staff report
CAYUGA — Adrianne Francis can’t get well soon enough for the Turkey Run girls high school basketball team.
Class A’s fourth-ranked Warriors lost their second close game without their starting center in three nights Thursday, falling 45-42 in overtime to Rockville as 6-foot-3 Beth Mahurin had 13 points, 23 rebounds and eight blocked shots for the Rox.
Rockville plays host North Vermillion in Saturday’s championship game. The Falcons defeated Riverton Parke 57-24 in the other semifinal game Thursday.
Hillary Woodard led Rockville with 14 points and Lindsey Greene added 11. Jordan Hunt had a game-high 15 points for Turkey Run, which plays Riverton Parke in Saturday’s 6 p.m. opener.
Hillary Lively led North Vermillion to its second victory of the season with 19 points, while Taylor Turchi added 13. Sheldan Falls scored eight and Sara Dickey seven for the Panthers.
ROCKVILLE (45) — Carrington 1 0-2 2, Greene 2 6-9 11, Riffe 0 0-1 0, Sutherlin 1 0-0 2, Mahurin 5 3-8 13, Woodard 4 4-9 14, Sandusky 1 1-2 3. Totals 14 FG, 14-31 FT, 45 TP.
TURKEY RUN (42) — H.Cox 2 0-0 4, M.Francis 0 0-0 0, Hunt 5 4-6 15, Davies 1 2-5 4, C.Francis 3 2-8 8, Newnum 2 0-0 4, L.Cox 1 1-2 3, Karr 0 4-6 4. Totals 14 FG, 13-27 FT, 42 TP.
Rockville 6 11 10 12 6 — 45
Turkey Run 13 12 8 6 3 — 42
3-point goals — Woodard 2, Greene, Hunt. Total fouls — Rockville 23, TR 22. Fouled out — M.Francis, Davies, L.Cox.
RIVERTON PARKE (24) — S.Dickey 3 0-2 7, Falls 2 4-5 8, Dailey 0 0-2 0, Cookus 0 0-0 0, E.Dickey 1 0-0 2, Byers 1 0-0 2, Burnham 1 1-1 3, Kinne 0 2-2 2. Totals 8 FG, 7-12 FT, 24 TP.
NORTH VERMILLION (57) — Chew 2 3-4 7, Turchi 5 0-0 13, Lively 9 1-5 19, C.West 1 2-2 4, K.West 1 1-4 4, Kinneer 0 0-0 0, Martin 0 0-0 0, Poynter 4 0-0 8, Weir 1 0-0 2. Totals 23 FG, 7-15 FT, 57 TP.
Riverton Parke 5 9 4 6 — 24
North Vermillion 14 11 20 12 — 57
3-point goals — S.Dickey, Turchi 3, K.West. Total fouls — RP 15, NV 12. Fouled out — none.
Next — Turkey Run (0-2) and Riverton Parke (0-1) play at 6 p.m. Saturday at North Vermillion, followed by the championship game between Rockville (2-0) and North Vermillion (2-0).
In other girls basketball:
• North Knox 57, Linton 54, OT — At Bicknell, North Knox’s Caroline Kirkwood scored 31 points to lead North Knox past Linton in overtime. Stephanie Fougerousse paced the 1-1 Miners with 24 points.
LINTON (54) — DeLuga 4 0-0 8, Mason 4 2-5 11, Riggelman 0 1-2 1, Beard 4 0-2 8, Fougerousse 7 10-15 24, Alsman 1 0-0 2, Robinson 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 13-24 54.
NORTH KNOX (57) — Kirkwood 12 5-10 31, Summers 1 1-2 3, Wood 3 2-2 8, Eaton 2 0-0 4, Harvey 0 0-0 0, Primus 1 0-0 2, Stagner 0 0-0 0, Jones 0 0-0 0, Moreland 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 11-18 57.
Linton 15 15 4 14 6 — 54
North Knox 12 6 17 13 9 — 57
3-point field goals — Linton 1 (Mason), NK 2 (Kirkwood 2). Total fouls — Linton 18, NK 21.
JV — North Knox won 35-19.
Next — Linton (1-1) will play North Daviess next Thursday.
• Union 41, Cloverdale 31 — At Dugger, Cheyenne Goodman had 21 points to lead the Bulldogs to victory.
CLOVERDALE (31) — Wrightmyer 2 2-4 6, McAmmond 2 1-2 5, Woodworth 1 0-0 2, Wiley 1 0-0 3, Anderson 2 0-0 4, Langdon 0 0-4 0, McCallie 3 2-2 9, Detken 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 7-16 31.
UNION (41) — Chey.Goodman 5 8-12 21, Stanifer 2 0-1 5, Chel.Goodman 1 2-2 4, Woods 2 0-0 4, Nicol 3 1-3 7, Martindale 0 0-0 0, Kindall 0 0-1 0, Dickson 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 11-23 41.
Cloverdale 6 5 8 12 — 31
North Knox 7 7 17 10 — 41
3-point field goals — C 2 (Wiley, McCallie), U 4 (Chey. Goodman 3, Stanifer 1). Total fouls — C 20, U 12.
Next — Union (1-0) plays at Eastern Greene on Tuesday..
• Middle school — The following scores were reported from Thursday’s action:
Seventh grade — Otter Creek “A” 33 (Carpenter 10), Woodrow Wilson 23 (Aimone 7); Otter Creek “B” 28 (Prifogle, Stillwell 7), Woodrow Wilson 15 (Bishop 5); West Vigo “A” 42 (Cardinal 15, Blair 14), Chauncey Rose 31 (White 19); West Vigo “B” 29 (Roberts, Velezquez 8), Chauncey Rose 12 (Wilson 6).
Sixth grade — Woodrow Wilson “A” 22 (Poore 12), Otter Creek 20 (Benko 7); Woodrow Wilson “B” 13 (Zach Minton 4), Otter Creek “B” 6 (Taflinger 4).
• Meggs signs LOI — Former Terre Haute North guard Kelly Meggs signed a letter-of-intent Thursday to play basketball at Cal-Irvine. Her father is former ISU baseball coach Lindsay Meggs.
