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Odds and Ends: A Look Ahead at the Postseason, Junior High SWIAC and more…
Posted Thursday, February 14, 2019, at 6:23 PMWell, with the sad ending to girls basketball season – and I was indeed sad to see it end – there isn’t as much going on in the wide world of sports, at least in Greene County... -
The other side of the postseason, revisited
Posted Thursday, February 7, 2019, at 6:24 PMMore than once in this space I’ve written about the sense of finality which comes with the postseason... -
Long overdue recognition for harriers
Posted Wednesday, December 12, 2018, at 6:23 PMReaders, I hope you enjoyed the Greene County Daily World feature on the All-Area boys and girls cross country teams. Long overdue recognition for some deserving athletes... -
Postseason dreams realized bring logistical nightmares
Posted Thursday, October 18, 2018, at 12:00 AMThe postseason brings with it thrills and excitement. The intensity and competitiveness ramps up exponentially during sectional play – especially when a decided underdog is on the verge of pulling a major upset... -
So, what’s wrong with these guys, anyway?
Posted Wednesday, September 5, 2018, at 12:07 AMEverywhere I go lately – whether it’s Wal-Mart or SuperValu, another sporting event, the gas station – I keep hearing the same questions over and over... -
WVFCA All-Star Game: A fun week and a fantastic finish
Posted Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at 4:01 PM1Another Wabash Valley Football Coaches Association All-Star Game has come and gone... -
Shakamak at Linton Saturday: Enough said.
Posted Thursday, May 3, 2018, at 4:27 PMThey’ve beaten Terre Haute North and Terre Haute South. Both in the same season. This week the Linton Miners and the Shakamak Lakers completed the Terre Haute sweep. Monday the Miners knocked off the South Braves 9-8. The next night the Lakers pounded the North Patriots 17-1. Six days earlier Linton had won 5-0 at Terre Haute North. And while the season was still young – in the fifth game of the regular season – the Lakers tomahawked the Braves 2-1... -
One of these days, spring will arrive...for good
Posted Monday, April 16, 2018, at 5:21 PM“Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it,” said Floyd the Barber. “Calvin Coolidge said that, you know.”... -
Elks Hoop Shoot gives fans an early glimpse of possible future stars
Posted Saturday, March 17, 2018, at 12:00 AMCongratulations to Jared Franklin of Linton who recently finished third in the third round of the annual Elks Hoop Shoot free throw shooting contest. Competing in the 12-13 boys age group, Franklin won local and district competitions to advance to the state-level third round contested February 24 at New Castle’s historic Chrysler Fieldhouse - the nation’s largest high school gym... -
For many, sectional week means the end
Posted Tuesday, March 6, 2018, at 5:11 PMSixty-four Indiana high school basketball teams – 16 in each of the four classes – celebrated sectional championships this past Saturday... -
It’s Holiday Tournament Season
Posted Thursday, December 21, 2017, at 3:45 PMLegendary crooner Andy Williams famously sang the lyric, “It’s the Holiday Season” in his Christmas classic tune “Happy Holidays.” The Holiday Season of course means much more than presents under the tree, family gatherings and Christmas dinners, New Year’s Eve parties and the endless stream of meaningless second-and third-tier football bowls on the telly... -
More “History in the Making” for Thunderbirds?
Posted Wednesday, November 8, 2017, at 4:56 PMThe 2017 football season has been one of unprecedented gridiron success for the Eastern Greene Thunderbirds. In fact each of the last three years in succession has brought “the best season in program history” for the once-fledgling Eastern Greene football program... -
It’s that time of year again - basketball season
Posted Tuesday, November 7, 2017, at 5:14 PMIt’s still football season in Greene County. And our Eastern Greene Thunderbirds have an excellent shot at advancing to the semistate when they take on the Fountain Central Mustangs in Friday’s regional at Eastern. But this being Indiana fans all around the state eagerly anticipate the sounds of the bouncing ball against the hardwood, the cheers from the enthusiastic crowd and the official’s whistle... -
Fall sports season is winding down
Posted Thursday, October 19, 2017, at 3:31 PMFall sports season isn’t over just yet. It’s definitely winding down though as the postseason continues in two sports and begins in a third. And there’s a big weekend ahead in local high school sports. Six Greene County cross country runners will compete in the Brown County semistate. One area volleyball team is still alive, playing in Saturday’s regional... -
It’s that time of year again
Posted Thursday, August 3, 2017, at 7:44 PMIt’s hard to believe but school starts again in less than a week... -
Are you ready for some football? Practice starts Monday
Posted Tuesday, July 25, 2017, at 3:26 PMOne year ago today it was written in this very space, “Excitement is building to a fever pitch on both sides of Greene County as the 2016 gridiron campaign approaches for our two county football programs. Anticipation is running high in Eastern Greene County after the best season in school history. And in Linton, expectations are always lofty... -
Big events on tap in the coming days
Posted Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at 12:17 PM1While there isn’t a whole lot going on in the month of July as far as the local sports scene is concerned some of the biggest events of the summer are happening within the next week... -
All-Star games, shootouts and travel ball
Posted Thursday, June 29, 2017, at 5:01 PM1Once spring sports season wraps up many sports fans - and sportswriters too - are starved for action. But there’s plenty going on in the summer months to whet the old appetite until the next school year and fall sports season begins anew. Since I started writing for the Greene County Daily World in August of 2014, I’ve covered three First Financial Wabash Valley Football Coaches Association All-Star Classics... -
Remembering an old friend - and an original Lady Miner
Posted Thursday, June 15, 2017, at 2:10 PMWith the recent passing of my high school classmate and friend Jennie Moehlmann I hoped to find a way to pay Jennie a fitting tribute. The best I could come up with was this feature story written by B.J. Hargis on Linton’s first girls basketball sectional championship in 1976 - the year of the first official IHSAA girls basketball state tournament... -
After the last pitch is thrown…
Posted Thursday, June 8, 2017, at 8:20 PMHard to believe but another high school baseball season has come and gone. And what a season it was! Any conversation about the season just concluded almost certainly has to begin with the White River Valley Wolverines. As everyone in the living, breathing world knows by now, WRV won the Class A Sectional 57 championship on Memorial Day. The amazing story though is how they did it...
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