Logan Brink heads to State

Logan Brink won the 100 yard freestyle and the 100 yard backstroke and helped Norwell break the Jay County Sectional meet record in the medley relay.  She's headed to the State meet on Friday and Saturday in Indy.  The Norwell girls placed third in the sectional, despite spotting the rest of the field a race and some swimmers -- Norwell was disqualified in the 400 after finishing first in its prelim heat -- team members jumped back into the pool to warm down before the last relay finished its swim -- drawing the disqualification.

Kindle 2

The 2nd generation Amazon Kindle Reader was announced today.  Nothing radically new, but here's a description of the differences.  I may have to save up and buy one, one of these days.

Fort Wayne Bandits

The Fort Wayne Bandits, a local Wheelchair Basketball Team, defeated defending National Champions "Hill on Wheels" to win the "Bluegrass Invitational this weekend and are headed to Denver for the National Wheelchair Basketball Association National Tournament beginning March 18th.

Go guys!

Norwell ends season with Southern Wells

Just for the record, the Norwell Girls' Basketball team of 1976-77 went 20-4 on the season, losing to Leo, to Bellmont, to Eastside and (in the final four) to Mount Vernon. East Chicago Roosevelt then beat Mount Vernon to win the old-style, all-class, State Championship.

The 2008-09 Norwell girls defeated Adams Central on Wednesday and Southern Wells this evening, ending their regular season with a great 16 game winning streak and going 19-1 on their way to the Sectionals, which start next week at Bellmont.

Go Knights!

Chaney wins Courage Award

A very nice article from the Indiana NewsCenter about Norwell's Haley Chaney

In the last twelve months Haley Chaney has defied the odds time and time again. She survived an accident that left her on life support and even though the doctors said it wasn't likely, just a couple months later Haley was back on the hardwood doing what she loves. Sadly, Haley took an elbow to the head a couple weeks ago, ending her career as a basketball player. Then, on Wednesday night, a moment Haley will never forget.

Haley's Coach Eric Thornton came up with a plan to get her on the court one more time. Coach Thornton said "I think everyone wanted to see Haley out there on the floor one last time."

It was senior night, a night that would not be complete for the Lady Knights unless Haley was on the floor. She got that moment. One play with no contact, Kylie Dial dribbling up the floor, the pass to Haley, and an outstanding career is complete. Haley's close friend Kylie Dial said that moment was amazing. "Dribbling down the floor and looking for Haley was just unbelievable. And then passing her the ball and her making it and then the crowd cheering, it was an amazing experience."

Twelve hours later, another moment that will forever live on in Haley's memory. She was chosen by the National Federation of High Schools as their courage award recipient.

And read also, The last layup, from the Bluffton News-Banner and the Banners article (and pictures) regarding the courage award.

This image hurts my brain.

Norwell girls roll over Whitko

The Lady Knights moved to 17-1 on the season and won their 14th game in a row on Tuesday by rolling over Whitko 67-39.

Google Earth... and Mars!

The new version of Google Earth includes sea floor maps and maps of the surface of Mars.  Cool!

Cassini Explores Saturn

Cassini switching to backup thrusters.  Nice pic, eh?

Martha Revisited

A while back, scientists analyzed what George Washington would have really looked like at different ages... now they've done the same for Martha...  nice couple, don't you think?

7th Coldest January

Fort Wayne had its 7th coldest January on record this year, and the groundhog saw her shadow, meaning six more long weeks of winter to go.

Norwell girls sweep through NHC for title

Norwell won the NHC Conference Title again this year for their third straight title.  The girls won their 13th straight game Saturday night, defeating 4A East Noble 47-41.  The Knights are 16-1 on the season and went 7-0 in the conference.  It looks like a big showdown is coming in the Bellmont Sectional between Norwell (#1 in the Jeff Sangarin's 3A rankings) vs. #5 Fort Wayne Elmhurst (17-2).  Norwell opens Sectional play against Maconaquah (0-18) on Tuesday February 10th.

Class 3A
Sectional 22
At Bellmont
Game 1 – Maconaquah (0-17) vs. No. 2 Norwell (15-1)
Game 2 – No. 2 Fort Wayne Elmhurst (16-2) vs. Bellmont (10-8)
Game 3 – Peru (10-5) vs. Winner of Game 1.
Game 4 – Fort Wayne Wayne (5-12) vs. Winner of Game 2.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.

Hang tough, girls!