Monday roundup

First of all, let's look ahead:

Big doubleheader Friday night between Greenfield-Central and New Palestine from the Cougars' Molinder Field. Join us at 5 p.m. for all of the baseball action. An NP sweep would guarantee the Dragons at least a piece of their fourth straight HHC title.


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Also, this week is the HHC track and field meets, starting Tuesday with the girls race and Thursday with the guys. All the action will be from Mt. Vernon High School. We will post results as we get them.

Another storyline we're watching this week is the pursuit of 200 career victories for New Palestine softball coach Ed Marcum. He's currently at 199 career wins at his alma mater, with a game at Lutheran Tuesday. Marcum has been the Dragons' head coach since 2004, and has won three Class 3A titles in four State Finals appearances. He was also an assistant on NP's state runner-up team in 2003.

Now, for the action from Monday:
Baseball
Pendleton Heights beat Greenfield-Central 6-1 in a make-up game, using a four-run third inning to break a 1-all tie in a key Hoosier Heritage Conference game. Both teams are now 7-3 in conference play and in third place -- three games behind New Palestine and one back of second-place Mt. Vernon. PH's Mitch Patishall threw a two-hitter and Brogan Gary homered and drove in three runs for the Arabians. PH is now 12-5 overall, G-C is 11-8.


3A No. 2 New Palestine held on to beat Fishers 10-8 in a slugfest. The Dragons led 10-4, but Fishers put together a four-run sixth inning. Brady Thomas was able to get the final out in the seventh with the tying run in scoring position and the meat of the Tigers' order up. Thomas had three hits and an RBI. Jacob Barnes was 2-for-2 with two RBI, as was Tyler Peper. Nick Smith drove in three runs for NP (16-2). Brian Page got the win in relief, throwing two innings and allowing one run, as NP used four pitchers and Fishers five. 

Mt. Vernon had an impressive 5-0 victory over Hamilton Southeastern. Zach McKinney homered and drove in two runs to pace MV's attack. Logan Blair pitched four hitless innings to get the win, Matt Lohrey had three shutout innings for the save. MV is now 13-4 on the year. 

Softball
Eastern Hancock fell 12-3 to Shenandoah. The Royals jumped ahead 2-0 in the top of the first, but Shenandoah scored four in the bottom of the inning and never trailed. EH is now 12-9.