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She has only been playing golf for two years. But Linton-Stockton senior student-athlete Mattia Potter will have a chance to continue playing the game she has grown to enjoy for years to come. Last Friday Mattia signed her letter of intent to play golf collegiately at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College...

LOOGOOTEE -- Bloomfield used a mighty defense Tuesday night to whip Loogootee 44-36 on the road. The Cardinals (15-6) held Loogootee (8-14) to 13 points through the first quarters to take a 32-13 lead. Bloomfield coach Ron McBride said the Cards were up by about 20 points with two minutes to go when the Lions made a late charge...

Before we pass on to lighter topics, White River Valley senior Sydney Stahl is recuperating from a concussion. Stahl went down and banged her head hard trying to score a layup against Bloomfield during WRV’s sectional duel with the Lady Cardinals. WRV athletic director Troy Greenlee said she still has some problems, but has gotten better...

WEST TERRE HAUTE – The Linton Miners saw most of a 15-point lead dissipate Tuesday at West Vigo. The West Vigo Vikings (9-14) hit Linton with a 13-0 run to trim the deficit to two late in the third quarter. The Miners regrouped in the final stanza, rebuilding the lead to seven. Four Kip Fougerousse free throws in the final minute restored the Linton lead to double digits and the Miners (20-3) held on for a 65-54 road win...

Sunday the Indiana High School Athletic Association conducted its sectional drawing for the 109th annual boys basketball state tournament. Sectional play is scheduled to begin Tuesday, Feb. 26, and run through Saturday, Mar. 2, at 64 sectional sites across the four classes...

BOYS BASKETBALL Clovers prove unlucky for Shakamak Shakamak ventured to Cloverdale Saturday night and fell by 12 points. The Clovers defeated Shakamak 64-52, The Clovers shot the ball well in the first half, “We adjusted some things at halftime and battled them,” Shakamak coach Nate O’Neall said. “My guys continued to play hard despite being down.”...

SWITZ CITY -- White River Valley shot down the visiting Eagles Saturday night with a late rally. The Wolverines (8-14) trailed Brown County 21-20 at the break, but used an 11-0 run to close the third stanza and take the lead for good. WRV coach James Floyd said the Wolverines did a better job of offensive execution in the second half to pull out the win over the Eagles (3-16)...

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Tucker Hayes set a Linton-Stockton single-game record for 3-pointers and the Miners bombed the North Central Thunderbirds 84-26 in Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference action Friday at Linton. Hayes nailed eight from behind the arc in establishing the new mark. Linton (19-3, 7-0 SWIAC) wrapped up its sixth SWIAC title in the past seven years and its third straight undefeated conference campaign...

SWITZ CITY – The White River Valley Wolverines scratched and clawed with the heavily favored North Daviess Cougars for the better part of two-and-a-half quarters Friday night. Midway through the third stanza the visitors from North Daviess opened a 7-point lead, then outscored the hosts 6-0 in the final minute to come away with a 45-33 victory in Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference action at Switz City...

DUGGER -- The Bulldogs finally wrapped their paws around a 76-73 victory Thursday night after a fourth quarter with more thrills than five action movies and two book series. Union (9-15) led 48-47 heading into the final quarter, but visiting Hutsonville (IL) reeled off nine unanswered points to go up 56-48. ...

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VINCENNES – The Linton Miners made the sun go down on Evansville Day Tuesday night. The Miners (18-3) overcame a slow start, gradually building a 23-point lead in the first half and flying away from the Evansville Day Eagles (8-10) at Vincennes University...

GIRLS BASKETBALL The Lady Bulldogs closed their season Saturday morning by impaling the Lady Marlins 57-29. Union took an 11-5 lead after one quarter of play and expanded the margin to 31-10 at halftime. “We finished our season playing very well,” said Union coach Chrystal Salesman said. “We got our bigs very involved and we got to send our seniors out in style.”...

BOYS BASKETBALL Living Waters HomeSchool encountered a drought Saturday when Union came to visit. The Bulldogs (8-15) slaughtered their hosts 77-53. Union led only 17-13 after one stanza and 32-30 at halftime, but outscored Living Waters 26-10 in the third quarter to turn the game into a rout...

SWITZ CITY – For a half it was anyone’s ballgame. And for most of the third quarter it looked like White River Valley’s game to win. But just when it seemed the Wolverines might close the door on the Owen Valley Patriots the Patriots came charging back...

ELNORA – The North Daviess Cougars scored 15 unanswered and held Linton scoreless for nearly nine minutes running away from the Miners 46-24 in the championship game of the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference eighth grade tournament at North Daviess...

BLOOMFIELD – The Cardinals' defense blunted everything the Hatchets threw at it Friday night as Bloomfield hacked out a 57-46 win over visiting Washington. Bloomfield (12-6) led only 21-19 at halftime, but went up 27-20 early in the third quarter. The Cards went up by 10 in the final frame and held Washington (13-6) at bay for the rest of the game...

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TERRE HAUTE -- One’s a Grizzly and the other’s a Fighting Engineer. Brother faced off against brother Wednesday night when Franklin College came to Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Eli Combs graduated Bloomfield three years ago and plays for Rose-Hulman. His younger brother Isaac Combs is a freshman at Franklin College, a conference rival to Rose-Hulman. Both men took the court for their teams, even standing side-by-side at the key while a player was shooting free throws...

BOYS BASKETBALL Patriots clip T-Birds Visiting Owen Valley narrowly defeated the Thunderbirds Tuesday night. Eastern-Greene (7-14) fell 58-54 as Owen Valley (9-9) crept away from the hosts in the second half. Eastern led the Patriots 15-14 after the first stanza, but the visitors rallied to force a 28-all tie at halftime...

Great defensive effort enabled the Cardinals to pummel South Knox 45-27 Tuesday night on the road. Bloomfield (10-6) snapped a 9-9 deadlock after one quarter by outscoring their hosts 7-2 in the second frame. The Cards took a 28-18 lead after three stanzas and outscored South Knox (13-5) 17-9 in the fourth frame...

TERRE HAUTE – The Linton Miners saw most of a double-digit lead dissipate with time winding down Tuesday night at Terre Haute South. Linton had led by 10, 49-39 with six minutes to play. The Terre Haute South Braves used a 9-1 run to cut it to a deuce just inside the three-minute mark. Then with 1:22 to play South’s Cordell Hanes buried a trifecta, getting the Braves within a single point at 52-51...

WRV sixth graders win two, fifth graders lose one The White River Valley sixth grade basketball team competed in the Hymera tournament Saturday, dropping the first game to Clay City and rebounding with a win over Carlisle. In the first game the Eels edged the Wolverines in a close one 29-27...