Baseball
Trojans top Grizzly Cubs in tourney
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.
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.
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).
Softball
Edinburgh comes up short
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.
Girls tennis
Lancers fall to Cubs
Despite a win at No. 2 singles from Bethany Burton, Edinburgh suffered a 4-1 loss against Madison on Friday.
Franklin College
Baseball dominates at home
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).
Women’s golf in fifth
Maci French’s 84 led the way for Franklin College, which sits in fifth place after the first day of the Earlham Spring Invite.
Miscellany
IHSAA votes to delay realignment
The IHSAA voted overwhelmingly to retain the current enrollment numbers, postponing realignment and reclassification until after the 2021-22 school year.
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.
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.
