwhile, Avon
will face Warren Central in the first round of the Perry Meridian Regional.
Carmel and Center grove will vie in the opposite bracket.
The draw
made it inevitable. Hoosier Crossroads Conference teams began eliminating each
other in the first round of sectional play. That trend will continue Saturday
in semi-final action. Nonetheless, seven league squads are still fighting.
At
Lafayette, McCutcheon survived Lafayette Jefferson in a classic. The Mavericks
triumphed 22-25, 25-18, 25-20, 20-25, and 15-12 in the fifth set. Their reward
is to face another conference foe, Harrison, in the second round.
The
Zionsville Sectional was destined to be an HCC bloodbath and it certainly was.
Westfield downed Zionsville in three sets 25-15, 25-22, and 25-22. Meanwhile
Hamilton Southeastern beat up on Noblesville 25-13, 25-11, 25-7. The important
thing in these results is that there will be no rematch between HSE and
Zionsville. The Eagles delivered the only loss on the Royals’ slate this year. However,
Westfield will step in instead, so another league team will fall. Fishers will
see Carmel in the other semi-final.
Avon was expected to have a tough time with Pike
at the Red Devils Sectional. So much for expectations. The Orioles cruised in
three sets, 25-11, 25-22, and 25-22. You guessed it. The next roadblock is
another HCC squad. Brownsburg waits in the second round
As we move
toward sectional time, the HCC office has supplied a late season statistical
summary of action on the volleyball courts in the league. We thought you might
like to take a look. Also, for a discussion of HCC teams in the upcoming state tournament, log onto the video Volleyball Weekly feature on the home page of Hoosier Authority.
HCC
SEASON RECORDS, RESULTS,& STANDINGS
HCC
Place
School
HCC
Overall
Results From September 28 – October 10, 2009
1st
Hamilton
Southeastern
7-1
30-1
Perry Meridian (W 3-0); Guerin
Catholic (W 3-0); Greenfield
Central (W 3-0);
Harrison (W 3-1);
Noblesville (W 3-0)
2nd
Harrison
6-2
23-5
Columbus East Invite – Plainfield (W 2-0); Columbus East (L 0-2);
Bedford North-Lawrence (W 2-0); Jasper (W
2-0)
HSE (L 1-3); West
Lafayette (W 3-0); Brownsburg (W 3-2); Marion (W 3-0)
2nd
Zionsville
6-2
25-6
Brownsburg
(W 3-1); North Central (W 3-1); Guerin
Catholic (W 3-0); Fishers (L 0-3)
4th
Brownsburg
6-3
26-4
Clinton Prairie Invite – Warsaw (L 0-2); Clinton Prairie (W 2-0); Cowan (W 2-0)
Zionsville (L 1-3); Whiteland (W 3-2); Harrison (L 2-3);
Tri-West (W 3-0); Lafayette Jeff (W 3-0)
5th
Avon
5-3
19-11
Muncie Invite – Columbus East (L 0-2); Columbus North (W 2-1);
Shelbyville
(W 2-0); Plainfield
(W 2-0)
McCutcheon
(W 3-0); Mooresville (W 3-0); Lafayette Jeff (W 3-1);Martinsville (W 3-0)
5th
Fishers
5-3
19-9
North Montgomery Invite – No.Montgomery (W 2-1);
Lincoln (W 2-0);
Northview
(W 2-1); Danville
(W 2-0)
Lafayette Jeff (W 3-0); Park Tudor (L 2-3); Zionsville (W 3-0); Brebeuf (L 0-3)
7th
Westfield
3-5
16-12
Noblesville (W
3-1); Hamilton
Hts. (W 3-1); Pike (W 3-1);
Cardinal Ritter (W
3-0); McCutcheon (W 3-0)
8th
Lafayette Jeff
2-6
17-11
Fishers
(L 0-3);TwinLakes
(W 3-2); Avon (L 1-3);Clinton Prairie (W 3-0)
HCC OfficeWe head into the last week of the regular season with
Fishers and Hamilton Southeastern tied for the lead in the Hoosier Crossroads
Conference race. The HCC office has supplied an ypdate of the season
performances. We thought you might like to take a look.
The
ping-pong balls were not kind to the Hoosier Crossroads Conference during the
draw for this year’s state tourney. Conference teams will vie with each other
early and often in sectional competition. It should be noted that is more
likely in volleyball than other sports because the league teams are grouped in
just three sectionals for volleyball. In most other sports, the conference is
spread among far more sectional fields.
In
Lafayette, the Jefferson Bronchos and McCutcheon will open tourney action. The
third HCC team in the field, Harrison, is scheduled to play the survivor in the
semi-finals.
The
Zionsville Sectional features two first round head-to-head HCC matchups. Zionsville
will see Westfield in opening round action and that will be followed by Noblesville
clashing with powerful Hamilton Southeastern. The winners will play each other
in the second round. Meanwhile, Fishers may have received a bit of a break in
this draw. They will play Carmel in the bye round. Carmel has improved in the
latter stages of the season but is not a vintage Greyhound squad.
Finally, the
Pike Sectional finds Avon facing a tough challenge from the host Red devils in
opening round action. Brownsburg drew a bye, but will face the winner of the
match just mentioned.
The Hoosier
Crossroads Conference firmly established itself as a power in the state
tournament by claiming FIVE sectional champions. Lafayette Jefferson, Avon,
Brownsburg, Zionsville, and Noblesville are captured titles.
Lafayette Jeff
earned its regional berth by downing conference foe McCutcheon 1-0 in the
championship match. The Bronchos had advanced with a 4-0 shutout of Rossville
in the opening round. Zionsville was even more dominant in the sectional it
hosted. The Eagles defeated Lebanon 7-0 to advance and then blanked University
6-0 in the title tilt.
Brownsburg
survived a 2-1 thriller versus Covenant Christian in round one before claiming
the crown by manhandling Tri-West 5-0. Noblesville had an easy time of things.
The highly regarded millers blanked Sheridan 5-0 in the first round and then
ousted Pendleton Heights in the championship match, 7-1. Finally, Avon blasted
Cascade 9-0 before winning the title game 3-0 over Plainfield.
Hamilton
Southeastern, Fishers, and Westfield all fed into the same sectional and, of by
the way, had to face Carmel in the process. Westfield fell 2-1 to the
Greyhounds in round one. Fishers downed HSE on penalty kicks 6-5 before falling
to Carmel in the title match 2-0. Harrison lost to West Lafayette at the Benton
Central Sectional.
Lafayette
Jeff will face the winner at Crawfordsville in a very talented West Lafayette
Regional. The other half of that bracket features undefeated Western against
West Lafayette. Brownsburg will face Park Tudor in first round regional action.
The other side of the bracket features Zionsville versus undefeated Pike.
Noblesville heads to the North Central Regional to face #16 Cathedral. The
winner likely will see #2 Carmel in the title tilt. Avon will tangle with Ben
Davis in the Center Grove Regional.
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