Rensselaer Central High School Basketball Newsletter April 2017 Volume 3 Issue 9

Bomber Basketball Season comes to a close

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Season Stat Leaders Rensselaer Central hosted the 2017 Sectional. The Bombers played

great throughout the sectional winning the first game against

Wheeler and losing in the Sectional Championship against the

State Runner-Up, Twin Lakes.

As the season came to a close, so did the careers of five seniors;

Grant Myers, Evan Brandenburg, Kobe Austin, Ben Hillan, and

Landon Balch. Each of the five seniors were staples of the program

the last two years and will be greatly missed as the Rensselaer

Central basketball program moves forward.

Returning next year will be varsity starters Jaylen Gilbert and

Jerrett Nagel. Players looking to step in from the JV would be Joey

Stiltz, Jackson Hughes, Noah Donahue, Noah Bierma, and Ethen

Wiseman.

Program Coaches & Records 6th Grade-Mike Feagans-(9-2)

7th Grade-Rick Odle-(6-8) 8th Grade-Bob Hanna-(8-10)

9th Grade-Ricky Montemayer-(10-7)

JV-Dan Yeager-(11-9) Varsity Assistant-Jordan Seele

Points: Jaylen Gilbert 16.8 Assists: Grant Myers 86 Rebounds: Landon Balch 6.9 Steals: Jaylen Gilbert 41 Blocks: Jaylen Gilbert 37 Team FG %: 56% 3 PT FG %: 29.9% FT %: 69.4%

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Upcoming Events

Summer Youth Camps

Program News Game Schedule 11/25/2016 @ Tri County L 12/2/2016 @ Kankakee Valley W 12/9/2015 Vs. North White W 12/10/2016 Vs. Twin Lakes L 12/13/2016 @ Hanover Central W 12/16/2016 @ South Newton L 12/20/2016 Hammond Gavit W 12/30/2016 Whitko W 12/30/2016 @ Kankakee Valley L 1/7/2017 @ Lafayette Central Catholic L 1/13/2017 Vs. West Lafayette W 1/14/2017 @ Kouts W 1/20/2017 @ North Judson W 1/21/2017 Vs. West Central W 1/27/2017 Vs. North Newton W 1/28/2017 Vs. Hebron L 2/4/2017 @ Delphi W 2/9/2017 Vs. Benton Central W 2/11/2017 @ Frontier W 2/17/2017 Tipton L 2/21/2017 @ Lafayette Jeff L 2/24/2017 Vs. Winamac W 3/3/2017 Vs. Wheeler W 3/4/2017 Vs. Twin Lakes L

Awards & Recognition We hosted our awards banquet late in March. The following were the winners: Varsity MVP-Jaylen Gilbert Bob Wiles-Evan Brandenburg Sportsmanship-Kobe Austin Rebounds-Landon Balch Highest Positive/Negative Player-Landon Balch Assists-Grant Myers All Hoosier Conference-Jaylen Gilbert & Landon Balch Captains-Jaylen Gilbert & Landon Balch Junior Varsity MVP-Joey Stiltz Sportsmanship-Noah Donahue Freshmen MVP-Alex Gull Sportsmanship-Camden Chapman Jaylen Gilbert and Landon Balch have also been selected to play in the Indiana Class Basketball All-Star game. The game is played at Anderson University, located in Anderson, Indiana. Jaylen’s game will be on Friday June 16th. Landon’s game will be on Saturday June 17th. Jaylen Gilbert was also selected to play in the Top 100 Underclassmen workout. This will be played in July at Ben Davis High School, located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The players selected are voted on by the Coaches Association and are the Top 100 players from Indiana regardless of class. This workout is used to select players for the Indiana All Star game and All State. Jaylen Gilbert was also selected for All State Honorable Mention. Landon Balch was selected all area for the Northwest Indiana Times.

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Come out and support Bomber Sports in the spring! • Baseball • Softball • Boys & Girls Track • Boys Golf • Girls Tennis

See Mr. Hickman for All-Sports passes!

Mark McFarland 1106 E. Grace St. Rensselaer, IN 47978 Email: mark.mcfarland@rcsc.k12.in.us Website: www.markmcfarlandswebpage.weebly.com School Website: www.rensselaerschools.org Sports Website: www.rensselaercentral.com

Contact Information

Spring & Summer Workouts Spring basketball has begun. The open gyms run two days a week and are open to all middle school through high school boy not playing a school spring sport. Players have also begun playing their spring AAU session basketball. The summer schedule is complete and the workouts will start on May 29th for all boys in the program 6th-12th grades. This summer, the varsity boys will travel to three shootouts minimum to gain experience while playing teams from across the state.

Camp Information The youth camp registration is attached to the email. Camp Dates are as follows: 1st-2nd Grade will be: June 5th-June 9th 3rd-5th Grade will be: June 12th-June 16th 6th-8th Grade will be: June 12th-June 16th

We have a great basketball program here from Varsity all the down to Kindergarten. We have developed a program that can see improvement in each grade level each year. The improvement can be attributed to the camps that we offer. It is designed so that every boy that plays in little league, elite league, and middle school attend camp. Please make a great effort to get your son to camp for the 1 hour a day for the 1-week during their camp dates. The camp has been made cost efficient and there is great instruction and drill work in place. The camps are extremely beneficial; do not miss out on the opportunity to grow into a Bomber Basketball player! We have 130 kids in little league, 19 in elite, and 40 middle school players. It would be great to see ALL future Bombers there!