Area Sports
SOFTBALL SEASON UNDERWAY
SOFTBALL SEASON UNDERWAY. Riverton Parke’s Lizzy Leitgabel (white jersey #2) tags out a Southmont runner at second base in the Lady Panthers’ scrimmage Thursday, March 14. Riverton Parke will open the regular season Thursday, March 21 at home against Crawfordsville at 5:30 p.m. (photo submitted)
Read MoreCougars Roll Past Panthers
COUGARS ROLL PAST PANTHERS. Visiting North Putnam won their 9th straight game by beating Riverton Parke 82-57 Saturday, February 16. The Panthers trailed only 12-11 after one period and 27-25 late in the second period. But the Cougars ended the 2nd period on a 10-3 run to take a 37-28 lead at halftime. NP…
Read MoreRP Wrestling
RP WRESTLER PINS OPPONENT. Riverton Parke 8th grader Cash Anstett (top- blue singlet) pins an Otter Creek wrestler in the Panthers’ match Monday, February 5. (photo submitted)
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ALPHAS WRESTLING. The Alphas elementary youth teams wrestled in the first ever home dual tournament, the Sugar Creek Showdown, December 17. Alphas Black team placed third out of 11 teams going 4-1. Getting wins over Prodigy (Terre Haute South), Husky WC (Hamilton Heights), Normanco (North Montgomery). They lost a close one to Hammer Down…
Read MoreSportsmanship Pins
SPORTSMANSHIP PINS. Parke Heritage High School volleyball players Hallie Miller and Carly Newnum received an Exemplary Behavior Report from one of North Vermillion’s Athletic Administrators. Saturday, September 30, during the Banks of the Wabash Volleyball Tournament held at North Vermillion, the two girls took the initiative to help the administrators set up a practice…
Read MoreConference Win
CONFERENCE WIN. The Parke Heritage High School girls golf team won the Wabash River Conference meet held Saturday, September 9 at the Parke County Golf Course. Their team score was 393. Phoebe Henderson was low medalist with 83. Taya Sturmer and Grace Goldner also earned all-conference honors with scores of 98 and 99. Other…
Read MoreDown the Field
DOWN THE FIELD. Riverton Parke running back Vickter Shoopman runs toward the end zone in the Panthers’ game against Parke Heritage Middle School on Thursday night. The Panthers defeated the Wolves 16-6. Riverton Parke will play at North Central next Thursday, September 7. (photo submitted)
Read MoreAwards Night Winners
AWARDS NIGHT WINNERS. Riverton Parke recently held its awards night for the 2023 baseball and softball season. Athletes recognized were (front, from left) Haylee Mathas-Softball Defensive MVP, Bailey Duke-Softball Offensive MVP, Maddie Lumaye-Softball Most Improved Player, Maddie Coonce-Softball Mental Attitude Award, and Emma Ugoletti-Softball Rookie of the Year; (back) Ashton Lowry-Baseball Most Improved Player, Brandon…
Read MoreFIRST PLACE
FIRST PLACE. Anthony Berry placed first in the shot put in the Parke Heritage Middle School track meet against Covington and Attica. (photo submitted)
Read More100 WINS
100 WINS. Parke Heritage High School Coach Rich Schelsky (left) was presented a plaque and basketball for reaching the 100th win mark for coaching girls and boys basketball. He was presented these tokens by PHHS principal Bruce Patton (right) during the PHHS boys basketball awards night held Friday, April 14. (photo submitted)
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