Clay City Eels

For most of the night, Clay City did not look like the team that is ranked No. 5 in the most recent Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association Class A poll. The Lady Eels made four errors that led to four unearned runs. They made multiple miscues on the base paths and were completely out of sync at the plate, putting them in a deficit for the first 4 ½ innings of play against visiting Monrovia Monday night...

Over the last week, several former Northview and Clay City student-athletes put together performances to remember. Kambree Lucas (Northview) has opened eyes on the sand, Luke Lancaster (Northview) recorded his fourth save of the season and Hunter Wolfe (Clay City) was named Dayton’s Male Breakthrough Performer...

Clay City softball (April 26) • Clay City 8, North Central 6 – The Lady Eels scored all eight of their runs in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh innings to take an 8-1 lead after the T-Birds scratched one across in the bottom of the first. Hannah Harris led the offensive charge with her three hits, including a home run, and two runs driven in. ...

Dates: May 24-29, 2021 G1: Shakamak vs. White River Valley. G2: Bloomfield vs. North Central (Farmersburg). G3: G1 winner vs. G2 winner. G4: Clay City vs. Eminence. Championship: G3 winner vs. G4 winner Dates: May 24-29, 2021 G1: West Vigo vs. Owen Valley...

Clay City’s pitching staff was put through the ringer over the last week, playing six games in six games with the final two being a part of the annual Clay City Invitational. The Eels, who have relied upon four or five pitchers to log most of their innings through the first month of the season, used nine over the course of the week and seven on Saturday alone...

After the 2020 Keith Jones Classic track and field meet was cancelled due to COVID-19, the excitement was ratcheted up several notches for the 2021 version of the annual event hosted by Clay City. Fans from all eight participating schools (Clay City, Eastern Greene, Linton, North Central, North Knox, Riverton Parke, Shakamak and White River Valley) took their seats in the grandstand just below the press box. ...

There’s a reason Clay City entered Thursday’s game against visiting Owen Valley as the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association’s Class A No. 5-ranked softball team. The Lady Eels can put up runs in bunches. They’re averaging 10.5 runs per game and have had five double-digit outbursts in their 11 games played...

Clay City came into Tuesday’s game at Linton with a No. 5 ranking in the latest softball poll and five is the number of runs the Eels put on the Miners in the third inning. Linton switched pitchers but could never generate the offense to get back in the game as it fell to Clay City 7-3...

Northview girls tennis (April 19) • The Lady Knights dropped their second conference match of the year Monday, falling 4-1 to Greencastle. The No. 1 doubles pairing of Brooklee Bussing and Layla Lee were victorious, winning 6-6 (9-7), 2-6, 6-3. Northview girls tennis (April 22)...

Due to scheduling changes and inclement weather that brought a wintery chill through Clay County, the Clay City boys golf team had not been out on the course much, let alone competed in a match, since last weekend’s invitational hosted by Edgewood High School...

Northview Track and Field (Tuesday) Northview’s boys’ and girls’ track and field teams visited Terre Haute North for a non-conference dual meet Tuesday evening. The Patriots swept the meet, winning 74-49 in the girls’ events and 85.5-46.5 in the boys’ events...

Clay City’s track and field teams have been busy the last week. Taking part in three meets in six days, the Eels have gotten plenty of work in, and coach Cole Schroer has taken notice in the results his groups have put together. On Tuesday, Clay City took part in a dual meet with Greencastle. On Thursday, it participated in a tri meet with North Central and West Vigo...

Clay City got the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference portion of its high school baseball schedule underway at the start of the week. The Eels took one on the chin against North Daviess, but bounced back with a win over North Central the next night, tightening the conference race with a cluster of teams vying for those top spots...

In the week between the releasing of the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association’s (ICGSA) high school softball polls, Clay City jumped from No. 12 to No. 9. It isn’t hard to figure out why the Eels have risen up the Class A rankings. Just by looking at the box scores, it’s apparent how potent their lineup is. In fact, in the last four games leading into Monday’s Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference matchup with Shakamak, Clay City had outscored its opponents by a 49-12 margin...

For over one week, the forecast for Saturday’s Northview Invitational at Forest Park Golf Course didn’t look promising. The meteorologists calling for rain throughout the day were correct as the precipitation that fell from the Brazil sky changed from a sprinkle at the start of the day into an outright downpour near the end, forcing the tournament to be put into a delay for a little while...

Entering the 2021 high school track and field season, Northview coach Mark Raetz and Clay City coach Cole Schroer were honest in stating they weren’t sure how crisp their teams would be in Thursday’s Northview Quad Meet with Owen Valley and South Putnam after having last year canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic...

It had been over one year since Gavin Morris toed the rubber at Northview High School. He pitched over the weekend against Bloomington North, but Tuesday’s outing against Clay City was different, he admitted. “I was shaking when I went out there. It’s been close to two years that have gone by. To get back out on that mound, it was awesome. It was really cool,” said Morris...

In the second of Saturday’s season-opening round robin tournament at Loogootee, Clay City’s softball team scattered nine hits but had nothing to show for it as the Lady Eels were shut out by the host school. They turned Saturday’s goose egg into several crooked numbers on Monday, though, as Clay City thumped Greencastle by a score of 17-3...

When talking with high school spring sports coaches, there’s two things they’ve pointed out during the lead-up to the seasons officially getting underway. No. 1: They’re thrilled to be back with their team after the cancellation of all spring sports in 2020...

• Northview 4, Bloomington North 0 — The Knights kicked off the 2021 baseball season in grand fashion Saturday morning led by its two aces Gavin Morris and Dylan Zentko. Morris, the University of Southern Indiana signee, twirled 4.2 innings of shutout baseball to pick up his first victory of the season. ...

In her final softball season at Clay City, Harley Sinders, who has since changed her name after marrying Zach Skinner last August, put together an eye-popping batting line of .348/.403/.409 to go along with four doubles, three runs scored and 15 runs batted in...

At all three levels of baseball – high school, college and professional – taking care of pitchers’ arms is always one of the main priorities for coaches. But coming off a shortened season (college and professional) or no season at all (high school), the caution of managing pitch counts and the amount of rest between each appearance, which is always at the forefront of the minds of those in charge, has been ratcheted up a few extra notches...

At a school the size of Clay City, having players that can slot into multiple positions around the baseball field is imperative. The good news for the Eels is they have that on the 2021 roster, pointed out coach Larry Shaw. He cited former Clay City standout Jacob LaFary, who is a freshman at Rose Hulman that serves the Engineers in various roles, as a player he likes to mold his team after...

Clay City’s high school softball team hadn’t taken the field in well over one year, so when last week’s scrimmage with Dugger Union was postponed a few days due to inclement weather, there was added excitement for the Lady Eels to get back into game action...

Northview will be looking for its first-ever boys' basketball regional title tonight when the Knights meet Guerin Catholic at 8 p.m. at Greencastle. The last time Northview won a regional game was in the 2003-04 season, when Logan Whitman and Zack Keyes led the Knights to the regional after beating Martinsville 56-49 and Terre Haute South 45-40 to win the sectional title...

Although her speaking voice may be quiet, Clay City’s Tori Schopmeyer, who principal Jeff Ball calls ‘The Hammer,’ lets her game on the volleyball court speak for itself. It resulted in her being one of the top players in Class A the last two seasons...

A statement was made by No. 9 Bloomfield Wednesday night at the Clay City sectional as the Cardinals made it known they are the sectional favorite. The Cardinals shutdown the Eels on their homecourt, giving up just four points in the first quarter as Bloomfield coasted to a 74-42 win...

As the Clay City coaching staff tuned into the IHSAA boys basketball sectional pairing show on the evening of Feb. 21, no one was rooting for a specific opponent to on the same bracket line as them. And so when Class A No. 9 Bloomfield popped up as the team the Eels would be taking on in the opening round of the Clay City Sectional Wednesday night, there was no sulking to be found...

Clay City and Northview were among the schools around the Wabash Valley to honor Owen Valley baseball coach Ryan Wilcoxen Thursday night. After Wilcoxen passed away from a brain injury, the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association asked each of the state’s baseball programs to turn their lights on from Thursday evening until Friday morning with the following tweet:...

On Sunday evening, the IHSAA announced the boys high school basketball sectional pairings. Each of Clay City’s and Northview’s teams patiently waited to hear their names called to see who they’d be playing and what day and time the game would be. Clay City will play Bloomfield in the second game of the Class A Clay City Sectional opening round Wednesday night, while Northview will play West Vigo in the first game of the Class 3A Owen Valley Sectional opening round Wednesday night...

Playing its third game in as many days, Clay City’s boys basketball team ran out of steam in the second half of Saturday’s game against Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference rival – and potential sectional opponent – Shakamak. The Eels put up 13 points in the first quarter, taking a three-point lead...

Like so many middle school and high school sports teams around the state, Clay City Middle School’s boys basketball team has endured its fair share of postponements and cancellations during the 2020-21 season. But last weekend, in the Tri-County Tournament, the Eels got to play multiple games against their rival counterparts...

It’s odd to say a team played one of its best basketball games of the season in a 14-point loss, yet that could easily have been said about Clay City Thursday night. Taking on Class A No. 8 North Daviess, the Eels battled throughout the night. They stayed within nine or less in the first half and then clawed the deficit back under double figures in the fourth quarter – and even had a chance to pull within six if a pair of free throws would’ve made it through the bottom of the net – but weren’t able to pull off the upset, falling 50-36.. ...

In an effort to stay healthy for the upcoming high school boys basketball sectional, Clay City announced it will play its final four Southwestern Indiana Conference games as scheduled before ending the regular season on Feb. 16, giving the Eels a two-week break before the start of the postseason...