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2024 FOOTBALL SEASON PREVIEW: Cloverdale Clovers
(High School Sports ~ 08/23/24)
In Tyler Lotz’s first year as Cloverdale head coach came one win. In year two, one win turned into two. With a far more experienced group of players at his disposal in year three, the Clovers will look to blossom in what is the last season for the school in the WIC for football...
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2024 FOOTBALL SEASON PREVIEW: South Putnam Eagles
(High School Sports ~ 08/23/24)
For the first time in five years, South Putnam came away no titles in hand in 2023. A 51-49 loss to Greencastle saw the Putnam County Bucket and control of the WIC Small School division go north and while Indianapolis Lutheran was within their grasp, it was a chance missed for the Eagles in the postseason while the Saints went marching on to a third-straight Class A title...
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2024 FOOTBALL SEASON PREVIEW: North Putnam Cougars
(High School Sports ~ 08/23/24)
For the first two years of Scott Moore’s tenure at North Putnam, the Cougars have had to plug in players in various spots to keep things afloat while working in younger players to get experience. Entering the third year under Moore, North Putnam has developed the depth it has needed to stop throwing bodies at a problem, allowing players to step into the positions they’ve been developing in for the past few years...
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2024 FOOTBALL SEASON PREVIEW: Greencastle Tiger Cubs
(High School Sports ~ 08/23/24)
Year one of the Greencastle revolution under head coach Dave Stephens brought a WIC Small School title and the Putnam County Bucket to the Tiger Cub locker room, along with an 8-3 record and a sectional semi-final spot. Circumstances dictate that there won’t be a defense of the conference title ahead of the move to the MAC next year but Greencastle has plenty of returners on both sides of the ball looking to find other titles to bring home in 2024...
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Clovers nearly upend Panthers in season opener
(High School Sports ~ 08/23/24)
CLOVERDALE — Cloverdale’s Landon Duncan threw for 179 yards and three scores, but big plays from Riverton Parke’s Kyle Price were too much as the Panthers would squeak out a 34-33 non-conference win Friday night. The Panthers got on the board on their first series. On the fifth play, Collett Sanders went to the play action and hit Price on a 46-yard scoring strike. AJ Goff took in the two point conversion to go up 8-0...
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Bulldogs grind out win over Tiger Cubs
(High School Sports ~ 08/23/24)
MONROVIA — The pace early between Monrovia and Greencastle was frenetic. Score was answered by score for the first 24 minutes before the nervous energy of the opening game of the 2024 season burned out and the heat of a far warmer night than the rest of the week caught up to both sides...
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Eagles hold off Sparkplugs after rededicating Mark Wildman Field
(High School Sports ~ 08/23/24)
The South Putnam Eagles opened their season re-dedicating Mark Wildman Field with the new turf and lights installed over the summer. Though the sparkling clean venue was impressive, the Class A No. 1-ranked Eagles were not as clean in their performance, but still dominated the line of scrimmage for a 28-20 victory over the Speedway Sparkplugs on Friday night...
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Kramer's six touchdown night powers Cougars past Chargers
(High School Sports ~ 08/23/24)
BAINBRIDGE — The 2024 North Putnam Cougars know they have what it takes to compete this season. After a disappointing 2023 campaign which saw the Cougars go 3-7, this year’s team, with plenty of depth and returning talent is ready to turn some heads...
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Former Putnam County deputy accused of sexual battery
(Local News ~ 08/23/24)
BLOOMINGTON — A former Putnam County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been arrested on charges related to an allegation of sexual battery. Jeffery L. Freeman Jr., 29, of Greencastle, was arrested Friday by detectives from the Indiana State Police Bloomington District for the following charges:...
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Court News for Aug. 23, 2024
(Court News ~ 08/23/24)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Michael A. Anderson, 57, Cloverdale, Level 3 felony criminal confinement with a deadly weapon, Level 6 felony criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, Level 6 felony intimidation, Class A misdemeanor domestic battery...
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Putnam Scanner for Aug. 23, 2024
(Police Logs ~ 08/23/24)
Several people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Thursday • At 2:57 a.m. Amanda L. Hellis, 40, Terre Haute, was booked in for probation violation. Wednesday • At 10:42 a.m. Haylee M. Parrish, 26, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail for driving with a suspended license with a prior conviction and on a local warrant...
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Rosemary Dickerson
(Obituary ~ 08/23/24)
Rosemary Dickerson, 85, of Roachdale, passed away Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 21, 2024 at Hendricks Regional Hospital in Danville. Rosemary was born in Vermillion County on March 25, 1939 to the late Roy L. and Florence (Noggle) Holton. On Oct. 12, 1957, Rosemary and Raymond Lee Dickerson were united in marriage. He preceded her in death in 2003...
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