High School Sports

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...

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...

2009 CHS Letter Jacket Recipients (11/04/09)

All-State Honor (11/04/09)

Eagles fall to Monrovia in overtime (10/31/09)
By CAINE GARDNER Sports Editor MONROVIA -- On Friday, the South Putnam Eagles stood nose to nose with an opponent who defeated them just three weeks prior and gave them everything they had. The Eagles held third-ranked Monrovia scores for four quarter, but in the end is wasn't enough, as they fell to the Bulldogs 6-3 in overtime...

Cougars power through Bruins (10/31/09)
ROACHDALE -- The Indiana State Football Coaches Association Class 2A 16th ranked North Putnam Cougars football team hosted the Tri-West Bruins in the semi final round of the Class 2A Sectional 30 Friday night. Rainfall throughout the day, and a downpour during the first half of the game, caused the weather and the playing field that had turned into a quagmire, to be more of a factor in the outcome of the game than either team's offenses...

Eagles sectional run stopped by Bruins (10/26/09)
LIZTON -- Saturday proved to be a tough outing for the South Putnam volleyball team. Rattle by illness, the Eagles battled the Bruins of Tri-West in the second round of sectional, but were defeated in three sets 25-12, 25-18 and 25-10 to end their season...

South Putnam tames Wildcats for sectional win (10/24/09)
GREENCASTLE -- It took them a half, but the South Putnam Eagles found winning formula Friday and defeated South Vermillion 33-28 in the opening game of the 2009 sectional. The Eagles nipped at the Wildcats for three quarters, but feasted in the fourth, racking up 21 points to secure the win...

North Putnam moves on with win over Cascade (10/24/09)
CLAYTON-- Traveling to Cascade High School Friday night for their opening round sectional game, North Putnam was looking to build on the success of their season. After 48 minutes, the Cougars were moving on as the defense held the Cadets to 99 total yards of offense and kept them out of the endzone...

GHS battles Bruins, come up short at sectional (10/24/09)
GREENCASTLE -- Unfortunately, it's been the story of Greencastle's football season. In spite of the defense's playmaking, the other team always seems to make a few more. They seem to come up just short. It happened again in sectional, as the Tiger Cubs (1-9) fell to Tri-West 7-2 Friday at Harbison Field...

Bulldogs ground attack too much for Clovers (10/24/09)
CLOVERDALE -- The first time Cloverdale met up with Monrovia it was with out senior running back Dillion Gray and the Clovers lost 50-0. This time the Clovers had Gray and the result was the same. The Bulldogs beat the Clovers 53-0 on Friday in the first game of the sectional ending the 2009 season for Cloverdale...

Tiger Cubs close season at sectional (10/23/09)
WEST TERRE HAUTE -- After winning the first set of its opening sectional match against Edgewood, 25-21, Greencastle's volleyball team thought it was going to sweep the Mustangs in three and move on. It didn't happened. The Mustangs came back and won the next three sets 25-19, 25-20, 25-21 and ended the Tiger Cubs' 2009 season and Trish Lowe's high school coaching career...

Local teams begin sectional play tonight (10/23/09)
Four county schools begin their quest for the 2009 football sectional tonight. And it only seems fitting that the night is calling for rain. Three county teams, Greencastle, South Putnam and Cloverdale will be hosting sectional foes, while North Putnam will be on the road. Although the teams involved has varying records, the great news about tonight is they all start fresh...

Eagles advances to semi-finals (10/21/09)
LIZTON -- All teams know when the chill of October descends, the life of their respective seasons get shorter and shorter. The beauty and tragedy of the tournament is it's one and done, elevating the intensity of every contest. On Tuesday, South Putnam and Cloverdale battled at the Tri-West volleyball sectional and, unfortunately, it was the end of the Clovers' season. The Eagles won in straight sets, 25-15, 25-14 and 25-16...

Cougars say goodbye in three (10/21/09)
LIZTON -- In the blink of an eye, the North Putnam volleyball team's season was over. The Cougars fell to the Tri-West Bruins in the second match of the opening round of the Tri-West sectional 25-10, 25-11, 25-11. "We gave up before we even stepped foot on the court," NPHS coach Jill Schreiber said. "We had no confidence in ourselves or our teammates."...

Going the Distance (10/19/09)

Greencastle wraps up XC season at Ben Davis (10/19/09)
INDIANAPOLIS -- The 2009 cross country season will be one for Greencastle to remember -- for the boys' and the girls' teams. Both teams were crowned the county and West Central Conference champions, while the Lady Tiger Cubs recorded the lowest team score in school history in the WCC meet en route to their first conference championship in six years...

Eagles close season with win over Cadets (10/17/09)
GREENCASTLE -- The South Putnam Eagles finished with their best regular season since 2002 after defeating Cascade 28-6 Friday at Wildman Field. With the win, the Eagles enter the postseason with a record of 7-2. The Eagles had every aspect of their game working on Friday. They pounded the ball on offense, performed well on special teams and were punishing on defense. It all added up to a win for SPHS...

Greencastle falls to Patriots despite strong second half (10/17/09)
SPENCER -- Most teams would have folded. Already trailing 13-0 at the half, the Greencastle football team allowed an 88-yard return to Owen Valley's Evan White to open the second half. At 21-0, they could have given up. No one would have blamed them...

Cougars overcome turnovers to defeat Clovers (10/17/09)
ROACHDALE -- Good thing for North Putnam there are two halfs to a high school football game. After a dismal first half plagued by turnovers Friday night, North Putnam pulled it together in the second half for a 20-0 win over Cloverdale to end the regular season...

GHS closes season with win (10/16/09)
MONTEZUMA -- The Greencastle volleyball team ended the regular season Thursday with a five-set win over Riverton Parke. The Tiger Cubs won 16-25, 25-16, 15-25, 25-22 and 15-13. Chelsea Samuels helped lead the Tiger Cubs charge with 34 digs, 13 blocks, 13 kills and two aces, while Kayla Nobles added 41 digs, five aces and two kills. Kandice Phillips had 21 digs, 20 assists, two aces and one kill for GHS, with Jordyn Lewis adding 14 digs, 37 sets, three kills and one ace...

Cougars fall to Wildcats on senior night (10/15/09)
ROACHDALE -- They were doing it. For the first time in a long time, the North Putnam High School volleyball team was actually working as a team. The Cougars had battled back after losing the first set, 25-21, and won the next two sets, 25-23 and 27-25. They even pulled off an eight-point rally towards the end of the second set for the win...

Greencastle teams advance to regional (10/14/09)
GREENCASTLE -- With a time of 20:15, Greencastle High School freshman Colleen Weatherford broke her own cross country record Tuesday night by 35 seconds. Weatherford's sixth place and Kayla Cash's 12th place finish propelled the Tiger Cubs to fourth place during Tuesday night's cross country sectional meet at South Putnam High School. The boys' team, led by Ryan Stevens' 12th place finish, also ended up in fourth place...

Tiger Cubs rally, fall in Terre Haute sectional (10/14/09)
TERRE HAUTE -- They came as a team and they departed the pitch at Terre Haute South as a team. That was a goal the GHS girls' soccer squad carried throughout the season, and despite falling to the Braves 2-1 Tuesday, they ended their season just the way they began -- as a team...