Published: June 15, 2008 11:19 pm         

Metro Roundup: Wayne Newton snaps losing streak

Muncie — Evan Luken and Jacob Hayes combined for seven hits and four RBIs Sunday afternoon as Wayne Newton Post 346 snapped a three-game American Legion baseball losing streak with a 14-8 win over Muncie Post 19 in the second game of a doubleheader.

Muncie won the opener 8-5 despite two hits each by Bryan Chestnut and Koby Kraemer of the Terre Haute team.



Post 346 110 012 0 — 5 8 1

Muncie Post 19 003 410 x — 8 9 3

Reed, Luken (5) and Meggs; Bowling (W) and Clawson. L — Reed, 1-1.

Highlights — For Post 346, Koby Kraemer was 2 for 4 with a double and Bryan Chestnut was 2 for 4 with an RBI.



Wayne Newton Post 346 003 613 1 — 14 14 1

Muncie Post 19 200 103 2 — 8 12 2

Walker, Peters (7) and Peabody; Tanner, Done (4) and Selvey. W — Walker, 2-0. L — Tanner.

Highlights — For Post 346, Evan Luken was 4 for 4 with 2 RBIs, Jacob Hayes was 3 for 5 with 2 RBIs, Nick Pilipovich was 2 for 2 with an RBI and Bryan Chestnut was 1 for 2 with a double and 2 RBIs.

Next game — Wayne Newton Post 346 (5-5) has a 7 p.m. home game Thursday against Effingham at Terre Haute North High School.

Track

• Smith, Hamilton shine — At Jackson, Mich., recent Terre Haute North graduates Shaun Smith and Amy Hamilton performed well Saturday for Team Indiana at the Midwest Meet of Champions.

Smith, the state 100-meter dash champion, was fourth in that event — but just 0.04 of a second from first — in a time of 10.71 seconds and also led off a winning 4x100 relay team.

Hamilton placed sixth in the girls 3,200-meter run in a time of 11:08.92.

Anthony Witt of Shakamak was fifth in the boys 3,200 in a time of 9:06.46, while Indiana State recruits Jeremiah Vaughn of Franklin County and Dustin Betz of Northeast Dubois were sixth and eighth respectively in the boys 1,600 with times of 4:13.18 and 4:17.60.

Team Indiana was second in boys competition against Michigan and Ohio and third in both girls competition and combined scores.

Tennis

• Four local juniors win — At Olney, Ill., several local junior players from Terre Haute won singles titles at the Olney Junior Tennis Open on Saturday.

Winners included Lauren Hambrock (girls 10-under), Morgan Cook (girls 14-under), Paige Cook (girls 16-under) and Logan Hambrock (boys 14-under).

Golf

• Double eagle — Chris Keen recorded one of the rarest shots in golf Saturday, scoring a double eagle on the 15th hole at Geneva Hills.

Keen holed out from 205 yards with a 5-iron. Witnessing the shot were Huey Crawford, Chuck Stafford and Ben Roy.