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Final Four Frustration: Marshall's run at state comes up short with semifinal defeat
The 2009 high school football season ended Saturday afternoon for the Lions as they lost to Maroa-Forsyth 31-14 in a Class 2A semifinal playoff contest. The Trojans will put an 11-2 record on the line against Morrison in the Illinois Class 2A championship game Friday at the University of Illinois, seeking their second state championship.
Amey Takes Aim: Mashall’s pride was roaring during unforgettable run
Only 29 seconds remained Saturday afternoon when Marshall’s Lions finally realized their 11-game high school football winning streak had come to an end. Taylor Duncan’s fourth-down pass had fallen incomplete, visiting Maroa-Forsyth had the ball — and a 17-point lead — and the Lions’ offensive unit trooped dejectedly off the field.
Prep Roundup: Carmel takes advantage of North girls’ rough third quarter
Visiting Carmel blanked Terre Haute North 11-0 in the third quarter of a Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference girls basketball game Saturday, nearly the margin of victory in a 49-37 decision.
BOYS BASKETBALL JAMBOREE: Big 4 hit the floor to ‘show what they can do’
Mike Saylor probably summed up Friday’s evening of high school basketball exhibition play at Terre Haute North the best.
‘Formidable opponent’ stands in Lions’ path to 2A Finals
Marshall and Maroa-Forsyth football teams meet in the biggest game of the season for both teams so far today at Bush Field in Marshall.
Mayhew was close to running on home course
Hundreds of elite cross country runners will arrive in Terre Haute today for NCAA Championship. No runners developed in Terre Haute will be racing Monday, but there is one knocking on the door.
PREP ROUNDUP: Panthers run away from Rox
Prep roundup: Terre Haute South rallies, pulls away from Rockville
Visiting Terre Haute South battled from an early 9-2 deficit into a 12-12 tie at the end of the first quarter in girls high school basketball Thursday, then went on to a 51-33 nonconference win over Rockville.
Several Lions football players are in second Final Four since March
Marshall High School’s basketball team made school history last season by not losing a game in the regular season and advancing to the Final Four, the state finals, placing third.
Final Four return 30 years in making for Marshall football
Thirty years ago, a Marshall football team made it to the Final Four of the Illinois Class 2A playoffs. No team did that again until last week when the Lions defeated Casey in the quarterfinals to gain the semifinals of the 2009 playoffs.
Marshall football ready for Final Four battle
Marshall’s football team has begun practice for the second Illinois semfinal game in school history. The 11-1 Lions meet 10-2 Maroa Forsyth at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Bush Field with the winner advancing to the Class 2A championship game next week at the University of Illinois.
Bloomington North uses late run to top North girls
Bloomington North finished strong Tuesday night to defeat Terre Haute North 39-32 in girls high school basketball. The Cougars used a 7-0 run to go up 35-28 and held off the Patriots to go to 2-0 for the season while the Patriots are even for the year at 2-2.
Prep Roundup: West Vigo girls get first win with 52-48 defeat of WRV
West Vigo secured its first girls high school basketball victory of the season Tuesday, winning 52-48 at White River Valley.
Marshall scores first in overtime, blocks Casey's extra point to advance in 2A football playoffs
The Casey-Marshall Illinois Class 2A football playoff game came down to a blocked extra point in overtime at Sinclair-Vidoni Field.
The Lions scored first in the extra session and Casey got a touchdown but Dalton Sanders blocked Clinton Scott’s PAT attempt and Marshall prevailed 14-13.
Seibert’s decisive points help South girls basketball take tournament title
The two girls high school basketball teams Saturday night at West Vigo had plenty in common, including lots of recent success and a history of meeting to decide the championship of the HI-99/Terre Haute Savings Bank Classic. They also came into this year’s tournament with plenty to prove — and each with a leader to help them prove it.
South girls edge North 33-30 to reach Classic championship
Terre Haute South and Owen Valley advanced to the championship game of the HI-99/Terre Haute Savings Bank Classic for girls high school basketball at West Vigo on Saturday — but not without considerable difficulty.
Linton knocked out of football playoffs by Fountain Central
The Linton Miners ran out of comebacks Friday night in the Class A high school football regional.
Knights hold off Wildcats at line in opener of HI-99/Terre Haute Savings Bank Classic
Free throw shooting was a hit-and-miss proposition Friday night at West Vigo, but Northview’s Carlee Bell hit five in a row when they counted most and her Knights held off South Vermillion 42-38 in girls high school basketball.
PREP ROUNDUP: Rockville upsets No. 4 Turkey Run in overtime
Adrianne Francis can’t get well soon enough for the Turkey Run girls high school basketball team.
Class A’s fourth-ranked Warriors lost their second close game without their starting center in three nights Thursday, falling 45-42 in overtime to Rockville as 6-foot-3 Beth Mahurin had 13 points, 23 rebounds and eight blocked shots for the Rox.

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