Steve Heath

5 days ago | greenfieldreporter.com | Steve Heath

NEW PALESTINE — J.J. Fee said it was all worth it. Back injury, hip surgery, a year off to heal, a broken foot to start her “healthy senior season,” a return from a broken foot, and then a reinjury to her broken foot — the final outcome was all worth it. Understatedly, she’d been through a lot, but when the tears rolled down her cheeks on her final routine of her final gymnastics season, she knew it all had paid off.

6 days ago | greenfieldreporter.com | Steve Heath

NEW PALESTINE — Everybody batted and almost everybody had a hit. New Palestine’s six-hit, four-run, second-inning was the difference in the Dragons 6-2 Hoosier Heritage Conference softball win over rival Greenfield-Central (7-6, 2-2) Thursday at New Palestine High School. The Dragons, ranked No. 1 in Class 3A, improved to 16-1 overall and 3-1 in the HHC. All nine batters came to the plate in the second inning. The Dragons had six singles, including five in a row to take a 4-0 lead.

1 week ago | greenfieldreporter.com | Steve Heath

FORTVILLE — After a pair of close second-place finishes, the New Palestine girls track and field team left no doubt on who the top team was at the 2025 Hancock County Championships held at Mt. Vernon High School Wednesday. Last year, the Dragons finished 2.5 points behind first-place Greenfield-Central. In 2023, they finished 12 points behind champion Mt. Vernon. On Wednesday — in a championship where seven meet records were set — the Dragons won eight events and scored 96 points.

1 week ago | greenfieldreporter.com | Steve Heath

FORTVILLE — Mt. Vernon won 10 of 16 events, set three meet records and won the Hancock County Boys Track and Field Championships for the fourth straight year, at Mt. Vernon High School Wednesday. The Marauders nearly doubled the score of their closest competitor. Mt. Vernon had 112 points. Greenfield-Central was second with 58. New Palestine had 54 and Eastern Hancock scored 20. Each school had at least one champion.

1 week ago | greenfieldreporter.com | Steve Heath

NEW PALESTINE — Heading to the ballpark Tuesday, New Palestine head baseball coach Shawn Lyons wasn’t sure he’d have his ace on the mound for Game 1 of a two-game Hoosier Heritage Conference series against Delta. That’s a tough thing to contemplate when you’re in the thick of a race for a conference championship. The Dragons came into their series with Delta one-game behind first-place Pendleton Heights — with six to go — in the Hoosier Heritage Conference.