Published: November 14, 2008 12:14 am         

Rox, Warriors move on in Banks tourney

Marshall, Ind. — Rockville and host Turkey Run will meet Saturday night for the championship of the Banks of the Wabash Classic for girls high school basketball.

Rockville defeated Riverton Parke 48-29 in the first game Thursday, while Turkey Run beat North Vermillion 52-33 in the nightcap.

Kieran McMullen led Rockville with a game-high 21 points, while Lindsey Greene added 11 and Beth Mahurin 10.

Whitney Mathas led a balanced Riverton Parke attack with eight points.

Turkey Run raced to a 16-3 lead in the second game, only to have the Falcons climb back within eight points by intermission. But Adrianne Francis, Meghan Doss and Jordan Hunt led the home team to a 21-point third quarter that put the game out of reach.

Adrianne Francis had 13 points while Doss and Chelsea Francis scored 11 each for the Warriors. Taylor Poynter had 11 for the Falcons.



ROCKVILLE (48) — Burgess 1 0-0 2, McMullen 6 7-10 21, Mahurin 3 4-6 10, Vukovits 1 0-0 3, Harper 0 1-2 1, White 0 0-0 0, Greene 2 7-8 11, Kelley 0 0-0 0, Carrington 0 0-0 0, Sandusky 0 0-0 0, Donovan 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 FG, 19-26 FT, 48 TP.

RIVERTON PARKE (29) — Dailey 2 2-5 6, Haltom 0 2-2 2, Mathas 2 3-6 8, Falls 0 2-5 2, Gossett 2 0-0 4, Byers 1 1-2 3, Jenkinson 0 0-0 0, Julian 0 2-2 2, DIckey 0 2-2 2. Totals 7 FG, 14-24 FT, 29 TP.

Rockville 11 15 16 6 — 48

Riverton Parke 6 7 8 8 — 29

3-point goals — McMullen 2, Vukovits, Mathas. Total fouls — Rockville 18, RP 23. Fouled out — Falls.

Next — Rockville (2-0) plays Turkey Run in the 8 p.m. championship game Saturday. Riverton Parke (0-1) meets North Vermillion for third place at 6:30.



NORTH VERMILLION (33) — K.West 0 0-0 0, Poynter 4 3-4 11, Lively 3 1-2 7, Chew 1 2-3 4, Axtell 0 4-6 4, C.West 1 5-8 7, Yoho 0 0-1 0. Totals 9 FG, 15-24 FT, 33 TP.

TURKEY RUN (52) — Davies 1 0-0 2, C.Francis 5 0-0 11, A.Francis 5 3-5 15, Doss 4 1-2 11, C.Newnum 2 0-1 5, Hunt 2 0-1 5, Cox 2 1-3 5, M.Francis 0 0-0 0, A.Newnum 0 0-0 0, Hopkins 0 0-0 0, Weaver 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 FG, 5-12 FT, 52 TP.

North Vermillion 3 10 7 13 — 33

Turkey Run 16 5 21 10 — 52

3-point goals — Doss 2, C.Francis, C.Newnum, Hunt. Total fouls — NV 15, TR 22. Fouled out — Lively.

Next — Turkey Run (2-0) meets Rockville at 8 p.m. Saturday. North Vermillion (0-2) plays Riverton Parke at 6:30.



In other girls basketball Thursday:

• North Knox 50, Linton 29 — At Linton, Carolee Kirkwood’s 24 points nearly matched the home team as the visiting Warriors won in a nonconference game.

Megan Barnes led the Miners with 12 points, while Ashlee Primus added 11 for North Knox.



NORTH KNOX (50) — Merry 2 0-0 5, Primus 4 0-2 11, Kirkwood 10 3-10 24, Wood 0 1-4 1, Moreland 1 0-0 3, Etmeier 0 0-0 0, Summers 0 0-0 0, Freeman 2 0-0 4, Eaton 1 0-0 2. Totals 20 FG, 4-16 FT, 50 TP.

LINTON (29) — Beard 1 1-3 3, Mason 1 0-0 2, Riggleman 2 0-0 4, Carpenter 1 2-2 5, Wells 0 0-1 0, Barnes 3 6-8 12, Alsman 0 0-0 0, Astleford 0 0-0 0, Daluga 1 0-0 2, Kurtz 0 1-2 1, Tibbett 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 FG, 10-16 FT, 29 TP.

North Knox 11 16 10 13 — 50

Linton 5 12 4 8 — 29

3-point goals — Primus 3, Merry, Kirkwood, Moreland, Carpenter. Total fouls — NK 19, Linton 18. Fouled out — Mason.

Next — Linton (1-1) plays next Thursday at North Daviess. North Knox is 1-0.



• Cloverdale 61, Union 52 — At Cloverdale, Elizabeth Cheatam poured in 29 points as the Clovers edged the Bulldogs in a nonconference game. Ashli Scott led Union with 27 points, Makaylee Pirtle had 22.



UNION (52) — Scott 3 0-2 27, Pirtle 5 12-14 22, Gambill 4 1-1 10, Parr 0 1-2 1, Smith 1 2-3 4, Nicol 3 0-3 6, Goodman 1 0-0 2. Totals 15 FG, 16-25 FT, 52 TP.

CLOVERDALE (61) — Cheatham 12 5-13 29, McAmmond 3 2-4 10, Shepherd 1 0-1 2, Franklin 2 0-1 6, Rightmyer 4 2-4 10, Anderson 1 0-0 2, Fulkerson 0 2-2 2. Totals 24 FG, 11-25 FT, 61 TP.

Union 10 15 19 8 — 52

Cloverdale 10 12 16 23 — 61

3-point goals — McAmmond 2, Scott, Gambill. Total fouls — U 22, C 18.

Next — Union (0-1) plays host to Eastern Greene on Tuesday. Cloverdale (1-1) plays at Owen Valley on Tuesday.

Tennis

• Modesitt to sign at IUPUI — West Vigo boys standout Joel Modesitt will sign a letter-of-intent today to play at IUPUI.

Modesitt, the No. 1 singles player for the Vikings, was 31-3 during his junior and senior seasons for West Vigo.

Football

n Apollo team named — Five players from Paris have earned first-team honors on the Apollo all-conference team for football.

Earning the honor were Jake Keys, Jordan Keys, Levi Eslinger, Chase Brinkley and Blaine Grimes.

Eight players from league champ Mount Zion are on the first team.



Apollo Conference football

First team offense — Jordan Keys, Levi Eslinger and Chase Brinkley, Paris.

First team defense — Blaine Grimes and Jake Keys, Paris.

Second team offense — Blaine Grimes, Paris; Clint Woodard, Zach Hodson and Dillon Stone, Robinson.

Second team defense — Logan Henness, Avery Mason and Zach Walls, Paris; Theo Lane and Dillon Stone, Robinson.

Cross country

• LIC teams at state — Two Little Illini Conference teams competed in the Illinois Class A boys state finals Saturday at Peoria.

Robinson placed 15th and Lawrenceville finished 17th.

Elmwood took team honors with 109 points.

Graham Morris of Lawrenceville placed fifth in the meet. Sean Smith of Winnebago was the individual champion.



Team scores — Elmwood 109, Westmont 123, Winnebago 149, Urbana 167, Carlinville 196; 15. Robinson 335, 17. Lawrenceville 381.

Top Robinson runners — 44. Justin Montgomery, 65. Brady Harp, 90. Josh Harper.