Rick Semmler became the sports director at WTHI in August 2009
Rick Semmler became the sports director at WTHI in August 2009. Rick feels truly blessed to have covered sports in the Wabash Valley. He has seen some incredible games and great athletes while in the Valley.
Some of those great moments include Washington winning the 2005 Class 3A state basketball championship on a half-court shot from Luke Zeller, Wayne Newton Post 346 advancing to the American Legion World Series, Shakamak winning the 2008 Class A state baseball championship, and the latest with Josh Phegley, Brady Shoemaker, and Nick Ciolli all getting drafter by the Chicago White Sox.
Rick came to the Wabash Valley in July 2003, where he spent six years at WTWO as a sports anchor and reporter. Before that, he spent one year in Hazard, Kentucky as a sports reporter and photographer.
Rick is a graduate of Ball State University with a telecommunications degree. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Robin. They reside in Terre Haute with their daughter, Savannah.
Arrows top Vikings
Northview QB coming off back to back big games
Former THS star making big impression with Shockers
West Vigo sophomore staying close to home
Annual high school boys basketball event takes place at North Daviess
Hatchets roll
Miners drop a close one
Falcons win at Riverton Parke
Wolves score school record 69 points
Warriors top the T-Birds
(Widget updates once daily at 7 p.m. CT)
| County | Confirmed | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Cook | 140078 | 5172 |
| DuPage | 16883 | 551 |
| Lake | 16489 | 486 |
| Will | 13539 | 373 |
| Kane | 12716 | 325 |
| St. Clair | 6339 | 187 |
| Madison | 5414 | 131 |
| Winnebago | 5399 | 149 |
| McHenry | 4446 | 118 |
| Champaign | 4411 | 20 |
| Peoria | 3256 | 48 |
| McLean | 3188 | 20 |
| Rock Island | 2827 | 71 |
| Kankakee | 2660 | 76 |
| Sangamon | 2267 | 44 |
| Unassigned | 2250 | 236 |
| Kendall | 1932 | 25 |
| LaSalle | 1630 | 56 |
| Tazewell | 1609 | 20 |
| DeKalb | 1480 | 38 |
| Macon | 1417 | 40 |
| Coles | 1366 | 30 |
| Williamson | 1337 | 37 |
| Jackson | 1242 | 24 |
| Clinton | 1084 | 20 |
| Boone | 1056 | 23 |
| Adams | 1020 | 10 |
| Randolph | 923 | 11 |
| Effingham | 834 | 1 |
| Whiteside | 694 | 20 |
| Ogle | 641 | 6 |
| Grundy | 635 | 5 |
| Monroe | 627 | 15 |
| Morgan | 625 | 23 |
| Henry | 624 | 5 |
| Vermilion | 622 | 4 |
| Knox | 613 | 3 |
| Bureau | 587 | 11 |
| Jefferson | 564 | 38 |
| Marion | 516 | 0 |
| Franklin | 499 | 2 |
| Macoupin | 498 | 7 |
| Union | 497 | 24 |
| Stephenson | 475 | 6 |
| McDonough | 453 | 15 |
| Christian | 443 | 10 |
| Logan | 436 | 1 |
| Woodford | 402 | 6 |
| Crawford | 389 | 2 |
| Jersey | 385 | 14 |
| Cass | 384 | 11 |
| Iroquois | 357 | 19 |
| Shelby | 352 | 4 |
| Fayette | 351 | 3 |
| Livingston | 340 | 6 |
| Perry | 338 | 15 |
| Lee | 333 | 1 |
| Montgomery | 331 | 13 |
| Warren | 307 | 2 |
| Bond | 294 | 4 |
| Douglas | 281 | 6 |
| Saline | 278 | 3 |
| Lawrence | 250 | 2 |
| Wayne | 249 | 5 |
| Jo Daviess | 243 | 2 |
| Greene | 216 | 7 |
| Carroll | 212 | 4 |
| Moultrie | 207 | 3 |
| Cumberland | 200 | 4 |
| Jasper | 199 | 9 |
| Washington | 197 | 1 |
| Hancock | 194 | 3 |
| Pulaski | 159 | 1 |
| Richland | 159 | 4 |
| White | 159 | 0 |
| Clark | 151 | 2 |
| Fulton | 148 | 0 |
| Wabash | 146 | 1 |
| Johnson | 144 | 0 |
| Clay | 141 | 0 |
| Piatt | 131 | 0 |
| Mason | 128 | 1 |
| Mercer | 127 | 5 |
| Menard | 119 | 0 |
| Pike | 110 | 1 |
| Edgar | 109 | 7 |
| De Witt | 103 | 1 |
| Ford | 98 | 5 |
| Massac | 96 | 2 |
| Marshall | 94 | 0 |
| Scott | 74 | 0 |
| Alexander | 73 | 1 |
| Gallatin | 67 | 2 |
| Hamilton | 67 | 0 |
| Henderson | 63 | 0 |
| Edwards | 61 | 0 |
| Putnam | 52 | 0 |
| Stark | 50 | 2 |
| Schuyler | 45 | 0 |
| Calhoun | 44 | 0 |
| Brown | 41 | 0 |
| Hardin | 36 | 0 |
| Pope | 26 | 1 |
| Out of IL | 2 | 0 |
(Widget updates once daily at 8 p.m. ET)
| County | Confirmed | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Marion | 20832 | 759 |
| Lake | 10292 | 318 |
| Elkhart | 6415 | 109 |
| St. Joseph | 6156 | 102 |
| Allen | 6029 | 200 |
| Hamilton | 4724 | 109 |
| Vanderburgh | 3445 | 30 |
| Hendricks | 2673 | 122 |
| Monroe | 2474 | 36 |
| Tippecanoe | 2269 | 13 |
| Johnson | 2268 | 123 |
| Clark | 2150 | 56 |
| Porter | 2078 | 45 |
| Cass | 1932 | 9 |
| Delaware | 1882 | 61 |
| Vigo | 1781 | 23 |
| Madison | 1595 | 75 |
| LaPorte | 1377 | 39 |
| Floyd | 1314 | 61 |
| Howard | 1285 | 63 |
| Kosciusko | 1202 | 17 |
| Warrick | 1199 | 36 |
| Bartholomew | 1153 | 57 |
| Marshall | 989 | 24 |
| Dubois | 954 | 18 |
| Boone | 951 | 46 |
| Hancock | 911 | 43 |
| Grant | 891 | 33 |
| Noble | 891 | 32 |
| Henry | 770 | 24 |
| Wayne | 744 | 14 |
| Jackson | 740 | 9 |
| Morgan | 700 | 38 |
| Shelby | 665 | 29 |
| Daviess | 644 | 27 |
| Dearborn | 632 | 28 |
| LaGrange | 631 | 11 |
| Clinton | 592 | 12 |
| Harrison | 560 | 24 |
| Putnam | 537 | 10 |
| Lawrence | 505 | 28 |
| Montgomery | 505 | 21 |
| Knox | 501 | 9 |
| Gibson | 485 | 4 |
| White | 481 | 14 |
| DeKalb | 456 | 11 |
| Decatur | 454 | 39 |
| Miami | 426 | 3 |
| Fayette | 418 | 13 |
| Greene | 418 | 35 |
| Jasper | 386 | 2 |
| Steuben | 370 | 7 |
| Scott | 356 | 10 |
| Sullivan | 330 | 12 |
| Jennings | 312 | 12 |
| Posey | 306 | 0 |
| Franklin | 299 | 25 |
| Clay | 293 | 5 |
| Orange | 285 | 24 |
| Ripley | 283 | 8 |
| Carroll | 270 | 13 |
| Wabash | 261 | 8 |
| Washington | 261 | 1 |
| Starke | 253 | 7 |
| Whitley | 252 | 6 |
| Wells | 248 | 2 |
| Adams | 245 | 3 |
| Jefferson | 244 | 3 |
| Fulton | 234 | 2 |
| Huntington | 222 | 3 |
| Tipton | 217 | 22 |
| Spencer | 215 | 3 |
| Perry | 214 | 13 |
| Randolph | 208 | 7 |
| Jay | 173 | 0 |
| Newton | 171 | 11 |
| Owen | 165 | 1 |
| Martin | 164 | 0 |
| Rush | 152 | 4 |
| Pike | 140 | 1 |
| Vermillion | 126 | 0 |
| Fountain | 118 | 2 |
| Pulaski | 115 | 1 |
| Blackford | 113 | 3 |
| Crawford | 103 | 0 |
| Brown | 102 | 3 |
| Parke | 94 | 1 |
| Benton | 88 | 0 |
| Union | 77 | 0 |
| Ohio | 76 | 7 |
| Switzerland | 70 | 0 |
| Warren | 39 | 1 |
| Unassigned | 0 | 225 |
