Coming into Saturday’s IHSAA Class 4A Volleyball State Championship game, MaxPreps ranked Hamilton Southeastern fourth in the nation and Yorktown fifth; the teams had a combined record of 67-3 this season. They already met this season before this championship showdown; a 5-set encounter that saw Hamilton Southeastern come away with a win.
After finishing runner-up in class 2A volleyball to Barr-Reeve two years ago, the Raiders hoped to capture another state championship for the school out of Selma.
If I take the night off, lounge around my room and get too comfortable, I’ll start to lose pace; it’s a spiral I’ve met before and have been running from ever since.
“I'm so excited for our kids and for our program,” head coach Mike Wilhelm said. “We talked with this group about being champions months ago, because we knew we had the ingredients to be a championship team. But we had to grow and we learned from our losses and from some of our weaknesses throughout the year. I think we corrected those and that's how you become a championship team.”
Heading into the final road trip of the year, Ball State commands its own destiny. If the Cardinals can win two out of their three remaining games, the Cardinals will claim the MAC regular season title uncontested by Bowling Green, who is currently 2.5 games behind. With the regular season title, the MAC tournament would be played from Worthen Arena and Ball State would have home court advantage throughout.
Weather Forecaster Lance Huffman tracks a windy and rainy Saturday, with drier weather soon after.
“Now we have reached out and we’re working with D.C.S. and Meridian Services here at Delaware County,” Gibson said, “just trying to get a further reach for our program and help more people.”
“We change those [displays] out about every month,” said Kate West, one of three Beeman Assistants. “We keep up with different events and themes throughout the year.”
Paddock and Sape played against each other in elementary school youth sports, more than five years before they played together at Bloomfield Hills High School and almost a decade before they both committed to play for Ball State Football.
The Cardinals celebrate with chocolate milk and music on their bus ride back to the hotel. While enjoying their post-game drink the Cardinals sang out Mood by 24kGoldn, a song that Ball State soccer has had in their minds for almost two years.
For the fourth time in five years, Ball State Women’s Volleyball has reached 20 wins in a season. The Cardinals achieved this feat thanks to a sweep of a deep Kent State team that has had five players win Mid-American Conference (MAC) East Division Player of the Week honors throughout the season.
“Like Coach Sallee said, the work that has been put in is more than I can explain. It just feels surreal to be back out there and I am just ecstatic,” Clephane said.
Assistant Chief Weather Forecaster Ryan Crump has your update on warmer temperatures and windy conditions for your Saturday.
“If you are very much comfortable with saying whatever is on your mind too, wherever the issue took place, then do that. We encourage students in a respectful and productive manner obviously to do just that,” said Keys.
Gamma Theta Upsilon hosted a 'Geo-Jeopardy' fundraiser for their trip to the American Geography Association Conference hosted in Detroit, Michigan.
“He definitely makes the day go by fast, sometimes I find myself talking to him while we are driving, and asking him what he’s thinking and then I laugh,” Money said.
“Most of us will get chairs, use two chairs, put our heads on the table. We typically don’t sleep until like 3 a.m. because it’s high energy,” Martin said.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio is suing Indiana's attorney general, seeking to block him from using allegedly "frivolous" consumer complaints to issue subpoenas seeking patients' confidential medical records.
Muncie OUTreach celebrated its 10-year anniversary Oct. 27 at the Ball State Alumni Center, with selections of different clothing items.
Weather Forecaster Hunter Luzadder has an update on windy conditions that will persist on Friday into Saturday as rain chances build for the majority of Saturday.
