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Carmel | Fishers | Noblesville | Westfield News Gathering Like & Partner Follow us! HIGH: 42 LOW: 34 Westfield Ed. Foundation names Dedon new director Reporter photo by Denise Moe The REPORTER County Commissioner Steve Dillinger spoke to a crowd of over 400 at Wednesday’s State of the County Address at Experienced non-profit fundraising pro- the Embassy Suites in Noblesville. See more photos at ReadTheReporter.com. fessional Jody Dedon has been named Ex- ecutive Director of the Westfield Education Foundation (WEF). Dedon, a Westfield State of the County lays out resident, begins her new role Jan. 21. Dedon brings more than 10 years of direct fundraising next chapter for community experience, including By DENISE MOE over 4 million visitors, all boost- Executive Director of For the Reporter ing the economy and proving that Indy Women of Tech, Hamilton County really is a desti- Director of Advance- Dedon Hamilton County Commission- nation. Dillinger said one of those ment at Leadership Indianapolis, Director er Steve Dillinger presented the an- draws is the Nickel Plate Express of Development at Conner Prairie, and Di- nual State of the County Address on that began operations in September rector of Development at Noble of . Wednesday at the Embassy Suites of 2018 and since that time has had Dedon has been active with the Hamilton in Noblesville to a crowd of over over 25,000 passengers. County Leadership Academy, serving as 400 residents, business owners and Dillinger provided updates on Board Chair and interim executive director. community leaders. the Government Center and jail In her new role, Dedon will serve as the Dillinger described his presen- expansions projects, in addition to face of the foundation in Westfield, devel- tation as a story of the community reporting the county's recent solar op and execute fundraising strategies and that we all live and work in, the energy project has saved the county events, and serve as the bridge between the background that shapes our lives. $810,000 in 2019 and expected to community, donors and the schools. “This isn’t a speech, it’s a story save $25.6 million over the next 25 Dedon is a graduate of Indiana Wesley- with a beginning, middle and end,” years. an University and is a CFRE. Dillinger said. “It’s important for Dillinger also provided updates About the Westfield Education Foundation the community to see what we’ve on a number of construction proj- WEF is a 501c(3) not-for-profit entity accomplished in the past year, what ects throughout Hamilton County created in 1986 to serve as a philanthrop- we’re still working on in the new including completion of the Logan ic resource to provide scholarships to year, and what we’re planning for Street Bridge, Phase Two of the Westfield seniors and to provide grants to the future. Hamilton County is con- Lowe’s Way expansion, as well Westfield teachers. In 2019, the Foundation stantly evolving.” as reconstruction of State Road 37 awarded $58,650 to seniors at Westfield According to Dillinger, in 2019 through Fishers and Noblesville, Washington High School. WEF has now Hamilton County had $820 million which won the Outstanding Team Reporter photo by Denise Moe awarded $1.2 million in college scholar- dollars in visitor spending and 1.5 Effort Award from the Indiana Asso- Commissioner Steve Dillinger was presented a ships and classroom teaching grants in million hotel rooms were sold to ciation of County Commissioners. Congressional Record by Rep. Susan W. Brooks. Westfield Washington Schools. Cecilia Coble makes history as first woman to be Fishers City Council President By LARRY LANNAN views the project before the LarryInFishers.com public hearing. • Two project tax abate- Mayor Scott Fadness ment items received final called it an "historic day" council approval. New for Fishers as Council- commercial projects on woman Cecilia Sunlight Drive Coble took the and Amp West gavel after be- (near the Nickel ing unanimously Plate Amphithe- elected as city ater) were both council president passed. for 2020. Fadness • A proposal Photo provided says even the old on nonresiden- Westfield Lions Club Board Chairman Larry Clarino and President John Wardlow recently presented a town council tial open spaces, check for $2,000 to the LCIF Australian Wildlife Relief Fund from the Westfield Lions Club. never had a fe- already passed male president, Coble with a favorable making this deci- recommendation sion even more historic. from the Plan Commission, Westfield Lions show support Selina Stoller was elect- was amended by council ed Council Vice President, vote, meaning the provi- also by a unanimous vote. sion will return to the Plan for Australian wildlife relief In other council actions Commission for more con- at the Tuesday session: The REPORTER ternational Foundation tainably protect and restore of all Lions Clubs is “We sideration. At its regular business (LCIF), was founded in the environment and to im- Serve.” • Appointments to • The former Ram meeting this month, the 1968 with the mission to prove the well-being of all The LCIF is active in boards and commissions Restaurant site near 126th Westfield Lions Club- an support the efforts of - lo communities. five general causes:- Vi were approved. Todd Street and State Road 37 nounced the donation of cal Lions Clubs, both lo- The Westfield Lions sion, diabetes, hunger, En- Zimmerman will join the is being eyed as an office $2,000 to the Lions Clubs cally and globally. The Club is one of over 48,000 vironment and childhood Fishers Plan Commission building, but the setback International Foundation’s Australian Wildlife Relief local chapters, with 1.4 cancer. and David George will take standards may not be met Australian Wildlife Relief Program is part of LCIF’s million members around For more information or a seat on the Finance Com- due to construction on State Program. global environmental the world in more than to join the Westfield Lions, mittee. In a separate action, Road 37, so the council ap- The Lions Clubs In- causes measures to sus- 200 countries. The motto visit westfieldlions.org. Jocelyn Vare was appoint- proved a change in the set- ed to the council's Nonprof- back rule for that property. it Committee. • Jamie Burrows and • After two years of Duane Reddick were hon- having the Fishers Plan ored for 20 years of service More roundabouts set to go in Carmel Commission get first re- to the Fishers Fire Depart- By FRED SWIFT abouts are planned at North Range dates to be determined) on 116th view of proposals, the ment. Dave Seward was ReadTheReporter.com Line and the new Lowes Way con- Street at Guilford Road and at Col- council voted to go back to recognized for 25 years of nection to 146th Street, and at Carm- lege Avenue. having council members go service to the Fishers Po- Folks living or working in Carmel el Drive and Pennsylvania Street. Then comes major projects on through first reading on de- lice Department. or just driving through can expect to On May 4 work starts on a round- South Range Line Road at Medical velopments and other items • During the communi- face construction on 10 more round- about at 111th Street and Westfield Drive and at 116th Street. before sending the item to ty comment period, a con- abouts in April through November. Boulevard and another at Haverstick And finally, in the fall, two more the Plan Commission. Plan- tractor for the city storm Most will involve at least temporary Road and 96th Street. roundabouts at 111th Street and Lex- ning and Zoning Director water operation asked to be closures of some major streets. These will be followed by sum- ington Farms Drive and another at Tony Bagato said this will considered for becoming a Starting in early April round- mer roundabout construction (exact Street and Zotec Drive. give the Plan Commission an idea of how the council See Coble . . . 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Chief of Staff for the Iraq served as the Executive Di- For more information, Assistance Group. rector of the National Com- visit kentabernathy.com. 4 Letter to the Editor Information Technology can be complicated Letter to the Editor The answer can be simple David Kinkead thrilled to support Heirbrandt’s re-election campaign Dear Editor, parency at the county level. Thanks to his I am writing this letter because I leadership, residents can use social media was overjoyed to see Hamilton County to effectively and efficiently communi- Commissioner Mark Heirbrandt file for cate with the county and learn about proj- Hardware • Network Solutions re-election. ects happening around the community. I could not imagine Hamilton Coun- Just recently, Heirbrandt earned the ty today without Mark Heirbrandt. 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Because of 866.987.2349 along the corridor and shortening com- his impact and remarkable character, I mute times. am proud to cast my vote for Mark Heir- Serving Hamilton County & Central Indiana Mark also implemented several brandt on May 5. cost-saving solutions in the county and David Kinkead Who’s on your ballot for the May 2020 Primary Election? had a major impact in increasing trans- President, Sheridan Town Council County Auditor Noblesville 10 Clay District 3 (vote for 8) Robin Mills (R) Perry Williams Christine M. Accetturo County Treasurer Noblesville 12 Mike Ward Letters to the Editor do not reflect the opinions of The Reporter, Mike Corbett Kim Good (R) Delaware Twp. 1 (vote for 5) Noblesville 14 Rick Fain its publisher or its staff. You can submit your own County Surveyor Ronald Magnus Michael Colby Kenton C. Ward (R) Noblesville 15 Delaware Twp. 2 (vote for 5) Letter to the Editor by email to [email protected]. County Commissioner, Beth Sheller Eric A. Mussler District 2 Noblesville 17 Fall Creek District 1 (vote for 7) Steven C. Dillinger (R) Robert C. Becker Sarah Hurdle Shields County Commissioner, Noblesville 19 Fall Creek District 2 (vote for 7) District 3 Steven C. Dillinger Amala Massillamany Mark Heirbrandt (R) Noblesville 21 Mario Massillamany Greg O’Connor Fall Creek District 3 (vote for 7) County Council Noblesville 23 Doug Allman At Large (vote for 3) Tom Kenley Michele L. Allman Ralph F. (Rick) McKinney (R) James H Dotson Brian Baehl Brandon (Brad) Beaver (R) Noblesville 24 Eric C Rector Sue Maki (R) Mike Davis Tony Scott Jeff Hern (R) Noblesville 26 Jacquelyn Moore Republican Precinct Lee Clark Greg Jones Committeemen Noblesville 27 Jason Arnold Arbors Patrick Berghoff Jackson/White River (vote for 6) Gerald Goldblatt Noblesville 32 Ray Adler Arcadia Scott A. Baldwin Eric Moorhous Maurice E. St. Louis Noblesville 33 Katherine Moorhous Mitchell L. 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Charles G. Sidener April 19, 1926 – January 22, 2020 Charles G. Sidener, 93, Noblesville, passed away on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at Riverwalk Village in Noblesville. He was born on April 19, 1926 to Garrett and Ella (Miller) Sidener in Lima, . Charles was a sales manager for Kennedy Tool Box Company. He was a member of Noblesville Moose and a lifetime member of Noblesville Masonic Lodge and the Noblesville Elks, where he served as trustee. Charles enjoyed playing cards, especially euchre, and was an avid bowler. Charles is survived by his daughter, Cindy (Randy) King; sons, 1621 E. Greyhound Pass Rob Sidener, Greg (Linda) Sidener and Dennis (Janie) Sidener; broth- er, Ross Sidener; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Carmel, IN 46032 In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Helen L. Sidener, in 2003. Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at Randall & Roberts (317) 587-2001 Funeral Home, 1150 Logan St., Noblesville, with visitation from 11 a.m. to the time of service at the Donna www.bussellfamilyfunerals.com funeral home. Burial will be at Oaklawn Memorial Arrangements Bussell Gardens in Indianapolis. Calling: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Jan. 25 Memorial contributions may be made to Alzhei- Service: 1 p.m., Jan. 25 mer’s Association, 50 E. 91st St., Suite 100, India- Location: Randall & Roberts Funeral Home napolis, IN 46240. Condolences: randallroberts.com IU releases Fall 2019 Dean’s List The REPORTER Elijah Davis LaAndrea Minor Indiana State University Grace Davis Chelsea Morrow has recognized the follow- Matthew Dervenis Alexandra Noer ing students from Hamilton Chandler Ellis Alec Nogoda County for outstanding aca- Marcus Ford Austin North demic achievement for the Caroline Gipson Luke Parker Fall 2019 semester. Haevyn Gorin Elisabeth Peskin To be eligible for the Alexander Haehner Matthew Pohl Dean’s List, students must Kaitlin Halvorsen Emily Ratliff be full-time and have a cu- Mallory Harrington Jacob Riley mulative grade point aver- Brooke Hendricks Logan Robbins age of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 Kathryn Higginbotham Rachel Sanqunetti scale. Amiyah James Aramatta Schaeffer Victoria Johns Taylor Schrock Riley Anderson Dana Jones Keara Shelton Braxton Arnett Benjamin Kratky Richard Siefert Elise Avagian Jown Lawless Hannah Sullivan John Beiswanger Kacie Lima Jaylyn Triplett Kerry Broshears Jaydn Lutz Makayla Triplett Gabrielle Brown Mia Mackenzie Dylan Wadsworth Lawrence Buck Icess Manuel Robert Walkley Alexandra Carson Jonathan May Samantha Wanninger Anna-Maria Carver Thomas May Kristin Wentz Allison Chew Elise McFerran Abbye Weyler Zachary Coursen Luke Metallic Thomas Witkowski Hamilton County Reporter Contact Information Phone 317-408-5548 Email [email protected] Publisher Jeff Jellison [email protected] 317-408-5548 Sports Editor Richie Hall [email protected] Twitter: @Richie_Hall Public Notices [email protected] 765-365-2316 Web Address www.ReadTheReporter.com Subscription Inquiries [email protected] Mailing Address PO Box 190 Westfield, IN 46074 Call Peggy 317-439-3258 or Jen 317-695-6032 10174 Gemstone Drive Noblesville • $364,900 PENDING New Year, New Home! Talk to Peggy & Jennifer today.

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Wrestling Carmel, Westfield, Fishers are Wednesday dual meet winners With sectionals only nine days away, Hamilton County wrestling teams are preparing for the post-season and also finishing up their regular seasons. Among the Wednesday meets was an all-county contest between Carmel and Hamilton Southeastern at the Royals’ gym. The Greyhounds, ranked No. 7 in the IndianaMat.com team standings, won the dual 55-9, taking 12 of the 14 match- es. Carmel won the first six matches, including pins from Isaac Ward at 113 pounds and Nathan Powell at 132 pounds, before Southeastern got its first win, a de- cision victory from Reece Luhmann at 145. The ‘Hounds then started another streak of six straight wins, with Jackson Mitchell (160) and Billy Kepler (195) getting victory by fall. The Royals’ An- drew Irick finished the meet with a pin at 285 pounds; Irick is ranked No. 2 in that weight class. (A complete list of ranked county wrestlers appears below.)

CARMEL 55, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 9 Meet started at 106 pounds 106: Suhas Chundi (C) def. Mat Ben- son (HSE) by technical fall, 20-5 113: Isaac Ward (C) def. Kyler Sapp (HSE) by fall, 1:38 120: Luke Farling (C) def. Blake Al- varado (HSE) by major decision, 17-3 126: Joey Langeman (C) def. Ryan Hartig (HSE) by technical fall, 18-3 132: Nathan Powell (C) def. Nick Bur- ris (HSE) by fall, 5:25 Reporter photo by Richie Hall 138: Brendan Mattingly (C) def. Jake Westfield wrestlers Dakota Arvin (left) and Ike O'Neill help roll up a mat after the Shamrocks finished their dual Lemieux (HSE) by decision, 10-5 meet win over North Montgomery Wednesday at The Rock. Westfield beat the Chargers 68-12. 145: Reece Luhmann (HSE) def. Jake Shafer (C) by decision, 5-2 285: Mike Platonov won by forfeit by fall, 3:26 113: Griffin Ingalls def. Harris by fall, 152: Paul Ginella (C) def. Cam Rob- 106: Owen Matthews won by forfeit 182: Jon Rubio def. Metcalf by deci- 1:54 erts (HSE) by major decision, 9-1 113: Cooper Pfieffer def. Moffitt by sion, 11-6 120: PJ Pritchett def. Coffield by fall, 160: Jackson Mitchell (C) def. Shane technical fall, 16-0 195: Wyatt Holley won by forfeit 3:26 Collins (HSE) by fall, 1:18 120: Carson Eldred def. B. Hall by 220: JD Farrell def. Brown by fall, 126: Zach Strueder lost to Vital by 170: Gabe Davin (C) def. Ronan Hin- fall, 1:07 3:05 major decision, 14-3 er (HSE) by decision, 6-4 126: Thadeus O’Neill def. W. Camp- 285: Max Kohne lost to Watts by de- 132: Dylan Parodi def. Chavero by 182: Zach White (C) def. Max Broom bell by fall, 3:37 cision, 5-2 decision, 4-3 (HSE) by decision, 11-4 132: Milo Merkel def. C. Hall by fall, 106: Anthony Riley def. Schenk by 138: Josh Thompson def. Hill by fall, 195: Billy Kepler (C) def. Jake Schnei- 3:53 decision, 4-2 1:11 der (HSE) by fall, 2:27 138: Jason Rooney def. C. Campbell 220: Haakon Van Beynen (C) def. by decision, 4-1 Devin Dudley (HSE) by major deci- 145: Kevin Dotse won by forfeit sion, 11-1 152: Alec McLaren won by forfeit County ranked wrestlers 285: Andrew Irick (HSE) def. Collin 160: Austin McClure won by forfeit The following Hamilton County el. O’Connor (C) by fall, 1:37 170: Jackson Anderson def. Caffoon wrestlers are ranked by IndianaMat. 182 pounds: 14. Garrett Sharp, Car- by fall, 5:55 com: mel. Westfield, ranked No. 19 by Indi- 182: Jonathan Tanner lost to McCloud 195 pounds: 4. JD Farrell, Fishers; anaMat, cruised to a dual meet win over by fall, 3:15 North Montgomery 68-12 at The Rock. STATE RANKINGS 10. Zach White, Carmel. 106 pounds: 3. Suhas Chundi, Car- 285 pounds: 2. Andrew Irick, Hamil- The Shamrocks won 12 of the 14 Fishers took care of North Central 51- mel. ton Southeastern; 15. Jonathan Wil- matches, with Gabe Arvin, Cardon El- 16 in a dual meet at the Tiger Den. 113 pounds: 8. Brac Hooper, Carm- liams, Carmel. dred, Thadeus O’Neil, Milo Merkel and The Tigers won 10 of the 14 match- el; 11. Griffin Ingalls, Fishers. Jackson Anderson getting pins. Westfield es, including pins from Tyler Lindamood 120 pounds: 4. Carson Eldred, NEW CASTLE coach Phil Smith said that Westfield “had (145 pounds), James Carroll (170), JD Westfield; 15. Jacob Simone, Ham- SEMI-STATE RANKINGS an opportunity to get some young guys in Farrell (220), Griffin Ingalls (113), PJ ilton Southeastern. 106 pounds: 1. Chundi, Carmel. the line-up” with Cooper Pfieffer and Ja- Pritchett (120) and Josh Thompson (138). son Rooney also winning matches. 126 pounds: 13. Joey Langeman, 113 pounds: Hooper, Carmel; 7. Carmel. Ingalls, Fishers; 8. Dylan Driver, FISHERS 51, NORTH CENTRAL 16 138 pounds: 5. Brendan Mattingly, Westfield. WESTFIELD 68, Meet started at 145 pounds Carmel. 120 pounds: 2. Eldred, Westfield; 5. NORTH MONTGOMERY 12 145: Tyler Lindamood def. Ch. John- 145 pounds: 9. Jeff Dunasky, Guer- AJ Gunn, Carmel; 7. Simone, Ham- Meet started at 195 pounds son by fall, 5:22 in Catholic; 10. Reece Luhmann, ilton Southeastern. 195: Gabe Arvin def. Dunne by fall, 152: Zach Willard won by forfeit Hamilton Southeastern; 15. Jake 126 pounds: 6. Langeman, Carmel. 1:22 160: Miro Bruvold lost to Cl. Johnson Shafer, Carmel. 220: Dakota Arvin lost to Drew Web- by decision, 8-4 170 pounds: 8. Gabe Davin, Carm- See Ranked . . . Page 7 ster by fall, 1:59 170: James Carroll lost to Harrington Sports 7

Wednesday scores Boston 119, Memphis 95 Detroit 127, Sacramento 106 Miami 134, Washington 129, OT Indiana 112, Phoenix 87 Oklahoma City 120, Orlando 114 L.A. Lakers 100, New York 92 San Antonio 121, New Orleans 117 NBA standings Toronto 107, Philadelphia 95 Chicago 117, Minnesota 110 Utah 129, Golden State 96 Atlanta 102, L.A. Clippers 95 Houston 121, Denver 105 Eastern Conference Western Conference Atlantic W L PCT. GB Northwest W L PCT. GB Toronto 30 14 .682 - Utah 31 13 .705 - Boston 29 14 .674 0.5 Denver 30 14 .682 1.0 Philadelphia 29 17 .630 2.0 Oklahoma City 26 19 .578 5.5 Brooklyn 18 24 .429 11.0 Portland 19 26 .422 12.5 New York 12 33 .267 18.5 Minnesota 15 29 .341 16.0 Central W L PCT. GB Pacific W L PCT. GB Milwaukee 39 6 .867 - L.A. Lakers 35 9 .795 - Indiana 29 16 .644 10.0 L.A. Clippers 31 14 .689 4.5 Detroit 17 28 .378 22.0 Phoenix 18 26 .409 17.0 Chicago 17 29 .370 22.5 Sacramento 15 29 .341 20.0 Cleveland 12 32 .273 26.5 Golden State 10 36 .217 26.0 Southeast W L PCT. GB Southwest W L PCT. GB Miami 31 13 .705 - Dallas 27 16 .628 - Orlando 21 24 .467 10.5 Houston 27 16 .628 - Charlotte 15 30 .333 16.5 San Antonio 20 23 .465 7.0 Washington 14 29 .326 16.5 Memphis 20 24 .455 7.5 Atlanta 11 34 .244 20.5 New Orleans 17 28 .378 11.0 Pacers bounce back by beating Suns By BRENDAN ROURKE points or more. After being in foul trouble foul with 4:34 left to play in the half. tempted to stop the surge with a dunk on Courtesy nba.com/pacers for most of the night, he finished with 10. Ayton was forced to sit the remainder of the other end, but the Blue & Gold rallied Back on track. The NBA's eighth-leading scorer, Devin the half. for seven more unanswered to push their After a 30-point loss to the Utah Booker, finished with 16 — more than 10 But the speedy second unit of Phoe- lead to 25, 81-56, on back-to-back buck- Jazz two nights ago, the Pacers (29-16) below his average. nix clawed its way back into the game, ets from Warren. bounced back with a wire-to-wire 112- Both teams started out sluggish, com- earning several trips to the foul line. The Phoenix did close the quarter strong, 87 victory over the Phoenix Suns on bining for an 8-for-23 start from the floor. Suns managed to trim Indiana's 11-point outscoring the Pacers 9-2 over the final Wednesday night at Talking Stick Resort But Indiana held the upper hand, after lead down to two, 43-41, on a pair of Elie three minutes to trim the lead to 83-65 Arena. The Blue & Gold have now won Malcolm Brogdon's step-back jumper Okobo free throws with 2:53 left in the as the quarter expired. In addition, Aar- six straight against the team from the Val- gave Indiana its first multi-possession first half. on Holiday was assessed a technical for ley of the Sun. lead, 12-8, at the 6:28 mark of the frame. Indiana speedily pushed its lead back arguing an earlier foul call as the quarter After earning a six-point lead after the Six consecutive points from T.J. War- to 10 behind a 6-0 spree in a 50-second expired. Jevon Carter sank the ensuing first half, the Blue & Gold outscored the ren helped the Blue & Gold maintain a span. However, the Suns managed to trim free throw before the fourth began to trim Suns 58-39 to cruise to the victory. The slim lead heading into the final stint of it back to six after scoring four points in the lead to 17. defense held the Suns to just 30-of-84 the first. Warren connected on two driv- the final 30 seconds of the quarter. But Indiana paid no mind. (35.7 percent) shooting on their home ing layups, then a tough free-throw line Early in the third, the Pacers managed A 7-2 Pacers run soon pushed the lead court, including 4-of-20 (20 percent) jumper off a ball screen to grab an 18-14 to push their margin back to 10, 60-50, back to 90-68 on a McDermott 3-pointer from deep. lead for Indiana with 4:45 remaining. behind a Lamb floater at the 10:27 mark. from the left wing with 10:17 to go. With 6:20 left in the third quarter, In- As the Pacers' bench rotated in, the Two minutes later, the Blue & Gold A pair of Sabonis free throws then diana used the momentum of a coach's pressure on the Suns increased. Seven extended its lead to 62-50, after Warren helped Indiana surpass the century mark, challenge to reel off a 16-2 run that combined points from the Holiday broth- completed a smooth alley-oop layup off a 101-76, with 5:55 remaining. clinched the game for good. It was the ers, four from Justin, grabbed Indiana its T.J. McConnell lob that sailed gracefully Playing with an obvious chip on his fourth consecutive challenge that Pacers first lead after a complete frame on this over everyone except Warren. shoulder, Warren continued his stellar head coach Nate McMillan has won. road trip. With 25 seconds showing on On the other end, the stifling Pacers night late in the fourth to add some final In his first game against his former the clock, Justin Holiday nailed a pull- defense had kept the Suns to just two touches. Back-to-back buckets from the team, T.J. Warren tallied a game-high up jumper with confidence from the left points over the first 4:37 of the frame. former Sun with 4:18 remaining pushed 25 points on 11-of-18 shooting, while side to give the Pacers a 30-24 advantage With 6:20 remaining in the third and Indiana's lead to 105-81, and it was clear Domantas Sabonis notched his 34th dou- heading into the second. the Suns threatening to trim the lead back the Blue & Gold were leaving with the ble-double of the season with 24 points The teams got off to another slow to single digits, Kelly Oubre Jr. attempt- victory. and 13 boards. Three Indiana reserves start in the second. A Doug McDermott ed to slam the ball over the outstretched With 2:01 to go, Goga Bitadze and also finished in double figures. T.J. Mc- 3-pointer from the top of the key at the hand of Turner. Turner appeared to clean- JaKarr Sampson provided the final ex- Connell finished with a double-double, 10:00 mark began the scoring, extending ly block the shot, yet was called for a clamation point on the game. Bitadze slid tallying 10 points and a game-high 11 as- Indiana's lead to nine. shooting foul. a bounce pass to Sampson in the paint. sists. The former Arizona guard finished Later in the quarter, consecutive However, McMillan challenged the Sampson obliged with a thunderous the game in relief of Malcolm Brogdon, three-point plays from Sabonis, includ- call. Upon further review, Turner had suc- right-handed jam to send the Pacers fans who left late in the first half and never re- ing a tough hook shot from the middle of cessfully swatted Oubre's attempt with- in Arizona home with a smile on their turned. Brogdon required three stitches on the paint, gave the Blue & Gold a dou- out grazing a single thing on Oubre's arm. face. his forehead after meeting Myles Turner's ble-digit lead, 39-28, with 7:27 remaining Then the Pacers put away the game. Indiana hopes to use the momentum elbow while fighting for a rebound. in the half. Indiana used the turn of events to reel from this win to knock off the Golden The Blue & Gold halted Deandre Sabonis' continued physicality in the off a 9-0 run and increased its lead to 74- State Warriors on Friday night. Ayton's three-game scoring streak of 25 paint forced Ayton to commit his third 54 with 4:32 left in the third. Ayton at- RANKED from Page 6 132 pounds: 7. Milo Merkel, West- 182 pounds: 4. Sharp, Carmel. field. 195 pounds: 2. Farrell, Fishers. 138 pounds: 2. Mattingly, Carmel. 220 pounds: 8. Haakon Van Beynen, 145 pounds: 5. Dunasky, Guerin Carmel. Catholic; 6. Luhmann, Hamilton 285 pounds: 2. Irick, Hamilton Southeastern; 7. Shafer, Carmel. Southeastern. 160 pounds: 8. DeWayne Simpson, Noblesville. In addition, Irick is ranked No. 20 on 170 pounds: 5. Davin, Carmel; 7. IndianaMat’s Seniors list. Eldred is Ronan Hiner, Hamilton Southeast- No. 15 on the Juniors list. ern.

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