High School Sports

Fourth-ranked Pioneers defeat Knights (11/19/09)
Times Staff Report MOORESVILLE -- The Northview girls' basketball team had a tall task on Thursday night, hitting the road to take on the Mooresville Pioneers. Mooresville, ranked fourth in the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Poll, scored a 66-25 win over the Knights...

North Clay splits with visiting Vikings (11/19/09)
Times Staff Report The North Clay seventh and-eighth-grade basketball teams split a pair of games on Wednesday evening against West Vigo. The eighth-grade Knights scored a dominant, 44-16 victory and pulled away with a 17-0 advantage in the fourth quarter...

Indiana high school girls' basketball scores (11/18/09)
Tuesday's Scores By The Associated Press GIRLS' BASKETBALL Adams Central 48, Prairie Hts. 28 Angola 69, W. Noble 44 Austin 83, New Washington 59 Beech Grove 58, Morristown 31 Bellmont 55, Ft. Wayne Dwenger 53 Blackford 38, Southern Wells 33...

Clay City holds off late charge for conference wins over Lakers (11/17/09)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor JASONVILLE -- The Clay City Eels came away with a double conference win on the road at Shakamak on Tuesday night despite nearly letting a 12-point fourth quarter lead slip away in a 43-39 victory that moves the Eels to 2-0 in the Tri-River Conference and 1-0 in the SWIAC...

Knights open home slate with win over Panthers (11/17/09)
BY CLAY CUNNINGHAM Times Staff Reporter The Northview Lady Knights used a stout defensive effort to earn an impressive 37-21 win over Riverton Parke Tuesday night. After Riverton Park took 10-9 lead midway through the second quarter, Kelsey Searing scored five consecutive points to kick-start a 9-0 Northview run. The Knights took a 20-15 lead into the locker room, ending a sloppy first half in which the teams combined for more turnovers (37) than points (35)...

Clay City opens home slate with 30-point win over Eminence (11/13/09)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor CLAY CITY -- Coming off a tough loss on the road to Class 4A Bloomington North on Monday night, the Clay City Eels found a little home cooking to their liking as the girls' basketball team evened its record at 1-1 with a 56-26 trouncing of visiting Eminence Friday night...

Knights battle past Wildcats in tourney play (11/13/09)
BY CLAY CUNNINGHAM Times Staff Reporter TERRE HAUTE -- The Northview girls basketball team broke into the win column for the first time in the 2009-10 season Friday, winning a 42-38 slugfest against South Vermilion in a consolation bracket game of the HI-99 Terre Haute Savings Bank Classic Tournament at West Vigo...

Visiting Patriots too much for North Clay squads (11/12/09)
BY CLAY CUNNINGHAM Times Staff Reporter Northview middle school basketball saw their momentum come to an end as both seventh- and-eighth-grade squads had two-game winning streaks halted by a very good Owen Valley squad Thursday night. The seventh-grade fell behind early and wasn't able to recover. They were limited to three points in the second quarter by an aggressive Patriots defense, which paved the way for Owen Valley's 45-31 win...

Rally falls short for Knights in opener (11/11/09)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Northview girls' basketball team led the first and last quarters in the season basketball opener, but lost the turnover battle and eventually the game during the middle two periods of a 50-36 loss to Terre Haute North...

Clay City falls in basketball opener (11/11/09)
Times Staff Report BLOOMINGTON -- Opening the season against Class 4A giant, Bloomington North, on Monday night, the Clay City Eels struggled against the size and pressure that the Cougars presented and fell 67-22. Bloomington North also had a wealth of depth, which made the second half even more of a mismatch with the Eels. ...

North Clay basketball teams earn three wins (11/05/09)
BY CLAY CUNNINGHAM Times Staff Reporter North Clay's seventh- and-eighth grade basketball teams each earned its first victory of the season in hotly contested match-ups against Sarah Scott Middle School Thursday evening. The seventh-grade squad squeaked out a 46-45 thriller. The Knights looked to be on their way to an easy win, scoring the games' first nine points. A scrappy Scotties defense helped them get back into things quickly, cutting the Knight lead to 21-19 at the half...

Exhibition against Miners opens Northview's season (11/04/09)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Northview girls' basketball season got its first chance to face unfamiliar competition this season with an exhibition against Linton on Wednesday night. The situational scrimmage was broken into four quarters, each one with a 15-minute running clock, no free throws were shot in the game and each squad was prohibited from using a pressing defense. After each quarter the score was reset back to zero as well...

Knights fall to Highlanders in regional opener (11/01/09)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor SEYMOUR -- The Northview Knights ran out of magic on Saturday at the Seymour volleyball regional against a Floyd Central squad that looked every bit the part of the third-ranked team in the state. The Knights hung tough with the big and powerful Highlanders squad during the first game, but couldn't produce the perfect effort to defeat Floyd Central, falling 25-17, 25-11, 25-14. ...

Indiana High School football sectional scores (10/30/09)
Friday's Scores By The Associated Press PREP FOOTBALL Sectional Semifinal CLASS 5A Sectional 1 Portage 14, Chesterton 0 Merrillville 20, Lake Central 13 Sectional 2 Mishawaka 32, Elkhart Memorial 26 Penn 14, S. Bend Adams 7...

Knights preparing for regional competition (10/29/09)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Northview volleyball team has enjoyed the spoils of the program's first volleyball sectional championship in 14 years this week as it prepares for regional play on Saturday afternoon. The Knights (28-9 overall) captured the sectional crown amidst a great deal of jubilation and drama following a pair of two-games-to-none comebacks against Terre Haute South and Terre Haute North last weekend. So understandably the team has been on cloud nine this week...

Knights claim thrilling, five-game sectional championship over Patriots (10/25/09)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor MARTINSVILLE -- When the final point hit the floor at the Martinsville volleyball sectional on Saturday night, there probably wasn't a nerve that wasn't frazzled and more than a few likely gained some gray hairs after the action had ended. However, only one team got to ride home with the championship hardware and it was the Northview Knights, who battled as hard as any one team should have to take the program's first sectional title since 1996...

Knights bounce Braves in five games to reach sectional final (10/25/09)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor MARTINSVILLE -- The Northview Knights wrote their own triumphant comeback story in the semifinal of the Martinsville volleyball sectional on Saturday afternoon. The Knights led big in the opening game before rival Terre Haute South roared back to win a deflating 25-22 decision and then took game two by a 25-19 score. ...

Clay City beats WRV before falling in sectional final (10/25/09)
BY CLAY CUNNINGHAM Times Staff Reporter JASONVILLE -- Clay City's volleyball team advanced to the championship game of the Shakamak sectional with a four-game victory over a resilient WRV team Saturday morning. Advancement didn't come easy for the Eels...

Indiana High School Football Sectional scores (10/23/09)
Friday's Scores By The Associated Press PREP FOOTBALL Sectionals First Round CLASS 5A Sectional 1 Portage 42, E. Chicago Central 0 Chesterton 16, Crown Point 13 Merrillville 31, Valparaiso 0 Lake Central 7, Munster 3...

Jasper overpowers Knights in sectional football (10/23/09)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Jasper Wildcats looked every bit like the No. 3 ranked team in Class 4A on Friday night. Jasper came in unbeaten and left the same way as they overpowered Northview 50-0 in the sectional opener for both squads. The loss ends the Knights' season at 8-2 overall and with a conference championship...

Sectional play begins tonight for Knights (10/22/09)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The real season begins tonight for the Northview football team as they head into round one of sectional play with kickoff slated for 7 p.m. The Knights capped off a sterling regular season campaign by clinching the outright Western Indiana Conference championship with a perfect 6-0 record and an 8-1 mark overall. ...

Knights open sectional with emotional victory (10/22/09)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor MARTINSVILLE -- The Northview volleyball team won a sectional volleyball game forged with mettle on Thursday evening, defeating Plainfield, 25-27, 25-17, 18-25, 25-17, 15-11. The score only shows part of the rollercoaster ride that the Knights were on as they overcame two different game deficits and the loss of senior starter Alyssa Clarke to a probable season ending knee injury in the second game of the match. ...

Eels win sectional opener against North Central (10/22/09)
BY CLAY CUNNINGHAM Times Staff Reporter JASONVILLE -- An ever resilient Clay City Volleyball snagged a well-deserved five-set slugfest victory against North Central in first round sectional action at Shakamak Thursday night. Clay City took command early with a close 25-22 win in game one. They did not keep the momentum for long, however, as the Thunderbirds quickly took control of things, winning game two 25-18, and taking a very close third game 25-23...