Whiteland athletes step up after tornado We took it upon ourselves to meet a need

GREENWOOD — It doesn’t take a major event or tragedy to bring us together. Whiteland softball coach Harley Roller made this observation of her hometown a few times following Tuesday’s wild come-from-behind win over Greenwood, a game which was relocated from Whiteland after a tornado tore through town over the weekend. It doesn’t take a big, devastating event for us to come together, the first-year coach repeated. “That tight-knit, small-town vibe is something that Whiteland just carries through and through.” Even so, the community has never really endured an event like this: An EF-3 tornado with wind peaks over 130…