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UPDATED: Cloverdale drops four-straight in Sullivan, THS losses; South Putnam girls beat OV, boys drops pair at Edinburgh Tournament
(High School Sports ~ 12/29/20)
TERRE HAUTE – Reeling after two-straight lopsided loses, Cloverdale looked to right the ship in the opening round of the Vigo County School Corporation Wabash Valley Classic against Sullivan Saturday night. Playing in the gym of the last team the Clovers defeated, Terre Haute South, did little to remove the team from its current funk as the Golden Arrows pierced the nets time and time again in a 73-39 romp...
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Greencastle makes it 2-for-2 with Parke Heritage win
(High School Sports ~ 12/29/20)
TERRE HAUTE — After picking off 2A No. 2 Linton Saturday, Greencastle was faced with another tall task in 2A No. 8 Parke Heritage in the quarterfinal of the Wabash Valley Classic Monday night. The Wolves, whose only loss had come to the Miners, came out looking to negate Brody Whitaker in any way they could...
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Greencastle Holiday Tournament schedule altered
(High School Sports ~ 12/29/20)
Due to a late dropout, the Greencastle Holiday Girls' Basketball Tournament will now be a series of three games played at McAnally Center Tuesday. Greencastle will still face Rensselaer Central with a new start time of 11:30 a.m. The Tiger Cub and Bomber JV teams will now play at 1:30 p.m. and Sullivan will face Rensselaer Central at 3 p.m...
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Fatal Tesla crash into fire truck was one year ago today
(Local News ~ 12/29/20)
Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of an Interstate 70 crash that killed an Arizona woman and renewed safety concerns over self-driving vehicles. On Sunday morning, Dec. 29, 2019, a Cloverdale Township Volunteer Fire Department engine was on the scene of an earlier crash at the 38-mile marker when a eastbound 2019 Tesla Model 3 approached the scene...
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Short-handed Tiger Cubs drop game to Rensselaer Central
(High School Sports ~ 12/29/20)
Due to a late cancellation, Greencastle’s Holiday Basketball Tournament turned into a trio of contests of which the Tiger Cubs saw only one varsity contest, taking on Rensselaer Central in the first game of the day. Whereas the schedule change was the primary concern to start the day, injury concerns shot to the fore as both Tiger Cub seniors, Sydney Doan and Kennedy Trigg, came off worse for wear in a 61-40 loss to the Bombers...
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Greencastle foils Edgewood comeback again, books WVC finals spot
(High School Sports ~ 12/29/20)
TERRE HAUTE – It wasn’t an exact replay of Greencastle and Edgewood’s first meeting Tuesday night in the Wabash Valley Classic semifinal but it wasn’t far off either. The Tiger Cubs built up a 16-point lead in the second quarter at Terre Haute South High School, only to see the lead erased by the end of the third quarter as the Mustangs battled back but, just like the first meeting, Greencastle won the final minutes to book a spot in the championship game 55-46...
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North Putnam cools off Tipton
(High School Sports ~ 12/29/20)
The North Putnam Cougars shook off a determined Tipton Blue Devil squad with a big third quarter to gain a home victory on Tuesday night, 78-67. The Cougars outscored the Devils 20-9 in the decisive third quarter to turn a three-point deficit into an eight-point lead and then held on to improve their record to 4-2 on the season, while Tipton fell to 1-5...
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COLLEGE REPORT: Moore, Oakland get first wins; HCAC plans sports return
(College Sports ~ 12/29/20)
After starting the season 0-9, Oakland University finally got in the win column after defeating Detroit Mercy over the weekend in a pair of Horizon League conference games 77-75 in overtime and 83-80. Moore, a Cloverdale graduate, struggled in the first game from the field, scoring eight points on 1-of-9 shooting from the field but did dish out 12 assists and grab five rebounds to help the Grizzlies (2-9, 2-2 HL) pick up their first win of the season...
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Janette Myrl Cox
(Obituary ~ 12/29/20)
Janette Cox was born on Aug. 14, 1937 in Rossville, Ill., to Merle Selsor and Hazel Tillotson Selsor. She passed away on Dec. 27, 2020 at her home in Avon. She married Dale Marvin Cox on July 26, 1954 and he survives her. Together they have five children, Mark (Donna), John (Betsy), Cathy (Dutch) Washburn, Beth (Don) Wiles and Mary (Rey) Glunt; 18 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren, who all survive her. She is also survived by two sisters, Anita Henderson and Jean Thomas...
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Clay County hostage standoff suspect back in custody
(Local News ~ 12/29/20)
Shannon BJ Jeffers, the suspect in a hostage standoff earlier this month at a southern Clay County motel, escaped from Union Hospital in Terre Haute in the early morning hours Tuesday. WTHI-TV reported at approximately noon Tuesday that Jeffers was taken into custody by the Terre Haute Police Department after barricading himself inside a Terre Haute residence...
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