Published: June 30, 2009 11:44 pm         

Metro Roundup: TH Junior tennis tournament rolls on; Wayne Newton tops Effingham

The Terre Haute Dave Cundiff Memorial Junior Closed tournament continued Tuesday with many close matches as some age-group divisions concluded play.

Sangeeth Jeevan defeated Cameron Crawford in the boys 18 singles division by a score of 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (13-11). Eesha Purohit got past Allison Summers 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (10-4) in the girls 18 singles final.

The next Terre Haute Junior Tennis Association tournament is the Wabash Valley Mary Ann Stadler Open on July 10. Log on to www.thjta.com to register.



Terre Haute Dave Cundiff Memorial Junior

Boys 18 singles

Finals — Sangeeth Jeevan def. Cameron Crawford 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (13-11).

Boys 16 singles

Semifinals — Torey Fox def. Neelay Purohit 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (10-7); Logan Hambrock def. Nick Roby 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 (12-10).

Boys 14 singles

Semifinals — Krishan Kumar def. Tate Egan 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (10-5); Nathan Bogle def. Christian Lim 6-0, 6-0.

Consolation semifinals — Joshua Gayso def. Henry Stadler 6-4, 6-1.

Boys 12 singles

Finals — Andrew Farmer def. Matthew Clary 6-1, 6-1.

Boys 10 singles

Finals — Chaman Kumar def. Daniel Chua 7-5, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (10-7).

Consolation final — Ryan Friedrich def. Gilbert Saddig 6-4, 7-5.

Girls 18 singles

Finals — Eesha Purohit def. Allison Summers 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (10-4).

Girls 12 singles

Finals — Shivani Purohit def. Olivia Caldwell 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Consolation finals — Ashley Godar def. Molly Farmer 7-5, 7-6 (10-6).

Boys 18 doubles

Round of 16 — William Fisher-Drew Holcomb def. Torey Fox-Tyler Howe 8-6.

Quarterfinals — Austin Foster-Jeevan def. Justin Huxford-Quinton Stewart 8-0; Logan Hambrock-Neelay Purohit def. Fisher-Drew Holcomb 8-1; Chris Holcomb-Nick Roby def. Eric Fair-Corey Snowden 8-0; Cameron Crawford-Raymond Montgomery def. Collin Egan-Nate Sanders 8-6.

Boys 14 doubles

Round of 16 — Ethan Caldwell-Louis Gonzalez def. Dominick Refugio-Stadler 8-3.

Quarterfinals — Jackson Bertoli-Joshua Gayso def. Reed Crawford-Trace Harruff 8-2; Bogle-Farmer def. Caldwell-Gonzalez 8-5; Alex Barksdale-Alexander Davis def. Logan Dinkel-Evan Fulk 8-2; Adam Kahn-Kumar Krishan def. Matthew Clary-Matthew Gonzalez 8-1;

Boys 12 doubles

Quarterfinals — Chase Dinkel-Jeffrey Green def. Chris Dalloul-Jonathan Ji 8-4.

Semifinals — Chaman Kumar-Luke Yeagley def. Dinkel-Green 8-1; Keaton Akers-Daniel Chua def. Ryan Friedrich-Alexander Stadler 8-2.

Girls 18 doubles

Semifinals — Katie Behnke-Makenzie Utterback def. Eesha Purohit-Alexis Summers 8-5; Lauren Stephanian-Allison Summers def. Kelsey Edens-Melanie Johnson 8-1.

Mixed 18 doubles

Quarterfinals — Adam Kahn-Allison Summers def. Cameron Drake-Stephanian 8-2; Jeevan-Alexis Summers def. John Briones-Kendra Latham (withdrawn).

Semifinals — Logan Hambrock-Morgan Mills def. Jeevan-Alexis Summers 8-4; Eesha Purohit-Neelay Purohit def. Kahn-Allison Summers 8-5.

Mixed 14 doubles

Semifinals — Nathan Bogle-Lauren Hambrock def. Nicole Howe-Dominick Refugio 8-2; Alex Barksdale-Shivani Purohit def. Ethan Caldwell-Brittney Hochhalter 8-5.

Mixed 12 doubles

Round-Robin — Matthew Clary-Morgan Clary def. Jordan Davis-Luke Yeagley 8-6; Olivia Caldwell-Andrew Farmer def. Matthew Clary-Morgan Clary 8-1; Caldwell-Farmer def. Davis-Yeagley 9-8 (4).

Girls 14 doubles

Semifinals — Jordan Davis-Shivani Purohit def. Olivia Caldwell-Brittney Hochhalter 8-3; Lauren Hambrock-Nicole Howe def. Laura Mascari-Carmen Nickels 8-0.

Girls 12 doubles

Round-Robin — Morgan Clary-Danicka Refugio def. Meredith Egan-Molly Farmer 8-3.



Baseball

• Wayne Newton wins again — At Terre Haute North, A.J. Reed connected for his seventh home run, and John Robert Patterson pitched seven solid innings to lead Wayne Newton Post 346 to an 8-2 victory over Effingham Post 120 on Tuesday.



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Post 346 201 112 01x — 8 14 2

Mahaffy (L), McCollum (4), Minehart (9) and Westendorf; Patterson (W, 3-1), Fulkerson (8), Bush (9) and Collett. HR — TH: Reed (7).

Highlights — A.J. Reed went 2 for 3 with a home run and 3 RBIs; Parker Fulkerson went 2 for 4 with 2 triples; Evan Luken was 2 for 4 with a double and a triple and an RBI; and Zac Niehaus was 2 for 3 with a double.

Next — Wayne Newton Post 346 (16-6) plays tonight against Danville at 7 p.m. Effingham dropped to 21-7.

Softball

• Sharks win — At Mooresville, the Wabash Valley Sharks 10U girls team took second in the NSA “B” state tournament on June 20-21.

The Sharks went 7-3 on the weekend, falling 5-2 in the championship game to the Crown Point Bulldogs.

Team members are: Ryleigh Scott, Hannah Bunch, Elyse Babb, Katelynn Kennedy, Natalie Scamihorn, Alexis Shannon, Emily Berrisford, Maggie Lubbehusen, Harley Sinders, Sarah Ulrich, Taylor Ellis, Camryn Scott.