Sports
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Greencastle, North Putnam walk away with titles at Putnam County Cheerleading Contest (7/22/24)2By TRENT SCOTT, Sports EditorBAINBRIDGE — For the second year in a row, North Putnam hosted the Putnam County Cheerleading Contest Saturday night, bringing in six schools to compete across four different divisions. Notably, half the field was made up of Putnam County schools as the host Cougars, Greencastle and Cloverdale all had squads compete in the event, the most county schools to take part in the event since the 2019 edition of the contest...
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Aiden Beadles tackling new challenge as part of Wabash College football program (7/19/24)Somewhere in the rush of the end of the school year, Aiden Beadles finally found a place to tackle his academic and athletic needs after high school. That location is Wabash College where Beadles will become a member of the Little Giant football program starting next month in the 2024-25 school year, even if everything went a bit under the radar...
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Buis, Beadles sign off high school days with big win at IFCA North-South All-Star Game (7/15/24)By TRENT SCOTT, Sports EditorINDIANAPOLIS — After three plays, the North squad led 7-0 in the 58th edition of the Indiana Football Coaches Association North-South Game. The North also scored the last touchdown of the game. It was the 41 points in-between scored by the South squad that proved problematic on the night as Greencastle graduate Jackson Buis, South Putnam graduate Aiden Beadles and Eagle assistant coach Evan Bernhardt walked out winners in their final high school game 41-14...
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Buis, Beadles represent Putnam County at IFCA North-South All-Star Game Friday (7/12/24)By TRENT SCOTT, Sports EditorThe final high school football game for the class of 2024 will take center stage this weekend as the Indiana Football Coaches Association holds its 58th North-South All-Star Game Friday night at Decatur Central High School. A game featuring many of the state’s best players will see two Putnam County players represent the South squad in this year’s edition of the contest...
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Ali Hassler named Putnam County Softball Player of the Year (7/9/24)By TRENT SCOTT, Sports EditorAli Hassler didn’t get the leisure of easing into high school softball play at Greencastle. The sophomore pitcher was thrown right into the mix as a freshman, throwing 154 innings and helping a Tiger Cub team that had shown some promise reach the .500 mark in 2023 at 14-14, though without any trophies to show for its efforts...
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Nathan Sutherlin named Putnam County Baseball Player of the Year (7/5/24)1By TRENT SCOTT, Sports EditorGreencastle’s 2024 baseball season looked as though it would be a moderate improvement over its 2023 campaign, a sign of progress for a team still mainly manned by underclassmen. Then the postseason began and what followed turned an above-.500 season into a magical run to a semistate final, a run away from playing in a state title game...
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Moore, Brennan ready to get up to speed with Oakland City sprint football program (7/1/24)1By TRENT SCOTT, Sports EditorThe Wabash Valley Football Coaches Association All-Star Game was the last game for several of the players involved on June 22. For others, it was a chance to get back on the field and re-acclimate themselves ahead of more seasons to follow. Two of those players will be heading south in August to begin preparations for their next teams as Greencastle graduates Lamar Moore and Brendle Brennan both signed in May to play sprint football at Oakland City University starting in the 2024-25 school year...