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 91-92 – 75.6 90-91 – 73.7 84-85 – 64.2 89-90 – 64.1 00-01 – 63.5 01-02 – 60.4 86-87 – 57.9 99-00 – 57.2 98-99 – 54.8 87-88 – 54.6	Defensive Team Average 99-00 – 37.6 00-01 – 39.3 79-80 – 41.7 03-04 – 41.8 04-05 – 41.8 90-91 – 43.0 93-94 – 43.3 91-92 – 43.3 92-93 – 43.9 01-02 – 43.9	Team Field Goal % 90-91 – 43.5 91-92 – 42.2 00-01 – 41.7 89-90 – 40.1 85-86 – 40.0 80-81 – 39.8 86-87 – 39.3 84-85 – 39.2 81-82 – 39.0 04-05 – 38.3
Team Free Throw % 01-02 – 66.1 00-01 – 64.8 99-00 – 64.3 98-99 – 61.5 91-92 – 59.2 90-91 – 57.7 02-03 – 57.5 92-93 – 54.9 86-87 – 54.8 96-97 – 54.1	Highest Team Score 90-91 – 131 – TC North 90-91 – 108 – Miss Valley 91-92 – 106 – TC North 90-91 – 104 – Newton 91-92 – 104 – TV South 92-93 – 94 – W. Wil 90-91 – 92 – C. Whit 80-81 – 91 – Newton 84-85 – 91 – Newton 91-92 – 91 – Arcanum	Team Rebounds 82-83 – 999 83-84 – 995 90-91 – 984 84-85 – 969 91-92 – 943 79-80 – 939 79-80 – 923 81-82 – 905 87-88 – 893 78-79 – 879
Team Total Points 90-91 – 1694 91-92 – 1666 00-01 – 1524 89-90 – 1417 01-02 – 1389 99-00 – 1373 84-85 – 1349 87-88 – 1256 92-93 – 1236 85-86 – 1190	Season Field Goal % 00-01 – 58.3 – Lindsey Ward 99-00 – 55.6 – Lindsey Ward 92-93 – 53.0 – E Fisherback 01-02 – 51.4 – Sam Coomer 85-86 – 50.0 – Bren Downing 02-03 – 49.4 – Bren Moore 85-86 – 48.9 – Tam Kimmel 91-92 – 48.4 – A Studebaker 86-87 – 47.9 – L Scantland 04-05 – 47.9 – Tina Allison	Career Field Goal % 57.3 – Lindsey Ward 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 40.8 – Shaun Richards 40.3 – Melinda Downing
Season Free Throw % 91-92 - 87.0 - Cindi Neanen 01-02 - 83.4 - Kara Schlechty 00-01 - 81.0 - Laura Sullivan 98-99 - 75.9 - Laura Sullivan 00-01 - 75.9 - Kara Schlechty 91-92 - 74.6 - Mar Falknor 90-91 - 73.6 - Cindi Neanen 98-99 - 72.9 - Kara Schlechty 89-90 - 72.8 - Cindi Neanen 99-00 - 72.2 - Laura Sullivan	Career Free Throw % 76.2 – Kara Schlechty 74.2 – Laura Sullivan 73.5 – Cindy Neanen 64.8 – Krista Falknor 63.9 – Lindsey Vietor 63.5 – Shaun Richards 62.9 – Beth Tipton 62.5 – Kami Schlechty 62.4 – Marlinda Falknor 61.9 – Sherry Hedger	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
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	Season Most Points 01-02 - 564 – Kara Schlechty 91-92 - 459 – Cindi Neanen 99-00 - 455 – Kara Schlechty 90-91 - 446 – Cindi Neanen 89-90 - 370 – Cindi Neanen 90-91 - 358 – Christi Hollinger 00-01 - 358 – Lindsey Ward 02-03 - 352 – Kasey Falknor 87-88 - 339 – Shawn Bietry 00-01 - 336 – Kara Schlechty	Career Most Points 1667 – Kara Schlecty 1547 – Cindi Neanen 1043 – Jamie Ballard 1037 – Shaun Richards 960 – Leah Scantland 920 – Mel Neargarder 848 – Laura Sullivan 841 – Kasey Falknor 712 – Brenda Downing 709 – Heather Deaton
Game Most Assists 18 – Jamie Ballard 17 – Jamie Ballard (2 Times) 14 – Jamie Ballard (2 Times) 13 – Jamie Ballard 12 – Jamie Ballard (3 Times) 12 – Brennan Moore 11 – Jamie Ballard (4 Times) 11 – Bren Moore (2 Times)	Season Most Assists 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	Career Most Assists 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 172 – Jodi Fourman
Game Most Rebounds 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 – (7 way tie)	Season Most Rebounds 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	Career Most Rebounds 846 – Brenda Downing 762 – Kri. Rhoades 729 – Em Fisherback 676 – Kara Schlechty 645 – Mel Neargarder 585 – Melissa Willetts 578 – Dawn George 552 – Tammy Kimmel 521 – Melinda Downing 511 – Heather Deaton
Games Most Steals 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	Season Most Steals 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	Career Most Steals 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 01-02 - 187 - Kara Schlechty 91-92 - 166 - Cindi Neanen 99-00 - 157 - Kara Schlechty 80-81 - 150 - Shaun Richards 86-87 - 148 - Leah Scantland 90-91 - 145 - Cindi Neanen 00-01 - 144 - Lindsey Ward 90-91 - 144 - Chris Hollinger 87-88 - 138 - Shawn Bietry 83-84 - 126 - Lisa Thomas 84-85 - 126 - Jodi Fourman	Season 3PT FG% 89-90 - 47.7 - Cindi Neanen 96-97 - 47.1 - Emily Riegle 90-91 - 43.8 - Jamie Ballard 88-89 - 43.2 - Cindi Neanen 90-91 - 43.2 - Cindi Neanen 00-01 - 35.6 - Kasey Falknor 98-99 - 34.6 - Kara Schlechty 98-99 - 33.6 - Laura Sullivan 04-05 - 33.3 - Karli Dill 01-02 - 33.0 - Kasey Falknor 00-01 - 31.5 - Kara Schlechty	Career 3PT FG% 44.8 – Cindi Neanen 41.9 – Jamie Ballard 36.2 – Krista Falknor 33.0 – Teresa Ballard 31.7 – Kara Schlechty 30.0 – Emily Riegle 29.0 – Kasey Falknor 28.3 – Laura Sullivan 25.6 – Celeste Shilot 25.1 – Sherry Hedger

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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

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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