FISHERS —
Calvin Blank was Terre Haute North’s leading scorer by a wide margin in Terre Haute North’s first high school basketball game this season.
On Saturday, he had to settle for being the leading scorer per minute.
Blank’s 17 points Saturday night at Fishers matched Austin Lewis for team leadership for the visiting Patriots, but Blank was limited by foul trouble in every quarter and the visitors lost 72-63 in a nonconference game.
Having their leading scorer often unavailable was hardly the Patriots’ only problem, however.
“We gave up entirely too many easy baskets,” coach Todd Woelfle said after the game. “We’re not a very good defensive team right now, and that’s the most disappointing part.”
North had needed a monumental comeback and four overtime periods to win its opener, and a comeback was in order again Saturday after the host Tigers scored the last 14 points of the first quarter to take a 19-8 lead.
The rest of the game was a series of uphill battles for the Patriots, exacerbated by — as Woelfle noted — their inability to stop the Tigers and their fast-paced attack.
In the second quarter, North was within 21-15, 30-26 and 32-28, but gave up a 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer.
In the third period, the visitors chopped the lead to 40-37 but Blank picked up his fourth foul in the midst of a 6-0 Fishers run.
Early in the fourth quarter the home team had a 57-43 lead, but then North looked like the fourth-quarter team that had overtaken Evansville Central three nights earlier. Even though Fishers missed just one field goal attempt in the last eight minutes, North was within 59-53 — after back-to-back 3-pointers by Casey Vickers — and twice cut the lead to five points before the Tigers got seven straight points to put the game away.
“The kids battled all night. Our problems are not a matter of effort,” Woelfle said, “but of execution and focus on every single possession.”
In addition to the double-figure efforts by Blank and Lewis, North got nine points from Vickers and eight each from Nate Jahn and Steven Davis. Jahn had seven assists and Vickers five.
Blank, who got 36 in the North opener, didn’t play over half the game Saturday, if that, and his four fouls — which were fouls — were all unlucky ones.
“There were some unfortunate calls,” Woelfle agreed, “and he’s got to learn to be smart, how to play with foul trouble ... because we need him out there.”
The explosive Tigers got 22 points from C.J. Johnson — 13 of those in the third quarter — plus 17 from Jaylon Brown, 14 from Sean Lonergan and 10 plus six assists from Devin Chaudion. Point guard Jon Fleming had nine assists.
The 6-foot Brown was the game’s leading rebounder from the backcourt, and got his points despite missing two dunks. North had no one with more than three rebounds — although, with the home team shooting 63 percent from the field, there weren’t all that many missed shots.
“Fishers is a nice team, and they shot the ball very well,” Woelfle noted. “Our mistakes are correctable ... we’ll get it figured out.”
TERRE HAUTE NORTH (63) — Blank 7-10 3-5 17, Lewis 6-10 3-6 17, Davis 3-6 0-0 8, Jahn 3-6 0-0 8, Vickers 3-6 0-0 9, Dillahunt 0-1 0-0 0, Grady 0-2 2-2 2, Low 0-1 0-0 0, Hart 1-4 0-0 2, Schenck 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-46 FG, 8-13 FT, 63 TP.
FISHERS (72) — Lonergan 7-7 0-0 14, Chaudion 3-5 2-4 10, Johnson 9-12 1-2 22, Brown 4-11 8-10 17, Fleming 1-3 0-0 2, Dollison 0-0 0-0 0, Wolters 3-5 1-1 7, Schneider 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-43 FG, 12-17 FT, 72 TP.
Terre Haute North 8 20 15 20 — 63
Fishers 19 16 18 19 — 72
3-point shooting — THN 9-20 (Vickers 3-5, Davis 2-3, Jahn 2-3, Lewis 2-5, Low 0-1, Hart 0-1, Blank 0-2), Fishers 6-11 (Johnson 3-5, Chaudion 2-2, Brown 1-3, Fleming 0-1). Total fouls — THN 18, Fishers 14. Fouled out — none. Turnovers — THN 15, Fishers 13. Rebounds — THN 21 (Blank 3, Lewis 3, Jahn 3, Grady 3), Fishers 28 (Brown 6, Chaudion 5). Assists — THN 18 (Jahn 7, Vickers 5), Fishers 20 (Fleming 9, Chaudion 6). Steals — THN 7 (Lewis 2, Davis 2), Fishers 9 (Brown 3). Blocks — THN 1 (Hart), Fishers 1 (Chaudion).
JV — Terre Haute North 51 (Kobi Riley 14, Chris Barrett 11, Charlie Aimone 10), Fishers 35 (Andre Small 15).
Next — North (1-1) plays Friday at Northview. Fishers (1-1) hosts Brownsburg that night.
High School
Defense, foul trouble cost North boys at Fishers
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West Vigo softball ‘has what it takes’
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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THN girls look dominant at regional
Terre Haute North might need an off night for anyone to catch them in the girls track regional at Evansville Central.
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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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Patriots’ offense stifled in sectional 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.
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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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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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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. -
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. -
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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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.
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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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