TIGERS DEMOLISH ARABIANS IN SWEEP

If there was any doubt before last night about whether Yorktown can win Hoosier Heritage Conference championships again this season, there shouldn't be any now. For the third straight meet, the Tigers made easy work of an HHC opponent, sweeping Pendleton Heights in the YHS pool. The Lady Tigers whipped the outnumbered Arabians 125-60, while the boys dispatched PH 110-64.

The girls won every swimming event in the meet, allowing only PH diver Hannah Cochran to take top honors on the board (229.00). Yorktown sophomore Jessica Extine had the best meet of her YHS career, nipping PH senior Autumn Brown in the 50-yard freestyle (25.68-25.86) before blowing away the Auburn recruit in the 100-yard butterfly (1:02.10-1:04.48). It was Extine's coming of age moment against an arch rival, one she's likely to see again at both the HHC meet in January, and the Hamilton Southeastern Sectional in February.

The Lady Tigers had two other individual double winners on the night. Junior Larah Beaver easily won the 200-yard freestyle (2:02.84) and 100-yard freestyle (54.85); sophomore Caroline Grasso made it a double-dip in the 200-yard IM (2:29.56) and the 100-yard backstroke (1:04.88). The girls had two other individual champions--sophomore Kersea Gable took top honors in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:21.15), and junior Brooke Sigler captured the 500-yard freestyle in a season-best 5:52.29. Sigler has dropped time each time she has swum the 500 this season--outstanding job, Brooke!

The girls also made a statement in winning all three relays. The 200-yard medley relay squad of Grasso, Gable, Beaver and Extine won gold by nearly 14 seconds (1:59.23); the 200-yard freestyle relay of Grasso, Gable, sophomore Ashley Sexton and senior Gabby LaVoie got to the wall first (1:52.29); and the quartet of Extine, Sexton, Sigler and Beaver grabbed victory by more than 18 seconds in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:59.45).

The Yorktown boys weren't about to be outdone by their prettier counterparts. The "Old Men" came through again--seniors Adam Voss, Michael Heavilon and Hunter Hoffman each won a pair of individual titles on the evening. Voss took the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.17) and 500-yard freestyle (5:02.96); Heavilon put up blue ribbon efforts in the 200-yard IM (2:12.16) and the 100-yard freestyle (51.38); and Hoffman continued to blister the water in the 50-yard freestyle (22.04) and the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.64).

The boys had two more winners in individual events Tuesday night. Sophomore Thommy Brown was the man in the 100-yard butterfly (1:03.27), and senior Tyler Donges won a one-man diving competition (178.15).

The Tiger guys also topped the field in both freestyle relays. Hoffman, Brown, senior Wes Gustin and freshman Scott Heavilon outperformed their competition (1:38.48) in the 200, and it was Hoffman, the Heavilon brothers, and Voss leading the way in the 400 (3:33.75).

Yorktown has an "off" day today before hitting the road for a coed meet Thursday at Anderson High School at 5:30 p.m.

GO TIGERS!
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Results--Girls: Yorktown 125, Pendleton Heights 60 Boys: Yorktown 110, Pendleton Heights 64

Girls 200 Medley Relay--1. Yorktown A (Caroline Grasso, Kersea Gable, Larah Beaver, Jessica Extine) 1:59.23, 2. Yorktown B (Brooke Sigler, Erin Moreno, Ashley Sexton, Gabby LaVoie) 2:12.90, 3. Pendleton Heights A (Erin Marshall, Alexis Niccum, Mason Mills, Jillyan Jackson) 2:16.49.

Boys 200 Medley Relay--1. Pendleton Heights A (Jacob Childress, Austin Parrish, Steven McCormack, Andrzej Kedziora) 1:48.83, 2. Yorktown A (Adam Voss, Alec Durant, Michael Heavilon, Wes Gustin) 1:49.70, 3. Yorktown B (Joseph Railey, James Kemp, Thommy Brown, Daniel Morency) 2:19.54.

Girls 200 Free--1. Larah Beaver (Y) 2:02.84, 2. Ivy Wysong (PH) 2:20.56, 3. Chelsea Watters (Y) 2:21.65, 4. Laura Davisson (PH) 2:22.87, 5. Ashley Sexton (Y) 2:24.35.

Boys 200 Free--1. Adam Voss (Y) 1:53.17, 2. Scott Heavilon (Y) 2:02.46, 3. Logan Kisinger (PH) 2:04.92, 4. Joe Eskew (Y) 2:11.75, 5. Cody Hunt (PH) 2:15.77.

Girls 200 IM--1. Caroline Grasso (Y) 2:29.56, 2. Jillyan Jackson (PH) 2:39.92, 3. Kersea Gable (Y) 2:40.17, 4. Mason Mills (PH) 2:43.16, 5. Chelsea Watters (Y) 2:43.91.

Boys 200 IM--1. Michael Heavilon (Y) 2:12.16, 2. Austin Parrish (PH) 2:17.13, 3. Wes Gustin (Y) 2:25.43, 4. Alec Durant (Y) 2:35.17, 5. Steven McCormack (PH) 2:41.88.

Girls 50 Free--1. Jessica Extine (Y) 25.68, 2. Autumn Brown (PH) 25.86, 3. Erin Moreno (Y) 29.45, 4. Rachel Reising (Y) 33.47, 5. Alexis Niccum (PH) 35.07.

Boys 50 Free--1. Hunter Hoffman (Y) 22.04, 2. Andrzej Kedziora (PH) 24.39, 3. Thommy Brown (PH) 26.32, 4. Josh Collier (PH) 26.57, 5. James Kemp (Y) 27.53.

Girls 1-Meter Diving--1. Hannah Cochran (PH) 229.00, 2. Sam Mahon (Y) 193.55, 3. Taylor Fiew (PH) 170.75, 4. Ellie Smith (Y) 152.20, Alexa Voss (Y) 133.00.

Boys 1-Meter Diving--1. Tyler Donges (Y) 178.15.

Girls 100 Fly--1. Jessica Extine (Y) 1:02.10, 2. Autumn Brown (PH) 1:04.48, 3. Brooke Sigler (Y) 1:19.86, 4. Kirsten Nickoli (Y) 1:22.18.

Boys 100 Fly--1. Thommy Brown (Y) 1:03.27, 2. Steven McCormack (PH) 1:05.52, 3. Kyle Rees (Y) 1:19.74, 4. Jordan Fox (Y) 1:27.99, DQ-Tyler Young (PH).

Girls 100 Free--1. Larah Beaver (Y) 54.85, 2. Gabby LaVoie (Y) 1:03.70, 3. Erin Moreno (Y) 1:04.38, 4. Erin Marshall (PH) 1:06.78, 5. Jessica Bryant (PH) 1:26.49.

Boys 100 Free--1. Michael Heavilon (Y) 51.38, 2. Jacob Childress (PH) 52.63, 3. Scott Heavilon (Y) 54.82, 4. Kyle Rees (Y) 1:03.59, 5. Luke Groninger (PH) 1:09.15.

Girls 500 Free--1. Brooke Sigler (Y) 5:52.29, 2. Kirsten Nickoli (Y) 6:15.18, 3. Ivy Wysong (PH) 6:18.57, 4. Chappell Railey (Y) 6:23.00, 5. Laura Davisson (PH) 6:30.66.

Boys 500 Free--1. Adam Voss (Y) 5:02.96, 2. Logan Kisinger (PH) 5:36.73, 3. Joe Eskew (Y) 5:50.11, 4. Alec Durant (Y) 6:04.88, 5. Cody Hunt (PH) 6:15.91.

Girls 200 Free Relay--1. Yorktown A (Caroline Grasso, Kersea Gable, Ashley Sexton, Gabby LaVoie) 1:52.29, 2. Pendleton Heights A (Jillyan Jackson, Laura Davisson, Ivy Wysong, Autumn Brown) 1:55.94, 3. Yorktown B (Chelsea Watters, Chappell Railey, Brittney Bell, Erin Moreno) 2:01.86.

Boys 200 Free Relay--1. Yorktown A (Hunter Hoffman, Thommy Brown, Wes Gustin, Scott Heavilon) 1:38.48, 2. Pendleton Heights A (Josh Collier, Steven McCormack, Cody Hunt, Logan Kisinger) 1:46.28, 3. Yorktown B (Kyle Rees, Jordan Fox, James Kemp, Joe Eskew) 1:51.51.

Girls 100 Back--1. Caroline Grasso (Y) 1:04.88, 2. Mason Mills (PH) 1:13.77, 3. Erin Marshall (PH) 1:18.33, 4. Chappell Railey (Y) 1:18.60, 5. Megan Morency (Y) 1:31.16.

Boys 100 Back--1. Jacob Childress (PH) 57.28, 2. Andrzej Kedziora (PH) 1:02.47, 3. Wes Gustin (Y) 1:07.91, 4. Tyler Young (PH) 1:17.89, 5. James Kemp (Y) 1:18.85.

Girls 100 Breast--1. Kersea Gable (Y) 1:21.15, 2. Jillyan Jackson (PH) 1:22.03, 3. Gabby LaVoie (Y) 1:24.13, 4. Alexis Niccum (PH) 1:27.01, 5. Brittney Bell (Y) 1:40.87.

Boys 100 Breast--1. Hunter Hoffman (Y) 1:02.64, 2. Austin Parrish (PH) 1:10.23, 3. Josh Collier (PH) 1:15.38, 4. Jordan Fox (Y) 1:28.58, DQ-Andy Wolfe (Y).

Girls 400 Free Relay--1. Yorktown A (Jessica Extine, Ashley Sexton, Brooke Sigler, Larah Beaver) 3:59.45, 2. Pendleton Heights A (Autumn Brown, Ivy Wysong, Mason Mills, Erin Marshall) 4:17.67, 3. Yorktown B (Chappell Railey, Rachel Reising, Chelsea Watters, Kirsten Nickoli) 4:47.88.

Boys 400 Free Relay--1. Yorktown A (Hunter Hoffman, Michael Heavilon, Scott Heavilon, Adam Voss) 3:33.75, 2. Pendleton Heights A (Logan Kisinger, Andrzej Kedziora, Austin Parrish, Jacob Childress) 3:47.72.