Prep Report: Shelbyville's Veach sets new personal best at Franklin Invitational

Shelbyville cross country produced a pair of top-12 finishes Saturday in the Franklin Invitational.

The event started 90 minutes late due to inclement weather in the area but that did not slow down Shia Veach, who dropped 44 seconds off his personal-best time and just missed earning a ribbon.

Veach completed the five-kilometer course in 17 minutes, 19 seconds to place 19^th overall in a field of 215 runners.

Waldron’s Will Larrison finished 35^th in 17:47.

Also competing for Shelbyville, who finished 11^th in the team standings, were Logan Reinhart (54^th in 18:17), Nick Childers (122^nd in 20:18), Kendryk Pike (144^th in 21:08), Kale Chaney (168^th in 22:15), Isaac Zermeno (177^th in 22:38), Gavin Harker (178^th in 22:43), Kenneth Wright (179^th in 22:57), Gage Harker (181^st in 23:04), Anderson Mollenkopf (182^nd in 23:12), Everett Stegemiller (194^th in 24:35) and Austin Boring (201^st in 26:07).

Waldron finished 15^th in the team standings. Also competing Saturday were Jared Crosby (63^rd in 18:27), Nathaniel Evans (120^th in 20:15), Spencer Armstrong (147^th in 21:20) and Jacob Kuhn (158^th in 21:35).

Shelbyville’s girls program finished 12^th in the team standings led by Aerin Garcia-Santiago’s 43^rd-place finish in 22:35. Also running for the Golden Bears were Paige O’Connor (93^rd in 25:36), Claire Kamplain (100^th in 26:05), Kathryn Seal (106^th in 26:30), Cora Flynn (121^st in 28:21), Avery Keller (124^th in 28:35), Haylee Barnes (138^th in 29:40), Diana Gasca (140^th in 29:43) and Elizabeth Nicolas (151^st in 34:11).

Waldron had just one competitor – Kassidy Meulen, who finished 80^th overall in 24:30.

In other prep events:

Cross country

Rushville Invitational

Triton Central had two boys compete Saturday in Rushville.

Hunter Franklin placed 51^st overall in 20:38.94. Max Tupper followed in 78^th in 22:28.58.

Boys soccer

Southwestern 10, Austin 0

At Austin Friday, Jace Patterson and Trent Todd combined for five goals and two assists to lead Class A, No. 10 Southwestern to the road victory.

The Spartans improved to 4-0.

Patterson scored three goals while Todd netted two. Each had an assist in the win.

Also scoring goals for the Spartans were Josh Karr, Rafael Trawaka, Bruce O’Brien, Cecil Newton, Michael Clements, Brayden Elliot, Ethan Sipes and Landon Drake.

Austin dropped to 1-5.

Wapahani 3, Morristown 1

At Wapahani Saturday, the host Raiders scored all three goals in the second half to secure the win over the Yellow Jackets (1-2).

Caden Smith, Gabe Peters and Kaleb Keihn each scored goals for Wapahani (3-1).

Volleyball

Southwestern def. Morristown, 20-25, 23-25, 25-17, 25-18, 15-13

At Southwestern Friday, the host Spartans overcame a 2-0 deficit for the second time this season against a Shelby County foe and defeated Morristown.

Brooklyn Carlton led the visiting Yellow Jackets (4-4, 1-1 Mid-Hoosier Conference) with 10 kills and five service aces. Olivia Rude and Avery Everhart each had five kills.

Kindall Dorsey finished with a team-high 27 digs and Katie Theobald collected 18 assists.

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