Washington Hatchet Baseball Players and Parents are reminded tonight is the annual awards banquet for the team in the WHS Cafeteria. The program begins at 6pm. All players and parents are encouraged to attend.
Washington will host the Bobcat of Daviess County Girls Basketball Shootout tomorrow. Teams competing include Washington, Bedford North Lawrence, Mooresville, Gibson Southern, Evansville Memorial, Silver Creek, North Harrison, and Franklin. Washington Varsity will play at the Hatchet House at 10:30 – 1:00 – 4:00. The Washington JV plays at Griffith Elementary at 10:30 – 12:30. The full schedule of games is available on the WAMW Facebook page. Cost for admission is $5.00 for the day – children 18 and under in for Free.
The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 in 10 innings to win their fifth straight. The game was scoreless heading into extras, and with the bases loaded in the top of the 10th, Eugenio (ay-you-HAY-nee-oh) Suarez was hit by a pitch to bring in the first run of the game. Kyle Farmer followed with a sac fly to give the Reds an insurance run. With the tying and winning runs on base, Amir Garrett came in and shut the door for the final out. In New York, Taijuan Walker struck out 12 and the Mets beat the Cubs 3-2. Paul Goldschmidt hit a walk-off home run as the Cardinals won 2-1 over the Marlins.
The state of Indiana will be well-represented in swimming at the Olympics later this summer in Tokyo. IU grad Lilly King will attempt to defend her gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke after recording the fastest time in the U.S. Olympic swimming Trials in Omaha. The 24-year-old Evansville native won two gold medals in 2016 and is the world record holder in the 100-meter. Fellow Hoosiers Annie Lazor and Bethany Galat finished third and fourth in the heat. Carmel High School picked up its first-ever Olympic swimmers. Drew Kibler finished third in the 200-meter freestyle and will participate in the 800-meter freestyle relay in Tokyo. Minutes later, Jake Mitchell qualified in the 400-meter freestyle with a dramatic swim by himself. The 19-year-old recorded a time of 3 minutes, 45.8 seconds, which was just over one second better than the time he needed to beat.
IndyCar driver Rinus VeeKay suffered a broken clavicle in a bicycle accident Monday. According to his Ed Carpenter Racing team, VeeKay underwent successful surgery and will miss this weekend’s race at Road America. Oliver Askew will fill in in the number 21 Chevy. The injury occurred on a cycling trail during a training ride, and the team said VeeKay is in good spirits and has no other injuries. The 20-year-old Dutch driver is fifth in the point standings and recorded his first career win last month at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced that next month’s NASCAR Cup race at the track will be named the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard. For the first time, the Cup Series will compete on the IMS road course after the Brickyard 400 had been held on the famed 2.5 mile oval since 1994. The Verizon 200 at the Brickyard on August 15th will be the crown jewel of a triple-header weekend, with IndyCar and the NASCAR Xfinity Series racing on the road course Saturday. Verizon has been a long-time sponsor of Team Penske and IMS, and was the series sponsor for IndyCar from 2014 through 2018.
