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Photo providedKaleidoscope Krossing’s Beth Wood works to build relationships within the community through art and service.
By STU CLAMPITTReadTheReporter.com
Beth Wood brought Kaleido-scope Krossing to Noblesville, “to grow and connect people through creative arts, communi-ty outreach and faith. We bring fresh ideas to our workshops while also encouraging ideas from others.”
Within her first five months, her business was nominated for the Nickel Plate Arts Entrepre-neur of the Year Award.
“It was a huge surprise,” Wood told The Reporter. “I was not the winner, but I’m pretty darn excited I got nominated for it in the first place.”
Wood said that nomination helped her feel like she and her
business were part of the com-munity.
“It’s very exciting to be part of that historic arts district in downtown Noblesville,” Wood said. “I think that was the first time I truly realized I am a part of those arts organizations and supporting the arts to that level in No-blesville. It was a big honor to be nominated for and to be in the same company as the other organizations downtown.”
When asked why she calls the business Kaleidoscope Krossing, Wood spoke about metaphor as it relates to her mission.
“As you look through a kalei-
doscope and you turn it, the col-ors change, the patterns change, the things that you see through the viewfinder change,” Wood explained. “That’s representa-tive of what I want to happen at Kaleidoscope Krossing. We are continually changing events. The
key thing I focus on is bringing com-munity and creativ-ity together. That’s constantly chang-ing—who’s in the community, what the creative activi-
ties are that you are offering—so it is very kaleidoscopic.”
She further explained that the ‘Krossing’ with the ‘K’ is to em-phasize that they are located right along the railroad on 8th Street.
“It’s a lot of alliteration,” Wood noted. “Kaleidoscope Krossing and creating communi-ty and creativity.”
Bringing that variety of ac-tivities and classes to Noblesville is something Wood continues to focus on.
“We had a class on zentan-gles,” Wood said. “A zentangle is a drawing form that is sup-posed to encourage relaxation and focus. We had kids, parents and grandparents all in the same class. It was really fun to see how the kids jumped in even quick-er than the adults. That one was really fun because it had that in-tergenerational emphasis which is something that I am trying
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Kaleidoscope Krossing: community and creativity
Pasta Bowl has another record-setting year
Photo providedThis year another record was broken for the amount of pasta collected – 13,880 pounds.
By LARRY LANNANLarryInFishers.com
The 2017 Pasta Bowl set a re-cord, with 13,880 pounds of pasta collected and distributed to over 46 nonprofit organizations serv-ing local communities. The Pasta Bowl also provides a spotlight on roughly 3,000 children in our area suffering from food insecurity.
Students from Hoosier Road Elementary and Riverside Inter-mediate schools in Fishers joined Hamilton Southeastern Senior Hana Ghoneima to shop for a few more pounds of pasta to add to bulging crates of donated food. The pasta is a core staple for area food banks and comes at an es-sential time during the pre-holi-day months when donations are often critically low.
A food drive of this mag-nitude is not possible without the army of donors, but also the behind the scenes support from Meijer, ProShred, Harvest Food Bank and the Hamilton South-eastern Schools Foundation.
Photo provided
Oh the wonder, little woman Emi ly ' s
post on F a c e b o o k was simple and to the point. "I pray this world is saved before this little one realizes that it needs to be saved." Un-der the post was a picture of Leah in her Wonder Woman outfit. She posed without Emily telling her to do so.
It was the day after the sense-less tragedy in Las Vegas.
I thought of what my heart wanted to say to four year old Leah:
Dear Leah Lou,I love how you see the world
with such innocence. Life, right now, appears to be good and kind and exciting. It also feels safe.
You jump on your bike and head to the neighbor's house, just eight doors down. You have plac-es to go, friends to meet and fun to be had. You don't realize your mommy is watching. She has to watch. Mommy wants to make sure you are safe.
Leah, when your mommy was a little girl she would take off on her bike and my biggest worry was if she had a wreck. Now, your mommy worries about who might be lurking in the shadows, shad-ows that seem to be darker than ever before.
Leah, I love the joy that bub-bles from your heart. I hear the joy in your giggles. I capture in my mind the cuteness of the looks you give me when I share in your silliness. Grandma Janet can't dance but she sure can bust a few moves. I pray the memories we make will always make you smile, and perhaps giggle.
Grandma will always be your biggest cheerleader. "Give me a L–E–A–H! She can do it if any-one can!" I want you to always remember that I believe in you.
I want the world to be nice to you. I want you to know if you ever feel bullied that you need to let Grandma Janet know about it. Trust me, Leah, when I say I
“The key thing I focus on with Kaleidoscope Krossing is bringing community and
creativity together.” - Beth wood
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From the Heart
to encourage more in the classes.”That class was such a success
that Wood is bringing it back this month with an artist who got her interested in the idea.
“For the Oct. 25 class I have an artist, Maria Canfield, who has some black-and-white pieces and some other artwork on display at Kaleidoscope Krossing,” Wood told The Reporter. “She is going to be part of the class and talk about her technique. This is something I try to do as I promote local artists. When they come in and display things at Kaleidoscope Krossing, which can be purchased because it is an art gallery, I try to have as many of them as possible come in and teach that particular art medi-um to kids, adults and whomever is going to be attending the class. It is to give the message, ‘You can do this also and here is how’ as taught directly from the creator of the artwork.”
One of the upcoming events Wood wanted to talk about it an opportunity to shop local for the holidays.
“On Nov. 11 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. we are having our first arti-san fair,” Wood explained. “That is going to be a holiday show sup-porting local artists. In addition to the event that day, artists can display their work through the whole holiday season so people can come in and shop from No-vember through the Christmas season.”
If you want to participate
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The REPORTERNext week is Fire Pre-
vention Week and the Carmel Fire Department would like to take an eve-ning to invite the public to learn more about the ben-efits of smoke detectors in the home.
Carmel Fire Chief Da-vid Haboush and other de-
partment officials will be on hand from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 11 at six different fire stations:
• Station 41 – 2 Civic Square• Station 42 – 3610 W. 106th St.• Station 43 – 3242 E. 106th St.• Station 44 – 5032 E. Main St.• Station 45 – 10701 N. College Ave.• Station 46 – 540 W. 136th St.
Firefighters will be at the stations to explain the importance of this year’s theme, “Every Second Counts, Plan Two Ways Out.” Firefighters will also provide tours of the fire sta-tions and give the public the chance to see the fire trucks and rescue equip-ment up close.
Carmel encourages fire safety Krossingfrom Page 1
Photo providedA “zentangle” is a drawing form designed to encourage relaxation and focus.
in this or other events, contact Beth Wood by email at [email protected] or call her at (317) 774-1464. You can visit their website at kalkrossing.com.
Wood can be found at Kaleidoscope Krossing, 185 S. 8th St., Noblesville, most weekdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Since Kaleidoscope Krossing opened its doors on May 5, 2017, a wide variety of collaborative and cre-ative arts programs have been offered. Over 35 com-munity workshops, Bible studies, book clubs, artists’ displays and even a Bigfoot-themed birthday party have taken place in the quaint 1930’s building at 185 S. 8th St., Noblesville.
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TODAY’S BIBLE VERSEAnd when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased; And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
Matthew 14:35-36 (KJV)
Larry Wayne Montgomery June 2, 1942 – October 6, 2017
Larry Wayne Montgomery, 75, Noblesville, passed away on Friday, October 6, 2017. He was born on June 2, 1942 to Millard and Oma Montgomery in Noblesville.
Larry was retired from General Motors. He enjoyed spending time with his family as well as reading and writing.
Larry leaves behind his loving and devoted wife of 41 years, Maria Elena; daughters, Elena Thomas (Adam), daughter, Lorena Montgomery (Reid Andrews) and Lisa Del Vecchio (Alfred); and three grandchildren.
Private family services will be held. Randall & Roberts Funeral Homes of Noblesville has been entrusted with Larry’s care.
Memorial contributions may be made to Community Health Network Foundation, 7240 Shadeland Station, Suite 125, Indianapolis, IN 46256; or your favorite charitable organization that serves those in need.
Condolences: www.randallroberts.com
ArrangementsService: PrivateCondolences: www.randallroberts.com
Paul William Carter March 24, 1977 – October 6, 2017
Paul William Carter, 40, Noblesville, passed away on Friday, October 6, 2017 at Riverview Health in Noblesville. He was born on March 24, 1977 to Craig and Sara (Arbuckle) Carter in Indianapolis.
Paul was a 1996 graduate of Noblesville High School and worked as a pipe layer for Weihe Excavating. He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting mushrooms and artifacts, and also enjoyed Colts football. Children and animals instinctively loved Paul. He attended Refuge Christian Church and Paul accepted Christ as his Savior and is with Him now.
He is survived by his father, Ernest Craig Carter; mother, Sara Carter; brother, Trent Carter; grandfather, Robert Arbuckle; aunts
and uncles, Paula Carter, Sarah (Dwight) Carter Crowmer, Elizabeth (Phil) Carter Bled-soe, Linda Arbuckle, Alice Arbuckle Webb, Marge (Ken) Carter Woods and Rick Garcia; cousins, Rebecca Baliff, Melissa Bledsoe, Emily Bledsoe, Ben Bledsoe, Ricardo Garcia, Carter Garcia, Rebekah Crowmer Ewers, David Crowmer, John Crowmer, Daniel Crow-mer and Charlotte Armijo; girlfriend, Stacie Campbell; and his dog, Coal.
Paul was preceded in death by his infant brother, Duane Carter; and grandparents, Mil-ton Carter, June Parrish Carter and Beverly Arbuckle.
Graveside Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Tues-day, October 10, 2017 at Crownland Cemetery in No-blesville with Rev. Stanley R. Sutton officiating.
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ArrangementsService: 2 p.m. Oct. 10Location: Crownland Cemetery, NoblesvilleCondolences: www.randallroberts.com
Ronald L. Morgan November 27, 1940 – October 7, 2017
Ronald L. Morgan, 76, Noblesville, passed away on Saturday, October 7, 2017 at Riverview TCU in Noblesville. He was born on November 27, 1940 to Russell and Vera (Sutton) Morgan in Noblesville.
Ronald worked for General Motors Delco Remy in Anderson. He was a member of Refuge Christian Church and enjoyed camping, traveling and woodworking.
Ronald is survived by his sons, Mark (Judy) Morgan and Jeff (Marilyn) Morgan; mother, Vera Morgan; brother, Gale (Nancy) Morgan; grandchildren, Jordan Morgan and Cassidy Mims; and great-grandchildren, Stella Lillian Mims, Seylore Mims, Keiran So-phia Morgan and Silas Walker Morgan.
In addition to his father, Russell, he was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara A. Morgan in 2014.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, October 9, 2017 at Randall & Roberts Fu-neral Home, 1150 Logan St., Noblesville, with visitation from 11 a.m. to the time of ser-vice. Rev. Stanley R. Sutton will officiate. Burial will be at Oaklawn Memorial Gardens in Indianapolis.
Memorial contributions may be made to Refuge Christian Church, 11772 E. 196th St., Noblesville, IN 46060.
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ArrangementsCalling: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 9Service: 1 p.m. Oct. 9Location: Randall & Roberts Funeral HomeCondolences: www.randallroberts.com
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Carmel urges citizens to fight fraud by shreddingThe REPORTER
Last year, more than 13 million Americans were victims of identity theft. That’s about one person every two seconds. To help fight fraud, a handful of community groups are joining together for a doc-ument-shredding, electron-ics-recycling, bulk-item disposal and drug-disposal event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
on Saturday, Oct. 21 in the parking lot of Creekside Middle School, located on the southeast corner of W. 126th Street and Shelborne Road.
This event is sponsored by a team of organizations including AARP, Carmel Utilities, Carmel Police De-partment, Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana, Tech-nology Recyclers, Shred-it
and WISH-TV. AARP In-diana will be handing out information about their free Fraud Watch Network.
ShreddingIdentity theft is one of
the fastest growing crimes today and most identity information is still ob-tained through hard copy paper sources. Shredding significantly reduces your
risk when disposing of confidential information. It is recommended that you shred any documents that include a signature, account number, social security number, medical or legal information. The professional shredding is sponsored by Shred-it to benefit Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana. A donation is requested of $5 per bank-ers sized box or equivalent.
RecyclingThe recycling drop-
off event will be managed by Technology Recyclers. The following items will be accepted: all computers, servers, peripherals, wir-ing, cable, battery backups, monitors, TVs ($10 charge per monitor or TV); all
electronics, phones, stere-os, headsets, DVD players, any small appliance; IT equipment including hubs, switches, servers, routers, racks etc.; office equipment including fax machines, copiers, phone systems, industrial electronics, test equipment, medical equip-ment and large appliances including refrigerators and freezers.
Prescription drugsProperly removing un-
used and expired medicines from the home helps pro-tect the environment and our community by keeping them out of our water sup-ply and reducing accidental poisoning and prescription drug abuse. Uniformed officers will be accepting
pharmaceuticals for proper disposal.
Bulk itemsAs part of the City trash
program with Republic Services, drop-off of bulk items will be available free of charge to trash customers (This is for City trash cus-tomers only; an ID or utili-ty bill required). Examples of items to drop off include lawn equipment, carpet, furniture, grills (but no pro-pane tanks), water heaters, swing sets, mattresses, etc. Space is limited and on a first-come, first-served ba-sis. Please no liquids, toxic, landscape waste or tires. No electronic waste in bulk item disposal. Those items are accepted in electronics recycling.
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officers for the coming year beginning Oct. 1, 2017, were elected at their last Wednesday meeting. Elected officers are (left to right) President TJ Houghtalen, Vice President Roy Herrmann, Treasurer Darla Godby and Secretary Becky Terry.
(LEFT) Theresa Caldwell was given a plaque by TJ Houghtalen for her service last year as President. The Noon Kiwanis Club does multiple projects during the year in support of Noblesville area kids and also Riley Hospital.
Kiwanis elects, announces officers
Wonderfrom Page 1
will always have your back. No one wants to mess with your grandma.
Leah, always be a champion for the underdog and the mistreated. It is in being kind that you will keep your heart soft.
Let your words be kind and your thoughts be hope-ful. Look for the good in people. Yes, sometimes you may have to look really hard. Do not let hope be ex-tinguished because of hard places in your journey. Bet-ter days will be just around the corner, okay, maybe a few corners but hope will keep you looking and mov-ing.
Leah, success is not
found in your bank account but in your heart. Find your passion and follow your dreams. Success is found at the end of every day when you simply know that you have done your best that day. Find a way, every day, to make a differ-ence in someone's life.
My sweet girl, life will not always be fair. I pray that you realize that not getting everything that you want and the way you want, will make you appre-ciate what you do have. All good things come to those who wait. Learn to enjoy the journey even when you don't like the scenery. Look for the friends who come
your way, even for just a short time.
Leah, you have your mother's spirit. You light up a room whenever you enter it. People need that light.
My little Wonder Wom-an someday, when my voice is no longer heard, I pray you remember my words . . . even in the bad times, always for the good in peo-ple. Look for the helpers, they will be there. If you have the opportunity, be the helper.
Hope is found in dark-est of days when someone is willing to step out and not be afraid of the dark. Be the one Leah.
Be our Wonder Woman.
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The REPORTER1838 — John Hay was
born in Salem, Ind. He began a long government career by serving as pri-vate secretary to President Abraham Lincoln. Later he was United States Sec-retary of State under Pres-idents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
1864 — A "Soldiers' Picnic" was held at Ear-ly's Grove in Terre Haute. The event was to honor the "brave and gallant de-fenders of our country" who were home from the Civil War. Guests included Illinois Governor Richard Yates and Judge James Hughes.
1896 — William Jen-nings Bryan, candidate for United States President, made several stops in In-diana. In Logansport, the Pharos-Tribune newspa-per reported that 50,000 citizens heard the great orator and witnessed a "night parade, fireworks, transparencies, and illumi-
nations."1912 — The Cham-
bers Company of Shel-byville began producing sturdy and stylish stoves that were sold throughout the nation. The company introduced many innova-tions in cooking equip-ment and won national and international awards.
1944 — Wendell Willkie died in New York at the age of 52. Born in Elwood, he attended Indiana University and became a corporate attor-ney. In 1940, he waged a highly-spirited campaign for President of the United States. His national cam-
paign headquarters were located in the Durbin Ho-tel in Rushville. He lost the election to Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won a third term. Willkie's book One World was a best-sell-er.
1959 — Evangelist Billy Graham was in In-dianapolis for a 26-day
crusade at the State Fair-grounds Coliseum. He was welcomed to the city by Governor Har-old Handley and Mayor Charles Boswell. Graham preached a different ser-mon each day and was accompanied by a large choir representing many local churches.
Which presidential candidate’s headquarters were in Rushville?
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Noblesville, GC girls soccer defend championships
Reporter photo by Kirk Green
The Noblesville girls soccer team won the Class 3A Sectional 8 championship for the second consecutive year Saturday at Hamilton Southeastern. The No. 5 Millersbeat the host and No. 7-ranked Royals 1-0 and qualified for next Saturday’s regional at Logansport.
Reporter photo by Richie Hall
The Guerin Catholic girls soccer team defended its sectional championship Saturday at its own field. TheNo. 4 Golden Eagles beat No. 3 Carmel in penalty kicks to advance to the Zionsville regional.
By RICHIE HALLReporter Sports EditorThe first year of the IHSAA's three-class
girls soccer tournament saw last year's 2Asectional champions become this year's 3Asectional champions.
Noblesville and Guerin Catholicdefended their titles Saturday evening. TheNo. 5-ranked Millers traveled to HamiltonSoutheastern to take on the No. 7 Royals, andfinished the windy evening with a 1-0victory.
Meanwhile, the No. 4 Golden Eaglesplayed an epic final with No. 3 Carmel attheir own field. Guerin survived heavy rainsin the second half and a penalty kick shootoutto edge the Greyhounds, 4-2 in the shootout.(The official score is 1-0.)
Noblesville and Southeastern started theirgame at 6 p.m., so they thankfully just missedthe rain. One Miller who didn't miss wasJenna Chatterton. She found the back of thenet with 14:52 left in the first half for thegame's only goal.
After that, Noblesville held on throughthe second half to re-claim the trophy. Thewin qualifies the Millers for the Logansportregional, where they will play Fort WayneCarroll in next Saturday's second semi-final,which kicks off at noon. Carroll defeated EastNoble 3-0 to win its own sectional.
"This team has battled all year," saidNoblesville coach Mike Brady. "A numberof games that have been one goal, and theywon another one-goal game tonight. Theyfight for 80 minutes again, and now we justcome back, train and fight next weekend aswell."
The Millers are 12-2-3 for the season,while Southeastern finished its season 13-6-1.
"That's one of the best teams in the stateover there, and if you're going to besuccessful, you have to compete for 80minutes and I thought we did," said Brady.
Two of the state's best teams did indeedmeet at HSE. Two more of the state's bestteams met at Guerin Catholic, in a game thatsaw the drama level go off the charts.
The heavily-advertised rains had beenstaying away for most of the game, butfinally made an appearance during the secondhalf. And they made their presence known,dumping buckets of water on to the field andfans, many of whom went scrambling forcover.
The Golden Eagles and the Greyhoundsplayed through the rain, though. Theyplayed...but didn't score. There were no goalsafter regulation, so it was on to the twoseven-minute overtime periods.
Still no score. That meant the gamewould be decided by penalty kicks. Bothteams made their first attempt, but GC'sClaire Gavin stopped Carmel's secondattempt. Megan Wampler kicked the nextattempt to give Guerin a 2-1 lead, and theGolden Eagles kept the advantage from there.Adele Stradling's kick won it for GuerinCatholic.
"Such a mentally strong to play a grouplike Carmel like that," said Golden Eaglescoach Jonathan McClure. "Twice in oneseason, through 80 minutes, through all therain, through all the sideways - it felt likesleet and everything, with the zero visibility- to just keep doing their thing and earn theman opportunity to go ahead and keep the titlehere at Guerin Catholic. And they were ableto do it. Very, very proud of them."
Both Guerin's Gavin and Carmel's EmilyMelchi had three saves for their respectiveteams. The Golden Eagles are now 13-1-1,while the Greyhounds finished their season15-2-2.
Guerin Catholic will take on Plainfield inthe second semi-final at Zionsville, whichkicks off at noon next Saturday. The Quakersdefeated Avon 3-0 to win their own sectional.
Guerin boys fall toNorth Central
The Guerin Catholic boys soccer teamlost to North Central 2-0 Saturday in thefinal at the Class 3A Sectional 10 atCarmel.
The No. 4 Panthers scored both of theirgoals in the second half, getting on theboard in the 51st minute. North Centralthen put in its second goal with 36 secondsremaining in the game.
The Golden Eagles finished theirseason with a 16-2-1 record.
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Reporter photo by Kent Graham
The Hamilton Southeastern boys soccer team made it three in a row Saturday, winning the Class 3A Noblesville sectional. The No. 2-ranked Royals defeated MuncieCentral 2-0 and will play at the Kokomo regional next Saturday.
By RICHIE HALLReporter Sports EditorIt wasn't easy, but the Hamilton Southeastern boys
soccer team won its third straight sectional championshipon Saturday.
The No. 2-ranked Royals got past Muncie Central 2-0to win the Class 3A Sectional 8 trophy at Noblesville'sWhite River Elementary fields. On paper, highly-rankedSoutheastern was expected to dominate, but the Bearcats'defense made the Royals work for it.
"We knew coming in with the wind, it'd be tough andwe had a feeling they would play a little more defensive,said HSE coach Chris White. "They have some big kids thatare athletic. Shea (Hill), their coach, does a real nice jobgetting them organized, and they stayed organized in back."
Southeastern got on the board early, with JimmyMaulucci scoring in the first half. The Royals kept attackingin the second half, but Muncie Central goalkeeper NoahScott turned into a brick wall, making several big saves andeven blocking a penalty kick late in the second half.
Kevin Leffers finally got HSE its second goal, touchingit in with 2:26 left in the game. That finally assured theRoyals a sectional trophy, and a date next Saturday at theKokomo regional. HSE will play Fort Wayne Northrop inthe second semi-final, which starts at noon. Northrop beatFort Wayne Carroll 1-0 to win the East Noble sectional.
"It feels great," said defender Ethan Pulliam, one ofSoutheastern's 11 seniors. "This is our third sectionalchampionship in a row. It feels great every single time towin a championship, get that trophy and hold it up."
The Royals are now 16-1-2 for the season.
Royals hold off Bearcats for third straight title
By ALEX CARSONNo. 2-ranked University scored once in
the first half, and twice in the second, towin the school’s first boys soccer sectionalchampionship Saturday, defeating No. 14Park Tudor 3-1 to win the Class 1ASectional 40 crown at Heritage Christian.
The Trailblazers (14-4) startedSaturday’s championship match on thefront foot, and 12 minutes into the game,they held the lead, as senior forward RyanWilliams beat an onrushing Park Tudorgoalkeeper to the ball to poke home for anearly 1-0 advantage after Williams andjunior forward Michael Bounsall created achance by applying pressure to the Panthersdefense. That 1-0 lead would not last to thehalf, though, as Panthers junior midfielderLogan Mobasser did enough to poke homepast Trailblazers senior goalkeeper ThomasBurgess in the 29th minute to bring ParkTudor (9-8) back level at 1-1.
It looked as if University had a penaltyseven minutes from halftime whenWilliams was tripped up in the box, but thereferee denied the Trailblazers’ shouts, asthe match reached halftime at that 1-1 score.
It was a blustery afternoon at HeritageChristian, though, and after defendingagainst it in the first half, University hadthe significant wind at its back in the second— and the Trailblazers used it to theiradvantage to score the only two goals of thefinal 40 minutes.
Nearly 10 minutes into the second half,University set up a free kick from the rightwing, one senior defender Jacob Alfordplayed into the box. After the ball bounced,it reached junior midfielder Coghlin
Kumler, who blasted the ball past thegoalkeeper for the 2-1 advantage.
University had to withstand somePanthers pressure in the 53rd minute. Thenwith 20 minutes to play, sophomoremidfielder Jacob Masoncup took advantageof a miscommunication in the Park Tudordefense to beat the keeper and establishsome breathing room, lengthening the leadto 3-1.
Trailblazers head coach Wes Priest saidhow his team handled the wind — gettinga goal against it and two with it — was keyin the victory.
“I think these conditions are reallydifficult to play in and it was just a matterof who was able to capitalize — I think thewind was 20 or 25 miles an hour,”Trailblazers head coach Wes Priest said. “… For us to score two goals in the secondhalf with that wind at our back reallyhelped.”
Park Tudor struggled to get a solidfoothold over the final 20 minutes, asUniversity played out the program’smaiden sectional championship, a crownthat follows a first Pioneer AcademicAthletic Conference championship, wonlast month. Priest praised his veteranleaders — the Trailblazers have 15 seniors— after winning this most recent honor.
“I can’t say enough about our season,”Priest said. “We won the PAAC
tournament, advanced through probably thetoughest sectional in the state, and it’s beena great run for these 15 seniors and I hopewe can continue to keep it going.”
Saturday’s win was the second of theseason over Park Tudor (a 3-0 resulton Aug. 29 the first), and came three daysafter the Trailblazers outlasted defendingregional champion and No. 4 HeritageChristian on penalties, 2-2 (5-3), to advanceto the title game. It was also theTrailblazers’ seventh win of the season overa ranked opponent — University has alsodefeated No. 11 Seton Catholic, No. 12Greenwood Christian, No. 20 CentralChristian, and 2A No. 12 Tri-West thisseason.
University will advance to its firstregional Saturday, where it will travel toTaylor to face the winner of Monday’sSectional 38 championship game betweenNo. 10 Lafayette Central Catholic andNorth White.
No. 2 University wins first-ever sectional
Photo by Jamie Owens
The University boys soccer team beat Park Tudor 3-1 to win the Class 1A Heritage Christian sectional on Saturday. It’s theNo. 2-ranked Trailblazers’ first-ever sectional championship in soccer.
By ALEX CARSONUniversity braved the elements, an hour-
long rain delay, and resilient oppositionSaturday night to defeat Western Boone,3-2, bringing home the program’s firstsectional championship and completing aperfect day for Blazers soccer.
There was a stern wind at kickoff inSheridan (host of Class 1A Sectional 36),and it was one the Trailblazers (12-4-1) hadto play into during the opening half. But thatdidn’t faze University, who opened thescoring 13:20 into the game through the playof its two leading scorers. Junior midfielderHalle Von Ah fired a shot on target that wassaved, but the Western Boone goalkeepercouldn’t control the rebound — andsophomore forward Tessa Hudson was thereto fire home, staking the Trailblazers to anearly 1-0 lead.
Hudson almost doubled the scorelinemere seconds later, but it was the Stars(5-10), who entered the game winners offive of six, who did find the back of the netshortly thereafter, with junior forwardMaddison Jones beating Trailblazerssophomore goalkeeper Lilly Fair to level thescore, 1-1.
But while the action on the field wasback-and-forth, a storm was brewing to thewest — and with 5:16 left in the first half,the match was suspended, with lightningreported in the area. After an hour-longdelay, the teams retook the field in a steadyrain, and University soon got on the frontfoot.
When the Trailblazers and Stars playedlast month, a 3-1 Western Boone win,University was without two key players:junior twins Lily and Lucy Snyder. Thosetwo players would ultimately win theBlazers the match.
With just under two minutes left in thefirst half, Lucy — one of the Blazers’ center
backs — stood over a seemingly innocuousfree kick around 50 yards out from the goal.She played it into the box, where it passedthrough untouched and into the back of thenet, giving University back the lead justbefore halftime.
Jones got behind the University back line10 minutes into the second half and madethe Trailblazers pay, equalizing at 2-2, butUniversity didn’t take too long to restore itslead. Von Ah, who claimed the assist on theopener, stood over a free kick from the edgeof the area — and midfielder Lily Snyderrose to meet it, firing in a header from closerange to put University 3-2 ahead with 26minutes to play.
The Trailblazers endured pressure, andFair came up big with a couple key saves tokeep her team in the lead, but ended thematch on the front foot, playing out a 3-2win for the program’s first sectionalchampionship.
Saturday was a long time coming forUniversity’s soccer programs, andespecially for this one: head coach MaddyMacAllister, and assistants Rory Priest, LillySnodgrass and Ariana Katz, all playedsoccer for, and graduated from, University,something that meant a lot to MacAllister.
“I went to University, they have a soccerprogram because I wanted a soccer programand so we kind of made it happen,”
MacAllister said. “So this has been 16 yearsin the making, and it’s amazing to share thiswith both the boys and girls programs today.And my whole coaching staff has playedsoccer at University, so it makes it evenbetter.”
University started Saturday with a four-plus-year sectional drought. It ended the daytaking home two titles in a few hours.
The Trailblazers, who only start onesenior, defender/forward Shelby Wood,advance to the second weekend of play forthe first time, where they’ll face No. 7Lafayette Central Catholic at Northwestern.The Knights downed No. 10 Rossville, 1-0,to win Sectional 38 on Saturday night.
University girls make it a sectional sweep
Photo by Jamie Owens
A few hours after the boys won their sectional, the University girls soccer team made it 2-for-2 for the Trailblazers. TheUniversity girls beat Western Boone 3-1 to win the Class 1A Sheridan sectional on Saturday.
Reporter photo by Kent Graham
Reporter photo by Kirk Green
ABOVE: HamiltonSoutheastern’s Molly
Harris made anexcellent side kick induring the Royals’girls sectional final
game withNoblesville, but the
Millers’ defenseavoided the score.
LEFT: Southeastern’sJ.P. Suarez makes a
play during theRoyals’ boys
sectional final gamewith Muncie Central.
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Noblesville hosted the IHSAA crosscountry sectional on Saturday at theChinquapin Ridge Cross Country Course,and there were no surprises for the most part.
The same five schools finished in the topfive in both the boys and the girls races,which meant they will all advance to nextSaturday's regional, also to be run atNoblesville. Guerin Catholic, HamiltonHeights and University all had individualrunners advancing as well.
Carmel won the sectional championshipin both races, marking the 43rd sectionaltitle for the boys and the 34th for the girls.Fishers was second in both races.
The Greyhounds boys scored 33 pointsand landed five runners in the top 10 andhad all seven runners place in the top 15.Ben Miller placed second for Carmel, withTrey Harris, Calvin Bates and ThomasGastineau finishing 6-7-8. Ben Myers took10th to close the Greyhounds' scoring.
All those top 10 runners helped Carmelkeep comfortably ahead of the Tigers, whototaled 52 points. Fishers got two runners inthe top five, with Sam Kuhn third and EthanMeyer fifth, then placed their other fiveathletes in the top 20.
Hamilton Southeastern finished third,and also had the race winner. Senior GabeFendel breezed to victory in a time of15:26.67, nearly 13 seconds ahead of secondplace.
Westfield took fourth; the Shamrockswere helped by a ninth-place result fromNicholas Leahy. Host Noblesville placedfifth with its young group; senior ZacharyFreeman led the Millers by taking 22nd.
Noblesville edged out Guerin Catholicfor the final regional qualifying spot by two
points, 137-139. However, the GoldenEagles advanced six of their seven runnerson to the regional as individuals. Quinn
Gallagher continued his great season bytaking fourth in the sectional.
Other Guerin runners moving on areAndrew Hall, Joseph Barrett, NicholasSchramm, Holden King and JP Spoonmore.University placed ninth as a team, and hadone individual move on to regional: NoahLaramore, who was 43rd overall.
The Greyhound girls scored 41 points towin the sectional trophy. Carmel was led byPhoebe Bates, who won the individual racein a time of 18:51.47. Carmel got two morerunners in the top 10: Maddie Dalton tookthird and Lindsey Roper was ninth. The'Hounds placed their first five runners in thetop 15.
Fishers scored 71 points, with DebbieShera taking seventh and Miya Wai placingeighth. Teresa Kraft's 11th-place result alsohelped the Tigers rise up to second in atough field.
Noblesville and Southeastern bothscored 78 points; the Millers took third byhaving the higher-placing sixth runner. AbiLittle was out in front for Noblesville bytaking fifth place, and the Millers had all oftheir runners make the top 30.
The Royals got two top 10 finishers:Lulu Black placed fourth, and Halle Hilltook sixth. Westfield grabbed the fifth spot,with Gabby Dilick soaring to second placeindividually.
Guerin Catholic finished sixth as a team,but had five individual regional qualifiers.Paige Schemanske placed 10th to lead theGolden Eagles, and Ellie Schroeder, BeaPerez, Lucia Perez and Raegan Bohbrinkjoined her as regional qualifiers.
Hamilton Heights will have threerunners advance to the regional. FreshmanMaria Mitchell led the Huskies by placing17th, and Abby Christiansen and Abby Rothalso qualified.
University freshman Charlotte Kumlerplaced 44th and qualified for the regional.
BOYS RACETEAM SCORES: Carmel 33, Fishers 52,Hamilton Southeastern 95, Westfield116, Noblesville 137, Guerin Catholic139, Lebanon 195, Tipton 254,University 268.Race winner: Gabe Fendel (HSE)15:26.67.Carmel runners: 2. Ben Miller 15:39.61,6. Trey Harris 15:55.00, 7. Calvin Bates15:57.80, 8. Thomas Gastineau16:01.62, 10. Ben Myers 16:15.15, 13.Patrick Campbell 16:26.77, 14. WillMurphy 16:32.09.Fishers runners: 3. Sam Kuhn 15:39.65,5. Ethan Meyer 15:49.86, 11. WilliamClark 16:21.75, 16. Thomas Brelage16:35.44, 17. Matthew Brown 16:36.06,18. Alexander Meyer 16:38.94, 19.Quintin Goldman 16:39.35.Other Southeastern runners: 12. GrantWilson 16:22.48, 25. Nathan Cho17:03.40, 28. Brady Southern 17:09.39,29. Brady Jarosinski 17:13.71, 32.James Rathbun 17:19.70, 34. EricCarothers 17:23.67.Westfield runners: 9. Nicholas Leahy16:11.80, 20. Sam Novak 16:41.07, 24.Max Gutwein 17:02.26, 27. NoahDouthit 17:07.67, 36. Tyler Smith17:28.10, 37. Luke Tragesser 17:36.59,39. Duncan McGraw 17:50.53.Noblesville runners: 22. ZacharyFreeman 16:56.39, 23. William Gregory16:58.73, 26. Cole Kimmel 17:07.54, 31.Nicholas Dombroski 17:17.61, 35.Andrew Anderson 17:27.42, 38. TravisHickner 17:38.76, 42. Blake Hipkiss18:02.25.
Carmel wins both races, county teams take all five regional spots
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Carmel’s Maddie Dalton (1375), Noblesville’s Abi Little (606) and Westfield’s Gabby Dilick (1642) all finished in the top five inthe girls race at the Noblesville cross country sectional on Saturday.
Guerin Catholic’s Quinn Gallagher (1675), Fishers’ Sam Kuhn (1666) and Carmel’s Ben Miller (1656) all placed in the top fivein the boys race.
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Guerin Catholic runners: 4. QuinnGallagher 15:40.95, 21. Andrew Hall16:48.85, 33. Joseph Barrett 17:22.27,40. Nicholas Schramm 17:58.29, 41.Holden King 17:59.49, 44. J.P.Spoonmore 18:14.74, 46. WestonGingerich 18:31.34.University runners: 43. Noah Laramore18:07.81, 58. Jacob Sager 20:49.94, 60.Cole Reinholt 21:36.61, 63. BenWesterkamm 21:56.58, 66. KeeganPriest 23:35.46, 68. Beau Reveal24:58.77.Hamilton Heights runners: 48. PriceKnowles 18:50.87, 52. Elijah Wallace19:27.26, 55. Tony Harden 20:08.84,57. Dawson Phifer 20:41.68.Sheridan runners: 59. Axel Aleman21:02.18, 65. Luke Poprick 22:15.90.
GIRLS RACETEAM SCORES: Carmel 41, Fishers 71,Noblesville 78, Hamilton Southeastern78, Westfield 125, Guerin Catholic 153,Hamilton Heights 182, Lebanon 268,Tipton 280, University 298.Race winner: Phoebe Bates (C)18:51.47.Other Carmel runners: 3. Maddie Dalton19:03.60, 9. Lindsey Roper 19:40.35,13. Lily McAndrews 20:01.85, 15.Sydney Haines 20:04.07, 20. AnnaMorozov 20:19.03, 22. Izza Khurram20:21.27.Fishers runners: 7. Debbie Shera19:31.10, 8. Miya Wai 19:36.41, 11.Teresa Kraft 19:52.61, 21. CorinneYorkman 20:19.06, 24. Kamya Lapsley20:26.61, 28. Brynn Urban 20:44.69, 41.Emma Gillespie 21:53.57.
Noblesville runners: 5. Abi Little19:11.98, 14. Bella Sharples-Gordon20:02.75, 16. Aubrie Deal 20:04.66, 18.Sophie Reichard 20:06.59, 25. SophieStahl 20:29.47, 26. Aubrey Swart20:33.02, 30. Taylor Gregory 20:53.39.Southeastern runners: 4. Lulu Black19:06.79, 6. Halle Hill 19:17.03, 12. LillyCummins 19:52.83, 27. Sam Alphin20:33.83, 29. Ellie Johnson 20:46.43,31. Ellie Pedersen 21:07.82, 37. BrookeRatliff 21:26.85.Westfield runners: 2. Gabby Dilick19:03.28,23. Sarah Coates 20:26.14,32. Julia Clark 21:11.87, 33. Ava Zellers21:15.69, 35. Kyla Curtis 21:21.23, 36.Ashley Baldwin 21:22.88, 42. CarlyBogdajewicz 22:01.62.Guerin Catholic runners: 10. PaigeSchemanske 19:42.55, 19. Ellie
Schroeder 20:18.73, 39. Bea Perez21:46.07, 40. Lucia Perez 21:48.31, 45.Raegan Bohbrink 22:45.68, 48. IzzyMuseck 23:10.49, 52. Nicole Powers23:47.08.Heights runners: 17. Maria Mitchell20:06.01, 34. Abby Christiansen21:19.21, 38. Abby Roth 21:45.57, 46.Morgan Guthrie 22:54.58, 47. AlexLopez 23:09.86, 50. Madison Dotlich23:29.94, 51. Elizabeth Shrock 23:46.08.University runners: 44. Charlotte Kumler22:05.92, 59. Jada Swearingen26:01.08, 65. Haley Tomlinson28:04.94, 67. Jaigh Sanders 29:09.49,69. Lauren Flickner 29:24.23, 70.Isabella Garino-Heise 30:10.87, 72.Maya Marks-Straus 35:20.81.Sheridan runner: 53. Alexis Weiss23:48.47.
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Carmel swept the team titles at Saturday’s Noblesville cross country sectional.
The Westfield volleyball team finished the day at theLawrence North Invitational by going 3-1.
First, the Shamrocks beat Roncalli in three sets, 23-25,25-22, 15-6. Kenzie Daffinee hit 11 kills and two aces, AnnaJohnsey made two blocking assists and one solo block andClaire Hindman had 13 digs. Sarah Weglartz dished out 30assists.
Westfield then fell to New Albany in three sets, 28-26,15-25, 16-14. Kinsey McAfee hit 10 kills, Daffinee servedsix aces and Ellary Detamore made 12 digs. Weglarz handedout 12 assists, with Caroline Sinicki providing 11 assists.
Next up, the 'Rocks swept Benton Central 25-12, 25-12.McAfee and Gracie Weber both hit seven kills, with
Daffinee making three blocking assists. Hindman collected12 digs and Sinicki handed out 18 assists.
Westfield finished the day by edging Lawrence North25-22, 25-21, 17-15. Weber hit 15 kills and Bailey Mendlerserved three aces. Hillary Mantel made four solo blocks andhad one block assists. Hindman made 12 digs and Sinickidished out 30 assists.
Westfield volleyball goes 3-1 at Lawrence North Invite