Published: October 01, 2008 11:16 pm            

Metro Roundup: Evansville outshoots ISU women’s soccer 23-8 on way to 4-0 victory

Evansville — The Indiana State women’s soccer team was outshot 23-8 and dropped a Missouri Valley Conference game to Evansville 4-0.

The Purple Aces got first-half goals from Kayla Lambert and Mia Tofano, with Lambert adding an early-second half goal. Susan McKinely added a late goal to make the final margin four.

Indiana State (2-8, 1-1 MVC) was led by freshman Katie Geyman’s three shots. Evansville (7-2-2, 2-0 MVC) won its seventh straight at home.

Baseball

• Yankees win championship — The Volkers Group Yankees clinched the Terre Haute age 38 and over baseball championship with an 8-2 victory over the Cardinals Sunday.

The win capped an unlikely championship by the Yankees who began the post-season tourney as the lowest seed. The team had finished regular season play with three victories and then swept through the tourney with three more wins.



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Cardinals 100 000 001 — 2 6 4

Sturm, Yeryar (6) and Ledbetter; Camp and Montgomery.

Auto racing

• Carmichaels win — At Putnamville, the Carmichaels were winners Saturday in the season finale at Lincoln Park Speedway.

Kenny Carmichael won the feature for modifieds and was sixth in the sprint main. Kenny Carmichael Jr. was first in his heat and won the main event for super stocks and eighth in sprint feature action.

Other winners were Billy Puterbaugh in sprint cars and Ron Wallen in bombers.

Saturday's results

Sprint cars

Heat winners — Danny Holtsclaw, Dickie Gaines, Michael Bridges, Todd Kimmell (B-main)

Feature — Billy Puterbaugh, Kent Christian, Kimmell, Cole Carter, Holtsclaw, Kenny Carmichael, Kenny Niflis, Kenny Carmichael Jr., Bridges, Ty Deckard

Modifieds

Heat winners — Paul Bumgardner, Travis Shoulders, Brad Robinson, Wes McClara (B-main)

Feature — Kenny Carmichael, Harold Grayless, Bumgardner, Mark Auler, Dan Lewellen, Brian Kempf, Shoulders, Wayne Cooper, Jimmy Hayden, Jeremy Edmondson

Super stocks

Heat winners — Kenny Carmichael Jr., David Bumgardner

Feature — Carmichael, Kris Starks, Roy Bruce Jr., Bumgardner, Joe Whisler, Josh Fagg, Rob Paris, Mark Blalock, Justin Davis, Jerry Bruner

Bomber cars

Heat winners — Ben Williams, C. J. Bryan

Feature — Ron Wallen, Bryan, Williams, Dustin Shoulders, Bob Farris, MIchael Thompson, Lloyd Walls, Frank Cotton, Sean Yakel, Matthew Nelson.



• Bacon posts win — At Winchester, Brady Bacon won the U. S. Auto Club sprint car race Sunday at Winchester Speedway Oldtimers Weekend.

Bacon won his heat and led the final 20 laps of the feature with Darren Hagen second.

Jerry Coons Jr. was eighth and has a two-point lead over Levi Jones, who was 12th, in the sprint point totals going into action starting Oct. 30 in California.



Sunday's results

Fast qualifier — Tracy Hines

Heat winners — Brad Sweet, Jerry Coons Jr., Brady Bacon

Feature — Bacon, Darren Hagen, Jacob Wilson, Chris Windom, Hines, Cole Whitt, Mike Murgoitio, Coons, Dakoda Armstrong, Brian Gerster, Damion Gardner, Levi Jones, Shane Cottle, Sweet, Aaron Pierce

• Bland wins — At Haubstadt, Jeff Bland Jr. was the winner of a $10,000 race for sprint cars at Tri-State Speedway.

Daron Clayton led most of the way but was sidelined with engine problems with seven laps to go in the 50-lap feature race. Brady Short finished second while Blake Fitzpatrick won his heat and made the feature with 45 cars at the track.

In another sprint car race, Dave Darland won $6,000 for winning the Shaheen Special on Friday at Jacksonville, Ill. Darland won the C-main at Tri-State after flipping in his heat race.



Tri-State results

Heat winners — Thomas Messeraul, Bland, Blake Fitzpatrick, Hunter Schuerenberg, Brady Short, Dave Darland (C-main), Levi Jones (B-main).

Feature — Jeff Bland Jr, Short, Messeraul, Jones, Scheurenberg, Darin Hagen, Chad Boat, Jon Stanbrough, Kyle Cummins, Hud Cone, A. J. Anderson, Robert Ballou, Fitzpatrick.

        

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