I am encouraged.

I am especially encouraged by some of the responses I received from local athletes and coaches.

Southmont senior Bailey Thompson said that she is grateful for this time of rest.

And in a world where we run nonstop and have been wearing us out little by little, it seems that spending more time at home isn’t such a bad thing. I often wonder how generations ahead of me were so successful, and I believe it’s be...

March was National Athletic Training month, and for one local athletic trainer the thought of not having the first spring athletic events to look forward to was unimaginable when the month started.

“March is athletic trainers month,” North Montgomery athletic trainer Isaac Hook said. “And I could have never imagined at the beginning of it I was going to not be looking forward to that first softball game on Tuesday the 31st.”

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Kade Kobel continued his domination during the Montgomery County’s Best Senior Bracket Challenge, defeating Southmont’s Lexi Nelson in the championship round.

The North Montgomery senior has separated himself as an athlete by contributing in four sports throughout his athletic career. With letters in track and field and baseball this spring, Kobel will have earned 16 varsity letters.

He was the Journal Review Football Player...

Crawfordsville senior Lauren Kellerman became the latest Athenian to crack the century mark.

Southmont senior Lexi Nelson used a last second comeback to sneak by North Montgomery’s Drew Webster, while the Chargers’ Kade Kobel flashed his additional varsity letters past Crawfordsville’s Lauren Kellerman in the other semifinal of the Montgomery County’s Best Senior Bracket Challenge.

Thank you all for voting throughout the ent...

Lifelong friends Lauren Kellerman and Kade Kobel practice their social distancing over the weekend. The Crawfordsville and North Montgomery pair advanced to the final four of the Montgomery County's Best Senior bracket challenge where Kobel defeated Kellerman to advance to the final.

And then there were four.

The senior athlete bracket challenge is down to the final four.

The four athletes remaining have all become some of th...