Braun continues dynamic start

Since cracking the starting lineup, all Kyra Braun has done is win.

Braun, a 2016 Jay County High School graduate, added two more victories as the Trine University women’s tennis team dropped a pair of matches.

The freshman recorded the only win for the Thunder (1-8) in an 8-1 loss March 16 to Texas Lutheran. She defeated Kylee Armstrong 6-1, 6-1.

On Wednesday, Braun continued her career-opening winning streak by earning a 6-4, 6-4 victory as Trine lost 6-3 to Bethel.

Braun, who helped lead Jay County to a sectional title in 2015, has continued her dynamic start to her career and is a flawless 4-0 on the season as Trine’s No. 6 singles player.



Collin Affolder

South Adams – 2014

Recorded consecutive multi-hit games for the Bethel College baseball team recently in a pair of losses.

The junior had a double, a single and a walk in a 12-2 loss Monday to Grace College.

He then smacked a double, single and drove in a run as the Pilots (9-4, 0-2 Crossroads League) dropped the first game of a doubleheader 3-1 on Tuesday to Indiana Wesleyan. Affolder had an RBI double during the first inning to plate his team’s only run.

Affolder is batting .370 with five doubles, a pair of walks and 16 RBIs.



Chandler Ingle

South Adams – 2015

Played in three straight games for the Goshen College baseball team.

The sophomore walked once in a 16-3 loss Tuesday to Spring Arbor, which snapped Goshen’s school record 12-game winning streak.

In a doubleheader Wednesday against Calumet College of St. Joseph, Ingle entered as a pinch runner in the fifth inning of game one and scored two batters later in a 10-4 victory.

He had an RBI single in the sixth inning and came around to score as the Maple Leafs (13-9, 4-1 Crossroads League) tied with Calumet, 4-4, in the second game.



Catherine Dunn

Jay County – 2015

Smacked four hits for the Brescia University softball team as it split a doubleheader with Oakland City University on Saturday.

Dunn had three hits in a 2-1 victory in the first game as the Bearcats (6-10) racked up 12 hits.

The two-sport collegiate athlete is leading the team with a .462 batting average.

She has appeared in nine games, and has hit safely in each of her last five contests.