Indiana Cutters win 14-6 over rival Indiana Tornados
The latest chapter in the Indiana Cutters-Indiana Tornados Semi Pro Football Rivalry was written Saturday Night at Martinsville HS where the Cutters beat the Tornados 14-6. The Cutters are 4-3 and Tornados 3-4 on the season, with chapter two coming Saturday August 6th, in Indianapolis.
After the Tornados turned the ball over on downs on the first series. The Cutters scored their 4th offensive play of the game when Travis Griffey hit Isaiah Moore for a 51-yard strike and Dre Adkins added the extra point to make it 7-0 with 9:21 to go in the first quarter. Justin Smith picked off Tornados quarterback Avery Thompson for his first interception of the season. Thompson finished the game 6-17 passing for 76 yards and no touchdown passes. The Tornados would score on 14-yard touchdown run with 14:39 left in the game but the 2-point conversion failed to make it 7-6. The Cutters would go back to work on an 8-play drive that ended with Griffey finding Marquise Holt on a 6-yard pass and Adkins adding the extra point to make the game 14-6. The Tornados had 10 penalties for 112 yards, including 3 penalties for 37 yards on the Cutters game winning drive in which two Tornados players were ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct penalties.
Griffey finished 10-15 passing for 120 yards and 2 touchdown passes. The Cutters did not throw an interception in this game which was the first time all season. Griffey ran the ball 11 times for 26 yards but had a fumble and was sacked twice. Isaiah Moore finished with 4 receptions for 92 yards and a touchdown. The Cutters ran the ball 35 times for 64 yards while the Tornados ran the ball 22 times for 46 yards. The Cutters are back in action this Saturday when the travel to Cincinnati, Ohio to face the Southern Ohio Blaze.
Indiana University Women’s Basketball will travel to Tennessee November 14th to Face Lady Vols
The University of Tennessee women’s basketball team announced four home non-conference games for the upcoming 2022-23 season. Indiana is one of them. The game is set for Monday, November 14th at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee. Tipoff time is to be determined for now.
The Volunteers and Hoosiers have only met twice in program history, the first time on a neutral court in Cincinnati where Tennessee defeated Indiana 91-52 in the 1987-88 season. Fast forward to Dec. 2020, the Volunteers took a trip to Bloomington and beat the Hoosiers on their home court 66-58 despite three Indiana players scoring in double figures. Last season, the Volunteers achieved a 25-9 overall record and 11-5 conference record in the SEC. Tennessee advanced to the Sweet 16 but was sent home by #4 seed Louisville.
Dallas Wings beat Indiana Fever at Hinkle Fieldhouse
The Dallas Wings beat the Indiana Fever 96-86 in the first WNBA Game at Hinkle Fieldhouse on the Butler University Campus Sunday Afternoon. This was the first of four Fever home games at the historic fieldhouse. The Fever started the season at Gainbridge Fieldhouse before moving over to Indiana Farmers Coliseum due to the final stage of the Fieldhouse of the future project this summer.
Kelsey Mitchell scored 34 points, Rookies and former Baylor University teammates NaLyssa Smith and Queen Egbo scored 16 and 14 points to lead the Fever. Dallas was led by former Notre Dame star Arike Ogunbowale who scored 22 points, Teria McGowan who started her career with the Fever scored 17 points, Alisha Gray added 16 and Kayla Thornton added 11 points. Former Norte Dame player Marina Mabery scored 8 points for Dallas.
Indiana led 23-17 after the first quarter but Dallas outscored the Fever 28-16 in the second quarter to lead 45-39 at halftime and controlled the second half outscoring the home team 51-47. The Fever are 5-25 on the season and have lost 12 straight games with a 3-12 home record. Dallas is 12-15 on the season and 7-7 away from home. The Fever are back in action This Friday when they host the Las Vegas Aces at 7pm.
Indy Eleven and Memphis 901 FC Soccer ends in 1-1 draw
Indy Eleven secured a point for the first time in the month of July via a 1-1 draw against Memphis 901 FC at IUPUI Carroll Stadium. Forward Solomon Asante notched his first goal with the Eleven in the 9th minute of the draw, while goalkeeper Sean Lewis equaled a club season-high with seven saves in his debut for the Boys in Blue. Indy Eleven remains in ninth place in the Eastern Conference with the result, which snapped a club-record six game losing streak. The Eleven still sits seven points out of playoff position on 22 points, but also still holds two games in hand on both seventh place Miami FC and eighth place FC Tulsa.
After 459 scoreless minutes, the Boys in Blue finally found the back of the net thanks to the goal by Asante that was assisted by midfielder Alex McQueen. The two-time USL Championship Most Valuable Player launched a shot from inside the box while falling backwards, putting his squad on the board for the first time in over a month and giving the Ghanaian a 50th regular season goal in his four seasons of USL Championship play. While Indiana’s Team finally had the ball bounce its way to start the match, it was a story of bad luck on good opportunities for 901 FC to start the match. In the first half of the opening stanza, Memphis had two shots that went off of the post and one stopped on a miraculous kick save by Lewis, who tied the league mark for most saves in a half this season with six in the first 45 minutes. The visitors also had a goal disallowed due to an offside flag in the 22nd minute.
Just a minute after the disallowed goal for 901 FC, Memphis broke through in the 23rd on a goal from Phillip Goodrum, his Eastern Conference-leading 12th of the season. While it appeared, the offside flag could also have been raised on Goodrum’s chance, it indeed stayed down, and the goal tied things up at Carroll Stadium. In a second half with much fewer looks for both sides, the Boys in Blue fought hard on several chances to regain the lead, but could not convert. In the 84th minute, Asante looked to have found a brace and the go-ahead goal, only to see another offside call go against the Boys in Blue. In stoppage time, the Eleven came oh-so close to leaving with three points when Manuel Arteaga found Jared Timmer’s cross with a diving header at the six, but he was denied by former IU goalkeeper Trey Muse, who secured the ball after it briefly became loose, sealing the 1-1 result. Indy Eleven’s will play the second game of a three-match homestand next Saturday, July 30, against the Tampa Bay Rowdies – the team Indy Eleven swapped influential players with just two days ago. Ex-Rowdies midfielder Juan Tejada went the full 90 minutes in his debut for the Eleven and will look to excel against his former squad, while Indy will see the immediate return of midfielder Nicky Law to “The Mike.”
Indianapolis Indians Coverage
Indians Take Two Out Of Three Against Saint Paul
The Indianapolis Indians won two out of three games over the weekend against the Saint Paul Saints at Victory Field in Downtown Indianapolis. The Saints won 9-8 in 10 Innings Friday Night while the Indians won 7-6 Saturday Night and 5-3 Sunday Afternoon. Indianapolis is 43-47 on the season while the Saints fall to 43-48 on the year. Indianapolis begins a six-game series at Toledo tomorrow night at 7:05pm.
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