At the IHSAA GIrls Track State Finals, Pendleton Heights Ellie McCardwell won the state championship in the pole vault with a leap of 12-feet 6-inches on her first attempt. The Arabians' junior was going to attempt to break the state record on her next attempt. The state record for the girls pole vault is 13-feet 6-inches. She cleared 13-feet on her second try.
The Elwood Panthers were defeated by Heritage Christian 5-4 in 10 innings at the Class 2A Park Tudor Regional on Saturday. Elwood never lead in the contest.
Pendleton Heights was beaten by Fort Wayne Snider, 13-11, in the first game of the Class 4A regional at Pendleton Heights.
For complete coverage of all the high school sporting action, be sure to read Sunday's edition of The Herald Bulletin.
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IHSAA Girls Track results and Baseball Regional Scores
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Anderson's Davis headed back to state
Anderson senior Kalyn Davis led local competitors at the regional with a pair of second-place finishes in the 100-meter hurdles and high jump. Both feats earned her berths into the June 1 state finals at Indiana University in Bloomington.
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Bulldogs rally to rattle Raiders
Emily Cline celebrated her 16th birthday Tuesday by helping the Lapel softball team to a sweet Class 2A sectional victory.
The Bulldogs twice rallied from one-run deficits, Cline raced home with the go-ahead run during a big seventh-inning rally and Lapel surged to a 6-2 win against host Shenandoah. -
Arabians’ big hitters thrive in 4-1 win
Sierra Lewis, Kenzie Davis and Elizabeth Sigler provided all the offense the Arabians needed as they knocked off New Castle 4-1 in the semifinals of the Class 4A, Sectional 9 on Tuesday night at the Field of Dreams in Pendleton.
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Haffner becomes 44th winner of Red Haven Award
Pendleton Heights now has both the old and the new Red Haven Award trophy for its case at school.
When PH’s Ellie McCardwell won the award in 2010, the long-standing trophy was retired, and because the Arabians had the last winner, the school was able to permanently house that hardware.
On Tuesday, when the Anderson Noon Exchange Club presented the 2012 winner, it went to Pendleton Heights’ Abbie Haffner. So for the next 12 months, PH will be home to both the new traveling trophy, first presented a year ago to Lapel’s Leigh Steele, and the old one. -
Raiders down Frankton, advance to title game
A trip to the Shenandoah softball sectional title game completely unraveled for the Frankton Eagles in the fifth inning.
Wapahani scored all four of its runs in that inning, three of them on one play, and the Raiders defeated Frankton 4-2 to meet Lapel in Thursday’s title game. -
Lions end season with loss to Wes-Del
Win-Loss records don’t always tell the whole story as the host Wes-Del Warriors came into their softball sectional game Tuesday against Liberty Christian with only four wins, but they walked off the field with 4-1 victory that stopped the Lions in their tracks.
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Tribe hits, Spartans miss
Anderson leadoff hitter Donjanae Chamberlain set the table with three infield hits, and then Connersville spent the rest of the game knocking the dishes off the table.
The Lady Tribe made the most of 11 hits and nine Spartans errors on their way to a 12-1 softball sectional victory Monday night. -
Cowan ends Broncos' season
It was just two short days ago that the Daleville softball team beat Cowan in the first game of a doubleheader to clinch the Mid-Eastern Conference title.
Monday evening the Broncos faced the same team with different results as the Blackhawks (23-4) ended their season by taking a 6-3 victory in the opening round of the sectional at Wes-Del. -
Pulaski disc golf fundraiser set
The funding isn’t yet in place for the planned disc golf course to be constructed in Pulaski Park just off 38th Street. But it isn’t for lack of effort.
Spearheading the drive is Ron Box. Though he is still about $6,000 shy of the necessary funds, he isn’t defeated and he isn’t just hoping for a benefactor to suddenly appear. -
7 up for Red Haven Award
The Red Haven Award will be presented by the Anderson Noon Exchange Club at The Edge at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.
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