Saturday roundup

In girls basketball, Whiteland knocked off Greenfield-Central 44-36. The Warriors finish the regular season 17-2, while G-C finishes with a 9-10 mark. The Cougars open sectional play Friday against either Anderson or Muncie Central at 6 p.m. Eastern Hancock fell to Triton Central 76-23. The Royals open sectional play against rival Knightstown.

In boys basketball, the scheduled games for Mt. Vernon (at Warren Central), Eastern Hancock (vs. Tri) and New Palestine (at Mooresville) were all postponed.

In wrestling, seven of the 13 Hancock County competitors moves on to next week's New Castle semistate. Greenfield-Central sophomore Josh Farrell made himself a regional champion, knocking off Franklin Central's Andrice Martin in the 119-pound final for the second straight week, and earning himself an all-important first-round bye in next week's New Castle semistate. Farrell will join teammates Dezman McGinley (160) and Ian Early (171), who both finished third. Farrell is now 34-2, McGinley 34-4 -- with a sectional championship last week -- and Early is 35-6.

New Palestine also advanced three wrestlers to semistate, all sophomores who finished third. Taylor Fee improved to 33-6 at 112, Gordon Wagner moved on at 125 (29-9) and Robbie Elsea advanced at 130 (34-7). All will have to win two matches -- one against a regional runner-up, one against a regional champ -- to advance out of the semistate next week.

MV's Sam Balbach will move on at 215 as a regional runner-up. Balbach, now 36-2, fell to Perry Meridian's Logan Cooper in the finals.

In girls swimming, Mt. Vernon finished second and New Palestine third in the NP sectional today. Connersville won the title with 289 points. MV had 212, NP 207. Greenfield-Central was fifth with 184 points.

NP sophomore Emily Trimpe advanced to the State Finals in three events. She won the 50 freestyle in 24.93 seconds, and also won the 100 breaststroke in 1:08.86. Trimpe also joined Katie Prosser, Jordan Rogers and Karen Emminger to win the 200 free relay in 1:43.91.

MV sophomore Lauren Reifel was the sectional champ in diving with 394.35 points. She will advance to the diving regional next week.

Sectional runners-up: G-C's 200 medley relay team of Carly Fernandes, Cassidy Creemer, Taylor Johnson and Caroline Baggott, NP's Prosser in the 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle, G-C's Baggott in the 200 IM, Fernandes in the 500 freestyle and 100 backstroke and Johnson in the 100 butterfly. NP's 400 free relay team of Prosser, Jordan Rogers, Katie Mustard and Trimpe also finished second.