Vol. 3, No. 47Sunday, March 6, 2016 Mostly sunny today, with patchy fogbefore 9 a.m. Mostly cloudy tonight.

TODAY’S WEATHER

HIGH: 50 LOW: 41Sheridan, Noblesville, Cicero, Arcadia, Atlanta, Carmel, Fishers, Westfield

By FRED SWIFTRoger Conn, former Carmel police chief, will be going

to the other side of the world later this month when he joinswith New Life International volunteers to install waterpurifiers in earthquake-stricken Nepal.

Nepal was hit by a devastating quake a year ago whichleveled thousands of buildings,  heavily damagedinfrastructure  and endangered water supplies. While thecapital city of Kathmandu is recovering well, villages in

the rural areas are still suffering the effects of the naturaldisaster, Conn reports.

It is in these outlying areas that water supplies are manytimes unsafe. Water purifiers from the U.S. have helpedaid  in providing drinking water. Conn has been to Nepalbefore, shortly after the earthquake of March 2015 and infact experienced a second quake.

The Asian nation in the Himalayan mountains, bestknown as the location of Mount Everest,  is home of 27million people.

Conn will leave his family in Carmel for several weeksto provide the volunteer assistance. His 15-year old sonaccompanied him earlier on a similar mission to Haiti, butwill not be going to Nepal.

New Life International is a Christian outreach organi-zation dedicated to humanitarian and developmental activ-ities. Missions have been made to 75 different countriessince New Life's founding in the 1960s.

The main emphasis has been on providing safe watersupplies in developing nations.The organization is head-quartered in Underwood, Indiana, near Bloomington.

Roger Conn volunteering in Nepal

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Janet Hart Leonard is taking avacation, so her column will not run thisweek. It will return in next Sunday’sedition of The Reporter.

Sheridan High School and SheridanMiddle School will be conducting theirsecond of two eLearning Dayson Wednesday, March 16th.   Studentswill access their work online from homethrough Google Classrooms and teach-ers will have office hours during the daywhere students can contact them, eitherelectronically or by phone, with anyquestions they might have.  Teacherswill also be participating in curriculumalignment workshops.  Students whoprefer to work at school can sign up todo so by contacting their school officeby Friday, March 11th

Sheridan Elementary School will bein session as normal on those days, asthey will not be participating in the eL-earning Days at this time.

More information can be foundat www.scs.k12.in.us  under the eLearn-ing Days tab.

Sheridan high,middle schools have2nd eLearning DayMarch 16

OrthoIndy announced last week that itwill open an urgent care and physical thera-py facility in Westfield later this year.

The company made its announcementin a blog post last Tuesday.

Both facilities will be located at 17471Wheeler Road: The urgent care locationwill be in Suite 112 and the physical thera-py location in Suite 114. The facilities arescheduled to open by late spring or earlysummer.

This will be OrthoIndy's sixth and sev-enth locations in Hamilton County. Thecompany has two in Carmel, three in Fish-ers, including a location at St. Vincent Fish-ers Hospital.

OrthoIndy, which specializes in ortho-pedics, has been a presence in Central Indi-ana since 1962, and has several locationsacross the Indianapolis area, and one inLafayette.

OrthoIndyannouncesWestfieldlocation

CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAYFOR BOYS BASKETBALL

The Carmel student section had plenty to cheer about Saturday night, as the Greyhounds boys basketball team won theNoblesville sectional. Carmel beat Fishers 67-49 to defend last year’s championship, and win the program’s 26th in schoolhistory. To read more about the game, turn to our sports section, which begins today on Page 6.

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By MARY SUE ROWLANDRemember when you could fill a cooler

with enough food fora week, jump in thecar and head for theIndianapolis 500 MileRace on MemorialDay? The cooler daysare over but the racelives on. This year isa special celebrationas the event turns 100years. Not manythings last 100 yearsincluding most of the

fans, so if you have not attended the race ina while this is the year!

The Noblesville Chamber of Commercerecently hosted the well-known historian ofthe 500 Mile race with a memory of unbe-lievable proportion, Donald Davidson attheir luncheon. Mr. Davidson has seen allof the changes through the years. Arrivingfrom southern England as a young man, hefell in love with racing and especially theIndy 500. The year was 1964. He not onlyhas seen it all, he remembers it all too.“Much progress has been made in the pur-suit of glory. If you can dream it, you canmake it happen. The greatest spectacle in

racing capable of dreaming an epic quest ofglory”, is the Indy 500 Mile race accordingto Mr. Davidson.

An interesting story tied Noblesvilledirectly to the early history of the trackthrough Earl M. “Lucky” Teeter. Luckywas a famous stunt driver in the 1930’ andearly 40’s. His “hell” drivers traveled tofairs and functions throughout the country.He once did a show in downtown Nobles-ville on Conner Street and the court housesquare showing his famous car stunts.Everyone turned out to see it. In 1936,“Lucky” Teeter placed an entry in the Indy500, his dream to drive in the race. He wasturned down because he had never driven arace car. In 1942, the show came to an endwhen the car “Lucky” was driving before apacked crowd at the Indiana State Fairfailed to make the jump. He died in thatcrash.

The Speedway was built in the spring of1909 as a testing facility for the rapidlygrowing auto industry. With companieslike Marmon, Cole, National Marlon, Over-land and Duesenberg, American Under-slung and Stutz making Indianapolis andsurrounding area the fourth in the countryfor auto production in 1908. Noblesvillehad successful makers and dealers of cars

for over 100 years. Payton Well’s Packard,Preston Tucker and the “Tucker Torpedo”lived in Noblesville. The oldest familyowned car dealership in the country is locat-ed in Noblesville, started in 1847 and con-tinues today, Hare’s Chevrolet started withbuggies in the early days. More recently,Bryan Clauson, Noblesville High Schoolgrad will drive in the 2016 Indy race.Conor Daily will also drive in the 100th

running. Conor grew up in Noblesvilleunder the wing of his father Derek Daly,Formula One driver. Gary Irvin drove inthe late 70’s at Indy and belongs to Nobles-ville as well, just to name a few with Indyconnections.

The first Indy 500 was on May 30, 1911to kick off Memorial Day. Carl G. Fisherand three business partners built the track.Fisher went on to develop Miami Beachfrom a swamp and later built the first driv-able highway across the nation. The Hul-man family purchased the track in 1945 for$750,000 with twice that in needed repairs.Sunday, May 29th the Hulman-Georgefamily again will proudly say…”start yourengines” and so it will be again. It truly is

The Indy 500 turns 100 years

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As Superintendent of Sheridan Community Schools many people have heard me stateI have the greatest job in the world.  After being diagnosed with squamous cell carcinomamost people also know I was not able to go to this job with the frequency I would haveliked over the past 3 ½ months.  Much like a student on the first day of school, I was veryexcited when I was able to return to school two weeks ago.

 As I made the drive to school, I found myself so extremely thankful for the numerouspeople who have helped me get to this point in my life’s recovery.  I was told early in mydiagnosis that battling cancer is not something one can do alone, that it takes help andencouragement from others.  What I found was I not only received support from manyindividuals beyond friends and family but also from the entire town that I have grown toappreciate so much.  Trying to thank so many people is an impossible task, but it isimportant to me to try.   I hope that everyone who gets a chance to read this letter knowshow much I appreciate their support.  Thank you to the teachers who organized the shirtsand immersed me in cards. Thank you to all the students who sent me reading lists andone of the coolest Build-a-Bears ever.  I appreciate all that the administration and centraloffice staff have done to assist me in completing necessary duties for the district andallowing me to continue to work and contribute to our schools’ success even through thetreatments I had to endure.   Thank you to the numerous parents and community memberswho have emailed, texted, posted signs, and done so much to lift my spirits.  Thank youto the entire town of Sheridan; I have been humbled by everything everyone has done.  Iwant to especially thank the Sheridan School Board who has supported me through thisentire experience.

 I would be remiss if I did not thank all of those in our neighboring schools who haveshown their tremendous support.  Hamilton Heights sold shirts and joined our boys'basketball team in a fundraiser evening for Relay for Life.  Westfield and Noblesville alsopurchased mundystrong shirts, and I received cards from teachers and students.  I gotpictures of one friend in WWS who shaved his head in support, and Noblesville had amiddle school game where both teams wore mundystrong t-shirts.    Again, I thank thenumerous people who were involved in organizing  these activities as it took people's timeand energies; I am immensely grateful.

  I am writing this letter to the editor to reach out and thank EVERYONE for theirsupport. I do not want to miss anyone so I felt this was the best way to reach the magnitudeof people involved.  I have been tremendously humbled by this entire experience morethan anyone will know.  While I still have a long way to go and my battle against canceris not complete, I do want to express how much my resolve has grown even greater to dowhatever I can to continue to make Sheridan Community Schools one of the best districtsin the state.  I will support those districts around us as well as I continue to do my part inhelping our entire community be successful.

 From me and from my family, THANK YOU!

Dave MundySuperintendent, Sheridan Community Schools

Thank you Sheridan forbeing MundyStrong

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Residential AdditionKall & Associates, Slater Ridge, 5021Sweetwater Drive, $18,500.

Electrical UpgradeBurtner Electric, 1261 Lincoln Drive.

Remodel5744 Hover Hurst, $40,000.584 S. 10th Street.J.L. Fox General Contractors, Creekside atCedar Path, 14906 Fawn Hollow Drive,$150,000.Lakecrest, 1576 Rolling Ridge Drive,$85,000.

Single Family ConstructionPulte Homes, Blue Ridge Creek, 12614Hideout Drive, $237,000.Pulte Homes, Blue Ridge Creek, 12684Castle Pine Drive, $245,000.CalAtlantic Homes, Brighton Knoll, 10619Bowden Street, $156,904.CalAtlantic Homes, Brighton Knoll, 10605Cordiff Court.CalAtlantic Homes, Conner Crossing ofNoblesville, 18599 Fairway Lane, $206,541.Silverthorne Homes, Essex of Noblesville,16814 Birdbrook Road, $329,000.Beazer Homes, Promenade Woods, 6103Stonehenge Blvd., $320,500.Ryan Homes, Slater Woods, 16731 MeadowWood Drive, $275,000.Arbor Homes, Waterman Farms,15103Silvercharm Drive, $166,000.

Permanent SignStaley Signs, 475 Sheridan Road.Sign Craft Industries, First IndustrialOffice/Warehouse, 9240 E. 146th Street.

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This photo collage shows how cars at the Indianapolis 500 have evolved over thepast 100 years.

the Greatest Spectacle in Racing and has 100 years to prove it.Mr. Davidson also invited all interested in becoming joining the “Yellow Shirts” for

the big event to apply soon. “Yellow Shirts” are low paid volunteers that guard gates,direct traffic, help visitors, check credentials, sell tickets and keep things moving.Because of the anticipated crowds, more “Yellow Shirts” are needed this year. Email aresume to guestservices@brickyard.com. Tickets for the events starting on the firstpractice May 16 – 23, Qualifications, Carb Day and Race day, May 29th are available atIndianapolismotorspeedway.com/events/indy500/buy-tickets. This is the year!

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Thomas Alfred BirchAugust 7, 1930 - March 5, 2016

Thomas Alfred Birch, 85, of Indianapolis, went home to be with Jesus and rejoin hiswife of 65 years, Gladys, on  Saturday, March 5, 2016  athome. He was born on August 17, 1930 to James Alfred andDorothy (Allenbaugh) Birch in Cass, Indiana.

Tom's first retirement was from the U.S. Postal Servicein Castleton after 38 years, before his second career as a busdriver for the Hamilton Southeastern school district, wherehe served for 44 years. He proudly served his country withthe U.S. Army, stationed in Alaska, and was a member ofthe Army Corp of Engineers. Tom was a member of RadiantChristian Life Church, where he enjoyed several missiontrips. He was the 'voice of the Royals' for many years,having been the announcer at many football, basketball andgirls’ volleyball games at Hamilton Southeastern. In hisspare time, he enjoyed woodworking and gardening. Tomnever knew a stranger.

He is survived by his children, Tom (Gail Ratliff) Birch, Linda Birch, Mark Birch,Dale (Monica) Birch and DeeDee (Scott) Ternes; grandchildren, Amie, Jason (Kristen),Justin (Malibu), Rachael, Austin, Greg (Arely), Brendon (Dana), Brian and Elizabeth; and13 great-grandchildren.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Gladys ‘Tiny’ Birchwho passed away in March 2015; two brothers, Joe & Jim Birch; and a sister, BettyWoodard.

Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, March 11, 2016 at Radiant Christian LifeChurch, 16162 Carey Road, Westfield, Indiana, with Pastor John Cernero officiating.Visitation will be from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm on March 10, 2016 at Randall & RobertsFuneral Center, 1685 Westfield Road in Noblesville, with an additional visitation at thechurch one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at Oaklawn Memorial Gardens inIndianapolis.

Memorial contributions may be made to Radiant Christian Life Church MissionaryFund, 16162 Carey Road, Westfield, IN 46074.

Condolences: www.randallroberts.com

Local Purdue Extension and Soil andWater offices are partnering to offer afull-day homesteading workshop from 9a.m. – 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 2 at theHamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds. Theregistration fee is $15 and will include a boxlunch featuring local ingredients. Expertswill be offering tips on growing and eatinglocal, building sustainable soils to produceyour own vegetables, learning to preservethe surplus, raising poultry for eggs, andbeekeeping in your backyard.

Speakers include Kate Franzman of BeePublic; Andrew Brake of NaptownChickens; Chef Thom England of Ivy Techand co-founder of Dig IN; Kevin Allison, alocal Urban Soil Health Specialist; andJoyce Moore of Urban Path who willprovide an intro to food preservation.Additionally, SWCD and Purdue Extensionstaff will share with attendees the manylocal resources available to them to startthese efforts.

Registration is required by March 23 andcan be completed at www.hamiltonswcd.org.

Homesteading is defined as a lifestyle ofself-sufficiency which encouragesindividuals to incorporate more sustainableproduction practices into everyday life toprovide essentials to an individual’s family.As community members increase awareness

of local food security, both urban and rurallandowners are seeking out experts to helpthem be successful within their communities.

Questions regarding the event can bedirected to Claire Lane, SWCD, atClaire.lane@hamiltoncounty.in.gov or 317-773-2181 or Diane Turner, PurdueExtension, at turnderda@purdue.edu or 317-776-0854.

The Hamilton County Soil and WaterConservation District (SWCD) provides ourcommunity with conservation leadershipand quality service dedicated to improvingand sustaining our natural resources. Formore information on SWCD, visitwww.hamiltonswcd.org.

The Cooperative Extension Service isone of the nation's largest providers ofscientific research-based information andeducation. It's a network of colleges,universities, and the U.S. Department ofAgriculture, serving communities andcounties across America. Program areasinclude Agriculture and Natural Resources,Health & Human Sciences, Economic &Community Development, and 4-H YouthDevelopment. Purdue Extension HamiltonCounty is tailored to meet the needs of localresidents. For more information about yourlocal office, visitwww.extension.purdue.edu/hamilton.

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Noblesville firefighter and paramedicTodd Watson was recently honored by St.Vincent Health for his job performancewith the St. Vincent Angel Medic Award,which is given annually toEMT/Paramedics that represent the best theindustry has to offer.

“This has been a passion of mine sinceI was a little kid. I talked about this since Iwas real little,” said Watson. “I love the job,love the team aspect behind everything. Ittakes all of us to make it work, it’s not aboutone individual.”

Watson has been a member of the No-blesville Fire Department for 16 years.

“While Todd excels at everything hedoes his passion for the job shines throughin his patient care,” said James Macky,NFD division chief of emergency medicalservices. “Todd is a master clinician andone of the best paramedics in the State ofIndiana. He shows compassion to his pa-tients and makes every effort to ensure theyreceive the highest quality care possible.Todd is the type of leader everyone looksup to and the type of paramedic everyonestrives to be.”

During his tenure, Watson has workedtirelessly to improve all aspects of his ca-reer. Paramedic, firefighter, lead medic,primary instructor, CPR instructor, fire in-structor, TRT member, SWAT medic, diveteam medic and critical care paramedicstudent are just a few of the hats he wears atNFD.

“That’s a lot for one person but forthose of us who know Todd, we know he’sa master of it all,” Macky said. “In the roleof lead medic, Todd has been instrumentalin making our EMS service one of the best.As an EMS educator he provides qualityeducation to our EMT’s and paramedics by‘keeping the bar high.’”

Watson also has dedicated countlesshours and made an impact in our communi-ty by providing education to the publicthrough CPR and EMT training.

“I enjoying giving them the knowledgeand hopefully I am sparking an interest likeI had when I was younger,” he said.“Hopefully they’ll have the same goals andaspirations to grow up and do the samething. I hope that by teaching I can pass thetorch.”

Watson likes the challenge and trainingof learning new aspects of the job.

“I put a lot of pride into what I do; Iwant to do a good job,” he said. “I want tomake sure I’m involved in all these differ-ent things so I can learn more so when thatbell rings hopefully I’m the guy you cancall on to get the job done. It’s not aboutaccolades but me wanting to learn more.”

Watson said he enjoys the comraderyand “the job itself” most about being afireman and paramedic.

“It’s all about that family, having a jobto do and everyone coming together to getit done,” he said.

Recipients of the Angel Award arenominated by their peers. Criteria judgedincludes volunteerism, community service,core value commitment, leadership, profes-sionalism and appropriate medical care. Formore information on the award, visitwww.stvincent.org.

From left: Michael Kaufmann, MD, medical director of the St. Vincent EMS/Statflight/Critical CareTransport team; Heidi Abel, St. Vincent Fishers Emergency Services director; Noblesville firefighterand paramedic Todd Watson and James Macky, NFD division chief of emergency medical services.

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Carmel defends sectional championship

The Carmel boys basketball team defended its sectional championship on Saturday, beating Fishers 67-49 to win Sectional 8 at The Mill in Noblesville. The Greyhoundswill play McCutcheon in the second semi-final game of the Logansport regional next Saturday.

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By RICHIE HALLReporter Sports EditorThe second quarter helped the Carmel

boys basketball team finish first in the sec-tional.

The Greyhounds scored 19 unansweredpoints over Fishers during the first six min-utes of the period during Saturday's Class4A Sectional 8 championship at The Millin Noblesville. That turned an 11-11 tieinto a 30-11 Carmel lead, and the momen-tum carried through to a 67-49 victory forthe 'Hounds over the Tigers.

Carmel thus defended its sectional titlefrom last year, and won the 26th sectionalchampionship in the program's history. TheGreyhounds also qualified for the Logan-sport regional, where they play McCutch-eon in next Saturday's second semi-final, ataround noon.

"It feels amazing, just being back withthe kids I grew up with, playing basketballmy whole life," said Carmel senior GarrettCovington. He grew up in Carmel, butmoved after his seventh grade year. Cov-ington returned in January, just in time tohelp the Greyhounds to another champion-ship.

"I'm taking every minute in," said Cov-ington. This was his first Indiana sectional.

"Indiana basketball is like none other,"said Covington. "Families come out, every-body's coming out, it's a community. Everyteam is just very supportive, so it's prettycrazy."

Fishers held an early 9-5 lead, thanks toCameron Wolter. He scored nine points inthe first period, which ended in that 11-11tie. Preston Flamion and Alex Falenderboth drained 3-pointers to get ahead 11-9,but the Tigers' Caleb Reitz knotted thegame with a layin.

After that, however, the Greyhoundsran off on a 19-0 run. Covington scored 11of those points, scoring in almost everyway possible - three layins, a 3-pointer anda putback. Sterling Brown drained two tri-ples, and Trent Richardson scored off arebound as well.

Lance Dollison made a free throw with1:44 left in the period to end the run, andhis fadeaway jumper was the last basket ofthe half, which ended with Carmel up 31-14. Britt Beery's free throw accounted for

the Greyhounds' 20th point of the secondperiod.

"I thought the first half, we were greatdefensively," said Greyhounds coach ScottHeady.

From there, Carmel held a double-digitlead for the entire second half. The Tigerscontinued to battle throughout the half, butthe 'Hounds were always able to answerwith a basket or pair of free throws everytime Fishers looked like it was starting togather steam.

Still, the Tigers worked their way backto cut the Carmel lead to 42-30 at the endof the third period. Dollison scored eightpoints. Brown, meanwhile, hit another 3-pointer, his third of the game.

The 'Hounds pushed the lead back to49-33 after Flamion made a layin. Fishersmade one more run, with Dollison's 3 get-ting the Tigers to within 55-44. But Carmelclosed the game on a 12-5 run, that includ-ed a 10-of-12 performance from the freethrow line during the last 2:17 of the game.

"Second half, we hit a spurt and gotgoing offensively," said Heady. "Hit ourfree throws for the most part, down thestretch, and didn't turn the ball over whenthey picked the pressure up. They're press-ing and trapping for a good portion of thesecond half, and I thought we took care ofthe ball."

Covington wound up with a double-double of 23 points and 11 rebounds.Brown scored 15 points; he added 6-of-6free throw shooting to his three 3-pointers.Richardson added 11.

Carmel had to win three tough games toget through the sectional, starting with aWednesday double overtime victory overNoblesville, then a Friday semi-final winover Hamilton Southeastern.

"When it comes to sectionals, I thinkexperience has a lot to do with it," saidFlamion. "I don't know if you get used to it,it's always exciting, but you start to be ableto handle it better."

"I think we played great," said Richard-son. "We handled the adversity really well."

Fishers, which finished its season 12-13, was led by Wolter's 17 and Dollison's16. Both seniors led the rebounding aswell, with Wolter grabbing seven boardsand Dollison getting six.

Carmel’s Trenton Richardson cuts down his piece of the net after the Greyhoundswon the sectional championship.

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Carmel 67,Fishers 49

Fishers FG FT TP PFZach Eaton 1-4 1-2 4 5Lance Dollison 4-12 6-7 16 3Willie Jackson 0-4 2-4 2 2Caleb Reitz 1-1 0-0 2 3Cameron Wolter 7-11 3-4 17 5Reid Stephens 1-1 4-7 6 4Andre Small 0-1 0-0 0 2Tyler Wolfe 0-1 0-0 0 1Joe Counts 0-0 0-0 0 0Jeremy Szilagyi 0-1 0-0 0 0Nick Michel 0-2 0-0 0 1Conner Washburn 1-1 0-0 2 0Totals 15-39 16-24 49 26Fishers 3-point shooting (3-16) Dollison 2-6,Eaton 1-4, Michel 0-1, Small 0-1, Jackson 0-1,Szilagyi 0-1, Wolfe 0-1, Wolter 0-1.Fishers rebounds (26) Wolter 7, Dollison 6, Mi-chel 1, Small 1, Stephens 1, Jackson 1, Wolfe 1,Reitz 1, team 2.

Carmel FG FT TP PFSterling Brown 3-10 6-6 15 4Alex Falender 2-3 2-2 8 4Garrett Covington 7-13 7-10 23 1Preston Flamion 2-3 0-0 5 5Trenton Richardson 4-6 3-4 11 4PJ Baron 1-2 1-2 3 0Cole Jenkins 0-0 0-3 0 1Britt Beery 0-0 1-2 1 2Wes Middleton 0-0 1-2 1 0John Michael Mulloy 0-0 0-0 0 0Sam Oliphant 0-0 0-0 0 0Ethan Merriweather 0-0 0-0 0 0Totals 19-37 21-31 67 21Carmel 3-point shooting (8-13) Brown 3-5, Falen-der 2-3, Covington 2-3, Flamion 1-2.Carmel rebounds (26) Covington 11, Brown 4,Jenkins 3, Richardson 3, Baron 2, Falender 1,team 2.Score by QuartersFishers 11 3 16 19 - 49Carmel 11 20 11 25 - 67

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ABOVE: Fishers’ Willie Jackson (center) flies to the basket. Pictured for Carmel areSterling Brown (top left), Garrett Covington (24) and Trenton Richardson.LEFT: Preston Flamion lays the ball in the basket.BELOW: Carmel’s Garrett Covington (left) puts the ball up while being guarded byFishers’ Caleb Reitz (35) and Cameron Wolter (44).

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Fishers’ Lance Dollison (12) guards Carmel’s Trenton Richardson.

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CLASS 4AEast Chicago CentralLowell, 76, HammondMorton, 71East Chicago Central, 67,Gary West, 47Crown PointValparaiso, 64, Portage, 37Crown Point, 78, Chesterton,63PlymouthSouth Bend Riley, 80,Mishawaka, 64Plymouth, 53, South BendWashington, 46Elkhart CentralWarsaw, 52, Penn, 31Elkhart Central, 68, Goshen,40DeKalbCarroll (Fort Wayne), 40,DeKalb, 32Fort Wayne North, 79, FortWayne Northrop, 72Huntington NorthMuncie Central, 110, FortWayne South, 104Homestead, 69, Fort WayneWayne, 56LogansportZionsville, 59, Harrison (WestLafayette), 47McCutcheon, 62, LafayetteJeff, 35NoblesvilleFishers, 82, Guerin Catholic,69Carmel, 53, HamiltonSoutheastern, 42New CastleConnersville, 50, Greenfield-Central, 40New Castle, 85, MountVernon (Fortville), 76Indianapolis TechLawrence Central, 47,Lawrence North, 43North Central (Indianapolis),84, Warren Central, 70SouthportSouthport, 60, IndianapolisRoncalli, 57Ben Davis, 81, DecaturCentral, 58Terre Haute NorthTerre Haute South, 70,Brownsburg, 63Avon, 49, Plainfield, 45MartinsvilleFranklin, 65, Center Grove,60Franklin Central, 82,Greenwood, 49East CentralBloomington South, 40,Bloomington North, 37Shelbyville, 55, ColumbusNorth, 52, OTSeymour

New Albany, 68, FloydCentral, 46Jeffersonville, 58, JenningsCounty, 48Evansville NorthEvansville Reitz, 97,Evansville Harrison, 77Castle, 92, Evansville North,68

CLASS 3AGriffithHammond, 71, LighthouseCPA, 34Griffith, 61, Kankakee Valley,46Rensselaer CentralAndrean, 58, RensselaerCentral, 48Twin Lakes, 64, HanoverCentral, 34JimtownMishawaka Marian, 71, SouthBend St. Joseph, 65, OTCulver Academy, 62, NewPrairie, 46Benton CentralNorthwestern, 53, BentonCentral, 28Maconaquah, 45, Western,43NorthWoodNorthWood, 62, Lakeland, 39Tippecanoe Valley, 55,Fairfield, 49New HavenNew Haven, 48, Fort WayneDwenger, 45, OTAngola, 40, Leo, 38Columbia CityColumbia City, 53, FortWayne Luers, 50Mississinewa, 69, Heritage,56MarionMarion, 74, Hamilton Heights,67Tipton, 67, Yorktown, 24FrankfortFrankfort, 73, NorthMontgomery, 68, OTTri-West, 53, Western Boone,32Brown CountyNorthview, 64, West Vigo, 63,OTEdgewood, 67, BrownCounty, 60New PalestineBrebeuf Jesuit, 45,Indianapolis Chatard, 36Indianapolis Attucks, 95,Indianapolis Manual, 88,2OTBeech GroveDanville, 71, IndianapolisNorthwest, 44Park Tudor, 77, Beech Grove,59GreensburgGreensburg, 57, Batesville,38

Madison, 61, Franklin County,46CharlestownSalem, 65, BrownstownCentral, 63Silver Creek, 55,Charlestown, 43SouthridgePike Central, 55, Southridge,35Jasper, 58, VincennesLincoln, 49BoonvilleHeritage Hills, 62, Boonville,53Evansville Bosse, 86, MountVernon (Posey), 67

CLASS 2ABoone GroveRiver Forest, 81, LakeStation, 40Hammond Noll, 62, BowmanAcademy, 59KnoxKnox, 51, North Newton, 48Marquette Catholic, 84,Hebron, 45WestviewWestview, 50, Whitko, 44Prairie Heights, 37, CentralNoble, 35BlufftonFort Wayne Canterbury, 58,Eastside, 50South Adams, 49, Bluffton, 46ManchesterSouthwood, 62, Manchester,50Oak Hill, 58, Northfield, 39Fountain CentralCovington, 59, Seeger, 50Carroll (Flora), 67, SouthVermillion, 56ElwoodEastern (Greentown), 67,Alexandria, 53Taylor, 49, Eastbrook, 36LapelLapel, 54, Frankton, 48Monroe Central, 74,Wapahani, 67, OTHagerstownCenterville, 44, Hagerstown,40, OTNortheastern, 56, UnionCounty, 47ShenandoahIndianapolis Howe, 80,Knightstown, 66Shenandoah, 70, TritonCentral, 64Indianapolis Broad RippleIndianapolis Broad Ripple,79, Indianapolis Shortridge,31Indianapolis Scecina, 54,Heritage Christian, 40SouthmontMonrovia, 49, Southmont, 47Cloverdale, 65, SouthPutnam, 48Southwestern (Hanover)

North Decatur, 61,Switzerland County, 51South Ripley, 68, Austin, 51PaoliProvidence, 63, Clarksville,47Crawford County, 51,Henryville, 36North KnoxLinton-Stockton, 47, EasternGreene, 34South Knox, 43, Barr-Reeve,40JasperForest Park, 66, Tell City, 47South Spencer, 71,Evansville Mater Dei, 59

CLASS 1AMorgan Twp.Gary 21st Century, 101,Westville, 83Morgan Twp., 53,Washington Twp., 45Tri-CountySouth Newton, 37, NorthWhite, 35Pioneer, 80, CovenantChristian (DeMotte), 43TritonOregon-Davis, 50, Culver, 39Triton, 48, South Central(Union Mills), 31Fort Wayne BlackhawkElkhart Christian, 53, BethanyChristian, 44Fort Wayne Blackhawk, 95,Lakeland Christian, 40North VermillionRockville, 57, Turkey Run, 47North Vermillion, 55, RivertonParke, 36Lafayette Central CatholicClinton Central, 67, FaithChristian, 63Lafayette Central Catholic,70, Tri-Central, 53Wes-DelCowan, 59, Southern Wells,56Liberty Christian, 81, Wes-Del, 38Blue RiverSeton Catholic, 74, BlueRiver, 52Union City, 53, RandolphSouthern, 27White River ValleyShakamak, 71, Eminence, 50Bloomfield, 65, White RiverValley, 43Bethesda ChristianBethesda Christian, 73,Indiana Math & Science, 55Indianapolis Tindley, 45,University, 42EdinburghMorristown, 61, GreenwoodChristian, 46Indianapolis Arlington, 79,Edinburgh, 39South DecaturSouthwestern (Shelbyville),55, Oldenburg Academy, 46Jac-Cen-Del, 56, Hauser, 49West WashingtonBorden, 92, Trinity Lutheran,75West Washington, 65,Orleans, 45New WashingtonRock Creek Academy, 54,New Washington, 52, OTLanesville, 56, ChristianAcademy, 52LoogooteeNorth Daviess, 43, VincennesRivet, 37Loogootee, 53, WashingtonCatholic, 34TecumsehTecumseh, 60, SpringsValley, 54Wood Memorial, 63,Evansville Day, 60, OT

Boys basketball sectional championship scores

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Qualifications for the upcoming Hoo-sier State Relays continued this weekend,with the Hamilton Heights, Noblesville andWestfield track and field teams all compet-ing in the Indiana Wesleyan UniversityQualifier #2.

The Huskies' Michael Defoe was a win-ner in two of the men's events, taking the80-meter dash and 60-meter hurdles. Defoealso finished second in the long jump.

Steve Loria picked up an individual winfor the Millers in the pole vault, and No-blesville also was victorious in the 4x800relay. Westfield triumphed in the distancemedley relay.

On the women's side, the Millers gotthree victories. Shelby Tyler won the highjump, and Noblesville's 4x800 and distancemedley relays were also first-place finish-ers.

Westfield was runner-up in the 4x800relay, while Heights' best finish was third inthe 4x400 relay.

MEN'S EVENTS80 dash1. Michael Defoe (Hamilton Heights) 7.10,9. Bryce Gatewood (Noblesville) 7.49, 11.Joel Taylor (N) 7.52, 29. Nathan Roth(HH) 7.71, 30. Brett Bell (N) 7.74, 33. MikeSmith (Westfield) 7.78, 36. Noah Smith(W) 7.88, 47. Bradley Albright (HH) 8.16.

3200 run2. Ethan Parsley (W) 9:52.59, 4. DesmondHerrell (W) 10:05.19, 11. Hunter Ingle (N)10:18.47, 19. Clay Obergfell (N)1:0.56.91, 20. Zach Freeman (N)11:06.12.

60 hurdles1. Defoe (HH) 8.28, 3. Jalen Garner (N)8.75, 8. Jayse Monks (N) 9.59, 14. WilmerMorales (HH) 9.85.

4x200 relay2. Noblesville 1:37.14, 3. Heights 1:37.22,9. Westfield 1:42.81.

4x400 relay

2. Westfield 3:41.52, 3. Noblesville3:45.47.

4x800 relay1. Noblesville 8:27.53, 4. Westfield8:52.34, 8. Heights 9:12.69.

Distance medley relay1. Westfield 10:50.56, 2. Noblesville11:03.11, 10. Heights 12:22.64.

High jump5. Dominic Griesinger (N) 5-6.

Pole vault1. Steve Loria (N) 13-0.

Long jump2. Defoe (HH) 20-9, 3. Peyton Haack (W)19-3.

Shot put2. Eric Ferguson (N) 46-8, 11. Drew Hart-mann (N) 41-5.25, 18. Tyler Anderson(HH) 39-6.5, 21. Byron Hubbard (W) 36-11.25.

WOMEN'S EVENTS60 dash6. Lauren Bjortomt (HH) 8.49, 10. Bri Hen-son (HH) 8.59, 11. Prima Riverahernan-dez (N) 8.62, 15. Grace Brisco (N) 8.66,17. Alyssa McNinch (W) 8.69, 18. MiriahRandolph (N) 8.71, 31. Bailey Haworth(HH) 9.17.

3200 run4. Ciera Baldwin (N) 12:01.42, 6. AubrieDeal (N) 12:06.76, 7. Aubrie Swart (N)12:08.82, 9. Carly Bogdajewicz (W)12:29.85, 12. Ashley Senerius (W)12:46.98.

60 hurdles5. Macey Policka (HH) 10.70, 7. SerenaGombold (N) 10.90, 8. Marissa Schneider(N) 10.98.

4x200 relay3. Heights 1:53.34, 5. Westfield 1:59.57.

4x400 relay2. Noblesville 4:19.32, 3. Heights 4:31.14,14. Westfield 5:00.46.

4x800 relay1. Noblesville 9:45.05, 2. Westfield9:53.42, 6. Heights 10:59.65.

Distance medley relay1. Noblesville 12:45.31, 5. Westfield14:16.54.

High jump1. Shelby Tyler (N) 5-2, 7. Madie Helsloot(N) 4-10, 13. Amy Stivers (N) 4-6.

Pole vault2. Tyler (N) 9-0, 3. Aleksa Anderson (N)9-0, 8. Alicia Berry (W) 7-0.

Long jump2. Maria Anderson (N) 16-9.75, 9. Helsloot(N) 15-0.25, T10. Lily McCormick (HH)14-8.75

Shot put10. Hope Dulin (N) 30-4.75, 14. HannahReecer (HH) 29-8, 20. Michaela Grimes(W) 27-5.75, 24. Lauryn Wiley (HH) 27-0,26. Taylor Mayo (N) 26-3.5, 28. AubrieGinther (N) 25-7, 29. Kami Speicher (HH)25-4.5.

Millers, Huskies, ‘Rocks get victories

Noblesville’s Jalen Garner (left) and Hamilton Heights’ Michael Defoe compete in the men’s 60-meter hurdles at Saturday’s Indiana Wesleyan University Qualfier #2.Defoe won the event, while Garner placed third.

Reporter photo by Kent Graham

Noblesville’s Shelby Tyler won the women’s high jump.

Reporter photo by Kent Graham

By GREG RAPPAPORTCourtesy nba.com/pacersFrom the start of the game at the Veri-

zon Center in Washington D.C., PaulGeorge had it going on.

16 points in the first quarter, 21 in thefirst half, and 38 for the entire game, pow-ering the Pacers to a critical 100-99 winover the Wizards. The victory gave Indi-ana the 2-1 series win over a team that isin striking distance in the Eastern Confer-ence Playoff race, and gave the Pacers aneven 2-2 split on their four-game road trip.

George hit the game-winning freethrow after being fouled on a drive to thebasket with three seconds remaining, pro-pelling Indiana to the win.

"For the last shot, I just told myself toget to the basket," George told Fox SportsIndiana's Jeremiah Johnson after the game.

With 8:20 left in the game, Jordan Hillpushed Indiana into an 86-85 lead with apair of free throws; the Pacers' first leadsince the first quarter of action.

From there, the teams traded the leaduntil the Pacers went up 90-87 with justover five minutes remaining, thanks to freethrows from George.

However, with four minutes left, JohnWall was able to drain a jumper and a foul,converting on an and-1 to bring the Wiz-ards within one point of the lead. On theWizards' following possession, Wall dart-ed down the floor in a blur and drew yetanother and-1 opportunity to spring theWizards back into the lead, 93-91.

After Markieff Morris hit a jumper toconclude Washington's 8-0 run, George hita 3-pointer to bring the score to 95-94.

Washington, however, was able to ex-tend its lead to 97-94 one a pair of MarcinGortat free throws following a loose ballfoul on Ian Mahinmi.

But George, as he had done all night,kept his offense rolling, hitting a jumper inthe low post for his 36th point of the night.

Following a pair of turnovers ex-changed by both teams, Jordan Hill snaredan airball and flipped it in to once againput the Pacers in the lead, 98-97, with 58seconds remaining.

But after a timeout, Wall — who fin-ished the night with 25 points and 12 as-sists — was able to draw a foul, and hit1-of-2 free throws to tie the contest. Thefoul was Mahinmi's sixth and final foul,sending him to the bench for the remainderof the game.

With 41.5 on on the clock, Indianainbounded the ball to Monta Ellis, whothen passed off to Paul George. But PGmissed his shot, and the Wizards calledtimeout to draw up a play with 21 secondson the game clock, and 14 on the shotclock, ensuring that the Pacers would havethe final shot of the game.

Washington ended up finding a rollingNene, who was fouled by Lavoy Allen,putting the Brazilian big man on the linewith the game knotted at 98. Nene, who isa 59 percent foul shooter, made 1-of-2,giving the Pacers possession for the final10 seconds and trailing by one.

The Pacers let Ellis run the play, whofound George. George drove the baselineand picked up a critical foul, putting himon the line with a chance to push the Pac-ers into the lead with 3 seconds left.

He drained both, putting Indiana up100-99; the game's final score.

The Pacers got outscored in both quar-ters of the first half, but thanks to 21 pointsfrom Paul George, Indiana remained ingame; trailing by eight at the half.

Fast-break points were an issue for thePacers, getting outscored 14-2 in the firsthalf by John Wall and the Wizards.

But in the third quarter, Indiana lockeddown defensively, holding the Wiz to just16 points in the period (0 fast-breakpoints), and cutting the deficit to twopoints entering the final quarter of play atthe Verizon Center.

It was defense that keyed the win forIndiana, as the Pacers allowed the Wizardsjust 35 points in the second half, turningthe game in the Pacers' favor.

"We came in at halftime and said who-ever wants to start defending is going towin," Vogel said after the game. "It's sim-ple, you know what I mean? We weren'tplaying with urgency defensively. Wewere trying hard but we just weren't intoour man, we weren't in their face, weweren't getting after it and we picked it upin the second half."

Paul George’s 38 pointslead Pacers to win

The 36th annual Basketball Spectacular,sponsored by the Hamilton County Councilon Alcohol and Other Drugs, is taking placeon Saturday, March 19 at Noblesville HighSchool. Each year, the Boys & Girls Clubof Noblesville hosts this daylong event,which is the culmination of months ofpreparation and practices by the participants.Over 500 boys & girls participated this yearin the basketball program and the BasketballSpectacular is the day for them to displaytheir skills and compete for the title oftournament champs.

“The Spectacular is such a great eventfor all the kids, parents and coachesinvolved. It is the conclusion of our seasonand gives us the chance to make all the kidsfeel special during both our awardsceremony and championship games. It alsogives the kids the opportunity to play on the

Noblesville High School floor, which iswhere a lot of the kids aspire to be playingone day.” says Tony Eslamirad, SportsDirector at the Boys & Girls Club.

Throughout the day, teen members ofthe Boys & Girls Club, who participate inthe VOICE program which is a teen –leadadvocacy group against all drugs, willprovide important information to attendees.Focus this year will be on prescription drugsand heroin use with the theme “Be a Hero”.Attendees will be asked to take a pledge thatday to be a hero against drug use.

The community is encouraged to attendthis great event and support local youthprograms. There are also sponsorshipopportunities available for individuals andcompanies. For more information, pleasecontact Tony Eslamirad at 317.773.4372 orby email at teslamirad@bgcni.org.

Basketball Spectacular totake place March 19

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NBA standingsSaturday’s scores

Cleveland 120, Boston 103New York 102, Detroit 89

Indiana 100, Washington 99Utah 106, New Orleans 94

Minnesota 132, Brooklyn 118Chicago 108, Houston 100

San Antonio 104, Sacramento 94Atlanta 107, L.A. Clippers 97

Sunday’s gamesOklahoma City at Milwaukee, 3:30 p.m.Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 3:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Memphis, 4 p.m.Dallas at Denver, 5 p.m.

Portland at Detroit, 6 p.m.Philadelphia at Miami, 6 p.m.Houston at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Eastern ConferenceEast W L PCT. GBToronto 41 19 .683 -Boston 38 26 .594 5.0New York 26 38 .406 17.0Brooklyn 18 45 .286 24.5Philadelphia 8 54 .129 34.0Central W L PCT. GBCleveland 44 17 .721 -Indiana 33 30 .524 12.0Chicago 31 30 .508 13.0Detroit 31 31 .500 13.5Milwaukee 26 36 .419 18.0Southeast W L PCT. GBMiami 36 26 .581 -Atlanta 35 28 .556 1.5Charlotte 33 28 .541 2.5Washington 30 32 .484 6.0Orlando 27 34 .443 8.5

Western ConferenceNorthwest W L PCT. GBOklahoma City 42 20 .677 -Portland 33 30 .524 9.5Utah 29 33 .468 13.0Denver 24 38 .387 18.0Minnesota 20 43 .317 22.5Pacific W L PCT. GBGolden State 55 5 .917 -L.A. Clippers 40 21 .656 15.5Sacramento 25 36 .410 30.5Phoenix 16 46 .258 40.0L.A. Lakers 12 51 .190 44.5Southwest W L PCT. GBSan Antonio 53 9 .855 -Memphis 37 24 .607 15.5Dallas 33 29 .532 20.0Houston 30 32 .484 23.0New Orleans 23 38 .377 29.5

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STATEPOINT CROSSWORD CLUESTHEME: THINK SPRING

ACROSS1. Boat load6. Line of work9. Stairway alternative13. Hitler's mistress14. High or low card15. Country on Samoan Islands16. Stiff hair or bristles17. Kan. neighbor18. Holy See loyalist practicingdifferent rites19. *Daylight ____ time21. *Spring is a symbol of this23. Much of this about nothing?24. "Stop!" to marchers25. Feather glue28. World's largest continent30. To show off35. Functions37. Jittery39. End of a poem

40. *Before you spring clean youmake one?41. Manet's and Gauguin'scontemporary43. Seaside bird44. *"Spring to mind" or "Springinto action," e.g.46. Table mineral47. Equal48. Correspondence friend50. Part of ROM52. *Spring is a cure for ____, acr.53. As opposed to "want"55. Pine juice57. *Vernal event61. *Japanese spring blossom64. Knucklehead65. Wear and tear67. Made cow noise69. Old hat70. June honoree71. Muscat resident72. #23 Across, pl.

73. Mama sheep74. Relating to Scandinavia

DOWN1. *Masters Tournament network2. Mars, to the Greeks3. "Pro" follower4. Exotic jelly flavor5. Iroquois tribe6. "More ____ for the buck"7. *It dissipates in spring8. Striped equine9. Raja's wife10. Gulf V.I.P.11. Castle's line of defense12. Beaten by walkers15. Difficult to detect20. Red-____ like Rudolph22. Hermey the dentist, e.g.24. Wasted-looking25. *Popular spring flower26. Comment to the audience27. Pine product

29. *____ of March, or March 1531. "The ____ Go Marching"32. Part of eye containing iris, pl.33. Marilyn Monroe's given name34. Pronged, as in three-____ fork36. "Cut that out!"38. Ivy League school42. Bills under mattress45. Like "The Martian" mission49. DiCaprio to his friends?51. Nature spirit in Greekmythology54. Ooze out56. Movie trailer, e.g.57. Cocoyam58. Leg muscle59. "Do ____ others as..."60. Frosts a cake61. Formally surrender62. Lion's warning63. Strong desires66. Horror movie series68. One of a set of dice

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