Local Sports Report - May 23, 2024

Postseason play rolled on Thursday evening.

BOYS TRACK & FIELD

IHSAA Regional at Greenfield-Central

Team Scores: 11) East Central 18, 15) Batesville 11, 17) Lawrenceburg 8, 24) South Dearborn 3, 27) Franklin County 1

These boys battled the entire race and... they're going to state! Congratulations to Dylan Maxwell, Trevor Perkins, Gavin Hicks & Chase Bellman for placing 3rd in the 4x400 relay with a season best of 3:23.49! We're so proud of every single one of them! @ECTrojanSports pic.twitter.com/BZZ5V6Hq3b

— Ashley Andres (@ECentralTrack) May 24, 2024

Congratulations to junior Will Kemper for punching his ticket to state in the discus!! We're so excited to cheer him on at IU!! @ECTrojanSports @CoachMeganEC pic.twitter.com/2YfLPWkHaG

— Ashley Andres (@ECentralTrack) May 24, 2024

Batesville's Ayden Eckstein qualifies for state in the high jump.

BASEBALL

Class 3A Sectional 29 at Lawrenceburg - First Round

Batesville 7, Lawrenceburg 1 

Franklin County 8, Rushville 3 

*Batesville will play Franklin County in the semifinals on Saturday at 8:00 PM.

Class 1A Sectional 62 at Shawe Memorial - First Round

Trinity Lutheran 9, Rising Sun 7 

SOFTBALL

Class 4A Sectional 14 at Columbus East - Championship

East Central 2, Whiteland 1 

Class 1A Sectional 60 at North Decatur - Championship

North Decatur 5, Jac-Cen-Del 4 

GIRLS TENNIS

Lawrenceburg's Sarah McAndrew and Jenna May clenched the sectional championship win in a very intense three hour match, including a tiebreaker set against Bedford North Lawrence High School.  

BOYS GOLF