The Hamilton Southeastern baseball team won the Hoosier Crossroads Conference championship on Friday, clinching the title with a sweep of Franklin Central at the Flashes’ field.
The Royals won the first game 5-1. Southeastern scored its first run in the third inning, with Cam Bolling getting home on Brayton Harrison’s RBI groundout. Bolling then hit an RBI single in the sixth inning, sending Jordan Millikan home. Bolling later stole home to put HSE up 3-0.
Matthew Buckingham smacked a two-RBI double in the sixth inning, scoring Michael Cherry and Jake Hutson. Cherry was running for Greyson Droste, who got on base with a double; Droste was 3-for-4 at the plate. Bolling and Jack DeWolf both had two hits.
Michael Dillon pitched the complete game win, striking out nine.
The Royals won the second game 6-0. Southeastern scored three runs in the first inning: Anthony Eggers scored on Harrison’s RBI groundout, then Cole DeWael was brought home by Huston’s RBI groundout. Buckingham singled in Droste for the third run.
The Royals added three more runs in the sixth inning. Matt Iacobucci scored when DeWael was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Droste then singled in two runs, scoring Jake Stout and Caden Ruhnow.
Tyler Schweitzer pitched six innings for the win, tossing 10 strikeouts against one hit.
Southeastern finished HCC play 10-4 and is 16-7 overall. The Royals play a doubleheader today at Homestead.
Hamilton Southeastern 5, Franklin Central 1
Southeastern AB R H RBI
Anthony Eggers 2 0 0 0
Cole DeWael 3 0 1 0
Brayton Harrison 4 0 1 1
Greyson Droste 4 0 3 0
Michael Cherry 0 1 0 0
Jake Hutson 4 1 1 0
Jack DeWolf 3 0 2 0
Matthew Buckingham 3 0 1 2
Jake Stout 4 0 1 0
Cam Bolling 2 2 2 1
Jordan Millikan 0 1 0 0
Totals 29 5 12 4
Score by innings
Southeastern 001 002 2 – 5 12 0
Franklin Central 000 000 1 – 1 5 1
2B: Buckingham, Droste. SB: Bolling 2, Eggers, Millikan. SAC: Buckingham, Eggers.
Southeastern pitching IP R ER H
Michael Dillon 7 1 1 5
Strikeouts: Dillon 9. Walks: Dillon 1.
Hamilton Southeastern 6, Franklin Central 0
Southeastern AB R H RBI
Anthony Eggers 2 1 1 0
Caden Ruhnow 0 1 0 0
Cole DeWael 2 1 0 1
Greyson Droste 3 1 1 2
Brayton Harrison 4 0 1 1
Jake Hutson 3 0 0 1
Jack DeWolf 1 0 1 0
Matt Iacobucci 1 1 1 0
Matthew Buckingham 3 0 1 1
Jake Stout 2 1 1 0
Cam Bolling 2 0 0 0
Jordan Millikan 1 0 0 0
Totals 24 6 7 5
Score by Quarters
Franklin Central 000 000 0 – 0 1 0
Southeastern 300 003 x – 6 7 0
SB: Millikan. HBP: DeWael.
Southeastern pitching IP R ER H
Tyler Schweitzer (W) 6 0 0 1
Cole Graverson 1 0 0 0
Strikeouts: Schweitzer 10, Graverson 3. Walks: Schweitzer 1, Graverson 1.
Blackhawks win all-county game over Huskies
Sheridan beat Hamilton Heights 6-0 in a Friday all-county baseball game at the Blackhawks’ field.
Sheridan scored three runs in the first inning: Steve Smith got home when Silas DeVaney was hit by a pitch, then Cameron Hovey and Kyle Archer both scored on passed balls.
Sean Speck singled home Smith in the second inning. The ‘Hawks then got two more runs in the third, when Drake Delph and Jake O’Hara scored on an error.
Speck had two hits. O’Hara pitched a complete-game win, striking out five.
The Huskies were held to two hits, one each from Sam Wahl and Lucas Letsinger.
Sheridan is 12-5, while Heights is 8-12 for the season.
Sheridan 6, Hamilton Heights 0
Heights AB R H RBI
Sam Allen 3 0 0 0
Sam Wahl 3 0 1 0
Erik Malott 2 0 0 0
Luke Thesier 1 0 0 0
Sam Fulton 1 0 0 0
Dylan Zachary 0 0 0 0
Alex Hewitt 1 0 0 0
Andrew VanOeveren 3 0 0 0
Nate Hulen 3 0 0 0
Lucas Letsinger 2 0 1 0
Issiac Hickok 2 0 0 0
Harrison Hochstedler 2 0 0 0
Totals 23 0 2 0
SB: Hewitt, Wahl.
Heights pitching IP R ER H
Fulton 2 4 2 4
Zachary 3 2 0 2
Malott 1 0 0 1
Strikeouts: Zachary 3, Fulton 2, Malott 1. Walks: Fulton 1, Zachary 1, Malott 1.
Sheridan AB R H RBI
Steve Smith 4 2 1 0
Cameron Hovey 4 1 2 0
Sean Speck 4 0 2 1
Kyle Archer 1 1 0 0
Silas DeVaney 2 0 0 1
Walker Casler 1 0 0 0
Jake Vita 2 0 1 0
Jake O’Hara 3 1 1 0
Caine Spencer 3 0 0 0
Nolan Buckner 3 0 0 0
Drake Delph 0 1 0 0
Totals 27 6 7 2
HBP: Archer, DeVaney.
Sheridan pitching IP R ER H
O’Hara 7 0 0 2
Strikeouts: O’Hara 5. Walks: O’Hara 2.
Score by innings
Heights 000 000 0 – 0 2 3
Sheridan 312 000 x – 6 7 1
‘Hounds, ‘Rocks open with wins at Carmel Invitational
Carmel and Westfield both won first-round games at the Carmel Invitational on Friday.
The Greyhounds beat South Dearborn 12-3. Carmel got its first run in the second inning when Dryden Schroeder hit a sacrifice bunt to score JD Rogers.
The ‘Hounds got going in the third inning, adding six runs. Jared Greene scored first, then Rogers drew a bases-loaded walk. Schroeder then cracked a three-run double into left field and Conner Gioia scored on a wild pitch.
In the fourth inning, Alex Brooks batted in a run, then scored on Brayden Lentz’s sacrifice fly. Carmel got three more runs in the fifth inning; Olssen batted in one run and Brooks hit a two-RBI single.
Olssen finished the game 3-for-4, while Brooks and Rogers both had two hits; Rogers got a triple and a double. Aiden Bradbury pitched five innings and struck out eight for the win, with Brandon Rosenfeld getting the save.
Meanwhile, the Shamrocks cruised to a 7-1 win over Chesterton.
Westfield started out with three runs in the first inning. Bryce Dorton scored on an error, Zach Collins doubled in Trey Anderson and Payton Tamm’s triple scored Austin Wessel (running for Collins).
Anderson batted in AJ Bunnell for a second-inning run. In the fourth inning, Smitherman singled Jack Lawrence home, then Dorton scored on a wild pitch. Kyle Pepiot finished things off in the sixth inning with a home run.
Anderson, Collins, Smitherman, Bunnell and Lawrence all had two hits, with Maximus Webster hitting a double. Mason Cox pitched a complete game, striking out 10.
“Mason Cox pitched a gem tonight,” said Westfield coach Ryan Bunnell. “He was very efficient and had their hitters off balance all night. Just pitched a tremendous game for us. Offensively we put together some really good at bats. We had a big zone and our guys did a good job of hitting good pitches early in the count so as not to get to two strikes very often with a big zone.”
Carmel is 18-7 while Westfield is 13-9. Both teams continue play at the invitational today.
Carmel 12, South Dearborn 3
Carmel AB R H RBI
Christian Williams 3 2 1 0
Drew Kelly 1 0 0 0
Drew Olssen 4 3 3 1
Alex Brooks 4 1 2 3
Brayden Lentz 3 0 0 1
Jackson Adams 3 1 0 0
Conner Gioia 0 1 0 0
JD Rogers 2 2 2 1
Zach Vogt 1 0 0 0
Dryden Schroeder 2 0 1 4
Michael Uhrig 0 0 0 0
Logan Urbanowski 1 1 0 0
Jared Greene 1 1 0 0
Drew Harding 0 0 0 0
Totals 25 12 9 10
Score by innings
South Dearborn 001 020 0 – 3 5 1
Carmel 016 230 x – 12 9 0
3B: Rogers. 2B: Olssen, Rogers, Schroeder. SB: Olssen 3, Greene, Urbanowski, Williams. SAC: Schroeder, Lentz. HBP: Gioia, Greene, Urbanowski.
Carmel pitching IP R ER H
Aiden Bradbury (W) 5 3 3 4
Daniel Cunningham 1 0 0 1
Brandon Rosenfeld (S) 1 0 0 0
Strikeouts: Bradbury 8, Cunningham 3, Rosenfeld 2. Walks: Bradbury 3.
Westfield 7, Chesterton 1
Westfield AB R H RBI
Bryce Dorton 2 2 0 0
Trey Anderson 3 1 2 1
Zach Collins 4 0 2 1
Kyle Pepiot 4 1 1 1
Tyler Smitherman 4 0 2 1
Payton Tamm 3 0 1 1
Maximus Webster 4 0 1 0
AJ Bunnell 3 1 2 0
Jack Lawrence 3 1 2 0
Austin Wessel 0 1 0 0
Totals 30 7 13 5
Score by innings
Chesterton 010 000 0 – 1 5 2
Westfield 310 201 x – 7 12 0
HR: Pepiot. 3B: Tamm. 2B: Collins, Webster. SB: Dorton, Lawrence, Wessel. SAC: Anderson. HBP: Dorton.
Westfield pitching IP R ER H
Mason Cox 7 1 1 5
Strikeouts: Cox 10. Walks: none.
Tigers split with Brownsburg to finish HCC, regular seasons
Fishers split its final two Hoosier Crossroads Conference games on Friday at Brownsburg.
The Tigers dropped the first game 4-3. Nick Lukac doubled in JJ Woolwine in the top of the first inning to get Fishers ahead 1-0. The Bulldogs led 3-1 after five innings, but the Tigers tied it up in the sixth: Dominic Oliverio doubled Kaid Muth home, then scored on Jackson Preston’s RBI groundout. Brownsburg in the bottom of the sixth to clinch the game.
Lukac and Oliverio both had two hits, with both of Lukac’s hits doubles.
Fishers won the second game 8-1. The Tigers scored three runs in the second inning, with Collin Shelton batting in a run, Muth scoring on a fielder’s choice and Woolwine hitting a right field RBI single.
Muth doubled in a third-inning run, while Kiel Brenczewski’s right-field hit scored a run in the fourth inning. Muth scored the first of three fifth-inning runs when Ethan Davies was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Shelton got home on a fielder’s choice and Tristan Baker scored on an error.
Oliverio had two hits. Jon Vore pitched four and a third innings for the win, allowing only two hits.
Fishers finished conference play 7-7 and the regular season 15-15.
Brownsburg 4, Fishers 3
Fishers AB R H RBI
JJ Woolwine 1 1 1 0
Grant Whetsel 4 0 0 0
Nick Lukac 4 0 2 1
Kiel Brenczewski 3 0 1 0
Daniel Owens 3 0 0 0
Kaid Muth 3 1 1 0
Dominic Oliverio 3 1 2 1
Jackson Preston 3 0 0 1
Ethan Davies 1 0 0 0
Collin Shelton 1 0 0 0
Charlie Walker 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 3 7 3
Score by innings
Fishers 100 002 0 – 3 7 2
Brownsburg 002 011 x – 4 5 2
2B: Lukac 2, Oliverio. SB: Woolwine 2. HBP: Woolwine.
Fishers pitching IP R ER H
Tristan Baker 5.0 3 1 5
Jack Minns 0.1 1 0 0
Owens 0.2 0 0 0
Strikeouts: Baker 3. Walks: Minns 2, Owens 1.
Fishers 8, Brownsburg 1
Fishers AB R H RBI
JJ Woolwine 3 0 1 1
Grant Whetsel 4 0 1 0
Nick Lukac 4 0 1 1
Kiel Brenczewski 4 0 1 1
Daniel Owens 3 2 1 0
Kaid Muth 2 2 1 1
Dominic Oliverio 4 1 2 0
Collin Shelton 2 1 1 1
Ethan Davies 2 0 0 1
Tristan Baker 0 2 0 0
Totals 28 8 9 6
Score by innings
Brownsburg 010 000 0 – 1 3 3
Fishers 031 130 x – 8 9 0
2B: Lukac, Muth. SB: Woolwine 2, Brenczewski, Muth, Oliverio, Whetsel. HBP: Davies, Muth.
Fishers pitching IP R ER H
Jon Vore (W) 4.1 1 1 2
AJ Waltermann 2.2 0 0 1
Strikeouts: Vore 3, Waltermann 2. Walks: Vore 2, Waltermann 1.