Stories from Saturday, December 1, 2018

Members of Phi Delta Theta fraternity from chapters at DePauw University and Wabash College presented the game ball to officials prior to the start of the 125th Monon Bell Classic on Nov. 10. The ball was relayed on foot and bike between the two campuses in advance of the historic football game to raise awareness about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)...

The Greencastle girls and boys basketball teams opened Western Indiana Conference play Friday night with a pair of impressive victories over West Vigo at McAnally Center. Greencastle’s girls matched their season high scoring with a 73-27 victory over West Vigo while improving to 7-3 on the season...

CLOVERDALE — Both Edgewood and Cloverdale had a team entering the night at No. 12 in the state rankings on Friday night, and the favorites justified those positions with big wins in the Western Indiana Conference season-opening doubleheader. In the girls’ game, the Clovers never trailed after being down 4-3 and went on to record a 55-33 victory...

The coaches: Todd Hanni is in his first year at Eminence. Greg Dean is in his fifth year at South Putnam. So far: South Putnam beat Clay City 67-50 and lost 44-40 in overtime to North Putnam. Eminence lost 63-50 to Monrovia and 65-43 to White River Valley, beat Riverton Parke 49-47 and beat North Central 74-67...

BAINBRIDGE — The North Putnam Cougars hosted their county rival from South Putnam Friday night in the Western Indiana Conference opener for both girls’ basketball teams. Scoring was at a premium as the host Cougars avenged an earlier loss (56-39 in the Putnam County Classic) to the Eagles by winning a physical, tough game 32-31...