IHSAA-Farm Bureau Insurance 3-Point Shoot-Out

1998 IHSAA-Farm Bureau Insurance

3-Point Shoot-Out

March 14, 1998

Market Square Arena, Indianapolis.

Tell City's Kara Kessana Captures Title

Kara Kessans, a senior at Tell City High School, won the fourth annual IHSAA-Farm Bureau Insurance 3-Point Shootout title March 14,1998 at Market Square Arena when she hit 16 of a possible 25 shots in the final round. Kessans is a 5-9 guard who has signed a basketball letter of intent with the University of Louisville. She averaged 24.4 points this season, ranking 10^th in the state.

Kourtney Mennen, a junior from Clinton Prairie and a member of the school's 1997 IHSAA Class A Volleyball state championship team, finished as the runner-up with 13 treys.

Lindsay Nelson of Western was third with 12, followed by junior Kristy Thomann of North Vermillion with 10.

Competition began at the sectional level, and every sectional in the state was represented at the state finals. At each level of competition, shooters had the opportunity to shoot five balls at each of five different locations around the three-point arc within a 60-second period.

FINALS

Sectional Represented	Name	School	Grade	Total Points
Logansport	Crystal Hardesty	McCutcheon	12	4
Center Grove	Bethany Botzum	Ben Davis	12	7
Lebanon	Lindsay Nelson	Western	11	12
Evansville Bosse	Kara Kessans	Tell City	12	16
Wheeler	Megan Smith	Wheeler	12	8
Cascade	Selena Page	North Putnam	10	9
Clinton Central	Kourtney Mennen	Clinton Prairie	11	13
North Vermillion	Kristy Thomann	North Vermillion	11	10

PRELIMINARIES

Kokomo Semi-State – Class 4A (one advances to finals)

Sectional Represented	Name	School	Grade	Total Points
Huntington North	Sarah Mackay	Huntington North	12	8
Logansport	Crystal Hardesty	McCutcheon	12	14
Merrillville	Kelly O’Brien	Crown Point	12	5
Hammond Morton	Kristin Cheairs	Gary West Side	11	6
Columbia City	Summer McDonald	Fort Wayne Snider	12	4
Concord	Samantha Wideman	Warsaw	12	6
South Bend Adams	Erin Downey	South Bend Clay	9	8
Columbia City	Maria Recker	DeKalb	11	7
Portage	Shelly Jackovich	Valparaiso	12	4

Southport Semi-State – Class 4A (one advances to finals)

Sectional Represented	Name	School	Grade	Total Points
Center Grove	Lindsay Poe	Perry Meridian	12	6
Center Grove	Bethany Botzum	Ben Davis	12	14
Evansville Central	Courtney Blevins	Castle	10	3
Brownsburg	Courtney Risinger	Terre Haute South	12	10
Floyd Central	Laura Hayes	Bedford North Lawrence	12	7
Lawrence Central	Lindsay Fisher	Lawrence North	10	10
Hamilton Southeastern	Brea Thomas	Pike	12	8
Martinsville	Suzie Steele	Columbus North	12	9
Connersville	Angel Hall	Anderson Highland	11	9

Warsaw Semi-State – Class 3A (one advances to finals)

Sectional Represented	Name	School	Grade	Total Points
Wawasee	Tiffany Glingle	NorthWood	12	3
Calumet	Kara Austgen	Andrean	11	5
Rensselaer	Jennifer Ginzer	Kankakee Valley	12	10
Lebanon	Lindsay Nelson	Western	11	10*
Carroll (Ft. Wayne)	Maria Marchesano	Ft. Wayne Elmhurst	9	7
Wawasee	Stacey Byers	West Noble	10	6
Yorktown	Kristy Franklin	Yorktown	12	9
So. Bend Washington	Courtney Wunder	Culver Girls Academy	11	7
New Haven	Rachel Reinhard	Norwell	12	8

* Won tiebreaker

Jasper Semi-State – Class 3A (one advances to finals)

Sectional Represented	Name	School	Grade	Total Points
Evansville Bosse	Kara Kessans	Tell City	12	11
Owen Valley	Jodie Scott	South Vermillion	12	5
Silver Creek	Megan Reasor	Salem	11	6
Batesville	Andrea Nocks	South Dearborn	11	9
Danville	Tamara Masterson	Plainfield	12	8
Beech Grove	Erin Moran	Roncalli	9	9
Vincennes Lincoln	Abby Mehringer	Jasper	12	6
Evansville Bosse	Kelly Dockery	Evansville Memorial	12	8
Greenfield-Central	Johna Goff	Mt. Vernon (Fortville)	11	4

Logansport Semi-State – Class 2A (one advances to finals)

Sectional Represented	Name	School	Grade	Total Points
Eastbrook	Jamie Grogg	Adams Central	9	4
Wheeler	Megan Smith	Wheeler	12	10
Northfield	Megan Eckert	Manchester	11	8
Shenandoah	Carrie Campbell	Tipton	11	7
Westview	Coutney Lange	Churubusco	10	3
Northwestern	Julie Vincent	Pioneer	12	5
Eastside	Kara Moore	Woodlan	12	6
Northfield	Staci White	Northfield	10	8
Winamac	Katie Strycker	LaVille	10	8

Bedford North Lawrence Semi-State – Class 2A (one advances to finals)

Sectional Represented	Name	School	Grade	Total Points
Southmont	Stacey White	Seeger	10	10
Oakland City Wood	Amanda Herr	North Posey	11	9
Triton Central	Emily Bastin	Triton Central	11	8
Cascade	Selena Page	North Putnam	10	12
North Knox	Traci Lowery	Mitchell	12	6
Northeastern	Dana Arent	Union County	10	7
Cascade	Kapica Davis	Tri-West Hendricks	12	11
Eastern (Pekin)	Tessa Wynn	Southwestern (Hanover)	11	9
South Decatur	Julie Holzer	North Decatur	10	8

Huntington North Semi-State – Class A (one advances to finals)

Sectional Represented	Name	School	Grade	Total Points
Hamilton	Jamie Headley	Hamilton	11	6
North White	Stacy Miiller	South Newton	10	6
Randolph Southern	Morgan Mills	Monroe Central	10	4
Culver Community	Eva Fryar	South Central (Union Mills)	12	5
Wes-Del	Jessica Harlow	Tri-Central	11	9
Clinton Central	Kourtney Mennen	Clinton Prairie	11	14
Kouts	Julie McNeil	Kouts	12	12
Blue River Valley	Christy Woodward	Tri	12	5
Blue River Valley	Courtney Lickliter	Park Tudor	10	6

Greenwood Semi-State – Class A (one advances to finals)

Sectional Represented	Name	School	Grade	Total Points
Loogootee	Jayme Jeffers	Loogootee	12	6
Tecumseh	Amanda Hagen	Northeast Dubois	12	9
New Washington	Brandi Guernsey	Henryville	11	10
West Washington	Erin Stackhouse	Springs Valley	10	5
New Washington	Kirsti Holloway	New Washington	10	7
North Vermillion	Kristy Thomann	North Vermillion	11	11
Clay City	Patti Groover	Clay City	11	10
Morristown	Delena White	Southwestern (Shelbyville)	11	9
Milan	Amanda Richardson	Hauser	11	6