It was a tough afternoon for Hancock County's surviving diamond teams.
Mt. Vernon's baseball team fell victim to Crawfordsville's hot bats, as the Athenians scored in every inning for a 14-4 five-inning victory over the Marauders. MV had six hits against Athenian starter Cory Rice -- including a pair of homers by leadoff man Troy Montgomery, his seventh and eighth of the year. However, the Athenians pounded 18 hits against three Marauder pitchers and scored four times each in the second and third innings to build a 9-0 lead and break the game open.
MV finishes the year with an 18-10 record and its first sectional championship since 1995.
Meanwhile, Gibson Southern got hot late in the game to beat New Palestine 9-3 in the Jasper softball semistate. The Dragons trailed 3-2 after five, but the Titans managed six runs in the sixth and seventh innings to pull away. The Dragons' season finishes with a 22-7 record and the school's fourth consecutive sectional and regional championships.
Tonight, New Palestine athletes take to the track at Indiana University in the track and field State Finals. NP will be represented in the 110 hurdles and 300 hurdles by junior Corinne Zehner, who was a regional champion in both events; in the 3200 meters by senior Courtney Edon; in the discus by junior Sonya Napariu; in the 200 by Nicole Fluegel and in the 800 by sophomore Lauren Joray. In addition, the 4x100 relay of Zehner, Fluegel, Joray and Brooke Basaran will compete, as will the 4x800 relay of Courtney Edon, Caitlynn Edon, Morgan Carpenter and Joray. We will have updates later tonight!
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