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ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA ON WSLM

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NASCAR RACING BEGINS SOON

WSLM & The Motor Racing Network will have live coverage of the 51st Rolex 24 at Daytona, the season-opening race in the 2013 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series, on Jan. 26th-27th – with live streaming at wslmradio.com.

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Michael Shank Racing is the defending winner of the twice-around-the-clock sports car classic.

School Closings and Delays – Wednesday, January 16

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Kids of the Kingdom Dayschool Opening at 11:00 AM
Christian Academy of IN 2 hr. delay
Clarksville Community Schools 2 hr. delay
Community Montessori Charter School 1 hr. delay
Floyd Co. Head Start Closed
Greater Clark Co. Schools 2 hr. delay
Harrison Co. Head Start Opening at 10:00 AM
Harrison Co. Alternative School Opening at 10:00 AM
Holy Family School 2 hr. delay
Lanesville Comm. Schools 2 hr. delay
New Albany/Floyd Co. Schools 2 hr. delay
North Harrison Comm. Schools Opening at 10:00 AM
Our Lady of Perpetual Help 2 hr. delay
Our Lady Providence Jr/Sr School Opening at 10:00 AM
Rock Creek Community Academy 2 hr. delay
S. Harrison Comm. Schools 2 hr. delay
Sacred Heart Jeffersonville Opening at 8:45 AM
St. Anthony Catholic School (IN) 2 hr. delay
W. Clark Community Schools 2 hr. delay

Salem Cubs Win Weekend Middle School Tournament

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The Salem 8th Grade Middle School cubs won three games over the weekend to win the Middle School Tournament held at Salem High School and won their game tonight, making them 13-0 on the season.
 
Monday night (January 14) both the Salem 7th and 8th grade boys basketball teams defeated Austin Middle School.
 
The 7th grade won 47-40 to move to 8-4 on the year. The 8th grade beat Austin 43-26 after beating them Saturday for the 8th grade championship.
 
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The Cubs  are now 13-0 on the year.
 

Kent Benson and Melvin Hardin to call first broadcast of SMS Basketball game

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Former IU/Pro player will provide color and stats for game broadcast on WSLM

Salem, IN – Undefeated will meet undefeated this Thursday night at the Salem Middle School. The undefeated Salem Cubs 8th grade boys’ basketball team will meet former IU player, Kent Benson, who played on the undefeated 1975 Indiana University Championship team.

WSLM will be broadcasting for the first time a 7th and 8th grade basketball game from Salem Middle School on Thursday, January 17. The Cubs will be hosting Mitchell. And the game will be announced by Melvin Hardin and Benson. Hardin said he would be providing the play by play coverage and Benson will be providing color and stats.

The 7th grade team takes the court at 6p and the 8th grade undefeated team plays at 7p.

WSLM will be broadcasting the game on FM 97.9 and AM 1220 as well as streaming live on wslmradio.com

“WSLM is working hard to continue community broadcasting in Southern Indiana,” said Becky White, station owner. “I want to reach more people in our coverage area and that means keeping our content fresh and new. We’ve added broadcasts of boys’ soccer, girls’ basketball and softball, and now middle school sports. I hope to continue adding more items that are of interest to the community, which is what we’re all about.”

Currently, WSLM is the exclusive broadcaster of Washington County sports, IU and Purdue Sports, NASCAR and Indy racing and is the home of the Cincinnati Reds.

West Washington to host Regional Tournament

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West Washington High School will host the Regional high school football tournament this Friday night at Art Sanders Field.

The Senators will host undefeated Linton for a game kicking off at 8p.

Tune in on WSLM 1220 AM for the action with Larry Jones and Gary Chastain.

2012 Washington County Election Results

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Unnofficial results — 21 Precincts Reporting In

 

Election results are unnofficial at this point. WSLM will have full results in the morning along with some analysis and percentages. 10,916 voters turned out to vote in this election. 55.44 percent were Republicans – 41.71 percent were Democrats and 2.85 percent were Libertarians.

US President R – Romney/Ryan – 6527 – WINNER D – Obma/Biden – 3904 Washington County total only

State Representative District 73 R – Steve Davisson – 6562 – WINNER D – Sandra Blanton – 4045 Washington County total only

US Representative – 9th District R – Todd Young – 5652 – WINNER D – Shelli Yoder – 4991 Washington County totals only

 

West Washington School Board

Madison Township – Ernest Crowder – 749

Madison Township – Bill VanCleave – 888 – WINNER

Vernon Township – Tim Barksdale – 431

Vernon Township – Matt Deaton – 691 – WINNER

Vernon Township – Darrell Myers – 654

 

Salem School Board

Bubba Abbott – 2811 – WINNER

Diana Armstrong Apple – 2584 – WINNER

Erika Garloch – 2372 – WINNER

Heather Minton – 2234

Steve Motsinger – 3056 – WINNER 

East Washington School Board

Polk Township – Eric Albertson – 1055

Polk Township – David Churchman – 1716 – WINNER

Washington County Commissioner – District 3

R – David Brown – 5372 – WINNER

D – Byron Green – 3833

 

Washington County Commissioner – District 1

R – Phillip Marshall – 5690 – WINNER

D – Bobby Martin – 4051

 

Washington County Clerk

R – Jay Davisson – 4693

D – Shirley Batt – 5892 – WINNER

 

Washington County Council – Member At Large

R – Randall Bills – 5768 – WINNER

R – Gerald Fleming Sr – 5865 – WINNER

R – Eric Worley – 3563

D – Joe Keith – 4056

D – Jonathan Spaulding – 4844 WINNER

ELECTION RESULTS ONLINE

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tune in at wslmradio.com for live streaming results from the Washington County 2012 Election as well as listen to WSLM 97.9 FM and 1220 AM.

Watch the returns being read from the Washington County Courthouse at www.ustream.tv/whantv

 

ELECTION 2012 COVERAGE ON WSLM

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Tune in to WSLM RADIO 97.9 FM and 1220 AM tonight for great music and updates from around the state, county and region.

WSLM is reporting live from the Washington County Courthouse as precincts come in.

Tune in and listen as well as to the live stream on wslmradio.com.

Watch the video feed from WHAN HD TV at ustream.tv/whantv

LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCORES

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Last nigh, Salem and Eastern both dropped scoreless games, while West Washington will go to sectional play next Friday night with a win.

At Art Sanders Field in Campbellsburg, the Salem Lions took the first possession but after a fumble, the Senators put the first score on the board — and kept going to a 42-0 win.

Eastern Musketeers were outmatched by the undefeated Charlestown Pirates who scored 28, 13 and 21 un-answered points each of the first three quarters. Eastern put a TD on the board in the last quarter, leaving the final 62-7.

Eastern will host Clarksville next Friday in the first game of the sectional.

Salem will travel to North Harrison next Friday night and West Washington will host Indianapolis Lutheran.

If West Washington wins, they will host Decatur for the second game at Art Sanders Field.

Around the region, other scores last night were:

 

  • Brownstown 20, Corydon 0
  • Jeff 67, Jennings County 47
  • Columbus East 35, BNL 31
  • Paoli 40, North Harrison 14
  • Silver Creek 69, Crawford County 30
  • Clarksville 24, Providence 20
  • New Albany 28, Floyd Central 27 OT
  • Perry Central 42, Mitchell 6
  • Springs Valley 54, North Davies 22
  • Seymour 35, Madison 12

 

WSLM SPORTSCASTERS HONORED

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At halftime of the Salem Lions – West Washington Senators High School Football game, two of WSLM’s sports broadcasters were honored for their service to the community.

Larry Jones and Gary Chastain broadcast their last regular season game on WSLM 1220 AM.

Jones has been a sportscaster for WSLM 1220 AM for the past 12 years and Chastain has participated for 10 years.

The Senators’ first football coach, Art Sanders help present plaques to the pair of former Senator players as well as replica jerseys with their old numbers. Jones as number 17 and Chastain was number 33.

Becky White, President and owner of Salem Media LLC, presented the pair with plaques in honor of their service.

Salem Media LLC Owner and President Becky White along with West Washington’s first football coach, Art Sanders, helped honor Larry Jones and Gary Chastain for their work in sports broadcasting over the past 15 years.