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Local Sports News: July 22, 2024
Monroe County Sports Hall of Fame Celebrates its 14th Induction Class The Monroe County Sports Hall of Fame Celebrated its 2024 10 Member Induction Class with a sold-out crowd at the Monroe Convention Center Friday Night in Downtown Bloomington. Since 2011 Monroe County Sports Hall of Fame has inducted 147 Athletes, Coaches, Contributors and Humanitarians and all 14 plaques hang in Fountain Square Mall in Downtown Bloomington. Six Scholarship Athlete Award Winners were honored in separate ceremony in June with a $1,000 Scholarship as One Female and One Male from Bloomington North, Bloomington South and Edgewood High Schools are honored. Since 2011 $ 72,000 dollars has been given to 87 scholarship award winners. Annalise Coyne from Bloomington South and Hadley Lucas from Bloomington North were in attendance with their families. Coyne will attend Purdue University along with Riley Haskett and Joshua Kohne of Edgewood HS. Lucas is headed to the University of Wisconsin for Track and Field. Jaidyn Johnson from Bloomington North is headed to the University of Louisville for Track and Field and Ryan Rheam from Bloomington South is already at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York along with his brother.
Plans Revealed For Monon South Trail
The Monon South Trail is underway with Phase 1. This includes construction schedules, design standards, and interpretive programs. The ribbon cutting for the project was held Tuesday, July 16, at Borden Community Park, as a crowd of about 100 looked on. There was a Community Upgrade Meeting here in Salem...
Will Indiana University restrict speech in class, dorms? Will flyers be allowed?
Could Indiana University students face consequences for expressing an opinion in class? Will flyers be prohibited on campus? Will IU prevent students from sharing their thoughts in the halls of their dorms or outside on the lawn?. Indiana University’s new “expressive activities” policy is raising eyebrows from First Amendment experts...
Indiana football: Three questions for Curt Cignetti at the 2024 Big Ten Media Days
BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti will make his Big Ten Media Days debut this week. Cignetti will take the stage at Lucas Oil Stadium on Thursday alongside linebacker Aiden Fisher, running back Justice Ellison and offensive lineman Mike Katic. It will be the first time the former JMU coach speaks to reporters since an NIL-related event in June.
Indiana Town Backs Out of Pride Festival – Now It’s Getting Sued
The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the town of Loogootee, Indiana, because it believes that the town violated people’s First Amendment rights by rescinding their approval for a Pride festival. Reversing Decisions. Organized by a local LGBTQ+ advocacy group called Tri-State Alliance, the town initially granted permission for...
Breakout candidates for each Big Ten football team in 2024
The new-look Big Ten football conference is going to be a fun ride in 2024 as four new programs are joining the now-divisionless league. Today, I will talk about a player on each Big Ten team who will play a huge role in shaping that program’s success this season.
‘An amazing feeling’: Inside Yogi Ferrell’s return to Indiana basketball
INDIANAPOLIS — At 4:35 p.m. Friday, two fans walked next to each other through the tunnel toward the north concourse in Butler University’s Hinkle Fieldhouse. One wore Yogi Ferrell’s purple Sacramento Kings No. 3 jersey, which he last put on in 2020, while the other wore Ferrell’s white No. 11 Indiana men’s basketball jersey, eight years after his final collegiate contest. Two sections behind them, a child wearing Ferrell’s red No. 11 jersey leaned against a railing, preparing to follow suit out of the tunnel.
Iconic Bloomington restaurant BuffaLouie's to begin serving food at IU football and basketball games
One of Bloomington's most iconic restaurants will begin serving food at Memorial Stadium and Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall this fall. BuffaLouie's has partnered with Indiana Athletics to make some of its staple food options available at IU football and IU men's and women's basketball games beginning in the 2024-25 athletic year.
Bloomington to Undergo Extensive Gas Line Upgrades, CenterPoint Energy Announces Schedule and Impact on Residents
Residents of Bloomington west of I-35W should brace for a summer filled with infrastructure upgrades as CenterPoint Energy sets its plans into motion to replace natural gas lines throughout the neighborhood. According to an update published by CenterPoint Energy, these modernization efforts will involve the installation of new, corrosion-resistant pipes designed to maintain safe and dependable gas service for the community.
Caitlin Clark flirts with another record, Fever All-Stars help Team WNBA beat Team USA
PHOENIX — Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark didn't care about breaking WNBA All-Star Game records. Unless, she said during the game, it was the record of one specific WNBA great. By the third quarter, Clark had already broken the All-Star Game record for assists by a rookie with nine....
Big Ten primer — Indiana’s greatest football moment
The Indiana Hoosiers take pride in their basketball. They don’t have a rich and lengthy history in college football. They have won the Big Ten championship exactly twice in more than 120 years of competitive football. That long run of futility at least makes it easier to identify the program’s greatest moment. The 1945 Indiana team went unbeaten and tied once, finishing fourth in the final Associated Press Poll. However, the college football landscape created by World War II had something to do with that Indiana season, which was and is a historical outlier. Another reason that 1945 season isn’t discussed...
NCAA Basketball Recruiting: Analyzing the 11 teams in play for 4-star C Eric Reibe
The lone mid-major on the list, the Harvard Crimson, will have to shock the college basketball world if head coach Tommy Amaker can land the talents of Eric Reibe. Thankfully for Harvard, Tommy Amaker is an elite recruiter considering the academic constraints surrounding the program. He is known to land...
14 News’ Randy Moore inducted into Silver Circle
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Our 14 News evening anchor Randy Moore was inducted into the Silver Circle on Saturday. The Silver Circle is one of the highest honors given by the National Academy of Television. It’s for those who have performed distinguished service within the television industry for 25 years or more.
Just days away: Vanderburgh County Fair preparations underway
VANDERBURGH COUNTY, Ind. (WEHT) — The Vanderburgh County Fairgrounds are almost ready as the county fair is just days away. Since Wednesday, organizers have been at the fairgrounds preparing for a wide range of activities, including a motocross race scheduled for Monday. Vanderburgh County Fair staff members say they expect 40,000 to 50,000 people at […]
Take a look at who qualified for the 2024 Evansville Men's City Golf Tournament
EVANSVILLE — The most anticipated moment from the Romain Cadillac Men's City Tournament qualifier every year comes at the end. Who will conquer the nerves and advance from the playoff?. This year proved once again it never gets easier. The 2024 Evansville Men's City Tournament officially begins on August...
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