CENTRAL INDIANA BASEBALL SCORES
NEW HAVEN 7 RICHMOND 6
SOUTH VERMILLION 6 CLOVERDALE 1
TERRE HAUTE SOUTH 7 PARK HERITAGE 0
BLACKFORD 7 EASTERN HANCOCK 4
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 10 GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN 7
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 6 GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN 4
TRINITY LUTHERAN 8 CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 2
CARMEL 4 CATHEDRAL 1
ALEXANDRIA MONROE 14 TAYLOR 4
HAMILTON HEIGHTS 8 FRANKFORT 2
LAWRENCE NORTH 6, BEST NORTH 2
NORTH CENTRAL 6 AVON 3
LAWRENCEBURG 3 UNION COUNTY 1
HAMILTON 11 BETHANY CHRISTIAN 8
PERRY MERIDIAN 2 INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN 1
WESTERN 11 HAGERSTOWN 1
BARR REEVE 6 BLOOMFIELD 0
BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 6 FLOYD CENTRAL 5
DELTA 3 WINCHESTER 0
NEW PRAIRIE 12 CHESTERTON 11
TIPTON 5 CLINTON CENTRAL 2
NORTH DAVIESS 11 WHITE RIVER VALLEY 0
SHELBYVILLE 8 SOUTHPORT 4
NEW CASTLE 17 TRI 1
NORTHEASTERN 10 S. ADAMS 0
ATTICA 5 LIBERTY CHRISTIAN 1
MUNCIE CENTRAL 8 WAPAHANI 4
PIKE 5 ANDERSON 4
BENTON CENTRAL 15 CRAWFORDSVILLE 7
BETHESDA CHRISTIAN 14 MUNCIE BURRIS 3
NOBLESVILLE 14 LAFAYETTE JEFF 2
LAWRENCEBURG 4 S. DEARBORN 2
HARRISON 1 KOKOMO 0
AVON 5 N. CENTRAL 3
CALLAN 13 TAYLOR 1
FRANKFORT 14 HAMILTON HEIGHTS 4
DELTA 7 WINCHESTER 1
TERRE HAUTE SOUTH 12 PARKE HERITAGE 3
BLACKFORD 14 EASTERN HANCOCK 1
FAITH CHRISTIAN 10 LIBERTY CHRISTIAN 3
CASCADE 7 HAGERSTOWN 2
WESTFIELD 4 BATESVILLE 0
NORTHEASTERN 13 S. ADAMS 5
CATHEDRAL 3 COLUMBUS NORTH 2
BLUE RIVER 10 PURDUE BROAD RIPPLE 0
SEYMOUR 17 FORT WAYNE SOUTH 0
STATE SCOREBOARD: HTTPS://WWW.MAXPREPS.COM/IN/BASEBALL/SCORES/?DATE=5/18/2024
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
SECTIONAL SCHEDULE
CLASS 4A
1. MUNSTER (8) | BRACKET
EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL, GARY WEST SIDE, HAMMOND CENTRAL, HAMMOND MORTON, HOBART, LAKE CENTRAL, MERRILLVILLE, MUNSTER
2. CROWN POINT (6) | BRACKET
CHESTERTON, CROWN POINT, KANKAKEE VALLEY, LOWELL, PORTAGE, VALPARAISO
3. PLYMOUTH (5) | BRACKET
LAPORTE, MICHIGAN CITY, MISHAWAKA, PLYMOUTH, SOUTH BEND ADAMS
4. PENN (6) | BRACKET
CONCORD, ELKHART, GOSHEN, NORTHRIDGE, PENN, WARSAW COMMUNITY
5. DEKALB (5) | BRACKET
CARROLL (FORT WAYNE), DEKALB, FORT WAYNE NORTH SIDE, FORT WAYNE NORTHROP, FORT WAYNE SNIDER
6. COLUMBIA CITY (6) | BRACKET
COLUMBIA CITY, FORT WAYNE SOUTH SIDE, FORT WAYNE WAYNE, HOMESTEAD, HUNTINGTON NORTH, NEW HAVEN
7. LAFAYETTE JEFF (6) | BRACKET
HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE), KOKOMO, LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON, LOGANSPORT, MARION, MCCUTCHEON
8. NOBLESVILLE (6) | BRACKET
CARMEL, FISHERS, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN, NOBLESVILLE, WESTFIELD, ZIONSVILLE
9. NEW PALESTINE (7) | BRACKET
ANDERSON, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL, MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE), MUNCIE CENTRAL, NEW PALESTINE, PENDLETON HEIGHTS, RICHMOND
10. LAWRENCE NORTH (7) | BRACKET
BEN DAVIS, INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL, INDIANAPOLIS CRISPUS ATTUCKS, LAWRENCE CENTRAL, LAWRENCE NORTH, NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS), PIKE
11. RONCALLI (6) | BRACKET
FRANKLIN CENTRAL, INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECHNICAL, PERRY MERIDIAN, RONCALLI, SOUTHPORT, WARREN CENTRAL
12. DECATUR CENTRAL (6) | BRACKET
AVON, BROWNSBURG, DECATUR CENTRAL, PLAINFIELD, TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO, TERRE HAUTE SOUTH VIGO
13. BLOOMINGTON NORTH (6) | BRACKET
BLOOMINGTON NORTH, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH, CENTER GROVE, GREENWOOD COMMUNITY, MARTINSVILLE, MOORESVILLE,
14. SHELBYVILLE (6) | BRACKET
COLUMBUS EAST, COLUMBUS NORTH, EAST CENTRAL, FRANKLIN COMMUNITY, SHELBYVILLE, WHITELAND COMMUNITY
15. SEYMOUR (6) | BRACKET
BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE, FLOYD CENTRAL, JEFFERSONVILLE, JENNINGS COUNTY, NEW ALBANY, SEYMOUR
16. EVANSVILLE F.J. REITZ (5) | BRACKET
CASTLE, EVANSVILLE CENTRAL, EVANSVILLE F.J. REITZ, EVANSVILLE HARRISON, EVANSVILLE NORTH
CLASS 3A
17. HIGHLAND (8) | BRACKET
ANDREAN, BOONE GROVE, CALUMET, GRIFFITH, HANOVER CENTRAL, HIGHLAND, RENSSELAER CENTRAL, RIVER FOREST
18. GLENN @ NEWTON PARK (5) | BRACKET
CULVER ACADEMIES, GLENN, KNOX, NEW PRAIRIE, TIPPECANOE VALLEY
19. MISHAWAKA MARIAN (6) | BRACKET
JIMTOWN, MISHAWAKA MARIAN, SOUTH BEND CLAY, SOUTH BEND RILEY, SOUTH BEND SAINT JOSEPH, SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON
20. NORTHWESTERN (6) | BRACKET
FRANKFORT, NORTH MONTGOMERY, NORTHWESTERN, TWIN LAKES, WEST LAFAYETTE, WESTERN
21. ANGOLA (7) | BRACKET
ANGOLA, FORT WAYNE BISHOP DWENGER, FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA LUTHERAN, GARRETT, HERITAGE, LEO, WOODLAN
22. FAIRFIELD (6) | BRACKET
EAST NOBLE, FAIRFIELD, LAKELAND, NORTHWOOD, WAWASEE, WEST NOBLE
23. NORWELL (6) | BRACKET
BELLMONT, MACONAQUAH, MISSISSINEWA, NORWELL, OAK HILL, PERU
24. YORKTOWN (5) | BRACKET
CENTERVILLE, DELTA, JAY COUNTY, NEW CASTLE, YORKTOWN
25. DANVILLE (6) | BRACKET
CRAWFORDSVILLE, DANVILLE COMMUNITY, LEBANON, MONROVIA, TRI-WEST HENDRICKS, WESTERN BOONE
26. EDGEWOOD (6) | BRACKET
EDGEWOOD, INDIAN CREEK, NORTHVIEW, OWEN VALLEY, SOUTH VERMILLION, WEST VIGO
27. BREBEUF JESUIT (5) | BRACKET
BREBEUF JESUIT PREPARATORY, GUERIN CATHOLIC, HAMILTON HEIGHTS, INDIANAPOLIS BISHOP CHATARD, INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE
28. BEECH GROVE (6) | BRACKET
BEECH GROVE, CHRISTEL HOUSE, HERRON, INDIANAPOLIS GEORGE WASHINGTON, PURDUE POLYTECHNIC – DOWNTOWN, SPEEDWAY
29. LAWRENCEBURG (7) | BRACKET
BATESVILLE, CONNERSVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, GREENSBURG, LAWRENCEBURG, RUSHVILLE CONSOLIDATED, SOUTH DEARBORN
30. NORTH HARRISON (7) | BRACKET
CHARLESTOWN, CORYDON CENTRAL, MADISON CONSOLIDATED, NORTH HARRISON, SALEM, SCOTTSBURG, SILVER CREEK
31. JASPER (6) | BRACKET
HERITAGE HILLS, JASPER, PIKE CENTRAL, SOUTHRIDGE, VINCENNES LINCOLN, WASHINGTON
32. PRINCETON COMMUNITY (6) | BRACKET
BOONVILLE, EVANSVILLE BOSSE, EVANSVILLE REITZ MEMORIAL, GIBSON SOUTHERN, MT. VERNON, PRINCETON COMMUNITY,
CLASS 2A
33. WHITING (6) | BRACKET
21ST CENTURY CHARTER-GARY, HAMMOND BISHOP NOLL, ILLIANA CHRISTIAN, LAKE STATION EDISON, NORTH NEWTON, WHITING
34. NORTH JUDSON-SAN PIERRE (6) | BRACKET
HEBRON, NORTH JUDSON-SAN PIERRE, SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS), SOUTH BEND CAREER ACADEMY, WHEELER, WINAMAC COMMUNITY
35. DELPHI (6) | BRACKET
BENTON CENTRAL, CARROLL (FLORA), CLINTON PRAIRIE, DELPHI COMMUNITY, LEWIS CASS, SEEGER
36. WABASH (6) | BRACKET
BREMEN, LAVILLE, MANCHESTER, PIONEER, ROCHESTER COMMUNITY, WABASH
37. SOUTH ADAMS (6) | BRACKET
ADAMS CENTRAL, BLACKFORD, BLUFFTON, EASTBROOK, FORT WAYNE BISHOP LUERS, SOUTH ADAMS
38. EASTSIDE (6) | BRACKET
CENTRAL NOBLE, CHURUBUSCO, EASTSIDE, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS, WESTVIEW, WHITKO,
39. EASTERN (GREENTOWN) (6) | BRACKET
ALEXANDRIA MONROE, EASTERN (GREENTOWN), ELWOOD COMMUNITY, MADISON-GRANT, TAYLOR, TIPTON
40. FRANKTON (6) | BRACKET
FRANKTON, LAPEL, MONROE CENTRAL, MUNCIE BURRIS, WAPAHANI, WINCHESTER COMMUNITY
41. SHENANDOAH (6) | BRACKET
EASTERN HANCOCK, HAGERSTOWN, KNIGHTSTOWN, NORTHEASTERN, SHENANDOAH, UNION COUNTY
42. PARK TUDOR (5) | BRACKET
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN, INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA MEMORIAL, IRVINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY, PARK TUDOR, TRITON CENTRAL
43. SHERIDAN (6) | BRACKET
CASCADE, COVENANT CHRISTIAN (INDPLS), INDIANAPOLIS CARDINAL RITTER, RIVERSIDE, SHERIDAN, UNIVERSITY
44. GREENCASTLE (6) | BRACKET
CLOVERDALE, GREENCASTLE, NORTH PUTNAM, PARKE HERITAGE, SOUTH PUTNAM, SOUTHMONT
45. SOUTH RIPLEY (8) | BRACKET
AUSTIN, BROWN COUNTY, BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL, HAUSER, MILAN, SOUTH RIPLEY, SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER), SWITZERLAND COUNTY
46. CLARKSVILLE (5) | BRACKET
CLARKSVILLE, CRAWFORD COUNTY, EASTERN (PEKIN), PAOLI, PROVIDENCE
47. SULLIVAN (6) | BRACKET
EASTERN GREENE, LINTON-STOCKTON, MITCHELL, NORTH KNOX, SOUTH KNOX, SULLIVAN
48. SOUTH SPENCER (6) | BRACKET
EVANSVILLE MATER DEI, FOREST PARK, NORTH POSEY, PERRY CENTRAL, SOUTH SPENCER, TELL CITY
CLASS 1A
49. MORGAN TOWNSHIP (6) | BRACKET
BOWMAN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN, HAMMOND ACADEMY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, KOUTS, MORGAN TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
50. TRI-TOWNSHIP (7) | BRACKET
ARGOS, CULVER COMMUNITY, MARQUETTE CATHOLIC, OREGON-DAVIS, TRITON, TRI-TOWNSHIP, WESTVILLE
51. FREMONT (7) | BRACKET
BETHANY CHRISTIAN, ELKHART CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN, FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY, FREMONT, HAMILTON, LAKEWOOD PARK CHRISTIAN
52. NORTH WHITE (6) | BRACKET
CASTON, NORTH MIAMI, NORTH WHITE, NORTHFIELD, SOUTHWOOD, WEST CENTRAL
53. FRONTIER (6) | BRACKET
CLINTON CENTRAL, FAITH CHRISTIAN, FRONTIER, ROSSVILLE, SOUTH NEWTON, TRI-COUNTY
54. LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (6) | BRACKET
ATTICA, COVINGTON, FOUNTAIN CENTRAL, LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC, NORTH VERMILLION, RIVERTON PARKE
55. WES-DEL (7) | BRACKET
ANDERSON PREPARATORY ACADEMY, COWAN, DALEVILLE, LIBERTY CHRISTIAN, SOUTHERN WELLS, TRI-CENTRAL, WES-DEL
56. SETON CATHOLIC (6) | BRACKET
BLUE RIVER VALLEY, CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN, RANDOLPH SOUTHERN, SETON CATHOLIC, TRI, UNION CITY
57. SHAKAMAK (6) | BRACKET
BLOOMFIELD, CLAY CITY, DUGGER UNION, NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG), SHAKAMAK, WHITE RIVER VALLEY
58. BETHESDA CHRISTIAN (5) | BRACKET
BETHESDA CHRISTIAN, INDIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, PURDUE POLYTECHNIC – BROAD RIPPLE, PROVIDENCE CRISTO REY, TINDLEY
59. MORRISTOWN (5) | BRACKET
EDINBURGH, GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN, INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN, MORRISTOWN
60. JAC-CEN-DEL (6) | BRACKET
JAC-CEN-DEL, NORTH DECATUR, OLDENBURG ACADEMY, SOUTH DECATUR, SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBYVILLE), WALDRON
61. SOUTH CENTRAL (ELIZABETH) (6) | BRACKET
BORDEN, CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF INDIANA, LANESVILLE, ROCK CREEK ACADEMY, SOUTH CENTRAL (ELIZABETH), WEST WASHINGTON
62. SHAWE MEMORIAL (6) | BRACKET
CROTHERSVILLE, HENRYVILLE, NEW WASHINGTON, RISING SUN, SHAWE MEMORIAL, TRINITY LUTHERAN
63. LOOGOOTEE (6) | BRACKET
BARR-REEVE, LOOGOOTEE, NORTH DAVIESS, ORLEANS, SHOALS, VINCENNES RIVET
64. NORTHEAST DUBOIS (6) | BRACKET
CANNELTON, EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN, NORTHEAST DUBOIS, SPRINGS VALLEY, TECUMSEH, WOOD MEMORIAL
CENTRAL INDIANA SOFTBALL SCORES
BLOOMFIELD 6 BLOOMINGTON NORTH 2
MOUNT VERNON 4 ELWOOD 2
WES DEL 13 WINCHESTER 6
WINCHESTER 6 WES DEL 5
HERRON 15 IRVINGTON PREP 4
EAST CENTRAL 4 GREENFIELD CENTRAL 3
AVON 7 NEW PALESTINE 6
PIKE 17 GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN 0
CENTER GROVE 5 SHELBYVILLE 0
DALEVILLE 9 UNION CITY 6
INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN 2 SOUTHPORT 0
KNIGHTSTOWN 5 CENTERVILLE 0
RISING SUN 6 MOUNT VERNON 4
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 15 BREBEUF 2
STATE SCOREBOARD: HTTPS://WWW.MAXPREPS.COM/IN/SOFTBALL/SCORES/?DATE=5/18/2024
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
SECTIONAL SCHEDULE
CLASS 4A
1. LAKE CENTRAL (7) | BRACKET
EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL, GARY WEST SIDE, HAMMOND CENTRAL, HAMMOND MORTON, LAKE CENTRAL, MERRILLVILLE, MUNSTER.
2. CHESTERSON (6) | BRACKET
CHESTERTON, CROWN POINT, HOBART, LOWELL, PORTAGE, VALPARAISO.
3. SOUTH BEND ADAMS (6) | BRACKET
LAPORTE, MICHIGAN CITY, MISHAWAKA, PLYMOUTH, SOUTH BEND ADAMS, SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH.
4. NORTHRIDGE (6) | BRACKET
CONCORD, ELKHART, GOSHEN, NORTHRIDGE, PENN, WARSAW COMMUNITY.
5. CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (5) | BRACKET
CARROLL (FORT WAYNE), DEKALB, FORT WAYNE NORTH SIDE, FORT WAYNE NORTHROP, FORT WAYNE SNIDER.
6. COLUMBIA CITY (6) | BRACKET
COLUMBIA CITY, FORT WAYNE SOUTH SIDE, FORT WAYNE WAYNE, HOMESTEAD, HUNTINGTON NORTH, NEW HAVEN.
7. KOKOMO (5) | BRACKET
HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE), KOKOMO, LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON, LOGANSPORT, MCCUTCHEON.
8. CARMEL (6) | BRACKET
CARMEL, FISHERS, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN, NOBLESVILLE, WESTFIELD, ZIONSVILLE.
9. PENDLETON HEIGHTS (7) | BRACKET
ANDERSON, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL, MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE), MUNCIE CENTRAL, NEW PALESTINE, PENDLETON HEIGHTS, RICHMOND.
10. LAWRENCE CENTRAL (7) | BRACKET
BEN DAVIS, INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL, INDIANAPOLIS CRISPUS ATTUCKS, LAWRENCE CENTRAL, LAWRENCE NORTH, NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS), PIKE.
11. FRANKLIN CENTRAL (6) | BRACKET
FRANKLIN CENTRAL, INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECHNICAL, PERRY MERIDIAN, RONCALLI, SOUTHPORT, WARREN CENTRAL.
12. TERRE HAUTE NORTH (6) | BRACKET
AVON, BROWNSBURG, DECATUR CENTRAL, PLAINFIELD, TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO, TERRE HAUTE SOUTH VIGO.
13. CENTER GROVE (6) | BRACKET
BLOOMINGTON NORTH, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH, CENTER GROVE, GREENWOOD COMMUNITY, MARTINSVILLE, MOORESVILLE.
14. COLUMBUS EAST (6) | BRACKET
COLUMBUS EAST, COLUMBUS NORTH, EAST CENTRAL, FRANKLIN COMMUNITY, SHELBYVILLE, WHITELAND COMMUNITY.
15. NEW ALBANY (6) | BRACKET
BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE, FLOYD CENTRAL, JEFFERSONVILLE, JENNINGS COUNTY, NEW ALBANY, SEYMOUR.
16. EVANSVILLE NORTH (5) | BRACKET
CASTLE, EVANSVILLE CENTRAL, EVANSVILLE F.J. REITZ, EVANSVILLE HARRISON, EVANSVILLE NORTH.
CLASS 3A
17. GRIFFITH (6) | BRACKET
BOONE GROVE, CALUMET, GRIFFITH, HANOVER CENTRAL, HIGHLAND, RIVER FOREST.
18. TWIN LAKES (6) | BRACKET
FRANKFORT, NORTH MONTGOMERY, NORTHWESTERN, TWIN LAKES, WEST LAFAYETTE, WESTERN.
19. MISHAWAKA MARIAN (6) | BRACKET
JIMTOWN, MISHAWAKA MARIAN, NEW PRAIRIE, SOUTH BEND CLAY, SOUTH BEND RILEY, SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON.
20. KANKAKEE VALLEY (6) | BRACKET
CULVER ACADEMIES, GLENN, KANKAKEE VALLEY, KNOX, RENSSELAER CENTRAL, TIPPECANOE VALLEY.
21. FAIRFIELD (6) | BRACKET
EAST NOBLE, FAIRFIELD, LAKELAND, NORTHWOOD, WAWASEE, WEST NOBLE.
22. LEO (7) | BRACKET
ANGOLA, FORT WAYNE BISHOP DWENGER, FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA LUTHERAN, GARRETT, HERITAGE, LEO, WOODLAN.
23. OAK HILL (6) | BRACKET
BELLMONT, MACONAQUAH, MARION, NORWELL, OAK HILL, PERU.
24. DELTA (6) | BRACKET
CENTERVILLE, DELTA, JAY COUNTY, MISSISSINEWA, NEW CASTLE, YORKTOWN.
25. LEBANON (6) | BRACKET
CRAWFORDSVILLE, DANVILLE, LEBANON, MONROVIA, TRI-WEST HENDRICKS, WESTERN BOONE.
26. OWEN VALLEY (5) | BRACKET
EDGEWOOD, INDIAN CREEK, NORTHVIEW, OWEN VALLEY, WEST VIGO.
27. INDPLS. BISHOP CHATARD (5) | BRACKET
BREBEUF JESUIT, GUERIN CATHOLIC, HAMILTON HEIGHTS, INDIANAPOLIS BISHOP CHATARD, INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE.
28. BEECH GROVE (5) | BRACKET
BEECH GROVE, HERRON, PURDUE POLYTECHNIC, SPEEDWAY.
29. RUSHVILLE (7) | BRACKET
BATESVILLE, CONNERSVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, GREENSBURG, LAWRENCEBURG, RUSHVILLE CONSOLIDATED, SOUTH DEARBORN.
30. SILVER CREEK (7) | BRACKET
CHARLESTOWN, CORYDON CENTRAL, MADISON CONSOLIDATED, NORTH HARRISON, SALEM, SCOTTSBURG, SILVER CREEK.
31. SOUTHRIDGE (6) | BRACKET
HERITAGE HILLS, JASPER, PIKE CENTRAL, SOUTHRIDGE, VINCENNES LINCOLN, WASHINGTON.
32. BOONVILLE (6) | BRACKET
BOONVILLE, EVANSVILLE BOSSE, EVANSVILLE REITZ MEMORIAL, GIBSON SOUTHERN, MT. VERNON, PRINCETON.
CLASS 2A
33. ANDREAN (6) | BRACKET
ANDREAN, HAMMOND BISHOP NOLL, ILLIANA CHRISTIAN, LAKE STATION EDISON, NORTH NEWTON, WHITING.
34. SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) (5) | BRACKET
BREMEN, HEBRON, LAVILLE, SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS), WHEELER.
35. CENTRAL NOBLE (5) | BRACKET
CENTRAL NOBLE, CHURUBUSCO, EASTSIDE, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS, WESTVIEW.
36. SOUTH ADAMS (6) | BRACKET
ADAMS CENTRAL, BLUFFTON, FORT WAYNE BISHOP LUERS, MANCHESTER, SOUTH ADAMS, WHITKO.
37. ROCHESTER (6) | BRACKET
LEWIS CASS, NORTH JUDSON-SAN PIERRE, PIONEER, ROCHESTER COMMUNITY, WABASH, WINAMAC COMMUNITY.
38. DELPHI (6) | BRACKET
BENTON CENTRAL, CARROLL (FLORA), CLINTON PRAIRIE, DELPHI COMMUNITY, SEEGER, TIPTON.
39. MADISON-GRANT (6) | BRACKET
BLACKFORD, EASTBROOK, EASTERN (GREENTOWN), ELWOOD COMMUNITY, MADISON-GRANT, TAYLOR.
40. LAPEL (6) | BRACKET
ALEXANDRIA MONROE, FRANKTON, LAPEL, MONROE CENTRAL, WAPAHANI, WINCHESTER COMMUNITY.
41. KNIGHTSTOWN (6) | BRACKET
EASTERN HANCOCK, HAGERSTOWN, KNIGHTSTOWN, NORTHEASTERN, SHENANDOAH, UNION COUNTY.
42. HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (6) | BRACKET
CHRISTEL HOUSE, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN, INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA, IRVINGTON PREPARATORY, PARK TUDOR, TRITON CENTRAL.
43. CASCADE (5) | BRACKET
CASCADE, COVENANT CHRISTIAN, INDIANAPOLIS CARDINAL RITTER, RIVERSIDE, SHERIDAN.
44. SOUTHMONT (6) | BRACKET
GREENCASTLE, NORTH PUTNAM, PARKE HERITAGE, SOUTH PUTNAM, SOUTH VERMILLION, SOUTHMONT.
45. MILAN (7) | BRACKET
BROWN COUNTY, BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL, HAUSER, MILAN, SOUTH RIPLEY, SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER), SWITZERLAND COUNTY.
46. PROVIDENCE (6) | BRACKET
AUSTIN, CLARKSVILLE, CRAWFORD COUNTY, EASTERN (PEKIN), PAOLI, PROVIDENCE.
47. SOUTH KNOX (6) | BRACKET
EASTERN GREENE, LINTON-STOCKTON, MITCHELL, NORTH KNOX, SOUTH KNOX, SULLIVAN.
48. FOREST PARK (6) | BRACKET
EVANSVILLE MATER DEI, FOREST PARK, NORTH POSEY, PERRY CENTRAL, SOUTH SPENCER, TELL CITY.
CLASS 1A
49. TRI-TOWNSHIP (6) | BRACKET
DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN, HAMMOND ACADEMY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, KOUTS, MORGAN TOWNSHIP, TRI-TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
50. WESTVILLE (6) | BRACKET
ARGOS, CULVER COMMUNITY, MARQUETTE CATHOLIC, OREGON-DAVIS, TRITON, WESTVILLE.
51. FREMONT (4) | BRACKET
ELKHART CHRISTIAN, FREMONT, HAMILTON, LAKEWOOD PARK CHRISTIAN.
52. NORTH MIAMI (6) | BRACKET
CASTON, NORTH MIAMI, NORTH WHITE, NORTHFIELD, SOUTHWOOD, WEST CENTRAL.
53. ROSSVILLE (6) | BRACKET
CLINTON CENTRAL, FAITH CHRISTIAN, FRONTIER, ROSSVILLE, SOUTH NEWTON, TRI-COUNTY.
54. RIVERTON PARKE (6) | BRACKET
ATTICA, COVINGTON, FOUNTAIN CENTRAL, LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC, NORTH VERMILLION, RIVERTON PARKE.
55. SOUTHERN WELLS (6) | BRACKET
ANDERSON PREPARATORY, COWAN, DALEVILLE, LIBERTY CHRISTIAN, SOUTHERN WELLS, TRI-CENTRAL, WES-DEL.
56. TRI (4) | BRACKET
CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN, RANDOLPH SOUTHERN, TRI, UNION CITY.
57. WHITE RIVER VALLEY (7) | BRACKET
BLOOMFIELD, CLAY CITY, CLOVERDALE, DUGGER UNION, NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG), SHAKAMAK, WHITE RIVER VALLEY.
58. INDIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF (4) | BRACKET
BETHESDA CHRISTIAN, EMINENCE, INDIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, PROVIDENCE CRISTO REY.
59. INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (4) | BRACKET
EDINBURGH, GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN, INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN, MORRISTOWN.
60. NORTH DECATUR (5) | BRACKET
JAC-CEN-DEL, NORTH DECATUR, OLDENBURG, SOUTH DECATUR, WALDRON.
61. LANESVILLE (6) | BRACKET
BORDEN, CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF INDIANA, LANESVILLE, ROCK CREEK, SOUTH CENTRAL (ELIZABETH), WEST WASHINGTON.
62. NEW WASHINGTON (5) | BRACKET
CROTHERSVILLE, HENRYVILLE, NEW WASHINGTON, RISING SUN, TRINITY LUTHERAN.
63. NORTH DAVIESS (5) | BRACKET
BARR-REEVE, LOOGOOTEE, NORTH DAVIESS, ORLEANS, SHOALS.
64. NORTHEAST DUBOIS (5) | BRACKET
CANNELTON, NORTHEAST DUBOIS, SPRINGS VALLEY, TECUMSEH, WOOD MEMORIAL.
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INDIANA BOYS LAX SCORES
RONCALLI 18 COLUMBUS NORTH 1
INDIANA GIRLS LAX SCORES
ZIONSVILLE 14 BISHOP CHATARD 12
CENTER GROVE 16 SOUTHPORT 5
COLLEGE BASEBALL SCORES
INDIANA STATE 15 VALPARAISO 4
CONNECTICUT 11 BUTLER 3
RUTGERS 12 OHIO STATE 1
MICHIGAN STATE 11 NEBRASKA 6
IOWA 16 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 4
ILLINOIS 18 PURDUE 10
MINNESOTA 4 NORTHWESTERN 2
OAKLAND 9 PURDUE FORT WAYNE 7
EAST TENNESSEE STATE 10 MIAMI OHIO 2
WESTERN MICHIGAN 10 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 0
KENT STATE 7 BALL STATE 2
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 9 EASTERN MICHIGAN 8
BOWLING GREEN 3 TOLEDO 2
EVANSVILLE 8 ILLINOIS CHICAGO 2
SOUTHERN INDIANA 10 WESTERN ILLINOIS 3
COLLEGE SOFTBALL SCORES
NCAA TOURNAMENT
MISSOURI 5 INDIANA 1
MIAMI OHIO 4 DAYTON 0
MICHIGAN 4 NORTHERN COLORADO 2
TEXAS 14 NORTHWESTERN 2
PENN STATE 9 ALBANY 3
NORTHWESTERN 5 ST. FRANCIS 1
MICHIGAN 4 KENTUCKY 2
TEXAS STATE 8 PENN STATE 4
VIRGINIA 6 MIAMI OHIO 0
NBA PLAYOFFS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ALL TIMES EASTERN STANDARD TIME
• GAME 1: CELTICS 120, CAVALIERS 95
• GAME 2: CAVALIERS 118, CELTICS 94
• GAME 3: CELTICS 106, CAVALIERS 93
• GAME 4: CELTICS 109, CAVALIERS 102
• GAME 5: CELTICS 113, CAVALIERS 98
BOSTON WINS SERIES 4-1
• GAME 1: KNICKS 121, PACERS 117
• GAME 2: KNICKS 130, PACERS 121
• GAME 3: PACERS 111, KNICKS 106
• GAME 4: PACERS 121, KNICKS 89
• GAME 5: KNICKS 121, PACERS 91
• GAME 6: PACERS 116, KNICKS 103
• GAME 7: PACERS VS. KNICKS, SUNDAY, MAY 19 (3:30 ET, ABC)
SERIES TIED 3-3
* = IF NECESSARY
WESTERN CONFERENCE
ALL TIMES EASTERN STANDARD TIME
(1) OKLAHOMA CITY VS. (5) DALLAS
• GAME 1: THUNDER 117, MAVERICKS 95
• GAME 2: MAVERICKS 119, THUNDER 110
• GAME 3: MAVERICKS 105, THUNDER 101
• GAME 4: THUNDER 100, MAVERICKS 96
• GAME 5: MAVERICKS 104, THUNDER 92
• GAME 6: MAVERICKS 117, THUNDER 116
DALLAS WINS SERIES 4-2
• GAME 1: TIMBERWOLVES 106, NUGGETS 99
• GAME 2: TIMBERWOLVES 106, NUGGETS 80
• GAME 3: NUGGETS 117, TIMBERWOLVES 90
• GAME 4: NUGGETS 115, TIMBERWOLVES 107
• GAME 5: NUGGETS 112, TIMBERWOLVES 97
• GAME 6: TIMBERWOLVES 115, NUGGETS 70
• GAME 7: TIMBERWOLVES VS. NUGGETS, SUNDAY, MAY 19 (8 ET, TNT)
SERIES TIED 3-3
> CONFERENCE FINALS SCHEDULE
THE CONFERENCE FINALS, PRESENTED BY GOOGLE PIXEL, WILL BEGIN MAY 21-22 BUT CAN MOVE UP TO MAY 19-20 IF SERIES FROM THE PRIOR ROUND END EARLY.
EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
(1) BOSTON VS. NEW YORK/INDIANA
• GAME 1: TBD VS. CELTICS, TUESDAY, MAY 21 (8:00 ET, ESPN)
• GAME 2: TBD VS. CELTICS, THURSDAY, MAY 23 (8:00 ET, ESPN)
• GAME 3: CELTICS VS. TBD, SATURDAY, MAY 25 (8:30 ET, ABC)
• GAME 4: CELTICS VS. TBD, MONDAY, MAY 27 (8:00 ET, ESPN)
• GAME 5: TBD VS. CELTICS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 (8:00 ET, ESPN)*
• GAME 6: CELTICS VS. TBD, FRIDAY, MAY 31 (8:00 ET, ESPN)*
• GAME 7: TBD VS. CELTICS, SUNDAY, JUNE 2 (8:00 ET, ESPN)*
WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
(5) DALLAS VS. DENVER/MINNESOTA
• GAME 1: MAVERICKS VS. TBD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 (8:30 ET, TNT)
• GAME 2: MAVERICKS VS. TBD, FRIDAY, MAY 24 (8:30 ET, TNT)
• GAME 3: TBD VS. MAVERICKS, SUNDAY, MAY 26 (8:00 ET, TNT)
• GAME 4: TBD VS. MAVERICKS, TUESDAY, MAY 28 (8:30 ET, TNT)
• GAME 5: MAVERICKS VS. TBD, THURSDAY, MAY 30 (8:30 ET, TNT)*
• GAME 6: TBD VS. MAVERICKS, SATURDAY, JUNE 1 (8:30 ET, TNT)*
• GAME 7: MAVERICKS VS. TBD, MONDAY, JUNE 3 (8:30 ET, TNT)*
* = IF NECESSARY
> NBA FINALS SCHEDULE
THE 2024 NBA FINALS PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE TV WILL BEGIN JUNE 6, WITH ABC AS THE EXCLUSIVE BROADCASTER.
- THURSDAY, JUNE 6: GAME 1
- SUNDAY, JUNE 9: GAME 2
- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12: GAME 3
- FRIDAY, JUNE 14: GAME 4
- MONDAY, JUNE 17: GAME 5 (IF NECESSARY)
- THURSDAY, JUNE 20: GAME 6 (IF NECESSARY)
- SUNDAY, JUNE 23: GAME 7 (IF NECESSARY)
NHL PLAYOFFS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
FLORIDA PANTHERS (1A) VS. BOSTON BRUINS (2A)
FLORIDA WINS SERIES 4-2
GAME 1: BRUINS 5, PANTHERS 1
GAME 2: PANTHERS 6, BRUINS 1
GAME 3: PANTHERS 6, BRUINS 2
GAME 4: PANTHERS 3, BRUINS 2
GAME 5: BRUINS 2, PANTHERS 1
GAME 6: PANTHERS 2, BRUINS 1
COMPLETE PANTHERS-BRUINS SERIES COVERAGE
NEW YORK RANGERS (1M) VS. CAROLINA HURRICANES (2M)
NEW YORK WINS SERIES 4-2
GAME 1: RANGERS 4, HURRICANES 3
GAME 2: RANGERS 4, HURRICANES 3 (2OT)
GAME 3: RANGERS 3, HURRICANES 2 (OT)
GAME 4: HURRICANES 4, RANGERS 3
GAME 5: HURRICANES 4, RANGERS 1
GAME 6: RANGERS 5, HURRICANES 3
COMPLETE RANGERS-HURRICANES SERIES COVERAGE
WESTERN CONFERENCE
DALLAS STARS (1C) VS. COLORADO AVALANCHE (3C)
DALLAS WINS SERIES 4-2
GAME 1: AVALANCHE 4, STARS 3 (OT)
GAME 2: STARS 5, AVALANCHE 3
GAME 3: STARS 4, AVALANCHE 1
GAME 4: STARS 5, AVALANCHE 1
GAME 5: AVALANCHE 5, STARS 3
GAME 6: STARS 2, AVALANCHE 1 (2OT)
COMPLETE STARS-AVALANCHE SERIES COVERAGE
VANCOUVER CANUCKS (1P) VS. EDMONTON OILERS (2P)
SERIES TIED 3-3
GAME 1: CANUCKS 5, OILERS 4
GAME 2: OILERS 4, CANUCKS 3 (OT)
GAME 3: CANUCKS 4, OILERS 3
GAME 4: OILERS 3, CANUCKS 2
GAME 5: CANUCKS 3, OILERS 2
GAME 6: OILERS 5, CANUCKS 1
GAME 7: OILERS AT CANUCKS — MAY 20, 9 P.M. ET (ESPN, SN, CBC, TVAS)
COMPLETE CANUCKS-OILERS SERIES COVERAGE
WNBA SCORES
NEW YORK 91 INDIANA 80
LAS VEGAS 89 LOS ANGELES 82
CHICAGO 83 DALLAS 74
PHOENIX 88 ATLANTA 85
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
NY YANKEES 6 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1
CHICAGO CUBS 1 PITTSBURGH 0
TAMPA BAY 5 TORONTO 4
SAN FRANCISCO 14 COLORADO 4
SEATTLE 4 BALTIMORE 3
MIAMI 10 NY METS 9 (10)
PHILADELPHIA 4 WASHINGTON 3 (10)
CLEVELAND 11 MINNESOTA 4
MILWAUKEE 4 HOUSTON 2
KANSAS CITY 5 OAKLAND 3
TEXAS 3 LA ANGELS 2 (13)
ST. LOUIS 7 BOSTON 2
DETROIT 8 ARIZONA 3
LA DODGERS 4 CINCINNATI 0
SAN DIEGO ATLANTA POSTPONED
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INDIANAPOLIS 16 TOLEDO 10
FT. WAYNE 9 SOUTH BEND 2
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
NASHVILLE 1 ATLANTA 1
TORONTO 5 MONTRÉAL 1
NEW YORK CITY 2 NEW YORK RED BULLS 1
PHILADELPHIA 3 NEW ENGLAND 0
CINCINNATI 3 ST. LOUIS 1
LA GALAXY 0 CHARLOTTE 0
MIAMI 1 DC UNITED 0
MINNESOTA 2 PORTLAND 1
COLUMBUS 3 CHICAGO 1
AUSTIN 3 KANSAS CITY 2
HOUSTON 1 DALLAS 1
SALT LAKE 5 COLORADO 3
ORLANDO CITY 1 SAN JOSE 0
SEATTLE 1 VANCOUVER 1
UFL
PANTHERS 24 SHOWBOATS 18
STALLIONS 35 ROUGHNECKS 28
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GOLF NEWS
XANDER SCHAUFFELE, COLLIN MORIKAWA LEAD AT PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It was moving day at the PGA Championship. And there were plenty of top golfers that made a move up the leaderboard during the third round of the event on a sun-drenched day at Valhalla Golf Club.
Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa are at the top of the leaderboard at 15-under-par, but six players are within two shots of the lead and 15 will begin Sunday’s round at 10 under or better.
Schauffele overcame a double-bogey at No. 15 and finished his round with back-to-back birdies to post a 3-under-par 68. He’s tied with Morikawa, who shot a 67.
“A lot of guys took it low to climb their way up,” Morikawa said. “I assume tomorrow is going to be the same.”
Sahith Theegala shot 67 and is one shot back at 14 under, while Shane Lowry tied the course and PGA record with a 62 and is at 13 under along with Bryson DeChambeau and Viktor Hovland. Another shot back at 12 under heading into the final day are Justin Rose and Robert MacIntyre.
“There’s blood in the water,” said Schauffele, who led after his opening round 62 and after the second round.
“There’s so many guys on that leaderboard there,” Hovland said.
The third round will begin at 7:45 a.m. local time on Sunday, and the final pairing of Schauffele and Morikawa will tee off at 2:35 p.m.
It marks just the second time since 2005 that six players were within two shots of the lead at the PGA. There were also six players within two shots after 54 holes during the 2020 event at TPC Harding.
And, according to Elias Sports Bureau, it will mark the most players to start the final round of a major that are double digits under par. The previous record was seven, which was done three times, the latest at the 2022 Open Championship at St. Andrews.
“Look, I’ve played against all these guys; it’s not like any of these guys are new,” Morikawa said. “They all have their accolades within themselves, and really anyone can go low.”
Schauffele, who had nine birdies during his opening-round 62, had it to 15 under with three birdies in his first 14 holes. But he flew it over the green on the par-4, 15th hole and into the deep rough.
It led to a double-bogey 6, but he recovered with a wedge shot to about 2 feet for birdie on No. 17. A third shot chip on the par-5 18th hole led to another birdie.
“I mean, you summed it up for me; it was easy going there the first round,” he said. “Everything felt super easy. Felt like I’ve had to work for a lot of my birdies the last two days. Haven’t been able to make many putts. I feel like I’m still hitting the ball pretty nice. If I can just get the putter going a little bit, it should free me up.”
Morikawa got his one bogey out of the way on the second hole. He then made birdies on Nos. 3, 5, 10, 15, and 18. The two-time major champion had a chance at the Masters last month but finished tied for third.
“I’m going to tap in just kind of that mental state I’ve been in, not only those two, but in other tournaments I’ve played well in,” he said. “I think the goal for me tonight before my tee time is just to be as mentally sharp by that first hole. I think looking back at a month ago at Augusta, I felt sharp in everything, but I feel like I could have had a little bit of self-talk before I went out on that first tee and really just not got ahead of myself. Not that I did, but two holes really cost me back there. Tomorrow is just going to put everything I have out there and see how it plays out.”
Theegala made bogey at Nos. 5 and 6 but recovered. He made six birdies in his final 10 holes to post a 67. His birdie at No. 18 pulled him to within one shot of the lead.
Lowry, the 2019 Open champion, matched the lowest round ever in any of the four majors. Four players had previously posted 62s in the majors, including Schauffele, who did it in the U.S. Open last year and the first round this week.
Lowry was 29th heading into the third round and quickly jumped up the leaderboard. He shot a 29 on the front nine, reeling off four straight birdies at Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5. It was the first time anyone had shot a 29 over nine holes at Valhalla during four PGAs.
But the round could have been better. He had three birdies on the back nine and could have added another at 18. Lowry hit his drive into the right rough at the par-5 hole and then his second shot went to the left rough. He then missed an 11-foot putt for a birdie that would have given him a 61.
“Yeah, it was pretty good; I enjoyed it,” Lowry said. “I enjoyed every minute of it, obviously. … Look, I went out there with a job to do today, and my job was to try to get myself back in the tournament, and I definitely did that.
“Probably the most disappointed anyone can ever be shooting 62. I knew what was at stake (at 18). Just didn’t hit the ball hard enough. Had it on a good read and just broke away from the hole.”
DeChambeau chipped in for eagle at No. 18 to get to 13 under, while Hovland made birdies at Nos. 17 and 18.
The weather is expected to be in the 80s and sunny on Sunday, setting the stage for a frantic finish.
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP PURSE REACHES $18.5M
The overall purse for the PGA Championship continues to grow.
After last year’s event featured a record $17.5 million purse, the PGA of America announced Saturday that golfers will be playing for an additional $1 million this time around.
Whoever wins this weekend’s edition of the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., will take home $3.33 million of the $18.5 million pool. Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa head into Sunday’s fourth and final round tied for first at 15-under 198, one shot ahead of Sahith Theegala.
The inaugural PGA Championship featured a $2,580 purse, and the winner was awarded $500. That was back in 1916, and the purse didn’t increase until 1931, when the field duked it out for a whopping $7,200, with $1,000 going to the victor.
From 2021 to 2022, the purse increased by $3 million, and another $2.5 million was added to last year’s purse.
LOUISVILLE MAYOR: NO BODY CAM FOOTAGE IN SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER CASE
The body camera of a Louisville police officer who was allegedly “dragged to the ground” by a vehicle driven by golfer Scottie Scheffler was not in operation during a Friday morning incident, the city’s mayor said, according to multiple reports.
Louisville mayor Craig Greenberg said that officer Bryan Gillis either was not wearing a body camera or it was not in operating mode when he was involved in an incident with Scheffler, the top-ranked player in the world. The situation unfolded as Scheffler was arriving for the second round of the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club.
“The officer did not have body cam footage turned on during the incident,” Greenberg said, according to the Louisville Courier Journal. “We will release footage that we have … to my knowledge, we have not yet discovered any video of the initial contact between Officer Gillis and Mr. Scheffler.”
Scheffler was arrested in the pre-dawn hours Friday, shortly after arriving at the golf course, and charged with felony assault of a police officer. He also was charged with third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding signals from officers directing traffic.
Louisville attorney Steve Romines, hired Friday to represent Scheffler, told the newspaper that the golfer “didn’t do anything wrong.”
“He was following the instructions of another traffic control officer and trying to get into the facility to warm up and work out,” Romines said.
Scheffler was released from custody after being booked at the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, after his mug was shot taken while wearing an orange jail-issued jumpsuit. He was released in time to make his tee time, which was pushed back by 80 minutes for all players because of the traffic jam that resulted from the accident.
He shot a 5-under 66 on Friday, was at 9-under par after the first two days of competition.
An arraignment is scheduled for Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. ET.
According to Louisville Metro Police Department policy, officers must have their body cameras in operation “in all law enforcement activities or encounters.” Gillis was directing traffic when the incident occurred, in full police uniform and also wearing a “high-visibility yellow reflective rain jacket.”
NELLY KORDA CATAPULTS INTO TWO-SHOT LEAD AT JERSEY CITY
Nelly Korda fired a 7-under 65 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead entering the final round of the Mizuho Americas Open at Jersey City, N.J.
The solid round puts Korda in position to win for the sixth time in her past seven tournaments. She is at 13-under 203 after three rounds at Liberty National Golf Club.
Australia’s Hannah Green shot a blistering 63 to set the tournament record, while Japan’s Ayaka Furue (67 on Saturday) and Australia’s Gabriela Ruffels (68) are tied for third at 10-under 206.
Korda recorded seven birdies during a bogey-free round. She had four of them on the back nine.
“Earlier, when I started on the front nine there was zero wind,” Korda said. “It was actually really nice and warm out. Once we kind of got closer to the water, the wind started to pick up and started to drizzle and got a lot colder.
“Really solid day of golf off the tee, into the greens, and putting, too. Took my chances where I could.”
Korda won five straight tournaments earlier this season to tie the record shared by Hall of Famers Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sorenstam (2004-05). Her streak ended by tying for seventh at the Cognizant Founders Cup last weekend.
Green carded nine birdies during her impressive round. She made six during an eight-hole stretch of the back nine and also avoided any bogeys.
“Yeah, felt very easy,” Green said. “I guess I hit 17 greens and missed a few fairways, but actually hit it really close, so it was really nice to actually not have to stress about trying to make pars today.
“But it did feel like autopilot for a little bit there, which is very nice. So, yeah, now I put myself hopefully in contention for Sunday.”
Second-round leader Atthaya Thitikul of Thailand struggled to a 74 on Saturday, one day after posting a stellar 65. Thitikul is now tied for 15th place.
She made two of her three birdies on Nos. 16 and 18. But in between was a double-bogey at the par-4, No. 17. She had three bogeys earlier in the round — back-to-back at 7 and 8 and another at 13.
Meanwhile, Furue made six birdies against one bogey. Three of the birdies came over the final five holes as she put herself in contention.
Ruffels started her round with four straight birdies and had another on 8. She had a bogey on 13.
“It was pretty good, considering I started with four birdies in a row,” Ruffels said of her start. “You know, I kind of maybe wanted a little bit lower than that. I feel like also on this golf course you can’t get greedy — 4-under is a good round and I would’ve taken it at the start of the day.
“Overall made some good par saves as well out there, so I feel like I kind of, I guess, deserve that score.”
Germany’s Sophia Popov (67), Thailand’s Pajaree Anannarukarn (68) and Jennifer Kupcho (67) are tied for fifth at 9-under 208.
Bailey Tardy, who tied for fourth place at the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open, has shot consecutive 67s and is tied for 15th at 207.
INDY 500 NEWS
POWER FASTEST AS PENSKE EYES POLE AFTER TOP THREE SWEEP
Team Penske continued its march toward Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge history Saturday during the first day of PPG Presents Armed Forces Qualifying, capturing the top three spots among the 12 drivers who will compete for the NTT P1 Award on Sunday.
Two-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion and 2018 “500” winner Will Power turned the fastest four-lap average run, 233.758 mph, in the No. 12 Verizon Business Team Penske Chevrolet. Fellow two-time series champion and defending race winner Josef Newgarden was second at 233.332 in the No. 2 Shell Powering Progress Team Penske Chevrolet, while Scott McLaughlin was third at 233.293 in the No. 3 Pennzoil Team Penske Chevrolet.
SEE: Qualifying Results | Qualifying Procedure
“It was a good, smooth run,” Power said. “We got an early draw, which helps. We would have liked to have run in the heat, but (team owner) Roger (Penske) didn’t want us to go out. I think (Alexander) Rossi is the one who could break up the all-Penske front row, but I think one of us (Team Penske) will get the pole. We put a lot of work in. All the cars are about the same speed.”
If the Penske trio can advance from Top 12 Qualifying and hold the top three spots at the end of Firestone Fast Six qualifying Sunday afternoon, it will be just the second front-row sweep by one team in Indianapolis 500 history. Team Penske first achieved the feat in 1988 with pole sitter Rick Mears, No. 2 qualifier Danny Sullivan and No. 3 qualifier Al Unser.
Top 12 Qualifying from 3:05-4:05 p.m. ET Sunday will whittle the field to the Firestone Fast Six that will compete for the NTT P1 Award from 5:25-5:55 p.m. In between those sessions, 2022 “500” winner Marcus Ericsson of Andretti Global, Graham Rahal of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, and Katherine Legge and rookie Nolan Siegel of Dale Coyne Racing will compete for the three final spots in the 33-car starting field in Last Chance Qualifying from 4:15-5:15 p.m.
Practice for the Top 12 will take place from noon-1 p.m., with a final practice for the Last Chance Qualifiers from 1-2 p.m.
The Team Penske dominance under sunny skies came as little surprise. Newgarden, McLaughlin and Power were the three fastest drivers, respectively, during qualifying simulations on “Fast Friday.”
All three Penske drivers benefited from favorable positions in the qualifying draw and made their sole four-lap qualifying attempts in the first hour of the six-hour, 50-minute session, when track and air temperatures were at their coolest.
Joining the Penske trio in the Top 12 Qualifying session Sunday are 2016 “500” winner Alexander Rossi of Arrow McLaren (233.069 Saturday, fourth), Kyle Kirkwood of Andretti Global (232.764, fifth), rookie and 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson of Arrow McLaren/Rick Hendrick (232.563, sixth), Felix Rosenqvist of Meyer Shank Racing (232.547, seventh), Santino Ferrucci of AJ Foyt Racing (232.496, eighth), two-time “500” winner Takuma Sato of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (232.473, ninth), Pato O’Ward of Arrow McLaren (232.434, 10th), Rinus VeeKay of Ed Carpenter Racing (232.419, 11th) and 2014 “500” winner Ryan Hunter-Reay of Dreyer & Reinbold Racing (232.385, 12th).
Team Penske and Arrow McLaren each will feature three drivers in the Top 12 Qualifying session. Eight teams overall will be represented in the Top 12.
VeeKay made a dramatic run into the Top 12 on the penultimate qualifying attempt of the day in the No. 21 askROI Chevrolet. The run capped a mad thrash for the Ed Carpenter Racing team to rebuild the car after VeeKay crashed in Turn 3 at 11:14 a.m. on just the fourth overall attempt of the day.
He then made one waved-off attempt and a successful attempt of 231.166 in the mid-afternoon that put him toward the back of the top 30 before his nerve-wracking final run.
The last-gasp run kept alive VeeKay’s chances of qualifying in the top four for each of his five “500” starts. He just missed the pole last year to qualify second in his career-best Indy start.
“Roller coaster times three,” VeeKay said. “Started the day out with the biggest heartbreak there is. We were on the edge of the last row, and then the team, this is magic right here. They made it happen. The car felt awesome.
“This crew, they deserve a thousand dinners and a lot of beer.”
Rahal was able to enter the 2.5-mile oval just before the clock struck 5:50 p.m. to end qualifying, but he waved off the run after just one lap due to lack of speed in his No. 15 United Rentals Honda. It will be the second straight year in the Last Chance Qualifying session for Rahal, who failed to qualify for last year’s race but competed as a substitute for the injured Stefan Wilson.
There were 74 qualifying attempts in a frantic day in which air temperatures reached the low 80s, topped in Indianapolis 500 history only by the 84 attempts on the first day last year.
Public gates open at 10 a.m. Sunday at IMS.
The 108th Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for Sunday, May 26 (11 a.m. ET, NBC, Peacock, Universo, INDYCAR Radio Network).
NASCAR NEWS
JOEY LOGANO CAPTURES POLE FOR ALL-STAR RACE AFTER QUALIFYING FIRST AT NORTH WILKESBORO SPEEDWAY
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. (AP) — Joey Logano has won 30 poles in his Cup Series career.
This one meant something extra to him.
Logano will start up front for the NASCAR All-Star race after turning a lap of 1:29.75 on Saturday during qualifying at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
The two 60-laps heats that were to determine the remainder of the field for Sunday night’s race were postponed Saturday after heavy rains pounded the area, leaving portions of the track under about a foot of water. NASCAR is determining how the remainder of the field for the All-Star race will be set, so Kyle Larson’s starting position remains unclear.
The weather was so severe that it brought down power lines on the road outside of the racetrack, cutting off power and internet access to the track.
The Trucks Series race was postponed until 11:45 a.m. Sunday.
Earlier in the day, Logano was all smiles after winning his first All-Star race pole.
“It’s a very special pole, maybe the most special pole I’ve ever had because it’s a great example of how hard everybody works and I’m proud of that,” Logano said. “It’s a lot of work that goes into the minute-and-a-half out there.”
William Byron, one of the final drivers on the track, appeared to beat Logano’s time, but was assessed a 10-second penalty for speeding on pit road during the stop.
Logano, driver of the No. 22 Ford, turned the top lap even on the .625 short track though his pit crew only had the fifth-fastest stop, which means he made up significant time on the track.
But Logano called it a team win and a “momentum booster.”
“This qualifying session is the most fun session of the year,” Logano said. “And it really takes the whole team. The car has to go fast. We have to execute getting onto pit road, the spotter has to do a good job of getting everyone on the same page and the pit crew has to do their part, and then it’s back on to the track (to finish). So it really takes every crew member.”
Christopher Bell’s team won the pit crew challenge for the second straight year and the No. 20 Toyota team will have its choice of the top pit stall for the $1 million race on Sunday night.
Bell’s pit crew earned $100,000 for winning the pit crew challenge.
“What can you say about these guys, it’s two in a row,” Bell said as his crew celebrated around him. “They have been awesome and I’m incredibly happy for them. It’s an honor to be their driver.”
Twenty drivers will participate in the All-Star race, 17 of which have already earned their way in through past accomplishments. The top two finishers from Sunday’s preliminary Open race and the winner of the fan vote will also advance into the All-Star Race.
As part of the pit crew challenge, drivers took the green flag, ran one full lap at speed, and on the second lap proceeded to one of two NASCAR designated pit stalls for a four-tire stop with mock fuel delivery. Then the cars exited pit road and raced back to the checkered flag. The qualifying time was determined by the total elapsed time from green flag to checkered flag.
HORSE RACING NEWS
SEIZE THE GREY WINS IN MUDDY PREAKNESS
Seize the Grey led gate to wire, holding off a charge from Mystik Dan to capture the 149th Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
Over a muddy track, Seize the Grey broke swiftly under jockey Jaime Torres and led the field out to sensible fractions. Seeking to replicate the ride that led Mystik Dan to the Kentucky Derby two weeks earlier, jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. had his mount in an early ground-saving position stalking the early pace with Imagination to the outside.
When the field hit the far turn, Seize the Grey moved on the rail, forcing Mystik Dan to his outside. Now having the ground saving position, Seize the Gray opened up a gap, which Mystik Dan failed to close at the head of the stretch. The winning time for the 1 3/16-mile race was 1:56.82.
Mystik Dan finished 2 1/4 lengths back of Seize the Gray. His loss extends the current Triple Crown drought to six years. Catching Freedom finished third.
Seize the Grey’s win made the 88-year-old D. Wayne Lucas the oldest trainer in history to win a Triple Crown race. Conversely, Torres won in his first Triple Crown start.
NBA NEWS
TIGHT FINISH SENDS MAVS PAST THUNDER, INTO WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
P.J. Washington made two free throws with 2.5 seconds left and the Dallas Mavericks advanced to the Western Conference finals for the second time in the past three seasons with a 117-116 victory over the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night.
Washington was fouled shooting a 3-pointer and missed the third free throw on purpose to prevent a Thunder squad out of timeouts from being able to set up for a final shot. Jalen Williams’ 64-footer as time expired was nowhere near the basket as top-seeded Oklahoma City was eliminated in Game 6 of a second-round playoff series.
Luka Doncic recorded 29 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for the fifth-seeded Mavericks. Kyrie Irving and Derrick Jones Jr. added 22 points apiece, Dereck Lively II had 12 points and 15 rebounds off the bench and Daniel Gafford had 10 points.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander registered 36 points and eight assists for Oklahoma City. Williams added 22 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, and Chet Holmgren scored 21 points for the Thunder.
The Mavericks will face either the Denver Nuggets or Minnesota Timberwolves in the conference finals.
Washington buried a 3-pointer with 2:01 left in regulation to give Dallas a 113-110 lead. Jones hit a turnaround jumper with 1:11 remaining to give the Mavericks a five-point edge.
Gilgeous-Alexander knocked down a 3-pointer with 1:05 to go to bring Oklahoma City within two.
Washington was called for a foul before the ball was inbounded with 27 seconds left, sending Gilgeous-Alexander to the line to sink one free throw. The Thunder kept possession, and Gilgeous-Alexander drove the lane and lofted a high pass that Holmgren slammed home for a 116-115 lead with 20.4 seconds left.
Oklahoma City shot 47.8 percent from the field, including 15 of 41 from 3-point range.
The Mavericks connected on 51.2 percent of their shots and were 16 of 34 from behind the arc.
After seeing the Thunder lead by as many as 17 in the third quarter, Lively threw down a dunk to cap a 7-0 run as Dallas tied the score at 97 with 6:30 left in the game.
The Thunder later led 105-101 after Gilgeous-Alexander buried an 18-footer with 4:44 left. The Mavericks then answered with six straight points.
Oklahoma City later tied the score at 110 on Gilgeous-Alexander’s jumper with 2:47 to play.
Doncic drained a 3-pointer to give Dallas a 42-40 edge with 4:54 left in the first half. That lead lasted exactly one minute and marked the only time the Mavericks were ahead until late in the game. The Thunder outscored Dallas 24-6 the rest of the second quarter to hold a 64-48 halftime lead.
KNICKS LOOK TO HOLD HOME COURT VS. PACERS IN GAME 7
The biggest trends of the Eastern Conference semifinal series between the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks continued in Game 6 Friday night.
Whether the script remains the same for Game 7 may depend on the health of Knicks forward Josh Hart.
The Knicks will host the Pacers in the winner-take-all Game 7 Sunday afternoon, when the two teams battle to advance to the conference finals against the Boston Celtics.
The Pacers forced the decisive clash Friday night with a 116-103 victory in Indianapolis.
With the win by the Pacers, the home team improved to 6-0 in the series. The past three games have been decided by a combined 75 points after the first three games were decided by a combined 18 points.
For the undermanned Knicks, the most alarmingly familiar sign of all was Hart being limited to just under 31 minutes due to an abdominal injury. Hart, who had five points, eight rebounds and three assists before exiting for good with 9:53 remaining in the fourth quarter, entered Friday averaging almost 44 minutes per game through New York’s first 11 playoff contests. He has played every minute in three games, including a Game 5 overtime loss to the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round.
“I would assume he’s going to play,” said Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson. “It’s Game 7.”
The Knicks are already without former All-Star Julius Randle, who is out for the season with a right shoulder injury, and Mitchell Robinson, who is expected to be out until at least mid-June after aggravating a left ankle injury in Game 1 against the Pacers on May 6. OG Anunoby has also missed the last four games with a left hamstring injury.
“You’re going to get tested physically, mentally, emotionally and you’ve got to be able to get through that,” Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau said Friday. “And so whatever it is that we’re facing, we can overcome. Just keep battling.”
The Pacers’ task Sunday will be to produce the defensive effort they’ve displayed in their three home games. Indiana limited the Knicks to 43.9 percent shooting (36-of-82) Friday, including 38.2 percent (13-of-34) from 3-point range, while out-rebounding the visitors 47-35.
New York is shooting 41.4 percent in three road games, including 34.7 percent from 3-point territory. The Knicks are shooting 52 percent at home, including 42 percent from beyond the arc, and out-rebounded Indiana 53-29 in a 121-91 win in Game 5.
“We needed to do better in the aggression department,” Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said. “Game 5 in New York was, I would have to say, our lowest-aggression game of the entire playoffs. We didn’t have a very fun-filled film session (Thursday) watching it. You go through these ups and downs and young teams are going to grow.”
The Knicks are trying to reach the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2000. The Pacers haven’t advanced to the conference finals since 2014.
“It’s going to take everything,” said Pacers power forward Pascal Siakam, who won the NBA championship in 2019 with the Toronto Raptors. “A lot of crazy stuff is going to happen.”
KNICKS’ JOSH HART, OG ANUNOBY QUESTIONABLE FOR GAME 7
The New York Knicks upgraded forward OG Anunoby (hamstring) to questionable and guard Josh Hart (abdominal strain) is also listed as questionable to play in Sunday’s Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Indiana Pacers.
Anunoby has been sidelined since May 8 when he was injured in Game 2, while Hart sustained his injury in Friday’s Game 6.
Anunoby, originally thought to be ruled out for Sunday, plans to participate in Sunday’s morning shootaround to test his left hamstring, ESPN reported. Hart, meanwhile, will try to play through his injury, according to ESPN and The Athletic.
Hart is averaging 14.9 points, a team-leading 11.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists in the postseason. Anunoby is averaging 16.4 points and 6.8 rebounds in the playoffs.
NUGGETS BRACE FOR HUNGRY TIMBERWOLVES IN GAME 7
After two hard-fought weeks, the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves will battle to see whose season will march on and who will pack up until next fall.
The Nuggets and Minnesota meet for Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinal series in Denver on Sunday night with a trip to the conference finals on the line. After six games of blowouts, tight games and wild swings, including the Timberwolves dismantling the Nuggets 115-70 in Game 6 on Thursday night, the series comes down to one night.
“They’re the defending champs, so it’s going to be super tough,” Minnesota guard Anthony Edwards said. “They’re at home. They’re at the crib. Their fans are crazy. It’s going to be super loud. But I feel like as a competitor, it’s one of the best feelings in the world. … I’m super pumped for it. I’m super happy. I’m ready to play it.”
Second-seeded Denver wasn’t ready to play in Game 6 and it showed. Third-seeded Minnesota led by as many as 50 and was never in danger after a 20-0 run in the first quarter and embarrassed the reigning champions.
But the Nuggets have shown in this series what a couple of days off can do for them. They lost Game 2 at home by 26 to fall behind 2-0 in the series but won the next three games to reach the brink of the Western Conference finals for the third time in five years.
They will need another big performance for three-time MVP Nikola Jokic, who is averaging 28.2 points, 12.9 rebounds and 8.8 assists in the postseason. Jokic had a master class performance in the 112-97 win in Game 5 with 40 points and 13 assists but was held in check two nights later.
The biggest issue once again for Denver is the health of Jamal Murray. He battled a left calf strain early in the series, used three off days to get right but then suffered a right elbow injury early in Game 6 that clearly affected his shot. He was 4-for-18 from the field and had two turnovers in the 45-point loss.
Murray had a wrap on his right arm as he worked on his floaters at Saturday’s practice and was the last player off the court.
“He looked hungry today. He looked like he hadn’t eaten in two days. … I hope he doesn’t eat until (Sunday) at 6 p.m.,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said.
Despite being just 22 years old, Edwards has become the Timberwolves’ leader. He is averaging 30.2 points in 10 playoff games and has scored 40 or more points in three of those.
As electric as he has been, it will take big games from Karl-Anthony Towns and others to win for a third time in Denver. It helped when Mike Conley returned to the lineup after missing Game 5 with a sore right Achilles.
This is the Timberwolves’ first Game 7 since beating Sacramento in the second round in 2004 — which also took place on May 19. That marks the only time they’ve reached the conference finals while the Nuggets are playing in their fifth Game 7 in the last six seasons.
WNBA NEWS
VEGAS TOURISM AUTHORITY SPONSORING EACH ACES PLAYER FOR $100K IN 2024 AND 2025; WNBA INVESTIGATING.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is providing a $100,000 annual sponsorship to each Aces player for this season and 2025.
The WNBA is investigating whether the sponsorships are allowed.
This isn’t the Aces first run-in with the league over the last few years. Last year, the WNBA suspended Aces coach Becky Hammon for two games and took away the Aces’ 2025 first-round draft pick because the franchise violated league rules regarding impermissible player benefits and workplace policies.
The sponsorship does not violate the WNBA’s salary cap because the Las Vegas authority did not orchestrate it with the club. But other teams are likely to raise questions about the fairness of the sponsorship and whether it violates the spirit of the cap rules.
The authority posted a video on X of president and CEO Steve Hill telling the players in the locker room the news on Friday.
“The Aces have been on an historic run — two-time world champions,” Hill said on the video before informing the players. “We’re here to do something historic with them, too.”
The players were thrilled by the move.
“The city of Vegas I’ve always said, it’s a big small town and they just want the best for the people here,” point guard Chelsea Gray said before the Aces’ home game Saturday against the Los Angeles Sparks. “They’re investing in us and so they put their money where their mouth is. We’ve done so much for the city and having fun doing it.
“It was a great moment for me and my teammates, of somebody actually putting funds behind, saying that they’re supporting and they want to have our back.”
According to the website Spotrac, which tracks player salaries, the sponsorship is higher than the earnings of six Aces players.
“Definitely more than my salary,” said rookie Kate Martin, who makes $67,249, according to the website. “I’m super thankful. Sometimes I have to pinch myself to make sure I’m not dreaming, but this is very much real life and that is what all these players deserve. I wouldn’t be getting this crazy bonus if it weren’t for how great all of these players have played in the last few years.”
The $100,000 also is a big addition even to what the top players make. A’ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum are the highest-paid Aces at $200,000 each and Gray is right behind at $196,267.
“(For) the LVCVA to see our value and to help close that pay gap, it says a lot about the character of the people that are there,” said Alysha Clark, whose salary is listed at $110,000. “So I’m extremely grateful. I’m honored to be able to represent this organization and this city and be able to put on for the city, give back to this city and pour into the community, and that’s what they did for us. It was really, really special.”
BREANNA STEWART-LED LIBERTY BEAT CAITLIN CLARK’S FEVER FOR SECOND TIME
Breanna Stewart led five New York Liberty players in double figures with 24 points during a 91-80 cruising past the visiting Indiana Fever on Saturday afternoon.
The Liberty made 15 baskets from 3-point range in their home opener, helping overcome rookie Caitlin Clark’s 22 points and eight assists for the Fever.
Jonquel Jones supplied 14 points and 12 rebounds, Betnijah Laney-Hamilton pumped in 13 points, Sabrina Ionescu had 12 points and Courtney Vandersloot added 10 points for the Liberty.
The Liberty (3-0) beat the Fever (0-3) for the second time in three days, both by blowouts.
Clark, who was charged with eight turnovers, shot 9 of 17 from the field, including 4 of 10 on 3-pointers. Clark never attempted a free throw in a contest in which Indiana committed 16 turnovers.
Kelsey Mitchell’s 17 points, Aliyah Boston’s 12 points and NaLyssa Smith’s 11 points and eight rebounds helped Indiana.
Clark had 10 first-quarter points, so that eclipsed her total for the entire game from Thursday night. The overall No. 1 draft pick out of Iowa had more room to operate at times than in the first meeting of the season, but the Liberty still paid close attention to the young guard.
Indiana finished shooting 41.3 percent from the field, including 9-for-26 on 3-pointers.
Stewart went 8-for-8 at the free-throw so she outscored the Fever on foul shots. Indiana was 5-for-6.
The Liberty’s lead ballooned to 44-24 about 3 1/2 minutes into the second quarter with an 11-2 run. While the gap grew to as many as 23 points, the halftime score was 57-37.
Indiana ended up outscoring New York 21-16 in the third quarter, but trailed 73-58 going to the fourth quarter. After Mitchell’s 3-pointer opened the fourth-quarter scoring, the Liberty took over again.
Stewart posted the next four points on free throws and Laney-Hamilton drained a 3-pointer and Jones scored on a short jumper, pushing the margin to 82-61 with about seven minutes to play.
Jones, Vandersloot and Ionescu all delivered five assists.
ACES FEND OFF SPARKS FOR 89-82 WIN
Jackie Young and A’ja Wilson each had 22 points and a double-double as the Las Vegas Aces held off the visiting Los Angeles Sparks for an 89-82 victory Saturday.
Wilson scored 12 in the third quarter after the Aces (2-0) closed the first half on a 17-1 run to lead by nine at the break. She finished with 10 rebounds. Young added 11 assists and drilled a 3-pointer with 20 seconds remaining in regulation after the Sparks (0-2) got within 86-82.
Former Ace Dearica Hamby had 29 points, on 12-of-16 shooting, and nine rebounds for the Sparks, who shot 51.5 percent but committed 17 turnovers. L.A. allowed Vegas to make 13 3-pointers.
Paced by two baskets from Kia Nurse (13 points) and consecutive 3-pointers from rookie Rickea Jackson (13 points), Los Angeles used a 12-2 run to lead 32-25 with just under four minutes remaining in the first half.
However, the Aces found their form after starting 9 of 30 to score 17 of the final 18 points of the first half.
Young knocked down a 3 and Alysha Clark’s own triple tied the game at 32-32. Wilson’s bucket with 2:09 left in the second quarter put the Aces ahead.
Back-to-back 3s from rookie Kate Martin and Wilson extended the Aces’ run to 15-0 and their lead to 40-32 before Hamby ended the Sparks’ drought with a free throw. A pair of free throws from Kelsey Plum (17 points) put Las Vegas ahead 42-33 at the half.
Wilson posted two three-point plays and scored off a steal to give the Aces a 58-48 lead in the third. A Young 3 put Las Vegas up 77-64 early in the fourth, but a 10-2 run from the Sparks made it a five-point contest with under 5 minutes remaining.
Four points from Hamby highlighted a 6-0 spurt that got Los Angeles to 84-80 with 2:35 to play before Wilson stepped up with a basket. Hamby scored again before Young’s 3 iced the game for Vegas.
Los Angeles’ Cameron Brink, the second overall draft pick last month, had three points, eight rebounds and five blocks.
KAHLEAH COPPER ERUPTS FOR 38 AS MERCURY PUT DREAM TO SLEEP
Kahleah Copper scored a career-high 38 points, including 26 in the second half, to lead the Phoenix Mercury to an 88-85 victory over the visiting Atlanta Dream on Saturday night.
The victory is the first for new Mercury coach Nate Tibbetts, who was hired during the offseason after spending nearly two decades coaching in the NBA and G League.
Phoenix (1-1), coming off a season-opening loss against the host Las Vegas Aces on Tuesday, scored seven unanswered points to take an 86-83 lead with 38.7 seconds left in the game.
A 3-pointer by Sophie Cunningham and a driving layup by Copper capped the run.
Cheyenne Parker-Tyus made a hook shot to cut the Dream’s deficit to 86-85 with 35.7 seconds remaining.
Copper, who also finished with six rebounds, then made a layup with 20.6 seconds left. Atlanta’s Rhyne Howard missed a 3-point attempt with 6.6 seconds to go as the Mercury held on.
Atlanta went on an 18-2 run in the fourth quarter, with Allisha Gray scoring 10 of those points, to go up 78-72 with 4:11 remaining after trailing by as many as 12 in the first half.
Gray finished with 22 points and six boards, while Howard had 21 points and nine rebounds. Parker-Tyus added 18 points and six rebounds.
Copper scored 16 of her points in the third quarter, when Phoenix built an 11-point lead.
The Mercury did not trail until Atlanta went on its game-turning run in the fourth quarter. Phoenix was in front at 70-60 with 8:43 remaining in the fourth following a layup by Morgan Bertsch before the monster run by the Dream.
Copper had 12 first-half points to help the Mercury take a 43-37 edge into the break.
Diana Taurasi, playing in her 20th season in the WNBA, finished with 15 points and seven rebounds. She has spent her entire career with Phoenix.
SKY EARN SPLIT WITH WINGS, FIRST WIN FOR NEW COACH
Diamond DeShields scored 16 points and Marina Mabrey added 14 to lead six players in double figures and help the visiting Chicago Sky to an 83-74 win against the Dallas Wings on Saturday in Arlington, Texas.
Arike Ogunbowale drilled six 3-pointers among her game-high 35 points for the Wings, who led by as many as 14 but were outscored 28-11 in the fourth quarter.
Chicago earned a season-opening split with Dallas. The teams also met at the College Park Center on Wednesday night, with the Wings prevailing 87-79.
Saturday’s matchup saw the Sky flip the script as first-year coach Teresa Weatherspoon earned her first victory. Chicago struggled to find offensive consistency throughout the night but rallied to take a 67-65 lead on an Angel Reese three-point play with 6:29 to go.
Dallas had surged ahead 65-58 with 8:51 left but went cold after that, enduring a scoring drought of 5:14. The Sky scored 14 straight points during that span.
Elizabeth Williams posted a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds for Chicago. Dana Evans and Chennedy Carter also scored 12 points. Reese added 11 points to go with nine rebounds. Mabrey added eight rebounds and eight assists.
Chicago scored 34 points off 25 Dallas turnovers.
Kalani Brown (11 points) was the only other Wings player in double figures.
Dallas played without veteran Natasha Howard after she fractured her foot Wednesday. Howard didn’t feel pain in the foot until after the game, Wings coach Latricia Trammell said. Stephanie Soares entered the lineup for Howard on Saturday, contributing nine rebounds and four blocks.
The Wings took a 42-30 lead into halftime after limiting the Sky to 28.2 percent shooting, including 1-for-9 from long range, before the break.
Ogunbowale led all scorers with 16 points, proving efficient from both long range (3-for-6) and the free-throw line (5-for-5).
Chicago appeared to trim the lead to eight with 1:22 left before the half on a would-be corner trey from Evans. Officials ruled that Evans stepped out of bounds, however. An Ogunbowale trey moments later shifted the momentum back to Dallas.
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FORMER TEXAS F DILLON MITCHELL COMMITS TO CINCINNATI
Former Texas forward Dillon Mitchell has transferred to Cincinnati, according to reports.
Mitchell posted a picture of himself in a Bearcats uniform on his Instagram page.
Mitchell, a former five-star recruit, was a McDonald’s All-American in high school.
The 6-foot-8 Mitchell reportedly also considered Auburn and Miami.
Last season, Mitchell averaged 9.6 points and 7.4 rebounds in 34 appearances (33 starts). In two seasons with the Longhorns, he had averages of 6.8 points and 5.6 rebounds in 72 games (71 starts).
When Texas produced a 74-73 road win at Cincinnati last season, Mitchell had 10 points and four rebounds in 37 minutes.
BASEBALL NEWS
MLB ROUNDUP: MARLINS SCORE 4 IN 9TH, SINK METS IN 10TH
After scoring four runs in the ninth inning to tie the score, the host Miami Marlins defeated the New York Mets 10-9 on Otto Lopez’s walk-off RBI single in the 10th on Saturday.
Trailing 9-5 entering the ninth against two-time All-Star closer Edwin Diaz, the Marlins got an RBI single from Jazz Chisholm Jr. before Josh Bell sent a game-tying three-run homer to center. Lopez’s game-winning single scored automatic runner Christian Bethancourt to tag Mets reliever Jorge Lopez (1-1) with the loss.
Winning pitcher Tanner Scott (3-4) pitched a perfect top of the 10th. Chisholm went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and three runs. He had a solo homer and a pair of RBI singles, and Bell went 3-for-5 with four RBIs.
The Mets, who changed their lineup after getting blanked 8-0 on Friday, got 15 hits, but it wasn’t enough. The result for the New York lineup was four singles that drove in six runs in all. The Mets also had a pair of RBI doubles by J.D. Martinez and Starling Marte in the ninth to take a 9-5 lead.
Yankees 6, White Sox 1
Luis Gil struck out a career-high 14 batters, Juan Soto went 4-for-4 with two home runs and New York extended its winning streak to a season-high six games with a victory over visiting Chicago.
Gill (5-1) became the 11th pitcher in Yankees history to strike out at least 14 batters in a regular-season game. He left after allowing one run on five hits and a walk over six innings to win his fourth consecutive start.
The White Sox’s Brad Keller (0-2) allowed six runs (five earned) on seven hits, including four home runs, over four-plus innings. Tommy Pham had a double among his two hits for Chicago, which fell for the fourth time in the past six games.
Cubs 1, Pirates 0
Christopher Morel hit a walk-off single to score Cody Bellinger from second base in the bottom of the ninth inning as Chicago beat visiting Pittsburgh.
Bellinger had two hits for Chicago, which had lost the first two games of the four-game series. Hector Neris (4-0) pitched a scoreless ninth inning for the win, while David Bednar (2-3) took the loss.
Cubs starter Shota Imanaga yielded four hits over seven scoreless innings. He lowered his ERA to 0.84, which is the lowest in a pitcher’s first nine career starts in major league history. Pirates starter Bailey Falter gave up three hits on 83 pitches over 7 2/3 shutout innings.
Brewers 4, Astros 2
William Contreras capped a four-run fifth inning with a three-run home run that propelled visiting Milwaukee to an interleague victory over Houston.
Contreras extended his on-base streak to 25 games by prevailing in an epic 13-pitch confrontation with Astros veteran right-hander Justin Verlander (2-2). Contreras fouled off seven consecutive pitches — including four successive four-seam fastballs — before launching the 13th pitch of his at-bat 428 feet for a 4-1 Milwaukee lead.
Brewers starter Bryse Wilson and four relievers combined to cool off Houston, which had won six in a row. Jake Myers ripped a solo shot and Maurice Dubon had an RBI single for the Astros.
Phillies 4, Nationals 3 (10 innings)
Bryce Harper drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly and Philadelphia beat visiting Washington in 10 innings.
Bryson Stott and Kody Clemens homered for the Phillies, who have won five of their past six games. Phillies starter Cristopher Sanchez went seven innings, giving up two runs and eight hits. He struck out eight and did not walk a batter. Gregory Soto (1-1) pitched one inning for the win.
CJ Abrams and Ildemaro Vargas each had three hits for the Nationals, who have lost four straight. Nationals starter MacKenzie Gore allowed two runs on three hits in his 6 1/3 innings. He walked three and struck out three. Kyle Finnegan (1-3) took the loss.
Dodgers 4, Reds 0
Walker Buehler pitched six scoreless innings in his third start in nearly two years, Freddie Freeman had an RBI and two runs and Los Angeles earned a shutout victory over visiting Cincinnati.
Buehler (1-1) gave up three hits over six innings with no walks and seven strikeouts as he earned a win for the first time since May 24, 2022. He made just three more starts that season before undergoing his second Tommy John surgery and enduring a lengthy rehab process. Freeman batted second for Los Angeles while Shohei Ohtani was moved into the leadoff spot as Mookie Betts was given a rare day off. Ohtani went 0-for-4.
Reds right-hander Graham Ashcraft (3-3) gave up just three hits in five innings but also allowed three walks as the Dodgers cashed in for three runs off the Cincinnati starter. Ashcraft struck out five.
Rays 5, Blue Jays 4
Jonny DeLuca hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the eighth inning to cap a four-run comeback and Tampa Bay rallied to defeat host Toronto for its second win to start the three-game series.
Yandy Diaz had three hits and two walks for the Rays, who have won four in a row. Isaac Paredes extended his career-best on-base streak to 17 games when he doubled with one out in the fourth. Erasmo Ramirez (3-0) pitched a perfect seventh for Tampa Bay.
Paredes singled to lead off the eighth against Nate Pearson (0-1). DeLuca followed by lining the first pitch to left for his second homer of the season to give Tampa Bay a 5-4 lead. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had three hits and an RBI for the Blue Jays.
Giants 14, Rockies 4
Matt Chapman and Luis Matos continued their two-man demolition of Colorado, combining for seven hits, six runs and six RBIs to lead host San Francisco’s victory.
Kyle Harrison (4-1) took advantage of his team’s biggest offensive outburst of the season to coast through five innings and guide the Giants to their third straight win. Matos had his second consecutive three-hit day and scored twice. Chapman, who had three hits and scored three times Friday, went 4-for-4 with two doubles, a walk and four more runs.
Elehuris Montero drove in two runs while Ezequiel Tovar, Brendan Rodgers and Hunter Goodman had two hits each for the Rockies, who had entered the series on a seven-game winning streak. Starter Ty Blach (1-2) was pulled after three innings, charged with six runs on seven hits.
Guardians 11, Twins 4
Tyler Freeman went 4-for-4 with three RBIs and three runs as Cleveland handed visiting Minnesota its fifth straight loss.
Roughly 24 hours after his eighth-inning, tiebreaking homer sent Cleveland to a 3-2 victory in Friday’s series opener, Jose Ramirez capped a 12-pitch at-bat with a two-run homer off Minnesota starter Bailey Ober (4-2) in the first inning to set the tone. Ramirez finished with three hits and three RBIs on Saturday.
Freeman’s leadoff single in the first kicked off his career night, which included a two-run single during a four-run seventh for the Guardians, who have won five of their past six overall and are 12-3 in their past 15 home games. Cleveland starter Logan Allen (5-2) allowed five hits, struck out seven and walked one in six scoreless innings.
Mariners 4, Orioles 3
Cal Raleigh and Dylan Moore hit run-scoring doubles in the eighth inning as Seattle’s bats got going late for a victory against host Baltimore.
The Mariners didn’t have a hit until the sixth but they finished with seven, including two apiece for Julio Rodriguez and Moore. Mariners starter Luis Castillo was charged with two runs on four hits in six innings. Ryne Stanek (2-0) picked up the victory with two-thirds of an inning of relief, and Andres Munoz gave up Gunnar Henderson’s solo home run with two outs in the ninth on the way to his eighth save.
Baltimore’s Grayson Rodriguez pitched six innings in his first game back from the injured list with right shoulder inflammation. He surrendered only Julio Rodriguez’s infield single in the sixth. Yennier Cano (2-2) gave up two runs on two hits in one-third of an inning.
Rangers 3, Angels 2 (13 innings)
Travis Jankowski scored the winning run on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch in the 13th inning as Texas beat visiting Los Angeles.
Corey Seager went 2-for-4 and was intentionally walked twice. Jankowski went 1-for-2 with one run after coming in as a pinch hitter in the 10th for the Rangers.
Taylor Ward homered for the third straight game to give the Angels a 1-0 lead in the fourth. Ward knocked a leadoff blast 406 feet into the left-field bleachers, his 10th of the season to tie Mike Trout for the team lead.
Royals 5, Athletics 3
Seth Lugo piled up 10 strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings and Kyle Isbel hit a home run as Kansas City beat visiting Oakland.
Salvador Perez had two RBIs, while Vinnie Pasquantino and Nelson Velazquez each had one for the Royals, who can sweep the three-game series with a win on Sunday. Velazquez, Michael Massey and Maikel Garcia each had two hits. Garcia scored two runs.
Seth Brown hit a two-run home run, while Abraham Toro, Brent Rooker and Max Schuemann had two hits apiece as the Athletics lost their season-high seventh straight game.
Cardinals 7, Red Sox 2
Nolan Gorman went 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs as St. Louis surged past visiting Boston.
Lars Nootbaar also drove in two runs for the Cardinals, who have won five of their past six games. St. Louis starting pitcher Miles Mikolas allowed one run on two hits in five innings. JoJo Romero (1-0) got the win.
Rafael Devers homered for the fourth straight game for the Red Sox, who have lost four in a row. Boston reliever Justin Slaten (2-2) allowed five runs (four earned) in the eighth to take the loss.
Tigers 8, Diamondbacks 3
Wenceel Perez drove in four runs, including a three-run triple, and visiting Detroit defeated Arizona.
Perez’s big hit highlighted a six-run seventh. Javier Baez had four hits, scored two runs and drove in another, while Gio Urshela supplied three hits and an RBI for the Tigers.
Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen (5-3) was charged with three runs in 6 2/3 innings while notching 10 strikeouts. Ketel Marte extended his hitting streak to 17 games with an RBI triple.
Braves-Padres, ppd.
San Diego’s scheduled game at Atlanta was rained out and will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Monday.
TOP INDIANA HEADLINES/RELEASES
INDIANA PACERS BASKETBALL
GAME 7 PREVIEW
It all comes down to this. The 2024 Eastern Conference Semifinals between the Pacers and Knicks has gone the distance and will come down to a decisive Game 7 on Sunday afternoon at Madison Square Garden.
The winner will advance to face the top-seeded Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals, which begin on Tuesday in Boston. The loser’s season will be over.
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The Pacers forced a Game 7 thanks to a 116-103 win on Friday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse where they played at a fever pitch from start to finish. After head coach Rick Carlisle called out his team’s effort in a 30-point drubbing in Game 5 on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden, the Blue & Gold responded by outhustling the Knicks on Friday.
Indiana outscored New York 62-38 in points in the paint and outrebounded the Knicks 47-35, a drastic turnaround from Game 5, when the Knicks outscored Indiana by 26 points in the paint and outrebounded the Pacers by 24.
While the Knicks’ move to a smaller starting lineup — inserting 6-1 guard Miles McBride into the first unit in place of 6-8 forward Precious Achiuwa — was highly effective in Game 5, the Pacers found ways to counteract it on Friday, by attacking the rim and working the ball into 6-8 forward Pascal Siakam in the post, where he was being guarded by a player 6-4 or shorter.
Siakam had 25 points, seven rebounds, and five assists to lead six Pacers in double figures.
The home team has won all six games so far in this series, but the Pacers only need to buck that trend once to advance. Still, it will be a tall task in the rowdy environment of Madison Square Garden, especially for a young Pacers team with limited playoff experience.
Of the players on the roster, only Siakam and veteran center Myles Turner have received significant minutes in a Game 7 before. For All-Star guard Tyrese Haliburton (as well as other rotational players Andrew Nembhard, Ben Sheppard, and Isaiah Jackson), this is his first playoffs.
“It’s the ultimate game,” Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said. “This is a great opportunity…This team’s been through a lot of new experiences over the last three-and-a-half weeks and this will be another new one. We’ll do everything possible to get them ready, but in Game 7s it comes down to compete level and how well you’re tied together.”
One storyline to watch heading into Sunday is the health of Knicks forward Josh Hart, who was treated for abdominal soreness during Game 6 and ultimately removed from the game early in the fourth quarter.
Projected Starters
Pacers: G – Tyrese Haliburton, G – Andrew Nembhard, F – Aaron Nesmith, F – Pascal Siakam, C – Myles Turner
Knicks: G – Jalen Brunson, G – Miles McBride, F – Donte DiVincenzo, F – Josh Hart, C – Isaiah Hartenstein
Injury Report
Pacers: Bennedict Mathurin – out (right shoulder labral tear)
Knicks: OG Anunoby – questionable (left hamstring strain), Josh Hart – questionable (strained abdominal), Bojan Bogdanovic – out (left foot surgery), Julius Randle – out (right shoulder surgery), Mitchell Robinson – out (left ankle stress injury)
Last Meeting
May 17, 2024: The Pacers used a 17-2 run in the second quarter to open a lead they never relinquished the rest of the way in a 116-103 victory over the Knicks on Friday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Pascal Siakam led Indiana with 25 points on 11-of-21 shooting to go along with seven rebounds, five assists, and two steals. With the Knicks utilizing a small-ball starting lineup that essentially features four guards, the Blue & Gold worked the offense through their 6-8 swingman.
Five other Pacers finished in double figures, including Myles Turner (17 points on 6-of-10 shooting, eight rebounds, and two blocks), Tyrese Haliburton (15 points, six rebounds, nine assists, and two blocks), and Andrew Nembhard (15 points, six boards, and six assists).
Jalen Brunson scored 26 of his game-high 31 points after halftime to lead New York in the loss. Miles McBride added 20 points, going 8-for-12 from the field and 4-for-6 from 3-point range, while Donte DiVincenzo scored 17.
Noteworthy
- This will be the third time the Pacers and Knicks have met in a Game 7 at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks prevailed in Game 7 in the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals, but the Pacers got their revenge a year later in Game 7 of the 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals.
- Indiana is 3-6 all-time when playing a Game 7, with all but one (2014 against Atlanta) of those games taking place on the road. The Pacers’ last Game 7 was in the first round in 2018 against Cleveland.
- New York has an all-time record of 7-8 when playing a Game 7. The Knicks have not played a Game 7 since the 2000 Eastern Conference Semifinals against Miami and haven’t hosted a Game 7 since 1995 against the Pacers.
Broadcast Information (TV and Radio Listings >>)
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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS BASEBALL
INDIANS COLLECT SEASON HIGHS IN RUNS, HITS AND HOME RUNS TO BLAST MUD HENS
INDIANAPOLIS – Ji Hwan Bae launched a leadoff home run, Matt Gorski hit a tape-measure shot 478 feet and Henry Davis homered twice to carry the Indianapolis Indians to a triumphant 16-10 win over the Toledo Mud Hens on Saturday night at Victory Field.
Bae started the slugfest with a bang, homering to straightaway center field on the third pitch he saw against Ty Madden. The leadoff shot sailed 441 feet and was his second of the season and fourth of his Indians career, moving him into a tie with Max Moroff for the most leadoff home runs by an Indian in the Victory Field era. The Indians (19-21) extended their lead to 4-0 thanks to a two-run single by Bae and bases-loaded walk by Jake Lamb in the ensuing frame.
The Mud Hens (24-19) got on the board in the third inning on a run-scoring single by Jace Jung. The visitors pulled with one in the fourth on an Anthony Bemboom RBI single and Parker Meadows three-bagger, but Indianapolis maintained its lead with single runs in the bottom of the fourth and fifth to carry a 6-4 advantage into the final four innings, which featured a combined 16 runs and four home runs between both clubs.
Toledo turned the game over to infielder Riley Unroe for his first career pitching appearance in the sixth, and the Indians opened the floodgates with a four-run burst before tallying six more runs in the eighth. Davis cleared the left-field wall with his first home run of the game, Gorski brought home two runs on a triple and Canaan Smith-Njigba notched an RBI single to make it 10-4, and Gorski and Davis each smacked three-run shots in Indy’s final at-bat.
Gorski finished a single shy of the cycle and recorded a career-high five RBI. His home run in the eighth was the longest hit in the International League this season and the longest by an Indian since Statcast advanced tracking began in 2022. Davis also matched career highs with his two-homer, four-RBI performance. It was his fourth career game with multiple home runs, the last coming with Pittsburgh on July 21, 2023, at Los Angeles (AL).
Chris Gau (W, 1-0) surrendered three earned runs on four hits and two walks with five strikeouts to earn his first career win in Triple-A. Madden (L, 0-1) gave up four earned runs on four hits in 1.2 innings pitched. Unroe was tagged for 10 earned runs on 10 hits in 2.2 innings of relief.
The Indians established new season highs in runs, hits (18) and home runs. Indy hadn’t hit more than two home runs in a game all season prior to Saturday’s slugfest. The team’s previous highs for runs and hits came on May 1 vs. Buffalo when the Indians scored 14 runs on 17 knocks.
Bae finished 4-for-6 with three RBI, Andrés Alvarez registered a 3-for-4, three-run performance from the bottom of the order and Nuñez and Grant Koch had two hits apiece.
Indianapolis and Toledo conclude the series on Sunday at Victory Field with a doubleheader. Game 1 starts at 12:35 PM, and the second contest will start 30 minutes after the end of the opener. Neither team has named its probable starting pitchers for either game.
INDY ELEVEN SOCCER
BOYS IN BLUE MOVE TO SEVEN UNBEATEN ACROSS ALL COMPETITIONS
INDIANAPOLIS (Saturday, May 18, 2024) – Indy Eleven scored early and scored often on its way to a 4-1 victory over Hartford Athletic Saturday night at Carroll Stadium. With the win, Indy improves to 5-4-2 in 2024, while Hartford falls to 3-6-0.
The opening goal came in the third minute by way of a Jack Blake penalty kick to give him a team-leading five tallies this season. He has now converted on seven career penalties in USLC regular season action. Benjamin Ofeimu went on to double the lead with what proved to be the match winner for the home side, scoring off one of Indy’s season-high 12 corners in the match for his first goal in the Circle City.
The Boys in Blue have 12 first-half goals this season, the second highest total in league play (Charleston, 16).
Scoring continued in the second half with who other than league assist leader Aedan Stanley connecting with Douglas Martinez for an insurance goal in the 54th minute. The helper was the sixth for Stanley and the goal was the third for Martinez. The final goal came from Augi Williams off a Younes Boudadi assist to put him atop the Boys in Blue’s scoring column alongside Blake.
Hartford was able to get one back as Michee Ngalina scored in the 80th minute.
Williams and Blake led the Boys in Blue with four shots apiece, while Hunter Sulte registered three saves in goal.
Indy is now riding a seven-game unbeaten streak across all competitions, and five games in USL Championship action.
The Boys in Blue have scored in 11 straight USLC matches to open the 2024 season, bringing their total to 21. It is the longest run overall within the same USLC season for the club since a 12-game streak in 2022. In total, Indy has scored in 14 straight regular USLC season matches dating back to Sept. 30, 2023, the longest streak since joining the league for the 2018 season.
The Boys in Blue step out of USL Championship action to host Detroit City FC in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Tickets are available here. The match will stream on USSoccer.com.
USL Championship Regular Season
Indy Eleven 4:1 Hartford Athletic
Saturday, May 18, 2024 – 7 p.m. ET
Michael A. Carroll Stadium | Indianapolis, Indiana
2024 USL Championship Records
Indy Eleven: 5-4-2, 17 pts (+2)
Hartford Athletic: 3-6-0, 9 pts (-12)
Scoring Summary
IND – Jack Blake (penalty) 3’
IND – Ben Ofeimu 45+3’
IND – Douglas Martinez (Aedan Stanley) 54’
IND – Augi Williams (Younes Boudadi) 58’
HFD – Michee Ngalina 78’
Discipline Summary
IND – Augi Williams (caution) 11’IND – Adrian Diz Pe (caution) 15’
HFD – Bench (caution) 23′
HFD – Thomas Vancaeyezeele (caution) 82’
HFD – Bench (ejection) 90′
Indy Eleven line-up (4-3-3): Hunter Sulte, Adrian Diz Pe, Josh O’Brien, Benjamin Ofeimu, Younes Boudadi (Ben Mines 84’), Aedan Stanley, Jack Blake (Max Schneider 77’), Cam Lindley (captain), Sebastian Guenzatti (Laurence Wootton 64’), Augi Williams (Elliot Collier 64’), Douglas Martinez (Tega Ikoba 64’)
Indy Subs: Yannik Oettl, Tyler Gibson, Logan Neidlinger, Jai Dindiyal
Hartford Athletic line-up: Renan Ribeiro, Jordan Scarlett, Triston Hodge (Emmanuel Samadia 45’), Thomas Vancaeyezeele, Rece Buckmaster, Marlon Hairston (Marcus Epps 57’), Anderson Asiedu (Beverly Makangila 57’), Jay Chapman (Daniel Berrera 74’), Deshane Beckford, Michee Ngalina, Romario Williams (Kyle Edwards 69’)
Hartford subs: Greg Monroe, Joe Akpunonu
INDIANA SOFTBALL NEWS
COLUMBIA, Mo. ––– Indiana fell in their second regional game to No. 7 overall seed Missouri on Saturday evening, 5-1.
With the loss, the Hoosiers finished their season with a 40-20 overall record.
INDIANA 1, MISSOURI 5
KEY MOMENTS
• Missouri took an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first when Laird scored on an error and then Honnold scored on a groundout in the next at bat.
• Indiana’s defense got out of the top of the third quickly, putting together a 1-2-3 inning.
• In the bottom of the fifth, sophomore Avery Parker hit a line drive to left field for a single and freshman Alex Cooper would get to scoring position at second, but the Hoosiers could not plate a run to leave it at a 2-0 score.
• Missouri would add on another run in the top of the sixth on a bases loaded walk to make it 3-0.
• Missouri scored two runs to make it 5-0 in the top of the seventh.
• In the bottom of the seventh inning, junior Sarah Stone hit a home run over the right field wall to make it 5-1.
NOTABLES
• Indiana finished the season with back-to-back 40-plus win seasons, Big Ten Tournament Final appearances and NCAA Regional appearances.
• Sophomore Sophie Kleiman and junior Brianna Copeland each had two strikeouts.
• Stone’s home run was her tenth of the season.
INDIANA BASEBALL NEWS
ROSEMONT, Ill. – For the first time since 2012, the Indiana Baseball team (30-22-1, 15-9 B1G) will meet in-state rival Purdue in the Big Ten Tournament Presented by IFS.ai. IU, the number three seed, will meet No. 6 Purdue in the tournament’s first game on Tuesday (May 21) morning at 11:00 AM ET/10:00 AM CT.
The two teams played the first weekend of May at Alexander Field in West Lafayette with the Hoosiers winning the final two games of the series. The Sunday contest featured a wild four-run ninth inning that helped IU to a comeback win and series victory over the Boilermakers.
Purdue (2012) and IU (2013-14) won every Big Ten Tournament title for a three-year span but neither team has won it since. These two rivals will be on the same side of the bracket as No. 2-seed Nebraska and No. 7-seed Ohio State at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha.
The winner of Tuesday’s opening game will head to the winner’s bracket and will be off until Thursday afternoon. The loser will have to come back and play an elimination game on Wednesday (May 22) evening. All games at this week’s tournament in Omaha will be broadcasted on the Big Ten Network.
PURDUE WOMEN’S GOLF NEWS
CARLSBAD, Calif. – As the wind picked up and the greens became firmer, the North Course at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa showed its teeth Saturday afternoon and proved why it is a true test to determine a national champion. After playing in the morning wave on Friday, Purdue Women’s Golf had to battle the course as part of the Saturday afternoon group, where over-par rounds were common for nearly every team. When the dust settled, the Boilermakers found themselves in 28th at 31-over par (295-312—607) through the first 36 holes of the 2024 NCAA Championships.
With 18 holes remaining before the field is sliced in half to the Top 15 teams, Purdue needs to make a surge for the season to continue. No. 2 Wake Forest and No. 15 Arizona State are currently tied for 14th at 11-over par to set the cut line heading into Sunday’s third round.
Jasmine Kahler and Momo Sugiyama posted Purdue’s best scores on Saturday, as both Boilermakers carded 76s (+4). Despite playing in more difficult conditions, Kahler improved from her opening round, the only Boilermaker to record a better second round score. The freshman battled throughout the day, tallying 14 pars and four bogeys that included pars on her final six holes.
With the best score for the second consecutive day, Sugiyama (+4) leads all Boilermakers on the individual leaderboard through two rounds. If Purdue cannot make the cut as a team on Sunday, Sugiyama remains within striking distance to advance to the final round of stroke play as an individual.
The Boilermakers will begin the third round at 4:50 p.m. ET on Sunday (May 19). Purdue will be paired alongside No. 22 Virginia (+32) and No. 25 SMU (+35).
For updates throughout the rest of the NCAA Championships, follow Purdue Women’s Golf on Twitter @PurdueWGolf.
BOILERMAKERS
T62. Momo Sugiyama: 72-76—148 (+4)
T112. Jasmine Kahler: 77-76—153 (+9)
T112. Natasha Kiel: 73-80—153 (+9)
T119. Ashley Kozlowski: 74-80—154 (+10)
T141. Jocelyn Bruch: 76-81—157 (+13)
TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. #13 Texas A&M: 281-284—585 (-11)
2. #1 Stanford: 285-285—570 (-6)
3. #16 Clemson: 280-293—573 (-3)
4. #5 UCLA: 291-283—574 (-2)
T5. #6 Auburn: 285-290—575 (-1)
T5. #4 LSU: 289-286—575 (-1)
7. #12 Oregon: 294-283—577 (+1)
T8. #10 Arkansas: 288-290—578 (+2)
T8. #11 Northwestern: 285-293—578 (+2)
10. #9 Duke: 286-293—579 (+3)
11. #7 USC: 299-283—582 (+6)
12. #23 Mississippi State: 287-297—584 (+8)
13. #8 Texas: 299-286—585 (+9)
T14. #2 Wake Forest: 295-292—587 (+11)
T14. #15 Arizona State: 286-301—587 (+11)
16. #19 Florida State: 287-302—589 (+13)
T17. #21 Pepperdine: 291-299—590 (+14)
T17. San Jose State: 286-304—590 (+14)
19. Michigan State: 288-304—592 (+16)
20. #3 South Carolina: 296-297—593 (+17)
21. Oregon State: 299-295—594 (+18)
T22. #20 Vanderbilt: 300-295—595 (+19)
T22. Baylor: 300-295—595 (+19)
24. #14 Ole Miss: 299-297—596 (+20)
25. Oklahoma State: 287-313—600 (+24)
26. Tulsa: 303-301—604 (+28)
27. North Carolina: 301-304—605 (+29)
28. Purdue: 295-312—607 (+31)
29. #22 Virginia: 301-307—608 (+32)
30. #25 SMU: 302-309—611 (+35)
NOTRE DAME MEN’S LAX NEWS
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – No. 1 Notre Dame avenged its only loss of the season on Saturday, defeating No. 8 Georgetown 16-11 in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals at James M. Shuart Stadium to advance to championship weekend for the seventh time in program history.
For the second-straight season the Irish advance to the semifinals and will face the winner of No. 4 Syracuse and No. 5 Denver on Saturday, May 25 in Philadelphia at Lincoln Financial Field. The game will air on ESPN2. Buy tickets here.
Chris Kavanagh had arguably the best game of his career, tying his career high in points (8) off five goals and three assists to lead the Irish attack. His brother Pat Kavanagh also had a hat trick and finished with four points off three goals and an assist.
Will Lynch continued his dominant run of play at the faceoff dot, winning 21-of-26 attempts while also scooping up 12 ground balls and scoring a goal.
In goal Liam Entenmann made eight saves while giving up 10 goals to help the Irish defense keep the Hoya attack at bay.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Irish got off to a great start, scoring the first three goals of the day to jump out to a 3-0 lead with over six minutes left in the frame. McLane started the scoring, firing in a goal on the first possession. Notre Dame followed up with goals from Reilly Gray and Chris Kavanagh to build the early lead. The Hoyas scored the final goal of the quarter to make it a 3-1 game after 15 minutes of action.
Notre Dame carried its momentum into the second quarter, outscoring the Hoyas 4-1 to take a 7-2 lead into the break. The two sides each scored a goal to begin the quarter before the Irish closed with three in the final four minutes to open up the five-goal advantage.
The Kavanagh brothers accounted for three of the four goals in the second quarter, as Chris had two and Pat had one. Eric Dobson also added a goal to help carry the Irish attack.
The Hoyas scored the first goal of the second half to cut the Irish lead to four goals but a nine-goal second half lifted the Irish to the quarterfinal victory and will advance to Philadelphia to compete in the Final Four for the second consecutive year.
ND STAT OF THE GAME
Chris Kavanagh’s eight points are a program record for points in an NCAA Tournament game and his five goals tie the program record for goals in an NCAA Tournament contest.
NOTRE DAME NOTES
Notre Dame improves to 27-25 in NCAA Championships history, including a record of 22-11 over the last 13 tournament appearances.
The Irish have now advanced to the semifinal round in back-to-back seasons.
Notre Dame extends its win streak to 12 games, which is the longest since winning 15 consecutive games during the 2009 season.
The Irish are 11-9 against Georgetown in the all-time series.
With the win, Notre Dame improves to 8-0 against teams ranked in the top-10 at the time of the matchup in 2024.
The Irish are now 8-0 in games played away from South Bend this season.
The Notre Dame attack has finished in double-figures for goals in every game this season.
With his first goal of the day, Chris Kavanagh became the 10th player in program history to reach the 100-goal milestone for their career. Three of the 10 members are now Kavanagh brothers (Matt, Pat and Chris).
Pat Kavanagh has recorded at least three points in every game this season.
With eight points, Chris Kavanagh has reached the five-point mark in nine games this season.
Marco Napolitano scored his first career goal in the victory and Entenmann recorded his first assist of the season.
UP NEXT
The Irish advance to the semifinals and will face the winner of No. 4 Syracuse and No. 5 Denver on Saturday, May 25 in Philadelphia at Lincoln Financial Field. The game will air on ESPN2.
BUTLER BASEBALL NEWS
INDIANAPOLIS – The regular-season BIG EAST champion UConn Huskies defeated Butler on Saturday afternoon by the final score of 11-3. The day began with the Bulldogs honoring seven departing student-athletes with Senior Day festivities. The visiting Huskies recorded at least one hit in each of the first eight innings, spreading out a total of 15 hits over the course of the game. Butler’s overall record fell to 20-35.
Ian Cooke was the story on the mound for UConn, pitching seven complete innings and allowing only one run, a sixth inning home run from the Bulldogs’ Kade Lewis over the center field wall. Cooke finished with 10 strikeouts and no walks, allowing eight total hits and, ultimately, recording his fourth win of the season.
Tyler Banks started on the mound for Butler and lasted four innings. He took the loss, allowing five runs with four strikeouts. Relief came from Grant Brooks, Ben Whiteside, and Cole Graverson. Whiteside, who also pitched four complete innings, finished with three strikeouts.
The first six hitters in the Huskies lineup each recorded two hits on the day. Left fielder Korey Morton led the team with three RBI, while second baseman Bryan Padilla contributed a pair, and each of them recorded one of the Huskies’ two home runs. Designated hitter Tyler Minick contributed with a stand-up triple.
In addition to Lewis’ 10th home run of the season, Butler put a pair of runs on the board in the eighth inning. After back-to-back singles and a wild pitch, a second ball in the dirt allowed Joey Urban to score from third. Still at the plate, Jack Moroknek then singled and sent Lewis across for the Bulldogs’ final tally.
BUTLER MEN’S GOLF NEWS
Leo Zurovac stands in second as the final round of the 2024 GOLFWEEK National Golf Invitational Championship looms Sunday.
Zurovac followed up his opening-round 68 with a Saturday five-under loop of 67. The sophomore had seven birdies against only two bogeys on the 7,323-yard Ak-Chin Southern Dunes course. He entered the round in third and now is in the No. 2 spot with only Sunday’s play remaining.
Zurovac trails Valparaiso’s Anthony Delisanti, who used a 10-under 62 to climb 14 spots to the pole position on the leaderboard. Delisanti is now at 133 (-11), two shots clear of Zurovac (135; -9). Jack Beauchamp of TCU, who was the first-round leader, is now third at 136 (-8).
As a team, the Bulldogs carded a four-under 284 for the second consecutive day. Butler entered the day fifth in the team standings and will begin Sunday’s final round in that same spot.
TCU holds the 36-hole lead at 556 (-20). The Horned Frogs also held the lead after the first round and were able to hold off a charging Washington State, which fired a 14-under 274 in the second round. Washington State is now just one shot back of the lead.
The Bulldogs (568; -8) are three shots behind Wyoming (565; -11) for fourth place and hold a six-shot advantage over sixth-place Cal State-Northridge (574; -2).
Butler’s Derek Tabor also found red numbers with a one-under 71 Saturday. The Bulldogs’ most interesting round of the day belonged to Will Horne. The lefty carded an even-par 72 that included only five pars. He eagled the par-5, 549-yard 16th hole and added six birdies as part of his round.
The 54-hole NGI, being contested in Maricopa, Ariz., gives teams on the outside of the NCAA postseason a chance to have a season-ending championship of their own.
THE BULLDOGS:
2) Leo Zurovac, 68-67–135 (-9)
T15) Will Horne, 70-72–142 (-2)
T25) Damon Dickey, 71-74–145 (+1)
T27) Derek Tabor, 75-71–146 (+2)
T37) Daniel Tanaka, 75-74–149 (+5)
Sunday’s final round is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. local time as players will go off the tees at No. 1 and No. 10.
Live scoring will be available via GolfStat with a link available on the schedule page of ButlerSports.com.
BALL STATE BASEBALL NEWS
The Ball State baseball team was tied with Kent State entering the eighth inning, but the Golden Flashes pulled away to salvage a 7-2 win on Saturday afternoon at Schoonover Stadium.
The Cardinals (32-21-1, 18-12 Mid-American Conference) finished the season third in the league’s regular season standings with the decision and will play No. 6 seed Toledo at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday in next week’s MAC Tournament in Avon, Ohio.
Blake Bevis hit an RBI single that plated Nick Gregory in the first to put the visitors on the board. Kent State knotted the score at 1-1 with a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth inning. The Golden Flashes busted out with a six-run eighth inning to take the series finale after the Cardinals took the first two contests of the weekend.
Ball State got an RBI single from Hunter Dobbins in the ninth and ended the game with the bases loaded. The Cardinals previously had a chance with the bases full in the top of the eighth but couldn’t push across the go-ahead run.
Bevis went 3-for-4 with a walk and double on the day, while Dobbins and Gregory had two hits each. Will Jacobson (4.0 innings, three strikeouts, one run) and Sam Klein (three strikeouts in 2.2 shutout frames) led the visiting pitching staff early.
Kent State’s Peyton Cariaco (5-3) went 1.2 innings of one-run ball out of the bullpen to earn the win, while Nate Blain (2-5) suffered the loss after allowing three runs in an inning of work.
Even with the setback, the Cardinals clinched their seventh straight MAC series win and are the reigning MAC Tournament champions heading into next week.
INDIANA STATE BASEBALL NEWS
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Indiana State secured the top overall seed at the 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Championships as announced by the conference office on Saturday afternoon. The Sycamores will take on the rest of the tournament field at German American Bank Field in Evansville, Ind. on the campus of the University of Evansville over May 21-25.
Indiana State earned its second-consecutive MVC regular season title with a 22-5 record during conference play this season. The Sycamores won all nine Valley series during the regular season and have won 19-straight conference series dating back to the 2022 campaign. The Sycamores are the defending regular-season and tournament champs.
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Murray State (17-10 MVC) secured the No. 2 seed and will play its first game on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. CT. Tournament host and No. 3 seed Evansville (17-10) is set to face No. 4 Illinois State (16-11) at 9 a.m. CT on Wednesday while No. 5-seeded UIC (16-11) and No. 8-seeded Missouri State (11-16) kick off the 2024 championship at 2:30 p.m. CT on Tuesday. Sixth-seeded Southern Illinois (12-15) faces No. 7 Belmont (12-15) in the second game of the tournament on Tuesday at 6 p.m. CT.
There were three ties in the standings. Murray State and Evansville were 17-10 in the regular season. The Racers earned the No. 2 seed by virtue of its sweep in the three-game series against UE. Illinois State and UIC tied for fourth place in the standings at 16-11, and the Redbirds earned the tiebreaker and No. 4 seed as it took two of three games from UIC in their series. And Southern Illinois and Belmont also tied (at 12-15). SIU earned the higher seed by virtue of its three-game sweep over Belmont during the regular season.
Schedule for Tuesday, May 21
Game 1: No. 5 UIC vs. No. 8 Missouri State, 2:30 PM
Game 2: No. 6 Southern Illinois vs. No. 7 Belmont, 6 PM
Schedule for Wednesday, May 22
Game 3: No. 3 Evansville vs. No. 4 Illinois State, 9 AM
Game 4: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 12:30 PM
Game 5: No. 1 Indiana State vs. TBD, 4 PM
Game 6: No. 2 Murray State vs. TBD, 7:30 PM
Schedule for Thursday, May 23
Game 7: Loser of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4, 9 AM
Game 8: Loser of Game 5 vs. Loser of Game 6, 12:30 PM
Game 9: Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 7, 4 PM
Game 10: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 6, 7:30 PM
Schedule for Friday, May 24
Game 11: TBD, 11 AM
Game 12: TBD, 2:30 PM
Game 13: TBD, 6 PM
Schedule for Saturday, May 27
Game 14: MVC Championship, 2:30 PM
Game 15: MVC Championship (If Necessary), 6 PM
Follow the Action
Valley fans can watch the 2024 MVC Baseball Tournament on ESPN+.
Championship Format
The 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Championship welcomes the top eight league teams to compete for the Valley’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. This year’s format gives the top four seeds based on regular season finish a bye into Day 2 of the tournament, while seeds five through eight will play on Tuesday, May 21. The tournament is a double elimination format.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE BASEBALL NEWS
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Purdue Fort Wayne got contributions from every part of their lineup, as all nine starters reached base safely, but the Mastodons fell to the Oakland Golden Grizzlies 9-7 Saturday (May 18).
It was Senior Day for the Mastodons. Jake Paymaster, Carter Sabol, Mac Ayres, Kevin Fee, Ben Higgins, Cade Fitzpatrick, Eli Tencza, Grant Thoroman, Luke Miles, Kyle Maurer, Dalton Madsen, Jacob Walker, Caileb Johnson, Brooks Sailors and Tyler Nelson were honored prior to the game.
The ‘Dons took a 4-3 lead after a four-run second inning. Miles knocked in two with a single in the frame. He came around later on a balk.
Purdue Fort Wayne had two home runs in the game. Higgins had a solo shot in the third inning over the left field wall. Thoroman knotted the game at seven in the seventh with a solo home run to right field.
Oakland scored single runs in the eighth and ninth innings to win 9-7. The Mastodons’ final best chances came in the seventh and the ninth. They stranded runners at second and third in both innings.
Higgins led the Mastodons at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a home run and a walk.
The ‘Dons used six pitchers in the game. Paymaster (0-1) took the loss out of the pen. Mac Ayers threw 1.2 innings with a pair of strikeouts. Josh Korson earned the win for Oakland (1-0). Brody Krzysiak picked up his second save of the year. John Lauinger went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBIs for the Golden Grizzlies.
Purdue Fort Wayne finishes the regular season 18-35 (11-19 Horizon League). Oakland improves to 31-25 (18-12 Horizon League). Both teams will be in action next week at the 2024 Horizon League Baseball Championship. Top-seed Wright State will host the event. The ‘Dons are the No. 5 seed and will play the No. 4 seed Milwaukee at 11 a.m. on Wednesday (May 24) in the double elimination tournament. All games will stream on ESPN+.
EVANSVILLE BASEBALL NEWS
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville baseball team used a pair of three-run innings on Saturday to cruise past the visiting UIC Flames, 8-2, on “Senior Day” at German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium in Evansville, Indiana.
“What a good way to close out this regular-season!” said UE head coach Wes Carroll. “On the mound, we had a freshman in Kevin Reed really step up and give us a chance today on ‘Senior Day,’ and then our offense was finally able to put up some crooked numbers there in the middle of the game to take control of things.
“I am really proud of how we have played the last two months of the season, and have captured this momentum going into the conference tournament.”
Reed (5-1) was sharp early, as he held UIC to just one hit through the first four innings, as he was locked in a scoreless pitcher’s duel through four innings. The Flames would finally score a run on a pair of hits and a sacrifice fly against Reed in the fifth inning, but his teammates would answer right back to give him the run support needed to win.
An infield single by junior outfielder Ty Rumsey, a walk and a double-steal put two men into scoring position to open the fifth inning for UE. Rumsey would score on a fielder’s choice ground ball to tie the game at 1-1. Then, two batters later, graduate outfielder Mark Shallenberger doubled off the left-field wall and senior designated hitter Kip Fougerousse launched a two-run home run to left field to give UE a 3-1 lead.
Sophomore reliever Max Hansmann pitched scoreless sixth and seventh innings, while UE tacked on three more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to take control of the contest. Junior outfielder Ty Rumsey opened the scoring with a one-out RBI single through the right side of the UIC infield. Freshman second baseman Brodie Peart then followed with a two-run single to center field to give UE a 6-1 lead.
UE would score two more runs in the seventh inning on a bases-loaded walk by Peart and an RBI single by senior shortstop Simon Scherry to move the advantage to 8-1. The Flames would get a run back in the eighth inning, but graduate reliever Jace Kressin came out of the UE bullpen to record the final five outs in order to nail down the victory for UE.
Fougerousse, Rumsey and junior outfielder Harrison Taubert all had two-hit performances for UE. Peart added three RBI, while Scherry drove in a pair of runs as well.
With the victory, Evansville finishes the regular season with a 31-23 overall record and 17-10 Missouri Valley Conference mark. UE finished in a tie for second-place, and the Purple Aces will be the No. 3 seed in this week’s MVC Tournament which will be hosted at UE’s German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium. The tournament will officially begin on Tuesday with games at 2:30 and 6 p.m., while UE’s first game in the tournament will come at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, as the Purple Aces will face No. 4 seed Illinois State. Tickets for the MVC Tournament can be purchased on-line at GoPurpleAces.com under the tickets link, or by phone by calling Logan Belz in the UE Athletic Ticket Office at 812-488-2623.
SOUTHERN INDIANA BASEBALL NEWS
The 2024 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Championship presented by SERVPRO field is now set. The event will be held May 22-25 at Mtn Dew Park in Marion, Illinois. This year marks the 45th OVC Baseball Tournament (the first elimination style event was held in 1979).
The venue opened in 2007 and was previously known as Rent One Park. It is now home to the Prospect League Team the Thrillville Thrillbillies, who began play last summer. This year marks the third time the event has been held at the venue (2019, 2023, 2024); the Championship will also be held there in 2025.
The event has been held at five neutral site locations after moving from the campus of the regular season champions in 2001. The event has been held in Paducah, Kentucky (2001-09), Jackson, Tennessee (2010-16, 2021), Oxford, Alabama (2017-18), Marion, Illinois (2019, 2023-present)) and Lexington, Kentucky (2022).
Tickets will be $30 for an all-session pass, $10 per adult per day and $5 per day for children (18 and under) and college students with valid ID and can be purchased online or in-person at Mt Dew Park. All seats are general admission for the OVC Championship.
This year’s bracket once again includes four single elimination games on Wednesday, with the winners advancing to the double elimination portion of the bracket which will include the No. 1 and 2 seeds (who receive byes until Thursday games).
Fans can watch the entire 2024 OVC Baseball Tournament live on ESPN+. Fans can subscribe to ESPN+ for $10.99 a month (or $109.99 per year) or as part of the Disney Bundle. ESPN+, the multi-sport, direct-to-consumer video service from The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer & International segment, is an integrated part of the ESPN App and (on mobile and connected devices) and ESPN.com.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Wednesday, May 22
Game 1: #5 Tennessee Tech vs. #8 UT Martin, 9 a.m. CT (ESPN+)
Game 2: #6 Eastern Illinois vs. #7 SIUE, 12:30 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
Game 3: #4 Southern Indiana vs. Winner of Game 1, 4 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
Game 4: #3 Morehead State vs. Winner of Game 2, 7:30 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
Thursday, May 23
Game 5: #1 Little Rock vs. Winner of Game 3, 11 a.m. CT (ESPN+)
Game 6: #2 Southeast Missouri vs. Winner Game 4, 3 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
Game 7: Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 7 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
Friday, May 24
Game 8: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 2 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
Game 9: Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, 6 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
Saturday, May 25
Game 10: Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9, 12 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
Game 11: Repeated Pairing (if necessary), 30 minutes after Game 10 (ESPN+)
NOTE: The first four games are single elimination. All Times CENTRAL.
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball completed a series sweep of Western Illinois University with a 10-3 win on Senior Day Saturday afternoon at the USI Baseball Field. The Screaming Eagles are 25-30 overall and 14-13 in the OVC, while Leathernecks finish their year 13-37, 8-19 OVC.
With the series sweep of WIU, USI is the fourth seed in the upcoming OVC Baseball Championship, presented by SERVPRO, and scheduled for May 22-25 at Mountain Dew Park in Marion, Illinois. The Eagles earned a first-round bye and will play the winner of the first-round game between the to be determined fifth and eighth seeds at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
The first two rounds of OVC Baseball Championship are single elimination on Wednesday, followed by the double elimination portion on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
The series sweep is the third of the year and the seventh series win of the spring for the Eagles.
In the series finale, USI overcame an early 1-0 deficit by scoring six unanswered runs between the second and fifth innings to lead 10-1. USI junior leftfielder Thomas Emerich (Ava, Missouri) scored the Eagles’ first run of the game on a ground out by senior designated hitter Jack Ellis (Jeffersonville, Indian), while junior centerfielder Terrick Thompson-Allen (Sioux City, Iowa) scored to put USI in the lead in the second, 2-1, on a RBI-single by junior second baseman Lane Crowden (Jackson, Missouri).
USI increased the advantage to 3-1 in the third when Emerich drove in junior second Caleb Niehaus (Newburgh, Indiana) with a sacrifice fly. The Eagles exploded for five more runs in the bottom of the fourth to extend the margin five, 6-1, taking advantage of three walks, a hit batter, and a WIU error.
The margin was increased to nine, 10-1, when USI scored twice in the fifth on RBI-singles by junior third baseman Ricardo Van Grieken (Venezuela) and senior first baseman Tucker Ebest (Austin, Texas) and two more runs in the fifth. WIU closed the gap with a pair of runs in the eighth before USI sent WIU down in order in the ninth for the 10-3 win.
Van Grieken finished the game with a team-high two RBIs and was joined by Crowden with two hits each.
On the mound, junior left-hander Will Kiesel (Wadesville, Indiana) posted his first win of the season in his first start of the campaign. Kiesel (1-3), who was the first of five USI hurlers on a staff day, allowed one run on three hits, while striking out three in three innings of work.
VALPO MEN’S GOLF NEWS
Valparaiso University men’s golf junior Anthony Delisanti (Sanborn, N.Y. / Niagara Wheatfield) is no stranger to epic performances. You may recall the final nine holes at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship his freshman year, or the final nine of that same event this year, or many other unforgettable rounds over the last three seasons. But even for Delisanti, nothing compares to what he did over 18 holes on Saturday in the second round of the National Golf Invitational, hosted at the par-72, 7323-yard Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club in Maricopa, Ariz.
Delisanti shattered his own 18-hole program record and was one stroke away from matching a course record with a 62 (-10) in Round 2, climbing 14 spots and into the lead entering Sunday’s final round.
How It Happened
Delisanti’s unbelievable round featured six birdies and two eagles. He eagled the par-5 13th hole and the par-5 16th hole. He was par or better on all 18 holes.
After carding a 71 in Friday’s opening round, Delisanti holds a 36-hole score of 133 (-11) with 18 holes separating him from a national title in the 47-player field. He goes into the final day holding a two-stroke lead on Butler’s Leo Zurovac and a three-stroke lead on TCU’s Jack Beauchamp.
Sophomore Owen Sander (Carmel, Ind. / Carmel) had a solid round with a 73 (+1), owning the second-best score by a Beacon. He had four birdies to counteract three bogeys and one double. Sander’s 36-hole score of 149 is second on the squad and tied for 37th overall.
Third on the team was freshman Adam Melliere (Zionsville, Ind. / Zionsville) with a 77.
As a team, Valpo improved by six strokes from Friday’s round, finishing the day at 291. The Beacons own a 36-hole score of 588, ninth in a 10-team field and just one stroke back of Long Island for eighth. The Beacons are ahead of Missouri Valley Conference foe Belmont.
Inside the Round
Delisanti is the only player in the tournament with multiple eagles. He also has a team-high nine birdies.
Delisanti ranks tied for third in the field in par-4 scoring average at 3.80.
Delisanti beat his own single-round program record of 64 that was set on Sept. 27, 2022 in the third round of the Zach Johnson Invitational and matched on April 24, 2023 in the second round of the MVC Championship. In relation to par, he beat the previous record by three strokes, as the program standard of seven under was set by Jared Magoline and Nick Seitz in the 2014 Golfweek Program Challenge and tied by Delisanti in his two aforementioned rounds.
Delisanti was one stroke away from tying a course record at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club.
Coming soon – check back to ValpoAthletics.com.
Up Next
The final round of the tournament – and season – will take place on Sunday. A link to live scoring via GolfStat is available on ValpoAthletics.com.
VALPO BASEBALL NEWS
The game meant nothing, but the day meant everything on Saturday afternoon at Emory G. Bauer Field.
A father and a son together on a baseball field – that’s how so many stories involving this glorious sport truly begin. And that’s how this story begins, too, as the game that so many of us love delivered one of those special moments that only baseball can provide.
Our job is to write a game story after each game, but we know a story when we see one, and every once in a while, the game is not the story.
The first pitch was a few minutes away, and it was time for the head coaches to meet at home plate to discuss the ground rules and exchange lineup cards. Only this time, something was different, as neither dugout had a head coach emerge. The man who stepped toward home plate from the visiting third base dugout had been a head coach a few minutes earlier as his 20th-ranked Indiana State Sycamores prepared for a game that was important for them in terms of NCAA seeding. He’d be a head coach again a few minutes later when the game got underway. But at that moment, Mitch Hannahs was not a head coach. He was a dad.
The man that emerged from the home first base dugout was not a head coach at all. Mitch Hannahs had spent time with this individual on the baseball diamond when he was a boy, but now “man” was certainly the right word to use as Kaleb Hannahs prepared to play his final game as a four-year starter for the Valparaiso University baseball team. As father and son locked hands at home plate during Saturday’s Senior Day lineup card exchange, this moment and all that it represented was special not only for Kaleb and Mitch, but for all of us, too. For many it may have been Dad, for others it was Mom, Uncle, Grandma or Grandpa, but for all of us who love this game, the bond with the person who introduced us to baseball holds a special place.
We told you the game wasn’t the story, but something that happened in the game was part of it. Leading off the bottom of the third, Hannahs homered to left, touching them all in his final collegiate contest against his dad’s team. Liam Patton would also homer on the season’s final day for the Beacons, who fell 15-4 in seven innings to the No. 20 Sycamores.
The year was 2022 and Valpo head coach Brian Schmack made a phone call. Schmack didn’t call in many favors to the Missouri Valley Conference office, but this one was worth the ask. Knowing the league works well ahead on the conference schedule, Schmack’s plea was this – Valpo vs. Indiana State to close the 2024 season at Emory G. Bauer Field. Mitch Hannahs didn’t get to see many of his son’s collegiate games – after all, he was busy coaching his own MVC club – but he saw the final three games of Kaleb’s career, including Saturday’s Senior Day that was years in the making.
While Mitch’s viewing of Kaleb’s collegiate career was limited by his head coaching responsibilities, there was another dad who accompanied his son on Saturday after watching all 207 games that he played in a Valpo uniform as a five-year starter. That dad had the best seat in the house for every hit and every home run as Brian Schmack often described coaching his son Kyle as the greatest honor of his baseball career. That era reached its end on Saturday the same way so many baseball stories – this one included – begin, with a dad and a son spending time together at the ballfield.
Kyle and Kaleb were the story, but they sure weren’t the only story on Saturday afternoon at Emory G. Bauer Field. The story was all 15 seniors, including a core of five longtime starting position players who waved goodbye to the program after playing their final collegiate contest. Three-year starting center fielder Alex Ryan, four-year starting first baseman Brady Renfro and four-year starting shortstop Alex Thurston joined Kaleb – a four-year starter at third base – and Kyle – a five-year starter in left field – to form the position-player core of this class. They combined for 860 starts at Valpo. These young men may have been the “kids” for one more day during Saturday’s senior celebration, but soon Thurston will be the “dad” in that father/son baseball equation as he and his wife Ashlyn will welcome a baby boy to the family in September.
The aforementioned position players aren’t the only veteran members of the program who poured their blood, sweat and tears into Valpo baseball over the years. The pitching staff was well represented in Saturday’s Senior Day ceremony including fifth-year Trent Turzenski, fifth-year Grant Jablonski and fourth-year Griffin McCluskey. Those eight program mainstays were joined by seven others who transferred into the program at various points in their collegiate careers – Chase Maifield, Carson Husmann, Bryce Konitzer, Josh Spencer, Kaleb Krier, Jonathan Hyman and Brady Nowicki – to form the massive and impactful senior class.
All represented Valpo with class and will walk away with degrees in hand. Husmann (with his fiancé Sarah) and Ryan (with his fiancé Katie) will join Thurston as married men before long. Ryan is starting a position with Generac this summer, Jablonski has a job lined up with Patrick Industries and McCluskey is headed to work at State Farm in Bloomington. As they transition into the next phase of their lives, they’ll carry with them the memories created together more so than the wins and losses. From the team meals to the hotel stays to the many hours on the bus (Picking the Godfather. Picking the Godfather. Picking the cops. Picking the cops.) to the lifts to the practices to visiting the training room for treatment, a baseball team becomes a family. And family was the story of the day on Saturday afternoon at Emory G. Bauer Field.
UINDY BASEBALL NEWS
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Playing on the campus of Indiana University, the second-seeded UIndy baseball team used the stage of Bart Kaufman Field to its advantage, scoring a big 8-5 victory to keep their season alive at the NCAA DII Midwest Regional. The Greyhounds will now face the loser of Maryville and Trevecca in the second elimination game of the bracket tomorrow at 11 a.m.
The “Miner Brothers” were the driving force behind the victory with Dakota Sill going 2 for 3 on the day with two RBIs. Cole Hampton did him one better, demolishing a three-run bomb to left field in the fourth to make it 7-2, a lead the Hounds never gave up.
Austin Bestul had a career day in relief of Logan Peterson. The junior out of Elkorn, Wis. went 4 & 2/3 innings, setting a career high in innings pitched, pitches thrown and strikeouts in his domination of the Lakers.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The “host” Greyhounds jumped out to an early lead over their Laker foes, plating a pair in the first. The corner outfielders in Caleb Vaughn and Sill were the men to do the job as they tallied back-to-back RBI singles, leaving it 2-0 after just a frame.
Sill later added on another RBI single, lifting a ball into centerfield that allowed Hampton to score.
After a crooked number by the Lakers in the third, the Hounds responded with their biggest inning of the day, tossing up a four spot in the fourth with the big blow being Hampton’s bomb.
The Lakers chipped away in the bottom of the fourth and sixth, but another insurance run by Will Spear kept them out of reach.
E.J. White, who was recently named NCBWA First Team All-Region picked up the save, going 1& 1/3 innings of scoreless baseball to end it.
UP NEXT
The Hounds will play the loser of Maryville and Trevecca at 11 a.m. at Greyhound Park tomorrow.
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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 scorekeep 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.
FOOTBALL HISTORY
Football History Headlines for May 19
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 about 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. Among the items discussed and approved by Commissioner Joe Carr and the boys was a waiver rule where the team with the worst record the previous season 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, purchased 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 was rejected by Rooney and the Pirates as they could not let their beloved star Mugsy go. The most significant item 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 and 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.
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.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
May 19
1910 — Cy Young won the 500th game of his career as the Cleveland Indians beat the Washington Senators, 5-4, in 11 innings.
1910 — Boston beat the Pirates 6-3 for the first time in 26 tries.
1933 — For the first time in major league history, brothers on opposite teams hit home runs in the same game. Boston Red Sox catcher Rick Ferrell homers off his brother Wes Ferrell in the 2nd inning, but the Cleveland Indians pitcher returns the favor as he homers in the 3rd on a pitch called by his sibling. It is the only time that the Ferrell brothers homer in the same game.
1942 — Paul Waner of the Boston Braves got his 3,000th career hit off Pittsburgh’s Rip Sewell in a 7-6, 11-inning loss to the Pirates.
1956 — Pittsburgh’s Dale Long hit a ninth-inning homer against the Chicago Cubs. It was Long’s first of eight straight games with a homer.
1962 — Stan Musial of St. Louis became the NL career hits leader. The 41-year-old got a ninth inning single for his 3,431st hit and moved past Honus Wagner. The Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 8-1.
1968 — After hitting 10 home runs in six games, Frank Howard of the Washington Senators was stopped by pitcher Earl Wilson of Detroit, which won the game 5-4.
1976 — Carl Yastrzemski has the only three-homer game of his illustrious career, going deep three times in a 4-for-4 day in a 9 – 2 Red Sox win over the Tigers. He victimizes three different pitchers – Dave Roberts, Steve Grilli and John Hiller.
1979 — After a bitter six-week strike, the major league umpires return to work. During the work stoppage, the men in blue were replaced by amateur and minor league arbiters.
1981 — Pittsburgh’s Jim Bibby gave up a leadoff single to Terry Harper of the Atlanta Braves, then retired the next 27 batters for a 5-0 one-hitter. Bibby also hit two doubles.
1998 — Mark McGwire hit three two-run homers against Philadelphia. It was the second time this season and fourth time in his career McGwire hit three homers in a game. McGwire became the 12th player to have two three-homer games in a season.
2000 — Jason Kendall hit for the cycle and drove in a career-high five runs, leading Pittsburgh to a 13-1 rout of St. Louis. Kendall had a two-run homer in the first inning, an RBI single in the second, a double in the third and a two-run triple in the eighth.
2004 — Atlanta’s 45-year-old Julio Franco broke his own record for the oldest player to hit a pinch-hit homer. Franco, who had a pinch-hit homer two weeks earlier against San Diego, hit a two-out, two-run homer to tie the game at 4 in the eighth. The Braves lost 6-4 in 11 innings to the Diamondbacks.
2008 — Boston’s Jon Lester shut down Kansas City 7-0 for the first no-hitter in the majors this season. The 24-year-old lefty, who survived cancer to pitch the World Series clincher for the Red Sox last fall, allowed two baserunners, walking Billy Butler in the second inning and Esteban German to open the ninth. Jason Varitek catches his fourth no-hitter, tying Ray Schalk for the major league record; one of Schalk’s no-hitters was later removed from the official records, making Varitek the first backstop to have four official no-hitters to his name.
2009 — Washington became the fourth team in major league history to score at least five runs in each game of a six-game losing streak. The Nationals lost 8-5 in 10 innings to Pittsburgh after they rallied to tie the game with a run in the ninth, but another letdown from a bullpen with a collective 1-14 record allowed them to join the 1929 Pirates, 2004 Cincinnati Reds and 2005 Texas Rangers.
2010 — CF Angel Pagan hits the first inside-the-park homer in the history of Nationals Park.
2011 — After sitting on the bench for most of the season so far, veteran 1B Jason Giambi has the first three-homer game of his career in the Rockies’ 7 – 1 win over Philadelphia. He hits homers in his first three at-bats, driving in all 7 of his team’s runs, but fails in his last two at-bats to become only the 16th player to hit four dingers in one game. Giambi entered the game hitting .115 with 1 homer and 4 RBI; at 40, he is the second-oldest player to hit three home runs in a game, after Stan Musial who was 41 when he accomplished the feat on July 8, 1962.
2018 — The Rays have been experimenting with “bullpen days” all season, when the starting pitcher is not expected to go deep into the game, going all out for 3 or 4 innings before handing the ball over to another reliever, but today they take it even further. Short reliever Sergio Romo starts today’s game against the Angels, his first start in the majors after 588 appearances out of the bullpen, and is only asked to pitch one inning before handing the ball over to Ryan Yarbrough. The plan works perfectly as Romo strikes out the three men he faces – Zack Cozart, Mike Trout and Justin Upton, all righthanders – then hands the ball over to lefty Yarbrough in the 2nd. Yarbrough pitches scoreless ball until allowing a run in the 8th as Tampa Bay wins, 5 – 3. It is the first time a starting pitcher leaves after a perfect 1st inning since Ernie Shore had done so on October 5, 1915. Manager Kevin Cash is so pleased with how the scheme goes that he picks Romo to start the next day’s game as well.
2021 — Corey Kluber of the Yankees is the latest pitcher to join this season’s no-hitter parade, pulling off the feat with a 2 – 0 win over the Rangers at Globe Life Field. It is already the 6th 9-inning no-hitter this year, and comes one day after Spencer Turnbull of the Tigers had pitched the previous one.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
May 19
1909 — In his first title defense Jack Johnson fights ‘Philadelphia’ Jack O’Brien to a no decision in 6 rounds in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to retain his world heavyweight crown.
1910 — Cy Young, the career leader in major league victories, wins No. 500 as the Cleveland Indians defeat Washington 5-4 in 11 innings.
1923 — Zev, a 19-1 long shot ridden by Earl Sande, wins the Kentucky Derby by 1½ lengths over Martingale.
1935 — NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936.
1962 — Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner’s NL hit record with 3,431.
1965 — West Ham United of England win 5th European Cup Winner’s Cup against 1860 München of West Germany 2-0 in London.
1973 — Secretariat, ridden by Ron Turcotte, rallies from last with a powerful move on the clubhouse turn to win the Preakness Stakes by 2½ lengths over Sham. There is controversy over the timing of the race as original teletimer time was 1:55 for the 1 3/16-mile race. Pimlico amends it to 1:54 2/5, two days later.
1974 — The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Boston Bruins 1-0 to win the Stanley Cup in six games.
1979 — Spectacular Bid, ridden by Ron Franklin, wins the Preakness Stakes by an easy 5½ lengths over Golden Act.
1984 — Stanley Cup Final, Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, AL: Wayne Gretzky scores twice as Edmonton Oilers beat NY Islanders, 5-2 for a 4-1 series win; Oilers first SC title.
1990 — Hobart wins its 11th straight NCAA Division III lacrosse championship, beating Washington College of Maryland 18-6. The Statesmen, winners of every final since the tournament’s inception in 1980, are 100-3 in Division III in that time.
1991 — Willy T. Ribbs becomes the first black driver to make the lineup for the Indianapolis 500.
2001 — Manchester United lose 3-1 to Tottenham at White Hart Lane but win English Premier League title for the 3rd consecutive season.
2004 — NHL Western Conference Final: Calgary Flames beat San Jose Sharks, 4 games to 2.
2007 — Curlin, ridden by Robby Albarado, nips Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense by putting his head in front on the final stride, winning the Preakness Stakes in a riveting finish. The winning time was a blazing 1:53.46, equaling the stakes record of 1:53 2/5.
2007 — English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (89,826): Chelsea beats Manchester United, 1 – 0 (a.e.t.); Didier Drogba scores 116′ winner for Blues’ 4th title.
2007 — NHL Eastern Conference Final: Ottawa Senators beat Buffalo Sabres, 4 games to 1.
2008 — NHL Western Conference Final: Detroit Red Wings beat Dallas Stars, 4 games to 2.
2012 — I’ll Have Another overtakes Bodemeister down the stretch to win the Preakness. Like the Kentucky Derby, I’ll Have Another races from behind to beat pacesetter Bodemeister, who also finished second in the Derby. I’ll Have Another, ridden by Mario Gutierrez, covers the 1 3/16 miles in 1:55.94.
2012 — UEFA Champions League Final, Munich: Chelsea beats Bayern Munich, 4-3 on penalties after a 1–1 draw at the end of extra time; Blues’ first title.
2014 — Lucy Li becomes the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Women’s Open by winning the sectional qualifier at Half Moon Bay in California. The 11-year-old Li shoots rounds of 74 and 68 on the par-72 Old Course and surpasses Lexi Thompson as the youngest competitor in a U.S. Women’s Open when she tees off at Pinehurst on June 19. Thompson was 12 when she qualified for the 2007 Open.
2015 — The NFL announces it is moving back extra-point kicks and allowing defenses to score on conversion turnovers. The owners approve the proposal to snap the ball from the 15-yard line on PATs to make them more challenging.
2017 — LeBron James scores 30 points, Kevin Love had 21 points and 12 rebounds, and the Cleveland Cavaliers steamroll the Boston Celtics 130-86 to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals and tie an NBA record with their 13th straight playoff victory.
2018 — Justify holds off several hard-charging challengers and win the Preakness Stakes on a sloppy, slippery track. Ridden by Mike Smith, the 2-5 favorite wins by a half-length after completing the race in 1:55.93. Bravazo edges Tenfold for second. Trainer Bob Baffert ties D. Wayne Lukas’ record with his 14th Triple Crown victory and matches 19th-century trainer R.W. Walden with his seventh Preakness title.
2018 — English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Chelsea beats Manchester United, 1-0; Belgian international Eden Hazard scores 22′ penalty.
2019 — PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Bethpage State Park: Defending champion Brooks Koepka leads wire-to-wire; wins despite 5 bogeys on last 8 holes by 2 strokes from world #1 Dustin Johnson.
2021 — Cory Kluber, New York Yankees, no-hits the Texas Rangers, 2-0, at Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas.
TV SPORTS SUNDAY
| MLB REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Seattle at Baltimore | 1:35pm | MLBN Root Sports MASN2 MLB.TV Fubo |
| Washington at Philadelphia | 1:35pm | MASN NBC Sports-Philadelphia MLB.TV Fubo |
| Chi. White Sox at NY Yankees | 1:35pm | NBC Sports-Chicago YES MLB.TV Fubo |
| Tampa Bay at Toronto | 1:37pm | Bally Sports-Sun Sportsnet MLB.TV Fubo |
| NY Mets at Miami | 1:40pm | SNY Bally Sports-Florida MLB.TV Fubo |
| Minnesota at Cleveland | 1:40pm | MLBN Bally Sports-North Bally Sports-Great Lakes MLB.TV Fubo |
| Oakland at Kansas City | 2:10pm | NBC Sports-California Bally Sports-Kansas City MLB.TV Fubo |
| Milwuakee at Houston | 2:10pm | Bally Sports-Wisconsin SCHN MLB.TV Fubo |
| Boston at St. Louis | 2:15pm | NESN Bally Sports-Midwest MLB.TV Fubo |
| Pittsburgh at Chi. Cubs | 2:20pm | ATTSN-Pittsburgh MARQ MLB.TV Fubo |
| LA Angels at Texas | 2:35pm | Bally Sports-West Bally Sports-Southwest MLB.TV Fubo |
| Colorado at San Francisco | 4:05pm | MLBN Rockies.TV NBC Sports-Bay Area MLB.TV Fubo |
| Cincinnati at LA Dodgers | 4:10pm | Bally Sports-Ohio SNLA MLB.TV Fubo |
| Detroit at Arizona | 4:10pm | MLBN Bally Sports-Detroit YurView MLB.TV Fubo |
| San Diego at Atlanta | 7:10pm | ESPN Padres.TV Bally Sports-South MLB.TV Fubo |
| NBA PLAYOFFS | TIME ET | TV |
| East Semifinals Game 7: Indiana at New York | 3:30pm | ABC Fubo |
| West Semifinals Game 7: Minnesota at Denver | 8:00pm | TNT Fubo |
| UFL | TIME ET | TV |
| DC at St. Louis | 12:00pm | ABC |
| Arlington at San Antonio | 4:00pm | FOX |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| PGA Championship | 10:00am | ESPN |
| PGA Championship | 1:00pm | CBS |
| MOTORSPORTS | TIME ET | TV |
| Formula One: Emilia Romagna Grand Prix | 3:00pm | ESPN |
| NASCAR Cup: All-Star Open | 5:30pm | FS1 |
| NASCAR Cup: All-Star Race | 8:00pm | FS1 |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| Serie A: Sassuolo vs Cagliari | 6:30am | Paramount+ Fubo |
| Serie A: Monza vs Frosinone | 9:00am | Paramount+ Fubo |
| Serie A: Udinese vs Empoli | 9:00am | Paramount+ Fubo |
| Brasileirão: Criciúma vs Palmeiras | 10:00am | Paramount+ Fubo |
| EPL: Arsenal vs Everton | 11:00am | Peacock Fubo |
| EPL: Brentford vs Newcastle United | 11:00am | Peacock Fubo |
| EPL: Brighton & Hove Albion vs Manchester United | 11:00am | Peacock Fubo |
| EPL: Burnley vs Nottingham Forest | 11:00am | Peacock Fubo |
| EPL: Chelsea vs AFC Bournemouth | 11:00am | Peacock Fubo |
| EPL: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa | 11:00am | Peacock Fubo |
| EPL: Liverpool vs Wolverhampton Wanderers | 11:00am | Peacock Fubo |
| EPL: Manchester City vs West Ham United | 11:00am | Peacock Fubo |
| EPL: Luton Town vs Fulham | 11:00am | Peacock Fubo |
| EPL: Sheffield United vs Tottenham Hotspur | 11:00am | Peacock Fubo |
| Serie A: Internazionale vs Lazio | 12:00pm | Paramount+ Fubo |
| La Liga: Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano | 1:00pm | ESPN+ Fubo |
| La Liga: Atlético Madrid vs Osasuna | 1:00pm | ESPN+ Fubo |
| La Liga: Athletic Club vs Sevilla | 1:00pm | ESPN+ Fubo |
| La Liga: Villarreal vs Real Madrid | 1:00pm | ESPN+ Fubo |
| La Liga: Granada vs Celta de Vigo | 1:00pm | ESPN+ Fubo |
| La Liga: Mallorca vs Almería | 1:00pm | ESPN+ Fubo |
| La Liga: Valencia vs Girona | 1:00pm | ESPN+ Fubo |
| La Liga: Real Betis vs Real Sociedad | 1:00pm | ESPN+ Fubo |
| La Liga: Cádiz vs Las Palmas | 1:00pm | ESPN+ Fubo |
| La Liga: Deportivo Alavés vs Getafe | 1:00pm | ESPN+ Fubo |
| Serie A: Roma vs Genoa | 2:45pm | Paramount+ Fubo |
| Ligue 1: Lens vs Montpellier | 3:00pm | beIN Sports Fubo |
| Ligue 1: Le Havre vs Olympique Marseille | 3:00pm | beIN Sports Fubo |
| Ligue 1: Reims vs Rennes | 3:00pm | beIN Sports Fubo |
| Ligue 1: Lorient vs Clermont | 3:00pm | beIN Sports Fubo |
| Ligue 1: Olympique Lyonnais vs Strasbourg | 3:00pm | beIN Sports Fubo |
| Ligue 1: Lille vs Nice | 3:00pm | beIN Sports Fubo |
| Ligue 1: Monaco vs Nantes | 3:00pm | beIN Sports Fubo |
| Ligue 1: Toulouse vs Brest | 3:00pm | beIN Sports Fubo |
| Brasileirão: Atlético Mineiro vs Bahia | 3:00pm | Paramount+ Fubo |
| Brasileirão: Bahia vs RB Bragantino | 5:30pm | Paramount+ Fubo |
| NWSL: NJ/NY Gotham FC vs Chicago Red Stars | 5:00pm | Paramount+ Fubo |
| NWSL: Seattle Reign vs Orlando Pride | 6:00pm | Paramount+ Fubo |
| WNBA | TIME ET | TV |
| Seattle vs Washignton | 3:00pm | FOX 13+ Prime-Seattle League Pass |
| COLLEGE BASEBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| UTSA vs Florida Atlantic | 12:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Hawai’i vs Long Beach State | 4:00pm | ESPN+ |
| UC Davis vs UC Riversides | 4:00pm | ESPN+ |
| UC Irvine vs Cal State Fullerton | 4:00pm | ESPN+ |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| Internazionali BNL d’Italia Tennis: ATP Singles Final | 11:00am | TENNIS |