By CHRIS GOFF ISL Assistant Editor 1. Indiana Pacers (9-1): Leading the NBA in defense and scoring differential, the schedule will get tougher. Half their games so far have been against the Central Division and eight have come against the weaker East. 2. Chicago Bulls (6-3): Tom Thibodeau’s tough-minded bunch sent a message by blowing the Pacers out […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Assistant Editor Each week I’ll run down what’s hot and what’s cold with Indiana football. Here’s my take from Saturday’s 51-3 defeat at Wisconsin: HOT Clyde Newton – Freshman outside linebacker makes second consecutive start. Has led the team in tackles each time: nine against Illinois, seven against Wisconsin. Added a […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Here are five things we learned from Purdue’s 81-77 win over Rider. 1. Purdue can survive without A.J. Hammons. The 7-foot center scored just one point in 12 minutes because of foul trouble. A few of the calls were shaky – one in particular was an […]
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By ROSS WEBER ISL Correspondent WHITELAND, Ind. — Since the IHSAA football playoffs started, Cathedral has played in, and won, three games in which senior quarterback Collin Barthel has only thrown the ball an average of 11 times a game, for less than 100 yards per contest. The Irish running game had been dominating, rushing […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Assistant Editor First thoughts after the Chicago Bulls defeated the Indiana Pacers 110-94 on Saturday night at the United Center: IN A NUTSHELL: Luol Deng scored a game-high 23 points on 8-of-14 shooting, most of his buckets coming off the bounce with Indiana struggling to contain his size and quickness. Derrick […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Assistant Editor Quick thoughts on the Hoosiers’ 51-3 loss to Wisconsin at Camp Randall Stadium: What it means: The Hoosiers were terrible. Again against Wisconsin, this was one of those games that was just flat-out ugly and that you want to forget as soon as it’s over with. The Badgers held the […]
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By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent CARMEL, Ind. — The Carmel Greyhounds ended 6A #1 Penn’s bid at an undefeated season, knocking off the Kingsmen 28-13 on Friday night and advancing to face Warren Central in two weeks for the inaugural 6A state title. But there was a bigger story that came about in the second […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor And down the stretch they come. For all practical purposes, the race in the Leaders Division is over, as Ohio State will be in next month’s Big Ten Championship Game. The Legends Division is another story. Michigan State looks to be in great shape, but if Nebraska knocks off […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Assistant Editor BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana Hoosiers took it right to Samford with an early flurry Friday night and another nonconference game quickly got out of hand. After moving ahead 26-6 with 12:17 left in the first half, the Hoosiers cruised to a lead of 51 at one point before […]
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FORT BRANCH, Ind. — Gibson Southern (13-0) remained perfect by out-scoring Brownstown Central 34-9 in the second half of the Indiana Class 3A high school regional football championship Friday, Nov. 15.
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By CLIFF BRUNT and CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Staff ISL’s Cliff Brunt and Craig Dragash have been making predictions throughout the IHSAA state tournament. Here are the predictions we made for Friday’s games vs. the actual scores. 6A Semistate: Penn (12-0) at Carmel (9-3) Dragash: Carmel 35, Penn 17 Brunt: Carmel 28, Penn 14 Actual score: […]
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