Sports

NEW PALESTINE — A 10-run first inning got the New Palestine baseball team off to a good start and the Dragons went on to a comfortable 22-0 victory over Muncie Central in the first round of the New Palestine Sectional Wednesday.

PENDLETON — In a big game you’ve got to have big plays, and New Palestine had all of them in Wednesday’s Pendleton Heights Sectional semifinal at Legends Field.

PENDLETON — Greenfield-Central sophomore Kristen Wineinger hit the go-ahead home run in the second inning, and then helped add some insurance runs with her hustling infield single in the third.

KNIGHTSTOWN — Wednesday night’s Class 2A Sectional 41 semifinal at Knightstown between Eastern Hancock and Shenandoah was a roller coaster ride of a game.

Led by a nine-run fifth inning, Eastern Hancock’s baseball team rallied from an 11-8 deficit to defeat Irvington Prep Academy 22-18 Tuesday.

At IHSAA Girls Track and Field Regionals at Shelbyville and Pike high schools Tuesday, Hancock County participants qualified in eight events for next week’s state finals in Bloomington.

NEW PALESTINE — Hard work and trying new things are leading to consistent success for New Palestine sophomore Lynzie Stiller.

FORTVILLE — The competition is about to get a lot stronger, but the first round of the Mt. Vernon Regional turned out like many of the matches played this season, and postseason, by the 18th-ranked Mt. Vernon girls tennis team.

PENDLETON — Tuesday evening’s first round sectional softball game between New Palestine and Muncie Central was just a formality.

Wednesday, May 22