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Monday, December 2, 2019

Kat Chatter

“Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.”

Ruth Gordon

Thought for the day

SPORT OPPONENT LOCATION TIME

Wrestling (Boys JV) Logansport Logansport 6:00 PM

THE WILDKAT

BOYS BASKETBALL

Westfield 68, Kokomo 50

Girls Basketball

Anderson 75, Kokomo 38

The next Kat Chatter will be on

Wednesday, December 4th.

Lady Kats lost an NCC game to Anderson 75-38.

Anderson made six three-pointers in the first quarter as the Lady Kats

were trying to make the Lady Tribe hit the three-ball and they did at an

uncharacteristic high rate!

Anderson also hurt the Lady Kats bad on rebounds; Anderson collected

16 first half offensive rebounds.

Kokomo was led by Chloe McClain’s 14 points and six rebounds.

Brooke Hughes played a nice game coming off the bench for six points

and three rebounds.

We need to work on handling the basketball under pressure and

continue to get better defensively heading into our next game with

Lafayette Jeff, who we host December 4th with 6:00 p.m. JV tip at

Memorial Gym.

Coach Windlan

The Kokomo Wildkats lost to the visiting Westfield Shamrocks 68-50 on Saturday night at

Memorial Gymnasium.

A 20-8 third quarter was too much to overcome for the Kats, as they lost their first game of

the year and fell to 1-1.

Westfield is a good team and in stretches of the game, the Kats outplayed them.

Unfortunately, defensive laps, ball-handling miscues, and some quick shot selection about

halfway through the third quarter allowed the Shamrocks to get on a run that our Kats could

not recover from.

Leading the way for the Kats was sophomore guard Bobby Wonnell with 13 points, three

steals and two rebounds. Senior Savion Barrett added 12 points and five rebounds, and

junior Jackson Richards had five points, four rebounds, and three assists. Junior Rajon

Sellers added eight points and three rebounds.

The Kats are back in action on Friday for our third consecutive home game to start the year.

We will play Peru. The JV will start at 6:00 p.m., and the varsity will be at 7:30 PM. Come

out and support your Wildkats!!!

Hope to see you at Memorial Gymnasium on Friday! Go Kats!!!

Coach Wonnell

The Lady Kats opened their North Central Conference play with a 75-38 loss to the Indians of

Anderson High School.

Anderson scored the first six points of the game and led 18-10 after one quarter. The Lady Tribe

had a 20-point cushion at halftime (36-16) and were ahead 58-25 at the end of the third quarter.

The Indians shot very well from long distance. They took 24 shots from behind the arc and made

11 of them.

Kokomo had a season low 36 shots from the field.

In building their significant halftime lead, the Lady Tribe shot 58.3% from the field in the first 16

minutes of play.

The Anderson bench contributed 20 points to 10 for the Lady Kat reserves.

Kokomo had a season high 34 turnovers in the game, which Anderson turned into 35 points.

Anderson also won the battle of the boards, claiming 43 rebounds to 32 for the Lady Kats. But, the

Lady Kats had a season high of 26 defensive rebounds.

The Lady Tribe led from start to finish, so there were no lead changes and no ties in the game.

The Indians largest lead was at game’s end when they were ahead by 37. The 37-point loss was the

biggest this season. A year ago, the Lady Kats lost by 39, 41, 52, and 58 points. The 79-21 loss at

Carmel was the most lopsided loss in KHS girls basketball history.

Kokomo kept with Anderson in scoring in the lane. The Indians had 26 points in the paint to 22 for

the Wildkats.

The Lady Kats had just six steals against Anderson, their fewest in a game this year.

Anderson had four players in double figures, headed by the 17 points of Tyra Ford. Ford also had

six rebounds, four assists, and six steals.

Chloe McClain led Kokomo in scoring with 14. It was the fourth time in five games that the

sophomore topped the team in points.

The Lady Kat JV team ran their record to 3-0 with a 25-22 win over Anderson. Omarea Daniels

had 10 points to pace the young Kats.

There were six lead changes and six ties in the boys basketball game between Kokomo

and Westfield on Saturday night.

The KHS-Westfield game was the season opener for the Shamrocks.

The ‘Rocks made 10 three-pointers in the game. There were two teams who connected on

more than 10 last season. Tipton had 13, and Lafayette Jeff hit for 14. Westfield had

exactly twice as many three-pointers as did the Kats.

Kokomo committed just seven fouls in the game, and, therefore, Westfield had only four

chances from the free throw line, where they made two.

The Wildkats did a nice job from the charity stripe, hitting nine of their eleven

opportunities.

The Kats shot just 36% from the field for the game. In the second half, Kokomo made

seven of 30 shots for 23.3%.

The turnovers in the Kokomo-Westfield game were close. The Wildkats had 14, while the

Shamrocks had 12.

In the points off turnovers category, Westfield had nine, while the Wildkats registered 11.

The bench points were close, too. Westfield had 15 points from their non-starters and

Kokomo had 13 from their reserves.

The ‘Rocks had an advantage in the paint, scoring 32 points to 24 for the Wildkats.

Braden Smith was a scoring thorn in Kokomo’s side all evening. Only a sophomore, he

scored 13 points in the first half, and then poured in 23 after intermission to finish with 35.

The most any player scored against Kokomo a year ago was Will Penny from Logansport,

who tallied 32. Smith made seven of his 15 three-point attempts, grabbed a team high ten

rebounds to complete his double-double and also added five assists and two steals.

Two other Westfield players scored in double figures with Benji Welch and Nick

DePasquale both accounting for 10 points.

Westfield also won the JV game, outscoring the Kats 57-30.

2019 OPPONENTS RECORD

Opponent Wins Losses Percentage

New Palestine

14 - 0 1.000

Lafayette Jeff

9 - 1 0.900

Marion

9 - 3 0.750

Plymouth

9 - 3 0.750

Harrison

9 - 3 0.750

McCutcheon

6 - 5 0.545

Richmond

4 - 6 0.400

Logansport

2 - 8 0.200

Muncie Central 0 - 10 0.000

TOTAL

62 - 39

0.614

NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE

GIRLS BASKETBALL

CONF AG OA DA AM Streak

Anderson 2- 0 3- 4 53.9 61.6 -7.7 Won 1

Harrison 1- 0 5- 0 61.0 42.6 18.4 Won 5

McCutcheon 1- 0 3- 2 49.0 45.6 3.4 Lost 1

Lafayette Jeff 1- 0 3- 6 41.0 60.8 -19.8 Lost 3

Marion 2- 1 7- 1 50.8 37.4 13.4 Won 6

Richmond 2- 1 4- 3 41.9 35.4 6.4 Won 2

KOKOMO 0- 1 1- 4 42.4 49.4 -7.0 Lost 1

Tech 0- 2 2- 4 42.7 59.5 -16.8 Lost 4

Muncie Central 0- 2 2- 4 40.3 46.8 -6.5 Lost 1

Logansport 0- 2 0- 6 30.2 60.3 -30.2 Lost 8

LAST WEEKEND’S SCORES

Anderson 75, Kokomo 38 ©

Harrison 47, South Side 45

Marion 76, Tech 48 ©

Penn 64, Lafayette Jeff 28

Richmond 29, Muncie Central 27 ©

THIS WEEK’S GAMES

Tuesday, Dec. 3

Marion at Anderson © , 7:30 pm

Rushville at Richmond, 7:30 pm

TBA at Logansport, TBA, Logansport

Wednesday, Dec. 4

Clinton Prairie at McCutcheon, 7:30 pm

Tech at Lawrence Central, 7:30 pm

Central Catholic at Harrison, 7:30 pm

Lafayette Jeff at Kokomo © , 7:30 pm

Thursday, Dec. 5

MuncieCentral at Tech © , 7:30 pm

Friday, Dec. 6

Richmond at Lawrenceburg, 7:30 pm

Saturday, Dec. 7

Brebeuf at Tech, 1:30 pm

Harrison at Anderson © , 2:30 pm

Kokomo at Peru, 1:30 pm

McCutcheon at Marion © , 2:30 pm

NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE

BOYS BASKETBALL

CONF AG OA DA AM Streak

Harrison 0- 0 1- 0 46.0 37.0 9.0 Won 1

Lafayette Jeff 0- 0 1- 0 96.0 58.0 38.0 Won 1

KOKOMO 0- 0 1- 1 52.5 59.0 -6.5 Lost 1

Marion 0- 0 1- 1 83.5 71.5 12.0 Won 1

Muncie Central 0- 0 1- 1 51.0 59.0 -8.0 Won 1

Tech 0- 0 0- 1 67.0 81.0 -14.0 Lost 3

Logansport 0- 0 0- 1 64.0 65.0 -1.0 Lost 2

McCutcheon 0- 0 0- 1 29.0 43.0 -14.0 Lost 2

Richmond 0- 0 0- 1 44.0 47.0 -3.0 Lost 2

Anderson 0- 0 0- 2 53.0 64.5 -11.5 Lost 7

LAST WEEKEND’S SCORES

Lapel 63, Anderson 47

Jay County 47, Richmond 44

Marion 89, North Side 63

Muncie Central 56, Yorktown 48

Westfield 68, Kokomo 50

UPCOMING GAMES

Monday, Dec. 2

Benton Central at Lafayette Jeff, 6 pm, Lafayette Jeff

Harrison vs. Twin Lakes, 7:30 pm, Lafayette Jeff

Tuesday, Dec. 3

Fishers at Central, 7:30 pm

Tindley at Tech, 7:30 pm

Pioneer at Logansport, 8 pm, Logansport

Central Catholic vs. McCutcheon, 6 pm, Lafayette Jeff

Friday, Dec. 6

Hagerstown at Richmond, 7:30 pm

Marion at Lawrence North, 7:30 pm

Peru at Kokomo, 7:30 pm

Saturday, Dec. 7

Anderson at New Castle, 7:30 pm

East Central at Richmond, 7:30 pm

Marion at Homestead, 7:30 pm

North Central at Tech, 7:30 pm

WRESTLING

January 4, 2006

Kokomo hosted the Eastern Comets on the mats at KHS and came away with a 56-24

victory.

Winning for the Wildkats were 103-pound freshman Joey Surack, 119-pound junior

Eddie Castro, 125-pound senior Dedric Small, 135-pound senior Anthony Hobbs, 140-

pound senior Josh Dunson, 145-pound sophomore Rico Duke, 189-pound senior Evan

Bush, and 275-pound senior Andrew Durham.

The NCC school I most enjoy playing against: Harrison

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? Father, Mother, Sister(s)

The streaming service I like best: Netflix

I have tried deep fried: Pickles

My favorite movie type: Drama

My favorite professional team in Indiana: Eleven

My favorite subject area: English

If I could trade places with one former KHS athlete

it would be: Christian Abney

My favorite thing to cook: Pasta

My role model: Aaryan Morrison

A nickname my friends sometimes call me:

One thing most people don’t know about me: I used to play the piano

GETTING TO KNOW YOU

Brayden York Grade: 12

Sport: Swimming

Which former Lady Kat never led the KHS team in scoring for a season?

A. Tiffany Longworth

B. Mistina Oliver

C. Debbie Benziger

D. Heather Cusick

E. Hillary Beck

F. Lisa Thompson

G. Jasmine Love

H. Jayda Andrews

Answer appears at the bottom of the page.

Who was the Mental Attitude Award winner for the 2018-19 boys basketball team?

Answer will appear in the next Kat Chatter.

Answer to the last Wildkat Trivia

Which Lady Kat has more double-doubles than any other girls basketball player at KHS?

Debbie Benziger

SPORT OPPONENT LOCATION TIME

This Week in Wildkat Country

Monday, December 2

Wrestling (Boys JV) Logansport Logansport 6:00 PM

Tuesday, December 3

No athletic events are scheduled

Wednesday, December 4

Basketball (Boys Fr) Frankfort Frankfort 6:00 PM

Basketball (Girls JV) Lafayette Jeff Memorial Gym 6:00 PM

Wrestling (Boys V) Eastern KHS 6:30 PM

Basketball (Girls V) Lafayette Jeff Memorial Gym 7:30 PM

Thursday, December 5

Basketball (Boys Fr) Noblesville KHS 6:00 PM

Friday, December 6

Basketball (Boys JV) Peru Memorial Gym 6:00 PM

Basketball (Boys V) Peru Memorial Gym 7:30PM

Saturday, December 7

Wrestling (Boys V) Super Six Tournament KHS 9:00 AM

Swimming (Boys V Richmond Richmond 10:00 AM

Swimming (Girls Richmond Richmond 10:00 AM

Basketball (Girls JV) Peru Peru 12:00 PM

Basketball (Girls V) Peru Peru 1:30 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

Jackson Richards, a junior on the Wildkat boys basketball team, scored a career high

of 20 points in Kokomo’s season opening 55-50 win over county rival Western.

Richards’s previous best was 17, which he scored twice last season, once against

Anderson and the other against Fort Wayne Northrop.