Stories from Friday, August 19, 2022

It has been 20 games since Cloverdale’s football program last was able to celebrate a win, all the way back on Sept. 27, 2019 at Brown County. Since then, questions of making it through a whole season have been as prevalent as whether the Clovers could get back in the win column...

Following a pair of disappointing seasons, North Putnam will be going in a new direction in 2022 as Scott Moore takes over the Cougar football program. The departure of 20 seniors leaves the squad light on numbers, but Moore said the squad was building itself up by turning to an uptempo style not only on offense but in practice in general...

Although it was another good season, South Putnam’s 2021 campaign felt a little flat by the end, having lost handily to Linton at the end of the season and exiting the postseason after being roughed up by Parke Heritage. Though the Eagles repeated as Putnam County and WIC champions, the goal will be to have a better showing than the 8-3 season from a year ago, especially with a new sectional that will put the team to the test like never before...

Since returning for a second stint as head coach at Greencastle, Mike Meyer was able to guide the squad to a fifth winning season in seven years by going 6-5 in 2021. For a fourth year running, the Tiger Cubs will look to a new signal caller to keep the trend of winning seasons going while filling several gaps left by a large senior group...

PUTNAMVILLE — A Richmond semi driver is dead following a medical emergency on Interstate 70 near the Putnam-Clay county line Friday morning. First responders were dispatched at about 7:40 a.m. for a motor vehicle incident with injuries near the 30-mile marker. It was determined that Jeffrey Peters, 54, was traveling westbound in his 2018 Volvo semi when he went into the median. The truck, however, remained upright...

BAINBRIDGE — On an opening night in which each team on the field — North Montgomery, North Putnam and the officiating crew — struggled to find its footing early, the Chargers figured it out first on Friday night. Capitalizing on a glut of Cougar turnovers and penalties and turning them into several big plays of their own, the Chargers spoiled the debut of new Cougar coach Scott Moore by a final score of 36-7...

The excitement of the first night of Friday Night Lights was continued from the opening kickoff until the final whistle for the Greencastle Tiger Cubs. Greencastle dominated the game from the outset and defeated the Crispus Attucks Tigers 42-0. The Cubs certainly did not look like they were they were playing against grown Tigers; it looked the other way around. ...

CLOVERDALE – Rome was not built in a day. It’s a cliché but there’s a reason it became a cliché. There was a renewed energy at Cloverdale prior to kickoff against South Putnam Friday night and the hosts had a chance to make the first move against the A No. 8 Eagles...

A Putnam County Sheriff’s Office vehicle is destroyed, but the deputy walked away following a three-vehicle crash Friday morning. Deputy Randy Patrick suffered only minor injuries in the North Jackson Street (U.S. 231) crash that collected his vehicle, while the other two drivers were uninjured...

After a tough loss to one Sagamore Conference volleyball foe in Tri-West on Monday, Greencastle tried again Thursday night when hosting Crawfordsville. The result remained the same as the Athenians took a 25-13, 25-20, 25-16 win though Tiger Cub head coach Denise Meyer said positive signs were making their way into the team’s play, just not all at once...

CSX’s scheduling and safety consultant has provided the following work schedule update as of Friday morning, Greencastle Mayor Bill Dory has announced. In most cases, the crossings will be closed from two to three days. The schedule is subject to last-minute changes. Private rail crossings in the vicinity of these public crossings may be impacted at the same time...

Deloris “Jean” Foxx, 86, of Greencastle, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. Born Dec. 6, 1935, in Putnam County, she was the daughter of Dee and Minnie L. (Blankenbeckler) Scaggs and was a graduate of Greencastle High School in the class of 1954...