G-C tennis sweeps Morristown

Behind Jaron Pridgen’s 11 saves and Alex Thomas’ second-half goal, the New Palestine boys’ soccer team edged Yorktown 1-0 to claim the Hoosier Heritage Conference’s traveling bell trophy Thursday.

Coach Bobby Holden termed Nathan Villiger’s assist to Thomas a “brilliantly-passed ball.”

The Dragons moved to 4-0-1 in their last five contests, a stretch in which Pridgen has surrendered just one goal.

“What an exciting game it was for everyone. Yorktown is a good team and very competitive with a strong offense,” Holden said. “Our defense was able to keep a shutout the entire game. Matt Ernster played an amazing game at center back denying Yorktown opportunities time and time again.”

NP (4-1-1, 2-0 HHC) is at New Castle Tuesday.

Boys’ soccer

Columbus East 2, MV 1

CJ Coleman notched his county-leading eighth assist of the season on Mouhamed Konate’s county-best 11th goal Thursday.

MV is at Shelbyville today.

Boys’ tennis

G-C 5, Morristown 0

The Cougars lost only four games in a sweep of Morristown going away Thursday.

Chris Kersey (No. 1 singles), Brandon Hull (No. 2 singles), Thomas Spears (No. 3 singles), Max Holtzclaw/Jake Kauth (No. 1 doubles) and Bailey Hull/Zach Wright (No. 2 doubles) all prevailed in straight sets.

“We have a really busy three weeks coming up and our schedule gets a lot tougher, so it was good to head into that stretch with a win,” G-C coach Jeff Sincroft said.

G-C hosts MV Tuesday.

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