<p>Baseball</p><p><strong>Trojans top Grizzly Cubs in tourney</strong></p><p>In a possible preview of next week’s Johnson County tournament title game, Class 4A No. 6 Center Grove used a seven-run sixth inning to power its way past Franklin, 11-4, in the semifinal round of the Noblesville Baseball Invitational on Friday.</p><p>Mitchell Evans and Caden Curry homered to lead the Trojans (2-0), who will face today’s Columbus North-Mt. Vernon winner in the championship game at 7 p.m. The Grizzly Cubs will play the North-Mt. Vernon loser for third at 4 p.m.</p><p>The teams won their opening-round games in very different fashions. The Trojans crushed Columbus East, 17-0, with Owen Guilfoy driving in four runs and Drue Young striking out 10 en route to the shutout. Franklin, meanwhile, rallied from four runs down to edge Fishers, 6-5, on a walk-off single by Jace Fowler. Jackson Henry added three RBIs on the day for the Grizzly Cubs (1-1).</p><p>Softball</p><p><strong>Edinburgh comes up short</strong></p><p>Edinburgh fell into a big hole early and couldn’t climb all the way out in an 11-6 loss to Living Water Homeschool. Morgan Calhoun drove in two runs for the Lancers (1-1), while Kyah Streeval went 3 for 4.</p><p>Girls tennis</p><p><strong>Lancers fall to Cubs</strong></p><p>Despite a win at No. 2 singles from Bethany Burton, Edinburgh suffered a 4-1 loss against Madison on Friday.</p><p>Franklin College</p><p><strong>Baseball dominates at home</strong></p><p>Tysen Lipscomb drove in four runs and Ryan Bixler was 3 for 4 with a pair of RBIs as Franklin College cruised past Mount St. Joseph, 11-1, at Grizzly Park on Friday. Jackson Young pitched three perfect innings of relief to earn the win for the Grizzlies (8-4).</p><p><strong>Women’s golf in fifth</strong></p><p>Maci French’s 84 led the way for Franklin College, which sits in fifth place after the first day of the Earlham Spring Invite.</p><p>Miscellany</p><p><strong>IHSAA votes to delay realignment</strong></p><p>The IHSAA voted overwhelmingly to retain the current enrollment numbers, postponing realignment and reclassification until after the 2021-22 school year.</p><p>In a press release, the organization explained that this year’s enrollment numbers showed significant fluctuation, likely a product of the pandemic and thus perhaps not a true representation.</p><p>Points earned toward the Tournament Success Factor from 2019-20 and 2020-21 will still be applied toward the coming year, so there will still be at least some movement in classes for 2021-22.</p>
