Saturday wrap: G-C wins swim sectional; 2 runner-up wrestlers

Wrapup of Saturday's events: 
Wrestling
Two Hancock County wrestlers were state runners-up tonight at the IHSAA State Finals.

Greenfield-Central's Josh Farrell (138) and New Palestine's Connor Robinson (160) both advanced through the quarter and semifinals to the spotlight matches, where each dropped a decision and finished as the state runner-up -- a tremendous accomplishment for both.

Farrell (39-4) lost to unbeaten Devon Jackson of Yorktown (52-0) by a 12-2 major decision in the 138-pound final. He won two 4-3 decisions -- over SB St. Joe's Mitchell Hartman and Evansville Mater Dei's Jake Lannert -- to advance to the spotlight match. A junior, Farrell will likely be a favorite to return to the Fiedhouse next year.

Robinson (39-9) rallied in the third period to defeat TH South's Tsali Lough 8-5, then beat Perry Meridian's Kirk Johnson 3-2 in OT to get to the championship match, which he fell to unbeaten Brian Harvey of Cathedral by a 12-4 major decision.

Two other county wrestlers placed fifth. At 113, NP's Tommy Cash (45-2) lost his quarterfinal match 7-1 to the eventual state champion, Hanover Central sophomore Stevan Micic. Cash's only two losses this season came to the state champ and state runner-up, Nathan Boston of LN at the semistate round. Cash beat Perry Meridian's Jacob Coffey 4-0 and Penn's Zachary Davis 8-2 to wrestle back to fifth. At 195, G-C's Ian Early lost to eventual runner-up Kourtney Berry of Merrillville by a first-period fall in the quarters. Early then beat Westfield's Taylor DeLong 6-0 and Avon's Dylan Jones 3-1 to wrestle back to fifth place.

Boys swimming
Greenfield-Central won the boys swimming sectional title, totaling 433 points to outdistance second-place Mt. Vernon (337) and third-place New Palestine (284). With 50 points, Eastern Hancock placed 10th.

Several local swimmers will move on out of the sectional to next week's State Finals at the IUPUI Natatorium.

From Greenfield-Central, the 200 medley relay of Josh Cummins, Jon McCormick, James Young and Austin Wilburn (1:39.62) moved on. So did the 200 free relay of Patrick Stutz, Cody Wilburn, Young and Austin Wilburn (1:28.50). The same quartet also moved on in the 400 free relay (3:15.71).

Mt. Vernon's David Hantz (100 backstroke, 55.11) and Kenny Gilpin (100 breaststroke, 59.15) will also advance to next week's State Finals.

MV's David Cochran won the diving competition and will join G-C's Nathan Graber and Austin Gaunt at the diving regional next week.

New Palestine's Jake Greig is moving on in two events: the 50 freestyle (22.31) and 100 freestyle (48.32).

Boys basketball
Greenfield-Central 55, Cambridge City Lincoln 51: The Cougars won for the second time in three games and sent senior David Johnston off with a victory on Senior Night.

Mason Irbe scored 21 points and Jordan Keener 16 to lead the Cougars. Grant Wolfe added eight and Drew Dougherty seven for G-C, which overcame a 23-point night from CCL standout Zac Rea.

The Cougars are now 3-16.They close the regular season Tuesday at Connersville.

Upcoming broadcasts
HancockCountySports.com will broadcast three basketball games next week, so log on and join our crew for the live sports coverage!

• Tuesday: Eastern Hancock at Morristown, 7:10 p.m.
• Friday: Mt. Vernon at Yorktown, 7:10 p.m.
• Saturday: Girls basketball semistate, Mt. Vernon vs. Madison, TBA

Saturday afternoon updates

Some quick updates before we head to Arlington to broadcast the Mt. Vernon-Chatard game for the regional championship tonight, which you can hear LIVE at HancockCountySports.com at approximately 6:35 p.m.

Boys basketball
Mt. Vernon fell 61-45 to Lawrence Central in a Saturday-afternoon road game. With his future college coach, Tom Crean, in the house, LC's Jeremy Hollowell scored 28 points. C.J. Coleman had 21 for the Marauders.


The loss puts MV's record at 12-5 and snaps a six-game winning streak that was punctuated with an impressive 15-point victory over Warren Central earlier this week. LC is 13-5 on the year.

The Marauders' next game is Friday vs. New Palestine, which you can hear LIVE at HancockCountySports.com!

Wrestling
7 Hancock County wrestlers: four from Greenfield-Central and three from New Palestine, will wrestle in next week's State Finals at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.


The State Finals prelims are Friday, with the round of 8 wrestling down to the state title matches on Saturday.

Greenfield-Central's Josh Farrell (138) won the semistate title, defeating Perry Meridian's Nick Bova in the title match. Farrell is 36-3 and will have one of the four top seeds at the State Finals next week.

G-C's Ian Early (195) and Austin Gearlds (220) finished second in their weight classes. The Cougars' Sam Locke won third place at 126.


New Palestine advanced three wrestlers. Tommy Cash (106) suffered his first loss of the season -- to unbeaten Nathan Boston of Lawrence North by a 1-0 score on an escape late in the second period. Cash is the semistate runner-up and will take a 42-1 record to Bankers Life Fieldhouse next week. Taylor Fee (113) finished fourth in his weight class. Connor Robinson (160) placed third.
Undefeated New Palestine 106-pounder Tommy Cash will wrestle for the semistate title. Taylor Fee (113) and Connor Robinson (160) are wrestling in the consolation matches.

Swimming
Mt. Vernon's Lauren Reifel placed sixth in diving at the IHSAA State Finals today. Reifel totaled 416.95 points, with state champ Shelby Bartlett of Fishers totaling 458.55. MV's Sarah Barker also scored at the state meet, placing 12th.

Saturday tourney wrap: MV wins swim sectional

Mt. Vernon won the New Palestine girls swim sectional, nipping Connersville 354-352 in the team score. Richmond (315) was one point ahead of the host Dragons for third place. Greenfield-Central was sixth with 263 points, Eastern Hancock ninth with 55 points.


MV winners were the 200 medley relay team of Jessica Hantz, Ellen Werner, Madeline Powell and Jessica Blackburn (1:56.53) and Lauren Reifel in diving (456.10). 

Emily Trimpe was NP's lone sectional champion, finishing the 100 breaststroke in 1:09.54. 

G-C had three individual sectional champions: Carly Fernandes in the 200 IM (2:14.81) and 100 backstroke (1:00.13) and Taylor Johnson in the 100 butterfly (1:00.30). 

The individual sectional champions move on to next weekend's State Finals at the Indiana University Natatorium at IUPUI, The top divers move on to the diving regional in mid-week.

Several local swimmers had top-three finishes. For Mt. Vernon, Werner in the 100 breaststroke, Powell in the 100 butterfly finished second. Third-place finishes went to Powell in the 100 backstroke, Blackburn in the 100 freestyle and the 200 free relay team of Powell, Hantz, Eve Gonzales and Blackburn.

For NP, runners-up were Erin Trimpe in the 500 freestyle, Emily Trimpe in the 200 freestyle and the 200 free relay team of Emily Trimpe, Jordan Rogers, Karen Emminger and Olivia Ayer.

G-C's runner-up was Johnson in the 50 freestyle. The 200 medley relay team of Fernandes, Taylor Cermak, Johnson and Bethany Weldon finished third.

Full results

Wrestling
New Palestine advanced eight wrestlers and Greenfield-Central seven from the Perry Meridian wrestling regional Saturday.

Three of the county wrestlers will move on to the New Castle as regional champions. NP's Tommy Cash improved to 39-0 with three victories at 106, including a 7-3 decision over Ben Davis' C.J. Whitten in the championship match.

G-C had two regional champions: Josh Farrell (138), who defeated Perry Meridian's Nick Bova 9-4 in the title match to improve to 32-3. Also winning was Ian Early (195), who beat Warren Central's Dyrek Chowning 13-3 in the title match. Early is now 36-1.

Also moving on from NP were runner-up Taylor Fee at 113 (31-4), third-place finishers Robbie Elsea at 138 (35-6), Nick Ulrey at 145 (32-6), Connor Robinson at 160 (43-7) and Cameron Denney at 195 (29-12); and fourth-place finishers Rylan McCarty at 120 (21-13) and Brian Wagner at 170 (28-9).

Also moving on from G-C were runners-up Sam Locke at 126 (28-8), Dezmen McGinley at 170 (31-5) and Austin Gearlds at 220 (31-4), third-place finisher Austin Rose at 152 (28-7) and fourth-place finisher Tyler Beeson at 285 (21-12).


The top four wrestlers from each 16-wrestler bracket at the New Castle semistate next Saturday will move on to the State Finals at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

Regional brackets

G-C, Yorktown win HHC swim titles

Greenfield-Central's boys won their second straight HHC swimming title Saturday afternoon at New Palestine.

The Cougars had seven conference champions in the 12 events. New Palestine and Mt. Vernon tied for second place.

Nathan Graber set a school record in diving, as did the 400 free relay of James Young, Chris Wilburn, Patrick Stutz and Jon McCormick. The 400 free relay won, as did the 200 medley relay and 200 free relay.

Young (200 free/100 fly/200 free relay/400 free relay) and McCormick (200 IM/100 breaststroke/200 free relay/400 free relay) were quadruple-conference champs for the Cougars.

In the girls meet, Yorktown was the champion, with New Palestine finishing second.

Greenfield-Central's Carly Fernandes won the 500 freestyle. No other schools' results have yet been reported.

#3 MV girls extend HHC lead

Mt. Vernon posted a 49-31 victory over New Palestine in girls basketball Thursday night, scoring the game's first seven point to take an early lead, then pulling away with an 18-7 fourth quarter.

The victory gave the Marauders a stranglehold on the HHC race, giving them a one-game lead past the halfway point of conference play. MV is 4-0 in league play with three games left -- against Delta, Shelbyville and Greenfield-Central -- and has beaten several of the teams who would be considered top contenders.

Tonight's game was another step in that process. Jessica Brown started the game with five quick points -- giving her 1,000 for her career. Although she finished with seven points, she also had five assists to lead the Marauders in that category.

Where MV showed its muscle was on the glass. 6-footers Erica Moore and Makenzi Reasor helped the Marauders to 14 offensive rebounds and a 12-0 edge in second-chance points. Reasor had a strong all-around game with 18 points and seven boards. Moore had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Both had several key putbacks with the game on the line down the stretch.

Rachel Houck also had seven points for the Marauders, including two big second-half 3-pointers that helped MV pull away.

The Dragons had a balanced attack, led by Emily Curry's 10 points and two steals. Bethany Murrell had seven points, four rebounds and three steals. Lauren Tieman also had seven points and four rebounds. Abby Seifert had a team-high five boards and Taylor Espich had three steals and a blocked shot.
Reasor had 18 points and Moore 13 to lead MV. Jessica Brown, the Marauders' leading scorer on the season, scored seven points.

Mt. Vernon is 7-2 overall and 4-0 in HHC play, and next plays at home Thursday, 12/22 vs. Franklin.  The Dragons are now 3-6 and 2-2 in HHC play. They travel to Yorktown on Saturday for a 6 p.m. JV start.

You can go to HancockCountySports.com to listen to the archive, and also log in on Friday at 5:40 p.m. for girls and boys hoops, with Eastern Hancock hosting Knightstown.

Swimming
The New Palestine girls basketball team fell to Mt. Vernon 49-31 at home on Thursday night.

The Dragons fell behind 9-2 after a quarter, but climbed back into the game and stayed within contact of the third-ranked Marauders for much of the night, but MV's inside tandem of Erica Moore and Makenzi Reasor helped MV pull away in the fourth quarter.

The Dragons had a balanced attack, led by Emily Curry's 10 points and two steals. Bethany Murrell had seven points, four rebounds and three steals. Lauren Tieman also had seven points and four rebounds. Abby Seifert had a team-high five boards and Taylor Espich had three steals and a blocked shot.

Reasor had 18 points and Moore 13 to lead MV. Jessica Brown, the Marauders' leading scorer on the season, scored seven points.

The Dragons are now 3-6 and 2-2 in HHC play. They travel to Yorktown on Saturday for a 6 p.m. JV start before taking a 10-day break prior to hosting Greenfield-Central in the Dec. 27 county tournament.

Swimming
The New Palestine and Mt. Vernon swim teams split a dual swim meet Thursday night. The New Palestine girls Mt. Vernon 101-85 on Thursday night, while the Marauder boys won 95-90.

"This was an exciting meet. This rivalry always bring out the best performances from both schools," NP coach Steve Maxwell said. 


NPHS junior Emily Trimpe set a school record in the 100 freestyle, a time of 55.64 leading a 1-2 finish for the Dragons. Other winners for the girls were Jordan Rogers in the 200 IM (the sixth-best performance in NP history), Karen Emminger in the 50 freestyle and Trimpe again in the 100 breaststroke. The Dragons also won the 200 free relay with Trimpe, Jordan Rogers, Emminger and Olivia Ayer; and the 400 free relay with Rogers, Emminger, Katie Mustard and Trimpe.


Mt. Vernon winners were Eve Gonzales in the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle, Lauren Reifel leading a 1-2-3 finish in diving, Maddie Powell in the 100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke and the 200 medley relay team of Jessica Hantz, Ellen Werner, Powell and Jessica Blackburn.


In the boys meet, Mt. Vernon winners were David Cochran in diving, Drew Logan in the 500 freestyle, David Hantz in the 100 backstroke, Kenny Gilpin in the 100 breaststroke and the 200 medley relay team of Hantz, Gilpin, Ian Hanssen and Reid Eberhard






The Dragons saw Jake Grieg swim the second-fastest time in school history in winning the 200 freestyle, teaming up with Grant Gish for a 1-2 finish. Greig and Gish also finished 1-2 in the 50 freestyle. Sam Baker won the 100 freestyle and 200 IM, Luke Steigerwalt took the 100 butterfly -- with Klay Simmons finishing second. Greig, Gish, Simmons and Baker won the 200 free relay and the 400 free relay.
 "We had our best 'team performance' of the season," NP coach Steve Maxwell said. "We've had good individual swims in all our meets, but this was good across the board."

Tuesday wrap: EH, G-C girls continue hot streaks

Greenfield-Central's girls basketball team has the longest hot streak going of any school in the county. It continued Tuesday, as the Cougars won their sixth straight game, beating Richmond 53-37.

The Cougars started red-hot, shutting out the Red Devils in a 16-0 first quarter. They continued from there, building the lead to 35-16 at halftime and 49-28 at the end of three.

Senior guard LaRae Cruz -- fresh off a 30-point game in Saturday's overtime victory over Chatard -- followed it up with a 21-point effort. Junior Katie Peters scored 10 points in a double-figure game. Ashley Chase added nine points for G-C.

Now 7-3, the Cougars next play Dec. 20 at home against Connersville. Richmond falls to 5-4.

Eastern Hancock 44, Lapel 42: The Royals continued their strong start, improving to 6-1 on the year with a big road win against the Bulldogs.

Guard Kiersten Schrope had nine points, 12 rebounds and four assists to lead the Royals in an all-around victory. Forward Kristen Eischen added eight points and six rebounds. Hannah Best had seven points. Kaytlin Eastes had five points and six boards. Nine different Royals scored.

The game was close throughout -- EH led 10-9 after a quarter, trailed 20-18 at halftime and 32-31 at the end of three. 

Lapel fell to 3-4 with the loss.

EH next plays at 6 p.m. Friday at home against the Knightstown Panthers. You can listen to a live broadcast by logging on to HancockCountySports.com beginning at 5:40 p.m. Join Andrew Smith and Chris Lambert for all of the action. That game will be followed by the EH-Knightstown boys game.

Before then, log on at 7:10 p.m. Thursday for more girls hoops, as 3A No. 3 Mt. Vernon takes on New Palestine in a key Hoosier Heritage Conference contest.


Swimming
Cougars, Marauders split: Greenfield-Central's 400 free relay set a school record in beating Mt. Vernon 125-61 Tuesday night in a boy/girl dual swimming meet. Patrick Stutz, James Young, Cody Wilburn and Kyle Wilburn combined to put an exclamation point on their victory with the record.

The Cougars won all three relays, and got individual victories from Cody Wilburn in the 200 freestyle, Jon McCormick in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke, Stutz in the 50 and 100 freestyle, Young in the 100 butterfly and Erik Kile in the 500 freestyle.

Mt. Vernon used its depth to win the girls meet 98-87.

G-C's coaching staff cited the swims of Carly Fernandes in the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke, Taylor Johnson in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly, as well as Bethany Weldon and Kylie Smith.

MV's results were not provided to HancockCountySports.com.

Dragons sweep Royals: The New Palestine boys and girls swim teams prepared for their Thursday-night meet against rival Mt. Vernon with a pair of victories over Eastern Hancock.

The Dragon boys won 126-44. Winners were Christian Dodd in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke, Jake Uppfalt in the 100 butterfly, Zach Nagel is diving, Luke Steigerwalt in the 500 freestyle, David Thompson in the 100 backstroke, the 200 medley relay of Uppfalt, Grant Gish, Kelley Murphy and Steigerwalt; the 200 free relay of Thompson, Parker Horn, Jake Mitchell and Todd Horn, and the 400 free relay of Will Mitchell, Murphy, Seth Eagleson and Dodd.

Other strong swims were turned in by Devin Jones and Seth Eagleson in the 100 freestyle.

EH winners were Sam Carlton in the 50 frestyle and Trevor Jones in the 100 freestyle.

The Dragon girls won 120-52. Dragon winners were Erin Trimpe in the 200 freestyle, Lily Horn in the 200 IM and 500 freestyle, Emily Bare in the 100 backstroke, Natalie Berea in the 100 breaststroke, Hannah Ayer in diving, Addison Virt in the 100 butterfly,  the 200 medley relay team of Kayla Jameson, Claire Hornsby, Virt and Monica Neeb and the 200 free relay of Tricia Roberson, Becca Digney, Virt and Erin Trimpe.Virt's time in the 100 butterfly was eighth-best all-time at New Palestine.

EH winners were Bekah Dickmander in the 50 freestyle, Sarah Henderson in the 100 freestyle and the 400 free relay team of Bekah Dickmander, Shelby Wyatt, Amanda Dickmander and Henderson. 

Thursday wrap: G-C swimmers split, NP swimmers sweep

The Greenfield-Central swim teams split a Thursday-night meet with Pendleton Heights, as the G-C boys won 132-51, while the G-C girls fell 101.5-82.5.

On the boys side, Bailey Willoughby was a double-individual event winner for G-C, winning the 200 IM and 100 backstroke. Patrick Stutz, James Young and Austin Wilburn also won individual events.


In the girls meet, Carly Fernandes won the 200 IM and 500 freestyle, while Taylor Johnson won the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly.

The Cougars next compete Tuesday at home against Mt. Vernon.

New Palestine sweeps Delta
The New Palestine swim teams beat Delta Thursday night at home.

The Dragon girls won 111-75, while the boys beat the Eagles 93-83.

Winners for the girls were Megan Prosser in the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke, Olivia Ayer in the 50 freestyle, Claire Hornsby in the 100 butterfly, Katie Mustard in the 100 freestyle, Addison Virt in the 100 breaststroke and all three relay teams. Prosser, Virt, Hornsby and Ayer won the 200 medley relay; Emily Trimpe, Jordan Rogers, Karen Emminger and Ayer won the 200 free relay and Rogers, Mustard, Emminger and Trimpe won the 400 free relay.

Winners for the boys were Jake Greig in the 200 freestyle and 50 freestyle, Grant Gish in the 100 freestyle -- pacing a 1-2 finish with teammate Sam Baker -- and Jake Uppfalt in the 100 breaststroke. The Dragons also won the 200 free relay with Greig, Gish, Baker and Uppfalt, and the 400 free relay with Greig, Gish, Luke Steigerwalt and Baker. 

"Both teams swam better tonight than in earlier meets," Maxwell said. "Their turns and finishes were much cleaner and more crisp.

"We're not where we need to be, especially early in our races, but we will use winter break for a big training boost to prepare for conference and sectional."
Other strong swims, according to coach Steve Maxwell, were Emily Bare in the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke and her relay splits, Tricia Roberson in the medley relay and 200 frestyle, Lily Horn in the free relay, 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly and the swims of Katie Mustard, Nerea Capon and Natalie Berea. On the boys side, Maxwell cited Kelley Murphy, Todd Horn and Seth Eagleson's medley relay splits, Christian Dodd's IM performance, and the performances of Parker Horn, Arik Bonnett and Will Mitchell.

"It's really good to see the underclassmen having good swims early in the season. We really need the depth having good second-through-fourth swimmers in each event. This depth of talent gives us a better chance of success in conference and sectional."


Basketball
Greenfield-Central and New Palestine's JV teams played each other in advance of Friday's varsity doubleheader, which can be heard LIVE on HancockCountySports.com.

G-C's girls beat the Dragons 29-15, led by Brooke Bell's eight points. NP won the boys game 42-17. 

The action begins at 5:40 p.m. Friday with the Indiana Basketball Digest pregame show, and the tipoff of the girls game at 6 p.m. Join Andrew Smith, Chris Lambert and Greg Elkins for the action at HancockCountySports.com!

Tuesday wrap: Marauders fall to Anderson

Mt. Vernon ran into one of the state's highest-scoring teams in the Anderson Indians Tuesday evening.

The Marauders saw why. MV fell to the Indians 72-61, as Anderson scored 46 second-half points, including a 24-12 third-quarter run that gave the Indians a 50-41 edge going into the final eight minutes.

MV battled foul trouble for much of the second half, as well.

Ranked No. 1 in Class 3A, the Marauders are now 5-2. They will next play Saturday at home against Yorktown.

Swimming
The New Palestine swim teams continued a busy stretch of six meets in 13 days with a pair of three-way victories Tuesday at Beech Grove.

The Dragon girls scored 175 points to beat Beech Grove (50) and Tech (45). The Dragon boys outdistanced BG 147-135. Tech scored 34.

Winners for the Dragon girls included Emily Trimpe in the 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke, swimming season-best times in each event, Erin Trimpe in the 200 IM and 500 freestyle, Karen Emminger in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly, Hannah Ayer in diving, Jordan Rogers in the 100 freestyle, Megan Prosser in the 100 backstroke with a season-best time, the 200 medley relay of Prosser, Addison Virt, Lily Horn and Olivia Ayer, the 200 freestyle relay of Emily Trimpe, Rogers, Emminger and Olivia Ayer, and the 400 freestyle relay of Rogers, Katie Mustard, Emminger and Emily Trimpe.

In the boys race, several swimmers swam "off" events and led victories. The Dragons got victories from Grant Gish in the 200 freestyle, Sam Baker in the 200 IM and 500 freestyle, Jake Greig in the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle with season-best times, Zach Nagel in diving, Luke Steigerwalt in the 100 backstroke, the 200 free relay of Greig, Gish, Baker and Jake Uppfalt and the 400 free relay of Greig, Gish, Steigerwalt and Baker.

Coming up
Listen to HancockCountySports.com Friday night for a basketball doubleheader: Greenfield-Central at New Palestine. Join Chris Lambert, Andrew Smith and Greg Elkins for the action beginning at 5:40 p.m. with the play-by-play of the girls game, with the boys to follow.


Next week, join us on Thursday, Dec. 15 for Mt. Vernon at New Palestine girls basketball, then on Friday, Dec. 16 for Knightstown at Eastern Hancock boys/girls basketball, all on HancockCountySports.com!

Thursday wrap: Dragon, Cougar wrestlers win

The New Palestine wrestling team was letter-perfect in an 84-0 victory over Whiteland. Besides the two forfeits, every one of the 12 matches the Dragons wrestled was won by fall, and none extended into the third period.

The fastest fall came in the evening's third match, as senior Connor Robinson recorded a pin in 22 seconds at 160. Rylan McCarty had a 27-second fall at 113, Jack Buchanan had a 33-second pin at 220 and Logan Hunt a 36-second fall at 145. Nick Ulrey (152) had the other first-period fall, in 52 seconds.

Other Dragon winners were Taylor Fee (120), Gordon Wagner (126), Max Ingle (132), Robbie Elsea (138), Brian Wagner (170), Cameron Denney (195) and Willie Bryan (285). Billy Emmons (106) and Noah Grable (182) both received forfeits.

The Dragons are now 6-0 heading into Saturday's New Castle 6-way.

The Dragon JV also won 24-12.

Greenfield-Central 43, Franklin Central 21: The Cougars remained unbeaten with a road victory. G-C is now 7-0 on the season.

The big victory came at 132, where the Cougars' Cody Cecil won a 6-3 decision against the state's seventh-ranked wrestler in his weight class. Other winners for G-C were Dustin Mayhugh (145), Dezmen McGinley (170), Ian Early (195) and Tyler Beeson (285), all by fall. Josh Farrell won a 17-6 major decision at 138. Other winners by decision were Taylor Wright (106), Sam Locke (126), Austin Rose (152) and Austin Gearlds (220).

The Cougars next wrestle Dec. 10 at the Perry Meridian duals.

G-C won the JV match 76-22. 

Swimming
Greenfield-Central sweeps New Castle:The Cougar swim teams had a good night in a double-victory over New Castle at home.

G-C's boys won 109-76. Cougar winners were Erik Kile in the 200 freestyle, Patrick Stutz in the 200 IM, Nathan Graber in diving and the 200 free relay of McCormick, Wilburn, Young and Kile.

G-C's girls posted a 93-92 victory. Carly Fernandes and Taylor Johnson were triple-winners. Fernandes won the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke, Johnson the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly. They also won the 200 medley relay (Fernandes, Weldon, Johnson, Smith). Jeneal Hunt won diving.



The Cougars next compete Nov. 8 against Pendleton Heights.


New Palestine splits with Yorktown: The Dragon boys beat Yorktown 106-72 in their season opener. The NPHS girls fell 103-83.


On the boys side, senior Jake Greig was as four-event winner, taking the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle and joining sophomore Grant Gish, senior Sam Baker and senior Klay Simmons on the 200 and 400 free relays.


Gish also won the 100 backstroke. Simmons won the 200 freestyle. Baker took the 200 IM. Other winners for the Dragons were junior Luke Steigerwalt (100 butterfly) and senior Jake Uppfalt (100 breaststroke).

On the girls side, junior Emily Trimpe won the 50 freestyle and freshman Erin Trimpe won the 500 freestyle. The 200 free relay of Emily Trimpe and seniors Jordan Rogers, Karen Emminger and Olivia Ayer also were winners.


NP coach Steve Maxwell also cited the performances of Todd Horn on the anchor leg of the 200 medley relay, which finished second, and his fourth-place finish in the 50 free, as the Dragons went 1-2-4 in that event. He said Erin Trimpe in the 500 free, Christian Dodd in the anchor of the boys 200 free relay that finished second and sealed a 1-2 finishin that event, and his fifth-place finish in the 100 breaststroke, and the swim of Rebecca Digney in the 100 butterfly. Maxwell noted the team has been training hard and will be training throughout the next several meets to prepare for "championship season" in January.



"It's a good win for the boys," Maxwell said. "Yorktown is always tough."

SW: Cougars swim well at Noblesville

Greenfield-Central's boys swim team fell to Noblesville 98-88 Tuesday night. G-C's boys swam well against one of the top teams in the state, with the team score lead changing hands several times. 

Cougar winners were Jon McCormick (200 IM), Austin Wilburn (50 freestyle), James Young (100 butterfly) and the 200 free relay of Stutz, Young, Cummings and Dickerson -- leading a 1-2 finish. 

The G-C girls fell 139-44 to Noblesville. Carly Fernandes led G-C with a victory in the 100 backstroke.

Tuesday wrap: Big night of sports

Make sure to tune into HancockCountySports.com at 7:10 p.m. Wednesday for Eastern Hancock vs. Centerville boys basketball, and again at 7:10 p.m. Saturday for New Palestine at New Castle boys hoops. 


Girls basketball
Eastern Hancock 37, Shenandoah 27: The Royals improved to 4-0 on the season with their first victory over the Raiders in more than a decade.

EH used a 17-6 second-quarter surge to pull ahead never let the Raiders closer.

Kristen Eischen had 10 points and nine rebounds to lead the Royals. Guard Kiersten Schrope had eight boards and four assists. Hannah Best added eight points and Kaytlin Eastes had seven points and seven rebounds.

Lauren Harmon also had seven points off the bench.

EH coach Jeremy Powers credited the Royals' strong defensive effort in the victory.

The Royals next play Nov. 30 at Frankton.

Westfield 54, New Palestine 44: The New Palestine girls basketball team dropped a 54-44 decision to Westfield Tuesday night at NP.

The Dragons used a big second quarter to take a 23-22 halftime lead, and the lead changed hands several times in the second half before the Shamrocks pulled away in the final five minutes.

Kyleigh Smock hit three early 3-pointers to put the Dragons ahead, but Westfield used 6-3 post Jenn Anderson extensively in the second half.

Anderson scored 14 of her game-high 23 points after halftime as the Shamrocks hit 11-of-21 from the field after the break. Neither team led by more than four points until Westfield began to pull away at the foul line late. Anderson hit 10-of-16 shots and also grabbed 17 rebounds.

Three Dragons scored in double figures, led by Lauren Tieman's double-double. She had 11 points and 13 rebounds -- including 11 offensive boards. The Dragons outrebounded Westfield 47-29, including 26 offensive rebounds. Bethany Murrell scored 11 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Smock had 10 points. Abby Seifert had a double-figure rebounding night with 10 boards to go along with seven points.

The Dragons (1-3) next play Friday at home against 4A No. 8 Columbus East.

Boys basketball
Union (Modoc) 55, Greenfield-Central 28: The Cougars struggled to score in their season-opening loss, as they fell behind 26-10 at the half and never could catch up.

Sophomore Drew Dougherty led the Cougars with nine points. Jordan Keener added seven.

G-C will play Whiteland Friday night, and then travel to Fishers on Saturday in a busy opening week.  

Wrestling
New Palestine 52, Pike 21: The Dragons improved to 5-0 on the year with the victory on the road.

Tommy Cash, Robbie Elsea, Nick Ulrey, Jack Buchanan and Willie Bryan all won by fall for the Dragons. Cameron Denney won a major decision, while Ben Taylor and Gordon Wagner also won by decision. Bill Emmons and Taylor Fee both won forfeits.

The Dragons are next in action Dec. 1 against Whiteland.

Swimming
Cougars split with Franklin Central: Greenfield-Central's boys swim team split two meets with Franklin Central.

G-C's boys won 96.5-79.5. Winners for the Cougars were Patrick Stutz (50 free, 100 free), James Young (100 butterfly), Jon McCormick (100 breaststroke), Nathan Graber (diving) and the 200/400 freestyle relays.

G-C's girls fell 94-82 in their meet. Cougar winners were Carly Fernandes (200 IM, 100 freestyle), Taylor Johnson (50 freestyle, 100 butterfly), Janeal Hunt (diving), Emily Ditto (100 backstroke), the 200 medley relay team of Fernandes, Bethany Weldon, Johnson and Kylie Smith, and the 200 free relay team of Johnson, Ditto, Smith and Fernandes.

The Cougars host the Greenfield-Central Relays Saturday.

Monday wrap: NP swimming 2nd to PH

New Palestine had some strong swims in a 3-way meet at Pendleton Heights, in which the Dragon girls placed second. PH won with 149 points, NP had 134 and third-place Rushville had 34.

The Dragons won three events. One victory came from the 200 free relay of junior Emily Trimpe and seniors Jordan Rogers, Karen Emminger and Olivia Ayer. They finished in 1:49.31, improving their time from their first meet. The 200 medley relay made up of the same four girls finished in 2:05.51 and also won. Trimpe also won the 100 breaststroke in 1:13.29.


Seconds went to junior Katie Mustard in the 200 IM, Emminger in the 50 freestyle, Claire Hornsby in the 100 butterfly, Rogers in the 100 freestyle, Erin Trimpe in the 500 freestyle and the 400 free relay team of Rogers, Mustard, Emminger and Emily Trimpe.


NP coach Steve Maxwell cited Hornsby's second-place swim in the butterfly, noting that it was just off her career-best time. "Her hard work is paying off," he said.

GBB teams all fall tonight

All three local girls basketball teams in action tonight came away on the short end of the scoreboard tonight, as Mt. Vernon, New Palestine and Greenfield-Central all fell.

The Marauders, ranked #1 in Class 3A in the preseason and carrying a lot of accolades, saw themselves victim to Lawrence Central's biggest victory in years, beating the Marauders 58-49. LC jumped ahead 18-8 after a quarter led by post Kyra Tucker's 10 points. The Bears never trailed after that, leading 30-19 at halftime. MV cut the deficit with an 8-0 run in the third, but could never close. Lawrence Central's speed bothered the Marauders all night.

Taylor Sanders' fourth-quarter 3 staved off the Marauders' last run and helped clinch the victory. Kasey Johnson scored 17 points and Sanders 16 for the Bears. Erica Moore had 14 points and Makenzi Reasor 12 for the Marauders. Rachel Houck and Jessica Brown scored eight each and Kelsie Owens scored seven.

MV is 1-1 heading into Friday's game against #8 Rushville. You can listen to the LIVE broadcast with Chris Lambert starting at 7:10 p.m. at http://www.hancockcountysports.com!

Franklin Central 48, New Palestine 44: The Flashes used back-to-back 3-pointers to take the lead and take control and spoil NP's home opener.

Kyleigh Archer and Lizzy Pedigo's back-to-back triples gave the Flashes a 32-29 lead after they had trailed for much of the second and third quarters. FC never trailed after that, as the two 3-pointers keyed a 17-4 run that saw the Flashes build a 41-32 lead after the first possession of the fourth, in which Julia Arnold hit another 3.

NP had several possessions down three in the final two minutes, but turnovers and missed shots allowed the Flashes to stop the threats, and Arnold hit two free throws in the final 20 seconds to salt the game away.

Arnold scored 10 to lead FC, which had three other players who scored nine points. Kyeligh Smock scored 16 points and added four steals to lead the Dragons. Lauren Tieman had her second straight double-figure scoring game with 10 points and seven rebounds. Bethany Murrell had nine points and eight boards. Abby Seifert had a game-high 11 rebounds as the Dragons outrebounded FC 45-35. NP shot 22 percent for the game and 19 percent in the second half, while the Flashes hit 45 percent from the floor after halftime.

Both teams are now 1-1 on the season. NP next plays Friday at 4A No. 6 Warren Central.

New Castle 53, Greenfield-Central 43: The Cougars fell to 1-2 on the season after the road loss to the Trojans. G-C next plays Friday at HHC rival Pendleton Heights.

Girls swimming
New Palestine 138, Roncalli 102, Greenwood 89: The Dragons won a tight 3-way meet in their season opener at the NPHS natatorium.

Emily Trimpe -- a returning dual state finalist for NP -- was a winner in all four events. She won the 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke. She also was part of the winning 200 free and 400 free relay teams. Other winners for the Dragons were Olivia Ayer (50 freestyle) and Karen Emminger (100 butterfly). Trimpe and Emminger combined with Jordan Rogers and Katie Mustard to win both freestyle relays.

Seconds for the Dragons went to Mustard in the 200 IM, Rogers in the 100 freestyle, Erin Trimpe in the 500 freestyle and the 200 free relay team of Ayer, Lily Horn, Emily Bare and Erin Trimpe.

The Dragons will next compete Monday in a 3-way meet at Pendleton Heights.