Tri-Village Patriots Basketball

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Tri-Village is a small rural school district in Southwest Darke County extending south to the Preble county line and west to the Indiana border and includes three communities; Palestine, Hollansburg and New Madison. Each community boasted a rich tradition in basketball. This tradition continues today as one program the Tri-Village Patriots due to consolidation in 1973 of the three school districts. Tri-Village is a member of the Cross County Conference formed in 1978-1979 season. Original teams included Ansonia, Arcanum, Bethel, Bradford, Franklin Monroe, National Trail, Newton, Mississinawa Valley, Preble Shawnee, Tri-Village, Twin Valley North (now Tri County North) and Twin Valley South. In 1984, Preble Shawnee left and was replaced by Covington in the 1990-1991 season.

The Lady Patriots program has enjoyed much success over the years with 7 Cross County Conference Championships the most of any school. Coach Jim Maples and Roger Collins are tied with three titles each and Cathy Hunter with one title. Over the last 25 years they have averaged 14 wins and 8 losses a season. Coach Maples has the most wins of any coach at 187 followed by Collins at 135.

Though there have been a number of successful girls teams over the years, arguably one of the best would have to be the 2000-01 team. This team steam-rolled over most of its opponents reeling off 15 wins in row to start the season before they tasted defeat at the hands of Brookville. But they bounced back to beat Covington then a very tough state ranked Greenville lady greenwave team by one point in thrilling fashion. During this time they enjoyed the #1 State Ranking for small schools for three weeks before finishing the season ranked #3. The team went 11-0 in the league earning a third consecutive Cross County Conference Championship and then entered the tournament with high hopes and lots of momentum after garnering the #2 spot in the final Dayton Daily News area rankings. They played well in the tournament winning the sectional championship. The team lost a heartbreaker in the district championship in a close match-up with perennial state power Southeastern but finished district runner-up for the second year in a row while accumulating a number of records along the way finishing the season at 22-2.

4 players were named first team all confererence:
Kara Schlecty (14.6 pts, 5.7 rebs, 4.9 assists)
Lindsey Ward (14.9 pts, 6.3 rebs, 3.3 assists & a school record 58.3% fg)
Laura Sullivan (11.9 pts, 2,8 assists, 81% ft )
Miranda Willets (8.5 pts, 10.5 rebs, 3.1 assists)

Since the most any team can place on the first team is 4 players Kasey Falknor (deserving of a first team honor with 6.5 pts, 2.9 assists, 3.9 steals) made special mention and Brittani Buckley garnered honorable mention.

The team averaged 64.8 points a game second all time, 64.8% free throw shooting second all time, 41.7% field goal shooting third all time, 39.3 points allowed on defense second all time, 1,524 total team points third all times, and of course a school record 22 wins and 2 losses.

Tri - Village School Records:

Offensive Team Average 75.6 – 91-92 73.7 – 90-91 64.2 – 84-85 64.1 – 89-90 63.5 – 00-01 60.4 – 01-02 57.9 – 86-87 57.2 – 99-00 54.8 – 98-99 54.6 – 87-88	Defensive Team Average 33.9 – 07-08 37.6 – 99-00 39.3 – 00-01 41.2 – 06-07 41.7 – 79-80 41.8 – 03-04 41.8 – 04-05 43.0 – 90-91 43.3 – 91-92 43.3 – 93-94	Team Field Goal % 43.5 – 91-91 42.2 – 91-92 41.7 – 00-01 40.1 – 89-90 40.0 – 85-86 39.8 – 80-81 39.3 – 86-87 39.2 – 84-85 39.0 – 81-82 38.3 – 04-05
Team Total Points 1694 – 90-91 1666 – 91-92 1524 – 00-01 1417 – 89-90 1389 – 01-02 1373 – 99-00 1349 – 84-85 1256 – 87-88 1236 – 92-93 1190 – 85-86	Highest Team Score 131 – TC North – 90-91 108 – Miss Valley – 90-91 106 – TC North - 91-92 104 – Newton – 90-91 104 – TV South – 91-92 94 – W. Wil – 92-93 92 – Colonel White – 90-91 91 – Newton – 80-81 91 – Newton – 84-85 91 – Arcanum – 91-92	Team Rebounds 999 – 82-83 995 – 83-84 984 – 90-91 969 – 84-85 943 – 91-92 939 – 79-80 923 – 80-81 905 – 81-82 893 – 87-88 879 – 78-79
Game Most Points 43 – Kara Schlechty 40 – Kara Schlechty 38 – Cindi Neanen 36 – Jodi Fourman 35 – Shaun Richards 35 – Shaun Richards 34 – Laura Sullivan 34 – Kara Schlechty 33 – Krista Falknor 32 – Cindi Neanen	Field Goal % - Season 58.3 - Lindsey Ward - 00-01 55.6 - Lindsey Ward - 99-00 53.0 - E Fisherback - 92-93 51.4 - Sam Coomer - 01-02 50.0 - Bren Downing - 85-86 49.4 - Bren Moore - 02-03 48.9 - Tam Kimmel - 85-86 48.4 - A Studebaker - 91-92 47.9 - L Scantland - 86-87 47.9 - Tina Allison - 04-05	Field Goal % - Career 57.3 – Lindsey Ward 48.3 – Tina Allison 44.1 – Emily Fisherback 44.0 – Cindy Neanen 43.9 – Samantha Coomer 43.0 – Tammy Kimmel 42.8 – Erin Miller 42.4 – Amy Studebaker 41.1 – Jamie Ballard 41.0 – Kaley Stahl
Free Throw % - Team 66.1 – 01-02 64.8 – 00-01 64.3 – 99-00 61.5 – 98-99 59.2 – 91-92 57.7 – 90-91 57.5 – 02-03 54.9 – 92-93 54.8 – 86-87 54.1 – 96-97	Free Throw % - Season 87.0 - Cindi Neanen - 91-92 83.6 - Amelia Frazier - 07-08 83.4 - Kara Schlechty - 01-02 81.0 - Laura Sullivan - 00-01 77.6 - Laura Sullivan - 98-99 75.9 - Kara Schlechty - 00-01 74.6 - M. Falknor - 91-92 73.6 - Cindi Neanen - 90-91 72.9 - Kara Schlechty - 98-99 72.8 - Cindi Neanen - 90-91	Free Throw % - Career 76.9 – Amelia Frazier 76.2 – Kara Schlechty 74.2 – Laura Sullivan 73.5 – Cindy Neanen 67.8 – Karli Dill 64.8 – Krista Falknor 63.9 – Lindsey Vietor 63.5 – Shaun Richards 62.9 – Beth Tipton 62.5 – Kami Schlechty
Average Points Per Game 24.5 – Kara Schlechty 20.9 – Cindi Neanen 19.3 – Cindi Neanen 19.0 – Kara Schlechty 16.8 – Leah Scantland 16.8 – Cindi Neanen 16.0 – Kasey Falknor 16.0 – Krista Falknor 15.9 – Kara Schlechty 15.5 – Christy Hollinger	Most Points - Season 564 - Kara Schlechty - 01-02 459 - Cindi Neanen - 91-92 455 - Kara Schlechty - 99-00 446 - Cindi Neanen - 90-91 370 - Cindi Neanen - 89-90 358 - Christi Hollinger - 90-91 358 - Lindsey Ward - 00-01 352 - Kasey Falknor - 02-03 339 - Shawn Bietry - 87-88 336 - Kara Schlechty - 00-01 336 - L. Scantland - 86-87 336 - Lisa Thomas - 83-84	Most Points - Career 1667 – Kara Schlecty 1547 – Cindi Neanen 1178 – Shaun Richards 1043 – Jamie Ballard 960 – Leah Scantland 949 – Tina Allison 920 – Melissa Neargarder 848 – Laura Sullivan 841 – Kasey Falknor 712 – Brenda Downing 709 – Heather Deaton
Assist - Game 18 – Jamie Ballard 17 – Jamie Ballard (2) 14 – Jamie Ballard (2) 13 – Jamie Ballard 12 – Jamie Ballard (3) 12 – Brennan Moore 11 – Jamie Ballard (4) 11 – Brennan Moore (2)	Most Assists - Season 241 – Jamie Ballard 219 – Jamie Ballard 152 – Brennan Moore 136 – Brennan Moore 123 – Jamie Ballard 118 – Beth Perry 116 – Teresa Ballard 113 – Kara Schlechty 109 – Teresa Ballard 102 – Kara Schlechty	Most Assists - Career 631 – Jamie Ballard 336 – Kara Schlechty 329 – Brennan Moore 291 – Teresa Ballard 290 – Cindy Neanen 229 – Mel Neargarder 228 – Kasey Falknor 197 – Leah Scantland 183 – Laura Sullivan 175 – Tina Allison
Most Rebounds - Game 29 – Monyca George 26 – Kris Rhoades 23 – Kim Mikesell 23 – Emily Fisherback 21 – Christina Deaton 19 – Deb Brinley 19 – Melinda Downing 19 – Robin Richards 18 – (8 People)	Most Rebounds Season 273 – Monyca George 252 – Miranda Willetts 245 – Kara Schlechty 238 – Kris Rhoades 235 – Brenda Downing 235 – Brenda Downing 234 – Deb Brinley 223 – Melissa Neargarder 220 – Tammy Kimmel 220 – Emily Fisherback	Most Rebounds Career 846 – Brenda Downing 762 – Kri. Rhoades 729 – Em Fisherback 725 – Tina Allison 676 – Kara Schlechty 645 – Mel Neargarder 585 – Melissa Willetts 578 – Dawn George 552 – Tammy Kimmel 521 – Melinda Downing
Most Steals Game 14 – Kasey Falknor 12 – Melissa Neargarder 12 – Jamie Ballard 11 – Tammy Harrison 10 – Jamie Ballard (3 Times) 10 – Beth Perry 10 – Sherry Hedger 10 – Melissa Neargarder 10 – Kasey Falknor	Most Steals Season 163 – Jamie Ballard 127 – Jamie Ballard 110 – Kasey Falknor 94 – Kasey Falknor 92 – Kara Schlechty 89 – Jamie Ballard 88 – Shaun Richards 87 – Kasey Falknor 86 – Dana Richards 83 – Melissa Neargarder	Most Steals Career 445 – Jamie Ballard 302 – Kasey Falknor 252 – Kara Schlechty 251 – Cindi Neanen 246 – Mel Neargarder 233 – Shaun Richards 196 – Tammy Harrison 171 – Amy Studebaker 165 – Sherry Hedger 156 – Brennan Moore
Most Field Goals Season 187 - Kara Schlechty - 01-02 166 - Cindi Neanen - 91-92 157 - Kara Schlechty - 99-00 150 - S Richards - 80-81 148 - L Scantland - 86-87 145 - Cindi Neanen - 90-91 144 - Lindsey Ward - 00-01 144 - C Hollinger - 90-91 138 - Shawn Bietry - 87-88 126 - Lisa Thomas - 83-84 126 - Jodi Fourman - 84-85	3PT FG% - Season 47.7 - Cindi Neanen - 89-90 47.1 - Emily Riegle - 96-97 43.8 - Jamie Ballard - 90-91 43.2 - Cindi Neanen - 88-89 43.2 - Cindi Neanen - 90-91 35.6 - Kasey Falknor - 00-01 35.2 - Kaila Burns - 07-08 34.6 - Kara Schlechty - 98-99 33.6 - Laura Sullivan - 98-99 33.3 - Karli Dill - 04-05 33.0 - Kasey Falknor - 01-02	3PT FG% - Career 44.8 – Cindi Neanen 41.9 – Jamie Ballard 36.2 – Krista Falknor 33.0 – Teresa Ballard 32.3 – Karli Dill 31.7 – Kara Schlechty 30.0 – Emily Riegle 29.0 – Kasey Falknor 29.0 – Tina Allison 28.3 – Laura Sullivan 25.6 – Celeste Shilot

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2000-01 Lady Patriots 22-2 [ Photo ]

2003-04 LADY PATRIOTS – 14-9

2004-05 LADY PATRIOTS – 17-6

2005-06 LADY PATRIOTS – 11-10

2006-07 LADY PATRIOTS – 10-11

2007-08 LADY PATRIOTS – 18-6

2008-09 LADY PATRIOTS – 12-9

2000-01 Season Results

Opponent
Arcanum
Ansonia
Tri-County North
Randolph Southern
Bethel
Northeastern
Twin Valley South
National Trail
Arcanum
Middletown Madison
Ansonia
Franklin Monroe
Bradford
National Trail
Mississinawa Valley
Brookville
Covington
Greenville
Eaton
Newton

Sectionals
Bradford
Franklin Monroe
Ansonia

Districts
Southeastern

Result
86-32
62-53
60-18
89-35
52-27
70-34
60-55
77-48
78-47
65-24
52-44
60-50
87-26
80-43
52-38
40-47
65-38
54-53
51-29
64-41

Result
73-29
55-40
53-49

Result
37-44

Lady Patriots From Years Past

1994-95 Lady Patriots [ Photo ]
1995-96 Lady Patriots [ Photo ]
1996-97 Lady Patriots [ Photo ]
1997-98 Lady Patriots [ Photo ]
1998-99 Lady Patriots [ Photo ]
1999-00 Lady Patriots [ Photo ]
2000-01 Lady Patriots [ Photo ]
2001-02 Lady Patriots [ Photo ]
2002-03 Lady Patriots [ Photo ]

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