Sports

Payten Simpson is a three-sport athlete at Cloverdale, competing in volleyball, basketball and softball. Banner Graphic: Which sport do you like the best? Payten Simpson: They’re all my favorites, so I can’t pick just one. BG: What is your role on the volleyball team, and how has the season gone?...

Greencastle’s volleyball team has struggled since winning the county tournament earlier this month, but is hopeful that a three-set win over North Putnam on Thursday evening can be the springboard to closing out the final two weeks of the regular season strongly...

South Putnam’s eighth-grade volleyball team won the Putnam County Tourney on Saturday after defeating Greencastle and Cloverdale. The Eagles defeated Greencastle in three sets by scores of 15-25, 25-13 and 15-7 and then defeated the Clovers 25-15, 25-13 in the championship...

DePauw senior quarterback Matt Hunt threw four touchdown passes, ran for one more and totaled 417 yards of offense as the Tigers moved to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in the North Coast Athletic Conference with a 66-17 victory over visiting Hiram. The Terriers dropped to 1-2 overall and 1-1 in the NCAC. The 66 points were the most by a DePauw team since November 4, 1939, when they scored 74 against Franklin...

Paced by Clauda Monnett’s winning performance and two other top-nine finishes, DePauw totaled 49 points to finish 19 points ahead of University of Indianapolis and win the little state portion of the Indiana Intercollegiates. Monnett, a Cloverdale graduate, covered the 5,000-meter course in 19:17.23 and won the individual competition by nearly 15 seconds. Lois Miller was eighth in 20:29.18 followed by Becca Conley in ninth in 20:29.40...

DePauw’s offense totaled 535 yards and garnered 28 first downs, while the defense recorded a score and forced four turnovers on the way to a 44-13 win over visiting Mount St. Joseph on Saturday in the Tigers’ season opener. The Tigers grabbed a 17-0 lead in the first as Marko Adams started the scoring with a 45-yard field goal just 2:35 into the season...

The high school fall sports season is moving along quickly, with sectionals already completed in one sport and the other seven state tournament competitions coming up in the next few weeks. Here is a summary of how things have gone for local teams, or how they will play out in the near future:...

North Putnam fell only slightly from a No. 9 state ranking in the Associated Press media poll last week following Friday night’s lightning-delayed loss at Sullivan. The 3-1 Cougars fell into a tie for No. 11 this week. The Cougars were also No. 9 in the Indiana Football Coaches’ Association poll last week, and dropped to No. 14...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor PUTNAMVILLE – Lincoln Park Speedway put the wraps on the 2016 season with back-to-back nights of racing over the weekend after rain had claimed several events in a row. Shane Cockrum was crowned as the sprint car points champion after Friday night’s ninth-place run. ...

PUTNAMVILLE -- Lincoln Park Speedway kicked off the Labor Day Weekend in style Saturday evening with an action-packed night of racing that featured a massive total of 117 cars in the pits. A.J. Hopkins was one of 35 drivers on hand in pursuit of the $2,000 prize for the 'King of Non-Wing' champion in the sprint car division...