Throwers, Wilson have big days for Cubs

Greencastle’s track and field teams were busy last week, competing in a triangular meet at Monrovia on Thursday and in two different events on Friday at Lafayette Jeff and Franklin Central.

On Friday, the Tiger Cubs competed against Owen Valley and the Bulldogs at Monrovia.

Greencastle coach Craig Jordan said his throwers “stole the show,” as the girls swept the top three places in the shot put and Elijah Williams chucked a 49-footer to win on the boys’ side.

Keridan Hollis won the 100 meters and got second in the 400, while Whitney Weinschenk won the 100-meter hurdles to get us some big points in the sprints.

Jacob Crawley ran wire to wire to win the boys’ 800 meters, with teammate Braden Pershing coming in second.

Clayton Wilson finished second in the 1,600 and first in the 3,200, while teammate Ben Gellman picked up a pair of third place finishes in both events.

J.T. Matthews cleared 6-3 to finish runner-up in the high jump, while Sydney Lewis cleared eight feet to win pole vault.

On Friday, several Tiger Cubs went to the Bronchos Sprinters Showcase at Lafayette Jeff, but only a few events were able to be run due to weather and the event was cancelled early.

Seelye Stoffregen placed 19th in the 400-meter run with a personal record time of 1:04.40, while Bailey Shuee finished 23rd in the 200 in 28.63.

“We did not get a chance to contest the 4x400 relay, but we were pretty happy with the results from the events we were able to contest,” Jordan said.

Several other athletes went to Franklin Central to compete in the Flashes Showcase.

Emma Wilson placed third in both the mile and the two-mile events.

“In the mile, Emma sat with the competition for 1,209 meters before making a mad dash to the finish with 400 meters to go,” Jordan noted. “She held the lead until about 150 meters to go as Tyler Schwartz [of DeKalb] went by and was passed by Sophia Rigg [of Zionsville, the eventual winner] in the last 60 meters.”

Jordan noted that Wilson covered the last 400 in 68-69 seconds.

“Before the race, we talked about this being a rehearsal for state and needless to say Emma came away highly motivated,” he said.

Rigg also won the two-mile, with her time of 5:05.77 just .08 seconds faster than Schwartz and .77 seconds faster than Wilson.

Greencastle’s girls’ 4x800 team, consisting of Shelby Kallem, Sydney Kallem, Molly Eising and Mika Mozawa, placed 13th in a time of 10:29.11.

“Our 4x800 came together very well and finished with a lot of excitement and motivation. Molly Eising cut six seconds from her 800, which was a big highlight,” Jordan said.

The Tiger Cubs host Northview and West Vigo Thursday.

“We’ve been working hard and are eager to lace up and race again this week,” Jordan said. “We are excited to regroup and run as a full squad.”

South Putnam’s Kieffer Vittetow competed in the mile and the 1,600-meter run. Vittetow was fourth in the mile with a time of 4:26.40, and also took fourth in the 1,600 in 4:24.84.

South Putnam’s 4x800 boys’ relay team placed 14th in 8:41.21.

• Clovers compete at THN — Cloverdale took part in the Patriot Invitational on Saturday at Terre Haute North.

“We ran well considering the wind issues that we had,” Cloverdale coach Andy Tyler said. “Blake Willis almost cleared 13 feet in the vault and placed first, and Tyler Kaeff took first in the 300 hurdles.

“All of our hurdlers ran well as did Jasmine Blankenship in the 800,” he added. “Arianna McCracken had a personal best in the long jump.”

Girls

100 hurdles — 1. Crimmins (BC) 17.12; 3. Kenzie Stoltz (C) 18.54; 4. Skyla Renner (C) 19.51

100 — 1. McCann (BC) 13.61; 10. Grace Leonard (C) 14.97

300 hurdles — 1. Crimmins (BC) 55.435; 3. Skyla Renner (C) 58.02

800 — 1. Jasmine Blankenship (C) 2:43.09

SP — 1. Matthews (Seeger) 34-2.5; 10. Madison Shoemaker (C) 22-11.5; 12. Katie Selig (C) 17-6

D — 1. Gardner (CW) 98-2; 9. Katie Selig (C) 65-10; 12. Madison Shoemaker (C) 55-7

LJ — 1. Wertz (BC) 16-5.5; 6. Arianna McCracken (C) 13-6.

HJ — 1. Garriott (Seeger) 4-10; 6. Skyla Renner (C) 4-2

PV — 1. Fields (BC) 10-6; 2. Kenzie Stoltz (C) 7-6

Boys

110 hurdles — 1. Carver (CW) 16.51; 2. Tyler Kaeff (C) 17:02; 6. Jake Wilkes (C) 19.64

100 — 9. Bradley Johnson (C) 12.88

1,600 — 11. Rylan Hall (C) 5:44.45

400 — 1. Keefauver (BC) 52.80; 5. Elliot Williamson (C) 59.63

300 hurdles — 1. Tyler Kaeff (C) 43.06; 3. Andrew Monnett (C) 45.17

800 — 1. Wyman (BC) 2:01.60; 2. Chad Stevens (C) 2:14.43; 7. Ryan Heavener (C) 2:24.22; 8. Brady Szczerbik (C) 2:25.09

200 — 1. Spencer (SV) 24.21; 11. Bradley Johnson (C)26.64

LJ — 6. Tyler Kaeff (C) 17-0; 9. Andrew Monnett (C) 15-8

PV — 1. Blake Willis (C) 11-6; 2. Jordan Berardi (C) 11-0

Baseball

• Cascade 17, Greencastle 2 — The Cadets got four runs in the top of the first and 11 more in the second to take control early against the Tiger Cubs.

Jackie Scanland, Abe Wade and Rylan Lucas each had a hit for Greencastle.

“This was a game where our lack of depth kind of showed itself,” Greencastle coach Ben Wells said. “After having played two games on Saturday, our pitching staff was pretty depleted. I was proud of the guys that went out and battled on the mound. They did everything we asked them to do, and were consistently around the zone.”

Wells thought his team’s defense was not as sharp as it had been in recent games, and noted that Cascade is a very good hitting baseball team.

“We had a chance for a very big first inning,” Wells said. “We scored two runs early and then had bases loaded with only one out, but our next two hitters struck out.

“This has been something that has been plaguing us all year,” he added. “We need to do a better job of putting the ball in play making the other team make plays against us.”

Cascade 4(11)2 00 — 17 15 2

Greencastle 200 00 — 2 3 7

• North Putnam 7, Turkey Run 3 — At Marshall, the Cougars scored six runs in the top of the third inning to break open a close game.

Hayden Rudes had an RBI single for the Cougars, while Darrin Tennis, Jake Powell, Kaine Benge and Jack Kendall each also had an RBI.

North Putnam 106 000 0 — 7

Turkey Run 002 100 0 — 3

WP — Rader.

Softball

• South Putnam 4, Monrovia 2 — Grace Carr hit a two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning to score Drew Bratcher and break open a tie game to pace the Eagles.

Bratcher had a double to lead off the seventh before Carr’s blast provided the winning runs. Carr also had an RBI single in the first inning, while Jaylen Hughbanks had an RBI single in the second inning.

South Putnam 110 000 2 — 4

Monrovia 000 101 0 — 2

WP — Carr.

• Edgewood 9, Cloverdale 4 — The Mustangs got three runs in the top of the first inning to get off to a good start, and added five in the top of the seventh to break open a tie game and record the win.

Baylee Hamilton had a single and a home run for the Clovers, while Kelsey Helterbrand had two doubles and Kiley Shedron had a single and a double.

Edgewood hit four home runs in the game.

“We could not take advantage of runners on base in the late innings,” Cloverdale coach Jim Spencer said.

Cloverdale won the JV game 16-6. Olivia Johnson was the winning pitcher and hit a single and a double, while Haley Smith added two singles and a double, Mackenzie Westell and Macie Couch each had two singles and Keeley Hughes had a single and a double.

Edgewood 300 100 5 — 9 10 0

Cloverdale 000 130 0 — 4 11 0

• Sullivan 7, North Putnam 3 — At Sullivan, the Arrows scored three runs in both the second and fourth innings to record the Western Indiana Conference victory.

Mia Runnells had a double with two RBI and scored a run, while Dana Tennis and Camryn Albers each had a single and a run scored.

North Putnam 003 000 0 — 3

Sullivan 031 300 x — 7

Golf

• Tri-West 190, North Putnam 258 — The young Cougar team had several players make huge reductions in their scores against the Bruins.

“Wins and losses don’t always paint the whole picture,” North Putnam coach Earl Hall said. “The total picture will and does show that there was improvement from both an individual and team scoring aspect.

Hall noted the Cougars, with all first-year varsity players, were facing a Tri-West team that is heavily blessed with juniors and seniors.

They managed to reduce 23 strokes from their first match score and three players had significant improvement in their individual play.

These four players once again played a course that was new to them and got a bigger surprise when the match was played on the back 9 at Quail Creek, Hall said.

“Nonetheless, they took up the challenge to prove that hard work and practice can and will pay off and at least for this match, we saw improved results,” he added..

Marcus Burdine shot a 60 (six strokes better than the first match), while Peyton Myers had a 58 (11 strokes better), RJ Batchelor had a 76 and Zane Mason had a 64 (10 strokes better).

• Northview 172, Cloverdale 179 — At the Phil Harris Course in Linton, Cloverdale had an improved performance and dropped a close match to the Knights.

Zach Nichols and Drew Boyette each shot a 43 to pace the Clovers, while Jason Miller had a 46, Tyler Harrison a 47 and Wyatt Helterbrand a 57.

“We had a much better effort this time around,” Clover coach Doug Wokoun said. “We are still battling some things, but we did make some improvement from last week. Zach and Drew both played seven solid holes, so they are starting to settle in.

“Jason Miller is starting to get back from an injury, and also played seven good holes,” he added. “Tyler was consistent, but we need to shave a couple of strokes. Wyatt had some struggles, but continues to do some good things.”

Wokoun noted the team missed Zarek Wellington due to illness.

“When he returns we should start to see what we have been expecting,” he said. “Our guys are working hard and things are improving. We have more things to clean up, and our focus will be on eliminating those errors and becoming more consistent through the entire round.”

Cloverdale (1-2) hosts Monrovia Thursday at Clover Meadows.

• Tri-West 164, South Putnam 203 — At Quail Creek, the Bruins had five of the six scores on the day to defeat the Eagles.

Tyler Hicks paced South Putnam with a 40, while Ryan Neumann added a 50, Collin McCallister had a 56, Jared Seidler had a 57 and Justin Pitts added a 60.

Hicks of Tri-West was the medalist with a 40.

Tennis

• Northview 5, Greencastle 0 — The Knights won every match in two sets to get some revenge over last year’s sectional win by Greencastle.

“Northview does a great job of reloading and producing quality teams each season,” Tiger Cub coach Kevin Rowe said. “They have some great young players, and their coaches do a great job of developing younger talented players.

“We played well in multiple individual matches, but could not pull out any wins. I look forward to a great match-up with them in sectionals.”

Singles — 1. Madison Trout lost 5-7, 4-6; 2. Lydia Trout lost 5-7, 6-3, 3-6; 3. Sarah Heithaus lost 0-6, 1-6

Doubles — 1. Emma Taylor-Nicole Newgent lost 3-6, 5-7; 2. Corinne Buchanon-Gretchen Weliever lost 0-6, 4-6

JV — 1. Addison Gregory lost 4-8; 2. Hannah Miller lost 3-8; 3. Christlynn Jones lost 1-8; 4. Charity Potter lost 0-8

• West Vigo 5, South Putnam 0 — At West Terre Haute, the Vikings won each match in two games, with the No. 2 doubles match going into a tiebreaker in the second set.

“We continue to have really close games, but need to learn to finish the game, set, and match,” SP coach Johnny Briones said. “I was very pleased with No. 2 doubles, and they are improving every match.

“I was also excited for our JV girls, who are also improving every match,” he added. “It was a great win for JV 2 doubles.”

Singles — Elysia Williams (WV) def. Adie Clifford (SP) 6-0, 6-0; 2. Ashlynn Lasecki (WV) def. Meredith Trump (SP) 6-0, 6-1; 3. Taylor Ferris (WV) def. Kaylee Hubbard (SP) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles — 1. Kelsey Farris-Grace Renfro (WV) def. Reagan Ladd-Addie Blaydes (SP) 6-0, 6-0; 2. Caitlyn Wyrick-Lexea Hendricks (WV) def. Hannah Weiland-Addie Blaydes (SP) 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)

JV — Savannah McCoy (WV) def. Stephanie Zhyivosky (SP) 8-2; 2. Alyssa Butler (WV) def. Makenna Wells (SP) 6-0; Jenna Minor-Elaina Charters (WV) def. Abby Teipen-Keira Wells (SP) 8-1; Morgan Dixon-Emma Hendrickson (SP) def. Aliyah Orten-Macie Davis (WV) 8-6; Lindsey Cottrell-Ashton Stewart (WV) def. Evvie Timberman-Sierra Bledsoe (SP) 8-0