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Last Year’s State Finals in Review

Heritage Christian back in 2A Winner’s Circle
The Heritage Christian Eagles enjoyed a return
to glory with a 64-61 victory over the Fort Wayne
Canterbury Cavaliers in the Class 2A state champi-
onship game.
Sydney Hall scored 17 points, Tyasha Harris
added 14 and Taylor Hall had 13 to lead the Eagles,
who grabbed the victory in a closely contested
game. Fincher led Canterbury with 24 points and 16
rebounds.
It was Heritage Christian’s first appearance in
the state title game since 2009, when it became
the first school in Class 2A to win four consecutive
crowns. Capturing their fifth state championship in
2014 gave the Eagles the second-most in state his-
tory along with Canterbury.
With 5:45 left in the game, Heritage Christian
took a nine-point lead, 47-38, when Allison Schofield
connected on a 3-pointer. However, Canterbury
persevered down the stretch. And with 1:02 remain-
ing, Kindell Fincher’s two free throws cut the margin
to two, 56-54.
Darby Maggard’s three-point play and Alexa
Habig’s 3-point shot kept Canterbury in range in the
final minute. But Heritage Christian closed out the
Canterbury was playing in its third straight state
win with eight free throws over that span. championship game and first in 2A after moving
Coach Rick Risinger’s Eagles, ranked first in
the girls coaches’ poll, finished 27-1. Risinger’s fifth up a class due to the Tournament Success Factor.
Coach Wayne Kreiger’s Cavaliers, ranked third in the
state title gave him the lead in Indiana girls basket-
ball. coaches’ poll, finished 20-5.
Oregon-Davis Tops Vincennes Rivet for Second Championship
Ihe Oregon-Davis Bobcats, a dominant team all Campbell finished with 34 points, hitting 9-of-14 field goal
season, benefited from a attempts and 14-of-16 free
powerful start in the Class throws. Her scoring total broke
A state championship the Class A mark of 28 set
game and made it hold by Brittany Schoen of South
up for a 69-64 victory Central in 2006 and ranked
over the Vincennes Rivet as the most points scored in
Patriots. any state title game in class
Oregon-Davis jumped basketball. Jessica Avarone
to a 9-0 lead, stretched it added 16 for the winners.
to 15-2 and then moved Coach Terry Minix’s
ahead by a 27-9 count at Bobcats, ranked No. 1 in the
the end of the first quarter. girls coaches’ poll, finished
The Bobcats’ pressing, 23-2. The championship was
fast-breaking style paved the second for Oregon-Davis’
the way – just like it did all year as the team ranked girls basketball team, which also won in 2007.
second in the state with a 75.96 scoring average and first For Rivet, Kelsey Ivers led the way with 23 points and
with a 35.5 average winning margin. Lauren Herman scored 21.
Rivet fought back and sliced the Bobcats’ edge to five Coach Tim Young’s Patriots, ranked fourth in the
points, 67-62, with 1:32 left in the game. However, Ashley coaches’ poll, completed their season at 22-5. Rivet was
Campbell’s poise at the free throw line – with 8-of-9 in the playing in its fifth Class A title game in six years and was
final quarter – enabled Oregon-Davis to put the game seeking its second state crown in four seasons.
away.

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