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Local track athletes moving on to regional

By TRENT SCOTT, For the Banner Graphic

The IHSAA Girls' Track and Field Sectional at South Putnam featured a completely new field Tuesday night, as sectional realignment meant that the Putnam County schools welcomed the likes of the Terre Haute schools instead of... >>
South Putnam edges Cloverdale, 1-0

By CAINE GARDNER, Sports Editor

Fans expecting a high-flying, high scoring Putnam County softball tournament they came away very disappointed. For those looking for a set of games that kept everyone in suspense, you got your money's worth. In the end,... >>
Greencastle crowned county champions

By MIchael Hadley, For the Banner Graphic

In another classic North Putnam-Greencastle rivalry match up, the Tiger Cubs came away victorious on the baseball diamond to win the Putnam County Baseball Tournament 3-0 on Saturday. Hunter Mitchell threw seven innings of... >>
Greencastle golfers dominate WCC

By GRANT WIEMAN, Staff Writer

CLAYTON -- Greencastle cruised to the WCC golf tournament championship on Saturday at Deer Creek Golf Club. Each of the team's five golfers had the low score of his threesome and finished in the top 8 of the tournament. The... >>
Greencastle runs away with conference title

By CAINE GARDNER, Sports Editor

They say it's not how you start, but how you finish that counts. But when you start off your night by eclipsing a record by more than 15 seconds, you know the finish is going to be as sweet as the start. Greencastle road... >>

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Local track athletes moving on to regional (05/16/12)
The IHSAA Girls' Track and Field Sectional at South Putnam featured a completely new field Tuesday night, as sectional realignment meant that the Putnam County schools welcomed the likes of the Terre Haute schools instead of Avon and Plainfield, amongst others...

Cloverdale rebounds for win Monday (05/16/12)
"Cloverdale showed up today. Greencastle was nowhere to be found." It was a quick line from Greencastle head coach Troy Remsburg, but one that summed up Monday's final WCC home game for the Tiger Cubs as they fell to Cloverdale 13-2. Having lost 10-0 two days prior, the Clovers gave themselves a chance to get a piece of the WCC regular season title...

Tennis sectional starts tonight (05/16/12)
The 2012 IHSAA Girls' Tennis Sectional begins tonight for Greencastle and South Putnam at Northview. Greencastle will face Owen Valley tonight at 5 p.m., while South Putnam will square off against the host Northview Knights Thursday at 5 p.m. South Vermilion received the bye and will await the winner of the Greencastle/Owen Valley contest. The sectional final will be played Friday at 5 p.m...

Eagles softball blanks Carmel (05/16/12)
CARMEL -- The South Putnam softball team defeated Carmel 2-0 on the road Tuesday. The Eagles, ranked No. 1 in class 2A, blanked the Class 4A Greyhounds with Brooke Boejter tossing a complete game shutout. She recorded four strikeouts and gave up two hits...

Cougars pounce on Riverton Parke (05/16/12)
The North Putnam baseball team blasted Riverton Parke 23-1 Tuesday. Beau Green went five innings, allowing two hits, while striking out two. He also went 1-for-4 with a double. Brodie Perrine was 4-for-4 with a home run, with Austin Day going 2-for-3 with a home run. Kyler Badten was 3-for-4 with a double. Jake Haste, Shane Beaman, Kaleb Belcher, Coy Flynn, Jordan Nauert and Bennett Hazlgrove all contributed hits in the win...

Clovers take one from Tiger Cubs (05/16/12)
On Monday, the Cloverdale softball team defeated Greencastle 7-1 on the road. Paige Gutierrez pitched six innings, allowing four hits, one run and had seven strikeouts. Jess Winders was 3-for-4 for the Clovers with two doubles and an RBI. Kara Knapp, Gutierrez, Meghan Helterbrand and Madison Smith all added hits in the Cloverdale victory...

South Putnam edges Cloverdale, 1-0 (05/14/12)
Fans expecting a high-flying, high scoring Putnam County softball tournament they came away very disappointed. For those looking for a set of games that kept everyone in suspense, you got your money's worth. In the end, South Putnam scored late in the championship contest against Cloverdale to be crowned the 2012 Putnam County champions with a 1-0 victory...

Greencastle crowned county champions (05/14/12)
In another classic North Putnam-Greencastle rivalry match up, the Tiger Cubs came away victorious on the baseball diamond to win the Putnam County Baseball Tournament 3-0 on Saturday. Hunter Mitchell threw seven innings of two-hit ball to pick up the win for the hosts...

Greencastle golfers dominate WCC (05/14/12)
CLAYTON -- Greencastle cruised to the WCC golf tournament championship on Saturday at Deer Creek Golf Club. Each of the team's five golfers had the low score of his threesome and finished in the top 8 of the tournament. The Tiger Cubs' Alec Davis posted the low round of 73 to win his third tournament of the season...

GMS captures conference title (05/14/12)
The Greencastle Middle School girls' track team won the conference meet Thursday at Cascade. The Tiger Cubs were first with 129, with South Putnam placing third with 50, North Putnam fourth with 40 and Cloverdale fifth with 21. Bailey Zapp won the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 18.39, while Katerina King won the 100-meter dash with a time of 14.24. King also won the 200-meter dash by edging out a Cascade opponent by a hundreth of a second with a time of 28.92 in the event...

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2012 Putnam County Track Meet

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2012 Putnam County Track Meet (05/10/12)

Nash Firebaugh swims at IHSAA State Finals (02/24/12)
Greencastle sophomore Nash Firebaugh finished 10th in the state in the boys' 100 butterfly at the IHSAA Boys' Swimming State Finals. On Friday, Firebaugh swam a 51.32 to set a personal and school record and qualify for Saturday's consolation finals....