Published: January 08, 2006 12:02 am            

Boys basketball roundup: Linton coasts to Greene County Invitational title

Switz City — Linton jumped to an eight-point lead after one quarter and coasted to a 51-35 victory in the championship game of the boys high school basketball Greene County Invitational on Saturday.

Caleb Dunkerly led the winning Miners with 17 points — including five from beyond the 3-point arc.

Andrew Gilman led the Thunderbirds with only nine points.

Clay City and Eastern posted consolation victories in earlier GCI action.

Clay City controlled the first contest to defeat the host White River Valley Wolverines 47-39.

The Eels improved to 5-3 with their first tournament victory. They had an 18-15 lead at halftime, were up 31-21 after three periods and held off WRV at the finish.

Garrett Thatcher led the winners with 17 points. Ryan Karr had 17 for the Wolverines and Cody Lafever notched 11.

Both teams have home games Tuesday. Clay City (5-3) faces South Putnam; WRV (0-11) meets North Knox.

Eastern rallied to defeat Shakamak 40-33, outscoring the Lakers 19-8 in the final period.

Shakamak (5-4) had quarterly leads of 11-8, 19-12 and 25-21.

Championship game

NORTH CENTRAL (35) — Hardin 1 0-0 3, Austin 1 0-0 3, Swank 1 0-0 3, Drake 0 2-2 2, Gilman 3 3-4 9, Woodsmall 2 3-6 7, Woodard 4 0-0 8. Totals 12 FG, 8-12 FT, 35 TP.

LINTON (51) — Fischer 3 2-3 9, Miller 3 2-2 9, Dunkerly 6 0-0 17, Herndon 2 0-3 5, Allen 0 1-2 1, Spinks 1 0-0 2, Hardisty 3 0-0 6, Brewer 1 0-0 2. Totals 19 FG, 5-10 FT, 51 TP.

North Central 11 7 6 11 — 35

Linton 19 11 8 14 — 51

3-point goals — Hardin, Austin, Swank, Fischer, Miller, Dunkerly 5, Herndon. Total fouls — NC 13, L 16. Fouled out — none.

Next games — Linton (7-2) is at Vincennes Rivet on Friday. North Central (4-4) plays host to South Knox the same night.

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In other boys basketball Saturday:

n Covington 36, Riverton Parke 35 — At Mecca, Covington hit their last eight free throws in the fourth quarter to seal a come-from-behind victory at Riverton Parke in a big Wabash River Conference game.

Trent Fox’s 3-pointer at the buzzer was off the mark for the Panthers.

Senior Tyler Morgan scored a game-high 18 points for RP to become the school’s all-time leader in scoring. The 6-foot-5 forward has 1,111 points in his career, overtaking Chad Busenbark, who set the previous mark in 2000.



COVINGTON (36) — Riley 2 6-8 10, Willis 2 1-3 5, Cotsen 2 0-0 4, White 4 1-2 11, Talbert 2 2-2 6, Crain 0 0-0 0, Stoltz 0 0-0 0, Balch 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 FG, 10-15 FT, 36 TP.

RIVERTON PARKE (35) — Cleghorn 3 0-0 6, Morgan 8 2-2 18, Lunsford 1 2-2 4, Jukes 2 0-0 4, Wilson 1 0-0 3, Fox 0 0-0 0, McMullen 0 0-0 0, McLaughlin 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 FG, 4-4 FT, 35 TP.

Covington 5 4 14 13 — 36

Riverton Parke 8 10 6 11 — 35

3-point goals — White 2, Wilson. Total fouls — C 11, RP 12. Fouled out — none.

JV — Covington won.

Next game — Riverton Parke (4-7, 1-1 WRC) plays Holy Cross at home Tuesday. Covington (6-4, 3-0 WRC) plays Friday at Rockville.

n Sullivan 61, North Knox 59 — At Bicknell, Justin Ridge scored a game-high 17 points to lead the visiting Golden Arrows to a non-conference victory.

SULLIVAN (61) — Demoss 2 4-4 9, Baker 5 0-0 10, Dudley 0 0-1 0, Landis 1 2-4 4, Unger 1 0-0 2, Ridge 6 8-10 22, Falconbury 4 4-8 12, Abrams 1 0-0 2. Totals 20 FG, 18-27 FT, 61 TP.

NORTH KNOX (59) — Katt 4 2-4 11, Adams 2 5-7 9, Summers 8 0-2 17, Huey 1 0-0 3, Hayes 2 0-1 5, Mackey 3 0-1 6, Reel 3 0-0 6, McKinney 0 2-2 2. Totals 23 FG, 9-17 FT, 59 TP.

Sullivan 9 14 16 22 — 61

North Knox 14 11 10 24 — 59

3-point goals — Demoss, Ridge 2, Katt, Summers, Hayes, Huey. Total fouls — S 19, NK 20. Fouled out — Hayes.

JV — Sullivan 54, North Knox 41.

Next games — Sullivan (6-4) is at Vincennes Lincoln on Saturday. North Knox (3-8) is at White River Valley on Tuesday.

Friday games

n North Putnam 57, Turkey Run 42 — At Roachdale, Justin Paxton was the only double-figure scorer for the visiting Warriors. North Putnam got 21 points from Riley McGaughey.



TURKEY RUN (42) — Paxton 5-10 1-3 11, Scott 1-4 1-2 4, Davies 1-7 0-0 2, Newnum 3-4 0-0 7, Zanandrea 0-1 2-2 2, Allee 3-6 1-2 7, Coddington 1-3 0-1 2, Woods 0-2 0-0 0, Brown 3-7 1-2 7. Totals 17-44 FG, 6-12 FT, 42 TP.

NORTH PUTNAM (57) — Ensor 2-6 0-0 4, C.Fordice 0-2 0-0 0, L.Fordice 5-9 3-6 14, McGaughey 8-11 3-4 21, B.Dahlstrom 2-5 0-0 5, Mullis 2-2 5-5 10, Trent 0-3 1-2 1, Schreiber 0-0 2-2 2, G.Dahlstrom 0-0 0-0 0, Blaydes 0-0 0-0 0, Diebold 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-38 FG, 14-19 FT, 57 TP.

Turkey Run 11 4 14 13 — 42

North Putnam 17 10 20 10 — 57

3-point goals — Scott, Newnum, McGaughey 2, L.Fordice, B.Dahlstrm, Mullis. Rebounds — TR 18 (Paxton 6), NP 26 (L.Fordice 8). Assists — TR 9 (Newnum 3), NP 14 (Mullis 9). Steals — TR 8 (Davies 3), NP 11 (Mullis 4).

JV — Turkey Run 39, North Putnam 35.

Next games — Both teams have road games on Friday, Turkey Run (2-8) at North Vermillion and North Putnam (3-4) at Monrovia.



n Speedway 57, Greencastle 56 — At Speedway, Brennan Burks had 22 points and Zac Remsburg and Cal Gard combined for 23 more, but the Tiger Cubs’ fourth-quarter comeback fell short in a West Central Conference game.



GREENCASTLE (56) — Burgeson 0 0-0 0, Fenlon 1 0-0 2, Remsburg 4 0-0 12, Faust 0 0-0 0, Richardson 1 2-2 5, Gard 4 0-0 11, Troyer 2 0-0 4, Smiley 0 0-0 0, Burks 9 4-4 22, Miller 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 FG, 6-6 FT, 56 TP.

SPEEDWAY (57) — Ford 0 0-0 0, Dial 7 2-3 20, Emerson 10 0-0 20, Dunbar 1 0-0 2, Dietrich 0 0-0 0, Rush 0 1-2 1, Pedigo 5 0-4 10, Walton 2 0-0 4, Watts 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 FG, 3-9 FT, 57 TP.

Greencastle 8 19 7 22 — 56

Speedway 15 15 11 16 — 57

3-point goals — Remsburg 4, Gard 3, Richardson, Dial 4. Total fouls — Greencastle 10, Speedway 11. Fouled out — Pedigo. Rebounds — Greencastle 22 (Burks 10), Speedway 18 (Pedigo 7). Steals — Greencastle 3 (Remsburg 3), Speedway 8 (Emerson 3).

Next games — Greencastle (4-6, 0-1 in WCC) plays at South Putnam on Friday. Speedway (3-5, 3-0) begins play in the Marion County Tournament on Tuesday.

n Red Hill 67, Hutsonville-Palestine 64 — At Hutsonville, Ill., Chris Wampler’s 3-pointer at the buzzer was the difference in the Little Illini Conference game.

The Tigers rallied from an 18-point third-quarter deficit to tie the game on five straight points by Devin Turner in the last 90 seconds.

Nathan Fear had 21 points, Turner 17 and Dylan Anderson 15 for the Tigers.



RED HILL (67) — Padgett 0-1 0-2 0, Diggs 4-8 1-2 9, Potts 1-4 0-0 3, Wampler 6-8 5-7 18, Carmichael 0-7 1-3 1, Petty 9-15 3-7 21, Evans 7-9 1-1 15. Totals 27-52 FG, 11-22 FT, 67 TP.

HUTSONVILLE-PALESTINE (64) — Turner 8-20 1-2 17, Fear 8-19 0-0 21, Bogard 0-2 0-0 0, Plew 0-3 0-0 0, Anderson 5-8 0-0 15, Roberts 4-12 1-2 9, Holscher 0-1 0-0 0, Siverly 0-1 2-4 2, Tedford 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-66 FG, 4-8 FT, 64 TP.

Red Hill 21 11 18 17 — 67

Hutsonville-Palestine 13 11 13 27 — 64

3-point shooting — RH 2-5 (Wampler 1-1, Potts 1-3, Diggs 0-1), HP 10-22 (Anderson 5-7, Fear 5-11, Plew 0-2, Roberts 0-2). Total fouls — RH 15, HP 19. Fouled out — Siverly. Rebounds — RH 38 (Evans 12, Petty 11), HP 28 (Turner 11). Assists — RH 7 (Wampler 4), HP 21 (Roberts 9). Steals — RH 10 (Potts 2, Wampler 2, Carmichael 2, Petty 2), HP 7 (Turner 2, Anderson 2). Blocks — RH 5 (Evans 3), HP 3 (Roberts 2).

JV — Red Hill 39, Hutsonville-Palestine 33.

Next game — Hutsonville-Palestine (8-6, 1-3 in LIC) plays Friday at Lawrenceville.

        

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