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Haley Huddleston (Hanover): The Henryville graduate, a senior on the women’s track & field team, didn’t compete in any indoor meets. She previously played for the women’s basketball team.

Lexi Gurr (Hanover): The Charlestown graduate, a sophomore on the women’s track & field team, competed in several indoor meets for the Panthers this past season. She was a member of Hanover’s fifth-place-finishing distance medley relay team, helping the Panthers take home the Heartland C…

NEW ALBANY — Wiley Brown looked up to Wes Unseld, literally.

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana announced plans Wednesday for athletes to return for voluntary workouts, another positive step in college sports returning this fall during the global coronavirus pandemic.

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Kamran Miles (Hanover): The New Washington graduate, a sophomore on the women’s track & field team, competed in several indoor meets for the Panthers. She finished fifth in the shot put in the Rose-Hulman Friday Night Spikes Opener and 12th in DePauw’s Tiger Small College Indoor Invitational.

Nolan Keeler (Marian): The New Albany graduate, a freshman on the men’s golf team, appeared in six events during the fall and spring for the Knights. In the fall, he finished eighth in the Shootout at Sultan’s Run and tied for 10th in the SAU Bill Bockwitz Golf Classic. In the spring, he tie…

Hayden Hope (Spalding): The Christian Academy graduate, a sophomore on the men’s golf team, competed in four tournaments in the fall as the Eagles’ spring season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. His top finish was a tie for 16th in the Stateline Shootout last September.

Addison Greenwell (Marian): The New Albany graduate, a senior on the men’s golf team, appeared in one tournament during the abbreviated season. He tied for 20th-place at the Gulf Shores Invitational in early March.

JEFFERSONVILLE — Indianapolis’ Eddie Van Meter took the first leg of the World Figure 8 Tour on Sunday night.

Some believe that high school athletes specialize in one sport too often these days.

WASHINGTON — Louisville native Wes Unseld, the workmanlike Hall of Fame center who led Washington to its only NBA championship and was chosen one of the 50 greatest players in league history, died Tuesday after a series of health issues, most recently pneumonia. He was 74.

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CHARLESTOWN — Tyler Odle was a standout receiver on one of the best Charlestown football teams in program history.

BLOOMINGTON — The Indiana football program suffered another tragic offseason event when news surfaced late Sunday night that popular former IU defensive lineman Chris Beaty was shot and killed in downtown Indianapolis.

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Mason Gamero (Purdue Fort Wayne): The Floyd Central graduate, a freshman on the men’s volleyball team, tallied three assists and five digs while playing in all 17 matches in an abbreviated season for the Mastodons.

Caleb Futter (Grand Valley State): The Christian Academy graduate, a freshman on the men’s track & field team, redshirted this season, as he did in cross country.

JEFFERSONVILLE — Racing returns — albeit spectator-free — to Sportsdrome Speedway on Sunday.

BLOOMINGTON — The decision by Trayce Jackson-Davis to return for his sophomore season gives Indiana a formidable, athletic frontcourt presence.

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McKenna Cavanaugh (Southern Indiana): The Christian Academy graduate, a freshman on the women’s track & field team, competed in several meets during the indoor season. She took third in the mile run at Indianapolis’ Greyhound Invitational. At the Great Lakes Valley Conference meet, she f…

Micah Camble (Indiana): The New Albany graduate, a freshman on the men’s track team, competed in several races during the indoor season. He was part of the Hoosiers’ victorious 1,600-meter relay team in the Hoosier Hills meet. He also took third in the 600 run at the Hoosier Hills.

Adam Uhl (Franklin): The Providence graduate, a freshman catcher on the baseball team, didn’t see game action during the abbreviated season.

Steven Thom (Bellarmine): The New Albany graduate, a freshman left-handed pitcher on the baseball team, didn’t see game action during the abbreviated season.

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Ceci Rush

There was no track & field season this spring, but that didn’t stop the Indiana Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches from recognizing some of the top student-athletes in the state.

LOUISVILLE — The Kentucky Derby usually signals that spring has sprung and summer is right around the corner.

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Drew Taylor (Southern Indiana): The Jeffersonville graduate, a freshman outfielder on the baseball team, didn’t see any game action during the abbreviated season.

Austin Smith (Earlham): The Charlestown graduate, a senior right-handed pitcher on the baseball team, didn’t see any game action during the abbreviated season.

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Frank Reich was only partially successful in containing his enthusiasm for the Indianapolis Colts’ roster Monday.

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Adam Spalding (Bellarmine): The Floyd Central graduate, a freshman pitcher on the baseball team, didn’t see any game action during the abbreviated season.

Abby Letson (Indiana State): The Floyd Central graduate, a freshman left-handed pitcher on the softball team, didn’t see any game action during the abbreviated season.

• High school: New Washington. 

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