Sullivan — Freshman Rhett Smith had 20 points and 10 rebounds and Thad Thompson added seven points and 10 rebounds to pace Sullivan to a 52-42 victory over Bloomfield in boys high school basketball Friday night.
BLOOMFIELD (42) — Austin 1 0-0 3, Helms 0 0-0 0, Tally 6 0-0 12, Cochrane 2 0-0 6, Thompson 5 1-2 12, Schulte 3 3-6 9. Totals 17 FG, 3-8 FT, 42 TP.
SULLIVAN (52) — Boyd 2 2-2 8, Smith 5 8-10 20, Bedwell 1 0-0 3, Hiatt 3 1-2 9, Turner 0 0-0 0, Nash 1 2-2 5, Thompson 3 1-4 7. Totals 15 FG, 14-20 FT, 52 TP.
Bloomfield 9 3 10 20 — 42
Sullivan 9 11 18 14 — 52
3-point goals — Austin, Thompson, Cochrane 2, Smith 2, Bedwell, Hiatt 2. Total fouls — B 17, S 8. Fouled out — none.
JV — Sullivan 33, Bloomfield 30.
Next — Sullivan (7-5) plays host to North Knox tonight. Bloomfield (6-6) plays Jan. 17 at Bedford North Lawrence.
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In other boys high school basketball Friday:
n Rockville 83, South Putnam 37 — At Rockville, R.J. Mahurin had 19 points and Aaron Bridge and Matt King added 18 apiece for the Rox.
SOUTH PUTNAM (37) — Nelson 1 0-0 2, Chestnut 4 0-3 8, Freeman 0 0-0 0, Zimmerman 2 0-0 4, Varvel 0 0-0 0, Frame 2 0-0 4, Bean 1 4-6 6, Boswell 0 1-2 1, Vickery 2 3-4 7, Masters 2 1-2 5. Totals 14 FG, 9-15 FT, 37 TP.
ROCKVILLE (83) — Mahurin 8 3-4 19, McMullen 2 0-0 4, Reed 5 1-2 13, Bridge 5 6-6 18, Wake 2 0-0 4, Bradburn 0 0-0 0, Parsons 0 0-4 0, Bettis 0 0-0 0, King 6 4-6 18, White 0 0-0 0, Lear 0 0-0 0, Kelley 2 3-4 7, Jeffries 0 0-0 0. Totals 30 FG, 17-26 FT, 83 TP.
South Putnam 14 5 9 9 — 37
Rockville 23 29 20 11 — 83
3-point goals — Reed 2, Bridge 2, King 2. Total fouls — SP 19, R 13. Fouled out — Vickery, Masters.
JV — Rockville 42, South Putnam 39.
Next — Rockville (7-2) plays Friday at Covington. South Putnam (3-7) plays tonight at Eminence.
n Holy Cross 77, John Paul II 52 — At John Paul II, the visiting Knights won the individual shootout as well as the game.
Dee John Walden had 41 points for the winners, with Will Smith adding 14. Josh Cox scored 33 for John Paul II.
HOLY CROSS (77) — Strouse 3 3-5 9, Walden 18 3-4 41, Wilkins 0 0-2 0, Fuhrman 0 0-0 0, Brown 3 1-2 7, Smith 6 0-0 14, Hemphill 0 0-0 0, Walker 0 0-0 0, Watson 0 0-0 0, Issacs 1 0-0 2, Dietz 2 0-0 4. Totals 33 FG, 7-13 FT, 77 TP.
JOHN PAUL II (52) — Musgrove 0 0-0 0, Cox 13 3-7 33, Carr 0 0-0 0, Buell 0 0-0 0, Bishop 4 0-0 8, Clark 0 0-0 0, I.Moore 1 0-0 2, L.Moore 0 0-0 0, Clausen 0 0-0 0, Lunstrom 3 3-5 9. Totals 21 FG, 6-12 FT, 52 TP.
Holy Cross 17 13 26 21 — 77
John Paul II 7 18 9 18 — 52
3-point goals — Walden 2, Smith 2, Cox 4. Total fouls — HC 16, JP 6. Fouled out — none.
JV — Holy Cross won.
Next — Holy Cross (2-1) plays tonight at Washington Catholic.
• Turkey Run 56, North Putnam 46 — At Marshall, Ind., Josh Karr had 18 points and Spencer Davies 13 as the host Warriors won in nonconference play.
Now 7-3, Turkey Run plays next Friday at North Vermillion. North Putnam, 0-8, plays today at Covenant Christian.
Illinois
• Neoga 63, Casey 57 — At Casey, the visiting Indians outscored the Warriors 33-24 in the second half of Friday's makeup game.
Mitch Snyder led the Warriors with 25 points and Clinton Scott had 14. Austin Robinson scored 20 for the winners.
Neoga 20 10 16 17 — 63
Casey 14 19 11 13 — 57
Next — Casey (5-6) plays host to Martinsville tonight. Neoga is 6-7.
• East Richland 49, Robinson 48 — At Robinson, Ben Jones and Stephen Jones each tallied 12 points and Meyers Leonard added 10 points in the Maroons’ tough Apollo Conference loss.
EAST RICHLAND (49) — Kabbes 8 2-2 21, McDowell 5 1-5 14, Schonert 3 0-0 6, Berry 2 0-0 4, Vangundy 1 0-1 2, Groves 1 0-0 2, Pottorff 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 FG, 3-6 FT, 49 TP.
ROBINSON (48) — B.Jones 5 1-2 12, S.Jones 4 1-1 12, Leonard 4 2-2 10, Hannahs 3 3-4 9, Siler 1 0-0 3, Shaw 1 0-0 2, Watson 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 FG, 7-9 FT, 48 TP.
East Richland 11 13 10 15 — 49
Robinson 10 14 6 18 — 48
3-point goals — Kabbes 3, McDowell 3, S.Jones 3, B.Jones, Siler. Total fouls — ER 13, Robinson 12. Fouled out — Kabbes.
JV — Robinson 54, Olney 49.
Girls basketball
• Olney 74, Robinson 40 — At Robinson, Ill., Olney placed four players in double-figure scoring to easily win this Apollo Conference game Thursday.
Robinson was led in scoring by Morayo Akande with 17 points.
OLNEY (74) — Brumfield 7 4-5 18, Stallard 6 2-2 14, Kuenstler 4 2-3 12, Stevenson 4 3-4 11, Kermicle 2 2-2 6, Guinn 2 0-0 5, Runyon 2 0-0 4, Zwilling 1 0-0 2, Kocher 0 2-3 2, Garrett 0 0-0 0. Totals 28 FG, 15-19 FT, 74 TP.
ROBINSON (40) — Akande 5 7-12 17, Murray 3 2-4 8, Connelly 3 0-0 8, Smith 1 1-3 4, Conrad 1 1-2 3, Marqua 0 0-0 0, Baker 0 0-0 0, Lowrance 0 0-2 0, Phillippe 0 0-0 0, Watts 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 FG, 11-23 FT, 40 TP.
Olney 17 21 18 18 — 74
Robinson 9 12 11 8 — 40
3-point goals — Kuenstler 2, Guinn, Connelly 2, Smith. Total fouls — Olney 22, Robinson 16. Fouled out — none.
JV — Olney 57 (Gina Volk 20, Heather Emst 13), Robinson 52 (Kayla Watts 6, Mychal Lowrance 14, Caitlyn Hodson 12).
Wrestling
• Falcons cruise — At Cayuga, North Vermillion breezed past Covington 76-4 in a dual meet Thursday.
North Vermillion 76, Covington 4
North Vermillion individual results — Kyle Tolbert (103 pounds, won), Dustin Tolbert (112, won by pin), Walter Jones (119, won), Ryan Mendenhall (125, won), Damon Tolbert (130, won), Logan Payton (135, won by pin), Austin Shell (140, won by pin), Jessy Hayes (152, won), Logan Fulton (152, won), Hayden Williams (160, won by pin), Eric Houmes (189, won), Ax Tuttle (215, won), Caleb Miller (285, won).
• Clovers win — At Cloverdale, the host Clovers had a 3-0 mark to win the Putnam County championship Thursday.
Team records — Cloverdale 3-0 (champion), Greencastle 2-1, South Putnam 1-2, North Putnam 0-3.
Team results — Cloverdale 40, Greencastle 31; South Putnam 36, North Putnam 29; Cloverdale 53, South Putnam 21; Greencastle 44, North Putnam 24; Cloverdale 49, North Putnam 24; Greencastle 48, South Putnam 30.
Individual winners (all 3-0) — Tyler Ruble (103 pounds, North Putnam), Shawn Shipp (112, Cloverdale), T.J. Franklin (119, South Putnam), Trevor Teal (125, Greencastle), Donnie Helterbrand (130, Greencastle), Jeff Couse (135, Cloverdale), Zach Qaycott (140, Cloverdale), Antonio Hernandez (145, South Putnam), Jesse Vermillion (152, Greencastle), Lee Secrest (160, Cloverdale), Jesse Ford (171, Greencastle), Scott Mayhew (189, Cloverdale), Jacob Wright (215, Greencastle), Chris Hurst (285, South Putnam).
Middle school basketball
• Thursday — The following score was reported from Thursday night:
Eighth grade — St. Patrick’s 65 (Sydney Moore 15, Danny Etling 14, Jack Meggs 10), South Vermillion 21 (Eric Hire 10).
High School
Prep roundup: Freshman's double-double leads Sullivan past Bloomfield
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South’s Lough to wrestle for state title
The day didn’t start in a promising fashion for Wabash Valley high school wrestlers at the Evansville Semistate in Ford Center on Saturday — but it got better as it went along.
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TERRE HAUTE NORTH SECTIONAL: Mooresville tops South for fourth straight title
For Terre Haute South High School girls basketball fans, it might sound good that the Braves did not miss a shot in the first four minutes of their Class 4A Terre Haute North Sectional championship game Saturday.
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BLOOMFIELD SECTIONAL: Sullivan rebounds from tough start for title
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CLAY CITY SECTIONAL: Eels take third straight sectional crown
Clay City stood up to the pressure and to the Shakamak Lakers on Saturday night to win a third straight Class A sectional championship in the Eel Dome.
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NORTH VERMILLION SECTIONAL: Twenty years in the waiting
The Super Bowl came to a new city. A presidential election was ongoing. And Riverton Parke won a girls basketball sectional.
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PREP ROUNDUP: Rox clinch WRC
Class A No. 8-ranked Rockville knocked off Attica 50-35 in boys high school basketball Saturday afternoon, clinching the Wabash River Conference championship in the process.
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THN SECTIONAL: Braves to play Mooresville for sectional title tonight
Terre Haute South continued to show what’s new and Terre Haute North unfortunately reverted back to what’s old in Class 4A high school girls basketball sectional action Friday night at North.
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OWEN VALLEY SECTIONAL: Eagles bring Vikes down to earth
Baby steps. A baby takes that first step and grins, then attempts the second step and tumbles. The West Vigo High School girls took their first step with a victory Tuesday night in the Class 3A basketball sectional at Owen Valley.
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BLOOMFIELD SECTIONAL: Sullivan jumps to early lead in sectional victory
Sullivan jumped out to a 9-0 lead and were never threatened in a dominant 48-25 win over Eastern Greene in a semifinal game of the Class 2A Bloomfield girls basketball sectional inside Glover Gymnasium on Friday.
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North Vermillion Sectional: Panthers, Falcons to meet for NV title
Outstanding defense and quality passing landed Riverton Parke in the championship game of the Class A North Vermillion Sectional. The Panthers will have to get through the host school tonight in order to secure the program’s first sectional crown since 1992.
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South swimmers don’t advance at Finals
Terre Haute South’s trip to the IHSAA girls swimming state finals at the Indiana University Natatorium was a short one Friday night.
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South runs into talented North Central team
Terre Haute South players and coaches knew when they got off the bus Saturday afternoon that they couldn’t run with the Class 4A No. 3-ranked Indianapolis North Central Panthers.
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BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Duncan’s OT free throws help Marshall down H-P
Jacob Duncan hit four free throws in overtime Friday night as visiting Marshall defeated Hutsonville-Palestine 51-49 in Little Illini Conference action.
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O'Leary pours in career-high 34 for Terre Haute North
Matt O’Leary poured in a career-high 34 points, 17 in each half, to lead Terre Haute North to a dominant 69-46 home victory over Center Grove in Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference boys high school basketball Saturday afternoon.
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Davis hits layup in double overtime to lift Terre Haute North at Bloomington North
Playing without their two leading scorers against a team that — most of the time — seemed more determined to win than they did, Terre Haute North's Patriots got a driving layup from Steven Davis with 2.8 seconds left in the second overtime to escape Bloomington North with a 54-52 win in high school basketball Thursday night.
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Sullivan stays on top of WIC for third straight year
Western Indiana Conference boys basketball teams have been trying to storm the Sullivan castle for three years now. The Golden Arrows have endured nearly every kind of strategy in the effort to breech their wall. West Vigo tried a few more on Thursday in a showdown for the WIC championship.
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South girls looking for solid performances at swimming state finals
One individual and one relay team, which includes that same individual, will represent Terre Haute South in the IHSAA girls swimming state finals today and possibly Saturday at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis.
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PREP ROUNDUP: Cesinger, Jones each score 24 in Clay City win
Blake Cesinger and Brylan Jones poured in 24 points apiece to lead visiting Clay City over North Central 67-53 in SouthWestern Indiana Athletic Conference boys high school basketball Thursday night.
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Teutopolis knocks off record-setting Marshall girls in regional championship
Marshall jumped ahead 4-0 only to watch Teutopolis score the next 11 points Thursday in the championship game of the Class 2A Teutopolis Regional.
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Sullivan wins battle in low post
Sullivan dominated the low block at both ends of the court Wednesday to defeat South Knox 43-30.
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State wrestling berths won't come easily
If high school wrestlers thought regional competition was tough last weekend, they can expect the competition, as Keegan Michael Key used to say on MADtv, taken to “a whole notha level” on Saturday.
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South pulls upset
Plainfield’s 16-5 record made the Quakers the team to beat in the Class 4A Terre Haute North Sectional.
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Vikings break long sectional drought
You’ll have to forgive West Vigo for celebrating just a wee bit prior to the postgame handshake with South Vermillion, but its first victory in a sectional game in 11 years was worthy of celebrating.
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PREP ROUNDUP: RP rolls past Attica
Riverton Parke jumped to a 20-point halftime lead and easily defeated Attica 59-34 in the Class A North Vermillion girls basketball sectional on Tuesday.
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They’re the pride of Marshall
With a 24-1 record, coach Kathy Miller’s Marshall team earned the top seed in the Class 2A Teutopolis Regional.
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Union season more fun with Talpas around
The Union boys basketball team has had its share of fun moments in the past, arguably the most fun being its Class A state runner-up in 2000.
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Injury bug follows girls into postseason
Who’s healthy is the question at least three of the four teams will be asking tonight when Class 4A girls high school basketball sectional play begins at Terre Haute North.
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Rockville needs late run to stop West Vigo
It was a game of fits and starts, but host Rockville finally overcame a stiff challenge from visiting West Vigo in a 53-46 victory in boys high basketball action on Saturday.
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Northview holds off Plainfield
Northview got its sixth victory in boys high school basketball action Saturday night, defeating Plainfield 59-56.
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PREP ROUNDUP: Cloverdale helps Rady to career win No. 714
Brandon Dorman and Joe Fidler combined for 37 points and six 3-pointers Saturday night as visiting Cloverdale defeated Turkey Run 63-45 in boys high school basketball.
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