The Hamilton Southeastern girls tennis team dropped its season opener on Wednesday to Zionsville 4-1.
No. 2 singles player Adalyn De Witt got the Royals’ lone win, with a 6-2, 6-3 victory. The No. 2 doubles team of Nikki Hite and Misha Bukkasagaram pushed their opponents to three sets.
“Overall, it was disappointing to take the loss in our first match of the season, but hopefully we can learn from this experience as we continue to improve and move forward,” said Southeastern coach Kirk Webber. “Zionsville is a very strong team, and they just outplayed us tonight.”
The Royals will host No. 1 Cathedral this afternoon.
Zionsville 4, Hamilton Southeastern 1
No. 1 singles: Audrey De Witt lost to Herrman 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 singles: Adalyn De Witt def. Jones 6-2, 6-3
No. 3 singles: Kaylee Etheredge lost to Mingus 6-1, 6-3
No. 1 doubles: Jeorgia Templin and Taylor Cleary lost to Campbell and Kapur 6-1, 6-3
No. 2 doubles: Nikki Hite and Misha Bukkasagaram lost to Allen and Regele 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
Huskies golf wins big in opener
The Hamilton Heights boys golf team started its season with a 188-232 win over Alexandria at Bear Slide.
The Huskies’ Hudson Hochstedler was the meet medalist with a 44. Price Knowles scored 45, followed by Kyle Kirtley 48 and Garrett James 51.
Fishers also opened its season on Wednesday, coming up just short against Greenfield-Central 150-155 at Hawks Tail Golf Club.
Caleb Bopp and Bryce Robertson led the Tigers by shooting 37s. Davey Acres scored 40 and Dylan O’Daniel carded a 41 in the first high school match of his career.
In the junior varsity match, Fishers won 166-217. Freshman Connor McMillan led the Tigers with a 40, followed by two more freshmen; Matthew Albright shooting a 41 and Ryan Witt carding a 42. Dylan Chaudion and Nick Meehan both had 43s.
The Fishers JV hosts Carmel at Gray Eagle tonight, while the varsity Tigers will next play at the Danville Invitational on Saturday.
Carmel girls track wins three-way
The Carmel girls track and field team won a three-team meet on Tuesday.
The Greyhounds scored 67 points to Pike’s 51 and Ben Davis’ 48. Carmel won four events: Martha Hunter led a 1-2-3-4 sweep of the 800 run, Leah Roebuck was first in the discus, Jenna Springirth led a 1-2-3 finish in the pole vault and the ‘Hounds also took the 4×800 relay.
“We had another solid night competing against two very good MIC teams,” said Carmel coach Aaron McRill. “The MIC is very strong this year, so we know we have our work cut out for us moving forward, but we like to think we are up for the challenge.”
Carmel will split its runners on Friday, with the distance runner heading to the Franklin Central Flashes Showcase and the sprinters going to the Lafayette Jefferson Sprinters Showcase.
Team scores: Carmel 67, Pike 51, Ben Davis 48.
4×800 relay: 1. Carmel (Sydney Haines, Ria Patel, Meredith Ho, Marissa Woodruff) 11:02.31.
100 hurdles: 4. Madi Tester 17.61.
1600 run: 2. Madalyn Sailors 5:43.48, 3. Olivia McKee 5:50.42, 4. Kierstyn Guerrant 5:54.04.
400 dash: 3. Abbey Grogan 1:01.65, 4. Mahalet Zeruesenay 1:02.22.
300 hurdles: 3. Olivia Elkin 50.17.
800 run: 1. Martha Hunter 2:27.65, 2. Annie Christie 2:29.48, 3. Emily Hand 2:32.02, 4. Haines :33.69.
200 dash: 3. Aaliyah Thompson 26.80.
3200 run: 2. Brooke Waldal 11:37.99, 3. Jamie Klavon 11:41.99, 4. Abby Parker 11:44.75.
High jump: 3. Jasmine Middleton 5-0.
Long jump: 2. Riley Pennington 15-6.5, 3. Lauren Bailey n/a, 4. Reagan VanDermark 13-9.
Shot put: 2. Taylor Reagor 34-9, 3. Caroline West 34-6.
Discus: 1. Leah Roebuck 111-6, 3. Dana Reed 98-9, 4. Quina Johnson 96-4.
Pole vault: 1. Jenna Springirth 10-6, 2. Flora McKay 9-6, 3. Darci Commons 9-6.