HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Cubs sweep Eminence; Eagles off to 3-0 start

Sunday, April 9, 2017

By JOEY BENNETT, Sports Editor

EMINENCE – Greencastle swept a pair of baseball games at Eminence on Saturday, winning the opener 14-0 and the nightcap 5-4.

In the first game, Jackie Scanland led the way for the Tiger Cubs by going 2-for-4 at the plate with 4 RBI, and he also threw three innings of no-hit baseball with five strikeouts.

“He gave us everything that we expect of him this year,” Greencastle coach Ben Wells said.

Nick Costin added two hits for the Tiger Cubs.

“All throughout the lineup we hit the ball well,” Wells said. “Guys did a good job waiting back and taking good approaches at the plate. Defensively we were pretty solid. We had a couple of errors early but settled down and played well.”

Wells also applauded the performance of reliever Tanner Sanders.

“Tanner came in and pitched the last two innings,” Wells said. “He worked ahead in the count, kept the ball down and threw hard. I was very pleased with his outing. He was one of our brightest spots. 

Jordan Meyer hit a double for Greencastle’s only extra-base hit, while Jacob Harris had two RBI.

Wells admitted the second game was “a little bit more of a struggle” for his squad.

“We jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first two innings, but then they did a much better job of keep our hitters off balance, and we just could not get much going after that,” he said. 

Alex Johnson started for Greencastle on the mound in the second game.

“He gave us two really solid innings, and it was nice to see him bounce back and throw a good game,” Wells said. “Alex Costin and Gus Manion also threw two innings and really did a nice job. Gus did a great job of closing the game out for us. We were really in a tough spot and Gus came in and gave us two great innings, and really showed a lot of resolve and grit to help secure the win.” 

Abe Wade and Alex Costin each hit a double for Greencastle, while Scanland, Trey Wood and Harris each hit a single.

Game one

Greencastle 511 07 – 14 10 3

Eminence 000 00 – 0 3 7

WP – Scanland.

Game two

Greencastle 311 000 0 – 5 5 1

Eminence 001 003 0 – 4 5 4

WP – Johnson.

Next game – Greencastle plays at West Vigo on Tuesday.

In other baseball:

• South Putnam 15, North Central 10 – At Farmersburg, the Eagles fell behind 7-0 after two innings but used an eight-run fifth inning to help pull out the comeback victory on Saturday.

Lance Bush led the Eagles at the plate with a double, triple and four RBI, while Dylan Wood added a double and a single with two RBI with three runs scored and five stolen bases.

Jackson Wood had a hit, two runs and two RBI while Kyle Hall also had a double.

Dylan Wood came on and pitched the final two innings of scoreless relief, striking out three and walking none.

South Putnam 003 083 1 – 15 10 3

North Central 610 300 0 – 10 9 2

WP – Croan.

Next game — South Putnam (3-0) plays at Cascade today.

• North Putnam starts 1-3 – The North Putnam Cougars recorded a 1-3 record last week to open the season.

Southmont defeated NP 4-0 on Friday, while on Saturday the Cougars defeated Covington 14-0 in the first game of a doubleheader and lost 6-5 in the second game.

No other information was available.

Softball

• Cloverdale 10, Indian Creek 9 – At Cloverdale, the Braves jumped out to a 7-1 lead but the Clovers fought their way back, getting a game-winning double by freshman Morgan Goss.

The Braves used timely hitting and four Cloverdale errors in the first two innings to take their early lead. Cloverdale responded with 6 runs in the 4th.

Both teams had the winning run in scoring position with two outs in the sixth and seventh innings, but could not get a run across. Indian Creek hit a two-run home run in the top of the eighth, but the Clovers scored three in the bottom of the eighth to pull out the win.

The game-winning hit by Goss plated Mackenzie Allen and Kelsey Helterbrand.

“It was an outstanding job by an experienced team to keep playing hard and try and work ourselves back into a position to win the game,” Cloverdale coach Jim Spencer said.

Cloverdale moves to 3-0 and 1-0 in the WIC.

Lauren Meek improved to 2-0 with the victory, recording three strikeouts and one walk while allowing seven hits.

“Lauren really settled down in innings 3-8 and made some really nice pitches to help out the defense,” Spencer said.

Allen and Baylee Hamilton each had two singles, a double and an RBI, while Helterbrand had two singles and a double and Makayla Westell had two singles.

Indian Creek       250 000 02 –  9 8 1

Cloverdale         100 600 03  -- 10 15 4

WP – Meek (2-0)

In the junior varsity game, Macie Couch was the winning pitcher for the Clovers and had eight strikeouts with no walks. Olivia Johnson and Haley Smith each had two singles, with Smith adding two RBI.

Indian Creek             010 002 0 — 3 7 1

Cloverdale                 300 010 1 — 4 6 3

WP – Couch.

Next game – Cloverdale varsity and JV host Monrovia tonight at 5 and 6:30.  

• Cougars drop three – North Putnam lost three games over the weekend, falling 15-0 to Tri-West on Friday and dropping a doubleheader to Danville on Saturday by scores of 12-2 and 13-0.

No other information was available.

Golf

• Tiger Cubs placed fourth at Northview – At Brazil, Jake Bennett paced Greencastle with a 73 as the Tiger Cubs placed fourth in the Northview Invitational.

“That was an excellent score for Jake as he played very consistent considering the course conditions, which made for good scoring difficult,” Greencastle coach Steve Paquin said.

Jaxon Parmley added an 85, while Conner Taylor shot 87, Kyle Tesmer had a 100 and Brett Sosebee carded a 107.

“This was a good beginning for a very young and inexperienced squad, as only Jake and Jaxon have any varsity experience,” Paquin said. “Conner and Kyle played well for freshmen and Brett had a few high scores on some holes.

“This team will get better and will be a strong contender for conference, county and sectional.”

Team scores: Terre Haute South 313, Terre Haute North 326, Cascade 344,Greencastle 345, Northview 345, Clay City 352, West Vigo 366 Edgewood 372 ,Linton 378, Cloverdale 380, South Vermillion 382, Sullivan 385, Turkey Run 385

Greencastle individual scores:  Greencastle: Jake Bennett 73, Jaxon Parmley 85, Conner Taylor 87, Kyle Tesmer 100, Brett Sosebee 107

Next match: Greencastle battles West Vigo on Wednesday at Windy Hill CC at 4:45 p.m.  

Tennis

• Greencastle 5, Edgewood 0 – At Ellettsville, the Tiger Cubs did not lose a set in winning their season opener on Friday.

Madison Trout, Lydia Trout and Sarah Heithaus picked up singles wins for Greencastle, while the doubles teams of Emma Taylor-Nicole Newgent and Corinne Buchanon-Gretchen Weliever also picked up wins.

“The team was a little nervous in the first few games of the season, but after a few adjustments, we seemed to get in a groove,” Greencastle coach Kevin Rowe said. “The girls played well for their first match of the season. We have some younger players filling in positions left vacant by graduation, it was great to see them step up and play very well.

“I look forward to our next match with the girls having a little more confidence moving forward.”

Greencastle 5, Edgewood 0

Singles — 1. Madison Trout wins 6-1, 6-3; 2. Lydia Trout wins 6-1, 6-3; 3. Sarah Heithaus 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)

Doubles — 1. Emma Taylor-Nicole Newgent wins 6-1, 6-1; 2. Corinne Buchanon-Gretchen Weliever wins 6-4, 6-3