Sports

Lady Devils place 7th in HC

Tipton’s varsity softball team turned in one of its better performances of the season in last Friday night’s Hoosier Conference seventh-place game, shutting out host Lafayette Central Catholic 3-0.Senior Emerson Merrell turned in a dominant performance in the pitching circle, tossing a two-hitter with eight strikeouts.

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Tipton golfers finish as HC runners-up

OXFORD — Tipton’s high school boys golf team went from playing on what of the state’s best golf courses to playing on one of the more poorly designed courses in a week’s time.The Blue Devils played in the spring preview tournament on Saturday, May 4 on a long and challenging Prairie View Golf Club – the home of the IHSAA state finals – to playing in the Hoosier Conference on a short and challenging Oak Grove course in the Hoosier Conference match on Saturday.At Prairie View, golfers are often punished for not hitting the ball straight and down the middle of the fairway.

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Conference champs

WEST LAFAYETTE — Senior Cooper Altherr was a double winner in last Friday night’s Hoosier Conference track and field meet, while fellow senior Jackson Money also earned a first-place medal.Cooper swept the hurdle events, winning the 110-meter high hurdles in a time of 15.26 seconds.

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