Let’s take a look at area football this week as the state tournament continues.
On Razor Radio sports Friday night the 5 and 4 North Daviess Cougars travel to the 9 and 0 Tecumseh Braves with a 7:30 kickoff. John Patrick Mullen and Braydon Wesner lend their golden voices to paint the playoff picture. These two teams got together in week one with the Braves coming out on top but as we’ve seen you can throw out those results come tournament time.
Jasper at 6 and 3 go to 7 and 3 Evansville Memorial and this winner will meet the victor of 10 and 0 Evansville Reitz versus 7 and 3 Boonville
2 and 8 Pike Central stays at home entertain 4 and 6 West Vigo and that winner will face the winner of undefeated teams Gibson Southern who travels to Owen Valley, both teams 10 and 0 in that one.
Undefeated Linton – Stockton hosts 7 and 3 Southmont for the right to face the Cascade versus Sullivan winner in a battle of 6 and 4 teams.
Meet the Lady Hatchet basketball team at Hoops Hysteria on Saturday October 29th from 7 to 9 pm. Dress in your best Halloween costume. No admission charge and there will be tons of giveaways, games and competitions. Performances by the WHS cheerleaders and dance team and MC’d by our very own DeWayne Shake.
Indiana senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis was named a Preseason AP All-American. Jackson-Davis was one of four big men on the first team list and the only Big Ten player to make it. He’s also the only player to make the list with a team that’s not in the preseason top five.
Joining TJD on the first team is:
Drew Timme, Gonzaga
Oscar Tshiebwe (SHEEBWAY), Kentucky
Armando Bacot (Baycott), North Carolina
Marcus Sasser, Houston
Last season, the Greenwood native started all 35 games and led IU in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage, made free throws, attempted free throws and blocked shots.
A familiar voice for college basketball is retiring from a longtime position. Jim Nantz will step away from calling the NCAA men’s basketball tournament after next year and will be succeeded by Ian Eagle.
CBS Sports confirmed the move Monday night. It was first reported by the New York Post. Nantz has been a part of the CBS coverage of the tournament since 1986. Next year’s Final Four will take place in Houston, 40 years after Nantz’s alma mater the University of Houston’s run to the national championship game before it was upset by North Carolina State. The 63-year old Nantz will remain the lead voice of the network’s NFL coverage, along with leading its golf team. CBS has The Masters and PGA Championship.
Brittney Griner loses appeal in Russian court and the jailed American basketball star has exhausted the last of her legal options on Tuesday. If is going to return to the U.S. anytime soon, it almost certainly will happen via a prisoner exchange. A Moscow regional court upheld Griner’s August conviction on charges of drug possession and drug smuggling with criminal intent. The court rejected arguments from Griner’s defense attorneys that her nine-year prison sentence was excessive and unjustified under Russian law. Her sentence calls for her to be transferred to a penal colony, where conditions can be more brutal and inmates are required to perform labor during their sentence. There are hundreds of penal colonies in Russia, many of them scattered across Siberia. Griner’s attorneys are expected to ask for her to be sent somewhere close to Moscow so that they can maintain contact with her, but the final decision will not be theirs.
The Indianapolis Colts today signed punter Nolan Cooney to the practice squad and released cornerback Ryan Smith from the practice squad. Cooney, 6-3, 202 pounds, has spent time with the Arizona Cardinals (2022) and New Orleans Saints (2021) but has not seen game action. He was originally signed by the Saints as an undrafted free agent in 2021. Collegiately, Cooney played in 36 career games at Syracuse and compiled a 44.8 avg with 24 punts pinned inside the 20-yard line. He earned All-America and All-ACC honors as a senior in 2020.
This Day In Sports History:
1951 Future world heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano defeats former champion Joe Louis by TKO in the 8th round at Madison Square Garden
1985 On a poor call in Game 6, umpire Don Deckinger starts a string of events probably costing St. Louis Cardinals the Baseball World Series; lose 2-1 to KC when leading series, 3-2
2018 Longest Baseball World Series game by both innings and time; LA Dodgers beat Boston Red Sox, 3-2 in the 18th inning (7 hours, 20 mins) in Game 3 at Dodger Stadium with Max Muncy walk-off homer
