Stories from Friday, February 25, 2022

Cloverdale senior Kyle Thomas was named to the Hoosier Basketball Coaches Association All-Star team and will play in the All-Star game this spring. Thomas was named to the HBCA All-District team for District I earlier this winter. All-District team members are voted on by the coaches of the HBCA. Members of the team are those who receive the top-10 most votes in each district...

Eli is a senior at Greencastle and participates in two sports, tennis and swimming. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Eli Hardwick: “Sports have been a big part of my life. I started playing soccer when I was three and eventually moved on to swimming and tennis. ...

Three days removed from a thrilling overtime win over Riverton Parke, South Putnam looked to keep the momentum going into the regular season finale against Indian Creek and further into sectional play Friday night. “(Indian Creek) was pretty good on defense tonight,” South Putnam head coach Matt Pickerill said. “We hung with them in the first half, we just didn’t rebound the ball well enough...

The Wittenberg Tigers came into the NCAC tournament as the No. 4 seed but they didn’t play like it, handing the No. 10-ranked DePauw women’s basketball team a 55-52 loss in Neal Fieldhouse Friday evening. From the tip you could tell Wittenberg was going to be ready to play. ...

Marilynn R. Reasor, 84, of Greencastle passed away on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, at Putnam County Hospital. Marilynn was born in Greencastle on April 1, 1937, the daughter of Walker and Bertha Reasor. Marilynn had worked as both a nurse and a college professor throughout her professional career and had earned her Ph.D. in education...

John E. Brann Jr., 90, of Cloverdale, went to be with the Lord on Feb. 24, 2022. He was born Aug. 6, 1931 in Greenwood to the late John E. Brann Sr. and Thelma (Horner) Brann. He served his country in Korea enlisted in the Marine Corps. He worked for Western Electric for years until retirement...