Sports

The South Putnam and Greencastle High School football programs will be sponsoring blood drives next week. South Putnam will have its annual drive, in conjunction with the Indianapolis Colts Leadership challenge, from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Sunday in the Bloodmobile at the Putnam County Fairgrounds...

Recent North Putnam graduate Max Haste competed in the Indiana Football Coaches Association North-South All-Star Game on Friday night at Indianapolis North Central. Haste was a member of the South team, which lost 21-14. He played tight end and on the field goal unit in special teams.

INDIANAPOLIS — While many of their high school classmates were likely laying poolside or relaxing on a calm, quiet lake this week, four Putnam County basketball standouts spent five hours in a sweaty gym at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis. Tori Combs of Cloverdale, Elliot Gross of North Putnam, Colin York of Greencastle and Allen Plunkett of South Putnam all participated in the Top 100 workout co-sponsored by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association and the Indiana High School Athletic Association.. ...

A total of 70 DePauw student-athletes have earned recognition from the North Coast Athletic Conference as members of the league’s 2016-17 Academic Honor Roll. Student-athletes must be at least a sophomore on an active roster in a sport sponsored by the conference and hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher...

One of my favorite diversions during the summer months is taking baseball game trips. I am hardly on the level of the people who have executed a trip to all 30 major-league stadiums in the same year, although that is definitely a bucket list item of mine...

The Purdue Alumni Club of Putnam County had its annual golf outing on June 28. Members of the winning team were (from left) Mike Dean, Andrew O’Hair, Clint Cooper and Jay Hopkins. Members of the second-place team were Jerry Verplaetse, David Bonebrake, Dick Asbell and Shawn Guerrero, while Chet Clodfelter, Lance Clodfelter, Rick Satterfield Jalen Satterfield comprised the third-place team...

Catching up on a few odds and ends as the new school year rapidly approaches: • Several Putnam County athletes are busy this week with special activities. Cloverdale senior-to-be Jalen Moore, the leading returning scorer in the state, participated last weekend in the Prep Hoops Indiana Senior Showcase at Fishers on Saturday. Greencastle’s Colin York was scheduled to participate but was unable to attend due to illness...

PUTNAMVILLE -- Kevin Thomas Jr. cemented himself in the United States Auto Club history books Sunday evening, claiming the Indiana Sprint Week championship with a fifth-place run at Lincoln Park Speedway. Robert Ballou did everything within his power to knock Thomas from the top spot, winning the battle, but not the war. Ballou picked up his second USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship victory of the season...