Prep Report: Smith pitches Shelbyville to HHC win over Yorktown

prep-report-smith-pitches-shelbyville-to-hhc-win-over-yorktown

Shelbyville sophomore Aiden Smith limited Yorktown to three hits and struck out 13 Tuesday at Barnett Field to lead the Golden Bears to a 4-1 Hoosier Heritage Conference victory.

The Golden Bears (8-7, 5-4 HHC) scored a pair of runs in the fourth and fifth innings to win the first of a two-game series with the Tigers (9-7, 4-7).

In the fourth, Brock Kuhn and Kohen Myers led off the inning with singles and came around to score.

Grantland Fitzgerald and Dalton Jones singled in the fifth inning and scored on errors.

In other prep events Tuesday:

Baseball

Cascade 5, Triton Central 1

At Cascade, the Class 2A, No. 9 Cadets pinned the first Indiana Crossroads Conference loss on the Tigers and created a tie atop the standings.

Evan Lanphier limited 2A No. 4 Triton Central to three hits and struck out seven in 6.2 innings. Logan Howard secured the final out to improve Cascade to 12-2 (8-1 ICC).

Hayden May took the loss for Triton Central (14-2, 8-1 ICC), allowing nine hits and two walks while striking out nine.

Carson Bassett, Jonas Johnson and Lanphier each had two hits.

Edinburgh 12, Southwestern 7

At Southwestern, the Lancers scored seven runs in the sixth inning to secure the Mid-Hoosier Conference win.

Milas Burkman earned the win in relief of starter Gabe Bennett, who worked into the sixth inning and struck out 13 Spartans.

James Oliver took the loss for Southwestern (1-10, 1-8 MHC). He allowed nine hits and struck out six in five innings.

Caleb McCracken had a triple and three RBI for Southwestern. John Karr had two RBI.

Jared Myers finished with two hits and four RBI for Edinburgh (9-5-1, 3-3 MHC).

Waldron 7, North Decatur 6

Hunter Dodson was hit by a pitch with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning in a tie game and Keith Settles doubled to score him to secure the MHC win at Waldron.

Jared Brooks got the final out in the top of the seventh and earned the win after the walkoff victory. Jordan Bennett struck out seven in 6.2 innings of work.

The Mohawks improved to 9-6 (3-4 MHC) while the Class A, No. 10 Chargers dropped to 7-6 (5-1 MHC).

Boys golf

Greenfield-Central 166, Triton Central 205

At Hawk’s Tail, Chase Chandler led the Tigers with a 47, good enough for fourth place in the individual standings.

Also competing for Triton Central were Derreck Uhls (48), Max Ray (51) and Taggy Goul (59).

Tyler Young earned the medalist honor for Greenfield-Central with a 37.

Softball

Shelbyville 3, Mt. Vernon 2

Cheyenne Eads and the Golden Bears stayed in contention for a HHC title with a road win in Fortville.

Eads had two hits, scored two runs, including the game winner on a fifth-inning Addison Stieneker single, and notched 15 strikeouts in a complete-game performance that improved Shelbyville to 12-5 (3-1 HHC).

Graci Hines scattered seven hits and three walks to keep the Marauders (5-9, 3-3 HHC) in the contest. Shelby Rakosky had three hits.

Triton Central 6, Monrovia 0

At Monrovia, Brylie Couch pitched a three-hit shutout to get the Tigers another ICC victory.

Lilli Fillippinie hit two home runs and drove in three runs for Triton Central (5-6, 2-3 ICC). Couch and Jalynn Keith each had two hits and combined to score three runs.

Tylynn Secuskie took the loss for Monrovia (3-7, 2-2 ICC).

Morristown 21, South Decatur 3

At Morristown, the host Yellow Jackets scored 12 runs in the first inning and cruised to the Mid-Hoosier Conference victory.

Abby Hawk had three hits for Morristown (4-7, 1-4 MHC), drove in three runs and pitched a complete game to earn the win in the pitcher’s circle.

Nevaeh Cox had three hits and scored three runs while Ayvah Weir had three RBI.

Waldron 11, Oldenburg Academy 7

At Oldenburg Academy Monday, Audrey Hogg had two hits and two RBI while Alyssa Benson walked three times and scored three times.

Benson allowed two hits and struck out nine to lead the Mohawks (5-2) over the Twisters (2-10).

Girls tennis

Triton Central 5, Beech Grove 0

The Tigers lost five games total in sweeping the Hornets.

At No. 1 singles, Maryrose Felling defeated Randy Underwood, 6-0, 6-2.

Ellie Gast was victorious at No. 2 singles over Eva Kidwell, 6-0, 6-0.

Anniston Evans bested Danica Schell at No. 3 singles, 6-0, 6-0.

At No. 1 doubles, Lauren Gant and Audrey Canter topped Chloe Hendershott and Lilly Bailey, 6-1, 6-1.

And Neve Kahler and Estelle Gearlds defeated Riley Wynn and Addy Binkley at No. 2 doubles, 6-1, 6-0.

Triton Central improved to 8-5 this season.

Greensburg 4, Waldron 1

Emily Tyree defeated Kayla Kramer at No. 2 singles, 6-2, 6-3 to secure the Mohawks’ only victory.

At No. 3 singles, Greensburg’s Annie Pumphrey bested Riley Thurston, 7-6, 2-6, 10-3. Greensburg won the other three matches in straight sets.

Boys track

Shelbyville 84, Columbus East 51, Brown County 29

The Golden Bears had 10 event wins to top the Olympians and Eagles.

Individual event winners were Joaquin Delgado (18.77 in 110 hurdles), Christian Powell (54.74 in 400), Isaac Zermeno (46.57 in 300 hurdles), Ben Price (2:14.49 in 800 and 19-2 in long jump), Shia Veach (10:38.57 in 3,200), Ethan Lambert (156-6 in discus), Logan Page (5-8 in high jump) and Kamden Turner (8-6 in pole vault).

The quartet of John Turner, Kamden Turner, Page and Powell won the 1,600 in 3:42.43.

Girls track

Columbus East 107, Shelbyville 51, Brown County 6

Shelbyville had three event winners.

Sonora O’Connor won the 100 hurdles in 18.25.

Aerin Garcia-Santiago was first across the finish line in the 3,200 (13:40.24).

Chevelle Prather captured first-place points in the pole vault after clearing 6-0.

Boys volleyball

Columbus East def. Shelbyville, 25-20, 25-22, 25-12

At Garrett Gymnasium, Jayion Grice led the Golden Bears with six kills and 22 digs. Damon Badgley finished with five kills.

Diego Hernandez led Shelbyville (5-12) with 17 digs and 16 assists.

Columbus East improved to 4-4.

The Shelby County Post is a digital newspaper producing news, sports, obituaries and more without a pay wall or subscription needed. Get the most recent Shelby County Post headlines delivered to your email by visiting shelbycountypost.com and click on the free daily email signup link at the top of the page.