Local Sports Report - August 21-22

Please report missing scores to 888-537-9724 or email sports -at- eaglecountryonline.com. [sam id="14" codes="true"]   FRIDAY, AUGUST 21   FOOTBALL New Palestine 56, Lawrenceburg 14 – Eagle 99.3 Feature Game – Lawrenceburg made just a few mistakes, but #1 New Palestine made them count. Lawrenceburg junior QB Reid Strobl had 226 passing yards with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. New Pal QB Alex Neligh went 8/11 for 125 yards with 2 TDs. East Central 24, Campbell County (Ky.) 21 - East Central did its damage on the ground. Luke Patton ran for 119 yards on 17 QB keepers. Doug Rosemeyer added 116 yards on 20 rushes. Patton also went 5/8 passing for 42 yards before being relieved by Alex Maxwell who went 3/3 for 27 yards with 40 yards rushing. EC's Dustin Ward recorded an interception. Whiteland 66, South Dearborn 0 Batesville 33, Jennings County 20 Franklin County 21, New Castle 20 – Franklin County won the game on a go-ahead safety in the 4th quarter. It was the Wildcats’ only score of the second half. FC running back Cole McCreary had 36 rushes for 168 yards. Milan 31, Rushville 17 Bracken County (Ky.) 49, Switzerland County 14 – This was Switzerland County’s first varsity football game in school history. Union County 50, Oldenburg Academy 34 – Oldenburg QB Matt Moorman had a good stat line despite the loss. He was 24/39 for 320 yards with 5 TDs and just one interception. All five of his touchdown passes went to Mike Wandstrat who caught 10 balls for 104 yards, but Owen Sporleder had 6 catches for 122 yards.     SATURDAY, AUGUST 28   BOYS SOCCER East Central 3, Colerain 1 – EC outshot the Cardinals 12-5. Brady Covert, Alex Barry, and Jared Tiemann each scored goals while Adam Huntington recorded two assists. “The boys played with a lot of heart this week, with 3 games in one week and all against quality opponents, it takes a lot out of you. These three games have been all about team effort. All of our players have stepped up throughout this week at different times when the team needed them. Two of our three goals were by kids who came in off the bench, this speaks to our depth of talented kids, not just the kids who start the game but the ones who give us a much needed spark off the bench. As a coaching staff we couldn’t be prouder of all these kids,” said EC coach BJ Black Lawrenceburg 2, Connersville 1 South Dearborn 5, Rushville 1 – South Dearborn remains undefeated at 3-0. Batesville 4, Franklin County 1 – Austin Meyer kicked two goals en route to the Batesville victory. Justin Puente had a goal and an assist while Jackson Bowser added a goal. Goalkeeper Nate Slavin allowed a goal but did record two saves for Batesville. Franklin County’s goal was made by Kenny Fields off an assist from Alex Hedges.   BOYS TENNIS East Central 3, Connersville 2 – East Central won the Connersville Invitational.   CROSS COUNTRY Beast of the Southeast Cross Country Invitational

Rising Sun hosted six other teams at the 8th annual Beast of the Southeast at Denver Seikman Environmental Park on Saturday.

Junior Shiner Zach Martini was the first place finisher among the boys, completing the course in 16:50, followed by Southwestern (Shelbyville) teammates Nick Yeend (17:24) and Hayden Veach (17:29). In boys team standings, Southwestern (Hanover) and Southwestern (Shelbyville) split the the trophy with 67 points. Rising Sun was third with 80.

Another Shiner came in first. Sophomore Kasey Baker won the girls competition in 23:07, followed by Southwestern (Hanover)’s Rebekah Anderson (23:29) and Waldron’s Hannah Sullivan (24:06). Southwestern (Hanover) won the girls team standings with 45 points, while Rising Sun was second (51) and Waldron (53) was third.

Full meet results can be found online at http://stuartroadracing.com/crosscountry.html.

The boys and girls East Central Cross Country Teams ran at the Richmond Invitational at the IU-East Cross Country Course this past Saturday.

According to coach Fr. Jonathan Meyer, the Lady Trojans were led by Abby Bittner, a sophomore who placed 4th overall, running a time of 21:05. One year ago she placed 15- quite an improvement. It looks as if she is going to be a strong leader again this year. Following close behind Bittner was newcomer Lauren Greiwe, a freshman, who placed a strong 14th overall. Other scoring Trojans were Senior Megan Hay, Junior Kylie Gindling and Freshman Mary Bertke. The girls team placed 7th overall; but their score was greatly impacted by a Senior Sarah Ruehl who was not able to be at the race. We look for a string season from the Lady Trojans.

The boys team fared well placing 8th overall, an improvement in team standings from last year. The team has no senior runners this year. The team was led by Junior Alex Pruitt who ran a time of 18:15 for the 3.1 mile race (a 2 min and 20 sec improvement from last year). The other scoring Trojans were Alex Wedding (18:42), Andrew White (18:53), Dillon Callahan (19:13) and Brayden Ryan (20:01). The strength of the Boys this year will be their depth. The team has doubled in size from last year, from 9 to 18 runners.

Several area teams competed in the 14-team tournament at Connersville. Richmond reigned supreme with a team total 365 shots over 18 holes. Columbus East (372 shots) was second while Franklin County was 3rd (384).

Franklin County was led by junior Taylor Erfman with 85 shots over 18 holes.

“I have a team that is very capable of playing better than what we did today. At the same time, I am pleased that my girls were able to hang in there on such a tough course and turn in a respectable score to earn a 3rd place finish,” said Franklin County coach

Oldenburg Academy was 9th (436), Lawrenceburg 12th (526), and Batesville placed 14th (not enough qualifiers) at the Connersville Invitational. The Batesville Bulldogs were led by Meredith McCreary with a score of 99.

East Central 2, Tri-West Hendricks 1 – 25-23, 22-25, 25-13 – Mary Baker accumulated 2 aces, 11 digs, and an kill in the win. Therese Gregg had 8 kills and 2 digs. Abby Wilgenbusch had 12 digs.

Indianapolis Lutheran 2, East Central 1 – 17-25, 25-22, 15-13 – EC’s Maggie Huy had 4 aces, 7 assists, and 3 digs. Breanne Fox had 8 kills. Becca Eckstein made 9 assists, 2 aces, and a dig. Therese Gregg had 7 digs.

East Central 2, Indianapolis Scecina 0 – 25-13, 25-11 – Kendall Gindling, Sarah Hornbach, and Breanne Fox each record 4 kills for EC. Abby Wilgenbusch had a team-high 6 aces and 6 digs.

Scottsburg 2, South Dearborn 0 25-9, 26-24

East Central varsity finished third at the tournament while the JV Trojans took home the title. Varsity is now 4-1 (2-0 EIAC).

“It was a great day for us. The loss against Lutheran makes it seem a little less successful than it really was. We fought every point of every match. Both Tri-West and Lutheran were long matches that went point for point and we were pushed to 3 sets in both,” said EC Coach Cassie Laker.

“Our biggest struggle right now is the mental aspect of volleyball...making good decisions in pressure situations. We lost too many points at the end of a game due to our own mistakes. Ultimately, that's what lost our match against Lutheran. They were a strong team with a big front row, but we competed with them until there was no other option but to score a point. In those situations, we lacked mental strength.”

Toria Tucker and Kiley Sparks each had 11 kills for South Ripley. Sparks added 20 digs, 4 aces, 4 blocks. Tucker chipped in 5 blocks, a dig, two assists, and an ace. Teammate Elizabeth Bodenburg had 16 assists and 3 aces while Mariah Gentile recorded 22 digs.

“We improved our serving game from 11 miscues on Tuesday night, to 4 tonight, plus our serve receive was more consistent,” said coach Robyn Greiwe. “I was proud of the way the team responded every time JCD would try to make a run at us. Playing them is always an emotional game, and tonight was no different.”

Western 2, Milan 1 – 25-23, 17-25, 20-18