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The weather canceled these events, originally scheduled for Wednesday, April 24: Baseball: Linton at North Daviess, rescheduled for 5 p.m. Friday, April 26; softball: Sullivan at Bloomfield; tennis: North Daviess at Bloomfield, Sullivan at Linton, rescheduled for 5 p.m. Monday, April 29...

Cancellations The weather canceled these events originally scheduled for Wednesday, April 24: Baseball: Linton at North Daviess, rescheduled for 5 p.m. Friday, April 26; softball: Sullivan at Bloomfield; tennis: North Daviess at Bloomfield, Sullivan at Linton, rescheduled for 5 p.m. Monday, April 29...

Baseball Shakamak 8, Eastern 0 At Little Cincinnati Tuesday. Eastern-Greene coach A.J. Wells said: “We played a good team you’ve got to tip your cap to. They put the bat on the ball and we didn’t.” The Thunderbirds venture to North Central at 5 p.m. Wednesday while Shakamak hosts Riverton Parke at 6 p.m...

The West Vigo golf team won a quadrangular match featuring three Greene County teams Tuesday at Phil Harris. The Vikings defeated the second-place Linton Miners by 18 strokes, 171-189. White River Valley and Shakamak battled it out for third with the Wolverines edging the Lakers 221-225...

It was better late than never for the Linton-Stockton Lady Miners Tuesday. The Lady Miners rallied for three runs in the bottom of the sixth frame to overtake the visiting Clay City Lady Eels, 3-2 in Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference softball action. “Once again, we didn’t panic,” Lady Miners coach Beth Wernz said. “We never hung our heads. We just kept battling and battling. We finally came through with a couple of big hits and got the job done.”...

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BASEBALL WRV 10, Bloomfield 4 Host White River Valley put six runs on the board in the middle innings to defeat Bloomfield 10-4 in a Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference game Monday night. Bloomfield (0-11, 0-3) struck first with two runs in the top of the third, but WRV (4-5, 2-1) went up 4-2 in its half of the inning and scored six runs over the next three to take command of the game...

After being idle for nearly a week the Linton Miners showed signs of rust and fell to the Bedford North Lawrence Stars 7-5 Monday at Bedford. Due to weather-related cancellations Linton hadn’t played since a 5-1 win at Washington last Tuesday. “After not playing for six days I was a little concerned,” Miner coach Matt Fougerousse said. “I didn’t know how we’d come out. But we made good contact and had good approaches at the plate. I thought we hit the baseball pretty well.”...

A pitchers’ duel broke out in Monday’s Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference softball game at Linton between the Linton-Stockton Lady Miners and the North Daviess Lady Cougars. Linton (7-4, 3-0 SWIAC) scored the game’s only run in the bottom of the first inning. And thanks in part to the pitching of Peyton Bland, the Lady Miners’ lone run held for a 1-0 victory over the Lady Cougars (6-8, 1-3)...

Award winners were recognized during the recent awards banquet recognizing the 2018-19 Linton-Stockton Lady Miners girls basketball varsity and junior varsity teams. The Lady Miners varsity finished the season 22-4.

She battled her way back from serious injuries to return to the court for the Lady Wolverines. Now her journey will continue at Ancilla College. White River Valley senior Kaylie Gayheart signed her letter of intent to play volleyball for the Ancilla Chargers in a ceremony at White River Valley Monday...

BASEBALL Bloomfield falls at Riverton Parke The Bloomfield Cardinals fell behind early and couldn’t catch up in an 8-5 loss at Riverton Parke Saturday. “We played really well I thought today against a pretty good team,” Cardinals coach Jason Pegg said. “We just couldn’t get over the hump...

The Lady Cardinals could call themselves the Lady Fledglings this season. Coach Aaron Morris noted the Bloomfield softball roster is loaded with freshmen and sophomores; no juniors are on the squad. “Like I’ve said before, we’ve got a very young team,” Morris reflected. “We’ve got two seniors. The rest are freshmen or sophomores. I’ve been really impressed with the way the freshmen are playing. They have stepped up. They’re improving every day.”...

What else can you say? This was the best season ever for Greene County boys basketball. Linton (27-4), after two years which saw the Miners exit in the first round of the sectional, reached the Class 2A state championship only to fall to the Andrean Fighting 59er’s 59-54 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Miners also achieved a perfect 7-0 mark in conference play to win the Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference championship...

This corrects the day the Shakamak-Sullivan softball game has been rescheduled to.

Baseball Pike 12, Eastern 2 At Little Cincinnati Wednesday. Eastern-Greene coach A.J. Wells said the Thunderbirds came out flat against visiting Pike Central. “We got ourselves working from behind and ended getting beat down,” he said. Wells added pitcher Bradley Padgett was throwing a good game until he had to leave with an injury...

LINTON -- The Lady Miners tamed visiting Edgewood 2-1 Wednesday night with a big fourth inning and some timely defense late in the game. “It was a great win,” said Linton-Stockton coach Beth Wernz. “I’m very happy with the way things are going. That’s a good Edgewood team -- good players, good coach.”...

BASEBALL MINERS 5, HATCHETS 1 The Linton Miners got six strong innings of pitching and a two-run homer from Kip Fougerousse and chopped down the Washington Hatchets 5-1 Tuesday at Washington. “Overall it was a good win,” Linton coach Matt Fougerousse said. “Washington’s usually a good program. It was a good win for us to go down there and pick up a win on their field.”...

SWITZ CITY -- Both Eastern-Greene track teams triumphed Tuesday night in a triangular meet at White River Valley. “The girls ran a tremendous meet tonight,” said Eastern girls coach David Young. “Going in, I knew it would be close, but was really hoping that our depth would make a difference, and that is exactly what won it for us. We had a lot of PR’s tonight and several ladies that stepped up.”...

SWITZ CITY -- Shakamak left Switz City Tuesday night with the pelts of the Wolverines and a 21-5 victory in baseball. The Lakers (4-4, 2-1 in the Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference) rapped out 15 hits and scored at least two runs in every inning to thump their hosts. The Wolverines (3-5, 1-2) managed only two hits, but committed eight errors...

BLOOMFIELD – Bloomfield had the elusive first win of the season well within its grasp Tuesday. But in the end the same old things did the Cardinals in. Bloomfield (0-8) put a run on the board in the bottom of the seventh to tie the score at 4-all and send the game to extra innings. But in the top of the eighth three walks, a hit batsman, two errors, two balks and a wild pitch led to three runs for the South Knox Spartans. And South Knox (4-5) escaped with a 7-4 win in eight innings...

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SOFTBALL Bloomfield 8, North Knox 7 Monday night saw more drama than you could shake a stick at as the Lady Cardinals (2-5) tied the score with two out and three runs down in the seventh inning, then scored the winning run in the eighth. Bloomfield rapped out 14 hits to offset eight errors. ...

On a warm and windy Thursday the Linton-Stockton golf team opened the season in fine fashion, spanking the visiting Cloverdale Clovers 183-207 at Phil Harris. Linton was led by the one-two punch of Brady Smith and Sammy Robbins who shot 41 and 42 respectively. Andy Clark came around in 47 and Eli Poe posted 53 for the Miners fourth score...

JASONVILLE – West Vigo’s Lyric Krause launched a 2-run homer in the top of the seventh inning, breaking a 3-all deadlock and handing the Shakamak Lady Lakers a disappointing 5-3 setback in softball action Monday at Shakamak. “We gave ourselves an opportunity to win and just kind of let it slip away at the end,” Lady Lakers coach B.A. Shipman said...