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ITS OVER!!! Grant County has another boys basketball state champion. @OakHillAthletic 56, Forest Park 44. Golden Eagles reign in Class 2A
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Final: @OakHillAthletic 70, Westview 64. Golden Eagles are state bound for 1st time in program history!
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It’s over! Oak Hill 2, Southmont 0. Bayli Toy goes all 14 innings for Eagles. Perkins delivers the winning runs. Oak Hill’s 1st Regional title in history
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.@OH_wrestling coach Andrew King and Fred Durben share a conversation after a phenomenal senior season that finished 42-2 for Durben.
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Another cool aspect of today’s @IHSBCA North-South All-Star wooden bat game, players get to don their school colors for the for one last time.
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My heart aches for the class of 2020. You deserve better than the historic set of circumstances we’ve been dealt. My wish is that you’ll be world changers. You’re already special because you’re in this senior class. Go make your own history. #classof2020strong #dreambig
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Kyle Mangas leaves the court for the final time in a regular season game for @IWUHoops! @Kmango2 dropped a smooth 40 today in Luckey Arena. @IWUWildcats lead @MVNU_Cougars 110-76 with 2:40 to play
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Rules are rules but some rules are just plain stupid. @OakHillAthletic @OHXC_OHTF 4x800 finished third bit had its state ticket rookies away by a DQ when anchor runner dropped the baton AFTER HE EXITED THE TRACK! Tough conversation for coach Brunner to have with us guys
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Last season Southwood knocked @OakHillAthletic out of 2A Sectional. After clinching spot in Class A state finals, @swoodknights players stuck around to root Eagles on to 2A state finals. @Peyton_Trexler and @cblair_32 right behind @OH_BallCoach #faceofsportsmanship @IHSAA1
Look in the background!!! At least three @swoodknights starting boys basketball players cheering on the Golden Eagles!! Thanks to all the @SouthwoodHS community support last night!!!
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Not since 1954. Congrats @OleMissBBB! Sectional 23 champions
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Here is how the @EastbrookGolf boys golf team celebrated its first sectional golf championship in school history. Congrats @EHS_Panthers.
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Poignant moment here at EastbrooK HS before kickoff as an encased No. 13 jersey is placed near the end zone and a moment of silence is observed in remembrance of the US #marines killed in Afghanistan.
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Incredible end to 3rd quarter, @OakHillAthletic 32, Carroll 31. Jenessa Hasty with bomb for Eagles
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Record breaker!!! With this bucket @Kmango2 Kyle Mangas is now the all-time leading scorer in @IWUWildcats @IWUHoops history surpassing Perry Frank
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Hanging out with @IndWesleyan_FB for a little while tonight. @IWUWildcats are only a few minutes from finding out about their first ever @NAIAFBALL playoff appearance. IWU is 9-1 ranked No. 6 and is only four seasons old.
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Aidan Hardcastle wins 5-2 in 152 finals and is a semi-state champion for the second straight year! @OH_wrestling @OakHillAthletic
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Final: @OakHillAthletic 53, Central Noble 36. Eagles are heading to Bankers Life for 2nd time in 3 years!
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Touchdown @IndWesleyan_FB! Xander Stokes hooks up with All American Brayden Smith from 4 yards out. @IWUWildcats 7, Siena Heights 0 with 6:36 to play in first half
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An amazing group of seniors from Eastbrook. Three regional titles, two semistate titles and a pair of 2A runner up finishes. Been a pleasure covering @EHS_Panthers the last three seasons. Fierce competitors and great kids.
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Okay, so @NAIA fumbled on its production of the football playoff announcement. Woulda been nice of them to highlight every game. Even though @IndWesleyan_FB wasn’t announced, @IWUWildcats are in as the No. 5 seed and will host Kansas Wesleyan on Saturday! More history for IWU FB!
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The @OHHSStudents stood the entire @swoodknights-Blackhawk 1A Semistate game. @OakHillAthletic and Southwood have been long time rivals. They united Saturday and both are state bound. @IHSAA1 #faceofsportsmanship
Really cool to see @OakHillAthletic student section rooting like crazy for @swoodknights. Southwood up 52-49 under 30 seconds to play
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.@IWUWildcats block FG. IWU 24, Morningside 22. Final!
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Bling!! Congrats @molliedgamble and @BrennanButche for great seasons and awesome races at state.
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Travis Dowling proudly displays what my be the biggest surprise in Indiana track field regionals tonight. @OHXC_OHTF wins the second regional championship in school history by one point over Carroll!
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Final: @OakHillAthletic 51, @giantssports 37. Great to see County rivals end the night like this. @IHSAA1 #FaceOfSportsmanship
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Sneak peek at Sunday's @Marion_CT special section commemorating a championship season by @OH_BallCoach and @OakHillAthletic boys basketball team
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The @OakHillAthletic Golden Eagles are SEMISTATE CHAMPIONS!!! 42-33 over Central Noble
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Jerod May hits the game winner for Mississinewa with 5.5 seconds to play, @GoMHSIndians 33, Heritage 32, Final. Ole Miss plays Fort Wayne Luers at 7:30 Friday in 3A Sectional 23 at Norwell
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History making day for @OH_wrestling. Two individual champs, four state qualifiers and the first team semi-state championship in program history! @OakHillAthletic
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Grant Evans with the putback for an @IWUHoops 74-73 win over @SAUCougars_MBB
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Welcome to March Madness! Congrats @IWU_WBB on upsetting No. 5 Marian to win @Crossroads_NAIA women’s basketball tournament championship
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.@BrennanButche loses a spot near the end but still comes home 3rd!!!! What an amazing career for the @GoMHSIndians standout. Perhaps Grant County’s best ever. Now officially and Indiana All Star.
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.@BiegelLandon answers with 2 with time running out. @OakHill_Bball 50, @OleMissBBB 48 with 1.1 seconds to play. Indians have to go full length of the court
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Feeling pretty fortunate to be covering Grant County sports for almost two years #ihsaa #grantcountyindiana #indiana #highschoolsports #ThankfulThursday
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Congrats to @OakHillAthletic sophomore Hope Mygrant. Her 78 at the East Noble Regional earned a trip to the state championship Friday and Saturday at Prairie View Golf Course in Carmel.
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RJ SHUGART FOR 3 gives @OakHill_Bball a 67-66 lead with 1.9 seconds left.
Ball’s attempt for miracle shot at buzzer is off!
@OakHillAthletic advances to Friday.
3A sectional 23 is just NUTS!!
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Congrats to @OakHillAthletic standout Tyce Frank for signing with @GraceLancers to continue his academic and basketball careers in the @Crossroads_NAIA league
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EASTBROOK IS IN THE 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. @EHS_Panthers wins 20-13 over @WhitingFootball
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Congrats to @OHXC_OHTF @tatortotking1. She finished third in pole vault to earn a trip to Bloomington and the @IHSAA1 state championships
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JESSE SIMPKINS AT THE BUZZER!!
@OleMissBBB 57, Bellmont 55. Final!
Welcome to sectional week!! #hoosierhysteria @IHSAA1
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Finally it’s official! Congrats to @OakHillAthletic @molliedgamble, 19th in the girls XC state championship to earn a state medal a spot on the podium!
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Addi Baker does it again! 2-run shot off the scoreboard and the magical @NorthfieldNorse lead Clay City with 2 outs in T7. Oh my goodness!
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Breaking: @MadisonGrantUSC has approved the hiring of Kevin Cherry as @MG_Athletics1 next boys basketball coach. Cherry, a Pendleton Heights grad, has spent 13 years as an assistant with stops at Lafayette CC, Lafayette Jeff, PH and Hamilton Heights.
Photo by Ryan Plovick
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This is one of my favorite pics I’ve ever taken, @OakHillAthletic @KaeRobey and @AdriannaTrexler after 2A @IHSAA1 title game. My @Marion_CT gallery: facebook.com/media/set/?set=…
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With its win over @MG_Athletics1, @OakHillAthletic softball wins CIC plate for first time in school history! Congrats to coach Johnson and Golden Eagles
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Pure class from @DeltaTennis @DeltaEagles_ coach Tim Cleland addressing @MGArgyllsTENNIS players after Eagles beat Argylls 4-1 for Marion Regional championship
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Four-straight 2A regional championships for Eastbrook football is no ordinary feat. @EHS_Panthers
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Grant 4, CIC co and Miami County champs. Pretty good spring so far for @OakHillAthletic baseball
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Visited a few friends tonight. #LightsForLoggan #paulstrong #grantcountryindiana #eastbrook #mississinewa #marion #oakhill #united #FlattenTheCurve #SocialDistanacing #FightTogether
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Poetic justice for Eastbrook!!! Zane Shilts drills a 28 yard field goal as time expires. Panthers are headed for Class 2A state championship with 34-33 win over Bremen! Woodlan beat Eastbrook on last play fg in last seasons semistate!
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Clay Bolser has been approved by @Oak_Hill_USC school board as the next girls basketball coach for @OakHillAthletic. @ohhsnest
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Anatomy of a snatch-and-score courtesy of @IndWesleyan_FB @CharlieHill49 in @IWUWildcats 23-13 @MidStatesFB win over Concordia. @Xan_man16 delivered the 14-yard TD pass. @NAIAFBALL. Photos by @mscotthunt of @Marion_CT
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Redemption time for @OHXC_OHTF 4x800 team! After finishing 3rd but being DQ’d at last years Marion Regional, @TrentonSweet4, @LucasCates3, @BiegelLandon and @BlenisSolomon rally to finish third and earn the @OakHillAthletic quartet a trip to Bloomington and the state finals!
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JK Thomas fouls Horton 50 feet from the basket. Free throws coming for Mississinewa with .5 to play. He hits both! Mississinewa 80, Marion 78. FINAL!
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.@OH_wrestling @OakHillAthletic @BrodyArthur1 wins by fall in opening round of 138-pound state finals. He will bring home a state medal! Brody will wrestle Wawasee's Jace Alexander in quarterfinals on Saturday starting at 9:30 a.m. Congrats and good luck!
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Some might call this an upset. I believe it’s a realization. @NAIA No. 25 @IndWesleyan_FB 52, No. 6 @ONUAthletics 28
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.@MGBaseball2 takes the CIC plate and moves to 5-0 in the league with 16-1 win over Blackford.
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.@jasehowell10 sets the Grant 4 record with a dozen 3-pointers. He was 12-15 from long range and finishes with 42 points!
@MG_BOYSBBALL 90, @EastbrookHoops 40 in the consolation game
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Final: @mg_boysbball 60, @amhstigers 37. Argylls are outright CIC champs. Congrats @MG_Athletics1
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Thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery to @EHS_Panthers athletes Christian Bratcher and Olivia Barnaby.
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Oak Hill senior Bayli Toy limited Southmont to just three hits over 14 innings to pitch the Golden Eagles to their first-ever regional softball championship on Tuesday evening near Crawfordsville. @OakHillAthletic @OHEagleSoftball
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In the history of Oak Hill wrestling there are many standout individuals and teams, but none can match the achievements of the 2018-19 group...my column about one of the best wrestling seasons in Grant County history
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Zach Daugherty with the big defensive play to seal it for @hnvikings. Final from Gas City: Huntington North 36, Mississinewa 30.
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In the least surprising news you'll hear all day, @GoMHSIndians @BrennanButche wins CIC boys XC championship...again. Butche runs about 15:35. @EHS_Panthers Ben Neideck finishes 2nd. @OHXC_OHTF has five in top 10 to easily win team title.
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Fort Wayne Snider’s Jesse Hamlin is you semistate champion. @GoMHSIndians Brennan Butche with a career-best 3rd.
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Might be early in the season yet for statement games, if not @OakHillAthletic girls just made one. 2A No. 4 Eagles shake sluggish start to dominate 2A no. 1 Winchester 59-39.
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Congrats to @OakHillAthletic seniors Coleena Selleck, Kody Dubois and Ryan Pederson for earning @IBCA_Coaches Academic All-State honorable mention.
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Kyle Mangas has made 22 of his last 23 field goal attempts over the past game and a half for @IWUHoops. In @IWUWildcats win Wednesday he was 15 of 16. @Kmango2 is a perfect 7 of 7 with two 3 pointers for his 16 1st half points today. @smcollegehoops @Crossroads_NAIA @NAIA
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.@BiegelLandon needs all of 38 seconds to get 4 points and break @OakHillAthletic career scoring record. He hit 3 to to equal @JarradOdle and this free throw to move to the top of list. Congrats Landon!
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Kudos to @OakHillAthletic boys basketball team, the No. 1 ranked team in Class 2A in #AP poll released today. @OH_BallCoach
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Unofficially, @OHXC_OHTF @OakHillAthletic @molliedgamble finishes 7th in New Haven XC semistate. The junior will be making her 3rd straight trip to Terre Haute for @IHSAA1 state championships
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Coach Jeff Adamson of @EHS_Panthers talking with Channel 13’s Dave Calabro #state #championship #mediaday #lucasoilstadium
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Congrats Aidan Hardcastle @_a_hard on a 7th-place finish in 152-pound class at state finals! Hreat way to end an amazing career for @OH_wrestling @OakHillAthletic
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Thanks to @OH_BallCoach for letting observe @OakHillAthletic state finals practice @TheFieldhouse in Indy!
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Final: @ArgyllsMg 13, @Softba1frankton 10.
@MG_Athletics1 is CIC 🥎 champion for first time since 2017.
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Congrats @margohornocker, @OakHillAthletic junior is 4th fastest high school miler in Indiana!!!
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It's been so fun to watch @ToddMichaelLaw and his OakHillAthletic girls on the court. All out, all the time. Hold your heads high.
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