Sports

New North Putnam boys’ basketball coach Vince Brooks will be having a youth basketball camp next week for incoming boys in grades 1-5. The camp will be from June 17-20 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Cost is $25, which includes instruction, T-shirt, skill competitions and prizes...

Greencastle High School is turning to a former standout player at Roncalli High School and Marian University in Indianapolis as its next girls’ basketball coach. Kellie Kirkhoff, 23, played at Marian University from 2014-18 after a standout career at Roncalli High School...

ANDERSON – The Annual Indiana Class Basketball All-Star Classic celebrates its 11th year this weekend as more than 140 players from across the state put their talents on display over two days inside Anderson University’s Kardatzke Wellness Center. Greencastle’s Brody Whitaker, who helped lead the Tiger Cubs to a sectional title in March, will play at 6 p.m. on Friday in the Futures Game for players who were freshmen or sophomores last winter...

Northview, Edgewood and Indian Creek ranked 1-3 in the Western Indiana Conference all-sports standings through the winter sports season, and used strong spring performances to finish in that same order in the final overall standings. Northview swept the three girls’ spring sports titles (tennis, track, softball), placed second in boys’ golf and was fifth in both boys’ track and baseball...

MONTGOMERY — Greencastle knew it had a tough chore at hand on Thursday in the Washington Regional boys’ golf tournament, and the difficult Country Oaks course proved to be an even more rugged foe than the other 17 competing teams. The Tiger Cubs finished their season 15th in the regional, shooting a 360...

MONTGOMERY — Greencastle’s boys’ golf team will tee off at 9:20 a.m. on Thursday in the Washington Regional at Country Oaks Golf Club. The Tiger Cubs won their fourth straight sectional title on Friday at Attica, and their sixth in the last seven years...

BLOOMINGTON — Four athletes from Putnam County, along with a former county standout, competed in the Indiana High School Athletic Association girls’ track and field state finals on Saturday. While none of them was able to advance far enough to reach the medal stand, each of them leaves a legacy within her program...

Edgewood, South Vermillion and University all won high school baseball regional championships over the weekend and will compete in semistates on Saturday. The final four has been set for the IHSAA softball state finals, with Indianapolis Lutheran being the only Putnam County opponent to advance that far...

ATTICA — Greencastle’s boys’ golf squad continued its recent domination of the Attica Sectional on Friday, defeating runnerup Seeger by 11 strokes for its fourth straight title and sixth in the last seven years. The Cubs were led by Conner Taylor, who shot a solid 75 on the hilly and tight golf course, Tiger Cub coach Steve Paquin said...

BLOOMINGTON — North Putnam’s competitors in Friday’s IHSAA boys’ track and field state finals at Indiana University did not place among the top nine to earn all-state honors. Still, coach Joey Holt was in no way disappointed with how discus thrower Payton Patterson and 4x100 relay competed against schools with 10 to 20 times its enrollment to get this far...

For Cloverdale Middle School social studies teacher and high school volleyball coach Sam Jones, the 2018-19 school year is one he won’t soon forget. The year started off well for Jones, as he took on his first varsity coaching position and got the Clovers off to a good start on the volleyball court...

Now that the 2018-19 high school sports season has officially come to close, it’s prime season for tying up some loose ends that haven’t been forgotten — just delayed. I have been chipping away at my pile of college athletes signing stories/photos over the past week since things started to slow down, but still have several left to get done...

While Putnam County teams were only able to compile a combined 2-8 record in baseball and softball sectional play last week, several opponents of county squads were able to win sectional titles and move on to regional action. Softball Most notably, Northview won what had to be the toughest 3A softball sectional in the state at Owen Valley...

The Indiana Scorpions 11U baseball team won the Circle City Memorial Day NIT Field of Dreams tournament. Team members (from left, front) were Trevin Long, Sam Gooch, Nathan Sutherlin, Braxton Lewis and J.T. Roshong; (back) Ashton Dayhuff, Gunnar Shirk, Austin Foley, Eli Gilley and Seth Ross...

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...

Former Greencastle standout lineman Trever Wood wil be rejoining longtime teammate Jacob Meyer at Millikin University this fall as teammates. Meyer recently completed his freshman year at the Division III school in Decatur, Ill., and Wood was glad to have someone from whom to get inside information on the program...

After a stellar high school career in which she received numerous all-state and other honors, South Putnam graduate Drew Bratcher will continue her softball career next school year at nearby DePauw University. Bratcher was named a first-team all-state selection as a junior by the the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association, as well as a third-team all-state selection as a freshman and a senior...

CLOVERDALE — When Cloverdale played a high school baseball doubleheader at White River Valley in early April, Clover senior Parker Watts had no idea how much that day would change his life. The Clovers lost both games to the Wolverines, but — unbeknownst to Watts — a recruiter from Vincennes University was present to scout a player from the home team...

By CAREY FOX For the Banner Graphic PUTNAMVILLE — Dustin Beck made the long trip north to Lincoln Park Speedway from his Petersburg home worth the haul on Saturday night. Beck annually makes a couple of trips to the Putnamville oval, but this weekend he claimed the top spot in the UMP Modified feature to record the Mid-Season Championship feature win by holding off Tim Prince down the stretch of the 25-lap A-main...

TERRE HAUTE — Saturday racers gathered at Crossroads Dragway to collect ET points and for a chance to win a Wally, which is drag racing’s most prestigious and sought after trophy. This elusive award is very valuable and only the very best can catch it...

By CAREY FOX For the Banner Graphic PUTNAMVILLE – A group of familiar faces made its return to victory lane on Saturday night at Lincoln Park Speedway. Shane Cockrum, Derek Groomer, Josh Boller and Josh Litton each claimed feature wins at the Putnamville oval to start the month of June...