Baseball
Trojans get walk-off win
Drew Culbertson’s sacrifice fly plated the decisive run in Class 4A No. 3 Center Grove’s 3-2 win over Brebeuf at Grand Park. Winning pitcher Drue Young scattered six hits for the Trojans (15-1), while Owen Guilfoy hit a solo homer and Grant Sawa also drove in a run.
Warriors fall to Hawks
Whiteland lost to Decatur Central, 5-2. Drew Helton and Quinn Warweg each drove in a run for the Warriors (4-9, 2-6 Mid-State).
Softball
Grizzly Cubs fall to New Pal
Franklin suffered a 5-1 defeat at Class 4A No. 1 New Palestine on Monday. Morgan Carter, Maddie Stearns, and Erin Lee had two hits each for the Grizzly Cubs (9-6), with Lee’s solo homer accounting for the team’s lone run.
Royals handle Irish
Chloe Parks, Kylie Freije and Keagan Rothrock each hit a home run in Class 4A No. 3 Roncalli’s 8-1 victory over Cathedral. Parks and Freije each had three RBIs in support of winning pitcher Courtney Keller, while Rothrock knocked in two runs.
Lancers blanked by Bull Dogs
Columbus North hit four home runs and didn’t allow an Edinburgh hit in a 12-0 win. The Lancers fall to 8-8 with the loss.
Miscellany
IHSAA alignments unveiled
New sectional alignments for football, volleyball, soccer and basketball were announced by the IHSAA on Monday, and the changes were minimal due to a previously announced one-year enrollment freeze.
The lone shifts of significance involved schools moving up or down due to the tournament success factor, and the only changes impacting local teams came in football. Columbus East moved down out of Center Grove’s Class 6A sectional and replaces Seymour in a 5A sectional with Franklin, Whiteland and New Palestine. Reigning Class 3A state champion Bishop Chatard moves up to 4A and into the same sectional as fellow reigning champ Roncalli.
Greenwood Christian girls soccer will be in a realigned sectional with Bethesda Christian, Covenant Christian, International, Riverside and Speedway.