Local Sports

With a pandemic still very much lingering but no longer interrupting our day-to-day activities (at least for now), the sports world got more or less back to normal in 2021, meaning we could focus more on the action that did take place than the events that didn’t. And locally, there was all sorts of news as a result — some of it bad, but most of it breathtakingly good.

Unbeaten and ranked fourth in Class A, Edinburgh’s boys basketball team faced its first significant test of the season on Wednesday night, hosting No. 7 Indianapolis Lutheran in the championship game of its annual holiday tournament.

Girls basketball

The Franklin girls basketball team survived a couple of close shaves earlier this season. On Wednesday, the Grizzly Cubs finally got nicked.

As a wrestler, there are worse nicknames to be saddled with than Mr. Balance.

Boys basketball

Late this summer, Clay Hadley earns his master’s degree in business administration from the University of Indianapolis, capping a five-year run during which few stones were left unturned — academically, athletically and socially.

January offers no shortage of outdoor opportunities to fish, hunt and trap across the Midwest. Up north, ice fishing is going strong. Down south, open water still exists. Deer seasons are wrapping up and predators become a focus. Don’t even think about letting cabin fever rear its ugly head.

The sting of last season’s state meet has stuck with Ben Clarkston. He’s determined not to feel it again.

By Ryan O’Leary | Daily Journal