Sports
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FEATURED SENIOR ATHLETE: Olivia Hemmerling, Cloverdale (5/2/24)Olivia is a senior at Cloverdale and participates in three sports, cross country, wrestling and track. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Olivia Hemmerling: “Sports are really important to me. After school, it’s one of my top priorities. I’ve learned what family really is, what it means to be on a team, teamwork and being a leader.”...
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Greencastle softball fends off Indian Creek; Tiger Cubs lose pitcher's duel to Indians in extra innings (5/1/24)By TODD STEVENS, For the Banner Graphic and STAFF REPORTThe Greencastle Tiger Cub softball team got big outs when they needed and just enough offense to pull out a big Western Indiana Conference game against the Indian Creek Braves 3-1 Wednesday night. The Cubs were the first on the scoreboard in the bottom of the second. After back to back strikeouts, Sarah Simmerman laced a two out single...
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Greencastle sweeps Putnam County Track Meet for fourth-straight year (4/30/24)1CLOVERDALE – Cometh the Putnam County Track Meet, cometh the trophies back to Greencastle. The Tiger Cubs held serve to win both county titles for a fourth-straight year with the boys clearing the field by a wide margin, compiling 101 points to South Putnam’s 66 while the girls topped the standings on 86 points, 15 points ahead of second-place North Putnam on 71...
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North Putnam does enough to knock back Owen Valley; South Putnam offense keys win over Eminence (4/30/24)Edgewood 6, Greencastle 4 A late Tiger Cub rally fell short as the Mustangs used big innings in the second and third to knock back the visitors Tuesday evening. Greencastle started with a 1-0 after Nathan Sutherlin’s groundout brought in Sam Gooch in the top of the first...
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Polley, Riggle ready for the races as North Putnam duo join St. Mary-of-the-Woods track program (4/30/24)With the amount of educational and athletic opportunities in post-secondary education, finding a pair of students joining the same school is uncommon enough. For two students to also join the same athletic program at the same school is rarer still but St. Mary-of-the-Woods will be the beneficiary of the decisions made by North Putnam seniors Evan Polley and Callee Riggle as the Cougar pair will be joining the Pomeroy track and field program starting in the 2024-25 school year...
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IHSAA baseball and softball sectional draws (4/29/24)The draws for the IHSAA Baseball and Softball State Tournaments took place Sunday evening, giving the four county schools their paths through sectional play beginning on May 20 for softball and May 22 for baseball. The Class 2A Sectional No. 44 baseball draw, which will be played at Greencastle will begin with several familiar matchups as North Putnam opens the sectional against Parke Heritage while South Putnam faces Cloverdale. ...
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4-29-24 POSTPONEMENTS (4/29/24)With rain expected to enter the area during the afternoon and evening hours, the following events have been postponed for Monday, April 29 Softball South Putnam at Eminence (Rescheduled for Tuesday, April 30 at 5:30 p.m.) Girls' Tennis South Putnam at Northview (Rescheduled for Thursday, May 2 at 5 p.m.)...
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Greencastle tops Sullivan in crucial WIC girls' tennis match; Iseman deals Tiger Cubs to a win over Chargers (4/29/24)For all of its success in recent seasons, one area Greencastle had not found a breakthrough in girls’ tennis was at the conference level as Sullivan had won the previous three WIC titles, sharing one of them with Brown County. The Tiger Cubs took a large step toward breaking that grip after a 4-1 win over the Golden Arrows Friday night at DePauw’s Indoor Tennis Center...
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FEATURED SENIOR ATHLETE: Brendle Brennan, Greencastle (4/25/24)Brendle is a senior at Greencastle and participates in two sports, football and track. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Brendle Brennan: “Sports are pretty important. They teach a lot of skills useful in life. You have to be dedicated if you’re going to be good at them.”...
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Tiger Cubs control county titles after sweep of Cougars; Clovers keep steady hand in win over Wolves (4/25/24)BAINBRIDGE – For a second-straight season, North Putnam and Greencastle couldn’t separate themselves in their WIC baseball outing in just seven innings. Where the 2023 game took an extra inning to get through, Thursday’s contest needed nine innings of play and multiple missed chances with bases loaded for both teams before the Tiger Cubs plated a run in the top of the ninth and kept the Cougars in check for a 3-2 win...