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Eastbrook Sectional Semifinal Recap with Michelle Garmon, Grant Shouse & Aaron Daniels (2.192.3) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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  [SPEAKER_03]: Welcome sports fans to a special edition of the Central Indian Esports report.
• 0:49
  [SPEAKER_03]: Our recap of the Class 2A Esports sectional semi finals on Friday night.
• 0:57
  [SPEAKER_03]: coming up.
• 0:57
  [SPEAKER_03]: Grant Shouse has a recap.
• 1:00
  [SPEAKER_03]: He called the Blackford Eastbrook game for the action sports network and then I spoke with Blackford Head Coach Aaron Daniels about the win as the Blackford Bruins will take on the three-time defending champion Wappahani Raiders, Michelle and the championship game on Saturday night.
• 1:20
  [SPEAKER_03]: You pick Wappahani and she'll be a great game.
• 1:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: It should be a great game.
• 1:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: I want the biggest reasons I picked Wapahani as I thought Blackburn might have a couple of tough games and they did.
• 1:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: I thought Wapahani had it.
• 1:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: Good draw and they're just their experience.
• 1:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: I won't be surprised if Blackburn wins.
• 1:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: I said it all along because they have like it and Kidnerman and those two have played very well so far.
• 1:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: I like it did that first game.
• 1:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: He was kind of limited, but I'm sure just having him on the court.
• 1:47
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's a non-rebound five assists.
• 1:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, he's getting the top down there.
• 1:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: And people are keying on him.
• 1:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: So, and Keterman stepped up and made the shots and made people pay for the over-imposed to sound like it.
• 1:58
  [SPEAKER_03]: Plus, as we'll hear from Coach Daniels, he was guarding the best player from the East Brook, which was something he debated whether he should do or not, and it turned out to be a good decision.
• 2:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: It did turn out to be a good decision.
• 2:13
  [SPEAKER_03]: All right, Michelle, sticking with the prediction of Wabanani.
• 2:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: I will stay with the prediction of Wabanani.
• 2:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't, I don't back away now if Wabanani.
• 2:20
  [SPEAKER_03]: I forgot to mention, Wabanani beat Boris 68 to 39, and I believe it's a fun news call that.
• 2:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I'm not rooting for Aaron.
• 2:27
  [SPEAKER_00]: And of course.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And the black裔er ones, it's just, I believe in, I make prediction.
• 2:32
  [SPEAKER_03]: I know every one of the kids on the team, I love Aaron.
• 2:36
  [SPEAKER_03]: And I picked East Brook to win this sectional, because, and I think we saw tonight, and kind of the same reason you had.
• 2:42
  [SPEAKER_03]: Blackford and it really tough game with Alexander.
• 2:44
  [SPEAKER_03]: I wasn't sure they could even beat Alexandria.
• 2:47
  [SPEAKER_03]: And then you have a tough game with the host team.
• 2:51
  [SPEAKER_03]: And I thought that might be a trap game for them.
• 2:54
  [SPEAKER_03]: It wasn't, they came away with the win and now face Flop-A-Honey and what should be a great championship game.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: I can't wait to be there, Michelle.
• 3:01
  [SPEAKER_03]: And now here is our friend Grant Shouse of the Action Sports Network with A-Recat.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: Thanks, Michelle, for helping out.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Always a pleasure.
• 3:12
  [SPEAKER_03]: joining Michelle and myself now for an Eastbrook sectional recap is straight out of the hot tub Grant Shouse of the action sports network after calling the games tonight had to get a soak in and now he is here ready to go for a recap blackford and wapahani Grant let's start with blackford that was a good game wasn't it.
• 3:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: It really was the competitive game.
• 3:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: He's forgot off to a nice start.
• 3:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: They were up 11, five after one.
• 3:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: Each Frick's defense for the entire night out of Mari and leg it to 10 points.
• 3:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: Mason Kiderman was the guy that picked up the scoring for them, 22 points for Kiderman.
• 3:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: The biggest turning point in the game was Kiderman and Blackford were up five.
• 3:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: And he hit an N1, three in the corner.
• 3:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: uh, Body Hall for Eastbrook foueting.
• 3:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: There's a looking back at the replay.
• 4:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: Scott Hunt showed me there was minimal contact, but he hit the three in the corner and got fouled and had to shoot one free throw.
• 4:07
  [SPEAKER_01]: And that pushed it up to an eight point lead.
• 4:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: And Eastbrook was able to kind of dig itself out of that hole.
• 4:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: They got down three.
• 4:13
  [SPEAKER_01]: But 30 seconds ago, they had the ball with a chance to tie the game.
• 4:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: And Eastbrook had one time out.
• 4:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: They elected not to take the time out and play through it.
• 4:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: ended up getting tied up and the arrow pointed to blackford and is all academic from there they hit big free throws down the stretch and they're going to the special championship.
• 4:31
  [SPEAKER_03]: Grant, I know that Leget was great, uh, played some really good defense on Caden Jones too.
• 4:37
  [SPEAKER_03]: Obviously Mason Kidderman had a career night, but man, everybody on that team made a big player too, didn't they?
• 4:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, let's get made a couple of big plays there down the street.
• 4:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: He actually missed two key free throws that could have pushed it to five.
• 4:50
  [SPEAKER_01]: And Eastburg got the ball.
• 4:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: That's when they were down three and they got turning it over.
• 4:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: But let's get made some big plays when they needed him to, but Kidnerman was just that guy to fight.
• 5:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: They don't win that game without Mason Kidnerman.
• 5:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: Great kid, glad for his success.
• 5:06
  [SPEAKER_03]: Grant.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: But I think it's safe to say that they're going to have to play better on Saturday night.
• 5:13
  [SPEAKER_03]: at the three time defending sectional champions a program that all they do is win sectional games right.
• 5:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah and they they had to play well Tuesday night to win the game and to come back to win the game Tuesday and they just kind of held on to the lead on Friday and they're they're they're gonna have to play a more complete game probably more complete than the last two they play.
• 5:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: if they want to cut down the net.
• 5:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'll go on the record now and say, I think the win the game Saturday, I think they'll go to the regional and probably end up playing lapel.
• 5:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: They are going to have their work cut out for him Friday.
• 5:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: That is a still a solid wap behind team.
• 5:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: Their coach Jeff Andrews, who is the longtime assistant with Matt Lewis, same's just in the Matt Lewis and then ran that took him to the state championship two years ago.
• 5:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: Your coach Andrews has been a big part of that success.
• 6:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, there's no doubt, and they've got Eli Andrews on that team is still really good.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Caleb Henderson's very good as well.
• 6:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: That's going to be, that's going to be a really good game on Saturday over at East for us.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: All right, Grant, you've seen Blackford, you've seen Wapahani, which team has an advantage where with the exception of Mario and Leget, because everybody knows he has the advantage for Blackford.
• 6:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, that's a good question.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: has pieces in the right places to win a championship.
• 6:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: They have a guy like Reggie Durin, who's a stand in the corner kind of guy, get the ball when he's open and hit a couple threes every game.
• 6:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: Ben again, central Indiana sports report.
• 6:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: Greg, you may not, because you weren't here.
• 6:50
  [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, you were here, but you weren't, you weren't tuned with it yet.
• 6:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: But Blackford, when they had Luke Brown, also had a kidney brand and
• 7:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: and Brandon's trouble was a great friend of mine and was a great kid in a great player.
• 7:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think he scored a thousand points.
• 7:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: He was a great player for Blackford when they had Brown and he was probably their number two guy.
• 7:13
  [SPEAKER_01]: Mason Kidderman, I think is a better version of Brandon's trouble.
• 7:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: That's a big compliment.
• 7:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: That is a nice, a very high compliment.
• 7:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think that,
• 7:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: Kitterman is a kid to just make plays when they need him to make plays.
• 7:29
  [SPEAKER_01]: Like he hit three after three, and when they needed to have a three to push their lead, he just constantly kept making big shots.
• 7:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: If he hits big shots in crunch time on Saturday, because it's going to be a close game, I'd imagine.
• 7:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: If he hits close shot or big shots on Saturday in a close game, that's going to be Oblackford went to the game, which version of Mason Kitterman shows up.
• 7:51
  [SPEAKER_03]: Adding in Petro helps a lot too.
• 7:54
  [SPEAKER_03]: Just gives another big body who can play.
• 7:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, absolutely.
• 7:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: And he threw down a nice two-handed dunk that I only had three point.
• 8:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: He is a great player.
• 8:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: He is a nice addition.
• 8:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: And he couldn't have became eligible at a better time for them.
• 8:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: He came on at the perfect point in the season.
• 8:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: where they just absolutely have to have him.
• 8:13
  [SPEAKER_01]: And it helps when he's a little bit of your best kept secret if through Blackford in a way.
• 8:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: He comes off the bench.
• 8:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: He's 6, 7, 6, 8, he's long, he's lanky, he's athletic.
• 8:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: He is a really, really good player for Blackford.
• 8:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: Great.
• 8:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: The fact that Lopahani has been there before and that experience and that atmosphere and how to handle it.
• 8:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: Is that a little bit of an advantage for the Raiders over the Bruins?
• 8:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think it's a huge advantage for Wapahani.
• 8:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: Um, but I think Blackford has been in situations this year where they know how to play against that and know how they can try and navigate through it where Wapahami, I don't know what Wapahai has been through.
• 8:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: I know that Blackford plays a significantly better schedule out of their last 12 games.
• 9:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: There's 6 and 6, but I know we talked about this the other night, but look at who they played in that stretch, where they played Fort Wayne Snyder, they played Oak Hill, they played
• 9:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: on a on Saturday night as well.
• 9:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: So they've played some really good competition in February, which has led them to this point.
• 9:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: But like I said, they're going to have to play a more complete game, more complete than the last two they've played this week.
• 9:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: So I would give the advantage to Wapa-Honey due to tournament experience.
• 9:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think that really will play a factor on Saturday night is that Wapa-Honey has been here and Blackford really has it over the years.
• 9:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: I could I always my experience in all my years of covering sports.
• 9:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: I've found that sometimes when I manage comes, it can be at the start of the game, more relaxed shooting, and then it can really be in a tight, for court, you know, late stage game where sometimes you want to get tightened, but at the experience, just you've been there and done it before, so you're a little more relaxed, so that's a situation.
• 10:04
  [SPEAKER_01]: and grant will you be calling the championship game outside of the night I am proud to announce that my basketball season is over in terms of broadcasting Friday was the last game the only teams we have remaining are all being covered.
• 10:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: by someone else, we've got Marion still alive, Southwood and North Miami are still alive.
• 10:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: They're playing each other.
• 10:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: And of course, so Kill is still alive.
• 10:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: So I'll hop on the Oak Hill Train Saturday and go up to Manchester and watch them beat Rod Chester and try and win their first sexual championship in eight years.
• 10:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: So I'm looking forward to that.
• 10:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's sad the season has to come to an end because it was such a fun season called a lot of games.
• 10:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: Been a lot of people along the way.
• 10:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: This is a really fun season and I'm of course have a better month off here month and a half off and then get in a baseball and softball.
• 11:00
  [SPEAKER_03]: We look forward to that and hopefully we can get a report from you from Manchester on Saturday Nightman.
• 11:06
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yep, absolutely.
• 11:07
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'll be your real kill guy the rest of the way.
• 11:10
  [SPEAKER_03]: Love it.
• 11:10
  [SPEAKER_03]: Thanks so much for the time playing.
• 11:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: Go cheer on your alma mater.
• 11:14
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yep, I will do so.
• 11:16
  [SPEAKER_03]: Thanks so much, Grant.
• 11:17
  [SPEAKER_03]: Go enjoy your hot tub.
• 11:21
  [SPEAKER_03]: Not that hot tub was going to get between me and this recap.
• 11:25
  [SPEAKER_03]: Please stay tuned for a very happy and relieved Blackburn head coach Aaron Daniels.
• 11:37
  [SPEAKER_03]: Welcome to you news.
• 11:38
  [SPEAKER_03]: Gonna take three tough, god-teaf performances to get this job done and you're two for three now.
• 11:46
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, we got these folks best punched and they really played a great basketball game.
• 11:51
  [SPEAKER_02]: They came out with two, three zone and extended it.
• 11:55
  [SPEAKER_02]: Something we didn't expect at all.
• 11:57
  [SPEAKER_02]: They did a great job ice-cutting and that's all right.
• 11:59
  [SPEAKER_02]: But you know, when you have more, at least you try it on two, we see bugs and one, we see something different, almost every single night.
• 12:04
  [SPEAKER_02]: They did a great job against them.
• 12:06
  [SPEAKER_02]: They held them to 10.
• 12:07
  [SPEAKER_02]: What a gritty performance by our kids and they sent kiddaments course 22 that I had some massive shots.
• 12:13
  [SPEAKER_02]: Just a really really good win when you're done trying to make a sectional, you know, when you want to compete for a sectional title, just a gritty performance by our kids.
• 12:21
  [SPEAKER_03]: That's 2 and a row now, and your team is really playing well coach.
• 12:25
  [SPEAKER_02]: We are and I really think that that last week in the year of the Northwestern and Snyder again, you know, Snyder's a Fourier powerhouse.
• 12:32
  [SPEAKER_02]: And we had them on the ropes.
• 12:33
  [SPEAKER_02]: And I think everybody kind of realized what this team's capable of.
• 12:36
  [SPEAKER_02]: And I like tonight when, you know, if you tell people my leg, if they help them to 10 points, you said, man, they really struggled.
• 12:41
  [SPEAKER_02]: And we did it times offensively, but come out on top.
• 12:44
  [SPEAKER_02]: It just shows the maturity of this team.
• 12:46
  [SPEAKER_02]: And the me first attitude and the team is really coming around and playing the best basketball right now.
• 12:56
  [SPEAKER_03]: performance from everybody, even though Mason and Mari did most of the scoring, Jacob Dylan had some big moments, Eli had some big moments.
• 13:05
  [SPEAKER_03]: And he did.
• 13:06
  [SPEAKER_03]: He did.
• 13:07
  [SPEAKER_02]: He did.
• 13:08
  [SPEAKER_02]: He did.
• 13:09
  [SPEAKER_02]: He did.
• 13:09
  [SPEAKER_02]: He did.
• 13:10
  [SPEAKER_02]: He did.
• 13:11
  [SPEAKER_02]: He did.
• 13:12
  [SPEAKER_02]: He did.
• 13:13
  [SPEAKER_02]: And Jacob Dylan had played the biggest possession of game, we're up three and they have the ball.
• 13:18
  [SPEAKER_02]: He gets a tie up and puts the game in our hands, we get the ball on a tie up and they have to foul.
• 13:25
  [SPEAKER_02]: Each one of our kids had huge moments, and it was just, it was really a team win.
• 13:29
  [SPEAKER_02]: I mean, Mason Kidman carried the load off and so he was fantastic.
• 13:32
  [SPEAKER_02]: But when he leg it, we had him chase.
• 13:34
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's Kate and Jones all night.
• 13:35
  [SPEAKER_02]: He's a really good player for Eastbrook and, you know, crazy on my part, probably to have your kid that ever just started a game, you know, in a gym that was 85 degrees the night, chased their best flight.
• 13:45
  [SPEAKER_02]: It was, was a little crazy, but man, you get a fantastic job.
• 13:48
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'm, I'm just so proud of all our kids.
• 13:55
  [SPEAKER_02]: He has grown up as a whole.
• 13:57
  [SPEAKER_02]: I'm not going to lie to you earlier in the year.
• 13:59
  [SPEAKER_02]: If he'd had a point, slate in the game, there was time to be frustrated.
• 14:03
  [SPEAKER_02]: And he wasn't like he just wants to win and some of his comments in the last two games that he's made to be just on the court just shows the maturity level.
• 14:12
  [SPEAKER_02]: That's the one thing, we know he has all the talent in the world.
• 14:15
  [SPEAKER_02]: And so for him tonight to go, you know, guard Caden Jones and chase him all over the floor and defend like when he walks in for 32 minutes, it's no longer just the scoring output that that is giving us it's on his leadership.
• 14:29
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's his defensive abilities and we know as athleticism we know he can defend at a high level and when he walks in and defend and doesn't gamble.
• 14:37
  [SPEAKER_02]: But when he he brings something to the table that you just can't, you know, most kids in our area and in the state don't have that ability.
• 14:45
  [SPEAKER_03]: All right, coach, Wapa honey for the sectional championship on Saturday and you look at the side by side comparison.
• 14:52
  [SPEAKER_03]: The resume as three porters are known to do.
• 14:54
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think you come away with Blackford is the favorite, but this is Wapa honey.
• 14:59
  [SPEAKER_03]: This is what they do.
• 15:00
  [SPEAKER_03]: They win sectional games and.
• 15:03
  [SPEAKER_03]: Again, it's going to take a great performance for you guys to do this.
• 15:07
  [SPEAKER_02]: Well, and I've told the kids, I've told our fans of Twitter, everybody, and tell somebody beats Swapahani.
• 15:12
  [SPEAKER_02]: They're the team to be, they have dominated this section.
• 15:14
  [SPEAKER_02]: These kids, they've got two kids that have started and have played in multiple semi-state atmospheres.
• 15:19
  [SPEAKER_02]: These kids are not going to be intimidated by a big moment.
• 15:21
  [SPEAKER_02]: And then tell somebody knocks them off.
• 15:23
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's there is to lose.
• 15:25
  [SPEAKER_02]: And so,
• 15:25
  [SPEAKER_02]: We know that it's going to take 32 minutes of a complete basketball game tomorrow night where we really walk in and we have to, you know, it's a short prep.
• 15:35
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's a one day prep.
• 15:36
  [SPEAKER_02]: He got tomorrow morning where we come in and we prepare and we get ready for them.
• 15:40
  [SPEAKER_02]: But it's a quick turnaround and it's something where we know that we are capable of beating anybody when we play well.
• 15:46
  [SPEAKER_02]: But we have to come in with the game plan and come in and lock them ready to go and ready to perform.
• 15:53
  [SPEAKER_03]: Coach Daniels, thank you so much for your time.
• 15:56
  [SPEAKER_03]: Can't wait to watch you in a section on Monday.
• 15:59
  [SPEAKER_02]: I hope you're right.
• 15:59
  [SPEAKER_02]: Thank you, sir.
• 16:00
  [SPEAKER_02]: Thank you for the coverage.
• 16:04
  [SPEAKER_03]: Thanks so much to Michelle for being my sidekick all night, Friday night, and a grand showers for the report from Eastbrook.
• 16:12
  [SPEAKER_03]: And of course, to Coach Daniels for joining me after every game to talk about his black-for-browns.
• 16:18
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'll lead Eastbrook on Saturday night with a full report
• 16:24
  [SPEAKER_03]: And we will also have a report from Elwood.
• 16:28
  [SPEAKER_03]: And apparently as we learned on this podcast, we might have one from Manchester.
• 16:53
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