Brazil, Indiana · Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Shakamak knocks off Clay City (02/08/10)
CLAY CITY -- Shakamak's Billy Newton led all scorers with 31 points to lead the Lakers past Clay City, 76-50, Saturday. With the loss, Clay City dropped to 3-13 overall, including 2-1 in the Tri-River Conference and 2-4 in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference...
Super Bowl Statistics (02/08/10)
At Miami First Quarter Ind--FG Stover 38, 7:29. Ind--Garcon 19 pass from Manning (Stover kick), :36. Second Quarter NO--FG Hartley 46, 9:34. NO--FG Hartley 44, :00. Third Quarter NO--P.Thomas 16 pass from Brees (Hartley kick), 11:41...
Too bad Payton can't be MVP of Super Bowl (02/08/10)
MIAMI (AP) -- Sean Payton strolled through the New Orleans Saints locker room at halftime, pausing at Thomas Morstead's locker with a simple message. "We're doing it," the coach said. Morstead, the Saints' punter and kickoff specialist, knew exactly what Payton meant. New Orleans was planning an onside kick the rookie had been working on less than two weeks, a bounder he tries to "bend like Beckham."...
Manning throws away bid for one final comeback (02/08/10)
MIAMI (AP) -- Blocked onto his butt, Peyton Manning could only watch his last, best chance to win the Super Bowl go running right past him. Big games often come down to a turnover, and this one did. But who would've guessed the NFL's most heralded quarterback would make it?...
La. native Porter seals Saints SB win (02/08/10)
MIAMI -- Peyton Manning? Intercepted. Brett Favre, too. Louisiana native Tracy Porter finished the season by making two of the biggest interceptions in the history of the team he grew up rooting for: the New Orleans Saints. Now they're the Super Bowl champion Saints, thanks in no small part to the second-year pro who grew up in Port Allen, just across the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge...
Colts' supporting cast falls short in Super Bowl (02/08/10)
MIAMI (AP) -- The can't-miss Colts got it all wrong in the Super Bowl. They dropped passes. They missed tackles. They couldn't recover an onside kick. Even the impeccable Peyton Manning made a costly mistake. Indianapolis was full of flaws and it showed...
Pingleton moving on to semistate (02/07/10)
Times Staff Report BLOOMINGTON -- Saturday's Bloomington South Wrestling Regional will go down as a mostly forgettable day for Northview competitors. Or at least one that they would rather put behind them. After sending nine wrestlers to the regional round, only one will be moving on to the semi-state...
Wayne leaves practice early with injury (02/05/10)
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Reggie Wayne gave the Indianapolis Colts quite a scare Friday when he pulled up short on a pass route. He's still expected to play in Sunday's Super Bowl. The four-time Pro Bowl receiver left practice 20 minutes early after aggravating an injured right knee...
Cardinals clip Knights in regular season finale (02/04/10)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Bloomfield Cardinals played the role of spoiler on Northview's senior night on Thursday evening, overcoming a third quarter deficit to pull away to a 55-43 victory over the Knights. Before the varsity game, Carlee Bell, Emily Phillips, Kelsey Searing and Elina Sebbesse were honored on senior night. Though Phillips suffered a season ending knee injury several weeks ago, she got the start and briefly stayed on the court before being subbed out for a teammate...
North Clay eighth-grade girls stung by visiting Bees (02/04/10)
BY CLAY CUNNINGHAM Times Staff Reporter The North Clay eighth-grade girls dropped their second game in a row Thursday, falling at home to Honey Ēreek by the score of 51-26. The Bees took complete control of the game early, jumping out to a 21-3 lead at the end of the first period. The Knights did show signs of life in the second period, even closing the half on a 6-0 run. However, the deficit proved too much to overcome...
Battling his way to a better life (02/03/10)
BY CLAY CUNNINGHAM Times Staff Reporter After fighting various personal demons, an area resident is quite literally fighting in a continued effort to turn his life around. Terre Haute resident, Joseph Greene, has spent the last four months working up the ranks of Elite Cage Fighting (ECF), which sponsors many sanctioned fights a year at various locations across the state. Greene and his Elite peers will be taking their cavalcade of mayhem to Bloomington this Saturday, with an event at Amvets...
Junior high Knights earn split (02/02/10)
BY CLAY CUNNINGHAM Times Staff Reporter The North Clay middle school girls basketball teams took to the court Tuesday, drawing mixed results in a 7th-8th grade double header against Cascade. The seventh-grade team improved to 7-0, winning a 20-9 slugfest. The Knights were led to victory by a suffocating defense, which allowed only three points in the final three quarters, and were a fluke jumper at the end of the third quarter away from a second half shut out...
Eels fall in regular-season finale to South Putnam (02/02/10)
By CAINE GARDNER For the Brazil Times GREENCASTLE -- Clay City's regular season came to an end Tuesday with their 51-38 loss at South Putnam. Brielle Drelick and Carmela Roeschlein led the way with 13 and 10 points, respectively. Clay City game out of the gate struggling from the field and it didn't improve much in the second quarter. The Eels allowed the Eagles to jump out to a 9-1 lead before closing the game to 12-8 after one...
Clay City junior high basketball teams win (02/02/10)
Times Staff Report The Clay City seventh-grade boys' basketball team wrapped up its season with a convincing victory over Union on Monday night, 53-13. The Eels were strong on both ends of the floor to open the game with a 15-0 advantage after the first quarter and held a 26-3 lead at halftime...
Girls high school basketball sectional draws made (02/02/10)
Times Staff Report The draw for the IHSAA girls' basketball sectionals were made on Monday with teams around the state finding out the path they will need to take through the first state of the postseason. The Northview Knights were lucky enough to receive the bye in the Class 4A Terre Haute South Sectional that begins on Tuesday, Feb. ...
Indiana women upsets No. 4 Ohio State (01/31/10)
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- Indiana shutdown Jantel Lavender and upset No. 4 Ohio State. Jori Davis scored 19 points and Danilsa Andujar added the go-ahead basket with 3:45 left to help the Hoosiers beat the Buckeyes 67-62 on Sunday. Andujar also pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds and helped hold Lavender to just three second-half points...
Indiana State rallies to beat Evansville (01/31/10)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- Harry Marshall scored 21 points to lead Indiana State to a 63-56 comeback victory over Evansville on Sunday. Carl Richard added 12 points for the Sycamores (13-9, 5-6 Missouri Valley) and Josh Crawford blocked seven Evansville shots...
Hummel leads No. 10 Purdue past Penn State (01/31/10)
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer WEST LAFAYETTE -- Robbie Hummel needed just three minutes to squash Penn State's upset hopes. Hummel scored nine of his 23 points during a 13-0 run right after the halftime break to help No. 10 Purdue beat Penn State 66-46 Sunday for its fourth straight win...
Knights advance nine to regional (01/31/10)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Just one year removed from a disappointing sixth-place team finish at the wrestling sectional, the Northview Knights bounced back in a big way. The Northview wrestling room will be plenty busy over the next week after the Knights moved nine wrestlers onto the Bloomington South Regional next weekend and captured second-place as a team behind repeat champions, Bloomington South...
Clay City rally falls short vs. Wolverines (01/31/10)
By STEVE FIELDS For The Brazil Times CLAY CITY -- With about four minutes left in the high school boys' basketball game Saturday night at Clay City , White River Valley 's Wolverines led by 18 points and began pulling the starters. With 90 seconds left, WRV was sending those starters back into the game to preserve a 66-59 win...
Tough WIC road trip for Northview girls and boys (01/29/10)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor SULLIVAN -- Hitting the road for a conference basketball on Friday night is never an easy task and the Northview Knights squared off with a pair of tough Sullivan squads in a boy/girl doubleheader. Both Knights' teams dug themselves sizable first quarter deficits, but only the boys were able to mount a serious rally against the Arrows. ...
Cougars pull away against Eels (01/29/10)
BY CLAY CUNNINGHAM Times Staff Reporter CLAY CITY -- A frustrating season reached a new peak for the Clay City boys basketball team Friday, as a 70-52 defeat at the hands of North Daviess sent the Eels to their 10th consecutive loss. Clay City (3-11) was competitive for much of the first half, even taking a two-point lead on two separate occasions in the second quarter. ...
North Clay 7th-grade girls ground Bees (01/28/10)
Times Staff Report The North Clay seventh-grade girls' teams split a pair of home contests with Honey Creek on Thursday night. The 'A' team remained unbeaten this season with a 25-18 victory over the Bees as Mikayla Rowan tallied 11 points and 13 rebounds. Emily Conrad added five points for the Knights with Shelby Timberman contributing four and both McKenzi Kumpf and Deaven McCrocklin each scoring two. Whitney Halfhill scored one point...
Knights gearing up for sectional battle (01/28/10)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Sectional competition begins on Saturday for area wrestlers seeking a trip to the state finals this year. The Northview Knights are again the host for the battle that will feature competitors from nine schools including all three Vigo County Schools, Sullivan, Edgewood, West Vigo, Sullivan, Owen Valley and Northview from the Western Indiana Conference as well as powerful Bloomington South and Bloomington North...
Eels dig deep for SWIAC win on Senior Night (01/28/10)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor CLAY CITY -- In Thursday night's Southewestern Indiana Conference battle at Clay City High School, the game couldn't have gotten off to any worse of a start for the Eels. The visiting Eastern Thunderbirds looked like they were going to spoil senior night by hitting their first five shots from the field along with two free throws. Eastern grabbed a quick 10-2 lead, but it's all about how you finish...
NBA Standings
WLPctGB
Cleveland4111.788-
Chicago2425.49015 1/2
Milwaukee2326.46916 1/2
Indiana1833.35322 1/2
Detroit1732.34722 1/2
WLPctGB
Boston3217.653-
Toronto2823.5495
New York1931.38013 1/2
Philadelphia1931.38013 1/2
New Jersey446.08028 1/2
WLPctGB
Orlando3517.673-
Atlanta3217.6531 1/2
Charlotte2425.4909 1/2
Miami2427.47110 1/2
Washington1732.34716 1/2
WLPctGB
Dallas3219.627-
San Antonio2921.5802 1/2
Houston2723.5404 1/2
Memphis2624.5205 1/2
New Orleans2725.5195 1/2
WLPctGB
Denver3417.667-
Utah3118.6332
Oklahoma City2921.5804 1/2
Portland3023.5665
Minnesota1338.25521
WLPctGB
L.A. Lakers4013.755-
Phoenix3121.5968 1/2
L.A. Clippers2129.42017 1/2
Sacramento1634.32022 1/2
Golden State1337.26025 1/2

Sunday's Games
Toronto 115, Sacramento 104
Orlando 96, Boston 89

Monday's Games
Orlando 123, New Orleans 117
Dallas 127, Golden State 117
L.A. Lakers 101, San Antonio 89

Tuesday's Games
Chicago at Indiana, 6:00 p.m.
New Jersey at Cleveland, 6:00 p.m.
Minnesota at Philadelphia, 6:00 p.m.
Washington at Charlotte, 6:00 p.m.
Houston at Miami, 6:30 p.m.
Sacramento at New York, 6:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Memphis, 7:00 p.m.
Detroit at Milwaukee, 7:00 p.m.
Dallas at Denver, 8:00 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Portland, 9:00 p.m.
Utah at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

Wednesday's Games
Miami at Atlanta, 6:00 p.m.
Philadelphia at Toronto, 6:00 p.m.
Milwaukee at New Jersey, 6:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.
Orlando at Chicago, 7:00 p.m.
Boston at New Orleans, 7:00 p.m.
Charlotte at Minnesota, 7:00 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Utah, 8:00 p.m.
Portland at Phoenix, 8:00 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.