Sports

Growing up in Brazil in the 1940s, Bill Shobe became infatuated with sports of all kinds. In the mornings, he would go to school. But once it was over and he got home, it was time to get outside and play whatever sport was in season with his friends and neighbors...

TERRE HAUTE – Typically when the high school softball season gets underway, fans are bundled up with coats and scarves and any winter gear they can find in their closets. However, this has been anything but a typical season. Shortly after preseason practices began in early March, the coronavirus made its way into the state of Indiana, forcing the IHSAA to cancel each of the spring sports seasons and therefore ending several student-athletes careers prematurely...

Early last week, incoming IHSAA commissioner Paul Neidig joined the Inside Indiana Business program via a Zoom call and discussed the Athletic Association’s plan to return to high school sports in the fall. He laid out the three-phase plan they’ve issued, beginning on July 6, stating:...

INDIANAPOLIS – Week 2 of the College Summer League at Grand Park in Westfield was put into the books recently with former Northview standouts Alex Reinoehl and Braydon Tucker continuing their strong starts on the mound. Reinoehl, the side-winder from Franklin College, kept his sparkling earned run average among the league’s best...

As the final days of June fly off the calendar, the focus on Men’s Health Month (June) will turn to National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month (July). However, staying healthy isn’t only imperative for men during a 30-day period of the year. It takes a full year to maintain their optimal health level...

As soon as the IHSAA announced that all spring sports seasons would be canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic that swept across the globe, high school softball coaches around the Wabash Valley began churning the wheels of somehow getting their teams back on the field...

BRAZIL – The annual Firecracker 5K run and walk went as planned Saturday morning. As the clock drew closer and closer to the 8 a.m. start time, the participants made their way in front of the Clay County YMCA where they picked up their race-reading chips and were given instructions on how the day would go...

This meeting will involve required information to start participating on July 6! Date - July 2 – Aux gym on floor – Enter Door 14 (Only!) 1) Must Practice Social Distancing 2) Do not arrive early 3) Enter Door 14 at set time 4) Parents are required to stay in their cars (Max capacity guidelines in place)...

Name: Brianna Langdon-Quick Sport: Northview track and field Years in sport: Track x 5 years, XC x 4 years Parents: Mitchell & Jeri-Lynn Quick Future Plans: Attending Ivy Tech in the Fall and obtaining my Radiology Technician degree Favorite Memories: The bus rides to and from the meets. ...

Crossroads Dragway was able to host spectators during the weekend of June 12-14 for their first PINK Ladies race of the season. Denise Joslin of Terre Haute was the winner over Daisy Bennett from Indianapolis, IN. Semi-finalist was Brandi Eaton from Paris, IL...

CLAYTON – The 2020 Optimist Indiana South District Junior Golf Tournament was held June 12 at Deer Creek Golf Course in Clayton, Indiana. This challenging course traverses hills and valleys, streams and lakes, and narrow tree-lined fairways. The 16-18 year old boys played from the back tees at nearly 6,600 yards. Other age groups played distances appropriate for their ages...

Athlete’s name: Noah Seidensticker Sport: Clay City track and field Years participating in the sport: 3 Parents/Guardians: Gina Figg and Bob Seidensticker Future plans: Go to Ivy Tech for Radiation therapy. Favorite memory: Winning the early bird trophy and then sitting on it in the bus...

Entering the 2019 baseball season, former Northview standout Brady Shoemaker was wrestling with a life-altering decision. Having a young – and growing – family at home, he wanted to be with them more on a full-time basis. However, he still had the fire in his belly to go out and compete in the game he loves...

Name: Harley Burns Sport: Northview Boys Golf Years in the Sport: 3 Years Parents: Stacy Burns and Eric Burns Future Plans: Attend Indiana State University in the Fall and study civil engineering. Favorite Memory: Playing in the Northview Invitational and going racing right after the match...

BRAZIL – During the winter months, the Stultz family partnered with Northview Athletic Directors Scott Buell and Bethany Jones in an effort to create the Cpl. Greg Stultz Leadership Award. The plan was to present it in-person at the conclusion of the school year, but due to the coronavirus outbreak, that wasn’t possible...

INDIANAPOLIS – At the start of the week, the College Summer League at Grand Park in Westfield got underway. Taking the mound on the second day of the 12-team league’s slate of contests was former Northview standout and current Indiana University pitcher Braydon Tucker...

With the days of June seemingly flying away by the minute, the calendar will soon flip to July, bringing back in-person practices around the state of Indiana for the first time since everything was seemingly shut down in March due to the COVID-19 outbreak...

Athlete’s name: Noah Mishler Sport: Northview track and field Years participating in the sport: 2 years Parents/Guardians: Chad Mishler and Jennifer Harbour Future plans: Marry the girl of my dreams. Favorite memory: Competing with my friends Biggest inspiration: Several people have inspired me throughout my life...

Athlete’s name: Ethan Persinger Sport: Clay City baseball Years participating in the sport: 2017-2020 Parents/Guardians: Ryan and Stacie Persinger, Stepmother Katie Future plans: I plan to be an electrician after high school Favorite memory: Getting my head shaved before the sectional games of 2019...

Growing up with a father that raced Sprint cars, getting behind the wheel was inevitable for Harley Burns. At the age of 14, he took his place in the driver’s seat and began racing in the Bomber Division. One year later, Burns made the change to racing in the Sprint Car Division for Doug Rolison and has been competing there for the last three years...

TERRE HAUTE – Due to the coronavirus outbreak that forced the stoppage of just about everything in sight, including high school sports, senior student-athletes signing their letter of intent to play at the collegiate level weren’t plausible. But as the stay-at-home restrictions have been loosened over the last few weeks, those became much more doable...

Athlete’s name: Jordan Graham Sport: Clay City baseball Years participating in the sport: 2016-2020 Parents/Guardians: Melissa and Brian Graham Future plans: Possibly go to Ivy Teach for Computer Science Favorite memory: My clutch bunt in the first game of sectionals last year against White River Valley...

Over the last decade-plus, Northview’s volleyball program has skyrocketed its way into the top tier of teams around the state of Indiana. Under the direction of Scott McDonald and Erica Garrison, the Knights have won seven sectional championships since 2009 and five regional championships and have made a pair of state championship appearances in 2014 and 2018...

Northview and Terre Haute South issued the following announcement regarding the preseason football scrimmage between the two Wabash Valley foes: “Football scrimmage with Terre Haute South scheduled for Friday, August 14 has been changed to Saturday, August 15 at 10:00 a.m. at Northview...

Athlete’s name: Lauryn Myers Sport: Clay City track and field Years participating in the sport: 2 years Parents/Guardians: Trina and Darrin Myers Future plans: I plan to go to ISU to major in Human Resources Favorite memory: Winning SWIAC sophomore year...

It was just under two weeks ago when the Prospect League announced it would be canceling the 2020 summer wooden-bat season due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Other leagues around the country have joined in the cancelations of baseball during the warmest months of the year, but not all have done so...

Sinking a hole-in-one is a lifetime achievement. According to many statisticians out there, the odds of doing so on any given day are 12,500 to 1. So, the odds of making a pair of them, on two separate holes, in less than one month’s time would have to be astronomically high that it’s nearly impossible to happen, right?...

Wanting to take advantage of the picture-perfect end-of-May weather, while also working on his game, Northview junior Benjamin Goshen threw his golf clubs in the car and hit the road. Little did he know, that afternoon at Forest Park would turn out to be a day he’ll never forget...

Athlete’s name: Steven Thomas Sport: Northview track and field Years participating in the sport: 4 years Parents/Guardians: Susan and Norman Thomas Future plans: Attend IUPUI and major in accounting Favorite memory: Luke almost falling on the very first hurdle in the 300M hurdles...

Although there was no high school track and field season this spring, the Indiana Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches remained committed to announcing its IATCCC 2019-2020 Academic All-State Teams. And among those to find their name on the exclusive lists were Northview juniors Braeden Knerr, Korbin Allen and Hunter Strain...

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana High School Athletic Association, Inc. (IHSAA) is pleased that the COVID-19 Health and Safety ReEntry Guidance has been provided to Indiana schools today by the Governor’s Office and the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE). This guidance also includes a three-phased pathway for the return of education-based athletics which coincide with the previously scheduled first practice date for girls golf (July 31) and practice for all other fall sports (August 3)...

Saturday was supposed to be the day. After pulling up lame in the 2019 boys track and field state finals at Indiana University, Clay City sprinter Bryce Patterson made it his mission to return to Bloomington this weekend. He and coach Cole Schroer put together specific workouts to get him ready, including ones based on strengthening his hamstring...

In the late 1970s, while in high school, Larry Clifford Kirk was introduced to a sport that would quickly become a lifelong passion as he entered the United States Air Force. “I started playing frisbee golf after I was already a golfer in high school. It was within six months of each other. I was a golfer and then I thought, ‘What? Frisbee golf?’ It was 1978 so I got four solid years of frisbee golf and then in my 20s, I joined the Air Force,” he recalled...

Athlete’s name: Makenzie Barger Years participating in the sport: total of 14 years playing softball; 4 years of Northview varisty Parents/Guardians: Shane and Holly Barger Future plans: I am attending Indiana Tech to further my education and continue my softball career. I plan to major in Marketing and Accounting, become a Marketing Executive, marry the perfect guy, and start a family...