Staff Reports
No. 3-seed Toyota Tsunamis captured their third Columbus Parks & Rec Broomball championship last week with a 2-1 win against No. 4-seed CCA.
After a roughing penalty by CCA early in the first half, Tyler Houchin scored on a power play goal that was initially blocked upward by CCA goalie Chaz Smith, but the screaming shot had a ferocious forward spin and came straight down behind the goalie into the net.
Todd Houchin scored the second goal with 33 seconds left in the 1st half when he launched one from just inside the half-ice line that looked to be going wide right of the goal, but hooked in just enough to find the top right corner of the net.
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CCA came out a little aggressive to start the second half and was able to put one in when Dave Dickinson passed to Scott Herron for a one-timer up the middle of the ice, and Max Warr was there to clean up the rebound to cut the Toyota lead in half. Later in the second half Warr had a shot that danced along the goal line, but refused to cross the line.
In the third-place game, No. 2-seed Vagabonds got goals from Ryan Ingalls, Shawn Bauman and Carlos Pernia. But No. 1-seed Monsters of Rock saw Kyle Roshak score the game winner with 2:37 left in regulation off an assist from Ben Eckhart. Other scorers for Monsters were Ben Eckhart, Rob Jones, and Zack Henderson.
No. 5-seed Our Name Is Earl blanked No. 6-seed Hansons 3-0 in the fifth-place game. Tom Kareus had two goals and Ellie Lutz added the other for Earl.
SWIMMING
Club Olympia competes
Forty swimmers from Club Olympia competed against 20 teams in the Southeast Divisional Championships at Franklin High School.
New age group state cuts went to Advika Badve in the 100 backstroke; Cole Ehara in the 200 individual medley, 1,000 freestyle and 1,650 freestyle; Todd Hundley in the 100 breaststroke; Misha Machavariani in the 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, 400 IM, 1,000 freestyle and 1,650 freestyle; and Joshua Pendleton in the 100 Breaststroke. Hundley and Machavariani now have cuts in all of the 11-12 events offered at Age Group State. Pendleton now has cuts in all of the 10-and-under events.
Maggie Johnson got her Senior State cuts in the 100 butterfly and 200 freestyle, and Erica Samuel achieved her Senior State cut in the 100 Breaststroke.
Club Olympia also had four gold medalists in five events. Badve won the 10U 100 backstroke and 200 IM, Hundley took the 11-12 100 breaststroke, Machavariani captured the 14U 200 breaststroke and Pendleton placed first in the 10U 100 breaststroke.
Three swimmers had qualified first in a total of four events, but were scratched from finals after achieving their state cuts in the preliminaries. Johnson qualified first in the Open 200 freestyle, as did Machavariani in the 14U 200 butterfly and Samuel in the Open 100 backstroke and 100 breaststroke.
Three relays were victorious in their events — the Girls 10U 200 freestyle relay with Nandini Kondhare, Badve, Grier Lane and Connelly Furnish; the Boys 10U 200 freestyle relay with Shreyan Kulkarni, Aayush Das, Tony Machavariani and Pendleton; and the Boys 10U 200 medley relay with Tony Machavariani, Kulkarni, Pendleton and Das.
Silver Medalists included Badve in the 10U 50 breaststroke; Ehara in the 13-14 1,650 freestyle; Cassidy Furnish in the 11-12 500 freestyle; Johnson in the 15-over 100 butterfly and 200 IM; Misha Machavariani in the 14U 400 IM and Hope Westphal in the 13-14 200 IM, 400 IM and 100 Butterfly.
Bronze Medalists included Ehara in the 13-14 200 IM, Cassidy Furnish in the 11-12 100 freestyle, Sanaa Kulkarni in the 10U 100 breaststroke and 200 IM, Misha Machavariani in the 14U 1,650 Freestyle, Adriana Terry in the 13-14 500 freestyle and Westphal in the 13-14 100 freestyle.
Sherlock leads Donner
Ainsley Sherlock won the the 12-and-under 50 breaststroke and 100 breaststroke to lead more than 40 Donner Swim Club athletes at the Southeast Divisional Championships. Sherlock also finished fifth in the 200 IM, seventh in the 500 freestyle, 14th in the 200 freestyle and 15th in the 50 freestyle.
In the 10U age group, Dereck Prieto finished fifth in the 100 backstroke and 200 IM and eighth in the 50 freestyle. Levi Bense placed sixth in the 100 breaststroke and seventh in 50 breaststroke.
In the 12U age group, Saisri Harshith Devaguptapu placed 12th in the 50 butterfly. Mridula Muthukumaran finished 15th in the 500 freestyle and Abby Proffitt took 16th in the 500 freestyle.
In the 14U age group, Brock Smith finished fifth in the 200 butterfly and 10th in the 400 IM. Isaac Proffit placed sixth in the 1,650 freestyle and 200 backstroke and 13th in the 500 freestyle. Abby Proffitt was ninth in the 1,650 freestyle.
In the 15-and-over age group, Paige Maddox finished seventh in the 1,650 freestyle. Matthew Goble took eighth in the 1,650 freestyle. Brooke Meek was ninth in the 1,650 freestyle.
In the female open group, Riddhi Garg placed second in the 50 freestyle and eighth in both the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle. Ellie Proffitt finished fourth in the 50 freestyle and ninth in both the 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly. Adeline Rush took sixth in the 200 backstroke and eighth in the 100 butterfly. Bryleigh Shaffstall was seventh in the 50 freestyle. Lauren Brault finished ninth in the 400 IM. Paige Sherlock placed tenth in 500 freestyle and 200 breaststroke. Paige Maddox took 10th in the 400 IM. Jocelyn Carroll was 15th in the 200 breaststroke.
In the male open group, David Fry finished fourth in the 200 breaststroke, sixth in the 200 IM, seventh in 100 breaststroke, eighth in the 100 butterfly, ninth in 100 backstroke and 13th in the 50 freestyle. Carlos Fabian took fifth in the 400 IM. Matthew Goble was 11th in the 200 freestyle and 13th in the 500 freestyle.
Hockey
Mite Flames team wins
The Mite Flames sent two teams to the South Bend Irish Cup in South Bend last weekend and won the Blue (A) Division and took runner-up in the Red (AA) Division.
The Flames A team went 4-0-1 in pool play with wins against the St. Peters Spirit Sevier 3-1 and 5-1, Twin Bridges Lightning 7-1 and Sylvania Maple Leafs 1-0 and a 0-0 tie against Sylvania Maple Leafs. Seeded second, the Flames beat Sylvania 3-0 in the semifinal, setting them up to play the undefeated top seeded Quad City Ice Eagles in the finals on Notre Dame’s NCAA Division 1 ice pad.
Lukas Jozsa opened the scoring. Quad City then pulled its goalie, and with 10 seconds remaining, tied it up at 1-1. The game went in to a shootout, with Nolan Sparkman netting the Flames’ first goal and Dalton Larsh holding the Ice Eagles to just one goal. In the seventh round of the shootout, Hallie Mudd scored the golden goal, and Larsh made the final save to win the game and the championship.
Throughout the seven games, Sparkman netted seven goals and two assists. Jozsa added six goals and two assists, Daniel Wallace had three goals and three assists, Hallie Mudd and Luke Getchell each notched two goals and one assist. Avery Orgass tallied one goal and three assists, Eli Dykstra added one goal and two assists, Chance Mathis had 4 assists and Hiromu Udo contributed two assists. Larsh played goalie all seven gameswith three shutouts and a 95.92 save percentage.
The Flames AA team went 3-3 in pool play with wins against the Indy Colts 8-0 and 6-1 and the Twin Bridges Lightning 2-1 and losses to the Affton-White Walkers 5-4 and 3-0 and the Twin Bridges Lightning 5-3. Seeded second, the flames beat the Twin Bridges Lightning 4-1 in the semifinal, before falling to the Affton-White Walkers 5-0 in the final.
Brooks Larsh led the team with 13 goals and five assists throughout the weekend, including two hat-tricks and a play-maker, Maddox Coy netted three goals and five assists, including a play-maker, Bentley Hampton added five goals and two assists, Carter Harris had two goals and two assists, Thomas King notched one goal and three assists, Daniel Wallace tallied one goal and one assist, Keaton Grube and Logan Barringer each scored a goal, Robby Orgass had five assists and Jack Sargent and Lukas Jozsa each added one assist. Cayden Long played goalie all eight games, getting a shutout and an 84.43 save percentage.
wrestling
HPW hosts ‘Mayhem’
Hoosier Pro Wrestling hosted its “Mayhem” show last weekend at the Bartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds.
Cooter pinned Guy Lombardo, and Rudy Switchblade pinned Scarecrow. Randall Floyd pinned Big D, and Dodo Brown beat John Doe by DQ.
Truth Magnum pinned Ace Jackson, and Jay Lee pinned Allie Parker. Buck Sexton with D Rose beat TJ Kemp to keep the HPW Heavyweight title
HPW returns to the fairgrounds on April 4.
