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Greencastle notches four home runs in rout of Parke Heritage; Knights win three-way track over Tiger Cubs, Vikings
Greencastle brought its big bats out against Parke Heritage Thursday, recording eight extra-base hits, including four home runs, in an 18-2 rout on the softball diamond.
Emma Hunter was first to strike, notching a solo home run in the bottom of the first over the left field fence for a 1-0 lead.
The Wolves briefly took the lead in the third after a two-run home run by Hayley Holcomb but the response was swift and overwhelming.
Elise Lausee began the bottom of the third by tying the game with a solo home run before Gloria Brewer took the lead for good with a double that plated Sydney Lantzy.
Kenzie Epley singled to plate a run, as did Allie Beaman and Emma West, before a Lausee double drove in two to make it 8-2.
Lantzy returned to the plate for a three-run home run before Epley hit a two-run blast to make it 13-2 after three innings.
Brewer singled in a run in the fourth while Hunter and Epley both plated two runs with doubles for the final tallies of the night.
Ali Hassler pitched all five innings in the win, allowing four hits and a walk while striking out five.
Parke Heritage 002 00 — 2 4 0
Greencastle 10(12) 5X — 18 16 1
WP — Hassler 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R (2 ER), BB, 5 K
LP — Norman 2 1/3 IP, 9 H, 10 R (10 ER, BB, 3 K
HR — Holcomb; Hunter, Lausee, Lantzy, Epley
2B — Norman; Hunter, Lausee, Epley, Brewer
RBI — Holcomb (2); Epley (5), Lantzy (3), Hunter (3), Lausee (3), Brewer (2), Beaman, West
Danville 3, North Putnam 1
The fifth inning proved decisive as all scoring took place in the frame with the Warriors getting a double from Marley Gerard for two runs while Haile Daigle was able to get a run back on a single.
LaRie Harmless took the win with 4 1/3 innings of work, allowing four hits and a run while striking out four. Aria Williams came in during the fifth inning to keep North Putnam from getting any closer, not allowing a baserunner in 2 2/3 innings of work, striking out two.
Kyndal Brewer took the loss, scattering 13 hits across seven innings, allowing the three fifth inning runs while striking out five.
Danville 000 030 0 — 3 13 4
North Putnam 000 010 0 — 1 4 1
WP — Harmless 4 1/3 IP, 4 H, R (ER), BB, 4 K
LP — Brewer 7 IP, 13 H, 3 R (3 ER), 2 BB, 5 K
2B — Davis (2), Gerald, Norman, Harmless
RBI —Gerald (2); H. Daigle
South Putnam 9, Monrovia 5
Jaicee Jackson drove in three runs while going the distance in the circle as the Eagles picked up a road win over the Bulldogs Thursday.
South Putnam grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second on an error and retook the lead 2-1 in the third on a Jackson double.
Ariel Dooley put down a squeeze bunt that scored Danae Cline in the fifth while Addison Gibson drew a bases-loaded walk to force in a run, though the Eagles couldn’t add any further tallies in the frame.
The visitors would add four runs in the sixth as Jackson forced a run in on a fielder’s choice, Dooley singled in a run and Peyton Freeman drove in two runs on a single to make it 8-2.
Jackson added one more run in the ninth before a pair of walks and singles helped the Bulldogs score three in their last at-bat.
South Putnam 011 024 1 — 9 10 1
Monrovia 010 010 3 — 5 5 2
WP — Jackson 7 IP, 5 H, 5 R (3 ER), 8 BB, 5 K
LP — Johns 4 2/3 IP, 5 H, 3 R (2 ER)
2B — Cline (2), Jackson, Holderfield
RBI — Jackson (3), Dooley (2), Freeman (2), Gibson; Mattocks (2), Payne
Baseball
Cascade 12, Greencastle 2 (5)
The Cadets jumped out to a 3-0 lead after half an inning of play and tacked on four runs in each of the last two innings for the run-rule win.
Jayce Spidel drove in the first Tiger Cub run in the fourth inning while Nathan Sutherlin plated a run in the fifth on a single.
Noah Dasgupta fanned 11 Greencastle batters in the win, scattering seven hits across five innings. Sam Gooch took the loss, allowing eight runs on nine hits and three walks while striking out five in four innings of work.
Cascade 310 44 — 12 11 1
Greencastle 000 11 — 2 7 2
WP — Dasgupta 5 IP, 7 H, 2 R (ER), BB, 11 K
LP — Gooch 4 IP, 9 J, 8 R (8 ER), 3 BB, 5 K
2B — Gibbs, Lewis
RBI — Gibbs (5), Tharp (2), Savini, Howard, Dasgupta; Spidel, Sutherlin
Northview 11, Cloverdale 5
The Clovers fell behind 3-0, scored five runs between the fourth and fifth inning to take a 5-4 lead but were stung late in falling to the Knights.
Mcguire Lee got the offense going in the fourth with a solo home run while Drake Hoffa drew a walk and worked his way around the diamond without a hit to make it 3-2.
Landon Duncan and Lee each had singles in the fifth to tie the game at 4-4 before a Ben Campbell groundout brought in a run to give the hosts a brief 5-4 lead.
Northview loaded the bases in the sixth and got runs on a hit batsman and single before adding four in the seventh with Caden Schrader hitting a three-run blast to seal the deal.
Hoffa took the loss, pitching six innings, allowing 11 hits, seven runs, six earned, while striking out six. Trey Eldridge took the win, pitching two innings, allowing a hit and striking out three.
Northview 110 113 4 — 11 13 1
Cloverdale 000 230 0 — 5 8 4
WP — Eldridge 2 IP, H, 3 K
LP — Hoffa 6 IP, 11 H, 7 R (6 ER), 2 BB, 6 K
HR — Lear (2), Schrader; Lee
2B — Buell
RBI — Schrader (3), Lear (2), Barnhart (2), Johnson; Lee (2), Campbell
North Central 6, South Putnam 2
The Eagles kept things close into the fifth inning but a four-run bottom of the frame for the Thunderbirds was enough to get the win.
Falling behind 1-0 after an inning, South Putnam tied the game in the third on a Hayden Tincher double but North Central got the run back in the bottom half of the inning.
Tincher would also double in the other Eagle run in the seventh but saw seven other hits scatter over the course of the game as Kameron Fagg went the distance while striking out eight.
South Putnam 001 000 1 — 2 9 2
North Central 101 040 X — 6 7 1
WP — Fagg 7 IP, 9 H, 2 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 8 K
LP — Miles 3 IP, 2 H, 2 R (ER), 3 BB, 2 K
3B — Ison, Samm
2B — Tincher (2), Harcourt
RBI — Tincher (2); Ison, Ladson, Walters
Track
Northview, West Vigo at Greencastle
Boys: Northview 76, Greencastle 53, West Vigo 34
Girls: Northview 94.5, Greencastle 40.5, West Vigo 32
The Knights dominated most of the events Thursday night with the Tiger Cubs netting four wins on the boys’ side and two more on the girls’ side.
Charlie Menzel and Landon Miller were in the thick of the distance races with the former winning the 3,200-meter run (10:45) and the latter the 1,600-meter run (4:54). Both finished second in a separate race as Miller finished behind Menzel in the 3,200-meter run while Menzel finished second in the 800-meter run.
Taygan McRoberts and Garret Cooper both cleared 5-04 at high jump, as did Northview’s Slade Fell, with McRoberts winning on jumps. Andrew Adams won at pole vault over West Vigo’s Jordan Krause on jumps after both cleared 10-06.
For the girls, Kyra Bandy completed a comeback win in the 300-meter hurdles (50.58) while Lilly Barnhart won at discus (95-06.50).
North Putnam, Traders Point at Crawfordsville
Boys: Crawfordsville 52, North Putnam 38, Traders Point 17
Girls: Crawfordsville 63, North Putnam 32
The Athenians rolled in a meet shortened by inclement weather Thursday with the Cougars finding their four wins in the field events.
Nolan Hackleman won at long jump (21-03) and Michael Ali won at high jump (5-02) for the North Putnam boys while Callee Riggle won both shot put (32-04) and discus (74-07) for the Cougar girls.
Boys’ Golf
Bob Arnett Invitational
Bloomington North 330, TH North (A) 333, Vincennes Lincoln (A) 339, Cloverdale 342, TH South (A) 345, Greencastle 350, Northview 357, Heritage Christian 356, Loogootee 358, Ind. North Central (A) 361, Castle 366, Shakamak 371, West Vigo 373, TH South (B) 383, Chatard (A) 384, Vincennes Lincoln (B) 390, Sullivan 392, Speedway 397, Ind N. Central (B) 399, Chatard (B) 405, TH North (B) 420, TH South (C) 429.
Bryson Worman led the sixth-place Tiger Cubs with a round of 83, followed by Zane Huber on 87, Sam White on 88, Jackson Rodgers on 92 and Dylan Barcus on 99.
“It was difficult fighting the winds, cool temps and slick greens to make a good score on many of the holes,” Greencastle head coach Steve Paquin said. “This is all part of the process of a young and inexperienced team trying to be competitive with the area teams.”
Greencastle 179, Southmont 182
Bryson Worman led the Tiger Cubs with a 42, Dylan Barcus chipped in a 45 while Jackson Rodgers and Zane Huber both shot 46 to help edge out the Mounties by three strokes Wednesday.
Sam White shot 49, Clark Shafer 51 and Cooper Grable 55 on the day.
“The course played extremely difficult with 20-mph winds and small, fast greens that limited scoring opportunities for either team,” Paquin said.