[ THEME MUSIC ] IT IS WEEK NINE OF LAKESHORE PREP SPORTS AND TONIGHT, IT'S SECTIONAL WEEK AND SEMIFINAL ACTION SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW.

WHICH GAME ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MOST?

>> OH, JEEZ-- >> THREW A CURVE BALL.

>> VERY WELL THROWN.

I WANT TO SEE WHAT LAKE STATION IS AND I WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH CROWN POINT AND CHESTERTON.

THAT'S GOING TO BE FUN >> MUNSTER.

>> I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT ONE, TOO.

LAKE CENTRAL AND IT'S A GREAT RIVALRY.

MUNSTER CAN'T GET CAUGHT LOOKING AHEAD.

>> THEY WERE STRUGGLING.

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[ THEME MUSIC ] >> ALL RIGHTY.

IT IS SECTIONAL SEMIFINALS TOMORROW NIGHT IN NORTHWEST INDIANA, IN THE STATE OF INDIANA, BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL, GREAT TIME OF YEAR, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME BIG ONES TOMORROW NIGHT ACROSS THE REGION.

LET'S START FIRST WITH HOLBERT AND VALPO.

>> HOLBERT, ABOUT .500 AND 12-11 AND AVERAGING 47 POINTS PER GAME.

THEY'RE LOOKING TO MAYBE TRY TO BREAK UP A LITTLE BIT HERE TOWARD THE END OF THE SEASON.

>> I THINK THEY WERE DOWN 30-20 ON TUESDAY AND STORMED BACK TO BEAT KV.

>> THAT WAS THE FIRST SECTIONAL GAME WIN IN DECADES.

>> WOW.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM, BUT I THINK BEN BROUGHT UP A GREAT POINT.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT UP MORE THAN 47 POINTS IF THEY WANT TO WIN THIS GAME.

>> WELL, ONE THING THEY'RE DOING REALLY WELL THAT'S HELPING THEM SCORE IS THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF REBOUNDS.

THEY'RE AVERAGING 30 REBOUNDS PER GAME AND THEY DO HAVE SOME OF THESE PLAYERS THAT KIND OF SHARE THE WEALTH.

YOU'VE GOT KEITH MULLINS AVERAGING 9 POINTS AND ALFONZO AVERAGING 9 POINTS.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE PEOPLE ON THIS TEAM THAT CAN COME AT YOU.

>> THERE'S MY PROBLEM.

9 POINTS PER GAME AND THAT'S THE LEADING SCORER AND THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING.

YOU WILL HAVE TO GET TWO GUYS TO HAVE THE GAME OF THEIR LIFE COME FRIDAY.

>> YEAH.

BUT THEY HAVE SOLID DEFENSIVELY ALL YEAR AND REBOUNDING-WISE SOLID.

30 REBOUNDS A GAME.

SO THEY HAVE FOUND DIFFERENT WAYS TO WIN.

>> THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

THE REASON THEY'RE NOT SCORING A LOT OF POINTS AND THEY ARE AVERAGING 16 TURNOVERS AND 15 FOULS AND IT'S GIVING OTHER TEAMS THE OPPORTUNITY.

>> EXACTLY.

>> UP-AND-DOWN SEASON FOR VALPO AS WELL.

THE VIKINGS GOT THE WIN OVER LAUREL EARLIER THIS WEEK, 12-13 ON THE SEASON.

>> THEY'RE AVERAGING A LITTLE BIT MORE POINTS PER GAME, 58 VERSUS HOLBERT'S 57.

SOME OF THESE PLAYERS THAT VALPO HAS, JACK SMILEY, MACE PAEN JONES GOING TO BALL STATE, AND THEY HAVE SOME DIVISION I TALENT.

IT'S A MATTER OF WHO ELSE IS GOING TO STEP UP.

>> THEY HAVE THIS GUY, DERRICK BROOKS HAS STEPPED UP THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

HE'S BECOMING A SOLID THIRD SCORER FOR VALPO WHICH THEY NEEDED ALL YEAR.

HE ANOTHER BIG NIGHT TUESDAY AGAINST LOWELL.

>> AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE MAKES THE BIG WORD, THIRD SCORER.

AND THAT'S LIKE WHAT WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THEM AN HOPEFULLY TOUGH TEAM, AN HOPEFULLY TOUGH TEAM TO BEAT IF YOU ARE HOLBERT.

>> COACH COLEMAN IS A GOOD COACH.

HE HAD VALPO PLAYING PRETTY WELL.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DOWN YEAR FOR THEM.

BUT THEY PLAYED A TOUGH SCHEDULE.

THEY ALWAYS DO.

THEY'RE PLAYING IN THE DAC.

WHO KNOWS, WITH THE EMERGENCE OF DERRICK BROOKS AND THESE OTHER PLAYERS, VALPO MIGHT BE ABLE TO PEAK AT THE RIGHT TIME.

>> YEAH.

YOU SAW BROOKS THERE AGAIN.

HE LED THEM IN SCORING IN THE FIRST HALF AND THAT'S THE NINE POINTS.

>> AND THERE'S YOUR PREDICTION BY WHAT'S HIS FACE AND IT'S GOING TO BE VALPO AND VALPARAISO WINS PIT VALPO ON A ROLL.

THEY'RE A BETTER SCORING TEAM.

THEY'RE A TEAM THAT HAS TO GO UP INTO THEs AND 60s, THAT'S A TEAM THAT WILL WIN THIS GAME.

>> NEXT GAME UP TO LOOK AT IS CHESTERTON AND CROWN POINT.

[ THEME MUSIC ] >> AND CHESTERTON, A TEAM THAT KNOWS A FEW THINGS MOVING DOWN THE LINE COME TOURNAMENT TIME.

THEY'RE ON A ROLL RIGHT NOW AND IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER TOUGH TEAM.

AND THAT WAS ONE HECK OF AN ALLEY-OOP.

>> HAD A TREMENDOUS SEASON.

I CAN'T JUMP NEARLY THAT HIGH.

I WILL SAY THAT MATCH, A LOT OF ATHLETES AND THEY PLAYED THAT CROWN POINT TEAM P THEY PLAYED DECENTLY.

THEY WON, 41-29.

ARE WE GOING TO SEE MORE OF THE SAME, OR IS THIS CROWN POINT TEAM GOING TO BE ABLE TO REBOUND FROM THAT AND MAKE IT A LITTLE TIGHTER?

>> THEY HAVE A TREMENDOUS ONE-TWO PUNCH, CHESTERTON, TYLER PARRISH AND JUSTIN.

TYLER HAD 35.

>> DID YOU SAY TYLER PERRY?

>> NO.

[LAUGHTER] I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T-- >> THAT'S FUNNY.

[LAUGHTER] >> TYLER, NO JOKES, MAN, BUT IT THREW ME OFF.

BUT GO AHEAD.

>> NICE LOB.

>> THERE IT IS.

THEY USE THAT ALLEY-OOP A LOT.

>> IT'S DRAMATIC.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PASS.

>> YES.

>> THEY CAN PLAY BOTH SIDES.

THEY CAN PLAY UP-AND-DOWN SCORING AND THEY'RE TREMENDOUS DEFENSIVELY.

>> PARRISH ISN'T AVERAGING THAT MUCH AND THEY BEAT CROWN POINT, 41-29.

41 POINTS IN ONE GAME.

THAT'S NOT A LOT OF OFFENSE.

BUT WHAT DID THEY DO?

THIS IS THE HIGH-FLYING SCORING OFFENSE AND A LITTLE BIT OF THAT LOCKDOWN DEFENSE AS WELL.

>> YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

CROWN POINT, THE BULLDOGS, 15-8.

>> AND CLINT WHITE'S TEAM AGAIN LOOKING GOOD.

THEY'VE GOT GUYS THAT CAN SHOOT FROM THE OUTSIDE LIKE THE LUXE KID, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT, THAT'S A TEAM THAT I WOULD TAKE SERIOUSLY IF I WERE CHESTERTON BECAUSE THEY COULD PULL UP AN UPSET.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S NOT MY PREDICTION.

>> YOU CAN'T TAKE CROWN POINT LIGHTLY.

THEY DID JUST BEAT PORTAGE.

PORTAGE WAS HAVING A HECK OF A YEAR.

THEY WERE ONE OF OUR PRIZES THIS SEASON AND SO CROWN POINT AND LED BY 9 POINTS, 59-45 LAST WEEK.

THEIR OFFENSIVE SKILL SET IS ROUNDING OUT AT THE RIGHT TIME.

>> JACK AND AJ, AND CONNER COTTON WE HAVE SEEN, KNOCKING DOWN SOME SHOTS.

THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO ERUPT OFFENSIVELY, MALASKI WITH THE BACK CUT.

>> I'M NOT SURE WHO MAKES THE PREDICTION ON THIS ONE.

I WILL TELL YOU THIS, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED GAMES.

>> YEAH.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A FUN FUN.

THEY'RE TURNING IT ON.

THIS COULD BE ONE OF GAMES THAT WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO AND CROWN POINT HAS WON THEIR LAST FOUR GAMES AND NOW WE'RE IN A TOURNAMENT.

YOU WILL BE WINNING THE LAST X AMOUNT OF GAMES TO THIS POINT, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> THE TEAM IS AVERAGING MORE POINTS, 61 POINTS PER GAME, AND WITH LUXE AVERAGING 14 AND THIS CROWN POINT TEAM HAS BECOME REALLY EFFICIENT OFFENSIVELY TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR HERE.

UNFORTUNATELY, MY PICK IS GOING TO GO THE OTHER DIRECTION FOR CROWN POINT.

I DID PICK CHESTERTON BY A SCORE OF 65-58.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY CLOSE GAME.

I THINK CHESTERTON JUST LATE HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO PULL IT OUT A COUPLE OF BUCKETS TOWARDS THE END AND WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BACK-AND-FORTH GAME WILL BE 7 POINTS.

>> I LIKE THAT.

I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT CALL.

LET'S MOVE DOWN TO 3A, BISHOP NOLL VERSUS HANOVER AND BISHOP NOLL, A BASKETBALL TEAM THAT KNOWS ABOUT WINNING TOURNAMENT GAMES BECAUSE THEY WON THE SECTIONAL LAST YEAR AND THEY LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE A FEW OF THE SAME GUYS BACK THIS YEAR.

VERY DANGEROUS TEAM.

TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY.

>> YEAH DON'T TAKE THEM SLIGHT LIGHTLY.

EVEN THOUGH THEIR RECORD IS 13-12, YOU CAN TELL BY THESE HIGHLIGHTS THIS TEAM CAN PLAY.

>> THAT WAS CALEB, A NICE TAKE IN THE LANE AND YOU CAN JUST TELL THE OFFENSIVE SKILL SET IS THERE.

>> JOE IS A BIG GUY, TOO.

ONE OF THOSE TEAMS THAT IS IN 3A ALONG-- >> THERE HE GOES AGAIN.

>> AND JOHN DOBSON IS A HECK OF A COACH.

I MEAN, HE DOESN'T GET DISAPPOINTED.

>> WELL, WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?

>> CRISHON WALKER.

>> WOW.

>> THAT'S THE BEST SHOT I HAVE SEEN.

I LOVE IT.

NICE TO SEE THE KIDS AND THEY KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT SHOT IS.

THEY CAN BLOW OUT THIS GAME OFFENSIVELY.

TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY.

HANOVER CENTRAL, I KNOW YOU ARE HAVING A GOOD SEASON BUT KNOLL IS DANGEROUS.

>> LOST TO HANOVER PRETTY BAD BUT BEAT HIGHLAND BY 20 ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

>> BISHOP NOLL LOST TO LAKE STATION IN REGULAR SEASON LAST YEAR, TOO, AND THEY BOUNCE BACK AND WON THAT SECTIONAL.

BROKE MY HEART, BUT THEY WON THE SECTIONAL.

[LAUGHTER] >> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HANOVER.

I THINK THEY'VE IMPROVED A LOT AS THE SEASON HAS GONE ON.

>> LOOK AT THEIR RECORD, 15-9 AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH THEM PLAY THIS YEAR.

THEY ARE IMPRESSIVE PHYSICALLY.

THEY ARE-- THE IMAGERY HERE IS NOT DOING THEM JUSTICE.

THERE ARE SOME SOLID 6'5", 6'6" GUYS ON THE TEAM, OR AT LEAST IT APPEARS AND THEY ARE EFFICIENT.

>> HANOVER CENTRAL, DID THEY PLAY LAKE STATION NOT TOO LONG AGO?

>> I BELIEVE SO.

>> DID THEY NOT GIVE THEM A GOOD GAME FOR A MAJORITY OF THE GAME?

>> THEY GAVE MUNSTER A GOOD GAME.

>> THOSE ARE TWO TEAMS THAT WILL BE IN OUR TOP SIX AS FAR AS REGIONAL TEAMS ARE CONCERNED.

DANGEROUS BASKETBALL TEAM.

THAT COULD BE A FUN GAME.

>> LAKE STATION GAVE MUNSTER A DECENT GAME, TOO.

>> HMM?

>> FOR THREE QUARTERS.

>> LEFT BY HALF QUARTER.

>> GETTING BACK TO THIS GAME HERE, THIS HANOVER TEAM DID PLAY KNOLL THIS SEASON ALREADY AND THEY LOST TO THEM, 61-43 ALREADY.

SO THEY BEAT KNOLL, I APOLOGIZE MANY I BELIEVE JOE IS MAKING THIS PREDICTION.

I WILL LIKE THIS.

>> I DO THINK THEY'RE GOING TO WIN AT HOME.

>> YEAH.

THAT'S A TOUGH CALL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

FINALLY, MUNSTER AND LAKE CENTRAL.

ONE OF THE GREATEST BASKETBALL RIVALRIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA.

THE STUDENTS WILL BE HAVING SOME FUN TOMORROW NIGHT.

>> I CAN'T WAIT, JOE.

I CAN'T WAIT.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A FUN ONE.

MUNSTER IS AT 23-2.

BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE LAKE CENTRAL HIGHLIGHTS.

>> YOU KNOW HOW TOUGH THIS RIVALRY IS?

>> HOW TOUGH IS IT?

>> I WAS AT THIS GAME A FEW YEARS AGO AND YOU KNOW HOW THE STUDENTS DO JUST LIKE FOOTBALL, JUST LIKE BASEBALL.

THEY PULLED OUT JUST LIKE BAND CHANT.

>> OH!

[LAUGHTER] >> I LOVE IT.

>> THAT'S A RIVALRY.

>> THAT'S PERSONAL.

>> OH, JEEZ.

>> LAKE CENTRAL AT 16-8.

[LAUGHTER] THEY'RE AVERAGING 60 POINTS PER GAME.

YOU JUST CAN TELL RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF PHYSICALITY ON THIS TEAM.

YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT XAVIER WILLIAMS WHO HAS BEEN A FOOTBALL STAR FOR THEM AND THE WAY THEY SHARE THE BALL AND THE WAY THEY PLAY TOUGH DEFENSE, I LIKE LAKE CENTRAL.

>> BRETT IS INSIDE.

THEY CAN SHOOT THE THREE.

>> MITCHELL MALASNIC AND XAVIER WILLIAMS IS WHO HAS RECEIVED MULTIPLE E-1 FOOTBALL OFFERS FROM THE MACK SCHOOL, INCLUDING BALL STATE, AND OHIO AND MAYBE CENTRAL MICHIGAN, HE'S GOT MULTIPLE FOOTBALL OFFERS.

>> SO DON'T PUT HIM AT FORWARD.

PUT HIM AT TACKLE.

>> YEAH.

I THINK SO.

>> THERE YOU GO.

>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS BALL GAME.

>> YOU MENTIONED MUNSTER.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEIR FANS ARE GOING UP AGAINST THE LAKE CENTRAL FANS.

HOW FORTUNATE THE MUNSTER FANS ARE FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO WATCH ANYBODY AFTER WHAT HAPPENED.

>> YES.

>> EXACTLY.

THEY GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A SCARE.

A TEAM LIKE THIS SHOULD LOOK AT 23-2.

LIKE YOU SAID.

THEY CAN SHOOT AND PLAY DEFENSE.

THEY HAVE A GOOD ALL-AROUND GAME.

AND COACH HAACK IT HAS THEM MOVING.

>> WHEN YOU GUYS PLAY FOR VALPO AND YOU OVERLOOK THE OPPONENT GOING TO ANOTHER TEAM, HOW WAS PRACTICE THE NEXT DAY?

>> HERE'S THE THING.

I PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR VALPARAISO.

I DIDN'T PLAY BASKETBALL.

WE DIDN'T LOSE MUCH.

[LAUGHTER] OF COURSE, YOU WANT TO STAY CONCENTRATED.

ANYBODY CAN BEAT YOU AT ANYTIME.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM.

HE PICKED UP HIS 1,000th CAREER POINT WHEN THE REGULAR SEASON CAME TO AN END.

HE HAD A BIG GAME AGAINST LAKE CENTRAL.

CONGRATULATIONS.

>> DAVID, AN OUTSTANDING POINT GUARD.

AGAIN, THEY AVERAGE 64 BUT IT WAS 47-44 THE FIRST SCORE AGAINST LAKE CENTRAL AND THEY LOST.

WHAT KIND OF TEMPO BASKETBALL GAME WILL THIS BE.

LAKE CENTRAL AND MUNSTER.

>> WELL, I AM PERFECT ON THE YEAR FOR ALL OF MY PICKS.

I AM.

>> SINCE LAST WEEK.

>> EVEN AFTER LAST WEEK AND HERE WE ARE WITH MUNSTER.

I HAD SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT THIS ONE.

I WILL SAY THIS MUCH.

MUNSTER IS A LITTLE TOO MUCH, SIMILAR TO THE OTHER GAME I PICKED.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE, DOWN TO THE WIRE, AND MAYBE A COUPLE FREE THROWS AT THE PEND MAKING IT A SIX-POINT GAME >> YOU HAD A PERFECT SEASON.

YOU SHOULD HAVE WENT TO THE BCS INSTEAD OF TCU.

>> THAT'S HOW IT GOES.

>> THIS WEEK IS THE WEEK I FAIL.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE RIGHT NOW.

I'M CONFIDENT IN WHAT I DID.

YOU NEVER KNOW.

THAT'S WHY WE PLAY TOURNAMENTS.

THEY ONLY WON 13 STATE TITLES IN THEIR HISTORY, AND THEY COULD BE GOING FOR 14 IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

WE WENT OUT AND VISITED WITH THE VALPARAISO GIRLS GYMNASTICS TEAM.

>> DAC HAPPENED AND WE WON THAT MEET.

I WAS PROUD OF THE GIRLS.

THEY HAD BARS FIRST AND WE DIDN'T DO OUR VERY BEST ON BARS.

WE DID OKAY.

IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOWER START.

THE GIRLS CAME BACK TOUGH AND FINISHED THE MEET AWESOME.

WE ENDED UP 2.3, I BELIEVE, ABOVE THE NEXT TEAM.

>> THAT'S A GOOD BOOST OF CONFIDENCE.

IT SHOWS WHAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF.

I KNOW WE CAN DO BETTER.

AS A TEAM, GO IN THE GYM AND WORK HARD.

TRY TO WIN THE NEXT TWO AND THEN STATE.

>> GYMNASTICS, IT TAKES A LOT OF CONFIDENCE AND IT BUILDS ALL THE MEETS AND PRACTICES AND DAC, WINNING THE FIRST POST-SEASON JUST REALLY HELPS TO CONTINUE IT.

>> IN OUR DAC, FIVE OF THOSE 18 ARE RANKED IN THE TOP 10.

OUR SECTIONAL IS EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE.

IT'S ANYBODY'S.

EVERYBODY STARTS AT ZERO AGAIN AT SECTIONALS.

THE KEY IS TO KEEP THE GIRLS FOCUSING AND PRACTICING HARD.

WE CAN'T STOP ANYBODY ELSE FROM WHAT THEY'RE DOING LIKE YOU CAN IN A LOT OF OTHER SPORTS AND DEFEND.

WE HAVE TO PERFORM TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY AND FOCUS AND MINIMIZE MISTAKES.

.

THEY HAVE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD.

DO I KNOW THAT THEY'VE WORKED HARDER THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE STATE?

I'M NOT IN OTHER GYMS.

I KNOW THEY'VE DONE THE WORK THEY NEED TO DO TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT THEY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH.

>> VALPO GYMNASTICS HAS A HUGE LEGACY.

WE HAVE THE MOST STATE TITLES AND BEYOND THAT TEAM, I WANT TO SHOW THE OTHER GIRLS IT DOES TAKE HARD WORK.

HAVING A STATE TITLE DOES NOT COME EASY.

IT MAY SEEM EASY BECAUSE OF HOW MANY WE DO HAVE, BUT I WANT TO SHOW THEM THE HARD WORK YOU PUT IN THE GYM YOU HAVE TO CARRY OUT THROUGH LIFE.

IT SHOWS YOU SO MANY LESSONS AND WE'RE HARD WORKERS SO IT DOES SHOW.

>> YOU WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT WHATEVER THEY ACCOMPLISH IS BASICALLY UP TO THEM.

TEAM COMES FIRST AND THE INDIVIDUALS COME SECOND.

SO WHATEVER'S BEST FOR THE TEAM IS ALWAYS THE FIRST CONSIDERATION.

WE WANT EACH OF THEM, THOUGH, TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL.

THEY ARE IN IT TOGETHER AND IF THEY FEEL THE WORKOUT IS A LITTLE HARD, THEY CAN ALL BE MAD AT ME INSTEAD OF AT EACH OTHER.

SO THEY ARE AWESOME ABOUT THAT.

THEY'RE AWESOME ABOUT SUPPORTING EACH OTHER.

THEY EVEN HAVE A TENDENCY TO JUMP IN AND TRY TO COACH EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT, WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL.

THEY'RE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I TRY TO INSTILL IN THEM IS NOT ONLY THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO WORK ON, BUT THIS IS WHY YOU NEED TO WORK ON IT.

SO THE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE I FEEL LIKE I CAN MAKE MY GYMNASTS, I FEEL LIKE THAT GIVES THEM MORE MOTIVATION TO WORK HARD ON WHAT I WANT THEM TO FOCUS ON, AND I FEEL LIKE THAT HELPS THEM TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL.

>> I FEEL LIKE I'M MORE OF THE SERIOUS AND GET EVERYONE IN AND GOOF BALL AND SHE'S LIKE THE FUNNY ONE WITH EVERYONE.

YEAH, WE DEFINITELY LAUGH AROUND ALL THE TIME.

WHEN IT COMES TO WORKING HARD, LIKE WE LOCK IT IN AND CAN GET IT DONE.

>> THERE'S SOME OF US ON THE TEAM WHO ARE MORE SERIOUS NATURED AND OTHERS WHO LIKE TO HAVE FUN.

AS A WHOLE, IT HELPS US LOOSEN THE NERVES.

>> YEAH, THE CHARACTERISTICS, EACH UNIQUE PERSON MAKES UP WHAT OUR TEAM IS AND THAT CONTRIBUTES TO A GREAT TEAM.

LIKE YOU WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS AND UNIQUE PERSONALITIES.

>> ESPECIALLY WHEN THE SPORT IS LIKE VERY NERVE-RACKING ON A FOUR-INCH BEAM.

YOU CAN GET DONE AND LAUGH WITH YOUR TEAMMATES IT LIGHTENS THE MOOD.

>> TEAM BONDING HELPS TO MAKE UP THE TEAM OUTSIDE OF GYMNASTICS.

THE PRACTICE DAY IN AND DAY OUT FORM OURS TEAM.

BUT THE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO TO HAVE AND BOND AND GET CLOSE.

>> IT ALLOWS YOU TO LEAN ON YOUR TEAMMATE.

LIKE IT IS AN INDIVIDUAL SPORT, BUT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING.

SO LIKE IF YOU NEED TO BE ON THE BENCH WITH YOUR TEAMMATE, THEY CAN STILL GIVE YOU GOOD ADVICE AND PUSH YOU.

>> THE TEAM MOTIVATES YOU.

I COULD NOT DO THIS SPORT WITHOUT A TEAM.

THERE ARE DAYS I COME TO THE GYM AND I DON'T WANT TO BE THERE.

I'M DOING IT FOR MY TEAM.

WE HAVE GOALS TO ACHIEVE AND YOU HAVE TO WORK FOR THEM.

IT DOESN'T COME EASY.

HARD WORK BEATS TALENT.

>> THE FUTURE OF VALPO GYMNASTICS IS GOING TO BE STRONG.

I THINK THAT IN ANY SPORT, SUCCESS BREEDS SUCCESS, AND SO I THINK IF YOU CAN CONTINUE YOUR SUCCESS WITHIN YOUR HIGH SCHOOL TEAM, IT ENCOURAGES YOUNGER ATHLETES TO BE INTERESTED IN THE SPORT AND TO HAVE A PERCEPTION OF THAT COULD BE ME.

I'M GOING TO LOSE FOUR AWESOME SENIORS THAT ARE ON THE TEAM RIGHT NOW, BUT I HOPE TO GAIN PROBABLY MORE THAN THAT AS FAR AS FRESHMEN COMING IN.

WE'VE GOT SOME VERY TALENTED KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO BUILD THEIR SKILLS AND HOPEFULLY MY UNDERCLASSMEN ALL WORK HARD OUT OF SEASON TO GET STRONGER AND MORE SKILLS AND COME BACK EVEN BETTER NEXT NOVEMBER THAN THEY ARE IN MARCH WHEN WE FINISH.

>> WOW.

AND SOMEBODY SAID IT REAL WELL.

WHAT A LEGACY THEIR PROGRAM AT VALPO IN GIRLS GYMNASTICS.

ALL RIGHT.

BOYS BASKETBALL SECTIONALS.

LET'S GO TO THE BOARD.

MORTON VERSUS HAMMOND HIGH.

MUNSTER LAKE CENTRAL WINNER IN THE SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ON SATURDAY.

ELSEWHERE, WE TALKED ABOUT CHESTERTON AND CROWN POINT AND HOLBERT AND VALPO AND THE EXCEPTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP THERE AS WELL.

>> LA PORTE, MICHIGAN CITY AND I THINK LA PORTE GOT THEM EARLIER THIS YEAR, BUT JAMI HAS BEEN HOT.

AND 3A.

RIVER AND LAKE STATION AND KNOLL AND HANOVER CENTRAL.

THAT'S GOING TO BE EVENLY MATCHED THERE.

>> THAT'S GOING TO BE FUN TO WATCH.

>> YEAH.

[LAUGHTER] >> ANDREAN AND 21C.

BAUMAN AND CHRISTIAN.

>> BAUMAN WAS IMPRESSIVE IN THEIR FIRST GAME.

>> THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSIVE.

>> VERY IMPRESSIVE.

>> SOUTH CENTRAL AND JUDSON AND THAT'S IN THE 2A SECTIONAL IN NORTH JUDSON.

>> 1A, MORGAN TOWNSHIP, THEY GOT THE HOME COURT ADVANTAGE AND THEY HAD A DOMINANT PERFORMANCE AND COULD BE MORGAN-COUNTS MATCH-UP COME SATURDAY NIGHT.

>> A BIG RIVALRY.

>> AND MARQUETTE MAY BE A SLEEPER GOING DOWN STATE.

AND BOTTOM 5 AND THEY HAD AN OUTSTANDING YEAR.

DIDN'T FINISH THE WAY THEY WANTED TO.

HANOVER IS IMPROVING.

VERY SOLID 6, 7 AND 8.

LET'S GO TO THE TOP 5.

>> HAMMOND, MUNSTER COULD BE A POTENTIAL SHOWDOWN SATURDAY NIGHT.

>> BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW.

>> LAKE STATION.

CHESTERTON AND LA PORTE.

>> 17-6, LA PORTE HAS BEEN HOT.

>> YEAH.

>> LA PORTE, WE WEREN'T NECESSARILY SURPRISED THAT THEY WERE SO SUCCESSFUL.

THEY'RE WELL COACHED AND THERE'S A LOT OF TALENT ON THAT TEAM.

17-6, MAYBE EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS A LITTLE BIT.

PRETTY EXCITED TO SEE HOW THEY TURN OUT.

>> LET ME BACK PEDAL A LITTLE BIT.

WE DID THE VALPARAISO GIRLS >> HOLD THAT THOUGHT UNTIL NEXT WEEK.

WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

>> I'LL DO IT NEXT WEEK.

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>> DOING AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN, IS IMPORTANT TO ME.

LIFE IS SHORT.

AND THE EARLIER WE GET STARTED HELPING OUR COMMUNITY THE BETTER OFF OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE.