The Barr Reeve Softball team plays at Tecumseh tonight for the 1A Regional championship. Barr Reeve is 17-6 while Tecumseh is 25-5. The winner moves on to the North Daviess Semi state to face the winner of Clay City and Bethesda Christian. Live coverage from Tecumseh begins tonight at 6:45 pm on the General 95.9 / 101.3fm.
Barr Reeve baseball is regional bound! They play Borden in the regional semi final at 12:30 pm Saturday afternoon at Loogootee. The Vikings advanced by winning the Loogootee 1A sectional championship over North Daviess 9-3. The other semifinal will have Tecumseh taking on New Washington, with the championship Saturday night! Follow the Vikings in the post-season baseball tournament Saturday at 12:30 pm on the General 95.9 / 101.3fm.
Vincennes Lincoln beat Southridge 7-4 to win the 3A Princeton Sectional last night. Vincennes will now face Evansville Memorial at 10:00 am Saturday morning at Southridge in the regional.
It was the longest NASCAR race ever, but Denny Hamlin came out on top. Denny held off a late surge from Kyle Busch in double overtime to win the Coca-Cola 600 for the first time in his career. He also became only the 12th driver in NASCAR history to win all three of the sport’s majors – the Daytona 500, the Coca-Cola 600, and the Southern 500. In all, the race took a whopping 413 laps and almost 620 miles. CBS Sports’ Jeremy St. Louis tells us what it took for Denny to win the race.
Marcus Ericsson took the checkered flag of the 106th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. He capitalized on Scott Dixon’s mistake in the final laps of the race. Dixon, who was on the pole, lead for the majority of the race, however a pit lane violation put the Chip Ganassi driver at the end of the field in the final 30 laps. Teammate Ericsson was able to capitalize, holding off Pato O’Ward during a late restart, caused by a Jimmie Johnson wreck. Tony Kanaan rounded out the podium finishing third. Indy native, Connor Daly, lead for a brief span, and collected a top-10 finish in position 6. Helio Castroneves managed to work his way into the top 10 after starting in the bottom half of the field. For Ericsson, it was his first Indy 500 victory, and he is now the points leader in the Indy Car Series.
The Indiana Hoosiers made history over the weekend in the Big Ten Baseball Tournament. IU was able avoid elimination against Illinois on Friday night with an 8-1 win, behind a great outing from Decatur Central product in Bradley Brehmer. Then, on Saturday afternoon, the Hoosiers sent the top-seed packing with an extra inning win over Maryland. Ultimately, the season for the cream and crimson concluded with a 14-2 loss to Rutgers, in a game that finished around 4:00am local time. IU finished the season 27-32, and are not in position to make the NCAA tournament next week.
The Cincinnati Reds fell to the Giants in the series finale on Sunday, 6-4. An Evan Longoria 8th inning long ball drove in three runs that proved to be the difference. The Reds had a travel day yesterday, and kick off a series in Boston with the Red Sox tonight. The Cardinals host the Padres in St Louis tonight, and the Cubs have the Brewers in the friendly confines tonight.
