Sports

Got it: Rex first baseman #29 Kurt Kudrecki fields a ball hit down the first base line during game action against the Quincy Gems Monday night at Bob Warn Field.

• Loss drops Rex into first-place tie

  In a battle for first place in the West Division of the Prospect League baseball standings, the Terre Haute Rex fell just short Monday night at Bob Warn Field.

  June 18, 2013 4 Photos  

• Seven players from Terre Haute Rex taken in Major League draft

  Seven players who are alumni of the Terre Haute Rex in the past four years achieved their dream of becoming professional baseball players when taken in the Major League Baseball draft earlier this month.

  June 18, 2013  

• RAMBLIN’ RECK: Catching up on some things

  Catching up — on all-state softball honors and a new basketball coach in Illinois.

  June 18, 2013  

• METRO ROUNDUP: Hutson comes home, has personal best

  Kylie Hutson returned to her home town Saturday to set a personal outdoor record, clearing 15-feet-5 in highlighting the Sycamore Open pole vault competition at Marks Field.

  June 18, 2013  

• Checking in with cancer survivor

  The last time the Tribune-Star visited with Amy Bagnoche, July of 2012, she was fighting back tears talking about her own battle with breast cancer and the battles that others were facing.

  June 18, 2013  

• Post 346 rebounds to win Terre Haute Invitational

  It’s an interesting dance that Wayne Newton Post 346 and Evansville Pate Post 265 have developed in American Legion baseball’s Terre Haute Invitational, and the last waltz was saved for the host team Sunday.

  June 17, 2013 3 Photos  

• DeNato proves IU can pitch too

  Joey DeNato dispelled the notion that College World Series newcomer Indiana is all about offense.
  The junior left-hander threw a four-hitter and the Hoosiers looked mighty comfortable at TD Ameritrade Park while beating Louisville 2-0 on Saturday night.

  June 17, 2013 1 Photo  

• Metro roundup: Givens, Mundy win two-man golf tournament

  Scott Givens and Tim Mundy maintained their first-day lead to win the Show-Me’s Two-Man golf tournament concluded Sunday at Rea Park

  June 17, 2013  

• Goatee, Bertoli ran away with Spring Athlete of the Year

  When honoring athletes after a season of excellence, the phrase “what might have been” doesn’t usually come up.

  But in the case of Terre Haute South’s Jackson Bertoli and Terre Haute North’s TaPring Goatee – the Tribune-Star’s Athletes of the Year for spring sports – there’s an air of unfinished business despite obvious recent successes.

  June 16, 2013 2 Photos  

• TODD GOLDEN: Golf ... the beast within?

  Like many sports fans, my interest in professional golf is confined to the four major tournaments. Many prefer the Masters, some like the back-to-roots British Open, but I’ve always liked the U.S. Open the best.

  June 16, 2013  

Local Interest

Score: Post 346 runner #6 Jacob Johnson scores after a collision with the Pate catcher in the fourth inning Sunday afternoon.

• Post 346 rebounds to win Terre Haute Invitational

  It’s an interesting dance that Wayne Newton Post 346 and Evansville Pate Post 265 have developed in American Legion baseball’s Terre Haute Invitational, and the last waltz was saved for the host team Sunday.

  June 17, 2013 3 Photos  

• METRO ROUNDUP: Wayne Newton 2-1 on young season

  Wayne Newton Post 346 improved to 2-1 in American Legion baseball with a late 8-3 victory over Effingham on Thursday night.
  Craig Peters was winning pitcher for Post 346 and T.J. Decker and Cody Thornton led a 16-hit attack with three hits each.

  June 9, 2013  

• Rex looking to return to pitching dominance Sunday against Springfield

  During a 7-1 start and franchise-best seven-game winning streak, Terre Haute Rex pitching was the catalyst. Through eight games, the Rex led the Prospect League with an earned-run average of 1.11.
  Even after giving up 10 runs  Friday night in a 10-6 loss to the Quincy Gems, the Rex (7-2) are still the league leader in ERA at 2.09.

  June 9, 2013 2 Photos  

• FROM TERRE HAUTE TO THE MAJOR LEAGUES: Former Scamore hurlers doing well in White Sox system

  Brian Omogrosso was promoted to Chicago and appeared in 11 games. The big right-hander compiled a 5.14 earned-run average in 14 innings of relief. He struck out 14 and walked seven.

  June 9, 2013  

• COLLEGE REPORT: Wabash College All-American relay team has TH flavor

  May 30, 2013  

High School

• Goatee, Bertoli ran away with Spring Athlete of the Year

  When honoring athletes after a season of excellence, the phrase “what might have been” doesn’t usually come up.

  But in the case of Terre Haute South’s Jackson Bertoli and Terre Haute North’s TaPring Goatee – the Tribune-Star’s Athletes of the Year for spring sports – there’s an air of unfinished business despite obvious recent successes.

  June 16, 2013 2 Photos  

• Post 346 opens tournament with two victories  
• North boys move up to 13th in golf state finals  
• Big hill to climb for North golf  
• Top of her game  

College

Indiana starting pitcher Joey DeNato (23) celebrates throwing out Louisville's Coco Johnson (20) at first for the second out in the bottom of the ninth inning in an NCAA College World Series game in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, June 15, 2013 (AP Photo/The World-Herald, Ryan Soderlin) MAGS OUT; ALL NEBRASKA LOCAL BROADCAST TV OUT

• DeNato proves IU can pitch too

  Joey DeNato dispelled the notion that College World Series newcomer Indiana is all about offense.
  The junior left-hander threw a four-hitter and the Hoosiers looked mighty comfortable at TD Ameritrade Park while beating Louisville 2-0 on Saturday night.

  June 17, 2013 1 Photo  

• Etherington, Moore happy to be with ISU basketball

  Not even two weeks into their college experience, Indiana State freshmen men’s basketball players Alex Etherington and Demetrius Moore stood sentinel as 115 kids ran around them collecting basketballs and getting autographs at the Greg Lansing Basketball Camp on Thursday.

  June 14, 2013  

• ISU's Johnson invited to World University Games

  Indiana State senior Felisha Johnson will be traveling the world this summer after being named to represent the United States in the women’s shot put at the World University Games in Kazan, Russia.

  June 12, 2013  

• FROM THE PRESS BOX: Close, but no cigar, theme for ISU sports in 2012-13

  When I covered my first event of Indiana State’s 2012-13 season — ISU’s opening football game at Indiana — I was the first one in the press box at IU’s Memorial Stadium. I’m never the first one in the press box.
  Maybe the prospect of ISU’s season had me so pumped that I decided to get it started close to three hours early? (Or more truthfully, maybe I was over-vigilent about predicted traffic horrors on the Indiana 46 bypass that never came to pass.)

  June 9, 2013 4 Photos  

• Q&A: ISU football coach Mike Sanford ready for fall

  It’s hard to believe, but Mike Sanford has already been Indiana State’s football coach for six months.
  Time flies, but Sanford’s task of preparing for his first season in charge of the Sycamores comes with few breaks.

  June 9, 2013  

Sports Columns

• RAMBLIN’ RECK: Catching up on some things

  Catching up — on all-state softball honors and a new basketball coach in Illinois.

  June 18, 2013  

• TODD GOLDEN: Golf ... the beast within?  
• Trackside: Midgets could be on rise in Wabash Valley  
• RAMBLIN’ RECK: South grad helps VU to national golf title  
• FROM THE PRESS BOX: Close, but no cigar, theme for ISU sports in 2012-13  

Pro Sports

• Colts not standing pat in looking toward 2013 season

  Indianapolis Colts second-year general manager Ryan Grigson has quickly earned a reputation as someone who isn’t afraid to shake things up a bit.

  June 14, 2013  

• Deacon Jones of famed Fearsome Foursome dead at 74  
• Seeking elite status  
• Luck having fun with his first OTAs  
• Colts hoping for more high marks on draft picks  

Terre Haute Rex

Got it: Rex first baseman #29 Kurt Kudrecki fields a ball hit down the first base line during game action against the Quincy Gems Monday night at Bob Warn Field.

• Loss drops Rex into first-place tie

  In a battle for first place in the West Division of the Prospect League baseball standings, the Terre Haute Rex fell just short Monday night at Bob Warn Field.

  June 18, 2013 4 Photos  

• Sliders’ frustration against Rex continues  
• Sanchez stays hot to lead Rex to victory  
• Rex fall at home to Sliders  
• Rex looking to return to pitching dominance Sunday against Springfield  

Colts

• Colts not standing pat in looking toward 2013 season

  Indianapolis Colts second-year general manager Ryan Grigson has quickly earned a reputation as someone who isn’t afraid to shake things up a bit.

  June 14, 2013  

• Landry believes he'll acclimate to Colts system  
• Colts in harmony with new coordinator Hamilton  
• Pagano amazed by collection of veterans  
• Opening Day: Terre Haute Rex host Quincy  

Auto Racing

Winner's kiss: Tony Kanaan of KV Racing Technology kisses the yard of bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday. Kanaan won his first Indianapolis 500 Mile Race on Sunday and kissed the bricks as part of a tradition at the Motor Speedway.

• Kanaan can: Tony Kanaan finally wins Indy 500, ends heartbreak

  Tony Kanaan had been so close so many times in the Indianapolis 500 until Sunday. Now he’s a winner.

  May 27, 2013 2 Photos  

• Crowd, competitors erupt in celebration for Brazilian driver  
• Rookies fare well in 97th running of the Indy 500  
• Top guns, again  
• Looking for Indy breakthrough, Kanaan enjoying role as team mentor  

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