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Last Year’s State Finals in Review

PARK TUDOR ENDS BISHOP NOLL’S UNBEATEN YEAR IN CLASS 2A
Park Tudor held Hammond Bishop rebounds and three steals for the Panthers.
Noll scoreless over the final 4 ½ minutes Bishop Noll led by nine, 16-7, early in the second quarter but lost most of
and gained a come-from-behind 43-42 that edge as Ferrell scored eight points over the final 5:38 of the period. The
victory over the state’s last remaining Warriors held Park Tudor to 25.9 percent shooting (7-of-27) in the first half but
unbeaten team in the Class 2A title game. parlayed their tough defense into only a 24-21 lead at halftime.
The Panthers scored the final six Coach Drew Trost’s Warriors, ranked No. 2 by the Associated Press,
points of the game and took their first lead finished 26-1. Adonis Filer scored a team-high 19 for Bishop Noll while
since the first quarter when Trevon Bluiett grabbing seven rebounds. Ronnye Beamon Jr. collected 11 points and a
hit from underneath and added a free game-high nine rebounds.
throw with 1:22 remaining. Bishop Noll
failed to connect on its last four field goal
tries.
It was the first state championship for
coach Ed Schilling’s Panthers, who last
year fell in the final game to Wheeler. Park
Tudor, ranked fourth by the Associated
Press, finished 26-2 and ended the year
with 14 straight wins. The championship
victory was the only close one of the
tournament for the Panthers, who
outscored their six previous opponents by
an average of 16.2.
Bluiett led Park Tudor with 21 points
and eight rebounds. Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell
contributed 14 points, six assists, five
INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN WINS FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Indianapolis Metropolitan overcame a jittery start, ratcheted up
the pressure and captured a 59-55 victory over Triton in the Class
A state championship game.
The unranked Pumas won their first state title in any sport
in just their third year of state tournament eligibility. Coach Nick
Reich’s team finished 22-6.
Metropolitan committed four straight turnovers to open the
game and needed four minutes to score its first field goal. But a
half-court shot at the first-quarter buzzer by Jerrbryon Graves tied
the score at 12-all and added to the Pumas’ momentum. A 12-0
run in the third quarter helped them take a lead they would never
relinquish.
Triton closed to within two, 52-50, with 1:12 left in the game,
but Metropolitan clinched the victory with nine free throws down
the stretch.
The Pumas held Triton to 36.7 percent shooting (18-of-49).
They also outscored the Trojans 11-0 on fast-break points and
24-10 in the paint. Metropolitan put four players in double-digit
scoring, led by Graves with 15. Anthony Jackson collected 13
points and 13 rebounds.
Coach Jason Groves’ Triton team, ranked No. 2 by
the Associated Press, finished 23-3. The loss in the state
championship game snapped a 17-game winning streak. The
Titans won the Class A title in 2008 and finished as runner-up to
Jac-Cen-Del in 2009.
Clay Yeo led Triton with 19 points. Griffyn Carpenter had 15
and Jordan Everett added 12.
Following the game, members of the IHSAA Executive
Committee named Jordan Everett of Triton High School as the
winner of the Arthur L. Trester Mental Attitude Award in Class A
Boys Basketball.
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