GIRLS BASKETBALL
Yorktown defeated Alexandria 49-34. Jenna Irelan led the Tigers with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Katy Johnson had 10 points.
Union City defeated Union 66-51. Rylee Davis and DeAnn Kauffman each scored 25 points for the Rockets. Davis also added 11 rebounds.
Blackford remained undefeated after stopping Southern Welss 44-41. Maggie Weeks-Foy led the Bruins with 18 points. Hannah Simmons added six points.
Pendleton Heights held Monroe Central to eight or fewer points in each of the final three quarters to claim a 54-32 victory. Abigail McGrath had 12 points and eight rebounds to lead the Golden Bears, and Emmarae Roberts added 11 points.
Cowan defeated Irvington Prep 81-15. Mariah Rumfelt led the Blackhawks with 18 points. Brittany Fueston added 10 points.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Heritage Hall topped Fishers Christian Academy 62-33. Grant Prewitt led the Patriots with 33 points. Tyler Beeson added eight points. Beeson and Prewitt each had seven rebounds on the night.
VOLLEYBALL
Cowan’s Valorie Flick will play volleyball next season at the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne. She was a member of the Blackhawks’ 2012 state championship team and a two-time All-State pick.
Northside High School’s 1974 and ’75 state championship teams will be recognized with a banner celebration between the Central-Yorktown JV and varsity boys basketball games Nov. 29 in Muncie Fieldhouse. Members of those teams included Elizabeth Albright Engelking, Jane Amlin Weaver, Barb Cass Burgauer, Cindy DeWitt, Debbie DeWitt Disney, Joni Ewing Newman, Carole Hagen Barry, Perri Hankins, Polly Hankins Riddell, Tricia Liston Kitchell, Sandy Lounsbury, Melissa Meredith, Cindy Parker Nestel, Sandy Schneiter, Christy Wagner Huhn, Shelley Walker Ahlersmeyer and Perri Williams Byrne. Coach Debbie Millbern Powers also will be honored. Powers recently published her memoir – Meeting Her Match: The Story of a Female Athlete-Coach, Before and After Title IX – about growing up as a female athlete in Indiana and coaching at Northside. She will have a book signing from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 28 at Concannon’s Cafe & Coffee Bar on Baker Lane.
BOYS BASKETBALL
No ECI teams were ranked in the preseason AP poll. Wapahani was the closest, finishing five spots out 10th in 2A with 41 points. Winchester had 13 in 2A. In 3A, Central had 37 and Yorktown had 7.