This Week In Bruindom, March 1-7

March 1

• Athlete of the Week nominations due, 4:00 p.m.
  

March 2

• Boys basketball sectional: Lakewood Park at FW Blackhawk, 6:00 p.m.
• Boys basketball sectional: ECA vs. Howe Military at FW Blackhawk, 7:45 p.m.

March 3

• MS girls basketball vs. North Side, 5:00 p.m. (B)
  
• Boys basketball sectional: FW Canterbury vs. Hamilton at FW Blackhawk, 6:00 p.m.
• MS girls basketball vs. North Side, 6:15 p.m. (A)
  
• Boys basketball vs. FW Keystone in sectional at FW Blackhawk, 7:45 p.m.

March 5

• MS girls basketball vs. Goshen, 4:30 p.m. (B)
• MS girls basketball vs. Goshen, 5:45 p.m. (A)
  

March 6

• Boys basketball sectional semifinal: Lakewood Park/FW Blackhawk vs. ECA/Howe Military at FW Blackhawk, 6:00 p.m.
• Boys basketball sectional semifinal: FW Canterbury/Hamilton vs. Bethany/FW Keystone at FW Blackhawk, 7:45 p.m.

March 7

• Boys basketball sectional final: Lakewood Park-FW Blackhawk/ECA-Howe Military vs. FW Canterbury-Hamilton/Bethany-Keystone at FW Blackhawk, 7:30 p.m.

Game Reports, February 27

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Boys basketball

GOSHEN — Fremont 65, Bethany 56. (The WSJV score of 65-46 is wrong.)
Fremont: Mark Evans 4 1-2 10, Logan Cade 0 0-1 0, Jared Beams 0 0-0 0, Taylor Hastings 4 0-0 8, Josh Feller 2 1-4 6, Austin Hefley 3 8-10 15, Jacob Dunn 1 0-0 3, Shane Pressley 2 2-4 6, Dillon Foulk 6 0-0 17. Totals 22 12-21 (57.1%) 65.
Bethany: Jordan Weaver 4 0-2 8, Luke Slagel 0 2-2 2, Mikey Kelly 5 0-0 15, Seth Kauffman 5 3-6 13, Jesse Ramer 1 1-2 3, Ben Bontreger 1 0-0 3, Mark DeLeeuw 4 4-4 12. Tim Gautsche, Jared Christophel, Derek Plaster all 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 10-16 (62.5%) 56.
Scoring By Quarters
Fremont 09 15 21 20 — 65
Bethany 15 13 11 17 — 56
Three-point goals — Fremont 9 (Foulk 5, Dunn, Evans, Feller, Hefley), Bethany 6 (Kelly 5, Bontreger). Fouled out — none.
Rebounds — Fremont 26, Bethany 27 (Kauffman 9, Slagel 5, DeLeeuw 5). Total fouls — Fremont 19, Bethany 20.
Officials — Roy Lesher, Drew Danik, Bruce Klonowski.

JV: Bethany 39, Fremont 25. Leading scorers — Bethany: Brandon Sharkey 12; Fremont: Ryan Greenlee 9.

Game Reports, February 26

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

MS girls basketball

LIGONIER, Ind. — West Noble 32, Bethany 14. Leading scorers — Natalie Thorne 6, Lorae Weaver 3.

Boys Basketball vs. Fremont: Preview

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FREMONT EAGLES (12-7, 7-3 NECC; +1) at BETHANY CHRISTIAN BRUINS (12-7, Independent): February 27, 2009.
Location: Menno Lands (cap. 1,400), Goshen, Ind.
Time: 7:30 p.m. EDT, following 6:00 JV game.

Coaches: Bethany: Jim Buller (326-321, 30th season at BCHS); Fremont: Scott LaPlace (99-91 in 9th season at FHS).

Scoring Leaders:

• Bethany: Seth Kauffman (18.0 ppg), Mark DeLeeuw (11.1), Jordan Weaver (9.6)
  
• Fremont: Not available.
  

Looking Ahead:

• Bethany: Mar. 3 vs. FW Keystone at FW Blackhawk, 7:30
  
• Fremont: Mar. 6 vs. Churubusco/Central Noble at Garrett, 6:00
  

In the Mirror:

• Bethany: lost 31-44 to Central Noble, Feb. 24; def. Howe Military 73-37, Feb. 23; def. LaVille 61-48, Feb. 21
  
• Fremont: lost 61-75 to Westview, Feb. 24; def. Central Noble 79-62, Feb. 20; def. FW Canterbury 78-67, Feb. 14
  

Past Ten Years:

• W 47-35 on 1/22/1999 at Bethany
• W 74-70 on 1/21/2000 at Fremont
• W 58-54 on 2/23/2001 at Bethany
• W 80-76 on 2/22/2002 at Fremont
• L 59-60 on 2/28/2003 at Bethany
• L 60-64 on 2/27/2004 at Fremont
• W 73-64 on 2/25/2005 at Bethany
• L 59-73 on 2/24/2006 at Fremont
• L 55-57 on 2/23/2007 at Bethany
• L 50-57 on 2/22/2008 at Fremont
• Other years: 19-14
  

Game Reports, February 24

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Boys basketball

ALBION, Ind. — Central Noble 44, Bethany 31.
Bethany: Mikey Kelly 1 0-0 2, Jordan Weaver 1 1-3 3, Seth Kauffman 6 4-6 16, Jesse Ramer 0 0-2 0, Mark DeLeeuw 5 0-1 10. Luke Slagel, Ben Bontreger, Hamilton Thorne, Derek Plaster all 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 5-12 (41.7%) 31.
Central Noble: Trevor Pulver 3 2-5 9, Cody Kirkpatrick 3 0-1 6, Tony Vice 4 3-4 11, Dakota Favors 3 0-0 6, Travis Clear 5 2-2 12. Jeremy Altimus, Cody Donn, Casey Symons all 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 7-12 (58.3%) 44.

Scoring By Quarters
BC 09 7 5 10 — 31
CN 12 9 9 14 — 44

Three-point goals — Bethany 0, Central Noble 1 (Pulver). Fouled out — none.
Rebounds — Bethany 19 (Kauffman 6), Central Noble 26. Assists — Bethany 8 (Weaver 4), Central Noble 10. Total fouls: Bethany 12, Central Noble 15.

JV: Bethany 29, Central Noble 15. Leading scorer — David DeLeeuw 11.

MS girls basketball "C"

GOSHEN — Bethany 16, Wawasee 8. Leading scorers — Naya Hubbert 6, Marisa Marquez 6.

Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week: February 22-28

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

The Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week for February 15-21 is Mark DeLeeuw. To know what DeLeeuw has done to win 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 the winners from the last three weeks: DeLeeuw, Jenae Rupp, and Seth Kauffman. As three weeks have elapsed since Natalie Thorne's win on February 1, he becomes eligible next week.

Next Week: Next week's nominations will be due Sunday, March 1, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The list of times by week is linked to on the right side and here. As I said several months 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; a link that should do this is at the top of this post.) 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.

Boys Basketball at Central Noble: Preview

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BETHANY CHRISTIAN BRUINS (12-6, Independent) at CENTRAL NOBLE COUGARS (7-11, 3-6 NECC; +5½): February 24, 2009.
Location: Central Noble gym (cap. 2,000), Albion, Ind.
Time: 7:30 p.m. EDT, following 6:00 JV game.

Coaches: Bethany: Jim Buller (326-320, 30th season at BCHS); Central Noble: Jay Sefton (7-11 in 1st season at CNHS).

Scoring Leaders:

• Bethany: Seth Kauffman (18.1 ppg), Mark DeLeeuw (11.1), Jordan Weaver (9.9)
  
• Central Noble: Cody Kirkpatrick (13.4), Tony Vice (12.5), Travis Clear (8.1)
  

Looking Ahead:

• Bethany: Feb. 27 vs. Fremont, 7:30; Mar. 3 vs. FW Keystone at FW Blackhawk, 7:30
  
• Central Noble: Feb. 27 vs. Fairfield, 7:30; Mar. 3 vs. Churubusco at Garrett, 6:00
  

In the Mirror:

• Bethany: def. Howe Military 73-37, Feb. 23; def. LaVille 61-48, Feb. 21; def. Jimtown 40-18, Feb. 17. Last loss 45-58 to FW Blackhawk on Jan. 31 (5-0 since).
  
• Central Noble: lost 62-79 to Fremont, Feb. 20; lost 79-85 to Wawasee, Feb. 14; lost 42-47 to Lakeland, Feb. 12. Last win 69-40 over Howe Military, Feb. 4 (0-4 since).
  

Past Ten Years:

• L 43-48 on 2/26/1999 at Central Noble
• W 41-40 on 2/25/2000 at Bethany
• L 45-69 on 2/20/2001 at Central Noble
• W 71-67 on 2/19/2002 at Bethany
• L 47-56 on 2/25/2003 at Central Noble
• L 61-66 on 2/24/2004 at Bethany
• L 64-77 on 2/22/2005 at Central Noble
• W 75-60 on 2/21/2006 at Bethany
• L 49-64 on 2/20/2007 at Central Noble
• W 55-43 on 2/19/2008 at Bethany
• Other years: 13-13
  

Game Reports, February 23

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Boys basketball

GOSHEN — Bethany 73, Howe Military 37.
Howe Military: David Bedke 0 0-0 0, Hai Ben Zheng 2 1-1 5, Karl Vaughn 7 0-0 18, Graham McLaren 2 0-0 4, Matthew Grady 0 0-0 0, John Stines 0 0-0 0, Chris Thomas 0 0-0 0, Cameron Nash 3 0-0 6, Chuck Taylor 2 0-0 4, Drew Nickerson 0 0-0 0, Mitch Columbe 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 1-1 (100%) 37.
Bethany: Mikey Kelly 1 0-0 3, Jordan Weaver 3 1-1 8, Jesse Ramer 1 0-0 3, Seth Kauffman 8 5-8 21, Mark DeLeeuw 4 0-0 8, Tim Gautsche 2 3-4 7, Luke Slagel 1 0-0 3, Ben Bontreger 2 3-3 7, Jared Christophel 0 0-2 0, Hamilton Thorne 4 1-3 9, Derek Plaster 2 0-2 4, James Helmuth 0 0-0 0. Totals 28 13-23 (56.5%) 71.
Score By Quarters
HM 03 16 09 09 — 37
BC 26 17 16 14 — 73
Three-point goals — Howe 4 (Vaughn 4), Bethany 4 (Kelly, Ramer, Slagel, Weaver). Fouled out — Nash.
Rebounds — Howe 20, Bethany 39 (DeLeeuw 7, Kauffman 7, Plaster 7, Bontreger 6, Thorne 6). Assists: Howe 8, Bethany 25 (Ramer 7, Kelly 4). Total fouls — Howe 21, Bethany 11.

Bethany gets 12th win against Howe Military (Goshen News)

JV: Bethany 40, Howe Military 8. Leading scorers — Bethany: James Helmuth 8; Howe: David Bedke 6.

MS girls basketball "B"

GOSHEN — Bethany 23, Covenant Christian 18.
"C": Covenant Christian 21, Bethany 20.

Boys Basketball vs. Howe Military: Preview

HOWE MILITARY WILDCATS (2-14, 1-2 Midland; +0.04484 x 10³) at BETHANY CHRISTIAN BRUINS (11-6, Independent): February 23, 2009.
Location: Menno Lands (cap. 1,400), Goshen, Ind.
Time: 7:30 p.m. EDT, following 6:00 JV game.

Coaches: Bethany: Jim Buller (325-320, 30th season at BCHS); Howe: Charles Grady (6-31 in 2nd season at HMA).

Scoring Leaders:

• Bethany: Seth Kauffman (17.9 ppg), Mark DeLeeuw (11.3), Jordan Weaver (10.1)
  
• Howe: Karl Vaughn (22.3), Chris Thomas (9.1), Graham McLaren (8.8)
  

Looking Ahead:

• Bethany: Feb. 24 @ Central Noble, 7:30; Jan. 27 vs. Fremont, 7:30; Feb. 3 vs. FW Keystone at FW Blackhawk, 7:30
  
• Howe: Feb. 27 @ White's, 7:30; Mar. 2 vs. ECA at FW Blackhawk, 7:30
  

In the Mirror:

• Bethany: def. LaVille 61-48, Feb. 21; def. Jimtown 40-18, Feb. 17; def. Granger Chr. 72-23, Feb. 13. Last loss 45-58 to FW Blackhawk on Jan. 31 (4-0 since).
  
• Howe: lost 40-68 to Gary Wirt, Feb. 19; lost 64-67 to Michiana Christian Educators, Feb. 17; lost 60-85 to FW Keystone, Feb. 14. Last win 66-54 over Mishawaka First Baptist, Dec. 9 (0-12 since).
  

Past Ten Years:

• W 68-43 on 1/23/1999 at Howe Military
• W 84-46 on 1/22/2000 at Bethany
• W 51-24 on 3/10/2000 at Blackhawk Christian (Sectional)
• W 79-28 on 1/12/2001 at Howe Military
• W 80-42 on 1/11/2002 at Bethany
• W 67-30 on 1/17/2003 at Howe Military
• W 57-31 on 1/16/2004 at Bethany
• W 71-44 on 3/2/2004 at Bethany (Sectional)
• W 55-52 on 1/14/2005 at Howe Military
• W 64-23 on 1/13/2006 at Bethany
• W 62-36 on 1/12/2007 at Howe Military
• W 62-32 on 1/11/2008 at Howe Military
• W 60-40 on 2/27/2008 at Hamilton (Sectional)
• Other Years: 35-6

Game Reports, February 21

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Boys basketball

LAKEVILLE, Ind. — Bethany 61, LaVille 48.
Bethany: Mikey Kelly 1 1-2 4, Jordan Weaver 5 4-4 16, Seth Kauffman 9 0-3 18, Luke Slagel 2 0-0 4, Mark DeLeeuw 6 1-2 13, Hamilton Thorne 2 0-0 4, Derek Plaster 1 0-0 2. Jesse Ramer, Ben Bontreger, Jared Christophel all 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 6-11 61.
LaVille: Glenn Halasz 7 5-7 20, Jordyn Williams 1 5-7 7, Cody Coblentz 1 0-0 2, Trenton Stout 1 0-0 3, Codee Kimbel 2 2-5 6, Jacob Mangus 3 2-3 8, Justin Baker 1 0-0 2. Drew Dutoi, Colton Priser, Terrell Newkirk all 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 14-22 48.
Scoring By Quarters
Bethany 16 11 16 18 — 61
LaVille 14 10 12 12 — 48
Three-point goals — Bethany 3 (Weaver 2, Kelly), LaVille 2 (Halasz, Stout). Fouled out — None.
Rebounds — Bethany 27 (DeLeeuw 12, Kauffman 8), LaVille 18. Assists — Bethany 18 (Weaver 7, Ramer 5), LaVille 4. Total fouls: Bethany 16, LaVille 16.

JV: Bethany 35, LaVille 18. Leading scorers — Bethany: Andy Slagel 9; LaVille: Robert Koontz 5, Trenton Stout 5.

Game Reports, February 20

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MS girls basketball

GOSHEN — Bethany 34, Stanley Clark 30.
"B": Bethany 23, Stanley Clark 16. Leading scorer — Christina Juroff 8.
"C": Bethany 18, Stanley Clark 12. Leading scorer — Naya Hubbert 8.

Game Reports, February 19

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MS girls basketball

BAUGO TWP., Ind — Bethany 30, Jimtown 6. Leading scorer — Laken Richer.
"B" : Jimtown 34, Bethany 18. Leading scorers — Hanna Hochstetler 6, Christina Juroff 5.

This Week In Bruindom, February 22-28

February 22

• Athlete of the Week nominations due, 4:00 p.m.

February 23

• MS girls basketball vs. Covenant Chr., 5:00 p.m. (C)
  
• Boys basketball vs. Howe Military, 6:00 p.m. (JV)
• MS girls basketball vs. Covenant Chr., 6:15 p.m. (A)
  
• Boys basketball vs. Howe Military, 7:30 p.m. (V)

February 24

• MS girls basketball vs. Wawasee, 4:30 p.m. (C)
• Boys basketball at Central Noble, 6:00 p.m. (JV)
• Boys basketball at Central Noble, 7:30 p.m. (V)

February 26

• MS girls basketball at West Noble, 4:30 p.m. (B)
• MS girls basketball at West Noble, 5:45 p.m. (A)

February 27

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

February 28

• MS girls basketball at Hamilton, TBD (C)
  

Boys Basketball at LaVille: Preview

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BETHANY CHRISTIAN BRUINS (10-6, Independent) at LaVILLE LANCERS (3-14; 1-5 NSC; +17): February 21, 2009.
Location: LaVille gym (capacity 2,968), Lakeville, Ind.
Time: 7:30 p.m. EST, following 6:00 JV game.

Coaches: Bethany: Jim Buller (324-320, 30th season at BCHS); LaVille: Michael Edison (3-14, 1st season at LHS).

Scoring Leaders:

• Bethany: Seth Kauffman (17.9 ppg), Mark DeLeeuw (11.2), Jordan Weaver (9.7)
  
• LaVille: Jacob Mangus (15.3), Glenn Halasz (13.9), Jordyn Williams (6.4)
  

Looking Ahead:

• Bethany: Feb. 23 vs. Howe Military, 7:30; Feb. 24 @ Central Noble, 7:30; Feb. 27 vs. Fremont, 7:30
  
• LaVille: Feb. 26 vs. Oregon-Davis, 8:00; Feb. 27 vs. Jimtown, 7:30; Mar. 6 @ Jimtown in sectional semifinal, 6:00
  

In the Mirror:

• Bethany: def. Jimtown 40-18, Feb. 17; def. Granger Chr. 72-23, Feb. 13; def. Clinton Chr. 58-52, Feb. 3
• LaVille: lost 52-58 to ECA, Feb. 19; lost 48-69 to New Prairie, Feb. 12; lost 43-76 to Triton, Feb. 7
  

Past Ten Years:

• L 55-66 on 2/13/1999 at LaVille
• W 75-64 on 3/3/2000 at Bethany
• W 78-52 on 3/2/2001 at LaVille
• W 82-69 on 2/16/2002 at Bethany
• L 35-49 on 2/22/2003 at LaVille
• L 45-57 on 2/21/2004 at Bethany
• L 66-71 on 2/19/2005 at LaVille
• W 61-47 on 2/18/2006 at Bethany
• W 41-36 on 2/17/2007 at LaVille
• W 54-44 on 2/16/2008 at Bethany
• Other Years: 3-3
  

Boys Basketball Sectional Draw

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Sectional 51 at FW Blackhawk
("W-" or "L-" denotes how Bethany fared in regular-season play against that team, and the margin.)

• #13 Lakewood Park (+11½; L-1) vs. #13 FW Blackhawk (L-13), Tuesday, 6:00 p.m.
• Howe Military (+21½; Monday) vs. ECA, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
• Hamilton (+18½; W-27) vs. FW Canterbury (W-17), Wednesday, 6:00 p.m.
• BETHANY vs. FW Keystone (+15½), Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
• Lakewood Park/FW Blackhawk vs. Howe Military/ECA, Mar. 6, 6:00 p.m.
• Hamilton/FW Canterbury vs. Bethany/FW Keystone, Mar. 6, 7:30 p.m.
• Lakewood Park-FW Blackhawk/Howe Military-ECA vs. Hamilton-FW Canterbury/Bethany-FW Keystone, Mar. 7, 7:30 p.m.

Regional 13 at Triton: Saturday, March 14

• Winner at Triton vs. Winner at Fort Wayne Blackhawk, 10:00 a.m.
  
• Winner at West Central vs. Winner at Morgan Township, noon
  
• Semifinal winners, 8:00 p.m.

Regional Bracket
State Bracket

Game Reports, February 17

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Boys basketball

GOSHEN — Bethany 40, Jimtown 18 in the lowest-scoring game in Bethany history. This is also only the eighth time ever the Bruins have won while scoring 40 points or less.
Jimtown: Josh Ruben 1-6 0-0 3, Tyler Forgey 1-5 0-0 2, Austin Pirtle 1-2 0-0 2, Logan Frye 1-3 1-2 3, Shane Cook 1-4 0-0 3, Isiah Johnson 2-6 0-1 4, D.J. Washington 0-3 1-2 1, Richard Geraghty 0-2 0-0 0, Decco Tate 0-1 0-0 0, Bret Giddings 0-1 0-0 0, Max Pollock 0-0 0-0 0, Brae Beadles 0-2 0-0 0, Brian Hosinski 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 7-35 (20.0%) 2-5 (40.0%) 18.
Bethany: Seth Kauffman 1-4 7-8 9, Jesse Ramer 1-3 0-0 2, Mark DeLeeuw 6-9 1-1 13, Mikey Kelly 0-2 0-0 0, Jordan Weaver 4-7 3-5 11, Luke Slagel 1-3 0-0 2, Ben Bontreger 1-2 0-0 3, Derek Plaster 0-0 0-0 0, Tim Gautsche 0-2 0-0 0, Hamilton Thorne 0-0 0-0 0, Jared Christophel 0-0 0-0 0, James Helmuth 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 14-32 (43.8%) 11-14 (.786) 40.
Scoring By Quarters
Jimtown 2 4 06 06 — 18
Bethany 6 5 13 16 — 40
Three-point goals — Jimtown 2-16 (Ruben 1-4, Cook 1-4, Frye 0-1, Washington 0-1, Geraghty 0-1, Giddings 0-1, Beadles 0-1, Forgey 0-3), Bethany 1-6 (Bontreger 1-1, Slagel 0-1, Ramer 0-2, Kelly 0-2). Total fouls — Jimtown 13, Bethany 11.
Rebounds — Jimtown 21 (Johnson 6, Washington 4), Bethany 26 (DeLeeuw 7, Kauffman 6, Slagel 4). Assists — Jimtown 6 (Forgey 3), Bethany 9 (Weaver 4, Kauffman 2). Steals — Jimtown 1 (Washington), Bethany 1 (Kauffman). Turnovers — Jimtown 8, Bethany 7. Fouled out — none. Technical — Frye.
Officials: Dean Bontrager, Brian Browning, Steve Arko.

JV: Jimtown 28, Bethany 20. Brae Beadles led Jimtown with 18, while Hamilton Thorne and James Helmuth paced the Bruins with 9 and 5, respectively.

Game Report, February 16

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MS girls basketball "C"

MILFORD, Ind. — Bethany 19, Milford 6. Leading scorers — Naya Hubbert 10, Jordan Helmuth 4, Marisa Marquez 4.

Boys Basketball vs. Jimtown: Preview

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JIMTOWN JIMMIES (6-11, 1-5 NSC; +7) at BETHANY CHRISTIAN BRUINS (9-6, Independent): February 16, 2009.
Location: Menno Lands (cap. 1,400), Goshen, Ind.
Time: 7:30 p.m. EST, following 6:00 JV game.

Coaches: Bethany: Jim Buller (323-320, 30th season at BCHS); Jimtown: Randy DeShone (219-175 in 18th season at JHS)

Scoring Leaders:

• Bethany: Seth Kauffman (18.5 ppg), Mark DeLeeuw (11.1), Jordan Weaver (9.6)
  
• Jimtown: Josh Ruben (7.5), Shane Cook (6.3), Logan Frye (6.0)
  

Looking Ahead:

• Bethany: Feb. 21 @ LaVille, 7:30; Feb. 23 vs. Howe Military, 7:30; Feb. 24 @ Central Noble, 7:30
  
• Jimtown: Feb. 20 @ Concord, 7:45; Feb. 27 @ LaVille, 7:30; sectional play begins Mar. 3
  

In the Mirror:

• Bethany: def. Granger Chr. 72-23, Feb. 13; def. Clinton Chr. 58-52, Feb. 3; lost 45-58 to FW Blackhawk, Jan. 31
• Jimtown: lost 27-44 to Glenn, Feb. 12; def. Mish. Marian 44-41 (ot), Feb. 9; lost 27-33 to Bremen, Feb. 6
  

Past Ten Years:

• L 47-58 on 2/19/1999 at Bethany
• L 60-61 on 12/29/1999 at Fairfield (holiday tournament)
• W 54-41 on 2/18/2000 at Jimtown
• W 57-55 on 2/15/2001 at Bethany
• W 65-59 on 12/28/2001 at Fairfield (holiday tournament; Jimtown honorably mentioned Class 2A; eventual state semifinalists)
• L 52-54 on 2/14/2002 at Jimtown
• L 32-35 on 1/4/2003 at Fairfield (holiday tournament, consolation)
• L 29-52 on 2/20/2003 at Bethany
• L 41-68 on 2/19/2004 at Jimtown (Jimtown #8 in Class 2A; eventual state champions)
• L 34-54 on 2/17/2005 at Bethany (Jimtown #1 in Class 2A)
• L 46-58 on 2/16/2006 at Jimtown
• L 17-48 on 2/15/2007 at Bethany
• L 43-50 on 2/12/2008 at Jimtown
• Other years: 10-25
  

Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week: February 8-14

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The Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week for February 8-14 is Jenae Rupp. To know what Rupp has done to win this honor, type her 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 the winners from the last three weeks: Rupp, Seth Kauffman, and Natalie Thorne. As three weeks have elapsed since Ben Bontreger's win on January 25, he becomes eligible next week.

Next Week: Next week's nominations will be due Sunday, February 22, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The list of times by week is linked to on the right side and here. As I said several months 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; a link that should do this is at the top of this post.) 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 Report, February 14

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Girls basketball

FORT WAYNE, Ind — Canterbury 65, Bethany 21 in sectional final at Canterbury.
Canterbury: Becky Pedro 6, Emily Brinkman 0, Paige Wells 3, Cassie Kreiger 17, Kelly Karr 2, Tabitha Gerardot 25, Madison Moyle 7, Nakao Mauch 0, Megan Pedro 5. Total 65.
Bethany: Jodi Stutzman 4, Erin Helmuth 3, Jenae Rupp 6, Sarah Lederman 2, Marla zumFelde 2, Chris Minter 2, Gina Gautsche 2. Total 21.
Scoring By Quarters
C 20 19 19 7 — 65
B 10 02 06 3 — 21

Northridge, Bethany girls are runners-up (The Goshen News)

This Week In Bruindom, February 15-21

February 15

• Athlete of the Week nominations due, 4:00 p.m.

February 16

• MS girls basketball at Milford, 4:30 p.m. (C)

February 17

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

February 19

• MS girls basketball at Jimtown, 4:30 p.m. (B)
• MS girls basketball at Jimtown, 5:45 p.m. (A)
• Boys basketball sectional draw at Conseco Fieldhouse, 6:06 p.m.
  

February 20

• MS girls basketball vs. Stanley Clark, 4:30 p.m., Menno Lands (C)
• MS girls basketball vs. Stanley Clark, 4:30 p.m. (B)
• MS girls basketball vs. Stanley Clark, 5:45 p.m. (A)

February 21

• Boys basketball at LaVille, 6:00 p.m. (JV)
• Boys basketball at LaVille, 7:30 p.m. (V)

Girls Basketball Sectional Final at FW Canterbury: Preview

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BETHANY CHRISTIAN BRUINS (7-15, independent; +32½) at FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY CAVALIERS (18-4, independent): February 14, 2008.

Location: Canterbury gymnasium (capacity 800), Fort Wayne, Ind.
Time: 7:30 p.m. EST.

Coaches: Bethany: Krysten Parson (24-43, 3rd season at BCHS); Canterbury: Scott Kreiger (173-81, 11th season at CHS)

Scoring Leaders:

• Bethany: Jenae Rupp (13.9 ppg), Marla zumFelde (9.1), Chris Minter (3.6)
  
• Canterbury: Not available.
  

Looking Ahead:

• winner vs. LaCrosse/Whiting at Caston, Feb. 21, 10:00 a.m.
  

In the Mirror:

• Bethany: def. FW Keystone 59-17, Feb. 13; def. Lakewood Park 57-53, Feb. 9; lost 43-54 to Argos, Feb. 5
  
• Canterbury: def. FW Blackhawk 44-18, Feb. 13; def. ECA 68-30, Feb. 10; def. Bluffton 61-32, Feb. 4
  

Past Nine Years:

• 2008-09: Bethany 34, Canterbury 65
  
• 2007-08: 29-49; 27-58 (sectional)
  
• 2006-07: 23-59; 34-63 (sectional)
  
• 2005-06: 38-53; 43-50 (sectional)
• 2004-05: 26-51.
• 2003-04: 47-55; 45-68 (sectional)
• 2002-03: 16-36.
• 2001-02: 26-51.
  
• 2000-01: 33-69; 23-48 (sectional)
  

Game Reports & Sectional Update, February 13

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Boys basketball

GRANGER, Ind. — Bethany 72, Granger Christian 72-23.
Bethany: Mikey Kelly 2 0-0 5, Jordan Weaver 4 1-1 10, Seth Kauffman 7 2-2 16, Jesse Ramer 2 0-0 5, Tim Gautsche 2 0-0 4, Luke Slagel 1 0-0 3, Ben Bontreger 1 2-2 5, Mark DeLeeuw 5 1-2 11, James Helmuth 0 0-0 0, Jared Christophel 1 0-0 2, Hamilton Thorne 2 3-4 7, Derek Plaster 1 2-4 4. Totals 28 11-15 (73.3%) 72.
Granger Christian: Billy Steenbeke 0 0-0 0, Drago Dimitron 1 0-0 2, Wes Kerr 0 0-0 0, Mark Boughton 3 0-0 6, Matt D'Amico 1 0-0 3, Joe Steenbeke 1 0-0 2, Scottie Kane 0 2-2 2, Travis Thomas 1 1-1 3, Josh Alphanaar 2 1-2 5. Totals: 9 4-5 (80.0%) 23.
Scoring By Quarters
BC 22 19 18 13 — 72
GC 08 01 04 10 — 23
3-point goals — Bethany 5 (Bontreger, Kelly, Ramer, Slagel, Weaver), Granger 1 (D'Amico). Fouled out — none.
Rebounds — Bethany 36 (Thorne 10, Kauffman 8, DeLeeuw 5). Assists — Bethany 20 (Weaver 5, Kauffman 5, Ramer 3, DeLeeuw 3). Total fouls: Bethany 11, Granger 12.

Girls basketball

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Bethany 59, Keystone 17 in sectional semifinal at Canterbury.

Keystone: Linville 0 0-0 0, Silket 1 0-0 2, Beasley 3 1-6 10, Hines 0 0-0 0, Youmans 2 1-2 5, Claassen 0 0-0 0, Bauchman 0 0-0 0, Leatherman 0 0-0 0. Totals 6 2-8 (25.0%) 17.
Bethany: Jodi Stutzman 2 0-0 4, Erin Helmuth 2 1-2 5, Jenae Rupp 5 1-3 11, Twila Albrecht 1 0-0 2, Sarah Lederman 1 0-0 2, Ali Hochstetler 1 0-0 2, Marla zumFelde 5 1-1 12, Mattie Lehman 1 0-0 3, Chris Minter 3 0-0 6, Gina Gautsche 5 0-0 12, Malaina Weldy 0 0-0 0. Totals: 26 3-6 (50.0%) 59.
Scoring By Quarters
K 02 03 8 04 — 17
B 12 24 8 15 — 59
3-point goals — Keystone 3 (Beasley 3), Bethany 4 (Gautsche 2, Lehman, zumFelde).

Sectional Update
Girls Basketball Sectional 51: FW Canterbury
Semifinal: FW Canterbury 44, FW Blackhawk 18. Leading scorers — Canterbury: Wells 12, Gerardot 11; Blackhawk: Kauffman 11.
Championship: Bethany vs. FW Canterbury, Saturday, 7:30 p.m.

Game Reports, February 12

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MS girls basketball

ELKHART — Bethany 29, ECA 22. Leading scorers — Natalie Thorne 13, Laken Richer 6.
"B": Bethany 42, ECA 14. Leading scorers — Naya Hubbert 8, Catie Kauffman 8, Marie Bontrager 6, Christina Juroff 6. Rebounds — Hanna Hochstetler 10.

Girls Basketball Sectional Semifinal vs. FW Keystone: Preview

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BETHANY CHRISTIAN BRUINS (6-15, Independent) vs. FORT WAYNE KEYSTONE EAGLES (3-12, 0-2 Midland; +40): February 13, 2009.

Location: FW Canterbury gym (capacity 800), Fort Wayne, Ind.
Time: 6:00 p.m. EST.

Coaches: Bethany: Krysten Parson (23-43, 3rd season at BCHS); Keystone: Chris Whitacre (8-43, 3rd season at KHS)

Scoring Leaders :

• Bethany: Jenae Rupp (14.0 ppg), Marla zumFelde (8.9), Chris Minter (3.5)
  
• Keystone: Not available.
  

Looking Ahead: winner vs. Canterbury/Blackhawk at Canterbury, Feb. 14, 7:30

In the Mirror:

• Bethany: def. Lakewood Park 57-53, Feb. 9; lost 43-54 to Argos, Feb. 5; def. ECA 64-37, Feb. 2
  
• Keystone: lost 28-32 to Harlan Chr., Feb. 6; lost 29-40 to FW Lady Panthers, Feb. 5; lost 31-79 to Huntington Eagles, Feb. 3
  

Past Nine Years:

• 2007-08: Bethany 71, Keystone 16.
  
• 2006-07: 66-12.
  
• 2005-06: 83-12.
• 2004-05: No meeting.
  
• 2003-04: 57-49.
• *2002-03: 32-50; 40-60 (sectional).
• 2001-02: 48-34.
  
• 2000-01: No meeting.

*NOTE: Keystone was known as Fort Wayne Christian School through the 2002-03 season.

Boys Basketball vs. Granger Christian: Very Informational Preview

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BETHANY CHRISTIAN BRUINS (8-6, Independent) at GRANGER CHRISTIAN KNIGHTS (9-9): February 13, 2009.
Location: Granger Christian gym, Granger, Ind.
Time: 7:30 p.m. EST.

Coaches: Bethany: Jim Buller (322-320, 30th season at BCHS); Granger: not available.

Scoring Leaders:

• Bethany: Seth Kauffman (18.6 ppg), Mark DeLeeuw (11.1), Jordan Weaver (9.6)
  
• Granger: Not available.
  

Looking Ahead:

• Bethany: Feb. 17 vs. Jimtown, 7:30; Feb. 21 @ LaVille, 7:30; Feb. 23 vs. Howe Military, 7:30
  
• Granger: not available.
  

In the Mirror:

• Bethany: def. Clinton Chr. 58-52, Feb. 3; lost 45-58 to FW Blackhawk, Jan. 31; def. Hamilton 57-30, Jan. 27
• Granger: not available.
  

Past Ten Years:

• First meeting ever.

Game Report & Sectional Update, February 10

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MS girls basketball "C"

GOSHEN — Bethany 18, Jimtown 11. Points — Marisa Marquez 10, Jordan Helmuth 6. Rebounds — Naya Hubbert 8, Jazzmin Anderson 6.

Sectional Update: Girls basketball #51 at Fort Wayne Canterbury
Fort Wayne Canterbury 68, ECA 30
Fort Wayne Blackhawk 64, Hamilton 31

Game Reports, February 9

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Girls basketball FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Bethany 57, Lakewood Park 53 in the quarterfinals of sectional 51. Jenae Rupp led the Bruins with 32 points, a total surpassed by only four people in school history.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Bethany: Jodi Stutzman 2 0-0 4, Erin Helmuth 3 1-2 7, Jenae Rupp 11 10-11, Sarah Lederman 0 0-0 0, Ali Hochstetler 2 0-0 4, Marla zumFelde 2 2-2 7, Mattie Lehman 1 0-0 3, Chris Minter 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 13-15 (86.7%) 57.
Lakewood Park: Jordan Placencia 2 0-2 4, Calah Kruse 4 0-1 9, Alyssa Toupin 6 1-3 13; Jami Delagrange 7 0-0 17, Chelsea Heibel 0 0-0 0, Bailee Grayless 4 0-0 11, Annie Weaver 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 1-6 (16.7%) 53.
Scoring By Quarters
BC 19 15 07 16 — 57
LP 19 07 10 17 — 53
Three-point goals — Bethany 2 (Lehman, zumFelde), Lakewood Park 7 (Delagrange 3, Grayless 3, Kruse). Total fouls — Bethany 11, Lakewood Park 15. Fouled out — Stutzman; Delagrange, Taupin.

Boys basketball "C"

ALBION, Ind. — Central Noble 29, Bethany 22. Leading scorers — Femi Hollinger-Janzen 11, Cody Yoder 5, Jeff Yoder 5.

MS girls basketball "A"

ELKHART — Concord 8B 22, Bethany 20.
"B": Bethany 20, Concord 7B 16. Leading scorers — Brooke Hershberger 6, Christina Juroff 6.

Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week: February 1-7

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The Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week for February 1-7 is Seth Kauffman. To know what Kauffman has done to win 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 the winners from the last three weeks: Kauffman, Natalie Thorne, and Ben Bontreger. As three weeks have elapsed since Jenae Rupp's win on January 18, she becomes eligible next week.

Next Week: Next week's nominations will be due Sunday, February 15, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The list of times by week is linked to on the right side and here. As I said several months 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; a link that should do this is at the top of this post.) 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 Sectional Quarterfinal vs. Lakewood Park: Preview

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LAKEWOOD PARK PANTHERS (14-5, 2-0 Midland) at BETHANY CHRISTIAN BRUINS (5-15, Independent; +14): February 9, 2009.

Location: FW Canterbury gym (capacity 800), Fort Wayne, Ind.
Time: 7:00 p.m. EST.

Coaches: Bethany: Krysten Parson (22-43, 3rd season at BCHS); Lakewood Park: David Robinson (34-26, 3rd season at LPHS)

Scoring Leaders :

• Bethany: Jenae Rupp (13.1 ppg), Marla zumFelde (9.0), Chris Minter (3.7)
  
• Lakewood Park: Not available.
  

Looking Ahead: winner vs. Keystone at Canterbury, Feb. 13, 6:00

In the Mirror:

• Bethany: lost 43-54 to Argos, Feb. 5; def. ECA 64-37, Feb. 2; lost 36-53 to Mishawaka Marian, Jan. 31
  
• Lakewood Park: Feb. 6 at Lakeview Chr.; lost 47-53 to Prairie Heights, Feb. 5; def. Lakeland Chr. 65-38, Feb. 3
  

Past Nine Years:

• 2008-09: Bethany 54, Lakewood Park 73.
  
• 2007-08: 46-35; 52-48 (sectional)
  
• 2006-07: 45-42.
• 2005-06: 53-50.
• 2004-05: 66-27.
• 2003-04: No meeting.
• 2002-03: 49-39.
• 2001-02: 41-33.
  
• 2000-01: No meeting.

Game Reports, February 6

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MS girls basketball

SOUTH BEND — Bethany def. Trinity by one point in overtime.
"B": Trinity def. Bethany.

This Week In Bruindom, February 8-14

February 8

• Athlete of the Week nominations due, 4:00 p.m.

February 9

• Girls basketball pre-sectional celebration, afternoon
  
• MS girls basketball at Concord, 4:30 p.m. (B)
• MS girls basketball at Concord, 5:45 p.m. (A)
• Boys basketball at Central Noble, 6:00 p.m. (C)
• Girls basketball vs. Lakewood Park in sectional quarterfinal at Canterbury, 7:00 p.m.

February 10

• MS girls basketball vs. Jimtown, 4:30 p.m. (C)
• Girls basketball sectional quarterfinal: ECA at Canterbury, 6:00 p.m.
• Girls basketball sectional quarterfinal: Hamilton vs. Blackhawk at Canterbury, 7:45 p.m.
  

February 12

• MS girls basketball at ECA, 4:15 p.m. (B)
• MS girls basketball at ECA, 5:30 p.m. (A)

February 13

• Girls basketball vs. Keystone in sectional semifinal, 6:00 p.m.
• Boys basketball vs. Granger Chr., 7:30 p.m. (V)
• Girls basketball sectional semifinal: Canterbury vs. Blackhawk at Canterbury, 7:45 p.m.

February 14

• MS girls basketball at Trinity, 10:30 a.m. (B)
• MS girls basketball at Trinity, 11:45 a.m. (A)
• Girls basketball vs. Canterbury in sectional final at Canterbury, 7:30 p.m.

Game Reports, February 5

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Girls basketball
GOSHEN — Argos 54, Bethany 43. Argos: Kelsie Hollabaugh 6 3-4 18, Alexandra Zechiel 0 0-0 0, Kassi Hensley 3 0-0 8, Kyle VanDerWeele 2 2-2 6, Hannah Alcorn 2 2-2 7, Samantha Stults 0 0-0 0, Melissa Carter 3 1-2 7, Chloe Davis 1 0-0 2, Latisha Shepherd 3 0-0 6. Totals 20 8-10 54.
Bethany Christian: Jodi Stutzman 0 2-2 2, Erin Helmuth 2 3-4 7, Jenae Rupp 6 3-5 15, Sarah Lederman 1 2-2 5, Ali Hochstetler 0 2-2 2, Marla zumFelde 1 4-4 7, Mattie Lehman 1 0-0 3, Chris Minter 1 0-0 2. Totals 12 16-19 43.
Scoring By Quarters
A 18 12 13 11 — 54
B 06 17 08 12 — 43
Three-point goals — Argos 6 (Hollabaugh 3, Hensley 2, Alcorn, Bethany 3 (zumFelde, Lehman, Lederman). Fouled out — none.
Rebounds — Argos 29 (Carter 11), Bethany 21 (Rupp 6). Steals — Argos 5 (Hollabaugh 2, Hensley 2), Bethany 5 (Rupp 3). Turnovers — Argos 10, Bethany 13. Total fouls — Argos 16, Bethany 16. Technical — Hollabaugh.

JV: Argos 37, Bethany 19. Leading scorers — Argos: Amanda Zechiel 9; Bethany: Malaina Weldy 8.

Four Score minus 79½ Months Ago...

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...seems like forever. Amazingly enough, though, it was only six months ago today that the thing which morphed into Bleeding Bruin Blue started. From those humble beginnings, this site has grown to over 210 pages and almost 2,100 pageloads as we know it today. The first previews were written August 8 (during the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics, no less), I first entered into conversation about the site on August 14, and the Athlete of the Week came about for the first time on August 18. Publicity also skyrocketed in this time period, as the site was mentioned on the BC Tennis blog by the 21st and the Bethany website by the 28th.
While I could continue this history for some time, I will save that for a later point (next August, perhaps?). In the meantime, I'd like to thank some of the people who have helped me make this site what it is today. I realize that there may be a few people on here twice, and probably a few I've forgotten.

• Of course to athletic director Bryan Kehr, who runs the athletic program without which the site would be nothing.
  
• Matt Miller and Brent Reinhardt, who discovered the site (independently, I presume) and mentioned it to me by the second day of school this year.
• Communications coordinator Kevin Miller, who was responsible for linking from the Bethany website and the Keeping In Touch newsletter.
• Matt Miller, who came up with the idea for Athlete of the Week.
• Benchwarmer Design, who designed the masthead at the top of the page.
  
• Whoever devised the basketball scoresheet in the Bethany program, which is easily the best that I have seen in the area. (Westview is probably #2.)
• Everyone who has nominated players for Athlete of the Week (you know who you are), for doing that. The problem is that there aren't enough of you.
• Denise Risser, the most frequent responder to such details as trivia contests and minutely incorrect basketball posts. (I agree, the fact that Jim has coached 29+ years rather than 28+ is important.)
  
• My bike, which has allowed me to get back to Bethany to cover a whole lot of tennis, cross country, and soccer.
• Lyle Miller, whose photos from cross country sectional and regional account for a number of the photos accessible from this site.
• The Elkhart Truth and The Goshen News, whose pages have alerted me to much good information.
• Matt Miller, who gave the first (and so far, only) interview with the site...even if it's sideways.
• My family, for putting up with an at times insane web designer with occasional technical problems.
  

Girls Basketball vs. Argos: Preview

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ARGOS DRAGONS (14-2, independent) at BETHANY CHRISTIAN BRUINS (5-14, independent; +24½) : February 6, 2009.

Location: Menno Lands (cap. 800), Goshen, Ind.
Time: 7:30 p.m. EDT, following 6:00 JV game.

Coaches: Bethany: Krysten Parson (22-42, 3rd season at BCHS); Argos: Shelly Newell (145-108, 12th season at AHS)

Scoring Leaders:

• Bethany: Jenae Rupp (13.0 ppg), Marla zumFelde (9.1), Chris Minter (3.8)
  
• Argos: Kelsie Hollabaugh (21.4), Kyla VanDerWeele (9.6), Kassi Hensley (7.7)
  

Looking Ahead:

• Bethany: Feb. 9 vs. Lakewood Park at Canterbury, 7:00
  
• Argos: Feb. 7 @ Oregon-Davis, 8:30; Feb. 10 vs. South Central at Oregon-Davis, 6:30
  

In the Mirror:

• Bethany: def. ECA 64-37, Feb. 2; lost 36-54 to Mishawaka Marian, Jan. 31; lost 37-30 to Westview, Jan. 29
  
• Argos: def. Westville 48-24, Jan. 31; def. LaVille 48-31, Jan. 29; def. North Judson 46-29, Jan. 27
  

Past Eight Years:

• 2007-08: Bethany 32, Argos 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.

Game Reports, February 3

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Boys basketball

MIDDLEBURY, Ind. — Bethany 58, Clinton Christian 52.
Bethany: Seth Kauffman 8 6-8 22, Mark DeLeeuw 7 1-2 15, Mikey Kelly 1 0-0 3, Jordan Weaver 2 4-4 8, Jesse Ramer 1 0-2 3, Luke Slagel 1 0-0 2, Hamilton Thorne 1 3-4 5, Derek Plaster 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 14-20 58.
Clinton: Dustin Yoder 5 0-1 12, Atlee Bender 0 0-0 0, Tyler Eash 0 0-0 0, John Miller 1 0-1 2, Jordan Bontrager 4 3-4 12, Jesse Yoder 2 1-2 6, Judson Yoder 1 0-0 3, Evan Stutzman 6 4-5 17. Totals 19 8-13 52.
Scoring By Quarters
Bethany 9 14 08 27 — 58
Clinton 7 17 10 18 — 52
Three-point goals — Bethany 2 (Kelly, Ramer), Clinton 6 (D. Yoder 2, Bontrager, Stutzman, Je. Yoder, Ju. Yoder). Fouled out — Miller, Je. Yoder.
Rebounds — Bethany 25 (DeLeeuw 9), Clinton 31 (Stutzman 8). Assists — Bethany 11 (Weaver 4), Clinton 12 (Je. Yoder 3). Turnovers — Bethany 9, Clinton 10. Total fouls — Bethany 15, Clinton 19.

JV: Bethany 39, Clinton Christian 19. Leading scorers: Bethany — Andy Slagel 12, James Helmuth 8; Clinton — Justin Horst 8.

Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week: January 25-31

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The Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week for January 25-31 is Natalie Thorne. To know what Natalie has done to win this honor, type her 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 the winners from the last three weeks: Thorne, Ben Bontreger, and Jenae Rupp. As three weeks have elapsed since Andy Slagel's win on January 11, he becomes eligible next week.

Next Week: Next week's nominations will be due Sunday, February 8, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The list of times by week is linked to on the right side and here. As I said several months 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; a link that should do this is at the top of this post.) 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, February 2

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Girls basketball
GOSHEN — Bethany 64, ECA 37.
(Elkhart Truth photo gallery: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8)
 ECA: Emily Schutz 0 0-2 0, Kayley Baughman 1 2-2 5, Katie Shaum 1 0-0 2, Emily Peterson 5 0-0 10, Natalie Allen 2 2-6 6, Lexi Rambadt 4 0-0 10, Alexis Lyon 1 0-0 2. Megan Howard, Erin Walsworth, Lizzie Swart, Ali Bigler all 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 4-10 37.
Bethany: Jodi Stutzman 5 1-2 11, Erin Helmuth 3 0-0 6, Jenae Rupp 7 5-8 19, Twila Albrecht 0 0-0 0, Sarah Lederman 1 0-2 2, Ali Hochstetler 1 0-3 2, Marla zumFelde 5 1-1 12, Mattie Lehman 1 0-0 3, Chris Minter 2 0-2 4, Malaina Weldy 2 1-3 5. Totals: 27 8-21 64.
Scoring By Quarters
Eagles 12 07 09 09 — 37
Bruins 16 14 18 16 — 64
Three-point goals — ECA 3 (Rambadt 2, Baughman), Bethany 2 (zumFelde, Lehman). Fouled out — Baughman.
Rebounds — ECA 22 (Baughman 5), Bethany 31 (Rupp 11). Steals — Bethany 16 (Lederman 4). Turnovers: ECA 20, Bethany 10. Total fouls: ECA 15, Bethany 9.

JV: Bethany 21, Elkhart Lady Hawks 18 as Mattie Lehman hit a three-point basket in the final two seconds to break the tie.
GOSHEN, Ind. — Elkhart: Lindsey Holdeman 2 0-0 4, Jessica Vaughan 1 0-0 2, Lauren Glanders 0 0-0 0, Katie Anderson 2 0-0 4, Stephanie Holdeman 2 0-0 4, Megan Glanders 0 4-4 4. Jill Springer, Talia Jacobs, Liz Magil all 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 4-4 18.
Bethany: Gina Gautsche 2 0-0 4, Malaina Weldy 0 0-0 0, Ali Hochstetler 1 1-4 3, Twila Albrecht 1 0-0 2, Mattie Lehman 1 3-4 6, Alena Yoder 2 0-1 4, Sarah Brew 0 0-0 0, Lauren Hooley 0 0-0 0, Caitlin Fecher 1 0-0 2, Megan Schmucker 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 4-9 21.
Scoring by Quarters
Elkhart 0 8 6 04 — 18
Bethany 0 2 6 13 — 21
Three-point goals — Bethany 1 (Lehman), Elkhart 0. Fouled out — S. Holdeman.
Total fouls — Bethany 7, Elkhart 11.

Bruins defeat ECA (The Goshen News)

MS girls basketball
GOSHEN — Westview 18, Bethany 15. Leading scorer — Hanna Hochstetler 15.
"B": Westview 34, Bethany 13.

(Photo: Larry Tebo, The Elkhart Truth)

Boys Basketball vs. Clinton Christian: Preview

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BETHANY CHRISTIAN BRUINS (7-6, Independent; IBCA #14 in Class A) at CLINTON CHRISTIAN COURIERS (10-9, Independent; +9½): February 3, 2009.
Location: Clinton Christian gym, Middlebury, Ind.
Time: 7:30 p.m. EDT, following 6:00 JV game.

Coaches: Bethany: Jim Buller (321-319, 30th season at BCHS); Clinton: Chad Schrock (45-21 in 3rd season at CCS).

Scoring Leaders:

• Bethany: Seth Kauffman (18.0 ppg), Mark DeLeeuw (11.3), Jordan Weaver (9.4)
  
• Clinton: Not available.
  

Looking Ahead:

• Bethany: Feb. 13 @ Granger Chr., 7:30; Feb. 17 vs. Jimtown, 7:30; Feb. 21 @ LaVille, 7:30
  
• Clinton: Feb. 7 vs. Howe Military, 6:30; Feb. 10 vs. Granger Chr., 7:00; Feb. 14 at Covenant Chr. (DeMotte), 4:30
  

In the Mirror:

• Bethany: lost 45-58 to FW Blackhak, Jan. 31; def. Hamilton 57-30, Jan. 27; lost 52-62 to Triton, Jan. 24
• Clinton: lost 40-46 to SB Trinity, Jan. 31; def. Lakeland Chr., 47-29, Jan. 30; lost 82-84 (ot) at Michiana Chr. Educators (Mich.), Jan. 27
  

Past Ten Years:

• L 35-53 on 12/3/2005 at Heritage Middle School
• W 60-53 on 12/2/2006 at Bethany
• W 56-55 on 12/1/2007 at Northridge auxiliary gym
• W 66-47 on 12/20/2008 at Bethany
• Other Years: 0-0
  

Girls Basketball vs. ECA: Preview

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ELKHART CHRISTIAN EAGLES (2-15, independent; +13½) at BETHANY CHRISTIAN BRUINS (4-14, independent) : February 2, 2009.

Location: Menno Lands (cap. 800), Goshen, Ind.
Time: 7:30 p.m. EDT

Coaches: Bethany: Krysten Parson (21-41, 3rd season at BCHS); ECA: Jim Bigler (2-14, 1st season at ECA)

Scoring Leaders (does not include games from Friday or Saturday):

• Bethany: Jenae Rupp (12.8 ppg), Marla zumFelde (8.8), Chris Minter (3.8)
  
• ECA: Kayley Baughman (16.0), Natalie Allen (4.4), Lexi Rambadt (4.3)
  

Looking Ahead:

• Bethany: Feb. 5 vs. Argos, 7:30; Feb. 9 vs. Lakewood Park at Canterbury, 7:00
  
• Marian: Feb. 5 @ Fairfield, 7:30; Feb. 10 vs. Canterbury at Canterbury, 6:00
  

In the Mirror:

• Bethany: lost 36-54 to Mishawaka Marian, Jan. 31; lost 37-30 to Westview, Jan. 29; def. LaVille 44-42 (ot), Jan. 26
  
• ECA: lost 47-61 to Culver Acad., Jan. 30; lost 41-59 to Lakewood Park, Jan. 27; lost 45-55 to MC Marquette, Jan. 27
  

Past Nine Years:

• 2008-09: Bethany 52, ECA 32 (holiday tournament final).
  
• 2007-08: 62-58, 37-44, 41-39 (ot) (sectional quarterfinal).
  
• 2006-07: 34-45, 54-42.
  
• 2005-06: 46-13, 54-22, 53-33 (sectional).
• 2004-05: 42-25, 65-45.
• 2003-04: 57-46, 45-54.
• 2002-03: 42-48, 29-37.
• 2001-02: 42-27, 57-39.
• 2000-01: 45-51, 55-28.