Indiana High School Athletic Association, Inc.

9150 North Meridian Street, Box 40650, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240-0650

Phone: 317-846-6601    Fax: 317-575-4244    Website: www.ihsaa.org

Blake Ress, Commissioner

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                                                                                                                                                   June 9, 2007

 

ANDREAN WINS 3A STATE TITLE 

The Fighting 59ers of Andrean beat Boonville 2-0 in the Class 3A IHSAA State Finals at Ben Davis High School. This is their first state softball title since taking the 2A crown in 1998. Andrean finishes the season with a 29-5 record.

 

The only scoring of the day came in the top of the 4th inning -- Andrean’s Audrey Bickel hit a two run homerun over the center field fence. Right before the blast, Alyssa Moesley singled and eventually scored on the homer.

 

Andrean freshman pitcher Moesley ties the 3A record for fewest hits allowed in a state finals game. She boasts an 18-3 record on the season, and held Boonville to no runs on two hits. Moesley only had three strikeouts on the day and relied on the great Andrean defense behind her. Boonville pitcher Erika Taylor suffers her first loss of the year. She allowed two runs on three hits, and finishes the season with a 20-1 record.

 

Bickel, only a freshman, ties the Class 3A record for homeruns with one and RBI’s with two in the game. Bickel had just three homeruns coming into the contest.

 

Boonville coached by 22nd year skipper Mike Wilson finishes the season with a 23-6 record. The 2006 Class 3A champions were unable to defend their title. Andrean coached by 13th year head coach Frank Podkul is no stranger to the state finals. He has taken Andrean to the state finals four times. Podkul has led Andrean to a pair of state titles and one runner-up performance.

 

 

Abby Schnur of Boonville named Mental Attitude Award winner

Abby Schnur of Boonville High School was recognized by members of the IHSAA Executive Committee as this year’s recipient of the Mental Attitude Award in Class 3A softball.

 

Schnur graduated as the Valedictorian of her senior class this year and her school activities include being a four-year member of both Key Club and Student Council. She was also active in the National Honor Society, IHSAA Student Advisory Committee and Boonville High School Athletic Council for two years. Schnur has been member of 4-H for 10 years and the Warrick County Junior Leaders for six years. She donates her time with the Special Olympics, the St. Clements Catholic Church and works with food and toy drives.

 

Abby was a three-year starter on the Pioneers’ volleyball and basketball teams and named Big-8 All-Conference in 2005 and 2006. She was also named to the Academic All-State Basketball Team.

 

She is the daughter of Dave and Laurie Schnur and plans to study exercise science and play volleyball at Saint Frances University.

 

Matt Smith of Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, the corporate partner of the IHSAA, presented a $1,000 scholarship to Boonville High School in the name of Schnur.