Shelbyville girls soccer opened its Hoosier Heritage Conference schedule Saturday with an impressive 11-0 victory at New Castle.

Ava Wilson scored four goals and Hannah Baker had three goals as the Golden Bears improved to 2-0 this season. Also scoring for Shelbyville Saturday were Cyanne St. Bernard (two goals), Lilly Marshall and Ella Johnson.

Macy Cooley was credited with four saves in goal to preserve the shutout against New Castle (1-2, 0-1 HHC).

In other prep events Saturday:

Girls Golf
Mooresville Invitational

At The Links at Heartland Crossing, the pairs format required two golfers working together for one score.

For Shelbyville, Emmie Higgins and Kylie Stader combined to shoot 103 over 18 holes. Riley Everette and Ava Essex matched that effort at 103.

Boys Soccer

Southwestern 7, Hauser 1

At Southwestern, Jaime Gutierrez DeMessa scored three goals to propel Class A, No. 16 Southwestern to its first Mid-Hoosier Conference win of the season.

DeMessa scored twice in the first half to give the Spartans a 4-0 halftime advantage. His third goal came in the game’s 51^st minute just after Hauser’s Lakota Robbins scored on a penalty kick.

Also finding the back of the net for Southwestern (3-0) were Tucker Simmons, Eli Stone, Benjamin Kahler and Cecil Newton. Simmons also had a pair of assists in the win.

Girls Soccer

Triton Central 3, Connersville 1

At Triton Central, Elaina Maurice scored twice and Abby Byrd scored to lead the Tigers to a win in their season opener.

 

 

Boys Tennis

Golden Bear Invitational

Indianapolis Chatard defeated Shelbyville, Alexandria and Batesville to claim the championship in the inaugural Mama Jan Golden Bear Invitational.

Played in honor of Jan Asher, who passed away April 25, the event also served as a fundraiser for the Shelbyville/Shelby County Animal Shelter (photo).

The host Golden Bears defeated Batesville, 3-2, and Alexandria, 4-1, but lost to Chatard, 3-2, dropping all three singles matches.

Both of Shelbyville’s doubles teams finished 3-0 in the invitational. At No. 1 doubles, Karson Schaf and Aiden Smith lost seven games total in sweeping three matches. Alex Bunton and Gavin Reed were just as dominant, dropping just three games while going 3-0 at No. 2 doubles.

Greenwood Invitational

Triton Central finished 1-2 at Greenwood and now sits at 2-2 this season.

The Tigers lost to Terre Haute North, 5-0, and Greenwood, 4-1, but secured a 5-0 victory over Roncalli.

Against Roncalli, Tucker Hutchinson rallied for a 2-6, 7-5, 10-8 win at No. 1 singles over Chris Stanley to complete the sweep. Janssen Capps and Max Crouse lost a total of three games in winning at No. 2 singles and No. 3 singles, respectively.

At No. 1 doubles, Eli Sego and Joey Brosnan defeated Andrew Heiden and Charlie Baker, 6-1, 6-1. Ben Toth and Caleb McGuire topped Ben Workman and Jacob Coppinger, 6-0, 6-2 at No. 2 doubles.

Volleyball

Batesville def. Shelbyville, 25-15, 25-15, 25-16

At Batesville, Maggie Wilson and Reesa Zimmerman each had nine kills to improve Batesville to 2-0 this season. Wilson also had a team-high nine digs.

Ava Powner and Molly Meer each had 13 assists.

Shelbyville dropped to 1-2 this season.

 

 

Shenandoah Invitational

Southwestern defeated the host Raiders and Seton Catholic to reach the championship match where it was defeated by Eastern Hancock, 25-14, 25-16.

Southwestern’s Tanna Tatlock and Riley Engel (photo) were named to the All-Tournament Team.

Covenant Christian Invitational

Triton Central lost to Covenant Christian (17-25, 25-19, 15-8) and Marquette Catholic (17-25, 25-19, 25-10) but defeated Herron, 22-25, 25-23, 15-11 to finish 1-2. The Tigers are 2-3 this season.

Against Herron (2-5), Gracie Miller had a team-high seven kills and three more Tigers had five kills apiece in a balanced effort. Gwyn Williams finished with 10 digs and Hailey Harris (10 assists) and Kate Isley (11) combined for 21 assists.

Cross Country

Plainfield Relays

The partner relay format required two runners to complete a 3-mile course with the combined time setting the finishing position.

 

 

Shelbyville’s top pairing in the boys race was Logan Reinhart (photo) and Blake Hughes, who finished 56^th overall in 34 minutes, 52 seconds. Also competing for the Golden Bears were Gavin Harker and Jonah Anspaugh (37:58) and Shia Veach and Everett Stegemiller (38:13).

 

 

In the girls race, Shelbyville’s Hannah Wright and Aerin Garcia-Santiago (photo) placed 39^th overall in 41:16. Also representing the Golden Bears in their season-opening event were Angel Kreider and Cora Flynn (44:45) and Sonora O’Connor and Haylee Barnes (45:40).

 

 

Indian Creek Invitational

Waldron’s boys squad (photo) finished third overall with three runners finishing in the top 15.

Will Larrison was fifth in 17:22. He was followed across the finish line by Jared Crosby (10^th in 18:16), Sam Jones (15^th in 20:45), Max Jones (24^th in 24:14), Cole Jones (28^th in 28:24) and Jack Adkins (30^th in 32:13).

Waldron only had two participants in the girls event. Riley Price finished ninth in 24:25 and Sophie Hudnall placed 14^th in 27:51.

Jeremy Wright Small School Invitational

At Blue River Memorial Park in Shelbyville, with four runners placing in the top 10, Milan captured the boys team title with 56 points. Hauser was fifth (209 points) and Morristown finished 18^th (429) while Southwestern and Triton Central did not field complete teams.

Milan’s Benjamin Riehle won the race in 17:05.

Dakota Claiborne led Southwestern with a 47^th-place finish in 19:56. Morristown’s Maxamillion Compton (20:31) and Lakshdeep Sighn (20:32) placed 66^th and 67^th, respectively. Triton Central’s Liam Thompson finished 84^th in 20:59.

Centerville had three runners in the top 10 to hold off Indy Genesis Homeschool, 63-81, to win the girls team title. Morristown and Southwestern did not field complete teams.

Blue River Valley’s Charlee Gibson won the girls race in 21:00.

Morristown’s Audrey Van Dyke finished 26^th in 24:17. Southwestern was led by Maxine Higdon (108^th in 30:30).

 

 

Morristown (photo) secured the girls junior high team title for the third year in a row with 85 points. Southwestern (Hanover) (113), Triton Central (130), Blue River Valley (137) and South Adams (140) completed the top five. Southwestern was 13^th (310).

Savannah Nusbaum of Southwestern (Hanover) won the girls’ 3K race in 12:24.

Morristown’s Jo Kuhn was fourth in 13:13. Also running for Morristown were Brooke Kuhn (15^th in 13:53), Gracie Theobald (21^st in 14:06), Chloe Theobald (27^th in 14:22), Sawyer Rogers (28^th in 14:34), Bailey Willard (47^th in 15:41) and Madison Richardson (107^th in 18:18).
Triton Central’s top finisher was Sawyor Murdick (23^rd in 14:06).

Shelbyville cross country photos by Steve Bush.

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