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Fort Wayne Snider Panthers

Class 4A

Team Facts
Town/City: Fort Wayne
County: Allen
Superintendent: Dr. Wendy Robinson
Principal: Stephen P. Simmons
Asst. Athletic Director: Jim Wagner
Head Coach: Ray Sims
Assistant Coaches: Darrell Jackson,
Phil Didier, and Jason Purdy
Student Manager: Nathaniel Northington
Nickname: Panthers
School Colors: Black and Gold
Conference: Summit Athletic
Enrollment: 2,015
Starters Returning From Last Year:
Front Row (left to right): Assistant Coach Didier, Carl Miller, Spencer Anderson, Reggie Hearn, Bradley Jonathan Sims, Bradley Sneary,
Sneary, Jonathan Sims, Head Coach Ray Sims; Back Row (left to right): Assistant Coach Jackson, Elijah Carl Miller, and Reggie Hearn
Malone, Zachary Barnes, Alexander Harvey, Lawyer Smith, Cody Sarrazin, Akeim Kelsaw, Nicholas Lewis, Last Year’s Final Won-Loss Record: 15-7
Assistant Coach Jason Purdy.
Season Results (25-1)
12/5 Muncie Central W 69-57
Team Roster & Statistics 12/12 vs. Fort Wayne North Side W 69-64
12/13 at East Noble
W 67-50
Lt. Dk. Name Ht. Gr. Pos. GP FG-FGA FG% 3FG% FT% Ast. Reb. Pts. 12/26 vs. Fort Wayne Northrop W 76-57
1 1 Jonathan Sims 6-3 12 G 26 139-279 .498 .448 .722 3.8 3.5 15.2 12/27 vs. Fort Wayne North Side W 87-69
3 3 Carl Miller 6-3 12 G 26 76-168 .452 .453 .727 3.1 2.6 8.6 12/27 vs. FW Bishop Luers L 57-66
11 11 Reggie Hearn 6-5 12 F 24 120-195 .615 .200 .804 2.6 8.0 14.9 1/13 at FW Bishop Luers W 66-56
20 20 Elijah Malone 6-2 10 G 24 7-20 .350 .125 .750 0.5 0.5 0.9 1/16 Fort Wayne South Side W 78-54
21 21 Alexander Harvey 6-1 11 G 10 4-12 .333 .250 .667 0.5 0.6 1.5 1/17 Penn W 65-51
23 23 Spencer Anderson 6-2 12 G 24 85-182 .467 .308 .681 2.3 2.6 8.9 1/20 at Harding W 67-50
30 30 Nicholas Lewis 5-10 10 G 26 21-49 .429 .333 .627 2.5 1.2 3.1 1/23 at FW Concordia Lutheran W 69-38
32 32 Akeim Kelsaw 6-0 10 F 17 9-14 .643 .000 .667 0.4 0.7 1.3 1/26 Fort Wayne Elmhurst W 80-57
40 40 Ryan Miller 5-10 10 G 0 0-0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 1/30 at FW Bishop Dwenger W 69-56
44 44 Bradley Sneary 6-6 12 F 26 132-227 .581 .000 .511 1.0 7.4 12.9 1/31 Indpls. Crispus Attucks W 72-46
45 45 Cody Sarrazin 6-5 11 C 25 30-59 .508 .000 .681 0.6 2.1 3.7 2/6 at Fort Wayne Northrop W 54-49
50 50 Lawyer Smith 6-5 10 C 19 13-29 .448 .000 .800 0.2 1.4 1.8 2/7 Huntington North W 62-34
2/9 Fort Wayne Wayne W 69-55
Team Totals / Percentages 637-1236 .515 .388 .676 16.5 28.8 69.1 2/12 at FW Blackhawk Christian W 85-54
Opponent Totals / Percentages 60.2 2/18 Carroll (Fort Wayne) W 59-52
2/20 at Homestead W 67-54
2/27 Marion W 82-66
State Finals History
First Appearance East Noble Sectional
3/6 East Noble W 56-45
3/7 DeKalb W 53-43
Marion Regional
3/14 Anderson W 76-63
3/14 Marion W 80-59
Warsaw Semi-State
3/21 Munster W 63-60

Ray Sims
Head Coach
19th Year (243-202)

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