Washington will be hosting the Football sectional Friday night at Hatchet Hollow. A reminder to Hatchet Fans all sports passes will not be accepted for this IHSAA event. Admission is $6 for kids and adults from kindergarten and up. Gates will open at 6:30pm, with kick off at 7:30pm. Washington will face off with Edgewood in round one Friday night.
North Daviess will also host round one of the Football Sectional tournament this Friday night when they welcome in Springs Valley. Again tickets will be $6 dollars at the gate. Game time at North Daviess will be 7pm Friday night.
Barr Reeve and Loogootee Volleyball teams continue to prepare this week for the Regional Tournament. Loogootee will host the 1A Regional at Jack Butcher Arena when they take on Trinity Lutheran in game two of the semi finals around noon. The first game will have Lanesville meeting Springs Valley at 10am. In Charlestown in the 3A tournament, Barr Reeve will play Silver Creek in game two at 12 noon, with the first match up pitting Greensburg against Evansville Memorial. We will have live coverage of the Vikings Saturday starting around 11:30am from Charlestown on Memories 107.9fm.
The Girls Basketball season officially got underway yesterday with the first official day of practice for players and coaches. Lots of excitement surrounding the return of Lady Hatchet Hoops this year with a great returning cast of players. The Lady Hatchet Basketball season opens November 5th in just a couple of weeks at home against North Knox. Barr Reeve will start their season with a new coach leading the way as former Hatchet JV Coach Lacey Higgins takes over the program at Barr Reeve. The Lady Vikings are scheduled to begin the season on November 9th at Orleans. Coach Joe Riggins begins his fifth season at North Daviess and will kick off the season at home against Bloomington Lighthouse November 4th. And the Washington Catholic Lady Cardinals will be at home at the Bird Cage for their opening game November 9th with Shakamak.
Derrick Henry rushed for 143 yards and three touchdowns and the Titans defense made a late goal-line stop for a 34-31 win against the Bills on ‘Monday Night Football.’
The preseason college basketball AP Top 25 was released Monday, and the Purdue Boilermakers came in at number seven. It marks Purdue’s highest preseason ranking since 2009 when the Boilers were also ranked seventh. Matt Painter’s squad returns every key player from last year’s team that went 18-10 with a first round loss in the NCAA Tournament. Indiana received votes and came in just outside the rankings at number 27. Gonzaga is the number one team in the country, followed by UCLA, Kansas, Villanova and Texas. Purdue is one of eight schools to be ranked in both men’s basketball and football. The Boilermakers’ football program checked in at number 25 this week after the Boilers upset then-number two Iowa 24-7.
A pair of Purdue football standouts were awarded by the Big Ten following the Boilermakers’ 24-7 upset of then-number two Iowa. Wide receiver David Bell and safety Cam Allen were named the conference’s offensive and defensive players of the week, respectively. The Indianapolis native Bell caught 11 passes for 240 yards and a touchdown. The 240 yards marked the second-highest single game total in Purdue history, and Bell has 38 catches for 679 yards and four touchdowns so far this season. Allen intercepted Iowa quarterback Spencer Petras twice to go with four tackles. The 25th-ranked Boilers are 4-2 and host Wisconsin Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium. Purdue is ranked in the AP Top 25 for the first time since 2007.
