Staff Reports
The Greenfield-Central girls golf team bested rival New Palestine by 26 strokes and Franklin Central by more than 30 on Monday to remain unbeaten in nine-hole matches this season.
The Cougars scored a 175 at Hawk’s Tail led by Caroline Gibson’s 39 to cruise into first-place over New Palestine (201) and Franklin Central (212). Gibson earned medalist honors.
Cougars’ Sydnie Wherry turned in her season-best score of 43. Tandess O’Neal added a 45. Haley Hoagland had a 48 to close out the scoring.
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Megan Diller paced the New Palestine Dragons with a nine-hole score of 45. Abby Belgin fired a 50, while Zoe Nelson carded a 52. Kate Stanfield finished with a 54, and Hanna Beller had a 60.
Marauders tame Tigers on Senior Night
The Mt. Vernon girls golf team celebrated a 186-191 Senior Night victory on Monday over Alexandria.
Senior Emily Rollo was honored during the Marauders’ final home match of the season at Arrowhead.
Meredith Johnson led the Marauders with a 40 for medalist honors. Alaina Nugent shot a 42, followed by Mackenzie Miner’s 51. Rollo had a 53.
On Saturday, the Marauders finished third during the New Palestine Invitational with a 381. Greenfield-Central won the event with a 351 and Heritage Christian was second with a 351.
Johnson shot a team-leading 80 to place fourth overall as an individual.
Boys Tennis
Cougars fall to Rushville
The Greenfield-Central Cougars dropped a close match at Rushville, 3-2, on Monday.
The doubles pair of Corbin Tilley and Jack Weidner won their match 7-6, 6-0, and Garrett Neumeister and Nick Grandstaff were victorious 6-0, 6-0.
The Cougars battled to the end with a narrow loss at No. 1 singles in the third set. Rushville was able to break serve late in the set to come away with the win.
The junior varsity team won with both Casey Hunt and Chris Long both winning 8-0. The varsity team is now 2-1 on the season.
Dragons lose to Eagles in HHC match
The New Palestine boys tennis team competed Monday against perennial Hoosier Heritage Conference power Delta, falling to the visiting Eagles 5-0.
Zach Au had the strongest match for the Dragons at No. 3 singles, falling 6-3, 6-2. Ezra Schwier lost 6-0, 6-1, and Will Au 6-1, 6-1 at the other two singles positions.
Both doubles teams of Devon Bird/Clayton Wesley and Jackson Havel/Caleb Davis, lost 6-1, 6-0.
The Dragon JV fell 4-1. Brendon Sego won at No. 1 singles.
Marauders beat Arabians to remain unbeaten
The Mt. Vernon Marauders swept the host Pendleton Heights Arabians on Monday night 5-0.
The Hoosier Heritage Conference match win improved the Marauders’ season record to 6-0 overall.
Haiden Rose powered to a 6-0, 6-3 victory at No. 1 singles, followed by Chris Hays’ 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 2 singles and Joe Bowsher’s 6-1, 6-0 performance at three singles.
The No. 1 doubles tandem of Owen Koon and Dallas Turner won 6-1, 6-0. Andrew Jones and Logan LeRoy were victorious 6-1, 7-5 at two doubles.
“It was a weird match tonight. Coach Graham (McMullen) and I were watching and most spots it didn’t look like we were playing great tennis, and then the scores came and boom!,” Mt. Vernon head coach Gabe Muterspaugh said. “Call your grandma. That is a sign of a senior experienced team when you don’t play great and still dominate.”
The Mt. Vernon junior varsity won 4-3. The Marauders host Centerville on Thursday night.
Cross Country
Cougars place 4th at Indian Creek
The Greenfield-Central girls cross-country team placed fourth at the Indian Creek Invitational on Saturday.
The Cougars tallied a team total of 109 behind Martinsville (106), Indian Creek (55) and Whiteland (33).
Audrey Brinkruff led the team with a second-place finish. Sophia Moss placed 18th, Reagan Crouch was 27th, Emma Bogle came in 30th, Olivia Wahl was 36th, Shelby Hoffman was 37th, Emma Leininger took 39th, Ava Grass was 43rd, Madelyn King placed 50th, and Margaret McPherson finished 55th.
Marauders find a way to win
The Mt. Vernon cross-country team lost an opportunity to run in two different invitationals this past weekend due to COVID-19 restrictions, but fortunately, they found a last-minute event at Monroe Central.
Graciously invited to run in both the boys and girls races at Monroe Central on Saturday in an three-way match with Winchester, the Marauders’ girls scored a solid, lopsided victory.
The Marauders claimed six of the top-seven spots and finished first as a team with a perfect score of 15 points.
Winchester’s Ella Baldwin took third, but with an incomplete team, Winchester’s individuals were not calculated into the scoring.
Winning the girls race was MV junior Lydia Carrell for her first-ever individual victory. Freshman Alexandria (Allie) Jenson continued to shine bright for the Marauders as she out kicked Winchester’s Baldwin for second.
Esther Small, Morgan Tharp, Tori Jenson, and Melinda Sue Cornelius ran strong races to finish fourth through seventh, with Tharp missing her PR by less than one second.
Also competing on the day were Madelyn Ludlow (12th), Rissa Foster (15th), Alexandra Overshiner (16th), Hannah Eads (19th), and Emily Xiao (DNF).
On the boys side, the Marauders contingency was also able to secure a win over 2019 Sectional champion Monroe Central.
