State Finals 2023 Southwood Knights vs. Indy Lutheran - 1A Boys Basketball

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state finals ihsa presented by the Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever and we begin today's four games with a Class 1a matchup with Wade, the Gentle North Woods Knights, 15-12 on the year and the Indianapolis Lutheran Saints representing the Southern 19 at 7.

Good morning, Jerry Baker. Jan boser Richard I'll be joining us on the sidelines during today's broadcast until Janice is finally here and the crowd is settling into nothing like Saturday's championship. Let me tell you four really good games with a lot of offense, but we're going to talk about game one. a lot about defense, well let's talk for a minute about these two clubs, this is really a strange matchup, between them, Jan has 19 losses on the year, that's strange, but when they came to the tournament they combined for six wins out of 11 first classified. teams in the state, how do you find out?

Let me tell you something, they are the two most popular teams. I think right now in the state they play very, very difficult schedules and I think it's going to pay big dividends in today's bowl game, well, we. We are going to see a tremendously good offense and the scoring will be very low on both teams, but for this southwestern baseball club they have three players in double figures led by Nathan Lamb, he is not the good player, yes, he really is. I will tell you that Nathan Lays is a bulldog, his coach calls him one of the most physical players he has ever had.

He'll set the tone defensively and then on the other side of the coin, Indianapolis Lutheran Chad, I checked a little bit that they're the lowest scoring team. The bottom eight in this tournament, however, have a couple of guys that can score just as well, including LJ Ward, well he's the team leader as a sophomore, he'll be the go-to guy, so at crunch time, look for LJ Ward, okay. ready now we'll take a break come back know the starting lineups get the starting lineup in just a moment at the ihsa championship Indiana sure five years abroad it's time to get busy for the starting lineup presented by Indiana Tech Community College reach your goals as Indiana Tech and now let's get to know the starting rosters and lineups for today's Class 1a state championship game first, let's get to know the South one nine today the roster includes number three Keaton Metzger number 14 Caleb Wyatt number 24 Griffin Chambers number 30 Jared Denny number 34 Bryce Wilcox number 42 Randy Boone and number 50 Dalton party and now the starting lineup for the night as six foot tall guard with number ten Nathan Lane in Colorado six two Junior with number 22 will win, yes, forward to six numbers senior plus 33 Style Dylan, that's why we're the 6-1 senior wearing number 40 Jason, all presets 12. 9 today's first season now let's meet the Lutheran Saints today's roster includes number one Christopher Irvin number two Devon Jones number five Cameron Patterson 21 Rayshawn McKinney number 32 Cole Hess number 33.

Cameron mccainy the saints starting lineup protecting a cautious 6-1 senior number three Aiden Ali Ali sophomore wearing the number 10 Caden Lotion everyone count checks senior man number 34 Cadence Patterson Saints head coach in his fourth season remix one as we prepare for tip-off Chan, let's get the keys to the This afternoon's game is a title brought to you by Wilson Sporting Goods. All right, make good shot selection. They won't shoot many threes. Forced turnovers fill the pressure and trapping all over the court. Free throws, they only shoot 62 percent. Comes into play at crunch time now for Luther, let's take a look at the Zone Busters.

They have to be patient and pass to overcome this characteristic defense of the Zone. Well, that's in your face. Free shots. They only shoot 58. Let's see if that happens. For the play, the decisive moment, none of these clubs made it out of the regional last year. Lutheran lost to Jacksonville 71-54 in the Regional Championship. Southport lost to Lafayette and took Catholic 75-56 also in the regional, so Jan they had a I tried it last year, but they still didn't go all the way, here they are today, boy, I'll tell you, and once Try this, there is nothing like it.

Look at this place, it's hot and we're ready to go. big, wear it, the Saints will wear white uniforms, they are the home team. Lutheran 19 at seven Southwood at 15 at 12. We've talked about those losses, it's really strange to have a couple of teams with so many losses, Jan goes after each one. others, but they are center stage right now and immediately Here Comes Southwood, but again Lutheran and White with the basketball will face a tough defense all day. brought down on a turnover just off the pad, one of 11 Lutheran turnovers may be a factor today, January, due to the excellent defense employed by Southwood driving inside blocked and a great defensive play on and off of the boundaries along the baseline to block. that moment comes in handy from KJ Patterson and here is Indianapolis Lutheran coach Chris uh Remus Woods graduate of Broad Ripple High at Indiana University What's so strange about this?

It is not weird. I'm guessing Remus will spend most of the game sitting on the bench. I will rarely see him patrolling the gangs, yes, but I will tell you that when talking to him you don't have to realize it, it doesn't take long to understand that he is an intense gentleman. I love talking to him on Mondays. He's really an enthusiastic guy. There's a This time the turnover was by Shopwood and for uh Lutheran, we told you about Wood South Wood with Christian Perry, a graduate of Southwood High and Ball State. He was an assistant coach at his book club for 10 seasons, so he tweeted to his friend, yeah, he didn't.

Pick up this ball. Club Delight's inside shot is not good after the turnover and the foul will be called as the first of the game and I think they will get Coal Weiner who will be the number one in Cole. Yes, both trainers have unique characteristics. story lines, you look, you talk about Woods, he's actually one of the directors of the parks department in Indianapolis, but he's their full-time coach on the other side of Southwood Perry, he picked this baseball club his first year as a coach, but like you. talked about him, he knows that the team actually asked the A.D.

Could I hire this guy? We love him and they did and now he's the head coach of him so the first Freight Pro is good by Ali Ali and the second one off the mark with three pitches. Gen mentioned this very briefly, they can be a key part of this walk-in because neither club shoots free throws very well, yes free throws are always a big key in these states, both teams a little nervous in this moment and the hill. Jeff Ball will keep the ball in possession for the Southwood offense Southport at 52-9 and Lutheran at 57-3.

If you're going to see that kind of quickness all day long, we talked about this defense, defense, now Southwood is coming at you. a sore bat tooth, they just won't let you get away, but now Luther is turning the defense and he evens it, here's the jumper right in front and it's going to fall and the rebound comes out of Indianapolis Lutheran's near side again, the Saints. In the attack they put the coin in the correct size three in the air aerial ball I asked myself about a judge I said well where are you going to start applauding? says when we get off the bus that's pretty true Vlog for all good rebounding within that time by uh Aiden Olly Olly Olly averaging just over two rebounds a game now all these clubs had a chance for Jan to practice here in the arena yesterday, but it's not the same when you practice in front of an empty stand. and now you have the people on both ends of the court, you have to think you hear a lot practicing and then playing in this facility, one of the best facilities in the United States, their sight lines are completely unique to anything of these

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I've had Devon Jones in the Lutheran Opera. There is the best long-range free throw or long-distance shot and the winger with two and a half rebounds per game comes out with it. Here we quickly go to the court. How long did the game become defensive again? their great defense, that's the second block shot, now the flats are turned in, they get the break, the layup is up and good boy Ward with the block in one and he quickly rushes in and finally gets a bucket for Lutheran, so who come out with 12-3. nothing and on the other end a layup had a beautiful play at that time off a fast break by Dylan Stout both teams really did a good job of running the lanes and running the floor quickly if the other end is.

I have the impressions that ever You have to follow me, bring it here, well, you know, sometimes these things really take away a lot of energy, a lot of enthusiasm, I think they will calm down a little, but right now you are right, it is full speed, Harry Potter outside , in front. of the hoop there is no good footballer inside and a good rebound and he went back that time is not good for oh seals and here we go on the other side open 17 feet he got it no one put his hands in the air and the loser knocks one down yes, well those he's a pretty good shooter so the edge is 5-2, i got it, it doesn't match when he was able to get that deal, he can really do some good things, it's a really tough matchup, wider gold btw, the complainers r d Brothers on this ball Club, good bounce within that time, looking good outside is no where to go and now a fight with a hell of a ball and the arrow of possession should go this time to Luther for the Saints to hold on to the ball from basketball, you know when they talk about the keys to the game. you can literally talk about rebounding pressure all those things are very important but both teams really played good defense here early Jeff Paul another one out not good for Olly Olly blueprint shoots 46 from the floor not good South Road shoots 45 like that that leaves the ball Club really outstanding in its field goal, here is the bucket of Jones, who came in, he is the first substitute from the bench so far and he did not turn, he will stay in the Indianapolis Loop space, we will take a game , a break, more game action to come. with the ihsaa championship we present you in Indiana Fever and the Indiana Pacers thank you some people see a hot second class some see a student athlete on the field we see a future leader in the community they see high school sports in Indiana are Special because they It's about learning and growing, not just winning and losing bands.

I'm Commissioner Paul Knight, I support education-based athletics in Indiana by purchasing a ticket to your next high school sporting event, and for the first time this morning, it's our pleasure. to introduce our third member of our broadcast team Richmond hi Rich good morning Jerry thank you very much normally we don't talk about losses when we talk about a state championship game, but these two teams in the class a state championship game are not teams dominant, let's talk about Southwood, who started the season with a new coach, Owen five, the gentlemen. 12 losses are a record for a state championship finalist.

They came into this tournament with a losing record, but all 12 of their losses came to larger 2A and 3A. schools and as for Lutheran with the ball now the saints were only nine and seven and lost four games in a row before putting together this 10-game winning streak to reach the state championship. But any team that wins its first state championship in boys basketball today Jerry, no one will remember how many games they lost, everything they really care about right now is off limits and will go to the Southwest procession, the 12 losses to bigger schools , since Rich mentioned that, by the way, they lost the first five games by a total. of 38 points and one of the reasons you haven't spoken to coach Sega, there are so many guys on the football team that it took him a while to get comfortable as they manage to jump around the confrontation preset, yes really both clubs have that in common.

I know at smaller schools, but honestly, I love it. Many of them play multiple sports. A lot of these athletes are the core of a lot of sports on both teams because of the way they both have football players on their teams within Johnny Upgoods, yeah. a travel violation and for the first time in thisball game the lead is changed and the first lead change of the game itself, but they are ahead by one when we talk about the physicality of the Saints and they are going to keep pressing. no matter how big the officials allow them to do it abroad, brought to you by Sharp Business Systems, saluting great athletes and even better students, the pace of the Genesis Vertiginous game at this time we expected that from the software they were going to attack it, but Luke Bryan has got it done so far, yes, both teams now with four turnovers early, but we were expecting the fact that the pressure could get to the clubs, listen, you've got the excitement of the big game, you've got pressure, you've got a lot going on. at the moment.

You really have to make sure you play Under Control, get the ball in the middle, don't make a bad pass, if you make a bad pass here today it will get stolen. The adrenaline kicks in early in the game this way, it usually dissipates as The game progresses, but these two teams are made to chase each other. I'm not sure we'll ever slow down, no, and in fact, I asked Sassler to the coaching staff. Do you ever stop hitting message? No, don't ask that again. One three outside is not good, excellent, excellent position on the bounce that time by Cameron Patterson, yes, Patterson, very nice long guy, good length six five, second guy off the bench, not the roofer, he's a 6-5 senior had a lot of fun, both ball clubs are not very equal, although deep down they couldn't hold on to it afterwards, so that's the fifth turnover in the game so far for Southwood, well, Southwood had a chance right there, passed a little hard because of how close they were, really had a great chance with some numbers there, but the pass was low and another turnover.

KJ Patterson returns to the field now for Lutheran with 50 minutes left. the first quarter of Play What a championship at stake in the dark pavilion of the Uniform Shop with the light uniform in your Napoli sleuthberg Lutheran a school on the south end of Indianapolis and, by the way, in the southwest, located in Wabash Indiana, so we had a bit of a trip to get here today they are here in the ports, be careful, watch how Southwood uses their bodies, they don't have enough physicality to receive the call, but they are always making a little contact and that, as I said before, will continue to increase until the officials say it is so. enough, oh, prearranged, get your second bucket, fourth point of the afternoon or morning, I should say with a minute ten to go out and whistle again and we have to step away and look in and look at the contact, not much, but yes enough. to try to keep the shooters a little off balance, but both teams made a really good shot, we expected this, we're going to live in the paint, that's their modus operandi, is to get in the paint, we're getting close to the minute, Mark.

From the first quarter of play in a closely contested ball game so far, a 10-7 lead for the Knights, three points is the largest margin either ball club has enjoyed so far, this game in for the layup, basketball and lotion really good pass, good move by Saints Bank OSHA getting their second bucket of the game, block the valve within a minute tied with 40 seconds left and we're going to foul, take a look to the shot Again with lotion, yes, very good, don't look, pass, the loser goes. He stands up strong and pulls off a really nice look.

Both teams do a good job of seeing the court making that little extra pass. I almost saw KJ Patterson, the big six, five senior averaging six and a half points. He is also the best rebounder along with Cameron. Patterson with 4.8 rebounds per game, so Shopwood will have the ball and said they want to play for the final shot 35 seconds to end the first quarter 10-9 in favor of Southwood. Very patient at this moment, they have an open look at the three shifts. Now the clock is down to 22 seconds left in the first quarter. The ball was knocked down.

The loose balls went for it. It is picked up by Lutheran Hard To The Hoop outside the right side 14 seconds, 13-12 and the shot is knocked down and collected. by Southwest for a lot of contact the fans didn't like the officials saying it wasn't enough a second ago they weren't going to shoot and that's the end of the first quarter after one, it's the

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who lead by a score of 10 bites. watching the Indiana boys basketball state championship on Issa Champions Network presented by Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, oh baby, back to Gainbridge Field House South, we Southwood leading Lutheran 10-9 in the class, a state championship to leave Smoking and Smoking Prevention is a proud ihsaa partner Stacy London joins me Stacy, why is this partnership important?

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I'm so sorry and it's fulfilling our mission to make Indiana free of tobacco addiction and tobacco access in Indiana Stacy, thank you very much, thank you very much, please deliver from the first moment here at the beginning of the second quarter five second call since they couldn't get the ball to bounce, they were south at the other end, the three point shot ball comes out of there and the loose ball goes out of bounds, they'll be right back, well I will. I tell you, LJ War continues to show us why he is on so many people's radar because of his quick hands, quickness and talent, only sophomore LJ Ward, number eight in the state in steals per game and another turnover of the ball that he recovered.

Edna Slithering Saints will take you through the timeline and may have been grouped in the defense zone due to a timeline violation. Yes, the rule says that once you have two feet on the ball, you have established a court and then you can't return it and it's really good. refs call talking about LJ Ward eighth in the state, number three in class 1a and steals per game, he's averaging almost four per game, so keep an eye on him defensively for Lutheran Fake. The big statistic in that first quarter was seven turnovers by Southwood and only four by Luther still 11 turnovers combined a nice little move within that time from Will Winer Winer in the scorp column for the first time will average barely less than nine per game 7 15 remaining second quarter just starting long range three nothing to do it's a good rebound inside by Patterson and he gets fouled by getting the rebound back up, he'll stop second, they're better with Bryce Wilcox.

The freshman who came off the bench during the break of time is again not particularly strong on the live free throw 45th in the season I got one of the two and we are at a 12-10 margin right now offensive rebound Again by Luther and let me tell you that you have to check it and you have to check it hard to get it into a nice shake. and move that bucket moment by Kevin loser a loser is playing very well that's because he's moving without the ball always moving offensively now the first tie of the Dozen game loose ball on the ground picked up again caught I don't think they're going to count there so there is no sign yes they do it they are going to count the cube now let's look at the uses his body stays with it on top and the disgusting boy I will tell you a very good job on the part of the South you would have just kept the sword you're good at being you you've been you for years Indiana Farm Insurance Bill is good at your insurance find an agent to help you think about it at infp.com start with Indiana Farm Bureau insurance and stop taking advantage of the opportunity for the three points from Will Winer and now he makes it with five points at an average of 9.8 per game and the lead is back to three again for Southwood to turn it around and have a chance to get a couple of free. pass it on this time for Weiner again so he has all seven points scored here in the second quarter pressure pressure pressure Southwood loves pressure and then turns it into offense, they got their biggest lead with five right now, here's that swarming defense, no La John Legend's agenda there's just no free throws, actually not every shot is contested by a soft one, we'll put three on the left side up and as we make this rebound, we'll hit the deck and get out of there with it, his detective move goes out with him. open shot at the other end of the court, they got it, there's the tree, they take about 15 or three, that game they do about five, that's important for Luther Smith he's the best shooter from the three-point area, it's his 54th of the year.

There are five and a half left in this second quarter in this matchup for the 1A Championship. They spit a ball blocked inside. What a great job they have done on Ollie and Ali. Ali was hit in the eye at the other end of the court. The foreign seniors just keep going Be physical take a look at the Vlog he stays vertical that's the key and he timed it to perfection so he gets the bucket which is KJ and we're going to go to the line for the third time and we're going to get a time out of full timeout. by the way, we're back at a time when you're watching the ihsa Champions Network 1A Championship Game presented by the Indiana Fever and the Indiana Pacers Foreign Sports Official is a great way to make a positive difference in the community and support the most of 160,000 Indiana student-athletes participating in 22 IHSAA sports sports officiating allows you to stay connected to the game become a role model for our young student-athletes earn extra money and support the sponsors and communities of our member schools ihsaa to learn more about becoming an ihsaa licensed official text 317-943-9030 down 4 less than 30 seconds ago when Danny Smith's three cut the lead to one on the incoming play LJ Ward knocked down the ball with Kaden, the loser put the Saints ahead on an error by Parker Arvin the game that tied pre-pro has Lutheran Pete Ligordy 67-66 and the wise defeated Rock Creek Academy in the final 55-47 to advance to the final for the first time since 2008.

Yes, Lakota, you are a really good chief. 20-8 to finish the season, that one point win was huge over a really good lagoti ball club. Did we mention it's Lutheran's first time winning a refill since 2008, its second semi-state, of course, following that year at this retail? Turns around and finally falls in and stops with 12 points for KJ Patterson and it was definitely tied at 17. We'll take it back and another leadership change is starting to say that physicality has crossed the line of acceptability, that's too much and They called me to see how the university continues because you know the physical place.

You will continue to learn how referees are exactly like that. Here's the steal again, South's turnover, will they come for it and get the easy layup? I went back on defense at that point and a lot of speed, uh, showed by the way on that Shepherd of Ray Smith, yeah, Smith is already very fast with the ball in this game and we go back and forth, yeah, Scott, yeah I could put that ball under. He was able to finish off the player we talked about in the opening showing how acrobatic he could be. He is the leading scorer at 13.1 per game.

That's above the second cube of it. Here's a robbery in the fake driving round. Did he ever give up? Oh man, he's only 510 on the road, but he's way over the edge of that size, right on the other edge of the court. Fouls that will be penalized this time with the Indianapolis plans. 22 DeRay Smith. Now I understand that he is five foot ten and hopes Joy Smith gets her second phone back right. you're good at being you, you've been you for years Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance is good at your insurance buying nature to help you think about it by nfp.com start with Indiana Farm Bureau insurance and stop calling Ward first three releases the Winer brand 49 free throw shooter averaging 9.8 points per game so far has seven of the nine points they have scored this quarter is now eight will take the time again to watch the Indiana Boys 1A State Basketball Championship State on the ihsaa Champions Network in India some see a student athlete working on a shot we see a powerful lesson in perseverance some see a student preparing for success on an exam we see a student athlete preparing for success in life proud of keeping education ahead of athletics since 1903.

Semi-state Southwest Trail Marquette Catholic by a couple after the first quarter of their semi-state gameopened the second quarter with eight consecutive points. Marquette would fight, but if Winer would steal and score he would seal the deal. and Southwood defeated Marquette Catholic 64-56 to earn their second trip through the safe bottles. I'll make a lot of people with giant Marquette Catholic heads put a pencil down for the ride here, yeah, Rich Stein did a great job of highlighting how these ball clubs. Not good, you're talking about a good ball. Club Marquette Captain 21-8, you are right. I think a lot of people have been singled out.

Southwood says, uh, not so fast, just checking for turnovers. Jan and Southwest turned the ball over 12 times in this game. on the other end, nice shot that time by DeRay Smith, who had a good second quarter, was excluded in the first quarter, had the shadow of Justice in 12, one game, had scored seven here in the second quarter, here's another turnover and the layup is I go off the mark and put four in the bucket and Bunny is flying everywhere, it will be out of bounds. I think Lutheran here's Ward again. Let me see. Let me tell you one more time.

I think it's moment number three. You can't dribble around this. boy, the hands are lethal, you have to pass a lot showing 325 to go in the second quarter of this game, the rebound falls into the hands of the number 11. And let's not go to the other end like we had 20 combined turnovers until now? His first half is surprising because of the pace of the game, although Jan is on the side and the bucket is good because Will Winer had a great second quarter. Weiner surpassed a thousand points this year and you can understand why he turns his nose up.

He has one thing. in mind and that's getting to the hood, they put that thought lighter by the way, wider in the bucket, three long left a good run, well they're the first three, they throw a field goal shooter with 55 now in the season that's been active and that's a The big three, again, they don't hit many, they've hit a couple here, oh, they run an offense, okay, it's called.take it and come on, let's take a look at this contact and continues well, this looked a little ugly at one point, he will try to go against it and see if he will receive the foul or be charged, they said. no, so Patterson gets back on the line, he's fine, James, I mentioned only 45, but now he's three out of three away from enjoying the state finals.

Help ensure resources are available until big games like these can be played. Forever supporting the ihsa foundation. go to yhsaefoundation.org and make a tax deductible contribution today six points now for KJ his average is six and a half so he's right to talk at the beginning of this game two and a half left in the first half now Lutheran has really calmed down and Your defense is starting to take control there is another turnover unofficially Jen I have it set for 14. and that won't sit well with the coaching group no sir you are absolutely right that's 14 turnovers through Southwood , while the Saints have seven, that's still a lot, but still double the amount for Southwood Justin Terry, you saw his reaction on the bench, you probably noticed it right now, this Lutheran is getting very deep into the paint , they have a great stash, one of the highest teams he said Lutheran has ever had and when you get the ball that deep you are going to live with the free throw line, this is the adjustment that Southwood has to stop the ball and they have Helping in the lower half Cameron Patterson got his first point of the game and averaged seven and a half. in case there's no free lunches right now, I mean, come in, you better wait because it's tough, tough sailors and you hit the court, you're absolutely right, both coaches are prepared and said, listen, you'll see maybe the The most physical game of the four, they don't disappoint, well, they just come after you, sometimes you feel like there are seven guys in defense blocked with two minutes left and they throw it south again, at random.

Southwood is nervous, they have to do it. get under control look at this face they have to get some movement the

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pressure is taking its toll right now at southwest they average 13.4 turnovers per game they already have 15 in the first quarter now we will deliver on the other end in a minute 39 foul and this personal foul will be in lotion, you know, but there are a lot of things when you practice for one of these games that you can imitate quick hands like Ward. I'm not sure how to duplicate that you need something special as a sophomore. get out of that high screen by rolling and taking the ball at the other end wait for the referee's call if you want to count this or not yes, the back part the basket is fine, thank you if I had a telestrator it would be very easy because I would have a lot of points right under here of the bucket and that's exactly where Luther continues to make all of his shots Stout on the free throw a second shot on the foul and the bucket and the free throw good the loser just under nine points per game he has nine right now I bet there are 15 to go by the end of the first half Freddy is the word you should look for, be careful with the jumper, no good rebound falls into the hands of LJ Ward, each shot is contested, that is the third triple from Lightning Smith - pointer in this quarter Samantha feels that receiving the ball from the outside that wouldn't fall in, we'll get called for a foul again, let me tell you something as long as Luther is still able to hit some of these threes and they have the power inside, who are you guarding?

I mean, you try to stop something, but when you try to contain it and they can do that, that makes it really difficult, yeah, to pick your guys. Wilson misses the front of a two-shot foul. going to the bench regarding Ray Smith with that second personal foul and you are so right about Coach Woods. I don't think he smiled. I don't think he has a badge. I don't think he did anything more than watch his ball. Club fighter Perfection, well that's his Persona if you sit on the bench and Detroit, the game here is Devon Jones getting his second field goals for a point and they turn it over again, that's 17. unofficially with 33 seconds left the end and now he is turned the other way change the rotation festivals finally got up because even he had to block that look under control but the moment was Perfection by LJ Ward the super sophomore 5-10 sophomore 26 games this year Lee CH the ball club and assists with 97 leads the blocking of his deals with 97 leads the ball club and scores 13-1 and also averages four rebounds per game I think we may have a little blood on the arm here we have to take care of you Elizabeth and I was able to catch my breath oh I'm exhausted but you try to get a rhythm when you're calling a game like this and the rhythm is just holding your hat because they're chasing each other tooth and nail and we thought there should be a low scoring game, but they put 43 points on the board and they are completely right.

Listen, Lutheran is only averaging 57 a game and they're already at 43. That tells you I'm thinking whether they've gotten it or not, and those turnovers contribute to that, no doubt, they took them and turned them into offense, getting their second point. of the game. He has yet to score a field goal. Ali Ali, perhaps one of the best professional free shooters on the team. with 63 percent Aiden Ali Ali 6-1 senior not a moment, well you can see why free throws in most cases for Luther don't come into play because they just go out to huge lanes and then to defenses, vital seconds of the first half. this game is a good offensive rebound and a good putback at that time in chasing an unpredicted eight-point stop for the 6-1 senior.

Well, I have four players left for three lengths, three not good rebounds knocked down by the sophomore and Alexander until the first half. and a hectic first half, it was 45-26, now Lutheran was in front after Softwood led in the first quarter of this ball game or at the beginning of the second by a total of five points. I will now have the opportunity to chat with the lead trainer Remus. Rich Woods, nice try tracking down Remus, he's got it right now after your rich coach, Woods, 16 turnovers forced you in the first half, what else led to this incredible Blitz to put you in this huge lead?

We, from Marion County, and well, we play fast. So we want to do everything we can to keep up and win championships on defense. We've been talking about it all year. You have to be different to be champion and we different, and today the entire state has seen it. LJ Ward's athleticism on both ends of the floor what a special player he is, he's a great player, a really great player, he works hard on defense, he works hard on offense, he's a wonderful guy to watch and he's just a student. Sophomore, thanks, coach, good luck on sophomore. half

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with a 45-26 lead at halftime of the class a state championship we will have more here from halftime at gamebridge field house overseas we see a second classroom some see a student athlete on the field we see a future leader in the community You see, high school sports in Indiana are special because they are about learning and growing, not just winning and losing bands.

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Insurance starts with Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance and stops knocking on wood and beyond is reaching out to your children and helping them become the best versions of themselves. ihsaa's private greeting Jim Sparks in South Wood and Bob Armail from India, map of Switzerland were the honorees in this inaugural class of the year well, big guy, it's been a little hectic here. I was reviewing some of the information about Indianapolis Lutheran. We talked about his average stay in the tournament. They average 61.8, that's pretty much what they averaged all year. They're up 45 at halftime primarily due to shooting being average at best, but right now the turnovers are the big story.

Yes, their defense has obviously been spectacular. They have been able to turn their defense into offense. He's been relentless in a game that has 26 total turnovers between the two teams, obviously Lutheran loves his pace. I'm not so sure Southwest likes this beat right now, but listen, we've got another half to play with. Southwood will have to make some adjustments, they are well coached. I think they will, let's get to the halftime highlights, here are Forte Sports Medicine, the northern readings, halftime stats, My Lifestyle brought to you by Farm Bureau Insurance and there are some good ones, yeah, both bands , here is Warren's some of his eight points. he feels like he has more than eight points because they're all over the place and here he is on the other side here's Weiner doing a great job, boy, I'll tell you this is a great example of the pace that Lutheran has established here. early honey, well, there are your halftime statistics, uh, they are brought to you by Forte, sports medicine and orthopedics, what's up, Forte, the medicine of the clock, the criticisms of the north, the official provider of sports medicine in the ihsaa, look the statistics there, January, I talked about the shot. practically on a level playing field, but those turnovers keep coming back to you.

Southwood has not been able to score three-pointers. Lutheran has three, and while that's not much, it maintains enough emphasis outside that lane to open it up. a little bit more just checking the shots Jed uh Southwood has taken 29 shots, hit only 12 for 41.4 percent Indian Footprints took 36 seven more than uh Southwood and they're shooting 44.4 so that's not the significant number in this moment of the triples three of 11 and the three, by the way, came from the arm of Duray Smith, the senior 511, scored 13 points in the first half and they all came in the second quarter, let's go back to the bench again, here There's rich coach Perry, how did you do it? address those 17 turnovers with your team at halftime we have to be aggressive like they are being aggressive take care of the ball we still have the pin down here Smith is hitting threes on us now so we have to know where he is I mean we should knowing where it was before, but then they are getting all this penetration and easy baskets on us, we just have to toughen up, they are being tough and aggressive, we have to do the same and stay on top of that, thanks coach.

Jen, well, next up we'll be covering the 1A championship game, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian takes on Linton Stockton in the 2A final, and then later tonight we'll move our coverage over to the Valley Sports Indiana extra whereNorthwood and Garen Catholic will face each other. We leave for the 3A Championship which is at six o'clock this afternoon and then we'll close it out with Kokomo and Ben Davis in the 4A title game at Valley Sports Indiana Bounty extra sports and please note due to the Pacers game against the Atlanta Hawks. In Atlanta the 3A game will be on ballet Sports Indiana extra not a sports app and on ihsaa Champions Network while the 4-a game should be available just have fun it's so good to see Kokomo and that conference area particularly again here. again and of course Ben Davis with a chance to make a name for himself with an undefeated season first Kokomo is the big guy coming here, he's going to be spectacular.

I like it. I also like the next game. I thought there would be ups and downs. No I don't know if I have enough, I have one more to radio, but that should be a Dandy too. The next game, the second half is now underway once again to set the scene. Lutheran is in the white uniform. Southwood is in the dark uniforms. and I'll be honest, Southwest can't afford to fall back much further and stay in this wall game, and I think coach said it pretty well, you have to match the toughness of your opponent and I certainly think that as long as Southwood has it in They, they didn't do that in the first half and now they came out in the second half and you can't afford to give up second chance opportunities and of course Southwood comes out and picks up the first foul of the second half that Dan Patterson took. the free Pro Line now for Lutheran has three points they all come from the line okay Jake if we ever see we have another scoop we might be able to take the possession arrow of course physically that's almost impossible now, now the officers.

They're chatting, but I think the rule is that it's an alternative processional situation, it's not exactly the call, so in this case it should be the Southwoods dance, it doesn't happen very often. Village is not that, we get work from the officers. the way referees are Dave Piller Craig pittal babianta Sorry and Joe, little do you know, it's easy to say, well Southwood isn't playing very well, that's true, but you have to give Luther a lot of credit for his quickness, but forcing the situations what exactly is happening the point is not that they are careless, they are just having problems, there was a turnover by Lutheran, they themselves had nine turnovers in the first half, so this has not been something that you want to put in a time capsule.

Lutheran Luther's quickness is a different level, it's just a completely different level, specifically in this game. Lutheran led by 21 points in the first half. Southwood led by five, but that was at the beginning of the second quarter when they finally got a five-point margin. Since then it has been a struggle, a good move inside the funnel, the away shot is blocked that time by Patterson, who leads the team in blocked shots with 19. Be careful, we are going to get an intentional goal. because they grabbed the arm, look here, you can't grab the players where they're going, yeah, that's a really good car.

I think he was trying to make a tough play but unfortunately he raised that arm too high and around you have to agree with the call nothing intentional but just the right thing to do call Foreign Bureau Insurance good for your insurance find an agent to help you think on it on infp.com starts with Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance stop knocking on wood yeah, not good that Ali Ali time well, to have the transition type game, you got a rebound and Lutheran has the big guys that are crashing the boards and honestly, back, that allows them to get the ball out really quick because they're really doing a great job rebounding, thank you, the ball continues to move so well with Lutheran, so unselfish, the extra pass to Lincoln's great sides, it's a little hard to stop that bench, dunk the lady in the free throw lane and the moment she went here.

The game is getting more than a little spotty, that was at Camp Patterson, the first of the game. By the way, it's a climb, not south, taking one shot at a time, but you said it so well, babe, taking shots is one thing, but they gotta do it. Make some stops, yeah, there's no way in the world you can just swap cubes going up and down the floor. Now I have another file right now, so on the world liner that will be number two for him rich and he may have said that. before, but all the losses that Lutheran had this year were to 2A and 3A Ball Club, so Lutheran played, so to speak, and it was really very difficult to prepare them for this game, even with the seven losses, they really lost a team really difficult in higher classes. that they, the 12 losses affect the 12 losses throughout the year were at larger schools, the first five, of course, were among them and the first five, even though they lost the first five Jam, they scored a total of 38 points there, so we're talking about seven. single digit losses in those first games, yes, only seven losses for Lutheran, of course, Southwood had 12. 19 wins for Lutheran and 15 for Southwood, by the way, no team if you wonder if they ever won a state championship of basketball with 12 losses.

Now I think you have to hold the senior captains responsible here. I mean, obviously South wouldn't blame very well, they've got to rally their troops here and step it up a bit. Yes, the lead is up to 24 at this point and that loser's basket is the first here in the second half, but he finally did Paul for Nathan in the first points of the game later and averages 15-60, his highest score by true, and we talked about him, he's one of the key players and he's struggling to get going right now, but listen, he among many has the ability, hopefully, to catch something here to light up this Southwood Knight Ball Club, so that here comes Southwood, he tries to get literally anything to go, let's say Ward picking up. personnel foul number two and this will be Cole Weiner on the line for the first time in the game this morning and we talked about this Lutheran baseball club and I think they have up to six players from their championship football team that returned to- Champion returns, so I mean you have a class A chance.

You just know how to win. Better educated coaches produce better athletes. You can help provide your high school coaches with the training they need to contribute to the ihsaa foundation. Make your tax deduction contributions today at ihsa Foundation.org Southwood continues, there is a turnover for Lutheran and Southwood will have to continue this full-court zone pressure because they have to find some defensive ways to get some stalemates and stops 5 18 by the end of the third quarter. The fan base hasn't had much to cheer about in this game so far and they have come in abundance to the other side of the field and have done a great job lifting their section, here are the three lengths of the lane.

I'm out of the Southwood fall, so South Point will be taking some time off and so will we from the sure-fire finals brought to you by the Indiana Fever, the Indiana Pacers, the dhsa Champions Network, thanks to the Indiana Farm Bureau and the people of Southwood that we mentioned. From Wabash Indiana you see the people who make everything come north. I know congratulations to your audience. You said they brought a group of people. We are happy to have you here. I'm sure they're not particularly happy. with the way things have been going so far, but they still haven't given up hope yet, well you know, we're talking about eight wins in a row, so they've obviously put together a lot of positives, there's still some time left to play .

I've got enough in the tank to run, boy, today is having a state championship type day. The underdog continues to actually produce four points offensively in the quarter that they had nine in the first half of this game. Let's take a look at pressure. Lutheran Gars that's why it's so difficult for opponents because they really extend their defense beyond the three point line Breakaway layup is good, that's LJ Ward, that's Ted White, he averages 13-1 to lead this club and once again the key to I mean, Lutheran got the big rebound and a great outlet pass, a lot more takeoff, here's the rebound, but Ward is already anticipating that the pass was perfect and I think it's a percentage of pretty high shot, oh please say get the bucket, it'll go to the line.

Now this is why rebounding is such an important heart of the offensive transition because when you can clear the boards and have quickness on the court, you put so much pressure on the other team just to the point that everyone is nine down for Jason with four tens to play. Here in the third quarter, soon about this Lutheran time, it's 11 for them, there you have it and another bucket which is good and once again, Jason has no precept who comes bursting onto the court and we will have the opportunity to go to the Pro free. Line well, there's no better way than to get to the free throw line, a nice little help getting his body used to bridging the bucket and he'll go to the line and listen, and make us watch a lot of games if he can .

Not getting to the free throw line with a lot of three-point opportunities, you can find a way to hopefully get back into this ball game. Well, you love scoring points when the clock stops for one thing, unfortunately, Jason missed the free throw, except. opportunity on the three-point play Smith has his fourth three-pointer of the game and 16 points and it's really been the key because those four three-pointers just allow them to keep that pain open because I have to respect that actually. Coach talked to Rich Nine about it, they have to understand where the fault is at Camp Patterson, take a look at the three-pointer we're taking from the deep right side, see everyone be worried about the bench players who are down in the penetration and he, he's just sitting outside for the three-point timeout, although there are 3 46 left here in the third quarter of the 1A championship at Indiana Farm Bureau secured by the Indiana High School Athletic Association for the private use of our audience any Other use of this broadcast or any image, video and audio about the expression of the ihsaa is prohibited creates one of the most important statistics in this ball game.

Lutheran is 26th in fast break points compared to Southwood, just four rebounds. The president of the general is quite even, it is not much different, no, I am. a little surprised because that wasn't the statue, hey, you got the fastest break points and you got three more threes since Hunter opened this thing, Camp Havasu Madison picks up a slightly loose ball and hits it home, now with seven. points in the quarter after making two free throws in the first half, three and a half to go between each other and the fall, I think they are going to reach Jerry Smith, the second widest world again, there is the Breakaway and reach at that time . where they just challenge everything in the game, he'll do it again, well I guess our production guys will have a nice little highlight video of Mr.

Ward on the back that will appear in the lore points of this ball game, now Check out This, Uh, Again and get the Breakaway on Showtime. I love it. I love Showtime. Let them know that we absolutely hear a lot from them about him. I must say that it is my first opportunity after that movie to see it and, while you know. a lot of people will say a lot of really good things about baseball players, everything I've heard about him is very great, it's really true, the bonuses had an effect, by the way, but one and one, but don't take advantage, of course, with the top. crybaby free kick, we keep hitting the boards and picking up the courters as quickly as possible, you know, once again, the Lutherans haven't taken their foot off the gas, you know, one of the things you have to be careful about. it's when you get a big lead, you play so hard and clearly Lutheran continues to play just as hard the other day clearly one of the tallest teams they've had is very tall, it's one thing to be told really Well, another thing is that you're good at being yourself. you've been you for years Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance is good at your insurance find an agent to help you think about it at infp.com start with Indiana Farm Bureau insurance and stop calling Woods one in two four weiner now that just has not helped , I told you.

He had 53 to lead the ball. The club reached the game and five more and now lost in a stumble on the baseline. Okay, if you had 15 turnovers and there was still another one buried that would be played, you think a coach would go crazy. They still have? Even with the 15 turnovers, I still have a pretty big lead. Southwood, with 20 turnovers, now 68 to 41. 27 points, oh a nice little effort within this time, couldn't find anyoneto pass the ball to, so Dylan Scott just said, "Well, me." I'll make the shot myself and here's that full court pressure that Southwood is now putting on and it breaks pretty easily and the layup is good by Camp Patterson the nine points in the 11th quarter in the game Patterson just Liz around the rim is a good finisher living around the rim is one thing but when you finish around the ramp that's another, a little physical right now and by the way the official is chatting with Mr.

Patterson so here comes the line of backpack pre-sex Five Points in room 11. in the game Devon Jones leaves and returns now for Lutheran, what are you doing right? They didn't do well with the lines and we mentioned that they are only from the prequel line 62 Shooters as the ball Club, yes today You are 37 years old. Anderson, tough as a hoop, commits the foul and goes to the top line, which is now six of 16. They left two points on the floor today from the free throw line, clearly they would have gotten points, surely they could have used the Madison's first. three shots off the mark, obviously, while Lutheran isn't great, they're 11 of 17 today and it hasn't really gotten to the point where free throws have been a big need for them, making it no 21-66, not for Roshan with Haney spinning.

Victory for the Saints had a little left at 19 to go here in the three quarters offensive rebounds for Gotham to be honest about it and the basket this time by Patterson Patterson now with eight points from the game is about a point and a half up from their scoring average of six and a half in a minute here in the third with 14. Look at how well Lutheran is playing, they've only scored over 70 points five times this year and they have it today so far. in an audio that will be number one on him, but yes, his highest scoring game was in the first game of the sectional, it will be Providence Crystal with a rate of 83-44 other than that they have been very consistent 60, maybe a pair. of games in the 70s, but mostly in that 40 and 50 range, yeah, that was the only 80 point game they had all year, so they just play at the pace that the game dictates and they can play pretty well.

They are calculating that. he said we don't really care about Pace because we can adapt to any taste, this free kick is good, it was interesting too, what are the comments? Well, coach went to say you know we can go big, we can go small and We don't fall much, yeah, Coach Woods is obviously doing a sensational job in his fourth year at Lutheran. Well, the princess tries to keep him in this game. He and Cold Water have been the key guys in this third quarter, but they haven't been. capable of recovering any ground there is a robbery and a blockade towards it is not in my house well, it has been everywhere doesn't it have three lengths on the left side?

That's a dagger. Ali Ali's first field goal and it's his 31st of the year and that's what he'll get. us through three quarters a play, so after three it's 77 to 49 on the ihsa Champions Network, you're watching the class 1a championship game sponsored by the Indiana Fever and the Indiana Pacers. Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Fieldhouse and Lutheran have a big advantage over Southwood. here at the class championship our hosts today are the Pacers sports and entertainment at the Cambridge Field House. I'm joined by Vice President Corey Wilson Corey it's March, this is where we should be in Indianapolis in March, absolutely, it's really good to be here in March. and watching these teams compete is really exciting.

The building looks good. The teams are here. The spirit is incredible. You are the vice president of Engagement. How?High school basketball here with the girls and boys state championships helps the Pacers interact with Indiana. Oh, everything fills up. I mean, we are a state brand. We always say it's basketball in 49 states, but this is Indiana and you can feel it with him. energy from the crowd of fans, the Pacers and the funeral from all over the state doing activations, so it's really cool to see them here in our house and how nice it is to see people come from all over the state on a day like this for this building and being able to enjoy basketball and this building we absolutely love it we love having these teams here being able to enjoy the state of my brain that we have thank you very much Corey Wilson it's another collision but we've had a lot of those so far this route has to be in Rashawn McKinney, well, Becca, as we look at the staff, some things stand out a little more here.

Fast break points now Lutheran 40. Southwood only six, clearly three point shots, Lutheran six. for 14 and now the rebounder Lutheran 37. Southwood 25. and the shot for Lutheran is now 30-52 for 58 for Southwest 20 of 49 for 41 percent turnovers continue to be a major problem as the wingback gets his 6- 1 of the game in the fourth quarter. game and it looks like Lutheran is on its way to its second championship this year, the reason I say they won in football which is just a few blocks from where we are now. First Lutheran scored nine points in the first period 36 points in the second period and 32 points in the third period, but they're still not shooting, they're not great, they're just taking a series of shots primarily on The Rim and then obviously the three-point shooting is enough to keep everything honest, the foreign Lutheran is six of 14 from three-point range.

You know, we've obviously highlighted the losses that Lutheran has had the hat of him, but I don't know how you can play much better than what they're playing today, so you know. These teams make it hot here at the end, especially at tournament time, and they play at the level that Lutheran has. I guess they have learned a lot from those defeats that we have highlighted. They lost a game this year to Southwestern with Shelbyville. but they won that game by 51. Their losses, with the exception of Wonder, but the buffer they lost on January 20, have been really negligible with that petty lawsuit, of course, but with the kind of loss you had a chance at to win the game.

Certainly close games that they had a chance to win, another one then a big loss to Vermont that they lost by 20. They had six losses by a total of 25 points, that's 4.2 per game and the other one, as I mentioned, was a 20 point loss and you can say well you know sometimes teams will have an easier route if you listen to this Greenwood Christian 19-7 Bloomfield 24-4 lagoti 20-8 uh than beating a pretty good team you can bet that both big pros are good at that weiner time now there's enough lutheran meat that could have been so busy it would have been one for the ages there 13 points now for paterson lugonis beat number five greenwood christian number one bloomfield number four lugonis so that they didn't have an easy trip to get here Ward hits that back and you would have missed me for a few minutes a minute passed in this last quarter and it's been little, but all of them Whooper and right to bagito didn't do as Jan Trail mentioned at the end of the first fourth Southwood 10 Lutheran nine but then Francis came out, well if you didn't know who was coming in LJ Ward, watch this broadcast.

I guess you'll walk away and maybe call some of your friends long ago. Everybody needs to see number 11, who's just a sophomore for the next two years, larae Smith with 20 points to his credit right now, here's number 11. and he plays both ends, you know, it's not much about of the offense, in fact, it may be much more about their breakfast and the defense got them. both 21 and offered Ray Smith 85 points on the board, now the Class 1A record for most points in the game is 89 by Morristown against Southwood in 2018. Southwood has only four seniors on this club baseball, but they are the three best scorers. also a lineman with 11, although yes, eight of the 11 in the second quarter of this game, he is a good player, he is really surprised by the fact that he went over a thousand points and his career average is 14.

Really a good player for the second time. this year and they really nailed it. I could say that I won't say easy Jam, but they have been constant, they took it away. Yes, I realize we mentioned it. It is mentioned again that they simply have another level of quickness. They've got good size in the middle they've got all those components when it's firing on all cylinders, boy, they're a tough team to beat, although they've had 21 turnovers so far for Southwood and that's been one of the biggest Packers in this game. It's not my sloppy game, it's just that the compressor is relentless, it just never ends, yeah.

The war ends with maybe five cameramen, not good, hard to believe with the whole accident in the coordinates the first time he was on the line today. Savage 13-1, foreign emergencies, there's a volleyball game going on a little bit again three laps away and honestly you've been apart of Southwood really needing a bench today and just couldn't hit from the outside coming into the third period, they were only one of eight. and they haven't helped that number at all in a game like this where the lane is so crowded that the paint is so crowded that you have to be honest with some open shots from outside that part of the game that they just haven't been able to. connect with Arizona for the way it's a 30 second timeout.

This 30-second timeout is brought to you by Business Systems, saluting great athletes and even better students at the end of the first quarter 10-9 in Southwood's favor at halftime, Lutheran went up 45. -26 extended it to 20 77- 49 after three and now, with 550 remaining, that's 86 to be free. Check out the Indianapolis Lutheran School biography I mentioned earlier. They are a school in the south end of our city that we love. the football championship last November, just a few blocks from here and Lucas Oil Stadium, so they have a good position in their favor, very good score, yes, and what's really interesting, if you look at them, they play in the Indiana Crossroads Crawfords, they tied. second, yeah, they didn't even win their conference, they were five and two in time for second place in the Southwood conference, by the way, member of The Three Rivers conference, they were five and four and tied for fifth place, so nothing from that would give you an indication that you would be playing for a championship, but here they are and it's hard to measure them, you look at these games on paper, you watch film and everything indicated that this was probably going to be close and Bluetooth just came to the field house. and I'm not sure they can play much better, at least so far they have played very well.

Mosher misses the second at two, that's 19 points for him in this ball game, by the way, this game is made for the faint of heart, that's for sure, I expected it, I expected it in your face, the defense, I really don't I anticipated it to be so physical. I'll be honest with you, I knew they were going to come after you at both ends and it's been hard, I can't. no one can, you can't count 10 uncontested shots in this game, well that's the best shot, offering shots or deflecting to the gods, those are hidden statistics that are sometimes underestimated.

I've always felt that deflections and that kind of thing are just as big as some of the big stats three minutes into the first quarter and over again here are the three-on-two break baseball stats grabbing their way up, yeah, like that which is the closest to the end to touch the layup as we go to Jeff, that's 15 points. Now, for Jason Opriza, he's 10-8 midway through the fourth quarter of this game. Later, Lutheran just tied the state record for Class A with 89 points, the most in a Class A championship game, and that just changed, just now.

The record was up before it could end they brought the record for the most points 23 points not for loser world record held by Morristown, I think, against Southward 6-2 senior coming off the bench played in 13 games this year and the most combined points by the way, is 152. Lawrence Central versus uh Eugene Duggar yeah, it's like a timeout again SAA Champions Network some people see a meeting in the locker room we see a second class some see a student athlete in the court we see a future leader in the community you see, high school sports in Indiana are special because they are about learning and growing, not just gaining and losing fans.

I'm Commissioner Paul 90, I support education-based athletics in Indiana by purchasing a ticket to your next inspired high school sporting event. by touch, second consecutive Class 1a football championship, Jackson Willis threw for 278 yards and four touchdowns in that game. Devon Jones, also on the basketball team here, caught three of those touchdown passes. Luke Bryan crushed South Adams 30-13 in the final second to score. Here, Jan, just taking a look at the point lotion with 22, Ward had 17. Smith with 21 and, uh, Camp Peterson, now with Patterson, I should say with 13. We've tied the all-time record for total points in the game and and the biggest margin of victory if it doesn't change is also Jeopardy, the most points is Jeopardy, no one or with 15 now the most points combined in a half is on Jeopardy, did I get everything there?Madison started with Chad now for that 2018. but Southward played, they don't want to, I'm sure they don't want to talk about this, but listen, there's no shame in you coming to this place and playing in this tournament, certainly, obviously you want to have a chance to win these games and just to get here, you know, we've talked to teams time and time again that would give anything just to be here.

Snow. I'm trying to think of Jam, the last time I did one of these games where our team scored. 100 points. I would have to go. Wow, it's been a while in any of the four classes and here's a ranking for some of the five five players in Southwood. We mention the four seniors. Know? Please think it's going to come out. Take out the weiner. of the game Winer in the wine is hard, it's hard to lose, but it's not like that, it's not clearly what they wanted or expected Randy to come on the court now, here's Jared Denny with two and a half minutes left 95 63.

Okay , now you can increase the record, but the most points scored in the second half is 15 points now for Camp Patterson. Why when I'm near you streaming? Why is everything so dramatic? It's all happening, you know, and you and I chatted before the game tonight. I would stay this morning. We thought this might be pretty close. We really did it. Before they asked me who I think would win. I said I can't call this one. I didn't even predict it, I just think it's going to be very close and certainly on paper it looked like that and sometimes the paper doesn't always clearly say how a game is going as we'll talk to the missing line on the front.

Nelson changes from The Far Side line they will take Patterson to KJ Patterson and they will go out to shoot a place of almost 10 points in this game license, a 6'5 freshman, they have good expectations on the Southward team, we will see how the fair is going. Going into the next year, they started with four seniors, so they lost a lot. Well, we need to talk a little more about Christian Perry and what he has provided for this ball club. People don't really realize that he didn't get this job to the core. in the sea, you know, before the season started he didn't have much time and when he was able to put together a team and get this team to escape, it was a phenomenal feat for him, really people don't really understand the backstory of clearly how he got the job and when he got it right.

The good thing is that Jen had been an assistant at the ballclub for 10 years which was huge, it wasn't like the green one, he had a complete stranger and me. I asked him on Monday. I told him: do you know how the children accepted you? And he said, Well, I've been there forever, so today was no big deal. In fact, they wanted it. Yes, they did it to have a second. I want to talk about it. himself about his athletic prowess, here's Danny's shot from the left side getting him the first points. In fact, Perry graduated from Southwood and has so many school records that you can't believe Perry was Southwood. record holder in the 800 meter run the 1600 meter run the 3200 meter run the 1600 meter relay had this healthy school record for cross country and had the record for most reporters at a basketball game, you're right on top , man, some things just sound pretty good, oh God, and The Scrambled comes up, we've got 40 seconds to go, oh, they take it away again, take it out of bounds.

We talked about uh, Remus Woods, he works in the parks department in Indy, as you mentioned, Jan, he has no experience as a head coach at the collegiate level until he came to Lutheran in the past he had coached in football passing at Manuel and also He was the girls' head track coach. Wow, and a nicer manual won't just be great! There he is, right there, in your photo, just a wonderful human being. be and only say the right things if you love his behavior he says I do my training in practice You won't see me do much because I already did everything I had to do it was funny because I said He accepted the job from one of the assistant coaches, He looked at him and said, "You know you're the head coach, you can come off the bench." I don't think he's ever been out of defense except the best team on the day he had. once when they had a I think when the pupil could have had the uh Fly Away slam and since then he hasn't done it again and how about that?

The smile is priceless, which means that he will never be successful because he doesn't direct Rave like all these NCAA geniuses right now. He does it the right way if you speak well. His point was Jen, like you said. I trained him in practice, what am I going to do now? He told me that. He said my style is watching. I work with him as hard as you can practically work with him. They know what to do. My expectation is that they will. I'll sit here and watch this. I'll help you. I will help you if you need me.

Well, we are at 12.4 seconds and what has been a historic game. I think when we come back, when this game is over, I'm going to take advantage. Wait, I guess that smile will be as big as ever when this thing finally sounds the horn with five seconds left and the rebound hits Rue Perennial, but they just got their 20th win of the year and they win the ball game by S7. 66 66 wow, the pressure was completely relentless, they rebounded, they had all the components, they had high length on the inside and clearly the three point shot on the outside was enough to keep things open in the middle when it was as we expected to a certain extent.

We thought this would be up and down, Sam, but the pace started fast and broke. Look, what makes them equal makes a lot of sense. I'm just saying I went to the chiropractor earlier on Friday and I think I have to go back. because I don't know if my neck has ever moved that fast and that much from side to side and it's really difficult from a transmission standpoint to try to keep track of all the fouls and what's going on out there because to stop when you get there he realized they had done something else, yeah listen I'll tell you when it's all said in time, two really good teams came in and played hard at the end of the day.

Lutheran will take home the championship trophy and Southwood will have the runner-up spot. trophy let's go out to the yard right now rich and I'll be my friend Lutheran coach Remus Woods first state basketball championship for the Lutheran high school congratulations on what happened here today from the second quarter in which Lutheran basketball is played and what is Lutheran basketball everything gas there were no breaks that you forced, I think 24 turnovers but you had 18 of your own, but what was the difference in the pace of this game? We just had to settle into great lights, great atmosphere, you know, I know our guys are going to make it, but we just trust. each other, 97 points is a record for a basketball class, the state champion's shots were close to reaching that hundred mark, but what would you say about this historic performance today?

We just wanted to play as a team, we didn't really care about the score. I just wanted to play hard for four quarters, what does this mean for a small school in Indianapolis to go on the big stage here at Gainbridge Field House and win the state title? Just look behind Class A Lutheran champions Jerry Baker, well, the award for proper craft battle attitude. probably presented to an athlete in Class 1A by the Indiana Pacers and the Indiana favorite who are proud to support him, he had his game at every level and now, ladies and gentlemen, turn your attention to center court which presents the award to the right mental attitude.

On behalf of the ihsaa South Knox Senior Executive Committee, we would like to welcome Ray Kraft, former ihsaa associate commissioner, and Corey Wilson, vice president of community engagement for pacemaker sports and entertainment, to assist with the presentation of the award. Raycraft average attitude for the class. 1st men's basketball, in addition to the award, the Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever, presenting sponsors of the ihsaa men's basketball state tournament, will award a $1,000 scholarship to the Winner's School on behalf of ihsaa, please join us in thanking the Indiana Pacers. and Indiana Fever for their generous support of student-athletes and high school basketball in the great state of Indiana, invite us parents to join them in the Arena.

The recipient of this award was selected by the ihsaa executive committee. The student was nominated by his principal and coach and stood out in mental attitude, athletic ability, scholarship and leadership. The

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Raycraft Middle Attitude Award winner for Class 1a boys basketball is Coal Winer and the Southwest High School glider becomes, by the way, the fourth winner of another 2003 Southwest Attitude Award, Colby Coleman in baseball 2009 not only of Harlington and Carson Blair volleyball and men's basketball 2018, is a member of the National and Technical Honor Society, the Three Rivers Conference team in 22-23 named to the wabash county first team participated in soccer and athletics in addition to basketball, he plans to attend Liberty University to study business administration and our congratulations to him, he is the son of Adam and Kelly Weiner of Wabash Indiana, let's be rich again, Cole Weiner, congratulations, I know this is not the way where you wanted your senior. season to end, but what an achievement for you, what an achievement for your team.

I can see the emotions on your face, what are you feeling now? I am very proud of the team. I love every one of them guys, and I'm I'm really proud of our guys, even though it's a great team and really proud of our guys. Tell me a little about how this team made this journey. You lost your first five games on record going the distance. team to achieve what you knew, we never gave up, we started with five, things weren't looking good and we started, we just started playing. Tufts started not letting people push us around and that's what got us here, yeah.

What a tremendous show of support from Wabash today for Southwood. Congratulations Cole on a great year. Thank you. Good luck in your future. Mom and Dad. I want to talk to you just for a minute if I can. You have two guys on this team. proud you are today despite the result uh we're super proud I just tried to soak in the whole season of number one the guys played together but this group of guys coach this whole team it was a lot of fun to watch them get into it. At the beginning of the year, they didn't give up, I just mean, it was amazing to see them get to this point and mom tells me about Cole and what's next for him.

He is planning to attend Liberty University and so are we. We are excited for him to start a new journey and he has had an amazing journey and we are so proud of him. Southwood, congratulations on a great season. By the way, Gold scored 15 points and six rebounds in the ball game. He had a good second half. of the game and now at this moment, let's welcome the Savannah State assistant to our medal presentation. Let's also welcome ihsaa executive committee members from Southwood High School to Tom Pinnacle from cherubusco Paul Voigt and from Chester to Jeff Hamstrom as they present medals to our 1st class.

State runner-up South would have nine, those are the other two players in double figures scoring for Southwest. His brother, Eric Cole, Will Winer had 13 points from the game and Jason Oprcic, who swept the second half, finished with 17 points for the The Lutheran Saints were strong, Jan, were consistently strong with the Five Guys in double figures led by the 22 points from Kaden underdog and had a fantastic fourth quarter that kept the pressure on Ray Smith's 21 points and I would be remiss. If I don't mention five triples from that game that give him 58 in the year 17 points of the contest for LJ Ward, leave his praise, everyone, he was everywhere, a total of 15 points for Cam Patterson and 10 more for KJ Patterson, like this that the families did pretty well today and it's a shame that a game like this gets out of hand.

We haven't seen many games where they've been this unbalanced, but we give all the credit to Luther and they came. they came out strong and never took their foot off the pedal yeah well said Megan you are absolutely right they just played the perfect game and were clearly the champions today but you know we talk a lot about Indiana basketball and how good it feels . to carry that championship trophy, well let me tell you that a part of Indiana basketball is the passion that that young man showed right there in the loss, yeah, you know, it literally made him cry while he was super proud of winning the highest.

Individual awards, you could win the passion that that young man had for his team, his family, the community and getting here, that is the most important thing about Indiana basketball, is taking that girl to the championship, the executive committee meets each school presents by the way he presents his candidate. for the mental attitude award and that selection is made before the final horn so winning or losing is irrelevant as to that particular individual's choice when a winner with a winning team gets the medal that's just part of the celebration territory, but you saw By the way, the emotion in Coal Weiner and his parents also feltMimosa herself, that's the first thing it means to lose in this game and also the excitement of winning such a prestigious award, yes, you put so much into the season.

I've highlighted that they were obviously in a great race, you have all that momentum, all that emotion and I guess there's not a lot of people in Wabash right now, the crowd is supportive and just a fake, you know, a little short today clearly it was very emotional . but well deserved, you know he will remember Ward all his life, only very few have been awarded and he is one of them, yes, here comes the runner-up trophy, it is presented to the team, that is, Jason Alpresek, whose number 40 was out. There's a good look inside Paul Weiner and that will fit nicely in Southworld High School's trophy case for the way they won another state championship in 2002, took home Class 1A and won a football championship, ​​so we'll add another bit of hardware to your uh to your trophy case.

I actually have that game. I remember it well. It is a very attractive group of young people. That's what it's about. Right there, the cheerleaders, let me tell a lot of people, you don't talk about the coaches, the managers, the athletic directors, so you don't forget the bus driver or the bus drivers. I was getting close to him, but let me tell you something that you and the coaches will tell us. having all of that to support each other to get here and it has to work out yeah exactly right so by the way it's Southwood this is their second trip to the boys basketball state finals in their second loss in 2018 they lost. to Morristown 89-60 in the 1A state title game.

John Burns was the head coach of that baseball club at the time, they went 25-4 this year, so Jen has had a really difficult experience coming to Indy because they gave up 89 points from that first loss, since today they gave up 97, yes, clearly, it was a tough day for them and they are going to remember this day for a long time, but let me tell you something that four seniors talked about. this ballclub, but before we talk about that, let's go to Mr. Rich and I, One More Time coach Perry. I know this isn't what you wanted on this last day of your season, but put into perspective what this team accomplished with a pretty slow start.

Frankly, it's hard to put into perspective what they've done, like you said, starting at zero and five and coming into sectional play under 500 and then continuing this streak. I mean, we won eight games during the regular season in four months. and then they won eight games in three weeks and to get us here, I mean, it's amazing that they could do that and the determination that they have and I told them at halftime don't let anyone tell you that you can. You don't do anything, even when you are an adult, you go out and achieve whatever you want to do, everything is in your hands, no one else can choose your number.

The seniors mean the world to me in my first class and they wanted me to coach them. when John broke out he moved on and I'm glad I was able to be that guy that led him down and be a part of it with them, but they mean the world to me, we're watching Lutheran receive their state championship medals, what was that like? The team just overwhelms you today they were much faster than us, much more aggressive defensively, we couldn't handle it very well, we hadn't seen that this season and we weren't, I mean, we knew they were going to do it.

Be aggressive, but you can't replicate it in practice and they are very aggressive and inside they were getting to the basket at us. Smith started hitting us and then in the second half and I mean, it seemed like everything that could happen was happening. For them he shot very well at the free throw line, they are not a very good free throw percentage, they are not a very good free throw team, but today they were falling in love with him and I mean the points they won against us . by free throws it wouldn't matter but it could have gotten closer but they are a really good team and your final state champion for a reason Coach Perry congratulations on an amazing and outstanding first season thank you very much a side note no team has had.

Ever won a championship in ihsa basketball with 12 defeats Plus or a single class 16 victories would have equaled the fewest for a champion in the history of the tournament it was not going to be today the defeats of the two teams combined 19 was the most in any championship game Jen, you and I talked about this in our opening. It was a strange situation. You have two teams that had to beat some highly ranked teams just to get here and today caught up to one of them. He really did and sometimes he didn't. It doesn't matter what you do when the other opponent has their positive game, it just is what it is, we have seen it several times and we have also seen that team and we highlight that at the beginning of this broadcast both teams were hot in this game, one of These teams came out incredibly hot, they played so well, I don't know if they could have played any better than they played today, and that guy over there is priceless.

I would like to bottle that energy. Because of that smile the coach had there, I think Christian Perry, Southwood's head coach, summed it all up and said they were a better team today. He said you can't duplicate the location of what you're going to face on the court. You know what's coming and sometimes you just can't do anything about it, well you hear the coaches talk all the time, there are a couple of things you can't replicate, super fast, super fast and super high, let's take a break and come back in one moment. the ihsa Champions Network presented by Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance I've been to Indiana Fever and the Indiana Pacers at Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance we're not just good at insurance 2PM Saturday afternoon you have two options for the Indiana Members Credit game Indiana Members Credit Union game, keeping it simple, guess who Jan is, one of many and let me tell you something one more time, only one sophomore, LJ Ward, finished with 17 points, 7-14 for the field and seven rebounds from this ball game, I think. we have it right now Rich nine, we sure do, Jerry Baker.

I could also mention six steals, seven assists. I think you said LJ, good day, we have a state championship trophy next to you, how does it feel? It was great, how did they just overwhelm them? them today from the second quarter on, uh close, we always talk about defense defense defense I have six steals, we probably had more than 10 steals and our coach said: be different and win with defense, what does this mean for your community and your school after? winning the state football championship last fall oh this is great, this is the first and not the last, we'll be back next year great, that's certainly a possibility, LJ is only a sophomore, uh , congratulations, you were hot today, did you feel it? you had five triples, yeah, at first I didn't really feel it much when they were going in and out, but as soon as I regained my composure and they started talking, what does this mean to you as a senior going out? so oh it means a lot it's a blessing from the man above he blessed this whole team it's just amazing that we can do something like this what did you feel was the difference in this game today and scoring so many points and winning therefore? lots of points, good, shooting factor, as soon as they score, we just run at them, we don't stop, congratulations guys, Lutheran Saints, first-time Class A state champions in boys basketball Richie thought, uh, LJ thought they might have had 10, they had 14. steals in this ball game today, so let's take a break for a moment from the ihsa championship brought to us by Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, they are presented by the Pacers and the favor of the licensed sports official is a great way to make a positive contribution. foreigner all thanks