Semi-State Recap & Highlights
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The Indiana high school boys semi-state wrapped up yesterday and now we have the state championship matchups determined for Class 1A, 2A, 3A, and 4A. The state finals takes place this weekend but before we get to previewing that, lets…
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Continue ReadingThe Indiana high school boys semi-state wrapped up yesterday and now we have the state championship matchups determined for Class 1A, 2A, 3A, and 4A. The state finals takes place this weekend but before we get to previewing that, lets go through yesterday’s games and recap what we saw.
Class 1A North
Game 1: Southwood 63 Fountain Central 57
Game 2: Marquette Catholic 55 Kouts 50
Championship: Southwood 64 Marquette Catholic 56
Highlights: Southwood continued their overall surprising run in the 1A state tournament beating both Fountain Central and Marquette Catholic to make it to the finals at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. In the championship game between Southwood and Marquette Catholic, it was a vert tight one throughout. Southwood was able to find ways to get past of the due of Jason Kobe Jason Kobe 6'1" | SG Marquette Catholic | 2023 State IN and Lukas Balling Lukas Balling 6'5" | PF Marquette Catholic | 2023 State IN in order to get the win. 2023 forward Cole Winer had 21 points for Southwood in the championship game.
Class 1A South
Game 1: Indianapolis Lutheran 67 Loogootee 66
Game 2: Rock Creek Academy 58 Jan-Cen-Del 47
Championship: Indianapolis Lutheran 55 Rock Creek Academy 47
Highlights: The first game saw Loogootee control most of it before Indianapolis Lutheran made a run in the 4th quarter. 2023 guard Durray Smith would lead Lutheran past Loogootee with his 16 points. In the second game, Rock Creek Academy pretty much controlled the game and went on a big run to close it out. Lutheran would go onto win over Rock Creek Academy to face Southwood in the 1A State Championship
Class 2A North
Game 1: Fort Wayne Blackhawk 88 Gary 21st 82
Game 2: Lewis Cass 59 Wapahani 54
Championship: Fort Wayne Blackhawk 75 Lewis Cass 58
Highlights: Up in 2A north semi-state , it went about a many expected it would with a few tough games and Blackhawk Christian coming out with a ticket to the state championship. Gage Sefton Gage Sefton 6'4" | SG Blackhawk Christian | 2023 State IN led Blackhawk Christian with 29 points in the semi-state final win over Wapahani.
Class 2A South
Game 1: Linton-Stockton 87 Park Heritage 59
Game 2: Brownstown 56 Indianapolis Scecina 42
Championship: Linton-Stockton 64 Brownstown 56
Highlights: For the most part, Linton-Stockton was extremely dominant. Linton and Brownstown ended up in the championship game like expected. The Miners looked like they would run away with the game but Brownstown came back from being down 20+ points to only lose by 8. Logan Webb Logan Webb 6'3" | SG Linton-Stockton | 2023 State IN had 28 points and Joey Hart Joey Hart 6'5" | SG Linton-Stockton | 2023 State #214 Nation IN 23 in Linton semi-state win. 2024 Purdue commit Jack Benter Jack Benter 6'4" | SG Brownstown Central | 2024 State #121 Nation IN ended with 32 points in the loss.
Class 3A North
Game 1: NorthWood 53 Fort Wayne Dwenger 43
Game 2: Delta 50 John Glenn 47
Championship: NorthWood 51 Delta 36
Highlights: 3A North was always NorthWood’s to lose. They showed no signs of struggle on Saturday and easily took care of both Dwenger and Delta. Cade Brenner Cade Brenner 6'3" | SG NorthWood | 2023 State IN led with 19 points to get NorthWood to their first state championship in the school’s history.
Class 3A South
Game 1: Scottsburg 47 North Daviess 45
Game 2: Guerin Catholic 58 Beech Grove 46
Championship: Guerin Catholic 56 Scottsburg 40
Highlights: Going into the 3A south semi-state, it was a real toss-up with honestly any team getting to the state final to face NorthWood. In the end, it was Guerin Catholic who beat both reigning 3A champion Beech Grove and Scottsburg to advance to State. We now have a matchup between two of the deepest teams in Class 3A. the Cade Brenner Cade Brenner 6'3" | SG NorthWood | 2023 State IN vs Dylan Murans Dylan Murans 6'7" | SF Guerin Catholic | 2024 State IN matchup is an exciting one.
Class 4A North
Game 1: Kokomo 73 Fort Wayne Wayne 51
Game 2: Penn 108 Hammond Central 70
Championship: Kokomo 58 Penn 57
Highlights: We got exactly what we wanted in the 4A north semi-state final between Penn and Kokomo. It was Mr. Basketball favorite Markus Burton Markus Burton 5'11" | PG Penn | 2023 State #190 Nation IN vs the best player in the state, Flory Bidunga Flory Bidunga 6'9" | C Kokomo | 2024 State #7 Nation IN . In what was a close battle, Bidunga and Kokomo defeated Penn 58-57. Bidunga led Kokomo with 25 points, 13 rebound while Markus Burton Markus Burton 5'11" | PG Penn | 2023 State #190 Nation IN led all scorers with 27 points in his final high school game.
Class 4A South
Game 1: Brownsburg 51 Jennings County 47
Game 2: Ben Davis 78 Bloomington North 55
Championship: Ben Davis 66 Brownsburg 38
Highlights: Even though the teams they faced were tough in their own right, Ben Davis had a pretty easy Saturday beating both Bloomington North and Brownsburg to get the state championship like everybody thought they would. Now, we get the exciting matchup of Zane Doughty Zane Doughty 6'8" | C Ben Davis | 2023 State IN vs Flory Bidunga Flory Bidunga 6'9" | C Kokomo | 2024 State #7 Nation IN in the Class 4A State Championship on Saturday. Ben Davis is one win away from having an undefeated season.