Tennis
Owls beat Olympians
The Seymour tennis team started out the Hoosier Hills Conference tournament with a comfortable 5-0 win against Columbus East at home.
At singles, Brooke Schafstall won 6-0, 6-0 at one singles, Madalyn Baurle won 6-1, 6-1 at two singles and Elise Hartung won 6-0, 6-2 at three singles.
Due to an injury to Ashley Clemente, freshman Ava Sunbury was slotted alongside Caroline Thompson at one doubles. The duo won a third-set tiebreaker 4-6, 6-2, 10-8. The two doubles team of Jessica Hougland and Addison Hunsley won 6-2, 6-0.
“Not only was it a good win because we want to win in conference, but everybody played well,” head coach Sharon Wood said. “Mr. (Bob) Wood said we have some singles players who are playing ‘brilliant,’ and those are the types of things I liked to hear when I’m over watching the doubles teams. Our singles was dominating tonight, and they did the things they wanted to do.”
Seymour is now 13-2 this season and has only suffered losses to top-ranked Columbus North and Franklin Community.
With Monday’s win, the Owls now advance to Wednesday to take on Floyd Central at home. The Highlanders defeated Jeffersonville on Monday.
Last year, Seymour won the HHC by defeating Floyd 3-2 in the championship. This year, the two teams meet in the semifinals.
“Floyd is bigger, better and stronger than they were last year, so we’re gonna have our work cut out for us,” Wood said. “Tonight set us up to go out there and play a good match. We’re playing with a lot of confidence. We have our work cut out for us, but I don’t think anyone can take us lightly because on any given night, we’re a very competitive team.”
To read an extended version of Seymour’s win over Columbus East, visit tribtown.com.
Trinity edges out Henryville
The Trinity Lutheran tennis team went on the road and came away with a 3-2 victory over Henryville on Monday night.
Sarah Lemming won 6-1, 6-1 at one singles for the Cougars and Gabby Bleier won 6-3, 6-0 at three singles. Henryville won both doubles points, so it came down to two singles.
Drew Hubbard pulled out a 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 win in three sets to clinch the match for Trinity.
The Cougars will be back in action today at home against Salem.
Braves top Clarksville
Brownstown Central’s No. 1 doubles team of Hannah Hackman and Chelsea Luedeman defeated Summer Neal and Emily Kaiser 6-3, 6-4 to give the Braves a 3-2 win over Clarksville.
Brownstown’s Avery Harrison at No. 2 singles, and Bella Brown and Kaitlyn Williams at No. 2 doubles won their matches by forfeit.
Clarksville’s Aaliyah Taylor defeated Avery Harrison 6-1, 6-2 at No. 2 singles, and Savannah Appell topped Ava McKinney 6-3, 7-5 at No. 1 singles.
The Braves will host Eastern today for a Mid-Southern Conference match.
Softball
Cougars fall at Scottsburg
Trinity Lutheran’s softball team held a 4-1 lead entering the bottom of the sixth when Scottsburg broke open for nine runs to win 10-4 on the Warriors’ field.
The Cougars committed four errors as only three of the runs Kamzi Gross gave up were earned. She allowed 10 hits and had two strikeouts and one walk.
Abbey Martin had a home run, single and three RBIs to lead the Scottsburg offense.
All of Trinity’s runs came in the fifth inning with Ally Russell and Olivia Cain driving in runs. Bailey Tabeling, Grace Lance, Gross and Russell scored runs. Lance had three hits, Gross had two hits, and Tabeling, Samantha Enzinger and Amanda Fink had one hit each.
The Cougars (10-6) will travel to Hauser today.
Brownstown drops game to North
The Brownstown softball team suffered a 12-3 loss at Columbus North on Monday night.
Brownstown held Class 4A No. 6 North to one hit and no runs in the first inning, but then the Bull Dogs’ bats exploded. They broke the ice with five runs on five hits in the second.
After the Braves scored three times in the third, North put up five more run on five hits in the bottom of the inning. The Bull Dogs’ final two runs came in the fifth.
The Braves will look to bounce back today at Silver Creek.
Baseball
Braves post MSC victory
Brownstown Central scored five runs in the top of the first inning and defeated North Harrison 12-4 in a rescheduled Mid-Southern Conference game.
The Braves pounded out 15 hits with Ethan Garland getting three singles and a double, he scored two runs and had one RBI. Levi Stahl had two singles and a triple and two RBI, and Chick Tiemeyer and Jake Pauley both had two hits with Pauley hitting a triple. Devin Cummings, Grant Killey, Ethan Fultz and Ethan Davis all had one hit. Cummings, Killey, and Davis had one RBI apiece.
Cummings pitched six innings and allowed two runs, seven hits, he struck out five and walked one to pick up the win. Killey pitched one inning and allowed two runs, two hits, he struck out one and walked two.
The Braves are now 11-8 and 5-1 in the MSC, next playing at home today against Mitchell.
Trinity beats Christian Academy
The Trinity baseball team got its third win of the season on Monday, defeating Christian Academy 16-5 at home.
Luke Coomler led the Cougars with three hits while Nathan Voelker and Levi Pottschmidt each had two hits. Sage Broughton, Kade Gillaspy, Andrew Bell, Peyton Pollert, Cole Brewer and Chase Bode all had one hit.
Pottschmidt, Bell and Voelker each had two RBI while Bode, Broughton and Coomler each had one RBI.
Broughton pitched the first two innings, striking out four batters, and Voelker pitched the final three innings and struck out six.
Trinity will be back in action tonight at home against Salem.
Golf
Brave golfers defeat Cougars
Chandler Stahl and Caiden Gwin shot 42s to lead the Brownstown Central golf team record a 174-215 win over Trinity Lutheran at Shadowood Golf Course Monday afternoon.
Next for the Braves were Jaren Cunningham with a 44, followed by Matt Reedy with a 43, Elix Preston and Smith Hackman with 48s and Conner Gwin with 50.
Jacob Sabotin was low for the Cougars with a 43. He was followed by Kade Hill with 51, Preston Kovener with 60 and Caleb Williams with 61.
An extended version of this golf match story with photos will be featured in Wednesday’s Tribune.