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TAFF REPORTS NORTH VERNON Although his Jennings County boys tennis team has won four of its first five matches, Deron Brown calls his Panthers a pretty Jennings improved to that mark Thursday with a 4-1 Hoosier Hills Conference victory over Seymour. The lone loss this season has come against New Albany. is a good Brown said. out of five is pretty strong, but not real satisfied with particular points throughout each match. had good points, and had bad That was the case Thursday.

Aside from Bryson 6-0, 6-0 win over Alex Craig at No. 1 singles, the other four matches were competitive. spots, we played pretty Brown said. were some consistency issues, which had consistency issues throughout. But for the most part, I see them improving, so Evan Land downed Ben Coomer 6-3, 6-4 at No.

2 singles, and Tod Brown pulled out a 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 victory over Josiah Rudge at No. 3 singles. Owen Land and Adam Jackson beat John Kleber and Brady Rinehart 6-3, 6-3 at No. 2 doubles. Mills at 1 and No.

2 Evan Land played pretty well, and I believe the No. 2 doubles played pretty Deron Brown said. the most part, I think all of them played pretty well at times, but 1 and 2 (singles) are really the ones that shined the Andrew Rudge and Seth Stuckwisch gave the Owls (06) their lone point with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Tyler Clerkin and Colton Pifer. fought pretty Seymour coach Brad Emerson said. have a real young team.

Jennings County is a good, athletic team, and we have some good athletes, too. We just have a lot of experience. growing as a team, and improving each match as the season goes Olympians blank Cubs MADISON Columbus East won in straight sets at all five positions Thursday in a 5-0 Hoosier Hills Conference win over Madison. Seth Meyer rolled 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles, Jonathan James won 6-2, 6-0 win at No.

2 single, and Will Voils cruised 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles. In doubles action, the No. 1 tandem of Matt Fuehne and Alex Pegram rolled 6-0, 6-0, while the No. 2 duo of Jo Jo Woolwine and Naveen Menon won 6-1, 6-1.

Cougars edge Bull Dogs BLOOMINGTON Bloomington North pulled out a three-set win at No. 1 doubles to hand Columbus North a 3-2 Conference Indiana loss. Krishan Narsinghani won 6-1, 6-3 at No. 3 singles, and Kamal Maharjan and Pascal Lee prevailed 7-6 (7-3, 6-1) at No. 2 doubles.

Raul Jha fell 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles, Anthony Sanders lost 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 singles and Ernest Xi and Luke Red fell 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 at No. 1 doubles. Jets fall to Royals HOPE Andrew Brod won 6-1, 6-1 at No.

2 singles Thursday, but that was lone point in a 4-1 loss to Eastern Hancock. Josh Eliot fell 6-4, 6-4 at No. 1 singles, and Avery Tallent lost 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 at No. 3 singles for the Jets (0-2). Kyle and Joel Benedict fell 6-3, 6-3 at No.

1 doubles, and Alex Saylor and Zane Urbons lost 6-4, 6-4 at No. 2 doubles. Stars clip Eagles Brown Duncan Ricci won 6-4, 6-4 at No. 1 singles Thursday, but the Eagles fell 4-1 to Bedford North Lawrence. Nate Miller lost 6-3, 6-3 at No.

2 singles, and Shane Franklin fell 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 at No. 3 singles. Bryce Fish and Evan Rose lost 6-1, 7-6 (7-3) at No. 1 doubles, and Brady Rose and Dakota Patterson fell 6-4, 6-0 at No. 2 doubles.

BOYS SOCCER kick Cougars Mitch Tabler scored a goal and had a pair of assists to help Columbus East beat Bloomington North 3-1 Thursday. Colin Singer and Cameron Layman each scored a goal for the Olympians (4-1). Drew Herron added an assist and J.B. Baxter recorded seven saves. Jets tie Panthers Hauser battled Knightstown to a 1-1 tie Thursday with Lee Hamilton scoring the goal.

Nick Johnson posted 14 saves in goal. Eagles score shutout SHELBYVILLE Colin Graeber and Stephen Kakavecos each scored two goals, and Reid Johnson recorded nine saves to help Brown County to a 5-0 win over Southwestern Thursday. Isaac Gluesenkamp also had a goal for the Eagles (20-1). Bryce Gray, Clay Kinnck and Spencer Carpenter all added an assist. GIRLS GOLF Bull Dogs rout Golden Bears Emily Morris carded a 42 to win medalist honors and lead Columbus North to a 189-248 win over Shelbyville Thursday at Harrison Lake.

Sydney Anderson added a 46 for the Bull Dogs. Morgan Deis added a 50, while Sam McQueen shot 51 and Lauren Backmeyer had a 53. Eagles improve in loss NASHVILLE Brown County improved by 35 shots over its home season opener but fell to Indian Creek 189-254 Thursday at Salt Creek. Mary Kate McCann paced the Eagles with a 57. Josie Gray carded a 63, while Mattie Lucas and Shannon Walters shot 66 and 68, respectively.

Chargers take third GREENSBURG Host Greensburg won a tri match with a 197 Thursday. South Dearborn finished second with a 206, and North Decatur was third with a 211. Ella Wetshafer and Hayley Williams each shot 48 to lead the Pirates. Erin Schafer paced the Chargers with a 47, while Kyra Spears added a 53. Nicole Scott 55, Alexondra Acton 56, Kerigan Wesseler 60 and Hailey Ash 63.

Panthers win tri match FLORENCE Page Meeker carded a 45 to earn medal- ist honors and lead Jennings County to a tri-match victory Wednesday at Belterra. The Panthers finished with a 196 to 253 for Scottsburg, and host Switzerland County did not have a complete team. Abbie Clark added a 47 for Jennings. Kassi and Tori Whitehead each shot 52, and Ellen Patterson had a 54. VOLLEYBALL Jets land victory HOPE Hauser improved to 4-3 overall after beating visiting Knightstown 25-18, 25-13 and 25-10 Thursday.

Mikala Greenlee led the way with 15 assists. Lauren Gross recorded six kills and six aces and was joined by Haley Webster with six kills and Danielle Giles with six aces. Maranda Knight added six digs. Panthers fall to Stars BEDFORD Jennings County was competitive in every game Thursday, but lost 2624, 25-23, 25-20 to Bedford North Lawrence. Mariah Kinney led the Panthers with nine kills and five blocks.

Megan Kelsay recorded 13 assists and two aces, Dani Kirchner had 15 digs and Monica Barringer served two aces. Cougars sweep Valley FRENCH LICK Trinity Lutheran rolled to a 25-11, 1516, 25-17 win over Springs Valley Thursday. Sarah Stuckwisch recorded 15 kills for the Cougars. Mallory Barker served seven aces. Panthers down Eagles in 4 BLOOMINGTON Brown County pulled out Game 3 Wednesday, but Bloomington South recovered for a 25-18, 2516, 26-28, 25-12 win.

Kari Barnett recorded 27 assists, Lizzie Jackson had four blocks and Emily Brady added 10 digs for the Eagles (4-1). CROSS-COUNTRY Cougars win close meet OSGOOD Trinity girls edged host Jac-Cen- Del 27-28 Thursday afternoon. South Decatur and Milan also competed but fielded incomplete teams. Erika Horton paced the Cougars with a fourth-place finish in 25 miniutes, 48 seconds. Brittaney Von Dielingen Allison Posey (26:32) and Danielle Shelley (26:48) followed in fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively, while Allison Voss came in 11th 3020 N.

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year, we were just stricken with injuries, so to be injury-free this year is our biggest Weaver said. make it out of regional and make it to the semistate, that would be Former North runner Ryan Burke takes over the East boys program. The Olympians finished seventh in the sectional last season. Senior Daniel Zwissler is the top returning runner, but senior Clayton Johnson has been running No. 1 in practice.

Junior Jordan Foster also returns to the varsity, along with junior Logan Doyle, who had knee surgery last week and will miss the first couple weeks. Junior Tyler Lyons ran in a couple of varsity meets last year. Sophomore Isaac Richardson could move up to the varsity, and junior Paul Baker, the kicker for football team, is contending for varsity spot. set my goal for the team as top 10 at Burke said. think we can really be in a position to be fighting for one of those last spots out of Sophomore Continued from Page B1 third down? pretty neat stuff.

has some nice he said. really does allow you to break things down. What defenses were they in, and what coverages were they in? We can also use it to scout ourselves so we have any tendencies giving away. Also, we can email all the players and give them homework Another advantage to the system is that coaches can pick out a big plays and send it to colleges as a recruiting tool. goal is to get our kids playing college football, and you can build a highlight tape throughout the course of the year and send it to Levy said.

the University of Indianapolis is recruiting one of our wideouts, we can email that Schools still need to make sure providing high- quality film. Gaddis said he recently come across any bad tapes from his school or an opponent. not nearly as prevalent as it used to Gaddis said. really pretty good. Our film crew takes real pride in putting together a quality of Tape Continued from Page B1 give out a hammer as an award every said Bless.

wins it more than anyone The hammer award is self- explanatory. When ball carriers see Ash or Busack coming, they think hammer. play smash-mouth Busack said. love to hit people. what this game is made Does Busack like to watch films of NFL linebackers making big hits? he said, his eyes getting wide.

go to YouTube. It makes me want to hit Although Busack said he would enjoy playing any of the linebacker positions, he likes his current spot for one reason. defense is made so the middle linebacker makes a lot of he said. East coach Bob Gaddis said he likes his confidence. would hope that your middle linebacker becomes the leader of your Gaddis said.

is a pretty intense guy. He lets his playing do the Ash said that Bless lets him know that the as if there was any doubt. I go, the team Ash said. I know that the one to blame when things go wrong. I need to be there to pick things up when they Things much different for Busack, but that is by design.

both teach the Columbus Gaddis said. teams use a 4-3. The makeup of our middle linebackers is pretty much the same. We use smaller, faster type Of course, Ash is a year ahead of Busack. is a great football Gaddis said.

Busack is on his way. One of them might well take over tonight. Expect them both to be bringing the hammer. Jay Heater is the Republic sports editor. He can be reached at or at 379-5632.

heaTer Continued from Page B1 Edinburgh vs. North Decatur WHERE: North Decatur High School WHEN: 7 tonight RECORDS: Edinburgh 1-0 after a 19-8 victory over Monroe Central on Friday; North Decatur was a 34-14 winner over Union County last Friday KEYS TO GAME: The word for the Lancers in the opener was Quarterback Sammy Wilkerson went 13- of-15, and the defense did the rest. With North Decatur coming off an impressive win, Edinburgh needs to play mistake- free football and allow its defense to keep the game close. Jeffersonville vs. Seymour WHERE: Seymour High School WHEN: 7 tonight RECORDS: Jeffersonville lost 29-25 to Louisville Eastern last Friday; Seymour 0-1 after a 28-21 loss in overtime to visiting Franklin last Friday KEYS TO GAME: Finish, finish, finish.

Seymour let a 21-0 lead slip away against Franklin and failed to score after halftime. The Owls have to cut down on those three interceptions. Brown County vs. Owen Valley WHERE: Owen Valley High School WHEN: 7 tonight RECORDS: Brown County 1-0 after a 22-14 victory over Cloverdale last Friday; Owen Valley 0-1 after a 33-7 loss at South Putnum KEYS TO GAME: Keep it rolling for the Eagles, who saw quarterback Dillon Boknecht throw for 252 yards in the opener. The balance was there as well, as running back Dylan Quackenbush gained 100 yards rushing.

Trinity Lutheran vs. LaVille WHERE: LaVille High School WHEN: 7 p.m. Saturday RECORDS: Trinity Lutheran 0-1 after a 24-8 loss to Indianapolis Shortridge on Saturday; LaVille 0-1 after a 20-6 loss to South Central on Saturday KEYS TO GAME: No running back gained more than 16 yards rushing in the loss to Shortridge on Saturday, and that must change if the Cougars hope to get into the win column. GameS Continued from Page B1 OMMY ALKER OR HE EPUBLIC Jennings County No. 2 singles player senior Evan Land returns a serve against Seymour junior Ben Coomer Thursday at Jennings County.

Panthers grind way past Owls.