Prep roundup: Tiger Cubs, Cougars pick up boys’ soccer victories

Both Greencastle and North Putnam picked up boys’ soccer victories on Tuesday by the score of 2-0.

Greencastle won at Southmont, while the Cougars won a home Western Indiana Conference match with West Vigo.

Tiger Cubs’ coach J.D. Sims was not happy with his team’s performance, despite its fourth straight victory, and hopes the team can build on the win in the future.

“Southmont was not the brightest moment for us in our season,” Sims said. “We let a high-pressing defense get the best of us.

“We had too many offsides penalties, and we did not open the field up like we should have.”

Jakob Foss scored a first-half goal to give the Tiger Cubs all the points they would need.

Sims said the “goal of the game” came in the second half, when Leo Weeks had a cross pass that Simon Foss headed across the goal.

“We look forward to improving upon this game,” Sims added. “This will be good wake up call for some of our more competitive games coming up that will decide the outcome of our conference chances.”

The Tiger Cubs opened the season with two wins, then suffered a loss and tie in their next two matches before the four-match winning streak began.

They hope to keep things going on Saturday at Cascade.

North Putnam got both of its goals in the first half.

Aidan Millican assisted the first goal by rolling the ball out to Brendan Chandler, who dribbled down the sideline for three-fourths of the field and beat two people of the dribble before putting a shot past their keeper.

Alex Krominaker had the second goal from a free kick.

“Michael Roach had an excellent game out of the back,” NP coach David Moeller said. “He won multiple balls out of the air.

In other soccer:

• Southmont (girls) 5, Greencastle 3 — At New Market, the Lady Tigers traveled to Southmont Thursday to compete in a non-conference game.

“The first half offered passing and midfield dominance for Greencastle,” Tiger Cub coach Angie Weeks said. “The team was able to capitalize on distribution and playing a familiar game rich with communication and strong passing.”

The first and second Greencastle goals were scored by Erin Thomas and assisted by Whitney Weinschenk.

The third Greencastle goal was gained by Kaitlyn Dibble and assisted by Catherine Weeks.

The season record thus far is 3-4 and the conference record is still 1-1.

The team plays its second conference game at Cascade Saturday at 10 a.m.

• Terre Haute South (girls) 7, Greencastle 0 – After a long duel in the heat, the Lady Tigers fell to Terre Haute South on Tuesday.

The match offered much defensive work for Claire Gillen, Ruth Heithaus, Megan Friars, Gretchen Weliever and Catherine Weeks, coach Angela Weeks said.

“Midfield action from Whitney Weinschenk and Erin Thomas enabled connections to Katie Kessler and Sarah Heithaus,” she said.

Weeks said South’s players were “quick on the ball and took shots from afar.”

Volleyball

• Greencastle 3, North Montgomery 2 – At Crawfordsville, the Tiger Cubs fell behind 2-1 after three sets on Wednesday but stormed back to win the final two sets and claim the victory.

Greencastle won by scores of 25-15, 17-25, 20-25, 25-10 and 15-5.

Bailey Shuee had 17 kills for the Tiger Cubs, while Madison Trout had 10 kills and 11 digs, Jada Amis had nine kills and Jalyn Duff had 30 assists.

Maggie Meyer paced the Tiger Cubs with 25 digs, while Mckenzie Woodall added 12.

• Cloverdale 3, South Putnam 0 — The Clovers picked up their first road win of the season on Thursday by defeating the Eagles 25-22, 25-15 and 25-18.

“We played well,” Clover coach Kathy Moore said. “Our passing was more consistent which allowed us to spread the ball around to all our hitters. It was a good win for us as we head into the county.”

Eagle coach Rachelle Custis looks for continued improvement from her team this weekend.

“We can’t focus on our record, but rather focus on what we need to work on in order to compete in the next match,” she said. “We will reflect on this match to help prepare for county.”

Cloverdale stats:

Scoring — Kenzie Stoltz 7; Lauren Meek, Hannah Rady, Haley Maners 6 each; Payten Simpson 5; Hailey Thomas 4; Justyce Monnett 2; Tori Combs 1.

Aces — Lauren Meek, Hannah Rady and Haley Maners 3 each..

Kills — Justyce Monnett 9; Tori Combs 8; Hailey Thomas 6; Kassie Wade 5, Kenzie Stoltz and Haley Maners 1 each.

Set-assists — Hannah Rady 21.

Blocks — Tori Combs and Kassie Wade 1.

Digs — Hailey Thomas 12; Kenzie Stoltz 8; Payten Simpson 4; Hannah Rady and Haley Maners 3; Kiley Shedron 2; Lauren Meek, Kassie Wade and Justyce Monnett 1.

South Putnam stats:

Aces — Miranda Bieghler and Lillie Stein 1 each

Kills — Caitlin Capps and Miranda Bieghler 2 each, Drew Bratcher and Lille Stein 1 each

Points — Miranda Bieghler 8, Lillie Stein- 6, Ashley Schroer 4, Lexi Vanihel 3, Drew Bratcher 1

Blocks — Caitlin Capps-3, Lillie Stein-2

Digs — Ashley Schroer 15, Miranda Bieghler 11, Lexi Vanihel 10, Lillie Stein 9, Sabrina Phillips and Masey Chambers 3 each, Caitlin Capps and Drew Bratcher 2 each

Set-assists — Drew Bratcher 4, Miranda Bieghler 2

The Clover JV team also collected a win in two sets.

South Putnam stat leaders:

Aces — Aubrey Hill and Jalen Hughbanks 2 each, Sydeny Jackman and Abby Teipen 1 each

Kills — Aubrey Hill-4 , Alex Bratcher-1

Digs — Jaylen Hughbanks-6, Brianna Robinson-5, Alex Bratcher-3, Abby Teipen-1

Points — Aubrey Hill and Alex Bratcher 4 each, Abby Teipen- 3, Jaylen Hughbanks and Sydney Jackman 2 each, Brianna Robinson 1

• Owen Valley 3, South Putnam 0 – At South Putnam, the Patriots won in straight sets on Wednesday by scores of 25-13, 25-12 and 25-9.

South Putnam stats:

Aces — Miranda Bieghler 3, Ashley Schroer 1

Kills — Caitlin Capps 2

Points — Miranda Bieghler 7, Lillie Stein 3, Ashley Schroer 1

Blocks — Lillie Stein 3, Miranda Bieghler 1

Digs — Miranda Bieghler 5, Lillie Stein and Masey Chambers 2 each, Drew Bratcher, Ashley Schroer and Sabrina Phillips 1 each

Set-assists — Drew Bratcher 1

Owen Valley won the JV match 25-11, 25-13.

South Putnam stat leaders:

Aces — Aubrey Hill and Sydney Jackman 3 each

Kills — Jalen Hughbanks 2

Points — Aubrey Hill 9

Digs — Jalen Hughbanks 5

Set-assists — Abby Teipen 2

• Rockville 3, North Putnam 0 — At Rockville, the Rox won in three sets on Thursday.

“We were just a little bit slow moving to the ball,” NP coach LeeAnn Bryan said. “ We’re going to get some rest [today] and be ready for Saturday.”

Cougar stats:

Digs — Aleah Duncan 10, Grace Willard 4, Ainslee Vogt 4, Sara Fry 3, Lyndi Parent 3

Kills — Kinzey Young 5, Bradi Gerkie 4, Haley Abdon 2

Assists — Lyndi Parent 6, assists, Ainslee Vogt 6

Aces — Lyndi Parent 3

Golf

• Edgewood 197, Greencastle 208 – At Bloomington, Greencastle’s Macey Masten shot a 47 on Wednesday to lead her team and earn medalist runnerup honors, but the Mustangs recorded the win.

Lindsey Bridgewater had a 50 for the Tiger Cubs, while Alex Weliever added a 51, Gabby Selvia had a 60 and Rose White had a 66.

Edgewood’s Megan Higgins was the medalist with a 41.

“We played fairly well,” Greencastle coach Robert Hedge said. “We really struggled with the slow greens, so our putting was not very good. Lindsey had a good day striking the ball, but could not quite break the sub-50 round.”

• Eagles compete in quadrangular – At Brazil, South Putnam finished fourth on Tuesday in a quadrangular meet.

The host Knights won with a 198, while Rockville had a 219, South Vermillion had a 223 and the Eagles finished close behind with 229.

Alicia Haywood led the Eagles with a 51, while the remainder of the Eagle lineup all scored season lows – Reagan Ladd with a 57, Anna Carrington with a 59, Kristi Wood with a 62 and Leighla Hazlett with a 63.

“This was the best golf I’ve seen from our team all year,” Eagle coach Kevin Metz said. “This was the first time all year we were able to get four girls in the 50s.

“I couldn’t be more proud of their effort and play,” he added. “Forest Park is our sectional course, so I was happy to see lower scores.

Cross country

• Vittetow wins again — At Clay City, South Putnam senior Kieffer Vittetow got another win and set an other course record on Thursday in the Clay City Invitational.

In the boys’ race, Vittetow’s time of 17:25 was nine seconds better than runnerup Austin Haskett of Edgewood as the Eagles won the team title by one point.

“Kieffer once again ran a strong race,” SP coach Brandon Welti said. “As a team, the boys did a great job of racing together and steadily moving up as the race progressed.”

Cloverdale’s top finisher was Chad Stevens in eighth.

SP’s Maddie McHugh finished fourth to lead her team in the girls’ race.

“Maddie McHugh and Ally Nichols did a great job of hanging tough and finishing in the top 10,” Welti said. “Having just five girls able to compete has been a challenge all year, but they’ve still been able to pull off some decent performances as a team.

“Hopefully they’ll be able to continue to improve, stay healthy, and keep competing despite the small size of the team.”

Welti was happy with his team despite some health concerns.

“Even with some illness issues, the boys all ran well enough to steal a win from the host school by just one point,” he said. “It was really impressive how well they battled competition and each other to pull this off.

The weather was also not ideal.

“It was a pretty hot and humid afternoon, but the boys and girls teams were both able to pull off some pretty good performances,” he said. “Overall, we’re pleased with how this went, but we know there is still a lot of room for improvement.”

Chelsie Edwards led the Cloverdale girls by placing seventh.

Boys’ race

Team scores — South Putnam 45, Clay City 46, WRV 93, Shakamak 122, Edgewood 124, Cloverdale 132, Linton 150, Owen Valley 205, Eminence 227

South Putnam runners — 1. Kieffer Vittetow 17:25, 5. Logan Vandermark 18:19, 6. Austin Rumley 18:22, 15. Karl Egold 19:43, 18. Dru Bottorff 19:49, 30. Eric Hinkle 20:34, 34. Michaesl Crossman 21:03

Cloverdale runners — 8. Chad Stevens 18:44, 26. Eddie Mannan 20:16, 28. Rylan Hall 20:33, 33. Nolan Maners 20:41, 37. Ryan Heavener 21:08, 49. Abel Bates 22:25, 50. Elliot Wiliamson 22:34

Girls’ race

Team scores — Owen Valley 39, Shakamak 64, South Putnam 72, Edgewood 83, WRV 125, Clay City 143, Linton 174

South Putnam runners — 4. Maddie McHugh 22:40, 6. Ally Nichols 23:15, 19. Samara Young 25:25, 20. Rachel Jones 25:55, 27. Addi Blaydes 27:39

Cloverdale runners — 7. Chelsie Edwards 23:20, 24. Tori Szalay 27:05, 40. Ashleigh Nepote 31:39

• West Vigo (boys) 21, Cloverdale 35 – At West Terre Haute, Chad Stevens placed fourth for the Clovers with a time of 20:32.

Nolan Maners was fifth in a time of 20:49, while Rylan Hall was seventh in 21:29.

The Clovers did not have enough runners to be in the girls’ team competition, but Chelsie Edwards placed second overall in 24:26. Other Clover runners were Tori Szalay (fifth in 31:35) and Ashleigh Nepote (seventh in 34:18).

• North Putnam competes — At Crawfordsville, the Cougars had five runners to compete in the Charger Invitational.

Sydney Sims was 43rd in 26:45, while Taylor Hensley was 48th in 27:31 and Amber Schubert was 74th in 40:12.

“I thought the girls ran well,” NP coach Kevin Lutes said. “We still have a lot of work to do, but the girls are progressing nicely.”

Kyle Young was 66th in the boys’ race in 22:23, while Grant Jarboe was 95th in 2:16.

“They were in their first official race so I wasn’t sure how exactly they would perform,” Lutes said. “They both showed a great deal of composure throughout the race.”