Hamilton County Reporter

Fishers got off to a good start, then slowly pulled away from Pendleton Heights in the second half to win 84-65 in a Friday night away game.

The Tigers led 19-9 after the first quarter and 35-26 at halftime. Fishers then poured in 49 points in the second half, with balanced scoring leading the way. Josiah Matthews had seven points in the third period, with Terry Hicks adding seven in the fourth quarter.

Matthews was the first of four Tigers in double figures with 17 points. Jordan Jones scored 15 points, Hicks added 12 and Alex Szilagyi contributed 10 points.

Fishers is now 9-9 for the season and travels to Franklin Central tonight for a 7:30 p.m. game.

By

CRAIG ADKINS

Hamilton County Reporter

In a series that has developed to be one of the better rivalries in Hamilton County in recent years, the Carmel-Hamilton Southeastern boys basketball teams found numerous ways on Friday night to show why they’ll be two of the favorites in a few weeks to win the Class 4A Sectional 8 tournament at Noblesville.

Carmel had its largest lead of the night at 24-16 in the second quarter, but Hamilton Southeastern defended its home court on Friday night with a come from behind 58-51 victory over the visiting Greyhounds.

The Royals were able to grab their first lead of the game when Chaz Birchfield snagged an offensive board and dropped in a turnaround jumper at 10-9. Birchfield scored six in the period to give HSE a 13-9 edge.

The Greyhounds climbed their way back into the game with 3-point shooting that would propel them back in the lead.
Karsten Windlan closed the gap to one with a ‘3.’ Eddie Gill sank one from the left corner for a 15-13 lead. Nick Bowman put HSE back in front briefly 16-15.

Alex Jackson came off of the Carmel bench and canned two straight from outside the arc and Jalen Whack added another for the largest lead at 24-16, forcing to burn a time out with 2:51 until halftime.

“We lost some things, some transitions, things like that. That’s the resolve our guys have had this year and I think it’s been special for us all year long, that we didn’t panic trying to some of that type of stuff,” said Hamilton Southeastern head coach Brian Satterfield on his team’s overall play of Friday night against Carmel.

A pair of Cole Jenkins free throws would be the difference for Carmel, as they would take a 26-25 slight edge into the halftime.

The lead would swing back and forth a couple more times in the third.
HSE opened up the second half with an alley-oop from Noah Smith to Aaron Etherington for a power dunk and the Royals on top 27-26. Carmel would answer right back with a trey from Luke Heady and it was 29-27. Etherington tied it 29-29 on a reverse layup.

Heady sank another 3-point bomb that helped jump start Carmel’s biggest scoring quarter of the night. The Hounds got their lead back to seven twice in the period, but that just fueled the Royals charge back.

Hamilton Southeastern knew what they had to do and that was find every way possible to come out on top and avoid losing their second consecutive game.

“That’s one thing that’s been special about this group. We keep getting better about not letting things bother us,” said Satterfield on his team’s play that helped them stage the comeback to eventually win.

Southeastern had a little momentum push in the final seconds of the third, as Nick Bowman stole a pass and raced to the far end and showed off his vertical, elevating for a dunk to ignite the HSE student body. That dunk narrowed the Carmel lead to 44-40 after three quarters.

Slowly, but surely, Hamilton Southeastern chipped away at the Greyhounds’ lead.
All night long, it seemed to be the combination of Etherington, Bowman and Birchfield that would make the Royals go.

HSE would take the lead once again on an Etherington pull up three from the left wing for a 48-46 advantage and the Royals wouldn’t give up the lead again.

Carmel called a timeout with 4:32 left. The first play out of the huddle, John Michael Mulloy lofted up a ‘3’ to cut the Royals lead to 50-49.

In the fourth quarter, Southeastern was able to really grab ahold of the rebounding advantage and it became the problem down the stretch that kept Carmel from making a comeback of their own late in the game. HSE out-rebounded Carmel 33-19.

“They had some key offensive rebounds. We got some stops, we missed the front end of a one-and-one twice. I think we missed another free throw late in the fourth quarter and we gave up some offensive rebounds,” said Carmel head coach Ryan Osborn on how his team gave way late in Friday night’s loss at Hamilton Southeastern.

The Royals went on an 8-2 run in the final minute to secure the home court win over Carmel, 58-51.

“We were off balance a little bit, out of tempo and they made the plays,” said Osborn on his team’s play in the fourth.

This turned out to be the great game that was anticipated and could also become a preview of a possible sectional championship match-up in a few weeks.

The Greyhounds were led by John Michael Mulloy’s 17 points, while Luke Heady added eight.

Carmel (12-6) will look to bounce back on Saturday when they host Fort Wayne Carroll (15-2).

The Royals were led in scoring by a trio in double-digits. Aaron Etherington led with 17, Nick Bowman had 16 and Chaz Birchfield pitched in with 13.

Hamilton Southeastern (17-3) heads to Westfield (7-10) in Hoosier Crossroads Conference play on Saturday to try to sweep the weekend.

In February of 2017, Governor Eric Holcomb joined a large group of government and business leaders to announce a new Internet of Things Lab, one of the first of its kind, would be opening in Fishers.  The public-private partnership model appears to be working well so far, as the suites in the lab appear to be sold out.

The grand opening for the new facility is slated for March 21st, but firms are already using the lab.  Here are the dedicated suite members:

• Indiana University: As a key university partner, Indiana University’s presence at the IoT Lab will provide a unique platform for its faculty, students, and alumni to connect to companies around the state to innovate the future of industry and the economy.
• Clear Object: At ClearObject, user-centric IoT solutions are designed to empower custom, connected, collaborative experiences… just as the IoT Lab is doing for the state.
• Outside Source: Outside Source designs applications for connected home brands. They help product managers launch apps & cloud integrations for their smart devices.
• Flexware Innovation: Our mission is to accelerate innovation within manufacturing and our community by harnessing #IoT and the collaboration of The Indiana IoT Lab in Fishers.

• Rook Security: Rook Security protects organizations from the constantly evolving threat of cyberattack in this new age of hyper-connectivity.

• ShopperKraft: ShopperKraft’s Dezign VR/AR cloud based platform allows IoT data to be overlaid over real world objects using AR, and uses VR to better visualize IoT data within immersive VR environments.

• Novel Bits: Novel Bits helps companies and developers learn how to connect devices with Bluetooth Low Energy technology via training and consulting services.

• Volktek:  Volktek products help business customers build reliable network applications for their clients and inspire them to develop new business models for the expanding market.

“Our economy is at a critical time where innovation must happen in the heart of Indiana’s core industries: manufacturing, agriculture, and distribution,” said Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness in a city news release. “By creating a physical space to allow innovators and entrepreneurs to come together with industry leaders, Fishers will lead the way for innovation in our state and beyond.”

Although the suites are sold out, individual memberships are still available.

“This has been truly a collaborative effort from the public and private sectors to establish a leading IoT innovation hub,” said Indiana IoT Lab Founder and CEO John Wechsler. “Interest in the IoT Lab is high right now, and we are seeing a healthy appetite by corporate innovators for collaboration with IoT subject matter experts affiliated with the Indiana IoT Lab.”

John Wechsler talked about the lab in a podcast interview recorded February 8th, and available at this link. 

More information about the lab, and the March 21st Grand Opening, is available at this link.

John Wechsler founded the co-working space called Launch Fishers and is now working on the new Internet of Things Lab in Fishers.  I talk about that and more in this conversation with John.

“God healed me.”  That was the message WTHR News Anchor Scott Swan presented to a Fishers audience Thursday morning.  Swan was the featured speaker at the Fishers YMCA Annual Fund-Raising Campaign Kick-Off Breakfast.

The journalist told two stories of how he feels God intervened to save him.  The first was a series of panic attacks he suffered at age 19 while a college student.  The second happened less than a year ago when he had a rare disease that nearly took his life.

The assembled crowd in the local YMCA gym heard the story of Army Sergeant Kevin Smith, who turned a difficult childhood into a military career.  The Y helped him achieve a military physical fitness award earned by only a few wearing the uniform.

Fishers YMCA Board Chair Florie Eaton explained how donations to this fund-raising campaign will be used to help those that cannot afford to joint the local Y.  Of the 22,000 members, roughly 20% receive some level of help from the Fishers YMCA organization through this fund-raising campaign.  Eaton says the local YMCA is proud of its record for never turning anyone away due to an inability to pay.

You can donate to the Fishers YMCA online….just designate your donation to the local Fishers YMCA in the online process.  You can make your donation at this link.

The Fishers Plan Commission sent a unanimous favorable recommendation to the City Council, moving forward a residential component of The Yard culinary development, to be located near IKEA.  Developer Thompson Thrift had requested a text amendment allowing 255 residential units be added to a mixed use structure in the project.

Attorney Steve Hardin, representing the developer, told commission members that construction on The Yard should begin in earnest during April of this year, with an opening of The Yard expected in 2019.

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Plan Commission members also gave a unanimous favorable recommendation to a $20 million senior housing project with 160 units.  If all goes as scheduled, construction will begin in 2019, with 12-18 months needed to completion.  The development is planned in Parkside, between 126th and 131st Streets, in what is now a wooded area near the Texas Roadhouse restaurant.

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39 acres of land located on the southeast corner of 113th Street & Florida Road received a unanimous favorable recommendation from the Plan Commission for a zoning change from residential to open space, but not before several objections were raised in the public hearing from residents in the Luxhaven neighborhood.  Luxhaven has existed in that location since 1946 and many of the residents are concerned about the possibility of the city constructing a park on the 39 acres.

City Planning and Zoning Director Tony Bagato says the city has a long-term idea to put a park on that 39-acre tract, but has no immediate or current plans to do so.

Luxhaven residents also raised concerns about a pedestrian bridge that would bring foot traffic near their homes.  Plan Commission President Warren Harling said the commission has no legal jurisdiction over bridges, but City Councilor Pete Peterson, also a Plan Commission member, made it clear he would not favor a pedestrian bridge near the Luxhaven homes.

Lindsey Erdody is leaving her beat covering the northern suburbs for the Indianapolis Business Journal.  She will now be the IBJ reporter covering state-wide government and politics.  Here is my podcast with Lindsey…

Hamilton County Reporter

Hamilton Southeastern nearly came all the way back against Class 3A No. 2 New
Castle Tuesday before the Trojans closed out a 68-61 win over the visiting Royals.

New Castle led 30-19 at halftime and 49-34 after three quarters. Class 4A
No. 6 Southeastern made a push in the fourth period, scoring 27 points, but the Trojans were able to hang on for the win.

Aaron Etherington scored 19 points to lead the Royals, with Chaz Birchfield contributing 15 points and Chris Grubbs adding 11. Etherington pulled seven rebounds, while Birchfield and Mabor Majak each collected six. Grubbs had five rebounds. Nick Bowman handed out four assists.

Southeastern is 16-3 and hosts 4A No. 9 Carmel on Friday.

Hamilton County Reporter

Fishers found itself on the wrong side of a fourth-quarter comeback on Tuesday, as Anderson stunned the Tigers 64-62 in an away game.

Fishers got out to a good start, leading 19-10 after the first period. The Tigers
were then up 38-27 at halftime and kept that advantage after three quarters, leading 51-
40. But the Indians overwhelmed Fishers in the fourth, outscoring the Tigers 24-11.

Four Fishers players reached double figures. Terry Hicks scored 17 points, including an 8-of-8 effort from the free throw line. Josiah Matthews added 12 points, with Jeremy Szilagyi throwing in four 3-pointers for 12 points. Willie Jackson scored 11 points.

The Tigers are now 8-9 and travel to Pendleton Heights on Friday.

A Fishers High School Diving Coach has been arrested on OWI charges, and has resigned his position with Fishers High School.  WISH-TV broke this story in the late afternoon of February 6th.

For the full story from Channel 8, use this link.