PREP ROUNDUP: Eagles battle tough Edgewood squad to 9-3 decision

ELLETTSVILLE — South Putnam’s softball team traveled to No. 17-ranked Edgewood on Thursday evening and fell 9-3 to the undefeated Mustangs.

Edgewood scored three runs in the first, one in the second and two in the third to take control early.

The Eagles scored all of their runs in the final two innings, getting one in the sixth and two more in the seventh.

Drew Bratcher had a double and two RBI to lead the Eagles at the plate, while Grace Carr had a double and a single and Alex Steffy had a double.

South Putnam 000 001 2 — 3 7 5

Edgewood 312 012 x — 9 15 1

WP — Robertson. LP — A.Steffy.

Tennis

• Greencastle 3, West Vigo 2 — The Tiger Cubs got singles wins from Corinne Buchanan and Hannah Miller and a win from the No. 1 doubles team of Nicole Newgent and Molly Ramey to pick up the win on Thursday.

The Cubs are now 3-2. Buchanan improved her record to 4-1, while the team of Newgent-Ramey improved to 3-2.

Varsity

Greencastle 3, West Vigo 2

Singles — 1. Kaitlyn Whitford (WV) def. Gretchen Weliever (G) 6-3, 6-1; 2. Corinne Buchanan (G) def. Jenna Minor (WV) 6-3, 6-0; 3. Hannah Miller (G) def. Elaina Charters (WV) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles — 1. Nicole Newgent-Molly Ramey (G) def. Caitlyn Wyrock-Savannah McCoy (WV) 6-4, 6-0; 2. Ashton Stewart-Alyssa Butler (WV) def. Faith Hartman-Katlyn Dibble (G) 6-1, 6-1

Junior varsity

Greencastle 2, West Vigo 0

Singles — Catherine Weeks (G) def. Aliyah Orten 8-3

Doubles — Abbie Beaucamp-Annie Hershberger (G) def. Catie Martin-Micah Roush 8-0

Track and field

• Clovers sweep Lakers — Cloverdale defeated Shakamak in a dual meet on Thursday, winning the boys’ meet 120-13 and the girls’ meet 68-63.

“We performed well tonight,” Clover coach Andy Tyler said. “We are training hard and are looking to improve. We have to get stronger in a few areas and I am confident that we can get there.”

Tyler noted that Lily Monnett is “working really hard and putting in quality performances,” while Ray Bates is making huge gains as well.

“We are looking forward to [today] at the Patriot Invitational,” Tyler said.

Girls

Cloverdale 68, Shakamak 63

4x800 relay — 1. Cloverdale 11:30

110 hurdles — 1. Kenzie Stoltz (C) 17.26; 3. Kaya Daub (C) 18.91.

100 — 3. Alison Taylor (C) 13.75

1,600 — 2. Lily Monnett (C) 6:14

4x100 relay — 1. Cloverdale 55.92

400 — 3. Ciera Rodgers (C)

300 hurdles — 2. Alexa Wynia (C) 56.50; 3. Kammrie Monnett (C) 58.10

800 — 1. Chelsie Edwards (C) 2:33; 3. Jasmine Blankenship (C) 2:53

200 — 2. Grace Leonard (C) 29.59

SP — 2. Madison Shoemaker (C) 28-0

D — 1. Madison Shoemaker (C) 84-0

LJ — 1. Kenzie Stoltz (C) 14-5.5; 3. Kaya Daub (C) 13-0

HJ — 2. Grace Leonard (C) 4-6; 3. Alexa Wynia (C) 4-4

PV — 1. Kenzie Stoltz (C) 8-6; 2. Kaya Daub 7-6

3,200 — 2. Lily Monnett (C) 13:25

4x400 relay — 1. Cloverdale 4:44

Boys

Cloverdale 120, Shakamak 13

4x800 relay — 1. Cloverdale 9:54

110 hurdles — 1. Tyler Kaeff (C) 15.74; 2. Andrew Monnett (C) 17.00

100 — 1. Jerry Burton (C) 11.90; 2. Johnson (C) 11.97

1,600 — 1. Chase Ashcraft (C) 5:24; 2. Seth Geiger (C) 5:27

4x100 relay — 1. Cloverdale 48.1

400 — 1. Elliot Williamson (C) 56.6; 2. Ford Mayhew (C) 59.78

300 hurdles — 1. Tyler Kaeff (C) 43.0; 2. Andrew Monnett (C) 44.9

800 — 1. Abel Bates (C) 2:15; 2. Brady Szczerbik (C) 2:18; 3. Rylan Hall (C) 2:23

200 — 1. Robert Smith (C) 24.39; 2. Bradley Johnson 25.09; 3.

SP — 1. Tray Dickison (C) 39-6.5; 3. Ethen Radford (C) 34-0

D — 1. Ethen Radford (C) 111-0; 2. Abel Bates (C) 101-0; 3. Tray Dickison (C) 34-0.

LJ — 1. Andrew Monnett (C) 16-8

HJ — 1. Tyler Kaeff (C) 5-10; 2. Ford Mayhew (C) 5-4; 3. Elliot Williamson (C) 5-2

PV — 1. Blake Willis (C) 11-6; 2. (tie) Robert Smith and Jordan Berardi (C), 10-0

3,200 — 1. Josh Beikman (C) 12:52; 2. Eddie Mannan (C) 13:42

4x400 relay — 1. Cloverdale 3:50

• More on North-South Thursday meet — Results of Thursday night’s meet between North Putnam and South Putnam were in Friday’s Banner Graphic.

South Putnam won the boys’ meet 63-56, while North Putnam won the girls’ meet 87-39.

Comments from South Putnam’s coaches were not received until Friday, and both Nathan Aker and Brandon Welti were pleased with the evening.

“This was an outstanding track meet in beautiful weather,” Aker said. “It came down to the final event. We had numerous guys with PRs.”

Welti changed things up for his team, allowing the athletes to choose which events in which they wanted to participate.

“This was a unique experience, and there were numerous surprises in choices and results,” Welti said. “Sprinters ran distance events, runners attempted to throw and a thrower joined a relay.

“Not only did they try something new, but some of them even won in events that were unusual for them.”

Welti noted that some of the surprise highlights include sprinter Alex Fanning stepping up and winning the 800 (after having thrown shot for the first time in her career).

“Right after that she went straight to the 200 where she finished third, after having only about 10 minutes rest between events,” Welti said. “Lexi Vanihel decided to give sprinting a try (after having attempted the high jump) and surprised everyone with a first-place finish. At the very last minute, Ally Menke decided to give the long jump a try, and she was able to finish in third place.”

Welti noted that some athletes did well in their normal events.

“Lillie Stein ran another strong 400, taking the win by over two seconds,” he said. “Ally Nichols stayed the course for her mid-distance career and kept focus on relays and the 1600. She was a member of the winning 3200 and 1600 relay teams (along with Lillie Stein, Lexi Vanihel and Grace Burdge).

“This was no doubt a fun experience for everyone, but things will return to normal at the next meet on Tuesday,” Welti added.

The Eagles will host Shakamak and Clay City starting at 5:30 p.m.