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By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor PUTNAMVILLE – Brent Beauchamp, Josh Boller and Steve Peeden made their returns to victory lane at Lincoln Park Speedway on Saturday evening. However, for Josh Litton, he was able to pick up his first career victory at the Putnamville oval after claiming the bomber A-main event...

Times Staff Report TERRE HAUTE -- The Northview Knights have created a history of outstanding performances at the Wabash Valley Football Coaches Association All-Star game. Multiple Knights have had Most Valuable Player efforts in the game, including Ben Girton in the 2016 contest. On Saturday evening, Dylan Hyatt added his name to the list, scoring twice. The DePauw Univeristy-bound Hyatt was named MVP of the game...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The annual Wabash Valley Football Coaches Association All-Star football game has served as a capper for the high school sports season each year since its inception in 2004. The All-Star game has grown over the years to now include players from 34 different high schools in Indiana and Illinois. This year will be the 13th edition of the annual All-Star and takes place at Indiana State’s Memorial Stadium at 7:30 p.m...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Clay County American Legion Post 2 Junior team pounded out 15 hits, including three-hit night’s from Kendrick McKee and Cole Pierce to record a 14-0 win over visiting Jasonville Post 172 on Wednesday evening. Clay City youngster Bailey Hasler pitched a five-hit gem for Post 172, striking out four in tossing the complete game shutout...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Northview High School recently announced Michael Byrum as the sixth coach to lead the Knights’ boys’ basketball program. Byrum had been an assistant coach with former head coach Clint Weddle for the past three seasons...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Clay County’s American Legion squad bounced back from a pair of losses on Saturday afternoon to top Cicero in the opening game of doubleheader action on Sunday. Game two finished after deadline for The Brazil Times...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor PUTNAMVILLE – The early stages of summer have proven lucrative to several drivers at Lincoln Park Speedway. Cullen Goodman won his fourth consecutive UMP Super Stock feature race and Derek Groomer dominated the UMP Modified main event to extend his win streak to four as well. ...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor A pair of Clay County softball players have been recognized by the Indiana Coaches of Girls’ Sports Association (ICGSA) following their senior campaigns. Northview’s Stacy Payton received a First Team nod in the Class 3A/4A category while Clay City’s Harley Sinders is on the Third Team for Class 1A/2A...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor PUTNAMVILLE — Saturday was an evening of streaks at Lincoln Park Speedway as Derek Groomer captured his second straight UMP Modified win. Cullen Goodman added his third consecutive UMP Super Stock win at the Putnamville oval. ...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor JASPER -- The legacy of this group of Northview baseball players will last far longer than Saturday's battle on the road at Jasper in the Class 3A semi-state. Despite a 3-2 loss that left fans on both sides of the field breathless, on their feet, searching for a way to describe to those that were not there, the Knights can hold their heads high...

FRANK PHILLIPS Times Reporter When Northview takes the field at 1 p.m., Saturday, at Jasper, it’s safe to say there will be hundreds of fans gathered to cheer them on to the second semi-state victory in as many years. But back at home in Clay County, there will be thousands more glued to social media, awaiting word on if the local boys will be making another trip to Victory Field for the state title game...

By RICHIE MURRAY USAC Media PUTNAMVILLE — standing ovation is reserved for a performance that transcends the ordinary. What is considered the common or run-of-the-mill may be admirable, but when an individual witnesses one of those handful of instances when the stars align to create a lasting image that will be ingrained in memory, the event is elevated to a status above the norm...

Times Staff Report Michael Byrum will take the reigns as the new varsity head basketball coach at Northview High School for the upcoming year. The Clay Community Schools Board of Trustees announced on Friday morning that Byrum would take over the position after Clint Weddle resigned this spring. Byrum becomes the sixth boys’ basketball coach at Northview and has been on Weddle’s staff the past three seasons. Byrum has been a varsity assistant coach with the Knights...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Pitching and defense have been the foundation of the success that Northview baseball has had the past two seasons. The Class 3A fourth-ranked Knights currently boast a 21-game win streak this season. While a team’s bats take a day off on occasion or perhaps on the road, pitching and defense always travels well...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Northview baseball program has a strong history that has roots that go deep through its youth program down all the way to T-Ball. Gary Witham won 581 games as the Knights head coach against just 274 losses from 1978-84 at Brazil then from 1985 to 2008 at Northview. ...

Times Staff Report The Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference recently named a legion of athletes to its All-Conference teams for spring sports. The athletes will be recognized at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the SWIAC springs sports banquet at Linton High School...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor LINTON -- The battle for the Linton-Stockton Golf Sectional title went to the final holes on Monday afternoon before Terre Haute South was able to edge Northview by six strokes for the championship at Phil Harris Golf Course...

KOKOMO — Northview junior Elle Tipton’s tennis season came to a close at the Kokomo Regional Saturday morning. Tipton lost her opening match to Fort Wayne Canterbury’s Kyra Foster, 6-0, 6-1 to finish her season with a 16-5 overall record. Foster improves to 22-1 her sophomore season and is now 5-0 in the postseason...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor PUTNAMVILLE — Warm temperatures and sunny skies greeted fans at Lincoln Park Speedway on Saturday evening. A stout field of drivers was also on hand Saturday night as 94 cars unloaded in pursuit of victory lane at the Putnamville oval...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor INDIANAPOLIS -- The cornerstones to Northview baseball's success the past two seasons has been solid defense and superb pitching. Both facets were on display on Saturday afternoon as Knights' junior Braydon Tucker pitched a seven-hit shutout as Northview advanced to the Brebeuf Regional title game, 4-0 with a victory over the host Braves. The Knights moved on to face Tri-West, a 3-2 winner over Indian Creek in the morning regional opener...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Northview junior Elle Tipton’s tennis season continues this weekend as she competes at Kokomo in the IHSAA Tennis Individual State Tournament. Tipton will take on Kyra Foster of Fort Wayne Canterbury in the first match of the individual regional. Greencastle’s number one doubles team of Lydia Trout and Nicole Newgent will face Homestead’s Maddy Heiney and Payton Krahn also at Kokomo...

By TERRY SCHWINGHAMMER For The Brazil Times LINTON — They say all good things must end. And so it was the Linton-Stockton Miners reign of Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference golf supremacy spanning nearly two decades met its demise. The conquering heroes were the Clay City Eels. The Eels dethroned the Miners with a collective team effort of 337 ending Linton-Stockton’s era of SWIAC golf dominance...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Chatard Sectional The Braves drilled Herron in their sectional opener 24-0. Hensley had a grand slam and drove in five runs in the contest. Farren added a double, four RBI and scored three runs. Williams had a triple as part of a 3-for-3 game at the plate with two RBI and two runs scored. Sean Swenson added three hits with a double, four RBI and scored three times. Richman also had three hits and posted two RBI and scored four runs...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The 2017 edition of the Northview Knights’ baseball team has much the same goals of the 2016 squad. The defending Class 3A state champion Knights will have a familiar path the rest of the postseason beginning with Saturday’s regional...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Northview senior baseball class this season has a long history of winning games. In fact, last season’s Class 3A State Baseball championship was just the most recent crown that the athletes added to their trophy cases...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Northview’s Eden Siples has accomplished a lot in a short amount of time while competing at the high school level. The sophomore has been the Knights’ top female point scorer in track the past two seasons and will be making a return trip to the IHSAA Girls’ State Track and Field Meet on Saturday afternoon...

Times Staff Report A group of outstanding North Clay distance runners continued their quest to measure themselves against the best competition that the state has to offer in their age groups. The Knights traveled to Pendleton Heights High School on Friday evening to partiipate in the Middle School Miracle Mile...