Stories from Monday, January 3, 2011

AVON -- The Cloverdale wrestling team placed seventh out of 16 team at the Ben Davis Super 16 last Thursday. The Clovers had one individual champion as well as one second place finisher. At 145, Donnie Helterbrand placed first after pinning Pedro Mendez of Washington IPS and then winning a close decision over Brown County's Quincy Richey 8-6...

GREENCASTLE -- DePauw broke poorly out of the gate and never recovered Sunday, losing 62-54 to Centre in a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball game at Neal Fieldhouse. The Tigers (6-6, 1-2 SCAC) shot 22.7 percent (5-of-22) from the field in the first half, which ended with them trailing 31-17...

GREENCASTLE -- Katie Aldrich poured in 23 points, equaling her career high, and had a season-best nine rebounds and Kate Walker had a career-high 16 points to lead DePauw to a runaway victory over Centre, 77-57 Sunday. The Tigers remain perfect in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference...

REELSVILLE -- Fifty years is a long time for anything to last. For the Reelsville Volunteer Fire Department, it is only the beginning. The department met on Sunday night at the exact time and date that the very first assembly of the department met back in 1961. As they celebrated with cake and ice cream, Reelsville Fire Department Chief John McPherson read from the records of the first meeting and read the report from its first emergency response...

GREENCASTLE -- He was due on Jan. 1, but Jacob Ray McFerron Jr. chose to be fashionably late. Although he didn't arrive until 7:16 a.m. on Jan. 2, Jacob was still the first baby born in Putnam County in 2011. Jacob is the son of Jessica and Jacob McFerron. He joins a sister, Kendra, 11 months...