High School Sports

First Round Sectional 10 Elkhart Central 46, Ft. Wayne North 22 Sectional 12 Zionsville 52, Muncie Central 0 Sectional 13 Indpls Cathedral 51, Plainfield 14 Sectional 14 Whiteland 40, Franklin 28 Sectional 15 Columbus East 31, New Albany 16 Sectional 18...

CLOVERDALE—For the third time this season the North Putnam Cougars’ and Cloverdale Clovers’ football teams faced each other but this was the first matchup at Cloverdale. With the Cougars winning 34-0 a week ago, the Clovers made this game much closer, losing only 21-7...

DANVILLE — An old football adage says “The game is won in the trenches,” referring to the play of the offensive and defensive lines. The Danville Warriors proved that theory to be true on Friday night, as they dominated the line of scrimmage to defeat the Greencastle Tiger Cubs 27-7 in the opening round of the 3A Sectional 30 at Danville...

South Putnam took full advantage of playing its first Class A opponent of the season on Friday night, defeating Indianapolis Shortridge 44-13 in the opening round of Sectional 45. The Eagles got on the scoreboard first as Dalton Scott accounted for all 59 yards on their opening drive...

Kickoff: 7 p.m. The coaches: Sam Carnes is in his second year at North Putnam. Tom Winders is in his second year at Cloverdale. On the airwaves: WREB-FM 94.3 will air the game. So far: North Putnam beat North Montgomery 28-12, Southmont 48-42 and South Putnam 20-2, lost 48-21 to Sullivan, beat Cloverdale 49-14, lost 41-21 to Northview, beat West Vigo 26-20, lost 19-7 to Greencastle and beat Cloverdale 34-0. ...

There is good news and bad news for Greencastle’s volleyball team as it heads to the Danville Regional tomorrow to meet the host Warriors. The good news is that the Tiger Cubs were the last team to win a set against Danville. The bad news is that Greencastle’s set victory in a 3-1 defeat came on Sept. 24, and since that time the Warriors have won six straight matches by 3-0 margins...

Taking a look at several impressive numbers relating to Putnam County sports: • Greencastle’s football team is one of 23 in the state to take an 8-1 record into tonight’s sectional games and is one of only two in Class 3A (joined by Brownstown Central)...

Some of my sports journalism colleagues, including ones at the Hendricks County Flyer and the Indianapolis Star, choose to make and publish weekly predictions on the winners of high school football games. I’m sure part of the motivation is to build interest (and readership) with their sometimes-controversial selections. I will universally pass on that opportunity. Not that I can’t take criticism, when it’s warranted, but such a practice just begs for confrontation in my eyes...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.”...

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. ...

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...

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...

The coaches: Tom Winders is in his second year at Cloverdale. Sam Carnes is in his second year at North Putnam. On the airwaves: WREB-FM 94.3 will air the game. So far: Cloverdale lost 6-0 to South Putnam, 28-18 to Greencastle, 45-6 to Edgewood, 14-8 to Cascade and 49-14 to North Putnam, beat Brown County 26-8 and Owen Valley 56-7 and lost 41-0 to Indian Creek. ...

Defending state champion Emma Wilson looks to take the next step toward her title defense on Saturday at the Ben Davis Regional. After earlier completing career sweeps in the Putnam County and Western Indiana Conference meets, Wilson closed out her sectional meet history with her fourth straight title at South Putnam last week...

MONROVIA — On the surface, it may appear that Cloverdale’s 3-0 win over North Putnam on Tuesday night in the opening match of the Monrovia Sectional was a breeze. The Clovers would be the first to tell you their victory was anything but easy, especially the first two sets in which they won by 25-23 scores...

Greencastle High School will welcome and recognize “Perfect Purple Teams” later this week. On Friday night, GHS will welcome back two of the most outstanding sports teams in GHS history — celebrating the 45th anniversary of their unforgettable seasons...

Evan Davies is a senior at North Putnam and plays baseball, basketball and football. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports in your life and what have you learned from them? Evan Davies: “Sports are a big part of my life. They push you to excel in the classroom and to do everything you do with a purpose. ...

Greencastle’s football team continues to maintain its spots just outside the top 10 in the two high school football polls after last week’s 19-7 win over North Putnam. The Cubs are 11th in the Associated Press poll, 16 voting points out of the top 10, and are in a three-way tie for 13th in the Indiana Football Coaches Association poll (14 points out of the top 10)...

The Greencastle revenge tour hits the road Saturday as sectional champions. Greencastle scored twice in the second half Monday night to defeat West Vigo 2-0 and win the Class 2A sectional for the second year in a row at Dee Monnett Field. “I feel excited. I can’t even describe it. Its immense to win it last year and then to win it this year. We’re almost the same group of guys,” junior Jakob Foss said while teammates posed for pictures and accepted congratulations from family and friends...

Two teams and several individuals from Putnam County are advancing from the South Putnam Sectional to Saturday’s Ben Davis Regional cross country meet. Greencastle’s Emma Wilson completed a four-year sweep of the individual girls’ title, winning in a time of 18:44.3...

NEW MARKET – While it might not have been the result the North Putnam Cougars’ girls’ soccer team had hoped for in its 4-0 loss to Southmont in the Class A Sectional final Cougars’ head coach James Hilton called the season a success. “Sure, it’s not what we wanted but I can’t be prouder of this team,” Hilton said shortly after the loss Saturday afternoon at Southmont. ...

Cloverdale takes the best record into the Clasas 2A Monrovia Sectional at 18-9, but three other teams are over .500. Covenant Christian is the defending champion, but graduated 12 seniors from last year’s team and is just 9-19 this season. Tonight’s winner plays South Putnam on Saturday in one semifinal match, while Thursday night’s two winners play in the other semifinal...

The Indiana High School Athletic Association drew the first-round football sectional pairings for the 2018 tournament, which starts on Oct. 19. In Class 3A, Greencastle drew Danville in a matchup of last year's championship game. The Warriors won that game, and also eliminated Greencastle in 2016...

Adams Central 44, Bluffton 13 Anderson 27, Richmond 26 Angola 46, Garrett 0 Attica 42, Clinton Central 27 Batesville 44, Franklin Co. 13 Bloomington South 36, Indpls Roncalli 21 Brown Co. 62, Owen Valley 18 Brownsburg 17, Noblesville 7 Brownstown 33, Silver Creek 21...

BAINBRIDGE — The Greencastle Tiger Cubs put the Putnam County bucket and second place in the Western Indiana Conference Western Division on the line when they traveled to North Putnam on Friday night. The two teams entered the game with just three losses between them, but the Tiger Cubs put a damper on the Cougar homecoming with a 19-7 win...

BRAZIL — Northview’s big-play ability was on full display Friday night as the unbeaten Knights powered away from visiting South Putnam to remain unbeaten with a 63-8 victory over the Eagles. The Knights scored three touchdowns over a three-minute period of the second quarter to open a gap that the Eagles were unable to overcome. Northview improved to 8-0 and will take on Indian Creek for the Western Indiana Conference title on Friday evening while the Eagles fell to 3-5 overall...

TRAFALGAR — Friday night, the Cloverdale Clovers traveled east to meet the Indian Creek Braves. It was a cool evening, after an afternoon that saw thunderstorms and temps in the low 80s. The Braves are a well-practiced team with a large roster of approximately 80 players...

The coaches: Mike Meyer is in his ninth year at Greencastle. Sam Carnes is in his second year at North Putnam. On the airwaves: WREB-FM 94.3 will air the game. Special events: North Putnam will have its homecoming festivities. So far: Greencastle beat Crawfordsville 9-0, Cloverdale 28-18, West Vigo 23-12, South Putnam 12-0, Cascade 49-26 and Sullivan 29-28 before losing 42-9 to Northview last week. ...

Tonight’s Greencastle-North Putnam football game will not only be played to decide second place in the West Division of the Western Indiana Conference, but will also crown the Putnam County champions. Conference-wise, Greencastle can wrap up second place in the West with a win, and would host the winner of tonight’s Edgewood-Cascade game next week for third place...

Greencastle is going for its second straight Class 2A boys soccer sectional championship on Saturday night at Dee Monnett Field. And the rematch with West Vigo is just what coach J.D. Sims hoped for when the tournament draw was announced. “When we came into the sectional I wanted to play the teams that beat us (in the regular season) because we lost to West Vigo (5-1) and we lost to Northview (5-4). ...

CLOVERDALE — The Western Indiana Conference volleyball championship contest was played Tuesday night in front of a raucous crowd at Cloverdale High School. The Northview Knights won their second consecutive WIC title by defeating the Cloverdale Clovers in three games, 25-19, 25-23, and 26-24...

TRAFALGAR — The Greencastle Tiger Cubs finished in third place in the Western Indiana Conference volleyball standings after defeating Indian Creek 3-0 in the crossover match Thursday night. Greencastle won by scores of 25-13, 25-18 and 27-25 to improve to 17-6 on the season...

Greencastle’s boys’ basketball program will have a fund-raising car wash on Saturday at Auto Zone in Greencastle. The car wash will run from 2 to 5 p.m. Washes are free, but donations are accepted. All money collected will go to support the Greencastle boys’ basketball parents’ club...

TRAFALGAR — A crazy and turbulent season that saw a coaching change in the first month of the season is winding up pretty well for Cloverdale’s volleyball team. The Clovers won the Western Indiana Conference’s East Divison title with a narrow 3-2 win at previously-undefeated Indian Creek on Monday night...

Greencastle won its first-round boys’ sectoinal match 7-0 over South Vermillion on Monday night. The Tiger Cubs will play Western Indiana Conference champion Northview at 5 p.m. today at Greencastle. Greencastle scoring: 1st half 38th minute: G: Ivan Glotzbach; A: Hector Lezama, Ben Parsons...

CRAWFORDSVILLE — South Putnam’s outstanding run of boys’ tennis success, and the stellar careers of five Eagle seniors, ended on Tuesday evening with a 3-2 loss to Parke Heritage in the Crawfordsville Regional. “Tonight didn’t go the way we wanted it to,” South coach Johnny Briones said. “Kudos to Parke Heritage — a very talented and well-coached team.”...

Despite a 42-9 loss to Class 4A Northview last week, Greencastle’s football team saw its position relatively unchanged in the Indiana Football Coaches Association and Associated Press state rankings. The 6-1 Tiger Cubs are 12th in the IFCA poll and 11th in the AP poll, reversing their spots in those two rankings last week...

The Indiana High School Athletic Association drew pairings for the upcoming sectional volleyball tournaments, which begin on Oct. 9. Greencastle will play the first match at Southmont on Thursday, Oct. 11, against Lebanon. The Tiger Cubs are the defending champions of the Class 3A tourney, which was played at Crawfordsville last year...

Ivy Wright is a senior at Greencastle and participates in volleyball and softball. ——— Banner Graphic: How long have you been playing sports, and what have you learned from them? Ivy Wright: “The first sport I played was softball, and I think I started playing it when I was around four years old. ...

Greencastle’s Emma Wilson won the Western Indiana Conference cross country meet for the fourth straight year to highlight Putnam County performances in Saturday’s event at South Putnam. Wilson, the defending state champion, won in a time of 18:16.8 and defeated Edgewood’s Annalyssa Crain by 12.2 seconds...

BRAZIL — The only thing better than winning a sectional title is winning another one. South Putnam pulled off back-to-back crowns in the Northview boys’ tennis sectional on Saturday morning, defeating Owen Valley 4-1 for its second straight title. The Eagles will compete in the Crawfordsville Regional today against Parke Heritage...

SPENCER — Powered by a big night from running back Jake Wilkes, Cloverdale ran past Owen Valley Friday in a 56-7 win. The senior compiled 231 yards and five touchdowns as the Clovers won their second straight to move to 2-5 on the season (2-2 WIC). The game remained scoreless for much of the first quarter, but the Clovers got on the board first with Waylon Elmore catching a 10-yard touchdown pass from Parker Watts. A failed two-point conversion left the score at 6-0 after one...

For the first time this football season, the purple lights were not aglow on the Victory Tree at Harbison Stadium on Friday night. Northview proved to be a rude house guest, jumping out to a 21-0 lead and never being challenged in a 42-9 win that gave the Knights the Western Indiana Conference West Division title and handed the Tiger Cubs their first defeat...

BAINBRIDGE — The North Putnam Cougars overcame some adversity and picked up a 26-20 victory over the West Vigo Vikings in a Western Indiana Conference high school football game Friday night. The Cougars improved to 5-2 overall and 2-2 in the WIC as they squandered a 20-0 lead, but were able to pick up the victory using a balanced offense and some key defensive stops late. West Vigo fell to 2-5 and 1-3 in conference play...