Bloomington South Boys State Golf Finals at Carmel
The Bloomington South Boys Golf Team will tee off at 9:57 am this morning in the first day of the IHSAA Boys Golf State Finals at Prairie View Golf Club in Carmel, Indiana. The Panthers are paired with Indianapolis Cathedral and Westfield and four remaining Panther golfers will tee off at 10:06, 10:15, 10:24, and 10:33 this morning. All teams and Individuals will play 36 holes today and tomorrow.
Bloomington South won the Bloomington North Sectional and the Providence Regional to get to the State Finals. Sophomore Landon “Happy” Gilmore won the Individual Sectional title and was 2nd in the Regional. The Panthers have won 21 sectional championships and went back-to-back after winning a year ago, but this was their first regional title since 2008 and 7th overall.
Edgewood finished 7th in Sectional and did not advance to Regional. Bloomington North who finished 3rd in the Sectional finished 12th in the regional and did not advance to state.
Indy Eleven Women’s Soccer Team on the road at Kings Hammer FC
The Indy Eleven Women’s Soccer Team are on the road playing at Kings Hammer FC which is in Cincinnati, Ohio at 7 pm this evening. The Indy Eleven Women’s Team are 4-0-1 on the season with 13 points and are on top of the 7 team Great Lakes Division in the United Soccer Women’s League. The Eleven are in their first season and play a total of 12 games this season. Five home games are taking place at Westfield’s Grand Park Events Center (Field 2) while its regular season finale will be part of a historic Women’s & Men’s doubleheader against Detroit City FC at IUPUI Carroll Stadium on Saturday, July 9.
The Eleven have scored 17 goals and have conceded 4 goals with 3 shutouts this season. The other teams in the division are Detroit City FC and Racing Louisville, Kings Hammer FC and three additional squads from the state of Michigan in AFC Ann Arbor, Flint City AFC, and Kalamazoo FC.
Team USA U-18 Women’s Basketball Team dominates Colombia in FIBA Americas opener
Indiana University Women’s Basketball Head Coach Teri Moren is an assistant coach for USA Basketball this summer and she watched Team USA dominate Colombia 81-29 in the FIBA U-18 Americas Women’s Tournament Group B opener 81-29 Monday afternoon in Buenos Aries Argentina. Isuneh Brady led the U.S. 17 Points and Kira Rice added 16 points. Colombia had no player score more than 6 points. Moren is helping along with Dalisha Milton-Jones who is the head coach at Old Dominion and Head Coach Joni Taylor who is head coach Texas A&M after leaving The University of Georgia after this past season.
The Americans relied on strong defense throughout after opening the game on an 11-0 run through the midpoint of the first quarter. Colombia got on the board at the 5:47 mark of the first quarter. However, the Colombians struggled to make field goals, shooting 14.9% (10-67 FG) from the field and converting 1 of their 24 attempts from 3-point range. The U.S. also came up with 21 turnovers, including 16 steals, resulting in 31 points. For the afternoon, USA shot 38.0% (27-71 FG) from the field, 30.8% (4-13 3FG) from 3-point range and 69.7% (23-33 FT) from the free throw line. On their field goal makes, the U.S. enjoyed great ball movement with 24 assists. The Americans saw an edge on the boards, 58-51, with two players coming away with double-digit rebounds. Alayah Del Rosario had a game-best 11 rebounds with another 10 coming from Cotie McMahon. Del Rosario also had nine points and a game-high-tying two blocks. The Americans are back in action this afternoon at 2:30 pm Bloomington time taking on Puerto Rico in the second of three Group B contests.
Indiana Fever get road win at Minnesota Lynx
The Indiana Fever snapped a five-game losing streak with an 84-80 road win against the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday night. Indiana has now won both matchups against the Lynx this season and improves to 4-12, while Minnesota drops to 3-11. Rookie forward NaLyssa Smith led the Fever with a career night, breaking the 20-point threshold for the first time in her young career as she was one of four Fever players to score in double figures. Smith started off hot with 13 points in the first half and would finish with 21 points and 14 rebounds for her third double-double this season to go along with four assists and two blocks. As a team, Indiana recorded season-highs in both assists (25) and blocks (9) in the win.
Indiana shot 50% from the field and hit four 3-point field goals in the first quarter — three from Guard Kelsey Mitchell alone ― and trailed by just one after the first 10 minutes. The game remained close in the second quarter, but a 9-2 Fever run led by Kelsey Mitchell and Danielle Robinson gave Indiana the 43-38 lead going into halftime. Robinson ended the game with 16 points and six assists, her third game with at least six dimes. Minnesota came out of halftime hitting seven of its first 10 field goals to tie the game at 53 with 6:13 left in the third quarter. Four of those shots came from forward Nikolina Milic, who scored 13 in the quarter and ended the game with 23 points. Outscored 29-19 in the third, the Fever trailed 65-62 heading into the fourth quarter. In the final frame, a big momentum shift came following a foul by Fever forward Victoria Vivians on Lynx guard Aerial Powers. The brief on-court altercation following the whistle led to Fever center Queen Egbo, Smith and Powers receiving technical fouls.
After Minnesota’s possession, Smith hit a tough jumper to cut the Lynx lead down to two with 5:27 left in the fourth quarter. A big three-pointer by Robinson coupled with two pivotal three-pointers from Vivians kept Indiana down one with 1:47 left. From that point on, the Fever held the Lynx scoreless as Vivians would hit another three-pointer to take the lead 81-80 and Indiana held on to deliver the fifth loss in the last six games to Minnesota. After hitting all three of her three-pointers in the fourth quarter, Vivians finished the game with 15 points and a season-high five assists. Kelsey Mitchell also scored 15 points, making it her 13th game in double-figures this season. For Minnesota, Powers logged her first double-double of the season with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Both guard Moriah Jefferson and forward Bridget Carleton scored 11 points. The Fever return to Indiana Farmers Coliseum tomorrow to face the Phoenix Mercury at 7 p.m.
Indianapolis Indians Coverage
Indians Begin Six Game Series in Gwinnett
The Indianapolis Indians hit the road this evening to begin a six-game series with the Gwinnett Stripers at Coolray Field in Gwinnett Georgia at 7:05 pm this evening. The Indians are 30-28 on the season and took four out of six with the Columbus Clippers at Victory Field. Gwinnett is 29-31 on the season losing four out of six games at Jacksonville. Wednesday through Friday first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 pm. Saturday’s game will start at 6:05 pm and Sunday’s game will start at 1:05pm.
The Pittsburgh Pirates announced Monday that they have recalled their #21 prospect by MLB Pipeline, Canaan Smith-Njigba. He will become the sixth Indianapolis Indian from the 2022 squad to make his major league debut this season, following outfielders Cal Mitchell and Travis Swaggerty, and pitchers Cam Alldred, Yerry De Los Santos and Beau Sulser.
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