http://www.greensburgdailynews.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:19:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_104231622.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_104231622.html The Lady Pirate softballers were ambushed by a group of Lady Spartans as Connersville won 12-3 in action at home Tuesday Night.The Spartans jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first inning Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:12:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_104230213.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_104230213.html The Lady Pirates hosted the Columbus East Lady Olympians in a doubleheader Saturday and came away with the same result in both games. They shut out the Olympians 2-0. The major difference in the line score for Columbus East was the absence of a hit in the first game. Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:59:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_104225038.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_104225038.html Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:22:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_095001039.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_095001039.html East Central used superior numbers, especially in the middle distances and distance events to record a clean sweep over Greensburg and Batesville at a triangular event held here Thursday night.East Central claimed the boys’ event scoring 82 points to 54 for Greensburg and 32 for Batesville. In the girls’ event, the dominance was greater as East Central scored 97 points to 49 for Greensburg and 17 for Batesville. Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:21:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_095000517.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_095000517.html Greensburg exploded for four runs in both the fourth and fifth innings en route to a convincing 11-3 victory over Batesville at home Thursday night.In a game played in a light drizzle and what generously could be called a chilly evening, the two squads fought on even terms until the Lady Pirates seized the lead in the third inning. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:58:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_095000032.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_095000032.html Greensburg and Milan fought to a one-all tie in a game called because of wet weather after seven innings. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:07:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_093234851.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_093234851.html The boys’ portion of the triangular meeting involving Rushville, South Decatur and North Decatur was a decidedly one-sided affair as Rushville easily outdistanced the Decatur County schools. The girls’ meet was something else as North Decatur edged Rushville with South in striking distance as the three squads scored 58, 56 and 42 points, respectively. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:04:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_093234648.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_093234648.html The Cougars began play a day late because of weather delays on Tuesday but forgot to bring their bats as Cassie Loweth held South Decatur to Haley Holdreith’s seventh inning single to lead the Columbus North Bulldogs to a 10-0 win. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:25:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_092231630.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_092231630.html The Greensburg Lady Pirates tennis squad kicked off their 2008 schedule by losing a close contest to the Connersville Lady Spartans 3-2.Nearly every match featured close, competitive tennis. Only at No. 1 singles did one player dominate. Sara Welage easily dispatched Tiffany Tremper 6-0, 6-2 to win the match for the Pirates. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:24:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_092231423.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_092231423.html Like most of their counterparts in southeast Indiana, the North Decatur Chargers have been getting ready for this season in a place that you don’t usually associate with baseball - the gymnasium. Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:22:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_090221649.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_090221649.html The Lady Pirates kicked off the spring sports season Saturday by sweeping a doubleheader from the Marion Lady Cubs.In the first game, won by Greensburg 5-2, Megan Hahn kept the Madison hitters off stride with a variety of speeds and pitches. Her battery mate, Briana Donnelly, provided what proved to be the winning runs with a two-run home run in the third inning. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:31:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_088211656.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_088211656.html Cougar golf coach Greg Allen has a task that few area coaches have. He must cut the 18 hopeful linksmen to 12 before the season starts. Making the task more palatable is that he is set in his top eight spots. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:29:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_088211534.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_088211534.html South Decatur’s boys’ track team is in an unenviable position of replacing two of its most outstanding trackmen in the school’s history.“We had only one sectional champion, Jason Hobbs, before last year,” said Cougars coach Tom Black. “Last year we had two, Krisjo Brown and Jeremy Ponsler. Those two scored a lot of points.” Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:23:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_088212013.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_088212013.html Basketball awards were handed out at the recent Charger Awards dinner, Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:15:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_088001010.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/crunch/local_story_088001010.html The North Decatur girls’ track squad has one thing which Coach Betsy Davis hasn’t had in her 11 years of coaching - depth, thanks to a big freshman class.Last year’s highly successful squad, which posted a 27-4 record in dual meets and garnered Davis the conference’s Coach of the Year award, had only nine members. This year she has 19 athletes including 11 freshmen.