Tom Reck
Tribune-Star Correspondent
TERRE HAUTE —
West Vigo recorded its first victory of the season in girls high school golf Tuesday, defeating White River Valley 234-267 at River Bend at The Landing.
The Vikings had a season-best score and two of the four players had season and career bests in the match played in warm, sunny conditions.
Ciara McClain led the winners with 54, her second-best score of the year. Alainie Shepard had a personal-best 59 while Olivia Butterman tied her personal best with 60 and Kristina Smith carded 71.
Makenzie Schantz had 63 for the Wolverines, now 2-2 for the season. Paige Hoffeditz had 65 and Joshlyn Held 66 for WRV.
“Winning is a nice change,” said West Vigo coach Sylas Smith.
“The girls have come a long way and played well today. We’ll continue to keep working to improve,” he said.
The 1-7 Vikings will be hosts for the Vigo County match to be played Thursday at River Bend. Action should begin at 5 p.m.
They have three matches next week, meeting Linton, South Vermillion and Terre Haute North and North Central.
“The girls will be rewarded with practice tomorrow,” said Smith.
West Vigo 234, White River Valley 267
White River Valley (267) — Makenzie Schantz 63, Hannah Pickard 73, Joshlyn Held 66, Cassie Pipkins 75, Paige Hoffeditz 65.
West Vigo (234) — Kristina Smith 61, Ciara McClain 54, Olivia Butterman 60, Alainie Shepard 59.
Next — West Vigo (1-7) is host team for the Vigo County match Thursday at River Bend. White River Valley (2-2) plays Eastern Greene today at Phil Harris Course in Linton.
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In boys golf Tuesday:
• Salt Fork 145, Marshall 165, Westville 197 — At Marshall, Ill., the host Lions finished second out of three teams.
Salt Fork 145, Marshall 165, Westville 197
Medalist — Mat Bowen (SF) 34.
Marshall (165) — Jared Stultz 40, Chase Beasley 41, Cody Sandefer and Johnny Sisson 42.
Next — Marshall is 2-3 overall and return to action on Thursday at Lawrenceville.
• Robinson rolls — At Lawrenceville, Ill., Brady Brown shot a 35 as the Maroons bested Lawrenceville and Red Hill in a three-way meet at Lawrence County Country Club.
At Lawrence County CC
Robinson 155, Lawrenceville 170, Red Hill 188
Robinson (155) — Brady Brown 35, Brady Welsh 38, Sam Mitchell 41, Jacob Farris 41, Warren Whithaus 43, Jake Smolinski 43.
Lawrenceville (170) — Thomas Weger 37, Jesse Wells 40, Scott Beard 41, Zach Cressen 52, Hoa Bebe 54, Tanner Johnson 55.
Red Hill (188) — Kale Whitaker 42, Brad Huffacher 44, Trey Aguirre 50, Michael Turner 52, Andrew Buchanan 71.
Next — Robinson (1-2) plays at Newton on Thursday.
Monday
At Oak Glenn Country Club
Oblong 166, Marshall 188
Medalists — Ethan Mendenhall and Devin Aikman (O) 40.
Marshall (188) — Garrett Gard 46, Jared Stultz 47, Cody Sandefer 47, Johnny Sisson 48.
Tennis
Boys
• Terre Haute South 5, Northview 0 — At Terre Haute South, junior Austin Foster didn’t lose a game at No. 2 singles in helping the No. 6-ranked Braves win another match.
Singles — Cam Crawford (THS) def. Caleb Mershon 6-0, 6-2; Austin Foster (THS) def. Sam Miller 6-0, 6-0; Torey Fox (THS) def. Dillon Reynolds 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles — Neelay Purohit-Jordan Kelsey (THS) def. Carson Kleiber-Joey Thomas 6-0, 6-2; Travis Rubey-Chris Telezyn (THS) def. Cole Watts-Bryce Britton 6-0, 6-1.
JV — South won.
Next — South (3-0) will be at home Thursday to take on Vincennes Lincoln. Northview will visit Linton today.
• Linton 4, North Central 1 — At Farmersburg, Seth Herndon and Kris Shipman chalked up singles victories to help the visiting Miners in SouthWestern Indiana Athletic Conference action.
Singles — Seth Herndon (L) def. Austin Prechtel 6-2, 7-6 (2); Kris Shipman (L) def. Brennan Crooks 6-0, 6-2; Jaco Chrielewski (NC) def. Ben Brown 4-6, 7-5, 14-12.
Doubles — Taylor Sloan-Cody Kocher (L) def. Nolan Kinnett-Chaz Childs 4-6, 6-1, 6-1; Tyler Ivey-Brandon Flater (L) def. Chris Stamper-Michael Dougherty 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
JV — North Central won 1-0.
Next — Linton (1-3, 1-0 SWIAC) will play host to Northview today, North Central (2-2, 0-1) will travel to Sullivan on Thursday.
Soccer
Boys
• Terre Haute South 2, Greencastle 1 — At TH South, Kendrick Kester scored both of his goals in the first half and the Braves went on to hand Greencastle their first defeat of the season.
Greencastle 1 0 — 1
TH South 2 0 — 2
South goals — Kendrick Kester (Josh Behem), Kester (Tanner Mikel).
Greencastle goals — Brandon Query.
Next — TH South (5-1-1) has a road doubleheader at Indianapolis North Central and Center Grove on Saturday. Greencastle dropped to 6-1.
• Terre Haute North 6, West Vigo 1 — At West Vigo, Jedd Page had two goals and an assist to lead the visiting Patriots to a victory in this Vigo County matchup.
North had five players score their first goals of the season.
TH North 4 2 — 6
West Vigo 0 1 — 1
TH North goals — Julian Shamsaie (Jedd Page), Page, Page, Clayton Underwood (J.Shamsaie), Evan Tramel (J.Shamsaie), Adam Shamsaie (Mitchell Ridgway).
West Vigo goal — Andrew Kump (Nathan Kump).
Next — TH North (5-1) plays at Center Grove and Indianapolis North Central on Saturday.
• Sullivan 7, Owen Valley 0 — At Sullivan, Liam Beard scored three goals and Cody Harrison and Tucker Smith added two apiece for the victorious Golden Arrows.
Owen Valley 0 0 — 0
Sullivan 3 4 — 7
Sullivan goals — Cody Harrison (Dylan Schmidtz), Tucker Smith (Schmidtz and Liam Beard), Beard, Beard (Joe Gilham and Smith), Beard (Smith), Smith (Noble Harrison), C.Harrison (Jonas Thompson).
Next — Sullivan (4-1) will play Thursday at South Vermillion.
Girls
• Terre Haute North 10, West Vigo 0 — At West Vigo, Kathryn Ruark and Amanda Loebker scored three goals apiece as the visiting Patriots assumed an 8-0 lead by halftime.
TH North 8 2 — 10
West Vigo 0 0 — 0
North goals — Kathryn Ruark (Brooke Humphrey), Molly McKee (Amanda Loebker), Loebker, Ruark, Loebker (McKee), Ruark, McKee (Joy Jakaitis), Loebker (Jakaitis), Nicole Mikolajcsyk (Shannon Welch), Kelsey Thomas (Emily Pemberton).
Next — TH North (4-0) hosts Greencastle at 6 p.m. on Thursday. West Vigo (0-5) hosts South Vermillion on Sept. 11.
• Greencastle 7, South Vermillion 0 — At Greencastle, the visiting Wildcats were short on numbers because of injuries and could not produce a goal.
South Vermillion will play host to Sullivan on Thursday.
Volleyball
n West Vigo 2, Marshall 0 — At Marshall, Ill., Jessica Coombs record nine kills and three aces to help the Vikings win across the state line.
West Vigo 25 25
Marshall, Ill. 18 13
Highlights — For West Vigo, Jordan Brown had 15 straight service points in the second game and finished with 6 assists, Jessica Coombs registered 9 kills and 3 aces and Kaitlin Cardinal added 5 kills and 2 blocks.
JV — Marshall won 25-15, 20-25, 25-22.
Next — West Vigo (5-4) will play today at Owen Valley.
• Rockville 3, Fountain Central 0 — At Veedersburg, Beth Mahurin had 17 kills, five blocks, four aces and six digs to lead the visiting Rox to a Wabash River Conference victory.
Rockville 25 25 25
Fountain Central 16 19 13
Highlights — For Rockville, Beth Mahurin had 17 kills, 5 blocks, 6 digs, 4 aces; Jenifer Lee had 2 aces; Raeann Sutherlin had 4 kills, 11 digs, 2 aces; Hillary Woodard had 9 digs, 5 kills; Lindsey Greene had 14 digs, 4 kills; Emma Riffe had 20 assists, 4 digs; Mady Clary had 8 assists.
JV — Fountain Central won 2-0.
Next — Rockville (4-6, 2-0 in WRC) hosts Seeger on Thursday.
• Linton 3, Clay City 0 — At Clay City, Brielle Drelick had 10 kills and six digs in a losing cause as the Miners swept the Eels in a SouthWestern Indiana Athletic Conference match.
Linton 25 25 25
Clay City 21 19 13
Highlights — For Clay City, Kelly Dayhuff had 7 assists, 9 points and 2 aces, Brielle Drelick had 10 kills and 6 digs. Stats for Linton were not reported.
JV — Linton won.
Next — Clay City (4-2, 1-1 SWIAC) plays host to Owen Valley on Thursday. Linton (record not reported) plays at Northview on Thursday.
• South Putnam 3, Riverton Parke 2 — At Putnamville, Sara Dickey posted 17 kills for the visiting Panthers in a losing effort.
Riverton Parke 24 25 25 22 13
South Putnam 26 16 15 25 15
Highlights — For Riverton Parke, Sara Dickey had 17 kills, 22 digs, 8 points and 2 blocks; Sheldan Falls had 16 points, 15 digs, 4 aces and 2 kills; Katelynn Rewers had 22 assists, 13 points, 9 aces and 2 kills; Elizabeth Dickey had 5 kills, 12 points, 5 aces and 2 blocks; Mikayla Grindle had 9 digs; and Kenzie Pollard had 8 digs.
JV — South Putnam won.
Next — Riverton Parke (3-4) will play next Tuesday at Attica.
Monday
At Chrisman, Ill.
Shiloh 17 19
Chrisman 25 25
Highlights — For Chrisman, Sam Blakeney had 6 aces, 1 kill; Jenni Morris had 1 ace; Shelby Ross had 2 aces, 3 kills; Kalan Wyatt had 2 kills, 7 assists; Lehea Schupp had 1 kill; Paige Thevenin had 2 kills.
JV — Chrisman won 25-23, 25-16.
Next — Chrisman (1-0) was at Arthur on Tuesday.
At Martinsville, Ill.
Marshall 25 25
Martinsville 18 20
Highlights — For Martinsville, Kyndra Tyhurst and Megan Williams had 1 kill, 1 block; Kayla Connelly had 2 points, 1 ace, 4 digs, 8 assists, 3 kills; Carly Nash had 3 digs, 3 kills; Cara Cribelar had 3 digs, 3 kills, 1 block; Paige Higginbotham had 10 digs; Nicole Morgan had 3 points, 1 ace; Taylor Higginbotham had 3 digs; Brittany Maxey had 2 digs.
JV — Martinsville won 27-25, 25-20.
Record — Martinsville (0-1).
Cross country
Boys
• South wins — At Brazil, Taylor Head was the individual winner in leading South to a 17-55 victory over Northview in a tri-meet including North Central at Craig Park.
Team results — Terre Haute South 17, Northview 55, North Central 64.
Top 10 —1. Taylor Head (THS) 17:25.1, 2. Dale Young (THS) 18:21.4, 3. Logan Hambrock (THS) 18:34.4, 4. DJ Danner (NC) 18:34.6, 5. Matt Collier (THS) 19:16.0, 6. Devon Fuson (THS) 19:20.0, 7. Kyle Mullins (THS) 19:30.0; 8. Patrick Durcholz (Nv) 19:42.3; 9. Ryan South (Nv) 19:49.0; 10. Fuson Jerad (THS) 19:54.5.
• West Vigo prevails — At Veedersburg, the Vikings took six of the top eight spots in a dual meet with Fountain Central. Andrew Kump won with a time of 17 minutes, 37 seconds.
West Vigo 17, Fountain Central 41
West Vigo results — 1. Andrew Kump 17:37, 2. Kaleb Blair 18:13, 3. Nathan Kumpf18:17, 5. Landon Ellis 21:28, 6. Derek Brown 21:41, 8. Dylan Graves 22:22.
Next — West Vigo will compete in the State preview meet at Gibson Course on Saturday.
• Robinson wins — At Robinson, Ill., the host Maroons had the second, third, fourth and fifth place runners to edge Olney 25-39 in this five-way meet.
Team results — Robinson 25, Olney 39, Effingham St. Anthony 73, Lawrenceville 77, Teutopolis 133, Oblong no team score.
Top 10 — 1. Max Gassmore (Oblong) 16:26, 2. Blake Hale (R) 16:32, 3. Brady Harp (R) 17:16, 4. Chase Dugan (R) 17:32, 5. Austin Dart (R) 17:43, 6. Newman (O) 18:00, 7. Phillips (O) 18:19, 8. Raddatz (SA) 18:23, 9. Leighty (L) 18:25, 10. Stallard (O) 18:34.
Girls
• South wins — At Brazil, freshman Nikki Thiede was the individual winner in leading South to a 18-47 victory over Northview in a tri-meet including North Central at Craig Park.
Team scores — Terre Haute South 18, Northview 47, North Central 79.
Top 10 — 1. Nikki Thiede (THS) 22:48.3, 2. Rachel Stephens (THS) 23:03.3, 3. Alyssa Conrad (Nv) 23:26.6, 4. Cinthia Williams (THS) 23:50.2, 5. Maddie Kerr (THS) 23:57.0, 6. Nicole Howe (THS) 24:07.0, 7. Stacey Beckman (THS) 24:15.4, 8. Nicole Nelson (Nv) 24:25.5, 9. Olivia Stockton (THS) 24:29.3, 10. Brandi West (NC) 24:44.8.
• West Vigo 22, Fountain Central 36 — At Veedersburg, junior Sarah Hudson placed second in 26 minutes, 50 seconds and helped the visiting Vikings notch their first victory of the season.
West Vigo 22, Fountain Central 36
Top 10 — Carolyn Trueblood (FC) 24:00, Sarah Hudson (WV) 26:50, Acetha Tolerson (WV) 27:20, Shaelynn White (WV) 28:30, Racheal Johnson (FC) 29:21, Mariah Huffman (WV) 30:00, Taylor Bunch (WV) 31:00, Cendra Carlson (WV) 36:00, Julie McGrady (FC) 36:35, Shelby Current (WV) 37:12.
Next — West Vigo (1-1 in dual meets) will compete Saturday in State Preview Meet at LaVern Gibson Championship Course.
• Robinson fourth — At Robinson, Ill., the host Maroons placed fourth in this five-way meet.
Team results — Lawrenceville 37, Effingham St. Anthony 59, Teutopolis 72, Robinson 76, Oblong 108, Olney had no team score.
Top 10 — 1. Liz Wortman (SA) 20:59, 2. Wartman (SA) 21:34, 3. Scherer (L) 21:45, 4. Kyndal Mendenhall (R) 21:51, 5. Sumner (L) 22:49, 6. Waldhoff (T) 23:00, 7. Jade Tracey (O) 23:02, 8. Pfeiffer (L) 23:10, 9. Bedoy (L) 23:17, 10. Lauren Erickson (R) 23:20.
