Terre Haute South is ranked 20th in the preseason high school girls golf poll.
Carmel is No. 1 in the rankings. Teams will have their first matches next week.
Preseason golf poll
Top 20 — Carmel, Columbus North, Martinsville, Roncalli, Richmond, Hamilton Southeastern, Penn, Evansville North, Western, DeKalb, Noblesville, Lafayette Jeff, Avon, Greensburg, Evansville Memorial, Washington, Cathedral, Chesterton, Plymouth, Terre Haute South.
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In other golf news:
• Goddard second at Pro-Am — At Santa Claus, Idle Creek professional Ray Goddard shot an even-par 72 to finish second in the Pro Division of the Tri-State Tournament played at Christmas Lake Golf Club on Monday.
Darret Brinker of Evansville won with a score of 67.
Volleyball
• ISU completes roster — Second-year Indiana State head volleyball coach Traci Dahl has completed her roster for the 2009 season with the announcement that Aralena Haynes has signed a national letter of intent to play for the Sycamores starting this fall.
“Aralena will bring some great experience to our team this year,” Dahl said. “She is a very athletic player and her competitiveness will be contagious.”
Haynes, a 5-foot-10 outside hitter from Douglasville, Ga., played four years at Lithia Springs High School where she holds the school record for all-time kills (520) and all-time kill percentage (.530). A two-time Douglas County Player of the Year, Haynes was twice named the team’s Most Valuable Player and twice named to the AAAA Regional first team.
“I am pleased that she has decided to join the ISU volleyball team and continue her education here,” Dahl said. “She is going to be a great asset to the program and I expect great things from her.”
Haynes also competed for the Atlanta Boom volleyball club. She plans to major in pre-med/mathematics at Indiana State with plans to enter medical school.
Auto racing
• Coons, Bacon win — Jerry Coons Jr. and Brady Bacon were winners in U. S. Auto Club midget racing in Nebraska.
At Rising City, Coons led all the way to win the 30-lap feature on Monday at Butler County Motorplex. Bryan Clauson won his heat and took second.
At McCool Junction, Bacon led the final seven turns to win the 25-lap main Tuesday. Brad Loyet won his heat and took second after leading the first 18 laps.
J. J. Yeley won a feature in Missouri on Sunday.
Racing continued Wednesday with the races leading up to the Belleville Midget Nationals this weekend.
Tuesday's results
Heat winners — Brady Bacon, Brad Loyet, Bryan Clauson, Tim Siner (semi)
Feature — Jerry Coons Jr., Clauson, Brad Kuhn, Bacon, Dave Darland, Tracy Hines, Shane Golobic, Cody Brewer, Nick Knepper, Keith Ranch
Wednesday's results
Heat winners — Darland, Loyet, Kody Swanson, Don Droud Jr., Terry Goodwin (semi)
Feature — Bacon, Loyet, Kuhn, Josh Wise, Coons, Swanson, Droud, Darland, Matt Smith, Ryan Cole
Local Interest
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Is this ball rolling? Can Sycamores keep finding their shooting stroke?
Can Indiana State expect any carryover from its record-setting shooting performance Saturday when the Sycamores resume Missouri Valley Conference play against Illinois State at 7:05 p.m. today in Hulman Center?
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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
The college men’s basketball schedule is in its final month with Selection Sunday less than four weeks away.
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METRO ROUNDUP: ISU track athlete selected as MVC scholar-athlete of week
Indiana State senior Ernest Rollins has been selected the Prairie Farms/Missouri Valley Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week it was announced Friday.
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Union season more fun with Talpas around
The Union boys basketball team has had its share of fun moments in the past, arguably the most fun being its Class A state runner-up in 2000.
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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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Sink or swim: South boys chose the latter
Terre Haute South’s boys swimming and diving team is currently enjoying it’s lofty No. 21 ranking in the state of Indiana.
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It’s on: Sycamores, Bulldogs to play at Hinkle on Feb. 18
How badly did Indiana State want to get Butler as its BracketBusters opponent?
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METRO ROUNDUP: Four from Rose receive weekly honors
Four Rose-Hulman athletes earned Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference weekly honors, the HCAC announced Monday.
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PREP ROUNDUP: Warriors rally, but fall short
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
Eli Manning has lived in the shadow of older brother Peyton all of his life. Whatever successes Eli has had on the football field, they often paled in comparison to what his more illustrious sibling had already accomplished.
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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
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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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