Saturday, June 4, 2016Sheridan, Noblesville, Cicero, Arcadia, Atlanta, Carmel, Fishers, Westfield

Vol. 3, No. 110 Showers and possibly a thunderstormtoday. A 40 percent chance of showersand thunderstorms tonight.

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HIGH: 69 LOW: 63

Developed by eight members of the Hamilton CountyLeadership Academy class of 2016, Hamilton CountyTechnology Exchange (HCTE) is a program that seeks to“provide computer resources to individuals in need forpurposes on on-line job searching, resume development,and other basic functions.”  The goal is to empower peoplein need by bridging an existing technology gap.

The program’s targeted beneficiaries are individualswho live above the federal poverty line but still fall belowthe basic cost of living, and who typically meet Asset

Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, or ALICE, stan-dards.   In Hamilton County, IN alone, approximately 17percent of households, or 17,500, meet ALICE standards.  Another four percent of households, or 4,300, fall wellbelow ALICE standards, quantifying them as “in poverty.” In total, nearly 21 percent of households, or 21,800, out of105,000 households are in need.  Oftentimes overlookedwhen it comes to traditional aid, these individuals struggleto propel themselves forward without basic technology,which usually cannot be afforded in their income bracket.

HCTE enables individuals who could not otherwiseafford a computer to perform on-line employment andhousing searches, enroll in on-line courses, and to performother basic functions that are demanded in today’s techno-logically advanced world.  In addition, HCTE has pur-chased and installed the Microsoft Office Suite software onmany of the donated computers.  This will afford recipientsthe resources they need for writing resumes and learning

On Tuesday, May 31, SheridanCommunity Schools staff gatheredtogether one last time to sharebreakfast and summer updates,acknowledge and praise the retir-ees, and honor the Support Staffand Teacher of the Year.Mrs. Charlotte Snodgrass (right),school nurse at Sheridan Elemen-tary, was honored for a job welldone. It was shared that she is somuch more than “bandaides.” Mrs.Snodgrass was recognized for themultiple hats and roles she does ona daily basis.Mrs. Stephanie Lego, 2nd gradeteacher at Sheridan Elementary,was honored as SCS Teacher ofthe Year. Stephanie has taught for20 years, of which 18 have beenwith Sheridan. She has taught invarious grade levels, as well asEarly Childhood and the High AbilityProgram. She has also served onmultiple committees, assisted withHomework Club, Summer Safari,and was a previous Rotary Teacherof the Year. Besides teaching sheloves reading, walking, and spend-ing time with her grandchildren.Stephanie will also be honored bythe Indiana Department of Educa-tion sometime in the fall. Mrs.Lego is an invaluable educator atSheridan Community Schools.

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Sheridan Community Schools acknowledgesSupport Staff, Teacher of the Year

Noblesville Schools teachers were hon-ored at the  Legacy  Awards earlier thisweek. The awards are selected by the se-niors at Noblesville High School, who lookback at teachers who have most influencedthem.

Awards winners are - High school: JoeAkers, John Ayars, Mike Brady, RobinConti, Kenneth Dollaske, Deanne Fowler,David Hartman, Jason Jasper, Bill Kenley,Nicole May, Michael Rothrock. Middleschool: Doug Brown, Alison Cole, DavidCulley, Daniel Hedlund, BJ Kite, JulieMeyer, Dean Mueller, Tanya Mueller, Jor-dan Rattenbury. Intermediate school:Gretchen Avila, Eric Bransteter, Jeff East-es, Kelly Glander, Kathleen Gormal, BradHoward, Kathy Klee, Natalie Parrish, An-drew Shelp, Tania Stultz, Karen Thompson,Nancy Young. Elementary School: KristinBackman, Susan Darling, Stacie Eller, Eri-ca Fitzgerald, Jamie Harris, David Kimmel,Janen Krent, Jered Pennington, RenneReks, Staci Scott-Stewart, Chuck Vonins.

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Noblesville Schools honors Legacy Awards teachers

Hamilton County Technology Exchange donates computers

A Noblesville-based fire protectionsystem provider has acquired a long-time Louisville sprinkler system manu-facturer.

Ryan Fireprotection, located at 9740E. 148th St., bought Kentuckiana Sprin-kler Company as of May 20. Kentucki-ana Spinkler has been in business since1971.

In a post on the Ryan Fireprotectionwebsite, company president Dan Ryansaid “Kentuckiana gives us a local pres-ence to effectively service end-usersand contractors in the Greater Louis-ville area.  We are thrilled to build onthe astounding reputation that RichardBarber and his team have built over thelast 45 years. We will continue the tra-dition of delivering the highest qualityin fire protection systems.”

Ryan Fireprotection has been inbusiness since 1989. Its products in-clude basic fire protection equipmentsuch as fire extinguishers, alarms, hy-drants, sprinklers and a number of spe-cial hazards products.

Ryan Fireprotectionacquires KentuckianaSprinkler

GOLDENANNIVERSARY

A Cicero couple willcelebrate their 50th

wedding anniversarytoday. Find out more and

how you can join thecelebration on Page 2.

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Robert and Barbara Hendricks of Cicero will celebrate their 50th wedding anniver-sary with an Open House in their honor today at the Cicero Christian Church, 1715Stringtown Pike, from 4 to 6:30 p.m.  Friends and relatives are invited to attend.The open house will be hosted by their sons Jeff and Tim, and their families.  Boband Barbara were married on June 4th, 1966 at Cicero Christian Church.  Theylook forward to seeing you and request no gifts.

Bob and Barbara Hendrickscelebrating 50th anniversary

basic software, and ultimately allow themto take the necessary steps towards a betterfuture.

Within its first year, HCTE was able tosecure 34 gently used laptop and desktopcomputers, making the program a success.This was possible due to effective network-ing by HCTE founding members and theirconnections to the community.  Represent-ing eight local businesses and organiza-tions, Sarah Billman (Hamilton CountyTourism, Inc.), Jessica Heiser (Church,Church, Hittle & Antrim), Brittany Hosford(Legacy Fund/CICF), Christine Tiskevich(Beck’s Superior Hybrids), Terri Parke(Children’s Bureau, Inc.), Jason Sloderbeck(Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office), NickSmarrelli (GadellNet Consulting Services),and Ann Yeakle (Community Health Net-work) were able to secure donations fromseven organizations who were prepared torecycle out gently used, slightly older com-puters for newer models.  In the same way,HCTE was able to identify nine non-profitorganizations whose clientele fit theprogram’s mission and who could find de-serving individual recipients for the com-puters.  These organizations includedHAND, Prevail, Excel Center, Children’sBureau, Boys and Girls Club of Nobles-ville, PrimeLife Enrichment, Chaucie’sPlace, Heart & Soul, and KIPP Schools.  Todate, HCTE has facilitated the pairing of 24computers with individuals in need.

Through additional monetary donationsfrom a prominent local manufacturing com-pany, HCTE was also able to purchase Mi-crosoft Office Suite software for thedonated computers.  The software was theninstalled and computers wiped clean for

immediate use through in-kind donationsby GadellNet Technology Solutions.  NickSmarrelli, CEO of GadellNet TechnologySolutions and also one of HCTE’s found-ers, testifies that “it has been an amazingexperience working with non-profits to de-liver tech resources to help really impactlives. We learned a lot in our first year andwere able to make a real difference in manylives, and that’s what it’s all about.”

HCTE plans to extend its reach through-out the next year.  Collecting donations inthe form of computers will continue thesuccess of this effort.  If you would likemore information about HCTE or are inter-ested in donating or receiving donated com-puters, please contact Nick Smarrelliat nick.smarrelli@gadellnet.com.

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A road improvement project on Hazel Dell Parkway in Carmel between CherryCreek Boulevard and Avian Way to 146th Street will begin the week of Monday, June6. Watch for slowed traffic and occasional lane restrictions. Expect construction to becompleted by July 15, weather permitting.

The improvements will include the expansion of Cherry Creek Boulevard’s round-about and the widening of Hazel Dell Parkway north to 146th Street. Accommodationsfor these wider lanes, such as sidewalk and curb expansion, will also be made. Otherchanges associated with this project will include safety enhancements encouragingreduced speeds such as a median, narrow lanes, and new pavement markings.

Hazel Dell Parkway projectin Carmel begins Monday

Shop & Dine Local Passport Event at Carmel City CenterThe 2nd Annual Shop & Dine Local Passport event will kick off on Friday, June 10,

2016 at Carmel City Center.For three days, visitors can shop, dine and save at participating businesses from June

10 through June 12 with the passport book.  The Shop & Dine Local Passport Book is fullof special offers and promotions from women's and men's fashion, home gifting, kidswear, tapas and pub food to dessert and more.  Three lucky winners will be chosen to wina $50 gift certificate to a Carmel City Center business after visiting four shops. Simplyvisit a shop, get a sticker in your passport and turn in the completed passport book toHubbard & Cravens or Graeter's Ice Cream by Sunday, June 12. No purchase necessary.

Pick up a Shop & Dine Local Passport at Hubbard & Cravens, located at 703 VeteransWay, or Graeter's Ice Cream, located in the Nash building at 864 S. Rangeline Road inCarmel. Click here to view the passport or here to download and print the passport.

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And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of thefield, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I sayunto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like oneof these.

- Matthew 6:28-29

50 Years AgoNews: Fifteen Hamilton County residents, including Walt Smith,executive director of the Noblesville-Cicero Boys Clubs and four clubmembers, labored long and hard last week installing a new roof on theBoys Club Day Camp Building.Sports: The Noblesville-Tipton battle was a hum-dinger, although itlooked as if Dick Stern and the Millers would shutout the Blue Devilsbefore Tipton suddenly broke from nowhere in the bottom of theseventh inning.Ad: ABC Drive-in Theatre: Now thru Tuesday, Welcome to Hard Times

The Hamilton County Traffic SafetyPartnership (HCTSP) will conduct a sobri-ety checkpoint will be conducted on thenight of Saturday, June 4 and early morningof Sunday, June 5.

At a sobriety checkpoint, law enforce-ment officers evaluate drivers for signs ofalcohol or drug impairment at a specifiedpoint along the roadway, often dependingupon the support of local property ownersfor the use of appropriate land. Checkpointsites are selected based upon analysis ofavailable crash and impaired driving arrestdata and a consideration of officer safety.

Vehicles are stopped in a specific se-quence, such as every other vehicle, everythird vehicle, every fourth vehicle or bystopping three, four, or five cars in succes-sion and allowing other traffic to proceedwhile checking the stopped vehicles. Theplanned sequence in which vehicles arestopped depends on the number of officersavailable to staff the checkpoint, trafficcongestion, and other safety concerns.

Upon making contact with the driver,the officer advises them that they've beenstopped at an HCTSP sobriety checkpointand asks for the driver's license and thevehicle's registration. If, in the course of thecontact, the officer detects that alcohol maybe involved and that the driver may beimpaired or if some other issue arises, thenthe vehicle is directed into a pull-off areafor further investigation. Further investiga-

tion may involve the Standardized FieldSobriety Tests (SFSTs).

On the other hand, if all looks rightduring the initial contact, the driver is oftenon his or her way in less than two minutes.

The HCTSP is a consortium of lawenforcement agencies in Hamilton Countyworking to increase the usage of seatbelts,to combat aggressive driving, and to de-crease impaired driving with the overallgoal of creating a safer Hamilton County.The HCTSP is comprised of the HamiltonCounty Sheriff’s Office, Fishers Police De-partment, Carmel Police Department, No-blesville Police Department, WestfieldPolice Department, and Cicero Police De-partment, with the assistance of the IndianaState Police.

Impaired driving is one of our nation’smost frequently committed violent crimes.Just in Indiana in 2012, alcohol-related traf-fic crashes killed 158 people (up from 140in 2011), accounting for approximatelytwenty percent of all fatal crashes, and in-jured another 2,112 people.

About 1000 people are convicted of animpaired driving offense annually in Ham-ilton County alone, and nearly 200 of thoseare repeat offenders. In 2012 in HamiltonCounty, for example, the State filed 1004charges of operating while intoxicated. Ofthese, 158 drivers had prior convictions foroperating while intoxicated within the lastfive years.

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A gas leak at 116th Street and Sandcreek Boulevard in Fishers shut down 116th in all directions part of Friday afternoon andevening.Around 4:22 p.m., the Fishers Fire Department announced that a six inch gas main was leaking. There were no need forevacuations, but it was originally thought that 116th Street would be shut down for up to four hours.By 5 p.m., 116th was closed between Cumberland and Hoosier roads, but the estimate to re-opening 116th was down to twohours. Crews continued to make headway, and by 6:52 p.m., the gas leak was secured, with 116th Street opening soon after.

Gas leak shuts down 116th Street in Fishers

Photos courtesy Fishers Fire Department

Can you get out? The Escape Room isexpanding into the  Fishers’ Nickel PlateDistrict. The latest in interactive attractionswill bring six, challenging rooms to TheEdge on the corner of Lantern Road and116th  Street. The new adventure is set toopen in early fall.

“The Escape Room is a unique additionto the Nickel Plate District,” said MayorScott Fadness. “The revitalization of thearea was done to ensure our residents andvisitors have a place to live, work and playin our community. It’s very exciting to seethis vision come to life, and welcome theEscape Room to Fishers.”

The Escape Room  Fishers  plans tohouse six different adventure challengesand the Escape Lounge, serving local Indi-ana beer and wine, on the second and thirdfloors of The Edge. The interactive game isdesigned for everyone. Participants arelocked in a themed room with 60 minutes tofind clues, solve puzzles, and discover keysand combinations to escape the room beforetime is up.

“This location will offer new rooms forfans and expanded hospitality options forevents and corporate groups,” said JenniferHarbron, part owner and Director of EventPlanning for The Escape Room. “We willbe able to accommodate larger groups thanever with bigger rooms and two distinctlounges that can service more than onegroup at a time.”

The Escape Room will lease more than6,000 square feet in The Edge, and plans to

The Escape Roomcoming to TheEdge in Fishers

Pork chop dinner and Bed Race

There was plenty ofactivity in DowntownNoblesville Fridaynight.LEFT: The NoblesvilleLions Club conductedits annual pork chopdinner.BELOW: the sixthannual Noblesville BedRace took place onNinth Street. Proceedsfrom the race benefitthe Boys & Girls Clubof Noblesville.

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hire more than 20 new employees from management to hourly positions. The newestaddition to the Nickel Plate District joins other tenants of The Edge including, Communi-ty Health Network, The Well, The Borrowed Boutique and Progressive Eye Care.

“We are thrilled to add the Escape Room to the list of tenants at the Edge,” said ScottBaldwin, Executive Vice President and Owner of Envoy, Inc. “It is important for ourprojects to fit the vision of the communities we serve and to attract innovative businessesand talent to the area.”

“We have a few surprises in store for this location,” said Dan Chillemi, part owner andDirector of Charitable Relations with The Escape Room. “As soon as we saw the spacein The Edge, we knew there was an opportunity to take the concept to the next level. Therewill be something new to explore for first-time visitors and returning fans alike.

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When the teams are close, every pointcounts at a state track and field meet.

Hamilton County's girls track and fieldteams made the most of their opportunities,and the result was a fine meet for thoseschools. Leading the way was HamiltonSoutheastern, which finished fifth with ateam score of 27 points.

Carmel's distance runners led the Grey-hounds to a tie for sixth place, while Fishersfinished 10th. Noblesville's young teamwas tied for 12th, and Westfield finishedtied for 20th.

The Royals had an excellent perfor-mance from sophomore Camille Christo-pher, who medaled in three events.Christopher placed fourth in both the 100and 200 dashes, then joined Jada Brooks-Edson, Mia Mackenzie and Deneen McKin-ney to take third in the 4x100 relay.

That race would mark the first of twomedals for Mackenzie, as she would placesixth in the 300 hurdles. Southeasternwould reach the podium (top nine) in allthree relays, since it began the meet with aseventh-place finish in the 4x800 - GraceAndritsch, Elle Eichorst, Madealine Mirro,Kaitlyn Weldy ran in that race - then theRoyals finished out the meet with a ninth-place effort from Andritsch, Ashley Mager,Tierra Sydnor and Sabrina Bippus in the4x400 relay.

Carmel picked up 19 of its points fromthe 3200 run, where it had three runnerscompete due to the three-participant stan-dard. In a back-and-forth, competitive race,Stacy Morozov finished second, ChristinaGeisler was fourth and Sarah Leinheiserplaced fifth.

Other Greyhounds scoring points in-cluded Rachel Dixon, Cailyn Etgen, ElleHawkins and Reagan Hune in the 4x100relay, which finished eighth. Two otherCarmel runners finished ninth: Rachel An-derson in the 1600 run and Jessi Cowen inthe 300 hurdles.

The Tigers were led by their relays. The4x400 team of Paris Carver, Kayla Crose,Toni Grace and Danielle Harrison finishedthird, while the 4x100 relay of BrooklynBanks, Carver, Crose and Harrison placedfourth. Carver also finished fifth in the 200,while Harrison placed eighth in the 100.

The Millers started off strong in the4x800 relay, which finished second. Theteam of Maria Anderson, Kat Dombroski,Abi Little, Susanna Sharples-Gordon set anew school record of 9:05.78. The fresh-man Anderson would later place fifth in the400 dash, and Little would take eighth inthe 1600 run. Another freshman, ShelbyTyler, tied for seventh in the high jump.

Westfield's distance runners also hadgood meets. The Shamrocks' 4x800 team ofLauren Bailey, Gabby Brown, Gabby Dil-ick and Devon Leahy finished fourth, andLeahy came back to place fifth in the open800.

Warren Central dominated the teamstandings, scoring 70 points. Pike finishedas the state runner-up with 48 points, withLynna Irby repeating as state champion inthe dashes for the third time in a row. Irbyset a new record in winning the 100 dash of11.50 seconds, and easily won the 200 and400 dashes.

Penn and Ben Davis tied for third with28 points.

Team scores (Top 10 and allcounty): 1. Warren Central 70, 2.Pike 48, T3. Penn 28; Ben Davis 28,5. Hamilton Southeastern 27, T6.Carmel 23; West Lafayette 23, 8.Homestead 22, 9. Crown Point 21,10. Fishers 20, T12. Noblesville17.5, T20. Westfield 11.4x800 relay: 1. Penn 9:01.41, 2.Noblesville (Maria Anderson, KatDombroski, Abi Little, SusannaSharples-Gordon) 9:05.78, 4. West-

field (Lauren Bailey, Gabby Brown,Gabby Dilick, Devon Leahy)9:18.21, 7. Southeastern (GraceAndritsch, Elle Eichorst, MadealineMirro, Kaitlyn Weldy) 9:24.10, 12.Fishers (Kamya Lampsley, Liz Rog-ers, Hope Scanlon, Miya Wai)9:28.51.100 dash - Finals: 1. Lynna Irby(Pike), 11.50, new state record, 4.Camille Christopher (HSE) 12.07, 8.Danielle Harrison (F) 12.59. Prelim-inaries: 16. Karen Hubbard (W)12.59.100 hurdles - Finals: 1. KaylandJackson (Warren Central) 14.00.Preliminaries: 12. Mia Mackenzie(HSE) 15.21, 21. Emily Robertson(W) 16.11.200 dash - Finals: 1. Irby (Pike)23.53, 4. Christopher (HSE) 24.94,5. Paris Carver (F) 25.03.1600 run: 1. Grace Walther(Homestead) 4:48.68, 8. Little (N)4:58.66, 9. Rachel Anderson (C)4:59.06, 10. Megan Slamkowski(Guerin Catholic) 5:02.63.

4x100 relay: 1. Warren Central46.17, 3. Southeastern(Christopher, Jada Brooks-Edson,Mackenzie, Deneen McKinney)47.44, 4. Fishers (Brooklyn Banks,Carver, Kayla Crose, Harrison)48.04, 8. Carmel (Rachel Dixon,Cailyn Etgen, Elle Hawkins, ReaganHune) 48.73, 12. Westfield(Hubbard, Isabel Knaus, RebeccaPronschinske, Sydney Spears)48.84.400 dash: 1. Irby (Pike), 53.71, 5.Anderson (N) 56.03, 12. Dixon (C)57.66, 14. Tierra Syndor (HSE)58.52, 15. Hune (C) 58.58.300 hurdles: 1. Addison Coy(Culver Academies) 43.24, 6. Mack-enzie (HSE) 44.85, 9. Jessi Cowen(C) 45.69.800 run: 1. Madison Kiser (Pioneer)2:11.41, 5. Leahy (W) 2:14.73, 13.Sharples-Gordon (N) 2:19.78, 15.Maddie Dalton (C) 2:20.50.3200 run: 1. Alex Buck (PendletonHeights) 10:28.97, 2. Stacy Moro-zov (C) 10:30.15, 4. Christina Gei-sler (C) 10:38.07, 5. SarahLeinheiser (C) 10:38.21,� 18. LuluBlack (HSE) 11:14.98.4x400 relay: 1. Warren Central3:48.88, 3. Fishers (Carver, Crose,Toni Grace, Harrison) 3:54.54, 9.Southeastern (Andritsch, AshleyMager, Sydnor, Sabrina Bippus)3:56.99, 12. Carmel (Cowen, Dixon,Hune, Sydney Scott) 3:57.81, 15.Noblesville (Anderson, MadieHelsloot, Little, Lillian Walter)3:59.27, 19. Westfield (Brown,Knaus, Leahy, Robertson) 4:02.06.High jump: Corin Erwin (Munster)5-8, T7. Shelby Tyler (N) 5-5, T21.Emily Monson (F) 5-0.Long jump: 1. Mikaylah Woods(Penn) 19-2.5, 13. Etgen (C) 17-5.25, 21. Ashley Perry (HSE) 16-10.5, Brittany Welch (Sheridan), ND.Discus: 1. Essence Henderson(Lafayette Jeff) 151-1.Shot put: 1. Victoria Farley(Portage) 46-11.75, 15. JadaCaldwell (W) 38-5.5.Pole vault: 1. Sandra Brown (Pike)12-9, 11. Kara Deady (C) 11-3.

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Reporter photo by Kent Graham

Noblesville’s 4x800 relay team finished as runner-up at Friday’s IHSAA girls track and field state meet at Indiana Univeristy.Pictured: Maria Anderson, Susanna Sharples-Gordon, Abi Little and Kat Dombroski.

Reporter photo by Kent Graham

Carmel’s three 3200 runners all finished in the top nine and earned medals at state. Pictured are Christina Geisler, StacyMorozov and Sarah Leinheiser.

Royals finish fifth, county teams all reach top 20

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Girls track and field state meetReporter photos by Kent Graham

Hamilton Southeastern’s Mia Mackenzie finished sixth in the 300 hurdles at Friday’s IHSAA girls state track and field meet. Mackenzie also ran on thethird-place Royals 4x100 relay.

ABOVE LEFT: Southeastern’sCamille Christopher placedfourth in both the 100 and 200dashes, and also ran on theRoyals’ third-place 4x100relay.

ABOVE: Westfield’s DevonLeahy was part of theShamrocks’ fourth-place4x800 relay and also finishedfifth in the open 800 run.

LEFT: Fishers’ Paris Carverran on the Tigers’ third-place4x400 relay team and theirfourth-place 4x100 relay team.Carver also finished fifth in the200.

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Hamilton Heights senior Michael DeFoe has been named BSN Athlete of the Week.DeFoe received the Most Valuable Male Runner Award his sophomore and junioryears on the team. He placed 14th in the IHSAA State as a sophomore and thirdas a junior in the 110 meter hurdles.  As a sophomore, at the State Indoor Meet,he placed second in the hurdles. Currently, as a senior, at the State Indoor Meethe  placed first in the 60 meter hurdles and 60 meter dash, both becoming STATERECORDS, and fourth place in the Long Jump. These accomplishments haveearned him “All-State Athlete” six times.In addition to DeFoe’s time and commitment to Track and Field, he is also veryinvolved in his local church and youth group activities. He has big aspirations forhis future, which includes competing in the 2016 Junior Olympics for the 110 meterhurdles and 100 meter dash. He also hopes to run in the World Olympics aftercollege.  He plans to run track at Indiana Wesleyan University this fall.

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Heights’ DeFoe namedBSN Athlete of the Week

The third annual IHSAA UnifiedTrack and Field Championship will takeplace Saturday, June 4 at Robert C.Haugh Track and Field Complex, IndianaUniversity. The opening ceremony is at12:45 p.m. followed by field events at 1p.m. and track beginning at 1:30 p.m.

The event is the result of a partnershipbetween the Indiana High School Athlet-ic Association (IHSAA) and SpecialOlympics Indiana known as ChampionsTogether. This led to the sanctioning ofUnified Track and Field as the 21st IH-SAA sport and the first championship,won by Warsaw High School. Last year’schampionship was captured by LafayetteJefferson High School. The vision of theChampions Together Unified Sports®project is to allow high school studentsboth with and without intellectual disabil-ities the opportunity to represent theirhigh schools in an IHSAA sanctionedactivity that provides a quality experienceof sports training and competition.

Competitions are judged and scoredwithin heats and flights determined byprior performances. Each heat and flightscores the same number of points andevery participant scores points for theirteam. Based on the philosophy of UnifiedSports® there are no individual awardsfor Unified Track and Field. The onlyawards given are team awards earned bythe contributions of all team members.

You can follow Champions Togetherand Unified Sports® on Twitter(@ChampsTogether), Facebook and Ins-tagram (@ChampionsTogether).

This year, more than 70 teams partic-ipated in Unified Track with the top two

teams from each of the six Unified Trackand Field Sectionals advancing to theState Finals. High schools competing inthe 2016 Unified Track and Field StateChampionship include: Crown Point(Lake), Elkhart Central (Elkhart County),Fishers (Hamilton), Edgewood HighSchool (Monroe), Franklin County HighSchool (Franklin), Jeffersonville HighSchool (Clark), Michigan City (LaPorte),Noblesville (Hamilton), Terre HauteNorth Vigo (Vigo), Perry Meridian(Marion), Vincennes Lincoln HighSchool (Knox), and Warsaw High School(Kosciusko County).

About Champions TogetherChampions Together was established

in December, 2012 as the partnershipbetween the Indiana High School Athlet-ic Association and Special Olympics In-diana. The partnership provides an awardbanner to all member schools that meetminimum requirements in the areas of 1)student-led servant leadership, 2) aware-ness, respect and inclusion as it relates toall individuals with intellectual disabili-ties, 3) Unified Sports® and 4) fundrais-ing to promote the vision and programs ofSpecial Olympics Indiana and the Cham-pions Together partnership. SpecialOlympics International is supportingChampions Together as a model programto activate schools through “Project Uni-fy” which also has the endorsement of theNational Federation of High Schools. Formore information on Champions Togeth-er, contact Lee Lonzo atLLonzo@ihsaa.org.

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By DON JELLISONReporter EditorI’m a history buff, especially when it

comes to high schoolbasketball.

Once upon a time,I pretty much had myhand on high schoolbasketball history inHamilton County.That was back in theday of the NoblesvilleDaily Ledger. Paperschanged and whenthey did much of my

history information went out the door.Today, folks think I saw every Hamil-

ton County basketball player in his prime,everyone beginning in 1900. Not the case. Ifirst started covering high school basketballabout 1955. And, with my ever-fadingmemory, I have trouble even recalling thosedays.

I get asked a lot about old-time playersbeing considered for the Hamilton CountyBasketball Hall of Fame. Everyone wants“stats” when considering players who havebeen nominated.

First off, stats are hard to find beforeabout 1950.

One player I’ve heard and read aboutbut never saw play was Sheridan’s RexPitts. I always knew Rex was “good”, buthow good? I never had the stats.

Maybe you saw a picture a week or soago in the Hamilton County Reporter ofRex attending a reunion along with otherBlackhawks who played for Coach LarryHobbs during the basketball glory years atSheridan.

Jim Godby, another Sheridan great whowas in that photo, compiled some informa-tion which I thought was interesting andthat I would pass along to you readers.

Pitts played for Hobbs from the 1948-49to the 1951-52 seasons, scoring 682 pointsas a member of the starting five. He startedon the first five after Christmas of 1949 andscored 31 points as a freshman.

You have to understand, 682 points inthose days were a whole bunch of points.Especially if you played for Larry Hobbs.

“The major effort,” Godby said, “wasdefense, rebounding and dishing out assists.Sheridan always had shooters, like PaulMcClay, Harry Hobbs, Don Collier, RolandWallace and Joe Hobbs.”

No statistics were kept on rebounding orassists.

Sheridan’s teams were among the bestto ever play in Hamilton County.

The 1948-49 Blackhawks won 17 andlost 9 and were Hamilton-Tipton countiessectional champions.

The 1949-50 team went 20-8; againwon the sectional; won the Kokomo Re-gional and was runnerup in the MuncieSemi-State, one of the final eight teams outof over 700 that began the state tourney.

The 1950-51 Blackhawks went 23-3,losing twice to Kokomo; one game by twopoints and one game by three. They alsolost to Crispus Attucks by two points. Theywon the Hamilton County Tourney; theHoosier Conference, and the sectional for athird straight time.

The 1951-52 season, Pitts’ senior year,Sheridan posted a 23-4 record, again losingtwice to Kokomo and once to Attucks andalso to Elwood. They won the County Tour-ney, the conference and the sectional.

Pitts did other things, too. He ran themile, half mile and was part of the milerelay team four years and Sheridan won theHamilton County Track Meet in 1949, 1950and 1951.

Pitts received a scholarship to the Uni-versity of Tennessee and transferred toGeorgetown College. No basketball statsare available from Georgetown, but thatteam won the conference and automaticallywas invited o the 32 team NAIA tourney inKansas City. Georgetown went to the NA-IA for all three of Pitts’ seasons there.

Pitts coached high school basketball fornine years, four years as an assistant andthen as head coach at Frankfort HighSchool in Frankfort, Kentucky. The 1970team had the best season record ever forFrankfort, winning 25 and losing 5. Theteam won the Lexington Catholic Christ-mas Tourney; won the district and wasrunnerup in the regional.

The 1969 boys track team won the CKCtrack meet, the regional and was the 1969Class Kentucky State Champion. Frankfortalso placed second in 1970 and 1971. Pittsstarted girls track at Frankfort in 1968 andin 1970 and Frankfort was Class A statechampion.

So, the next time you see Rex Pitts’photo in the Hamilton County Reporter,you now will know how great the guy wasas a Blackhawk, and beyond.

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Reporter photo by Richie Hall

Carmel No. 3 singles player Sam Galloway prepares to return a serve during theGreyhounds’ state quarter-final match with Cathedral Friday.

The Carmel girls tennis team's statetournament run came to an end on Friday,as Cathedral beat the three-time defendingstate champion Greyhounds 3-2 in the statequarter-finals at the Todd Witsken TennisCenter.

The No. 3 Irish won all three of thesingles matches over the No. 2 'Hounds.Those three singles players are the Kosciel-ski sisters, who have been an unstoppableforce for Cathedral this season: None havelost a match. At No. 2 singles, Zoe Woodsextended Grace Koscielski to a second-settiebreak before falling 7-3.

Carmel's wins came in the doublesmatches. No. 1 Grace Marchese and MaryVoigt won in three sets, while No. 2 EmmaLove and Julia Miller were easy 6-1, 6-1winners.

The Greyhounds finished their season at13-2.

Cathedral 3,Carmel 2

No. 1 singles: Lauryn Padgett lost toMaeve Koscielski 6-4, 6-0No. 2 singles: Zoe Woods lost to GraceKoscielski 6-2, 7-6 (3)No. 3 singles: Samantha Galloway lost toClaire Koscielski 6-4, 6-1No. 1 doubles: Grace Marchese andMary Voigt def. Meghan Farrell and Ra-chel Long 6-0, 3-6, 6-3No. 2 doubles: Emma Love and JuliaMiller def. Kristin Caldwell and KKCombs 6-1, 6-1

Carmel tennis falls instate quarter-finals

Reporter photo by Bret Richardson

Noblesville’s Hannah Potter prepares to run around Fishers-Hamilton Southeastern’sEmma Wildheart to score her second point of the match between the two teams inthe state lacrosse semfinals at Heritage Christian. Fishers-HSE won 19-10 and willplay in today’s state finals.

Two county lacrosse teams met in thesemi-finals of the Indiana state tournament,which took place Friday night at HeritageChristian.

Fishers-Hamilton Southeastern beatNoblesville 19-10. Noblesville began thegame with a 3-0 lead before Fishers-HSEcame back to tie it, then took the lead.

Kylee Frasier and Stephanie Miller bothscored four goals for Fishers-HSE. EmmaConnell, Emma Wildheart and Grace Hous-er all got three goals, with Anna Gritterscoring twice.

For Noblesville, Taylor Gysin scoredthree goals. Hannah Potter, Elle Palmer andGrace Newman all had two goals, withHannah Natvig adding one.

Fishers-HSE will play Cathedral in to-day's state championship game, whichstarts at 4:30 p.m. Cathedral defeated Bish-op Chatard 12-10 in the other semi-final.

Fishers-HSE reachesgirls lacrosse statechampionship game

The 2016  IndyStar Indiana All-Starsare getting close to their annual series withKentucky as well as their usual warmupgames against the Indiana Junior All-Stars.

The All-Star exhibition games featuringthe Indiana Seniors vs. the Indiana Juniorswill be June 7 at Bloomington South HighSchool and June 9 at Lebanon High School.The girls' game each night will begin at 6p.m., with the boys' game to follow.

The Senior All-Stars will conclude theweek with games against the KentuckyAll-Stars on June 11 and June 12. The June11doubleheader will begin with the girlsat  5 p.m.  at Bankers Life Fieldhouse inIndianapolis. The June 12 games, startingat  1 p.m.., will be at Knights Hall on thecampus of Bellarmine University in Louis-ville.

This is the 21st  year of exhibitiongames between the Indiana Seniors and

Indiana Juniors. The Senior boys lead theJunior boys 35-8. The Senior girls lead theJunior girls 33-10. Three games wereplayed in 2005, 2006 and 2007; just twogames were played in other 16 years.

The Indiana All-Star senior boys serieswith Kentucky dates to 1940, while theAll-Star senior girls began playing Ken-tucky in 1976. More than 60 former Indi-ana All-Stars from years ending in "6" --including four players from the 1946 boysAll-Star team -- will be recognized on June11 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

The Indiana boys lead their series 93-42. The Indiana girls lead their series 45-35.

This year's Indiana Mr. Basketballis  Kyle Guy of Lawrence Central.  He isjoined on the roster by Dru Smith of Evans-ville Reitz, Eugene German of Gary 21stCentury, C.J. Walker of Indianapolis Tech,

Indiana All-Stars preparingfor upcoming events

American LeagueEast W L PCT. GBBaltimore 31 22 .585 -Boston 32 23 .582 -Toronto 30 26 .536 2.5N.Y. Yankees 25 29 .463 6.5Tampa Bay 23 30 .434 8.0Central W L PCT. GBKansas City 30 24 .556 -Cleveland 29 24 .547 0.5Chi. White Sox 29 26 .527 1.5Detroit 26 28 .481 4.0Minnesota 16 38 .296 14.0West W L PCT. GBTexas 32 22 .593 -Seattle 31 23 .574 1.0Houston 26 30 .464 7.0L.A. Angels 25 29 .463 7.0Oakland 25 30 .455 7.5

National LeagueEast W L PCT. GBWashington 33 22 .600 -N.Y. Mets 30 23 .566 2.0Miami 29 26 .527 4.0Philadelphia 27 28 .491 6.0Atlanta 16 38 .296 16.5Central W L PCT. GBChi. Cubs 38 15 .717 -Pittsburgh 29 25 .537 9.5St. Louis 28 27 .509 11.0Milwaukee 25 30 .455 14.0Cincinnati 20 35 .364 19.0West W L PCT. GBSan Francisco 35 22 .614 -L.A. Dodgers 29 27 .518 5.5Colorado 24 30 .444 9.5Arizona 24 33 .421 11.0San Diego 22 34 .393 12.5

MLB standingsFriday’s scores

Chi. Cubs 6, Arizona 0L.A. Angels 9, Pittsburgh 2

Philadelphia 6, Milwaukee 3Baltimore 6, N.Y. Yankees 5Detroit 10, Chi. White Sox 3Cleveland 6, Kansas City 1

N.Y. Mets 6, Miami 2

Toronto 5, Boston 2Cincinnati 7, Washington 2

Texas 7, Seattle 3Houston 12, Oakland 2

Tampa Bay 4, Minnesota 2San Francisco 5, St. Louis 1

L.A. Dodgers 4, Atlanta 2San Diego 4, Colorado 0

USA Swimming National Team mem-ber Leah Smith  (Pittsburgh,Pa./Unattached) swam to a pair of lifetimebests in the women’s 200-meter freestyleon Friday, and Jay Litherland (Alpharetta,Ga./Dynamo Swim Club) posted an impres-sive double to open the Arena Pro SwimSeries at Indianapolis.

Smith became the eighth-fastest Ameri-can of all-time in the women’s 200m free,touching in 1 minute, 56.64 seconds for thevictory after posting a then-lifetime-bestswim of 1:56.66 in Friday’s morning pre-lims.

“I’m really happy with my two racestoday. I was pleasantly surprised with my

200 free this morning and just wanted to getfaster tonight – practice going faster in fi-nals,” Smith said. “I’m really happy I wasable to get two best times today.”

Melanie Margalis  (Clearwater, Fla./St.Petersburg Aquatics) was second to Smithin 1:57.33 and came back less than 20 min-utes laterto win the women’s 100m breastin 1:07.26.

Litherland followed with a win in themen’s 200m free in 1:48.41 before earninghis second victory of the night later in thesession with a convincing 4:13.93 in themen’s 400m IM, good for No. 12 in the2016 world rankings.

In the men’s 100m breast, NationalTeamer Nic Fink (Morristown, N.J./AthensBulldog Swim Club) outlasted a strongfield, winning in 1:00.13 ahead of  CodyMiller  (Las Vegas, Nev./Badger SwimClub) and  Kevin Cordes  (Naperville,Ill./Unattached). Miller was second in1:00.41; Cordes third in 1:00.51.

Held at the Indiana University Natatori-um on the Campus of IUPUI, the  June3-5  meet consists of prelims at  9 a.m.EDT and finals at 6 p.m. EDT. A live web-cast of the entire meet will be availableat usaswimming.org.

Complete results from Indianapolis canbe found here.

National Teamers win to kick off ArenaPro Swim Series at Indianapolis

Eron Gordon of Cathedral, Brachen Hazenof Columbia City, Damien Jefferson ofEast Chicago Central, Kyle Mallers of Car-roll (Fort Wayne), Tremell Murphy ofGriffith, Grant Gelon of Crown Point,Tucker Blackwell of Bloomington South,Joey Brunk of Southport and DesmondBane of Seton Catholic.

This year's Indi-ana Miss Basketballis Jackie Youngof  Princeton. She isjoined by Jayla Scaifeof Muncie Central,Cameron Onken ofLafayette CentralCatholic, HollyHoopingarner ofGreenwood, LaurenDickerson of Law-rence North, LindseyCorsaro of Roncalli,Tyasha Harris of Her-itage Christian, Cam-ryn Buhr of Penn,Darby Foresman ofHeritage Christian,Sydney Shelton ofMt. Vernon(Fortville), KristenSpolyar of Lebanon,Emily Sullivan ofEvansville Memorialand Ae'Rianna Harrisof Lawrence North.

Junior All-Star core group boys  JarenJackson Jr. of Park Tudor, Jack Nunge ofCastle, Paul Scruggs of Southport, SashaStephanovic of Crown Point, Kris Wilkesof North Central and Malik Williams ofFort Wayne Snider.

The Junior north boys are  Jalen Ad-away of Logansport, Jaylen Butz of FortWayne North, Jermaine Couisnard of EastChicago Central, Parker Hazen of Colum-bia City, Kyle Mangas of Warsaw andTyler Smith of Northeastern.

The Junior south boys are Michael Ertelof Mt. Vernon (Fortville), Zach Gunn ofHamilton Southeastern, Isaac Hibbard ofNew Albany, Jaylen Minnett of TerreHaute South, Cooper Neese of Cloverdaleand Justin Roberts of Pike.

Junior All-Star core group girlsare  Riley Blackwell of Plainfield, DanaEvans of Gary West, Maliah Howard-Bassof Columbus North, Karissa McLaughlinof Homestead, Zion Sanders of EvansvilleCentral and Madison Wise of Greenfield-Central.

The Junior north girls are  NicoleKonieczny of South Bend St. Joseph, BreLloyd of Hamilton Southeastern, RachelMcLimore of Covenent Christian, MadisenParker of Homestead, Anne Secrest ofTippecanoe Valley and Daly Sullivan ofSouth Bend St. Joseph.

The Junior south girls are Kayla Casteelof Plainfield, Imani Guy of ColumbusNorth, Katie Helgason of Greenfield-Cen-tral, Ashlyn Huffman of Columbus North,Alexis Thomas of Evansville Central andMacee Williams of Fountain Central.

Coaches for this year's Indiana teamsinclude Stacy Meyer of Greensburg, ScottHicks of Indianapolis Broad Ripple andAaron Wolfe of NorthWood with the Se-nior boys; Rick Risinger of Heritage Chris-tian, Jeff Knoy of McCutcheon and MissyVoyles of North Harrison with the Seniorgirls; Matt Britton of Bloomfield, Jim Gishof Northwestern and T.J. Lux of Merrill-ville with the Junior Boys; and Tony Ste-siak of Rochester, Tammy Geron of NewAlbany and Andy Maguire of Zionsvillewith the Junior Girls.

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