“THE SCOREBOARD”
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SECTIONAL DRAW
6A
SECTIONAL 1 (4 TEAMS)
SEMIFINALS
G1: PORTAGE AT LAKE CENTRAL.
G2: LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON AT CROWN POINT.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G3: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 2 (4 TEAMS)
SEMIFINALS
G1: CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) AT WARSAW
COMMUNITY.
G2: ELKHART AT PENN.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G3: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 3 (4 TEAMS)
SEMIFINALS
G1: FISHERS AT HOMESTEAD.
G2: HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN AT FORT WAYNE
NORTHROP.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G3: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 4 (4 TEAMS)
SEMIFINALS
G1: WESTFIELD AT CARMEL.
G2: NOBLESVILLE AT ZIONSVILLE.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G3: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 5 (4 TEAMS)
SEMIFINALS
G1: BROWNSBURG AT BEN DAVIS.
G2: AVON AT PIKE.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G3: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 6 (4 TEAMS)
SEMIFINALS
G1: NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) AT
INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL.
G2: LAWRENCE CENTRAL AT LAWRENCE NORTH.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G3: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 7 (4 TEAMS)
SEMIFINALS
G1: PERRY MERIDIAN AT WARREN CENTRAL.
G2: SOUTHPORT AT INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL
TECHNICAL.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G3: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 8 (4 TEAMS)
SEMIFINALS
G1: FRANKLIN CENTRAL AT CENTER GROVE.
G2: JEFFERSONVILLE AT COLUMBUS NORTH.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G3: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
5A
SECTIONAL 9 (4 TEAMS)
SEMIFINALS
G1: MUNSTER AT MERRILLVILLE.
G2: HAMMOND MORTON AT HAMMOND CENTRAL.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G3: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 10 (4 TEAMS)
SEMIFINALS
G1: MICHIGAN CITY AT LAPORTE.
G2: VALPARAISO AT CHESTERTON.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G3: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 11 (4 TEAMS)
SEMIFINALS
G1: MISHAWAKA AT GOSHEN.
G2: CONCORD AT SOUTH BEND ADAMS.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G3: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 12 (3 TEAMS)
SEMIFINALS
G1: ANDERSON AT FORT WAYNE SNIDER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G2: FORT WAYNE NORTH SIDE AT G1 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 13 (4 TEAMS)
SEMIFINALS
G1: PLAINFIELD AT HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE).
G2: DECATUR CENTRAL AT MCCUTCHEON.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G3: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 14 (4 TEAMS)
SEMIFINALS
G1: WHITELAND COMMUNITY AT TERRE HAUTE
NORTH VIGO.
G2: FRANKLIN COMMUNITY AT TERRE HAUTE
SOUTH VIGO.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G3: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 15 (4 TEAMS)
SEMIFINALS
G1: BLOOMINGTON SOUTH AT BLOOMINGTON
NORTH.
G2: SEYMOUR AT COLUMBUS EAST.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G3: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 16 (4 TEAMS)
SEMIFINALS
G1: EVANSVILLE NORTH AT FLOYD CENTRAL.
G2: CASTLE AT NEW ALBANY.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G3: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
4A
SECTIONAL 17 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: HOBART AT NEW PRAIRIE.
G2: GARY WEST SIDE AT KANKAKEE VALLEY.
G3: EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL AT HIGHLAND.
G4: CULVER ACADEMIES AT LOWELL.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 18 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON AT PLYMOUTH.
G2: NORTHWOOD AT SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH.
G3: SOUTH BEND RILEY AT WAWASEE.
G4: NORTHRIDGE AT LOGANSPORT.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 19 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: FORT WAYNE WAYNE AT FORT WAYNE BISHOP
DWENGER.
G2: DEKALB AT ANGOLA.
G3: EAST NOBLE AT NEW HAVEN.
G4: LEO AT FORT WAYNE SOUTH SIDE.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 20 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: MISSISSINEWA AT WESTERN.
G2: COLUMBIA CITY AT HUNTINGTON NORTH.
G3: FRANKFORT AT MARION.
G4: KOKOMO AT JAY COUNTY.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 21 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: INDIANAPOLIS CRISPUS ATTUCKS AT LEBANON.
G2: BREBEUF JESUIT AT NORTHVIEW.
G3: INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE AT RONCALLI.
G4: INDIANAPOLIS GEORGE WASHINGTON AT
MOORESVILLE.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 22 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: PENDLETON HEIGHTS AT GREENFIELD-CENTRAL.
G2: NEW CASTLE AT NEW PALESTINE.
G3: BEECH GROVE AT MUNCIE CENTRAL.
G4: MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE) AT RICHMOND.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 23 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: EDGEWOOD AT JENNINGS COUNTY.
G2: GREENWOOD COMMUNITY AT CONNERSVILLE.
G3: SHELBYVILLE AT EAST CENTRAL.
G4: MARTINSVILLE AT SILVER CREEK.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 24 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE AT EVANSVILLE
HARRISON.
G2: BOONVILLE AT EVANSVILLE REITZ.
G3: EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL AT EVANSVILLE CENTRAL.
G4: JASPER AT EVANSVILLE BOSSE.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER
3A
SECTIONAL 25 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: TWIN LAKES AT BOONE GROVE.
G2: CALUMET AT HANOVER CENTRAL.
G3: RIVER FOREST AT WEST LAFAYETTE.
G4: RENSSELAER CENTRAL AT GRIFFITH.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 26 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: JIMTOWN AT FAIRFIELD.
G2: SOUTH BEND CLAY AT GLENN.
G3: KNOX AT LAKELAND.
G4: MISHAWAKA MARIAN AT WEST NOBLE.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 27 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: YORKTOWN AT FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA
LUTHERAN.
G2: DELTA AT NORWELL.
G3: BELLMONT AT GARRETT.
G4: HERITAGE AT WOODLAN.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 28 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: GUERIN CATHOLIC AT PERU.
G2: TIPPECANOE VALLEY AT INDIANAPOLIS BISHOP
CHATARD.
G3: NORTHWESTERN AT MACONAQUAH.
G4: HAMILTON HEIGHTS AT OAK HILL.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 29 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: DANVILLE COMMUNITY AT TRI-WEST
HENDRICKS.
G2: WESTERN BOONE AT NORTH MONTGOMERY.
G3: PURDUE POLYTECHNIC-DOWNTOWN AT
MONROVIA.
G4: CRAWFORDSVILLE AT SPEEDWAY.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 30 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: PIKE CENTRAL AT PRINCETON COMMUNITY.
G2: VINCENNES LINCOLN AT OWEN VALLEY.
G3: MT. VERNON AT GIBSON SOUTHERN.
G4: WEST VIGO AT WASHINGTON.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 31 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: LAWRENCEBURG AT CENTERVILLE.
G2: BATESVILLE AT RUSHVILLE CONSOLIDATED.
G3: FRANKLIN COUNTY AT SOUTH DEARBORN.
G4: GREENSBURG AT INDIAN CREEK.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 32 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: SCOTTSBURG AT NORTH HARRISON.
G2: SALEM AT MADISON CONSOLIDATED.
G3: CHARLESTOWN AT HERITAGE HILLS.
G4: CORYDON CENTRAL AT SOUTHRIDGE.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
2A
SECTIONAL 33 (7 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: BREMEN AT HAMMOND BISHOP NOLL.
G2: ANDREAN AT LAVILLE.
G3: LAKE STATION EDISON AT WHITING.
SEMIFINALS
G4: WHEELER AT G1 WINNER.
G5: G2 WINNER VS. G3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G6: G4 WINNER VS. G5 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 34 (7 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: WINAMAC COMMUNITY AT LAFAYETTE CENTRAL
CATHOLIC.
G2: BENTON CENTRAL AT SEEGER.
G3: DELPHI COMMUNITY AT LEWIS CASS.
SEMIFINALS
G4: ROCHESTER COMMUNITY AT G1 WINNER.
G5: G2 WINNER VS. G3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G6: G4 WINNER VS. G5 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 35 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: WABASH AT EASTSIDE.
G2: FORT WAYNE BISHOP LUERS AT CHURUBUSCO.
G3: PRAIRIE HEIGHTS AT CENTRAL NOBLE.
G4: MANCHESTER AT WHITKO.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 36 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: BLACKFORD AT TIPTON.
G2: ELWOOD COMMUNITY AT EASTERN
(GREENTOWN).
G3: EASTBROOK AT FRANKTON.
G4: BLUFFTON AT ALEXANDRIA MONROE.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 37 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: GREENCASTLE AT NORTH PUTNAM.
G2: LINTON-STOCKTON AT NORTH KNOX.
G3: SOUTH VERMILLION AT CASCADE.
G4: SULLIVAN AT SOUTHMONT.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 38 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: LAPEL AT EASTERN HANCOCK.
G2: INDIANAPOLIS CARDINAL RITTER AT UNION
COUNTY.
G3: SHENANDOAH AT HERITAGE CHRISTIAN.
G4: NORTHEASTERN AT WINCHESTER COMMUNITY.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 39 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: TRITON CENTRAL AT CLARKSVILLE.
G2: INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA AT BROWNSTOWN
CENTRAL.
G3: BROWN COUNTY AT SWITZERLAND COUNTY.
G4: EASTERN (PEKIN) AT CHRISTEL HOUSE.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 40 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: NORTH POSEY AT PERRY CENTRAL.
G2: EVANSVILLE MATER DEI AT TELL CITY.
G3: MITCHELL AT FOREST PARK.
G4: CRAWFORD COUNTY AT PAOLI.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
1A
SECTIONAL 41 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: BOWMAN AT SOUTH NEWTON.
G2: PIONEER AT NORTH JUDSON-SAN PIERRE.
G3: TRITON AT NORTH NEWTON.
G4: CULVER COMMUNITY AT SOUTH CENTRAL
(UNION MILLS).
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 42 (7 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: FOUNTAIN CENTRAL AT PARK TUDOR.
G2: CLINTON PRAIRIE AT COVINGTON.
G3: NORTH VERMILLION AT ATTICA.
SEMIFINALS
G4: CLINTON CENTRAL AT G1 WINNER.
G5: G2 WINNER VS. G3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G6: G4 WINNER VS. G5 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 43 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: CASTON AT NORTH WHITE.
G2: CARROLL (FLORA) AT TRI-COUNTY.
G3: WEST CENTRAL AT TAYLOR.
G4: TRI-CENTRAL AT FRONTIER.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 44 (8 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: MADISON-GRANT AT NORTHFIELD.
G2: NORTH MIAMI AT SOUTHERN WELLS.
G3: SOUTH ADAMS AT ADAMS CENTRAL.
G4: FREMONT AT SOUTHWOOD.
SEMIFINALS
G5: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER.
G6: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5 WINNER VS. G6 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 45 (6 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: MONROE CENTRAL AT UNION CITY.
G2: HAGERSTOWN AT SHERIDAN.
SEMIFINALS
G3: WES-DEL AT G1 WINNER.
G4: TINDLEY AT G2 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G5: G3 WINNER VS. G4 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 46 (7 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: SOUTH DECATUR AT NORTH DECATUR.
G2: KNIGHTSTOWN AT TRI.
G3: MILAN AT CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN.
SEMIFINALS
G4: EDINBURGH AT G1 WINNER.
G5: G2 WINNER VS. G3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G6: G4 WINNER VS. G5 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 47 (7 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) AT SOUTH
PUTNAM.
G2: PARKE HERITAGE AT COVENANT CHRISTIAN.
G3: RIVERTON PARKE AT CLOVERDALE.
SEMIFINALS
G4: INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN AT G1 WINNER.
G5: G2 WINNER VS. G3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G6: G4 WINNER VS. G5 WINNER.
SECTIONAL 48 (7 TEAMS)
FIRST ROUND
G1: SPRINGS VALLEY AT SOUTH SPENCER.
G2: PROVIDENCE AT EASTERN GREENE.
G3: NORTH DAVIESS AT TECUMSEH.
SEMIFINALS
G4: WEST WASHINGTON AT G1 WINNER.
G5: G2 WINNER VS. G3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP
G6: G4 WINNER VS. G5 WINNER.
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 9 SCHEDULE
ANDERSON (2-6) AT LOGANSPORT (3-5)
ANDREAN (3-5) AT LOWELL (3-5)
ANGOLA (1-7) AT EASTSIDE (6-2)
ATTICA (0-8) AT SOUTH VERMILLION (7-1)
BATESVILLE (7-1) AT CONNERSVILLE (2-6)
BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE (5-3) AT COLUMBUS EAST (3-5)
BEECH GROVE (3-5) AT FRANKLIN COUNTY (3-5)
BELLMONT (0-8) AT EAST NOBLE (6-2)
BLOOMINGTON NORTH (8-0) AT SOUTHPORT (1-7)
BLUFFTON (6-2) AT LAKELAND (6-2)
BOONVILLE (5-3) AT GIBSON SOUTHERN (6-2)
BREMEN (4-4) AT TIPPECANOE VALLEY (8-0)
BROWN COUNTY (1-7) AT EDGEWOOD (1-7)
BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (7-1) AT SCOTTSBURG (5-3)
CALUMET (3-5) AT GARY WEST (5-3)
CARMEL (5-3) AT LAWRENCE CENTRAL (3-5)
CARROLL (FLORA) (8-0) AT SHERIDAN (6-2)
CENTER GROVE (7-1) AT INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL (6-2)
CHARLESTOWN (5-3) AT EASTERN (PEKIN) (3-5)
CHESTERTON (2-6) AT MERRILLVILLE (6-2)
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS (MO.) AT WARREN CENTRAL (3-5)
CHURUBUSCO (2-6) AT FAIRFIELD (4-4)
CINCINNATI ELDER (OHIO) AT INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD (8-0)
CLOVERDALE (2-6) AT OWEN VALLEY (2-6)
CORYDON CENTRAL (0-8) AT SILVER CREEK (5-3)
COVENANT CHRISTIAN (4-3) AT INDIANAPOLIS RITTER (3-5)
COVINGTON (4-4) AT RIVERTON PARKE (3-5)
CRAWFORD COUNTY (0-8) AT CLARKSVILLE (0-8)
CULVER (0-8) AT LAVILLE (7-1)
DANVILLE (6-2) AT NORTH MONTGOMERY (5-3)
EAST CENTRAL (8-0) AT INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI (3-5)
EASTERN (GREENTOWN) (6-2) AT CLINTON PRAIRIE (5-3)
EASTERN HANCOCK (5-3) AT LAPEL (4-4)
ELWOOD (1-7) AT OAK HILL (4-4)
EVANSVILLE CENTRAL (0-8) AT EVANSVILLE NORTH (5-3)
EVANSVILLE HARRISON (1-7) AT EVANSVILLE BOSSE (2-6)
EVANSVILLE MATER DEI (2-6) AT EVANSVILLE REITZ (8-0)
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (6-2) AT CASTLE (5-3)
FLOYD CENTRAL (7-1) AT NEW ALBANY (2-6)
FOREST PARK (5-3) AT SOUTHRIDGE (5-3)
FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK (0-8) AT FREMONT (2-6)
FORT WAYNE DWENGER (3-5) AT FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA (0-8)
FORT WAYNE LUERS (6-2) AT HOMESTEAD (4-4)
FORT WAYNE NORTH (3-5) AT CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (6-2)
FORT WAYNE NORTHROP (0-8) AT FORT WAYNE SOUTH (1-7)
FORT WAYNE WAYNE (5-3) AT FORT WAYNE SNIDER (7-1)
FRANKFORT (1-7) AT CRAWFORDSVILLE (0-8)
FRANKLIN (5-3) AT DECATUR CENTRAL (6-2)
FRANKTON (3-5) AT BLACKFORD (0-8)
FRONTIER (4-4) AT SOUTH NEWTON (3-5)
GARRETT (3-5) AT CENTRAL NOBLE (3-5)
GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (7-1) AT NEW CASTLE (1-7)
GRIFFITH (3-5) AT WHEELER (5-3)
GUERIN CATHOLIC (6-2) AT CULVER ACADEMY (3-5)
HAGERSTOWN (5-3) AT NORTHEASTERN (7-1)
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (7-1) AT BROWNSBURG (8-0)
HAMMOND CENTRAL (5-3) AT HANOVER CENTRAL (8-0)
HAMMOND MORTON (3-4) AT EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL (1-7)
HAMMOND NOLL (2-6) AT BOONE GROVE (6-2)
HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) (7-1) AT RICHMOND (1-7)
HERITAGE (7-1) AT JAY COUNTY (4-4)
HIGHLAND (3-5) AT HOBART (6-2)
HUNTINGTON NORTH (1-7) AT NEW HAVEN (7-1)
INDIANAPOLIS TECH (0-8) AT MUNCIE CENTRAL (3-5)
INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY (4-4) AT INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON (4-4)
IRVINGTON PREP ACADEMY (0-8) AT CHRISTEL HOUSE MANUAL (2-5)
JASPER (5-3) AT VINCENNES LINCOLN (6-2)
JENNINGS COUNTY (3-5) AT JEFFERSONVILLE (0-8)
JIMTOWN (4-4) AT SOUTH BEND RILEY (7-1)
JOHN GLENN (4-4) AT SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON (2-6)
KNIGHTSTOWN (3-5) AT CENTERVILLE (8-0)
KNOX (8-0) AT CASTON (1-7)
LAFAYETTE JEFF (4-4) AT KOKOMO (7-1)
LAKE CENTRAL (4-4) AT VALPARAISO (6-2)
LAKE STATION (2-6) AT RIVER FOREST (5-3)
LEBANON (4-4) AT WESTERN BOONE (5-3)
LEO (6-2) AT DEKALB (5-3)
MACONAQUAH (6-2) AT ROCHESTER (6-2)
MADISON-GRANT (6-2) AT ALEXANDRIA (7-1)
MARTINSVILLE (5-3) AT PLAINFIELD (6-2)
MCCUTCHEON (5-3) AT MARION (2-6)
MICHIGAN CITY (5-3) AT CROWN POINT (8-0)
MILAN (5-3) AT MADISON (1-7)
MISHAWAKA MARIAN (4-4) AT SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH (4-4)
MISSISSINEWA (8-0) AT EASTBROOK (6-2)
MITCHELL (2-6) AT PERRY CENTRAL (4-4)
MONROE CENTRAL (3-5) AT SHENANDOAH (1-7)
MONROVIA (6-2) AT INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA (5-3)
MOORESVILLE (3-5) AT PERRY MERIDIAN (2-6)
MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) (4-4) AT PRINCETON (1-7)
MUNSTER (2-6) AT KANKAKEE VALLEY (4-4)
NEW PALESTINE (6-2) AT DELTA (5-3)
NEW PRAIRIE (6-2) AT ELKHART (3-5)
NOBLESVILLE (3-5) AT AVON (1-7)
NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) (2-6) AT EASTERN GREENE (4-4)
NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) (0-8) AT BEN DAVIS (7-1)
NORTH DECATUR (5-3) AT SWITZERLAND COUNTY (5-3)
NORTH HARRISON (6-2) AT PROVIDENCE (8-0)
NORTH KNOX (5-3) AT PAOLI (7-1)
NORTH MIAMI (1-7) AT NORTHFIELD (3-5)
NORTH POSEY (7-1) AT PIKE CENTRAL (1-7)
NORTH PUTNAM (3-5) AT GREENCASTLE (6-2)
NORTH WHITE (8-0) AT WEST CENTRAL (7-1)
NORTHRIDGE (7-1) AT WARSAW (7-1)
NORTHVIEW (6-2) AT INDIAN CREEK (5-3)
NORTHWOOD (6-2) AT GOSHEN (1-7)
NORWELL (2-6) AT COLUMBIA CITY (5-3)
PARK TUDOR (8-0) AT EDINBURGH (1-7)
PERU (8-0) AT MANCHESTER (3-5)
PHALEN ACADEMY (1-6) AT LINTON-STOCKTON (7-1)
PIKE (2-6) AT LAWRENCE NORTH (5-3)
PLYMOUTH (2-6) AT CONCORD (4-4)
PORTAGE (0-8) AT LAPORTE (1-7)
PRAIRIE HEIGHTS (0-8) AT WEST NOBLE (8-0)
PURDUE POLYTECHNIC (3-5) AT HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (5-3)
RUSHVILLE (2-6) AT GREENSBURG (0-8)
SALEM (1-7) AT WEST WASHINGTON (5-3)
SEEGER (6-2) AT NORTH VERMILLION (5-3)
SEYMOUR (5-3) AT BLOOMINGTON SOUTH (7-1)
SHELBYVILLE (3-5) AT PENDLETON HEIGHTS (6-2)
SOUTH BEND ADAMS (1-7) AT PENN (7-1)
SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) (3-5) AT WHITING (2-6)
SOUTH DEARBORN (5-3) AT LAWRENCEBURG (6-2)
SOUTH DECATUR (6-2) AT DAYTON CHRISTIAN (OHIO)
SOUTH PUTNAM (7-1) AT CASCADE (5-3)
SOUTH SPENCER (3-5) AT TELL CITY (5-3)
SOUTHERN WELLS (1-7) AT SOUTH ADAMS (5-3)
SOUTHSIDE HOMESCHOOL AT INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS (7-1)
SOUTHWOOD (4-4) AT LEWIS CASS (4-4)
SPRINGS VALLEY (7-1) AT NORTH DAVIESS (4-4)
SULLIVAN (4-4) AT WEST VIGO (2-6)
TAYLOR (1-7) AT DELPHI (3-5)
TECUMSEH (0-8) AT OBLONG-PALESTINE-HUTSONVILLE (ILL.)
TERRE HAUTE NORTH (0-8) AT BREBEUF JESUIT (3-4)
TERRE HAUTE SOUTH (4-4) AT COLUMBUS NORTH (3-5)
TRI-CENTRAL (2-6) AT CLINTON CENTRAL (1-6)
TRI-COUNTY (4-3) AT NORTH NEWTON (0-8)
TRITON (5-3) AT WINAMAC (3-5)
TRITON CENTRAL (7-1) AT SPEEDWAY (2-6)
TRI-WEST (7-1) AT SOUTHMONT (4-4)
UNION COUNTY (0-8) AT TRI (5-3)
WABASH (1-7) AT WHITKO (1-7)
WASHINGTON (2-6) AT HERITAGE HILLS (7-1)
WAWASEE (1-7) AT MISHAWAKA (6-2)
WES-DEL (3-5) AT CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN (1-5)
WESTFIELD (7-1) AT FRANKLIN CENTRAL (4-4)
WHITELAND (4-4) AT GREENWOOD (4-4)
WINCHESTER (5-2) AT UNION CITY (2-6)
WOODLAN (2-6) AT ADAMS CENTRAL (8-0)
YORKTOWN (4-4) AT MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) (4-4)
ZIONSVILLE (3-5) AT FISHERS (5-3)
BOWMAN ACADEMY (1-4) AT BENTON CENTRAL (1-7)
TIPTON (1-7) AT RENSSELAER CENTRAL (4-4)
NORTHWESTERN (3-5) AT TWIN LAKES (4-4)
WESTERN (4-4) AT LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (5-3)
HAMILTON HEIGHTS (8-0) AT WEST LAFAYETTE (6-2)
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL SECTIONAL BRACKETS
CLASS 4A
1. MUNSTER (7) | BRACKET
EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL, GARY WEST SIDE, HAMMOND CENTRAL, HAMMOND MORTON, LAKE CENTRAL, MERRILLVILLE, MUNSTER
2. CROWN POINT (7) | BRACKET
CHESTERTON, CROWN POINT, HOBART, KANKAKEE VALLEY, LOWELL, PORTAGE, VALPARAISO
3. MICHIGAN CITY (6) | BRACKET
LAPORTE, MICHIGAN CITY, MISHAWAKA, PLYMOUTH, SOUTH BEND ADAMS, SOUTH BEND RILEY
4. ELKHART (6) | BRACKET
CONCORD, ELKHART, GOSHEN, NORTHRIDGE, PENN, WARSAW COMMUNITY
5. DEKALB (6) | BRACKET
CARROLL (FORT WAYNE), DEKALB, EAST NOBLE, FORT WAYNE NORTH SIDE, FORT WAYNE NORTHROP, FORT WAYNE SNIDER
6. HOMESTEAD (6) | BRACKET
COLUMBIA CITY, FORT WAYNE SOUTH SIDE, FORT WAYNE WAYNE, HOMESTEAD, HUNTINGTON NORTH, NEW HAVEN
7. LOGANSPORT (6) | BRACKET
HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE), KOKOMO, LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON, LOGANSPORT, MARION, MCCUTCHEON
8. ZIONSVILLE (6) | BRACKET
CARMEL, FISHERS, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN, NOBLESVILLE, WESTFIELD, ZIONSVILLE
9. PENDLETON HEIGHTS (8) | BRACKET
ANDERSON, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL, MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE), MUNCIE CENTRAL, NEW PALESTINE, PENDLETON HEIGHTS, RICHMOND, YORKTOWN
10. LAWRENCE NORTH (7) | BRACKET
INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECH, INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL, INDIANAPOLIS CRISPUS ATTUCKS, LAWRENCE CENTRAL, LAWRENCE NORTH, NORTH CENTRAL, WARREN CENTRAL
11. BEN DAVIS (8) | BRACKET
BEN DAVIS, BREBEUF JESUIT, DECATUR CENTRAL, FRANKLIN CENTRAL, PERRY MERIDIAN, PIKE, RONCALLI, SOUTHPORT
12. TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO (5) | BRACKET
AVON, BROWNSBURG, PLAINFIELD, TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO, TERRE HAUTE SOUTH VIGO
13. GREENWOOD COMMUNITY (6) | BRACKET
BLOOMINGTON NORTH, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH, CENTER GROVE, GREENWOOD COMMUNITY, MARTINSVILLE, MOORESVILLE
14. FRANKLIN COMMUNITY (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. JASPER (6) | BRACKET
CASTLE, EVANSVILLE CENTRAL, EVANSVILLE F.J. REITZ, EVANSVILLE HARRISON, EVANSVILLE NORTH, JASPER
CLASS 3A
17. GRIFFITH (7) | BRACKET
BOONE GROVE, CALUMET, GRIFFITH, HAMMOND BISHOP NOLL, HANOVER CENTRAL, HIGHLAND, RIVER FOREST
18. BREMEN (5) | BRACKET
BREMEN, CULVER ACADEMY, GLENN, KNOX, TIPPECANOE VALLEY
19. JIMTOWN (6) | BRACKET
JIMTOWN, MISHAWAKA MARIAN, NEW PRAIRIE, SOUTH BEND CLAY, SOUTH BEND SAINT JOSEPH, SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON
20. WAWASEE (5) | BRACKET
FAIRFIELD, LAKELAND, NORTHWOOD, WAWASEE, WEST NOBLE
21. ANGOLA (7) | BRACKET
ANGOLA, FORT WAYNE BISHOP DWENGER, FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA LUTHERAN, GARRETT, HERITAGE, LEO, WOODLAN
22. FRANKFORT (7) | BRACKET
BENTON CENTRAL, FRANKFORT, NORTH MONTGOMERY, RENSSELAER CENTRAL, TWIN LAKES, WEST LAFAYETTE, WESTERN
23. NORWELL (7) | BRACKET
BELLMONT, MACONAQUAH, MISSISSINEWA, NORTHWESTERN, NORWELL, OAK HILL, PERU
24. NEW CASTLE (5) | BRACKET
CENTERVILLE, DELTA, FRANKTON, JAY COUNTY, NEW CASTLE
25. MONROVIA (6) | BRACKET
CRAWFORDSVILLE, DANVILLE, LEBANON, MONROVIA, TRI-WEST HENDRICKS, WESTERN BOONE
26. NORTHVIEW (7) | BRACKET
BROWN COUNTY, EDGEWOOD, INDIAN CREEK, NORTHVIEW, OWEN VALLEY, SOUTH VERMILLION, WEST VIGO
27. INDPLS. BISHOP CHATARD (6) | BRACKET
GUERIN CATHOLIC, HAMILTON HEIGHTS, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN, HERRON, INDIANAPOLIS BISHOP CHATARD, INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE
28. SPEEDWAY (6) | BRACKET
BEECH GROVE, CHRISTEL HOUSE, INDIANAPOLIS CARDINAL RITTER, INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON, PURDUE POLYTECHNIC, SPEEDWAY
29. BATESVILLE (7) | BRACKET
BATESVILLE, CONNERSVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, GREENSBURG, LAWRENCEBURG, RUSHVILLE, SOUTH DEARBORN
30. PROVIDENCE (8) | BRACKET
CHARLESTOWN, CORYDON CENTRAL, MADISON CONSOLIDATED, NORTH HARRISON, PROVIDENCE, SALEM, SCOTTSBURG, SILVER CREEK
31. PRINCETON (7) | BRACKET
BARR-REEVE, HERITAGE HILLS, PIKE CENTRAL, PRINCETON COMMUNITY, SOUTHRIDGE, VINCENNES LINCOLN, WASHINGTON
32. GIBSON SOUTHERN (6) | BRACKET
BOONVILLE, EVANSVILLE BOSSE, EVANSVILLE MATER DEI, EVANSVILLE REITZ MEMORIAL, GIBSON SOUTHERN, MT. VERNON
CLASS 2A
33. NORTH NEWTON (7) | BRACKET
21ST CENTURY CHARTER, ANDREAN, ILLIANA CHRISTIAN, LAKE STATION EDISON, LIGHTHOUSE CPC, NORTH NEWTON, WHITING
34. SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) (6) | BRACKET
HEBRON, LAVILLE, NORTH JUDSON-SAN PIERRE, CAREER ACADEMY, SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS), WHEELER
35. CENTRAL NOBLE (6) | BRACKET
CENTRAL NOBLE, CHURUBUSCO, EASTSIDE, FREMONT, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS, WESTVIEW
36. PIONEER (6) | BRACKET
LEWIS CASS, NORTH MIAMI, PIONEER, ROCHESTER, WINAMAC COMMUNITY, WABASH
37. BLUFFTON (6) | BRACKET
ADAMS CENTRAL, BLUFFTON, FORT WAYNE LUERS, MANCHESTER, SOUTH ADAMS, WHITKO
38. COVINGTON (6) | BRACKET
CARROLL (FLORA), CLINTON PRAIRIE, COVINGTON, DELPHI, LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC, SEEGER
39. EASTERN (GREENTOWN) (7) | BRACKET
BLACKFORD, EASTBROOK, EASTERN (GREENTOWN), ELWOOD, MADISON-GRANT, TAYLOR, TIPTON
40. WES-DEL (7) | BRACKET
ALEXANDRIA MONROE, LAPEL, MONROE CENTRAL, MUNCIE BURRIS, WAPAHANI, WES-DEL, WINCHESTER
41. HAGERSTOWN (5) | BRACKET
HAGERSTOWN, KNIGHTSTOWN, NORTHEASTERN, SHENANDOAH, UNION COUNTY
42. TRITON CENTRAL (5) | BRACKET
EASTERN HANCOCK, INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA, IRVINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY, RIVERSIDE, TRITON CENTRAL
43. SHERIDAN (5) | BRACKET
CASCADE, COVENANT CHRISTIAN (INDPLS.), PARK TUDOR, SHERIDAN, UNIVERSITY
44. SOUTHMONT (7) | BRACKET
CLOVERDALE, GREENCASTLE, NORTH PUTNAM, PARKE HERITAGE, RIVERTON PARKE, SOUTH PUTNAM, SOUTHMONT
45. SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER) (6) | BRACKET
HAUSER, MILAN, NORTH DECATUR, SOUTH RIPLEY, SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER), SWITZERLAND COUNTY
46. HENRYVILLE (7) | BRACKET
AUSTIN, BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL, CLARKSVILLE, EASTERN (PEKIN), HENRYVILLE, MITCHELL, PAOLI
47. NORTH DAVIESS (6) | BRACKET
EASTERN GREENE, LINTON-STOCKTON, NORTH DAVIESS, NORTH KNOX, SOUTH KNOX, SULLIVAN
48. FOREST PARK (6) | BRACKET
CRAWFORD COUNTY, FOREST PARK, NORTH POSEY, PERRY CENTRAL, SOUTH SPENCER, TELL CITY
CLASS 1A
49. WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP (7) | BRACKET
BOWMAN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN, HAMMOND ACADEMY, KOUTS, MORGAN TOWNSHIP, TRI-TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
50. MARQUETTE CATHOLIC (6) | BRACKET
ARGOS, CULVER COMMUNITY, MARQUETTE CATHOLIC, OREGON DAVIS, TRITON, WESTVILLE
51. LAKEWOOD PARK CHRISTIAN (6) | BRACKET
BETHANY CHRISTIAN, ELKHART CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN, FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY, HAMILTON, LAKEWOOD PARK CHRISTIAN
52. NORTH WHITE (5) | BRACKET
FRONTIER, NORTH WHITE, SOUTH NEWTON, TRI-COUNTY, WEST CENTRAL
53. SOUTHWOOD (5) | BRACKET
CASTON, LAKELAND CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, NORTHFIELD, SOUTHERN WELLS, SOUTHWOOD
54. ROSSVILLE (6) | BRACKET
ATTICA, CLINTON CENTRAL, FAITH CHRISTIAN, FOUNTAIN CENTRAL, NORTH VERMILLION, ROSSVILLE
55. COWAN (5) | BRACKET
ANDERSON PREPARATORY ACADEMY, COWAN, DALEVILLE, LIBERTY CHRISTIAN, TRI-CENTRAL
56. CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN (7) | BRACKET
BLUE RIVER VALLEY, CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN, RANDOLPH SOUTHERN, SETON CATHOLIC, TRI, UNION (MODOC), UNION CITY
57. WHITE RIVER VALLEY (7) | BRACKET
BLOOMFIELD, CLAY CITY, DUGGER UNION, LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG), SHAKAMAK, WHITE RIVER VALLEY
58. BETHESDA CHRISTIAN (6) | BRACKET
BETHESDA CHRISTIAN, INDIANA MATH & SCIENCE ACADEMY, INDIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF INDIANA, MTI SCHOOL OF KNOWLEDGE, TRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
59. INDPLS. LUTHERAN (7) | BRACKET
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, EMINENCE, GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN, PROVIDENCE CRISTO REY, TINDLEY, VICTORY COLLEGE PREP
60. WALDRON (7) | BRACKET
EDINBURGH, JAC-CEN-DEL, MORRISTOWN, OLDENBURG ACADEMY, SOUTH DECATUR, SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBYVILLE), WALDRON
61. CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF INDIANA (6) | BRACKET
BORDEN, CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF INDIANA, LANESVILLE, ROCK CREEK ACADEMY, SOUTH CENTRAL (ELIZABETH), WEST WASHINGTON
62. MEDORA (5) | BRACKET
CROTHERSVILLE, MEDORA, NEW WASHINGTON, RISING SUN, TRINITY LUTHERAN
63. LOOGOOTEE (5) | BRACKET
LOOGOOTEE, ORLEANS, SHOALS, SPRINGS VALLEY, VINCENNES RIVET
64. NORTHEAST DUBOIS (5) | BRACKET
CANNELTON, EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN, NORTHEAST DUBOIS, TECUMSEH, WOOD MEMORIAL
INDIANA BOYS SOCCER REGIONALS OCTOBER 11
3A
NOBLESVILLE VS. WARSAW
FW SNIDER VS. HARRISON
CONCORD VS. PENN
HOBART VS. LAKE CENTRAL
CASTLE VS. FLOYD CENTRAL
CENTER GROVE VS. COLUMBUS NORTH
EAST CENTRAL VS. CATHERAL
CARMEL VS. PIKE
2A
MISSISSINEWA VS. LEO
FW CONCORDIA VS. NORTHWESTERN
WEST NOBLE VS. MISHAWAKA MARIAN
WEST LAFAYETTE VS. ILLIANA CHRSITIAN
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL VS. WASHINGTON
PROVIDENCE VS. GREENCASTLE
MADISON VS. SPEEDWAY
BREBEUF VS. CASCADE
1A
PARK TUDOR VS. MUNCIE BURRIS
CARROLL VS. ARGOS
WESTVIEW VS. BETHANY CHRISTIAN
MORGAN TOWNSHIP VS. WHEELER
FOREST PARK VS. NORTHEAST DUBOIS
ROCK CREEK ACADEMY VS. SOUTHWESTERN
OLDENBURG ACADEMY VS. GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN
INDY LUTHERAN VS. COVENANT CHRISTIAN
INDIANA GIRLS SOCCER REGIONALS
3A
NOBLESVILLE VS. FW NORTHRUP
FW CARROLL VS. HARRISON
NORTHRIDGE VS. PENN
CROWN POINT VS. LAKE CENTRAL
CASTLE VS. FLOYD CENTRAL
BLOOMINGTON SOUTH VS. FRANKLIN CENTRAL
EAST CENTRAL VS. CATHEDRAL
CARMEL VS. BROWNSBURG
2A
YORKTOWN VS. BELLMONT
LEO VS. OAK HILL
NORTHWOOD VS. MISHAWAKA MARIAN
WEST LAFAYETTE VS. HANOVER CENTRAL
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL VS. SILVER CREEK
JASPER VS. MONROVIA
LAWRENCEBURG VS. CONNERSVILLE
GUERIN CATHOLIC VS. TRI-WEST
1A
FW CANTERBURY VS. EASTBROOK
FAITH CHRISTIAN VS. SHERIDAN
WESTVIEW VS. TRINITY
MORGAN TOWNSHIP VS. WHEELER
EVANSVILLE MATER DEI VS. SOUTH KNOX
PROVIDENCE VS. SWITZERLAND COUNTY
MUNCIE BURRIS VS. PARK TUDOR
BETHESDA CHRISTIAN VS. GREENCASTLE
INDIANA BOYS TENNIS STATE FINALS OCTOBER 13 AND 14
FRIDAY QUARTERFINALS
CULVER ACADEMIES VS. HOMESTEAD
CARMEL VS. NORTH CENTRAL
NOBLESVILLE VS. JASPER
FLOYD CENTRAL VS. COLUMBUS NORTH
SATURDAY FINALS @ NORTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
INDIANA CROSS COUNTRY: HTTPS://IN.MILESPLIT.COM/
AP FOOTBALL POLL
| Rank | School | Votes | Prev |
| 1 | Georgia (6-0) | 1559 (50) | 1 |
| 2 | Michigan (6-0) | 1489 (11) | 2 |
| 3 | Ohio State (5-0) | 1408 (1) | 4 |
| 4 | Florida State (5-0) | 1389 (1) | 5 |
| 5 | Oklahoma (6-0) | 1278 | 12 |
| 6 | Penn State (5-0) | 1273 | 6 |
| 7 | Washington (5-0) | 1239 | 7 |
| 8 | Oregon (5-0) | 1150 | 8 |
| 9 | Texas (5-1) | 1052 | 3 |
| 10 | USC (6-0) | 999 | 9 |
| 11 | Alabama (5-1) | 971 | 11 |
| 12 | North Carolina (5-0) | 894 | 14 |
| 13 | Ole Miss (5-1) | 748 | 16 |
| 14 | Louisville (6-0) | 731 | 25 |
| 15 | Oregon State (5-1) | 725 | 15 |
| 16 | Utah (4-1) | 567 | 18 |
| 17 | Duke (4-1) | 479 | 19 |
| 18 | UCLA (4-1) | 438 | NR |
| 19 | Washington State (4-1) | 412 | 13 |
| 19 | Tennessee (4-1) | 412 | 22 |
| 21 | Notre Dame (5-2) | 374 | 10 |
| 22 | LSU (4-2) | 321 | 23 |
| 23 | Kansas (5-1) | 103 | NR |
| 24 | Kentucky (5-1) | 99 | 20 |
| 25 | Miami (FL) (4-1) | 74 | 17 |
Others: Missouri (69) , Wyoming (42) , Wisconsin (41) , Air Force (41) , Tulane (27) , West Virginia (26) , Clemson (17) , Maryland (9) , Iowa (7) , James Madison (7) , Texas A&M (5)
COACHES POLL
| Rank | School | Votes | Prev |
| 1 | Georgia (6-0) | 1597 (61) | 1 |
| 2 | Michigan (6-0) | 1512 | 2 |
| 3 | Ohio State (5-0) | 1443 (2) | 3 |
| 4 | Florida State (5-0) | 1411 | 5 |
| 5 | Penn State (5-0) | 1300 | 6 |
| 6 | Washington (5-0) | 1246 (1) | 8 |
| 7 | Oklahoma (6-0) | 1200 | 12 |
| 8 | Oregon (5-0) | 1168 | 9 |
| 9 | USC (6-0) | 1121 | 7 |
| 10 | Alabama (5-1) | 1025 | 10 |
| 11 | Texas (5-1) | 982 | 4 |
| 12 | North Carolina (5-0) | 912 | 13 |
| 13 | Ole Miss (5-1) | 764 | 15 |
| 14 | Oregon State (5-1) | 713 | 16 |
| 15 | Louisville (6-0) | 651 | 25 |
| 16 | Utah (4-1) | 600 | 19 |
| 17 | Tennessee (4-1) | 587 | 18 |
| 18 | Duke (4-1) | 451 | 21 |
| 19 | Washington State (4-1) | 370 | 14 |
| 20 | LSU (4-2) | 355 | 23 |
| 21 | Notre Dame (5-2) | 324 | 11 |
| 22 | UCLA (4-1) | 276 | NR |
| 23 | Kentucky (5-1) | 159 | 20 |
| 24 | Kansas (5-1) | 120 | NR |
| 25 | Missouri (5-1) | 78 | 22 |
Others: Miami (FL) (74) , Wyoming (60) , Air Force (58) , Iowa (57) , Maryland (37) , Clemson (33) , West Virginia (24) , Wisconsin (23) , Texas A&M (22) , Tulane (18) , BYU (9) , James Madison (9) , Fresno State (4) , Ohio (2) , Florida (2) , Memphis (2) , Liberty (1)
COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 7 SCHEDULE
TUESDAY, OCT. 10
LOUISIANA TECH AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE | 7 P.M. | CBSSN
LIBERTY AT JACKSONVILLE STATE | 7:30 P.M. | ESPNU
COASTAL CAROLINA AT APPALACHIAN STATE | 7:30 P.M. | ESPN2
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 11
UTEP AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL | 7:30 P.M. | ESPN2
SAM HOUSTON AT NEW MEXICO STATE | 9 P.M. | CBSSN
THURSDAY, OCT. 12
WEST VIRGINIA AT HOUSTON | 7 P.M. | FS1
SMU AT EAST CAROLINA | 7:30 P.M. | ESPN
FRIDAY, OCT. 13
TULANE AT MEMPHIS | 7 P.M. | ESPN
FRESNO STATE AT UTAH STATE | 8 P.M. | CBSSN
STANFORD AT COLORADO | 10 P.M. | ESPN
SATURDAY, OCT. 14
NO. 1 GEORGIA AT VANDERBILT | 12 P.M. | CBS
INDIANA AT NO. 2 MICHIGAN | 12 P.M. | FOX
NO. 3 OHIO STATE AT PURDUE | 12 P.M. | PEACOCK
SYRACUSE AT NO. 4 FLORIDA STATE | 12 P.M.
ARKANSAS AT NO. 11 ALABAMA | 12 P.M. | ESPN
MICHIGAN STATE AT RUTGERS | 12 P.M.
TEMPLE AT NORTH TEXAS | 12 P.M. | ESPNU
GEORGIA SOUTHERN AT JAMES MADISON | 12 P.M. | ESPN2
KENT STATE AT EASTERN MICHIGAN | 12 P.M. | CBSSN
SACRED HEART AT YALE | 12 P.M. | ESPN+
PRINCETON AT BROWN | 12 P.M. | ESPN+
SAN DIEGO AT MARIST | 12 P.M. | ESPN+
HOWARD AT HARVARD | 1 P.M. | ESPN+
BUCKNELL AT CORNELL | 1 P.M. | ESPN+
DARTMOUTH AT COLGATE | 1 P.M. | ESPN+
GEORGETOWN AT LEHIGH | 1 P.M. | ESPN+
ST. THOMAS (MINN.) AT DRAKE | 1 P.M. | ESPN+
FURMAN AT SAMFORD | 1 P.M. | ESPN+
TENNESSEE TECH AT SOUTH CAROLINA STATE | 1:30 P.M. | ESPN+
PENN AT COLUMBIA | 1:30 P.M. | ESPN+
NAVY AT CHARLOTTE | 2 P.M. | ESPN+
VMI AT THE CITADEL | 2 P.M. | ESPN+
TOLEDO AT BALL STATE | 2 P.M. | ESPN+
GARDNER-WEBB AT AUSTIN PEAY | 2 P.M. | ESPN+
NORTH DAKOTA STATE AT NORTH DAKOTA | 2 P.M. | ESPN+
YOUNGSTOWN STATE AT SOUTH DAKOTA | 2 P.M. | ESPN+
MOREHEAD STATE AT VALPARAISO | 2 P.M. | ESPN+
CAL AT NO. 16 UTAH | 3 P.M. | PAC-12 NETWORK
INDIANA STATE AT ILLINOIS STATE | 3 P.M. | ESPN+
ALABAMA A&M AT GRAMBLING | 3 P.M. | ESPN+
ALABAMA STATE AT JACKSON STATE | 3 P.M. | ESPN+
TARLETON STATE AT EASTERN KENTUCKY | 3 P.M. | ESPN+
SACRAMENTO STATE AT NORTHERN COLORADO | 3 P.M. | ESPN+
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UNI AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE | 3 P.M. | ESPN+
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UMASS AT NO. 6 PENN STATE | 3:30 P.M.
NO. 8 OREGON AT NO. 7 WASHINGTON | 3:30 P.M. | ABC
TEXAS A&M AT NO. 19 TENNESSEE | 3:30 P.M. | CBS
NO. 23 KANSAS AT OKLAHOMA STATE | 3:30 P.M. | FS1
TROY AT ARMY | 3:30 P.M. | CBSSN
FLORIDA AT SOUTH CAROLINA | 3:30 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
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NORFOLK STATE AT TENNESSEE STATE | 6 P.M. | ESPN+
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WYOMING AT AIR FORCE | 7 P.M. | CBSSN
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UC DAVIS AT WEBER STATE | 8 P.M. | ESPN+
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ATLANTA 21 HOUSTON 19
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INDIANAPOLIS 23 TENNESSEE 16
MIAMI 31 NY GIANTS 16
NEW ORLEANS 34 NEW ENGLAND 0
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PHILADELPHIA 23 LA RAMS 14
NY JETS 31 DENVER 21
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MONDAY, OCT. 9
PHI @ ATL, GAME 2, 6 P.M. (TBS)
AZ @ LAD, GAME 2, 9 P.M. (TBS)
TUESDAY, OCT. 10
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GAME 3, FOX
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GAME 4, FOX
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GAME 5 (IF NECESSARY), FOX
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NFL ROUNDUP: JA’MARR CHASE, BENGALS PULL AWAY FROM CARDINALS
Joe Burrow threw three touchdown passes to Ja’Marr Chase to lead the Cincinnati Bengals past the Arizona Cardinals, 34-20, on Sunday in Glendale. Ariz.
Chase set a new Bengals record for catches in a game with 15 on 19 targets and totaled 192 yards, shattering the old mark of 13 receptions held by Carl Pickens (versus Steelers on Oct. 11, 1998). Burrow finished 36-for-46 for 317 yards, the three touchdowns and an interception.
Evan McPherson had a pair of 40-yard field goals and Cam Taylor-Britt returned an interception for a touchdown for Cincinnati (2-3), which won for the first time in three road games this season.
Joshua Dobbs completed 15 of 32 passes for 166 yards and two touchdowns, but he threw his first two interceptions of the season for the Cardinals (1-4). Marquise Brown had four catches for 61 yards and a TD.
Saints 34, Patriots 0
Derek Carr threw two touchdown passes and New Orleans’ defense forced three turnovers in a victory over New England in Foxborough, Mass.
Carr passed for 183 yards, Alvin Kamara rushed for 80 yards and became the Saints’ all-time touchdown leader and Tyrann Mathieu got the rout started by returning an interception of Mac Jones for the game’s first score.
The Saints (3-2) ended their NFL-worst streak of 10 consecutive games scoring 21 or fewer points. For the second straight week, Jones had two interceptions and a lost fumble before being replaced by Bailey Zappe in the fourth quarter for the Patriots (1-4), who suffered their worst home shutout loss in franchise history.
Eagles 23, Rams 14
Jalen Hurts threw for 303 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 72 yards and another score as Philadelphia stayed unbeaten by knocking off Los Angeles in Inglewood, Calif.
Dallas Goedert had eight receptions for 117 yards and a touchdown for the Eagles (5-0). A.J. Brown racked up 127 yards on six catches, including a 36-yard reception in the fourth quarter as Philadelphia went ahead by nine on Jake Elliott’s 26-yard field goal with 4:06 to play.
Los Angeles (2-3) welcomed back wide receiver Cooper Kupp, who missed the first four games with a hamstring injury. He finished with eight catches for 118 yards. Matthew Stafford went 21-of-37 passing for a season-low 222 yards and two touchdowns.
Jaguars 25, Bills 20
Trevor Lawrence went 25-for-37 passing for 315 yards and a touchdown to guide Jacksonville over Buffalo in London.
Lawrence, who lost two of three fumbles, played through an apparent calf issue during the second half as the Jaguars (3-2) became the first NFL team to play two consecutive games in London. Travis Etienne rushed 26 times for 136 yards and two touchdowns. Calvin Ridley caught seven passes for 122 yards.
Josh Allen went 27-for-40 for 359 yards, two touchdowns and one interception for the Bills (3-2), who were held to 29 rushing yards compared to 196 for the Jaguars.
Falcons 21, Texans 19
Younghoe Koo kicked a 37-yard field goal as time expired as host Atlanta edged Houston.
The Texans (2-3) had grabbed a 19-18 lead on C.J. Stroud’s 18-yard touchdown pass to Dalton Schultz with 1:49 left in the game. But Desmond Ridder drove the Falcons 56 yards in 10 plays to set up Koo’s kick on the final play for Atlanta (3-2).
Ridder completed 28 of 37 passes for a career-high 329 yards and a touchdown. He added a 7-yard scoring run. Stroud completed 20 of 35 passes for 249 yards and a touchdown, and he broke the record for most pass attempts without an interception to start a career, now at 186 and counting.
Lions 42, Panthers 24
Jared Goff passed for three touchdowns and rushed for another as host Detroit pounded winless Carolina.
Goff completed 20 of 28 passes for 236 yards. David Montgomery rushed for 108 yards and a TD on 19 carries and for the Lions (4-1). Josh Reynolds caught four passes for 76 yards and a score.
Carolina rookie Bryce Young completed 25 of 41 passes for 247 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions. Adam Thielen caught 11 passes for 107 yards and a touchdown for the Panthers (0-5).
Colts 23, Titans 16
Zack Moss ran 23 times for 165 yards and two touchdowns as host Indianapolis overcame a first-half injury to starting quarterback Anthony Richardson to earn a win over Tennessee.
Moss’ second score came on a 3-yard run with eight minutes left in the third quarter, giving the Colts (3-2) the lead for good at 17-13. Richardson departed the game with 4:29 left in the first half when he fell on his right shoulder after a 4-yard run. It was the third time in four starts that the rookie failed to finish the game due to injury. Prior to departing, he was 9 of 12 for 98 yards.
Ryan Tannehill completed 23 of 34 passes for 264 yards for Tennessee, but his last pass was intercepted with 10 seconds left. DeAndre Hopkins had eight catches for 140 yards.
Dolphins 31, Giants 16
Tyreek Hill hauled in eight catches for 181 yards and De’Von Achane continued his frantic scoring pace as Miami beat New York in Miami Gardens, Fla.
Hill dealt the Giants a lethal blow just 54 seconds into the second half with a 69-yard score that gave Miami (4-1) a 24-10 lead. Graham Gano pulled New York (1-4) within 11 with a 37-yard field goal, but Raheem Mostert’s 2-yard scoring plunge as time expired in the third quarter squashed any chance of a comeback.
Meanwhile, Achane finished with 151 yards and a TD on just 11 carries. He now has 455 rushing yards and seven total touchdowns (five rushing, two receiving) over the past three weeks, becoming just the fourth player in Dolphins franchise history to rack up at least 400 yards on the ground in a three-game span.
Steelers 17, Ravens 10
Kenny Pickett threw a 41-yard touchdown pass to George Pickens with 1:17 remaining and Pittsburgh scored 14 fourth-quarter points to notch a victory over visiting Baltimore.
T.J. Watt recorded two sacks and recovered a fumble as Pittsburgh (3-2) won for the sixth time in the past seven matchups with Baltimore (3-2). Pickett completed 18 of 32 passes for 224 yards while playing through a bone bruise in his left knee. Pickens had six receptions for 130 yards.
Lamar Jackson completed 22 of 38 passes for 236 yards and one interception and rushed for 45 yards for the Ravens. Justice Hill ran for a touchdown.
Jets 31, Broncos 21
Breece Hall rushed for a career-high 177 yards and a touchdown and Greg Zuerlein kicked five field goals to fuel visiting New York to a victory over Denver.
Hall scampered for a go-ahead, 72-yard touchdown early in the third quarter. Zach Wilson completed 19 of 26 passes for 199 yards before he was intercepted by Patrick Surtain II deep in Denver territory with 2:14 remaining in the fourth quarter. The Jets improved to 2-3.
The Broncos’ bid to complete the rally was thwarted after Russell Wilson was sacked by Quincy Williams, with Bryce Hall scooping up the loose ball and sprinting 39 yards for a touchdown. Russell Wilson went 20-for-31 for 196 yards and tossed two touchdowns, including a 3-yarder to tight end Adam Trautman, for the Broncos (1-4).
Chiefs 27, Vikings 20
Patrick Mahomes completed 31 of 41 passes for 281 yards and two touchdowns, and Kansas City held on for a win over Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Rashee Rice and Travis Kelce had one touchdown reception apiece for Kansas City (4-1). Isiah Pacheco contributed 55 yards and a touchdown on the ground. The score was tied at halftime before the Chiefs surged to a 27-13 lead in the third quarter.
Kirk Cousins completed 29 of 47 passes for 284 yards and two touchdowns for Minnesota (1-4). Jordan Addison had six catches for 64 yards and a score.
NFL: SEVEN FROM SUNDAY-WEEK 5
A look at seven statistical highlights from games played during the 9:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET windows on Sunday, October 8, the fifth week of the 2023 season.
- The PHILADELPHIA EAGLES defeated the Los Angeles Rams, 23-14, in Week 5 and advanced to 5-0 for the second-consecutive season. The SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (4-0) can join Philadelphia at 5-0 with a win over Dallas on Sunday Night Football (8:20 PM ET, NBC).
The JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS defeated Buffalo, 25-20, at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London in Week 5 after earning a 23-7 win over Atlanta at Wembley Stadium in London last week. The Jaguars are the first team ever to win multiple international games in a season.
The MIAMI DOLPHINS totaled 524 yards of total offense in their 31-16 win over the New York Giants. Miami has 2,568 total yards of offense this season and surpassed the 2000 ST. LOUIS RAMS (2,527 total yards) for the most total yards of offense by a team in their first five games of a season in NFL history.
The KANSAS CITY CHIEFS defeated Minnesota, 27-20, as head coach ANDY REID earned his 251st career regular season win, surpassing Pro Football Hall of Famer TOM LANDRY (250) for the fourth-most regular-season wins by a head coach in NFL history. - Miami rookie running back DE’VON ACHANE rushed for 151 yards and one touchdown and wide receiver TYREEK HILL registered eight receptions for 181 yards and one touchdown in the Dolphins’ 31-16 win over the New York Giants. Achane (seven scrimmage touchdowns), Hill (five scrimmage touchdowns) and running back RAHEEM MOSTERT (eight scrimmage touchdowns) each have at least five scrimmage touchdowns this season.
The Dolphins are the second team in NFL history with three players having at least five scrimmage touchdowns each in their team’s first five games of a season, joining the 2011 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (BENJARVUS GREEN-ELLIS, ROB GRONKOWSKI and WES WELKER).
Miami is the third team in NFL history with two players having at least seven scrimmage touchdowns in their team’s first five games of a season, joining the 1966 DALLAS COWBOYS (Pro Football Hall of Famer BOB HAYES and DAN REEVES) and 1962 DALLAS TEXANS (CHRIS BURFORD and ABNER HAYNES).
Achane is the second player in NFL history with at least seven touchdowns through his first four career games, joining BILL PASCHAL (eight touchdowns through his first four games in 1943 with the New York Giants).
Achane is the third player in NFL history with at least 100 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown in three of his first four career games, joining BEATTIE FEATHERS (1934) and Pro Football Hall of Famer LADAINIAN TOMLINSON (2001).
Hill, who had 215 receiving yards and two touchdown receptions in Week 1 and 157 receiving yards with one touchdown reception in Week 3, joins WES WELKER (2011) as the only players in NFL history with at least 150 receiving yards and a touchdown reception in three of their team’s first five games of a season.
Hill has 11 career games with at least 150 receiving yards and a touchdown reception, tied with TORRY HOLT (11 games) for the fourth-most such games by a player in his first eight career season in NFL history. Only Pro Football Hall of Famers LANCE ALWORTH (16 games), JERRY RICE (14) and CALVIN JOHNSON (12) have more.
Hill, who had a 69-yard touchdown reception in Week 5, has 19 career touchdowns of 60-or-more yards, tied with Pro Football Hall of Famer LANCE ALWORTH (19 touchdowns) for the fifth-most such touchdowns in NFL history. Only DESEAN JACKSON (26), DEVIN HESTER (21) and Pro Football Hall of Famers JERRY RICE (23) and BOBBY MITCHELL (20) have more. - Cincinnati wide receiver JA’MARR CHASE recorded 15 receptions for 192 yards and three touchdowns in the Bengals’ 34-20 win at Arizona.
Chase, who had 11 receptions for 266 yards and three touchdowns in Week 17 of the 2021 season, is the first player in NFL history with multiple games of at least 10 receptions, 150 receiving yards and three touchdown receptions in his first three career seasons.
Chase, who is 23 years and 221 days old, is the fourth wide receiver in NFL history under the age of 24 to record 15 receptions in a single game, joining KEENAN ALLEN (23 years and 139 days old on September 13, 2015), Pro Football Hall of Famer ISAAC BRUCE (23 years and 44 days old on December 24, 1995) and PUKA NACUA (22 years and 111 days old on September 17, 2023).
Chase, who had a 63-yard touchdown reception on Sunday, has seven career touchdown receptions of 50-or-more yards, tied with BRANDIN COOKS (seven), BILLY HOWTON (seven) and DESEAN JACKSON (seven) for the third-most such touchdowns by a player under the age of 24 in NFL history. Only Pro Football Hall of Famer RANDY MOSS (11) and ODELL BECKHAM JR. (nine) have more.
Chase, who has 212 career receptions, reached 200 career receptions in his 34th career game, tied with four other players for the fourth-fewest games to 200 receptions in NFL history. Only ODELL BECKHAM JR. (30 games), MICHAEL THOMAS (32) and JARVIS LANDRY (33) reached the mark in fewer games. - Houston rookie quarterback C.J. STROUD completed 20 of 35 pass attempts for 249 yards and one touchdown with no interceptions in Week 5.
Stroud has recorded 186 pass attempts without an interception this season and surpassed DAK PRESCOTT (176 pass attempts in 2016) for the most consecutive pass attempts without an interception to begin a career in NFL history.
Stroud has 1,461 passing yards this season and is the fourth player in NFL history with at least 1,400 passing yards and no interceptions in his team’s first five games of a season, joining PATRICK MAHOMES (1,831 passing yards in 2019), DREW BREES (1,658 in 2018) and RUSSELL WILSON (1,409 in 2019).
Stroud is the only quarterback ever with no interceptions in his first five career starts (minimum 30 attempts in each start). - Philadelphia quarterback JALEN HURTS totaled 375 yards (303 passing, 72 rushing) and two touchdowns (one passing, one rushing) in the Eagles’ Week 5 win at the Los Angeles Rams.
Hurts has five career games with at least 300 passing yards and 50 rushing yards, tied with RUSSELL WILSON (five) for the third-most such games in NFL history. Only Pro Football Hall of Famer STEVE YOUNG (eight) and JOSH ALLEN (seven) have more.
Hurts has 2,104 rushing yards in 50 career games and surpassed CAM NEWTON (2,058) for the fourth-most rushing yards by a quarterback in his first 50 career games in the Super Bowl era. Only LAMAR JACKSON (3,185), MICHAEL VICK (2,563) and BOBBY DOUGLAS (2,148 rushing yards) have more.
Hurts has 30 career rushing touchdowns and became the third quarterback ever with at least 30 rushing touchdowns in his first four career seasons, joining CAM NEWTON (33 rushing touchdowns) and JOSH ALLEN (31). - Jacksonville running back TRAVIS ETIENNE totaled 184 scrimmage yards (136 rushing, 48 receiving) and had two rushing touchdowns in the Jaguars’ Week 5 win and became the first player ever with at least 175 scrimmage yards and two touchdowns in an international game.
Etienne, who recorded 162 scrimmage yards at Wembley Stadium in Week 8 last season, is the first player ever with at least 150 scrimmage yards in multiple international games.
Etienne’s 184 scrimmage yards are the third-most scrimmage yards in an NFL game played outside of the United States, trailing only COOPER KUPP (220 scrimmage yards in London on October 27, 2019) and FRED JACKSON (194 scrimmage yards in London on October 30, 2011). - Pittsburgh linebacker T.J. WATT registered two sacks and a fumble recovery in the Steelers’ 17-10 win over Baltimore.
Watt, who had three sacks and a fumble recovery in Week 1 and one sack with one fumble recovery in Week 2, is the first player since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic, with a sack and fumble recovery in three of his team’s first five games of a season.
Watt, who has 25 forced fumbles and 10 fumble recoveries in 92 career games, is the third player since 2000 with at least 25 forced fumbles and 10 fumble recoveries in his first 100 career games, joining ROBERT MATHIS and OSI UMENYIORA. - Additional notes from Sunday include:
- Buffalo quarterback JOSH ALLEN recorded his 41st career rushing touchdown in Week 5 and surpassed JACK KEMP (40 rushing touchdowns) for the third-most by a quarterback in NFL history. Only CAM NEWTON (75) and Pro Football Hall of Famer STEVE YOUNG (43) have more.
- Appearing in his 150th career game, Tennessee wide receiver DEANDRE HOPKINS registered eight receptions for 140 yards on Sunday.
Hopkins is the fourth player in NFL history to register a catch in each of his first 150 career games, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers MARVIN HARRISON (first 190 career games) and MARSHALL FAULK (first 158) as well as KEYSHAWN JOHNSON (first 167).
- Los Angeles Rams wide receiver PUKA NACUA recorded seven receptions for 71 yards and one touchdown on Sunday.
Nacua has 46 receptions this season, the most by a player in his first five career games in NFL history.
Nacua is the third player in NFL history with at least five receptions in each of his first five career games, joining TERRY GLENN (1996) and CEEDEE LAMB (2020).
Nacua is the sixth player ever with at least 50 receiving yards in each of his first five games, joining JA’MARR CHASE (2021), TERRY GLENN (1996), CEEDEE LAMB (2020), EARL MCCULLOUCH (1968), and TERRY MCLAURIN (2019).
- Detroit rookie tight end SAM LAPORTA registered three receptions for 47 yards and two touchdowns in the Lions’ 42-24 win over Carolina.
LaPorta has 25 receptions this season and is third tight end ever with at least 25 receptions in his first five career games, joining KEITH JACKSON (29 receptions in 1988 with Philadelphia) and JORDAN REED (26 in 2013 with Washington).
- New York Giants safety JASON PINNOCK recorded a 102-yard interception-return for a touchdown in Week 5 after Carolina safety SAM FRANKLIN registered a 99-yard interception-return for a touchdown in Week 4.
The 2023 season is the first season since 2012 that there were multiple 99-or-more yard interception returns for a touchdown and it marks the fourth time in NFL history that there was an interception returned for a touchdown of 99-or-more yards in consecutive weeks, joining Weeks 13-14 in 1977, Weeks 9-10 in 2004 and Weeks 4-5 in 2006.
- Buffalo quarterback JOSH ALLEN recorded his 41st career rushing touchdown in Week 5 and surpassed JACK KEMP (40 rushing touchdowns) for the third-most by a quarterback in NFL history. Only CAM NEWTON (75) and Pro Football Hall of Famer STEVE YOUNG (43) have more.
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AP TOP 25: OKLAHOMA JUMPS TO NO. 5, MIAMI SLIDES AFTER EPIC GAFFE AND HOOPS SCHOOLS MAKE HISTORY
Oklahoma moved up to No. 5 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, Miami’s late-game gaffe nearly cost the 25th-ranked Hurricanes a spot in rankings and six basketball blue bloods made some history.
No. 1 Georgia, coming off its best game of the season, a rout of Kentucky, regained some of the first-place votes it lost in the AP Top 25 last week when it needed a late rally to stay unbeaten at Auburn.
The Bulldogs got 50 first-place votes after 35 last week. No. 2 Michigan received 11 first-place votes as the Wolverines roll along unbeaten and untested.
No. 3 Ohio State and No. 4 Florida State each moved up a spot and received a first-place vote.
Oklahoma jumped seven after beating Texas on Saturday to re-enter the top 10 for the first time since mid-September of last year, when it started tumbling toward a 6-7 season.
The Longhorns slipped six spots to No. 9.
No. 6 Penn State held its spot, as did No. 7 Washington and No. 8 Oregon a week before their Pac-12 showdown.
USC dropped a spot to No. 10 after escaping with a three-overtime victory against Arizona. The Trojans have fallen three straight weeks, despite remaining unbeaten.
Miami managed to hang on to a spot in the rankings, dropping eight places after losing for the first time this season.
The Hurricanes had Saturday’s most painful loss, not to mention a candidate for one of the worst in program history.
In position to kneel out the clock with a lead against Georgia Tech, the Hurricanes instead called a running play, fumbled the ball away with 26 seconds left and then watched as the Yellow Jackets went 74 yards in four plays for the winning score with 2 seconds left on the clock.
The traditional basketball powerhouses continue to shine on the gridiron in 2022.
The top six schools by appearances in the AP men’s college basketball poll are Kentucky, North Carolina, Duke, Kansas, UCLA and Louisville.
For the first time in the 87-year history of the AP football poll, all of those schools are ranked at the same time: North Carolina is No. 12, Louisville is 14th, Duke is No. 17, UCLA is 18th, Kansas is No. 23 and Kentucky No. 24.
Louisville jumped 11 spots to its highest ranking since 2017, after defeating Notre Dame to stay unbeaten.
The Irish slipped 11 spots to No. 21 after a second loss in three weeks to an undefeated team.
Georgia’s 17-week streak of No. 1 appearances is now tied for the fourth-most of all time with Florida State, which went wire-to-wire as No. 1 in 1999.
The Bulldogs are well positioned to make a run at the second-longest streak before the season is out.
Next up on the list is an 18-week streak at No. 1 by USC from 1972-73, then comes Miami’s 21 in a row from 2001-02.
The record is out of reach this year: USC was No. 1 in 33 straight polls from late in the 2003 season until the final poll of the 2005 season.
The Bulldogs don’t seem to be in much danger of either losing or dropping from No. 1 with a victory over the next few weeks.
Georgia goes to Vanderbilt on Saturday, then has a week off before facing Florida on Oct. 28.
A scheduled run of hosting Missouri, at No. 13 Mississippi and at No. 19 Tennessee in November will be a bigger challenge for the Bulldogs.
Seven teams that entered Saturday unbeaten lost, and two of them dropped out of the AP Top 25.
Fresno State, which lost a key Mountain West game at Wyoming, fell out of the ranking after two weeks in.
Missouri lost to LSU and also slipped out after two weeks ranked.
The two teams jumping into the rankings this week have been here earlier this season.
– UCLA vaulted to No. 18 after beating Washington State.
– No. 23 Kansas returned to the rankings after a week out by routing UCF.
Pac-12 – 7 (Nos. 7, 8, 10, 15, 16, 18, 19).
SEC – 6 (Nos. 1, 11, 13, 19, 22, 24).
ACC – 5 (Nos. 4, 12, 14, 17, 25).
Big Ten – 3 (Nos. 2, 3, 6).
Big 12 – 3 (Nos. 5, 9, 23).
Independent – 1 (No. 21).
No. 8 Oregon at No. 7 Washington. The 103rd meeting between the Ducks and Huskies will be the first top-10 matchup.
No. 10 USC at No. 21 Notre Dame. For the first time since 2005-06, the Trojans and Fighting Irish are playing with both teams ranked in consecutive seasons.
No. 25 Miami at No. 12 North Carolina. Only the second meeting in which both teams are ranked.
No. 18 UCLA at No. 15 Oregon State. For the first time since 2001, both teams are ranked, and it’s the second straight home game for the Beavers hosting a ranked opponent.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
BOCHY 1 VICTORY FROM ANOTHER LCS APPEARANCE AFTER RANGERS BEAT ORIOLES 11-8 TO GO UP 2-0 IN ALDS
BALTIMORE (AP) Bruce Bochy is rolling through another postseason where everything he tries seems to work.
Mitch Garver hit a third-inning grand slam in his first appearance of these playoffs, and the Texas Rangers won their fourth consecutive game to start the postseason, pushing the Baltimore Orioles to the brink of elimination with an 11-8 victory in Game 2 of the AL Division Series on Sunday.
The wild-card Rangers have outscored the Orioles and Tampa Bay – the top two teams in the American League in the regular season – by 25-11. Bochy moved within one win of his first AL Championship Series as a manager. He reached that round four times in the National League, winning three World Series titles with San Francisco.
“It’s kind of hard to read the emotion on him because sometimes he looks like he’s folded up in a lawn chair sitting there watching the game,” Garver said. “But yes, we trust his decisions and the way he manages the game.”
Gunnar Henderson and Aaron Hicks homered for the AL East champion Orioles, who haven’t been swept in a series of at least two games since May 2022. They’re now in danger of doing that at a most inopportune time.
Hicks drove in five runs, including a three-run shot with one out in the ninth. But it was too little, too late.
Texas fell behind for the first time this postseason when the Orioles scored two runs in the first, but the Rangers answered with five in the second to knock out rookie Grayson Rodriguez. Garver, a backup catcher who hadn’t played yet in the 2023 playoffs, hit his grand slam for a 9-2 lead.
“He can hit, and he’s done a great job this year for us,” Bochy said. “So gave him the start today. Got a pitch he could handle. He’s got big power, and that’s big at that point in the game. Really was the difference in the game.”
Garver came up again with the bases loaded in the fifth but hit into a double play. Even that brought home another run.
Garver was in the lineup as the designated hitter because it was “just time to get him out there” – to quote Bochy pregame. He hit .270 with 19 home runs in 87 games this year.
The 68-year-old manager was rewarded for that move, and there were plenty of other contributors for the Rangers.
Corey Seager became the first player to walk five times in a postseason game and scored twice. Baltimore pitchers walked 11, their most in a game since 2019, and six of those runners scored.
Texas became the first team in postseason history with seven hits and seven walks through three innings, according to Sportradar.
Hicks, who missed a key sign in the ninth inning of Game 1, poked a bases-loaded single to right field in the first. But the bottom of the Texas batting order barely gave the Camden Yards crowd time to feel hopeful.
A walk, a single and a two-run double by No. 9 hitter Leody Taveras tied the game. Marcus Semien grounded out to the pitcher, with first baseman Ryan Mountcastle needing to make a diving snag of Rodriguez’s wild throw. After a walk to Seager, Garver hit a dribbler in front of the plate that brought home a run, and he beat it out when Rodriguez – perhaps spooked by his poor toss earlier – lobbed the ball weakly to first.
Adolis García hit an RBI single up the middle, and Jonah Heim added a run-scoring single one out later to make it 5-2 and chase Rodriguez.
Danny Coulombe got out of the second for Baltimore, but Bryan Baker walked the bases loaded with one out in the third. Then Jacob Webb came in and allowed his second homer of the series – the drive by Garver that carried past the big wall at Camden Yards that the Orioles pushed back before the 2022 season.
“It’s a good offense, and it’s been a really good offense all year, but we also walked 11 of them,” Baltimore manager Brandon Hyde said. “You’re not doing yourself any favors by putting that much traffic out there.”
Neither starting pitcher made it through the fifth. Cody Bradford got the win in relief of Jordan Montgomery, tossing 3 2/3 scoreless innings.
Rodriguez took the loss. He was one of baseball’s top prospects at the beginning of the season and posted a 2.58 ERA after the All-Star break, but he allowed five runs, six hits and four walks Sunday.
Down 9-2, the Orioles scored twice in the fourth on Mateo’s RBI single and Mountcastle’s sacrifice fly. Henderson’s solo homer in the fifth made it 10-5.
Mateo had four hits, including two doubles.
“We just came up a little bit short today, but that built a lot of momentum going into the next game,” outfielder Austin Hays said. “Nobody laid down. We didn’t give away any at-bats. We continued to fight. We were able to get into their bullpen and work on those guys a little bit. I feel good moving forward, but we know we’ve got our work cut out for us.”
Baltimore has lost seven straight postseason games. The Orioles were swept by Kansas City in the 2014 ALCS, then dropped a winner-take-all game at Toronto as a wild card in 2016.
In a throwback to the pre-pitch clock era, this nine-inning game took 3 hours, 45 minutes.
HIGH SEEDS STRUGGLING
The Braves, Orioles, Rays, Dodgers and Brewers had the five best records in baseball this year. They’ve gone 0-8 in the postseason so far, with Tampa Bay and Milwaukee already eliminated.
UP NEXT
Texas plans to start Nathan Eovaldi for Game 3. Hyde said Baltimore will announce a pitcher Monday.
Tuesday night will be the first home game for the Rangers since Sept. 24 and their first playoff game at Globe Life Field. The ballpark did host much of the 2020 postseason for other teams because of the coronavirus pandemic.
CARLOS CORREA STARS AGAINST FORMER TEAM AS TWINS BEAT ASTROS 6-2 IN GAME 2 TO TIE ALDS
HOUSTON (AP) Carlos Correa was back at Minute Maid Park, starring in the playoffs like he had so many times before.
Only this time he was wearing a different uniform.
Correa had three hits and three RBIs and Pablo López pitched seven shutout innings, helping the Minnesota Twins beat the Houston Astros 6-2 on Sunday night in Game 2 of their AL Division Series.
Kyle Farmer hit a two-run homer for the Twins, who bounced back nicely after losing 6-4 in the series opener on Saturday night.
Game 3 of the best-of-five series is Tuesday at Minnesota.
Correa, an October star for so many years in Houston, is back in the playoffs after Minnesota stumbled last year in his first season with the Twins. And he is relishing his return to his favorite time of the year.
“It worked as motivation for me to, one, never miss it again and, two, be in the spotlight once again and be able to deliver for my team and feel that passion and love that I feel for this game and for winning,” Correa said.
Correa hit an RBI double in the first inning in Game 2. He added a two-run single to center in the fifth, lifting the Twins to a 5-0 lead. He also robbed Jeremy Peña of a hit with a terrific diving stop for the final out.
Correa has eight hits and four RBIs in four games this postseason, helping the Twins to three playoff wins.
He admitted that his big game Sunday was even more special because it came against the Astros.
“I would be lying if I said no,” he said. “It’s cool when you do it against your former team. But at the same time, the ultimate goal is for us to win the series. I’m focused on bringing a championship to Minnesota.”
Manager Rocco Baldelli raved about Correa’s performance.
“We’ve always heard all of the sayings and things, when the lights come on and the bright lights, there are some guys, they’re giants in the light, and he’s one of them,” he said. “That’s what he is. He’s always an excellent player, but when it matters most, it’s like he can really take his attention and channel it and focus it and just play even better over and over again.”
López pitched a gem after leading the Twins to the victory in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series. He yielded six hits and struck out seven while lowering his ERA to 0.71 this postseason.
He kept the Astros off balance with a fastball that averaged 95.9 MPH, slightly up from his season average.
“We knew that today’s game was extremely, extremely important after losing the first one,” he said. “We came up with a good plan. We still wanted to be aggressive.”
Yordan Alvarez, who homered twice in Houston’s win in Game 1, cut the lead to 6-2 with a two-run shot in the eighth inning. But Jhoan Duran pitched a perfect ninth for Minnesota.
The victory gave the Twins a jolt of confidence before they head back home.
“We’re in the driver’s seat right now,” center fielder Michael A. Taylor said. “Honestly, we just believe in ourselves.”
It was Minnesota’s first playoff win on the road since a 2-0 victory over the Yankees in Game 1 of the 2004 ALDS. It was the highest scoring postseason game for the Twins since they also scored six times in Game 2 of that series.
The Astros had to hold off a Twins rally in the series opener, but they played from behind throughout Game 2.
Willi Castro hit a leadoff single in the second for the Twins, and Farmer followed with a 377-foot drive to left-center against Framber Valdez. The homer was Farmer’s first postseason hit after going 0 for 10 in eight career games.
Valdez departed after Correa’s clutch swing in the fifth. He was charged with five runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings.
“The command of my pitches wasn’t there,” Valdez said through a translator. “It wasn’t working.”
Correa’s two-run single gave him 63 career RBIs in the playoffs, tying David Justice for third-most in MLB history. He celebrated by pounding his chest and shouting “Let’s go,” before pointing to his ecstatic dugout.
Correa received a smattering of boos from the home crowd each time he stepped to the plate. It was a stark change from the adoration he long received at Minute Maid Park in seven seasons with the Astros after being selected first overall in the 2012 amateur draft.
A day after hitting three home runs, the Astros had trouble stringing anything together against López.
“He was mixing,” Houston’s Alex Bregman said. “He was executing really well. He was really executing, so we have to do a better job of getting runners on.”
Their best chance to score against the right-hander came in the fourth. Kyle Tucker walked with one out and moved to second on a groundout by José Abreu. Michael Brantley lined a single to left field to send Tucker to third, but López struck out Chas McCormick to end the threat.
Edouard Julien drove in a run with a single in the seventh inning to push the lead to 6-0.
The defending champion Astros entered Sunday’s game 12-0 at Minute Maid Park in the ALDS since 2017, and the loss is their first at home in the Division Series since Game 4 in 2015.
UNDER THE STARS
The retractable roof at Minute Maid was open Sunday night for just the second time all season. Houston manager Dusty Baker said the decision to open it was made by the league.
After a brutal summer, temperatures have dipped this week in Houston. It was 73 degrees at first pitch.
UP NEXT
Houston right-hander Cristian Javier (10-5, 4.56 ERA) opposes Minnesota right-hander Sonny Gray (8-8, 2.79 ERA) in Game 3 on Tuesday.
WNBA PLAYOFFS
YOUNG AND PLUM EACH SCORE 26 POINTS AS ACES DOMINATE LIBERTY 99-82 IN WNBA FINALS OPENER
LAS VEGAS (AP) Whether it was Chelsea Gray on her 31st birthday orchestrating the offense, Jackie Young knocking down 3-pointers or Kelsey Plum driving to the basket, Las Vegas’ guards helped deliver an emphatic Game 1 victory Sunday in the WNBA Finals.
They combined to score 72 points to hand the New York Liberty a 99-82 defeat before a boisterous sellout crowd.
Young – who made five 3-pointers – and Plum each scored 26 points, and Gray had 20 points and nine assists.
“It’s kind of like Jackie and (Plum) are doing this really hard work, and then the ball goes into Chelsea and it’s just dicing everything,” Aces coach Becky Hammon said. “It was a really nice combination. Our trio of guards were pretty ridiculous.”
Add in A’ja Wilson 19 points, and the Aces got all but eight points from four players, but the Liberty were always going to have the superior depth over a Las Vegas team that is using a six-player rotation.
Five New York players scored in double figures. This season’s league MVP, Breanna Stewart, led the Liberty with 21 points, Jonquel Jones totaled 16 points and 10 rebounds and Marine Johannes came off the bench to score 14.
Johannes, however, was shut out in the second half when the Aces began sending double teams her way. Las Vegas also held Sabrina Ionescu, who entered averaging 16.3 points in the playoffs, to seven points for the game.
“Their defense was as good as I’ve ever seen it,” New York coach Sandy Brondello said. “We’ve got to play with better poise and we can exploit it the next time.”
Game 2 of the best-of-five series is Wednesday in Las Vegas, and the Liberty were in a similar situation after losing Game 1 of their semifinal series to the Connecticut Sun by 15 points. New York then won the next three games to advance to the championship round.
“We can obviously learn a lot from this and we can play better,” Brondello said. “That’s what we have to remember. We haven’t lost two in a row all season long, and we’re going to know that we responded the right way. I trust these players.”
In one of the most anticipated Finals in recent memory with three WNBA MVPs, this game instead played out like the regular-season meetings between the teams in which the closest outcome was nine points.
The Aces made sure of that by turning into another one-sided game going on an 11-2 run that turned a 67-63 advantage late in the third quarter into a 78-65 lead early in the fourth. Las Vegas led by as much as 94-72 with 3:32 remaining.
Those three guards were a major reason, getting it done on both ends of the floor. They combined to score 38 points and make four steals in the second half.
“I’m just grateful to be in this opportunity to play back in the Finals,” Plum said. “You think you’re going to get here every year as a player, and that’s not the case, so I understand the gravity of this moment and I understand it takes a full team effort for 40 minutes.”
No team this postseason has solved the Aces, who are 6-0. The Liberty proved they could beat Las Vegas in the regular season, but for a franchise still chasing its first championship, New York will have to come back with a considerably different response.
“I think in the second half, the ball stopped and got stuck a little bit,” Stewart said. “That made it easier for them to clog the paint on (Jones) and myself. We need to continue to keep moving and trust what got us here.”
STAR POWER
Seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback and newly approved Aces minority owner Tom Brady sat courtside next to Las Vegas majority owner Mark Davis.
“I looked at (Brady) and said, ‘It’s about effing time you showed up,’” Plum said, jokingly. “Just super excited for his investment in our franchise and understanding what that means in the growth of not just us but the league and putting eyeballs on it. I joke around, but it’s been awesome to have him and I know he cares.”
Brady was part of a celebrity turnout that also included Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, actor and Las Vegas resident Mark Walhberg and Hall of Famer Sheryl Swoopes.
Recording artist Ashanti performed at halftime.
NASCAR NEWS
‘DINGER WINS AGAIN AT THE ROVAL IN NASCAR PLAYOFFS SPOILER. BUSCH, CHASTAIN, KESELOWSKI, WALLACE OUT
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) AJ Allmendinger isn’t racing for a NASCAR championship and knew very well that Kyle Busch’s entire season rested on the outcome of Sunday’s playoff elimination race.
Busch could only stave off elimination by winning on The Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Allmendinger figured he knows Busch well enough that Busch would understand if Allmendinger raced for the win.
Allmendinger spoiled NASCAR’s playoffs by refusing to cede track position even though he’s not part of the championship field. Back in the Cup Series full time for the first time since 2018, Allmendinger led 46 laps for Kaulig Racing to win for the first time in NASCAR’s top series since Indianapolis in 2021.
“I knew Kyle had to win. I kept looking up at the board to see where he was points-wise,” Allmendinger said. “Kyle has been fantastic to me my whole career. I knew he was going to race hard. I knew what he was racing for.”
Allmendinger, who became a father within the past month, was sobbing when he collected the checkered flag.
“Because you don’t know when you are going to do it again,” cried Allmendinger, who turns 42 in December. He said he normally gives the checkered flag away to a fan but was keeping Sunday’s flag for his newborn son.
“That was probably the drive of my life,” he said later.
Allmendinger then went into the stands to pose for selfies with the fans chanting his name. It was the third Cup Series win for Allmendinger, who has raced across 16 Cup seasons but took a mental health break from NASCAR’s top series in 2019 and 2020.
Kaulig slowly lured him back with five Cup races in 2021, all the way to this year’s full season in Kaulig’s second year fielding cars at the elite level.
“I hate crying right now, but it’s a freaking Cup race, man. You don’t know when it’s ever going to happen again,” Allmendinger said. “This is why you do it. This is the only reason you do it. You fight. All the blood, sweat, tears. It’s our second year in the Cup Series.”
Allmendinger won four consecutive Xfinity Series races on the hybrid road course/oval but wasn’t entered Saturday for Kaulig because he’s already exhausted his allotted five starts in the second-tier series. Allmendinger won twice this year in the Xfinity Series, and it’s unclear if he’ll be in the Cup Series or return to Xfinity next year.
Either way, his win was pivotal in the playoff elimination of Busch, the two-time series champion who had to win Sunday to advance to the round of eight. Busch gave it a few tries but couldn’t get into second place – William Byron finished second – and Busch settled for third.
Busch was uncharacteristically optimistic after elimination and said he’ll try to win each of the final four races.
“I would love to be the spoiler. That would be fun,” Busch said. “We’ve got our work cut out for us, but we’ll keep building.”
Also eliminated was Ross Chastain, last year’s title runner-up, 2012 champion Brad Keselowski and Bubba Wallace, whose first playoff appearance ended in the round of 12 on his 30th birthday with 23XI Racing co-owner Michael Jordan watching from Wallace’s pit stand.
“We weren’t supposed to be here, according to a lot of people, but we proved them wrong and then proved a lot of people in the garage wrong that you can’t really count on the 23 at a road course race,” said Wallace, who finished 16th. “Got to continue to work. I don’t think we’re a winning car yet, but we’re light-years from where we were a few races ago.”
It was a brutal day for Chevrolet, which lost both popular Chastain of Trackhouse Racing and a resurgent Busch, who won three times in his first season driving for Richard Childress Racing. He’s been a boost to the organization, which won its last championship in 1994 with the late Dale Earnhardt.
“First year at RCR, means a lot to me for Richard having me and for the Chevy guys having me, everybody, to get this far,” Busch said. “Rides on me to get to the next round, so I’ve just got to do a better job.”
Keselowski knocked a Ford team out, while Toyota lost a championship chance with Wallace.
MOVING ON
The remaining eight drivers in the championship race are led by Byron and Ryan Blaney, who both won in the three-race round of 12 to earn automatic berths into the next three races.
Denny Hamlin advanced in a Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing, as did Tyler Reddick, who drives for Hamlin and Jordan at 23XI Racing. Christopher Bell and Martin Truex Jr., the regular season champion, advanced with Hamlin for Gibbs to get three cars through.
Kyle Larson drove a backup car to a 13th-place finish to join Byron, who has a series-best six wins this season, representing Hendrick Motorsports and Chevrolet in the next round. Larson crashed in Saturday practice and Hendrick Motorsports, which is located about a mile from the speedway, had to work into the night to get a car through Sunday morning inspection.
Ford has Blaney of Team Penske and Chris Buescher of RFK Racing, which didn’t advance Keselowski through but still has one driver racing for the championship.
Hamlin had already locked himself into the round of eight earlier in the race via stage points, so his last-place finish Sunday was irrelevant.
“We’ve already shifted our focus to Vegas and we’ll see what we can do there,” Hamlin said. “Really optimistic for the next three weeks.”
UP NEXT
The round of eight of NASCAR’s playoffs opens Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Joey Logano is the defending race winner and Byron scored his first win of the season at Las Vegas in March.
MEN’S GOLF
LUKE LIST MAKES 45-FOOT BIRDIE TO WIN 5-WAY PLAYOFF AT SANDERSON FARMS
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Luke List won when he least expected it, getting into a five-way playoff Sunday in the Sanderson Farms Championship and ending it quickly with a birdie putt from just inside 45 feet for his second career PGA Tour victory.
The playoff would not have been possible if not for Ben Griffin struggling down the stretch at the Country Club of Jackson. Griffin missed an 8-foot par putt on the final hole.
That gave a chance to List, Swedish sensation Ludvig Aberg, Henrik Norlander and Scott Stallings, all of whom returned to the par-4 18th hole alongside Griffin. None looked to have a reasonable birdie chance until List poured in his putt and slammed his fist in celebration.
List closed with a 2-under 70 and missed a birdie chance from just inside 10 feet on the final hole, giving away his cap to a fan because he figured that would be the last hole he played.
“It’s been a full roller coaster,” List said. “I hung in there. I didn’t think it was going to be enough, but here we are. It’s been a crazy 20 minutes.”
Griffin had a birdie putt in the playoff from about 35 feet and slapped his left knee when he realized it was going to miss on the low side. This was his tournament to win, starting with a three-shot lead and still leading by two shots with three holes to play.
But he went from the right rough to long and right of the 16th green, chipping to some 20 feet and missing the putt to take bogey. Still with a one-shot lead, he was in the left rough when he pulled his approach to the 18th hole near the grandstands. He chipped 8 feet by the hole and his par putt for his first PGA Tour win grazed the right edge of the cup.
“I hit the wrong shot at the wrong time,” Griffin said of his approach into the 18th in regulation. “I needed to keep it low with the wind up there, and I chose a club that I was hitting it high. I wish I had maybe taken a bit more time and really thought through the shot.
“It’s a bummer,” he said. “I thought I was going to still be able to get it done today.”
Griffin had gone 44 holes without a bogey until making one on No. 8, and it was a wild ride the rest of the way. He closed with a 74 and finished with four others at 18-under 270.
Norlander, also going for his first PGA Tour title, briefly had the lead until he hooked his approach on the par-5 14th into the water and made bogey, and then pulled his approach on the 17th and wound up missing a 12-footer for par. He closed with a 70.
Norlander had the last chance to extend the playoff, putting from off the green on the 18th about 20 feet away. It had too much pace and was off line.
Stallings also shot 70, getting up-and-down for par from left of the 18th green to keep alive his chances. In the playoff, he was just over the back of the green but had a tough putt through the fringe and a ridge from just outside 30 feet.
Aberg, casual as ever, was at a table when he finished his round of 68. Given a surprise chance, he pushed his approach to the 18th in the playoff well to the right to some 55 feet. He lagged it just left of the hole and it looked as though he would get another chance until List made his improbable birdie putt.
“To be fair, I thought whenever I was on the golf course that 18 (under) wasn’t going to make it,” Aberg said. “It ended up the way it did, and I was very fortunate for that. But congrats to Luke for that last putt. It was unbelievable. Kudos to him.”
List won for the first time since another playoff victory at Torrey Pines in early 2022. He had not finished in the top 10 since then, and he stopped playing in the middle of July to cope with injuries to his thumb and his foot.
Now he is headed back to the Masters, and he starts the new year at Kapalua for The Sentry.
The final hour was so unpredictable that two others also had a chance to win. Mark Hubbard stood over a 12-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole to take the lead. He three-putted for bogey, took bogey on the final hole and shot 67 to miss the playoff by one shot.
Carl Yuan was seemingly out of it until he holed out on the fly for eagle on the 17th hole, putting him one shot behind Griffin. But he came up well short of the 18th hole, made bogey and shot 72 to miss the playoff by one shot.
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: THE TOP BACKCOURTS
(THE ALMANAC)
1. Marquette
There is no position more important in college basketball than the point guard spot, and there is no point guard in college basketball that is better than Tyler Kolek this season. He’s tough, he’s a creative passer, he embodies the leadership that Shaka Smart looks for from his team and he’s a willing defender that doesn’t mind finding himself in a mismatch.
He’s not the only star on the roster, either. Kam Jones has first-team All-Big East potential if his efficiency numbers take a jump, while Sean Jones and Chase Ross are in for big sophomore seasons. Stevie Mitchell may end up being the difference-maker. He’s an elite defensive presence that has spent the offensive working on proving he’s not a liability on offense.
2. Duke
There’s a real chance that calling Kolek the best point guard in college basketball will look silly come the end of the season, and that’s because Tyrese Proctor has all the makings of a breakout star. He’s got size, he can really shoot it, and he’s proven how good he is operating in ball screens. Expect him to have lottery buzz come January.
But the most intriguing part of Duke’s backcourt is that they have what you need in a title-winning backcourt: multiple play-making guards. Proctor is a point guard by trade. Jeremy Roach was a point guard for the first two seasons he was in Durham before moving off the ball last year. Caleb Foster profiles as a point guard as well, and Jared McCain’s shooting ability to shoot should get him on the floor. Throw in the underrated Jaylen Blakes and a possible sophomore jump from Jaden Schutt, and there is talent and depth to spare here.
3. Kansas
Kansas does not quite have the star power in their backcourt that they do in their frontcourt. Instead, they have a group of guys that are old, that understand what they do best and that should thrive in their roles. We know how good Dajuan Harris is by now. We’ve seen it the last two seasons, one of which ended up in a national title. Nick Timberlake is a big shooter that will be a perfect complement playing the 2 next to defensive monster Kevin McCullar. That trio has played a lot of college games.
But they will be pushed. Elmarko Jackson is a potential first-round pick if it all comes together for him, and both he and Texas transfer Arterio Morris should be able to provide a spark off the bench that very few teams in America have. There’s just a lot to like about this group.
4. Michigan State
If Michigan State is going to live up to its preseason hype — a potential top-five team — it’s going to be due to the play of their backcourt. Tyson Walker developed into one of the better combo guards in college basketball by the end of last season, and he will see his name show up on some preseason All-American lists. AJ Hoggard complements him nicely as an elite passer, and with Jaden Akins’ explosive ability to score thrown in, Tom Izzo has a really fun trio of guards.
The freshmen both have a high ceiling as well. Jeremy Fears should see enough minutes that he’ll be ready to start for the Spartans come 2024-25, while Coen Carr is going to put a couple of people on a poster this season.
5. Houston
We more or less know what the addition of LJ Cryer is going to provide Houston this season. The Baylor transfer is not exactly a like-for-like replacement for Marcus Sasser, but he should adequately fill the scoring and shot-making voids that Sasser left.
The key to the Houston backcourt hitting their ceiling will be Jamal Shead and Terrance Arceneaux. Shead showed flashes of what he can be throughout his career, but needs to find a level of consistency this season, while Arceneaux is probably the most talented player on the Cougar roster. Keep an eye on Damian Dunn as well, the Temple transfer is the kind of guy that can create on his own. Even Emanuel Sharp flashed brilliance last year, giving Kelvin Sampson impressive perimeter depth.
6. Texas A&M
There may not be a more underrated player in America than Wade Taylor IV, who was a first-team All-SEC player a season ago and has a chance to be a first-team All-American if the Aggies are good enough this time around. Tyrece “Boots” Radford is a perfect fit for a Buzz Williams roster, and while losing Dexter Dennis hurts, incoming transfers Jace Carter and Eli Lawrence should make up for it. If the Aggies are going to compete for an SEC title like some are projecting, it will be because of the guards.
7. UConn
The question that every UConn detractor had heading into last year’s NCAA Tournament was whether or not Tristen Newton was good enough to win a title. That question was answered. Stephon Castle’s addition should help relieve some playmaking concerns, and Hassan Diarra provides a veteran presence that should thrive with more minutes. The big addition here is Cam Spencer, who transferred in from Rutgers. He’s a big-time shooter, a solid defender and a better playmaker than he gets credit for. Keep an eye on Solo Ball, a high-ceiling bucket-getter from Baltimore. The Huskies are loaded again.
8. Creighton
The Bluejays had some turnover in their backcourt this offseason, as Ryan Nembhard left for Gonzaga and Steven Ashworth joined the program from Utah State. With Ashworth and Baylor Scheierman, Greg McDermott has two of the best shooters in college basketball who both happen to be high-level passers as well. Trey Alexander is probably the best overall player of this group, however. An elite defender, he made the leap as a shooter last season and will be asked to play a much bigger role with the ball in his hands this year.
9. Villanova
What should we be expecting out of Justin Moore this year? Is he going to be back to what he was prior to tearing his achilles in the 2022 NCAA Tournament, or was the version of Moore we got last season who he truly is right now? TJ Bamba is going to have an impact after transferring in from Washington State, and there’s a reason why Mark Armstrong made the USA U19 national team this summer. He needs to take a leap, but it may not matter all that much if Moore isn’t back to being an All-America-caliber guard.
10. Tennessee
Tennessee’s backcourt isn’t going to look all that intimidating on paper, but it’s no accident that Santiago Vescovi has won so many games in college. This group knows how to play. Ranking them at No. 10 is betting on three things happening: Zakai Zeigler returning from his torn ACL and getting to 100% by SEC play; Freddie Dillione’s redshirt season making the adjustment to college a seamless one; and Jordan Gainey and Dalton Knecht being able to guard well enough at the high-major level while knocking down enough shots to keep the floor spaced.
11. USC
Obviously the X-factor here is Bronny James, who is dealing with a heart issue and, as of this publication, has yet to be cleared to play this season. But with or without Bronny, the Trojans have a loaded perimeter. Isaiah Collier is the No. 1 player in the 2023 recruiting class, and he may not be the No. 1 point guard on this roster; Boogie Ellis probably is. Kobe Johnson is in line for a breakout season as well, and DJ Rodman is a prototype 3-and-D wing that will thrive alongside these playmakers.
12. Baylor
Baylor’s backcourt was its strength last season, but also the team’s weakness: They couldn’t guard. While they lost some absolute killers on the offensive end, this year’s group has a better mix of offensive ability and defensive grit. Jayden Nunn is a lockdown defender with 3-point range, while Miro Little is an intriguing freshman. RayJ Dennis is one of the best transfers in college basketball this season, but the star is rookie Ja’Kobe Walter, a big-time athlete that can guard and play either on the ball or off it. The Bears are not getting enough hype this offseason.
13. Florida Atlantic
FAU won 35 games last season and advanced to the Final Four largely based on the talent that the Owls had in the backcourt — and basically everyone is back from that group. The two names you really need to know: Johnell Davis and Alijah Martin, who both put their names in the draft while keeping them out of the transfer portal. That’s a massive win for the Owls. Nick Boyd, Jalen Gaffney and Bryan Greenlee were also key cogs in the March run.
14. Miami (FL)
Losing Isaiah Wong is a massive blow for this Hurricane team. Still, we are bullish on them because Wong’s absence should open the door for a big season from Wooga Poplar, who should be one of the trendiest breakout stars in college basketball this season. Nijel Pack should thrive as well, and Bensley Joseph is also back. Meanwhile, Kyshawn George is one of the more underrated prospects coming into college basketball this season.
15. North Carolina
The Tar Heels had as much addition by subtraction as anyone in college basketball this offseason, as Caleb Love transferred to Arizona. With Love gone, RJ Davis should slide into the star guard role, and we believe he is ready for it. Seth Trimble and Elliot Cadeau should be more than capable of sharing minutes at the second guard spot, while Cormac Ryan and Paxson Wojcik will provide a veteran presence and upgrade the shooting.
16. Arkansas
It’s tough to know who, exactly, is going to end up being the star for Arkansas this season, Muss usually doesn’t figure that out until about mid-January, but there are more than enough options here. Khalif Battle is an elite tough shot-maker. Devo Davis is a fourth-year junior that has been through some wars with the Razorbacks. Tramon Mark is tough as nails and a perfect Arkansas wing, while El Ellis and Jeremiah Davenport have been good, productive pieces at previous stops. Touted freshman Layden Blocker could carve out some minutes as well.
17. Florida
By the end of the season, the Gators may look too low on this list. That’s because Riley Kugel has a chance to be a superstar if all goes well. He averaged 17.3 points over his last 10 games and should pick up where he left off this year. Walter Clayton Jr. and Zyon Pullin were both super-productive lead guards at mid-majors last season, while Will Richard made that leap a year ago. This group has as much potential as any backcourt outside the top three on this list.
18. Arizona
The Wildcat guards are as hard to project as anyone in the country. Caleb Love can look like he belongs in the NBA one night and the Big West the next. Kylan Boswell had promising moments as a freshman then struggled with the USA U19 team this summer. Jaden Bradley was a five-star recruit that left Alabama after losing minutes late in the season. Pelle Larsson was the trendy breakout star last year and never really broke out. If we get a best-case scenario from all four of these guards, Arizona will be a Final Four team. That’s a big ‘if.’
19. Texas
The talent here is obvious. Max Abmas, aka “Mid-court Max,” has limitless range on his jumper and is dominant in pick-and-rolls. Tyrese Hunter is a ferocious on-ball pest and showed some offensive development last year. Ithiel Horton adds another lights-out shooter, and if Dillon Mitchell counts as a guard, that’s a multi-positional blanket on the defensive end.
However, Texas is going to show up lower on our list than they will for other outlets around the country, and that’s because we are concerned with what Abmas will be able to do moving up a level. The Big 12 is the toughest conference in America largely due to the toughness, the physicality and the size of the perimeter players in this league. There are times when you need football pads to play in the Big 12, and Max Abmas is 5-9 and 170 pounds on a good day.
20. Syracuse
The talent in this Orange backcourt should not be underestimated. Judah Mintz is one of the most productive freshmen to return to school anywhere in the sport, and pairing him with JJ Starling, a local kid transferring home after one season at Notre Dame, should be an exciting proposition for Upstate New York college basketball fans. Chance Westry is supremely talented when he’s healthy. That 1-2-3 will be as good as anyone in the ACC, period, if they are healthy. Throw in Kyle Cuffe, Quadir Copeland and Justin Taylor, and this backcourt is loaded with upside.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL’S BREAKOUT PLAYERS
(THE ALMANAC)
Every year, a number of players erupt out of nowhere and capture headlines all season. In 2022-23, Tyler Kolek and Kris Murray each made All-America teams after averaging under 10 points per game the season prior. Players like Wade Taylor IV and Oumar Ballo had nondescript statistical profiles in 2022 before capturing all-conference first-team honors in 2023.
Who could be next? Here, we aim to forecast the best candidates. For clarity: Only players who met the ‘fewer than 10 points per game’ threshold earned consideration.
1. Donovan Clingan, UConn
The massive underclassman played a vital role in the Huskies’ national championship run, providing stout interior defense and dogged rebounding off the pine. With Adama Sanogo gone, Clingan will function as UConn’s go-to guy down low and the tone-setter on both ends of the court.
2. Tyrese Proctor, Duke
After a slow start, Proctor ended last season on a tear, shining as the Blue Devils’ primary ball-handler. The Aussie averaged 11 points and 4.4 dimes over Duke’s final 10 contents, delivering tantalizing highlights in the process. He could lead the ACC in assists in Year 2.
3. Riley Kugel, Florida
The sophomore guard barely meets the requirements after checking in at 9.9 points per game a year ago. He saved his best for late: over the final 10 games of his rookie season — seven of them without Colin Castleton — he poured in 17.3 points per contest. The 6-5 wing is an explosive athlete, and he bursts with potential as a dynamic creator off the bounce.
4. Adem Bona, UCLA
Program cornerstones Jaime Jaquez and Tyger Campbell moved on, and the Bruins brought in a host of rookies. Thus, the onus is on Bona to take over. The sophomore center is a two-way stud who shot 67.5% from the field and ranked second in the Pac-12 in block rate last season.
5. Dillon Mitchell, Texas
The highly touted Montverde product averaged just 4.3 points and 3.9 boards as a freshman, mainly supplying energy and defense. But Mitchell flashed 3-point shooting at the NBA Combine, igniting hope among Texas fans that his offensive production will take off.
6. Wooga Poplar, Miami
No Isaiah Wong means that Miami must replace a ton of scoring on the perimeter. That’s where Poplar can step in. Last season, the junior brought clutch shot-making (45.1% from 3 in ACC play) and defense as an ancillary piece. This year, however, he’ll get significantly more touches.
7. Kel’el Ware, Indiana
Mike Woodson’s track record of developing Trayce Jackson-Davis bodes well for Ware’s prospects. The Oregon transfer fits the rim-running, shot-blocking archetype. But he also boasts a nice set of post moves, which can still help in the Big Ten.
8. Ernest Udeh, TCU
Udeh served as a spot player for Kansas as a rookie, but his glimmers evoked excitement. TCU will reap the rewards after fending off big-name suitors in the portal. A 6-11 physical specimen, Udeh should thrive under Jamie Dixon — a coach who will love his physicality on the interior.
9. Rylan Griffen, Alabama
Someone has to take shots now that Brandon Miller is gone. How about Griffen? A 6-6 wing with tremendous body control and spring-loaded hops, the sophomore could emerge as the first or second option alongside Mark Sears. He just needs to be a more consistent shooter.
10. Kylan Boswell, Arizona
A pass-first point guard who thrives in transition playing for Tommy Lloyd? Sign me up. The former five-star recruit should blossom in his second year under Lloyd’s tutelage — both Oumar Ballo and Keshad Johnson are probably salivating at the thought of all the lobs they’ll catch.
11. Roddy Gayle Jr., Ohio State
Bruce Thornton will garner plenty of attention, but don’t forget about his classmate. The 6-4 Gayle has the athleticism to finish over defenders, and he pairs it with a gorgeous 3-point jumper. His 20 points against Purdue in the Big Ten tourney could be a harbinger of what’s to come.
12. Braden Smith, Purdue
Playing next to Zach Edey would boost any point guard’s stats — but Smith has legitimate skill as a hyper-creative passer. The sophomore floor general excels at getting into the teeth of a defense and finding an open teammate. Plus, he’s a good shooter off the bounce and catch.
13. Frankie Collins, Arizona State
If the Sun Devils return to the NCAA Tournament, it will stem in large part from a jump from Collins. The junior ranked in the top 70 in assist rate in 2023, showcasing a slick handle and excellent vision while running the team. Improving at the rim and beyond the arc will be his next step.
14. Terrance Arcenaux, Houston
Arcenaux played just under 14 minutes per game last season on a veteran-laden Coogs squad. But with the departures of Marcus Sasser and Tramon Mark, the former top-35 recruit should see plenty of action. His defensive tools and explosiveness are his most enticing attributes.
15. Ryan Dunn, Virginia
As a freshman, Dunn provided glimpses of his incredible defensive instincts. He was one of just five players in the country to post a block rate greater than 10% and a steal rate greater than 2%. With an estimated 7-1 wingspan, the forward could be Virginia’s next great interior defender.
16. Amaree Abram, Georgia Tech
Damon Stoudamire wasted no time in adding a high-caliber lead guard in Abram. The 6-4 lefty supplies the Yellow Jackets with a certified bucket-getter. He could develop into a late-shot-clock killer — the likes of which Georgia Tech fans haven’t seen since Jose Alvarado.
17. David Joplin, Marquette
With no O-Max, Joplin should take the bulk of Marquette’s minutes on the wing. The 6-7 forward crashes the glasses and hits 3s at a near-40% clip. For a glimpse of his potential, look no further than his 17 points in 18 minutes in a win over UConn in the Big East tourney.
18. Rodney Rice, Virginia Tech
Injuries limited Rice to just eight games last season, but he’s primed for stardom as a sophomore. The DeMatha product uses his shiftiness and deceptive handle to blow by defenders. Plus, he gets to play in Mike Young’s guard-friendly scheme.
19. Derek Simpson, Rutgers
After losing Cam Spencer and Paul Mulcahy, Rutgers desperately needs shot creation. Luckily, Simpson can answer the bell. As a freshman, he exhibited the needed IQ and handle to operate as a secondary ball-handler. Now, he has a chance to be option No. 1 in the backcourt.
20. Dug McDaniel, Michigan
By conference play last season, McDaniel had commanded the majority of Michigan’s lead-guard minutes. A handful of tantalizing performances displayed his promise — like an 18-point, 4-assist effort against Michigan State and a 16-point, 5-steal outing at Rutgers (both wins). Teammate Tarris Reed might join him as a breakout sophomore.
21. Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Lipsey is one of the Big 12’s most cerebral players on offense and one of its grittiest on defense. Need proof? In 2023, he ranked fourth in league play in assist rate and first in steal rate — as a freshman. He’s a perfect fit for TJ Otzelberger on both sides of the ball.
22. Reese Waters, San Diego State
Fresh off of a Pac-12 Sixth Man of the Year campaign, Waters transferred to San Diego State, where he should seize a larger role. The 6-5 junior is a three-level scorer who will be vital to the Aztecs’ offense, especially in the wake of Matt Bradley’s departure.
23. Milos Uzan, Oklahoma
As the Sooners’ lone returning starter, Uzan has the launching pad to blast off as a sophomore. Last year, he often deferred to his more veteran teammates, but the big combo guard can knock in jumpers or attack deftly off ball screens. His creative finishing off the bounce makes him a tough cover for foes of all sizes.
24. Ven-Allen Lubin, Vanderbilt
Lubin gives Jerry Stackhouse a ridiculously physical player who works tirelessly on the glass. The former top-100 prospect has a real chance to average a double-double, thanks to his motor and prowess in the low post. He’ll likely earn the majority of the Commodores’ frontcourt usage.
25. Baba Miller, Florida State
The highly touted Spaniard never got comfortable last season after the NCAA ruled him ineligible for the first 16 games. Nevertheless, he still brims with point-forward potential. Florida State will need him to emerge as an alpha if it wants to snap its tournament drought.
WOMEN’S GOLF
HYO JOO KIM COMPLETES A WIRE-TO-WIRE WIN AT THE ASCENDANT LPGA IN TEXAS
THE COLONY, Texas (AP) Hyo Joo Kim of South Korea started with a five-shot lead and didn’t give anyone much of a chance Sunday, closing with with a 2-under 69 to win The Ascendant LPGA by four shots.
It was the second straight week for a wire-to-wire winner on the LPGA Tour, following Hae Ran Ryu in the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.
Bianca Pagdanganan, the big hitter from the Philippines, closed with a 65 to tie for second with Atthaya Thitikul of Thailand, who also shot a 65.
“A five-shot lead feels like a comforting lead, but I did my best to just keep that edge until the end,” Kim said.
Lexi Thompson could only manage a 70 in her final found on the LPGA Tour before she tests her game on the PGA Tour in Las Vegas next week. She finished six shots behind in fifth place and never seriously challenged Kim.
Even so, Thompson said she was happy with the progress. This was her second straight top 10 after going the entire season without such a finish. Her last LPGA victory was more than four years ago, though she did win in a Saudi-funded event last year on the Ladies European Tour.
“Nothing but positives to take from it,” Thompson said.
Asked what aspects of her game needed to work for her in the Shriners Children’s Open, Thompson said, “Everything, really.”
Thompson and Sarah Kemp of Australia were the closest to Kim going into the final round. Kemp closed with a 69 and finished fourth.
This was the Kim show at Old American Golf Club. She exchanged birdies and bogeys on the front nine, and then picked up two birdies on the back to keep everyone at a distance.
She finished at 13-under 271 and earned $270,000, moving her past $2 million for the year for the first time in her career. Kim first earned an LPGA Tour card when she won the Evian Championship for her only major. This was her sixth career LPGA victory, to go along with 14 titles on the Korean LPGA. She now has won three straight seasons on the LPGA.
“My results this year wasn’t bad, but there was some disappointment because I didn’t have a win,” Kim said. “I had a lot of the time to think just for myself, and before this year passes I really want to win. This week I was able to accomplish that and it was just a really happy week for me.”
Pagdanganan made a late charge with a 30 on the back nine to at least have hope. Thitikul birdied five of her last seven holes. But Kim didn’t buckle over the back nine.
“Just being in contention this week, it really means a lot to me,” Thitikul said. “Obviously it boosts the confidence more and more.”
Katherine Muzi closed with a 68 in her LPGA Tour debut as a Monday qualifier. She tied for seventh, eight shots behind. She won just over $45,000.
“Now I’ll have some extra spending money on the side, and then I can use it to build my dream and then hopefully I can play some more tournaments, get better, and then play in some more LPGA tournaments,” Muzi said.
INDIANA RELEASES/TOP HEADLINES
COLTS NEWS
MOSS UPSTAGES TAYLOR’S RETURN IN COLTS’ 23-16 VICTORY OVER TITANS. RICHARDSON INJURES SHOULDER
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Zack Moss upstaged the return of Jonathan Taylor by running for a career-high 165 yards and two scores and Gardner Minshew was sharp in relief of the injured Anthony Richardson to lead the Indianapolis Colts past the Tennessee Titans 23-16 on Sunday.
The Colts (3-2) snapped a seven-game losing streak at home by beating the Titans (2-3) for the first time in six tries.
Richardson left with a right shoulder injury late in the first half. He stayed down several minutes before walking slowly from the field to the injury tent with his shoulder drooped. Several minutes later, he came out of the tent and walked with the team’s medical personnel into the locker room.
Richardson was ruled out early in the third quarter after going 9 of 12 for 98 yards. Minshew was 11 of 14 for 155 yards in relief of Richardson.
On a day when most expected Taylor or Tennessee’s Derrick Henry to be the focus, it was Moss who dazzled. He averaged 7.2 yards on 23 carries in his second 100-yard game this season, caught two passes for 30 yards and made play after play – just one day after the Colts announced they signed Taylor to a three-year contract extension.
Tennessee had won the previous four in Indy, but this one hardly resembled the others. Although Ryan Tannehill was effective and efficient while going 23 of 34 with 264 yards, he had a game-sealing interception in the waning seconds. Henry was held to 43 yards on 13 carries.
The difference was that while Moss scored TDs, the Titans settled for field goals.
Moss’ 56-yard sprint up the middle late in the first quarter gave Indy a 7-3 lead. The teams traded two more field goals before halftime and then Tyjae Spears scored his first career TD on a 19-yard run to open the third quarter.
But Moss answered by powering across from 3 yards out on the next series to give Indy a 17-13 lead.
Indy put it away by making two more field goals, stopping Henry on fourth-and-1 from the Indy 5-yard line with 8:03 to play, using all but 60 seconds left on the clock and picking off Tannehill.
DeAndre Hopkins caught eight passes for a season-high 140 yards for Tennessee.
BY THE NUMBERS
Titans: The Titans started this week with the NFL’s No. 4 run defense. … Henry nearly had his second TD pass in two weeks, but Hopkins’ left foot came down out of bounds. … Hopkins had more yards receiving than the rest of the Titans combined (124). … Tennessee is 0-3 on the road this season.
Colts: Indy won its first home game since October 2022. … Taylor carried six times for 18 yards in his first game action since Dec. 17. … Minshew has relieved Richardson in two of Indy’s wins this season. He started the other game. … Rookie Josh Downs caught six passes for 97 yards.
INJURY REPORT
Titans: DT Jeffrey Simmons left in the first half with what appeared to be a shoulder injury and WR Treylon Burks missed his second straight game with an injured left knee. Jeff
Colts: In addition to losing Richardson, TE Mo Alie-Cox entered the concussion protocol after his head bounced hard off the turf in the second half. LT Bernhard Raimann and DE Kwity Paye both sat out, still in the protocol and three-time All-Pro LB Shaquille Leonard (groin) missed the game.
UP NEXT
Titans: Travel to London to face Baltimore next Sunday.
Colts: Head to Jacksonville next Sunday for a rematch with the Jaguars.
COLTS COACH SHANE STEICHEN POST GAME: https://www.colts.com/video/shane-steichen-colts-vs-titans-postgame
COLTS QB GARDNER MINSHEW POST GAME: https://www.colts.com/video/gardner-minshew-colts-vs-titans-postgame
INDIANA VOLLEYBALL
HOOSIERS TAKE HOME THE GOLDEN BOOT IN SHUTOUT VICTORY OVER PURDUE, 1-0
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Senior midfielder Anna Bennett scored the game-winning goal in the 0:37 seconds of regulation to shutout Purdue, 1-0, at Folk Field on Sunday afternoon.
KEY MOMENTS
• Bennett put the Hoosiers (10-1-3, 4-1-1 B1G) up early with a second chance shot that the Boilermakers failed to clear in the 0:37 seconds, tying the second fastest goal in regulation.
• The teams would battle it out in the first 20 minutes until Purdue (3-10-1, 0-5-1 B1G) saw an opportunity to equalize in the 27th minute, but junior goalkeeper Jamie Gerstenberg swooped in for the save.
• In the 31st minute, IU saw another chance from graduate forward Paige Webber. She flicked one into the bottom right of the net, but it wasn’t enough to get past the keeper.
• Junior defender Camille Hamm took a shot at the top center of the net to close out the first half in the 42nd minute.
• Coming out of the locker room, Indiana continued to be aggressive as they took four shots on goal with their best chance coming from senior midfielder Sofia Black. Webber sent a cross in the middle, but Purdue’s keeper would make the grab.
• Gerstenberg picked up her second save of the afternoon in the 84th minute to shut down any opportunity from the Boilermakers before securing her eighth shutout victory this season.
HOOSIER POINTS
GOALS: Bennett (1′)
ASSISTS: Paige Webber, Lauren Costello
NOTABLES
• Indiana takes home the Golden Boot earning their eighth shutout this season.
• Gerstenberg ties former teammate Bethany Kopel for the most career shutouts (23).
• Bennett’s goal in the 0:37 second ties the record for the second fastest goal in regulation with 0:37 seconds that was set by set by Orianica Velasquez on Sept. 11, 2011. The early goal is her fourth on the season and the 11th of her career.
• Costello tallies her sixth assist while Webber earns her fourth of the season.
• Indiana held a 7-2 shots on goal advantage.
UP NEXT
Indiana returns home to welcome Michigan State on Thursday at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET on B1G+.
INDIANA FIELD HOCKEY
INDIANA TAKES DOWN BELLARMINE IN LOUISVILLE
LOUISVILLE, Ky. ––– Indiana Field Hockey got back into the win column on Sunday defeating Bellarmine, 1-0, at Trager Stadium.
With the win, IU boosts its record to 5-7 on the season.
KEY MOMENTS
• Bellarmine drew the first penalty corner of the game and took the first shot of the game in the 8th minute. Sydney Keld cleared the shot and got Indiana possession of the ball back.
• Freshman forward Ava Winner found the back of the cage in the 26th minute to put Indiana in the lead, 1-0. Lara Mortz assisted on the goal.
• Indiana’s defense set the tone for the game, forcing Bellarmine scoreless and junior goalkeeper Arabella Loveridge collected three saves.
• Bellarmine drew five penalty corners in the fourth period. Indiana’s defense never lost focus as it prevented Bellarmine from getting a shot off on three of the five corners in the final periods.
NOTABLES
• Winner’s goal was the first of her collegiate career.
• Indiana took ten shots in the game with six different Hoosiers taking a shot.
• Yip van Wonderen recorded five shots, tying her career-high for most shots taken in a game.
• Mortz’s assist was her first of the season.
• Indiana is now 4-0 all time against Bellarmine.
• Indiana drew one penalty corner in each quarter.
UP NEXT
• IU will head home to face No. 5 Louisville on Tuesday, Oct. 10 at noon at Deborah Tobias Field.
PURDUE MEN’S TENNIS
VILLANGER AND JAKIC FINISH WEEKEND 3-1
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Purdue Men’s Tennis team wrapped up the Notre Dame Invitational with four singles wins on Sunday.
After a slow start to the weekend, sophomore Mujtaba Ali-Khan found his stride as he defeated conference opponent Jeremy Zhang of Illinois in straight sets. His Sunday win comes on the back of a straight-set win on Saturday’s singles round. The returner evens his weekend record at 2-2 and brings his fall record to 4-6.
Rookies Henrik Villanger and Xander Ekstrand picked up straight-set wins on the final day. Ekstrand bookends his collegiate debut with a win over Matej Kajzer 6-2, 7-5. His 2-2 start featured multiple nail-biting sets. Although inexperienced, the young Boilermaker was able to climb his way to three sets of favorable 7-5/7-6 decisions.
Villanger showed out in his debut weekend, going 3-1 in singles play. He racked up wins against three different teams including future conference opponent Northwestern. Two of his three wins came in straight sets where he surrendered more than three games just once.
Another newbie, Marino Jakic, also laid claim to a 3-1 record. On the final day of his Purdue debut, the junior toughed out a tiebreak victory, his third match of the weekend that went to a super tiebreak. Two of Jakic’s three singles wins came over future conference foes. He beat Indiana’s Deacon Thomas on day two and Illinois’s Jeremy Zhang on day three.
The Boilermakers accumulated 25 total wins across the weekend. Purdue faces a quick turn-around as they gear up for the ITA Ohio Valley Regionals this Thur, Oct. 12-Mon, Oct. 16.
SINGLES ROUND 4
Henrik Villanger (PUR) def. Callum Rendle (VAN) – 6-2, 7-6(3)
Jean-Marc Malkowski (ND) def. Juan David Velasquez (PUR) – 6-2, 3-6, 10-6
Jamie Corsillo (ND) def. Stefan Simeunovic (PUR) – 6-7(6), 6-3, 10-5
Brian Bisley (ND) def. Soham Purohit (PUR) – 7-6(5), 6-0
Marino Jakic (PUR) def. Jeremy Zhang (ILL) – 6-4, 4-6, 10-7
Mathis Debru (ILL) def. Daniel Labrador (PUR) – 6-1, 6-4
Mujtaba Ali-Khan (PUR) def. Matteo Iaquinto (DEP) – 6-1, 7-5
Alexander Ekstrand (PUR) def. Matej Kajzer (WMU) – 6-2, 7-5
PURDUE WOMEN’S SOCCER
PURDUE EDGED IN SUNDAY MATINEE
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue soccer team lost to Indiana 1-0 on Sunday afternoon at Folk Field.
In a tightly contested affair on a cool and windy afternoon in West Lafayette, a first-minute goal ended up being the difference. The Boilermakers had offensive momentum and created chances in the final third throughout the game, but could not get the equalizer.
Both teams had 10 shots and Purdue had two shots on goal to IU’s seven. The Boilermakers (3-10-1, 0-5-1 Big Ten) earned seven corner kicks and limited the Hoosiers (10-1-3, 4-1-1 Big Ten) to two. The visitors were called for 11 fouls and the home side had eight.
Senior forward Zoie Allen registered a game-best and career-high four shots and freshman forward Lauren Omholt had two shots, one on target. Senior goalkeeper Charlotte Cyr made a season-high-tying six saves.
With the defeat, Purdue saw its eight-game unbeaten streak against IU come to an end. The Boilermakers hold a 16-5-7 record in the in-state series that has been played every year since 1999. The Old Gold and Black own the two longest unbeaten streaks in the series, with a 15-game run from 2000-11 to go along with the eight-game stretch from 2015-22.
Through 14 games, the Boilermaker defense has allowed one or fewer goals eight times, including five of the last seven contests. Purdue has given up two or fewer goals in all but three games in 2023. Indiana, ranked nationally last week and receiving votes this week, is the 10th of 14 opponents who are currently or have been in the top-25 polls for at least one week during the season.
The Hoosiers took a 1-0 lead in the first minute on a goal by Anna Bennett. On a rebound, assists were credited to Paige Webber and Lauren Costello.
Senior midfielder Emily Mathews recorded Purdue’s first shot in the 16th minute. Off a corner kick, the ball was deflected to Mathews, who fired a shot in from 20 yards out that went just over the upper-left corner of the goal.
That started a flurry of chances for the Boilermakers in the next 10 minutes, as Allen had a shot from the left side that hit the left post a minute later. A pair of corner kicks were earned in the 19th minute, but no shots could be taken.
Allen had another chance from the left corner of the penalty area in the 25th minute that went over the top-right corner.
A brief break in Purdue’s momentum saw IU earn a free kick from 25 yards out, but the Boilermaker defense blocked the attempt away. Quickly after, junior forward Gracie Dunaway had a shot that was saved after she wove around several defenders on a run down the right side of the field.
Cyr made a pair of saves to conclude the first half. The first was on a shot in the 31st minute, and the second came in the 42nd that ended up being the last shot of the half.
Both teams had four shots in the opening 45 minutes, and the Hoosiers held a 3-1 advantage in shots on goal.
The second half began with another three saves by Cyr, the first two in the 48th and 56th minutes. She moved to her left in the 58th minute to stop another shot. After a long shot went off target in the 60th minute, a big save kept it a 1-0 game as Cyr dove towards the right post.
The 80th minute saw redshirt junior midfielder Victoria Kevdzija create a chance from the top of the 18 that was blocked. Purdue then earned four corner kicks in the next three minutes, and Omholt registered a shot in the 84th that was saved after the ball found its way on goal through traffic.
Allen had the last two shots of the game, though both were off target, in the 85th and 87th minutes.
Up next, the Boilermakers are back at Folk Field to host No. 4 Penn State on Thursday, October 12, at 7 p.m. ET. Admission is free for all fans to the contest, which is the annual Hammer Down Cancer game. Purdue will wear special uniforms that will be auctioned off during the game, with all proceeds benefiting the Purdue Center for Cancer Research.
BUTLER WOMEN’S SOCCER
DEPAUL HANDS BUTLER WOMEN’S SOCCER FIRST BIG EAST LOSS
INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler women’s soccer team dropped a Sunday conference match to DePaul by the final score of 2-1. The Blue Demons (5-5-1, 1-3-1 BIG EAST) scored two goals in a three-minute span and led, 2-0, just 17 minutes into the match. The Bulldogs (5-5-4, 1-1-3 BIG EAST) punched back, scoring in the 22nd minute, but could not find an equalizer through full time.
Key Moments
14′ | DePaul’s Freya Jupp sends a ball from the right side to an open Beth Smyth, 10 yards in front of the goal. Smyth’s eight-yard shot slides by a charging Anna Pierce, putting the Blue Demons up, 1-0.
17′ | DePaul’s Jupp carries forward from the midfield and sends a left-footed shot just past the outstretched arms of Pierce, into the left side of the net. The 18-yard goal gives the Blue Demons a two-goal lead.
22′ | Talia Sommer steals the ball on the right side and finds Alana Wood, open in the middle of the field. Wood sends the ball forward to Aliya Diagne, about 20 yards out. Diagne beats her defender to the ball and sends it past the DePaul keeper and into the net. Butler trails, 2-1.
Butler Points Summary
GOALS:
Aliya Diagne
Aliya Diagne
ASSISTS:
Alana Wood
Alana Wood, Talia Sommer
Bulldog Bits
Aliya Diagne’s goal was her first of the season and the fifth of her career.
Alana Wood’s assist was her second of the season and the fifth of her career.
Talia Sommer’s assist was her fifth of the season and ninth of her career.
Butler outshot DePaul, 18-5, and also produced more shots on goal (8-3).
Diagne led Butler in both shots (6) and shots on goal (3). Abigail Isger and Norah Jacomen each had three shots with a pair on frame.
Up Next
Butler travels to St. John’s on Thursday, Oct. 12. Three days later, the Bulldogs host UConn for a Sunday match at the Sellick Bowl.
BUTLER WOMEN’S GOLF
LOYOLA PARKINSON INVITATIONAL BEGINS MONDAY FOR BUTLER WOMEN’S GOLF
The Loyola Parkinson Invitational is up next on the fall schedule for the Butler women’s golf team. The Bulldogs will travel to the Chicagoland area for the event Monday and Tuesday.
The 54-hole tournament is slated for 36 holes Monday and a final 18 Tuesday. Shotgun starts at 8:30 a.m. (Central) are scheduled for both days.
The Bulldog line-up will feature
Katie Steinman
Katie Steinman, Lily Celentano, Kelli Scheck, Sophie McGinnis, and Cybil Stillson. Both Madalin Small and Alaina Bowie will compete as individuals.
Butler and host Loyola Chicago will be joined in the 12-team field by BIG EAST rival Creighton, California Baptist, North Dakota State, UIC, Bowling Green, Drake, Omaha, Ball State, Valparaiso, and Indiana State.
The Merit Club in Libertyville, Ill., will be set up at 6,041 yards.
Steinman led the Bulldogs in their last outing, tying for fourth individually as Butler hosted its Fall Invitational at Highland Country Club. The Bulldogs placed fourth as a team.
Live scoring will be available via GolfStat with a link on ButlerSports.com.
BUTLER MEN’S GOLF
BUTLER MEN’S GOLF HEADS TO WEST LAFAYETTE FOR PURDUE FALL INVITATIONAL
The Butler men’s golf team will continue fall play at the Purdue Fall Invitational Monday and Tuesday in West Lafayette.
The 54-hole event includes 36 holes Monday followed by a final 18 Tuesday. Monday’s shotgun start is scheduled for 9 a.m. Purdue will utilize its Ackerman-Allen course, which is a par-71 layout at 7,245 yards.
Butler will compete alongside host Purdue, Illinois, UNLV, Nebraska, VCU, Central Arkansas, Western Kentucky, Ball State, Miami (Ohio), Eastern Michigan, Dayton, Northern Illinois, Illinois State, and BIG EAST member DePaul. Seven teams in the field are ranked among the Top 100 in the Golfweek national rankings.
Coach Colby Huffman’s line-up will include Damon Dickey, Daniel Tanaka, Derek Tabor,
Will Horne
Will Horne, and Leo Zurovac.
Dickey received BIG EAST Golfer of the Week honors following the best performance in Butler men’s golf program history at the Tom Tontimonia invitational earlier this week. Dickey’s 54-hole score of 10-under 203 set a new program record. Tanaka was just one stroke behind at nine-under 204.
As a team, Butler’s 15-under 269 Tuesday was the best team round relative to par in program history. Butler’s total of 823 (-29) was 17 shots better than any 54-hole team performance is program history.
Live scoring will be available via GolfStat with a link posted on ButlerSports.com.
BUFFALO WOMEN’S SOCCER
SOCCER DOMINATES MAC’S TOP DEFENSE; SCORING 5-0 WIN AT BUFFALO
BUFFALO, N.Y. – – The Ball State soccer team dominated the Mid-American Conference’s top defense Sunday, putting on an offensive clinic in a 5-0 victory over defending MAC regular season and tournament champion Buffalo at UB Stadium.
The Cardinals (6-5-2; 4-0-2), who entered the day tied for the league lead with 21 total goals, jumped out early and never let up on its way to scoring the most goals in a MAC match this season. The effort also tied the five goals Ball State scored in its season-opening win over Mercyhurst (Aug. 17) as the largest offensive output by a league team in any match this season.
“We were hungry and efficient with our chances today,” head coach Josh Rife said. “We you get one early and play from the lead, it always helps to give the rest of the group confidence. Today was a great feeling and one we need to learn from and use to help us on the road Thursday.”
Even more impressive is it happened against a Bulls (5-3-5; 2-2-2 MAC) squad which had allowed a MAC-low 11 goals the entire season entering the day and had not surrendered five goals in a contest since a 5-0 setback to Bowling Green on Oct. 21, 2018. A span of 83 games.
Senior forward Avery Fenchel opened the goal barrage in the 12th minute with her 20th career tally, collecting a Buffalo clearance attempt inside the goal area and striking the ball past the keeper. The goal was setup by a throw in from junior defender Maya Millis which Fenchel then headed deeper into the zone and battled a pair of UB defender for, with one defender kicking the ball back into Fenchel.
The Cardinals continued to pressure and added a second tally in the 27th minute when junior forward Lexi Fraley charged a clearance attempt by the Buffalo goalkeeper and blocked the ball into the net.
Fenchel would follow with her second goal of the game in the 37th minute, this time capitalizing on a free kick opportunity from deep in the Ball State defensive zone. The free kick sailed into BSU’s offensive zone with a header from a Buffalo defender sending it further back. From there, another defender battled Fraley for the ball, which squirted to a waiting Fenchel who sailed the ball over a leaping UB goalie from 27 yards out.
With her brace, Fenchel climbed into a tie for fourth in program history with 21 career goals, with eight coming so far this season.
Up 3-0 at the half, the Cardinals did not let off the gas in the second stanza, starting in the 54th minute when Fraley completed her brace by intercepting a backwards pass to the Bulls keeper and slipping the ball into the net from just off the goal line. It was Fraley’s seventh goal of the season, raising her career total to 16 which ranks seventh in program history.
“Avery and Lexi’s effort today, and all season, has been fantastic,” Rife said. “Their ability to create chances off just hard work is great. It’s never easy, and it’s been a challenging season, but they have remained diligent to put the work in.”
Fenchel looked to have a hat trick moments later when another free kick found the head of sophomore forward Emily Roper, which in turn found the right foot of Fenchel. Unfortunately, the play was ultimately determined to be offsides to negate the score.
Ball State would not be denied its fifth goal, however, as Roper connected for her fifth goal of the season in the 64th minute with a blast from just outside the penalty area. Fraley and Fenchel aided in the play, battling defenders for the ball before it was cleared out to a waiting Roper.
Not to be lost in the match was the defensive effort put forth by the Cardinals who collected their first league shutout of the season. Redshirt junior goalkeeper Bethany Moser was spectacular in net, helping stop all nine shots on goal she faced. She made eight total saves in the game, while BSU also tallied one team save. In addition, the defense helped limit Buffalo to just a few quality scoring chances.
“Our defense was scrappy and put their bodies on the line to make block or tackles in critical moments to help protect the shutout,” Rife said.
The Ball State soccer team will face another road test Thursday when it travels to Akron for a 7 p.m. start under the lights at FirstEnergy Stadium.
BALL STATE MEN’S GOLF
MEN’S GOLF TEAM PREPS FOR PURDUE FALL INVITE
MUNCIE, Ind. – Playing the second out of three straight weeks of competition, the Ball State men’s golf team prepares this week for the 54-hole Purdue Fall Invite beginning Monday, Oct. 9 at Ackerman-Allen Golf Course.
The par-71, 7,245-yard layout is situated on the Purdue campus, two hours west of Ball State.
The Cardinals enter the Purdue Fall Invite on the strength of a Badger Invitational performance last week in Madison, Wisconsin, which saw Kash Bellar finish in a tie for fourth place after flirting with the lead late in the final round. Bellar was named the Mid-American Conference Co-Golfer of the Week to mark the third straight week a Ball State golfer has earned the award.
Ball State’s five-man lineup includes Bellar and Carter Smith, the MAC Golfer of the Week the previous two weeks. Braxton Kuntz was tied with Bellar in fourth place through two rounds last week in Wisconsin and Ali Khan shot a second-round, 4-under par 68 in Wisconsin to help Ball State boast the event’s lowest team score of the day. Rounding out the field is Alec Cesare who finished in ninth place out of 26 golfers last week at the Badger Individual event in Wisconsin.
This week, senior
Trey Wilson
Trey Wilson will compete as an individual at Purdue.
“We have another great opportunity with the Purdue Fall Invitational, it’s a challenging Big Ten venue with a very competitive field,” said Ball State coach Mike Fleck. “Ackerman-Allen is a place many of our guys are familiar with and I am expecting us to compete at a high level this week. Similar to Wisconsin, we will see several MAC schools and Big Ten programs. I’m looking for us to be more consistent with our team scores and create more momentum as a group as we move through the back end of our fall schedule.”
Ball State has finished fourth, first and 11th in its three fall events thus far. Other participating teams in West Lafayette include Purdue, Illinois, UNLV, Nebraska, VCU, Butler, Central Arkansas, Western Kentucky, Miami (OH), Eastern Michigan, Dayton, Northern Illinois, Illinois State and DePaul.
NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S SOCCER
#11 IRISH DOMINANT IN 7-2 WIN OVER MIAMI
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – No. 11 Notre Dame women’s soccer completed a perfect three-match homestand, three wins, after a dominant 7-2 victory over Miami on Sunday afternoon. The Fighting Irish (9-1-3, 5-0-1) scored its most ever goals in an ACC contest, with six different goal scorers today against the Hurricanes (3-6-4, 2-4-0).
Ellie Ospeck and Kiki Van Zanten led the offensive juggernaut. Ospeck recorded the first three-assist performance of her career and the first in the Coach Norman era. Ospeck has now totaled seven points over the last two matches. Then there’s Van Zanten who notched her second brace in this three-match homestand. Ospeck and Van Zanten are now tied for the team lead in points with 15.
First half goal scorers included Kristina Lynch, Maddie Mercado, Van Zanten and Eva Gaetino – the latter was another header goal off of a corner kick.
Second half goal scorers included Van Zanten and two freshmen: Chayse Ying and Charlie Codd. It marked Ying’s first collegiate goal and the second straight game with a goal for Codd.
Notre Dame has now outscored Miami 30-6 since joining the ACC ahead of the 2013 season and they have now won six straight against the Hurricanes. The Irish improve to 13-3 overall and 9-0 at home against Miami in the all-time series.
STAT OF THE DAY
By the completion of the match, now seven players boast 10 points or more on the season: Klenke, Gaetino, Mrowicki, Lynch, Mercado, Ospeck and Van Zanten.
HOW IT HAPPENED
It was Senior Day at Alumni Stadium in which eight Irish were honored in a pregame ceremony: Ellie Ospeck, Kristina Lynch, Eva Gaetino, Carolina Gray, Eva Wirtz, Paige Peltier, Kaylin Slattery and Ashley Naylor. All but Gray and Slattery were in Notre Dame’s starting XI today, as the latter started the second half in net.
Klenke and Lynch made Miami pay for a defensive blunder in the 10th minute of the match. After Miami’s goalkeeper botched a clearance, Klenke floated the ball into the box and found Lynch’s head who then found the back of the net.
The second goal arrived in the 26th minute. Ospeck had the ball in the far right side of the box. With a flick of the outside of her foot, Ospeck sent in a cross, Lynch dummied and Mercado finished.
The third goal of the half occurred just five minutes later and it was engineered by Ospeck again. The senior made a great turn and found Van Zanten with the through ball behind the Miami defense. Van Zanten then slotted it to the left post and in.
The fourth and final goal of the first half happened in the 44th minute courtesy of Air Gaetino. You have to be on the lookout for Gaetino on corners and Morgan Roy struck a beautiful ball to the middle of the box and Gaetino’s head did the rest.
The Hurricanes got their first goal in the 54th minute off a direct free kick.
The Irish responded immediately – 69 seconds later in fact. Van Zanten stripped a Hurricane midfielder from the ball and ripped a laser to the upper-90 from just outside the box.
The freshman Ying got that coveted first goal in an Irish uniform in the 75th minute on a solo effort. Then fellow freshman Codd completed the Irish scoring in the 88th minute after a cross from the left side from Ospeck.
UP NEXT
The road gauntlet that has been circled on the calendar for most Irish fans: at No. 2 Florida State on Oct. 12, then at No. 1 North Carolina on Oct. 19.
NOTRE DAME MEN’S TENNIS
IRISH END BOBBY BAYLISS WITH AN 8-0 SUNDAY; ZHANG AND MAGIMAY ALL-TOURNAMENT
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame men’s team wrapped up play in their first of two home invitationals of the fall today. The Bobby Bayliss Invitational began on Friday and concluded on Sunday having played four rounds of singles and two rounds of doubles. The Irish picked up 29 total wins throughout the weekend including a perfect 8-0 Sunday as they went undefeated in the fourth round of singles play.
Five Irish players went 3-1 in singles this weekend. All three members of the junior class went 3-1 as Yu Zhang, Jamie Corsillo and Brian Bilsey each won three straight singles matches after dropping their opening match Friday morning. Sophomore Evan Lee was the only Notre Dame player to begin the weekend with a 2-0 record on Friday and then tacked on another win on Sunday. Freshman Jayanth Devaiah rebounded from an opening round three-set loss to secure the first three singles victories of his Notre Dame career. Fellow freshman Kyran Magimay saved five match points in a third set tiebreak in his final match of the weekend to claim his third-straight singles victory as well.
The freshman duo of Magimay and Devaiah also won both of their doubles contests on Saturday. In the first match, they would take a tiebreak against Western Michigan 7-6(2) before beating Purdue 6-4 in the afternoon.
Senior Jean-Marc Malkowski secured his first two singles wins of the year with wins over Purdue and Indiana. His two losses both were tightly contested three-set matches. He added two doubles victories to the record as well partnering with Corsillo in the opener and Bilsey in the second.
Graduate student Nil Giraldez and freshman Chase Thompson each picked up a singles win in the top flight. Giraldez and Zhang paired together to claim two wins in doubles as well with wins over Indiana and Northwestern.
Zhang and Magimay landed themselves on the all-tournament team after their efforts through the weekend.
Bobby Bayliss All-Tournament Team
Mathis Debru – Illinois
Marino Jakic – Purdue
Kyran Magimay – Notre Dame
William Mroz – Illinois
**Jeremy Zhang – Illinois : Tournament MVP
Yu Zhang – Notre Dame
INDIANA STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER
SYCAMORES POST SECOND CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUT IN SCORELESS DRAW AT SIU
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State battled Southern Illinois to a scoreless draw on Sunday afternoon as the Sycamores and Salukis settled for the 0-0 tie at the Lew Hartzog Track & Field Complex.
The Sycamore (1-5-8, 0-3-3) defense posted its second consecutive shutout and fifth overall in the 2023 season as Indiana State’s defense stood strong against the Southern Illinois (1-8-5, 0-5-2) offense. The Salukis outshot the Sycamores 18-3 in the contest and had the 7-2 edge in corner kicks on the field.
Carlie Jensen (two) and Mackenzie Kent combined for ISU’s three shot attempts in the contest as the Sycamores were held scoreless for the sixth consecutive match on Sunday. Maddie Alexander posted five saves in the contest in her fifth shutout of the season.
The Salukis were paced by Emma Spotak and McKinley Stiff’s five shots apiece on Sunday, while McKensey Bunch had four shots in the contest as SIU fired early and often in the match. SIU goalkeeper Chantelle Symes did not record a save in the shutout.
Both teams posted shots early in the match with SIU’s Bunch putting one on target in the 10th minute that was saved by Alexander, while Jensen launched one toward the net in the 11th minute for ISU. The Salukis outshot the Sycamores 6-1 over the opening 45 minutes.
The second half featured SIU continuing to pressure the Indiana State defense with 12 shots, including four on goal. Alexander proved up to the task to keep the Salukis off the board in the shutout attempt. Jensen posted her second shot of the match in the 72nd minute and Kent put a shot toward the net in the 80th, but neither attempt found the net as the teams settled for the draw.
The Sycamores remain in the hunt for a postseason berth with four matches to play in the regular season. ISU currently sits 10th overall in the conference standings trailing Illinois State (1-2-3 MVC), Belmont (1-1-4 MVC), and Valparaiso (1-1-4 MVC) for the final spots in the MVC Tournament field.
Up Next
Indiana State returns home this week as the Sycamores welcome Missouri State to Memorial Stadium on Thursday, October 12. Kickoff for the mid-afternoon match is set for 4 p.m. ET with the game set to be streamed live on ESPN+.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S SOCCER
TITANS TAKE LEAGUE MATCH FROM MASTODONS
DETROIT – The Detroit Mercy women’s soccer team beat Purdue Fort Wayne 4-0 on Sunday (Oct. 8) in a Horizon League match.
Looking to avenge a loss at Titan Field a year ago, Detroit Mercy started the game much like how the Mastodons did in 2022. The home team scored in the first eight minutes, netting a goal from Karsen Murray. The Titans did not let up, as they scored twice more in the opening half. Sophia Blankenship (27′) and Abbey Lodato (38′) both found the back of the net in the first half. The latter of those goals was a penalty kick.
Blankenship secured a brace in minute 57 to put the Titans up 4-0.
Zoe Greenhalge and Lauren Klusek led the Mastodons with two shots each, Greenhalge had one on target.
Purdue Fort Wayne falls to 5-6-4, 2-3-2 Horizon League. Detroit Mercy improves 5-6-3, 3-3-0 Horizon League. The Mastodons will hit the road again later this week when they visit Green Bay on Thursday (Oct. 12). They will be at home on Sunday (Oct. 15) with Wright State for Senior Day.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S SOCCER
JANG AND MASTODONS TAKE THIRD AT COYOTE CREEK CLASSIC
BARTONVILLE, Ill. – Olivia Jang and the Purdue Fort Wayne women’s golf team took third at the Coyote Creek Classic on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 8).
Jang had the best tournament of her freshman season, shooting 75-72-72-219. On Sunday, she dropped in four birdies, a week-long best. She birdied two, nine, 14 and 17. This counteracted four bogeys to give her two even rounds in as many days. Her 219 is the program’s second-best 54-hole score in its 17-year Division I history.
Adrienne Rohwedder joined Jang in the top-10, shooting 78-77-74-229. Rohwedder tied for eighth thanks to a final round that featured six birdies and seven pars. She birdies holes one, eight, 10, 12, 14 and 17. Her 229 is her best this season. It is also her first top-10 as a Division I player.
As a team, the Mastodons shot 313-308-302-923, which put them comfortably in third place of the nine teams. The ‘Dons topped the only other Horizon League team in the field, Green Bay, by 15 strokes.
Hunar Mittal and Anna Olafsdottir were 24th and 26th in the 53-player field. Mittal shot 85-75-78-238, notching birdies on holes one and 13 on Sunday. She added 10 pars. Olafsdottir had no birdies in her final round, but had 13 pars for her 78-84-78-240.
Lillie Cone took 36th after shooting 82-86-84-252. She had seven pars on Sunday.
Bradley won their own even with an 897. Illinois State’s Jinyoung Yun won the tournament with a 216.
The Mastodons will take to the course again in two weeks at Evansville’s Braun Intercollegiate on October 23.
EVANSVILLE WOMEN’S SOCCER
WOOSLEY’S LATE GOAL SENDS ACES PAST FLAMES, 1-0
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Evansville sophomore defender Kaylee Woosley’s (Evansville, Ind./North) free-kick goal in the 86th minute on Sunday helped power the Purple Aces to a 1-0 victory over the visiting UIC Flames at Evansville’s Arad McCutchan Stadium to push UE’s unbeaten streak to seven-straight matches.
Woosley blasted a ball through the UIC wall from about 20 yards out and into the lower-left corner of the goal to give UE the 1-0 victory. The goal was Woosley’s first career goal at UE for the Evansville native.
Defensively, Evansville posted its fifth shutout of the season thanks to a strong effort in goal from senior goalkeeper Myia Danek (Laingsburg, Mich./Laingsburg). Danek recorded eight saves in the match, including five saves in the first half to help Evansville keep the match scoreless through the first half. Danek came up with a clutch save in the 44th minute, punching a shot by UIC’s Sara Jacobs over the crossbar to keep the match scoreless.
“I thought that Myia really saved us in the first half,” said UE head coach Chris Pfau. “She was really on top of her game in the first half, and she made some huge saves to keep the match scoreless.
“I also thought our backline did a tremendous job of slowing down a very good UIC team. Even though UIC got eight shots on goal today, I thought our defense did a good job of not allowing them easy looks at goal, and I give a lot of credit to our defense for this win today.”
UIC out-shot Evansville 15-9 overall, including holding an 8-5 edge in shots on goal, but the two teams were even shots-wise in the second half. Freshman Brooklyn Robinson (West Haven, Utah/Fremont) led Evansville with three shots, with Woosley chipping in two, including the match-winner. Sophia Jaime paced UIC’s attack with five shots, including three on target on the afternoon.
With the victory, Evansville improves to 1-3-8 overall and 1-0-5 in the MVC. UIC, meanwhile, sees its record move to 4-7-3 and 3-3-1 in the Valley with the loss. Unbeaten in its last seven matches, Evansville will now travel west to Iowa this week for two matches on the road against MVC-leading Drake and UNI. The road trip will begin Thursday afternoon with a 3 p.m. contest at second-place UNI (11-2-1, 4-2-0). Thursday’s match can be seen live on ESPN+.
SOUTHERN INDIANA WOMEN’S SOCCER
USI COLLECTS THIRD STRAIGHT WIN ON SENIOR DAY AND ALUMNI DAY
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Soccer notched its third straight win on Sunday with a 3-0 shutout victory against Lindenwood University on Senior Day and Alumni Day at Strassweg Field.
In front of senior families, USI Women’s Soccer alumni, and Screaming Eagle fans, Southern Indiana recorded its largest win of the season. Sunday was USI’s seventh result in the last eight matches. Plus, USI is now 3-0-1 in its last four home matches after Sunday’s victory.
Southern Indiana came out of the gates fast, pushing the Lions back. Making early headway into the attacking half, USI launched four shots in the first 25 minutes. Senior midfielder Paige Vanek (St. Charles, Missouri) placed one shot on goal, and freshman midfielder Pilar Torres (Chula Vista, California) put one on target as well.
Later in the first half, Lindenwood applied some pressure toward USI’s defensive end line. The Lions pulled the trigger for a couple of shots on goal following a series of set pieces in the attacking third. However, the Eagles’ defensive unit stayed strong to limit Lindenwood’s push and switch the field position back toward USI’s offensive half. In the 39th minute, freshman defender Kamryn Bea (O’Fallon, Missouri) played a long pass down the left flank toward sophomore forward Payton Seymour (Louisville, Kentucky), who crossed the ball in front of the goal where freshman midfielder Grace Bamber (Chesterton, Indiana) battled through contact to put the ball into the net for her second goal of the season. The Screaming Eagles carried the 1-0 advantage into halftime.
The late, first-half momentum stayed with USI out of the break. Southern Indiana doubled its lead to 2-0 in the 48th minute when an over-the-top pass by senior defender Alexis Schone (Galena, Ohio) led sophomore midfielder Peyton Murphy (Bargersville, Indiana) into the box, slotting the ball past Lindenwood’s goalkeeper Erika Anstine. The goal-scoring play started out of the back by sophomore defender Charli Grafton (Sunriver, Oregon), who tallied her first helper of the season while Schone earned her second assist of 2023. The score gave Murphy a goal in the second consecutive game after scoring in USI’s win at Western Illinois University on Thursday.
The Eagles kept the pressure on despite the efforts from Lindenwood to claw back into the match. Looking for an insurance goal late in the second half, USI extended its lead to 3-0 in the 83rd minute. The ball made its way to Torres in the midfield, who passed it to Murphy making a run left of the center circle. Murphy quickly relayed the ball up ahead through the middle to Vanek making a long, overlapping run. The senior captain dribbled into the box and finished the play with her first career goal on Senior Day to close out the 3-0 clean sheet for Southern Indiana.
In the contest, USI registered six total assists on the three goals. The Eagles outshot the Lions 11-9, including 7-5 in shots on goal. Individually, Torres led USI by placing all three shot attempts on frame, while Vanek also was perfect putting both of her shots on target. Murphy totaled three shots with one on goal in the game. Between the posts, redshirt freshman Anna Markland (Hoover, Alabama) made five saves, including a diving catch in the air in the final minutes to seal the deal. Sunday was Markland’s second consecutive shutout and the fourth this season for her and USI.
Overall, the Eagles improved to 4-6-4 this season and to 3-1-1 in Ohio Valley Conference play. Following Sunday’s slate of games in the OVC, USI climbed to third place in the standings with 10 points. For Lindenwood, Sunday’s defeat moved the Lions to 3-10-1 overall and 1-5-0 in conference action, sitting at the bottom of the league table with Western Illinois.
The Screaming Eagles are back home at Strassweg Field on Thursday at 7 p.m. against Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Thursday’s game will be the Mental Health Awareness game for USI. All in attendance are welcome to wear green in support.
SOUTHERN INDIANA MEN’S SOCCER
EAGLES GROUNDED BY CARDINALS IN 2ND HALF
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Soccer allowed four second half goals in falling to the University of the Incarnate Word, 4-0, Sunday morning in San Antonio, Texas. The Screaming Eagles go to 1-9-1 overall and 0-3-1 in the OVC, while UIW is 5-4-3, 3-0-1 OVC.
USI, despite being outshot, battled UIW to a 0-0 draw after the first 45 minutes. The Cardinals controlled most of the first half, leading 10-1 in shots and 6-1 in corner kicks.
The second half was all Cardinals as they took a quick 2-0 lead with tallies at 52:09 and 52:44. UIW would cap off the scoring with goals at 65:26 and 87:05 to finish out the scoring.
Between the posts, USI had a valiant effort by junior goalkeeper Braden Matthews (Princeton, Indiana) in spite of the loss. Matthews faced 28 shots overall, 15 on-goal, making a career-high 11 saves.
NEXT UP FOR USI:
USI returns to Strassweg Field next week to start a three-match homestand October 12 when it hosts Chicago State University. The Eagles and the Cougars, who will be facing each other in the OVC for the first time after competing last year in The Summit League, kickoff at 3 p.m.
The Cougars start Sunday with a 3-7-1 overall mark, 1-2-0 in the OVC, and are slated to play Lindenwood University later in the afternoon. Chicago State had broken a seven-match winless streak Thursday when it defeated Liberty University, 3-2, at home.
The remainder of the homestand will include a first-time meeting with Liberty October 15 and a match-up with Eastern Illinois University October 19. USI host Senior Day on October 15 versus Liberty.
SOUTHERN INDIANA MEN’S TENNIS
EAGLES POST 11 VICTORIES AT MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — University of Southern Indiana Men’s Tennis posted 11 victories during the Brian Coons Memorial Tournament that was hosted by Austin Peay State University Friday and Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee. The Brian Coons Memorial Tournament was a hidden duel invitational featuring USI, Austin Peay, Brescia University, Cumberland University, and Tennessee Tech University.
USI was led by freshman Eytan Michaeli (Israel), who was a combined 4-2 during the two days of competition. Michaeli was 2-1 in singles play, while partnering with sophomore Axel Sabourin (France) to produce a 2-1 mark in doubles.
Junior Quinten Gillespie (Whitland, Indiana) joined Michaeli with a 2-1 mark in single action. USI also had wins by senior Dylan Brown (Evansville, Indiana), junior Blake Deaton (Indianapolis, Indiana), and Sabourin during the two-day tournament.
The Screaming Eagles conclude fall action in the ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships October 12-16 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
VALPO WOMEN’S SOCCER
SOCCER FALLS AT DRAKE SUNDAY
The Valpo soccer team took a one-goal lead into halftime Sunday in Des Moines, Iowa, thanks to the first collegiate goal from junior Peyton Evans (Parker, Colo./Legend), but host Drake came from behind with a pair of second-half goals to hand the Beacons a 2-1 defeat and snap Valpo’s seven-match unbeaten streak.
How It Happened
It looked like Valpo would take the lead early in the 38th minute, as fifth-year midfielder Allie Anderson (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton Warrenville South [Xavier]) lined up a free kick from 30 yards out and struck it at goal. The effort looked destined to dip under the crossbar, but Drake goalkeeper Addie Ford leaped to punch it over the bar for a corner.
It ended up being mere second later that the Beacons opened the scoring, taking advantage of the ensuing corner. Anderson took the corner and sent it to the far side of the box, where junior Lauren Cook (Littleton, Colo./D’Evelyn) headed it toward goal. The ball deflected off a Drake player and up off the crossbar, but rebounded right back into the center of the box towards Evans, who easily nodded it home for a 1-0 lead — an advantage Valpo carried into the intermission.
A foul in the box was called on the Beacons in the 54th minute, and Drake’s Emma Nagel slotted home the ensuing penalty kick to level the match at 1-1.
Just over seven minutes later, the Bulldogs took the lead on a goal from Angela Gutierrez.
Valpo pushed forward after falling behind, getting a number of efforts at goal late in search of the equalizer, but the Beacons were unable to even the match once again.
Inside the Match
The defeat snapped Valpo’s seven-match unbeaten streak, as well as its 11-match unbeaten streak in MVC play which dated back to Oct. 2 of last season.
Valpo surrendered more than one goal in an MVC regular season match for the first time since the fall 2021 season finale at Loyola.
It also was just the second time this year the Beacons have given up more than one goal, with their match at Purdue being the only other such instance.
The loss was Valpo’s first since 2019 against the Bulldogs.
Evans’ goal was the first of her Valpo career, coming in her 42nd appearance in the Brown and Gold.
Cook was credited with an assist on the Evans goal, picking up her first career point in the process.
Valpo ended the match with a 13-11 advantage in shots, but both sides were able to put just four shots on goal.
Next Up
Valpo (5-3-6, 1-1-4 MVC) heads to Southern Illinois on Thursday night for a key Valley match. Kickoff is slated for 6 p.m. The match will not be broadcast.
VALPO WOMEN’S TENNIS
CZERWONKA PICKS UP SINGLES WIN TO CAPTURE FIFTH IN FLIGHT 1 AT MVC INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Valparaiso University tennis team closed out the Missouri Valley Conference Individual Championships on Sunday as Olivia Czerwonka (Kenosha, Wis. / Saint Joseph Catholic Academy) made it back-to-back singles wins to round out the weekend, capturing fifth place in the Flight 1 draw. Her win was the highlight of the day for the Beacons as they finished up the event in Springfield, Mo.
How It Happened
How It Happened
In Flight 1 Singles, Czerwonka dropped just one game en route to a dominant 6-1, 6-0 win over Murray State’s Valeria Chaikovskaia in the fifth-place tilt.
In Flight 7 Singles, Lillian Kelly (Fullerton, Calif. / Fullerton Union) finished as the runner-up, dropping Sunday’s title match to Paola Campigotto of Murray State.
In Flight 3 Singles, Mia Bertino (Lockport, Ill. / Joliet Catholic) finished sixth after falling in Sunday’s fifth-place match to Juliette Robinson of Missouri State.
In Flight 4 Singles, Sydney State (Brisbane, Australia / Tyler JC) finished fourth after a setback to Bradley’s Kirstin Hailey in the third-place match.
In Flight 6 Singles, Jolene Fernandes (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) finished fourth, falling to Zara Ryan of UIC in the third-place match on Sunday, a match that featured a tight first set.
In Flight 3 Doubles, Bertino/Fernandes incurred an 8-5 defeat to Bradley’s Belogliadova/Hildreth in the third-place match. The Beacon tandem finished fourth in their doubles flight.
Inside the Matches
With her pair of singles wins this weekend, Czerwonka elevated her program-record career total to 74.
Czerwonka is one win away from becoming just the sixth player in school history (men’s and women’s) to record 75 career singles wins, joining the men’s tennis quintet of Jeffrey Schorsch (2013-2017), Kyle Dunn (2013-2017), Charlie Emhardt (2013-2017), Dave Bacalla (2013-2017) and Chad Kissell (2015-2019).
Up Next
The ITA Midwest Regional will commence on Thursday in East Lansing, Mich.
UINDY MEN’S SOCCER
UINDY GROUNDS DEFENSIVE STOUT FLYERS 2-0
INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy men’s soccer team won 2-0 against Lewis on Saturday. The Hounds improve to 8-0-2 on the season, 6-0-1 GLVC play.
INS & OUTS
The first 45 minutes of the match was an offensive battel between the two teams. Michael Tselios attempted all three shots, two on goal, or the Hounds in the first half. One was off a penalty kick, while the second was attempted seconds after.
The Greyhounds came out strong in the second half with an unassisted goal by Jona Hogle three minutes in. A few UIndy yellow cards allowed Lewis to remain in their offensive zone and take a few shots.
Bobby Turner cemented the Hounds’ win with a goal at the 70-minute mark. Turner tipped the ball in with help from Tselios. After the goal the Hounds kept the ball away from their own goal to secure the shut out.
INSIDE THE BOX
– Kieran Brown protected the goal for UIndy. The Australia native completed three save during the match.
– UIndy attempted a total of nine shots on the day, four on goal.
– The defensive trio on Niklas Thanhofer, Pierre Lurot, and Turner remained a presence on field for all 90 minutes of the match.
– Hogle had two shots on the day along with his goal, although he was on the pitch for only 28 minutes.
UP NEXT
The Greyhounds will face the Miners of Missouri S&T at home on Friday. Action is slated to begin at 7:30 p.m. in Key Stadium.
UINDY WOMEN’S SOCCER
WOMEN’S SOCCER DROPS 1-0 CLASH WITH FLYERS
INDIANAPOLIS – The University of Indianapolis women’s soccer team (3-4-4) fell 1-0 to the visiting Lewis Flyers on Sunday afternoon.
Mia Winters was one of six Greyhounds to record 90 minutes of action in the contest.
INS & OUTS
The Flyers and Hounds traded shots early in the battle, with Sarah Wegener testing the Flyers keeper Bekah Nielsen early at the 2nd minute. Genevieve Crocker kept the pressure up, hammering a ball from 15 yards out. The Flyers withstood the Greyhound assault well, and made one of their own, scoring the lone goal of the contest at the 18th minute.
Despite two more shots on goal, the score remained the same heading into the intermission. Kendall Ellis continued to face shots going into the second, recording a big save at the 48th minute. From the break on, the Flyers controlled the pace, not allowing the Greyhounds to develop their attack.
INSIDE THE BOX
– The Flyers barley edged the Hounds in the shot category, leading 12-11
– Winters’ 90-minute performance marked the first time the freshman has played the entire match.
– Ellis, despite letting up the early goal, recorded five saves in the contest
– Lyza Shamy and Maddy Theis both recorded 90-minute performances.
UP NEXT
The Hounds welcome in Missouri S&T to Key Stadium on Friday, Oct. 13, with action set to begin at 5 p.m. Last season, the Hounds dropped their only meeting with the Miners 1-0.
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NFL STANDINGS
| American Football Conference | |||||||||||||
| East Division | |||||||||||||
| W | L | T | Pct | GB | PF | PA | Home | Road | vs. Conf | vs. Div | Streak | ||
| Miami Dolphins | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 0.0 | 181 | 135 | 2-0-0 | 2-1-0 | 3-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 1 W | |
| Buffalo Bills | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 1.0 | 159 | 80 | 2-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 2-2-0 | 1-1-0 | 1 L | |
| New York Jets | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 2.0 | 93 | 105 | 1-2-0 | 1-1-0 | 2-2-0 | 1-1-0 | 1 W | |
| New England Patriots | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 3.0 | 55 | 131 | 0-3-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 2 L | |
| West Division | |||||||||||||
| W | L | T | Pct | GB | PF | PA | Home | Road | vs. Conf | vs. Div | Streak | ||
| Kansas City Chiefs | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 0.0 | 128 | 80 | 1-1-0 | 3-0-0 | 2-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 4 W | |
| Los Angeles Chargers | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 1.5 | 110 | 104 | 1-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-2-0 | 1-0-0 | 2 W | |
| Las Vegas Raiders | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 2.5 | 62 | 101 | 0-1-0 | 1-2-0 | 1-3-0 | 1-1-0 | 3 L | |
| Denver Broncos | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 3.0 | 121 | 181 | 0-3-0 | 1-1-0 | 0-3-0 | 0-1-0 | 1 L | |
| North Division | |||||||||||||
| W | L | T | Pct | GB | PF | PA | Home | Road | vs. Conf | vs. Div | Streak | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 0.0 | 79 | 110 | 2-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 3-1-0 | 2-0-0 | 1 W | |
| Baltimore Ravens | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 0.0 | 109 | 75 | 1-1-0 | 2-1-0 | 3-2-0 | 2-1-0 | 1 L | |
| Cleveland Browns | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 0.5 | 76 | 60 | 2-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 2-2-0 | 1-2-0 | 1 L | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 1.0 | 83 | 114 | 1-1-0 | 1-2-0 | 0-3-0 | 0-2-0 | 1 W | |
| South Division | |||||||||||||
| W | L | T | Pct | GB | PF | PA | Home | Road | vs. Conf | vs. Div | Streak | ||
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 0.0 | 105 | 102 | 1-2-0 | 2-0-0 | 2-2-0 | 1-1-0 | 2 W | |
| Indianapolis Colts | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 0.0 | 120 | 115 | 1-2-0 | 2-0-0 | 3-1-0 | 2-1-0 | 1 W | |
| Houston Texans | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 1.0 | 115 | 100 | 1-1-0 | 1-2-0 | 2-2-0 | 1-1-0 | 1 L | |
| Tennessee Titans | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 1.0 | 88 | 93 | 2-0-0 | 0-3-0 | 2-2-0 | 0-1-0 | 1 L | |
| National Football Conference | |||||||||||||
| East Division | |||||||||||||
| W | L | T | Pct | GB | PF | PA | Home | Road | vs. Conf | vs. Div | Streak | ||
| Philadelphia Eagles | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 141 | 104 | 2-0-0 | 3-0-0 | 4-0-0 | 1-0-0 | 5 W | |
| Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 2.0 | 134 | 83 | 2-0-0 | 1-2-0 | 1-2-0 | 1-0-0 | 1 L | |
| Washington Commanders | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 3.0 | 109 | 160 | 1-2-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-2-0 | 0-1-0 | 3 L | |
| New York Giants | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 4.0 | 62 | 153 | 0-2-0 | 1-2-0 | 1-3-0 | 0-1-0 | 3 L | |
| West Division | |||||||||||||
| W | L | T | Pct | GB | PF | PA | Home | Road | vs. Conf | vs. Div | Streak | ||
| San Francisco 49ers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 167 | 68 | 3-0-0 | 2-0-0 | 4-0-0 | 2-0-0 | 5 W | |
| Seattle Seahawks | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.5 | 111 | 91 | 1-1-0 | 2-0-0 | 3-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 3 W | |
| Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 3.0 | 112 | 108 | 0-2-0 | 2-1-0 | 1-2-0 | 1-1-0 | 1 L | |
| Arizona Cardinals | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 4.0 | 108 | 136 | 1-2-0 | 0-2-0 | 1-3-0 | 0-1-0 | 2 L | |
| North Division | |||||||||||||
| W | L | T | Pct | GB | PF | PA | Home | Road | vs. Conf | vs. Div | Streak | ||
| Detroit Lions | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 0.0 | 148 | 107 | 2-1-0 | 2-0-0 | 3-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 3 W | |
| Green Bay Packers | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 1.5 | 100 | 96 | 1-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 2-2-0 | 1-1-0 | 1 L | |
| Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 3.0 | 110 | 122 | 0-3-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-2-0 | 0-0-0 | 1 L | |
| Chicago Bears | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 3.0 | 115 | 157 | 0-2-0 | 1-2-0 | 1-2-0 | 0-1-0 | 1 W | |
| South Division | |||||||||||||
| W | L | T | Pct | GB | PF | PA | Home | Road | vs. Conf | vs. Div | Streak | ||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 0.0 | 84 | 68 | 1-1-0 | 2-0-0 | 3-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 1 W | |
| Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 0.5 | 83 | 96 | 3-0-0 | 0-2-0 | 2-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 1 W | |
| New Orleans Saints | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 0.5 | 96 | 76 | 1-1-0 | 2-1-0 | 1-2-0 | 1-1-0 | 1 W | |
| Carolina Panthers | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 3.5 | 91 | 144 | 0-2-0 | 0-3-0 | 0-5-0 | 0-2-0 | 5 L | |
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
1894 At Chicago’s Lake Front Park, Quaker (Phillies) fly chaser Jack Manning hits three home runs in an 11-7 loss to the White Stockings. The Philadelphia outfielder is the first player in franchise history to accomplish the feat.
1905 Christy Mathewson throws a shutout against Philadelphia in Game 1 of the World Series, 3-0. The Giants hurler will blank the A’s twice more during the Fall Classic.
1906 In a snowy West Side Park, the first one-city World Series opens in Chicago. Nick Altrock outduels Three-Finger Brown, giving the White Sox a 2-1 victory over the heavily favored Cubs.
1907 In Game 2 of the World Series played at Chicago’s West Side Grounds, Tigers third baseman Bill Coughlin tags out Jimmy Slagle, leading off the base, using the hidden ball trick. The Cubs center fielder is the first victim deceived about a ball’s location during the Fall Classic.
1909 Ty Cobb’s steal of home highlights the Tigers’ 7-2 victory over the Pirates, tying the World Series at one game apiece. The ‘Georgia Peach’ swipes home plate 54 times during his career, a major league record.
1910 Sitting out the last two games of the season, Tigers outfielder Ty Cobb wins the third of his nine consecutive batting titles by edging Nap Lajoie by less than a percentage point. The player-manager of the Cleveland Naps, who had six bogus hits on the last day thanks to the Browns’ attempt to dethrone the Georgia Peach with their defensive indifference, still loses the race .3849 to .3840.
1913 In Game 3 of the World Series, rookie right-hander Joe Bush throws a complete game, limiting the Giants to five hits in the A’s 8-2 victory at the Polo Grounds. At 20 years and 316 days, ‘Bullet Joe’ is the youngest pitcher to start a game in the Fall Classic, 40 days sooner than Fernando Valenzuela (1981) and Jim Palmer (1966), tied for second on the list.
1915 Woodrow Wilson became the first president to watch a World Series game when he attended Game 2 of the Fall Classic at the Baker Bowl in Philadelphia. In addition to hitting the go-ahead single in the ninth inning, Red Sox right-hander Rube Foster limits the Phillies to just three hits en route to a 2-1 victory, evening the series at one game apiece.
1919 With rumors spreading about a fix, the White Sox, after an ineffective start by Lefty Williams, are defeated 10-5 at Comiskey Park and drop the World Series to the underdog Reds, five games to 3. Before next season begins, eight Chicago players, including Shoeless Joe Jackson, will be accused of purposely accepting bribes to throw the games.
1928 At Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis, the Yankees beat the Cardinals, 7-3, completing their second consecutive sweep of the World Series. The Bronx Bombers, winning their third World Championship in franchise history, live up to their name when they slugged five homers in the game, three by Babe Ruth, a feat not equaled until 1989 when Oakland did it against San Francisco.
1934 At Detroit’s Navin Field, Commissioner Landis makes Joe Medwick leave Game 7 of the World Series for ‘his own safety.’ The Tiger fans, upset with his aggressive slide into third baseman Marv Owen, respond by hurling fruit at the outfielder during the Cardinals’ 11-0 series-clinching victory.
1938 Sweeping the Cubs in four games, the Bronx Bombers become the first team in major league history to win three consecutive World Series. Red Ruffing goes the distance, beating Chicago, 8-3, at Yankee Stadium.
1948 Behind the solid pitching of Steve Gromek, the Indians win pivotal Game 4 of the Fall Classic, edging the Braves, 2-1, to take a 3-1 series lead. Larry Doby’s home run, the first by a black player in World Series history, proves to be the difference in the Tribe’s victory.
1949 During the ninth inning of the Dodgers’ 10-8 loss to the Yankees in Game 5, officials turned on the Ebbets Field lights, making it the first time a World Series game occurs under artificial lights. The first scheduled Fall Classic night game happens when the Pirates host Baltimore for Game 4 at Three Rivers Stadium in 1971.
1951 In the Yankees’ 13-1 rout of the Giants in Game 5 of the Fall Classic victory at the Polo Grounds, Gil McDougald, joining Elmer Smith (1920) and Tony Lazzeri (1936), becomes the third player in World Series history to hit a grand slam. The 23-year-old Yankees infielder is the first rookie to accomplish the feat.
1958 In Game 7, the Yankees beat the defending World champion Braves in Milwaukee’s County Stadium, 6-2, for their eighteenth title, the club’s seventh in the past decade. The Bronx Bombers become only the second team, the first being the 1925 Pirates, to come back from a 3-1 deficit to win a best-of-seven Fall Classic.
1961 With the help of a pair of five-run innings at Crosley Field, the Yankees win the World Series, beating the Reds in Game 5, 13-5. Johnny Blanchard, a reserve player who will collect ten hits in 29 at-bats in five Fall Classics, hits two home runs and bats .400 en route to the Bronx Bombers’ 19th World Championship.
1966 For the second consecutive day, the Orioles win a World Series game, 1-0, in a contest decided by a home run when Frank Robinson takes a Don Drysdale pitch deep over the left-field fence in the fourth inning. With the lone run scored on a homer, for only the fifth time in the history of the Fall Classic, and the complete-game shutout thrown by Dave McNally, Baltimore completes a four-game sweep over the Dodgers.
1968 The Tigers score ten runs in the third inning en route to a 13-1 victory over the Cardinals in Game 6 of the Fall Classic. Detroit’s big frame, which equals the World Series mark set by the 1929 A’s, sees 15 batters come to the plate, who collect seven hits, one hit-by-pitch, and four walks against four Redbird hurlers in the Busch Stadium contest.
1969 A few days after agreeing to be on the Angels’ coaching staff, Sparky Anderson accepts an offer to replace Dave Bristol as the Reds’ manager. During his nine-year tenure, in which Cincinnati averaged 96 victories a season, the club won five divisional titles, four National League pennants, and consecutive World Series in 1975 and 1976.
1976 En route to a party at a golf course owned by former teammate Bill Mazeroski, 29-year-old Pirates reliever Bob Moose dies in a two-car crash on Route 7 in Martin’s Ferry (OH) on his birthday. The right-hander spent his nine-year career with Pittsburgh, compiling a 76-71 record with an ERA of 3.50 and no-hit the Mets in 1969.
1980 In Game 2 of the ALCS, with the Yankees trailing 3-2 with two outs in the top of the eighth, George Steinbrenner is caught on live national television shouting what appears to be profanities when Willie Randolph is tagged out at home on a relay throw by George Brett. The Yankees’ owner wants manager Dick Howser to fire third base coach Mike Ferraro on the spot, who refuses and will lose his job when the team is swept in three games by the Royals, despite a first-place finish in the American League East, compiling a 103-59 record.
1989 Televising the deciding Game 5 of the NLCS, a 3-2 Giants victory over the Cubs from Candlestick Park, NBC broadcasts its final edition of the network’s Game of the Week. Next season, CBS’s sporadic and less frequent coverage of a regular-season weekly game led many to believe the organization was only interested in airing the All-Star Game and postseason contests.
1996 Derek Jeter, with the Yankees down 4-3 in the eighth inning, ties the game with a fly ball to right field ruled a home run by umpire Rich Garcia, despite the protest of spectator interference that prevented the ball from being caught by outfielder Tony Tarasco and the Orioles manager Davey Johnson. Video replay clearly shows 12-year-old Jeffrey Maier reaching over the fence and bringing the catchable live ball into the stands, forever changing the outcome of Game 1 of the ALCS and, many believe, of the series.
2005 At Minute Maid Park, Chris Burke’s 18th-inning homer ends the longest postseason game in baseball history as the Astros defeat the Braves, 7-6, to advance into the National League Championship Series. Atlanta’s five-run late lead in the contest vanishes with an eighth-inning grand slam by Lance Berkman and a two-out ninth-inning solo shot by Brad Ausmus, which barely clears Gold Glove center fielder Andruw Jones’ outstretched hand.
2010 At Yankee Stadium, the Twins drop Game 3 of the ALCS, 6-2, giving New York a series sweep. After being the first team to clinch a playoff berth, Minnesota exits the postseason without winning a game in the first round for the second straight year.
2019 After posting a historic opening frame, the Cardinals cruise to a 13-1 victory over the Braves in the decisive Game 5 of the NLDS at SunTrust Park. St. Louis tallies ten times before Atlanta bats, scoring the most runs in the first inning of a postseason game.
WORLD SERIES HISTORY
1911 WORLD SERIES
As the “teens at the turn of the century” emerged, baseball was fast becoming more than just another entertainment spectacle. Soon it would officially be christened “America’s national pastime” due in part, to the success of the World Series. After its introduction in 1903, many had doubted that the merging of the National and American Leagues into a single sporting syndicate would last until the following season. Eight years later, the Fall Classic had proven all of the cynics wrong and evolved into much more than just a postseason exhibition. It had become the pinnacle of growth in Major League baseball and had set a precedent for all other professional sports in America. And they were only getting started…
The 1911 Series echoed a classic rematch of the 1905 contest between the New York Giants and the returning Philadelphia Athletics. Pitching was the most noteworthy aspect of the previous Series with five shutouts in five games and the confident Giants were poised for another outstanding performance on the mound. Christy Mathewson, their ace with three shutouts in the 1905 classic, returned to the big show with a 26-13 record and was backed up by a young emerging lefty named Rube Marquard, who had twenty-four wins as well. The A’s were also ready as their staff including Jack Coombs, Eddie Plank, Chief Bender and Cy Morgan who had combined for eighty-two victories. Both teams were also dangerous on the other side of the plate. Philadelphia’s outfielders Danny Murphy, Bris Lord and Rube Oldring batted a composite .312 and New York had set a long-standing Major League record with 347 stolen bases.
The media frenzy surrounding the 1911 Series was unprecedented due to such an even an unpredictable match-up. The A’s, were more than ready to defend their championship title and the Giants were ready to repeat history. Some favored Philadelphia as the returning champions, but many felt that New York was a stronger team after overcoming a difficult season in which their ballpark, the Polo Grounds, had burned to the ground. From April to late June, the Giants played at the yard of the American League’s new Highlanders (soon to be Yankees) and still managed to win ninety-nine games with no real “home field” advantage.
Game 1 opened before a record setting attendance of 38,281 at the newly rebuilt Polo Grounds as once again, Chief Bender and Christy Mathewson went head-to-head in a classic pitcher’s duel. After taking the lead in the second when Frank Baker scored on a Harry Davis single, the A’s stumbled and lost their advantage after several crucial errors in the fourth. Later in the seventh, New York collected the tie-breaker and 2-1 game winner when Chief Meyers scored on a Josh Devore double. In the end, Mathewson had thrown another six hitter (six was becoming his Series standard) and Bender tossed an impressive five hitter with eleven strikeouts.
Game 2 looked very familiar as another stalemate broke out on the mound between New York’s Rube Marquard and Philadelphia’s Eddie Plank. Neither walked a batter and hits were few and far between. With the score tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the sixth inning, Marquard had retired two in a row, but was starting to show signs of weakening. Frank Baker, the A’s clean-up man who was only in his third season, took advantage of the pitcher’s fatigue and knocked one straight over the right-field wall. The Athletics held on to win 3-1 and tied the Series at a game apiece.
The next day, Baker proved that lightning can strike twice with an encore performance in Game 3. Mathewson had the Giants in the lead 1-0 going into the middle of the ninth when the A’s young powerhouse stepped up to the plate and delivered another home run over the right-field wall. The New York pitcher stood in disbelief as he watched a second Giants lead slip away in the final inning. Inspired by Baker’s back-to-back performances, the A’s also repeated and rallied to a 3-2 triumph in the eleventh inning. Both team’s aces had gone the distance with Coombs giving up only three hits and Mathewson surrendering an unimaginable nine.
Although the last two games had been close wins, the A’s were showing an incredible resolve and started to play like returning World Champions. The Giants on the other hand, were in shock, after giving up two consecutive leads so late in the game, the Series momentum had turned and New York was in trouble. They would have plenty of time to think about it as Game 4 was postponed for an entire week due to rain. When the clouds finally parted, a well-rested Christy Mathewson came back for revenge. This time his long-time advisory, Chief Bender, got the best of him in a 4-2 decision that gave the Athletics a three game lead.
Philadelphia came out swinging in Game 5 ready to end it then and there. Coombs had held a 3-0 advantage after six innings and a 3-1 lead going into the ninth. Down, but not out, New York found their own resolve and managed to start a comeback rally while going on to win 4-3 in the tenth. Fred Merkle scored Fred Snodgrass off of Philadelphia reliever, Eddie Plank. The Giants had escaped elimination and forced at least one more outing for the championship title.
Unfortunately for Giants fans, the win only prolonged their suffering as New York’s luck was about to run out. Philadelphia was disappointed in their failure to shut the door on their opponent in Game 5 and was determined not to fail again. Scoring four runs in the fourth and seven in the seventh, the A’s steamrolled the Giants on their way to a 13-2 victory and a second consecutive World Series championship. The Giants had failed miserably at the plate with six starters batting .190 or less and earning only eight runs in six games. One man in particular, clean-up man Red Murray went zero-for-twenty-one. The A’s had truly earned their back-to-back title with great tenacity, although most of the credit went to the inspired performance of “Home Run Baker”.
FOOTBALL HISTORY
October 9, 1886 – In New York City a rules convention was held and it voted to have a championship game on Thanksgiving day (1st game ever scheduled on the Holiday) and the use of only one type of ball, the Lilly White Number J.
October 9, 1905 – President Theodore Roosevelt meets college officials in an attempt to curb unsportsmanlike conduct in college football per the Star Tribune of Minneapolis. Roosevelt a proponent of the game wants rules revised to help tame the game to lessen the injuries and deaths that have been occurring to participants of the gridiron game. Six guests attended the lunch meeting held by the President and included Walter Camp of Yale, Harvard’s Dr. Nichols and W.T. Reid, Arthur Hillebrand and John Fine of Princeton as well as Mr. Owsley of Yale. These men were felt to be the movers and shakers of the game at the time as they were the original key schools of football since its inception in the early 1880s. The President made his wishes known for reform in sports, especially football at this extremely pivotal meeting for the future of football. This meeting sparked reform in the game, how the rules were made and governed and eventually influenced the addition of the forward pass, revisions to downs and distance and more.
October 9, 1938 – The Cleveland Rams and the Chicago Bears played in only one of four NFL games that did not have a penalty called in it. The Game at Cleveland stadium according to profootballhof.com had the Rams upset the previously unbeaten Bears 14-7 as the winning touchdown came on a fumble recovery on a punt returned by the Rams Carl Littlefield 23 yards. The referee was Ed Cochrane.
October 9, 2010 – The unranked University of South Carolina knocks off number one ranked Alabama University by the score 35-21.
Hall of Fame Birthday for October 9
October 9, 1886 – Walter Steffen A halfback/quarterback from the University of Chicago. The footballfoundation.org website bio on Walter tells us that he was one of the favorite players of head Coach Amos Alonzo Stagg while with the University of Chicago Maroons. Stagg loved the shiftyness of the youngster so much, that after his sophomore season, Steffen was moved to the quarterback position. Walter Steffen was an All -American each of his 3 seasons with the Maroons and he accounted for a whopping 156 points himself during the period he played from 1906 through 1908. After his eligibility was exhausted Walter joined Stagg’s coaching staff, and went to graduate school eventually getting his law degree and was soon after named a judge in the Chicago court system. He couldn’t get the gridiron out his blood though as he soon took over the head coaching duties at Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh in 1914 and held the position off and on through the 1932 season. His final coaching record stood at a respectable 88-53-6 especially when you consider the competition the team faced held the likes of Notre Dame, USC, Yale Army, Pittsburgh and Georgia Tech. The College Football Hall of Fame inducted Walter Steffen into their museum in 1969.
October 9, 1930 – Hank Lauricella was a halfback from the University of Tennessee during the seasons of 1949 through 1951. The football foundation.org website states that Lauricella was nicknamed “Mr. Everything” as the two way player was the key man in the Vol’s single-wing offense using his legs and arm to move the ball as well as being the starting safety on defense and the main return man for both punts and kicks. In 1950 the Volunteers sported a record of 10-1 and were crowned as the National Champions by the Dunkel Index. Lauricella was pivotal in the teams scoring as he rushed for 573 yards that season with a 4.7 yard average while carrying the ball over the goal line 4 times and tossed it for 5 more scores. The team was invited to the Cotton Bowl in 1951 to cap off the brilliant season and they faced the Texas Longhorns. Hank started the offense early in the game with a very memorable run that started on the Vol’s 20 yard line, had him weave through a Texas defense and reverse direction 3 times before being taken down at the Longhorn 5 yard line. The 75 yard scamper set up the first score of the day and led to a Tennessee 20-14 victory. In the game Lauricella had 131 yards on the ground and was inducted into the Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame. How do you follow up a junior season such as that? Well in 1951, Hank Lauricella won the Heisman Trophy, averaging over 7 yards per carry for the entire season and the Associated Press this time voted them as the National Champs. The National Football Foundation voted Hank Lauricella into their College Football Hall of Fame in 1981.
October 9, 1958 – Mike Singletary was a linebacker that played for Baylor University from 1977 through 1980. The National Football Foundation’s website points out that Mike was a four Year letterman and set a school record for tackles in a season 232 as a sophomore and career tackles with 662. In 1978 in the game against Arkansas he registered an astounding 35 tackles in one game! Needless to say Baylor named an award for the standout aptly called the Mike Singletary Ward for the Senior that brings honor to the school by contributing to Baylor football. The website britannica.com records that the Chicago Bears drafted Mike Singletary in the 2nd round of the 1981 NFL Draft. Despite not starting until the 8th game of his first season he received all-rookie team accolades. He went on to have a brilliant 12 year career with the Bears, and was one of the top two tacklers on the team his last 10 seasons played as well as making it to the Pro Bowl in each of those ten seasons as well. He was the NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1985 and again in 1988. The 1985 season was one that the Bears were arguably the best defense ever in the NFL as they allowed a mere 12.4 points per regular season game and on their way to the Super Bowl victory outscored their playoff opponents 91-10 and Mike Singletary was the anchor of that great defense. The College Football Hall of Fame inducted Mike into their group in 1995. The Pro Football Hall of Fame followed that up with an invite to Mike Singletary of their own in 1998, his first year of eligibility. After playing Mike went into coaching even being an NFL head coach for the San Francisco 49ers for a few seasons.
NUMBERS IN SPORTS
42 – 12 – 19 – 16 – 20 – 11 – 43
October 9, 1909
October 9, 1909 – The World Series featured probably the two biggest players in the game at the time When Ty Cobb and his Detroit Tigersteammates faced the Pittsburgh Pirates and their star 3 baseman Honus Wagner. Cobb took center stage in this game when the speedster stole home in the World Series game knotting the Series at a game apiece as Detroit won 7-2 in Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field. The Pirates eventually took the Series in 7 games.
October 9, 1910 – Nap Lajoie puts on a serious challenge to Ty Cobb’s batting average title when the with 8 hits, 6 were bunts as Brown’s 3rd baseman Red Corriden played deep. Nap ended with a .383 BA while Cobb’s .382 was overtaken.
October 9, 1921 – Babe Ruth‘s first World Series home run, only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays
October 9, 1928 – World Series: NY Yankees beat St. Louis Cardinals, 7-3 at Sportsman’s Park to become first to sweep consecutive World Series; Babe Ruth smashed 3 home runs for the Yanks
October 9, 1950 – World Series: New York Yankees beat Philadelphia Phillies, 5-2 at Yankee Stadium to sweep series, 4-0 for 13th WS title in team history. New York’s second baseman Number 42, Jerry Coleman won the MVP honors. The second year player made a difference for New York as the Yankees scored only 11 runs in the Series, but Coleman knocked in three of them, including two game-winners.
October 9, 1951 – Number 12, Gil McDougald‘s World Series grand slam helps Yanks beat Giants 13-1. The young infielder added this to his first season in the MLB along with Rookie of the Year honors.
October 9, 1958 – MLB World Series once again it was the NY Yankees winning it all with victory over the Braves, 6-2 at County Stadium in Milwaukee. This win clinched the Series at 4 games to 3. Yankees pitcher Bob Turley, Number 19 won the Most Valuable Player honors for his great play. The veteran hurler also was awarded the Cy Young honor that season too.
October 9, 1961 – In the 1961 World Series, the New York Yankees clinched their 19th championship in 5 games over the Cincinnati Reds. The game 5, 13-5 blowout at Crosley Field sealed the deal. The MVP: Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford, Number 16
October 9, 1966 – At the Baseball World Series, the Baltimore Orioles claimed their first MLB title in franchise history when they edged out the LA Dodgers, 1-0 at Memorial Stadium for 4-0 Series sweep. The MVP was Orioles outfielder Number 20, Frank Robinson
October 9, 1983 – NFL Buffalo Bill QB Joe Ferguson, Number 12 passes for 419 yards with 5 TDs, winning 38-35, in overtime, over Dolphins, in Miami
October 9, 1986 – Number 11, Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo, becomes the 12th NHL skater to score 500 goals
October 9, 1988 – Dennis Eckersley, Number 43 1st to save all 4 games in a championship series
TV MONDAY
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| NLDS Game 2: Philadelphia at Atlanta | 6:07pm | TBS |
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| Argentina Primera División: Arsenal vs Banfield | 5:00pm | Paramount+ |
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| Argentina Primera División: Vélez Sarsfield vs Atlético Tucumán | 7:30pm | Paramount+ |