INDIANA BOYS TRACK SECTIONAL RESULTS
CENTRAL INDIANA
AT PLAINFIELD
TEAM SCORES: 1. BROWNSBURG, 207; 2. PLAINFIELD, 104; 3. ZIONSVILLE, 97; 4. AVON, 68; 5. MOORESVILLE, 58; 6. DANVILLE, 31; 7. TRI-WEST, 26; 8. CASCADE, 15; 9. SOUTHMONT, 8; 10. MONROVIA, 7; 11. TRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN, 3.
100 DASH: 1. DOMINIC CALHOUN, BROWNSBURG (10.80); 2. DEANDRE COOPER, BROWNSBURG (11.08); 3. MARCUS TOWNSEND, AVON (11.09)
200 DASH: 1. DOMINIC CALHOUN, BROWNSBURG (21.49); 2. JOSH HANDY, BROWNSBURG (21.83); 3. NAYYIR NEWASH-CAMPBELL, PLAINFIELD (21.96)
400 DASH: 1. NAYYIR NEWASH-CAMPBELL, PLAINFIELD (46.67); 2. CAMERON MULLENS, ZIONSVILLE (49.42); 3. SCOTT TIENDA, BROWNSBURG (49.48)
800 RUN: 1. MATTHEW HELTON, ZIONSVILLE (1:55.67); 2. RYAN HANDY, ZIONSVILLE (1:57.54); 3. IAN BAKER, BROWNSBURG (1:58.38)
1600 RUN: 1. IAN BAKER, BROWNSBURG (4:20.83); 2. NATE BURNS, MOORESVILLE (4:21.09); 3. JACK TURNBULL, ZIONSVILLE (4:24.22)
3200 RUN: 1. SHERJEEL KHAN, BROWNSBURG (9:28.76); 2. SAMUEL SPEES, ZIONSVILLE (9:33.97); 3. JACK HEARLD, DANVILLE (9:35.82)
110 HURDLES: 1. KNOX WILLIS, ZIONSVILLE (14.69); 2. FREDRICK HAWTHORNE, BROWNSBURG (14.72); 3. CASEY RUSTMAN, MOORESVILLE (14.78)
300 HURDLES: 1. ALEX EYASU, BROWNSBURG (39.64); 2. KEYTON JONES, AVON (40.83); 3. CASEY RUSTMAN, MOORESVILLE (41.06)
4X100 RELAY: 1. BROWNSBURG (40.96); 2. MOORESVILLE (42.28); 3. PLAINFIELD (42.36)
4X400 RELAY: 1. BROWNSBURG (3:21.98); 2. ZIONSVILLE (3:22.22); 3. PLAINFIELD (3:24.87)
4X800 RELAY: 1. ZIONSVILLE (7:54.50); 2. BROWNSBURG (7:55.34); 3. AVON (8:01.48)
LONG JUMP: 1. ALEX EYASU, BROWNSBURG (21-7); 2. LOGAN ANDERSON, TRI-WEST (21-3); 3. JAKE ROBINSON, PLAINFIELD (20-9)
HIGH JUMP: 1. BODE GILKERSON, PLAINFIELD (7-0.25); 2. XAVIER SHERRELL, AVON (6-6); 3. CADEN COLLINS, DANVILLE (6-5)
POLE VAULT: 1. JAYLEN WALCOTT, BROWNSBURG (14-6); 2. CHRIS COYNE, BROWNSBURG (13-9); 3. RONNIE MOORE, PLAINFIELD (13-9)
SHOT PUT: 1. BRYCE PATTERSON, BROWNSBURG (59-0); 2. ISAIAH SMITH, BROWNSBURG (58-5.5); 3. LUKE MESSINGER, DANVILLE (55-6.5)
DISCUS: 1. ISAAC MASQUELIER, PLAINFIELD (173-4); 2. DREW CROCKETT, BROWNSBURG (173-4); 3. FIN ESSLEY, ZIONSVILLE (172-4)
AT DECATUR CENTRAL
TEAM SCORES: 1. BEN DAVIS, 148; 2. PIKE, 127.5; 3. PERRY MERIDIAN, 121; 4. SOUTHPORT, 116; 5. DECATUR CENTRAL, 37.5; 6. CARDINAL RITTER, 20; 7. COVENANT CHRISTIAN, 12; 8. INDIANA MATH & SCIENCE, 11.5; 9. SPEEDWAY, 9; 10. CRISPUS ATTUCKS, 8.5; 11. SHORTRIDGE, 7; 12. INTERNATIONAL, 1; 12. PROVIDENCE CRISTO REY, 1
100 DASH: 1. LANDON EAGAN, PERRY MERIDIAN (11.01); 2. ISAIAH NEEDAM, PERRY MERIDIAN (11.16); 3. DEVIN WILSON, SOUTHPORT (11.23)
200 DASH: 1. LANDON EAGAN, PERRY MERIDIAN (22.16); 2. NICKENS LEMBA, SOUTHPORT (22.24); 3. JUJU RODRIGUEZ, PIKE (22.69)
400 DASH: 1. NICKENS LEMBA, SOUTHPORT (48.15); 2. RICHARD DUBE, PERRY MERIDIAN (51.06); 3. JEREMIAH NUCKOLS, INDIANA MATH & SCIENCE (51.45)
800 RUN: 1. DAVID ADESANYA, BEN DAVIS (1:58.24); 2. XAVIER COOPER, PIKE (1:58.44); 3. ABOUBAKAR IBRAHIM, BEN DAVIS (2:00.36)
1600 RUN: 1. SIMON BOSSLET, PIKE (4:30.79); 2. MATTHIAS SMITH, PIKE (4:32.26); 3. VICTOR CUEVAS, BEN DAVIS (4:33.01)
3200 RUN: 1. JUDE HAWKINS, PIKE (10:02.43); 1. SIMON BOSSLET, PIKE (10:02.43); 3. LUKE HAGGERTY, PERRY MERIDIAN (10:02.99)
110 HURDLES: 1. DAVID CARNELL, BEN DAVIS (14.87); 2. QUINN PAIGE, PIKE (15.05); 3. SA’IEN WRIGHT, PERRY MERIDIAN (15.12)
300 HURDLES: 1. GRAHAM WEST, BEN DAVIS (39.54); 2. EMORY MCCLELLAN, SOUTHPORT (40.53); 3. SA’IEN WRIGHT, PERRY MERIDIAN (41.18)
4X100 RELAY: 1. PIKE (42.92); 2. SOUTHPORT (43.24); 3. BEN DAVIS (43.70)
4X400 RELAY: 1. SOUTHPORT (3:24.85); 2. BEN DAVIS (3:26.97); 3. PIKE (3:30.46)
4X800 RELAY: 1. BEN DAVIS (8:21.90); 2. PIKE (8:30.10); 3. PERRY MERIDIAN (8:34.21)
LONG JUMP: 1. TEQUAN TAYLOR, SOUTHPORT (21-5.75); 2. DAVID FAIRER, BEN DAVIS (20-1); 3. N’PO DODO, DECATUR CENTRAL (19-11.25)
HIGH JUMP: BRADLEY MCCLEEREY, BEN DAVIS (6-1); 2. BRAYLON KOENIG, SOUTHPORT (6-0); 3. ELIJAH DOWD, CRISPUS ATTUCKS (5-10)
POLE VAULT: 1. KEYWUAN TAYLOR, PERRY MERIDIAN (12-6); 2. RICKY SANDERS, SOUTHPORT (12-0); 3. STOKES KNIGHT, PERRY MERIDIAN (11-0)
SHOT PUT: 1. NYLAN BROWN, BEN DAVIS (56-2); 2. ARMANI DAVIS, PIKE (54-0); 3. HALBERT AGUIRRE, DECATUR CENTRAL (53-5)
DISCUS: 1. NICK BROWN, PIKE (166-5); 2. HALBERT AGUIRRE, DECATUR CENTRAL (152-7); 3. MYLES EDWARDS, PIKE (141-11)
AT LAWRENCE CENTRAL
TEAM SCORES: 1. NORTH CENTRAL, 149; 2. LAWRENCE CENTRAL, 115; 3. BISHOP CHATARD, 76; 4. BREBEUF JESUIT, 76; 5; CATHEDRAL, 68; 6. PARK TUDOR, 53; 6. HERITAGE CHRISTIAN, 53; 8. HERRON, 10; 9. TECH, 9; 10. RIVERSIDE, 2; 10. INDIANA DEAF, 2; 11. PURDUE POLY, 1
100 DASH: 1. JASIAH ROGERS, PARK TUDOR (10.55); 2. ELIJAH JACKSON, LAWRENCE CENTRAL (10.65); 3. CHRISTIAN WOODSON, NORTH CENTRAL (10.86)
200 DASH: 1. CHRISTIAN WOODSON, NORTH CENTRAL (21.81); 2. JASIAH ROGERS, PARK TUDOR (21.84); 3. JONATHAN HARRIS, PARK TUDOR (22.80)
400 DASH: 1. DEHNM HOLT, NORTH CENTRAL (50.08); 2. AMADEO TOWNSEND, LAWRENCE CENTRAL (50.57); 3. HAYDEN SOUZA, PARK TUDOR (50.94)
800 RUN: 1. NATE KILLEEN, NORTH CENTRAL (1:57.47); 2. ALEC HUEFTLE, NORTH CENTRAL (1:59.85); 3. EZRA BURRELL, BREBEUF JESUIT (2:00.16)
1600 RUN: 1. CAMERON TODD, BREBEUF JESUIT (4:13.03); 2. ADAM CHANEY, LAWRENCE CENTRAL (4:18.95); 3. EZRA BURRELL, BREBEUF JESUIT (4:27.02)
3200 RUN: 1. CAMERON TODD, BREBEUF JESUIT (9:22.04); 2. MATTEO ROSIO, BREBEUF JESUIT, 9:28.69; 3. LIAM EIFERT, CATHEDRAL (9:42.57)
110 HURDLES: 1. MICHAEL STARKS, LAWRENCE CENTRAL (15.63); 2. RJ BRADSHAW, BISHOP CHATARD (15.63); 3. JACKSON HARVEY, CATHEDRAL (16.30)
300 HURDLES: 1. ANTONIO SMITH, NORTH CENTRAL (40.57); 2. PHOENIX BOYER, BISHOP CHATARD (40.60); 3. JACKSON HARVEY, CATHEDRAL (42.10)
4X100 RELAY: 1. LAWRENCE CENTRAL (42.08); 2. CATHEDRAL (42.46); 3. PARK TUDOR (42.71)
4X400 RELAY: 1. LAWRENCE CENTRAL (3:21.90); 2. BISHOP CHATARD (3:22.90); 3. NORTH CENTRAL (3:29.08)
4X800 RELAY: 1. BISHOP CHATARD (8:01.20); 2. CATHEDRAL (8:07.90); 3. NORTH CENTRAL (8:12.42)
LONG JUMP: 1. MICHAEL STARKS, LAWRENCE CENTRAL (21-8); 2. KEATON KUEHR, BISHOP CHATARD (21-1.5); 3. NAKAI FORD, NORTH CENTRAL (20-7.75)
HIGH JUMP: 1. LEE MARTIN, NORTH CENTRAL (6-3); 2. JAY HMUROVICH, BREBEUF JESUIT (6-2); 3. JAIDEN DRESSELHAUS, LAWRENCE CENTRAL (6-2)
POLE VAULT: 1. DYLAN KELLER, CATHEDRAL (13-0); 2. CONRAD GEHLHAUSEN, NORTH CENTRAL (12-6); 3. LIELL LLOYD-HOSTETTER, NORTH CENTRAL (11-0)
SHOT PUT: 1. LUKE HIMES, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (65-5); 2. KADEN EDWARDS, NORTH CENTRAL (58-11); 3. I’RENN JOHNSON, LAWRENCE CENTRAL (55-6)
DISCUS: 1. LUKE HIMES, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (166-11); 2. MATAIO RUSSELL, LAWRENCE CENTRAL (143-7); 3. KADEN EDWARDS, NORTH CENTRAL (139-8)
AT MT. VERNON
TEAM SCORES: 1. MT. VERNON, 187; 2. LAWRENCE NORTH, 139.5; 3. PENDLETON HEIGHTS, 64; 4. LAPEL, 58; 5. EASTERN HANCOCK, 38; 6. ANDERSON, 36; 7. BLUE RIVER VALLEY, 24; 8. NEW CASTLE, 23; 9. SHENANDOAH, 19; 10. LIBERTY CHRISTIAN, 16; 11. KNIGHTSTOWN, 11; 12. ANDERSON PREP, 5.5
100 DASH: 1. ISRAEL JACKSON, LAWRENCE NORTH (11.08); 2. KEAGAN FITCH, SHENANDOAH (11.27); 3. GREG HOLMES, LAWRENCE NORTH (11.54)
200 DASH: 1. WILBERT JONES, MT. VERNON (22.71); 2. JEROME SMITH, LAWRENCE NORTH (22.93); 3. ISRAEL JACKSON, LAWRENCE NORTH (23.07)
400 DASH: 1. ANDRES LANGSTON, MT. VERNON (48.93); 2. TRISTAN POWELL, LAWRENCE NORTH (50.55); 3. SEBASTIAN SPRAGUE, MT. VERNON (50.84)
800 RUN: 1. TRISTAN TREVINO, MT. VERNON (1:55.55); 2. NICHOLAS OSTENDORF, LAWRENCE NORTH (1:57.00); 3. ETHAN POWELL, LAWRENCE NORTH (1:57.22)
1600 RUN: 1. NICHOLAS OSTENDORF, LAWRENCE NORTH (4:24.98); 2. NOAH PRICE, LIBERTY CRISTIAN (4:30.45); 3. AHMED SALEH, MT. VERNON (4:32.73)
3200 RUN: 1. CAMERON SMITH, LAPEL (9:48.31); 2. ANDREW BLAKE, PENDLETON HEIGHTS (9:50.69); 3. BENSON DAVIS, PENDLETON HEIGHTS (9:53.56)
110 HURDLES: 1. GEORGE BURHENN, MT. VERNON (14.82); 2. ANDRES LANGSTON, MT. VERNON (15.36); 3. DAVION CHANDLER, LAWRENCE NORTH (16.48)
300 HURDLES: 1. GEORGE BURHENN, MT. VERNON (38.94); 2. DAMARIO MOORE, LAWRENCE NORTH (41.90); 3. DAVION CHANDLER, LAWRENCE NORTH (42.03)
4X100 RELAY: 1. MT. VERNON (43.39); 2. LAWRENCE NORTH (43.54); 3. ANDERSON (43.94)
4X400 RELAY: 1. MT. VERNON (3:19.47); 2. LAWRENCE NORTH (3:34.01); 3. EASTERN HANCOCK (3:38.32)
4X800 RELAY: 1. MT. VERNON (8:06.68); 2. LAWRENCE NORTH (8:21.52); 3. EASTERN HANCOCK (8:33.83)
LONG JUMP: 1. CAMERON PARSLEY, MT. VERNON (21-8); 2. MASON FIELDS, KNIGHTSTOWN (21-1.25); 3. BLAKE WILLIAMS, ANDERSON (20-3.25)
HIGH JUMP: 1. ANDRES LANGSTON, MT. VERNON (6-3); 2. SAWYER RUMINER, MT. VERNON (6-0); 3. BRAYDEN SWOVELAND, BLUE RIVER VALLEY (5-10)
POLE VAULT: 1. BRENNAN LABELLE, MT. VERNON (12-6); 2. SAWYER RUMINER, MT. VERNON (12-0); 3. JAY SEEKO, PENDLETON HEIGHTS (10-6)
SHOT PUT: 1. JJ BAXTER, LAPEL (47-10); 2. NATE BELVO, LAPEL (45-4); 3. TRENTON ALLEN, LAWRENCE NORTH (44-5)
DISCUS: 1. NATE BELVO, LAPEL (143-2); 2. CALEB CLAPP, NEW CASTLE (138-7); 3. DANTU GARDNER, LAWRENCE NORTH (136-0)
AT WESTFIELD
TEAM SCORES: 1. CARMEL, 124: 2. HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN, 113; 3. NOBLESVILLE, 90; 4. FISHERS, 86; 5. WESTFIELD, 79; 6. GUERIN CATHOLIC, 49; 7. LEBANON, 38; 8. HAMILTON HEIGHTS, 34; 9. UNIVERSITY, 8; 10. WESTERN BOONE, 3.
100 DASH: 1. CHRIST DEGNI, NOBLESVILLE (11.09); 2. MASON ALEXANDER, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (11.13); 3. TREY RIES, LEBANON (11.29)
200 DASH: 1. CHRIST DEGNI, NOBLESVILLE (22.15); 2. CAMREN AVANT, CARMEL (22.41); 3. MASON ALEXANDER, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (22.54)
400 DASH: 1. MICHAEL GRIFFITH, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (49.53); 2. COLE TAYLOR, CARMEL (50.36); 3. MATT DUNLAP, GUERIN CATHOLIC (50.40)
800 RUN: 1. MATTHEW KIM, FISHERS (1:54.71); 2. CHARLIE LEEDKE, CARMEL (1:55.22); 3. COLIN LAKOMEK, WESTFIELD (1:56.34)
1600 RUN: 1. KOLE MATHISON, CARMEL (4:14.65); 2. CADEN CLICK, NOBLESVILLE (4:16.47); 3. JACK WEBER, GUERIN CATHOLIC (4:17.70)
3200 RUN: 1. KOLE MATHISON, CARMEL (9:03.33); 2. TONY PROVENZANO, CARMEL (9:05.07); 3. SAM QUAGLIAROLI, FISHERS (9:11.47)
110 HURDLES: 1. ADOM QUIST, CARMEL (14.57); 2. TYLER TARTER, FISHERS (14.57); 3. CLAYTON ALLEN, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (15.37)
300 HURDLES: 1. TYLER TARTER, FISHERS (38.11); 2. ADOM QUIST, CARMEL (39.91); 3. DREW WILLMAN, CARMEL (39.97)
4X100 RELAY: 1. NOBLESVILLE (42.55); 2. HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (42.56); 3. WESTFIELD (42.95)
4X400 RELAY: 1. FISHERS (3:21.19); 2. GUERIN CATHOLIC (3:21.91); 3. CARMEL (3:22.30)
4X800 RELAY: 1. GUERIN CATHOLIC (7:53.35); 2. CARMEL (7:53.56); 3. FISHERS (7:58.81)
LONG JUMP: 1. MICHAEL GRIFFITH, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (23-1.75); 2. JONANTHONY HALL, FISHERS (22-7); 3. LAMINE SALL, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (22-5)
HIGH JUMP: 1. KADEN LARK, LEBANON (6-5); 2. ROWAN HALL, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (6-5); 3. DANIEL ERNST, GUERIN CATHOLIC (6-4)
POLE VAULT: 1. PEYTON MCQUINN, HAMILTON HEIGHTS (14-4); 2. CONNOR LANGSFORD, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (14-0); 3. WILL JOHNSTON, NOBLESVILLE (13-8)
SHOT PUT: 1. COLIN WILSON, HAMILTON HEIGHTS (61-10); 2. TOM EWING, WESTFIELD (59-5); 3. DREW FRANKLIN, CARMEL (57-7.25)
DISCUS: 1. DREW FRANKLIN, CARMEL (188-5); 2. TOM EWING, WESTFIELD (176-3); 3. COLIN WILSON (159-10)
AT COLUMBUS NORTH
TEAM SCORES: 1. CENTER GROVE, 205; 2. COLUMBUS NORTH, 114.5; 3. WHITELAND, 92; 4. FRANKLIN, 69; 5. GREENWOOD, 63; 6. INDIAN CREEK, 26.5; 7. COLUMBUS EAST, 21; 8. HAUSER, 20; 9. GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN, 8; 10. WALDRON, 5.
100 DASH: 1. WILLIAM RILEY, GREENWOOD (10.92); 2. MICAH COYLE, CENTER GROVE (11.03); 3. MATTHEW WRAY, WHITELAND (11.22)
200 DASH: 1. MATTHEW WRAY, WHITELAND (21.82); 2. MICAH COYLE, CENTER GROVE (21.92); 3. WILLIAM RILEY, GREENWOOD (22.29)
400 DASH: 1. ZACH GRELLAR, CENTER GROVE (49.04); 2. BREVIN HOLUBAR, CENTER GROVE (49.60); 3. BRETT ODGERS, GREENWOOD (51.34)
800 RUN: 1. MATEO MENDEZ, COLUMBUS NORTH (1:58.79); 2. JARRET ROCKWELL, CENTER GROVE (1:58.99); 3. AKOT TONG, COLUMBUS NORTH (2:00.69)
1600 RUN: 1. WILL RUSSELL, COLUMBUS NORTH (4:21.30); 2. GAVIN ROCKWELL, CENTER GROVE (4:22.79); 3. KYLE MONTGOMERY, CENTER GROVE (4:23.01)
3200 RUN: 1. PARKER MIMBELA, CENTER GROVE (9:25.19); 2. NEAL WHITE, COLUMBUS NORTH (9:35.11); 3. WILL RUSSELL, COLUMBUS NORTH (9:42.41_
110 HURDLES: 1. PARKER DOYLE, CENTER GROVE (14.32); 2. LIAM MILNE, COLUMBUS NORTH (15.50); 3. OWEN RUSSELL, COLUMBUS NORTH (15.70)
300 HURDLES: 1. PARKER DOYEL, CENTER GROVE (38.35); 2. JONATHAN SEVER, FRANKLIN (39.98); 3. BEN TAPAK, CENTER GROVE (40.62)
4X100 RELAY: 1. WHITELAND (42.37); 2. CENTER GROVE (42.65); 3. GREENWOOD (43.78)
4X400 RELAY: 1. CENTER GROVE (3:20.18); 2. COLUMBUS NORTH (3:29.26); 3. GREENWOOD (3:31.74)
4X800 RELAY: 1. COLUMBUS NORTH (7:57.45); 2. CENTER GROVE (8:07.70); 3. INDIAN CREEK (8:13.84)
LONG JUMP: 1. CADEN YORK, CENTER GROVE (21-2.75); 2. LAKOTA ROBBINS, HAUSER (20-5.75); 3. BENIAN WALLS, WHITELAND (20-3)
HIGH JUMP: 1. PEYTON COFFEY, CENTER GROVE (6-6); 2. DYLAN BEVERLY, FRANKLIN (6-2); 3. BRAXTON FREEMAN, INDIAN CREEK (6-0)
POLE VAULT: 1. SCOTT PARRISH, WHITELAND (15-0); 2. CARTER PHEIFER, CENTER GROVE (14-8); 3. LIAM PHILLIPS, COLUMBUS NORTH (13-0)
SHOT PUT: 1. GARRETT MESSER, CENTER GROVE (52-9.5); 2. JOHN LYON, CENTER GROVE (50-8.5); 3. DALTON HUGHES, WHITELAND (48-10)
DISCUS: 1. GARRETT MESSER, CENTER GROVE (185-9.5); 2. TAYTON SCHAKEL, WHITELAND (164-1); 3. ANDREW MCLEAN, COLUMBUS NORTH (143-8)
AT GREENFIELD-CENTRAL
TEAM SCORES: 1. WARREN CENTRAL, 155.5; 2. GREENFIELD-CENTRAL, 107; 3. FRANKLIN CENTRAL, 103; 4. RONCALLI, 72; 5. NEW PALESTINE, 62; 6. LUTHERAN, 31; 6. TRITON CENTRAL, 31; 8. SHELBYVILLE, 27; 9. MORRISTOWN, 9; 10. BEECH GROVE, 8.5; 11. SCECINA 8.
100 DASH: 1. JAELYN REEVES-LILE, WARREN CENTRAL (10.77); 2. DAVID TAYLOR, WARREN CENTRAL (10.99); 3. BRAYDEN WILKINS, TRITON CENTRAL (11.06)
200 DASH: 1. JAELYN REEVES-LILE, WARREN CENTRAL (21.88); 2. IAN JACK, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (22.33); 3. BRAYDEN WILKINS, TRITON CENTRAL (22.37)
400 DASH: 1. AMARION SANDERS, WARREN CENTRAL (49.25); 2. IVAN WEAVER, FRANKLIN CENTRAL (49.27); 3. ALAVION JACKSON, WARREN CENTRAL (51.71)
800 RUN: 1. JOEY ASHMAN, FRANKLIN CENTRAL (1:53.90); 2. GRIFFEN WHEELER, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (1:55.86); 3. CODY CRAWMER, NEW PALESTINE (1:59.70)
1600 RUN: 1. BRAYDEN HENKLE, FRANKLIN CENTRAL (4:21.74); 2. CARTER CROUCH, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (4:25.44); 3. GRANT COBURN, WARREN CENTRAL (4:28.63)
3200 RUN: 1. CHRISTOPHER ROSS, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (9:36.00); 2. GRANT COBURN, WARREN CENTRAL (9:46.00); 3. JUSTIN REEDUS, FRANKLIN CENTRAL (9:47.00)
110 HURDLES: 1. AALIYO WINTERS, WARREN CENTRAL (15.07); CASH LOOPER, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (15.09); 3. DE’ANDRE ERSKINE, WARREN CENTRAL (15.42)
300 HURDLES: 1. JAMES O’DELL, NEW PALESTINE (41.59); 2. MICHAEL DURHAM, WARREN CENTRAL (41.81); 3. COLE SNOW, LUTHERAN (41.99)
4X100 RELAY: 1. WARREN CENTRAL (42.23); 2. FRANKLIN CENTRAL (42.93); 3. GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (42.96)
4X400 RELAY: 1. WARREN CENTRAL (3:21.02); 2. GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (3:23.71); 3. FRANKLIN CENTRAL (3:27.53)
4X800 RELAY: 1. FRANKLIN CENTRAL (8:05.39); 2. NEW PALESTINE (8:17.65); 3. GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (8:26.84)
LONG JUMP: 1. JOSEPH WALKER, WARREN CENTRAL (22-11); 2. KIRK KNECHT, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (22-2.25); 3. BRAYDEN WILKINS, TRITON CENTRAL (20-11)
HIGH JUMP: 1. ELLIOT RYBA, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (6-9); 2. LJ WARD, LUTHERAN (6-8); 3. BEN BRANDENBURG, RONCALLI (6-4)
POLE VAULT: 1. JACK ROSSELL, NEW PALESTINE (14-3); 2. SAGE HALTER, NEW PALESTINE (14-0); 3. MATTHEW BERTRAM, FRANKLIN CENTRAL (13-4)
SHOT PUT: 1. TREVOR LAUCK, RONCALLI (54-1.75); 2. SETH BROSSEAU, RONCALLI (54-1.75); 3. REESE HILL, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (52-8)
DISCUS: 1. DAMIEN SHANKLIN, WARREN CENTRAL (169-8); 2. SETH BROSSEAU, RONCALLI (164-4); 3. ETHAN LAMBERT, SHELBYVILLE (151-0)
1. HIGHLAND (13) | 5 PM CT | RESULTS
21ST CENTURY – GARY, BOWMAN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, CALUMET, EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL, GARY WEST SIDE, GRIFFITH, HAMMOND BISHOP NOLL, HAMMOND CENTRAL, HAMMOND MORTON, HIGHLAND, ILLIANA CHRISTIAN, LIGHTHOUSE CPC, MUNSTER
2. CROWN POINT (9) | 5 PM CT | RESULTS
ANDREAN, CROWN POINT, HANOVER CENTRAL, HOBART, LAKE CENTRAL, LAKE STATION EDISON, LOWELL, MERRILLVILLE, RIVER FOREST
3. PORTAGE (10) | 5 PM CT | RESULTS
CHESTERTON, LAPORTE, MICHIGAN CITY, NEW PRAIRIE, PORTAGE, SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS), VALPARAISO, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, WESTVILLE, WHEELER
4. RENSSELAER CENTRAL (15) | 4:45 PM CT | RESULTS
BOONE GROVE, DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN, HEBRON, KANKAKEE VALLEY, KNOX, KOUTS, MORGAN TOWNSHIP, NORTH JUDSON-SAN PIERRE, NORTH NEWTON, OREGON-DAVIS, RENSSELAER CENTRAL, SOUTH NEWTON, TRI-TOWNSHIP, WEST CENTRAL, WINAMAC COMMUNITY
5. PENN (12) | 5:30 PM ET | RESULTS
GLENN, LAVILLE, MISHAWAKA, MISHAWAKA MARIAN, PENN, SOUTH BEND ADAMS, SOUTH BEND CAREER ACADEMY, SOUTH BEND CLAY, SOUTH BEND RILEY, SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH, SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON, TRINITY SCHOOL AT GREENLAWN
6. PLYMOUTH (11) | 6 PM ET | RESULTS
BREMEN, CASTON, CULVER ACADEMIES, CULVER COMMUNITY, MANCHESTER, NORTH MIAMI, PLYMOUTH, ROCHESTER COMMUNITY, TIPPECANOE VALLEY, TRITON, WHITKO
7. GOSHEN (13) | 5:30 PM ET | RESULTS
BETHANY CHRISTIAN, COLUMBIA CITY, CONCORD, ELKHART, ELKHART CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, FAIRFIELD, GOSHEN, JIMTOWN, LAKELAND CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, NORTHRIDGE, NORTHWOOD, WARSAW COMMUNITY, WAWASEE
8. KOKOMO (13) | 5 PM ET | RESULTS
EASTERN (GREENTOWN), KOKOMO, LEWIS CASS, LOGANSPORT, MACONAQUAH, MADISON-GRANT, NORTHWESTERN, PERU, PIONEER, TAYLOR, TIPTON, TRI-CENTRAL, WESTERN
9. TWIN LAKES (MOVED FROM BENTON CENTRAL) (12) | 6 PM ET | RESULTS
ATTICA, BENTON CENTRAL, CARROLL (FLORA), COVINGTON, DELPHI COMMUNITY, FOUNTAIN CENTRAL, FRONTIER, NORTH VERMILLION, NORTH WHITE, SEEGER, TRI-COUNTY, TWIN LAKES
10. WEST LAFAYETTE (12) | 5:30 PM ET | RESULTS
CLINTON CENTRAL, CLINTON PRAIRIE, CRAWFORDSVILLE, FAITH CHRISTIAN, FRANKFORT, HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE), LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC, LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON, MCCUTCHEON, NORTH MONTGOMERY, ROSSVILLE, WEST LAFAYETTE
11. WESTFIELD (11) | 6 PM ET | RESULTS
CARMEL, FISHERS, GUERIN CATHOLIC, HAMILTON HEIGHTS, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN, LEBANON, NOBLESVILLE, SHERIDAN, UNIVERSITY, WESTERN BOONE, WESTFIELD
12. PLAINFIELD (11) | 5:30 PM ET | RESULTS
AVON, BROWNSBURG, CASCADE, DANVILLE COMMUNITY, MONROVIA, MOORESVILLE, PLAINFIELD, SOUTHMONT, TRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN, TRI-WEST HENDRICKS, ZIONSVILLE
13. ANGOLA (12) | 5 PM ET | RESULTS
ANGOLA, CENTRAL NOBLE, DEKALB, EAST NOBLE, EASTSIDE, FREMONT, GARRETT, HAMILTON, LAKELAND, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS, WEST NOBLE, WESTVIEW
14. FORT WAYNE NORTH SIDE (12) | 5:45 PM ET | RESULTS
CARROLL (FORT WAYNE), CHURUBUSCO, FORT WAYNE BISHOP DWENGER, FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN, FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA LUTHERAN, FORT WAYNE NORTH SIDE, FORT WAYNE NORTHROP, FORT WAYNE SNIDER, FORT WAYNE SOUTH SIDE, LAKEWOOD PARK CHRISTIAN, LEO, WOODLAN
15. NEW HAVEN (10) | 5 PM ET | RESULTS
ADAMS CENTRAL, BELLMONT, FORT WAYNE BISHOP LUERS, FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY, FORT WAYNE WAYNE, HERITAGE, HOMESTEAD, HUNTINGTON NORTH, NEW HAVEN, SOUTH ADAMS
16. MARION (14) | 5:30 PM ET | RESULTS
ALEXANDRIA MONROE, BLACKFORD, BLUFFTON, EASTBROOK, ELWOOD COMMUNITY, FRANKTON, MARION, MISSISSINEWA, NORTHFIELD, NORWELL, OAK HILL, SOUTHERN WELLS, SOUTHWOOD, WABASH
17. DELTA (13) | 5 PM ET | RESULTS
COWAN, DELTA, JAY COUNTY, MONROE CENTRAL, MUNCIE BURRIS, MUNCIE CENTRAL, RANDOLPH SOUTHERN, UNION (MODOC), UNION CITY, WAPAHANI, WES-DEL, WINCHESTER COMMUNITY, YORKTOWN
18. MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE) (13) | 5:30 PM ET | RESULTS
ANDERSON, ANDERSON PREPARATORY ACADEMY, BLUE RIVER VALLEY, DALEVILLE, EASTERN HANCOCK, KNIGHTSTOWN, LAPEL, LAWRENCE NORTH, LIBERTY CHRISTIAN, MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE), NEW CASTLE, PENDLETON HEIGHTS, SHENANDOAH
19. LAWRENCE CENTRAL (13) | 5:30 PM ET | RESULTS
BREBEUF JESUIT, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN, HERRON, INDIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECHNICAL, INDIANAPOLIS BISHOP CHATARD, INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL, LAWRENCE CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS), PARK TUDOR, PURDUE POLYTECHNIC – DOWNTOWN, RIVERSIDE, TINDLEY
20. DECATUR CENTRAL (15) | 6 PM ET | RESULTS
BEN DAVIS, COVENANT CHRISTIAN (INDIANAPOLIS), DECATUR CENTRAL, INDIANA MATH & SCIENCE, INDIANAPOLIS CARDINAL RITTER, INDIANAPOLIS CRISPUS ATTUCKS, INDIANAPOLIS GEORGE WASHINGTON, INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN, INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE, INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, PERRY MERIDIAN, PIKE, PROVIDENCE CRISTO REY, SOUTHPORT, SPEEDWAY
21. GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (13) | 6 PM ET | RESULTS
BEECH GROVE, CHRISTEL HOUSE, FRANKLIN CENTRAL, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL, INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN, INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA MEMORIAL, MORRISTOWN, NEW PALESTINE, RONCALLI, SHELBYVILLE, TRITON CENTRAL, VICTORY COLLEGE PREP, WARREN CENTRAL.
22. COLUMBUS NORTH (12) | 6:30 PM ET | RESULTS
CENTER GROVE, COLUMBUS EAST, COLUMBUS NORTH, EDINBURGH, FRANKLIN COMMUNITY, GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, GREENWOOD COMMUNITY, HAUSER, INDIAN CREEK, SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBYVILLE), WALDRON, WHITELAND COMMUNITY
23. CONNERSVILLE (10) | 5:30 PM ET | RESULTS
CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN, CENTERVILLE, CONNERSVILLE, HAGERSTOWN, NORTHEASTERN, RICHMOND, RUSHVILLE CONSOLIDATED, SETON CATHOLIC, TRI, UNION COUNTY
24. EAST CENTRAL (13) | 5:30 PM ET | RESULTS
BATESVILLE, EAST CENTRAL, FRANKLIN COUNTY, GREENSBURG, JAC-CEN-DEL, LAWRENCEBURG, MILAN, NORTH DECATUR, OLDENBURG ACADEMY, RISING SUN, SOUTH DEARBORN, SOUTH DECATUR, SOUTH RIPLEY
25. TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO (14) | 5:30 PM ET | RESULTS
CLAY CITY, CLOVERDALE, GREENCASTLE, NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG), NORTH PUTNAM, NORTHVIEW, PARKE HERITAGE, RIVERTON PARKE, SOUTH PUTNAM, SOUTH VERMILLION, SULLIVAN, TERRE HAUTE NORTH, TERRE HAUTE SOUTH, WEST VIGO
26. BLOOMINGTON NORTH (12) | 5:30 PM ET | RESULTS
BLOOMFIELD, BLOOMINGTON NORTH, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH, BROWN COUNTY, EASTERN GREENE, EDGEWOOD, LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, LINTON-STOCKTON, MARTINSVILLE, OWEN VALLEY, SHAKAMAK, WHITE RIVER VALLEY
27. BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE (13) | 6 PM ET | RESULTS
BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE, BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL, CROTHERSVILLE, EASTERN (PEKIN), JENNINGS COUNTY, MITCHELL, ORLEANS, PAOLI, SALEM, SEYMOUR, SPRINGS VALLEY, TRINITY LUTHERAN, WEST WASHINGTON
28. JEFFERSONVILLE (12) | 5 PM ET | RESULTS
AUSTIN, CHARLESTOWN, HENRYVILLE, JEFFERSONVILLE, MADISON CONSOLIDATED, NEW WASHINGTON, ROCK CREEK ACADEMY, SCOTTSBURG, SHAWE MEMORIAL, SILVER CREEK, SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER), SWITZERLAND COUNTY
29. FLOYD CENTRAL (11) | 6 PM ET | RESULTS
BORDEN, CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF INDIANA, CLARKSVILLE, CORYDON CENTRAL, CRAWFORD COUNTY, FLOYD CENTRAL, LANESVILLE, NEW ALBANY, NORTH HARRISON, PROVIDENCE, SOUTH CENTRAL (ELIZABETH)
30. JASPER (10) | 6:30 PM ET | RESULTS
FOREST PARK, HERITAGE HILLS, JASPER, LOOGOOTEE, NORTHEAST DUBOIS, PERRY CENTRAL, SHOALS, SOUTH SPENCER, SOUTHRIDGE, TELL CITY
31. PRINCETON COMMUNITY (13) | 5 PM CT | RESULTS
BARR-REEVE, GIBSON SOUTHERN, NORTH DAVIESS, NORTH KNOX, PIKE CENTRAL, PRINCETON COMMUNITY, SOUTH KNOX, TECUMSEH, VINCENNES LINCOLN, VINCENNES RIVET, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON CATHOLIC, WOOD MEMORIAL
32. EVANSVILLE CENTRAL (14) | 5:30 PM CT | RESULTS
BOONVILLE, CASTLE, EVANSVILLE BOSSE, EVANSVILLE CENTRAL, EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN, EVANSVILLE DAY, EVANSVILLE F.J. REITZ, EVANSVILLE HARRISON, EVANSVILLE MATER DEI, EVANSVILLE NORTH, EVANSVILLE REITZ MEMORIAL, MT. VERNON, NORTH POSEY, SIGNATURE
CENTRAL INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
KNIGHTSTOWN 5 LINCOLN 2
EASTERN HANCOCK 15 MUNCIE BURRIS 1
MONROE CENTRAL 12 RANDOLPH SOUTHERN 2
DALEVILLE 8 COWAN 1
IRVINGTON PREP 17 CHRISTEL HOUSE 1
WAPAHANI 9 BLUE RIVER 2
ALEXANDRIA MONROE 10 TRI-CENTRAL 0
TRI 11 LIBERTY CHRISTIAN 1
SHENANDOAH 3 WES DEL 2
HAGERSTOWN 5 UNION CITY 2
SOUTHWESTERN 12 INDIANAPOLIS TECH 0
FRANKLIN COUNTY 11 RUSHVILLE 1
SCOTTSBURG 7 COLUMBUS EAST 2
GREENCASTLE 3 CLAY CITY 2
PURDUE POLY NORTH 19 INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE 6
DANVILLE 7 N. PUTNAM 4
PIKE 6 HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 4
BATESVILLE 10 S. DEARBORN 0
TRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN 13 HORIZON CHRISTIAN 4
EMINENCE 19 INDY METRO 6
GREENWOOD 3 NEW PALESTINE 2
YORKTOWN 13 FRANKTON 5
WARREN CENTRAL 2 GREENFIELD CENTRAL 0
RONCALLI 5 LAWRENCE NORTH 1
CONNERSVILLE 8 GREENSBURG 2
RITTER 10 INDY GENESIS 0
PARK TUDOR 7 TRITON CENTRAL 5
CASCADE 11 S. PUTNAM 0
CARMEL 5 KOKOMO 0
WESTFIELD 11 AVON 5
GUERIN CATHOLIC 18 LAWRENCE CENTRAL 4
MOORESVILLE 6 WHITELAND 4
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 3 FRANKLIN CENTRAL 2
RICHMOND 5 CENTERVILLE 4
FISHERS 5 BROWNSBURG 4
DELTA 3 PENDLETON HEIGHTS 2
NOBLESVILLE 11 ZIONSVILLE 1
COMPLETE SCOREBOARD: HTTPS://WWW.MAXPREPS.COM/IN/BASEBALL/SCORES/?DATE=5/18/2023
CENTRAL INDIANA SOFTBALL SCORES
RICHMOND 3 KNIGHTSTOWN 2
TRITON CENTRAL 10 BETHESDA CHRISTIAN 0
WINCHESTER 11 BLUFFTON 7
WAPAHANI 12 SOUTHERN WELLS 2
COWAN 10 DALEVILLE 0
INDIANAPOLIS TECH 13 HERRON 12
ALEXANDRIA MONROE 5 TIPTON 2
SPEEDWAY 2 HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 1
COLUMBUS EAST 10 SCOTTSBURG 8
LAWRENCE NORTH 18 GUERIN CATHOLIC 0
PENDLETON HEIGHTS 8 YORKTOWN 1
PARK TUDOR 20 INDIANA DEAF 5
IRVINGTON PREP 21 CRISPUS ATTUCKS 7
INDIAN CREEK 3 BEECH GROVE 2
EASTSIDE 4 WESTVIEW 2
KOKOMO 4 FRONTIER 3
RONCALLI 10 BROWNSBURG 0
NEW CASTLE 12 CENTERVILLE 8
INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN 8 COVENANT CHRISTIAN 0
FRANKLIN COUNTY 10 GREENSBURG 4
MOORESTOWN 15 JAC CEN DEL 3
EMINENCE 11 S. PUTNAM 4
ANDERSON 13 LIBERTY CHRISTIAN 0
LAPEL 16 SCECINA 1
ELWOOD 10 DELTA 4
FRANKLIN 13 SEYMOUR 9
CASCADE 9 OWEN VALLEY 1
JAY COUNTY 10 NORTHEASTERN 8
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 17 BEN DAVIS 2
FRANKLIN CENTRAL 6 DECATUR CENTRAL 1
COLUMBUS NORTH 8 HAUSER 2
CENTER GROVE 4 MOUNT VERNON 3
BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 12 MARTINSVILLE 9
MOORESVILLE 15 WHITELAND 0
WESTFIELD 8 MCCUTCHEON 6
NOBLESVILLE 14 LAFAYETTE JEFF 4
FISHERS 13 ZIONSVILLE 1
GREENFIELD CENTRAL 7 CARMEL 6
LEBANON 12 CRAWFORDSVILLE 2
PLAINFIELD 11 MONROVIA 1
COMPLETE SCOREBOARD: HTTPS://WWW.MAXPREPS.COM/IN/SOFTBALL/SCORES/?DATE=5/18/2023
NBA PLAYOFFS
DENVER 108 LA LAKERS 103
NHL PLAYOFFS
FLORIDA 3 CAROINA 2 4OT
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD
NY METS 3 TAMPA BAY 2
LA ANGELS 6 BALTIMORE 5
CLEVELAND 3 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1
NY YANKEES 4 TORONTO 2
MIAMI 5 WASHINGTON 3
ST. LOUIS 16 LA DODGERS 8
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INDIANAPOLIS 10 IOWA 5
DAYTON 7 FORT WAYNE 6
BELOIT 5 SOUTH BEND 3
COLLEGE BASEBALL SCORES
NOTRE DAME 5 BOSTON COLLEGE 1
ST. JOHN’S 24 BUTLER 5
MICHIGAN STATE 8 INDIANA 6
NEBRASKA 10 PURDUE 5
PURDUE FT. WAYNE 4 MILWAUKEE 3
KENT STATE 29 BALL STATE 11
VALPO 7 ILLINOIS STATE 6
EVANSVILE 9 ILLINOIS CHICAGO 8
INDIANA STATE 11 MISSOURI STATE 4
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERBOARD: http://hosted.stats.com/golf/final.asp?tour=PGA
NCAA SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
REGIONALS
DOUBLE ELIMINATION; ALL TIMES ET
NORMAN REGIONAL (NORMAN, OKLAHOMA)
FRIDAY:
GAME 1: HOFSTRA VS. NO. 1 OKLAHOMA, 5 P.M., ESPNU
GAME 2: MISSOURI VS. CALIFORNIA, 7:30 P.M., ESPN+
SATURDAY:
GAME 3: WINNER GAME 1 VS. WINNER GAME 2, 3 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 4: LOSER GAME 1 VS. LOSER GAME 2, 5:30 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 5: WINNER GAME 4 VS. LOSER GAME 3, 8 P.M., ESPN+
SUNDAY:
GAME 6: WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 5, 2 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 7 (IF NECESSARY): REMATCH GAME 6, 4:30 P.M., ESPN+
CLEMSON REGIONAL (CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA)
FRIDAY:
GAME 1: UNC GREENSBORO VS. NO. 16 CLEMSON, 3 P.M., ESPNU
GAME 2: CAL STATE FULLERTON VS. AUBURN, 5:30 P.M., ESPN+
SATURDAY:
GAME 3: WINNER GAME 1 VS. WINNER GAME 2, 1 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 4: LOSER GAME 1 VS. LOSER GAME 2, 3:30 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 5: WINNER GAME 4 VS. LOSER GAME 3, 6 P.M., ESPN+
SUNDAY:
GAME 6: WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 5, NOON, ESPN+
GAME 7 (IF NECESSARY): REMATCH GAME 6, 2:30 P.M., ESPN+
DURHAM REGIONAL (DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA)
FRIDAY:
GAME 1: GEORGE MASON VS. NO. 8 DUKE, NOON, ACC NETWORK
GAME 2: CHARLOTTE VS. CAMPBELL, 2:30 P.M., ESPN+
SATURDAY:
GAME 3: WINNER GAME 1 VS. WINNER GAME 2, 1 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 4: LOSER GAME 1 VS. LOSER GAME 2, 3:30 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 5: WINNER GAME 4 VS. LOSER GAME 3, 6 P.M., ESPN+
SUNDAY:
GAME 6: WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 5, NOON, ESPN+
GAME 7 (IF NECESSARY): REMATCH GAME 6, 2:30 P.M., ESPN+
STANFORD REGIONAL (STANFORD, CALIFORNIA)
FRIDAY:
GAME 1: FLORIDA VS. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT, ESPN+
GAME 2: LONG BEACH STATE VS. NO. 9 STANFORD, ESPNU
SATURDAY:
GAME 3: WINNER GAME 1 VS. WINNER GAME 2, 5 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 4: LOSER GAME 1 VS. LOSER GAME 2, 7:30 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 5: WINNER GAME 4 VS. LOSER GAME 3, 10 P.M., ESPN+
SUNDAY:
GAME 6: WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 5, 4 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 7 (IF NECESSARY): REMATCH GAME 6, 6:30 P.M., ESPN+
TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL (TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA)
FRIDAY:
GAME 1: CENTRAL ARKANSAS VS. MIDDLE TENNESSEE, 4:30 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 2: LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY VS. NO. 5 ALABAMA, 7 P.M., ESPN+
SATURDAY:
GAME 3: WINNER GAME 1 VS. WINNER GAME 2, 1 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 4: LOSER GAME 1 VS. LOSER GAME 2, 3:30 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 5: WINNER GAME 4 VS. LOSER GAME 3, 6 P.M., ESPN+
SUNDAY:
GAME 6: WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 5, 2 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 7 (IF NECESSARY): REMATCH GAME 6, 4:30 P.M., ESPN+
EVANSTON REGIONAL (EVANSTON, ILLINOIS)
FRIDAY:
GAME 1: MIAMI (OHIO) VS. KENTUCKY, 1 P.M., SEC NETWORK
GAME 2: EASTERN ILLINOIS VS. NO. 12 NORTHWESTERN, 3:30 P.M., ESPN+
SATURDAY:
GAME 3: WINNER GAME 1 VS. WINNER GAME 2, 1 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 4: LOSER GAME 1 VS. LOSER GAME 2, 3:30 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 5: WINNER GAME 4 VS. LOSER GAME 3, 6 P.M., ESPN+
SUNDAY:
GAME 6: WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 5, 4 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 7 (IF NECESSARY): REMATCH GAME 6, 6:30 P.M., ESPN+
AUSTIN REGIONAL (AUSTIN, TEXAS)
FRIDAY:
GAME 1: SETON HALL VS. NO. 13 TEXAS, 5 P.M., LONGHORN NETWORK
GAME 2: TEXAS STATE VS. TEXAS A&M, 7:30 P.M., ESPN+
SATURDAY:
GAME 3: WINNER GAME 1 VS. WINNER GAME 2, 3 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 4: LOSER GAME 1 VS. LOSER GAME 2, 5:30 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 5: WINNER GAME 4 VS. LOSER GAME 3, 8 P.M., ESPN+
SUNDAY:
GAME 6: WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 5, 2 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 7 (IF NECESSARY): REMATCH GAME 6, 4:30 P.M., ESPN+
KNOXVILLE REGIONAL (KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE)
FRIDAY:
GAME 1: INDIANA VS. LOUISVILLE, 3 P.M., ESPN2
GAME 2: NORTHERN KENTUCKY VS. NO. 4 TENNESSEE, 5:30 P.M., ESPN+
SATURDAY:
GAME 3: WINNER GAME 1 VS. WINNER GAME 2, 1 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 4: LOSER GAME 1 VS. LOSER GAME 2, 3:30 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 5: WINNER GAME 4 VS. LOSER GAME 3, 6 P.M., ESPN+
SUNDAY:
GAME 6: WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 5, 2 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 7 (IF NECESSARY): REMATCH GAME 6, 4:30 P.M., ESPN+
TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL (TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA)
FRIDAY:
GAME 1: MARIST VS. NO. 3 FLORIDA STATE, 4 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 2: SOUTH CAROLINA VS. UCF, 7 P.M., ESPN2
SATURDAY:
GAME 3: WINNER GAME 1 VS. WINNER GAME 2, 1 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 4: LOSER GAME 1 VS. LOSER GAME 2, 3:30 P.M., ACC NETWORK
GAME 5: WINNER GAME 4 VS. LOSER GAME 3, 6 P.M., ESPN+
SUNDAY:
GAME 6: WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 5, 4 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 7 (IF NECESSARY): REMATCH GAME 6, 6:30 P.M., ESPN+
ATHENS REGIONAL (ATHENS, GEORGIA)
FRIDAY:
GAME 1: BOSTON UNIVERSITY VS. VIRGINIA TECH, 2 P.M., ACC NETWORK
GAME 2: NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL VS. NO. 14 GEORGIA, 4:30 P.M., ESPN+
SATURDAY:
GAME 3: WINNER GAME 1 VS. WINNER GAME 2, 1 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 4: LOSER GAME 1 VS. LOSER GAME 2, 3:30 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 5: WINNER GAME 4 VS. LOSER GAME 3, 6 P.M., ESPN+
SUNDAY:
GAME 6: WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 5, NOON, ESPN+
GAME 7 (IF NECESSARY): REMATCH GAME 6, 2:30 P.M., ESPN+
FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL (FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS)
FRIDAY:
GAME 1: NOTRE DAME VS. OREGON, 5 P.M., ESPN2
GAME 2: HARVARD VS. NO. 11 ARKANSAS, 7:30 P.M., ESPN+
SATURDAY:
GAME 3: WINNER GAME 1 VS. WINNER GAME 2, 3 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 4: LOSER GAME 1 VS. LOSER GAME 2, 5:30 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 5: WINNER GAME 4 VS. LOSER GAME 3, 8 P.M., ESPN+
SUNDAY:
GAME 6: WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 5, 2 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 7 (IF NECESSARY): REMATCH GAME 6, 4:30 P.M., ESPN+
STILLWATER REGIONAL (STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA)
FRIDAY:
GAME 1: UMBC VS. NO. 6 OKLAHOMA STATE, 4 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 2: WICHITA STATE VS. NEBRASKA, 7 P.M., ESPNU
SATURDAY:
GAME 3: WINNER GAME 1 VS. WINNER GAME 2, 3 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 4: LOSER GAME 1 VS. LOSER GAME 2, 5:30 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 5: WINNER GAME 4 VS. LOSER GAME 3, 8 P.M., ESPN+
SUNDAY:
GAME 6: WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 5, 4 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 7 (IF NECESSARY): REMATCH GAME 6, 6:30 P.M., ESPN+
SEATTLE REGIONAL (SEATTLE, WASHINGTON)
FRIDAY:
GAME 1: MINNESOTA VS. MCNEESE, 6:30 P.M. ESPN+
GAME 2: NORTHERN COLORADO VS. NO. 7 WASHINGTON, 9 P.M., ESPN+
SATURDAY:
GAME 3: WINNER GAME 1 VS. WINNER GAME 2, 5 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 4: LOSER GAME 1 VS. LOSER GAME 2, 7:30 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 5: WINNER GAME 4 VS. LOSER GAME 3, 10 P.M., ESPN+
SUNDAY:
GAME 6: WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 5, 4:30 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 7 (IF NECESSARY): REMATCH GAME 6, 7 P.M., ESPN+
BATON ROUGE REGIONAL (BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA)
FRIDAY:
GAME 1: LOUISIANA VS. OMAHA, 3 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 2: PRAIRIE VIEW A&M VS. NO. 10 LSU, 6 P.M., SEC NETWORK
SATURDAY:
GAME 3: WINNER GAME 1 VS. WINNER GAME 2, 1 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 4: LOSER GAME 1 VS. LOSER GAME 2, 3:30 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 5: WINNER GAME 4 VS. LOSER GAME 3, 6 P.M., ESPN+
SUNDAY:
GAME 6: WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 5, 2 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 7 (IF NECESSARY): REMATCH GAME 6, 4:30 P.M., ESPN+
SALT LAKE CITY REGIONAL (SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH)
FRIDAY:
GAME 1: OLE MISS VS. BAYLOR, 1 P.M., ESPNU
GAME 2: SOUTHERN ILLINOIS VS. NO. 15 UTAH, 3:30 P.M., ESPN+
SATURDAY:
GAME 3: WINNER GAME 1 VS. WINNER GAME 2, 3 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 4: LOSER GAME 1 VS. LOSER GAME 2, 5:30 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 5: WINNER GAME 4 VS. LOSER GAME 3, 8 P.M., ESPN+
SUNDAY:
GAME 6: WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 5, 2 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 7 (IF NECESSARY): REMATCH GAME 6, 4:30 P.M., ESPN+
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL (LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA)
FRIDAY:
GAME 1: GRAND CANYON VS. NO. 2 UCLA, 8 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 2: LIBERTY VS. SAN DIEGO STATE, 11 P.M., ESPNU
SATURDAY:
GAME 3: WINNER GAME 1 VS. WINNER GAME 2, 5 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 4: LOSER GAME 1 VS. LOSER GAME 2, 7:30 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 5: WINNER GAME 4 VS. LOSER GAME 3, 10 P.M., ESPN+
SUNDAY:
GAME 6: WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 5, 6 P.M., ESPN+
GAME 7 (IF NECESSARY): REMATCH GAME 6, 8:30 P.M., ESPN+
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NBA PLAYOFFS/NEWS
MURRAY’S BIG FOURTH QUARTER PROPELS NUGGETS PAST LAKERS 108-103 FOR 2-0 LEAD IN WEST FINALS
DENVER (AP) After Nikola Jokic’s monster game in the opener, his pick-and-roll partner Jamal Murray took the spotlight in the Western Conference finals Thursday night.
Murray scored 23 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter, propelling the Denver Nuggets to a 108-103 come-from-behind win over the Los Angeles Lakers for a 2-0 lead in the series.
“He was special,” Jokic said. “He won us the game basically.”
Murray missed 12 of his 17 shots through three quarters but found his touch in the fourth, going 6 for 7, including four 3-pointers, and fueling a 15-1 run that gave Denver a 96-84 lead.
“He made shots at the end of the clock,” LeBron James lamented. “We guard for 24 seconds and he made two big-time shots, one over (Anthony Davis) and one over me. He had his 3-point shot going in the fourth. It’s no surprise to me, he’s done it before. Sometimes it’s a never-miss league.”
In all, Denver sank seven 3s in the fourth quarter after hitting seven all night.
“It would have been a lot easier if I had made them in the first half,” said Murray, who is still playing through an earache he hasn’t been able to shake since Round 2.
Jokic added 23 points, 17 rebounds and a dozen assists a day after ESPN sideline reporter Lisa Salters handed the Nuggets the no-respect card by acknowledging that she’d never seen the two-time MVP play before Game 1, when he had 34 points, 21 boards and 14 assists.
“For those that don’t know him, he’s got 13 playoff triple-doubles now,” Malone sneered after Game 2. “It’s just incredible what he continues to do on a nightly basis on the biggest stage in the world.”
As for Jokic, he brushed off the slights on him and his teammates, saying, “It’s nothing new for us.”
Malone was plenty miffed by the Lakers getting all the pub.
“You win Game 1 and all everybody talked about was the Lakers,” Malone said. “Let’s be honest, the national narrative was, ‘Hey, the Lakers are fine. They’re down 1-0, but they figured something out.’ No one talked about how Nikola just had an historic performance. He’s got 13 (playoff) triple-doubles now, third all-time. What he’s doing is just incredible.
“But their narrative wasn’t about the Nuggets. The narrative wasn’t about Nikola. The narrative was about the Lakers and their adjustments. So you know, you put that in your pipe and you smoke it, you come back and you know what, we’re gonna go up 2-0.”
The Nuggets have never been this close to reaching the NBA Finals in their history. Game 3 is Saturday night at Crypto.com Arena, where James and the Lakers are 8-0 in the playoffs.
Malone said he reminded Murray heading into the fourth quarter not to fret over his shooting woes but to focus on contributing in other ways. He heeded that advice, grabbing three big boards on defense and stealing the ball twice besides hitting 4-of-5 from deep and 7-of-8 from the stripe.
“Three-point line is what killed us in the fourth,” James said.
Malone knew that when Murray finally found the net, many more buckets would follow.
“We all know … he just has to see one go in,” Malone said, and when that happened, “he kind of looked up to the heavens and that’s all he needs. And after that he’s shooting into a hula hoop.”
Just like in Game 1, the Lakers didn’t go down easily. They pulled to three points on Austin Reaves’ jumper before Murray sank two free throws with 12 seconds left and Bruce Brown stole the ball from James, then dribbled out the final 8 seconds.
The Nuggets improved to 41-8 at home, best in the NBA, including 8-0 in the playoffs.
James and Reaves both scored 22 for Los Angeles. Davis scored 18 after pouring in 40 in the opener and Rui Hachimra scored 21 points off the bench.
For much of the night, it appeared as though the Lakers would wrest home-court advantage from the Nuggets, who are the top seed for the first time in their history. The Lakers won the series openers at Memphis and Golden State to reach the conference championship.
The outstanding defense Hachimura played on Jokic in the fourth quarter of the Lakers’ loss in Game 1 led many to believe coach Darvin Ham would start Hachimura to try to stymie the Nuggets’ star center from the start. But instead he came off the bench again, scoring 17 first-half points but just four thereafter.
“Proud of our guys,” Ham said. “They bounced back. We addressed a lot of the things that we said we were going to try to do better. Still got to be better in transition D. But overall the energy was there, the effort was there, the urgency was there, we just caught a bad stretch.”
And a suddenly red-hot Jamal Murray.
TIP-INS
Lakers: Los Angeles made 23 of 26 free throws. … Davis and James were a combined 13 of 36 from the floor.
Nuggets: After watching the Lakers start the second quarter on a 9-0 run with Jokic and Murray on the bench, Malone kept Jokic in to start the fourth quarter. “Nikola’s like Secretariat, man,” Malone said. “That guy can run for days.”
EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS COACHING MATCHUP AS INTRIGUING AS THE ACTION ON COURT
BOSTON (AP) — The latest Eastern Conference finals pairing between the Heat and Celtics will be a matchup that ultimately turns on the play stars like Jimmy Butler and Jayson Tatum.
But Miami’s 123-116 Game 1 victory also showed how the tactical battle between rookie coach Joe Mazzulla and veteran counterpart Erik Spoelstra will also play a big factor.
The Celtics dominated the first two quarters on Wednesday night before being outscored 46-25 in the third period – the most points they’ve allowed in any playoff quarter over the past 25 years. It put Boston into 103-91 hole it never overcame.
The game-changing onslaught also included 13-1 run by the Heat to help tie the game in which Mazzulla made the decision not to call a timeout, something that has become a recurring theme for him this season because of his preference to let the Celtics play through rough patches.
“I don’t think it’s a challenge in the postseason, I think it’s human nature,” Mazzulla said Thursday when asked about his team’s tendencies to surrender leads this season. “So how are you able to get out of that and win that and just understanding your environment, understanding your opponent? It’s hard to do, but what we’re trying to do is really hard.”
After back-to-back series in which Boston has fallen into 0-1 holes, it’s cast the spotlight back on the 34-year-old, who was thrust into his dream job in the preseason and is now trying to find new ways to motivate a team with championship expectations.
Miami’s Spoelstra knows well what it’s like to be in that position.
The 52-year-old Spoelstra grew up in the Heat organization, rising from video coordinator to assistant to head coach at 38, and then successfully balanced the pressure of turning a team led by All-Stars LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh into back-to-back NBA champions.
Spoelstra acknowledged that he doubted himself initially, recalling how he was heckled in his first game in New York by Knicks fans who asked, “if I was up past my bedtime.”
“I was beating myself up quite a bit,” Spoelstra said of his first season.
Likewise, Mazzulla has made no secret that he has learned something with every game he has coached.
That includes the playoffs. During the last series, Mazzulla listened to pleas from the Celtics’ veteran leaders to reinsert Robert Williams III into the starting lineup. He also apologized to the team for not calling a timeout prior to its final possession in Game 4 overtime loss to Philadelphia.
“He trusts us. At the end of the day, Joe trusts us,” Celtics guard Malcolm Brogdon said.
That humility is why Spoelstra respects what Mazzulla has done to this point, going through the challenges of an NBA season.
“I think just going through the fire, going through the experiences,” Spoelstra said. “Every situation is different. So, I don’t know what it’s like in this locker room, this building. But I have a lot of respect for Joe. We have a lot of mutual friends. We saw each other a lot in the (Florida) bubble. … We always seemed to be bumping into each other all the time.”
And now they’ve bumped into eachother three of the past four postseasons.
While his team is an underdog this time around, as one of the league’s longest tenured head coaches Spoelstra is proving yet again how good he is at getting the best out of his players.
Despite a slow start in Game 1, Spoelstra let Butler set the tone throughout, including trusting his star to guard Tatum, despite Butler dealing with an ankle issue that slowed him the previous round against New York.
It increased the amount of energy Tatum had to exert and contributed to him not taking a shot in the fourth quarter, despite a 30-point scoring night.
It’s part of what has become the Heat’s culture under Spoelstra, teams led by stars but depending on the collective for ultimate success.
He said Butler epitomizes that.
“On the ball, off the ball, all that stuff,” Spoelstra said. “Settled us offensively. That’s a big part of us not turning the ball over, is just having a place where you can throw the ball and get a bit more settled.”
That said, Spoelstra expects Boston to respond in Game 2 on Friday. Not just because of the players they have on the court, but because of the guy patrolling the sideline.
Spoelstra said he can tell Mazzulla has already grown as a coach.
“You go through it, the experience,” Spoelstra said. “That’s the best thing. The most valuable thing. What he’s done this year is not easy. You definitely have to respect that.”
NHL PLAYOFFS
TKACHUK ENDS 6TH-LONGEST GAME IN NHL HISTORY, PANTHERS OUTLAST HURRICANES 3-2 IN 4TH OT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Matthew Tkachuk beat Frederik Andersen in the final seconds of the fourth overtime to give the Florida Panthers a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes early Friday in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final.
Tkachuck took a feed from Sam Bennett after Florida won a battle for the puck as Carolina tried to clear the puck, then whipped a shot from the right circle past Andersen with 12.7 seconds left.
That sent Tkachuck racing toward center ice to celebrate with teammates in what turned into the longest game in either franchises’ history, as well as the sixth-longest game in NHL history.
Florida won its seventh straight road game in these playoffs and improved to 5-0 in overtime. Game 2 is Saturday night in Raleigh.
Aleksander Barkov and Carter Verhaeghe scored in regulation for the Panthers, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 63 saves in what turned into a goaltender battle as the game got more ragged and players racked up the ice time.
Andersen finished with 57 saves for Carolina, which got power-play goals from Seth Jarvis and Stefan Noesen.
Tkachuk finally ended a game that had multiple wild sequences in critical late moments.
Most notably, there was Ryan Lomberg appearing to have the winning goal in his return to Florida’s lineup from injury, beating Jalen Chatfield in a battle and then whipping the puck by Andrersen 2 1/2 minutes into the first OT.
But Carolina successfully challenged the play for goaltender interference. Replays showed Florida’s Colin White – while being bumped by Carolina’s Jack Drury – making skate-to-skate contact with Andersen, then bumping him as Andersen ended up on all fours on the other side of the crease before Lomberg’s shot found the net.
Later in that first OT, Jarvis – who had the game’s first goal on a power-play blast from the slot – nearly ended it on a loose rebound but rang the crossbar.
It turned out, the game was nowhere near its epic finish.
Florida hadn’t been to an Eastern Conference final since 1996, before a large chunk of its roster had even been born. But these Panthers had turned a late surge to qualify for the final wild-card spot into a postseason-shaking moment by taking down Boston following the Bruins’ record-setting 65 wins and 135 points, followed by beating a Toronto team buzzing off its first series win in nearly two decades.
Now the Panthers have handed the Hurricanes – who had the league’s second-best regular-season record – their first series deficit of the postseason.
Carolina is in the Eastern final for the second time in five years. The last time, it was a feel-good surprise for a young core that had just ended a nine-year postseason drought. They had since accomplished the goal of building a consistent winner and Cup contender, though second-round exits the past two seasons on home ice had cast a damper on some of that sustained success.
This time, Carolina beat the New York Islanders in six games and then the New Jersey Devils in five to make it back. But on a night when both teams had plenty of chances to end this one in any of the OTs, Carolina ended up losing its ninth straight game in the conference-final round dating to 2009.
LONGEST GAME
The longest game in NHL history came on March 24, 1936, when the Detroit Red Wings beat the Montreal Maroons 1-0 in the sixth overtime on Mud Bruneteau’s goal at 116 minutes, 30 seconds of extra play.
FRANCHISE MARKS
Florida’s previous record for longest game was 104:31 in Game 4 of the 1996 Stanley Cup final against Colorado. Carolina’s previous record was 114:47 for Game 3 of the 2002 Stanley Cup final. The teams each lost those games.
WELCOME BACK
Both teams welcomed back forwards from lengthy injuries.
Carolina’s Teuvo Teravainen hadn’t played since suffering what the team described as a hand injury in Game 2 of the first-round series against the New York Islanders. The injury required surgery on April 20 and left him with a scar running the length of his left thumb.
Lomberg had missed eight straight games due to an upper-body injury.
MLB NEWS
MLB ROUNDUP: STARS HOMER IN ANGELS’ WIN OVER ORIOLES
Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout each homered and drove in two runs to help the visiting Los Angeles Angels earn a split of a four-game series against the Baltimore Orioles with a 6-5 win on Thursday.
Luis Rengifo had three hits and scored two runs for Los Angeles, and starting pitcher Tyler Anderson allowed three runs and six hits in five innings.
Chris Devenski (1-0) got the win despite blowing a seventh-inning lead, and Carlos Estevez worked into and then escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth inning for his 10th save.
Anthony Santander and Adley Rutschman each hit two-run homers and Austin Hays contributed three hits and scored twice for the Orioles, who had won two in a row. Reliever Bryan Baker (3-1) took the loss.
Marlins 5, Nationals 3
Eury Perez recorded his first major league win as host Miami swept Washington.
Perez (1-0) lasted five innings in his second big-league start, allowing three hits, one walk and one run. The 20-year-old right-hander struck out six batters and lowered his ERA to 2.79.
Jeimer Candelario led Washington by going 2-for-4 with two RBIs, a homer and a double. Trevor Williams (1-2) gave up three runs on five hits in six innings.
Guardians 3, White Sox 1
Gabriel Arias went 2-for-4 and helped key a seventh-inning rally that allowed Cleveland to earn a victory at Chicago.
Guardians starter Logan Allen tossed 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball, and Nick Sandlin (2-1) logged 1 1/3 shutout innings for the win. Emmanuel Clase handled the ninth inning for his 15th save.
Dylan Cease (2-3) yielded three runs on five hits in 6 1/3 innings for the White Sox, who had won the first two games of the three-game series.
Mets 3, Rays 2
Tommy Pham delivered the tiebreaking single in the sixth inning as host New York edged Tampa Bay to win its first series in five tries this month.
Pete Alonso homered for the third straight game to give the Mets the lead in the fourth inning. Tylor Magill (5-2) delivered six innings of two-run ball, and David Robertson pitched the ninth for his eight save.
Josh Lowe had two hits and an RBI for the Rays, who finished 4-6 on a season-long 10-game road trip. Zack Littell (0-1) took the loss in relief.
COULD THE A’S REALLY PLAY IN LAS VEGAS’ MINOR LEAGUE PARK? RECENT HISTORY SAYS YES
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A major professional team playing in a minor league venue would’ve been unheard of just a few years ago, which is what the Oakland Athletics likely will do if they move to Las Vegas.
There is recent precedent for a major professional team making a similar transition while waiting for the new venue to be constructed. The NFL’s Chargers played in an MLS stadium after moving from San Diego to Los Angeles, and the NHL’s Arizona Coyotes have called a college arena home while awaiting what they hope is a new building of their own.
A’s president Dave Kaval has said he would like to break ground next year and move into a new Las Vegas stadium in time for the 2027 season. The team has an agreement with Bally’s and Gaming & Leisure Properties to build a potential $1.5 billion park on the Tropicana hotel site along the Las Vegas Strip. The A’s are asking for nearly $400 million in public support from the Nevada Legislature, which could vote on a proposal this week.
The club’s lease at Oakland Coliseum runs through 2024, and there is a chance the A’s would play the 2025 and 2026 seasons at Las Vegas Ballpark, home to their Triple-A affiliate, the Aviators.
Las Vegas Ballpark is 53 years younger than the Coliseum and has been voted the nation’s best Triple-A park three years in a row (minus the COVID-shutdown year in 2020) by Ballpark Digest. But it seats only about 10,000. The A’s proposed stadium on the Strip would have a seating capacity of about 30,000.
The A’s are drawing 8,695 fans per game in Oakland this season — the only franchise pulling fewer than 10,000 per game. Another lame-duck season in Oakland isn’t likely to boost those numbers, which may incentivize the A’s to try relocating even sooner than 2025.
“Any time you’re a short-timer like this, that final season is going to be terrible no matter what it is, so most teams try to move as quickly as they can when that happens,” said sports economist Victor Matheson, a professor at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. “Once they say, ‘Hey, we’re going,’ you know you’re going to lose it in your local market.”
The Montreal Expos were the most recent Major League Baseball team to relocate, moving to Washington in 2005 and becoming the Nationals. They averaged 9,356 fans for home games split between Montreal and San Juan, Puerto Rico, with a stripped-down roster that won only 67 games.
Other franchises have taken the temporary step of playing in much smaller venues while waiting for a new place to be built.
The Chargers left San Diego in 2017 for the Los Angeles area, playing three seasons in the 30,000-seat stadium that houses the MLS’ LA Galaxy. The Chargers had hoped to play there two years, but construction delays at state-of-the-art SoFi Stadium in Inglewood forced them to remain an extra season.
Having left behind a fan base in San Diego angry over their departure for an area that was at best indifferent to the Chargers, they regularly played before fans cheering the away team during that three-year stretch. Even now, the Chargers are the secondary team at SoFi to the Rams, who moved back into the area from St. Louis in 2016.
Unlike the Chargers, the Rams played at a stadium more conducive to pro football, at the spacious though aging Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum next to the University of Southern California campus.
The Coyotes just finished their first season at Arizona State University’s Mullett Arena, a 5,025-seat venue that is ideal for college hockey but far from suitable for an NHL team. Nevertheless, the Coyotes are scheduled to play there two more seasons after getting booted from the arena in suburban Glendale after negotiations broke down over a lease extension.
Unlike with the Chargers, however, the Coyotes don’t for certain have a new arena in the making. This week, Tempe residents voted against a $2.3 billion entertainment district that would include a new arena for the Coyotes.
What the Chargers and Coyotes have in common is moving into venues considered far below the standard of their leagues, even if just temporarily. That’s the path the A’s could follow, hoping that fan interest in Las Vegas greets them even if the big league stadium isn’t ready yet.
“For the most part, this is a little unusual of not having the facilities,” said Scott Stempson, a sports history expert at the University of Nebraska. “It doesn’t seem like they’re clamoring to get the A’s in Vegas that I’ve heard of.”
That also was the situation in Memphis, Tennessee, when the NFL’s Oilers left Houston in 1997. While waiting for the stadium to be built in Nashville, the Oilers promised to play two years at Memphis’ Liberty Bowl.
One problem: Nashville and Memphis are two cities that share a state but little else. Memphis residents weren’t going to show up in droves to cheer on a team that would one day be Nashville’s, and those who live in Music City weren’t in much of a hurry to make the six-hour round-trip drive eight times a year.
So one season after drawing sparse crowds, the Oilers moved to Nashville early and played at Vanderbilt Stadium for a season. The next season, the Oilers changed their nickname to the Titans, played in front of sold-out crowds in their new digs and came a yard short from winning the Super Bowl.
That could be something for the A’s to hold on to. As they play in front of dwindling crowds in Oakland and ponder the idea of playing in a minor league park for at least two years, the long-range plan is what matters most.
It might just be a little bumpy before they get there.
“They have totally destroyed that (Oakland) fan base through their actions over the last couple of years,” Matheson said. “When you finally announce, ‘OK, we’re done with you people,’ what do we expect ‘you people’ to do at that point?”
NFL NEWS
NFL CONFIRMS NO COMMANDERS SALE VOTE WILL TAKE PLACE AT SPRING OWNERS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK
NEW YORK (AP) The pending $6.05 billion sale of the Washington Commanders from longtime owner Dan Snyder and his family to a group led by investor Josh Harris remains under standard review and will not be voted on next week by NFL owners at their spring meeting, the league said Thursday.
Jeff Miller, the NFL executive vice president of communications, public affairs and policy, confirmed on a conference call with reporters that the approval vote will come later. Team owners will receive an update on the process at their previously scheduled meetings in Minnesota, but no action will be taken.
The sale agreement was finalized last Friday. NFL staff and finance committee members will continue to review the details in the meantime. The deal must be approved by three-quarters of the league (at least 24 of 32 owners) and satisfy other customary closing conditions.
“Nothing special or out of the ordinary process as we would for any other transaction,” Miller said.
The deal is the largest for a North American professional sports franchise, surpassing the $4.55 billion Walmart heir Robert Walton paid for the Denver Broncos last year.
Snyder has owned the team since 1999, when he bought his favorite boyhood team for $750 million. Even as pressure mounted, he repeatedly said he’d never sell. That changed after multiple investigations by the NFL and Congress into the club’s workplace misconduct and potential financial improprieties. The congressional investigation found Snyder played a role in a toxic culture.
The Harris group includes Washington-area billionaire Mitchell Rales, National Basketball Hall of Fame member Magic Johnson and others including David Blitzer. Harris and Blitzer have owned the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers since 2011 and the NHL’s New Jersey Devils since 2013.
STEELERS SIGNING TRUBISKY TO REPORTED 2-YEAR EXTENSION
The Pittsburgh Steelers are signing quarterback Mitch Trubisky to a contract extension, general manager Omar Khan announced Thursday on “The Pat McAfee Show.”
Trubisky is now on the books for three years and $19.4 million, with the potential to earn up to $33 million, following the two-year extension, sources told NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
“We feel good about our quarterback room, so that was an important piece,” Khan said Thursday about Trubisky’s extension. “Obviously, Kenny Pickett is our starter, and we feel really good about Mitch Trubisky in the role he’s in, and he feels good about it.”
Trubisky joined Pittsburgh on a two-year deal last season. He started the first four games of the campaign for the Steelers before they replaced him with Pickett. Trubisky, 28, passed for four touchdowns against five interceptions in seven appearances (five starts) last year.
A first-round pick in 2022, Pickett completed 63% of his passes for 2,404 yards and seven touchdowns against nine interceptions in 13 appearances as a rookie. The 24-year-old also rushed for 237 yards and three scores.
The Steelers are also bringing back quarterback Mason Rudolph, who’s been with the team since 2018.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
PAC-12 TO PROVIDE MORE ACCESS TO PLAYERS, COACHES DURING FOOTBALL BROADCASTS
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pac-12 will provide increased access to players and coaches during broadcasts of football games next season, including in-game coaches interviews and halftime camera access.
The enhancements announced Thursday will be implemented throughout football broadcasts on ESPN, Fox Sports and the Pac-12 Networks.
The expanded access also will include coaches and select athletes wired on the field during pregame activities, cameras without sound in the coaches’ booths and extended handheld camera permission. Locker room camera access will be pregame and at halftime.
The changes will be similar to what Major League Baseball has done in recent years.
“The Pac-12 is committed to delivering unprecedented access and entertainment to our fans throughout our football broadcasts, and to working with our media partners to be on the cutting edge of innovation,” said Merton Hanks, Pac-12 executive associate commissioner of football operations. “We look forward to delivering the best possible broadcasts that give fans the insights and access that makes watching Pac-12 football even more enjoyable.”
The conference said it will continue to work with the NCAA to explore additional opportunities to provide access during football games.
LABOR BOARD ISSUES COMPLAINT AGAINST USC, PAC-12, NCAA
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a complaint against the University of Southern California, the Pac-12 and the NCAA on Thursday, alleging that those organizations violated a provision of the U.S. Labor Relations Act.
The crux of the complaint comes over the distinction between the terms “student-athletes” and “employees.” The outcome of the case could portend a shift toward student-athletes being treated as employees.
The complaint reads, in part, “At all material times Respondents, both jointly and severally, have misclassified the Players as non-employee student athletes, including in the USC Athletics Student-Athlete Handbook.”
A hearing is scheduled for Nov. 7 in Los Angeles that could result in an order requiring all parties to cease referring to players as “student-athletes” and instead classify them as employees in all official documents.
If a judge were to rule against the university, league and NCAA, those entities would have avenues for appeal, setting the stage for a potentially lengthy legal process.
Depending on outcome, the case could usher in an era of unionization, per multiple observers in the legal profession. That would follow an attempt at unionization by Northwestern University football players in 2014-15 that ultimately ended with the NLRB deciding not to accept jurisdiction.
The current case stems from a complaint filed by the National College Players Association (NCPA) with the NLRB in February.
“Coaches, athletic directors, and conference commissioners are making millions of dollars while NCAA sports denies athletes fair compensation, breaks minimum wage and overtime laws, and avoids workers compensation while hazardous workplace conditions remain unchecked,” NCPA executive director Ramogi Huma said in a statement. “We are working to make sure college athletes are treated fairly in both the education and business aspects of college sports.”
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
DECHAMBEAU RESURFACES AT OAK HILL AND LEADS PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) So much talk about this PGA Championship has been the restoration project of Oak Hill. Equally astonishing Thursday is the restoration of Bryson DeChambeau.
That incredible bulk who won the U.S. Open at Winged Foot in 2020? DeChambeau has shed some 40 pounds by cutting out food to which he was allergic.
“I took a Zoomer peptide test, which essentially tells you what inflames your blood when you eat it,” he said. “Pretty much everything I liked, I couldn’t eat.”
The guy who tried to smash it as far as he could and have wedges into the green? Now he’s happier finding fairways, and he was happy to share what led to the improved accuracy.
“It’s being more … how do I explain this easy? I’m just in a place where I’m more ulnar,” he said, leaving everyone to wonder what would have been the more complicated explanation.
The place that matters is his name high on the leaderboard. DeChambeau still lashed away with speed and strength, off the tee and out of the rough. That carried him to a 4-under 66 and the lead among those who finished an opening round delayed nearly two hours by frost.
Thirty players didn’t finish because of darkness and were to return Friday morning. That included Eric Cole, the 34-year-old PGA Tour rookie who was 5 under with four holes left.
DeChambeau matched his low score at the PGA Championship and led by one over Scottie Scheffler, Dustin Johnson and Corey Conners.
“It’s a fantastic round of golf at Oak Hill,” DeChambeau said. “It’s a prestigious place, very difficult golf course. As I was looking at it throughout the week, I’m like, ‘Man, I don’t know how shooting under par is even possible out here on some of the holes.’ But luckily, I was able to play some really good golf.”
So did Johnson, the two-time major champion who is coming off a playoff win last week in Oklahoma in the Saudi-funded LIV Golf League. Johnson went from a fairway bunker to deep rough left of the 18th green and missed a putt just inside 15 feet for his only bogey.
Fairways covered with a thin layer of frost gave way to magnificent weather with little wind.
“Today was probably the easiest conditions we’ll see all week,” said Scheffler, who took advantage with his first bogey-free card in 51 rounds at a major.
Masters champion Jon Rahm failed to take advantage, making five bogeys in a six-hole stretch around the turn and finishing with a 76, his highest start at a major since the 2018 U.S. Open. Jason Day, coming off a win at the AT&T Byron Nelson, and U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick also were at 76.
Scheffler challenging for the lead was not a surprise. Last year’s Masters champion has six wins in the last 15 months, and he hasn’t finished worse than 12th this year. Johnson, who led the LIV points list last year, had a slow start to the year but is starting to hit his stride.
As for DeChambeau, he practically vanished from golf’s elite over the last year.
He injured his hip in early 2022, attributing it to slipping on marble tile playing ping-pong in Saudi Arabia. He had surgery on his left wrist after the Masters last year. And then he joined LIV, where his tie for fifth last week in Oklahoma was his only top 10 in six events this year.
“The emotions have definitely fluctuated pretty high and pretty low, thinking I have something and it fails and going back and forth. It’s humbling,” DeChambeau said. “Golf, and life, always has a good way to kicking you on your you-know-what when you’re on your high horse.
“It’s nice to feel this today.”
His only big miss came on his approach to the 17th out of rough. It sailed to the right toward the 18th tee and plunked club pro Kenny Pigman, who shook it off and then shook hands with an apologetic DeChambeau.
This isn’t so much a transformation as a restoration. His goal is no longer to create a new way to approach the game, rather to find what brought him success when he won eight times in a span of three years, including a U.S. Open title at Winged Foot.
Gone are the days when he consumed some 5,000 calories a day in a bid to build a body – he was called the “Incredible Bulk” – that could tolerate him swinging as hard as he could to overpower golf courses.
He began a diet that reduces inflammation (he estimates his daily calorie intake at 2,900) and tried to find his way back to 2018, when he felt he was at his best.
“I want to be just stable now,” he said. “I’m tired of changing, trying different things. Yeah, could I hit it a little further, could I try and get a little stronger? Sure. But I’m not going to go full force.
“It was a fun experiment,” he said, “but definitely want to play some good golf now.”
Scheffler has been doing that all year, and the opening round of the PGA Championship was no exception. He made a stressful golf course look stress-free, except for a few holes.
One of them was the second hole, his 11th of the round, when he went over the green and faced a scary chip up a steep slope to a back pin. He pitched up to 7 feet and saved par. He also got out of position on the par-5 fifth hole, getting up and down from a bunker for par.
“It was a grind today,” Scheffler said. “No bogeys is pretty solid.”
For so many others, Oak Hill was the grind they expected. Jordan Spieth felt fit enough with an injured left wrist to pursue the final leg of the career Grand Slam, only to struggle with his putting. He shot a 73.
Rory McIlroy looked as though he might be headed to another early exit from a big event. He was 3 over after nine holes and in trouble at No. 2 when he was over the green in three, some 35 feet away with a steep slope between him and a back pin.
He holed it with his putter for a most unlikely par, made birdie on the next two holes and salvaged a 71.
“It was massive,” McIlroy said. “Depending on what happens over the next three days and what I go on to do, I may look back at that shot as being the sort of turning point of the week.”
The forecast was for warmer weather and a little more wind. The forecast for the PGA Championship also includes DeChambeau now.
“Golf is a weird animal. You can never fully have it,” DeChambeau said. “You always think you have it one day and then it just leaves the next. Just got to be careful.”
NASCAR NEWS
NASCAR 75: MANY WOULD WELCOME A NASCAR RETURN TO ROCKINGHAM
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR is returning to North Wilkesboro Speedway for the first time in 27 years for this weekend’s All-Star race.
Could Rockingham Speedway be the next track to be revitalized and brought back from near extinction?
Driving legends Richard Petty, Jeff Gordon and Lyn St. James are among those who said they would like to see NASCAR take another walk down memory lane and return to racing at Rockingham, which last hosted a Cup Series event in 2004 but has began a repave after receiving $9 million from North Carolina as part of a federal economic effort.
Petty, Gordon and James were among 12 veteran industry contributors The Associated Press polled on topics ranging from the greatest drivers, most memorable races to key challenges ahead as part of the celebration of NASCAR’s 75th season.
Terry Labonte wasn’t among those interviewed for the poll, but recently said he’d push for a return to Rockingham, a one-mile track where he won twice during his Hall of Fame career.
“I would love for some day to see Rockingham come back on the schedule,” Labonte said. “Maybe not run it every year, but enough to where you could rotate it on the schedule. I think the fans would really love it because it’s a great track.”
Like North Wilkesboro, Rockingham is a rural track that lost its place on the NASCAR schedule as the sport gravitated toward larger and more profitable markets.
Rockingham is located in the North Carolina’s Sandhills, roughly 30 miles south of Pinehurst — home of the 2024 U.S. Open men’s golf tournament — and 70 miles east of Charlotte, where many NASCAR teams have their shops. That’s a few miles closer than North Wilkesboro is from Charlotte.
Gordon said that while Rockingham is his first choice, he wishes it was “five to 10 miles outside of Dallas or Houston.”
Dale Earnhardt Jr. said he thinks Rockingham would put on an excellent race, but the problem he foresees is potentially having too many Cup races so close to each other.
“The sport is obviously always trying to grow outside of its Mid-Atlantic or Southeastern bubble or origins,” said Earnhardt, who was not among the 12 polled by AP. “I’m worried for Rockingham’s future because I think a lot of people in the industry would view that as not a step forward if we were to go back there, but a step back.”
“I understand it’s in the middle of nowhere,” Labonte said. “At the time that we lost Wilkesboro and Rockingham, the sport was really growing, expanding further out west, new tracks, Kansas, Chicago and the new track in Fontana (California) was there.”
But Labonte, a two-time NASCAR champion, said Rockingham was one of the best tracks on the circuit when he raced. It produced big-name winners on a consistent basis with Petty winning 11 Cup Series races there, Cale Yarborough seven and Rusty Wallace and David Pearson five each.
“You could race to the bottom, race up high, race in the middle of the track,” Labonte said. “It was a great track.”
When NASCAR last raced at Rockingham, it was owned by International Speedway Corp. At that point, the track had already lost one of its race dates on the Cup Series schedule and was sold to Speedway Motorsports Inc.
SMI moved Rockingham’s remaining date to Texas Motor Speedway, and shuttered the track, dismantling the backstretch grandstands and moving them to zMAX Dragway in Concord, located across the street from Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Like North Wilkesboro, Rockingham essentially faded into a memory.
The track, now owned by Rockingham Properties LLC, completed repaving in December in hopes of luring NASCAR back, along with the CARS Tour, ARCA and Formula Drift. The track currently seats 25,000 spectators, and SAFER barriers have already been added.
Winston Kelly, the executive director of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, and team co-owner Eddie Wood are among the others interviewed by the AP for the NASCAR at 75 series who wish racing could return to Riverside International Raceway, a 3.3-mile road course located 70 miles east of Los Angeles that last hosted a Cup Series race 35 years ago.
That track no longer exists, with the land sold a long time ago and turned into a mall and public housing.
“I wish it were still around because I think NASCAR would be able to put on a really good show,” Wood said.
“I’d go with Rockingham or Riverside,” said Kelly. “Rockingham for a track that still exists and could be realistic, one that I grew up going to. Riverside if it is a track that we could resurrect that I never got to see. I think watching the NextGen cars on either of those (tracks) would be fascinating.”
MEN’S TENNIS
(AP) — For months, Rafael Nadal waited for his body to heal. Waited to be able to push himself around a court at full speed, with full energy, of the sort that has carried him to a record 14 titles at the French Open and a total of 22 at all Grand Slam tournaments.
He finally acknowledged Thursday it wasn’t going to happen in time for Roland Garros, where play begins in 10 days – and, while he’s not exactly sure when he will be fully recovered from a lingering hip injury, Nadal said he expects to return to action at some point and probably wrap up his career in 2024.
Speaking at a news conference at his tennis academy in Manacor, Spain, the 36-year-old Nadal announced he will miss the clay-court French Open for the first time since making his debut – and, naturally, claiming the trophy – there in 2005. He also spoke about his future in a sport that he and Big Three rivals Roger Federer, who retired last year, and Novak Djokovic have ruled for decades.
“You can´t keep demanding more and more from your body, because there comes a moment when your body raises a white flag,” said Nadal, who sat alone on a stage, wearing jeans and a white polo shirt, as his session with the media was carried live in Spain by the state broadcaster’s 24-hour sports network. “Even though your head wants to keep going, your body says this is as far it goes.”
He did not offer a date for his return to the tennis tour, but said it is likely to take months.
“You never know how things will turn out,” said Nadal, who answered questions in English, Spanish and the local Mallorcan dialect, “but my intention is that next year will be my last year.”
One thing he made clear: He does not want to bow out like this, holding a microphone in his left hand instead of a racket. Nadal has been the ultimate competitor, playing every point as if it might be his last, as if the outcome might depend on each and every swing.
That hard-charging style has been at the heart of his brilliance on the court – and also perhaps contributed to a series of injuries over the years.
“I don’t deserve,” Nadal said, “to end my career like this, in a press conference.”
He is just 1-3 this season and has dropped seven of his past nine matches overall, dating to a fourth-round loss to Frances Tiafoe in the U.S. Open’s fourth round last September.
The Spaniard hasn’t competed anywhere since he lost to Mackie McDonald in the second round of the Australian Open on Jan. 18, when his movement clearly was restricted by a bothersome left hip flexor. That was Nadal’s earliest Grand Slam exit since 2016.
An MRI exam the next day revealed the extent of the injury, and his manager said at the time that Nadal was expected to need up to two months to fully recover. He initially aimed to enter the Monte Carlo Masters in March on his beloved red clay, but he wasn’t able to play there, then subsequently sat out tournament after tournament, decreasing the likelihood that he would be ready for the French Open.
It is one thing for Nadal to lose more frequently, and in earlier rounds, than he usually has over the course of his illustrious career – one in which his 22 major titles are tied with Djokovic for the most by a man (Federer won 20), and includes 92 trophies in all, along with more than 1,000 tour-level match wins.
It is another thing entirely for Nadal to be missing from Roland Garros, where he has appeared 18 times in a row and is 112-3 over his career. He lifted the trophy in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022, when he became the oldest champion in tournament history.
French Open tournament director Amélie Mauresmo said she is “so disappointed” for Nadal, for the event’s spectators and for all tennis fans.
“My thoughts go out to him, as I can only imagine the pain and sadness he must be feeling after having to make such a hard decision. It’s heartbreaking,” said Mauresmo, a former No. 1-ranked player who won two major singles titles. “We hope that he will be able to recover quickly so that he can get back out onto the tennis courts, and we hope to see him at Roland Garros next year.”
Nadal’s birthday is June 3, when ordinarily he might have been playing his third-round match in Court Philippe Chatrier weeks from now.
Instead, he will be absent right from the start in Paris this time. And soon, it seems, he could be bidding the tennis tour adieu for good.
“Tournaments stay forever; players play and leave. So Roland Garros will always be Roland Garros, with or without me, without a doubt. The tournament is going to keep being the best event in the world of clay, and there will be a new Roland Garros champion – and it is not going to be me,” Nadal said. “And that is life.”
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
(AP) — Major League Soccer has awarded San Diego its 30th franchise, which is set to join the league in 2025.
The expansion team announced Thursday is owned by billionaire Mohamed Mansour and the Sycuan Tribe, the first Native American tribe to have an ownership stake in a professional soccer team. The ownership group also includes San Diego Padres star third baseman Manny Machado.
The addition of the San Diego franchise balances MLS at 15 teams per conference. A team name and crest will be revealed in the future.
The team will play at San Diego State’s Snapdragon Stadium, which opened last year. The stadium is also home to the San Diego Wave of the National Women’s Soccer League and the university’s football team.
Mansour, who is based in London, is worth an estimated $3.6 billion. He is founder of Man Capital, an investment management firm which owns Right to Dream, an organization that helps identify and develop talented soccer players internationally. Mansour is also majority owner of a Danish soccer club.
Mansour said the Sycuan Tribe’s participation was vital to the bid.
“I’m a businessman and I tell you the partnership is the most important thing. And we were aligned right from the beginning, our values we have, and commitment we have,” he told The Associated Press.
“San Diego has been eager for another major league sports team, especially since the vacancy created by the NFL departure,” said Sycuan Tribal Chairman Cody Martinez. “Sycuan, my tribe, has thousands of years of history in the San Diego region, but also has decades of strong, solid support for sports in this town. And so it was really a natural evolution.”
San Diego’s soccer tradition dates back to the late 1970s with the San Diego Sockers of the North American Soccer League. The city currently hosts the USL Championship club, the San Diego Loyal, which was co-founded by National Soccer Hall of Famer Landon Donovan.
The Wave, in its second season, is drawing an average of more than 21,000 fans to Snapdragon.
“It’s a dream team from an ownership perspective, but the market speaks for itself. This is a soccer hotbed, so many of our players that come from this city, we’ve had great national team games here, CONCACAF games here, enormous success with friendlies, the women’s team is doing well,” MLS Commissioner Don Garber said. “We’ve wanted an MLS team here for many, many years, arguably since the beginning of the league, 10 years to get to this point.”
Donovan previously led an effort to bring an MLS team to San Diego but a stadium referendum was rejected by voters there in 2018.
San Diego Loyal Chairman Andrew Vassiliadis issued a statement earlier this month about the potential MLS team.
“Our unwavering commitment is to the vision of growing soccer in this city, we want to make that abundantly clear,” he wrote. “Landon Donovan, the entire San Diego Loyal team and I are dedicated to this mission, and we will continue to work tirelessly to achieve it.”
Tom Penn, a former NBA executive and ESPN analyst who served as president of LAFC until 2020, will be the San Diego team’s chief executive officer.
TOP INDIANA RELEASES
INDY 500
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jeff Gordon remembers standing along the fence of pit lane at Indianapolis Motor Speedway as a child, hoping that his hero Rick Mears would walk past and give the aspiring young driver an autograph.
As he grew older, Gordon dreamed of following in Mears’ footsteps and driving in the Indianapolis 500. His path ultimately led him toward stock cars, where the NASCAR Hall of Famer built one of the best resumés in the history of the sport.
Now, eight years after retiring as a driver, Gordon has found his way back to the speedway.
He was part of the Hendrick Motorsports entourage that arrived Thursday with Kyle Larson, who started the immersion process to prepare for the Indy 500 in 2024. A two-year deal between Arrow McLaren Racing and the 2021 NASCAR champion with Hendrick Motorsports gives Larson a chance to fulfill the childhood dreams he shared with his own father.
It also gives Gordon and Rick Hendrick an opportunity to be part of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”
“This is bringing back a lot of memories from when I was a kid,” Gordon said as he watched the start of practice from atop a McLaren pit stand. “I never got this experience and I watched a lot of my heroes go around this track in an Indy car.
“Kyle has always made it known that he wanted it to be possible to get behind the wheel of an Indy car and do the Indy 500,” Gordon added, “and we’re here to learn all we can to plan logistically as well as all he needs from a competition standpoint.”
The deal was brokered by Gordon, the winningest driver on Indy’s 2.5-mile oval with five NASCAR victories, and McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown, who will will field the car for Larson in conjunction with Hendrick Motorsports and Larson’s sponsor from NASCAR.
When Brown first approached Gavin Ward, McLaren’s new racing director, he wasn’t sure about expanding the team’s Indy 500 fleet. The team this year will field four teams with regular drivers Pato O’Ward, Felix Rosenqvist, newcomer Alexander Rossi and 2013 Indy 500 winner Tony Kanaan, who claims the May 28 race will be his IndyCar finale.
Larson would be at least a fourth car next year, if not a fifth for McLaren.
“I said, ‘Well, if you gave me Kyle Larson to put in it, I’d definitely want to do it,’” Ward said. “Little did I know it was even a possibility. I was just joking. And then it was, ‘We’ll find a way to make it happen if you can do that.’ Lo and behold.”
Larson, considered one of the most versatile racers in the U.S. because of his extensive background in dirt track racing, has 21 career NASCAR Cup Series wins, including two so far this season. His 10 wins in 2021 earned him his first Cup title, and last weekend he was celebrated as one of NASCAR’s 75 greatest drivers.
To run the Indy 500, Larson will also attempt “The Double” by racing in NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway the same night. Five drivers have previously tried it, the last of them Kurt Busch in 2014, and only Tony Stewart in 2001 was able to complete all 1,100 miles.
“I wanted to be patient and kind of wait for the timing to feel right. It feels right,” Larson said. “Jeff kind of told me that I get to live out a dream of his. That’s really special also to me. In my opinion, this is the biggest race in the world, so you want to be a part of the big ones. Hopefully someday be a winner of a big event.”
Larson had his seat fit in an Indy car but has yet to do testing or simulator work. Nonetheless, he was busy Thursday, soaking in the day of practice with the McLaren team and debriefing with his future teammates.
As exciting as the buildup already is, Larson is looking forward to racing the Indy 500 in front of his father, Mike.
“It really more than anybody makes my dad really proud. That’s something that’s special to me,” Larson said. “There’s definitely no bigger race to him than the Indy 500. I know he’s wanted me to do it for a very long time.
“It’s going to be really special to see him kind of see me during driver introductions and stuff like that. He’s a crier, so he’ll probably not even be able to watch the race, because he’ll have tears in his eyes the whole time. That’s the thing that’s most special to me at this point, knowing I’m in the Indy 500 is making him proud.”
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A crash on the first lap of the IndyCar season-opening race, then again six weeks later on the opening lap at Long Beach.
Helio Castroneves’ miserable start to the season has stretched through all five races, including last week on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where an engine failure during practice cost him an entire on-track session.
Now it’s time to prepare for the Indianapolis 500 and Castroneves, one of only four four-time winners, is hoping “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” is where he and Meyer Shank Racing can turn their season around. Castroneves and teammate Simon Pagenaud are 21st and 23rd in the standings — the second-lowest ranked full-time organization in IndyCar behind only A.J. Foyt Racing.
“I’m not panicked, but I never like to run poorly. Never,” team owner Michael Shank told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “This is not something I take lightly. I want to go over and pound the wall with my head. That’s what I really want to do.
“But we need to show strength within the organization so that we can overcome some of these obstacles. And when we do, it will be super sweet.”
Castroneves has a similar attitude, likening it to what seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton is going through as Hamilton tries to help Mercedes rebuild its current car into a contender.
“Sometimes there are moments that I think anyone, not only myself, but anyone, they go through a bad situation,” Castroneves said. “But it happens and I don’t put myself into any category like ‘Oh, why me?’ No. I’ve just got to continue moving on and working hard, and sometimes you have to look into other areas and that’s what we are doing now.”
Problem is, MSR is struggling to diagnose why its cars are not competitive. Castroneves’ 10th-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway is the only top-10 for either driver this season; Castroneves and Pagenaud, once teammates at Team Penske, have a combined five Indy 500 wins and one IndyCar championship.
“The start of the season has been no good,” said Pagenaud. “I’m trying as hard as I can and my teammate is, as well. It’s honestly just very tough. We haven’t had good luck. We’ve had crashes. We’ve had mistakes.
“We’ve just got to regroup and hope that at some point things turn around.”
It would be fantastic if it happened at Indianapolis, where Castroneves in 2021 earned his fourth victory in the Indy 500 in what was Shank’s first career IndyCar win. The Castroneves victory helped Shank expand in 2022 to two full-time cars with the Brazilian given one of the seats. Jack Harvey had decided to leave the team so Shank snapped up Pagenaud, who rebuffed a Penske offer to move to sports car racing in favor of remaining in the IndyCar series.
Shank liked that Castroneves and Pagenaud had a previous working relationship and friendship, and it’s paid dividends for Pagenaud as this season has not produced the results they expected. The two were part of Shank’s season-opening IMSA win in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, but the IndyCar program has been a major struggle.
Shank said he’s willing to make wholesale personnel changes to the organization — and that includes drivers — “either this year or next year to get the results we need.”
But there’s nothing immediate planned with full attention on the May 28 race.
“Right now we’re fully focused on getting something this week and next week, this is what really counts for us, and how can we maximize,” Shank said. “I’ve got two really good boys at this place. They know exactly what they need. If it’s not right, they pull in so we can fix it. We’re doing everything we can to turn this thing around over the next two weeks.”
Castroneves by nature is upbeat and enthusiastic, even in the darkest of times.
“Life is a challenge. It is full of tests,” he said. “I don’t think this is a test, to be honest. I think this is just a way to show that when you’re down, you’re able to rise. You’re able to work and instead of looking for problems, you are looking for solutions. Maybe I am getting old but it is actually motivating me to keep going and finding answers.”
Castroneves, who turned 48 earlier this month, has won two Rolex 24’s at Daytona and the Indy 500 with Shank and doesn’t want to transition out of a full-time ride at the end of the season. It comes amid mounting pressure on Shank to give reigning IMSA champion Tom Blomqvist a shot in IndyCar, but Castroneves is not paying attention to the speculation just yet.
“Nobody wants to be where I’m running,” Castroneves said. “But I don’t want to all of a sudden say something — like, it’s easy to call it quits. That’s not me. So no, I would like to do a full IndyCar season.”
That attitude and approach from Castroneves has been helpful as Pagenaud — one of the drivers collected with Castroneves in the season-opening first lap crash — has dealt with his disappointing start.
“Just his presence because he is joyful, finds a good level even when days are tough,” Pagenaud said. “I’m a little more of a grinder and some days are tough to kind of grind and dig and get better as a team. That can be tough on people sometimes. It’s tough on myself, definitely tough on everybody. Helio is not grumpy. I don’t know how he does it.”
INDIANS BASEBALL
INDIANAPOLIS – Behind a three-hit performance by third basemen Malcom Nuñez and six-run fifth inning, the Indianapolis Indians bested the Iowa Cubs on Thursday afternoon at Victory Field, 10-5.
Facing a 3-2 deficit, the Indians (20-21) surged for six runs in the fifth frame, building a lead that proved insurmountable for the I-Cubs. Major league rehabber Codi Heuer (L, 0-1) loaded the bases, allowing a Chavez Young leadoff walk, Nick Gonzales single and Ryan Vilade walk. After Cal Mitchell drew the third walk of the frame to plate Young, Malcom Nuñez smoked a two-run single into the gap to give Indy the lead. Indy’s lead was padded courtesy of a bases-loaded walk to Vinny Capra and two-run single by Young.
Indianapolis got on the board in their first plate appearance. Endy Rodríguez ripped an opposite-field triple and later scored ahead of Vilade being tagged out on a reverse 3-6-3 double play off the bat of Mitchell. Iowa (23-16) responded in its following at-bat with a pair of run-scoring groundouts.
Nuñez tied the ballgame in the fourth with an RBI single, it was his first of three RBI hits on the day and his first three-hit performance in Triple-A. The I-Cubs responded with a sacrifice fly by Jake Slaughter, giving them a lead that was shortly diminished by the Indians six-run bottom half of the inning.
Indy tacked on an insurance run in both the seventh and eighth innings. Nuñez doubled and then traded places with Capra in the seventh. Rodríguez drove in Gonzales in the eighth with an RBI double for Indy’s last run to extend its lead to 10-3. Iowa scratched across a pair of runs in their last at-bat, but the rally was put to a halt on a game-ending 4-6-3 double play.
Southpaw Kent Emanuel (W, 2-1) earned his second win of the season, tossing 5.0 three-run innings with a pair of punchouts.
Indianapolis will look to get back to .500 for the first time since April 11, as they continue their six-game set with Iowa on Friday night at 7:05 PM ET at Fifth Victory Field. Both teams have yet to name a starter.
INDY ELEVEN
INDIANAPOLIS (Wednesday, May 18, 2023) – Indy Eleven has announced the signing of forward Roberto Molina, who will be available for the club Saturday against Colorado Springs. Per club policy, details of the contract will not be released.
Molina spent the 2021 and 2022 seasons with USL Championship side Las Vegas Lights. In 45 appearances, including 30 during his rookie campaign, Molina tallied three goals and seven assists.
The Salvadoran was selected as the 45th overall pick in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft by the Colorado Rapids and has registered five caps with El Salvador’s National Team in International Friendlies and CONCACAF Nations League action. In one season at UC Irvine (2019), Molina appeared in all 19 matches, making 17 starts, and was named to the Big West All-Freshman Team. He was third on the team with nine points, netting three goals and adding three assists.
Indy has also announced the addition of Academy signing Grayson Elmquist. As part of this season’s U19 USL Academy Championship team, Elmquist earned Golden Boot and Golden Ball honors. He will join the Eleven until he reports to Xavier for the 2023 season.
The Boys in Blue host Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Saturday at 7 p.m. ET at Michael A. Carroll Stadium.
Indy Eleven Roster as of 5-18-23
Goalkeepers (4): Cayden Crawford, Yannik Oettl, Tim Trilk, Hayden Vostal
Defenders (7): Younes Boudadi, Robby Dambrot, Adrian Diz Pe, Mechak Jerome, Macauley King, Gustavo Rissi, Jesus Vazquez
Midfielders (6): Jack Blake, Cam Lindley, Aodhan Quinn, Bryam Rebellon, Harrison Robledo, Diego Sanchez
Forwards (8): Solomon Asante, Benji Chavarria, Grayson Elmquist, Sebastian Guenzatti, Luca Iaccino, Douglas Martinez, Roberto Molina, Juan Tejada.
INDIANA FEVER
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Fever announced the opening night roster in preparation for Friday’s matchup at 7 p.m. against the Connecticut Sun at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Limited tickets are still available to purchase at FeverBasketball.com and fans are encouraged to ‘Paint The Town Red’.
Friday night’s roster is listed below:
| NAME | POS. | DOB | H | W | FROM | EXP. |
| Grace Berger | G | 6/3/99 | 6-0 | 160 | Indiana/USA | R |
| Aliyah Boston | F/C | 12/11/01 | 6-5 | 220 | South Carolina/USA | R |
| Maya Caldwell | G | 12/15/98 | 5-11 | 160 | Georgia/USA | 1 |
| Emma Cannon | F | 6/1/89 | 6-2 | 190 | Florida Southern/USA | 4 |
| Queen Egbo | F/C | 6/29/00 | 6-4 | 190 | Baylor/USA | 1 |
| Bernadett Határ* | C | 8/24/94 | 6-10 | 208 | Hungary | 1 |
| Lexie Hull | G | 9/13/99 | 6-1 | 155 | Stanford/USA | 1 |
| Kelsey Mitchell | G | 11/12/95 | 5-8 | 160 | Ohio State/USA | 5 |
| Victaria Saxton | F | 11/10/99 | 6-2 | 181 | South Carolina/USA | R |
| NaLyssa Smith | F | 8/8/00 | 6-4 | 185 | Baylor/USA | 1 |
| Victoria Vivians | G | 11/17/94 | 6-1 | 183 | Mississippi State/USA | 4 |
| Kristy Wallace | G | 1/3/96 | 5-11 | 157 | Baylor/Australia | 1 |
| Erica Wheeler | G | 5/2/91 | 5-7 | 143 | Rutgers/USA | 7 |
* – Contract temporarily suspended
Friday’s game will be broadcast on Bally Sports Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Fever finalized the 2023 broadcast schedule today for the 24th regular season in franchise history.
This year’s schedule is highlighted by 10 regular season home games on Bally Sports Indiana, beginning with Friday’s matchup against the Connecticut Sun at 7 p.m. ET. Bally Sports Indiana is available on cable, satellite, and streaming providers throughout the region. Fever games on Bally Sports Indiana also stream live on the Bally Sports app and on BallySports.com for fans who sign in with their pay-TV login and password. In addition, there’s a new option to watch Bally Sports’ Fever telecasts: Bally Sports+, the stand-alone streaming service that launched last fall. For more information or to sign up, visit BallySportsPlus.com.
Additional games will be broadcast on ESPN, NBA TV, CBS Sports Network, ION, Prime Video, Twitter and Meta Quest platforms.
For the fourth consecutive season, 23 regular season games will be available via the official Indiana Fever Facebook page. This year’s streaming services will continue to extend to fans across the entire state of Indiana, as well as in Ohio and Kentucky.
Entering his ninth season, Pat Boylan will call games alongside 2011 Indiana Miss Basketball recipient, Bria Goss, as well as Big Ten Network analyst and reporter, Meghan McKeown, during the 2023 regular season.
The full Indiana Fever television schedule is below and the current WNBA national television schedule can be accessed here:
| DATE | TIME (ET) | OPPONENT | NETWORK |
| Friday, May 19 | 7 p.m. | vs Connecticut | Bally Sports Indiana |
| Sunday, May 21 | 2 p.m. | at New York | Fever Facebook/Twitter/Meta VR |
| Sunday, May 28 | 3 p.m. | at Atlanta | Fever Facebook/NBA TV |
| Tuesday, May 30 | 7 p.m. | at Connecticut | Fever Facebook |
| Sunday, June 4 | 4 p.m. | vs Las Vegas | Fever Facebook/CBS-SN |
| Tuesday, June 6 | 8 p.m. | at Chicago | Fever Facebook/CBS-SN |
| Friday, June 9 | 8 p.m. | at Minnesota | ION |
| Sunday, June 11 | 5 p.m. | vs Phoenix | Fever Facebook/CBS-SN |
| Tuesday, June 13 | 7 p.m. | vs Washington | Bally Sports Indiana/Twitter/Meta VR |
| Thursday, June 15 | 8 p.m. | at Chicago | Fever Facebook |
| Sunday, June 18 | 4 p.m. | vs Atlanta | Fever Facebook/CBS-SN |
| Thursday, June 22 | 10 p.m. | at Seattle | Fever Facebook/Prime Video |
| Saturday, June 24 | 9 p.m. | at Las Vegas | Fever Facebook/NBA TV |
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INDIANA BASEBALL
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –Michigan State scored six runs in its final three innings and handed the Indiana baseball program an 8-6 loss on Thursday (May 19) evening at McLane Stadium at Kobs Field.
A pair of two-out runs for Indiana (39-14, 15-6 B1G) opened the scoring before Michigan State (30-19, 10-11 B1G) tied the game on a two-run home run. The Hoosiers scored one in the fourth and one in the fifth, before the Spartans plated three runs in the sixth to take its first lead. Two MSU runs in the seventh and one in the eighth were scored before IU tallied two in the ninth.
Sophomore Luke Sinnard (6-3) struck out 10 batters over 5 2/3 innings of work to move his season total 104 punchouts on the year and move into a tie for No. 5 with Dan Ferrell (104; 1996) on the single season charts. He is the seventh Indiana pitcher to reach the century mark and moved past Jonathan Stiever (97; 2018), McCade Brown (97; 2021), Andrew Saalfrank (98; 2019), Pauly Milto (100; 2019) in the game. He allowed five runs on eight hits with two walks in the loss.
Eight of the nine Hoosier starters collected hits in the game and all nine reached base at least once. Sophomores Carter Mathison and Brock Tibbitts each posted two-hit games, while seniors Hunter Jessee and Peter Serruto also chipped in two hits apiece.
Redshirt junior Bobby Whalen posted a multi-RBI game with two runs batted in, while Jessee and sophomore Josh Pyne chipped in the only two extra base hits for IU with doubles.
For Michigan State, Dillon Kark had three hits, scored one run and drove in one RBI. The top two hitters in the Spartan lineup had three RBIs, with Jack Frank going 3-for-5 with two runs scored and three RBI and Trent Farquhar hit a home run as part of a two-hit night. Relief pitcher Joseph Dzierwa (6-3) got the win with 3 1/3 innings of one-run work. Wyatt Rush (9) picked up his ninth save of the season with two runs allowed on three hits in two innings.
Scoring Recap
Top Second
With one out, Hunter Jessee and Tyler Cerny singled. A two-out walk to Phillip Glasser loaded the bases and Bobby Whalen’s base hit scored two.
Indiana 2, at Michigan State 0
Bottom Third
A one out single from Jack Frank was followed by a Trent Farquhar home run.
Indiana 2, at Michigan State 2
Top Fourth
Cerny was hit by a pitch and moved to third on a Peter Serruto single. Glasser followed with a groundout to push the run across.
Indiana 3, at Michigan State 2
Top Fifth
Josh Pyne doubled with two outs and Jessee drove him home with a double of his own.
Indiana 4, at Michigan State 2
Bottom Sixth
Alternating singles and strikeouts started the inning before a walk loaded the bases with two outs against Indiana starting pitcher Luke Sinnard. After Ryan Kraft entered, Frank doubled to clear the bases.
at Michigan State 5, Indiana 4
Bottom Seventh
A hit-by-pitch and a single put two runners on base with one out. A Dillon Kark base hits scored the first run of the inning and Casey Mayes’ sacrifice fly scored the second.
at Michigan State 7, Indiana 4
Bottom Eighth
A single and a pair of wild pitches moved Frank to third base and Farquhar drove him in with a sacrifice fly.
at Michigan State 8, Indiana 4
Top Ninth
Devin Taylor and Brock Tibbitts singled with one out and Carter Mathison singled to score the first run of the inning. Pyne followed with a sacrifice fly, before the final out was recorded.
at Michigan State 8, Indiana 6
Up Next
Game two of the series between Indiana and Michigan State will also begin at 8 p.m. and air on the Big Ten Network. It will also be carried on the Indiana Sports Radio Network
PURDUE BASEBALL
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Khal Stephen carried a quality start into the seventh inning but facing the 2-3-4 portion of the lineup for the fourth time proved decisive as Nebraska broke a 2-2 tie and went on defeat Purdue baseball 10-5 in Thursday’s series opener at Alexander Field.
Friday’s game has been moved up to 1 p.m. ET in an effort to avoid rain in the forecast later in the day. Tickets for Friday’s game can also be used for the series finale Saturday at 2 p.m.
Both teams scored in each of the final three innings, but a pair of three-run homers powered the Huskers to their 30th win of the season.
The Boilermakers’ loss coupled with Michigan State’s win vs. Indiana on Thursday sets up a must-win scenario for Purdue (23-28, 10-12 B1G) for the rest of the weekend. Another loss – or victory by MSU – would eliminate the Boilermakers from Big Ten Tournament contention.
CJ Valdez powered Purdue with three hits and three RBI, highlighted by a two-out, two-run homer in the second inning that gave the Boilers their first lead since May 7. It was short lived unfortunately. Nebraska (30-20-1, 14-8 B1G) tied the game on a bloop single in the top of the third after Stephen retired the opposition’s No. 3 and 4 hitters – Max Anderson and Gabe Swansen – to begin the frame.
Swansen hit the go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh inning to end Stephen’s night. Anderson connected for another three-run blast the following frame. A leadoff homer in the top of the ninth from Charlie Fischer was the Huskers’ team record-tying 93rd of the season.
Stephen entered the seventh inning having retired 10 of the last 11, rolling through a pair of 1-2-3 innings on his third trip through the Nebraska lineup. But five walks and a hit batsman vs. the first 17 batters he faced ran up his pitch count to 113 entering the seventh. Casey Burnham hit the first pitch of the inning down the left field line and was called safe on a bang-bang play at second base. After an intentional walk to Anderson, Swansen hit the first pitch he saw over the left field bullpen.
The game featured a combined 26 hits and 20 runners left on base. Purdue stranded the bases loaded in three different innings and was unable to deliver a big hit with runners on second and third with the game tied 2-2 in the bottom of the sixth.
The Boilermakers did score three times against Nebraska’s top two relievers, preventing closer Shay Schanaman from finishing off the win by sending seven men to the plate in the ninth inning.
Couper Cornblum matched Valdez with three hits, extending his on-base streak to 18 consecutive games. He’s hit safely in 11 straight at Alexander Field. Jake Parr kept his numerous overlapping streaks alive. Connor Caskenette’s 16-game hit streak at home became a 17-game on-base streak.
NOTABLE STREAKS EXTENDED THURSDAY
• Jake Parr (1-for-5, RBI) – 25-game on-base; 17-game on-base in Big Ten play; 15-game on-base at Home; 7-game hit at Home
• Couper Cornblum (3-for-5, R) – 18-game on-base; 11-game hit at Home; 11-game on-base in Big Ten play
• Connor Caskenette (2 Walks) — 17-game on-base at Home
• Mike Bolton Jr. (2-for-5, 2B, R) – 9-game on-base
Ty Gill and Valdez both connected for doubles in the eighth inning. Gill’s RBI two-bagger was his team-leading seventh pinch hit of the season.
Nine Boilermakers received their diplomas before the game as part of the annual on-field commencement ceremony at Alexander Field. Evan Albrecht, Sam Franco, Jake Jarvis, Steve Ramirez, Calvin Schapira, Cam Thompson, Paul Toetz, Parr and Valdez represent the program’s Class of 2023.
PURDUE TRACK
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue track & field team has 11 entries that have qualified for the 2023 NCAA East Preliminary Round, the NCAA announced on Thursday.
The Boilermakers will be represented by eight individuals and three relays in Jacksonville, Florida, from May 24-27.
Purdue’s individual qualifiers are fifth-years Justin Becker (200m) and Johnny Vanos (hammer throw), junior Cierra Williams (400m), sophomores Praise Aniamaka (triple jump) and Rieko Wilford (triple jump) and freshmen Seth Allen (discus), Bryanna Craig (high jump) and Connor Czajkowski (200m). As a team, the Boilermakers will be represented by the women’s 4×100 and 4×400 relays and the men’s 4×100 relay.
Becker has qualified for regionals in each of his four outdoor seasons, though this will be his first berth in an individual event. Vanos earned his first career NCAA outdoor appearance after he qualified for his first NCAA Championships indoors in the weight throw earlier this year.
Williams will race at her third NCAA East Prelims in three years, as she earned a spot in both the 400m and 4×400 each of her first two seasons, in 2021 and 2022. Wilford returns for a second consecutive year to the East Prelims after she qualified as a freshman in 2022.
Allen, Aniamaka, Craig and Czajkowski all will make their NCAA debuts next week.
The men’s and women’s 4×100 relay and women’s 4×400 relay all have qualified for the NCAA East Prelims every season since 2016.
The NCAA East Prelims, along with the West Prelims, feature 48 qualifiers in each individual event and 24 teams in each relay. The top 12 finishers in every event from both the east and west will advance to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Austin, Texas, from June 7-10.
The complete list of men’s and women’s entries for the 2022 NCAA East Region Preliminary Round can be found at NCAA.com. North Florida will host the four-day meet and more information, including the meet schedule and ticket details, is available at UNFOspreys.com.
Purdue Men – Six Entries
Seth Allen – Discus
Praise Aniamaka – Triple Jump
Justin Becker – 200m
Connor Czajkowski – 200m
Johnny Vanos – Hammer Throw
4×100 Relay
Purdue Women – Five Entries
Bryanna Craig – High Jump
Rieko Wilford – Triple Jump
Cierra Williams – 400m
4×100 Relay
4×400 Relay
Coming up, select Boilermakers will compete at the NCAA East Preliminary Round in Jacksonville, Florida, from May 24-27. Qualifiers for the regional meet will be announced next week.
BUTLER BASEBALL
INDIANAPOLIS – St. John’s hit two grand slams against Butler on Thursday afternoon to open up the series with a game one win. The Red Storm had 10 extra base hits with six homers and four doubles in the contest. The 24-5 win was capped off with a 10-run ninth inning.
David Glancy and Jimmy Keenan each hit two home runs to lead the Red Storm offense. Austin Machado and Aaron Mann were also responsible for home runs in the opener.
Butler’s offense was highlighted by a solo home run from Billy Wurch. Carter Dorighi and Kollyn All would also add triples in the setback.
The game opened up with Butler leading St. John’s 2-1 after two innings. The Johnnies scored four in the third and four more in the fourth to take a comfortable lead. Butler would fight back with three runs in the bottom of the fourth, but would not add any more runs the rest of the way.
Joe Mascio got the start for the Red Storm, but would exit the game after 3.2 innings of work. The win would go to reliever Ben Adams. All five BU runs came against Mascio as Adams cruised over the final 5.1 innings allowing just five hits.
Butler used six pitchers in the game with Dawson Taylor taking the loss.
These two teams will return to the diamond tomorrow for a 3 PM start.
BUTLER TRACK
The Butler track and field teams had five men and three women selected to compete at the 2023 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships First Round competitions, the NCAA announced Thursday. The East first round competition will be held from Wednesday, May 24 through Saturday, May 27 in Jacksonville, Fla.
The top 48 declared student-athletes were accepted into the preliminary competitions for each individual event.
“We have a strong group headed to the first round of the NCAA Championships,” said Butler coach Matt Roe. “The East preliminary is always competitive and our crew is sharp, focused, and ready to compete.”
Barry Keane, who has won the BIG EAST title in the 10,000 meters four times, will chase an NCAA championship over the next few weeks. That chase begins Wednesday night at 9:10 p.m. in Jacksonville.
Keane’s school-record time of 28:04.66 is third among the East first round entries, trailing only Alabama’s Victor Kiprop (27:57.63) and Dylan Jacobs of Tennessee (28:04.66). Keane also had a qualifying mark in the 5,000 meters, but will focus solely on the 10,000 meters. The graduate student placed ninth at the 2022 NCAA Championships in Eugene.
Simon Bedard also brings a Top 10 time for the Bulldogs, as his 13:35.93 in the 5,000 meters is the eighth-best mark among the field in Jacksonville. The men’s 5,000 is scheduled for 8:10 p.m. Friday night.
On the women’s side, Angelina Ellis brings the third-best qualifying time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase into the NCAA East first round. Her 9:44.57, which is a Butler record set at the 2023 Bryan Clay Invitational, trails only Notre Dame’s Olivia Markezich (9:40.65) and Katie Thronson (9:44.11). Ellis advanced out of the first round stage in 2021 to earn a berth in the NCAA Championships.
The women’s steeplechase will be run Saturday at 5:40 p.m.
The additional Bulldog men to qualify for the NCAA first round in Jacksonville include Simon Bedard and William Zegarski in the 5,000 meters, Matthew Forrester in the steeplechase, and Jack McMahon in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters.
Ellis is joined on the women’s side by Mia Beckham (5,000 meters) and Laure Bertrand (10,000 meters). Wiktoria Klebowska posted a time during the season in the steeplechase that earned a spot in the first round field, but she will not compete in Jacksonville due to injury.
The qualifiers out of the East Prelims and West Prelims, which will be held in Sacramento, Calif., will head to Austin, Texas, for the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, which are scheduled for June 7-10.
Butler Men
5,000 Meters
Simon Bedard (13:35.93)
William Zegarski (13:47.10)
Jack McMahon (13:55.55)
10,000 Meters
Barry Keane (28:04.66)
Jack McMahon (29:18.67)
3,000 Steeplechase
Matthew Forrester (8:49.49)
Butler Women
5,000 Meters
Mia Beckham (15:58.52)
10,000 Meters
Laure Bertrand (34:06.93)
3,000 Steeplechase
Angelina Ellis (9:44.57)
BUTLER SOFTBALL
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Butler Softball first baseman, Paige Dorsett, has been named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Region Third Team. She is one of only 38 NCAA Division I student-athletes in the Great Lakes Region who were selected to the First, Second, or Third Teams.
The Great Lakes Region is comprised of six conferences that included the BIG EAST, the Big Ten, the Horizon League, and the Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, and Northeast conferences. NFCA All-Region athletes are nominated by their NFCA-member head coach and are voted for by the coaches in their division and region. All-America Team selections will be announced May 31.
Dorsett, from Martinsville, Indiana, started 45 of the 46 games in which she appeared this season. She led Butler with a .366 batting average, 10 doubles, and 30 RBI. Her .642 slugging percentage was eighth in the BIG EAST, and her .459 on-base percentage was tenth. The redshirt-sophomore was selected to the 2023 All-BIG EAST Second Team and was named Academic All-District® by the College Sports Communicators.
Since 2004, Butler has had six previous selections to NFCA All-Region teams. Lauren Fey, the most recent selection, was an All-Region Second Team selection in 2021. The only All-Region First Team honoree was Melissa Lemrick in 2004.
BALL STATE TRACK
INDIANAPOLIS – – Senior Charity Griffith and junior Jenelle Rogers will represent Ball State at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field East Preliminary Round as announced Thursday (May 18) by the NCAA.
The NCAA East Preliminary Round will take place May 24-27 at Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. North Florida will serve as the host for the event.
Griffith qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the high jump for the third straight season, entering the event as the fourth seed after clearing a career-best and program-record height of 1.85m at the 2023 Music City Challenge (April 29).
The two-time defending Mid-American Conference high jump champion, Griffith placed 10th at the 2022 NCAA East Preliminary Round after clearing 1.84m. The effort earned her a spot at the 2022 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships where she took fifth overall by leaping 1.83m to earn First Team All-America honors.
Rogers qualifies for the East Preliminary Round for the first time in her career after a collegiate-best long jump of 6.21m to take second overall at last weekend’s MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The effort has her ranked 37th out of the 48 qualifiers.
In addition, Rogers will make her NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championship debut in early June, as she was one of 24 student-athletes to qualify for the heptathlon with her program record and MAC Championship winning score of 5,667 points. She will enter the championships ranked 21st nationally in the heptathlon.
The women’s long jump competition at the NCAA East Preliminary Round is currently scheduled to being next Thursday (May 25) at 6 p.m., while the women’s high jump is set for next Saturday (May 27) at 2:30 p.m.
The top 12 performers from each event will qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships set to run June 7-10 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas.
In addition, Rogers’ heptathlon competition at the NCAA Championships will be held June 8-9. The first day of action will be include the 100m hurdles, high jump, shot put, and 200m. The following day will include the long jump, javelin, and 800m.
BALL STATE MEN’S GOLF
MARICOPA, Arizona – The Ball State men’s golf team has accepted its invite to “Play in May” at the National Golf Invitational (NGI) for post-season play this weekend at the Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club from May 19-21.
The Cardinals competed against tough opponents throughout the 2023 tournament season, and this weekend will be no different. The competitive pool of programs includes Stetson, Arkansas State, Santa Clara, Wyoming, Washington State, Troy, Oral Roberts, Texas State, Penn State, Valpo, Utah Valley, and George Washington.
Representing the Cardinals are Kash Bellar, Joey Ranieri, Carter Smith, Ali Khan, and Griffin Hare. Evan Bone will be available as an alternate for the Cardinals.
The 54-hole tournament will be played in three rounds with round one slated for 9:30 a.m. EST on Friday, May 19. Round two will begin on Saturday, May 20 at 9:30 a.m. EST and the final round is set for Sunday, May 21 at 9:30 a.m. EST.
Live scoring and pairings for round one can be found on golfstat.com.
BALL STATE SOFTBALL
LOUISVILLE – – Ball State softball senior third baseman Haley Wynn, redshirt sophomore utility player McKayla Timmons, and senior shortstop Amaia Daniel were named to National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Great Lakes Region teams as announced Thursday (May 18).
For their play over the course of the 2023 season, Wynn and Timmons were both named to the All-Great Lakes Region second team, while Daniel earned third team accolades. All three Cardinals are first-time all-region recipients.
HALEY WYNN- NFCA All-Great Lakes Region Second Team (Third Base):
Wynn was named to the 2023 NFCA All-Great Lakes Region Second Team as a third baseman. A starter in all 53 games for the Cardinals this season, Wynn ranked third in the Mid-American Conference and 127th nationally with her .377 batting average. She was also one of the league’s top run producers, ranking third in runs scored (45) and eighth in RBI (38).
Wynn finished the season with the league’s fourth-best OPS (1.137), registering a .660 slugging percentage and a .477 on base percentage. She smashed a career high 10 home runs over the course of the season, while adding 10 doubles and three triples. Wynn also drew the fourth-most walks in the MAC at 29. At the national level, Wynn’s 61 total hits tied for 97th nationally, while her .477 on base percentage was 69th, and her 0.85 runs-per-game average was 78th.
McKAYLA TIMMONS – NFCA All-Great Lakes Region Second Team (DP or Utility/Non-Pitcher):
Timmons was named to the 2023 NFCA All-Great Lakes Region Second Team as a utility player. Timmons started all 51 games she played in, with 27 starts at catcher, 17 at first base, and seven as the designated player. A .345 batter, Timmons ranked sixth in the MAC and 78th nationally with 12 home runs.
Timmons finished the season ranked fourth in the MAC with 44 RBI, with her 0.86 RBI-per-game average ranking 85th nationally. She also owned the nation’s 112th-best slugging percentage (.655), while ranking 66th in sacrifice flies (4) and 63rd in times hit by a pitch (11). Timmons added a .434 on base percentage for a 1.089 OPS. In addition to her 12 home runs, she tallied seven doubles and a triple.
AMAIA DANIEL – NFCA All-Great Lakes Region Third Team (Shortstop):
Daniel was named to the 2023 NFCA All-Great Lakes Region Third Team as a shortstop. She led the MAC with a .399 average, which also ranks 49th nationally. A starter in 48 games, Daniel played 43 games at shortstop and five as the designated player as she recovered from a late-season injury that limited her down the stretch. She also ranked 97th nationally with her 61 total hits, which included nine doubles, a triple, and four home runs.
Daniel owned the league’s sixth-best on base percentage, at .457, while producing a .549 slugging percentage for a 1.006 OPS. She was also one of Ball State’s top run producers, scoring 29 runs and tallying 30 RBI. In addition to her solid offensive play, Daniel provided numerous spectacular defensive plays at shortstop, including helping turn 11 of Ball State’s 20 double plays.
NOTRE DAME BASEBALL
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (30-20) took down the No. 22 Boston College Eagles (32-17) in game one of the three-game series on Thursday, May 18 in Chestnut Hill. The Irish advance to 15-13 in the ACC as they have two final games left in the regular season to cap off conference play before heading into the ACC Tournament next week.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Notre Dame finished game one with 10 hits on the day, with TJ Williams, Vinny Martinez, and Casey Kmet leading the way with two hits a piece for the Irish.
The Irish offense was on the board early as TJ Williams led off with a base hit and scored on an RBI double from Vinny Martinez. While the Eagles tied it up in the bottom frame, the Irish led 3-1 after five.
Brady Gumpf scored Martinez on a sac fly in the fourth inning and an RBI single from Carter Putz in the fifth inning gave the Irish a two-run advantage of 3-1. Both the Irish and Eagles hung zeros in the sixth, as Aidan Tyrell closed the inning with his sixth strikeout of the day.
Casey Kmet recorded his second hit of the day as he sent it into the left center gap for a two-bagger to lead off the seventh. Estevan Moreno then followed with the fifth Irish double of the day to score Kmet. Notre Dame’s back-to-back doubles resulted in a two-run frame that made it a 5-1 ball game after seven.
Both the Irish and Eagles were held scoreless in the final two innings as Notre Dame secured the game one win 5-1. Tyrell took home his eighth win of the season as he pitched 6.0 innings, recorded six strikeouts, and gave up just one run on six hits. Radek Birkholz closed for Notre Dame, pitching 3.0 innings with two strikeouts and allowing no runs on two hits.
UP NEXT
Due to inclement weather on Saturday, the Irish will now face the Eagles in a doubleheader tomorrow for games two and three. Game two of the series is at 12:30 PM at Eddie Pellagrini Diamond on the campus of Boston College, while game three will be played at Fenway Park at 7 PM as the Irish compete in Boston College’s 11th Annual ALS Awareness Game.
NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S LAX
NEWTON, Mass. – The run to the final weekend came up just short Thursday afternoon as the University of Notre Dame women’s lacrosse team fell to hosts Boston College, 20-6, in the NCAA Quarterfinals.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Eagles struck first but a quick answer from Madison Ahern and Mary Kelly Doherty had the Irish out in front partway through the first quarter.
BC scored four unanswered to make it 5-2 through the opening 15 minutes.
The two teams continued to battle in the second quarter but the Eagles beat Callahan twice to extend their lead.
Notre Dame go back to their offensive ways with Kasey Choma’s goal off a behind the cage pass from Jackie Wolak, cutting it to a 7-3 tally.
Wolak scored late in the second for the. team’s fourth of the day but the Eagles answered as the Irish trailed 10-4 at the half.
Kristen Shanahan scored late in the third quarter for the team’s first goal of the half. At the third quarter break, the Irish trailed 15-5, looking for a record-setting fourth.
Jane McAvoy scored the final goal for the Irish as the senior fired a shot into the back of the cage with 47 seconds to play for the 20-6.
STAT OF THE GAME
With their fourth goal of the day, coming off the stick of Jackie Wolak, the Irish set a program record for most goals in a single season. Their 322nd tally broke the previous record set in 2009.
ND NOTES
The Irish had six goals from six individuals in the season finale, as Ahern, Doherty, Choma, Wolak, Shanahan and McAvoy all scored for the Blue and Gold.
With an assist on the third goal prior to her record-setting tally in the second, Wolak’s two points on the day bring her season total to 106, third all-time in Irish history for points in a single season.
With both Kelly Denes and MK Doherty adding to multiple draw controls to their resume Thursday, the pair sit second and third, respectively, for draws in a single season and become the first Irish duo to surpass 100 draw control wins in a single season in Irish women’s lacrosse history.
The Irish finish the season with a 15-6 record overall, including 12-4 in the regular season.
Having started every game for the Irish in 2023, Lilly Callahan tied the program record in games played for goalkeepers, at 21. Her 15 wins ranks second all-time in program history for goalies in a season.
UP NEXT
The Irish will take a week off before embarking on their foreign tour, June 1.
NOTRE DAME SOFTBALL
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Six student-athletes have earned National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Mid Atlantic Region honors for their performance on the softball diamond this season. The Fighting Irish have three first team selections in catcher Carlli Kloss, first baseman Karina Gaskins and third baseman Joley Mitchell. Payton Tidd and Lexi Orozco earned second team All-Region honors and outfielder Macie Eck adds a third team All-Region selection. This season, the Irish earned their 24th-consecutive NCAA Regional appearance as they will take part in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional May 19-21, hosted by Arkansas. Notre Dame finished the regular season 29-17-1. In the program’s 34 years of existence, the Irish have never had a season with a winning percentage below .500.
Kloss is a key cog in the 2023 Irish softball machine. Kloss has caught every pitch from Irish pitchers this season as she earned her first NFCA honors in her junior season. The catcher caught 13 of an attempted 29 base stealers, leading the Atlantic Coast Conference with a .552 stolen base allowed percentage. She also earned a .986 fielding percentage to go with allowing just four passed balls in 304 innings behind the dish. The primary lead-off hitter in the lineup, Kloss leads the team with 14 doubles, adding three triples and three home runs. She’s scored a team-best 41 runs, and adds 23 RBI.
Gaskins earned her third consecutive first team All-Region honors this season. Gaskins put together another impressive campaign, following up an All-American season in 2022. The junior hit for a .341 average while leading the team with 14 home runs and driving in 40. She added 40 walks, tying her own record for the second-most in a single season in program history. She also scored 36 runs, and is second on the team with a .722 slugging percentage.
Mitchell put together a superb senior season at third base. She led the team with a .383 batting average, starting all 47 games at the hot corner. She also led the squad with 15 stolen bases and three sacrifice hits. She is the third member of the squad to hit double digit home runs, leaving the yard 10 times to go with nine doubles and racking up 40 RBI. This is Mitchell’s second-consecutive All-Region honor, after being named third team All-Region in 2022.
Tidd collects her fourth NFCA All-Region honor, as she has been named All-Region in every season with the exception of the 2020 season in which there were no All-Region selections. Tidd has been a mainstay in the circle, earning second team honors in 2023. The graduate student worked 147.2 of the team’s 304.0 innings this season, leading the Irish in appearances (29), starts (24), complete games (10) and strikeouts (102). Along with her prowess in the circle, Tidd also put together one of her best seasons at the dish. She hit for a.284 average, with a career-best eight doubles, 28 RBI while knocking three home runs and scoring 13 times.
This is Orozco’s first NFCA honor as a member of the Irish, having earned two previous NFCA All-Region honors during her previous seasons at Utah State. Orozco was tied with Gaskins for the team lead with 14 home runs, and led the squad with 44 RBI, hitting in the heart of the order throughout the season. She added five doubles, her first career triple and scored 33 runs this season. Her .725 slugging percentage led the team while drawing 30 walks and earning a .475 on-base percentage.
Eck earned her first All-Region honors this year. The senior saw an expanded role in her final campaign as she finished the season hitting at a .343 average with 23 base knocks, two doubles and scoring 11 runs. She added six RBI and a .982 fielding percentage playing left and right field throughout the season. Eck tallied her first career stolen base as well as earning a .353 on-base percentage.
These six and the rest of the Irish roster will begin the NCAA Fayetteville Regional Friday evening at 5 p.m. on ESPN2 as the Fighting Irish will take on the Oregon Ducks in the opening round of the tournament.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Inside Lacrosse announced its All-American honorees Thursday and three members of the Notre Dame women’s lacrosse program have been recognized. Jackie Wolak and Kasey Choma were each named Second-Team All-American while Madison Ahern picked up honorable mention honors.
The trio have led the Irish to the NCAA Quarterfinals, averaging a combined 13.65 points per game thus far and assisting one of the nation’s top scoring offenses. The three seniors boast 273 of the team’s 449 total points, with all three ranking nationally in numerous categories.
The team’s leader in points, Wolak’s 56 goals and 47 assists ranks her among the top in the country. She leads the charge on one of the nation’s top scoring offenses that averages 90 goals per game. She ranks in the top-10 in assists (47) and points per game (5.15), meanwhile her point total is fourth-best nationally. Wolak boasts hat trick performances in 12 outings this season and has recorded at least five points in 14 of her 20 games played. In the ACC Tournament to round out their April slate, Wolak tallied six points off four goals and two assists to help the Irish clinch a spot in the semifinals. Most recently, the senior matched her career-best goal performance against Mercer, netting six tallies to lift her team to its most goals in an NCAA Tournament game in program history. With her fourth point against Florida in the NCAA Second Round, Wolak became just the third Irish attacker to eclipse 100 points in a single season, joining Jill Byers (2009) and Crysti Foote (2006) in Irish lore.
Choma, who leads the team in goals and ranks second in points, picked up Second Team honors with 87 points on the season. With 68 goals and 19 assists, her two-way midfield play has propelled the Irish offense to numerous accolades. The senior adds to her career-season, having previously been named an Inside Lacrosse/ILWomen Midseason All-American and First Team All-ACC for her contributions in the midfield. Her 68 goals ranks eighth nationally while her 3.40 goals per game average is fourth in the ACC. In 20 games played this season, Choma boasts 15 hat tricks and set a career-high eight goals in the team’s win over Virginia Tech partway through the season. In all but one game this season, Choma has found the back of the cage multiple times. Last week, Choma set a new personal best with 10 points against Mercer to send her team to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Her six goals and four assists made her the first Irish woman to record double-digit points in 2023. She followed it up with four goals and two assists against Florida, including the go-ahead goal with 10.1 second left in regulation to lift the Irish to the quarterfinals round. With 16 points in the opening two rounds Choma was named IWLCA Offensive Player of the Week May 16.
Ahern rounds out the Inside Lacrosse All-American honorees as the 2023 Tewaaraton Nominee boasts 83 points on the year off 62 goals and 21 assists. This season the senior picked up numerous weekly conference and national honors. Her scoring ability has lifted the Irish to one of the nation’s best scoring offenses and is one of the country’s best goal-scorers off the free position, averaging 1.05 goals from the eight-meter line per game. She has 13 games with three or more goals and set a career-best six goals three times this season. Having started all 20 games for the Irish this season, Ahern has five games with at least five goals.
The three were recently all named to the IWLCA West/Midwest All-Region Team as well as All-American by USA Lacrosse Magazine. Previously this season, Choma and Ahern were recognized as two of 25 Tewaaraton nominees.
INDIANA STATE BASEBALL
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Indiana State clinched the outright 2023 Missouri Valley Baseball regular season title on Thursday night as the Sycamores pounded out 15 hits in a dominant offensive output to top Missouri State at Hammons Field, 11-4.
Parker Stinson connected on the go-ahead three-run home run as a part of a four-RBI day and Keegan Watson went 4-for-5 from the plate as Indiana State (36-14, 22-3 MVC) scored 10 runs over the first five innings to take control of the game early against the Bears (31-19, 18-7 MVC).
Missouri State rallied back on Spencer Nivens and Carter Bergman home runs before ISU reliever Cam Edmonson shut the door on the Bears lineup retiring the last seven batters in order, including striking out the side in the eighth, to close out the Sycamore win.
Indiana State’s win clinched ISU’s second outright MVC title in program history and first since 2012 as the Sycamores hold a four-game lead over the Bears with two to play. ISU’s 22 MVC wins this season sit one shy of tying the ISU record for most conference wins in a season trailing just the 1998 team (23-9).
The Sycamore offense came out of the gates swinging as ISU racked up 11 hits over the first five innings to build a double-digit lead. Stinson provided the first blow with a three-run home run over the right field in the top of the second inning. From there, ISU took advantage of a pair of MSU errors in the third and Watson, Grant Magill, and Randal Diaz all drove in runs to give the Sycamores the 8-0 lead.
Mike Sears homered to lead off the top of the fifth and Josue Urdaneta connected on an RBI sacrifice fly scoring Stinson to give Indiana State the commanding 10-0 lead midway through the game.
Missouri State attempted to rally back but the Bears were unable to string together enough hits to build momentum late in the game. Miguel Rivera provided the clincher for ISU with a two-out RBI single in the top of the eighth scoring Urdaneta to provide the final 11-4 margin.
All nine ISU starters in the lineup recorded a hit on Thursday night paced by Watson’s four-hit game. Rivera and Mike Sears both had two hits and scored twice, while Stinson scored three runs in addition to driving in four RBIs in the win.
Matt Jachec (6-3) took the win in his last regular season start in 2023. The redshirt junior right-hander went 6.2 innings allowing six hits and four runs while walking two and striking out four. Cam Edmonson pitched around a leadoff single to retire seven in a row to close out the final 2.1 innings on the mound.
Taeg Gollert went 3-for-4 on Thursday night to lead the Missouri State offense. Nivens and Bergman both homered in the loss.
Brandt Thompson (6-4) took the loss on the mound allowing eight hits and eight runs (three earned) while walking one and striking out two over 2.2 innings. Forrest Barnes went 3.1 innings in relief allowing three hits and a pair of runs, while Corbin Bassham, Trey Ziegenbein, and Scott Youngbrandt all saw time on the mound.
How They Scored
Parker Stinson put the Sycamores on the board with a three-run home run to right field in the top of the second inning to give ISU the early 3-0 lead.
The Sycamores plated five runs in the third with Keegan Watson and Grant Magill connecting on RBI singles, while Randal Diaz drove a two-run double to centerfield to put ISU ahead 8-0.
ISU’s lead hit double-digits in the top of the fifth inning as Mike Sears homered and Stinson scored on Josue Urdaneta’s sacrifice fly to put the Sycamores ahead 10-0.
Spencer Nivens put Missouri State on the scoreboard with a solo home run to right field in the bottom of the sixth to make it a 10-1 game.
Cam Cratic connected on an RBI groundout and Carter Bergman hit a two-run homer to left as Missouri State cut it to 10-4 after the bottom of the seventh inning.
Miguel Rivera drove in the final run of the game with an RBI single to center field scoring Urdaneta to provide the final 11-4 margin.
News & Notes
Indiana State secured just the second outright MVC regular season title in program history and first since 2012 with Thursday’s win over Missouri State.
The Sycamores’ 22 wins in MVC play this season are the second-most in program history trailing ISU’s 23-9 mark set back in 1998.
The Sycamores need one more win over the weekend to complete their first MVC season sweep in program history. ISU has won each of the eight conference weekend series to date in 2023 and their last nine overall dating back to the end of 2022.
ISU’s 19 true road wins in 2023 marks just the third time the Sycamores have hit the mark since the 2018 season (19) and most since the Sycamores went 21-12 on the road back in the 2021 season.
Mike Sears continues his assault on the record books as the Sycamore third baseman connected on his team-leading 17th home run of 2023. According to current records on hand, he enters into a four-way tie for second place in the ISU record books with Dan Frye (1992), Jason Frome (2001), and Dane Giesler (2017) and trails only Boi Rodriguez’s 20 home runs set back in 1985.
Adam Pottinger tied Luis Hernandez for ISU’s longest on-base streak in the 2023 season as the junior outfielder reached base for the 26th consecutive game on Thursday night. Pottinger went 1-for-5 from the plate and scored a run to equal the mark set by Hernandez from February 26-April 16.
Indiana State’s hit-by-pitch streak came to an end on Thursday as the 17-game stretch ended when the box score reflected the Sycamores were not plunked by the Bears’ pitching staff. ISU has been hit by a Missouri Valley-leading 94 pitches in the 2023 season.
Cam Edmonson recorded his third consecutive scoreless outing and eighth over his last nine appearances. The junior left-hander has struck out 14 batters over his last 12.0-innings and has now allowed a walk since April 4 against Indiana.
Up Next
Indiana State and Missouri State are scheduled to continue the series at Hammons Field on Friday night with first pitch set for 7:30 p.m. ET. The game is scheduled to be carried live on ESPN+ and 105.5 The Legend.
INDIANA STATE TRACK
INDIANAPOLIS – NCAA Track and Field Preliminary Round declarations were announced Thursday afternoon, with Indiana State track and field set to send 14 student-athletes to the NCAA East Preliminary Round May 24-27 in Jacksonville, Florida.
To qualify, athletes must be among the top 48 in an individual event, or in the top 24 as a relay team. The top 12 finishers in each event at the East Preliminary Round will advance to the NCAA Outdoor National Championships. Indiana State has one relay team that qualified, along with 12 entries in individual events.
Among the Sycamore contingent selected to the NCAA East Preliminary Round, eight athletes have prior NCAA Preliminary Round experience, with Kevin Krutsch, Noah Malone, JaVaughn Moore, Brett Norton, Ryann Porter, Wyatt Puff, William Staggs and Trevor Thompson all reaching regionals for at least the second time in their careers.
Indiana State’s highest-ranked entry entering the NCAA East Preliminary Round is the men’s 4x100m relay team that clocked a season-best time of 39.77 at the Drake Relays. JaVaughn Moore, Daunte Majors, Isiah Thomas and Noah Malone make up the four legs of that team, with Terrance O’Bannon serving as the alternate. All five of those athletes rank among the MVC’s top 10 in the 100m. Moore also qualified in the 100m, with his season-best time of 10.22 tied for 31st, and looks to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Nationla Championships after earning Second Team All-America honors in the 60m at the 2023 NCAA Indoor National Championships.
Among the field events, high jumpers Kevin Krutsch and Trevor Thompson have the top seed marks for the Sycamores, with their season-best clearances of 2.12m (6-11.50) at the MVC Outdoor Championships tied for 19th in the region. Krtusch and Thompson will be joined in the event by Lawrence Mitchell, who recently came back from injury to clear 2.09m (6-10.25) as part of a podium sweep for the Sycamores at the MVC Outdoor Championships.
The Syacmore men’s throws group has had an unprecedented season and will have a chance to make noise on the national stage once again, with four qualifying for the NCAA East Prelim. Wyatt Puff and Noah Bolt qualified in two events each, with Puff’s discus mark of 56.53m (185-05) ranked 20th. Puff also ranks 27th in the shot put (18.33m/60-01.75), while Bolt qualified in both the discus (54.50m/178-10) and hammer throw (60.73m/199-03). Brett Norton tied the school record in the shot put (18.40m/60-04.50) at the MVC Outdoor Championships, and Elias Foor rounds out the Sycamore throws group in the hammer (60.55m/198-08).
William Staggs has had a season to remember in the pole vault, climbing up to second in program history in the event outdoors (5.29m/17-04.25) after breaking the school record in the event indoors (5.41m/17-09.00). Staggs had a stretch of six straight weeks where he broke his personal record, and will have a chance to do so once more as he is seeded 23rd in the event.
Indiana State’s lone women’s entry is someone familiar with success on the big stage. Ryann Porter has qualified for each of the last two NCAA Outdoor National Championships and will have a chance to do so once again this year. The two-time Honorable Mention All-American is tied for 28th in the triple jump at 12.85m (42-02.00) and has had her best jumps of the season come at the conference and NCAA meets every season.
Heat sheets for each event will be made available prior to the start of the NCAA East Preliminary Round.
The 2023 NCAA East Preliminary Round is slated for May 24-27 at Visit Jax Track at Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, with the 2023 NCAA Outdoor National Championships scheduled for June 7-10 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas. The top 12 in each event at the NCAA East Preliminary Round will advance to the NCAA Outdoor National Championships
Indiana State 2023 NCAA East Preliminary Round Qualifiers
JaVaughn Moore, Daunte Majors, Isiah Thomas, Noah Malone (Terrance O’Bannon – alternate) – 4x100m relay (16th, 39.77)
Kevin Krutsch – high jump (tied-19th, 2.12m/6-11.50)
Trevor Thompson – high jump (tied-19th, 2.12m/6-11.50)
Wyatt Puff – discus (20th, 56.53m/185-05), shot put (27th, 18.33m/60-01.75)
William Staggs – pole vault (23rd, 5.29m/17-04.25)
Brett Norton – shot put (24th, 18.40m/60-04.50)
Ryann Porter – triple jump (tied-28th, 12.85m/42-02.00)
JaVaughn Moore – 100m (tied-31st, 10.22)
Lawrence Mitchell – high jump (33rd, 2.09m/6-10.25)
Noah Bolt – discus (40th, 54.50m/178-10), hammer throw (47th, 60.73m/199-03)
Elias Foor – hammer throw (48th, 60.55m/198-08)
INDIANA STATE SOFTBALL
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Indiana State’s Isabella Henning and Annie Tokarek were named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Mideast All-Region team as announced by the organization on Thursday afternoon.
Henning was named the 2023 NFCA Mideast Second Team selection at first base, while Tokarek claimed Third Team honors at catcher to highlight the Sycamores on the list.
Henning received All-Region honors for the second consecutive season after earning 2022 Third Team recognition. The Owensboro, Ky. native is a two-time All-MVC First Team selection and paced the Sycamores in a multitude of offensive categories including batting average (.378), hits (65), home runs (10), runs (42) and RBIs (37). She was also honored on the MVC All-Tournament team following Indiana State’s run to the championship game in Carbondale, Ill. this past weekend.
Tokarek garners the recognition for the first time after receiving First Team All-MVC accolades in 2023. The graduate student finished the season hitting .316 from the plate while sitting among the team leaders with 54 hits, eight doubles, and five home runs. She also tied with Henning for the team lead with 37 RBI and wrapped up her ISU career second all-time in home runs (26) and fifth in RBIs (106).
2023 marked the third consecutive season a pair of Sycamores have earned All-Region recognition. Bella Peterson (Second) and Isabella Henning (Third) were both honored in 2022, while Peterson (Second) and Lexie Siwek (Second) were on the 2021 team.
Overall, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association has announced 381 student-athletes from 158 programs have received 2023 NFCA Division I All-Region accolades.
The awards honor softball student-athletes from the Association’s 10 regions with first, second and third-team selections. NFCA member head coaches from each respective region nominated student-athletes (eight maximum) and voted for the teams. All awarded student-athletes now become eligible for the 2023 NFCA Division I All-America squads.
The 2023 NFCA Division I All-America teams, voted on by the NFCA DI All-American Committee, will be announced on Wednesday, May 31.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE BASEBALL
FRANKLIN, Wis. – Mac Ayres allowed one run in six innings and Kevin Fee picked up the save in Purdue Fort Wayne’s 4-3 Horizon League baseball victory at Milwaukee on Thursday (May 18) at Franklin Field.
The Mastodons went up 2-0 with two runs in the second inning. Dylan Stewart and Cade Nelis each knocked in a run in the frame. Milwaukee got a run in their half of the second but the ‘Dons got it back in the top of the third. Caileb Johnson singled to left to knock in Jacob Walker who started the inning with a double.
The ‘Dons put an important fourth run on the board in the sixth. Tyler Nelson walked and moved to third on an error by Milwaukee’s attempt to pick him off. Nelson then scored on a passed ball.
Ayres started for the ‘Dons and went six innings. He allowed just one run on five hits with four strikeouts. He gave up just one extra base hit in the contest. Ayres is 3-4 with the victory.
Fee earned the save by not allowing a run in 1.2 innings of work. He entered the game in the eighth with the tying run on base and worked out of it. He earned a strikeout of Nate DeYoung in the ninth to end the game. It is Fee’s first career save.
Johnson was the only Mastodon with multiple hits. Walker, Ben Higgins and Grant Thoroman each got on base with a hit and a walk. Walker’s double a double by Dylan Stewart were the only extra base hits for the ‘Dons in the game.
The ‘Dons defeated Riley Frey for the second time this season. He is now 4-7 for Milwaukee. DeYoung had two doubles for Milwaukee.
The ‘Dons improve to 12-41 (7-21 Horizon). Milwaukee falls to 22-29 (10-17 Horizon). The series continues on Friday (May 19).
EVANSVILLE BASEBALL
CHICAGO, Ill. – In one of the top individual games in school history, University of Evansville graduate outfielder Eric Roberts hit for the cycle on Thursday night, including launching a grand slam to tie UE’s single-season home run record, to power the Purple Aces past the UIC Flames, 9-8, at Curtis Granderson Stadium in Chicago, Illinois.
“What an amazing night tonight by Eric,” said UE head coach Wes Carroll. “Cycles are extremely rare, and to be able to do it with a grand slam included, and have that be the home run that ties the school record is really special. I couldn’t be happier for Eric right now.
“And, up and down our lineup, I thought that we had a lot of guys step up tonight. It was good to see Simon Scherry barrel up a few balls, and we could definitely use him getting hot over the next week or so in the conference tournament. But, we had other guys step up and produce a lot of quality at-bats, and hopefully, we can keep that going the rest of the weekend and beyond.”
Scherry got Evansville on the scoreboard first with a solo home run in the second inning to answer a first-inning run by the Flames. Roberts then began his historic night in the third inning with a one-out triple and came around to score on a sacrifice fly by fifth-year first baseman Chase Hug.
After the Flames tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the third inning, Evansville exploded for six runs in the fourth inning to take a lead it would never lose. Scherry would lead off with a double, and after a walk and an error loaded the bases, sophomore catcher Evan Waggoner and sophomore outfielder Ty Rumsey delivered back-to-back RBI singles to give UE a 4-2 lead. Roberts then launched an opposite-field grand slam down the left field line to give UE an 8-2 cushion, while tying Ed Kothera’s 1987 single-season home run record with his 20th home run of the year.
UIC would not back down though, scoring two runs each in the fourth and fifth innings to claw back within two runs at 8-6. Roberts then manufactured a run in the seventh inning to give UE back a three-run lead, as he led off with an opposite-field double, advanced to third on a wild pitch, and came around to score on an RBI single by senior outfielder Mark Shallenberger to give UE a 9-6 lead.
Roberts would clinch the cycle in the top of the ninth inning with a solid single to right-center field. It is the second cycle in three seasons for Evansville, as former Purple Ace Kenton Crews had UE’s last cycle against Butler during the 2021 season. Unfortunately, Roberts was stranded at third base, as UE not only scored nine runs, but left 13 men on base. But, junior closer Nate Hardman worked a six-out save for his ninth save of the season to make a winner of graduate reliever Michael Parks (5-2) and help UE win the series opener.
Overall, Roberts went 4-for-5 with three runs scored and four RBI to lead Evansville. Scherry also went 3-for-5 and finished a triple shy of the cycle, while senior third baseman Brent Widder and fifth-year outfielder Danny Borgstrom had two hits each. Eight of the nine UE starters came through with hits.
With the victory, Evansville improves to 32-21 overall and 14-11 in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Purple Aces moved into a tie with Southern Illinois for third place in the Valley standings thanks to the win and a Southern Illinois loss at Murray State on Thursday. UIC, meanwhile, saw its seven-game winning streak come to a close with the loss, and dropped to 26-22 overall and 12-13 in the MVC. The two teams will continue the series on Friday night at 6 p.m. in a game that can be seen live on ESPN+ and heard live on 107.1 FM-WJPS and the Old National Bank/Purple Aces Sports Network from Learfield. If Evansville wins on Friday night, the Purple Aces will clinch a top-four seed in next week’s MVC Tournament and earn a first-day bye in the eight-team tournament.
EVANSVILLE MEN’S SOCCER
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Evansville head men’s soccer coach Robbe Tarver has announced two additions to his coaching staff.
Matt Melzer joins UE after a successful stint as the assistant coach at Transylvania University, while Toney Anderson comes to Evansville as a graduate assistant after coaching at Concordia University (WI) and FC United in MLS Next.
Matt Melzer enters his first season as assistant coach for the Purple Aces after being hired in the Spring of 2023.
Prior to joining UE, Melzer spent four seasons as assistant coach at his alma mater, Transylvania University. At Transylvania, Melzer had a major role in recruiting, running training sessions and organizing ID Camps. Through personal development plans, Melzer mentored 24 players to all conference awards. Melzer has been a vital part of the men’s soccer program for 8 of the last 10 years as a player and a coach. He has been part of 76 wins over those 8 years (one of which was the shortened Covid season).
As a player, Melzer received the most impactful freshman award, and finished his career as captain with all-conference honors and he was named Transylvania’s MVP. During his four years playing with Transylvania, the Pioneers produced a record of 44 wins against 18 losses and 14 draws. In addition to his on-field accolades, he also served as president of Transylvania’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee his senior year and received the Senior Leadership Award among all male student-athletes.
“We are excited to have Matt join our staff. He knows how to operate at a liberal arts institution like Evansville, and he has experience developing a successful culture and successful student-athletes at Transy,” said Tarver. “He’s a relentless recruiter who is willing to leave no stone unturned. As good of a coach as Matt is, he’s a better person. He’s going to have a big impact here at UE.”
Toney Anderson will be undertaking a graduate assistant position specializing in goalkeeper development.
In his young coaching career, Anderson developed ‘keepers at MLS Next clubs FC United and Milwaukee Bavarians. He was also on staff for Concordia University (WI), a DIII institution, for the 2022 season. In addition to his time working in youth soccer and the collegiate game, Anderson’s love for coaching is a family affair working his father’s goalkeeper camp, Camp Shutout – the largest GK camp in the world – since 2016.
Anderson played three seasons at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (2016-2018), being named captain his junior season. He spent his last year playing at new MVC rival, UIC, in 2019.
“Toney has had a great start to his time at UE,” said Tarver. “He has a desire to learn and will impact the program in many ways. He connects well with the guys, which will help us on and off the field. His verve for coaching ‘keepers is clear and I’m excited to see him help the program take the next step.”
SOUTHERN INDIANA SOFTBALL
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Softball senior designated player Allie Goodin (Evansville, Indiana) was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Midwest Region third team for NCAA Division I on Thursday.
The awards honor softball student-athletes from the Association’s 10 regions with first, second and third-team selections. NFCA member head coaches from each respective region nominated student-athletes and voted for the teams. All awarded student-athletes now become eligible for the 2023 NFCA Division I All-America squads.
Goodin earned NFCA All-Midwest Region laurels for the second consecutive season, as she was second-team All-Midwest at the NCAA Division II level last year.
Starting all 44 games, Goodin was second in the OVC with a .412 overall batting average while also ranking second with 16 doubles and 40 RBIs. She also posted a 1.134 OPS and slugged seven home runs. The senior paced the league in conference play with a .442 batting average and 30 RBIs.
Goodin closed out the 2023 season earning Ohio Valley Conference co-Player of the Year and first-team All-OVC accolades. Plus, the senior received OVC All-Tournament Team honors after batting .500 with a home run and three RBIs in USI’s three games at the OVC Tournament.
This season, Goodin moved into the top ten in USI Softball’s all-time history with 19 career home runs. She also surpassed 100 career RBIs, sitting just outside the top ten in USI history. Goodin ended her USI career with a .367 batting average, which is tied for sixth all-time, and finished tied for eighth in USI history with 37 career doubles.
As a team, USI concluded the 2023 season having made history on multiple fronts. USI Softball competed in its first season as an NCAA Division I program, accumulating 21 total wins and 13 Ohio Valley Conference wins, leading to a third-place finish. While many firsts were achieved, the 2023 season ended with the Screaming Eagles’ first berth and postseason win in the OVC Championship Tournament.
VALPO BASEBALL
The Valparaiso University baseball team is going to the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.
The Beacons locked up a spot in the eight-team event that will begin on Tuesday in Terre Haute, Ind. by pulling out a thrilling 7-6 victory over Illinois State on Thursday afternoon at Emory G. Bauer Field. Valpo scored three times in the bottom of the eighth to grab the lead, then usual weekend starter Bobby Nowak (Cedar Lake, Ind. / Hanover Central [Kankakee]) came on to nail down the save.
How It Happened
The scoring started in the bottom of the third, when Kaleb Hannahs (West Terre Haute, Ind. / West Vigo) made his first plate appearance since April 9 after being sidelined by an injury. He showed no signs of rust, ripping a solo homer to left field.
The Redbirds gained the lead in the fourth on a two-run homer, then the theme of long balls continued in the bottom of that inning when Jake Skrine responded with a go-ahead two-run job of his own.
Starting pitcher Griffin McCluskey (Normal, Ill. / Normal Community) logged five innings of three-hit ball, but issued back-to-back walks to start the sixth and was removed from the game with Valpo clinging to a 3-2 lead. Illinois State went on to score twice in the inning and grab a 4-3 advantage with McCluskey charged with four runs for the game. He received no decision.
The seesaw affair continued in the sixth when Matt Olive (Minneapolis, Minn. / Blake School) ripped a run-scoring single to tie the game at four. Illinois State scored twice in the seventh to jump back in front at 6-4.
The bottom of the eighth inning started as Nolan Tucker (Cedar Lake, Ind. / Hanover Central) reached on a dropped third strike, then Kyle Schmack (Wanatah, Ind. / South Central) was hit by a pitch. Ryan Maka (Oak Forest, Ill. / Oak Forest) grounded an RBI single through the right side to cut the Illinois State edge to one. Later in the inning, a suicide squeeze bunt produced the tying run with Olive laying down the sacrifice and reaching safely as a throwing error caused runners to end up at second and third.
With the game tied 6-6, Valpo called for another suicide squeeze, but the batter bunted and missed. The ball bounced away from the catcher, allowing Maka to score and Olive to reach third. Since the runners were in motion with the pitch, the play was scored as a double steal including a go-ahead steal of home for Maka.
Nowak came in for the ninth and picked up the first two outs in succession before a dropped third strike allowed the tying run to reach base. That runner stole second before Alex Ryan (Lake Mills, Wis. / Lakeside Lutheran) made a nice catch on a deep fly ball to center field to wrap up the heart-pounding victory.
Inside the Game
Valpo will finish ahead of multiple teams in the Missouri Valley Conference standings for the first time since joining the league.
The Beacons secured their 20th overall victory, the team’s first 20-win season since its final year in the Horizon League in 2017.
Valpo grabbed its 10th league victory, the program’s highest total since joining The Valley.
Head coach Brian Schmack secured his 188th career victory, moving into sole possession of third in program history for career wins by a head coach. He surpassed his predecessor Tracy Woodson.
Valpo will finish no worse than eighth in the MVC standings and could end up as high as the No. 6 seed in the MVC Tournament depending upon how the remainder of the weekend unfolds across the league.
Grant Jablonski (Mishawaka, Ind. / Mishawaka) picked up his second career win, both this season. He allowed two runs on three hits while walking none over three frames.
Nowak nailed down his 10th career save, moving into a tie for sixth in program history in that category, joining Jon Tieman (2017-2021) and Dallas Cawiezell (2005-2007).
Maka led the way with three hits, while Olive, Skrine and Ryan all enjoyed multi-hit games as well.
Skrine’s home run was his team-leading ninth of the season, while Hannahs delivered his first of the year and his eighth in a Valpo uniform.
The Beacons improved to 7-3 in one-run games this season.
Up Next
Valpo (20-23, 10-14 MVC) and Illinois State will lock horns on Friday at 1 p.m. at Emory G. Bauer Field. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
U OF I BASEBALL
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – In their long-awaited return to the NCAA tournament, the University of Indianapolis Greyhounds defeated the No. 21-ranked and second-seeded University of Illinois-Springfield in an 11-inning marathon. The Hounds now move on in the tournament to face the victor of GLVC-foe Maryville and the Ashland Eagles on Friday, May 19, at 2 p.m.
In the contest, Drew Donaldson proved why he is one of the best hitters in the country, grabbing four RBIs, with a dinger to his name. Austin Bestul and Wyatt Phillips were the big stoppers out of the pen, with Bestul going multiple frames of shutdown work for his fourth win of the year.
U OF I SOFTBALL
INDIANAPOLIS—The No. 1-seed UIndy softball team fell to second-seeded Grand Valley State, 3-1, in the opening game of the NCAA DII Midwest Super Regional on Thursday. The visiting Lakers managed a two-run rally in the top of the sixth inning that proved to be the difference.
The two Midwest powerhouses return to Baumgartner Field tomorrow to determine the Midwest champ. First pitch of game 2 is scheduled for noon ET, with a UIndy victory forcing a winner-take-all game 3.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Two of the best pitchers in the nation went toe-to-toe on a perfect spring afternoon. All-Americans Kenzee Smith (2nd in DII in wins) and Hannah Beatus (3rd in DII in ERA) battled to a 1-1 tie through five innings until the Laker offense came up with the timely hit in the sixth.
With the bases loaded and two outs, GV’s Hannah Hollister lifted a soft liner over the shortstop to plate two huge runs that proved decisive. Both runs were unearned.
UIndy’s one tally came in the bottom of the third. Jocelyn Calvin earned a one-out walk and later scored on an RBI single by Emily O’Connor. The ribbie was good for No. 67 on the season for the Greyhound third baseman, upping her own school-record total.
Smith took the loss to fall to 34-5. She surrendered four hits and struck out seven in the complete-game effort.
INSIDE THE BOX
-Like O’Connor, Maddy Stout added to her own single-season record, as a fourth-inning hit by pitch gave her 21 on the year.
-O’Connor also earned an HBP while Calvin a second walk as both all-region players reached base twice on the afternoon.
-Megan Nichols accounted for the Hounds’ only other hit with a first-inning single.
-Starting left fielder Grace Mosele made a diving catch in the third inning.
-Smith garnered her first at bats of the season, going 0-for-3 in three plate appearances.
U OF I WOMEN’S LAX
NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. – Three members of the UIndy women’s lacrosse team have been named as 2023 IWLCA All-Americans. Amy Vegh found a spot on the second team while Joey Fowler and Anna Ziemba were named to the third team.
This season, the Greyhounds (18-3) won their third-straight conference title and made an appearance in the Midwest Regional final for a third-consecutive year. Vegh, Fowler, and Ziemba were all selected as All-GLVC First Team selections.
Off the heels of being named as a USA Lacrosse Magazine First Team All-American, Vegh was a key contributor on defense for UIndy this season. She finished tied for the team lead with 25 caused turnovers, which is the fifth-highest mark in a single season in program history. Along with this, she ended second on the team with 38 ground balls which sits in a tie for third all-time in a single season in program history.
Ziemba is dubbed an All-American after also notching USA Lacrosse Magazine Third Team honors earlier this season. Despite missing a game, she still managed to lead UIndy in points scored at 82, which is the sixth-best mark in a single season in program history.
Fowler earns the first All-America honor of her career after leading the Greyhounds this season with 63 goals scored, which is the fourth-best mark in a single season in program history. She also finished third on the team in points scored (76) and ground balls (26).
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SPORTS EXTRA
MLB STANDINGS
| American League | |||||||||||
| East | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Central | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| Tampa Bay | 32 | 13 | .711 | – | 19 – 3 | 13 – 10 | 10 – 7 | 9 – 1 | 4 – 2 | 4 – 6 | L 2 |
| Baltimore | 28 | 16 | .636 | 3.5 | 15 – 8 | 13 – 8 | 6 – 6 | 10 – 3 | 7 – 4 | 6 – 4 | L 1 |
| Toronto | 25 | 19 | .568 | 6.5 | 13 – 6 | 12 – 13 | 5 – 9 | 8 – 2 | 5 – 4 | 5 – 5 | L 1 |
| NY Yankees | 26 | 20 | .565 | 6.5 | 16 – 10 | 10 – 10 | 9 – 8 | 7 – 6 | 6 – 4 | 7 – 3 | W 1 |
| Boston | 24 | 20 | .545 | 7.5 | 15 – 11 | 9 – 9 | 7 – 7 | 7 – 2 | 5 – 2 | 4 – 6 | W 2 |
| Central | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Central | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| Minnesota | 24 | 20 | .545 | – | 14 – 8 | 10 – 12 | 5 – 5 | 10 – 6 | 2 – 1 | 5 – 5 | L 1 |
| Cleveland | 20 | 23 | .465 | 3.5 | 9 – 12 | 11 – 11 | 3 – 6 | 5 – 7 | 8 – 5 | 5 – 5 | W 1 |
| Detroit | 19 | 22 | .463 | 3.5 | 10 – 10 | 9 – 12 | 2 – 14 | 4 – 2 | 3 – 3 | 5 – 5 | L 1 |
| Chi White Sox | 16 | 29 | .356 | 8.5 | 9 – 13 | 7 – 16 | 2 – 11 | 6 – 7 | 3 – 4 | 4 – 6 | L 1 |
| Kansas City | 14 | 31 | .311 | 10.5 | 6 – 17 | 8 – 14 | 2 – 5 | 4 – 7 | 3 – 9 | 5 – 5 | W 2 |
| West | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Central | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| Texas | 26 | 17 | .605 | – | 13 – 8 | 13 – 9 | 4 – 3 | 5 – 1 | 11 – 5 | 6 – 4 | L 1 |
| Houston | 24 | 19 | .558 | 2 | 11 – 11 | 13 – 8 | 4 – 2 | 6 – 7 | 4 – 5 | 7 – 3 | W 4 |
| LA Angels | 23 | 22 | .511 | 4 | 10 – 9 | 13 – 13 | 5 – 9 | 3 – 3 | 9 – 7 | 4 – 6 | W 1 |
| Seattle | 21 | 22 | .488 | 5 | 10 – 12 | 11 – 10 | 2 – 4 | 5 – 5 | 7 – 5 | 5 – 5 | L 2 |
| Oakland | 10 | 35 | .222 | 17 | 5 – 20 | 5 – 15 | 1 – 9 | 3 – 3 | 4 – 13 | 2 – 8 | L 1 |
| National League | |||||||||||
| East | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Central | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| Atlanta | 27 | 16 | .628 | – | 10 – 9 | 17 – 7 | 10 – 3 | 6 – 0 | 3 – 4 | 5 – 5 | W 1 |
| Miami | 23 | 21 | .523 | 4.5 | 14 – 11 | 9 – 10 | 8 – 12 | 5 – 4 | 6 – 3 | 7 – 3 | W 4 |
| NY Mets | 22 | 23 | .489 | 6 | 9 – 9 | 13 – 14 | 9 – 8 | 1 – 5 | 7 – 6 | 5 – 5 | W 2 |
| Philadelphia | 20 | 23 | .465 | 7 | 11 – 7 | 9 – 16 | 1 – 2 | 4 – 3 | 5 – 8 | 5 – 5 | L 4 |
| Washington | 18 | 26 | .409 | 9.5 | 8 – 14 | 10 – 12 | 5 – 8 | 4 – 3 | 5 – 5 | 4 – 6 | L 3 |
| Central | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Central | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| Milwaukee | 24 | 19 | .558 | – | 13 – 8 | 11 – 11 | 3 – 0 | 5 – 4 | 6 – 10 | 6 – 4 | L 1 |
| Pittsburgh | 23 | 20 | .535 | 1 | 10 – 9 | 13 – 11 | 2 – 1 | 7 – 4 | 6 – 3 | 3 – 7 | W 1 |
| Chi Cubs | 19 | 24 | .442 | 5 | 11 – 11 | 8 – 13 | 3 – 7 | 3 – 5 | 5 – 5 | 2 – 8 | L 5 |
| Cincinnati | 19 | 24 | .442 | 5 | 12 – 9 | 7 – 15 | 7 – 9 | 3 – 6 | 2 – 4 | 5 – 5 | L 1 |
| St. Louis | 19 | 26 | .422 | 6 | 9 – 14 | 10 – 12 | 0 – 3 | 7 – 6 | 5 – 9 | 8 – 2 | W 2 |
| West | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Central | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| LA Dodgers | 28 | 17 | .622 | – | 17 – 7 | 11 – 10 | 4 – 2 | 10 – 7 | 12 – 7 | 7 – 3 | L 1 |
| Arizona | 25 | 19 | .568 | 2.5 | 14 – 10 | 11 – 9 | 4 – 5 | 4 – 2 | 12 – 9 | 6 – 4 | W 1 |
| San Francisco | 20 | 23 | .465 | 7 | 13 – 10 | 7 – 13 | 7 – 6 | 5 – 2 | 2 – 7 | 5 – 5 | W 3 |
| San Diego | 20 | 24 | .455 | 7.5 | 11 – 13 | 9 – 11 | 5 – 5 | 4 – 6 | 9 – 9 | 2 – 8 | L 2 |
| Colorado | 19 | 25 | .432 | 8.5 | 10 – 12 | 9 – 13 | 6 – 8 | 8 – 7 | 3 – 6 | 6 – 4 | W 1 |
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
1915 Pirates player-manager Fred Clarke files a patent for flip-down sunglasses designed for outfielders. In addition to the sunglasses, which he believes are “good for motorists, too,” the future Hall of Famer also creates and will be issued patents for a sliding pad and a mechanical method of positioning the tarpaulin.
1918 The Senators play the District’s first Sunday game, beating Cleveland in a dramatic, 1-0 twelve-inning contest in front of the largest crowd in the history of American League Park. The 17,000 spectators packed into the Washington D.C. ballpark include several U.S. Senators, a Supreme Court Justice, and 2,000 soldiers invited by the team.
1929 At Yankee Stadium in a section known as Ruthville, two fans die, a 17-year-old college sophomore and a sixty-year-old truck driver, and another seventy-five fans reported hurt when an unusually violent storm causes the crowd to stampede trying to seek cover. The incident in the right-field bleachers occurs when the sudden cloudburst makes it obvious the contest will end with New York ahead of the Red Sox, 3-0, at the end of four and a half innings, making it an official game.
1933 For the first time in major league history, brothers on opposite teams homer in the same game. Red Sox catcher Rick Ferrell takes his brother Wes deep, but the Indians’ righty returns the favor as he homers in the third on a pitch called by his sibling.
1954 Bob Carpenter apologizes to second baseman Granny Hamner for having him followed by a detective. Although his team is one game behind from first place, the Phillies’ owner suspected his players were not ready to play mentally or physically.
1956 Dale Long’s eighth-inning Forbes Field’s two-run round-tripper against Chicago is the first in a string of eight consecutive games in which the Pirates’ first baseman will homer. Don Mattingly (Yankees, 1987) and Ken Griffey Jr. (Mariners, 1993) will match the Adam, MA native’s major league mark.
1962 Cardinal Stan Musial singles for his 3,431st career hit, establishing a National League record. ‘Stan the Man’ delivers the historic hit as a pinch-hitter, something he will accomplish coming off the bench 14 times in 19 at-bats (.735) this season.
1968 At Tiger Stadium, Earl Wilson stops Senator Frank Howard’s home run streak. The ‘Capital Punisher’ established the major league mark by hitting ten home runs in the previous six games.
1972 In an exchange of outfielders, Cincinnati trades Bernie Carbo, their number-one pick in the 1965 draft, to the Cardinals for Joe Hague. Unknown at the time, the move resulted from an ugly incident when the spring training hold-out becomes physical with Reds’ GM Bob Howsam during a contentious negotiation session.
1976 The day after Carl Yastrzemski passes Boston legend Ted Williams for the most games played in a Red Sox uniform, he enjoys a memorable day a the plate, going 4-for-4, including three home runs and four RBIs. Yaz’s offensive output contributes to the team’s 9-2 victory over the Tigers in the Motor City.
1979 After a bitter strike, the major league umpires return to work when the MLUA and MLB agree on a contract allowing umps to have in-season vacations, the institution of a 401(k) plan, increases in salaries, pensions, and per diems, and a return to merit-based assignments for post-season games. During the six-week work stoppage, amateur arbiters replaced the men in blue.
1981 After giving up a single to leadoff hitter Terry Harper, Pirates’ hurler Jim Bibby retires the next 27 Braves en route to a 5-0 one-hitter. The right-hander threw a no-hitter as a rookie with the Rangers.
1984 Joining the club in St. Louis, Reds’ rookie Eric Davis makes his major league debut, grounding out to short as a pinch-hitter in the fifth inning of the Reds’ 9-1 loss to the Cardinals. When Cincinnati forgets to pack an extra road uniform, the 22-year-old rookie wears a numberless jersey.
1993 With the team record mired at 13-25, Jeff Torborg is replaced by Dallas Green as the Mets skipper. The 1990 American League Manager of the Year with the White Sox posted an 85-115 record (.425) during his brief stint with New York.
1994 The first ‘Jay Buhner Buzz Cut Night,’ which will become a popular recurring promotion, is held at the Kingdome. Mariners fans, willing to have their heads shaved to emulate the team’s right fielder, who plays an active role by encouraging fans to participate and giving a few haircuts himself, receive free admission to seats in right field to cheer on ‘Bone.’
1998 For the second time this season and fourth time in his career, Mark McGwire hits three homers in a game. ‘Big Mac’ becomes the 12th player to have two three-homer games in a season when he smacks three two-run round-trippers against the Phillies.
1998 After giving up an eighth-inning three-run homer to Bernie Williams, Armando Benitez nails Tino Martinez between the shoulder blades, igniting a bench-clearing brawl. Graeme Lloyd races in from the Yankee bullpen to punch the O’s closer, and Alan Mills bloodies Darryl Strawberry’s face after the New York outfielder ends up in the Baltimore dugout also trying to get a shot at Benitez.
2000 In the park’s final year, Jason Kendall became the first Pirate to hit for the cycle in Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh backstop has a two-run homer in the first inning, a single in the second, a double in the third, and a two-run triple in the eighth to join Giant Jeff Kent (1999) as the only other player to accomplish the feat in the stadium’s 31-year history.
2001 Reversing their original decision, the Elias Sports Bureau, major league baseball’s official statistician, will now list Randy Johnson’s 20 strikeouts as tying a record. Although the game went extra innings, the Big Unit’s nine-inning performance now ranks with Roger Clemens and Kerry Wood’s 20K outings in the record book.
2002 Cubs’ first baseman Fred McGriff’s two-run homer at Miller Park ties Ellis Burks’ record of homering in 40 different major league parks. The Crime Dog’s eighth-inning blast knots the score 3-3 in an eventual 4-3, 11-inning victory over the Brewers, snapping Chicago’s nine-game losing streak.
2004 Brad Thompson breaks a 97-year-old minor league record set in 1907 by Irvin Wilhelm, hurling 57 consecutive scoreless innings. The 22-year-old Cardinals farmhand, playing in the Southern League for the Tennessee Smokies, falls just two innings short of Orel Hershiser’s professional mark of 59 established in 1988.
2004 Yankee spokesman Jason Zillo announces Cracker Jack, baseball’s most famous snack for over 100 years, will not be sold at Yankee Stadium, being replaced by a product known as Crunch ‘n Munch. According to team officials, the short-lived change, due to the fans’ adverse reaction, is being made because Crunch ‘n Munch tastes better but may have happened due to Frito-Lay’s decision to package the game’s well-known treat in only bags and not boxes.
2004 Julio Franco, breaking a record he set two weeks ago, becomes the oldest player to hit a pinch-hit home run. The Braves first baseman is 45 years, 269 days old when he accomplishes the feat.
2008 Jon Lester, diagnosed with a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma two seasons ago, no-hits the Royals, 7-0, becoming only the third lefty in franchise history to throw a no-no at Fenway Park. The 24-year-old’s batterymate, Jason Varitek, also makes the record books as the first backstop to catch four no-hitters in the majors.
2009 Dontrelle Willis wins his first game in nearly 20 months, limiting the opposition to one hit in 6+ innings in the Tigers’ 4-0 victory over Texas. The former 2003 National League Rookie of the Year, who signed a three-year deal worth $29 million with Detroit last season, was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder during spring training.
2010 After being benched for criticizing Fredi Gonzalez, who pulled him from the previous game for loafing, Hanley Ramirez, at the prompting of Hall of Famers Andre Dawson and Tony Perez, apologizes to his manager and his teammates before today’s contest in St. Louis. Amidst being booed by the Busch Stadium fans, the visiting All-Star shortstop and reigning National League batting champ collects three hits and drives in a run in the Marlins’ 5-1 victory over the Cardinals.
2010 Mets center fielder Angel Pagan initiates the tenth triple play in franchise history when he snags Nationals’ Cristian Guzman’s sinking liner with first and second base occupied. Backstop Henry Blanco fields the outfielder’s overthrown ball over the infield, throwing it to shortstop Jose Reyes, doubling up the runner at second, with the infielder relaying the ball to Ike Davis to triple up the runner at first, completing the first major league 9-2-6-3 triple killing.
2011 In the Rockies’ 7-1 victory over Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park, 40-year-old Jason Giambi becomes the second-oldest player to hit three homers in a game. In 1962, Stan Musial became the oldest major leaguer to accomplish the feat when he hit a trio of round-trippers at the age of 41, facing the Mets in the Polo Grounds.
2013 After pinch-runner Cliff Lee becomes a pickoff victim at first base in the bottom of the ninth inning, Phillies catcher Erik Kratz, who did not start the contest, ties the game with a solo home run to left field off Cincinnati flame thrower Aroldis Chapman. The next batter, Freddie Galvis, blasts a home run to complete the improbable Citizens Bank Park comeback, giving Philadelphia a dramatic 3-2 walk-off victory.
2016 At U.S. Cellular Field, Chris Sale, with a four-hit complete-game 2-1 victory over the Astros, improves his record to 9-0 to become the first White Sox pitcher in nearly a century to win his first nine starts of the season. Ed Cicotte also accomplished the feat during the infamous 1919 Black Sox season.
2018 The Rays employ an opener for the first time when the team uses veteran closer Sergio Romo to throw one inning against the Angels to start the game in Anaheim. This season, the strategy will account for a combined 93 innings, resulting in a 3.97 ERA, slightly better than the league average ERA of 4.15.
(Ed. Note – Sergio Romo makes the debut of the innovative concept memorable when he faces three batters, striking out the side in his brief appearance on the mound. – LP)
FOOTBALL HISTORY
The Newspapers.com Football History Headline of the day comes from the May 20, 1935 edition of the Pittsburgh Press that says; “ You Can’t Say We Didn’t Do Plenty!” of course it is in reference to the May 19, 1935 meeting in the Steel City of the top brass and owners of the NFL franchises as they laid out some new pivotal rules and policies the League adopted. Amongst the items discussed and approved by Commissioner Joe Carr and the boys were a waiver rule where the team with the worst record the season prior would have first dibs at waived by rival teams. The group also made a decision on the former Cincinnati franchise and gave the rights to the city of St. Louis. Bert Bell owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, completed the purchase of some players from the Detroit Lions. Halfback Robert Rowe, guard Maurice Bodenger and tackle Robert Emerick were now part of Coach Lud Wray’s Eagles squad. The Eagles also purchased the rights of tackle Carl Jorgensen from the Packers and halfback Bud Witte. The League also promised that they would sponsor programs to better acquaint and associate the fans with the NFL. In other news from the meetings Boston Redskins owner George Preston Marshall and his new Coach Eddie Casey tried to get Art Rooney of the Pittsburgh Pirates to trade his team captain Mugsy Skaldany to the Boston franchise. Marshall’s offer of tackle Steve Sinko, fullback Jim Musick and an end named Malone were rejected by Rooney and the Pirates as they could not let their beloved star Mugsy go. The biggest item though that came out of this meeting was Bert Bell’s suggestion for the NFL to adopt an annual college draft to begin in 1936. According to an NFL.com post Bell proposed that the NFL hold an annual player draft to level the playing field and make sure that every franchise remained financially viable. League owners voted unanimously to adopt his proposal, setting up the inaugural NFL Draft in 1936. This first draft was a far cry from the spectacle fans have come to expect today. Held on Feb. 8, 1936, at Philadelphia’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel, clubs selected from a pool of only 90 players. But what it has turned into now, not even Bert Bell could have imagined! Bell and his Philadelphia Eagles had the first selection in this inaugural NFL Draft.
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HALL OF FAME BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 19
Here are some bios on birthday boys that are either in the College Football Hall of Fame or the Pro Football Hall of Fame that were born on this day. There is plenty more about them to read by either clicking their high-lighted name or at the top of this page clicking the “On This Day in Football History” and going to May 19 Football History.
May 19, 1949 – Drew, Mississippi – Mississippi quarterback from 1968 to 1970, Archie Manning was born. Manning received the great honor of being selected for inclusion into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989. He was drafted into the NFL by the New Orleans Saints and also spent time with the Houston Oilers and Minnesota Vikings as well before he hung it up after 14 years in the League.
May 19, 1967 – Missoula, Montana – John Friesz the signal caller of the University of Idaho from 1986 through the 1989 season arrived into the world. The College Football Hall of Fame proudly placed a display in honor of John Friesz into their legendary museum in 2006. Friesz was taken in the sixth round of the 1990 NFL draft by the San Diego Chargers.
May 19, 1975 – Cleveland, Ohio – London Fletcher the standout John Carroll University linebacker of 1995 to 1997 was born. The NFF tells us that Fletcher was a two-time First Team All-American, as London was also the Football Gazette’s 1997 Division III Linebacker of the Year. Fletcher recorded 202 tackles during his stellar final season in University Heights, which remains a single-season school record. That year, he also set the single-game record with 29 tackles against Ohio Northern. By the end of his Blue Streak career, Fletcher had tallied 386 tackles, 37 tackles for loss, 14 sacks and three interceptions. His No. 3 jersey was retired by JCU in 2017 during a special 20-year celebration of the 1997 football team. London Fletcher was honored with induction into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2019 after the National Football Foundation tabulated their votes, becoming the first Bluestreak player to receive the honor. Unbelievably London went undrafted in 1998, but yet he worked and played hard and spent an impressive 16 seasons in the NFL with the St. Louis Rams, Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins. Fletcher made a definite impact at the pro level as he helped the Rams win Super Bowl XXXIV, and he earned four Pro Bowl selections with the Redskins. Fletcher finished his NFL career with 215 consecutive games started, which are tied for the sixth most in league history and the most by a linebacker.
NUMBERS IN SPORTS
8 – 6 – 30
May 19, 1942 – Boston Braves outfielder Paul Waner, Number 8 became the third player in NL history at the time to reach the 3000 hit plateau. Interestingly enough he reached the milestone in a game against his former team of 15 seasons the Pittsburgh Pirates, and accomplished it twice, sort of, in the game. After a line drive hit directly to the Pirates shortstop that was dropped was beat out by the swift feet of Waner was at first called a hit, after a period of time, Waner approached the scorekeeper and asked it be ruled as an error so as not to taint the accomplishment. The scorekeeper obliged and later in the game Waner reached base safely when he nailed a shot to the outfield.
May 19, 1962 – St Louis Cardinals great Number 6, Stan Musial broke Honus Wagner’s National League hit record with number 3,431. Musial got the record setter against the LA Dodgers in an 8-1 Cards victory.
May 19, 1974 – At the Stanley Cup Final in the Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, Goaltender Bernie Parent, Number 30 and the Flyers shut out the Boston Bruins, 1-0, to win series 4-2. With the series win the Flyers became the first “expansion” team to win the coveted Stanley Cup as Parent was named playoff MVP.
TV FRIDAY
| COLLEGE BASEBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| Notre Dame vs Boston College | 7:00pm | ACCN |
| West Virginia vs Texas | 7:30pm | LHN |
| Arkansas vs Vanderbilt | 8:00pm | SECN |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| PGA Championship | 11:00am | ESPN |
| MLB REGULAR SEASON GAMES | TIME ET | TV |
| Arizona at Pittsburgh | 6:35pm | Bally Sports |
| Milwaukkee at Tampa Bay | 6:40pm | Bally Sports |
| NY Yankees at Cincinnati | 6:40pm | YES Bally Sports |
| Chi. Cubs at Philadelphia | 7:05pm | MARQ NBCS-PHI |
| Detroit at Washington | 7:05pm | Bally Sports MASN/2 |
| Baltimore at Toronto | 7:07pm | Sportsnet MASN/2 |
| Cleveland at NY Mets | 7:10pm | Bally Sports SNY |
| Seattle at Atlanta | 7:20pm | Bally Sports Root Sports |
| Colorado at Texas | 7:20pm | MLBN Bally Sports ATTSN-RM |
| Kansas City at Chi. White Sox | 8:10pm | Bally Sports Root Sports |
| Oakland at Houston | 8:10pm | NBCS-CA ATTSN-SW |
| LA Dodgers at St. Louis | 8:15pm | MLBN Bally Sports Spectrum |
| Minnesota at LA Angels | 9:38pm | Bally Sports |
| Boston at San Diego | 9:40pm | NESN Bally Sports |
| Miami at San Francisco | 10:10pm | Bally Sports NBCS-BAY |
| NBA PLAYOFFS | TIME ET | TV |
| East Finals Game 2: Miami at Boston | 8:30pm | TNT |
| NHL PLAYOFFS | TIME ET | TV |
| West Finals Game 1: Dallas at Vegas | 8:30pm | ESPN |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| Bundesliga: Freiburg vs Wolfsburg | 2:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Serie A: Sassuolo vs Monza | 2:45pm | Paramount+ |
| La Liga: Cádiz vs Real Valladolid | 3:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Ligue 1: Olympique Lyonnais vs Monaco | 3:00pm | beIN Sports |
| Argentina Primera División: Estudiantes vs Banfield | 6:00pm | Paraomunt+ |
| Argentina Primera División: Central Córdoba SdE vs Unión Santa Fe | 6:00pm | Paraomunt+ |
| Argentina Primera División: Rosario Central vs Defensa y Justicia | 6:00pm | Paraomunt+ |
| Canadian Premier League: Forge vs Vancouver FC | 7:00pm | FOX Soccer Plus |
| Argentina Primera División: Racing Club vs Vélez Sarsfield | 8:30pm | Paraomunt+ |
| Argentina Primera División: Argentinos Juniors vs Boca Juniors | 8:30pm | Paraomunt+ |
| WNBA | TIME ET | TV |
| NY Liberty vs Washington | 7:00pm | NBATV |
| Phoenix vs LA Sparks | 7:00pm | ESPN |