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Football Friday: Eagles look to lock up WIC title; Tiger Cubs, Clovers battle in fifth county meeting of 2022; Cougars tussle with Vikings
(High School Sports ~ 09/30/22)
While last week heralded the arrival of fall, this week begins the final third of the 2022 football season, a week in which all four schools will remain inside the confines of Putnam County before next week’s four-way road trip. The fifth intracounty match-up of the year will see Greencastle host Cloverdale while South Putnam looks to make it three in a row when it comes to WIC Small School Division titles, hosting Brown County, with North Putnam hosting West Vigo in what is the most balanced contest going.. ...
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South Putnam waltzes past Brown County to clinch WIC Small School Division
(High School Sports ~ 09/30/22)
You would think it would be tough to win a football game when your opponent runs almost three times as many offensive plays as you do. In South Putnam’s case, it didn’t matter as the Eagles rolled up 17.3 yards per play on only 23 offensive snaps to defeat the visiting Brown County Eagles 75-12 on Friday night. South finishes the Western Indiana Conference portion of their season 5-0, while improving to 6-1 on the season. Brown County fell to 0-7 and 0-4 in the WIC...
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North Putnam outguns West Vigo for second win of season
(High School Sports ~ 09/30/22)
BAINBRIDGE - The North Putnam Cougars tallied almost 500 yards of offense, balanced between the ground and the air, to ease to a 63-25 victory over the visiting West Vigo Vikings in WIC green division play. The scoring came early and often in this one. Noah Claycomb kicked off the scoring for North midway through the first on a one-yard plunge. The Cougars added the two-point conversion on a pass from Christian Kramer to Paxton O’Brien...
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Greencastle defense shreds Cloverdale
(High School Sports ~ 09/30/22)
Despite what was a dicey opening for both teams, Greencastle took advantage of several short fields to make it two wins in-a-row with a 43-2 victory over Cloverdale. Both sides came out of the gates stumbling as Greencastle went three-and-out while Cloverdale had a first down wiped out for a block in the back...
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North Putnam rallies to reclaim Paddle from Greencastle
(High School Sports ~ 09/30/22)
Winning four-straight sets against North Putnam, Greencastle was in position to make it a second-straight sweep of the Cougars Thursday night. Instead, the visitors bounced back with a strong third set, then fended off the Tiger Cubs in sets four and five to reverse sweep the hosts 20-25, 18-25, 25-16, 26-24, 15-11, regaining the Putnam County Paddle in the process...
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SAR seeking descendants of Revolutionary veteran Piercy
(Local News ~ 09/30/22)
CLOVERDALE — A veteran of the Revolutionary War who is buried in Cloverdale Cemetery will be honored in an Oct. 23 ceremony. Jacob Piercy served as a fifer and a drummer for the Pennsylvania Line and enlisted in 1777. He was present at Valley Forge...
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Michael Allen Ash Sr.
(Obituary ~ 09/30/22)
Michael Allen Ash Sr., 74, of Greencastle, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, at Hickory Creek at Sunset. Michael was born in Greencastle on Sept. 12, 1948, the son of Walter and Lucille (Fowler) Ash. Mr. Ash worked for many years as an equipment operator for Jerry Rowings...
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