Eight days ago, New Palestine, Mt. Vernon and Greenfield-Central were all unbeaten in the Hoosier Heritage Conference race, with a handful of games to sort it out.
The Dragons are now in the driver's seat.
NP beat Rushville in a pair of Friday-night routs at the Council of Clubs diamond, winning 15-1 and 11-1 in two games. The Dragons, ranked No. 2 in Class 3A, are now 15-2 overall, but more importantly, are 10-0 in the HHC race with four games left. And, they hold a two-game lead on the field. Brian Page and Reid Clark led the Dragons on the mound in the victories.
The reason why? Mt. Vernon -- which entered the night with a similar 8-0 conference record and a No. 3 ranking in Class 3A -- had a not-as-successful twinbill, falling to Pendleton Heights in two games. PH won the opener 8-3 in eight innings, scoring five times in the eighth inning. It was MV's second extra-inning conference game in as many weeks. PH then won the second game 5-3.
Greenfield-Central beat Yorktown twice -- both by 7-2 scores -- and Clark Pence broke a school record for career homers. The Cougars are now 7-2 in HHC play with a big week coming up -- culminating with next Friday's home doubleheader against New Palestine.
In softball, New Palestine kept its winning streak going, posting its sixth straight victory. The Dragons beat Scecina 11-4, led by Erin Lehman's near-cycle performance. She led the game off with a triple and scored to key a three-run first. Later, she hit a solo homer and singled. Alexa Cavin drove in three runs and scored three times. Liza Fiers also had three RBI.
Read about all of it from our friends at the Daily Reporter.
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