Huddle Up

Congratulations to the following track athletes who won regional titles this past week! On the boys side, Matt Riehle of Milan was the 400m champ, Adam Moster of Batesville who won the 800m, and East […]

You can blame our weather today on any theory you want to choose.  All I know is that it is not like it used to be.  March winds and April showers no longer bring May […]

Since the NCAA basketball scandal of the past couple of years, the state athletic associations and the basketball coaches associations have decided to try to bring recruiting back to high school gyms. Big-time basketball men’s […]

It is the first big holiday of the summer season!  Today is Memorial Day!  Even though a lot of schools still have a week left on their schedule, everybody considers this the beginning of summer. […]

How many Indy 500 drivers can you name off the top of your head?  There are still 2 names that probably come to mind for a lot of you.  They are Andretti and Rahal.  After […]

Believe it or not, the spring sport season is rapidly coming to a close for the high schools.  Except for a couple of sports (baseball, for example) the season will be over at the end […]

Are you aware that the sectional assignments for basketball and football have changed?  For the next two years, the basketball sectional involving Batesville boys and girls has added Connersville to the list and dropped Madison […]

I have to give equal time to our granddaughter who plays fast-pitched softball in the 12 and under league.  We were able to see her play 4 games in the week we were there.  It […]

We just got back from our trip to Minnesota to see the grandkids participate in their spring sports.  Our grandson is playing T-ball this year where they only use the tee if they can’t hit […]

In a recent article in the Indianapolis Star, Matt Painter of Purdue, was discussing his desire to find a graduate transfer to replace the graduating Ryan Cline and NBA draft eligible Carson Edwards. According to […]

How can you properly warm up before practice or an athletic event?  I am certainly not an expert on every sport, but I will give you some ideas on a couple sports that I do […]

In yesterday’s blog, I talked about high school injuries–especially ACL injuries.  Why are these happening and how can we prevent them? One theory that is gaining a lot of support is the idea that the […]