
Bloomington South Senior Violet Hall Wins Three Races at the United States Outdoor Track and Field Para Championships Bloomington South Senior Violet Hall ended her summer on a high note as she won three of the five races, she competed in at the United States Outdoor Track and Field Para Championships at Historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Hall who competes for the Panthers in both Basketball and Track and Field will start school on Wednesday and there is no question she will have a big smile on her face when she comes back to school and shares her experience shining on the National Stage. Hall who was born without her lower right arm won the Women’s 200 Meter Open on Thursday with a time of 25:86 and followed it up on Friday winning the Women’s 200 Meter T44/46/64 with a time of 25:47. Hall finished the meet on Saturday competing in three events as took home the Women’s 400 Meter Mixed with a time of 1:01.07. Hall finished second in the Women’s 100 Meter T 46 with a time of 12:73 and third in the Women’s 100 Meter Open with a time of 12:77. This was the first time that she qualified for the nationals for the first time, doing so in all three races. It caps quite a junior year in which she started for a sectional and regional basketball champion and performed at the IHSAA state finals (in four events) for the first time, earning a medal with the 1,600 relay that broke the school record. She will be looking for bigger and better results as she enters her Senior Year at Bloomington South.
Former Bloomington Resident Evan Correll competed in five Men’s Wheelchair Races and finished in the top five in each race. Correll finished second in the 800 Meter T 54 with a time of 1:38.24 and the 100 Meter T 54 with a time of 14:71. Correll finished third in the 400 Meter T 54 with a time of 50.17. He finished fifth in the 1500 Meter T 53/54 with a time of 3:16.81 and the 5000 Meter Wheelchair T 53/54 with a time of 11:06.91. Correll attended St. Charles Catholic School while living in Bloomington and his family moved to Iowa during his high school years, where he was able to compete for state championships. He currently races for the University of Illinois, winning last year’s NCAA 100-meter title and regularly competes in races as long as marathons. Correll has the ‘A’ standard in the 5,000 in pursuit of a spot on the national team for the World Championships, which run September 26-October 5 in New Delhi, India. Athletes have to meet the world championship standards to be included on the team.
Indiana University Women’s Golf Announces the 2025-26 Season Schedule Indiana women’s golf coach Brian May announced the 2025-26 schedule on Friday morning. The season includes 10 regular season tournaments. “We are excited to turn the page to a new season here at IU,” said May. We have five fresh faces to go along with our three returning players. As always, our schedule is built to test our girls throughout the season, highlight our strengths, and culminate with a strong postseason push in April and May. We can’t wait to see Hoosier Nation out on the road supporting our players!”
The Hoosiers open the season with back-to-back tournaments in Big Ten Country. The Purdue Invitational, the debut event of the year, will be played from Sept. 1-2 at the Kampen Course in West Lafayette. IU will then head to Ann Arbor for the Michigan Wolverine Invitational from Sept. 7-8 at the U-M Golf Course. A busy September will conclude at the Mason Rudolph Invitational at the Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn. The three-day event will run from Sept. 19-21. The fall slate will conclude with the Illinois Invitational at Medinah from Oct. 6-7 at the Medinah Country Club and will be followed by the Landfall Tradition at the Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, N.C, from Oct. 24-26.
Indiana will take its annual training trip to Naples, Fla., in January before the spring season kicks off with the FAU Paradise Invitational at the Osprey Point Golf Club from Feb. 2-4. The Hoosiers will continue play at the Houston Cougar Invitational at the Golf Club of Houston from Feb. 23-24. March will consist of two tournaments: the Augusta Valspar Invitational (March 14-15) at Forest Hills Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., and the Liz Murphey Invitational (March 28-30) at the UGA Golf Course in Athens, Ga. The regular season will conclude at the Ohio State Buckeye Invitational at the OSU Scarlet Course from April 17-18. Postseason play will begin with the 2026 Big Ten Championships played from April 21-26 at the Oakmont Country Club in Glendale, Calif. NCAA Regionals will be contested from May 11-13 at one of six locations: Huntsville, Ala.; Ann Arbor, Mich; Chapel Hill, N.C.; Stanford, Calif.; Tallahassee, Fla.; and Waco, Texas. The NCAA Finals from May 22-27 at La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, Calif.
Former Indiana University Volleyball Player Mady Saris and Team Canada Win the Silver Medal at the NORCECA U23 Pan-American Cup Former Indiana outside hitter Mady Saris helped her Canadian National Team to a silver medal at the U23 Women’s NORCECA Pan American Cup in Mexico. Saris, who graduated last spring after a four-year career with the Hoosiers, will head off to Europe to begin her professional career this fall. After dropping the first two matches of the tournament, Saris and the Canadians rattled off three-straight wins to make the gold medal match. They were defeated by the United States on Friday evening in León. Saris was a massive contributor to her side, playing the full six rotations for a majority of the competition. She contributed 74 points in six matches (3.08 per set) and had at least nine kills in five of the six contests. Saris offered a team-best 16 kills in a five-set defeat to Cuba to begin the tournament and responded with 13 more in a semifinal, reverse-sweep victory over the same Cuban side. Saris was the top point scorer for Canada in Friday’s final against the United States. She recorded nine kills, but the Americans earned a convincing sweep behind 10 kills from Kentucky senior outside hitter Eva Hudson.
Nick Solak’s Home Run Lifts the Indianapolis Indians past the Iowa Cubs Nick Solak launched a two-run shot en route to a 5-2 Indianapolis Indians victory over the Iowa Cubs on Saturday night at Principal Park. The Indians (22-10, 64-42) plated a run in the first inning and didn’t look back, never trailing in the contest. After Ronny Simon led off the third inning with a single, he was brought home by Solak, who launched a two-run shot off Spencer Turnbull (L,0-4) to center field. Iowa (14-18, 53-53) brought the game to within one and responded with two runs of their own in the third, but the threat ended there. Nick Yorke doubled in the sixth and came around to score on Rafael Flores’ second double of the night. Flores later walked in the eighth and scored again after Shawn Ross reached on a fielding error by leftfielder Owen Caissie. Indians’ relievers Ryder Ryan (W, 5-1), Michael Darrell-Hicks, Evan Sisk and Beau Burrows (S, 1) combined for 6.1 shutout innings, surrendering just three hits and striking out eleven batters.
Indy Eleven Drops a 3-1 Home Result to the Tampa Bay Rowdies at Carroll Stadium Indy Eleven midfielder Cam Lindley became the fifth player in franchise history to make 100 career appearances in the Boys in Blue’s 3-1 setback to the Tampa Bay Rowdies at Carroll Stadium. The Carmel, Indiana, native started his 150th USL Championship game and appeared in his 175th USLC contest, with 100 of them for the Boys in Blue. He joins Ayoze (126), Brad Ring (115), Karl Ouimette (108), and Don Smart (101) in the exclusive 100 Club for the franchise. Lindley is 25th on the USLC all-time list in assists (28) in 13,099 minutes of league regular season play.
After Tampa Bay took a 1-0 lead in the match, the Boys in Blue almost countered in the 14th minute with forward Romario Williams making a steal inside the area and quickly firing a right-footed shot that just missed. Indy Eleven produced the equalizer in the 44th minute with captain Aodhan Quinn initiating the scoring sequence with a long ball down the left sideline that earned a corner kick. Midfielder James Murphy took a quick restart with a short corner to forward Maalique Foster who touched it right back. After a quick touch, Murphy delivered a cross to the center of the box where defender Ben Ofeimu headed it home for his second goal of the season. It marked the first Boys in Blue assist for Murphy, who scored his first Indy Eleven goal two weeks ago at North Carolina FC.
The first-half goal was the 16th this season for the Boys in Blue, good for a tie for second in the USLC. Indy Eleven is tied for fourth in the league with 27 goals on the campaign. After the Rowdies took a 2-1 lead in the second half, Murphy started a prime scoring opportunity to tie it in the 86th minute with a spin move in the middle of the field to create space to get it to Bruno Rendon on the right side. Rendon played a long cross to the far post to midfielder Oliver Brynéus, but his shot just missed. The Boys in Blue travel to Eastern Conference opponent Detroit City FC next Saturday at 7 pm on WRTV 6 and ESPN+. The next Indy Eleven home game is the USL Jägermeister Cup Quarterfinals vs. Greenville Triumph SC on Wed. Aug. 20 at 7 pm at Carroll Stadium. All tickets for that match are $15.
Taylor University Men’s Basketball Set to Host Elite Prospect Camp The Taylor University men’s basketball program is set to host an elite prospect camp inside Odle Arena on Saturday, September 6. The camp is open to boys entering grades 9 through 12 and will take place from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm. Check-in for the camp will begin at 8:30 am. The total cost for the camp is $95 per participant, each of whom will receive top-notch instruction from the TU coaching staff, along with demonstrations from TU players and the opportunity for five-on-five live competition. Participants will receive a tour of campus, including Taylor’s athletic facilities. Participants will get to hear from current Trojans in a player panel Q&A session and receive a Taylor basketball shirt and at the conclusion of the camp.