The final Jackson County high school softball team, Trinity Lutheran, was eliminated from the sectional on May 29. They defeated Crothersville earlier in the week to advance to the championship game. But they lost to Springs Valley 11-1.

Brownstown Central and Seymour each lost by one run in their first-round games May 26.

So that leaves the four baseball teams and the four golf teams that have yet to get through sectional, and eight track and field athletes will be competing in next weekend’s state finals.

Brownstown Central is the only baseball team that’s begun play. They defeated West Washington May 28 7-1. Games continued at Providence the next night, with the host school beating Austin 10-1 and Clarksville beating Paoli 4-2.
Play resumes there on Monday, when Eastern (Pekin) will take on Providence, followed by Brownstown Central and Clarksville. The Braves defeated Clarksville 3-2 earlier in the season, and they beat Providence and Eastern during the season, so it will be an interesting finish down there. Let’s hope the Braves come out victorious.

If they do, they’ll head to Austin that weekend for the regional.

For Seymour, they are playing host to the baseball sectional. Bedford North Lawrence and Jeffersonville won first-round games on May 28. Seymour plays Class 4A No. 5 New Albany this weekend (May 30) after BNL and Jeff face off. The championship will be Monday.

Whoever wins the Seymour Sectional will venture to Evansville North for regional the following weekend.

At the Class A Springs Valley Sectional, Crothersville and Trinity Lutheran both play Monday (June 1). Crothersville will battle Springs Valley in the first game, followed by Trinity taking on Northeast Dubois in the second game. ND defeated Orleans May 29 to advance.

The winner of this sectional will play in the Loogootee Regional.

Brownstown Central, Seymour, Crothersville and Trinity Lutheran golf teams will compete in the June 5 sectional at Bedford’s Otis Park Golf Club. Three of the teams will participate in invitationals and/or matches this coming week, and they also will have practice rounds at Otis Park. Check the paper next weekend to see if any teams or individuals advance to regional…I have a feeling there may be some.

Finally, boys and girls track will end after next Saturday (June 6). The boys state finals is on Friday and the girls is Saturday, and both take place at Indiana University in Bloomington.
Brownstown Central’s Mark Crossman and Seymour’s Nolan Fife will compete in the 800-meter run, BC’s David Baker in shot put and Seymour’s Drew Royalty in discus.
For the girls, BC’s Maria Allen will go for the title in long jump (she was seeded first and won that at regional), BC’s Jenna Hackman and Seymour’s Christina Moravec will run the 400-meter dash and Seymour’s Taylor Schultz will compete in discus.

Best of luck to all of these teams and athletes in the postseason. It’s been great watching how you’ve done so far, but for several of you, it’s not over yet.

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