Stories from Sunday, December 11, 2022

NEW MARKET -— After a tough Sagamore Conference loss on Friday night to Danville, Southmont boys basketball quickly turned around for a game against a potential sectional foe in Greencastle on Saturday. Friday the Mounties didn’t have either Carson Chadd or Vince Reimondo as Chadd was nursing an ankle injury and Reimondo was out sick. ...

ROCKVILLE – A game against a potential boys’ basketball sectional opponent was always going to be cagey as North Putnam travelled to Parke Heritage Saturday night. The difference between the two teams was minimal in several areas but one team had Treigh Schelsky and the other did not as the freshman poured in 30 points to lead the Wolves to a 56-40m win over the Cougars...

ROCKVILLE – At first, North Putnam was able to fend off Parke Heritage’s swarming press defense in a potential girls’ basketball sectional matchup Saturday night. But the second quarter reprisal wasn’t met as well as the Wolves turned a three-point lead after a quarter of play into a 12-point gap by halftime and continued to build the lead out of sight, eventually picking up a 62-36 win...

Virginia “Ginny” Lorene (Dorsett) Gaston, 93, of Stilesville, passed away Dec. 9, 2022. She was born Aug. 17, 1929, to Thomas C. and Linnie E. (Broadstreet) Dorsett in the town of Broad Park in Putnam County. She graduated from Belle Union High School in 1947 and Ball State University in 1951. She taught in elementary schools in Mooresville, Belle Union and Buck Creek...