Class of '66 Old Fart

Women's season came to an end last evening in a 9-7 loss to Virginia. But it's been a really enjoyable several months to follow this team. Hess started but couldn't make it out of the 1st inning. Faced 4 batters - a BB, a double, a HR and VA had a quick 3-0 lead. We got 3 of our own in our half the 1st; 2 on a Josie Bird HR. VA scored 4 in its 3rd; we got 3 right back in our 3rd and tied it at 4 apiece after 7 complete. But VA scored 2 more in the 5th and that was the ball game. VA had a total of 10 hits and we walked 6. We had 7 hits; Bird with 2 and Bird and Haberstroh each with 2 RBI.\ Thank you IU Softball and we'll see you next spring.

Women stay alive with an 8-0 run-shorted win over Northern Kentucky. Re-match with Virginia scheduled to start at 8:15. Troutt pitched all 5 innings and allowed just 3 hits and didn't walk a batter. We had 11 hits scattered throughout the batting order and 6 different players had at least 1 RBI. 8:15 game will be televised on ESPNU

And the fat lady has sung on the 2026 baseball season. Certainly not what anyone expected but at least the team did win the final weekend series beating Illinois 11-2 this afternoon. We pounded out 10 hits off 5 Illini pitchers. Cal Gates unloaded the first home run of his college career in the 4th and it will always be memorable for him as it was a grand slam. Lots of questions to be answered before next year. Good read from Ari Shifron at the link below. https://www.assemblycall.com/p/pro-development-or-program-decline?r=2xu6ia&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

Brandon Jenkins was at the UAA event yesterday as was DDV who is there again today. Per Jenkins, we also watched: Godson Okokoh playing for Canada Elite Shaq Kizzee and Drew Guy both playing for Texas Impact 4:13 M.J. Curry and Nas Anderson of the Atlanta Celtics

Dushawn London from yesterday's EYBL event - Michai White | City Rocks (17U, 2028) White is having a very strong start to the spring while playing up with 17U. Currently ranked No. 30 nationally in 2028, White had another strong outing in the loss against JL3. In a highly physical game, White impressed with his poise, decision making, intention to rebound and hit shots in the mid range and get to the rim. While this wasn't his best outing, White showed why he is among the top guards in the class and continued his strong spring.

Listed as a 4-star 6'4" SG, he attends McEachern HS in Powder Springs, GA. Plays AAU on the EYBL circuit for Jet Academy. USA Basketball Notes 2026: Participated in the 2026 Men's Junior National Team April minicamp in Indianapolis. 2025: Attended the 2025 USA Men's Junior National Team October minicamp in Colorado Springs, CO. Participated in training camp for the 2025 USA Men's U16 National Team. Attended the 2025 USA Men's Junior National Team April minicamp in San Antonio. @ChaseLumpkin1 247 On3 ESPN MaxPreps Hudl

Virginia pushes across a run in the bottom of the 8th to win 8-7 and we'll play Northern Kentucky at 5:30 today in an elimination game. We had just 5 hits but 3 were HR. Parker in the 1st, Goins in the 3rd and again in the 5th and Goins finished with 4 RBI. VA had 8 hits but we walked 8. Live Stats

The Illini got on the board quickly. They scored 3 in the 1st inning off Connor Linn; added 1 in the 7th and 3 more in the 8th. 5 Hoosier pitchers held them to just 5 hits but walked 6 and hit 4 batters. And 4 of the 5 hits were for extra bases - 2 doubles and 2 HR. We entered the 9th trailing 7-3. Will Moore opened with a solo HR followed by a Cole Decker double. Cal Gates walked to put runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs, but Aiden Stewart hit into a double play. A Ricketts walk put runners on 1st and 3rd and Hogan Denny blasted a 3-run HR to tie it up and send the game into extra innings. But Illinois scored 2 in the top of the 10th and we couldn't mount another rally. Final score 9-7. Season comes to a close tomorrow with the first pitch scheduled for 2:00.

#359 tonight. Ties him with: Nolan Arenado (Active) Johnny Mize (HOF). Tied for 8th among active players.

Avery Parker doin' Avery Parker things. A first inning 2-run HR to dead center.

In our bracket at Knoxville, #2 seed Tennessee defeated Northern Kentucky 3-1.

Adams and KJ started the day at the 3SSB event in Mishawaka. Thomas Carr in Memphis for the EYBL event. DDV in Cincy for Branham and the UAA event. Limit is 4 on the road at any one time.

Brief bios on the transfers. https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2026/5/15/mens-soccer-mens-soccer-adds-production-experience-from-portal

Columbia transfer Ryan Soulis has committed to Northwestern. The 6’10” redshirt sophomore forward appeared in 26 games, averaging 5.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 1.0 block per game.

Raby reported Branham and his parents were in town yesterday. Chase has an AAU event in Cincinnati this weekend.

And from GA State, he's on the move to UMass Lowell.

I'd go over Dolson's head and ask President Whitten for more money!

Huge weekend for recruiting with the opportunity for coaching staffs to watch players in person.

Women open NCAA tournament play this evening at 8:00 ET in Knoxville, TN vs. Virginia. Televised on ESPN. Preview Live Stats

Hit his 358th career MLB Home Run!! This ties him with: Yogi Berra (HOF) and Carlos Lee. He is tied for 95th place on the all-time MLB Home Run list and is 9th among Active player.

Last night there was an event in Carmel with both Cig and DDV. Full Q and A at the link below. https://www.on3.com/teams/indiana-hoosiers/news/coach-qa-indiana-coaches-curt-cignetti-darian-devries-speak-at-victory-vision-a-night-with-iu-athletics/

Last night there was an event in Carmel with both Cig and DDV. During that event DDV mentioned that the upcoming trip to Peru allows for an additional 6 weeks of practice and not the traditional 10-days. International players can't play in the event, but they can practice with the team, make the trip and participate in all of the other activities involved with the trip. Full Q and A at the link below. https://www.on3.com/teams/indiana-hoosiers/news/coach-qa-indiana-coaches-curt-cignetti-darian-devries-speak-at-victory-vision-a-night-with-iu-athletics/

We led 5-0 after 2 and didn't let this one slip away winning with a final score of 10-4. Neubeck started and pitched 6 innings giving up just 5 hits and a single run. But he wore out in the 7th and Vogel and Yarberry closed it out. We had 12 hits. Denny went 3-5. Ten Oever, Fry and Moore each had 2 hits. Ten Oever had 4 RBI.