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Saturday, May 18, 2013
Chestnut is recipient of GGCC's Putnam County Senior Student Athlete of the Year Award. (05/18/13)
The Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce presented its 2012-13 Putnam County Male Senior Student Athlete of the Year Award on Friday to South Putnam's Ryan Chestnut. The award is presented annually to the high school senior who best exhibits qualities in academics, athletics and leadership. Winners receive a plaque and a $250 scholarship, presented by the GGCC and the Teacher's Credit Union. Chestnut was chosen ahead of nominees from Cloverdale, Greencastle and North Putnam. Students are nominated by their coaches and athletic directors, then a winner is chosen by a committee of five. Chestnut, shown with GGCC representatives Pam Lage and Scott Herrick, lettered in four varsity sports, including football, basketball, baseball and track and field. He is the student body president at South Putnam High School and has been received the Mark Wildman Leadership Scholarship, All-Wabash Valley Academic Team. Chestnut is a 10-year 4-H member, a member of the Church of Christ and is an honor student. This past season he was a captain on the football, basketball and track and field teams. He has been a state finalist in the shot put and been named to numerous all-state, all-region, all-county and all-conference football teams. He also set SPHS records for sacks in a season, sacks in a career and career wins. (Banner Graphic/LAUREN BOUCHER)
Five-run third dooms Eagles against Mustangs (05/18/13)
Senior JD Briones threw six solid innings and homered against Edgewood on Thursday, but the effort wasn't enough as South Putnam lost 8-5. SPHS (3-18, 2-8) scored two runs in the second to tie the game but a five-run third inning helped settle the score...
Tiger Cubs lose to Knights in sectional final (05/18/13)
BRAZIL -- The highly-successful season for the Greencastle girls' tennis team came to an end on Friday when the Tiger Cubs lost to sectional host Northview, 4-1. While the final team score seems one-sided, it could have just as easily been GHS that advanced to next week's regionals...
Tiger Cubs to finals, Eagles eliminated at tennis sectional (05/17/13)
The Greencastle girls' tennis team cruised to an easy 4-1 win on Wednesday, then made it look even easier Thursday when it beat South Vermillion 5-0. South Putnam lost in an earlier match and was knocked out. The win moved the Tiger Cubs to the Indiana High School Athletic Association sectional final, where they will take on Northview...
Relays, throwers lead charge out of boys' track sectional (05/17/13)
TERRE HAUTE -- The Putnam County boys' track and field squads made the trek to Terre Haute Thursday night for the IHSAA Boys' Track and Field Sectional, hosted by North Vigo High School. Athletes from all four schools will compete next week at the Evansville Central Regional after their performances, with South Putnam the highest placing team on the day in fourth position on 41 points...
Cougars win 5th straight, beat Danville 8-3 (05/17/13)
DANVILLE --The North Putnam baseball team has stayed hot after winning the Putnam County Classic on Saturday. The Cougars (19-3-1) have started the week with two more wins, including an 8-3 game at Danville on Thursday. Junior Kaleb Belcher hit his first home run of the season in the sixth inning to help finish off the Warriors...
Fifth-score lifts Greencastle golfers past Owen Valley (05/17/13)
GOSPORT -- When the first four scores came in for the Greencastle-Owen Valley boys' golf match on Thursday, they teams were locked in a 153-153 tie. GHS senior Wataru Otaki's 43 as the Tiger Cubs' fifth-scorer beat out OVHS's Corbin Worland's 44 to give Greencastle the win...
Cloverdale golfers fail to hang with Martinsville (05/17/13)
MARTINSVILLE --The youthful Cloverdale golf team has hit a rough patch in its season. The Clovers have struggled all week and the challenges continued Thursday in a loss at Martinsville, 192-179. Aaron Whitlock was the Clovers' best scorer, shooting a 44 at the nine-hole event...
Eagles lose third straight, topped by TH North 6-5 (05/17/13)
The South Putnam softball team battled back to tie the score with three runs in the bottom of the seventh against Terre Haute North on Thursday, but it still came out one run short of a win. The Eagles lost 6-5 in eight innings. Junior Brooke Cundiff led the Eagles with three of the team's 12 hits, but three errors proved too costly to overcome...
40th annual WCC awards banquet honors 2012-13 athletes (05/16/13)
The annual West Central Conference awards banquet was held at Greencastle High School on Wednesday, honoring all of the all-conference performers from the 2012-13 athletic seasons. Because this past season was the 40th in WCC history, the banquet also hosted a special guest speaker, DePauw University women's basketball coach Kris Huffman...

GHS Softball Senior Night (05/15/13)
Greencastle girls' basketball sectional final (02/12/13)
The Greencastle High School girls' basketball team won it's first sectional championship since 1993 on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. Relive the action with this photo gallery.
Greencastle vs. Tri-West football sectional (10/27/12)

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