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Sullivan’s Rhagen Smith scored 29 points as the Golden Arrows won a tight season-opening game against Riverton Parke 48-45 in girls high school basketball Tuesday.
Sara Dickey led Riverton Parke with 24 points.
SULLIVAN (48) — Jones 2 2-2 6, Gilham 2 0-0 5, Chapman 1 0-0 2, Cotton 1 0-0 2, Smith 10 8-10 28, Harrison 2 1-2 5. Total 18 11-14 48.
RIVERTON PARKE (45) — Wood 1 0-0 2, Virotsko 1 0-0 2, Pollard 1 0-0 3, Yando 1 2-4 5, Dickey 9 3-7 24, Combs 1 0-0 3, Austin 2 2-4 6. Totals 16 7-15 45.
Sullivan 12 13 12 11 — 48
Riverton Parke 12 11 9 14 — 45
3 point field goals — Gilham; Dickey 3, Pollard, Yando, Combs. Total fouls — S 13, RP 16.
JV — Sullivan won 29-10.
Next — Riverton Parke (0-1) plays North Vermillion in the Banks of the Wabash on Thursday. Sullivan (1-0) plays at South Vermillion next Thursday.
In other girls basketball Tuesday:
• Rockville 45, South Putnam 44 — At Rockville, Jenifer Lee led the way for the Rox with 24 points as a late South Putnam rally fell short.
SOUTH PUTNAM (44) — Cash 4 3-5 11, Hewitt 0 1-2 1, Varveo 2 0-0 4, York 3 2-4 5, Masters 3 3-4 9, Barnes 3 5-7 11. Total 15 14-22 44.
ROCKVILLE (45) — Black 0 1-3 1, Lear 1 4-7 7, Gordon 2 2-2 8, Lee 6 11-19 24, White 1 0-0 2, Bullington 1 1-2 3. Totals 11 19-33 45.
South Putnam 10 18 15 11 — 44
Rockville 12 13 10 10 — 45
3 point field goals — Gordon 2, Lee, Lear. Total fouls — SP 24, R 19.
JV — Rockville won 25-10.
Next — Rockville (1-0) plays Turkey Run on Thursday in the Banks of the Wabash.
• Monrovia 61, Linton 22 — At Linton, the Miners fell short in their season opener.
MONROVIA (61) — M. Knieper 5 0-0 11, Keen 1 0-0 2, Delph 2 5-6 9, Smith 1 0-0 2, Me. Knieper 3 1-2 8, tharmp 5 0-0 10, Nay 3 0-0 6, Whitaker 2 0-0 4, Longere 4 1-2 9, Jones 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 7-10 61
LINTON (22) — Johnson 1 2-2 5, Parker 1 0-0 2, Booe 0 0-2 0, Gadberry 1 4-7 7, Shafford 1 0-3 2, Dunn 2 2-4 6, Cole 0 0-0 0, Bowman 0 0-0 0. Team 6 8-18 22
Monrovia 16 16 14 14 — 61
Linton 2 6 6 8 — 22
3 point field goals — M. Knieper, Me. Knieper; Johnson, Gadberry. Total fouls — M 17, L 12.
JV — Monrovia won 42-17.
Next — Linton (0-1) plays host to North Knox on Thursday.
• Vincennes Rivet 79, Shakamak 25 — At Vincennes, the Lakers lost their season opener. No other information was available at press time.
• WRV 36, North Central 24 — At Switz City, the Wolverines bested the Thunderbirds in the season opener for both teams. No other information was available at press time.
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Girls basketball: Sullivan edges Riverton Parke
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Northview's Taylor Carter to play in state all-star softball game
Recent Northview High School graduate Taylor Carter will compete Saturday in the annual North-South All-Star softball doubleheader at the Cherry Tree Complex at Carmel.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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