Silver Creek, Cathedral Advance to Seymour Semistate Championship Game
Silver Creek routed Roncalli 67-44 and Cathedral topped Princeton 85-64 to set up a 7 p.m. semistate title game at Lloyd E. Scott Gymnasium.
No. 1-ranked Silver Creek and Indianapolis Cathedral punched their tickets to the Class 3A South semistate championship game Saturday, with the Dragons dismantling Indianapolis Roncalli 67-44 and the Fighting Irish routing Princeton Community 85-64 in a morning doubleheader at Lloyd E. Scott Gymnasium inside Seymour High School.
The two winners will meet in the semistate title game at 7 p.m. Central at the same site, with a trip to the state finals on the line.
Silver Creek's margin of victory spoke to just how dominant the Dragons have been all season. Entering the game at 28-1 and undefeated in Mid-Southern Conference play at 7-0, the Dragons carried the weight of three prior championship banners into Seymour: outright Mid-Southern Conference champions, IHSAA Class 3A Sectional 30 champions at Madison, and IHSAA Class 3A Charlestown Regional champions. The 23-point win over Roncalli was entirely consistent with a program that has not lost since early in the season.
Head coach Brandon Hoffman, in his 16th season at Silver Creek, improved his career record to 289-114. The Dragons carried the top ranking in the final Indiana USA Today Network Class 3A Poll into Saturday and checked in at No. 2 in the final Indiana Basketball Coaches Association One-Class Poll, making them the consensus favorite to close out the bracket.
The second semifinal was equally lopsided. Cathedral handled Princeton Community by 21 points, 85-64, eliminating a Tigers squad that came in with multiple proven contributors. Princeton's Edwin Holmes, a senior forward who averaged 15.1 points, 9.1 rebounds, 4.9 assists, 2.4 steals, and 1.1 blocks per game entering the postseason, led a balanced attack that also included sophomore guard Quintyn Voltz at 14.1 points per game and senior guard DeMarcus Newson at 12.1 points and 3.8 assists per game. Senior forward Drew Wilkas averaged 10.9 points and 3.9 rebounds, giving Princeton four players in double figures heading into the bracket. Cathedral's offense, however, proved too much to contain.
The semistate championship game tips at 7 p.m. Central at Lloyd E. Scott Gymnasium, 1350 West Second Street in Seymour. Silver Creek, riding a deep postseason run and a coaching staff with 289 wins of institutional knowledge behind it, will be the heavy favorite. Cathedral will arrive having just posted 85 points against a Princeton team that was no pushover on paper.
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