Prep sports roundup: North golfers subdue Center Grove

Two golfers went under par for fifth-ranked Columbus North girls Thursday in a 150-194 against Center Grove.

Danbi Kim and Alex Munnicha each fired 1-under-par 34s at Hickory Stick to tie for medalist honors. Holly Anderson and Molly Donnell each shot 41, Julia Luken and Aubrey Smith each shot 43 and Annie Anderson had a 44.

Meanwhile at Harrison Lake, North’s junior varsity topped Jennings County’s varsity 225-244. The Bull Dogs’ Maddy Neal won medalist honors with a 49, while Chloe Abner carded a 57, Nicole Duncan added a 58, Gracie Davis shot 61, Lauren Cesarski had a 63 and Allison Duvall finished with a 68.

Allie Clark led the Panthers with a 54. Peyton Whitehead- carded a 58, Marina Sigmund and Lauren Mull each shot 66 and Rachel Greene had a 67.

Eagles topple Braves

NASHVILLE — Brown County cruised to a 192-224 win against Indian Creek at Salt Creek.

Emma Bawinkel won medalist honors with a 39. Ashley Masteller carded a 47, Jessica Taylor added a 51, Meghan Cassiday shot 52 and Tori Akles had a 57.

Playing as exhibition non-scorers, the Eagles Kacee Kleindorfer shot 50 and Lauren Burker had a 57.

Lancers pick up victory

FRANKLIN — Edinburgh claimed a victory with a 230 at Deer Valley. Oldenburg Academy did not have enough players to score as a team.

Vanessa McManaway won medalist honors with a 49. Kenzie Hill carded a 55, Kierra Richards added a 62, Madison Giles shot 64, Savannah Kellams had a 66, Bethany Burton had a 70.

BOYS SOCCER

North drops opener

BLOOMINGTON — Columbus North outshot Bloomington North 28-8 in its season opener but came away with a 3-1 loss.

The Cougars led 3-0 before the Bull Dogs avoided the shutout when Rico Hollenkamp knocked one in from midfield in the 79th minute. North put 12 shots on goal, while seven of Bloomington North’s eight shots were on goal.

Zach Green recorded three saves in the first half for the Bull Dogs. Mark Salle-Tabor had one save in the first 27 minutes of the second half, and Drew Cvelbar played the final 13 minutes in goal.

Trinity loses in opener

SEYMOUR — Trinity Lutheran opened its season with a 7-3 loss to Greenwood Christian Academy.

Andrew Emily, A.J. Goecker  and Kohei Nagino scored the goals for the Cougars. Nagino and Noah Criswell had assists.

Jacob Keith recorded 11 saves.

BOYS TENNIS

Woodmen blank Olympians

Greenwood won all five matches in straight sets in handing Columbus East a 5-0 loss.

Matt Furnish fell to Jacob Gray 6-3, 6-2 at No. 1 singles, Neeraj Pandita lost to Jack O’Reilly 6-3, 6-1 at No. 2 singles and Ben Kuhlman fell to Grant Bryant 6-2, 6-0 at No. 3 singles for the Olympians (0-2). Sammy Woolwine and Daniel Kuhlman lost to Alex Walsh and Ben Sobieray 6-2, 6-4 at No. 1 doubles, and Austin Guse and Jackson Stevens fell to Jacob Rothaar and Eric Moenkhans 7-6 (2), 6-0 at No. 2 doubles.

Hauser defeats Eagles

NASHVILLE — Hauser pulled out three close wins to claim a 3-2 victory at Brown County.

Justin Compton beat Jesse Williams 7-6 (3), 6-3 at No. 2 singles for the Jets (1-1). Jacob Johnson and Alex Gross downed Austin Roush and Abe Oliver 6-2, 7-6 (1) at No. 1 doubles, and Jacob Rose and Sean Miller topped Chase Watson and Aaron McCann 6-4, 7-6 (7) at No. 2 doubles.

The Eagles’ Cash Myers beat Sam Meek 6-2, 0-6, 6-0 at No. 1 singles, and Cole Smith downed Jacob Rudd 6-0, 6-1 at No. 3 singles.

Bulldogs blank Panthers

NORTH VERNON — Jennings County managed only six games in the five matches in a 5-0 loss to New Albany.

Weston Miller fell to Logan Charboneau 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles, Justin Gasper lost to Nolan Keeler 6-1, 6-0 at No. 2 singles, Austin Mills fell to Ethan Holder 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3 singles. Luke Ertel and Briar Davis lost to Nathan Johnson and Ryan Robinson 6-0, 6-1 at No. 1 doubles, and Thomas Schuler and Bryce Kirchner fell to Rohan Reddy and Logan Conrad 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 doubles.

Lancers fall to Waldron

EDINBURGH — Edinburgh had to forfeit the No. 2 doubles spot in a season-opening 5-0 Mid-Hoosier Conference loss to Waldron.

Colton Henderson fell to Cole Adams 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1 singles, Blade Elliott lost to Austin swan 6-1, 6-0 at No. 2 singles and Tommy Schneider lost to Parker Huffinham 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles. Kegan Jones and Braden McManaway lost to Peyton Huffman and Dale Williams 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 doubles.

VOLLEYBALL

Jets roll against Eagles

HOPE — Hauser had little trouble in cruising to a 25-7, 25-13, 25-12 win against Jac-Cen-Del.

Brea Metz recorded 10 kills and five aces, and Sydney Schoen had two blocks and five aces to lead the Jets (2-0). Alana Owen notched 32 assists, Tannyr Davis had two blocks and Sarah Tedder tallied 20 digs.

Schoen also added nine kills and 11 digs. Davis and Madie Sherman each pounded six kills, and Owen served seven aces.

Lancers beat Cougars

GREENSBURG — Edinburgh claimed a 25-17, 25-16, 26-24 MHC win at South Decatur.

The Lancers improved to 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the MHC.

Cougars cruise to win

SEYMOUR — Trinity Lutheran rolled to a 25-11, 25-11, 25-12 win against Southwestern.

Hailley Peters pounded six kills, and Lexi Schneider and Courtney Barker each served two aces for the Cougars. Abby Hackman added four kills, and Chloe Criswell had three kills.

GIRLS SOCCER

Panthers edge Pirates

CHARLESTOWN — Jennings County scored a goal in each half in a 2-1 season-opening win at Charlestown.

Lexi Brown and Emily Montgomery scored unassisted goals for the Panthers, who outshot the Pirates 10-3. Mackenzie Byram recorded two saves.

CROSS-COUNTRY

Jennings boys take second

SEYMOUR — Jennings County’s boys finished second, and the Panther girls were fourth in the Seymour Invitational.

Alex Hendrix won the boys race for the Panthers, whose 49 points trailed host Seymour’s 35. Franklin Sanders finished second, while Carter Leak was fifth, Ryan Gasper 20th, Wayne Komsi 23rd, A.J. Siener 31st and Isaiah Ertel 37th.

Seymour won the girls meet with 18 points. Jeffersonville finished second with 95 points, followed by Brownstown Central with 98 and Jennings with 105.

Ashley Heindel led the Panthers with a ninth-place finish in 23 minutes, 53 seconds for 5,000 meters (3.1 miles);. Emma Morrison took 12th in 24:14, while Nicole Richardson was 20th (24:52), Sydney Taylor 33rd (26:02), Marley Stearns 35th (26:03) and Alana Daeger 45th (27:38).