2022 Monroe County Sports Hall of Fame class inducted tonight
The 2022 Monroe County Sports Hall of Fame Class will be inducted tonight at the Monroe Convention Center. The evening gets underway at 5 pm with a meet and greet that is open to the public. At 6 pm everyone moves into the Grand Ballroom for a reception followed by a dinner at 6:45 pm with awards starting 7:30 pm. The Monroe County Sports Hall of Fame was founded on May 11, 2009 by former Bloomington Herald Times Sportswriter Lynn Houser and Former Bloomington South Baseball Coach Grier Warner who is being inducted this evening. The First Class was inducted in 2011 and has 14-member board led by President David Hays. The Sports Hall of Fame Honors one Female and Male Scholar Athlete from each of the three high schools Bloomington North, Bloomington South and Edgewood with a scholarship award. The Scholarship Athletes for 2022 are Kristina Paegle-Swimming and David Nussbaum-Football of Bloomington South. Kyla Kante-Track and Reece Lozano-Football of Bloomington North. Zach Raake-Track and Carly Sherfield-Basketball of Edgewood. The Scholarship awards were presented in June at a separate ceremony.
This Year’s class includes 6 Athletes, 2 Coaches, and 2 Contributors/Humanitarians. The Athletes include Claire Schaffer who graduated from Bloomington South in 1975 and was a three-sport athlete in Volleyball Basketball and Track. Chris Lawson who was a 1989 Indiana All Star for Bloomington South and played for Bob Knight at IU before finishing his career at Vanderbilt. Ron Brinegar who graduated from Bloomington HS in 1960 and was a three-sport athlete. Ike Martin who has won 12 Bloomington City Golf Championships and graduated from Bloomington South in 1973. Jerry Blackwell who won 14 straight Bloomington Slow Pitch Softball League Home Run titles from 1972-1985 and Amy Crozier who graduated from Bloomington North in 1981 running Track and Cross Country.
The coaches include Bob Jones who has been the Head Baseball Coach at Edgewood for 36 seasons winning over 500 games and leading the Mustangs to the 2019 Class 3A State Championship game against Andrean. Grier Warner who was the Head Baseball Coach at Bloomington South from 1980-2007 winning 419 games along 8 Sectional and 2 Regional titles. The Contributors/Humanitarians include Al Gallo who coached for over 50 years in 4 sports at 4 County High schools and will celebrate his birthday on Saturday. Jim Jackson who graduated from Bloomington North in 1976 and played baseball at IU has gone to be 35-year umpire at the State, National and International levels.
Indiana Cutters host reunion game against Southern Ohio Blaze
The Indiana Cutters will welcome back former Players, Coaches and Staff as they host the Southern Ohio Blaze Saturday night at Martinsville HS with kickoff scheduled for 6 pm. The Cutters will recognize everyone who has been a part of the organization at halftime. The Cutters have been the longest running semi pro football organization dating back to 2007. The Cutters won three Interstate Football League Championships in 2008, 2009 and 2013. The Cutters were the Interstate Football League Runner up in 2011.
This Year’s Cutters are 2-3 on the season after a 40-19 loss against the Columbus Gladiators last Saturday night in Lancaster Ohio. Kenny Martin was 7-17 passing for 112 yards 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions. Isaiah Moore caught four passes for 98 yards and a touchdown, Moore has 5 receiving touchdowns on the season ran the ball twice for 11 yards. Noah Ponce scored his first touchdown of the season. Dre Adkins hit 2 field goals and Torrell Williamson had 14 Carries for 87 Yards. The Cutters have scored 99 points on the season and have given up 128.
The Blaze come to Martinsville with a 4-0 record after 27-6 win over the Indiana Tornados last Saturday Night in Cincinnati. The Blaze have scored 69 points on the season and have given up 28. This will be the first of two meetings between these two teams in the next three weeks. The teams will meet in Cincinnati on July 30. This game is critical for playoff seeding. The Blaze is on top of the conference while the Cutters are tied with the Tornados for third place. The Cin City Buccaneers are 4-1 and The Kentucky Cardinals are 2-4. The Top four teams in the Conference make the playoffs and with five games left in the regular season every game matters.
Bloomington Speedway hosts big night of racing
The Bloomington Speedway hosts another Friday Night of racing. Sprints, Super Stocks, Open Bombers, Hornets, MMSA and Modlites are all on the racing menu this evening. The Pit Gates open at 4 pm and tickets are $ 35 and $ 15 for children 10 and under. Main Gate opens at 5pm and admission is $ 20 and children 10 and under are free. Hot Laps get going at 6:30 pm and Racing starts at 7:30pm. This will be the sixth Friday Night the speedway as been able to race. Mother nature has rained out the other 6 dates so far and there are six more dates left in the season after this evening’s action. For more information visit www.racebloomingtonspeedway.com.
Bloomington City Golf Tournament concludes this weekend
The 94th annual Bloomington City Golf Tournament will conclude this weekend with Championship flights Saturday and Sunday at the 72-hole Cascades Golf Course on the Northside of Bloomington. The tournament will be conducted on the Quarry and Pine Courses. 116 golfers entered the tournament this year with qualifiers that were held last weekend. There are no Junior divisions or Women’s Divisions this year because there were not enough entrants to meet the minimum requirement of four players. Champions will be crowned Phil Talbot Men’s Division, Paul Gray Senior Division and the Ross Rush Super Senior Division.
Indianapolis Indians Coverage
Indians Drop Two in Columbus
The Indianapolis Indians lost to the Columbus Clippers 8-3 Wednesday Night and 7-0 Thursday Afternoon at Huntington Park in Columbus Ohio. In Wednesday Night’s Game Rodolfo Castro hit a tape-measure solo home run in the opening frame, but the Columbus Clippers used a five-run bottom of the first to take the lead and not look back. Castro’s ninth blast of the season sailed to deep right and out of the ballpark, but it was quickly overshadowed by Columbus’ first inning burst against Miguel Yajure. Richie Palacios tied the game with a run-scoring triple and touched home on a Will Brennan single that put the Clippers on top, 2-1. Yajure (L, 2-2) then issued his second walk of the inning ahead of a deep flyout that put runners at second and third base with two down, and Trenton Brooks clubbed an 0-2 pitch off the scoreboard in right for a three-run homer. Columbus’ success against Yajure continued in the third inning. With one away, the Clippers strung together two singles and a walk to knock the right-hander out of the game, and Brooks greeted Travis MacGregor from the bullpen with a ground-rule double to plate two runs. Yajure was charged with seven earned runs in just 2.1 innings pitched. After Indianapolis went quietly in its half of the fourth inning, the game entered a rain delay that lasted 1 hour and 12 minutes. Bligh Madris finished with two hits and drove in the Indians’ second run with a fourth-inning single. Indy’s third run came in the seventh thanks to consecutive singles by Hoy Park and Mason Martin that preceded a passed ball. Enright (W, 2-0) recorded five strikeouts in 2.0 shutout innings after the rain delay. Will Benson belted his 15th home run of the season for the Clippers in the sixth off Matt Eckelman.
Despite starting pitcher Jerad Eickhoff throwing 6.0 two-run innings, Thursday afternoon’s game was all Columbus. In the bottom of the third, Will Benson smacked a leadoff home run over the right-center fence to give Columbus (49-38) a 1-0 lead. The Clippers would lead for the remainder of the ballgame, and tacked on insurance with a home run by Richie Palacios in the sixth and burst for five more runs in the seventh. RHP Peyton Battenfield (W, 6-5) tossed 8.0 shutout innings with six strikeouts. He threw 5.1 perfect innings before Jared Oliva ripped a single up-the-middle to give the Indians (41-44) their first baserunner of the contest. Oliva was erased in the following at bat when Jamie Ritchie grounded into a double play. Eickhoff (L, 5-4) deposited his second consecutive quality start for the Indians. In 6.0 innings of work, he allowed two runs on three hits – two of which were solo home runs. The Indians and Clippers continue their six-game series on tonight and Saturday at 7:05pm at Huntington Park and will play the sixth and final game of the series at 4:05pm Sunday afternoon.
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