Shelbyville had two runners earn personal-best times in the boys race and senior Hannah Wright finished 18th in the girls race Saturday at the Franklin Invitational.
Wright crossed the finish line in 21 minutes, 12 seconds to just miss a podium finish. Also running for Shelbyville were Aerin Garcia-Santiago (24:33), Angel Kreider (26:48), Haylee Barnes (26:58) and Sonora O’Connor (27:35).
The Golden Bears finished 13th in the team standings.
Logan Reinhart was the top Shelbyville finisher in the boys race. The sophomore placed 87th overall in 19:24.
Gavin Harker (photo) produced a personal-best time of 20:35. Shia Veach was close behind at 20:47. Ben Hinojosa finished in 21:01 and Christian Powell earned a personal-best time of 21:31.
The Golden Bears were 14th in the team standings.
In other prep events Saturday:
Cross country
Mt. Vernon Invitational
Morristown finished eighth in the boys’ race won by the host Marauders with 34 points.
Morristown was led by Lexi Singh’s 57th-place finish in 20:41. Also competing for Morristown were Thane Cole (21:00), Luke Pearcy (21:06), Bradley Theobald (22:39) and Levi Stoddard (25:53).
Morristown had three participants in the girls’ race. Grace McLaughlin placed 44th in 24:35. She was followed by Audrey Van Dyke (26:48) and Remi Spicklemire (32:21).
Rushville Classic
Southwestern’s Dakota Claiborne finished eighth in the Division II boys race in Rushville. He crossed the finish line in 19:19.
Also competing for Southwestern were Jackson Bentz (20:07), Chris Claiborne (21:47) and Ryan Wildman (33:37).
Southwestern’s Kyndra King finished the girls’ race in 37:03.
Running in the Division I boys race, Triton Central’s Liam Thompson placed 34th with a time of 20:31. Nicholas Straber completed the course in 23:36.
Girls golf
Columbus East Invitational
Shelbyville placed sixth in the 11-team invitational at Otter Creek Golf Course after posting a team score of 458.
Bloomington South won the invitational with a 363. New Albany was runner-up at 364.
Playing for Shelbyville were Emmie Higgins (97), Riley Everette (107), Ava Essex (120) and Kylie Stader (134).
Boys soccer
Shelbyville Invitational
Aidan Helfer-Vazquez scored three goals to lead Shelbyville to a 4-3 victory over Indianapolis Shortridge to earn a berth in the championship game.
The Golden Bears scored three goals in the second half to get the victory. The only other goal scored came from Cris Tellez.
In the other semifinal, Tri-West defeated Batesville, 4-2.
Shortridge defeated Batesville, 4-3, in the consolation match to improve to 2-3 this season. Batesville is 3-2.
In the championship, Tri-West scored a goal in each half to secure a 2-1 victory over the Golden Bears (1-3). Rory O’Connor scored Shelbyville’s only goal.
Clark Marti and Cortland Williams each scored for Tri-West (2-4).
Nathan Tweedy took the loss in goal for the Golden Bears.
Morristown 6, Wapahani 1
At Morristown, the host Yellow Jackets scored three goals in each half to secure their first win of the season.
Wapahani’s lone goal in the first half came from Gabe Peters off an assist from Riley Swift.
Boys tennis
Delta 5, Shelbyville 0
Shelbyville suffered its first Hoosier Heritage Conference loss of the season to the Eagles.
Delta swept all five matches in straight sets.
Shelbyville’s Aiden Alton secured Shelbyville’s lone junior varsity match win.
Franklin Invitational
Waldron knocked off Martinsville, 5-0, then defeated Franklin in the championship match, 3-2.
Waldron got singles wins from Lucas Shaw and Charlie Fischer and a doubles victory from Jack Fischer and Jacob Lindsey to topple the Grizzly Cubs in the championship match.
Volleyball
Rising Sun def. Morristown, 25-9, 25-15, 25-20
At Rising Sun, Jenna Peelman led the Shiners (4-2) with eight kills and Alyssa Simpson and Tamryn Miller each had seven kills.
Kennedy Streeval topped Morristown (4-4) with four kills. Kindall Dorsey had a team-high nine digs.
Hagerstown Invitational
Triton Central split two matches at the Hagerstown Invitational.
The Tigers lost to Richmond, 25-18, 25-19. Abby Necessary had nine kills and Hannah Johnston and R’Javia Segrest each had seven kills to lead Richmond.
Audrey Chadwick had a team-high four kills for Triton Central. Kate Isley had eight digs and Hailey Harris finished with five assists.
Triton Central followed with a win over Hagerstown, 25-18, 25-22.
Brooklyn Bailey led the Tigers (4-5) with six kills. Gwyn Williams and Gracie Miller each had five kills. Harris and Isley combined for 17 assists.
Wapahani Invitational
Southwestern finished 1-2, winning its final contest over Muncie Central, 14-25, 25-22, 17-15. The Spartans improved to 2-8.
Southwestern opened against Wapahani and lost, 25-4, 25-8. Seton Catholic defeated the Spartans, 25-19, 16-25, 15-13.
Morristown def. Southwestern, 25-23, 26-24, 15-25, 28-26
At the Bee Hive Friday, Madison Espich had a team-high nine kills and added two service aces and had seven digs to lead Morristown to the Mid-Hoosier Conference victory.
Maycee Cole, Olivia Rude and Zoey Coons combined for 16 more kills to improve the Yellow Jackets’ record to 4-3 (1-1 MHC). Katie Theobald finished with 24 assists.
Southwestern dropped to 1-6 (0-1 MHC).
Steve Bush photo
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