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See BASEBALL on 6 By Andy Heuring Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Gibson Southern's golf team shot a 166 on a soggy, windy day Tuesday night, de- spite a poor start. They easily beat Wood Memorial which shot a 203 in the tough conditions. "The course is playing a bit tougher right now due to soggy fairways and greens which are still healing from recent aeration but, the guys are working hard. I'm pleased where we are right now....but, we've got to keep working hard. We need to hit more greens and make more putts and lower scores will come," said Ti- tan head coach Matt Reinbrecht. The Titans got off to a slow start after all five varsity players were at least three over, after two holes. Senior Ryan Islam and Peyton Blackard both took 12 strokes to play the first two holes that have a combined par of nine. Islam doubled the first hole and had bo- gey on two. Blackard started by with a par on hole one, but then hit two in the water on hole 2 to post a triple bogey. Both turned their games around. Blackard made bogey on hole 4 to be four over. Then, he turned it on. A fter par- ring the difficult par three, fifth hole. He hit his approach shot into hole 6 to about five feet and made the putt for par. He birdied hole 7 and on hole 8 hit his approach from about 50 yards to three feet, and made par on hole 9 for a 37 and medalist honors. Islam after the double bogey, bogey start made par on five of the next six holes for a 40. Cale Martin made the first eagle of his high school career on hole 7. He hit a three wood into the wind from 255 yards to 25 feet, then made the putt for an eagle. He finished with a 43. Sophomore Dawson Maurer made three TITAN GOLFERS BREEZE BY TROJANS Titans' baseball remain unbeaten By Mike Sandifar Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Coach Chris May's Gib- son Southern High School baseball team remain un- beaten with a Pocket Ath- letic Conference (PAC) vic- tory over Mt. Vernon, 5 -1, last Thursday afternoon. The win pushes the Titans' record to 7-0 overall and 2-0 in conference action. Justin Stimpson got the start on the mound for Gib- son Southern, and the se- nior went the first four in- nings to get the victory. Stimpson gave up just one run and two hits. He struck out four Mt. Vernon batters and walked four. Seniors Brayden Malone and Logan Maurer finished the final three innings for Stimpson. Malone went two frames and struck out three Wildcats. He gave up two hits and did not walk a bat- ter. Maurer entered the bot- tom of the seventh inning to mop up for the Titans. He did not allow a hit, throw- ing just six pitches, five for strikes, to put the visitors away in order in the final inning. The Titans scored first in the contest, pushing a run across in the bottom of the third inning to take a 1-0 lead, but the Wildcats scored a run in the top of the fourth to knot the score at 1-1. In the bottom of the fourth, the Titans scored three runs to up the Gib- son Southern lead to 4-1, and the Titans came back in the bottom of the fifth in- ning to plate another run, giving the eventual winners the final 5 -1 advantage, as the GSHS pitching staff did not allow a run over the fi- nal three innings. As they have throughout the seven-game win streak, the Titans hit the baseball and put runners on base. Malone and Levi Dicker- son each had two hits in the fray, while Maurer, Lo- gan Thomas, Kaden Hur- less, Regan Farmer and Noah Bryant all had one hit. Malone, Hurless, Oli- ver Hamilton, and Dicker- son all worked the Wildcat pitchers for a walk. All eight are seniors. "We played well again See BREEZE on page 3 Titans third at Washington Invitational Story on 6 Dawson Maurer holds his finish after hitting a drive on the par 5 seventh hole at Cam- bridge. Maurer shot a Maurer shot a 46 as the Titans won 166 to 203 over Wood Me- morial. B-1 Tuesday, April 19, 2022 South Gibson Star-Times NEW HOPE MORTGAGE unitedfidelity.com FEEL AT HOME WITH A BANK YOU CAN TRUST! Darla Barton, Fort Branch AVP, Office Manager 810 East Locust Street • 812-615-0189 • NMLS# 438873 • Down payments as low as 5% • Contact Darla Barton to get our current rates • Can be used for a purchase or refinance Rates are subject to credit approval. Rates are subject to other terms, conditions and are subject to change without notice. See associate for details.