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The IHSAA has announced that tonight's girls games in Sectional 51 have been postponed. The new schedule is as follows.

• Game 1: Bethany 56, Hamilton 50
• Game 2: Canterbury vs. ECA, Wednesday, 6:00 p.m.
• Game 3: Lakewood Park vs. Blackhawk, Wednesday, 7:45 p.m.
• Game 4: Keystone vs. Bethany, Friday, 6:00 p.m.
• Game 5: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, Friday, 7:45 p.m.
• Championship: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, Saturday, 7:30 p.m.

In addition, tonight's middle school girls "C" game at Jimtown was postponed to Monday, Feb. 22.

Game Reports, February 8

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Girls basketball sectional quarterfinal
HAMILTON, Ind. — Bethany 56, Hamilton 50
Bethany: Gina Gautsche 0 1-4 1, Mattie Lehman 1 0-0 2, Malaina Weldy 5 2-4 12, Twila Albrecht 0 0-0 0, Mandy Schlabach 3 0-0 6, Ali Hochstetler 3 1-4 7, Marla zumFelde 8 8-9 24, Natalie Thorne 0 0-0 0, Chris Minter 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 14-15 (92.7%) 56.
Hamilton: Alex Osborn 4 0-0 9, Brooke Koeppe 2 1-2 7, Sara Kohli 1 0-1 2, Marliss Riddle 1 0-0 2, Mackenzie Snyder 1 0-0 2, Ashlie Kryder 2 0-0 4, Dawn Enfield 0 0-0 0, Jenna Bireley 0 0-0 0, Lindsey Stoy 11 1-2 24. Totals 22 2-5 (40.0%) 50.
B 16 19 11 10 — 56
H  6 16 17 11 — 50
Three-point goals — Bethany 0, Hamilton 4 (Koeppe 2, Osborn, Stoy). Total fouls — Bethany 13, Hamilton 22. Fouled out — Snyder.
MS girls basketball
GOSHEN — Concord 20, Bethany 17, overtime.
C  0  0  6 11  3 — 20
B  6  2  2  7   0 — 17
Leading scorers — Concord: Brinna Primm 6, Micala Madison 4, Maxie Rardin 4; Bethany: Marie Bontrager 7, Hanna Hochstetler 4.

"B": Concord 17, Bethany 12
C  6  2  9  0 — 17
B  2  3  0  7 — 12

Girls Basketball vs. Hamilton: Preview

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BETHANY CHRISTIAN BRUINS (4-16, independent) vs. HAMILTON MARINES (1-18, 0-10 NECC; +18½): February 8, 2010.
Location: Hamilton gym (capacity 1,726), Hamilton, Ind.
Time: 7:00 p.m. EST.

Coaches: Bethany: Krysten Parson (28-60, 4th season at BCHS); Hamilton: Charlayne McClanahan (3-35, 2nd season at HHS).

Leading Scorers:

• Bethany: Marla zumFelde (13.6 ppg), Ali Hochstetler (3.9), Mandy Schlabach (3.5)
• Hamilton: not available

Looking Ahead: winner vs. Keystone at Hamilton, Feb. 12, 6:00


In the Mirror:

• Bethany: lost 37-47 to Argos, Feb. 4; lost 33-47 to ECA, Feb. 1; lost 30-50 to Marian, Jan. 30
• Hamilton: lost 45-84 to Eastside, Feb. 5; lost 14-30 to Blackhawk, Feb. 4; lost 21-81 to Angola, Jan. 30

Sectional Meetings History:

• Bethany 39, Hamilton 28, Feb. 6, 2007
• Hamilton 55, Bethany 44, Feb. 11, 2005
• Bethany 53, Hamilton 50, Feb. 10, 2004

Regular Season Meetings, Last Ten Years:

• 2004-05: Bethany 44, Hamilton 61

This Week In Bruindom, February 7-13

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Sunday, February 7

• Athlete of the Week nominations due, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, February 8

• MS girls basketball vs. Concord, 4:30 p.m. (B)
• MS girls basketball vs. Concord, 5:45 p.m. (A)
• Girls basketball sectional quarterfinal: Bethany vs. Hamilton at Hamilton, 7:00 p.m. (V)

Tuesday, February 9

• MS girls basketball at Jimtown, 4:30 p.m. ppd. to Feb. 22 (C)
• Girls basketball sectional quarterfinal: Canterbury vs. ECA at Hamilton, 6:00 p.m. ppd. to Feb. 10 (V)
• Girls basketball sectional quarterfinal: Blackhawk vs. Lakewood Park at Hamilton, 7:45 p.m. ppd. to Feb. 10 (V)

Wednesday, February 10

• Girls basketball sectional quarterfinal: Canterbury vs. ECA at Hamilton, 6:00 p.m. (V)
• Girls basketball sectional quarterfinal: Blackhawk vs. Lakewood Park at Hamilton, 7:45 p.m. (V)

Thursday, February 11

• MS girls basketball at ECA, 4:30 p.m. (B)
• MS girls basketball at ECA, 5:45 p.m. (A)
• Boys basketball at Lakewood Park, 6:00 p.m. (JV)
• Boys basketball at Lakewood Park, 7:30 p.m. (V)

Friday, February 12

• Boys basketball vs. Granger Christian, 6:00 p.m. (C)
• Girls basketball sectional semifinal: Keystone vs. Bethany at Hamilton, 6:00 p.m. (V)
• Boys basketball vs. Granger Christian, 7:15 p.m. (JV)
• Girls basketball sectional semifinal: Canterbury/ECA vs. Blackhawk/Lakewood Park at Hamilton, 7:45 p.m.

Saturday, February 13

• Girls basketball sectional final: Keystone/Bethany vs. Canterbury-ECA/Blackhawk-Lakewood Park at Hamilton, 7:30 p.m. (V)

Game Reports, February 5

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Boys basketball

ELKHART — Seth Kauffman paced the Bruins with 11 points on 5-of-9 shooting in the first half, then chipped in two more points after the intermission as Bethany knocked off Elkhart Christian 45-25 on the road Friday night. Hamilton Thorne was 4-for-6 from the floor in the fourth quarter as Bethany matched their 10-2 run fron the first quarter with a 12-2 run to close it out. Senior guard Jesse Ramer had six rebounds and four assists to lead the Bruins; junior Ben Bontreger joined him with four more of Bethany's 10 assists.
Six-foot, five-inch senior Sean Addison scored all of ECA's six first-quarter points in relief of Drew Lyon, who picked up his second foul with more than three minutes to play and sat for much of the remainder of the first half. Lyon was 3-for-8 from the floor in the remaining three periods, and the two senior forwards finished as co-leading scorers with six points apiece. Lyon led the Eagles with six rebounds.

Bethany 45, ECA 25
Bethany: Mikey Kelly 0-5 0-0 0, Ben Bontreger 3-5 0-0 6, Seth Kauffman 6-11 1-1 13, Jesse Ramer 1-4 0-0 2, Joel Yoder 0-0 0-0 0, Andrew Slagel 1-1 0-0 2, Femi Hollinger-Janzen 2-3 2-5 6, James Helmuth 1-2 0-0 3, Hamilton Thorne 6-10 1-3 13. Totals 20-41 (48.8%) 4-9 (50.0%) 45.
ECA: Tim Weathers 0-0 0-0 0, Kyle Revella 0-6 2-2 2, Mitchell West 2-7 0-0 5, Dalton Lemert 0-1 0-0 0, Drew Lyon 3-8 0-0 6, Sean Addison 2-4 2-2 6, Austin Curtis 0-0 0-0 0, Jess Alexander 1-6 0-0 3, Colin Craft 1-2 0-0 3, Chad Brown 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 9-34 (26.5%) 4-4 (100.0%) 25.
BC 12 14 5 14 — 45
EC 6 8 9 2 — 25
Three-point goals — Bethany 1-7 (Helmuth 1-2, Bontreger 0-2, Kelly 0-3), ECA 3-13 (Craft 1-2, Alexander 1-3, West 1-3, Lemert 0-1, Revella 0-4). Total fouls — Bethany 9, ECA 13. Fouled out — none.
Rebounds — Bethany 25 (Ramer 6, Hollinger-Janzen 4, Kauffman 3, Kelly 3, Slagel 3, Thorne 3, team 2), ECA 22 (Lyon 5, Craft 4, Revella 3, Addison 2, Alexander 2, Brown 2, team 3), 4 unallocated. Assists — Bethany 12 (Bontreger 4, Ramer 4, Kelly 3, Slagel 1), ECA 2 (Curtis 2). Turnovers — Bethany 8, ECA 14. Officials — Danny Hurt, Chris Havens, Karl Abraham.

Bruins finding stride at right time (Elkhart Truth)

Bethany Bruins win at ECA (Goshen News)

JV: Bethany 40, ECA 38, overtime.
BC 6 10 14 5 5 — 40
EC 12 6 10 7 3 — 38
Leading scorers — Bethany: Jeff Yoder 17, Bryce Rheinheimer 8, Caleb Morris 6; ECA: Caleb Stayton 13.

Boys Basketball at ECA: Preview

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BETHANY CHRISTIAN BRUINS (7-7, Independent) at ELKHART CHRISTIAN EAGLES (8-4, Independent): February 5, 2010.
Location: Elkhart Christian gym, Elkhart, Ind.
Time: 7:30 p.m. EST, following 6:00 JV game.
Broadcast: TBA.

ECA roster

Coaches: Bethany: Jim Buller (336-330, 31st season at BCHS); ECA: Drew Ryall (28-27, 3rd season at ECA)

Scoring Leaders:

• Bethany: Seth Kauffman (19.4 ppg), Hamilton Thorne (7.8), Mikey Kelly (7.5)
• ECA: Drew Lyon (9.2 ppg), Mitch West (7.5), Kyle Revella (7.2).

Looking Ahead:

• Bethany: Feb. 11 at Lakewood Park, 7:30; Feb. 16 at Jimtown, 7:30; Feb. 20 vs. LaVille, 7:30
• ECA: Feb. 6 vs. Culver Academy, 7:30; Feb. 12 vs. South Bend Trinity, 7:30; Feb. 16 vs. Mishawaka Marian, 7:45

In the Mirror:

• Bethany: def. Clinton Christian 62-52, Feb. 2; def. Blackhawk 52-45, Jan. 30; def. Hamilton 59-53, Jan. 26
• ECA: lost 28-50 to Jimtown, Feb. 2; def. Lakewood Park 58-52 (ot), Jan. 28; def. Howe Military 59-20, Jan. 23

Past Ten Years:

• W 60-47 on 2/2/2001 at Elkhart Baptist
• W 63-49 on 2/1/2002 at Bethany
• L 30-35 on 2/7/2003 at Elkhart Baptist
• L 60-61 on 2/6/2004 at Bethany
• W 47-34 on 2/4/2005 at ECA
• L 53-71 on 3/2/2005 at Hamilton (sectional)
• W 56-42 on 2/3/2006 at Bethany
• W 53-51 (ot) on 2/27/2006 at Blackhawk (sectional)
• W 54-51 (ot) on 2/2/2007 at ECA
• W 49-42 on 12/14/2007 at Bethany
• W 37-28 on 12/19/2009 at Bethany (holiday tournament final)

NOTE: ECA was known as Elkhart Baptist through the 2003-04 season.

Game Reports, February 4

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Girls basketball

ARGOS, Ind. — Marla zumFelde paced the Bruins with 21 points and 10 rebounds, but the Bruins fell to a balanced Argos attack 47-37 Thursday night in Argos. Brooke Thayer led the Dragons with 10 points and 5 rebounds.

Argos 47, Bethany 37
Bethany: Gina Gautsche 0-1 0-0 0, Mattie Lehman 0-2 0-0 0, Malaina Weldy 3-6 0-1 7, Twila Albrecht 0-0 0-0 0, Mandy Schlabach 2-4 0-0 4, Ali Hochstetler 1-6 0-3 2, Marla zumFelde 9-13 0-1 21, Natalie Thorne 0-1 1-4 1, Chris Minter 1-3 0-0 0. Totals 16-36 (44.4%) 1-9 (11.1%) 37.
Argos: Samantha Stults 2-7 0-0 5, Alexandra Zechiel 0-0 0-0 0, Kassi Hensley 1-7 5-6 7, Karlee VanDerWeele 2-2 0-0 4, Kyla VanDerWeele 1-6 0-1 2, Hannah Alcorn 2-5 0-1 4, Amanda Walker 1-2 0-0 2, Latisha Sheperd 3-5 0-0 8, Brooke Thayer 4-6 2-2 10, Kayla Prochno 2-4 1-2 5. Totals 18-44 (40.9%) 8-12 (66.7%) 47.
B 16  3  6 12 — 37
A 16 14  5 12 — 47
Three-point goals — Bethany 4-10 (zumFelde 3-7, Weldy 1-1, Gautsche 0-1, Minter 0-1), Argos 3-10 (Sheperd 2-2, Stults 1-4, Hensley 0-2, Ky. VanDerWeele 0-2). Total fouls — Bethany 15, Argos 16. Fouled out — none.
Rebounds — Bethany 20 (zumFelde 10, Lehman 3), Argos 16 (Thayer 5). Assists — Bethany 3 (Hochstetler 2), Argos 0. Turnovers — Bethany 20 (Weldy 5, zumFelde 5, Schlabach 3), Argos 5 (Zechiel 2).

JV: Argos 16, Bethany 15.
Bethany: Gina Gautsche 0-5 1-2 1, Laken Richer 1-8 0-0 2, Mattie Lehman 0-0 0-0 0, Natalie Thorne 2-6 4-4 8, Twila Albrecht 0-1 0-0 0, Mandy Schlabach 1-1 0-0 2,  Alena Yoder 0-4 0-0 0, Caitlin Fecher 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 5-29 (17.2%) 5-6 (83.3%) 15.
Argos: Karalei Kring 1-7 0-0 2, Samantha Hopkins 0-2 0-0 0, Madeleine Williams 0-0 1-2 1, Jami Patterson 3-10 1-2 8, Carly McCay 0-5 1-2 1, Emily Alcorn 2-4 0-0 4, Danielle Fishburn 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 6-28 (21.4%) 3-6 (50.0%) 16.
B  6  0  6  3 — 15
A  4  2  2  8 — 16
Three-point goals — Bethany 0-2 (Gautsche 0-2), Argos 1-5 (Patterson 1-1, Hopkins 0-1, Kring 0-1, McCay 0-2). Total fouls — Bethany 10, Argos 8. Fouled out — none.
Rebounds — Bethany 22 (Richer 8, Thorne 7), Argos 13 (McCay 6, Patterson 4). Assists — Bethany 5 (Gautsche 3). Turnovers — Bethany 17 (Gautsche 10), Argos 9 (Kring 3, McCay 2).

MS girls basketball "C"

GOSHEN — Mallory Bontreger scored half of Bethany's points in the fourth quarter as they went on an 8-2 run in the final 5:40 against Clinton Christian. Unfortunately for the Bruins, that could not counteract the visitors' 20-0 run in the rest of the game, and Bethany fell 22-8 to Clinton Christian in the schools' third meeting this week
Clinton Christian 22, Bethany 8.
CC  8  6  6  2 — 22
BC  0  0  0  8 — 8
Leading scorers — Clinton: Tory Hathaway 12; Bethany: Mallory Bontreger 4, Erin Bontrager 2, Abbi Hawkins 2.

Girls Basketball at Argos: Preview

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BETHANY CHRISTIAN BRUINS (5-14, independent; +15½) at ARGOS DRAGONS (6-13, independent): February 4, 2010.

Location: Argos gym (capacity 1,200), Argos, Ind.
Time: 7:30 p.m. EST, following 6:00 JV game.

Coaches: Bethany: Krysten Parson (28-59, 4th season at BCHS); Argos: Joel Lowe (6-13, 1st season at AHS)

Argos roster

Leading Scorers:

• Bethany: Marla zumFelde (13.2 ppg), Ali Hochstetler (4.0), Mandy Schlabach (3.4)
• Argos: Kassi Hensley (7.8 ppg), Kyla VanDerWeele (7.1), Latisha Shephed (6.0)

Looking Ahead:

• Bethany: Feb. 8 at Hamilton in sectional quarterfinal, 7:00
• Argos: Feb. 9 vs. South Central (Union Mills) in sectional quarterfinal at Oregon-Davis, 6:00

In the Mirror:

• Bethany: lost 33-47 to ECA, Feb. 1; lost 30-50 to Marian, Jan. 30; lost 28-44 to Westview, Jan. 28
• Argos: def. Westville 62-39, Jan. 30; lost 35-57 to LaVille, Jan. 28; lost 32-57 to John Glenn, Jan. 23

Past Eight Years:

• 2008-09: Bethany 43, Argos 54.
• 2007-08: 32-44
  
• 2006-07: 42-58.
  
• 2005-06: 38-66.
• 2004-05: 48-49.
• 2003-04: 33-43.
• 2002-03: 43-56.
• 2001-02: No meeting.
  
• 2000-01: 30-40.