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The final meters of a race tend to be the most challenging.

Three weeks of regular-season play remains for Johnson County’s baseball and softball teams, but after the IHSAA revealed its sectional pairings on Sunday evening everyone will have at least one eye looking ahead to the state tournaments — especially since the championship paths will be just as challenging as ever.

Jeff Mercer was attending a Center Grove game during the 2019 season when his coaching instincts locked onto the team’s freshman infielder.

Baseball

Sometimes, you just know it’s time for you to move on.

Taylor senior baseball player T.J. Bass led the Trojans to three wins in a four-game home series against Marian.

The first place I ever saw a wild turkey was on a farm in Newton County, Indiana. I was sitting in my tree stand, bow in hand, waiting on a deer to make its way in my direction. When I heard leaves crunching under footsteps, I thought the biggest buck in the woods was walking right to me.

Boys golf

Whiteland softball didn’t close quite as impressively as it started, but it was close.

Softball