TERRE HAUTE — Action Promotions, LLC announced Wednesday that it will promote a four-race schedule in 2010 featuring the Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series and the USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series at the legendary Terre Haute Action Track.
The Union Hospital/Don Smith Classic, featuring the Midwest Sprint Car Series, opens the 2010 event schedule on May 15.
Jon Stanbrough captured the 2009 Don Smith Classic win last June with a thrilling last-lap pass of Damion Gardner. Stanbrough returned in September to also claim victory in Terre Haute at the First Financial Bank Fall Sprint Car Classic.
The First Financial Bank Tony Hulman Classic presented by Budweiser and 500 Express is set to take the green flag May 27, as defending USAC National Sprint Car Series champ Levi Jones attempts to run his win streak to three in the event.
The First Financial Bank Indiana Sprint Week presented by MacAllister Machinery will be run on July 14 during the Vigo County Fair.
The 2010 season concludes on Sept. 11 with the return of the First Financial Bank Jim Hurtubise Classic presented by Dorsett Mitsubishi. The legendary Hurtubise is credited with giving the half-mile clay oval its Action Track moniker following a race in the 60s.
In addition to the Saturday night USAC National Sprint Car event, the Jim Hurtubise Classic weekend will also feature a vintage race car show hosted by the Midwest
Vintage Oldtimers Race Car Club, and a classic car auction conducted by the Indy Motor Car Auction Group. A preview showing of the vintage race car display will be open to the public Sept. 10, along with a special night of auction action that will benefit the Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club. Auction consignment information is available by calling 317-432-4013 or by emailing brent@imcag.com.
Track
• Rose ranked — The Rose-Hulman men’s track and field team stands 12th nationally and second in the Great Lakes Region, while six performances rank in the national top 25.
The NCAA Division III Track and Field Team Dual Meetings Rankings list Rose-Hulman 12th overall with 97.46 points. The Engineers are ranked second in the Great Lakes Region, behind only No. 6 Ohio Wesleyan.
Individually, six Rose-Hulman performances rank in the national top 25 and three stand in the nation’s top five during the 2010 indoor season.
Freshman Liz Evans stands No. 2 nationally with a women’s high jump leap of 5-8, while sophomore Sutton Coleman ranks third in the men’s triple jump with an impressive leap of 47-11/2.
Rose-Hulman’s 4-x-400 meter relay team (Brent Austgen, Paul Bouagnon, Travis Vanderberg, Coleman) stands fifth nationally with a time of 3:23.62 that snapped a 25-year old school record last week.
Freshman Creasy Clauser is currently ranked No. 10 nationally with a time of 2:18.59 in the 800-meter run. Senior Melissa Rogers stands 20th in the mile run with her time of 5:12.04, while junior Derek Bischakranks 25th in the mile run with a performance of 4:20.60.
Rose returns to action at DePauw on Saturday at 11 a.m. in Greencastle.
• ISU women move up rankings — The Indiana State women’s team moved up a notch in the rankings by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
ISU moved up to 21st in the latest rankings and moved back in front of Missouri Valley Conference rival Southern Illinois. The Sycamore women are also ranked fifth in the Great Lakes Region and are the only non-Big 10 team in the top six of the region.
The ISU men are ranked among the top 100 schools in the nation as they are currently 82nd in the USTFCCCA poll.
• ISU athletes recognized — Indiana State sophomore Jeremiah Vaughan along with seniors Erica Moore and Kylie Hutson were recognized as the Missouri Valley Conference Track & Field Athletes of the Week.
Vaughan was named the Men’s Track Athlete of the Week while Moore was named the Women’s Track Athlete of the Week for the second time this season, and Hutson earned her first Women’s Field Athlete of the Week honor.
Basketball
• Middle school — The following are middle school girls results reported to the Tribune-Star:
Tuesday
Seventh grade — West Vigo 32 (Lasecki 8), Sarah Scott 22 (WIlliams and Young 6).
Local Interest
Action Track announces 4-race schedule for 2010
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Rose-Hulman eyes baseball milestone
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METRO ROUNDUP: ISU’s Thomas, Rose’s Dickerson honored
Rose-Hulman and Indiana State combined for three weekly conference honors in collegiate athletics that were announced Monday.
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RAMBLIN' RECK: Assessing the NCAA tournament jumble
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METRO ROUNDUP: ISU track athlete selected as MVC scholar-athlete of week
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Union season more fun with Talpas around
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Injury bug follows girls into postseason
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A day later, Giants basking in win
A little more than nine hours after the New York Giants registered their second Super Bowl triumph in four years, coach Tom Coughlin and quarterback Eli Manning met with the media covering Super Bowl XLVI one last time Monday morning.
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METRO ROUNDUP: Evans, West receive track accolades
Two Rose-Hulman track and field athletes received weekly honors from the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference on Monday.
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MIKE LUNSFORD: Books open our eyes to that which we will never see
I got a letter last week from a friend, Sister Margaret Quinlan, who lives amidst the beauty of the St. Mary-of-the-Woods campus. Besides the email space and the time she invests in describing the flowers and trees and birds that she shares with her roomies out there, as well as her accounts of teaching and traveling, Margaret most often writes about books. She loves them, and she knows I do, too.
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METRO ROUNDUP: North boys, girls bowling team in Jasper Regional
Terre Haute North’s boys and girls bowling teams will be competing in today’s Indiana High School Bowling regional at Jasper.
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Indiana Senate approves right-to-work bill
Indiana’s Senate has passed right-to-work legislation, placing the state on the verge of becoming the Rust Belt’s first to enact the contentious labor law.
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Back home again in Indiana
Former Indianapolis Colts coach Jim Caldwell has landed a job as quarterbacks coach for the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens announced Caldwell’s hiring Monday.
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How badly did Indiana State want to get Butler as its BracketBusters opponent?
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Four Rose-Hulman athletes earned Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference weekly honors, the HCAC announced Monday.
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Newton built a big lead and held on to defeat Casey 72-69 in Illinois high school boys basketball Monday night.
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Eli slowly emerging from Peyton’s shadow
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Heftier home schedule awaits Rex fans
Terre Haute Rex fans will get to see their favorite baseball team play two additional home games this year — and it will be a championship team they’re watching.
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PREP ROUNDUP: Marshall plays Casey in LIC semifinals tonight
Semifinal games of the Little Illini Conference basketball tournaments will be played tonight.
At Red Hill, Flora (20-2) meets Hutsonville-Palelstine (16-5) in the first boys game at 6 p.m. CST with Casey (10-5) facing Marshall (14-5) in the second contest.
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METRO ROUNDUP: Honey Creek 8th sweeps in Vigo tourney
Host Honey Creek swept a pair of games over Otter Creek and Sarah Scott and Woodrow Wilson came up with a split at Chauncey Rose on Monday as Vigo County eighth-grade basketball tournaments began.
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TH native made the right call
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PREP ROUNDUP: Smith leads Class 2A No. 8-ranked Arrows to victory
Rhagen Smith had a double-double and host Sullivan took a 21-point lead into the fourth quarter of an eventual 52-40 win over North Knox in girls high school basketball Monday night.
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METRO ROUNDUP: Kovach earns AP All-America honors
Rose-Hulman’s Kyle Kovach has become the first Engineer football player since 1958 to earn Associated Press All-America honors, it was announced Monday.
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Coaches with credentials: As a unit, Terre Haute North’s staff 2nd to none
Surrounding yourself with excellence.
Some high school basketball head coaches might be intimidated or insecure having talented assistants on their staff. That is certainly not the case for Terre Haute North’s Todd Woelfle.
Woelfle has the vast resources of four — count ‘em — former NCAA Division I college players on his staff this season.
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Yeargin, Odum fight ailment as a pair
Often overlooked, athletic trainers are as much a part of the fabric of a team as the players and coaches are.
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Evansville will test ISU’s toughness
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PREP ROUNDUP: West Vigo girls break 5-game losing streak with 38-32 win
West Vigo’s girls basketball team broke a five-game losing streak as it defeated Cloverdale 38-32 on Monday.
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Right up their alley: Bustling bowling league isn’t just for novices
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