Stories from Saturday, February 7, 2015

INDIANAPOLIS -- Facing a receptive crowd of mostly college students, President Barack Obama repeated calls for two years of free tuition to community college and more job-training for the middle class on Friday. The president covered a range of topics -- from basketball to infrastructure -- during a town hall-style meeting on the main campus of Ivy Tech Community College, but he returned to the theme of boosting Americans' economic fortunes...

The Dugger Union Bulldogs boys basketball team lost an away contest Friday night to the Living Water Marlins, 48-44. Dugger Union had previously beaten Living Water 53-45 on Saturday, Nov. 29 in the Blue Streak Classic at Pleasantville. The Marlins jumped out to a 13-5 first-quarter lead. The Bulldogs cut the deficit to four (27-23) at halftime but would get no closer as both teams scored eight in the third quarter and 13 in the final stanza...

The Linton-Stockton eighth grade boys basketball team won at White River Valley 42-18 Thursday night. Leading scorers for the Miners were Evan Slover with 13 points, Sammy Robbins had 10 points, Cory Anderson seven points, Dane Witty had five points, Kaleb Crane had four points, and Silas Robbins had three points...

The Linton-Stockton seventh grade boys also defeater Tri-North, 55-50 on Thursday. Kip Fougerousse scored 20 points to lead the Miners. Fougerousse was joined in double figures by Devyn Robertson with 14 and Dylan Smith with 12. Lance Dyer added six and Kyle Anderson rounded out the scoring column with three...

The Bloomfield junior boys basketball teams finished up the regular season Thursday night playing host to the Oolitic Bearcats. In the seventh grade contest the Cards led 18-8 after one period and 26-12 at the half in route to a 51-37 victory. "We have had an up and down year" Cardinal coach Cameron Gilmore stated...

Carl E. Westfall, age 48, of Linton, passed away on Saturday morning, February 7, 2015, at his residence. He was born in St. Charles, MO, on April 13, 1966, the son Lonnie & Flossie (Waters) Westfall. He did construction and remodeling, and worked at Spencer Precast in Switz City...

Bloomfield shot 36 percent as the Cardinals fell to host Northview 49-37 in a non-conference high school boys basketball game at Brazil Saturday night. The 12-7 Cards shot made 15 of 41 attempts overall. They also missed 8 of 10 free throws. "We shot the ball very poorly," said BHS coach Matt Britton. "We missed point-blank shots...

A three-point first quarter was the difference as White River Valley lost a 52-43 decision against Owen Valley at Spencer Saturday night. "That a killer," WRV coach Joe Pigg said of falling behind eight points in the first quarter. "It was virtually a dead even game the rest of the way...

Pictured above the 2015 Homecoming King and Queen are Riley Holtsclaw and Joani New.

Pictured above the 2015 Homecoming Prince and Princess are Jag Butcher and Kylie Jones.

SWITZ CITY - White River Valley pushed its winning streak to eight as the Lady Wolverines concluded the regular season with a 57-41 victory over visiting Evansville Bosse Saturday afternoon in a high school girls basketball game. The Lady Wolverines improved to 16-7 as they led 13-6, 21-10 and 44-25 at the first three quarter stops...

LITTLE CINCINNATI - Eastern Greene overcame a 13-point deficit to twice pull within one point of South Knox but the Spartans managed to hang on for a 75-72 win over the Thunderbirds in high school boys basketball game here Saturday night. Eastern Greene's season mark now stands at 8-10...

The Eastern Greene Lady Thunderbirds closed out the girls high school basketball regular season with a 38-28 win over visiting North Daviess in a Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference game. Eastern Greene opened a seven-point lead, outscoring the Lady Cougars 9-4 in the third quarter...