Part two of our of top five moments of the year from each school will feature the Southmont Mounties. The Mounties had a very memorable sports season with many outstanding individual performances as well as great teams. From the boys basketball team winning the Sugar Creek Classic to football winning starting out 6-0 and almost making a historic comeback in the sectional vs No. 1 Linton Stockton.
As stated yesterday these moments were chosen with the help of the athletic directors and are in no particular order. Lets take a look back at the Mounties sports season.
1. Mounties reclaim county chase title for fourth time
The County Chase Trophy for the second straight year came down to the final county matchup of the year in boys golf. After Crawfordsville took home the title last year for the first time in school history, the Mounties were able to redeem themselves this season and were back on top of the county. The win also secured the fourth county chase title in the last five years for the Mounties.
“It feels a little extra rewarding this year because we know how last year ended with it coming down to us and we didn’t get the job done,” Southmont golf coach Bill Whalen said. “You hate to let Southmont athletics down but I’m proud of the kids for getting it done for their school.”
What’s best about the county chase is that it brings out the best in our athletes. It’s a talking point all season between the athletes, coaches, and even the AD’s. The trophy resides with the Mounties yet again for another season, but both the Chargers and Athenians will be hungry to take the trophy back. The 2023-24 sports season can’t begin soon enough.
2. Adam Cox cements his name in Mountie tennis history
Adam Cox talent on the tennis courts was un-matched throughout his career. This past fall Cox punched his ticket to the IHSAA State Finals and the only blemish on his 23-1 season came in his final match. He became just the second player in county history to qualify for the State Finals joining Brian Poynter who did it in 1980.
“First and foremost his love and dedication for the sport is un-matched,” South tennis coach Nathan Poynter said. “His leadership is what we’re going to miss the most. He’s an outstanding kid and what’s most impressive is that he worked hard every single day even though he didn’t have to. You can’t say that about everybody. He knew he had to work for it to get to where he wanted to go. It’s been a great time with him over these last four years.”
Cox not only received support from his family and teammates, but saw the entire community rally around his history making season.
“I just love my family and my school so much,” Cox said. “To be able to represent them in the manner that I did means the world to me.”
3. Addison Meadows places top 30 at State Finals
Addison Meadows isn’t just good, she’s not great, she’s elite. In her first two seasons with the Mounties she’s broken nearly every school record and has qualified for the State Finals each year. This past year Meadows tied for 28th at the State Finals and was named to the Indiana High School Golf Coaches Association’s 1st Team All State.
What mad this season even more difficult for Meadows was that her freshman year they took the top three individuals from the Regional and now this past fall they took just the top two.
“She’s got to be one of if not the best girls golfers to ever come through this program,” Whalen said of Meadows at the State Finals. “She holds so many records and was the first to make the all-state team in our program’s history. There’s times where things haven’t gone her way and she just pushes right through it. “It’s not easy to get to where she has gotten and get to play in the State Finals. There’s plenty of people who would love to have shot what she shot on this course. It’s not an easy setup what so ever. They began the season with over 2,000 girls golfers and she is able to be top 30 in the state. That’s quite the feat.”
4. Wyatt Woodall punches ticket to first State Finals
There seems to be a common theme on this list for the Mounties. Having three players make the state finals in the same year is an incredible feat. Wyatt Woodall was the third Mountie to do it and he did on the wrestling mat this past winter. After a suffering a knee injury his sophomore season which likely cost him a trip to Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Woodall made sure that he would make it this season. He ended his junior year with a 35-2 record and those two losses came at the semi-state and at the state finals.
“Everyone dreams of getting this experience and I was able to get here,” Woodall said after his state finals match. “I have nothing to be ashamed of.” Southmont coach Jamie Welliever knows the hard work that Woodall put in to get to where he did and only sees bigger and better things Woodall’s senior year.
““I couldn’t be more proud of him and he had a great season,” Welliever said. “For him to get here before his senior year and experience this will only motivate him even more and he’ll be extremely hungry to get here again next year.”
5. Mountie volleyball wins 2nd sectional title in last four seasons
Southmont volleyball was able to get another sectional championship trophy in volleyball this past fall. It was their second sectional crown in the last four years as the Mounties didn’t’ drop a single set in the sectional. What made the sectional championship even more special was the turnaround that the team had from two years ago when they won just three games. The Mounties were under the leadership of six seniors who made sure that wasn’t going to happen again.
“I told them all season that we are not going to get out-worked,”Southmont coach Erin Barry said after the sectional title win. “It didn’t matter who was on the other side of that net. They stuck with that message and did exactly that in both games today. They were diving everywhere on the court because they knew that every single point mattered.”
