Parth Gupta
BOYS TENNIS
North wins conference
BLOOMINGTON — Fourth-ranked Columbus North wrapped up the Conference Indiana title Thursday with a 5-0 win at Bloomington North.
Austin Clark beat Esteban Crespo 7-6 (4), 6-2 at No. 2 singles, and Steven Sun blanked Paul Macy 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles for the Bull Dogs (16-2, 5-0).
Parth Shah
Columbus North’s Amrit Kar and Anvay Atram topped Casey McIntyre and Brady Murphy 6-3, 6-1 at No. 1 doubles. Parth Shah and Parth Gupta defeated Seth Force and Connor O’Guinn 6-0, 6-4 at No. 2 doubles.
At No. 1 singles, the Bull Dogs’ Hank Lin was trailing Nick Shirley 7-6 (4), 5-5 when Shirley retired.
Olympians down Stars
Columbus East finished sixth in the Hoosier Hills Conference Tournament after a 4-1 win against Bedford North Lawrence.
Eric Takahaski beat Graham Turner 6-3, 6-3 at No. 1 singles, Brady Redelman topped Isaac Bridges 7-6 (4), 6-1 at No. 2 singles and Jacob Dettmer downed Orion Hill 6-2, 0-6, (11-9) at No. 3 singles for the Olympians (7-14). Ethan Bumbalough and Matthew Degner defeated Jayden Kemp and Drew Stephenson 6-3, 6-2 at No. 1 doubles.
East’s Henry Ulrich and Tyler Ernst fell to Nate Pemberton and Carter Kimmel 6-0, 6-3 at No. 2 doubles.
Owls slip past Panthers
SEYMOUR — Seymour claimed a 3-2 win against Jennings County in the semifinals of the HHC Tournament.
Owen Law beat Eli Meyer 6-0, 6-4 at No. 1 singles, and Parker Bales topped Hunter Heckman 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 at No. 2 singles for the Panthers (13-7).
Jennings’ Isaac Lightner fell to Ruben Kruse 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles. Justin Ramey and Ryan Schuck lost to Jack VonDielingen and Joe Schmidt 6-3, 7-5 at No. 1 doubles, and Alex Leach and Ty Zohrlaut and Alex Leach fell to Parker Thompson and Drew Handloser 6-3, 6-2 at No. 2 doubles.
Jennings will visit Jeffersonville in today’s third-place match.
Lancers edge Eagles
NASHVILLE — Brown County won both doubles matches, but Edinburgh took the three singles matches, including one by forfeit, to pull out a 3-2 victory.
Max Blandford beat Jack Sichting 6-0, 6-2 a No. 1 singles, and Austin Brockman topped Jack Sichting 6-2, 6-2 at No. 2 singles for the Lancers (7-10)>
For the Eagles (3-13), Jon Kirchhofer and Trevor Shields defeated Bailey Totten and Milas Burkman 6-7 (3) 6-2, (10-4) at No. 1 doubles, and Sawyer Gore and Brandon Saechao blanked Teddy Crawhorn and Braylon Lenkner 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 doubles.
BOYS SOCCER
North nips Floyd
FLOYDS KNOBS — Christian Cardoso netted a pair of goals to lead Class 3A No. 6 Columbus North to a 2-1 win at Floyd Central.
Cardoso’s goals came in the 25th and 42nd minutes before the Highlanders scored their lone goal in the 53rd minute. Nathan Imlay had an assist for the Bull Dogs (12-1-1)
North outshot Floyd Central 16-6, putting eight shots on goal to two for the Highlanders. Oscar Ballinas played the first half in goal and posted one save, and Max Grewe played the second half in goal for the Bull Dogs.
Eagles top Trinity
NASHVILLE — Carter Norcutt scored two goals to lead Brown County to a 3-0 win against Trinity Lutheran.
Wesley Arndt scored the other goal for the Eagles (2-8). Ethan Scott had two assists.
The Cougars fell to 3-9-2.
Owls blank Panthers
SEYMOUR — Jennings County endured a 4-0 HHC loss at Seymour.
Deken Simpson posted five saves and defender Angle Zarate added two non-goalkeeper saves for the Panthers (1-12, 0-5).
CROSS-COUNTRY
Cougars take 7th, Jet girls 9th
VERSAILLES — South Decatur’s boys and girls both finished seventh, and Hauser’s girls took ninth in South Ripley’s Great Pumpkin Invitational. Austin swept the boys and girls team titles.
Elizabeth Flessner led the Cougar girls with a 31st-place finish in 25 minutes, 1.9 seconds for 5,000 meters (3.1 miles). Brayley Sundal took 36th in 25:31.8, while Maria Nobbe was 37th (25:38.8), Clair Schoettmer 41st (26:29.6) and Sami Storm 45th (27:03.4).
Lucie Asher and Madison Hollman finished 40th and 41st in 26:14.9 and 26:29.6 to lead the Jets. Amanda Steward was 42nd (26:45.6), Reiss Kistler 56th (30:38.4) and Bronwyn Newcomb 62md (32:41.1).
Conner Newby and Donovan Hale led the South Decatur boys with 31st- and 32nd-place finishes in 19:44.2 and 19:45.3. Chase Kalli was 35th (20:19.9), Damian Jackson 43rd (21:24.6) and Jack Hamilton 48th (21:44.7).
Hauser had only four boys runners, one short of the number needed to score as a team. Colin Kistler finished ninth in 18:07.6, while Ledger Gelfius was 33rd (20:00.0), Mason Moore 37th (20:22.7) and Taylen Absher 42nd (21:21.7).
VOLLEYBALL
Lancers sweep Tigers
CROTHERSVILLE — Edinburgh cruised in the final two sets to finish off a 25-18, 25-13, 25-7 win at Crothersville.
Gracie Crawhorn led the Lancers (13-4) with five blocks, 21 digs and one ace. Zoey Sida pounded five kills, Kyah Streeval recorded 17 assists and Jessica Walsh served one ace.
Also for Edinburgh, Crawhorn tallied four kills, and MacKenzie Bieker added three kills, two blocks and 17 digs. Mia Dodson had three kills and one block, and Walsh added 13 digs.
Eagles fall to Woodmen
GREENWOOD — Brown County came close in the first set, but fell at Greenwood 25-21, 25-15, 25-17.
Abigail Watson led the Eagles (6-13) with 12 kills and seven digs. Anna Stogsdill recorded 11 assists, Morgan Osborn and Londyn Koester each notched seven digs and Emma Lucas served four aces.
Also for Brown County, Cady Kemp pounded three kills, Madilyn Hawley had three assists and Lucas added two kills and five digs.
GIRLS SOCCER
Trinity topples Stars
SEYMOUR — Trinity Lutheran extended its winning streak to four with a 3-1 win against Bedford North Lawrence.
Emma Myers netted two goals and one assist for the Cougars (6-6). Kaydence Miller scored one goal, and Bailey Reimer had one assist.
Trinity outshot the Stars 17-8. Samantha Enzinger posted seven saves.
