Baseball
Motz inks first win at helm of Cville baseball
Crawfordsville took an early lead and never looked back to down Seeger 5-2 in baseball on Wednesday night — giving first-year coach Brett Motz, who took over for hall of fame coach John Froedge, his first win as the Athenians skipper.
“There’s no question it feels good now,” Motz said. “Obviously I have so much respect for coach Froedge and what he’s done for the Crawfordsville baseball program, and feel humbled and honored and blessed to be in this position to be able to carry on and do my best to carry on the tradition of Crawfordsville baseball. It’s great having a group of guys to coach — I think they were more excited for me than I was.”
Zach Fichter and Henry Taylor each delivered RBI doubles to give Crawfordsville a 2-0 lead after an inning.
“Offensively, every game situation that we’ve had, we’ve had improvements in being more aggressive in our offensive mindset. The first inning we had guys taking great swings,” Motz said.
The offense was offset by a dominating pitching performance from Cale Coursey. The sophomore struck-out 11 in five innings, allowing just one run.
“There’s no question that Cale setting the tone in the opening frame and just attacking their hitters and hitting spots and at the same time being aggressive in the zone,” Motz said.
Crawfordsville hosts Portage, Michigan on Friday.
Tennis
Mounties win thriller of Mavs
Southmont freshman Hanna Long delivered Southmont girls tennis a season-opening win with a three-set win at No. 2 singles. The Mounties defeated McCutcheon 3-2 on Wednesday night.
Long won 6-4, 4-6, 7-5. Southmont also swept the two doubles positions. Megan Scheidler and Madison Murphy teamed up to win 6-4, 6-3 at No. 1 doubles, while Marley Jones and Dori Frederick won 7-6, 6-4 at No. 2 doubles. Mallory Murphy fell 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1 singles, while Bailey Barker lost 6-3, 6-3 in the No. 3 position.
Chargers fall to Raiders
The North Montgomery girls tennis team dropped its season opener 4-1 at Harrison on Wednesday night.
Carli Desmet picked up the lone win for the Chargers at No. 3 singles, defeating Melannie Madson 6-1, 7-5.
Kaitlyn Greenlee lost to Emma Gu 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles, while Joy Davis fell 6-0, 6-1 to Wesley Bradley at No. 2 singles.
The team of Sydnee Turner and Allison Guard lost 6-0, 6-1 to Katie Irr and Sneha Makihandan at No. 1 doubles, while Courtney Engles and Paige Hudson lost 6-0, 6-0 to Hannah Koutsouros and Maddie Ross at No. 2 doubles.
Softball
Chargers fall in season opener
The North Montgomery softball team lost its season opener 20-0 to Clinton Prairie on Wednesday.
Mallory Morehouse and Grace Gastineau had the lone two Charger hits.
