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Metro Roundup: TH Junior tennis tournament rolls on; Wayne Newton tops Effingham
The Terre Haute Dave Cundiff Memorial Junior Closed tournament continued Tuesday with many close matches as some age-group divisions concluded play.
Sangeeth Jeevan defeated Cameron Crawford in the boys 18 singles division by a score of 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (13-11). Eesha Purohit got past Allison Summers 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (10-4) in the girls 18 singles final.
The next Terre Haute Junior Tennis Association tournament is the Wabash Valley Mary Ann Stadler Open on July 10. Log on to www.thjta.com to register.
Terre Haute Dave Cundiff Memorial Junior
Boys 18 singles
Finals — Sangeeth Jeevan def. Cameron Crawford 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (13-11).
Boys 16 singles
Semifinals — Torey Fox def. Neelay Purohit 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (10-7); Logan Hambrock def. Nick Roby 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 (12-10).
Boys 14 singles
Semifinals — Krishan Kumar def. Tate Egan 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (10-5); Nathan Bogle def. Christian Lim 6-0, 6-0.
Consolation semifinals — Joshua Gayso def. Henry Stadler 6-4, 6-1.
Boys 12 singles
Finals — Andrew Farmer def. Matthew Clary 6-1, 6-1.
Boys 10 singles
Finals — Chaman Kumar def. Daniel Chua 7-5, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (10-7).
Consolation final — Ryan Friedrich def. Gilbert Saddig 6-4, 7-5.
Girls 18 singles
Finals — Eesha Purohit def. Allison Summers 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (10-4).
Girls 12 singles
Finals — Shivani Purohit def. Olivia Caldwell 6-4, 7-6 (4).
Consolation finals — Ashley Godar def. Molly Farmer 7-5, 7-6 (10-6).
Boys 18 doubles
Round of 16 — William Fisher-Drew Holcomb def. Torey Fox-Tyler Howe 8-6.
Quarterfinals — Austin Foster-Jeevan def. Justin Huxford-Quinton Stewart 8-0; Logan Hambrock-Neelay Purohit def. Fisher-Drew Holcomb 8-1; Chris Holcomb-Nick Roby def. Eric Fair-Corey Snowden 8-0; Cameron Crawford-Raymond Montgomery def. Collin Egan-Nate Sanders 8-6.
Boys 14 doubles
Round of 16 — Ethan Caldwell-Louis Gonzalez def. Dominick Refugio-Stadler 8-3.
Quarterfinals — Jackson Bertoli-Joshua Gayso def. Reed Crawford-Trace Harruff 8-2; Bogle-Farmer def. Caldwell-Gonzalez 8-5; Alex Barksdale-Alexander Davis def. Logan Dinkel-Evan Fulk 8-2; Adam Kahn-Kumar Krishan def. Matthew Clary-Matthew Gonzalez 8-1;
Boys 12 doubles
Quarterfinals — Chase Dinkel-Jeffrey Green def. Chris Dalloul-Jonathan Ji 8-4.
Semifinals — Chaman Kumar-Luke Yeagley def. Dinkel-Green 8-1; Keaton Akers-Daniel Chua def. Ryan Friedrich-Alexander Stadler 8-2.
Girls 18 doubles
Semifinals — Katie Behnke-Makenzie Utterback def. Eesha Purohit-Alexis Summers 8-5; Lauren Stephanian-Allison Summers def. Kelsey Edens-Melanie Johnson 8-1.
Mixed 18 doubles
Quarterfinals — Adam Kahn-Allison Summers def. Cameron Drake-Stephanian 8-2; Jeevan-Alexis Summers def. John Briones-Kendra Latham (withdrawn).
Semifinals — Logan Hambrock-Morgan Mills def. Jeevan-Alexis Summers 8-4; Eesha Purohit-Neelay Purohit def. Kahn-Allison Summers 8-5.
Mixed 14 doubles
Semifinals — Nathan Bogle-Lauren Hambrock def. Nicole Howe-Dominick Refugio 8-2; Alex Barksdale-Shivani Purohit def. Ethan Caldwell-Brittney Hochhalter 8-5.
Mixed 12 doubles
Round-Robin — Matthew Clary-Morgan Clary def. Jordan Davis-Luke Yeagley 8-6; Olivia Caldwell-Andrew Farmer def. Matthew Clary-Morgan Clary 8-1; Caldwell-Farmer def. Davis-Yeagley 9-8 (4).
Girls 14 doubles
Semifinals — Jordan Davis-Shivani Purohit def. Olivia Caldwell-Brittney Hochhalter 8-3; Lauren Hambrock-Nicole Howe def. Laura Mascari-Carmen Nickels 8-0.
Girls 12 doubles
Round-Robin — Morgan Clary-Danicka Refugio def. Meredith Egan-Molly Farmer 8-3.
Baseball
• Wayne Newton wins again — At Terre Haute North, A.J. Reed connected for his seventh home run, and John Robert Patterson pitched seven solid innings to lead Wayne Newton Post 346 to an 8-2 victory over Effingham Post 120 on Tuesday.
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Post 346 201 112 01x — 8 14 2
Mahaffy (L), McCollum (4), Minehart (9) and Westendorf; Patterson (W, 3-1), Fulkerson (8), Bush (9) and Collett. HR — TH: Reed (7).
Highlights — A.J. Reed went 2 for 3 with a home run and 3 RBIs; Parker Fulkerson went 2 for 4 with 2 triples; Evan Luken was 2 for 4 with a double and a triple and an RBI; and Zac Niehaus was 2 for 3 with a double.
Next — Wayne Newton Post 346 (16-6) plays tonight against Danville at 7 p.m. Effingham dropped to 21-7.
Softball
• Sharks win — At Mooresville, the Wabash Valley Sharks 10U girls team took second in the NSA “B” state tournament on June 20-21.
The Sharks went 7-3 on the weekend, falling 5-2 in the championship game to the Crown Point Bulldogs.
Team members are: Ryleigh Scott, Hannah Bunch, Elyse Babb, Katelynn Kennedy, Natalie Scamihorn, Alexis Shannon, Emily Berrisford, Maggie Lubbehusen, Harley Sinders, Sarah Ulrich, Taylor Ellis, Camryn Scott.
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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
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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
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Riley 8-and-under Cal Ripken team takes Ohio Valley Regional
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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
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