Stories from Saturday, September 24, 2016

The final score of a high school football game can be deceiving. The South Putnam Eagles fell to the visiting West Vigo Vikings on Friday night, 33-21. The two-touchdown difference was not indicative of how closely matched the two teams were. In this type of game, just two or three plays can make a difference. Unfortunately for South, those few plays went against them...

BRAZIL — In a battle for the second-place spot in the Western Indiana Conference West Division, turnovers played a pivotal role as North Putnam traveled to Northview on Friday evening. Unfortunately for the Cougars, the Knights came out on top of the turnover battle as well as the scoreboard, 34-13...

SULLIVAN — The battle for supremacy in the West Division of the Western Indiana Conference was no battle at all. Sullivan senior quarterback Trey Powell tied his school record of seven touchdowns to lead the Golden Arrows to a 56-7 victory over previously undefeated Greencastle at Sportland Field Friday...

The Greencastle boys’ soccer team kept rolling along on Thursday evening, defeating Owen Valley 2-0 for its ninth straight win and continuing the team’s momentum going into today’s Western Indiana Conference first-place crossover match at Edgewood. Seth Nichols and Evan Crowe had the goals for the Tiger Cubs, both unassisted and coming in the second half. Goalies Brody Watson and Ben Webb each made two saves in combining for the shutout...

CLOVERDALE — No Las Vegas casinos issue betting lines on Indiana high school football, but if they did you could have cashed in bigtime had you wagered that the Cloverdale Clovers would be leading their division in the Western Indiana Conference with two games to play...