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Eagle boys eye sectional win for 4th straight year
Coach expects solid year from team and ‘to get more guys to score at the state meet’ Zionsville swimming coach Scott Kubly remembers last year’s sectional — the way his boys team was down big to Avon after the diving events,...
Lindsey to play at W. Kentucky
Perry Meridian’s Stephanie Lindsey, a member of The Indianapolis Star’s girls soccer Super Team this season, has signed to play collegiately at Western Kentucky. Lindsey played primarily in the back for this season and finished with nine...
Eagles have pieces in place for big season
4 starters return from last season’s team that won 18 games and conference title but had disappointment in sectional Is this the year for Zionsville boys basketball? It sure seems like it. “We’re excited,” said fourth-year...
Millers looking to capitalize on their experience
Last year, for the first time in his 15 years at Noblesville, coach Dave McCollough entered a boys basketball season with no seniors on his roster. It was more of a statistical oddity than a harbinger of bad news, though, as the Millers went 13-9 and...
As players, coach bond, Pike's expectations rise
Despite being loaded with talent, the Pike boys basketball team’s 2008-09 season was up and down under first-year coach Phil Spoljaric . The Red Devils returned to their sectional-winning ways after losing in the 2007-08 first round. But they...
Hamilton Heights young, but not inexperienced
Looking at the Hamilton Heights boys basketball roster, it would be easy to think the Huskies might be a year away from being a dominant team. The Huskies, however, have designs on making waves this season. Although five juniors are expected to...
Royals return 7 of their top 10 players
Hamilton Southeastern High School boys basketball coach Brian Satterfield picked up a coaching strategy while at a camp at Ohio University this summer from coach John Groce . Groce, a former Butler and Ohio State assistant, and his staff grade each...
Tigers could have tall tales to tell
Fishers’ game plan is to get the ball inside to big men, create mismatches that torment foes Fishers High School boys basketball coach Joe Leonard looks at a roster that lists players who are 6-foot-7, 6-7, 6-8 and 6-9 and sees potential. A...
After 2 strong years, Guerin Catholic must regroup
Teams lacks varsity experience, but strong showing in summer league bodes well for new season After fielding veteran squads in his second and third years at Guerin Catholic and winning a combined 33 games, Pete Smith has a relatively young boys...
Hammons gives Carmel a force in the middle
Sophomore A.J. Hammons shed weight during the summer and sharpened his offensive skills This time of year, as we preview the upcoming boys basketball season, many coaches talk with regret about what players they’ve lost to graduation —...
AFC names Manning offensive player of week
Peyton Manning’s latest fourth-quarter dramatics have resulted in the Indianapolis Colts quarterback being named the AFC’s Offensive Player of the Week. Manning passed for 327 yards and four touchdowns as the Colts remained unbeaten with a 35-34 win...
NFL probes cameraman's fall at end of Colts-Patriots game
The NFL is reviewing an incident at the end of the Indianapolis Colts-New England Patriots game when an NBC cameraman ended up on the ground after brushing against a member of the Patriots security detail. An NFL spokesman told The Star the league is...
BCA asks for ‘Rooney Rule’ guidelines in college football
Citing a continuing failure of major college football programs to hire African American head coaches, the Black Coaches and Administrators today called for a NFL-styled rule requiring minority candidates be interviewed. The BCA’s sixth annual Hiring...
Indiana Pacers hold off Nets to extend winning streak
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Never mind their inability to firmly hold onto a double-digit lead. Don’t pay attention to how the New Jersey Nets had their way in the paint in the first half, either. None of that was relevant because the test...
Colts teammates say Charlie Johnson's effort to 'improve' overblown
As the protector of Peyton Manning’s blind side, Indianapolis Colts left tackle Charlie Johnson entered this season blanketed in question marks. Media and fans wondered if the fourth-year pro could keep the three-time NFL MVP quarterback...
Things go from bad (Nets) to worse (injured) for Indy's Courtney Lee
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Luck has not been on Courtney Lee ’s side the past five months. There has been the foot problem for the former Pike High School standout. The ankle problem. Now a groin problem. And, oh yeah, Lee was traded from a...
New ice rink is planned for Indy
The Indiana Ice and Indiana/World Skating Academy are teaming up to build a new rink. Ice owner Paul Skjodt and Academy executive director Pam Robinson will announce the venture tonight when the team hosts Cedar Rapids in a 7:05 p.m. U.S. Hockey...
Foot surgery may end season for Boilers' Jackson
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — No. 7 Purdue will be without starting point guard Lewis Jackson for most, if not all, of the season. Jackson had surgery Tuesday to repair a broken foot suffered in practice last Thursday. Coach Matt Painter said he hopes...
Barringer can fulfill final college cross country goal
J enny Barringer has won NCAA track titles, broken American records, run in an Olympic final and nearly earned a world medal. The 23-year-old would have a full resume if she ended her running career now. One problem: That resume is incomplete....
Reed earns all-academic honor
Navy goalkeeper Beth Reed (Bishop Chatard) was named the ESPN The Magazine Women’s Soccer Academic All-American of the Year. Reed is a mechanical engineering major with a 3.97 grade-point average. She is ranked second in the senior class of...
In the huddle: IU
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana’s football program is making progress in the grandstands. Athletic director Fred Glass announced Tuesday that the average attendance will exceed 40,000 for the first time in 17 seasons. Even before...
In the huddle: Purdue
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue senior quarterback Joey Elliott will play his final college game against a coach he has known his entire life. Elliott’s father, John , has been a high school coach in Indiana for 32 years and is a longtime...
In the huddle: Notre Dame
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Coach Charlie Weis thinks he would know if a decision about his future has been made. “And I don’t know,” Weis said Tuesday. “With that being said, it’s full speed ahead to UConn, full speed...
On the air
NBA [chart] |7 p.m.|Knicks at Pacers FSI, 1070-AM| |7 p.m.|Cavaliers at Wizards ESPN| |9:30 p.m.|Spurs at Mavericks ESPN| [end chart] Men’s college basketball [chart] |7:30 p.m.|Earlham at Franklin 89.5-FM| |8 p.m.|Butler at Northwestern Big...
Northwestern first test on Butler's tough road ahead
For the first time, Butler visits a Big Ten arena nationally ranked and favored. The No. 11 Bulldogs will test their new status tonight against a Northwestern team reeling from the loss of standout forward Kevin Coble. Northwestern coach Bill Carmody...
QB/DB chooses Purdue
Lackawanna Junior College quarterback/defensive back Michael Eargle (6-0, 165 pounds) committed to Purdue for next season. He passed for 655 yards and rushed for 482, but his future with the Boilermakers will be in the defensive secondary....
IU-East faces Taylor in NAIA
Indiana University East will meet No. 16 Taylor at 3 p.m. Saturday in the first round of the NAIA National Tournament. IU-East qualified by winning its first Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament. IU-East freshman setter Lauren...
Mooresville wins with buzzer beater
Sharp’s jumper provides margin for Pioneers Jama Sharp hit a 15-foot jump shot as the clock expired Tuesday night to lift Class 4A No. 3 Mooresville to a 47-45 win over visiting Bedford North Lawrence. Sharp led the Pioneers (2-0) with 19...
How Ball State and Central Michigan match up
Key matchup Central Michigan QB Dan LeFevour vs. entire defense. Blitz him, he runs. Sit back, and he’s liable to hang 300 yards on you. Few QBs in the nation present the type of challenge LeFevour brings to Muncie tonight. LeFevour won the MAC...
What's a triple-quadruple? You may see one Saturday
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue has a chance to reach a rare mark in college football, one that would be a first in the program’s 122 years. The Boilermakers could have a 3,000-yard passer, 1,000-yard rusher and 1,000-yard receiver by the...
