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Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Kat Chatter

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of

preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”

Colin Powell

Thought for the day

SPORT OPPONENT LOCATION TIME

Basketball (Girls V) IHSAA Sectional Logansport 7:30 PM

Kokomo vs.

Lafayette Jeff

THE WILDKAT

No athletic contests were scheduledyesterday.

Hey, BASKETBALL FANS. Here’s a GREAT DEAL for you. Where can you

see four high school basketball games, involving five ranked teams, for just $5.00?

The answer is…..at Memorial Gym on Saturday, February 8th.

Tickets for Basketball Day Indiana at Memorial Gym will be available at the

KHS Athletic Office through February 7th. The office is open from 7:00 a.m –

3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

For $5, you can see ranked teams Tipton, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian,

Indianapolis Crispus Attucks, Westfield, and Fishers. Plus, you get to see our

very own Kokomo Wildkats!!

Blackhawk Christian is ranked second in Class 2A and features Caleb Furst, a

6’9” forward being recruited by both Purdue and Indiana. Attucks is ranked 10th

in Class 4A, while the Westfield-Fishers matchup involves two Top 10 teams in

4A and backyard rivals. Fishers is coached by former Wildkat boss Matt Moore.

Tipton, ranked 7th in 2A, takes on our Wildkats in the first game of the day.

Some schools now charge $6 just to see one varsity game. On this day, you can

see four games, involving some of the state’s best teams, all for the low cost of $5

per person. You can’t beat that bargain!

Pre-school children are admitted free of charge, so bring the whole family!

LADY KATS

BASKETBALL in tonight’s

IHSAA

SECTIONAL

Bring home the title!

Kokomo plays Lafayette Jeff tonight at the Berry Bowl in Logansport in the 2020 IHSAA Girls

Basketball Sectional.

The Lady Kats downed the Bronchos 66-50 at Memorial Gym on December 4th.

Both the Lady Kats and the Lady Bronchos have four wins this season. Kokomo’s victories are

over Manual, Jeff, Arsenal Tech, and Muncie Central, while Jeff’s triumphs are against South

Dearborn, Arsenal Tech, Twin Lakes, and Logansport.

The Wildkats have lost 18 times this season, and Jefferson has been on the short end of 19

games.

Lafayette Jeff comes into this game having lost their last nine games and 16 of their last 17.

Kokomo comes into the sectional on a winning note, having defeated Muncie Central 49-48 in

their last regular season game of the year. The Lady Kats have won two of their last four games.

The Lady Bronchos are 2-13 against Class 4A schools this year, 2-5 against 3A teams, and 0-1

against Class 2A.

The Lady Kats are 3-10 against 4A schools, 1-4 against 3A, 0-3 against 2A teams, and 0-1

against teams in Class A.

The Sagarin Ratings have Lafayette Jeff as the 257th best team in Indiana and the 88th best

among the 101 teams in Class 4A. Kokomo ranks as the 283rd best in the state and the 90th best

in the class.

The Sagarins have Jeff’s schedule as the 77th hardest in the state, and Kokomo’s schedule is the

143rd.

Kokomo’s opponents have a 244-250 overall record, while Lafayette’s foes were 306-224.

Andy Baker is the head coach of the Lady Bronchos. Now in his seventh season, he has a 70-97

record at Jeff. Baker, who took over the program from Geoff Salmon in 2013-14, is 349-218 in

his 22 seasons as a head coach, which includes time at Cypress Lake in Florida prior to his girls

experience at Jeff. Baker is 4-5 in games against Kokomo and and 1-0 against Kokomo in

sectional play, defeating the Lady Kats 70-48 at the Berry Bowl on February 2, 2018.

John Harrell’s website predicts a 51-47 Jefferson win.

Tonight’s game between Kokomo and Lafayette Jeff will be the 52nd meeting between the two

schools in girls basketball.

Kokomo holds a 33-18 advantage in the series.

The Lady Kats victory back on December 4th broke a string of four straight wins for Jefferson in

the series.

Tonight’s matchup will be the eighth time the two schools have met in IHSAA tournament play.

Kokomo holds a 6-1 advantage in tournament games. The Lady Kats won the first six meetings

before Jeff beat the Wildkats 70-48 two years ago.

The series started with a Lafayette Jeff win (58-45) in the 1978-79 season. Kokomo didn’t win

a game with the Bronchos until the 1981-82 season (56-52). The two schools have played at

least one game against each other for the last 39 years.

Kokomo finished sixth in the North Central Conference with a 3-6 mark, while Jeff was tied for

eighth with a 2-7 record.

The Lady Kats had the lowest scoring average in the NCC at 38.4 points per game. Jeff was

eighth in scoring at 42.1.

The Lady Bronchos gave up 61.7 points per game. Only Tech in the NCC allowed more at 62.1.

Both teams are careless with the basketball at times as Kokomo averages 22.4 turnovers per

game to 19.5 errors per game for the Bronchos.

Jeff was the poorest rebounding team in the league this season, grabbing 24.4 boards per game.

Kokomo and Jeff ranked 7th and 8th, respectively, in field goal percentage, hitting 33% and 31%.

The Lady Kats shot 60.7% from the free throw line, second best in the NCC, but the Wildkats

only shot 262 times from the charity stripe, second lowest in the league.

The Lady Bronchos have two players averaging in double figures. Sanaa Cartledge leads the

way with 14.6 points per game, while Ashlyn McTaggert scores 12.6. Cartledge is sixth in the

league in scoring, just ahead of Kokomo’s Chloe McClain and her 14.4 average.

Sanaa Cartledge has shot the fourth most free throws in the league, but hits just 55% of them.

Amaya Milian averages a team best 2.7 assists per game, while Sanaa Cartledge leads the team

in steals (3.6) and turnovers (4.9).

Lafayette Jefferson Lady Bronchos No. Name Grade Height Position Superintendent: Mr. Les Huddle 0 Amaya Milian 10 5’ 3 Guard Principal: Mr. Mark Preston

1 Zharia Hardin 12 5’ 1 Guard Athletic Director: Mr. Joe Hernandez

2 Trinity Fields 9 5’ 6 Guard Assistant Athletic Director: Paul Leaf

3 Julia Harrison 10 5’ 2 Guard Athletic Dept. Admin. Asst.: Stephenie Pencek

4 Sophie Wenrick 10 5’ 8 Forward Head Coach: Andy Baker

10 Sanaa Cartledge 11 5’ 5 Guard Assistants: Jon Laird, Nathan Sheets, Taylor Burns

11 Madalyne Hottenstine 10 5’ 6 Guard Trainers: Jeff Clevenger, Sarah McKenzie-Floyd

14 Ashlynn McTagertt 12 5’ 5 Guard Managers: Olivia Branstetter, Micah Killibrew, LaShanta Simpson

20 Juliette Escudero 10 5’ 7 Forward Cheerleaders: Nevaeh Bell, Trinity Cardwell, Kelsey Corbin,

21 Jennyfer Ortiz 9 5’ 8 Guard/Forw Carysse Dickerson, Taylor Johns, Hailey Kocal, Raegan Marcus,

22 Skyeler Sumrall 12 5’ 6 Forward Malorie McGuire, Katherine-Marie Nagler,

23 Emma Mitchell 12 5’ 1 Guard Marissa Norman, Fabiola Ortega-Martinez, Macie Slay,

24 Kattey Pass 12 5’ 7 Forward Hunter Sturgeon, Brooklyn Treece, Eva Vega, Stephanie Watkins

Cheer Coach: Zarah Skelton Cheer Assistant Coach: Danielle Houston School Colors: Red & Black

Kokomo Lady Kats

Superintendent: Dr. Jeff Hauswald No. Name Grade Height Position Principal: Mrs. Angela Blessing

11 Zoey Reed 11 5’ 4 Guard Athletic Director: Mr. Nick Sale

12 Brooke Hughes 10 5’ 7 Guard Asst. Athletic Director: Mr. Aaron Hyman

14 Julia Garcia 10 5’ 6 Guard Athletic Dept. Admin. Asst.: Missy Newton

15 Chloe McClain 10 5’ 7 Guard Head Coach: Tod Windlan

21 Bayli Reed 10 5’ 9 Guard Assistants: Emily Bailey, Bryce York, Don Shields, Rod Windlan,

22 Olivia Hemmerich 10 5’ 8 Forward Mark Rund 23 Jada-Claire Broomfield 10 5’ 9 Guard/Forw Trainers: Sara Sullivan, Mallory Brown

24 Natalija Garevska 12 5’ 10 Guard Managers: Ja’Yana Bethel, Aliyah Barbary, Viviana Portillo,

25 Karley Trine 10 5’ 8 Forward Ja’Nasia Barbary

31 Madison Collins 11 5’ 6 Guard Cheerleaders: Jilian Braswell, Ava Briggs, Brianna Bolen, Bri Booker

32 Sanighia Balantine 11 5’ 7 Guard/Forw Aliya Clark, Braysha Cobb, Amarian Corbin, Jerzie Eagle, Keliyah 33 Omarea Daniels 10 5’ 6 Guard Fowler, Mackenah Jackson, Kailen Jones, Sophia Justice, Regan

35 Brook Reaves 12 5’ 5 Guard Kimbler, Alexis Hall, Kendal Madden, Alayah Pollard, Layla Samuel,

43 Nande Geyton 9 6’ 0 Center Corrine Stone, Izzy Summers, Indya Swain, Jalynn Warden Seainna Winner, Sophia Wyman Cheer Coach: Gina Curl Cheer Asst. Coaches: Alyssa Hawkins, Stephanie Brooks, Bailee Lytle School Colors: Red & Blue

KOKOMO LADY KATS (4-18)

DATE OPPONENT

Nov. 13 Taylor 2A L 24 43

Nov. 16 at West Lafayette 3A L 40 58

Nov. 20 at Lewis Cass 2A L 29 38

Nov. 22 at Indianapolis Manual 3A W 81 33

Nov. 30 Anderson 4A © L 38 75

Dec. 4 Lafayette Jeff 4A © W 66 50

Dec. 7 at Peru 3A L 52 54

Dec. 10 Western 3A L 36 40

Dec. 13 at McCutcheon 4A © L 31 69

Dec. 17 at Zionsville 4A L 18 51

Dec. 20 at Marion 4A © L 32 59

Jan. 2 Carmel 4A L 23 67

Jan. 4 Northfield 1A L 47 51

Jan. 7 at Harrison 4A © L 21 77

Jan. 8 Noblesville 4A L 26 58

Jan. 10 Logansport 4A © L 37 57

Jan. 11 at Fort Wayne Northrop 4A L 49 68

Jan. 14 Lebanon 3A L 31 34

Jan. 18 at Indianapolis Tech 4A © W 55 50

Jan. 21 Tipton 2A L 35 51

Jan. 24 at Richmond 4A © L 25 29

Jan. 28 Muncie Central 4A © W 49 48

Feb. 5 N Lafayette Jeff 4A 7:30 pm

sectional

© NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE GAME

LAFAYETTE JEFF LADY BRONCHOS (4-19)

DATE OPPONENT

Nov. 5 Northwestern 4A L 15 70

Nov. 9 N Perry Meridian 4A L 26 45

tournament

Nov. 9 at South Dearborn 3A W 57 40

tournament

Nov. 15 at Indianapolis Tech 4A © W 60 56

Nov. 19 N Benton Central 3A L 39 85

tournament

Nov. 22 N Twin Lakes 3A W 63 50

tournament

Nov. 23 N McCutcheon 4A L 43 61

tournament

Nov. 26 Ben Davis 4A L 38 76

Nov. 30 Penn 4A L 28 64

Dec. 4 at Kokomo 4A © L 50 66

Dec. 13 at Harrison 4A © L 33 76

Dec. 17

McCutcheon 4A © L 51 54

Dec. 19 at Benton Central 3A L 48 76

Dec. 20

Logansport 4A © W 75 42

Jan. 10

Muncie Central 4A © L 42 57

Jan. 11 at Crown Point 4A L 28 84

Jan. 17 Guerin Catholic 3A L 42 53

Jan. 18

Anderson 4A © L 42 66

Jan. 21 at West Lafayette 3A L 34 52

Jan. 24 at Marion 4A © L 51 69

Jan. 25

Richmond 4A © L 22 43

Jan. 28 Lafayette Central Catholic 2A L 46 68

Jan. 30 at Hamilton Heights 3A L 35 67

Feb. 5 N Kokomo 4A 7:30 pm

sectional

© NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE GAME

2019-20 KHS Basketball

Kokomo vs. Lafayette Jeff

Date: 12/04/2019 Time: 7:30 PM Site: Memorial Gym

Visitors: Lafayette Jeff ## Name P TFG 2FG 3 Pt FT PTS ORB DRB TR PF FD AST AA TO BS ST MIN 0 * Amaya Miliam

0/8 0/7 0/1 0/0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 7 0 1 32:00

1 Zharial Hardin

0/1 0/1 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4:24

4 * Sophie Wenrick

3/6 3/6 0/0 2/4 8 4 0 4 1 2 1 0 3 0 1 30:50

10 * Sanaa Cartledge

7/11 7/9 0/2 5/10 19 1 1 2 4 9 3 0 6 0 6 32:00

12 Kattey Pass

1/3 1/3 0/0 0/2 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 15:26

14 Ashlynn McTagertt

3/7 1/2 2/5 1/3 9 2 2 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 16:32

20 * Juliette Escudero

0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3:55

23 * Emma Mitchell

4/9 0/1 4/8 0/0 12 0 6 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 24:53

Team

3 0 3 1 1

1

Totals

18/45 12/29 6/16 8/19 50 12 10 22 15 14 9 0 22 0 9 160

Total FG 1st Half 8/21 38.1% 2nd Half 10/24 41.7% Game 18/45 40.0% 3 PT FG 1st Half 1/5 20.0% 2nd Half 5/11 45.5% Game 6/16 37.5% Free Throws 1st Half 2/8 25.0% 2nd Half 6/11 54.5% Game 8/19 42.1%

Home: Kokomo

## Name P TFG 2FG 3 Pt FT PTS ORB DRB TR PF FD AST AA TO BS ST MIN 12 * Brooke Hughes

0/2 0/2 0/0 0/0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 2 18:27

15 * Chloe McClain

12/17 9/13 3/4 2/3 29 1 6 7 1 5 1 2 4 1 4 32:00

22 Olivia Hemmerich

0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1:26

24 * Natalija Garevska

6/8 5/7 1/1 4/4 17 0 5 5 3 4 4 1 4 2 4 31:54

25 Karley Trine

0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5:34

32 * Sanighia Balantine

4/6 3/5 1/1 3/4 12 4 4 8 4 2 1 0 2 1 2 27:02

33 Omarea Daniels

4/4 4/4 0/0 0/0 8 1 1 2 1 3 1 0 3 0 0 22:10

35 * Brook Reaves

0/2 0/2 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 11:34

42 Danielle Wikert

0/1 0/1 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 9:53

Team

0 2 2

1

Totals

26/41 21/34 5/7 9/11 66 6 20 26 14 14 9 3 23 5 12 160

Total FG 1st Half 12/21 57.1% 2nd Half 14/20 70.0% Game 26/41 63.4% 3 PT FG 1st Half 1/3 33.3% 2nd Half 4/4 100% Game 5/7 71.4% Free Throws 1st Half 3/4 75.0% 2nd Half 6/7 85.7% Game 9/11 81.8%

JHS KHS

JHS KHS

JHS KHS

Free Throw Pts 8 9 3Pt Points 18 15 Pts/Possession 0.79 1.04 Pts off Turnovers 21 25 2nd Chance Points 7 9 Pts off Bench 11 8 Total Rebounds 22 26 Team Rebounds 3 2 Dead Ball Reb 6 1 Off Rebound % 37.5 37.5 Def Rebound % 62.5 62.5 Total Rebound % 45.8 54.2 3Pt Efficiency +9.9 +30.3 Def. Stops 33 42 Pts/Shot 0.92 1.43 Effective FG% 46.7 69.5 FT Rate 0.17 0.22 Points in Paint 0 0 Technical Fouls JHS None

KHS None

Officials Michael Fuqua, Arnold Freeman, Jr., Kevin Chestnut

Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Total

Lafayette Jeff 11 8 12 19 50

Kokomo 9 19 25 13 66

Largest Lead KHS 63 JHS 40 (23 pts) Lead Changes 1 Number of Ties 4

Longest Run KHS 19-3 JHS 7-0

KOKOMO-LAFAYETTE JEFF

GIRLS BASKETBALL SERIES

YEAR SCORE WINNER YEAR SCORE WINNER

1978-79 58 - 45 Lafayette Jeff 2014-15 49 - 40 Kokomo

1979-80 58 - 49 Lafayette Jeff 2015-16 55 - 44 Kokomo

1981-82 56 - 52 Kokomo

70 - 32 Kokomo

1982-83 70 - 28 Lafayette Jeff 2016-17 50 - 65 Lafayette Jeff

1983-84 58 - 38 Lafayette Jeff 2017-18 43 - 61 Lafayette Jeff

1984-85 47 - 44 Kokomo

48 - 70 * Lafayette Jeff

57 - 53 Lafayette Jeff 2018-19 56 - 69 Lafayette Jeff

1985-86 61 - 51 Lafayette Jeff 2019-20 66 - 50 Kokomo

55 - 54 Lafayette Jeff

1986-87 63 - 60 Lafayette Jeff 1987-88 71 - 55 Lafayette Jeff 1988-89 54 - 35 Lafayette Jeff 1989-90 76 - 41 Kokomo

1990-91 68 - 52 Kokomo 1991-92 72 - 47 Kokomo 1992-93 103 - 70 Kokomo 1993-94 78 - 74 Kokomo 1994-95 58 - 49 Lafayette Jeff

1995-96 72 - 57 Lafayette Jeff 1996-97 60 - 57 Kokomo

1997-98 52 - 31 Kokomo

50 - 38 * Kokomo

1998-99 69 - 56 Kokomo

LADY

LADY

81 - 75 * Kokomo

KATS

BRONCHOS

1999-00 78 - 46 Kokomo

2000-01 63 - 62 Kokomo

WINS

33

18

2001-02 59 - 37 Kokomo

2002-03 59 - 53 Kokomo

HIGH

103

76

2003-04 60 - 35 Kokomo

SCORE

(1992-93)

(2008-09)

56 - 37 * Kokomo

2004-05 49 - 43 Kokomo

LOW

28

31

52 - 51 * Kokomo

SCORE

(1982-83)

(2005-06)

2005-06 69 - 41 Kokomo

55 - 31 * Kokomo

LARGEST 38

42

2006-07 52 - 50 Kokomo

VICTORY

(2015-16)

(1982-83)

2007-08 75 - 59 Kokomo

2008-09 76 - 57 Lafayette Jeff

LONGEST 17

6

2009-10 66 - 49 Kokomo

WIN STRK (1996-08)

(1985-89)

2010-11 49 - 42 Kokomo OT 2011-12 33 - 42 Lafayette Jeff 2012-13 55 - 34 Kokomo

* - IHSAA Tournament Games

49 - 35 * Kokomo 2013-14 54 - 53 Kokomo

IHSAA SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS

SECTIONALS FIRST

MOST

RECENT

SCHOOL WON SECTIONAL SECTIONAL

Kokomo 20 1982 2008

Marion 16 1976 2019**

McCutcheon 15 1979 2015

Logansport 11 1976 2014

Lafayette Jeff 9 1976 2009

Northwestern 7 2000* 2019**

Harrison 2 1984 1986

* - Class 2A

** - Class 3A

TOURNAMENT RECORDS

WINS LOSSES PERCENTAGE

Kokomo 106 41 0.721

Marion 89 44 0.669

McCutcheon 76 43 0.639

Lafayette Jeff 55 44 0.556

Northwestern 52 42 0.553

Logansport 51 44 0.537

Harrison 25 44 0.362

CHAMPIONSHIPS WON

SECTIONALS REGIONALS SEMI-STATES STATES

Kokomo 20 12 5 3

Marion 16 5 2 0

McCutcheon 15 7 1 0

Lafayette Jeff 11 5 0 0

Northwestern 9 2 2 2

Logansport 7 1 0 0

Harrison 2 2 0 0

SECTIONAL 7 YEARS WON LOST PCT.

Rush McColley, Harrison 4 59 32 .648

Tod Windlan, Kokomo 16 239 141 .629

Andy Baker, Lafayette Jeff 22 349 218 .616

Meranda Cooper, Logansport 7 47 115 .290

Lawrence Jordan, Marion 3 60 16 .789

Jeff Knoy, McCutcheon 15 213 146 .593

Kathie Layden, Northwestern 20 330 148 .690

Totals 1018 695 .594

SAGARIN SECTIONAL PICKS

SECT REGN SEMI STATE

Northwestern 88.13% 54.30% 42.20% 34.99%

Harrison 11.20% 1.28% .45% .17%

Marion .57% .01% .00% .00%

McCutcheon .09% .00% .00% .00%

Lafayette Jeff .01% .00% .00% .00%

Kokomo .00% .00% .00% .00%

Logansport .00% .00% .00% .00%

NCC GIRLS BASKETBALL

CONF AG OA DA AM Streak

Harrison 9- 0 21- 2 64.6 41.7 22.9 Won 7

Anderson 8- 1 14-10 55.0 53.7 1.4 Won 2

Marion 7- 2 16- 6 53.7 42.0 11.8 Lost 1

McCutcheon 6- 3 13-11 48.2 49.0 -0.8 Won 2

Richmond 5- 4 12-12 40.0 39.6 0.4 Lost 2

Logansport 3- 6 6-19 42.2 57.1 -14.8 Lost 1

KOKOMO 3- 6 4-18 38.4 52.7 -14.3 Won 1

Muncie Central 2- 7 7-15 45.5 50.5 -5.0 Won 1

Lafayette Jeff 2- 7 4-19 42.1 61.7 -19.7 Lost 9

Tech 0- 9 6-18 42.4 63.2 -20.8 Lost 7

SECTIONAL GAMES

Tuesday, Feb. 4

Northwestern 82, Logansport 26

Anderson 38, Richmond 35

Warren Central 88, Tech 28

Wednesday, Feb. 5

McCutcheon vs. Harrison, 6 pm, Logansport

Kokomo vs. Lafayette Jeff, 7:30 pm, Logansport

Friday, Feb. 7

Marion vs. Northwestern, 6 pm, Logansport

Central vs. Anderson, 6 pm, Richmond

NCC BOYS BASKETBALL

CONF AG OA DA AM Streak

Lafayette Jeff 6- 0 17- 2 79.5 61.7 17.8 Won 3

Harrison 4- 2 13- 3 58.6 47.5 11.1 Lost 1

Marion 4- 2 8- 8 73.1 69.9 3.2 Won 2

Central 4- 2 7-10 56.0 57.8 -1.8 Lost 1

Richmond 3- 2 11- 7 62.3 54.9 7.4 Won 6

Tech 3- 3 5- 9 66.9 66.6 0.3 Lost 3

McCutcheon 2- 4 9- 8 53.2 54.3 -1.1 Won 3

KOKOMO 2- 4 6-11 52.5 62.2 -9.6 Won 1

Logansport 1- 4 5-11 49.6 55.6 -6.0 Lost 3

Anderson 0- 6 1-17 59.2 73.7 -14.4 Lost 8

LAST WEEKEND’S SCORES

Lafayette Jeff 97, Kokomo 57 ©

Marion 72, Logansport 44 ©

McCutcheon 77, Anderson 43 ©

Central 66, Tech 60 ©

Richmond 49, Harrison 46 ©

Brebeuf Jesuit 65, Tech 47

Kokomo 75, Cass 48

Lawrence Central 90, Anderson 55

Marion 63, Northrop 60

Richmond 67, Winchester 51

Warren Central 75, Central 43

UPCOMING GAMES

Thursday, Feb. 6

Harrison at Logansport © , 7:30 pm

Tech at Kokomo © , 7:30 pm

Marion at Central © , 7:30 pm

McCutcheon at Lafayette Jeff © , 7:30 pm

Richmond at Anderson © , 7:30 pm

Saturday, Feb. 8

Indianapolis HomeSchool at Tech, 7:30 pm

Central Catholic at Harrison, 2:30 pm

Lafayette Jeff at Warren Central (Ky.), 3 pm

Tipton at Kokomo, 10:30 am, Kokomo

GIRLS BASKETBALL

December 4, 2019

Kokomo earned their first North Central Conference victory of the season with a

66-50 win over Lafayette Jeff at Memorial Gym.

The Lady Kats used some good shooting in the middle two quarters to propel them

to the victory. Coach Tod Windlan’s crew outscored the Jeff girls 44-20 combined

in the second and third periods.

The Kats took the lead for good midway through the second quarter on a layup by

Natalija Garevska which gave Kokomo a 20-18 advantage. The Wildkats outscored

the Bronchos 8-1 over the last part of the period to lead by nine (28-19) at

intermission.

Leading 42-31 with 2:27 left in the third quarter, the Kats ran off 11 straight points

to lead by 22 before starting the final quarter.

Chloe McClain was the scoring leader with 29 points and seven rebounds.

Garevska added 19 points and five rebounds, and Sanighia Balantine had 12 points

and eight rebounds.

Sanaa Cartledge had 19 points for the Lady Bronchos. She made 7-of-11 from the

field, but only managed to make half of her 10 free throw attempts.

The NCC school I most enjoy playing against: Lafayette jeff

If I could play one musical instrument it would be: Guitar

The exotic food I have tried and liked: Frog legs

Which of your immediate family participated in sports? None

The streaming service I like best: Netflix

I have tried deep fried: Oreos

My favorite movie type: Comedy

My favorite professional team in Indiana: Fuel

My favorite subject area: English

If I could trade places with one former KHS athlete

it would be:

My favorite thing to cook: Cookies

My role model:

A nickname my friends sometimes call me:

One thing most people don’t know about me:

GETTING TO KNOW YOU

Julynne Spidell Grade: 10

Sport: Swimming

The NCC school I most enjoy playing against: Lafayette Jeff

If I could play one musical instrument it would be: Piano/keyboard

The exotic food I have tried and liked: I haven’t tried any exotic foods

Which of your immediate family participated in sports? Father, Brother(s)

The streaming service I like best: Hulu

I have tried deep fried: Oreos

My favorite movie type: Comedy

My favorite professional team in Indiana: Pacers

My favorite subject area: Science

If I could trade places with one former KHS athlete

it would be: Aaryan Morrison

My favorite thing to cook: Spaghetti

My role model: Bridget Konopa

A nickname my friends sometimes call me: Johnson

One thing most people don’t know about me: I dance

GETTING TO KNOW YOU

Lily Johnson Grade: 10

Sport: Swimming

How many IHSAA Girls Swimming Sectionals has KHS won?

A. None

B. 1

C. 3

D. 4

E. 6

F. 8

G. 10

H. 12

I. 15

Answer appears at the bottom of the page.

What’s the Lady Katfish record for consecutive sectional titles?

Answer will appear in the next Kat Chatter.

Answer to the last Wildkat Trivia

When did the Lady Katfish last win an IHSAA Sectional Championship?

2000

SPORT OPPONENT LOCATION TIME

This Week in Wildkat Country

Wednesday, February 5

Basketball (Girls V) IHSAA Sectional Logansport 7:30 PM

Kokomo vs. Lafayette Jeff

Thurssday, February 6

Swimming (Girls V) IHSAA Sectional Noblesville 5:30 PM

Basketball (Boys JV) Arsenal Tech Memorial Gym 6:00 PM

Basketball (Boys V) Arsenal Tech Memorial Gym 7:30 PM

Friday, February 7

Basketball (Girls V) IHSAA Sectional Logansport 7:30 PM

Saturday, February 8

Wrestling (Boys V) IHSAA REGIONAL Peru 9:30 AM

Basketball (Boys V) Tipton Memorial Gym 10:30 AM

Swimming (Girls IHSAA Sectional Noblesville 1:00 PM

Basketball (Girls V) IHSAA Sectional Logansport 5:30 PM

KHS Web Favorites

KHS Athletics

http://www.kokomoathletics.com

Kokomo Tribune

http://www.kokomotribune.com/

Sports Journal of Central Indiana

www.indianasportsjournal.com

WIOU – Radio broadcasts

1350amwiou.com

Kokomo Herald Sports

http://theheraldsports.com

Kokomo Perspective

www.kokomoperspective.com

FastPlay Sports

www.fastplaysports.com

Howard County Sports Hall of Fame

http://www.howardcountysportshof.com

KHS Student-Athletes of the Week

CHLOE McCLAIN

Chloe, a sophomore, led the Lady Kats to a 49-48 NCC win over Muncie Central.

McClain scored 79.6% of Kokomo’s points by ripping the nets for 39. Included in

her points was a school-record tying seven three-pointers, which tied her with

Mistina Oliver for the most in a single game. Her 39 points was second best in

program history, one shy of Debbie Benziger’s school record 40.