Ryan O'Leary

1 week 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.

1 week 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.

1 week 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.

2 weeks 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.

2 weeks ago | dailyjournal.net | Ryan O'Leary

Greenwood’s status as a boys volleyball unknown is about to change. For starters, the Woodmen are celebrating their first varsity season by hosting the inaugural Johnson County tournament next week. They’ll play Greenwood Christian in a first-round match next Tuesday evening, with the winner moving into an April 12 semifinal against local heavyweight Franklin. “It does a lot for our program and just boys volleyball in this area,” Greenwood coach Chris Wiederhold said.