LINDEN — James Gineris set the tone to start the game while Cameron Harris caught fire in the second half to lead Crawfordsville to a 66-45 victory over rival North Montgomery on Friday night. Gineris scored 12 of his 19 points in the first half and Harris scored 14 of his game-high 20 points in the second half to help the Athenians earn the big county win. Now Crawfordsville is off to its best start since 2009 — the last time the Athenians began a season 4-1 — and Crawfordsv

LIZTON — North Montgomery’s girls basketball team lost the turnover battle which cost them the game in a 53-39 Sagamore Conference loss Tuesday. The Chargers, who fall to 5-5 on the season and 1-1 in the conference, gave the ball up 25 times, mostly to a tenanious Bruins front court press. Tri-West scored 32 points off those turnovers, and sealed the win, moving to 5-3 overall and 4-0 in the Sagamore. The Bruins were 14-of-18 from the line for the game, and 18-of-53 from the

NEW MARKET — Cloverdale’s top player may have had a career night against Southmont on Saturday, but the Mounties are off to their best start to begin a season in more than two decades. With an impressive 83-69 win over the Clovers, Southmont improve to 4-0 for the first time since 1992. The Mounties used its defense and balanced scoring to overcome Neese’s effort. The Mounties were led by Kaleb Swick’s 23 points, including 17 in the second half. Cam Chadd added 16, while Ty W