Stories from Saturday, February 14, 2009

CLAY CITY -- Megan Gambill surpassed the 1,000 point plateau in her career as she scored 13 points and back court teammate MaKaylee Pirtle poured in a game-high 25 points to lead the Union (Dugger) Bulldogs past Shakamak, 62-50 in the Class A Clay City Sectional semifinals here Friday night...

CLAY CITY -- White River Valley took advantage of 20 fouls by Clay City as they connected on 22 of 35 free-throws to defeat Clay City in the first semifinal game of the Class A Clay City girls basketball sectional here Friday night, 47-26. Stephanie Fougerousse scored a game-high 18 points and pulled down 12 boards, also a game best, to pace the Wolverines into their second straight championship game...

Jacob Birch scored a career-high 38 points as he outscored visiting Union (Dugger) all by himself in White River Valley's 83-33 win over the Bulldogs Saturday afternoon in boys high school hardwood action. "Jacob was really hot tonight," Wolverines head coach Gene Hall said of Birch. "The kids did a nice job of finding him and feeding the hot hand."...

Caroline Kirkwood came up with two blocked shots, one steal and one free throw in the final 15 seconds as North Knox defeated Bloomfield 26-22 in the championship game of the Class 2A Linton-Stockton girls basketball sectional Saturday night. Bloomfield managed just four points in the final eight minutes after taking a 19-18 at the end of the third quarter...

Clay City High School remained one of the hottest teams in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference as the Eels defeated host Eastern Greene 51-50 in a boys basketball conference game at Little Cincinnati Saturday afternoon. The Eels have now won seven in a row, improving to 12-5 overall and 3-2 in the SWIAC. Eastern Greene has dropped three in a row, slipping to 9-10. This was the Thunderbirds first conference setback after opening with four wins...

CLAY CITY -- The White River Valley girls basketball team captured their second straight sectional title and sixth overall as they defeated Union (Dugger) 69-52 here Saturday night. Stephanie Fougerousse scored a game-high 30 points and also had game honors of 12 rebounds to pace the Lady Wolverines...