Published: May 03, 2008 11:56 pm            

Prep Roundup: South girls tennis takes second at MIC

Indianapolis — The No. 9-ranked Terre Haute South girls tennis team bested a pair of ranked teams to finish an impressive second place behind Carmel in the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference championships at Ben Davis on Saturday.

Carmel scored 55 points, trailed by South with 29 points. Center Grove was third with 23 points, followed by Terre Haute North and North Central tied for fifth with 22 points.

An individual upset came in a first round No. 1 singles match, as South’s Hunter Bullock topped North’s Brittany Farmer 1-6, 6-1 (10-4). Bullock went on to finish third, while Farmer rebounded to win twice and claim fourth place.

Second place finishers locally included Sarah Potter of North (No. 2 singles) and Mallory-Metheny-Emma Bilyeu of South (No. 2 doubles). South’s Eesha Purohit placed third (No. 3 singles).



MIC championships at Ben Davis

Team scores — Carmel 55, Terre Haute South 29, Center Grove 23, Terre Haute North and Indianapolis North Central 22, Lawrence North 14, Warren Central 8, Ben Davis 4.

No. 1 singles — Championship: Courtney Wild (C) def. Becca Porter (CG) 6-1, 6-4. Third place: Hunter Bullock (THS) def. Katie Hollman (BC) 6-2, 6-1. Fourth place: Brittany Farmer (THN) def. Katie Poole (WC) 6-0, 6-1. Seventh place: Kylee Johnson (LN) Rachel Dean-Webster 6-0, 6-1.

No. 2 singles — Championship: Megan Renninger (C) def. Sarah Potter (THN) 6-3, 6-3. Third place: Alicia Smith (CG) def. Lisa Pittman (WC) 6-0, 6-0. Fourth place: Taylor Bullock (THS) def. Debra Easton-Bates (LN) 6-0, 6-1. Seventh place: Melanie Papparella (NC) def. Marcela Cabello (BD) 6-0, 6-1.

No. 3 singles — Championship: Susie Chen (C) 6-3, 6-0. Third place: Eesha Purohit (THS) def. Stacy Plotkin (NC) 6-1, 6-1. Fourth place: Jordan Barton (WC) def. Morgan Mills (THN) 3-6, 6-4 (10-7). Seventh place: Heather Washburn (CG) def. Jennifer Vandiver (BD) 6-1, 6-0.

No. 1 doubles — Championship: Maggie Ashby-Alena Perez-Majul (NC) def. Elizabeth Trancik-Olivia Trancik (C) 6-0, 6-2. Third place: Jamie Claeys-Diane Jones (CG) def. Paige Cook-Brittany Cuthbertson (THN) 6-2, 6-2. Fourth place: Katie Bilyeu-Maddy Bogle (THS) def. Heather Irey-Danielle Royce (WC) 6-1, 6-2. Seventh place: Kruppa Dave-Rachel Calhoun (BD) def. Alex Navarre-Kameron Geiger (LN) 6-2, 3-6 (10-8).

No. 2 doubles — Colleen Farrell-Sarah Rodefield (C) def. Mallory Metheny-Emma Bilyeu (THS) 6-1, 6-1. Third place: Claire Shirley-Anne Akhimien-Claire Shirley (NC) def. Sarah Richert-Sarah Conlin (CG) 6-4, 6-1. Fourth place: Mary Kate Etling-Katie Behnke (THN) def. Allie Kipper-Nicole Gentry (LN) 6-2, 6-1. Seventh place — Chrissy Hopp-Erin McAllen (WC) def. Hojin Lee-Kenzie Reynen (BD) 5-7, 6-1 (10-8).

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In other girls high school tennis Saturday:

n Northview 5, Brown County 0 — At Nashville, visiting Northview won all five matches in straight sets in this Western Indiana Conference battle.



Northview 5, Brown County 0

Singles — Jazmine Kellum (N) def. Kim Fong 6-2, 7-5; Allie Melega (N) def. Gracie Balcerak 6-0, 6-1; Ali Rentschler (N) def. Margaret Burke 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles — Bonnie Froderman-Andrea James (N) def. Betsy Todd-Anna Leggins 6-3, 7-5; Hannah Pond-Olivia Kumpf (N) def. Megan McDonald-Sarah McCoy 6-0, 6-4.

Next — Northview (9-3) hosts South Putnam for Senior Night on Monday.

Baseball

• Rockville 2-17, Seeger 5-0 — At Rockville, the host Rox stumbled to a their first Wabash River Conference defeat in the opener, but they rebounded to pound Seeger 17-0 in five innings in the nightcap.



Seeger 000 200 3 — 5 9 0

Rockville 100 010 0 — 2 5 0

Noerenburg, Ware (W) (6) and Stitt; King (L, 4-1), Harper (7) and Clapp. HR — R: Greene (1).

Highlights — For Rockville, Robert Clevenger was 2 for 3 with 2 doubles and an RBI and Luke Greene had a solo home run.



Rockville 401 57 — 17 18 0

Seeger 000 00 — 0 3 1

Ball (W, 4-1) and Clapp; Ware, Kirkpatrick (4), Foxworthy (5) and Haniford. L — Ware. HR — R: Greene (2), Ball 2 (8).

Highlights — For Rockville, Matt King was 3 for 5 with 2 runs scored; Greene was 2 for 4 with a home run and 5 RBIs; Zach Clapp was 3 for 4 with 3 runs scored; Steven Ball was 4 for 4 with 2 home runs, 6 RBIs and fanned 13 of the 15 batters he faced.

Next — Rockville (15-2, 7-1 WRC) hosts Riverton Parke on Wednesday.



• Marshall 3-10, Teutopolis 4-0 — At Teutopolis, Ill., the visiting Lions spilt a doubleheader with Teutopolis in this nonconference matchup.



Marshall 100 020 0 — 3 6 2

Teutopolis 000 210 1 — 4 6 0

King, Brashear (4) and Shotts; Koester, Bierman (5) and Bushur. W — Bierman. L — Brashear, 3-2.

Highlights — For Marshall, Tyler Shotts was 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored and a home run and Justin King was 1 for 2 with a 2-run double.



Marshall 205 12 — 10 15 0

Teutopolis 000 00 — 0 3 3

Schaefer (W, 5-0) and Combs; Deters, Bierman (5) and Gillespie. L — Deters.

Highlights — For Marshall, Logan Eitel was 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored and an RBI; Tyler Shotts was 4 for 4 with 2 runs scored; Justin King was 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs; and Connor Littleton was 2 for 2 with 2 RBIs.

Next — Marshall (16-4, 7-1 LIC) host Mount Carmel at 5 p.m. CDT on Tuesday.

Softball

• Rockville 11-10, Seeger 1-5 — At Rockville, Lindsey Greene won both games and was 7 for 8 with a triple and three RBIs to lead the Rox to a Wabash River Conference doubleheader win over Seeger.



Seeger 010 000 — 1 2 1

Rockville 050 024 — 11 15 2

Hollis (L) and Kerst; Greene (W, 6-1) and Camerer.

Highlights — For Rockville, Lindsey Greene was 4 for 4; Ashley Gordon was 4 for 4 with 2 RBIs; Jennifer Camerer and Kierra McMullen had 2 RBIs apiece.



Rockville 201 004 3 — 10 15 5

Seeger 000 122 0 — 5 4 4

Greene (W, 7-1), Wilson (6) (Sv) and Camerer; Hollis, Houdens (4) and Kerst.

Highlights — For Rockville, Greene was 3 for 4 with a triple and 3 RBIs; Camerer was 2 for 4 with a double; Gordon was 3 for 4 with 2 RBIs; McMullen was 2 for 4.

Next — Rockville (8-5, 7-2 in WRC) hosts Attica on Tuesday.

Golf

Boys

• South takes third — At West Lafayette, No. 14-ranked Terre Haute South took third place in a tournament at Coyote Crossing Course featuring teams from around the state.

Ian White’s 80 paced the Braves.



Team scores — Hamilton Southeastern 324, Lafayette Jeff Red 327, Terre Haute South 334, Lebanon 337, Franklin Central 380, Logansport 395, Lafayette Jeff Black 359, Fort Wayne Northrop 385, Lawrence Central 345, Brownsburg 345, Michigan City 339, Seymour 349, Richmond 352, Zionsville 336

Terre Haute South (334) — Zach Hosking DQ, Phillip Myers 82, Thomas Goss 82, Ian White 80, Ryan Harmon 90.

Next — Terre Haute South plays South Vermillion at Matthews Park on Monday.



• North, Northview compete — At Cascades course in Bloomington, Terre Haute North placed sixth and Northview eighth in the nine-team Bloomington North Invitational.



Team scores — Bloomington South 305, Center Grove “A” 310, Bloomington North “A” 313, Edgewood 313, Center Grove “B” 337, Terre Haute North 338, Bedford North Lawrence 339, Northview 342, Bloomington North “B” 347.

Terre Haute North (338) — Jeff Ackman 82, John Callahan and James Kaperak 85, Thomas Anderson 86, John Pollack 97.

Northview (342) — Kade Baker 81, Drew Snyder 82, Daniel Eaglin 86, Jordan Gaskill and Matt Williams 93.

Next — Northview will be at Forest Park on Monday to take on Greencastle. North and Northview will square off against each other Tuesday at Hulman Links.

        

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