Stories from Monday, December 15, 2008

BAINBRIDGE -- The North Putnam wrestling team hosted the Cougar Six-way Wrestling Tourney on Saturday. The Cougars finished the day with a 1-4 record and two individual champions. Tyler Ruble (103) and Dustin Vires (215) went 5-0 on the day en route to their individual accolades. Joe Mindiola and Randy Soriano wrestled their way to second place finishes and Tommy Welch was third in his weight class...

The Cloverdale junior varsity wrestling team competed at the Terre Haute South Invite Saturday. The Clovers had one wrestler capture a first place finish overall, while two others were second and two more were third. Tyler Carrell was Cloverdale's first place finisher in the 112-weight class. Brittany Hughes and Kurt Davis placed second at 112 and 215, respectively. Braxton Sinclair (215) and Josh Batchelor (285) were Cloverdale's third-place finishers...

By DON HURST For the Banner Graphic On a cold, blustery and wet Saturday night, the South Putnam Eagles failed in search of their first home victory of the season against the Southmont Mounties. It would also be their first win since capturing the Putnam County championship earlier...

By MIKE CLODFELTER For the BannerGraphic BAINBRIDGE -- The North Putnam Cougars boys' basketball team hosted the always competitive Crawfordsville Athenians Saturday night, hoping to earn their first victory of the season. North Putnam battled Crawfordsville with great effort, leading at the end of the first quarter, 12-8, and at halftime, 23-16...

Every team starts with a game plan. But more often than not, execution and adjustment decide the outcome, which is what happened Saturday night to the Greencastle Tiger Cubs at McAnally Center. Sullivan's Golden Arrows switched from a passive 2-3 zone defense to a trapping 2-3 zone and Greencastle never made the adjustment in losing the boys' high school basketball game 58-46...