Academic All – State (IJSVCA)

• Grace Felts, Riley Kramer, Sarah McGillicuddy (also ICGCA) , Lexi Thatcher, Christopher Board (Support Staff), Zeke Jarzyniecki (Support Staff)

Honor and Awards

• All City (MCCGSA): Grace Felts, Lauren Shanks, Lexi Thatcher
• All City Tournament Team: Grace Felts
• All District(IHSVCA): Lexi Thatcher

Academic All-State (IHSTeCA)

• William Dietrick, Gabe Martinez

Honor and Awards

• William Dietrick: All Conference, City Champion {#1 Doubles}, All District(IHSTeCA)
• Gavin Guffey: All District(IHSTeCA)
• William Pruitt: All Conference, City Champion {#1 Doubles}, All District(IHSTeCA)

Academic All-State (ISCA)

• Hadley Bruce, Lydia Campbell, Brooklynn DeVettori, Morgan Heim, Cece Leffler, Madelyn Pearson, Maggie Ryan, Chloe Schmitz, Lucy Taylor, Andie Adams, Addison Duncan, Mary Mason, Adeline Miller, Hillary Pachciarz, Kate Sedlak, Theresa Surinak, Emma Welty
• ICGSA: Morgan Heim, Maggie Ryan

Achievements

• City and Regional Champions

Honors and Awards

• All Conference: Brianna Buels, Olivia Hill, CeCe Leffler, Reese Sochacki
• All City Tournament Team: Brianna Buels, Addison Duncan, Olivia Hill, Kate Sedlak, Reese Sochacki
• All City (MCCGSA): Brianna Buels, Addison Duncan, Olivia Hill, CeCe Leffler, Kate Sedlak, Reese Sochacki
• All District (ISCA): Reese Sochacki, Brianna Buels
• Brianna Buels: All State (ISCA), SUPERTEAM (IndyStar), All Region (USCA)
• Ashton Balch: MCCGSA City Girls Soccer Coach of the Year

Academic All-State (ISCA)

• Zeke Jarzyniecki, Cole Weber, Aidan Zink, Jake Anderson, Benjamin Lam, Gavin Marsh

Honors and Awards

• Benjamin Harless: All Conference, All City (Coaches), All District Second Team
• Cole Weber: All City (Coaches)

Academic All-State (ICGCA)

• Sarah Semon

Honors and Awards

• Clare Kirchgessner: All Conference, All Sectional
• Sarah Semon: All City

Achievements

• Clare Kirchgessner: City Champion, 2nd in Sectionals, Advanced to Regionals

Academic All-State (IFCA)

• Charlie Assalley, Nicholas Borchers, Lucas Chan, Garin Colasessano, Noah Dudik, Aiden Duncan, Isaac Fischer, Zade Kalesperis, Jack Marsella, Wade McAllister, Nathan Meyer, Nolan Stiffler, Drew VanVleet, Jef Waugh, Jonah Wuensch

Achievements

• 3A State Champions

Honors and Awards

• Aiden Duncan: Football State Mental Attitude Award Winner
• All Conference: Noah Dudik, Aiden Duncan, Sam Feeney, Isaac Fischer, Wade McAllister, Luke Purichia, Drew VanVleet, Jef Waugh, Matthew Woods
• All City (Coaches): Sam Feeney, Isaac Fischer, Luke Purichia, Drew VanVleet
• All State (IFCA): Sam Feeney, Isaac Fischer, Luke Purichia, Drew VanVleet
• SUPERTEAM: Drew VanVleet

Academic All-State Honors

• Davis Falcon, Shafer Hofmann
• Caroline Clapacs: (ICGSA & IATCCC)
• Honorable Mention (IATCCC): Donovan Hibbeln, Max Bourgeois, Joshua Bell, Caroline Bell, Maisie McMahon, Claire Monahan, Morgan Engleman, Srey Folck
• Honorable Mention (ICGSA): Caroline Bell

Achievements

• Boys and Girls: City Champions
• Boys Sectional Team Winner
• Girls: 2nd in Sectionals, 4th in Regionals, qualified for state
• State Qualifier: Max Bourgeois
• Lily Cridge: Sectional, Regional, Semi-State and State Champion, Gatorade Indiana Runner of the Year; All American

Honors and Awards

• All Conference: Davis Falcon, Ian Kolbus, Lily Cridge, Ceci Jackson, Julia Score
• All City: Davis Falcon, Ian Kolbus, J.D. Haines, Aaron Loiselle, Caroline Clapacs, Lily Cridge, Ceci Jackson, Julia Score, Maggie Rushenberg, Alex Teed
• All Sectional: Ian Kolbus, J.D. Haines, Davis Falcon, Max Bourgeois, Ceci Jackson, Julia Score
• All Regional: J.D. Haines, Max Bourgeois, Julia Score
• All Semi-State: Julia Score (10th all-state)
• Dan Kinghorn: MCCGSA City Cross Country Coach of the Year

Boys swimming team placed 5th out of 13 teams in the 2023 sectionals: a great accomplishment. The team members had some impressive individual performances as well.

• Congratulations to Jack Steadham, who finished 2nd in the 50 free and advanced to state competition at the IUPUI Natatorium, Feb. 24-25.
• Donovan McMahon finished 5th in diving.
• The Boys Medley Relay and the 200 Free Relay both had strong showings and finished in the top three.

Overall, the team had a lot of talented swimmers who contributed to the team’s success throughout the season. It’s great to see a group of individuals come together and achieve something collectively, and the boys’ team did just that. Congratulations to all the team members on a great season!

Congratulations to the BCHS girls basketball team, as they won the 2023 3A Regional with a 52-48 win over Cascade (21-2) on Feb. 11, 2023. This is the second year in a row that they won the regional.

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In semi-state semi-finals, the Lady Trojans met Indian Creek. Leading at half-time, 29-28, they weren’t able to hold on and lost 76-47, ending their Cinderella run.

Scenes from the 2023 Tourney

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Photos by BCH Student Charley Szydlyk

Sectional Recap

The Lady Trojans advanced to the championship game vs Heritage Christian by an overtime win vs Guerin Catholic, 45 – 43 and a 33-32 win over Brebeuf Jesuit.

The game vs Heritage Christian (17-8) was a barn-burner. The two teams met during the regular season, where BCHS lost 62-55 and the City Tourney, where BCHS lost 52-36. But, the Lady Trojans prevailed in the sectional championship matchup, 61-57, in a double overtime win.

Congratulations to the following BCHS wrestlers, who advanced to the 2023 Semi-State contest. The team placed 4th in the Regionals. Pictured above are those advancing to the Semi-State. At the semi-state, all wrestlers made it to the ‘ticket round’ where their season came to an end.

Regional Results

• Jack Davis: 2nd (126)
• Sam Bustamante: 2nd (132)
• John Rushenberg: 2nd (160)
• Kade Rickard: 3rd (170)
• Jef Waugh: 1st (195)

Come cheer them on in the Semi-State at New Castle on Feb. 11.

Sectional Results

The team placed 2nd in sectionals, with the following

• Ethan Lyon: 4th
• Tate Chesebrough: 5th
• Gabriel McNamee: 4th
• Jack Davis: 2nd
• Sam Bustamante: 2nd
• Ethan Brown: 5th
• Charlie Rushenberg: 5th
• John Rushenberg: 1st
• Kade Rickard: 2nd
• Jack Dixon: 5th
• Jef Waugh: 1st
• Andrew Troy: 3rd

8 wrestlers advanced to regional action!