Courtney Pishkur is the daughter of arguably the most famous coach in the Region.
Her father, Dave Pishkur, has been Andrean s baseball coach for 42 years and is the winningest prep baseball coach in Indiana history. He s guided the 59ers to seven Class 3A state titles.
However, Courtney would like to make one thing clear this Mother s Day.
Her dad, as legendary as he is, couldn t do what he does alone. For years her mother and Dave s wife, Gretchen, made sure she was always there for everything involving Courtney and her brothers, Mark and Ryne. It probably wasn t easy with my dad coaching. I mean, he still came to what he could, but she got all three of us to every sporting event every day, Courtney said. Both of my brothers played travel baseball, I played AAU (basketball), and I just don t remember her missing a game â ever.
The Region was well-represented when the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association released its all-state selections Tuesday.
Bishop Noll s Courtney Blakely and Michigan City s Trinity Thompson were both named to the IBCA Senior All-State Supreme 15 team, while Crown Point duo Jessica Carrothers and Lilly Stoddard, who led the Bulldogs to their third girls basketball state title Saturday, were selected to the IBCA Underclass All-State Supreme 15 team. I think (Stoddard and Carrothers) complement each other really well, Crown Point coach Chris Seibert said. A lot of stuff that we do offensively involves the pick and roll game with those two, and defensively we re aggressive, and Lilly is just that rock for us at the basket. I think this is a great accomplishment for them.
LAPORTE â The clock was winding down in the first quarter Saturday, and Jessica Carrothers had the ball.
Crown Point s star guard could ve been conservative, but this was the Class 4A LaPorte Semistate, and she wasn t leaving any chances on the table against Fort Wayne Carroll.
So, what did Carrothers do? I looked at the clock really fast and I think there was like 1.2 seconds left, so I just launched it, Carrothers said.
Carrothers prayer was answered as she drained a heave from beyond half court to give the Bulldogs their first lead of the game. When the ball went through the net, she screamed in excitement as her dad, Mark, jumped for joy on the sidelines.