PREP ROUNDUP: Cub, Cougar girls get soccer wins

LIZTON — Greencastle traveled to Tri-West on Tuesday for its season-opening girls’ soccer match and came away with a 5-1 victory.

The first half offered much opportunity for the new team to gain confidence with passing, dribbling, and shooting. At the half the score was 0-0 with Claire Gillen in as goalkeeper.

In the first nine minutes of the second half, freshman Kennedy Trigg and junior Erin Thomas each scored a goal. That duo either scored or assisted on all five Tiger Cub goals, with Trigg finishing with one goal and two assists and Thomas with four goals and one assist.

Greencastle coach Angie Weeks noted that excellent play within the midfield was led heavily by junior Gretchen Weliever and sophomore Kaitlyn Dibble. Weeks added that “dynamic” defensive action was led by senior Megan Friars and sophomore Catherine Weeks.

Freshman debuts on the defensive line came from Neva Brown, Katie White and Sydney Doan.

The Tiger Cubs will host Crawfordsville on Monday.

In other soccer:

• North Putnam 3, South Vermillion 2 (girls) — The Lady Cougars trailed 2-1 at halftime but came back to pick up the win.

Goalie Jada Stump came up big with a save on an important penalty kick just before halftime, a play which shifted the momentum back to the Lady Cougars. The young team stayed strong and scored two goals in the second half to win the game.

Stump made several great saves preserving the win, as Abby Spencer had the game-winning goal.

Spencer finished with two goals, with Cheyenne Graham scoring the other Cougar goal.

Kylee McCullough had two assists, and several freshmen contributed playing lots of minutes in their first high school contest.

• South Vermillion 1, North Putnam 0 (boys) — The visiting Wildcats scored the game’s only goal in the first half.

“Led by a senior class of Alex Krominaker, Tyler Thompson, Caleb Duncan and Terran Wittig, the Cougars provided a very competitive game for the first game of the season,” coach Curt Krominaker said. “With several new players starting this season the boys have already started developing a nice passing chemistry. A number of near misses could have easily turned the game into a win.”

Krominaker thought his team had a great effort in the second half.

“The boys gave a great effort, especially in the second half, and dominated possession on the pitch,” he said. “We have worked on getting more shot attempts this season; we just have to turn the attempts into conversions.”

Volleyball

• Danville 3, Cloverdale 0 — Danville won the varsity match by scores of 25-18, 25-16 and 25-18.

Leading the lady Clovers were Kenzie Stoltz, Tori Combs, Hailey Thomas and Hannah Rady.

“The Clovers played hard with the Warriors until late in each game, when errors became the winning factor,” coach Traci Scott said. “It is early in the season and the errors made are fixable. I have high hopes for the Lady Clovers.”

The JV Clovers lost a hard-fought battle against the Warriors. In the first set, both teams were in a tie at 17 before Danville pushed an 8-2 run to finish the set. Serving woes were the major setback for the Clovers in the first set, but they used great defense to stay within striking distance.

The second set witnessed both teams fighting tooth and nail as Danville had a 20-19 lead before a serving run forced the Clovers to take a time out. The defense continued to force Danville mistakes but the Clovers weren’t able to get quality swings to put the ball away.

Statistical leaders were Sky Lowe with five kills, Autumn Lewellen with eight digs, Hailey Smith with four points and Kacy Shedron and Maci Jones with five assists each.

• Tri-West 3, South Putnam 0 — The Bruins won by scores of 25-14, 25-16 and 25-20 in South Putnam’s season opener.

Miranda Bieghler had five points, two aces, 10 set-assists, two digs and one block to lead the Eagles.

Grace Burdge added 13 points, three aces, five digs, one kill and two blocks, while Brianna Robinson had three points, one ace and four digs, Chloe Custis had two points, one set-assist and one kill, Caitlin Capps added two points, two kills and one block, Drew Bratcher had three digs and seven kills, Aubrey Hill had one block and Masey Chambers had one dig.

Tri-West won the JV match by scores of 25-14 in both sets.

Saydee Proctor had three points, one ace, one block and four digs for the Eagles, while Karlie Manyor had two points, two digs and one kill, Abby Teipen had one point, one ace, two set-assists and one dig, Brionna Egold had one point, two blocks, five digs and one kill, Bree Mahoney-Sutherland had one point, one ace, one block, one dig and one kill, Gracie Nees had nine digs and Eva Hubbard had seven digs.

• Clay City 3, South Putnam 0 — Clay City defeated the Eagles on Thursday by scores of 25-14, 25-9 and 25-14.

Grace Burdge led the Eagles with five points, while Brianna Robinson and Drew Bratcher had four digs each.

Statistics:

Points — Grace Burdge 5, Miranda Bieghler 4, Brianna Robinson 3, Drew Bratcher- 2, Caitlin Capps and Chloe Custis 1 each.

Aces — Miranda Bieghler, Chloe Custis, Brionna Egold 1 each.

Kills — Grace Burdge, Miranda Bieghler and Caitlin Capps 2 each

Set-assists — Chloe Custis 3, Miranda Bieghler 2, Abby Teipen 1

Blocks — Grace Burdge 1

Digs — Brianna Robinson and Drew Bratcher 4 each, Grace Burdge, Miranda Bieghler, Brionna Egold, and Masey Chambers 1 each

Clay City won the JV match 25-23, 25-17.

Abby Teipen paced South Putnam with 12 points.

Statistics:

Points — Abby Teipen- 12, Karlie Maynor- 4, Brionna Egold and Saydee Proctor 3 points each, Chloe Custis- 1.

Aces Abby Teipen- 3

Kills — Chloe Custis and Brionna Egold 3 each, Saydee Proctor and Bree Mahoney-Sutherland 2 each, Karlie Maynor and Eva Hubbard 1 each

Set-assists — Abby Teipen 7, Chloe Custis 3

Blocks — Saydee Proctor 1

Digs — Brionna Egold 17, Gracie Nees 15, Karlie Maynor 13, Eva Hubbard 8, Chloe Custis 7, Saydee Proctor 4, Abby Teipen 3, Bree Mahoney-Sutherland 2

Golf

• Danville wins triangular match — Danville shot a 208 at Clover Meadows on Thursday to defeat Greencastle and South Putnam.

The Tiger Cubs had a 219, while South Putnam shot a 240. Greencastle’s Macey Masten was the medalist with a 45. Anna Carrington led South Putnam with a 55.

“All the players had a hard time with the conditions,” Greencastle coach Steve Paquin noted. “Hard ground and fast greens made shot making and putting difficult. Young, inexperienced players have a hard time knowing how hard to hit shots and putts, and thus making the scoring considerably higher than when playing on soft fairways and greens.”

Paquin is confident his young team will continue to improve.

“The more matches and different conditions they play the more they will improve,” he said. “It’s a long frustrating learning experience, but something every golfer experiences.”

Greencastle (219) — Macey Masten 45, Marin Nally 52, Bailey Shuee 61, Rose White 61, Molly Ramey 68

Danville (208) — Ross 47, Lucas 51, Tollison 52, Cochran 58, Shores 59

South Putnam (240) — Anna Carrington 55, Drew Steffy 56, L. Hazlett 63, Kate McCammack 66, Reagan Ladd 67.

Next match — Greencastle plays Terre Haute North on Monday at Hulman Links.

In other golf:

• North Montgomery 211, North Putnam 258 — The Lady Cougars hosted the Chargers on Thursday for their first home match of the season.

With Taylor Dixon still out with an injury and Abby Simmerman playing volleyball, the young team of four freshmen was all able to keep its scores under 70.

“All of the Lady Cougars continue to improve in pace of play, rules interpretation, proper swing tempo and chipping,” Cougar coach Linda Patrick said. “Overall the putting by all the players was very good, averaging 21. At this point, the team needs to concentrate on eliminating too many extra strokes getting to the green. This would involve learning how to choose the right club and know its distance, along with gaining more self-confidence and trust in their shots.”

The Lady Cougars will play in the Western Boone Invitational on Saturday.

North Putnam (258) — Brittany Bonifacious 64, Haylee Greene 64, Nyiah Goff 61, Grace Timm 69

North Montgomery (211) — Douglas 44, Walden 49, Maxwell 57, Horn 61, King 63

Tennis

• Greencastle 3, South Putnam 2 — The Tiger Cubs won two of the three singles matches and the teams split the doubles matches, giving Greencastle a one-point win.

“I was proud of our performance for the first match of the season,” South Putnam coach Johnny Briones said. “Everyone played really well, had a lot of close, hard-fought matches.”

Sean Ramey and Luca Magni picked up singles wins for Greencastle, while Ty Van Sickle got the Eagle singles’ victory at No. 2.

Greencastle’s Nate Hensley and Anthony Conley won at No. 1 doubles, while South Putnam took No. 2 doubles behind Tanner Pistelli and Austin Arnold.

Singles — 1. Sean Ramey (G) def. Thomas Fanning (SP) 6-4, 6-3; 2. Ty VanSickle (SP) def. Trent Ross (G) 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 7-5; 3. Luca Magni (G) def. Garrett Heavin (SP) 6-2, 7-5.

Doubles — 1. Nate Hensley-Anthony Conley (G) def. Noah Emmrich-Jared Seidler (SP) 6-4, 6-2; 2. Tanner Pistelli-Austin Arnold (SP) def. Micah Hammond-Henry Carter (G) 6-1, 6-0.

JV singles — Trey Long (SP) def. Colin Gasway (G) 8-1; Creigh Remsburg (SP) def. Izaiah Campbell (G) 8-1.

JV doubles — Colin Gasway-Izaiah Campbell (G) def. Robbie Fisher-Evan Steffy (SP) 8-4.