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Volleyball Monday Linton-Stockton 3, Owen Valley 0 The Miners swept the Patriots 25-9, 25-11, 25-19. Linton-Stockton stats Lillie Oliver 1 block Gentry Warrick 10 kills, 2 aces, 3 blocks, 5 digs Audrey Warrick Sophie Hale 2 kills, 2 aces, 14 digs Haley Rose 5 kills, 3 aces, 2 blocks, 2 digs...

Senior Trey Goodman saw a chance to help his team last Friday in Linton’s win against North Vermillion as he did something he has never done before. Goodman connected on four out of five points after touchdown attempts in the game. Goodman’s procedure for his first ever extra points was quite simple...

The last few weeks have been difficult for Eastern Greene and the schedule is not letting up. With a three-game losing streak, Coach Roy Bruce is proud of how his team has banded together as opposed to falling apart. “Something to say about these kids here is how well they bounce back from adversity,” Bruce said. ...

Eastern Greene and Linton-Stockton girls golf had their conference meet Wednesday at Stone Crest Golf Course with both schools earning spots on the All-Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference team. Eastern Greene was third in the meet with a team score of 217, just behind the 216 of North Daviess and the 205 of first-place Clay City. ...

The Bulldog volleyball team celebrated their three seniors in Jocelyn Astleford (left) Beverly Nichols and Shaye Dayhoff, (not pictured) Monday night. Dugger Union has had an abbreviated season as several opponents have had to cancel games and the Bulldogs themselves have had players quarantined. ...

Freshman Evan Ferkingstand makes the grab against Mitchell but Eastern Greene lost the game 28-6. Eastern was held scoreless in the second half after only trailing 8-6 at halftime. Eastern falls to 1-3 and will be back in action Friday at Park Heritage.

Tennis Thursday Bloomfield 4, Northview 1 Singles: 1. Baylin Graf, B, d. Brevin Cooper, 6-1, 6-0 2. Ryan Schulte, B, d. Owen Tipton, 6-2, 6-3 3. Ethan Dean, B, d. Chase Nuckols, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 Doubles: 1. Caleb Swearinger and Benjamin Goshen, N, d. Wilson Keene and Reese Schulte, 6-3, 6-4...

Linton-Stockton 3, South Knox 0 Lillie Oliver 3 kills Gentry Warrick 10 kills, 2 blocks, 2 digs Sophie Hale 4 kills, 8 aces, 9 digs Haley Rose 4 kills, 3 aces, 2 blocks, Jaylee Hayes 4 kills, 1 ace, 3 blocks, 3 digs, 1 assist Aubrey Ewers 1 ace, 8 digs, 1 assist...

A great season for the Bloomfield boys cross country team got even better Saturday with a first place finish at the Washington Invite. The Cardinals placed four runners in the top five and five in the top 10 for the low score of 22. Junior Wyatt Frye led the way with a time of 17:01.5 for a second place finish. Sophomore Justin Beard, junior Lance McIntosh and junior Landen Myers were third, fourth and fifth respectively. Sophomore C.J. Sylvester was eighth...

Linton’s 52-7 victory Friday night against North Vermillion looked easy on paper, but there was a moment where the game could have turned the other way. On fourth down from Linton’s own eight yardline the Miners only led 6-0 as Jaydan Miller was called upon to punt. Miller did not want to punt; he wanted a first down...

Golf Wednesday Eastern Greene 216, North Knox 190 Kenady Hudson 49 Sohpi Edwards 49 Kira Padgett 57 Keylee Hudson 61 Chloe Scott 61 McKenna Covert 66 Josie Wolfger 68 Cross Country Dugger Union at Seven Oaks Jr. High Boys Lane Felling 5th, 15:43 High school boys...

Linton-Stockton varsity volleyball honored its two seniors and manager Tuesday night prior to the team’s defeat to Washington. The Miners celebrated Hayley Rose and Aubrey Ewers in addition to manager Brooklyn Franklin. The Miners fell to 7-4 on the season with the 25-15, 20-25, 22-25, 24-26 loss and played South Knox last night with the results after press time...

Shakamak and Linton-Stockton cross country teams competed in Tuesday’s Clay City Invite with Carly Reynolds of Shakamak leading the Lakers with a fourth overall finish. Reynolds earned her top five spot with a mark of 22:14. Peyton Smith led Linton in the girls race finishing 21st overall at a time of 25:33.7...

Bloomfield tennis coach Mike Canty has been with the Cardinal tennis program since 1991, and while he has never had to deal with a pandemic during a season until now, he is still enjoying the competition. “It’s different, I’ve learned a lot of things since then,” Canty said since he started coaching. “I do have a lot of fun, I think I have more fun now then I did then.”...

It is a moment that Linton sophomore Hunter Gennicks will never forget as he was awarded the game ball following the Miners’ 42-36 win over the Bulldogs of Monrovia last Friday. The young quarterback wanted to make sure his new accolade was only possible because of his teammates...

Eastern Greene recognized all fall sport seniors from football, cheerleading, volleyball, golf, cross country and marching band prior to its home game with North Daviess. The T-Birds fell to 1-2 on the year with the 40-6 defeat and will host Mitchell this Friday...

Bloomfield had another strong showing as the boys finished second out of 19 teams in the small school race in Saturday’s Columbus North Invite. Eastern Greene was seventh in the boys and 10 in the girls. Individual results for Bloomfield, White River Valley, and Eastern Greene are below...

Shakamak and Linton-Stockton cross country teams participated in the State Preview meet in Terre Haute Saturday with Linton senior Jonathan Hayden finishing second overall in the small school division. Shakamak was led by Carly Reynolds who was 13th in the girl’s race. Individual results for both races are below...

Linton-Stockton only had two offensive touchdowns coming into its game with Monrovia Friday but the game turned out to be far different from the first two defensive struggles of the season. Linton hung up six touchdowns on Monrovia and did just enough on defense to secure a 42-36 win...

The White River Valley Wolverines and Shakamak Lakers battled it out at the volleyball net on Friday night at Shakamak. The Wolverines had a strong line of seniors playing their side of the net, and it paid off for a close win of 25-22, 25-14, 25-22...

You can hear it in the voice of senior Braymon Lannan on the excitement of playing at home Friday night. “I’m ready,” Lannan said on the home opener. “I feel like we are on a roll right now.” After two games on the road to start 2020 Linton-Stockton finally plays a regular season game at Roy Williams Field tonight at 7:30 against Monrovia. The visiting Bulldogs went 0-10 in 2019 but have a new coach in Andy Olson who Miner coach Brian Oliver is preparing for...

A young Eastern Greene team hopes to bounce back against conference foe North Daviess tonight while honoring its six seniors. The T-Birds (1-1) will know more of where they stand in the Southwest Conference when the Cougars (0-1) visit at 7 p.m. It’s a series Eastern used to own, winning five straight against North Daviess from 2014-18 by wide margins. ...

Eastern Greene cross country continued it young, promising season Tuesday with a second-place finish for the boys at the Mustang Invitational in Edgewood while the girls were fourth. “I’m very proud of both the effort tonight on both the boys’ and girls’ sides,” Coach Bill Valentine said. “We showed a lot of heart and determination. Our times are dropping and we are getting closer to where we need to be by the end of the season.”...

Jake Antibus has won back-to-back meets on the White River Valley Middle School cross country team. The WRV boys team defeated Owen Valley 27-31 but lost to Bloomfield. Here the results for WRVMS runners in those meets. WRVMS vs. Owen Valley Middle School...

Many teams are having early season senior nights this year in case of cancellation and the Bloomfield volleyball team made theirs count Tuesday against Cloverfield. The No. 5 Cardinals honored its five seniors with a sweep of the Clovers 25-6, 25-20, 25-7. Bloomfield defeated North Central 25-11, 25-13, 25-12 Wednesday in SWIAC action...