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Elwood’s Xavier Davenport and Frankton’s Nate Moore were recently named to the Central Indiana All-Conference baseball team for a second straight year.

CONVERSE — In a game where the weather was a major player for both sides, Madison-Grant held Frankton to a single run to win the Class 2A Oak Hill Regional championship 4-1 here on Saturday.The Argylls (17-10) advance to Saturday’s Oak Hill Semistate and will play Illiana Christian (19-9) at 11 a.m.

NOBLESVILLE — Following a long, hot day on the Harbour Trees G.C.

FRANKTON — A strong start, a solid pitching performance from Wyatt Smith and production at the plate from nearly the entire lineup led the host Eagles to a 6-3 victory over Wapahani and to the Class 2A Frankton Sectional championship on Monday night.It was Frankton’s first baseball sectional title since 2018 and it was the first for Eagles’ first-year head coach Caleb Maddox.

FAIRMOUNT — Back-to-back five-run innings propelled Madison-Grant to a 12-0, 5-inning victory over Elwood and its fourth straight sectional championship here on Thursday night.The host Argylls executed the their short game to near perfection to beat the Panthers for the third time this season and win the Class 2A Madison-Grant Sectional.“We haven’t defended the short game well all season,” Elwood coach Jessie Mireles said.Elwood also squandered a good scoring opportunity in the second inning after Madison-Grant scored twice in the bottom of the first.Alivia Boston, Journey Crawford and Nicole Durm hit consecutive singles to load the bases for the Panthers with no outs.

GREENTOWN — Madison-Grant pushed four runs across the plate to start the game and never looked back as the Argylls went on to defeat Elwood 8-1 in this past Saturday’s second semifinal game of the Class 2A Eastern Baseball Sectional.Madison-Grant then defeated Eastern 13-1 in Monday’s championship and will play Frankton, who won its own sectional on Monday, in Saturday’s one-game regional.