EVANSVILLE, Ind. – For the first time in her collegiate career, University of Southern Indiana Women’s Golf sophomore Baileigh Schneider (Huntingburg, Indiana) was voted as the Ohio Valley Conference Female Golfer of the Week as announced by the league’s communications office Thursday morning. This is the first weekly award for the Screaming Eagles this season.
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Schneider put up a career-best performance at The Julie last Monday and Tuesday after putting up a two-round score of 148 (+6) to tie for ninth in her best finish as an Eagle. Her opening-round score of 72 (+1) was the best single round in her collegiate career and the lowest-scored round for USI in 2023.
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USI finished the tournament in sixth place, the team’s best finish this season.
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Schneider and the Eagles finish the regular season with a trip to Murray, Kentucky to compete in the Jim Weaver Invitational hosted by Murray State University at the Miller Memorial Golf Course on April 3-4.
Schneider wins first-ever weekly honor
Weather Changes UE-Belmont Baseball Series Schedule Again
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Due to the forecast for heavy rain and storms on Friday evening and heavy wind set for Saturday, the schedule for this weekend’s University of Evansville-Belmont baseball series has been changed again.
The series will now begin on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. with a single game. The series will conclude now with a doubleheader scheduled for 12 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.
Evansville will enter the series with a 16-8 overall record and 3-0 Missouri Valley Conference mark after seeing its nine-game winning streak snapped on Wednesday night against Southeast Missouri State. Belmont opened its first season of MVC play last weekend by winning two out of three games against Illinois State at home, and the Bruins will bring a 14-12 overall record and 2-1 conference mark into this weekend’s series. This weekend’s series is slated to be streamed live on ESPN+ and ESPN3, with the entire series also available in the Tri-State area and on-line through 107.1 FM-WJPS and the Old National Bank/Purple Aces Sports Network.
Early errors doom Blazers in road matchup at Frontier
FAIRFIELD, Ill. – The Vincennes University Trailblazer baseball team looked to pick up their second road win over an NJCAA Division I opponent in as many days and held their own with the Bobcats of Frontier CC.
Vincennes had some issues in the field in the first inning, which allowed Frontier to score three runs in the first, which would be the difference as VU fell by the final score of 4-2.
The Trailblazers got on the board quickly Thursday night, with sophomore leadoff hitter Ethan Burdette (Linton, Ind.) leading off the game with a single.
Burdette would come around to score on a throwing error, giving Vincennes the early 1-0 lead.
Freshman starting pitcher Aaron Fenn (Fort Wayne, Ind.) got off to a great start, retiring the first two batters he faced, including a strikeout before getting the third batter to hit a ground ball.
This ground ball did not result in the third out of the inning however, as a throwing error extended the inning and the Bobcats jumped on this opportunity to score three runs in the inning and take a 3-1 lead.
The Trailblazers looked to battle back in the second and freshman Jack Robinson (Mooresville, Ind.) led off the inning with a single, stole second base and later reached third and scored on two separate wild pitches to cut the Bobcat lead to just a single run.
The scoring would come to a halt after this inning however, with the two teams trading shutout innings.
Frontier would get another run in the sixth to increase their lead to two and were able to hold on through the later innings to come away with the 4-2 victory over the Trailblazers.
Aaron Fenn got the start on the mound for the Blazers and threw four and two-third innings, allowing three runs on nine hits and striking out three.
Sophomore Eli Steimel (Sullivan, Ind.) was the first out of the pen, throwing an inning and a third, allowing one run on three hits.
Freshman Logan Medsker (Marshall, Ill.) picked the seventh inning without allowing a hit and striking out one.
Freshman Gavin Craggs (Taylorville, Ill.) entered in the eighth and allowed one hit while striking out two.
VU is set to host the Bobcats at Jerry Blemker Field in the second half of this home-and-home series with Frontier Friday, March 31 at 12 p.m. eastern.
With rain in the forecast for Friday morning, parents and fans can stay up to date with any schedule changes by following ‘Vincennes University Athletics’ on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
BOX SCORE
VU (15-16, 4-4) – 110   000  000 – 2
Frontier – 300   001  00x – 4
VINCENNES HITTING
R – Burdette, Robinson. SB – Evans, Burdette, Elliott, Robinson. HBP – Hinton, Evans, Robinson, Brown.
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REP. HATFIELD CHARGES THAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS VOTED TO SLASH EVANSVILLE VANDERBURGH SCHOOL CORPORATION FUNDING
REP. HATFIELD (D) CHARGES THAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS VOTED TO SLASH EVANSVILLE VANDERBURGH SCHOOL CORPORATION FUNDING
Anna Groove
Senior Press Secretary For Indiana House Democrats
March 30, 2023
INDIANAPOLIS – Due to an accounting trick by Indiana House Republicans, Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation will be on the hook financially for students’ textbook costs and saddled with an effective budget cut. State Rep. Ryan Hatfield (D-Evansville) is calling attention to the fact that EVSC will lose $1,655,200 in funding during the 2024 fiscal year to cover the cost of textbooks for all students.
In his proposed state biennial budget, Gov. Eric Holcomb threw his support behind Indiana House Democrats’ decades-long call to eliminate all textbook fees for students as its own line item entirely paid for by the state. In fact, Hatfield himself offered a bill this session to eliminate textbook fees for students, with a curriculum fund created and administered by the state to cover this cost moving forward.
House Republicans’ budget eliminates textbook funding but instead forces schools to pay for the cost of textbooks out of their state funding, even for students on free and reduced lunches, which the state currently covers.
On the surface, EVSC will receive a 1.22% increase in base student funding from 2023 to 2024, an increase from $151,098,664 to $152,946,427. But thanks to the textbook cost of $1,655,200, that increase in funding actually comes out to only 0.13% – far below the current 6.0% rate of inflation. This will result in a significant practical funding cut for EVSC.
“I filed my bill to eliminate textbook fees this session because I believe in our state constitution’s promise of a tuition-free K-12 public education for Hoosier kids,†Hatfield said. “I’ve seen the hardship caused by textbook costs going to collections for families in House District 77. This practice needs to end.
“House Republicans’ textbook proposal is nothing more than deceptive accounting. Forcing Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation to take on the cost of all textbooks for students without a corresponding funding bump will undermine the district’s ability to provide students and families with the education and programs they need to achieve success.
“This provision is hardly a win for families or kids when it will deprive schools of funding to retain teachers and fight learning loss and literacy issues. It’s stunning, really, how easy it would be for the state to give families, children and schools a win here – the cost of eliminating textbook fees is approximately in the range of $100 million annually. Our state budget totals $43 billion by comparison. Free textbooks would be a minor line item for the state with a meaningful impact for EVSC families. We should make good on delivering a solid public education to the 90% of school-age Hoosier children who attend public school by actually funding this proposal.
“I encourage all concerned parents and residents to contact their state senator and representative to express their dissatisfaction with this measure.â€
As part of the House Republican budget proposal, this provision has passed out of the Indiana House of Representatives and is now under consideration by the state Senate.
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VANDERBURGH COUNTY PROSECUTOR EXPRESSES CONCERNS OVER VIGILANTE GROUPS
As the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor, I ask that all citizens reach out to the law
enforcement immediately if they suspect illegal activity.
The Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office is committed to collaborating with
law enforcement to fight for victims, find and convict criminals, and bring cases to court
which result in strong convictions and are upheld on appeal. Because of this goal,
groups or individuals who take it upon themselves to undertake law enforcement
functions in Vanderburgh County cannot be condoned by the Office of the Prosecutor
for many legal and safety reasons.
First, actions by private, untrained—and sometimes armed—individuals who
confront others pose a serious risk to the community, and themselves, and can undermine
legitimate investigations and cases to which they are not privy.
Secondly, the evidence untrained individuals think they are collecting can
sometimes be legally problematic and inadmissible for use in bringing charges or taking
a case to trial. This series of events is supremely frustrating for law enforcement and
prosecution who spend years of certification and ongoing training on best practices to
find and keep illegal activity out of our communities and gain convictions which are
upheld on appeal.
Law enforcement in Vanderburgh County collaborates with each other to fight
crime. There are local, state, and federal investigations that the public is not privy to
which can be thwarted by an unknowing civilian’s involvement. There is a myriad of nuances to the law from investigation, arrest, and prosecution that involve years of technical, tactical, and legal training—which is ongoing throughout our careers. What the public sees on social media and television is dramatized, incomplete, over-simplified, and often inaccurate.
As a reminder, a person who chooses to pose as law enforcement, meddles in
ongoing investigations, or is violent, may also be subject to criminal prosecution if a law
is violated.
The citizens of Vanderburgh County can rest assured they have a fighter in their
corner and citizens can trust that I will work with law enforcement to respond with
diligence and integrity to their concerns.
