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TENNIS At Jasper Saturday. Chloe Terwiske, Northeast Dubois, defeated Kylee Shelton of Bloomfield, 6-1, 6-3 to win the Jasper Individual Sectional singles championship. Bloomfield coach Mike Canty said: “Shelton had a hard time keeping her second serve deep enough to keep Terwiske from hitting angle winners in the first set. ...

SOFTBALL The Shakamak Lady Lakers (10-11) will travel to Covenant Christian (17-8) at 6 p.m. Tuesday to play in the softball regional. Covenant Christian is located at 7525 W. 21st St., Indianapolis. The winner will advance to the North Daviess Semistate...

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BLOOMINGTON – Fourteen Greene County boys – two relay teams and six individual competitiors – headed to Bloomington Thursday for the IHSAA boys track and field regional hosted by Bloomington North. Three were automatic qualifiers from last week’s sectional. Three other individuals, plus the two relay teams, were called up after officials compared Bloomington North Sectional results with those of the other feeder sectionals...

BASEBALL N. Knox 8, Eastern 2 At Mitchell Wednesday. North Knox (10-8) ended the season for Eastern-Greene (4-19) in the first game of the Mitchell Sectional. “The boys played hard. They just didn’t catch the breaks,” said Eastern coach A.J. Wells. “I wish we had more time together. They’re a great group, and I thank them for their effort. Also, thanks to Hash Farms and the many families that donated their money and time working on the field.”...

CLAY CITY -- One team jumped out to an early lead, one team rallied late, but only one team won Wednesday night, and that was Shakamak. The Lady Lakers (10-11) took a 4-0 lead in the first inning and held off Clay City (16-10) in the seventh to post an 8-6 win. They will play the winner of the Bethesda Christian-Covenant Christian game next Tuesday...

SWITZ CITY – The White River Valley Wolverines needed more than just one good inning Wednesday. The Clay City Eels (10-7) jumped out to a 4-0 first-inning lead and eliminated the Wolverines (4-13), 8-3 in the first round of Class A Sectional 57 at White River Valley...

SWITZ CITY – The Shakamak Lakers navigated the sectional waters better than the Eminence Eels did Wednesday. In the first round of Class A Sectional 57 at White River Valley Shakamak (14-10) put seven runs on the board in its first at-bat. The Lakers would go on to tally five more sending the Eels swimming home early, 12-0 in five innings...

LINTON -- After the field dried, the Lady Miners hung North Knox out to dry Wednesday night. Linton-Stockton (15-10) blanked North Knox (5-17) in the second semifinal of the Linton Softball Sectional The Lady Miners took a 3-0 lead in the first inning and never looked back. Hannah Frady walked and came home on Erica Barker’s double. Peyton Bland then blasted a two-run homer...

BASEBALL Jeeps 17, Cards 6 At Bloomfield (2-22) Tuesday. The Jeeps took a 12-6 lead after three frames, and Bloomfield never could recover. The Cardinals next play at 1 p.m. Monday, May 27, when they take on North Central in the second semifinal of the White River Valley Sectional...

BLOOMINGTON – Sixteen Greene County girls – three relay teams and four individuals – made the trip to Bloomington Tuesday for the IHSAA girls track and field regional hosted by Bloomington North. One will be going to the State Meet. Linton’s Vanessa Shafford finished third in the discus automatically qualifying for the state competition at Indiana University Saturday, June 1...

Jasper edged the Lady Cardinals 3-2 Tuesday night in the Jasper Regional, but sophomore Kylee Shelton advanced. The Lady Wildcats took both doubles matches and one singles match to edge Bloomfield 3-2. However, Shelton, Bloomfield’s No. 2 singles player, won her match and will play in the Individual Sectional Singles Tournament on Saturday. She will play the winner of the Allison Hein (Vincennes Lincoln)-Chloe Terwiskev (Northeast Dubois) match. They play at 5:30 p.m. today...

CLAY CITY -- The Lady Lakers needed only five innings to hook and gut the Lady Eels. Shakamak (9-11) started slowly, only scoring one run in the first two innings of the semifinal, but put up five in the third to blank Eminence (3-11-1) 10-0. “We kind of took care of business,” said Shakamak coach B.A. Shipman. “Getting to the championship game, we didn’t want to overlook Eminence by any means.”...

Once again, rain has postponed local sporting events. Linton-Stockton athletic director Charlie Karazsia said the rain canceled both games of the Linton Softball Sectional scheduled to be played at Tuesday. South Knox had been slated to play Southridge in the first semifinal and Linton take on North Knox in the second...

After the dust settled and the storms passed, sixteen more Greene County boys qualified for the Bloomington North Regional. Three lads immediately qualified Thursday night by placing in the top three of their events. Additional competitors can qualify for a regional when IHSAA officials compare the times of all the sectionals that feed into a regional. ...

CLAY CITY -- The Lady Thunderbirds stormed on White River Valley Monday night. North Central (16-8) put up seven runs in the third inning to turn a 3-0 game into a cakewalk for the defending sectional champions. The Lady Wolverines (8-11) scored four in the fifth, but still fell 14-4...

CLAY CITY -- A late flurry of doubles Monday night equaled a nine-run loss for Bloomfield in the first game of the Clay City Softball Sectional. The score was knotted at 3-3 after five innings. The sixth inning saw Clay City’s batters rap out five doubles, including three consecutive two-baggers by Kaylee Miller Alisha Ledgerwood, and Charly Koehler. Before the inning ended, the Lady Eels had turned a close game into a 12-9 Clay City romp...

BLOOMINGTON – No one ever likes to lose. But some losses are easier to take than others. Such was the case for the Linton Miners baseball team Monday. In a battle of ranked teams the Edgewood Mustangs put up three runs in the fifth inning and three more in the sixth frame to hand Linton an 8-5 setback. Edgewood (19-3) is ranked second in Class 3A in the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association’s final regular season poll. Linton (21-6) was tied for fifth in 2A in the same poll...

The Linton Miners were dominant early in both games of a Saturday baseball round robin at Roy Herndon Field. In the opener against the Riverton Parke Panthers the Miners exploded for 13 first-inning runs, cruising to a 13-0 shutout win in four-and-a-half innings. In the afternoon finale with the University Trailblazers Linton put up seven runs before University got on the board in an 8-3 victory...

They just keep piling on the bandwagon. More Greene County girls have qualified for the Bloomington North Regional, making a total of 20 eligible to compete at 6 p.m. Thursday. After officials compared Bloomington North Sectional times with those of the other sectionals that feed into the regional, nine more Green County girls qualified for the regional...

BASEBALL Mustangs 12, T-Birds 0 At Eastern (4-15) Friday. “We were no-hit by a good pitcher who hit his spots,” Eastern coach A.J. Wells said. “They have a talented lineup that hit the ball well.” Eastern hosts Barr-Reeve at 5 p.m. Monday for the final game of the regular season...

BLOOMFIELD -- Andrew Shelton’s feathers will turn from red to black. The Bloomfield Cardinal signed on Thursday afternoon a letter of intent to play basketball next year for Anderson University. Shelton said he is looking forward to playing guard or forward for the Ravens...

BLOOMFIELD -- Bloomfield got Stoned Friday night. Clay City pitcher Clayton “Buddy” Stone scattered five hits and struck out seven batters in six innings of work as the visiting Eels trounced Bloomfield 11-2. A.J. Morgan relieved him in the seventh and struck out the Bloomfield side...

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JASONVILLE – One big inning was just what the Shakamak Lakers needed. The Lakers got the bats going in a big five-run fifth inning, breaking a scoreless tie and coming away with a 5-0 victory over the visiting South Knox Spartans Friday. “They gave us an opportunity and we took advantage of it,” Laker coach Todd Gambill said...