GOLF
FC concludes home schedule
Fountain Central played its last home match of the season Friday and had a score of 167 from their three golfers.
Autumn Payne shot a personal best 45 which included four pars. Bella Bacon posted a 59 and Rya Jackson shot a 194.
The Mustangs play at Harrison Hills today against Attica and Clinton Prairie.
CROSS COUNTRY
Athenians run well at Harrison Invitational
Crawfordsville boys’ and girls’ teams were busy Saturday at the Lafayette Harrison Invitational.
Athenian Coach Jared McMurry said the competition was tough with more than 200 runners in each meet.
“We posted several personal bests and by far had our best day of the season,” McMurry said. “I am super proud of the effort of the Crawfordsville cross country teams. This meet has given us confidence to get back to work and achieve our goals for the season.”
The Athenian girls finished 21st out of 24 teams.
Leading Crawfordsville was Katherine Novak with a time of 21:08. Melanie Dowd finished in 23:28 and Soren Olofson completed the course in 23:47. Caroline Novak was timed at 23:49 and LiLi Yeung had a time of 27:11.
In the boys’ meet, the Athenians placed 15th out of 23 teams.
Hutton Haas, as he has all season, was the top Crawfordsville runner with a time of 17:20. Josh Inskeep recorded a time of 17:30 and Jantzen Thayer finished in 17:52. Cole Capper ran the course in 18:45 and Alex Sanchez’s time was 19:17.
Crawfordsville will compete in the Charger Classic at North Montgomery on Thursday.
Mustangs record personal bests
Fountain Central boys’ and girls’ teams participated Saturday in the Harrison Invitational and finished with season best times.
All three boy runners recorded personal bests. Lucas Kirkpatrick ran an 18:52; Brandon Pigg ran a 19:54; and Ayden Donaldson ran a 20:28.
In the girls meet all seven Mustangs recorded personal bests.
Ralye Akers completed the course in 23:09 and Brailey Hoagland finished in 23:39. Madi Morgan recorded a 25:26 and Alydia Mellady finished in 25:51.
“The meet was big against tough competition,” Mustang Coach Shannon Hoagland said. “Our teams stepped up for the challenge and they all recorded personal best times.”
The team will be back in action on Thursday at the Charger Classic at North Montgomery.
TENNIS
Mustangs win own invite
Fountain Central won its own invitational Saturday.
Mustang No. 1 singles player Gabe McCollum defeated Lucas Gerkey of Lafayette Central Catholic and West Vigo’s Jacye Noblitt to claim the championship. McCollum won both matches 2-0.
Fountain Central’s No. 2 singles player Skylar Hoagland also was a champion with 2-0 wins over South Putnam’s William Schurtter and Evan McClaughlin of Central Catholic.
Mustang No. 3 singles player Ayden Batchelor also won 2-0 with victories over Colton Enyeart of West Vigo and Jonah Gerkey of Central Catholic.
Fountain Central’s No. 2 doubles team of William Armstrong and Jose Duarte-Grajales won their championship with 2-0 wins over the teams from West Vigo and Central Catholic.
The Mustang No. 1 doubles team of Levi McTagertt and Levi Miller defeated South Putnam’s Grant Jackman and Bradon Pollack. Central Catholic’s Trevor Powers and Alec Schummer defeated the Mustangs in the championship in two sets.
Overall team scores for the meet were Fountain Central first, Cental Catholic finished second, West Vigo third and South Putnam fourth.
Fountain Central played at North Montgomery on Monday and will play at home Wednesday against South Vermillion.
Chargers place third
North Montgomery played in Saturday’s McCutcheon Invitational and placed third with a 1-2 record.
The Chargers’ only win was against Southmont in the consolation round of the event.
The Chargers were defeated by Benton Central in their first match by a score of 2-3.
North’s No. 2 singles player Cade Cole defeated Bennett Sanesac 6-3, 6-4. The other Charger win was when the No. 2 doubles team of Cayden Keller and Keaton Brown beat Luke Savault and Andrew Brown 1-6, 6-1, 10-8.
In the Chargers’ second match, McCutcheon defeated North Montgomery 5-0.
The two county rivals, North and Southmont, played in the final game with the Chargers coming out on top 4-1.
At No. 1 singles Charger Beckett Martin defeated Gavin Downey 6-2, 6-3. North’s No. 2 singles player Cade Cole won a hard fought match to defeat Caden Allen 5-7, 7-5, 13-11.
At No. 3 singles, Dane Elliot beat Mountie Colton Long 6-1, 6-2.
In doubles action, Charger No. 1 doubles team of Austin Biddle and Carter Thompson lost to South’s Owen McCutchan and Dean McGaughey 6-1, 6-2 and at No. 2 doubles Chargers Cayden Keller and Keaton Brown won 6-4, 4-6, 10-6 over Mounties Eden Hernandez and Chazz Long.
GIRLS SOCCER
Tigers top Chargers
North Montgomery girls traveled to Sagamore Athletic Conference foe Lebanon on Saturday and lost 7-3.
The game was close until the last few minutes of the contest. With North Montgomery trailing 3-4 late in the second half, Lebanon was able to score three goals.
Chargers scoring goals were Shophea Shea, Gracie Ratcliff and Courtney Bennett. Courtney and Alexis Bennett recorded assists.
“The game was a lot closer than the final score indicated,” Charger coach Julie Hodges said. “We did a great job matching the physicality and speed of Lebanon. This sounds repetitive, but this was another positive step in the right direction. We are starting to put things together.”
The Chargers will be back in action at home today against Benton Central. On Thursday the team will host North Putnam.
