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Kat Chatter
Monday, January 11, 2016
Thought for the day
“Success is the prize for those who stand true to
their ideas.”
Josh S. Hinds
Today’s Athletic Events
SPORT
OPPONENT
Basketball (Girls Fr) Huntington North
Basketball (Boys Fr) Lafayette Jeff
LOCATION
TIME
Huntington
KHS
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
THE WILDKAT
Girls Basketball
Kokomo 55, Logansport 41
Boys Basketball
Logansport 91, Kokomo 80
Boys Swimming
Katfish placed 2nd at the NCC Meet
Girls Swimming
Lady Katfish placed 6th at the NCC Meet
Wrestling
Kokomo finished 3-2 at the Peru Invitational
The Wildkat wrestlers were 3-2 this weekend at the Peru
Super Six.
We beat Angola 51-16, Hamilton Heights 41-29, and Eastern
48-33. We lost to Oak Hill 45-30 and Peru 43-29.
Jabin Wright (113), DaShaun Barbary (170), and Nick Fox
(220) were all champions going 5-0 on the day.
T.T. Allen (138) and Gavin Herrera (195) were 4-1, while
Szhantrayle Roberson (145) was 3-2. He pinned the 14th
ranked wrestler from Peru and then bumped up to wrestle the
7th-ranked wrestler from Hamilton Heights and lost a tough
one.
As the regular season is starting to wrap up, we are seeing
lots of improvement. This Wednesday we wrestle TriCentral at home for our Senior Night. Come out and support
our Kats!
We will see you on the mat!
Coach Wells
This past weekend we had an exciting match up with our conference rival Logansport. The
Berries won 91-80.
I thought our guys brought a lot of energy and focus to the game and, if you are a fan of
basketball, you probably enjoyed the excitement and the speed of the game.
We did a lot of nice things defensively forcing 16 turnovers but we are unable to contain the
Logansport shooters as they connected on 14 three-point attempts.
Jordan Matthews led the way with 26 points and nine assists, while Ty Sparling added 12
points.
I look forward to the opportunity to get back on the court Tuesday night against rival
Western.
Coach Moore
Conference 2016 - Harrison 433, McCutcheon 374, Anderson 270, Lafayette Jefferson 247,
Muncie Central 232, Kokomo 191, Richmond 182, Logansport 125, Marion 93, Arsenal Tech
32
The ladies swam incredibly well on Saturday. Our 6th place finish doesn’t represent the 89%
time drops we had. The gals performed at or better than I expected for the end of our season.
We still see some technical things we can work on which is very encouraging. We know that
in just four short weeks we will be faster by sectionals. This group of gals saw lots of kiddos
that swim on a year round basis. Some of our kids are learning what it takes to be highly
competitive on the “big” stage. I am very excited for the future with this squad of gals.
Scoring points for our Lady Katfish:
200 Medley Relay (6th)-Addison Reckard, Madison Cleaver, Brooke Dill, Jessica Estep
200 Freestyle-16th Morgan Reecer
200 IM-12th Reckard
50 Freestyle-4th Estep, 6th Cleaver
Diving-6th Osha Hall
100 Fly-6th Dill
100 Free (These gals are so incredibly close to being under the minute….can’t wait to see
this happen for them!)-3rd Cleaver 1:00.13,4th Estep 1:00.15
500 Free-11th Reckard,14th Reecer
200 Free Relay (1:52.08….second fastest time clocked in my time as a Lady Katfish
coach….very proud of this relay split)(we were out of 2nd by less than 2 seconds)
Cleaver, Dill, Reckard, Estep
100 Backstroke-6th Dill
400 Free Relay (7th)-Hayden Phipps, Briana Ebenhart, Brittany Lucas, Reecer
This is a busy week with meets Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Swim On,
Coach Walters
The Kokomo boys swim team placed second at the NCC Championship Meet on
Saturday at Purdue. Harrison (471) won the meet followed by Kokomo (381), Muncie
Central (240), Anderson (229), Lafayette Jeff (213), McCutcheon (207), Richmond
(198), Logansport(100), Marion (72) and Arsenal Tech (39).
Top 8 finishers for Kokomo were:
200 Medley Relay- 2nd - Logan Hawk, Alex Whiteman, Max White, and Caleb Cook
200 Free –
3rd – White, 6th – Connor Wood
200 IM 5th – Jack Stevens
50 Free2nd- Cook, 5th- Jordan Bousum
Diving5th- Tyler Rolando, 8th- Max Waltemath
100 Fly3rd- Stevens, 5th- Cook
100 Free3rd- Hawk, 4th- Wood, 7th- Bousum
500 Free2nd- White
200 Free Relay- 1st – Stevens, Wood, Bousum, and Cook
100 Back2nd- Hawk, 6th- Drew Davis
100 Breast5th- Whiteman
400 Free Relay- 1st- White, Stevens, Wood, Hawk
About 85% of our swims were at least season best times. The swimmers performed
very well and I think it’s an indication of what we are capable of at the end of the
season.
Proud to be a KATFISH!
Coaches Glick and Meck
The Lady Kats won’t play again until Saturday, when they see action in the North Central
Conference Tournament.
Kokomo will play at approximately 7:00 Saturday at Memorial Gym. The Wildkats will
play either Anderson or Logansport. Those two teams will play at 1:00 Saturday at
Memorial Gym for the right to face the Lady Kats.
Kokomo went 4-0 in the West Division of the North Central Conference to earn the No. 1
seed.
The Lady Kats scored the first six points of the game against Logansport and never trailed.
Kokomo held Logansport without a field goal in the first quarter. The Lady Berries were
0-for-7 from the field and had eight turnovers.
Logan’s only two points in the first quarter came on free throws.
The Lady Berries first field goal came at the 7:49 mark of the second quarter.
Both teams hit 33.3% from the field, but Kokomo had 63 attempts while Logan put up 45
shots.
Both Allie Lowe and Olivia Wilson had double digit rebounding efforts against
Logansport. Lowe had 12, and Wilson had a career high of 11. It was the second time this
season that the duo had recorded 10 or more caroms in the same game. In the Taylor game
earlier in the year, Lowe grabbed 14 and Wilson had 10. Allie Lowe now has five games
this season of 10 or more rebounds.
Kokomo’s bench had 18 points to five for Logan.
The Lady Kats had 24 points in the paint, while the Berries could muster eight.
The Lady Kats are now 5-4 in games played at Memorial Gym and 11-6 overall.
Sieara Langley and Allie Lowe are the only Lady Kats to have started every game this
year.
Six Wildkats – Sarah Tickfer, Kaila Stiner, Allie Lowe, Kennedy Curl, Olivia Wilson, and
Sierra Langley have played in every Kokomo game this season.
In the boys game between Kokomo and Logansport Friday night, there were six lead changes
and two ties in Logan’s 91-80 win. The Berries took the lead for good on a three-pointer by
Jalen Adaway with 7:17 left before halftime.
Logansport had 14 three-pointers in the game, the most ever against a Kokomo Wildkat boys
basketball team. The previous mark of 13 was held by four teams – New Castle (2009), Fishers
(2009), North Central (2005), and Elkhart Central (1994).
Logan’s 22 attempts were nowhere near the record for three-point attempts by a Kokomo
opponent. In the 1994-95 season, Lexington Henry Clay came to Memorial Gym and put up an
incredible 47 shots from behind the arc.
The 91 points scored by Logansport were the most ever scored by a Berry basketball team in the
173-game series. The previous best by a Logan team occurred in an 82-81 loss to the Wildkats
in the 1969 IHSAA tournament. Kokomo’s highest offensive output in the series came in the
Wildkat’s 1961 championship season. The Kats scored 95 to Logansport’s 70 in the middle of
three victories over the Berries that year.
Matt Jennings had 37 points for the Berries Friday night. It was the most by a Wildkat opponent
since Marion’s Tim Leavell hit for 38 last season.
Through 10 games this season, the Wildkats have scored more than 80 points three times.
Kokomo had 19 assists against Logan, a season high.
The Wildkats had two blocked shots against Logansport, one by Kyle Wade and the other by
Marcelle Kenner. It was the ninth straight game that the Kats had recorded a block.
Kokomo had just nine turnovers against Logansport, marking only the second time this year that
the Wildkats have had fewer than 10. The Kats had seven errors against Huntington North.
Ironically, both games ended in loss for Kokomo.
Logansport had 89 of their 91 points scored by their starters. Kokomo’s bench scored 12.
The Kats had 48 points in the paint to 22 for the Berries.
Kokomo grabbed 12 offensive rebounds, which led to eight second chance points for the Kats.
Logan had three offensive boards, which they turned into one point.
The Wildkats shot 17 free throws in the game; the Berries had 34 attempts.
N.C.C. BOYS SWIMMING
N.C.C. GIRLS SWIMMING
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
Harrison
KOKOMO
Muncie Central
Anderson
Lafayette Jeff
McCutcheon
Richmond
Logansport
Marion
Arsenal Tech
471.0
381.0
240.0
229.0
213.0
207.0
198.0
100.0
72.0
39.0
Harrison
McCutcheon
Anderson
Lafayette Jeff
Muncie Central
KOKOMO
Richmond
Logansport
Marion
Arsenal Tech
433.0
374.0
270.0
247.0
232.0
191.0
182.0
125.0
93.0
32.0
NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE
1)
Harrison
83.0
2)
McCutcheon
72.0
3)
KOKOMO
71.0
4)
Lafayette Jeff
Richmond
Muncie Central
Logansport
Marion
Anderson
Arsenal Tech
62.0
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
56.0
54.0
48.5
45.0
41.5
27.0
BOYS ALL-SPORTS
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
KOKOMO
Harrison
McCutcheon
Lafayette Jeff
Muncie Central
Richmond
Marion
Logansport
Arsenal Tech
Anderson
2015-16
ALL
SPORTS
STANDINGS
48.0
38.0
34.0
31.0
26.0
25.0
22.0
20.5
19.0
16.5
GIRLS ALL-SPORTS
1)
2)
3T)
3T)
5T)
5T)
7)
8T)
8T)
10)
Harrison
McCutcheon
Richmond
Lafayette Jeff
Logansport
Muncie Central
Anderson
KOKOMO
Marion
Arsenal Tech
45.0
38.0
31.0
31.0
28.0
28.0
25.0
23.0
23.0
8.0
EAST DIVISION
CONF
OA
DA
AM
STREAK
1- 0
8- 3
71.6
63.5
8.2
Lost 1
1- 0
7- 3
79.5
63.0
16.5
Won 2
1- 1
8- 2
73.8
60.9
12.9
Won 1
1- 1
3- 8
54.0
61.0
-7.0
Lost 2
0- 2
4-10
51.3
54.1
-2.9
Lost 2
AG
OA
DA
AM
2- 0
10- 0
71.0
50.0
21.0
Won 10
2- 0
11- 2
75.5
50.8
24.8
Won 4
1- 1
7- 3
65.9
59.7
6.2
Lost 1
0- 2
6- 5
66.9
60.5
6.5
Lost 1
0- 2
5- 5
65.4
64.7
0.7
Lost 1
WEST DIVISION
CONF
Logansport
McCutcheon
Lafayette Jeff
Harrison
KOKOMO
LAST WEEK’S SCORES
Indianapolis Tech 86, Harrison 56‡
Logansport 91, Kokomo 80‡
McCutcheon 55, Westfield 35
Muncie Central 74, Lafayette Jeff 60‡
Pendleton Heights 64, Anderson 42
New Castle 44, Richmond 42
Logansport 54, Western 31
Marion 76, Fort Wayne South 65
McCutcheon 66, Richmond 44‡
Noblesville 60, Muncie Central 57
UPCOMING GAMES
Tuesday, Jan. 12
East Central at Richmond, 7:30 pm
Western at Kokomo, 7:30 pm
Friday, Jan. 15
Kokomo at Harrison‡, 7:30 pm
Lafayette Jeff at Anderson, 8 pm
Marion at Indianapolis Tech‡, 8 pm
McCutcheon at Logansport‡, 7:30 pm
Muncie Central at Richmond‡, 7:30 pm
Saturday, Jan. 16
Anderson at Hamilton Southeastern, 7:30 pm
Harrison at West Lafayette, 7:30 pm
Logansport at Lewis Cass, 7:30 pm
Muncie Central at Connersville, 7:30 pm
Westfield at Lafayette Jeff, 7:30 pm
Zionsville at McCutcheon, 7:30 pm
STREAK
N.C.C. BOYS BASKETBALL
Muncie Central
Marion
Indianapolis Tech
Anderson
Richmond
AG
EAST DIVISION
Marion
Muncie Central
Indianapolis Tech
Anderson
Richmond
AG
OA
DA
AM
STREAK
3- 1
14- 3
60.5
49.4
11.2
Won 4
2- 2
13- 3
55.7
42.1
13.6
Won 8
2- 2
7- 8
57.1
53.8
3.3
Won 1
2- 2
8-10
55.9
56.3
-0.4
Won 3
1- 3
5- 9
46.1
52.4
-6.3
Won 1
WEST DIVISION
CONF
KOKOMO
McCutcheon
Lafayette Jeff
Harrison
Logansport
AG
OA
DA
4- 0
11- 6
54.6
41.0
13.6
Won 1
3- 1
9- 8
42.8
40.8
2.0
Lost 2
2- 2
5-12
45.1
52.3
-7.2
Lost 3
1- 3
2-15
39.9
57.1
-17.2
Lost 9
0- 4
1-16
39.7
54.9
-15.2
Lost 11
LAST WEEKEND’S SCORES
Indianapolis Tech 66, Harrison 36‡
Kokomo 55, Logansport 41‡
Muncie Central 51, Lafayette Jeff 30‡
Northwestern 68, Logansport 38
Richmond 42, McCutcheon 31‡
Twin Lakes 55, Harrison 48
UPCOMING GAMES
Tuesday, Jan. 12
Benton Central at Logansport, 7:30 pm
Marion at Mississinewa, 7:30 pm
North Montgomery at Harrison , 7:30 pm
Richmond at Connersville, 7:30 pm
Zionsville at McCutcheon, 7:30 pm
Wednesday, Jan. 13
Anderson at Carmel, 7:30 pm
Lafayette Jeff at Fountain Central, 7:30 pm
Marion at Elwood, 7:30 pm
Winchester at Muncie Central, 7:30 pm
Friday, Jan. 15
Sheridan at McCutcheon, 7:30 pm
AM
STREAK
N.C.C. GIRLS BASKETBALL
CONF
GETTING TO KNOW YOU
Caden McClure
Grade: 11
Sport: Wrestling
The NCC school I most enjoy playing against: Harrison
My favorite ice cream: Butter Pecan
My favorite shade of blue: Navy
Which of your immediate family participated in sports? Father, Mother, Sister(s)
One of my favorite musical performers: Led Zeppelin
My favorite M&M flavor: Pretzel
My choice of eggs for breakfast: Hard Boiled
My favorite Beatles song: Help
The electronic device I would miss the most: Phone
My favorite pro athlete in this sport: Kyle Jake
The sport I enjoy watching on television the most: Football
My favorite home-cooked meal: Pork Chops
My most influential youth coach: Coach Wells
Other than the sport I am currently in, the sport I enjoy playing the most: Football
Who is the defending MVP of the NBA?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
Lebron James
Kobe Bryant
Stephen Curry
Dirk Nowitzki
Kevin Durant
Derrick Rose
Tim Duncan
James Harden
Paul George
Answer appears at the bottom of the page.
KHS girls basketball player Kaila Stiner’s mother is a former Lady Kat. Name her.
Answer will appear in the next Kat Chatter.
Answer to the last Wildkat Trivia
KHS girls basketball player Brittany Barnard’s mother is a former Lady Kat. Name her.
Cari Stover
This Week in Wildkat Country
SPORT
OPPONENT
LOCATION
TIME
Monday, January 11
Basketball (Girls Fr)
Basketball (Boys Fr)
Huntington North
Lafayette Jeff
Huntington North
KHS
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Tuesday, January 12
Basketball (Boys JV)
Swimming (Girls V)
Basketball (Girls Fr)
Swimming (Boys V)
Basketball (Boys V)
Western
Cass
Lafayette Jeff
Cass
Western
Memorial Gym
Cass
KHS
Cass
Memorial Gym
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
7:30 PM
Wednesday, January 13
Basketball (Boys Fr)
Wrestling (Boys V)
Maconaquah
Tri-Central
Maconaquah
KHS
6:00 PM
6:30 PM
Thursday, January 14
Swimming (Girls V)
Swimming (Boys V)
Basketball (Girls Fr)
Oak Hill
Oak Hill
Harrison
KHS
KHS
Harrison
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
Friday, January 15
Basketball (Boys JV)
Basketball (Boys V)
Harrison
Harrison
Harrison
Harrison
6:00 PM
7:30 PM
Saturday, January 16
Wrestling (Boys V)
Swimming (Girls V)
Basketball (Boys Fr)
Swimming (Boys V)
Basketball (Girls V)
Cathedral
Anderson/Muncie Cent
NCC Tourney
Anderson/Muncie Cent
NCC Tournament
Cathedral
Anderson
Logansport
Anderson
Memorial Gym
8:30 AM
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
1:00 PM
N.C.C. Student-Athlete of the Week
Conner Wood, Jack Stevens
Conner, a senior, and Jack, a freshman, helped the Katfish to a second place finish in
the North Central Conference meet. Both were members of Kokomo’s winning 200free relay and 400-freestyle relay teams. The 200-free squad came in with a seed
time of 1:38.66 and swam a 1:33.42 in the finals, and the 400-free foursome had a
seed time of 3:34.16 and won the event with a time of 3:24.79.
KHS Web Favorites
KHS Athletics
http://www.kokomoschools.com/domain/410
Kokomo Tribune
http://www.kokomotribune.com/
Sports Journal of Central Indiana
www.indianasportsjournal.com
WIOU – Radio broadcasts
1350amwiou.com
Kokomo Herald Sports
http://theheraldsports.com
Kokomo Perspective – Streaming Video Webcasting
www.kokomoperspective.com
Howard County Sports Hall of Fame
http://www.howardcountysportshof.com