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By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor PUTNAMVILLE — A hot and steamy weekend proved to be highly successful for a trio of drivers at Lincoln Park Speedway on Saturday night. Jordan Wever, Josh Boller and Josh Litton each picked up feature victories at the Putnamville oval to go with their Friday evening wins at Paragon Speedway...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Following the conclusion of the spring sports season at Northview High School, the athletic department hosted its annual awards banquet to recognize the hard work in the classroom and the athletic fields for its athletes...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Brady Shoemaker continues to add accolades to his already outstanding baseball resume as he was recently selected to the American Association All-Star game next week. Perhaps even more special is that the game will be played on the home turf of his Saint Paul Saints squad as the top players take the field for festivities on July 22-23...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Clay County American Legion Post 2 wrapped up a busy weekend of baseball with a pair of games against Danville and another against Franklin spanning Friday and Saturday. On Friday evening, Danville limited Clay County to just three hits on the way to claiming a 6-0 win over Post 2...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor PUTNAMVILLE — The 32nd edition of the “Putnamville Clash” for sprint cars might have been delayed for a couple of months after rain claimed the original May 4 date. However, Shane Cottle topped the field in dominant fashion Saturday night to pick up a $3,200 payday...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Terre Haute Rex baseball team is enjoying an early July surge in the standings with a current seven-game win streak through game’s played as of Wednesday evening. The Rex compete in the Prospect League, which is a wood bat league for college players to hone their craft during the summer. The Rex are part of the 11-team Prospect League, which started in 2009...

The Terre Haute Rex baseball team is enjoying an early July surge in the standings with a current seven-game win streak through the game’s played as of Wednesday evening. The Rex compete in the Prospect League, which is a wood bat league for college players to hone their craft during the summer. The Rex are part of the 11-team Prospect League, which started in 2009...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor TERRE HAUTE — Costly errors were the undoing of Clay County American Legion Post 2 in a tight baseball game against Terre Haute’s Junior Legion squad on Tuesday evening. The home squad garnered just two hits against Clay County pitcher Buddy Stone, but scored two unearned runs in the sixth inning for a 2-0 victory...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference awards banquet was held earlier this summer with Clay City athletes earning plenty of awards. Clay City was represented by Charly Koehler, Hayley Walton and Stella Harrison on the All-SWIAC softball team...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor PUTNAMVILLE — Lincoln Park Speedway played host to the annual “Bill Gardner Sprintacular” over the weekend for what was scheduled to be a two-day event. While Friday’s festivities provided plenty of on-track thrills, Mother Nature captured Saturday’s second event...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The tractor and truck pulling season is in full swing as county fairs around the Midwest play host to drivers and teams from all over the country. While there have been battles with the rain playing havoc with some of those competitions, it hasn’t slowed down several local competitors, who have had great success to this point of the season...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Clay City sophomore Charly Koehler posted some eye-popping stats during the softball season. Her efforts were noticed by the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association (ICGSA) as she was named Class 1A/2A First Team-State. The recognition went to just 25 players in either class this year...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor PUTNAMVILLE – The return of racing at Lincoln Park Speedway after a pair of rain outs the past two weekends capped a lucrative weekend for a couple of drivers at the Putnamville oval. Greencastle’s Josh Boller followed up a Friday night super stock win at Paragon Speedway with another win at LPS on Saturday. ...

By JOEY BENNETT For the Brazil Times TERRE HAUTE – The 15th edition of the Wabash Valley Football Coaches Association All-Star Game was stopped midway through the third quarter on Saturday night as threatening weather approached. The two-and-a-half quarters that were played left no doubt as to which team was superior, however, as the Gold Division team recorded a dominant 42-3 victory...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The 15th edition of the Wabash Valley Football Coaches Association All-Star game is slated for Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. at Indiana State University’s Memorial Stadium. Practice has taken place all week and wrapped up Friday and was followed by an awards banquet held at Saint Mary of the Woods College’s Providence Center for players and their guests. ...

Northview graduate Carri Long honored as part of Silver Anniversary Hall of Fame celebration By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Northview High School graduate Carri (Long) Dekkers has a long list of athletic accomplishments to her credit during her track and field career...

Brian Downing hit the links at Forest Park Golf Course on Sunday and came away with a great story to tell his friends and family. Downing recorded a hole-in-one on the par-3 second hole at Forest Park. The ace was the second of his career and was witnessed by Joe Moreland and Nathan Rode...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Northview athletics program put the cherry on top of a stellar 2018-19 season by claiming the Western Indiana Conference All-Sports Championship at the awards banquet recently. Northview’s girls and boys sports programs accrued 310 points over the course of the fall, winter and spring seasons to top runner-up Edgewood by 22 points. ...