Southport lost its season opener yesterday, 13-12 to Bowling Green High School in Bowling Green, KY.
The Cardinals led 12-8 going into the bottom of the 7th inning, but they gave up five runs in that inning, all of which scored with two outs.
Junior 2nd baseman Austin Young led the Cardinals with three hits and thee runs scored.Senior Curtis Worth went 2-4 at the plate with four RBIs.Senior Cameron Perkins went 2-3 with two RBIs.
The Cardinals jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the 1st but gave up three in the bottom of that inning.They had their biggest lead after a 3-run top of the 4th inning gave them a 9-4 advantage, but then gave up four runs in the bottom of the 4th.The Cardinals pushed across one run in the 5th and two runs in the 7th, but lost their lead and the game thanks to Bowling Green’s 7th inning rally.All five Bowling Green runs in the last inning were unearned.
Despite the loss, head coach Scott Whitlock saw some positives in his team’s season opener.
“I thought we showed a very solid offense,” Whitlock said. “I thought defensively we played very well.We have some work to do on the mound, and we have to develop a ****** instinct of where, if you smell blood in the water, you have to put teams away.”
Worth, an off-season transfer from rival Perry Meridian High School, relieved on the mound for the Cardinals to start the 5th inning and held Bowling Green scoreless in the 5th and 6th but surrendered four hits in the 7th.
“I think I definitely could have stepped in up in the 7th inning — kept my cool a little more,” Worth said.
The Cardinals (0-1) continue their spring break trip in Kentucky tonight when they play at Greenwood (KY) High School.
Conference
Indiana is not going to be affected by realignment as much as some of the other
premiere leagues in the state. Nonetheless, there are at least three schools in
the conference whose road through the sectional is getting tougher. Southport,
Franklin Central, and Perry Meridian have been switched into Sectional 5. That
puts them in the same field as MIC power Warren Central and CI foe Lawrence
Central. That is the only significant change for the league.
The Southport High School girls’ softball team lost a hard fought game against Brownsburg 4-5.
“We had the team beat if it were not for missed signs and errors” wrote coach Melissa Franzosi in an email.
Shelby turner kept the team alive by hitting a two run double in the fourth inning to out the Cards ahead 3-2. Stand out players were junior Kaitlyn Dreibelbis (P), sophomore Shelby Turner (3rd) and freshman Stephanie Winter (SS). The Cards next game is at home against Cathedral on March 26.
Close calls
and mixed results are the bywords for Conference Indiana in first round
sectional action. Four conference teams entered the fray on the first two
nights and the largest margin of victory or loss was just three points. In all,
the league went 3-1 in opening round competition.
Tuesday
night Bloomington North slipped past Columbus East 41-38 in the Columbus
Sectional. That sets up a date with East Central on Friday night. Perry Meridian
pulled off the biggest upset so far. The Falcons downed host Center Grove
Tuesday evening 49-48. That earned them a date against heavy favorite Franklin
Central in round two.
Things were
not so fortunate for Southport at the Center Grove site. The Cardinals fell to
Whiteland on Wednesday 43-40. At Pike the hosts hot a last second shot to
dethrone defending state champion Brownsburg 50-48. That moves the Red Devils
into a semi-final match up with Decatur Central on Friday.
The
remaining four Conference Indiana teams do not open play until Friday night.
INDIANAPOLIS – It was “Senior Night” Feb. 27 as 3A Indianapolis Howe Academy hosted Southport, and it looked early on like the visiting Cardinals would spoil the night for the Hornets’ four seniors.
At the first-quarter break, Southport held a slight 20-18 lead. Then the wheels fell off that bus.
Howe (14-7) took control of the game, outscoring the Cardinals 32-12 over the next 16 minutes. The Hornets’ swarming defense forced Southport (11-9) into hurried shots and bad passes, leading to easy transition buckets to seal the deal.
Falling behind 50-32 after three quarters, the Cardinals could not recover from running into the Hornets’ nest and limped through the fourth quarter before finally falling, 58-42.
Sophomore guard Kenny Enoch led the way for Howe with 14 points, and sophomore guard Alvin Boutte added 12. Senior guard Julian Walker paced the Cardinals with 16 hard-earned points, while senior forward Chris Drullinger struggled to add nine.
Howe will face the winner of the Indianapolis Northwest-Brebeuf opening-round game of Sectional 26 at Beech Grove March 6. Southport drew Whiteland in Game 2 of Sectional 11 at Center Grove March 4.
The IUPUI natatorium served as the final stage for seniors Kyle Kibby’s and James Sweeney’s high school diving career. On Saturday, Feb. 28th the boys dove in the Indiana State diving meet, the culmination of a great season for the diving duo.
Kyle Kibby led the way for the cardinals, scoring 380 points, which landed him a 12th place finish.Sweeney finished behind with a 20th place finish, and a score of 246. Both Sweeney and Kibby earned the privilege of diving in the national meet over the Summer.
Diving Head Coach Laura Schroeder was very proud of their performance.
“The boys should be very proud of making it to state and competing how they did,” said Schroeder, “it was a great way to end the season.”
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