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1 week ago | 
dailyjournal.net | Ryan O'Leary
ST. LEONThe smallest of sparks can have a way of turning into an out-of-control wildfire in the blink of an eye. On Wednesday night, Franklin wound up getting torched. What started out as a back-and-forth battle between two county rivals took a hard turn in the fourth inning, as Whiteland took advantage of a rash of Grizzly Cub mistakes and never let up, turning a close game into an 11-1 five-inning laugher during the semifinal round of the Class 4A East Central Sectional.
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1 week ago | 
therepublic.com | Ryan O'Leary
ST. LEON — During its regular-season game with Columbus North back on April 21, Columbus East had a 3-1 lead after five innings, then pulled starting pitcher Baleigh Fish and watched as the Bull Dogs put up 11 runs in the sixth. Needless to say, when the two rivals met again Wednesday in the semifinal round of the Class 4A sectional at East Central, Olympians coach Rusty Brummett kept Fish in the circle.
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1 week ago | 
dailyjournal.net | Ryan O'Leary
Much like a home-cooked meal, volleyball teams tend to be better with a bit of extra seasoning. That was one of the big differences in Saturday’s regional semifinal, when nine-time IBVCA state champion Cathedral used its edge in experience — not to mention a trio of explosive attackers — to come away with a 25-21, 25-17, 25-19 win over host Center Grove. The Fighting Irish (30-5) went on to sweep Bishop Chatard in the evening final. The Trojans end the season at 24-9-1.
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1 week ago | 
dailyjournal.net | Ryan O'Leary
With a sectional championship on the line Friday, all four players on the court at second doubles were a bit tight — even more so when the decisive third set went to a tiebreaker. Center Grove’s tandem of senior Ashley Embrey and freshman Maggie Teed managed to stay just loose enough.
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3 weeks ago | 
therepublic.com | Ryan O'Leary
FRANKLIN — Columbus East boys volleyball coach Kailey Smith spent the entire week stressing to her team the importance of not taking Thursday’s sectional match against Whiteland too lightly after winning both regular-season meetings. The messaging worked, as the Olympians took care of business with a fairly convincing 25-17, 25-12, 25-12 win over the Warriors in Franklin.
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3 weeks ago | 
therepublic.com | Ryan O'Leary
FRANKLIN — Columbus North didn’t play a perfect match Wednesday night, but it was good enough when it needed to be. The Bull Dogs came up big time and time again in the clutch moments, taking command at the end of three different tight sets to steal a 27-25, 16-25, 25-21, 25-23 victory over Greenwood Christian Academy in the opening round of the boys volleyball Franklin Sectional.
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1 month ago | 
dailyjournal.net | Ryan O'Leary
Greenwood Christian can look back with pride someday about making the title game of the Johnson County baseball tournament for the first time. The result, though, is one that the Cougars will try to forget. Class 4A No. 2 Center Grove wrecked GCA’s historic foray into the final on Saturday afternoon, jumping on top early and again defending its county crown with a 22-0 shellacking.
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1 month ago | 
dailyjournal.net | Ryan O'Leary
SOFTBALLLancers fall in extra inningHauser scraped a run across in the bottom of the eighth to walk off a 6-5 victory over Edinburgh on Friday. Eloise Cox went 2 for 4 with three RBIs, Kenna Streeval doubled and scored a pair of runs and Shyla Watt doubled twice for the Lancers (3-3, 0-2 Mid-Hoosier), who outhit the Jets by a 14-5 margin but committed five errors and stranded 10 runners.
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1 month ago | 
dailyjournal.net | Ryan O'Leary
Ethan Edwards came into his senior year needing to score a whopping 656 points to reach 1,000 for his high school career. Amazingly, he damn near pulled it off. The 6-foot-5 Whiteland star was, as the kids say these days, a bucket. Edwards scored in bunches from everywhere on the floor, and in doing so helped lead the Warriors to their first sectional championship in 23 years. His efforts have earned him the Daily Journal’s Player of the Year honors.
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1 month ago | 
dailyjournal.net | Ryan O'Leary
Greenwood Christian volleyball coach Gary Oertel has been preaching to his team about the need to finish out sets and matches when the opportunities present themselves. After dropping a close third set against host Greenwood on Tuesday evening, the Cougars left nothing to chance in the fourth, storming out to an 8-1 lead and holding firm to finish off a 25-20, 25-16, 24-26, 25-12 victory in the opening round of the inaugural Johnson County tournament.
