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Raiders advance to title game
Southern Wells pays back Wes-Del
By RICK SPRUNGER
PARKER CITY — What a difference
a week can make.
One week after dropping a 49-47
decision to Wes-Del on Senior Night
at Southern Wells, the Raiders blasted
their way past the Warriors in the sectional
semifinals at Monroe Central.
The final score was 66-57, but it
wasn’t that close.
Southern Wells led by 23 points midway
through the third quarter and by 18
with just 2:28 left in the game before a
meaningless 12-2 Wes-Del flurry made
the final score a bit more cosmetic.
Southern Wells, now 10-12 on the
season, advances to Saturday’s finals,
where it will meet Liberty Christian,
18-5 after its 54-49 win over Monroe
Central in the first game.
Tipoff is at 7:30 p.m.
“We watched lots of film from our
last game with Wes-Del,” said Southern
Wells coach Brody Tarter, “and we
learned from our mistakes.
“Last week, it was Senior Night, we
were not intense, and we had a number
of fundamental breakdowns. Tonight,
we were focused and followed the game
plan for 32 minutes. We were intense
the whole game.”
Levi Sherman and Keaton Coleman
were the big guns for Southern Wells.
Sherman muscled his way inside for
a game-high 25 points and 17 rebounds,
and Coleman, a freshman, lit up Wes-
Del for 21 first-half points that had the
crowd buzzing at halftime.
Coleman didn’t score in the second
half, missing his only shot. But he was
By PAUL BEITLER
The battle-tested Norwell
Knights finished strong
when they were challenged
to defeat the Mississinewa
Indians 69-51 Friday night
in the first semifinal game of
Class 3A Sectional 23.
Norwell, which went to
the state finals a year ago,
used its experience and grit
to pull away from the Indians,
who gave them a fight
early in the game.
The Knights (16-6) will
try to defend last year’s sectional
title against the Heritage
Patriots (9-13) Saturday
night in the championship
game at 7:30 p.m.
“I think about every game
is going to be this way to
be honest with you,’’ said
Norwell head coach Randy
Hawkins. “We have a big
target on our back. Guys
are going to want to take
this sectional away from us.
Teams are going to step up.
They have nothing to lose.
Mississinewa (8-13) did a
nice job tonight — defensively
and offensively doing
some great things.
“They started missing
some shots there at the end,
and we got some rebounds
and opened the floor up on
transition and got some easy
buckets,” said Hawkins.
Early in the third period,
the Indians closed the gap
to 39-34 with 4:24 to go
and trailed 42-36 with just
over three minutes left in
the quarter. They made it a
46-41 spread with a three
by Caleb Swanner with 1:24
left, but the Knights were
able to answer and make it a
10-point spread.
Senior Briar Bolinger
hit a 3-pointer at the end of
the third quarter to give the
Knights a 54-44 lead.
The Indians sliced Norwell’s
lead down to 54-48
with 6:36 left in the game,
but the Knights finished with
a 15-1 run to seal the victory.
Junior David Vogel led
the Knights with 19 points,
while senior forward Cam
8-for-12 in the first half, including five
three-pointers.
It was Coleman and Sherman who
ignited a huge second-quarter run that
shot the Raiders out of sight of Wes-
Del.
“When we played them the first
time, we won every quarter except the
second,” continued Tarter. “We were
outscored, 14-6, in the second quarter.
And when we went back and looked at
the film, we took six three-point shots
and committed four turnovers.
“We were determined not to have
another second quarter like that.”
From the 3:50 mark of the second
quarter until the 5:42 mark of the third,
Southern Wells outscored Wes-Del,
20-2, to stretch a 24-19 lead out to
44-21.
After that, it was little more than
playing out the string.
The Raiders scored 12 straight points
in the second quarter before Wes-Del’s
Justin Evans netted a pair of free throws
with 0:02 left in the half.
Southern Wells then started the third
quarter with another eight in a row.
This, against a team that had won six
of its last seven games coming into the
contest.
For the game, Southern Wells connected
on 21 of 47 shots for a .447 percentage.
Wes-Del hit the same number of
field goals but needed eight more shots
for a paltry .382.
The real difference, however, was on
the glass and at the free throw line.
Led by Sherman’s 17 rebounds and
Denney tossed in 15, and
senior point guard Josh Van-
Meter added 14.
“Different guys stepped
up at different times,” said
Hawkins. “That’s what we
need.”
Sophomore Piercen Harnish
came off the bench to
contribute 12 points for the
Knights, including 8 of 9 at
the free-throw line.
“We played through some
rough times, and we stayed
together,’’ said Hawkins.
The Knights were able to
get to the basket and draw
fouls. They were able to
make 18 of 23 free throws
and outscore the Indians
18-7 at the foul line.
Norwell also was efficient
from the field, making 23 of
43 field-goal shots for 53.5
percent shooting. The Indians
were 19 of 46 for 41.3
percent, and they were just 7
of 8 at the free-throw line.
Indians’ sophomore guard
Jay Butler was 1 of 11 from
the field, Swanner 3 of 10,
and senior guard Austin Branock
2 of 7.
Junior guard Seth
McPheron led the Indians
with 22 points.
“The difference was
that they made a deep tournament
run last year, and
they’ve got guys who have
been in a tough position,
and they hit every big shot
they took,” said Indians’
second-year head coach
Mark McFarland. ‘’They are
a really good team, and they
hit crucial shots when they
needed to hit them. That was
the whole difference in the
game.”
The Indians opened with
a strong attack, but they
trailed 16-14 after the first
period.
In the second period, Norwell
opened up a 32-18 lead,
which the Indians whittled
down to 32-25 at halftime.
“I thought we did a good
job of attacking the rim.
I thought our sophomore
guard (Butler) kind of stumbled
a little bit. We didn’t
get very many calls going
to the rim, but that’s not the
refs’ fault. I’m not saying it
was the refs. We thought we
could get some calls driving
to the rim, but we just didn’t
get it done,” said McFarland.
In the second game, Heritage
ousted Whitko 62-40.
Conner Sheehan led the
Patriots with 16 points, followed
by Wil Knapke with
14 and Nate Scheumann
with 11. Zac Toles netted
nine points.
Whitko (6-16) was paced
by Trey Weber’s 10 points.
Alex Stoddard added nine
and Dylan Cumberland
eight.
During the regular season
on Jan. 15, Heritage lost
to Norwell 56-49 at Monroeville.
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Jacob Roush’s 10, Southern Wells dominated
the boards by a 46-31 margin.
And the Raiders were camped at the
free throw line all night, hitting 19 of 33
chances, as Wes-Del saw Sam Paul foul
out and three other players finish with
four fouls.
The Warriors, on the other hand, had
only 14 chances at the stripe and hit on
just seven.
Brad Woodward fouled out for the
Raiders but was the only Southern
Wells player with more than two fouls.
Sherman and Coleman were the
only two Southern Wells players to
reach double figures, but their 46 points
between them were more than enough
to offset Evans (16), Trevor Delaney
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SOUTHERN WELLS 66, WES-DEL 57
IHSAA Class A
Sectional 55 Game Four
At Monroe Central
WES-DEL: Desmond Wilson 1-2 0-0 2, Trevor Delaney
5-9 3-6 14, Adam Paul 0-1 0-0 0, Justin Evans
6-17 2-3 16, Sam Paul 4-15 0-0 10, Bryce Marsh 3-7
2-2 9, Andy Cullum 0-0 0-0 0, Kyle Boyd 2-3 0-2 6,
Payton Roush 0-0 0-1 0, Mitchell Concannon 0-0 0-0
0, Samson Waters 0-0 0-0 0, Jacob Love 0-1 0-0 0.
TOTALS: 21-55 7-14 57.
SOUTHERN WELLS: Jacob Roush 1-2 2-4 4, Levi
Sherman 9-15 7-11 25, Kennan Mooberry 1-3 4-6 6,
Keaton Coleman 8-13 0-0 21, Devin Price 1-6 4-8 6,
Jackson Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Brad Woodward 1-3 2-2
4, Travis Huffman 0-1 0-0 0, Colton Mooberry 0-1 0-0
0, Blade Rheinhart 0-1 0-2 0, Triston Niblick 0-0 0-0 0,
Taylor Thompson 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 21-47 19-33 66.
Wes-Del (7-14) 13 8 16 20 – 57
S. Wells (10-12) 15 21 15 15 – 66
Three-point Goals: Wes-Del 8-24 (Delaney 1-1,
Evans 2-8, S. Paul 2-8, Marsh 1-4, Boyd 2-3), Southern
Wells 5-12 (K. Mooberry 0-1, Coleman 5-7, Johnson
0-1, Woodward 0-2, Huffman 0-1). Rebounds:
Wes-Del 31 (Delaney 7, Wilson 6), Southern Wells
46 (Sherman 17, Roush 10). Turnovers: Wes-Del 10,
Southern Wells 14. Fouls: Wes-Del 26, Southern Wells
14. Fouled out: S. Paul, Woodward. Technicals: None.
Officials: Jeffrey Heard, Jim Sadler, Doug Pullins.
Knights return to defend their crown
Norwell disposes of pesky Ole Miss
Butler senior candidate
for 2013 national award
Butler University senior pitcher Chase Byerly has
been named one of the candidates for the Senior Celebrating
Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School
Award for baseball.
Byerly, a native of Warsaw, was a third team Academic
All-American and academic all-league pick after racking up
10 saves and 23 games finished last season as Butler’s closer.
He posted a 3.57 ERA in 27 appearances, totaling 45 1/3
innings and struck out 32 batters against just five walks.
The 2013 candidate class includes 15 candidates who have
a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Five were
named to the CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-American
team, and four were All-Americans.
The candidate class will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway
through the regular season, and those names will be
placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed
through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and
fans, who will select one finalist who best exemplifies excellence
in community, classroom, character and competition.
The Senior CLASS Award winner will be announced during
the 2013 NCAA College World Series in Omaha June 15-26.
Byerly is the grandson of Lee Byerly of Ossian.
NORWELL 69, MISSISSINEWA 51
IHSAA Class 3A
Sectional 23 Game Three
At Norwell
MISSISSINEWA: Austin Branock
2-7 0-0 5, Jay Butler 1-11 0-0 2, Caleb
Swanner 3-10 0-0 7, Seth McPheron
7-10 5-6 22, Sam Cerny 0-0 0-00, Seth
Turcott 2-2 0-0 4, Aaron Arrendale 3-4
2-2 8, John McKenzie 0-0 0-0 0, Alex
Morrison 0-0 0-0 0, Braden Goins 0-1
0-0 0, Trey Alston 1-2 0-0 3; Mark Jones
0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 19-46 7-8 51.
NORWELL: Brent Bales 0-0 0-0 0,
Josh VanMeter 3-12 6-7 14, David
Vogel 8-10 1-3 19, Cam Denney 6-7
3-3 15, Piercen Harnish 2-3 8-9 0, Cale
Schumm 1-3 0-0 2, Drew Shively 1-6
0-1 2, Briar Bolinger 2-2 0-0 5, Austin
Hayden 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 23-43
18-23 69.
Mississinewa (8-13) 14 11 19 7 – 51
Norwell (16-6) 16 16 22 15 – 69
Three-point Goals: Mississinewa 6-22
(Branock 1-6, Butler 0-2, Swanner 1-6,
McPheron 3-5, Arrendale 0-1, Alston
1-2), Norwell 5-12 (VanMeter 2-7,
Vogel 2-3, Shively 0-1, Bolinger 1-1).
Rebounds: Mississinewa 18 (Butler 4,
McPheron 4, Branock 3, Swanner 3),
Norwell 30 (C. Denney 8, Harnish 8,
Vogel 4, Shively 3). Turnovers: Mississinewa
11, Norwell 12. Fouls: Mississinewa
19, Norwell 11. Fouled out: None.
Technicals: None.
Officials: Dean Martin, Ted Garton,
Joey Stull.
A’s Jarrod Parker
sharp in spring
debut, Giants win
By RICK EYMER
Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) — Last spring, Jarrod Parker was on
edge during his time in Oakland’s training camp. He was
unrealistically pushing himself to make a good impression.
Once he calmed down, he was solid.
Parker pitched two scoreless innings in his first spring
start Friday, a 13-9 Athletics’ loss to the San Francisco
Giants.
“I was trying to do way too much trying to make the
team,” Parker said. “I wanted to make a splash. This year I
can prepare slower and smarter and that’s a good thing.”
Brandon Belt had three hits and drove in a run for the
Giants, who scored seven times in sixth inning against
reliever Travis Blackley.
Chris Young, in his first appearance in a week, added two
hits for the Athletics.
Giants starter Madison Bumgarner went 1 2/3 innings,
allowing a run on three hits. He walked two and struck out
two.
“I’m not in a routine yet,” Bumgarner said. “I’m just trying
to get everything to be the way I want it in the regular
season. Sure, I want to pitch well but there are things to
work on.”
Santiago Casilla, credited with the win, and Shane Loux
each pitched a scoreless inning for the Giants.
Parker needed just 22 pitches, 18 for strikes, to get
through his stint. If not for Marco Scutaro, who battled
Parker through a nine-pitch at-bat, he would have been even
more efficient.
“Some of those pitches weren’t even strikes and he kept
fighting them off,” Parker said. “He’s a tough out every time
at bat.”
Parker, the No. 2 starter behind Brett Anderson, certainly
impressed the A’s when he found himself in the starting
rotation in the midst of a division race with the Texas Rangers.
He and Tommy Milone each won 13 games last year, an
Oakland rookie record.
Sports Roundup
Crusaders’ wrestlers top Tigers
The Norwell Middle School wrestling team defeated
Bluffton 37-15 Thursday evening.
NORWELL 37, BLUFFTON 15
85: Kade Zadylak (N) maj.dec. Gilbert Martinez (B) 12-0; 90: Jaden Hunter (N)
pin Lance Clark (B) :19; 95: Trevor Wilson (N) pin Corbyn Fry (B) :38; 117: Brandon
Lockwood (B) dec. Dustin Haiflich (N) 6-5; 125: Corey Lewis (B) pin Nathan West
(N) 1:54; 132: Bryce Kelly (N) forfeit; 140: Shane Little (B) pin Jerry Krebs (N) :35;
150: Dylan McCune (N) pin Nick King (B) :57; 160: Jayden VanAlstyne (N) dec.
Brian Hubble (B) 8-6; 275: Hunter McVay (N) forfeit.
Exhibition
NORWELL 30, BLUFFTON 10
95: Trevor Wilson (N) pin Gilbert Martinez (B) 1:38; 102: Jaden Hunter (N) pin
Anthony Hurst (B) :46; 117: Kody Moon (N) pin Damon Ziko (B) 1:33; 132: Brandon
Lockwood (B) maj.dec. Bryce Kelly (N) 11-1; 140: Nick King (B) pin Jerry Krebs (N)
:28; 150: Dylan McCune (N) pin Shane Little (B) :54; 175: Jayden VanAlstyne (N)
pin Andre Hughes (B) :34
SPORTS
Wes-Del’s Sam Paul sticks his leg out for an obstacle for
Southern Wells’ Kennan Mooberry in the third quarter Friday
night in Sectional 55 semifinal action at Monroe Central.
(Photo by Glen Werling)
George leads Pacers to
93-81 win over Raptors
By IAN HARRISON
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) —
Paul George and the Indiana
Pacers wanted payback
for a pair of home losses to
Toronto. They got it Friday
night against the suddenly
struggling Raptors.
George
had 22
points
and 10
rebounds,
and David
West added
15 points
and 11
rebounds
in Indiana’s
93-81 victory
over
Toronto.
Paul George
“This is a huge win,”
George said. “This team beat
us twice at home and we
came here trying to get some
revenge. We really wanted to
win this one tonight.”
Roy Hibbert returned
from a one-game suspension
to score 18 points as
the Central Division leaders
won for the sixth time
in seven games. Hibbert sat
out Thursday’s home loss
to the Clippers after a shoving
match with David Lee
in Tuesday’s victory over
Golden State.
“Clearly we’re a different
team (with Hibbert),”
Indiana coach Frank Vogel
said. “He guards the rim as
well as any big guy in the
NBA. He’s a big factor in
why we’re the No. 1 defensive
team in the league and
he gives us some offensive
punch, too.”
Rudy Gay scored 21
points and Alan Anderson
had 14 for the Raptors, who
have lost three straight and
four of five.
Gay was bothered by
back spasms but said the
pain was nothing serious.
“I tried to play through it
because it’s not the time to
sit out,” he said.
George scored 11 points
in the fourth quarter, nine of
them on 3-pointers, including
one with 9:56 left that
put the Pacers up 72-53, their
biggest lead of the game.
“That was when the
game was decided, for sure,”
Vogel said.
This was the first time in
four meetings between the
teams this season that the
margin of victory was more
than two points. The Pacers
won 90-88 at Toronto on
opening night, Oct. 31, but
had since lost twice at home,
74-72 on Nov. 13, and 100-
98 in overtime on Feb. 8.
That loss, in which the
Pacers coughed up a late
lead, snapped a 15-game
home winning streak and
left Indiana focused on this
return encounter as a chance
for revenge.
“We wanted to make sure
we got that win tonight,”
Hibbert said. “We felt we
let one go the last time we
played them.”
Making his fourth appearance
of the season after a
55-game absence caused by
a left knee injury, Indiana’s
Danny Granger scored eight
points in 10 minutes. He
was rested in the second half
with the Pacers on the second
night of a back-to-back.
With Chicago idle, Indiana
increased its lead atop
the Central Division to 3 1/2
games. The Pacers host the
Bulls on Sunday night.
“This team is growing.
We’re getting better,” Hibbert
said. “Danny is back
and we’ve got guys who are
going to step up and lead.”
Toronto’s 12 assists were
one more than its season low
of 11 in a Nov. 28 loss at
Memphis.
“You’re not going to get
a lot done with that against a
good offensive team,” Raptors
coach Dwane Casey
said.
The Raptors fell 6 1/2
games behind Milwaukee in
the race for the final playoff
berth in the East. They visit
the Bucks on Saturday.
“We have no choice but
to come out tomorrow and
play our best basketball,”
DeMar DeRozan said.
“We’ve had three tough
games and we’ve been
struggling, so we have to
come out and bounce back.”
Indiana made just seven
of 20 shots in the first period
but Toronto was even worse,
hitting only three of 17
attempts. The Raptors kept
it close by making seven of
eight at the free throw line,
but the Pacers led 17-13
after one thanks to six points
from Granger. Toronto’s 13
points in the first were a season
low.
DeRozan had the most
impressive basket of the second
quarter, a one-handed
jam over Ian Mahinmi with
six seconds left. DeRozan
scored six points in the second
but the Pacers got six
from Hibbert to lead 39-34
at halftime.
Hibbert and West each
scored eight points in the
third as the Pacers closed
the quarter on an 11-4 run,
taking a 64-51 lead into the
fourth.
NOTES: Indiana outrebounded
Toronto 43-30. ...
The Raptors have not won a
season series against Indiana
since 2007-08. ... Toronto
went 7-5 in February, its first
winning month since January
2010, when it was 10-5. ...
Saturday’s game at Milwaukee
is the first of a four-game
road trip for the Raptors.
They’ll also visit Golden
State, Phoenix and the Lakers.
High School Calendar
Saturday, March 2
BOYS BASKETBALL: IHSAA Class A Sectional 55 at
Monroe Central, championship game, 7:30 p.m.; IHSAA
Class 2A Sectional 36 at South Adams, championship
game, 7:30 p.m.; IHSAA Class 3A Sectional 23 at Norwell,
championship game, 7:30 p.m.