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Miller named MCC Player of the Week

 HUNTINGTON, IN—Huntington University sophomore guard, Sarah Miller, was named the Mid-Central Conference Player of the Week for the week of February 8-14, 2010.  

Miller, an exercise science major from Eaton, Indiana (Delta High School), was the team’s leading scorer in both of HU’s game this past week.  She began the week with 19 points by shooting 50% (6-for-12) from the field and 85.7% (6-for-7) from the free line against the #6-ranked Wildcats of Indiana Wesleyan.  She followed that up with another 19 point performance that included 3-for-5 shooting from behind the arc against #26 Bethel College on Saturday.  She also grabbed four rebounds and dished out four assists against the Pilots.

Komets welcome Thunder for Wild Wednesday

 Fort Wayne, IN — The Komets will host the Bloomington PrairieThunder for Wild Wednesday II this Wednesday at 7:30pm.  It's the second of six Wild Wednesday features slated for the balance of the season.  The Fort Wayne Children's Zoo will have various animals on display and $2.50 beers and $1 Pepsis will be available at the game.

The game Wednesday against Bloomington will the the first of three games in five nights for the Komets.  The fourth-place Thunder (20-18-2-5, 47 points) trail the Komets by seven points and are coming off two winless games at Muskegon last Friday and Saturday.  Wednesday's game will be the eighth of 12 meetings this season with the Komets leading the series 5-2-0-0 after winning the last meeting 6-2 at Bloomington Jan. 16.

Listen to a replay of Going the Distance

Join Fort Wayne Komets rookie forward Lincoln Kaleigh Schrock, the former sports announcer and voice of Neumann University Eddy Darrah and current play by play legend for Neumann University JJ Jordan every Monday night from 7-8 PM Eastern Time as they talk about Komet hockey, pro sports and what they do in their free time....

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Beerbower named Forester Athlete of the Week

 HUNTINGTON, IN— The Huntington University Athletic Department announced its Athlete of the Week for the week of February 8-14, 2010.  Women’s basketball senior Courtney Beerbower earned the honor for her outstanding effort during the week’s competitions.

Second Annual Pink Out

This Saturday, February 13th, the women’s basketball team will host its second annual “Pink Out.”  The event will honor and celebrate breast cancer survivors during halftime of the Huntington University vs. Spring Arbor University women’s basketball game.  Tip-off is 1:00 p.m..

“Pink Out” is a nationwide initiative of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics sponsored by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association to support breast cancer research and awareness programs. Proceeds from ticket donations, T-shirt sales and “pink” popcorn sales will benefit the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer.

Vikings Weekend Sports Wrap

Girls SwimmingTeam: 5th place finish

Congrats to Cassie Hacker, winner of the 100 Breaststroke (1:13.46) and headed to State!

 Other top finishers:

Cassie Hacker: 2nd 100 free (57.61)  Sara Karst: 2nd 200 Free (2:05.12), 3rd 500 Free (5:44.90)

Mariah Patrick: 5th 100 Backstroke (1:06.13)  200 Medley Relay: Mariah Patrick, Cassie Hacker, Andrea Okuly, Sara Karst, 3rd place (2:00.29)  200 Free Relay: Mariah Patrick, Cassie Hacker, Sara Karst, Andrea Okuly, 2nd place (1:48.63)  Other Finishes: Andrea Okuly, 7th 200 IM (2:27.20) 10th 100 Fly (1:09.62) , Mariah Patrick, 8th 50 Free (27.64), Linda Schmidt, 10th 100 Free (1:01.69), 400 Free Relay (Emily Koons, Ava Schulte, Taylor Feller, Linda Schmidt) 7th 4:26.55

Stopped short of greatness - Phil Richards | Indystar.com

#9 Pilots down Foresters, 79-62

For the second time this season, the #9 Pilots (22-4, 10-3) put together a strong second half to hand the Foresters (15-11, 4-8) a 79-62 loss.
 
In a close first half that featured three lead changes and nine ties, the Foresters enjoyed a five-point lead at the 15:29 mark after Kellen Zawadzki hit two freebies to give HU the 12-7 lead. While the Pilots quickly closed the gap, the Foresters were able to maintain a slight lead for the next ten minutes but a three by Tony Benford put the Pilots up by one, 28-27, at the 4:55 mark.  It was just what Bethel needed to give them the edge and close out the half up 36-35.  

Foresters cruise to 88-62 win over Bethel

After putting on a first half clinic on offensive proficiency, the Foresters (17-7, 8-4) cruised to an 88-62 victory over the Pilot of Bethel College (18-9, 7-6).  
 
HU sprinted out of the gates to take a 14-0 lead behind the play of an active Courtney Beerbower who scored on a put back from a missed free throw and then beat her defender up the floor twice to score on transition layups.  After being hit by the Forester tornado, the Pilots picked up the pieces and proceeded to string together an 11-5 run to cut the deficit to 19-11 at the 12:22 mark but they would get no closer.  The Foresters spent the next twelve minutes dominating the Pilots in every statistic for the half.  They shot 60% from the field, including a 6-for-10 performance behind the arc, while holding the Pilots to 30% shooting.  HU also dominated the boards collecting 23 rebounds to Bethel's 12.  By halftime the Foresters had taken a commanding 51-22 lead.

Komet blizzard grounds Icehawks 9-1

Courtesy: Komets Hockey

 Fort Wayne, IN | Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 --- A Comcast Report Card Night sell-out crowd of 10,480 braved a Fort Wayne snow storm Friday night and were rewarded with an A+ 9-1 Komet win over the visiting Port Huron Icehawks. 

The Komets exploded in the first period with four goals in 10:37 as Konstantin Shafranov pulled the trigger on the detonater at 7:54. Defenseman Frankie DeAngelis found the net at 15:02 followed by Brad MacMillan 59 seconds later. DeAngelis made it a pair at 18:31 as the Komets took a 4-1 lead into the first intermission while out-shooting the Icehawks 20-6. 

Vikings Sports Wrap

The Huntington North boys varsity basketball game against Kokomo, scheduled for Friday, February 5 has been canceled and rescheduled for February 16.  The dance has been postponed until March 26.

The band fish fry is still a go!

The Freshman Girls basketball team (17-3) finished their season last night on a 9 game winning streak and beat Columbia City 26 to 18.  Great season!

Listen to a replay of Sports Night

Listen to a replay of Sports Night with Gary & Ken. Since it's Super Bowl weekend, you guessed it, we will be talking Colts v. Saints with Journal-Gazette football guru Justin Cohn, live from South Beach.  Rough gig Justin!  Making their Sports Night debut is Mad Ants Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Jeff Johnson and Estel Walker, host of the Estel Walker Show on 100.1 FM Talks.  Jeff will give us the run-down on everything Mad Ants and have some FREE tickets to give away for an upcoming game.  Also joining Sports Night is Komets rookie and co-host of Going the Distance, Lincoln Kaleigh Schrock. If you want a pair of Mad Ants tickets, just give us a call at (646) 721-9681 or email to snydergaryl@yahoo.com between 7-8 tonight.

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Komets blow chances in defeat - Ben Smith | JG.net

Foresters fall to Indiana Wesleyan, 74-65

Courtesy:  Huntington Athletics

In a game that pitted two of the top teams in the nation, #6 Indiana Wesleyan (21-4, 10-1) handed #18 Huntington University (16-7, 7-4) a 74-65 loss in a match-up that lived up to its expectation. 
 
It was the Foresters who struck first when Jenna Donaldson got the friendly roll on a long trey.  Ryleigh Carr then completed an old fashioned three-point play to give the Foresters the early 6-0 lead but it would prove to be their largest lead of the contest. Wesleyan enjoyed their first lead of the game at the 14:27 mark when LeAnn Douglas scored on a layup to go up 9-8.  The Foresters stayed within striking distance of the Wildcats over the next 15 minutes in large part due to the play of Kelsey Green.  She went 5-for-5 from the field to score ten first half points.  As the halftime buzzer sounded, the Foresters headed to the locker room down 28-27. 

Vikings Sports Wrap

The Freshman Boys Basketball team (6-9) defeated Elmhurst last night 42-35.  Everyone Scored! 

Trenton Kern - 11 points

Paul Ehler – 9 points

Andy Spahr – 9 points

Austin Garde – 6 points

Jon Rentschler – 4 points

Andrew Boxell – 2 points