Thursday county wrap: NP volleyball wins, storms wash away games

Volleyball

New Palestine 3, North Decatur 0: The Dragons posted a 25-23, 25-9, 25-15 sweep of the Chargers at home Thursday evening.

NP got eight kills, four digs and a block from junior Jamie Morris. Mikayla Little added five aces, three kills and a block. Senior Katie Morris had five kills, four assists and a block. Megan Hawley added three kills and five digs. Senior McKenze Qualkinbush had four digs and a team-high 10 assists.

The Dragons are now 2-0 on the season.

Cambridge City Lincoln 3, Eastern Hancock 2: The Royals dropped a heartbreaker 25-23, 20-25, 25-20, 18-25, 19-17 to the Golden Eagles Thursday night.

Melissa Bedell had 17 kills and 19 digs for the Royals. Hannah Best led EH defensively with 37 digs to go along with six kills. Tori Bednarski had 31 digs. Lauren Harmon had 16 kills to help pace the offense, with Bekah Dickmander adding 15 kills. Emily Jeffries added seven kills and five blocks. Jordian Eastes had 51 assists, 12 digs and a team-high four aces.

The Royals are now 1-1 on the season.

Results from the Mt. Vernon-Lawrence North match have not been provided to Hancock County Sports.

Weather postponements

Thursday's thunderstorms washed away much of the schedule. New Palestine's soccer and tennis matches at Yorktown and golf match at home against Beech Grove were all postponed with no reschedule dates known at this time. The same goes for G-C's soccer match against Warren Central and multiple other varsity sporting events. 

Friday's schedule

Four football games are on tap Friday: New Palestine at Whiteland, with a 7 p.m. kickoff and the broadcast right here at ihigh.com/hancockcountysports. In addition, Greenfield-Central hosts New Castle at 7:30 (broadcast: WRGF-89.7/"Radio Mom"-91.1), Eastern Hancock visits Tindley in a game played at 7 p.m. at Arlington HS, and Mt. Vernon hosts Kokomo at 7 (broadcast available right here at ihigh.com/hancockcountysports).