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PREP ROUNDUP: Eagles fall 18-6, finish third in WIC west; Cub golfers lose first
Northview wrapped up the West Division softball title in the Western Indiana Conference on Tuesday with a convincing 18-6 win at South Putnam.
The Knights finished league play 5-0, and will travel to Brown County on Tuesday to meet the Braves for the conference championship.
South Putnam finished third in the West Division, and will play at Indian Creek in the fifth-place game.
Eagle coach Jamie Steffy lamented his team’s defensive lapses, which led to several unearned runs and continued a disturbing trend.
“Northview is a very good team and they hit the ball really well,” he said. “But we made way too errors. If we field the ball and make some plays, it’s a different game.
“This year when we have made three errors or less, we are 8-0; we are 1-8 when we commit more than three errors,” Steffy added. “It’s a crazy thing with this group.”
South Putnam entered Tuesday’s game with a slight chance of winning the divisional crown, but Northview’s big bats put those hopes to rest with 11 runs over the first three innings — including a seven-run third inning.
Drew Bratcher hit her seventh home of the season in the bottom of the third inning, tying the single-season school record set by Jenna Jones in 2013 and tied by Mackenzie Trisler in 2014.
Northview led 11-1 going into the bottom of the fifth and was on the verge of winning via the 10-run rule, before South Putnam came back with four runs to extend the game a little longer.
Freshman Brionna Egold — one of five ninth-graders in the South Putnam starting lineup — had an RBI single, Drew Steffy added a two-run single and Bree Mahoney-Sutherland an RBI double in the rally.
“We didn’t give up,” Steffy said. “I was proud of the comeback we made. I like the progress we are making.
“We put ourselves in the position to win the conference, but we couldn’t get it done,” he said. “Nine of the 14 girls we dress are freshmen, and we have made a really good adjustment to high school ball from travel ball. We have some big goals at the end, and this loss doesn’t take away from what we can accomplish.”
The Eagles added another run in the bottom of the sixth after Northview piled on six more runs in the top of the inning. Alex Steffy reached on a fielder’s choice and later scored on another fielder’s choice.
South Putnam, ranked No. 9 in this week’s Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association poll, is now 9-8 and hosts Rockville on Thursday.
NORTHVIEW (ab-r-h-rbi) — Thompson cf 6-4-4-0, Barger rf 4-3-3-4, Carter lf 5-3-3-5, Richey ss 4-1-1-3, Jackman p 4-2-4-0, Notter 1b 3-1-2-0, Bass ph 1-0-1-1, Timberman 3b 4-0-1-0, Ellis c 4-2-0-0, Brown 2b 5-2-3-1. Totals 40-18-22-14.
SOUTH PUTNAM (ab-r-h-rbi) — Eaglin cf 4-0-1-0, Bratcher c 2-2-1-1, A.Steffy p 4-2-2-0, Carr 1b 2-0-0-0, Egold 4-1-2-1, D.Steffy 2b 4-1-2-2, Hughbanks lf 4-0-0-0, Mahoney-Sutherland eh 2-0-1-1, Custis 3b 3-0-0-0. Totals 29-6-8-5.
Northview 137 016 — 18
South Putnam 001 041 — 6
WP — Jackman. LP — A.Steffy.
In other softball:
• North Putnam 6, Greencastle 3 — North Putnam wrapped up fourth place in the WIC West Division with a comeback win over the Tiger Cubs.
Greencastle led 3-1 going into the bottom of the fifth inning, when North Putnam exploded for five runs to end the game’s scoring.
Bradi Gierke reached on an error to start the fifth-inning rally. Greencastle’s Julia Mundy struck out the next two hitters before walking Mia Runnells and hitting Chloe LaPierre with a pitch to load the bases.
Jada Stump followed with a single to score two runs, and Olivia Haste doubled to plate another. Kaleigh Storm followed with a two-run single to put the Cougars in control.
LaPierre picked up the win on the mound, allowing nine hits and striking out three while walking none.
Storm and Jada Stump each had two singles and two RBI for the Cougars, who got five hits off Mundy.
Mundy hit a double and a triple with an RBI for the Tiger Cubs, while Delaney Wright had a double and two singles and Ivy Wright had a double and a single.
Greencastle scored twice in the fourth as Mundy doubled with one out and came home on an Ivy Wright double. Wright advanced to third on an Anna Chavez single and came home on a double steal. The Tiger Cubs added their final run in the fifth as Mackenzie Woodall reached on a fielder’s choice and came home on a Mundy triple.
North Putnam will travel to Cloverdale on Tuesday in a matchup of the league’s fourth-place teams in the seventh-place game. Greencastle finished sixth in the WIC West and plays at Owen Valley for 11th place
Greencastle 000 210 0 — 3 9 3
North Putnam 001 050 x — 6 5 0
WP — LaPierre. LP — Mundy.
Baseball
• Clovers win pair — Cloverdale recorded a pair of wins in its two most recent games, winning 6-3 against Owen Valley on Friday and 7-4 against Turkey Run on Monday.
Against Owen Valley, the Clovers got a two-run double from Tyce Jackson in the first inning to start off the game well. Nick Winders hit a triple in the third inning to score T.J. Hagymasi, and Winders came home on a Nick Smith single.
The Clovers scored their final two runs in the fourth as Nic Hull was hit by a pitch, went to second on a wild pitch, went to third on a Parker Watts double and scored on a Hagymasi single.
Nick Smith had three singles for the Clovers, while Watts had a double and a single and Hagymasi had two singles .
Against Turkey Run, Smith had three hits and three RBI while Watts, Hagymasi and Winders each had two hits. Winders had two RBI and scored three runs.
Watts pitched a complete game, giving up four runs (one earned) with nine strikeouts.
Friday
Cloverdale 202 200 0 — 6
Owen Valley 010 002 0 — 3
WP — Winders.
Monday
Cloverdale 102 030 1 — 7
Turkey Run 100 100 2 — 4
WP — Watts.
In other baseball:
• Northview 18, South Putnam 3 — Northview scored in every inning and held the Eagles to just two hits.
Branden Demoret and Jackson Wood had singles for the Eagles.
South Putnam 030 00 — 3 2 6
Northview 248 4x — 18 14 3
WP — B.Tucker. LP — Crum.
• Greencastle 9, North Putnam 0 — The Tiger Cubs got seven of their runs in the fourth inning to break open a close game.
Bryce Barger and Jordan Meyer had RBI singles in that big outburst, while Brody Whitaker followed with a bases-loaded double. Nick Sutherlin scored Whitaker with a triple, and he came home on a Gus Manion sacrifice fly.
Whitaker, Meyer and Sutherlin each had two hits.
Greencastle 001 710 0 — 9 8 1
North Putnam 000 000 0 — 0 4 3
WP — Sanders. LP — Lucas.
Golf
• Terre Haute South 159, Greencastle 166 — At Terre Haute, the Cubs suffered their first loss of the season.
Blaise Hasty led Greencastle with a 40, while Jake Bennett had a 41, Conner Taylor had a 42, Benton Parmley had a 43, Jaxon Parmley had a 44, Kyle Tesmer
had a 47 and Josh Bomgardner had a 59.
“The [Rea Park] course played very difficult with very fast and hard greens that made scoring difficult,” Greencastle coach Steve Paquin said. “Putting and chipping caused problems for all the players in keeping the ball on the green so as not to three putt.
“Jake had an off day in all phases — driving, hitting greens in regulation and putting,” Paquin added “This was his worst scoring round of the year.”
Hasty has returned to the lineup following an illness.
“Blaise played very well with only a couple of bad holes,” Paquin said. “Benton had his best round of the year, but all the other Cubs had problems on certain holes. Some nights you play well and some the course wins — and this was one of those nights. We will regroup and get ready for county and conference.”
In other golf:
• Clay City 173, Cloverdale 193 — Cloverdale’s Drew Boyette was the medalist with a 39, but the Clovers fell to the Eels.
Jason Miller shot a 50 for Cloverdale, while Michael Holsapple had a 51, Tyler Harrison had a 53, Wyatt Helterbrand had a 55 and Cody Morris had a 65.
“Drew played a very good round,” Clover coach Doug Wokoun said. “He had one glitch, but otherwise was almost flawless. After his round in the Brownsburg Invitational Saturday [80], I think he is hitting his stride at just the right time.
“Jason is slowly starting to put things in place, but is still struggling to extend his play to a full round,” Wokoun added. “He just needs to be persistent in his effort. Michael is making strides forward, but he continues to have new situations that he has to negotiate. Tyler has started to show a little more of what we expected, but he is still struggling with confidence. Wyatt had an up-and-down day. Consistency is also a key for his co tinued improvement.”
Cloverdale (5-5) plays in the Putnam County Tournament on Thursday at Clover Meadows.