IHSAA BOYS SOCCER REGIONAL
Athenians fall in championship
Crawfordsville dropped the championship game of the 3A Danville Sectional on Saturday. The Athenians were defeated 2-1 to the host Warriors.
Both teams scored one goal in the second half after Danville led 1-0 at the break.
Crawfordsville did not report their player statistics.
The Athenians finish their season with a 15-4 record including a second place Monon Athletic Conference record of 6-1.
MAC CROSS COUNTRY
Cascade wins both meets
County boys and girls cross country teams participated in the Monon Athletic Conference Championship at Cascade. The host Cadets won both the girls and boys meets.
Montgomery County had several runners finding success in the meet.
Leading the way for the county boys was Crawfordsville’s Josh Inskeep. The senior placed second out of 76 runners. Inskeep’s time was 16:53.8.
North Montgomery boys had two top 10 finishers. Junior Drew Dark (17:04.5) placed fifth and sophomore Cooper Stephens (17:08.5) finished sixth.
Senior Trent Reeves (17:21.3) from Southmont placed seventh.
Other top-20 finishers from Montgomery County were 16th Elliott Azamar (CHS 18:10.9), 18th Jackson Hill (CHS 18:34.9), 19th Lukas Fowler (NMHS 18:36.9) and 20th Ethan King (NMHS 18:38.4).
Cascade’s Kelton VanEhrenkrook won the boys’ race with a time of 15:54.4.
Boys team scores were Cascade 51, Frankfort 74, Western Boone 80, North Montgomery 84, Crawfordsville 89, Southmont 126, North Putnam 166 and Greencastle with an incomplete team.
In the girls’ race, Crawfordsville junior Alea Seward placed second out of 55 runners. Seward’s time was 20:34.8. Her sister, Ella Seward (21.33.9), placed eighth.
Southmont’s Hayleigh Boots (20:54.0) finished in fourth place.
North Montgomery senior Sarah Hopper ran the course in 20:54.8 which was good for fifth place.
Other Montgomery County top-20 finishers were 15th Sarah Kunz (NMHS 23.02.8) and 19th Kendra McClamroch (NMHS 23:10.3).
North Putnam freshman Chanlie Busch (19:30.9) was the girls’ champion.
Girls team scores were Cascade 61, North Putnam 63, Crawfordsville 89, North Montgomery 96, Western Boone 115, Frankfort 123, Southmont 138, Greencastle 168.
Next for the county cross country teams will be Saturday’s IHSAA Sectional at Harrison High School. Fountain Central teams will also compete at the Harrison Sectional.
Earning boys all-conference awards from Montgomery County were Inskeep, Dark, Stephens and Reeves.
Montgomery County girls earning all-conference were Alea Seward, Boots, Hopper and Ella Seward
VOLLEYBALL
Charger Invitational results
North Montgomery played host Saturday to an eight-team invitational. Both the Chargers and Southmont participated in the tournament along with Wabash, Parke Heritage, Monrovia, North Putnam, Seeger and Speedway.
The Chargers beat Speedway 2-0 followed by three straight losses to Monrovia (1-2), Parke Heritage (0-2) and Wabash (1-2).
Southmont won all four of the games by sweeping the opponents. The Mounties defeated Seeger (2-0), Wabash (2-0), Wabash (2-0) and Monrovia (2-0).
North Montgomery (12-15) will play in the 3A IHSAA Crawfordsville Sectional at 7:45 p.m. Thursday against Danville (15-15).
Southmont will host Sectional No. 41. The Mounties will play North Putnam (15-15) at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
