TERRE HAUTE —
Terre Haute Rex closer Nick Blount won one award and shared another and Brian Dorsett shared Manager of the Year honors as the Prospect League announced postseason awards Saturday.
Blount was named the Galen Wood Fireman of the Year and shared the Roland Hemond Prospect of the Year award with Springfield’s Matt Tellor. Tellor also was named the Mike Schmidt Player of the Year.
Dubois County’s Ryan Anderson shared managerial honors with Dorsett.
First-team all-star selections from the Rex, in addition to Blount, were shortstop Nick Johnson and center fielder Kyle Kempf. Nolan Earley, who played for the Rex in 2010, was the all-star right fielder.
2012 All-Stars
1B — Giancarlo Brugnoni, Chillicothe (Grand Valley State)
2B — Jay Manger, Hannibal (Iowa) and Jake Welch, Richmond (Southern Illinois)
3B — Tyler Filliben, Hannibal (Samford) and Bradley Strong, West Virginia (Western Carolina)
SS — Nick Johnson, Terre Haute (Mesa Community College)
LF — Mike Fitzgerald, Springfield (Lincoln Land Community College)
CF — Kyle Kempf, Terre Haute (Southern Indiana)
RF — Nolan Earley, Richmond (South Alabama)
C — Clayton Prestridge, West Virginia (California-Riverside)
DH — Ian Sikes, Hannibal (Hannibal-LaGrange)
LHP — Chris Gardner, Hannibal (Northwestern College)
RHP — Sam Lewis, West Virginia (Indiana Wesleyan)
RP — Nick Blount, Terre Haute (Tennessee)
Golf
• Roscoe leads — Ryan Roscoe has the lead after the first round of the Rea Park Club Championship.
Roscoe fired a 6-under-par 66 on Saturday, going 34-32 with seven birdies and one bogey in his round. He has a four-shot lead over Scott McVey, who was 37-33 in shooting 70. Mike Wright had the only other sub-par round with 71.
Charlie Kluesner and Travis Turpen are tied for fourth, both with 72, and five players are next with 73.
Ted Schneider is the leader in the senior division with 70 from the gold tees. Dave Nasser is second with 72 while Dick Stockberger, Ken Bosc and Tom Nicoson had 73 to tie for fourth.
Luke Peoples is the leader in the junior division with 75, leading Drew Cahill by two shots.
Tee times begin at 8 a.m. today for the final round.
Rea Park Club Championship
66 — Ryan Roscoe
70 — Scott McVey
71 — Mike Wright
72 — Charlie Kluesner, Travis Turpen
Senior division
70 — Ted Schneider
72 — Dave Nasser
73 — Dick Stockberger, Tom Nicoson, Ken Bosc
Today’s tee times, pairings
Seniors (green tees)
First flight
8 a.m. — Jim King 84, Berk Hyde 82, B.J. Tucker 81
8:09 — Jim Stewart 79, Buddy Myers 79, Jerome Trierweiler 78, Jim Jenkins 78
8:18 — Mike Webster 77, Bob Smith 77, Linus Haller 77, Darrell Knight 76
Championship flight
8:27 — Jerry Snodgrass 75, Rick Wilcoxon 75, Ken Chirhart 75
8:36 — Tom Seal 74, Ken Bosc 73, Dick Stockberger 73
8:45 — Tom Nicoson 73, Dave Nasser 72, Ted Schneider 70
Championship division (white tees)
First flight
8:54 — Ernie Goble 80, Ken McVey 79, Jeff Snoddy 79
9:03 — Scott Givens 78, Derek Depuydt 78, Dan Gmelich 77, Jim Winning 77
9:12 — Mike Roshel 76, Rich Bucy 76, Mike Toney 76, Dave Alumbaugh 76
9:21 — Ian Carson 75, Sam Peoples 75, Luke Peoples 75, Tom Rohr 75
Championship flight
9:30 — Darrell Shouse 73, Ashley Matchett 73, Stu Johnson 74, Don Alumbaugh 74
9:39 — Travis Turpen 72, Chris Cassell 73, Abe Nasser 73, Brent Bocard 73
9:48 — Ryan Roscoe 66, Scott McVey 70, Mike Wright 71, Scott Kluesner 72
Juniors
10 a.m. — Braxton McIntyre 82, Justin Wilson 80
10:30 — Drew Cahill 77, Ryan Cahill 84
Volleyball
• Sycamores beat alumnae — At the ISU Arena, the 2012 edition of the Indiana State volleyball team defeated the alumnae squad 3-1.
“I thought we we had a lot of different lineups today. A lot of our freshman got a lot of good playing time and really produced for us and our returners were good leaders for us,” coach Trai Dahl said. “However, we still have a lot to work on before our first match next Friday.”
Set scores were 25-12, 21-25, 25-21, 25-17. The Sycamores will begin regular season play Friday at the DePaul Tournament.
Auto racing
• Stanbrough posts win — At Bloomington, Jon Stanbrough won one of the features Friday night in racing at Bloomington Speedway.
Stanbrough won the sprint main. Other winners were Bradley Sterrett in UMP modifieds, Winston Howe in super stocks and Lucas Jackson in hornets.
Friday’s results
Sprint cars
Heat winners — Jonathan Hendrick, Chris Windom, Danny Holtsclaw, Brian Kamaker (B-main).
Feature — Jon Stanbrough, Hendrick, Brady Short, Brent Beauchamp, Holtsclaw, Windom, Josh Burton, Jordan Kinser, Nick Bilbee, Dakota Jackson, Bub Cummings, Nick Drake, Ethan Barrow, Chris Babcock, Kent Christian.
UMP modifieds
Heat winners — Brian Yeatman, Chad Combs, John Demoss, Karlie Holt (B-main).
Feature — Bradley Sterrett, Greg Amick, Collin Thirlby, Combs, Gary Barrow, Jake Humphrey, Jerry Davis, Steven Godsey, Holt, Bennie Smith Jr.
UMP super stocks
Heat winners — Kenny Carmichael, Will McRoberts.
Feature — Winston Howe, Steve Peeden, Carmichael, McRoberts, Roy Bruce Jr., Jack Frye, Steve Hollars, Travis Butler, Kenny Carmichael Jr., Steve Hawkins.
Hornets
Heat winners — Matt Hamilton, Felisha Deweese, Bryson Clark.
Feature — Lucas Jackson, Greg Garrison, Clark, Justin Patterson, John Mayer, Mike Miller, Brandon Fehrenbach, Cole Miles, Brayton Arthur, Frank Robertson.
Terre Haute Rex
Metro Roundup: Dorsett, Rex players honored in Prospect League postseason awards
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2012 an up, down season for Rex
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Metro Roundup: Dorsett, Rex players honored in Prospect League postseason awards
Terre Haute Rex closer Nick Blount won one award and shared another and Brian Dorsett shared Manager of the Year honors as the Prospect League announced postseason awards Saturday.
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