Stories from Saturday, January 16, 2016

Saturday, January 16 Linton Public Library will host American Girl Club every third Saturday January through May. Learn about a different American Girl from the book series, have a snack and make a cool craft. You do not need a doll to join and moms and grandmas are invited, as well...

Nancy Jane Watkins Dowden, 85, passed away Thursday, Jan. 14 at Maple Park Village in Westfield, Ind. She was preceded in death by her parents, John A. and Lillian M. Tucker Watkins: an infant brother, John Watkins, Jr. and her husband, James Elmo Dowden...

BRAZIL -- The Bloomfield Cardinals are taking on all comers in preparation for the 2015-16 girls' basketball postseason. That means the Class A eighth-ranked Cardinals loaded up a schedule full of larger classification schools to test their mettle in preparation for the IHSAA's next season...

FAMERSBURG -- White River Valley may need to make a trip to the medial supply store after Saturday's physical matchup with Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference foe North Central. The Lady Wolverines were gashed, battered and bruised but not beaten in coming away with a 45-41 win in overtime...

No team likes to lose, especially in a championship game and against a rival. But Bloomfield's loss to Linton-Stockton, in the championship game of the Greene County Invitational, a week ago may have helped the Cardinals. Since the heart-breaking loss, the Cardinals got back to the basics...

SWITZ CITY - A strong first-quarter performance proved to be all the Linton-Stockton Miners needed to take care of business in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference game at White River Valley Saturday night. The Miners raced out to a 20-2 advantage after the opening eight minutes and never looked back, posting a 66-35 win over the Wolverines...

KNIGHTSTOWN - Eastern Greene withstood a 7-minute dry spell in the second quarter and an 11-0 Borden run during that stretch battling back with a chance to win in the closing minutes. But in the end Class A No. 8 Borden made the plays they needed to down the stretch, sending the Thunderbirds home with a 45-40 loss in the D-One Husker Classic at Hoosier Gym in Knightstown Saturday afternoon...