Stories from Wednesday, January 27, 2016

The WIC boys' basketball crossover games are set for Friday and Cloverdale (11-6, 4-1 WIC) will play for the third-place spot at West Vigo (9-7, 4-1 WIC) while Edgewood (11-6, 4-1 WIC) will be at Northview (8-7, 4-1 WIC) for the championship. Tiebreakers are chosen by who has the biggest margins of victory in the conference games...

CLAYTON--Friday night against Cloverdale they struggled to hit shots and again on Tuesday they could not find their rhythm. This time the South Putnam Eagles made the trek over to Cascade via Highway 40. With 15 of 48 shooting and 7 of 14 from the foul line, they lost, 50-39...

JASONVILLE - The game was completely different this time. But the end result was the same for the Shakamak Lakers on Tuesday, the Cloverdale boys' basketball team took the win this time 71-70. When Shakamak and Cloverdale met a month ago in the first round of the Wabash Valley Classic the Lakers let an 11-point third quarter lead slip away. The Clovers fought back to take a 62-60 win...

The North Putnam girls' basketball team has had a rough time since its win in the Speedway tournament and Tuesday it lost a close one 36-34 at Turkey Run. NPHS, now 3-18, will face Putnam County rival Greencastle Thursday in the regular season finale before Cloverdale on Feb. 2 in the South Putnam sectional...

Norman J. Knights passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016 in Southport, N.C. Mr. Knights was born to British parents in Winnipeg, Canada, on New Year's Eve 1922. His family moved to Chicago where he was raised with his brother Allan and became a stand-out cricket player...