Shelbyville High School senior Stefanie Howard (photo) finished 31st Saturday in the Rick Weinheimer Classic, hosted by Columbus North at Ceraland Park in Columbus.
With a personal-record time of 20 minutes, 13 seconds – Shelby County’s top time this season -- she moves within 30 seconds of the school record.
Also for Shelbyville, Kaila Brattain set a new personal record, finishing 78th in the large school division in 22:05. Angel Kreider (25:23) and Daisy Barrett (28:06) also competed for Shelbyville.
On the boys side, Beau Kenkel (photo, second from left) posted the best time by a Shelby County runner this season, finishing 88th in 18:05. Michael Fox followed in 91st in 18:06.
Shelbyville placed 17th in the team standings with Tristin Maloney (119th in 19:04), Isaac Zermeno (157th in 22:02) and Gavin Harker (158th in 23:06) completing the scoring. Ayden Holmes (23:33), Isaiah Havens (23:54) and Gaige Harker (28:20) also ran for the Golden Bears.
In the small school division, Southwestern placed 13th in the girls team standings and 20th in the boys standings.
Lilly Rooks led Southwestern with a 38th-place finish in 21:57. She was joined at the finish line by Gracie Schlabach (57th in22:52), Jenna Drake (72nd in 23:22), Maxine Higdon (121st in 28:12) and Malori Pike (122nd in 28:17).
Triton Central’s Hallie Schweitzer finished 58th in 22:53 and Brooke Bear was 133rd in 35:55.
Southwestern’s Dane Kissell (80th in 19:11) and Dakota Claiborne (82nd in 19:19) finished within 10 seconds of each other to lead the Spartans.
Triton Central’s Owen Sprinkle was 116th in 20:31.
Also representing Shelby County were Southwestern’s Collin Cummings (21:07), Triton Central’s Lucas Bear (22:33), Southwestern’s Elias Clark (22:47) and Ryan Griffin (24:54) and Triton Central’s Corbin Maurice (25:21).
In the middle school girls race, Waldron’s Claire Larrison finished 30th in 13:39. Also running for Waldron were Grace Fisher (46th in 14:12), Brooklyn Milbourn (15:09), Avery Haehl (15:21), Jessica Price (16:04), Kassidy Meulen (16:41), Arianna Thomas (17:05), Ava Leising (18:53) and Caleigh Kropp (18:55).
Representing Southwestern were Adalyn Brewer (15:56) and Sienna Shaw (17:24).
Southwestern’s Chris Claiborne placed 39th in the boys race in 12:04. He was followed across the finish line by Jackson Bentz (12:38), Ryan Wildman (14:26) and Aiden Mitchell (15:27).
For Waldron, Spencer Armstrong led the scoring with a time of 13:10. Jacob Kuhn (13:39), Caige Sheaffer (14:05), Kevin Crouch (14:31) and Collin Kuhn (14:38) also raced.
In other prep events:
Boys Soccer
Shelbyville 3, Delta 1
Drew Hassebroek gave the host Golden Bears the first lead of the Hoosier Heritage Conference match Saturday morning in Shelbyville.
Hassebroek converted a penalty kick in the second half for his sixth goal of the season and a 2-0 lead for the Golden Bears (6-2, 1-0 HHC).
Brayden Stanley scored on a penalty kick for Delta (4-2, 0-2 HHC) to cut the deficit in half but Christian Haas got Shelbyville an insurance goal with less than 10 minutes to play.
“It wasn’t our best game but we matched Delta’s physicality and stayed strong defensively to hold on to the win,” said Shelbyville coach Ben Purvis.
Jalen Hounshell was credited with five saves in goal for the Golden Bears, who are at Batesville Tuesday.
In one half of junior varsity play, Delta prevailed 2-1 with a goal in the final seconds of play.
Trent Todd scored for Shelbyville.
Southwestern 6, Greenwood Christian 1
Aiden Hartsell scored all six goals for the 9th-ranked Spartans (6-1).
Hartsell, Southwestern’s career scoring leader, scored twice in a 2-minute span of the first half to get the Spartans up 2-0.
Greenwood Christian’s Ethan Rothrock answered with a goal of his own to cut the lead to 2-1 by halftime.
Hartsell scored three quick goals in the second half and added another in the game’s final minute to run his season total to 29 – six away from tying the single-season record.
Conner Gooch, Jordan Jones and Johnny Joy had assists for Southwestern. Goalkeeper Eli Fix was credited with four saves.
Boys Tennis
Southwestern 4, Waldron 1
The Spartans improved to 3-1 Friday with a win over the Mohawks (3-4), who have lost three straight.
Waldron’s lone win came at No. 1 singles where Lucas Shaw improved to 5-2 this season with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Tristan Pappano.
Southwestern’s Grant Emerick defeated Josh Kellems at No. 2 singles, 6-2, 6-2.
Hunter Pappano added another win for the Spartans at No. 3 singles with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Jacob Lindsey.
At No. 1 doubles, Caleb Pappano and Carter Snepp improved to 3-1 with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Max Jones and Matthew Thomas.
Southwestern’s doubles pairing of Ty Burcham and Jackson Burcham collected their second straight forfeit victory.
New Palestine Invitational
New Palestine 5, Triton Central 0
The Tigers won a total of 12 games against the Dragons, who moved on to the championship round where it defeated Greenwood.
At No. 1 doubles, Triton Central’s Avram Rund and Quinton Potts were defeated by Jackson Harrell and Clayton Wesley, 6-4, 6-3.
Triton Central 4, Shenandoah 1
In the third-place match, Tucker Hutchinson (No. 2 singles), Potts and Rund and the combo of Griffin Sego and Oliver Gearlds (No. 2 doubles) all improved to a Shelby County best 7-4 this season.
Hutchinson topped William Abbeit, 6-0, 6-1.
Potts and Rund cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Calyn Toffolo and Landen Mathes.
Sego and Gearlds battled William Jennings and Tyler Nuzzdessel for a 6-2, 4-6, 10-8 win.
Ashton Sturm added Triton Central’s fourth win, 7-6 (5), 6-0 over J.T. Rogers at No. 3 singles.
At No. 1 singles, Shenandoah’s Clay Conner defeated Alex Crouse, 4-6, 6-0, 10-3.
Triton Central is 6-5 this season.
Cross Country
Union City Invitational
Morristown’s Zavier Poole placed 33rd in the boys’ race in a season-best time of 20:49.
Grace McLaughlin, a Morristown freshman, finished 21st in the girls race in 24:59 – also a season best.
In the junior high race, Morristown’s Max Compton finished fourth in 12:50.
Morristown’s girls dominated the event, putting all seven runners in the top 22.
Taylor Tragesser won the race in 12:20 with Morristown teammates Chloe Tragesser (third in 13:14), Lauren Kuhn (seventh in 14:01), Brooke Kuhn (eighth in 14:01) and Clara Wallace (ninth in 14:25) all finishing in the top 10.
Chloe Theobald placed 12th in 15:00 and Hayden Mohr was 22nd in 16:25.
Mohawk Invitational
In the first annual race hosted by Waldron, the Mohawks captured both team titles.
For Waldron, Ethan Hirschauer (12:33) and Claire Larrison (13:44) were runner-ups in the boys and girls races, respectively.
