Local Sports Report - May 18, 2023

EC baseball is EIAC champs, EC boys track wins the sectional, and the girls tennis sectional title match is set.

BOYS TRACK & FIELD

Sectional 24 at East Central

1) East Central 121 2) South Dearborn 74 2) Batesville 74 4) Franklin County 61.50 5) Greensburg 60 6) Lawrenceburg 59.50 7) Milan 58 8) South Decatur 40 9) North Decatur 28 10) South Ripley 22 11) Rising Sun 15 12) Oldenburg Academy 7 13) Jac-Cen-Del 2

Individual and Relay champions: 

  • 100 Meter - Christian Stortz (FC): 11.21
  • 200 Meter - Christian Stortz (FC): 22.84
  • 400 Meter - Ben Riehle (M): 49.49
  • 800 Meter - Ben Riehle (M): 2:01.35
  • 1600 Meter - Jake Hawkins (GB): 4:35.88
  • 3200 Meter - Jake Chapman (BV): 9:55.49
  • 110 Hurdles - Luke Thornton (LB): 15.40
  • 300 Hurdles - Josh Ringer (EC): 40.31
  • 4x100 Relay - Franklin County (Dalton Ward, Wyatt Bowling, Owen Harvey, Christian Stortz) 43.90
  • 4x400 Relay - South Dearborn (Blake Lagaly, Corbin Cassidy, Jeff Wickersham, Nakia Scruggs) 3:31.19
  • 4x800 Relay - South Dearborn (Blake Lagaly, Easton Schumann, Jason Hail, Nakia Scruggs) 8:19.19, breaks previous sectional record of 8:19.72 set by Batesville in 2005.
  • High Jump - William Tunny (SR): 6-04.00
  • Pole Vault - Cole Freese (FC): 11-06.00
  • Long Jump - Josh Ringer (EC): 21-01.25
  • Shot Put - Tyler Biddinger (GB): 51-07.75
  • Discus Throw - Tyler Biddinger (GB): 143-02.00

Full results here.

 

GIRLS TENNIS

Sectional 16 at East Central - Semifinals

Lawrenceburg 5, South Dearborn 0 

East Central 4, Oldenburg Academy 1 

*Lawrenceburg and East Central will play for the sectional championship on Saturday at 10:00 a.m.

 

BASEBALL

East Central 2, Lawrenceburg 0 - The Trojans capture the outright EIAC Championship with a 12-2 record in conference play. 

  • Brayden Rouse (EC): 2-3, HR, RBI
  • Sam Bond (EC): 1-3, HR, RBI
  • AJ Reynolds (EC): 7 IP (W), 6 hits, 4 K

Franklin County 11, Rushville 1

  • Xander Rodriguez, Garrett Kuntz (FC): 3 RBI each
  • Chase Burton (FC): 6 IP (W), 5 hits, 6 K

Batesville 10, South Dearborn 0 

  • Charlie Schebler, Eli Loichinger, Jack Grunkemeyer (BV): 2 RBI each
  • Grunkemeyer (BV): 6 IP (W), 2 hits, 8 K

 

SOFTBALL

Morristown 15, Jac-Cen-Del 3 

Franklin County 10, Greensburg 4

  • Kiersten Schell, Annie Hoff, Josie Rolfes (FC): 2 RBI each
  • Rolfes (FC): 5.1 IP (W), 6 hits, 2 ER, 6 K

Lawrenceburg 6, Batesville 3 

  • Meghan Heinsman (LB): 1-3, HR, 2 RBI
  • Courtney Sauntry (LB): 7 IP (W), 5 hits, ER, 10 K

South Dearborn 7, Jennings County 3 

  • Emma Seaver (SD): 2-4, 2B, 4 RBI
  • Kori Cornett (SD): 7 IP (W), 2 hits, ER, 8 K

 

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