With the NCAA Men's & Women's basketball tournaments getting underway this upcoming week, it seems natural to highlight one of college basketball's very best to lead this week's edition of BricksCenter. Pat Summitt served as head coach for the women's basketball team at the University of Tennessee for 38 years ... winning 1,098 games and 8 national championships. Her teams never had a losing season and made the NCAA tournament every year. In order to accomplish these things, clearly the Lady Vols had talent, but they also had mental toughness - instilled in them by their Hall of Fame coach. Here is one of my favorite Pat Summitt quotes:

"By doing things when you are too tired, by pushing yourself farther than you thought you could - like running the track after a two-hour practice - you become a competitor. Each time you go beyond your perceived limit, you become mentally stronger."

With the spring sports season upon us ... and the last quarter of school starting on Monday, mental toughness is something that will be necessary to keep all of us focused on being our best as the year winds down!

NCAA Tournament play begins Tuesday ... BricksCenter starts right now!

Like all seasons, the winter of 24-25 was quite a roller coaster ... particularly when the weather in January created some MADNESS at times. Before we formally welcome spring, it seems only fitting to take one last glance at all the SHINING MOMENTS from the past 4 months in Brickie sports! Our student athletes and coaches WORK WORK WORKed very hard to put something out there that we could be proud of. CONGRATULATIONS to wrestling, gymnastics, basketball and swimming for an AMAZING winter!!

#ONESHININGMOMENT

On Thursday night, the Brickies were back at Lambert Fieldhouse on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette for another Hoosier State Relays (HSR) Qualifier! If you recall, Hobart was just there last Saturday for a number of individual events. On Thursday, there were more opportunities for individuals to compete, but it also offered a chance to RUN SOME RELAYS ...and that baton was FLYING around the 200m indoor track!! WOW!!

For the girls, junior Millie Massey earned a top 10 finish in the 3200m run ...a FAB 4 freshman crew - Layla Massey, Khloe Reyes, Sydney Reyes & Ana Medellin - also notched a top 10 finish in the 4x800m relay ... and the Distance Medley Relay, where competitors run a 1200-400-800-1600, raced to a TOP 5 finish!! The Lady Brickie DMR was composed of juniors Cassie Cohen & Aalliah Otero and freshmen Ella Lopez & Lilliana Lopez and they not only placed 1st in their timed section, but also ran a TOP 10 time in the last 25 years of Hobart girls track!! AWESOME WORK WORK WORK LADIES!!!

Also ... LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOYS!! Our guys were FANTASTIC on Thursday with 7 TOP 10 finishes in a fieldhouse that felt more like a sauna and featuring teams from Fort Wayne to Indianapolis in the house to compete! Sophomore Bryce Tolliver got things going placing 7th out of 28 total runners in the 55m hurdles! Hobart's 4x800m relay team consisting of seniors Nick Meagher, Dom Rivera & Brett Davis and junior Stephen Allande finished 8th overall ... and the boys DMR - seniors Kolin Gladney, Dane Homoky & Shearer and junior Durgon Click - came across the finish in 9th! The boys 4x200m relay was absolutely FLYING around Lambert Fieldhouse ...WON their heat ...earned a TOP 5 finish ...and raced to the 3rd fastest time in the last 25 years of Brickie Track!! HOLY COW!! The Brickie 4x2 crew was made up of Shearer, classmates Jaelen Williams & Kael Schlosser and junior Adrian Stojkoski. In the individual events, BOTH Brickie throwers - seniors Patrick O'Connor (6th) & Luke Juris (8th) - found themselves in the TOP 10 of the shot put and Schlosser leaped to an 8th place finish in the long jump!

Overall, it was definitely a GREAT DAY TO BE A BRICKIE!! WHAT A PERFORMANCE!!

Here are some results from Thursday's qualifier:

Girls

55m Hurdles - sophomore Love Jimenez (29th), sophomore Marin Ray (36th)

3200m Run - junior Emilia Massey (7th)

4x800m Relay - freshmen Layla Massey, Khloe Reyes, Sydney Reyes & Ana Medellin (9th)

Distance Medley Relay - juniors Cassie Cohen & Aalliah Otero and freshmen Ella Lopez & Lilliana Lopez (4th)

Shot Put - senior Taylor Pope (15th)

Boys

55m Hurdles - sophomore Bryce Tolliver (7th)

4x800m Relay - seniors Nick Meagher, Dom Rivera & Brett Davis and junior Stephen Allande(8th)

4x200m Relay - seniors Willy Shearer, Jaelen Williams & Kael Schlosser and junior Adrian Stojkoski (5th)

Distance Medley Relay - seniors Kolin Gladney, Dane Homoky & Shearer and junior Durgon Click (9th)

High Jump - senior Deacon Caesar (13th)

Long Jump - Schlosser (8th), sophomore Nathan Sobczynski (20th)

Shot Put - senior Patrick O'Connor (6th), senior Luke Juris (8th)

#SPECTRACKULAR

#PRIDEANDTRADITION

March is recognized as National Athletic Training Month. Therefore, it's important for us to recognize and CELEBRATE Mark Leto and Rhylee Beshears for all they do here at HHS to support our student athletes! We are BLESSED to have two AMAZING people filling this integral role for our athletic program! THANK YOU Mark & Rhylee - you rock!!

#MENDINGBROKENBRICKIES

CONGRATULATIONS to our boys wrestling team for their 11 Scholar All Americans this year!

Special thanks to Richelle Aubin for serving as their academic advisor and pushing our guys to be their best in the classroom!

#WORKWORKWORK

CONGRATULATIONS to our Lady Brickie cagers who competed in the Indiana Elite North-South All-Star games a week ago at Lebanon High School! Seniors Hallie Pendleton & Ladan Wienman both laced them up for the North squad and helped them pick up a 'W' over the South team! GREAT JOB LADIES!! Coach Gregory even got a front row seat as he served as the coach of the North team!

#EXCELLENTONPURPOSE

Competing at the NCAA Division 1 Indoor Championships, University of Illinois sophomore Cody Johnston (HHS Class of '23 and 2x IHSAA State Champion) cleared a height of 18' - 4 3/4" to place 8th overall and earn ALL-AMERICAN HONORS in the pole vault!! Cody is just the 5th Illini man EVER to earn indoor All-American recognition in the pole vault!

GREAT JOB CODY!! WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!!

#NEXTLEVEL

#ALLAMERICAN

Now that we've wrapped up the winter sports season, it's time to hand out some hardware! Swimming & Diving, Girls Basketball and Boys Basketball will all be distributing their awards this upcoming week. See below for dates, times & locations.

#BRICKIESTOBRAGABOUT

CONGRATULATIONS to our February Athletes of the Month!

Aiden Granger - Boys Wrestling

Luke Juris - Boys Wrestling

Avrie Robb - Gymnastics

Durgon Click, Jaden Cano, Evan Harness & Christian Kertz - Boys Swimming (Relay team)

Cheerleading

Paxson Hicko - Boys Basketball

#EXCELLENTONPURPOSE

Baseball - First Official Practice

Girls Tennis - First Official Practice

Boys Golf - First Official Practice

Tuesday

Girls Track & Field @ Purple & Gold Meet

Boys Track & Field @ Purple & Gold Meet

Wednesday

No Events Scheduled

Thursday

No Events Scheduled

Friday

No Events Scheduled

Saturday

No Events Scheduled