The REPORTERThe City of Noblesville

has partnered with Zagster, Inc. to launch a new bike-share program that will provide all Noblesville res-idents and visitors with a convenient, affordable and healthy way to get around town. As of Friday, 10 cruiser bikes are now avail-able between the city’s two stations for members to use for on-demand, local trips.

“With our trail inven-tory ever increasing, it’s natural for the city to assist people in being active and outdoors,” said Noblesville Mayor John Ditslear. “I’m excited to get the Nobles-ville Bike Share rolling down the right path by opening our first two bike share stations in down-town Noblesville today. These will allow residents and guests to take better advantage of the natural assets of our parks and the White River.”

Noblesville Bike Share stations feature the award-winning Zagster bike known for its practical design, comfortable ride and easy handling. The bike includes a spacious basket that’s perfect for carrying groceries, take-

out or personal belongings. And because rider safety is a priority, every bike in-cludes automatic lights, a

bell and full reflectors.Zagster makes it easy

to grab a bike and go. Rid-ers can view stations and

bikes in the free Zagster app, available on the App Store and Google Play, or online at bike.zagster.

com/noblesville. One tap in the app automatically unlocks the ring lock on the rear wheel, allowing

a rider to get rolling in seconds. After the rider

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Photo provided(From left) Noblesville Economic Development Specialist Aaron Head, Noblesville Tree Board Member Sandy Lynch, Huntington University Ph.D. candidate Charlotte Arnos, Noblesville Mayor John Ditslear, Hamilton County Commissioner Steve Dillinger, Noblesville Parks Board Member Scott Noel and Assistant Parks Director Mike Hoffmeister cut the ribbon Friday on Noblesville’s new bike share program.

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Hamilton County Parks earns Historic Bridges Project Award

Know your city: Noblesville’s HR and IT departmentsFirst in a series on the work of Noblesville’s city departments . . .

Having worked for the City of Nobles-ville for nearly two years, I am continually im-pressed by the hard work and dedication of my fellow city em-ployees. Some of them are well known for the work they do out-and-about in the commu-

nity. But a vast majority are the unsung heroes who help make our great city the vibrant com-munity that it is today.

Starting now and for the months ahead,

I will focus each of my columns in the Hamilton County Reporter on the

work of an individual de-partment or two. The rea-son? To share with read-ers and local residents in particular what it takes to keep our community of 62,000 going strong.

Human ResourcesLike any organization,

whether it’s a Fortune 500 business, non-profit service provider or a mu-nicipality – it’s the people themselves who ultimate-

ly determine our success.You may be surprised

to learn that it takes 369 full-time staff to conduct the business of our city. You may be even more surprised to learn that all of our personnel matters for these 369 workers are managed by a Human Resources Department of only three employees. And

STEVE COOKEDeputy Mayor, Noblesville

Learn self-defense, support a good causeThe REPORTER

The Hamilton County Federated Republican Women (HCFRW) invite you to attend their next la-dies’ night out from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 29 at Viking Meadows Clubhouse, 531 Harstad Blvd., Westfield.

Come socialize, network and master a new skill with fellow Republican women from around the Hamilton County area and beyond.

Lt. Eddie Moore with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department will teach a self-defense class. Come learn how to protect yourself from an attack and tips on how to avoid one.

HCFRW Members and residents of Viking Mead-ows can attend for free. The cost is $10 for non-mem-bers or non-residents.

Members are asked to bring an appetizer, snack or dessert to share. No alcohol is allowed, and do not wear high heels.

In addition to providing the community with valuable training for situations no one wants to face, HCFRW will use the event as an opportunity to raise awareness and collect donations for their RIGHT NOW campaign to help Hamilton County families in need.

Donations of toilet paper, tampons, maxi pads, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap (soft or bar), shampoo and conditioner, laundry detergent, Q-tips, hairbrush-es or combs, paper towels, dish soap, baby diapers and wipes are needed.

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The REPORTERHamilton County Parks

and Recreation was recent-ly presented the Indiana Park and Recreation Asso-ciation’s (IPRA) prestigious Excellence in Landscape Design award, recognizing the park department’s ef-forts to salvage, restore and

install historic bridges over White River in northern Hamilton County.

The challenging project required the painstaking re-moval, transportation and restoration of two decom-missioned bridges from Washington and Wayne counties and joining them

with a re-created bridge from Hamilton County. The unique, three-sec-tion span now serves as a grand pedestrian walkway, connecting White River Campground to Strawtown Koteewi Park and its 800 acres of recreational and educational adventures.

Director of Parks Al Patterson noted, “Hamil-ton County, the State of Indiana, Washington and Wayne counties and our project contractors joined forces and resources to accomplish this innovative

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SPRING SAVINGS

State Road 19 to close in NoblesvilleEffective on or after Tuesday, March 27, State Road 19 between Logan and Con-

ner streets will be closed for tree clearing. The road is scheduled to be closed to all thru traffic from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for up to two days. During the closure, local traffic should utilize Conner Street, River Road and Logan Street.

Noblesville Schools Job Fair postponedThe Noblesville Schools spring job fair originally scheduled for today, March 24

has been postponed. A new date will be communicated in the future.

Community Newsthey do a magnificent job!

Appointed by Mayor John Ditslear in 2003, Hu-man Resources Director Holly Ramon and her two staff members oversee all personnel policies, proce-dures and compliance with local, state and federal employment regulations. They also manage recruit-ment and hiring, personnel records, employee perfor-mance evaluations, health insurance coverage, work-ers compensation and the city’s deferred compensa-tion plan.

Just like in the private sector, the challenge for our city is hiring and re-taining the right people. Each job applicant HR considers to fill a position goes through specialized testing as well as a thor-ough interview process. In 2017, HR facilitated the hiring of 34 full-time and 66 part-time and seasonal employees. And as they do every year, HR worked alongside each department director to manage the employee review process to help encourage perfor-mance excellence.

Also in 2017, HR led the research, analysis, se-lection and roll-out of a new deferred compensa-tion provider, helped the Controller’s office launch a new employee payroll and HR software pro-gram and improved in-ternal communication by deploying informational screens in city facilities to keep workers informed and engaged.

In addition, HR was in-strumental in an important part of the budget process, which for 2018 resulted in a 5 percent increase in pay for full-time employees, but coupled with a mod-est increase in the share employees pay for health insurance benefits, which reduced the net increase for the overall city budget.

And each June, HR rolls out administration’s Employee Appreciation Week to celebrate the con-tributions of each and ev-ery worker. But HR is very much deserving of our ap-preciation for all that they do – so the rest of us can focus on our own duties and responsibilities.Information Technology

While people are the No. 1 key to success for a city, we also need the right tools in place to do an ef-fective and efficient job – and to ensure we are able to respond to the needs of citizens. That’s where the seven employees of our Information Technology Department come in.

Misty Shearer began her career with the Street Department in 1998 be-fore transferring to IT in 2004. She was appointed by Mayor Ditslear as IT Director in 2013.

Working behind the scenes, the IT Depart-ment’s success is rarely seen by the public as they maintain all of the city’s networks, websites, com-puters, servers, phones, cameras and WiFi for 14 different buildings

throughout Noblesville. But when the system goes down, that’s when you re-ally find out how vitally important their function is. Thankfully, with our IT Department, that doesn’t happen often.

IT also assists our public safety departments with laptops, software and equipment upgrades, re-quiring IT staff to be on call – day or night and all year round. This round-the-clock service ensures our police officers and firefighters can respond to citizen emergencies no matter what.

In 2017, IT installed new laptops in 70 police vehicles and all fire appa-ratus. At the same time, they facilitated the city’s dispatch software con-version, a complicated process to ensure all Ham-ilton County emergency responders are fully con-nected for better commu-nication and collaboration.

Thanks to the hard work of our IT Depart-ment, their efforts and the technologies they deploy, the City of Noblesville can remain connected with the people we serve.

Want to read more about the work of No-blesville’s HR, IT and our other departments? Check out the 2017 Annual Re-port, which can be found at bit.ly/2pjsmyz. I look forward to sharing more behind-the-scenes glimps-es into the public servants who work for the City of Noblesville.

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Photo providedPast president Jennifer Templeton addressed Indiana Federated Republican Women members from all over the state the spring meeting on March 10.

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RSVP for HCFRW’s Ladies’ Night Out by emailing hamcogopwom-en@gmail.com.

If you would like to do-nate to the RIGHT NOW campaign without attend-ing this event, donations may be dropped off at the following locations:

• Mama’s Cupboard: 101 E. 2nd St., Sheridan. (317) 758-1338.

• Jackson Township Trustee: 506 W. Main St., Arcadia. (317) 984-3628.

• Angels’ Attic: 105 E. 266th St., Arcadia. (317) 984-3965.

• White River Township Trustee: 12695 E. 256th St.,

Cicero. (317) 984-9370.• Washington Township

Trustee: 1549 E. Greyhound Pass, Carmel. (317) 574-9490.

• Noblesville Township Trustee: 836 Division St., Noblesville. (317) 773-0249.

• Wayne Township Trust-ee: 12450 State Road 32 E., Noblesville. (317) 773-3179.

• Fall Creek Township Trustee: 11595 Brooks School Road, Fishers. (317) 841-3180.

• Delaware Township Trustee: 9090 E. 131st St., Fishers. (317) 842-8595.

• Clay Township Trustee: 10701 N. College Ave., Indi-anapolis. (317) 846-2773.

returns the bike to a desig-nated Zagster bike station, the rental ends and the bike is available for the next person to enjoy.

Unlike traditional bike shares, in which riders must drop off bikes at des-ignated stations for every stop, the built-in lock on every Zagster bike gives users the freedom to ride as long as they want, wherev-er they want. This hybrid model, which blends the ability to lock anywhere for mid-trip stops with fixed station locations for beginning and ending rides, allows users to plan their trips around their des-tinations – and not around station locations.

“This is just the be-ginning as Noblesville is working on bike share con-nectivity throughout Ham-ilton County. In May, we will open our third bike sta-tion at the Midland Trace Trailhead on Hazel Dell Parkway,” Ditslear said.

Creating the Nobles-ville Bike Share program came from the collab-oration and hard work from a number of city departments, Huntington

University Ph.D. candi-date Charlotte Arnos, and partnerships with Zagster, Hamilton County Tourism and BorgWarner.

For more information about the program, visit bike.zagster.com/nobles-ville.

About Zagster Founded in 2007 and

headquartered in Cam-bridge, Mass., Zagster is the leading provider of private and public-private bike-sharing systems in the United States, operating more than 200 programs in more than 35 states. Zag-ster’s efficient business model allows the compa-ny to successfully deploy turnkey programs in multi-ple markets, including cit-ies, suburbs, universities, commercial campuses and residential properties. Zag-ster manages all aspects of its programs – from bikes and technology, to maintenance and market-ing – enabling Zagster’s partners to create and de-ploy scalable bike-share systems that best suit their communities. More infor-mation about Zagster, visit zagster.com.

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engineering feat. The com-pleted span, 15 years in the making, not only enhances accessibility and safety for its users, it also preserves

key pieces of Indiana trans-portation history.”

The Historic Bridges Project has been nominat-ed to receive additional

recognition from other pro-fessional organizations, as well.

To learn more about Hamilton County Parks and

its mission, visit Myham-iltonCountyParks.com. Details regarding IPRA can be found at inpra.org.

Photos provided(Left) Chris Stice (left), Deputy Director for Hamilton County Parks and Recreation and Drew Bender, Vice President of VS Engineers, accepting IPRA’s Excellence in Landscape Design award. (Above) Award-winning Historic Bridges spanning White River.

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Carmel firefighter shifts lifestyle, loses 100 poundsWISH-TVwishtv.com

A 21-year veteran in the Carmel Fire Department has not only worked to pro-tect his community, he has inspired its members.

Sean Sutton, 42, recent-ly celebrated a milestone in an intensive weight loss journey. After joining the department at the age of 21, Sutton said he continual-ly gained to a high of 340 pounds.

“I remember a couple times going on fire alarms at hotels or some of the high-rise buildings and having to climb those stairs.

Literally, I could feel my heart just pumping out of my chest,” Sutton said.

Doctors di-agnosed Sutton with Type 2 di-abetes and poor triglyceride and cholesterol lev-els, which motivated him to make a drastic change in his lifestyle.

Sutton chose to eat a plant-based diet and started an exercise routine with a coach.

The diet, he admits, has been challenging especially considering his work en-

vironment when the entire fire-house cooks and eats meals togeth-er. He runs an In-stagram page that highlights his meals and work-outs for personal accountability.

“They sup-port me 100 percent in what I’m doing, especially now that they see my re-sults,” Sutton said of his coworkers. “I don’t want to be a statistic so that’s why I changed my life.”

He started by run-ning 30 seconds at a time and gradually increased

to a straight half hour run that ended emotionally on Christmas Eve. Three months later, Sutton would aim to complete a new goal of 13.1 miles in the Carmel Half Marathon.

“Before, I never really moved my body with pur-pose and I was just going through the motions be-cause I had to because I was either playing football or because I was a firefighter and that’s what you’re sup-posed to do,” Sutton said.

Sutton has lost 100 pounds and has a goal of dropping more. He will run in Carmel’s event on March 31.

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New at Hamilton East Public LibraryThe REPORTER

Here are the new library items lists for the week of March 19:

New Adult Fiction Books1. Looking glass by Mayne, Andrew2. The hunger: a novel by Katsu, Alma3. The beauty by Whiteley, Aliya4. The Darling Dahlias and the unlucky

clover by Albert, Susan Wittig5. Island of sweet pies and soldiers by

Ackerman, Sara6. White chrysanthemum by Bracht,

Mary Lynn7. Shot on gold by Burton, Jaci8. The Mitford murders by Fellowes,

Jessica9. Crimson Lake by Fox, Candice10. Shallow grave by Harper, KarenNew Adult Nonfiction Books1. Rick Steves' Italy by Steves, Rick2. Rick Steves' Ireland by Steves, Rick3. Europe by Eurail by Ferguson-Kos-

inski, LaVerne4. Fire and fury: inside the Trump White

House by Wolff, Michael5. An African American and Latinx his-

tory of the United States by Ortiz, Paul6. The culture code: the secrets of highly

successful groups by Coyle, Daniel7. Dr. Eleanor's book of common spiders

by Buddle, Christopher M.8. Hippie food: how back-to-the-land-

ers, longhairs, and revolutionaries changed the way we eat by Kauffman, Jonathan

9. Nashville to New Orleans road trip: Natchez Trace Parkway, Memphis, Tupelo, Mississippi blues trail by Littman, Margaret

10. Patricia Heaton's food for family and friends: 100 favorite recipes for a busy, hap-py life by Heaton, Patricia

New DVDs1. Hazlo como hombre (Do it like an

hombre)2. Jigsaw 3. Suburbicon 4. Same kind of different as me 5. The deuce. The complete first season 6. Dirk Gently's holistic detective agen-

cy. Season two7. Homeland. The complete sixth season 8. Hunter X hunter. Phantom Rouge 9. Last flag flying 10. LBJ

New Music CDs1. The thread that keeps us by Calexico2. Grammy 2018 nominees by Mars,

Bruno3. Absolute Disney. Volume 1 4. Always ascending by Franz Ferdinand5. By the way, I forgive you by Carlile,

Brandi6. Ceremony and devotion by Ghost7. How to solve our human problems by

Belle and Sebastian8. Man of the woods by Timberlake,

Justin 9. Ruins by First Aid Kit 10. Black coffee by Hart, Beth

Riverview welcomes Dr. Mark O’BrienThe REPORTER

Riverview Health Physicians is pleased to welcome Mark O’Brien, MD, to Noblesville Family Medicine.

As a board-certified family medicine physician, Dr. O’Brien enjoys treating patients of all ages. With more than 20 years of experience, he likes to work with his patients to help direct them toward better health. He specializes in preventive medicine, women’s health, joint injections, as well as helping patients manage conditions like Type 2 Diabetes and high blood pressure.

“I was impressed with my new col-leagues at Noblesville Family Medicine and immediately knew that this was a

group I wanted to join,” Dr. O’Brien said. “I’m excited to be a part of their cutting-edge med-ical care.”

To schedule an appoint-ment with Dr. O’Brien, call (317) 565-0565.

About Riverview HealthRiverview Health is com-

prised of a full-service, 156-bed hospital and 25 primary, immediate and specialty care facilities located throughout Hamilton County. Together, they provide comprehensive healthcare services in 35 medical specialties and have frequently been recognized for their clinical and ser-vice excellence. For more information, visit riverview.org.

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Letter guidelines this election seasonThe REPORTER

The Hamilton County Reporter, your hometown newspaper, is always willing to publish Letters to the Editor in our pages. But with the approach of the May 8 Primary Election, we are establishing some guidelines to keep things fair and balanced.

Letters to the Editor addressing new topics about the upcoming election or the policies of in-dividual candidates will be accepted un-til the end of business on Friday, April 27 and will be published on Saturday, April 28.

Letters in response to new topics published in our April 28 edition will be accepted until Tuesday, May 1 and will be published in our May 2 edition.

These deadlines will give candidates and their supporters the opportunity to reply to letters sent the last week of April.

Please send your letters to News@readThere-porter.com.

Letters to the Editor do not represent the opinions of The Reporter or our staff.

The REPORTERWith the arrival of

spring and warmer tem-peratures, local road con-struction will soon follow. In order to prepare you for various restrictions and de-tours, the City of Carmel is announcing the tenta-tive construction schedule for 2018. You can use this information to plan ahead to make sure your regular routes are available and, if not, to determine the best detour before you head out the door.

To help you stay con-nected, please download the CarmelLink app so that you will have access to the latest road construction updates. Please note that the CarmelLink app re-quires the use of the Waze app that provides real-time traffic updates. You will be prompted to download that app.

While the City is pro-viding a snapshot of proj-ects planned for 2018, please remember there are many variables that affect the exact start and finish dates. The City will send notices of closures or de-tours closer to the begin-ning of construction. The projects below are listed under the season in which they will begin.

Spring1. 111th Street Culvert

Replacement (just west

of Westfield Boulevard). Work is underway. Full closure through the end of May.

2. 121st Street Culvert Replacements (four in to-tal) between Boone County Line and Shelborne Road. Could begin by end of March. A rolling closure.

3. River Road Recon-struction (mostly pertain-ing to the northbound lane). Remaining curb work and landscaping as well as trail addition to take place most-ly over Carmel’s Spring Break (April 2-6), with some work to follow in the summer.

4. 3rd Street SW and City Center Drive Round-about. After April utility work, construction should begin by June. Full clo-sure.

5. 96th Street Corridora. 96th and Hazel Dell

Parkway Roundabout (par-tial closure only). Con-struction to begin in late March and last until June or July.

b. 96th and Priority Way Roundabout (partial closure only). Construction to begin on or after April 2 and last until June or July.

c. 96th and Keystone Interchange. Utility reloca-tions continue this spring.

6. Monon Boulevard Reconstruction. Work underway. Will continue through end of 2018.

7. Range Line Road

Reconstruction. Work un-derway between Execu-tive Drive and City Center Drive. Completion expect-ed by June 1.

8. Range Line Road (136th Street to US 31 overpass). After utility work in April, construction to begin by June 1 and last until early 2019.

9. Southwest Clay Path Projects. Ongoing con-struction of path projects on Shelborne, Towne and Ditch roads.

Summer10. 96th Street Corridora. 96th and Delegates

Row Roundabout (partial closure). Construction to begin in June or July, last-ing until October or No-vember.

b. 96th and Gray Road Roundabout (partial clo-sure). Construction to be-gin in June or July, lasting until October or November.

11. Carmel Drive and Old Meridian Street Roundabout. Construction to begin in July and last un-til the end of August. Full closure.

12. Main Street and Gray Road Roundabout. Construction will not be-gin until after school is out. Full closure for 45 days.

13. 116th Street Storm-water Projects (west of Spring Mill Road). Con-struction to take place be-tween June 1 and Aug. 15.

14. Jordan Woods

Stormwater Projects. On-going.

15. Forest Drive Storm-water Projects. Ongoing.

16. Southwest Clay Path Projects. Ongoing.

Fall17. 116th Street and

Range Line Road Round-about. Construction dates TBA.

18. Medical Drive and Range Line Road Round-about. Construction dates TBA.

19. Main Street and Guilford Road Round-about; north end Guilford Road Reconstruction Proj-ect. Construction dates TBA.

20. Culvert Project on Westfield Boulevard (South of 116th Street). Construction dates TBA.

The City of Carmel appre-ciates your patience during these temporary delays and closures. Make sure you stay on top of information by sign-ing up for email alerts and updates at CarmelLink.com. For any remaining questions or concerns please contact the City Engineering Department at 317-571-2441 or email En-gineering Administrator Josh-ua Kirsh at jkirsh@carmel.in.gov. You can also stay on top of city and construction news by following the City of Carmel on social media.

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TODAY’S BIBLE READINGBut all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

Matthew 23:5-7 (KJV)

James Ean McCarty January 8, 1983 – March 17, 2018

James Ean McCarty, 35, Orestes, Ind., passed away on Saturday, March 17, 2018. He was born on January 8, 1983 to James and Regina (Masters) McCa-rty in Exeter, Calif.

James was very determined, passionate and hard working. He gave his all to others when they were in need. James is deeply loved and will forever be missed.

He is survived by his wife, Joyce McCarty; two step children, Sara and Steven Martin; two children, Madiline and James McCarty, Tennessee; and many other caring family members.

James was preceded in death by his parents, James and Regina, Del Rio, Texas.

The family has entrusted Randall and Roberts Funeral Homes with James’ care.

Condolences: randallroberts.com

ArrangementsCondolences: randallroberts.com

Marvin L. Sylvester December 10, 1933 – March 22, 2018

Marvin L. Sylvester, 84, Noblesville, passed away on Thursday, March 22, 2018 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. He was born on December 10, 1933 to Charles and Helen (Bobest) Sylvester in Hamilton County.

Marvin owned a farm in Noblesville and retired from Farm Bu-reau as a truck driver.

He is survived by his daughter, Lisa (Scott) Tackitt; sister, Shir-ley Melton; grandchildren, Kara and Caleb Asbury, Jordan and Nick Tackitt; and great-grandchild, Finley Tackitt.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Rosemary (Gwinn) Sylvester; siblings, Margaret Harris, Myrtle “Sis” Calandrello, Dorothy Bauer, Betty Woodrum, John Sylvester

and Ned Sylvester.Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, March

26, 2018 at Randall & Roberts Funeral Center, 1685 Westfield Road, Noblesville, with Rev. Stanley R. Sutton officiating. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. prior to the service. Burial will be at Cicero Cemetery in Cicero.

Condolences: randallroberts.com

ArrangementsCalling: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., March 26Service: 1 p.m., March 26Location: Randall & Roberts Funeral CenterCondolences: randallroberts.com

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By RICHIE HALLReporter Sports EditorOne swing kept changing the lead during

Friday's Hamilton Southeastern-Carmelsoftball game.

The Greyhounds got on the board first,with three runs in the top of the third inning.The Royals answered that with four runs inthe bottom of the third. After that, Southeast-ern stayed ahead and eventually won 7-3,improving its record to 2-0 for the season.

Carmel loaded the bases with one out inthe third; Megan Nichols started things offwith a double. A few plays later, MaddieSearles stepped up and hit a base-clearingdouble to get all three Greyhounds home.Nichols was first, followed by EllaGreenawald and Stormy Kotzelnick.

The Royals came back right away,scoring their first run on three straightsingles. Nicole Dillow got on first, thenmoved to third on a hit by Abby Taylor.Lillian Leiner then smacked a ball to rightfield to get Dillow home.

That brought Jordan Rager up to theplate, and she cracked a home run to leftfield to score three runs. Just like that, it was4-3 HSE. Southeastern coach David Cookliked how his team responded.

"We fell behind 3-nothing, and wescored four in the bottom and reallyanswered the bell there," said Cook. "It wasgood."

The Royals added another run in thefifth. Dillow tripled into center field, thensoon headed home off a Taylor double. Inthe seventh inning, Leiner hit a triple toscore two runs, with Holly Hosfield andTaylor getting home.

"I thought it was a good performance upand down the lineup," said Cook. "We had11 hits and had some production out ofeverybody."

In all, five different Southeastern playershad two hits. Meanwhile, Jaylah Guilliampitched a complete game, giving up onlythree hits.

Searles totaled two RBIs for Carmel."It's our second game," said 'Hounds

coach Ginger Trotter. "Defensively wetightened it up a little bit tonight. Offen-sively we had a couple good innings, but weneed to be able to put some runs on the boardin more than one inning, and especiallyagainst a good team like this. So we've gotsome things to work on, but overall I think

we're improving."The Greyhounds play their first home

game of the season Monday, welcomingWestfield to the Hazel Dell Elementarysoftball field. The Royals are back in actionTuesday, going on the road for the first timethis season. Southeastern plays Avon in itsHoosier Crossroads Conference opener.

Southeastern 7,Carmel 3

Carmel AB R H RBIStormy Kotzelnick 2 1 0 0Maddie Searles 3 0 1 2Ariana Zdobylak 1 0 0 0Sarah Goddard 3 0 1 0Darby Roberts 2 0 0 0Brooke Bair 2 0 0 0Sophia Derziotis 2 0 0 0Hannah Jungblut 1 0 0 0Megan Nichols 3 1 1 0Ella Greenawald 1 1 0 0Sydney Fox 2 0 0 0

Totals 22 3 3 22B: Nichols, Searles. SB: Greenawald, Nichols.SAC: Roberts. HBP: Greenawald.Carmel pitching IP R ER HSearles 3 6 5 7Sommer Edwards 3 1 1 3Strikeouts: Searles 1, Edwards 1. Walks:Searles 1.Southeastern AB R H RBIAbby Taylor 3 2 2 1Lillian Leiner 4 1 2 3Jordan Rager 4 1 2 3Libby Ratliff 3 0 2 0Nicole Lang 3 0 0 0Kaelin Wincek 3 0 0 0Ahliza Moore 3 0 0 0Abbey Willmann 3 0 1 0Holly Hosfield 0 1 0 0Nicole Dillow 3 2 2 0Totals 29 7 11 7HR: Rager. 3B: Leiner, Dillow. 2B: Taylor. SB:Taylor.Southeastern pitching IP R ER HJaylah Guilliam 7 3 3 3Strikeouts: Guilliam 4. Walks: Guilliam 2.Score by inningsCarmel 003 000 0 - 3 3 0Southeastern 004 102 x - 7 11 0

Big hits send Royals past Greyhounds

Guerin Catholic completed its CircleCity Conference sweep of HeritageChristian on Friday, beating the Eagles 10-0.

Ana Macha, Madelyn Buckner andHannah Bills all had three hits for theGolden Eagles, with Bills batting in threeruns for the game. Bills, Buckner and Jackie

Sapienza each hit a triple, with Sapienza,Natalie Mowid and Victoria Flores allhitting a double.

Ana Flores pitched all five innings,striking out eight.

Guerin Catholic is now 2-0 for theseason, and hosts Bishop Chatard onTuesday for another Circle City Conferenceseries.

Guerin Catholic 10,Heritage Christian 0

(5 innings)Guerin Catholic AB R H RBIAna Macha 4 1 3 0Victoria Flores 2 2 1 0Madeline Nickell 1 0 0 0Madelyn Buckner 4 2 3 1Alicia Flores 3 0 2 1Elizabeth DiBlasio 0 1 0 0Hannah Bills 4 2 3 3Caitlin Collins 3 1 2 1Lucy Schenk 1 0 0 0Natalie Mowid 2 1 2 1Jackie Sapienza 3 0 2 1Annabelle Bork 2 0 1 0Sarah Dilley 1 0 0 0Totals 30 10 19 8Score by inningsGuerin 202 60 - 10 19 1Heritage 000 00 - 0 4 13B: Bills, Buckner, Sapienza. 2B: Mowid, V.Flores, Sapienz. SB: Macha 2, Bills, Buckner, V.Flores, Collins.Guerin pitching IP R ER HA. Flores 5 0 0 4Strikeouts: A. Flores 8. Walks: A. Flores 1.

Golden Eagles get CircleCity sweep of Heritage

Reporter photo by Richie Hall

Hamilton Southeastern’s Jaylah Guilliam pitched a complete game for the Royals Friday against Carmel. Guilliam only allowedthree hits while striking out four.

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Hamilton Heights lost its first game ofthe season Friday, falling at Lapel 10-7.

Bayleigh Runner scored three runs forthe Huskies, while five different Heightsplayers had two hits. Aliyah Dorsey battedin two runs with her two hits and HayleyGreene hit a double.

"We started the game and finished thegame strong but we had a couple ofinnings in the middle where we let up,"said Huskies coach Landi Lockwood."Lapel took advantage, went on a hittingstreak scoring several runs. We scoredthree runs in the seventh to give ourselvesa chance but couldn't make the comeback."

Heights is now 2-1 and is off untilApril 5, when it plays at Anderson.

Lapel 10, Heights 7Heights AB R H RBITaylor Ewing 4 1 0 0Bayleigh Runner 1 3 0 0Jessica Kaurich 2 1 2 0Hayley Greene 3 1 2 1Adyson Baber 2 1 2 1Aliyah Dorsey 4 0 2 2Kylie Schakel 4 0 2 1Kelsie Albright 4 0 1 0Jesse-Leigh Nomdo 3 0 0 0Totals 27 7 11 5Score by inningsHeights 103 000 3 - 7 11 0Lapel 002 143 x - 10 18 02B: Greene. SAC: Runner, Kaurich, Baber.HBP: Greene.Heights pitching IP R ER HGreene 4.1 4 4 9Albright 1.2 6 6 9Strikeouts: Greene 1, Albright 1. Walks:Greene 2, Albright 1.

Huskies fall to Lapel

The Hoosier State Relays take placetoday at Gladstein Fieldhouse at IndianaUniversity.

First up will be the small school meet,which starts at 8 a.m. Guerin Catholic andHamilton Heights will have athletes at themeet, including the Golden Eagles' AnnaHallett, who is the top seed in the girls longjump.

The big school meet begins at 2 p.m. Topseeds from Hamilton County in the girlsmeet are Hamilton Southeastern's CamilleChristopher in the 60 dash, Carmel's 4x800relay team, Southeastern's a4x200 relayteam and Carmel's Kara Deady in the polevault. In the boys meet, Southeastern'sMadison Norris is the top seed in the 60hurdles, as is the Carmel 4x800 relay.

Here is a complete list of HamiltonCounty participants.

SMALL SCHOOLGIRLS MEET60 hurdles: 16. Bailey Haworth(Hamilton Heights) 10.36.60 dash: 16. Markaela Pugh (HH) 8.31.4x800 relay: 4. Heights (Maria Mitchell,Abigail Roth, Morgan Guthrie, AbbyChristiansen) 10:09.23, 10. GuerinCatholic (Raegan Bohbrink, AmandaSchafer, Delaney Klee, Sophia Woods)10:36.80.

4x200 relay: 9. Guerin Catholic (AnnaJacoby, Grace Gjerde, Claire Sherfick,Emily Zlatniski) 1:53.87.4x400 relay: 3. Heights (MarkaelaPugh, Tiffany Williams, Abigail Roth,Abby Christiansen) 4:15.43, 7. GuerinCatholic (Claire Sherfick, Grace Gjerde,Emily Zlatniski, Ellie Schroeder) 4:21.80.Distance medley: 11. Heights (MariaMitchell, Abigail Roth, Morgan Guthrie,Abby Christiansen) 13:51.18, 19. GuerinCatholic (Raegan Bohbrink, AnnaJacoby, Delaney Klee, Ellie Schroeder)14:09.74.Pole vault: 7. Reagan Ney (GC) 9-6.Long jump: 1. Anna Hallett (GC) 15-5.BOYS MEET3200 run: 5. Quinn Gallagher (GC)9:41.38.4x200 relay: 11. Guerin Catholic(Jordan Chang, Dylan Crossen, MaxHorrigan, Cameron Murray) 1:37.72.4x800 relay: 21. Heights (IsaiahCampbell, Mitchell Walbolt, DrewTomaszewski, Luke Vanderwall)9:12.06.Distance medley: 11. Guerin Catholic(Joe Barrett, Jordan Chang, AndrewHall, Quinn Gallagher) 11:20.03.Pole vault: Isaiah Kunzer (HH) 13-0.

LARGE SCHOOLGIRLS MEET60 hurdles: 5. Mia Mackenzie (HamiltonSoutheastern) 9.27, 14. Ava Henson(Westfield) 9.62.60 dash: 1. Camille Christopher (HSE)7.72, 4. Tamia Perryman (Fishers) 7.85.3200 run: 2. Gabby Dilick (W) 10:57.08,7. Lulu Black (HSE) 11:22.30, 8. MiyaWai (F) 11:27.65, 13. Sophie Reichard(Noblesville) 11:34.01, 14. DeborahShera (F) 11:34.18, 22. JohannaStrueder (F) 11:40.25, 24. LilyMcAndrews (C) 11:42.69.4x800 relay: 1. Carmel (Maddie Dalton,Sydney Haines, Anna Morozov, PhoebeBates) 9:27.81, 2. Noblesville (AubrieDeal, Abi Little, Maria Anderson, BellaSharples-Gordon) 9:33.55, 6. Fishers(Emma Gillespie, Corinne O'Leary,Corinne Yorkman, Kamya Lapsley)9:50.94, 11. Southeastern (ElliePedersen, Jenna McLean, MadealineMirro, Brooke Ratliff) 9:57.64, 13.Westfield (Ashley Baldwin, SophiaBrown, Julia Clark, Sarah Coates)9:59.37.4x200 relay: 1. Southeastern (TierraSydnor, Mia Mackenzie, Olivia Burgess,Camille Christopher) 1:43.59, 6. Fishers(Tamia Perryman, Toni Grace, DanielleHarrison, Grace May) 1:46.55, 21.Carmel (Michael Anderson, RileyPennington, Carly Markley, ReaganHune) 1:49.46.4x400 relay: 6. Southeastern (OliviaBurgess, Madisyn Etheredge, MyaHammons, Tierra Sydnor) 4:07.60, 12.Fishers (Toni Grace, Kamya Lapsley,Chloe Schroeder, Grace May) 4:11.48,14. Carmel (Beverley Thompson, EmilyHand, Mahalet Zeruesenay, AlexisWaples) 4:11.78, 17. Noblesville (GraceBrisco, DeLaney Boles, Kailyn Ely,Parker Davis) 4:15.53.Distance medley: 2. Carmel (MaddieDalton, Sydney Haines, Izza Khurram,Phoebe Bates) 12:25.10, 3. Noblesville(Aubrie Deal, Maria Anderson, Bella

Hoosier State Relaysare today at IU

Eastern ConferenceAtlantic W L PCT. GBx - Toronto 54 19 .740 -x - Boston 49 23 .681 4.5Philadelphia 41 30 .577 12.0New York 26 47 .356 28.0Brooklyn 23 50 .315 31.0Central W L PCT. GBx - Cleveland 43 29 .597 -Indiana 42 31 .575 1.5Milwaukee 38 34 .528 5.0Detroit 32 40 .444 11.0Chicago 24 48 .333 19.0Southeast W L PCT. GBWashington 40 32 .556 -Miami 39 34 .534 1.5Charlotte 32 41 .438 8.5Orlando 21 51 .292 19.0Atlanta 21 52 .288 19.5x - clinched playoff berth

Western ConferenceNorthwest W L PCT. GBPortland 44 28 .611 -Oklahoma City 44 30 .595 1.0Minnesota 42 31 .575 2.5Utah 41 32 .562 3.5Denver 40 33 .548 4.5Pacific W L PCT. GBy - Golden State 54 18 .750 -L.A. Clippers 38 34 .528 16.0L.A. Lakers 31 40 .437 22.5Sacramento 24 49 .329 30.5Phoenix 19 54 .260 35.5Southwest W L PCT. GBy - Houston 58 14 .806 -New Orleans 43 30 .589 15.5San Antonio 43 30 .589 15.5Dallas 22 50 .306 36.0Memphis 19 53 .264 39.0y - clinched division

NBA standingsFriday’s scores

Indiana 109, L.A. Clippers 104Denver 108, Washington 100Cleveland 120, Phoenix 95

Minnesota 108, New York 104Toronto 116, Brooklyn 112

Milwaukee 118, Chicago 105Oklahoma City 105, Miami 99

San Antonio 124, Utah 120, OTBoston 105, Portland 100

Golden State 106, Atlanta 94

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By WHEAT HOTCHKISSCourtesy nba.com/pacersThe Pacers' magic number is down to

one. After gutting out a 109-104 win overthe Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night atBankers Life Fieldhouse, Indiana (42-31)needs just one more win or Pistons loss toclinch a playoff berth.

That could happen as soon as Saturdayif Detroit loses to Chicago. If not, the Pacerscan take care of business themselves bybeating Miami on Sunday at The Fieldhouse.

The Pacers had a 75-57 lead with 6:20remaining in the third quarter on Friday, butthe Clippers (38-34) clawed their way backand retook the lead midway through thefourth.

Indiana and Los Angeles then traded thelead 10 times over the next five minutes.

Austin Rivers knocked down two freethrows with 2:25 to play to put the Clippersback in front, 100-99. Pacers All-Star guardVictor Oladipo drew a whistle on the otherend, but only managed to convert one of twofoul shots to tie the game.

Montrezl Harrell and Bojan Bogdanovictraded baskets on the next two possessionsbefore Lou Williams lost the ball out ofbounds, giving Indiana a chance to retakethe lead. Darren Collison took advantage of

the opportunity, knocking down a mid-rangejumper to put the Pacers in front, 104-102,with 1:08 remaining.

After a timeout, Oladipo poked the ballaway from Tobias Harris to force anotherturnover. Collison missed a jumper on theother end, but Thaddeus Young was there toclean up the miss and give the Pacers afour-point lead with 35.8 seconds to play.

The Clippers turned the ball over for athird straight possession seconds later, whenHarris' wayward lob to DeAndre Jordandrifted out of bounds, allowing the Pacersto seal the win at the free throw line.

"That's what it's all about," Oladipo said."Making big plays down the stretch, bothoffensively and defensively. That's what wedid."

Bogdanovic led all scorers with 28points, going 12-for-18 from the field and3-for-6 from 3-point range to lead Indianato the win.

Prior to Friday, Bogdanovic had notscored more than 11 points in any of his pastfive games, going just 12-for-47 from thefield over that stretch. After the win, severalof Bogdanovic's teammates went out of theirway to congratulate him on a slump-bustingperformance while he did a postgame inter-view with FOX Sports Indiana's Jeremiah

Johnson."I knocked down a couple shots early in

the game, so that allowed me to be moreeffective than usual," Bogdanovic said.

The visitors had jumped out to an early17-10 lead on Friday and remained in frontfor most of the first quarter. The Pacers,however, remained close thanks to a bal-anced offensive attack and headed into thesecond quarter trailing just 28-27.

Bogdanovic provided a major sparkthroughout the first half. The Croatianforward led all scorers with 17 points in theopening half, including five during a 9-2Indiana run midway through the secondquarter that put the hosts back in front.

The two teams traded the lead back andforth over the latter half of the secondquarter before Indiana closed the half withan 8-2 run to take a 58-53 lead into the break.

The Blue & Gold dominated the openingminutes of the second half, opening the thirdquarter with a 17-4 run to open up an18-point lead.

But the visitors rallied and were able totrim a dozen points off their deficit by theend of the frame, as they headed into thefourth quarter trailing just 82-76.

Los Angeles retook the lead on Harris'floater with 7:36 remaining in the contest,

setting the stage for a wild finish.With the win, the Pacers guaranteed

themselves a winning season with ninegames still remaining on the schedule,although six of them are on the road.

"At the end of the day, the work is notdone," Young said. "We're going to continueto fight, continue to play. We still have atough schedule ahead of us and we've stillgot a lot of ground to cover if we want tomove up the standings."

Five Pacers players finished in doublefigures in the win. Oladipo had 18 pointsand six assists, while both Young (16 pointsand 10 rebounds) and Darren Collison (13points and 10 assists) recorded double-dou-bles. Lance Stephenson added 13 points offthe bench.

Williams led the Clippers with 27 pointsand 10 assists off the bench. Harris added18 points, while Jordan finished with 14points and 11 rebounds.

Though Los Angeles is still mathemati-cally in the hunt for a playoff spot in theWestern Conference, the Clippers have nowdropped five of their last six contests and arein 10th place in the West, three games backof eighth-place Utah.

Indiana returns to the court on Sundaynight to host the Miami Heat at 5 p.m.

Pacers beat Clippers, magic number down to one

Sharples-Gordon, Abi Little) 12:25.29,6. Westfield (Carly Bogdajewicz, AlisonBullock, Julia Clark, Sarah Coates)12:47.27, 9. Fishers (Abby Carter, ChloeSchroeder, Mia Yates, Tessa Kraft)12:57.30, 14. Southeastern (ElliePedersen, Emonie Miles, AnniceMcFarland, Lillian Cummins) 13:05.31.Pole vault: 1. Kara Deady (C) 12-4, 2.Kennedy Drish (HSE) 12-1, 9. ErikaKnieper (N) 10-6, 12. Jessica Bray(HSE) 10-6.High jump: 2. Amiyah James (C) 5-6,6. Tierra Sydnor (HSE) 5-5.Long jump: 2. Maria Anderson (N)17-8, 5. Sydney Spears (W) 17-3.5, 13.Tierra Sydnor (HSE) 16-9, 16. MiaMackenzie (HSE) 16-8.5, 23. Katie Folta(F) 16-6.BOYS MEET60 hurdles: 1. Madison Norris (HSE)8.09, 3. Peyton Haack (W) 8.20, 6.Dainon Wray (W) 8.26, 12. JakobPearson (C) 8.41, 13. Cooper Boehm(W) 8.42.60 dash: 7. Noah Malone (HSE) 6.99.3200 run: 10. Ben Miller (C) 9:35.44,17. Gabe Fendel (HSE) 9:41.54, 18.Keelan Grant (C) 9:42.14, 19. CalvinBates (C) 9:43.01, 21. Colin Murphy (C)9:44.78, 22. Pat Campbell (C) 9:46.02,23. Thomas Gastineau (C) 9:47.42, 24.Cam Harless (C) 9:47.80.4x800 relay: 1. Carmel (Jimmy Snyder,Spencer Gudgel, Trey Harris, EliKonow) 8:09.32, 5. Westfield (CharlieMiller, Jacob Mears, Max Gutwein, NickLeahy) 8:15.00, 13. Fishers (Alex

Meyer, Dylan Arive, Matt Brown,Brandon Reyes) 8:25.84, 18.Southeastern (Grant Wilson, EricCarothers, Brandon Barrientos, RyanPfanstiel) 8:33.09, 20. Noblesville (JackCommeville, Justin Amburgy, NickDombroski, Conner Sullivan) 8:33.44.4x200 relay: 2. Westfield (PeytonHaack, Dainon Wray, Alex Kukura,Charlie Miller) 1:31.39, 9. Fishers (H.L.Lewis, Cole Carrithers, Trenton Mabry,Ben Norton) 1:32.65, 15. Southeastern(Chase Maxey, Jack Boyd, IsaiahPhillips, Madison Norris) 1:33.61.4x400 relay: 2. Carmel (Alex Brown-Baez, Trey Harris, Eli Konow, SpencerGudgel) 3:25.38, 20. Fishers (ColeCarrithers, Hunter Kaiser, H.L. Lewis,Nathan Carter) 3:35.19.Distance medley: 2. Noblesville (ZachFreeman, Bryce Gatewood, AndrewAnderson, Blake Hipkiss) 10:40.60, 11.Westfield (Noah Douthit, Charlie Miller,Max Gutwein, Nick Leahy) 10:50.58, 15.Carmel (Hudson Alden, Ian Salmon,Owen Schafer, Austin Throckmorton)10:53.88, 18. Fishers (Sam Kuhn, BenNorton, Drew Smith, Ethan Meyer)11:01.50.Pole vault: 4. Alex Audia (C) 14-6, 7.Peyton Haack (W) 14-0.High jump: 12. Andrew Herman (N) 6-2.Long jump: 3. Chase Maxey (HSE)22-5.Shot put: 6. Vance Roudebush (C)52-11.5, 18. Colin Caldwell (W) 48-2,21. Hayden Tobias (F) 47-6.

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Reporter photo by Richie Hall

Carmel’s Megan Nichols hit a double and scored a run for the Greyhounds duringthe third inning of their Friday game with Hamilton Southeastern.