Stories from Friday, October 3, 2008

The Greencastle Middle School boys' and girls' cross country team swept the South Putnam Junior High boys' and girls' team Tuesday night. The girls' team beat South Putnam 26-29. Top finishers for the Tiger Cubs were Colleen Weatherford finishing with a time of 13:01. ...

BRAZIL -- The South Putnam Junior High cross country teams visited North Clay Wednesday night at Craig Park. The Eagles came away with a split, as the girls defeated the Knights 24-32, while the boys fell 21-35. Mallory Glaze led the girls, finishing second in a time of 13:18. Kaylynn Cox (4th) and Lyndsie Beasley (5th) joined Glaze in the top five...

The Greencastle boys' soccer team traveled to Clayton last night to take on Cascade in a key WCC match up. Both teams were 2-1 in conference play, each team having dropped their games to rival Speedway. The Tiger Cubs easily handled the Cadets, winning 4-0 and improving their overall season record to 12-3. The win assured the Cubs of at least a second place finish in the WCC...

Saturday night promises to be an eventful one for the fighters of Team Cyclone. Three of the Greencastle MMA fighters, who train at the All-American Karate Academy with Steve St. Pierre, will see action with bouts at Elite Cage Fighting 26, which takes place at the State Fairgrounds...

ROACHDALE -- 235 digs, 62 kills, 59 assists and 35 aces. All that action and it all came down to a fifth and deciding game between county foes Thursday night. The matchup between the North Putnam and Greencastle volleyball squads went in favor of the Cougars with a 19-17 win in the fifth game...

It was the kind of play a senior should make in her final home game. With 5:55 remaining Thursday and Greencastle leading 2-1, Greencastle goal keeper Jennifer Grumme was facing a penalty kick from Cascade's Gagandeep Bajwa. Bajwa kicked it to Grumme's right, but the keeper stretched out and knocked the ball away...