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Northview sweeps Edgewood to win third straight sectional title (10/19/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorThere wasn’t anything that needed to be said when Northview’s volleyball team boarded the bus that was headed to Speedway High School Saturday morning. The Lady Knights weren’t going to check out the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. They weren’t going to take a peek at the Indianapolis Zoo’s new exhibits either...
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Clay City suffers season-ending loss to Shakamak in sectional semifinal (10/19/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorIt didn’t go exactly like the first meeting on Oct. 7, but based on the scores in Saturday afternoon’s Class A White River Valley Sectional semifinal matchup between Clay City and Shakamak, it was a game that could’ve gone to either team. Unfortunately for the Eels, the barnburner went the way of the Lakers again as Clay City suffered a 3-1 loss that brought an end to its season...
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Knights, Eels advance onto regional with top-five finishes (10/19/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorBased on projections as well as what has transpired over the course of the high school boys cross country season, Terre Haute South was viewed as the heavy favorite to take Saturday afternoon’s Terre Haute North Sectional championship trophy back with them...
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Martinez-Morales earns regional bid for second straight season (10/19/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorWhen Ashley Martinez-Morales suffered an ankle injury during the Clay City Invitational on Sept. 10 that forced the standout sophomore to remove herself from the race, most thought her season had likely come to an end. But as she made incremental progress that allowed her to ride the stationary bike, the idea of a return popped into the mind of Martinez-Morales as well as Clay City girls cross country head coach Melanie Laswell...
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Harrison wins individual sectional title; Lady Knights finish second (10/19/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorCrunching the numbers during the days leading into Saturday’s Terre Haute North Sectional meet, Northview girls cross country head coach Jeff Walker figured it would be a battle for the top spot between his Knights and Terre Haute South. Whichever wave – either from red or maroon – came across the finish line together first would likely be the winner...
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Knights crush Indian Creek to clinch conference championship (10/18/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorA little more than one year ago, Northview’s football team suffered one of the most heartbreaking losses in a long time when Indian Creek made a pivotal defensive stop and then drove down the field in the rain and drilled a game-winning field goal as time expired to become Western Indiana Conference champions...
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Clay City cruises past North Central in sectional opener (10/17/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorDuring the days leading into Thursday’s Class A White River Valley Sectional opener against North Central, a team that hadn’t won a game in nearly three weeks, Clay City volleyball head coach Asie Jeffers had one message she wanted her team to remember – do not take anything for granted in the postseason, regardless of who the opponent is across the net...
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COLLEGE REPORT: Notter notches top-60 finish at Wabash College Invitational (10/16/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorLane Notter and the Wabash College men’s golf team wrapped up the fall portion of their schedule last week in the annual Wabash College Invitational held at Broadmoor Country Club in Indianapolis. There, Notter showed the consistency that made him one of the most-decorated golfers during his four years at Northview. ...
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Hendricks, Minett rounding into form at right time for Knights (10/15/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorLosing its three top runners – Jcim Grant, Douglas Dillman and Clint Mager – from last year, Northview’s boys cross country team was depending on multiple underclassmen taking the next step to help the Knights continue to battle it out with Terre Haute South and the other sectional contenders...
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Northview clinches fourth straight conference title (10/14/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorIt’s been a year full of milestones and round numbers for Northview’s volleyball team, and that continued in its regular season finale at West Vigo. With the 3-0 sweep, Northview extended its winning streak to 20 games, and in doing so, became outright Western Indiana Conference champions for the fourth straight year, an achievement the senior class – Brynlee Clarke, Keira Lucas, Bradee McDonald, Morgan Oellig and Rachel Rounds – can add to their list of accomplishments...
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Northview draws Roncalli in opening round of football sectional (10/13/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorAs those around Clay County awaited the IHSAA football sectional draw on Sunday evening, there was a high probability – a 42.8 percent chance to be exact – Northview would be matched up with a team ranked in top 20 of the most recent Class 4A polls...
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Northview earns a pair of top-three finishes at WIC championship (10/13/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorFor the last several years, Northview’s boys and girls cross country teams have been amongst the top contenders for the Western Indiana Conference championship, and that didn’t change at Saturday’s meet held at Edgewood High School. Northview’s girls team finished second behind only Edgewood while the boys team finished third behind Edgewood and Indian Creek...
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Clay City edges out Eastern Greene to win third straight SWIAC crown (10/13/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorAt the start of every high school cross country season, Clay City boys head coach Cole Schroer goes over the goals he has for that year’s team. Regardless of the experience the group has or the talent that’s spread throughout the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference, Schroer’s No. 1 goal always remains the same – winning the conference championship...
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Knights fall short in sectional championship loss to Greencastle (10/12/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorAs a nearby onlooker at Saturday night’s Class 2A Greencastle Boys Soccer Sectional championship noted near the midway point of the second half between Northview and the host Tiger Cubs, ‘Neither one of these teams deserves to lose.’ Northview and Greencastle were knotted up at 1-1 with numerous high-level plays being made on each side, leaving those pacing the sidelines with anxious energy feeling that whichever team scored next would likely be the victor, leaving the opposition with an ache in their heart.. ...
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Northview bounces back with blowout win over Edgewood (10/11/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorComing off a 27-point loss at Cascade last week that saw Northview’s football team tumble down the Class 4A polls, head coach Mark Raetz challenged his group to put together five of their best days of practice before hitting the road to play on the red turf in Ellettsville...
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Eels sweep Lighthouse Christian to close regular season (10/10/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorIt’s been an up and down type of season for Clay City’s volleyball team this fall. The Lady Eels never won more than two games in a row but also never lost more than three in a row while alternating wins and losses nine different times, signifying the rollercoaster ride they’ve been on since August...
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COLLEGE REPORT: Chapman finishes second at Division III Pre-National meet (10/10/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorFormer Northview standout Thomas Chapman has had numerous top notch performances at Terre Haute’s LaVern Gibson Championship Course throughout the duration of his cross country career. And at Friday night’s Division III Pre-National Meet, he added to that...
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Northview slips past Sullivan in nail-biting sectional semifinal (10/9/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorNorthview’s boys soccer team has had Oct. 12 circled on their calendar since they were eliminated from the postseason last fall. It’s a date they’ve used as motivation to get through the offseason, the summer workouts and the regular season schedule this year...
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Northview's offense silenced in sectional loss to Danville (10/8/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorCombing through each team’s statistics and then flipping on the game tape to confirm what he read on paper, Northview girls soccer head coach Don Bryan came to the conclusion that the Lady Knights would get about five or six solid looks at the goal against Danville in the Class 2A Cascade Sectional opener, and that was before he knew Addi Modglin, who scored the second most goals this fall, would be sidelined with a knee injury...
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CYFL hosts first-ever All-Star Tournament at Northview, North Clay (10/7/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorOver the weekend, Northview High School and North Clay Middle School hosted the first-ever Clay Youth Football League All-Star Tournament that saw six teams – Northview, Greencastle, South Putnam, Sullivan, West Vigo and Cascade – in three divisions – Rookies, Minors and Majors – play a total of 29 games, culminating with three champions being crowned on Sunday evening...
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Krause commits to Tennessee (10/7/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorOn Monday evening, Northview softball standout Maggie Krause made her long-awaited announcement on where she would be furthering her career at the collegiate level. The junior, who also visited Indiana, Oregon and Northwestern, wrote the following statement on various social media outlets, informing the public that she would be furthering her academic and athletic career at the University of Tennessee:...
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Horn, Sinclair lead NCMS at WIC championship with top-five finishes (10/7/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorOn Thursday night in Ellettsville, North Clay Middle School’s cross country teams concluded their strong seasons at the Western Indiana Conference championship meet. There, the boys team finished second behind only Indian Creek while the girls team finished third behind Brown County and Indian Creek, showcasing the talent the high school programs, which have fared well again this fall, have coming through the pipeline in the coming years...
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Lynch loving her first – and only – high school cross country season (10/6/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorWhen Northview’s girls track and field team got together at the start of the New Year to begin the process of preparing themselves for the upcoming season, there was a new face amongst the group of distance runners. It was Josie Lynch, who had never run competitively before but was interested in the sport after her siblings had done it before her...
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Eels, Knights run in annual Nike Twilight race (10/5/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorOver the weekend, hundreds of high school cross country programs flocked to Terre Haute’s LaVern Gibson Championship Course for the 2024 Nike Twilight meet. Both Clay City and Northview took part in the popular event, although the pair of cross county rivals were in different races under the lights...
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Cascade hands Northview first loss of season (10/4/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorOne play or one sequence of plays cannot summarize the entirety of a high school football game but late in the fourth quarter of Friday’s matchup between Class 4A No. 10 Northview and Class 3A No. 14 Cascade – the Week 7 marquee matchup around the Wabash Valley – there were consecutive possessions that came close to it...
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Lucas records 2,000th kill; Knights sweep Terre Haute South (10/3/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorNorthview’s volleyball team got its season off to a fast start, winning eight in a row to open the year before falling in the Plainfield Invitational championship match against the host Quakers on Aug. 24. Since then? The Knights put together a jaw-dropping 18-game winning streak, all of which ended with the opposition failing to win a set...
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COLLEGE REPORT: Sampson records first career collegiate sack (10/3/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorDuring his four-year high school football career at Northview, Braxton Sampson was the leader of the defense in the middle of the field at his linebacker position. Sampson recorded one sack during his senior year in 2021. He matched that in Indiana State University’s 27-24 loss to Houston Christian University on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium. ...
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Knights knocked out of sectional by Terre Haute North (10/2/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorShortly after Northview’s boys tennis team clinched the deciding point to take down No. 28 Terre Haute North in last week’s regular season finale, which also secured the program’s second Vigo County sweep in the last three years and marked the first time the Knights had defeated a ranked opponent, head coach Emily Goff knew that when – not if – her group would match up against the Patriots in the Terre Haute South Sectional it would be much tougher to beat them again...
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Clay City continues search for consistency in loss to Greencastle (10/1/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorClay City’s volleyball team, under a new regime and with multiple new faces entering the program, spent the first two months of the season figuring out its identity and the way it wanted to play. But with the calendar flipping to October on Tuesday, which means the postseason is right around the corner, first-year head coach Asie Jeffers informed her group that it’s time to find their groove if they want to have an opportunity to accomplish some of the goals they set out to do during the summer...
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Northview clinches share of conference title on Senior Night (9/30/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorNorthview’s volleyball team enters each year with a list of goals it would like to accomplish throughout the regular season and then into the postseason. And with Monday’s 3-0 sweep over Owen Valley on Senior Night, the Lady Knights checked off two more...
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Lady Knights finish 12th at Washington Regional (9/30/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorWhen Northview’s girls golf team finished third in the sectional championship tournament on Sept. 20, head coach Chris Hawk and the school’s athletic administration staff got to work on making plans for their first trip to Washington’s Country Oaks Golf Club, the host site for the regional tournament, in a couple of years...
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Clay City finishes regular season at soggy Shakamak Invitational (9/29/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorClay City’s cross country teams wrapped up the regular season Saturday morning at the Shakamak Invitational where the footing was a muddy mess after the reminiscence of Hurricane Helene swept through the state Friday. Still, the Eels were able to have some strong showings as the boys team finished third behind only Cascade and Eastern Greene while the girls team finished sixth behind Eastern Greene, Owen Valley, North Daviess, Cascade and Sullivan...
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Whitman's game-winning field goal lifts Knights past Terre Haute South (9/28/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorThere were plenty of storylines – Mark Raetz facing the school he led as a quarterback in the mid-1990s and then as head coach in the late-2000s and early-2010s; starting quarterbacks Colton Bath and Brady Wilson, who have known each other since they were toddlers thanks to their fathers coaching alongside each other, battling it out for the first and only time in their high school careers; and the ramifications of Hurricane Helene postponing the game 15 hours – to go around for Saturday morning’s high school football matchup between Class 4A No. ...
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Knights knock out Terre Haute North to complete Vigo County sweep (9/26/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorWith it being the final match of the high school boys tennis regular season, Terre Haute North made the executive decision to shake up its lineup. The Patriots filled it up with seniors who were playing on the north side of Terre Haute for the last time...
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Harrison, Johnson claim first-ever Stuart Bennett Invitational crowns (9/25/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorThroughout the school day on Wednesday, Northview’s Hannah Harrison and Camden Johnson had their minds on the inaugural Stuart Bennett Invitational held at LaVern Gibson Championship Course later that evening. The pair were determined to do whatever it took to win their respective races in honor of Bennett, a runner each of them hold in high regard...
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Eels get valuable experience at Stuart Bennett Invitational (9/25/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorWhen the inaugural Stuart Bennett Invitational was postponed due to inclement weather earlier in the month, Clay City’s cross country programs were keeping a close eye on when it would be moved to. Upon hearing that it would take place on Wednesday – and with the Shakamak Invitational, one of the prominent meets the Eels compete in each year, taking place on Saturday – head coaches Cole Schroer and Melanie Laswell had a choice to make with how they would approach things...
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Northview picks up a pair of wins to wrap up conference slate (9/25/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorOver the last five days, Northview’s boys tennis team wrapped up the conference portion of its schedule against Edgewood, Indian Creek and Owen Valley. The Knights posted a winning record – just as they have for six straight years – going 2-1 in the trio of matches, all of which were nail biters...
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COLLEGE REPORT: Kellett contributing in multitude of ways after missing last season with knee injury (9/24/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorKassidy Kellett etched her name into the Northview girls soccer history books by becoming the program’s all-time leading goal scorer while also doing her part to bring home multiple sectional championships. The senior forward, who missed the entirety of the 2023 collegiate season due to a knee injury, has returned to Lee University’s roster this fall and has been a consistent contributor already...
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Northview sweeps Clay City in annual Pink Game (9/23/24)By Adler Ingalsbe, Times Sports EditorOn Monday at 7 a.m., the official X account, formerly known as Twitter, of Northview’s volleyball team put up a post stating the importance of the annual Pink Game against cross county rival Clay City later that night. The reason? Both teams come together to honor and support those who have or are currently battling breast cancer. It also brings the entire community into one gym, making it one of the biggest stages either program will play on throughout the season...