Saturday March 25 2017Sheridan Noblesville Cicero Arcadia Atlanta Carmel Fishers Westfield Vol 4 No 57

Today Chance of a morning shower Showers and storms likely in the afternoon

Tonight Periods of rain Chances of storms

TODAYrsquoS WEATHER

HIGH 66 LOW 53

Next yearrsquos election already heating upBy FRED SWIFT

Candidates for county sheriff have already begun an-nouncing their inten-tions to run for the office in next years primary election Now there are rum-blings about candi-dates for judge where

judgeships are up for election in Superior Court 1 and Superior 6

The widely-respected Judge Steven Nation having served nearly 23 years on the bench of Superior Court 1 is consid-ering retiring next year He says he will make that decision later this year His decision may hinge partially on whether Circuit Judge Paul Felix is chosen to be-come a judge in Federal District Court If

Felix gets the federal appointment he is seeking Nation says he would consider running for re-election partially because the two judges have been guiding the countys Youth Assistance Program Na-tion wants to see it continue its current successful course In any event it ap-pears likely there will be a court vacancy in either Circuit or Superior 1 There will be no shortage of interest in filling such a vacancy

David Najjar a court magistrate will likely run It is also possible Carmel City Judge Brian Poindexter will be running Both have made determined but unsuc-cessful runs for judge positions in recent elections

Gail Bardach judge of Superior Court 6 is up for election and has indicated

See Election Page 4

Westfield Fire Department training paramedics to better save livesThe REPORTER

The Westfield Fire Department trained on-staff paramedics on the latest concepts of emergency medicine The two-day course focused on advanced capnography and EKG interpretation

ldquoHaving our paramedics trained in EKG interpretation and capnography will only mean better care for our pa-tientsrdquo explains Marcus Reed Westfield Fire Chief ldquoThe visiting instructor Bob Page has four decades of teaching expe-

rience and is one of the leading expert on these lifesaving skillsrdquo

12 lead EKG interpretation teaches paramedics to locate potentially lethal problems by using the latest science Capnography measures the C02 being exhaled and is used to find problems with the airways and the lungs

The two-day course was held at Woodwind Gold Course Ivy Tech at Ko-komo students participated in the train-ing as well

The REPORTER The Horseshoe Prairie Chapter Nation-

al Society Daughters of the American Rev-olution (NSDAR) recently announced the winner of the 2016 American History Essay Contest

The contest topic in 2016 celebrated the 100th anniversary of The National Park Service which was established by Congress in 1916 Students in grades 5-8 were asked to imagine writing a journal while visiting one of the 58 national parks identifying the location why and when it was established as a national park and what makes that par-ticular park one of our national treasures The contest is offered by all NSDAR Chap-ters across the country and local winners are then judged at the regional state and national levels The national winner is rec-ognized at the annual Continental Congress meeting in Washington D C in June

This years winner of the American His-

tory Essay Contest is Addison McMillan a fifth-grade student at North Elementary in Noblesville Addison was recognized with a certificate and award pin at the Good Cit-izens Tea on March 12 at the Hamilton East Public Library

Each year the essay topic is changed by the NSDAR national headquarters in Washington D C and all Chapters across the country adhere to that topic The topic is announced in mid-summer and all Ham-ilton County public and private schools as well as homeschool associations will receive the information Additionally NS-DAR sponsors the Christopher Columbus Essay Contest for students in grades 9-12 and the essay topic changes annually as well All essay submissions are judged by three independent judges For more in-formation or to receive the new forms contact Horseshoe Prairie Chapter at horseshoeprairiedaraolcom

Noblesville student wins essay contest

Photo providedAddison McMillan a fifth-grade student at North Elementary in Noblesville won the 2016 essay contest

Weighing in on Nickel Plate RailBy JEFF JELLISONReadTheReportercom

Sitting in the front of Noblesvillersquos council chamber room on Thursday at the Nickel Plate listening session were Nobles-ville Mayor John Ditslear Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness and Hamilton County Com-missioners Steve Dillinger Christine Al-tman and Mark Heirbrandt All of those except Dillinger stood together last month to announce plans to abandon the Nickel Plate Railway and convert it into a trail

Sitting in the crowd of nearly 400 were members of the Noblesville Common Council the people that will vote on fund-ing a portion of the plan announced by the mayors and commissioners

The day following the listening session council members began providing their ini-tial response to what they heard the people saying

Noblesville Councilman Rick Taylor a lifelong Noblesville resident who rep-resents District 6 an area the Nickel Plate Railway runs through stated ldquoAs a sitting Council member I represent Old Town residents I am disappointed that the City Fishers and the County for having discus-sions to remove the Nickel Plate Rails I think they got the cart before the horse Public meetings should have taken place before any discussion transpired to remove

them This is part of Noblesvillersquos history and it shouldnrsquot be removedrdquo

Taylor also expressed his disappoint-ment in the Hoosier Heritage Port Authori-ty and the Indiana Train museum

ldquoI will not support any part of removing these tracks but would support both a trail along the tracksrdquo Taylor said ldquoThe City and County should be meeting with both the Hoosier Heritage Port Authority and the Indiana Transportation Museum to see how we fix the problems and get the train rolling again with public safety in mind The City of Noblesville needs to worry about priorities we already have without creating new onesrdquo

Noblesville Council President Megan Wiles told The Reporter ldquoThe Hoosier Heritage Port Authority is the body that will make the decision as to the future of the corridorrdquo

Noblesville council members would

approve or deny funding of the cityrsquos por-tion of the expense to convert the railway into a trail Wiles said no proposal has been brought in front of the council yet

The Hoosier Heritage Port Authority was formed in 1994-1995 to purchase 37 miles of railroad running from Tipton to downtown Indianapolis The Port Author-ity represents Fishers Noblesville and Hamilton County it provides oversight and maintenance of the line

ldquoIrsquom still in the lsquolisteningrsquo mode in all of thisrdquo council member Wil Hampton said ldquoI was really impressed with the turn-out Thursday and understand the passion for the railroad My grandfather worked for the railroad for more than 50 years A lot has to happen before this hits the council desk so Irsquom listening gathering informa-tion and working towards what will be the best solution for Noblesville and especially the people who live hererdquo

Hearing the voices of the people was a theme among leaders who spoke to The Reporter

ldquoWhat I heard Thursday was the train is our history and our traditionrdquo council-woman Mary Sue Rowland said ldquoWith 82 miles of trail already in place with some connections needed does Noblesville have to be like everyone else Letrsquos stop chasing the shiny objects Noblesvillersquos master plan says nothing about the current idea presented by Fishers and Noblesville Pulling the rails has been part of Fishers master plan for two years Noblesville seems to have just discovered the Fishers plan and joined the club Rails WITH trails is my option It can be done and many of the details flying around simply need to be revisitedrdquo

At the request of the Hamilton County Reporter the City of Noblesville issued the following response after Thursdayrsquos meet-ing ldquoSince the announcement was made Noblesville and Fishers officials have been receiving questions and comments from the community At our listening session alone last night we estimate that 416 were in attendance so we will need time to re-view the feedback wersquove been collecting from residents We look forward to con-tinuing this discussion and updating the public when we have more information to sharerdquo

Taylor Wiles Hampton Rowland

Council members respond after Thursdayrsquos listening session

2 News

Reader asks Chris Jensen not to lecture voters in printLetter to the Editor

Mr JensenI have read your writings and article

as it appeared in The Reporter [Friday] Not so sure it is necessary to lecture a voter and taxpayer Done deals as they say without full transparency have no place in any form of government

I also reread the article to be certain that my understanding of this lecture was that all out support of the adminis-trations positions are important to you and all parties should adhere to yourtheir thinking so to speak or as you sug-gest ldquoKEEP EYE ON THE BALLrdquo

What ever happened to plan the work and work the plan

Multi-tasking is an important work strategy in the todays work environment and not too much for a voter to ask of an elected administration

Also worthy of consideration is full acknowledgment that finishing projects already started is an important part of be-ing successful Equally importantmdashand just to name a few areas that could use serious attentionmdashis maintaining facili-ties already in place such as cleaning of downtown trash including the containers repair to 8th street along the RR tracks from Conner to Division etc Minimizing or eliminating of semis unless for local delivery that travel SR 3238 eastwest

through downtown similar to the process used in Pendleton and many other towns thru out the United States may also be important to many and no doubt cost no dollars but doubt these items are on your list

In summary I for one feel LECTUR-ING me as a reader of the Reporter is not the way of persuasion Recall I have sent numerous prior pieces of correspon-dence to you and have yet to have a spe-cific response I would hope you provide better service to your constituents and most likely may curtail the lectures when communicating with any constituents who may also pay taxes and vote

Thank youJim Williams Noblesville

The REPORTER The Indiana Native American Indian

Affairs Commission (INAIAC) now of-fers a Vocational Scholarship for those wanting to learn a trade skill These scholarships are funded through the sale of the Indiana Native American license plate

To be eligible you must be an Indiana resident attending a school in Indiana and you must be enrolled in a federally recognized tribe or the Miami Nation of Indians of Indiana

POSSIBLE VOCATIONSbull Truck Driverbull Cosmetologybull Veterinary Assistant

bull Chefbull Aircraft Mechanicbull Health Care bull Computer Technicianbull Constructionbull AND MANY MOREApplications are available at the

American Indian Center of Indiana (AICI) 2236 E 10th Street Indianapo-lis or by calling (317) 917-8000 or (800) 745-5872 All completed applications and paperwork must be submitted to the AICI

A total of $10000 is awarded Min-imum scholarship amounts are $1000 and maximum scholarship amounts are $2500 Application deadlines are April 15 and July 15

Native vocational scholarships available

By LARRY LANNANwwwLarryInFisherscom

The City of Fishers will do some major work along 116th Street and is choosing to get this done during HSE Schools Spring Break The work will require a partial closure between Exit Five ParkwayIKEA Way and Cumber-land Road The driving restrictions will be in effect from March 30 at 9 pm to April 10 at 5 am coinciding with Hamilton Southeastern School Dis-trictrsquos Spring Break

Marathon Pipeline will remove cas-ing from their existing pipeline that runs under the eastbound lanes of 116th Street Fishers Departments of Engi-neering and Public Works plans to make additional repairs and improvements to 116th Street during the partial closure

The lanes and roads affected by the detour and partial closure include

ndashWestbound 116th Street between Exit Five ParkwayIKEA Way and Cumberland Road will be closed Traf-fic will be detoured north on Cumber-land Road to Exit Five Parkway121st Street and south on Exit Five Parkway to 116th Street

ndashEastbound 116th Street will be di-rected to drive in the westbound lanes of 116th Street from Exit Five Park-wayIKEA Way to the signal just west of Cumberland Road at Kroger Traffic will then switch back to the eastbound lanes

ndashSouthbound Cumberland Road will be closed from 126th Street to 121st Street

ndashWestbound 121st Street will be di-rected to go north on Cumberland Road to 126th Street and then continue west on 126th Street

Westbound drivers are encouraged to detour south on Cumberland Road from 116th Street to 106th Street to

access I-69 and other Westside destina-tions

Businesses along Exit Five Parkway and 121st Street with regular truck de-liveries should consider adjusting de-

livery times to before or after morning rush hour Delivery routes along this route should use northbound Exit Five Parkway rather than Cumberland Road during this detour

News 3

TheHAMILTON COUNTYREPORTERReadTheReportercom

116th Street Spring Break closure East of I-69

Graphic provided

The Week Ahead from Your Hoosier Weatherman

Meeting Notices

The Cicero Storm Water Management Board will meet on March 29 2017 at 600 PM at the Cicero Town Hall 70 N Byron Street Cicero IN 46034 for a regular scheduled meeting

The Cicero Town Council will hold an executive session on April 20 2017 at 600 PM at the Cicero Town Hall 70 N Byron Street Cicero IN 46034 according to IC 5-14-15-61(b)(2)(D) The purchase or lease of real property by the governing body up to the time a contract or option to purchase or lease is executed by parties

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4 News

ELECTIONfrom Page 1

she will run for another term Najjar or Poindexter could run against Bardach if not for Nationrsquos bench However running against an incumbent judge is not common practice in Hamilton County

The Republican primary is still more than a year away and there may well be other candidates for judge which of course is a revered and well-paying posi-tion with excellent retirement benefits

In these situations some feel it is a good idea to make his or her intentions known early in order to get folks to com-mit to a candidate before others jump into the race

Next year will feature a big election for local offices with Congressional and state legislative offices on the ballot along

with another eleven county offices and all township offices Most and likely all of these positions will be essentially filled in the GOP primary in heavily Republican Hamilton County

In the meantime voters in Sheridan Westfield and Carmel school districts will go to the polls on May 2nd this year to vote on school tax referendums Unless contro-versy develops over these ballot questions a small voter turnout is expected

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Frances J Morris July 27 1924 ndash March 24 2017

Frances J Morris 92 of Noblesville passed away on Friday March 24 2017 at Riverview Health She was born on July 27 1924 to Franklin Fay and Nellie Marie (Edwards) Unger in Hamilton County Indiana

Frances was a 1942 graduate of Walnut Grove High School and was their alumni recording secretary for many years She retired in 1979 after 34 years as a secre-tary with Firestone Industrial Products and delivered Meals on Wheels for 15 years Frances and her husband Wayne also owned an antique store in Hobbs Indiana

She is survived by her son Cliff (Lou) Morris daughter Connie Foust three grandchildren Steve Morris Tammy Gordon and Cliff Morris four great-grandchil-dren and her good buddy Kari Three

In addition to her parents and her step-mother Ruth Keeling Frances was pre-ceded in death by her husband Wayne Morris in 2002

Services will be held at 1 pm on Tuesday March 28 2017 at Randall amp Roberts Funeral Home 1150 Logan Street in Nobles-ville with visitation from 11 am to the time of service Pastor Neal Brown will officiate Burial will be at Crownland Cemetery in No-blesville

Condolences wwwrandallrobertscom

William J Craig July 23 1934 ndash March 21 2017

William J Craig 82 of Indianapolis Hamilton County passed away March 21 2017 He was born on July 23 1934 in Indianapolis to Everett and Nellie Pollard Craig

Bill was a 2 time Past Master of the Carmel Masonic Lodge 421 he was also a lifetime member of the Noblesville VFW Post 6246 Bill was a former member of the Indianapolis Scottish Rite and Murat Shrine as well as past President of the Hamilton County Shrine Club

Bill is survived by his devoted wife of 54 years Cheryl (Sheri) son Joe (Julie) daughter Lisa (Terry) 2 grandchildren 8 step-grandchildren 1 step-great-grandchild sisters Betty and

Barbara and brother Ben (Sue) Family and friends gathered for a Celebra-

tion of Life service on Friday March 24 2017 at 2 pm in the Carmel American Legion

Please visit wwwbussellfamilyfuneralscom to read Williamrsquos complete obituary

Hamilton County

RepoRteRContact Information

Phone317-408-5548

EmailNewsReadTheReportercom

Publisher Jeff JellisonHamiltonCoNorthReporterhotmailcom

317-408-5548

Editor Don JellisonHoosiermabaaolcom

317-773-2769

Sports Editor Richie HallRhall1977gmailcomTwitter Richie_Hall

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765-365-2316

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Mailing AddressPO Box 190

Westfield IN 46074

ArrangementsService 2 pm March 24Location Carmel American LegionCondolences wwwbussellfamilyfuneralscom

ArrangementsCalling 11 am ndash 1 pm March 28Service 1 pm March 28Location Randall amp Roberts Funeral HomeCondolences wwwrandallrobertscom

Obituaries 5

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Allan R Nordman October 26 1952 ndash March 23 2017

Allan R Nordman 64 of Noblesville passed away on Thursday March 23 2017 at his home He was born on October 26 1952 to Clarence and Betty (Raymond) Nordman in New Castle Indiana

Allan proudly served his country as a Lieutenant in the United States Army and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University He retired from Eli Lilly as a Mechanical Engineer Allan was a member of Refuge Christian Church serv-ing as a Deacon and Chairperson on the Stewardship Committee He enjoyed woodworking camping and gardening Most of all Allan loved spending time with his grandkids

He is survived by his wife Cindy Nordman father Clar-ence Nordman son Ryan (Rebecca) Nordman daughter Malea (Kyle) Russell step-daughters Amy Burnworth and Rachel Barnette brothers Mike (Connie) Nord-man and Chris Nordman as well as 16 grandchildren

In addition to his mother Betty Nordman Allan was preceded in death by his sister Nancy Jaffa

Visitation will be from 2 pm to 6 pm on Sunday March 26 2017 at Randall amp Roberts Funeral Center 1685 Westfield Road in Noblesville Services will be held at 1030 am on Monday March 27 2017 at Refuge Christian Church 11772 East 196th Street in Noblesville with Rev Stanley R Sutton officiating Burial will be at Hamilton Memorial Park Cemetery in Westfield Indiana

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Refuge Christian Church 11772 East 196th Street Noblesville IN 46060

Condolences wwwrandallrobertscom

ArrangementsCalling 2-6 pm March 26Service 1030 am March 27Location Randall amp Roberts Funeral CenterCondolences wwwrandallrobertscom

ReadTheReportercom

Sports6

Guerin Catholic made it official andremoved the interim tag from Matt Lane

Lane was named the Golden Eaglesathletic director on Friday He had been theinterim AD for the past six months andprior to that had been the assistant athleticdirector for two years

Just very blessed and humbled andexcited to continue to work with GuerinCatholic athletics and continue to build thetraditions that we have in place now saidLane

Lane has been with Guerin Catholic forsix years beginning as a teacher in theschools Learning Differences departmentHe had also been the Golden Eagleswrestling coach

The bottom line is we want to continueto build our athletics to be another avenuefor the mission of our school and touch ourkids and build relationships with our kidsand really grow them closer to God saidLane

GC names MattLane as athleticdirector

The Guerin Catholic softball team wona roller-coaster game Friday over HeritageChristian 15-10 earning a sweep over itsCircle City Conference opponent

The Golden Eagles led 6-0 after twoinnings but the Eagles came back andscored nine runs in the third inning Guerinregrouped and blasted back in the fourthinning rattling off eight runs to reclaim thelead

Its good to come back from being evenmentally down and just come back and justexecute a game plan said GC coach EdCollins

Madelyn Buckner was 3-for-4 on thenight including a triple Megan Collinsbatted in three runs and was one of fourGolden Eagles with two hits Sarah Miller

Kelby Sullivan and Olivia Nystrom all hadtwo hits as well with Miller and JulieGallina both driving in two runs

Miller pitched six innings for the winstriking out nine and giving up just two hits

Guerin Catholic plays two games atBishop Chatard today The Golden Eaglestake on the Trojans in a 9 am conferencegame then play South Bend St Joseph at 11am

Guerin Catholic 15Heritage Christian 10Guerin AB H RBIJulie Gallina 4 1 2Madelyn Buckner 4 3 1Megan Collins 3 2 3Sarah Miller 5 2 2

Kate Swift 3 0 0Megan Wiitala 0 0 1Hanna Bills 2 1 1Kelby Sullivan 4 2 1Caitlin Collins 1 1 0Shaleen Bulger 2 0 0Kyra Schultz 1 0 0Olivia Nystrom 3 2 0Oksana Oleshchuk 1 0 0Totals 33 14 11NOTE Runs scored are not availableScore by inningsHeritage 000 910 0 - 10 9 4Guerin 150 801 x - 15 11 23B Buckner SB M Collins 4 Buckner 4Gallina 3 Bills 2 C Collins Nystrom HBP MCollins 2 SwiftGC pitching IP R ER HMiller (W) 6 1 1 2Bills 1 9 5 7Strikeouts Miller 9 Bills 1 Walks Miller 3 Bills2

Reporter photo by Richie Hall

Guerin Catholicrsquos Madelyn Buckner had three hits including a triple during the Golden Eaglesrsquo 15-10 softball win over HeritageChristian on Friday

Golden Eagles earn sweep of Heritage Christian

Hamilton Heights got its first win of theseason on Friday coming from behind tobeat Lapel 8-6 at the Huskies field

The Bulldogs scored all six of their runsin the top of the third which put them on topof Heights 6-1 The Huskies got three runsin the bottom of the fourth to cut that leadto 6-4 then added four runs in the fifth

We were a different team tonight saidHeights coach Landi Lockwood Weshowed up to play and had a purpose to ourgame Several girls had a good night at the

plate with Shelby Wills leading the wayTaylor Ewing and Bayleigh Runner did agood job on defense while Adyson Baberdid a really nice job on the mound

Wills was 3-for-4 including a triple anddrove in three runs Claire Schildmeier hadtwo hits including a double with MickeyStupp and Bayleigh Runner both getting twohits as well Taylor Ewing and JessicaKaurich both hit a double Baber had threestrikeouts in a complete game

Heights is off until April 7 when it hostsAnderson

Heights 8 Lapel 6Heights AB R H RBIAshton Runner 4 2 0 1Taylor Ewing 3 1 1 0Shelby Wills 4 0 3 3Jessica Kaurich 3 0 1 0Claire Schildmeier 4 1 2 0Adyson Baber 4 0 0 0Lia Williams 1 0 1 1Mickey Stupp 2 1 2 0

Kylie Schakel 3 1 0 0Bayleigh Runner 4 2 2 1Emily Wright 0 0 0 0Totals 32 8 12 6Score by InningsLapel 006 000 0 - 6 9 0Heights 010 340 x - 8 12 03B Wills 2B Ewing Kaurich Schildmeier SBStupp SAC EwingHH pitching IP R ER HBaker 7 6 4 9Strikeouts Baber 3 Walks Baber 2

Huskies pick up seasonrsquos first win

The Hamilton Heights girls track andfield team dominated a three-team meetwith Sheridan and Frankton on Thursday

The Huskies scored 88 points to theBlackhawks 39 and the Eagles 17Heights won eight events includingdouble wins from Bailey Haworth (100hurdles and 300 hurdles) and MarkaelaPugh (100 dash and 200 dash) OtherHuskies winners were Chloe Hendersonin the 1600 run Abby Christiansen in the400 dash Kat Williams in the 800 runand the Heights 4x100 relay team

Sheridan picked up five winsincluding all four field events RebeccaMerritt swept the discus and shot put

Huskies girlstrack winsthree-team meet

Sports 7

with Nixon Williams taking the long jumpand Heather Barker winning the high jumpEmma Tomaszewski won the 3200 run

Team scores Heights 88 Sheridan 39Frankton 17100 hurdles 1 Bailey Haworth (HH)170 2 Veronica Meredith (HH) 200100 dash 1 Markaela Pugh (HH) 128 3Whitney King (HH) 1411600 run 1 Chloe Henderson (HH) 6172 Emma Tomaszewski (S) 619 3 JennaTomaszewski (HH) 655 4 Faith Harris(HH) 6584x100 relay 1 Heights 522400 dash 1 Abby Christiansen (HH)1037300 hurdles 1 Haworth (HH) 546 2Heather Barker (S) 553 3 RebeccaMerritt (S) 588 4 Isabel Meister (HH)1054800 run 1 Kat Williams (HH) 25792 2Alex Lopez (HH) 258 3 HavenHaymaker (HH) 307 4 Hayden Hough(HH) 3231200 dash 1 Pugh (HH) 267 2 MaceyPolicka (HH) 284 3 Clem Lekouma (S)3013200 run 1 E Tomaszewski (S) 134092 Elizabeth Shrock (HH) 1341 3 EllieHunter (HH) 14044x400 relay 2 Heights 441Discus 1 Merritt (S) 102-5 2 TaylorCatron (HH) 83-95 3 Lauryn Wiley (HH)83-25 4 Barker (S) 72-25Shot put 1 Merritt (S) 28-0 2 Barker (S)28-6 3 Wiley (HH) 27-45 4 TaylorMason (HH) 25-115Long jump 1 Nixon Williams (S) 14-2 2Lily McCormick (HH) 14-15 4 King (HH)13-3High jump 1 Barker (S) 4-8 2 TiffanyWilliams (HH) 4-6 3 Veronica Meredith(HH) 4-2

HUSKIESFrom Page 6

By GREG RAPPAPORTCourtesy nbacompacersWith the race for the playoffs intensifying in the East

the Pacers ended up falling to a team from the Westdropping their Hickory Night game against the DenverNuggets 125-117 on Friday night at Bankers Life Field-house

The Pacers made an inspired run at was at one pointmore than a 20-point deficit in the fourth quarter cuttingthe Nuggets lead down to just 111-103 with 317 remainingin the game

But despite Indianas late 14-4 run the Pacers wereunable to complete what wouldve been the teams mostimprobable comeback of the season

The loss sends the Pacers (36-36) to 500 for the firsttime since January 23rd as Indiana was overwhelmed bythe lights-out shooting of the Nuggets who finished thegame making 48 percent of their shots and outscoring thePacers in three of the four quarters

I dont think we were aggressive enough on both endsPacers guard Jeff Teague said after the game Weve gotto play like our life is on the line like it is Weve got to beaggressive and leave it all out there Its a bad loss at homeWe didnt come out to play

Second-year center Nikola Jokic was a burden for thePacers all night racking up an impressive 30-point 17-rebound five-assist night for the Nuggets

In the first half it became clear early on that Jokicwould be a handful The center helped set the table for a14-3 Nuggets run in the first quarter giving Denver an earlyedge on the Pacers

In the second quarter Indianas second unit helped cutinto Denvers advantage getting the score down to a 38-35Nuggets lead But with Jokic and the starters back in thegame Denver opened up yet another run this time breakingoff eight unanswered points to ensure the Nuggets wouldfinish the half with a double-digit advantage

A late Pacers burst of offense whittled Indianas deficitto just 11 at the break but Jokic had amassed an eye-popping 21 points 16 rebounds and four assists throughthe first two quarters of play

You cant come out flat and lifeless like that saidThaddeus Young of the Pacers start We did find a wayto pick up some energy weve got to build on what we didat the end of the game as opposed to what we did in thebeginning

The Nuggets opened up the third quarter the way theyleft off finding quick offense with Wilson Chandler (24points) and using Jokic to distribute the ball A 3-pointerfrom Jameer Nelson midway through the third gave theNuggets a whopping 21-point lead their largest of the nightat that point

From there Indiana once again leaned on the play ofAaron Brooks and the second unit to attempt a comebackbid At one point Brooks canned back-to-back 3-pointers

trimming the second-half deficit back down to 13 pointsBut even with Brooks perimeter shooting the Nuggetsoutscored the Pacers for the third quarter in a row takinga 94-75 lead into the fourth and final quarter at BankersLife Fieldhouse

In the fourth Paul George was able to ignite the crowdsending in 3-pointers on two possessions in a row but theNuggets still owned a 107-91 lead at that point with just712 left in the game

Even as the game seemed out of reach a flush fromMyles Turner brought the score to 111-98 with just overfour minutes remaining All of the sudden thanks to aspot-up 3-pointer from Jeff Teague the Pacers managed tocut the deficit down to single digits trailing by just eightwith 317 left in the game

But even as they trapped and pressured on defense inthe final minutes Jokic struck again nailing a 3-pointer toput the game away for the visiting Nuggets

As the games remaining in the season dwindles thePacers now must take full advantage of the final two gamesof their three-game home stand which each come againstteams with sub-500 records (76ers and Timberwolves)

Were fighting for a spot this is desperate timesdesperate basketball George said after the game Thereis no motivation that needs to be said We dont need noneof that Its at hand The job that weve got to do is makethe playoffs and win games Thats it

Pacersrsquo comeback falls short against Denver

Guerin Catholicrsquos Matthew Godfreyand Jack Hansen were named to theCircle City Conferencersquos inaugural All-Conference team for the 2016-17 boysbasketball season

Hansen averaged 191 points pergame for the Golden Eagles whileGodfrey scored 114 points per gameHansen also pulled 93 rebounds pergame for Guerin which finished theseason 14-10 Godfrey Hansen

Godfrey Hansen named to All-Circle City team

Reporter photo by Richie Hall

Guerin Catholicrsquos Megan Collins drove in three runs in the Golden Eaglesrsquo Fridaysoftball win over Heritage Christian

Sports8

Eastern ConferenceAtlantic W L PCT GBBoston 47 26 644 -Toronto 43 29 597 35Philadelphia 27 45 375 195New York 27 45 375 195Brooklyn 15 57 208 315Southeast W L PCT GBWashington 44 28 611 -Atlanta 37 35 514 70Miami 35 37 486 90Charlotte 32 40 444 120Orlando 27 46 370 175Central W L PCT GBCleveland 47 24 662 -Milwaukee 37 35 514 105Indiana 36 36 500 115Chicago 34 39 466 140Detroit 34 39 466 140

Western ConferenceNorthwest W L PCT GBUtah 44 28 611 -Oklahoma City 41 30 577 25Denver 35 37 486 90Portland 33 38 465 105Minnesota 28 43 394 155Southwest W L PCT GBSan Antonio 55 16 775 -Houston 50 22 694 55Memphis 40 32 556 155Dallas 31 40 437 240New Orleans 30 42 417 255Pacific W L PCT GBGolden State 58 14 806 -LA Clippers 43 30 589 155Sacramento 27 45 375 310Phoenix 22 51 301 365 LA Lakers 21 51 292 370

NBA standingsFridayrsquos games

Washington 129 Brooklyn 108Cleveland 112 Charlotte 105

Orlando 115 Detroit 87Denver 125 Indiana 117Boston 130 Phoenix 120

Philadelphia 117 Chicago 107Milwaukee 100 Atlanta 97

Houston 117 New Orleans 107LA Lakers 130 Minnesota 119 OTGolden State 114 Sacramento 100

Photos courtesy Kent Graham Images

Brooke Herron has committed to play softball at the University of Saint FrancisPictured - Front Row Dawn Herron Brooke Herron Tony Herron Back Row Noblesville Assistant Softball Coach Larry DeSalvo Noblesville Head Girls BasketballCoach Donna Buckley Noblesville Head Softball Coach Deke Bullard

Noblesville High School college commitments

Hannah Potter has committed to play lacrosse at Central MichiganPictured (L to R) Front Row Emma Potter Stephanie Potter Hannah Potter Jeff PotterBack Row Rob Green Noblesville Head Soccer Coach Mike Brady Noblesville Assistant Soccer Coach Kristin Hetzel Noblesville Lacrosse Club Head Coach VeronicaMitchell Noblesville Lacrosse Club Assistant Coach Hannah Dabbelt Leslie Sherman Whitey Kapsalis

Visit our new website ReadTheReportercom

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Eastern ConferenceAtlantic W L PCT GBBoston 47 26 644 -Toronto 43 29 597 35Philadelphia 27 45 375 195New York 27 45 375 195Brooklyn 15 57 208 315Southeast W L PCT GBWashington 44 28 611 -Atlanta 37 35 514 70Miami 35 37 486 90Charlotte 32 40 444 120Orlando 27 46 370 175Central W L PCT GBCleveland 47 24 662 -Milwaukee 37 35 514 105Indiana 36 36 500 115Chicago 34 39 466 140Detroit 34 39 466 140

Western ConferenceNorthwest W L PCT GBUtah 44 28 611 -Oklahoma City 41 30 577 25Denver 35 37 486 90Portland 33 38 465 105Minnesota 28 43 394 155Southwest W L PCT GBSan Antonio 55 16 775 -Houston 50 22 694 55Memphis 40 32 556 155Dallas 31 40 437 240New Orleans 30 42 417 255Pacific W L PCT GBGolden State 58 14 806 -LA Clippers 43 30 589 155Sacramento 27 45 375 310Phoenix 22 51 301 365 LA Lakers 21 51 292 370

NBA standingsFridayrsquos games

Washington 129 Brooklyn 108Cleveland 112 Charlotte 105

Orlando 115 Detroit 87Denver 125 Indiana 117Boston 130 Phoenix 120

Philadelphia 117 Chicago 107Milwaukee 100 Atlanta 97

Houston 117 New Orleans 107LA Lakers 130 Minnesota 119 OTGolden State 114 Sacramento 100

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Brooke Herron has committed to play softball at the University of Saint FrancisPictured - Front Row Dawn Herron Brooke Herron Tony Herron Back Row Noblesville Assistant Softball Coach Larry DeSalvo Noblesville Head Girls BasketballCoach Donna Buckley Noblesville Head Softball Coach Deke Bullard

Noblesville High School college commitments

Hannah Potter has committed to play lacrosse at Central MichiganPictured (L to R) Front Row Emma Potter Stephanie Potter Hannah Potter Jeff PotterBack Row Rob Green Noblesville Head Soccer Coach Mike Brady Noblesville Assistant Soccer Coach Kristin Hetzel Noblesville Lacrosse Club Head Coach VeronicaMitchell Noblesville Lacrosse Club Assistant Coach Hannah Dabbelt Leslie Sherman Whitey Kapsalis

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