Local Sports

Daksh Patel isn’t the tallest player for the state’s ninth-ranked team, and at 125 pounds, he certainly isn’t the heaviest.

Whiteland has enjoyed a resurgent season on the volleyball court under first-year coach Jenny Munn, winning seven of its first nine matches and climbing into the upper half of the Mid-State Conference standings.

Peyton Emberton’s gridiron instincts instruct him to run right at larger, stronger defenders if better options don’t present themselves.

The record book containing numerical proof of Whiteland’s first 57 seasons of volleyball is guilty of some gaps historically.

EDITOR’S NOTE: In the past, local roundups have been dated to correspond with print publication dates. Going forward, the online versions will correspond with the date(s) of the events being reported.

Olivet ran six fewer offensive plays than Franklin College on Saturday afternoon at Faught Stadium.

Separated by two spots in the latest Class 5A poll, No. 6 Whiteland and fourth-ranked Decatur Central were much further apart on the field on Friday.

After taking it on the chin against Class A bluebloods Park Tudor and Covenant Christian in the first two weeks, Greenwood Christian faced adversity yet again on Friday when it fell behind 18-8 in the first quarter at Wes-Del.

A rough start, much of it self-inflicted, was too much for Edinburgh to overcome on Friday night.

INDIANAPOLIS