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By STEVE FIELDS For the Brazil Times GREENWOOD — Shay Ehrich closed her high school golf season for the second year in a row on Saturday in one of the toughest regional tournaments in the state at Smock Golf Course in Greenwood. The difference this year is Ehrich also closed her high school career...

Times Staff Report JASONVILLE – Clay City got a conference meet tune-up Saturday by competing at the Shakamak Invitational as the boys came away with a runner-up finish to West Vigo. The Eels did not field a full girls’ team, but Alexis Laswell crossed the finish line fourth to lead the squad...

Times Staff Report Northview improved to 16-5 this season on the volleyball court after cruising past Brown County on Saturday morning, 25-7, 25-16, 25-16. The Knights got a team-high nine kills from both Sera Little-Booe and Kambree Lucas in the victory. ...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor PUTNAMVILLE – Lincoln Park Speedway put the wraps on the 2016 season with back-to-back nights of racing over the weekend after rain had claimed several events in a row. Shane Cockrum was crowned as the sprint car points champion after Friday night’s ninth-place run. ...

Times Staff Report Northview’s soccer teams hit the road for the Western Indiana Conference Cross-over matches on Saturday afternoon and came away with a split. The girls’ squad had its full complement of players healthy for the first time all season and it resulted in a 6-0 win on the road at Owen Valley...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Northview Knights captured the turnover battle and parlayed it into a victory over visiting North Putnam 34-13 on Homecoming Friday evening. Dylan Hyatt found the endzone twice via the run and once via a Trey Shaw pass as the Knights moved into second-place within the Western Indiana Conference Western Division...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor A loss to rival Terre Haute South on the volleyball court lit a fire under Northview as they returned to their home court on Thursday evening for conference play. The Knights drilled visiting South Putnam in a Western Indiana Conference Western Division match, 25-6, 25-5, 25-8...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Two teams with designs at remaining in the race for a Western Indiana Conference crown face off at Northview High School this evening. The Class 2A No. 13 North Putnam Cougars come calling as Northview celebrates Homecoming prior to the gridiron clash...

By TIM DAHLBERG, AP Sports Columnist It was in the middle of the Barry Bonds home run chase, and I was sitting with Vin Scully in the broadcast booth at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers were playing the Giants, and Vin had been kind enough to agree to an interview before the game. I was writing a column about his views on Bonds, though the conversation would eventually cover everything from his days at Fordham to Willie Mays...

Times Staff Report North Clay’s varsity volleyball team topped Greencastle 25-18, 25-21 Tuesday evening as Katy Anderson served up seven aces, with six assists, two kills and two digs for the Knights. North Clay also got four kills, a dig and an ace by Rylee Richey with Natalie Bell adding three kills, two aces and a dig. Destiny Burns provided two digs, an ace and an assist and Rylee Rogers had five aces and one dig. Brooklee Bussing added a kill and an ace in the victory...

Times Staff Report SPENCER — Northview battled past potential sectional foe Owen Valley on Wednesday evening with a 3-2 victory. While Bryce Minor cruised to a decisive 6-0, 6-0 victory at the number one singles position, the rest of his team had a battle on their hands...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Northview split a pair of home soccer games against visiting South Vermillion on Tuesday evening. The Knights' Ashton Rollo recorded his second hat trick in as many games as Northview recorded a 4-1 victory over the Wildcats. The Northview girls rallied late against South Vermillion, but came out on the short end of a 4-2 decision...

Times Staff Report TERRE HAUTE -- Northview wasn't able to solve the power game of the Terre Haute South Braves on Tuesday evening. Northview fell in four sets to the Braves, 23-25, 19-25, 25-22, 25-21. Alli Cook had 10 digs, Megan Heck had 17 digs to go with three assists and Kerstie Shaw posted 10 digs along with 28 assists, four aces and four kills. ...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor CLAY CITY -- The annual county volleyball battle was a hotly contested match at Clay City High School on Monday evening. The Knights and Eels went toe-to-toe over four sets before the Knights were able to take home a 25-21, 22-25, 25-19, 25-11 victory over a talented Clay City squad...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor CLAY CITY -- The annual county volleyball battle was a hotly contested match at Clay City High School on Monday evening. The Knights and Eels went toe-to-toe over four sets before the Knights were able to take home a 25-21, 22-25, 25-19, 25-11 victory over a talented Clay City squad...

Times Staff Report Terre Haute North's Megan Ramer shot a 74 to earn medalist honors as Terre Haute North won the Northview girls' golf sectional on Monday. Northview placed fifth as a team with senior Shay Ehrlich advancing as the second-best individual score not on an advancing top-three team...

Times Staff Report North Clay's girls' cross country team captured the 15th running of the Eagle Classic on Saturday at Eagle Park in Nashville. The Knights came out on top of a 27-team field by scoring 90 points to edge out Greensburg (119) and Edgewood (129)...

Times Staff Report Northview split a pair of conference soccer games on Saturday as the boys were winners while the girls dropped a one-goal decision. The Northview boys overcame both the Cougars and some sloppy, muddy field conditions to win a 6-0 decision. Both Sam Gentry and Ashton Rollo had hat tricks as Northview scored four goals in the first half and finished with two more in the second half. Rollo also had an assist in the victory. Logan Wright and Camden Ringo each had assists on goals...

Times Staff Report SOUTH KNOX -- Clay City traveled to Southern Indiana on Saturday to take on some of the best cross country teams that portion of the state had to offer. The Eels placed fourth in the boys' team standings at the South Knox Invite with 151 points, just six behind third-place Evansville Memorial. Barr-Reeve won the race with 61 points with Castle second with 86 points...

Times Staff Report Northview came away with a victory Saturday afternoon in a rain delayed conference battle for position. The Knights won a 4-1 match with Indian Creek in the Western Indiana Conference cross-over match. The win gives Northview third-place in the final standings...

Times Staff Report Northview came away with a victory Saturday afternoon in a rain delayed conference battle for position. The Knights won a 4-1 match with Indian Creek in the Western Indiana Conference cross-over match. The win gives Northview third-place in the final standings...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor SPENCER -- Northview and Owen Valley squared off in what turned out to be another bruising sort of football game on Friday night. The Knights came away with a 14-0 victory to improve to 3-2 on the season. The ultimate path of the game appeared as if it might be quite different as Northview exerted its will on both sides of the ball over the opening four possessions of the contest...

By Terry Schwinghammer For The Brazil Times BLOOMFIELD - Clay City had the look of a dominant team early in Thursday's Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference volleyball match at Bloomfield. The domination didn't last. The Lady Cardinals fought back - but the Lady Eels managed to pull out a 25-12, 20-25, 25-20 and 25-22 win at Guy Glover Gymnasium...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Northview Knights brought their heavy artillery to Thursday's conference volleyball game against North Putnam. The Knights dominated at the net with 40 kills and ran off large consecutive point runs in each set on the way to a 25-8, 25-7, 25-7 win over the Cougars...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The high school football season hits the midway point this evening as Northview makes the trip to Spencer to face Owen Valley in a non-conference contest. The Knights are looking to build some momentum after alternating wins and losses this season. The 2-2 Northview squad faces a 1-3 Patriots team coming off a lopsided 47-7 win over rival Edgewood last weekend...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The high school football season hits the midway point this evening as Northview makes the trip to Spencer to face Owen Valley in a non-conference contest. The Knights are looking to build some momentum after alternating wins and losses this season. The 2-2 Northview squad faces a 1-3 Patriots team coming off a lopsided 47-7 win over rival Edgewood last weekend...

Times Staff Report North Clay raced to a three-way meet win at Sullivan Wednesday evening in dominant fashion. The girls' squad took the top-10 spots in the race paced by Evie Noel's winning time of 11:52. North Clay's pack running was impressive as the Knights' top-five scoring runners finished within 25 seconds of each other. ...

Times Staff Report Northview powered to a 25-15, 25-13, 25-7 Western Indiana Conference win on Wednesday night over visiting Greencastle. Alli Cook had nine digs and Madeline Sinders recorded seven in the victory. Megan Heck added five digs and three assists for the Knights. ...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Northview boys' tennis team recognized its seniors on Tuesday evening and then celebrated with a victory over visiting Edgewood, 5-0. Northview's Nick Ganly, Bryce Minor, Luke Weaver, Jacob Kendall and Alex Bowman were honored prior to the match and each were able to play a bit of a different role in the match. Most of the players switched their positions in the match as Minor and Bowman played doubles tennis instead their regular singles spots...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Northview Knights finally had the opportunity to compete on its new home course Monday evening as the boys and girls hosted a nine-team invitational that included several members of the Western Indiana Conference as well as their county neighbors in Clay City...

Times Staff Report TERRE HAUTE -- The Northview volleyball team improved to 12-4 this season with a road win on Monday evening at West Vigo, 25-22, 25-8, 25-13. Jenny Lundy had 11 kills to lead the team with Olivia Lundy adding six to go with three blocks for the Knights. ...

Times Staff Report DANVILLE -- The Clay City volleyball team continued to roll along this season and added the Danville Tournament title to the trophy case on Saturday. The Eels topped Danville 20-25, 25-22, 15-10 before squeezing past West Vigo 25-20, 26-24 and Rockville 25-18, 22-25, 18-16 in three hard fought battles...

Times Staff Report NASHVILLE -- The 15th running of the Eagle Classic held in Nashville at Eagle Park proved to be a very soggy endeavor for hundreds of high school runners on Saturday morning. The meet was broken up into several different races with a Boys and Girls' Elite Race, a Varsity big and small school race, a Sophomore/Freshman race and a Junior Varsity race for both boys and girls...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor TERRE HAUTE -- A two-our weather delay proved well worth the wait for Northview as the Knights came away with a 21-14 road win over West Vigo on Friday evening. The football game got started 15 minutes early as officials hoped to avoid a storm front that ultimately reached the Wabash Valley around 8 p.m. ...

Times Staff Report The South Putnam Eagles edged past Clay City by a single point in the boys' portion of the Clay City Invitational on Thursday evening. The Eagles' Kieffer Vittetow topped the field with a finishing time of 17:25 followed by Edgewood's Austin Haskett (17:34)...

Times Staff Report SULLIVAN -- The Sullivan Golden Arrows jumped to the front of the Western Indiana Conference Western Division volleyball standings by topping Northview in four games. Northview lost 16-25, 25-19, 16-25, 22-25. Northview struggled in its service game with 12 in the match. Sullivan improved to 9-1 overall and 2-0 in the WIC. The Knights are now 11-4 overall and 0-1 in the WIC...

Times Staff Report SULLIVAN -- Clay City won the boys' side of a three-way meet on the road at Sullivan on Tuesday evening as Kyle Wolf was the overall winner with a time of 18:43. The Eels scored 21 points while Sullivan was second with 37 points followed by North Central's 62...

Times Staff Report Northview's soccer teams came away with a tie in the boys' match against Sullivan (2-2) and a loss to an unbeaten Golden Arrows' girls' squad (5-0). In the boys' contest, Sullivan opened up the scoring just 11 minutes into the match on a long shot from the corner. However, the Knights responded with 20 seconds remaining before intermission as freshman defender Gavin Wallen fired home a long kick from near midfield to tie the match heading to halftime...

Times Staff Report A day after falling to Greencastle in a potential sectional preview, Northview bounced back to claim a 5-0 win over another Putnam County foe in South Putnam. The Knights swept singles play in straight sets across the board with Alex Bowman winning 6-0, 6-1 over Dylan Wood at number three singles. Clayton Buck followed suit with a 6-2, 6-1 victory at number two singles and Bryce Minor captured a 6-1, 6-0 win at the number one singles position...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor In a rematch of last year's sectional semifinal held at Northview High School, a veteran Greencastle squad won a regular season battle against the Knights, 3-2. There were plenty of similarities between the postseason match-up last season and this year's WIC tilt. The Tiger Cubs returned their entire team while the Knights sent a senior-laden group into action as well...

Times Staff Report Eric Trusler recently claimed the Brazil Open golf championship at Forest Park Golf Course by shooting back-to-back rounds of 64. The first round of the Brazil Open was played on Aug. 13, but round two was forced to be moved due to rain the next day. Round two was played on Aug. 28 as both Ezra Evans and Trusler came in to the round after shooting a 64 in the opening 18 holes. Doug McDonald and Seth Payton each carded a 66 and joined the pairing for the final round...

Times Staff Report MONTGOMERY -- The Northview Knights reached the championship game of the Barr-Reeve Invitational on Saturday afternoon with three straight victories. The Knights lost to Kentucky powerhouse Tates Creek in the title game, 25-14, 25-21...

Times Staff Report TERRE HAUTE -- The future of Clay County cross country appears bright as the high school and middle school teams had solid finishes in the Terre Haute Savings Bank State Preview Meet. While the Clay City boys' second-place team finish in the Class 1-3A Meet was one of the highlights, it was perhaps the junior high athletes that stole the show...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor PUTNAMVILLE -- Lincoln Park Speedway kicked off the Labor Day Weekend in style Saturday evening with an action packed night of racing that featured a massive 117 total cars in the pits. AJ Hopkins was one of 35 drivers on hand in pursuit of the $2,000 prize for the 'King of Non-Wing' champion in the sprint car division...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Sullivan quarterback Trey Powell threw for five touchdown passes Friday night as Northview lost its first Western Indiana Conference game in the last 15 contests, 35-12. Northview struggled to contain the deep ball as Powell hooked up with various receivers for four TDs that went for at least 21 yards. ...

Times Staff Report North Clay's eighth-grade football team remained unbeaten this season by knocking off Owen Valley 36-6. Korbin Allen got the Knights off on the right foot by rushing in for an eight-yard touchdown run. In the second quarter, Keegan Garrison added to the lead with a two-yard TD sneak for the Knights. He would walso add the two-point conversion run...

Times Staff Report Northview continued to roll along in the boys' tennis season with a 5-0 victory over South Vermilion on Thursday evening. Jacob Kendall and Jalen Satterfield battled back after losing the first set to earn a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 win to maintain the sweep of the Wildcats. Fellow doubles teammates Nick Ganly and Luke Weaver recorded a 7-6, 6-3 victory...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor BRAZIL -- The Northview Knights started slow, but finished on top Thursday evening in a victory over visiting Linton-Stockton. The Knights dropped the first set before building momentum the rest of the way to take a 23-25, 25-13, 25-14, 25-16 win over the Miners...

Times Staff Report ELLETTSVILLE -- The Clay City boys' cross country team continued to show Monday evening why they have high hopes for this year's postseason. The Eels got a pair of top-10 finishes and placed all four scoring runners in the top-10 to edge out Martinsville to capture the team title at the Mustang Invitational. ...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor CLAYTON -- Northview Shay Ehrlich earned all-conference honors in the Western Indiana Conference Tournament that concluded on Wednesday afternoon at Deer Creek Golf Course. The senior shot a round of 96 to help pace the Knights to a seventh-place finish overall...