Pick The Winners Challenge: Final Results
March 26th, 2008Congratulations to Roger Bragg of Hope, Lloyd Frensemeier of Batesville, Rob Lafary of Versailles, Shawn Martin of Lafayette, Scott Peper of Beech Grove and Ron Singleton of Knox, who each predicted all four Indiana state basketball champions to win the 16th and final IndianaHoops.com Pick The Winners Challenge of the 2007-2008 season.
All are previous Challenge winners. Peper takes his season-best fourth win and 7th overall, putting him all alone in 8th place on the all-time list. Singleton’s first win of the year is his 8th overall, putting him one spot of Peper all-time. Frensemeier has his second of the season and 5th all-time, good for a tie for 14th overall. Bragg’s first victory this year is his 4th overall. Lafary’s second this year is his third overall, and Martin’s first this season is also his third all-time. Click here for the Challenge’s all-time records.
With his win, Peper takes the postseason championship, ending up with 66 correct picks. Bob Uggen of Hartford City was second with 63 and Chad Boldry of Macy third with 62.
Boldry’s 62 in the postseason, added to his regular-season best 81, was more than enough to clinch the overall season championship. Boldry’s 143 (of a possible 208) is three better than the rest of the field. There ended up being a three-way tie for 2nd between Peper, Joel Grimmer of Griffith and Steve Young of Greensburg, who each had 140. Click here for the season standings.
Congratulations to all the winners - and thanks to all of you once again for taking part in the Challenge. Most of you were past players who came back to the site after its one-year hiatus last year, and your participation is appreciated. For those who found the site for the first time this year, thanks to you as well.
As we put the wraps on the website - and the Challenge - for another year, your feedback is appreciated on how the site can be made better next year. Please send an email to matt@indianahoops.com or leave a comment below and make your voice heard.
I enjoy doing this site, and glad you’re a part of it. Thanks again and we’ll get together again next November.
Matt Scheidler
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Here are the winners of the state finals, with the percentage of players picking each game correctly:
4A: Brownsburg (36%)
3A: Washington (88%)
2A: Ft. Wayne Bishop Luers (55%)
1A: Triton (79%)
The results:
Roger Bragg, Hope - 4
Lloyd Frensemeier, Batesville - 4
Rob Lafary, Versailles - 4
Shawn Martin, Lafayette - 4
Scott Peper, Beech Grove - 4
Ron Singleton, Knox - 4
Chad Boldry, Macy - 3
Gordon Burgess, Greensburg - 3
Brian Colburn, LaPorte - 3
Denver Combs, Richmond - 3
Matthew Crouch, Bloomington - 3
Scott Crouch, Ellettsville - 3
Milen Howard, Garrett - 3
Bob Lafary, Versailles - 3
Arlen Lewis, Dover DE - 3
Justin Mangold, Portland - 3
Gina Skibinski, Michigan City - 3
Steve Young, Greensburg - 3
Randy Breen, Winchester - 2
Chris Colburn, LaPorte - 2
Chris Combs, Manchester KY - 2
“Dondo”, Portage - 2
Tim Drew, Linton - 2
Mike Friend, Muncie - 2
Joel Grimmer, Griffith - 2
Mike Joest, Newburgh - 2
Anne Schmidt, Greensburg - 2
Mark Stevens, Bourbon - 2
Bob Uggen, Hartford City - 2
Scott Zellars, Scottsburg - 2
Cory Friend, Parker City - 1
Todd Hinton, New Albany - 1
Andrew Neal, Indianapolis - 1
Bill Smith, Dillsboro - 1
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