Greene County Sports Roundup: Lundy heads to state, Shakamak falls in five sets
/The impressive cross country season for White River Valley High School’s Landon Lundy will continue for another week.
The junior finished 11th at the Crawford County Regional in Marengo on Saturday with a time of 15 minutes, and 48.90 seconds.
The effort was more than good enough for him to advance to the Indiana High School Athletic Association’s state championship meet on Saturday, Oct. 31. The meet will take place at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course in Terre Haute starting at 11:15 a.m.
wrv’s landon lundy advanced to the cross country state meet. photo courtesy of white river valley high school.
Lundy was third at the Bedford North Lawrence Sectional. Lundy’s trip to the state meet continues an outstanding season. He set a school record, personal best, and meet record at the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference meet earlier this year in 15:38.20.
Other accomplishments for the talented runner include being named the 2025 USAF Indiana Athlete of the Year (ages 15-16) as he won the 3,000-meter run at Indiana Wesleyan University in 9:16, and personal bests with the WRV track team of 2:04.09 in the 800, 4:32.58 in the 1,600, and 10:12.26 in the 3,200.
Eastern Greene High School’s boys team also took part in the Crawford County Regional.
Senior Dillan Williams led the way for the Thunderbirds with a 125th-place finish and a time of 18:04.20. Junior Elijah Jordan finished 151st in 18:26.20, followed by junior Dylan Kirkwood in 18:27.60 and a 152nd finish. Senior Jacob Crites was 160th in 18:31.30, sophomore Evan Pate finished 219th in 19:36.50, junior Aaron Hudson was 224th in 19:51.50, and sophomore Zayvier Wise finished 236th in 20:46.
Eastern Greene’s girls team finished 23rd out of 25 teams at Crawford County.
Sophomore Cheyenne Bahr lead Eastern Greene with an 85th-place finish in 21 minutes and 45 seconds. Senior Caroline Roberts was next for the Lady Thunderbirds in 122nd place with a time of 23:03.9, followed by sophomore Avery Fuller in 148th place with a time of 24:20.4, senior Madison Shimukus in 159th place with a time of 25:13.6, and freshman Jordis Eads in 164th place in 25:55.3.
Greene County runners who took part at Crawford County as individuals — junior Kate Linneweber (WRV) finished 112th in 21:49.10, sophomore Sara Van Der Aa (Bloomfield) was 149th in 22:33.10, senior Kendall Pischel (Bloomfield) was 187th in 23:13.90, and junior Hana Piskova (Bloomfield) was 238th in 26:05.70.
Shakamak High School had three boys take part in the Brownsburg Regional on Saturday. Senior Aiden Barber finished 164th with a time of 17:47.10, and senior Riley Barcus was 206th with a time of 18:35.90. Freshman Beau Collins was 232nd in 20:00.10.
Shakamak High School’s volleyball team came up just short of winning its first-ever Class A regional title Saturday evening in Loogootee.
The Lady Lakers were up 2 games to 1 against Shoals but came up short in the final two sets. Shakamak won the first set 25-16, lost the second 25-12, won the third 25-19, and lost the final two 25-16 and 15-8.
The regional title was the first for any sport at Shoals, as the Jug Rox (27-3) now play Indianapolis Lutheran in the semistate. Shakamak Coach Emeral Goff’s team finished an impressive season 25-3 and a state ranking of No. 7 in Class A.
The season came to an end for Eastern Greene High School’s football team Friday night in its Class 2A Sectional 40 opener. The Thunderbirds lost to Paoli, 67-33.
Eastern Greene freshman quarterback Jobey James was 7 of 17 passing for 108 yards and two touchdowns. Junior Eli Engleking led the Thunderbirds in rushing with 63 yards on five carries, and sophomore Saxton Pennycoff had two receiving touchdowns for a total of 65 yards.
Eastern Greene finished its season 3-7, with victories over Pike Central (41-12), Mitchell (24-12), and Brown County (48-6).