Clinton —
Terre Haute North’s girls soccer team was pushed to the limit by South Vermillion on Wednesday, but a goal by Molly McKee with 1 minute, 59 seconds to go helped the Patriots slip past the Wildcats 1-0 in a girls soccer match.
McKee was assisted by Brooke Humphrey on the goal as the Patriots improved to 6-2 on the season.
Terre Haute North 0 1 — 1
South Vermillion 0 0 — 0
TH North goal — Molly McKee (Brooke Humphrey), 1:59 left in game.
Saves — Haley Bunch, THN, 2 saves
Next — Terre Haute North (6-2) will play at Terre Haute South on Sept. 16. South Vermillion (record not reported) plays host to West Vigo on Saturday.
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In other girls soccer action:
• Sullivan 6, Northview 1 — At Brazil, Christina Haag had a hat trick as the Golden Arrows vanquished the Knights in a Western Indiana Conference match.
Sullivan 6 0 — 0
Northview 0 1 — 1
Sullivan goals — Kelsey Burr (unassited); Christina Haag (unassisted); Haag (unassisted); Jocelyne Mann (Adison South); Haag (Cobie Harrison); Lane Bond (Shelbi Ellenberger).
Northview goal — Lauren Webster (PK).
Next — Sullivan (5-2) plays host to Washington Catholic today. Northview (record not reported) plays at Greencastle on Saturday.
Boys
• Sullivan 5, Northview 0 — At Brazil, Liam Beard had two goals and Tucker Smith had two assists as Sullivan shut out Northview in a Western Indiana Conference match.
Sullivan 2 3 — 5
Northview 0 0 — 0
Sullivan goals — Kyle Wilson (Tucker Smith); Cody Harrison (Dylan Schmitz); Liam Beard (Smith); Beard (Derek Andre); Harrison (unassisted).
Next — Sullivan (5-3) plays host to Washington Catholic today. Northview (record not reported) plays at Greencastle on Saturday.
Tennis
• Linton 5, Bloomfield 0 — At Linton, the Miners earned sweeps in four of the five matches to easily knock off the Cardinals. It was Linton’s first win over Bloomfield since the 2004 season.
Linton 5, Bloomfield 0
Singles — Seth Herndon (L) def. Brandon Thornsbury 6-2, 6-4; Kris Shipman (L) def. Curtis Hasler 6-3, 2-6, 6-4; Ben Brown (L) def. Andrew Dawson 6-4, 6-0.
Doubles — Taylor Sloan-Cody Kocher (L) def. Blake Kindred-Eric Hendrix 6-2, 7-6 (3); Tyler Ivey-Brandon Flater (L) def. Josh Wells-Trenton Brinegar 6-4, 6-0.
JV — Linton won 1-0
Next — Linton (3-7, 2-0 SWIAC) plays at the North Daviess Invitational on Saturday. Bloomfield (2-5, 1-1) plays at Barr-Reeve today.
College
• Engineers squeeze past Wabash — At Terre Haute, Paul Bouagnon’s last-minute goal lifted Rose-Hulman to a 1-0 victory over Wabash College in a nonconference match as the Engineers won their first match of the season.
Bouagnon won a contested ball in the penalty box on a half-field pass from Nick Race. Bouagnon’s goal occurred with 32 seconds left in the match.
Junior keeper Eric Davenport earned his third career shutout with four saves.
Rose-Hulman (1-3) had a 12-8 edge in shots on goal as it dealt Wabash (3-1) its first loss of the Little Giants’ season.
The Engineers next play at Wilmington this weekend where Rose-Hulman will also play Kenyon.
Golf
• Spaghetti Open tee times — Tee times have been announced for this weekend’s Spaghetti Open tournament at Matthews Park Golf Course in Clinton:
7:28 — Dennis Stark, Gus Solomon, Ted Collins, Marvin Keith, Ron Readinger.
7:35 — Bobby Watkins, Chris Keen, Mike Roshel, Craig Miller, Travis Turbin.
7:43 — Elliot Booe, Roy Atkinson, Mark Neaderhiser, Danny Jarvis, Gary Stuck.
7:51 — Mark Bird, Scott Givens, Chris Pearson, Joe Hayes, Glen Jones.
7:59 — Eddie Bird, Greg Kluesner, Roger Meneely, Troy Weber, Chuck Payne.
8:07 — Chuck Adamson, Dave Wampler, Jim Homburg, Dave Brown, Larry Endress.
8:15 — Ken Cherhart, Jeff Snoddy, Larry Hackett, Terry Simonson, Tim Mundy.
8:23 — Rich Schelsky, Bill Chestnut, Butch Crossley, Ryan Bonomo, Scott Williams.
8:31 — Scott Hess, Ron Alabaugh, Brandon Bekkering, Eric Smith, Aaron Perschbarker.
8:39 — Bob Kyle, Ryan Luce, Dusty Jovanovich, Jeremy Roehm, Denny Byram.
8:47 — Punk Waldrop, Ooch Waldrop, Fish Jovanovich, Gregg Luce, Boozie Fossi.
8:55 — Tony Becke, Jim Muciarelli, John Thomas, Jack Myers, Trey Thomas.
9:03 — Benny Kiburis, Jerry Snodgrass, Alan Buell, Jim Jenkins, Lloyd Kruzan.
9:11 — Don Graves, Andy Scott, Adam Carrington, Jerry Farner, Mike Toney.
9:19 — Ace Palmer, Jeff Crist, Al Sutliff, Radar Ryley, Sam Strange.
9:35 — Jack Cappa, Jack Dorfmeyer, Don Wilson, Bob Contri, Troy Farris.
11:37 — Jeff Gaskill, Jeff Eaglin, Daniel Eaglin, John Lambert, Matt Rains.
11:53 — Teddy Weddle, Chris Herbert, Don Moy.
12:25 — Tom Rohr, Fred Reynolds, Ken Bosc, JP Kanizer.
12:41 — Ted Schneider, Ray Schneider, Chris Cassell.
12:57 — Eddie Kanizer, Stacey Vitaniemi, Kyle Stevenson, Chuck Pebbles, Robert Harrison.
1:13 — Michael Moore, Zack Clark, Dean Williams, Dave Samsel, Tad Keith.
1:29 — Cheeker Waldrop, Elwood Delp, Tom Wilson, Russ Maesch.
1:45 — John Thome, Dan Sappington, Pete Owen, Shawn Rosselli, Phil Kruger.
2:01 — Bill Alumbraugh Jr., Bill Alumbaugh III, Dave Alumbaugh, Ron Poore Sr.
2:17 — Bobby McEllen, Joe Bucovac, Chick Alumbaugh, Ryan Klopfenstein.
Youth sports
• North Clay volleyball wins — North Clay defeated Honey Creek 2-1 in a middle school volleyball match.
North Clay def. Honey Creek 25-12, 14-25, 15-12
Highlights — For Honey Creek, Cassidy Wood 5 K, 1 block, 6 aces Riley Davis 5 aces, 10 assists, 2 kills.
JV — North Clay won 25-15, 23-9.
6th grade — Honey Creek won 25-22, 25-22.
Next — Honey Creek plays at Woodrow Wilson today.
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