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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 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...

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...

WOOSTER, Ohio — DePauw committed five turnovers which led to 17 Wooster points and the Fighting Scots held on for a 24-21 North Coast Athletic Conference win over the Tigers. DePauw dropped to 1-2 overall and 1-1 in the NCAC, while the Fighting Scots improved to 2-2 overall and 1-2 in conference play...

Game info: The College of Wooster football team (1-2, 0-2 North Coast Athletic Conference) hosts DePauw University (1-1, 1-0 NCAC) on Black and Gold Weekend. Kickoff from John P. Papp Stadium is set for 1 p.m. Last week: Wooster turned in one of its top defensive performances under sixth-year head coach Frank Colaprete last Saturday, but the Fighting Scots came out on the wrong end of a 9-7 contest at Ohio Wesleyan University. ...

By Joey Bennett Sports Editor Forty-one coaches and athletes from Putnam County high schools are known to be competing collegiately this fall. Earlier this month, South Putnam graduate Kieffer Vittetow was named the Great Lakes Valley Conference runner of the week...

DePauw’s defense held Hiram to just 196 yards on Saturday and the offense was as balanced as possible with 211 yards each on the ground and through the air as the Tigers picked up a 45-7 North Coast Athletic Conference victory over the Terriers. The Tigers moved to 1-1 overall and 1-0 in the NCAC, while Hiram dropped to 1-2 overall and 0-2 in conference play...

Game time: 1 p.m. Entering the game: DePauw Tigers is 0-1 on the season after last Saturday’s 16-10 loss to Central, while the Terriers are 1-1 following last week’s 47-13 win at Earlham. Series record: DePauw leads the all-time series, 5-0, after last year’s 55-28 win at Hiram. The Tigers have won both meetings in Greencastle with the last coming on September 24, 2016, by a 66-17 score...

DePauw grabbed an early 10-0 lead in its first-ever meeting with visiting Central (Iowa) on Saturday, but the Dutch evened the score in the second quarter and scored the eventual game-winning points on their opening drive of the second half for a 16-10 victory over the Tigers...

Game time: 1 p.m. at Blackstock Stadium. History: DePauw and Central are meeting for the first time on the gridiron. Scouting Central: Central is coming off a 49-3 win over Northwestern (Minn.) last Saturday. The Dutch scored touchdowns on five of their first seven drives and held a 35-3 halftime lead. Central held a 426-251 edge in total yards including 300-28 on the ground...

DePauw senior Rachele Miller was named the North Coast Athletic Conference Women’s Golf Athlete of the Week for her performance last week. Miller, a graduate of Pleasant Valley High School in Princeton, Iowa, earned medalist honors at Denison’s Lynn Schweizer Invitational last weekend...

Six DePauw alumni from four different decades and encompassing seven different teams will be inducted into the DePauw Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday. These six join the more than 200 student-athletes, coaches and administrators who have earned induction since 1986...

INDIANAPOLIS —The University of Indianapolis men’s cross country team began its season on Friday night at the Butler Twilight. South Putnam sophomore Kieffer Vittetow’s seventh-place showing was best among the UIndy men. “I am proud of both teams,” cross country head coach Brad Robinson said after the meet. “The entire team is stronger than we were last year at this point in the season.”...

SAINT MARY-OF-THE-WOODS — Greencastle freshman Evan Crowe recorded the first assist in St. Mary-of-the-Woods College men’s soccer history on Wednesday in a scrimmage against Franklin College. Crowe assisted teammate Nicolas Castrillon for the first goal of the match as the Pomeroys make their debut in the sport this fall...

CLEVELAND — After winning its league-leading 15th North Coast Athletic Conference football title last fall, Wittenberg has been tabbed to repeat as conference champion in 2018, based on the preseason coaches’ poll, released Thursday. The Tigers, who had a perfect 10-0 regular season in 2017, collected seven of the 10 possible first-place votes, totaling 96 points. ...

A total of 194 DePauw student-athletes have been named to the Tiger Pride Honor Roll for achieving at least a 3.40 grade point average for the 2018 spring semester. Among the honorees is North Putnam grad Brayden White, a member of the school’s baseball team...

For the eighth consecutive year, the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference has tabbed Franklin as its pre-season favorites, according to the league’s coaches. The Grizzlies went 8-3 a year ago, securing their 11th conference championship in the last 12 years with a perfect 8-0 mark in HCAC play. Franklin collected 87 points and six of the nine first-place votes from the league’s coaches...

Football student-athlete, Spartan student ambassador, sports information student staff member and business management and sport management double major. Daunting task, right? Manchester University senior Zane Yon, a 2015 South Putnam graduate, said it’s possible for that lifestyle and being successful as a college student...

Former Greencastle High School basketball standout Nailah Ray was honored by the National Junior College Athletic Association as a third-team Academic All-American this season while competing for Olney Central College. Recent Cloverdale graduate Jalen Moore signed a letter-of-intent earlier this summer to play college basketball for the Knights...

Stevie Baker-Watson, DePauw’s Associate Vice President for Campus Wellness and Theodore Katula Director of Athletics and Recreational Sports, has been selected as recipient of the 2018 Women Leaders in College Sports NCAA Division III Administrator of the Year Award...