Chargers stopped by Red Devils
From the opening possession when West Lafayette forced a turnover and then buried a three-pointer the Red Devils could do very little wrong in its 70-25 win over North Montgomery on Tuesday. West Lafayette (10-3) put the game away in the second quarter when it outscored the Chargers (6-6) 20-6 to take a 43-18 halftime lead. Joy Shirar and Emily Sennett led the Chargers with nine points each. Caroline McClaskey grabbed a team-high eight rebounds. The Chargers will be back in
Scoring drought costs Mounties
NEW MARKET — The scoring woes continue for the Southmont girls basketball team as the Mounties fell to Monrovia 38-26 on Saturday. In four of the last six games the Mounties have failed to score more than 32 points and in five of the six games they have not scored more than 40. All five of those games have resulted in losses as the Mounties fell to 4-8 after the losing Saturday. Lilly Ward, who led the Mounties with 10 points on the night, put the Mounties up 6-5 with 3:23 to
Mounties fall behind early in 85-56 loss to Danville
NEW MARKET — Southmont’s boys basketball team is looking at a fresh start, and a lopsided 85-56 loss to Danville on Friday can’t change that. “It was a fresh start and I just told (the players) to believe in me, and believe in the coaching staff, and believe in each other,” Jake Turner said following his first game as interim head coach following Tuesday’s sudden resignation by Jon Sparks. “This was a really tough week for all of us, the coaching staff, players, community, an
Red Devils athleticism too much for Athenians
WEST LAFAYETTE — Crawfordsville’s boys team ran into the teeth of a very good and very athletic West Lafayette team in a 71-46 loss. “We knew coming in that we could be out-matched and out-sized,” Athenians coach David Pierce said. “We also knew that Westside was incredibly athletic, and had a lineup of veteran players. That is as good a team as we will probably face all year, but we want to play teams like this. We look for the challenge.” The Red Devils came out of the gate
Sparks out as Southmont basketball coach
NEW MARKET — Jake Turner’s time out of the head coaching seat was short-lived. The former Attica coach was named Southmont’s interim coach Tuesday after Jon Sparks resigned from his position at the helm of the Mounties boys basketball program. Athletic Director Aaron Charles announced the resignation in a statement Tuesday afternoon, a day after indicating there were no issues with Sparks as coach. “The administration at Southmont has determined my coaching to be finished,” S
