Boys basketball
Brown County tops GCA
Greenwood Christian was topped by Brown County on Friday 62-41 allowing the Eagles to snap their nine-game losing streak. The Cougars fall to 7-14.
Lancers slide past South Decatur
Edinburgh defeated South Decatur in a nail-biter, 52-51, on Friday. With the win, the Lancers snap a four-game losing streak to improve to 6-16.
Boys & girls soccer
State tourney adding third class
On Friday, the IHSAA Executive Committee approved adding a third class to the boys and girls state soccer tournaments beginning next season.
The move, which was favored by more than 72 percent of principals, athletic directors and coaches in a survey, was passed by a 17-2 margin in a committee vote.
There were 299 boys soccer teams and 266 girls teams this past season, with more programs expected to be added by this fall. Both sports have had a two-class tournament since 2011.
Franklin College
Eighteen swimmers honored
Franklin College had a slew of swimmers named to the Liberal Arts All-Championship team after a dominating performance at last weekend’s meet. Eighteen Grizzlies were honored in all.
Karlee Demsey and Regina Solik led the way with six individual All-Championship team recognitions for the Grizzly women. They were joined by Haley Blaich, Mackenzie Dwyer, Kaitlin Mans, Amy McCormick and Sarah Taylor.
For the men, Artur Schneider led the team with seven recognitions. The other men honored on Friday included Jordan Cermak, Will Combs, Sam Hall, Jack Heim, James Hone, Mac Howard, Jacob Keener, Rob Warren and Bailey Willoughby.
Graman new men’s soccer coach
Cody Graman, an assistant coach with the Franklin men’s soccer team the past three seasons, was announced as the Grizzlies’ new head coach on Thursday.
The 2011 Franklin College graduate replaces Shaun Mahoney, who resigned in December to become executive director of the St. Francis soccer league in Indianapolis.
Graman has also been a head coach for South Central Soccer Academy teams and has served on the board of directors for Greenfield Area Soccer Club.
“I am extremely excited for the opportunity to come back and coach at Franklin,” Graman said in a statement. “After playing here for four years, and being on staff for three years, I know the program that Coach Mahoney has developed, and I am honored to be taking over and working to take this program to the next level.”
