Dragash and Brunt: IHSAA football playoff preview

By CRAIG DRAGASH and CLIFF BRUNT ISL Staff There will be an interesting contrast between the two IHSAA Class 6A semistate football contests on Friday. One will feature two very familiar foes in Warren Central and Center Grove, and the other  match two teams that don’t play on a yearly basis in Carmel and Penn. […]

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Hoosiers won’t run from showdown at Wisconsin

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Assistant Editor Opponent: Wisconsin Badgers (7-2) When: noon Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium Not these guys again. Over the past eight years, the Hoosiers have played a lot of different Wisconsin teams, all of them good and none of them having lost to Indiana at any time or place in eight […]

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Purdue rolls past Central Connecticut State 109-73

By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — I’ll take a few moments to examine the five things I said to look for in the Purdue-Central Connecticut State game. The Boilermakers won 109-73 on Wednesday night for their highest point total since 1997. 1. What will Purdue get out of A.J. Hammons? Hammons, […]

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Brunt: Five things to watch, Purdue vs. CCSU

By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Here are five things to look for as Purdue hosts Central Connecticut State on Wednesday night: 1. What will Purdue get out of A.J. Hammons? The Boilermakers have their most talented player back after the 7-foot center served a three-game suspension — two exhibition games and one regular-season game — […]

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Margin of error is thin for Hoosiers

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Assistant Editor BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Nineteen days left in November, some 30 games to be played, and here was the reigning Big Ten regular-season titlist, on the outside of the national rankings, shooting 38 percent with 14 turnovers at home against an opponent from the obscure Northeast Conference. Second game of […]

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Brunt: Why the Pacers are 8-0

By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor INDIANAPOLIS — Just eight games into the season, the Indiana Pacers are flying in rarified air. They are one of just 18 NBA teams to start a season at least 8-0. I said in my season preview for Indy Sports Legends that I believed the Pacers would reach the NBA […]

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Pacers improve to 8-0 with 95-79 win over Grizzlies

By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor/The Sports Xchange INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Pacers say their unbeaten record doesn’t mean as much as how they’ve earned it. The Pacers used the same formula that has worked so far to defeat the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night — a dominant defensive effort anchored by 7-foot-2 center Roy Hibbert, […]

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Pacers F Paul George is East Player of the Week

From the NBA NEW YORK – The Indiana Pacers’ Paul George was named the NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, Nov. 4, through Sunday, Nov. 10. George led Indiana to the only undefeated record in the Eastern Conference on the week (4-0). At 7-0, the Pacers are off to their […]

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Purdue pics: N. Kentucky hoops, Iowa football

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — ISL’s photographers were busy this past weekend. Ben Fahrbach covered the Purdue football team’s 38-14 loss to Iowa. Danny Etling completed 15 of 28 passes for 145 yards, Danny Anthrop caught four passes for 83 yards and a touchdown and Akeem Hunt caught seven passes for 63 yards. Fahrbach has 11 […]

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Cathedral rolls past Anderson 56-13 for sectional title

By ROSS WEBER ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS — It was business as usual for the Cathedral Fighting Irish as they defeated Anderson 56-13 for their Class 5A sectional title on Friday night. Cathedral has had three players splitting carries; junior Caleb Cross, sophomore Evan Christopher and senior Terry McLaurin. Against Decatur Central in the opening sectional […]

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