PETERSBURG — County runners found the regional level a substantial step up from last week's sectional, but South Knox's boys and girls teams proved once again they were good enough.

LINTON — It seemed unlikely that South Knox's volleyball team was going to take out No. 9 Linton in the Class 2A Linton Sectional semifinal Saturday, but that didn't stop the Spartans from taking their best shot.

Lincoln couldn't have scripted a better start in its upset bid against Class 4A No. 3 Jasper on Friday, but after that start, it was all Wildcats until Mother Nature decided it had seen enough.

PAOLI — North Knox coach Josh Chambers said he wanted his team to face some adversity in the regular season finale to toughen them up. It was mission accomplished.

BICKNELL — Eight area youths are competing to the Elks State Soccer Shoot today after winning their age groups in the Southwest District event last Saturday.

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If a 12-team format is the future of the College Football Playoff —- and odds are that it still is despite a recent detour on the road to expansion — among the many details that need to be worked out is when it would start.

The Cardinals fired former National League manager of the year Mike Shildt over organizational differences Thursday, just one week after St. Louis lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers on a walk-off homer in the wild-card game.

LINTON — No. 9 Linton was a mountain that North Knox's volleyball team attempted to scale throughout their Class 2A Linton Sectional first-round match Thursday.

LOOGOOTEE — Rivet was dominant in the first and third sets and finished off the sweep of North Daviess, 25-13, 25-20, 25-11, to advance in the Class A Loogootee Sectional on Thursday.

The 2021 regular season isn't likely one that many Lincoln football fans will look back on fondly, but the opportunity for the Alices to create some positive memories in the postseason is just around the corner.

Through the years, North Knox's football schedule has been a familiar read. Sullivan and Linton are going to be tough foes, while the rest not so much.

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Half of Knox County's volleyball teams drew byes in the IHSAA sectionals that begin today, but the first leg of the postseason are an uphill climb for all four area squads.

The South Knox cross country teams have enjoyed many trips to the Pike Central Regional in recent years, while hoping to add Saturday's trip to Petersburg to the list.

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Lincoln and North Knox received what seems to be about as good of a sectional draw as they could have hope for as the IHSAA announced its pairings Sunday for the 49th annual football state tournament.

LAS VEGAS — Adam Schenk forged his second 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour on Saturday, and ended up with a career-best, third-place finish at the Shriners Children's Open on Sunday.

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JASPER — It was going to be a tough ask of Lincoln's girls soccer team, to avenge an 8-1 regular-season defeat to Jasper if it was going to claim the Class 2A Jasper Sectional on Saturday.

Anna Herman smacked 14 kills as Rivet produced 15 aces to hammer Dugger, 25-11, 25-12, 25-9, for a season-ending volleyball win Friday at Ralph Holscher Gym.

EVANSVILLE — With Class 4A No. 7 Evansville Memorial boasting a pair of runners that have carried for around 600 yards this season, Lincoln’s defense did an admirable job of containing the Tigers’ on the ground Friday. But Memorial quarterback Caleb Ellspermann was more than happy to take ad…

Lincoln's volleyball team avoided a sweep on Thursday, but North Knox shook off the third-set defeat and controlled the fourth for a 25-6, 25-16, 23-25, 25-10 victory in the regular-season finale for both teams at Alice Arena.

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JASPER — If hats were indeed prizes for producing hat tricks, Lincoln's Sierra Mullins would have needed another closet by now. If Thursday is any indication, teammate Maya Miller might be in the storage market too.

North Knox's football team isn't lacking for motivational sparks when it entertains North Daviess at 7 p.m. today.

South Knox needed less than 10 minutes to get on the scoreboard, and after that the Spartans never relinquished control.

WASHINGTON — Lincoln had a difficult task in slowing down Class 2A No. 8 Gibson Southern on Wednesday, and the Titans lived up to their billing in eliminating the Alices, 5-0, in the Washington Sectional semifinals.

Vincennes University's almost all-new men's basketball team gets to go up against opponents for the first time this Sunday in its annual jamboree.

LAS VEGAS — Adam Schenk was flawless in the first round of the PGA's Shriners Children's Open on Thursday, recording seven birdies without a bogey for a 7-under-par 64 to put him near the lead.

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It's been a difficult season for Lincoln's football team, and with the top two teams in the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference remaining on the schedule, it's not going to get any easier.

HARRISBURG, Ill. — Vincennes University's volleyball team closed out a stretch of three road matches in five days successfully on Tuesday, extending their winning streak to five with a 25-7, 25-20, 25-17 victory over Southeastern Illinois.

It's going to take the No. 5 South Knox boys soccer team to not be its best for a team to knock off the unbeaten Spartans at the Class A South Knox Sectional.

JASPER — It wasn't a surprise that South Knox's boys tennis team was a little outclassed at the Jasper Regional semifinal on Tuesday. The amazing part was that the Spartans were there.

ELNORA — North Daviess squeezed past South Knox, 25-23, 25-18, 23-25, 25-23, in a volleyball match Monday.