Prep Report: Triton Central captures Shelby County Volleyball Tournament championship

Triton Central defeated Morristown and Waldron Saturday to claim the Shelby County Volleyball Tournament Championship.

At Morristown, the Tigers opened the tournament with a 25-6, 25-21 victory over the host Yellow Jackets.

Abby Hawk led Morristown (11-18) with three kills in the loss. Zoey Coons had two kills, two service aces and 11 digs. Kindall Dorsey finished with a team-high 13 digs.

Waldron upset Southwestern in the other semifinal, 25-20, 27-25. The Spartans defeated Waldron, 3-1, on Oct. 4.

Alivia Fischer led the Mohawks in the semifinal with five kills and two aces. Lilli Lozier finished with four kills, two aces and 11 digs. Emerson Lindsey had 10 digs.

Tanna Tatlock topped Southwestern (15-15) with 10 kills, three aces and six digs. Ruby Garner had five kills and five digs.

Triton Central prevailed in the championship over Waldron, 25-17, 25-10.

Lozier led the Mohawks (4-23) with four kills. Lindsey and Fischer each had three kills. Lozier and Lindsey combined for 18 digs.

Gwyn Williams (photo), a junior, was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.

Triton Central’s match statistics were not available.

With its two wins, Triton Central improved to 17-11.

In other prep events Saturday:

Girls soccer

Monrovia Sectional

Monrovia 7, Triton Central 1

Emery Newlin had four goals to lead Monrovia to the sectional championship.

Gaby Esguera had two goals and Ann Standeford scored to improve Monrovia to 18-1 this season.

Ariel Walker scored Triton Central’s only goal off an assist from Rylee Pruitt.

The Tigers finished the season at 10-9.

Volleyball

Lawrence North Invitational

Shelbyville finished 0-4 at the invitational to close out its regular-season record at 6-24.

The Golden Bears lost to the host school, 25-17, 25-17. Lyla Wilson and Alivia Lee each had five kills for Shelbyville.

Southwood defeated Shelbyville, 25-7, 25-7. Ashlyn Turner had a team-high three kills for the Golden Bears. Kali Laycock had 10 digs.

East Central swept the Golden Bears, 25-12, 26-24. Lee collected seven kills and three aces.

New Albany closed the event with a 25-10, 25-13 victory over Shelbyville. Lee had three kills.

Cross country

Mid-Hoosier Conference Championship

At Greensburg Elementary School, Morristown had three of the top six finishers in the girls race but did not have enough runners to field a team score.

Audrey VanDyke won the race in 22 minutes, 37 seconds. Grace McLaughlin was runner-up at 22:50 and Brooke Kuhn followed in sixth place in 24:12.

Waldron also had three participants – Riley Price (4^th in 23:56), Jackie Corlett (14^th in 26:53) and Sophie Hudnall (17^th in 27:27).

Southwestern was represented by Kyndra King (23^rd in 30:37).

North Decatur won the MHC title with 16 points. South Decatur was the only other school to field a full team.

Hauser had four of the top six finishers in the boys race to capture the team title. The Jets’ 28 points bested Waldron (44), North Decatur (68) and Morristown (86).

Hauser’s Nolan Dailey won the race in 16:52.

Waldron’s Jared Crosby (17:37) and Will Larrison (17:49) were second and third, respectively, ahead of Hauser’s Mason Moore (18:16) and Max Moore (18:20).

Also running for Waldron were Nathaniel Evans (8^th in 18:41), Jacob Kuhn (15^th in 19:48) and Spencer Armstrong (19^th in 20:56).

Morristown had a pair of top-10 finishers in Ryan Crisman (9^th in 18:45) and Lakshdeep Singh (10^th in 18:48). Also scoring points were Bradley Theobald (22^nd in 21:56), Armaan Singh (26^th in 23:42) and Evan Trittipo (31^st in 25:11).

Competing for Southwestern were Chris Claiborne (18^th in 20:56), Max Wilson (29^th in 24:35) and Sam Wilson (30^th in 24:55).

With the top-three finishers, Morristown captured the girls junior high team title. Jo Kuhn (12:45), Bailey Willard (13:13) and Gracie Theobald (13:13) led the Yellow Jackets.

Two more Morristown runners placed in the top 10 – Aleah Hauk (8^th in 14:11) and Lizzy Atkins (10^th in 14:23).

Waldron’s Anna Stanton produced a fifth-place finish in 13:26.

Hauser won the boys team title with four of the first six runners across the finish line.

Morristown’s Jasen Tweedy (11:58) and Jack Hauk (12:56) finished third and sixth, respectively.

Dragon Invitational

At New Palestine, Shelbyville’s girls program placed third in the seven-team field.

The host Dragons won the event with 34 points. Beech Grove (60) , Shelbyville (67) and Martinsville (73) also had complete teams. Non-scoring teams were Cascade, Greenwood Christian and Indianapolis Lutheran.

Macey Robbins led Shelbyville with a fifth-place finish in 21:49. Also competing for the Golden Bears were Paige O’Connor (11^th in 23:13), Aerin Garcia-Santiago (24^th in 24:58), Kathryn Seal (26^th in 25:10), Claire Kamplain (30^th in 25:52), Cora Flynn (33^rd in 26:12) and Diana Gasca (35^th in 26:38).

Shelbyville finished third in the boys’ team standings. New Palestine took first with 25 points. Cascade was second at 44 followed by Shelbyville (98), Greenwood Christian (102) and Martinsville (112). Beech Grove did not field enough runners for a team score.

Logan Reinhart led the Golden Bears with an eighth-place finish in 18:36. Also running were Blake Hughes (25^th in 20:21), Gavin Harker (26^th in 20:25), Christian Powell (30^th in 20:40), Ryan Chaney (32^nd in 21:00), Kendryk Pike (33^rd in 21:06) and Anderson Mollenkopf (39^th in 21:44).

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