Local sports roundup: May 31

Softball

Royals earn regional three-peat

Keagan Rothrock struck out 15 batters as Class 4A No. 1 Roncalli won its third consecutive Class 4A regional championship with a 9-1 home win over Avon on Tuesday evening. Lyla Blackwell scored three runs while Abbey Hofmann and Lauren Marsicek each drove in three runs for the Royals (29-3-1), who will face either Evansville North or Floyd Central in a semistate semifinal at Center Grove on Saturday morning.

Boys golf

Grizzly Cubs second in Mid-State

Franklin shot a season-low total of 316, finishing three strokes behind Plainfield to place second in the Mid-State Conference tournament on Tuesday. Kadin Gibson (77), Luke Bechert (78) and Reid Davidson (79) earned all-conference honors, while Jake Lock rounded out the Grizzly Cubs’ scoring with an 82.