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The Busco Boys basketball team won its 4^th straight game and 3^rd straight road game with a 65-56 victory Friday night over NECC foe, Fremont.  With the victory, Busco improves to 4-4 on the year and 2-2 in the NECC.  The 4 game win streak is the longest since a 4 game winning streak back in the 2005 season. 

Leading the Eagles in scoring Friday night was junior Kyle Monk with a game-high 18 points.  Monk also grabbed 5 rebounds on the night.  Hunter Nicodemus added 12 points for the visiting Eagles, while Kyle Mathewson scored 9. 

The Eagles seem to be finding their stride and have seemingly gained some momentum heading into the NECC tournament next week.  The Busco boys (4-4, 2-2) received a 1^st round bye.  Therefore, they will be on the road Wednesday night against the winner of the Tuesday night match-up between the Prairie Heights Panthers (2-8, 0-5) and the Fairfield Falcons (6-2, 4-0).

The Churubusco Lady Eagles dropped a conference game to the Fremont Lady Eagles (10-2, 6-1) on Friday night by a final score of 54-32.  Leading the scoring for Churubusco was sophomore Haleigh Gross, who scored a game-high 17 points. 

The Lady Eagles rebounded Saturday night with a 60-44 victory over the Hamilton Lady Marines.  The victory was the third for one of the season for the Lady Eagles (3-10, 1-6), and the first win in the NECC.  Like the boys, the Lady Eagles will face the winner of Prairie Heights (4-9, 3-5) and Fairfield (9-3, 6-1) on Wednesday night.

This past week the Churubusco Youth League held their annual tournaments and the 2009 Major League Girls champs are from the Egolf’s IGA team.

The team & coaches would like to thank Bob Egolf of Egolf’s IGA for his sponsorship this year.

The coaches would also like to congratulate the girls on a job well done this year!

Front: Elaine Horn, Shylyn Clouse, Cassidy Perlich, Mercade Chambliss - Second Row: Sophie Perlich, Sierra Coil, Baylee Shively, Alyssa Anderson, Coach Troy Horn - Third Row: Coach Melanie Perlich, Kaylee Scott, Alisha Farner, Megan Vogts, Skyler Barrett - Back Row: Coach Todd Anderson & Coach Kerry Clouse

A. Bankson

D. Hartmann

Alexis Bankson was selected to the All-Northeast Indiana Volleyball second team and Danielle Hartman was selected Honorable Mention.

Bankson, a 5′7″ junior at Churubusco High School, played setter, while Hartmann,  also a junior, played defensive specialist.

In November, Bankson and Hartmann were named to the NECC All-Conference Volleyball Team, and middle hitter Rachelle Ranney received Honorable Mention.

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The Eagles took an early lead in the game and held that lead going into the half. After halftime the Warriors came out fired up and created some turnovers and made a run to gain the lead.

At one point in the second half the Eagles went down by 12, but came within 4 with less than 1:00 left. The Eagles were able to bring it down to an one point lead with 3 seconds on the clock, but were unable to draw a foul.

The 10th ranked Warriors were able to sneak out of Churubusco with a 61-60 win. Tom Zumbrun, Churubusco forward, led all scores with 21. Westview was led by Justin Jantzi with 12.

The Eagles next game is against county rivals Columbia  City on Tuesday at Churubusco.