The East Central girls are ranked 17th in the preseason Indiana Basketball Coaches Association poll for the ’26-27 season. The Trojans of coach Kevin Moore went 21-4 last year. Also receiving votes were the Greensburg Pirates, who went 19-7 a year ago. The IBCA poll is “non-class,” where teams are voted to a Top 20 spot regardless of school classification.
The Atlanta Hawks downed the Indiana Pacers 108-104 in NBA action in downtown Indianapolis heard last night on the Sports Voice. Indiana was limited to six available players due to injuries to the other 11 on the roster. Jay Huff led the Pacers with 22 points. Former Purdue star Braden Smith recorded a double double in his first NBA start: 19 points and 1o assists. The Blue and Gold have lost five straight and fall to 2-6. They’ll try to snap their losing skid tomorrow night in Memphis.
In college basketball lid lifters last night, it was Indiana over Eastern Illinois 91-57, and Purdue fell to #15 Gonzaga 78-72.
Cincinnati Reds infielder Sal Stewart is a finalist for National League Rookie of the Year. The others are New York Mets right fielder Carson Benge and St. Louis Cardinals second baseman JJ Wetherholt. Major League Baseball will announce the winner of this and other Baseball Writers Association of America postseason awards (American and National League Manager of the Year, Most Valuable Player, Cy Young and Relief Pitcher of the Year) next week.
The Reds added a pair of relievers to their 40-man roster via waiver claims on Monday by getting right handed pitcher Duncan Davitt from the San Francisco Giants and righthander Paxton Schultz from the Washington Nationals. Cincinnati’s 40-man roster is now at 37 players.
Former Reds managers Lou Piniella and Dusty Baker are among eight candidates on the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s Contemporary Baseball Era Committee ballot for election into the hall’s Class of 2027. The committee will meet in San Diego next month, with the vote to be announced on MLB Network. Piniella managed the Reds from 1990-92 and guided the club to the ’90 World Series championship. Baker managed in Cincinnati from 2008 to 2013.
On Monday Night Football, it was the Chicago Bears over the Seattle Seahawks 34-17.
