BY TRAVIS DAVID
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BASEBALL
SULLIVAN 1, Riverton Parke 0: After being limited to just one run in three straight losses, it was the Golden Arrows’ pitching staff’s turn to be dominant. Sophomore’s Ty Hamilton and Jaden Norris combined for 14 punchouts while allowing just three hits in Friday’s shutout.
Hamilton pitched into the sixth inning and fanned 12 batters before Norris earned the save by striking out the only two batters he faced.
Sullivan scored the only tally of the game in the home half of the third inning. Marcus Roshel worked a lead-off walk, stole second base on an 0-2 pitch and raced to third on the same play. The senior scampered home on the next pitch on a sacrifice fly by Isaak Osborne.
Hamilton and Norris did the rest for the win.
Roshel, one of a handful of seniors honored before the game on senior night, added a single and swiped two bases in the win.
Hunter Mason collected the Arrows’ only other base hit of the game.
Mason also collected two doubles in Sullivan’s 2-0 win over Owen Valley on Thursday night. The freshman leads the team in hitting on the season, batting .375 and also has a team-best 16 RBI.
In the shutout over the Patriots, Will Brooks collected the win. The southpaw tossed the first five innings, allowing just three hits and fanned four batters.
Norris recorded the final six outs for the save. The powerful right-hander recorded five strikeouts.
Hamilton added two hits in the win while senior Ben McKinley recorded an RBI groundout.
Sullivan takes an 11-13 record into Monday’s regular season finale against county rival North Central.
SHAKAMAK 5, Linton-Stockton 1: Jaxon Cox matched his season-high of 11 strikeouts in the complete-game win over the Miners on Thursday.
Cox allowed just three hits as the Lakers picked up their sixth straight win.
Offensively, lead-off hitter Jaden Johnson collected three hits, scored a run and knocked home a run. Younger brother Jalen added two hits and scored a run out of the No. 8 hole in the Lakers’ lineup.
Shakamak entered the home half of the sixth inning leading 3-1 before adding two insurance runs. Madden Husband scored on a wild pitch before Jaden Johnson drove in his brother with a single.
Linden Jenkins added a double in the win while Owen Cox, Ian Samm and Dolton Fiscus all recorded singles.
Shakamak (16-7) wraps up the regular season at West Vigo on Monday.
SOFTBALL
NORTH CENTRAL 6, Shakamak 5: The Ladybirds scored three runs in the last of the seventh inning for the walk-off win on Thursday.
Shelby Seay pulled North Central to within 5-4 with a one-out RBI single, scoring Olivia Rehmel. Following a single by Emmy Woodruff, which loaded the bases, Brynley Grabbe raced home for the tying run on a wild pitch. Mykenzie Wence followed with the walk-off sacrifice fly, scoring Seay from third.
The Lakers broke a 3-all tie with two runs in the top of the seventh.
Freshman Mattilyn Hill gave the visitors a 4-3 lead with an RBI groundout, scoring Adelyse Varner before Ayanna Clark doubled home Madelyn Kinnett for a 5-3 lead.
Hayden Crooks started the Ladybirds’ rally in the last of the seventh with a single.
Seay paced the North Central offense with two hits and scored two runs while adding three stolen bases.
Lilli Gaines and Rehmel added a hit and RBI apiece in the win.
Clark led the Lakers at the plate with two hits and three RBI.
North Central wrapped up the regular season with a 14-8 record, while the Lakers head into the postseason with an 8-15 mark.
NORTH KNOX 14, Wood Memorial 6: Three was a lucky number for the Lady Warriors Thursday evening. The Warriors scored three runs in three straight innings to lead the way to the Blue Chip Conference win.
Delani Pryor pulled the Warriors to within 5-4 in the third inning before Graci LeRoy scored the tying run on a wild pitch. Reagan Jones broke the tie with an RBI groundout, capping the Warriors’ second-straight three-run frame.
Malli Lyons gave NK a 7-5 lead with an RBI groundout in the fourth. Following a wild pitch that brought home Mattilynn Ashley, LeRoy capped the 3-run fourth with an RBI single.
North Knox put the game away with a five-spot in the sixth. LeRoy scored two with a double, while Jones, Baylee McClure and Lyons followed with RBI singles.
LeRoy (3), Jonna Myers (2) and Javen Miller (2) combined for seven of the Lady Warriors’ 14 hits.
North Knox also picked up a 5-3 conference win over Barr-Reeve on Thursday.
Sophomore Ellie Allen recorded three hits, including a 3-run home run in the fourth inning which broke a 1-all tie. The long ball was the second of the season for the sophomore.
Pryor added two hits and drove in two runs, while Ally Crist wrapped out three hits.
Crist also went the distance in the circle for her second win on the day.
The Lady Warriors head into postseason play with a 12-8 record.
BOYS GOLF
Northview 139, Greencastle 148, Sullivan 179: Despite coming up short, the Arrows carded their 9-hole, season-best score on Thursday.
Senior Hunter Pirtle also posted his best 9-hole score of the year, leading the Arrows with a round of 38 at the Forest Park GC.
Eli VanNess was second on the Arrows with a 44 while Cash Murdock and Xander Ferro rounded out the scoring with scores of 47 and 50, respectively.
Northview’s Lane Notter was medalist of the match with a 2-under Par 33.
BOYS TRACK
North Knox senior R.J. Kaetzle was the lone Warrior to advance to the regional during Thursday’s Princeton Community Sectional.
Kaetzel secured his spot in the Evansville Regional by placing third in the 200 meters. The senior posted a personal-best time of 23.84.
He entered the sectional seeded No. 8.
“To see him put in so much work and get the reap of the benefits of what he’s sewn fills me with tremendous pride,” Warriors’ coach Dylan Hagemeier said of his senior. “It’s kind of like Lightning McQueen in Cars 3 with how the old vet (Kaetzel) preserved to stay relevant and competitive amongst young, fast competition.”
Kaetzel also posted a PR in the 100 with a time of 11.82 but did not place in the event.
Logan Fourman also set a personal record for the Warriors in the 300 hurdles. Fourman’s time of 45.12 was good enough for seventh overall.
The boys regional will take place on Thursday at Evansville Central.
