Stories from Saturday, April 8, 2017

JASONVILLE -- The Lakers came out flat Friday evening and got clawed 10-3 by visiting North Daviess in baseball. The Cougars snapped a 3-3 tie with three runs in the fourth and cruised to victory. The win improved North Daviess’ record to 3-0, 2-0 in the Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference, while Shakamak fell to 0-4, 0-1...

BASEBALL White River Valley dropped its second baseball game of the season Thursday night at South Knox. South Knox (1-1) defeated the 0-2 Wolverines 11-3. Both teams pounded out 10 hits, but the Spartans got more bang for their bucks. WRV coach Chris Cornelius said a young Wolverine squad made “costly mistakes at inopportune times...

The Bloomfield girls tennis team finally got their season rolling by winning a first round match 5-0 over Pike Central in the opening round of Saturday's Loogootee Invitational Tournament. But then the Lady Cardinals dropped the championship match 4-1 to host Loogootee to finish in the runner-up spot...

Terre Haute South scored a repeat in high school boys golf action on Saturday, winning the Northview Invitational for the second straight year. The Braves shot 313 in windy, cool, sunny conditions at Forest Park in Brazil. Terre Haute North had 326 to finish runner-up to South for the second year in a row. Cascade carded 344 for third, edging Greencastle and Northview, both shooting 345 to round out the top five in the 13-team field...

After a big win at rival Sullivan the night before the Linton-Stockton Miners got off to a sluggish start Saturday. And visiting Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference foe Eastern Greene capitalized early. Caleb Hamilton’s solo home run in the top of the third inning staked the Thunderbirds to a 2-0 lead...

Gunner Harvey from Bloomfield enjoying his first Easter Egg Hunt.

As of Saturday, Utilities District of Western Indiana REMC has three new members of the board of directors. In District 1, newcomer David Burger beat out 15-year board member Jack Knust. Burger, of Jasonville, has a background as a plant manager and a farm owner...