High school sports roundup – September 14

VOLLEYBALL

East rallies past Stars

BEDFORD — Columbus East overcame a first-set setback Tuesday night to rally for a 23-25, 25-14, 25-17, 25-15 Hoosier Hills Conference win at Bedford North Lawrence.

Kendal Williams led the Class 4A No. 6 Olympians (11-3, 4-0) with 44 assists, three blocks and five aces. Cortney VanLiew pounded 28 kills, and Alaysha Pollert had 25 digs.

Bailey Western added 14 kills. Rilee Jessee had two blocks, VanLiew notched 14 digs and Pollert served three aces.

Jets sweep Eagles

NASHVILLE — Hauser bounced back from Monday’s loss at Seymour with a 25-15, 25-12, 25-22 win at Brown County.

Sydney Schoen led the Jets (10-3) with 12 digs and five aces. Brea Metz pounded 17 kills, Alana Owen recorded 36 assists and Tannyr Davis had one block.

Schoen also had 12 kills, and Davis had nine kills. Metz notched 11 digs and two aces, Taylor Henderson had one one block, Sarah Tedder tallied six digs and Hailey Lange served one ace.

Crusaders sweep Lions

Columbus Christian beat Bloomington Lighthouse for the second time this season, this time by scores of 25-17, 25-23, 25-19.

Sabrina Herron led the Crusaders (9-1) with six kills and 12 assists. Savannah Herron had eight digs, and Madison Henderson served six aces.

Savannah Herron and Mayah Schundelmeier each pounded five kills. Savannah Spurgeon recorded four assists, Hannah Lorimor had eight digs and Hannah Stair added six digs.

BOYS TENNIS

Bull Dogs down Panthers

BLOOMINGTON — Nathan VanDeventer returned from a sprained ankle to lead No. 23 Columbus North to a 4-1 win at Bloomington South.

VanDeventer rallied for an 0-6, 6-1, 6-4 win against Konner Shapiro at No. 1 singles for the Bull Dogs (8-3). Anay Gangal beat Chris Pieasky 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2 singles, Kevin Lin and Ammar Khaled downed Calvin Prenkert and Eric Johnsen 6-1, 6-4 at No. 1 doubles and Issac Jackson and Lucas Huang topped Hank Ruff and Mohammed Dabdoub 6-2, 6-2 at No. 2 doubles.

North’s Ben Mathew fell to Thomas Joyce 6-4, 6-2 at No. 3 singles.

Mohawks edge Jets

WALDRON — Waldron handed Hauser its first Mid-Hoosier Conference loss, a 3-2 decision.

Sam Meek beat Cole Adams 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 singles, and Sean Miller and Jacob Rose downed Jeremy Kahn and Dale Rams 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 at No. 2 doubles for the Jets (6-3, 3-1). Justin Compton fell to Austin Swain 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1) at No. 2 singles, Jacob Rudd lost to Parker Huffman 6-4, 6-2 at No. 3 singles, Alex Gross and Jacob Johnson fell to Peyton Huffman and Evan Smitz 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 at No. 1 doubles.

Owls sweep Eagles

NASHVILLE — Seymour won all five matches in straight sets in a 5-0 victory at Brown County.

Cash Myers fell to Alex Berry 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1 singles, Cole Smith lost to Ty McCory 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2 singles and Chase Watson fell to Adam Berry 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3 singles for the Eagles. Jesse Williams and Abe Oliver lost to Grant Handloser and Johnny Rennekamp 7-5, 6-2 at No. 1 doubles, and Austin Roush and Aaron McCann fell to Jonathan Valasquez and Sam Schmidt 6-3, 6-2 at No. 2 doubles.

Tigers top Lancers

EDINBURGH — Edinburgh pulled out a three-set win at No. 2 singles, but that was all in a 4-1 loss to Triton Central.

Coltan Henderson beat Wyatt Felling 6-2, 2-6, (10-4) at No. 2 singles for the Lancers. Carlos Pazmino fell to Jeff Miller 6-4, 6-2 at No. 1 singles, Gavin Hancock lost to Luke Sanders 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles, Tommy Schneider and Blade Elliott fell to Reid Monhollen and Steven Gutzwiller 6-4, 6-1 at No. 1 doubles and Kegan Jones and Bladen Hancock fell to Logan Buchanan and Jordan Brandman 7-6 (5), 6-4 at No. 2 doubles.

Braves blank Cougars

SEYMOUR — Brownstown Central won four matches in straight sets in a 5-0 victory at Trinity Lutheran.

Bailey Baker fell to Luke Cobb 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 singles, Jonathan Keith lost to Ethan Carlin 3-6, 6-4, (10-6) at No. 2 singles and Jace Crockett fell to Ethan Wischmeier 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3 singles for the Cougars. Matt Stuckwisch and Hunter Morgan lost to Sy Zickler and Sam Hoff 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 doubles, and Aden Jones and Pierce McCammon fell to Gunnar Zickler and Jackson Lahrman 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 doubles.

BOYS SOCCER

Crusaders down Lions

Columbus Christian scored three first-half goals and held on for a 3-1 win against Bloomington Lighthouse.

Kyle Foster scored two goals, and Taylor Hilliard added one for the Crusaders (4-1). Blake Barker had an assist.

Columbus Christian outshot the Lions 26-12. Evan Reed recorded 10 saves.

Spartans stop Jets

SHELBYVILLE — Hauser couldn’t find the net in a 2-0 MHC loss at Southwestern (Shelby).

Pete Trotter posted five saves for the Jets.

CROSS-COUNTRY

Panthers win own invite

VERNON — Franklin Sanders won the boys race to lead Jennings County to the team title in its Big Blue Invitational. The Panthers scored 27 points to 59 for runner-up Batesville.

Sanders ran 16 minutes, 5 seconds for 5,000 meters (3.1-miles). Alex Hendrix finished second in 16:15, while Carter Leak was fourth (16:36), Ryan Gasper 11th (17:24), Peyton Dixon 12th (17:25), Wayne Komsi 14th (17:27) and Dalton Craig 15th (17:28).

The Jennings girls finished second with 58 points. Batesville won with 27.

Ashley Heindel led the Panthers with a fifth-place finish in 21:14. Emma Morrison took sixth in 21:39, while Nicole Richardson was ninth (22:07) Sydney Taylor 16th (22:59), Marley Stearns 21st (23:28) Patricia Henney 22nd (23:28) and Alana Daeger 39th (25:49)

GIRLS GOLF

Eagles win tri match

SEYMOUR — Emma Bawinkel tied her own school record with a 35 to lead Brown County to a tri-match win at Shadowood.

The Eagles finished with a 184 team total. Trinity Lutheran finished second with a 214, and Christian Academy of Indiana was third with a 348.

Ashley Masteller carded a 39 for Brown County. Jessica Taylor, Tori Akles and Meghan Cassiday all shot 59.

Morgan Gabbard led the Eagles with a 50. Macy Taylor carded a 51, Demi Oakes added a 52, Anna Benter shot 66 and Cameo Hildreth had a 70.

South Decatur-North Decatur

GREENSBURG — South Decatur had two girls shoot 45 in a 201-217 win against North Decatur at North Branch.

Lydia Wolterman won medalist honors with a 45 to lead the Cougars. Shelby Vannatta also shot 45, while Olivia Fry carded a 54, Annie Gant added a 57 and Olivia Clarkson had a 58.

Woodmen top Lancers

GREENWOOD — Greenwood posted a 184-222 win against Edinburgh at Hickory Stick.

Vanessa McManaway led the Lancers with a 47. Savannah Kellams carded a 51. Kierra Richards added a 59, Maddie Giles shot 65 and Bethany Burton had a 70.

GIRLS SOCCER

Warriors edge Cougars

NEW ALBANY — Savannah Setty scored off a corner kick, but Trinity Lutheran couldn’t overcome a pair of first-half goals by Christian Academy of Indiana in a 2-1 loss.

The Warriors outshot the Cougars 15-9. Hailley Peters recorded 16 saves.