Fall photo gallery

With 86 players getting to step on the pitch of a professional soccer team, the Putnam County Youth Soccer Assocation enjoys a memorable night at a recent Indy Eleven match. Not only did the local kids get to step on the field turf of Lucas Oil Stadium, but they were part of the Tunnel Club, which forms the tunnel for the players as they enter. Additionally, a total of 335 people representing PCYSA got to take in a physical 1-1 draw with Bethlehem Steel as the Eleven tries to make it in the playoffs during its inaugural season in the United Soccer League.

Area 30 Career Center and co-sponsor Ascena Retail Group Inc. hosted the sixth annual Area 30 Scholarship Golf Outing last month at Clover Meadows Golf Course. Greencastle Community School Corporation secured first place after a playoff round broke a tie score of 19 under. Pictured are the members of the GCSC winning team (from left) Donovan Garletts, Kevin Kendall, Bryce Rector and Frank Rizzi. Because of donations from the teams, co-sponsor and more than 70 businesses and individuals, Area 30 Career Center raised more than $13,000 that will be given as scholarships to Area 30 seniors who will be going to college and entering the workforce.

A total of 128 runners and walkers participated in the annual YMCA/Friends of McCormick’s Creek 5K & 10K Trail Race on Sept. 30. Awards were given for overall winners, male and female, in the 5K Run, 5K Walk, and 10K Run, as well as age group winners in each division. Christina Paul (first row, second from left, wearing No. 845) of Greencastle was the overall female winner with a time of 25:30.33. Joe Liechty of Greencastle (back row, far right) was the winner in the male 70-and-over division with a time of 29:53.39. Corey Long, age 47 of Ellettsville, won the 5K Run with a time of 22:12.