Staff Writer
The Tribune-Star
TERRE HAUTE —
Recent Rose-Hulman graduate Jordan Goslee has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference honoree for the 2010 NCAA Woman of the Year Award, in results released by the NCAA on Monday.
Goslee was one of 452 senior female student-athletes nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award. The top 30 honorees, including 10 from each division, will be determined in September.
Goslee earned four first-team all-HCAC selections as the Rose-Hulman’s top softball pitcher from 2007-10. She was also named HCAC Pitcher of the Year in 2008. She pitched the first perfect game in Engineer softball history in a 2009 contest and has career records for pitching wins (38), strikeouts (513) and shutouts (15).
Goslee advances to the second round of selections, in which the NCAA will reduce the winners from 37 conferences down to the 10 finalists in Division III.
Golf
• Pair share lead — At Franklin, two golfers shared the lead after one round of the Indiana Senior Amateur being played at Hillview Country Club.
Tim Miller and Michael Stephens each had a 5-under-par 67. Ted Smith is third with 69.
Tom Jones of Terre Haute carded 71 to tie for eighth. Dave Brown had 73, Ted Kaperak 74 and Steve Paquin 77.
Auto Racing
• Joslin wins feature — Jeff Joslin won the Fast 33 @ The 300 race in weekend action at Crossroads Dragway.
Jeff Vaughn, Steve Smith, Zach Gosnell and Austin Tewell were winnners on Saturday, while Phil Bryant, Rick Hornback, Chad Eaton and Joslin drove to victory on Sunday.
Three days of racing are slated again this week at the track. Fun Night runs are Friday. Regular racing is slated for Saturday with the final point race before the ET finals for all classes and diesels will qualify for Sunday races. Time runs are 11:30 a.m. with eliminations at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday’s card is in conjunction with the Scheid Diesel Extravaganza with Outlaw Diesel pickup racing and burn-out contest sponsored by Superchips. Time runs are 10:30 a.m. with eliminations at noon.
Track information is available at www.crossroadadragway.com and info on the Diesel Drags is at www.scheiddiesel.com.
Saturday’s results
Super pro — Jeff Vaughn of Terre Haute, 1970 Nova, def. Mike Lourash of Crawfordsville, 1988 Ranger; semis: Derek Parks.
Pro — Steve Smith of North Terre Haute, 1982 Camaro, def. Brad Doan of Terre Haute, 1988 Mustang; semis: Bill Lewis.
Sportsman — Zach Gosnell of Terre Haute, 1980 Camaro, def. Gary Meissner of Rosedale, 1964 Biscayne; semis: Josh Doan.
High school — Austin Tewell of West Terre Haute, 1987 Monte Carlo, def. Garth Trueblood of Terre Haute, 2010 Fusion.
Sunday’s results
Fast 33 @ the 330 — Jeff Joslin of Terre Haute, 1973 Corvette, def. Mike Tewell of West Terre Haute, 1986 Monte Carlo; semis: Gill Hudgens, Eric Bonewell (low qualifier 115.08 mph).
Super pro — Phil Bryant of Litchfield, 2006 RED, def. Ron Pound of Terre Haute, 1967 Camaro; semis: Bonewell.
Pro — Rick Hornback of Brownsburg, 1969 Chevelle, def. M.Tewell; semis: Gary Arola.
Sportsman — Chad Eaton of Paris, Ill., 1985 Monte Carlo, def. Terry Hoffman of Monrovia, 1995 Impala; semis: Shanoa Seals.
Baseball
• Casey still unbeaten in conference — At Casey, Ill., the Warriors scored six runs in the fourth inning on their way to an 8-5 junior high victory over Oblong on Saturday.
Winning pitcher Evan Blankenship allowed just one hit in 5 1/3 innings, striking out eight, and also was 2 for 4 with a homer for Casey. Ethan Williams was 3 for 4 for Casey with a homer, two runs and two RBI.
Casey is 5-2 overall, 3-0 in Little Illini Conference play.
