Stories from Saturday, January 6, 2018

CLOVERDALE — In a pair of one-sided affairs, the Cloverdale and Owen Valley basketball teams came away with a split Friday night. Behind 41 points from Jalen Moore, the Cloverdale boys cruised to a 76-38 win over the visitors. In girls’ action, the Patriots topped the Clovers 55-31...

SULLIVAN — In a Western Indiana Conference girls and boys Western Division twin bill on Friday night, South Putnam and Sullivan each came away with a win. In the girls’ game, South Putnam used a 9-2 start in the first quarter and a 8-0 run to begin the fourth as the Lady Eagles defeated Sullivan 67-57 to improve to 12-4 overall, 3-1 in the WIC...

BAINBRIDGE — North Putnam and West Vigo’s teams were just a combined 13-38 entering Friday night’s Western Indiana Conference doubleheader, so they all badly needed wins to turn things around. The host Cougars were able to establish leads and maintain them in both games to complete a sweep of the Vikings, with the Lady Cougars winning 39-33 and the Cougar boys winning 57-47...

Angola 45, Prairie Hts. 33 Argos 43, Bethany Christian 20 Barr-Reeve 52, Forest Park 50 Bethesda Christian 79, Faith Christian 26 Blackford 85, Madison-Grant 65 Bloomington South 55, Bloomington North 26 Borden 55, New Washington 47 Brownstown 67, Jennings Co. 60...

A comfortable win by the girls and a nail-biter for the boys gave Greencastle a Western Indiana Conference sweep over visiting Northview Friday night. The Tiger Cubs used 32-10 edge in second half scoring to pull away for a win in the girls’ game, 47-31 and a late rally by the Northview boys fell short in a 50-49 contest...