TIGERS EXTINGUISH DRAGONS

The old adage is, "Don't get mad, get even." But the Yorktown Tigers may have done a little of both last night as they defeated the New Palestine Dragons in a Hoosier Heritage Conference showdown. The men smashed New Pal 111-69, with the women right behind them at 105-81.

Both the YHS boys and girls were beaten a year ago at New Pal, which undoubtedly left a bad taste in the mouths of the Tigers. Yorktown opened last night's contest with convincing victories in both 200-yard medley relays and never looked back.

The "Old Men" of YHS received outstanding performances from seniors Adam Voss, Michael Heavilon, and Hunter Hoffman, all of whom won four blue ribbons against the Dragons. Those boys threw down some jaw dropping times for just their second meet of the young season--Voss blitzed the field in the 100-yard fly (53.06), Hoffman added a sick 48.67 in the 100-yard freestyle, and Heavilon won the 500-yard freestyle by more than 41 seconds (5:10.94). Other individual winners for Yorktown included Michael Heavilon in the 200-yard IM (2:08.69), Hoffman in the 50-yard freestyle (21.86), senior Tyler Donges in 1 meter diving (189.00), and Voss in the 100-yard backstroke (55.81). The Tiger boys also reigned in all three relays--junior Alec Durant and senior Wes Gustin joined Voss and Michael Heavilon in the 200-yard medley (1:48.01); Hoffman and Gustin teamed with sophomore Thommy Brown and freshman Scott Heavilon in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:37.32); and Hoffman and Voss sandwiched the Heavilon boys to bring home the bacon in the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:25.04.

The "Dynamic Duo" of junior Larah Beaver and sophomore Jessica Extine led the way again for the Lady Tigers on Thursday night, with both tallying four first place finishes. Beaver won the 200-yard IM (2:16.86) and the 100-yard backstroke (59.69), while Extine was the class of the field in the 50-yard freestyle (25.91) and the 100-yard butterfly (1:03.85). Beaver and Extine joined sophomores Caroline Grasso and Kersea Gable to take gold in the 200-yard medley relay (1:57.04); Highland transfers helped carry the freight in the 400-yard freestyle relay, with sophomore Ashley Sexton and junior Brooke Sigler teaming with Beaver and Extine to win in 3:54.80. That's an eight second drop from the Delta meet two nights before, and it featured another sick anchor leg performance by Beaver--she turned a nearly three second deficit into victory by more than five seconds with a split of 53.78!

The Lady Tigers also got individual blue ribbon efforts from Grasso in the 200-yard freestyle (2:13.31), junior Sam Mahon in 1 meter diving (201.75), and Sigler in the 500-yard freestyle (5:53.24). That's a seven second drop for Brooke in two days! And sophomore Kersea Gable had the heartbreak of the night, racing stroke-for-stroke with New Pal's Jordan Rogers in the 100-yard breaststroke before being outtouched by .22 of a second.

The Tigers are swimming tired, but they're racing with great intensity and determination right now. They'll look to continue their winning ways next Tuesday night, when they host HHC arch rival Pendleton Heights at 5:15.

GO TIGERS!
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Results--Girls: Yorktown 105, New Pal 81 Boys: Yorktown 111, New Pal 69

Girls 200 Medley Relay--1. Yorktown A (Caroline Grasso, Kersea Gable, Larah Beaver, Jessica Extine) 1:57.04, 2. New Pal A (Brianna Swain, Addison Virt, Karen Emminger, Olivia Ayer) 2:09.67, 3. Yorktown B (Gabby LaVoie, Erin Moreno, Ashley Sexton, Brooke Sigler) 2:13.48.

Boys 200 Medley Relay--1. Yorktown A (Adam Voss, Alec Durant, Michael Heavilon, Wes Gustin) 1:48.01, 2. New Pal A (Grant Gish, Jake Uppfalt, Samuel Baker, Philip Webster) 1:49.58, 3. New Pal B (Adam Rominger, Wesley Virt, Klay Simmons, Luke Steigerwalt) 2:00.99.

Girls 200 Free--1. Caroline Grasso (Y) 2:13.31, 2. Katie Mustard (NP) 2:16.33, 3. Joey Simmons (NP) 2:20.45, 4. Ashley Sexton (Y) 2:20.68, 5. Kirsten Nickoli (Y) 2:20.89.

Boys 200 Free--1. Grant Gish (NP) 1:58.44, 2. Wes Gustin (Y) 2:06.61, 3. Joe Eskew (Y) 2:10.31, 4. Klay Simmons (NP) 2:11.63, 5. Luke Steigerwalt (NP) 2:19.13.

Girls 200 IM--1. Larah Beaver (Y) 2:16.86, 2. Jordan Rogers (NP) 2:30.72, 3. Chappell Railey (Y) 2:39.96, 4. Megan Prosser (NP) 2:42.08, 5. Chelsea Watters (Y) 2:43.17.

Boys 200 IM--1. Michael Heavilon (Y) 2:08.69, 2. Samuel Baker (NP) 2:20.72, 3. Thommy Brown (Y) 2:28.40, 4. Alec Durant (Y) 2:29.04, 5. Wesley Virt (NP) 2:42.53.

Girls 50 Free--1. Jessica Extine (Y) 25.91, 2. Emily Trimpe (NP) 26.07, 3. Victoria Jenkins (NP) 28.53, 4. Gabby LaVoie (Y) 28.55, 5. Kersea Gable (Y) 28.99.

Boys 50 Free--1. Hunter Hoffman (Y) 21.86, 2. Philip Webster (NP) 23.89, 3. Scott Heavilon (Y) 25.23, 4. Jake Uppfalt (NP) 26.25, 5. Adam Rominger (NP) 26.47.

Girls 1-Meter Diving--1. Sam Mahon (Y) 201.75, 2. Ellie Smith (Y) 155.25, 3. Alexa Voss (Y) 151.85, 4. Lauren Miller (NP) 147.10, 5. Alexandria Lang (NP) 73.25.

Boys 1-Meter Diving--1. Tyler Donges (Y) 189.00, 2. Zach Nagel (NP) 166.35.

Girls 100 Fly--1. Jessica Extine (Y) 1:03.85, 2. Katie Prosser (NP) 1:09.41, 3. Karen Emminger (NP) 1:12.47, 4. Lily Horn (NP) 1:15.79, 5. Macey Taylor (Y) 1:19.45.

Boys 100 Fly--1. Adam Voss (Y) 53.06, 2. Luke Steigerwalt (NP) 1:01.86, 3. Thommy Brown (Y) 1:04.07, 4. Klay Simmons (NP) 1:05.63, 5. Kyle Rees (Y) 1:16.35.

Girls 100 Free--1. Emily Trimpe (NP) 57.13, 2. Caroline Grasso (Y) 59.37, 3. Gabby LaVoie (Y) 1:02.61, 4. Victoria Jenkins (NP) 1:02.77, 5. Joey Simmons (NP) 1:04.37.

Boys 100 Free--1. Hunter Hoffman (Y) 48.67, 2. Grant Gish (NP) 53.20, 3. Scott Heavilon (Y) 54.32, 4. Samuel Baker (NP) 55.65, 5. Kyle Rees (Y) 1:02.40.

Girls 500 Free--1. Brooke Sigler (Y) 5:53.24, 2. Megan Prosser (NP) 6:10.44, 3. Kirsten Nickoli (Y) 6:12.74, 4. Chappell Railey (Y) 6:19.71, 5. Katie Mustard (NP) 6:20.89.

Boys 500 Free--1. Michael Heavilon (Y) 5:10.94, 2. Joe Eskew (Y) 5:52.44, 3. Philip Webster (NP) 5:59.57, 4. James Kemp (Y) 6:39.02, 5. Kelley Murphy (NP) 6:49.54.

Girls 200 Free Relay--1. New Pal A (Jordan Rogers, Katie Prosser, Victoria Jenkins, Emily Trimpe) 1:48.17, 2. Yorktown A (Caroline Grasso, Kersea Gable, Ashley Sexton, Gabby LaVoie) 1:50.65, 3. New Pal B (Karen Emminger, Joey Simmons, Olivia Ayer, Addison Virt) 1:56.15.

Boys 200 Free Relay--1. Yorktown A (Hunter Hoffman, Thommy Brown, Wes Gustin, Scott Heavilon) 1:37.32, 2. New Pal A (Adam Rominger, Klay Simmons, Wesley Virt, Samuel Jones) 1:48.86, 3. Yorktown B (Kyle Rees, Jordan Fox, James Kemp, Joe Eskew) 1:51.66.

Girls 100 Back--1. Larah Beaver (Y) 59.69, 2. Katie Prosser (NP) 1:06.53, 3. Brooke Sigler (Y) 1:10.60, Brianna Swain (NP) 1:12.65, 5. Macey Taylor (Y) 1:15.03.

Boys 100 Back--1. Adam Voss (Y) 55.81, 2. Adam Rominger (NP) 1:09.32, 3. Brock Rees (Y) 1:13.04, 4. Devin Jones (NP) 1:21.56, 5. Joseph Railey 1:22.00.

Girls 100 Breast--1. Jordan Rogers (NP) 1:18.16, 2. Kersea Gable (Y) 1:18.38, 3. Addison Virt (NP) 1:21.79, 4. Chelsea Watters (Y) 1:22.01, 5. Erin Moreno (Y) 1:22.10.

Boys 100 Breast--1. Jake Uppfalt (NP) 1:12.17, 2. Wes Gustin (Y) 1:13.60, 3. Alec Durant (Y) 1:16.28, 4. Wesley Virt (NP) 1:20.35, 5. Jordan Fox (Y) 1:29.94.

Girls 400 Free Relay--1. Yorktown A (Jessica Extine, Ashley Sexton, Brooke Sigler, Larah Beaver) 3:54.80, 2. New Pal A (Katie Prosser, Emily Trimpe, Victoria Jenkins, Jordan Rogers) 3:59.86, 3. New Pal B (Katie Mustard, Joey Simmons, Megan Prosser, Olivia Ayer) 4:20.75.

Boys 400 Free Relay--1. Yorktown A (Hunter Hoffman, Michael Heavilon, Scott Heavilon, Adam Voss) 3:25.04, 2. New Pal A (Philip Webster, Luke Steigerwalt, Samuel Baker, Grant Gish) 3:49.77, 3. Yorktown B (Joe Eskew, Alec Durant, Jordan Fox, Kyle Rees) 4:16.76.