Sports

Having a state-of-the-art gymnasium with plenty of history inside it, Clay City made the leap of faith to host a holiday boys basketball tournament last winter. It went well, and therefore, the second annual Clay City Classic will return on Dec. 27, 28 and 29...

As the third quarter of Friday night’s boys high school basketball matchup between Sullivan and visiting Northview unfolded, it was like rewatching a movie the Knights had just seen. In its season-opening loss to Linton in the second annual Gobbler Games Shootout last weekend, Northview saw Linton score 21 of the first 22 points to open the second half, ballooning a 12-point deficit to a 32-point deficit in a hurry...

Northview girls head basketball coach Zack Keyes couldn’t do anything but turn to his coaching staff seated on the bench behind him and smile while shrugging his shoulders. Keyes and his staff spent the leadup to Friday’s game at Sullivan sifting through the tape on the Golden Arrows...

When the first annual Gobbler Games Shootout was announced last year, the big draw for the competing teams was the opportunity to play at Indiana State University’s recently renovated Hulman Center. But due to NCAA rules and Indiana State hosting a women’s basketball game on the same date this year, the Thanksgiving holiday tournament was forced to find a new home...

Northview’s girls basketball team had only played four games together entering Tuesday night’s matchup against visiting Terre Haute South, which came after an 11-day layoff due to the Thanksgiving break. But it hasn’t taken long to see that whenever the Lady Knights shift into another gear, they’re very difficult to beat...

On Tuesday morning, the Vigo County Historical Center in downtown Terre Haute was full of boys high school basketball coaches, administrators and media members for the 23rd annual First Financial Wabash Valley Classic Luncheon. There, the popular holiday tournament bracket was officially set with a blind draw...

In Clay City’s losses this season – and even in some of its wins – there are a stretch or two where the offense stalls out and allows the opposition the opportunity to make a long run and either get back within striking distance or take the lead. That happened a couple of times Monday night against visiting White River Valley...

Throughout the college football season, Trey Shaw has been DePauw’s most consistent wide receiver. The former Northview standout quarterback adjusted to the change in position over the last couple of years quite quickly with his speed, ability to find the holes in the opposition’s secondary and strong hands. And in doing so, Shaw became DePauw quarterback Wally Renie’s go-to target this fall...

On a picture-perfect – albeit a tad chilly – Thanksgiving morning, 210 runners took part in the annual Turkey Trot hosted by the Clay County YMCA. The race was broken down into several categories for various age groups, as well as the usual first to last placements, which are based on time...

When Northview’s boys basketball team took the floor Saturday night in the penultimate game of the second annual Gobbler Games Shootout held at Rose Hulman’s Hulbert Arena, it wasn’t just the new uniforms that looked different. The Knights featured seven players that were either set to make their varsity debuts or had never worn the maroon and black during the winter...

For the second time in as many years, Northview’s boys basketball program will take part in the Gobbler Games Shootout Saturday evening. It will be moving venues from Indiana State University’s Hulman Center to Rose Hulman’s Hubert Arena. And while the seating capacity may be a little smaller than that of last Thanksgiving, the opportunity to play in a college stadium and in front of a large crowd gives the Knights an experience they’ll remember for the rest of their lives...

On Jan. 8, Clay City’s boys basketball team was celebrating a 10-point win over visiting Bloomington Lighthouse. Less than an hour later, though, the emotion went from excited to somber when word quickly spread that then-junior forward Russell Butts and his older brother, Corbin, were in a serious automobile accident that left Butts with numerous fractures in his body, which included a broken mandible, elbow, spine, pelvis and ribs, as well as severe sprained ankles...

The start of the boys high school basketball season got off to a rocky start for Clay City inside the Eel Dome Tuesday night against visiting South Putnam. The Eels led for a total of 92 seconds in the first half, most of which came after scoring the first basket of the game, and shot 38 percent from the field while seeing countless fouls and turnovers pile up on against them...

Northview’s girls wrestling program has been upfront and honest about what their long-term goal for the season is: make it back to the state finals and have as many wrestlers as possible place there upon arrival. So, while they take the weekend invitationals throughout the regular season very seriously, they also acknowledge those serve as learning opportunities that should benefit them in the New Year...

With 24.9 seconds left in Friday night’s nail-biting conference opener between visiting Northview and Brown County, Audri Spencer was sent to the free throw line where the senior hoped to untie the game. The charity stripe, however, had not been a safe haven for Spencer, who had missed her last three attempts, or the Lady Knights, who was shooting 47 percent from there until that point in the night...

There’s a lot of newness within the Northview boys basketball program. Seniors Drew Cook and Christian Roembke are the lone holdovers from last year’s varsity team that reached the sectional championship. And because of that, there are plenty of openings for others to take a hold of on the roster...

Ideally, having a solid mixture of seniors that have played within a program for two-to-three years, as well as an up-and-coming group of underclassmen with plenty of potential, is exactly what any high school program is looking for. It offers the team an opportunity to win in the present while also building the foundation for a lasting future...

As a freshman, former Northview standout Joey Price and the Indiana Tech men’s bowling program had numerous memorable outings that led to multiple celebrations. The Warriors picked up where they left off last season on Nov. 12 and 13 at the Leatherneck Classic in Davenport, Iowa...

Each November, Northview’s wrestling team takes part in an intrasquad scrimmage that allows the Knights to leave the practice room and get out into the gym and onto the mat in front of an audience. It serves as a quasi-practice match, as well as unofficially kicking off the season...

Halle Miller has consistently gotten better throughout her high school running career. And in doing so, the Northview senior caught the attention of several collegiate programs that were interested in bringing her aboard to run for them. After sifting through her options over the last few weeks, Miller landed on joining the Indiana State University cross country and track teams...

As Clay City’s girls basketball team went through its pregame warmup inside the Eel Dome Tuesday night, head coach Jason Sinders noticed a lack of energy from his group. He then looked at the opposite end of the court where Shakamak was getting itself prepared for the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference showdown and noticed a sense of determination in the way they went about their business...

Over the weekend, a calvary of Northview runners braved the winter weather at the Nike Midwest Cross Regional held at Terre Haute’s LaVern Gibson Championship Course. Over 2,000 runners from Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan and Ohio embarked on the historic cross country course, which included Northview’s Jcim Grant, Douglas Dillman, Clint Mager and Hank Slater...

The second week of the winter sports season came to a close over the weekend with Northview’s girls wrestling taking part in the Purdue Poly Girls Open Tournament and Clay City’s girls basketball team opening up Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference play at North Central. Those recaps can be found below:...

Winter sports have gotten underway recently with Clay City’s girls basketball team, Northview’s girls basketball team and Northview’s girls wrestling team already competing in games/matches while Clay City’s boys basketball team, Northview’s boys basketball team and Northview’s boys wrestling team began practicing last week...

Coming off an impressive home-opening win earlier in the week, Clay City’s girls basketball team looked to bottle up their performance against Cloverdale and take it with them on the trip to Eminence Friday night in the Battle of Eels. That didn’t happen – at least not to begin the evening...

The Pomeroys are a very young team with five freshmen and seven sophomores on a roster of just 15 players. The team will look to rely on the senior leaders and captains on the team to help guide the team along with the coaching staff. One of those captains leading the team this season is senior forward Avalee Jeffers. ...

Throughout her high school basketball career, former Northview standout Hanna Dawson made an impact on the floor each time she stepped onto it. It may not have been obvious by looking at the box score, but it was certainly noticeable by the scoreboard...

A tough stretch to begin the season became tougher Tuesday for White River Valley in the second half of its game with Northview. The visiting Knights outscored the host Wolverines 41-10 in the second half to win 65-29. “I liked the way we played in the first half but it’s like what I told the girls this is not only one-half ball games. We have to come out and play hard for two halves,” WRV coach April Settles said...

On Sunday evening, Northview senior basketball standout Drew Cook took to his personal Twitter account (@DrewCook3223) to break news regarding where he would be furthering his academic and athletic career in the not-too-distant future. “I’m excited to announce that I will be furthering my athletic and academic career at Wabash College!! I would like to thank Coach Brumett, Coach Sullivan, and Coach Jacobs for this opportunity,” Cook’s tweet read...

During Jason Sinders’ five-year tenure as Clay City’s girls basketball head coach, the month of November has been a bugaboo for the program. Sporting a combined 3-18 record in the penultimate month of the calendar year during Sinders’ reign as the leader of the team, the Lady Eels entered Tuesday night’s home opener against visiting Cloverdale with something to prove...

On Jan. 8, when Corbin Butts and one of his younger brothers, Russell, were in a serious car accident that left Butts with a broken spine and clavicle, as well as a brain injury that forced doctors to put him on a ventilator while inserting tubes into his chest and drain into his head, the thought of the former Northview standout getting back to running was nowhere close to anyone’s mind...

The winter sports portion of the school calendar got underway Saturday for three Clay County programs. Northview’s girls basketball team fell to Class 4A No. 18 Mooresville while Clay City’s girls basketball team visited Sullivan and Northview’s girls wrestling program took a handful of wrestlers to New Palestine. The recaps for the latter two can be found below:...

Featuring a new-look starting lineup after graduating 80 percent of last year’s group that reached the sectional championship game, Northview opened the girls high school basketball season Saturday night. Their opponent? Class 4A No. 18 Mooresville, which lost the night before and was extra hungry to get into the win column...

Back in 2020, Northview put together its first-ever girls wrestling team. It, however, was not a sport that was recognized by the IHSAA at the time, so there weren’t any head coach or assistant coach positions to be filled. The female wrestlers would practice and wrestle against the male wrestlers in sanctioned matches and tournaments, while also competing in a female-only postseason at the end of the winter...