Another week
has passed, but the story remains the same. Do not mess with the Hoosier
Heritage on the softball diamond. Undefeated New Palestine continues to hold
the top ranking in 3A, and the Dragons are joined by two top 20 teams in 4A.
Greenfield-Central is tenth this week in the large school class and Pendleton
Heights comes in at #17. Here is a look at the complete poll in all classes.
Zach Dowden took the win with relief from Jared Carr & Ethan Levi. Zach gave up 8 runs on 6 hits, 3 walks and 2 strike outs. The Arabians scored 17 runs on 11 hits, 5 walks and 4 strike outs with Austin Earley, Nick Hathcoat and Allen Thompson each getting 2 hits.
The Arabians play 3 more games at home this week facing Highland Today and a HHC Double Header with Shelbyville on Friday. They play a make-up game on Wed at Greenfield Central.
Results from Thursday 4-23: Pendleton beat Highland 151-159. Medalists were Jake Groninger and Zach Phillips with 35’s. Other scores for Arabians were Blake Stephenson 40, Alex Pritchard 41, and Jordan Wise 44. Record is 2-1
Result from Friday 4-24: Pendleton lost to Fishers 166-159, but beat Mt. Vernon 166-183 (3-way match). Scores for Pendleton were Jake Groninger 39, Zach Phillips 40, Blake Stephenson 43, Jordan Wise 44, and Alex Pritchard 48. Record 3-2.
Results from Saturday 4-25: Pendleton finished fourth out of ten teams in the Huntington North Invitational. Winning team score was Yorktown with a 311. Other team scores were Concord 333, Rochester 334, Pendleton 338, Oak Hill 338, Mishawaka Marion 339, Culver, Huntington North 347, Liberty Christian 384. Pendleton scores were Jake Groninger 73 (finished 3rd overall), Blake Stephenson 87, Zach Phillips 88, Jordan Wise 90, and Mitchell Breece 107.
Nate Frazier took the loss in Game#1 with relief from Trent Gaw. Combined they gave up 15 runs on 14 hits, 5 walks and 5 strike outs.The Arabians scored 2 runs on 5 hits, 1 walk and 3 strike outs with Dezmon Nunn leading off game with solo Home Run.
Trent Gaw took the loss in Game#2 with relief from Nate Wechsler and Ethan Levi. The three pitchers gave up 15 runs on 18 hits, 2 walks and 4 strike outs. The Arabians scored 6 runs on 7 hits, 3 walks and 8 strike outs. Nick Hathcoat, Brock Copeland and Ben Cronk each had 2 hits with Nick having a solo Home Run in the game.
The Arabians play 4 games at home this week facing Shenandoah on Monday, Highland on Tuesday and a HHC Double Header with Shelbyville on Friday. They play a make-up game on Wed at Greenfield Central.
Arabians suffer 5th defeat at hands of Anderson Indians.
Nolan Earley held the Arabians to two hits and one run in a 7-1 defeat at Anderson’s Memorial Field on Thursday 4/23. Aaron Gardner was 1-2 and one RBI and Nick Hathcoat 1-3.
Mitch Patishall took the loss giving up 4 runs on 4 hits, 3 walks and 2 strike outs in 5 innings pitched. Nate Wechsler in relief gave up 3 runs on 3 hits, 2 wwalks and 1 strike out.
Fishers
picked up a victory in a three way meet over the weekend. The Tigers downed
Pendleton Heights and Mt. Vernon in a very competitive match. Here are the
complete results.
Fishers 159
Pendleton Heights 166
Mt. Vernon 183
Medalist – Tanner Fortune (FHS) 34
Other Scores:
Fishers
Colin Brooks – 41
Kevin Sopoci – 42
Cam Wedgewood – 42
Kyle Haaning – 49
It was a clash of the titans April 22 when Class 4A No. 5 Carmel tangled with 4A No. 8 host Pendleton Heights. In the end, it proved to be a game worthy of the billing as the visiting Greyhounds escaped with a 6-5 triumph in nine innings in a contest that was every bit as close as the score indicates.
The Greyhounds did their best to deliver an early knockout punch as Carmel plated three runs in the very first frame. That momentum, however, lasted only as long as it took Pendleton Heights to grab its bats as the Arabians answered in the bottom of the inning with three runs of their own.
Carmel tried again, scoring a single run in the top of the third to retake the lead. The Arabians immediately answered with an “anything you can do, we can do better” attitude. Pendleton Heights returned the favor in the bottom of the third by plating two runs and taking a 5-4 lead.
It was at that time that Carmel coach Emily Good went to the bullpen, and that was the difference in the game. Katie Osborne took the mound for the Greyhounds and allowed just two hits and no runs while striking out 10 in the final six innings of action.
Meanwhile, Carmel scratched across a single run in the top of the fourth to tie the contest at 5-5. The ’Hounds finally dented the scoreboard again in the top of the ninth, and that was enough for the victory.
Carmel scored those six runs on 11 hits and committed two errors, while Pendleton Heights scored its five on eight hits with two errors as well. The marathon clash lasted two hours and 28 minutes.
It was the second loss for the Arabians (8-2), who also fell 2-0 to currently 4A fourth-ranked Lake Central back on April 11 at their own Horseshoe Classic. Carmel moves to 8-1 on the season, the Greyhounds’ only defeat a 4-2 decision last weekend to now-3A No. 4 Boonville at the Pioneers’ annual Southern Slam.
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