Henryville Basketball |
Miscellaneous History |
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On March 6, 2004, Henryville won its first Boys' Sectional championship by defeating Lanesville in the |
1A championship at Henryville, 55-38. The Hornets were led in scoring by Eric Hester with 20 points and the 2nd |
leading scorer in the state, Shane Meadows, finished with 17. The 2003-04 team was later defeated in the |
Regional Championship by eventual State Champion Waldron 61-55, who finished the season 27-0. Prior to falling |
to Waldron, the Hornets defeated Jac-Cen-Del 74-50 in the Regional Semi-Finals on top of Shane Meadows |
48 points, which is the 9th most points ever scored in an Indiana State Tournament Game. |
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On March 5, 2005, Henryville won its second consecutive Sectional championship by defeating |
Lanesville in the 1A championship at New Washington. The Hornets defeated Orleans 39-37 in the Regional |
Semi-Finals on a layup as time expired by Michael Graf, who received an inbounds pass from Cody Munk with 0.7 |
seconds left. Henryville was defeated that night in the Regional Championship by Hauser. |
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The 1944-45 and the 1945-46 teams coached by Herman Furnish, remain arguably the most revered |
teams in school history. Led by Keith Munk and Howard Zollman, who are each in the top 8 of the school's all-time |
scoring list, the Hornets finished each regular season undefeated. Henryville was eventually defeated by Jeffersonville |
in each years Sectional, however, each of these 2 teams are honored at the Indiana High School Basketball Hall of Fame. |
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The 1953-54 team was the first team ever to reach the One Class Sectional Finals, losing to Jeffersonville. |
Other teams to reach the Sectional Finals were the 1979-80 team coached by Dennis Holt and defeated by Silver |
Creek; the 1981-82 team also coached by Dennis Holt and defeated by Silver Creek; the 1987-88 team coached by |
Terry Rademacher and defeated by Floyd Central and future Mr. Basketball Pat Graham; the 1998-99 team coach by |
John Bradley defeated by Graceland in the new 1A class tournament, the 2000-01 team defeated by 1A #2 New |
Washington, also coached by Bradley, the 2002-03 team coached by Jack Brooks and defeated by Shawe, the |
2006-07 team coached by Perry Hunter and defeated by Lanesville at Henryville, and the 2009-10 team coached by |
Perry Hunter and defeated by Lanesville at Borden. |
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Southern Athletic Conference championships were won in 1979, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2018 and |
2019, and a Dixie Athletic Conference Championship was won in 1963. |
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On January 2, 2010, Henryville resurrected the Henryville Invitational Tournament and re-named it the |
McKee Munk Invitational after long time player, referee, and team bus driver McKee Munk who recently had |
passed away and the Hornets defeated Southwestern (Hanover) to win the title. On December 23, 2014, the |
Hornets defeated Madison Shawe to win their second McKee Munk Invitational Championship behind first year |
coach Jared Hill, who is McKee Munk's grandson. Henryville won its second consecutive McKee Munk |
Invitational Championship on December 22, 2015 after defeated Southwestern (Hanover) in the Championship 41-27. |
On December 22, 2016, Henryville won it's 3rd straight McKee Munk Invitational title after routing Crothersville |
in the champsionship 82-36. On December 20, 2017, Henryville won it's 4th straight McKee Munk Invitational |
defeating Indianapolis Metropolitan in the championship game 71-60. |