Published: May 17, 2008 11:51 pm            

Braves can’t hold on to early leads in final MIC baseball doublheader

INDIANAPOLIS — Visiting Terre Haute South wrapped up its Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference high school baseball schedule Saturday with a pair of frustrating losses to Lawrence North in games played at Indianapolis North Central.

The Braves, who had early 3-0 leads in each game, failed to score after loading the bases in the top of the seventh inning of the opener, then were victimized by a pair of homers in a 5-4 eight-inning loss in which South outhit the Wildcats 10-4. Lawrence North rallied for an 8-3 win in the nightcap.

Zach Odum was 4 for 7 with a pair of doubles to lead South’s attack.



Terre Haute South 120 010 00 — 4 10 1

Lawrence North 000 210 11 — 5 4 2

Reed (L, 3-3) and Hunt; Cunningham (W) and Neixner. HR — LN: Cunningham, Spleth.

Highlights — For South, Koby Kraemer was 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI and Zach Odum was 2 for 4 with a double and an RBI.



Lawrence North 000 044 0 — 8 10 1

Terre Haute South 201 000 0 — 3 7 1

Buis (W) and Neixner; Goldman, Luken (7) and Freeman. L — Goldman, 3-4. HR — THS: Reed (5); LN: Datty.

Highlights — For South, Zach Odum was 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI and A.J. Reed hit a two-run homer.

Next game — South has its Senior NIght on Tuesday against Brownsburg.

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In other high school baseball Saturday:

• Indianapolis North Central 14-10, Terre Haute North 3-0 — At Terre Haute North, Joe Meggs went 2 for 2 with a double in the second game of a doubleheader, but the Patriots gave up six home runs in a loss to Indianapolis North Central.



Indy North Central 015 602 — 14 14 1

Terre Haute North 200 100 — 3 5 4

Robinson (W) and Connor, Garlock (4); Bailey (L, 4-5), Fulkerson (3) and Meggs, Collett (3). HR — NC: Connor, Crooks.

Highlights — For Terre Haute North, Chad Wilguess was 2 for 3 with a run, and Nick Pilipovich had a double.



Terre Haute North 000 00 — 0 2 1

Indy North Central 410 5x — 10 9 0

Dorsett (L, 2-5) and Meggs; Grossman (W) and Conor. HR — NC: Zeller, Pennington, Connor, Crooks.

Highlights — For Terre Haute North, Joe Meggs went 2 for 2 with a double and a walk.

Next — Terre Haute North (10-17, 4-10) plays Monday at Mooresville. North Central is 19-7.



• Shakamak 5, South Knox 3 — At Jasonville, Billy Newton and Justin Cox each had two hits to pace Shakamak to a nonconference victory.



South Knox 110 100 0 — 3 5 2

Shakamak 230 000 x — 5 9 2

Self (L), Holscher (5) and Robinson; Cox, Smith (3), Hill (7) and Horton. W — Smith, 1-0. S — Hill (1).

Highlights — For Shakamak, Billy Newton went 2 for 3, and Justin Cox 2 for 2 with three RBIs.

Next — Shakamak (18-5) plays Monday at West Vigo.



• Vikings second — At Portland, West Vigo finished second in Saturday’s Jay County Tournament, losing 6-5 to the host team, ranked seventh in Class 4A, by a 6-5 score in the championship game.

Tyler Wampler pitched a four-hit shutout in the first game as the Vikings beat Class A’s seventh-ranked Cowan 8-0. Jordan Pearson, Aaron Welch and Drew Aff homered, and Aff had four stolen bases for the day.



West Vigo 210 010 4 — 8 7 2

Cowan 000 000 0 — 0 4 1

Wampler (W, 10-1) and Lucas; Ju.O’Connor, Campbell (7) and Ja.O’Connor. L — Ju.O’Connor. HR — WV: Pearson (6), Welch (3).

Highlights — For West Vigo, Brodey McCalister was 3 for 4 with an RBI; Cameron Fagg was 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI; and Jordan Pearson and Aaron Welch had homers, Welch driving in two runs.



West Vigo 002 201 0 — 5 7 1

Jay County 012 120 x — 6 8 1

Pearson (L, 4-3) and Lucas; Jobe, McCowan (4), Wellman (7) and Ludy. W — McCowan. Sv — Wellman. HR — WV: Aff (2).

Highlights — For West Vigo, Tyler Wampler was 2 for 4 with two doubles; Aaron Welch was 2 for 3 with an RBI; Drew Aff had a homer and 3 RBIs; Jeremy Lucas had a double; and Jordan Pearson had a single.

Next game — West Vigo (14-5) has a home game Monday against Shakamak. Cowan is 15-5, Jay County 20-2.



• Knights lose two — At Carmel, Northview fell in a tight 5-4 decision to Chesterton and in a 3-1 loss to Franklin Central in the Greyhound Classic. Chesterton scored two runs in the seventh to win, despite Ryne Barr’s 3-for-4 day at the plate. Against the Flashes, Zac Niehaus was 2-for-3 with a home run, but Franklin Central scored two in the fourth and made it stick.

Northview also fell to Fort Wayne Northrop 12-2 on Friday.



Northview 300 100 0 — 4 10 0

Chesterton 001 110 2 — 5 12 2

Lawson, Lancaster (6, L) and Robertson; Jones, Gates (6, W) and Malay.

Highlights — For Northview, Ryne Barr was 3-for-4 with a RBI; Keaton Robertson was 2-for-4; Cody Crooks had a RBI; Zach Niehaus had a double and Scotty Wheeler had a double.



Northview 100 000 0 — 1 8 1

Franklin Central 100 200 x — 3 8 2

Bell (L) and Robertson; Foltz (W) and Brown.

Highlights — For Northview, Barr was 2-for-4, Zac Niehaus was 2-for-3 with a home run and RBI; Matt Nodley was 2-for-3.

Next game — Northview (8-16) plays at Greencastle on Tuesday.

Friday

Northview 000 20 — 2 1 2

Fort Wayne Northrop 004 71 — 12 12 3

Peters (L), Barr (4) and Robertson; Geafy and Kuruda.

Highlights — For Northview, Niehaus had a double.

Next game — Northview (8-16) plays at Greencastle on Tuesday.

Softball

• South Vermillion 5-4, Terre Haute North 1-14 — At North, the Wildcats and Patriots split a doubleheader. In the opener, Brittany Evans’ home run lifted South Vermillion.

In the nightcap, Kelsey Rosselli was 3 for 4 with four RBIs and Kelly Meggs had a home run



South Vermillion 100 020 2 — 5 9 3

Terre Haute North 000 010 0 — 1 8 3

Fuqua (W,13-6) and Draper; Sullivan (L) and Branche.

Highlights — For South Vermillion, Brittany Evans had a HR, 4 RBIs; Becky Meyers had a double, Laura Draper had a RBI; Ally Milam was 2-for-3. For North, Danielle Ketner was 3-for-4, HR; Kelsey Rosselli was 2-for-3.



South Vermillion 100 030 — 4 5 3

Terre Haute North 000 239 — 14 10 0

Samuelson, Fuqua (5, L 13-7), Samuelson (6) and Draper, Blake (5); Mrgan Howard and Branche.

Highlights — For South Vermillion, Sondra Blake had a 3-run HR, Brittany Evans had a double and RBI, Kelsi Cheesewright had a double. For TH North, Rosselli was 3-for-4 with a triple and 4 RBIs; Kelly Meggs hit a three-run home run; Casey Branche was 2-for-4.

Next game — South Vermillion (14-9) plays Brown County Monday in the 3A South Vermillion Sectional; TH North plays Plainfield Monday in the 4A Martinsville Sectional.

        

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