Published: May 16, 2008 11:45 pm            

Northview survives high school tennis sectional

BRAZIL — Host Northview survived in girls high school tennis sectional action Friday, defeating South Putnam 3-2 and moving into the championship match.

The Knights play Greencastle, a winner Friday over Owen Valley, at 10 a.m. today.

South Putnam’s No. 1 doubles team of Megan Criss and Cassie Davis advanced to individual tournament play with a win.



Northview 3, South Putnam 2

Singles — Jazmine Kellum (Nv) def. Chelsea Clark 6-0, 6-2; Allie Melega (Nv) def. Whitney Wrren 7-5, 6-2; Elizabeth Mink (SP) def. Ali Rentschler 6-3, 6-2.

Doubles — Megan Criss-Cassie Davis (SP) def. Bonnie Froderman-Andrea James 1-6, 6-3, 6-4; Olivia Kumpf-Hannah Pond (Nv) def. Samantha Callahan-Megan Klotz 6-0, 6-3.

Next match — Northview and Greencastle play at 10 a.m. today for the Northview Sectional championship.

Track

n Crooks wins pole vault — At Terre Haute North, Cody Crooks of Terre Haute South jumped 12-feet-6 to capture the Terre Haute North sectional pole vault title, beating out North’s Connor Lentz.

Also advancing to the Evansville Central Regional will be Dylan Bubeck of South (11-6) and Jared Royer of Northview (11-6).

Baseball

n Riverton Parke 11, Sullivan 9 — At Sullivan, the visiting Panthers came from behind with a seven-run fifth inning and held on in nonconference play.

Grant Mitchell was winning pitcher and also had a two-run homer for the visitors.



Riverton Parke 000 370 1 — 11 9 1

Sullivan 005 130 0 — 9 12 3

Mitchell, Cox (5) and Ellis; Abrams, Jones (5) and Wright. W — Mitchell, 2-7. L — Abrams. Sv — Cox.HR — RP: Mitchell.

Highlights — For Riverton Parke, winning pitcher Grant MItchell hit a 2-run homer; Cameron Cox got the save and was 3 for 4 with a double and 3 RBIs; and Brett Brown was 2 for 3. For Sullivan, Chase Bourgasser, Austin Nash and Ethan Wright were all 2 for 3 with a double.

Next game — Riverton Parke (4-19) has a noon home game today against Crawfordsville. Sullivan is 8-15.

Softball

n North Vermillion 9, Attica 4, 8 innings — At Attica, the visiting Falcons tied the score in the last inning, then put the game out of reach with five runs in the eighth.



North Vermillion 000 003 15 — 9 15 0

Attica 000 301 00 — 4 12 3

B.Chew, H.Chew (5) and Axtell; Ratcliff, Kelsi (8) and Waters. W — H.Chew. L — Ratcliff.

Highlights — For North Vermillion, winning pitcher Hannah Chew and Kylee West were both 3 for 5 with a double and an RBI; Taylor Poynter and Hailey Aukerman were each 2 for 5 with a double and 2 RBIs; and Whitney Davis had an RBI.

Next game — North Vermillion (12-11, 9-5 in Wabash River Conference) is idle until the Class A Riverton Parke Sectional.



n Clay City 15, Eastern Greene 1 — At Solsberry, Angie Camp was 3 for 4 with two triples and five RBIs as the visiting Eels completed their regular season.



Clay City 150 09 — 15 13 1

Eastern Greene 001 00 — 1 2 2

Targett (W, 13-4) and Camp; McCabe (L) and Clark.

Highlights — For Clay City, Angie Camp was 3 for 4 with two triples, 2 runs and 5 RBIs; Emily Reed was 2 for 3 with a double, 2 runs and 3 RBIs; Kayla Baumgartner was 2 for 4 with 4 runs and 2 stolen bases; and Kayla Withrow was 2 for 3 with 2 runs and an RBI.

Next game — Clay City (16-4, 5-2 in SouthWestern Indiana Athletic Conference) plays Union at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Class A Clay City Sectional.

        

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