In Week 6 high school football action heard last night on the Sports Voice, Class 3A #2 Lawrenceburg held off Batesville 35-20, and Class 4A #1 East Central rallied to knock off Harrison 24-21 to win the I-74 Border War…
Elsewhere around the area, it was Franklin County over Greensburg 30-8; Class 1A #4 Milan clobbered Brown County 64-0; North Decatur dispatched Linton-Stockton 28-6; Paoli got past South Decatur 36-34; and Madison edged South Dearborn 18-14.
The Toronto Blue Jays got past the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 in the series lid lifter north of the border last night. Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz stole third base in the top of the 3rd inning to join the 30-30 Club. De La Cruz is just the fourth player in Reds history to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in a season, joining Eric Davis, Barry Larkin and Brandon Phillips in the 30-30 Club. The Reds hope to gain a split in the series this afternoon. Rhett Lowder (6-11, 5.79 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Reds. Coverage begins at 2:37.
In college football, #5 Indiana slid past Northwestern 29-23. The Hoosiers have won 20 in a row and are 4-0 overall and 1-0 in the Big Ten…Coming up this afternoon, third-ranked Notre Dame visits Purdue.
The Cincinnati Bengals kick off AFC North play tomorrow on the road against the Pittsburgh Steelers; and the Indianapolis Colts open AFC South play at home against the Houston Texans. Both games kickoff at 1 p.m.
The sixth-seeded Indiana Fever takes on the #3 seed and defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces to open the best-of-three first round playoff series tomorrow. Tipoff in Sin City is at 4 p.m.
