Top 10 Sports Stories of 2013

The success of the Linton-Stockton boys basketball team was voted the No. 1 sports story for 2013 by the Greene County Daily World. In consecutive tournament games -- sectional championship, regional semifinal, regional final and semistate championship - the Miners won those four games by a combined 15 points. They defeated Sullivan 47-41 to win the Class 2A North Knox Sectional. That avenged a 58-51 loss to the Golden Arrows at the Wabash Valley Classic back in December...

After back-to-back undefeated regular seasons and sectional and regional championships, very few gave the Linton-Stockton Miner football team a chance of matching the accomplishment of 2011 and 2012, especially after losing one of the most touted senior classes in L-S history and having a coaching change...

For the first time in seven years, the Bloomfield Lady Cardinals earned a volleyball sectional championship, the 12th in school history. They also went on and won the school's fourth regional championship in volleyball, the first since 2000. The trip to the semistate by the Lady Cards was voted the No. 3 sports story for 2013 by the Greene County Daily World...

The Bloomfield Lady Cardinal tennis team had a banner season, tying the school record for wins and winning a conference and sectional championship. The success of coach Mike Canty's Lady Cards was voted the No. 4 sports story for 2013 by the Greene County Daily World...

The Bloomfield boys tennis team had a banner season, winning the conference and repeating as sectional champions. Their success in the fall of 2013 was voted the No. 5 sports story for 2013 by the Greene County Daily World. For the second year in a row the Bloomfield Cardinals picked off the host Cougars 4-1 to take the North Daviess sectional championship...

The Eastern Greene baseball team won its first baseball sectional since 2009, ending Linton-Stockton's three-year stranglehold on the Class 2A Sectional. Their accomplishment earned the No. 6 sports story for 2013 by the Greene County Daily World. The Thunderbirds defeated North Knox 14-0 in five innings and the host Miners 3-2 in the semifinals at Roy Herndon Field...

The Lady Miners of Linton-Stockton earned its sixth sectional championship in softball earlier this year. Their success earned the No. 7 sports story for 2013 by the Greene County Daily World. The Lady Miners edged North Central 5-3 in the title contest...

Shakamak won its 21st sectional in baseball, but was denied its 11th regional and a return trip to the Class A Semistate. This was voted as the No. 8 sports story for 2013 by the Greene County Daily World. The Lakers defeated Clay City, White River Valley and Union 5-1 in the title game at their own sectional...

Two athletes from Linton-Stockton, one from Bloomfield and another from Shakamak qualified to compete in the state finals in their sport this year. This was voted as the No. 9 sports story for 2013 by the Greene County Daily World. Alli Workman, a sophomore at Bloomfield , qualified for the state finals in girls cross country on Nov. 2...

A plethora of boys and girls athletes earned college scholarships or had standout performances during the year. This was voted as the No. 10 sports story for 2013 by the Greene County Daily World. Shakamak's Patrick Green became just the 11th player from Greene County to be selected participate in the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association North-South All-Star Series...