PREP ROUNDUP: Duncan fourth, Haste fifth in Northview Invitational

North Putnam senior Caleb Duncan raced to a fourth-place finish in Tuesday's Northview Invite to lead the Cougar boys to third-place as a team.

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BRAZIL — North Putnam competed in the Northview Invitational cross country meet on Tuesday, with Caleb Duncan taking fourth place in the boys’ race and Anna Haste leading the Cougars by finishing fifth in the girls’ race.

NP coach Kevin Lutes thought all of his runners in the boys’ race went too fast in the first mile.

“We were able to hold on to finish third as a team,” he said. “I think they’ll get better with each run. We have many that are still learning how to race.

“Hopefully they’ll stick with it and mature as runners,” Lutes added. “They certainly have potential.

Haste and Grace Elmore, both freshmen, both finished in the top six.

North Putnam's Anna Haste placed fifth for the North Putnam Cougars in Tuesday's Northview Invitational.

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“I love the fact that they push each other to improve,” Lutes said. “Madison [Trotter] had a good night as well.

“I’m proud of all our girls for placing third in the team score.”

__Boys’ race

Team scores — Clay City 30, Northview 40, North Putnam 86, South Vermillion 100, Rockville 122

Winner — Kyle Wolf (CC) 17:28

North Putnam runners — 4. Caleb Duncajn 18:09, 17. Kyle Young 19:48, 18. Matt Trotter 20:11, 20. Adam Bonebrake 20:18, 27. Steve Weir 22:30, 30. Jacob Farrington 23:18

__Girls’ race

Team scores — Northview 25, Clay City 51, North Putnam 65, Rockville 91

Winner — Alexis Laswell (CC) 20:11.3

North Putnam runners — 5. Anna Haste 23:23.1, 6. Grace Elmore 23:50.6, 15. Madison Trotter 25:08.0, 24. Sydney Sims 26:33.6, 28. Gabby Carney 28:21.3, 29. Taylor Hensley 28:36.4.

In other cross country action:

• Clovers, Patriots split — Cloverdale and Owen Valley ran a dual meet at Spencer on Tuesday, with the Clovers winning the boys’ race by a 27-28 margin and OV taking the girls’ race 48-14.

Rylan Hall of Cloverdale won the boys’ race in 18:56, finishing 47 seconds ahead of runnerup teammate Chase Ashcraft.

“With Ray Bates out, Chase had to really step up,” Cloverdale coach Andy Tyler said. “With Rylan and Chase going one and two we were in a good position to win the meet.

“We had some good pack running behind them,” Tyler added. “We had some gutsy performances out there.”

Lily Monnett finished second overall for the Clovers in the girls’ race, while Macie Couch finished fifth.

“Lily and Macie had solid performances,” Tyler said. “[Arianna] McCracken had a great time, and Megan [Miller] and Abigail [Bernard]also ran hard. I am very proud of our effort.”

__Boys’ race

Cloverdale 27, Owen Valley 28

Cloverdale runners — 1. Rylan Hall 18:56, 2. Chase Ashcraft 19:43, 7. Brady Szczerbik 20:23, 8. Seth Geiger20:32, 9. Abel Bates 20:33, 12. Elliott Williamson 21:29, 14. Eddie Mannan 27:10, 16. Michael Halloran 22:39, 19. Andrew Monnett 23:36, 20. Jaren Rossok 23:51, 21. Nate Monnett 24:03, 23. Jason Miller 27:10, 24. Grant Maners 27:13.

__Girls’ race

Owen Valley 14, Cloverdale 48

Winner — Brooke Hey (OV) 22:03

Cloverdale runners — 2. Lily Monnett 22:59, 5. Macie Couch 23:38, 11. Arianna McCracken 25:54, 14. Megan Miller 26:56, Abi Bernard 28:23.

Tennis

• South Putnam 3, Danville 2 — The Eagles won both doubles matches and No. 2 singles to record the win at Danville on Monday.

“Our doubles teams made quick work of their opponents,” SP coach Johnny Briones said. “Despite the change of the lineup [due to Arnold being sick], they both played really well. No. 3 singles [Garrett Heavin] is steadily improving.

“Thomas Fanning struggled a little bit at No. 1 singles against a very worthy opponent.”

Briones was also proud of Ty VanSickle at No. 2 singles for going three sets to “seal the deal.”

The Eagles will host Crawfordsville on Thursday, then will play at Owen Valley on Saturday in the Western Indiana crossover match for fifth place.

__South Putnam 3, Danville 2

Singles — 1. Jack Binkley (D) def. Thomas Fanning (SP) 6-4, 7-6 (9-7); 2. Ty VanSickle (SP) def. Hunter Hensley (D) 7-5, 1-6, 6-3; 3. Brody O’Brien (D) def. Garrett Heavin (SP) 6-4, 6-0.

Doubles — 1. Noah Emmerich-Jared Seidler (SP) def. Parker Post-Cole Petree (D) 6-0, 6-0; 2. Tanner Pistelli-Creigh Remsburg (SP) def. Luke Phillips-Jaxon Keith (D) 6-3, 6-3.

Soccer

• Greencastle 5, Cascade 1 (boys) — The No. 11-ranked Tiger Cubs scored the only goal of the first half, but added four more in the second half to remain undefeated on the season.

Jakob Foss hit the back of the net twice for the Cubs, while Hector Lezama, Ben Parsons and Jacob Baker also scored goals.

Evan Crowe had two assists and Hector Lezama, Simon Foss and Brody Watson each had an assist.

The Tiger Cubs defeated West Vigo 5-2 on Tuesday night to remain undefeated in Western Indiana Conference play at 4-0.

They can clinch the West Division title by defeating Sullivan on Saturday.