Huntingburg —
Linton bested Clarksville 65-62 in a game of runs to advance to Saturday’s championship game of the Southridge Class 2A Regional for boys high school basketball.
Perry Central defeated Switzerland County 60-46 in the first game to set up a Linton-Perry Central championship game.
The Generals had the first run of the day, scoring eight straight points to open the second stanza to take a 23-13 lead, but the Miners closed out the period with a 12-2 run and the game was tied 25-25 at halftime.
Linton began the second half the way it ended the first 16 minutes to open up a 32-25 lead and the Miners briefly trailed only one more time the rest of the way.
Andrew Jones hit his sixth 3-pointer of the game to give Clarksville a 38-37 lead, but Austin Karazsia responded with an old-fashioned three-point play to put the Miners back in front 41-38 and they fronted 43-38 going into the final period.
Linton scored the first six points of the fourth frame to take its biggest lead of the game (49-38) and the Miners still were up 59-50 in the final minute before the Generals rallied to cut the lead to 63-59 with 12.7 seconds left.
Karazsia hit two free throws to hike the Linton lead to 65-59 before Jones hit his ninth 3-pointer to make it 65-62 with 1.8 seconds to play. Clarksville had one last chance at a tie when Calvin McEwen stole the ball and got off a 3-pointer that was off mark.
“Clarksville is a good solid team … we’re pretty good too. Clarksville was doing its thing early until Austin started getting inside. Dess kept us in it early. Austin got going and we had some big plays from Bohnert,” said Linton coach Joey Hart.
“That was key for us to tie the game right before the half. We are a team of runs and when our defense can dictate, we are best. I could not be prouder of our guys,” he added.
“I am glad we will play 5 on 5 tonight. We won’t have to play the crowd,” he said.
Perry Central had the largest group of fans for the early session. Linton’s contingent was not far behind.
Fougerousse led the 22-3 Miners with 22 points and eight rebounds, going 11 of 13 at the free-throw line, and Karazsia had 21 points, nine boards and two steals, going 5 for 5 at the line. Bohnert was the other Miner in twin digits with 14 points and was 5 of 6 from the field.
Jones led the Generals with 29 points and eight rebounds and Aiden McEwen scored 13.
LINTON (65) — Fougerousse 5-12 11-13 22, Karazsia 8-10 5-5 21, Jackson 1-7 0-0 3, Fulk 1-3 2-4 5, Bohnert 5-6 4-7 14. Totals 20-38 FG, 22-29 FT, 65 TP.
CLARKSVILLE (62) — C McEwen 1-5 2-2 5, Johnson 4-8 0-1 8, A McEwen 6-12 1-2 13, Smith 1-2 2-2 4, Jones 10-16 0-0 29, Parrish 1-2 0-0 3, Coleman 0-0 0-0 0, Guenthner 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-46 FG, 5-7 FT, 62 TP.
Linton 13 12 18 22 — 65
Clarksville 15 10 13 24 — 62
3-point shooting — L 3-10 (Fougerousse 1-3 Jackson 1-4 Fulk 1-2 Bohnert 0-2), C 11-23 (C.McEwen 1-5 Johnson 0-1 Jones 9-14 Coleman 0-1 Parrish 1-2). Total fouls — L 10, C 17. Turnovers — L 7, C 10. Rebounds — L 25 (Fougerousse 8, Karazsia 9, Jackson 1, Fulk 1, Bohnert 2), C 24 (C McEwen 2, Johnson 5, A.McEwen 5, Smith 1, Jones 8, Coleman 2). Steals — L 5 (Karazsia 3, Fulk 2), C 4 (C.McEwen 2, Jones 1, Guenthner 1).
Perry Central 18 15 15 12 — 60
Switzerland County 10 10 11 15 — 46
Next — Linton (22-3) and Perry Central (22-3) met in the regional championship game Saturday night. Switzerland County finished 18-5, Clarksville 18-6.
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Linton slips past Clarksville in regional opener
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West Vigo softball ‘has what it takes’
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THN girls look dominant at regional
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South tennis ready for potential challenge in regional
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Patriots’ offense stifled in sectional 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.
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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.
Jacy McClain and Bailee Waters had RBI singles in the fourth inning to break the game open for the Vikings. -
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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