By Tom Reck
Billy Newton has put his name in the boys basketball scoring records at Shakamak High School.
The senior standout became the all-time scoring leader at the school Friday night when he scored 31 points against Owen Valley as the Patriots nipped the Lakers 59-57.
Those 31 points gave Newton 1,850 points in his four seasons at Shakamak. Michael Allen established the old record of 1,822 points in 1990.
Newton’s total also puts him in the Top 85 on the Indiana career scoring list. His total is second among seniors in the state this season.
Newton has the chance to add to his totals in the postseason starting Tuesday when the Lakers meet Union in the Class A White River Valley Sectional.
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• Illinois fields set — Regional winners will commence sectional play Tuesday in Illinois with championship games slated for Friday.
Paris will face Teutopolis and Robinson meets Tolono Unity in the Effingham St. Anthony Class 2A Sectional while Little Illini Conference rivals, Edwards County and Cumberland, meet at Red Hill in 1A action.
St. Anthony 2A schedule
Tuesday — Tolono vs. Robinson, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday — Paris vs. Teutopolis, 7:30 p.m.
Friday — championship, 7:30 p.m.
Red Hill 1A schedule
Tuesday — Cumberland vs. Edwards County, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday — Woodlawn vs. Altamont, 7:30 p.m.
Friday — championship, 7:30 p.m.
Two players who will compete in the 3-point action are Robert Hodgson of Paris and Derek Hannahs of Robinson.
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• Miessel honored — Terre Haute North graduate Samantha Meissel has received another honor in women's basketball at the Uninversity of Indianapolis.
The junior forward was named to the first team in postseason voting in the Great Lakes Valley Conference and was named player of the year.
Jessica Canary, a senior from South Putnam, also was named to the first team and LeAnn Freeland of Indy was named coach of the year.
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Standings final — Games Friday night determined the final positions in the standings of boys basketball conferences involving teams in the area.
Sullivan defeated South Vermillion and finished unbeaten in the Western Indiana Conference while Eastern defeated North Daviess to deny the Cougars a share of the SouthWestern Indiana Athletic Conference.
Shakamak and White River Valley each were 6-1 to share SWIAC honors.
Shakamak and North Central were co-champs in the final Tri-River Conference standings.
Lawrence North defeated Terre Haute North, enabling LN to tie Carmel and Warren Central for third place in the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference. Center Grove took the MIC title with a 6-1 record.
In Illinois, Marshall, Cumberland and Flora all had one defeat to share the Little Illini Conference title. Marshall has won or shared the title four years in a row.
Final conference standings
MIC
Team W-L
Center Grove 6-1
North Central 5-2
Carmel 4-3
Lawrence North 4-3
Warren Central 4-3
Terre Haute North 3-4
Ben Davis 2-5
Terre Haute South 0-7
WIC
Sullivan 6-0
Brown County 5-1
Edgewood 3-3
South Vermillion 3-3
West Vigo 2-4
Owen Valley 1-5
Northview 1-5
SWIAC
Shakamak 6-1
White River Valley 6-1
North Daviess 5-2
Eastern 5-2
Clay City 3-4
Bloomfield 2-5
Union 1-6
Linton 0-7
TRC
Shakamak 4-1
North Central 4-1
Eminence 3-2
Clay City 3-2
Union 1-4
Linton 0-5
Tom Reck may be contacted by telephone at (812) 232-3231, by email at tm_reck@yahoo.com or by mail at 4284 South 5th Street, Apt. 3, Terre Haute, IN 47802.
