Indiana State Police
Dale Everett Scott, 22, Salem
Washington County Sheriff’s Department
Lloyd Estil McNear, 47, Austin
Washington County Sheriff’s Department
Andrew Ryan Motsinger, 39, Salem
The Salem Lady Lions are the only Class 3A girls team to be playing in an elite basketball tournament over this year’s Christmas break at New Castle.
With fields including defending IHSAA 3A boys’ champion Silver Creek and a girls’ field with a combined record of 97-10 this past season, the 2019 Raymond James Hall of Fame Classic lineups have been set for Friday, December 27 and Saturday, December 28.
The Salem Lady Lions are one of the teams asked to participate; a first for the school and for 6-year Lions Head Coach Jerry Hickey.
“This is the most prestigious tournament in the state of Indiana and we are beyond excited and proud of our girls,” Hickey wrote on social media from spring break. “They were blown away by our crowd support. Mark your calendars because we need your support at the tourney. We’re the only 3A team in it.”
The prestigious event, spotlighting the best in Indiana high school basketball, will be held for the 36th time for girls and it will be the 43rd edition for the boys.
2019 Girls’ Raymond James Hall of Fame Classic
New Castle Fieldhouse – Friday, December 27, 2019
11:00 a.m. (ET) Brownsburg vs. Penn
to follow Salem vs. Crown Point
6:00 p.m. Consolation Game
to follow Championship Game
2019 Boys’ Raymond James Hall of Fame Classic
New Castle Fieldhouse – Saturday, December 28, 2019
11:00 a.m. (ET) Silver Creek vs. Heritage Hills
to follow Lawrence Central vs. Mishawaka Marian
6:00 p.m. Consolation Game
to follow Championship Game
Selecting from the best teams in the state, the girls’ tournament has included 18 teams that went on to win a state championship that season, including 11 class champions and six class runner-up teams in the past 17 years alone.
On the boys side, 14 participating teams have gone on to win their state championship with six more finishing as state runner-up that season.
Tickets for the tournaments will be available through participating schools and the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in the 2019-20 school year.
ABOUT THE TEAMS
Girls:
Brownsburg – The Bulldogs come off a 20-4 finish this season and have a 39-10 record over the last two seasons.
Junior Allison Bosse averaged 15.7 points per game, sophomore Ally Becki averaged 13.4 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 3.5 steals, and junior Mackenzie Stein scored 8.5 points per contest.
Debbie Guckenberger has a 70-29 record in five years at Brownsburg and a career record of 197-162 in 16 seasons. She has been named the head coach of the 2019 Indiana All-Star team.
Brownsburg makes their 2nd appearance in the Girls Classic. They won the 2010 event, defeating eventual 4A champion Jeffersonville and eventual 3A champion Evansville Memorial, led by sophomore Stephanie Mavunga, who was named 2010 Classic MVP and 2013 Indiana Miss Basketball.
Penn – The Kingsmen return their top three scorers from a 25-1 team that reached the 4A regional finals in 2018-19.
Sophomore Trinity Clinton averaged 14.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.8 steals, junior Reganne Pate averaged 12.4 points and sophomore Jordyn Smith scored 10.3 per game.
Head coach Kristi Kaniewski Ulrich is 229-29 in 10 seasons at Penn. That is best record in the state over the past 10 years.
Penn makes their 2nd appearance in the Girls Classic. They won 2011 event, defeating Mt. Vernon (Fortville) and Norwell, with Caroline Buhr earning that year’s Classic MVP honors.
Salem – The Lady Lions return four starters from their 24-4 3A semi-state finalist squad.
Junior point guard Leah Miller averaged 14.4 points per game, junior guard Hope Tomlinson scored 10.1, sophomore Karly Sweeney averaged 9.1 points and 5.2 rebounds and 6’2” junior Letti Nice averaged 7.2 points and 8.6 rebounds per contest.
Head coach Jerry Hickey has a 92-58 record in 6 seasons at Salem.
Salem makes their first appearance Classic history.
Crown Point – A youthful Bulldogs squad returns significant firepower from their 28-1 4A semi-state finalist squad.
Freshman point guard Jessica Carrothers averaged 21.6 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.7 steals, 6’1” junior Abby Stoddard scored 9.3 points per contest, sophomore Alyna Santiago averaged 6.7 points and 4.2 steals and 6’3” freshman Lilly Stoddard held averages of 5.4 points and 6.1 rebounds
Head coach Chris Seibert is 77-27 in four seasons at Crown Point and holds a 136-104 career record in ten seasons overall. He has been named an assistant coach of the 2019 Indiana All-Stars.
Crown Point makes their 2nd appearance in the Girls Classic. The Bulldogs lost to Rushville and Austin in the 1984 event, but concluded the season as 1985 IHSAA girls basketball state champions.
Boys:
Silver Creek – The Dragons will return two sizeable starters from their 25-3 IHSAA 3A championship squad.
6’8” sophomore Trey Kaufman averaged 15.1 points and 9.0 rebounds per game, while 6’6” classmate Kooper Jacobi averaged 13.7 points and 7.1 rebounds.
Head coach Brandon Hoffman 151-67 in nine seasons at his alma mater. He has led the Dragons to a 45-9 record the past two seasons and their 105-26 (.802) record over the past five seasons is 9th best in the state.
Silver Creek makes their first appearance in Classic history.
Heritage Hills – The Patriots return their top four scorers from a 22-2 squad that won 19 games in a row in 2018-19.
6’4” junior wing Murray Becher averaged 20.4 points per game and has been tabbed a 2019 Junior All-Star, 6’2” junior point guard Simon Scherry averaged 15.6 points and 5.1 assists, 6’8”sophomore Blake Sisley averaged 12.8 points and 7.6 rebounds and 6’1” junior Cole Sigler scored 7.6 points per contest.
Head coach Nate Hawkins is 57-15 in three seasons at Heritage Hills and has a 121-41 record in seven seasons overall.
Heritage Hills makes their first appearance in Classic history.
Lawrence Central – The Bears return two Indiana Junior All-Stars from their 22-4, Sectional 10 championship squad.
6’6” junior Dre Davis averaged 16.9 points and 8.3 rebounds, while 6’1” junior point guard Nijel Pack averaged 16.5 points and 4.1 assists per game. Each were named to the core six of the 2019 Indiana Junior All-Star team.
Head coach Al Gooden is 78-42 in five years at LC with a career mark of 470-270 in 31 seasons overall
Lawrence Central makes their 2nd appearance in the Boys Classic. The Bears won the 2015 event by beating McCutcheon and Carroll (FW), led by Classic MVP Kyle Guy, who would later be named that season’s Indiana Mr. Basketball.
Mishawaka Marian – The Knights return a high-scoring backcourt from their 20-4 squad and have won 20 or more games in four of past five seasons.
In 2018-19, 6’3” junior Jaden Ivey was among state leaders, averaging 25.1 points per game and has been named a 2019 core Junior All-Star. His backcourt mate is 6’0” junior Jerry Bracey, who averaged 10.0 points and 6.2 rebounds.
Head coach Robb Berger is 200-76 in 12 seasons leading Marian and has a career mark of 300-175 in 21 seasons overall. Marian’s 97-24 (.802) record the past five seasons is 9th best in the state in that timeframe.
Mishawaka Marian makes their first appearance in Classic history.
History:
Pending the announcement of the 2019 Indiana Miss Basketball, 25 young women who went on to win award have participated in the Girls Classic, including each of the last 10 Miss Basketball winners (Skylar Diggins, Courtney Moses, Bria Goss, Jessica Rupright, Stephanie Mavunga, Whitney Jennings, Ali Patberg, Jackie Young, Karissa McLaughlin and Amy Dilk). 12 women to have played in the Classic were named McDonald’s All-Americans and 9 Girls Classic alums have played in the WNBA.
Girls legends who have played in the Classic include Stephanie White, Katie Gearlds, Shanna Zolman, Kristen Spolyar, Lisa Shepherd, Abby Conklin, April McDivitt, Kelly Faris, Jennifer Jacoby, Jodie Whitaker, Shrya Ely and Tiffany Gooden, among others.
Pending announcement of the 2019 Indiana Mr. Basketball, 27 men who went on to win the award have participated in the Boys Classic, including 10 of the last 14 award winners. 25 men to have played in the Classic have been named McDonald’s All-Americans, while 17 have been NBA Draft picks.
Legends to have competed in the Boys Classic include Damon Bailey, Steve Alford, Glenn Robinson, Shawn Kemp, Greg Oden, Mike Conley, Zach Randolph, Eric Montross, Sean May, Delray Brooks, Tom Coverdale, Michael Menser, Pat Graham, Troy Lewis, Woody Austin, Josh McRoberts, Gary Harris, Luke, Tyler and Cody Zeller, Trey Lyles and Romeo Langford among others.
Entering the 2019 Classic, the event has included 92 different IHSAA-member girls programs and 102 different IHSAA-member boys programs in tournament history.
Sponsors:
2019 is the 3rd year under the event title “Raymond James Hall of Fame Classic”
Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF) is a leading diversified financial services company providing private client group, capital markets, asset management, banking and other services to individuals, corporations and municipalities. The company has approximately 7,800 financial advisors in more than 3,000 locations throughout the United States, Canada and overseas. Total client assets are approximately $725 billion. Public since 1983, the firm has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since 1986 under the symbol RJF. Additional information is available at www.raymondjames.com.
Additional event sponsors include adidas, Henry Community Health and Jostens.
Washington County Sheriff’s Department
Logan Ray Miller, 27, Calhoun, GA
A criminal investigation led officers to find probable cause to arrest Kevin MT Edwards, 32 of Bedford earlier this week for felony possession of child pornography.
He was charged with 10 counts of Possession of Child Pornography.
After a search warrant was executed, Edwards was transported to the Lawrence County Jail where he was processed and lodged.
Assisting in the investigation were members of the Indiana State Police’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit; ISP’s Cyber Crimes Unit; ICAC Task Force, which included Martinsville PoliceDepartment Deputy Chief Lachelle Maurer, Bloomington Police Department Detective Jacob Hunter and Lawrence County Prosecutor’s Office Investigator Greg Hagan.
ICAC Task Force members executed the search warrant after initiating an investigation following a cyber tip report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
All Suspects Are Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty in a Court of Law
A Carrollton Kentucky man was killed last night when the motorcycle he was riding left the northbound lane and struck a passenger car traveling in the southbound lane.
On March 23, 2019 at approximately 7:46 pm an Indiana State Police Crash Reconstructionist responded to a report of a serious injury crash involving two vehicles on Lanier Drive (SR7) near Clifty Drive (SR62) in Madison.
Senior Trooper Matthew Holley arrived to find a 2007 Harley Davidson motorcycle that had struck a 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt. The preliminary investigation by Holley shows that the motorcycle, ridden by Justin Blankenship, age 30 of Carrollton Kentucky, was northbound on Lanier Drive.
For an unknown reason the motorcycle left the northbound lane of travel and entered the southbound lane of travel. The motorcycle struck a 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt head on. The Chevrolet Cobalt was driven by Creighton Sever, age 25 of Madison. Creighton Sever had minor injuries and was not transported to the hospital. Justin Blankenship succumbed to the injuries that he received in the crash. He was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office. It is believed that he was not wearing his helmet at the time of the crash.
The investigation is ongoing. Toxicology results on both drivers are pending at this time.
Master Trooper Holley was assisted at the scene by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, Madison Police Department, Madison Fire Department, Jefferson County EMS, and Jefferson County Coroner’s Office.
A 57-year-old Bedford man was arrested for dealing Meth and additional drug charges during traffic stop.
Christopher D. Cox, 57 of Bedford was arrested for the following offenses:
Cox was incarcerated at the Lawrence County Jail.
On March 21st, just after midnight, Indiana State Police Sergeant Greg Day and Trooper Chance Humphrey conducted a traffic stop on a Chevrolet van along State Road 37 in Judah for multiple traffic infractions.
During the course of the traffic stop several criminal activity indicators were observed and the driver was then identified as Cox.
Trooper Cory Knight assisted with the stop, as did Mitchell Police Officer Shaun Cabral. Officer Cabral deployed his canine, Ido, who gave a positive alert on the vehicle.
Officers located over 16 grams of methamphetamine, marijuana, controlled substance pills, and drug paraphernalia. In addition, evidence of dealing methamphetamine was recovered.
Anyone with illegal drug information is encouraged to contact the Indiana State PoliceBloomington Post at 812-332-4411. Your tip can remain anonymous and could save a life.
Department of Natural Resources
Charles D McGuire, 52, Hardinsburg
Indiana State Police
Caleb Evan Stephens, 34, Salem
City of Salem Police
Jennifer M Jenkins, 32, Crandall
Tiffany V. Locke, 28, Salem
Agustin Sena, 39, Pekin
Brandon Lee Scott, 32, Salem
Washington County Sheriff’s Department
Ian Timothy Murphy, 31, Paoli
Indiana State Police
John Zachary Bennett, 35, Campbellsburg
Tessa Elaine Martin, 24, Borden
City of Salem Police
Miranda Lynn Young, 45, Salem
Taylor Kneil Smith, 38, Salem
Washington County Sheriff’s Department
William R. Knight, 47, Pekin
Jan R. Maudlin, 36, Pekin
Washington County Sheriff’s Department
Phillip D Purlee, 38, Salem
Earl Kalijha Mann, 35, Salem
Department of Natural Resources
Richard Rebay Lambert, 79, Fredericksburg
Washington County Sheriff’s Department
Christopher Lee Chalker, 47, New Albany
Caleb Evans Stephens, 34, Salem
Indiana State Police
Troy David Earhart, 41, Salem
Makalli E Quick, 22, Salem
State Rep. Steve Davisson (R-Salem) recently welcomed local FFA students to the Statehouse where they served as pages.
As House pages, these students toured the governor’s office, the House and Senate chambers, and the Indiana Supreme Court. They also helped staff with their daily tasks and met with Davisson to learn more about the legislative process:
“Serving as House pages is a great way for students from our community to learn more about our state government,” Davisson said. “Through the program, young Hoosiers have an opportunity to watch the legislative process and experience a day at the Statehouse.”
Students between the ages of 13 to 18 who are interested in paging this legislative session can learn more and sign up atwww.indianahouserepublicans.com/pageprogram. Participants receive an excused absence from school and groups can request to page together.
