Mt. Vernon head coach Julie Shelton is reflected in a mirror as she speaks to her team during halftime against Ben Davis during their semifinal game in the IHSAA Class 4A regional last season.
Tom Russo | Daily Reporter
With her club’s 59-45 victory in the season opener at Whiteland Tuesday, Mt. Vernon girls basketball coach Julie Shelton won her 350th game of her coaching career.
Shelton has a 350-143 record in 22 seasons at Mt. Vernon High School.
Her teams have won eight sectional championships, three regionals, one semi-state and a 2013 state title.
She is ranked 17th in victories among active coaches.
Tonight’s matchup, at home, against Franklin will include two of the state’s all-time winningest coaches.
Franklin is led by Mike Armstrong, who is No. 5 on the current list of coaches with 426 victories in 35 seasons.
Armstrong is in his first year at Franklin after a long career at Perry Meridian High School.
Cheer state finals are Saturday
Competition cheer teams from all four Hancock County schools will compete Saturday in the Indiana Association of School Principals Indiana Cheer Championship State Finals to be held at New Castle High School.
To qualify for the state finals, teams had to be among the top 60 percent at the Varsity Prelims held last month at Mt. Vernon High School.
State finalists are broken down into five divisions. Greenfield-Central, Mt. Vernon and New Palestine will compete in the Varsity B State Finals. Eastern Hancock is in the Varsity D divisions.
There are five divisions, four are divided by school enrollment size. The fifth is a Varsity Coed division.
Additionally, Eastern Hancock and Mt. Vernon will compete in a Time-Out routine competition.
Eastern Hancock’s Time-Out team is the first county squad scheduled to perform. The Royals group is slated for 10:30 a.m. in the small school division. Mt. Vernon’s team will compete at 11:05 a.m. in the large school class.
The Time-Out Awards Ceremony is scheduled to take place at approximately 12:30 p.m.
The Varsity Team performances begin at 1:15 p.m. with the Varsity B group.
Greenfield-Central is the first team to take the floor at 1:15. Mt. Vernon’s time is 1:39 p.m. and New Palestine is at 1:51 p.m.
The Varsity D group is the last to take the floor. Eastern Hancock is scheduled for 5:03 p.m.
The final awards ceremony is at 6 p.m.
EH seeking Hall of Fame nominees
The Eastern Hancock Athletic Boosters are seeking nominations for the 2022 class of the Eastern Hancock Athletic Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame recognizes the achievements of former athletes, teams, coaches, administrators, and other contributors to the athletic programs at Eastern Hancock, Charlottesville, Westland, and Wilkinson High Schools.
To be eligible, an athlete must be seven years removed from competition, coaches five years removed, and teams 10 years removed. Nominations are due to the EH Athletic Director’s office or by email to [email protected] by 3:30 pm on November 23, 2022.
The 2023 Hall of Fame class will be recognized at halftime of the EH-Greenfield-Central boys varsity basketball game on January 14, 2023. For more information or to obtain a nomination form, visit www.ehathletics.org, or contact Greg Hall at [email protected].
Murphy Named MIAA Athlete of the Week
Tyler Murphy of the Trine University men’s soccer team was named Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Men’s Soccer Offensive Athlete of the Week after his four-goal performance in Saturday’s MIAA First Round match.
Murphy, a junior from Greenfield, Indiana, has won the award for the third time this season, and second week in a row. Overall in his career, Murphy has been tabbed Athlete of the Week six times.
Murphy was pivotal to the Thunder’s 6-1 victory in the team’s first postseason match of the 2022 season against Olivet. He was able to find the back of the net four times in the match – a mark that tied the program record and broke the league record for most goals in a tournament match. He also needs one more score to break the conference record for most goals scored in a single MIAA tournament.
Taking advantage of multiple defensive breakdowns by the Comets, Murphy had a string of three goals in a matter of 96 seconds of game time in the second half of the win. On the season, Murphy has scored a team-high 12 goals.
