Boys track and field
May 27
Regional
Brown County 12th (of 43 teams)
Top three finishers in each event automatically advance to state
Coach’s comments: The boys track team had a strong showing at the Bloomington North Regional on Thursday evening. The boys finished 12th out of 43 teams represented in the meet. The highlight of the night was Ricky Stanley finishing second in pole vault to qualify him for next Friday’s state championship meet at Ben Davis. Stanley tied his personal best mark of 13-0 in the competition Thursday. Reid Davis closed out his Eagle track and field career with a strong fifth-place finish in the discus. Davis’ best mark of 142-8 was a 5-foot personal record on year. On the track, the Eagles also had some strong performances. The 4×8 team of Waylon Patrick, Rafe Silbaugh, Rhett Silbaugh and Chase Austin were seeded 13th going in but placed seventh overall. The 4×4 team of Stanley, Cameron Fox, Patrick and Austin ran a season-best time of 3:37.10 to also place seventh overall after being seeded 13th. Austin also scored in the 800, placing eighth in a time of 2:04.76, and Rhett Silbaugh had a season-best 1600 race as he placed 11th overall in 4:54.11.
Pole vault: 2. Ricky Stanley 13-0.
Discus: 5. Reid Davis 142-8 (PR).
4x800m relay: 7. Waylon Patrick, Rafe Silbaugh, Rhett Silbaugh, Chase Austin 8:36.57.
4x400m relay: 7. Ricky Stanley, Cameron Fox, Waylon Patrick, Chase Austin 3:37.10 (PR).
800m: 8. Chase Austin 2:04.76.
1600m: 11. Rhett Silbaugh 4:54.11 (PR)
Girls track and field
May 25
Regional
Brown County 17th (of 30 teams)
Top three finishers in each event automatically advance to state
1600m: 5. Abigail Fleetwood 5:17.97.
3200m: 8. Hadley Gradolf 12:21.15.
300m hurdles: 7. Christy Sebastian 49.21.
4x400m relay: 16. Christy Sebastian, Victoria Klaker, Emelia Koester, Abigail Fleetwood 4:41.30.
4x800m relay: 9. Hadley Gradolf, Emelia Koester, Christy Sebastian, Abigail Fleetwood 10:50.78.
Pole vault: 6. Natalie Suding 9-00.
Boys golf
May 22
New Castle 321, Shelbyville 345, Franklin County 380, Lawrence North 395, Wapahani 402, Brown County 419, Muncie Burris 0, Seton Catholic 0
Brown Co.: Cooper VanNess 89, Clay Austin 103 (PR), Bradley Arndt 112, Jordan Burnett 115.
Coach’s comments: It was a long trip to New Castle, and a long day overall, but certainly worth it. The 419 we posted may have been last of the six full teams competing, but it is 21 strokes better than our score last week in the WIC and a whopping 62-stroke improvement from our first 18-hole invitational played back in early April. Cooper VanNess carded an 89, the eighth-lowest score in the 34-man field. Clay Austin helped out with a 103, establishing a personal best for both a 9-hole score and an 18-hole score. Bradley Arndt returned to action and posted his best scores of the season with a 112, and Jordan Burnett’s 115 accounted for the last Eagle score. I am so very proud of our players’ grit and determination. It is gratifying to watch them, knowing how far they have come in a relatively short time. Congratulations to the host team, New Castle, for winning the invitational with a solid 321 and to the medalist Derek Tabor, from New Castle, who fired a one-under 69. We have one match next week, a dual with Whiteland on Tuesday, May 25 at The Legends.
May 25
Whiteland 189, Brown County 221
Brown Co.: Cooper VanNess 46, Clay Austin 50, Jordan Burnett 60, Bradley Arndt 65.
Coach’s comments: Because of a schedule conflict, we were able to host Whiteland at Salt Creek Golf Retreat instead of traveling to face the Warriors at The Legends. While the Warriors were a few strokes better that we were, the 221 we posted was our best score of the season on our home course. We play two 18-hole home matches next week as we prepare for the IHSAA sectional on Monday, June 7. We host Morristown on Tuesday, June 1, and then Edgewood on Thursday, June 3. Both matches are slated to start at 1 p.m. Cooper is on the cusp of having a really low round, and Clay simply continues to find ways to trim strokes. I look for all four to play well next week and anticipate another drop in our team score.
Parks and rec youth ball
8U softball
May 27
BC Mayhem 2, Edinburgh Hot Sparks 13
BC Beauty and the Cleats 6, Edinburgh Diamond Divas 16
12U softball
May 24
Brown County Lightning 22, Edinburgh Dugout Divas 27
May 27
Brown County Lightning 8, Edinburgh Dugout Divas 32
Minor League Baseball
May 26
Brown County Cubs 12, Edinburgh Yankees 8
Brown County Athletics 12, Edinburgh Dodgers 12
Babe Ruth Baseball
May 26
Brown County Eagles 6, Indian Creek Braves 4
