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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It’s a rivalry-filled Memorial Day for sectional contenders
Longtime rivalries figure to determine high school baseball sectional champions throughout the Wabash Valley today, with semifinal and final games scheduled at four sites and a stand-alone championship game at a fifth.
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South tops Oldenburg to win tennis semistate
There was no evidence of rally caps, rally towels and certainly no rally squirrels, but Terre Haute South’s No. 1 singles player Maddie Kesler needed a rally in the worst way.
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New route leads to same place for South girls tennis
For so many years, the road to the IHSAA girls tennis state finals for local teams ran through Vincennes (regional) and Jasper (semistate). In other words, south and more south.
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PREP ROUNDUP: Robinson tops Greenville in sectional semifinal
Robinson jumped to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning, then cruised to a convincing 12-3 victory over Greenville in a IHSA Class 2A Vandalia sectional semifinal game on Thursday.
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West Vigo baseball falls in sectional to Owen Valley
West Vigo overcame the odds to win 20 high school baseball games this season with a lineup that often included four freshmen and few seniors.
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South Vermillion softball's late-season surge comes to end
A late-season surge by South Vermillion wasn’t quite enough to halt a high school softball sectional winning streak by the host team Thursday night, as Edgewood got on top early and held on for a 5-2 win in the championship game of the Class 3A Edgewood Sectional.
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South takes second, North third at boys track regional
Terre Haute South finished second and Terre Haute North third on Thursday night at the boys track and field regional at Evansville Central, with 11 individuals and three relay teams qualifying for the state finals June 2.
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PREP ROUNDUP: White River Valley baseball holds off Eminence
Three Eminence errors in the top of the sixth inning finally enabled White River Valley to score in high school baseball Thursday night, and the Wolverines went on to a 5-0 win in Class A Shakamak Sectional action.
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Feeling cursed: South bitten in sectional final again
Terre Haute South softball is not even close to being as cursed as a certain northside baseball team in Chicago, but it might just seem like it.
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PREP ROUNDUP: Mundy, Porter, Knight individual regional winners
Chanli Mundy and Keirra Porter of Terre Haute North were among the individual winners in the IHSAA Evansville Central girls track and field regional that ended late Tuesday night.
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Thornton puts away South Vermillion
Cody Thornton’s three-run blast over the left-field fence was the finishing touch to West Vigo’s 10-3 victory over South Vermillion in the opening game of the Class 3A Greencastle Sectional on Wednesday.
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Lakers triumph, go home for regional
Shakamak took Class A Clay City Sectional honors in high school softball for the first time since 2009 Wednesday, defeating White River Valley 9-5 in the title tilt.
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North Vermillion avenges losses
North Vermillion avenged two high school softball losses during the regular season to win the Class A Riverton Parke Sectional championship Wednesday with a 3-2 triumph over the host Panthers.
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Pats, Knights will meet in sectional
Adler Ingalsbe pooh-poohed his lack of velocity Wednesday night, yet the Terre Haute North pitcher was throwing BBs in the first game compared to Mooresville’s Brandon Topie in the nightcap.
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South outbattles Northview to reach sectional final
Even the best of high school softball pitchers can’t keep all the batters in the middle of Terre Haute South’s lineup down.
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Panthers get 20th win in sectional
Riverton Parke will face North Vermillion in the Class A softball sectional championship at Riverton Parke today, with action commencing at 6 p.m.
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Plainfield Sectional all about parity
Considering Terre Haute South has won five consecutive Class 4A sectional titles in high school baseball, naming the Braves as favorites to capture the 2012 Class 4A Plainfield Sectional would not seem far-fetched.
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PREP ROUNDUP: North Vermillion in title game
Casey West had a triple and three runs scored to help North Vermillion softball advance to the championship game of the Class A Riverton Parke Sectional on Tuesday.
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North takes second in track regional
Terre Haute North finished second with 74 points, six behind team champion Evansville Reitz, during the Evansville Central girls track and field regional that ended late Tuesday night.
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Wildcats advance to sectional softball final; West Vigo falls
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South, Crawfordsville win in regional tennis semis
Terre Haute South outlasted Fountain Central 4-1 in the first round of the girls high school tennis regional Tuesday, advancing the Braves into today’s championship match against Crawfordsville.
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Braves, Knights open with wins
It was an excellent night for starting softball pitchers to help their own cause Monday night in the Class 4A Northview Sectional.
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Lough dreamt about McMillan
A two-time state finalist in wrestling and a two-time all-Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference football player and wrestler, Tsali Lough of Terre Haute South was named the male recipient of the 2012 McMillan Award on Monday night at South’s Senior Awards Night.
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PREP ROUNDUP: Panthers cruise in sectional opener
Sarah Burnham pitched a two-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts in high school softball Monday evening as host Riverton Parke defeated defending champion Rockville 10-0 in opening-round action at the Class A Riverton Parke Sectional.
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Notable tradition bodes well for Riverton Parke
Located practically in the shadow of a high school that sets one state standard in track and field, Riverton Parke has a tendency to be overlooked in that sport.
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Vikings get 18th win over Shakamak
West Vigo began a busy week of high school baseball Monday on a winning note, defeating Shakamak 6-3.
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Greencastle new site for girls tennis regional
The starting times might prove to be a bone of contention, but otherwise coaches Bill Blankenbaker and Emily Goff are thrilled their respective girls high school tennis teams will begin play today at the Greencastle Regional.
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Northview sectional groups 3 20-win teams
Three teams with 20-plus victories will attempt to claim the Class 4A Northview Sectional crown for high school softball this week, and most of the other Wabash Valley sectional fields also appear to be wide open.
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Terre Haute South softball takes Riverton Parke tournament
Terre Haute South is going into the Class 4A Sectional at Northview on Monday with momentum, confidence, a deep bench and a healthier pitching staff than it has had in quite a while.
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North baseball splits doubleheader with Indy North Central
Some of their incentive could have been sapped a couple of nights earlier, when Center Grove achieved an eight-inning victory over Warren Central to clinch the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference high school baseball championship.
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