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email SPORTS@ SGSTARTIMES.COM with your sports news. WE WANT TO KNOW! Holzmeyer wins Mental Attitude Award at 3A State championship By Andy Heuring SG Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Gibson Southern senior Ryan Holzmeyer was named winner of the Phil Eskew/Blake Ress Mental Attitude Award for football immediately following Gibson South- ern winning the 3A state championship. Holzmeyer is the son of Jason and Lee Ann Holzmey- er, of rural Fort Branch. "Very well deserving. Ryan is a great kid and very involved in our community," said Titan football Coach Nick Hart. Candidates for the award have to be nominated by both their high school principal and coach, excel in men- tal attitude, athletic ability, scholarship and leadership during their four years in high school. It also requires the athlete to score at least 1,000 on the SAT or 21 on the ACT and to be in the top 25 percent of his class. The IHSA A Executive Committee made the final se- lection. Holzmeyer, outside of football, is involved in the Beta Club, Theatre, Fifth Quarter and is the president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. "Ryan is a servant leader," said Gibson Southern Prin- cipal Jon Adams about Holzmeyer's community partic- ipation. "Ryan is a member of the Knights of Columbus St. Maria Goretti Youth Group. He also regularly vol- unteers his time raking leaves for the elderly, works in the local soup kitchen, leads Middle School Night at his church, and visits local nursing homes and plays Bingo with the residents. He also works numerous fundraisers at his church and volunteers as the seventh grade boys' basketball coach at our feeder middle school." Holzmeyer also organized Gibson Southern's Veter- ans Night prior to a football game, coordinating the event between the VFW and the school. He plans to attend Marion University and major in Catholic Studies. "Ryan epitomizes what it means to be a student-ath- lete and is an individual who has used his opportunity participating in education-based athletics to make a pos- itive impact among his classmates, teammates, school and community." "It is a dream to have won," said Holzmeyer about being state champions. Minutes after the game, it was announced he was the Mental Attitude Award winner. "We have so many others who could have been nom- inated. I'm blessed and honored to have been named. It means more than football," said Holzmeyer. Lady Titans race to 60-28 win over Bosse By Mike Sandifar SG Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Gibson Southern raced to a 19 -0 lead to open the game and led 22-4 at the end of the first quarter over visiting Evansville Bosse in Titan Fieldhouse last Monday evening (Nov. 22), and the Lady Titans nev- er looked back to take a lop-sided 60 -28 margin in girls' high school non-conference basketball action. "Our girls did a great job of forc- ing Bosse into numerous turn- overs, while at the same time, we limited our mistakes in the game," said an excited GSHS Coach Kyle Brasher after the game. "We pushed the ball on the offensive end at every opportunity, and we had just 11 turnovers in the game. "We played all 11 of our girls, and all 11 received quality playing minutes in the game and all 11 of them scored—the second game in a row that we played all 11 and all 11 scored for us." The Lady Titans held the Lady Bulldogs to just two points in the second eight-minute stanza, while scoring another 27 points of their own to take an even larger com- manding lead at the half intermis- sion at 49 -10. The eventual winners outscored the visitors 8 -4 in the third period to take a 57-14 advantage after 24 minutes of hardwood play. Bosse did manage to put home 14 points in the final eight min- utes, while the Lady Titans tossed in just three counters to account for the final 60 -28 Gibson South- ern victory. GSHS had a pair of double-dig- it scorers in the fray, led by soph- omore Chloey Graham, a 5'7" guard, with 19 points, and followed by 5'10" junior Alexis Tucker with 10 counters. Junior Ava Weisheit, a 5'9" wing, added another eight markers to score in near double figures. Taylor Hart, a 5'9" senior, and 5'9" freshman Gabby Spink each tossed in five tallies, while 5'10" se- nior Loren Stoll connected on two of four field goal tries for anoth- er four points for the Lady Titans. Freshman Nola Ravellette, a 5'7" wing, knocked down a three- point basket for three points, fol- lowed by 5'9" senior Alex Holmes and 5'4" sophomore Ally Malone, with two points each, and 5'4" ju- nior Sydney Long and 5'10" soph- omore Abby Deal both chipping in with one point to account for all 60 of the Gibson Southern points. Weisheit grabbed nine re- bounds to lead the winners on the boards, with Tucker (six), Stoll (5), Malone (5), and Holmes (4) providing ample support in haul- ing in errant shot attempts. "We did a great job of blocking out and sharing the basketball again," pointed out Brasher in the post-game interview, "We had 17 assists in our 24 baskets, a statistic that I am very pleased with, along with the just 11 turnovers. "We also had 10 steals in the game, and we limited a very ath- letic team to just 28 points in 32 minutes. "We continue to improve in all areas of our game, and we have some great tests coming up, for which we are very excited; how- ever, that also means we have to continue to get better and be ready on both ends of the floor on every possession." The victory was the fourth con- secutive win for the Lady Titans, now 4-1 overall on the 2021-22 hardwood campaign, including a perfect 3-0 in the Pocket Athletic Conference (PAC). Gibson Southern returns to ac- tion tonight in Vincennes when they take on the Vincennes Lin- coln Lady Alices at 6:30 p.m. Eighth grade boys lose by three points By Matthew Haycraft SG Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com The Fort Branch eighth grade boys' basketball team lost to Boon- ville on Monday, Nov. 22 by only three points. The Twigs came out ready to tram- ple the hardwood and take down Boonville. In the first quarter of the game, Boonville lead them by two points only. The game was close all the way through the third quarter in scoring, with Boonville leading Fort Branch by only a few points. Howev- er, in the fourth quarter of the game, the Twigs came out more deter- mined and made up two of the points with their hard work, teamwork and skill. Unfortunately, the two points they were able to score extra in that quarter were not enough to win or tie the game for overtime. SCOREBOARD Fort Branch (43) Jesse Brogan 3 2-1 3 8, Zach Fos- ters 8 5 -4 3 22, Lloyd Sellers 2 0 -0 1 4, Noah Kuester 2 2-1 0 7, Noah Ott 1 0 -0 3 2. Totals 16 9 -6 10 43 Three-pointers: 5 (Brogan 1, Fos- ter 2, Kuester 2) Boonville (46) Bryan Stough 1 0 -0 1 3, Logan Strahle 1 0 -0 2 2, Charlie Campbell 1 0 -0 1 2, Grant Davis 2 3-3 1 8, Ian Knies 1 2-1 3 3, Josiah Adams 1 0 -0 0 2, Malichi Alexander 6 4-1 2 14, Lo- gan Fodge 0 2-2 1 2, Tyler Kloner 1 3-2 0 4, Preston Murtishar 3 0 -0 0 6. Totals 17 14-9 11 46 Three-pointers: 4 (Stough 1, Da- vis 1, Alexander 1) Score by quarters FB 14 9 6 14 BN 15 10 9 12 Elites fifth grade defeat the Twigs By Matthew Haycraft SG Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com The Haubstadt fifth grade boys' basketball team defeated Fort Branch on Thursday, Nov. 18, win- ning by a score of 25 -13. The Elites scoring was led by Jake Spindler, with a total of 12 points. Following him in scoring were: Cye Colbert with six points, Leland Davis with three points, and Waylon Atchinson and Kylan Toy with two points each. Fort Branch was led in scor- ing by Adam Spindler with eight points, followed by Nevin Yancey with three points and Ryley Coo- per with two points. Elites pull out double win against the Chargers The Haubstadt boys' basketball teams hosted Pike Central on Tues- day night. The seventh grade won 39 -17. Crew Hasenour led the way with seven points. Brayden Camp- bell chipped in with five points. Clayton Gries, Peyton Johnson, Kol- ten Schmitt and Ben Reinhart each added four points. Carson Hartke hit a three point shot, and Jeter Sim- mons and Mason Kruse each hit a field goal. Johnson pulled down four rebounds. The seventh grade im- proves to 2-0. The eighth grade also came away with a win, 40 -27. Brayden Alldredge led the way with 13 points. Alldredge hit 5 of 10 from the floor, including a three, and two for two from the stripe. Spencer Staggs added nine points and pulled down 15 rebounds. Gunner Alexander had eighth points and five rebounds. Cameron Truxal had six points. Colin Scherer and Isaac Fryman each hit a field goal. The eighth grade improves to 2-0. Both teams will host Vincennes Clark on Monday. Coach May was pleased with the game. The boys played hard and got out to the lead and maintained it throughout the game. Coach Stafford played every- one and almost got everyone to score. Owensville eighth grade boys win three of four The Owensville eighth grade boys' basketball team played Wood Memorial on Nov. 9. A fter a slow start, scoring eight points in the first half and trailing Wood 12-8 at halftime, Owensville outscored the Trojans 17-10 in the second half to pull out the three- point win 25 -22. The Kicks were led by Kannon Sisk with 13 points, followed by Ty Keller with six, Toby Pullum had four and Eli Dant scored two. Coach Rick McKinney said, "This was a good game with ma- ny lead changes. I think the larg- est lead either team had was four points. We made a couple of nice plays down the stretch to win it." OWENSVILLE VS. FOREST PARK Thursday, Nov. 11 Forest Park got off to a quick start and led after the first quar- ter 11-4. Owensville Community and Forest Park each scored seven points in the second quarter and the Rangers led 18 -11 at the half. Forest Park stretched the lead by 15 at the end of the third quarter. The Kicks made a nice run in the fourth quarter and cut the deficit to eight before the Rang- ers ended with the 34-22 win. Eli Dant led the Kicks with 14 points on five field goals, a three pointer and one of two from the foul line. Kannon Sisk added four points, while Ty Keller and Toby Pullum each had two. "This was a tough game for us. Forest Park plays really good man- to-man defense that makes it hard to get into any kind of offense," said Coach McKinney. OWENSVILLE VS. TECUMSEH Tuesday, Nov. 16 OCS jumped out to a 12-5 lead after first quarter and increased the lead to 20 -11 at halftime. Both teams scored eight in the third quarter and the Kicks won 35 -23. Kannon Sisk led Owensville with 11 points, followed by Ty Keller with 10 points, which in- cluded two three-point baskets. Toby Pullum had eight, Brenlynn Sturgeon four and Landon Gam- brel two points. OWENSVILLE VS. ST. JAMES Thursday, Nov. 18 Owensville jumped out to an 18 - 4 first quarter lead, stretched it to 29 -8 at the half and won the game 49 -15 over St. James. The Kicks had eight players score and were led by Brenlynn Sturgeon's 16 points, while Kan- non Sisk had nine, Eli Dant eight, Ty Keller, Toby Pullum and Landon Gambrel each scored four points, and Caidyn Sigler and Chance Wolf rounded out the scoring with two each. Coach McKinney commented, "We got off to a good start and in- creased the lead throughout the game. We shot the ball well, our best offensive game so far." "Overall, I'm happy with the start of our season. I liked our de- fense, we hustled and recovered well. We still have a lot of room for improvement as we move for- ward." Twigs lose by four points to Boonville By Matthew Haycraft SG Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com The Fort Branch Twigs seventh grade boys' basketball team lost at Boonville on Monday, Nov. 22 by four points, 23-19. In the first half of the game, the Twigs came out strong and were in the lead with 13 points to Boonville's nine. However, the Twigs fought hard after halftime, but ended up on- ly scoring six points through the sec- ond half of the game. Whereas Boon- ville picked up their scoring pace in the second half, ending the game with the Twigs losing to Boonville. The lead scorer for the Twigs was Khole Campbell with a total of 12 points. Following directly behind him was Elijah Ortiz with five points and Cooper Wahl with two points. SCOREBOARD Fort Branch (19) Cooper Wahl 1 0 -0 1 2, Knoxx Lamb 0 0 -0 1 0, Eli Foster 0 0 -0 1 0, Ian Maikranz 0 0 -0 5 0, Elijah Ortiz 2 0 -0 2 5, Khole Campbell 6 0 -0 0 12. Totals 9 0 -0 10 19 Three-pointers: Ortiz 1 Boonville (23) McKinney 2 3-3 2 7, Wahl 1 0 -0 2 2, Willis 0 0 -0 2 0, Heck 1 0 -0 0 2, Shil- er 2 0 -0 1 4, McKain 4 0 -0 2 8. Totals 10 3-3 9 23 Score by quarters FB 8 5 6 0 BN 2 7 6 8 B-1 Tuesday, November 30, 2021 South Gibson Star-Times Ryan Holzmeyer is interviewed by the IHSA A TV moments after being named the Phil Eskew/ Blake Ress Mental attitude Award winner.