Rose-Hulman holds the early lead in each of the three 2009-10 major athletic department awards presented by the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference, in fall results compiled Monday.
The Engineers lead the Commissioner’s Cup standings with 53.5 points through eight sports seasons to hold a nine-point edge on second place Hanover. The Commissioner’s Cup is presented to the league school with the top combined finishes in all 19 league sports.
Rose-Hulman also holds a three-point lead after five of nine sports in the Women’s All-Sports Trophy standings. The Engineers relied on a league co-championship in soccer, a second-place finish in tennis, third-place efforts in golf and cross country and a fourth-place showing in volleyball to earn the early three-point lead over Hanover.
On the men’s side, Rose-Hulman is tied with Manchester for the Men’s All-Sports Trophy following three of 10 league sports. The Engineers earned the outright regular season championship in men’s soccer and recorded finishes of fourth in football and cross country.
Rose-Hulman has won the Men’s All-Sports Trophy for the past two years and captured the Commissioner’s Cup in 2007-08. The Engineers are in search of their first Women’s All-Sports Trophy from any conference.
Basketball
• Braves postponed — The girls high school game between Terre Haute South and Bloomington South, originally scheduled today, has been postponed for one night.
The Braves will visit the Panthers for a 6 p.m. junior varsity start on Wednesday.
• Paris 55, Marshall 47 — At Paris, Ill., the host Tigers outscored the visiting Lions 20-7 in the third quarter to break open a tight game in the girls high school season openers for both.
Callie Keys had 17 points for Paris, while Adrienne Strohm had 23 points, five steals and five assists and Shelby Sandefur 11 points for Marshall.
MARSHALL (47) — Sandefer 4 0-0 11, Lycan 2 1-1 5, Bishop 0 1-2 1, Strohm 5 9-11 23, E.Kuhn 0 5-6 5, Stone 0 0-0 0, A.Kuhn 1 0-0 2. Totals 12 FG, 16-20 FT, 47 TP.
PARIS (55) — M.Englum 3 2-2 8, Milbourn 2 0-0 5, A.Englum 3 0-0 8, Rose 2 2-2 6, Spesard 1 0-2 2, Barnes 0 3-8 3, Keys 8 1-2 17, Johnson 1 0-0 2, Sinclair 0 2-2 2, Hoffman 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 FG, 10-18 FT, 55 TP.
Marshall 13 15 7 12 — 47
Paris 11 18 20 6 — 55
3-point goals — Strohm 4, Sandefur 3, A.Englum 2, Milbourn.
Records — Paris is 1-0, Marshall 0-1.
• Robinson 61, Lawrenceville 36 — At Robinson, Ill., the host Maroons coasted to a non-conference win in their girls high school opener Monday.
Kelsey Dirks had 29 points and 10 rebounds and Mychal Lowrance scored 11 for the winners.
LAWRENCEVILLE (36) — Metheny 3-6 7-9 13, Spencer 4-8 0-1 8, Potts 3-6 1-3 7, Hill 2-5 0-0 4, Decker 1-3 0-0 2, Cummins 1-2 0-0 2, Pargin 0-2 0-0 0, Kelly 0-2 0-1 0, Desch 0-1 0-0 0, Sapp 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 14-36 FG, 8-14 FT, 36 TP.
ROBINSON (61) — Dirks 13-18 3-3 29, Lowrance 4-10 3-4 11, Watts 3-5 1-1 7, Phillippe 3-4 0-0 6, Connelly 2-11 0-0 4, Williams 1-2 0-0 2, Blake 1-1 0-0 2, Wilson 0-1 0-2 0, Hodson 0-0 0-1 0, Pritts 0-2 0-1 0, Hickey 0-1 0-0 0, Gates 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-55 FG, 7-12 FT, 61 TP.
Lawrenceville 3 15 9 9 — 36
Robinson 18 19 12 12 — 61
3-point shooting — Lawrenceville 0-1 (Hill 0-1), Robinson 0-4 (Hickey 0-1, Connelly 0-3). Total fouls — Lawrenceville 12, Robinson 16. Fouled out — none. Rebounds — Lawrenceville 21 (Hill 5), Robinson 43 (Dirks 10). Assists — Lawrenceville 0, Robinson 20 (Connelly 8).
JV — Robinson 48 (Elizabeth Blake 15, Caitlyn Hodson 10), Lawrenceville 24.
Records — Robinson is 1-0, Lawrenceville 0-1.
• Oblong 32, Martinsville 21 — At Martinsville, Ill., the visiting Panthers won in Little Illini Conference girls high school action Monday.
Cassidy Glidewell had eight points for the Bluestreaks, while Kelsey Pinkston had 12 for Oblong.
OBLONG (32) — French 6, Hughes 2, Pinkston 12, Hoalt 3, Mayhew 3, Harper 3, Smith 3.
MARTINSVILLE (21) — Toner 2, Wood 2, Maxey 4, Nash 5, Glidewell 8.
Oblong 13 8 6 5 — 32
Martinsville 2 7 6 6 — 21
Records — Oblong is 1-0, 1-0 in the LIC. Martinsville is 0-1 and 0-1.
Auto racing
• Stanbrough, Jones are winners — At Tulare, Calif., Jon Stanbrough and Levi Jones were winners Sunday in the final night of the U.S. Auto Club Pacific Coast Nationals for sprint cars at Thunderbowl Raceway.
Stanbrough led all the way to win the 40-lap feature in the final sprint car event of the season with Chad Boat second and Bud Kaeding third.
Jones was 12th as he wrapped up his third sprint car championship, finishing more than 200 points ahead of Cole Whitt.
Twelve flips were recorded in the competition with no serious injuries reported.
Sunday’s results
Fast qualifier — Cole Whitt.
Heat winners — Whitt, Kevin Swindell, Davey Rombo, Matt Mitchell, Chad Boat (semi), David Cardey (C-main).
Feature — Jon Stanbrough, Boat, Bud Kaeding, Damion Gardner, Bryan Clauson, Henry Clarke, Jerry Coons Jr., Tracy Hines, Cardey, Brad Sweet, Garrett Hansen, Levi Jones, Kyle Larsen, Mike Spencer, Swindell.
USAC sprint totals (final) — Jones 1,827, Whitt 1,603, Dave Darland 1,601, Hines 1,408, Coons 1,401, Gardner 1,399, Clauson 1,040, Darren Hagen 1,006, Boat 919, Stanbrough 945.
Baseball
• Hitting league — At Riley, the Riley Warriors have a 30-point lead after three weeks of competition in the Player Development hitting league.
The Riley Warriors have scored 1,453 points, the Rampage 1,423 and the Team of Terror 1,279.
Will Hayes of the Warriors established a weekly record with 189 points recently.
Local Interest
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METRO ROUNDUP: Kovach earns AP All-America honors
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Coaches with credentials: As a unit, Terre Haute North’s staff 2nd to none
Surrounding yourself with excellence.
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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
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Thomas ISU’s mainstay
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