GREENFIELD — The Greenfield-Central girls soccer team collected its first win of the season and first Hoosier Heritage Conference victory on Wednesday night.
The host Cougars started out slow, falling behind 2-0 to the visiting Delta Eagles before they rallied back.
The first-half comeback began when Gladys Rodriguez found Cora Bishop for a 25-yard shot that soared over the goalkeeper’s head to cut the deficit 2-1.
Minutes later, Courtney Vaughn placed a perfect corner kick in the box where Sarah Contreraz put the ball into the back of the net to tie the game 2-2.
Delta reclaimed the lead 3-2 prior to halftime, but the Cougars responded with three more second-half goals.
Rodriguez connected with Contreraz for the second, game-tying goal. Vaughn put the Cougars ahead 4-3 with a 27-yard free-kick goal. A Tessa Joyner assist to Rodriguez added the insurance goal.
Greenfield-Central improved its season record to 1-4 and 1-2 in the HHC. Up next, the Cougars host Whiteland on Saturday at 11 a.m.
Boys Tennis
Marauders fall to Wildcats
The Mt. Vernon boys tennis team dropped to 6-5 on the season with a 4-1 loss at home against Lawrence North on Wednesday night.
The Marauders were challenged to play with a sense of urgency after falling 4-1 to rival Greenfield-Central the day prior. Mt. Vernon did just that, according to head coach Gabe Muterspaugh, despite the final score.
“Coach Graham (McMullen) and I challenged these guys from top to bottom to play the Mt. Vernon way. Play with heart, play with passion and play to win,” Muterspaugh said. “It was a giant turnaround from the huge stinker the night before.”
Mt. Vernon’s No. 2 doubles team of Brock Barr and Brady Pearson provided the highlight match of the night with a third-set, super tiebreaker victory for the Marauders’ lone point, 7-6 (4), 2-6, 10-8.
Robbie Moore and Manny Downs teamed at No. 1 doubles and lost in a tough third-set, super tiebreaker marathon, 3-6, 6-3, 8-10.
The Marauders returned to the court on Thursday for senior night against HHC foe Shelbyville.
Eagles tame Cougars
Defending HHC boys tennis champion Delta defeated host Greenfield-Central 4-1 on Wednesday night.
The Cougars had a very close match with state-ranked Delta, stringing together several long rallies and two third-set matches before the Eagles finally pulled away with the win.
Casey Hunt and Tyler White at No. 2 doubles supplied the Cougars’ lone point, prevailing 6-2, 2-6, 6-0.
CJ Michalek battled at No. 3 singles, winning the first set 6-1 before dropping the next two 2-6, 0-6. Chris Long had a tight match at No. 2 singles, losing 5-7, 3-6.
The Cougars are now 7-3 on the season and 2-2 in the HHC.
Dragons roll past Bears
The New Palestine boys tennis team posted a 4-1 road victory Wednesday at Lawrence Central.
Playing on the Bears’ new courts, the Dragons posted four straight-set wins. Devon Bird/Moses Haynes was first off the court at No. 2 doubles, winning 6-0, 6-0. At No. 2 singles, Colin Darley followed with a 6-2, 6-1 victory. Zach Au clinched the victory 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3 singles.
Ezra Schwier posted a 6-4, 6-3 win at No. 1 singles. The longest match of the night was at No. 1 doubles, where Jackson Havel/Clayton Wesley fell 4-6, 7-6, 10-8 in a super-tiebreaker.
The Dragons are now 10-3 on the season.
Girls Golf
Marauders finish second
The Mt. Vernon girls golf team finished second in a three-way match on Wednesday.
Delta won the event with a 171. Mt. Vernon also tallied a 171, losing in a fifth-score tiebreaker. Muncie Central was third at 219.
Delta’s Belle Brown earned medalist honors with a 36.
Cross Country
G-C wins Cougarpalooza
The Greenfield-Central boys cross-country team ran away to win its Cougarpalooza meet on Wednesday night.
The Cougars scored 20 points for first while senior Matt Wickham successfully defended his title from a year ago in a time of 17 minutes, 8 seconds.
The Cougars took four out of the top five spots with Griffen Wheeler (17:20) finishing second, Chris Ross (17:20) in third and Liam Brinkruff (17:46) in fifth. The final scorer for G-C was senior Lucas Tutrow (18:09) in ninth.
Carter Crouch (18:34) was 12th and senior Jacob Presser (18:58) was 14th just in front of senior Morgan Flanagan (18:58). Senior Adam Bright ran in 19:09. Fellow senior Masan Kojima posted a time of 19:35.
Roncalli was second (41), followed by Rushville (67) and Scecina Memorial (119).
Cougars placed third at home
The Greenfield-Central girls cross-country team finished third during Wednesday night’s Cougarpalooza at Brandywine Park.
The Cougars were led by Reagan Crouch in 11th place. Emma Bogle was 15th, Lexie Copeland was 19th and Olivia Wahl was 22nd.
Emily Wright finished 39th, followed by Josie Joyner in 30th, Alyssa Siegel at 32nd, Shelby Hoffman in 37th and Madelyn King at 44th.
Roncalli won the event with 15 points. Warren Central (48) was second ahead of G-C at 88. Rushville (91) was fourth and Scecina Memorial (151) took fifth.
Volleyball
Dragons sweep Lutheran
The New Palestine volleyball team improved to 7-1 on the season Wednesday night with a 25-21, 25-23, 25-13 sweep at Lutheran.
Reagan Kleiman led the attack with 11 kills, five blocks and three digs. Lauren Wilson added nine kills and Jada Hausz eight. Bella Brownfield added four kills. Isabella Gizzi quarterbacked the offense with 33 assists, in addition to nine digs and two aces.
Grace Myers tallied 12 digs to lead the defense, while Trinity Oertel had six digs.
Royals run ends at six
The Eastern Hancock volleyball team lost 3-0 on the road at Mid-Eastern Conference foe Wapahani on Wednesday night.
The Royals (11-4) had won six straight leading up to Wednesday after falling 3-0 to Greenfield-Central on Aug. 26.
Wapahani bested EH 25-18, 25-13, 25-19.
Boys Soccer
Dragons sink Trojans in PKs
The New Palestine boys soccer team went to the last play Tuesday to win its second Hoosier Heritage Conference match of the year.
The Dragons beat New Castle 3-2 in a penalty-kick shootout after the two teams played to a 0-0 draw through 94 minutes of regulation and overtime.
With the teams tied headed into the final round of the shootout, the Trojans’ shooter missed high. With a chance to win, Alex Richwine blasted a shot that deflected off the goalkeeper’s hand and into the top netting.
The Dragons’ first two shooters — Elliott Canova and Juan Camacho — scored, while NP goalkeeper Blake Bobrow stopped the Trojans’ second and third shooters.
NP followed with two misses while a Trojan score led to a 2-2 tie headed to the final shooter.
The Dragons’ victory was their third clean sheet of the season and Bobrow’s second. The Dragons are 3-4-0 on the season and 2-1 in HHC play.
