The Western boys tennis team moved to 6-3 overall and 3-0 in the Mid-Indiana Conference by shutting out Howard County rival Northwestern 5-0 Tuesday.

The Panthers won the singles matches in straight sets. Brad DiCarlo won 6-3, 6-2 at No. 1, Aaron Anderson won 6-3, 6-1 at No. 2 and Jacob Welker dropped just one game at No. 3.

In the doubles matches, Drew Mitchell and Sam Blatt came out on top 6-3, 6-4 at No. 1 and Ben Irwin and Bryson Platt finished strong for a 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 2.

“We played pretty well, especially the singles players getting their matches over pretty quick, and the No. 2 doubles team made a comeback in getting the win,” Western coach Tom Lewis said. “I am pretty happy with everyone up and down the line.”

Carroll 5, Rossville 0

The Cougars won a pair of three-set matches in blanking the Hornets in a Hoosier Heartland Conference match.

In the singles matches, Isiah Stevens won 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 at No. 1, Aaron Spesard won 6-2, 6-3 at No. 2 and Kyle Seward cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 3. And in the doubles matches, Hunter Upton and Kyle Geheb won 7-5, 6-3 at No. 1 and Blake Barnard and Dallas Butcher rallied for a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 2.

Carroll (2-4) plays Carroll County rival Delphi today.

BOYS CC

Oak Hill Invitational

Western placed five runners in the top 10 for a sizzling score of 23 to easily win the 13-team invitational. Blackford (96), Eastbrook (105), Oak Hill (106) and Peru (125) rounded out the top five. Eastern (187) came in seventh and Tipton (247) took 10th.

Individual winner Corey Scott covered the course in 16:39 to lead Western. Austin Young (17:00), Zac Martinez (17:15) and Kody Harmon (17:27) finished third through fifth and Chris Love (17:52) came in 10th to round out the Panthers’ team score.

Also for Western, Chris Love (17:52) and John Capps (18:06) took 10th and 12th, respectively.

“I was pleased,” Western coach Joe Orr said. “I thought John Capps, a freshman, ran really well. Corey Scott did a good job winning it and Austin Young also had a good performance.”

Individual runner-up Aaron Garretson led Peru. He covered the course in 16:55. Shannon Garretson (17:58, 11th place), Jordan Garretson (18:49, 23rd), Nick Lipari (20:00, 44th) and Tyler Kintner (20:24, 56th) completed the Bengal Tigers’ top five.

Western runs in the Maconaquah Invitational on Saturday.

Logansport 23, Northwestern 38

Kory Kennedy led the Northwestern pack with a second-place finish in 17:51. Sam Freeman was 42 seconds behind Kennedy for third place and Kyle Condon (22:12), Bryce Bousum (22:51) and Steve Vas (23:21) finished 10th through 12th.

“This is our sectional course, and the boys responded pretty well,” Northwestern coach Dave Stevens said. “I was happy with the effort overall.”

Maconaquah wins 5-way

Maconaquah put its pack in the top seven places to win a five-team meet. The Braves (24) topped Rochester (53), Wabash (85), Cass (104) and Taylor (108).

Bryce Comp led the Braves with a second-place finish in 17:30. Comp was followed by Jacob Bingham (fourth, 18:01), Thomas Weinart (fifth, 18:27), Zac Butts (sixth, 18:31) and Chad Gregory (seventh, 18:50).

Rochester’s Seth Murphy was the winner in 17:22.

Harrison 35, Lafayette Jeff 41, Kokomo 57

Kokomo placed three runners in the top 10 in the triangular meet at Lafayette Jeff, led by individual winner Ian Holtson. He covered the course in 17:31.

Also for Kokomo, Drew Simon (18:05) finished sixth and Matt Wyss (18:23) came in 10th. Jordan Lee (18:50, 14th) and Dylan Walker (18:54, 16th) rounded out the Kats’ top five.

“We had five out of nine kids run pretty well. It was great weather for running,” Kokomo coach Ricke Stucker said. “We’re fighting sickness right now, so we’re hoping to be healthy in October and maybe do pretty well by tournament time.”

GIRLS CC

Oak Hill Invitational

Western posted a winning score of 30 after putting its top five runners in the top 10. Jenn Elliott (20:59, third place); Corianne Myer (21:23, fifth); Krissy Durr (21:33, sixth); Kayla Gaskins (21:50, seventh) and Ashley Gaskins (22:00, ninth) formed the Panther pack.

Also for the Panthers, Kelsey Durr (23:11) finished 18th and Bre Nicholas (23:28) finished 21st.

“Krissy Durr, Corianne Myer and Kelsey Durr all ran really good races for us,” Western coach Heather Yentes said, “and then we were successful again because we were able to get that pack in there, getting third, fifth, sixth, seventh and ninth. As long as we can continue to do that, then we should find success.”

Western runs in the Maconaquah Invitational on Saturday.

Northwestern 24, Logansport 33

Northwestern’s Hannah Ault was the first one to cross the finish line at the Berry Patch in a time of 21:59. Also for the Tigers, Gretchen Catron came in second (23:02). Nicki Hendricks was fourth (23:24) and Ruby Sanchez placed fifth (23:52).

“It was tremendous grouping at the top,” NW coach Dave Stevens said. “The girls ran their race, and also Catron did a good job of holding off a Logansport runner for second place, and Sanchez passed a Logan runner for fifth place.”

Maconaquah wins 4-way

Maconaquah (45) placed all five of its runners in the top 12 to come out on top in the 4-way meet with Rochester (49), Cass (52) and Wabash (76).

Kim Lane led Maconaquah with a fifth-place finish in a time of 23:01. Lane was followed by Megan Frantz (seventh, 23:11), Meggan Addock (10th, 23:34), Whitney Wilson (11th, 23:39) and Abbie Jenkins (12th, 23:42).

Cass’ Ashley Baber was the overall winner in 21:13.

Harrison 30, Lafayette Jeff 48, Kokomo 75

Annika Taber covered Lafayette Jeff’s course in 21:07 to finish second overall and first for the Kats.

The rest of the Kats’ top five were Katie Klein (23:37, 17th place); Maddie Cassidy (24:46, 20th); Kellie Miles (24:54, 22nd); Kelsey Griffin (25:03, 23rd).

“We had four out of six girls run pretty well. They keep improving quite a bit,” Kokomo coach Ricke Stucker said.

GIRLS GOLF

Taylor 227, Cass 230

Co-medalist Amy Lipchik carded a 47 to lead the Titans to the win at Chippendale G.C.

Victoria Saul (54), Emily Boyd (58) and Alisha Grantham (68) rounded out the Titans’ score and Lovisa Tranbarger added a 69.

“Amy had a good, solid 47. The other girls, I think, took a little step backwards,” Taylor coach George Phares said. “We go up to Dykeman [G.C. in Logansport] on Thursday and then we have conference on Saturday. We hope we can regroup, get back to where we were and push ahead a little bit.”

Co-medalist Alicia Laymon’s 47 led the Kings. Heather Fry (59), Hollie Boyles (62), Shelby Fry (62) and Haley Clark (65) rounded out their contingent.

BOYS SOCCER

Northwestern 7, Peru 0

The Purple Tigers fired in five goals in the second half to win going away.

“We seem to be playing very well in the second half of games,” Northwestern coach Jim Corcoran said.

Jimmy Corcoran scored three goals to lead the winners. Nolan Sanders and Peter Caven each offered a goal and an assist, John McCormick and Dalton Smallwood scored the other goals and Elliot Mervis chipped in an assist. Goalkeeper Graham Dennis needed to make just two saves in recording the shutout.

“We outshot them 37-2 — it was pretty dominating,” Jim Corcoran said. “Our defense is really rock solid. Obviously, with 37 shots, we’d hopefully make a few more, but I’m happy with the score.”

Northwestern (5-2, 3-0 MIC) visits Eastern Thursday.

Eastern 7, Taylor 1

The Comets scored five times after halftime to seal the victory after going into the break with a slim 2-1 edge. Paul Schiedler netted two goals for Eastern with Christopher Anderson, Kevin Conwell, Wes Horner, Wieland Bartels and Tim Price each scoring once. Chris Manfred set up two goals while Rusty Reed, David Manfred, Horner, Anderson and Conwell each had one assist. A.J. Childs had seven saves.

Eastern coach Mike Kantz was impressed with “Tommy Lott and the defense that he played. He’s just excelling. I definitely have to say Taylor’s the most disciplined and organized I’ve seen [in the last five seasons]. They’re just a different team. You can’t just get off the bus and beat them.”

Eastern (4-3, 2-0 MIC) hosts Northwestern Thursday.

Andrea Gilotti scored Taylor’s goal on an assist by Cody Scalf. Seth Stockdell had 14 saves.

“I’m proud of the boys, they continued to battle throughout the game,” Taylor coach Barry Akers said.

Taylor (0-7, 0-4 MIC) plays at Lakeview Christian Thursday.

Carroll 4, Twin Lakes 1

Chase Meade scored two goals in the first half and two more in the second half to lead the Cougars past the visiting Indians. Michael Myer, Justin Moffitt and Blake Seward recorded assists for the Cougars and ’keeper Cody Abdon made eight saves.

Carroll (7-1) visits Caston on Thursday.

Oak Hill 3, Western 1

Chris King scored a goal, but the Panthers otherwise had a forgettable performance.

“We struggled,” Western coach Mike Roe said. “We just did not pass the ball well at all and that really hurt us from the defensive phase all the way through attacking.”

Western (4-2-1) visits Tipton Thursday.

GIRLS SOCCER

Taylor 1, Western 0

Amber Doehrman got free for a goal in the second half to lift the Titans over the Panthers. Kylie Weeks preserved the victory with 15 saves in goal for Taylor, which improved to 3-2 overall and 2-1 in the MIC ahead of a Thursday date at Maconaquah.

“They played us really tough,” Taylor coach John Piotrowicz said. “They were well-prepared for us and really won the field both halves. We were able to break loose with Amber coming out of the middle of the field. She has a good, hard kick and was able to put it in. I think we wore them down a little bit. Honestly [we had] a little bit of luck on our side. The ball just happened to bounce our way to keep them from scoring.”

Western lamented not getting a goal.

“It was a good match, back and forth,” WHS coach Sarah Brichford said. “We had a lot of opportunities to put the ball in the net, but we did not finish.

“Our defensive effort was very good by Jennfier Dale, Kim Grider and Alleca Kerker, and in the midfield by Maeghan Grove. All four of them played very well.”

VOLLEYBALL

Kokomo def. Northwestern 25-22, 19-25, 25-22, 25-14

Both Kokomo (4-5) and Northwestern (3-7) left in on the court as the VolleyKats pulled the match out in four games.

“It seems to be a typical Kokomo-Northwestern volleyball match,” Kokomo coach Ron Byram said. “The first game Northwestern jumped all over us. The Tigers were up 11-3. We came back, and there were a lot of good plays on both sides.”

Shana Bowley and Jackie Filip each had 25 serve receptions and 15 digs to lead Kokomo. Abby Hemmeger contributed 11 kills and nine digs and Kelly Hopkins had 15 kills and three blocks. Other Kokomo contributors were Tricia Hatfield (12 kills), Whitney Weir (16 assists), Ashley Lobeck (15 assists) and Clarissa Woodard (two blocks).

“Hatfield had a great night hitting,” Byram commented. “Filip played a good game all the way around. She was one of our good defenders.”

Northwestern was led by Amy Harshman with six digs, four service points, including two aces, three kills and two solo blocks and one assisted block. Kylie Ballard added nine service points, including two aces, five digs, three kills and two solo blocks and four assisted blocks. Kat Lowden contributed with 13 serve receptions, eight service points, including two aces, and seven digs.

“We played them pretty tough, until the unforced errors came into play,” NW coach Marty Britten said. “We had nine unforced errors in the fourth game, and we also have problems communicating. We would have won a lot more games this year, if we would have communicated more. Individually, Ballard did an excellent job for us.”

H. Heights def. Taylor 26-24, 25-18, 25-7

Elyse Black recorded seven points and seven assists to lead the Titans, who pushed the Huskies in the first game, but faded over the rest of the match.

Also for the Titans, Bri Barnett offered four kills and five points (two aces), Liz Mamaril chipped in seven points (two aces) and two kills and Rebecca Maack had four kills.

“The big difference was that Heights was able to play at a high level consistently and we weren’t able to match their consistency,” Taylor coach Shane Vore said.

Tri-Central def. Rossville 25-20, 25-16, 25-15

Emily Ragan put together a well-rounded line of 10 digs, eight serve receptions, seven kills, and six service points to help the Trojans sweep the visiting Hornets in three games.

Also for the Trojans, Dallas Dalton had 16 assists, 14 digs, five points and four kills; Hannah Ray offered 12 points, 11 digs and four kills; Kelly Walter had eight kills and four blocks; Christa Rich served eight points; and Caili Thomas and Cami Thomas combined for 13 points and 19 serve receptions.

Tri-Central (5-7, 1-1 HHC) hosts Eastern Thursday.

Oak Hill def. Eastern 25-17, 22-25, 25-19, 25-19

Oak Hill dominated Eastern by winning three of the four games.

“We never showed up,” Eastern coach Meredith Cipriano said. “We won the second game because of Oak Hill making mistakes.”

Tribune sportswriters Kenny Hetzler, Bryan Gaskins and Pedro Velazco compiled this roundup.