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Every athlete wants their senior season to be their best and go out on top. For Crawfordsville ace Cale Coursey, it’s safe to say he was able to do just that. After suffering a season-ending injury last season, Coursey was forced to watch from the dugout as his Athenians missed the presence of one of their top players. From the moment he was cleared last summer until now, Coursey has been using last season as added motivation and drive. It resulted in a special senior season, that while ended sooner than most Athenian fans wanted, was still one to remember.

One basketball game changed my entire life. It wasn’t even a championship game or a game that anybody else would remember. When it happened, I had no idea what it would mean for my future. It was my sophomore year, and I was on the JV team at Southmont....

VEEDERSBURG — Leading the Fountain Central High School Class of 2023 as valedictorian is Chase Martin Witsman. He is the son of BJ and Krista Witsman of Covington. Witsman also is the class president, National Honor Society president, Spanish Club president, FCA member, four-time All Bi-County Swim champion and three-time All-WRC swim champion.

Piper Ramey - NM Kacey Kirkpatrick - FC Sometimes it takes just a single player in sports to transform an entire program. For Fountain Central softball they saw that up close and personal this season. Junior shortstop Zoe Foxworthy-DeJournett moved to Fountain Central this school year from Florida. From the first workout the Mustangs had in the winter, the impact that was brought by Zoe had already been felt. Foxworthy-DeJournett was the do-it-all player for the Mustangs this season as she led them to an overall record of 11-13 record. Those 11 wins are the most for the Mustang program since 2012. Seven of those 13 losses were by four runs or less.

With another 20-win season under their belts Crawfordsville baseball now shifts its focus to the post-season and the Class 3A Sectional 25 tournament which will be hosted by the Athenians. While Cville has been a baseball staple in the area, a sectional title has alluded the Athenians for quite sometime. 2013 was the last time Cville hoisted a sectional championship Trophy.

Waynetown resident Randy Miles appreciates all the history and glamor of the Indianapolis 500. Not only is he a fan of the race, he also does all he can to introduce others to the history and glamor of the world’s greatest spectacle in racing. “I just love the history...

Southmont boys golf wasn’t going to let history repeat itself. The Mounties remember how last year’s county meet went where they fell to Crawfordsville. That not only gave the Athenians the county title, but also their first county chase championship. Thursday on their home course at the Crawfordsville Country Club, Southmont got redemption by firing a 337 to re-gain the county crown. And just like a year ago, the county golf meet also decided whether the Athenians or Mounties would take home the coveted County Chase Trophy. With South’s win they earned their fourth overall Chase Title with 53 points to Cville’s 51.

Runs: SM – C. Howell 2, Shirk, D. Howell, Cox; GCT – Bushong 3, Sutherlin, Hamm, Carrington. RBI: SM – Benge, Hubble, Hall, Cox, Shirk; GCT – Bushong 2, Sutherlin 2, Long, Clark. Pitching: SM - (Hall 5IP 4H 1R 0ER 10K 6BB, Cox 2IP 6H...

NEW MARKET — After a thrilling opening round game which saw Southmont softball defeat Parke Heritage 8-6 after scroing all of thier runs in the final two innings, the Mounties on Tuesday took on the North Putnam Cougars in the Class 2A Sectional 44 semi-finals. The high powered Cougar offense proved to be too much for the Mounties. South saw its season come to an end with a 16-2 loss as the Cougars advanced to the championship game.

RBI: TW (Holland) Pitching: TW (Isaac Pierson WP 7IP 7H 0R 0BB 5K); CHS (Cale Coursey LP 6IP 5H 1R 1ER 4BB 10K) A single run. That was all that was scored in a top notch pitchers dual Wednesday at Crawfordsville in a battle of two top 10 teams in Class 3A when the No. 10 Tri-West Bruins traveled to take on the No. 9 Crawfordsville Athenians in the Class 3A Sectional 25 opener. That single run was scored by the Bruins all the back in the very first inning and that was all they needed to move on the semi-finals as Cville saw its season come to an end.

With the end of the school year basically here, that means that our area sports teams are winding down their sports seasons. That also means another full year of high school sports in Montgomery County is almost sadly over. It’s been another fantastic season for our area sports teams with countless records broken, state finals appearances, and some deep post-season runs.

Hits; PH (Norman 2, Sturmer 2, Holcomb 2, Downs); SM (Mason 4, Stokes 2, Grino, Watson, Dinius, Himes, Veatch) 2B: PH (Sturmer); SM (Mason 2, Grino) HR: PH (Norman); SM (Dinius) Runs: PH (Sturmer 2, Batty, Norman, Downs, Turner); SM (Mason 2, Stokes, Veatch, Watson, Spencer, Himes, Rice) RBI: PH...

Southmont baseball began the season with three straight wins. Since then it’s been a struggle for the Mounties who are under the leadership of first year coach Bill Woods. South enters the post-season with a record of 5-17 and will compete in the Class 2A Sectional 44 which is hosted by Parke Heritage.

Southmont softball might be not seeing the success they’ve seen over the last few seasons, but that hasn’t stopped the Mounties from still playing some of their best softball here at the end of the season. South ended their 8-16 year with a win over county rival North Montgomery and one-run losses to both Western Boone and Lebanon. The shift in focus now turns to the post-season as South will host the Class 2A Sectional 44 Tournament.

Records: CHS 20-9 (10-4 SAC); LEB 12-13 (6-8 SAC) Hits: CHS (Motz 3, C. Coursey 2, Dowell, J. Coursey, Patton, Resto, Farley); LEB (Acton 2, Sloggett, Nelson, Haines) Runs: CHS (Dowell 2, C. Coursey 2, Motz, Farley, Patton, Resto); LEB (Huntsman, Haines, Linton, Phillipe, Acton) RBI: CHS (C. Coursey 2,...

Crawfordsville softball has made progress in 2023 under first year coach Mackenzi Landrum. It’s not all about the wins and losses for the young Athenians but more about the process of being a better team than when they began the season. That part is evident as Cville has made strides this season. Now Crawfordsville (3-22) will look to get a sectional win under their belts when they travel to Tri-West on Monday to compete in the Class 3A Sectional 25 tournament.