WEST TERRE HAUTE —
West Vigo High School’s boys soccer team advanced to the championship game of the Class A West Vigo Sectional with a 2-0 victory against South Vermillion on Wednesday.
Justin Kump scored in the first half and Cody Romanelly was assisted in the second half by his brother Austin Romanelly.
South Vermillion 0 0 — 0
West Vigo 1 1 — 2
WV goals — Justin Kump, 13:23 1H; Cody Romanelly (Austin Romanelly), 14:29 2H.
Next — West Vigo (4-8-1) plays Covington in Saturday’s Class A West Vigo Sectional championship at 2 p.m.
In other boys high school soccer Wednesday:
• Sullivan 9, North Knox 0 — In the Class A North Knox Sectional at Bicknell, Tucker Smith fired in six goals and added three assists to lead the Golden Arrows to victory.
Sullivan will play for the sectional championship at noon Saturday.
Sullivan 5 4 — 9
North Knox 0 0 — 0
Sullivan goals — Tucker Smith, Wyatt Clouse (Smith), Smith, Smith, Ben Walker (Smith), Smith (Walker), Smith, Clouse (Smith), Smith.
Volleyball
• Northview 3, Owen Valley 0 — At Brazil, Shelbi Morris posted 12 kills in helping the host Knights clinch their fifth straight Western Indiana Conference championship.
Owen Valley 6 10 19
Northview 25 25 25
Highlights — For Northview, Shelbi Morris had 12 kills; Audrey Clark had 8 digs; Taylor Hess had 4 digs, 3 aces and 10 assists; Madison McDonald had 4 digs, 3 aces and 20 assists; Brylie Riddell had 4 kills and 6 blocks; McKenzi Kumpf had 9 kills, 5 digs and 4 aces; and Morgan Stearley had 7 kills and 2 assists.
Next — Northview (21-5, 6-0 WIC) plays Saturday in the North Montgomery Invitational.
• North Montgomery 3, Rockville 2 — At Rockville, the host Rox won two of the first three games before losing the match 22-25, 25-17, 27-29, 25-14, 15-10.
North Montgomery 22 25 27 25 15
Rockville 25 17 29 14 10
Highlights — For Rockville, Emma Riffe had 19 kills, 19 digs, 18 assists and 4 aces; Raeann Sutherlin had 13 kills and 30 digs; Jenifer Lee had 8 kills 22 assists, 22 digs and 2 blocks; and Morgan Black had 31 digs;
JV — North Montgomery won 25-7, 25-13.
Next — Rockville (15-13) will play host to West Vigo for “Volley for a Cure” night Monday.
Tuesday
At Mecca
Fountain Central 7 12 14
Riverton Parke 25 25 25
Highlights — For Riverton Parke, Sara Dickey had 18 kills, 5 points, 3 blocks and 3 digs; Kenzie Pollard had 29 assists, 5 points, 2 aces and 2 digs; Kelly Combs had 15 points, 9 digs, 6 aces and 2 kills; Paige Yando had 11 points, 5 kills and 4 digs; Rachel Austin had 11 points, 5 kills, 4 digs and 2 aces; and Shelby Benell had 6 points and 2 kills.
JV — Riverton Parke won in 3 games.
Freshmen — Riverton Parke won in 2 games.
Next — Riverton Parke (21-4 overall, 7-0 WRC) will serve as host for the Riverton Parke Invitational on Saturday.
At Clay City
Eastern Greene 25 25 25
Clay City 16 16 19
Highlights — For Clay City, Halli Brewer had 8 kills, 16 digs and 3 blocks; Emmie Kittle had 21 assists and 6 digs; Callie Dayhuff had 13 digs, 7 kills and 2 aces; Claire Miller had 11 digs; Chloe Kittle had 19 digs and 3 kills; and Alyssa Yocom had 12 digs. For Eastern Greene, Scottie Ingram posted 17 kills, 24 digs and 13 points and Peyton Gilliatt added 11 kills and 11 digs.
JV — Clay City won 15-25, 25-19, 15-12.
Next — Clay City will compete Saturday in the Cascade Invitational.
At Cayuga
Rockville 25 25 25
North Vermillion 14 21 17
Highlights — For Rockville, Raeann Sutherlin had 15 kills and 14 digs; Emma Riffe had 8 kills, 17 assists and 16 digs; Jenifer Lee had 7 kills, 13 digs, 12 assists and 2 aces; Morgan Black had 17 digs; and DonaMarie Kelley had 6 aces.
JV — Rockville won 25-17, 21-25, 15-11.
Records — Rockville was 15-12 overall and 5-1 in the WRC after this match.
Monday
At Linton
Bloomfield 19 13 12
Linton 25 25 25
Highlights — For Bloomfield, Tiffany LaChance had 6 kills and 4 digs and Nicole Hughes had 5 kills and 8 digs.
Golf
Girls
• Lions compete — At Hickory Point Course in Decatur, Ill., Marshall sophomores Leighanne Hildebrand and Mackenzie Switzer shot 125 and 146 respectively in the regional.
Neither was able to qualify for the sectional.
Tuesday
BOYS
Class A Regional
At Oak Glenn Course, Windsor, Ill.
Team scores — Casey/Martinsville 342, Decatur St. Teresa 351, Shelbyville 367, Decatur Lutheran 384, Okaw Valley and Sullivan 393, Meridian 396, Marshall 402, Windsor 418, Oakland 422, Cumberland 429.
Top Casey scores — Chris Lee 76 (second overall), Brandon Glidewell 78 (third overall), Nat Davidson 93, Keygen Decker 95.
Top Marshall scores — John Sisson 90, Wade Kibler 92, Keifer Treece 107, Colan Miller 113.
Next — Casey (23-2 in the regular season), Decatur St. Teresa and Shelbyville will advance to the Watseka Sectional on Monday.
High School
PREP ROUNDUP: West Vigo boys reach soccer sectional championship
Northview volleyball clinches fifth straight WIC volleyball title
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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.
The second game, which started after Senior Night festivities between games, ended past the Tribune-Star deadline. -
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.
Kaden Lawson had double for South Vermillion (15-7), which finished 4-2 in the WIC. -
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.
The Patriots knew it was coming, but they couldn’t do anything to stop it. -
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.
Jacy McClain and Bailee Waters had RBI singles in the fourth inning to break the game open for the Vikings. -
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.
Not bad for a trio of freshmen. And the weekend hadn’t even started yet. -
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.
The Patriots shot 161 to edge Terre Haute South with 165. West Vigo carded 222. -
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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PREP ROUNDUP: South tennis wins against Oldenburg Academy
Playing on Ben Davis’ courts, Terre Haute South pulled out a 4-1 victory over Oldenburg Academy in girls high school tennis Tuesday.
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Multiple records fall in Big Four track meet
Terre Haute North dominated the girls competition, as expected, and Terre Haute South’s boys edged the host Patriots in what turned out to be a rain-soaked Big Four Classic high school track and field meet Saturday at North.
Despite the less-than-ideal weather, North’s girls set four meet records in compiling 132.5 points, outdistancing the runner-up Braves, who had 63.5. -
Four teams still in running for Big Four baseball crown
The 2013 Big Four baseball tournament was going to last longer than Saturday anyway, thanks to a schedule change this season.
Thanks to steady rain at Terre Haute North, it will last even longer than planned.
Terre Haute South beat West Vigo 2-0 in Saturday morning’s first game, and the second contest between Northview and the host Patriots was halted in the top of the third inning as the field became unplayable. - More High School Headlines
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