High school sports roundup – May 4

GIRLS TENNIS

Olympians topple Eagles

NASHVILLE — Columbus East won four matches in straight sets Tuesday in posting a 4-1 victory at Brown County.

East’ Megna Chari beat Hallee Miller 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1 singles, Adicyn Rager downed Elisabeth Huls 6-2, 6-0 at No. 2 singles and Alaysha Pollert topped Ashley Pugh 6-3, 6-2 at No. 3 singles. Carol Travis and Maddy Rhodes beat Baelyn Koester and Kiera Omberg 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2 doubles for the Olympians (6-6).

The Eagles’ point came at No. 1 doubles, where Sarah Barrick and Jacey Ferguson pulled out a 6-4, 3-6, (10-6) win against Kendall Gerken and Esta Morrison.

Bull Dogs down Panthers

Columbus North used a pair of three-set wins to pull out a 4-1 victory against Bloomington South.

Aubrey Smith beat Kacy Poore 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3 at No. 1 singles, Paige Littrell downed Natalie Cook 6-1, 6-3 at No. 2 singles and Madelyn Sanders topped Claire McConahay 6-1, 6-2 at No. 3 singles for the Bull Dogs (11-4). Yijaing Zhao and Shweta Sirnavasan beat Ivy Kehoe and Adrienne Beneish 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 at No. 2 doubles.

North’s Hannah Frey and Hannah Shoemaker fell to Madylin Smith and Magdalena Iannello 6-3, 6-2 at No. 1 doubles.

Jets edge Cougars

HOPE — Hauser ran its winning streak to four with a 3-2 win against Trinity Lutheran.

Madie Sherman beat Kelly Adams 6-2, 6-0 at No. 3 singles for the Jets (4-2). Annie Ashbrook and Sarah Tedder downed Olivia Benter and Abby Schult 6-2, 6-4 at No. 1 doubles, and Natalie Taylor and Tannyr Davis topped Leah Stukwisch and Sidney Hoene 6-4, 6-1 at No. 2 doubles.

Maycie Asher fell to Aurora Willman 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1 singles. Alana Owen lost to Courtney Barker 6-3, 6-1 at No. 2 singles.

Braves nudge Panthers

BROWNSTOWN — Jennings County won the No. 1 and No. 2 singles matches, but Brownstown Central took the other three to claim a 3-2 victory.

Avis McGovern beat Laken Reynolds 6-4, 6-2 at No. 1 singles, and Rebecca Driver downed Claudia Sibrel 6-0, 6-3 at No. 2 singles for the Panthers. Stefani Williams fell to Miranda McClusky 6-2, 6-1 at No. 3 singles, Elaine Lykins and Adrianne Garris lost to Jordan Trowbridge and Bridget Hall 6-2, 7-6 at No. 1 doubles and Hailee Harmon and Maddy Hill fell to Sydney Cockerham and Brooklyn Wingler 4-6, 7-6, 6-3 at No. 2 doubles.

SOFTBALL

Jets blank Pirates

GREENSBURG — Tessa Sims threw a two-hit shutout and struck out nine to lead Class A No. 2 Hauser to a 2-0 win at Greensburg.

Tessa Sims also went 2 for 3 at the plate for the Jets (11-0). Sidney Giles went 2 for 3 with a triple.

BASEBALL

Hauser shuts out Waldron

WALDRON — Sam Meek threw a four-hit shutout and struck out seven to lead Hauser to an 11-0, six-inning Mid-Hoosier Conference win at Waldron.

Evan Shaw went 3 for 3 with two RBIs and four stolen bases for the Jets (4-7, 1-1).

Mustangs blank Eagles

ELLETTSVILLE — Brown County was held to one hit in a 10-0 Western Indiana Conference loss at Edgewood.

The game was originally to be played at Brown County, but was moved because of a wet field. The Eagles were the home team.

BOYS GOLF

Trinity tops Hauser

SEYMOUR — Trinity Lutheran rolled to a 167-208 against Hauser at Shadowood.

Justin Compton led the Jets with a 43. Owen Green carded a 50, Chase Connor added a 52, Nick Neafus shot 63, Trevor Potts had a 64 and Spencer Seim finished with a 69.

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD

Panthers win tri meet

NEW ALBANY — Seven Jennings County athletes won individual events in claiming a tri-meet victory at New Albany.

The Panthers finished with 61 points. Madison finished second with 51 and New Albany had 34.

Winners for Jennings were Austin Grunden in the shot put (42 feet, 2 1/4 inches), Aaron Smiley in the 110-meter hurdles (15.9 seconds), Franklin Sanders in the 1,600 (4:58), Konner Logan in the 400 (53.5), Matt Cornett in the 300 hurdles (42.0), Alex Hendrix in the 800 (2:40.8) and Ricky Hendrix in the 3,200 (10:49). The Panthers also won the 4×800 (8:49) and 4×400 (3:40.6) relays.

BOYS LACROSSE

Bull Dogs nip Panthers

Ian Hussey scored four goals to lead Columbus North to a 12-10 win against North Central.

Sawyer Lewis added three goals for the Bull Dogs (7-2). Tyler Wang, Jacob Elliott, Dalton Carpenter, Jesse Holt and Wyatt Barkes all had one goal.

Barkes recorded two assists, and Hussey and Carpenter each had one assist. Ricky Rowing posted seven saves.