(SUBMITTED PHOTO) Franklin Central High School’s Malachi Quarles, IHSAA state champion in 100- and 300-meter hurdles, receives the Robert S. Hinshaw Mental Attitude Award in boys track and field Friday at the IHSAA boys’ state finals at Indiana University in Bloomington. Quarles is with parents Ricky and Nancy Quarles and an unidentified presenter. The IHSAA Executive Committee, on behalf of Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, presented a $1,000 scholarship to FCHS in Quarles’ name. This season, the Flashes’ senior also was a double champion in conference, sectional and regional meets. AT FCHS, he served as president of the Class of 2019, speech team and Black Student Union. Quarles also received the Cougil Award as the outstanding senior athlete at FCHS, the BlakeStrong Scholarship, FCHS English Department award for public speaking and the William Clarke Award for Social Studies. He plans to attend Georgetown University in the fall and study Government and African American Studies.
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(SUBMITTED PHOTO) Franklin Central’s top doubles team of sophomores Carly Sobieralski, right, and Brooklyn Schiffli are among the Elite Eight competing Friday and Saturday in the IHSAA girls’ tennis state finals at Park Tudor School. 7200 N. College Ave., Indianapolis. They face Jasper’s Josie Yarbrough and Suchi Bandaru at 2 p.m. in a quarter-finals match. The winner plays Saturday at 10 a.m., in the semifinals with the state championship match at 2 p.m. The FC duo captured the No. 1 doubles regional championship May 31 at Fishers High School with a thrilling come-from-behind title win against Avon. Sobieralski and Schiffli and the Avon duo had split the first two sets. The Flashes trailed 5-2 in the third set and won five straight games for a stunning 7-5 triumph. Earlier the FC pair defeated New Palestine, 6-3, 6-0, to reach the title match. Admission Friday and Saturday is $5 per person. |
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