Bloomington South Boys Golf in 3rd place at State Finals
The Bloomington South Boys Golf Team is in 3rd place after Day 1 of the IHSAA Boys Golf State Finals at the Prairie View Golf Club in Carmel on Tuesday. The Panthers shot a 308 which is 20 over par. Gurien Catholic leads with a score of 299 which is 11 over par and Westfield is 2nd with a score of 303 which is 15 over par. The Panthers lead fourth place Hamilton Southeastern by 3 strokes and fifth place Silver Creek by four strokes to round out the top five.
Connor McNeely a senior from Guerin Catholic shot a 1 under 71 to lead all golfers. Senior Hunter Melton from Carroll (Fort Wayne) and Sophomore Cody Coleman from Sliver Creek are tied for 2nd place after shooting an even round 72. Bloomington South Senior Jacob Paine and Sophomore Landon “Happy” Gilmore are tied for 14th place shooting a 4 over 76. Sophomore Conor Byon is tied for 22nd with a 77. Senior Nickolas Bellush is tied for 38th shooting a 79 and Senior Dylan Barkley is tied for 67th shooting an 84.
The Final Round kicks off this morning at 8 am with the Bloomington South Golfers starting at 9:57 am and will be paired with Westfield and Guerin Catholic. The other four Panther golfers will tee off at 10:06, 10:15, 10:24, and 10:33am this morning.
Indiana University Baseball duo earn National Freshmen Honors
The second Freshman All-America Honors for outfielder Carter Mathison and third baseman Josh Pyne came from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. They each earned second team honors and gave Indiana the only pair of position players from the same school on the list. Indiana was one of five programs with two Freshman All-Americans, joining Oregon State, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, and UCLA. IU was the only program with more multiple position players on the list, as the other four all included at least on pitcher. Along with the honors from the NCBWA, Mathison and Pyne joined teammate Brock Tibbitts on the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All America Team. It marks the third time in program history that multiple IU freshmen earned national honors (2012 & 2013).
Mathison set or tied two IU freshman records and Pyne joined an exclusive freshman group, as each earned All-Big Ten Freshman Team honors from the conference coaches at season’s end. The freshman single-season home runs leader at Indiana, Mathison became the first freshman since Sam Travis in 2012 to lead the team in home runs. His 19 long balls rank #2 all-time in Big Ten history among freshmen (21 – Brad Carlson, Iowa; 1999), passed Alex Dickerson’s IU freshman mark of 14 (2009), and finished tied for #5 on Indiana’s single-season charts. The 19 home runs helped the left-handed hitter produce 58 RBIs on the season, which tied the IU freshman record set by Phil Dauphin in 1988. The 58 RBIs ranked #2 among Power 5 freshmen nationally and led all Big Ten rookies. Along with his team-leading 19 home runs, he also paced the team with 55 runs scored and was second on the team in RBIs.
Pyne was among the top hitters in the Big Ten with a .327 batting average, which was second among B1G rookies, while his 57 RBIs ranked #@2 in the Big Ten and No. 7 nationally among rookies – No. 3 among Power 5 freshmen. That RBI total is also tied for No. 3 on Indiana freshman-only charts with Dickerson (2009) and Mike Sabo (1985). On the year, the right-handed hitter piled up 74 hits to become the sixth Hoosier freshman to reach the 70-hit mark and the first freshman to lead the team in hits since 2012 (Travis). That total led all Big Ten freshmen. The hit total included 20 doubles, which ranked tied for No. 8 on the single season charts, one triple and six home runs.
Indiana Fever sign Guard Khayla Pointer
The Indiana Fever announced Tuesday the team signed guard Khayla Pointer. The 5-foot-7 guard from LSU was selected with the No. 13 overall pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft by the Las Vegas Aces before being waived on May 2. A three-time All-SEC performer and 2022 AP All-American, Pointer ranked second in the SEC as a senior in both scoring and assists per game. She became the only LSU player in school history, male or female, to score 1,500+ points, grab 500+ rebounds and hand out 500+ assists in a career. In 2021-22, the Marietta, Georgia native was a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award as Division I’s top point guard and was one of 15 players on the Wooden Award ballot as national player of the year.
“Khayla’s style was very intriguing during the scouting period when we watched LSU throughout the season and believe she has the potential to make an impact in the WNBA,” Fever Interim Head Coach Carlos Knox said in Press Release. The Fever host the Phoenix Mercury tonight at Indiana Farmers Coliseum beginning at 7 pm.
Team USA Under 18 Women’s Basketball routs Puerto Rico in FIBA Americas Group Play
Indiana University Women’s Basketball Head Coach Teri Moren saw the United States Under 18 Team rout Puerto Rico 93-38 in the second game of group B play at the FIBA America’s Under 18 Championship Tuesday afternoon in Buenos Aries Argentina. Moren is an assistant coach for the team that is competing for four spots for the 2023 U-19 World Cup in Madrid Spain. The United States had five players in double figures led by Cotie McMahon with 15 Points. Aalyah Del Rosario and Isuneh Brady added 14 points each.
Diane Crespo led Puerto Rico with 13 points and Nicole Carreno added 12 points. The U.S is 2-0 and will wrap up group play this afternoon with El Salvador at 2:30 pm Bloomington time. El Salvador is 0-2 after losing to Puerto Rico 65-44 Monday afternoon and Colombia 63-39 Tuesday afternoon.
Indianapolis Indians Coverage
Indians Lose at Gwinnett in Series Opener
Carter Bins launched his third Triple-A home run of the season, but a three-run fourth inning by the Gwinnett Stripers handed the Indianapolis Indians an 8-2 loss in the first game of a six-game set on Tuesday night. The teams play game 2 this evening at 7:05pm
Indians Record: 30-29 (LP: Joe Jacques 0-1) / Gwinnett Record: 30-31 (WP: Kyle Muller 4-3)
The Pittsburgh Pirates announced Tuesday that they have selected the contract of catcher Jason Delay from the major league taxi squad after reliever Duane Underwood Jr. was placed on the COVID-19 injured list. He will be the first Indians catcher to debut with the Pirates since Jacob Stallings in 2016 and will become the seventh Indianapolis Indian from the 2022 squad to be added to Pittsburgh’s active roster and make his MLB debut this season.
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