NEW MARKET — On Tuesday Southmont girls basketball will finally hit the court for the first time since Nov. 30. They will host Riverton Parke. Quarantines within the program halted the Mounties season and now it will be more than a month since they last played a competitive game. With roughly a month left in the season, Southmont will have to ramp up its play as they head into the final stretch. “Our girls have continued to stay positive and upbeat through all of this,” Souht

This marks the final installment of the Journal Review’s Top Sports Moments of the Year. Before we get to the final three moments, I’d personally like to thank all of our coaches, athletes, parents and AD’s for a very memorable 2021. I can’t wait to see what 2022 has in store for all of our area teams. You make my job as the sports editor not only an enjoyable one, but a pretty easy one at that. Thank you! Now on to our final moments of the year! Charger football guts out thr

Our fourth installment of the Journal Review’s ‘Top Sports Moments of the Year looks back at two teams from the fall and one this winter. Southmont boys basketball has proven they belong. North Montgomery girls soccer had one of the wildest soccer victories of the year over Lebanon. And last but certainly not least, Crawfordsville football won their only game of the season for their friend and teammate in Michael Leak. Mountie basketball makes history with win over warriors S

DELPHI — North Montgomery girls basketball set out a goal to bring home the Indiana Kitchen Classic title. After a win over Rossville on Tuesday the Chargers battled the host Oracles in the Championship game. In what a very physical, back and forth contest it was the host Oracles who came out on top with a 42-38 win to deny the Chargers the title. The Chargers got off to a great start and held an 8-3 lead early, but the Oracles battled back to tie the game at 11 after the ope

SPEEDWAY — Crawfordsville closed out the 2021 portion of their schedule with a trip to Speedway to face an always scrappy Sparkplug group. In a game that featured 27 fouls, 18 on the home team, the game had a sectional intensity to it. The Athenians relied on their seniors to pull out the hard fought 58-56 win to improve to 6-2 on the season while Speedway fell to 2-4. Speedway jumped out to a 9-3 lead before the Athenians closed out the quarter on a 10-3 run to lead 13-12 af

DELPHI - Tuesday ended the way it started for North Montgomery’s boys basketball team - a close loss at the Delphi gym. The 48-45 setback to the host Oracles in the second game of the Indiana Kitchen Holiday Classic ended a tough day for the Chargers, who fall to 0-8 heading into the Christmas break. Coupled with the 46-45 loss to Rossville earlier in the day, North was just that close, but in the end, fell just that short. A Colton Zachary three-pointer with :58.5 left in th

DELPHI — North Montgomery boys basketball is moving in the right direction. The Chargers were able to put four quarters together Tuesday as they took on Rossville in the Indiana Kitchen Classic at Delphi. The Chargers showed grit and determination all game long, but ultimately fell just short in a 46-45 defeat. After a Rossville missed free-throw, North Montgomery had possession on the games final play with a shot to win the game, but a turnover allowed the Hornets to escape

LINDEN — North Montgomery got closer to playing four quarters of basketball at home Saturday against Covington. However, the Trojans outscored the Chargers 22-13 in the final quarter to win 60-47 keeping North Montgomery winless on the season. A disappointed Charger coach Chad Arnold said his team has yet to play a complete game. He said too many mistakes led to the loss, including 26 turnovers in the game. The Chargers committed seven turnovers in the first four minutes of t

After suffering a heart-breaking, last-second loss to county rival North Montgomery on Friday, the Crawfordsville girls basketball was back on the court Saturday as the Athenians welcomed the Delphi Oracles. The game proved to be a game of runs as the Oracles opened the game scoring the first 10 points before Shea Williamson got the Athenians on the board at the 3:57 mark of the opening quarter. That three started a 13-0 Crawfordsville run as CHS led 13-10 afer the first eigh

Alex Kellerman led Crawfordsville with 15 points in their 68-51 win over Seeger Crawfordsville entered Saturday’s home game against the visiting Seeger Patriots on a three-game winning streak, winning by an average of 28 points over that span, including Friday’s 20-point win over county rival North Montgomery. Playing the game without head coach, David Pierce, the Athenians could’ve easily overlooked Seeger. However, the Athenians were up to the task pulling away late for the