Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Royals have new man

Pike assistant Pat Echeverria is Eastern Hancock's new football coach. He worked with Derek Moyers in turning around programs at Cascade and Pike, his alma mater.

Daily Reporter story

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Friday roundup

New Palestine's baseball team posted a doubleheader sweep of Pendleton Heights on the road Friday night to open HHC play with a 2-0 record and improve to 4-0 on the year. In the first game, the Dragons won 6-1, largely because of a 5-run third. It started with four consecutive walks. Nick Smith's bases-clearing double was the big blow. Smith would also be the winning pitcher, scattering four hits. NP won the second game 4-2, scoring twice each in the fifth and sixth innings to rally. Brady Thomas had the big blow, a tiebreaking double in the sixth.
Coverage: Daily Reporter Anderson Herald-Bulletin

Mt. Vernon beat Delta 9-1 and 6-0 to open HHC play perfect.
Coverage: Daily Reporter

Greenfield-Central swept Shelbyville in its HHC opening doubleheader
Coverage: Daily Reporter

Softball
New Palestine beat Hamilton Heights 12-2, using eight consecutive hits in a 10-run second inning to improve to 3-1 on the season. Rachel Vawter was the winning pitcher for NP, surrendering no earned runs in five innings. Erin Lehman led NP with two doubles, including a three-run double to spark the second-inning rally. All of the Dragons' runs in that inning were scored with two outs. NP next plays Monday against Roncalli.

Eastern Hancock beat Shelbyville 2-1 on a seventh-inning squeeze play. Taylor Denny had a pair of hits and the lone RBI for the Royals, while Erica Truitt also had a pair of hits. Taylor Mercer and Caity Knopp scored the Royals' runs. Mercer was EH's winning pitcher, scattering five hits. EH had six hits.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Thursday roundup

Greenfield-Central's softball team fell to Connersville 11-4 Thursday afternoon. Connersville scored eight runs in the fifth to break a 3-3 tie. Ashley Brunk and Tori Cuebas had two hits and two RBI each to lead the Cougars.

In boys track, Greenfield-Central won a 3-way meet at Shelbyville, scoring 84 points to Shelby's 51 and New Palestine's 32. New Palestine was led by Seth Eagleson (3200) and Steve Selke (800), who were event winners. G-C's individual info and the info from the girls meet is currently unavailable.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Wednesday roundup

Mt. Vernon's baseball team beat North Central 12-8 Wednesday to improve to 1-1 on the season. The Marauders scored five times in the first and twice more in the second to build a 7-0 lead. Zach McKinney, Zach McFarland and Drew Kammerer all homered for the Marauders. Kammerer also had a double and four RBI. McKinney, Tyler Goff and Matt Lohrey had two hits each. McKinney struck out two and allowed two earned runs in 2 2/3 innings for the win. MV opens HHC play Friday against Delta.

New Palestine scored 17 first-inning runs in a 32-4 victory over Knightstown. Vincent Lovell pitched three innings for the victory. Jacob Barnes hit two doubles and drove in four runs in the first-inning outburst, while David Gunst homered for the Dragons, who are now 2-0. NP visits conference foe Pendleton Heights Friday.

In softball, New Palestine trailed by two going into the bottom of the fifth, but exploded for eight runs in the stanza to beat Franklin Central 8-2. Audrey East hit a two-run homer and Katie Prosser a bases-clearing double to key the inning. Alexa Cavin also had two hits to key a 10-hit NP attack. Lizzie Garrison struck out eight and scattered five hits to get the win for the Dragons (2-1). They next play Friday at home against Hamilton Heights.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Tuesday roundup

Baseball
New Palestine's baseball team posted an 18-8 victory over Eastern Hancock in five innings. The Royals led 3-2 midway through the third, but the Dragons put together an 11-run third inning -- capped by Nick Smith's three-run homer -- and added five more in the fifth to end the game. Brian Page was the winning pitcher in relief for the Dragons (1-0). Smith had three hits and four RBI to lead an 11-hit Dragon attack. NP is next in action today against Knightstown. The Dragons open conference play Friday at Pendleton Heights. EH travels to Southwestern (Shelby) today.

Mt. Vernon fell to Fishers 11-8 in an offensive game. Both teams scored in five of their seven at-bats, but the Tigers never trailed after plating four runs in the first and adding four more in the fourth. Troy Montgomery led MV with a single, double, homer, walk, stolen base, two runs and three RBI. Logan Perdue had a pair of hits and scored twice. The Marauders (0-1) are next in action today at North Central. They open conference play Friday at home against Delta.

Softball
Greenfield-Central beat Warren Central 8-1. Tori Cuebas was 3-for-4 with a homerun and five RBI to lead a potent Cougar attack. Ashley Brunk had three hits and scored two runs, Sami Frazier had a pair of hits and scored twice. Frazier pitched five innings, allowing two hits and striking out seven, to get the win for G-C (2-0). The Cougars next play Thursday against Connersville.

Whiteland rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh to defeat New Palestine 3-2. Erin Lehman led the Dragon attack with a single, a double, a walk and a run scored. Audrey East had a double and an RBI. The Dragons (1-1) play their home opener today against Franklin Central.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

One schedule change today

The Eastern Hancock vs. New Palestine baseball game, initially scheduled to be played at EH, has been moved across the county. The Royals and Dragons will meet at 5:30 p.m. today (Tuesday) at New Palestine.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Cougars split twinbill

Greenfield-Central opened the area baseball season Saturday, splitting a twinbill with Richmond.

The Cougars fell 9-5 in the opening game, giving up five runs in the seventh inning after being tied 4-4 going into the final inning. Kristian Rodriguez drove in three runs and scored once. G-C then rallied to win the second game 12-2 in five innings, scoring three runs in each of the first two innings and adding five in the fourth.

The baseball and softball seasons hit high gear this week throughout the county.