Local wrap-up for Wednesday
MONTGOMERY — The Barr-Reeve Viking tennis team lost 4-1 to Southridge on Tuesday.
Barr-Reeve’s No. 1 doubles team of Kevin Knepp and Anthony Yoder won 6-3, 6-7 and 7-6 over Cory Lindham and Brett Rasche.
Hogan Helms fell to Ben Flick at No. 1, 3 and 1. William Helms lost 0 and 1 to Mike Olinger, while Southridge’s Nick Olinger beat Kendall Murphy, 6-4 and 6-3. The Vikes also lost at No. 2 doubles, with Eric Blair and Luke Harmon falling to John Veatch and Ryan Boeham, 3-6, 7-5 and 6-3.
The JV went 2-1.
ND loses 4-1 to NED
ELNORA — The North Daviess tennis team dropped a 4-1 match to Northeast Dubois on Tuesday.
Blane Lawyer was the only ND winner, beating Kyle Haas, 3 and 3 at No. 2. Zach Overton fell to Evan Hulsman, 3 and 2 in the top spot, while, Thomas Nugent lost to Zach Neukam, 6-3 and 7-6 (6).
Austin Lengacher and Blake Burkhart fell, 7-5 and 7-5 to Logan Clark and Isaac Heeke at No. 1 doubles, while Tyler McDonald and Shane Porter lost 2-6, 6-1 and 6-4 to Ty Armstrong and Grahman Giesler.
“Blane did a great job of staying in all of the points and Thomas played good in his second set, but just lost interest in the third,” said ND coach Tony Steele.
“Blake and Austin gave 100 percent on every point. I’m really happy with the way they are playing. We need to have all of our top seven players playing well to be successful. Life without Logan is very tough.”
Hatchets beat Shoals in 3
The Washington Hatchet volleyball team posted a three-game win over Shoals on Tuesday in the Hatchet House, 25-23, 25-16 and 25-10.
The 4-3 Lady Hatchets were paced by Brittany Babrick with 15 digs, five kills and three blocks, while Sara Eblin also added 15 digs, nine kills and three blocks. Kiersten Hinkle had 17 assists, Hannah Lengacher added 13 digs, Liz Horton had 11 kills, while Taylor May had 14 assists and 10 digs.
“This was a great win to build our confidence level for Thursday against Jasper,” said WHS coach Lisha Browning. “We played aggressive tonight. We played well on the net and defense was much better.”
The JV moved to an impressive 6-1, with a 25-14 and 25-20 win. Kailey Hamiltonhad six assists, five kills and nine aces. Payton Shake had 10 assists, Taylor McPherson and Codie Myers had five digs each.