Sports Daily Digest October 20, 2026

Oldenburg Academy soccer players Connor Holder and Claire Niese have been selected First Team All-District 3 by the Indiana Soccer Coaches Association. The Twisters’ Sophia Leising was named to the All-District 3 Second Team. And Ken Getz from OA was tapped District 3 Boys Coach of the Year.

North Decatur volleyball players Miley Scudder and Sarah Moeller plus Taylor Somers from South Decatur were named to the Sectional 59 All-Tournament Team. The MVP was Addison Shotley from sectional champion Greenwood Christian. The Cougars placed a total of four players on the All-Tourney Team. North Decatur was the host school for IHSAA Class 1A Sectional 59.

The Indianapolis Colts have begun the search for a general manager after the team fired Chris Ballard on Monday. The move came one day after the Colts blew a 13-0 halftime lead and lost 26-20 at home to the previously-winless Tennessee Titans. Indianapolis is now 2-4 on the year. Ballard became general manager in 2017. The Colts haven’t made the playoffs since 2020 or won the AFC South during Ballard’s 10 seasons as general manager. Assistant GM Ed Dodds will oversee the team’s personnel department, while head coach Shane Steichen and his assistants will report to ownership.

On Monday Night Football, San Francisco held off Washington 23-17.

In college basketball, former Purdue star Trey Kaufman-Renn has signed with Kansas. Kaufman-Renn was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2026 NBA Draft, and won a preliminary injunction earlier this month that allowed him to receive one more year of college eligibility. The 6’9″ forward is expected to start in the front court this season for the Jayhawks. But the NCAA could appeal the injunction, which would cast uncertainty over Kaufman-Renn’s eligibility.