GIRLS CROSS-country
Bull Dogs take third
SHELBYVILLE — Running in their first invitational of the season Saturday morning, the Columbus North girls finished third in Franklin Central’s Dave Bannon Invitational at Blue River Park in Shelbyville.
The boys race was canceled after a thunderstorm passed through the area following the girls race.
No. 14 Franklin Central won the girls meet with 44 points. No. 11 Bloomington North finished second with 58, followed by the No. 22 Bull Dogs with 77 and Westfield with 89.
Olivia Morlok led the Bull Dogs with a sixth-place finish in 19 minutes, 29.11 seconds for 5,000 meters (3.1 miles). Mackenzie Barnett took eighth in 19:58.20, while Aric Tong was 11th (20:17.62), Ella Anderson 23rd (20:51.94), Emma Smith 29th (21:02.45), Sydney Geckler 34th (21:28.20) and Katherine Rumsey 43rd (21:58.67).
VOLLEYball
East drops four games
YORKTOWN — Columbus East went 0-4 in Saturday’s Yorktown Tournament. The Olympians fell to Class 4A No. 10 Roncalli 25-20, 25-10; 4A No. 1 Yorktown 25-11, 25-9; Bishop Chatard 25-18, 19-25, 15-13 and Fort Wayne Concordia 25-15, 25-22.
Mady Foster led the Olympians (2-5) with 35 assists and three aces. Allison Mack pounded 18 kills, CJ Clausen had five blocks and Ashlyn Bergman notched 29 digs.
Also for East, Rilee Jessee added 14 kills, and CJ Clausen had 12 kills. Cadence Gilley tallied 28 assists, Mack contributed 21 digs, Foster added 14 digs and Reece Whitehead served two aces.
Jets win 1 of 4
SCOTTSBURG — Class A No. 6 Hauser fell to 2A No. 2 Christian Academy of Indiana 12-25, 20-25; beat Louisville Butler 25-16, 25-19 and lost to Class A No. 2 Barr-Reeve 25-14, 25-13 and Cloverdale 19-25, 25-19, 15-13 to finish 1-3 in Saturday’s Scottsburg Invitational.
Hannah Johnson led the Jets (6-5) with 17 kills, eight blocks and 12 aces. Aunuka Wasil recorded 72 assists, and Melanie Taylor notched 30 digs.
Also for Hauser, Kylie Lock tallied 22 kills, 11 digs and two aces; and Shelby Fugate added 15 kills, 16 digs and four aces. Wasil contributed 14 digs and six aces, Marnie Schwarzkopf pounded eight kills and four blocks, Mary Branum notched 11 digs and four aces and Olivia Wright had two blocks and 10 digs.
Eagles win invitational
NASHVILLE — Brown County beat Greencastle 25-21, 17-25, 15-11 and Edinburgh 25-13, 25-18 in pool play before downing Indian Creek 25-21, 25-19 in the championship match to win Saturday’s Brown County Invitational.
Makenzie Dunnuck pounded 24 kills, Maggie Redmond recorded 35 assists, Shea Keller had six blocks, Baelyn Koester tallied 29 digs and Abigail Hollander served six aces to lead the Eagles (5-1). Chloe Lee added 23 kills.
Edinburgh opened the tourney with a 25-8, 25-9 loss to Greencastle. Following their loss to Brown County, the Lancers (0-10) fell to Owen Valley 25-9, 25-10.
Panthers go 1-3
AVON — Jennings County went 1-3 in Saturday’s Avon Invitational. The Panthers fell to Terre Haute South 25-23, 25-19; Franklin 26-24, 25-7 and Bloomington North 25-16, 21-25, 15-12 before beating Richmond 25-20, 25-15.
Karlee Madinger led the Panthers (2-8) with 21 assists and six aces. Mary Leahigh pounded 18 kills, Liz Ertel added 15 assists, Abi Vogel had 21 blocks and Hanah Bertram notched 33 digs.
Cougars lose 3
FAIRLAND — South Decatur fell to Northeastern 25-13, 25-10; Triton Central 25-11, 25-14 and Greenwood Christian Academy 25-15, 26-24 to finish 0-3 in Saturday’s Triton Central Invitational.
Madison Owens pounded 10 kills, Whitnye Burton recorded eight assists, Brook Somers had two blocks and Karah Biddinger notched 48 digs for the Cougars (2-6). Owens, Somers, Brianna Collis and Kalie Fry all served one ace.
GIRLS SOCCER
Cadets edge Eagles
CLAYTON — Brown County opened its season Saturday with a 3-2 Western Indiana Conference loss at Cascade.
Isabel Rygiel and Bella Hobbs scored goals for the Eagles. Skylar Fleischman recorded nine saves.
BOYS SOCCER
Cadets blank Eagles
CLAYTON — Brown County fell to Cascade 3-0 Saturday in its WIC opener.
The Cadets outshot the Eagles (0-3, 0-1) 18-4. Jake Huddleston recorded 15 saves.
FOOTball
South Decatur falls
WOLCOTT —South Decatur was tied with Tri-County 6-6 in the second quarter Saturday, but the Cavaliers pulled away for a 20-6 win.
Jacobi Shook scored the Cougars touchdown on a 2-yard run. Coach Garry Sauley said South Decatur (0-2) was led defensively by end Trent Nobbe.
“He did a really good job on his side, but then they picked on the other side,” Sauley said. “Offensively, we ran the ball real well at times, but we’re going to have to start completing some passes.”
Sauley thought the Cougars showed improvement over their season-opening 49-13 loss to North Decatur.
“We played better than we did last week,” Sauley said. “We still have a long way to go. I told the kids we just have to keep getting better every day, and hopefully, eventually things will go our way.”
Orioles top Trinity
SEYMOUR — Trinity Lutheran rallied from a 22-14 deficit to take a 30-22 lead Friday night, but Indiana Deaf came back to post a 38-30 overtime win.
The Cougars (0-2) took a 6-0 first-quarter lead when Tyler Goecker threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Lawson Woods. After a pair of Orioles touchdowns, Woods returned a fumble 30 yards for a score and ran in the 2-point conversion to tie the game at 14-14. But Indiana Deaf scored again before halftime to take a 22-14 lead.
Goecker ran 15 yards for a touchdown and threw a 2-point conversion pass to Jack Marksberry to tie the game at 22-22. Goecker then hit Trent Shoemaker with a 50-yard scoring pass and ran for the 2-point conversion for a 30-22 lead early in the fourth quarter.
After the Orioles tied the game with 3:10 remaining, they intercepted a pass in the end zone to force overtime.
“Tyler was amazing tonight because he threw the ball well, ran the ball well and made amazing tackles,” Trinity coach Mike Wilson said. “He put us in a position to win, and, to be honest, he started dominating the game.”
