The Linton Miners 2019 postseason journey is complete. Sadly, the road to Bankers Life Fieldhouse and the State Finals didn’t culminate in a state championship. But what a thrilling ride it was!...

An historic event took place Saturday – historic for Greene County high school basketball...

Folks around Bloomfield and Linton are rejoicing, and with good reason. Their Bloomfield Cardinals and Linton Miners are sectional champions, yet again...

Linton-Stockton basketball coach Joey Hart reached two career milestones worthy of mention this season...

Well, 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...

More than once in this space I’ve written about the sense of finality which comes with the postseason...

Readers, 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...

The 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...

Everywhere 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...

Another Wabash Valley Football Coaches Association All-Star Game has come and gone...

They’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...

“Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it,” said Floyd the Barber. “Calvin Coolidge said that, you know.”...

Congratulations 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...

Sixty-four Indiana high school basketball teams – 16 in each of the four classes – celebrated sectional championships this past Saturday...

Legendary 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...

The 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 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 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 hard to believe but school starts again in less than a week...

One 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...