Stories from Saturday, October 1, 2016

CLINTON — The Greencastle girls’ soccer team closed out the regular season on Wednesday with a 2-0 win at South Vermillion. “The squad was able to connect positively on the field with strong passing and defensive tactics to bring home the win,” Greencastle coach Angie Weeks said. “Excellent tempo was established early in the game by Katie Kessler and Whitney Weinschenk.”...

SULLIVAN — South Putnam’s record slipped to 0-4 in the West Division of the Western Indiana Conference after dropping a 42-7 decision at Sullivan in a high school football game Friday night. The Eagles, now 3-4 overall, have been outscored 143-47 in WIC games...

SPENCER — The Cloverdale Clover football team took their 3-0 Western Indiana Conference Eastern Division record down to Owen Valley Friday night. The Clovers could not maintain their perfect conference mark as they fell to the Patriots 17-0 on a rainy Friday night...

ROACHDALE — North Putnam’s football team is widely known for liking to run the football. Friday’s daytime weather brought a lot of rain to the Cougar field, making throwing the ball more difficult and leading North Putnam’s game with West Vigo to seem like a grind-it-out rushing battle...

Spurred by a powerful defensive effort, Greencastle gained sole control of second place in the Western Indiana Conference Western Division with a 14-0 victory over Northview on Friday night. “It was a great win for us. We played four quarters. The kids played hard and we made some big plays,” Greencastle coach Mike Meyer said...