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By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Round two of the 2018 volleyball postseason tips off Saturday morning for the Northview Knights as they take on Indianapolis Bishop Chatard at 10 a.m. in the Danville Regional. The other semifinal match is a battle between the host Warriors and Greencastle at noon. The winners of the two matches will face off in the championship match at 7 p.m...

By Andrew Bowen For The Brazil Times CLAY CITY -- The Lady Eels took the first set Saturday night, but Bloomfield took the sectional. Bloomfield (19-9) defeated Clay City 16-25, 25-14, 25-18, 25-16 to win the Clay City Sectional. The Lady Cardinals will take on 20-14 Hauser at 10:00 a.m. Saturday in the first semifinal of the Morristown Regional. The winner will play the winner of the Indianapolis Lutheran-University semifinal...

by CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor A stand out group of Northview seniors got to celebrate another sectional championship with their teammates Saturday night as the volleyball program won its sixth straight title. The Knights won 25-6, 25-13, 25-9 over Brown County to claim the sectional title, which was a bit more special since it came on Northview’s home court. ...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor JASPER — The Northview girls soccer team continued to roll as the Knights won their 19th straight contest by downing Washington 4-0 in the Class 2A Jasper Regional opener. The Knights advanced to the 7 p.m. regional championship match against defending state champion and top-ranked Evansville Memorial, which beat Silver Creek 2-0...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor BEDFORD — Conditions were prime for quick times at the Bedford North Lawrence Cross Country Regional on Saturday afternoon. The Northview boys finished fourth overall to advance to the Brown County Semi-state. They will be joined by Eden Siples and Evie Noel from the girls’ team and Clay City’s Alexis Laswell...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Northview hasn’t faced much adversity on the football field this season while piling up an unbeaten record by an average score of 48-12. However, on Friday night hosting Indian Creek for the outright Western Indiana Conference title, the Knights got just the test they needed heading into sectional play next weekend. ...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Round two of the cross country postseason gets underway for Northview and Clay City runners headed to Bedford North Lawrence for regional competition. Both the Northview boys and girls complete teams will be in action with Clay City sending Alexis Laswell, Tara Arthur and Hayleigh Tener and Lauren Thomas from the girls team and Jacob LaFary, Carter Dickson, Clayton Stone and Jacob Hogg from the boys squad...

By Andrew Bowen SPORTS WRITER CLAY CITY -- The momentum swung back and forth like a pendulum Thursday night, but stayed long enough with Clay City for the Lady Eels to win the second quarterfinal of the Clay City Sectional. The Lady Eels (9-12) defeated White River Valley (13-13) 25-23, 16-25, 25-12, 25-17, notching their second win this season over the Lady Wolverines. ...

by carey fox Times Sports Editor Northview took its first postseason step in stride Thursday night in the volleyball sectional with a 25-15, 25-8, 25-14 win over South Vermillion. The Knights proved too powerful at the net and plenty steady on the defensive side to cruise past the Wildcats and into Saturday’s semifinal round against Edgewood at approximately 12:30 p.m. ...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Northview girls soccer team set some lofty marks last season on the way to winning the program’s first sectional championship. This year, the Knights have added to their accomplishments and are looking to take another step forward in the postseason with another trip to the Jasper Regional...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Since the implementation of the eastern and western divisions of the Western Indiana Conference, the yearly cross over battles have created some unique match-ups. History hasn’t allowed some of the high schools to get the opportunity to face off. ...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Troy Farris and Chris DeHart teamed up to win the Two-Man Best Ball Tournament at Forest Park Golf Course recently. Farris and DeHart teamed to shoot a 62 on the first day and a 63 on day two to win by six strokes over Eric Trusler and Caleb Edington with a 125 in the championship flight. Mike Robinson and Brandon Robinson were three back at 134...

Times Staff Report STATE COLLEGE, Penn. - High expectations were set for the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College men’s golf team and, in a sense, nothing short of a win at the 2018 USCAA Men’s Golf National Championships would be acceptable. SMWC claimed its first USCAA National Title in program history and did so in a dominating fashion. ...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The 2018 volleyball postseason has arrived and for Clay County squads Thursday’s opening sectional round will be the beginning of what both teams hope a long run. Both Northview and Clay City are defending sectional champions and have proved they are amongst the best programs around in recent seasons. The Eels have won the past two sectional titles while the Knights bring a five-year sectional winning streak into round one this week...

By carey fox Times Sports Editor CRAWFORDSVILLE -- The Northview volleyball team wrapped up the regular season with a championship at the North Montgomery Invite on Saturday afternoon. The Knights knocked off Southmont, Peru, Chesterton and Parke Heritage in straight sets to improve to 32-2 overall heading into Thursday's sectional opener against South Vermillion...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Northview’s big play ability was on full display Friday night as the unbeaten Knights powered away from visiting South Putnam to remain unbeaten with a 63-8 victory over the Eagles. The Knights scored three touchdowns over a three minute period of the second quarter to open a gap that the Eagles were unable to overcome. ...

By GARY HAZLETT For The Brazil Times CLOVERDALE — The Western Indiana Conference volleyball championship contest was played Tuesday night in front of a raucous crowd at Cloverdale high school. The Northview Knights won their second consecutive WIC title by defeating the Cloverdale Clovers in three games, 25-19, 25-23, and 26-24...

By carey fox Times Sports Edior ELLETTSVILLE — The Northview Knights repeated as girls’ soccer sectional champions on Thursday evening topping Edgewood 5-1 on the Mustangs’ home field. The victory gave Northview its second soccer championship in school history and the win is the Knights 18th straight this season to add to its school-record...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor GREENCASTLE —The 2018 boys soccer season came to a premature end for the Northview Knights. Greencastle scored a pair of second half goals and the hosts of the Class 2A sectional came away with a 2-0 victory over the Knights...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor ELLETTSVILLE — The Knights continued to march on towards the goal of repeating as sectional girls soccer champions on Tuesday evening with a 3-0 blanking of Sullivan in the Class 2A Edgewood Sectional. The Knights defense once again stood tall faced with the task of limiting a Sullivan offense led by one of the state’s top goal scorer in senior forward Kathleen Ming. Northview shut out Sullivan for the third consecutive time dating back to last year’s sectional...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor ELLETTSVILLE — The Northview soccer teams marched into round two of sectional play with a pair of victories over Owen Valley on Monday evening. The girls claimed a 10-0 win over the Patriots in the Class 2A Edgewood Sectional and the boys were 7-1 victors in the Class 2A Greencastle Sectional...

BY CAREY Fox Times Sports Editor CARMEL — North Clay had another strong day on their respective cross country courses in two different locations on Saturday. The programs sent their top-seven boys and girls runners to the Indiana Middle School State Cross Country Championships at Northview Church in Carmel. The Knights also ran in the Western Indiana Conference Meet at South Putnam High School...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor JASONVILLE — The Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference team cross country titles will stay in Greene County after the meet concluded on Saturday afternoon. Shakamak’s Jacy Collins won the individual title in 19:47 to pace the Laker girls to the team title with 49 points to get past Eastern Greene’s 68 points. ...

BY CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor GREENCASTLE — When members of the Northview cross country team were gathering at Forest Park to log summer time miles in the evening heat of July and August, the dreams of a conference championship began to take root...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor PUTNAMVILLE – The final curtain came down on the 2018 racing season at Lincoln Park Speedway as Shane Cockrum, Derek Groomer, Bryce Shidler and Gary Hayden finished the year with victories. For three of the those drivers it was business as usual in getting to victory lane, but for Hayden the win meant a little more...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor TERRE HAUTE — Northview continued to roll on in volleyball with a Thursday thumping of Terre Haute South, 25-18, 25-10, 25-12. Jenny Lundy posted a well rounded stat line with 16 assists, 10 kills, seven digs, five aces and a pair of blocks. ...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Northview boys and girls soccer teams each took round one against upcoming sectional foe Owen Valley on Thursday evening with convincing 10-0 victories. The Knights will get another crack at the Patriots with sectional match-ups on Monday in the Edgewood girls sectional and in the Greencastle boys sectional...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Tonight’s Western Indiana Conference tilt between Greencastle and Northview is the biggest that both teams have faced to this point of the regular season. The Western Indiana Conference Western Division title is on the line between the unbeaten squads. ...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor GREENCASTLE — The North Clay cross country teams won the Tiger Cub Invite at Greencastle in its final preparations for postseason action. The Knights will send split teams to compete in the Indiana Middle School State Championships in Carmel on Saturday with teams also competing in the Western Indiana Conference Meet the same day...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor TERRE HAUTE — The Northview boys soccer team battled to the final horn Tuesday evening on the road at Terre Haute South, but couldn’t overcome the Braves in a 2-1 loss. The Knights had the edge in possession during the contest with a 60/40 edge in time, but the Braves had success with their long shots during the contest...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor TERRE HAUTE — The Northview girls soccer team has been gunning for a statement win as the regular season winds down and the sectional looming. On Tuesday evening they got just that as the Knights knocked off Terre Haute South for what is believed to be the first time in school history. Northview claimed a 3-1 victory on the road against the Braves for the Knights’ 14th straight win this season...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor North Clay’s seventh-grade volleyball team had a strong showing Saturday at the Crossroads of America Volleyball tournament in Terre Haute. The Knights piled up victories over Woodrow Wilson, St. Patricks, Owen Valley and Honey Creek before falling to an undefeated Barr-Reeve squad in the championship match, 25-17, 25-21...

By TERRY SCHWINGHAMMER For The Brazil Times SWITZ CITY – The White River Valley Lady Wolverines managed to stay with the visiting Clay City Eels for most of the match. But the Lady Wolverines couldn’t muster enough to gain the upper hand in the end...

BY CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor INDIANAPOLIS — An outstanding season of improvement came to a close Saturday afternoon for the Northview girls golf team. The Knights finished 18th at the Indianapolis Roncalli Regional that was won by Carmel by four strokes over Zionsville, 314-to-318. ...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Northview’s soccer teams flexed their collective muscles in Western Indiana Conference cross over match-ups on Saturday. Both the boys and girls teams defeated their opponents to bring home WIC championships with road victories...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor BEDFORD — The weather finally broke Saturday morning and gave cross country runners a chance to see the fruit of their training labor in cool conditions at the Ted Fox Invite on what will be the regional course at Bedford North Lawrence...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor PUTNAMVILLE – Saturday was champions night at Lincoln Park Speedway as all four classes crowned the points victor on the next to last race of the season. Three of the four classes came down to the wire as Bryce Shidler won the UMP Super Stock points title by a scant 10 points (892 to 882), finishing fourth in Saturday’s feature as points runner-up Larry Raines was involved in a crash and fell back to 16th in the A-main to place second in points...

BY CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Northview Knights set themselves up for a pivotal Western Indiana Conference match-up next weekend with a 41-21 victory over visiting North Putnam Friday night. A massive crowd was on hand for homecoming as well as the recognition of the inaugural Hall of Knights class, which was recognized at halftime. A 4-1 Cougar squad gave the Knights plenty of fits during a tight first half that ended with Northview holding a 20-7 edge...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor North Clay’s seventh-grade volleyball team continued to win this week with a 25-17, 25-13 win over West Vigo. The Knights got 20 service points and 16 aces from Audrey Lee and Kalyn Rhea posted six points with a pair of aces. Emily Ringo added three aces with her four points. Addie Bowman contributed four points with two aces, Hannah Wells had two points with an ace and Kenzie Crabb had an ace...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Northview shuffled its lineup around to celebrate senior night on Thursday evening, but the results were much the same for a Knights’ volleyball team that improved to 22-2 this season with a 25-13, 25-6, 25-12 win over South Putnam...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor A key Western Indiana Conference match-up is on tap as Northview celebrates homecoming and welcomes the inaugural class of the Hall of Knights back to town. The unbeaten and Class 3A 10th-ranked Knights are hosting a 4-1 North Putnam squad that is 1-1 in the WIC after a loss to Sullivan...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Northview girls continued to roll on the pitch Wednesday evening with a 10-1 win over visiting Cascade. The Knights were laser focused from the start of the match and scored their first two goals within the first two minutes of action...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor In a preview of the conference championship match on Saturday, the Northview boys soccer team blanked visiting Cascade 5-0 on Wednesday evening. The Cadets came in with a 7-2-2 mark overall this season, but the Knights played a controlled match and kept Cascade from mounting many threats in the win...