ROCKVILLE —
Turkey Run routed North Vermillion 15-2 to capture the Class A Rockville Sectional championship for high school baseball Monday night.
No other details were provided before the Tribune-Star’s news deadline.
Turkey Run (10-17) will advance to the Lafayette Central Catholic Regional on Saturday.
Earlier Monday, Turkey Run blanked Riverton Parke 11-0 in five innings as Jake Amstutz pitched a one-hit shutout in the second semifinal matchup
In Monday’s first semifinal, North Vermillion shut out Rockville 7-0. Dalton McCool struck out 16 Rox batters to pick up the victory.
Semifinal games
North Vermillion 000 142 0 — 7 11 1
Rockville 000 000 0 — 0 2 3
McCool and Zumwalt; Waltz, Woodard (6) and J.Brown.
Highlights — For North Vermillion, winning pitcher Dalton McCool struck out 16 Rockville batters and went 2 for 4 with a double; Kody Zumwalt went 2 for 4 with 2 doubles and 2 RBIs; and Jordan West went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles and 2 RBIs.
Turkey Run 520 13 — 11 7
Riverton Parke 000 00 — 0 1
W — Amstutz. HR — TR: Woods.
Highlights — For Turkey Run, winning pitcher Jake Amstutz allowed only 1 hit and struck out 10 Riverton Parke batters over 5 innings and contributed a double on offense; Jeff Woods went 2 for 3 with a home run, a triple, 3 RBIs and 3 runs; Jeff Girdler went 2 for 4 with a triple, 2 RBIs and 2 runs; Schuyler Jeffers contributed a triple and 2 runs; and Tyler Goddard had a double.
In other high school baseball:
• Shakamak, Union advance — In the Class A Shakamak Sectional, Shakamak routed Union 17-0 in the championship game late Monday night.
In sectional semifinal contests earlier Monday, the host Lakers defeated Clay City 4-1 and Union downed White River Valley 6-2.
Details of the sectional championship game were not available before the Tribune-Star’s news deadline.
Golf
• Results in — At the Country Club of Terre Haute, the duo of Jim Winning and Don Decker fired a 57 to win the 2012 Memorial Day Tournament on Monday.
The tournament used a “best 18 out of 36 holes” format.
Memorial Day Tournament
57 — Jim Winning-Don Decker.
59 — Greg Conrad-Richard Booe.
60 — Don Ireland-Jim Donohue, Mike Farr-Mel Krueger.
61 — Steve Holliday-Don Schroeder, Greg Jennings-Nick Lizanich, Chris Yamamoto-Preston White, Geoff Shuck-Mike Toney, Jeff Harper-Charlie Williams.
Pot of Gold Day 1 — Winning-Decker 60.
Still awards (Day 1) — Bill Grimes on No. 3, Holliday on No. 7, Derek Depuydt on No. 10, Sam Lee on No. 13, White on No. 16.
Still awards (Day 2) — Ted Hazledine on Nos. 3 and 10, Toney on No. 7, Winning on No. 13, Holliday on No. 16.
Auto racing
• Stanbrough prevails — At Haubstadt, Jon Stanbrough won the Memorial Weekend Classic for sprint cars Sunday at Tri-State Speedway.
Stanbrough led the final eight turns to win the feature sanctioned by KISS and Midwest Sprint Car Series. Seth Parker led the first 22 laps and finished fourth behind Damion Gardner and Kyle Cummins.
Veteran driver Ken Schrader won his heat and feature for modifieds.
The Hut Hundred for U.S. Auto Club midget cars is slated Saturday.
Sunday's results
Sprint cars
Heat winners — Thomas Meseraull, Chad Boespflug, Hunter Schuerenberg, Kevin Thomas Jr. (B-main).
Feature — Jon Stanbrough, Damion Gardner, Kyle Cummins, Seth Parker, Levi Jones, Schuerenberg, Brady Short, Chase Stockon, Jonathan Hendrick, Robert Ballou, Dave Darland, Braylon Fitzpatrick, Meseraull, Josh Burton, Boespflug, Dakota Jackson, Thomas, Mark Smith, Chase Briscoe.
Modifieds
Heat winners — Ken Schrader, Stephen Schnapf, Bryce Jewell, Paul Miles, Clayton Perry (B-main).
Feature — Schrader, Shawn Cates, Schnapf, Levi Kissinger, Michael Fox, Bradley Sterrett, Miles, Jewell, Mark Lamont, Butch Shay.
Local Interest
PREP/METRO ROUNDUP: Turkey Run rolls to title
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Terry enjoys strong year with Wildcats, and still enjoying suiting up to play
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Indiana State baseball series canceled
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METRO ROUNDUP: Rose-Hulman baseball to play DePauw on Thursday after Tuesday's rain
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Vigo County Youth Soccer Association to host Indiana Soccer Cup Games
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METRO ROUNDUP: North, South well-represented on All-Star teams
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Wabash baseball tops Rose-Hulman
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METRO ROUNDUP: Rose-Hulman swimmer places 17th in NCAA championships
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Rose-Hulman swimmers flying to nationals
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Metro Sports: Anderson, Smith earn all-state honors
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Mid-West Archery, Whitetail Deer Expo Jan. 12
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METRO ROUNDUP: Rose-Hulman to offer video webcasts
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METRO ROUNDUP: USAC releases 2013 Action Track dates
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County hears ambulance contract proposals
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METRO ROUNDUP: ISU signs golfer from Florida
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Website repair means hunters should buy licenses now to hunt this weekend
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Vigo County Jail Log: Oct. 31, 2012
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RESTAURANT INSPECTONS: Oct. 29, 2012
Restaurant inspections
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METRO ROUNDUP: Honey Creek wins boys tennis county title
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PREP ROUNDUP: VanSchoyck runs for IHSAA-record 511 yards
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Metro roundup: Rose announces Hall of Fame selections
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ISU-South Dakota State more than just running back showdown
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Terre Haute North sweeps Rox in boys tennis
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ISU's Bell gets national attention
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South CC runner Bertoli among the elite
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PREP ROUNDUP: Vigo volleyball teams victorious
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METRO ROUNDUP: Mullins wins Blues at the Crossroads half-marathon
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Prep roundup: North boys tennis beats Silver Creek
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