TERRE HAUTE —
Despite being one runner short, Terre Haute North beat two top-20 teams while posting a second-place finish to the host team Saturday in the Carmel Classic girls high school cross country meet.
Chanli Mundy placed fourth overall to lead the Patriots, who finished ahead of Pike and Chesterton in the four-way varsity meet.
Laura Johnson was ninth for North, which hosts the State Preview Meet next Saturday at LaVern Gibson Championship Course.
Carmel Classic
Team scores — Carmel 18, Terre Haute North 61, Pike 62, Chesterton 93.
Top 10 — Sarah Bennett (Ca) 18:47, Renee Wellman (Ca) 18:53, Alex Chitwood (Ca) 18:59, Chanli Mundy (THN) 19:09, Allison Jacobsen (Ca) 19:12, Lydia Greene (P) 19:38, Lauren Kahre (Ca) 19:44, Laura Johnson (THN) 20:03, Michelle Bastardo (Ca) 20:07, Ellen Schmitz (Ca) 20:29.
Other North — 12. Annie Mullican 20:47, 16. Mallory Sanders 21:21, 21. Katie Loebker 21:42, 23. Emily Cotterman 21:53, 24. Jessie Conley 21:54.
JV team scores — Carmel 15, Terre Haute North 53, Pike 86, Chesterton 110, Heritage Christian 133.
North runners — 13. Brandi Roshel 21:50, 15. Megan Howes 21:59, 19. Erin Buckallew 22:09, 21. Mallory Reed 22:22, 23. Megan Collins 22:23, 32. Kourtney Clark 23:07, 33. Taylor Norman 23:09, 35. Kelsey Corr 23:22, 38. Kayla Dunagan 23:31, 47. Brenna Bell 23:59, 64. Makenzie Smokestad 24:30, 87. Jessica Sotak 25:37, 88. Meghan Carney 25:44, 118. Bailey Bishop 27:23.
Next — Terre Haute North is host for the State Preview Meet at 9 a.m. next Saturday at LaVern Gibson Championship Course.
In other cross country Saturday:
• South boys, girls win — At Avon, Terre Haute South’s boys and girls won the Avon Invitational.
South’s Taylor Head won the boys race (16:31), while Logan Hambrock was second (17:03). Other top finishers for the Braves were Matt Collier (17:24), Kyle Mullins (17:46) and Dale Young (17:55).
South’s girls were paced by freshman Nikki Thiede with a winning time of 19:52, setting a course and freshman record. Other top finishers for South were Rachel Stephens (fourth, 22:09), Katie Schimdt (fifth, 22:10), Sam Holmes (eighth, 22:47) and Nicole Howe (ninth, 23:01).
Next up for the Braves is a tri-meet Tuesday at Northview.
• Knights compete — In the Rushville Invite, Northview’s boys placed 11th out of 13 teams and its girls placed 10th out of 12.
Rushville Invite
BOYS
Team scores — Columbus North 15, Pike 84, Greenwood 114, Jennings County 123, Muncie Central 152, New Castle 168, Greenfield-Central 203, East Central 214, Connersville 234, Muncie Southside 241, Northview 308, Mooresville 313, Richmond 384.
Top 10 — Christopher Kelsey (CN) 15:55.15, Andrew Diehn (CN) 16:07.52, Gab Ocasio (CN) 16:12.55, Andrew Beiriger (CN) 16:15.05, Tim Hofmeister (CN) 16:22.54, Michael Sublette (CN) 16:40.59, Dave Powell (CN) 16:42.46, Eli Brizendine (Mo) 17:12.42, David Dalton (G) 17:20.10, Brian Jett (P) 17:20.48.
Northview finishers — 52. Ryan Smith 19:28.59, 55. Patrick Durcholz 19:42.34, 61. Travis Beil 19:55.60, 67. Tanner Brown 20:09.87, 73. Ian Heffener 20:54.70, 85. Kyle Yocom 22:46.36.
GIRLS
Team scores — Columbus North 16, Southport 100, Franklin Central 112, Greenfield-Central 122, New Castle 140, Mooresville 180, Muncie Central 194, Connersville 225, Jennings County 227, Northview 228, East Central 236, Richmond 306.
Top 10 — Rachael Sollman (CN) 19:22.45, Jessica Richardson (CN) 19:27.06, MacKenzie Harris (CN) 19:59.72, Allison Grana (CN) 20:01.06, Emily Odle (S) 20:01.54, Amy Hicks (G) 20:07.53, Erin Shuffett (CN) 20:20.94, Jenna Cox (C) 20:33.30, Kara Purvis (G-C) 20:34.99, Caryn Wolfe (CN) 20:41.09.
Northview finishers — 26. Alyssa Conrad 23:00.13, 43. Nicole Nelson 24:25.79, 48. Kylie McKee 24:53.94, 58. Donna Martin 25:31.02, 66. Leeanna Knight 26:07.79, 71. Maeghan Pilman 26:23.69, 86. Olivia Howald 29:19.98.
• Clay City boys win, Falcons are twice runners-up — At Mecca, Clay City’s boys and Seeger’s girls were winners at the Riverton Parke Invitational, with North Vermillion taking second in both races.
D.J. Danner of North Central and Cara Fowler of Seeger were individual champions.
Riverton Parke Invitational
BOYS
Team scores — Clay City 54, North Vermillion 92, Fountain Central 103, North Central 115, South Vermillion 115, Seeger 121, Riverton Parke 128, Sullivan 160, Cloverdale 215, Attica 253, Covington, Linton and Rockville incomplete.
Top 5 — D.J. Danner (NC) 18:53, Levi Talbert (See) 19:08, Cody Harrison (Sul) 19:15, Jordan Posthauer (FC) 19:20, Jake Tiefel (CC) 19:21.
Other Clay City — 8. Ben Denker 19:36, 9. Austin Sinders 19:37, 12. Wayne Tharp 20:15, 22. Jesse Vansickle 21:14.
North Vermillion — 6. Taylor Kilgore 19:24, 15. Jon Flanary 20:50, 17. Ryan Mendenhall 21:03, 25. Tyler Scott 21:21, 35. Jacob Treadway 21:52, 37. Seth Vicars 22:15, 46. Scott Moody 23:16.
Other North Central — 7. Dean Danner 19:32, 20. Ridge Gaskin 21:10, 33. Cullen Johnson 21:50, 63. Billy Stines 29:13.
South Vermillion — 11. Tristan Spivey 19:58, 14. Dion Scott 20:48, 21. Dylan Reyher 21:13, 34. Anthony Collins 21:51, 43. Jacob Phillips 22:50, 44. Andrew Ellis 22:59, 47. John Gross 23:22.
Riverton Parke — 10. Riley Stohler 19:50, 13. Matt Haltom 20:24, 26. Kyle Hutsell 21:23, 42. Adam Wilson 22:46, 45. Adrian Kropfli 23:14, 54. Brian Obenchain 24:32, 61. Dalton Vermillion 26:55.
Other Sullivan — 29. Tyler Monroe 21:36, 39. Robert Graves 22:19, 50. Ashton Thompson 24:05, 53. Riley Witvoet 24:28, 55. James Hickner 24:55, 58. David Ellinger 25:19.
Cloverdale — 30. Devon Nees 21:40, 32. Aaron Whitlock 21:47, 51. Nick Cupp 24:11, 56. Christopher Worthington 24:58, 66. Will Anderson 31:05, 68. Garrett Brackin 31:15, 71. Jacob Williams 31:30.
Linton — 18. Cole Riggleman 21:08, 28. Hammer Parker 21:35, 65. Andrew Lewellyn 31:03.
Rockville — 16. Kyle Wheeler 20:53, 48. Brandon Berry 23:26, 72. Luke Overpeck 31:40, Brandon Knoblett DNF.
GIRLS
Team scores — Seeger 55, North Vermillion 61, Sullivan 65, South Vermillion 98, North Central 126, Fountain Central 133, Riverton Parke 140, Attica, Clay City, Cloverdale, Covington, Linton and Rockville incomplete.
Top 5 — Cara Fowler (See) 21:58, Carolyn Trueblood (FC) 22:21, Claudia Monnett (Clo) 23:12, Amillia Nally (Clo) 23:16, Bethany Chew (NV) 23:22.
Other North Vermillion — 7. Taylor Turchi 23:50, 19. Whitney Wienke 26:41, 23. Kara Weir 26:55, 29. Aubrey Clark 27:25.
Sullivan — 13. Haylie James 24:53, 15. Taylor Hill 25:48, 18. Jordy Stowers 26:31, 23. Haleigh Hinkel 26:49, 25. Delaney Gadberry 27:09, 43. Olivia Trimble 30:12, 44. Anna Atkinson 30:16.
South Vermillion — 10. Emily Vitaniemi 24:39, 21. Arielle Ellis 26:47, 32. Dayci Millikan 27:59, 34. Mariah Wright 28:28, 35. Foster 28:31, 38. Angel Keller 28:41, 45. Payton Thomas 30:25.
North Central — 6. Brandi West 23:47, 27. Galina Carrio 27:13, 40. Meghan Rehmel 29:08, 51. Jessica Hall 34:13, 53. Ashley Hall 34:26, 59. Alana Scarbrough 38:37.
Riverton Parke — 16. Olivia Higgenbotham 25:50, 28. Keara Richey 27:21, 41. Hannah Carty 29:23, 55. Natasha Leonard 36:11, 58. Taylor Guoli 38:19.
Clay City — 33. Ashley Sumner 28:19, 46. Krisla Sinders 31:12, 52. Alex Wolfe 34:18.
Other Cloverdale — 8. Nikki Routh 24:02, 39. Cheryl Dean no time.
Linton — 12. Lexi McBride 24:47, 36. Bre Alsman 28:37, 37. Livi Robinson 28:38.
Rockville — 17. Rachel Overpeck 26:03, 31. Natalie Donovan 27:42, 49. Claira Paris 32:31.
Tennis
Boys
• Braves claim title — At Indianapolis North Central, Terre Haute South — tied for eighth in the latest state poll — won the Buckley Division team title in the John Shirley Invitational for the first time ever.
Austin Foster (No. 2 singles), Torey Fox (No. 3 singles) and the Travis Rubey-Chris Telezyn duo (No. 2 doubles) each went 3-0 to win championships and help the Braves.
Among the teams Terre Haute South outpointed in the Buckley Division were No. 6-ranked Bloomington South, No. 15 Homestead, No. 17 Jasper and No. 26 Floyd Central.
Coach Bill Blankenbaker described winning this championship as “another great day for South tennis.”
John Shirley Invitational — Buckley Division
(Terre Haute South placings, records)
No. 1 singles — Cam Crawford, third, 2-1.
No. 2 singles — Austin Foster, first, 3-0.
No. 3 singles — Torey Fox, first, 3-0.
No. 1 doubles — Jordan Kelsey-Neelay Purohit, fourth, 1-2.
No. 2 doubles — Travis Rubey-Chris Telezyn, first, 3-0.
Next — South will play host to Northview on Tuesday.
• North wins twice — At Terre Haute North, the host Patriots blanked Evansville North and Evansville Harrison by 5-0 scores.
Terre Haute North 5, Evansville North 0
Singles — Nate Sanders (THN) def. Justin Poirier 6-2, 6-2; Chris Holcomb (THN) def. Nick Carey 6-1, 6-1; Tate Egan (THN) def. Brandon Elpers 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles — Alex Farmer-Ethan Claretto (THN) def. Caleb Heilman-Addison Hill 6-1, 6-2; Justin Huxford-Grant Potts (THN) def. Cole Sampler-Chris Fernandez 6-0, 6-0.
Terre Haute North 5, Evansville Harrison 0
Singles — Sanders (THN) def. Mitchell Baker 6-1, 6-3; Egan (THN) def. Eric Budel 6-0, 6-0; Huxford (THN) def. Ryan Griggs 6-1, 6-3.
Doubles — Holcomb-Claretto (THN) def. Alex East-Austen Henson 6-1, 6-3; Farmer-Potts (THN) def. Jake Graham-Logan Marshall 6-0, 6-2.
Next — Terre Haute North (5-0) competes in the Macey Invitational at Crawfordsville next Saturday.
• Vikings drop pair — At West Vigo, the host Vikings got a win from Blake Benefiel at No. 3 singles against Evansville North but still lost to that team and Evansville Harrison earlier.
Evansville Harrison 5, West Vigo 0
Singles — Mitchell Baker (EH) def. Dylan Roe 6-1, 6-1; Eric Beudel (EH) def. Cody Akers 6-0, 6-0; Ryan Griggs (EH) def. Blake Benefiel 6-1, 7-6 (9-7).
Doubles — Alex East-Austen Henson (EH) def. Paden Horsley-Tyson Tolerson 6-0. 6-0; Jake Graham-Logan Marshall (EH) def. Chris Garner-Zach Lyon 6-3, 6-0.
JV — Evansville Harrison won 2-0.
Evansville North 4, West Vigo 1
Singles — Justin Poirier (EN) def. Dylan Roe 6-1, 6-1; Nick Corey (EN) def. Cody Akers 6-1, 6-0; Blake Benefiel (WV) def. Brandon Elpers 6-4, 6-0.
Doubles — Caleb Heiman-Addison Hill (EN) def. Paden Horsley-Tyson Tolerson 6-0, 6-0; Cole Sampler-Chris Hernandez (EN) def. Chris Garner-Zach Lyon 6-2, 6-1.
Next — West Vigo (0-3) will be at home Tuesday to take on Sullivan.
Soccer
Boys
• Bloomington South 3, Terre Haute North 1 — At Bloomington, Jacob Parham scored a first-half goal, but the host team scored twice in the second half for a nonconference victory.
Terre Haute North 1 0 — 1
Bloomington South 1 2 — 3
Terre Haute North goal — Jacob Parham (Bradley Klingele).
Bloomington South goals — Chuy Bidaum-Rodriguez, Peter Innis, Billy Head.
• Terre Haute South 2, Evansville Reitz 1 — At Evansville Reitz, the visiting Braves got one first-half goal each from Josh Pigg and Rush Sommerville in posting the victory.
Terre Haute South 2 0 — 2
Evansville Reitz 0 1 — 1
South goals — Josh Pigg (Kendrick Kester), Rush Sommerville.
Name of Reitz scorer unavailable.
Next — South (4-1-1) will play host to Greencastle on Tuesday.
Girls
• Terre Haute North 12, Owen Valley 0 — At North, Molly McKee had three goals and an assist, Kathryn Ruark also scored three times and Morgan Stewart had three assists in a Patriot rout.
Owen Valley 0 0 — 0
Terre Haute North 9 3 — 12
THN — Molly McKee (Jordan Bray)
THN — Kathryn Ruark (Morgan Stewart)
THN — Brooke Humphrey (Stewart)
THN — Ruark (M.McKee)
THN — Amanda Loebker (Joy Jakaitis)
THN — M.McKee
THN — M.McKee (Megan Wilkey)
THN — Shannon Welch (Elise Welch)
THN — Ruark
THN — Jakaitis (Stewart)
THN — Jamie McKee (Loebker)
Highlights — Haylee Bunch posted the shutout in goal.
JV — North won 7-0
Next — North plays 5 p.m. Tuesday at West Vigo.
Volleyball
• Wildcats 1-2 in tourney — At Covington, South Vermillion bet Seeger 2-0, but lost to West Lafayette (2-0) and Covington (2-1) in the Covington Invitational.
South Vermillion 25 12 13
Covington 21 25 15
Highlights — For South Vermillion, Bri Harvey had 9 kills, 5 assists; Gretchen Riggen had 6 points, 4 kills; Brooke Harvey had 8 points, 4 assists; Morgan Willhite had 6 points.
South Vermillion 15 10
West Lafayette 25 25
Highlights — For South Vermillion, Harley Jackson had 4 points; Bri Harvy had 2 kills, 3 assists; Riggen had 3 digs.
South Vermillion 20 21
Seeger 25 25
Highlights — For South Vermillion, Bri Harvey had 6 kills, Bre Jenkins had 3 digs; Jackson had 2 kills; Caitlyn Waldrop had 2 kills; Brooke Harvey had 10 points, 3 aces; Alex Godfrey had 5 points, 2 aces; Willhite had 4 digs, 4 points.
Next — South Vermillion (3-8) hosts Greencastle on Tuesday.
Thursday
At Cloverdale
West Vigo 24 23 25 23
Cloverdale 26 25 22 25
Highlights — For West Vigo, Leigha Cottom 5 kills, 2 aces; Jessica Coombs 12 kills, 2 aces; Erin Barton 3 kills, 2 aces, 6 blocks; Kaitlyn Cardinal 9 kills, 2 aces, 4 blocks; Jorden Brown 14 assists, 4 digs, 2 aces; Caitlyn Tilford had 10 assists, 1 dig, 3 aces.
JV — West Vigo won 20-25, 25-22, 15-9.
Record — West Vigo was 3-3 after this match.
At Farmersburg
Rockville 25 25 16 21 15
North Central 14 16 25 25 12
Highlights — For Rockville, Beth Mahurin had 17 kills, 15 digs, 4 blocks and 4 aces; Lindsey Greene had 12 digs, 4 kills, 2 blocks and 10 aces; Emma Riffe had 20 assists, 7 digs and 4 kills; Raeann Sutherlin had 14 digs, a kill and an ace; Hillary Woodard had 11 digs, 6 kills, an assist and an ace; Mady Clary had 9 assists and 5 digs; and Jenifer Lee had 3 digs and 4 aces.
JV — North Central won 25-20, 25-14.
Next — Rockville was (3-2) after this match.
Football
• Casey 27, Red Hill 18 — At Bridgeport, Ill., Casey got off to a winning start Friday night against its Little Illini Conference rival.
Austin Ragsdale led the Warriors, rushing for more than 100 yards.
Casey hosts Lawrenceville this week.
Friday
At Lawrenceville, Ill.
Robinson 6 14 6 8 — 34
Lawrenceville 0 14 6 13 — 33
R — Paul Ackman 20 pass from Billy Knust (conversion failed), 2:31 1st
R — Knust 4 run (conversion failed), 8:32 2nd
L — 71 touchdown pass (successful kick), 8:17 2nd
R — Ryder Brannon 26 run (Knust run), 3:41 2nd
L — 22 touchdown pass (successful kick), 1:10 2nd
R — Knust 2 run (conversion failed), 3:14 3rd
L — 63 touchdown pass (kick failed), 2:10 3rd
L — 78 touchdown pass (successful kick), 9:16 4th
R — Knust 8 run (Brannon run), 4:37 4th
L — 18 touchdown pass (conversion failed), 0:46 4th
Highlights — For Robinson, Ryder had 152 yards rushing in 17 carries and Knust scored 3 touchdowns and passed for another.
Next — Robinson (1-0) opens Apollo Conference play at home Friday against Newton.
Saturday
At Terre Haute North
Terre Haute South freshmen 0 0 8 0 — 8
Terre Haute North freshmen 7 0 0 13 — 20
THN — Chris Barrett 55 run (Ryan Moshak kick)
THS — Cale Walker 5 run (pass successful)
THN — Nate Carson 35 pass from Barrett (run failed)
THN — Carson 25 pass from Barrett (Moshak kick)
Next — Terre Haute North’s freshmen (2-0) play Center Grove on Sept. 11.
Monday
Terre Haute North freshmen 39, Northview freshmen 0
Scoring — Chris Barrett ran for a touchdown and completed 2 touchdown passes to Kai Stratten, Maciej Tomaszewski caught a touchdown pass from Austin Massey, Jerry Barbour returned an interception for a score and Ricky Brookins had a touchdown run.
Record — North was 1-0 after this game.
Sandusky makes a statement
Dee and Cuff discuss Jeremy Lin
2.9 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am -- Jim Harbaugh
Maria Menounos dons a Giants-colored bikini after losing Super Bowl bet-2/7
Michael Phelps is ready to win more gold in the Olympics-2/8
Iguodala is selected to his first All-Star Game
Adventure Sessions - Vail, Colorado
Schenn and Hartnell help the Flyers snap their skid
Ovechkin: "I don't think we deserved to lose today."
Lusetich: AT&T Rd. 1 recap
Victor Cruz's magical season
Owens excited to be a Wrangler
Trending: Zip it!
Thomas' moratorium: 'I'm out, peace'
Tiger Woods 13: Legacy mode
SportsTalk Live: Most hated athletes - 2/8
Houston to host ASG
Brady-ing is Latest Internet Meme
Teach me how to "Beat LA"
The NY Giants Defend Gisele
Woolly Mammoth Caught on Camera?
Did JLo 'Assault' Marc Anthony on Camera?
Christie Brinkley's Runway Slip
Toddler forced to run half-naked in snow
Halle Wants to Leave the Country
Northern Lights shine above earth
Plane makes perfect belly landing
Kris Jenner New Face of Arousal Oils
Raw Video: School Bus Burst Into Flames
What's in Steve Jobs' FBI file?
SJP Talks About Replacing Demi Moore in 'Lovelace'
Over 200 dead dolphins wash ashore
Lady Gaga's Battle With Bulimia
Evacuation at Sea
Osama Bin Laden Zombie Movie: "Osombie" Teaser Released
LA School Reopens Amid Sex Abuse Scandal
VS Model Quits Over Religion
Raw Video: Italy's Mount Etna Bursts Into Life
