Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week, November 23-29

The Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week for November 23-29, averaging 20.5 points per game over that timespan, is Seth Kauffman. If you must know exactly what he's done to deserve this honor, type his name into the search box at the top of the page (or click here). If you don't understand the award, feel free to comment (link at the bottom of the post) or e-mail me.

Eligibility: Literally all Bruins in a position to win any high school athletic letter (varsity, JV or freshman) during the current season, and their middle school counterparts, are eligible. The only exceptions are recent winners. (Kauffman, Marla zumFelde and Sol Brenneman are the only winners since eligibility reset after fall sports.)

Next Week: Next week's nominations will be due Sunday, December 7, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The list of times by week is linked to on the right side. As I said several weeks ago, the first person to correctly name how I determined the times will get mentioned in a future post. To nominate someone, send an e-mail to senorloco1908@gmail.com and put "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" in the subject line. (You can even include the quotes if you want.) The body of the message can be used for whatever you want. The three simple things that will disqualify a message are:

1. A subject line that reads "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" without actually naming an athlete.
2. Anyone nominating multiple people will have only the last nomination counted.
3. Señor Loco reserves the right to ignore e-mails with unnecessarily vulgar sections.

Girls Basketball vs. Triton: Preview

TRITON TROJANS (1-4, 0-0 NSC) at BETHANY CHRISTIAN BRUINS (0-3, Independent): December 1, 2008.

Location: Menno Lands (capacity 800), Goshen, Ind.
Time: 7:30 p.m. EDT, following 6:00 JV game.
Broadcast: none.

Coaches: Bethany: Krysten Parson (17-31, 3rd season at BCHS); Triton: Adam Heckaman (1-4, 1st season at THS).

Scoring Leaders :

• Bethany: Jenae Rupp (9.3 ppg), Marla zumFelde (8.0), Chris Minter (4.7)
  
• Triton: Paige Davis (9.0 ppg), Kelsey Bessinger (5.2), Bethany Lemler (5.2)

Looking Ahead:

• Bethany: Dec. 5 at Prairie Heights, 7:30; Dec. 6 vs. Lakewood Park, 2:30; Dec. 9 @ Glenn, 7:30
  
• Triton: Dec. 6 vs. Knox, 8:00; Dec. 10 @ Tippecanoe Valley, 7:45; Dec. 12 vs. Bremen, 8:00
  

In the Mirror:

• Bethany: lost 42-61 to Concord, Nov. 21; lost 35-65 to West Noble, Nov. 15; lost 31-77 to Culver Academy, Nov. 14
  
• Triton: lost 52-56 to Culver Academy (ot), Nov. 24; def. South Central 51-36, Nov. 22; lost 31-57 to Argos, Nov. 18
  

Past Eight Years:

• 2007-08: Bethany 27, Triton 63.
• 2006-07: 47-59.
• 2005-06: 37-46.
• 2004-05: 23-37.
• 2003-04: 31-71.
• 2002-03: 35-57.
• 2001-02: 43-84.
• 2000-01: 33-74.

Sagarin Ratings' Pick: Triton by 1.

Bethany vs. West Noble: Visitor Leaves Negatively Charged

Boys basketball
GOSHEN — Bethany 67, West Noble 65 on a Mikey Kelly rebound and basket at the horn.
West Noble: Mitchell Knepper 4, Mario Pizano 11, Federico Ramiez 2, Nick Spencer 18, Cody Hastings 7, Adam Robinson 5, Kyle Grimm 6, Dakota Kreczmer 7, Kyle Maresh 5. Totals 22 18-28 (62.4%) 65.
Bethany: Mikey Kelly 7, Jordan Weaver 12, Seth Kauffman 13, Jesse Ramer 2, Tim Gautsche 2, Luke Slagel 11, Ben Bontreger 0, Mark DeLeeuw 20, Hamilton Thorne 0, Derek Plaster 0. Totals 24 18-28 (62.4%) 67.
W Noble 10 19 10 26 — 65
Bethany 18 16 18 15 — 67
Three-point goals — West Noble 3 (Pizano 2, Spencer), Bethany 1 (Weaver).
Total fouls — West Noble 22, Bethany 24. Fouled out — Hastings, DeLeeuw, Gautsche.

JV: Bethany 43, West Noble 27. The Bruins were up 20 points or more most of the night, then allowed West Noble to creep back. Leading scorers — Bethany: David DeLeeuw 12, Brandon Sharkey 9.

This Week In Bruindom, November 30-December 6

November 30

• Athlete of the Week nominations due, 3:15 p.m.
  

December 1

• MS boys basketball vs. Benton Bucks, 4:30 p.m. (A)
• Boys basketball vs. Benton Bucks, 5:30 p.m. (C)
• Girls basketball vs. Triton, 6:00 p.m. (JV)
• Girls basketball vs. Triton, 7:30 p.m. (V)

December 4

• MS boys basketball vs. North Side, 4:30 p.m. (B)
• MS boys basketball at Wawasee, 4:30 p.m. (6A)
• MS boys basketball vs. North Side, 5:45 p.m. (A)
• MS boys basketball at Wawasee, 5:45 p.m. (6B)
  

December 5

• Girls basketball at Prairie Heights, 6:00 p.m. (JV)
• Boys basketball vs. Michiana Home Educators, 7:15 p.m. (C)
• MS boys basketball vs. Michiana Home Educators, 7:15 p.m. (A)
• Girls basketball at Prairie Heights, 7:30 p.m. (V)

December 6

• Alumni Day/Night
• Girls basketball vs. Lakewood Park, 1:00 p.m. (JV)
• Girls basketball vs. Lakewood Park, 2:30 p.m. (V)
• MS boys basketball at Trinity, 3:00 p.m. (B)
• Chili Supper, 4:00 p.m. in cafeteria
• Boys basketball vs. Prairie Heights, 6:00 p.m. (JV)
• Boys basketball vs. Prairie Heights, 7:30 p.m. (V)

Boys Basketball vs. West Noble: Preview

WEST NOBLE CHARGERS (0-1, 0-0 NECC) at BETHANY CHRISTIAN BRUINS (0-1, Independent): November 29, 2008.

Location: Menno Lands (capacity 1,665), Goshen, Ind.
Time: 7:30 p.m. EDT, following 6:00 JV game.
Broadcast: Michiana Sports Authority (www.michianasportsauthority.com).

Coaches: Bethany: Jim Buller (314-315, 30th season at BCHS; 314-315 in 30th season overall); West Noble: Ross Hales (42-92, 7th season at WNHS; 79-134 in 11th season overall).

Scoring Leaders:

• Bethany: Seth Kauffman (28.0 ppg), Luke Slagel (8.0), Jesse Ramer (6.0)
  
• West Noble: Mario Pizana (21.0 ppg), Nick Spencer (17.0), Kreczmer (9.0)

Looking Ahead:

• Bethany: Dec. 6 vs. Prairie Heights, 7:30; Dec. 12 vs. Lakewood Park, 7:30; Dec. 13 @ Lakeland, 7:30.
  
• West Noble: Dec. 6 @ Wawasee, 7:45; Dec. 13 vs. Churubusco, 7:30; Dec. 16 vs. Whitko, 7:30.
  

In the Mirror:

• Bethany: lost 50-53 to Westview, Nov. 25; lost 51-56 to FW Blackhawk, Feb. 29; def. Howe Military 60-40, Feb. 27.
  
• West Noble: lost 66-76 to East Noble, Nov. 25; lost 37-56 to Columbia City, Feb. 27; lost 48-61 to Goshen 48-61, Feb. 22.
  

Past Ten Years:

• L 47-67 on 11/28/98 at Bethany
• L 38-47 on 11/27/99 at West Noble
• L 80-84 on 11/25/00 at Bethany
• W 71-45 on 11/24/01 at West Noble
• L 58-67 on 11/30/02 at Bethany
• L 66-67 on 11/29/03 at West Noble
• L 52-75 on 11/27/04 at Bethany
• L 51-69 on 11/26/05 at West Noble
• L 55-60 on 11/25/06 at Bethany
• L 66-71 (ot) on 11/24/07 at West Noble
• Other Years: 8-9

Sagarin Ratings' Pick: Bethany by 9.

Game Reports, November 24

(Sorry for the momentary loss of chronological order...got caught up in covering three games last night.)

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Girls basketball

GOSHEN — Bethany JV 44, Keystone varsity 15. Leading scorers — Keystone: Tori Beasley 5; Bethany: Marla zumFelde 9, Gina Gautsche 6, Ali Hochstetler 6, Mattie Lehman 6, Alena Yoder 6, Chris Minter 5.

MS boys basketball

GOSHEN — Elkhart County Hawks 54, Bethany 19. Leading scorers: Elkhart: Jonathan Wilkinson 21, John Stahl 13; Bethany: Tyrel Baldridge 9, Caleb Morris 8.

Game Reports, November 25

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Boys basketball

TOPEKA, Ind. — Westview 53, Bethany 50.
Bethany: Mikey Kelly 1 0-0 2, Jordan Weaver 1 0-0 2, Seth Kauffman 10 8-19 28, Jesse Ramer 2 2-2 6, Luke Slagel 3 0-0 8, Mark DeLeeuw 2 0-1 4. Tim Gautsche, Hamilton Thorne, Jared Christophel, Derek Plaster all 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 10-22 (45.5%) 50.
Westview: Austin Haney 3 0-1 6, Kyle Mishler 2 0-0 4, Adam Christner 5 7-9 18, Seth Wagler 4 2-5 10, Justin Jantzi 5 1-2 15. Jake Stone, Dominique Neely, Darrin Schwartz, Kurt Lambright all 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 10-17 (58.8%) 53.

Bethany 14 10 12 14 — 50
Westview 8 09 15 21 — 53

Three-point goals — Bethany 2 (Slagel 2), Westview 5 (Jantzi 4, Christner). Fouled out — Haney.
Rebounds — Bethany 24 (Kauffman 8, Slagel 5), Westview 24 (Christner 7, Wagler 5, Jantzi 5). Assists — Bethany 11 (Slagel 3), Westview 11 (Stone 3, Christner 3). Total fouls — Bethany 18, Westview 19.

JV: Bethany 29, Westview 20. Leading scorers — Bethany: Ben Bontreger 6, David DeLeeuw 6, Andy Slagel 6; Westview: Ryan Mowery 11.

MS boys basketball "A"

GOSHEN — Northridge 34, Bethany 23.
Northridge: #3 2 0-0 4, #4 0 0-2 0, #14 1 0-0 2, #20 3 2-2 8, #22 1 6-7 8, #34 2 1-2 5, #44 2 1-2 5, #55 1 0-0 2. Totals 12 10-15 (66.7%) 34.
Bethany Andrew Snyder 2 0-0 5, Isaac Schertz 1 2-2 4, Matt Greenlee 2 0-0 4, Caleb Morris 2 4-4 8, Tyrel Baldridge 1 0-0 2. Tyler Brenneman, Lucas Morgan, Zach Hartman, Ike Lehman, Josh Stoltzfus, Q Min Kim, Wade Troyer all 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 6-6 (100%) 23.
Three-point goals: Northridge 0, Bethany 1 (Snyder). Total fouls: Northridge 11, Bethany 13. Fouled out — none.

"B": Bethany 24, Northridge 20.
Northridge: #11 2 2-3 6, #12 0 2-4 2, #22 0 2-5 2, #32 1 0-0 2, #33 1 0-0 2, #41 3 0-0 6. #5, #14, #20, #22 all 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 6-12 (50.0%) 20.
Bethany: Isaac Brenneman 1 0-0 2, Ethan Folker 2 0-0 5, Tanner Fervida 2 2-2 7, Sol Brenneman 3 0-0 6, Trent Yoder 0 2-2 2, Abe Thorne 1 0-0 2. Joseph Mumaw, William Schrock, Ryan Miller, Joel Gerig, Parth Patel, Bryan Nguyen all 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 4-4 (100%) 24.
Three-point goals: Northridge 0, Bethany 2 (Folker, Fervida). Total fouls — Northridge 10, Bethany 15. Fouled out — none.

Boys Basketball at Westview: Preview

BETHANY CHRISTIAN BRUINS (0-0, Independent) at WESTVIEW WARRIORS (0-0, 0-0 NECC): November 25, 2008.

Location: Westview gymnasium (capacity 3,320), Topeka, Ind.
Time: 7:30 p.m. EDT, following 6:00 JV game.
Broadcast: Michiana Sports Authority (www.michianasportsauthority.com).

Coaches: Bethany: Jim Buller (314-314, 30th season at BCHS; 314-314 in 30th season overall); Westview: Rob Yoder (70-48, 6th season at WHS; 70-48 in 6th season overall).

Scoring Leaders (2007-08, returning):

• Bethany: Seth Kauffman (Jr, 11.7 ppg), Mark DeLeeuw (Sr, 11.5), Jordan Weaver (Sr, 5.5)
• Westview: Adam Christner (Sr, 9.6 ppg), Austin Haney (Sr, 4.3), Jarod Nisely (Sr, 1.5)

Looking Ahead:

• Bethany: Nov. 29 vs. West Noble, 7:30; Dec. 6 vs. Prairie Heights, 7:30; Dec. 12 vs. Lakewood Park, 7:30.
• Westview: Nov. 29 vs. Northridge, 7:30; Dec. 5 @ Churubusco, 7:30; Dec. 11 @ NorthWood, 7:45.

In the Mirror:

• Bethany: lost 51-56 to FW Blackhawk, Feb. 29; def. Howe Military 60-40, Feb. 27; lost 50-57 to Fremont, Feb. 22.
  
• Culver: lost 70-83 to FW Luers, Mar. 15; def. Culver 64-33, Mar. 8; def. Hammond Noll 69-55, Mar. 8.

Past Ten Years:

• L 27-72 on 11/20/1998 at Westview
• L 59-81 on 11/23/1999 at Bethany
• L 68-83 on 11/21/2000 at Westview
• L 55-70 on 11/20/2001 at Bethany
• L 37-82 on 11/26/2002 at Westview
• L 43-62 on 11/25/2003 at Bethany
• L 49-63 on 11/23/2004 at Westview
• L 59-95 on 11/22/2005 at Bethany
• L 48-74 on 11/21/2006 at Westview
• L 46-72 on 11/20/2007 at Bethany
• Other Years: 8-37
  

Sagarin Ratings' Pick: Westview by 27.

Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week: November 16-22

The Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week for November 16-22 is Marla zumFelde. If you must know exactly what he's done to deserve this honor, type his name into the search box at the top of the page (or click here). If you don't understand the award, feel free to comment (link at the bottom of the post) or e-mail me.

Eligibility: Literally all Bruins in a position to win any high school athletic letter (varsity, JV or freshman) during the current season, and their middle school counterparts, are eligible. The only exceptions are recent winners. (zumFelde and Sol Brenneman are the only winners since eligibility reset after fall sports.)

Next Week: Next week's nominations will be due Sunday, November 30, at 3:15 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The list of times by week is linked to on the right side. As I said several weeks ago, the first person to correctly name how I determined the times will get mentioned in a future post. To nominate someone, send an e-mail to senorloco1908@gmail.com and put "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" in the subject line. (You can even include the quotes if you want.) The body of the message can be used for whatever you want. The three simple things that will disqualify a message are:

1. A subject line that reads "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" without actually naming an athlete.
2. Anyone nominating multiple people will have only the last nomination counted.
3. Señor Loco reserves the right to ignore e-mails with unnecessarily vulgar sections.

This Week In Bruindom, November 23-29

November 23

• Athlete of the Week nominations due, 5:00 p.m.

November 24

• MS boys basketball vs. Elkhart Hawks, 5:00 p.m. (A)
• Girls basketball vs. FW Keystone, 6:30 p.m. (JV)

November 25

• MS boys basketball vs. Northridge, 4:30 p.m. (B)
• MS boys basketball vs. Northridge, 5:45 p.m. (A)
• Boys basketball at Westview, 6:00 p.m. (JV)
• Boys basketball at Westview, 7:30 p.m. (V)

November 29

• Boys basketball vs. West Noble, 6:00 p.m. (JV)
• Boys basketball vs. West Noble, 7:30 p.m. (V)

Holiday Sextupleheader at the Menno Lands

For those of you who have been waiting with bated breath to see how we could manage to squeeze eight games into December 20, we now have the answer. Via this morning's Elkhart Truth and a source from the Bethany athletic office:

• Boys semifinal: Bethany vs. Lakeland Christian, 10:00 a.m.
• Girls semifinal: ECA vs. Granger Christian, 10:00 a.m.*
• Boys semifinal: ECA vs. Clinton Christian, 11:30/11:45 a.m.
• Girls semifinal: Bethany vs. Lakeland Christian, 11:30/11:45 a.m.*
• Girls consolation: ECA/GC vs. BC/LC 2:30 p.m.
• Boys consolation, BC/LC vs. ECA/CC, 4:00/4:15 p.m.
• Girls championship: ECA/GC vs. BC/LC, 6:00 p.m.
• Boys championship: BC/LC vs. ECA/CC, 7:30/7:45 p.m.

(home team listed first, *=MS gym)

Game Reports, November 21

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Girls basketball

GOSHEN — Concord 61, Bethany 42

Concord: Sammy Swain 1 1-2 3, Kim Swain 3 3-6 10 Trenee Brownlee 5 0-0 10, Brianna Bleiler 3 4-4 10, Khristian Hildreth 3 7-9 13, Lindsay Ogle 4 1-1 10, Lexi Riester 0 3-4 3, Amber Norman 1 0-0 2. Melanie Meyer, Ashlee Powell, Kylee Bowen, Andrea Bozzo, Paige Freeze all 0 0-0 0. Totals: 20 19-26 (73.1%) 61.

Bethany: Jodi Stutzman 1 0-0 2, Erin Helmuth 0 3-4 3, Jenae Rupp 3 6-6 12, Sarah Lederman 0 3-6 3, Ali Hochstetler 1 1-3 3, Marla zumFelde 4 0-0 11, Mattie Lehman 1 0-0 3, Chris Minter 0 5-8 5. Twila Albrecht, Malaina Weldy both 0 0-0 0. Totals: 10 18-27 (66.7%) 42.
Three-point goals: Concord 2 (K. Swain, Ogle), Bethany 4 (zumFelde 3 including a halfcourt shot at :00.0 of the third, Lehman). Total fouls — Concord 23, Bethany 21. Fouled out — Powell.

Officials — Nate Perry, Jeff Hughes, Steve Godfroy on court; Sarah Yoder, scorer; Chris Wittrig, timer.

JV: Concord 31, Bethany 18
Concord: Melanie Meyer 4 1-2 9, Hannah Amos 1 0-0 2, Morgan Bilger 1 0-0 2, Kylee Bowen 1 2-2 4, Andrea Bozzo, 3 0-0 6, Paige Freeze 1 0-0 2, Amber Norman 2 2-2 6. Sammy Swain, Kaisle Marlow, Lindsey McLain, Kaitlyn Radford, Carlie Yancey all 0 0-0 0. Totals: 13 5-6 (83.3%) 31.

Bethany: Gina Gautsche 1 2-2 4, Malaina Weldy, 4 1-3 9, Twila Albrecht 1 0-0 2, Mattie Lehman 1 0-0 2, Sarah Brew 0 0-1 0, Caitlin Fecher 0 1-2 1, Megan Schmucker 0 0-2 0. Alena Yoder, Clarissa Lora, Lauren Hooley all 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 4-10 (40.0%) 18.
Three-point goals — none. Total fouls — Concord 17, Bethany 8. Fouled out — none.

MS boys basketball

TOPEKA, Ind. — Westview 36, Bethany 28.

“B”: Westview 41, Bethany 35.
Bethany: Joseph Mumaw 1 0-0 2, Tanner Fervida 5 0-0 13, Sol Brenneman 3 0-0 7, Trent Yoder 2 0-5 4. Cristian Romero, William Schrock, Ryan Miller, Abe Thorne, Joel Gerig, Parth Patel, Bryan Nguyen all 0 0-0 0. 9 points unaccounted for. Totals: 11 0-5 (0.0%) 26.

Westview: Travis Yoder 2 1-2 5, Kohle Christner 1 0-0 2, Devin Sharick 1 0-0 2, Jamar Weaver 2 0-0 4, Colton Feller 3 0-0 6, Jason Bontrager 5 1-2 11, Rubin Ortiz 1 0-0 2. Cody Criswell 0 0-0 0. 9 points unaccounted for. Totals 15 2-4 (50.0%) 32.
Three-point goals — Bethany 4 (Fervida 3, Brenneman), Westview 0. Total fouls — Bethany 9 (1 unaccounted for), Westview 10 (2).
“Unaccounted for” due to late arrival of reporter.

Girls Basketball vs. Concord: Preview

CONCORD MINUTEMEN (2-0, 0-0 NLC) at BETHANY CHRISTIAN BRUINS (0-1, Independent): November 21, 2008.

Location: Menno Lands (capacity 800), Goshen, Ind.
Time: 7:30 p.m. EDT, following 6:00 JV game.
Broadcast: Michiana Sports Authority (streaming audio link).

Coaches: Bethany: Krysten Parson (17-30, 3rd season at BCHS); Concord: Dan Meyer (7-41, 3rd season at CHS).

Scoring Leaders :

• Bethany: Jenae Rupp (10.0 ppg), Marla zumFelde (7.5), Chris Minter (4.5)
  
• Concord: Khristian Hildreth (12.5 ppg), Trenee Brownlee (10.0), Ashlee Powell (8.0)

Looking Ahead:

• Bethany: Dec. 1 vs. Triton, 7:30; Dec. 5 at Prairie Heights, 7:30; Dec. 6 vs. Lakewood Park, 2:30
  
• Concord: Nov. 29, John Glenn Tournament (2); Dec. 2 @ Mishawaka, 7:45.
  

In the Mirror:

• Bethany: lost 35-65 to West Noble, Nov. 15; lost 31-77 to Culver Academy, Nov. 14; lost 27-58 to FW Canterbury, Feb. 9
  
• Concord: def. LaVille 36-35, Nov. 15; def. SB Riley 67-58, Nov. 11; lost 50-60 (ot) to Elk. Central, Feb. 5.
  

Past Eight Years:

• 2007-08: Bethany 48, Concord 37.
• 2000-07: No meetings.

Sagarin Ratings' Pick: Concord by 10.

Game Reports, November 20

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Boys basketball “C”

GOSHEN — Bethany 23, Noble-Whitley 14.
Noble-Whitley: Jeremiah South 1 0-0 2, Samuel Tenney 0 1-2 1, David Calhoun 3 1-4 7, Jonathan Klein 1 0-0 2, Nathan Craig 1 0-0 2. Kent Smithson, Doug Hively, Micah Bray, Ray Barr all 0 0-0 0. Totals 6 2-6 (16.7%) 14.
Bethany: Femi Hollinger-Janzen 0 0-2 0, Bryce Rheinheimer 1 0-0 2, Jeff Yoder 0 0-2 0, David DeLeeuw 6 0-1 13, Cody Yoder 0 1-2 1, Andy Slagel 3 1-2 7. Austin Mumaw, Jared Miller, Peter Schrock, Evan Eby all 0 0-0 0. Totals 10 2-9 (22.2%) 23.
Three-point goals — Noble-Whitley 0, Bethany 1 (DeLeeuw). Total fouls — Noble-Whitley 11, Bethany 7. Fouled out — none.

MS boys basketball

GOSHEN — Bethany 35, Noble-Whitley 22.
Noble-Whitley: Joey Griner 2 0-0 4, Seth Grant 2 0-0 4, Paul Forman 1 0-0 2, Kent Smithson 5 0-2 10, Isaiah Grant 1 0-2 2. Braden Sherman, Jonah Leatherman, Josiah Moore, Michael Sproles, Michael Porter, Josiah South, Kurt Smithson, Brennan Sherman, Caleb Anderson all 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 0-4 (0.0%) 22.
Bethany: Lucas Morgan 2 0-0 4, Zach Hartman 0 0-2 0, Ike Lehman 2 0-1 5, Isaac Schertz 2 0-1 4, Josh Stoltzfus 2 0-1 4, Matt Greenlee 1 0-0 2, Caleb Morris 2 2-2 6, Tyrel Baldridge 5 0-1 10. Tyler Brenneman, Andrew Snyder both 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 2-8 (25.0%) 35.
Three-point goals: Noble-Whitley 0, Bethany 1 (Lehman). Total fouls — Noble-Whitley 15, Bethany 5. Fouled out — I. Grant.

“C”: Bethany 40, Noble-Whitley 29.

6th “B”: Noble-Whitley 11, Bethany 4 in a fifth quarter. I was there for all five quarters, but was busy playing pencil roulette for all of them, thus I don’t have any stats to pass on.

Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week: November 9-15

The Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week for November 9-15 is Sol Brenneman. If you must know exactly what he's done to deserve this honor, type his name into the search box at the top of the page (or click here). If you wonder why I gave this to a middle schooler, look at what our high school athletic teams did this week (here). If you still don't understand, feel free to comment (link at the bottom of the post) or e-mail me.

Eligibility: Literally all Bruins in a position to win any high school athletic letter (varsity, JV or freshman) during the current season, and their middle school counterparts, are eligible. The only exceptions are recent winners. (Brenneman is the only winner since eligibility reset after fall sports.)

Next Week: Next week's nominations will be due Sunday, November 23, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The list of times by week is linked to on the right side. As I said several weeks ago, the first person to correctly name how I determined the times will get mentioned in a future post. To nominate someone, send an e-mail to senorloco1908@gmail.com and put "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" in the subject line. (You can even include the quotes if you want.) The body of the message can be used for whatever you want. The three simple things that will disqualify a message are:

1. A subject line that reads "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" without actually naming an athlete.
2. Anyone nominating multiple people will have only the last nomination counted.
3. Señor Loco reserves the right to ignore e-mails with unnecessarily vulgar sections.

Game Reports, November 17

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Girls basketball "C" lost Goshen 26-23. Scoring Leaders: Bethany: Malaina Weldy 7, Gina Gautsche 7; Goshen: Gabby Krezel 11, Mckenzie Byler 4, Mikayla Holden 4. Rebounds: Bethany: Alena Yoder 10.

MS boys basketball "A" lost to Bremen 49-8. Scoring: Bethany: Tyrel Baldridge 2, Matt Greenlee 2, Caleb Morris 2, Josh Stoltzfus 2; Bremen: Wes Borkholder 6, Jacob Box 6, Bobby Cornett 6.

"B" def. Bremen 28-23 in overtime.
Bethany: Sol Brenneman 4 0-0 9, Joel Gerig 1 0-0 2, Trent Yoder 3 1-6 7, Tanner Fervida 3 0-0 8, William Schrock 0 0-3 0. Parth Patel, Ryan Miller, Joseph Mumaw, Abe Thorne, Bryan Nguyen all 0 0-0 0. Team 1 0-0 2. Totals: *12 1-9 28.
Bremen: Sky Allen 1 0-0 2, Eric Knepper 2 0-0 4, *Ryan Zellmer 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 2, Austin Adams 2 0-0 4, Craig Allen 1 0-2 2, Tyler Coffel 3 3-4 9. Clayton Philips, Tanner Hassel, Spencer Hille, Mason Jones all 0 0-0 0. Totals: *10 3-6 23.
Three-Point Goals: Bethany 3 (Fervida 2, Brenneman), Bremen 0.
Total Fouls: Bethany 9, Bremen 13. Fouled out: Jones.

*Ryan Zellmer's final line is 1 0-0 2 (he had one field goal). However, he also scored off a missed free throw--while on defense. The points should be credited to the closest Bethany player, except that I don't know who that was. Until then, I have credited him with a negative field goal. This field goal is credited to the Bethany team. Both teams' totals are correct with regard to this field goal.

This Week in Bruindom, November 16-22

November 17

• MS boys basketball at Bremen, 4:30 p.m. (B)
• MS boys basketball at Bremen, 5:45 p.m. (A)
• Boys basketball scrimmage vs. John Glenn, 6:00 p.m. (V)
• Girls basketball at Goshen, 6:00 p.m. (C)

November 20

• MS boys basketball vs. Noble-Whitley, 5:00 p.m. (C)
• MS boys basketball vs. Noble-Whitley, 6:15 p.m. (A)
• Boys basketball vs. Noble-Whitley, 7:15 p.m. (C)

November 21

• MS boys basketball at Westview, 4:30 p.m. (B)
• MS boys basketball at Westview, 5:45 p.m. (A)
• Girls basketball vs. Concord, 6:00 p.m. (JV)
• Girls basketball vs. Concord, 7:30 p.m. (V)

Match Reports, November 15

Girls basketball

GOSHEN — West Noble 65, Bethany 35
West Noble: Elisha Handshoe 1 0 3, Jessie Ness 1 0 3, Brittany Moser 0 0 0, Brianne Mershman 6 0 15, Brittany Mehl 4 0 10, Rachel Ziegler 0 0 0, Tessa Smith 3 0 6, Kassie Cox 4 1 9, Chelsea Hite 8 3 19.
Bethany: Jodi Stutzman 1 1 3, Erin Helmuth 0 0 0, Jenae Rupp 1 3 5, Sarah Lederman 2 1 5, Ali Hochstetler 1 0 2, Marla zumFelde 2 (including a 50' shot at :00.0 of the 3rd) 7 12, Mattie Lehman 0 0 0, Chris Minter 4 0 8.
Three-point Goals: West Noble 7 (Mershman 3, Mehl 2, Handshoe, Ness), Bethany 1 (zumFelde). Total fouls — West Noble 21, Bethany 11. Fouled out — Moser.

Officials — Brad Harris, Rick Secor, Jay Smith on court; Sarah Yoder, scorer, Ben Mast, timer.

JV: West Noble 35, Bethany 9.
West Noble: Kelsey Hunter 7 0-0 14, Brandy Bechtold 1 2-4 4, Courtney Kuhn 1 0-1 2, Kayla Ginsbach 2 1-1 5, Courtney Patton 2 0-0 4, Jamie Alexander 1 0-0 2, Cassie Allen 2 0-0 4. Maddy Baczynski, Tori Kiser, Denise Chaparro, Alex Landeros, Kelsey Speichel, Vanessa Rangle, Ashley Dancy all 0 0-0 0.
Bethany: Gina Gautsche 1 0-0 2, Malaina Weldy 0 0-2 0, Ali Hochstetler 1 0-0 2, Twila Albrecht 0 0-2 0, Mattie Lehman 0 4-4 4, Caitlin Fecher 0 0-2 0. Alena Yoder, Sarah Brew, Clarissa Lora, Lauren Hooley, Chris Minter, Megan Schmucker all 0 0-0 0. (And yes, I'm missing a free throw.)
Three-point goals — none. Total fouls: West Noble 11, Bethany 6. Fouled out — None.

MS boys basketball "A"

GOSHEN — According to coach Len Morris (and myself, though I never actually said this,) "key to our victory" was the defense against Goshen's point guard(s).

Bethany 25, Goshen 20
Goshen: Tim Vuckovich 1 0-0 2, Nick Woodward 2 1-2 6, Ethan Clendening 3 0-0 6, Nick Wiederman 0 1-2 1, Kyle Taylor 0 3-4 3, Quincy Gray 1 0-0 2. Christian Barron, Brodie Bender, Joel DeVries all 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 5-8 (62.5%) 20.
Bethany: Tyler Brenneman 0 0-1 0, Andrew Snyder 1 0-0 2, Isaac Schertz 1 2-4 4, Josh Stoltzfus 2 0-0 4, Caleb Morris 4 0-0 8, Q Min Kim 0 0-4 0, Tyrel Baldridge 3 1-2 7. Lucas Morgan, Ike Lehman, Wade Troyer all 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 3-11 (27.3%) 25.
Three-point goals — Goshen 1 (Woodward), Bethany 0. Total fouls — Goshen 14, Bethany 12. Fouled out — none.

"B": Bethany 24, Goshen 22
Goshen: Dustin Hoemig 1 3-6 5, Robbie Baer 4 0-0 8, Isaiah Tran 0 1-2 1, Luis Michaus 1 0-0 2, Dillon Hall 1 0-2 2, Jason Chavez 1 0-0 2. Garrett Miller, Alex Haney, Jamie Graves, Tyler Mast all 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 4-10 (40.0%) 22.
Bethany: Ethan Folker 2 1-2 5, Tanner Fervida 2 0-0 5, William Schrock 1 0-0 2, Sol Brenneman 2 0-0 5, Trent Yoder 1 1-2 3, Abe Thorne 0 0-2 0, Parth Patel 1 0-0 2. Ethan Miller, Joseph Mumaw, Ryan Miller, Bryan Nguyen all 0 0-0 0. Totals 10 2-6 (33.3%) 22.
Three-point goals — Goshen 0, Bethany 2 (Fervida, Brenneman). Total fouls — Goshen 5, Bethany 9. Fouled out — none.

Girls Basketball vs. West Noble: Preview

WEST NOBLE CHARGERS (1-0, 0-0 NECC) at BETHANY CHRISTIAN BRUINS (0-1, Independent): November 15, 2008.

Location: Menno Lands (capacity 800), Goshen, Ind.
Time: 7:30 p.m. EDT, following 6:00 JV game.
Broadcast: Michiana Sports Authority (streaming audio link).

Coaches: Bethany: Krysten Parson (17-29, 3rd season at BCHS); Culver: Dale Marano (25-18, 3rd season at WNHS).

Scoring Leaders :

• Bethany: Jenae Rupp (15.0 ppg), Erin Helmuth (4.0), Marla zumFelde (3.0)
  
• West Noble: Kassie Cox (15.0 ppg), Chelsea Hite (9.0), Brianne Mershman (9.0)

Looking Ahead:

• Bethany: Nov. 21 vs. Concord, 7:30; Dec. 1 vs. Triton, 7:30; Dec. 6 vs. Lakewood Park, 2:30.
  
• Culver: Nov. 18 @ Angola, 7:30; Nov. 21 vs. Hamilton, 7:30; Nov. 28 vs. Fremont, 7:30.

In the Mirror:

• Bethany: lost 31-77 to Culver Academy, Nov. 14; lost 27-58 to FW Canterbury, Feb. 9; def. Lakewood Park 52-48, Feb. 8.
  
• West Noble: def. Northridge 43-42, Nov. 13; lost 48-57 to Columbia City, Feb. 6; lost 39-45 to Westview, Feb. 1.
  

Past Eight Years:

• 2007-08: Bethany 27, W. Noble 58.
• 2006-07: 26-56.
• 2005-06: 53-43.
• 2004-05: 43-47.
• 2003-04: 51-55.
• 2002-03: 36-50.
• 2001-02: 30-67.
• 2000-01: 41-50.

Sagarin Ratings' Pick: West Noble by 18.

Game Reports, November 14

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Girls basketball

CULVER, Ind. — Culver Academy 77, Bethany 31.
Bethany: Jenae Rupp 6 3-5 15, Erin Helmuth 1 2-2 4, Marla zumFelde 1 1-4 3, Jodi Stutzman 1 0-0 2, Ali Hochstetler 1 0-1 2, Twila Albrecht 0 2-2 2, Chris Minter 0 1-2 1, Mattie Lehman 0 0-0 0, Sarah Lederman 0 0-0 0, Malaina Weldy 0 0-0 0. Totals 10 9-16 (56.3%) 29.
Culver -- Katie Barnes 14 0-1 24, Kylee Shipley 9 4-4 22, Cassie Felton 6 0-0 12, Emily Loehmer 3 3-6 9, Erica Sims 2 0-1 4, Katie Gawor 1 0-0 2, Moira Kelley 1 0-0 2, Andrea Lin 1 0-0 2, Monica Weaser 0 0-0 0. Totals: 37 7-12 71.
Scoring By Quarters
Bethany 8 8 4 9 — 29
Culver 19 21 17 20 — 77
Three-point goals — Bethany 0, Culver 4 (Barnes 4). Total fouls — Bethany 11, Culver 17. Fouled out — Sims.

Rebounds — Bethany 25 (zumFelde 6), Culver 26 (Sims 10). Turnovers — Bethany 29, Culver 3.

JV: Bethany 19, Culver Academy 16. Leading scorers — Bethany: Mattie Lehman 6, Twila Albrecht 5; Culver: Monica Weaser 9.

MS boys basketball

ELKHART — Bethany 23, ECA 20. Leading rebounders — Bethany: Caleb Morris 8, Josh Stoltzfus 7.

"B": ECA 36, Bethany 13.

Girls Basketball at Culver Academy: Preview

BETHANY CHRISTIAN BRUINS (0-0, Independent) at CULVER ACADEMY EAGLES (0-0, Independent): November 14, 2008.

Location: Culver Girls Academy gymnasium (capacity 1,500), Culver, Ind.
Time: 7:30 p.m. EDT, following 6:00 JV game.
Broadcast: None.

Coaches: Bethany: Krysten Parson (17-28, 3rd season at BCHS; 17-28 in 3rd season overall); Culver: Gary Christlieb (16-26, 3rd season at CGA; 54-56 in 6th season overall).

Scoring Leaders (2007-08, returning):

• Bethany: Jenae Rupp (Sr, 7.1 ppg), Marla zumFelde (So, 2.8), Erin Helmuth (Sr, 2.2)
• Culver: Kylee Shipley (So, 12.5 ppg), Katie Barnes (Sr, 11.4), Cassie Felton (Sr, 2.4)

Looking Ahead:

• Bethany: Nov. 15 vs. West Noble, 7:30; Nov. 21 vs. Concord, 7:30; Dec. 1 vs. Triton, 7:30.
• Culver: Nov. 15 @ Peru, 7:30; Nov. 18 @ Glenn, 7:30; Nov. 21 vs. Oregon-Davis, 7:30.

In the Mirror:

• Bethany: lost 27-58 to FW Canterbury, Feb. 9; def. Lakewood Park 52-48, Feb. 8; def. ECA 41-39 (OT), Feb. 6.
• Culver: lost 30-51 to Mishawaka Marian, Feb. 6; def. Pioneer 54-44, Jan. 31; lost 40-46 to SB St. Joseph's, Jan. 26.

Past Eight Years:

• 2007-08: Bethany 49, Culver 48.
• 2006-07: 46-37.
• 2005-06: 39-31.
• 2000-05: No meetings.

Sagarin Ratings' Pick: Culver by 3.

Game Reports, November 13

MS boys basketball

MILFORD, Ind. — Milford 31, Bethany 21. Leading scorer — Bethany: Tyrel Baldridge 6.

"B": Milford 20, Bethany 12. There really isn't much to say here except that we made a number of first-game mistakes.

Bethany: Tyler Brenneman 0 0-0 0, Ethan Folker 3 0-2 6, Ryan Miller 0 0-0 0, Joseph Mumaw 0 0-0 0, Bryan Nguyen 1 0-4 2, Parth Patel 1 0-0 2, William Schrock 1 0-0 2, Abe Thorne 0 0-0 0. Totals 6 0-6 (0.0%) 12.
Milford: Dylan Houser 2 0-0 4, Jake Templin 3 3-7 9, Doug Hapner 1 0-0 2, Gabe Rhodes 1 1-2 3, Junior Garcia 1 0-0 2. Kole Adams, Keith Combs, Jordan Brown, Jaxon McDaniel, Andrew Corn, Jordan Elliott, Matthew Beer all 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 4-9 (44.4%) 20.
Three-point goals — none. Total fouls — Bethany 9, Milford 10. Fouled out — none.

6th "A": GOSHEN — Bethany 33, Jimtown 26. Leading scorers — Bethany: Trent Yoder 14, Sol Brenneman 13.
6th "B": Jimtown 20, Bethany 14. Leading scorers — Noah Hochstetler 4, Nahshon Lora 4.

Boys Basketball Preview

Coach: Jim Buller (314-314 in 29 seasons, 165 career points)
Assistants: Dan Bodiker (62-112 as varsity coach from 1965-74), Chad Stoltzfus, Barry Johnson, David Plaster (776 career points)


Varsity

• *Shane Miller (Mgr, Jr)
• #30 #Ben Bontreger (5'7" So)
• #12 *Jordan Weaver (5'10" Jr)
• #20 *Jesse Ramer (5'10" Jr)
• #44 *Derek Plaster (6'2" Sr)
• #42 #Hamilton Thorne (6'7" So)
• #32 *Mark DeLeeuw (6'4" Sr)
• #14 *Seth Kauffman (6'3" Jr)
• #40 #Jared Christophel (6'2" Sr)
• #22 *Tim Gautsche (6'2" Sr)
• #24 *Luke Slagel (6'1" Sr)
• #10 #Mikey Kelly (5'9" Jr)
• *Matt Vander Werf (Mgr, Sr)

J.V./"C"

(JV) = JV only, (C) = "C" only

• #22 #Joel Yoder (5'11" So) (JV)
  
• #24 Jeff Yoder (5'11" Fr)
• #42 #Hamilton Thorne (6'7" So) (JV/V)
  
• #44 Andy Slagel (6'4" Fr)
• #34 David DeLeeuw (6'1" Fr)
• #12 Femi Hollinger-Janzen (5'9" Fr)
• #32 #James Helmuth (5'10" So) (JV)
  
• #30 #Ben Bontreger (5'7" So) (JV/V)
  
• #20 Jared Miller (5'7" Fr)
• #14 Bryce Rheinheimer (5'7" Fr)
• #10 Austin Mumaw (5'7" Fr)
• #40 #Brandon Sharkey (np, 6'0" So) (JV)
• #42 Evan Eby (np, 5'10" Fr) (C)
• #40 Cody Yoder (np, 5'7" Fr) (C)
• #30 Peter Schrock (np, 5'10" Fr) (C)
  

Scrimmage: Monday, Nov. 17, 6:00 p.m. vs. John Glenn
Varsity Opener: Tuesday, Nov. 25, 7:30 p.m. at Westview
J.V. Opener: Tuesday, Nov. 25, 6:00 p.m. at Westview
"C" Opener: Thursday, Nov. 20, 7:15 p.m. vs. Noble-Whitley

MS Boys Basketball Preview

I've had this ready to go now for a while, but haven't actually posted it yet. Now I have. Ladies and gentlemen, Simon and Garfunkel! the 2008-09 middle school boys basketball preview!


Coaches: Len Morris, Norm Cender, Steve Brenneman


"A"

• #30 Josh Stoltzfus
• #42 Matt Greenlee
• #44 Caleb Morris
• #52 Tyrel Baldridge
• #54 Wade Troyer
• #24 Isaac Schertz
• #14 Andrew Snyder
• #12 Zach Hartman
  
• #50 Q Min Kim
• #10 Lucas Morgan
• #5 Tyler Brenneman
  
• # 20 Ike Lehman

"B"

• #23 Tanner Fervida
  
• #22 Joseph Mumaw
• #15 Ethan Folker
• #24 William Schrock
• #25 Ryan Miller
• #30 Sol Brenneman
• #51 Joel Gerig
• #52 Parth Patel
• #35 Trent Yoder
  
• #53 Bryan Nyugen
• #40 Abe Thorne (np)
  

"C"

• #21 Colin Samuel
• #14 Ryan Duckworth
  
• #3 Isaac Brenneman
  
• #11 Cristian Romero
  
• #10 Noah Hochstetler
  
• #4 Addison Dumford
  
• #12 Neel Bhagat
• #23 Tanner Fervida
  
• #31 Landon Weldy
• #35 Trent Yoder
  
• #30 Sol Brenneman
  
• #33 Luke Schrock
  
• #13 Ethan Miller
• #32 Nahshon Lora

Openers/*Next Game: Thurs., November 13,

• *"A" at Milford, 5:45 p.m.
• "B" at Milford, 4:30 p.m.
• "C" vs. ECA, 4:40 p.m. in MS gym

Fall Interscholastic Sports Awards

Following are the sports awards which were presented earlier tonight in the awards program. This list only includes the awards given in the first, all-sports portion of the gathering. (Above should be everyone listed below.)

Girls soccer

• Most Goals: Emma Caskey (Fr)
• Sportsmanship: Alisha Snyder (Sr)
• Defense: Casey Snyder (Sr)
• Most Improved: Katie Yoder (Sr)
• Most Assists: Sharisse Yoder (So)
• JV Award: Anna Nafziger (Fr)

Boys soccer

• Most Improved: Ben Bontreger (So)
• Defensive MVP: Lewis Caskey (Sr)
• Leadership: Jesse Ramer (Jr)
• Sportsmanship: Aaron Stiffney (So)
• Offensive MVP: Jordan Weaver (Sr)
• JV Award: Joel Yoder (So)

Volleyball

• Mental Attitude: Corine Alvarez (Jr)
• Team Players: Hannah Grieser (Sr), Jenae Rupp (Sr)
• Sportswomanship: Mattie Lehman (So)
• Hustle: Chelsea Noble (Sr)
• JV Award: Sydney Kehr (Jr)

Boys Cross Country

• Most Valuable Runner: Nick Handrich (Sr)
• Most Improved: Ben Hochstetler (Fr)
• Sportsmanship: Luis Lopez (Jr)
• Freshman Award: Logan Schlabach (look at the award)

Girls Cross Country

• "Power" Award: Erin Helmuth (Sr), Alita Yoder (Sr)
• Most Improved: Jenae Hershberger (So)
• Most Valuable Runner: Ali Hochstetler (So)
• Sportsmanship: Leanne Hochstetler (Jr)
• Freshman Award: Desiree Porter (see note on Logan Schlabach above)

Boys Tennis

• Sportsmanship: Daniel Buschert (Sr)
• Coach's Award: Luke Hostetter (Sr)
• Leadership: Johnny Kauffman (Sr)
• JV Award: Ben Mast (So)
• Most Improved: Jared Schwartzentruber (Sr)
• MVP: Jared Schwartzentruber (Sr)

In addition, all of us here at Bleeding Bruin Blue would like to thank Bryan for mentioning the website (and showing its front page) during the program.

Game Report, November 10

MS boys basketball

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Bethany 40, Keystone 18. Leading scorers — Bethany: Matt Greenlee 6, Caleb Morris 6, Tyrel Baldridge 6, Josh Stoltzfus 4, Isaac Schertz 4, Ike Lehman 4, Lucas Morgan 4.

Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week, November 2-8

Bethany had no games this week. Thus, no Athlete of the Week.

Since the fall sports season has ended, eligibility will reset and everyone is eligible for next week's award.

Next Week: Next week's nominations will be due Sunday, November 16, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. (The times by week are here.) As I said several weeks ago, the first person to correctly name how I determined the times will get mentioned in a future post. To nominate someone, send an e-mail to senorloco1908@gmail.com and put "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" in the subject line. (You can even include the quotes if you want.) The body of the message can be used for whatever you want. The three simple things that will disqualify a message are:

1. A subject line that reads "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" without actually naming an athlete.
2. Anyone nominating multiple people will have only the last nomination counted.
3. Señor Loco reserves the right to ignore e-mails with unnecessarily vulgar sections.

This Week in Bruindom, November 9-15

November 9

• Athlete of the Week nominations due, 5:00 p.m.

November 10

• MS boys basketball vs. Keystone at Spiece Fieldhouse, 6:00 p.m. (A)

November 11

• Fall athletic awards program, 7:00 p.m.

November 13

• MS boys basketball at Milford, 4:30 p.m. (B)
• MS boys basketball vs. Jimtown, 4:30 p.m. (6A)
• MS boys basketball at Milford, 5:45 p.m. (A)
• MS boys basketball vs. Jimtown, 5:45 p.m. (6B)

November 14

• MS boys basketball at ECA, 4:30 p.m. (B)
• MS boys basketball at ECA, 5:45 p.m. (A)
• Girls basketball at Culver Academy, 6:00 p.m. (JV)
• Girls basketball at Culver Academy, 7:30 p.m. (V)

November 15

• MS boys basketball vs. Goshen, 10:00 a.m. (B)
• MS boys basketball vs. Goshen, 11:15 a.m. (A)
• Girls basketball vs. West Noble, 6:00 p.m. (JV)
• Girls basketball vs. West Noble, 7:30 p.m. (V) (on Michiana Sports Authority)
• Sarah Thompson ('02) inducted into Elkhart County Sports Hall of Fame at Matterhorn Restaraunt in Elkhart, 7:30 p.m.

Basketball Scrimmage Formats

These are the two legal basketball scrimmage formats specified by the IHSAA. I'm not sure which one we will use (it may even be one for the boys and the other for the girls), so I'll list them both. For the girls scrimmage, the format will be announced over the P.A. system at the beginning of each quarter.

Option 1

• 15 minute warm-up session
• 4 -- 15 minute quarters with running clock
• each team allowed one time out (with clock stopped) during each of the four quarters
• 5 minutes between quarters for drink and rest.
• No free throws will be shot.
• Score will be kept but will start over each quarter.
• Substitution at any time during a dead ball.

• 1st Quarter: Play half court man-to-man defense only. (No full court defense!)
• 2nd Quarter: Play half court zone defense and/or switching defenses. (No full court defense!)
• 3rd Quarter: Full court defense is allowed. A consensus with both coaches is required.
• 4th Quarter: Each coach may choose their defense. (Discussion prior to quarter is suggested.) (Mutual consent on pressing)

Option 2

• 15 minute warm-up
• 5 -- 12 minute "quarters"
• Each team allowed one time out (with clock stopped) during each of the five "quarters"
• Running clock for the first eleven minutes of each "quarter"
• No free throws during the first eleven minutes of each "quarter"
• During the last minute of each "quarter" the clock would stop, free throws would be shot (both teams designated as in the 1-and-1)
• 4 minutes between quarters for rest and drink
• Score will be kept but will start over each "quarter".
• Substitution at any time during a dead ball.

• 1st "Quarter": Play half court man-to-man defense only. (No full court defense!)
• 2nd "Quarter": Play half court zone defense and/or switching defenses. (No full court defense!)
• 3rd "Quarter": Full court defense is allowed. A consensus with both coaches is required.
• 4th "Quarter": Each coach may choose their defense. (Discussion prior to quarter is suggested.) (Mutual consent on pressing)
• 5th "Quarter": Each coach may choose their defense. (Discussion prior to quarter is suggested.) (Mutual consent on pressing)
• One of the five "quarters" must be used as a "Second String" "quarter." This "quarter" should be agreed upon by the coaches before the scrimmage.

Girls Basketball Preview

Coach: Krysten "K.P." Parson (17-28 in 2 seasons)
Assistants: Brent Reinhardt, Margene Zink, Callie Bontrager


Varsity (*=returning letterwinner, #=returning JV letterwinner)

• #14 *Jenae Rupp (Sr)
• #22 *Sarah Lederman (Sr)
• #10 *Jodi Stutzman (Sr)
• #12 *Erin Helmuth (Sr)
• #32 #Mattie Lehman (So)
• #24 #Ali Hochstetler (So)
• #20 #Twila Albrecht (So)
• #40 #Chris Minter (So)
• #30 *Marla zumFelde (So)

J.V.

• #24 Alena Yoder (Fr)
• #12 Malaina Weldy (Fr)
• #10 Gina Gautsche (Fr)
• #44 Megan Schmucker (Fr)
• #32 Clarissa Lora (Jr)
• #40 Caitlin Fecher (Jr)
• #30 Sarah Brew (Fr)

Not Returning

• *Callie Bontrager (Grad)
• *Kari Heusinkveld (Grad)
• #Katie Hoekstra (So)
• *Lyz Kauffman (Grad)
• *Gwen Kelly (Grad)
• #Ji Hye Lee (So)
• #Valerie Maust (So)
• #Mandy Schlabach (So)
• #Heather Schwartz (So)

Quoting:

"Obviously losing 80% of our scoring is a lot to fill in a year. We have been working a lot in the off-season and early in the preseason with becoming better shooters and trying to get to the basket for high percentage shots. The overall spirit of the team is tremendous and I believe that key to our success this season is going to be chemistry."

--Parson

Scrimmage: Sat., November 8, 6:00 p.m. vs. Goshen at Menno Lands
First Game: Fri., November 14, 6:00 (JV)/7:30 (V) p.m. at Culver Academy

Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week: October 26-November 1

My self-devised rules for Athlete of the Week state that "upon receiving the award, a player shall be ineligible for the next four (4) weeks." Obviously, this creates a problem when the only athlete in action won the previous week's award. Since it might be, like, an earth-shattering problem if there isn't an Athlete of the Week, I'm suspending that rule for this week and giving the award by default to sophomore Ali Hochstetler.

Since the fall sports season has ended, eligibility will reset and everyone is eligible for next week's award.

Next Week: Next week's nominations will be due Sunday, November 9, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. (The times by week are here.) As I said several weeks ago, the first person to correctly name how I determined the times will get mentioned in a future post. To nominate someone, send an e-mail to senorloco1908@gmail.com and put "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" in the subject line. (You can even include the quotes if you want.) The body of the message can be used for whatever you want. The three simple things that will disqualify a message are:

1. A subject line that reads "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" without actually naming an athlete.
2. Anyone nominating multiple people will have only the last nomination counted.
3. Señor Loco reserves the right to ignore e-mails with unnecessarily vulgar sections.

This Week In Bruindom: November 2-8

November 8

• Girls basketball scrimmage vs. Goshen, 6:00 p.m. (V)

Match Report, November 1

Girls cross country individual advancement

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Ali Hochstetler 16th at state meet in 18:54.1. Medalist — Sarah Higgens (Center Grove) 18:14.0. Team Scores — Carmel 55, Lake Central 160, Franklin Central 167, Valparaiso 172, Westfield 177, Columbus North 182, Northridge 190, Noblesville 201, Carroll (Fort Wayne) 202, Huntington North 299, North Central (Indianapolis) 327, Portage 327, FW Northrop 332, West Lafayette 386, Crown Point 423, DeKalb 432, Heritage Hills 443, West Noble 446, Bloomington South 453, Madison Consolidated 472, Bloomington North 473, Terre Haute North 507, Kankakee Valley 553, Edgewood 670. North Central (Indianapolis) 11th over Portage on sixth-runner tiebreaker. Teams with individuals only — Avon, Bethany, Bishop Chatard, Boone Grove, Brebeuf Jesuit, Bremen, Brownstown Central, Center Grove, Central Noble, Culver Academy, Evansville North, Fishers, Forest Park, FW Canterbury, Franklin Community, Ind. Cathedral, LaPorte, Michigan City, Mishawaka, New Albany, Paoli, Silver Creek, SB Riley, SB St. Joseph's, South Knox, Tell City, Warsaw Community, Washington, Wheeler. 15th-Place Time: 18:52.0. Individual Results; Team Results