Local Sports Report - May 18 & 19

Monday, May 21, 2018 at 7:38 AM

By Mike Perleberg @mikedup84

Franklin County baseball claimed the 2018 EIAC Championship on Friday. Find local varsity sports scores with one click, presented by Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine.

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FRIDAY, MAY 18

BASEBALL

Franklin County 7, Rushville 6 – Augustus Runyon plated the game-winning RBI as Franklin County claimed the 2018 EIAC Championship.

GIRLS TENNIS

IHSAA Sectional 57 at South Dearborn – Semi-Finals

Oldenburg Academy 5, Milan 0

Batesville 5, East Central 0

IHSAA Sectional 12 at Connersville – Championship

Franklin County 5, Connersville 0 – Franklin County claimed its third consecutive sectional crown. #1 Singles Lilli Stewart (FC) beat Rylee Fuller (C) 6-1, 6-1. #2 Singles Megan Routh (FC) beat Shaina Laughlin (C) 6-2, 6-3. #3 Singles Lauren Klei (FC) beat Juliette Collins (C) 6-2, 6-1. #1 Doubles Grace Moster and Allie Routh (FC) beat Cheyenne Harmeyer and Morgan Hauger (C) 6-1, 6-0. #2 Doubles Maggie Brack and Taylor McCreary (FC) beat Hanelle Burch and Kelsey Smith (C) 6-1, 6-1.

SOFTBALL

Lawrenceburg 8, Jac-Cen-Del 6 – Jac-Cen-Del’s Morgen Carroll went 2-for-3 with 2 RBI.

Batesville 10, North Decatur 8 – Kate Burkhart and Ellie Waechter each collected 3 hits and 3 RBI for Batesville.

SATURDAY, MAY 19

BASEBALL

Greyhound Invitational

South Dearborn 6, Michigan City 5 - Ethan Getz, Brady Fentress and Trey Thies all had a multi-hit game as the Knights defeated Michigan City 6-5 in a rain-soaked first game of the Greyhound Invitational in Carmel.

South Dearborn 9, Chesterton 0 - The Knights put together one of the best games of the season to stun the 4A powerhouse Chesterton Trojans 9-0 in the second game of the Carmel Greyhound Invitational. Adam Dixon set the tone early for SD, pitching 3 innings and only allowing 2 hits, no walks, and 3 strikeouts. Dixon would earn the win and also added 2 singles and 2 RBI’s. Brady Fentress had 3 hits, including a double. Trey Thies and Grant McLane also had 2 hits and and RBI each.

South Ripley 5, Lawrenceburg 4

Jac-Cen-Del 8, Waldron 3 – TJ Menchhofer and Connor Toops each tallied a pair of RBI for Jac-Cen-Del. JCD starter James Buford went 6.0 innings with 4 strikeouts, 3 walks, 7 hits, and 2 earned runs allowed to get the win.

Rushville 12, Oldenburg Academy 1

Rushville 6, Oldenburg Academy 2

BOYS GOLF

Southwestern (Hanover) turned in a team score of 325 to beat out second-place Milan’s 371 for the 2018 Ohio River Valley Conference Boys Golf Championship on Saturday. Rising Sun was third with a 388. Southwestern’s Hunter Mefford was the conference meet medalist with a round of 71. Switzerland County’s Tyler Konkle shot an 88. Rising Sun’s Sam Markland and Brent Turner each had an 89.