Stories from Monday, May 7, 2007

HENDRICKSVILLE -- What started as a dream that was talked officially about for the first time over a cup of coffee and some home-baked pie at Rosie's Diner is now a reality. The Hendricksville Area Association was founded at that meeting on Nov. 12, 2001...

North Central senior Jimmy Swank tossed a one-hitter to lead the Thundergbirds to a 12-0 victory over host Union in a Tri-River Conference baseball game Monday. The game was halted after five innings via the 10-run rule. Swank allowed just a single by Union's Blane Boyd in the second inning...

VERNE -- The Eastern Greene Thunderbirds lost to South Knox Monday night, 5-3, and slipped to 6-7 on the season. "We started off slowly," said Eastern Greene coach Eric Headley. "That's happened five out of the last seven games where we've given up a big first inning."...

Shoals played errorless baseball as the visiting Jug Rox defeated host Bloomfield 8-5 in a high school game Saturday. Bloomfield (3-13) outhit the Jug Rox 10-3, but made four errors. "The difference in the game was that Shoals came in here and made the routine plays and we didn't," said Bloomfield coach Jason Pegg. "We made four errors on paper, but we had three balls that dropped in right field that should have been outs...

Travis Inman shot even par 35 to earn low-medalist honors and lead Bloomfield to a 172-184 victory over Shakamak in a high school match at the Phil Harris Golf Course in Linton Monday. "It was one of those situations where the scores really came together," said Bloomfield golf coach Monte McIntosh. "I think everyone deserves a night like this."...

SWITZ CITY -- White River Valley's softball team ran its record to 12-2 with a 4-0 shutout over Owen Valley Monday night in Switz City. Stephanie Fougerousse got the win, as she struck out 10 Patriot hitters and was 1 for 1 with an RBI. Jamie Jo Brown was 2 for 4, Tayler Kail had two doubles, and was 2 for 3 at the plate, while DeLaney Sanders added a hit and an RBI...

BICKNELL -- The Linton-Stockton Miners got back on the winning track with a three-way triumph over North Knox and White River Valley Monday at the Bicknell Country Club. The Miners finished with a 153, followed by North Knox's 167 and White River Valley's 169...

JASONVILLE -- The Shakamak Lakers wrapped up the Tri-River Conference baseball title with a 6-2 victory over Linton-Stockton Saturday in Jasonville. The win was the 10th on the season for the Lakers, who will now set their sights on a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference...

Josh Thompson was a good basketball player back during his days at Bloomfield High School. The 6-3 forward, who scored 842 points in his career (12th all-time), played an important part to the 1998 Cardinal team that advanced all the way to the Class A state championship game and was within one basket of having the chance to do the same in 1999, only to lose to Tecumseh in the final of the Greencastle Semistate. He was team MVP in 1998...

Union was looking to extend its winning streak to three, but came up on the short end of a 5-3 score at Lawrenceville, Ill. Monday night. The Lady Indians scored all of its runs in their first two at bats. "In almost every game that we have lost, we have had one bad inning," said Union Rick Swan. "They scored four in the second and took a big lead...