Sports

The Greencastle boys’ basketball team could not overcome 16 first-half turnovers and a 19-point, seven rebound performance from Tri-West sophomore Wes Ward as the Bruins handed the Cubs a 62-43 loss at McAnally Center Saturday night. Tri-West took advantage of Tiger Cub miscues to explode out to a 12-0 lead behind a pair of three pointers from Grant Oldham. ...

CLOVERDALE – Cloverdale hosted Eastern Greene in boys’ basketball for its winter homecoming on Saturday night. The Clovers allowed the visitors a big second quarter and dropped the contest 57-43. The Clovers kept the game close but could not get over the hump...

A fresh matchup awaited South Putnam ahead of a two-week break as Providence Cristo Rey visited for a first-time boys’ basketball game Friday night. The Eagles got off to an explosive start thanks to four Cam Bozell threes in the opening quarter and built up a 15-point lead in the second quarter but struggles from the line allowed the Wolves to close to as close as six points before the hosts gathered a 58-48 win...

BRAZIL – Throughout the boys’ high school basketball season, Northview head coach Michael Byrum has stated that his program sets a daily goal on game days. He wants them to win (goal No. 1) while also getting better at the same time (goal No. 2). For the last three weeks, Northview hasn’t been able to go 2-0 on those, but the sixth-year coach said that more often than not, his group has found a way to split the two and has steadily improved despite entering Friday’s contest with Cloverdale, which entered the evening on a long losing streak of its own, having lost five in a row.. ...

Carson is a senior at Cloverdale and participates in three sports, cross country, swimming and track. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Carson Hall: “Sports are a big part of my life I’ve done them forever. I’ve me new people, learned communication skills, leadership and hard work through sports.”...

Closing the 2022-23 girls’ basketball regular season against South Vermillion, Greencastle was looking for two things to happen Thursday night. The first was when Gloria Brewer set the school’s all-time single season scoring record and to get through the night with no injuries ahead of sectional play, both being accomplished in a 63-12 win...

Most high school basketball teams want to prepare for the state tournament by playing a quality opponent. South Putnam’s girls’ team did that in a big way as they hosted Western Indiana Conference champion and Class 3A No. 4 Indian Creek on Thursday night, a game in which the Braves showed why they are ranked so highly in a 60-24 victory over the Eagles...

MONROVIA – The Greencastle Lady Tiger Cubs headed to Monrovia High School on Tuesday night with a nine-game winning streak. The host Bulldogs had an eight-game streak of their own and something had to give. The Cubs did not give an inch as they controlled the game from the outset in taking home a 64-38 victory on Branch McCracken court...

CLOVERDALE – For the most part, Cloverdale played even with North Daviess in the girls’ basketball regular season finale Tuesday evening. It was the first eight minutes where the gap between the two teams was created as an 18-4 first quarter was enough for the Cougars to hold off the Clovers 48-36...

Indy Eleven welcomed Putnam County Youth Soccer Association as the newest member of the Indy Eleven Youth Soccer Program Monday. The Indy Eleven Youth Soccer Program is designed to increase accessibility to soccer in communities and encourage players, coaches, referees and parents to grow their passion for the sport by supporting the recreational soccer programs at member clubs...

CLOVERDALE – It was a double-up kind of night for South Putnam Wednesday in the finals of the Putnam County Boys’ Basketball Middle School Tournament. The Eagles avenged an earlier loss to Greencastle in the seventh grade final, winning a frenetic game 34-32, while the eighth grade squad won a second-straight title, defeating the Tiger Cubs 39-20...

Greencastle and South Putnam will contest both games of the Putnam County Middle School Tournament final at Cloverdale on Wednesday. The Tiger Cubs defeated Cloverdale at home in both the seventh and eighth grade games while the Eagles went on the road and defeated North Putnam in both games...

To say that Elijah Hales had a good afternoon Saturday would be an understatement. A school-record 31 points in the second half paced DePauw to an 86-80 hard-fought victory over rival Wabash at Neal Fieldhouse. Not only was this a rivalry game, DePauw trailed Wabash by a game in the NCAC standings. With the Tiger student section filling up its side of the gym, the Little Giants were a little light on their side as their students were not back on campus yet...

The DePauw Tiger women’s basketball team dominated the second and third quarters, out scoring the Kenyon Owls 44-18, to cruise to an 82-54 victory at Neal Fieldhouse Saturday afternoon in NCAC action. The Tigers came out a little sluggish to start the affair, not uncommon for a 1p.m. ...

Oakland University senior Jalen Moore was named Nike Player of the Week by the Horizon League for the week of Jan. 2 to highlight recent collegiate performances for Putnam County graduates. Moore contributed to a two-game win streak over New Year’s weekend for the Golden Grizzlies to get them back into the win column after an eight-game drought. ...