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Since his freshman year, Marcus Ankney has always shown promise at the offensive end of the court. But Center Grove coach Zach Hahn placed just as much trust in the senior’s defense.

University of Indianapolis sophomore Emily Bonser, a Greenwood graduate, won the hammer throw with a personal best of 49.95 meters at the Knight Open track and field event at Marian University.

With just south of 1,200 students, Greenwood isn’t going to be confused with Medora anytime soon. But in the current world of Class 4A sports, the Woodmen are definitely fighting an uphill battle against the Center Groves of the world.

Track and field

Statistics alone aren’t qualified to illustrate the maturity Drue Young gained as a baseball player between his freshman and sophomore seasons.

It wasn’t impatience on Landen Smith’s part as much as it was his baseball instincts kicking into high gear.

No matter how many runs Indian Creek pushed across early in Tuesday night’s game, Franklin senior Max Clark had faith in his team’s ability to keep pace.

If sophomore Peyton Dickens’ varsity pitching debut Tuesday afternoon is any indication, Whiteland’s future will be pretty good.

It took a few innings for Franklin to remove the rust from its potential during Monday’s season opener against visiting Edinburgh.

Indian Creek softball coach Gary Mitchell felt confident that his team was adding a difference-maker in freshman pitcher Delaney Jones. She wasted little time in proving him right.