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Tiger Cubs start fast, pick up second win over Eagles (12/8/23)

Coming in at a combined 1-6, Greencastle and South Putnam both saw Friday night’s WIC boys’ basketball game as a chance to kickstart their seasons. The Tiger Cubs’ size around the floor proved to be problematic on both ends of the floor as the frontcourt scored 29 points while limiting the Eagles to 20 points through three quarters in a 49-35 win...
FEATURED SENIOR ATHLETE: Braden Glaze, North Putnam (12/7/23)

Braden is a senior at North Putnam and participates in two sports, football and wrestling. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Brayden Glaze (BrG): “In sports, I’ve learned that I need to be a leader and to persevere though different challenges.”...
Johnson to maintain midfield presence at St. Mary-of-the-Woods (12/7/23)

Soccer season ended two months ago at Greencastle and winter sports are in full swing. That doesn’t mean the mind of Aleeyah Johnson has wandered to being out on the pitch in the summer, preparing for a new season, a season that will take place in a kit that isn’t purple and grey...
Cougars fall one match short again to A No. 7 Mounties (12/5/23)

By TRENT SCOTT, Sports Editor

BAINBRIDGE – Wrestling duals between North Putnam and Southmont have been close-run outings the past few seasons and Tuesday was no exception to the trend. The Cougars and A No. 7 Mounties once again were separated by one match with the latter managing to take home a 38-33 win...
Eagles get over slow start, stifle Eels (12/5/23)

By GARY HAZLETT, For the Banner Graphic

The South Putnam Lady Eagles methodically strangled the Clay City Eel offense in a non-conference high school basketball game on Tuesday night while overcoming a slow offensive start of their own to defeat the Eels 48-20. South held Clay City to 23 percent (8-of-34) shooting and turned the Eels over 32 times in a game that did not see Clay City score double figures in any quarter, rarely getting a good look at the basket...
Greencastle loses cool; drops tough game to Indian Creek (12/3/23)2

It wasn’t so much that Greencastle lost to Indian Creek in the boys’ basketball nightcap of a four-game day at McAnally Center Saturday. It was the way in which the Tiger Cubs were able to be undone mentally by the Braves once an already physical game was allowed to nearly get out of hand as the visitors used a mini 8-0 burst in the second quarter that turned a tied game into a runaway 74-40 win for the visitors...
No. 3 Braves roll to 61-25 win over Tiger Cubs (12/3/23)

After a sluggish start, Greencastle had finally started to find a grove, winning three-straight outings following an 0-5 start to the 2023-24 girls’ basketball season. Getting a fourth-straight victory on the ledger required the simple task of knocking off 3A No. 3 Indian Creek...
Late Cloverdale rally falls short as Southmont escapes with win (12/2/23)

By CODEY EMERSON, For the Banner Graphic

CLOVERDALE — Southmont and Cloverdale boys basketball squared off at Cloverdale on Saturday after both teams were coming off Friday night games. Southmont took down Sagamore Conference and Montgomery County rival North Montgomery in a very physical and draining 50-42 win in what was their season opener. Cloverdale fell to Edgewood 62-35...
North Putnam starts season with tough road win at South Putnam (12/1/23)

Having to wait an extra 10 days to begin its boys’ basketball season, North Putnam traveled to South Putnam to face a home side that was still licking its wounds after a 30-point loss in its season opener to Clay City. The Cougars hit their first three triples of the night for an early lead but the Eagles steadied the ship, didn’t allow the advantage to blossom and turned the game into a see-saw affair until a 15-1 run from the third into the fourth quarter helped the visitors to a 60-50 win...
Eagles repeat county final win over Cougars (12/1/23)

Two weeks after contesting the Putnam County Girls’ Basketball Tournament final on the same floor, South Putnam hosted North Putnam with both teams coming off wins Tuesday night. A much closer game than the county final, the Cougars had pulled to within two at 39-37 with four minutes to play, only for the Eagles to finish with 11 of the last 13 points for a 50-39 win...