The Penn Boys Basketball Team beat Bremen 78-39 on Tuesday, Feb. 6

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Penn’s defensive effort sparked the Kingsmen in a 72-46 victory on the road against Crown Point in high school boys basketball action on Saturday, Feb. 10.

Penn forced 16 turnovers while only committing eight. The Kingsmen cashed in, scoring 21 points off of turnovers, while only giving up six points off of turnovers.

Penn’s relentless defense limited Crown Point to 39 percent.

Kingsmen hit 53 percent of their shots – including 7-of-14 from 3-point range.

Penn hit a torrid 58 percent in the first half. The Kingsmen outscored Crown Point 22-9 in the second quarter to take a 38-21 halftime lead.

Beau Ludwick scored 14 points in the first half and finished with 17.

Noah Applegate, who finished off the first half with two thunderdunks, scored 23 points.

Drew Lutz scored 21 points.

Drew Schneider dished out 10 assists for the Kingsmen.

The Penn Girls Basketball Team rallied in the second half to stun Lake Central, 43-41, on Saturday, Feb. 10, to capture the Class 4-A Regional Championship at LaPorte.

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Sara Doi hit a driving lay-up in traffic with 4.5 seconds left, and the Penn High School Girls Basketball Team held on for a stunning 43-41 victory against Lake Central to capture the Class 4-A Regional Championship at LaPorte on Saturday, Feb. 10.

Penn (26-1) avenged its only loss of the season with the victory. Lake Central beat Penn, 51-43, on Nov. 18. Lake Central’s season ends at 22-7.

Coach Kristi Kaniewski Ulrich’s Kingsmen advance to the Valparaiso Semi-State on Saturday, Feb. 17. The Kingsmen play Zionsville (21-5) at 3 p.m. ET.

Penn trailed by as many as 11 points.

Lake Central led 41-39 when Tia Chambers hit a lay-up with 1:43 left. Chambers scored all six of her points in the final quarter.

Freshman Jordyn Smith finished with 12 points, and Doi scored 11.

Penn beat Elkhart Central 52-48 in the first game.

Sara Doi scored 13 points, and Tia Chambers and Trinity Clinton scored 12 points each.

Penn High’s Girls Swimming and Diving team finished 17th at the IHSAA State Championships with a total of 40.5 points at the State Finals on Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Indiana University Natatorium on the IUPUI campus in Indianapolis.

Madilyn Ziegert placed fifth in the state in the 50 freestyle in 23.57.

Makenna Bottorff placed seventh in the state in the 100 butterfly in 55.80.

Madilyn Ziegert placed ninth in the state in the 100 freestyle in 51.83.

Penn's 400 freestyle relay (Makenna Bottorff, Madilyn Ziegert, Elizabeth Mejia, Sydney Acito) placed 14th in the state in 3:34.63.

Penn High's Girls Basketball Team, which captured the Northern Indiana Conference with a perfect 12-0 record, boasted some top honors on the all-NIC Girls Basketball Team.

Penn Head Coach Kristi Kaniewski Ulrich was named co-Coach of the Year, sharing the honor with Marian Head Coach Steve Scott.

Senior Sara Doi was named First-Team All-NIC.

Senior Tia Chambers and Freshman Jordyn Smith were each named to the All-NIC Second Team.

Freshman Trinity Clinton was named All-NIC Honorable Mention.

Coach Brad Harper's Penn Kingsmen Wrestling Team outdistanced arch-rival Mishawaka, 184-145.5, to capture its eighth consecutive Regional Championship on Saturday, Feb. 3.

Penn celebrated seven individual championships and advance 10 wrestlers to the East Chicago Semi-State on Saturday, Feb. 10.

Penn's Tanner DeMien pulled off a major upset in the 126-pound weight class by beating No. 9-ranked Braxton Alexander from Wawasee.

Preston Risner also pulled off a stunner in the 138 Championship bout. Risner defeated previously unbeaten Adam Davis of Culver Academy.

Kingsmen Semi-state qualifiers:

113: Evan Light, 1st

120: Vince Sparrow, 1st

126: Tanner DeMein, 1st

132: Logan Hill, 4th

138: Preston Risner, 1st

160: Colin Wilson, 2nd

170: Noah Brown, 1st

182: Max Chaffee, 1st

195: Rockne Hurley, 1st

220: Adam Berta, 2nd

Penn High's Kingsmen captured the Class 4-A Sectional 3 Championship in Girls Basketball with a 55-46 victory against South Bend St. Joseph on Friday, Feb. 3.

Coach Kristi Kaniewski Ulrich's Kingsmen improved to 24-1 with the victory. Penn advances to the LaPorte Regional on Saturday, Feb. 10. The Kingsmen play Elkhart Central (17-8) at 1 p.m. ET in the Class 4-A LaPorte Regional. The winner advances to the Regional Championship game at 8 p.m. Penn beat Elkhart Central, 54-36, on Nov. 25. St. Joe's season ends at 18-6.

Penn's game against St. Joe featured two programs that win State Championships the previous two years.

Penn won the Class 4-A State Crown in 2016, and St. Joe won the Class 3-A State Championship in 2017.

In the Sectional Championship victory against St. Joe, Senior Sara Doi led Penn with 14 points, six rebounds and two assists.

Senior Tia Chambers and Freshman Trinity Clinton scored nine points each. for 9 points.

Reganne Pate helped the Kingsmen cause with two key 3-pointers.

On Thursday, March 8, P-H-M’s Forum is sponsoring a districtwide parent meeting on Internet Safety.

According to the Pew Research Center, 94% of teens use their cell phone for their online activity and 71% use more than one social media site.

What do you need to know as parents and guardians to keep them safe online when they’re at home?

Hear from cybercrime and internet safety expert St. Joseph County Police Department’s Officer Eric Tamashasky on Thursday, March 8, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m., in the cafeteria of Schmucker Middle School (56045 Bittersweet Road, Mishawaka).

This is a districtwide event sponsored by the P-H-M Forum parent group and is open to all P-H-M parents. Because of the nature of Offc. Tamashasky’s presentation concerning the online dangers parents need to be aware of, this event is not suitable for students below 9th grade. Spread the word to other P-H-M parents about this informational opportunity.  

Penn High School’s Girls Swimming and Diving Team will be pursuing IHSAA blue ribbons this weekend as the Kingsmen compete in the State Championships.

Action starts at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 9, at the Indiana University Natatorium on the IUPUI campus in Indianapolis with preliminary action.

The diving preliminaries and semifinals are scheduled to start at 9 a.m. ET on Saturday, Feb. 10. The consolations and finals for all events are set for 1 p.m. on Saturday at the Indiana University Natatorium on the IUPUI campus.

Saturday's championship and consolation finals will be streamed live at IHSAAtv.org beginning at 1 p.m. ET.

Madilyn Ziegert, who won two Sectional Championships, is entered in the 50 freestyle (seventh seed) and 100 freestyle (10th seed).

Makenna Bottorff is competing in the 100 butterfly (sixth seed).

The Kingsmen 200 freestyle relay team of Makenna Bottorff, Madilyn Ziegert, Sophia Darr and Sydney Acito is the sixth seed.

Penn’s 400 freestyle relay team of Makenna Bottorff, Madilyn Ziegert, Sophia Darr, Sydney Acito is the 11th seed.

Sectional Champion Bailey Betzer is competing in the Diving State Finals.