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Lady Golden Bears Defeats Franklin Central

Posted by Ronald Williams at Dec 28, 2022 2:42PM PST ( 0 Comments )

Shelbyville 44, Franklin Central 41

At Franklin Central, Ava Wilson led the visiting Golden Bears (11-5) with 25 points.

Franklin Central dropped to 3-12.

Shelbyville is back in action Jan. 7 at Yorktown (5-8).

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The Lady Golden Bears Move Thier Record To (10-5 Overall & 1-3 In HHC Play) The Lady Bears Are Back In Action Tuesday December 27th When They Travel To Take On Franklin Central Flashes (3-11) JV Tipoff Is At 6 P.M. & Varsity Tipoff Is At 7:30 P.M.

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Posted Yesterday At 2:28pm by Jeff Brown

Three minutes and 29 seconds into Shelbyville’s 13th game of the season, Kylee Edwards became the Golden Bears’ career scoring leader at 1,419 points.

With her team trailing Franklin 9-3 near the mid-point of the first quarter, Edwards dribbled up court, faked going left around a Hailey Pogue screen and headed to her right.

Once she got the Franklin defender’s momentum committed that way, the Shelbyville senior spun back into the lane, split two Franklin players to push a shot up more with her left hand than her right to score her first two points of the game Saturday afternoon at William L. Garrett Gymnasium.

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After a tense couple of weeks closing in on the Gretchen Haehl’s record, Edwards (photo with Gretchen Haehl) was relieved the chase was over.

“It was really hard. It was such a mental thing. It is in your head the whole entire time,” said Edwards after the 63-39 loss to Franklin. “People are telling you, ‘Don’t think about it. Don’t think about it.’

“I wasn’t really thinking about it in today’s game because I knew I only needed two points and it was just a matter of time before it happened.”

Shelbyville hung with Franklin, a Class 4A state finalist last season, for one quarter Saturday but could not secure enough defensive rebounds and be efficient enough offensively to stay close.

Franklin’s ball movement around the court was constantly in search of an open 3-point shot. The Grizzly Cubs attempted a staggering 43 3-pointers, which amounted to 63% of their overall shot attempts in the win.

If Shelbyville could have limited the second-chance shots for Franklin and shot better than 25% itself in the contest, the outcome could have been much closer.

Franklin hit just 10 of 43 3s and was just 1 of 14 in the second quarter but still extended its lead from 19-8 to 35-17 at halftime.

“(It is tough) when everyone on their team has a green light to shoot, and what affected us today was the offensive rebounding – they had way too many offensive rebounds on us,” said Shelbyville head coach Becca Hoefler. “If you get that first shot a miss and you get the offensive rebound, you will be in the game with them. That was our issue today – our turnovers and our offensive rebounds.”

Four different Franklin players scored in double digits, led by Kyndell Jochim’s 18 points. The lone senior in the entire Franklin program also had four rebounds, two steals and four blocked shots.

Lauren Klem finished with 14 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and four steals. Emma Sappenfield (10 points, 10 rebounds) and Brooklyn York (10 points, four assists) also reached double figures.

Ava Wilson (photo) led Shelbyville with 20 points, five rebounds and two blocked shots.

Edwards finished with 14 points and seven rebounds. She now has 1,431 points, which sits her second all-time for a Shelbyville basketball player behind Zach Kuhn (1,887 points).

After starting the season 7-0, Shelbyville has lost four of six. After playing four of its last five games at home, the Golden Bears are on the road until Jan. 14.

On Thursday, Shelbyville heads north to play in the Valparaiso Tournament. In the first semifinal, the Class 4A, No. 10 Vikings (12-0) take on Knox (2-10). Shelbyville follows against South Central (Union Mills) (11-2).

The Golden Bears close out the 2022 portion of the schedule on Dec. 27 at Franklin Central (3-10). The 2023 schedule opens with road games at Yorktown (5-6) on Jan. 7 and Rushville (5-6) on Jan. 10.

Steve Bush photos

Franklin 63, Shelbyville 39

FR – Klem 5-11 0-0 14, Kimbrell 1-6 0-1 3, Sappenfield 4-9 0-0 10, Jochim 6-20 5-8 18, York 4-8 1-1 10, Fu qua 1-4 1-2 3, Doty 0-1 0-0 0, Morris 1-5 0-1 3, Rinehold 1-3 0-0 2, Runyon 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 23-68 7-13 63.

SH – Edwards 5-15 3-6 14, Brenner 0-7 0-1 0, Simpson 0-3 0-0 0, Wilson 6-20 7-9 20, Pogue 1-1 0-0 2, Keller 0-2 1-4 1, E. Johnson 0-0 2-2 2, L. Johnson 0-0 0-0 0. S. Baker 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 12-48 13-22 39.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

FR (9-3) 19 16 24 4 — 63

SH (9-4) 8 9 8 14 — 39

Three-point field goals: FR 10-43 (Klem 4-10, Kimbrell 1-6, Sappenfield 2-6, Jochim 1-10, York 1-2, Fuqua 0-2, Morris 1-5, Rinehold 0-1, Doty 0-1), SH 2-13 (Edwards 1-8, Brenner 0-1, Simpson 0-1, Wilson 1-2, Keller 0-1). Rebounds: FR 40 (Klem 8, Kimbrell 11, Sappenfield 10, Jochim 4, York 1, Fuqua 1, Morris 2, Rinehold 2, Doty 1, Runyon 1), SH 32 (Edwards 7, Brenner 7, Simpson 2, Wilson 5, Pogue 6, Keller 2, E. Johnson 2, S. Baker 1). Assists: FR 16 (Klem 7, Kimbrell 4, Jochim 1, York 4), SH 5 (Edwards 2, Brenner 1, Simpson 1, Wilson 1). Steals: FR 10 (Klem 4, Jochim 2, York 2, Rinehold 1, Doty 1), SH 3 (Edwards 1, Wilson 1, Pogue 1). Blocks: FR 6 (Sappenfield 1, Jochim 4, York 1), SH 4 (Edwards 2, Wilson 2). Total fouls: FR 14, SH 13. Turnovers: FR 11, SH 21.

JV

Franklin 49, Shelbyville 30

FR – Doty 10, Runyon 8, Luegers 7, Trueblood 5, Stewart 4, Lautenbach 3, McGuinness 3, Rees 3, B. Owens 3, M. Owens 2, Frazier 1.

SH – Asher 13, Keller 5, Morrell 3, Stieneker 3, H. Baker 2, Collins 2, Stewart 2.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

FR 12 8 16 13 — 49

SH 9 0 10 11 — 30

The Lady Golden Bears Move Thier Record To (9-4 Overall & 1-2 In HHC Play) After Losing To Now (9-3) Franklin Community 63-39. The Lady Bears Was Led In Scoring By: Ava Wilson 20, Kylee Edwards 14. Franklin Community Was Led In Scoring By: Kyndell Jochim 18. The Lady Golden Bears Are Back In Action When They Play In The Openig Game Of Tornament Against South Central(Union County)

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Posted Today At 9:56am by Jeff Brown

Gretchen Haehl has a good idea how Kylee Edwards is feeling despite having never met the Shelbyville senior.

The 2004 Shelbyville High School graduate became the Golden Bears’ career scoring leader her senior year. Fresh off a Class 3A sectional title, Haehl led the Golden Bears to a 4A sectional championship in 2004 – the last time Shelbyville won a sectional title.

“It was a lot of nerves going into a scheduled game right before the sectional,” said Haehl (photo), who was at William L. Garrett Gymnasium Tuesday night to watch Edwards attempt to break her scoring mark, of chasing the scoring record. “In the back of my mind I wanted it off my plate before going into the tournament. (Kylee) has plenty of time. She is going to crush it.”

Edwards entered Tuesday’s Hoosier Heritage Conference game with Greenfield-Central needing 22 points to surpass the record of 1,418 points.

Edwards’ first shot of the game was a 27-foot jumper that was off the mark. The senior went on to miss her first seven shots of the game, including four 3s, before sinking a pair of free throws near the midpoint of the second quarter that settled her down.

Edwards next two points came on an over-the-top pass from Ava Wilson that helped her become just the third Golden Bear to score 1,400 points in their career, joining Zach Kuhn (1,887 points) and Haehl.

With 15 points at the end of the third quarter, Edwards found the pace she needed to get the record, which has been discussed ever since she eclipsed 1,000 points in her junior season.

Edwards secured a rebound and was fouled while making a shot with 2:30 go in the fourth quarter. She completed the 3-point play to get to 1,417 points but missed on two more shot attempts late.

After the game, Haehl was able to talk with Edwards and Shelbyville head coach Becca Hoefler, who admitted the inevitability of the record was starting to wear on Edwards.

“It definitely is a thought process into everything. I wish she could have gotten it tonight so we could have been done with it, especially since Gretchen Haehl was here which was really cool to try and see her break it,” said Hoefler.

Edwards will break the record Saturday afternoon with her first two points against Franklin. The senior will be relieved to get the celebration over and focus her team on capturing a sectional title and continue to follow in Haehl’s footsteps.

During Haehl’s four-year career with the Golden Bears, the program won 77 games and two sectional titles. In 2003, the John Fair-led Golden Bears won 19 games and beat South Dearborn for a Class 3A sectional title. They were defeated by Mt. Vernon in the regional.

One year later, Shelbyville moved up to Class 4A and had a new head coach in Michael Gaines yet still won 18 games and defeated Bloomington North for back-to-back sectional titles. Mooresville ended Haehl’s career in the regional.

Gretchen and her twin sister, Gwen Haehl, were the building blocks for that sustained arc of success. Gretchen Haehl was named an Indiana All-Star after her senior season, which afforded her the opportunity to play the Indiana Junior All-Stars in an exhibition game held at Garrett Gymnasium in her hometown.

The Haehl sisters continued playing basketball together at DePauw University and helped the Tigers win the 2007 Division III national championship – the first national team championship for the university.

Gretchen Haehl majored in Economics and Spanish and was a Management Fellow at DePauw. She started working for Eli Lilly in Indianapolis and the pharmaceutical company helped her pursue her M.B.A. at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Haehl, who married Patrick Highlands earlier this year, is back in Indianapolis now working for Eli Lilly.

Gwen Haehl pursued her M.B.A. at Northwestern and she too works for Eli Lilly in the same building as her sister. Now married, she has a 3-year-old daughter and a newborn son