Sports

Hector Lezama is a senior at Greencastle and participates in football. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Hector Lezama: “Growing up in a competitive family [as the youngest of four kids], whether I was competing for who was going to eat the most at dinner or who wasn’t going to have to clean the dishes, competing has taught me everything. ...

TERRE HAUTE — Terre Haute South swept Greencastle in high school swimming on Wednesday night, winning the boys’ meet 109-71 and the girls’ event 99-84. Greencastle coach Kent Menzel thought his team had some great performances at the Vigo County Aquatic Center...

BAINBRIDGE — Revenge is one of the oldest motivations known to mankind, and North Putnam’s Cougars used the passion from their one-point loss to Cloverdale in the county tournament finals in their rematch on Tuesday night. The Cougars used a frenetic pressing defense to force 40 Cloverdale turnovers, and converted many of those into easy baskets in a 59-51 victory...

On the strength of their season-opening 55-49 win over Crawfordsville last week, Greencastle’s boys’ basketball team is ranked No. 10 this week by the Associated Press. The Tiger Cubs will host West Vigo on Friday night to open Western Indiana Conference play as the second half of a girls’/boys’ doubleheader as they look to defend their West Division title from a year ago...

After finishing second in the Putnam County girls’ basketball county tournament last month, the North Putnam Cougars expanded their lead in the Putnam County Cup standings. The Cougars have a total of 21 points after six sports have had their county championships...

The Western Indiana Conference recently announced its all-league teams. The scheduled banquet to honor the athletes was cancelled due to snow and was not rescheduled. Some athletes earned all-WIC honors for their placing in sports such as golf and cross country, while other sports assigned a pre-determined number of choices per school based upon order of finish...

BOYS Andrean 71, Hammond Morton 39 Bethany Christian 50, Lakeland Christian 36 Bethesda Christian 60, Crosspointe Christian Academy 48 Carroll (Flora) 63, Tri-County 44 Casey-Westfield, Ill. 46, W. Vigo 39 Chicago Mt. Carmel, Ill. 66, Ev. Day 43 Delta 67, Winchester 53...

NEW CASTLE —The Cloverdale Clovers traveled to one of Indiana’s basketball meccas at New Castle for the 2019 New Castle Girls’ Basketball Shootout on Saturday afternoon. The first three games featured five teams ranked in the top 11 of the Class 2A rankings. The Clovers, ranked No. 11, took on No. 7 Monroe Central in the third game of the day and competed well before losing a 43-33 defensive struggle to the Golden Bears...

The coaches: Matthew Langdon is in his ninth year at Cloverdale. Lukas Haworth is in his first year at North Putnam. So far: Cloverdale’s losses have come 54-39 to South Putnam and 43-33 to No. 5-ranked Monroe Central. North Putnam has lost 45-31 to North Vermillion, 28-27 to Cloverdale in the county championship game and 42-37 to Southmont...

The Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association Top 10 basketball teams, for games through Nov. 30, with first-place votes in parentheses and previous rankings: Class 4A Others receiving votes: North Central, West Lafayette Harrison. Class 3A Others receiving votes: Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Greensburg, Angola, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, South Bend St. Joseph’s, Garrett, West Lafayette, Chatard, Northwood, Washington, Vincennes Lincoln, Fort Wayne Concordia.¤...

Banner Graphic correspondent Gary Hazlett wrote in the fall about Edgewood had become a place where something interesting always happened. Sometimes it was car trouble or weather delays, or something else considered unusual. For me, Southmont is becoming that place...

Indiana native Ryan Niemiller made a big splash earlier this year on the television talent show “America’s Got Talent” by placing third. The popular standup comedian makes no attempt to hide his disability, which basically left him without hands from birth...

KANSAS CITY — With an 11-0 record, MSFA Mideast League title and a pair of playoff wins under their belt, Charles Salary, Mac Dutra and Tyler Lotz of the Marian football team added to their special season by earning NAIA-AFCA All-America honors. Salary was named to the first team, while Dutra was named to the second team and Lotz was given honorable mention...

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Tenth-ranked DePauw used a 13-0 run over a four-minute stretch of the fourth period to pull away from Wittenberg and gain a 70-55 North Coast Athletic Conference victory. DePauw moved to 7-1 overall and 1-0 in the NCAC, while the host Tigers dropped to 3-4 overall and 0-2 in conference play...

DePauw University’s men’s basketball team will look to even its North Coast Athletic Conference record at 1-1 tonight when the Tigers host No. 4-ranked Wittenberg. Tipoff is 7 p.m., and admission is free. The Tigers hosted Kenyon on Sunday and lost 69-65 to fall to 2-3 on the season...