G-C won the boys championship by a 32-34 score over Mt. Vernon. New Palestine's Seth Eagleson was the individual champ (17:19), but G-C had four runners in the top eight to clinch the title, led by second-place Tyler Wilcher (17:37) and third-place Garrett Benedict (17:44). G-C's Christopher Tatom and Jordan Wright finished seventh and eighth, respectively, and 12th-place Syrus Fletcher rounded out the Cougars' scoring.
MV was led by fourth-place Matthew Abebe (17:54). Nathan Bode (fifth), Andrew Boyle (sixth), Alberto Sanchez (ninth) and Andrew Thaxton (10th) were All-County runners for the Marauders.
NP finished third with 67 points, led by Eagleson, Austin Dodd (14th), Sam Jones (16th), Oliver Dockins (17th) and Zach Nagel (19th).
EH totaled 120 points, with the 22nd-through-26th place runners -- Tristian Holzhausen, Jacob Brown, Tim Warburton, Parker West and Mitchell Scott.
It was G-C's first title since 2006.
NP won its sixth straight girls county title, besting MV 36-40. The Marauders' Mandy Bode was the individual champ in 21:37 for the 5,000 meter race.
NP had four runners in the top 10 and all five in the top 12, led by Emily Trimpe (3rd, 22:04), fifth-place Natalie Shields, sixth-place Izzy Fleetwood, 10th-place Caroline Voelz and 12th-place Kayla Medaris.
MV placed four runners in the top 10. Following Bode were seventh-place Jessica Grubb, eighth-place Cassandra Eiler, ninth-place Sam Sanders and 15th-place Micaela Elmore.
G-C was third with 64 points, led by fourth-place Claire Talbot (22:30). Also scoring for the Cougars were Katie McKeeman (11th), Emily Dupnick (13th), Becca Flora (14th) and Bailey Thompson (22nd).
EH was fourth with 92 points. Runner-up Kiersten Schrope (21:46) was the Royals' top finisher. Also scoring were Elizabeth Pettit (20th), Hannah Miller (21st), Hallie Wright (24th) and ALex Perkins (25th).
Boys tennis
New Palestine 3, Mt. Vernon 2: The county champion Dragons pulled out a close match against the Marauders on the road at Mt. Vernon.
Winners for NP were Reid Clark 7-5, 6-4 over Bryce Bobb at No. 1 singles, Stratton Smith 6-3, 6-0 over Corey Beck at No. 3 singles and the No. 1 doubles team of Connor Swain/Evan Poole, which won 6-1, 6-4 over Jake Shepherd and Ben Bobb.
MV winners were Kendall Ryan 6-4, 7-6 over Brent Barrett at No. 2 singles, and Reid Eberhard/Zach Weaver 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 over Kyle Willhelm/David Thompson.
NP won the JV match 8-2.
Volleyball
Lawrence Central 3, Greenfield-Central: The Cougars bounced back from a slow start take LC to five games before falling 25-12, 22-25, 25-22, 22-25, 15-12. Shay Pope and Shelby Davis had 10 kills each for G-C, while Jordan Bunch had nine. Megan Bradley had 35 assists. Caitey Sosnowski (21 digs) and Amelia Shepherd (17 digs) led the Cougars on the back line.
"Shelby Davis did a great job in set No. 4 and took charge of the net in the middle," G-C coach Rita Rouse said, while also citing the play of Pope, Bunch and Sosnowski. Bunch's nine kills and Sosnowski's 21 digs are career highs.
G-C plays Scecina Thursday.
New Palestine 3, Morristown 0: The Dragons posted a straight-set victory over Morristown, winning 25-9, 25-23, 25-10. NP is now 16-6 headed into a Thursday match against Pike. NP has made two other schedule changes -- adding a Sept. 29 home match against Triton Central, and canceling a Sept. 26 road match at Franklin Central.
"Shelby Davis did a great job in set No. 4 and took charge of the net in the middle," G-C coach Rita Rouse said, while also citing the play of Pope, Bunch and Sosnowski. Bunch's nine kills and Sosnowski's 21 digs are career highs.
G-C plays Scecina Thursday.
New Palestine 3, Morristown 0: The Dragons posted a straight-set victory over Morristown, winning 25-9, 25-23, 25-10. NP is now 16-6 headed into a Thursday match against Pike. NP has made two other schedule changes -- adding a Sept. 29 home match against Triton Central, and canceling a Sept. 26 road match at Franklin Central.
Boys soccer
Center Grove 2, New Palestine 0: The 11th-ranked Trojans got a first-half goal from Carson Kelker and a second-half tally from Cristian Soto to beat the Dragons. NP is now 8-4 on the season, while CG improves to 12-1-1. The Dragons return home Thursday to face Hamilton Southeastern.
Mt. Vernon 0, Brebeuf 0: The Marauders and Braves fought to a scoreless draw at Brebeuf. MV's Corban Hartley made seven saves to register the shutout. The Marauders visit HHC rival Pendleton Heights Thursday night. MV is now 7-3-3 on the year.
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