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Throughout the high school cross country season, Northview’s boys and girls programs have had Oct. 30 circled as the date they wanted to get to. And while the state finals meet was the ultimate destination, the months of August and September served as the ramp up period as the Knights incrementally got themselves into a position to make a deep postseason run...

Coming into Saturday’s Brown County Semi-State, Clay City junior Macy Tucker had her sights set on becoming the program’s first-ever state finals representative. She wasn’t able to accomplish that feat this season as she finished 66th overall with a time of 20:26, it didn’t take anything away from the year she had, Clay City head girls cross country coach Melanie Laswell stated afterwards...

For the last several years, the storyline hovering over Northview’s football team was that no matter how well the Knights played during the regular season, when the bright lights turned on when the postseason rolled around in October, they would be one-and-done because of the difficult sectional in which they reside...

On both sides of the football, Northview rosters multiple players that have had strong seasons to lead the Knights to a co-Western Indiana Conference championship. One of those players, who may go under the radar a bit considering all that he does on a weekly basis, is Easton Morgan...

On Saturday, Northview’s boys and girls cross country teams will make the trek to Nashville to take part in the Brown County Semi-State, a place and a round of the postseason the Knights are very familiar with. Both teams have advanced to semi-state three years in a row now after winning a pair of regional titles last weekend at Bedford North Lawrence...

When Macy Tucker entered high school, she set out to achieve a goal no other Clay City girls cross country runner had ever accomplished – advance to the state finals meet. She got on the doorstep in her first two years but was unable to walk through it...

When Northview lost to Brownstown Central in the Owen Valley Sectional championship volleyball match Saturday night, it ended the remarkable season the Lady Knights put together. They went from seven wins and a season-ending opening round loss to Edgewood to posting a record of 19-14, winning a Western Indiana Conference championship and reaching the title match after taking down Brown County and Owen Valley during postseason play...

CLOVERDALE — When Cooper Neese attended high school at Cloverdale from 2013-17, the school had homecoming ceremonies twice a year like most schools do. On Sunday, however, Cloverdale hosted a rare “bonus homecoming” for Neese when the Indiana State men’s basketball team took the floor on Tucker Court for a “surprise” practice in Neese’s honor...

Over the weekend, Northview sent 10 Lady Knight wrestlers - Joslyn Slesinski, Varzidy Batchelor, Mece Tellechea, Alex Brown, Morgan Hughes, Emily Ledeczi, Gelissa Reginald, Kacie Bell, Olivia Slaughter, Kaela Beckley - to the Preseason National tournament held at Warren Central High School...

Clay City High School had both boys and girls cross country teams competed in the Bedford North Lawrence Regional Saturday morning after finishing fourth in the Terre Haute North Sectional last weekend. With 14 runners in tow, the Eels traveled to Bedford with personal best times in mind for some, while others were focusing more on a target place, person, or school...

After winning a pair of sectional championships last weekend, both Northview teams traveled to the Bedford North Lawrence Regional on Saturday. While the Knights entered as team, ran together, and had a high chance of making it out as a team, individually they each were running for their personal best outcomes. ...

When the high school volleyball sectional pairings show aired a few weeks ago, it appeared as if Clay City had been given a draw that laid out a pathway for the Lady Eels to reach the Class A White River Valley Sectional championship match. But on Monday, Eminence announced it would have to forfeit its opening round match against Clay City due to the team being in quarantine...

Looking at the roster sheet handed out to those who entered the doors at Owen Valley Saturday night for the volleyball sectional championship between Northview and Brownstown Central, it was abundantly clear which team possessed more experience. Nearly half – 6 of 14 – of Brownstown’s student-athletes had an 11 or 12 listed next to their name, signifying they were either a junior or senior while Northview had half the amount of the Braves (3)...

While waiting for the first of Saturday morning’s two Class 3A Owen Valley volleyball Sectional semifinal matches to be completed, an assistant coach from one of the team’s competing in the second sectional semifinal made a note to the media members in attendance...

At the top of the Northview football team’s goals list coming into the season – just as it is every year – was to win the Western Indiana Conference championship. That looked very plausible with the team the Knights had returning despite losing a strong senior class from 2020...

At the beginning of the high school boys cross country season, Clay City coach Cole Schroer said he had liked what he’d seen from Clay Brown during the track season in the spring. His work ethic, which Brown has been known for since becoming a member of the cross country program three years ago, carried into the summer where he continued to improve...

If it weren’t for the numbers shining underneath the words ‘Knights’ and ‘Wildcats’ on each side of Northview’s scoreboard, it would have been hard to determine which team was playing better than the other during Wednesday’s Class 2A Northview girls soccer Regional semifinal...

Throughout the season, Northview’s volleyball team has had a tendency to get off to slow starts in the first or second sets. It’s forced the Lady Knights to dig deep to win in four or five sets instead of three or four. Before Tuesday’s Owen Valley Sectional opening round game against Brown County, Northview head volleyball coach Scott McDonald told his group he wanted to see them start out fast...

The Indiana High School Athletic Association approved a mercy rule for boys and girls basketball that will begin this season. The rule was approved during this week’s IHSAA committee meeting. A running clock will begin in the second half of any game in which one team leads by 35 points or more. The clock will continue without stopping until the game is over...

Thursday’s matchup against rival West Vigo was an important night for the Northview volleyball program. Not only was it Senior Night, the Lady Knights also had a chance to become outright Western Indiana Conference champions with a win. All they had to do was take care of business...

During the Clay Youth Football League Pee Wee Division regular season, there was no doubt which two teams were best positioned to make a run at winning a Super Bowl title. The Kreyton Strong Panthers and the Ace Hardware Bulldogs each posted records of 5-1, with their lone losses coming against the other...

Throughout the high school girls soccer season, Northview head coach Don Bryan has preached the motto ‘Drive for Five’ to his team. Having a collection of talented, yet a smidge inexperienced, student-athletes, Bryan knew it would take some time for them to morph into the group they wanted to become...

With both high school cross country programs ranked among the best in the state, Northview entered Saturday’s Terre Haute North Sectional confident in its chances to bring home a pair of sectional championships if the Knights ran to their abilities...

During the week leading into Saturday’s Terre Haute North Sectional hosted by LaVern Gibson Championship Course, Clay City’s boys cross country coach Cole Schroer and girls cross country coach Melanie Laswell got their calculators out. The two crunched numbers and punched in different equations to figure out what the programs needed to do to finish in the top five, which would guarantee themselves a place in the Bedford North Lawrence Regional...

With two weeks left in the high school football regular season, Northview held firm atop the Western Indiana Conference’s Gold Division standings alongside Owen Valley and Sullivan. Owen Valley had already completed the WIC portion of its schedule, finishing with a record of 3-1...

Through the first two games of the Class 2A Owen Valley girls soccer Sectional, upsets were the theme. Raelee Everhart scored a goal in the final three minutes of regulation and then another early on in the first overtime period to get Northview past the Western Indiana Conference champion West Vigo Vikings in the opening game Tuesday night...

Northview’s boys tennis team had an exciting start to the week when the Knights defeated Parke Heritage 4-1 in the semifinal round of the Crawfordsville Regional Tuesday night, avenging the regular season loss the Wolves gave them. The Knights made the trek back up to Crawfordsville Wednesday night for the regional championship match against an unbeaten Covington team that took down Terre Haute South in the opposite semifinal bracket Tuesday...

CRAWFORDSVILLE — Having lost 3-2 to Parke Heritage in the regular season, the Northview Knights wanted a chance for sweet revenge on Tuesday evening in the semifinal round of the Crawfordsville Regional boys’ tennis tournament. It wasn’t easy, but the Knights won two of the first three completed matches and added the final two wins for a 4-1 victory...

The Eels hosted the Shakamak Lady Lakers on Monday evening for their senior night festivities. After a hard battle fought by both teams, Clay City came away victorious. The following night, Eastern Greene made their way to the Eel Dome. The Eels took off with an early lead in the first set. ...

Throughout the first 77:27 of Tuesday’s Class 2A Owen Valley girls soccer Sectional opening game between Northview and West Vigo, it was the Lady Vikings that held a one-goal advantage and were just a few minutes away from punching their ticket to the semifinal round...

Delani Wallen had the junior year of her girls high school soccer season cut short when she tore her ACL just before Northview was set to begin play at the 2020 Edgewood Sectional. She had surgery and then underwent rehab throughout the winter, spring and summer, which got her to the point where she was medically cleared by the doctors to return to practice and then eventually game action...

Early on in his Northview boys soccer career, Jordan Hancock was affectionately given the nickname J-Dawg by his teammates. Hancock has been an important piece to the Knights’ program during his three-plus seasons. And although he hasn’t played in many varsity games, Hancock has been above and beyond as a teammate. He is one of the hardest workers during practices, Northview coach Mike Rains said, and he is the loudest voice on the team during the games, cheering on his friends and teammates...

The 2021 CYFL Super Bowl is set! The Kreyton Strong Panthers and the Ace Hardware Bulldogs punched their tickets Saturday with dominating victories! In game one, the Panthers defeated the Dairy Queen Ducks 40-6. Bryson Butcher ran for two touchdowns. Max Raetz ran for one and added a scoop and score on defense. Jack Dearth and Jonathon Entrekin each found the end zone as well for the Panthers...

Northview Wrestling Club had a fruitful day at our first preseason tournament, the Gorilla Melee. One gold, five silvers, and two bronze medals were earned. Out of nine wrestlers, three made their wrestling debuts. So very proud of the work these kids have out in...

Connor Propst and the North Clay Knights boys cross country teams outran Mother Nature and the field of Western Indiana Conference middle school runners Saturday at Edgewood. In the delayed race, with pouring down rain and muddy conditions, Propst led the way of the combined middle school boys varsity and junior varsity runners...

With the previous day featuring sunny and 85-degree temperatures, many runners were given an illusion of false hope for Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference championship conditions. After running in a very wet course last Saturday in Jasonville at the Shakamak Invite, Clay City runners did not think it could get much worse. ...

Each fall, one of the highlights on the high school cross country schedule is the Nike Twilight meet hosted by LaVern Gibson Championship Course that brings in close to 1,500 runners from around the Midwest. Northview took part in the annual event Saturday night through a downpour that had every Knight dripping from head to toe with rainwater, as well as plenty of mud plastered on their legs and shoes...

At the start of the high school boys tennis season, Northview coach Emily Goff described her team in two ways – she said they were athletic and they were hard workers. On Saturday, as the Knights completed the 5-0 sweep over Greencastle to win their third straight sectional championship, she, again, used those same descriptions when speaking about the 2021 team...

Throughout a high school football season, there will be some bugaboos teams will have to overcome to accomplish the varying goals – winning record, conference championship, sectional championship, etc. – they set out to achieve at the start of preseason camp in the summer...

For the last three years, Northview’s Jared Parkey spent his fall sports seasons logging hundreds of miles on his legs as a member of the Knights’ cross country program. He had success in the sport, but entering his senior year, he thought a change would do him well...

Coming into the boys high school tennis season, Northview returned just one member – Ethan DeHart – of its 2020 sectional championship team. So, that meant Thursday’s Northview Sectional semifinal match between the hosts and Owen Valley would be the first time the other six – Christian Roembke, Tucker Allen, Landon Carr, Drew Cook, Hunter Johnson and Caden Schrader – stepped foot under the bright lights that are the postseason...

The Greencastle Tiger Cub volleyball team rolled in three of four sets at the McAnally Center Tuesday night to defeat the Clay City Eels in a non-conference matchup, 25-13,16-25, 25-14,25-13. There was a lot of purple in the stands as the Eels came to town. ...

With the high school soccer postseason set to get underway at the start of next week, Northview wanted to use Tuesday’s matchups with visiting Terre Haute South as a tool to prepare for sectional play. Both programs got what they set out to accomplish...

Entering the high school boys tennis season, Northview had more questions than answers on its 2021 roster. After losing six members of its seven-man varsity roster from a year ago, there was some uncertainty with how well the Knights would fare this fall...

The 2021 CYFL Pee Wee regular season wrapped up on Saturday. Game one featured the Kreyton Strong Panthers and the Dairy Queen Ducks. The Panthers and their stout defense completed the season sweep by defeating the Ducks 34-0. Cruz Shepard was a monster on defense for the Panthers. He recorded eight tackles, five sacks and forced three fumbles. Colton Jones and Max Raetz each had three tackles. Grayson Forquer forced a fumble and Jack Dearth recovered three fumbles...

Northview boys cross country coach James Grounds and Northview girls cross country coach Tim Rayle are always confident in their teams when they step foot on the start line and are preparing to compete in their respective races. And with back-to-back state championship appearances for each program, the confidence they have in the Knights is certainly justified...

Northview’s girls golf team concluded its historic season Friday afternoon at the Indianapolis Regional hosted at Smock Golf Club. The Lady Knights finished 12th overall with a score of 385. Brooklee Bussing posted a team-best score of 84. Kyia Fox carded a 94, Karsyn Kikta carded a 96 and Grace Mishler carded a 111...