TERRE HAUTE —
Sixteenth-ranked Terre Haute South overcame a 2-0 deficit in what proved to be the championship match of its own high school boys tennis invitational Saturday, winning the last three matches for a victory over 19th-ranked Evansville Memorial.
After blanking both Roncalli and Evansville Memorial, the Braves got a singles win from Nathan Bogle and doubles victories from Alex Barksdale and Reed Crawford — Barksdale’s third partner of the day, because of an injury — and Matthew Gonzalez and Trace Harruff.
Terre Haute South 5, Roncalli 0
Singles — Nathan Bogle (THS) def. Joe Wolf 6-1, 6-0; Krishan Kumar (THS) def. Christian Alsbach 6-1, 6-1; Scott Kellar (THS) def. Frederick Dowell 6-0, 6-2.
Doubles — Alex Barksdale-Luke Yeagley (THS) def. Jack Glander-Mark Johnson 6-1, 7-5; Matthew Gonzalez-Trace Harruff (THS) def. Thomas Myers-Marcus Swift 6-2, 6-4.
Other first-round match — Evansville Memorial 5, Evansville North 0.
Terre Haute South 5, Evansville Memorial 0
Singles — Bogle (THS) def. Jordan Greenwell 6-1, 6-1; Kumar (THS) def. Austin Holmes 6-0, 6-0; Kellar (THS) def. Allen Karch 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles — Barksdale-Ryan Chung (THS) def. Grant Carey-Shloak Vyas 6-1, 6-1; Gonzalez-Harruff (THS) def. Hunter Bennett-Jordan Holmes 6-0, 6-0.
Other second-round match — Evansville Memorial 5, Roncalli 0.
Terre Haute South 3, Evansville Memorial 2
Singles — Bogle (THS) def. Erich Schuette 7-6 (7-5), 6-1; Chad Barron (EM) def. Kumar 6-4, 6-4; Nate Cox (EM) def. Kellar 6-0, 6-2.
Doubles — Barksdale-Reed Crawford (THS) def. Matt Fash-Mark Murillo 7-5, 6-4; Gonzalez-Harruff (THS) def. Ryan Clark-Charlie Haynie 6-0, 6-3.
Other third-round match — Roncalli 3, Evansville North 2.
JV — Terre Haute South won 12 matches and lost 2.
Next — South (6-2) plays at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Terre Haute North.
In other tennis:
• Patriots win — At Terre Haute North, the host Patriots won three of their five matches against Indianapolis Chatard which proved to be the difference in the eighth annual Patriot Invitational.
Northview finished third, winning four of its five individual matches against Southport.
North got individual championships from Tate Egan at No. 1 singles, Andrew Farmer at No. 3 singles and Alex Farmer and Sam Wolf at No. 1 doubles.
Andrew Farmer lost just five games in his three matches and Egan lost just six games. In two matches, Ethan Caldwell lost just two games for the Patriots.
Patriot Invitational
Team scores — Terre Haute North 45, Indianapolis Chatard 40, Northview 9, Southport 6.
North records
No. 1 singles — Tate Egan 3-0
No. 2 singles — Ethan Caldwell 2-0, Gabe Sevigny 0-1
No. 3 singles — Andrew Farmer 3-0
No. 1 doubles — Alex Farmer-Sam Wolf 3-0
No. 2 doubles — Keaton Akers-Justin Newton 2-1
Next — Terre Haute North plays Monday at West Vigo, then hosts Terre Haute South at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
• Bloomfield 4, Linton 1 — At Linton, Cody Kocher got the home team a point by winning at No. 1 singles in a SouthWestern Indiana Athletic Conference match.
Bloomfield 4, Linton 1
Singles — Cody Kocher (L) def. Del Carter 7-6 (7-2), 6-4; Alex Chestnut (B) def. Mitchell Cox 6-2, 6-2; Conner Dowden (B) def. Zack McGill 6-1, 6-0.
Doubles — Andrew Dawson-Jared Myers (B) def. Alex Wilson-Andrew Woods 6-0, 6-0; Evan Fuller-Nathan Steele (B) def. Mitchel Maryfield-Dalton Van Patten 6-0, 6-0.
JV — Bloomfield 1, Linton 0.
Next — Linton (0-8, 0-2 SWIAC) plays Tuesday at Princeton.
Cross country
• Bertoli wins; North girls second, South boys fourth — At Nashville, Terre Haute South’s Jackson Bertoli won the boys varsity race and Terre Haute North’s Chanli Mundy was fifth in the girls varsity race as nearly 1,200 runners competed at the Eagle Classic.
North’s girls were second and South’s boys fourth in team standings.
Boys results
Class AA team scores — Westfield 49, Bloomington South 82, Columbus North 84, Terre Haute South 126, Indianapolis North Central 166, Lawrence Central 202, Terre Haute North 210, Floyd Central 219, Seymour 223, Perry Meridian 280, Franklin 286, Northview 329, Madison 338, East Central 370, Jeffersonville 387, Bloomington North 421, New Albany 465.
Terre Haute South — 1. Jackson Bertoli 15:38.71, 20. Devon Fuson 16:53.46, 21. Spencer Danielson 16:56.28, 39. Isaac Wonderlin 17:15.98, 47. Logan Hambrock 17:23.96, 55. Jakob Decker 17:37.32, 57. Jack Harbaugh 17:40.06.
Terre Haute North — 17. Justin Clapp 16:44.69, 19. Peter Davis 16:50.64, 52. Nathan Moshos 17:31.09, 61. Travis Clapp 17:58.38, 64. Chase Cresgy 18:03.83, 77. Grant Potts 18:21.87, 89. Ian Koos 18:53.42.
Northview — 11. Nic Yocom 16:23.34, 54. Cam Trout 17:33.47, 72. Ian Heffner 18:14.33, 93. Travis Beil 19:08.01, 104. Josh Johnson 19:42.68, 113. Skyler Aguilar 20:04.61, 116. Devon McCollum 20:30.01.
Class A team scores — Barr-Reeve 119, Indian Creek 121, Perry Central 132, Silver Creek 139, Forest Park 153, Borden 174, Brown County 183, Tell City 232, Union County 254, Corydon 280. Salem 283, Lighthouse Christian 288, Horizon Christian 302, Eastern Pekin 329, West Vigo 336, Greensburg 381, Riverton Parke 406, Triton Central 415, Austin 436, North Central 489, Trinity Lutheran 498.
West Vigo — 32. Jonah Eckert 17:58.80, 60. Derek Braun 18:42.46, 80. Austin Romanelly 19:17.57, Blake Benefiel 19:37.62, 97. Jacob Weir 19:52.11, 119. Brody Donnelly 20:55.80, 122. Davin Donnelly 21:17.14.
Riverton Parke — 50. Matt Haltom 18:26.21, 83. Gabe Hatcher 19:23.98, 87. Austin Falls 19:36.57, 100. Adam Wilson 19:55.19, 110. Brian Obenchain 20:27.90, 128. P.J. Tartaglia 21:51.39.
North Central — 42. Dean Danner 18:11.05, 103. Matthew Fulford 20:13.94, 115. Jeremy Corbin 20:42.31, 123. Logan McDonald 21:21.16, 138. Nathan Melchert 25:22.48.
Girls results
Class AA team scores — Columbus North 66, Terre Haute North 81, Sacred Heart Academy 92, Westfield 109, Bloomington South 146, Indianapolis North Central 186, Perry Meridian 219, Terre Haute South 222, Floyd Central 229, Bloomington North 276, Lawrence Central 277, Franklin 284, Seymour 390, Bedford North Lawrence 432, Madison 444, New Albany 445, Martinsville 490, Northview 526, East Central 577, Jeffersonville 615.
Terre Haute North — 5. Chanli Mundy 18:56.39, 14. Lindsay Welker 19:46.07, 16. Laura Johnson 19:48.45, 20. Jessi Conley 19:58.87, 26. Mallory Sanders 20:11.24, 42. Megan Howes 20:52.51, 44. Annie Mullican 20:54.50.
Terre Haute South — 17. Nikki Thiede 19:50.03, 29. Katie Schmidt 20:21.74, 46. Rachel Stephens 21:00.09, 64. Natalie Shanks 21:32.31, 66. Kirsten Peterson 21:36.65, 74. Sami Holmes 21:53.27, 92. Aydee Dalina 22:25.74.
Northview — 76. Ashley Kidwell 21:54.68, 96. Emily Conrad 22:42.00, 98. Hannah Zadeii 22:45.92, 126. Leeanna Knight 24:43.08, 130. Eileen Stinnett 25:12.28, 134. Josie Stackman 25:59.51.
Class A team scores — Silver Creek 100, Perry Central 103, Forest Park 130, Edgewood 147, Salem 152, Union County 168, North Harrison 169, Greensburg 202, Tell City 209, Brown County 231, Trinity Lutheran 232, Indian Creek 248, West Vigo 256, Borden 331, Eastern Pekin 419, North Central 435.
West Vigo — 29. Shaelynn White 22:57.90, 44. Acetha Tolerson 23:49.67, 54. Taylor Bunch 24:03.37, 64. Shelby Sparks 24:41.19, 88. Katy Jones 25:57.91, 101. Shelby Edington 29:18.91, 112. Delanee Hurst 33:35.61.
North Central — 77. Brooke Hall 25:13.17, 92. Galina Carrio 26:22.76, 100. Maddi Bolinger 28:59.60, 104. Jessica Hall 29:53.52, 106. Sabrina Pritchard 31:11.17, 108. Marie Drake 31:40.05, 113. Bailey Hayne 35:20.94.
Soccer
Boys
• Mooresville 2, Terre Haute North 1 — At Mooresville, Caleb Shaw scored with 35 seconds left in the match to break the tie for the host Pioneers.
Jacob Parham got his 10th goal of the season in the first three minutes for North.
Terre Haute North 1 0 — 1
Mooresville 1 1 — 2
North goal — Jacob Parham (Bradley Klingele)
Mooresville goals — Nathan Montgomery, Caleb Shaw
JV — North 1, Mooresville 1.
Next — North (4-5) hosts Terre Haute South on Wednesday, with the junior varsity match at 5 p.m. and the varsity match at 7. Mooresville is 8-2.
• West Vigo 3, South Vermillion 0 — At West Vigo, the Vikings scored on two penalty kicks and a free kick to win a Western Indiana Conference game on Senior Day.
South Vermillion 0 0 — 0
West Vigo 3 0 — 3
West Vigo goals — Brandon Calleja penalty kick, Justin Kump penalty kick, Justin Kump free kick
Highlights — For the Vikings, Nathan Augustus had six saves and Donnie Ames three.
Next — West Vigo (1-3-1, 1-0-1 WIC) plays Tuesday at Greencastle.
Girls
• Sullivan 5, Pike Central 0 — At Sullivan, every member of the Golden Arrows saw action in a nonconference win.
Pike Central 0 0 — 0
Sullivan 2 3 — 5
Sullivan goals — Maddie Figg (Darby Siscoe), Katy Booker, Figg (Kylie Wills), Hannah McPhail (Adison South), Ad.South (Bre Wixted)
Highlights — Ashton South and Cobie Harrison combined for the shutout.
Next — Sullivan (8-1) hosts Vincennes Lincoln at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Volleyball
• Brown County 3, Sullivan 0 — At Sullivan, Bailee Powell had 16 digs and seven kills and Taylor Shake 15 assists and 13 digs but the Golden Arrows lost a Western Indiana Conference match.
Brown County 25 25 25
Sullivan 12 16 21
Highlights — For Sullivan, Taylor Shake had 15 assists, 13 digs, 5 kills and a point; Bailee Powell 16 digs, 7 kills, 6 points and 3 aces; Abigail Hornback 7 digs, 6 kills, 5 points and an ace; Jaleigh Gilham 10 digs, 2 assists and 3 points; Kelsey Badger 7 digs, 4 points and an ace; Jackie Bezy 3 kills and 2 blocks; Tori Stamper 3 points and an ace; Sydney Chapman 2 digs and an assist; and Cierra McCammon a kill and an assist.
JV — Brown County won 25-5, 25-14.
Next — Sullivan (4-8, 1-2 WIC) hosts Clay City on Monday. Brown County hosts Hauser on Tuesday.
• Rox win — At Attica, Rockville defeated Bismarck-Henning, Turkey Run and Attica to win the Attica Invitational.
Rockville 25 25
Bismarck-Henning 13 19
Highlights — For Rockville, Emma Riffe had 9 assists, 9 digs and six kills.
Rockville 25 17 25
Turkey Run 9 25 11
Highlights — For Rockville, Emma Riffe had 17 digs and 11 assists and Raeann Sutherlin 14 digs and 10 kills.
Rockville 19 25 25
Attica 25 19 11
Highlights — For Rockville, Jenifer Lee had 19 digs and 12 assists; Emma Riffe 18 kills, 14 digs and 10 assists; Raeann Sutherlin 16 digs and 10 kills; and Morgan Black 15 digs.
Next — Rockville (8-7) plays Tuesday at South Vermillion.
Golf
Boys
• Warriors win three-way — At Geneva Hills, Austin Merritt of host Chrisman was medalist with a 41 but Casey-Martinsville defeated the Cardinals and Villa Grove.
At Geneva Hills
Team scores — Casey-Martinsville 172, Chrisman 201, Villa Grove 237.
Casey-Martinsville (172) — Chris Lee 42, Brandon Glidewell 43, Keygen Decker 42, Nat Davidson 45, Brandon Wolfe 47, Kaleb Rupp 68, Makenna Graham 59.
Record — Casey-Martinsville is 11-1.
High School
PREP ROUNDUP: No. 16 South tennis wins own Invitational
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Softball sectionals up for grabs
All three Vigo County high schools and Northview appear to have a realistic chance of winning sectional championships in softball this week.
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Vikings win in extra innings at Rockville
West Vigo scored six runs in its first two innings Saturday, then needed a ninth-inning single by Lucas Fagg to escape with a 7-6 extra-inning win in nonconference high school baseball at Rockville.
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TH South beats Northview in Big Four makeup baseball game
Terre Haute South wrapped up a share of the MIC baseball title and finished up the Big Four Classic with an 8-1 victory over Northview in less than 24 hours on Saturday morning.
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Olds pitches South to share of MIC baseball title
Friday night, winning the second game 5-0 and earning a share of the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference high school baseball title.
Damon Olds was dominant on the mound for the Braves, striking out 14 and walking just one while pitching a three-hit shutout. -
South wins first half of doubleheader against Lawrence North
Host Terre Haute South kept its Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference high school baseball title hopes alive — and clinched no worse than second place in the process — by downing Lawrence North 4-1 in the first game of a doubleheader Friday night.
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PREP ROUNDUP: Calleja pitches West Vigo past South Vermillion
Brandon Calleja had 13 strikeouts to lead West Vigo to a 5-1 victory against South Vermillion in high school baseball Friday.
Brandon Behringer went 2 for 4 with two RBI for the Vikings, who secured second place in the Western Indiana Conference.
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Seibert returns from injury to win three events as Braves win sectional crown
His baseball equivalent might be Rick Sutcliffe of the 1984 Chicago Cubs.
When Tyler Seibert returned to the Terre Haute South track and field lineup Thursday for sectional action at Terre Haute North, it was like the midseason trade the Cubs made for Sutcliffe that earned them a playoff spot. -
South switches up lineup to defeat North in tennis sectional
Terre Haute South coach Bill Blankenbaker said two weeks ago that he would change the Braves’ lineup after the 3-2 dual-meet loss to Terre Haute North.
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PREP ROUNDUP: North slips past Northview in eight-inning baseball game
Colton Pittman drew a bases-loaded walk to score Zach Milam with the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning as host Terre Haute North edged Northview 8-7 in high school baseball Thursday at Jennings Field.
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PREP ROUNDUP: North and South to face off for tennis sectional title
The winner of the Terre Haute sectional for girls high school tennis will come down to Terre Haute North and Terre Haute South.
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Terre Haute North gets 10 event victories to claim 12th straight sectional crown
Terre Haute North won 10 events Tuesday night while winning the Indiana High School Athletic Association girls track and field section at South Putnam High School for the 12th straight year.
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North, South to meet in first round of baseball sectional
The Indiana High School Athletic Association announced pairings for the baseball state tournament Tuesday and the draw offered up a Vigo County battle in the opening game.
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PREP ROUNDUP: West Vigo softball clinches share of WIC title
West Vigo clinched at least a share of the Western Indiana Conference softball title with a 6-4 victory over Edgewood on Tuesday.
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Track sectional titles on the line
Expect one heck of a high school dual track meet Thursday night when Wabash Valley boys visit Terre Haute North for sectional action.
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Prep report: Patriots, Braves favored to advance from tennis sectional 1st round
Persons attending this week’s girls tennis sectional championship match at Terre Haute North might want to pack a lunch.
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Local ADs happy to see spring come to a close
Brian Mancuso is the most experienced of the high school athletic directors in Vigo County — and that’s a very relative term — but even he wasn’t quite ready for the headaches that have accompanied spring sports the last few weeks thanks to rain, rain and more rain.
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South baseball remains in first-place tie with Center Grove
Heading into Saturday’s Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference baseball doubleheader against Center Grove, coach Kyle Kraemer of Terre Haute South wasn’t completely optimistic.
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Kehrt Award goes to Emily Bell, Lee Davis
Emily Bell of Terre Haute South and Lee Davis of Terre Haute North are the 2013 recipients of the Willard M. Kehrt Mental Attitude Award.
Bell and Davis were nominated by their schools and chosen in a vote by the Kehrt Award panel. Both will be recognized at awards assemblies later in the month at the schools.
Bell played varsity basketball four years at South and is competing in track this season, running the 800 and two relays. “I wanted something to do my senior year,” Bell said.
She plans to attend DePauw University and play basketball. DePauw is the reigning NCAA Division III champ in women's basketball.
Bell tore an AÇL playing in a basketball tournament the summer after her sophomore season. She missed most of her junior season but came back to play her senior year and was second leading scorer and leading rebounder her final season.
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South softball's power display earns Braves share of MIC
The fun that the Terre Haute South high school softball team had Saturday — including those five home runs — was all the result of the hard work the Braves had put in before the game, coach Dwayne Stout said after the game.
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Pirtle takes medalist, leads Sullivan to WIC title
Sullivan took team and individual honors in the Western Indiana Conference boys high school golf championships played Saturday at Idle Creek.
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Prep roundup: Patriots drop doubleheader to Carmel baseball
Host Terre Haute North saw its Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference baseball championship hopes suffer what was probably a fatal blow on Saturday as the Patriots lost a doubleheader to Carmel by scores of 8-7 and 11-8.
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Timely hits: After slow start, Terre Haute North rallies to beat Mooresville
No-hit through three innings, Terre Haute North’s bats came alive — especially Sam Wolf’s — just in time to rally for a 4-2 home victory over Mooresville in high school baseball Friday evening at Jennings Field.
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Linton’s Weber to coach at BNL
Bedford North Lawrence High School has announced that Steve Weber will be the Stars’ head coach for the 2013 season.
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Freshman group adds to Big Four teams' baseball tradition
The Terre Haute North-Terre Haute South high school baseball series wasn’t an inning old last week before T.J. Collett of the Patriots lashed a run-scoring single.
That hit helped the Patriots take a 2-0 lead, but in the top of the second inning a three-run double by Justin Jenkins sparked the visiting Braves to a four-run inning.
North tied the score in the bottom of the second inning, Collett driving in another run. And just before rain caused the game to be suspended, South called Logan Ames in from its bullpen for some solid pitching.
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Pairings drawn for high school softball sectionals
The IHSAA announced Thursday its pairings for the 2013 sectional softball tournament slated for May 20-25.
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North boys make it three consecutive Vigo County golf titles
Terre Haute North made it three in a row in Vigo County boys high school golf championship action Wednesday at Hulman Links.
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PREP ROUNDUP: Wolf homers as North baseball wins 16th game
Terre Haute North erupted for seven runs in the third inning on its way to routing visiting White River Valley 14-1 in 41⁄2 innings of high school baseball Wednesday afternoon at Don Jennings Field.
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Northview's Carter strikes out 19 in 10-inning win against South Vermillion
Northview’s Taylor Carter and South Vermillion’s Daphne Dunegan locked into a 10-inning all-star softball pitching duel Tuesday night at Northview High School.
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PREP BASEBALL ROUNDUP: South Vermillion 4-0 in WIC after 4-3 win at Northview
Jordan Branz won his ninth game of the season, scattering six hits over eight innings to lead South Vermillion to a 4-3 victory at Northview in a Western Indiana Conference battle.
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Thompson going into Indiana High School Football Hall of Fame
Former Terre Haute North High School standout Anthony Thompson is the newest member of the Indiana High School Football Hall of Fame.
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