Stories from Monday, February 18, 2013

ROACHDALE-- An early morning fire Sunday in Roachdale claimed three people, authorities confirmed. The fatal fire occurred at 303 E. Railroad St. The Roachdale Fire Department received a call about a house fire around 6a.m. Sunday. Once firefighters were inside the mobile home they found three victims who died of smoke inhalation according to Roachdale Fire Chief Mike Poole. The victims, a man and two women, were pronounced dead at the scene...

Myrdell S. York, 88, of Greencastle, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. Born August 18, 1924 in Somerset, Ky., she was the daughter of Walter and Ella (Hargis) Surber. Myrdell was a 1942 graduate of Greencastle High School. She married Franklin F. York and he preceded her in death...

Marian Linn Wright, 93, of Greencastle, and formerly of Port Washington, N.Y., passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. She was born on June 24, 1919 in Craig, Neb. to Dr. H.H. Linn (professor) and Dorothy Carlson Linn. She graduated from Barnard College in 1941 with a bachelor's in History and Teachers College, Columbia University in 1942 with a Master's in Education...

Robert E. Lane, age 65, of Ladoga, went to his heavenly home on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. He was born on June 1, 1947 at Crawfordsville, the son of Ira Eugene "Gene" and Phronissa Irene Davis Lane. He grew up in Montgomery County and graduated from Ladoga High School...

PLAINFIELD -- The South Putnam boys' swimming team came into sectionals with the goal of advancing swimmers through Thursday's preliminaries and bringing as many to Saturday as possible. The team finished the Plainfield sectional final Saturday with a number of strong finishes, time-drops and a positive outlook for next year...

PLAINFIELD -- As a small school, the North Putnam boys' swim team must enter the postseason with its sights set on individual, rather than team, success. Improving times and competing takes precedent over winning sectional championships. The Cougars were able to accomplish these goals, in some cases with dramatic success, at Saturday's Plainfield sectional final...

Most any coach will tell you a hot start is crucial when going against a top-notch program. DePauw rode the emotions of Senior Day Saturday to take down No. 9 Wooster in dominating fashion 68-52. Senior Barry Flynn opened the game by knocking down a two-point bucket and continued to find his shot through the first half. Flynn scored 15 first-half points to power a consistent DPU offensive effort, which saw the Tigers build its lead to as many as 16 points with 3:40 left in the half...

DePauw senior co-captain Barry Flynn (Indiana-polis/Cathedral) took home his second North Coast Athletic Confer-ence Men's Basketball Player of the Week honor of the season after averaging 18.5 points and 6.0 rebounds and shooting 63.6 percent from the field in wins over Wittenberg and ninth-ranked Wooster...

The DePauw women's basketball team wrapped up a perfect regular and conference championship Saturday as it overcame a rocky start to take care of visiting Wooster 76-41 on Senior Day. The 35-point victory completed the first perfect regular season in program history...

LIZTON -- The North Putnam boys' basketball team became the fourth Putnam County team to play -- and lose -- to Tri-West, getting out gunned in the second half on Saturday 82-53. The Cougars trailed by just one point at halftime but looked to be out of energy after playing Friday night and being forced into an exhausting style by the Bruins...

DANVILLE -- The Tiger Cubs' postseason run came to an end on Saturday afternoon as the girls' basketball team lost to Indian Creek 53-39. It was the Tiger Cubs' first regional appearance since 1993. The squad hasn't won a regional championship since 1980...

The Indiana High School Athletic Association revealed the sectional pairings for the 2013 boys' basketball tournament on Sunday. Many of the four Putnam County schools will begin tournament play at different times, making it possible to catch most of the action...

CANTON, Ohio -- DePauw's 11th-ranked men's swimming and diving team totaled 987 points and finished third at the North Coast Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships. DePauw head coach Adam Cohen was named the NCAC Coach of the Year after leading DePauw to a second-straight third-place finish...