It was the seventh rejection that proved to be the most important.
In the closing seconds of yet another tight matchup with Penn, Crown Point s 6-foot-4 forward swatted a running right-handed shot by Kingsmen guard Grace Schutt to seal the Bulldogs 44-42 home victory Dec. 5.
The Purdue commit fell to the floor as the final buzzer sounded, while the rest of her teammates jumped for joy. I was actually on the ground when everybody else was celebrating, but they all lifted me up. They re great teammates, Stoddard said. The entire game they just funneled everybody into me, which helped me get blocks.
Hammond coach Larry Moore Jr. knows Harold Woods wishes he had another chance.
The Wildcats senior guard missed a short jump shot against Lawrence North that would ve capped off an upset victory over the Wildcats, who are ranked as the No. 1 team in the state by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association.
Instead, No. 20 Hammond left the Sneakers for Santa Shootout at Brownsburg on Dec. 5 with a 52-51 loss. Woods finished the game with two points on 1-of-8 shooting from the field. He was definitely bothered by it, Moore said. His head was down, but I told him to keep his head up. . The other guys (Darrell) Reed and Reggie (Abram) supported him through that moment, and that (senior) core is who is going to lead us all year.
Three players from local schools named to 2021 Silver Anniversary Team
VICTORIA JACOBSEN | The Journal Gazette
Three local players have been named to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame s 2021 Silver Anniversary Teams, which honor top high school players on the 25th anniversary of their senior seasons.
Lisa (Winter) Finn of Huntington North, the 1996 Miss Basketball honoree, won four sectional titles, three regional titles and the 1995 state championship with the Vikings. She averaged 19.8 points, 6 rebounds and 3.2 assists her senior year, and is now a teacher and girls basketball coach at Cathedral.
Jaymee Wappes of East Noble was named second-team all-state and finished her career as the Knights leader in career points (1,243) and career assists (268). She was the coach of the North Side girls from 2011 to 2019.