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Football Eastern Greene 12, North Central 46 Junior Varsity Football Linton 46, South Putnam 24 Linton overcame a 24-12 deficit in the third quarter in the win. Jesse Voigtschild has two touchdowns an interception and a two-point conversion. Tommy Edwards scored two touchdowns and Christian Shonk added another. ...

SWITZ CITY – Saturday’s win for Bloomfield in the Sectional 57 final was more than just another title as it proved plenty of people wrong about the Cardinals. “We lost five seniors last year and a lot of people thought we were going to be down. I had faith in these current four seniors that we have to rally the troops and they pulled it out,” Coach Deanna Potts said. “They were kind of the underdogs this season but they pulled it together this year and played as a team. That’s what it takes.”...

Dugger Union played its final game of the season Saturday when it fell on the road to Oblong 54-0. Oblong is a combined program of Oblong, Palestine and Hutsonville in Illinois. Dugger defeated the OPH team 8-6 on Sept. 25 in what was its first win in five years...

Bloomfield's No. 1 doubles team of Baylin Graf and Ryan Schulte had their tournament run ended Saturday afternoon with a 6-0, 6-0 loss to the Bloomington South team of Michael Asplund and Chris Lian. Bloomington South advances to the Individual Doubles State tournament quarterfinals to be played Friday October 22 at Carmel High School...

COLUMBUS – White River Valley had six runners in the Columbus North Regional at CERAland Park Saturday. Though no runners from WRV moved on to semistate, Coach Conner Hill was proud of the effort. “This wasn’t the outcome we were all hoping for, but our athletes have nothing to hang their head about. ...

The Bloomfield Cardinals boys’ cross country team had their sights on qualifying for semistate as it has been their goal all season. Their hard work and dedication paid off Saturday as they finished fifth overall as a team, which advanced them to next week’s semistate at Brown County...

LINTON – The Linton miners put it all on the floor tonight and changed up their lineup again, to win the 2021 class 2A sectional championship in three sets over Southridge 25-16, 25-9, 25-16. "We gotta keep people guessing right? It's that time of the year, if you don't switch things up and capitalize on the mismatches then you're doing it wrong," Coach Scott Vanderkolk said...

SWITZ CITY – The Lady Wolverines left it all on the court Saturday afternoon in the semifinal round of sectional play losing to Bloomfield 25-16, 25-16, 25-14. “I told them we had nothing to lose and everything to gain, we have been practicing hard all week to get ready for today, and they implemented everything we worked on," Coach Angie York said...

LINTON – The 2021 Linton varsity football team cemented its place in the long history of Miner football Friday night as it clinched an undefeated regular season at 9-0. Linton defeated South Putnam 48-12 in a game the Miners never trailed. “I knew that we had the potential to do this,” Linton Coach Brian Oliver said. ...

LINTON – Linton junior Joey Hart had a busy fall break as the Miner guard earned three scholarship offers between Wednesday and Thursday. Hart, who previously had offers from Indiana State, New Orleans, Drake, and Northwestern, added Ball State Wednesday. Wichita State and Loyola (Chicago) offered Hart Thursday to bring his total to seven Division I offers. This makes Hart one of the most coveted recruits in the state...

SWITZ CITY – The Bloomfield Lady Cardinals and the Shakamak Lady Lakers had just faced off in the regular season last Friday yet met again for round two of the first night of Sectional play at WRV Thursday evening. It was the same ending for the Cardinals as last Friday as they won in three sets: 25-15, 25-14, and 25-13...

LINTON – For the senior class on the Eastern Greene volleyball team, the T-Birds know how to start postseason play in an interesting way. Eastern Greene has won a five-set match three out of the last four years as it beat Forest Park 25-23, 17-25, 24-26, 25-21, 15-8 Friday...

LINTON – The Class 2A sectional host Lady Miners won the opening game of the sectional tournament beating North Knox in three sets 25-22, 25-20, 25-20. Lady miners coach, Scott Vanderkolk changed the line up again on Thursday to start Sectional play...

LINTON – The No. 4 Linton Miners will play its home regular season finale against South Putnam Friday with an undefeated record on the line. A big reason why Linton is 8-0 would be its senior class made up of a dozen players. The 12 players have accounted for a 30-12 record and no plans to stop adding victories...

Staff Report The Lady Hawks travel softball finished second at the Titan Top Gun Elite Qualifier in Evansville this past weekend as the team featured Linton junior Alex Overman. Overman pitched 13.1 innings Alex's team came in 2nd in the Titan Top Gun Elite Qualifier in Evansville this weekend. ...

LINTON – If you attend Linton volleyball games the voice you hear the most is not of a coach or starter, but the voice of senior Maddy Hazlewood. Hazlewood leads every chant the Miners have during games as it all started her freshman year. “I came in as a freshman, I was kind of shy to begin with. ...

Volleyball Thursday Linton 3, Mitchell 2 Linton defeated Mitchell in the regular season finale 25-21, 24-26, 19-25, 23-25, 15-8. Linton senior Gentry Warrick set another single game record for blocks with 14 as the Miners take a 25-3 record into sectionals...

VERNE – Down 4-0 to a top five team in South Knox, it appeared White River Valley was going to end its season with a rough loss. Instead, WRV battled the undefeated Spartans to win the second half 1-0. The 4-1 loss could give the team something to build on for next year...

The Indiana High School Athletic Association approved a mercy rule for high school basketball to be implemented this upcoming season Monday. A running clock will be initiated after the first half when one team has a lead of 35 points or more. The game clock will run continuously except for an official’s timeout for an injured participant, a charged timeout by a team, intermission between third and fourth quarter, and fouls that result in free throws. ...

If Linton’s and Eastern Greene’s sectional draws look familiar it should. The Miners will once again travel to face the Marksmen of Tell City located along the Ohio River in Perry County. Linton won the game a year ago, 34-0, as Tell City’s COVID-19 issues in the school caused 20 players to get quarantine. The Marksmen lost starting receivers and defensive backs and were no match for the Miners despite entering the game No. 10 in the state...

BLOOMFIELD – In a game where both teams knew they would face off six days later in the sectional, the Cardinals made easy work of the Lakers winning in three sets, 25-7, 25-10, 25-11 Friday. Shakamak hopes to have their team fully healthy for the sectional meeting at White River Valley...

All five Greene County schools were in three different cross country sectionals Saturday morning as Bloomfield pulled off the rare feat of advancing both its full boys and girls cross teams out of the loaded Bedford North Lawrence sectional. “Our boys continue to get better as the season goes along,” Bloomfield Boys Cross Country Coach Bob Richardson said. ...

CINCINNATI – For the first time since 2016 the Linton Miners are one game away from going undefeated. The No. 4 Miners overpowered the host Thunderbirds 59-14 Friday night to improve to 8-0. “Once you are 8-0 you are definitely doing things right,” Linton Coach Brian Oliver said. “We’ve got one more week to reach one of our goals of going undefeated. Definitely with South Putnam coming down it will be a challenge for us. We’ve got to have a great week of practice.”...

JASPER – After weather moved their match from Wednesday to Thursday, the No. 1 doubles tandem from Bloomfield in Ryan Schulte and Baylin Graf finally got their win in Jasper. The two Cardinal seniors took out Caleb Armstrong and Jadlyn Rook from the Washington Hatchets 6-3, 6-3...

Boys Tennis Tuesday Doubles Tournament Bloomfield seniors Baylin Graf/Ryan Schulte d. Gus McCrary/Cayden McCrary of Vincennes Lincoln 6-0, 6-2. Graf and Sculte advanced to the sectional doubles championship with the win in Jasper. That match with Caleb Armstong and Jaylyn Rook was moved to Thursday after rain washed the court. Result was after press...