Published: October 11, 2008 11:55 pm         

Prep roundup: Vikings’ Modesitt loses in IHSAA tourney

Vincennes — West Vigo’s No. 1 player Joel Modesitt lost in three sets to Nick Volz of Evansville Central 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 and was eliminated in the championship match of the Indiana High School Boys Tennis Individual Singles Tournament on Vincennes Lincoln’s courts Saturday.

Modesitt finished his senior season with a record of 14-2.

Cross country

n Wildcats win — At Nashville, the South Vermillion Middle School girls won the Western Indiana Conference junior high championships at Eagle Park.

South Vermillion also had the first-place individual runner in Emily Vitaniemi (12:40).

Edgewood won the boys team championship led by its first-place runner Michael Mest (10:20).

South Vermillion, North Clay, Edgewood, Owen Valley, Sullivan and Brown County competed.



Wednesday

At Veedersburg

Wabash River Conference Championships

BOYS

Team scores — North Vermillion 47, Fountain Central 59, Attica 87, Seeger 90, Rockville 97, Riverton Parke 110, Covington incomplete.

Individual champion — Mark Beight (FC) 17:58.

North Vermillion — 2. Austin Shell 18:30, 5. Ed Moore 18:54, 9. Taylor Kilgore 19:06, 14. Quentin Bemis 20:14, 17. Ryan Mendenhall 20:40, 21. Zach Burney 20:55, 29. Jacob Hatcher 21:31.

Rockville — 12. Josh Reed 19:55, 16. Tevin Troutwine 20:33, 18. Kyle Wheeler 20:46, 25. Sam Wake 21:08, 27. Nate Wake 21:17, 30. Matt Wheeler 21:55, 37. Luke Waltz 23:37, 40. Dylan Davis 25:24.

Riverton Parke — 7. Zach Babyak 18:58, 8. Jarrid McLaughlin 18:59, 31. Adam Hill 22:09, 32. Niles Meschen 22:24, 35. Austin Guoli 22:42, 36. Patrick Snellgrose 23:30.

GIRLS

Team scores — Seeger 23, Fountain Central 38, Rockville 93, Covington 98, Riverton Parke 99, Attica and North Vermillion incomplete.

Individual champion — Anna McGowen (S) 21:06.

Rockville — 14. Devin Stites 25:37, 16. Abby Thompson 26:02, 24. Natalie DOnovan 28:21, 26. Carolin Hill 28:28, 36. Shannan Kelley 38:10.

Riverton Parke — 10. Ashton Searing 24:45, 22. Elizabeth Bedwell 28:03, 28. Mansinne Taylor 29:03, 32. Sarah Julian 29:48, 33. Katie McElheny 30:10, 27. Makenzie Haltom 30:27.

North Vermillion — 8. Taylor Poynter 24:17, 12. Derryn Axtell 25:10, 17. Brittany Hollowell 27:12, 27. Hannah Chew 28:40.

Football

n Flora 24, Martinsville 18 — At Martinsville, Ill., Flora won an overtime thriller over the host Bluestreaks in Little Illini Conference action Friday.



Flora 6 0 6 6 6 — 24

Martinsville 6 6 0 6 0 — 18

Volleyball

• North falls twice — At Terre Haute North, the host Patriots lost Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference matches to Lawrence North and Carmel.



Lawrence North 26 25 22 25

Terre Haute North 24 13 25 23

Highlights — For North, Laura Mauer had 2 aces, 19 assists, 4 kills, 13 digs, 2 blocks and 18 points; Mary Kate Etling had 2 aces, 4 kills, 7 digs, 2 blocks and 11 points; Katlyn Anderson had 8 kills, 11 digs and 16 points; Sara Baugh had 5 kills, 5 digs and 6 blocks; Kelbie Drebes had 2 digs and 5 points; and Hilary Jensen had 6 kills, 6 digs and 10 points.

JV — North won in three games.



Carmel 25 25 25

Terre Haute North 18 12 19

Highlights — For North, Mauer had 12 assists, 11 digs, 2 blocks and 5 points; Etling had 6 kills, 2 digs and 7 points; Katie Behnke had 7 digs and 11 points; and Anderson had 5 kills, 12 digs and 10 points.

JV — Carmel won in two games.

Next — North (18-7) plays Rockville at home on Tuesday for Senior Night.