Mathias makes golf debut

Evan Mathias got his first crack at collegiate golf.
Mathias, a 2014 Jay County High School graduate, made his debut for the Marian University men’s golf team in the Marian Spring Invitational on Monday and Tuesday at Broadmoor Country Club.
Competing as an individual because the Knights had more than five players, Mathias began the two-day tournament with an 8-over 79, six strokes behind the leader, Sean Thomas of Mount Vernon Nazarene.
He had two birdies, one on the par-4 sixth and the other on the par-5 18th.
On the tournament’s second day, Mathias had difficulty staying out of the bunkers and left a few too many putts short of the cup.
He finished with a score of 91.
The Knights won the team title with a two-round total of 601, edging Cardinal Stritch by two strokes. Mount Vernon Nazarene totaled 615 to finish third in the nine-team tournament.
Mathias’ total of 170 was 44th.

Collin Affolder
South Adams – 2015
Walked and scored a run for the Bethel College baseball team in a 7-4 victory over Goshen College in nine innings on March 31.
The sophomore led off the top of the ninth inning, reaching first on an error, and later came around to score the go-ahead and eventual game-winning run.
He added a hit Monday for the Pilots (7-17, 4-4 Crossroads League) in the first game of a doubleheader, a 4-1 win against Goshen. In game two, he scored once in a 3-2 loss.

Abbi Dunlavy
Jay County – 2014
Ran for the IPFW women’s track team in the weather-shortened Miami Duals on Saturday.
The sophomore finished 26th in both the 1,500- and 800-meter runs. She had a time of 5 minutes, 33.26 seconds in the 1,500, and crossed the finish line in 2:50.8 in the 800.

Abigail Johnson
Jay County – 2014
Competed for the Indiana Wesleyan women’s track team in the Knight Invitational on Monday and Tuesday in Indianapolis.
The sophomore ran the steeplechase, finishing ninth with a time of 12:54.78.
Tiffany Rauch of Indiana Tech was the winner in 11:04.72.

Tim Lehman
South Adams – 2012
Competed for the Goshen College men’s track team Saturday at the Hanover Invitational.
The former Starfire was 13th in the 400 run with his time of 52.06 seconds.
The Maple Leafs finished 12th as a team.