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Friday, December 13, 2019

Kat Chatter

“All the effort in the world won’t matter

if you’re not inspired.”

Chuck Palahniuk

Thought for the day

SPORT OPPONENT LOCATION TIME

Basketball (Boys JV) McCutcheon McCutcheon 6:00 PM

Basketball (Girls V) McCutcheon McCutcheon 6:00 PM

Basketball (Girls JV) McCutcheon McCutcheon 7:30 PM

Basketball (Boys V) McCutcheon McCutcheon 7:30 PM

THE WILDKAT

No varsity contests were scheduled yesterday.

The Kokomo boys basketball team will play their fifth game of the season when they travel to

Lebanon Saturday to take on the Tigers.

Both Kokomo and Lebanon will play tonight. The Kats have McCutcheon on its schedule and

Lebanon will play at Western Boone.

The Tigers will take a 2-2 record into tonight’s game. They are 1-1 in games at home.

The Boone County boys lost their first two games this season, but have been victorious in their

last two.

Lebanon has had three very close games this season. Their two losses have both been by two

points, with the season opener at Hamilton Heights going to overtime before being decided. The

Tigers one ‘easy’ game came against Indiana Math and Science, where the Tigers won going

away by 25 points.

The Tigers have scored over 60 points in three of their four games. They average 60.3 points

per game, while allowing 54.5.

Kokomo has yet to score 60 points in a game. The most the Kats have scored this season is 55

against Western in the season opener. The Wildkats average 50.7 and give up 54.0 points per

game.

The Lebanon roster includes five seniors, a junior, three sophomores, and a freshman.

The five players that started against Kokomo in the Lebanon Holiday Tournament last

December all return for Lebanon this year. The five accounted for 89% of the Tiger scoring in

that game, 32 of the 36 points, led by Michael Reese’s 13.

Jackson Richards is the lone starter returning from the tournament game with Lebanon. He and

Bobby Wonnell both saw over 20 minutes of game time, while Rajon Sellers and Masiyah

Dowsey both played less than two minutes. Wonnell as the only one of those four to score, and

he had six points.

The Tigers have had losing records in each of their last two seasons, including a 9-15 mark last

year.

The Sagarin Ratings have Kokomo as the 119th best team in Indiana and the 67th best in Class

4A. The Tigers are listed as the 232nd best in the state and the 66th best in Class 3A.

John Harrell’s website predicts a 57-53 Wildkat win.

For the last three years, Kokomo has played in the Lebanon Holiday Tournament, where they

had a combined record of 6-3. This year the Kats will host the Phil Cox Memorial Tournament

over the holidays.

Kokomo and Lebanon have one common opponent this season in Western. The Kats downed

the Panthers by five, 55-50, in their season opener and, four days later, Western defeated

Lebanon 44-42.

Saturday’s game will be the 58th meeting between the two schools on the hardwood.

Kokomo holds a 35-22 advantage in the series.

Lebanon won the first five meetings (and seven of the first eight) in the series, which dates back

to the 1910-11 season. Lebanon was the state runner-up in 1910-11 and then won the state title

in 1911-12.

Kokomo has won the last five games in the series and 13 of the last 14.

The last Lebanon win in the series came on December 5, 2015, when the Tigers won 63-61 in

Rosenstihl Gymnasium. That was the season opener for Kokomo, whose year started late

because of the football team playing for a state championship at Lucas Oil Stadium. The Kats,

who were coached that night by interim Phil Cox (subbing for a suspended Matt Moore), were

led by Jordan Matthews’ 17 points and Marcelle Kenner’s 14. Lebanon’s Trevor Lakes led all

scorers with 23 to go with his 10 rebounds.

This year’s Lebanon squad has five players averaging over 7.5 points per game, topped by the

14.3 ppg of Carson Burtron. The 6’2” senior guard had a 20-point, 11-rebound effort against

Crawfordsville last Friday. A veteran of 80 varsity games in his four seasons, Burtron averaged

10.3 points, 5.1 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and 1.5 steals per game last year as a junior.

Michael Reese, a 6’3” senior forward averages 13.3 points and a team leading 7.5 rebounds per

game. He had 27 points in the season opener, scored 13 points and had 13 rebounds in the

second game, and then has combined for 13 points and eight rebounds in his last two games.

Reese averaged 11.3 points per game last season and has played in 51 career games.

Albert Hendrix replaced Tom Johnson as the head coach of the Tigers in the 2010-11 season

and has a 122-100 record in his 10 years heading into Friday’s game with Western Boone.

Hendrix, who has five winning seasons in nine tries, is 1-10 in games against Kokomo, 1-5

against the Kats at Rosenstihl Gymnasium, and is 0-4 against Bob Wonnell-coached Kokomo

teams.

LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL 2019-2020 BOYS' BASKETBALL

VARSITY

# PLAYER YR HT POS 2 Carson Burtron 12 6'2" G 3 Blake Bryan 11 6'0" G 11 Korbyn Sloggett 9 5'11" G 12 John Morgan 12 6'5" F 14 Cauy Nance 12 6'4" G 20 Luke Ferrell 12 6'3" G 22 Michael Reese 12 6'3" F 24 Reese Jones 10 5'11" G 25 Kobe Ottinger 10 6'4" F 33 Hunter Crew 10 6'4" F 44 Caleb Linton 9 6'3" F

JUNIOR VARSITY

# PLAYER YR HT POS FOULS 3 Blake Bryan 11 6'0" G 1 2 3 4 5

11 Korbyn Sloggett 9 5'11" G 1 2 3 4 5

12 Kayden Sloggett 9 5'11" G 1 2 3 4 5

14 Braden Robison 11 6'1" G 1 2 3 4 5

20 Caleb Girdley 10 6'1" F 1 2 3 4 5

21 Cayden Young 9 5'9 G 1 2 3 4 5

22 Jake Burns 9 6 G 1 2 3 4 5

25 Kam Skobel 10 6'1" G 1 2 3 4 5

33 Landon Fouts 9 6'1 G 1 2 3 4 5

44 Caleb Linton 9 6'3" F 1 2 3 4 5

Varsity Head Coach: Albert Hendrix Jacob Turner, CSCS

Varsity Assistant Coach: Dave Ferrell Susan Stroud

JV Head Coach: Aaron Vaughn Dr. Kraft

Assistant Coaches: Dale Smith Skylar Bilderback

Larry Smith Melia Donner

Bianca Krout

Paige Newsom

LEBANON TIGERS (2-2)

DATE OPPONENT

Nov. 27 at Hamilton Heights 3A L 69 71 OT

Nov. 30 Western 3A L 42 44

Dec. 6 Crawfordsville 3A © W 63 61 2OT

Dec. 7 N Indiana Math & Science 1A W 67 42

Dec. 13 at Western Boone 2A © 7:30 pm

Dec. 14 Kokomo 4A 7:30 pm

Dec. 20 at Danville 3A © 8:00 pm

Dec. 21 McCutcheon 4A 7:00 pm

Dec. 27 Indianapolis Herron 3A 8:00 pm

tournament

Jan. 4 Guerin Catholic 3A 7:30 pm

Jan. 10 at Frankfort 3A © 7:30 pm

Jan. 17 Tri-West 3A © 7:30 pm

Jan. 24 North Montgomery 3A © 7:30 pm

Jan. 25 at Covington 1A 7:30 pm

Jan. 31 at Southmont 2A © 7:30 pm

Feb. 1 at Plainfield 4A 7:30 pm

Feb. 8 at Speedway 3A 1:30 pm

Feb. 14 Zionsville 4A 7:30 pm

Feb. 21 at Monrovia 3A 7:30 pm

Feb. 22 West Lafayette 3A 7:30 pm

Feb. 28 Harrison 4A 7:30 pm

© SAGAMORE CONFERENCE GAME

2018-19 KHS Basketball

Kokomo vs. Lebanon Date: 12/22/2018 Time: 7:30 PM Site: Memorial Gym

Visitors: Lebanon

## Name P TFG 2FG 3 Pt FT PTS ORB DRB TR PF FD AST AA TO BS ST MIN 2 * Carson Burtron

3/8 2/6 1/2 1/3 8 1 5 6 4 6 6 0 7 1 0 30:38

3 Kye Zimmerman

0/4 0/4 0/0 7/8 7 0 4 4 2 4 0 0 2 0 0 17:04 11 * Jaden Jarrett

1/4 0/0 1/4 0/0 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 15:25

12 Aidan Newsom

2/6 1/2 1/4 0/0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7:36 20 * Luke Ferrell

1/2 0/1 1/1 0/0 3 0 3 3 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 21:04

22 Michael Reese

3/5 3/4 0/1 1/2 7 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 25:43 24 * Reese Jones

5/7 2/2 3/5 1/2 14 1 2 3 4 2 1 0 3 0 0 30:50

33 * Hunter Crew

0/1 0/1 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 11:40

Team

0 0 0

Totals

15/37 8/20 7/17 10/15 47 4 15 19 18 17 10 1 17 1 2 160 Total FG 1st Half 7/17 41.2% 2nd Half 8/20 40.0% Game 15/37 40.5% 3 PT FG 1st Half 2/6 33.3% 2nd Half 5/11 45.5% Game 7/17 41.2% Free Throws 1st Half 6/9 66.7% 2nd Half 4/6 66.7% Game 10/15 66.7%

Home: Kokomo

## Name P TFG 2FG 3 Pt FT PTS ORB DRB TR PF FD AST AA TO BS ST MIN 0 Jeremy Baker

2/7 1/4 1/3 2/2 7 1 5 6 4 4 2 0 4 0 1 22:49

1 * Jayveon White

3/6 3/6 0/0 1/3 7 2 2 4 1 3 8 1 4 0 5 28:23 3 * Shemar Robinson

5/8 5/7 0/1 2/3 12 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 23:48

5 * Julian Wallace

4/5 4/5 0/0 0/0 8 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 15:17 11 Daniel Smith

0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2:01

13 Bobby Wonnell

1/5 1/2 0/3 0/0 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 3 21:05 21 Torian Smith

0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:53

23 * Jackson Richards

2/2 1/1 1/1 2/2 7 1 5 6 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 20:03 32 * Deonta Chamberlain

7/11 6/9 1/2 4/10 19 6 6 12 4 7 0 0 2 1 3 25:41

Team

0 0 0

Totals

24/44 21/34 3/10 11/20 62 12 21 33 19 18 15 2 13 2 13 160 Total FG 1st Half 9/21 42.9% 2nd Half 15/23 65.2% Game 24/44 54.5% 3 PT FG 1st Half 1/5 20.0% 2nd Half 2/5 40.0% Game 3/10 30.0% Free Throws 1st Half 0/3 0.00% 2nd Half 11/17 64.7% Game 11/20 55.0%

LHS KHS

LHS KHS

LHS KHS

Free Throw Pts 10 11 3Pt Points 21 9 Pts/Possession 0.83 1.14 Pts off Turnovers 6 21 2nd Chance Points 8 12 Pts off Bench 19 9 Total Rebounds 19 33 Team Rebounds 0 0 Dead Ball Reb 2 2 Off Rebound % 16.0 44.4 Def Rebound % 55.6 84.0 Total Rebound % 36.5 63.5 3Pt Efficiency +14.5 -11.2 Def. Stops 28 38 Pts/Shot 1.06 1.14 Effective FG% 50.0 58.0 FT Rate 0.27 0.25 Points in Paint 14 36 Technical Fouls LHS None

KHS None

Officials Ryan Fisher, Mark Maxwell, Jeremy Swafford

Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Total

Lebanon 7 15 9 16 47

Kokomo 15 4 22 21 62

Largest Lead KHS 59 LHS 42 (17 pts) Lead Changes 2 Number of Ties 2

Longest Run KHS 13-2 LHS 8-0

KOKOMO-LEBANON

BOYS BASKETBALL SERIES

YEAR SCORE WINNER YEAR SCORE WINNER

1910-11 26 - 30 Lebanon

2010-11 75 - 57 Kokomo 1911-12 17 - 20 Lebanon

2011-12 65 - 62 Kokomo

23 - 37 Lebanon

2012-13 44 - 41 Kokomo

1912-13 9 - 49 Lebanon

2013-14 74 - 41 Kokomo

13 - 40 Lebanon

2014-15 70 - 51 Kokomo

1913-14 22 - 20 Kokomo

2015-16 61 - 63 Lebanon

22 - 37 Lebanon

2016-17 49 - 43 Kokomo

1923-24 31 - 33 Lebanon * 2017-18 51 - 35 Kokomo 1927-28 39 - 32 Kokomo

52 - 46 Kokomo

1928-29 21 - 16 Kokomo

2018-19 62 - 47 Kokomo 1929-30 34 - 36 Lebanon

48 - 36 Kokomo

1930-31 28 - 21 Kokomo 1931-32 15 - 22 Lebanon 1932-33 30 - 31 Lebanon

KATS TIGERS 1933-34 23 - 25 Lebanon

1934-35 24 - 36 Lebanon

WINS 35 22 1963-64 71 - 51 Kokomo *

1965-66 70 - 67 Kokomo

HIGH 79 73 1982-83 69 - 63 Kokomo

SCORE (2001-02) (2001-02)

1983-84 50 - 66 Lebanon

1984-85 58 - 52 Kokomo

LOW 9 16

1985-86 42 - 41 Kokomo

SCORE (1912-13) (1928-29)

1986-87 30 - 28 Kokomo

1987-88 54 - 43 Kokomo

LARGEST 33 40

1988-89 65 - 46 Kokomo

VICTORY (2013-14) (1912-13)

1989-90 49 - 55 Lebanon

1990-91 76 - 60 Kokomo

LONGEST 8 5

1991-92 58 - 53 Kokomo

WIN STRK (2007-15) (1910-13)

1992-93 65 - 40 Kokomo 1993-94 43 - 44 Lebanon 1994-95 47 - 43 Kokomo 1995-96 59 - 45 Kokomo

* - IHSAA Tournament Games

1996-97 53 - 43 Kokomo 1997-98 55 - 46 Kokomo OT

1998-99 42 - 48 Lebanon 1999-2000 51 - 53 Lebanon 2000-01 60 - 50 Kokomo 2001-02 79 - 73 Kokomo 2002-03 69 - 71 Lebanon OT

2003-04 38 - 47 Lebanon 2004-05 48 - 49 Lebanon 2005-06 70 - 59 Kokomo 2006-07 52 - 56 Lebanon OT

2007-08 57 - 48 Kokomo 2008-09 43 - 42 Kokomo 2009-10 75 - 64 Kokomo

NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE

GIRLS BASKETBALL

CONF AG OA DA AM Streak

Harrison 3- 0 8- 0 60.9 42.5 18.4 Won 8

Anderson 3- 1 4- 6 51.3 59.6 -8.3 Lost 2

Richmond 2- 1 5- 5 41.1 38.4 2.7 Won 1

Marion 3- 2 9- 2 51.7 39.5 12.3 Won 2

McCutcheon 1- 1 4- 4 45.9 44.3 1.6 Lost 2

Lafayette Jeff 1- 1 3- 7 41.9 61.3 -19.4 Lost 4

KOKOMO 1- 1 2- 6 45.8 48.9 -3.1 Lost 2

Muncie Central 1- 2 3- 5 43.6 47.4 -3.8 Lost 1

Tech 0- 3 2- 7 40.4 65.0 -24.6 Lost 7

Logansport 0- 3 1- 8 33.0 55.8 -22.8 Lost 1

TUESDAY’S SCORES

Harrison 67, Logansport 34 ©

Jay County 57, Muncie Central 35

Central Catholic 42, McCutcheon 29

Marion 62, Wayne 31

Mt. Vernon 55, Anderson 25

Richmond 36, Franklin County 33

Western 40, Kokomo 36

THIS WEEKEND’S GAMES

Friday, Dec. 13

Tech at Anderson © , 6 pm

Kokomo at McCutcheon © , 6 pm

Lafayette Jeff at Harrison © , 7:30 pm

Logansport at Muncie Central © , 6 pm

Saturday, Dec. 14

Huntington North at Marion, 7:30 pm

Tech at Indiana Deaf, 7 pm

LaVille at Logansport, 7:30 pm

NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE

BOYS BASKETBALL

CONF AG OA DA AM Streak

Lafayette Jeff 0- 0 4- 0 82.5 52.3 30.3 Won 4

Harrison 0- 0 3- 1 50.3 42.0 8.3 Won 1

KOKOMO 0- 0 2- 1 50.7 54.0 -3.3 Won 1

Richmond 0- 0 2- 1 62.3 49.3 13.0 Won 2

Marion 0- 0 2- 2 73.0 68.3 4.8 Won 1

McCutcheon 0- 0 2- 2 47.5 59.8 -12.3 Lost 1

Tech 0- 0 1- 2 64.7 64.3 0.3 Lost 1

Logansport 0- 0 1- 2 55.0 54.3 0.7 Lost 1

Central 0- 0 1- 2 51.7 60.3 -8.7 Lost 1

Anderson 0- 0 0- 3 53.0 61.0 -8.0 Lost 8

LAST WEEKEND’S SCORES

Kokomo 47, Peru 44

Lawrence North 83, Marion 63

Richmond 74, Hagerstown 46

Cass 52, Logansport 45

Lafayette Jeff 54, Harrison 48

McCutcheon 42, West Lafayette 39

Marion 62, Homestead 47

New Castle 54, Anderson 53

North Central 60, Tech 53

Richmond 69, East Central 55

Harrison 53, West Lafayette 38

Lafayette Jeff 99, McCutcheon 55

UPCOMING GAMES

Friday, Dec. 13

Tech at Anderson © , 7:30 pm

Kokomo at McCutcheon © , 7:30 pm

Lafayette Jeff at Harrison © , 7:30 pm

Logansport at Central © , 7:30 pm

Richmond at Marion © , 7:30 pm

Saturday, Dec. 14

Covington at McCutcheon, 6:30 pm

Kokomo at Lebanon, 7:30 pm

Logansport at Rochester, 7:30 pm

Central at Guerin Catholic, 7:30 pm

Noblesville at Anderson, 7:30 pm

North Montgomery at Harrison, 7:30 pm

BOYS BASKETBALL

December 29, 2018

Kokomo outpointed Lebanon 18-3 in the first quarter and never trailed in taking third

place in the Lebanon Holiday Tournament with a 48-36 victory.

The Wildkats led 25-19 at the half and were up 35-27 heading into the final quarter.

The Kats offense shot 59% in the first two quarters and then upped it to 62% after

intermission. While shooting so well from the field, Kokomo made just 11 of 17 free

throws for 61%.

Deonta Chamberlain had a superb game for the Wildkats. The 6’3” senior made all

nine of his field goal attempts and swished his only free throw for a game high 19

points. He completed his double-double with 12 rebounds. He was the only Kokomo

player to reach double figures.

Michael Reese had 13 points for the Tigers, who had six three-pointers in the game.

The NCC school I most enjoy playing against:

If I could play one musical instrument it would be: guitar

The exotic food I have tried and liked: I haven’t tried any exotic foods

Which of your immediate family participated in sports? Brother(s)

The streaming service I like best:

I have tried deep fried:

My favorite movie type: Comedy

My favorite professional team in Indiana: Colts

My favorite subject area: Math

If I could trade places with one former KHS athlete

it would be:

My favorite thing to cook: Tacos

My role model:

A nickname my friends sometimes call me:

One thing most people don’t know about me:

GETTING TO KNOW YOU

Wilmer Corrales Grade: 11

Sport: Wrestling

Which KHS athlete won back-to-back wrestling state championships in 1958 and 1959?

A. Fred Hawkins

B. Dennis McKee

C. Russell Pine

D. Paul van Dorn

E. Chuck Cone

F. Sylvester Rowan

G. Dave Roberts

H. Frankie Young

I. Rick Roberts

Answer appears at the bottom of the page.

Name the KHS wrestler who won the state championship at 177 pounds in 1973?

Answer will appear in the next Kat Chatter.

Answer to the last Wildkat Trivia

Which sport at KHS was the last to win a state championship?

Girls Basketball

SPORT OPPONENT LOCATION TIME

This Week in Wildkat Country

Friday, December 13

Basketball (Boys JV) McCutcheon McCutcheon 6:00 PM

Basketball (Girls V) McCutcheon McCutcheon 6:00 PM

Basketball (Girls JV) McCutcheon McCutcheon 7:30 PM

Basketball (Boys V) McCutcheon McCutcheon 7:30 PM

Saturday, December 14

Wrestling (Boys V) Frankfort Tourney Frankfort 8:30 AM

Swimming (Girls Twin Lakes Twin Lakes 10:00 AM

Swimming (Boys V Twin Lakes Twin Lakes 10:00 AM

Basketball (Boys JV) Lebanon Lebanon 6:00 PM

Basketball (Boys V) Lebanon Lebanon 7:30 PM

KHS Web Favorites

KHS Athletics

http://www.kokomoathletics.com

Kokomo Tribune

http://www.kokomotribune.com/

Sports Journal of Central Indiana

www.indianasportsjournal.com

WIOU – Radio broadcasts

1350amwiou.com

Kokomo Herald Sports

http://theheraldsports.com

Kokomo Perspective

www.kokomoperspective.com

FastPlay Sports

www.fastplaysports.com

Howard County Sports Hall of Fame

http://www.howardcountysportshof.com

KHS Student-Athlete of the Week

CHLOE McCLAIN

Chloe, a sophomore on the girls basketball team, set a career high with a 29-point

effort against Lafayette Jeff in the Lady Kats 66-50 win. The 5’7” guard had an 18-

point third quarter, which alone surpassed her career best of 17 set a year ago against

Lewis Cass. McClain followed that game with another great effort, matching her

career best of 29 points and establishing a new best of nine rebounds against Peru.