High School Sports

Improved Knights battle winning Patriots to the end (02/07/12)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor TERRE HAUTE -- A much-improved Northview girls' basketball team might not have earned the sectional victory that it was seeking against Terre Haute North on Tuesday, but the team's growth was plenty evident despite a 38-29 loss to the Patriots...

Knights hold off late Quaker charge (02/05/12)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Slightly more than two weeks remain in the boys' basketball regular season and the Northview Knights may have found the key to future success on Saturday night. The Knights typically are successful when they are hitting at a high rate from beyond the 3-point arc, but struggle when their marksmanship does the same...

Knights continue marching to Evansville Semi-state (02/05/12)
BY STEVE FIELDS For the Brazil Times BLOOMINGTON -- Stand in front of a mirror. Every move you make reflects right back at you. Through nearly 10 minutes of wrestling Saturday afternoon, Northview's Caleb Nicosin and Bloomington South's Griffin Schermer were a reflection of each other...

Saturday's high school basketball scores (02/04/12)
The Associated Press BOYS' BASKETBALL Andrean 75, Penn 45 Bellmont 64, E. Noble 53 Bluffton 52, Heritage 49 Borden 79, Rock Creek Academy 71 Brownsburg 76, Crawfordsville 49 Brownstown 75, Paoli 48 Cambridge City 81, Shenandoah 51 Carmel 39, Zionsville 36...

Friday night basketball scores (02/03/12)
BOYS' BASKETBALL Adams Central 55, Ft. Wayne Blackhawk 51 Avon 71, Lafayette Jeff 60 Baptist Academy 79, Liberty Christian 71 Barr-Reeve 65, Springs Valley 43 Batesville 66, S. Dearborn 49 Bedford N. Lawrence 52, Floyd Central 44 Benton Central 51, N. Montgomery 42...

Knights ready for regional battles (02/03/12)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Saturday's Bloomington South Regional for wrestlers that qualified through the Northview and Jennings County Sectionals is all about retribution for several Knights and ultimately about reaching next week's Evansville Semi-state...

Sweet SWIAC victory for Eels (02/03/12)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor CLAY CITY -- As far as local hardwood rivalries go, there aren't many better than when Clay City and Shakamak match up on the basketball court. On Friday night, the Eels used a second half surge to hand the Class A No. 11 Lakers their first Southwestern Indiana Conference loss in seven games, 52-41...

Knights pick up a victory (02/02/12)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The thrill of victory has been absent much too long in the Northview girl's basketball locker room, but on Thursday night it returned 10-fold as the Knights earned their first win of the season, 49-47 over Bloomfield...

First quarter salvo leads Eels to win over Eagles (01/31/12)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor GREENCASTLE -- The Clay City Eels were nearly perfect in the first and fourth quarters and that was enough to hold off a talented and athletic South Putnam Eagles team on Tuesday night for a 62-48 girls' basketball victory...

Eels bounce back to tame Wolverines (01/29/12)
BY STEVE FIELDS For the Brazil Times CLAY CITY -- The Clay City Eels took care of the basketball and hit free throws in the fourth quarter Saturday night to win their homecoming game 40-33 over the visiting White River Valley Wolverines. With homecoming queen Brielle Drelick watching from the stage, the Eels hit 12-of-19 free throws in the fourth quarter, including 6-11 in the final 1:11 of the game, to improve their record to 10-6 overall and 3-2 in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference.. ...

Knights place third in wrestling sectional; seven move on to regional (01/29/12)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Northview wrestling team has come a long way this season, starting the year with one of the youngest teams in the area. On Saturday, the Knights continued their postseason run by advancing seven wrestlers to this weekend's Bloomington South Regional. The Knights also claimed a pair of championships as Aaron See (220 lbs.) and Justin Sampson (285 lbs.) wrapped up the day on top of the podium for Northview...

Arrows pick up WIC wins over Knights (01/27/12)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor SULLIVAN -- The Class 2A ninth-ranked Sullivan Golden Arrows remained in the Western Indiana Conference drivers' seat in both the boys and girls' races with victories over the Northview Knights on Friday evening. The boys captured a 74-51 victory to improve to 3-0 in the WIC and 15-2 overall and the Lady Arrows won a 43-26 decision to boost their WIC mark to 5-0...

Clay City lets one get away vs. Cougars (01/27/12)
BY STEVE FIELDS For the Brazil Times CLAY CITY -- The Clay City Eels may look back on their loss to the Class A No. 8-ranked North Daviess Cougars as the big one that got away. The unranked Eels played like they should be while losing a 38-37 nail biter to the Cougars with 2.6 seconds left on the game...

Clay City girls capture SWIAC crown on Senior Night (01/26/12)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor CLAY CITY -- The varsity roster has had a pretty familiar look the last four years as a special senior class has played a lot of hoops in the Eel Dome. On Thursday night a group that includes: Carmela Roeschlein, Brielle Drelick, Abby Reed, Allie Miller and Michaela Riggs was honored on Senior Night for their final regular season game on their home court. ...

Knights outlast Greenwood in rare Wednesday contest (01/25/12)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Northview Knights played a rare "hump day" game Wednesday night and used it to snap a three-game losing funk by defeating visiting Greenwood by a 48-46 score. The Knights twice built their second half lead to six points, once in each of the final two periods, but the Woodmen seemed to come up with a clutch 3-point each time to stay close in the game that came down to the final possession...

Clay City girls claim third straight in county rivalry (01/24/12)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor An experienced Clay City girls' basketball team got 20 points from senior Brielle Drelick and was able to pull away for a 46-25 victory over the Northview Knights for the Eels' third straight victory in the rivalry. Four years ago it was a young Clay City squad that started three freshmen against a battle tested Northview squad and came away with a 71-54 loss. ...

Northview crowns five WIC championships (01/22/12)
By CAREY FOX, Times Sports Editor CLINTON -- The Northview Knights won the individual battle during Saturday's Western Indiana Conference wrestling tournament, crowning five champions. However, it was Sullivan that won the team war by a scant four points to score the school's first title since 1981 at South Vermillion High School...

Weather cancels NHS game (01/20/12)
Mother Nature didn't allow the Northview boys' basketball team the homecoming they had hoped, as the game was canceled at halftime with the Knights leading South Vermillion, 35-25. The Knights defense came to play in the first quarter forcing five turnovers, three of which were dead ball traveling calls against the Wildcats...

Northview girls fall to Wildcats (01/20/12)
While the Northview coaching staff thought it was two free throws, the officials saw it otherwise. On Friday, the Northview girls' basketball squad trailed West Central Conference foe South Vermillion by one point, 45-44, with less than 10 seconds left as junior Cassie Weddle drove the lane for a shot...

Eels edged by Sullivan in battle of ranked teams (01/19/12)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor CLAY CITY -- The Clay City Eels took away some valuable lessons from Thursday's battle against Class 2A No. 8 ranked Sullivan. However, the Arrows narrowly took home the victory by a 43-38 score. The Eels were forced to the perimeter against the Arrows as 6'2 Indiana State commit, Rhagen Smith patrolled the paint, but Clay City nearly made that work to its advantage by hitting 10 3-pointers in the game. ...

Warriors rally past Northview girls (01/19/12)
Times Staff Report DANVILLE -- The Northview girls' basketball team ran out of steam in the fourth quarter as Danville claimed a 45-35 victory on Wednesday night. The Warriors pulled away from a 31-all tie after three quarters to outscore Northview 14-4 in the final period of the contest...

Short-handed Cougars win mid-week tilt over Knights (01/18/12)
Times Staff Report BLOOMINGTON -- The Bloomington North Cougars might have been missing two of its leading scorers when they met the Northview Knights on Tuesday, but it was some of its less heralded players that stepped up as North claimed a 60-41 home victory...

North Clay seventh-grade claims WIC championship (01/17/12)
Times Staff Report SPENCER -- The North Clay seventh-grade boys' basketball team wrapped up its season with a championship on Saturday afternoon, claiming the Western Indiana Athletic Conference title at Owen Valley High School. The Knights opened the afternoon by claiming a lopsided 66-23 victory over South Vermillion as Luke Lancaster poured in 10 points to lead North Clay to the win...

Clay City remains unbeaten in SWIAC play (01/17/12)
Times Staff Report ELNORA -- The Clay City Eels moved to within one game of clinching an unbeaten Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference mark this season with a 57-23 victory on the road at North Daviess on Monday evening. The defending SWIAC champion Eels shut out the Cougars in the second quarter and held North Daviess to just three points in the first 16 minutes of the game. ...

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