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INDIANAPOLIS — Brent Brobston got his summer off to a memorable start. The Frankton varsity boys basketball coach was an assistant coach for the Indiana Senior All-Stars last week.

Frankton had a leaguehigh four players named to the All-Central Indiana Conference baseball first team, while Elwood had one player selected. Eagle senior Bradyn Douglas joined Alexandria’s Blackford’s Landon Rogers as three-time first selections.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Frankton senior Sydney Duncan closed out her high school track and field career with a podium finish at Saturday’s Indiana High School Athletic Association Girls State Track and Field Championships at Indiana University.

FRANKTON, Ind. — Makena Alexander needed only three years to own all the offensive records in Frankton softball history.

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — The Frankton and Elwood high school boys golf seasons came to an end on Monday as the Eagles finished sixth and the Panthers 10th at Monday’s Noblesville Sectional played at Harbour Trees G.C.

Elwood’s Kennedy Perrin and Frankton’s Addie Brobston and Emily Bilyeu were named to the All-Central Indiana Conference girls tennis first team recently. Perrin and Brobston are seniors and played No. 1 singles, while Bilyeu is a junior and played No. 2 singles. This was the first all-conference first-team honor for all three players. All-in-all, 14 players earned first-team honors, while an additional 10 received honorable mention honors. Elwood senior Kenzee Garringer and junior Raeghan Wisehart earned honorable mention honors for their play at No. 2 and No. 3 singles, respectively. Honorable mention selections from Frankton were seniors Haylee Niccum (No. 3 singles) and Launa Hamaker (No. 1 doubles).

FORT WAYNE — Frankton’s Sydney Duncan once again the class of the field when it came to shot put. The FHS senior threw the shot 42-feet, 5.5-inches to win the shot put at last Tuesday’s Carroll Regional here.

KOKOMO — Elwood picked the right time to play its best baseball game of the season. The Panthers gave Madison-Grant all the Argylls could handle and then some in the second game of Wednesday night’s Class 2A Eastern Sectional.

LAPEL — Frankton’s bats were mostly quiet, and one bad inning of execution was enough to eliminate the Eagles from the Class 2A Lapel Baseball Sectional last Thursday night. Winchester scored three runs in the fourth inning on one hit and it stood up for a 3-0 victory.

FRANKTON — Frankton senior slugger Makena Alexander hit a home run in her first and last at bats of Tuesday’s sectional game, but Lapel made that heroic feat the final for her and the Eagles. Lapel put up a four-run fourth inning and held on for dear life in a 6-5 victory, ending the two-time defending sectional champion Eagles season.