Clay City Eels

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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...

Larry Fossi birdied hole No. 1 in a playoff. Fossi, along with his partner Rich Schelsky, won the 2021 Forest Park 2-man best ball tournament held in Brazil last weekend. The highlight of the weekend was not one, but two double eagles made by Mike Fisher and Sam Peoples, who both made their double eagle on the Par 5 18th hole. Both shots were sunk 30 minutes within each other...

As it always does, Monday’s annual Pink Night high school volleyball game between Clay City and Northview drew a large crowd that took in an evening that featured a high-quality county matchup while also raising awareness to help fight the disease that is breast cancer...

Clay City’s boys and girls cross country teams took part in the South Knox Invitational over the weekend and both came away with ninth-place finishes. The Lady Eels were led by Macy Tucker. The junior finished fourth overall with a time of 21:26. Carlee Unger joined her in the top 20 with her 20th place finish in 23:19...

Clay City volleyball Clay City looked to get back into the win column against Riverton Parke, but were unable to do so, losing 3-0 to the Panthers. The Lady Eels, however, gained momentum throughout the evening as they fell 25-18, 25-16, 25-22. Clay City girls golf...

Clay City volleyball After suffering a non-conference loss to Owen Valley the week before, the Lady Eels returned home for a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference matchup with North Central. Clay City swept the Thunderbirds 3-0, winning 25-20, 25-22, 25-22, to improve its record to 4-6 on the season...

Having competed against Edgewood’s Emma Bitner in two previous races this fall, Clay City’s Macy Tucker knew she would have to beat the Mustang senior to claim her first-ever Clay City cross country Invitational crown Tuesday night. Clay City girls cross country coach Melanie Laswell informed Tucker it would likely come down to Bitner and herself for the top spot and that if she wanted to take the invitational’s championship title, she would need to stick with her for most – if not all – of the race.. ...

ade his first hole in one on the Par 3, hole No. 2 at Forest Park Golf Course in Brazil on Wednesday, Sept. 1. His shot was witnessed by Shane Litz and Anden Litz. If you, or anyone you know, accomplishes a feat such as sinking a hole in one, email Sports Editor Adler Ingalsbe at: adleri.thebraziltimes@gmail.com...

Although the clouds hovering over Terre Haute’s LaVern Gibson Championship Course Saturday morning were dark and filled with rain ready to be unleashed at any moment, Clay City’s runners made sure the gloomy day was filled with sunshine. Competing in the Class 1A – Class 3A race, the Eels had plenty to smile about when the day was all said and done...

As Clay City’s bus arrived in the parking lot of Rea Park Golf Course on the south end of Terre Haute Tuesday night, the Lady Eels’ girls golf team had some nerves come over them. Taking on a much larger school in Terre Haute South, there was a sense of unbeatability about the Braves...

LINTON – Averaging seven aces a set, Linton took out SWIAC foe Clay City Tuesday 25-8, 25-7, 25-16. Linton is now on a six-game winning streak as the Miners have fully recovered from defeats to Terre Haute South and Loogootee last week. One of those wins included former sectional nemesis Barr-Reeve...

After a week off due to COVID-19 protocol The 2021 CYFL Pee Wee season was back in full force Saturday. The Kreyton Strong Panthers and the Ace Hardware Bulldogs flexed their muscles and dominated their opponents. In the first game of the day, the Bulldogs defeated the Riddell National Bank Lions 32-6...

Clay City visited North Daviess for a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference matchup that nearly went the distance. The Lady Eels dropped the match 3-1. However, the final outcome did not tell the entire story for them as each of the third and fourth sets could’ve gone either way. It just so happened North Daviess won the by same scores of 25-23...

Clay City dropped a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference match with North Daviess, falling 200-221. The Eels were led by Makenna Blankenship who shot a 48. Demi Wolfe and Ella James followed with respective scores of 55 and 58, while Olivia Owens (60) and Saydee Hauer (64) rounded out the scoring...

Having only two players – Jade Johnson and Callie Ream – on its high school volleyball roster with varsity experience, first-year Clay City coach Emily Rogers knew the start of the season would be a work in progress. On Tuesday, inside the Eel Dome, the spot in the process in which they’re currently in the midst of was put on display against visiting Cloverdale...

Clay City girls golf The Lady Eels played in a dual match, which was then followed by a three-way match, last week. On Thursday, Clay City visited Greencastle. The Eels, led by Makenna Blankenship’s score of 49, edged out the Tiger Cubs by one stroke, winning 227-228...

The IHSAA recently sent out an email to 11 high schools around the state of Indiana, informing them they had been selected as a recipient of the Sportsmanship Award. Clay City was one of those schools to receive the honor. There will be a ceremony inside the Eel Dome on Jan. 28...

The Clay County YMCA and the Clay Community elementary schools recently partnered to provide a youth basketball league. The league will consist of fourth and fifth grade boys teams and fourth and fifth grade girls teams from the following schools: Staunton, East Side, Van Buren, Jackson, Forest Park, Meridian and Clay City...

Clay City opened the girls high school golf season recently in a three-way match with North Knox and South Knox as the other two participating schools. The Lady Eels posted a team score of 211 to finish second behind North Knox (199) and ahead of South Knox (212)...

At the end of the 2020 high school volleyball season, Garicke Rubin announced that he would be stepping down from his post as Clay City’s head coach. That made a job opening that needed to be filled. Clay City’s leadership group of Jeff Bell (principal), Shane Reese (athletic director) and Rodney Smith (assistant athletic director) went to work on identifying the next person to fill that role...

The mix of youth and veterans Clay City’s volleyball team possesses had first-year coach Emily Rogers eager to see how the blend would gel together in matches after being impressed with the way they came together during the summer and preseason portion of the calendar year...

In the middle of July, Nolan Harris became just the second Clay City baseball player to ever be named to the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association Class A All-State team, joining left-hander Hunter Wolfe. Last week, Clay City baseball coach Larry Shaw received the plaque in the mail from the IHSBCA. He presented it to Wolfe Tuesday evening behind home plate with Harris’ teammates, coaches and family members present...

Each of Clay City’s cross country teams returned a bundle of experienced runners to their respective programs this fall. But the Eels also feature a slew of underclassmen that have yet to run in a big crowd on a course like Terre Haute’s LaVern Gibson Championship Course...

Over the last few years, Clay City boys cross country coach Cole Schroer has pointed out the youthfulness of his teams, noting they essentially had to gain their experience from getting out and competing in various meets to improve. Well, after those seasons of learning what it’s like to run cross country at the high school level, the Eels enter the fall of 2021 with a team full of savvy upperclassmen that has Schroer excited with the first meeting getting underway Saturday morning at LaVern Gibson Championship Course.. ...

Clay City’s girls cross country team earned a bid to the Bedford Regional last fall on the backs of a multiple sophomores and a few key seniors. This year, the seniors have graduated, leaving a bit of an opening in the Eels’ lineup. However, as coach Melanie Laswell pointed out, they added a freshman and a senior into the mix, giving them a formidable seven that could surprise some people around the Wabash Valley...

With COVID-19 still an important topic when it comes to high school sporting events – let alone daily life – numerous members of the Clay County area have reached out regarding protocols that will be put into place for 2021.

Brian Lewis, athletic director at Jasper High School, has been approved by the IHSAA Executive Committee to become an assistant commissioner. Lewis was one of 10 finalists interviewed for the position and fills the vacancy left a year ago by Paul Neidig when he was named the new commissioner. His appointment date is yet to be determined...

Clay City recently hosted its first annual Softball Camp for girls ranging from grades kindergarten through eighth grade. Times Sports Editor Adler Ingalsbe and photographer Lisa Lance were there to collect photos of the campers as well as the Clay City coaches and players who served as instructors.

Over the weekend, the Wabash Valley Road Runners hosted the annual Midnight River Run presented by Riddell National Bank in Terre Haute. Over 200 runners and walkers from around the Wabash Valley took part in the event that started just before the clock struck midnight Friday evening near the Terre Haute YMCA...

Over the last few years, Clay City head softball coach Jason Sinders mapped out a clinic for youth players in the area to take part in during the summer, but always had trouble finding a way to fit it into the program’s itinerary. That changed this year, though...

Clay City recently had its annual spring sports banquet that honored various Eels who played baseball, softball, boys golf and ran track and field this year. The award recipients are listed below: Softball Batting Award: Lexi Thompson RBI Award: Elyssa Secrest...