Stories from Thursday, April 16, 2009

The South Putnam Junior High boys' track team defeated Cloverdale Tuesday night 74-23. Picking up wins for the Eagles were Hunter Barr in the 2,400 meter run (9:20), Tyler Neumann in the 110 meter hurdles (19.91), Sawyer Arnold in the 100 meter dash (12.78) and the 400 meter run (1:04) and Trent Workman in the 1,600 meter run (5:56)...

CRAWFORDSVILLE -- The North Putnam High School track teams split its track meets with Southmont and Monrovia Tuesday. The boys' team won the meet with 71.5 points while the girls finished third with 20 points. Jerrett Ban led the Cougars with multiple wins. He finished first in the long jump with a leap of 19-feet-8.5-inches, while winning the 100-meter run with a time of 11.6 seconds. He also won the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.0 seconds...

The Greencastle High School boys' track team picked up a win Tuesday night when it defeated North Montgomery 112-26. Several Tiger Cubs had wins in multiple events. In the running events it was Greg Lilly and Ben Wilson. Lilly won the 110 and 300 meter hurdles events. He ran a 15.7 in the 110 hurdles and 44.5 in the 300. Ben Wilson won the 1,600 meter race in 4:59.9 and the 400 in 55.7...

CRAWFORDSVILLE -- The Greencastle girls' track team defeated North Montgomery 89-32 Tuesday night. "The elements were as little stiff and at times challenging," GHS head coach Garry Anderson said. "It was a typical first meet for us. We had several bright spots and several not-so-bright spots."...

CASCADE -- The South Putnam High School softball team moved its record to 5-0 and 4-0 in the West Central Conference as it knocked off Cascade 10-2 and 11-0 in a doubleheader Wednesday night. In game one, the Lady Eagles started off strong when Katelyn Sibbitt hit an inside-the-park grand slam. Then in the top of the fourth, Oceaia Boetjer hit another inside-the-park home run...

The number one youth soccer company in the United States, Challenger Sports, will hold its fourth annual British Soccer training camp at Big Walnut Sports Park. Past years' camps have been extremely well received, and the staff os looking forward to another successful camp this year...

The South Putnam girls' tennis team continued their strong start to the 2009 season by knocking off Turkey Run 5-0 Wednesday. "It's great to start the season 2-0," Eagles head coach Johnnie Briones said. "Both doubles played some good, solid tennis for the second night in a row."...

CLOVERDALE -- CHS Coach Chuck Mowery said in the beginning of the season the one thing he wants the Lady Clovers to do this year is to score runs. Message received loud and clear. Cloverdale picked up its first West Central Conference win Wednesday night when it defeated Monrovia 7-3...

CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale School Board is excited to announce Kamp Knoy for middle school students and Knoy Kidopolis for elementary students has been scheduled. Kamp Knoy and Knoy Kidopolis are summer learning programs made possible by the 21st Century grant. ...

A Greencastle man sentenced last month for his role in an attack that left another man severely injured has requested a sentence modification. Jared L. Hornaday, 19, was one of four co-defendants convicted in connection with the June 5, 2008 beating of John Sanders, 26, of Greencastle. The crime took place outside Old Topper's Bar in Greencastle...

An Indianapolis woman accused of trafficking with an inmate at the Putnamville Correctional Facility is set to go before Putnam County Circuit Court Judge Matt Headley for a pretrial conference on May 21. Shakeya Webb, 20, has been charged with Class B felony dealing in a schedule I controlled substance, Class C felony trafficking with an inmate and Class D felony identity deception...

Steven A. Dodd, 54, of LaVista, Neb. and formerly of Bainbridge died Sunday, April 5, 2009. Mr. Dodd was born in Indianapolis on Jan. 8, 1955, to Jack and Alma Sheffield Dodd. He married Cindy Turner on April 4, 1992, and she survives. After his marriage, he and his wife moved to Nebraska...

Putnam County Jail Robert Tyler, 45, Cloverdale, was booked into the Putnam County Jail at 9:59 p.m. Tuesday for public intoxication, operating a vehicle while intoxicated and operating per se. Mark Testerman, 47, Greencastle, was booked at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday for public intoxication and operating a vehicle while intoxicated...

A plea agreement has been filed in the case of a Spencer man accused of holding a Cloverdale woman against her will and battering her. Under the terms of the agreement, Charles M. Collins, 41, will plead guilty to Class D felony criminal confinement and Class A misdemeanor battery resulting in bodily injury, while a charge of Class D felony strangulation will be dropped...

The Emerald ash borer has had a devastating effect on the ash tree population of Indiana state and federal agencies are once again using purple panel traps as part of a detection survey throughout the state. The traps, which are bright purple and resemble box kites, are baited with manuka and phoebe oils and lined with glue, which attract and trap nearby emerald ash borers (EAB)...

RUSSELLVILLE -- The town board unanimously voted to hire Jim Ensley as the town's attorney during its monthly meeting Wednesday. Ensley, who is also the attorney for Bainbridge, will be given the same pay rate as the previous Russellville attorney. Board president Don Reddish said the town had the opportunity to hire an attorney from Crawfordsville, but "wanted to keep it local."...