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For the first time in two decades, Northview lined up against Terre Haute South on the football field Friday night. The matchup with the host Braves came on the heels of back-to-back less-than-stellar performances by the Knights which resulted in a nail-biting win at Sullivan after leading by two touchdowns in the fourth quarter and a 10-point loss to Owen Valley at home...

When Northview graduate Joey Price signed his letter of intent to become a member of the Indiana Tech bowling program last spring, he knew when he arrived on campus in the fall he would have to earn his way onto the varsity team by going through a grueling try-out process...

Northview came away from a hard-fought game with a 2-1 win over Western Indiana Conference rival West Vigo thanks to their dominant attack on Thursday night at Northview. Christian Price set the tone early by peppering the West Vigo goal with quality shots but the Vikings were able to keep the Knights at bay early. All that changed when Price rocketed a ball from 30 yards out that crashed into the back of the net to put the Knights up 1-0 with 24 minutes left in the half...

An action-packed end to the first half was the difference in the Lady Knights’ 4-1 loss to the West Vigo Vikings on Thursday evening in high school girls soccer action at Northview. A goal scored by West Vigo senior Corynn DeGroote with seven minutes to go in the first half had the Vikings up 1-0 despite both teams having several good looks on goal. Northview was able to equalize after sophomore Maddi Coragin found her teammate Emma Whitman wide open in the box. Whitman drove the shot into the net with 3:31 left in the half...

The Northview Knights and South Putnam Eagles squared off Thursday night in an all-important Western Indiana Conference volleyball match. The two teams came into the game with just one loss in the conference and the winner would be able to contend for a title. ...

The Western Indiana Conference cross country championship meet hosted by Edgewood was originally scheduled to take place Tuesday night. But due to heavy rain that passed through the Wabash Valley at the start of the week, it was moved to Thursday night...

For most of the 2021 fall high school sports season, non-COVID postponements and cancellations have been few and far between. Mother Nature had cooperated week after week. That was until Tuesday and Wednesday when strong rain showers blew through the Wabash Valley, forcing all outdoor sporting events to be washed away...

Larry Fossi birdied hole No. 1 in a playoff. Fossi, along with his partner Rich Schelsky, won the 2021 Forest Park 2-man best ball tournament held in Brazil last weekend. The highlight of the weekend was not one, but two double eagles made by Mike Fisher and Sam Peoples, who both made their double eagle on the Par 5 18th hole. Both shots were sunk 30 minutes within each other...

Week five of the 2021 CYFL Pee Wee season is in the books! In game one, the Riddell National Bank Lions defeated the Dairy Queen Ducks 35-6. The Lions took control early and never looked back, breaking their three-game losing streak. The Lions were led by Brandon Wheeler with two touchdowns. ...

As it always does, Monday’s annual Pink Night high school volleyball game between Clay City and Northview drew a large crowd that took in an evening that featured a high-quality county matchup while also raising awareness to help fight the disease that is breast cancer...

Northview's Brandon Brewer and Varzidy Batchelor were recently honored for earning Triple Crown and Double Crown awards, respectively. Brewer was named the 2021 Folkstyle, Freestyle, and Greco Schoolboy state champion, while Batchelor was named the Folkstyle and Freestyle women's Cadet state champion...

During his time at Northview, Trey Shaw was under center as the team’s starting quarterback. And while he showed his athleticism making plays with his legs on the gridiron, shortly after he arrived to DePauw, the coaching staff transitioned the former Knight standout to a new position – wide receiver...

Clay City’s boys and girls cross country teams took part in the South Knox Invitational over the weekend and both came away with ninth-place finishes. The Lady Eels were led by Macy Tucker. The junior finished fourth overall with a time of 21:26. Carlee Unger joined her in the top 20 with her 20th place finish in 23:19...

There was little doubt which team had the biggest target placed on their backs at Friday afternoon’s girls golf Northview Sectional hosted by Forest Park. It was the host team. The Lady Knights, who had finished off their first unbeaten regular season in over a decade earlier in the week, entered postseason play on quite the roll...

There couldn’t have been anymore hype for a high school football matchup around the Wabash Valley than there was for Class 3A No. 9 Owen Valley visiting Class 4A No. 10 Northview Friday night. Not only was it a game that featured a pair of top-10 ranked teams, it also happened to be the two teams tied at the top of the Western Indiana Conference’s Gold Division...

Having played the most unorthodox season last fall, Northview’s football team had an idea of the unusualness COVID could play on the schedule. But last Wednesday, the Knights were greeted with news they were lucky enough to stay away from in 2020. Around 2 p.m., West Vigo discovered one of its football players had tested positive for COVID. ...

On Thursday night the North Putnam Cougars volleyball used a balanced offensive attack and earned a straight set victory over the visiting Northview Knights, who were previously unbeaten in Western Indiana Conference play. With a good crowd on hand, there was excitement in the air. ...

As Northview’s girls golf team arrived in the Forest Park Golf Course parking lot Wednesday afternoon to begin preparing for their county match against Clay City, the Lady Knights knew they had a chance to accomplish something for the first time since coach Josh Trout took over in 2003-04...

Having etched itself into the lead of the WIC volleyball race over the past week, Northview looked to keep its unbeaten conference record intact with the first of two trips to Putnam County this week, starting with Greencastle Wednesday. Though each set was contested the distance, the Knights were able to make it a clean sweep of the Tiger Cubs, winning 25-22, 26-24, 25-22...

Braxton Sampson has always had a place in his heart for helping others. As much as he’s helped Northview’s football and basketball teams during the course of his four years on gridiron and hardwood, the biggest impact Sampson’s made has come from his work around the Clay County community...

Week four of the 2021 CYFL Pee Wee League is in the books. In game one, the Ace Hardware Bulldogs remained undefeated by defeating the Dairy Queen Ducks 33-13. The Ducks came out fighting and kept it close in the first half, keeping the game tied 13-13 at halftime. The Bulldogs took control in the second half to secure the win...

As Northview and Parke Heritage took to the tennis court Monday evening, it set up a matchup between a pair of eight-win teams looking to better themselves late in the regular season. The Knights were likely the underdog on paper, but they had a bite to them that gave the Wolves a run for their money...

Clay City volleyball Clay City looked to get back into the win column against Riverton Parke, but were unable to do so, losing 3-0 to the Panthers. The Lady Eels, however, gained momentum throughout the evening as they fell 25-18, 25-16, 25-22. Clay City girls golf...

On Sunday afternoon, Northview multi-sport athlete Landon Carr took to his personal Twitter page (@landoncarr8) to break news regarding where he would be furthering his academic and athletic career at the collegiate level in the not-too-distant future...

Coming off a heart-breaking loss to Monrovia that saw the visiting Bulldogs score a trio of goals in the final minutes to snatch a win from the hands of Northview’s girls soccer team, coach Don Bryan said there was no motivational speech given afterwards...

As we did in the spring and summer, we’ll mosey around the country to check in on former Clay City and Northview student-athletes are doing at the collegiate level this fall. Culver’s Edgewood College Fall Classic Taking part in the Edgewood College Fall Classic tournament held in Janesville, Wisconsin over the weekend, former Clay County standouts Brevin Cooper (Northview), Justin Hopkins (Clay City) and Chase Nuckols (Northview) made their Saint Mary-of-the-Woods men’s golf debuts...

Hosting an unbeaten conference rival in Sullivan on Thursday, there was an energy level Northview head volleyball coach Scott McDonald wanted his group to come out of the chute with. Unfortunately, the Lady Knights put together an unsatisfactory effort in that department, McDonald said, which ultimately cost them the first set...

Clay City volleyball After suffering a non-conference loss to Owen Valley the week before, the Lady Eels returned home for a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference matchup with North Central. Clay City swept the Thunderbirds 3-0, winning 25-20, 25-22, 25-22, to improve its record to 4-6 on the season...

On Wednesday afternoon, Northview's athletic department announced on Twitter that Friday's home high school football game against visiting West Vigo had been cancelled with the following statement: “We are currently looking for an opponent to play on Friday… We will update as soon as possible…”...

Northview’s boys soccer team opened the season with three consecutive losses that saw the Knights get outscored 19-0. Despite that, head coach Mike Rains was confident in the group that he had and knew all they needed to do was take the momentum they built in a loss to Greencastle into last weekend’s Western Indiana Conference matchup with Brown County...

Having competed against Edgewood’s Emma Bitner in two previous races this fall, Clay City’s Macy Tucker knew she would have to beat the Mustang senior to claim her first-ever Clay City cross country Invitational crown Tuesday night. Clay City girls cross country coach Melanie Laswell informed Tucker it would likely come down to Bitner and herself for the top spot and that if she wanted to take the invitational’s championship title, she would need to stick with her for most – if not all – of the race.. ...

North Clay volleyball North Clay’s middle school volleyball team brought home a championship Saturday after going a perfect 5-0 at the Wabash Valley Volleyball Championship tournament hosted by Terre Haute South. Northview boys and girls soccer Coming off a season-opening doubleheader split against Greencastle, Northview’s boys and girls soccer teams hit the road Saturday for another WIC twin bill at Brown County...

ade his first hole in one on the Par 3, hole No. 2 at Forest Park Golf Course in Brazil on Wednesday, Sept. 1. His shot was witnessed by Shane Litz and Anden Litz. If you, or anyone you know, accomplishes a feat such as sinking a hole in one, email Sports Editor Adler Ingalsbe at: adleri.thebraziltimes@gmail.com...

North Clay’s Aubrey Miller continued her strong cross country season Saturday morning at the Terre Haute Savings Bank Middle School State Preview race. Miller ran away from the competition in the final 400 meters of the race to capture the individual championship with a time of 11:59. North Clay’s girls cross country team finished in second-place...

Although the clouds hovering over Terre Haute’s LaVern Gibson Championship Course Saturday morning were dark and filled with rain ready to be unleashed at any moment, Clay City’s runners made sure the gloomy day was filled with sunshine. Competing in the Class 1A – Class 3A race, the Eels had plenty to smile about when the day was all said and done...

On Friday, as Northview and Sullivan took the field for a Western Indiana Conference showdown between two of the favorites for the Gold Division title, it was clear the Knights had significantly more players suited up for the matchup than the Golden Arrows did...

Hosting Northview Thursday night the Linton volleyball team overcame a loss in set one to win 23-25, 25-17, 25-10, 25-17. The Miners advance to 9-2 with a seven-game winning streak. Northview led early, taking a 19-9 lead in the first set. “We got off to a slow start and I am not sure why,” Linton Coach Scott Vanderkolk said...

Having dropped its first three games of the high school girls soccer season, Northview found itself in an unfamiliar place as the calendar flipped to September. Needing to get some confidence at their backs, head coach Don Bryan wanted to see his group play ahead with an aggressive mentality...

In the most recent Indiana Runner cross country rankings, Northview’s girls team finds itself as the No. 14 team in the state while the Northview’s boys team finds itself as the No. 21 team in the state. A lot of that has to do with the talent the Knights have throughout each of their programs and the coaching staffs leading them at the high school level...

As Clay City’s bus arrived in the parking lot of Rea Park Golf Course on the south end of Terre Haute Tuesday night, the Lady Eels’ girls golf team had some nerves come over them. Taking on a much larger school in Terre Haute South, there was a sense of unbeatability about the Braves...

LINTON – Averaging seven aces a set, Linton took out SWIAC foe Clay City Tuesday 25-8, 25-7, 25-16. Linton is now on a six-game winning streak as the Miners have fully recovered from defeats to Terre Haute South and Loogootee last week. One of those wins included former sectional nemesis Barr-Reeve...

Coming off Thursday’s come-from-behind victory over Edgewood that used up every ounce of energy the Lady Knights could muster, Northview head volleyball coach Scott McDonald decided to give his group a three-day break. Northview returned to the court Monday at home against a winless Cloverdale team...

After a week off due to COVID-19 protocol The 2021 CYFL Pee Wee season was back in full force Saturday. The Kreyton Strong Panthers and the Ace Hardware Bulldogs flexed their muscles and dominated their opponents. In the first game of the day, the Bulldogs defeated the Riddell National Bank Lions 32-6...

Clay City visited North Daviess for a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference matchup that nearly went the distance. The Lady Eels dropped the match 3-1. However, the final outcome did not tell the entire story for them as each of the third and fourth sets could’ve gone either way. It just so happened North Daviess won the by same scores of 25-23...

On the first hole of Saturday’s Western Indiana Conference girls golf championship hosted by Forest Park, Northview’s Karsyn Kikta was unable to get on the green as quickly as she had hoped. However, she recovered nicely by saving par. She went on to par the second and third holes before knocking in a birdie on the fourth. At that moment, she knew it could be a good day for her...

In the program’s previous five matchups, Northview has had Greencastle’s number on the high school football field – winning four of those games. The Knights’ four-game winning streak against the Tiger Cubs was extended to five in emphatic fashion Friday night...