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Carrolls season ends in regional semifinals VICTORIA JACOBSEN | The Journal Gazette Lafayette Jefferson beat Carroll 52-46 to knock Carroll out of the Class 4A state tournament in the Logansport regional semifinal Saturday afternoon. The Chargers (18-7) took a two-point lead into the fourth quarter and led by as much as 39-33 early in the fourth quarter after Sam Strycker hit two free throws, but the Bronchos (25-2) wrestled back the lead with a 12-0 scoring streak fueled by Brooks Barnhizer, B...

High Schools JOURNAL GAZETTE   Elevation Prep posted a 90-82 victory at Class 2A, No. 1 Blackhawk Christian on Saturday, getting 25 points from RaSheed Jones and 22 from Reggie Ward. Zane Burke pumped in a game-high 28 points for the Braves (17-3), while Caleb Furst added 23 points. Blackhawk, which fell to the No. 4 team in Class 4A on Friday, has now lost consecutive games for the first time since a three-game slide in January 2017. Caedmon Bontrager, who started the season at Lakewood Pa...

High School Roundup: Homestead comes back to beat South Side in sectional finals VICTORIA JACOBSEN | The Journal Gazette South Side held Homestead to just nine points in the first half, but the Spartans shut down the Archers in the third quarter and did just enough to win 33-31 and claim the Class 4A Columbia City sectional title on Saturday night, Homesteads third straight sectional title and seventh in eight years.  Junior Ayanna Patterson scored 21 of her teams points, and the Spartans (18-...