Prep Report: Shelbyville's Lambert wins HHC discus championship

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Shelbyville senior Ethan Lambert won the Hoosier Heritage Conference championship in the discus Thursday at Mt. Vernon High School.

Lambert’s best throw of 160 feet, five inches bested the field in the discus event.

Logan Page had a pair of top-eight finishes for Shelbyville. He placed eighth in the 200 (23.92 seconds) and seventh in the high jump (5-8).

Ben Price finished eighth in the 400 (53.84) and seventh in the long jump (19-1.5).

Jaylen Eads cleared 9-6 to finish tied for eighth in the pole vault.

Shelbyville’s best relay finish came in the 1,600 relay. Page and Price ran with John Turner and Christian Powell and finished fifth in 3:39.27.

In other prep events Thursday:

Baseball

Waldron 12, Morristown 2

At Waldron, the Mohawks used a six-run second inning to jumpstart their Mid-Hoosier Conference victory over the Yellow Jackets (5-13, 1-9 MHC).

Jacob Bennett benefited from the run support and produced a strong effort on the mound, allowing just one hit and two walks while striking out eight.

Jackson Kuhn and Troy Atwood each had two hits for Waldron (11-8, 5-4 MHC). Atwood and Jared Brooks each drove in two runs.

North Decatur 3, Southwestern 0

At North Decatur, the visiting Spartans got seven runners on base but could not plate a run in the MHC loss to the Chargers (8-10, 6-4 MHC).

Landon Drake had two hits for Southwestern (2-14, 1-10 MHC).

James Oliver allowed four hits and three walks while striking out six over six innings.

Softball

Morristown 18, Waldron 3

At Waldron, Nevaeh Cox and Kayla Bair each drove in three runs and Abby Hawk allowed just two hits and three walks while going the distance in the circle for Morristown (6-8, 3-4 MHC).

The Yellow Jackets scored five runs in the first and added six more in the second to put away the Mohawks (5-7, 2-5 MHC).

Alyssa Benson took the loss for Waldron, pitching three innings and allowing seven hits and 13 runs (only six were earned).

Boys track

MHC Meet

South Decatur 130, Hauser 126.5, Waldron 108, North Decatur 74, Morristown 66.5, Southwestern 46, Edinburgh 21

Waldron’s Will Larrison won three individual events and helped the Mohawks close the night with a win in the 1,600 relay.

Larrison took first place in the 400 (51.87), 800 (2:12.20) and the 1,600 (4:41.39). He joined with Lucas Shaw, Jared Crosby and Max Jones to win the 1,600 relay in 3:39.88.

Shaw tied for first place with South Decatur’s McKinley Shonk in the high jump at 5-10.

Braylon Williams also provided Waldron with a MHC championship performance in the shot put (42-8). Williams also finished second in the discus (116-3).

Crosby also finished runner-up in the 200 (24.13).

The Morristown quartet of Gavin Wilson, Parker Theobald, Hunter Biddle and Arik Trattner won the 400 relay in 48.43.

Morristown’s Levi Stoddard finished second in the 300 hurdles (47.08).

Morristown’s 3,200 relay team also took second place in 9:29.15.

Morristown’s Ryan Crisman finished third in the 800 (2:18.74).

Girls track

MHC Meet

North Decatur 144, South Decatur 135, Morristown 116, Hauser 76, Edinburgh 36, Waldron 35, Southwestern 16

Waldron’s Riley Price was crowned MHC champion in the 800 (2:48.72) and 1,600 (6:18.05).

Morristown’s Audrey VanDyke won the 3,200 in 14:01.52.

Morristown had runner-up performances from Grace McLaughlin in the 1,600 (6:18.06), 800 (2:50.63) and 3,200 (14:27.14) and Brooklyn Carlton in the 300 hurdles (52.63). The Yellow Jackets also finished second in the 3,200 relay (12:02.88).

Carlton placed third in the 100 hurdles (18.29) and the high jump (4-6) while teammate Nevaeh Sanders finished third in the 300 hurdles (54.03).

Morristown’s Kindall Dorsey finished third in the discus (76-3).

Waldron’s Brooklyn Milbourn placed third in the shot put (26-1.5).

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