Prep Report: Class 2A, No. 4 Triton Central closes in on ICC championship with sweep of Monrovia

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Class 2A, No. 4 Triton Central tallied 29 runs to back a pair of strong pitching performances Wednesday to move one step closer to capturing the Indiana Crossroads Conference baseball championship.

In the first game of a doubleheader in Fairland, the Tigers broke open a tie game with a seven-run fifth inning and a nine-run sixth to take a 17-2 win over Monrovia.

Hayden May allowed three hits and five walks but struck out 13 in a complete-game performance.

Weston Smith and Brayden Hoover each had three hits while Kellan Dishman went 4-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBI. May scored three times and drove in two.

In game two, Bryce Haney pitched a complete game, allowing three hits and four walks while notching seven strikeouts in a 12-2 victory.

Hoover had three more hits, two runs scored and two RBI. Haney drove in three runs to help his own cause on the mound.

Triton Central improved to 19-2 overall and 11-1 in the ICC standings. The Tigers close out their conference schedule on Tuesday and Wednesday against Indianapolis Lutheran (11-10, 9-3 ICC).

Monrovia dropped to 9-11 (5-7 ICC) this season.

In other prep events Wednesday:

Baseball

Shelbyville 6, New Castle 2

At Barnett Field in Shelbyville, sophomore Aiden Smith struck out a career-high 16 in a complete-game performance against the Trojans. He allowed three hits and three walks and just two runs – only one was earned.

Luke Brinkman, Brock Kuhn and Grantland Fitzgerald each had two hits for the Golden Bears (10-7, 7-4 HHC). Dalton Jones had a three-run home run in the sixth inning to seal the win.

Carson Bane pitched three innings and allowed four hits and three runs to take the loss for New Castle (3-15, 1-10 HHC).

Softball

Triton Central 7, Speedway 0

At Triton Central, Lilli Fillippinie tossed a four-hit shutout and struck out 12 to lead the Tigers to a win in their final conference game of the season.

The Tigers (12-6, 4-3 ICC) scored three runs in the third inning and three more in the sixth to seal the win. Fillippinie, Makinah Noel and Brylie Couch each had two hits. Fillippinie and Jadyn Capps each drove in two runs.

Hayli Clampitt went the distance and took the loss for Speedway (7-12, 1-5 ICC).

Shelbyville 8, Delta 6

At Delta, Shelbyville scored six runs over the first three innings but had to fight off the Eagles’ late comeback attempt to get the HHC win.

Anna Shearer had three hits to lead the Golden Bears (13-7, 4-2 HHC). Kali Laycock had two hits and drove in three. Kiah Pandoli and Addie Stieneker each had two hits.

Cheyenne Eads pitched the first two innings to get the win. The senior had to return in the sixth inning to close it out when Delta cut the lead to 8-6 off Gracie Crafton, who allowed two hits, walked four and struck out four in 3.2 innings.

Girls tennis

Yorktown 3, Shelbyville 2

At Yorktown, the visiting Golden Bears got match wins at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles but could not produce another win to secure the HHC victory.

At No. 1 singles, Ava Muckerheide defeated Yorktown’s Emma Hansard, 6-1, 6-1. And Sydney Baker and Sophia Asher topped Pip Stinson and Taylor Meyer at No. 1 doubles, 6-3, 7-5.

Shelbyville’s Ella Connolly and Megan Childres were defeated in singles matches in straight sets. Faye Lynn-Voss and Renee Aldridge lost at No. 2 doubles in three sets.

The Golden Bears are 6-11 this season and 2-3 in the HHC standings.

Girls track

Hoosier Heritage Conference Meet

At Mt. Vernon, the host Marauders captured the team title with 125 points. New Palestine edged Greenfield-Central, 110.5-107, for second place. Shelbyville finished eighth with 25.5 points.

Sonora O’Connor led the Golden Bears with a third-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles (48.57) and a fourth-place finish in the 100 hurdles (17.44).

O’Connor also helped a pair of relay teams to fourth-place finishes.

Shelbyville placed fourth in the 400 relay (53.05) with Diana Gasca, O’Connor, Cyanne St. Bernard and Ava Wilson.

O’Connor, St. Bernard and Wilson were joined by Alyna Castanon to finish fourth in the 1,600 relay (4:25.66).

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