WATERLOO — The DeKalb Central school board approved a plan to restructure positions that deal with ongoing operations and maintenance needs throughout the district.
Carroll s season ends in regional semifinals
VICTORIA JACOBSEN | The Journal Gazette
Lafayette Jefferson beat Carroll 52-46 to knock Carroll out of the Class 4A state tournament in the Logansport regional semifinal Saturday afternoon.
The Chargers (18-7) took a two-point lead into the fourth quarter and led by as much as 39-33 early in the fourth quarter after Sam Strycker hit two free throws, but the Bronchos (25-2) wrestled back the lead with a 12-0 scoring streak fueled by Brooks Barnhizer, Brady Preston and Jahsiah Kirk-Williams. Six of those 12 points came at the free throw line.
The fourth quarter Jefferson run started with about five minutes left in the game, around the time that Carroll junior Jalen Jackson left the game holding his back after he crashed backwards into the second row of bleachers. He returned to the court and ended the Bronchos scoring streak with a drive to the basket that cut the Jefferson lead to 45-41, but would not score again, finishing the game w
High schools
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First football, now boys basketball – the Lions roared atop the Northeast 8 again.
After sweeping all conference foes on the gridiron in the fall, Leo repeated the feat on the hardwood, wrapping up an unbeaten run through the NE8 by knocking off Columbia City at home Friday, 69-52. Blake Davison scored 28 points and added four assists for the Lions (17-1, 7-0), and DJ Allen nearly notched a triple-double, finishing with 15 points and nine rebounds.
Mason Baker and Jaxon Crawford both scored 14 for Columbia City (5-11, 1-5).
HOMESTEAD 88, CONCORDIA 44: At Homestead, 28 points from Fletcher Loyer paced four Spartans in double figures. Andrew Leeper scored 17, while Luke Goode and Grant Simmons both added 14 as Homestead (21-0, 8-0 Summit Athletic Conference) kept its perfect season intact. David Speckhard netted 10 points for Concordia (7-11, 2-6).
High School Roundup: Homestead comes back to beat South Side in sectional finals
VICTORIA JACOBSEN | The Journal Gazette
South Side held Homestead to just nine points in the first half, but the Spartans shut down the Archers in the third quarter and did just enough to win 33-31 and claim the Class 4A Columbia City sectional title on Saturday night, Homestead s third straight sectional title and seventh in eight years.
Junior Ayanna Patterson scored 21 of her team s points, and the Spartans (18-5), who hit eight 3-pointers against Columbia City in the semifinals on Friday, hit just two of 11 attempts on Saturday and shot 26.7% from the field as a team.