CASEY, ILL. —
Marshall defeated Edwards County 66-27 on Thursday to win the consolation championship of the Little Illini Conference tournament.
The Lions won their third game in four nights to hike their record to 17-7. Edwards County — the No. 11 seed in the tournament — fell to 13-11.
The lead changed hands in the first frame before Drew Morris hit a bucket to give the Lions an 11-10 lead going into the second period.
Edwards County took its final lead of the game to open the second stanza but Marshall then ran off 13 straight points and the Lions were up 33-14 at halftime, outscoring EC 22-4 in the second period.
Marshall outscored EC in the third stanza 25-6 with Morris and Walker Berner combining for 23 of the points.
Berner finished with 26 points, hitting seven 3-pointers, and Morris had 20. Taylor Maurer had six points and seven boards while Thomas Sisson had four points and eight assists.
Robinson beat Flora 69-58 in the third-place game Thursday night.
Casey battles Newton tonight for the championship. Tipoff is 7:30 p.m. CST.
EDWARDS COUNTY (27) — Laws 0 5-8 5, Toutloff 1 1-2 4, Lear 2 0-0 4, Schuh 3 0-0 7, Borrowiak 1 1-1 3, Compton 1 0-0 2, Potter 0 0-3 0, Rhodes 0 0-0 0, Troyer 1 0-0 2. Totals 9 FG, 7-14 FT, 27 TP.
MARSHALL (66) — Bloodworth 0 0-0 0, T.Sisson 2 0-0 4, Maurer 3 0-0 6, Berner 9 1-1 26, Morris 9 0-0 20, Steele 2 0-0 5, Rice 0 0-0 0, Hefner 0 0-0 0, J.Sisson 0 0-0 0, Hibschmann 0 0-0 0, Lindsey 1 0-0 3, Newbold 0 0-0 0, Thompson 0 0-0 0, Clark 0 0-0 0, Davidson 1 0-0 2. Totals 27 FG, 1-1 FT, 66 TP.
Edwards County 10 4 6 7 — 27
Marshall 11 22 25 8 — 66
3-point goals — Toutloff, Schuh, Berner 7, Morris 2, Steele, Lindsey. Total fouls — EC 5, Marshall 12. Fouled out — none.
Next — Marshall (17-7) is at Cumberland on Feb. 1. Edwards County is 13-11.
Girls basketball
• Riverton Parke 76, Fountain Central 20 — At Mecca, Rachel Austin had a career-high 20 points and senior stars Paige Yando and Sara Dickey combined for 45 more as Class A’s sixth-ranked Panthers rolled in Wabash River Conference play.
Yando had 23 points and Dickey 22 for the winners.
FOUNTAIN CENTRAL (20) — Ca.Yager 0 0-0 0, Hurd 3 0-0 6, Louthen 0 0-0 0, Grubb 0 2-2 2, Pigg 0 0-0 0, Ch.Yager 0 0-0 0, Yamamoto 0 0-0 0, Frazee 2 0-0 4, Smith 4 0-1 8. Totals 9 FG, 2-3 FT, 20 TP.
RIVERTON PARKE (76) — Wood 1 1-4 3, Higgins 0 0-0 0, E.Virostko 1 0-0 2, Pollard 1 1-2 3, Yando 9 4-4 23, Organ 0 0-0 0, Dickey 10 0-0 22, Austin 9 2-2 20, Benell 1 1-2 3. Totals 32 FG, 9-14 FT, 76 TP.
Fountain Central 6 8 4 2 — 20
Riverton Parke 17 13 25 21 — 76
3-point goals — Dickey 2, Yando. Total fouls — FC 13, RP 9. Fouled out — none.
JV — Riverton Parke won.
Next — Riverton Parke (15-3, 5-1 WRC) hosts Attica for Senior Night on Tuesday. Fountain Central (4-14, 1-5) hosts Clinton Central on Saturday.
Tuesday
• Riverton Parke 64, West Vigo 19 — At West Vigo, Paige Yando had 24 points, Sara Dickey 19 and Kenzie Pollard 10 for the winning Panthers in nonconference play.
Shyanne Elkins led West Vigo with six points. Funds were raised before the game for Riverton Parke assistant coach Sarah Norton, a West Vigo graduate who is battling breast cancer.
RIVERTON PARKE (64) — Wood 1-2 1-3 4, Higgins 0-0 0-0 0, E.Virostko 0-0 0-0 0, Pollard 4-10 0-0 10, Yando 9-17 3-8 24, Organ 1-1 0-0 2, Dickey 8-15 0-0 19, Austin 1-7 1-2 3, Benell 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 25-53 FG, 5-13 FT, 64 TP.
WEST VIGO (19) — Curley 0-0 0-0 0, VOils 1-4 2-2 4, Cardinal 1-2 0-0 2, Edington 0-4 0-0 0, Fox 0-0 0-0 0, Lane 1-5 0-0 2, Barton 0-0 0-0 0, S.Elkins 3-5 0-0 6, Byrley 0-0 0-0 0, Houser 1-4 0-2 3, L.Elkins 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 8-28 FG, 2-4 FT, 19 TP.
Riverton Parke 22 8 22 12 — 64
West Vigo 6 5 4 4 — 19
3-point shooting — RP 9-16 (Yando 3-6, Dickey 3-7, Pollard 2-2, Wood 1-1), WV 1-6 (Houser 1-2, Voils 0-1, Lane 0-1, Edington 0-2). Total fouls — RP 9, WV 13. Fouled out — none.
Next — West Vigo (4-13) has a 6 p.m. varsity game today against Edgewood.
• Sullivan 63, Edgewood 34 — At Sullivan, Rhagen Smith had 30 points and 11 rebounds and Caelan Jones 10 points, seven rebounds and five assists as the Golden Arrows remained unbeaten in Western Indiana Conference play.
Edgewood boxscore unavailable
SULLIVAN (63) — Jones 4-6 0-0 10, Gilham 2-4 0-0 6, Chapman 0-4 1-2 1, Wilkes 0-1 0-0 0, McDonald 0-1 0-0 0, Basinger 0-0 0-0 0, Cottom 3-4 1-2 9, Judson 1-1 0-0 2, Secrest 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 9-18 12-15 30, Harrison 1-5 3-5 5. Totals 20-45 FG, 17-24 FT, 63 TP.
Edgewood 13 3 11 7 — 34
Sullivan 16 19 13 15 — 63
3-point shooting — Sullivan 6-12 (Jones 2-2, Cottom 2-3, Gilham 2-4, McDonald 0-1, Smith 0-1, Harrison 0-1).
Next — Sullivan (17-2, 4-0 WIC) plays at 6 p.m. today at Northview. Edgewood (7-9, 3-2) is at West Vigo today.
Football
• Three Patriots, two Braves honored — Five Vigo County high school players have been named to the 2012 Region 6 all-region team, the Indiana Football Coaches Association has announced.
Picked from North are tight end Calvin Blank, linebacker Lee Davis and receiver Austin Lewis. South’s selections are receiver Tyler Seibert and kicker Adam Kahn.
Other seniors chosen are Austin Karazsia and Koye Kaiser of Linton, Kody Zumwalt of North Vermillion, Ryan Chestnut of South Putnam, T.J. Bollman and Brett Gierke of Greencastle and Larry Shaffer of Owen Valley.
Offense
C — Chase Alexander, Avon
OL — Dakota Ramey, North Montgomery; Zach Minardo, Mooresville; Ryan Chestnut, South Putnam; T.J. Bollman, Greencastle
TE — Calvin Blank, Terre Haute North
WR — Austin Lewis, Terre Haute North; Tyler Seibert, Terre Haute South
QB — Austin Karazsia, Linton
FB — L.V. Bowden, Western Boone
RB — Koye Kaiser, Linton; Kody Zumwalt, North Vermillion
K — Adam Kahn, Terre Haute South
At-large — Chad Middleton, Plainfield
Defense
DL — Eric Davis, North Putnam; Jon Staton, Tri-West
DE — Wil Beaty, Danville; Brett Gierke, Greencastle
LB — Lee Davis, Terre Haute North; Conner Ludwig, Brownsburg; Jeremy Shupperd, Brownsburg; Jameson Brewer, North Putnam
CB — Dhane Thomas, Avon; Garrett Isch, Brownsburg
S — Cole Johnson, Avon; Larry Shaffer, Owen Valley
P — Mac Norton, Mooresville
At-large — Christian Fleener, Edgewood
High School
PREP ROUNDUP: Marshall cruises past Edwards County in LIC consolation championship
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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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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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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. -
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. -
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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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.
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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.
Regionals will take place May 28. - More High School Headlines
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