High School Sports

TERRE HAUTE – Six Putnam County athletes punched tickets to the Bloomington North Regional next week as all four schools took part in the IHSAA Terre Haute South Girls’ Track and field Sectional Tuesday night. The hosts cruised to a team sectional title on 144 points with Northview second on 109.5 points and crosstown rivals Terre Haute North third on 99.5 points...

GOSPORT – A complete roster can make a world of difference in the way a team plays. Greencastle had been shooting competitive scores for most of the boys’ golf season but was just a little bit behind where it wanted to be with Keaton Parmley out of the lineup...

BRAZIL – Northview won its second-straight boys’ track and field title Thursday night, the only team to surpass the 100-point mark with 136, 43.5 points ahead of second place Edgewood, which was 30 points clear of third-place West Vigo. Greencastle finished fourth to lead the county schools, two points back of the Vikings and a point ahead of fifth-place Sullivan. North Putnam finished sixth on 51 points with Cloverdale 10th on 25 points and South Putnam 11th on 21.50 points...

Karlynn McKinney drove in four runs and pitcher Emma Norman allowed only three hits as the visiting Parke Heritage Wolves handed the South Putnam Eagles a 7-1 loss on senior night. Pitching was the name of the game early on. The Wolves scratched out a run in the first. Abbi Henderson led off with a walk, stole second, advanced to third on a passed ball and scored on a sac fly...

Keifer is a senior at Greencastle and participates in three sports, football, basketball and baseball. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Keifer Wilson: “Sports is a major part of my life. I’ve been around sports all my life. ...

--Greencastle 21, Brown County 1 (5) The Tiger Cub bats, having had a week off, exploded back into life with five runs in the first and fourth innings and eight runs in the second inning Tuesday night. Ben Huff brought in four runs with a pair of doubles while Keifer Wilson added three more at the plate. Chase Carrington, Treyten Clark, Evan Alexander, Ethan Hamm, Boyd Ensley, John Poulton, Cooper Williams and Wade Hamilton all knocked a run in...

A late inning offensive surge by the Greencastle Tiger Cubs was enough to support an excellent pitching performance by Keifer Wilson and Treyten Clark in a 4-2 victory over the Sullivan Golden Arrows in a Western Indiana Conference baseball game Wednesday evening. Greencastle scored all four of its runs in the sixth inning to rally and pick up the win and improve to 12-8 on the season and 4-5 in the WIC. Sullivan dropped to 6-13-1 and 2-7 in conference play...

The Sullivan Golden Arrows softball team scored 11 runs in two innings, the fourth and the sixth, to pull away from the Greencastle Tiger Cubs 12-1 in Western Indiana Conference action Wednesday evening. Avery Wiltermood had a huge night for the Arrows. She led off the game with a single and advanced to third on an error. Gracie Shorter drove her home with an RBI groundout. Starter Haley Iseman for Greencastle kept Sullivan at bay until the fourth...

ELLETTSVILLE – An appealing evening of weather greeted the teams participating in Tuesday WIC Girls’ Track and Field Championships at Edgewood High School where the hosts and Northview battled back and forth for conference supremacy. The Mustangs would use their strength in the field events to ultimately fend off the nights, winning 149.75-132.5 with West Vigo finishing a distant third...

The South Putnam Eagle softball team exploded late in the game and got a solid pitching outing from Sabrina Leonard to pick up a victory in Western Indiana Conference action against the Northview Knights. The Eagles broke open a tight game with a six-run sixth inning and used some sterling defense late in the game to get the 10-5 victory...

The Northview Knights baseball team pounded out eleven hits and took advantage of several Eagle errors to defeat South Putnam 14-2 on National Guard night. Northview got one early to start things off. With one out, Peyton Lear singled and stole second. Landon Carr then promptly brought him home with a single for the game's first run...

VEEDERSBURG — North Putnam picked up a pair of road wins Saturday after defeating Fountain Central 9-8 and 15-7. In the opening game, the Mustangs tied the game in the sixth after trailing from the third inning on but a play at the plate in the bottom of the seventh ultimately saw the Cougars claim the first win after scoring four runs in the top of the seventh, only to nearly allow the hosts to tie the game again...

CLOVERDALE – At a point in the fourth inning, North Putnam was leading Cloverdale 10-0, had the bases loaded and only one out, looking to pile on the runs Monday night. The Clovers managed to get out of the threat and responded with seven runs in the bottom half of the inning, keeping the rally going into the fifth and sixth to complete an 11-10 comeback...

CLOVERDALE - Three Cougar pitchers combined for a two hitter, while Brilye Schmitz drove in four runs, as North Putnam defeated Cloverdale 10-0 in WIC softball action. North Putnam got things going early in the first. Ashley Weir and Grace Kincaid each singled to start the inning. Brilye Schmitz then tripled to deep right scoring both. They would tack on another run in the third. Emma Williams singled and Kyndal Brewer drew a walk. Williams would later score on a pass ball to make it 4-0...

Sabrina is a senior at South Putnam and participates in two sports, volleyball and softball. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Sabrina Leonard: “Sports are one of the most important things to me personally. I‘ve been doing them my whole life and have learned leadership skills, such as how to take control of a situation.”...

The IHSAA announced sectional realignments for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years this week with significant shakeups coming to football for the Putnam County schools. Elsewhere, Greencastle’s drop into 2A paired it with the other county schools in boys’ basketball, girls’ basketball and volleyball...

After winning two of its first three games, South Putnam had been on an eight-game slide heading into Wednesday’s WIC baseball outing against Brown County. Both teams looked at the game as a chance to get off the bottom of the conference standings, an opportunity the hosts took with a 13-3 win in five innings...

The Greencastle Tiger Cub baseball team could only scratch out four hits and two runs as they fell to the visiting Indian Creek Braves 5-2 in Western Indiana Conference action. The Braves were the first to break through in the top of the second inning. A lead off double off the bat of Blayden Mann. Mann would score on a fielding error later in the inning. They would add another in the third, this a double from Carter Modlin set the table. He too would score after an error to make it 2-0...

CLOVERDALE – Greencastle won 17 total events Tuesday evening to repeat a sweep of the Putnam County Track and Field Meet after claiming both titles in 2021 as well. The Tiger Cubs won the boys’ meet by a comfortable 99-61 margin over second-place North Putnam while South Putnam was third on 49 points and Cloverdale fourth on 30 points....

ROACHDALE — The North Putnam Cougars baseball team faced an uphill battle facing the number four ranked 2A team, the Cascade Cadets. The Cougars left 10 runners on base in an 8-1 home loss Thursday night. After holding the Cadets in the top half of the first, the Cougars threatened in the bottom half. ...

NEW MARKET — It wasn’t the ending the Tiger Cubs wanted to see. A Southmont hit with two outs in the bottom of the seventh scored the winning run, and Greencastle lost to the Mounties 3-2. The Tiger Cubs had scored two unearned runs, including one in the top of the seventh to tie the game, and were one out from forcing extra innings, when Southmont sophomore Jacob Fox stuck a bat in front of a 3-2 pitch and punched it into right field, allowing the winning run to cross...

Zach is a senior at North Putnam and participates in three sports, soccer, basketball and baseball. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Zach Huff: “Sports are pretty important. I feel like sports have made me want to do my work in school and get through high school. Sports are everything to me. I started when I was six years old and that’s really all I do outside of school.”...

BRAZIL — In a pitcher’s duel for six innings, North Putnam and Northview toiled away until two runs in the seventh gave the Cougars an impressive 3-1 win over the Knights in WIC baseball play. The visitors scored first in the fourth when Jaylen Windmiller reached base on a dropped third strike. Doug O’Hair pinch ran for Windmiller, stealing second and scoring on a Kovey Jeter single for a 1-0 lead...

Greencastle was just one out away from clinching a quality home WIC baseball win over Owen Valley Wednesday night. A chopping grounder in the infield was just out of reach of starting pitcher Treyten Clark, allowing the Patriots to tie the game and eventually tack on three additional runs, stunting the Tiger Cubs in the process 7-4...

In a long-awaited home opener, the Greencastle Tiger Cubs softball team fell to the Owen Valley Patriots 8-4 in Western Indiana Conference play. The Patriots got rolling early, scoring two in the top of the first. A leadoff walk from Kaylin Greene started it off and Taylor Monroe would drive her in with an RBI triple. Monroe would later score on a wild pitch to make 2-0...

The South Putnam Eagles could not generate enough offense against the Edgewood Mustangs in a Western Indiana Conference softball game at Dalton Field on Wednesday evening. The visiting Mustangs played flawless defense and rode a three-hit shutout by junior pitcher Jaylen Robinson to a 7-0 victory over the Eagles...

ROACHDALE- Kiefer Wilson and Treyton Clark combined to throw 13 strikeouts and four Tiger Cubs had multiple hits as Greencastle handed North Putnam a 9-3 home loss Tuesday evening. North Putnam would strike first in the conference match-up. Brayden Monnet opened the bottom of the first with a single and advanced to second on a wild pitch. He then would score on an RBI groundout from Jaylen Windmiller to take a 1-0 lead...

Early in March, Anna Zellers announced her verbal commitment to join the volleyball program, at Trine University next fall. Friday, Zellers put pen to paper to confirm her intent to join up with the Thunder starting in the 2022-23 school year. “When I went to the campus, I fell in love with the size, the distance from home, the volleyball team, coaches and everything,” Zellers said. “The volleyball program is highly competitive in the (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association)...

The Greencastle girls’ tennis team hosted one of the favorites in the WRC, the Fountain Central Mustangs, and fell 5-0. A young Tiger Cub squad got off to a rough start on the doubles side, losing both matches. In number one doubles, sophomores Bella Monnett and Liberty Amis, lost in straight sets to the team of Jimenez and Mallady 6-0,6-1. The other doubles team of Gabi Merrell and Kadence Shaner also lost in straight sets 6-2,-6-1 to the pair of Muniz and Prickett...

The South Putnam Eagles played their second straight home game of the week and the game ended with a similar outcome. South outhit the North Central (Farmersburg) Thunderbirds 10 to 6, but made enough mistakes on the basepaths and in the field to allow the Thunderbirds to get the 6-4 victory at Dalton Field. This was a similar script as to the previous loss to North Putnam with the Eagles losing a contest that they had more hits...

After making a run to the IHSAA Girls’ Swimming and Diving State Finals this winter, Olivia Headley proved she had speed in the pool. Finding a place to utilize it next year was a different race to swim, one that will lead the Greencastle senior to Kentucky as Headley will join the Centre College women’s swimming and diving program in the 2022-23 school year...

DJ is a senior at Greencastle and participates in one sport, baseball. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? DJ Wells: “Sports is probably the only thing that keeps me going through school. I definitely learned how to lead. ...

Softball North Putnam 16, Terre Haute North 12 North Putnam 6, West Vigo 5 A series of big innings helped the Cougars edge past the Patriots, who scored in every inning but still couldn’t keep the pace with the hosts despite leading three times and ties at 5-5 and 9-9...

North Putnam was outhit 10-5 as it visited South Putnam on Wednesday night in Western Indiana Conference baseball action. The Cougars were able to take advantage of some Eagle errors and used heads up baserunning to pull out a hard-fought 8-6 win...

After a round of county games Tuesday, the other half of the county teams squared off Wednesday night as North Putnam traveled to South Putnam, one of the few matchups that didn’t feature at the Putnam County Championship the prior weekend. The Eagles took an early lead but were unable to hold it through the early innings before both sides tightened up in the circle, a situation the Cougars were happy to play out, picking up a 5-2 win...

CLOVERDALE – With the Putnam County Championship in the rear mirror, one of the combinations that didn’t play out on the baseball diamond last Saturday was on display Tuesday night as Greencastle travelled to Cloverdale. The Tiger Cubs struck quick and DJ Wells kept the Clover offense quiet over seven shutout innings, making the trip back north with a 5-0 win...

CLOVERDALE — The Greencastle girls’ softball team used a three-hit gem from pitcher Allie Beaman and three long balls to pick up a road conference win against the Cloverdale Clovers Tuesday night 11-3. The Tiger Cubs got rolling early, putting a five-spot on the board in the first. Emma West and Raigan Chavez each had RBI singles. With two outs Hailey Iseman drove in two with a single of her own...

BAINBRIDGE – Two hotly-contested opening round games gave way to a lopsided finale at the Putnam County Championship Saturday evening. South Putnam had to constantly fend off Cloverdale before a 10-run sixth ended the first game while Greencastle used a four-run seventh inning to break a 4-4 tie to beat North Putnam 8-5...

BAINBRIDGE – Greencastle had the lucky number of 15 on the day on Saturday. After putting 15 runs on the board to win earlier in the day, the Tiger Cubs matched that total in the championship game of the Putnam County tournament. The Lady Cubs took an early lead as they did earlier and managed to keep South Putnam at bay throughout the game to take home the trophy and the Putnam County Paddle...

Ethan is a senior at Cloverdale and participates in two sports, football and baseball. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Ethan Wright: “Sports are a big thing to me. The main things sports teach are leadership and cooperation. ...

BAINBRIDGE – A 10-run second inning helped North Putnam rebound after a pair of losses for an 18-1 win over Brown County Tuesday night. After allowing the Eagles’ only run in the top of the first, the Cougars scored three in reply, beginning the second inning with two walks and two hit batsmen to force in the first run...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Greencastle picked up its third win of the season Thursday night with a tight 4-2 win over Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter. “This was another really good win for our team,” Greencastle head coach Ben Wells said. “Ritter is a very solid team...

Crawfordsville just couldn’t keep the red hot Greencastle Tiger Cub offense from continuing their hot hitting at the plate on Saturday. Greencastle scored early and often including eight runs in the first and second innings en route to a 26-6 victory over CHS in five innings. ...

The Greencastle volleyball program will be hosting a camp this summer for any girl interested in playing volleyball that will be in grades 3-8, starting the 2022-2023 school year. The camp will be run by high school coaches Maggie Walters and Denise Meyer. The junior varsity and varsity volleyball players will also be assisting and coaching...

While spring sports have been clouded out to start the 2022 season, the future is far more clear for two Greencastle seniors. Raigan Chavez and Lauren Elam will be heading in opposite directions of one another but will not be as far away as it might seem after the former signed to play softball at Point Park University in Pittsburgh while Elam will hurdle across the track at St. Mary-of-the-Woods starting in the 2022-23 school year...

Catherine is a senior at South Putnam and participates in two sports, golf and tennis while also a manager for the girls’ basketball team. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Catherine Hodge: “Sports would come third to me behind school and extra curricular activities. ...

CLINTON -- Three runs to start the game provided Greencastle with the platform in needed to pick up a second win of the 2022 season with an 8-4 victory over South Vermillion Wednesday evening. Evan Alexander and Ben Huff both had two RBIs with DJ Wells and Owen Huff also knocking in runs...

Being handed the mantle of the player that was tasked with continuing what had been a highly-successful period at Cloverdale was one Kyle Thomas had little choice in taking. Trying to follow up four-straight sectional titles was always a tall task and while the Clovers have yet to reach those heights since, Thomas has done what he could to reach them, averaging just shy of 20 ppg over four years, scoring 477 points on 162-of-378 shooting (43 percent), including 52-of-151 three-point attempts and making 82-of-99 foul shots during his senior season.. ...

BAINBRIDGE – A brisk, windy Saturday morning was still a fine time for baseball as North Putnam hosted White River Valley for a pair. Both games went the way of the home team as the Cougars used a 4-0 start after an inning to win game one 9-4 before using a six-run fifth inning in game two to keep the Wolverines at bay 8-5 for the sweep...

There are few ways to skirt around the fact that the Cloverdale 2022 softball season will be a difficult one. A very small, if experienced, squad would be walking a tight rope trying to deal with injuries while also finding a pitcher that could eat innings the way Hailey-Marie Gardner had in 2021...