Stories from Saturday, March 10, 2012

Eastern Greene advanced to the championship game of the Class 2A boy's basketball Southridge Regional at the Huntingburg Memorial Gymnasium on Saturday morning with 58-45 win over Forest Park. The No. 2 ranked Thunderbirds improved to 24-1 on the year...

Betty J. Etmeier, 85, of Sandborn, passed away Friday, March 9, 2012, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes. She was born on Dec. 19, 1926 in Daviess County to John Harold and Nellie Ruth (Harritt) Flynn. Betty married Max William Etmeier on March 22, 1947 and they had three sons...

HUNTINGBURG -- Nathan Cobine, Tyler Brough and Miles Hutchison combined for 37 points to help the Eastern Greene Thunderbirds defeat Forest Park 58-45 in the first semifinal game at the Class 2A Southridge Regional here Saturday morning. The victory was the 24th in a row for the 24-1 Thunderbirds, not only extending the record for consecutive wins but becoming the first team in the history of Eastern Greene High School boys basketball to win 24 games...