LAWRENCEBURG – What's been a long, injury-wracked regular season for Lawrenceburg baseball finished on the upswing, with three straight win.

Tiger varsity, 12-14 in its first season under new head coach Nick Tremain, heads for Class 3A sectional play against Franklin County at Greensburg Thursday night.

LHS will carry some momentum into the postseason, thanks to its second Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference win of the spring, 4-1 at home vs. Batesville last Thursday, followed by Saturday's doubleheader sweep at South Ripley, 8-3 and 13-2 (five innings).

AURORA – East Central girls tennis captured its first sectional championship since 1993 – just the second in school history - with a 5-0 victory over Milan Saturday.

Dodging raindrops most of the weekend - with Thursday’s semifinal round bumped to Friday and Saturday's championship contested only after parents brought in leaf-blowers to help dry the South Dearborn courts – EC's title wasn't exactly a sure thing.

ST. LEON – Taking advantage of a favorable weather window Thursday night, East Central boys track and field came through with its seventh consecutive sectional championship.

Coach Steve Cotherman’s homestanding Trojans marked their 19 title overall, - all on Cotherman’s watch - outpointing top challenger Batesville in a tight 139-125 battle.

Junior Cade Knueven, the first EC runner to convert the 100-200-400 sprint triple in the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference meet one week earlier, just missed in his attempt to repeat at the first state tournament level.

LAWRENCEBURG – Despite playing all season with only 14 in the entire program, Lawrenceburg softball managed to tie its school record for wins, at 13-13, entering the Class 3A sectional this week.

Lady Tigers, in their second season under coach Mark McCool, posted their 13th win in a 7-6 squeaker at North Decatur Monday, May 13.

Behind winning pitcher Macy McCool (six earned runs, 12 hits, nine strikeouts, one walk in seven innings), LHS took a 7-5 lead into the bottom of the seventh frame and cut off a Charger rally after one run scored for the victory.

CARMEL, Ind. – South Dearborn baseball finished third in the always-tough Greyhound Classic eight-team tournament at Carmel Saturday.

Coach Jay Malott’s Knights defeated Chesterton, from northwest Indiana, 3-2 in first-round action Friday, then downed Martinsville in a 14-7 final round slugfest to cap regular season play late Saturday.