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June 28, 2022

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SPORTS South Gibson Star-Times Tuesday, June 28, 2022 B-1 IHSAA basketball tournament changes and sectional alignments announced Several changes have been announced for the boys and girls state basketball tournament. The Indiana High School Athletic Association on Wednesday announced the tournament for- mat would change. Instead of having a two-game regional and a one-game semi-state, those will be reversed. There will be a one-game regional and a two- game semi-state. They also recently announced new sectional alignments for basketball, football, soccer and volleyball. Gibson Southern football will compete in Sectional 30 with Mt. Vernon, Owen Valley, Pike Central, Princeton Community, Vin- cennes Lincoln, Washington and West Vigo. Gibson Southern boys and girls basketball will both be in Sectional 32 with Boonville, Evansville Bosse, Evansville Mater Dei, Evans- ville Memorial and Mt. Vernon. Gibson Southern soccer boys will be in Sectional 32 with Boonville, Evansville Bosse, Evansville Mater Dei, Evansville Memorial and Mt. Vernon. Gibson Southern boys soccer teams will play in Sectional 31 which will include: Pike Central, Princeton Community, Southridge, Sullivan, Vincennes Lincoln and Washington. Gibson Southern's girls soccer will com- pete in Sectional 32 with Boonville, Evansville Bosse, Evansville Memorial, Heritage Hills and Mt. Vernon. The Titan volleyball team will be in Sectional 32 with Boonville, Evansville Bosse, Evansville Mater Dei, Evansville Reitz Memorial and Mt. Vernon . In the IHSAA executive committee's final meeting of the 2021-22 school year, the group of school principals and athletic directors vot- ed 15-2 to make the regional round a single game and the semi-state round a two-game for- mat beginning with next winter's tournaments. The previous format of a two-round regional and a single semi-state game had been in place since 2002. This spring, Commissioner Paul Neidig con- ducted a sur vey of principals, athletic direc- tors, boys and girls coaches and 73.4% of those 781 respondents voted in favor of the change with at least 70% in all four groups approving. Regional pairings will be drawn and an- nounced at the same time as the traditional sectional pairings with two regional champion- ship games being played at the same site and potentially from different classes. Another new wrinkle includes conducting an additional blind draw and announcing the semi-state pairings the day after the regional championship games on IHSAAtv.org. "We really like the potential of a high-ener- gy atmosphere at the semi-state level with a chance to advance to the state championship games the following week at Gainbridge Field- house, the home of the Pacers and Fever," Neidig said. "This new format will double the number of teams who play a week longer in the tournament and should create a lot of ex- citement in those communities, and will be fi- nancially beneficial for those communities that ser ve as host sites." Tournament host sites will be approved by the Executive Committee later this fall. Other news coming out of the recent IHSAA execu- tive committee meeting includes: • The Executive Committee formally ap- proved full membership for Dugger Union, Evansville Christian and Purdue Polytechnic. Those schools become officially eligible to compete in IHSAA state tournaments begin- ning this fall. • The Committee approved modified restric- tions on Indiana schools competing against schools from beyond the 300-mile travel lim- it. IHSAA schools will now be able to partici- pate against out-of-state schools from beyond the 300-mile limit as long as they are in good standing with their state association, the venue is within the 300-mile limit, and is sanctioned by the NFHS and IHSAA. Also, Indiana schools may now host out-of-state schools in Indiana from beyond the 300-mile limit as long as they are a member in good standing with their own state association and the event is sanctioned by the NFHS and IHSAA. • A proposal to raise ticket prices in several sports including football and basketball sec- tional games from $6 to $7 was also approved, as well as raising an official's stipend by $10 at all levels as well as bumping their mileage from 25 cents to 50 cents per mile. Malone, Okes All PAC baseball, 5 others honored By Andy Heuring Sports startimessports@gmail.com Gibson Southern's Brayden Malone and Colton Okes were both named first team All- PAC, while five others were named to the second team and honorable mention. Levi Dickerson and Jus- tin Stimpson were named to the second team with Kaden Hurless, Oliver Hamilton and Logan Maurer being named honorable mention. Malone batted .500 for the season with six RBIs, three singles and scored 19 runs. He had 13 walks and struck out only three times and stole eight bases while playing cen- ter field. He pitched 19 innings, al- lowing only three earned runs and striking out 20 with an earn run average of 1.11 and season record of 1-0. Okes threw a team high 47.2 innings for the Titans compiling a 5-2 record and carr ying a 3.08 earned run average. He struck out 71 bat- ters while giving up 20 walks. On the other side of the plate, Okes hit .386, with 22 hits, 16 RBIs, five doubles and two home runs. "Both had great seasons and were well deser ving," said Titan Coach Chris May. Levi Dickerson and Justin Stimpson were both second team selections. Dickerson played first base and batted .391 with seven doubles, 22 RBIs and two home runs. He had seven sto- len bases and scored 17 times on the season. Stimpson threw 28.1 in- nings over eight games while compiling a 5-0 record and one save from the mound for the Titans. He struck out 33 batters on the season. Hurless, Maurer and Ham- ilton were honorable men- tion. Hurless batted .306 on the season with seven doubles, two triples and 21 RBIs includ- ing five two-out RBIs. Hurless also scored 25 runs, while playing shortstop. Maurer batted .308 with eight RBIs and scored 18 times while playing third base. He also pitched 13.1 innings for the Titans, striking out 11. Hamilton batted .274 with five doubles and 19 RBIs and two home runs. He only struck out seven times in 85 at bats. "Getting seven players on All Conference was ver y grati- fying, we had a great year and these players represented our team well," said Coach May. Tennis camp held Emilee Bullock talks with Kennedy Rexing about how to position her racket for a volley at the net during Gibson Southern's tennis camp last week. See more photos on B2. Colton Okes Brayden Malone Need something interesting to read? subscribe to 812-753-3553 subscribe@sgstartimes.com CALL or email For a print or NetEdition subscription, $OHĔNĽ Ġ$OFƑNĽ $ A N N U A L Our Biggest Sale of the Year at Holder's Furniture Prices Reduced Storewide! Every item is reduced. Now is the time to buy! Lots of styles to choose from! * Prior sales and discontinued items are exempt. The Lamey family would like to thank our area customers for their support. Like us on Monday-Friday 8 am - 5:00 pm Saturday 9 am-4 pm 104 N. 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