Tony Bagato is running for Hamilton Southeastern School Board.  Izzy Alexander talked with the candidate in this podcast.

Amanda Shera seeks another term as a member of the Hamilton Southeastern School Board.  Here is her podcast conversation with Izzy Alexander.

Jason Arnold is one of 5 people running for the at-large HSE School Board seat from Fall Creek Township.  Casey Alexander talked with the candidate.

Matt Stolle is running for a seat on the Hamilton Southeastern School Board for a second time.  Here is his conversation with Casey Alexander.

Casey Alexander spends some time with Hamilton Southeastern School Board candidate Suzanne Thomas.

Fishers High School student Casey Alexander talks with Chauna Leigh Holder about her campaign for a seat on the Hamilton Southeastern School Board.

In cooperation with Fishers High School students Izzy and Casey Alexander, I am offering podcast interviews with all candidates for HSE School Board.  Casey talked with Clint Wilson, running in Fall Creek Township.

Let me explain what goes into podcast production.  You must a arrange a time and place (place is more Zoom these days), prepare for the interview, record the interview, do the post-production and prepare the written notes for posting the podcast.  Multiply that by eleven, and you understand why I decided to pass on doing HSE School Board candidate podcasts this time around.

I have been trying to cut back on all this volunteer work of writing, reporting and podcasting – mostly about local things.  But, the coronavirus and racial issues we are confronting pulled me back, for the simple reason that the media landscape is changing so much, virtually no one else is doing that work locally now.

When I announced a while back that I would not be producing HSE School Board candidate podcasts in this election cycle, I received lots of heart-warming messages but with a lot of understanding that I am not getting any younger and I have a cuter-than-a-button grandson to dote over now.

Not long after announcing “no candidate podcasts” this year, I received a message from a prominent and long-time teacher in HSE Schools.  He had a couple of former students that had expressed a willingness to record the podcast interviews with HSE School Board candidates.

I made it clear I was very interested.  Next thing I know I have an message from a senior at Fishers High School, Izzy Alexander.  She and her brother Casey (a freshman at FHS)  volunteered to record the podcasts.  All I needed to do was handle the post-production and post the podcasts on my blog and other social media.

So, Izzy and Casey went to work, recording the candidate interviews.  I am still handling the post-production of all those podcasts as of this writing, with the goal of beginning the posting process on Sunday afternoon with (hopefully) all the candidate podcast postings done before my head hits the pillow Sunday.

What I like about the Alexanders’ style is this – these podcasts are more like a conversation than a “Meet The Press” style interview.  If you take the time to listen, I think you will learn a lot about the candidates and this sister-brother combination’s love for following civic events in their own community.

My sincere thanks to Izzy and Casey Alexander for stepping forward and teaming-up to bring candidate podcasts to potential voters throughout the HSE School District.

Hamilton County Reporter

Fishers brought a three-game losing streak to an end on Friday night by beating Franklin Central 33-14 in an away Hoosier Crossroads Conference game.

The Tigers absorbed an early Flashes lead, which happened when FC scored on an interception. But after that, it was all Fishers as it ran up 33 unanswered points.

“We had a mishap in the first quarter where their defense got a pick six,” said
Tigers coach Curt Funk.

The Tigers tied the game midway through the first quarter on a five-yard touchdown run by Carson Dunn, and Christian Wayne made the extra-point kick. Fishers got its passing game going in the second period, with Lucas Prewitt making touchdown throws to Caleb Gates and Landon Morris, the latter with 10 seconds left in the half.

The Tigers led 20-7 at the break. Funk said his team was able to get a little bit of separation, “and I thought our offense did a nice job of moving the football, executing the passing game.”

“Lucas Prewitt did a nice job in the passing game and our offensive line was doing a great job of giving him time to get the ball off,” said Funk.

Prewitt threw for two more touchdowns in the third quarter. Silas Martin caught an 18-yard throw less than two minutes into the period, then Jeffrey Simmons grabbed a one-yard TD pass with 1:13 left in the third, with Wayne making the extra-point kick.

Simmons finished the game with 15 receptions, a school record. “Jeffrey had a big night and we were really happy for him and his production,” said Funk.

Prewitt had a tremendous night, going 29-for-39 with 345 yards and four touchdowns. Prewitt also led the rushing with 39 yards.

Curtis Kearshner led the Fishers defense with seven tackles, followed by six each for Joel Coston and Grady Stanley.

The Tigers improved to 2-3 in HCC play and are 2-5 overall. Fishers returns home next Friday to host Westfield.

Hamilton County Reporter

Hamilton Southeastern won an all-county and Hoosier Crossroads Conference showdown with Noblesville Friday at Beaver Materials Field by the score of 27-17.

The Royals never trailed in the game, but had to wait until the two-minute mark
of the first quarter to get on the board, which they did when Alex Geroulis
kicked a 25-yard field goal. Southeastern began the second quarter with a touchdown; Jace Alexander ran the ball into the end zone from eight yards.

Geroulis made the extra-point kick, and a few minutes later would make his second field goal of the game, this time from 23 yards. The Millers did go into halftime with points on the board, as Grayden Addison’s 30-yard field goal got Noblesville within 13-3 at the break.

Southeastern got another score early in the third quarter, when Mikah Phillips made a fumble recovery for a touchdown.

It was part of a Royals defense that coach Michael Kelly said played “very, very
good.”

“They did a good job in coming up with several turnovers and played hard,” said Kelly. “I thought we had several guys come up with some big stops.”

The Millers scored the next touchdown, with Trey Speek taking the ball in from two yards.

Southeastern answered minutes later when Blaine Wertz ran in from 29 yards for a touchdown with 2:53 left in the third. The Royals led 27-10 at that point and held on from there.

“Their offense just really rose to the occasion when they needed to and our defense was a half-step behind on third and longs,” said Noblesville coach Dave Sharpe.

The Millers’ Holden Montarsi got the game’s final score, catching a 50-yard touchdown pass from Connor Meinerding with 2:28 left in the game.

Wertz led HSE’s rushing with 133 yards in 26 carries. Sam Jacobs filled in at quarterback for an injured John McCall, and performed well, completing 7 of 10 pass attempts for 101 yards. Wertz had three of those catches.

Meinerding went 4-of-6 for the Millers, totaling 86 yards. Montarsi had two catches and also led the rushing with 50 yards.

The Royals improved to 4-1 in HCC play, sitting in a tie for second place with Brownsburg, and are 5-2 overall. Southeastern goes back on the road next week to play at Franklin Central. Noblesville is 1-4 in the conference and 2-5 overall, and plays at Brownsburg next week.