A good night of local sports on Monday, and let’s start with golf, where the Washington Lady Hatchets golf team competed in the PAC conference championships at Country Oaks. This was a make up of a rain out last Saturday and was reduced to a nine-hole event. Gibson Southern came out on top in the event and Washington Channey Clark placed fourth and received all conference honors. It was one of the Hatchets’ better rounds of the season and they are picking up momentum heading into Saturday’s Sectional. Maddie Dalton also had a stellar round with a 46, and the Lady Hatchets placed fourth as a team in the conference meet.
Let’s look at tennis, where the Washington Hatchets played host to the red-hot North Daviess Cougars and it was North Daviess that came away with a 5 to 0 victory behind the senior leadership of #1 singles player Jaylen Mullen.
The Barr-Reeve tennis team gave head coach Brock Higgins a happy birthday present by travelling to and beating Wood Memorial 5-0 on Monday night to go 12-4 on the season. Their next match will be at WRV on Tuesday night.
In volleyball, it was the Lady Hatchets travelling to Tecumseh and losing 15-25, 13-25, and 15-25.
The junior high volleyball teams traveled to Jasper Monday. 7th grade lost in straight sets and drop to 4-3 on the season. The 8th grade dropped a close 3 set match and now stands at 5-2. Both teams play at home Tuesday against Princeton.
According to coach Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame starting quarterback Tyler Buchner will miss the next four months with a sprained AC joint that will require surgery. The injury, suffered during the fourth quarter of the Fighting Irish’s 26-21 loss to Marshall, will likely keep Buchner out for the remainder of the 2022 season. As a result, Drew Pyne has been elevated to make his first career start ahead of Notre Dame’s Week 3 game against Cal. After exiting the game against the Thundering Herd late in the fourth quarter following a 4-yard run, With Notre Dame down 11 points, Pyne entered and threw a red zone interception just two plays later to ice the game. The shocking upset dropped the Fighting Irish to 0-2 for the first time since 2011.
Georgia took over the No. 1 spot from Alabama in the latest edition of the CBS Sports 131, a comprehensive ranking of every FBS team.
TEAM RECORD PREVIOUS
1 Georgia 2-0 2
2 Alabama 2-0 1
3 Ohio State 2-0 3
4 Michigan 2-0 4
5 Oklahoma 2-0 5
6 USC 2-0 10
7 Clemson 2-0 6
8 BYU 2-0 21
9 Arkansas 2-0 12
10 Kentucky 2-0 23
In Monday Night football action it was Russel Wilson heading back to the town and the stadium that made him a star but it was Seattle who enjoyed the homecoming as the Seahawks come away with a 17 to 16 win over Wilson and the Broncos. The famed Seattle 12th man was a pumped up and loud crowd and forced Russell into many audibles and held their former quarterback to 29 of 42 passing and only 1 touchdown.
As you heard on The General the Cincinnati Reds lose to the Pittsburgh Pirates 6 to 3 dropping the Reds to a 56 and 83 record on the season.
The Chicago Cubs scored 5 runs in the first 4 innings and that’s all they’d need to beat the New York Mets 5-2. Cubbies are now 59 and 82 on the campaign
Let’s take an early look at this week’s high school football matchups
Dewayne Shake and Mark Myers will have the call on WAMW as Washington hosts Pike Central at 7:30
The North Daviess Cougars travel to Edinburgh for a 7:30 kickoff. You can hear all that action on The Razor 94.5 WRZR with John Patrick Mullen and Brayden Wesner
Linton Stockton travels to Boonville, Vincennes Lincoln is at Castle, North Knox goes to Farmersburg to battle North Central and Jasper is home versus Evansville Mater Dei.
In College Football this week IU hosts Western Kentucky at noon on Saturday hear that game and listen to Inside Football with IU Coach Tom allen every Wednesday evening at 7:05 on 95.5 The Razor
Purdue travels to Syracuse, Notre Dame is at Cal, Ball State plays host to Murray State and Indiana State hosts Montana in Terre Haute
