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Blackhawk Christian beats Busco in regional semifinal
VICTORIA JACOBSEN | The Journal Gazette
In a Class 2A regional semifinal a year in the making, Blackhawk Christian beat Churubusco 68-55 Saturday at North Judson-San Pierre.
The game remained close through the first three quarters: Churubusco (21-5) led 15-14 after the first quarter, Marcus Davidson hit a pull up jumper just before halftime to give the Braves (25-3) a 26-24 lead heading into the locker rooms and Blackhawk Christian led 40-37 at the end of the third quarter.
But with 7:07 left to play, Busco senior Landen Jordan, the team s leading rebounder and second-leading scorer, was called for a blocking foul, his fifth. Jackson Paul quickly hit a 3-point to tie the game at 40, but, after that, the Braves were off to the races. With just under five minutes to play, Blackhawk Christian led 48-40. A dunk by Caleb Furst gave the Braves a 51-40 lead with 3:45 to play, and 40 seconds later Blackhawk called timeout up 57-42.
High schools
JOURNAL GAZETTE
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).