NOBLESVILLE —
Guerin Catholic was as good as advertised as the defending Class 3A state champion rolled to a 59-45 win over Terre Haute South in boys high school basketball Saturday night.
The Golden Eagles came into their nonconference matchup with Scott Ridge’s Braves with a 10-3 record and showed that it was anything but a fluke.
Led by junior forward Aaron Brennan’s 17 points and 10 rebounds, both team highs, Guerin Catholic was able to keep South at bay for most of the evening.
Guard Matt Mabus added 11 points and guard Whitt Rapp chipped in with 10 points and nine rebounds for the Golden Eagles, who outshot South 44 percent (21 of 48) to 30 percent (16 of 54).
Senior forward Jeffrey Turner, though, was a one-man wrecking crew for the Braves. Turner fired in a game-high 32 points, knocking down five 3-point shots, and grabbed 10 rebounds. He was the lone South player to score in double figures.
Guard Logan Steward chipped in with five points. Sophomore forward Timmy Herrin added six rebounds.
“We didn’t play as well as we wanted to,” Braves coach Scott Ridge said afterward. “That says a lot about how good they are and how well coached they are.
“Anytime that we made mistakes, they made us pay. Our kids are a little bit young, a little bit small. So there are going to be some mistakes out there. They’re guys were in the right spots and they knew out to hurt us.”
The Eagles took a 21-16 lead into the locker room at halftime. Brennan’s eight points and six rebounds led the way for the home team, controlling things inside. Labus and Warner each added four points for Guerin Catholic, which led by as many as eight points — 8-0 — late in the first quarter.
South got off to a cold start offensively, hitting on just 22 percent of its field goal attempts (6 of 27) over the first two quarters.
Turner kept the Braves within striking distance, tossing in 13 points in the first half. He connected on 3 of 4 3-point shots, hitting one that brought the visitors to within 18-16 and was fouled on the play. He missed the free throw, however, which would have narrowed the margin to 18-17.
The Braves got as close as 23-21 midway through the third quarter. But Guerin Catholic soon pushed their lead back up to 10 at 34-24 on a drive by Rapp.
The lead was soon up to 16 points at 45-29 as Guerin outscored South 22-8 over the final minutes of the third quarter and the initial moments of the fourth.
“They’re better than us in the half-court game. If we could have gotten them in a really fast up-and-down game, it would have suited us a little better. But in a half-court, grind-it-out, possession-by-possession game, that favors them,” Ridge said.
TERRE HAUTE SOUTH (45) — Gregory 1-5 0-0 2, Shipley 1-6 0-0 2, Steward 2-4 0-0 5, Herrin 1-3 0-0 2, Turner 10-31 7-8 32, Stanley 1-2 0-0 2, Wolfe 0-1 0-0 0, S.Tofaute 0-1 0-0 0, P.Tofaute 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 16-54 FG, 7-8 FT, 45 TP.
GUERIN CATHOLIC (59) — Labus 4-8 1-2 11, Ty.Vickery 1-4 2-4 5, Burrough 3-7 1-1 7, Rapp 2-4 6-7 10, Brennan 8-15 1-3 17, Sahm 0-1 0-0 0, Dallas 0-1 0-0 0, Munson 0-0 0-0 0, Ta.Vickery 1-4 2-2 5, Hess 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-48 FG, 14-21 FT, 59 TP.
TH South 3 13 10 19 — 45
Guerin Catholic 8 13 16 22 — 59
3-point shooting — THS 6-24 (Gregory 0-3, Shipley 0-1, Steward 1-3, Wolfe 0-1, S.Tofaute 0-1, Turner 5-15), GC 14-21 (Sahm 0-1, Dallas 0-1, Labus 1-2, Ta.Vickery 1-4, Ty.Vickey 1-4, Burrough 0-1, Brennan 0-1). Rebounds — THS 35 (Turner 10), GC 36 (Brennan 10). Steals — THS 1 (Steward), GC 6 (Labus 3). Turnovers — THS 13 GC 9. Fouled out — Herrin.
JV — GC 31, South 23 (Logan Dinkle 8).
Freshmen — South 48 (Flack 12), GC 39.
Next — South (8-8) plays at Carmel on Friday. Guerin Catholic (11-3) plays at Brebeuf on Friday.
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Guerin Catholic holds off Terre Haute South
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North baseball pulls away from South in sectional opener
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Terre Haute North burst through that crack in the bottom of the second inning Wednesday evening at Terre Haute South, scoring seven two-out runs and going on to a surprisingly easy 12-2 victory over the host Braves. -
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West Vigo baseball advances with 10-0 win behind Stewart's two-hitter
West Vigo got off to a good start in Class 3A high school sectional baseball action Wednesday evening at Dick Ballinger Field.
The Vikings scored four runs in the first inning of the first sectional game and went on to defeat Brown County 10-0 in five innings with Kevin Stewart hurling a two-hitter. -
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Big group of Wabash Valley boys head to Evansville looking for state berths
The top four finishers in each event from last week’s Terre Haute North, Evansville Central, Jasper and Princeton boys high school track and field sectionals will converge on Evansville Central today for regional competition.
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West Vigo comes up short against 19-9 Brown County softball
West Vigo got off to a good start but Brown County finished better in Class 3A high school softball sectional semifinal action Tuesday night at Edgewood.
The Eagles bested the Vikings 7-5 and will meet South Vermillion, a 12-7 winner over Owen Valley, for the sectional championship on Thursday starting at 6 p.m.
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Valley baseball teams have been keeping busy heading into sectionals
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Northview powers way past Terre Haute South in sectional semifinal
Northview unleashed power rarely seen in high school girls softball Tuesday night to eliminate Terre Haute South 8-1 in the Class 4A Sectional at Martinsville High School.
The Knights hit three home runs in an eight-run third inning to reach the championship game. -
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Keirra Porter took first place in two individual events and helped Terre Haute North win one of its relays as the Patriots captured the Evansville Central Regional team championship in girls high school track and field Tuesday night.
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PREP ROUNDUP: South tennis cruises into regional final
Terre Haute South didn’t lose a game en route to blanking Seeger 5-0 in girls high school tennis Tuesday to advance to today’s championship match against Crawfordsville in the Greencastle Regional.
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Terry enjoys strong year with Wildcats, and still enjoying suiting up to play
South Vermillion’s Tim Terry is the longest tenured coach in Wabash Valley high school baseball as his Wildcats are set to begin sectional play Thursday against Owen Valley.
But on the Yankees, a 35-and-over team in the Terre Haute Men’s Senior Baseball League, Terry is “just a youngster” if you ask Larry Roesch, his 68-year-old teammate on the Volkers Group Yankees. -
West Vigo softball holds off nemesis Edgewood in softball sectional
Ice cream was enough of a reward Monday night after the West Vigo Vikings beat eight-time defending champion Edgewood 6-2 in extra innings in the opening game of the Class 3A softball sectional at Edgewood High School. But that’s not what Vikings want.
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PREP ROUNDUP: Shakamak's Green hits two homers in win over West Vigo
Shakamak improved to 22-3 on the season behind a complete-game effort from Brett Yeryar, and Patrick Green hit two solo home runs in a high school baseball game Monday.
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Terre Haute North offense unable to get going in loss to Mooresville
Jack Kirchner chose to give credit Monday night to Mooresville pitcher Taylor Chitwood, not to the Greg Maddux-size strike zone she seemed to enjoy.
But if there were no excuses forthcoming from Kirchner and his Terre Haute North High School softball team, it wouldn’t have been hard to find a spectator or two to come up with extenuating circumstances about the Patriots’ 4-1 loss at the Class 4A Martinsville Sectional. -
Terre Haute North looking strong going into girls track regional
Terre Haute North might need an off night for anyone to catch them in the girls track regional at Evansville Central.
The Patriots are as well-rounded as they’ve ever been, and two relay teams are state contenders with times ranking No. 2 in Indiana among times recorded all spring.
Terre Haute South, Northview and Sullivan have athletes among the contenders in multiple events as well. -
South tennis ready for potential challenge in regional
Terre Haute South and Northview take respective records of 10-5 and 11-5 into the Greencastle Regional today.
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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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Terre Haute South, Northview vie for tennis regional title
Terre Haute South and Northview take respective records of 10-5 and 11-5 into the Greencastle Regional today.
Coach Bill Blankenbaker’s Braves will play Seeger at 4:30 p.m., while coach Emily Goff’s Knights will take on Crawfordsville about 6 p.m. -
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.
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.
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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.
Jacy McClain and Bailee Waters had RBI singles in the fourth inning to break the game open for the Vikings. - More High School Headlines
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