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ROCKVILLE — After some recent hard-luck losses, the North Putnam
softball team had one go its way Monday night, taking a scoreless game
after four innings and blowing it open for an 8-0 win at Rockville.

The Cougars (12-9) scored twice in the fifth and added six in the seventh.

Taylor Judy threw a complete game for the Cougars, striking out 12 Rox. She allowed just two hits and a walk.

Leah Crosby got the Cougars on the board in the fifth, but was
joined by several teammates in the balanced attack. Carlye McGaughey
added a pair of RBIs, while Logan Doyle, Ashley Curry and Judy all
added one RBI.

Six different Cougars collected one hit each.

“We just put some hits together finally, and kind of blew the
game open at the end,” coach Jim Brothers said. “We still made some
mistakes, but some of the things that happened to us recently worked in
our advantage tonight.

The Cougars host Riverton Parke at 5 p.m. today.

At Rockville

North Putnam 000 020 6 — 8 6 0

Rockville 000 000 0 — 0 2 2

WP — Judy.

Next game — North Putnam (12-9) hosts Riverton Parke at 5 p.m. today.

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By JARED JERNAGAN, Sports Editor

CLOVERDALE — Looking out the window from their classrooms on Thursday
afternoon, most of the golfers in the Putnam County Tournament likely
thought they would not be playing golf that evening.

North Putnam senior J.J. Burns captured medalist honors after defeated GHS player Eric Davis in a one-hole playoff. The Cougars took the Putnam County Tournament title with a total of 155. [Click to enlarge]

This made North Putnam’s winning score of 155, the best winning score
in five years, even more remarkable. Not only did the golfers have to
deal with the wet, chilly conditions at Clover Meadows, they also had
the surprise that they were even playing.

“We watched it rain all day long. The way it was pouring about
2 o’clock, we never thought we’d play today,” Cougar coach Dave Fox
said.

The other coaches all had good things to say about the Cougars’ performance.

“I’m really glad to see someone, after the last few years,
finally win it with a score like a 155. It’s nice to see someone come
out and just take it. Congratulations to them,” Greencastle coach
Donovan Wheeler said.

Cloverdale’s Doug Wokoun called North’s round “remarkable,” while South Putnam’s

Greencastle placed second with a 160. Cloverdale was next with a 169 and South Putnam was fourth with 188.

The highlight of the night came late, with darkness approaching
and the rain getting heavier. North’s J.J. Burns and Greencastle’s Eric
Davis had tied for medalist with a 37.

Replaying No. 18 in a one-hole playoff, Burns had already
watched Davis put his chip safely on the green for a par putt. Burns
chose that moment to make the shot of the day, chipping in for birdie
and the individual tournament title.

The senior threw both arms in the air, happy not only with the win, but also with the chance to get in out of the rain.

“I was just glad that I didn’t have to go play another hole,”
Burns said with a smile. “That was the first good chip I hit all day. I
was pretty happy.”

But self-criticism aside, Burns’s short game had gotten him in that position in the first place.

“I just putted well today. I had to scramble a lot and I was
fortunate to get up and down quite a bit, even though I missed the
greens,” he commented.

On the way to the title, the Cougars had four All-County
performers. Burns was joined by matching 39s from Patrick Byrd and Adam
Vondersaar and Austin Malayer’s 40. Jeremy Redman shot a 44, finishing
outside the scoring.

Fox thought Wednesday’s rainy practice at Clover Meadows paid off for his squad.

“We came out last night and played in the rain. The boys were
nice and loose and played well. I kind of had a feeling that they’d
start coming together right now,” Fox said. “Hopefully we can keep this
going and play pretty good at conference.”

Looking toward conference, the coach saw a few things that needed work, but hope his team just keeps it rolling.

“I saw a few missed putts. I saw a few drives go a little
skyward. But all in all, the kids are playing pretty well right now.
They’re doing all right,” Fox concluded.

Greencastle senior Eric Davis fires a drive on No. 14 at Clover Meadows Thursday night during the Putnam County Tournament. Davis finished the night with a 37 while the Tiger Cubs placed second with 160 strokes. [Click to enlarge]

Greencastle’s 160 was anchored by Davis’ 37 and another All-County
performance in Nick Pritchard’s 39. Wade Huber was next with a 41 and
Luke Crimmins closed out the scoring with a 43. Jacob Collins also had
a 45.

Wheeler could not hide his displeasure with the team’s performance.

“I’m disappointed but I’m not going to say that I’m surprised
because our ability to compete mentally has been our problem all year
long,” Wheeler said. “Tonight was simply a focus issue.”

Wheeler went on to site specific problems during the night that
led to his team’s finish. However, it all came down to one issue.

“It’s focus. It’s about the ability to block out everything
else that’s going on and the ability to simply focus on the shot at
hand. That has been our problem all year long,” Wheeler said. “We’re a
talented team, but we are not very good mentally. We let our emotions
get a hold of us.”

For Cloverdale, the low scores came from its less experienced
players, with freshman Chris Arnold firing a 39 and junior Mike
Wellington shooting a 40. Both made All-County. Blake Witt added a very
respectable 43.

However, veteran seniors Sean Rhine and Michael Glassburn went 47 and 48, respectively.

Wokoun was happy with the good performances and confident on the
seniors’ ability to be back in form for Saturday’s conference meet.

“Our three young guys played very well today. We’re really
heartened by that,” Wokoun said. “We’re going to regroup and come back
on Saturday to play conference. Our top guys will bounce back. They’re
good golfers, so we’re looking forward to Saturday.”

While the tournament was played on his team’s home course,
Wokoun said he thought the other teams had done a good job of learning
the course after practice sessions in the rain Wednesday.

“There are a lot of good golfers in this tournament and I think
a lot of guys understood how they had to play today and they just got
out and got it done,” Wokoun concluded.

For South Putnam, the lone All-County score came from Tyler
Newby with a 40. Dylan Gilbert was next with a 47 and Tyler Shoffner
added a 50. Matt Huck had a 53.

Ricke didn’t think the conditions were so much a problem for his team as much as simple consistency.

“I would grade us as ‘fair’ for the night. We did an okay job
adjusting to the conditions,” Ricke said. “We were kind of erratic with
our golf out there today. Guys might birdie one hole and triple bogey
the next hole.

“I think we made some poor decisions off the tee here and there
that got us in trouble,” he continued. “Those kind of had a domino
effect that led to some later problems. Overall, we’re still young and
we just have to figure out how to play in these tough conditions.”

The Eagles are still dealing with their youth, so Ricke was curious to see how they would deal with their first big tournament.

“The first tee shot on 10 was about as nerve-wracking as these
guys have ever had to hit a shot before,” Ricke said. “Certainly we’ll
learn a lot from it. I think they’ll be more confident.”

All four teams compete in the West Central Conference
Tournament Saturday at Deer Creek. Although he was trying to challenge
his own squad, Wheeler gave the approach any team will need to follow
to victory.

“We’re either going to compete with the intent to win or we’re going to
go out and just hope to play average and hope everybody else does a
little worse. That isn’t going to get the job done most of the time,”
Wheeler said.

The WCC Tournament tees off at 11 a.m. Saturday.

At Clover Meadows

Putnam County Golf Tournament

North Putnam 155, Greencastle 160, Cloverdale 169, South Putnam 188

Medalist — J.J. Burns (NP).*

All-County team — Burns (NP), Davis (GHS), Byrd (NP), Arnold
(Cl), Pritchard (GHS), Vondersaar (NP), Wellington (Cl), Newby (SP),
Malayer (NP).

North Putnam (155) — Burns 37, Byrd 39, Vondersaar 39, Malayer 40, Redman 44.

Greencastle (160) — Davis 37, Pritchard 39, Huber 41, Crimmins 43, Collins 45.

Cloverdale (169) — Arnold 39, Wellington 40, Witt 43, Rhine 47, Glassburn 48.

South Putnam (188) — Newby 40, Gilbert 47, Shoffner 50, Robinson 51, Huck 54.

Next match — All four Putnam County teams will be in action at the WCC Tournament at 11 a.m. Saturday at Deer Creek.

*–Burns defeated Davis in a one-hole playoff.

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Coming into Tuesday night’s Putnam County Track Meet at South Putnam,
pretty much everyone involved knew both the boys’ and girls’
competitions were Greencastle’s to lose. With that in mind, the bigger
themes of the meet were personal (and meet) records and the race for
second.

South Putnam senior Shelby Johnston set a new county record in the 100 meter hurdles. Her time of 16.32 was 1.17 seconds in front of second-place finisher Ashley Koosman of Cloverdale. Johnston won three events on evening as South Putnam finished second with 67 points. [Click to enlarge]

In regards to meet records, a couple of performances did not disappoint.

Greencastle’s Caitlin Gannaway threw the shot put 37-feet-11-inches,
breaking a county meet record that had stood for 13 years by more than
a foot and a half.

“I was glad to see Caitlin broke the county record in the shot
put,” Greencastle girls’ coach Garry Anderson said. “I thought she did
real well. It wasn’t as long as she would have liked but a good one.”

The other record-setter was South Putnam senior Shelby
Johnston, who broke her own record from last year in the 100 hurdles,
running a 16.32. Johnston also won the 300 hurdles in 48.30 and the
long jump with a leap of 15-0.5.

“Shelby is just somebody we can count on in both her hurdles
races. And whether it be high jump or long jump, she’s somebody we can
count on,” South Putnam girls’ coach Kate Atkinson said.

As for the team performances, GHS performed as expected. In the
girls’ meet, Greencastle won with 111 points. South was second at 67.
Cloverdale came in third with 38 and North Putnam was fourth at 21.

On the boys’ side, Greencastle won with a 107. The exciting
race was for second, though. North Putnam edged South Putnam in the
final event to beat them by a single point in the meet, 47-46.
Cloverdale was a close third at 43 points.

The Greencastle girls nine of the 16 events. Laura Weatherford
led the way, with wins in all four of her events. She took the 200
(26.90), the 400 (59.64) and was part of both the 400 and 1,600 relay
teams.

The 400 relay team of Dee Wood, Weatherford, Jamie Patterson
and Laura English won in a time of 49.84. The 1,600 relay team of
Melissa Ball, English, Hannah Serlin and Weatherford ran a 4:19.55.

Anderson was especially excited with the 400, in which Ball was a close second to Weatherford.

“Weatherford and Ball had an outstanding 400. I really liked
that race,” Anderson said. “Laura Weatherford basically had a good
night. She won the 200 and 400 as well as those two relays. I’m pretty
pleased.”

Hannah Serlin picked up a pair of wins for the Cubs, taking the 1,600 in 5:37.76 and the 800 in 2:30.78.

Greencastle’s other two winners were Jamie Patterson in the 100 (13.34) and Megan Walkosak in the pole vault (6-6).

“We had some really, really bright spots and we had some really
puzzling spots,” Anderson said. “But we won the county. It’s hard to
get these kids up meet after meet after meet.”

The coach said he was happy with the championship, but, as his girls know, there is always more work to be done.

“It’s a good for now. As the girls say, they never please me. I
joke with them, ‘When you please me, I’ll be done. You won’t need me,'”
he concluded.

The Tiger Cub boys won 11-of-16 events on their way to the
championship. Coach Mike Schimpf came into this year with a less
experienced squad than in years past. He was happy that his team was up
to the challenge.

“The guys just stepped up and did great. I’m really proud of
the individual performances,” Schimpf said. “They just did really,
really well under some pressure.

“It’s always good to win the county meet,” he continued. “We’ve
got lots of young guys who had no idea what that felt like. They’re
going to get some medals and they’re going to think ‘Wow, that’s
great.’ Hopefully we’ll keep a tradition moving along. They kind of
picked up the torch. I’m proud of them for that.”

Greencastle asserted its dominance in the meet partly by
winning all three relays. The 3,200 relay of Luke Smith, Cameron Cash,
Ryan Gillespie and Kyle Harlan opened the meet with a victory in
9:01.61. The 400 team of Trevor Teal, Steven Miller, Pat Eiteljorge,
and Ashton Marshall won in 45.29.

The 1,600 team of Miller, David Cath, Greg Lilly and Marshall concluded the meet with a 3:41.08.

Greencastle senior Ben Wilson leads the pack into the first turn of the 1,600-meter run. Wilson captured two events on the evening as Greencastle collected 107 points to run away with the county title. [Click to enlarge]

Individually, Lilly, Marshall and Ben Wilson led the way with two wins each.

Lilly took the 110 hurdles in 16.32 and the 400 in 55.05. Marshall
dominated the sprints, winning the 100 in 11.62 and the 200 in 23.87.

Wilson won the 1,600 in 4:51.48 and the 800 in 2:04.72.

In field events, Jordan Hickam won the high jump with a leap of 6-1 and Nick Walkosak won the pole vault at 10-6.

Schimpf is now looking to Friday’s conference meet, where the Tiger Cubs will try to repeat what they did Tuesday.

“We’re looking forward to a good week this week,” he said.
“We’ll have a couple of good practices and get together for a meal
Thursday. Hopefully, we’ll get their heads ready.”

For the South Putnam girls, Johnston was the big headline
maker, but they also got some other nice performances on their way to a
second place finish.

“We set a goal to compete for second, since we finished third
last year. We achieved that. Looking at the points from last year, we
almost doubled our points,” Eagle girls’ coach Kate Atkinson said.

The Eagles opened the running events with a big performance in
the 3,200 relay as the team of Shannon Egold, Lauren Haynes, Amanda
Lund and Rachel Egold ran a 10:32.85 to shatter their own school record
by around 20 seconds. They also won the event by 21 seconds.

Shannon Egold also broke her own school record in the 3,200, running a 12:35.34 on her way to the county championship.

The Eagle’s other win came from Brittany Cox, who threw 95-10 in the discus.

Atkinson wanted to especially highlight the performance of her middle and long distance runners.

“Coach Jim Helsley has done an amazing job with our mid and
long distance. It’s a group that I’ve turned over to him,” Atkinson
said. “Their performances between this year and last year are night and
day. They’ve been working hard and I think it’s showing.”

At this point, the coach is just happy to have her team performing well at the right time of the season.

“We’re excited about conference and sectional. We seem to be peaking at the right time,” Atkinson concluded.

The night was a bit more disappointing for the South boys.
Although coach Carl Coons was happy with his team, he was disappointed
with letting second place slip away in the final event.

“North Putnam got us there on the last event. It’s a sickening
feeling when that happens, but it does happen. That’s the way this
game’s played. There’s nothing we can do about it,” Coons said.

However, the night had its good points for the Cougars. Adam Masters provided the only win on the night, throwing 128-8.5.

Coons was also happy with his 3,200 relay team, which cut a huge amount of time.

“We started out with our 4×800 relay team. They got second place and knocked 22 seconds off their best time,” the coach said.

Overall, he thought he had athletes step up where he needed them across the board.

“We just had kids who did what they needed to do tonight.
Whether it was in the high jump or the pole vault or a running event,
they did what they could do,” Coons said. “I really appreciate the
effort they put forth and what they did.”

Cloverdale collected three wins on the night. Brynlea Mattocks
won the high jump (5-2) for the third-place girls. Nick Keefer took the
300 hurdles (42.78) and Raine Young won the long jump (20-7.75) for the
boys.

“We had a couple of county champs, so that’s exciting,” coach
Kristen Crabree said. “We had quite a few kids get their personal bests
tonight, so that’s always good.”

With her kids improving right now, Crabtree is beginning to look toward conference and sectional.

“We’re excited about Friday. We know some things we need to work
on from tonight to get us ready for conference,” she said. “There was
definitely some good and bad for tonight, so we know right where we
need to be for Friday night. Hopefully we’ll get more personal bests
and a couple more champions.

“With people getting their personal best every meet, that just
gets me more excited about what we can do when it comes sectional time
next week,” she concluded.

The meet was a mixed batch for North Putnam, as the boys took
second and the girls finished fourth. Coach Kevin Lutes was pleased
with his kids’ effort, all around.

“I was very pleased with the effort for the boys and girls,”
Lutes said. “They went out, and a lot of kids (set personal bests)
again. You want to see, as a coach, them getting better with each try.
People were racing tonight.”

Kenny Quisenberry won the 3,200 for the Cougars with a 11:09.47. Josh Keyt won the shot put with a throw of 42-8.

“Our throwers performed very well tonight, especially on the
boys’ side. Keyt won the shot put and was second in discus by just a
few inches. Hopefully he can progress through that, and Seth Vondersaar
as well.”

Like everyone else, Lutes is just focused on improvement now.

“Hopefully we can just keep cutting time and adding distance,” he concluded.

All four team will be back at South Putnam for the WCC meet at 5 p.m. Friday.

At South Putnam

Putnam County Track Meet

Girls’ Results

Greencastle 111, South Putnam 67, Cloverdale 38, North Putnam 22

3,200 relay — 1. SP (S. Egold, Haynes, Lund, R. Egold)
10:32.85, 2. GHS (Serlin, Wood, Martinez, Culler) 10:53.78, 3. CHS
(Lewis, Lyons, Williams, Bettis) 12:05.94, 4. NP (High, Small,
McGaughey, Robinson) 13:54

100 H — 1. Johnston (SP) 16:32*, 2. Koosman (CHS) 17.49, 3.
Mattocks (CHS) 17.73, 4. Soster (GHS) 18.37, 5. Good (GHS) 18.83, Mimms
(NP) 19.83

100 — 1. Patterson (GHS) 13.34, 2. D. Wood (GHS) 13.39, 3.
Butts (SP) 14.45, 4. Brock (NP) 14.48, 5. Gibson (SP) 15.45, 6. Pina
(CHS) 15.71, 7. Hodgkiss (CHS) 16.56

400 relay — 1. GHS (Weatherford, Wood, English, Patterson)
49.84, 2. NP (Stinson, Brock, McGaughey, Mimms) 55.78, 3. CHS
(Rightmyer, Pina, McCammon, Hodgkiss) 58.61, 4. SP (Gibson, Daniels,
Douglas, Butts) 1:18

400 — 1. Weatherford (GHS) 59.4, 2. Ball (GHS) 49.54, 3.
Koosman (CHS) 49.84, 4. Good (GHS) 53.77, 5. McCammon (CHS) 57.28, 6.
Mimms (NP) 59.18, 7. Daniels (SP) 1:03.12

800 — 1. Serlin (GHS) 2:30.78, 2. Martinez (GHS) 2:39.89, 3.
R. Egold (SP) 2:48..40, 4. Stephenson (NP) 2:52.97, 5. Hughes (SP)
2:57.74, 6. Small (NP) 3:01.38, 7. Williams (CHS) 3:18.86, 8. Robinson
(CHS) 3:26.74

200 — 1. Weatherford (GHS) 26.90, 2. Wood (GHS) 28.41, 3.
Brock (NP) 29.94, 4. Rightmyer (CHS) 30.61, 5. Butts (NP) 31.64, 6.
Stinson (NP) 32.01, Pina (CHS) 32.38, 8. Franklin (SP) 22.58

3,200 — 1. Egold (SP) 12:35.34, 2. Murtagh (GHS) 13:17.47, 3.
Lund (SP) 13:18.03, 4. Culler (GHS) 13:23.22, 5. Lewis (CHS) 13:52, 6.
Lyons (CHS) 14:06.81, 7. High (NP) 14:34.60

1,600 relay — 1. GHS (Ball, Serlin, English, Weatherford)
4:19.55, 2. CHS (Bettis, Mattocks, Koosman, Pina) 4:39.24, 3. NP
(McGaughey, Brock, Buchanan, Stinson) 4:51.15, 4. SP (Haynes, Franklin,
Zimmerman, R. Egold) 4:53.28

Long jump — 1. Johnston (SP) 15-00.5, 2. English (GHS)
14-05.5, 3. Norlin (GHS) 14-05, 4. Butts (SP) 14-02.5, 5. Rightmyer
(CHS) 13-02.5, 6. Robinson (NP) 11-09.75, 7. Lewis (CHS) 11-05

High Jump — 1. Mattocks (CHS) 5-02, 2. Johnston (SP) 5, 3.
Koosman (CHS) 4-11, 4. Good (GHS) 4-08, 5. Preecs (NP) 4-08, 6. Coffin
(GHS) 4-04, 7. Robison (NP) 4-02, 7. Russel (SP) 4-02

Discus — 1. Cox (SP) 95-10, 2. Collins (GHS) 89-03, 3. Deer
(GHS) 84-07, 4. Cheatham (CHS) 83-01, 5. Leroy (SP) 72-08.5, 6. Preecs
(NP) 64-07, 7. Denny (NP) 63-05, 8. Williams (CHS) 44-01

Shot Put — 1. Gannaway (GHS) 37-11*, 2. Williams (GHS) 35-05,
3. Cheatham (CHS) 35-03.25, 4. C. Preecs (NP) 29-07, 5. Searles (SP)
28-11, 6. M. Preecs 27-08.25, 7. Hacker (SP) 26-09

Pole Vault — 1. Walkasak (GHS) 6-06, 2. Franklin (SP) 6

Boys Results

Greencastle 107, North Putnam 47, South Putnam 46, Cloverdale 43

3,200 relay — 1. GHS (Smith, Gillespie, Cash, Harlan) 9:01.61,
2. SP (Weaver, Hayes, Heavin, Toland) 9:13.90, 3. CHS (Stout, Clark,
Green, Bain) 10:03.66

110 H — 1. Lilly (GHS) 16.32, 2. Keefer (CHS) 16.95, 3. Deer
(GHS) 17.89, 4. Mason (NP) 18.16, 5. Smiley (SP) 18.66, 6. Fidler (CHS)
19.29, 7. Williams (SP) 19.31

100 — 1 Marshall (GHS) 11.62, 2. Ban (NP) 11.65, 3. Miller
(GHS) 11.85, 4. Couse (CHS) 12.19, 5. Boller (CHS) 12.20, 6. Parker
(SP) 12.39, 7. Nelson (SP) 12.42

1,600 — 1. Wilson (GHS) 4:51.48, 2. Quisenberry (NP) 4:57.35,
3. Heavin (SP) 5:06.49, 4. Gillespie (GHS) 5:07.43, 5. Fidler (CHS)
5:32.72, 6. Clark (CHS) 5:37.08

400 relay — 1. GHS (Teal, Eiteljorge, Miller, Marshall) 45.29,
2. CHS (Boller, Gray, Couse, Young) 46.12, 3. NP (Mason, Ryu, Everts,
Ban) 47.12, 4. SP (Smiley, Nelson, Parker, Cook) 48.15

400 — 1. Lilly (GHS) 55.05, 2. Payne (GHS) 55.15, 3. Bowen
(SP) 56.42, 4. Toland (SP) 57.45, 5. Couse (CHS) 58.75, 6. Ryu (NP)
59.99, 7. Breen (NP) 1:01.29

300 H — 1. Keefer (CHS) 42.78, 2. Mason (NP) 43.38, 3. Deer
(GHS) 43.81, 4. Cath (GHS) 44.44, 5. Smiley (SP) 45.14, 6. Everts (NP)
48.49, 7. Fidler (CHS) 51.10, 8. Williams (SP) 51.98

800 — 1. Wilson (GHS) 2:04.72, 2. McLaughlin (NP) 2:11.29, 3.
Weaver (SP) 2:14.63, 4. Harlan (GHS) 2:16.56, 5. Dean (CHS) 2:18.77, 6.
Paul (NP) 2:20.80, 7. Green (CHS) 2:22.77, 8. Hayes (SP) 2:40.15

200 — 1. Marshall (GHS) 23.87, 2. Miller (GHS) 24.38, 3.
Boller (CHS) 24.92, 4. Parker (SP) 26.11, 5. Nelson (SP) 26.14, 6.
Breen (NP) 27.91, 7. Mader (CHS) 27.95, 8. McGaughey (NP) 27.98

3,200 — 1. Quisenberry (NP) 11:09.47, 2. Gillespie (GHS
11:17.72, 3. Heavin (SP) 11:33.50, 4. Cash (GHS) 11:51.65, 5. Dean
(CHS) 12:00.31, 6. Clark (CHS) 12:38.79, 7. Kelly (SP) 12:58.81

1,600 relay — GHS (Miller, Lilly, Cath, Marshall) 3:41.08, 2.
CHS (Gray, Young, Keefer, Couse) 3:43.08, 3. NP (Ryu, Mason, Ban,
McLaughlin) 3:44.88, 4. SP (Bowen, Toland, Weaver, Gould) 3:52.79

Long Jump — 1. Young (CHS) 20-07.75, 2. Ban (NP) 20-07, 3.
Hickam (GHS) 20-04, 4. Payne (GHS) 18-11, 5. Keefer (CHS) 18-10, 6. Ryu
(NP) 17-01.5, 7. McKinney (SP) 15-01.5

High Jump — 1. Hickam (GHS) 6-01, 2. Young (CHS) 6, 3. Lewis
(GHS) 5-10, 4. Miliano (SP) 5-08, 5. Smiley (SP) 5-08, 6. Adams (NP)
5-08

Discus — 1. Masters (SP) 128-08.5, 2. Keyt (NP) 128-03, 3.
Vondersaar (NP) 114-05, 4. Moore (CHS) 102-11.5, 5. Harrison (GHS)
99-03.5, 6. Davis (CHS) 88-00.5, 7. Walker (GHS) 84-00.5, 8. Gould (SP)
82-10

Shot Put — 1. Keyt (NP) 42-08, 2. Masters (SP) 42-03, 3. Frame
(SP) 40-01, 4. Vondersaar (NP) 39-10.5, 5. Harrison (GHS) 36-10.5, 6.
Swenson (CHS) 35-08.5, 7. Moore (CHS) 35-07, 8. Guffey (GHS) 34.-01.5

Pole Vault — Walkosak (GHS) 10-06, 2. Nelson (SP) 9-06, 3. McKinney (SP) 9, 4. Barger (GHS) 8-06

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BAINBRIDGE — With its 16-7 drumming of Monrovia Tuesday night, North
Putnam clinched their fourth straight West Central Conference title.

The Cougars got behind early, trailing 4-3 after two innings but
two runs in the third and a monster three-inning stretch to end the
game lifted the Cougars to victory.

Kyle Rooker again led North Putnam at the plate, going 4-for-4
with two doubles and two triples. Rooker’s mitt also made an impact on
the game, as he made some impressive defensive plays in the field.

“Rooker played one of the best games I’ve seen,” North Putnam
head coach Norm Fish said. “Two of his extra base hits, he stretched
with his hustle.”

North Putnam’s other two senior veterans J.T. Francies and
Jordan Berry came up big. Francies was 4-for-5 at the plate, while
Berry was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

“The three seniors stepped up and took care of business,” Fish
commented. “This conference title belongs to them. That’s just fitting
for them to go 4-0 in conference championships.”

Kyle Alcorn also wielded a hot bat, going 3-for-5 with two
doubles and Griffen Dahlstrom was 3-for-3 and added a double of his
own.

With the conference title in hand and the Putnam County
Championship their next game, Fish thinks his boys are in a good place
right now. Spring has finally delivered some beautiful weather and Fish
and his crew are planning on taking full advantage of it.

“It’s a fun time to be playing baseball,” he mused.

North Putnam will compete in the Putnam County Championship at Greencastle with a 10 a.m. start time.

At North Putnam

Monrovia 040 100 0 — 7 10 2

North Putnam 302 515 — 16 16 1

WP — Berry

3B — Rooker 2

2B — Rooker 2, Alcorn 2, Dahlstrom

Next game — North Putnam will compete in the Putnam County Championship at Greencastle with a 10 a.m. start time.

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The North Putnam softball team picked up a 3-1 win over Monrovia at home Tuesday.

The Cougars recorded four hits on the night. Taylor Judy, Dakota
Malayer, Leah Crosby and Ashley Curry accounted for North’s hits.

“We stranded some runners tonight. It’s something we haven’t
been doing. I think we were a little out of sync tonight,” North Putnam
head coach Jim Brothers said.

Judy continued her strong season for North Putnam Tuesday
night. Brothers commented on his freshman’s game and was pleased with
the way she never let the Bulldogs get comfortable around the plate.

“Taylor pitched a good game. She had one run on three hits and
13 strikeouts. She kept them off-balance, she pitched a really good
ball game again,” Brothers commented.

The Cougars’ season has been marked with close game after close
game and Tuesday was no exception. Early in the season, the Cougars
were on the wrong side of those close contests but lately they seem to
have found a way to win.

“We’re used to those (close games). Hopefully all those close
loses will pay dividends for us done the stretch,” Brothers commented.

North Putnam will travel to Owen Valley for a 5 p.m. start Thursday.

At North Putnam

Monrovia 000 000 1 — 1 3 0

North Putnam 012 000 x — 3 4 0

WP — Judy

LP — C. Hadley

Next game — North Putnam will travel to Owen Valley for a 4:30 p.m. start Thursday.

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The North Putnam golf team defeated Danville 159-181 on the road Monday night.

Freshman Aaron Vondersaar led the Cougars with a medalist worthy 37. He
was followed by Patrick Byrd with a 39, J.J. Burns with a 40 and Jeremy
Redman with a 43. Austin Malayer rounded out the varsity scoring with a
44.

“It was nice to play a nice course with very agreeable weather,” North Putnam head coach David Fox said.

With the county and conference matches coming fast, Fox feels his team needs a little more work on the greens.

“We are still adjusting to fast, hard greens. Hopefully we will
be ready for the upcoming county and conference matches,” Fox
commented.

North Putnam will compete in the Putnam County match at Clover Meadow starting at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

At Twin Bridges G.C.

North Putnam 159, Danville 181

Medalist — Vondersaar (NP) 37.

North Putnam — Vondersaar 37, Byrd 39, Burns 40, Redman 43, Malayer 44.

Danville — Scott 42, Roberts 44, Gregory 47, Jones 48, Meakley 52.

Next match — North Putnam will compete in the Putnam County match at Clover Meadow starting at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

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By CAINE GARDNER, Sports Writer

The South Putnam Eagles softball squad capitalized on a four-run first
inning to take the lead in West Central Conference play. The Eagles
defeated Greencastle 5-2 to move past the Tiger Cubs for sole
possession of the conference lead.

South Putnam’s Meghan Canary sends a ball up the middle in Monday’s 5-2 win over Greencastle. [Click to enlarge]

The first inning was one to forget if you
were a Tiger Cub. GHS allowed four runs and committed two costly errors
to start the contest.

“I thought we were ready to play but I guess we weren’t,” GHS
head coach Dave Keller said following the contest. “We threw the ball
into center field on a ground ball to second and they scored four runs
on us in the first inning. We got ourselves in a hole and we felt like
we couldn’t get out of it.”

After the first inning, the teams played evenly, with GHS outscoring South 2-1. But the damage had been done.

“I’m proud of the girls. They stayed in there; they fought and battled,” Canary said.

In the second inning, both Greencastle and South Putnam put together some impressive defensive moments.

As the Eagles’ Allysia Lollar tore off first in an attempt to
steal second, Tiger Cub catcher Cassie Alspaugh came up throwing. She
laid the ball in front of second base, where a sliding Hannah Spencer
caught it to send Lollar to the dugout.

Not to be outdone, South Putnam’s Bailey Birt caught a laser
shot off the bat of Jordyn Lewis and spun to tag out Briana Baker to
end the inning.

Greencastle continued to threaten throughout the game, which
resulted in the Tiger Cubs leaving 10 batters stranded. Greencastle has
struggled off and on during the season and Keller hopes his team
continues what they do best.

GHS junior Cassie Alspaugh looks to the dugout during Monday’s contest with South?Putnam. Alspaugh helped lead the Tiger Cubs, going 2-for-4 with two singles, but GHS lost the contest 5-2. [Click to enlarge]

“We’ve not hit the ball well all year,” Keller commented. “We’re not a
great hitting team; we rely on our defense and pitching. When our
defense let’s us down, like it did in the first inning, we have a tough
time.

“We had a lot of opportunities but we couldn’t get anybody to
put a bat on the ball with runners in scoring position,” Keller said.

The Eagles played strong throughout the game, with their only
stumble coming in the fifth inning. Although they allowed runs in the
fourth and sixth innings, the fifth was were they showed what they are
made of.

Starting pitcher Samantha Tomasino allowed a walk and began to
struggle with pitch location. Instead of pulling her ace, Canary
gathered the infielders at the mound and surveyed the situation.

“I talked to her and talked to the catcher,” Canary explained.
“If she got in more trouble, we were going to do the switch earlier.
She’s tough. She gets frustrated but she also gets determined as well.
I was proud of her.”

Greencastle was led by Alspaugh who went 2-for-4 with two singles and pitcher Briana Baker with a double and two RBIs.

For South Putnam, Krystal Welch was 3-for-3 with three singles,
while Oceaia Boetjer was 2-for-3 with one RBI. Tomasino also wielded a
big bat, going 2-for-3 with a double two RBIs.

The Eagles and Tiger Cubs will tangled again tonight with the fate of the WCC possible at stake.

“We’ll come back and be ready to play tomorrow,” Keller said.

Canary knew that the Tiger Cub squad her Eagles faced Monday would be ready to play tonight’s ballgame.

“They’re a good team,” she said. “It not going to be the same game tomorrow night — it will be a whole new ballgame.”

When asked if she would possibly switch up her gameplan for tonight’s matchup, she responded with a quick smile.

“Depending on the situation, yeah…I’m not giving my secrets away,” Canary joked.

South Putnam and Greencastle will battled again today at Greencastle with a 5 p.m. start.

At South Putnam

Greencastle 000 101 0 — 2 6 4

South Putnam 400 100 x — 5 9 2

WP — Tomasino

LP — Baker

2B — Baker (GHS); Tomasino (SP)

Next game — South Putnam and Greencastle will battle again today at Greencastle with a 5 p.m. start. 

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MONROVIA — After a couple of losses last week, the North Putnam
baseball team got just what it need Monday night with a 16-1 win in
five innings at Monrovia.

“We had two losses last week and they needed to get back. They responded well,” Cougar coach Norm Fish said.

With the win, North Putnam (14-4, 9-2 WCC) moves back into sole possession of the WCC lead.

Griffen Dahlstrom led a home run-filled North attack, going
2-for-2 with two home runs and three RBIs. Kyle Rooker was 1-for-2 with
a homer, bringing his season total to 10 long balls.

Sophomore Brock Jones was 3-for-4 with a home run, two double
and five RBIs. Freshman Tyler Watson was 3-for-3 with a home run and
two RBIs.

Jordan Berry picked up the win for NP, allowing a run on one hit and one walk. He struck out 10 batters.

Watson pitched the fifth, striking out three of the four batters he faced.

Fish said he was happy to see Dahstrom and Jones hitting well as well as seeing Rooker continue to swing the bat well.

The Cougars committed one error on the night, leaving the coach desiring at least one other goal for this year.

“Our goal is still to have an error-free game,” Fish said.

The coach went on to say that his team cannot take Monrovia lightly when they face off again tonight.

At Monrovia

North Putnam 204 63 — 16 12 1

Monrovia 100 00 — 1 1 2

Berry, Watson (5) and Dahlstrom; Speck, Smith (5) and Spears.

WP — Berry.

LP — Speck.

HR — Dahlstrom 2, Jones, Watson, Rooker.

Next game — North Putnam (14-4, 9-2 WCC) hosts Monrovia at 5 p.m. today.

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