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The Linton boys and girls cross country teams opened the 2019 season at the Fountain Central Invitational Saturday. The Lady Miners finished seventh of 13 team. The Miners finished eighth of sixteen teams. Linton’s Jonathan Hayden finished sixth overall in a time of 17 minutes, 25 seconds...

This story has been updated with coaches comments and a photo of Joe Records.

This story has been updated.

Golf GOP hosts scramble The Greene County Republican Party will hosts a golf scramble on Saturday, Sept. 7, at the Hidden Hills Golf Course near Owensburg. Teams will be registered from 8-9 a.m. that day with a shotgun start slated for 9 a.m. The fee is $200 per four-player team, and checks should be made payable to the Greene County Republican Party. The fee includes fees, cart rental, and lunch...

FRENCH LICK -- The Thunderbirds beat themselves Friday night. Costly penalties, a bad snap, and defensive laxness that allowed a touchdown in the final minute of the first half enabled Springs Valley to beat visiting Eastern-Greene 30-14. The Blackhawks led 22-0 at halftime and held on for the win despite the Thunderbirds’ gallant attempt at a comeback...

The Linton Miners were six minutes away from an elusive first-ever victory in six tries against the Southridge Raiders. Instead, the Raiders prevailed again. Two Raider touchdown strikes in those final six minutes plus a costly Linton fumble spelled defeat for the Miners, 28-20 at Roy Williams Field Friday night...

DUGGER -- A small Bulldog football team will play a smaller schedule in 2019. Union football coach Jeff Griffith said the ‘Dogs will play only five games this fall because less than 20 players are on its roster. Noblesville HomeSchool, Anderson Prep Academy, Riverton Parke, and Edinburgh have been dropped from the schedule...

BLOOMFIELD -- Rain couldn’t stop the Bloomfield soccer team Thursday night, but visiting Lighthouse Christian Academy did 4-1. The Lions scored three goals within the first 10 minutes of the second half to post the victory over Bloomfield (0-3). The teams competed on a field soggy from heavy rains, and it drizzled all throughout the second half...

VOLLEYBALL Shakamak beats N. Central At Farmersburg Thursday night. Shakamak (1-2) edged North Central 20-25, 25-9, 18-25, 25-19, 15-9 for its first win and a 1-1 record in Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference play. “We had a great match and came out with the win,” said Shakamak coach Emeral Goff...

Wednesday’s volleyball home opener at Linton was more than just another volleyball match as Linton-Stockton remembered one of its own. Madi Moore’s well-documented and lengthy battle with leukemia and Graft-Versus-Host Disease ended in July. But there was still a match to be played...

Last week’s scrimmage was only a taste. The Eastern-Greene Thunderbirds will encounter the real thing at 7:30 p.m. Friday when they venture to Springs Valley for the season opener for both football teams. Coach Roy Bruce said the EG players are looking forward to playing their first game after last week’s scrimmage against Brown County...

BLOOMFIELD -- Smack, thwack, and slap. Bloomfield’s hitters ripped off long strings of points Tuesday night to sweep visiting Shakamak. The Lady Cardinals (2-0) won 25-9, 25-15, 25-9 as Shakamak (0-2) fell behind the eight ball early in every set. The game was the Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference opener for both teams...

In five previous meetings dating to 1982 the Linton Miners are winless against Friday’s season-opening foe, the Southridge Raiders. The Miners are hopeful for a change in fortunes when the Raiders invade Roy Williams Field for the regular-season opener this Friday at 7:30 p.m...

A new coach and a lot of new faces: That describes the situation facing the Linton boys tennis program for the 2019 season. Five seniors – all of whom were two- or three-year starters – graduated, leaving a lot of holes to fill. And a new coach, Craig House takes over for Jamie Brown who coached the team the past three seasons...

Linton boys cross country coach Travis Coleman has high hopes for his team this season. “I’m cautiously optimistic,” Coleman said. “I think we’re going to surprise a lot of people.” The coach added, “I have a different attitude about our team this year. Everyone on the team is trying to get better. They want to be better, they want to be competitive.”...

The Linton-Stockton girls cross country team will be long on youth and short on experience this season. “We’re young and inexperienced but we’re ready to go,” Lady Miners coach Bill Doyle said. Sarah Cox, the lone returning junior and the team captain, is the most experienced runner...

JASONVILLE – It wasn’t the season debut Shakamak’s first-year volleyball coach Emeral Goff was hoping for. Owen Valley’s front row overpowered the smaller Lady Lakers and the Lady Patriots came away with the sweep, 25-11, 25-17 and 25-14 Monday at Shakamak...

LITTLE CINCINNATI -- “Four!” That is the number of girls who will take the course for Eastern-Greene’s golf team this fall. The only veteran is senior Holly Fizer who has played since her sophomore year. Last year, Fizer shot a 67 in the Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference, a score nearly good enough to make the All-SWIAC team...

This story has been updated twice with additional information about Bloomfield soccer. This story has been updated again to add Eastern and Linton volleyball and Linton golf.

LITTLE CINCINNATI -- Friday’s scrimmage with Brown County introduced many Thunderbirds to the speed of football. Eastern-Greene coach Roy Bruce said the T-Birds, many of whom are new to varsity football, realized they will have to play a faster game this year. The Eagles scored on a 65-yard pass on their first play from scrimmage...

It took awhile but the Linton Miners finally got going in Friday’s scrimmage against Evansville Bosse at Roy Williams Field. It wasn’t the way the players or the coaches wanted to come out for the season’s first live game action. Linton struggled initially offensively. But as wingback Lance Dyer said, “We started slow but finished strong.”...

The past two seasons have been challenging ones for the Linton Miners. Coming off an undefeated 2016 season culminating in the 1A state championship, it has been one challenge after another. A stellar senior class graduated from the state championship team and the Miners have fielded young teams in the years since. The move to Class 2A brought with it the most demanding schedule Linton has ever assembled...

Linton-Stockton Lady Miners volleyball coach Scott Vanderkolk is taking a “wait-and-see” approach to this season. “We’ll see,” the fourth-year Lady Miners coach said. “We graduated a libero and three hitters.” Mallorey Frye, the libero, and Reghan Moody, Hadlea Chesterfield and Ashtynn Powell all picked up their diplomas in May...