South Putnam Eagles | Archive | May, 2008

T&F: South, GHS athletes advance to regional

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Beautiful weather greeted area track athletes who competed at the South
Putnam Track Sectional Tuesday night. Greencastle was Putnam County’s
top placer, finishing in third place with 86 points. South Putnam tied
for sixth with 44 points and North Putnam scored 2.5 points.

The night belonged to South Putnam senior Shelby Johnston. She
helped lead the Eagles to a sixth place finish by winning three
individual titles on the night.

(Photo)
South Putnam’s Shelby Johnston (center)
consults with her mom (left) and Coach Kate Atkinson late in Tuesday’s
meet as she begins to concentrate on regional.

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Johnston won both hurdle events in Tuesday’s meet. She won the 100
hurdles in 16.56 and the 300 hurdles with a time of 47.85. She also
captured the high jump after clearing 5-feet-two inches.

South Putnam head coach Kate Atkinson acknowledged that in track
nothing is a given but Johnston accomplished what she was expecting.

The Eagles also got good performance from Brittany Cox who placed third in the discus with a toss of 97-feet-9-inches.

In addition to Johnston and Cox, South Putnam’s 3,200-relay team
consisting of Shannon Egold, Rachel Egold, Lauren Haynes and Amanda
Lund advanced to regional after posting a 10:38.90.

“I think we had a great night,” Atkinson said. “I had team goals for
them and one of them was to advance two individuals and a relay to
regional. At the beginning of the season they just looked at me like ‘I
don’t know about that,’ but we did it and they feel great.

“Brittany had a great chance in the discus and by the way the
3,200 relay turned on the second half of the season, we knew they had a
shot. Especially for the seniors involved, I think it’s a great way for
them to wrap up their final season. It was good night — it was what we
wanted,” Atkinson commented.

Greencastle captured three first place finishes on the night, with their final event securing their second place finish.

As darkness began to consume the meet, Greencastle’s Caitlin
Gannaway took center stage in the shot put event. Gannaway’s toss of
38-feet-7-inches was good enough to land her in first place. Teammate
D’Aundrea Williams finished in second place with a throw of
37-feet-4-inches.

“It was very competitive between the two of them (Gannaway and
Williams). They just kept punching the ball out there,” Anderson
commented. “Both had personal best, so it’s outstanding. Young kids and
they’re both back next year, that’s the best part about it.”

(Photo)
Jamie Patterson (left) and Laura Weatherford
come to the line in the 200-meters Tuesday. Weatherford won the event
in 12.13, while Patterson finished fourth.

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Laura Weatherford, coming off her record setting performance at
conference, won the 200-meter in a time of 26.13. She was also a member
of the 400-meter relay that won. She, along with Dee Wood, Jamie
Patterson and Laura English, seized first place with a time of 50.47.

After the meet, GHS head coach Garry Anderson was pleased with
some individual performances but thinks the Tiger Cubs didn’t run to
their potential.

“I don’t think we ran to our hopes,” Anderson said. “We hoped
to have done better in some events. Pleased with Laura Weatherford, my
gosh, and Melissa Ball ran a real nice 400 meter also. Those two did a
fine, fine job.”

GHS advanced to regional in six events on the night.
Weatherford advanced in the 200 and 400, with Patterson also advancing
in the 200. Gannaway and Williams moved on in the shot put, while
Hannah Serlin advanced in the 1,600 meter run. Greencastle also
advanced the 400 and 1,600-meter relays.

“Our 1,600 and 400-meter relays came through nicely and we’ll
see what we need to work on for regional and hopefully do better at
regional,” Anderson said.

North Putnam saw its track season come to an end after posting a 2.5-point performance.

Cassie Preecs was North’s top finisher after placing sixth in
the high jump with a height of 4-feet-10-inches. Paxton Stephenson ran
a 2:49.83 in the 800 meter to place 10th. North Putnam’s 400-relay team
of Stacey Stinson, Shannon Brock, Laura McGaughey and Jasmine Mimms
also placed 10th on the night.

“I would have liked have had more than two-and-a-half points
but it was just such good competition here,” Cougar head coach Kevin
Lutes said with a smile. “Our girls tried our best but we don’t have a
lot of depth. As far as effort, we still had several girls run personal
bests tonight and I just think as a coach, ideally, that’s what you
want.

“It doesn’t matter if they’re at the top or at the bottom, if
they’re running their hardest and giving their full effort, I’m just
thrilled to death,” he concluded.

Regional qualifiers will compete at the West Lafayette Regional at 6 p.m Tuesday.

At South Putnam

IHSAA Girls’ Track Sectional

Brownsburg 104.5, Avon 88, Greencastle 86, Plainfield 79,
Southmont 71, South Putnam 44, Danville 44, Cascade 38, Western Boone
28, Rockville 20, Tri-West 11, Crawfordsville 8, North Putnam 2.5

3,200 Relay — 1. Southmont 9:43.01, 2. Brownsburg 9:52.22, 3.
Avon 9:55.09, 4. South Putnam (S. Egold, Haynes, Lund, R. Egold)
10:38.90, 5. Plainfield 11:08.89, 6. Greencastle (Wood, Martinez,
Barger, Culler) 11:11.00, 7. Western Boone 11:52.00, 8. Tri-West
11:59.59.

100 — 1. Allison Weimer (B) 12.86, 2. Courtney Erlenbaugh (P)
13.07, 3. Jessica Coccaro (D) 13.10, 4. Kenya Owens (B) 13.12, 5. Jamie
Patterson (G) 13.22, 6. Dee Wood (G) 13.27, 7. Shelby Reynolds (Cs)
13.33, 8. Kara Brothers (TW) 13.56.

100 H — 1. Shelby Johnston (SP) 16.56, 2. Nina Winkler (Cs)
16.87, 3. Abigail Brewer (D) 16.93, 4. Rebecca Hoesman (P) 17.13, 5.
Sara Solomon (WB) 17.36, 6. Samantha Harlan (D) 17.56, 7. Kristin
Mercer (P) 17.72, 8. Erica Soster (G) 17.93.

1,600 — 1. Lorna Whaley (A) 5:13.37, 2. Kylie Lippencott (SM)
5:31.00, 3. Hannah Serlin (G) 5:37.80, 4. Leiona Noah (A) 5:38.86, 5.
Maddie Webster (B) 5:38.97, 6. Callie Dale (WB) 5:46.66, 7. Hannah
Stroup (TW) 5:51.03, 8. Casey Moore (P) 5:55.00.

400 relay — 1. Greencastle (Wood, Weatherford, Patterson,
English) 50.57, 2. Brownsburg 51.31, 3. Cascade 52.25, 4. Danville
52.34, 5. Avon 52.77, 6. Southmont 53.34, 7. Western Boone 53.72, 8.
Plainfield 55.98.

400 — 1. Allison Weimer (B) 57.37, 2. Laura Weatherford (G)
58.17, 3. Brandy Woody (WB) 59.37, 4. Rachel Lucas (A) 1:00.04, 5.
Melissa Ball (G) 1:00.21, 6. Kirsten Gaerke (B) 1:00.81, 7. Brooke
McGaughey (SM) 1:01.91, 8. Kelsey Hungerford (Cv) 1:03.48.

300 hurdles — 1. Shelby Johnston (SP) 47.85, 2. Rebecca
Hoesman (P) 48.01, 3. Nina Winkler (Cs) 49.51, 4. Audra Cokain (A)
49.81, 5. Allison Norris (SM) 49.84, 6. Samantha Harlan (D) 50.52, 7.
Soster (G) 51.32, 8. Sara Solomon (WB) 51.74.

800 — 1. Creasy Clauser (SM) 2:15.53*, 2. Haley Miller (B)
2:19.20, 3. Kelsey Erlenbaugh (P) 2:24.49, 4. Lauren Callahan (D)
2:24.50, 5. Sara Lucas (A) 2:25.00, 6. Maya Nagy (A) 2:26.44, 7. Hannah
Serlin (G) 2:35.00, 8. Hannah Stroup (TW) 2:35.37.

200 — 1. Weatherford (G) 26.13, 2. Allison Weimer (B) 26.62,
3. Kenya Owens (B) 26.81, 4. Jamie Patterson (G) 27.12, 5. Megan
Westell (A) 27.21, 6. Courtney Erlenbaugh (P) 27.27, 7. Brandy Woody
(WB) 27.31, 8. Kara Brothers (TW) 28.47.

3,200 — 1. Lorna Whaley (A) 11:38.94, 2. Holly Hatch (SM)
12:19.03, 3. Casey Moore (P) 12:22.04, 4. Krista Beal (P) 12:25.50, 5.
Megan Moser (B) 12:32.00, 6. Shannon Egold (SP) 12:36.54, 7. Deirdre
Nolan (B) 12:48.00, 8. Briana Deckard (D) 12:48.31.

1,600 relay — 1. Brownsburg 4:06.99, 2. Avon 4:13.72, 3.
Southmont 4:15.62, 4. Greencastle (Ball, English, Serlin, Weatherford)
4:17.24, 5. Plainfield 4:25.76, 6. Western Boone 4:30.73, 7.
Crawfordsville 4:31.98, 8. Danville 4:44.00.

High jump — 1. Shelby Johnston (SP) 5-2, 2. Jenadon Eldridge
(R) 5-0, 3. Shalynn Eckols (Cs) 4-11, 4. Brandy Woody (WB) J4-11, 5.
Whitney Adams (D) J4-11, 6.(tie) Cassie Preecs (NP), Sara Tate (B)
4-10, 8. Haley Austin (A) J4-10.

Long jump — 1. Shelby Reynolds (Cs) 14-7.5, 2. Briscney
Fleming (A) 16-1, 3. Kyra Burton (SM) 15-3, 4. Sara Blair (D) 14-9, 5.
Molly Stewart (D) 14-9, 6. Miranda Judt (SM) 14-7.5, 7. Mikyla Houston
(B) 14-5.5, 8. Rebecca Norlin (G) 14-5.

Discus — 1. Morgan Ford (P) 114-9, 2. Brittany Sherron (R)
107-9.5, 3. Brittany Cox (SP) 97-9, 4. Liz Fowler (Cv) 92-11.5, 5. Jody
Pearcy (P) 89-6, 6. Lana Taylor (A) 89-3, 7. Mariah Jones (A) 88-8, 8.
Erika Collins (G) 88-2.

Shot put — 1. Caitlin Gannaway (G) 38-7, 2. D’Aundrea Williams
(G) 37-4, 3. Morgan Ford (P) 36-1, 4. Alicia Peterman (P) 34-9, 5.
Brittany Sherron (R) 33-8.5, 6. Carlynn Carter (A) 32-2, 7. Mariah
Jones (A) 32-00, 8. Rael Smith (B) 31-9.

Pole vault — 1. Jacque Toth (B) 9-3, 2. Kyra Burton (SM) 8-9,
3. Stephanie Cullison (D) 8-6, 4. Chelsea Todd (A) 7-9, 5.(tie) Megan
Walkosak (G), Carrie Rhoads (SM), Sara Story (B) 7-0, 8.(tie) Lindsey
Silcox (P), Olivia Miller (P) J7-0.

*–Sectional record.

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T: South Putnam downs Rockville 5-0

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The South Putnam tennis team concluded its regular season Tuesday night
with a 5-0 victory over Rockville. The Eagles finish the regular season
9-1.

“I’m extremely proud of our varsity and JV for both going 9-1 on
the season,” Eagle coach Johnnie Briones said. “The JV shows a lot of
promise for the future.

“I can’t say enough about our varsity squad,” he continued.
“This is the best record in my nine years of coaching tennis. Our six
seniors will be missed tremendously. I am proud to be a part of this
group of young ladies.”

For the singles, Chelsea Clark picked up a 6-2, 6-3 win, while Whitney Warren won 6-0, 6-0. Liz Mink won 6-2, 6-0.

For the doubles, Cassie Davis and Megan Criss won 6-4, 6-2 at
No. 1. Megan Klotz and Sam Callahan picked up a 6-4, 6-1 win at No. 2.

The junior varsity also won its match with the Rox, 7-1.

Winning on the singles side were Tabitha Arnold, Ashley Ross, Patty Rodriguez and Abbie Trauner.

For the doubles, the teams of Kylie Brown and Kaitlynn Nissen,
Jessica Minor and Kendra Latham and Jordyn Pitts and Allison Guthrie
were all victorious.

The Eagle varsity will face the Northview/Linton winner in
Friday’s second match at the Northview Sectional. The first match
begins at 5 p.m., with South’s match to follow.

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T: South Putnam tennis defeats Warriors

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The South Putnam girls’ tennis team handed the Danville Warriors a 5-0 loss Monday night on the road.

South got strong performances from both its varsity as well as it junior varsity.

In varsity action, No. 1 singles player Chelsea Clark beat Anne
Baenzger 6-3 and 6-1, while No. 2 singles player Whitney Warren quickly
defeated the Warriors’ Megan Dodson 6-2 and 6-1. Liz Mink recorded a
win a No. 3 singles with her win over Erika Vitols 6-4 and 6-4.

The No. 1 doubles team of Cassie Davis and Megan Criss breezed
through Amber Reyes and Lauren Clark 6-1 and 6-1. Megan Klotz and
Samantha Callahan went three sets but defeated Whitney Baeziger and
Hillary Carpenter 6-4, 3-6 and 6-2.

For the junior varsity, Tabitha Arnold, Ashley Ross, Patty
Rodriguez and Abbie Trauner picked up wins in singles events. Kylie
Brown, Kaitlynn Nissen, Jordyn Pitts, Allison Guthrie, Jessica York and
Brittany Fitzpatrick all scored wins in doubles events.

With no matches last week, head coach Johnnie Briones felt like
this team got off to a slow start but more than made up for it. He also
acknowledged the great play of his junior varsity squad thus far this
season.

“We hope to build on this momentum for sectionals,” Briones commented.

South Putnam will host Rockville at 4:30 p.m. today

At Danville

South Putnam 5, Danville 0

Singles — Clark (SP) def. Baenziger (D) 6-, 6-1; Warren (SP) def. Dodson (D) 6-2, 6-1; Mink (SP) def. Vitols (D) 6-4, 6-4.

Doubles — Davis/Criss (SP) def. Reyes/Clark (D) 6-1, 6-1; Klotz/Callahan (SP) def. Baeziger/Carpenter (D) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.

JV results

South Putnam , Greencastle 2

Doubles — Brown/Nissen (SP) def. Watts/Thompson (D) 6-2;
Wever/McElger (D) def. Minor/Latham (SP) 6-2; Pitts/Guthrie (SP) def.
Wever/Dawson (D) 6-2; York/Fitzpatrick (SP) def. Alexander/Shelton (D)
7-6 (8-6)

Next game — South Putnam will host Rockville at 4:30 p.m. today

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G: North Putnam takes Putnam County title

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CLOVERDALE — Looking out the window from their classrooms on Thursday
afternoon, most of the golfers in the Putnam County Tournament likely
thought they would not be playing golf that evening.

(Photo)
North Putnam senior J.J. Burns captured
medalist honors after defeated GHS player Eric Davis in a one-hole
playoff. The Cougars took the Putnam County Tournament title with a
total of 155.

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This made North Putnam’s winning score of 155, the best winning score
in five years, even more remarkable. Not only did the golfers have to
deal with the wet, chilly conditions at Clover Meadows, they also had
the surprise that they were even playing.

“We watched it rain all day long. The way it was pouring about
2 o’clock, we never thought we’d play today,” Cougar coach Dave Fox
said.

The other coaches all had good things to say about the Cougars’ performance.

“I’m really glad to see someone, after the last few years,
finally win it with a score like a 155. It’s nice to see someone come
out and just take it. Congratulations to them,” Greencastle coach
Donovan Wheeler said.

Cloverdale’s Doug Wokoun called North’s round “remarkable,” while South Putnam’s

Greencastle placed second with a 160. Cloverdale was next with a 169 and South Putnam was fourth with 188.

The highlight of the night came late, with darkness approaching
and the rain getting heavier. North’s J.J. Burns and Greencastle’s Eric
Davis had tied for medalist with a 37.

Replaying No. 18 in a one-hole playoff, Burns had already
watched Davis put his chip safely on the green for a par putt. Burns
chose that moment to make the shot of the day, chipping in for birdie
and the individual tournament title.

The senior threw both arms in the air, happy not only with the win, but also with the chance to get in out of the rain.

“I was just glad that I didn’t have to go play another hole,”
Burns said with a smile. “That was the first good chip I hit all day. I
was pretty happy.”

But self-criticism aside, Burns’s short game had gotten him in that position in the first place.

“I just putted well today. I had to scramble a lot and I was
fortunate to get up and down quite a bit, even though I missed the
greens,” he commented.

On the way to the title, the Cougars had four All-County
performers. Burns was joined by matching 39s from Patrick Byrd and Adam
Vondersaar and Austin Malayer’s 40. Jeremy Redman shot a 44, finishing
outside the scoring.

Fox thought Wednesday’s rainy practice at Clover Meadows paid off for his squad.

“We came out last night and played in the rain. The boys were
nice and loose and played well. I kind of had a feeling that they’d
start coming together right now,” Fox said. “Hopefully we can keep this
going and play pretty good at conference.”

Looking toward conference, the coach saw a few things that needed work, but hope his team just keeps it rolling.

“I saw a few missed putts. I saw a few drives go a little
skyward. But all in all, the kids are playing pretty well right now.
They’re doing all right,” Fox concluded.

(Photo)
Greencastle senior Eric Davis fires a drive
on No. 14 at Clover Meadows Thursday night during the Putnam County
Tournament. Davis finished the night with a 37 while the Tiger Cubs
placed second with 160 strokes.

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Greencastle’s 160 was anchored by Davis’ 37 and another All-County
performance in Nick Pritchard’s 39. Wade Huber was next with a 41 and
Luke Crimmins closed out the scoring with a 43. Jacob Collins also had
a 45.

Wheeler could not hide his displeasure with the team’s performance.

“I’m disappointed but I’m not going to say that I’m surprised
because our ability to compete mentally has been our problem all year
long,” Wheeler said. “Tonight was simply a focus issue.”

Wheeler went on to site specific problems during the night that
led to his team’s finish. However, it all came down to one issue.

“It’s focus. It’s about the ability to block out everything
else that’s going on and the ability to simply focus on the shot at
hand. That has been our problem all year long,” Wheeler said. “We’re a
talented team, but we are not very good mentally. We let our emotions
get a hold of us.”

For Cloverdale, the low scores came from its less experienced
players, with freshman Chris Arnold firing a 39 and junior Mike
Wellington shooting a 40. Both made All-County. Blake Witt added a very
respectable 43.

However, veteran seniors Sean Rhine and Michael Glassburn went 47 and 48, respectively.

Wokoun was happy with the good performances and confident on the
seniors’ ability to be back in form for Saturday’s conference meet.

“Our three young guys played very well today. We’re really
heartened by that,” Wokoun said. “We’re going to regroup and come back
on Saturday to play conference. Our top guys will bounce back. They’re
good golfers, so we’re looking forward to Saturday.”

While the tournament was played on his team’s home course,
Wokoun said he thought the other teams had done a good job of learning
the course after practice sessions in the rain Wednesday.

“There are a lot of good golfers in this tournament and I think
a lot of guys understood how they had to play today and they just got
out and got it done,” Wokoun concluded.

For South Putnam, the lone All-County score came from Tyler
Newby with a 40. Dylan Gilbert was next with a 47 and Tyler Shoffner
added a 50. Matt Huck had a 53.

Ricke didn’t think the conditions were so much a problem for his team as much as simple consistency.

“I would grade us as ‘fair’ for the night. We did an okay job
adjusting to the conditions,” Ricke said. “We were kind of erratic with
our golf out there today. Guys might birdie one hole and triple bogey
the next hole.

“I think we made some poor decisions off the tee here and there
that got us in trouble,” he continued. “Those kind of had a domino
effect that led to some later problems. Overall, we’re still young and
we just have to figure out how to play in these tough conditions.”

The Eagles are still dealing with their youth, so Ricke was curious to see how they would deal with their first big tournament.

“The first tee shot on 10 was about as nerve-wracking as these
guys have ever had to hit a shot before,” Ricke said. “Certainly we’ll
learn a lot from it. I think they’ll be more confident.”

All four teams compete in the West Central Conference
Tournament Saturday at Deer Creek. Although he was trying to challenge
his own squad, Wheeler gave the approach any team will need to follow
to victory.

“We’re either going to compete with the intent to win or we’re going to
go out and just hope to play average and hope everybody else does a
little worse. That isn’t going to get the job done most of the time,”
Wheeler said.

The WCC Tournament tees off at 11 a.m. Saturday.

At Clover Meadows

Putnam County Golf Tournament

North Putnam 155, Greencastle 160, Cloverdale 169, South Putnam 188

Medalist — J.J. Burns (NP).*

All-County team — Burns (NP), Davis (GHS), Byrd (NP), Arnold
(Cl), Pritchard (GHS), Vondersaar (NP), Wellington (Cl), Newby (SP),
Malayer (NP).

North Putnam (155) — Burns 37, Byrd 39, Vondersaar 39, Malayer 40, Redman 44.

Greencastle (160) — Davis 37, Pritchard 39, Huber 41, Crimmins 43, Collins 45.

Cloverdale (169) — Arnold 39, Wellington 40, Witt 43, Rhine 47, Glassburn 48.

South Putnam (188) — Newby 40, Gilbert 47, Shoffner 50, Robinson 51, Huck 54.

Next match — All four Putnam County teams will be in action at the WCC Tournament at 11 a.m. Saturday at Deer Creek.

*–Burns defeated Davis in a one-hole playoff.

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B: Greencastle gets win over South Putnam

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(Photo)
Jeremy Hayden

The Greencastle baseball team picked up a win against West Central
Conference and county foe South Putnam Tuesday night. The Tiger Cubs
won 5-4 over the Eagles.

South Putnam struck first in the game as Cameron Chestnut knocked a
double in the top of the first. He would score later in the inning to
put the Eagles up early. South Putnam went the next three innings
without a score.

Greencastle was quick to respond. Jeremy Hayden scored in the
bottom of the first, but it was the second inning where the Tiger Cubs
did their damage.

The inning saw the Tiger Cubs collect three hits and score four
runs. Justin Bartrum provided some power for GHS as he slammed a double
in the inning.

The Eagles were far from done. They scored one run in the fifth
and after Nathan Welty and Brayden Freeman scored in the top of the
sixth, the game was knotted at four.

South Putnam’s lead was short lived.

Greencastle’s Logan Grzesiek reached base on a single, then proceeded
to score the winning run in the bottom of the sixth, giving Greencastle
their sixth win of the season.

South Putnam had one final opportunity to tie the game but a scoreless seventh sealed their fate.

The Eagles were led by Chestnut’s 2-for-4 effort at the plate. He collected one double and one triple on the night.

Greencastle will host Edgewood at 5 p.m. today, while South Putnam will host Owen Valley at 4:30 p.m. today.

At Greencastle

South Putnam 100 012 0 — 4 8 x

Greencastle 130 001 x — 5 5 x

WP — Remsburg

LP — Steinbaker

Next game — Greencastle will host Edgewood at 5 p.m. today,
while South Putnam will South Putnam will host Owen Valley at 4:30 p.m.
today.

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T&F: Greencastle captures county titles

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Coming into Tuesday night’s Putnam County Track Meet at South Putnam,
pretty much everyone involved knew both the boys’ and girls’
competitions were Greencastle’s to lose. With that in mind, the bigger
themes of the meet were personal (and meet) records and the race for
second.

(Photo)
South Putnam senior Shelby Johnston set a
new county record in the 100 meter hurdles. Her time of 16.32 was 1.17
seconds in front of second-place finisher Ashley Koosman of Cloverdale.
Johnston won three events on evening as South Putnam finished second
with 67 points.

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In regards to meet records, a couple of performances did not disappoint.

Greencastle’s Caitlin Gannaway threw the shot put 37-feet-11-inches,
breaking a county meet record that had stood for 13 years by more than
a foot and a half.

“I was glad to see Caitlin broke the county record in the shot
put,” Greencastle girls’ coach Garry Anderson said. “I thought she did
real well. It wasn’t as long as she would have liked but a good one.”

The other record-setter was South Putnam senior Shelby
Johnston, who broke her own record from last year in the 100 hurdles,
running a 16.32. Johnston also won the 300 hurdles in 48.30 and the
long jump with a leap of 15-0.5.

“Shelby is just somebody we can count on in both her hurdles
races. And whether it be high jump or long jump, she’s somebody we can
count on,” South Putnam girls’ coach Kate Atkinson said.

As for the team performances, GHS performed as expected. In the
girls’ meet, Greencastle won with 111 points. South was second at 67.
Cloverdale came in third with 38 and North Putnam was fourth at 21.

On the boys’ side, Greencastle won with a 107. The exciting
race was for second, though. North Putnam edged South Putnam in the
final event to beat them by a single point in the meet, 47-46.
Cloverdale was a close third at 43 points.

The Greencastle girls nine of the 16 events. Laura Weatherford
led the way, with wins in all four of her events. She took the 200
(26.90), the 400 (59.64) and was part of both the 400 and 1,600 relay
teams.

The 400 relay team of Dee Wood, Weatherford, Jamie Patterson
and Laura English won in a time of 49.84. The 1,600 relay team of
Melissa Ball, English, Hannah Serlin and Weatherford ran a 4:19.55.

Anderson was especially excited with the 400, in which Ball was a close second to Weatherford.

“Weatherford and Ball had an outstanding 400. I really liked
that race,” Anderson said. “Laura Weatherford basically had a good
night. She won the 200 and 400 as well as those two relays. I’m pretty
pleased.”

Hannah Serlin picked up a pair of wins for the Cubs, taking the 1,600 in 5:37.76 and the 800 in 2:30.78.

Greencastle’s other two winners were Jamie Patterson in the 100 (13.34) and Megan Walkosak in the pole vault (6-6).

“We had some really, really bright spots and we had some really
puzzling spots,” Anderson said. “But we won the county. It’s hard to
get these kids up meet after meet after meet.”

The coach said he was happy with the championship, but, as his girls know, there is always more work to be done.

“It’s a good for now. As the girls say, they never please me. I
joke with them, ‘When you please me, I’ll be done. You won’t need me,'”
he concluded.

The Tiger Cub boys won 11-of-16 events on their way to the
championship. Coach Mike Schimpf came into this year with a less
experienced squad than in years past. He was happy that his team was up
to the challenge.

“The guys just stepped up and did great. I’m really proud of
the individual performances,” Schimpf said. “They just did really,
really well under some pressure.

“It’s always good to win the county meet,” he continued. “We’ve
got lots of young guys who had no idea what that felt like. They’re
going to get some medals and they’re going to think ‘Wow, that’s
great.’ Hopefully we’ll keep a tradition moving along. They kind of
picked up the torch. I’m proud of them for that.”

Greencastle asserted its dominance in the meet partly by
winning all three relays. The 3,200 relay of Luke Smith, Cameron Cash,
Ryan Gillespie and Kyle Harlan opened the meet with a victory in
9:01.61. The 400 team of Trevor Teal, Steven Miller, Pat Eiteljorge,
and Ashton Marshall won in 45.29.

The 1,600 team of Miller, David Cath, Greg Lilly and Marshall concluded the meet with a 3:41.08.

(Photo)
Greencastle senior Ben Wilson leads the pack
into the first turn of the 1,600-meter run. Wilson captured two events
on the evening as Greencastle collected 107 points to run away with the
county title.

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Individually, Lilly, Marshall and Ben Wilson led the way with two wins each.

Lilly took the 110 hurdles in 16.32 and the 400 in 55.05. Marshall
dominated the sprints, winning the 100 in 11.62 and the 200 in 23.87.

Wilson won the 1,600 in 4:51.48 and the 800 in 2:04.72.

In field events, Jordan Hickam won the high jump with a leap of 6-1 and Nick Walkosak won the pole vault at 10-6.

Schimpf is now looking to Friday’s conference meet, where the Tiger Cubs will try to repeat what they did Tuesday.

“We’re looking forward to a good week this week,” he said.
“We’ll have a couple of good practices and get together for a meal
Thursday. Hopefully, we’ll get their heads ready.”

For the South Putnam girls, Johnston was the big headline
maker, but they also got some other nice performances on their way to a
second place finish.

“We set a goal to compete for second, since we finished third
last year. We achieved that. Looking at the points from last year, we
almost doubled our points,” Eagle girls’ coach Kate Atkinson said.

The Eagles opened the running events with a big performance in
the 3,200 relay as the team of Shannon Egold, Lauren Haynes, Amanda
Lund and Rachel Egold ran a 10:32.85 to shatter their own school record
by around 20 seconds. They also won the event by 21 seconds.

Shannon Egold also broke her own school record in the 3,200, running a 12:35.34 on her way to the county championship.

The Eagle’s other win came from Brittany Cox, who threw 95-10 in the discus.

Atkinson wanted to especially highlight the performance of her middle and long distance runners.

“Coach Jim Helsley has done an amazing job with our mid and
long distance. It’s a group that I’ve turned over to him,” Atkinson
said. “Their performances between this year and last year are night and
day. They’ve been working hard and I think it’s showing.”

At this point, the coach is just happy to have her team performing well at the right time of the season.

“We’re excited about conference and sectional. We seem to be peaking at the right time,” Atkinson concluded.

The night was a bit more disappointing for the South boys.
Although coach Carl Coons was happy with his team, he was disappointed
with letting second place slip away in the final event.

“North Putnam got us there on the last event. It’s a sickening
feeling when that happens, but it does happen. That’s the way this
game’s played. There’s nothing we can do about it,” Coons said.

However, the night had its good points for the Cougars. Adam Masters provided the only win on the night, throwing 128-8.5.

Coons was also happy with his 3,200 relay team, which cut a huge amount of time.

“We started out with our 4×800 relay team. They got second place and knocked 22 seconds off their best time,” the coach said.

Overall, he thought he had athletes step up where he needed them across the board.

“We just had kids who did what they needed to do tonight.
Whether it was in the high jump or the pole vault or a running event,
they did what they could do,” Coons said. “I really appreciate the
effort they put forth and what they did.”

Cloverdale collected three wins on the night. Brynlea Mattocks
won the high jump (5-2) for the third-place girls. Nick Keefer took the
300 hurdles (42.78) and Raine Young won the long jump (20-7.75) for the
boys.

“We had a couple of county champs, so that’s exciting,” coach
Kristen Crabree said. “We had quite a few kids get their personal bests
tonight, so that’s always good.”

With her kids improving right now, Crabtree is beginning to look toward conference and sectional.

“We’re excited about Friday. We know some things we need to work
on from tonight to get us ready for conference,” she said. “There was
definitely some good and bad for tonight, so we know right where we
need to be for Friday night. Hopefully we’ll get more personal bests
and a couple more champions.

“With people getting their personal best every meet, that just
gets me more excited about what we can do when it comes sectional time
next week,” she concluded.

The meet was a mixed batch for North Putnam, as the boys took
second and the girls finished fourth. Coach Kevin Lutes was pleased
with his kids’ effort, all around.

“I was very pleased with the effort for the boys and girls,”
Lutes said. “They went out, and a lot of kids (set personal bests)
again. You want to see, as a coach, them getting better with each try.
People were racing tonight.”

Kenny Quisenberry won the 3,200 for the Cougars with a 11:09.47. Josh Keyt won the shot put with a throw of 42-8.

“Our throwers performed very well tonight, especially on the
boys’ side. Keyt won the shot put and was second in discus by just a
few inches. Hopefully he can progress through that, and Seth Vondersaar
as well.”

Like everyone else, Lutes is just focused on improvement now.

“Hopefully we can just keep cutting time and adding distance,” he concluded.

All four team will be back at South Putnam for the WCC meet at 5 p.m. Friday.

At South Putnam

Putnam County Track Meet


Girls’ Results

Greencastle 111, South Putnam 67, Cloverdale 38, North Putnam 22

3,200 relay — 1. SP (S. Egold, Haynes, Lund, R. Egold)
10:32.85, 2. GHS (Serlin, Wood, Martinez, Culler) 10:53.78, 3. CHS
(Lewis, Lyons, Williams, Bettis) 12:05.94, 4. NP (High, Small,
McGaughey, Robinson) 13:54

100 H — 1. Johnston (SP) 16:32*, 2. Koosman (CHS) 17.49, 3.
Mattocks (CHS) 17.73, 4. Soster (GHS) 18.37, 5. Good (GHS) 18.83, Mimms
(NP) 19.83

100 — 1. Patterson (GHS) 13.34, 2. D. Wood (GHS) 13.39, 3.
Butts (SP) 14.45, 4. Brock (NP) 14.48, 5. Gibson (SP) 15.45, 6. Pina
(CHS) 15.71, 7. Hodgkiss (CHS) 16.56

400 relay — 1. GHS (Weatherford, Wood, English, Patterson)
49.84, 2. NP (Stinson, Brock, McGaughey, Mimms) 55.78, 3. CHS
(Rightmyer, Pina, McCammon, Hodgkiss) 58.61, 4. SP (Gibson, Daniels,
Douglas, Butts) 1:18

400 — 1. Weatherford (GHS) 59.4, 2. Ball (GHS) 49.54, 3.
Koosman (CHS) 49.84, 4. Good (GHS) 53.77, 5. McCammon (CHS) 57.28, 6.
Mimms (NP) 59.18, 7. Daniels (SP) 1:03.12

800 — 1. Serlin (GHS) 2:30.78, 2. Martinez (GHS) 2:39.89, 3.
R. Egold (SP) 2:48..40, 4. Stephenson (NP) 2:52.97, 5. Hughes (SP)
2:57.74, 6. Small (NP) 3:01.38, 7. Williams (CHS) 3:18.86, 8. Robinson
(CHS) 3:26.74

200 — 1. Weatherford (GHS) 26.90, 2. Wood (GHS) 28.41, 3.
Brock (NP) 29.94, 4. Rightmyer (CHS) 30.61, 5. Butts (NP) 31.64, 6.
Stinson (NP) 32.01, Pina (CHS) 32.38, 8. Franklin (SP) 22.58

3,200 — 1. Egold (SP) 12:35.34, 2. Murtagh (GHS) 13:17.47, 3.
Lund (SP) 13:18.03, 4. Culler (GHS) 13:23.22, 5. Lewis (CHS) 13:52, 6.
Lyons (CHS) 14:06.81, 7. High (NP) 14:34.60

1,600 relay — 1. GHS (Ball, Serlin, English, Weatherford)
4:19.55, 2. CHS (Bettis, Mattocks, Koosman, Pina) 4:39.24, 3. NP
(McGaughey, Brock, Buchanan, Stinson) 4:51.15, 4. SP (Haynes, Franklin,
Zimmerman, R. Egold) 4:53.28

Long jump — 1. Johnston (SP) 15-00.5, 2. English (GHS)
14-05.5, 3. Norlin (GHS) 14-05, 4. Butts (SP) 14-02.5, 5. Rightmyer
(CHS) 13-02.5, 6. Robinson (NP) 11-09.75, 7. Lewis (CHS) 11-05

High Jump — 1. Mattocks (CHS) 5-02, 2. Johnston (SP) 5, 3.
Koosman (CHS) 4-11, 4. Good (GHS) 4-08, 5. Preecs (NP) 4-08, 6. Coffin
(GHS) 4-04, 7. Robison (NP) 4-02, 7. Russel (SP) 4-02

Discus — 1. Cox (SP) 95-10, 2. Collins (GHS) 89-03, 3. Deer
(GHS) 84-07, 4. Cheatham (CHS) 83-01, 5. Leroy (SP) 72-08.5, 6. Preecs
(NP) 64-07, 7. Denny (NP) 63-05, 8. Williams (CHS) 44-01

Shot Put — 1. Gannaway (GHS) 37-11*, 2. Williams (GHS) 35-05,
3. Cheatham (CHS) 35-03.25, 4. C. Preecs (NP) 29-07, 5. Searles (SP)
28-11, 6. M. Preecs 27-08.25, 7. Hacker (SP) 26-09

Pole Vault — 1. Walkasak (GHS) 6-06, 2. Franklin (SP) 6


Boys Results

Greencastle 107, North Putnam 47, South Putnam 46, Cloverdale 43

3,200 relay — 1. GHS (Smith, Gillespie, Cash, Harlan) 9:01.61,
2. SP (Weaver, Hayes, Heavin, Toland) 9:13.90, 3. CHS (Stout, Clark,
Green, Bain) 10:03.66

110 H — 1. Lilly (GHS) 16.32, 2. Keefer (CHS) 16.95, 3. Deer
(GHS) 17.89, 4. Mason (NP) 18.16, 5. Smiley (SP) 18.66, 6. Fidler (CHS)
19.29, 7. Williams (SP) 19.31

100 — 1 Marshall (GHS) 11.62, 2. Ban (NP) 11.65, 3. Miller
(GHS) 11.85, 4. Couse (CHS) 12.19, 5. Boller (CHS) 12.20, 6. Parker
(SP) 12.39, 7. Nelson (SP) 12.42

1,600 — 1. Wilson (GHS) 4:51.48, 2. Quisenberry (NP) 4:57.35,
3. Heavin (SP) 5:06.49, 4. Gillespie (GHS) 5:07.43, 5. Fidler (CHS)
5:32.72, 6. Clark (CHS) 5:37.08

400 relay — 1. GHS (Teal, Eiteljorge, Miller, Marshall) 45.29,
2. CHS (Boller, Gray, Couse, Young) 46.12, 3. NP (Mason, Ryu, Everts,
Ban) 47.12, 4. SP (Smiley, Nelson, Parker, Cook) 48.15

400 — 1. Lilly (GHS) 55.05, 2. Payne (GHS) 55.15, 3. Bowen
(SP) 56.42, 4. Toland (SP) 57.45, 5. Couse (CHS) 58.75, 6. Ryu (NP)
59.99, 7. Breen (NP) 1:01.29

300 H — 1. Keefer (CHS) 42.78, 2. Mason (NP) 43.38, 3. Deer
(GHS) 43.81, 4. Cath (GHS) 44.44, 5. Smiley (SP) 45.14, 6. Everts (NP)
48.49, 7. Fidler (CHS) 51.10, 8. Williams (SP) 51.98

800 — 1. Wilson (GHS) 2:04.72, 2. McLaughlin (NP) 2:11.29, 3.
Weaver (SP) 2:14.63, 4. Harlan (GHS) 2:16.56, 5. Dean (CHS) 2:18.77, 6.
Paul (NP) 2:20.80, 7. Green (CHS) 2:22.77, 8. Hayes (SP) 2:40.15

200 — 1. Marshall (GHS) 23.87, 2. Miller (GHS) 24.38, 3.
Boller (CHS) 24.92, 4. Parker (SP) 26.11, 5. Nelson (SP) 26.14, 6.
Breen (NP) 27.91, 7. Mader (CHS) 27.95, 8. McGaughey (NP) 27.98

3,200 — 1. Quisenberry (NP) 11:09.47, 2. Gillespie (GHS
11:17.72, 3. Heavin (SP) 11:33.50, 4. Cash (GHS) 11:51.65, 5. Dean
(CHS) 12:00.31, 6. Clark (CHS) 12:38.79, 7. Kelly (SP) 12:58.81

1,600 relay — GHS (Miller, Lilly, Cath, Marshall) 3:41.08, 2.
CHS (Gray, Young, Keefer, Couse) 3:43.08, 3. NP (Ryu, Mason, Ban,
McLaughlin) 3:44.88, 4. SP (Bowen, Toland, Weaver, Gould) 3:52.79

Long Jump — 1. Young (CHS) 20-07.75, 2. Ban (NP) 20-07, 3.
Hickam (GHS) 20-04, 4. Payne (GHS) 18-11, 5. Keefer (CHS) 18-10, 6. Ryu
(NP) 17-01.5, 7. McKinney (SP) 15-01.5

High Jump — 1. Hickam (GHS) 6-01, 2. Young (CHS) 6, 3. Lewis
(GHS) 5-10, 4. Miliano (SP) 5-08, 5. Smiley (SP) 5-08, 6. Adams (NP)
5-08

Discus — 1. Masters (SP) 128-08.5, 2. Keyt (NP) 128-03, 3.
Vondersaar (NP) 114-05, 4. Moore (CHS) 102-11.5, 5. Harrison (GHS)
99-03.5, 6. Davis (CHS) 88-00.5, 7. Walker (GHS) 84-00.5, 8. Gould (SP)
82-10

Shot Put — 1. Keyt (NP) 42-08, 2. Masters (SP) 42-03, 3. Frame
(SP) 40-01, 4. Vondersaar (NP) 39-10.5, 5. Harrison (GHS) 36-10.5, 6.
Swenson (CHS) 35-08.5, 7. Moore (CHS) 35-07, 8. Guffey (GHS) 34.-01.5

Pole Vault — Walkosak (GHS) 10-06, 2. Nelson (SP) 9-06, 3. McKinney (SP) 9, 4. Barger (GHS) 8-06

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G: Eagles place second

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B: Big fifth inning leads GHS past South, 8-1

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Heading into the fifth, it was anybody’s game. Greencastle led South
Putnam 1-0, but both pitchers had looked extremely strong through four
innings.

Five Greencastle hits and three South Putnam errors later, the Tiger Cubs led 8-0.

Greencastle brought 11 batters to the plate in a seven-run fifth inning on their way to an 8-1 victory Monday at South Putnam.

In the end, a big difference in the game was the mental side, a big key for both coaches.

“They were very disciplined at the plate,” South coach Harold Campbell
said of Grencastle. “They went up and knew what their pitch was and
they waited until they got their pitch and put it in play.”

He contrasted this approach with his own team’s. “I felt like we
weren’t patient at the plate and we really helped their pitcher out by
swinging at the pitches he wanted us to swing at. When you do that, you
hit ground balls and make easy plays for a defense. They get the outs.
We really played into their hands, there.”

Tiger Cub coach Troy Greenlee, who has seen his team come a long way
from its 0-8 start, said doing the little things has been a key to the
Greencastle (5-12, 4-5 WCC) turnaround.

“We’re getting good pitching and we’re not giving teams extra outs.
When you give teams opportunities, it’s hard to overcome those at
times. I thought we kept giving teams extra outs. Those are the keys.
They’re very simple things, but they can really make you pay if you
don’t take advantage of the opportunities you are given,” Greenlee
commented.

The Tiger Cubs drew first blood in the fourth, when Graham Shuee doubled to drive in Kyle Nobles.

The next inning, the floodgates really opened. Jeremy Hayden got things
rolling with a double off of South starter Noah Boswell. After a passed
ball, pitcher Trey Ford drove him in on an error.

Nobles kept the inning rolling with a bloop single, and Kendall Faust drove in both runners with a single to center field.

Shuee then collected two more RBIs on a home run to left field, putting GHS up 6-1.

But that wasn’t all for the inning. Logan Grzesiek reached on a second
error and Blake Robinson followed that with a double. Keegan Remsburg
drove in Grzesiek on the inning’s third error, and Robinson later
scored on a Boswell wild pitch.

It was Boswell’s only bad inning, but it was enough. The junior allowed
eight runs on nine hits and four walks. He struck out four Tiger Cubs
in the loss.

To Campbell, what went wrong for South Putnam (11-5, 6-3 WCC), was exactly what went right for Greenlee’s club.

“We really just had one inning where we fell to pieces mentally,”
Campbell commented. “I think we gave them six or seven outs. In a tight
game like that, if you have an inning where you give a team six or
seven outs, they’re going to put a lot of runs on the board.”

(Photo)
Greencaste’s Trey Ford held South Putnam
batters at bay all night, allowing just one run on five hits and two
walks in a complete game victory.

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Greencastle starter Ford had his way with South Putnam’s hitters most
of the night. He threw a complete game, allowing one run on five hits
and two walks.

“I thought Trey was outstanding,” Greenlee said. “Much like the
Crawfordsville game, he really kept the hitters off balance. He does a
really good job of setting up his fastball by using some offspeed
stuff. He doesn’t throw overly hard, but when he has effective breaking
stuff going over the plate guys have to look for that. Then when he
throws his fastball, it’s just fast enough where it’s a really
effective page.

“I think he threw 80 pitches, which for a seven-inning game is tremendous” the coach continued.

Offensively, Shuee was the GHS star of the game, going 2-for-4 with a
double, a home run and three RBIs. He also made a nice grab in the
field, diving right from third base to catch a ball that was curving
foul in the seventh.

The heart of Greencastle’s order — Nobles, Faust and Shuee — all performed well, combining for seven of the team’s 10 hits.

“That’s why we put them there,” Greenlee said. “If we can get those
guys in the middle of the order hitting like they were hitting tonight,
and get some guys on base, I think we can be pretty effective.”

Faust was 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a stolen base. Nobles was 2-for-4 with a run scored.

For the Eagles, the one run came in the sixth, when Brice Steinbaker drove in Adam Hammond with a single.

Even that inning, though, had its problems for South, as they had four
hits in the inning, but also made all three outs on the base paths.

The two teams face off again tonight at 4:30 p.m. at Greencastle.

At South Putnam

Greencastle 000 170 0 — 8 10 0
South Putnam 000 001 0 — 1 5 3

Ford and Faust; Boswell, Zimmerman (7) and Dean.

WP — Ford.

LP — Boswell

2B — Shuee, Hayden, Robinson (G).

HR — Shuee (G).

Next game — Greencastle (5-12, 4-5 WCC) hosts South Putnam (11-5, 6-3 WCC) at 5 p.m. today.

GHS EDGES SOUTHMONT

CRAWFORDSVILLE — Greencastle pulled out a 6-5 win Saturday at Southmont, eking out the winning run in the top of the seventh.

Trey Ford opened the inning with a double to left center before a Kyle
Nobles single moved him to third. Ford then scored on a wild pitch.

Nobles picked up the win for GHS, pitching the seventh in relief.

In the JV game, the Tiger Cubs downed the Mounties 9-4.

Tanner Battin was the winning pitcher, allowing four runs on five hits, a walk and two errors. He struck out eight batters.

Jesse Vermillion had two hits for GHS.

The Tiger Cub JV is now 7-4. Their next game is Thursday against Edgewood.

At Southmont

Greencastle 001 130 1 — 6 9 4
Southmont 002 021 0 — 5 9 3

Hayden, Remsburg (6), Nobles (7) and Faust; Woodcock and Joyner.

WP — Nobles.

LP — Woodcock.

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T: South Putnam falls to Northview

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Monday night proved to be a tough night for the South Putnam tennis team. They fell to Northview on the road 4-1.

Liz Mink provided the only bright spot for the Eagles as she defeated
her opponent Ali Rentschler 6-0 and 7-6 (8-6) in the No. 3 slot. No. 1
player Chelsea Clark fell in straight sets to Jazmine Kellum 6-2, 6-1.
No. 2 singles player Whitney Warren dropped her contest in straight
sets as well, falling to Allie Melega 7-5 and 6-1.

“(It was a) tough loss against a good Northview team,” SP head
coach Johnnie Briones said. “Liz Mink played very well at No. 3
singles. Everyone else struggled.”

South Putnam didn’t fare much better in their doubles matches.
The No. 1 doubles team of Megan Criss and Cassie Davis fell in three
sets to Andrea James and Bonnie Froderman 4-6, 7-6 (8-6) and 6-1.
Samantha Callahan and Megan Klotz lost in straight sets to Olivia Kumpf
and Hannah Pond 6-3 and 6-3 at No. 2 doubles.

“Megan Criss and Cassie Davis fought hard, but fell in the third set,” Briones said.

The Eagles’ junior varsity picked up four wins on the evening
but ultimately fell to the Knights 6-4. Getting wins for the junior
varsity were Tabitha Arnold, Patty Rodriguez and the doubles team of
Kendra Mitchell and Jessica Minor as well as Kylie Brown and Kaitlynn
Nissen.

“We need to put this behind us and get ready for Owen Valley,” Briones concluded.

South Putnam travels to Owen Valley at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

At Northview

Northview 4, South Putnam 1

Singles — Kellum (N) def. Clark (SP) 6-2, 6-1. Melega (N) def.
Warren (SP) 7-5, 6-1; Mink (SP) def. Rentschler (N) 6-0, 7-6 (8-6).

Doubles — James/Froderman (N) def. Criss/Davis (SP) 4-6, 7-6 (8-6) 6-1; Kumpf/Pond (N) def. Callahan/Klotz (SP) 6-3, 6-3.

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