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Gregory S. Stultz, a 2006 graduate of Northview, was a U.S. Marine corporal killed in combat in Afghanistan on Feb. 19, 2010.
To keep the memory of this former Knights wrestler alive, the high school and Northview coach Dan Mikesell began putting on an annual round-robin tournament in 2010 — known as the Gregory S. Stultz Memorial Tourney — and this year’s version was won by 2011 champion Martinsville on Saturday.
The Artesians defeated Plainfield 47-34, Northview 53-12, Terre Haute South 51-35, South Vermillion 60-18 and Terre Haute North 53-12 in posting a 5-0 record. South finished second at 4-1 and Northview was third at 3-2.
“It’s absolutely my favorite tournament of the year,” Mikesell told the Tribune-Star. “Greg was so into wrestling. He got kind of a late start as a sophomore, but he really dedicated himself. The guys from our team who won, that was a good tribute to Greg. … It’s a great tournament and it’s a great tribute to a great person.”
Northview’s individual champions were senior Zach Williams in the 220-pound weight class and senior Justin Sampson at 285. Sampson’s final victory of the day was a pin he secured in 19 seconds.
“Zach made a commitment this past summer to make the varsity lineup at 220,” Mikesell noted. “He had to lose several pounds to get down there and I’m real proud of his effort. … Justin had some good wins against some decent opponents today. It seems like he’s getting better. He’s aggressive and he’s in great shape.”
South’s title winners were sophomore Darin Pemberton at 113, sophomore David Lewis 120 and junior Phoenix Adams at 138. All five of Adams’ victories came via pinfall.
“He wrestled great,” South coach Gabe Cook said of Adams. “He’s finally settled into his weight class at 138. He did a great job for us.”
Representing Terre Haute North with championships were junior Tyler Gilmore at 152 and junior Ryan Moshak at 170. Moshak was the tournament’s only individual champion who had a less-than-perfect record. He ended up 4-1.
“They wrestled very well,” assessed North coach Mark Frisz, whose injury-plagued team went 0-5 for the day. “Tyler is finally coming into his own. He got off to a slow start today, but he really got better as the day went on and finished strong against a really tough kid from Martinsville. … The Martinsville kid that Ryan lost to had two losses. I’m glad for Ryan because he works really, really hard and overall today wrestled very consistently. It’s disappointing that he got that one loss, but I’m glad he was still able to pick up the [first-place] trophy to take home.”
Regarding his team as a whole, Frisz is still awaiting the return of some of his injured wrestlers. Without four of them Wednesday, the Patriots lost a dual meet to West Vigo for the first time in 10 years.
“Gavin John is back,” Frisz noted. “He wrestled 120 [Saturday]. He’s going to go down to 113 when he can get his weight down. Hopefully, this coming week we’ll get J.J. Low and Zach Schmidt back. We’re gradually getting our team back together.”
South Vermillion ended up 1-4, with its lone victory coming against North.
Saturday at Northview
Team records — Martinsville 5-0, Terre Haute South 4-1, Northview 3-2, Plainfield 2-3, South Vermillion 1-4, Terre Haute North 0-5.
Northview scores — South 49, Northview 22; Martinsville 53, Northview 12; Northview 39, South Vermillion 30; Northview 43, North 26; Northview 36, Plainfield 34.
Terre Haute North scores — South Vermillion 41, North 27; South 56, North 14; Plainfield 44, North 24; Northview 43, North 26; Martinsville 53, North 12.
Terre Haute South scores — South 49, Northview 22; South 58, Plainfield 18; South 56, North 14; Martinsville 51, South 35; South 60, South Vermillion 18.
South Vermillion scores — Northview 39, South Vermillion 30; Plainfield 54, South Vermillion 21; South Vermillion 41, North 27; Martinsville 60, South Vermillion 18; South 60, South Vermillion 18.
Martinsville scores — Martinsville 47, Plainfield 34; Martinsville 53, Northview 12; Martinsville 51, South 35; Martinsville 60, South Vermillion 18; Martinsville 53, North 12.
Plainfield scores — Martinsville 47, Plainfield 34; Plainfield 54, South Vermillion 21; Plainfield 44, North 24; South 58, Plainfield 18; Northview 36, Plainfield 34.
Individual champions, Wabash Valley records
106 — Champion: Isaac Gomez (P) 5-0. Ryan Uppal (THS) 4-1, Tanner Bishop (SV) 3-2, Cale McCoy (Nv) 2-3.
113 — Champion: Darin Pemberton (THS) 5-0.
120 — Champion: David Lewis (THS) 5-0. Shane Ryan (Nv) 2-3, Gavin John (THN) 1-4.
126 — Champion: Ben Macri (P) 5-0. Nathan Arguello (THS) 4-1, Eric Elia (THN) 3-2, Stephen Gibson (Nv) 1-4, Shannon Marshall (SV) 0-5.
132 — Champion: Corin McKee (P) 5-0. Trance Kelley (Nv) 3-2, Austin Bishop (THN) 2-3, Trevor Newman (SV) 1-3, Dante Johnson (THS) 1-4.
138 — Champion: Phoenix Adams (THS) 5-0. Tanner Waldrop (SV) 4-1, Caleb Ingle (THN) 1-4, Jackson Copper (Nv) 0-5.
145 — Champion: Seth Ferguson (M) 5-0. Ian Newton (THS) 4-1, Trevor Boor (Nv) 3-2, David Holt (SV) 2-3, Sean Elia (THN) 0-5.
152 — Champion: Tyler Gilmore (THN) 5-0. Daniel Shew (SV) 2-3, C.J. Williams (THS) 1-4, Coan Williams (Nv) 0-5.
160 — Champion: Levi Hess (M) 5-0. Cody Helms (THS) 4-1, Tyler Smith (SV) 1-1, Trey Grim (THN) 1-4, Anthony Mills (Nv) 1-4.
170 — Champion: Ryan Moshak (THN) 4-1. Tanner Smith (SV) 3-2, Duane Deerwester (THS) 2-2, Eric Fazekas (THS) 1-0, Scotty McGuffin (Nv) 1-2, Levi Brown (Nv) 0-2.
182 — Champion: Hunter Collison (M) 5-0. Aeron Goodman (SV) 4-1, Foster Buell (Nv) 1-0, Brown (Nv) 1-2, Sean Young (THS) 1-3, Deerwester (THS) 0-1, Michael Miller (Nv) 0-1.
195 — Champion: Ben Schoolcraft (M) 5-0. Jesse Miller (Nv) 3-2, Brandon Nickle (SV) 2-3, Zach Schmidt (THN) 1-0, Nick Wiram (THS) 1-0, Matt Taylor (THS) 1-3.
220 — Champion: Zach Williams (Nv) 5-0. Christopher Rawling (THS) 3-2, Andrew Baca (SV) 2-3.
285 — Champion: Justin Sampson (Nv) 5-0. Andrew Londo (THN) 3-2, Junior Berry (THS) 2-0, Alex Mimms (THS) 1-2, Peyton Clark (SV) 0-5.
Oustanding Wrestler of Tournament — McKee (P).
Next — South (10-5) will visit West Vigo on Tuesday. North (3-9) will be at home Tuesday to take on Sullivan. South Vermillion (9-11) will be at home Tuesday to battle Southmont. Northview (7-5) will compete Wednesday at Edgewood.
High School
Martinsville wins Stultz Memorial Tourney but plenty of Valley wrestlers take individual titles
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Goatee, Bertoli ran away with Spring Athlete of the Year
When honoring athletes after a season of excellence, the phrase “what might have been” doesn’t usually come up.
But in the case of Terre Haute South’s Jackson Bertoli and Terre Haute North’s TaPring Goatee – the Tribune-Star’s Athletes of the Year for spring sports – there’s an air of unfinished business despite obvious recent successes.
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Post 346 opens tournament with two victories
Preston Tofaute got on base enough to score three runs, Cody Thornton smashed a two-run triple in the first inning and pitcher Pete Lannoo scattered four hits over a seven-inning complete game.
All of that helped Wayne Newton Post 346 down Lafayette Post 11 by a 7-2 score in the opener of the Terre Haute Inviatational tournament for American Legion baseball Thursday afternoon at Terre Haute North High School. -
North boys move up to 13th in golf state finals
Early Wednesday morning, Terre Haute North senior Ryan Baker and coach Abe Nasser headed out to the Legends of Indiana Golf Course for a range session.
Baker wasn’t happy with the 85 he shot in Tuesday’s first round of the IHSAA boys golf state finals.
“He was frustrated,” Nasser said.
Problem solved. Baker bounced back with a 2-over 74 Wednesday, helping the Patriots improve their team score by seven strokes.
The Patriots shot 304 as a team Wednesday, giving them a two-day score of 615, good for 13th place in the 15-team field. -
Big hill to climb for North golf
Terre Haute North boys golf is 21 strokes behind leaders at IHSAA boys golf tourney.
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Top of her game
There are a lot of surprising facts about blossoming volleyball prodigy Caitlyn Newton, including that shape-shifting thing she can apparently do, but maybe one of them stands out the most. She may only be scratching the surface.
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Camp, Howe win, then lose in state tennis tourney
Miranda Camp and Nicole Howe of Terre Haute South won their first match of high school tennis Friday at the state individual doubles finals, then won the first set against a powerful Park Tudor team before falling in three sets.
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Terre Haute North heading back to state finals in boys golf
Terre Haute North is going back to the state finals in boys high school golf for the first time in more than 10 years. The Patriots qualified for a trip to The Legends Course next week by tying for third in the Washington Regional at Country Oaks Golf Club and advancing with the better fifth score.
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North, South, Sullivan to compete at golf regional
Boys high school golf teams from the Wabash Valley will compete in the Washington Regional on Thursday, seeking a spot in the state finals to be played next week.
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Terre Haute North falls 6-1 to Brownsburg in opening game of Class 4A Regional
Terre Haute North coach Shawn Turner told the Patriots to raise their heads. He wanted to see their eyes at the close of their 24-7 high school baseball season.
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Terre Haute North girls shine on dreary day at track state finals
Led by a record setting 3,200-meter relay team and Keirra Porter’s long jump, Terre Haute North turned in its best finish ever in the 40th annual IHSAA Girls Track & Field Championships on Saturday at Indiana University in Bloomington.
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Valley teams will have to wait until Monday for baseball regionals
Rain and the threat of more rain caused postponements of high school baseball regionals involving Terre Haute North, West Vigo and Shakamak on Saturday.
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Rockville's season ends at Lafayette Central Catholic
Lafayette Central Catholic ended Rockville’s tourney run in high school baseball Saturday, defeating the Rox 8-0 in the first game of the LCC Class A Regional.
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IHSAA boys state track finals: Standing alone
It hadn’t been a particularly good day for Wabash Valley track and field Friday, and it wasn’t looking like a good one for Jackson Bertoli either.
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Terre Haute North, West Vigo return to baseball regionals
Terre Haute North’s baseball team hasn’t participated in an IHSAA regional since 2006. West Vigo’s wait hasn’t been as long, but it was 2010 when the Vikings last advanced from a sectional.
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Patriots girls take aim at state track title
Terre Haute North’s girls have several potential state champions today at Indiana University.
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South, North track athletes looking for big performances at state finals
Terre Haute South’s distance trio of Jackson Bertoli, Logan Hambrock and Riley Stohler appear to be the favorites to crack all-state status among Wabash Valley competitors today in the IHSAA boys track and field state finals at Indiana University.
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Internet site keeps area prep teams on airwaves
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South Vermillion softball can't overcome errors, Tri-West
Uncharacteristic errors led to eight unearned runs and hard-luck hitting made that impossible to overcome for South Vermillion, which fell 8-0 to Tri-West in Class 3A regional play.
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Clay City softball comes up short against Lutheran
Clay City closed its high school softball season Tuesday night with the best record ever for the program at 21-9.
The Eels wanted to add another win, the school’s first regional title, but they came up short.
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PREP ROUNDUP: Rockville wins baseball sectional
Rockville won its own Class A sectional in high school baseball Tuesday, defeating Covington 10-4 in the rain-delayed championship game.
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Class 4A Terre Haute South Sectional:The wait is over
Three minutes into an interview with various media members, Terre Haute North baseball coach Shawn Turner couldn’t react fast enough to avoid a bucket of ice water being dumped over his head from behind by his giddy players. The soaking-wet Turner could shake it off with a smile, however, because his Patriots had just won the IHSAA Class 4A Terre Haute South Sectional championship with a 13-3 six-inning triumph over Plainfield on Monday evening.
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Class 4A Terre Haute South Sectional: TH North, Plainfield win squeakers
The high school baseball teams of Terre Haute North and Plainfield proved Monday that what a batter does early in the game is not necessarily indicative of what he will do in the late innings.
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Class 2A Linton Sectional: Eastern rains on Sullivan parade
Mother Nature put Sullivan’s quest for a high school baseball sectional championship on hold Monday night at Linton-Stockton High School. Sullivan (14-15) and Eastern Greene (16-7) will resume play in the Class 2A Sectional 47 championship game at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Linton’s Roy Herndon Field.
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Opening Day: Terre Haute Rex host Quincy
In his first season at the helm, first-year Terre Haute Rex manager Ronnie Prettyman is going to be surrounded by men he knows and trusts.
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Class A Shakamak Sectional: Stout pitching leads Union, Shakamak to final
Trey Bedwell and Patrick Green made sure their respective high school baseball teams would meet for the championship of the Class A Shakamak Sectional by pitching shutouts in semifinal contests Monday afternoon.
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Class A Rockville Sectional: Covington, Rockville title game postponed
Rockville and Covington won semifinal high school baseball games Monday to advance to the championship game of the Rockville Class A Sectional. Due to rain, the championship game was postponed. A decision was expected this morning whether the game will be played today or Wednesday.
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South Vermillion, Linton, Clay City look to stay alive in softball
There might have been as many reasons to think they wouldn’t be winning sectionals this spring as evidence to show they would, but high school softball teams from South Vermillion, Linton and Clay City will be playing one-game regionals Tuesday with the chance to keep defying the odds.
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West Vigo back on top of Class 3A baseball sectional
West Vigo won its sectional with a 6-4 victory over South Vermillion on a rainy night at Dick Ballinger Field.
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South runs into ‘buzzsaw’ at girls tennis semistate
Postmatch interviews don’t often begin with a coach and a reporter ready to blurt out the same word, but that was the case for Bill Blankenbaker and his interviewer Saturday morning after the Center Grove Semistate for girls high school tennis.
Unfortunately for Blankenbaker’s Terre Haute South team, that word was “buzzsaw.”
Greenwood’s Kawamoto twins made quick work of the top of the Braves’ singles lineup, so despite stellar efforts by both South doubles teams the Woodmen’s 3-2 victory didn’t seem all that close.
Greenwood moves on to Fishers, where it plays Floyd Central or Jasper on Friday in the state quarterfinals.
Also playing Friday, but at Park Tudor, will be South’s Miranda Camp and Nicole Howe, who reached the individual doubles finals for the second straight season by virtue of their 6-4, 6-2 win over the Greenwood team of Taylor Hudnall and Brittany Toney.
“It’s really exciting,” said Howe of the prospect of a second straight finals trip, “but I wish our team could’ve gone with us.”
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