Switz. Co's Hunter Hayes Named ORVC Boys Basketball POTW

By Travis Thayer (Vevay, Ind.) – Following two solid performances, Switzerland County High School’s Hunter Hayes is “wanted” as the Ohio River Valley Conference Boys Basketball Player of the Week. The ORVC Report for the week of January 9-14 was released Tuesday. Switzerland County Pacers standout Hunter Hayes earned weekly honors by averaging 18.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game in two wins over Southwestern (Hanover) and South Ripley. On the girls side, Rising Sun’s Lucy Carrigan and Shawe Memorial’s Claire Higgins are the ORVC Girls Basketball Co-Player of the Week. Carrigan continued her excellent play accumulating 48 points, 11 rebounds and 5 steals in two games, while shooting 20-23 from the free-throw line. The Lady Shiners star leads the ORVC in scoring at 25.1 points per game, good for fourth in the state. Higgins was equally as good, totaling 54 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals in three games. Other top performers for the week of Jan. 9-14 are listed below.   Girls Morgen Carroll (JCD) - 20 pts, 24 rebs, 6 defl, 2 stl, ast in 2 games Rosie Newhart (JCD) - 20 pts, 18 rebs in 2 games Mariah Day (JCD) - 25 pts, 5 rebs, 4 blk, 3 ast, 3 stl in 2 games Julia Rea (SR) - 27 pts, 7 rebs, 6 ast, 3 stl in 2 games Morgan Peetz (SR) - 29 pts, 7 ast, 6 rebs in 2 games Aleiah Thomas (SC) - 9 pts, 9 rebs, ast in 2 games Whitley Schirmer (SC) - 11 pts, 6 rebs, 3 ast in 2 games   Boys Austin King (M) - 22 pts, 3 rebs, 2 stl, 3/6 3’s, 5/9 FG in 2 games (GW lay-up vs. RS) Blane Beck (M) - 22 pts, 13 rebs in 2 games Jordan Burton (M) - 19 pts, 2 stl vs. Hauser Brent Turner (RS) - 21 pts, 28 rebs, 3 ast in 2 games Noah Pflum (RS) - 19 pts, 2 ast vs. Milan Cory Walker (SR) - 19 pts, 4 rebs vs. Switzerland Co. Justin Green (SC) - 13 pts, 15 rebs vs. South Ripley Kollin Hayes (SC) - 14 pts, 9 rebs, 4 ast in 2 games