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LIZTON — Greencastle traveled to Tri-West on Tuesday for its season-opening girls’ soccer match and came away with a 5-1 victory. The first half offered much opportunity for the new team to gain confidence with passing, dribbling, and shooting. At the half the score was 0-0 with Claire Gillen in as goalkeeper...

Both Greencastle and North Putnam are included in the top 20 high school football rankings by the Associated Press. The Tiger Cubs are in a three-way tie for 20th in Class 3A, while North Putnam is ranked No. 15 in Class 2A. Several other future or potential opponents of Putnam County schools are also included in the rankings...

North Putnam’s Sam Carnes and Cloverdale’s Tom Winders find themselves in one common position — that of a first-year varsity football coach in Putnam County this fall. Other than that, however, there are many differences between the two men. Carnes was an assistant coach at Avon for three years after graduating from Taylor University, where he played on the offensive line...

DePauw ended a long winning streak last fall by Wabash in the long-standing rivalry between the two schools. Now, the Tigers have their eyes set on winning the North Coast Athletic Conference championship and earning a spot in the NCAA Division III playoffs...

LEXINGTON, Va. — Greencastle native Andrew Bretscher has been named the new head coach of the Division I Virginia Military Institute swimming and diving programs, according to information released by athletics director Dr. Dave Diles Thursday afternoon...

Registration continues through Aug. 13 for adult leagues at 3G Bowl in Greencastle. The Mixed League will compete on Sundays starting on Aug. 13, while the Automotive League will be on Tuesdays starting Aug. 15, the Ladies League will be on Wednesdays starting Aug. 16 and an Open League will be on Thursdays starting Aug. 17...

The 2017 Rokicki Foundation Coed Softball League in Greencastle is taking registrations for its upcoming season. The program will play traditional Amateur Softball Association coed rules with a single round-robin league schedule. Teams will then be split into divisions based upon records for a double-elimination tournament to end the season...

Indianapolis may seem like an odd spot geographically for beach volleyball to take off in popularity, given its lack of beach front property, but the Hoosier capital is becoming a hotbed for the rapidly-growing sport. Greencastle Middle School seventh-grader Elle Patterson is emerging as a standout in the sport, teaming with Natalie Sexauer of Traders Point Academy near Indianapolis last month to win the Indy Beach Volleyball Association 13-and-under Championships...

PUTNAMVILLE – Saturday evening was a night of joyous returns to victory lane at Lincoln Park Speedway. Tyler Thomas made his second trip to the winner’s circle in sprint car action this season at the Putnamville oval. While Josh Litton did the same in the bomber division, it was Steve Peeden’s eighth victory in the UMP Super Stock class. Perhaps the happiest winner of the night was Roy Bruce, who scored his first win in the UMP Modifieds since 2015 at LPS...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NBC/Golf Channel analyst Mark Rolfing and his wife, Debi, whose shared passion for growth-of-the-game initiatives served as a platform to establish one of the country’s most inspiring foster parent networks, have been named co-recipients of the PGA Distinguished Service Award...

PUTNAMVILLE – Lincoln Park Speedway played host to a super-sized slate of racing on Saturday night with a full card of racing as well as three make-up features from a rainout on July 22. In the weekly show, Brent Beauchamp, a veteran of Lincoln Park Speedway’s 5/16th-mile surface, dominated on his way to a second sprint car victory of the season at LPS. Coal City’s Cole Parker held off the competition after a caution with two laps remaining in the UMP Modified main event...