Indiana Cutters host Columbus Gladiators in Home Opener at Martinsville HS
The Indiana Cutters Semipro Football Team is back in action Saturday night at 7 o m when they host the Columbus Gladiators at Martinsville HS. This the fourth season the Cutters have called Martinsville home. The Team played at John R Wooden Middle School in 2018 and Martinsville HS for the 2019 and 2020 seasons. The Cutters played their home games at Danville HS in Danville Indiana during the 2021 season going 4-0 and looking to protect home turf in 2022.
The Cutters are 1-0 on the season after a 22-6 win on the road in Bardstown Kentucky against the Kentucky Cardinals May 14. The Cutters along with the rest of the Blue-Collar Football League have had two weeks off after severe weather wiped out all games on May 21. The Cutters were to play the Cin City Buccaneers in Cincinnati and league announced that game has been rescheduled for August 13 and will push the playoffs back one week. The league was off for the Memorial Day Holiday weekend. The Cutters are excited and ready to get back on the field Saturday night.
The Gladiators are 1-0 after a 28-24 win over the Cincinnati Dukes. The Gladiators lost in the Championship Game to the Cin City Buccaneers 23-15 in 2021 and lost to the Cincinnati Chiefs 21-0 in the 2016 Championship game. This is the first meeting between to the two teams and the teams will meet July 9, when the Cutters travel to the Gladiators.
Indiana University h ost Girls State Track and Field Finals Today
The Girls State Track and Field Finals will be held at the Robert C. Haugh Track and Field Complex on the Indiana University Campus for the 17th time. The meet was held here from 2004-2019. There was no meet in 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. In 2021 it was held at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis. It returns to Bloomington with events starting at 3 pm this afternoon and the last event scheduled for 8:30 pm. Indianapolis Cathedral is the defending state champion. Tickets are $ 12 and children 24 months and younger are admitted free. All tickets are digital through your mobile phone using the GoFan.co app.
6 Individuals and 3 Relays will represent the Monroe County Schools. Bloomington North has 5 individuals and 2 relays competing. Senior Kyla Kante 110 Meter Hurdles, Senior Bea Cakmak 1600 Meters, Senior Ella Francis 300 Meter Hurdles, Sophomore Nola Sommers-Glen 800 Meters, Sophomore Hadley Lucas Discus Throw and Shot Put along with the 4X 100 Relay and 4X 400 Meter Relay teams. Bloomington South has one individual and 1 relay team competing with Lilly Meyers in the 3200 Meters along with 4X 800 Meter Relay team. Edgewood did not advance anyone to the state meet.
Indiana University host Boys State Track & Field Finals tomorrow
The Boys State Track and Field Finals will be held at the Robert C. Haugh Track and Field Complex on the Indiana University Campus for the 17th time. The meet was held here from 2004-2019. There was no meet in 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. In 2021 it was held at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis. It returns to Bloomington with events starting at 3 pm tomorrow and the last event scheduled for 8:30 pm. Carmel is the defending state champion. Tickets are $ 12 and children 24 months and younger are admitted free. All tickets are digital through your mobile phone using the GoFan.co app.
11 Individuals and 4 relays will represent the Monroe County Schools. Bloomington North has 6 individuals and all three relays competing. Senior Reece Lozano- 200 Meters, Junior Kyle Clark 800 and 1600 Meters, Junior Broc Murphy -300 Meter Hurdles, Senior Nolan Bailey-3200 Meters, Senior Cody Mikulich-Discus Throw, Senior Marcus Wynalda-Shot Put and 4 x100, 4x 400 and 4x 800 relay teams. Bloomington South has 4 individuals and 1 relay team competing. D’Andre Black 110 Meter and 300 Meter Hurdles, Senior Murry Ross-Harman -400 Meters, Sophomore Ryan Rheam-3200 Meters, Sawyer Bailey-Pole Vault and the 4x 400 relay team. Edgewood Senior Zachary Raake is the long mustang who made to state competing in the 100 Meters.
The Unified Track and Field meet will take place at 11:30 am tomorrow on the IU Campus. This is the 8th state championship meet for Unified Track and Field. Unified Sports was first developed by Special Olympics as a means of providing a quality experience of sports training and competition in an inclusive environment that allows friendships to form. It’s the vision of this joint/IHSAA Special Olympics Indiana sports project to allow high school students with and without intellectual disabilities to collectively represent their high school in an IHSAA Sanctioned activity by participating together on a unified sports team. There are six events for the state meet which include Long Jump, Shot Put, 100 Meters, 400 Meters, 400 Meter Girls relay and 400 Meter Boys Relay.
Indiana Fever fall To New York Liberty
Fever guard Bria Hartley was activated by Indiana on May 20, but missed the last five games with a left hamstring injury after returning from overseas commitments. Hartley finished her Indiana Fever debut with 10 points in just more than 15 minutes off the bench as Indiana dropped a back-to-back matchup with the New York Liberty, 87-74, at Barclays Center on Wednesday night. The win snapped a seven-game losing streak for New York to improve to 2-7, while Indiana fell to 3-9 after completing one third of the 2022 regular season. Eastern Conference Player of the Week Kelsey Mitchell led the Fever in scoring for the ninth time this season with 17 points to go along with four assists. Victoria Vivians scored all 14 of her points in the first half, which is the eighth time in her last nine games scoring in double figures. Queen Egbo ended the game with 10 points, six rebounds and the seventh game this season with multiple blocked shots in a game.
Indiana finished the game shooting 15-of-15 from the free throw line, but it would not be enough as Indiana stalled in the second half for the second time in as many days. New York outscored Indiana 47-27 in the second half and held the Fever to 1-of-16 shooting in the fourth quarter. Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu led all scorers with 23 points on 6-of-11 shooting and seven rebounds. Center Stefanie Dolson helped New York earn its second win of the season with 16 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. Rebecca Allen and Natasha Howard each added 17 and 16 points as well as the New York starters combined for 76 of the team’s 87 points. The Fever travel to Atlanta Sunday afternoon to take on the Dream at 3pm.
Indianapolis Indians Coverage
Indians Bounce Back With 13-3 Win Over Omaha
The Indianapolis Indians offense exploded for a pair of five-run innings to lift them past the Storm Chasers on Wednesday night, 13-3. It was Indianapolis’ largest margin of victory on the road against Omaha dating back to 1988. The 10-run victory was Indy’s largest against Omaha since July 9, 1995 at Bush Stadium in Indianapolis. The previous three of the Indians’ double-digit wins over Omaha since 1988 came in Indianapolis, including a 15-0 win on Aug, 15, 1988 and an 11-1 American Association Championship-clinching victory later that same season.
In Wednesday’s win, the Indians (25-24) scored first for the eighth consecutive game courtesy of a two-out solo shot from Carter Bins in the top of the second inning. In the bottom of the fourth, Nick Pratto homered on a fly ball to right field to even the contest. With two outs in the top of the fifth inning, the Indians posted their first five-run frame of the night. Consecutive doubles from Josh Bissonette and Canaan Smith-Njigba with a pair of runners on scored three runs, and Travis Swaggerty’s third long ball of the season capped the offensive outburst.
Omaha (25-24) countered and cut the deficit to three runs in the bottom half of the fifth. A two-out, two-run single off the bat of major league rehabber Michael A. Taylor made it a 6-3 ballgame, but the threat ended there. The Indians offense continued to do damage in the next two frames, extending the lead to 8-3. Following back-to-back walks issued to Bligh Madris and Bins, Jamie Ritchie connected for an RBI single to left field in the top of the sixth. One inning later, the Indians added an insurance run with three consecutive singles from Swaggerty, Ji-Hwan Bae and Mason Martin.
Ritchie’s second hit of the night, a double in the top of the eighth, sparked Indy’s second five-run frame of the evening. The first six batters reached safely in the frame, with a bases-loaded walk and an RBI single by Bae scored a pair. With two outs, Bins then extended Indy’s lead to 10 runs with a two-run double. Osvaldo Bido (W, 1-3) surrendered three runs over 5.0 innings to earn his first Triple-A win in 14 outings (11 starts). Cam Alldred, Nathan Kirby, Zach Matson and Blake Weiman then combined to hold the Storm Chasers without a hit through the final four frames.
Omaha’s starter Marcelo Martinez (L, 1-4) yielded six runs on three hits with seven strikeouts in 5.0 innings of work. Six of Indy’s nine batters registered two hits in the win. Bins and Swaggerty led the pack with three RBI apiece, and Smith-Njigba followed with two.
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