High School Sports

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...

County volleyball teams ready for postseason action tonight (10/21/09)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Sectional play gets underway for volleyball teams around the state this evening, including both Northview and Clay City's squads. Both county teams have had excellent regular seasons and begin their quest for sectional hardware. The Knights' last sectional title came in 1996, which was their fifth in school history. The drought is much longer for the Eels, who last won the title back in 1978...

Knights end regular season with victory (10/20/09)
Times Staff Report DANVILLE -- The Northview volleyball team wrapped up the regular season by defeating Danville on the road Monday evening, 25-13, 25-10, 25-22. "We played very well in a game that I was very concerned about," coach Scott McDonald said. "My concern was an injury happening before the sectional. Our serve receive was very good which is a good sign going into the tournament."...

County runners end season at Brown County Regional (10/18/09)
Times Staff Report NASHVILLE -- Consistent rain throughout the week and another dose of drizzle on Friday night provided cross country runners a messy course for the Brown County Regional on Saturday. Terre Haute North's John Mascari and Tapring Goatee didn't seem to be fazed by the conditions as each runner came away with a win on the sloppy Brown County course. ...

Clay City wins regular season volleyball finale (10/18/09)
Times Staff Report CLINTON -- The Clay City volleyball team prepped for postseason play by claiming a tournament title at South Vermillion on Saturday. The Eels defeated the host Wildcats by a 25-19, 25-16 score in the first match of the day as Lynsey Higgins osted 10 points, two aces, four digs and seven kills and Kelly Mc-Cullough added three points, two digs, 10 assists, three kills and two blocks. ...

Runners tackle cross country regional today (10/17/09)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Runners descend upon Eagle Park this morning for the Brown County Regional. Feeding into that regional are teams from Terre Haute and the Brown County Sectional. Terre Haute North's boys and girls won their sectional and are expected to challenge for a regional crown as well...

Knights capture WIC crown with win over Eagles (10/17/09)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor NASHVILLE -- Though it may have taken Northview longer than they anticipated to take care of business at Brown County on Friday night, the Knights can still claim a Western Indiana Conference championship. Northview got off to a slow start on the road against the Eagles, but finished with a flurry to claim a 40-12 WIC victory and an unbeaten conference mark for the 2009 season...

FINAL SCORE: Knights take home WIC Championship (10/16/09)
The Northview Knights football team took home the Western Indiana Conference Championship Friday night with a 40-12 victory over Brown County. By dropping the Eagles, the Knights finished the regular season with a 8-1 (6-0 WIC) record. The Knights will face Jasper in the opening round of sectionals Friday, Oct. 23, at Northview...

Knights gunning for WIC championship tonight at Brown County (10/15/09)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Northview Knights found out who their opening round sectional foe would be in two weeks and now the Knights have the task of wrapping up a Western Indiana Conference championship tonight when they visit Brown County at 7 p.m...

Knights fall short in five-game thriller on senior night (10/15/09)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Fans got five games of pretty intense volleyball action during Thursday's senior night for Northview. Not only were seven seniors honored before the game, but the Knights rallied from two games down to force a fifth game that went to the wire before Northview fell to Plainfield, 25-16, 25-16, 17-25, 21-25, 15-13...

Sullivan ends Knights' season at soccer sectional (10/15/09)
BY CLAY CUNNINGHAM Times Staff Reporter TERRE HAUTE -- The Northview girls' soccer team saw its season come to an end during the Terre Haute South sectional, dropping a 4-1 decision to Sullivan on a dreary, chilly Thursday evening. On what would become an unfortunate theme for the Knights, they fell behind early when Caryssa West slid a shot past Northview goalie Shalee Hathaway, giving the Golden Arrows a 1-0 just over 10 minutes into the first period...

Collegiate seasons near mid-point (10/14/09)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Northview High School alum, Joe Evinger, made a successful debut with the Louisville Cardinals football team on Saturday. The Cardinals scored a 25-23 victory against visiting Southern Mississippi and Evinger saw time on the offensive line during the game...

Eels celebrate Senior Night with a victory (10/13/09)
BY CLAY CUNNINGHAM Times Staff Reporter CLAY CITY -- Clay City's volleyball team ended their regular season with a bang, taking a 3-1 decision against WRV on senior night. The Eels lone senior Kelly McCullough was honored in a brief ceremony before the game. She said her teammates told her they were very dedicated to making sure she got a win in her final home game, and she was happy to work with them to assure it happened...