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Altherr, Long earn double blues; Lady Devils’ Ankrum wins high jump Cooper Altherr and Evan Long won two events each to propel the Tipton High School boys varsity track and field team to a second-place finish in its own invitational on Friday night. Sydney Duncan swept the throwing events to lead Frankton’s Lady Eagles to the runner-up finish at the same Tipton Invitational.

Although the softball and baseball sectionals do not start until the last full week of May, the Indiana High School Athletic Association conducted the draw on Sunday and released the match-ups back-to-back pairings shows.

The Tipton High School varsity baseball team capped off a tough week with a 13-4 victory at Clinton Prairie on Friday. The Blue Devils’ week began with a heart-breaking 4-3 loss at Alexandria last Monday.

The Tipton High School girls varsity tennis team once again took to the road last Tuesday and Wednesday, dropping matches at Frankton and Lapel. On Tuesday, the Lady Devils were defeated 4-1 by the Frankton Eagles.

SHARPSVILLE — Tri-Central’s Lady Trojans overcame deficits of 9-2 and 10-6 to defeat Sheridan 17-10 in a wild finish here last Thursday evening. The victory was the Trojans’ first in the Hoosier Heartland Conference and first of the season.

PERU — Tipton’s high school boys golf team placed ninth in a stacked 21-team Hall of Fame Tournament played at Rock Hollow G.C. here on Saturday.

ELWOOD --- Neither Tri-Central nor Elwood handled the ball cleanly in the field of play, combining for nine errors in Monday’s varsity softball game here. The difference was the Panthers came up with some big and timely hits to spur them on to a 7-1 victory over the Trojans.