Arabians girls hoops third at county
PENDLETON — In a 47-21 rout, the Pendleton Heights girls basketball team finished with third-place honors in the Madison County tournament over Liberty Christian at Alexandria-Monroe High School on Friday, Jan. 4.
Megan Mills topped all scorers with 14 points, while Leonie Wilson went perfect from the three-point arc and free-throw line to end with 11 points.
The Arabians held the Lions to single-digit scoring in all four quarters of the game and outscored them with double digits in every period.
On Jan. 3, Pendleton Heights fell to rival Anderson 70-52.
The Arabians kept pace with the Indians initially, ending the first quarter tied 11-11, but were down 26-18 at the end of the first half.
“We just weren’t our best today,” coach Chad Cook said.
There was no stopping Anderson’s Staisha Hamilton as she knocked in 27 points for the Indians and shut down the Arabians’ current leading scorer Kailyn Graham. The team’s top gun, Aubree Dwiggins, is sidelined with an injury.
Cook acknowledged the loss of Dwiggins was difficult, but he hopes she will be able to be on the court later.
He praised the return of Megan Mills.
“It’s real important for us she played and was tough on the boards. It’s good to see her back and healthy for the home stretch.”
With the county tournament wrapped up for 2019, the Arabians (11-7) play host to New Palestine at 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11.
Arabians’ boys finish sixth in county
ALEXANDRIA — Despite not playing for the Madison County championship, the Pendleton Heights boys basketball team hit the floor at Alexandria-Monroe High School and dominated Liberty Christian 88-34 in the sixth-place game.
Every Arabian on the roster got into the scoring column, with Christian Jones tallying 18, Dameion Warrum 12, and Zion Cook and Tristan Ross each with 10 points.
Ross led the team with nine rebounds of the 49 the Arabians recorded.
The Arabians are 4-8 for the season and play host to New Palestine at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 11.
Girls second at HHC swim meet
NEW PALESTINE — Weeks of training paid off for the Pendleton Heights girls swimming and diving team. The Arabians placed second with 388 points, behind Greenfield-Central (429), in a tough Hoosier Heritage Conference meet Saturday, Jan. 5, at New Palestine.
Freshman Lily Brooks’ season-best time in the 100-yard backstroke earned her first-place honors.
Brooks joined teammates Emma Robison, Grace McKinney and Karly Riffey in the 200 medley relay, and the quad placed second.
McKinney, also a freshman, placed third in the 200 freestyle.
Robison, Jaima Link and Brooks finished third, fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 200 individual medley.
In the 50 freestyle, Riffey took third, just seven-tenths of a second behind first place. She garnered a fourth in the 100 freestyle.
In the 100 butterfly, Robison finished second with her season-best time.
Kaitlyn Wheetley, Link, McKinney and Maggie Miller comprised the 200 freestyle relay team, which finished fourth with more season-best times.
In the final event, the 400 freestyle relay, the Arabian team of Robison, Wheetley, Link and Riffey lost first to a late-swim surge by Greenfield-Central after leading for most of the race.
Coach Mindy Hertzler said her team totaled 27 best times of the season.
The girls began the second half of meet season Tuesday, Jan. 8, at Shelbyville (after press time) and are home today, Thursday, Jan. 10, against Delta.
Boys swimming places sixth
NEW PALESTINE — Time drops continued as the Pendleton Heights boys swim team finished sixth at the Hoosier Heritage Conference meet Saturday, Jan. 5, at New Palestine.
Senior Evan Fredericks led the team with his second-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle and fourth in the 100 backstroke.
Senior Cameron Kordes took third in the 200 individual medley, recording his best time of the season. He earned another third in the 100 butterfly.
Freshman diver Cayden Sisson finished third.
The 400-yard freestyle relay team of Fredericks, Trevor Cobb, Pyry Kurunsaari and Kordes finished third, while the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Oliver Claxon, Cole Robison, Tanner Keesling and Robbie Courtney finished sixth.
The Arabians traveled to Shelbyville Tuesday, Jan. 8, and play host to Delta today, Thursday, Jan. 10.
Arabians’ wrestlers fall to Marauders
PENDLETON — Pendleton Heights honored former members of the wrestling family during its annual Alumni Night prior to the match with Mt. Vernon on Jan. 3.
More than 25 alumni participated in the event honoring both Markleville and Pendleton Heights members.
The Arabians lost to the visiting Marauders 37-27.
Blake Nicholson, 106 pounds, won a 10-4 decision match.
Caleb Gibson, 145 pounds, won by a fall, while Clayton Todd, at 182 pounds, won a 2-1 decision.
Tremor Bynum defeated his opponent in a 7-0 decision at 195 pounds, and Cade Campbell won by a fall at 220 pounds.
At 285 pounds, Justin Stephens won by fall.
The Arabians will play host to the Hoosier Heritage Conference meet beginning at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 12.
