FRANKLIN —
Chanli Mundy and TaPring Goatee placed fifth and sixth respectively to help Terre Haute North win the team championship in the Franklin Invite girls high school cross country meet Saturday.
In the boys race, North finished fourth behind Columbus North, Roncalli and Avon respectively. Justin Clapp came in eighth for the Patriots.
GIRLS
Team scores — Terre Haute North 46, Columbus North 51, Avon 59, Perry Merdian 124, Ben Davis 191, Franklin 195, Pike 206, Roncalli 212, Mooresville 228, Gibson Southern 257, Greenwood 277, Indian Creek 362, Shelbyville 383, Southwestern Shelby County 407.
Top 6 — Malyka Abramson (A) 18:08, Mackenzie Caldwell (CN) 18:26.66, Kieran Casey (PM) 18:49, Rachel Sollman (CN) 19:02, Chanli Mundy (THN) 19:04, TaPring Goatee (THN) 19:15.
Terre Haute North’s top 10 (counting varsity and JV) — 5. Mundy 19:04.9; 6. TaPring Goatee 19:15.8; 9. Lindsay Welker 20:02.2; 11. Katie Loebker 20:12.9; 15. Mallory Sanders 20:24.7; 17. Jessi Conley 20:36.5; 23. Erin Buckallew 20:54.8; Laura Johnson 20:37.5, Megan Howes 20:58.0, Sydney Dickerson 21:48.7.
BOYS
Team scores — Columbus North 48, Roncalli 125, Avon 126, Terre Haute North 160, Shelbyville 170, Franklin 177, Indian Creek 190, Ben Davis 191, Greenwood 194, Perry Meridian 214, Pike 228, Gibson Southern 243, Mooresville 310.
Top 5 — Michael Passmore (M) 15:50, Sammy Tebeje (P) 16:12, Isiah White (PM) 16:21, David Dalton (G) 16:35, Seth Williams (CN) 16:36.
Terre Haute North’s top 8 — 8. Justin Clapp 16:43, 27. Peter Davis 17:34, 37. Chase Cresgy 17:55, 41. Ian Koos 17:57, 47. Travis Clapp 18:11, 54. Harry Chambers 18:31, 64. Tyler Nemeth 18:58. JV — Grant Potts 18:43.
Next — Terre Haute North will compete in the Terre Haute Savings Bank Invitational next Saturday at LaVern Gibson Championship Course.
In other high school cross country Saturday:
• Braves 6th — At West Lafayette, the Terre Haute South girls finished sixth out of 12 teams in the Purdue University Invitational.
Leading the way for the Braves was Nikki Thiede with a time of 19 minutes, 49 seconds. The invite was won by No. 1-ranked Carmel, with No. 2 West Layfette finishing second.
Carmel and West Lafayette combined for 11 of the top 15 spots.
South’s top 7 — Nikki Thiede 19:49; 39. Katie Schmidt 21:06; 40. Rachel Stephens 21:11; 68. Natalie Shanks 22:02; 76. Katie Barton 22:24; 91. Kirsten Peterson 22:41; 98. Sam Holmes 22:56.
Next — South will run a tri-meet Tuesday at North Central with Northview.
• Yocom wins, Northview boys 3rd — In the Rushville Invite, Northview’s Nic Yocom crossed the finish line first in 16 minutes, 54 seconds and helped the Knights finish third out of nine teams.
In the girls meet, Northview placed sixth.
GIRLS
Large-school team scores — Franklin Central 39, Connersville 85, Greenfield-Central 92, Jennings County 103, Southport 112, Northview 160, Muncie Central 163, East Central 173, New Castle 225, Richmond 280, Winchester Comm.
Top 10 — Courtney Phillips (C) 20:05, Olivia Heaton (JC) 21:31, Sarah Repp (C) 21:55, Hannah Kendrick (FC) 22:04, Morgan Stanley (WC) 22:05, Sam Loeffler (FC) 22:13, Hannah Greiner (MC) 22:27, Jars Purvis (GC) 22:29, Delaney Bucker (S) 22:29, Lakin Bowell (FC) 22:38.
Northview’s top 6 — 14. Hannah Zadeii 23:12; 16. Ashley Kidwell 23:19; 29. Emily Conrad 23:57; 52. Eileen Stinnett 26:41; 58. Leanna Knight 27:31; 66. Megan Pillman 32:19.
BOYS
Large-school team scores — Greenfield-Central 68, East Central 78, Northview 96, Jennings County, Connersville 134, New Castle 137, Muncie Central 149, Richmond 151, Winchester Comm. 184.
Top 10 — Nic Yocom (Nv) 16:54, Matt Hill (C) 17:18, Jonah Woods (JC) 17.25, Nick Brock (EC) 17:37, Sam Willis (NC) 17:55, Cam Trout (Nv) 18:25, Jace Hirst (MC) 18:26, Clint Trotta (EC) 18:30, Syrus Fletcher (GC) 18:35, Scott Hale (GC) 18:38.
Other Northview — 11. Ian Heffner 18:42; 29. Travis Beil 19:40; 49. Skylar Aguilar 21:32; 51. Devon McCollum 21:40; 58. Dawson Nelson 22:54.
Soccer
Girls
• Patriots post shutout — At Terre Haute North, the host Patriots blanked the visiting Patriots of Owen Valley 9-0.
Combining in goal for North were Jamie McKee, Lani Troxel and Cristen Bray.
Owen Valley 0 0 — 0
Terre Haute North 7 2 — 9
North goals
First half — Spencer Grim (Michaela Schuld), Nicole Mikolajczyk, Grim (Joy Jakaitis), Jordan Bray, Schuld (Grim), MacKenzie Latta, Madison Morrison (Kaleigh Sutliff).
Second half — Jamie McKee, Zoe Baker.
Next — North (3-0) returns to action at 5 p.m. Tuesday at West Vigo.
Thursday
At Sullivan
Owen Valley 0 0 — 0
Sullivan 4 0 — 4
Names of Sullivan goal scorers were not reported.
Boys
• North loses — At Bloomington South, Terre Haute North got a second-half goal from Jacob Parham but lost to the host Panthers 5-1.
Terre Haute North 0 1 — 1
Bloomington South 4 1 — 5
Terre Haute North goal — Jacob Parham.
Bloomington South goals — Jake Kabrick, Andres Hernandez-Jiminez, Chris Post (James Audrestch), Kelly Dunigan, Cameron Bland.
Thursday
At Sullivan
Owen Valley 2 2 — 4
Sullivan 4 1 — 5
Names of Sullivan goal scorers were not reported.
Volleyball
• Terre Haute North 3, Riverton Parke 1 — At Mecca, Kenzie Pollard posted 28 assists and Sara Dickey had 16 kills in the loss for the host Patriots.
Terre Haute North 25 21 25 25
Riverton Parke 18 25 16 21
Highlights — For North, Mandee Eberle had 19 kills, 18 points, 11 digs, 3 aces and 4 blocks; Anna Taylor had 45 assists, 4 aces, 5 digs and 13 points; Maddy Howes had 19 digs, 16 points and 2 assists; Brianna Burgess had 9 kills, 2 digs and 2 blocks; Danielle Krupa had 14 kills, 13 points, 7 digs, 3 aces and 2 blocks; Kristen Mauer had 15 points and 4 digs; and Valerie Lewis had 7 kills, 21 points and 2 digs.
For Riverton Parke, Kenzie Pollard had 28 assists, 6 points, 2 blocks and 2 digs; Sara Dickey had 16 kills, 8 digs, 6 blocks and 4 points; Kelly Combs had 15 points and 11 digs; Paige Yando had 4 kills, 10 digs, 3 blocks and 2 points; Rachel Austin had 5 kills, 5 points and 3 digs; and Shelby Benell had 7 points, 4 digs, 3 kills and 2 blocks.
JV — North won 25-10, 25-9.
Freshmen — North won 25-11, 25-19.
Next — Riverton Parke (2-2) will be at home Monday to take on North Central.
• South goes 3-1 — In the Avon Invite, Terre Haute South won three matches and lost one to the host school.
Avon Invite
Terre Haute South 25 25
Greenwood 17 11
Highlights — For South, Pink had 7 kills, Weber and Williams each had 4 kills, Gillmore had 11 digs, Coutinho had 9 digs and Bazier had 16 assists.
Terre Haute South 10 15
Avon 25 25
Highlights — For South, Callahan had 5 kills, Williams had 4 kills, Coutinho had 8 digs, Gilmore had 5 digs and Bazier had 11 assists.
Terre Haute South 25 25
Indianapolis North Central 20 10
Highlights — For South, Weber had 6 kills, Callahan had 5 kills, Coutinho had 19 digs and 3 aces, Harazaki had 9 digs, Bazier had 17 assists and Etling had 3 blocks.
Terre Haute South 16 25 16
Northview 25 21 14
Highlights — For South, Callahan had 9 kills, Pink had 7 kills and 5 blocks, Coutinho had 19 digs, Gilmore had 17 digs, Harazaki had 14 digs, Bazier had 25 assists, Etling had 4 blocks and Davis had 2 aces.
Next — South (6-3) will be at home Tuesday to face Sullivan.
Tennis
Boys
• North places 3rd — In the Jasper Invitational, Terre Haute North placed third after going 1-2 over the weekend.
North’s Tate Egan (No. 1 singles) and Ethan Caldwell (No. 2 singles) each went 2-1 in the tournament.
Jeffersonville 3, Terre Haute North 2
Singles — Tate Egan (THN) def. Jordy Rigsby 6-0, 6-1; Ethan Caldwell (THN) def. Chase Kayrouz 6-1, 6-0; Brock Winchell (J) def. Gabe Sabigny 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles — Austin Hunt-Justin Padgett (J) def. Alex Farmer-Andrew Farmer 6-2, 6-4; Jack Reilly-Sam Coward (J) def. Keaton Akers-Justin Newton 6-3, 6-2.
JV — North won 3-2.
Terre Haute North 4, Castle 1
Singles — Tate Egan (THN) won 6-0, 6-3; Ethan Caldwell (THN) won 6-1, 6-1; Andrew Farmer (THN) won 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles — Alex Farmer-Sam Wolfe lost 6-0, 6-4; Keaton Akers-Justin Newton (THN) won 6-1, 6-1.
JV — North won 4-1.
Next — North (3-2) next plays Saturday in the Crawfordsville Invitational.
• Evansville North 4, West Vigo 1 — At West Vigo, Blake Benefiel won the Vikings’ only match at No. 3 singles.
Evansville North 4, West Vigo 1
Singles — Jordan Greenwell (EN) def. Kyle Watson 6-1, 6-1; Austin Holmes (EN) def. Paden Horsley 6-0, 6-3; Blake Benefiel (WV) def. Allen Karch 7-6 (7-5), 6-2.
Doubles — Grant Cary-Shloak Vyas (EN) def Tyson Tolerson-Chris Gardner 6-2, 4-6, 6-4; Jordan Holmes-Hunter Bennett (EN) def. Logan Benefiel-Michael Vermillion 6-4, 6-1.
JV — Evansville North 5, West Vigo 1.
Next — West Vigo (1-2) will play Monday at Greencastle.
Thursday
At Farmersburg
North Central 3, Northview 2
Singles — Brennan Crooks (NC) def. Bryce Britton 2-6, 6-3, 6-0; Jacob Chmilewski (NC) def. Kyle Moore 5-7, 6-4, 6-1; Alec Coughanowr (Nv) def. Colton Prechtel 7-6 (1), 1-6, 6-0.
Doubles — Skyler Holifield-Devin Clark (Nv) def. Chaz Childs-Parker Drake 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3); Chris Stamper-Nolan Kinnett (NC) def. Gaddis Baysinger-Damon Bass 6-1, 6-4.
JV — Northview won the only match.
High School
PREP ROUNDUP: Mundy, Goatee lead North cross country to team title
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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
When high school baseball sectionals begin around the Wabash Valley today, one complaint that’s not expected to be heard from any coach is that his team has had too much time off.
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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. -
Terre Haute North dominates field at regional
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. -
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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