Shelbyville girls soccer needed a strong penalty-kick performance to secure its sixth-straight victory Thursday night at Greenfield-Central.

After two scoreless halves and overtime periods, the Golden Bears and Cougars set up for penalty kicks.

Ava Wilson matched a G-C goal in the first of five rounds.

Shelbyville goalkeeper Macy Cooley stopped the Cougars’ second-scoring attempt and Rebecca Valdez put the Golden Bears up 2-1.

Another G-C goal was matched by Sophie Parker to make it 3-2.

Cooley collected another save but the Golden Bears couldn’t capitalize with the game winner.

In round five, G-C scored to tie it up but Lilly Johnson pounded in the game winner for Shelbyville (8-3-1, 3-2 Hoosier Heritage Conference).

Greenfield-Central dropped to 4-6 (1-4 HHC).

In other prep events Thursday:

Boys Soccer

Shelbyville 3, South Dearborn 1

At South Dearborn, Christian Haas collected his first varsity hat trick scoring once in the first half and twice in the second half to push the Golden Bears’ record to 8-6 this season.

“For long stretches we completely dictated the play,” said Shelbyville coach Ben Purvis. “It was the best we’ve looked in a few weeks.”

South Dearborn has lost four of its last five matches to fall to 6-8.

The junior varsity match finished in a 1-1 tie. Zavier Leon scored for Shelbyville with 30 seconds left in the first half.

Boys Tennis

Triton Central 4, Beech Grove 1

At Beech Grove, Triton Central’s doubles pairings continued their strong seasons.

At No. 1 doubles, Avram Rund and Quintin Potts defeated Lee Cummings and Caiden Lunsford, 6-0, 6-1.

And Oliver Gearlds and Griffin Sego topped Austin Magiri and Charlie Kidwell, 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 doubles.

Both teams are a Shelby County best 14-5 this season.

Triton Central (14-6) also got singles victories from Ashton Sturm and Cole Thomas. Sturm defeated Matthew Pettigrew at No. 2 singles, 6-0, 6-2. Thomas blanked Logan Heilwagon, 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles.

Beech Grove’s lone match win came at No. 1 singles where Chase Alford defeated Tucker Hutchinson, 7-6 (12), 1-6, 11-9.

Trinity Lutheran 3, Southwestern 2

Southwestern won both doubles matches but could not capture a singles victory against Trinity Lutheran.

At No. 1 doubles, Caleb Pappano and Tristan Pappano defeated Nathan Finke and Cameron Greenwald, 6-1, 6-4.

Ty Burcham and Carter Snepp teamed up to defeat Evan Hunt and Will Gansman, 4-6, 7-6, 10-1 at No. 2 doubles.

Hunter Pappano lost at No. 1 singles to Ryan Klumen, 6-1, 6-2.

Solomon Hall topped Justin Swift at No. 2 singles, 6-0, 6-2.

And Nathan Voelker defeated Jackson Burcham, 6-2, 6-4.

Southwestern is 5-6 this season.

Greenwood 4, Shelbyville 1

Shelbyville’s only match win came from Logan Prickett at No. 3 singles.

The Golden Bears are 4-17 this season. The Woodmen improved to 11-8.

Indian Creek 4, Waldron 1

Waldron dropped to 5-8 this season with a loss to the Braves.

Volleyball

Triton Central def. Southwestern, 25-12, 25-15, 25-17

The Tigers (11-6) used a balanced offensive effort to take down the Spartans (8-14).

Hallie Schweitzer, Maddy Brown and Brooklyn Bailey each had eight kills to lead Triton Central. Kayden Simmons added seven more and Kaitlin Bramlett had six.

Julia Sanders finished with a team-high 21 digs. Simmons finished with 14.

Setters Maia Harris (18 assists) and Kate Isley (16 assists) combined for 34 assists.

North Decatur def. Morristown, 25-22, 24-26, 25-23, 25-22

At Morristown, Caroline Stapp and Madelyn Bohman combined for 30 kills to lead North Decatur (12-5) over the Yellow Jackets (8-9).

The loss ended Morristown’s four-match win streak.

Aubrey Kennelly and Samantha Luttel each had 15 digs for North Decatur and Luttel, North Decatur’s setter, collected 43 assists.

Waldron def. Tri, 25-20, 25-11, 25-13

At Waldron, the Mohawks made quick work of the Titans to improve to 12-6 this season. Waldron has won seven of its last eight matches.

Tri has lost 9 of 10 to drop to 5-13.

Franklin def. Shelbyville, 28-26, 25-22, 25-23

Shelbyville suffered its first loss of the season to a potential sectional opponent.

Franklin has won five of its last six matches to improve to 9-10 this season.

Shelbyville is 12-8.