CROSS-country
North girls take fourth
NASHVILLE — The Columbus North finished fourth in the Girls Elite race in Saturday’s Brown County Eagle Classic, while the North and Jennings County took eighth and ninth in the Boys Elite race.
No. 11 Pike won the Girls Elite race with 66 points. No. 13 Bloomington North finished second with 87, followed by No. 2 Carmel with 107, the No. 14 Bull Dogs with 121, No. 17 Bloomington South with 128 and No. 16 Floyd Central with 147.
Olivia Morlok led Columbus North with a sixth-place finish in 19 minutes, 40 seconds for 5,000 meters (3.1 miles). Mackenzie Barnett took 12th in 20:09, while Aric Tong was 22nd (20:29), Emma Smith 32nd (20:54), Ella Anderson 49th (21:22), Sydney Geckler 55th (21:40) and Abbey Landini 64th (21:47).
No. 4 Bloomington South edged No. 1 Carmel 58-60 to win the Boyd Elite Race, followed by No. 19 Franklin (106), No. 21 Bloomington North (143), No. 17 Westfield (180), No. 6 North Central (187), No. 7 Homestead (191), the No. 24 Bull Dogs (223) and Jennings (249).
John Sluys finished 15th in 17:24 to lead Columbus North. Sam Horak took 25th in 17:41, while Rishi Poludasu was 29th (17:45), Jarrett Embry 91st (18:57), Paxton Rush 95th (19:06), Ryan Spoon 110th (19:42) and Parker Ballard 111th (19:46).
Alex Hendrix led the Panthers with a 21st-place finish in 17:32. Carter Leak took 44th in 17:59, while Lane Elsner was 51st (18:03), Jason Gasper 71st (18:27), Gavin Hendrix 92nd (19:00), AJ Siener 93rd (19:03) and Drew Stroud 103rd (19:19).
The Jennings girls competed in the AA race and scored 123 points to finish third behind Jasper (76) and Franklin (109). Emma Morrison took third in 21:00, while Ashley Heindel was 12th (22:49), Kaylee Ebinger 14th (22:53), Patricia Henney 46th (24:22) and Elizabeth Wahlman 56th (24:39).
Brown County scored 158 points in the Class A boys race to finish fourth behind Oak Hill (39), Barr-Reeve (115) and Forest Park (147). Marino Dolph led the Eagles with a third-place finish in 18:30, while Jackson McPheeters was seventh (18:53), Brandon Leslie 46th (21:01), Cameron Fox 56th (21:38) and Josh Parry 67th (22:20).
Trinity Lutheran had three individuals in the Boys Class A race. AJ Goecker finished 10th in 19:00, Jordan Peters took 108th in 26:17 and Jacob Sabotin was 109th in 26:18.
Three Brown County girls competed as individuals. Eme Koester finished 73rd in 21:54 in the Girls Elite race. In the Girls Class A race, Anna Fleetwood took sixth in 22:35, and Maris Wyman was 22nd in 24:23.
Trinity had two individuals in the Girls Class A race. Sadie Nay finished 76th in 29:36, and Abby Hildreth took 89th in 31:25.
BOYS SOCCER
Bull Dogs go 1-2
INDIANAPOLIS — Columbus North won one of three games over the weekend in the Great Midwest Classic at North Central.
The Bull Dogs fell to Oak Park (Illinois) 5-0 on Friday night. Noah Kestler recorded four saves in 16 minutes in goal, Colvin Iorio posted four saves in 44 minutes and Jared Marquez notched four saves in 20 minutes in goal.
Saturday morning, North overcame a second-minute goal by McCutcheon to rally for a 2-1 win. Graham Keele tied the game on a penalty kick in the 28th minute, and scored the game-winner after taking a lead pass from Sotaro Kaneda in the 46th minute. Kestler recorded five saves.
The Bull Dogs (3-6) lost to Downers Grove (Illinois) South 4-0 on Saturday afternoon. Kestler played the first half in goal and posted one save, Iorio had 4 saves in 29 minutes and Marquez played the final 11 minutes without a save.
Red Devils top Panthers
JEFFERSONVILLE — Jennings County dropped a 4-1 Hoosier Hills Conference decision Saturday at Jeffersonville.
Jaydan Vanosdol scored the goal for the Panthers (1-9, 0-3). Dreagen Ison recorded 13 saves.
VOLLEYball
Eagles fall in four
SULLIVAN — Brown County won the first set Saturday, but Sullivan took the final three to rally for a 21-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-12 win.
Marley Nickels led the Eagles (8-2) with 21 digs and three aces. Chloe Lee pounded 12 kills, Maggie Redmond and Abigail Hollander each recorded 15 assists, and Shea Keller had four blocks and seven kills.
Lancers drop three
GREENWOOD — Edinburgh went 0-3 in Saturday’s Greenwood Invitational.
The Lancers (0-16) fell to Indianapolis Scecina 25-8, 25-10; New Palestine 25-8, 25-12 and Southwestern (Hanover) 25-20, 25-16.
Cougars win three
BEDFORD — Trinity Lutheran swept three opponents in Saturday’s Bedford North Lawrence Invitational, beating New Albany 25-13, 26-24; Terre Haute South 25-9, 25-17 and Parke Heritage 25-20, 25-21.
Hannah Sabotin pounded 29 kills, Bailey Reynolds recorded 59 assists, Abby Schult had nine digs, Kamzi Gross notched 26 digs and Elly Carter served four aces over the three matches to lead the Cougars (12-8).
Also for Trinity, Schult tallied 17 kills and Sydney Jaynes added 14 kills and three blocks. Sabotin contributed 19 digs, Savannah Harweger added 18 digs and Reynolds had four aces.
Genesis sweeps Hawks
GREENWOOD — The Columbus Hawks came close in the second set in a 25-10, 25-23, 25-15 loss Friday at Genesis United.
Lucy Herridge pounded five kills and a block, and McKiah Scherer had four assists and two aces to lead the Hawks (1-2). Grace Lorimor and Ann Marie Gandy each notched five digs and Ava Farnsley served two aces.
Also for the Hawks, Abby Planalp and Lila Hudson each added one kill. Sarah Lorimor recorded three assists, and Grace Lorimor served one ace.
FOOTball
South Decatur falls
GREENSBURG — South Decatur was within 14-0 at halftime Friday, but was hit hard by injuries in the second half and fell to Milan 40-0.
The Cougars (1-3) lost quarterback/safety Wyatt Gatewood to a concussion, tailback/linebacker Kenny Meadows to a possible concussion and fullback/defensive end Jacobi Shook to turf toe. They also lost offensive linemen Cody Friend, Charlie Frensmeier and Shaun Walterman to minor injuries.
“The 40-0 was not indicative of the game,” Sauley said. “We were kind of the walking wounded by the end. Basically the fourth quarter and most of the third quarter, we were playing with JV kids. Kelby Shook came in at quarterback and did an outstanding job for being put in that situation.”
