CARMEL —
Terre Haute South’s Lexi Higgins doubled in Hollie Jones and Kelsey Marlow to tie the score before coming home from third base with the go-ahead run on an infield fielding error in the top of the seventh inning, then pitcher Hanna Gossman held Class 4A No. 1-ranked Carmel scoreless in the bottom of the frame to preserve an 8-7 victory in Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference high school softball Saturday.
Higgins and teammate Cheyenne Reinig each finished with three hits, while Shelbie Scamihorn and Ashley Watkins each knocked in a pair of runs.
Terre Haute South 002 012 3 — 8 14 3
Carmel 104 110 0 — 7 15 4
Gossman, Swain (2), Gossman (5) and Scamihorn; Swenson (L) and Bourgerie. W — Gossman.
Highlights — For South, Lexi Higgins went 3 for 5 and doubled in 2 runs in the 7th inning before scoring the go-ahead run; Cheyenne Reinig went 3 for 4; Shelbie Scamihorn and Ashley Watkins each went 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs; and Marissa Stout contributed a double. For Carmel, Erynn Petruzzi went 3 for 4 with a double and Christy Guyton, Katie Stout, Michelle Huber, Shannon Hall and Lauren Godden collected 2 hits apiece.
Next — South (20-7 overall, 5-2 MIC) will visit Bloomington South on Thursday. Carmel is now 18-4 and 4-3.
In other high school softball Saturday:
• Brown County 1-5, Sullivan 0-8 — At Sullivan, Sullivan won the second half of a doubleheader, but lost 1-0 in the game that counts toward the Western Indiana Conference standings.
Brown County 000 001 0 — 1 4 1
Sullivan 000 000 0 — 0 3 0
McDonald and Leggins; Whitlock (L, 11-5) and Mahurin.
Highlight — For Sullivan, Caelan Jones had a triple.
Brown County 010 004 0 — 5 8 2
Sullivan 000 512 x — 8 13 1
C.Johnson, Harper (5) and Walls; K.Jones, Whitlock (5) and Mahurin. W — K.Jones, 4-1. HR — S: Wills (1).
Highlights — For Sullivan, Kylee Wills went 2 for 3 with a solo home run and 2 runs scored; Caelan Jones, Shelbi Ellenberger and Cobie Harrison each went 2 for 4; and Aly Bennett and Tori Stamper each knocked in 2 runs.
Next — Sullivan (15-7 overall, 3-3 WIC) plays Tuesday at home against Linton.
Friday
At Brazil
Owen Valley 000 30 — 3 11 4
Northview 444 2x — 14 9 1
Strong and Summerlot; Swaim (W, 1-0), Halfhill (5) and Hughes.
Highlights — For Northview, Kylie McKee was 2 for 4 with 4 runs scored, a double, and 2 RBI; Kindra Cox was 2 for 2 with 2 walks and 4 RBI; Madison Nevins was 2 for 2 with 2 walks, a double, and 2 RBI.
JV — Northview 3, Owen Valley 1.
Next — Northview (20-5, 4-1 WIC) hosts West Vigo to determine the winner of the Big Four Classic on Monday.
At Marshall, Ill.
Neoga 000 00 — 0
Marshall 317 5x — 16
W — Scamihorn.
Highlights — For Marshall, Sydney Scamihorn allowed 0 walks, 0 runs, 0 hits with 11 strikeouts and was 3 for 4 with a double, triple, home run and 3 RBI; Emily Bishop was 3 for 4 with a double, triple, 3 RB; Chelsea Higginbotham was 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored; Savannah Shaffner was 2 for 3 with a double, RBI and 3 runs scored.
Record — Marshall was 20-5 after this game.
Baseball
• Terre Haute South 5-3, Center Grove 8-2 — At Greenwood, Daniel Marlow homered in the first-game loss for the Braves, then came back to be the winning pitcher in the second game of a Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference doubleheader.
Terre Haute South 100 200 2 — 5 8 2
Center Grove 010 250 x — 8 11 2
Olds, Lannoo (5) and Tofaute, Harbaugh (6); Anderson and Combs. L — Olds, 3-1. HR — THS: Marlow (1); CG: Kavanaugh.
Highlights — For South, Daniel Marlow went 2 for 3 with a solo home run in the 7th inning and 2 RBIs and Jacob Johnson and Pete Lannoo each went 2 for 4. For Center Grove, Kody Kavanaugh went 3 for 3 with a home run, 4 RBIs and 2 runs, Austin Combs and Brock Sokolowski each went 2 for 3 with Combs contributing a double and Josh Piper doubled and scored 2 runs.
Center Grove 020 000 0 — 2 8 1
Terre Haute South 011 000 1 — 3 9 2
Owen, Piper (5) and Combs; Marlow (W, 2-4) and Tofaute. L — Piper.
Highlights — For South, winning pitcher Marlow went 3 for 3 and Colton Rupska went 2 for 3 with 2 doubles. For Center Grove, Kavanaugh went 2 for 3 and Brock Koehler went 2 for 4.
Next — South (16-8 overall, 7-5 MIC) will be at home Monday to take on Mooresville.
• Terre Haute North 12-4, Carmel 6-5 — At Carmel, North lost erupted for five runs in the first inning and knocked off Carmel in the first game of a Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference doubleheader.
In the second game, Carmel scored once in the bottom of the ninth to salvage a split.
Terre Haute North 510 130 2 — 12
Carmel 010 140 0 — 6
Highlights — For Carmel, Kyle Fiala went 3 for 5, Greg Williams went 2 for 3 with 2 runs and David Layman went 2 for 5 with 2 RBIs.
Terre Haute North 120 100 000 — 4
Carmel 101 002 001 — 5
Highlights — For Carmel, Jack Thompson went 4 for 5 with 2 doubles and 2 runs and Layman and Cameron Cruz each went 2 for 5. with Cruz contributing 2 doubles and Layman 1 double.
• Shakamak 3rd — In the Mitchell Invitational, Class A No. 3-ranked Shakamak lost to Clarksville 4-3 and blanked Mitchell 2-0 behind Brodie Crowe’s five-hit pitching to place third.
Shakamak 000 012 0 — 3 9 0
Clarksville 000 004 x — 4 9 0
Dowell (L, 1-2) and Collins; Kissell and Jones.
Highlights — For Shakamak, Robert Fowler went 2 for 3, Brock Dowell went 2 for 4 with a double and Brett Yeryar went 2 for 4.
Shakamak 200 000 0 — 2 5 0
Mitchell 000 000 0 — 0 5 0
Crowe (W, 4-0) and Collins; Jones and Fults.
Highlights — For Shakamak, Brodie Crowe pitched a 5-hit shutout and knocked in a 1st-inning run with a groundout, Yeryar went 2 for 3 and Patrick Green knocked in the other run with a 1st-inning single.
Next — Shakamak (18-4) will be at home Monday to face White River Valley.
• North Central 4-14, North Vermillion 2-7 — At Cayuga, Daniel Loveall pitched a four-hit complete game in the opener and went 4 for 4 with six runs batted in in the second game to help the Class 2A No. 6-ranked Thunderbirds chalk up a sweep.
Nolan Kinnett homered in the first game, while Connor Strain and Cole Johnson went deep in the second game for North Central.
North Central 101 110 0 — 4 7 4
North Vermillion 002 000 0 — 2 4 3
Loveall (W, 5-0) and Johnson; West, McCool (5) and Zumwalt. L — West. HR — NC: Kinnett (1).
Highlights — For North Central, Nolan Kinnett hit a solo home run in the 4th inning, Connor Strain went 2 for 3 with a double, Nate Lyday went 2 for 4 with 2 stolen bases, Cole Johnson contributed a double and Daniel Loveall struck out 11 North Vermillion batters in pitching a 4-hitter with no earned runs allowed. For North Vermillion, Dalton McCool doubled.
North Central 012 602 3 — 14 12 4
North Vermillion 400 210 0 — 7 9 4
Kinnett (W, 4-1) and Johnson; Sams, Buchhaus (4), Sowers (5) and Zumwalt. L — Sams. HR — NC: C.Strain (1), Johnson (1).
Highlights — For North Central, Loveall went 4 for 4 with a triple, double and 6 RBIs; Connor Strain went 2 for 5 with a 2-run homer and a double; Johnson went 2 for 3 with a 2-run homer; Nate Lyday went 2 for 3 with 4 runs and 2 steals and Zach Lyday went 2 for 5. For North Vermillion, Tony Sowers went 3 for 3 and Jordan West went 2 for 3 with a double.
Next — North Central (15-4) will play Monday at South Knox.
• Rox get two shutouts, one no-hitter — At Rockville, Derek Gregg’s three-hit shutout in the first game of a Wabash River Conference doubleheader was trumped by Nick Waltz’s 15-strikeout no-hitter in the nightcap as the Rox beat Fountain Central 9-0 and 4-0.
Fountain Central 000 000 0 — 0 3 3
Rockville 013 050 x — 9 6 2
Pierce, Hathaway (6) and Trueblood; Gregg (W, 4-2) and Fisher. L — Pierce.
Highlights — For Rockville, Jake Lear had a 3-run triple, Clint White was 1 for 3 with 2 runs and Derek Gregg pitched a 3-hit shutout and was also 1 for 3.
Rockville 002 001 1 — 4 10 0
Fountain Central 000 000 0 — 0 0 1
Waltz (W, 5-1) and J.Brown; Woodrow, Kelly (6) and Pigg. L — Woodrow.
Highlights — For Rockville, Nick Waltz pitched a no-hitter with 15 strikeouts and was also 2 for 4 with a double and an RBI; Kyle Paddock was 2 for 3 with an RBI; and Nate Fisher was 2 for 4 with an RBI.
Next — Rockville (13-12, 11-3 WRC) hosts South Vermillion on Tuesday.
• Edgewood 4, South Vermillion 1 — At Ellettsville, South Vermillion’s Kaden Lawson took a no-hitter into the bottom of the sixth inning in a Western Indiana Conference game.
South Vermillion 000 001 0 — 1 3 3
Edgewood 000 004 x — 4 2 2
Lawson, Vaughan (6) and Vaughan, Lawson (6); Brewer and Newman, Allam (4). L — Lawson, 1-4.
Highlights — For South Vermillion, Josh Vaughan, Seth Dickey and Tyler Smith had singles and Tre Strayer had the RBI.
Next — South Vermillion (6-13, 1-5 WIC) plays Tuesday at Rockville.
• Turkey Run, Seeger split — At Marshall, Ind., winning pitcher Schuyler Jeffers had three hits and Jeff Woods homered for the host Warriors in a 12-5 win in the second game of a Wabash River Conference doubleheader.
In the first game, the visitors downed Turkey Run 13-7.
Seeger 001 118 2 — 13 8
Turkey Run 302 200 0 — 7 11
HR — TR: Amstutz.
Highlights — For Turkey Run, Jake Amstutz went 2 for 3 with a home run and 3 RBIs; Jeff Woods and Schuyler Jeffers each went 2 for 4 with 2 runs; Riley Sunderman went 2 for 4 with a double; and Dallas Thomas contributed a double. Jeffers also stole 2 bases.
Turkey Run 002 910 0 — 12 13
Seeger 010 031 0 — 5 7
WP — Jeffers. HR — TR: Woods.
Highlights — For Turkey Run, winning pitcher Jeffers went 3 for 5 with 2 doubles and 2 runs; Woods went 2 for 4 with a home run, a double and 2 RBIs; Sunderman went 2 for 5 with 2 RBIs; Amstutz went 2 for 4 with a double; and Thomas knocked in 2 runs.
Records — Turkey Run improved to 7-13 overall and 3-9 in the WRC.
• Riverton Parke 4-2, Attica 1-13 — At Attica, Riverton Parke got a 2-run homer from Tyler Lowe in the first-game Wabash River Conference victory before losing the second game in five innings.
Riverton Parke 000 210 1 — 4 6 2
Attica 000 010 0 — 1 5 3
Anstead (W, 3-2) and Obenchain; Smyth and Horrall. HR — RP: Lowe (1).
Highlights — For Riverton Parke, Tyler Lowe hit a 2-run homer in the 4th inning and finished with 3 RBIs.
Attica 001 84 — 13 10 1
Riverton Parke 020 00 — 2 4 5
Green and Smyth; Haltom, Thomas (4) and Obenchain. L — Haltom, 2-3.
Next — Riverton Parke (5-14 overall, 3-9 WRC) will be at home Tuesday to meet North Putnam.
• Greencastle 10, Cloverdale 0 — At Greencastle, Ryan Battin pitched a one-hit shutout over five innings and Ryan Pettit and Andy Bell each went 2 for 3 for the host Tiger Cubs.
Cloverdale 000 00 — 0 1
Greencastle 712 0x — 10 10
WP — Battin.
Highlights — For Greencastle, Ryan Battin pitched a 1-hit shutout over 5 innings, Ryan Pettit and Andy Bell each went 2 for 3 with a double, Landon Miller had a double and 2 RBIs and Dylan Harbaugh also knocked in 2 runs.
Record — Greencastle was 11-8 after this game.
Tennis
Girls
• Short-handed Patriots nipped twice — At Columbus, 22nd-ranked Terre Haute North lost 3-2 matches to 23rd-ranked host Columbus North and traditional power Silver Creek.
Laura Mascari and Morgan Cook each won twice for the Patriots, who were without No. 1 singles player Anna Potter — who returns from injury for sectional play next week — and their No. 2 doubles team.
Columbus North 3, Terre Haute North 2
Singles — Allie Smith (CN) def. Carmen Nichols 6-0, 6-0; Laura Mascari (THN) def. Whitney Olibo 6-2, 6-1; Morgan Cook (THN) def. Rosemary Yonushonis 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 1-0 (10-8).
Doubles — Rachel Miller-Melissa Sanders (CN) def. Olivia Caldwell-Caroline Potter 6-1, 6-1; Jaewon Jing-Julie Reece (CN) def. Brittney Hochhalter-Rosemary Weber 6-0, 6-0.
JV — Columbus North 3, Terre Haute North 2.
Silver Creek 3, Terre Haute North 2
Singles — Kathleen Hebble (SC) def. Nichols 6-1, 6-1; Mascari (THN) def. Kristen Haeberlein 0-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7); Cook (THN) def. Tess Vanover 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles — Jenny Block-Rain Hopkins (SC) def. Caldwell-C.Potter 6-1, 6-2; Kathleen Hawkins-Rebevan Knittle (SC) def. Hochhalter-Weber 7-5, 6-1.
JV — Silver Creek 3, Terre Haute North 2.
Next — Terre Haute North (7-7) begins sectional play Wednesday at Terre Haute South.
High School
PREP ROUNDUP: Terre Haute South softball knocks off No. 1 Carmel
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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.
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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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Timely hits: After slow start, Terre Haute North rallies to beat Mooresville
No-hit through three innings, Terre Haute North’s bats came alive — especially Sam Wolf’s — just in time to rally for a 4-2 home victory over Mooresville in high school baseball Friday evening at Jennings Field.
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Linton’s Weber to coach at BNL
Bedford North Lawrence High School has announced that Steve Weber will be the Stars’ head coach for the 2013 season.
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Freshman group adds to Big Four teams' baseball tradition
The Terre Haute North-Terre Haute South high school baseball series wasn’t an inning old last week before T.J. Collett of the Patriots lashed a run-scoring single.
That hit helped the Patriots take a 2-0 lead, but in the top of the second inning a three-run double by Justin Jenkins sparked the visiting Braves to a four-run inning.
North tied the score in the bottom of the second inning, Collett driving in another run. And just before rain caused the game to be suspended, South called Logan Ames in from its bullpen for some solid pitching.
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Pairings drawn for high school softball sectionals
The IHSAA announced Thursday its pairings for the 2013 sectional softball tournament slated for May 20-25.
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North boys make it three consecutive Vigo County golf titles
Terre Haute North made it three in a row in Vigo County boys high school golf championship action Wednesday at Hulman Links.
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PREP ROUNDUP: Wolf homers as North baseball wins 16th game
Terre Haute North erupted for seven runs in the third inning on its way to routing visiting White River Valley 14-1 in 41⁄2 innings of high school baseball Wednesday afternoon at Don Jennings Field.
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Northview's Carter strikes out 19 in 10-inning win against South Vermillion
Northview’s Taylor Carter and South Vermillion’s Daphne Dunegan locked into a 10-inning all-star softball pitching duel Tuesday night at Northview High School.
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PREP BASEBALL ROUNDUP: South Vermillion 4-0 in WIC after 4-3 win at Northview
Jordan Branz won his ninth game of the season, scattering six hits over eight innings to lead South Vermillion to a 4-3 victory at Northview in a Western Indiana Conference battle.
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Thompson going into Indiana High School Football Hall of Fame
Former Terre Haute North High School standout Anthony Thompson is the newest member of the Indiana High School Football Hall of Fame.
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PREP ROUNDUP: South tennis wins against Oldenburg Academy
Playing on Ben Davis’ courts, Terre Haute South pulled out a 4-1 victory over Oldenburg Academy in girls high school tennis Tuesday.
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Multiple records fall in Big Four track meet
Terre Haute North dominated the girls competition, as expected, and Terre Haute South’s boys edged the host Patriots in what turned out to be a rain-soaked Big Four Classic high school track and field meet Saturday at North.
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Four teams still in running for Big Four baseball crown
The 2013 Big Four baseball tournament was going to last longer than Saturday anyway, thanks to a schedule change this season.
Thanks to steady rain at Terre Haute North, it will last even longer than planned.
Terre Haute South beat West Vigo 2-0 in Saturday morning’s first game, and the second contest between Northview and the host Patriots was halted in the top of the third inning as the field became unplayable. - More High School Headlines
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