LINTON — North Daviess appeared to possibly have matters well in hand late in the third quarter during Friday night’s Class A Sectional 40 championship game at Linton.
The Cougars were looking strong after the game moved to the fourth and in position to score for a 17-point lead. But the host Miners had other plans. The result was another heart-breaker for North Daviess on the Greene County school’s field and only the second setback of the year for the Cougars. Unfortunately, the 28-24 decision with Linton on top ended a sterling year for the Cougars and sent the Miners on to regional action.

Jill Wier of Plainville is the recipient of the 2009 Interscholastic Athletic Official Association Award for excellence in the sport of volleyball. Wier will be honored in a special ceremony at Saturday’s state finals tournament.

In a season where the Barr-Reeve Viking volleyball team has looked like the best team in the state, it will now get a chance to prove it in the Class A state tournament on Saturday at Ball State in Muncie.

The North Daviess Cougars and Washington Hatchets may feel like “deja vu all over again” in the sectional finals this Friday.
Both teams find themselves facing the same teams that eliminated them at this same stage last season. However, both are ready to keep history from repeating itself.
The Hatchets travel to Evansville to face Evansville Memorial at Enlow Field, while the Cougars go up the road to battle Southwest Seven rival Linton-Stockton.

Barr-Reeve State Final Volleyball tickets are general admission, and on sale in the high school office today during school hours for $12. Tickets will not be available on Friday. These are season passes for both the morning and afternoon session at Muncie.

MONTGOMERY — For the Tecumseh Lady Braves, Halloween in Mongtomery turned out to be a “Nightmare on Kavanaugh Kourt.”

LEOPOLD — Steady rain and sloppy field conditions made the ball extremely difficult to exchange on the snap or tuck away securely on the run during North Daviess’ sectional semifinal match-up with host Perry Central Friday night. In fact, the slippery ball helped the Cougars earn a sectional title shot.

The Washington Hatchets, like most high school football teams in the state of Indiana, are probably sick and tired of playing in the rain on muddy fields every Friday night.
But one thing the Hatchets aren’t tired of is winning sectional games.

According to North Daviess Athletic Director Brent Dalrymple as of 2:15 Friday afternoon, tonight's North Daviess at Perry Central sectional football game is still to be played as scheduled.