Senior defensive end Daniel Millington has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Second Team.
A graduate of Terre Haute North High School, Millington carries a 3.91 grade-point average in exercise science and is on track to graduate in May 2010. He was named to the league honor rolls by the Gateway Conference and Missouri Valley Football Conference the past two seasons while also earning the Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award in 2008-09.
Millington finished his Sycamore career with 35 total tackles over his senior campaign. He had six tackles for loss and three sacks for 29 yards, and was also credited with three quarterback hurries.
Basketball
• Rose-Hulman wins — At Springfield, Ill., Rose-Hulman relied on two key defensive plays and a pair of free throws in the final minute to hold off Robert Morris-Springfield 70-64 in men's basketball action Tuesday night.
With Rose-Hulman holding a narrow 64-63 lead and Robert Morris gaining a steal, senior Jeff McCartney drew a charge on guard Emmanuel Boston with 36.7 seconds left.
After a pair of free throws by sophomore Blake Knotts increased the lead to 66-63, freshman Nate Gissentanner swiped a steal and went the distance for a layup to give Rose-Hulman a 68-63 lead in the final seconds.
Gissentanner led three Rose-Hulman players in double figures with 19 points on 6-10 from the field. Sophomore Spencer Harlan also reached double figures with 13 points and seven rebounds.
ROSE-HULMAN (70) — Gissentanner 6-10 5-6 19, Harlan, Spencer 5-8 3-3 13; Blake 3-10 4-4 12, McCartney 4-10 0-0 9, Gerken 3-5 1-1 7; Weatherford 2-8 1-2 5, Ricks 2-2 0-0 5, Balsbaugh 0-1 0-0 0, Kleman 0-0 0-0 0, Tuskan 0-1 0-0 0, Weathers 0-1 0-0 0, Haslag 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 25-58 FG, 14-16 FT, 70 TP.
ROBERT MORRIS-SPRINGFIELD (64) — David 10-15 1-1 22, Davis 10-13 1-5 21; Boston 2-7 4-9 9, Patton 2-8 0-0 5, Purnell 2-6 0-0 4, Smith 1-2 1-2 3, Banks 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 27-54 FG, 7-17 FT, 64 TP.
Halftime score — RM-Springfield 35, R-H 31. 3-point goals--Rose-Hulman 6-19 (Knotts 2-6, Gissentanner 2-4, Ricks 1-1; McCartney 1-4, Weathers 0-1, Weatherford 0-2, Harlan 0-1), Robert Morris-Springfield 3-13 (Patton 1-5, Boston 1-2, David 1-2, Smith 0-1; Banks 0-1, Purnell, Dee 0-2). Fouled out — none. Rebounds — Rose-Hulman 33 (Harlan 7),Robert Morris-Springfield 30 (Davis 11). Assists — Rose-Hulman 14 (Knotts 4, McCartney 4), Robert Morris-Springfield 17. Total fouls — Rose-Hulman 13, Robert Morris-Springfield 14.
n Middle school — The following scores were reported:
Eighth grade — Monday: Sullivan 43 (Jake Pirtle 14), Honey Creek 26 (Nick Prevo 15). Tuesday: Otter Creek 33 (Zach Milam 10), Honey Creek 17 (Nick Prevo 4).
Seventh grade — Sarah Scott 53 (Tre Minnett 12, C.J. Brown 12, Ricco Spencer 10), Chauncey Rose 23 (Braxton Harbaugh 13).
n Craft’s game-winner leads Trailblazers — At Vincennes, point guard Megan Craft, a former Terre Haute South standout, capped off Vincennes’ 70-68 victory against visiting Southeastern Illinois on Monday night by getting to the rim surprisingly easy — pretty much unimpeded — and her layup put VU up with less than a second to play.
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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
Who’s healthy is the question at least three of the four teams will be asking tonight when Class 4A girls high school basketball sectional play begins at Terre Haute North.
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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
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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
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Heftier home schedule awaits Rex fans
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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
The Indiana High School Athletic Association is always seeking licensed high school officials in its 20 sanctioned sports, a selling point being “participation in high school athletics doesn’t have to end with high school graduation.”
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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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AMEY TAKES AIM: The biggest & baddest of a holiday classic
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Thomas ISU’s mainstay
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METRO/PREP ROUNDUP: Pomeroys finish fourth at Taylor
St. Mary-of-the-Woods ran into a pair of strong NAIA teams and finished fourth in the Taylor Tournament in women’s college basketball last weekend.
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Colts give the boot to Polian duo
It didn’t take long for Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay to start making moves with his team.
One day after Irsay’s Colts dropped a 19-13 road decision to Jacksonville, giving Indianapolis a 2-14 record and the No. 1 pick in the 2012 National Football League draft, longtime Colts executive Bill Polian and his son, vice-president/general manager Chris Polian, were both fired.
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Ring the bell: Which ISU player has the greatest Classic legacy?
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