GIRLS BASKETBALL SATURDAY:
The Barr Reeve girls topped Pike Central Saturday afternoon 47 to 32. Barr Reeve returns to action tonight at home with Wood Memorial. Tip off at 8pm on the General 95.9fm / 101.3 / AM 1580.
The Washington Lady Hatchets edged out a tough win over Boonville at home Saturday 67 to 64. Washington improves to 13 and 1 and will travel to
Princeton tonight. Tip off at 7:30pm on Memories 107.9fm.
Vincennes Lincoln defeated North Knox 59 to 33.
Washington Catholic lost to Vincennes Rivet 62 to 15. The WC Girls will face Dugger tonight
Loogootee lost to a tough Linton team 53 to 41.
South Knox beat Bloomfield 41 to 31
Jasper lost to Bedford 65 to 34
Shoals fell to Wood Memorial 53 to 36
Girls Sectional pairings were released last night from the IHSAA, here are the pairings for round one. The tournament begins the week of February 2nd:
Sectional 31 Class 3A at Vincennes
Washington vs Sullivan
Vincennes vs Princeton
Pike Central will take on WHS / Sullivan winner
Sectional 63 Class A at Loogootee:
Barr Reeve will take on Washington Catholic
Orleans plays the winner of Barr Reeve / Washington Catholic
Shoals plays Loogootee
North Daviess will play the winner Shoals/ Loogootee
Sectional 47 Class 2A at North Knox:
Linton vs Mitchell
Rivet takes on the winner of Linton / MItchell
North Knox will play Paoli
South Knox will face Eastern Greene
BOYS BASKETBALL SATURDAY NIGHT:
Washington held off a tough late challenge from Pike Central on the road 47 to 40. The Hatchets will travel to Forest Park on Tuesday.
The top team in 1A had their way with the top team in 3A as Barr Reeve defeated Heritage Hills Saturday at the Southridge Classic 59 to 35. The Vikings are now 13 and 2.
Shoals topped Wood Memorial 60 to 42
Jasper lost to Evansville Harrison 53 to 39
Eastern Greene squeaked out a one point win over South Knox 44 to 43
Loogootee topped Bloomfield 60 to 57
High School Wrestling PAC tournament from Saturday at Mt Vernon, Washington’s Brady Byrd took first place in the 106 pound weight class, and Louk Gray finished first in the heavyweight class. Junior Omar Mora took 4th place at 170 pounds, Freshman Cameron Cook took 5th at 145 pounds, and senior Luis Abrego took 7th place at 132 pounds. Washington placed 8th as a team in the 14 team field in the PAC, the sectional will be this Saturday at Evansville.
Indiana could not sustain momentum from its best win of the season and lost to Rutgers 74-70 Sunday at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers looked to build on Thursday’s win at fourth-ranked Iowa but fell flat against the Scarlet Knights. Armaan Franklin led IU with 14 points, while leading scorer Trayce Jackson-Davis was limited to 13 points and seven rebounds. IU is 9-7 overall and 4-5 in the Big Ten, and the Hoosiers are not scheduled to play again until Tuesday, February 2nd. Next weekend’s game at Michigan has been postponed due to Michigan’s entire athletic department shutting down for at least two weeks due to COVID-19.
Prentiss Hubb scored 19 points and led Notre Dame to a 73-59 win at Miami Sunday night.
The Toronto Raptors made key stops down the stretch and beat the Indiana Pacers 107-102 Sunday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
After last weekend’s playoff win against the Cleveland Browns, Patrick Mahomes led the Kansas City Chiefs to a 38-24 victory over Buffalo and a berth in the Super Bowl against Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Tom Brady has a new team, in a new town. The destination is the same: another Super Bowl. At home, too. The man with six NFL titles will become the first quarterback to play a Super Bowl on his team’s home field. He owes the Tampa Bay defense that sacked Aaron Rodgers five times, and a curious late call on fourth-and-goal by the Packers as Brady and the Bucs beat top-seeded Green Bay 31-26 for the NFC title Sunday.
The Super Bowl will be preceded by almost none of the usual pregame hype. To ensure compliance with COVID-19 protocols, the NFL is requiring the Chiefs to remain at their home facility until no earlier than two days before the game. (The Buccaneers will already be at home, of course.) That means there will be no media day, no daily swarming of team hotels and no conventional parties. Regardless, this will be a super-size game featuring the quarterback who has won more Super Bowls than any other player in history (Brady, six) and his possible successor (Mahomes, seeking his second at age 25). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will become the first team to compete for a Super Bowl title in its home stadium. Super Bowl LV will be played on Feb. 7 at the Buccaneers’ Raymond James Stadium, a date the NFL awarded years before quarterback Tom Brady decided to leave the New England Patriots and make a couple more runs at a championship in Tampa.
