Indiana University reports tickets are sold out for Oct. 19 football game against Nebraska For the first time since 2021, an Indiana game at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington will be sold out. The program reported on Thursday afternoon there are no tickets remaining for their Oct. 19 home game against Nebraska. IU’s Memorial Stadium seats 52,626 fans. The game will be the first sellout since the 2021 game vs. Ohio State. IU also sold out the Cincinnati game earlier that year. No. 18/20 Indiana (6-0) and Nebraska (5-1) kick at Noon a week from Saturday (FOX). Fans still looking for tickets can go to Stub Hub or any other ticket broker to find tickets.
IU coach Curt Cignetti said following Indiana’s win over Maryland the crowd can make a major impact on the game. “It’s extremely valuable,” Cignetti said of the crowd noise. “Players feed off of that energy. Look, it’s all about energy, right? You’ve got to have energy to do anything, and the fans are supplying the energy, and the players are feeding off of that energy.” Coincidentally, the game will be played against a Nebraska program that has sold out every home game since 1962. Indiana also has home games later in the season against Washington, Michigan and Purdue. The school says the latter two games have a very limited inventory of seats available.
Indiana University Women’s Soccer Keeps the Golden Boot after a scoreless draw with Purdue The Indiana Hoosiers and the Purdue Boilermakers played to a 0-0 draw Thursday Night at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The Hoosiers are 6-5-2 overall and 1-6-1 in conference play and host Wisconsin on Sunday with four conference games remaining. Purdue is 6-6-2 overall and 2-4-1 in the Big Ten as both teams are fighting for the Big Ten Tournament lives. Indiana beat Purdue a season ago in West Lafayette 1-0 and retain the Golden Boot as Purdue leads the all-time series 16-5-8. “It’s nice to retain the Golden Boot what would have been nice to win the game and not have a scoreless draw” Indiana Sophomore Defender Piper Coffield said after the match.
Indiana outshot Purdue 7-4 with 2-1 shots on goal. Purdue Goalkeeper Emily Edwards made two saves and Indiana Goalkeeper Jamie Gerstenberg made 1 save and gets her school record 30th career shutout and her 4th shutout of the season. Purdue committed 7 fouls and IU two. Indiana had 3 corner kicks and Purdue had 1. In the first half both teams had 1 shot and neither was on target. The Hoosiers had one corner kick and Purdue committed four of the five fouls. Both teams had chances to get a goal, but Edwards made two huge saves to keep Indiana off the scoreboard.
There were four stoppages for potential penalties for video reviews and all four times the referee decided there were no penalties. “In the professional game there is someone in the booth saying hey you need to take a look at this” Indiana head coach Erwin van Bennekom said after the match. “Here you have coaches yelling you for a bit and decide to take a look and when there are several stoppages it takes away momentum” van Bennekom added.
Bloomington North Football Looking to Repeat as Conference Indiana Champions Week 8 of the High School Football Season will see Bloomington North travel to Columbus North with a Conference Indiana Championship on the line. Bloomington South host high scoring Brebeuf Jesuit and Edgewood hosts Northview on the red carpet in Ellettsville. The Bloomington North and Edgewood games will start at 7pm and Bloomington South will start at 7:30 pm this evening.
Bloomington North is 6-1 and will put its six-game winning streak on the line making its second straight trip to Columbus after a 28-20-win last weel at Columbus East. The Cougars have outscored its opponents 248-114 for first year Head Coach Anthony Lindsey. Bloomington North is looking for back-to-back Conference Indiana Championships after the Cougars completed a 9-0 regular season for the first time in school history in 2023.Quarterback Dash King is 54-83 with 821 yards passing for 4 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. King has scored 12 rushing touchdowns carrying the ball 98 times for 597 yards. Noah Ferree has carried the ball 96 times 485 yards and 5 touchdowns. Shaun Cooper has 72 carries for 346 yards and 4 touchdowns. Jorian Brooks has caught 23 catches for 333 yards and 3 touchdowns, Jalen Williams has 11 catches for 236 yards and 1 touchdown. Columbus North is 6-1 outscoring their opponent 239-74 and have scored 32 or more points in all six wins this season and scored 14 points in their only loss at Indianapolis Chatard.
Bloomington South is 4-3 on the season and lost 32-14 in their Conference Indiana finale against Columbus North at home last week. The Panthers have outscored the opponents 204-164. Quarterback Duncan Combs is 92-141 with 1,065 yards passing with 12 touchdowns and 5 interceptions backup Jonathan Winstead is 6-9 for 77 yards. Braylen Townsend has run the ball 166 times for 988 yards and 10 touchdowns and Hayden Clark has run the ball 26 times for 144 yards and a touchdown. Bloomington South has several weapons at Wide Receiver as Connor Parker has caught 34 passes for 295 yards and 2 touchdowns. Sam Giles 20 catches for 266 yards and 4 touchdowns, Blake Azuci 16 catches for 157 yards and a touchdown and Rylan Stikeleather 9 catches for 98 yards. Brebeuf Jesuit is 5-2 and coming off an 83-65 win over Terre Haute South. The Braves have scored 316 points and given up 214 this season for fifth year Head Coach Matt Geske who is 35-19 at the school. Bloomington South won this game in Indianapolis a season ago 51-26.
Edgewood is 2-5 on the season and have dropped three in a row scoring just 14 points in the three-game stretch. Quarterback Michael Law is 40-101 for 553 yards passing with 4 touchdowns and 8 interceptions. Law has run the ball 105 times for 290 yards and 4 touchdowns and Braxton Carpenter carried the ball 16 times for 125 yards and a touchdown along with 6 catches for 95 yards and a touchdown. Nehemiah Strunk had caught 14 passes for 212 yards and 2 touchdowns. Northview is 6-1 on the season and coming off a 41-14 loss at Cascade. The Knights have outscored their opponents 245-103 and the Knights have lost to Edgewood since August 29, 2008, when Edgewood won at home 35-14.
Bloomington South Boys Soccer advances to Sectional Championship after a shut out over Bloomington North The Bloomington South Panthers beat the Bloomington North Cougars 3-0 in the Class 3A Boys Soccer Sectional Semifinals at Bloomington South Wednesday Night. Bloomington South will face Martinsville in the Championship Game Saturday Night at 7pm. Martinsville beat Mooresville 3-1 in the second semifinal as Martinsville 14-1-3 makes its first championship game appearance in 14 years.
The game was scoreless in the first half and Bloomington South got on the board in the 46th minute with Stefan Bartlett getting the header off the Gus Hanjorgiris cross for a 1-0 lead. Ely Boston scored in the 54th minute getting his head to it from Hanjorgiris. Conrad Polit cleaned up the rebound and scored in the 71st minutes as the Panthers improve to 16-1 and Bloomington North ends the season with a 10-5-1 record. Bloomington South won the regular season match 7-1 and for Bloomington North they will return eight starters next season and feel the future is very bright with the Junior and Sophomore classes.
Bloomington South Boys Tennis beats Avon in a Regional Championship Thiller The Bloomington South Panthers beat the Avon Orioles 3-2 Wednesday Night for the IHSAA Boys Tennis Regional Championship at Plainfield High School. The Panthers coached by Matt Corry have won 11 Regional Titles in Program History and their first since 2012. Avon was looking to repeat as Regional Champions after winning the school first Regional Championship a season ago. Avon won the Number 1 and Number 2 singles matches and Freshman Caleb Lian had to go the distance at Number 3 to get the win and the Panthers lift the Regional Trophy after both doubles’ teams swept the Orioles. The Panthers will face Evansville Memorial on Saturday Morning at Jasper High School for the Semi State Championship.
Former Indiana Hoosier Kyle Schwarber Eliminated from the Major League Baseball Postseason Former Indiana Hoosier Kyle Schwarber and Philadelphia Phillies saw their 2024 season come to an end Wednesday Night as the New York Mets beat the Phillies 4-1 in Game 4 of the National League Division Series at Citi Field in Queens, New York as the Mets win the series 3-1 and will face the winner of the Los Angeles Dodgers or the San Diego Padres in the National League Championship Series. Schwarber went 0-4 and struck out three times. Schwarber finishes the postseason playing in all four games going 2-16 at the plate with 2 Runs, a Home Run, an RBI, 2 Walks and 6 Strikeouts. Schwarber played in 150 regular season games with 142 Hits, 110 Runs, 38 Home Runs, 104 Runs Batted In, 22 Doubles, 106 Walks and 197 Strikeouts in 573 At Bats.
Former Hoosier Pitcher Tim Herrin made his 3rd relief appearance for the Cleveland Guardians as they fell to the Detroit Tigers 3-0 Wednesday Night in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series at Comerica Park in Detroit as the Tigers lead the series 2-1. Herrin threw 14 pitches and face three batters with two flying and lining out to left field, throwing 6 Strikes and walked one in the bottom of the fifth inning. Herrin has pitched in all three-post season appearances with 3 strikeouts and 3 walks in 2.1 Innings of work not allowing any hits or runs.