Sports

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Northview girls soccer team enjoyed a banner season in the fall of 2018 and have continued to add awards during the offseason. The United Soccer Coaches awarded the Lady Knights soccer program with the Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award as well as the Senior Excellence Award...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor CLINTON — In the second half of a home-and-away match-up between Clinton and Clay County’s American Legion baseball teams, Mother Nature proved to be the winner ultimately. Clay County Post 2 traveled to Clinton on Wednesday evening and battled through nine innings before rain eventually wrapped up the game in a 3-3 tie...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Clay County American Legion Post 2 dropped a tough 4-3 decision on Tuesday evening in baseball action at Northview High School against visiting Clinton. Post 2 pounded out 11 hits in the game, but stranded eight runners on base to drop the first game of a home-and-away game set against Clinton...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor DANVILLE — Clay County’s American Legion Post 2 split a pair of baseball games at Danville on Saturday afternoon. Post 2 lost a 2-1 pitchers’ battle to Franklin, but drilled Danville for an 11-2 victory. Against Franklin, Clay County struck first with a run in the opening frame...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor PUTNAMVILLE — Dustin Beck made the long trip north to Lincoln Park Speedway from his Petersburg home worth the haul on Saturday night. Beck annually makes a couple of trips to the Putnamville oval, but this weekend he claimed the top spot in the UMP Modified feature to record the Mid-Season Championship feature win by holding off Tim Prince down the stretch of the 25-lap A-main...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor WASHINGTON — A young contingent of Clay County golfers made the trip to Washington to compete in the golf regional under sunny skies on Thursday morning. While the end result wasn’t what they were each hoping for, the future appears bright for the group...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor LINTON — The Northview boys golf team might have taken a few notes on the accomplishment that the softball team had a couple of weeks ago. The softball team won its first sectional title in 24 years. On Monday afternoon at Phil Harris Golf Course, the Knights claimed the second sectional team championship in school history by carding a 315 to edge past Terre Haute North by four strokes. Northview’s last team championship came in 2007...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor BLOOMINGTON — Northview senior Eden Siples wrapped up a standout career with the Knights during Saturday’s IHSAA Girls State Track and Field Meet. Siples ran a school-record time of 59.11 in the 400 meter event and placed 21st overall. She placed sixth in the first heat of the event that was a timed final. North Central (Indianapolis) freshman Ramiah Elliott won the event in 53.30 on her way to winning four state titles for the Panthers...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Clay County American Legion Post 2’s baseball team opened up play over the weekend with a split of a doubleheader against Sullivan. Clay County’s offense got off to a slow start in game one in a 4-3 loss, but bounced back to claim an 11-1 victory in game two...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor PUTNAMVILLE – A group of familiar faces made their return to victory lane on Saturday night at Lincoln Park Speedway. Shane Cockrum, Derek Groomer, Josh Boller and Josh Litton each claimed feature wins at the Putnamville oval to start the month of June...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor BLOOMINGTON — The 2019 boy’s track and field season concluded as a pair of Clay City competitors wrapped up a stellar year on the brightest of stages. Both Bryce Patterson and Keaton Butts competed Friday evening at the IHSAA Boys State Track and Field Finals held at Robert C. Haugh Stadium at Indiana University...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Several members of the North Clay Middle School track team competed recently in the Middle School Miracle Mile showcase with great results. The meet featuring the state’s best mile runners took place at Pendleton Heights High School...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor TERRE HAUTE — The North Clay girls track and field program came home with a state championship in the Middle School Track and Field State Finals held in Terre Haute on May 18. The girls scored 38 team points to edge out second-place Charlestown’s 31 points...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The IHSAA State Track and Field Finals get underway this afternoon with the boys meet taking place beginning at 3 p.m. today at Robert C. Haugh Stadium and Indiana University. The girls meet begins Saturday at the same time...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor New Palestine looked every bit like the top-ranked team and defending state champion in Class 3A softball in Tuesday’s regional contest. The Dragons pounded out 15 hits on the way to an 11-1 win over Northview in six innings due to the 10-run rule...

By ANDREW BOWEN Sports Writer SWITZ CITY -- Pitching and fielding dominated the field Monday morning, so it was fitting that only one run crossed the plate. After eight scoreless innings and two outs in the ninth, Carl Miller, who reached base in all four plate appearances, lashed a single to center field for Shakamak. Ethan Burdette than slapped a double to right-center to bring him home for the only run in the game,...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor PUTNAMVILLE — Memorial Day weekend racing got rolling Saturday night at Lincoln Park Speedway as the Midwest Sprint Car Series came calling. Nearly 40 sprint cars were on hand, but it was Kevin Thomas Jr. that topped the rest of the field to pick up the $2,500 pay day. In other action, it was Derek Groomer returning to victory lane in the UMP Modified main event. Josh Boller was the UMP Super Stock feature winner and Jordan Almanza won the bomber feature...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor TERRE HAUTE — Not often does a high school baseball game come down to a team’s ability to get a bunt down, but that was the case in Monday’s Class 4A Terre Haute North Sectional semifinal between Northview and Avon...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor After one of the most prolific high school athletic careers in Northview High School history, Trey Shaw will continue his academic and athletic careers close to home. Shaw signed his letter-of-intent to attend DePauw University in Greencastle and will play both football and baseball for the Tigers...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor BLOOMINGTON — A strong contingent of Clay County boys track and field athletes made the trek to Bloomington North seeking a berth to the IHSAA State Finals in Bloomington next week. The group was whittled down to a pair of Clay City competitors after the dust settled following regional competition Thursday evening...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor ELLETSVILLE — Rain has wreaked havoc on the schedule for the Class 3A Owen Valley Softball Sectional this week. Northview’s opening game against Brown County had been postponed and then eventually moved to Edgewood High School for the Thursday semifinal contest. However, the result was worth waiting for as the Knights advanced with a 3-0 win over second-ranked Brown County...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor CLAY CITY Clay City wasn't quite able to recreate the late inning magic that it harnessed during Tuesday's sectional softball final when it took on Shakamak in the championship game. The Eels fell behind 8-0 through three and a half innings, and despite clawing back, the Eels fell to the Lakers 8-6. Shakamak claimed the championship and advances to the regional round next week...

By TERRY SCHWINGHAMMER For The Brazil Times 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...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor BLOOMINGTON — Northview senior Eden Siples will be completing her high school track career in much the same way that she began it four years ago. Siples will compete at the IHSAA Girls State Track and Field Finals at Indiana University after placing second in the 400 meters on Tuesday evening. Siples has qualified for the state finals in the event all four years of her high school career...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor CLAY CITY — The Clay City Eels staged an epic rally in Tuesday’s sectional softball semifinal game against rival North Central. In a battle for the ages, the Eels scored seven runs in the top of the seventh inning to win a thrilling 13-12 decision...

By ANDREW BOWEN For The Brazil Times 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 12-3 Clay City romp...