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Prep Report: Waldron tennis pins loss on Morristown

Waldron tennis swept Morristown in straight sets in all five matches Thursday to secure a 5-0 victory.

The Mohawks improved to 3-1 while the Yellow Jackets dropped to 0-3.

At No. 1 singles, Lucas Shaw defeated Tyler Schonfeld, 6-2, 6-1.

Jack Fischer topped Grant Kessler at No. 2 singles, 7-5, 6-1.

And at No. 3 singles, Josh Kellems defeated Austin Gabbard, 6-2, 6-3.

Both of Morristown’s doubles teams suffered their first losses of the season.

At No. 1 doubles, Jacob Lindsey and Max Jones defeated Bryce Bryant and Rylan Janes, 6-2, 6-2.

And Isaiah Jones and Matthew Thomas bested Carson Essex and Jerry Riley, 6-2, 6-2.

In a junior varsity match, Waldron’s Andy Lacy defeated Brady Schonfeld, 6-4.

In other prep events Thursday:

Boys Soccer

Southwestern 10, Brown County 1

The 11th-ranked Spartans kept their offense in high gear to improve to 4-0 this season.

Aiden Hartsell scored five goals to push his total to 16 this season. Four came in the first half as the Spartans built a 5-1 lead.

Conner Gooch had the other first half goal for Southwestern. Gooch started the second-half scoring with his third goal of the season.

Tucker Simmons, Jonny Joy and Owen Stringer also had goals for Southwestern.

Eli Fix was credited with three saves in goal.

Aiden Fox had the lone goal for Brown County (0-3).

Volleyball

Triton Central def. Cascade, 25-15, 25-23, 25-17

At Cascade, Maddy Brown provided 11 kills to lead Triton Central (4-3, 2-0 Indiana Crossroads Conference).

Hallie Schweitzer, Kaitlin Bramlett and Brooklyn Bailey combined for 16 more kills.

Schweitzer, Brown and Julia Sanders had 60 total digs and setter Maia Harris finished with 21 assists.

Josie Jones led Cascade (5-3, 1-1 ICC) with nine kills and 18 digs.

Waldron def. Jac-Cen-Del, 25-13, 25-14, 25-18

At Jac-Cen-Del, the visiting Mohawks (4-1) swept the Eagles (1-6) in straight sets.

Desiree Sparks and Maria Meyer combined for 11 kills to lead Jac-Cen-Del. Aundrea Cullen had 11 digs.

North Central def. Shelbyville, 22-25, 25-15, 25-22, 25-16

At Shelbyville, the Golden Bears (3-2) won set one but the Panthers (3-4) settled in to sweep the next three for the victory.

Shelbyville senior Emma Nolley finished with a team-high 16 digs and surpassed 1,000 career digs in the loss.

Jaidyn Tackett and Emily Parker each had 11 kills for Shelbyville. Setter Gracie Leffler finished with 30 assists.

North Central won the junior varsity match in two sets.

Cross Country

South Decatur Invitational

The host Cougars won the boys team title with 44 points. Jac-Cen-Del was runner-up at 62 followed by South Ripley (68), Southwestern (71) and North Decatur (87).

Jac-Cen-Del’s Josh Pohle won the race in 17 minutes, 37 seconds.

For Southwestern, Dakota Claiborne (6th in 19:34) and Dane Kissell (7th in 19:57) each broke the 20-minute barrier for the first time this season.

Also competing for Southwestern were Ryan Griffin (16th in 21:48), Elias Clark (29th in 24:16) and Collin Cummings (30th in 25:22).

Morristown was represented by T.J. Butcher (25th in 23:36) and Brayden Burris (37th in 28:47).

South Ripley held off Southwestern, 33-50, for the girls team title at South Decatur. North Decatur was third (61) and Jac-Cen-Del finished fourth (66).

South Ripley’s Lanie Nicholson won the girls race in 20:16.

Southwestern’s Lilly Rooks was fourth in 22:59 – the fastest time posted by a Shelby County girl this season.

Also for Southwestern, Gracie Schlabach placed 10th (25:23), Jenna Drake was 12th (25:32), Maxine Higdon was 20th (29:14) and Malori Pike was 22nd (30:12).

Morristown’s Grace McLaughlin set a new personal best time of 25:31 to finish 11th.

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