Sports

Linton edges Bloomfield in a pitchers' battle (4/18/21)

LINTON- On a soggy afternoon, Linton junior Bracey Breneman brought sunshine to the Miners with a grand slam home run in the fifth inning to put Linton up 4-0. It was his first grand slam in his career. “I was looking for a base hit really,” Breneman said. “Then he hung a curve ball and I just sat back on it, hit it. Looking for a line drive. It wasn’t a line drive.”...
Bloomfield baseball riding a four-game winning streak (4/16/21)

Bloomfield routed Eminence Thursday 11-0 to move to 4-2 on the year. The game took just five innings with the Cardinals winning by the 10-run rule. Boone Holtsclaw had the win on the mound. Wyatt Frye and Brett Sherrard both knocked it out of the park on two-run shots. Holtsclaw also had two RBIs as he went 2-2...
Linton softball earns win over Owen Valley (4/16/21)

Linton battled a quality team in Owen Valley Thursday at home and shut the Patriots down late to win 6-4. Linton sophomore pitcher Alex Overman came on in the third inning as Linton gave up just one run in the final four innings of the game. Owen Valley had more hits in the game but also committed more errors. A clutch double play in the third prevented more runs for the Patriots in that inning...
Scoreboard 4-15-21 (4/15/21)

Girls Tennis Monday Linton 5, White River Valley 0 In county tennis action, Linton swept WRV Monday 5-0. Singles No. 1 Ellie Brewer defeated Mattlyn Hollingsworth 6-2, 6-1. No. 2 Bailey Near defeated Julia Stumler 6-2, 5-7, (10-8) Doubles No. 1 Cassie Goodman and Henley House defeated Caroline Drinkrow and Ansley Robison at No. 1 doubles 6-1, 6-0...
Linton holds off Bloomfield 5-2 (4/14/21)

Linton sophomore pitcher Alex Overman keeps building confidence as she pitched the full seven innings giving up just two runs. “I’d say I’ve worked pretty hard and that gives me the confidence to feel like I can do anything up on there,” Overman said on her pitching...
Scoreboard 4-12-21 (4/12/21)

Scoreboard 4-12-21 Baseball Friday Bloomfield 5, Mitchell 6 Bloomfield lost to Mitchell on a walk-off hit by the Bluejackets. The Cardinals had a brief lead in the top of the seventh after a single by Ryan Schulte that drove in Kellen Luse. Eastern Greene 3, Wood Memorial 13...
Coach Brown encourages a young Linton tennis team (4/12/21)

For Coach Jamie Brown, the Linton tennis program has grown from nothing into something. “My first year we didn’t have tennis courts. Since then, we’ve gotten tennis courts and I feel that right there has shown how serious the program is becoming,” Brown said...
WRV track and field excited to be back (4/12/21)

For White River Valley track and field, the 2021 season is a chance to make up for a lost season in 2020. “Last year was just weird not being able to have track,” Coach Conner Hill said. “I think the kids are excited. You can tell not having a season got them down too, which it did everyone. Things are looking back up and hopefully we will be able to do some good things.”...
Linton shuts out Eastern Greene (4/11/21)

Linton-Stockton sophomore Luke McDonald established himself as a new quality pitcher for the Miners as he threw a no-hitter against Eastern Greene Saturday. “It feels pretty good, I was just trying to throw strikes and let our defense work,” McDonald said...
Shakamak holds off SWIAC foe (4/10/21)

The Laker baseball team earned its first home win of the year Friday night with a 10-6 win over North Daviess. Shakamak scored three runs in the first and blasted five runs in the second. The Lakers went through its entire batting order in the second inning. ...
4-8-21 Scoreboard (4/8/21)

Baseball Monday Shakamak 3, Terre Haute North 8 R H E TRRH 1 1 2 0 1 0 3 - 8 6 2 SHKM 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 1 RUNS: Ethan Burdette (1), Peyton Yeryar (1), Trevor Ellingsworth (1), RBIs: Oscar Pegg (2), Jaxon Cox (1), Thursday Linton 6, Sullivan 5 White River Valley 5, South Knox 6...
Linton baseball with early season growing pains (4/8/21)

The young Linton-Stockton baseball team is off to a 1-3 start coach Matt Fougerousse is dealing with a roster with little high school experience. Linton dropped its home opener to West Vigo 9-6 Tuesday. “We just didn’t get it done in the field. We had five errors,” Fougerousse said. “I know of at least four possibly five unearned runs. When you give a good team extra outs in an inning, they are going to make you pay and that’s what they did.”...
Sam Rees signs on to play college basketball (4/8/21)

Eastern Greene senior Sam Rees is all set to play college basketball at Point University. The Thunderbird swingman signed on Wednesday for the NAIA school in West Point, Georgia. “I’m really excited. They’ve got a great coaching staff. I really like the players down there.” Rees said...
Bloomfield baseball ready for a new chapter (4/8/21)

The Bloomfield baseball team is seeking a return to the glory days as alumnus Jarrod Holtsclaw is thrilled to finally coach the Cardinals. “I love baseball. I invested four years as a player,” Holtsclaw said. “We were very competitive. Senior year we went 19-2 and ranked 14th in the state. We want to return to being competitive.”...
Linton softball off to a 2-0 start (4/7/21)

After defeating Mitchell Monday 7-3, the Linton-Stockton varsity softball team demonstrated its defense Wednesday as it blanked North Central 9-0 in the home opener. While the Thunderbirds were able to get a few hits, the defense of the Miners made sure they were scoreless. Linton used young pitchers in sophomores Kylie Cooksey and Alex Overman showing that Linton will have good players in the circle for the next three seasons...
Lincoln Hale invited to top 60 workout (4/7/21)

The Hoosier Basketball Magazine released their list for the Top 60 senior basketball players in the state and a Linton-Stockton Miner is on the list. Lincoln Hale, who has already earned countless accolades, will represent Linton in the workout Sunday at Marian University...
Senior duo excited to lead WRV softball (4/5/21)

Mia Marlow is finally her playing her favorite sport at White River Valley. The senior transferred from Dugger Union for her junior year but the season was denied due to COVID-19. “We had started practices and right after the beginning of practices we got the call that the season was cancelled,” Marlow said...
Starters return at Bloomfield for promising season (4/5/21)

For many softball teams in the area, it is an uphill battle to fill holes in the roster with experienced players. Bloomfield is an exception, with seven returning starters from the 2019 team. “The talent in this group is there. We just got to get them to believe,” Coach Aaron Morris said. “We had 11 to 12 players the first two years and now if we didn’t have some injuries we would have 18 to 20. The numbers are up, the program’s building, we are getting it to where we want it to be.”...
Eastern Greene golf building for the future (4/5/21)

Inexperienced and youth are the common denominators facing spring teams across the state and the Eastern Greene boys golf team is exhibit A. After losing a whole season due to COVID-19, the Thunderbirds are having to fill roster spots with players who have never played golf until this year...
With just one senior, WRV baseball expects growth (4/5/21)

White River Valley baseball is young but the Wolverines will not let that be used as an excuse if the season struggles. Clayton Abrams is the lone senior on the team. “I’m really looking forward to sectionals because I know that if we work hard throughout we can come together and be a strong team,” Abrams said...
Scoreboard 4-5-21 (4/5/21)

Softball Eastern Greene 4, North Central 7 The Eastern Greene softball team fell to North Central 7-4 Saturday to drop to 0-2 on the year. Eastern Greene had more hits than North Central (10-8) but also had six errors compared to one for North Central. Indy Workman had six strikeouts in the circle for Eastern Greene...
WRV Golf has first match of the year (4/5/21)

The Wolverine Boys Golf Team opened their 2021 season at Springs Valley Invitational at the challenging “The Hill Course” known as Donald Ross Course in French Lick, Saturday, April 3rd. The Wolverines started their match on Hole 10 behind the clubhouse and completed all 18-Holes in the invitational during cooler temperatures and cold winds around 15 mph...
Shakamak softball still a defending sectional champion (4/1/21)

In 2020, the Shakamak varsity softball team was looking to defend its sectional title before the rug was pulled out from under them as the season was cancelled. “Honestly it was kind of devastating, after coming back from being sectional champs we had high hopes for that team. ...
Shakamak eager to get back to baseball (4/1/21)

For first-year head coach, Jeremy Yeryar, just seeing baseball being played at Shakamak again is a tremendous sight. “It feels nice. It felt great just to see the kids back in uniform again. To know it’s going to happen this year.” Yeryar said. Yeryar graduated from Shakamak in 1993 and was working as an assistant coach on the softball team when the baseball job opened up. ...
Linton softball grateful to be back (4/1/21)

Two years ago, the Linton-Stockton varsity softball team was just a play away from winning the 2019 sectional as it fell to Southridge 5-4. Now, the Miners are back with virtually a whole new team. “From the last time we played we have two maybe three starters. ...