Stories from Wednesday, March 5, 2014

On Thursday, March 6, Spiker Excavating will be repairing a sewer line on Bloomington Street for the City of Greencastle's Parks and Recreation park house at 405 Bloomington St. (the corner of the main Robe-Ann Park entrance). Spiker will be closing Bloomington Street at 7 a.m., and plans to finish by the end of the day on Friday...

County Jail Several persons were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 11:44 a.m. on Friday, Ashlee Erin Nelson, 32, Greencastle, was arrested for theft. At 1:15 p.m., Cedric Austin Craig, 28, Indianapolis, was charged with a probation violation and operating while intoxicated...

Covenant Christian stormed out of the IHSAA Sectional No. 44 gates Tuesday night, grabbing a nine-point lead after a quarter it extended to eliminate Cascade 59-46. The Warriors came out firing, scoring 19 points in the first quarter and holding a double digit lead at 17-6 before settling for a 19-10 advantage after the opening frame...

The 27-1 DePauw women's basketball team opens NCAA Division III Championship play on Friday, March 7, when it hosts a first-round game against 24-3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.). The other first-round matchup in Neal Fieldhouse pits No. 25 Ohio Northern (23-5) against Transylvania (25-2)...

Following a second-place finish in the North Coast Athletic Conference regular season and a trip to the conference tournament semifinals, two DePauw men's basketball student-athletes were named to the NCAC All-Conference teams. Junior Tommy Fernitz (Northbrook, Ill./Glenbrook North) earned first team honors after averaging 14.8 points per game and 9.9 rebounds per game. Fernitz led the conference in rebounds per game and field goal percentage, shooting 62.9 percent from the floor...

The North Putnam Cougars boys' basketball team received a favorable draw in the first round of Sectional 44 play in terms of record when the Cougars learned they drew the South Putnam Eagles. "I am happy we have this challenge because it keeps us focused, we have the confidence that we can go out and win but at the same time we have the respect for South Putnam and the way they have been recently able to stay focused and to know that we have to put out great effort to win," NPHS head Lukas Haworth said.. ...

The South Putnam Eagles boys' basketball team drew county its rival in the first round of Sectional 44 play and will have a tough contest with the North Putnam Cougars. Despite finishing the regular season 4-15 the Eagles had some good things happening for them...

Cloverdale will take on Speedway at 6 p.m. Wednesday night. Even with a 19-1, 5-0 WCC record, the Clovers fall short of sectional favorite to their opponent who is 13-6 and 4-3 in Hoosier Crossroads play. "Being the underdog takes the pressure off of us," Clover coach Pat Rady said, "I have no problem with that. ...

Greencastle's regular season didn't end on the highest of notes this season. A 3-5 record since the start of February, including losses in the last two games, has left the Tiger Cubs (8-10) entering the sectionals seemingly at the wrong time. Head coach Troy Greenlee, though, said the squad was upbeat as it prepared for their IHSAA Sectional No. 27 opener against 10-10 Indian Creek...

The half-block parking lot on the east side of the Greencastle Moose Lodge could soon become city property if the lodge accepts a $100,000 offer for the site. City officials have presented that offer to the Moose following two recent appraisals of the property and the unanimous approval of the purchase by the Greencastle Redevelopment Commission at that $100,000 appraisal price...

After winning its third straight North Coast Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championships the DePauw women's basketball team had six student-athletes named to the All-NCAC teams. Senior forward Alex Gasaway (Crawfordsville, Ind./Crawfordsville) and junior guard Savannah Trees (Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville) were named to the first team, while senior guard Ali Ross (Lexington, Ky./Lafayette) was a second team choice and senior forward Alison Stephens (Prairie Village, Kan./Shawnee Mission East), junior guard Hannah Douglas (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) and junior guard Emma Ondik (Naperville, Ill./Central) earned honorable mention.. ...

After several years without animal control in Putnam County and several months of discussion, the Putnam County Commissioners on Monday unanimously passed a county animal control ordinance. The new law creates an animal control officer for the county under the command of the Putnam County Sheriff...