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Featured Athlete of the Week: Tori Combs, Cloverdale (10/16/18)Tori Combs is a senior at Cloverdale and participates in volleyball, basketball and softball BG: How long have you been playing your three sports and what have you learned from them? TC: “Life would be really boring if sports didn’t exist. I obviously go all year-round, and I would probably weigh about 500 pounds if I didn’t do anything. ... -
Cubs achieve back-to-back volleyball titles (10/15/18)NEW MARKET — Greencastle’s sectional championship volleyball match against Southmont on Saturday night following the same script as the entire regular season for the defending champion Tiger Cubs. Fortunately for coach Maggie Walters and her team, this script had a happy ending and concluded with the Cubs claiming first place for the second straight year... -
PREP ROUNDUP: Wilson wins regional XC title; Monnett, Rumley also advancing (10/15/18)INDIANAPOLIS — Greencastle’s Emma Wilson won the Ben Davis Regional cross country meet for the third straight year to lead three Putnam County athletes earning advancement to Saturday’s Shelbyville Semistate. Wilson, who finished second in the event as a freshman, placed first with a time of 17:49.86 to defeat runnerup Kately Wasson of Zionsville by 38.05 seconds... -
No. 9 Clovers play No. 7 WeBo tough before falling 3-1 (10/15/18)MONROVIA — The No. 7-ranked Cloverdale Clovers and the No. 9-ranked Western Boone Stars squared off in the 2A Sectional 44 championship contest Saturday evening at Monrovia. The matchup lived up to its billing as great volleyball was played, with the Stars coming out on top to win three sets to one... -
North Putnam basketball to host third annual trivia night fundraiser (10/15/18)The North Putnam boys’ basketball program will be hosting the third annual Trivia Night fundraiser on Sat., Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. in the North Putnam Middle School commons area. The cost will be $75 per team, with teams consisting of 4-6 players. Dinner will be available as well as concessions... -
Cubs take third in WIC (10/13/18)Two of the state’s top 27 rushers met at Greencastle on Friday night. Tiger Cub standout Damon Moody entered the game ranked 15th in rushing yards with 1,348, while Edgewood’s Levon Bellemy was 27th with 1,204 yards. Yet neither was the game’s leading rusher, as Greencastle’s Gavin Bollman took advantage of an increased workload and ran for 111 yards and two touchdowns to pace the Tiger Cubs to a 34-6 rout of Edgewood in the Western Indiana Conference third-place game... -
Eagles get back on winning track with huge victory (10/13/18)The South Putnam Eagles snapped a six-game losing streak with a dominating 42-0 victory over the Owen Valley Patriots on Friday night. The Eagles took 11th place in the Western Indiana Conference by winning the crossover game. “We really needed this. We needed to get some confidence back,” South Putnam head coach Nathan Aker said. “We talk a lot about overcoming obstacles and that path. You have to enjoy the path. The kids really bought into it.”... -
Cougars happy with offense in win (10/13/18)BAINBRIDGE — Despite 40-degree weather and the rain and snow on Friday night, the North Putnam Cougars came away with a 34-0 victory over the Cloverdale Clovers on their senior night. After winning the toss, the Clovers (2-7, 2-4 WIC East) deferred to the second half and the Cougars (6-3, 3-3 WIC West) had to take the ball on the part of the field that was torn up from last Friday’s loss to Greencastle. ... -
Friday's Indiana high school football scores (10/13/18)WIC crossover scores 1. Northview 32, Indian Creek 22 3. Greencastle 34, Edgewood 6 5. Sullivan 48, Cascade 21 7. North Putnam 34, Cloverdale 0 9. West Vigo 60, Brown County 20 11. South Putnam 42, Owen Valley 0 State scores Adams Central 31, Woodlan 3... -
Greencastle gets past Tigers, reaches semis (10/11/18)NEW MARKET — Survive and advance is the ancient mantra of tournament play in any sport. Greencastle’s volleyball team did exactly that on Thursday evening, overcoming a letdown in the second set to record a 3-1 win over Lebanon and advance to Saturday’s semifinals of the Class 3A Southmont Sectional...
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DePauw fails to take advantage of Denison turnovers in loss (10/15/18)DePauw’s defense forced five Denison turnovers, but the Tigers came up with just four field goals as the Big Red used a fourth-quarter comeback for a 20-12 North Coast Athletic Conference win. The Tigers dropped to 3-3 overall and 3-2 in the NCAC, while the Big Red improved to 4-2 overall and 4-1 in conference play... -
Tickets on sale for Monon Bell game (10/15/18)Tickets for the 125th Monon Bell Classic sponsored by Cancer Treatment Centers of America football game between DePauw University and Wabash College are now on sale. Tickets for either the DePauw or Wabash seating sections will be available for purchase online. Everyone attending the game must have a ticket and the single-admission cost is $25... -
DePauw gameday: Ohio Wesleyan (9/29/18)Game time: 1 p.m. at Blackstock Stadium. Coming in: The Tigers are 1-2 on the season and 1-1 in NCAC play after last Saturday’s 24-21 loss at Wooster. Ohio Wesleyan is also 1-2 overall and 1-1 in conference play following a 25-17 loss at Allegheny. Special events: Family Weekend and Old Gold Weekend...
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Greencastle shooting camp set Oct. 8-10 (10/1/18)Greencastle High School’s boys’ basketball program will host a shooting camp from Oct. 8-10. The camp is for boys in grades 1-8 and will take place in McAnally Center. Boys in grades 1-4 will receive instruction from 6-7:15 p.m. each night, while boys in grades 5-8 will go from 7:30-8:45 p.m... -
Clover girls, Cub boys win MS cross country titles (9/26/18)Cloverdale’s girls pushed the first three runners across the finish line to win the Putnam County cross country title on Tuesday evening, while Greencastle has the top two finishers in the boys’ race in claiming first place. Cloverdale eighth-grader Ella Szczerbik won the girls’ race by about 20 seconds over teammate Abby Nees. Aliyah Maldanado, a Cloverdale sixth-grader, placed third... -
Cougars sweep middle school titles (9/24/18)
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Curtain falls on LPS season; Hayden picks up first win (10/2/18)PUTNAMVILLE – The final curtain came down on the 2018 racing season at Lincoln Park Speedway on Saturday as Shane Cockrum, Derek Groomer, Bryce Shidler and Gary Hayden finished the year with victories. For three of the those drivers it was business as usual in getting to victory lane, but for Hayden the win meant a little more... -
Season points champions crowned at LPS on Saturday (9/24/18)PUTNAMVILLE – Saturday was champions night at Lincoln Park Speedway as all four classes crowned the points victor on the next-to-last race of the season. Three of the four classes came down to the wire as Bryce Shidler won the UMP Super Stock points title by a scant 10 points (892 to 882), finishing fourth in Saturday’s feature as points runner-up Larry Raines was involved in a crash and fell back to 16th in the A-main to place second in points...