STAFF REPORT
The Tribune-Star
SULLIVAN —
Sullivan girls basketball has a new all-time leading scorer after Rhagen Smith posted a career-high 37 points Thursday in a 66-34 win against South Knox.
Smith surpassed Daria Weitekamp for top honors, giving the 6-foot-2 Indiana State recruit 1,477 points for her career.
Caelan Jones added 16 points for the Golden Arrows, now ranked No. 5 in Class 2A.
SOUTH KNOX (34) — Wolter 0 0-0 0, Carroll 1 6-6 8, Mikaska 0 0-0 0, Kelley 0 0-0 0, Burkhart 4 0-0 9, Hoops 0 1-2 1, Wilson 1 3-4 5, McDowell 0 0-0 0, Copp 0 3-4 3, Dare 1 0-1 2, Kirk 2 2-2 6. Totals 9 FG, 15-19 FT, 34 TP.
SULLIVAN (66) — Jones 6 3-3 16, Gilham 3 0-0 7, Judson 0 0-0 0, Chapman 2 0-0 4, Baysinger 0 0-0 0, Cottom 0 0-0 0, Wilkes 0 0-0 0, Secrest 0 0-0 0, Smith 15 7-7 37, Harrison 1 0-0 2, McDonald 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 FG, 10-10 FT, 66 TP.
South Knox 10 5 12 7 — 34
Sullivan 17 18 14 17 — 66
3-point goals — Jones, Gilham, Burkhart. Total fouls — SK 10, S 17. Fouled out — none.
JV — Sullivan 22, South Knox 12.
Next — Sullivan (12-2) plays Tuesday at Union.
In other girls basketball:
• North Central 48, Bloomfield 44 — At Farmersburg, Katelynn Kennedy had 12 points and Tory Swalls 11 as the host team won a SouthWestern Indiana Athletic Conference game.
BLOOMFIELD (44) — Bucher 1 4-6 6, Schulte 2 0-0 4, Weddle 2 2-6 6, Hasler 5 2-2 14, Hall 2 0-0 5, Adams 1 0-0 2, McIntosh 2 0-0 5, Wikle 0 0-0 0, Moody 0 0-2 0, Toon 0 0-4 0, Bond 1 0-0 2. Totals 16 FG, 8-20 FT, 44 TP.
NORTH CENTRAL (48) — Kennedy 4 4-6 12, Swalls 4 3-4 11, Evans 3 2-2 8, Kreischer 2 4-6 8, Netherlain 2 1-3 7, Caddell 0 0-0 0, Mangram 0 2-3 2, Crumrin 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 FG, 16-24 FT, 48 TP.
Bloomfield 8 10 6 20 — 44
North Central 8 10 11 19 — 48
3-point goals — Hasler 2, Hall, McIntosh, Netherlain 2. Total fouls — Bloomfield 19, NC 17. Fouled out — Kreischer.
Next — North Central (5-8, 2-4 SWIAC) hosts Turkey Run at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Bloomfield (4-8, 2-3) plays at Loogootee on Saturday.
• Rockville 54, Turkey Run 29 — At Rockville, Jenifer Lee had 15 points and Brittany Gordon 12 for the winners in a Wabash River Conference game.
TURKEY RUN (29) — Thompson 0 2-4 2, Grayless 4 1-3 9, Bowling 3 0-1 7, Goddard 1 3-4 5, Basan 0 2-4 2, Wood 1 2-2 4, Emery 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 FG, 10-18 FT, 29 TP.
ROCKVILLE (54) — Black 2 2-2 6, Lear 2 0-0 6, B.Gordon 5 0-0 12, Lee 5 4-4 15, M.Gordon 1 0-0 2, Boardman 3 2-4 8, Secuskie 2 0-0 4, Bullington 0 0-1 0, Pratt 0 0-1 0, White 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 FG, 8-12 FT, 54 TP.
Turkey Run 9 10 3 7 — 29
Rockville 14 20 14 6 — 54
3-point goals — Bowling, Lear 2, B.Gordon 2, Lee. Total fouls — TR 16, Rockville 18. Fouled out — none.
Next — Rockville (3-9, 1-3 WRC) hosts South Vermillion on Tuesday. Turkey Run (0-11, 0-5) has an 11:30 a.m. game Saturday at North Central.
Monday
At Indianapolis
TERRE HAUTE NORTH (39) — Sykes 1 1-2 4, Clark 0 2-4 2, Pritchard 4 2-8 10, Curley 3 3-6 12, Anderson 4 1-2 11, Lucas 0 0-0 0, Crick 0 0-0 0, Middleton 0 0-0 0, Bendickson 0 0-0 0, Howes 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 FG, 9-22 FT, 39 TP.
INDIANAPOLIS NORTH CENTRAL (52) — Ewing 6 4-5 18, Edwards 4 2-6 13, Owens 3 1-4 10, Taylor 2 0-0 5, LeShore 0 2-2 2, Radford 1 0-3 2, Ingram 1 0-1 2, Shabazz 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 FG, 9-21 FT, 52 TP.
Terre Haute North 7 16 5 11 — 39
Indianapolis North Central 17 9 9 17 — 52
3-point goals — Curley 3, Anderson 2, Sykes, Owens 3, Edwards 3, Ewing 2, Taylor. Total fouls — THN 14, INC 17. Fouled out — Anderson.
Next — Terre Haute North (11-5, 1-3 Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference) plays at noon Saturday at Lawrence North. North Central (7-5, 3-0) plays Saturday at Ben Davis.
Boys basketball
• Eastern, WRV win — At Switz City, Eastern and White River Valley were winners in Greene County Invitationals games played Thursday at WRV.
Two-time defending champ Eastern defeated Clay City 55-35 and the host Wolverines bested Bloomfield 46-23. The Thunderbirds and WRV meet in the second semifinal contest tonight following the Linton-Shakamak game.
Clay City had a 12-11 lead over Eastern after one period in the first game but trailed 25-17 at halftime.
The Thunderbirds ran off 14 straight points and outscored the Eels 20-5 in the third period for a 45-22 advantage.
Nathan Sparks led 9-1 Eastern with 14 points. Tyler Brough had 10, Kurtis Stille eight and Briar Martindale seven for the winners.
Blake Cesinger had 11 for the 4-5 Eels, seeing limited action in the second half after getting into foul trouble. Evan Rogers had five for the Eels.
Clay City 12 5 5 13 — 35
Eastern 11 14 20 10 — 55
Next -- Eastern (9-1) plays White River Valley (6-2) tonight. Clay City (4-5) plays Bloomfield (6-4) on Saturday.
Wrestling
• Terre Haute South 42, Sullivan 28 — At Sullivan, Ryan Uppal moved up a weight but improved his record to 22-1 for the season in the Braves’ victory on Wednesday.
106 — Dylan Freisner (THS) pinned Danny Holmes
113 — Ryan Uppal (THS) pinned Nathan Barney
120 — Darin Pemberton (THS) dec. Seth Hancock
126 — Cory Orndorf (S) pinned David Lewis
132 — Nick Bird (S) pinned Tony Serrato
138 — Colt Thompson (S) dec. C.J. Williams
145 — Phoenix Adams (THS) technical fall over Jason Jones
152 — Ian Newton (THS) dec. Mason O’Neal
160 — Cody Helms (THS) dec. John Sullivan
170 — Duane Deerwester (THS) dec. James Followell
182 — Kel Williams (S) pinned Sean Young
195 — Hunter McCoy (S) pinned Christopher Rawling
220 — Jordan Montgomery (THS) pinned Zach Chastain
285 — Junior Berry (THS) dec. Tristen Hancock
Next — Terre Haute South (14-5) competes Saturday at the Evansville Memorial Classic.
