Stories from Saturday, January 5, 2008

BLOOMFIELD -- The Bloomfield Cardinals defeated the Sullivan Golden Arrows Friday night, 54-35, to improve to 8-5 in boys high school basketball action inside Guy Glover Gymnasium. Derrick Held led the Cardinals with 14 points and also had seven assists and five steals, as the Cardinals jumped out to a 19-5 lead over Sullivan in the first quarter...

SWITZ CITY -- The finals of the Greene County Daily World Invitational will feature a team that hasn't won the prestigious event in 26 years, while another will be looking for their first in school history. The Shakamak Lakers, who have been in the tournament since 1971 and have won three titles in that time, will face Vincennes Rivet, who have been competing in the event since 2002, but is still looking for its first title...

SWITZ CITY -- Vincennes Rivet boys basketball coach Tim Vieke has talked all season about concentrating on defense. Through their first eight games, they have allowed opponents to score less than 45 points per game. But it was the offense that came through for the second consecutive night at the Greene County Daily World Invitational...

SWITZ CITY -- The Shakamak Lakers boys basketball squad advanced to the championship game of the Greene County Daily World Invitational with a hard fought 47-41 victory over a scrappy Clay City Eels team Friday night. The Lakers turned to sophomore Billy Newton to get on track after a slow start. The Eels jumped out to an early 7-0 lead in the opening minutes before Newton went to work...

Dorothy Cooley, 80, of Freedom, passed away 3:30 p.m.Friday, Jan. 4, 2008, at her residence. She was born October 31, 1927, in Brown County, to Clarence and Zona (Sturgeon) Ault. She was a homemaker and member of Worthington V. F. W. Auxiliary. She is survived by threechildren: Steve (Dianna) Cooley, Bloomington; Judy (Roger) West, Worthington; Harold Cooley, Freedom; six grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; one brother, Leonard Ault, Columbus; three sisters, Doris Michaels, Nashville; Lola Friskey, Logansport; Bell Morgan, Logansport.. ...

Leo Ramsey, 81, of Bloomfield, passed away at 2:05 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born October 31, 1926 in Greene County, Indiana he was the son of Everett & Liza (Fearnot) Ramsey. Leo was a farmer and drove a school bus for the Bloomfield School District for 32 years. He was a member of the Mineral United Methodist Church...

Earl Carrell, 88, of Worthington, passed away at 1:55 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008 at Heart Center of Indiana in Carmel. Born April 11, 1919 in Greene County, he was the son of Riley and Minnie (Cullison) Carrell. He retired from Interstate Motor Freight of Indianapolis in 1978. An U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he was a member of the Worthington American Legion Post and a life member of the Worthington V. F. W...

SWITZ CITY -- Through the first two rounds of the Greene County Daily World Invitational, Vincennes Rivet had been the hottest team in the tournament. The Patriots had shot 57 percent and averaged almost 75 points per game in advancing to the finals.