Stories from Friday, September 14, 2007

With a win over North Clay Tuesday night, the Greencastle seventh grade team remained undefeated. With the 8-0 victory, the defense has yet to give up a point this season. The team is 3-0. The eighth grade lost its first contest of the year with a 24-12 loss to North Clay. The eighth grade is 2-1...

BAINBRIDGE -- Cloverdale Middle School swept the boys' and girls' events Thursday night in a four-way meet with North Putnam, Greencastle and Tri-West. In the girls' meet, the Clovers had eight of the top 10 finishers, beating second-place Greencastle 17-59. Tri-West finished third with 67. North Putnam was incomplete...

LIZTON -- The North Putnam girls' soccer team fell to Tri-West Thursday night 2-0. The Cougars were outshot 14-0 in the contest. "We played well in spite of not putting much offensive pressure on them. We let them get a quick two-goal lead and then we settled in and played some good defense ourselves. I'm proud of our girls for not giving up against a good Tri-West team," North Putnam head coach Scott Spencer commented...

TERRE HAUTE -- The Greencastle volleyball squad earned a three-game win against West Vigo Thursday night. The Tiger Cubs won 25-21, 25-23 and 25-22. "This was a nice win for us," head coach Trish Lowe said. Kelsey Hennette tallied 19 assists, one block, two aces two kills and 23 digs, while Olivia Miller had 10 blocks, one block 13 kills and 15 digs...

BAINBRIDGE -- Physical would be a good word to describe Thursday night's match-up between North Putnam and West Vigo boys' soccer. Late game heroics by the Cougars would leave the game knotted 2-all as the whistle blew. The Cougars got off to a rocky start as West Vigo's Mike Bucur scored the first goal of the game with 36:16 on the clock...

CLOVERDALE -- For a golf team seeking the Putnam County championship, having four of the seven all-county performers was probably a good place to start. South Putnam's Heather Hughes, Emily Zimmerman, Chelsea Clark and Grace Aker fired four of the top six scores at Thursday's Putnam County Tournament at Clover Meadows to lead the Eagles to a 42-stroke victory. South won 182-224-240 over Greencastle and Cloverdale...

BAINBRIDGE -- The North Putnam volleyball team scored a three game win against Cascade Thursday night. The Cougars won 26-24, 27-25 and 25-22. Logan Doyle recorded nine kills, one assist, two aces, one block and eight digs, while Taylor Alles added seven kills, two assist, one ace, one block and 11 digs. Kacy Wendling tallied 16 assist, nine digs, one assist block and the game-winning ace. Ashley Doyle contributed eight digs and three kills...