Stories from Saturday, May 7, 2016

Saturday, May 7 The Bloomfield Town Wide Yard Sales will be on Saturday, May 7, scheduled to run all day. The American Legion Auxiliary in Lyons will have a monthly breakfast from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., Cost is $7 and includes bacon or sausage, biscuits and gravy, eggs and fried potatoes. The public is welcome to attend...

JASONVILLE -- Less than 24 hours after having its eight-game winning streak snapped, Shakamak bounced back with a win on Saturday. The Lady Lakers softball team improved to 13-5 on the season with a 7-1 win over visiting Marshall. Both teams were missing regulars due to graduation and SAT's...

Eastern Greene erupted for seven runs in the second inning and five more in the third to take control against visiting Bloomfield Friday evening. The Thunderbirds won the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference battle 12-4. Caleb Hamilton belted his second grand slam of the week and Nick Abel left the yard as well in the win...

TERRE HAUTE - First-year Linton-Stockton golf coach Chris Taylor knows a thing or two about success on the golf course. Taylor was a cornerstone of the Miners' 2005 regional championship team that qualified for the IHSAA State Finals. He played collegiately at Vincennes University and the University of Southern Indiana...

ELNORA - Brayton Cornelius crossed the plate with the winning run in the ninth inning for White River Valley in a 5-4 win at SWIAC foe North Daviess. WRV scored the winning run without benefit of a hit. A walk to Cornelius, a fielder's choice and a hit batsman loaded the bases. Trey English took a pitch in the arm - for the second time - and Cornelius walked home with what proved to be the winning run...

The Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference Boys and Girls Track and Field Meet was split into two nights this year. The field events were held on Thursday night, with all the running events taking place on Friday. On a near perfect night, weather wise, the Eastern Greene boys and Linton-Stockton girls captured team titles...

Few expected a 7-6 ballgame when Shakamak arrived at Roy Herndon Field in Linton for a battle of Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference unbeatens. "I didn't expect it either. Not with those two pitchers. If you had told me we'd get six runs I would have said we'd win," Linton-Stockton coach Matt Fougerousse said...