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After arriving at the Putnam County Courthouse by fire truck Friday evening and lighting the tree on the courthouse lawn, Santa Claus took his place inside the rotunda to greet children.

With 31 players ranging in age from 10 to 63, Turkey Bowl 50 was contested at Blackstock Stadium Thursday morning. The game has been a tradition since 1969, when a group of friends gathered for a pickup football game on Thanksgiving morning. These days, the game is getting more formal recognition, with DePauw University granting official permission to use the field and Greencastle Mayor Bill Dory even proclaiming Thursday as Turkey Bowl Day in the City of Greencastle, an honor that was read by game co-founder Fred Green prior to the action.

A fourth-quarter rally wasn't enough for DePauw to overcome an early 14-0 deficit on Saturday, Nov. 10, as Wabash retained the Monon Bell with a 24-17 win. The game marked the 125th annual meeting of the two programs.

Here are some photos from the 2018 fall sports season in Putnam County.

Here are action shots of each varsity team and senior cheerleader contestant from Saturday's Putnam County cheerleading contest.

Taking hundreds of photos at every sporting event, they all obviously never make it to print. Here are some of the ones that deserved to, but didn't. Until now.

The 10th annual Dancing with the Putnam County Stars featured the first co-champions in event history, as DuJuan Presley-McFadden and Tara Gardner tied with Andrew Ranck and Sarah Bond for the title. Additionally, dancing runner-up Jill Albers set a fundraising record with $15,909 raised.

It was April Fool's joke when a record-setting snow fell on Putnam County on April 1, setting records for a single-day snowfall in April and for an Easter Sunday.