21-04-2025
ROUNDUP: Braves swept in baseball
Host Terre Haute South was generous in high school baseball Saturday, losing a doubleheader to Evansville North by scores of 4-1 and 5-2.
The Braves allowed three unearned runs in the top of the seventh of the opener, spoiling a good pitching outing by sophomore Sam Swaim, and gave up four unearned runs in a 5-2 loss to the Huskies in the nightcap.
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Matthew Ewing was 2 for 2 in the first game, while Cooper Payne and Brady Wilson had South's other hits.
Swaim, Ben Sellers and Noah Fields had hits and Austin Semmler drove in a run in the second game.
South, 1-5, is at Cloverdale on Monday.
• Panthers win Banks — Riverton Parke defeated Parke Heritage 3-2 on Saturday in the championship game of the Banks of the Wabash Tournament.
Now 5-1, the Panthers host Paris on Wednesday. Parke Heritage, 2-1, hosts Cascade on Thursday.
Prep tennis
• Braves go 1-2 — At Greenwood, Terre Haute South outscored its opponents 9-6 on Saturday but still suffered two losses.
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The Braves beat Whiteland 5-0 but lost 3-2 to both Mt. Vernon and host Center Grove.
Terre Haute South 5, Whiteland 0
Singles — Sarah Rowe (THS) def. Sophira Brown 6-0, 6-0; Jordan Miller (THS) def. Allara Lee 6-1, 6-2; Ajah Irish (THS) def. Chloe Siri 6-1, 6-0.
Doubles — Jessica Khallabhavi-Savannah Semmler (THS) def. Taylor Darnell-Rowen Starns 6-3, 6-2; Anika Gera-Ellie Luken (THS) def. Christin Cin-Alesha Shelly 6-1, 6-2.
Mt. Vernon 3, Terre Haute South 2
Singles — Carolne Allen (MV) def. Rowe 7-6 (7-5), 6-4; Miller (THS) def. Koren 6-1, 6-4; Avery Spalding (MV) def. Irish 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles — Brandes-Luge (MV) def. Khallabhavi-Semmler 6-4, 6-4; Gera-Luken (THS) def. Schubert-Zhu 6-4, 7-5.
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Center Grove 3, Terre Haute South 2
Singles — Rowe (THS) def. Sloane Small 6-3, 6-4; Keira Harbin (CG) def. Miller 6-1, 6-1; Val Arriz (CG) def. Irish 6-1, 6-4.
Doubles — Khallabhavi-Semmler (THS) def. Ashley Embrey-Maggie Teed 6-2, 6-1; Kate Obezuk-Kensley Walker def. Gera-Luken 3-6, 6-4, 3-6.
College women's track
• Pomeroys compete — Saint Mary-of-the-Woods performed well in women's track and field at the 120th Annual Little State Championship hosted by Indiana Wesleyan.
Kyla Bradberry paced Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with victories in the 100- and 200-meter runs. The SMWC women finished in 10th place in the meet with a final team score of 35 points while the men were 15th with 13 points.
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College golf
• Pomeroys in fifth place after opening day of IU-Kokomo Spring Shootout — At Kokomo, the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods men were fifth after one day of the IU-Kokomo Spring Shootout on Saturday.
Benjamin Goshen led the Pomeroys with a first-round 77.
College softball
• Pomeroys split doubleheader with Brescia — The Saint Mary-of-the-Woods softball team honored its seniors with a hard-fought doubleheader split against visiting Brescia on Saturday afternoon at the SMWC Softball Field.
The Pomeroys took the opener 6-3 before narrowly falling 8-7 in a high-scoring finale.
In game one, SMWC (15-17, 10-12 RSC) jumped out to an early lead and held off a late surge from the Bearcats (10-20, 9-15 RSC). Emily Fitzwater (5-6) went the distance in the circle, striking out seven while allowing three earned runs on 10 hits. Emily Singleton led the offensive attack with three hits and three RBI, including a two-run double in the fourth and an RBI single in the sixth.
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Game two was a back-and-forth affair that saw the Pomeroys outhit Brescia 14-10 but come up just short. Jaleigh Crawford drove in three runs, including a pair of sacrifice flies, while Jasmine Kinzer and Madison Moultray each added doubles and RBIs. SMWC trailed 6-5 heading into the final frame, and although they rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh, the comeback effort fell just shy.
The Pomeroys return to action on Tuesday for their final home games of the season. SMWC will host IU-Columbus in a doubleheader beginning at 3 p.m.
