Looking back & ahead

What a great night Wednesday at the Hancock County track and field meet.

We saw a ton of records fall -- New Palestine broke records in the 4x100 and 4x800 relays on the girls side, and Corinne Zehner blew away the 300 hurdles record en route to being named Athlete of the Meet. NP won 13 of the 15 events -- Zehner was part of four. Courtney Edon was part of three -- the 4x800, 1600 and 3200 meter runs, which she won with ease. Sonya Napariu won the shot and discus ... it was a dominating performance for the women in red, whose point total was more than the other three schools' combined.

Like NP's girls, Mt. Vernon's boys won their fifth straight title for coach Bruce Kendall, led by Stephen Davis, who won the 800, 1600 and 3200 meter runs comfortably. G-C's Matt Dickerson won both hurdles races and the long jump and had a blazing anchor leg of the winning 4x400 relay to share Athlete of the Meet honors.

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Also, from Thursday:
New Palestine used two runs in the third and a four-run fourth inning to break a tie with Greenfield-Central and pull away to a 7-3 victory. The Dragons have now won six straight games and are now 11-4 on the season heading into a game against Scecina on Friday. Lizzie Garrison got the pitching win for NP. Erin Lehman, Liza Fiers and Megan Prosser each went 3-for-4 for the Dragons. Audrey East drove in two runs and hit two doubles. NP outhit G-C 15-9.

Pendleton Heights beat Mt. Vernon 12-1 in softball action. The Arabians jumped ahead 6-0 after two innings and finished it off in six. Alyssa Hathcoat drove in four runs for PH.

In baseball, New Palestine held on to beat Batesville 7-6. The Bulldogs hit a first-inning grand slam, but Reid Clark's two-run triple in the fourth tied the game at 4-4, and NP added two more runs in the fifth inning to take a lead, with Jacob Barnes' sacrifice fly plating one of the runs. Brady Thomas' solo homer in the sixth helped preserve the victory for reliever Brian Clark. NP is now 13-2.

On Wednesday
Mt. Vernon's softball team beat Warren Central 9-0. Ellie Balbach scattered five hits to earn the shutout for coach Mike McGill's squad.

In baseball, Mt. Vernon fell 8-2 to Lawrence Central. Logan Perdue hit a solo homer and Matt Lohrey had two hits to lead MV. Leading 3-1, LC broke it open with a four-run fifth. New Palestine fell to Cathedral 5-1. David Gunst had two hits and Brady Thomas drove in the lone run for the Dragons.

In tennis, Mt. Vernon beat Warren Central 4-1. Kayla Negley (6-0, 6-1) and Clara Ruegesegger (6-1, 6-1) won at singles for the Marauders. At doubles, Taylore Duff/Meg Yeadon (6-3, 6-4) and Kelsi Tammen/Lakin Hocker (6-4, 7-5) won two close matches to clinch the match for MV (8-2).