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Prep Report: Shelbyville freshman pitches gem to lead Shelbyville to 8-2 win

Aiden Smith allowed one hit and struck out 12 to lead Shelbyville to a Hoosier Heritage Conference win Tuesday over New Castle at Barnett Field.

The freshman pitched six innings and allowed one unearned run to improve the Golden Bears to 10-11 (4-7 HHC).

Luke Brinkman surrendered two hits and one unearned run in the seventh inning to close out the win.

Caden Tackett, Eli Sheppard, Gavyn Fisher and Smith each had two hits. Fisher had a home run and drove in four runs.

Haidyn Bulmer pitched into the sixth inning for New Castle (4-13, 1-10 HHC) and allowed 11 hits and all eight Shelbyville runs.

In other prep events Tuesday:

Baseball

Triton Central 23, Monrovia 6

Avram Rund had four hits, scored four runs and drove in four to propel Triton Central to an Indiana Crossroads Conference win.

Mathew Shircliff, Nick Riggins, Tucker Hutchinson and Cole Thomas each had two hits. Riggins finished with six RBIs.

Ben Toth had eight strikeouts to get the win for TC (10-10, 5-6 ICC).

Eli Welch had three RBIs for Monrovia (7-11, 4-7 ICC).

Knightstown 27, Waldron 1

The Panthers scored 14 runs in the first inning and never trailed in the win over Waldron.

Dallas Bramell, Ayden Keith and Camden Gorman each had three hits for Knightstown (13-6). Travis Louks pitched three scoreless innings to earn the win.

Jacob Bennett and Donovan Russell had the only hits for Waldron (4-15).

Softball

Roncalli 2, Shelbyville 0

Shelbyville had one hit and had two reach on errors in a shutout loss to Roncalli – the two-time defending state champions and No. 1 ranked team in Class 4A.

Keagan Rothrock, the No. 1 ranked high school pitcher in the country, only allowed a Kylee Edwards single and struck out nine Golden Bears to improve the Royals to 19-2-1.

Rothrock, who will play collegiately at the University of Florida, pushed her record to 15-0 this season. In 96 innings pitched, she has allowed 37 hits and struck out 194.

Cheyenne Eads went the distance for Shelbyville (13-6). The junior allowed five hits and struck out six.

Triton Central 22, Indianapolis Ritter 1

Triton Central used a 9-run second inning to secure an ICC victory over Ritter (1-17, 0-6 ICC).

The win keeps the Tigers (13-4, 4-2 ICC) in third place in the conference standings behind Class 2A, No. 6 Cascade (15-3, 6-0 ICC) and Class A, No. 11 Indianapolis Lutheran (9-7, 5-1 ICC).

Lillian Fillippinie limited the Raiders to three hits while striking out 13.

Madison Collins, Jayda McKee, Brylie Couch and Fillippinie each had two hits.

Girls tennis

Yorktown 3, Shelbyville 2

Shelbyville won both doubles matches but could not secure a singles victory to defeat the Tigers.

At No. 1 doubles, Karlie Lawson and Sophia Asher won 6-2, 6-2. Sydney Baker and Riley Lee dropped the first set at No. 2 doubles but recovered for a 0-6, 6-4, 6-4 win.

Triton Central 5, Indianapolis Scecina 0

Courtney Washburn and Raylynn Washburn needed three sets to complete the Triton Central sweep. The No. 1 doubles team defeated Alice Santos and Emily Gonzalez, 5-7, 6-3, 10-4.

Triton Central lost seven games combined in the other four matches.

Franklin 4, Southwestern 1

Southwestern’s No. 1 doubles pairing of McKinley Correll and Lauryn Blondell improved to 10-2 this season with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Franklin.

The Grizzly Cubs did not lose a game in sweeping the three singles matches.

Waldron 3, Eastern Hancock 2

Josee Larrison lost the first set at No. 1 singles but rebounded to secure a 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4 win over Lexi Swonger to help secure the Mohawks the victory.

At No. 2 singles, Emerson Lindsey bested Sophie Hardin, 6-4, 6-3.

The No. 1 doubles pairing of Audrey Hogg and Emily Tyree also needed three sets to defeat Savannah Hardin and Mikayla Hardy, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.

Boys track

Mid-Hoosier Conference Meet

Hauser 125, South Decatur 121, Morristown 109, North Decatur 87, Southwestern 65, Waldron 49, Edinburgh 22

At Waldron, Morristown won four individual events to help secure a third-place finish in the team standings.

Sprinter Tyler Schonfeld won the 100 meters in 11.18 seconds and the 200 in 22.97. Cade Mahin took first place in the 400 (54.53). And Mahin, Schonfeld, Wyatt Hodgen and Kamdyn Gaines finished first in the 1,600 relay (3:39.71).

Also scoring top-four finishes for Morristown were Mahin (fourth in 100, 11.81; third in 200, 23.84), Gaines (second in 400, 55.21; fourth in long jump, 19-3.5), Hunter Biddle (third in 800, 2:18.49) and Chase Theobald (fourth in shot put, 39-5.75).

Schonfeld, Theobald, Biddle and Oier DaCosta placed runner-up in the 400 relay (47.26). Biddle, Simon Klinger, Andrew Doty and Parker Theobald finished second in the 3,200 relay (9:41.25).

Waldron’s Braylon Williams won the shot put event with a best throw of 46-9.5.

Also in the top four for Waldron were Jared Crosby (fourth in 200, 24.08), Nathaniel Evans (fourth in 1,600, 5:23.05; fourth in 3,200, 11:40.75), and Williams (third in discus (122-11).

Crosby, Skylar Ferguson, Sam Jones and Williams placed third in the 400 relay (47.26).

Southwestern’s Dane Kissell finished second in the 800 (2:14.86) and third in the 1,600 in 5:14.78.

Also for Southwestern, Dakota Claiborne was second in the 3,200 (11:27.13), Owen Stringer was third in the 110 hurdles (18.43) and second in the 300 hurdles (44.85), and Josh Wenger was fourth in the discus (116-5).

In the 1,600 relay, Kissell, Owen Stringer, Garreth Stringer and Michael Clements finished fourth in 3:56.92.

Kissell ran to a third-place finish in the 3,200 relay (9:42.4) with Jackson Bentz, Chris Claiborne and Dakota Claiborne.

Girls track

Hoosier Heritage Conference Meet

Mt. Vernon 124.5, New Palestine 121, Delta 101.5, Yorktown 84, New Castle 80, Greenfield-Central 63, Pendleton Heights 42, Shelbyville 6

At Mt. Vernon, Shelbyville’s best finish came in the 400-meter relay. The quartet of Emma Claxton, Chevelle Prather, Ava Ruschhaupt and Brooke Byers placed sixth in 57.9 seconds.

Mid-Hoosier Conference Meet

South Decatur 156.5, Morristown 123, North Decatur 101, Southwestern 82.5, Hauser 45, Waldron 39, Edinburgh 10

At Waldron, Morristown won six events but could not keep South Decatur from capturing the team title.

For Morristown, Maggie Lutes won the 400 in 1:05.47; Oakleigh Goedde cleared five feet to win the high jump; and Kindall Dorsey won the discus with a best throw of 85-10.

The Yellow Jackets dominated the distance races with Raegan Kleine and Grace McLaughlin finishing 1-2 in the 1,600 and the 3,200. Kleine won the 1,600 in 6:34.71. McLaughlin was runner-up in 6:49.81. Kleine again was first across the finish line in the 3,200 in 14:23.03. McLaughlin was second in 15:01.4.

The pair also helped win the 3,200 relay. Kleine, Lutes, McLaughlin and Katie Theobald collected first-place points in 12:08.38.

Other top-four finishers for Morristown were Lutes (fourth in 200, 29.6), Kleine (second in 800, 2:48.93), Goedde (third in 100 hurdles, 18.59; fourth in 300 hurdles, 54.17; third in long jump, 14-4.5) and Dorsey (third in shot put, 27-11.75).

Waldron’s Riley Price captured the title in the 800, crossing the finish line in 2:38.41.

Also for Waldron, Lillian Lozier placed second in the 100 hurdles (18.32) and the quartet of Lozier, Price, Evelyn Campbell and Sophie Hudnall finished fourth in the 400 relay (57.42).

Southwestern had top-four finishes from Libby Weinantz (third in 800, 2:52.5), Riley Engel (third in high jump, 4-6), and Mikayla Claiborne (third in long jump, 14-4.5).

Southwestern finished third in all three relays.

Claiborne, Engel, Claire Utley and Emma Estes finished the 400 relay in 57.26. Claiborne, Engle, Weinantz and Tanna Tatlock stopped the clock in the 1,600 relay in 4:57.15. And Weinantz was joined by Malori Pike, Maxine Higdon and Sydney Griffin to clock 12:57.83 in the 3,200 relay.

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