Sports

Coming off its win over North Putnam, Greencastle tried to maintain the momentum with Crawfordsville arriving Tuesday evening. The Tiger Cubs took what was on offer, knocking down a dozen midrange shots that flustered the Athenian defense, helping the hosts roll to a 60-23 win...

On Tuesday night, the Greencastle Tiger Cubs hosted the Crawfordsville Athenians in the opening game for both teams and treated fans to a great match up with the Tiger Cubs coming up a little bit short 72-63 in a non-conference game. Crawfordsville used a big first quarter, hot-shooting, and a late run to hold off the Cubs. ...

North Putnam’s swimming and diving teams opened the season with Tri-West Monday night, falling to the Bruins 95-73 in the boys’ meet and 103-52 in the girls’ meet. The Cougar boys picked up wins through Carter Thomas in the 200 IM (2:28.79), Justin Thomas in diving (99.00), Jacob Farrington in the 500 free (5:59.89) and Ethan Harrison in the 100 breaststroke (1:13.84). Harrison, Carter Thomas, Justin Thomas and Gunner Eastep also combined to win the 200 medley relay (2:05.87)...

Allison is a senior at Greencastle and participates in three sports, golf, diving and track and field. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Allison Scott: “Sports are very important to me. They’ve helped me learn teamwork and helped me be more comfortable around new people.”...

North Putnam has postponed its first three boys' basketball games due to COVID concerns, affecting Wednesday night's game against Southmont as well as the Dec. 4 game against South Putnam and the Dec. 5 game against Edgewood. All reschedule dates are TBA...

In a season of uncertainty, there was always one certainty when Greencastle took to the volleyball court: Lilly Meyer. The senior all-around player kept ticking on as if there was nothing else going on in the world once on the floor and was named as Putnam County’s volleyball Player of the Year...

ROACHDALE – Entering Tuesday night’s matchup with North Putnam, Southmont girls’ basketball coach Dan Burkman knew his team would have to slow down a high-powered Cougars’ offense that was averaging nearly 70 points per game. The Mounties were able to hold the Cougars under their scoring average and keep their perfect record with a 76-63 win...

Three of the four outfits at the Greencastle natatorium were getting their first swims of the season in as Greencastle hosted South Putnam Monday night. The Tiger Shark girls competed last week and showed their strength with a 113-62 win over the Eagles while the visitors had plenty of good swims of their own in a 105-59-10 win over Greencastle and Cloverdale...

An updated schedule for the Putnam County Tournament has been revealed as the tournament will take place over the course of three days starting December 21. The changes include combining the varsity and JV county tournaments together over the course of the three days at South Putnam...

The Putnam County Girls’ Basketball Tournament did not start Thursday night, nor will it be played this weekend. It was difficult to tell, however, as Greencastle and North Putnam played 32 minutes of basketball at McAnally Center that would have been a fitting finale to any tournament...

Registration is underway for the South Putnam Little Eagles Basketball Development League for boys in grades 3-6 at either Fillmore or Central Elementary or South Putnam Middle School. Cost is $25 per player, which includes a T-shirt. Forms are available at all schools, and must be turned in by October 8 to guarantee a T-shirt...