Covington — Riverton Parke rebounded from a 45-6 loss on its home field to the same Covington team just last week to post a 26-0 shutout victory Friday in Class A Sectional 39.
Blake Price ran and passed for a touchdown, and Jeremy Helton led the rushing attack with 127 yards and a touchdown. Tyler Yando had 78 yards rushing and a touchdown.
Riverton Parke 0 13 7 6 — 26
Covington 0 0 0 0 — 0
RP — Josh Helton 10 pass from Blake Price (Bennett kick)
RP — Tyler Yando 2 run (kick failed)
RP — Jeremy Helton 34 run (Bennett kick)
RP — Price 1 run (kick failed)
Next — Riverton Parke (3-7) plays host to Fountain Central on Friday.
In other high school football action:
• Rockville 46, Turkey Run 0 — At Rockville, Clint White threw for 110 yards and two scores to lead the Rox into the second round of Class A Sectional 39.
Turkey Run 0 0 0 0 — 0
Rockville 13 27 6 0 — 46
R — Chris Dennison 1 run (kick failed)
R — Cody Jeffries 21 pass from Clint White (Bettis kick)
R — Dennison 4 run (kick failed)
R — Joel Wittenmyer 15 pass from Jordan McFall (Bettis kick)
R — Wittenmyer 35 fumble recovery (Schomburg kick)
R — Wittenmyer 13 pass from White (Schomburg kick)
R — White 14 run (kick failed)
Next — Rockville (7-3) plays Friday at North Vermillion.
• North Vermillion 41, North Central 14 — At Farmersburg, the visiting Falcons improved to 5-5 as they defeated the Thunderbirds in a Class A Sectional 39 game. North Vermillion will play host to Rockville next Friday.
• Linton 68, Tecumseh 13 — At Lynnville, the visiting Miners cruised to 7-3 with an emphatic road victory at Tecumseh in a Class A Sectional 40 game. Linton will play host to North Knox next Friday.
• North Knox 28, Union 8 — At Dugger, the host Bulldogs finished their season with a 3-7 record as North Knox advanced to play at Linton next Friday.
• South Spencer 30, Sullivan 20 — At Sullivan, Class 2A No. 5 South Spencer had trouble with the Golden Arrows, but prevailed in a Class 2A Sectional 32 game. Sullivan finished its season 4-6 and lost in the first round of the sectional for the fourth consecutive season.
Illinois
• Mount Carmel 43, Robinson 14 — At Robinson, Maroons quarterback Jimmy Stevens hit on 13 of 26 passing for 104 yards, but Mount Carmel ran for 383 yards.
Mount Carmel 22 7 7 7 — 43
Robinson 0 0 7 7 — 14
MC — Hale, 27 run (Hale run)
MC — Hale 69 run (Condol kick)
MC — Zimmer 4 run (Condol kick)
MC — Hale 1 run (Condol kick)
R — Daugherty 9 run (Avila kick)
MC — Hale 67 run (Condol kick)
MC — Hale 16 run (Condol kick)
R — Ackman 0 punt return (Avila kick)
• Marshall 26, Red Hill 7 — At Marshall, The Lions won their eighth-straight game. No other details were available at press time.
• Casey 53, Lawrenceville 0 — At Casey, Ill., the host Warriors completed an undefeated regular season schedule at 9-0 in a throttling of Lawrenceville in a Little Illini Conference game.
Casey awaits today’s pairings announcement to know their opponent in the first round of the IHSA playoffs next week.
Lawrenceville 0 0 0 0 — 0
Casey 14 20 12 7 — 53
CW — Billy Seeley 7 run (Clinton Scott kick), 6:47 1st
CW — Chris Unzicker 5 run (Scott kick), 3:25 1st
CW — Nate Evans 5 run (Scott kick), 11:12 2nd
CW — Unzicker 9 pass from Brett Livvix (Scott kick), 1:42 2nd
CW — Scott 19 pass from Livvix (kick failed), 1:42 2nd
CW — Unzicker 23 pass from Livvix (run failed), 7:47 3rd
CW — Ethan Blankenship 14 pass from Heath Huisinga (kick failed) :37.6 3rd
CW — Colin Carver 66 run (Clark Schultz kick), 9:28 4th
Individual statistics
Rushing — Casey, BIlly Seeley 9-75, Nate Evans 6-25, Chris Unzicker 1-5, Brett Livvix 3-13, Colin Carver 2-59, Evan Davidson 1-1, Ajaye Meeks 5-40, Heath Huisinga 1(-2), Taylor White 1-6, Austin Ragsdale 1-3, Josh Blome 1-25, Brandon Blair 1-9, Dalton Livvix 2-14, David Belt 1-3, Nate Dunckel 1-1, Jack Elliott 1-3, Garrett Strange 1-9.
Passing — For Casey, Brett Livvix 14-25-0 178, Heath Husinga 1-1-0 14.
Receiving — For Casey, Unzicker 6-63, Josh Thais 4-25, Seth Brewer 2-75, Clinton Scott 2-25, Ethan Blankenship 1-14.
Next — Casey (9-0, 8-0 in LIC) await the release of the playoff pairings later today for next week’s opponent.
High School
Prep football roundup: Riverton Parke reverses fortune at Covington
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It’s a rivalry-filled Memorial Day for sectional contenders
Longtime rivalries figure to determine high school baseball sectional champions throughout the Wabash Valley today, with semifinal and final games scheduled at four sites and a stand-alone championship game at a fifth.
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South tops Oldenburg to win tennis semistate
There was no evidence of rally caps, rally towels and certainly no rally squirrels, but Terre Haute South’s No. 1 singles player Maddie Kesler needed a rally in the worst way.
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New route leads to same place for South girls tennis
For so many years, the road to the IHSAA girls tennis state finals for local teams ran through Vincennes (regional) and Jasper (semistate). In other words, south and more south.
This year, their trip was re-routed through Greencastle (regional) and Center Grove (semistate). So it cnahged to east and more east. -
PREP ROUNDUP: Robinson tops Greenville in sectional semifinal
Robinson jumped to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning, then cruised to a convincing 12-3 victory over Greenville in a IHSA Class 2A Vandalia sectional semifinal game on Thursday.
Ashlyn Sullivan was 2 for 3 with a double, home run and three RBIs to lead the winning Maroons. -
West Vigo baseball falls in sectional to Owen Valley
West Vigo overcame the odds to win 20 high school baseball games this season with a lineup that often included four freshmen and few seniors.
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South Vermillion softball's late-season surge comes to end
A late-season surge by South Vermillion wasn’t quite enough to halt a high school softball sectional winning streak by the host team Thursday night, as Edgewood got on top early and held on for a 5-2 win in the championship game of the Class 3A Edgewood Sectional.
The loss was just the second in the last 12 games for the Wildcats. The Mustangs, however, haven’t lost a sectional softball game for eight years in a row. -
South takes second, North third at boys track regional
Terre Haute South finished second and Terre Haute North third on Thursday night at the boys track and field regional at Evansville Central, with 11 individuals and three relay teams qualifying for the state finals June 2.
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PREP ROUNDUP: White River Valley baseball holds off Eminence
Three Eminence errors in the top of the sixth inning finally enabled White River Valley to score in high school baseball Thursday night, and the Wolverines went on to a 5-0 win in Class A Shakamak Sectional action.
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Feeling cursed: South bitten in sectional final again
Terre Haute South softball is not even close to being as cursed as a certain northside baseball team in Chicago, but it might just seem like it.
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PREP ROUNDUP: Mundy, Porter, Knight individual regional winners
Chanli Mundy and Keirra Porter of Terre Haute North were among the individual winners in the IHSAA Evansville Central girls track and field regional that ended late Tuesday night.
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Thornton puts away South Vermillion
Cody Thornton’s three-run blast over the left-field fence was the finishing touch to West Vigo’s 10-3 victory over South Vermillion in the opening game of the Class 3A Greencastle Sectional on Wednesday.
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Lakers triumph, go home for regional
Shakamak took Class A Clay City Sectional honors in high school softball for the first time since 2009 Wednesday, defeating White River Valley 9-5 in the title tilt.
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North Vermillion avenges losses
North Vermillion avenged two high school softball losses during the regular season to win the Class A Riverton Parke Sectional championship Wednesday with a 3-2 triumph over the host Panthers.
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Pats, Knights will meet in sectional
Adler Ingalsbe pooh-poohed his lack of velocity Wednesday night, yet the Terre Haute North pitcher was throwing BBs in the first game compared to Mooresville’s Brandon Topie in the nightcap.
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South outbattles Northview to reach sectional final
Even the best of high school softball pitchers can’t keep all the batters in the middle of Terre Haute South’s lineup down.
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Panthers get 20th win in sectional
Riverton Parke will face North Vermillion in the Class A softball sectional championship at Riverton Parke today, with action commencing at 6 p.m.
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Plainfield Sectional all about parity
Considering Terre Haute South has won five consecutive Class 4A sectional titles in high school baseball, naming the Braves as favorites to capture the 2012 Class 4A Plainfield Sectional would not seem far-fetched.
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PREP ROUNDUP: North Vermillion in title game
Casey West had a triple and three runs scored to help North Vermillion softball advance to the championship game of the Class A Riverton Parke Sectional on Tuesday.
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North takes second in track regional
Terre Haute North finished second with 74 points, six behind team champion Evansville Reitz, during the Evansville Central girls track and field regional that ended late Tuesday night.
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Wildcats advance to sectional softball final; West Vigo falls
Patience, patience.
South Vermillion exhibited great patience, being very selective at the plate and it paid off royally in the fourth inning. -
South, Crawfordsville win in regional tennis semis
Terre Haute South outlasted Fountain Central 4-1 in the first round of the girls high school tennis regional Tuesday, advancing the Braves into today’s championship match against Crawfordsville.
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Braves, Knights open with wins
It was an excellent night for starting softball pitchers to help their own cause Monday night in the Class 4A Northview Sectional.
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Lough dreamt about McMillan
A two-time state finalist in wrestling and a two-time all-Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference football player and wrestler, Tsali Lough of Terre Haute South was named the male recipient of the 2012 McMillan Award on Monday night at South’s Senior Awards Night.
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PREP ROUNDUP: Panthers cruise in sectional opener
Sarah Burnham pitched a two-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts in high school softball Monday evening as host Riverton Parke defeated defending champion Rockville 10-0 in opening-round action at the Class A Riverton Parke Sectional.
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Notable tradition bodes well for Riverton Parke
Located practically in the shadow of a high school that sets one state standard in track and field, Riverton Parke has a tendency to be overlooked in that sport.
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Vikings get 18th win over Shakamak
West Vigo began a busy week of high school baseball Monday on a winning note, defeating Shakamak 6-3.
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Greencastle new site for girls tennis regional
The starting times might prove to be a bone of contention, but otherwise coaches Bill Blankenbaker and Emily Goff are thrilled their respective girls high school tennis teams will begin play today at the Greencastle Regional.
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Northview sectional groups 3 20-win teams
Three teams with 20-plus victories will attempt to claim the Class 4A Northview Sectional crown for high school softball this week, and most of the other Wabash Valley sectional fields also appear to be wide open.
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Terre Haute South softball takes Riverton Parke tournament
Terre Haute South is going into the Class 4A Sectional at Northview on Monday with momentum, confidence, a deep bench and a healthier pitching staff than it has had in quite a while.
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North baseball splits doubleheader with Indy North Central
Some of their incentive could have been sapped a couple of nights earlier, when Center Grove achieved an eight-inning victory over Warren Central to clinch the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference high school baseball championship.
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