FINAL
North puts the wraps on a convincing victory tonight, led by Mo Hirt with 21 points. COUGARS 62, EAGLES 23
END OF THIRD QUARTER
There’s no doubt who the winner is going to be, but Sasha Robinson is going down without a fight for BC. She now has 10 points [...]
FINAL
North had two shots to tie, but Mo Hirt was blocked out of bounds, and Hannah Lukemeyer missed a baseline jumper. PM made their free throws to seal the deal. Great comeback for North, but I’m sure they will say they never should have been in that position to [...]
FINAL
Try as they might, Bloomfield just could not get back into it in the final period, though Edgewood was also unable to pull away. Chelsea Miller with 24 point for Edgewood. Elyse Weddle had 15 points for Bloomfield. MUSTANGS 58, CARDINALS 49
END OF THIRD QUARTER
Bloomfield was looking [...]
PREGAME
Crowd starting to fill in nicely in anticipation of tonight’s 1A regional championship game between Linton (9-3) and unbeaten Fountain Central. We’ll have updates at the end of each quarter from our man on the ground, Jim Gordillo.
FIRST QUARTER
Fountain Central is living up to its No. 3 billing. [...]
FINAL
South used a 30-0 run spanning the third and fourth quarter to make this one a laugher. Hulls with 21 and Parker 14 to lead South. Chelsea Miller with 10 and Rommel 9 for Edgewood. Mustangs had 32 turnovers. PANTHERS 72, MUSTANGS 31
END OF THIRD QUARTER
Edgewood had 9 [...]
Conference Indiana announced the all-conference teams for fall sports today. Here’s the list for North and South.
FOOTBALL
Running backs: D’Angelo Roberts, North; Jordan Hogue, South
Defensive linemen: Stephen Bartlett, North
Offensive linemen: Cameron Edwards, North; Desmond Gilbert, North
Linebackers: Kenyun Byrd, North
Honorable mention: Joe Forney, South (QB); Stephen Bartlett, [...]
Owen Valley girls’ basketball player Kaitlin Sweatman has verbally commited to Missouri-St. Louis, a Division II school in the Great Lakes Valley Conference with the University of Indianapolis (including former teammates Heather and Nickole Gonser), Southern Indiana and the like.
Sweatman, who will be a senior for the Patriots this season, [...]
Just back from the mud pit that was the cross country course at Brown County’s Eagle Park.
The North and South girls sludged through the muck to advance to next week’s state meet at Terre Haute, and the South boys did the same.
No individuals advanced.
The Edgewood girls were [...]
FINAL
Another rebound goal for Washington proves to be the game-winner with 2:29 left, and Panthers unable to make one final push. HATCHETS 2, PANTHERS 1
SECOND HALF
19:58: Halfway to the finish here, and South just got its first shot, first corner kick and first goal of the half. The [...]
FINAL
Washington hangs on to end North’s streak of four straight regional titles. HATCHETS 2, COUGARS 0
SECOND HALF
17:01: Washington may have put this away with another rebound goal, only this time it was a loose ball only because a Washington player collided with North goalkeeper Alex Minor to jar [...]
FINAL
South never could get that putaway goal despite numerous chances, but Panthers earn their seventh sectional title in eight years. PANTHERS 2, ARTESIANS 1
SECOND HALF
27:46: South breaks in front on Olivia Crowe’s unassisted goal. Panthers are just dominating now. One more goal and this game will be over. [...]
FINAL
Owen Valley holds on downs with 3 minutes left, then runs out the clock. PATRIOTS 21, TIGER CUBS 14
THIRD QUARTER
3:55: Evan White returns the opening kickoff 80-plus yards for the touchdown. But the Tiger Cubs responded with their first score of the game, then recovered the onside [...]
FINAL
Second half was pretty much a snoozer. COUGARS 4, ALICES 1
HALFTIME
The Cougars finally woke up. Jason Waterman and Vince DiPrimio scored just 30 seconds apart to give North the lead with just over 15 minutes to play. Waterman and DiPrimio each added a second goal in the final [...]
BOYS’ SOCCER SECTIONAL
FINAL: North retains the sectional title with a 4-2 win on penalty kicks, advancing to the Terre Haute North Regional Wednesday night at 5 p.m. COUGARS 1, PANTHERS 1 (4-2 PKs)
End of second overtime : A penalty kick shootout will decide a winner now. COUGARS 1, PANTHERS [...]
The Bedford Sectional has moved to Bloomington for the day. The first two games are at South. In the opener, North is playing Owen Valley followed by South vs. Edgewood.
At 5 p.m. at North, BNL will play the OV-North winner.
HALFTIME: North 4, Owen Valley 0
FINAL: North 9, Owen [...]
FINAL
North finally holds on fourth down at their 20 with 50 seconds left to clinch the win. COUGARS 35, CARDINALS 28
FOURTH QUARTER
1:31: 4th-and-3 at the North 36 with 1:31 left to play. And first down Southport at North 29. COUGARS 35, CARDINALS 28
4:36: Big fourth down [...]
The North-Owen Valley boys’ soccer sectional game at Bedford has been postponed. The teams are tentatively rescheduled to play Friday night at 6 p.m.
[...]FINAL
COUGARS 24, FLASHES 21
FOURTH QUARTER
1:36: North’s Kenyun Byrd makes a leaping interception at his own 29, and that should secure this one for the Cougars. COUGARS 24, FLASHES 21
2:10: FC has the ball at the North 44 after a short punt and big return. COUGARS 24, FLASHES 21
North [...]
Monday was the day for boys’ tennis sectional draws, with play starting Wednesday. Here’s the area schedule:
SOUTH SECTIONAL
Wednesday
South vs. Martinsville, 5 p.m.
Thursday
Bedford vs. Edgewood, 5 p.m.
Winner vs. North, 5 p.m.
Friday
Championship, 5 p.m.
LOOGOOTEE SECTIONAL
Thursday
North Daviess vs. Paoli, 5:30 p.m.
Friday
Loogootee [...]
FINAL
Edgewood added a 32-yard Bryan Delos Santos scoring run in the fourth quarter, and it is all over now. MUSTANGS 34, VIKINGS 14
END OF THIRD QUARTER
Edgewood picked off inside the red zone to start the quarter, and West Vigo parlayed that into a touchdown to make it a [...]
FOURTH QUARTER
FINAL: MUSTANGS 38, GOLDEN ARROWS 20
10:33: Brian Fisher with a 53-yard interception return for touchdown. That might seal this one for Edgewood. MUSTANGS 32, GOLDEN ARROWS 12
11:30: Edgewood caps another drive with Kyle Williams’ 2-yard TD run. MUSTANGS 26, GOLDEN ARROWS 12
END OF THIRD QUARTER
Just when it [...]
For those of you looking for more soccer to watch this weekend or just curious about the local teams, here is a schedule for this weekend’s Hoosier Cup, starting tonight.
FRIDAY’S BOYS’ SCHEDULE
North vs. Plainfield, 6:40 p.m. (Karst Field 1)
Edgewood vs. Vincennes Lincoln, 8:30 p.m. (at Edgewood)
FRIDAY’S GIRLS’ SCHEDULE
[...]
FINAL
North turned away at the top of the box as time winds down and it’s over. Panthers win. PANTHERS 2, COUGARS 1
SECOND HALF
2:09 Chuy Vidaurri-Rodriguez follows his own shot to put South on top. PANTHERS 2, COUGARS 1
10:00 No change on the scoreboard as we count under 10 [...]
FINAL
Olivia Crowe scores for South in the 71st minute, but Ann Zerfas answers on a nice pass by Molly Frank in the 79th minute to tie the game. COUGARS 1, PANTHERS 1
HALFTIME
The first half has been a good one. After taking the first 10-plus minutes to feel their [...]
Just tracked down the latest state soccer rankings, and both Bloomington schools are now in the boys’ soccer top 20. North comes in at No. 17 with South entering at No. 20. That should just add a little extra fuel to the fire when they meet Thursday night at South.
On [...]
North and Eastern Greene both gained a measure of newfound respect in the AP high school football polls released today.
The Cougars, 2-0, received four votes in the 5A rankings, good for a share of 19th with Munster.
In what may be an even bigger surprise, Eastern Greene collected two votes in [...]
FINAL
We had a lengthy injury delay for a North Knox player, but it’s all over. Eastern has its first win on its true home field. T-BIRDS 20, WARRIORS 13
FOURTH QUARTER
1:54: Eastern has the ball with under two minutes to go in North Knox territory. T-BIRDS 20, WARRIORS 13
6:41: [...]
I’m in Ellettsville for tonight’s county battle. I’m interested to see both these teams for the first time this year. Both teams have shown some promise in the early going — South with a narrow 1-0 loss at No. 17 Washington and Edgewood with a pair of Western Indiana Conference [...]
FINAL
Edgewood picks up a couple first downs, but a holding penalty pushes them back and they cannot recover on the final drive. COUGARS 14, MUSTANGS 6
FOURTH QUARTER
Edgewood starts from its own 7 with just over two minutes to go. COUGARS 14, MUSTANGS 6
END OF THIRD QUARTER
A steady [...]
The North boys are ranked No. 15 in the preseason Indiana Soccer Coaches Association poll, while South garnered honorable mention status. The Panthers will open the season against No. 17 Washington on Saturday. Conference Indiana rival Columbus North is No. 4, while Pike is No. 13.
No area girls’ team was [...]
For any of you late to the party, or just longing to look back at the spring season, here is a list of links to our H-T All-Area teams:
BASEBALL: North’s Hurt KOs competition
• Mustangs’ Collier named H-T’s Hitter of the Year
• H-T All-Area Baseball [...]
And one more note from the IHSAA today, the state softball tournament format will be tweaked next year.
There will be a one-game regional on the Tuesday following sectionals with a four-team semistate to follow on Saturday. Then the state championship games will take place one week later.
The dates for next [...]
SEVENTH INNING — FINAL
First two batters strike out, Huffman is Linton’s last hope. Huffman’s soft line drive is speared by the shortstop and the Miners fall by the slimmest of margins. ARGYLLS 1, MINERS 0
SIXTH INNING
Izzy Carpenter smacked a leadoff double to left center, Hali Murray flied out [...]
Linton plays at Ben Davis High School at 1:30 for the Class 2A state championship. If you’re traveling up for the game, here’s the rout suggested by the IHSAA to skirt major construction areas:
Exit I-465 at Rockville Road and go west; turn right or north on Girls School Road; turn [...]
FINAL
Fougerousse strikes out the final batter looking and Linton is on to Saturday’s 1:30 p.m. state championship game at Ben Davis High School.MINERS 5, BEARCATS 2
BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING
With one out, Wheeler gets a base runner after a strikeout and wild pitch. Mason throws out a runner [...]
FINAL SCORE UPDATE
Edgewood not only was unable to rally, the Mustangs did not garner a hit in losing to Gibson Southern, 4-0, Saturday night in the Boonville Regional championship game.
The Mustangs gave up four unearned runs in the first inning and neither team has dented the plate since. Gibson [...]
A repeat sectional was as far as Eastern could go this year as the T-birds lost to South Putnam in Saturday’s regional semifinal at Austin, 15-2.
South Putnam, coached by former Owen Valley football coach Troy Burgess, advances to play Evansville Mater Dei for the 2A regional crown.
Edgewood still needs a replacement for Phyllicia White as head volleyball coach. AD Mick Hammett said Monday night that the school thought it had a successor lined up, but things fell through, and the job is still open.
Anyone interested in the position is asked to call the Edgewood athletic [...]
Three Greene County teams are still alive in sectional softball play, and will have a shot at a title tonight.
In Class 2A at South Knox, county rivals Bloomfield and Linton will meet in the championship game. The Cardinals took out North Knox, 7-0, on Wednesday behind Shelby Gott’s two-hit shutout. [...]
FINAL
Megan Kile makes a running catch in foul ground for the first out, Laura Luther snags a pop up for the second out and Luther snags a ball in the hole and fires to first to end it. Edgewood wins its fifth straight sectional title. MUSTANGS 4, VIKINGS 2
MIDDLE [...]
FINAL
Edgewood explodes for six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning with the game ending on Kierstin Thummel’s two-run single. MUSTANGS 10, PATRIOTS 0
END OF FIFTH INNING
An RBI single from Megan Kile extends the Edgewood lead. MUSTANGS 4, PATRIOTS 0
END OF THIRD INNING
The nice weather has [...]
Monday’s rain kept sectional play on hold in Class 2A at South Knox and Class A at Clay City.
At South Knox, Eastern plays North Knox tonight at 5:30 with Linton vs. South Knox to follow. Bloomfield plays the Eastern-North Knox winner Wednesday at 6 p.m. and the championship game is [...]
Edgewood was a winner in the opening game of sectional play Monday, defeating South Vermillion 15-0 in five innings.
The game featured a rain delay of over an hour in the fourth inning with Edgewood ahead, 10-0. The Mustangs scored five runs after the delay in the bottom of the [...]
Saturday, Stephanie Fougerousse was scheduled to return to her former school, White River Valley, with her Linton teammates for a SWIAC softball clash. The game was originally scheduled for April 30 and postponed by rain. Well, Saturday’s impromptu rain showers put the meeting on hold yet again. The teams will [...]
Courtesy of Lynn Houser, we can report to you that Chris Hitchcock is the new Bloomfield girls’ basketball coach.
Hitchcock, 32, is a 1993 graduate of Brown County and has been living in Bloomington the past three months, following his resignation from Hendrix College in Arkansas. He was 77-53 in [...]
Still some weather-related changes to the schedule for tonight.
North
Baseball moved from Pike to North at 5 p.m. due to wet fields; softball vs. Lawrence Central rescheduled for next Wednesday at 5:30. The Cougars were originally supposed to play Mitchell that night, but that game has been canceled.
South
Boys’ [...]
The official IHSAA softball sectional pairings were released today.
Class 4A
North takes on host East Central with the winner getting Columbus East in the semifinals.
South has a bye and will play Columbus North in the other semifinal.
Class 3A
Host Edgewood, ranked No. 2 in the state, gets South Vermillion [...]
Bloomington Outlaws lacrosse will host Laporte in a consolation bracket playoff game Friday night at 8:30 under the lights at Huff Memorial.
Now’s your chance to find out what this stick game is all about.
Well, in case you hadn’t noticed by now, the only outdoor sport that this day is good for is swimming. But I don’t think the IHSAA recognizes the Walnut Street relay as an official event. Here’s what we know so far:
NORTH
Baseball vs. Southport rescheduled for May 20 at [...]
I witnessed lacrosse live and in-person last Friday night at South’s Fred Huff Memorial Field. Yes, Bloomington has a lacrosse team. It was Senior Night with North’s Andy Connell honored as the lone senior and special recognition for South junior Kevin Toutkoushian, who is transferring to Athens, Ga., next school [...]
I’m on the North side of Bloomington for tonight’s North-South softball game. These two teams met on Saturday at Whiteland with the Cougars winning in 8 innings.
There must be something about extra innings with these two because the JV game is now going to the eighth inning as well [...]
Thomas Goines of Louisiana was approved by the Monroe County School Board as the new North girls’ soccer coach Tuesday night. Goines replaces the departed Erin Hesselbach as head coach.
Goines is a Fort Wayne native who played one year of soccer at IPFW before transferring to Division III Concordia [...]
Today’s North at Edgewood girls’ tennis match has been postponed. No reschedule date at this time. It’s the second week in a row the Cougars and Mustangs have been rained out.
2:03 p.m. UPDATE: Every game in the area has been postponed.
The only makeup date so far is that the South [...]
Former Brown County standout Mara Freshour was taken in the third round of the WNBA Draft Thursday by the Seattle Storm. Freshour, who finished her four-year career at Florida State as the school’s all-time leader in games played and second in 3-pointers made, was nabbed with the No. 38 overall [...]
FINAL: MUSTANGS 12, COUGARS 0
Audrey Ernst tosses the complete game shutout to back her offense, an impressive showing for Edgewood.
FOURTH INNING
The pitcher’s duel failed to materialize as Edgewood took advantage of three North errors to plate eight runs in the second, highlighted by Stephanie Beasley’s three-run blast to center field. [...]
If you’ll recall the debate this winter over the full-body swimsuits, here’s a bit of an update. FINA clarified its rules two weeks ago, so I called the IHSAA’s Sandy Searcy to see what kind of effect that might have at the high school level.
She said those rules would [...]
South’s Jordan Hulls was the leading vote-getter for the boys’ Associated Press all-state team, announced Wednesday. Hulls, headed to Indiana in the fall, led the Panthers to a 26-0 record and the 4A state title.
Other first-teamers were IU recruit Derek Elston (Tipton), Purdue recruit D.J. Byrd (North Montgomery), N.C. [...]
The spring sports season is here and so is the rain. North Knox at Edgewood baseball has been postponed, likewise for the North at Edgewood softball game.
The Cougars and Mustangs will now play Friday at 4:30 p.m. North got off the bus and spent 10 minutes in the dugout [...]
According to the Greene County Daily World, White River Valley boys’ basketball coach Gene Hall has stepped down. Hall told Daily World sports editor B.J. Hargis that coaching and raising two small children was not the right combination. He does hope to coach again some day.
[...]The Indiana Basketball Coaches’ Association has announced its 2009 Senior and Underclass All-State teams.
Owen Valley’s Heather and Nickole Gonser both earned honorable mention on the senior squad. IU recruit Aulani Sinclair of Eminence was also honorable mention.
South’s Kaila Hulls and Jessica Parker joined White River Valley’s Steph Fougerousse [...]
Former Bloomington North grad Kiley Jarrett helped the Ball State women’s basketball team to the MAC Tournament title Sunday with a 55-51 upset of Bowling Green. The Cardinals earn an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament, but Jarrett may have pushed former Cougar teammates Whitney Thomas and Lydia Serfling of [...]
