Stories from Saturday, September 21, 2013

CLAYTON -- The Cloverdale seventh-grade volleyball team won at Cascade on Thursday 17-25, 25-23, 15-13. Jaylen Hughbanks had 15 points for the Clovers, Makenzie Westell had 11 and Hannah Rady, Brook Bowling and Tori Combs each had five. The Clovers host the Cloverdale Invitational on Saturday at 9 a.m...

The Cloverdale eighth grade football team improved to 4-1 this season with a 38-0 win at South Putnam on Thursday. The Eagles won the seventh-grade game 12-6. Taylor Kaeff and Tyce Jackson had more than 100 yards each for the Clovers' older squad. Drew Boyette connected with Dominic Brooks for a 55-yard touchdown pass and Steven Allen had 65 rush yards...

After practice recently, my coach at Valparaiso came up and talked to me about something I have thought a little about but not really reminded myself of since I've been at school. Being at this level of competition is something that is much different for me. I'm not used to being somewhere that I actually have to compete for a spot on the "traveling team" or being somewhere that I'm not in the top for the players in this area...

PCYSA U12 travel team goalkeeper Taven Noll throws the ball ahead to start a break during a game against Terre Haute last week. The PCYSA team lost 2-0. (Courtesy photo)

CLOVERDALE -- Overcast skies and persistent drizzle set the stage for Cloverdale's second West Central Conference match-up of the season against Cascade. The hosts honored the 1992 sectional-winning team at halftime but the Cadets were less welcoming on the field. Zac Butler rushed for 182 yards and the Cadets profited from three defensive and special teams scores on the way to a 48-19 win...

ELNORA -- North Putnam has spend the whole first half of the season trying to stop opponents who would be content to keep the ball on the ground on every offensive play. The NPHS defense started to find a rhythm last week, but strong performance for North Daviess senior fullback Colton Lengacher sent the Cougars back to the drawing board after a 44-15...

After a grueling game, South Putnam had the ball fourth-and-goal from the Greencastle one-yard line. The Eagles handed it to their workhorse back, Lucas Lorian, who punched it in for his second score to ice the game. It happened just as the roadmap to beating Greencastle describes. Except that it didn't. The Tiger Cubs defense came prepared to stop the run, and for most of the game they did...

South Putnam flexed it football muscles Friday night, defeating county and conference foe Greencastle 41-29 in a rain-soaked contest. In what was billed by many fans as the unofficial West Central Conference championship game, South Putnam utilized its passing game for a 21-point second quarter that helped spur the team on to victory...

BRAZIL -- Cloverdale sophomore Harlee Fuetter finished with a round of 90 at the 18-hole Northview girls' golf sectional at Forest Park Golf Course on Saturday, qualifying her to compete in regionals next Saturday. Fuetter's score put her among the top three scores for individuals whose team didn't qualify. She was the only Putnam County golfer to advance past sectional play...

A Saturday morning emergency exercise required local departments to step outside of their comfort zones and to imagine, then deal with, a worst-case scenario. Imagine if you will an anhydrous ammonia spill in the immediate vicinity of a local high school. As if the hazardous material situation is not enough, the nearby presence of several hundred students makes things that much worse...

The DePauw football team had no answer for the lightning-quick, precision offense Wittenberg threw at them on Saturday. The home opener on the new turf at Blackstock Stadium ended with a 45-0 loss for the host Tigers. Wittenberg (1-1, 1-0 NCAC) ran 45 offensive plays in the first half, opened the game with a 13-play drive that took just 4:37 and scored on each of its first three possessions...