Indiana University Women’s Soccer Dominates Youngstown State 6-1 in the Season Opener The Indiana Hoosiers kicked off the 2025 Women’s Soccer Regular Season with a 6-1 win over the Youngstown State Penguins Thursday Night at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Indiana is 1-0 on the season and it’s the first win for new Head Coach and Former IU Men’s Soccer Player Josh Rife who returns to Bloomington after a six-year run at Ball State University. Rife was facing Youngstown State Head Coach Rich Wall who was an assistant coach for Rife at Ball State during the 2019 Season as the Cardinals won 15 games and finish the Regular Season as Mid-American Conference Runner Up. Indiana has won the last three season openers. Wall takes over Youngstown State after two seasons at Mercyhurst and looking to make his mark on a program who has only had 1 winning season in the history of its program beginning its 30th season. The Penguins made the trip to Bloomington for their first ever meeting with the Hoosiers and their fourth all-time meeting against a Big Ten and still looking for their first win after pervious losses twice to Ohio State and Michigan. Michigan will host Youngstown State in September.
Indiana took control early getting 3 shots in the first ten minutes before Haden Vleck scored in the 12th minute right in front of the center of the goal off her right foot to beat Penguins Goalkeeper Maya Naimoli to put the Hoosiers up 1-0 as Vleck scores her second career goal. Vleck a Sophomore Defender along with Sophomore Forward Aleyna Quinn and Junior Forward Kennedy Neighbors were named to the 2025 Preseason Big Ten Players to watch list earlier this week as the Hoosiers are picked to finish 17th out of 18 teams only ahead of Maryland. The Hoosiers put 12 shots in the first half and four goal as Youngstown State struggled to string good passes together and did not have a first half shot attempt. Youngstown State Sophomore Goalkeeper Maya Naimoli made 4 saves and battling the Indiana front line all half. Indiana committed four fouls and Youngstown State committed three. The Hoosiers had 4 corner kicks as the Penguins had 2 and neither team was called for offside.
Dani Jacobson replaced Rainey between the pipes for the Hoosiers. Indiana scored their second goal two minutes into the second half as Sophomore Maggie Ledwith scored her first career goal rocketing a shot of her right foot and into the bottom left corner past Maya Naimoli. Ledwith had 1 assist in her freshman season for the Hoosiers. Youngstown State got their first shot attempt right after the Indiana goal by Kamryn Rosa and Jacobson making the first save of the match for the Hoosiers. Indiana scored a third goal in the 60th minute with Sophomore transfer Aleyna Quinn scoring her first goal of the season with the assist to Ledwith and Grace Hamm to give the Hoosiers a 3-0 lead. Ledwith added her second goal of the night two minutes later to give the Hoosiers a 4-0 lead. Sara Felder had the Penguins second shot attempt of the match in between the Hoosiers third and fourth goals as Jacobson made her second save of the night.
Youngstown State’s Kamryn Rosa was booked in the 62nd minute for unsporting and Naimoli who faced 23 shots including 11 on goal and made 7 saves was subbed off as Nikki Whyte replace her at the 65:12 mark. Sarah Sirdah converted a penalty kick in the 75th minute passed Whyte for a 5-0 Hoosier lead. Youngstown State scored with 10 minutes left Baliee Williams scored past Dani Jacobson with the Assist to Leah Weiland to make it 5-1. Indiana added a sixth goal in the 89th minute with Sarah Sirdah scoring her second goal of the night with Ella Stanley getting the assist. Indiana outshot the Penguins 32-3 and 14-5 shots on goal. Whyte made 2 saves for Youngstown State and Jacobson made 2 saves for Indiana. Youngstown State committed eight fouls and the Hoosiers committed seven fouls. Indiana took 11 corner kicks and the Penguins had 3 corner kicks. Indiana will be back in action next Thursday Night at 5 pm when they host the Ball State Cardinals at Bill Armstrong Stadium and that will be the first game of the Doubleheader as the Indiana Men’s Soccer team will face the Clemson Tigers in a Top 15 Matchup at 8 PM to kick off their regular season.
High School Football Begins Tonight with Controlled Scrimmages The High School Football Regular Season begins one week from tonight and all Indiana High School Football teams will get a dress rehearsal this evening as they battle against another team in a controlled scrimmage. Bloomington South will host Lawrence Central Edgewood will host Indian Creek Bloomington North will travel to Martinsville and Owen Valley will host North Daviess as four games kickoff at 7 PM. Practice started on August 4 and each team had an Intersquad Scrimmage on August 9. Four Bloomington Radio Stations will be broadcasting High School Football All season long. WCGL and WHCC will cover all three Monroe County High School Football Teams. WVNI will cover the Bloomington Schools and WCLS will cover Edgewood and Owen Valley and below is schedule for each Radio Station for the 2025 Regular Season.
WGCL 98.7 FM/1370 AM August 22nd Mooresville at Bloomington North 7 PM
August 29th Martinsville at Bloomington South 7 PM
September 5th South Putnam at Edgewood 7 PM
September 12th Bloomington North at Bloomington South 7 PM
September 19th Terre Haute North at Bloomington North 7 PM
September 26th Southport at Bloomington South 7 PM
October 3rd Bloomington South at Columbus North 7 PM
October 10th Bloomington South at Brebeuf Jesuit or Columbus North at Bloomington North 7 PM
October 17th Center Grove at Bloomington South 7 PM
WCLS 97.7 FM August 22nd Mitchell at Edgewood 7 PM
August 29th Southmont at Owen Valley 7 PM
September 5th South Putnam at Edgewood 7 PM
September 12th Edgewood at Owen Valley 7 PM
September 19th Edgewood at West Vigo 7 PM
September 26th Sullivan at Owen Valley 7 PM
October 3rd Sullivan at Edgewood 7 PM
October 10th Edgewood at Northview or Owen Valley South Putnam 7 PM
October 17th Heritage Christian at Owen Valley 7 PM
WVNI 95.1 FM August 22nd Columbus East at Bloomington South 7 PM
August 29th Bedford North Lawrence at Bloomington North 7 PM
September 5th Bloomington South at Terre Haute North 7:30 PM
September 12th Bloomington North at Bloomington South 7 PM
September 19th Terre Haute North at Bloomington North 7 PM
September 26th Southport at Bloomington South 7 PM
October 3rd Columbus East at Bloomington North 7 PM
October 10th Columbus North at Bloomington North 7 PM
October 17th Center Grove at Bloomington South 7 PM
WHCC 105.1 FM August 22nd Columbus East at Bloomington South 7 PM
August 29th Bedford North Lawrence at Bloomington North 7 PM
September 5th South Putnam at Edgewood 7 PM
September 12th No Game due to Indiana State at Indiana playing the same night
September 19th Terre Haute North at Bloomington North 7 PM
September 26th Southport at Bloomington South 7 PM
October 3rd Sullivan at Edgewood 7 PM
October 10th Columbus North at Bloomington North 7 PM
October 17th Center Grove at Bloomington South 7 PM
Indiana University Football Safety Louis Moore Receives Temporary Restraining Order to Remain Eligible Indiana safety Louis Moore was granted a temporary restraining order Wednesday against the NCAA in connection with his pursuit to play for the Hoosiers in 2025. For now, he’s eligible. But this is not the final step in Moore’s battle against the NCAA. According to Dallas County, Texas court records, the case now proceeds to an Aug. 27 hearing. The purpose of the hearing will be to determine whether this temporary restraining order should be made a temporary injunction pending full trial on the merits. A temporary injunction would likely clear Moore to play for the full 2025 season. Moore was at risk of being deemed ineligible by the NCAA on Aug. 25 when the fall semester commences in Bloomington. “This Court further finds that there is evidence that Moore will be harmed irreparably if he is not able to join the Team for practice on August 25, 2025, because Indiana will not be able to guarantee Moore’s place on the Team’s roster for the 2025-2026 season and therefore deprive Moore of the opportunity to play Division college football,” the presiding judge wrote in the decision.
The parties have been ordered to mediation in the days leading up to the next hearing. Moore is suing the NCAA for another year of eligibility. According to court records, Moore first enrolled in college (Navarro Junior College) in 2019, and he was redshirted that season. Moore’s 2020 fall season at Navarro was canceled and moved to the spring of 2021. He played in two games that spring, a season that does not count against eligibility because of the COVID-19 blanket waiver. Moore’s 2019 redshirt year plus his fall 2021 season at Navarro, 2022 and 2023 seasons at Indiana, and 2024 season at Ole Miss represent his four seasons to compete within a five-year window, Moore contends. But at issue as whether Moore should get an extra year of eligibility after the NCAA granted institutions a blanket waiver in the wake of a case related to Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia. The Pavia waiver has the effect of junior college seasons (in this case Moore’s 2021 season) not counting against eligibility. Moore and the NCAA are at odds regarding whether the Pavia waiver applies to his fact pattern. He requested a waiver to play in 2025, and it was denied, leading to the legal contest.
Indiana Pacers Schedule for the 2025 NBA Emirates Cup Announced Indiana Pacers fans have to wait one more day to see the full 2025-26 schedule, but they now know four more dates that Indiana will be in action this fall. The NBA announced the full schedule for Group Play games for the 2025 NBA Cup on Wednesday afternoon. The Pacers are in East Group A for this year’s version of the annual in-season tournament, a group that also features Cleveland, Atlanta, Toronto, and Washington.
For Group Play, the Pacers will host two games at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on holiday Fridays. They tip off NBA Cup action on Halloween night (Friday, Oct. 31), when they welcome Trae Young and the Hawks to Gainbridge Fieldhouse at 7:00 PM ET. Indiana won’t play another NBA Cup game for three weeks, when they resume Group Play with a playoff rematch against Donovan Mitchell and the Cavs in Cleveland on Friday, Nov. 21 at 7:00 PM ET. That game will be broadcast nationally on Amazon Prime. The Pacers then head to Toronto to take on Scottie Barnes and the Raptors on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 7:30 PM ET. Two nights later, they wrap up Group Play by hosting the Wizards on Friday, Nov. 28 at 7:30 PM ET for the franchise’s traditional home game on “Gold Friday,” the Friday after Thanksgiving.
The NBA Cup format is the same as it has been for the past two seasons. The top four teams in each conference at the conclusion of Group Play (the three group winners and one wild card team) will advance to the Knockout Rounds, an eight-team, single-elimination tournament. Quarterfinals will be hosted at the home arenas of the higher-seeded teams on Dec. 9 and 10, while the Semifinals and Championship will take place in Las Vegas on Dec. 13 and 16, respectively. All games in the NBA Cup aside from the Championship game count towards the regular season standings. To ensure that all teams play 82 regular season games, the 22 teams that do not qualify for the Knockout Rounds will play two regular season games on Dec. 11 or 12 and Dec. 14 or 15, while the four teams that lose in the Quarterfinals will play one regular season game on Dec. 11, 12, 14, or 15.
The Pacers have had success in this event before, advancing to the championship game in the inaugural edition in 2023 (then known as the In-Season Tournament). They will try to advance to Las Vegas for the second time in three years this fall. With the reveal of the Group Play schedule, Pacers fans now know five dates that the Blue & Gold will take the floor in 2025-26. The league announced on Tuesday morning that Indiana will open the season by hosting the Oklahoma City Thunder in a rematch of the 2025 NBA Finals on Thursday, Oct. 23 at 7:30 PM ET. The full schedule for the 2025-26 season was announced on Thursday.
Scranton Wilkes-Barre Walks it Off in the Bottom of the Ninth against the Indianapolis Indians The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders overcame two late Indianapolis Indians rallies to even the series on Wednesday night at PNC Field, 6-5. T.J. Rumfield singled home two runs in the bottom of the ninth for the walk-off win. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (30-11, 68-45) entered the bottom of the ninth in a 5-4 deficit. With rain coming down, Eddie Yean entered and issued back-to-back walks to Ismael Munguia and Omar Martinez. Jorbit Vivas then bunted them both into scoring position to setup Rumfield’s winning knock.
Indianapolis (25-16, 67-48) rallied from a 3-1 deficit to briefly take a 4-3 lead in the top of the eighth, butt he RailRiders tied it with a solo home run from Jose Rojas in the bottom half of the frame. Indy took advantage of the wet conditions in the top of the ninth to go back in front. Ji Hwan Bae reached on a fielder’s choice and advanced to third after back-to-back walks to Nick Yorke and Nick Solak. One out later, Matt Fraizer drew a bases-loaded free pass to force home Bae to give Indy a short-lived 5-4 advantage. The Indians held an early lead thanks to a solo homer from Brett Sullivan in the second, but the SWBbuilta 3-1 lead in the fifth. Braden Shewmake led off with a walk and scored when Munguia tripled into the right-field corner. Martinez plated Munguia with a sacrifice fly. Vivas then singled and got to third on an error. He scored on a wild pitch for the final run of the rally.
SWB starter Allan Winans entered with an unblemished 10-0 record and 1.16 earned run average. He overcame early traffic on the bases to limit the Indians to one run over five innings. Harrison Cohen (W, 2-0) faced one batter and recorded the final out of the top of the ninth and was handed the win. Hunter Barco worked four shutout innings as the Indy starter, his second straight such outing. He scattered three hits and struck out five. Eddie Yean (L, 6-5) took the loss after he pitched the ninth.
Taylor Trojans Receive Votes in the NAIA Preseason Women’s Volleyball Poll The TU Volleyball program received votes in the NAIA Preseason Top-25 poll released Wednesday morning. Taylor picked up seven votes, good for a spot in the top 50 teams entering the season. The Trojans return a pair of All-Crossroads League players in Mckaylah Flagle and Lindsay Springer. Flagle was one of the top liberos in the NAIA a season ago, notching 550 digs and 4.87 digs per set. Flagle surpassed 1,500 career digs in the final match of last season and sits in fourth in program history with a career mark of 4.05 digs per set. Springer has shined as the setter in her two seasons at TU, collecting 2,442 assists in 239 sets for an average of 10.22 assists per set. Springer is fifth in program history in assists per set and became more of an offense threat last season by almost doubling her kill total to 76. In addition, Taylor returns Daya Vestal, who was named to the Crossroads League All-Freshman Team after finishing the year strong with 87 kills and 33 blocks in 49 sets. Reagan Klieman also returns after producing a team-best 2.65 kills per set and 252 total kills, which was second on the squad.
TU has a couple of newcomers ready to contribute, with Ellie Frey, a transfer from Grand Canyon, chief among them. Frey was named to the GCU All-Invitational Team and collected 107 kills and 55 digs in 54 sets for the Lopes. Mackenzie Gerig comes to the Trojans after a year at Calvin, where she recorded 359 digs, 3.95 digs per set and 27 service aces as the team’s libero. Margo Hernandez joins the Trojans after two years at South Alabama, where she performed well in spot duty with 18 assists and 17 digs in 36 sets. The Trojans begin the season this morning at the Palm Beach Juniors Classic hosted by Keiser with a match against Keiser (0-0) at 10:00 am, before facing off with No. 11 Montana Western (0-0) at noon.