BOYS TENNIS
East rolls to tennis win
BEDFORD — Columbus East dominated Bedford North Lawrence 4-1 in a road match Monday.
Alex Galle, the Olympians’ No. 1 singles player, set the tone with a 6-0, 6-0 victory against Logan Treanor.
At No. 2 singles, East’s JoJo Woolwine cruised past Brent Callah 6-0, 6-0. East’s No. 3 singles player, Neeraj Pandita, downed BNL’s Bryce Gilbert 6-2, 6-1.
At No. 1 doubles, East’s Matt Furnish and Sammy Woolwine paired to hammer Jared Deckard and Pace Sidel 6-0, 6-1. The Olympians dropped the No. 2 doubles match as Daniel Kuhlman and Austin Guse were beaten by Isaac Titche and Ian Dillman 6-4, 6-0.
East upped its record to 2-1.
North nips Plainfield
PLAINFIELD — Columbus North rallied for a 3-2 victory against host Plainfield.
The Bull Dogs fell behind at No. 1 singles when Austin Vuurman edged Aditya Mantri 6-7, 4-6. However, North’s Kevin Luo won No. 2 singles 6-3, 6-0 over Camden East and Anay Gangal won a close 7-5, 7-5 match against Matt Stone at No. 3 singles.
The Bull Dogs clinched the match when Kevin Lin and Ben Mathew put together a 6-3, 7-5 win against Grant Purtell and Jackson Knowles at No. 2 doubles. At No. 1 doubles, Plainfield’s Tyler West and Derek Wright downed Nathan VanDeventer and Daniel Larken 6-2, 6-4.
North’s JV won 6-1.
Hauser rocks Milan
HOPE — Hauser won all but the No. 2 singles match in getting past visiting Milan 4-1.
Will Rose set the tone for Hauser with a 6-2, 6-3 victory against Jordan Burton. Hauser’s No. 3 singles player, Justin Compton, stretched the lead with a 6-2, 7-5 win against Jake Lamb. The Jets’ Avery Talent lost 6-3, 6-4 to Brent Quintain at No. 2 singles.
At No. 1 doubles, Noah Miller and Luke Meier prevailed 6-1, 6-3 against Josh Bixler and Peyton Cornn, while Sam Meek and Jacob Johnson triumphed against Kaleb Baker and Ethan Haunert 6-0, 6-0.
Hauser won the JV match 3-0.
Panthers struggle on road
GREENSBURG — Host Greensburg prevailed against Jennings County 4-1.
The Panthers got a win at No. 1 singles as Owen Land defeated Kyle Sellers 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 and then were swept.
At No. 2 singles, David Lawrence beat Adam Jackson 7-5, 7-5 while Dakota Westerkamm downed Avery Johnson 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3 singles.
At No. 1 doubles, Keegan McCullough and Nathan Emsweller beat Austin Mills and Luke Ertel 6-2, 6-0 and at No. 2 doubles, Trevor Foster and Logan Smith won over Justin Gasper and Bailey Wilder 7-5, 5-7, 6-4.
Lancers drop thriller
EDINBURGH — Edinburgh won both the No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles matches, but still dropped a 3-2 decision to visiting Eastern Hancock.
The Lancers’ Kinser Bryant notched a 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-2) victory against Eastern Hancock’s Duncan Cherry at No. 1 singles.
Edinburgh’s Parker Bryant and Anthony Weber took the No. 1 doubles match 6-2, 6-2 against Bryce Jackson and Tony Cape.
At No. 2 singles, Eastern Hancock’s Corbin Jennings downed Kyle Pendleton 6-3, 6-3 and at No. 3 singles, Eastern Hancock’s Garet Ferguson won 6-4, 6-4 against Coltan Henderson.
At No. 2 doubles, the Edinburgh team of Tommy Schneider and Dalton Bieker were edged by Jack Smith and Cameron Albert 5-7, 7-6 (7-2), 6-0.
VOLLEYBALL
Cougars notch first win
MADISON — South Decatur won its first match of the season by outlasting host Madison Shawe, 23-25, 26-24, 25-20, 21-25 and 15-12.
Braelyn Evans led the Cougars with 10 kills and teammate Claire Wullenweber added nine kills. Also for South Decatur, Shelby Branum had four kills and three aces while Brooke Helms added 49 assists and three aces.
South Decatur is 1-2.
CROSS-COUNTRY
Panther boys score big
The Jennings County boys won the Bedford North Lawrence Invitational with 45 points, holding off second-place Seymour, which had 61. Trinity Lutheran was sixth with 140.
Ricky Hendrix won the individual title for the Panthers in a time of 16:52.5. Alex Hendrix was second overall for Jennings County, while Franklin Sanders was fourth and Wayne Komsi was 13th.
Jacob Voss was Seymour’s top finisher in seventh at 17:51.3. Trinity Lutheran’s top placer was A.J. Goecker, who was third in 17:35.9.
In the girls meet, Seymour crushed the field with 15 points. Jennings County was fourth at 90.
The Owls’ Emma Brock won the individual title at 20:26.9 followed in order by teammates Ashton Chase, Megan Winter, Abby Voss, Oriana Morales, Clair Loebker and Maya Hauersperger.
GIRLS GOLF
Columbus North romps
Columbus North pulled away from visiting Bloomington North 171-192 at Harrison Lake Country Club.
The Bull Dogs’ Holly Anderson and Julia Luken both shared medalist honors with a pair of 42s.
Also for North, Aubrey Smith shot 43, while Danbi Kim and Alex Munnicha each recorded 44s.
