Earlier this week, the Hamilton Heights athletic department announced the various Hoosier Conference honors that were given to Huskies student-athletes for the winter sports season.
Here is a recap of conference results, in addition to a list of individual honors and current all-sports standings for both boys and girls. While Northwestern finished first in both girls winter sports (basketball and swimming), high finishes by Hamilton Heights kept the Huskies in first place on the girls all-sports list.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Team standings: 1. Lafayette Central Catholic (4-0, 19-5), 2. Hamilton Heights (4-0, 15-8), 3. Northwestern (3-1, 17-5), 4. Twin Lakes (3-1, 14-11), 5. Tipton (2-2, 19-6), 6. West Lafayette (2-2, 13-12), 7. Lewis Cass (1-3, 13-10), 8. Rensselaer Central (1-3, 14-11), 9. Western (0-4, 17-7), 10. Benton Central (0-4, 10-5).
Heights All-Conference: Hudson Hochstedler, Camron Knott, Gus Etchison.
Heights Honorable Mention: Brent Pennington.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Team standings: 1. Northwestern (4-0, 30-0), 2. Benton Central (4-0, 26-4), 3. Hamilton Heights (3-1, 14-11), 4. Rensselaer Central (2-2, 13-10), 5. Lafayette Central Catholic (2-2, 20-8), 6. Tipton (2-2, 12-12), 7. Western (1-3, 9-14), 8. Twin Lakes (1-3, 9-15), 9. West Lafayette (1-3, 17-9), 10. Lewis Cass (0-4, 2-21).
Heights All-Conference: Bayleigh Runner, Jillian Osswald.
Heights Honorable Mention: MyKayla Moran, Payton Dissett.
BOYS SWIMMING
Team standings: 1. West Lafayette, 2. Tipton, 3. Western, 4. Northwestern, 5. Rensselaer Central, 6. Lafayette Central Catholic, 7. Hamilton Heights, 8. Twin Lakes, 9. Lewis Cass, 10. Benton Central.
GIRLS SWIMMING
Team standings: 1. Northwestern, 2. Hamilton Heights, 3. Western, 4. Twin Lakes, 5. Tipton, 6. Rensselaer Central, 7. Benton Central, 8. Lewis Cass, 9. West Lafayette, 10. Lafayette Central Catholic.
Heights medalists: Tara Holder, 200 freestyle (2:01.24); Cylie Starr, 200 individual medley (2:15.94); Alexa Williams, diving (414.55 points), Tara Holder, 500 freestyle (5:19.36), Tara Holder, Ryleigh Poe, Mady Hutcherson, Cylie Starr, 400 freestyle relay (3:49.60).
Heights honorable mention: Ryleigh Poe, 500 freestyle (5:29.80).
WRESTLING
Team standings: 1. Western, 2. Rensselaer Central, 3. Hamilton Heights, 4. Twin Lakes, 5. Lafayette Central Catholic, 6. West Lafayette, 7. Benton Central, 8. Northwestern, 9. Lewis Cass, 10. Tipton.
Heights medalists: Luke Stohler (195), Alex Naylor (220).
Heights honorable mention: Alex Kraus (160).
BOYS ALL-SPORTS STANDINGS
1. West Lafayette 57, 2. Western 54, 3. Lafayette Central Catholic 46, T4. Hamilton Heights 40; Twin Lakes 40, 6. Rensselaer Central 38, 7. Northwestern 35, 8. Tipton 29, 9. Lewis Cass 25, 10. Benton Central 21.
GIRLS ALL-SPORTS STANDINGS
1. Hamilton Heights 46, 2. Northwestern 44, 3. Western 41, 4. Benton Central 38, 5. West Lafayette 33, 6. Tipton 30, T7. Lafayette Central Catholic 29; Rensselaer Central 28, 9. Twin Lakes 23, 10. Lewis Cass 15.
Hamilton Heights’ Bayleigh Runner was named as an All-Conference player for girls basketball when the Hoosier Conference winter sports honors were announced this week. (Richie Hall/File photo)
Way to go, Huskies!