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UPDATE BOIL ORDER LIFTED - Knightsville officials confirmed Friday
(Local News ~ 08/13/21)
The Town of Knightsville contacted The Brazil Times Friday to announce the boil order was lifted for residents. The order was issued on August 11.
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SEASON PREVIEW: Several Northview players move into key roles this season
(High School Sports ~ 08/13/21)
From the outside looking in, it appears as if Northview has undergone a big makeover on the gridiron when looking at the numerous members of last year’s starting units that have since graduated. But inside the program, it’s just like any other season as the Knights, like every other high school football team in the country, have key players depart, which opens up spots for others to fill...
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SEASON PREVIEW: White ready to step in as next Northview quarterback
(High School Sports ~ 08/13/21)
Throughout Northview head football coach Mark Raetz’s time as the leader of the Knights, he’s won with a multitude of different types of quarterbacks. From Tucker Stewart (2013-15) to Trey Shaw (2016-18) to Keegan Garrison (2019-20), each of the Northview signal callers brought different attributes on the field and in the huddle...
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SEASON PREVIEW: Cherry, Holman set to anchor Northview backfield
(High School Sports ~ 08/13/21)
During the last two seasons, Northview has had an All-Conference running back in Korbin Allen to depend on each time they took the field. Allen, though, has since graduated and will be soon suiting up a few miles down US 40 at Indiana State University’s Memorial Stadium...
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SEASON PREVIEW: Receiving corps returns three starters to go along with plenty of experience
(High School Sports ~ 08/13/21)
Among the positional groups that has plenty of experience to draw upon is the receiving corps. Northview loses full back/tight end Ilias Gordon but returns a trio of starters in receivers Vinny Bonomo (26 receptions for 346 yards and one touchdown and Easton Morgan (13 receptions for 164 yards) and tight end Braxton Sampson (12 receptions for 296 yards and five touchdowns)...
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SEASON PREVIEW: Battle tested offensive line ready to build off strong 2020 season
(High School Sports ~ 08/13/21)
Heading into last season, the offensive line was spot in which Northview head football coach was excited to see what a group of sophomores were able to do. At that time, he saw the talent they possessed, but wanted to see how they would hold up throughout the season...
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SEASON PREVIEW: Lady Eels ready to work on cross country course
(High School Sports ~ 08/13/21)
Clay City’s girls cross country team earned a bid to the Bedford Regional last fall on the backs of a multiple sophomores and a few key seniors. This year, the seniors have graduated, leaving a bit of an opening in the Eels’ lineup. However, as coach Melanie Laswell pointed out, they added a freshman and a senior into the mix, giving them a formidable seven that could surprise some people around the Wabash Valley...
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SEASON PREVIEW: Eels have experience back on their side
(High School Sports ~ 08/13/21)
Over the last few years, Clay City boys cross country coach Cole Schroer has pointed out the youthfulness of his teams, noting they essentially had to gain their experience from getting out and competing in various meets to improve. Well, after those seasons of learning what it’s like to run cross country at the high school level, the Eels enter the fall of 2021 with a team full of savvy upperclassmen that has Schroer excited with the first meeting getting underway Saturday morning at LaVern Gibson Championship Course.. ...
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SEASON PREVIEW: Lady Knights have confidence after back-to-back state appearances
(High School Sports ~ 08/13/21)
Northview put together its best girls cross country season in program history when the Lady Knights finished 14th overall in the 2020 state finals. That was a considerable jump from the year before. And knowing that all seven runners that competed in last Halloween’s race at Terre Haute’s LaVern Gibson Championship Course makes Northview girls cross country coach Tim Rayle all that more excited about what’s to come this fall...
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SEASON PREVIEW: Knights eager to return to return to state meet with some new faces
(High School Sports ~ 08/13/21)
Northview’s boys cross country team has made back-to-back state finals appearances at Terre Haute’s LaVern Gibson Championship Course. And while four of the seven that ran in the most important high school cross country race last Halloween, the Knights return their top two state finishers in Stuart Bennett and Jcim Grant, as well as Hank Slater and Douglas Dillman, who each had strong seasons in 2020...
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SEASON PREVIEW: Northview brings back seven starters to its stout defense
(High School Sports ~ 08/13/21)
Northview’s defense was strong last season. The Knights never saw a team score more than 28 points against them. They also held their opponents to single digit point totals in four of their ten games and nearly added a fifth when they surrendered 12 points to Greencastle in a Week 2 win...
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TOP STORY OF THE DAY, brought to you free by WICU: French remembered fondly for kind heart, generous soul
(Local News ~ 08/13/21)
If you happen to be driving by Calcutta Cemetery in Carbon on Saturday afternoon and think a circus has come to town, you would be wrong. People might think that way, though, because there will be some rather unconventional funeral music coming from the French Family Calliope at the service for the late Dr. Charles French, who passed away August 6...
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BRAZIL BUZZ: There’s no place like home, especially for members of your family
(Community News ~ 08/13/21)
Summer Interlude A heady odor from sweet clover grass Blends with the scent of other growing things, Including flowers summering en masse Where meadowlarks direct communal sings. The days are long. Vacationers, relaxed, Ease out the glory-laden interlude...
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Marilyn Sue Wheeler
(Obituary ~ 08/13/21)
Marilyn Sue Wheeler, 72, of Brazil passed away Thursday, August 12, 2021 in Union Hospital in Terre Haute. She was born in Brazil on October 4, 1948, the daughter of James Wesley and Ella Mae (Vanatti) Hamilton. Marilyn was a homemaker to kids and foster children...
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Knights impress in four-team football jamboree
(High School Sports ~ 08/13/21)
For the first time in a long time, the four-team high school football jamboree was back as it made its triumphant return Friday night at Northview High School. Along with the host Knights, Terre Haute North, Terre Haute South and South Vermillion participated in an evening that brought out large crowds to see four of the Wabash Valley’s talented teams prepare for the Aug. 20 season-opener...
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TOP STORY OF THE DAY, brought to you free by WICU: ‘We've heard you’ about face mask concerns, CCSC says
(Local News ~ 08/13/21)
It was a packed house during Thursday's school board meeting at the Central Administration Office. Many parents and community members came to voice concerns about mandating facemasks for students and staff members. The Clay Community School Corporation's 20-21 ReEntry Plan - similar to last year's Road Map for COVID-19 - was the first order of business...
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