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'An accomplishment like none other'

Locals residents, native participate in Florida Ironman competition

By ZACH SPICER

Could you be an Ironman? If you can swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles and run 26.2 miles under 17 hours, you just might have what it takes. Four local residents and one former resident competed on Nov. 7 in the Florida Ironman at Panama City Beach.... Full story

Franklin ends football season with win at Hanover

Panthers player sets NCAA record

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HANOVER — Franklin College jumped on football archrival Hanover College with four touchdowns in the first half and went on to win 42-28 in Saturday’s annual battle for the Victory Bell trophy. The Grizzlies closed out their 2009 season... Full story

Patriots fall in MSC volleyball tournament

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — The University of the Cumberlands volleyball team lost to Lindsey Wilson College on Nov. 10 in the Mid-South Conference Tournament. The four-set loss ended the Patriots’ season at 17-21 overall and 7-7 in the... Full story

Asbury upsets IUS in KIAC volleyball

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WILMORE, Ky. — The No. 2-seeded Indiana University Southeast volleyball team was defeated by No. 3-seed and tournament host Asbury College on Saturday in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals. The Grenadiers... Full story

Seymour fifth-graders to play Sunday

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Seymour’s fifth-grade boys basketball team, with players from Emerson, Margaret R. Brown, Seymour-Redding, St. Ambrose and Immanuel Lutheran schools, will sponsor a tournament Sunday at Seymour Middle School. It will be eight games, featuring... Full story

Spots open in Hanover youth tournament

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HANOVER — Registrations are still being accepted for the 13th annual Little Panther Basketball Tournament on Dec. 13 at Hanover College. The tournament is open to boys and girls teams in grades 3-6. All teams will be guaranteed two games... Full story

Brown earns soccer honor at Wheaton

Team qualifies for tournament

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WHEATON, Ill. — Wheaton College men’s soccer player Damon Brown, a graduate of Seymour High School, was one of four Wheaton players named to the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin all-conference team on Monday. Brown, a senior... Full story

Turner begins basketball career with Golden Grizzlies

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ROCHESTER, Mich. — 2009 Seymour High School graduate Kristin Turner has begun her college basketball career at Oakland University. The Golden Grizzlies defeated Ferris State 60-50 on Nov. 1 and Western Ontario 88-54 on Nov. 9 in exhibition... Full story

Indiana hunters to take aim at healthy deer population

DNR shares info about disposal of deer carcasses

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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s annual firearms season for white-tailed deer opens Saturday.During the 16-day season, which ends Nov. 29, hunters are expected to kill an estimated 86,000 deer. “In 2008, hunters killed 86,454 deer during... Full story

Defense carries Franklin in Senior Day win over Manchester

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FRANKLIN — The Franklin College football team’s defense propelled the Grizzlies to a thrilling come-from-behind victory Saturday over Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference foe Manchester College. The defense kept the Grizzlies in the... Full story

Tormoehlen records kills in Knights' games

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Bellarmine University volleyball team concluded its 2009 season with a 19-25, 25-19, 25-18, 27-25 Great Lakes Valley Conference victory Saturday at Missouri University of Science & Technology. Freshman Whitney... Full story

Rumph adds kills, digs in Grenadiers' matches

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NEW ALBANY — The Indiana University Southeast volleyball team ended its regular season at 22-11 and 7-1 in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Grenadiers went 1-1 on Saturday against KIAC opponents, defeating Berea College... Full story

Hendrix tallies digs for Patriots

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WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. — The University of the Cumberlands volleyball team finished out its regular-season schedule with three-set wins over Brescia University on Oct. 31 and Midway College on Nov. 5, but fell in four sets on Nov. 3 to Union... Full story

Bowlers join Hall of Fame

By ARV KOONTZ

Larry Schultheis and Bill Woodard have received a lot of bowling honors locally over the last 40 years.Both said the honor they received Saturday night will go to the top of their lists. Woodard and Schultheis were elected to the Seymour Bowling... Full story

Eakins makes change at Grace College

Seymour grad joins Lancers’ coaching staff

By ARV KOONTZ

BLOOMINGTON — As a young Indiana University basketball fan, one of Ryan Eakins’ goals was to one day play for the Hoosiers. While Eakins didn’t get to realize that dream, he did get to experience sitting on the visiting... Full story

Registration set for Enter His Courts

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Sign-ups for the Enter His Courts basketball league will be from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at First Church of the Nazarene, 311 Myers Lane, Seymour. Sign-up forms can be printed from enterhiscourts.org and either mailed in or brought to the sign-up... Full story

Locals competing in Ironman on Saturday

Emerson Elementary School Principal Talmadge Reasoner, center, holding sign, takes a pre-victory lap around the school's playground Tuesday afternoon with students. Reasoner, along with Seymour residents Steve and Spencer Sunbury and Dan Thomas,... Full story

Registration set for Enter His Courts

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Sign-ups for the Enter His Courts basketball league will be from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at First Church of the Nazarene, 311 Myers Lane, Seymour. Sign-up forms can be printed from enterhiscourts.org and either mailed in or brought to the sign-up... Full story

Volleyball program sign-ups set for Friday

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Registration for the Girls Inc. Volleyball Program will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at Girls Inc. of Jackson County, 956 N. O’Brien St., Seymour. The program is for all girls in grades 5-12, and it is a travel team. The first tryout... Full story

Powerlifting champ mixes spirituality, strength in local programs

Events set for today, Wednesday

By ZACH SPICER

CROTHERSVILLE — Steve Carrier may be in the “Guinness Book of World Records” for breaking 30 baseball bats over his thigh in 53 seconds. He may have been the most valuable player of his high school basketball team. He may be able... Full story

Grizzlies fail to slow Engineers' offense

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TERRE HAUTE — Franklin College’s offense struggled in the first half, while Rose-Hulman’s attack flourished most of the day, and the host Engineers emerged with a 34-21 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football win on... Full story

Reminder: Baiting deer still illegal

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INDIANAPOLIS — With deer firearm hunting season just around the corner (Nov. 14-29), the Department of Natural Resources Division of Law Enforcement’s conservation officers remind hunters that they will be watching for violators of the... Full story

Web site created to follow Baker's pro golf career

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A Web site has been created for fans and sponsors interested in following the career of professional golfer Chris Baker of Brownstown. At chrisbakergolf.com, you can read Baker’s bio, check out his schedule of events and results, e-mail him... Full story

Powerlifter to meet with kids on Monday

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Powerlifting champion Steve Carrier will meet with kids at 3:45 p.m. Monday at the Boys & Girls Club, 950 N. O’Brien St., Seymour. Carrier also will be doing programs at 7 p.m. Sunday through Tuesday at First Baptist Church, 401 E. Howard... Full story

Pena makes go-ahead goal in Grizzlies' win over Lions

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FRANKLIN — Franklin College spotted visiting men’s soccer foe College of Mount St. Joseph a 1-0 lead late in the first half, but controlled the second half and prevailed 2-1 at the Franklin Community High School soccer field on... Full story

Hendrix notches up 64 digs through eight games for Patriots

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WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. — Chelsea Hendrix tallied 64 digs through eight recent matches for the University of the Cumberlands volleyball team. The 2009 Seymour High School graduate had 14 digs in each game of a doubleheader at the University of Rio... Full story

Rumph contributes kills as Grenadiers win 7 straight

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NEW ALBANY — The Indiana University Southeast volleyball team went 13-2 in October and ended the month on a seven-game winning streak. The Grenadiers had three-set wins on Oct. 25 and 26 against St. Louis College of Pharmacy and Kentucky... Full story

Small game hunting season open Friday

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INDIANAPOLIS — Statewide small game seasons open Friday. The statewide cottontail rabbit season runs Friday to Feb. 15, 2010. At Atterbury, Blue Grass, Chinook, Crosley, Fairbanks Landing, Glendale, Hillenbrand, Hovey Lake, Jasper-Pulaski,... Full story

Powerlifting champ to visit area

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From Sunday to Tuesday at Crothersville and on Wednesday at Seymour, Community Outreach for Youth will welcome powerlifting champion Steve Carrier of Mega Force Ministries. Carrier will perform unusual feats of strength at 7 p.m. Sunday through... Full story

4 inducted into Brownstown Speedway Hall of Fame

Brownstown Speedway track promoters Tim and Farrah Keithley, left, gather with Brownstown Speedway Hall of Fame inductees Rick Hines of Seymour, Dennis Boknecht of Seymour, Greg Lee of Brownstown and Mike Jewell of Scottsburg. These four drivers... Full story

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