Prep Report: Waldron tennis dominates the field at Mid-Hoosier Conference Tournament

Waldron tennis players finished 11-0 Saturday to capture all five flights of the Mid-Hoosier Conference tournament.

The Fischer brothers, Charlie, Jack and Lincoln (photo), swept the singles divisions.

Charlie Fischer went 2-0 at No. 1 singles with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Morristown’s Dalton McMichael and a 6-0, 6-1 win over Southwestern’s Kyle Beck. Fischer improved to 12-4 this season.

At No. 2 singles, Jack Fischer defeated Morristown’s Eli Graves, 6-0, 6-1 to reach the championship match where he bested Hauser’s Kameron Blair, 6-2, 6-2. Fischer is 14-2 in singles matches this year.

Lincoln Fischer went 3-0 at No. 3 singles with wins over Southwestern’s Caleb McDonald (6-1, 6-0), Morristown’s Michael Ballinger (6-0, 6-1) and Hauser’s Colten Hatton (6-3, 6-0).

At No. 1 doubles, Lucas Shaw and Cash Young stayed unbeaten this season with wins over Edinburgh and Hauser. The two wins pushed Shaw’s career total to 61 – one shy of No. 2 all-time at Waldron.

Jackson Kuhn and Matthew Thomas went 2-0 to capture the No. 2 doubles bracket. For Kuhn, it was his fourth-consecutive Mid-Hoosier Conference championship.

In other prep events:

Cross country

Golden Bear Invitational

At Blue River Memorial Park in Shelbyville, Shia Veach led the Golden Bears with a seventh-place finish in the Gold Division race. He completed the course in 16 minutes, 51 seconds.

Also scoring for Shelbyville were Logan Reinhart (37^th in 18:17), Blake Hughes (100^th in 20:42), Ethan Coffey (110^th in 21:02) and Ryan Chaney (113^th in 21:30).

Waldron’s Will Larrison placed 16^th in 17:25. Also scoring for the Mohawks were Jared Crosby (46^th in 18:34), Nathaniel Evans (65^th in 19:19), Spencer Armstrong (111^th in 21:02) and Jacob Kuhn (112^th in 21:20).

Competing for Morristown were Ryan Crisman (81^st in 19:43), Bradley Theobald (121^st in 22:24), Carter McGuire (132^nd in 24:00) and Evan Trittipo (144^th in 28:33).

Representing Southwestern were Chris Claiborne (116^th in 21:48), Maxmilian Wilson (137^th in 25:17), Samuel Wilson (138^th in 25:18) and Gavin Harrison (145^th in 31:40).

In the girls Gold Division race, Macey Robbins led Shelbyville with a 24^th-place finish (21:27). Also scoring for the Golden Bears were Aerin Garcia-Santiago (51^st in 22:58), Paige O’Connor (53^rd in 23:12), Kathryn Seal (75^th in 24:22) and Avery Keller (89^th in 25:06).

Audrey VanDyke led Morristown with a 40^th-place run (22:26). Brooke Kuhn placed 80^th in 24:38.

Waldron’s Riley Price finished 93^rd in 25:31. Jackie Corlett placed 103^rd in 26:32.

Boys soccer

Southwestern 5, Hauser 1

At Southwestern Friday, Jace Patterson and Rafael Trawka each scored a pair of goals to lead the Class A, No. 7 Spartans to their eighth victory of the season.

Patterson scored the first goal of the contest, his 15^th of the season, and added on the final goal to improve Southwestern to 8-3-1 this season.

Ethan Sipes had the other goal for Southwestern. Michael Clements was credited with four saves in goal.

Girls soccer

Heritage Christian 5, Triton Central 0

At Heritage Christian Saturday, Lauryn Dolvin scored three goals and Emma Gast had the other two goals to lead Class A, No. 1 Heritage Christian to the win.

The Eagles improved to 7-4 this season.

Triton Central is 6-5.

Boys tennis

Triton Central 5, Tri-West 0

At Triton Central Saturday, Drayton Kermode needed three sets to get the win at No. 3 singles and complete the sweep for the Tigers (15-2).

Kermode defeated Michael Gibson, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 10-8.

At No. 2 singles, Janssen Capps blanked Wyatt McMillan, 6-0, 6-0.

The Tigers won both doubles matches and the No. 1 singles match, 6-0, 6-1.

Volleyball

Tri-Central Invitational

Morristown opened the event Saturday with a 25-9, 29-27 loss to Culver Community before securing a pair of wins over Argos and Tri-Central.

Brooklyn Carlton had a team-high six kills for Morristown in the loss. Zoey Coons led the defensive effort with 11 digs.

The Yellow Jackets cruised to a 25-5, 25-14 win over Argos. Carlton finished with 11 kills. Kindall Dorsey delivered eight service aces. Addison Osborne collected 15 assists.

Morristown made quick work of Tri-Central, 25-3, 25-8. Abby Hawk racked up 10 aces.

The Yellow Jackets are 8-10 this season.

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