With a trio of runners finishing in the top 10, Southwestern’s girls cross country program (photo) won the Mid-Hoosier Conference title Saturday at Blue River Memorial Park in Shelbyville.

Southwestern junior Lilly Rooks won the race in 23 minutes flat. Gracie Schlabach was fourth in 24:01 and Jenna Drake placed seventh in 24:28.

Southwestern also got top-20 finishes from Maxine Higdon (17^th in 28:32) and Malori Pike (19^th in 28:40).

The Spartans’ 40 points outdistanced South Decatur (51), North Decatur (56) and Waldron (71). No other MHC school fielded a full team.

Waldron’s Hallie Ross was sixth in 24:23. Also for Waldron, Sophie Hudnall finished 14^th (27:19), Audrey Hogg was 16^th (28:29), Riley Price placed 24^th (30:50) and Cheyenne Lozier finished 27^th (31:38).

Morristown’s lone entrant was freshman Grace McLaughlin (12^th in 26:36).

South Decatur won the boys conference championship with 30 points. Waldron was runner-up at 40 ahead of Southwestern (73), North Decatur (83) and Edinburgh (123).

Waldron freshman Will Larrison was the race runner-up in 19:27. South Decatur senior Trevor Newby was the MHC champion after crossing the finish line in 18:54.

Another Waldron freshman, Jared Crosby, placed fourth in 20:05. Completing the Waldron lineup were Caden Shaeffer (10^th in 21:07), Ethan Richardson (13^th in 21:49) and Nathaniel Evans (19^th in 23:05).

Southwestern’s Dane Kissell finished fifth in 20:08. Dakota Claiborne (ninth in 20:46) had a top-10 finish. Ryan Griffin (21^st in 23:28), Elias Clark (24^th in 23:38) and Collin Cummings (30^th in 26:14) also competed for Southwestern.

Morristown had three runners: Zavier Poole (sixth in 20:18), T.J. Butcher (31^st in 26:32) and Brayden Burris (33^rd in 28:10).

In the middle school girls meet, all five of Morristown’s runners finished in the top eight for a dominant team performance.

Taylor Tragesser won the race in 11:40 ahead of teammates Chloe Tragesser (12:09), Clara Wallace (13:29) and Brooke Kuhn (13:29). Chloe Theobald was sixth (14:21) and Hayden Mohr was eighth (14:56).

Waldron’s Claire Larrison (fourth in 14:05) and Grace Fischer (seventh in 14:46) kept the Mohawks from sweeping the top six spots.

Waldron finished runner-up to Morristown in the team standings with Avery Haehl finishing 14^th in 15:34, Brooklyn Milbourn getting 18^th in 16:10 and Jessica Price crossing the finish line in 28^th in 18:11.

Also running for Waldron were Arianna Thomas (18:57), Kassidy Meulen (19:18), Abby Crouch (20:13), Ava Leising (20:14) and Kendal Berauer (20:28).

Southwestern entered two runners: Adalyn Brewer (13^th in 15:33) and Sienna Shaw (18:29).

Hauser won the boys MHC title with Waldron and South Decatur the only other programs fielding full teams.

Southwestern’s Chris Claiborne (second in 12:06) and Jackson Bentz (fourth in 12:44) finished in the top five.

Morristown’s Max Compton was fifth (12:55).

Ethan Hirschauer led Waldron with a third-place finish in 12:35.

Six more Mohawks finished in the top 20. Elijah Thompson (12^th in 14:18), Jacob Kuhn (14^th in 14:21), Caige Sheaffer (15^th in 14:22), Kevin Crouch (16^th in 14:22), Spencer Armstrong (18^th in 14:39), Collin Cole (15:20), Wyatt Bogemann (28^th in 17:12) and Lucas Price (30^th in 19:46) completed the Mohawks’ lineup.

In other prep events:

Boys Soccer

Hauser 2, Southwestern 1

At Hauser Friday, Alex Lopez scored a pair of second-half goals to lead the Jets (1-6) past the Class A, No. 10-ranked Spartans (7-3-1).

Tucker Simmons had Southwestern’s only goal, his fourth of the season.

Eli Fix was credited with four saves in goal.

Morristown 4, Union County 4

At Union County Saturday, the visiting Yellow Jackets (2-7-2) and Patriots (0-9-2) played to a tie.

Girls Soccer

Shelbyville 8, Whiteland 1

At Whiteland, the Golden Bears (6-3-1) scored four goals in each half to collect their fourth-straight victory.

Evelyn Kiefer had four goals and an assist. She now has a Shelby County best 16 goals this season.

Ava Wilson scored her 12^th goal. Sophie Parker moved to 10 goals this season with a pair of scores against the Warriors. Parker also had two assists.

And Rebecca Valdez had one goal and one assist.

Hailey Pogue had 11 saves in goal.

Heritage Christian 11, Triton Central 2

At Triton Central, the No. 1-ranked team in Class A scored seven first-half goals to take control of the match and cruise to its sixth win of the season.

Lizzie Graham scored both goals for Triton Central (1-8). Graham has 12 goals scored this season.

Volleyball

Hauser def. Waldron, 20-25, 25-11, 25-19, 25-14

At Waldron Friday, the visiting Jets (12-7) got 17 kills from Kenze Bostic and 11 kills from Aniston Bostic to defeat the Mohawks (10-6).

Andie Clark had a team-high 28 digs and Adrianna Musillami collected 43 digs for Hauser.

Yorktown def. Shelbyville, 25-10, 25-12, 25-16

At Yorktown Saturday, Ava Eakins had 10 kills to lead the host Tigers (15-3) over the Golden Bears (10-7).

Jaidyn Tackett led Shelbyville with nine kills. Ashlyn Turner had six kills.

Emmy Nolley finished with a team-high 13 digs and Gracie Leffler finished with 26 assists.

Lawrenceburg Invitational

Southwestern dropped to 6-12 after a 1-3 performance at Lawrenceburg.

The Spartans defeated Rushville but lost to Rock Creek Academy, Lawrenceburg and Sycamore (Ohio).

Tri Central Invitational

Morristown defeated winless Argos, 25-17, 25-22 and Culver Community, 25-20, 14-25, 15-11 but lost to the host Trojans, 25-23, 19-25, 15-12.

Gracie Laster led Morristown (6-8) with 10 kills against Culver (8-13). Bella Thompson had nine kills.

Beth Hodgin added nine digs and Raegan Kleine collected 26 assists.

 On Friday, South Ripley (12-6) swept Morristown, 25-21, 25-12, 29-27.

Laster had a team-high 11 kills. Lilly Stoddard finished with eight kills.

Hodgin had 17 digs. Kleine finished with 23 assists and 13 digs.

Cross Country

Indiana Crossroads Conference Meet

Triton Central junior Hallie Schweitzer finished 12^th in the girls race in 24:37. Brooke Bear finished 37^th in 41:49.

Triton Central only had four entrants in the boys race – Hank Hadler (51^st in 23:41), Elizijuh Israel (52^nd in 23:46), Lucas Bear (55^th in 24:36) and Corbin Maurice (62^nd in 26:31).

Riverview Health Invitational

In Carmel, Shelbyville senior Stefanie Howard (photo) finished seventh overall out of 122 runners with a time of 20:43.

The Golden Bears finished 12^th in the team standings with Kaila Brattain (59^th in 23:54), Hannah Wright (77^th in 24:47), Kaylie McDonald (104^th in 27:46) and Daisy Barrett (110^th in 29:21) following Howard across the finish line.

Shelbyville placed 15^th in the boys team standings.

Running for Shelbyville were Elijah Von Werder (40^th in 18:43), Michael Fox (45^th in 18:49), Ben Hinojosa (91^st in 20:57), Tristin Maloney (109^th in 22:03), Isaac Zermeno (117^th in 22:40), Isaiah Havens (119^th in 23:10), Gavin Harker (131^st in 26:29) and Gaige Harker (134^th in 29:09).