Wednesday wrap: Dragons go OT to clinch HHC title

Lindsay Meyer scored with 4:50 left the second overtime to break a scoreless tie and give the 13th-ranked New Palestine girls soccer team a thrilling 1-0 victory over Pendleton Heights Wednesday evening in Pendleton.

Meyer's goal came on a feed from Kristin Wagner in the closing minutes of the 14-minute overtime period. It kept the Dragons unbeaten on the year, now 12-0-2, and clinched at least a share of the Hoosier Heritage Conference championship.

Holly Hilton made two saves for the Dragons in goal for her 10th shutout of the year and extended her school record with 39 career shutouts. NP outshot the Arabians 8-2 and dominated time of possession.

With a 6-0 HHC record, the Dragons can clinch the title outright Monday at home against Shelbyville. The Senior Night contest will begin at 5:30 p.m. Before then, the Dragons will host Lawrence Central Saturday afternoon.

Mt. Vernon 6, Rushville 0: Mt. Vernon's soccer team beat Rushville 6-0 as Kristina Voltz scored her second straight three-goal hat trick.

Chelsea Thomas added a goal and two assists. Suzy DeWael had a goal and an assist, while Jordan Slusher scored the Marauders' other goal. Lauren Bradburn, Haley White and Shaley Duff also had assists for the Marauders, who are now 9-2-1 and 4-1 in HHC play. Whitney Estes had the shutout in goal.

The Marauders meet Delta Saturday at home.

Boys soccer
Yorktown 2, Greenfield-Central 1: We expected a tough HHC race involving several teams. That's exactly what we've had this season. Several games between top teams have gone to OT, shootouts and have been one-goal thrillers.

Tonight, Greenfield-Central fell to Yorktown 2-1 at home, denying the Cougars a chance to clinch at least a tie for the conference title. That moves G-C, New Palestine and Pendleton Heights into a first-place tie in the loss column, as each team has one HHC defeat.

The Cougars (10-3-1, 5-1) have one conference game remaining -- Sept. 29 at Rushville. Should G-C win that, the Cougars will clinch a piece of the conference title. New Palestine is 4-1 in conference play, with a road game Saturday at Delta and a home game Sept. 29 against Pendleton Heights. PH is just 3-1 in HHC play, and has three conference games left -- hosting Mt. Vernon Thursday, Shelbyville on Sept. 27 and the aforementioned visit to New Palestine.  Yorktown is in fourth place with two conference defeats to date.


Boys tennis
Mt. Vernon 5, Rushville 0: The Marauders posted a Senior Night sweep to move to 10-6 on the season.