DOVER – Western Boone was seconds away from ending a 20-year sectional drought on Saturday night against Rossville. But after leading for nearly the entire second half, the Stars couldn’t close out the win. Rossville’s Dirk Shaw made two free throws with 6.2 seconds left, and Evan Price blocked Spencer Wright’s game-winning lay-up attempt in
DOVER – All season long, Western Boone head coach Josh Burkett has preached to his team about how their defense was going to lead to their offense. In Friday night’s sectional semifinal, the Stars proved their coach right. Western Boone held Clinton Prairie to 16 points in the second half, including 10 for the first
By Will Willems will.willems@reporter.net – Mar 3rd, 2020 DOVER – coming off one of their worst shooting games of the season, Western Boone knew they were going to have to respond to Tuesday night in the sectional opener against Fountain Central. They did in a big way. Behind 23 points from Cortez Stoudemire and three
Western Boone traveled to Clinton Prairie Friday as they finish the regular season and looked to finish the season on a three game winning streak heading into Sectionals. The Stars started off strong defensively. Western Boone led after the 1st quarter, 12-11. Connor Hole picked up an early second foul in the second quarter and the
The Western Boone basketball team looked to finish the regular season on a high note before Sectionals. The road to Sectionals started last Friday for the Stars. They faced the Cascade Cadets for senior night on Friday and traveled to Sheridan on Saturday night. On Friday, the Stars started a little sluggish in the first
By Will Willems will.willems@reporter.net – Feb 18, 2020 Short-handed Western Boone couldn’t keep up with visiting Westfield on Tuesday night. The Stars were resting senior Spencer Wright, and only scored 15 points in the second half in a 57-34 loss to Westfield. “If we would have shot a little bit better, like we normally do, this game
By Will Willems will.willems@reporter.net – Feb 17, 2020 DOVER — Zionsville needs someone to step up after losing guard Ben Weidner for the season due to a knee injury. Freshman Logan Imes made his case to be that guy on Saturday night at Western Boone. Imes scored a game and career-high 23 points, pacing Zionsville to a
By Will Willems will.willems@reporter.net – Feb 13, 2020 SPEEDWAY – The Western Boone offense is clicking right now. That was evident again Thursday night when they scored 81 points and had four players in double figures against Speedway. But the other end of the court hasn’t been nearly as friendly. The Sparkplugs shot 54.9% from the field,
The boys JV and varsity teams traveled to Crawfordsville Tuesday night to take on the Athenians. The Stars look to make it two wins over Crawfordsville this season. The Stars defeated the Athenians in the Sugar Creek Classic Championship in January. The JV team started off the night in a close game. The Stars struggled
The boys JV and varsity teams were the host Saturday afternoon when the Clinton Central Bulldogs came into town. The JV team fell to the Bulldogs 37-53. The Stars were unable to get defensive rebounds to finish possessions throughout the whole game. Garrett Morton led the Stars with 12 points. Blake Miller added 9 and
