From staff reports
— Kokomo’s girls golf team beat North Central Conference rival Logansport by 28 shots Monday at the Kokomo Country Club.
The Wildkats posted a score of 185. Medalist Kylie Kern led the way with a 38. MaryKate Balsbaugh (46), Eileen Oaks (49) and AnneMarie Balsbaugh (52) rounded out the Kats’ top four scores.
“Kern was consistent. She is doing very well,” Kokomo coach Andy Carpenter said. “MaryKate is also doing well. We are starting to buckle down, and we are getting a little bit better.”
Logansport had a score of 213.
Girls soccer
Eastern 5, Frankfort 0
Zoe Wolfe led Eastern with two goals and two assists in its 5-0 victory over Frankfort. Savannah Rees added two goals and assist, Emileigh Conwell scored the other goal and Brittney Anderson was credited with an assist.
“In the North Miami match, we weren’t happy with the first half, but we won it going away,” Eastern coach Kevin Duggins said. “We were able to come out [Monday], and defensively the ball didn’t break midfield. It was a beautiful game from the defense. Our stopper, Alison Bowman, made the midfielders and forwards look good with her play.
Eastern kept Frankfort from any shots on goal.
Western 3, Peru 0
Western opened Mid-Indiana Conference play by shutting out Peru.
Brittany Trueblood scored two goals to lead the Panthers (2-1 overall). Melissa Myer netted the other goal, Ali Psychogios and Lacey Roe each had an assist and Emily Hawkins recorded 13 saves.
Northwestern 5, Oak Hill 1
The Purple Tigers scored four goals in the second half to pull away for the road win.
“We had a rough first 20 minutes. We just really didn’t play our game. It was 1-1 at halftime,” NW coach Kacy Slee said. “After we regrouped at halftime, we came out and just had a phenomenal second half.
“Our fitness really paid off,” she added. “By about halfway through the second half, all the way to the end, our fitness just kicked in. We’ve been working really hard on that. We just outworked the other team.”
Amanda Kuffell, Kayla Priday and Morgan Price recorded a goal and an assist apiece and Korey Price and Kaitlynd Lear scored the Tigers’ other goals. ’Keeper Emily Allen made seven saves.
“Addison Dubbels had a really great defensive game,” Slee said. “She is stepping up really big as a sophomore and playing well back there.”
Northwestern (2-1) visits Kokomo on Wednesday.
Harrison 5, Kokomo 3
Kokomo opened its season with a loss to a Harrison squad that had already played three matches, but Kats coach Myles Geary was proud of his squad.
“I thought we played an excellent match,” Geary said. “We kind of got into rhythm right away by scoring a goal in the first 30 seconds, but our problem is when we gave up a goal, immediately, we gave up another goal. Offensively, we had a lot of good opportunities, but we couldn’t put the ball in the net when we needed to.”
Bre Allen scored all three of the Kats’ goals unassisted, and Becca Wade had eight saves.
Boys soccer
Kokomo 2, Western 1
Jesus Rebollar and Ting Zhou led Kokomo to the hard-fought win. The Panthers jumped to a 1-0 lead, but Rebollar followed in the first half with the equalizer and the go-ahead goal. Zhou assisted on both goals.
“This was a very, very tight game,” said Kokomo coach Kismet Morrison, whose squad improved to 2-1. “For Kokomo, it was purely a team effort — 100 percent team effort.
“The man of the match was definitely Ting Zhou. He played an outstanding game, controlled the midfield and created vital runs for Jesus Rebollar to convert his two goals.”
The Panthers jumped to the early lead when Neil Johnson scored off John Reeder’s assist.
“It was definitely one of those toss-up games that could have gone either way,” Western coach Mike Roe said. “Hat’s off to [the Kats] — they came out and played well. They had a game plan and they executed it well. They played over the top of our defense and looked to put the long ball on one of their forwards’ feet. That worked for them. We definitely had some trouble dealing with their forwards up front defensively.
“I feel like we played a decent game. We did a good job passing the ball around, we just struggled to put the ball in the net.”
Kokomo ’keeper Drew Marshall made nine saves. Western’s Drew Brantley had six.
Western dropped to 2-2.
Taylor 6, Caston 0
Taylor grabbed a 1-0 lead in the opening two minutes, took a 2-0 advantage into halftime, then dominated the second half against visiting Caston.
Ben Akers and Calib Wininger led the Center crew’s balanced attack. Akers scored a goal and dished two assists and Wininger scored two goals.
In addition, Spencer McQueary recorded a goal and an assist, Chris Hosier and Jonathan Fitzgerald each netted a goal and Ryan Goudy, Trevor Marler and Taran Knosp offered an assist apiece. Goalkeeper Seth Stockdell made 11 saves.
“I’m very pleased with my team,” coach Mike Shane said. “They are really starting to step it up and come together and do the things I want them to do. They’re looking better every day.”
Taylor improved to 2-1.
Oak Hill 4, Eastern 0
Eastern had 11 shots on goal, but was unable to find the back of the net.
“We dominated possession at times, but we weren’t getting it in,” Eastern coach John Van Matre said. “For a long time it was 1-0, but Oak Hill scored its final three goals in the last six minutes. When we were down one goal, we were pushing too hard to get the goal back, and they took advantage of it. Oak Hill has a very good defense. But, it was a great game for the fans.”
Bryce Reed had 21 saves for the Comets.
Boys tennis
Maconaquah 3, Hamilton Heights 2
The Braves improved to 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the Mid-Indiana Conference with the 3-2 victory over the visiting Huskies.
“It was a close match,” Mac coach Tim Maiben said, noting four of the positions had at least one set that went down to the wire.
Maconaquah swept the doubles matches. Mark Harlan and Aaron Walsh posted a 7-5, 6-2 win at No. 1 and Andrew Bowman and Chris Ayers were 6-1, 6-2 winners at No. 2.
“One doubles played really well — played aggressive and controlled the net against their opponent,” Maiben said.
The Braves’ third point came at No. 2 singles where Ryan Frantz took a 6-4, 6-3 win.
Volleyball
Eastern def. Carroll 25-14, 25-13, 25-21
The Comets evened their record at 3-3 with the victory over the Cougars.
“The first two games, we definitely started off well. We were able to put those games away pretty early,” Eastern coach Meredith Cipriano said. “The third game, we kind of fell back on our heels, had a few serve receiving errors. I think we were down by about six that game, so give the girls credit for coming back.
“This was probably one of our best performances offensively,” she added, noted the Comets committed just one service error.
Hayley Mavrick floored 11 kills to lead the Comets. She also had 10 digs and a dozen serve receptions. Allyse Turner recorded eight kills, four blocks and 10 service points and Liz White had a team-high 17 points, five kills, 15 serve receptions and 12 digs.
“Liz White did a really good job for us all the away around,” Cipriano noted. “Defensively, she did a great job. Offensively, with the [five] kills and service points, she really helped us get out early.”
Oak Hill def. NW 16-25, 18-25, 25-20, 26-24, 15-4
Northwestern was up 2-0, but Oak Hill rallied to win in five games.
“We played Oak Hill Saturday and they pounded us in two games,” Northwestern coach Marty Britten said. “We jumped on them in the first game with a pretty good rally. In the second game, we took it to them. Rachel Lowden had seven service points to get us over the hump for the win.
“I told them that when we get a team down, we have to keep them down, but Oak Hill easily won the third game. It was nip and tuck in the fourth game. The girls kept fighting, but their legs were getting tired. We also made some mental mistakes, and that is something that we have to correct.”
Kylie Ballard led the Tigers (2-4) with 14 service points and 12 kills. Anna Sloss added 12 points. McKayla Crites had 12 serve receptions and eight digs. Rachel Lowden contributed 11 points. Hannah McDermott had seven service points and Mollie Daily had seven serve receptions and five digs.
