Stories from Saturday, January 24, 2015

Michael L. Stremming, 61, of Sandborn, Ind., passed away unexpectedly on Fri., Jan. 23, 2015, at his residence. He was born in Moses Lake, Wash., on May 7, 1953, to Vivan E. and Dorothy (Gentry) Stremming. Michael married Leah R. Phillips on May 1, 1982...

The host Loogootee Lady Lions outscored Linton-Stockton 29-21 in the second half, winning a 42-38 decision in a non-conference high school girls basketball game at Jack Butcher Arena Saturday afternoon. The Lady Miners (2-16) led 11-7 after the opening eight minutes and 17-13 at intermission...

The Linton-Stockton Miners built a seven-point lead through three quarters and relied on clutch free throw shooting in the fourth quarter, hanging on to defeat the Evansville Bosse Bulldogs 47-44 in high school boys basketball game here Saturday night...

White River Valley pushed its winning streak to four after a 62-28 thrashing of visiting North Daviess in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference girls basketball game Saturday afternoon. WRV remained on top of the SWIAC standings with a 6-0 mark while North Daviess slipped to 3-2 in the conference and 12-7 overall...

White River Valley missed only three foul shots, but two were the front ends of the one-and-one bonus late in the fourth quarter, as the host Wolverines lost to Sullivan 44-39 in a high school boys basketball game at Switz City Saturday night. WRV slipped to 3-11 while Sullivan improved to 3-12, ending a five-game losing streak...

Courtney Copp scored 26 points to lead host South Knox (7-13) to a 55-46 victory over Shakamak in a non-conference high school girls basketball game Saturday afternoon at Verne. "We had a really poor rebounding game today," said Shakamak coach Troy Fougerousse, who's Lady Lakers fell to 8-12. "The Copp girl really hurt us on the boards...