PREP ROUNDUP: Tiger Cub boys’ soccer picks up pair of dominating victories

Greencastle’s boys’ soccer team picked up a pair of wins last week to get back on the positive side of the scoreboard.

On Saturday, the Cubs won a Western Indiana Conference match 8-1 over Sullivan.

The Cubs had four goals in each half. In the first half, Ben Parsons and Jakob Foss each had two goals, while Hector Lezama and Ben Wilkerson each had two assists.

Foss had two unassisted goals to start off the second half, with Lezama adding an unassisted goal and Parsons scoring on an assist by Matt Muncie and Robin Kim.

On Thursday, the Cubs had defeated South Vermillion by a 6-1 score.

“We were able to get back on the winning track with a win against South Vermillion,” coach J.D. Sims said. “The boys showcased their attacking prowess they had been missing the past few games.”

The Cubs also evenly distributed their goals in that match, with three in each half.

Parsons had all three first-half scores, two unassisted and the third assisted by Kim.

In the second half, Lezama had a goal and an assist, Jacob Baker and Foss each had a goal and Lezama and Muncie each had an assist.

In other soccer:

• Eagles hand North pair of 1-0 losses — On Saturday, North Putnam traveled to Brown County and lost a pair of matches by 1-0 scores.

In the girls’ match, the Eagles scored the only goal just before halftime.

In the boys’ match, North coach Kyle Morgan noted his Cougars played well despite the defeat.

“We had more shots, controlled the tempo of the game and our goalkeeper kept us in the game,” Morgan said.

The Eagles scored with less than five minutes remaining to drop the Cougars to 3-5-3 on the season.

Cross country

• Monnett wins at WRV — At Switz City, Cloverdale competed in the White River Valley Invitational on Saturday.

Cloverdale’s Lily Monnett won the girls’ race in 21:26, while teammates Chelsie Edwards (fourth in 22:30) and Macie Couch (sixth in 23:41) also finished in the top 10.

Rylan Hall was Cloverdale’s top finisher in the boys’ race by placing ninth in 19:07.

Team scores for both meets were not available.

Boys

Winner — Joe Records (WRV) 17:27

Cloverdale runners — 9. Rylan Hall 19 :07, 11. Seth Geiger 19:24, 14. Nate Nees 19:52, 16. Chase Ashcraft 20:29, 22. Josh Beikman 20:58, 25. Elliott Williamson 21:33, 31. Nate Monnett 23:32, 34. Grant Maners 24:22.

Girls

Winner — Lily Monnett (Cloverdale) 21:26.

Other Cloverdale runners — 4. Chelsie Edwards 22:30, 6. Macie Couch 23:41, 19. Abi Bernard 28:50, 17. Jasmine Blankenship 30:12.

In other cross country:

• Eagles back in action — For what coach Brandon Welti said felt like “the first time in a long time,” the SPXC teams were able to finally compete in another 5K race on Saturday at the Avon Invitational.

For the Eagle girls, it was the first race since Clay City on Sept. 6, and for the boys it was their first 5K since the Eagle-Clover Classic in mid-August.

“Breaking from the norm this season, the weather was sunny and hot,” Welti said. “Despite the warm weather, both teams took advantage of the chance to race again and put together solid performances. There were many personal records and season bests for both teams.”

Leading the girls’ team was senior Samara Young.

“After being named Homecoming Queen the night before, her majesty came back the following morning ready to race,” Welti said. “She led the girls with an 18th-place finish and season-best time. Not too far behind was homecoming princess Catherine Hodge, also finishing with a personal best time.”

Welti noted that Sarah Jones also ran a personal record 5K.

With Lilly Vittetow and Ally Menke rounding out the scoring, the Eagles finished fourth overall among eight teams.

For the boys, Austin Rumley ran a strong race and led the Eagles with a seventh-place finish and a season-best time.

Each of the SP runners came in with season-best or personal-best times to help the boys finish in sixth place as a team.

The SPXC teams will next be competing at an invitational in Edgewood today.

Individual results:

Girls varsity

18. Samara Young – 22:49

21. Catherine Hodge – 23:25

24. Sarah Jones – 23:32

27. Lilly Vittetow – 23:41

41. Ally Menke – 25:58

Boys varsity

7. Austin Rumley – 16:56

35. Eric Hinkle – 18:45

42. Andrew Carr – 19:56

43. Brent Wiggins – 20:02

45. Eli Smith – 20:11

50. Clay Cash – 20:49

55. Allen Plunkett – 21:42

97. (JV) Daniel Johnson – 22:28

118. (JV) Trevor Vanihel – 24:25

Tennis

• Greencastle 4, Edgewood 1 — Greencastle defeated Edgewood on Saturday to clinch seventh place in the Western Indiana Conference standings with the crossover round victory.

Greencastle is now 3-9 for the season. No. 1 singles player Trent Ross won his seventh straight match.

Varsity

Greencastle 4, Edgewood 1

Singles — 1. Trent Ross (G) def. Cooper Thacker (E) 6-0, 6-0; 2. Lincoln Hammond (E) def. Isaiah Campbell (G) 6-3, 6-2; 3. Henry Carter (G) def. Gavin Norris (E) 6-4, 6-2.

Doubles — 1. Micah Hammond-Anthony Conley (G) def. Cole Burden-Chris McBride (E) 6-1, 6-3; 2. Eli Hardwick-Holton Miller (G) def. Josiah Hinson-Clint Shockney (E) 6-1, 6-1.

Volleyball

• MS Cubs top county rivals — Greencastle Middle School teams have been busy over the past two weeks.

During the week of Sept. 3, the Cubs played Cloverdale and South Putnam.

The seventh-grade team beat Cloverdale, 25-17, 23-25, 15-4. Maddie Landry had 11 aces and three kills to lead the team. Allie Beaman and Sarah Miller each had five aces, while Liberty Amis had three kills.

The eighth-grade squad beat Cloverdale 25-17, 19-25, 15-11. Jaylynn Pingleton and Elle Patterson led the team with five aces each. Elle Patterson had four kills while Kenzie Epley and Caroline Gooch each had two kills.

The seventh-grade team won 25-6, 26-16 over South Putnam.

Team leaders were Evelyn Briones with 15 aces and one kill and Maddie Landry with nine aces and one kill.

The eighth-grade team beat South Putnam 25-15, 25-22. Team leaders were Jaylynn Pingleton with seven aces and two kills and Elle Patterson with six aces and five kills.

During the week of Sept. 10, the GMS seventh-grade squad picked up wins against Edgewood and Southmont and suffered a tough loss to Owen Valley. The Cubs are 4-2.

The squad lost to Owen Valley by scores of 21-25, 23-25.

Team leaders were Maddie Landry with seven aces and three kills. Evelyn Briones and Kimberly Doty had four and three aces, respectively.

The Cubs defeated Edgewood 25-20, 25-9 as Maddie Landry contributed 11 aces and Liberty Amis had four kills.

The final win for the week was against Southmont by scores of 25-13, 25-14. Maddie Landry hit .750 for the night with three kills and seven aces. Liberty Amis contributed four kills and Sarah Miller gave a big push for the win with 12 aces.

The GMS eighth-grade team has a record of 3-3.

The Cubs defeated Owen Valley by scores of 25-10, 23-25, 15-10.

Team leaders were Jaylynn Pingleton with four kills and eight aces. Kenzie Epley added seven aces and Sidney Lantzy and Elle Patterson each added six aces in the win.

The Cubs lost to Edgewood 17-25, 15-25.

Jaylynn Pingleton and Sidney Lantzy led the team with four and three aces, respectively.

The team took another loss against a very good Southmont team by scores of 21-25, 23-25. Elle Patterson lead the team with six aces and three kills.

The GMS volleyball intramural program competed on Sept. 5.

Team Beasts had an unblemished record by going 3-0 for the night.

Team members included Hope Graham, Carissa Trigg, Liz Kavanaugh, Sarah Miller, Bryauna Clodfelter, Evelyn Briones and Izzy Masten.

The Mighty Tigers came in second place with a record of 2-1. Team players were Kim Doty, Madi Plew, Ali Purdue, Aleyce Green, Mary Strother and Madison Williams.

The Intramural squad competed on Sept. 11, with Team Triple Purple Tigers going 3-0.

The team consisted of Kimberly Doty, Mady Clodfelter, Mary Strother, Aleyce Green, Bryauna Clodfelter and Liberty Amis.

Finishing in second place with a record of 2-1 was team Flying Flamingos. Team members were Ali Purdue, Kylee Owens, Olivia Richardville, Bella Green and Becca Rady.

Weekly schedule:

Today, 6 p.m. — GMS 7/8 grade @ North Clay.

Wednesday, 6 p.m. — GMS Intramural.

Thursday, 5:30 p.m. — GMS 7/eighth-grade home vs. Monrovia.

Saturday, 9 a.m. — 7/8 grade county tournament @ Cloverdale