In girls high school basketball on Saturday, Madison downed Franklin County 44-40 in a game heard on WRBI…East Central topped Richmond 47-40…It was New Palestine over Batesville 43-34…and South Decatur rolled over Southwestern (Shelby) 66-16.
Join us for another edition of Coaches Corner delivered by Ison’s Family Pizza tonight at 6. Terrance Arney’s scheduled guests are Batesville Football Coach Evan Ulery, East Central Cross Country Coach Steve Cotherman with junior and state finals medalist Callie Bentley, Oldenburg Academy Girls Basketball Coach David Disbro, and OA Swimming Coach Jerry Fry.
In the NFL yesterday, it was the Buffalo Bills over the Colts 30-20 in Indianapolis. Joe Flacco was 26 of 35 passing for 272 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions. Jonathan Taylor ran for 114 yards in a losing effort. The Colts drop to 4-6 on the year.
The Pacers topped the New York Knicks 132-121 yesterday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Indiana squares its record at 5-5.
Stock car legend and Indianapolis 500 veteran Bobby Allison died Saturday in North Carolina. Allison is fourth on NASCAR’s all-time win list with 85 and won the championship in 1983. He also made two Indy 500 starts in the 1970s. Bobby Allison was 86.
Joey Logano is the NASCAR Cup Series champion for the third time in his career. Logano took the checkered flag yesterday in the series’ final race of the year at Phoenix.