PREP ROUNDUP: Cloverdale baseball turning corner, shuts out OV 9-0

SPENCER — Cloverdale continued a strong week of high school baseball on Tuesday with its best performance of the season in a 9-0 win at Owen Valley.

Jaren Rossok was masterful on the mound for the Clovers, pitching a four-hit shoutout with five strikeouts and no walks. He threw 97 pitches with 72.2 percent of those being strikes.

Rossok also had three singles, an RBI and two runs scored. Brayden Blevins had a double, three RBI and a run scored, while Parker Watts had a triple, single, two runs and two RBI and Hunter Fox had a double, single, RBI and two runs scored. Jack Havenor added a single, RBI and a run scored.

In other baseball:

• South Vermillion 7, Cloverdale 3 — On Monday, the Clovers battled the defending regional champions close before falling at home.

The game was tied after three innings at 3-3, before South Vermillion got three in the fourth and one more in the seventh.

Parker Watts had a double and an RBI for the Clovers, while Jack Havenor had a single and an RBI.

Corey Bennett, Hunter Fox and Nate Tungett each scored a run.

• Sullivan 8 South Putnam 0 — Five South errors led to six unearned runs for the Golden Arrows.

Sullivan scored twice in the first inning and six times in the second.

Aidan LeBlanc, Hayden Switzer and Dru Teipen each had a single for the Eagles.

• Incomplete games — Two Western Indiana Conference games involving Putnam County teams were halted before completion on Tuesday and will be finished at a later date.

Northview leads Greencastle 19-2 in the bottom of the fourth inning, while West Vigo leads North Putnam 10-0 in the bottom of the fourth.

• Monrovia 4, Greencastle 3 — On Monday, the host Bulldogs got all four of their runs in the bottom of the first inning and held on for the win.

Ethan Maier had a home run, single and all three RBI for the Tiger Cubs, while Nick Sutherlin had a double. Ryan Kempf scored two of the three Greencastle runs.

Golf

• Greencastle 168, Cloverdale 212 — At Clover Meadows, Jaxon Parmley of Greencastle was the medalist with a 40 .

Conner Taylor and Benton Parmley each added a 41, while Vincent Martaglio had a 46 and Tyler Rodgers a 52.

For the Clovers, Michael Holsapple led the way with a 47. Wyatt Helterbrand added a 48, while Cody Morris shot a 58, Josh Allen had a 59 and Kyle Thomas added a 64.

Greencastle coach Steve Paquin thought his team put together a consistent nine-hole round in picking up the win.

“Getting into the scoring mix was freshman Vincent Martoglio with a 46, while Lathen Worman had his best scoring round of the year with a 48. Only three of the seven GHS players had played the front nine, so this was more impressive due to the lack of knowledge of the holes being played. “

Paquin thought his players both hit quality shots and chipped and putted well.

“Benton had a very good night driving the ball and hitting greens with his second shots,” Paquin added. “The greens were wet and slow so that made chipping and putting difficult; which caused the Cubs to have more putts than usual. This problem should be taken care of as they play the different greens on the different courses we play. We continue to shoot lower scores and get more experience on the variety of courses we play.”

Clover coach Doug Wokoun thought his team did good things at times, but is still looking for consistency.

“I was a little disappointed in Monday’s effort, but this was a better outing,” he said. “We need to build on the good things we are doing and find some continuity in our play. We are doing enough good things to be optimistic, but the progress never comes soon enough. We have to be patient and continue to work.”

Wokoun noted his players had moments of success on the day.

“Michael and Wyatt both hit good shots through the round, but weren’t able to string together enough of them to sustain any consistency,” he said. “Cody had one rough stretch in the middle of the round, but rebounded toward the end. Josh made some good progress and was able to score on some shots that he had been missing. Kyle showed some improvement over Monday and is not yet seeing the fruits of his good shots, but that will come with experience.”

Cloverdale (2-6) plays at Phil Harris on Thursday with White River Valley, Owen Valley and Sullivan.

Greencastle hosts Crawfordsville and North Putnam today at 4:30 p.m.

Softball

• Cloverdale 10, Owen Valley 2 — Cloverdale improved to 9-4, 3-2 in WIC play to clinch third place in the East Division.

“This was another solid night from everybody offensively and defensively,” Clover coach Jim Spencer said. “Macie [Couch] continues to get better on the mound and our defense continues to make plays.”

Couch improved her record to 9-3 with five strikeouts and added a single with two RBI at the plate.

Kacey Shedron had two singles and two RBI for the Clovers, while Morgan Goss had a single, double and three RBI, Makenzie Allen had two singles and two RBI, Autumn Lewellen had two singles, Haley Smithhit a double and Tori Combs had a single.

The Clovers host Owen Valley at 5 p.m. on Thursday.

• Clovers win JV game — Cloverdale won the junior varsity game 7-1 to remain undefeated on the year.

Phoebe McDonald got the win on the mound and added a single.

Veronica Carter had a single and a double, while Hailee Gardner and Michaela Phillips each had a double and Olivia Johnson had a single,

In other softball:

• Northview 14, Greencastle 0 — Northview scored in each inning to pick up the conference victory.

The Tiger Cubs were held without a hit.

• West Vigo 12, North Putnam 0 — Six Cougar errors led to seven unearned runs for the Vikings.

Kyla Willis, Grace Kinkead, Olivia Haste, Baylee Osburn and Clarissa Gibson each had a hit for the Cougars.

Tennis

• Northview 5, South Putnam 0 — Eagle coach Johnnie Briones was happy with his team’s effort despite the defeat.

“Despite not having No. 1 singles [Kaylee Hubbard] due to injury, the tennis marathon on Saturday and the fact that we played a very, very talented Northview team, I’m proud of everyone’s performances,” he said “Both our varsity and JV continue to improve and impress.“

Varsity

Northview 5, South Putnam 0

Singles — 1. Megan Heck (N) def. Brianna Robinson (SP) 6-0, 6-2; 2. Kambree Lucas (N) def. Hannah Weiland (SP) 6-0, 6-0; 3. Emma Clawson (N) def. Eva Hubbard (SP) 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles — 1. Madison Maffioli-Torrey Fagg (N) def. Morgan Dixon-Keira Wells (SP) 6-1, 6-0; 2. Sophia Buell-Daisy Trevarthan (N) def. McKenna Wells-Abby Teipen (SP) 6-0, 6-0.

Junior varsity

Northview 7, South Putnam 1

Singles — Tristan Chiles (N) def. Sammi Jones (SP) 8-2, Marlei Fisher (N) def. Kendra Nichols (SP) 8-1, Ellie Cayton (N) def. Cada Remsburg (SP) 8-3.

Doubles — Cassie Coulter-Marie Mager (N) def. Averie Blaydes-Brinlee Clark (SP) 8-6; Layla Lee-Jinna Hyatt (N) def. Caity Crossman-Kensley Cash (SP) 6-1; Sierra Paul-Bailey Lewicki (N) def. Grace Fletcher-Jayden Vensko (SP) 6-3; Violet Keith-Sydney Maurer (N) def. Morghan Miller-Catherine Hodge (SP) 6-1; Brittany Hodge-Tawney Buchanan (SP) def. Brooklee Bussing-Grace Nicosin (N) 8-5.

• Eagles go 1-2 at Whiteland — South Putnam played in the Whiteland Tournament on Saturday, defeating Indianapolis International 3-2 and losing 50 to the hosts and 4-1 to Shelbyville.

“What a great tournament we had at Whiteland,” South coach Johnnie Briones said. “Our varsity and JV got in a lot of tennis for the short amount of time we were there. It’s always nice to play somebody different, and at different skill levels.

“We can’t thank AD Tom Starnes enough for getting us in.”

Briones was proud of the performance of his team, especially with a rare schedule of playing three matches in one day.

“Our varsity battled through some injuries and attrition, but battled hard each and every match,” he said. “We finished third overall, and very, very proud of our girls’ performance.”

Briones noted his junior varsity players were also able to play several exhibition matches.

“It was very excited to see them play both singles and doubles,” he said. “They all adjusted very well, extremely proud of their performances.”

Whiteland 5, South Putnam 0

Singles — 1. Reese Johnson (W) def. Kaylee Hubbard (SP) 6-0, 6-0; 2. Sarah Scott (W) def. Hannah Weiland (SP) 6-0, 6-0; 3. Bri Harwell (W) def. Brianna Robinson (SP) 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles — 1. Kaylee Hoagland-Sophie Venter (W) def. Morgan Dixon-Keira Wells (SP) 6-1, 6-4; 2. Natalie Cloer-Brooklyn Neito (W) def. McKenna Wells-Abby Teipen (SP) 6-4, 6-2.

South Putnam 3, Indianapolis International 2

Singles — 1. Kaylee Hubbard (SP) lost 6-2, 6-3; 2. Hannah Weiland (SP) lost 6-4, 6-4; 3 Brianna Robinson (SP) won 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles — 1. Morgan Dixon-Keira Wells (SP) won 6-3, 6-4; 2. McKenna Wells-Abby Teipen (SP) won 6-0, 6-1.

Shelbyville 4, South Putnam 1

Singles — 1. Alexandra Watson (Sh) def. Kaylee Hubbard (SP) 6-3, 6-0; 2. Grace Coomes (Sh) def. Hannah Weiland (SP) 6-2, 6-3; 3. Brianna Robinson (SP) def. Adaline Haacker (Sh) 6-0, 6-3.

Doubles — 1. Gabrielle Knox-Addison Mummert (Sh) def. Morgan Dixon-Keira Wells (SP) 7-6(7-5), 6-3; 2. Lillyann Gulley-Jade Roell (Sh) def. McKenna Wells-Abby Teipen (SP) 6-4, 3-6(6-10).