Stories from Wednesday, November 29, 2017

BAINBRIDGE — Cloverdale improved to 7-1 on the season with a 61-22 win over North Putnam on Tuesday night in girls’ high school basketball action. The Clovers led 15-6 after one period, 27-9 at halftime and 53-13 after three quarters. Tori Combs led Cloverdale with 15 points and 10 rebounds, while Arianna McCracken added 11 points and Sammie Shrum and Abby Walker each added nine points...

Marin Nally is a senior golfer and basketball player at Greencastle. ——— Banner Graphic: What role have sports played in your life, and what do you think you have learned from them? Marin Nally: “I can’t think of a time I wasn’t playing sports. I played about everything as a kid. ...

DANVILLE — Losing to the much larger, athletic Danville Warriors 60-42 Tuesday night in a boys’ high school basketball game that was much closer than the final score indicated, the Greencastle Tiger Cubs fell to 1-1. “I was really happy with the way our guys played. We played really, really hard. They competed the entire game and Danville is really good,” Greencastle head coach Bryce Rector said...

MARSHALL — Scoring a point a minute in high school basketball is not an advisable plan, but that’s where South Putnam stood after two quarters at Turkey Run on Friday night. Trailing 27-16, the Eagles got a superhuman performance from junior Allen Plunkett in the second half to escape with a 55-45 win and improve to 2-0 on the season...