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For the third year in a row, Northview’s boys walked away from the Lavern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course with a sectional title. The Knights came into the meet with the goal of doing just that, and did what was needed to accomplish that once the gun went off. It was a very solid team effort for Northview and great races by all 7 boys resulted in this sectional championship...

Kassidy Kellett reached the century mark, enabling Northview to defeat Edgewood 4-0 in the Class 2A Northview Sectional No. 29 girls soccer semifinal at Jerry Anderson Field on Thursday. In the other semifinal contest, West Vigo blanked Owen Valley 9-0. Northview and West Vigo will meet for the sectional championship at 7 p.m. Saturday...

(GREENCASTLE) — On a wet windy night, Northview turned to its running game with resounding success in a 47-7 Western Indiana Conference victory over the host South Putnam Eagles. The victory not only improves the Knights to 6-2 on the year, it puts them into the WIC championship game next week at Indian Creek...

Kassidy Kellett reached the century mark, enabling Northview to defeat Edgewood 4-0 in the Class 2A Northview Sectional No. 29 girls soccer semifinal at Jerry Anderson Field on Thursday. In the other semifinal contest, West Vigo blanked Owen Valley 9-0. Northview and West Vigo will meet for the sectional championship at 7 p.m. Saturday...

Northview defeated visiting Indian Creek 3-1 in their Western Indiana Conference crossover match on Thursday. The Knights won 25-10, 25-15, 23-25, 25-11. No other details were available. Northview will wrap up its regular season in the North Montgomery Invitational on Saturday. The Knights then open play against host team Owen Valley in the sectional next Thursday...

Northview suffered a 4-1 defeat to Southmont in the boys tennis regional at Crawfordsville on Tuesday. The final score was not indicative of how close this match was, as the Knights dropped three tiebreakers and lost another in three sets. To wit: • At No. 1 doubles, Reese Long-Micah Korhorn nipped the Knights’ Caleb Swearingen-Owen Tipton duo in a pair of 7-6 games, the tiebreakers going 7-4 and 7-5...

Northview football started out slowly on offense this season, but has been clicking on all cylinders it seems, especially the past three weeks. On defense, the season started out well for the Knights, but has been a little leaky the past two weeks — the first half at North Putnam, then sporadically at home against Greencastle...

The North Clay Middle School 7th- and 8th-grade volleyball teams concluded their seasons on a successful note, both claiming Western Indiana Conference championships at South Putnam on Monday. The 7th-grade Knights — who also finished their season undefeated with a final record of 23-0 — defeated Brown County 25-15, 25-12 for their first WIC title since 2014...

Clay City won a four-set decision over Shakamak by scores of 25-18, 25-11, 21-25, 25-8 at the Eel Dome on Monday. For the Eels, Jaylynn Scott had 5 aces, 22 digs, 9 kills; Kendra Wertz 1 ace, 12 digs, 5 kills; Emily Hyatt 17 digs, 3 kills; Victoria Schopmeyer 4 digs, 17 kills, 4 blocks; Alisha Ledgerwood 4 aces, 30 digs; and Ginger Rayle 12 digs, 2 aces, 34 assists...

Clay City’s girls team claimed first place in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference meet at Shakamak High School on Saturday. Macy Tucker finished second individually with a time of 19:55.3. Following were Carlee Unger (4th, 21:01.0), Cambri Booe (9th, 21:38.2), Lauren Thomas (10th, 21:39.8), Tara Arthur (15th, 22:25.1), Elyssa Secrest (18th, 22:59.7) and Celeah Burton (29th, 25:10.9)...

Northview boys and girls cross country teams were easy winners at the Western Indiana Conference meet at Edgewood High School on Saturday. The Knights’ boys team claimed its team title and top individual, sophomore Stuart Bennett. In fact, their other top five scorers placed fourth, fifth, sixth and ninth, respectively...

Northview boys tennis has waited seven years to reclaim possession of a sectional championship. But on Saturday, it didn’t take all that long to accomplish that task — just over an hour — with a 5-0 victory over South Putnam at the Northview sectional on their newly resurfaced home courts...

Northview came up with a pair of interceptions inside the game’s initial four minutes on defense, converting them into a sudden 14-0 lead. But while their defense struggled at times the balance of the game, the Knights’ offense had no such problems in cruising to a 49-26 Western Indiana Conference West football victory over visiting Greencastle at Jerry Anderson Field on Friday...

Northview concluded its second regular season in a row with 15 consecutive victories entering the state tournament following a 10-1 verdict at Owen Valley on Thursday. Northview improved to 15-1 overall, 7-0 in the Western Indiana Conference — the Knights’ second straight WIC championship...

For Northview and host North Putnam, it was most distinctly a tale of two halves in their battle for Western Indiana Conference West Division supremacy. North Putnam dominated the first half, as quarterback Maverick Summers tossed five touchdown passes. However, two of his passes were intercepted — four overall in the game, his first four of the season — both resulting in Northview touchdowns...

Northview, as the host team, earned their three points necessary to claim victory rather quickly in their boys tennis sectional opener vs. Greencastle on Wednesday. But the Knights were determined to make it a clean 5-0 sweep. After all, the Knights had narrowly defeated the host Tiger Cubs 3-2 during the regular season on Sept. 17, one of their closest matches of the season...

Northview had an uncharacteristic poor first half performance on both sides of the ball, especially on defense, in the first half of last week’s at North Putnam. I just wonder what words were expressed by Northview head football coach Mark Raetz in the lockerroom at halftime to spur on his team in the second half. Whatever they might be, they should be bottled and put on the market...

PREP ROUNDUP: Northview boys tennis wins WIC The Northview boys tennis team claimed the Western Indiana Conference title with a 5-0 victory over visiting Owen Valley on Thursday. The Knights won all its matches in straight sets, no game with more than two points allowed...

Northview swept visiting Clay City 3-0 in their joint “Digging For a Cure” girls volleyball fundraiser on Monday night. All the players donned jerseys in shades of pink to honor breast cancer survivors and those who have passed away prior to the match. According to Northview officials, both teams raised over $1,100 that will be donated back...

Northview won all its matches in straight sets to easily defeat host South Vermillion 5-0 in a boys tennis match on Monday. The only contested match saw the Knights’ Tyler Hess win 6-1, 7-5 at No. 2 singles. Northview (12-2) will host Owen Valley today for Senior Night...

Northview and North Putnam, who are tied atop the Western Indiana Conference West Division football standings with identical 2-0 records, will meet near Bainbridge tonight. Northview is 3-2 overall, 2-0 WIC, but has won its last three games in relatively easy and impressive fashion. This game also begins a stretch of three straight WIC contests...

Northview met its preseason goals this season, winning the Western Indiana Conference and winning the girls golf sectional at Forest Park last Saturday. It was the Knights’ first golf sectional championship in 12 years. Next up is a return visit to the Roncalli Regional at the Smock Golf Club near Greenwood on Saturday morning...

Despite an ominous sky and a threat of rain, the Northview girls soccer team was undeterred as they defeated host Cascade 9-0 on Wednesday night. Head coach Don Bryan said his team “put together some great passes and touches en route to a solid performance...

The Northview boys and girls cross county teams traveled to northern Indiana to compete in the prestigious New Prairie Invitational, featuring over 100 teams, on Saturday. Both teams earned fifth-place finishes in their races with other Class 3A teams. The boys were in a field of 26 teams, the girls in a field of 25...

Northview dominated winless Owen Valley from the get-go, scoring on its first five drives to build a 35-0 lead by halftime. That was significant, as the 35-point differential invoked the mercy rule, aka "the running clock," which is new to Indiana high football this season...

Northview recognized seniors on its girls and boys soccer teams during Senior Night at Jerry Anderson Field on Tuesday. The girls teams honored its four seniors, goalkeeper Sydney Brock, midfielder Sarah Bryan, midfielder Mercedes Hoke and fullback Jaycee Kellett prior to its Western Indiana Conference match with Edgewood...

Solid defense throughout the season and an improving offensive output have Northview on a two-game winning streak, with a 2-2 record, heading into a home game against winless Owen Valley tonight. After scoring zero points in its first two games, the Knights have rallied with similar 28-7 and 27-6 winning results the past two weeks at Sullivan and at home vs. West Vigo...

Kambree Lucas and Katy Anderson both set school records, enabling Northview to rally from a 2-0 deficit to defeat host Greencastle 3-2 in a Western Indiana Conference volleyball match on Wednesday. Lucas bested her own school record of 35 kills with 40, while Anderson erased Taylor Hess’s previous assists mark of 48 with 49. All were needed, as it turned out...

Football coaches can always use an extra set of eyes, with some wisdom thrown in for good measure, with so much going on nowadays in game preparation, even at the high school level. When that need arose for Northview head coach Mark Raetz, he had just the man in mind, his dad, former Indiana State University head coach Dennis Raetz...

Northview turned in a solid performance, defeating visiting West Vigo 3-0 in a Western Indiana Conference volleyball match on Monday. The Knights, who recorded 11 aces as a team, swept its three games by scores of 25-22, 25-18, 25-20. One of those aces was by Katy Anderson to earn the winning point in the first game. Maizie Pell closed out the match with a tip kill...