Class of '66 Old Fart

Glad to hear Karvala played today and played well. In yesterday's game early in the 3rd , he took a hard shot to the face and went straight down. Nothing malicious or intentional, it just happened but for a minute or 2, I don't think he could have told you where he was or what day of the week it was. He did not play the rest of yesterday's game.

IYKYK

Guess you need to start practicing some load management! lol

Oregon proceeds to score a run in it's 5th, 6th & 7th and wins 3-2. Our bats were cold getting just 5 hits in the game.

Hoosiers batting in the 5th with a 2-0 lead. Rivera on the mound and has allowed just 1 hit and 2 BB.

Team gets the weekend off to a good start with a 12-2 pummeling of Rutger in a run-shortened game. Hess and Mannon combined to limit Rutger to 2 hits and 2 BB. We pounded out 11 hits with VanBrandt going 3-4 and Bird and Haberstroh with 2 hits each. Avery Parker had 4 RBI and Goins 3.

SPIRE plays Bella Vista on Saturday

Names as one of the 3 finalists for Gatorade's National POY.

Butler announced Matta will be back next season so the rumors of his retirement were greatly exaggerated.

South Carolina Gatorade POY

Added another honor today.

Don't know if this recruitment will ever go anywhere but, if interested, you can watch Gibson today when SPIRE Academy takes on Link Academy (Davion Thompson) at 1:45 on Grind Session YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/@thegrindsession/streams

2026 Indiana Miss Basketball Gracyn Gilliard from Center Grove HS. Take it FWIW but there's been some internet chatter that she might ask for her release from Davidson and that IU would be interested. Purely internet chatter. https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2026/03/13/ihsaa-girls-basketball-gracyn-gilliard-voted-indiana-miss-basketball-davidson-wildcats-all-stars/89081507007/ MaxPreps stats 40% 3-point shooter.

Bella Vista vs Montverde Academy today at noon. https://www.youtube.com/@thegrindsession/streams

Brown's season came to a close as Wauwatosa West (20-7) was beaten by New Berlin West (24-3) 75-70 in state tournament play. Brown 19p, 5r, 5a, 1s, 0b, 3t 27 games: 20.p, 7.2r, 6.2a, 2.8s, .5b, 2.3t 47% FG, 38% on 3s, 70% FT

Sunday game moved to 11:00 am first pitch.

3 girls have entered the portal, Z out with an injury, Fenn hasn't played a second due to injury. Roster's a little thin.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/the-throne-national-championship-teams-schedule-tv-times/ar-AA1XnaaU The Throne national basketball tournament is set for its fourth annual games. From March 19 to March 21, the premier postseason event will take place in East Rutherford, New Jersey, pitting 16 of the top high school basketball teams in a single-elimination tournament. Teams and schedules are in the link above. Article doesn't indicate if the games will be streamed. Several IU offers will be participating. Darius Wabbington - Sunnyslope HS, Phoenix, AZ Micah Ojo - Princess Anne HS, Virginia Beach, VA Ryan Carter & Zya Small - Friends Central, Wynnewood, PA

Just watched a helluva well-played game for the Virginia 5A state championship. Undefeated Princess Anne (27-0) vs. Menchville (25-1). PA had won the 3 previous state titles and 15 titles since 2002. Tonight in OT, they made it 4 and 16 with a 65-62 overtime win. I have zero expectations that we would ever see Ojo suit up as a Hoosier, but this young lady is a ballplayer. Great court awareness and instincts for the ball. 8 of her points came on offensive rebounds putbacks. Game stats: 27p, 11r, 1a, 3s, 6b, 0t. Limited stats for the season - 14 games: 18.7p, 8.14, 3.41, 3.92, 2.2b, .9t

Limited season stats - 16 games: 15.2p, 3.8r, 1.8a, 1.2s, .9b, 3.1t