Bruns finishes top three

Jalyn Bruns had a good fall season.

It has only improved in the spring.

The 2022 Fort Recovery High School graduate finished third in a three-team meet on April 13 and 14 at Forest Hills Golf Course.

Bruns’ total score of 163 strokes helped lead the IU-East women’s golf team a blowout victory with a score of 645. IU Kokomo came in second with 737 strokes while Rio Grande trailed with 785.

Her score also placed her third out of 19 total golfers. Only Brooklynn Cromwell and Katie Craig – both of which also golf for IU-East – shot better than Bruns with scores of 158 and 160, respectively.

Bruns’ first round score of 77 tied with Craig’s second round for the lowest in the entire meet.

Noah Arbuckle

JCHS — 2020

Earned the win in seven innings of work on the mound for the Huntington University baseball team on April 13 as the Foresters took down the Grace Lancers 6-3.

Grace only was able to give Arbuckle trouble in the eighth inning, giving up two singles and a double that led to two runs before making his exit from the game.

Only allowing one earlier run, Arbuckle secured the win for the Foresters (25-15) with six strikeouts, three walks, seven hits and three earned runs.

Crosby Heniser

JCHS — 2022

Struck out the side in one inning of work for the Manchester University baseball team on April 12 in a 18-3 loss to the Hanover Panthers.

Heniser sat down the first two batters looking, before giving up a double. He quickly struckout one more batter to end the inning. The Spartans (9-19) didn’t score enough runs in the top of the eighth to allow him another inning of work.

He started in left field the next day, going 0-for-3 as the Panthers beat the Spartans 5-2.

Maddie Guggenbiller

FRHS — 2023

Came through as a pinch hitter for the Defiance College softball team on April 13 in a 4-2 loss to the Franklin Grizzlies.

With one out in the top of the seventh, the FRHS grad got an opportunity to pinch hit for the Yellowjackets (9-18). She responded by blasting a home run to center field to cut the lead to two runs.

Over the previous three games, Guggenbiller struggled as she struck out in 7-of-11 at bats.