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Fort Wayne Bishop Luers Knights

Class 2A

Team Facts
Town/City: Fort Wayne
County: Allen
Superintendent: Fr. Steven Kempinger
Principal: Mary Keefer
Athletic Director: Matt Lindsay
Assistant Athletic Director: Diane Karst
Head Coach: James Blackmon
Assistant Coaches: John Smiley,
Mitch Sturm, Lamont Freemon,
Darrell Armstead, and Mike Bley
Student Managers: Trish Skordos,
Morgan Skordos, and Tammy Pettit
Nickname: Knights
School Colors: Red and Black
Front Row (left to right): Jake Kuhn, Eric Sorg, Lawrence Barnett, Evan Blackmon, Kyle Sorg, Deangelo Conference: Summit Athletic
Fincher, Ken Mullen, Trish Skordos; Back Row (left to right): Coach James Blackmon, Mitch Sturm, Mike Enrollment: 535
Bley, Dmitri Gholston, Kameron Mack, Deshaun Thomas, Alden Vachon, Sean Day, James Knapke, John Starters Returning From Last Year: (4)
Smiley, Darrell Armstead, Lamont Freeman. Deshaun Thomas, Lawrence Barnett,
Sean Day, and Evan Blackmon
Team Roster & Statistics Last Year’s Final Won-Loss Record: 24-3
Lt. Dk. Name Ht. Gr. Pos. GP FG-FGA FG% 3FG% FT% Ast. Reb. Pts. Season Results (22-4)
1 1 Deshaun Thomas 6-7 11 G 26 271-563 .483 .300 .761 2.8 15.0 30.1
3 3 Ken Mullen 5-9 10 G 25 82-157 .543 .200 .537 4.7 2.7 9.1 11/29 at Woodlan W 100-52
5 5 Lawrence Barnett 6-0 12 G 17 75-161 .465 .250 .666 2.8 2.4 11.7 12/05 Bowman Academy W 91-76
10 10 James Knapke 6-2 9 G 19 9-31 .290 .266 .571 1.0 1.0 1.4 12/06 at Marian Mishawaka W 79-47
12 12 DeAngelo Fincher 5-7 10 G 14 0-5 .000 .000 .285 0.6 0.3 1.0 12/12 South Side W 91-76
22 22 Kyle Sorg 6-0 11 G 25 14-70 .202 .177 .625 0.5 1.1 1.7 12/13 at Lawrence North L 69-57
24 24 Eric Sorg 6-3 10 F 26 29-76 .373 .339 .000 0.6 1.5 3.0 12/20 at Chicago Currie Metro L 65-58
32 32 Evan Blackmon 6-0 10 G 26 119-240 .495 .255 .671 2.2 4.7 11.3 12/26 vs. Harding W 73-71
34 34 Jake Kuhn 6-3 12 F 23 27-83 .325 .196 .466 0.8 3.0 3.0 12/27 vs. Bishop Dwenger W 62-54
40 40 Sean Day 6-6 12 C 23 55-97 .567 .166 .444 1.1 5.6 5.7 12/27 vs. Snider W 66-57
44 44 Kameron Mack 6-6 10 F 11 5-9 .569 .000 .000 0.0 1.1 1.0 1/02 at Concordia W 65-45
50 50 Alden Vachon 6-7 12 C 14 3-12 .250 1.00 .250 1.0 1.1 1.0 1/09 FW Bishop Dwenger W 82-66
52 52 Dmitri Gholston 6-3 12 C 17 12-32 .390 .250 .425 0.6 2.0 2.0 1/13 Fort Wayne Snider L 66-56
1/16 at Fort Wayne Northrop W 76-69
Team Totals / Percentages 701-1536 .455 .268 .627 1.5 3.2 73.3 1/23 at Harding W 75-68
Opponent Totals / Percentages 588-1432 .410 .234 .600 1.5 3.2 58.8 1/30 at Fort Wayne Elmhurst W 65-47
2/06 Fort Wayne Wayne W 75-51
2/07 South Bend St Joseph W 76-46
2/12 Fort Wayne Canterbury W 100-68
2/20 at Warsaw L 59-54
State Finals History 2/27 North Side W 92-84
State Champion: 2008 (2A) South Adams Sectional
Appearances: 2008 (2A), 2009 (2A)
3/06 Bluffton W 65-50
3/07 South Adams W 63-32
Tipton Regional
3/14 Tipton W 60-53
3/14 North Miami W 74-59
Warsaw Semi-State
3/21 North Judson W 78-48
James Blackmon
Head Coach
5th Year (85-32)

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