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Metro Roundup: Edgar County Fair harness racing gets rolling
Paris, Ill. — Six heats on an early evening card marked the opening of three days of Illinois harness racing Monday at the Edgar County Fair.
Racing continues today and Wednesday. Post time is 1 p.m. CDT.
Cole Hand Luke, a 5-year-old pacer driven by Lewayne Miller, won its first race of the season and seventh of its career.
Trained by Erv Miller, the pacer made its first start of this season and 34th career start.
Four winners won for the second time this summer with two members of the Finn family driving them to victory.
Merry Moneymaker, 2-year-old trotter driven by Jerome Daniels and owned by Jamaica Patton, made its seventh career start and increased its winnings to more than $3,000.
Frontier Belle, 4-year-old pacer driven by Harold Finn Jr., made its 13rh start of the season and 20th career start.
Lollipop Guild, 4-year-old trotter driven by Alan Finn, made its seventh start of the season and ninth career start.
Striking Tycoon, 3-year-old trotter driven by Larry Binkley, was an easy winner, making its third start of the year and 10th career start.
Brenttalkliketonto, 2-year-old colt trotter driven by Jared Finn, made its seventh career start and increased its early winnings to more than $6,500.
Monday’s results
2-year-old filly trot, $3,398 purse
Results — Merry Moneymaker (Jerome Daniels), What A Kisser, Miss Brody, Battleshoe Viola, Fox Valley Genuine, 2:16.1
2-year-old colt trot, $3,319 purse
Results — Brenttalkliketonto (Jerry Mims Jr.), Crazy Eddie B, GR Got Juice, Citizens Arrest, Speedy More, 2:12.0
Nonwinners $5,000 pace, $1,500 purse
Filly division — Frontier Belle (Harold Finn Jr.), Parkit Or Loseit, Cami-
Able, Gibmeacheaptan, Highbrow Judy, 2:09.2
Colt division — Cole Hand Luke (Lewayne Miller), Hoosier Exchange, Gypsy Kick, The Witness, Sunbeam Boy, Whitsunday Beach, Cullin It A Day, Fox Valley Rider, 2:06.4
Nonwinners $5,000 trot, $1,500 purse
Filly division — Lollipop Guild (Alan Finn), Strong Kiss, Fox Valley Sakaren, Lil Miss Emily, Tometta Byrd, Ain’t She Cute, 2:10.2
Colt division — Striking Tycoon (Larry Binkley), Copper Stopper, Moreagio, Call Me Al, Sammy T, Outrageous Speed, 2:14.0
Baseball
• Riley 10s win — At Bloomington, the Riley 10s won the Bloomington Invitational played this weekend.
In pool play, Riley defeate dLawrence 16-0, Edgewood Explosion 14-1 and Bloomington Braves 15-1. Then in the single elimination round, Riley defeated Lawrence 24-0, Vincennes 5-4, then Lawrence County All-Stars 13-3 in the championship game.
The Riley 10s also placed second in last week’s Cal Ripken Southwest State Final, losing 7-6 in the championship game to Newburgh. Riley will conclude its All -Star season this weekend in Crawfordsville.
Team members — Nick Barrett, Will Buchannan, Kavan Crowell, Grant Dennany, Ryan Friedrich, Ethan Hunter, Corey Keller, Kody Moshak, Conner Owens, Branden Peck, Tony Smodilla and Blake Speth. Manager is Tony Smodilla, while coaches are Dustin Speth and Jonathan Hunter.
Football
• Casey runner-up — At Casey, Ill., Casey was runner-up in the Casey 7-on-7 tournament recently.
Varsity tournament results — Casey-Westfield 31, Villa Grove 7; Salt Fork 24, Robinson 0; Tuscola 24, Martinsville 0; Clifton Central 18, Danville Schlarmann 4; Casey-Westfield 14, Salt Fork 7; Clifton Central 25, Tuscola 9. Salt Fork 24, Tuscola 19 (third place); Clifton Central 15, Casey-Westfield 10 (championship).
Consolation bracket — Villa Grove 13, Robinson 7; Martinsville 10, Danville Schlarmann 8; Robinson 14, Danville Schlarman 9 (third place); Villa Grove 28, Martinsville 0 (championship).
JV results — Casey-Westfield (1) 15, Tuscola 13; Casey-Westfield (2) 19, Casey-Westfield (3) 0; Tuscola 12, Casey-Westfield (2) 10; Casey-Westfield (1) 21, Casey-Westfield (2) 0; Tuscola 39 , Casey-Westfield (3) 0
Lineman’s competition — First place: Cody Albaugh (Sr.) Robinison; Second place: Ethan Brewer (Sr.) Casey-Westfield.
Auto racingGolf
• Grayless fires ace — At Hulman Links, Ed Grayless, assistant pro at Hulman Links, recorded a hole-in-one using an eight-iron on the 135-yard No. 4 at his home course. Witnessing the shot was John Bones.
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Metro Roundup: ISU’s Hutson named Indoor Field Scholar Athlete of the Year
Indiana State’s Kylie Hutson added another honor to her illustrious career at Indiana State as she was named the Indoor Field Scholar Athlete of the Year by the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Wednesday. This was the second straight year that Hutson has received the award.
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Mother Nature only thing that can slow down North TH 11-12s
The North Terre Haute 12-year-old Little League team hasn’t been stopped by any foes at the Indiana state tournament. Mother Nature, however, is another story.
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Forget Texas, this cowboy’s a Hoosier: Rinard one of four from Indiana set to compete for national high school bull riding title
When one pictures the most likely place to experience a real, live, rootin’-tootin’ rodeo, first thoughts would likely be Texas or Oklahoma. Maybe Wyoming or Montana. The likelihood of choosing Indiana would probably be far down your list of possibilities. Did you know that there is an Indiana High School Rodeo Association? Did you know we have a bonafide IHSRA bull rider right here in our own backyard, in nearby Sullivan County? Well, believe it.
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North TH 11-12s advance to state semifinals with 12-5 victory
The North Terre Haute 11-12 year-old Little League team advanced to the state semifinals Tuesday with a 12-5 victory over Ben Davis at Falls Park.
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Riley 8-and-under Cal Ripken team takes Ohio Valley Regional
The Riley Recreation League’s 8-and-under Cal Ripken baseball team won the Ohio Valley Regional on Monday night, finishing with a 6-1 record in the tournament.
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Metro Roundup: Junior boys golf championships start today
Match play begins today in the junior boys golf championships at the Purdue Kampen Course.
Thomas Goss of Terre Haute qualified for the championship division and will play Thomas Cameron in his first match today. -
Wayne Newton rolls 15-2 to regional title
About the only prize Kokomo Post 6 wound up with at American Legion baseball’s Terre Haute Regional was an extra day in the host city. But whether they knew it or not, the players from that team took something else home with them Monday afternoon — a healthy dose of gratitude from the players of Wayne Newton Post 346.
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TH Women's City: Rachael Pruett needs 20 holes to edge recent Sycamore
Ball State and Indiana State needed overtime to settle their differences Monday afternoon at Rea Park. Actually, this wasn’t basketball and neither university was officially involved. But both were proudly represented in the entertaining championship-flight finale of the Terre Haute Women’s City Match Play Championships as two extra holes were needed to determine a winner. Linton resident Rachael Pruett, a senior-to-be on the Ball State women’s golf team, won her third straight women’s city title by chipping in from 18 feet on the 20th hole (No. 2 on the course) and edging recent ISU graduate Mackenzie Mack 1 up.
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TH Women’s City provides family fun for Putnam County pair
They didn’t return to Putnam County with any giant-sized hardware Monday. But 17-year-old Chelsea Samuels of Greencastle and her grandmother, Gloria Curtis of Cloverdale, made the Terre Haute Women’s City Match Play Championships a fun family affair at Rea Park Golf Course.
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Metro Roundup: ISU football offensive coordinator leaves for Texas A&M
Troy Walters has resigned after one season as offensive coordinator for the Indiana State football program to accept the position of wide receivers coach at Texas A&M.
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