High School Sports

A second-chance for North Putnam to grab its third volleyball sectional title came to pass Saturday night as the Cougars returned to the final of IHSAA Volleyball Class 2A Sectional No. 44. Much like the 2019 title game, however, the Cougars would be staring across at the champions in the end as Parke Heritage swept through the championship match 25-22, 25-17, 25-20...

INDIANAPOLIS — Four Putnam County runners advanced to the IHSAA Shelbyville Cross Country Semi-State after taking part in the Ben Davis Regional Saturday morning. Cloverdale’s Ella Szczerbik and Brady Koosman, Greencastle’s Charlie Menzel and North Putnam’s Grace Elmore will race next week at Blue River Park after finishing among the top-10 individuals without an advancing team in the regional...

North Putnam advanced to the final of IHSAA Volleyball Class 2A Sectional No. 44 Saturday while South Putnam saw its fine season come to a screeching halt. The Cougars defeated Southmont 25-21, 24-26, 25-8, 25-23 in the first semifinal match to advance to the 7 p.m. final whereas the Eagles were swept away by Parke Heritage, one of only two teams to defeat South Putnam this season, 25-20, 25-16, 25-21...

Friday night’s high school football game at South Putnam could be called the battle of the ‘fives’ or the clash of the Eagles, but it would be easier to call it what it was. Just a well-played football game between two exceptionally good teams. The A No. ...

Momentum heading into the postseason is a powerful thing for a team to be holding on to. Greencastle went to North Putnam Friday looking to build on its three-game winning streak while the hosts were looking to get any momentum going after three-straight losses...

Grace is a senior at North Putnam and participates in three sports: cross country, swimming and track and field. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Grace Elmore: “Sports have been absolutely essential to my high school experience. I’ve learned so much about teamwork and myself. I would not be who I am without them.”...

MONROVIA – Three weeks ago, Greencastle hosted and was swept by Monrovia, not knowing the two squads would meet again just a short time later to determine who would join the remaining teams of IHSAA Volleyball Class 3A Sectional No. 25 in the semifinals...

The Cloverdale Clover volleyball team came into the IHSAA Class 2A Sectional No. 44 as decided underdogs. Their opponent was one of the better teams in the area as they took on the Southmont Mounties to open sectional play at North Putnam High School...

The final standings of the WIC, including the winner of the ‘Gold’ division, will be decided as the regular season concludes with five interconference games Friday night. Despite the stakes being high in the conference, the most intriguing game on the docket will be the only nonconference game as A No. 5 South Putnam hosts 2A No. 5 Heritage Christian...

BROWNSBURG – Cloverdale will send its girls’ cross country team on to the Ben Davis Regional after a fourth-place finish at the IHSAA Brownsburg Cross Country Sectional Saturday morning. The Clover squad, which included fifth-place finisher Ella Szczerbik, Lily Monnett, Abigail Nees, Daphanie Geiger, Jessica Geiger and Sydney Willis, will be joined on the west side of Indianapolis by 11 other Putnam County runners this coming Saturday...

The Greencastle Middle School 7th grade volleyball team finished its season undefeated, compiling a record of 14-0, along with winning the Putnam County Championship and the WIC Championship. The team beat Sullivan and North Clay in the first two rounds of the WIC on Saturday, Oct. 3 to win the West Division...

INDIANAPOLIS - The South Putnam Eagles did not run very many plays on Friday night when they visited Shortridge High School, but the high-flying Eagles still put up dozens of points in a 56-14 victory in high school football. The Eagles only ran 26 offensive plays, but big plays and special teams allowed the Class A No. ...

SPENCER - The Greencastle Tiger Cubs used balanced offense and big plays as Logan Carrington threw for three touchdowns, two of them to brother Chase Carrington, to pace Greencastle to a 34-19 victory over the Owen Valley Patriots on Friday night. The Cubs started off fast. ...

PUTNAM COUNTY South Putnam 56, Indianapolis Shortridge 14 Greencastle 34, Owen Valley 19 Brown County 34, North Putnam 31 WESTERN INDIANA CONFERENCE Northview 56, Edgewood 21 Indian Creek 35, Sullivan 28 STATEWIDE SCORES Anderson 16, Richmond 10 Angola 42, Garrett 7...

No tickets will be sold at the door for next week’s North Putnam volleyball sectional, which has seven teams in the field. Games are planned for Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Tickets are $6 per session (pre-school children admitted free), and no season tickets will be sold per IHSAA guidelines...

Pairings were drawn on Thursday night for the Indiana High School Athletic Association’s football sectionals, which begin on October 23. In Class 1A, No. 5/6-ranked South Putnam will play at winless Fountain Central in the first round. Cloverdale, which canceled its scheduled game for tonight at West Vigo due to low player availability, will host Covington in the first round...

South Putnam's Lady Eagles were named Western Indiana Conference champions after defeating the Edgewood Mustangs in four sets with the scores of 25-8, 21-25, 25-23, 25-18 on Tuesday night. The Eagles are 9-0 in league play and 24-2 overall going into Thursday night's regular-season and WIC finale at Brown County...

BROWNSBURG – Having only just played out a 1-1 draw six days prior, North Putnam and Cascade squared off at Bethesda Christian for another 80 minutes to separate the two teams not only for advancement in IHSAA Boys’ Soccer Class A Sectional No. 41 but on the season as a whole...

Riley Stone is a senior at South Putnam and participates in two sports, football and track and field. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? RS: “Track has helped me with football and conditioning and football has helped me with life lessons, becoming a better person and teammate and a better overall player.”...

Two long-time friends and teammates from Greencastle will head in exactly opposite directions next fall when they begin their college classes and athletic careers. Basketball standout Brody Whitaker will take his talents to Marian University in Indianapolis, while Tiger Cub baseball star Nick Sutherlin will perform for Olney Central College in Illinois...

CRAWFORDSVILLE - A man down for over 70 minutes wasn’t going to end the season for Crawfordsville boys’ soccer on Tuesday night. Junior goalkeeper Landon Timmons was disqualified just seven minutes into the contest, receiving a red card following a collision just outside of the box — but the Athenians never backed down in a 4-2 win over Greencastle in the first round of the IHSAA Sectional on Tuesday night...

DANVILLE – A quick start was what Greencastle girls’ soccer head coach Scott Monnett said he wanted from his team Tuesday night in its first match of IHSAA Girls’ Soccer Class 2A Sectional No. 25. A goal inside the opening 15 minutes and three goals by 20 minutes was the result as the Tiger Cubs opened tournament play with a 6-1 win over Frankfort...

BROWNSBURG - The North Putnam Cougars played a strong game on Monday night to open up sectional play, defeating Covington 2-1 to advance in sectional play. The teams were tied 0-0 going into halftime. The Cougars got an opening goal through a Covington own goal...

BRAZIL – For a fourth-straight year, South Putnam placed itself in a position to take home an IHSAA Boys’ Tennis Northview Sectional team title Saturday morning. The Eagles had already turned around one WIC loss in the five-team sectional, defeating Owen Valley Thursday, but could not do so again against the hosts, falling to the Knights 5-0 for a second time this season to finish the year 8-7...

The South Putnam Eagles came into Friday night’s contest against Brown County undefeated and ranked either 5th or 6th in Class A depending upon the poll. The Eagles had not trailed in any football game this year, but they ended up having to come from behind and pull away late for a 33-13 victory at South Putnam...

The six senior Tiger Cub players went out in style on Friday night as Greencastle rushed for six touchdowns, threw for two, returned an interception for one and also returned a punt for one in a 73-6 Western Indiana Conference division victory over the Cloverdale Clovers...

BAINBRIDGE – Big plays cost North Putnam on Friday night in a Western Indiana Conference “Green Division” football game with West Vigo, as the Vikings had three scoring plays from 60 yards or more in a 52-21 win over the Cougars. West Vigo improved to 5-2 overall with the win and stands 3-1 in the WIC. The Vikings can clinch second place with a win over Cloverdale on Friday...

Thanks to a recent change by Gov. Eric Holcomb in regard to attendance at outdoor gatherings, Putnam County high schools have received approval to expand their ticket sale for football games. Cloverdale plays at Greencastle this week, while South Putnam hosts Brown County and North Putnam hosts West Vigo...

PUTNAM COUNTY Greencastle 73, Cloverdale 6 South Putnam 33, Brown County 13 West Vigo 52, North Putnam 21 WESTERN INDIANA CONFERENCE Guerin Catholic 19, Northview 0 Indian Creek 41, Indianapolis Manual 0 Owen Valley 48, Eastern Greene 6 Sullivan 38, Edgewood 21...

Molly Ramey is a senior at Greencastle and participates in golf and tennis. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Molly Ramey: “Sports are really important to me, because they give me a chance to relax from my day and be an outlet for me to be myself, and to be around people who have the same interests as I do. It’s just a fun aspect of my life.”...

BRAZIL — South Putnam edged Owen Valley 3-2 on Thursday evening in the Northview boys’ tennis sectional semi-finals. The Eagles play the host Knights in Saturday morning’s 11 a.m. finals. Northview beat South Vermillion 5-0 in Thursday’s other semifinal...

Even in the COVID-19 climate of limited fans, the South Putnam High School Gymnasium was electric and at times raucous as the host Eagles edged the Southmont Mounties in volleyball action on Wednesday night. The Eagles and Mounties went all five sets with South Putnam earning the victory 25-21, 24-26, 23-25, 25-22, 15-9. The victory gave the Eagles a gaudy 22-1 record, while the Mounties fell to 8-5 on the season...

Greencastle’s boys and Cloverdale’s girls emerged as the team champions at Saturday’s Putnam County cross country championships at South Putnam. Tiger Cub freshman Charlie Menzel and Clover sophomore Ella Szczerbik won the individual titles. In the middle school meet, Greencastle easily won both races. Landon Miller of Greencastle won the boys’ race while Kylie Dresbach of North Putnam won the girls’ title...

CLAYTON – Cascade led 7-6 after one quarter and held on for a 27-13 win over North Putnam on Friday night. The Cadets led 14-6 at halftime and 21-6 after three quarters. Cascade added six points in the final period, while the Cougars put seven points on the board...

CLOVERDALE - On the surface you see a game between two winless teams, but in reality you have 52 kids on the field playing their hearts out in a game they love. Derron Hazzard compiled 313 yards of offense and four touchdowns to lead Riverton Parke to a 38-20 victory over the host Clovers on Homecoming night in Cloverdale...

WEST TERRE HAUTE – Class 1A No. 7-ranked South Putnam stayed undefeated on the season with a 36-12 victory at West Vigo on Friday night. The Eagles have clinched the Western Indiana Conference “Green Division” title.

The Greencastle Tiger Cubs had lost four in a row with the latest three of the losses by either one point or in the final minute. That can be rough on a team, but the host Tiger Cubs used a strong second half to punish the Brown County Eagles 48-14 on Friday night on John Fallis Field. The win improved Greencastle’s record to 2-4 and 1-2 in Western Indiana Conference play. The visiting Eagles fell to 3-3 and 1-2 in conference action...

PUTNAM COUNTY South Putnam 36, West Vigo 12 Greencastle 48, Brown County 14 Riverton Parke 38, Cloverdale 20 Cascade 27, North Putnam 13 WESTERN INDIANA CONFERENCE Northview 26, Indianapolis Lutheran 25 (2OT) Sullivan 48, Owen Valley 12 Indian Creek 27, Edgewood 7...

For only the second time this season, all four Putnam County teams will be playing out-of-county opponents tonight. South Putnam can win the “Green Division” title of the Western Indiana Conference tonight with a win at West Vigo. A win would put the Eagles at 4-0, and they have beaten both teams (Brown County and North Putnam) who could potentially tie them...

Several current and former Putnam County athletes have recently been honored for their athletic and/or academic successes. Here is a summary of each accomplishment: Lilly Meyer, Greencastle Meyer surpassed the 1,000 career mark in digs last week as the Tiger Cubs went 3-0 in Western Indiana Conference volleyball action...

Mason Brooks is a senior at North Putnam and participates in basketball. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Mason Brooks: “Sports are very important to me. I’ve learned a great deal of life lessons through sports, and they have always been a constant in my life. I have moved several places in my life, but basketball has always been the constant. It’s always been a love of mine.”...

Greencastle will play at North Putnam on Saturday in the annual “Golden Boot” soccer matches, with the boys’ match starting at 2 p.m. and the girls’ contest beginning at 4 p.m. The Tiger Cubs have played good soccer over the past couple of weeks, with both teams running hot heading into the rivalry matchups on Saturday...

BRAZIL — It was an absolutely gorgeous day for golf on Saturday at Forest Park as Cloverdale, Greencastle, and South Putnam girls competed for a chance to compete at Smock Golf course in Indianapolis next weekend. Golf is not always considered the most exciting spectator sport, but if you were close to the action on Saturday, the excitement was palpable...

South Putnam moved up to No. 7 in this week's Associated Press Class 1A football rankings, after being No. 8 last week. The Eagles remained at No. 8 in the Indiana Football Coaches' Association poll. Other ranked potential sectional foes or teams with Putnam County connections include:...

Putnam County teams hold down the top three spots in the Western Indiana Conference volleyball standings, led by first-place South Putnam at 5-0. Greencastle is second at 5-1, while North Putnam is third at 4-2.

After having been run on a weeknight for several years, the Putnam County cross country championships will take place on Saturday this year at South Putnam. The schedule is: 10 a.m. - Girls' varsity race 10:45 a.m. - Boys' varsity race 11:30 a.m. - Middle school boys'/girls' race...

South Putnam’s boys’ tennis team picked up a 4-1 win over Edgewood on Monday evening, putting the Eagles at 8-6 going into next week’s sectional tournament. The Eagles swept the three singles matches on Monday, and also picked up a win at No. 2 doubles...

Records may be deceiving at times. Edgewood came to South Putnam with a 3-1 mark, but the Eagles used a balance offense and stingy defense to roll to a 42-0 victory Friday night and improve their record to 5-0. South Putnam game out of the gate firing on all cylinders. Jeremiah Hibbeln popped off three big runs in an 8 play drive. Hibbeln capped it off with a 1 yard plunge at just the 9:13 mark of the opening quarter. Ethan Harcourt added the extra point to make it 7-0 Eagles...

INDIANAPOLIS - Greencastle held the state's highest-scoring team to just six points through three quarters on Friday night in high school football action, but Park Tudor took advantage of some late turnovers and pulled off an improbable 29-28 comeback win...