Girls golf
Trojans second at HOF tourney
Fifth-ranked Center Grove placed second among 15 teams in the Hall of Fame tournament at The Legends on Saturday, posting a team score of 299 to finish four shots behind No. 1 Carmel. Abby Rich led the Trojans with a 70, good for third individually. Lexi Stuart carded a 75 and Sage Parsetich a 76, while Camille Short and Rowen Pfeifle each finished at 78.
Host Franklin tied for sixth with a 318, led by Lexi Ray (74), Morgan Sandrock (79), Reese Phillips (80) and Addi Bright (85).
Cross country
Warriors finish third, fourth
Whiteland competed at the Rushville Invitational, with the boys finishing third in the large-school division and the girls fourth. Matthew Nino was fourth overall for the Warrior boys, followed by William Watson (17th) and Nolan Edens (18th). For the girls, Victoria Jackson was fourth and Isabella Fuentes seventh.
Braves shine in Franklin
Indian Creek fared well at the Franklin Invitational on Saturday, taking third in the girls race and fourth on the boys side. Freshman Libby Dowty was the individual girls winner with a personal-best time of 18:46, while Abby Fleetwood was third and Phoebe Dowty sixth. Luke Niebert led the boys with a 12th-place individual finish.
Ava Ott placed was 11th overall to lead the Grizzly Cub girls to a fourth-place finish. Franklin’s boys were fifth, led by Ari Smith finishing 17th individually.
Royals compete in county meet
Roncalli took part in the Marion County meet, with the boys finishing eighth and the girls ninth. Sam Vaught (16:40) was 13th overall for the boys, while Valeria Lara paced the girls with a 22nd-place showing.
Boys tennis
Center Grove wins invitational
Tenth-ranked Center Grove swept its three weekend matches to take the Jasper Invtational, beating No. 15 Avon 3-2 and posting 4-1 wins over Castle and the host Wildcats. Max Williams and Carson Bush teamed up for three wins at No. 1 doubles for the Trojans (8-1), while second singles player Garrett Wasson and the No. 2 doubles tandem of Evan Davis and Daksh Patel each contributed a pair of victories.
Woodmen take two of three
Greenwood finished second at the Franklin Invitational on Saturday, shutting out Decatur Central and Martinsville before suffering a 4-1 setback to the host Grizzly Cubs. Noah Paswater was a perfect 3-0 on the day for the Woodmen (8-3).
Braves remain unbeaten
Indian Creek picked up a pair of 4-1 victories, defeating Northview and West Vigo in conference matches at Edgewood. Brendan Conner won both of his matches at No. 2 singles for the Braves (7-0, 3-0 WIC), while the two doubles teams (Aiden Pemberton/Landon Sichting and Trent Volz/Aaron Spurgeon) were both perfect as well.
Girls soccer
Grizzly Cubs fall to Roncalli
Franklin suffered a 3-1 setback against Roncalli on Saturday. Sophia Lewis, Camryn Clark and Emily Sering each scored a goal for the Royals (4-2-1). Izzy Traut found the net for the Grizzly Cubs in a losing effort.
Trojans blank Reitz
Class 3A No. 7 Center Grove picked up a 2-0 victory at Evansville Reitz. Emily Karr and Ali Wiesmann collected the two goals for the Trojans.
Woodmen rout Cardinals
Greenwood cruised past Southport, 6-0. Emily Metzger scored twice for the Woodmen, while Kendyl Farmer, Joelle Young, Mallory Mahin and Lilly Rollings each found the net once. Young added three assists in the victory.
Boys soccer
Warriors gain first victory
Whiteland got into the win column by defeating Seymour, 1-0, on Saturday. Braden Hall tallied the decisive goal for the Warriors (1-5), assisted by Will Cooprider.
Royals clipped by Falcons
Roncalli surrendered a pair of late goals in a 2-1 loss to Perry Meridian. Isaac Gomez-Alejo scored the lone goal for the Royals (2-3) off an assist from his brother Alejandro.
Volleyball
Trojans surge past Quakers
Center Grove rallied from two sets back for a 16-25, 12-25, 25-22, 25-18, 15-12 triumph over Plainfield on Saturday.
Braves claim tourney title
Indian Creek won its own invitational by defeating Bedford North Lawrence, Alexandria and Waldron. Faith Wiseman had 23 kills and nine aces on the day for the Braves, who also got 24 digs and eight aces from Adrianna Williams as well as 35 assists from Grayson Burkett.
