http://www.news-tribune.net en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:22:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_134002052.html http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_134002052.html NEW ALBANY — A run of frustration finally ended for Floyd Central on Monday as the Highlanders claimed the 2008 Hoosier Hills Conference Tournament girls’ tennis championship.The satisfaction of the Highlanders’ victory simply meant frustration for New Albany. Tue, 13 May 2008 00:17:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_134001601.html http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_134001601.html The Floyd Central boys’ golf team edged three of its biggest local rivals on Monday at the New Albany Country Club to claim victory at the annual Big Four Classic. Tue, 13 May 2008 00:13:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_134001419.html http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_134001419.html In only its second year of existence, the Indiana University Southeast softball team has put itself in position to win its first-ever national championship. Tue, 13 May 2008 00:12:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_134001227.html http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_134001227.html Southern Indiana United’s U11 Strikers hit the target this past weekend when taking the White River Classic in Noblesville.Paul Duckworth’s troops came home with a three-game unbeaten record, after wins against Fishers SC (5-0), Hoosier FC (3-2) and Carmel United (3-2). Sat, 10 May 2008 22:47:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_131224955.html http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_131224955.html David Higgs can’t say he’s too excited.The clock keeps ticking away on the season for the Jeffersonville softball team. Every inning, every pitch, every out means the Red Devils are one step closer to a day the assistant coach probably never figured possible. Sat, 10 May 2008 22:40:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_131224226.html http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_131224226.html SELLERSBURG — As the year progresses, Floyd Central boys’ golf coach Mike Cason says he can see the confidence in his team growing.Saturday’s Southern Indiana Open at Hidden Creek Golf Club may have been the final shot in the arm Cason’s club needs for another deep postseason run. Sat, 10 May 2008 22:33:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_131223312.html http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_131223312.html FLOYDS KNOBS — When you are playing in a tournament, records are pretty much meaningless. All that matters is how you execute. Sat, 10 May 2008 22:24:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_131222449.html http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_131222449.html JEFFERSONVILLE — The hardest thing turned out to be getting all the people in the pictures. At least that’s how it seemed on Saturday morning, after pitcher Megan Stirn and the Jeffersonville softball team shut down Jennings County in a 7-0 victory that left the Red Devils champions of the Hoosier Hills Conference for the first time since 1998. Fri, 09 May 2008 23:48:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_130234724.html http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_130234724.html FLOYDS KNOBS — Thanks to some extra-inning heroics on Friday night at Highlander Field, the Floyd Central baseball team put itself in position to do something it has never done before — repeat as Hoosier Hills Conference champions.Keith Kulwicki’s RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning gave the Highlanders a 5-4 victory over Jeffersonville in the HHC Tournament semifinals. Floyd (14-8) will vie for its second straight conference title at 11 a.m. today when it hosts Jennings County, a 6-2 semifinal winner over Bedford North Lawrence on Friday. Fri, 09 May 2008 22:56:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_130225610.html http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_130225610.html Sammi Sarver isn’t particularly traditional, and she seems pretty happy to say so. Happy enough to sing about it. Fri, 09 May 2008 22:48:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_130224940.html http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_130224940.html JEFFERSONVILLE — It took the New Albany softball team three days and seven innings to get warmed up. And when the Bulldogs’ bats finally got going, they found it was already too late. Fri, 09 May 2008 22:45:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_130224721.html http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_130224721.html Every time someone has asked me over the last week about Eight Belles’ horrific breakdown in the Kentucky Derby, I’ve told them I don’t want to talk about it. Fri, 09 May 2008 22:44:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_130224503.html http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_130224503.html The Indiana University Southeast softball team is one step away from reaching the NAIA Softball National Championship tournament. Thu, 08 May 2008 23:36:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_129233628.html http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_129233628.html Providence graduates Courtney and Britney Freiberger are both juniors on the Indiana University women’s track and field team along with being best friends and roommates. They both have the same major, which is exercise science. Both are planning to go to graduate school after they receive their bachelor’s degrees. On top of that, they both want to study the same field, which is physical therapy. Thu, 08 May 2008 23:11:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_129231340.html http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_129231340.html The Floyd Central and Henryville softball teams will each go up against area rivals in their respective sectional openers later this month, as both squads will try to repeat as sectional champions. Teams across the state learned the pairings for their sectionals on Thursday when the IHSAA conducted the state tournament draw in Indianapolis.