PREP ROUNDUP: Baseball sectional pairings drawn; Bennett ties GHS record

Pairings were drawn Sunday for the upcoming Indiana High School Athletic Association sectional baseball tournaments, which begin May 23.

Greencastle (3-14) will open play in the Class 3A Danville Sectional against the host team (10-8).

Brebeuf Jesuit and Indianapolis Northwest meet in the other quarterfinal game. Cardinal Ritter and Tri-West received byes to the semifinal round.

At North Putnam, South Putnam (4-12) will meet Cloverdale (2-9) in the tourney opener, followed by undefeated South Vermillion (16-0) against Fountain Central (4-7-1).

The host Cougars (2-13) will face Monrovia (8-8) in the second semifinal game.

Semifinals and championship games are scheduled for May 28.

In other baseball:

• Monrovia 18, North Putnam 8 — At Monrovia, the Bulldogs and Cougars were tied at 6-6 after three and a half innings, but the hosts scored 12 more runs to record the win on Monday.

Kolten Thorson had a double and two RBI for the Cougars, while Evan Davies had a single and scored two runs and Jalen Berry had a single and scored a run Kaine Benge scored three runs.

North Putnam 140 120 — 8 3 7

Monrovia 600 534 — 18 11 2

WP —Sprague. LP — Davies.

• Southmont 15, Greencastle 5 — At New Market, the Mounties got six runs in the fourth and five in the eighth to break open a close game on Saturday.

Gus Manion hit a home run for the Tiger Cubs and had two RBI, while Jacob Harris and Abe Wade each had a double.

Nick Sutherlin, Ethan Maier, Alex Costin, Brandon Glaze and Jordan Meyer each added a single.

Greencastle 000 23 — 5 8 3

Southmont 001 68 — 15 12 2

WP — Stanley. LP — Glaze.

• Covenant Christian 22, North Putnam 1 — At Indianapolis, the Warriors scored in every inning on Saturday.

Colton Clifford had two singles for the Cougars, while Evan Davies and Cole Shoemaker each added a single.

North Putnam 000 10 — 1 4 3

Covenant Christian 586 3x — 22 13 0

WP — Collins. LP — Shoemaker.

• Owen Valley 7, South Putnam 3 — The Eagles rallied in the seventh inning, but left the bases loaded in falling to the Patriots.

Aiden LeBlanc hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning for the Eagles, and also added a single. Hunter Croan and Hayden Switzer each hit a double.

Brandon Demoret had three singles, Jackson Wood had two singles and Devin Cashion had an RBI.

Owen Valley 030 022 0 — 7 9 1

South Putnam 100 002 0 — 3 12 3

WP —Hendrickson. LP — Croan.

Golf

• Greencastle 149, Northview 156 — At Brazil, Jake Bennett tied a school record by shooting a sizzling 31 as the Cubs defeated the Knights on Monday.

Conner Taylor added a 37 for the winners, while Blaise Hasty added a 39, Jaxon Parmley had a 42, Kyle Tesmer and Benton Parmley each had a 44 and Josh Bomgardner shot a 49.

“This was a very competitive match,” GHS coach Steve Paquin said. “The ones and twos had a score of 72 for the Knights and 68 for the Cubs. All the players hit many good shots, but struggled on the slow-paced greens.

“Sometimes it’s easier to putt fast greens than slow greens, as you don’t have to putt harder on fast greens.”

The Tiger Cubs are 3-0 in invitational meets this year and 8-0 in dual and triangular meets.

“There are still areas of improvement this team needs to work on, such as greens in regulation, fairways hit and number of putts per round,” Paquin added. “This gives us room to get better and put up scores that are competitive with the more talented teams in the area.”

Tennis

• South Putnam 4, White River Valley 1 — The Eagles swept all three matches on Saturday and also got a win at No. 1 doubles in defeating the Wolverines.

“No. 1 doubles struggled throughout the match, but extremely proud of their effort,” South coach Johnny Briones said. “Despite being down most of the match, they continued to play to win each point, and never gave up.

“Everyone else played really well,” he added. “I am proud of three singles [Abby Teipen] and two singles [Stephany Zhivotovsky]. They moved up from their original positions and played extremely well, as did everyone else. Looking forward to a few practice days in preparation for going to Owen Valley on Thursday.”

Varsity

South Putnam 4, White River Valley 1

Singles — 1. Gitte DeVreede (SP) def. McKinley Frye (WRV) 6-2, 6-1; 2. Stephany Zhivotovsky (SP) def. Lizzy Mowery (WRV) 6-1, 6-4; 3. Abby Teipen (SP) def. Olivia Myers (WRV) 6-1, 6-1.

Doubles — 1. Kirsten Lee-Summer Blanton (WRV) def. Reagan Ladd-Addi Blaydes 6-1, 6-2; 2. Brianna Robinson-Makenna Wells (SP) def. Emma Records-Hannah Crowe (WRV) 6-0, 6-1

Junior varsity

South Putnam 3, White River Valley 0

Singles — 1. Becca Perry (SP) def. Kim Hale (WRV) 8-3

Doubles — 1. Keira Wells-Morgan Dixon (SP) def. Savannah K.-Veronica S. (WRV) 8-1; 4. Hannah Weiland-Emma Hendrickson (SP) def Mikayla H.-Mikayla L. (WRV) 8-1

Softball

• South Putnam 18, Fountain Central 6 — At Veedersburg, the Eagles got five runs in the top of the first inning on Monday and coasted to the win.

Grace Carr had a two-run single in the first inning to key the rally, while Alex Steffy had an RBI single in the fourth.

The Eagles plated nine runs in the fifth inning, scoring their first five runs on errors and wild pitches.

Steffy had a two-run single and scored on a double by Ava McHugh.

South Putnam got three more runs in the sixth, with McHugh getting another RBI single.

Brionna Egold was the winning pitcher, striking out nine batters and walking just one in allowing only one earned run.

Steffy and McHugh each had two hits and three RBI, with Drew Bratcher getting two hits and scoring two runs.

Egold and Drew Steffy each added two singles, two RBI and scored two runs.

The Eagles will host Northview today, and with a win could claim the Western Indiana Conference West Division title if Sullivan also defeats West Vigo.

South Putnam 500 193 — 18 14 2

Fountain Central 100 050 — 6 6 5

WP — Egold. LP —Merryman.

In other softball:

• Cloverdale 12, Covenant Christian 0 — At Cloverdale, the Clovers moved to 8-5 on the season Monday with a solid performance against Covenant Christian.

“We were able to get out of a couple of defensive jams early, which allowed us to increase the score eventually leading to the 10-run rule win,” Clover coach Jim Spencer said. “We continue to get a little better each night in all phases of the game. We just need to keep improving in each practice and game so that we might be playing our best softball at the end of the year.”

Macie Couch was the winning pitcher, allowing five hits and striking out four batters. She also hit a double.

Tori Combs had a single, double and a home run with 3 RBI, while Makenzie Allen had a single, double and an RBI, Autumn Lewellen hit two singles, Sky Lowe had a triple and an RBI, Kiley Shedron had a single and Morgan Goss had a single and an RBI.

Covenant Christian 000 00 — 0 5 2

Cloverdale 410 7x — 12 11 0

WP — Couch.