It’s all-star football week, with nearly 100 recent high school graduates reporting Sunday for their first practices for Saturday’s Wabash Valley Football Coaches Association All-Star Game.
Kickoff is 7 p.m. Saturday at Terre Haute South; Indiana State’s Memorial Stadium is unavailable this season because of a construction project.
Practices for both teams are scheduled each morning this week, and the 2009 WVFCA Hall of Fame Class — Jerry Anderson, Jim Hartman, Gene Shike and Al Werneke — will be honored at Friday’s All-Star Game Banquet in Hulman Center. Banquet reservations are available through Tom Jones at (812) 878-4572 or Greg Barrett at (812) 201-9600.
All-star rosters are as follows.
North All-Stars — Jacob Allen and Ryan Buchhaas, North Vermillion; Payton Baker, John Breese and Josh Rodebaugh, Cumberland; Jarrett Ban, Kyle Everts, Griffin Dahlstrom, Scott Hunt, Josh Keyt, Brent McGaughey and Seth Vondesaar, North Putnam; Taylor Biggs, Kaleb Brandenburg, Aaron Rhoades, Nate Sandiford and Mitch Snyder, Casey; Aaron Bridge, Robert Clevenger, Jake Lee and Matt King, Rockville; Andrew Brown, Logan Eitel and Kaleb Johnson, Marshall; Wade Bush, Brandon Heaton, Dru Sappington, Billy Sisson, Scott Weatherford, Frank Willis and David Woodason, Terre Haute North; Corey Crowder, Tony Fabbri, Jordan Keller and Kyle McCoy, Northview; Jessie Earls, Jeff Jones, Landon Keith, Lucas Mackey, Kameron Silcock and Aaron Welch, West Vigo; Ashdon Frazier, Grant Hill and Russell Peelman, South Vermillion; Blane Grimes, Jake Keys and Jordon Keys, Paris; Jarrid McLaughlin, Riverton Parke.
North coaches — Herb King, Rockville, head coach; Greg Barrett, North Putnam; Billy Blundell, Terre Haute North; Mike Brouwer, Paris; Todd Butler, Cumberland; Jeff Cobb, West Vigo; Keith Sinclair, Casey; Ron Whiteman, South Vermillion.
South All-Stars — Dalton Allen, Riley Christy, Shawn Curry, Josh Hawkins and Gage Tucker, Red Hill; Gene Bradford and Thad Thompson, Sullivan; Josh Bridwell, Elias Brown, Ethan Buske, Kyle Krockenberger, Michael Mardis and Michael Nasser, Terre Haute South; Kyle Buchanan, Buzz Deer, Ashton Marshall, Kyle Nobles and Jacob Wright, Greencastle; Logan Chesterfield, B.J. Howard and Keaton Langley, Union; Cameron Coleman, Keith Cunningham, J.D. Fish, Josh Meurer, Jordan Tharp and Mickey Tosti, Linton; Derrik Enstrom, Caleb Justice and Dylan Walker, North Central; Ty Fitch and Jonathan Pflaum, Olney; Conor Frame, Hank Goldman, Colby Judy, Trent Knight and Derek Tomaw, South Putnam; Zach Hodson, Theo Lane and Clint Woodward, Robinson; Nick Keefer, Sam Spinks and Alex Swenson, Cloverdale; Curtis Legg and Elliot Smith, Oblong; Lance Marley, Josh Potts and Justin Shoulders, Lawrenceville.
South coaches — Steve Weber, Linton, head coach; Brian Crabtree, North Central; Mark Gennicks and Mike Hayden, Linton; Tim Herrin and Mark Raetz, Terre Haute South; Mike Meyer, Greencastle; Trent Olson, Sullivan.
Tennis
• Junior play completed — At Rea Park, some singles championships in the Terre Haute Convention and Visitors Bureau Junior Open were determined Saturday, while remaining matches and doubles — including Father/Daugher competition — concluded Sunday.
Boys 18 singles — Chris Telezyn, Terre Haute, def. Andrew Weber, Brazil, 6-1, 6-1, consolation final; Derek Corn (2), Bloomfield, def. Nithin Reddy (1), Terre Haute, 6-3, 7-6 (10-8), championship.
Boys 16 singles — Neelay Purohit (2), Terre Haute, def. Chris Holcomb (3), Terre Haute, 7-5, 6-3; Nick Roby (4), Terre Haute, def. Michael Rubeiz (1), Carmel, 6-3, 6-3; Austin Foster, Terre Haute, def. Eric Fair, Terre Haute, 6-4, 6-2; Tyler Howe, Terre Haute, def. Mark Botros, Terre Haute, 6-2, 6-0.
Boys 14 singles — Logan Hambrock (2), Terre Haute, def. Jackson Bertoli, Terre Haute, 6-0, 6-0; Cole Buehnerkemper (1), Effingham, Ill., def. Louis Gonzalez, Terre Haute, 6-3, 6-2; Lo.Hambrock def. Grant Potts, Terre Haute, 6-0, 6-0; Alex Barksdale, Terre Haute, def. Sagar Patel, Terre Haute, 6-0, 6-1; Lynden Lee, Effingham, Ill., def. Reed Crawford, Terre Haute, 6-3, 6-1.
Boys 12 singles — Nathan Bogle (1), Terre Haute, def. Matthew Clary, Terre Haute, 6-0, 6-1; Andrew Farmer (2), Terre Haute, def. Zachary Potter, Terre Haute, 6-1, 6-2; N.Bogle def. An.Farmer 6-4, 6-0, championship.
Boys 10 singles — Randall Bode (1), Bloomington, def. Chaman Kumar (2), Terre Haute, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (8-6), championship.
Girls 18 singles — Mallory Metheny, Terre Haute, def. Eesha Purohit, Terre Haute, 6-3, 7-5; Sarah Potter, Terre Haute, def. Claire Liles (1), Fort Wayne, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6); Kelly Jansen (2), Mason, Ill., def. Jacquie Bogle, Terre Haute, 6-3, 6-0; Lauren Hayes, Terre Haute, def. Katie Behnke, Terre Haute, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6); K.Jansen def. Hayes 6-2, 6-0, consolation final; S.Potter def. Metheny 6-1, 6-2, championship.
Girls 16 singles — Kate Bode (1), Bloomington, def. Anna Potter, Terre Haute, 6-1, 6-4, championship.
Girls 14 singles — Nicole Howe, Terre Haute, def. Lauren Hambrock, Terre Haute, 7-5, 6-4; Lauren Hoekstra (1), Effingham, Ill., def. N.Howe 6-1, 6-4; Brittney Hochhalter, Terre Haute, def. Carmen Nickles, Terre Haute, 6-2, 6-1; Michaela Zumbahlen (2), Effingham, Ill., def. Madison Manning, Terre Haute, 6-3, 6-0.
Girls 12 singles — Shivani Purohit, Terre Haute, def. Audrey Lee, Effingham, Ill., 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (11-9), championship.
Boys 18 doubles — Cameron Crawford-Raymond Montgomery def. Sangeeth Jeevan-Telezyn 8-6; William Fisher-Drew Holcomb def. Michael Favila-Reddy 9-8 (7-4); Fisher-D.Holcomb def. C.Crawford-R.Montgomery 8-6, championship.
Boys 16 doubles — Torey Fox-Kevin Montgomery def. Eric Fair-Corey Snowden 8-6; Lo.Hambrock-N.Purohit def. T.Howe-Jordan Kelsey 8-3; T.Howe-Kelsey def. Fair-C.Snowden 8-1, consolation final; Lo.Hambrock-N.Purohit def. Fox-K.Montgomery 8-0, championship.
Boys 14 doubles — Adam Kahn-Krishan Kumar def. Evan Fulk-Andrew Milner 8-4; Kahn-K.Kumar def. N.Bogle-An.Farmer 8-4; R.Crawford-Trace Harruff def. Patel-Dominick Refugio 8-6; L.Gonzalez-Matthew Gonzalez def. Barksdale-Alexander Davis 8-4; Buehnerkemper-Frank Jansen def. Bertoli-Christian Lim 8-3; Kahn-K.Kumar def. R.Crawford-Harruff 8-3; Buehnerkemper-F.Jansen def. L.Gonzalez-M.Gonzalez 8-3; N.Bogle-An.Farmer def. Barksdale-A.Davis 8-1, championship.
Boys 12 doubles — Ma.Clary-Bricen Snowden def. C.Kumar-Luke Yeagley 9-8 (7-3).
Girls 18 doubles — Paige Cook-A.Potter def. Clair Haley-Cindy Himes 8-1; Maddie Kesler-Morgan Mills def. Kelly Donohue-Hayes 8-3; E.Purohit-Lexi Summers def. K.Jansen-Michelle Jansen 8-5; Emma Bilyeu-Metheny def. Behnke-Makenzie Utterback 8-5; E.Purohit-Summers def. Kesler-Mills 8-6; Behnke-Utterback def. Donohue-Hayes 9-7, consolation final; Bilyeu-Metheny def. Cook-A.Potter 8-1.
Girls 14 doubles — Jordan Davis-S.Purohit def. Taylor Baugh-Hallie Francis 8-6, Morgan Cook-Lynsey Stoick def. Laura Mascari-Nickles 8-0; La.Hambrock-N.Howe def. J.Davis-S.Purohit 8-0; La.Hambrock-N.Howe def. M.Cook-Stoick 8-2, championship.
Mixed 18 doubles — Hayes-R.Montgomery def. Mills-Lo.Hambrock 8-6; Utterback-Roby def. L.Summers-Jeevan 8-4; E.Purohit-N.Purohit def. Bilyeu-Kelsey 8-5; E.Purohit-N.Purohit def. Allison Summers-Kahn 8-2, campionship.
Mixed 14 doubles — Manning-L.Gonzalez def. J.Davis-Yeagley 8-3; La.Hambrock-N.Bogle def. Manning-L.Gonzalez 8-3; S.Purohit-M.Gonzalez def. Danicka Refugio-Gilbert Saddig 8-0; La.Hambrock-N.Bogle def. S.Purohit-M.Gonzalez 8-6, championship.
Father-Daughter — A.Summers-Troy Summers def. H.Francis-Brian Francis 6-1, 6-1; E.Purohit-Divesh Purohit def. L.Hayes-Don Hayes 6-2, 6-3; Courtney Siepman-Ken Siepman def. A.Summers-T.Summers 7-5, 6-1; Jenni Townsend-Stuart Townsend def. E.Purohit-D.Purohit 6-0, 6-4.
Golf
• Riley tournament — At Mark’s Par Three, Jake Wrightsman, Evan Perdiew, Andrew Weisheit and Evan Steppe were age-group winners Saturday at the Riley Lions Mark’s Memorial junior tournament.
10-under (9 holes)
44 — Evan Steppe
51 — Andrew Granda
56 — Justin Pruitt
57 — Jaylen Minnett
61 — David Hayes
11-13
76 — Andrew Weisheit
83 — Luke Dugger
93 — Tre’ Minnett
99 — Andrew Auler, Dominac DeSantis
115 — Jake Rudolph
14-15
73 — Evan Perdiew
75 — Ryan Bahr
78 — Luke Peoples
84 — Brandon O’Connell
87 — Sam Kigin
89 — Shane Sizemore
90 — Kurtis Overpeck
93 — Nathan Bashaw
111 — Braydon Hendrickson
16-19
68 — Jake Wrightsman
70 — Eric Newton
71 — Logan Burdick
80 — Cody Kosinski
94 — Justin Maxwell
Horse racing
• Racing slated — At Martinsville, Ill., thoroughbred racing is scheduled today at the Martinsville Agricultural Fair.
Post time is 1 p.m. CDT for the program. Harness racing is set for the next three days.
Auto racing
• Santos wins again — At Kalamazoo, Mich., Bobby Santos won a U.S. Auto Club feature for the second night in a row Saturday, taking Saturday’s main at Kalamazoo Speedway for sprint cars.
Santos won a midget race Friday in Iowa and was fast qualifier for Saturday’s program. He led the final 16 laps to win the 40-lap race. Jerry Coons Jr. was second and Tracy Hines, who led the first 24 turns, was third.
Dave Darland took seventh and has a two-point lead over Levi Jones going into a Friday race at Richmond, Va.
Saturday’s results
Fast qualifier — Bobby Santos III.
Heat winners — Tracy Hines, Damion Gardner.
Feature — Santos, Jerry Coons Jr., Hines, Cole Whitt, Bobby East, Levi Jones, Dave Darland, Dakoda Armstrong, Gardner, Jacob Wilson.
USAC sprint point leaders — Darland 664, Jones 662, Jesse Hockett 622.
n Meseraull posts win — At Putnamville, Thomas Meseraull won one of the feature races Saturday at Lincoln Park Speedway.
Meseraull won the sprint main, making him two for two in races at the track this season.
Other winners were Ryan Freeland in bombers, Greg Amick in super stocks and Paul Bumgardner in UMP modifieds.
Saturday’s results
Sprint cars
Heat winners — Todd Kimmell, Dickie Gaines, Russ Harper.
Feature — Thomas Meseraull, Kent Christian, Harper, Gaines, Billy Puterbaugh, Kimmell, Kenny Carmichael Jr., Bobby Stines, A.J. Martin, Ray Humphrey.
UMP modifieds
Heat winners — Travis Shoulders, Jared Hix, Paul Bumgardner.
Feature — Bumgardner, Clint DeMoss, Mark Auler, Phil Van Sant, Gary Hall, Paul Wright, Dan Lewellen, Charley Walden, Steve Carpenter, Brian Kempf.
Super stocks
Heat winners — Slick Griffin, Doug Flynn Jr., Kenny Carmichael Jr.
Feature — Greg Amick, Griffin, Cullen Goodman, Tami Lawson, Flynn, Doug McCullough, Joe Starks, Doug DeMoss, Michael Conner, Mike Callahan, Elijah Heminger, Travis Heramb, Kris Starks, Dennis Morgan, Carmichael.
Bombers
Heat winners — Ryan Freeland, Ron Wallen Sr., Chuck Walden.
Feature — Freeland, C.J. Bryan, Walden, Josh Settles, Ron Smith, Wallen Sr., Ron Wallen Jr., Chad Nolte, Jack Campbell, Cory Williamson.
Baseball
• Seniors compete — The following results have been reported from Terre Haute Men’s Senior League play.
White Sox 000 100 0 — 1 2 0
Astros 005 016 x — 12 14 3
Humphrey, Strohm (6) and Kelly; Shaw, Pickering (7) and Salinetro.
Highlights — For the Wabash Valley Animal Hospital Astros, Darren Brucken had a single, double and RBI; Gene Sinclair had 2 hits and 2 RBIs; Dave Weaver, Dan Robinson and Don Hutchens had 2 hits and an RBI each; and Darby Kline had a double and an RBI. Strohm and Hamilton had hits for the White Sox.
Astros 140 210 203 — 13 18 6
Diamondbacks 111 320 000 — 8 13 4
Sinclair, Kline (5), Jacobson (8) and Salinetro; Diamondbacks battery unavailable.
Highlights — In a game played a week ago, the Wabash Valley Animal Hospital Astros got 5 hits from Gene Sinclair; 3 hits and 3 RBIs from Dan Robinson; a single, double and 2 RBIs from Matt Jacobson; a single and double from Darby Kline; 2 hits and 2 RBIs from Dave Weaver; and 2 hits and an RBI from Dusty Derigo. For the Garmong Diamondbacks, Wimberly had a double and 2 singles; Newton had 3 hits and an RBI; Sam Shahadey had 2 hits and 2 RBIs; and Humphrey and Mundy had 2 hits each.
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