Hanover Central Girls Summer Shootout

[jtjrmoney8]

I attended a few games of the shootout tonight..I didn't video tape anything because some of the matchups changed, but thought I'd share what I saw

Merrillville played Hanover..I missed the first 5 minutes but watched the rest..While I was impressed with how Blayr Poston played, the rest of the team needs alot of work..nobody else really stepped up at all and they struggled with Merrillville's speed..the Pirates were a bit sluggish in the first half but then picked up their play for most of the second..the full court press really burned Hanover and they were able to get some easy buckets from that..Victoria Gaines was still sidelined with her injury, but there were a few players that stepped up in the game..Merrillville won 47-27

EC Central played Hammond Morton..I was curious about the Cardinals so I watched most of this game..needless to say, it was not very competitive..EC pressured the ball for much of the first half and Morton struggled to even get the ball past half court..while Adrianna Moore has moved on from the program, a few of their other forwards stepped up and dominated the paint..they looked pretty decent, but again, it's hard to say for sure because they were playing an overmatched opponent..I'll probably check them out again next week against some better competition and then have a better report

The last game I watched was Andrean vs Wheeler..and to be honest, I only saw maybe the last 10 minutes because the EC/Morton game was playing on another court..but to my surprise it was Andrean who dominated Wheeler in this one..Andrean hired former Culver coach, Tony Scheub after having a terrible season last year..I don't think that Wheeler had it's full compliment of players for this contest but nevertheless, I have to say Andrean looked 10 times better than they were all of last season..Scheub can really coach..I should know..he turned an awful Culver program into a state contender in just one season..I'll have to watch Andrean a little bit more to see how much progress they are making, but they could be a team to look out for in the upcoming season

[apollo]

JT have you seen Boone Grove play this Summer? It is hard to get a read on them with that Regular Season Schedule.

[richsapper]

No real surprise to me that Andrean is improving. Coach Sheub has done a nice job and has a better talent pool in NWI than he did in Culver.

As for Poston, she may be one of the best players in the area period! There is alot that you can tell from the summer leagues. It would be nice if you got to see the whole team though.

[jtjrmoney8]

Haven't seen Boone play..not sure if they are in a summer league around here or not..I know they lost some very valuable seniors from last year's team..it will be hard to replace Shaffer and Bobrowski..I'm sure they will be decent and will still have success in the PCC..but I think their 4 year winning streak will end at some point this season..Hanover will be good and so will South Central

[richsapper]

JT, as is often said, Boone Grove is great in the regular season, but they struggle in the post-season. They always do replace great players they lose though.

[pccwolves]

Hanover Central is good. Doug Nelson always does a great job with his team. Blayr Poston is the most difficult player to stop in the PCC. Boone Grove has had some good battles with Hanover over the years. I know our PCC streak means alot to the players. We have a big target on our backs everytime there is a game with one of our rivals. They all want that keg and haven't seen it in 4 years.

[apollo]

It could be interesting in 3 years when Hanover and Boone- should be in the GSSC or some conglomeration of it, you can't play Indep. Football forever and the state - if it gets it's way- will continue to push the 1A's towards more accountability requirements that may force another round of consolidations in the next 10 years anyways.

[Admin75]

Hanover vs Boone is always a great match up. They have great coaches...two of the best in the area...and always have tremendous players.

[pccwolves]

Hanover will be very good again. And another up and coming team will be South Central. Morgan Twp was very young last year and won a sectional. Kouts is also a young team. It should be a competitive league.

[apollo]

When was the last Lacrosse team relevant the Carter Administration? Wash Twp competitive?