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HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK: Vest, Metzger selected to 3A All-State team
Recent Charlestown High School graduates Damon Vest and Cameron Metzger have both been selected to the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 3A All-State first team for the 2009 season.
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BASKETBALL: Local squads keeping busy this summer
New Albany star Donnie Hale’s recent oral commitment to Purdue has been the talk of the area basketball scene. But with this weekend marking the end of IHSAA-allowed high school team play until later next month, the attention again returns to AAU for the July circuit of camps and tournament.
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Hale pledges to Purdue
The New Albany star will stay in-state after his senior year of high school to play for Matt Painter’s Purdue program.
Hale, a 6-foot-8 forward, is relieved the recruiting process is behind him.
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KELLY: Kicking up their effort
Children in Kenya are replacing soccer balls made out of garbage bags for the real deal thanks to local generosity.
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GOLF: Pioneers, Highlanders battle on final day of state
FRANKLIN — In a season in which both sides battled head-to-head from week to week, it only seemed fitting to see both Floyd Central and Providence once again standing side-by-side in the pairings at the IHSAA boys’ golf state finals.
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GOLF: Floyd, Providence reach final round at state, a first for Clark-Floyd area
FRANKLIN — Last Friday, the Floyd Central and Providence boys’ golf teams made history at the Seymour Regional. For the first time in 16 years, two Clark-Floyd area squads qualified for the IHSAA State Finals when the Highlanders placed second and the Pioneers were third at regional.
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ON THE SPOT: Trey Pfund
A year ago, Trey Pfund found himself contending near the top of the standings at the IHSAA State Finals in Franklin.
After the first day of last year’s state finals, Pfund was positioned for a run at the state title. He was within five shots of the leader, but could not carry over that momentum. Pfund shot 5-over par on the second day of competition at The Legends of Indiana Golf Course and finishing tied for 16th.
This year, Pfund is back at it again.
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KELLY: Benefits of staying put in Indiana
Last week, I touched on the issue of how the standard of soccer in southern Indiana could be improved if the will was there.
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ON THE SPOT: Mike Cason
In the spring of 2001, Floyd Central High School hired a new coach to take over its already solid boys’ golf program.
That man was Floyds Knobs resident Mike Cason.
Since then, all he has done is make the program even stronger.
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H.S. BOYS' GOLF: Floyd, Providence preparing for pressure-packed state
It goes without saying that both Floyd Central and Providence expect nothing but the best competition this week when each team travels to play in the IHSAA boys’ golf state finals.
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Floyd Central gets slammed at state
INDIANAPOLIS — It took until the bottom of the sixth inning for the scoreboard to light up the evening at Ben Davis High School.
For the Floyd Central softball team, it would have been better to have left it off.
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Floyd, Providence each advance to state
Heading down the final stretch of holes at the Seymour Regional, Floyd Central coach Mike Cason knew it would be close.
The Highlanders were part of the groups that would be the last off the course, and Cason had a pretty good idea of what they would need to shoot to advance to the State Finals.
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Seniors shoot down juniors at New Albany
NEW ALBANY — Both New Albany’s Donnie Hale and Jeffersonville’s Kegan Clark had their share of moments on Thursday. But ultimately, it was the Indiana All-Stars proving why they are considered the best in the state.
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It's an underclass uprising at Floyd
They’ve been splintered for years. A few of them here, a few of them there. But by the time whatever act of fate or timing conspired to keep them apart finally relented, it became pretty obvious that they were destined to be together.
The results have been nothing short of magical.
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Floyd Central feels as if its looking in the mirror
Geographically, Lafayette Harrison isn’t exactly close to Floyd Central, but the Highlanders shouldn’t have to look far to size up the team that will be their first-ever state finals opponent.
It’s as easy as looking into the mirror.
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H.S. BOYS' GOLF: Floyd, Pioneers both going for state berth at regional
Area boys’ golf teams have put together an impressive run the past five years.
In each of those seasons, one squad has represented the Clark-Floyd region at the IHSAA State Finals.
But this year, the area has a great chance to do something that has occurred only once — get two teams to state.
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BOYS' GOLF: Highlanders make it seven straight sectionals
FLOYDS KNOBS — The Providence boys’ golf team had the best individual at Monday’s Floyd Central Sectional at Valley View Golf Club.
But the host Highlanders grabbed the honor for having the No. 1 team again.
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4A SOFTBALL: Highlanders headed to 4A state for first time
With the Floyd Central softball team playing for its first berth in the state finals, sophomores Samantha McClure and Jordan Batliner carried the day in a 3-1 victory over Plainfield in the Floyd Central regional final.
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2A BASEBALL: Seasoned Mater Dei stops youthful Providence
AUSTIN — It was experience over youth in a big way on Saturday as Evansville Mater Dei ended the season for Providence with an 11-1, six-inning victory in the opening round of the Class 2A regional at Austin.
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2A SOFTBALL: Clarksville’s bats go silent in regional loss
FERDINAND — Clarksville softball coach Tim Hauber said he watched his team take one of its best batting practices of the season early on Saturday morning.
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CLASS A SOFTBALL: Hornets have hearts broken again by Tecumseh
This time, the Henryville softball team gave two-time defending state runner-up Tecumseh a hard-earned run for its money.
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CLASS A BASEBALL: CAI turned away by Tecumseh
LOOGOOTEE — Christian Academy of Indiana baseball coach Ryan Wheeler has said all season that his team has made a habit of proving to people that the Warriors are better than opponents like to give them credit for.
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RON WEIGLEB: Memory of coach lives on after death
FLOYDS KNOBS — It’s the question that haunts us, drives us. It can make us fight wars, spill blood, pick sides. The specter of the end exerts control on the beginning and middle.
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TRACK & FIELD: Providence’s Book eighth in 1,600 at state
Nine area athletes and two relay teams completed their seasons in the IHSAA boys’ track state finals on Friday at Indiana University’s Robert C. Haugh Track and Field Complex in Bloomington.
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4A BASEBALL: New Albany returns to historic stadium for 4A regional
Earlier this season, the New Albany baseball team made a trip to play a doubleheader at historic Bosse Field. The Bulldogs enjoyed playing at the 94-year-old stadium so much that they dreamed about making a return trip in June for the Class 4A Evansville North Regional.
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2A BASEBALL: Providence has had all the answers this postseason
Providence’s last postseason visit to Austin ended in questions.
The Pioneers dropped a lopsided sectional loss in last season’s Class 2A Austin Sectional and then were faced with who would fill the holes vacated from a 10-man senior class that departed after the 2008 season.
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CLASS A BASEBALL: CAI’s regional foe steeped in postseason tradition
Christian Academy of Indiana won’t be looking in the mirror on Saturday when it faces Tecumseh in the opening round of the Class A Loogootee Regional.
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3A BASEBALL: Charlestown faces tough challenge at regional
It’s been quite a postseason for area baseball teams, with two sectional champions each from Floyd (New Albany, Christian Academy of Indiana) and Clark County (Providence, Charlestown).
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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Loweth represents the next step for Floyd
The Floyd Central softball team has conquered the Hoosier Hills Conference, dominated the sectional and earned the respect of observers around the region as the most consistent and successful of local programs.
To take the next step, the Highlanders don’t just have to win the regional. They have to beat Cassie Loweth.
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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Clarksville feeling no pressure as regional awaits
Tim Hauber doesn’t believe that pressure enters into the equation this time of year.
“This is the fun time to be playing,” said the veteran Clarksville High School softball coach. “I don’t think anybody is worried about too much right about now.”
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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Motivated Henryville focused on winning first regional title
In the past two years, the Henryville softball team has been on the brink of winning a Class A regional championship.
However, the Hornets have fallen short of that goal each time.
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CLASS A: Warriors leave no worries
ELIZABETH — Ryan Wheeler has lost three sectional games as baseball coach at Christian Academy of Indiana, two of which came in the opposing team’s final at-bat of the game.
So you had to forgive the Warrior boss for getting a little nervous on Tuesday night in the last inning of the final at the Class A South Central Sectional.
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3A SECTIONAL: Pirates win behind Williams' hat trick
SELLERSBURG — Wins required of Charlestown to win its first sectional title since 1999 — three.
Wins recorded by Pirates ace Bryan Williams — three.
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CLASS 3A SECTIONAL: Pirates pound Dragons, 14-2
SELLERSBURG — Charlestown looked every bit the superior team on Monday night, hitting the ball all over the diamond and taking advantage of Silver Creek errors to roll over the Dragons 14-2 and advance to the final of the Class 3A Silver Creek Sectional.
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CLASS 2A SECTIONAL: Pioneers rolls into title game
CLARKSVILLE — Nothing so far has been able to derail Providence’s progress in the Class 2A baseball sectional, but one more test seperates the Pioneers from the title.
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KELLY: Robinett earns fourth straight Kentucky State Cup
New Albany High School's Kaitlin Robinett headed her Mockingbird U17 team to a fourth straight Kentucky State Cup title in Lexington on Sunday.
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4A BASEBALL: Red Devils, Bulldogs each win semifinals at Seymour
SEYMOUR — Last year, the Jeffersonville baseball team defeated New Albany in a dramatic Class 4A sectional final in eight innings, 1-0.
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CLASS A BASEBALL: CAI spoils Hornets’ back-to-back bid
All the talk before the Class A South Central baseball sectional was of defending champions Henryville’s bid to go back-to-back this season.
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4A SOFTBALL: FC back where it has been before
NORTH VERNON — Samantha McClure had just won her first sectional as a member of the Floyd Central softball team, but she had already learned one of the universal rules of championship-caliber play — act like you’ve been there before.
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TENNIS: Highlanders swept at semistate
Floyd Central’s tennis season wrapped up on Saturday as the Highlanders fell to Terre Haute South in the semifinal of the Jasper Semistate.
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HUTSELL: Oh how I love the IHSAA
I thank the IHSAA for a lot of things in life. I really do.
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BASEBALL: Pioneers pay back Austin in 2A sectional, 10-1
CLARKSVILLE — Last month, the Providence baseball team played its worst game of the season, suffering a 15-5 loss to Austin
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2A SOFTBALL: Clarksville tops Pekin for sectional crown
CLARKSVILLE — If you had taken a quick exit poll of every Clarksville softball player on Thursday after the Class 2A softball sectional final, the result would have been a landslide.
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4A SOFTBALL: Dogs fall, Floyd put on hold at 4A sectional
NORTH VERNON — Fate wasn’t exactly kind to New Albany, but at least it made a decision.
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4A BASEBALL: Jeff ace fans 14 Highlanders in throwing two-hit gem, 4-0
SEYMOUR — If you wanted a description of Jeffersonville starter Hunter Tipton’s performance Thursday night, all you had to do was listen to four words coming from Red Devil head baseball coach Al Rabe’s mouth — “He was on today.”
Without a doubt.
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3A SOFTBALL: Dragons fall in final at Corydon
CORYDON — While there were tears in the eyes of both Dave Harvey and each of his Silver Creek players on Thursday night the mood was surprisingly upbeat inside the Dragons huddle.
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TRACK & FIELD: Creek’s Eckert wins pole vault at regional
Silver Creek junior Jack Eckert earned top honors on Thursday as he won the pole vault competition at the Bloomington North Track Regional.
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3A BASEBALL: Pitching, timely hits propel Pirates
Charlestown combined a solid pitching performance from junior Bryan Williams with consistent hitting throughout the lineup to post a 5-1 win over Mitchell in the first round of the Silver Creek Class 3A Sectional.
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TENNIS: Skilled Highlanders beat New Albany 5-0 to win Floyd Regional
FLOYDS KNOBS — One day after Floyd Central coach Rick Miller found a four-leaf clover to help his team pull out a 3-2 win over Silver Creek, the Highlanders’ girls’ tennis team proved it needed no such luck to get past New Albany by winning the Floyd Central Regional, 5-0.
GALLERY: New Albany opens new amphitheater with Independence Day celebration 
