FERDINAND — Hannah Saucerman accumulated a triple-double of 11 points, 23 assists and 10 digs, and North Knox's volleyball team overcame a big second-set deficit in a 25-9, 30-28, 25-14 victory over Forest Park in the Class 2A Forest Park Sectional semifinal Thursday.

The regular season showed promise for the North Knox football team, as does the postseason, and a lot of the credit goes to the large senior class, more so in size than numbers.

Knox County cross country teams from Lincoln and South Knox sparkled last week and are in position to add to their postseason success Saturday when they run in the Pike Central Regional.

Lincoln's No. 1 singles player, sophomore Ethan Jones, was named to the all-Big Eight Conference boys tennis team Thursday.

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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Joe Maddon is back under the halo.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Myles Turner looks around the Indiana Pacers locker room and sees a whole new team.

WASHINGTON -- Bottle of beer in hand, Ryan Zimmerman stood alone in the Nationals Park home clubhouse for a few moments, taking in the scene while his teammates celebrated reaching Washington's first World Series since 1933.

From one corner of a sullen clubhouse came the glass half full view of the St. Louis Cardinals' season.

Just a week away from the start of the sectional, Lincoln seems to being playing its best football of the season.

South Knox had four harriers receive Academic All-State honors by the Indiana Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches on Wednesday.

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MOUNT CARMEL, Ill. — Collin Jackson returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, and Zach Steffey threw three touchdown passes to help Lincoln knock off Mount Carmel, 38-34, in a junior varsity football game Monday.

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With the IHSAA making all postseason tournaments a blind draw, the sectional championship game sometimes isn’t necessarily decided in the final.

CRAWFORDSVILLE — North Knox's volleyball team had a break even day at the season-ending North Montgomery Invitational on Saturday.

Julius Hardiman has been an important player all season in his first year at Lincoln, but the Washington transfer’s most memorable performance may have came on Friday.

ELNORA — It was a miserable night for football and a beautiful night for North Knox.

The Vincennes University men's basketball team, coming off an NJCAA championship season, previews its 2019-20 season with its 28-team jamboree Sunday.

SULLIVAN — Abby Niehaus and Tia Tolbert each supplied a pair of first half goals, and No. 11 Rivet eased by Bloomfield, 7-0, in the Class A Sullivan girls soccer sectional Thursday.

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North Knox’s football team wants to put a two-game losing streak behind, and a win at North Daviess tonight gives the Warriors their first outright Southwest Conference title.

South Knox’s boys and girls cross country teams have been defeating teams in the area for decades, but sectional titles haven’t been as easy to obtain.

For the first time in over 20 years, Alice Arena will be home to a boys basketball sectional.

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An injury to a significant player early in a match can be enough to unravel most teams, especially in the postseason.

For the first time all season, Lincoln has strung together consecutive wins. Getting a third straight win this week will be a challenge as the opponent carries a much more impressive streak.

LINTON — Lincoln's tight first-set win wasn't nearly good enough, as Linton bounced the Alices in volleyball, 24-26, 25-10, 25-18, 25-20, Tuesday.

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SULLIVAN — It was about all North Knox’s girls soccer team could ask for in its second half against Washington Catholic in the Class A Sullivan Sectional opener Tuesday. The first half? Not so much.

MATTOON, Ill. — Lawrenceville co-op golfers Camren Ray, Hayden Hesler and Garrett Hulfachor advanced to the sectional round by way of top-10 finishes among non-qualifying teams at the Class 2A Mattoon Regional on Monday.

Rivet has had the most successful girls soccer program in the area since it's inaugural season in 2016, so it's not surprising that the Patriots have the best chance of continuing that success this week as the 26th annual IHSAA girls soccer state tournament gets started today.

WASHINGTON — Lincoln made a final push to get within a goal of Pike Central in their first round Class 2A Washington Sectional match Monday, but the Alices' final attack was flagged offsides, and the Chargers ran out the clock for a 2-1 boys soccer win.

North Knox pulled through a tight third set to break a tie and took out Rivet, 25-18, 21-25, 25-22, 25-14, in a Blue Chip Conference at Holscher Gym on Monday.

Lincoln received the most difficult path, North Knox got a quality draw, and Rivet and South Knox are somewhere in between as the IHSAA revealed its pairings for its 48th annual state volleyball tournament on Saturday.