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Lady Tiger Sharks fall in home opener
(11/20/09)
GREENCASTLE -- At least they know what they have in store for them at the end of the year. The Lady Tiger Sharks got a chance to see what the Lady Athenians had to offer this year on Thursday, and it was what they expected. Crawfordsville won the dual meet between the two sectional powerhouses, 108-77, and set the standard bar high for Greencastle...
DePauw feeling good heading into first playoff game
(11/20/09)
GREENCASTLE -- Following a 7-2 regular season, DePauw takes the field Saturday in its first-ever NCAA Division III Playoff appearance, and for head coach Robbie Long and his Tigers, it's all about being aggressive. The Tigers drew the high-powered 10-0 Thomas More squad in their first-round game and their aggressive defense will no doubt play a big part in the outcome...
Clovers attempt to grasp fundamentals for '09 campaign
(11/20/09)
CLOVERDALE -- For the second time in as many years, the Cloverdale girls' basketball team is entering into a season with a new head coach and a load of questions that need to be answered. The Clovers lost some key players from last year's 4-18 team and after two games this season, they are still struggling to find an identity...
Team identity the name of the game for Cougars
(11/20/09)
ROACHDALE -- Jim Brothers wants to do something during his first year at the helm of the North Putnam High School girls basketball team. He wants to establish them. "We want to establish an identity for this program," Brothers said. "We want to be established as a hard nose defensive team that plays both ends of the court...
Lady Tiger Sharks reload for '09
(11/19/09)
GREENCASTLE -- Someone might wonder, what is a coach or a team supposed to do that loses a senior class like Luke Beasley and the Lady Tiger Sharks did? What do you do when you lose a swimmer like Kelsey Murtagh ,who advanced to the state finals every year she swam; or swimmers like Erika Collins, Morgan Terry, Caitlyn Gannaway and Lainey Poor who were always there scoring points when their team needed them the most?...
GHS opens season with a tie against Chargers
(11/19/09)
CRAWFORDSVILLE -- The Greencastle girls' swim team opened the season with a 92-all tie with North Montgomery Tuesday. Seniors Sara Culler and Melissa Ball recorded two wins each on the night. Culler captured the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle, while Ball won the 200 IM and the 100 freestyle. The 200 freestyle relay also picked up a win on the night...
Tiger Cubs move to 2-0 with win
(11/18/09)
CRAWFORDSVILLE -- Anyone who thinks that Mallory Miller is the only offensive weapon Greencastle posseses -- think again. The Lady Tiger Cubs had three players in double digits. Miller led the team with 16 points, while Chelsea Samuels dominated the paint with 13 points and Tennille Burgeson chipped in 11 in Greencastle's 62-31 rout of Southmont Tuesday night...
Youthful Eagles squad ready for success in 2009-10
(11/18/09)
GREENCASTLE -- With an 0-2 start to the season, the South Putnam Eagles girls' team is looking to rely on its youth to provide the spark and lift them to a successful season. South Putnam will look to its lone senior, Jessica Thompson, to lead the way and set the tone for an experienced, yet young team this season. Another aspect that will help the Eagles is the enthusiasm they took in their summer workouts...
With a new coach, GHS girls basketball look for a fresh start
(11/18/09)
GREENCASTLE -- The Greencastle High School girls' basketball team has somewhat of a new look this season. Brad Key, a 23-year old teacher at GHS, is now on the bench calling the shots after Glenn Hile stepped down as head coach of the Lady Tiger Cubs and the one thing that Key has already changed is the way the Lady Tiger Cubs are going to play...
Third quarter woes sends Bell to Wabash
(11/16/09)
GREENCASTLE -- Saturday's Monon Bell Classic was classically a tale of two halves. On the season, the third quarter was statistically Wabash's second-best quarter; On Saturday, it was their biggest. The Little Giants posted 19 points in the third quarter en route to their 32-19 victory over DePauw to regain control of the famed Monon Bell after two years of DPU dominance...
Greencastle opens season with thriller
(11/16/09)
GREENCASTLE -- Greencastle girls' basketball team won its season opener on Saturday when Alyssa Nichols drained a last-second shot for the 69-67 win over Brown County. Mallory Miller led the Greencastle squad with 33 points, with Nichols chipping in 15 and Kayla Nobles scoreing 10...
Lady Mustangs overpower South Putnam
(11/13/09)
GREENCASTLE -- All it takes is one bad quarter and a winnable situation turns into a non-winnable situation. For South Putnam that was the start of the second half. The Lady Eagles trailed Edgewood by nine at halftime, and within the first few minutes of the third period they were down 19...
Clovers fall to Bulldogs
(11/13/09)
DUGGER -- The Cloverdale girls baketball team dropped a close contest to Union Dugger Thursday night, 41-31. Ashley McCallie led the Clvoers offense with nine points while Samantha Rightmyer chipped in six. At Dugger CLOVERDALE (31) -- Rightmyer 2 2-4 6, McCammon 2 1-2 5, Woodworth 1 0-0 2, Wiley 1 0-0 3, Anderson 2 0-0 4, Langdon 0 0-4 0, McCallie 3 2-2 9, Detken 0 2-4 2. Totals 11 7-16 31...
Cougars come up short against Danville
(11/13/09)
ROACHDALE -- Jim Brothers said after Tuesday night's loss to Crawfordsville that his Lady Cougars had to find a balance of offense and defense to be successful. Thursday night, the North Putnam girls' basketball squad found that balance -- it was just late in doing it...
Eagles struggle in opener against Rox
(11/11/09)
GREENCASTLE -- The South Putnam girls' basketball team opened its season against Rockville Tuesday, falling 60-44. The young Eagles squad fought hard, but a lull in the third quarter that carried over into the fourth made all the difference. The Eagles knew they would have their hands full Tuesday with Rockville's post presence. Junior Beth Mahurin is an athletic 6-foot-2-inch center and South Putnam knew the Rockville offense was going to go through her...
Cougars lose season opener
(11/10/09)
ROACHDALE -- Turnovers. The No.1 killer in a basketball team is turnovers and the Lady Cougars found that out the hard way Tuesday night as they lost their season opener to Crawfordsville 55-33. Thirty seven times North Putnam turned the ball over, with several of those turnovers resulting in transition points for the Lady Athenians...
DePauw earns first ever postseason bid, captures SCAC title share with win over Austin
(11/09/09)
GREENCASTLE -- DePauw's 34-23 Saturday win over Austin gave them a share of the SCAC title; what happened a few hours later gave them something even more. Taking care of their own business, DePauw had to rely on SCAC foe Trinity to help propel them into the postseason by defeating Centre and that's precisely what happened...
DePauw earns share of SCAC title and NCAA bid
(11/07/09)
GREENCASTLE -- The DePauw Tigers earned an automatic bid in the NCAA playoffs after Centre lost to Trinity 27-17 Saturday. The Tigers defeated Austin 34-23 to earn a share of the SCAC title and holds the tiebreaker over Millsaps to get the SCAC auto bid into the tournament.
This marks the first time DePauw has made an appearance in the NCAA playoffs.
Full game coverage will be in Monday's edition of the Banner Graphic.
Bulldogs upend Cougars for sectional crown
(11/07/09)
ROACHDALE -- It was like a bad case of Déjà vu for the North Putnam Cougars Friday night. For the second time in as many meetings, the Cougars took a lead into the fourth quarter against the Bulldogs and again, the Bulldogs found a way to pull out the win...
Cougars, Bulldogs tangle in sectional final
(11/06/09)
ROACHDALE -- North Putnam will look to bring another sectional championship home tonight when it faces Monrovia, an opponent it faced in early October. The first time around, the Bulldogs got the win. This time, the Cougars have a different outcome in mind...
Playoff berth within grasp of DPU Tigers
(11/06/09)
GREENCASTLE -- It's been a year of firsts for the DePauw University football team. It defeated Trinity for the first time in school history two weeks ago. It defeated Millsaps for the first time in several years and on Saturday. With a little luck, it will earn its first playoff bid in the Division III tournament in program history...
Area soccer players compete in Post Your Talent All-Star game
(11/06/09)
By DAN SHELTON Sports Writer ROACHDALE -- Success. Some players measure it their win-loss record while some measure it by the amount of points or goals that they had scored. But for some, success isn't measured by the wins or losses their team had or by the amount of points or goals that they scored. It is measured by their achievements after the season, like it was for a trio of soccer players from North Putnam...
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