Braves win season tennis opener

Brownstown Central's tennis team opened its season Tuesday with a 4-1 victory at Charlestown.

Seymour lost 4-1 to Jeffersonville at home, while Trinity Lutheran lost 4-1 at Hanover Southwestern.

Brownstown won  at No. 1 and No. 2 singles in straight sets, and at No. 3 singles and No. 1 doubles in three sets to get their season off on the right foot.

Coach Erik Stangland said Abby Jungclaus played the steadiest match for the Braves by winning 6-1, 6-3 at No. 2 singles.

"Both teams started out tentative," Stangland said. "We looked pretty good in three of the matches and they looked pretty good in the other two. Playing three three-setters was awful difficult."

Kelsey Black and Rachel Haskett picked up Seymour's point at No. 1 doubles with a 6-3, 6-1 win.

Seymour's Miranda Caudill and Brittany White lost in three sets at No. 2 doubles.

"Our No. 1 doubles played real well," coach Brad Emerson said. "No. 2 doubles got to three sets so they did a good job.

Brittany Pottschmidt won Trinity's point with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 2 singles.

"Most of the girls had a slow start, and the cold and the win were definitely factors," Trinity coach Joan Nichols said. "The second sets were definitely more competitive."\

BC golfers third

Brownstown Central shot 178 to place third Tuesday at Bloomington Country Club.

Bloomington South shot 157 and Columbus North 178.

Jacob Olson was low for BC with 40.

Coach Ron Slaton said, "Our kids stepped up and played pretty well. Olson had a good round and (Zach) Pranger had a good round (42). They were pretty positive."

Results

At Charlestown
Brownstown 4, Charlestown 1
Singles
No. 1-Martin (B) def. Peyton, 6-4, 6-2.
No. 2- Jungclaus (B) def. Smith, 6-1, 6-3
No. 3-Tab. Criminger (B) def. Jones 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1-Jaybnes-Jaynes (B) def. Casey-P. Jones, 6-1, 6-7, 6-4.
No. 2-Green-Dugins ( C) def. Tiff.  Criminger-Underwood, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2.
Reserves: singles-M. Howell won 6-1, Banister won 6-1, Riley lost 6-0; doubles- Isaacs-Runge won 6-0, Maxie-Day won 6-0.
At Seymour
Jeffersonville 4, Seymour 1
Singles
No. 1- Clark (J) def. Harmeson 6-4, 6-2.
No. 2- Roberts (J) def. Worth 6-2, 6-2.
No. 3-Roeham (J) def. Wynn  6-2, 6-3.
Doubles
No. 1- Haskett-Black (S) def. Piteresa-Murphy 6-3, 6-1.
No. 2-Eckert-Gatiham (J) def. White-Caudill 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Reserves: singles-Schroer lost 8-6, Sweaney won 8-6, Ball won 8-6, Trueblood lost 6-2, Wilson won 8-7; doubles-Rogers-Hendrix won 8-7, Pottschmidt-Boles lost 8-4
At Hanover
Southwestern 4, Trinity 1
Singles
No. 1-Stalcup (S) def. Stalcup 6-1m 6-4.
No. 2- Brittany Pottschmidt (T) def. Megan Maden 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.
No. 3- Hagen (S) def. Patel 6-2, 6-0.
Doubles
No. 1-Moore-Black (S) def. Klosterman-Tabeling 6-0, 6-1.
No. 2-  Lohr-Gray (S) def. Whipker-B. Lambring 6-0, 6-3.
Reserves: singles-Beabout lost 8-2; doubles-Willman-K. Lambring lost 8-2.

Golf
At Bloomington
Bloomington South 157, Columbus North 168, Brownstown 178
BCHS: Olson 40, Pranger 42, Wilkerson 46, Warren 50, Turmail 50, Otte 51, Sterling 56, Breeden 64, Curry 61.
Medalists- Perry (BS)  38, Bennett (BS) 38, CN low-Duncan 41.