Indiana State
head coach Jim Wiedie has received a verbal commitment from rising senior
Tiffany Reida (left) of Western. Reida, a
5'5 point guard, chose the Sycamores over Ball State, Wichita State,
Miami (Ohio) and Cornell. As a junior, she averaged 15.6 points,
5.0 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 6.0 assist per game on the way to a 14-8 record
under head coach Kyle Barrentine. Reida
joins rising Castle senior Leah Phillips
in the 2005 recruiting class for the Sycamores. Photo courtesy of
IFBC.
ISU women land standout point guard - Tribune Star
Angola senior
Whitney Ash has signed with Division I
Montana State.
The 6'2 Street & Smith Honorable Mention was a force for the Hornets,
averaging 16.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game as a senior. Angola
finished 18-4 for the season under head coach Doug
Curtis. Ash will be the only player on the Bobcats roster from east
of the Mississippi River this fall for new head coach
Greg Kudrna. Montana State is a member of the Big Sky Conference.
Montana
State Women’s Basketball Program Inks Indiana Prep Recruit - Montana St.
website
In
a move that was not entirely unexpected after a controversial board meeting
earlier this month, Hebron coach Jerry Bechtold
(right) did not have his contract renewed by the Hebron School Board for the
upcoming basketball season. In a special meeting called for last evening,
Bechtold was let go together with the boys varsity baseball coach. Both coaches
still retain their teaching positions with the school. However, Bechtold is
quoted as saying that he is unsure what he will do at this point. Photo
courtesy of strempkagallery.com.
Hebron fires 2 high school coaches - The Times
Bechtold, Hall out at Hebron - The Times
Hebron cuts two coaches,
keeps one - Post-Tribune
According to a piece
at
Old Gold Free Press, Alexandria rising senior and Purdue
recruit Jodi Howell may be questionable for
tonight's exhibition game against the Indiana All-Stars at Hamilton
Southeastern. Howell, who just returned from the USA Basketball Youth
Development Festival, experienced soreness and swelling in her knee at the event
and underwent testing on Monday to determine if her knee will be game-ready for
tonight.
More All-Star
coverage:
Gugliotta has name for game - Indianapolis Star
Area All-Stars reflect on first games - Indianapolis Star
Diving for a ball leaves All-Star with sore thumb - Indianapolis Star
Randolph County player enjoys All-Star experience - Star Press
Indiana All-Stars happy to be home - Shelbyville News
Evansville North
head coach Missy McCutchan
has decided to step down from her position after four years in order to spend
more time with her daughter, who was born on the opening day of practice for the
2003-04 season. The four-year coach will also be re-entering the teaching field
after a year's hiatus.
McCutchan steps down to be mom - Courier & Press
It's a Boilermaker
reunion of sorts in Alabama. According to her mother in a short blurb in
The Times, former Lake Central and Purdue standout
Kelly Komara is now a student assistant
coach at Auburn. The Tigers recently hired Nell
Fortner to head the Auburn program, which made it to the NCAA second
round in 2003-04. Fortner was the head coach at Purdue that recruited Komara for
the Boilermakers before she left to coach the 2000 women's basketball Olympic
team in 1997. Also on staff at Auburn is former Purdue assistant
Kerry Cremeans, who spent the last year at
Florida as an assistant for former Purdue head coach
Carolyn Peck.
Indiana girls
basketball news:
Morgan wills way to Athlete of the Year - Daily Clarion
Shocker south of the border - South Bend Tribune
Watch out for Action Jackson - South Bend Tribune
Other news of
interest:
Ely takes interest in Lady Vols' coaching search - Knox News
White's presence brings efficiency to Fever offense - Indianapolis Star
Coach extends her welcome to grads - Chronicle-Tribune
Fever burned by Sun's defense - Indianapolis Star
Portage
grad Nikki McDonald (right) has signed with
head coach Rick Stein of D-II
Southern
Indiana. She will join Duneland Conference standout
Marshay Jolly of Merrillville on the
Screaming Eagles roster next season. The 5'6 point guard, who was the Indians'
main offensive threat and top floor general for the past few seasons, averaged
10.3 points, 2.9 assists, 4.7 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game as a senior and
was All-DAC the past two seasons. Photo
courtesy of strempkagallery.com.
As we noted on our
home page over the weekend, the Indiana All-Stars put the screws to Kentucky and
walked away with a decisive win in Round 1 of the annual IN-KY series. There are
a few services out there that have photos from the game and from the Junior
All-Star game last Wednesday. Tomorrow the Jr. All-Stars, who will be adding the
services of Alexandria standout and Purdue recruit
Jodi Howell, will try to upset the seniors at Hamilton
Southeastern High School. The expected Jr. All-Star roster for the North
exhibition game is shown below. The exhibition game will be shown in a delayed
broadcast on WHMB-TV in Indianapolis on Thursday beginning at 8 p.m.
Banks' 21 points propel Indiana girls - Indy Star
DeMuth's defense helps Indiana win - The Times
Indiana girls cruise - Courier-Press
Indiana girls win with defense - Courier-Journal
Kentucky's post comes up empty - Kentucky.com
Banks buries Kentucky All-Stars - Shelbyville News
Players show worth in All-Star performances - Shelbyville News
Photo Galleries:
Photo Gallery - Indianapolis Star
Kentucky/Indiana Photo Gallery: Girls - Big Blue Nation
Photo Albums -
chuckowens.net
2004
Junior All-Stars for North Game
| Name |
High School |
Ht. |
PPG |
College |
| Kris Coner |
Indian Creek |
6-2 |
14.1 |
Miami (Ohio) |
| Porchia Green |
Indianapolis Arlington |
5-8 |
13.8 |
Undecided |
| Jodi Howell* |
Alexandria |
6-0 |
28.0 |
Purdue |
| Cassie Kerns* |
Valparaiso |
6-3 |
13.9 |
Undecided |
| Aimee Litka |
South Bend St. Joseph's |
5-10 |
15.1 |
Valparaiso |
| Stephanie Lynch* |
New Albany |
6-3 |
16.0 |
Purdue (vball) |
| BreAnne Miller |
Huntington North |
5-11 |
10.4 |
Undecided |
| Chelsea Miller |
Shenandoah |
5-9 |
15.2 |
Undecided |
| Tara Miller* |
North Harrison |
5-10 |
19.6 |
Indiana |
| Cassie Pruzin* |
Crown Point |
5-8 |
16.9 |
Undecided |
| Kahla Roudebush* |
Hamilton Southeastern |
5-9 |
14.0 |
Undecided |
| Kim Roberson |
Cathedral |
5-9 |
14.8 |
Undecided |
| Jerri Taylor (alternate) |
South Bend Washington |
5-7 |
n/a |
Undecided |
*Core Team Members
Head Coach: Curt Benge, Plainfield
Assistant Coaches: Dori Downing, Calumet; George Wooten, Turkey Run
Former
Hammond Gavit standout Leslie Tyburski
(left) was named the winner of the Unsung Heroine Award at
Georgetown this spring. Tyburski played in 18 games for the Hoyas this
past season.
Former
Evansville and Indianapolis Roncalli standout
Jenna Hayes (right) has been hired as an
assistant at Evansville. Hayes, a four-year starter for the Aces, will
help develop UE’s post players and serve as the women's
basketball academic liaison.
Wild, Hayes join UE women's staff - U of E website
Former Cathedral standout and
2002 Indiana All-Star Jessica Wright, who
transferred from Illinois to Butler after her freshman season in
college, does not appear on the
2004-05 roster for the Bulldogs. Reliable sources have confirmed that she
will not play at Butler next season.
For those of you who
remember the outstanding state championship Martinsville team of the late
'90's, one it's members is turning pro... but not in basketball.
Leigh Ann Hardin, who was a state
champion golfer at Martinsville, recently graduated from Duke after
helping the Blue Devils to a third-place finish in the NCAA Golf Tournament as a
senior. She is moving to Florida where she will refine her game before
attempting to qualify for the pro tour. Hardin, who was a key player for the
Artesians in their back-to-back state championship run, did not play basketball
her senior year in high school so she could concentrate on golf. As a sophomore,
Hardin scored 12 points and dished out 5 assists against Crown Point in
the last one-class state championship game in 1998.
Hardin begins preparation for next big step in golf career - Indianapolis
Star
Other news of
interest:
ISU
women's basketball hires assistant coach - Tribune Star
Rose-Hulman announces basketball schedules for 04-05 - Tribune Star
Catchings stars in Fever victory - Indianapolis Star
High schools in the money also are rich in sports titles - USA Today
Big Ten All-Stars Finish Tour 4-0 - bigten.org
Big Ten All-Stars finish foreign tour undefeated - IU website
Valentin Nets 22 Points in CBC Championships - IU website
Teaching offers ND's Ratay a big lesson - South Bend Tribune
Webb and Big Ten mates finish Australia tour 4-0 - Purdue website
The
2004 Indiana All-Stars will
defend the state's honor tonight in the first of two inter-state games with
Kentucky. Our neighbors to the south get home court advantage tonight in
Owensboro. You can listen to the broadcast on the
Regional Radio Sports Network beginning at 4:20 p.m. The seniors will
try to improve on Wednesday's performance against a talented Junior All-Star
squad, when the seniors barely escaped with a 2-point win over the juniors.
Kentucky also played a warm-up game against local talent in the Blue Grass State
Wednesday, winning their exhibition outing 93-62. The leading scorer for the
Kentucky All-Stars in that game was 6'6 University of Kentucky recruit
Sarah Elliott with 16 points. Elliott,
together with Kentucky Miss Basketball Crystal Kelly,
a 6'2 Western Kentucky recruit, will be a handful for the All-Stars in
the post.
Indiana and Kentucky All-Star Rosters - Indianapolis Star
Unselfish Haehl leads All-Stars into battle - Shelbyville News
Making mooves: Life on the farm, basketball court successful for Valley's Parker
- Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette
Area prep hoop stars tune up for Kentucky
- Mooresville Reporter
Miller is having a blast - Kokomo
Tribune
All-Star Gugliotta meets Kentucky on Saturday - Sun-Commercial
Meet the Basketballs -- Mr. and Miss - The Gleaner
All-Star events turn rivals into teammates - Indianapolis Star
Kentucky All-Stars envision a sweep - Courier-Journal
Kelly happy to be teammates with of Elliott, Perry - Courier-Journal
Bingham proving that she belongs among state's elite - Courier-Journal
More
coverage is below on Wednesday night's game between the Indiana All-Stars and
the Junior All Stars. The seniors came out on top 71-69. Leading scorer for the
All-Stars was Rebekah Parker of
Tippecanoe Valley with 14 points. Leading scorer for the Juniors was
Kim Roberson of Cathedral with 12.
Scoring for Region area players was 11 points for Julie
DeMuth of Merrillville for the All-Stars, 10 points for
Cassie Kerns (right) of Valparaiso
and 4 points for Cassie Pruzin of Crown
Point, both for the Juniors. (Photo from the Indianapolis Star.)
All-Stars can't slow Juniors - Indianapolis Star
Despite heat, standouts deliver - Shelbyville News
Girls rally for 71-69 victory - Shelbyville News
Juniors face uphill battle - Shelbyville News
JR/SR ALL STARS - indianabball.com
Lake Athletic
Conference member Hobart has named Griffith JV coach
Mike Hamacher as its head coach. Hamacher
takes over for Kristen Peterson, who took
the opening at Portage earlier this month. The 1992 Highland grad has
coached in various capacities over the past six years at Merrillville and
Griffith.
Hamacher takes over at Hobart
- The Times
Hobart selects top
girls coach - Post-Tribune
Bruce Ruble (no relation to Barney) has been
named the new head coach at Blackford. He takes over for
Mike Richardson, who resigned just two short
weeks ago. Ruble has been the boys freshman coach at Blackford for the past six
years.
Blackford names girls' basketball coach
- Star Press
Alexandria
rising senior Jodi Howell is in the midst of
her experience at the
USA Basketball
Youth Development Festival this weekend. So far her
North team is 1-2 in Festival play. In the first game, Howell's North Team fell
by one point to the South Team. Howell scored 6 points in 15 minutes of play. In
the second game, the North Team defeated the East Team 107-101, with Howell
scoring 3 points in 13 minutes of play. The North Team fell to the undefeated
West Team beat Howell's team 101-81. No box score is available yet for that
game.
The dish on Jodi Howell - USA Basketball
Alex's
Howell ready to return to court - Anderson Herald-Bulletin
We have added
rising junior Samantha Troutman to our 2006
Prospects list. Troutman, a 5'5 guard at South Central (Elizabeth), was
named MVP of the Southern Conference this past season and is being recruited by
Bellarmine, Missouri-St. Louis, North Carolina,
IUS, Cleveland State and Ball State.
Former
Connersville standout and 1999 Miss Basketball
April McDivitt has been named an assistant coach at the University
of California-Santa Barbara. McDivitt, who helped lead the Gauchos to the
Sweet Sixteen before falling to Connecticut this past season, will work on
player skill development and recruiting.
April McDivitt Named Assistant Coach at UCSB - UCSB website
Penn State
transfer Reicina Russell is apparently
headed to Georgia, according to the
Connecticut Post. She is expected to make an official announcement
sometime next week.
Other news of
interest:
Who cares about the net? - Colorado Daily
The first of the two
Indiana All-Stars exhibition games is tonight, and it will be the job of the Jr.
All-Stars to mimic, to the best of their abilities, the lineup of the Kentucky
All-Stars in order to challenge the seniors. The junior class is an extremely
talented one, but with just one day's practice, beating the seniors will be a
challenge. The last time the juniors defeated the seniors was in 1999, when
Sara Nord (Jeffersonville), et al.,
handed the 1999 All-Stars, featuring two top talents in
April McDivitt (Connersville) and
Kennitra Johnson (New Albany) a defeat that eventually paid
off. The Indiana All-Stars beat Kentucky by a double-digit margin twice that
summer, having had their weaknesses exposed early on by the Juniors.
Unfortunately, this
year's Juniors will be without the services of Alexandria standout
Jodi Howell, who left for the USA Basketball
Festival in Colorado early this morning. Her dad, Alexandria coach
Jon Howell, will be on the sidelines for the
seniors as an assistant coach. Tonight's matchup in Shelbyville will be carried
live on the Internet by
Classic Hits 1520. The game gets underway at 5:30 p.m. The anticipated
lineup for tonight's game is as follows:
2004
Indiana All-Stars
| Name |
High School |
Ht. |
PPG |
College |
| Janese Banks |
Ben Davis |
5-10 |
25.3 |
Wisconsin |
| Julie DeMuth |
Merrillville |
5-11 |
12.2 |
Ball State |
| Courtney Felke |
Rochester |
5-7 |
22.8 |
Evansville |
| Whitney Frame |
Randolph Southern |
5-9 |
25.4 |
Undecided |
| Cassie Freeman |
Heritage Christian |
5-10 |
19.7 |
Butler |
| Chelsea Gugliotta |
North Knox |
6-0 |
17.1 |
Lamar |
| Gretchen Haehl |
Shelbyville |
5-5 |
17.8 |
DePauw |
| Amber Jackson |
Brebeuf Jesuit |
6-2 |
13.8 |
North Texas |
| Rachel Kenney |
Mooresville |
6-0 |
17.0 |
IUPUI |
| Jaclyn Leininger* |
Warsaw |
6-0 |
25.3 |
Miami (Ohio) |
| Kristen Miller |
Tri-Central |
5-10 |
16.1 |
Spring Arbor |
| Rebekah Parker |
Tippecanoe Valley |
5-10 |
18.4 |
Evansville |
| Adrienne Squire |
Indian Creek |
6-1 |
30.5 |
Penn State |
* Miss Basketball
Head Coach: Jodi Whitaker, Lawrence North
Assistant Coaches: Jon Howell, Alexandria; Walt Raines, Franklin
Assistant to the Coaches: Liz Honegger, Lafayette Jeff
2004
Junior All-Stars for South Game
| Name |
High School |
Ht. |
PPG |
College |
| Dana Beaven |
Corydon Central |
6-1 |
20.4 |
Undecided |
| Mara Freshour |
Brown County |
5'10 |
18.4 |
Undecided |
| Kiley Jarrett |
Bloomington North |
5-3 |
15.2 |
Ball State |
| Cassie Kerns* |
Valparaiso |
6-3 |
13.9 |
Undecided |
| Stephanie Lynch* |
New Albany |
6-3 |
16.0 |
Purdue (vball) |
| Tara Miller* |
North Harrison |
5-10 |
19.6 |
Indiana |
| Kahla Roudebush* |
Hamilton Southeastern |
5-9 |
14.0 |
Undecided |
| Cassie Pruzin* |
Crown Point |
5-8 |
16.9 |
Undecided |
| Whitney Thomas |
Bloomington North |
6-0 |
18.0 |
Undecided |
| Kim Roberson (core
alternate) |
Cathedral |
5-9 |
14.8 |
Undecided |
| Paige Rudolph |
Evansville Memorial |
5-7 |
n/a |
Undecided |
| Lacey Workman |
Ben Davis |
5-9 |
n/a |
Undecided |
*Core Team Members
Head Coach: Curt Benge, Plainfield
Assistant Coaches: Dori Downing, Calumet; George Wooten, Turkey Run
Indiana All-Stars
Previews & Features
Niece follows path of All-Star - Indianapolis Star
All-Stars prep for live action - Indianapolis Star
Simmons was Bears’ first female All-Star - Shelbyville News
All-Star experience goes beyond simply playing basketball - Indianapolis
Star
Gugliotta has the bug and genes to go with it - Courier-Press
Area basketball fans can check out All-Stars - Courier-Press
Caplinger-Cherry finds contentment in life today - Shelbyville News
Scherer tries life without basketball - Shelbyville News
Albrecht: ‘Enjoy the experience’ - Shelbyville News
Former Shelbyville
coach John Fair has been hired as the new
coach at Speedway, according to the
Indianapolis Star.
According to the
Evansville Courier-Press, Evansville Reitz coach
Jeremy Wolfe is resigning his girls
basketball coaching position to concentrate on his head soccer coaching position
at Reitz. Citing a conflict in the off-season to devote enough attention to both
sports, Wolfe steps down after six years and a record of 55-73 with the Tigers.
Indiana girls basketball news:
Sports Fest 2004 - South Bend Tribune
Janese Banks
Marion County Athlete of the Year - Indianapolis Star
Other news of interest:
Problems are similar - Middletown Press
A girls' team, a fired coach, and Title IX - Green Bay News-Chronicle
Fever cools
down Liberty - New York Post
Big Ten All-Stars win second straight in Australia - College Sports TV
MVC Conference Tournament to be hosted by Illinois State - Pantagraph
On a very sad note,
10-year Chesterton freshman girls basketball coach
Todd Talbert, 40, was killed
when his car crossed the center-line and was hit head on by a tractor trailer in
Dearborn County. Talbert was on the way to a basketball camp when the accident
occurred on a difficult stretch of highway. Talbert's 16-year-old daughter,
Katie Talbert and friend
Angela Hullinger, were also in the car. Both
are hospitalized in a Cincinnati hospital, but are expected to be released
within the week. Talbert was a math teacher at the high school and also coached
football and track. Our condolences to the Talbert family and the Chesterton
community, where he will truly be missed.
Chesterton teacher killed in head-on truck collision
- Post Tribune
Duneland grieves for CHS teacher - The Times
Former
Highland head coach Chris Huppenthal
(right) has been hired to replace Charlie Hall
at Kokomo. Huppenthal, who has been an assistant coach with the Kats for
the past year, takes over for one of the most storied programs in Indiana girls
basketball history. Huppenthal left Highland, where he walked away with a 156-32
(.830) record over eight years, after the Highland School
Board went through sweeping changes in its board membership and caused a major
shakeup in the HHS athletic department. Indiana All-Star
Julie DeMuth also left the program when Huppenthal departed,
finishing out her senior season at Merrillville. The Kats, who were 4A
state champs in 2003, experienced a great season in 2003-04, despite the loss of
four D-I talents in DeUnna
Hendrix (Richmond), Anne Thatcher
(Indiana State), Ashley Hayes (Murray
State) and Ashley Johnson (IPFW).
The Kats went 19-5 this past season under Hall and qualified for Regionals,
where they fell to eventual state runner-up Warsaw. The Kokomo Kabinet is
hardly bare as they head into the 2004-05 season, however, as the Kats return a highly-regarded talent in
Audrey McDonald. The 5'7 point guard is being recruited by the likes of
Notre Dame, Duke, Penn State and Georgia.
Huppenthal named girls coach at Kokomo - Indy Star
As we reported in
April, 6'5 Brebeuf rising sophomore Ta'Shia
Phillips, who has already committed to Purdue, was named the
top freshman in the nation by Student Sports Magazine. The entire list of
SSM High School All-Americans has now been released. The only
other Indiana player receiving SSM All-American honors was 6'6 rising junior
Amber Harris of North Central, who
was listed as Special Mention along with nine other rising juniors in the
country.
According to the
Hartford Register, 6'6 rising sophomore center
Reicina Russell (Terre Haute South/Lawrence North/Penn
State) has narrowed her choices down to UConn and Georgia as
transfer destinations. In either case, the 2002 4A State Tournament MVP will
have to sit one year to comply with NCAA transfer rules.
While D-I players
transfer, D-I coaches do, too. The resulting change can be difficult for players
with a new coach, especially incoming freshmen who were recruited by the
departing coaching staff. Former Indiana high school players who will see a new
face on the bench this upcoming college season are as follows:
| School |
New Coach, Former
School |
Indiana
Player/Year, High School |
Eastern Illinois
Charleston, IL |
Brady Sallee
East Carolina (Asst) |
Lauren Sims '02,
Sullivan
Megan Casad '03, Bloomington South
Kiki Bytnar '04, Calumet |
IUPUI
Indianapolis, IN |
Shann Hart
American (Head) |
Jessica James '01,
Franklin Central
Brooke Boggs '02, Fremont
Brooke McAfee '02, Valparaiso
Erin Guy '02, Twin Lakes
Regina Marshall '02, New Albany
Kia Hayes '02, North Central
Nicole Allison '03, New Palestine
Teri Gepfert '03, Homestead
Belinda Drake '04, Gary West Side
Karima Davies '04, Gary West Side
Rachel Kenney '04, Mooresville
Becka Bralts '04, Lafayette Harrison
Jasmine Baines '04, Jeffersonville |
Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL |
Jill Dunn
Georgia State (Asst) |
Megan Wallen '03,
Wawasee |
Southern Illinois
Carbondale, IL |
Dana Eikenberg
Missouri-Kansas City (Head) |
Wendy Goodman '01,
Evansville North
Amy Hayden '02, Ft. Wayne Snider
Bernettra Grayer '03, Gary West Side |
Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS |
Joye Lee McNelis
Memphis (Head) |
Kelsey Gurganus '04,
Perry Meridian |
Indiana girls basketball news:
Hoop dream comes true (Indiana All-Stars) - Indianapolis Star
Other news of interest:
IU's Valentin acquires new skills with Puerto Rican team - Indianapolis Star
Cards look to volunteer assistant to fill recent coaching vacancy - BSU
Daily News
Hebron
coach Jerry Bechtold and two other varsity
coaches for the Hawks have received a reprieve of sorts after the Hebron School
Board tabled a decision on whether or not to renew their coaching contracts for
next school year. According to the
Post-Tribune and
The Times, all three coaches were allowed to make their cases for
keeping their coaching positions in executive session. In addition, a packed
house at the meeting heard comments from 39 community members in support and
opposition to the non-renewal of the contracts. Bechtold's daughter,
Lauren Bechtold, who plays at Valparaiso,
spoke on behalf of her dad and the program he developed during his five years at
Hebron. In response to the comments, the board tabled its decision until a later
date. The next board meeting is scheduled for July 13. Photo
courtesy of
strempkagallery.com.
Former
Valparaiso standout Jeanette Gray has
been hired to replace Stephanie White (Seeger)
on the
Ball State coaching staff. White recently took an assistant coaching
position at Kansas State. Gray, who was a volunteer assistant for head
coach Tracy Roller (Crown Point) this
past season, will take on a new list of duties, including leading the scout
team, overseeing managers, managing tape exchange and coordinating the BSU
women's basketball team community activities and programs. She'll also be
working with post players in practice and help with recruiting.
Gray takes next step - The Times
Gray named assistant women's hoops coach - BSU website
BSU women name new assistant coach - Star Press
The
Indianapolis Star has posted a complete schedule and guide to the
Indiana All-Star games and players.
Beech Grove head coach
Bonnie Bonelli (right) has left the Hornets program after one year,
and reportedly is
returning to the Ft. Wayne area. Bonelli guided Beech Grove to a 10-10 record this
past season.
We've added a new
listing to our
2006 Prospects. Rising junior Lori Whitaker,
a 5'9 Bloomington North guard/forward, is the latest addition. She is
listing Western Kentucky, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Indiana State, Michigan, St. Louis, Ball State,
Oklahoma State, Richmond, Drake and others as schools of
interest.
Other news of interest:
Fever's scoring picks up as they adapt to new offense - Indianapolis Star
In WNBA, X's and O's become a man's game - Baltimore Sun
Former
Ben Davis guard Amber Johnson, who
began her college career at Denver and then transferred to Garden City Community
College, is now appearing on the 2004-05 roster at
Marquette University. Johnson, who helped Ben Davis to two state titles
in 2000 and 2001, should have two years of eligibility remaining. At Garden
City, the 5'6 point guard only played in seven games, but started five of them.
She averaged 9.6 points. 2.4
rebounds and 3.6 assists per game. Johnson will join a squad that went to the
Big Dance this past season. The Golden Eagles compiled a 22-9 record before
falling 76-67 to Duke in the round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament.
Penn
State transfer Reicina Russell is taking
full advantage of her official visits, according to the
Tribune Star. So far the 6'6 former Terre Haute South and
Lawrence North standout has visited Connecticut, Florida and
Georgia in her quest for a new playing situation. And although highly
unlikely, Indiana State is a possibility for an unofficial visit in the mix of
things, as former THS teammates Melanie Boeglin,
Kristen Weddle and
Jackie Gustafson all play for the Sycamores.
The Indiana High
School All-Star
games are looming this month and as in the past,
Regional Radio Sports Network will broadcast both the girls and boys
games on June 19 from Owensboro and June 26 from Indianapolis. You can listen to
the broadcasts on WHLP 89.9 FM in the Region or on line at
RRSN.
Broadcast times begin at 4:20 p.m. on both dates.
The
Preseason
WNIT field is starting to shape up, and now you can include Notre
Dame in the mix. The Irish will be one of 16 teams from 16 different
conferences that will compete in the annual pre-season tournament. The Preseason
WNIT is expected to begin on November 12 at the campuses of participating
programs and end on either November 21 or 22. The winner of last season's
Preseason WNIT was Texas Tech. Besides
Jacqueline Batteast (SB Washington) at Notre Dame, other
former Indiana players expected to participate in the tournament so far are
Liz Honegger (West Lafayette) of
Bowling Green and Ashley Allen (Ben
Davis) and Candace Dark (Fountain
Central) of Ohio State. Other schools committed so far to the
Preseason WNIT are Duke and St. Mary's (CA).
Irish on tap for preseason WNIT - South Bend Tribune
Purdue
guard Sharika Webb (Indianapolis
Cathedral) will be playing with the Big Ten Women's Basketball Foreign Tour
Team this summer in Australia. Webb, who is expected to play a major role with
the Boilermakers this season with the graduation of star point guard
Erika Valek, will be one of 12 players from
the Big Ten on the tour. IU standout Jenny DeMuth
(Highland) will also be playing on Tour Team under coach
Kathi Bennett of Indiana. The team
left yesterday and will play its first of four games on June 10. Results during
the tour can be found at the
Big Ten
website.
Webb departs with Foreign Tour Team - Fans Only
Coaching changes continue to evolve this summer.
Eastbrook has hired Matt Hines to
take over the reins for the Panthers. Hines inherits a squad that went 15-6 last
season under Craig Plummer.
Other news of interest:
BOUNCING back: Green resolute after Iraq injury - South Bend Tribune
Former Notre Dame player says she had premonition about Iraq - FW News
Sentinel
Recruiting wars on tap (interesting read) - CollegeSports.com
