Baseball roundup: Tigers, GC, Blazers cruise to easy wins

The REPORTER

The Fishers baseball team took care of Columbus North 6-0 in a Monday home game.

The Tigers began with three runs in the third inning: Deagan Repp singled in Owen Lukac, then scored when Huston Dunn smacked a center field double. Dunn scored on Zander Carnahan’s center field hit.

Dunn batted in Repp again in the fifth inning with a right field hit, then Carnahan sent Dunn home with a left field double. Trevor Hall scored a sixth-inning run when Brady Carman reached on an error.

Austin Conley pitched a complete game, with eight strikeouts against two hits.

Fishers is 22-4 and plays a Hoosier Crossroads Conference game this evening at Brownsburg.

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Guerin Catholic cruised past Covenant Christian 11-1 in a five-inning game Monday.

The Golden Eagles scored four runs in the first inning and put up another seven in the third inning. Ian Taylor hit a double, while Nolan Ratcliff and Karson Smith both had two hits. Carson Kail and Grant Beard both drove in two runs, while Ratcliff, Ben Canada and Smith all scored two runs.

Tate Troxell went four innings for the win, striking out eight and allowing no hits.

Guerin Catholic is 12-12 and plays Thursday at Bishop Chatard.

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University beat Greenwood Christian Academy 8-2 on Tuesday to open play in the Pioneer Conference tournament.

The Trailblazers scored a run in the first inning; Ryan Castetter got home when Cooper Burnett reached on an error. The Cougars tied the game in the top of the second inning, but University took the lead for good in the top of the second: Castetter doubled in Owen Kingery, then Ethan Cutsinger scored on Phillip Jacobs’ sacrifice bunt. Castetter got home when Cooper Cammack reached on an error, and the Blazers led 4-1.

Griffin Wright singled in Burnett for a third-inning run. University put up three more runs in the sixth inning: Beckett Suh tripled in Cammack and Jacobs, then Burnett’s single brought Suh home.

Burnett and Wright both had two hits. Laine Spears pitched four innings for the win.

University is 14-10 and plays at Park Tudor this afternoon.

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Sheridan dropped its opening game in the Hoosier Heartland Conference tournament on Monday, falling to Clinton Central 3-0.

Caleb Alexander, Jack Oland and Braden Whisman all had one hit for the Blackhawks. Dayne Voege pitched four innings, tossing nine strikeouts.

Sheridan is 8-12 and hosts Indy Genesis HomeSchool on Tuesday.