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ROCKVILLE — If the goal of athletic teams to be playing their best when it comes time for the post-season tournament, Greencastle’s baseball team is following that strategy perfectly. The Cubs shut out Parke Heritage 2-0 on Friday evening for their sixth straight win, improving their record to 12-11...

Class 2A At Greencastle Monday 5:30 p.m. — South Vermillion (16-5) vs. Cloverdale (14-4) Tuesday 5:30 p.m. — North Putnam (7-13) vs. South Putnam (6-16, including forfeits) 7 p.m. — South Vermillion-Cloverdale winner vs. Greencastle (1-18) Thursday 5:30 p.m. — Tuesday winners in championship game...

What was universally anticipated when Tod Windlan took the Greencastle girls’ basketball coaching job last June came to fruition this week, as the well-traveled coach was hired by Connersville to coach the Lady Spartans. Windlan has won 235 games since 2004, an average of 16.7 per season...

Severe storms on Thursday caused postponement of scheduled sectional competition in boys’ track and girls’ tennis until today. Weather permitting, the boys’ track sectional will start at 5:30 p.m. at Terre Haute North involving athletes from all four Putnam County teams...

TERRE HAUTE – Putnam County had three individual champions in Tuesday evening’s Terre Haute North girls’ track sectional and had 10 total regional-qualifying performances on the night. Highlighting the county contingent was North Putnam’s Ashley O’Neal, a double winner in the 100 and the high jump, and Greencastle’s Seelye Stoffregen – who set a school record in winning the 300-meter hurdles...

SULLIVAN – Cloverdale improved to 14-4 with a win over Sullivan in the WIC crossover game for fifth place. “Macie Couch pitched really well and forced Sullivan's high-scoring offense into fly balls and ground balls that we were able to handle and hold Sullivan to one run,” Clover coach Jim Spencer said. “Macie made a great 2-2 pitch to strike out the batter in the bottom of the seventh with the tying run on third base.”...

Three Putnam County athletes will enter Thursday’s Terre Haute North boys’ track and field sectional as the top seeds. The top three finishers in each event advance to Tuesday’s Bloomington North Regional, plus any other meeting the designated participant standard...

Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Wyatt Helterbrand: “Sports have taught me a lot of things, from forming my personality to working hard. Coaching and sports have always done that. They have taught me to have respect for others, and that sportsmanship is key.”...

SPENCER — Greencastle’s Tiger Cubs won their third consecutive WIC golf tournament Saturday at Rolling Meadows GC. Led by Conner Taylor’s 76 and Jaxon Parmley’s 77, the Cubs shot a score of 323 to beat runnerup Northview by 13 shots. Benton Parmley added a 82, while Vincent Martoglio shot a 88 and Tyler Rodgers had a 94...

Several individual athletes and relay teams from Putnam County are seeded in the top three for today’s Terre Haute North girls’ track sectional. The top three finishers in each event advance to Tuesday’s Bloomington North Regional, plus any other meeting the designated participant standard...

The Western Indiana Conference will make some adjustments to team sport competitions in 2019-20 for its first season with just 11 members. Cascade will be leaving the conference after this school year for the Indiana Crossroads Conference. Attempts were unsuccessful to attract a replacement school to keep the geographically-challenged 12-team league intact in two six-team divisions as currently constructed...

Olney Central’s Jalen Moore will have no problem finding teammates to share rides between Indiana and Illinois in the next school year. The Cloverdale graduate has been joined this week by two additional Indiana standouts, as Terre Haute North’s Cayman Hayes and Carmel’s Karsten Windlan announced their intention to become Blue Knights...

As the calendar flips to May tomorrow, this week shapes up as a big one for information on high school tournament competition on nearly every sport. Sectional classifications were announced earlier for six sports (boys’/girls’ basketball, boys’/girls’ soccer, football and volleyball), and on Monday the Indiana High School Athletic Association released the groupings for tournament play over the next two years...

The Greencastle boys’ basketball program will host a summer skills camp from June 5-7 for students entering grades 1-8. At the skills camp, players will not just learn the fundamentals of basketball. “They will also experience the phenomenal basketball facilities that our school corporation has to offer, be exposed to our coaching staff and build relationships with current high school players,” GHS coach Bryce Rector said...

Johnathon Goode wanted to be a four-sport athlete at North Putnam, with aspirations of competing in soccer and football in the fall season, basketball in the winter and baseball during the spring. Unfortunately, a concussion suffered early in his freshman soccer season led to lingering medical problems that prevented Goode from fulfilling his athletic goals on the various sports venues...

Greencastle High School’s baseball team will be having youth nights next Tuesday and Thursday. The Cubs will host North Putnam at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday and Dugger Union at 5 p.m. on Thursday. Any player or coach who wears a youth league game jersey to the game will receive free admission on either day...

Alyssa Nowak drove in three of DePauw’s four runs and Riley Magoon pitched five innings of scoreless relief as the Tigers topped Saint Vincent 4-1 on the opening day of the Greencastle Regional of the NCAA Division III Championship on Friday. DePauw moved to 32-12, while the Bearcats dropped to 29-15...

Fresh off a North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament title, DePauw has been selected as one of 16 regional hosts for the 2019 NCAA Division III Softball Championship. The regional takes place Friday through Sunday, with the Tigers facing St. Vincent in the opening round with Trine and Maryville (Tenn.) squaring off in the other Friday game...

HILLSDALE, Mich. — Emma Wilson of Greencastle was seeded 14th going into the “GINA” relays at Hillsdale College on Friday. Running for the “Miles to Go” club based in Indianapolis, Wilson defeated several Division I collegiate runners on her way to finishing second in the women’s 5,000-meter run championship...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard just keeps putting more chips on his draft board. One year moving back three spots to acquire three extra second-round picks from the New York Jets, Ballard moved back again Thursday night by trading the No. 26 overall pick to Washington for two more second-round selections...