Match Report, June 1, 2012

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Golf
GOSHEN — Bethany 13th of 13 in Fairfield sectional at Black Squirrel.
Team scores — Elkhart Memorial 326, Northridge 327, Lakeland 330, Elkhart Central 332, Concord 332, NorthWood 343, Fairfield 346, Goshen 352, Westview 374, Elkhart Christian 380, Prairie Heights 382, Jimtown 427, Bethany 465. Elkhart Central over Concord for fourth place, 93-95 on fifth-player tiebreaker.
Top five golfers — Jeffrey Bradford (Ce) 75, Zach Hochstedler (F) 77, Spencer Mortola (L) 77, Alec Dutkowski (ECA) 78, Timothy Johnson (Co) 78. Dutkowski won playoff for fourth place.
Bethany golfers — 55th, Ryan Miller 98; t-58th, Johnny Watkins 107; t-61st; Zac Zmudzinski 114; 64th, Derek Christophel 146; 65th, Corey Hostetler 148.

Match Report, May 29, 2012

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Golf
BREMEN — Goshen 176, Bremen 183, Bethany 261 at Sprig-O-Mint
Top five golfers — Kevin Woodyard (Br) 42, Kenneth Shields (G) 42, Austin Shaffer (G) 44, Alex Hartsough (G) 44, Michael Knoblock (Br) 45. Bethany golfers — 11th, Ryan Miller 53; 12th, Zac Zmudzinski 61; 13th, Justin Zehr 73; 14th, Derek Christophel 74; 15th, Corey Hostetler 78.

Game Reports, May 22, 2012

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Softball
AUBURN, Ind. — Bethany 11, Canterbury 0, 5 innings in Lakewood Park sectional semifinal.
C 000 00 —  0   2 3
B 074 0x — 11 10 0
Emma Owen (L) and J. Riemersma; Marie Bontrager (W) and Lorae Weaver.
Hits — Bethany: Hanna Hochstetler 2, Lorae Weaver 2, Alena Yoder 2. Triple — Bethany: Hochstetler. RBI — Bethany: Jordan Helmuth 2, Hochstetler 2.

Semifinals
Bethany 11, Canterbury 0, 5 innings
Lakewood Park vs ECA,Thursday, 5 p.m.

Final
Bethany vs. Lakewood/ECA winner, Friday, 5 p.m.

Golf
GOSHEN — Clinton Christian 209, Bethany 251
Individual results unavailable. 

Game Reports and Sectional Updates, May 17, 2012

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Baseball
BOURBON, Ind. — Triton 11, Bethany 6
B 101 400 0 —  6   8 4
T 600 320 x — 11   9 5
Josh Plank (L), Ethan Miller (2), Jared Miller (3), Ike Lehman (4) and A.J. Newcomer; Zak Shively (W), Hargrove (5) and Cody Shively.
Hits — Bethany: Ike Lehman 3, Jesse Loewen 2; Triton: Keta Morikawa 2, Bryan Mosier 2. Doubles — Bethany: Jordan Glasgow, Jared Miller; Triton: Eric Hoffman, Pete Kauffman. RBI — Bethany: Glasgow 2; Triton: Hoffman 2.

Softball
BOURBON, Ind. — Triton 9, Bethany 4
B 001 000 3 —  4   7 4
T 300 114 x —   9 13 1
Marie Bontrager (L), Jordan Helmuth (5), Erin Bontrager (6) and Lorae Weaver; M. Jennings (W), B. Garbison (7) and A. Brown.
Hits — Bethany: Weaver 2; Triton: Jennings 3, K. Seller 2, S. Kauffman 2. Doubles — Bethany: Jordan Helmuth 2; Triton: M. Clemons, Jennings. RBI — Triton: L. Berger 2, Brown 2, Jennings 2, Kauffman 2.

Girls tennis
GOSHEN — Jimtown 4, Bethany 1 in Goshen sectional semifinals.
Maria Thomas lost to Sierra Candler 1-6, 1-6. Brooke Hershberger lost to Michelle Williams 2-6, 1-6. Mandy Meserve def. Kelsey Weinkauf 5-7, 6-1, 6-3. Paige Wheeler/Pooja Patel lost to Morgan Belakovich/Kaley Funkhouser (J) 3-6, 1-6. Lynea Brubacher-Kaethler lost to Randi Witek/Aubrey Adams 0-6, 0-6.

Golf
TOPEKA, Ind. — Elkhart Christian 183, Westview 191, Bethany 256 at Heron Creek
Top five golfers — Alec Dutkowski (E) 41, Dennis Weirich (W) 41, Austin Buckles (E) 45, Logan Miller (W) 47, Tyler VanArsdale (E) 48. Bethany golfers — 11th, Johnny Watkins 57; 12th, Ryan Miller 59; 13th, Derek Christophel 69; 14th, Zac Zmudzinski 71; 15th, Justin Zehr 74; 16th, Corey Hostetler 81. 


Sectional update: girls tennis at Goshen
Semifinal
Fairfield 5, NorthWood 0
Haley Bechtel def. Kennedy Walter 6-2, 6-4. Lauren Streit def. Emily Hoffman 6-1, 6-2. McKenzie Hochstedler def. Trista Grove 6-4, 6-3. Kaelin Bender/Nicole Murdoch def. Tori Schwartz/Sarah Wysong 6-1, 6-3. Leah Wimmer/Mary Shipley def. Brooklyn Moore/Kaya Bear 6-3, 6-3. 

Final
Fairfield vs. Jimtown, Friday, 4:30 p.m.

Game Reports, May 15, 2012

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Baseball
GOSHEN — Elkhart Christian 17, Bethany 7, 6 innings
E 326 024 — 17 12 2
B 310 300 —   7   9 5
Caleb Stayton (W), Alec Dutkowski (3), Brad Hayes (7) and Tanner Watson; Ike Lehman (L), Josh Plank (2), Ethan Miller (3), Jared Miller (6), Dylan Schlabach (6) and AJ Newcomer.
Hits — ECA: Dalton Lemert 2, Jaxson Moore 2, Watson 2; Bethany: Lehman 3, J. Miller 2, Peter Schrock 2. Doubles — ECA: Lemert, Tyler VanArsdale; Bethany: Jordan Glasgow, Lehman, Andy Slagel. Triple — ECA: Watson. Home run — ECA: Caleb Stayton (grand slam). RBI — ECA: Stayton 5; Bethany: Lehman 2, Slagel 2. Stolen bases — ECA: Lemert 2.


Softball
GOSHEN — Prairie Heights 12, Bethany 2, 5 innings
PH 452 10 — 12   8 1
BC 010 10 —   2   8 8
Kristin Miller (W), Taylor Combs (4) and Autumn Murphy; Marie Bontrager (L), Erin Bontrager (3) and Lorae Weaver.
Hits — Prairie Heights: Shawna Carborne 3; Bethany: M. Bontrager 2, Megan Schmucker 2. Double — Prairie Heights: Carborne. Triple — Prairie Heights: Carborne. RBI — Prairie Heights: Carborne 4, Kayla Feeney 2. Stolen bases — Prairie Heights: Combs, Samantha Fish.

Golf
GOSHEN — Lakeland Christian 179, Jimtown 217, Bethany 244 at Black Squirrel
Individual results not available. 

Game Reports, May 14, 2012

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Girls tennis
BAUGO TWP, Ind. — Jimtown 4, Bethany 1
Maria Thomas lost to Siera Candler 7-6(5), 4-6, 1-6. Brooke Hershberger lost to Michelle Williams 2-6, 3-6. Mandy Meserve def. Kelsey Weinkauf 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Pooja Patel/Paige Wheeler lost to Kaley Funkhouser/Morgan Belakovich 2-6, 0-6. Lynea Brubacher-Kaethler/Liz DeLeeuw lost to Aubrey Adams/Randie Wittek 4-6, 2-6.
JV: Bethany 4, Jimtown 2
Sadie Gustafson-Zook lost to Amber Miller 5-7. Ming Woo def. Pamela Murillo 6-3. Stacie Park lost to Madison Mawhorter 0-6. Abi Zarate def. Kayla Bozman 7-6(2). Woo/Gustafson-Zook def. Amy Lehrer/Kyndra Fowler 8-7(7). Zarate/Park def. Kayla Fein/Maggie Farwig 8-6.

Golf
MILLERSBURG, Ind. — Clinton Christian 185, Bethany 226 at Timber Ridge
Top five golfers — Cory Eash (C) 43, Justin Horst (C) 45, Ryan Miller (B) 47, Johnny Watkins (B) 48, Trevor Martin (C) 49. Other Bethany golfers — 7th, Corey Hostetler 66; 8th, Zac Zmudzinski 67, 9th, Derek Christophel 72; 10th, Justin Zehr 77. 

Game Reports, April 24, 2012

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Baseball
FORT WAYNE — Fort Wayne Crusaders 17, Bethany 13
B 430 103 2 — 13 15 2
C 0(13)3 000 x — 17 15 5
Andy Slagel (L), Josh Plank (2), Dylan Schlabach (3), Ethan Miller (4) and Jared Miller; Kendall and Guntle.
Hits — Bethany: Miller 4, Jesse Loewen 2, AJ Newcomer 2, Josh Plank 2, Peter Schrock 2; Fort Wayne: I. Bennett 3, Kendall 3, B. Arnold 2, Pant 2. Doubles — Bethany: Newcomer 2, Plank 2, Ike Lehman, Jeremy Troyer; Fort Wayne: Kendall 2, Arnold, Glassock, Guntle. Home run — Fort Wayne: Bennett. RBI — Bethany: Newcomer 3, Plank 2, Schrock 2, Slagel 2; Fort Wayne: Arnold 4, Bennett 3, Ehmke 2. Stolen bases — Fort Wayne: Bennett 2, Pant 2, C. Powell 2.

Softball
GOSHEN — Bethany 15, South Bend Career Academy 4
SB 101 11 —   4   6 4
BC 823 2x — 15   4 5
Ana Lebbin (W) and Estrella Valdez; Marie Bontrager (W), Jordan Helmuth (3) and Lorae Weaver, Lena Yeakey (3).
Hits — South Bend: Brooklyn Franklin 2. Double — Bethany: Bontrager.

Golf
WARSAW, Ind. — Lakeland Christian 181, Bethany 244 at Rozella Ford
Top five golfers — Ras Wallen (L) 42, Joel Haines (L) 43, Zarek Finley (L) 45, Chris Maron (L) 51, John Vida (L) 51. Bethany golfers — 6th, Johnny Watkins 52; t-7th, Ryan Miller 54; 9th, Zac Zmudzinkski 63; 10th, Corey Hostetler 75; 11th, Justin Zehr 77; 12th, Derek Christophel 82.

Game Report, April 14, 2012

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Golf
GOSHEN — Bethany 15th of 15 in Goshen Invitational at Maplecrest.

Team scores — Northridge 307, Fairfield 323, Plymouth 323, NorthWood 323, Goshen 325, Memorial 328, Lakeland 332, Concord 333, LaVille 335, Central 345, Elkhart Christian 358, Westview 364, Fremont 381, Jimtown 448, Bethany Christian 448.

Top five golfers — Logan McBride (Nr) 68, Payton Grubbs (NW) 74, Alex Happer (Co) 74, Zach Hochstedler (F) 76, Denis Weirich (W) 77.

Bethany golfers — Johnny Watkins 99, Derek Christophel 147, Zac Zmudzinski 106, Corey Hostetler 146.

This Week In Bruindom, May 15-21

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 Sunday, May 15

• Athlete of the Week nominations due, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, May 16

• Girls tennis regional/semi-state/state draw, 8:00 a.m., IHSAA office
• Girls tennis vs. Jimtown, 4:30 p.m. (V)
• Softball at Angola, 5:00 p.m.
• Baseball at Central Noble, 5:00 p.m.
• Girls tennis vs. Jimtown, 5:30 p.m. (JV)
• Girls tennis sectional draw, 8:00 p.m., Goshen MS

Tuesday, May 17

• Baseball sectional draw, 8:00 a.m., IHSAA office
• Girls track sectional at Warsaw, TBA
• Golf at Lakeland Christian (Raccoon Run), 4:30 p.m.
• Girls tennis at John Glenn, 5:00 p.m. (V)
• Baseball at ECA, 5:00 p.m.
• Girls tennis at John Glenn, 6:00 p.m. (JV)

Thursday, May 19

• Boys track sectional at Goshen, TBA
• Girls tennis sectional first round at Goshen, 4:30 p.m. (V)
• Golf at Clinton Christian (Timber Ridge), 4:30 p.m.
• Baseball vs. Triton, 4:45 p.m.
• Softball vs. Triton, 4:45 p.m.

Friday, May 20

• Softball vs. Jimtown, 5:00 p.m.
• Baseball vs. Northridge, 5:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 21

• Girls tennis sectional semifinals at Goshen, 10:00 a.m. (V)
• Softball at Goshen Invitational, 10:00 a.m.
• Baseball vs. Howe, game one, 10:00 a.m.
• Baseball vs. Howe, game two, 12:35 p.m.
• Girls tennis sectional final at Goshen, 1:00 p.m. (V)

This Week In Bruindom, May 1-7

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Sunday, May 1

• Athlete of the Week nominations due, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, May 2

• Softball at Argos, 5:00 p.m.
• Baseball at Argos, 5:00 p.m.

Tuesday, May 3

• Boys and girls track vs. ECA and Lakeland Christian at Goshen College, 4:30 p.m.
• Girls tennis vs. Lakeland, 4:30 p.m. (V)
• Baseball at Tippecanoe Valley, 4:45 p.m.
• Softball vs. Lakewood Park, 5:00 p.m.
• Girls tennis vs. Lakeland, 5:30 p.m. (JV)

Thursday, May 5

• Baseball at FW Crusaders, 5:30 p.m. 

Friday, May 6

• Golf at Westview (Heron Creek), 4:30 p.m.
• Girls track at Westview, 4:30 p.m.
• Girls tennis vs. Westview, 4:30 p.m. (V)
• Softball vs. Lakeland, 5:00 p.m.
• Baseball at West Noble, 5:00 p.m.
• Girls tennis vs. Westview, 5:30 p.m. (JV)

Saturday, May 7

• Softball at John Glenn, 10:00 a.m.

Match Reports, 4/26/11

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Baseball
AUBURN, Ind. —  Bethany at Lakewood Park, ppd., rain, no new date.

Girls tennis
WALKERTON, Ind. — Bethany at John Glenn, ppd., rain, no new date.
JV: Bethany at John Glenn, ppd., no new date.

Golf
WARSAW, Ind. — Lakeland Christian 207, Bethany 254 (par 35).
Top five — Ross Wallen (L) 48, Zarek Finley (L) 49, Joel Haines (L) 52, Sean Heller (L) 58, Logan Mount (L) 60.
Other Bethany runners — 6th, Seth Krabill 62; 7th, Ryan Miller 63; t-8th, Johnny Watkins 64; 10th, Cory Bowman 65; 11th, Ben Miller 66; 12th, Ian Croyle 67.

This Week In Bruindom, April 24-30

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Sunday, April 24

• Athlete of the Week nominations due, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, April 25

• Girls tennis vs. Elkhart Central, 4:30 p.m. (V)
• Softball vs. West Noble, 5:00 p.m.
• Girls tennis vs. Elkhart Central, 5:30 p.m. (JV)

Tuesday, April 26

• Golf at Lakeland Christian (Raccoon Run), 4:30 p.m.
• Baseball at Lakewood Park, 5:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 28

• Girls track at Goshen, 4:30 p.m.
• Girls tennis vs. LaLumiere, 5:00 p.m. (V)
• Girls tennis vs. LaLumiere, 6:00 p.m. (V)

Friday, April 29

• Girls tennis vs. NorthWood, 4:30 p.m. (V)
• Girls tennis vs. NorthWood, 5:30 p.m. (V)

These Weeks In Bruindom, April 3-16

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Sunday, April 3

• Athlete of the Week nominations due, 5:30 p.m.

April 4-11: No athletic competitions

Tuesday, April 12

• Girls tennis at Central Noble, 5:00 p.m. (V)
• Softball vs. Westview, 5:00 p.m.
• Baseball vs. Bremen, 5:00 p.m.
• Girls tennis at Central Noble, 6:00 p.m. (JV)

Thursday, April 14

• Boys & girls track at Jimtown with ECA, 4:30 p.m.
• Softball at Culver Community, 5:00 p.m.
• Baseball at Concord, 5:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 16

• Softball vs. Gary Wallace, game one, 10:00 a.m.
• Golf at Goshen (Maplecrest), 11:00 a.m.
• Softball vs. Gary Wallace, game two, 12:30 p.m.
• Girls tennis at Prairie Heights, 1:00 p.m. (V)
• Girls tennis at Prairie Heights, 2:00 p.m. (JV)

This Week In Bruindom, June 7-13

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June 7

• Athlete of the Week nominations due, TBD

Match Reports, June 5

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Golf 13th of 13 in Northridge sectional.

MIDDLEBURY, Ind. — Team scores: Northridge 330, Prairie Heights 330, Lakeland 347, Goshen 349, Fairfield 350, NorthWood 352, Concord 355, Westview 370, Central 381, Memorial 390, ECA 408, Jimtown 414, Bethany 463. Northridge over Prairie Heights, 94-95 on fifth golfer tiebreaker. Top five: Braden Klotz (NW) 74, Brian Ulrich (F) 77, Mitch Bellam (PH) 79, Logan McBride (Nr) 79, Andy Morrison (Nr) 81. Bethany results: t-50th, Matt Ebersole 101; 59th, Jared Schwartzentruber 108; 60th, Jared Christophel 113; 64th, Ben Miller 141.

Match Report, June 4

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Golf lost to Bremen and Goshen.
GOSHEN —
Team scores: Goshen 158, Bremen 165, Bethany 212. Top ten golfers: Max Kipfer (Br) 37, Eric Peters (G) 38, Matt Diller (G) 38, Jared Schwartzentruber (BC) 39, Collin Chapman (G) 40. Other Bruin results: 12th, Matt Ebersole 55; 13th, Jared Christophel 56; 14th, Brandon Sharkey 62, 15th, Ben Miller 76.

Spring Interscholastic Athletic Awards

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Spring athletic awards were given recently at an event which I cannot find on the school calendar. A list of major awards follows.

Baseball

• MVP: Johnny Kauffman (Sr)
• Outstanding offense: Mikey Kelly (Jr)
• Outstanding defense: Seth Kauffman (Jr)
• Utility man: Luke Slagel (Sr)
• Most improved: James Helmuth (So)
• Sportsmanship: Kyle Miller (So)
• JV award: Peter Schrock (Fr)

Softball

• MVP: Chelsea Noble (Sr)
• MVP: Jodi Stutzman (Sr)
• Most improved: Ali Hochstetler (So)
• Sportsmanship: Leanne Hochstetler (Jr)

Boys track

• MVP: Ryan Snyder (Jr), who also had the honor of getting his name changed by the Elkhart Truth
• Sportsmanship: Nick Handrich (Sr)

Girls track

• MVP: Emma Gerig (Jr)
• Sportsmanship: Alita Yoder (Sr), Casey Snyder (Sr)

Girls tennis

• MVP: Mandy Schlabach (So)
• Most improved: Emma Caskey (Fr)
• Sportsmanship: Marla zumFelde (So)
• JV award: Sarah Brew (Fr)

Golf

• MVP: Jared Schwartzentruber (Sr)
• Mental attitude: Ben Miller (So)
• Rookie of the Year: Matt Ebersole (Fr)

Spring Athletic Awards (Bethany Christian Schools)
Bethany Christian Awards (Elkhart Truth)

This Week In Bruindom, May 31-June 6

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May 31

• Athlete of the Week nominations due, 6:00 p.m.

June 1

• Baseball vs. Canterbury in sectional finals at FW Blackhawk, 5:00 p.m.

June 5

• Golf sectionals at Spring Meadow, 8:00 a.m.

Match Reports, May 26

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Softball def. Hamilton 14-0 in sectional first-round play.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. —
Bethany 00(11) 30 — 14 12 1
Hamilton 000 00 — 0 2 4
Chelsea Noble (W, 5-9) and Ali Hochstetler, Megan Schmucker; B. Koeppe (L) and M. Davis.
Hits — Bethany: Caitlin Fecher 2, Gina Gautsche 2, Noble 2. 3B — Bethany: Noble. 2B — Bethany: Kelly Snyder. RBI — Bethany: Noble 5, Fecher 2, Gautsche 2. Runs — Bethany: Fecher 2, Mattie Lehman 2, Gautsche 2. SB — Bethany: Hochstetler 2, Jodi Stutzman 2; Hamilton: D. Martin 2.

Girls track regionals
BREMEN, Ind. —
Penn 97 5/6, Warsaw 65, SB Riley 54, SB Washington 50, Culver Academies 43, Memorial 37, SB St. Joseph's 31, Kokomo 30, SB Adams 27, SB Clay 25, Plymouth 23, Concord 22, Cass 15, Bremen 14; Fairfield 14, Western 9, Central 8½, Eastern (Greentown) 8, Northwestern 7, Mishawaka 6 1/3, Glenn 6, LaVille 6, Manchester 6, Goshen 4, Madison-Grant 3, Wawasee 3, Northridge 2, Jimtown 2, Oak Hill 2, Logansport 2, Bethany 1, NorthWood 1/3.
200 — prelims: Elise Daniel (SBC) 26.05, Avante' Newsome-Gunn (SBW) 26.28, Finesse Bartlett (SBR) 26.52. Bruin runner: 8th, Emma Gerig 27.56 (final qualifying time). Final: Avante' Newsome-Gunn (SBW) 26.21, Alyssa Hummel (Penn) 26.28, Finesse Bartlett (SBR) 26.31 (state qualifying time). Bruin runner: 8th, Emma Gerig 27.92 (+1.61)

Golf vs. West Noble and Clinton Christian — no score available.

This Week In Bruindom, May 24-30

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May 24

• Athlete of the Week nominations due, 6:00 p.m.

May 26

• Softball vs. Hamilton in sectional first round at FW Canterbury, 5:00 p.m.
• Golf vs. West Noble and Clinton Chr., 5:00 p.m.
• Girls track regionals at Bremen, 6:00 p.m.

May 27

• Girls tennis individual sectional vs. Concord (Allen/Hershberger) at Northridge, 5:00 p.m.
  

May 28

• FW Blackhawk vs. Keystone in baseball sectional at FW Blackhawk, 4:00 p.m.
• Softball sectional semifinal: FW Canterbury vs. ECA at FW Canterbury, 5:00 p.m.
• Girls tennis individual sectional: Concord vs. Churubusco (Klaehn/Carpenter) at Northridge, 5:00 p.m.
• Golf at Hamilton, 5:00 p.m.
• ECA vs. Hamilton in baseball sectional at FW Blackhawk, 6:10 p.m.

May 29

• Baseball vs. Lakewood Park in sectional at FW Blackhawk, 4:00 p.m.
• Softball vs. Lakewood Park in sectional semifinal at FW Canterbury, 5:00 p.m.

May 30

• Blackhawk vs. Canterbury in baseball sectional semifinal at FW Blackhawk, 10:00 a.m.
• Lakewood vs. Canterbury in softball sectional final at FW Canterbury, 11:00 a.m.
• ECA vs. Bethany in baseball sectional semifinal at FW Blackhawk, 12:10 p.m.