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Dragons devour Scots' title chances
A 73-yard return on the opening kickoff set up New Palestine’s first touchdown of the game just 18 seconds into the first quarter, and the Dragons never looked back as they ended Highland’s hopes for winning a sectional championship with a 48-22 defeat.
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Colts put CB Jackson, S Sanders on IR
The injury bug is still haunting the Indianapolis Colts.
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Hansbrough scores 13 in debut as Pacers win 102-86
Tyler Hansbrough scored 13 points in his pro debut to help the Indiana Pacers beat the Washington Wizards 102-86 on Friday night.
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No. 19 Notre Dame knows how dangerous Navy is
No one on No. 19 Notre Dame needs convincing about how tough Navy is to play.
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Michigan really needs to beat Purdue for 6th win
Winning is a great deodorant and Michigan needs a victory for its funk.
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Hoosiers hope Wisconsin game spurs bowl push
At Indiana, it comes down to this.
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Martin, Gordon know the Chase race is for 2nd
Mathematically, Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon still have a chance to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup title.
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Lind nominated for Web awards
The champagne has barely dried from the New York Yankees’ world championship celebration, and Adam Lind already is working on next season. The Highland High School grad, honored at halftime of the Scots’ football game against Pendleton Heights on Oct. 16, isn’t resting on the laurels of a breakout season with the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Houston's defense has new swagger
Houston’s defense has a new attitude. Some might call it confidence, but the Texans prefer to call it something else.
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Scots see mirror image in foes
There’s been one phrase that’s been universally bandied about by the Highland Scots when describing their opponents, the New Palestine Dragons, for tonight’s Class 4A sectional football championship game. To a man the Scots are saying that the Dragons are “very similar” or a “mirror image” of the Scots themselves.
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Quintin Harlan: Rare shot for Scots tonight
We’ve all heard messages throughout our lives about how one should take advantage of opportunities when they are presented. We should “strike while the iron is hot” or “be ready to answer the door when opportunity knocks” and on and on and on. Tonight the Highland Scots have an opportunity that only two other football teams in Highland’s 55-year history have had.
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Weis likes Irish's BCS hopes
Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis likes his team’s chances of earning a Bowl Championship Series berth if the No. 19 Fighting Irish keep winning.
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IndyCar to partner in Izod in 2010
The Indy Racing League will have Izod as a title sponsor next season, an agreement the IRL hopes will expand its fan base and take the series to a “new level.”
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Watney's amazing ride leads to top
So much for that notion that American golfers don’t travel well.
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Pacers beat Knicks 101-89 for first win
A couple of top players were already on the bench, then leading scorer Danny Granger joined them after fouling out with plenty of time left. No matter. The Indiana Pacers just won it with defense. T.J. Ford scored eight of his 16 points in the final 3:12, and the Pacers won for the first time this season, holding the New York Knicks without a field goal for the final 9-plus minutes Wednesday night in a 101-89 victory.
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Rick Teverbaugh: Girls set to begin hoops season
In a way it doesn’t seem possible. But after a Sunday meeting with the county’s girls basketball coaches it became all too real. Girls basketball starts for real on Monday, and that’s the same day that the boys teams can begin practice.
Actually none of our area teams actually begin Monday, but there’s two games on Tuesday.
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Highland's Kindred the picture of intensity
ANDERSON, Ind. — Highland quarterback Brad Kinred doesn’t intentionally set out to make highlight plays that get immortalized in a photograph. “It just happens,” said the Scots senior signal caller. “It just goes with the flow.” Kinred has a knack for being in the right place at the right time when there is a camera around.
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Yankees win 27th World Series
NEW YORK — Paint the town in pinstripes! Nearly a decade after their dynasty ended on a blooper in the desert, the New York Yankees are baseball's best again. Hideki Matsui tied a World Series record with six RBIs, Andy Pettitte won on short rest and New York beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 in Game 6 on Wednesday night, finally seizing that elusive 27th title
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Rick Bramwell: Decision to fish in the rain brings great rewards
My daughter Jourdan’s fall break was last week. She was excited about visiting the Indiana University campus, and I was excited about us finally doing some fishing together.
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Manning looks for better results after latest win
Peyton Manning keeps raising the standards.
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Quintin Harlan: Walking like they are talking
Every year in every sport, you hear how this team is going to do this and that or the other, and how they’ll be able to accomplish something that no one has ever done before, simply because it’s their time. And messages such as these can be filed under the headings of “taken with a grain of salt” or “believe it when you see it.”
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Utley, Lee help Phillies stave off elimination
Put those parade plans on hold, New York. The Phillies are coming back. Chase Utley hit two home runs to raise his World Series total to a record-tying five, backing Cliff Lee once again as Philadelphia staved off elimination by hanging on for a wild 8-6 victory Monday night that set up a Game 6 for the first time since 2003.
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Harangody leads AP preseason All-America team
Luke Harangody should get used to being on top of lists.
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Ravens Focus: Bonded by injuries
Both Jess Berlin and Kate McCollum, two seniors on the Anderson University volleyball team, can still tell you about the first time they met. It was move-in day for the incoming volleyball freshmen in the fall of 2006, and the two were introduced by their new head coach, Tami Miller.
