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Three of the four outfits at the Greencastle natatorium were getting their first swims of the season in as Greencastle hosted South Putnam Monday night. The Tiger Shark girls competed last week and showed their strength with a 113-62 win over the Eagles while the visitors had plenty of good swims of their own in a 105-59-10 win over Greencastle and Cloverdale...

An updated schedule for the Putnam County Tournament has been revealed as the tournament will take place over the course of three days starting December 21. The changes include combining the varsity and JV county tournaments together over the course of the three days at South Putnam...

The Putnam County Girls’ Basketball Tournament did not start Thursday night, nor will it be played this weekend. It was difficult to tell, however, as Greencastle and North Putnam played 32 minutes of basketball at McAnally Center that would have been a fitting finale to any tournament...

Walker is a senior at Cloverdale and participates in one sport, basketball. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Walker Sims: “It’s very important to me. There’s a lot that I’ve learned friendship-wise. Coaches have been helpful with sports and life. I’ve learned how to control myself when I’ve been yelled and at other things like that.”...

The Greencastle boys' basketball scrimmage this Friday against Beech Grove has been cancelled. There is no makeup for the scrimmage. The South Putnam swim meet Thursday at home against Owen Valley has also been cancelled. South Putnam wrestling at Cascade Wednesday will begin at 6 p.m. The dual will also be shown on YouTube at:...

CRAWFORDSVILLE – As will likely be the norm in many pools around the state throughout the 2020-21 season, Greencastle opened its girls’ swimming and diving season with only its competitors, Danville and hosts North Montgomery, alongside it. Outside of a couple of equipment malfunctions, the Tiger Sharks made Tuesday a successful opening debut as the squad won both of its individual duals, defeating the Warriors 70-29 and Chargers 70-28. Danville edged North Montgomery 48-45...

INDIANAPOLIS – The only 12-0 v 12-0 matchup in the regional round of the IHSAA Football State Tournament hardly looked like it by the end of the night. No. 5 Covenant Christian came out swinging Friday night, landing blow after blow with minimal response from No. 4 South Putnam, who suffered its first and, ultimately, only loss of the season in a 48-7 thrashing at Brebeuf Jesuit High School...

For being the smallest class in the state, Class A has some of the premier matchups in the IHSAA Football state tournament Friday night. Collectively, the remaining field in Class A has the fewest losses among the six classes and features the only two games with teams coming in undefeated on the season...

ROACHDALE – In its first two outings, North Putnam had been neck-and-neck with North Vermillion and Crawfordsville early on before accelerating in the closing stretch to pick up wins. Thursday, the Cougars skipped the waiting process and sped through Covington, starting off the game with an 18-0 run to barrel through the Trojans 74-27...

During the 2020 volleyball season, South Putnam senior Chloe Custis collected her 1,000th assist as an Eagle. Custis finished the season with 1,742 assists, helping the team to a 26-3 record during the 2020 season as well as to Putnam County and Western Indiana Conference titles...

Registration is underway for the South Putnam Little Eagles Basketball Development League for boys in grades 3-6 at either Fillmore or Central Elementary or South Putnam Middle School. Cost is $25 per player, which includes a T-shirt. Forms are available at all schools, and must be turned in by October 8 to guarantee a T-shirt...

Greencastle, Ind. - Rory Mannering, defensive coordinator at Denison University, has been named DePauw University defensive coordinator and will coach linebackers. Mannering has served as an assistant coach (defensive backs) at Denison since 2015 and the Big Red posted a 38-13 record during that time including back-to-back North Coast Athletic Conference co-championships in 2018 and 2019 and the program's first NCAA postseason appearance (2018) since 1986. ...