OLNEY, Ill. —
The visiting Lions won their second game of the week and evened their Little Illini Conference mark at 2-2 with Friday's 51-38 Little Illini Conference victory over Olney.
Marshall scored the first basket of the game and held a 9-8 lead after one period of play.
The host Tigers led by as many as five points in the second stanza but the Lions had a 19-18 advantage at the intermission.
They took a 32-29 lead into the final frame and scored the first 10 points of the last period to take control of the contest.
Taylor Maurer led the 6-3 Lions with 16 points while Thomas Sisson tallied 13, getting seven in the final frame.
Marshall 9 10 13 19 — 51
Olney 8 10 11 9 — 38
JV — Olney 51, Olney 40
Next — Marshall (6-3, 2-1 LIC) is at Paris next Friday.
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In other boys basketball action:
n Linton 72, Shakamak 51 — At Jasonville, the visiting Miners improved to 4-0 with a SouthWestern Indiana Athletic Conference victory over the 1-3 Lakers.
Austin Karazsia led the Miners with 30 points. Brodie Crowe paced the Lakers with 20.
LINTON (72) — Jackson 2 5-6 9, Fulk 0 0-0 0, Dyar 1 4-4 6, Woodward 0 1-2 1, Karazsia 13 3-3 30, Bohnert 1 0-0 2, Fougerousse 5 3-6 14, Riddell 3 4-5 10, Eaton 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 FG, 20-26 FT, 72 TP.
SHAKAMAK (51) — West 0 0-2 0, Crowe 8 0-0 20, Schubla 0 0-0 0, Cox 0 1-2 1, Collins 1 2-2 5, Green 5 0-1 13, Messmer 0 1-2 1, Morin 2 1-4 5, Burris 0 2-2 2, Bessling 2 0-0 4. Totals 18 FG, 7-15 FT, 51 TP.
Linton 21 10 17 24 — 72
Shakamak 12 10 4 25 — 51
3-point field goals — Karazsia, Fougerousse; Crowe 4, Green 3, Collins. Total fouls — L 13, Sh 18. Fouled out — Schubla.
Next — Linton (4-0, 2-0 SWIAC) plays at Sullivan tonight. Shakamak (1-3, 1-2) plays host to Eminence tonight.
n Northview 48, Edgewood 46 — At Ellettsville, the visiting Knights got over the .500 mark with a Western Indiana Conference victory. Northview improved to 3-2 and next plays in the Pizza Hut Classic against Monrovia on Dec. 26.
n Rockville 58, South Putnam 42 — At Putnamville, the Class A No. 2 Rox played their first in-state road game of the season and took care of the Eagles. The Rox improved to 6-0 and will next play host to Frankton on Dec. 22.
n Eastern Greene 71, Union 19 — At Cincinnati, Ind., Class 2A No. 6 Eastern overwhelmed the Bulldogs in a SWIAC game. Union fell to 0-7.
n Casey 68, Red Hill 37 — At Bridgeport, Ill., the Warriors remained undefeated with another road victory Friday.
Brandon Wolfe led Casey with 19 points.
The Warriors will entertain Flora on Tuesday in what should be a battle of unbeaten Little Illini Conference teams.
Girls basketball
n Riverton Parke 56, South Vermillion 21 — At Clinton, Paige Yando had 22 points as the Class A No. 7 Panthers defeated the Wildcats on Friday.
RIVERTON PARKE (56) — Wood 2 3-4 9, E. Virotsko 1 0-0 2, Pollard 3 1-2 9, Yando 9 4-7 22, Oregon 0 0-0 0, Austin 2 1-4 5, Bonnell 3 1-2 7, Higgins 0 0-0 0, Massatti 0 0-0 0, Casad 0 0-0 0, Dressler 1 0-0 2, Bovar 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 FG, 10-19 FT, 56 TP.
SOUTH VERMILLION (21) — Vitaniemi 0 0-0 0, Wright 0 0-0 0, Andew 0 0-1 0, Russell 2 0-0 4, Johnson 2 0-0 4, Spirey 1 0-0 2, Mack 1 0-0 3, Freed 0 5-6 5, Rigsby 2 0-0 4. Totals 6 FG, 5-7 FT, 21 TP.
Riverton Parke 11 15 18 12 — 56
South Vermillion 2 8 4 7 — 21
3-point field goals — Wood 2, Pollard 2; Mack. Total fouls — RP 11, SV 16. Fouled out — none.
JV — Riverton Parke won.
Next — Riverton Parke (11-1) plays Edgewood and Monrovia in the Eastern Greene Invitational on Dec. 27. South Vermillion (1-10) plays at Cloverdale on Jan. 3.
n Edgewood 40, Northview 31 — At Ellettsville, Northview fell to 4-7 and 1-2 in the Western Indiana Conference with a defeat on Friday.
n Marshall 66, Oblong 25 — At Oblong, Ill., Kaydie Grooms had 16 points, and Breah Keim added 15 points to lead the Lions to a 66-25 Little Illini Conference win over Oblong on Thursday.
Cheyenne Thompson chipped in with 10 points and Ariana Kuhn had eight points and 10 rebounds for Marshall.
MARSHALL (66) — Switzer 2 0-0 4, Lay 0 0-0 0, Bishop 2 0-0 4, Carter 0 0-0 0, Boyer 2 0-0 4, Keim 5 0-0 15, Kile 0 0-0 0, Thompson 4 0-0 10, Murphy 1 0-0 3, Grooms 8 0-2 16, Bender 1 0-4 2, Kuhn 4 0-0 8, Gorrell 0 0-0 0. Totals 29 FG, 0-6 FT, 66 TP.
OBLONG (25) — Smith 0 0-0 0, Griffin 0 0-0 0, Wells 0 0-0 0, Harper 1 1-2 3, Pinkston 2 0-1 4, Lockhart 5 0-0 10, Meese 2 2-6 6, Mayhew 0 2-2 2, Turner 0 0-0 0. Totals 10 FG, 5-11 FT, 25 TP.
Marshall 19 16 29 2 — 66
Oblong 2 9 4 10 — 25
3-point field goals — Murphy, Thompson 2, Keim 5. Total fouls — Marshall 16, Oblong 7. Fouled out — none.
JV — Marshall won 40-12.
Next — Marshall (12-1, 5-0) plays host to Flora at 1 p.m. Saturday.
n Casey 50, Palestine-Hutsonville 44 — At Palestine, Ill., Conner Cutright and Jetta Green combined for 14 fourth-quarter points as the Warriors came from behind Thursday in Little Illini Conference play.
CASEY (50) — Edwards 0 0-0 0, Decker 6 2-6 14, Birchfield 1 0-0 2, Cutright 3 5-5 11, Green 7 1-2 17, Black 3 0-0 6, Cox 0 0-0 0, Brandenbug 0 0-0 0, Spivey 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 FG, 8-13 FT, 50 TP.
PALESTINE-HUTSONVILLE (44) — Kiger 0 2-2 2, Fulling 6 8-10 20, Churchwell 5 0-0 14, Nehls 2 2-2 6, Elder 0 0-0 0, Rariden 0 1-2 1, Williams 0 1-2 1. Totals 13 FG, 14-18 FT, 44 TP.
Casey 4 12 12 22 — 50
Palestine-Hutsonville 9 16 12 7 — 44
3-point goals — Green 2, Churchwell 4. Total fouls — Casey 17, PH 11. Fouled out — Birchfield.
JV — Casey 40, Palestine-Hutsonville 24.
Next — Casey (6-6, 4-2 LIC) plays Monday at Arcola.
Swimming
n South sweeps Edgewood — At Terre Haute South, Grace Padget, Hannah Stelflug, Katherine Senseman, Ashton Dillion and Abby Kirsch won multiple events for the South girls in a 132-48 victory against Edgewood on Thursday.
The South boys won 149 1/2 to 39 1/2 over the Mustangs as Collin McCord, Christian Wilhelm, Josh Ford, Dalton Mitchell and Chandler Bray won multiple events.
GIRLS
Terre Haute South 132, Edgewood 48
200 medley relay — South (Grace Padget, Abby Kirsch, Hannah Stelflug, Ashton Dillion) 2:02.16.
200 freestyle — Katherine Senseman (THS) 2:02.10, Lillie Padget (THS) 2:16.80, Tori Davis (THS) 2:33.48.
200 individual medley — G.Padget (THS) 2:19.12.
50 freestyle — Stelflug (THS) 27.16, Hannah Ater (THS) 28.15, Taylor Schilling (THS) 28.27.
Diving — Alexander (E) 204.85, Kassie Lawlyes (THS) 134.00.
100 butterfly — G.Padget (THS) 1:01.96, R.Senseman (THS) 1:08.54, A.Kirsch (THS) 1:14.58.
100 freestyle — Alexander (E) 59.09, L.Padget (THS) 59.93, T.Davis (THS) 1:07.69.
500 freestyle — K.Senseman (THS) 5:30.93, Schilling (THS) 6:12.70, Lawyer (E) 6:37.65.
200 freestyle relay — South (Dillion, G.Padget, K.Senseman, Ater) 1:47.39.
100 backstroke — R.Senseman (THS) 1:06.34, Stelflug (THS) 1:08.09, Kirsch (THS) 1:12.96.
100 breaststroke — Dillion (THS) 1:18.45, McKenzie Vaughan (THS) 1:27.88, Lizzie Payne (THS) 1:30.94.
400 freestyle relay — South (Kirsch, L.Padget, R.Senseman, K.Senseman) 4:02.00.
BOYS
Terre Haute South 149 1/2, Edgewood 39 1/2
200 medley relay — South (Dalton Mitchell, Lucas Sturgess, Collin McCord, Christian Wilhelm) 1:46.36.
200 freestyle — Chandler Bray (THS) 1:53.26, Josh Ford (THS) 1:54.82, Connor McCord (THS) 2:02.02.
200 individual medley — Col.McCord (THS) 2:10.70, Ben Allen (THS) 2:13.72, Will Cammack (THS) 2:22.92.
50 freestyle — Mitchell (THS) 23.16, Jacob Riley (THS) 24.22, Allen (E) 24.22.
Diving — Alex Davis (THS) 255.60, Nick Lee (THS) 171.05, Dyllon Harris (THS) 152.60.
100 butterfly — Bray (THS) 57.83, Sturgess (THS) 1:04.84, Jordan Shaver (THS) 1:06.47.
100 freestyle — Wilhelm (THS) 50.01, Col.McCord (THS) 53.07, Collin Dowell (THS) 54.05.
500 freestyle — Mitchell (THS) 4:59.42, Con.McCord (THS) 5:26.56, Ildanne Dalina (THS) 5:36.38.
200 freestyle relay — South (Bray, Col.McCord, Dowell, Wilhelm) 1:35.24.
100 backstroke — Ford (THS) 1:00.02, Riley (THS) 1:01.19, Jaden Conatser (THS) 1:03.90.
100 breaststroke — Allen (THS) 1:08.47, Michael Crowell (THS) 1:08.61, Cammack (THS) 1:12.07.
400 freestyle relay — South (Wilhelm, Dowell, Ford, Riley) 3:37.34.
n Vikings swept — At West Vigo, the Vikings were defeated by South Putnam on Thursday, the boys in a 97-89 squeaker and the girls by a 115-50 score. Elizabeth McGlone won twice for the Viking girls.
GIRLS
South Putnam 115, West Vigo 50
200 medley relay — South Putnam (Morgan Dezsi, Katie McHugh, Lyndsie Beasley, Katie Hansel) 2:19.81.
200 freestyle — Dezsi (SP) 2:34.17, Stephanie Knoepfel (WV) 2:39.26, McHugh (SP) 2:39.40.
200 individual medley — Elizabeth McGlone (WV) 2:35.22, Megan Arnold (SP) 3:11.98, Lauren Knight (SP) 3:15.82.
50 freestyle — Josalynn Farmer (SP) 29.16, Hansel (SP) 29.19, Amanda Bridgewater (WV) 31.33.
Diving — Kylee Sereno (WV) 164.50, Maddison Plunkett (SP) 152.65, Courtney Sullivan (SP) 137.70.
100 butterfly — Bridgewater (WV) 1:23.50, L.Beasley (SP) 1:24.84, Knoepfel (WV) 1:31.83.
100 freestyle — Farmer (SP) 1:05.60, Katie Jo Beasley (SP) 1:07.99, McHugh (SP) 1:11.55.
500 freestyle — Hansel (SP) 7:00.83, Ashley Wilson (SP) 7:16.71.
200 freestyle relay — South Putnam (K.J. Beasley, Farmer, L.Beasley, Hansel) 2:05.61.
100 backstroke — McGlone (WV) 1:16.03, Dezsi (SP) 1:16.29, K.J. Beasley (SP) 1:18.04.
100 breaststroke — L.Beasley (SP) 1:30.77, M.Arnold (SP) 1:46.42.
400 freestyle relay — South Putnam (Dezsi, Wilson, McHugh, Farmer) 4:48.11.
BOYS
South Putnam 97, West Vigo 89
200 medley relay — South Putnam (Tayler Arnold, Tyler Neumann, Matthew Lund, Zane Crosby) 2:00.65.
200 freestyle — Ben Albright (SP) 2:10.47, Michael Vermillion (WV) 2:12.87, Clayton O’Neal (WV) 2:27.41.
200 individual medley — T.Arnold (SP) 2:26.08, Jacob Weir (WV) 2:35.96, Austin Matherly (WV) 2:45.32.
50 freestyle — Wyatt Nees (SP) 26.65, Zack Lebrun (WV) 26.77, Daniel Mackey (WV) 28.88.
Diving — Neumann (SP) 159.45, Bailey Sherrill (WV) 142.90, Brandon Sherrill (WV) 134.35.
100 butterfly — Jacob Whitford (WV) 1:04.31, Lund (SP) 1:05.75, Vermillion (WV) 1:10.39.
100 freestyle — T.Arnold (SP) 57.02, Lebrun (WV) 1:01.56, Alex Soliday (WV) 1:02.41.
500 freestyle — Albright (SP) 5:58.71, Crosby (SP) 6:09.60, Whitford (WV) 6:29.07.
200 freestyle relay — South Putnam (Lund, Nees, Crosby, T.Arnold) 1:44.87.
100 backstroke — Zach Rayce (SP) 1:10.87, Soliday (WV) 1:11.44, Dakota Kiste (SP) 1:18.91.
100 breaststroke — Weir (WV) 1:19.73, Neumann (SP) 1:19.95, Zeke Evans (SP) 1:20.50.
400 freestyle relay — West Vigo (Vermillion, Lebrun, Whitford, Soliday) 4:03.16.
Overflow
Tuesday
At Brownstown, Ill.
CASEY (71) — Edwards 2 2-2 6, Decker 8 0-0 16, Birchfield 5 0-1 10, Cutright 7 3-5 18, Green 5 2-2 14, Black 0 1-2 1, Brandenburg 3 0-0 6, Cox 0 0-2 0, Disch 0 0-0 0, Spivey 0 0-0 0. Totals 30 FG, 8-14 FT, 71 TP.
BROWNSTOWN (44) — Hill 0 3-6 3, Oberlink 5 4-5 14, Austin 1 0-0 2, Priest 6 2-2 17, Walk 1 0-0 2, Howard 0 0-0 0, Moore 0 0-0 0, Bane 1 0-2 2, Tinsley 0 0-2 0, Patton 1 2-4 4, Dial 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 FG, 11-21 FT, 44 TP.
Casey 21 11 20 19 — 71
Brownstown 10 15 11 8 — 44
3-point goals — Green 2, Cutright, Priest 3. Total fouls — Casey 19, Brownstown 14. Fouled out — Priest.
JV — Casey 43, Brownstown 17.
Monday
At Newton, Ill.
CASEY (28) — Decker 1 1-2 3, Cox 1 0-0 2, Birchfield 2 1-2 5, Cutright 3 4-6 10, Green 1 0-1 2, Morgan 0 0-0 0, Brandenburg 1 0-0 2, Edwards 2 0-0 4, Spivey 0 0-0 0, Disch 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 FG, 6-11 FT, 28 TP.
NEWTON (51) — Davidson 0 0-0 0, Jansen 2 0-0 4, Probst 0 0-0 0, Kerner 0 0-0 0, Swingler 8 3-4 20, Koeble 0 0-0 0, Wirth 6 2-2 14, Bierman 2 0-0 4, Cartright 2 2-4 6, Will 1 1-2 3. Totals 21 FG, 8-12 FT, 51 TP.
Casey 4 10 12 2 — 28
Newton 8 13 18 12 — 51
3-point goals — Swingler. Total fouls — Casey 13, Newton 14. Fouled out — none.
JV — Newton 32, Casey 27.
High School
PREP ROUNDUP: Marshall beats Olney; Linton stays unbeaten
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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North boys make it three consecutive Vigo County golf titles
Terre Haute North made it three in a row in Vigo County boys high school golf championship action Wednesday at Hulman Links.
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PREP ROUNDUP: Wolf homers as North baseball wins 16th game
Terre Haute North erupted for seven runs in the third inning on its way to routing visiting White River Valley 14-1 in 41⁄2 innings of high school baseball Wednesday afternoon at Don Jennings Field.
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Northview's Carter strikes out 19 in 10-inning win against South Vermillion
Northview’s Taylor Carter and South Vermillion’s Daphne Dunegan locked into a 10-inning all-star softball pitching duel Tuesday night at Northview High School.
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PREP BASEBALL ROUNDUP: South Vermillion 4-0 in WIC after 4-3 win at Northview
Jordan Branz won his ninth game of the season, scattering six hits over eight innings to lead South Vermillion to a 4-3 victory at Northview in a Western Indiana Conference battle.
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Thompson going into Indiana High School Football Hall of Fame
Former Terre Haute North High School standout Anthony Thompson is the newest member of the Indiana High School Football Hall of Fame.
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