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VOLLEYBALL Lady Vikes Pillage Bloomfield The Lady Vikings sailed into Bloomfield Friday night and left with a sweep of their hosts. Barr-Reeve defeated the Lady Cardinals (2-2) 25-9, 25-22, 25-17. Bloomfield will host Bedford at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday night...

LITTLE CINCINNATI – Eastern-Greene’s football team blanked the visiting Blackhawks 29-0 Friday night to win the Monsoon Bowl. Despite a first half which saw rain fall like pterodactyls and diplodocuses, the Thunderbirds put 23 points on the bowl. The rain quit at halftime, and Eastern added one more touchdown to win the season opener for both teams...

HUNTINGBURG – Many a football game has been decided by defense, special teams play and turnovers. Unfortunately for the Linton-Stockton Miners all three phases of the game conspired against them Friday against the Southridge Raiders. Two lost fumbles – one on a punt, the other on a kickoff – led to 14 Southridge points. ...

VOLLEYBALL Bloomfield Sweeps Lady Cougars It was a story of three different games Thursday night, but host Bloomfield won all of them. The Lady Cardinals won easily in the first two games with visiting North Daviess, posting scores of 25-15, 25-11, but then had to stage a late rally to win the third, 28-26. The victory pushed Bloomfield’s record to 2-1, 2-0 in the Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference...

SWITZ CITY – Twice in the first 40 minutes of Thursday’s soccer match at White River Valley the visiting Washington Catholic Cardinals booted the ball into the net. And the two first-half goals were too much for the Wolverines to overcome. WRV was unable mount a successful attack on goal and the Cardinals dealt the Wolverines a 2-0 setback in WRV’s season opener...

Eastern-Greene will see some new faces on this year’s volleyball team. Not only do the Lady Thunderbirds need to replace Timber Falin, who led the team in hitting last season but graduated, Coach Whitney Russell said, but they must find replacements for other players who left over the summer...

CROSS COUNTRY Wolverine teams fare well in Brown County XC Challenge Both White River Valley teams competed well Wednesday night in the Brown County Cross County Challenge. The WRV boys placed third behind Silver Creek and Columbus East while the Lady Wolverines finished fifth. ...

A small team has some big hopes this football season. Union has only about 20 players on its roster, but first-year coach Jeff Griffith said they have good attitudes and want to turn things around for the Bulldogs, who finished last year 0-10. He admitted the numbers “won’t help us at all, but as I’ve said in the past, this school has been known for low numbers on the field. When I took on this job, I was hoping for 25, but I thought a good number would be 18 to 25.”...

SWITZ CITY – Linton-Stockton volleyball coach Scott Vanderkolk placed a serious emphasis on serving during the Lady Miners offseason. And the additional focus on serving paid off Wednesday night. Lady Miner servers drilled 31 aces in a 25-14, 25-19, 25-6 sweep of Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference foe White River Valley...

BLOOMFIELD – A new coach will lead a a veteran Lady Cardinal squad this fall. Deanna Potts replaced Laura Rose as Bloomfield volleyball coach. She said this will be her first job as head coach. “I coached JV over in Sullivan six years ago,” Potts said...

The Thunderbirds begin the 2018 season with the team that scored the most points on them last year. Eastern-Greene will host Springs Valley at 7:30 p.m. Friday for both teams’ season opener. Eastern beat the Blackhawks 68-44 last season at French Lick in a game of basketball on the grass...

Lady Wolverines dim Lighthouse to open volleyball campaign White River Valley swept Bloomington Lighthouse Christian Academy on the road Tuesday night to win the season opener in volleyball. The Lady Wolverines connected on 59 of 68 (86.76 percent) serves to notch the win. Mia McDonald led WRV with 19 kills and Lacey Walker hammered 11. Caitlin Emmons dished out 30 assists...

This story has been corrected because Camryn Walker was misidentified. Stats were also added for Chaisey Wasnidge.

JASONVILLE -- Bloomfield’s hitters proved too powerful for host Shakamak Tuesday night, and the Lady Cardinals won the conference opener for both teams. The Lady Cards (1-1, 1-0 in the Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference) used 14 kills from Elizabeth Combs and 12 from Kylee Shelton to key a 25-16, 25-23, 25-15 win over Shakamak (0-2, 0-1). Gracie Lowry and Cassity Harris supported their teammates with six and five kills, respectively...

The Bloomfield boys tennis team opened the season with a strong road win over Vincennes Lincoln 5-0 Tuesday afternoon. The Cards swept Lincoln without dropping a set. In singles Turner Royal defeated a hard hitting Trevor Stengter 6-2, 6-4 at No. 1 singles while Wyatt McIntosh dropped Dustin Alstadt 6-1, 6-2 in the second spot. Andrew Shelton finished off the singles sweep by defeating Kyle Stenger 6-1, 6-4 in the third singles position...

For the fourth straight year the Linton Miners will face a defending state champion on the gridiron. It comes early this year. The Miners head to Huntingburg Friday to take on the 2017 Class 2A state champion Southridge Raiders to kick off the 2018 regular season...

Coming off an undefeated season culminating in the 1A state championship the 2017 season presented one challenge after another for the Linton Miners. Back-to-back State Finals appearances were rewarded with a move up in class to 2A. Sixteen seniors graduated from the state championship team. And a young, sophomore-laden squad took on arguably the most demanding schedule Linton has ever assembled...

The Linton-Stockton tennis team was right in the thick of it in a pair of closely-contested matches to start the season. But the Miners needed just a little bit more to close the deal. The Miner netters won their fair share of games and sets in both matches but ultimately came up just short, 3-2 in the season opener Monday at Vincennes Lincoln...

An experienced veteran squad greets Linton-Stockton coach Jamie Brown as she begins her third season guiding the Miner tennis program. The Miners will have six seniors – five of whom have had two or three years varsity experience already. “I’ll have a really experienced older team this year,” said Brown, a former tennis standout at Kentucky Wesleyan University...

BLOOMFIELD – Greene County’s newest high school sports program is set to begin. Bloomfield has hatched its soccer program. And the players as well as the new coaches – boys coach Kurtis Moffitt and girls coach Ryan Lawrey – are eager to get the inaugural campaign underway...

The Linton-Stockton boys cross country team surprised a lot of people within cross country circles last fall. For the first time in recent memory a Linton boys cross country team advanced from the sectional. The Miners finished fifth as a team at the Terre Haute sectional to qualify for the regional at Bedford...

JASONVILLE – The Shakamak girls and boys cross country teams have had a track record of success in recent years. And co-coaches Mark Messmer and Nicole Walters hope the Lakers and Lady Lakers can continue the trend. Their optimism is bolstered by a healthy turnout and a productive summer of workouts...

SWITZ CITY – Despite losing six seniors White River Valley cross country coach Claire Records is optimistic headed into the 2018 season. The second-year coach, who is ably assisted by Conner Hill and Joel Baker, says, “We’re pretty excited about the boys team. We think they have a lot of potential...

VOLLEYBALL Bloomfield loses at Terre Haute The Bloomfield volleyball team came close in two games Saturday morning at Terre Haute South, but there were no cigars in the Lady Cardinals’ season opener. The hosts won 25-17, 25-20, 25-13. STATS Elizabeth Combs: 7 kills, 2 blocks...