Sports
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Tiger Cubs control county titles after sweep of Cougars; Clovers keep steady hand in win over Wolves (4/25/24)BAINBRIDGE – For a second-straight season, North Putnam and Greencastle couldn’t separate themselves in their WIC baseball outing in just seven innings. Where the 2023 game took an extra inning to get through, Thursday’s contest needed nine innings of play and multiple missed chances with bases loaded for both teams before the Tiger Cubs plated a run in the top of the ninth and kept the Cougars in check for a 3-2 win...
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Greencastle starts fast to knock off Owen Valley; Edgewood fires five shots over the fences in rout of South Putnam (4/24/24)Greencastle 6, Owen Valley 3 A hot start was enough for Greencastle to pick up a 6-3 win Wednesday night at home against Owen Valley in WIC baseball play. The Tiger Cubs started with a 2-0 lead after an inning following an RBI double from Nathan Sutherlin and a run-scoring single from Ashton Dayhuff...
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Mustangs run wild, knock down Eagles (4/24/24)By GARY HAZLETT, For the Banner GraphicIt was a Bland night for the South Putnam Eagle softball team Wednesday. The host Eagles had a difficult night against Edgewood and pitcher Ally Bland in a 12-1 loss. The Eagles only managed four hits as the Mustangs got an early lead and put the game away in the final two innings of a Western Indiana Conference matchup...
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4-23-24 POSTPONEMENTS (4/23/24)Due to a weather system that is anticipated to roll in around the time many athletic events are expected to start, the following events have been postponed for Tuesday, April 24 Baseball Greencastle at North Putnam South Putnam at Sullivan (Rescheduled for 4/25 at 6 p.m.)...
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Clovers, Eagles split county matchup; Tiger Cub offense runs wild over Mounties (4/22/24)As was the case last week against North Putnam, South Putnam split a pair of Putnam County baseball and softball games Monday night against Cloverdale. On the softball diamond, the Eagles scored four runs in the first and second innings before a nine-spot in the fourth finished off the game early while on the baseball field, the Clovers scored four times in the top of the seventh to win a see-saw battle...
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Cougars finish runner-up at home volleyball invitational; Tiger Cubs win modified Bob Arnett Invitational (4/21/24)North Putnam hosted an eight-team boys’ volleyball tournament Saturday, finishing runner-up to the Wabash Valley Warriors after going 3-0 in pool play earlier in the day. The Cougars started off with a 25-17, 25-23 win over University and followed that up with a 25-16, 25-12 win over the Warriors’ B squad...
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Greencastle pulls away from Linton; South Putnam battles, falls to No. 1 Clay City (4/19/24)After giving up two runs in the top of the first inning, Sam Gooch and Treytin Long combined to throw six scoreless innings and Greencastle shutout Linton the rest of the way, picking up a 10-2 win Friday night. A single and error set up the Miners to score twice in the first as an errant throw allowed one run to score before a groundout pushed a second run in...
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FEATURED SENIOR ATHLETE: Jaylen Windmiller, North Putnam (4/18/24)Jaylen is a senior at North Putnam and participates in four sports, soccer, basketball, baseball and golf. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Jaylen Windmiller: “Sports have shaped me into the person I am today. ...
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Cougars, Eagles split on the baseball, softball diamonds again (4/17/24)The second set of rematches from the Putnam County Baseball and Softball Tournament played out on a breezy Wednesday afternoon, though the results themselves did not change from Saturday as North Putnam handily won over South Putnam at baseball while the Eagles saw off the Cougars at softball...
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Gregg wins duel with Allen as Greencastle beats Cloverdale again; Tiger Cub softball hangs on to Paddle after Clovers come out swinging (4/16/24)CLOVERDALE – In the first of two days’ worth of rematches from the Putnam County Baseball and Softball Tournaments, Greencastle traveled to Cloverdale Tuesday evening. On both the baseball and softball diamonds, the Tiger Cubs defeated the Clovers for the second time in three days, though in two much closer contests than Saturday’s tournament outings...