CLINTON — Host South Vermillion recovered from a shaky first quarter to outscore North Putnam 26-5 in the second period and roll to a 72-54 victory in a boys high school basketball makeup game Monday night.
Andy Walsh had 24 points and Patrick Harpenau 17 for the winners. Logan Laswell added 11.
Kyle Adams scored 15 and Travis Franklin 14 for the Cougars.
NORTH PUTNAM (54) — Wiltermood 1 1-3 3, Hedrick 3 1-2 8, Franklin 5 2-2 14, Adams 5 5-5 15, Hutchison 2 1-3 5, Lucas 3 0-1 6, Garrett 1 0-0 3. Totals 20 FG, 10-16 FT, 54 TP.
SOUTH VERMILLION (72) — Laswell 3 2-2 11, Reyher 3 0-0 8, Walsh 10 4-5 24, Hastings 1 2-2 4, Mumaw 2 0-2 4, Harpenau 5 7-10 17, Scott 2 0-0 4, Craigmyle 0 0-0 0, Haltom 0 0-0 0, Johanson 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 FG, 15-21 FT, 72 TP.
North Putnam 15 5 15 19 — 54
South Vermillion 12 26 12 22 — 72
3-point goals — Franklin 2, Hedrick, Garrett, Laswell 3, Reyher 2. Total fouls — NP 19, SV 14. Fouled out — none.
JV — South Vermillion 37, North Putnam 32.
Next — South Vermillion (10-5) has a home game Thursday against Rockville. North Putnam (3-13) plays at Eminence that night.
In other boys basketball Monday:
• North Central 78, Union 48 — At Dugger, the visiting Thunderbirds had four double-figure scorers in a Tri-River Conference win.
Ethan Stanifer had 21, Tyler Howkinson 15, Jordan Stefancik 12 and Bobby Swaby 10 for the winners, while Tyler Talpas scored 21 and Dustin Howard 11 for the Bulldogs.
NORTH CENTRAL (78) — Swaby 5 0-0 10, Stefancik 5 1-6 12, Stanifer 6 4-5 21, Howkinson 7 0-0 15, C.Rehmel 2 0-0 4, Gilman 1 1-2 4, Horn 2 1-2 5, Stone 2 0-0 4, D.Rehmel 1 0-0 3, Hinesley 0 0-0 0, Russell 0 0-0 0, Strain 0 0-0 0. Totals 31 FG, 7-15 FT, 78 TP.
UNION (48) — Howard 4 2-2 11, Birdsong 0 2-2 2, Langley 1 0-0 2, Talpas 8 3-4 21, Phegley 1 0-0 2, Fettig 3 1-4 7, Gambill 1 1-4 3, Collins 0 0-0 0, Duncan 0 0-0 0, Morrill 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 FG, 9-16 FT, 48 TP.
North Central 26 14 9 29 — 78
Union 9 11 12 16 — 48
3-point goals — Stanifer 5, Stefancik, Howkinson, Gilman, D.Rehmel, Talpas 2, Howard. Total fouls — NC 16, Union 12. Fouled out — none.
Next — North Central (8-7, 2-1 TRC) has a home game Thursday against Clay City. Union (1-15, 1-4) plays that night at North Daviess.
• Arrows rescheduled — Sullivan will play both junior varsity and varsity boys basketball at Owen Valley on Feb. 17, with JV play at 6 p.m. The game was postponed Friday by inclement weather.
Girls basketball
• Warriors, Pioneers advance — In Illinois girls regional play, Casey was a winner in Class 2A action while Tri-County and Palestine-Hutsonville were Class A winners Monday.
Casey defeated Newton 58-48 in the first game of the Casey Regional and will play top-seeded Paris on Wednesday. The second game that night features Robinson against Marshall.
At the Class A Neoga Regional, Tri-County defeated Oblong 45-20 and Palestine-Hutsonville beat Martinsville 71-12.
Autumn Meyer had 20 points for Tri-County, which plays the top-seeded host team today. Sopha Hughes had 10 for the Panthers.
Palestine-Hutsonville had four double-figure scorers — Katie Anderson with 17, Brooke Callaway with 12, Cara Young with 11 and Lacey Williams with 11. Carly Nash had five for the Bluestreaks. The Pioneers play second-seeded Cumberland today.
Swimming
• Falcons shine in loss — At Cayuga, North Vermillion swimmers had four first-place finishes and four lifetime bests during a 131-44 loss of a boys meet to Danville Schlarman.
Tyler Scott had two of the firsts plus a lifetime best, Jonathon had a win and a lifetime best, diver Cole Julick won and Lucas Hatcher had two lifetime bests.
Danville Schlarman 131, North Vermillion 44
200 medley relay — Schlarman 2:10.71; 200 freestyle — Anthony Drake (DS) 2:11.01; 200 individual medley — Jonathon Strubinger (NV) 2:47.49; 50 freestyle — Tyler Scott (NV) 26.79; Diving — Cole Julick (NV) 212.10; 100 butterfly — Drake (DS) 1:13.28; 100 freestyle — Frank Rademacher (DS) 1:03.29; 500 freestyle — Stephen Schlect (DS) 7:11.63; 200 freestyle relay — Schlarman 1:51.35; 100 backstroke — Robbie Soderstrom (DS) 1:15.87; 100 breaststroke — Scott (NV) 1:16.42; 400 freestyle relay — Schlarman 4:11.87.
Next — North Vermillion competes Wednesday at North Montgomery against the Chargers and Fountain Central.
