Stories from Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Cloverdale welcomed South Putnam and Owen Valley on Monday night for a three-way track and field meet that did not lack for close calls. The Eagles' girls' squad narrowly edged past the Patriots 54-53 with the hosts not far behind on 44 points. A meet so closely contested had perhaps one of the best races of the season after South Putnam's Ariel Higgins eked out a victory in the 300-meter hurdles over Cloverdale's Bailee Stevens...

The South Putnam girls' basketball team has seen its fair share of coaching changes in the past. They've experienced four head coaches in the last five years. Monday, however, South Putnam school board has made a choice for the future, hiring former Cascade assistant Tim Garver...

ROACHDALE--After surrendering a four-run lead to a one run deficit the North Putnam Cougar's baseball team came back with four runs of their own to get the victory 10-7 Monday night against county, rival Cloverdale. "Our hitting was good and our pitching was good," Cougar's coach Phil Webster said, "It was the same mistakes we have been making all year. ...

By JAY LOCKETT Sports Editor CLOVERDALE -- It was a county softball outing and Cloverdale and North Putnam participated in a doubleheader on Monday and Tuesday. The first match-up was a close one, as North Putnam took the victory at home 9-8. Cloverdale's freshman Lauren Meek was hit in the leg while pitching in that game but she finished the seven innings strong giving up 13 hits and striking out nine...

Janet Carol (Sommerfeldt) Hilligoss, 62, of Reelsville, passed away on April 17, 2014 at St. Vincent Clay Hospital with her family by her side, after a long fought battle with cancer. Janet was born Nov. 9, 1951 in Indianapolis, the daughter of the late Adolth and Elsie (Day) Sommerfeldt...

Lois "Jean" Winslow passed peacefully from earth to Heaven at 4:50 p.m. April 22, 2014 at Heritage Pointe, Warren, Ind. She was surrounded by her husband, her children and granddaughter Andrea. Lois Jean Winslow was born on Sept. 30, 1922, in Kokomo, Ind., to Charles Wilbur Fowler and Hazel Ione (Crume) Fowler...

CLOVERDALE -- Indiana State Police officers were dispatched to a two-vehicle accident Wednesday morning at the westbound exit ramp of Interstate 70/U.S. 231 interchange in Cloverdale. There were no injuries reported in the 10:06 a.m. accident. Preliminary investigation by Master Trooper DuJuan Pressley-McFadden revealed a 2012 Chevrolet pickup, driven by Ginny Sue Gregory, 52, of Cedar Hill, Mo., was exiting I-70 when her vehicle struck a 2005 GMC pickup in the rear at the U.S. 231 stoplight...

With temperatures in the 70's, sunny, and little wind, the North Putnam golf team got off to a good start in its season at the Danville Invitational on Saturday, April 19. The first two meets of the regular season had to be re-scheduled due to weather but the Cougars took the opportunity to work hard on their skills and game in preparation for the invitational...