Stories from Saturday, September 16, 2017

CLOVERDALE — Cloverdale won the Putnam County junior varsity volleyball title last Saturday by defeating Greencastle and South Putnam. The Clovers just defeated Greencastle in a tight match a few days prior. Clover coach Sam Jones said “a few mental errors and slow play“ saw the Clovers drop the first set 25-18...

Time: 1 p.m. Location: Charles A. Henry Field in Hiram, Ohio DePauw radio: WGRE (91.5 FM and on wgre.org) Last Week: DePauw defeated Mount St. Joseph 41-30, Hiram defeated Earlham, 63-41 Series record: DePauw leads, 4-0, after a 66-17 win last season in Greencastle. The Tigers are 2-0 in contests played at Hiram...

EMINENCE — The South Putnam Lady Eagles beat the Lady Eels in three sets on Thursday night by scores of 25-19, 25-23, 25-19. Miranda Bieghler had 14 service points and 11 set-assists to lead the Eagles, while Brianna Robinson had 10 points. Other stats:...

CLOVERDALE — Four second-half turnovers put the North Putnam Cougars in some bad-looking situations, but their defense held strong in a 27-9 win over their county rival Cloverdale Clovers. Four passing touchdowns from Cougar senior Hayden Rudes was all it took as fellow senior Gage Bell caught three of those. Junior Chris Murray caught the fourth. Rudes threw for 250 yards on the night...

Leading Cascade just 3-0 at halftime, Greencastle recovered a fumble on the second-half kickoff and used that miscue to score three straight times in the third period to break open what would eventually be a 37-0 homecoming win. The vaunted Greencastle defense, statistically one of the best in the state, recorded its second shutout of the season and limited the Cadets to just two first downs...