Staff Writer
The Tribune-Star
TERRE HAUTE —
Valle Field’s 14-year-old team advanced to the winner’s bracket final in the Central State Tournament for Babe Ruth on Monday night.
Valle Field scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh to defeat Batesville by a 9-8 score and remain unbeaten. Valle Field plays New Castle at 8 p.m. today in the winners' bracket final.
Lane Dransfield had a solo homer and an RBI single. Luke Schoffstall and Lucas Davis reached to open the bottom of the seventh, and scored as Kam Weyrauch reached on a throwing error.
Batesville 040 400 0 — 8 10 2
Valle Field 160 000 2 — 9 5 3
Batesville battery unavailable; Weyrauch, Milam (5) and Schoffstall.
In other baseball:
• Clay 12s win second straight title — At Middletown, the Clay County 12-year-olds won the Cal Ripken Central State title Sunday.
Clay County defeated Shenandoah 19-1 and held off Riley 8-2 on Saturday. Clay County topped Riley 5-2 on Sunday in the championship game. The team advances to the Ohio Valley Regional on Friday at Vincennes and will play the host team at 8 p.m., followed by games against the Kentucky and Illinois state champs, before moving into single-elimination play.
Members of the team are: Tanner Knust, Tucker Stewart, Mitchell Howald, Logan Ames, Seth Barrett, Brayden White, Ben Girton, Landon Swearingen, Dalton Shaw, Blake Mershon, Hunter Wolfe, and Trevor Smith. Coaches are Jeff Stewart, Mike Knust, and Mark Howald.
• Babe Ruth 13s — At Connersville, Riley is 3-0, beating Shenandoah 13-0, Connersville 17-4 and Valle Field 13-3, and has advanced to the Central Indiana Babe Ruth State championship game on Tuesday.
Valle Field is 2-1 winning in a forfeit to Greenfield, beating Batesville 7-0, and losing to Riley 13-3. They advance to the loser’s bracket and play Shenandoah Monday night for the right to play Riley in championship game Tuesday.
• Post 90 advances — At Paris, Ill., Clark County Post 90 won two of three games this weekend to advance to second round Divisional play.
On Saturday, Post 90 defeated Champaign Post 24 11-5. On Sunday, they lost to Kansas Post 539 11-9, then defeated Shelbyville Post 81 16-2.
Saturday
Champaign 24 011 003 0 — 5 8 2
Post 90 211 421 x — 11 15 1
Highlights — For Post 90, Jared Boyll was 2 for 3 with a home run and 3 RBIs; Tanner Inboden was 3 for 4 with 3 doubles; Dalton McNeely was 2 for 4 with a double and 2 RBIs.
Sunday
Post 90 000 031 5 — 9 9 1
Kansas 539 101 081 x — 11 14 2
Highlights — For Post 90, Trey Carpenter was 2 for 5 with a triple and 4 RBIs; Jared Boyll was 2 for 4 with a home run and 4 RBIs; Dalton McNeely was 2 for 4.
Post 90 415 24 — 16 22 1
Shelbyville 81 100 01 — 2 5 3
Highlights — For Post 90, Trey Carpenter was 2 for 5 with a triple; Jared Boyll was 2 for 5 with 2 doubles; Jordan Grooms was 4 for 5 with a double; Connor Walters was 3 for 5; Austin Osborn pitched the complete game for the win.
• Riley 9s win tourney — At Bloomington, the Riley 9-and-under All-Star team won the Bloomington Invitational with a 4-1 record.
After dropping the first game in pool play, Riley took four straight victories, capping it with a 16-6 victory in the championship against Brownstown. Riley trailed 6-3 going into the sixth inning.
Tournament scores
Game 1 — Vincennes 9 Riley 2
Game 2 — Riley 12, Marshall 2
Game 3 — Riley 14, Marshall 4
Game 4 — Riley 12, Vincennes 2
Game 5 — Riley 16, Brownstown
Golf
• Farris wins again — At Brazil, Troy Farris was the winner in the open division of the Forest Park Men’s Club Championship concluded Sunday at the course.
Farris had rounds of 67 and 630 to finish with a 12-under-par 130 score. He won his 11th club championship and seventh in a row.
Eric Trusler was second in the open division.
Jeff Eaglin, the last golfer besides Farris to win a title, took senior honors and Bob Braun was the super senior champ.
Next up on the golf schedule is the THGA senior championship July 31-August 1 and the Hulman Links Club Championship August 7-8.
Forest Park Men’s Club Championship
Open division
Championship flight
130 — Troy Farris 67-63
142 — Eric Trusler 72-70
147 — Matt Williams 76-71
149 — Kade Baker 78-71
First flight
144 — Michael Moore
148 — Scott Buell
149 — Dan Moreland
155 — Zac Clark
158 — Nick Bonomo
Second flight
151 — Ryan Turner
154 — Nathan Rode
160 — Caleb Edington, Corey Blunk
169 — Robert Edwards
Senior division
Championship flight
140 — Jeff Eaglin 73-67
141 — Steve Penman
148 — Ron Simpson
First flight
143 — Alan Buell
155 —- Dan Kirchner
156 — Rob Halcomb
Second flight
156 — Denny Lents
159 — Jeff Symon
164 — Jerry Lents
Super senior division
160 — Bob Braun
161 — Bob Moreland
165 — Charley Cayton
173 — John Tribble
174 — Sonny Smith
175 — Norm Rainbolt
Junior division
193 — Austin Bowen
Skill award winners — Bob Moreland 3, Denny Lents, Rob Halcomb
• Juniors in action — Junior golfers from the area were in action Monday in state events.
At Valparaiso, Adam LaGrange placed seventh in the boys 13-14 Mountain Dew tourney at Valparaiso Country Club, shooting 82.
At Carmel, Thomas Goss of Terre Haute and Brandon Bekkering of Clinton competed in a masters event at Woodland Country Club.
Goss tied for 20th, shooting 76, and Bekkering tied for 27th with 77.
Auto racing
• Stillwell posts win — Lance Stillwell was one of the winners in racing Sunday at Crossroads Dragway.
Stillwell defeated Bob Paul to win in super pro. Other winners were Mike Tewell, Bill McCarty and Garth Trueblood.
Fun Night runs are slated Friday with regular racing Saturday. Time runs are at 11:30 a.m. with eliminations at 2:30 p.m. Track information is available at www.crossroadsdragway.com.
Sunday’s results
Super pro — Lance Stillwell of Terre Haute, RED, def. Bob Paul of Westfield, Ill., 1982 S-10; semis: Paul Thompson, Tony Virgilio
Pro -- Mike Tewell of West Terre Haute, 1986 Monte Carlo, def. Troy Mann of West Terre Haute, 1965 Coronet; semis: Cory Brenton, Bill McCarty
Sportsman — Bill McCarty of Martinsville, Ind., 1989 Dakota, def. Jeff Lathrop of Terre Haute, 1970 Nova; semis: Shanoa Seals, Eric Cooper
High school — Garth Trueblood of Terre Haute, 2010 Focus, def. Austin Tewell of West Terre Haute, 1987 Monte Carlo
Basketball
• Rose’s Prevo coaching All-Stars — Rose-Hulman coach Jon Prevo will lead a nine-player NCAA Division III women’s basketball all-star team to the nation of Brazil for five games in six days in August.
Prevo will coach a team featuring players from universities located in seven states. The roster includes Rose-Hulman junior Alisa Dickerson and senior Nicole Klass, along with Terre Haute native and Hanover College standout Molly Martin.
Joining Prevo on the coaching staff for the trip will be two recent alumni of the Rose-Hulman women‘s basketball program. Jill Floyd (‘08) and Suzy (Carlson) Sundling (’07) will serve as assistant coaches for the duration of the trip.
The Division III all-star team includes returning players who were recognized as all-region or all-conference by their respective conference or d3hoops.com.
The tour will run August 3-12, beginning with a two-day orientation and practice in Orlando, Fla. The team will depart for Sao Paulo, Brazil, for contests in the city of Jundiai on August 5, 6 and 7. The squad then travels to Rio de Janeiro for games on August 9 and 10.
In Rio, the teams will be hosted by the Brazilian National Military team as it prepares for the upcoming World Military Basketball Championships in South Korea.
