Stories from Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Expectations were high for Brody Whitaker during the 2020-21 boys’ basketball season. They had always been high but after a shocking loss in the sectional opener as a junior, the Greencastle senior had a lot of potential goals staring at him going into his final campaign in purple and grey...

GOSPORT -- Greencastle finished as runner-up at the WIC Boys' Golf Match at Rolling Meadows GC. The Tiger Cubs shot 319 as a team to finish second behind Northview, who won the conference title with a team score of 311. Freshman Keaton Parmley earned medalist honors with a round of 71 while Benton Parmley and Tyler Rodgers both earned All-WIC honors with co-rounds of 81....

Edgewood 161.5, Northview 108, Indian Creek 72, West Vigo 69.5, Greencastle 56, Brown County 53.5, South Putnam 43, North Putnam 24, Cloverdale 17, Owen Valley 14.5, Sullivan 4 3,200-Meter Relay — 1. Edgewood 9:46.78; 2. Northview 9:53.98; 3. Indian Creek 10:48.90; 4. Brown County 11:03.14; 5. Cloverdale (Monnett, Branigan, Nees, Szczerbik) 11:05.94; 6. Owen Valley 11:49.22; 7. Greencastle (Brenan, Headley, Johnson, Ball) 12:15.38; 8. South Putnam (Barnard, Brown, Jones, Speth) 12:51.07...

The 60th season of the Putnam County Playhouse will continue in July with a production of the comedy “Pillow Talk.” It will be presented July 6-10 and July 13-17. Director Andrew Ranck will conduct two sessions of auditions for roles in the play. The first will be Sunday, May 23, at 3 p.m. with the second on Monday, May 24 at 7 p.m. Both sessions will be in the Rehearsal Center at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre in Greencastle...

John S. Kempf, 57, peacefully entered into eternal life on Monday, May 3, 2021. He was born on Oct. 30, 1963 to the late Robert Wayne and Stephanie Evelyn (Zaborski) Kempf. He leaves behind his devoted wife, Kari; seven loving grandchildren, Lilly, Nolan, Makenzie, Bridgette, Sawyer, Katherine and Angel; children Sierra, Megan, Brandon, Mitchell and Allison; and two younger brothers, Ernie (Laura) and David (Kim)...