Tribune-Star staff report
St. Louis — Indiana State senior Scott Keeney has been named one of 10 recipients of the Missouri Valley Conference State Farm Good Neighbor Award for the fall season.
Keeney, who has a 3.96 Grade Point Average while majoring in mathematics, was named All-Missouri Valley Conference in cross country for the fourth straight year following the conference championships on Oct. 31 where he finished fifth overall. He is the first Indiana State cross country runner to be named All-MVC for all four years as a student-athlete.
“There certainly cannot be a more deserving athlete,” ISU coach John McNichols said. “He has distinguished himself as one of the top cross country runners at Indiana State by being a four-time all-conference runner and a national qualifier as a junior. He has not only been busy with the team this fall but also has had three medical school interviews and has still excelled in the classroom.”
The Sycamore senior was honored for his effort on the cross country course, in the community and in the classroom. Keeney was named a United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Academic All-American and has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team twice (2007-08 and 2008-09).
Off the course, Keeney is the treasurer of SAAC, has volunteered at the Take Back the Night Fundraiser, and volunteered at the St. Ann’s Clinic (for people without health insurance who have low income levels).
Keeeney will be unable to compete Saturday in the Great Lakes Regional due to injury.
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In other cross country news:
• Meets slated — Two cross country meets are scheduled this weekend at LaVern Gibson Championship Course.
The NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional is Saturday and a Nike Regional is Sunday.
The NCAA Division I Championship meet is Nov. 23.
Basketball
• Middle school — The following scores were reported from Tuesday’s action:
Eighth grade — Woodrow Wilson 42 (Jacob Johnson 14, Lucas Comer 14), Honey Creek 24 (Drew Cahill 8).
Seventh grade — Honey Creek 37 (Spence Tofaute 18, Jared Wolfe 10), Woodrow Wilson 36 (Brian Stevens 15, Grant Daley 12); Sarah Scott 42 (C.J. Brown 18, Tre Minnett 12), West Vigo 32 (West 11).
Sixth grade — Woodrow Wilson “A” 39 (Braxton Poore 18), Honey Creek “A” 37 (Jenkins 16); Honey Creek “B” 26 (McIntyre 7), Woodrow Wilson “B” (Anderson 6).
Awards
n Honor teams announced — All-conference and all-conference academic teams have been announced for the Southwest 7 Football Conference.
North Daviess was the league champ and dominated special awards.
Scott Helms is coach of the year; Jano Davis is defensive player of the year, and Ryan Webster is offensive player
of the year.
Linton has won a sectional championship and will meet Fountain Central in a regional game Friday.
Southwest 7 honors
Academic
Linton — Stefan Sparks, Evan Magni
North Daviess — Thomas Farris
Wood Memorial — Keagan Akles
Eastern — Wes Carter, Jeremy Newman
North Central — Denver Bailey
North Knox — Dylan Caballero, Jonathan Blann
All-Southwest 7
First team
North Daviess — Ryan Webster, Jano Davis, Jess Tribby, Clayton Byrer, Kendall Whitmer, Rob Hammer
Wood Memorial — Keagan Akles, Nick Powers
North Central — Denver Bailey, Matthew Lyday
Eastern — Zach Ingram, Gunner Porter, Jake Crites
North Knox — Derek Chambers, Chris Sargent, Sam Conrad, Nick Goodwin, Jonathan Blann
Union — Dustin Howard, Trent Collins
Linton — Stefan Sparks, Evan Magni, Blake Scarbrough, Brandon Swihart
Second team
North Daviess — Drew Harkness, Clayton Shake, Brandon Hughes, Dalton Sellers
Wood Memorial — Brad Hart, Mike Georges, Kenan Bajzath, Austin Gregory
North Central — Zachary Lyday, Seth Clark
Eastern — Michael Love, Jeremy Newman, Tanner Bailey
North Knox — Dylan Caballero, Zach Sutphin, Tyler Ellerman, Anthony Tapia-Aguilar
Union — Frank Boyd, Jesse Lipscomb, Greg Camden
Linton — Reid Firestone, Kaleb Bridges, Ty Scott, Seth Russell
Special awards
Coach of year — Scott Helms (ND)
Defensive player of year — Jano Davis (ND)
Offensive player of year — Ryan Webster (ND)
