There will be a meeting after school in the Cafeteria tomorrow for 6th to 12th grade girls wanting to play softball this year at Washington. Open Gyms start in December and fundraisers will be discussed. Every girl will need to have the paperwork filled out before Thursday and submitted to the athletic office.
There will be no Junior High Open Gyms for the rest of November!
In girls hoops last night, North Daviess improved to 3-1 with a 39-22 win over Springs Valley
The Jasper vs Evansville Bosse girls game last night was cancelled
Shoals lost to Orleans 80-45
Loogootee opened their season with a big win over Eastern Greene 67-31
Washington Catholic will host Evansville Christian tonight at the Bird Cage.
This weekend on Focus on the Community on WAMW, we will visit with the new IHSAA Commissioner Paul Neidig. Neidig took over the roll in August, and admits it has been a rough year at the new postition…
Neidig went on to tell us that many and most all of the decisions when it comes to playing high school sports and the number of fans is passed down to the school administrations and the local health departments, and talked about the tough decision to not allow Washington Football to play in the Sectional Championship this year against Sullivan…
Neidig did say his goal is to try to keep all sports going and give these student athletes the platforms they deserve. You can hear our full interview with the Commissioner Saturday morning at 8:35am on Memories. 107.9fm, and Sunday morning at 8:30am on the General.
The NFL Pro Bowl will play out this year on the EA Sports Madden 21 Video game virtually after the real-life version of the All Star game was cancelled. Fan voting started yesterday for the virtual pro bowl which will include players who made it to the Super Bowl because they won’t have to attend and play in real life. The NFL says they are uniquely positioned to transform this high profile game from live to virtual this year.
Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy says the injury to quarterback Nick Foles was not as bad as initially thought from Monday night’s loss. Nagy says the injury is a bruise and strain on the hip and glute area. Foles was scheduled for more tests yesterday following the hip pointer but is expected to be back following the Bears bye week.
Big news in baseball yesterday, as Chicago Cubs GM Theo Epsetein announced he would be stepping down as the clubs president of baseball operations. Epstein was the architect of the drought-busting Cubs Championship run in 2016. Epstein told Cubs management of his decision yesterday. The General Manager Jed Hoyer has been dubbed to step in and take his place.
