TERRE HAUTE —
Indiana State enters the 2013 Missouri Valley Conference indoor track and field championships with two teams ranked in the top 25 of the nation, according to the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association computer rankings released Tuesday.
The Sycamore men had their highest ranking since the USTFCCCA began the ratings system in 2008 when they climbed to 20th a week ago, but Indiana State fell five spots to 25th in the latest rankings. This is the sixth straight week that the Sycamore women have been ranked in the top 20 as they moved up one notch to 17th this week.
This is just the second time since 2008 that both the Sycamore men and women have been ranked in the top 25 and the third time that the two teams have been ranked in the top 30 at the same time. The two Sycamore teams were ranked in the top 30 in the same week last year when the Indiana State men were 28th and the women 29th during Week 6 of the ratings.
The MVC indoor championships will take place this weekend at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Academic honors
• Robinson wrestler chosen — The Illinois High School Association announced its 26-student All-State Academic Team on Monday, a group that included Robinson’s Nicolae Iovanac.
Nominated students had to have at least a 3.5 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale after seven semesters, participated in at least two IHSA sports or activities and demonstrated outstanding citizenship.
Iovanac completed his senior wrestling season on Saturday at the state finals, where he was 0-2 in the Class 1A 195-pound finals. His record for the season was 33-11.
Also chosen from the Little Illini Conference was Carly Niebrugge of Newton.
Tennis
• Rose splits — At the Wabash Valley Tennis Center, Rose-Hulman’s men beat the St. Louis College of Pharmacy 8-1 on Saturday but lost 7-2 to Webster on Sunday.
Ben Paras was 2-0 in both singles and doubles for the Engineers.
Rose-Hulman 8, St. Louis Pharmacy 1
Singles — Ben Paras (RH) def. Alex Cline 6-3, 6-1; Devon Fritz (RH) def. Nick Selby 6-0, 6-1; Nate Moore (RH) def. Michael Kim 6-1, 6-1; Matthew Conrad (RH) def. Matt Respicio 6-0, 6-0; Brad Rumancik (SLP) def. Randy Billingsley 7-5, 6-3; Todd Miller (RH) def. Mitch Gardner 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles — Fritz-Paras (RH) def. Cline-Kim 8-0; Conrad-Moore (RH) def. Respicio-Rumancik 8-0; Billingsley-Miller (RH) def. Gardner-Selby 8-3.
Webster 7, Rose-Hulman 2
Singles — Paras (RH) def. Diego Alarcon 6-3, 7-6 (9-7); Francissco Cortez (W) def. Fritz 7-6 (7-5), 7-5; Aqustin Villalba (W) def. Moore 6-4, 6-2; Ricky Eaves (W) def. Conrad 6-0, 6-7 (3-7), 1-0 (11-9); Josh Sellmeyer (W) def. Billingsley 6-1, 6-2; Travis Blair (W) def. Miller 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles — Fritz-Paras (RH) def. Cortez-Villalba 8-5; Eaves-Josh Papes (W) def. Conrad-Moore 9-7; Alarcon-Sellmeyer (W) def. Billingsley-Miller 8-2.
Wrestling
• Young Wildcats 2-2 — At Crawfordsville, South Vermillion Middle School won two of four matches Saturday at the Southmont 5-Way Invitational.
Team scores — South Vermillion 84, Fountain Central 40; South Vermillion 64, South Putnam 42; Southmont 72, South Vermillion 33; Lebanon 120, South Vermillion 10.
SV Individuals
75 — Aaliyah Riley 2-2
80 — Logan Walters 2-2
85 — Will Bishop 2-2
90 — Lani Spencer 1-3
95 — Brent Rinehart 4-0
100 — Rodney Hendricks 2-2
105 — Jacob Spurr 1-3
115 — Joshua Roehm 2-2
120 — Daniel Carty 2-2
125 — Kegan Benskin 3-1
130 — Austin Shaner 2-2
135 — Ricky Kelly 2-2
140 — Kenny Keller 1-3
145 — Gary Wasllace 1-3
210 — Tyler Lopez 0-4
240 — Thomas Hendricks 3-1
275 — Justice Warren 2-2
Next — South Vermillion (3-2) hosts Covington today.
Auto racing
• Larson wins opener — At New Smyrna Beach, Fla., Kyle Larson won the feature race in the first official U. S. Auto Club midget race of the season on Sunday at New Myrna Speedway.
Larson was fast qualifier and led the final 14 turns to win the 30-lap main. He assumed the early lead in the midget point totals going into Monday’s racing at the track.
Sunday’s results
Fast qualifier — Kyle Larson.
Scramble winners — Bobby Santos, Caleb Armstrong.
Feature — Larson, Darren Hagen, Tracy Hines, Tanner Swanson, Dalton Armstrong, Caleb Armstrong, Christopher Bell, Kyle O’Gara, Cole Carter, Santos.
Sports
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IndyCar driver Helio Castroneves, of Brazil, stands in his team pit box as he waits for the start of the final practice session for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Friday, May 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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Top guns, again
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Sycamores bow out of MVC Tournament
Indiana State’s baseball was out of pitching, and after a loss to Wichita State on Thursday, the Sycamores were out of second-chances too at the Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament. What the Sycamores weren’t out of was heart, guts and clutch performances from some unlikely sources. But in the end, Friday’s elimination game rematch against the Shockers was a sampling of ISU’s season overall — the Sycamores were out of luck.
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Freshman Hambrock, THS seek semistate tennis title
Having already claimed Terre Haute North Sectional and Greencastle Regional championships in girls high school tennis, Terre Haute South will try to add a semistate title to its 2013 list of accomplishments today as the Braves battle No. 25-ranked Greenwood.
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Coach adds regional host to job description
John Hayes has been a familiar face at high school baseball games this spring as he always is, enjoying the games but also looking for players who can help his Wayne Newton Post 346 American Legion team that will start its summer season shortly.
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Prep roundup: South Vermillion reaches baseball sectional final
South Vermillion built an early 7-0 lead late Thursday night, then held off Owen Valley by a 10-4 score to advance to the championship game of the Class 3A West Vigo Sectional for high school baseball.
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Metro Sports: Chalk up No. 5 for Liz Evans
Senior Liz Evans capped the top career in Rose-Hulman athletics history with her fifth national championship and eighth All-American award at Wisconsin-La Crosse on Friday.
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Four Indiana State athletes advance to NCAA outdoor track and field championships
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West Vigo advances to sectional championship with walk-off win in ninth
High school baseball sectional games between West Vigo and Edgewood have had a tendency to be unpredictable over the years, but the Vikings and Mustangs outdid themselves in that area Thursday evening — and Thursday night.
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Wichita State shuts out ISU to force elimination-game rematch
Indiana State starting pitcher Greg Kuhlman did his best.
Actually, he did far better than he ever has previously in an ISU uniform, but while Kuhlman’s gutty pitching effort spoke volumes, ISU’s bats remained ominously silent. -
BOYS TRACK REGIONAL: North gets three winners, South two at Evansville
Terre Haute North had three winners, Terre Haute South two, and the Patriots and Braves finished second and third respectively at the Evansville Regional for boys track on Thursday at Evansville Central.
Hurdlers Cam Stewart and Cole Seward and discus thrower Lee Davis were the winners for North, enabling the Patriots to finish with 60 points to 59 for the Braves.
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Top guns, again
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METRO ROUNDUP: Rose-Hulman's Evans honored as Great Lakes' top athlete
Rose-Hulman senior Liz Evans earned her fifth career NCAA Division III Great Lakes Region Field Athlete of the Year honor, according to results released Wednesday by the U.S. Cross Country and Track and Field Coaches Association.
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Terry enjoys strong year with Wildcats, and still enjoying suiting up to play
South Vermillion’s Tim Terry is the longest tenured coach in Wabash Valley high school baseball as his Wildcats are set to begin sectional play Thursday against Owen Valley.
But on the Yankees, a 35-and-over team in the Terre Haute Men’s Senior Baseball League, Terry is “just a youngster” if you ask Larry Roesch, his 68-year-old teammate on the Volkers Group Yankees. -
Softball sectionals up for grabs
All three Vigo County high schools and Northview appear to have a realistic chance of winning sectional championships in softball this week.
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Indiana State baseball series canceled
Heavy rain from Thursday through Saturday has forced Indiana State and Tennessee Martin to cancel their three-game weekend baseball series in northwest Tennessee.
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METRO ROUNDUP: Rose-Hulman baseball to play DePauw on Thursday after Tuesday's rain
The Rose-Hulman baseball team has rescheduled its non-conference game with DePauw to Thursday night.
The start time remains 7 p.m. for the single nine-inning game that was originally scheduled for today. Tuesday’s scheduled Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference game at Anderson was moved to Sunday because of rain.
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METRO ROUNDUP: Rose-Hulman's Evans honored as Great Lakes' top athlete
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Freshman Hambrock, THS seek semistate tennis title
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Sycamores bow out of MVC Tournament
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Metro Sports: Chalk up No. 5 for Liz Evans
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Four Indiana State athletes advance to NCAA outdoor track and field championships
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Wichita State shuts out ISU to force elimination-game rematch
Indiana State starting pitcher Greg Kuhlman did his best.
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Indiana State baseball now one win from MVC Championship
Indiana State’s Wednesday morning wish list probably read something like this: a dominant complete game effort from starting pitcher Devin Moore, near-immaculate defense to support him, and a steady diet of clutch situational hitting from lineup spots one to nine.
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Sycamores bow out of MVC Tournament
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RAMBLIN' RECK: Sunday promises to be big day in Indy
Sunday promises to be a super day in Indianapolis.
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RAMBLIN' RECK: Sunday promises to be big day in Indy
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Luck having fun with his first OTAs
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Luck, though, went on to have a stellar year for the Colts despite the lack of summer work with the team. Still, in a sense, he is a rookie during this year’s OTA workouts.
“These are my first OTAs. I missed these last year, so I think it’s great. It’s great to get on the field with the defense and trouble-shoot some stuff. Obviously, some of us ran some of this stuff [offense] at Stanford [under new offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton]. But to get out there with the defense and trouble-shoot some stuff is good,” Luck said Wednesday as the team wrapped up its first week of on-field voluntary practice sessions. - Colts hoping for more high marks on draft picks
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Luck having fun with his first OTAs
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Consultation: Rex manager Brian Dorsett talks with his pitcher and players during a time-out Sunday, July 15, at Sycamore Field. (Tribune-Star file/Bob Poynter)
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2012 an up, down season for Rex
The Terre Haute Rex went through plenty of trials and tribulations during the summer of 2012.
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2012 an up, down season for Rex
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Luck having fun with his first OTAs
A year ago, quarterback Andrew Luck was unable to attend the Indianapolis Colts’ organized team activity practices due to school commitments at Stanford.
Luck, though, went on to have a stellar year for the Colts despite the lack of summer work with the team. Still, in a sense, he is a rookie during this year’s OTA workouts.
“These are my first OTAs. I missed these last year, so I think it’s great. It’s great to get on the field with the defense and trouble-shoot some stuff. Obviously, some of us ran some of this stuff [offense] at Stanford [under new offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton]. But to get out there with the defense and trouble-shoot some stuff is good,” Luck said Wednesday as the team wrapped up its first week of on-field voluntary practice sessions. - Colts' coordinators enjoying getting rookies acclimated
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Luck having fun with his first OTAs
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IndyCar driver Helio Castroneves, of Brazil, stands in his team pit box as he waits for the start of the final practice session for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Friday, May 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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Top guns, again
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