Baseball
Warriors top Scottsburg
Drew Helton drove in two runs and picked up the win with four innings of two-hit relief as Whiteland opened its season with a 4-2 victory over Scottsburg on Friday. Helton and starting pitcher Caden Wilburn combined to strike out 17 batters for the Warriors.
Girls tennis
Lancers dominate opener
Edinburgh cruised to a 5-0 win over Madison on Friday. Bethany Burton and Jessica Walsh won their singles matches in straight sets, while the Lancers’ doubles teams — Alyssa Funkhouser and Peyton Bryant at No. 1, Gracie Myers and Zoey Sida at No. 2 — did the same.
Golf
Shepherd misses ANWA cut
Finishing up her suspended second round on Friday morning, Erica Shepherd missed the cut at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur with a 36-hole total of 79-77—156 at Champions Retreat. The Center Grove graduate tied for 58th. The top 30 players advance to today’s final round at Augusta National; the entire field played a practice round there on Friday following the conclusion of the second round.
Shepherd, now a junior at Duke, is one of just nine players to compete in the ANWA all three years. She tied for 16th last year and 23rd at the inaugural event in 2019.
