NEW ALBANY — The Silver Creek softball team allowed one combined run in both of its games on Saturday to win the New Albany Invitational at Prosser Field. The Dragons defeated the host Bulldogs in the tournament opener, 2-0. They then thumped Trinity Lutheran to go 2-0 in the tournament, 10-1. This year’s tournament had a round-robin format.

Silver Creek’s Shayla Cravens pitched a four-hit shutout in the victory over New Albany. She struck out 11 and walked none.

Silver Creek’s Casie Toby and Tiphany Harper each went 2-for-3.

Bulldog freshman Hannah Morton was the losing pitcher. She went the distance, surrendering two earned runs on seven hits with four strikeouts and no walks.

Against Trinity Lutheran, Dragons’ starting pitcher Audrey Jolissaint yielded one hit in getting the complete-game victory. The one run Jolissaint gave up was earned, as she fanned eight and walked none.

Silver Creek’s Sydney Ledwedge and Brooke Barnett each went 2-for-3, while teammates McKenzie Bush and Heather Knight both were 2-for-4. Ledwedge had a double and a triple, while Barnett smacked a triple.

“This is a good tournament for us,” Dragons’ assistant coach Terry Purlee said. “Playing against New Albany is a challenge for us. Anytime you can win over a Class 4A school, it’s always good.”

The Bulldogs ended up 1-1 on the day with an 11-1 triumph over Trinity Lutheran in five innings.

Hannah Veit was the only New Albany player to have a multihit game, going 2-for-4 with five RBIs.

Bulldog freshman McKenzie Gill got the victory on the mound. She tossed all five frames, allowing one earned run on three hits with two strikeouts and two walks.

Silver Creek (8-3) and New Albany (5-4) will both be on the road on Monday. The Dragons will visit Austin, while the Bulldogs will face Charlestown.

• Highlanders 1-1 in Jasper Invitational: On Friday, Class 4A No. 8 Floyd Central split its first two games of the Jasper Invitational.

In their first game, the Highlanders lost in five innings to Class 4A No. 9 Carmel, 11-1.

Floyd Central pitcher Caroline Cato got the loss, dropping her record to 3-1. The Highlanders managed only one hit and committed four errors.

Floyd Central bounced back in Game 2 by beating the host Wildcats in five frames, 10-0. The Highlanders’ Morgan Harper was the winning pitcher, improving her record to 5-0.

Floyd Central (11-1) will travel to Jeffersonville on Monday.



BASEBALL

• Pioneers cruise past Southwestern: A solid complete-game performance by starting pitcher Andrew Hunt and 17 hits from its offense enabled Providence to defeat Southwestern on Saturday, 8-1.

Hunt gave up one run on three hits. The junior struck out 12 and walked none. Hunt also helped himself at the plate, collecting two hits.

Ben Shahroudi led the Pioneers’ offense with three hits, including a double. Teammate Justin Starr had two hits, which were a double and a triple. Providence’s Ben Katchur and Dorian Noel also collected two hits. One of Noel’s knocks was a double.

“It all starts with Andrew. That was the best performance I’ve seen from him,” Pioneers’ head coach Scott Hornung said. “We got some key hits in certain situations.”

Providence (5-2) will host Louisville Southern on Monday.

• Highlanders fall at Lawrence Central: Visiting Floyd Central suffered an 8-6 loss at Lawrence Central on Saturday. The game was called after five innings because of rain.

Highlander senior Matt Powers was the losing pitcher, as his record is now 0-1. Floyd Central junior Bryce Smith smacked a double.

The Highlanders (4-4) will host Jennings County on Wednesday.

• Pirates down Trinity Lutheran: On Friday, host Charlestown earned its seventh victory of the season by defeating Trinity Lutheran, 9-5.

Pirates’ starting pitcher Colin Martin got the win in his first varsity start of his career. Martin threw 4 2/3 innings, yielding three runs (two earned) on four hits. He walked two and struck out two.

Charlestown’s Ryan Jones went 2-for-4 with a home run and an RBI.

Despite the win, Pirates’ head coach Ricky Romans said his defense must improve. Charlestown committed four errors.

“A win is a win, but our defense must step up at some point if we plan to compete in the conference and sectional play,” Romans said.

The Pirates (7-3) will travel to North Harrison on Monday.



GIRLS’ TENNIS

• Jeff, NA lose Triple Dual matches: On Friday, Jeffersonville and New Albany each lost their respective openers in the Jeff Triple Dual. The tournament matches on Saturday were postponed because of rain.

The Red Devils lost to Castle on Friday, 4-1. Jeff’s lone point came at No. 1 doubles, where junior Macy Lancaster and sophomore Emily Lewis defeated the Knights’ Allison Mann and Katie Brookman, 7-6(8-6), 6-1.

Along with lauding the effort of Lancaster and Lewis, Jeff head coach Mark Reilly praised his top two singles players in Morgan Reilly and Julianna Jenks. Each player lost in three sets.

“We lost a tough match to Castle,” Coach Reilly said. “Two of the four losses were in three sets. I was pleased with our No. 1 doubles of Macy Lancaster and Emily Lewis. Both of them did a great job of raising their game as the match went on and then sustained it for the rest of the evening. Both our No. 1 singles and No. 2 singles battled for nearly three hours before losing in the third set, so I’m pleased with the effort of those two.”

New Albany suffered a 5-0 loss to No. 19 Columbus North in its tournament opener.

Losing for the Bulldogs in singles action were Maddy Bellew, Katie Collins and Anne Mattox. New Albany’s No. 1 doubles team of Emily Hoffer and Peyton Wells and its two doubles tandem of Lauren Hoffer and Chandni Bhimani each fell in straight sets.

The Red Devils and the Bulldogs will make up their Triple Dual match at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Jeff.