Coach Pat Medler picked up his 330th career win Monday night but his first at Monroe Central as the Lady Bears opened the year with an MEC win over Shenandoah, 12-2. The first inning both teams got on the board via the solo home run. Sophomore Mabrey Buis was MC’s first batter of the year
Tonight’s baseball and softball games are on as planned. For the Lady Bears they will host Shenandoah at 5 p.m. in their first game of the year. The Bears travel to Northeastern for a 5 p.m. game. The track meet at Union County is being pushed back to Tuesday.
Monroe Central’s boys and girls track & field teams will travel to Union County on Monday for a meet that will start at 5:30 p.m. It will also be a dual meet as a mix up has caused Union to drop out.
Monroe Central’s girls’ track team took first place ribbons home in the outdoor season opener Thursday at Hagerstown with Delta. Aubrey Norris swept the mile and two miles with times of 5:58 and 13:18, respectively. Marissa Huddleston won the 300 hurdles in 54.26 seconds and Miranda Haney took first in the high jump at 4′
Nick Mitchell swept the 110 and 300 hurdle events Thursday as Monroe Central opened the outdoor track & fueld season. Mitchell won the 110 low hurdle event in 15.6 seconds while taking first in the 300 high hurdles in 41.04. Others who finished in top 4 during the meet at Hagerstown with Delta were: Noah
Monroe Central’s varsity baseball team didn’t play in ideal conditions Saturday but as the great Ernie Banks said, “It’s a great day for a ball game; let’s play two!” Game one saw the Bears score 13 times over two innings and two freshmen hurlers blanked the Eagles of Cambridge City Lincoln. In a 7-run second inning, Jordan Willen and
Just like so many other teams, the Monroe Central boys golf team will have to wait another day to start the 2018 season. Yorktown has cancelled today’s invitational. They have snow on the greens and they don’t think it will be melted off by the time the meet was to start at 1 p.m.
For the second time in four days, Delta and Monroe Central squared off in a varsity baseball game. Delta took advantage of miscues and handed the Golden Bears a 7-1 loss Thursday night. A leadoff double and a two-out single put Delta on top 1-0. The Bears tied it up in the bottom of the
Saturday temperatures have wreaked havoc on high school athletic events. The Muncie Burris track invitational set for Ball State University was cancelled on Thursday. The Yorktown golf invitational has been pushed back to a 1 p.m. start. The baseball doubleheader at Monroe Central with Lincoln has been pushed back at 1 p.m. as well.
Dr. Lumpkin will be at Monroe Central Jr/Sr High School on Thursday, June 7 and Thursday, June 21 to perform sports physicals for the 2018-19 school year. Appointments will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. Cost is $20 and has to be paid when you schedule the appointment. See Mrs. Murray in the HS office to
