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LINTON – Linton senior Jaylee Hayes signed on to play volleyball at Lincoln Trail College Friday as she joins Aubrey Ewers who signed with the Statesmen last year. “Well, overall, it’s just a good program and it’s close to home,” Hayes said on LTC. “I still get to see my friends and family. It’s just a really good fit for me.”...

CINCINNATI Ind. – Eastern Greene sent seniors Indy Workman and Aloria Kines out in style with a 52-33 victory over the visiting Shakamak Lakers and won a SWIAC share on senior night. It’s the first time Eastern has won a share of SWIAC since 2005 as the Lady T-Birds can win the conference outright with a win over Clay City next Thursday...

LINTON – A conference title will virtually be decided Friday night when No. 2 in Class 2A Linton hosts No. 1 in Class A North Daviess at 7:30. “It will be a good game,” Linton Coach Joey Hart said. “Both know each other really well. I’m sure it will be a struggle for both teams. That’s how those games go.”...

Host Bloomfield earned its fourth consecutive win Tuesday with 49-38 victory over West Vigo. Bloomfield (9-11) had its game at Linton for Thursday get postponed due to virus issues. Bloomfield honored four women, all moms of current or former players, who were diagnosed with breast cancer this year...

As World War II was drawing to a close, Linton was put on the basketball map in 1945 when Max Woolsey was named to the Indiana All-Star team. Bud Klein was in grade school when Woolsey made the team but did remember watching some of Woolsey’s games...

LINTON – You can tell from talking to Linton seniors Alexis Miller, Aliyah Thuis and Izzy Wall that their senior year has disappeared quickly. “The end of the season definitely came a lot faster than we all expected,” Wall said. “Being a senior came a lot faster than I expected.”...

SWITZ CITY - The lady Wolverines beat Pike Central at home last night 53-48, hitting four free throws in a row to seal the victory. The Wolverine's senior Maycee Antibus was able to draw the fouls and make the final four free throws of the game to seal the victory...

PLEASANTVILLE – Playing in the Pleasantville Community Gym for the first time in two years, Dugger Union eventually separated itself from OPH to win 53-40 Tuesday night. “It’s fun to come back to an old gym,” Dugger Coach Greg Kinnaman said. “Kind of an old school basketball where everything is nice and tight. Crowd is loud, student section tonight was the loudest I’ve heard in a long time.”...

BLOOMFIED – The Linton Miners traveled to Bloomfield on Friday and came home with a 38-35 victory over the Bloomfield Cardinals. "This is our rivalry game and what happens is we play harder defensively against Bloomfield than we do all year," Linton Head Coach Joey Hart said...

BOYS BASKETBALL Friday Shakamak 37, North Daviess 61 Taking on Class A No. 1 North Daviess, Shakamak fell to the Cougars 61-37. Shakamak (5-8) will host WRV Friday. Shakamak stats Coy Gilbert (14), J.T. May (9), Carson Jernigan (6), Oscar Pegg (6), Brady Yeryar (2)...

JASONVILLE – It was a slow start for the Lady Lakers Thursday night as they suffered a heartbreaking loss, 30-29, to visiting North Vermillion Falcons. “We are disappointed with the loss. I thought we came out a little flat and struggled to get going,” Coach Chase Rhoten said. “We dug ourselves into a 7-point deficit early in the second half, but from that point our intensity level turned up a notch and we started playing more aggressively.”...

Dugger Union can check off one of its main goals prior to the season as it won the Southern Road Conference Tournament Saturday night. “We played well all weekend long, we had a breakdown in the championship game but kept our composure and battled back,” Coach Greg Kinnaman said. “These boys never stop fighting, we always battle to the end. Everyone that played this weekend contributed in a positive way.”...

CLAY CITY – With just under three weeks to go before sectionals, Bloomfield turned in one of its better performances of the season on the court of that upcoming sectional Thursday night. The visiting Cardinals spoiled the senior night of the Clay City Eels 46-31...

SWITZ CITY – The Greene County Invitational Tournament has been played for over 50 years but now it's uncertain if the tournament will be back in 2023. A couple local teams pulled out of this year’s GCI as its unclear if more will follow suit. Linton defeated Shakamak in the GCI title game Monday for its eight GCI crown in consecutive years. Coach Joey Hart enjoyed playing in the tournament with his dad, Joe Hart, while at Union Dugger...

Linton won its ninth Greene County Invitational in 10 years and eighth in a row Monday night and now have the most players on All-Tourney Team. Juniors Joey Hart and Logan Webb join sophomore Braden Walters on the squad. Hart averaged 26 points per game in the three victories for Linton in the GCI. His 24 points against Shakamak in the GCI final was actually his lowest output in the tournament as he had 19 points in the first half alone...

CINCINNATI Ind. – No. 12 Eastern Greene picked up its 15th win on the season Tuesday night against an undermanned Dugger Union team. Dugger only had four healthy players and played a fifth who was recovering from knee surgery. Eastern tried to play four on four by having a fifth player standing off to the side...

SWITZ CITY – South Putnam junior Austen Branam was 0-4 from the field when he recovered the ball in the corner with time running out against White River Valley. Tied at 39, Branam dribbled once to get a better look at the hoop and sent up his floater. The result was a buzzer beating basket to give South Putnam a needed win, 41-39...

SWITZ CITY – Playing as heavy favorites against Shakamak, No. 3 Linton showed why it has been in control of the Greene County Invitational the past eight years. The Miners ran out to a 32-14 lead in the second quarter as they won their eighth Greene County Invitational in a row by winning 87-49 Monday night...

Boys Basketball Friday Bloomfield 67, Evansville Christian 62 Bloomfield defeated Evansville Christian on the road Friday despite not having its starting forward Peter Combs available for the game due to an ankle injury. Senior Baylin Graf led the Cardinals with 34 points as he made 15 shots from inside the arc with four free throws. The win moves Bloomfield to 11-1 as it will host Linton Friday...

SWITZ CITY – A Linton junior had no idea he was about to be honored for an award Friday night at the Greene County Invite. Junior Nathan Frady was called upon after the third quarter of Linton’s game with Pike Central as the winner of the 2021-22 Greene County Invitational Character Counts Award...

SWITZ CITY – Nearly one month ago, White River Valley fell to Shoals at home 33-31 as the Jug Rox took the game with a bucket at the buzzer. Saturday’s meeting in the Greene County Invite was a close game too. This time though, WRV dug in on defense the final three minutes to win 38-35...

Lakers split games, win conference bout By Lacey Stone The Lady Lakers were back in action after a twenty-one-day break hosting North Knox last Thursday then traveling to SWIAC foe, North Daviess on Saturday afternoon. Although the Lakers lost to the Warriors, 47-28, Coach Chase Rhoten was proud of how his team handled them...

LINTON – The Lady Miners hosted the 12-3 Lady Patriots and sent them back to Vincennes with a 41-33 loss on Thursday night. Rivet controlled the tip-off and got fouled their first possession. Rivet made both shots at the charity stripe to take a 2-0 lead with 7:45 to go in the first quarter. ...

The final two games of the Greene County Invite at White River Valley High School have been moved to Monday night. Pike Central and North Central in the third-place game will take place Monday at 6 p.m. The first-place game between Linton and Shakamak will follow at 7:30...

SWITZ CITY – Pike Central held a brief 7-6 lead over Linton Friday night but the Miners reminded everyone at the Greene County Invite why they are the favorite. No. 3 in Class 2A Linton went on a 17-0 run to lead 23-7. From there, Linton expanded the lead to win with a running clock for a final score of 78-45...