Stories from Saturday, January 28, 2012

Eastern Greene High School celebrated homecoming with a 67-52 victory over Bedford North Lawrence in a high school boys basketball game Saturday night. Ashley Osborn was named princess while Briar Martindale was honored as prince. (By B.J. Hargis/Greene County Daily World)...

Steve D. "Moose" Jackson, 48, of Linton, passed away on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital, Newburgh, Ind. He was born Feb. 19, 1963 in Linton to Larry E. and Janice (Douthitt) Jackson. Steve married Kimberly D. Lynch on June 25, 1982. Moose was a truck driver for Home Run Trucking. He formerly worked at Rice's Building Supply for 13 years as yard foreman. He had also worked for Abrams and Hawkins in Sullivan. His hobbies included attending car shows to show his hearse, helping kids at Cruzers' Roller Rink, and gardening. Survivors include his wife, Kim; son, Mick Jackson of Linton; his father, Larry Jackson of Linton; mother-in-law, Hallie (Lester) Trimble of Ala.; and special family friends, Michelle (Brock) Ellis, Michael Allen Fisher, Lacey Ann Fisher, Brady Ellis and Bob (Kim) Conley. Steve was preceded in death by his mother, Janice Jackson (Sept. 22, 1987) and sister, Susan Olson (Jan. 3, 2012). The family has requested that memorial contributions be made to Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel in memory of Steve "Moose" Jackson. Friends called at the Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel from 4 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, and today from 9 a.m. until the hour of service. Funeral service will be today, Jan. 31, 2012 at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. David Atkins officiating. Interment will follow at Mount Moriah Cemetery in Dugger. Online condolences may be sent to www.andersonpoindexter.com .

Eastern Greene improved to 4-3 in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference after a 54-25 victory at North Central Saturday. The Lady Thunderbirds are now 7-13 overall while North Central dropped to 0-18, 0-7. "We got off to a very good start, " said EGHS girls basketball coach Zack Stevens, referring to leading 17-2 after the opening quarter. "We were able to set the tone with our defense...

Sports Editor Shakamak outscored host Attica 35-20 in the first and third quarters as the Lady Lakers defeated the Lady Ramblers 51-44 in a non-conference high school girls basketball game Saturday afternoon. The Lady Lakers evened their record at 9-9...

Bloomfield was outscored 14-6 in the third quarter and that ultimately proved to be the difference as the Cardinals lost a 55-51 decision at Orleans Saturday night in a non-conference high school boys basketball game. BHS led 28-24 at the half before losing the second half by a total of 31-23...

LITTLE CINCINNATI -- Bedford North Lawrence trailed throughout much of the first half, but the Stars battled back and finally took a 33-32 lead in the third quarter. But it lasted all of 23 seconds as host Eastern Greene outscored BNL 35-19 over the final 11 minutes and came away with a 67-52 homecoming victory in a non-conference high school boys basketball game here Saturday night...