Below are some of my favorite images from the game. I was only able to cover the first quarter as I had to get ready for the halftime homecoming festivities. Click here to view them as a gallery or click here to view all the photos.
The North Montgomery Lady Chargers secured a tie for the conference championship with their 26-24, 25-16, 25-19 victory over the visiting Tri-West Lady Bruins.
A late rally by Tri-West made the first set close as they ran off six straight points to even the set at 24 before the Lady Chargers were able to break their serve and close out the set. After trailing 7-6 in the second set, North Montgomery took charge running off six straight points and never looked back.
The win closed out the regular season for the Lady Chargers, ending with a very impressive 27-5 record and finishing 6-1 in the conference. They shared the conference championship with both Western Boone and Frankfort as the three teams took turns beating each other throughout the season to all finish with 6-1 conference records.
Sectionals will kick off Thursday night at Western Boone. North Montgomery opens the night playing Lebanon and is followed by Western Boone taking on Crawfordsville. The winners of those two matches will face off in the first game on Saturday morning with Southmont and Danville set to take the court following them. The finals will be played Saturday night. (This has been corrected from my earlier post.)
Below is a slideshow of some of my favorite photos from the match. Click here to view them as a slideshow or click here to view all the photos from the night.
The Lady Mounties lost a tough match at home Monday night 3-2 in a back and forth match against the Tri-West Bruins.
Southmont took a 1-0 lead into the half on a goal by Shelby Phillips. Two second half goals by Tri-West gave them a 2-1 lead. Stephanie Martin responded for the Lady Mounties when her goal evened the match 2-2 but the Lady Bruins had the last word when Kely Buss found the back of the net to seal the 3-2 win.
Southmont moves to 3-3-1 on the season and 2-2 in the conference and will host Lebanon on Thursday in another critical conference matchup.
Below is a slideshow of my favorite images from the event. Click here to view them as a gallery or click here to view all photos from the game.
The North Montgomery Chargers continued to roll Friday night as they defeated the visiting Tri-West Bruins 49-19.
The Chargers, who have been plagued by injuries, made several adjustments to fill several key positions. While plagued with injuries, they are also blessed with a lot of depth as the faces may change but the results looked the same.
The Chargers racked up nearly 540 yards of total offense with it split nearly evenly between the running and passing game. Five different running backs contributed to the rushing game led by speedy sophomore Clay Birdsong’s 88 yards. Clayton Dale continued to efficiently lead the passing game completing 14 of his 20 passes yielding 4 touchdowns and a staggering 259 yards.
The one negative for the Chargers was they did allow Tri-West to make several big passing plays eating up a lot of turf with virtually every completion. Senior quarterback John Fredrick lit up the Charger secondary for 300 yards on only 16 completions accounting for all three Bruin touchdowns. All three touchdown passes went for at least 20 yards. Fredrick did pay for those yards as he was constantly pressured out of the pocket and took several very hard hits as he tried to make things happen.
The Chargers move to 4-0 on the year and are on a 13 game regular season winning steak. This will be put to the test next week when they travel to Lebanon to play the Tigers. Lebanon is now 3-1 on the season with their only loss coming to 5A powerhouse Carmel. The game will be a critical matchup on the road to the Sagamore Conference championship. North Montgomery and Lebanon are joined by an undefeated Western Boone team as the only conference teams without a loss yet this year.
Tri-West drops to 1-3 on the season and will host Southmont next week. Southmont beat Danville Friday night for the first time since Danville joined the conference and will be fired up for the game.
Below is a slideshow of my favorite images from the night. Since I already have what seems like 145,00 pictures of Clayton Dale and the multitude of running backs, I spent the first half trying to get more shots of the big men on the line. The second half was spent experimenting with different things in the darkness as the games with sunlight are quickly coming to an end. Click here to view them as a gallery or click here to see all the images from the night.
Crawfordsville hosted a three way meet with visiting North Putnam and Tri-West.
I really don’t understand how scoring works for cross country so am not sure who won. To me, anyone who survives a cross country race is a winnner. Crawfordsville AD Bryce Barton drove me around the course in his new tricked out golf cart before the meet and seeing all the hills made my side hurt and my legs burn. Anyone who saw my 270 lb body out there with my camera probably guessed that I have never been much of a runner.
Most of my posts highlight some of my favorite pictures from the event I am covering. Since so many of these photos look very similar, I decided to post one favorite followed by the top six place finishers for both the boys and girls.
Since I had so many photos, I have split them up by school so it is easier for everyone to find specific individuals.
Click here to see the photos from the slideshow below as a photo gallery. Click here to see all the Crawfordsville photos. Click here to see all the Tri-West photos. Click here to see all the North Putnam photos.