Germania Maennerchor To Host Two Lenten Fish Fries
Lenten Fish Fries are ON at Germania! TWO fries will be held this year on Fridays March 8th & 29th from 5:30-7:30 pm at the club at 916 N Fulton in Evansville.
They are open to the public.
The March 8th event will include TWO breaded & deep-fried filets, German potato salad, creamy coleslaw, baked beans + rye bread – all for $13 per plate.
Cookies will also be for sale.
The Rathskeller will be open for dine-in or carry-out is available.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Evansville divers Madison Rollett (Evansville, Ind./Reitz) and Levi McKinney (Boonville, Ind./Boonville) both posted NCAA Zone qualifying marks on Saturday against Southern Indiana, while the UE swimmers took home eight individual titles in a dual meet against the Bellarmine Knights in Louisville, Kentucky.
Rollett posted her first Zone qualifying mark of her UE career with a personal-best score of 279.90 on the one-meter board to win the individual competition against USI. Rollett is trying to be the first UE female to advance to NCAA Zone Championships since Courtney Coverdale in 2017. McKinney, meanwhile, posted his second NCAA Zone score of the year with a personal-best mark of 308.85 on the one-meter board. He also cracked the 300-point barrier in the season’s first meet of the year.
Rollett swept both the one-meter and three-meter competitions against USI, winning the three-meter competition by over 30 points with a score of 251.18.
Swimming-wise, UE got five individual titles on the men’s side and three titles on the women’s side in a dual meet against Bellarmine. UE swept all four relay races, with senior Jackson Caudill (Mt. Sterling, Ky./Montgomery County) and juniors Daniel Santos Lopez (Madrid, Spain) and Patrik Vilbergsson (Kopavogur, Iceland) taking home individual titles on the men’s side, and freshman Rebecca Lago (Tezze sul Brenta, Italy) winning the women’s 50-Yard Freestyle with a time of 25.11.
Caudill captured the title in the men’s 1,000-Yard Freestyle with a time of 9:43.25. Santos Lopez, meanwhile, won the 200-Yard IM with a time of 1:54.44, besting the field by over three seconds. Vilbergsson then cruised to the title in the 200-Yard Backstroke by over five seconds with a winning time of 1:51.66.
The UE swimming and diving teams will return to action next weekend at Eastern Illinois. The women’s team will compete against EIU, while the men will battle both Eastern Illinois and Wabash. The meet is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Evansville divers Madison Rollett (Evansville, Ind./Reitz) and Levi McKinney (Boonville, Ind./Boonville) both posted NCAA Zone qualifying marks on Saturday against Southern Indiana, while the UE swimmers took home eight individual titles in a dual meet against the Bellarmine Knights in Louisville, Kentucky.
Rollett posted her first Zone qualifying mark of her UE career with a personal-best score of 279.90 on the one-meter board to win the individual competition against USI. Rollett is trying to be the first UE female to advance to NCAA Zone Championships since Courtney Coverdale in 2017. McKinney, meanwhile, posted his second NCAA Zone score of the year with a personal-best mark of 308.85 on the one-meter board. He also cracked the 300-point barrier in the season’s first meet of the year.
Rollett swept both the one-meter and three-meter competitions against USI, winning the three-meter competition by over 30 points with a score of 251.18.
Swimming-wise, UE got five individual titles on the men’s side and three titles on the women’s side in a dual meet against Bellarmine. UE swept all four relay races, with senior Jackson Caudill (Mt. Sterling, Ky./Montgomery County) and juniors Daniel Santos Lopez (Madrid, Spain) and Patrik Vilbergsson (Kopavogur, Iceland) taking home individual titles on the men’s side, and freshman Rebecca Lago (Tezze sul Brenta, Italy) winning the women’s 50-Yard Freestyle with a time of 25.11.
Caudill captured the title in the men’s 1,000-Yard Freestyle with a time of 9:43.25. Santos Lopez, meanwhile, won the 200-Yard IM with a time of 1:54.44, besting the field by over three seconds. Vilbergsson then cruised to the title in the 200-Yard Backstroke by over five seconds with a winning time of 1:51.66.
The UE swimming and diving teams will return to action next weekend at Eastern Illinois. The women’s team will compete against EIU, while the men will battle both Eastern Illinois and Wabash. The meet is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Lady Trailblazers hit the floor for the first time in 2024 Saturday afternoon, hosting Region 24 opponent John A. Logan College at the Physical Education Complex.
The Lady Blazers had to shake off some early rust from the long Holiday break but were able to come away with a good 84-71 victory over the Lady Vols, pushing their winning streak to five games.
VU got off to a slow start against the Lady Volunteers, playing their first game in almost a full month and John A. Logan took advantage, scoring nine of the first 11 points of the game.
VU answered back with eight unanswered to take a 10-9 lead, before the Lady Vols closed out the first quarter of play on an 8-2 scoring run to take a 17-12 lead after the first 10 minutes of play.
John A. Logan looked to build on this momentum early in the second quarter, scoring the first six points of the second period.
The Lady Trailblazers looked to get back to their old form though, using a 13-0 scoring run to take a 25-23 lead, capped off by a big three-pointer by freshman Karina Scott (Noblesville, Ind.).
The two teams would trade baskets for the final five minutes of the quarter, with Logan evening the game before the break, heading into the locker room tied at 33-33.
VU looked to take the momentum back to begin the second half, outscoring the Lady Vols 10-3 to take a 43-38 lead and later increasing their lead to eight.
Vincennes scored 28 points in the third quarter alone to head into the final 10 minutes of action holding a 61-53 lead.
The Lady Trailblazers then looked to put the game away for good in the fourth quarter, building the first double-digit lead of the game at 74-63 before Logan would answer back and cut the lead back down to six.
VU would again respond with a 10-2 scoring run to help seal the 84-71 victory over the Lady Vols and securing the Lady Trailblazers’ fifth straight victory.
The Lady Trailblazers were led offensively by freshman Destinee Hooks (Indianapolis, Ind.) who finished with 17 points, six assists and five rebounds.
Freshman Makyla Tucker (Indianapolis, Ind.) scored in double figures off the bench for the Trailblazers, ending with 13 points, including hitting two of three from behind the three-point arc.
Sophomore Johnai Wimbleduff (Indianapolis, Ind.) was the third VU scorer in double figures, coming off the bench to finish with 10 points on the game.
Freshman Taylor Guess (Indianapolis, Ind.) returned to the starting lineup and finished with nine points and a team-high three blocks, while sophomore Maycee Lange (Vincennes, Ind.) just missed out on a double-double with seven points and a team-high nine rebounds.
Sophomore front court duo Brie Miller (Bainbridge, Ind.) and Elikya Baseyila (Paris, France) each finished with eight points on the night, with Baseyila also coming away with seven rebounds and a pair of blocks.
The Lady Trailblazers will hit the road next week when VU travels to Belleville, Ill. for another Region 24 doubleheader against Southwestern Illinois College Wednesday, Jan. 17. Tip-off time for your Lady Trailblazers is 6 p.m. eastern.
VINCENNES, Ind. – The No. 4-ranked Vincennes University Trailblazers hit the home floor for the first time in 2024, facing a tough Region 24 test in defending NJCAA Division I National Champion John A. Logan College.
The Trailblazers built up an early first half lead, the Volunteers battled back in the second half before the Blazers ultimately pulled away late to pick up the 87-80 victory over John A. Logan.
VU got off to a good start offensively Saturday afternoon, taking an early 16-11 lead and later using a 9-0 scoring run to take a 25-14 advantage over the Volunteers.
Logan would answer back and cut the VU lead back down to four before the Blazers answered back to build another double-digit lead at 34-23.
The VU lead would grow to 13 before heading into the locker room at the break holding a 45-33 advantage over John A. Logan.
The Volunteers picked things up to begin the second half, battling all the way back to even the score at 59-59 after a 9-0 scoring run.
Vincennes would get the momentum back in front of the home crowd and get the lead back to 74-68 before trading baskets for the rest of the game as VU closed out an 87-80 victory over the Volunteers, VU’s sixth in a row and 10th win of the season at the P.E. Complex.
“We played well in spots,†VU Hall of Fame Head Coach Todd Franklin said. “I thought we should have been up more at the half but we played well in spots to be up. (John A. Logan) is a really quality team. They are really talented. They really stretch you. They put you in bad positions and every possession they make you have to fight and do a good job. I thought, in the first half, we probably did it better longer. In the second half we were giving up too many easy things. We let them have some momentum.â€
“In the second half, when they came back and evened it, I didn’t call a timeout,†Franklin added. “I told the guys on the floor that I’m not going to do it. If you all want this to happen, then go ahead. If you want to stand up, it’s time to stand up. Because everything was happening. We knew what was going on, on both ends. It just comes down to we’re not finishing plays around the basket, we were just sticking the ball into the hands of the taller guy. At the other end we were doing just enough to let the get finishes and shots and now they’re feeling good. There’s not a bunch of X’s and O’s that I’m going to do on the sideline that’s going to do. It’s time to grow up.â€
“We fought during that time and fought it off and our key players did enough to get this ‘W’,†Franklin said. “And it’s a key ‘W’ and there’s good in there. You couldn’t win this game today without having segments of good. But, as I said on the radio, are we in this to win it all, or are we just in it to win a bunch of games? The way we played today, we’ll win a bunch of games but we won’t win it all. I think we can take it to different levels but you’ve got to really want to make that sacrifice of focus. We were getting the ball right around the basket that first part of the second half constantly and next thing you know, the game’s tied.â€
“But that’s where we are,†Franklin added. “We’re good. Obviously, with who we’ve played, you can’t fake it. We’re 16-1 with who we’ve played and what we’ve done and even winning this game today, you have to be good. We basically led from start to finish today, even though it went back and forth. We would get up, but we could never extend it. We kept getting up by 12 or 13 and then we wanted to let up and then they come back. So the tale of this game, you can watch it just knowing that. We would get up by 12 or 13 and then they are going to fight you because they know they are about to be too far out. Another push and you’re up 17 or 18 and this thing’s over and they know it so they are going to push back and at that moment, we are relaxing and we did it all game.â€
“Then in the second half they started to get excited and we kind of fed into that and instead of them only cutting to four or six, they got back to even,†Franklin said. “So we are going to have to push ourselves all the time and if we can find a way to keep pushing those gears and get more intensity longer, then we have a chance. If we don’t, then we’ll just be a team that wins a bunch of games.â€
The Trailblazers were led offensively by freshman Lebron Thomas (Bishopville, S.C.) who ended with 27 points and six rebounds and was a perfect 16 of 16 from the free throw line.
Sophomore Kris King (Washington, D.C.) finished off his third straight game of 20 or more points, finishing with 20 points, a team-high four assists and three rebounds.
Sophomore Kent King (Washington, D.C.) came off the bench to score in double figures, ending his day with 13 points and a team-high three steals.
Sophomore Michael Osei-Bonsu (Bolingbrook, Ill.) picked up his sixth double-double of the season and 12th of his VU career, ending with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Sophomore Victor Lado (Louisville, Ky.) entered the starting lineup for the first time in his Trailblazer career and came away with six points and three rebounds.
“Our guys made plays but even the guys that made plays, there were times when they would wan defensively,†Franklin said. “Even those guys how had big games, but they made enough plays. You have to have guys that are going to make plays if you are going to win a game like this and obviously Lebron and Kris made the most plays.â€
“Michael had his deals and he would have had huge things that we wouldn’t have won without,†Franklin added. “But then he’s also leaving some things out there at the foul line. He’s got to get in here because he’s not being rewarded properly and we need that to get better. It was better early in the year and then I think he’s probably lost his focus. He got better early because he’s in here working a little bit harder, so he better pick it back up because those are big things in that second half when it was swinging.â€
“We got quality play and we were right there point blank, we’ve got to get focused on the things that we do every day,†Franklin said. “How to protect that ball with our body, shield it and then go up and score. Every time we did it right, we finished. Every time we decided just to stick it into somebody because we’ve got to focus a little bit more to do it right, well they’re too big and too long and that’s going to be the case somewhere along the way when you want to win a National Championship.â€
“We haven’t lied to them about that,†Franklin added. “Guys that want to go in there and rebound with one hand. Well, you don’t get it. If you’re in our practices, you know we preach it. There were a lot of guys that did a lot of good things and that’s the only reason we won. But again, we’re setting that bar and if they don’t want to set that bar that way, that’s cool. We’ll win 27 or 28 games and still probably go to Hutch and possibly win a game or two. But if we’re going to win it all, it was on display today. You can see it. You could see ‘well maybe they could’ and then you could see where they’re going to fall short. I’m going to be the bad guy and I’m going to keep pushing because I know when they are 25 or 30 like Chris Darrington who was here today, he told them in the locker room, ‘you are going to want those one plays back’.â€
“’You are going to want that one stop back. You are going to want that one time that you beat that screen and then relaxed back. You are going to want another chance to hit that free throw when we need it to happen. You are going to want it and you don’t know when that one plays is, it’s a collection. You don’t know how many of those you can give away.’ That’s from a guy that was probably one play away from winning a National Championship,†Franklin said. “We lost in the Elite Eight. Played a great game against the No. 1 team, which was a great team and they hit a 35-footer on us. It’s not that one play. It could be one from anywhere during the course of that game and as he said in the locker room, ‘I think about it all the time’. That’s what I’m trying to get them to so they don’t have to think about that for the rest of their life. They are either going to win it all or they are going to know that they put everything had in it and wherever we get is as good as we could possibly do. That’s my goal because I know sometimes right now it feels like a pain in the backside, but that’s nothing compared to having that regret for the rest of your life. When you play at our place and in this situation, the great thing is that you are going to be playing for the highest of stakes. The bad thing is, it’s a thin line when the stakes are that high and you live with it forever.â€
“That’s what we’re pushing and that’s why today, it’s a great win, a lot of great plays made, a lot of exciting things out there,†Franklin said. “I’m sure it was a great game to watch. Should be, it was two really good basketball teams, really talented going after it and wanting a win. But we’ve got to take it up some notches from here if we want to win it all.â€
The Trailblazers will be back on the road next week when the Blazers first travel to Belleville, Ill. to face-off against Southwestern Illinois College, Wednesday, Jan. 17. Tip-off time for that game is set for 8 p.m. eastern.
VU will then close out the week Saturday, Jan. 20 when the Blazers head to Olney, Ill. to take on Olney Central College. Tip-off time for that game is 8 p.m. eastern.
“It’s going to be a grind at SWIC,†Franklin said. “We’re going to come back and get after it on Monday, we’re going to be off tomorrow. I just told the guys to get your minds right. Be smart between now and then and decide, you know after playing this game today the type of grind you have to take to get the next. They could feel it today when it’s successful and when it’s not. This is a good barometer this time of year.â€
“Now we’re going into another game where you know it’s going to be a grind,†Franklin added. “They are going to grind. They are going to screen you. They are going to bump and foul. They are going to have a good idea of how to compete against you. They are going to make everything they can tough. Coach Harrington is going to do a great job of getting that to happen. You know they are going to be excited about us being in there. So I think it’s a very good game to test us and see how we will respond after this one.â€
“Do we feel like alright, we got it and that’s good,†Franklin said. “But we’ve got to cinch it up a little bit more and do we take that into the next game or do we relax because we beat Logan in here today and we’re in first place, then you are going to really have a problem on Wednesday night. So, it’s probably a really good opponent to go see.â€
NASHVILLE — It was a successful start to the 2024 indoor season for the University of Evansville track and field team at the Commodore Challenge. On the final day of the meet, the Purple Aces set five new program records after setting six the day before.
The Music City was singing for UE at the first meet of the indoor season, smashing multiple program records over the span of 48 hours. Runners Taylor Johnson (Evansville, Ind. / Reitz HS) and Nicole Prauchner (Neuhofen an der Ybbs, Austria BORGL St.Pölten) added two more individual records in the 400 and 800-meter races. While Samuel Lea (Worchester, England / Worchester Sixth Form College) set a record in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:31.79.
Evansville ended the weekend with two more program records in both the women’s and men’s 4×400 meter relays. The women’s team of Johnson, Prauchner, Eilen Brenne (Skien, Norway / Telemark Toppidrett Gymnas), and Nayla Martin (Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec, Canada) broke the former record by over seven seconds at 4:03.37. While the men’s team of Austin Liversgowdy (Florence, Ky. / Cooper HS), Raymond Felton III (Houston, Clear Brook HS), Jose Ocampo (Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico), and Alvaro Monfort (Castile Y Leon, Spain / I.E.S. Alonso de Madrigal) shaved a second off the record from 2020 at 3:27.67.
“For this being our first meet with a young team, I’m very pleased with what I saw this weekend,” said Head Coach Brooks LeCompte following the Commodore Challenge. “This is a hungry group that wasn’t satisfied and wanted more out of themselves, which is a great sign. Our main goal was to come in, compete, and leave Nashville healthy. And for the most part, we accomplished just that!”
Along with five new program records on Saturday afternoon, several players set new personal records as well. In particular, the Aces throwers had a strong day in Nashville. Graduate student Zach Dove (Princeton, Ind. / Princeton Community HS) set a PR in the men’s shot put with a throw of 14.94 meters which was good for 9th at the meet and second among all program throwers. On the women’s side, both senior Brooke Springer (Henderson, Ky. / Henderson Community HS) and junior Kaitlyn Sansone (Fairfield, Ohio / Mercy McAtaley HS) set PRs in the shot put. Springer led the way throwing 9.56 meters to enter the Top 10 at second, while Sansone threw for 9.14 meters.
UE had multiple mile runners enter the Top 10 on Saturday as well. Junior Adam Oulgout (Saint Paul. Minn / Center HS) didn’t beat his PR set last season but had the program’s fourth-best mile run at 4:25.88. While on the women’s side, Martin ran a 5:10.02 mile for the fifth-best mile in program history. Freshman Kalina Urbaniak (Suchy Las, Poland) was right behind Martin with a 5:11.16 mile to enter the Top 10 at seventh.
Evansville’s mid-distance runners also had multiple Top 10 performances. Freshman Sonja Inzinger (Mautern an der Donau, Austria BORGL St.Pölten) had the program’s fourth-best 3000 meter run on the women’s side at 10:04.04. Graduate student Sarah Vanderhoof-Dossett finished behind Inzinger with a time of 10:54.26 for the fifth-best program run. On the men’s side, while Lea set the new record, Rafael Rodriguez (Segovia, Spain / Colegio Claret) finished just five seconds behind at 8:36.32 for the second-best 3000-meter men’s run by an Ace.
UE gets right back to work next week at the Indiana Invitational. The Invitational hosted by the Hoosiers will last two days on Jan. 19 and 20 at Gladstein Fieldhouse.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Converting 7 of his 12 attempts from long range, freshman Josh Hughes recorded a career-high 22 points as the University of Evansville men’s basketball team fell to Missouri State by a final of 74-64 inside the Ford Center on Saturday evening.
“Overall, I am happy with the mindset that we had tonight. It felt like progress in the right direction. We felt like that last two games were not characteristic of how we are as a team. We came out and punched first tonight,†Purple Aces head men’s basketball coach David Ragland exclaimed. “Missouri State did a good job of responding to that and it was a back-and-forth bout. There are a few fixable things that we can improve on from tonight and get better.â€
Hughes eclipsed his previous career mark of 21 points, which came in November against Southeast Missouri State. Antonio Thomas finished the night with 15 points, hitting two triples and five free throws. Yacine Toumi and Kenny Strawbridge Jr. both approached double-doubles. Strawbridge recorded 9 points and 10 rebounds while Toumi posted 8 points and 12 caroms. N.J. Benson paced MSU with 22 points and 13 caroms.
Two offensive rebounds on the first UE possession of the game resulted in a basket by Yacine Toumi as the Purple Aces recorded the opening four points of the game. Josh Hughes drained a triple to extend the lead to 7-2. Nearly four minutes in, Gage Bobe saved the basketball from going out of bounds and connected on a 3-pointer in the same possession to make it a 10-4 game.
Five in a row from the Bears saw them cut the Evansville lead to a point before tying it up at 15-15 with 12:54 remaining in the half. Hughes drained his third triple of the evening to cap a 5-0 run and make it a 20-15 game. The next four minutes belonged to Missouri State as they reeled off 11 points in a row to take a 26-20 lead inside of the 9-minute mark. UE missed three shots and turned the ball over twice during the MSU run.
Antonio Thomas, who tied for the game-high with 11 points in the first half, connected from downtown to end the run. With 4:45 on the clock, Thomas gave the Aces a 31-30 lead on a free throw. In the final minute, the squads swapped the lead before Missouri State hit the final basket to take a 36-35 halftime advantage.
Out of the break, MSU scored the opening six points to take their largest lead of seven. Hughes got Evansville back on the board with his fourth outside conversion. Unfortunately, the Bears added to their lead. Inside of the 13-minute mark, they took their first double figure lead at 53-43 and would push the lead to 13 tallies (58-45).
Refusing to give up, Evansville drained back-to-back triples to get back to single digits entering the final eight minutes. Kenny Strawbridge Jr. and Hughes hit the triples. Missouri State countered to push the lead back out to a 69-53 margin as the contest moved into the final four minutes. Hughes did his best to keep his squad in it, converting a 4-point play and another triple to make it a 69-60 game with two minutes left. Thomas knocked down a pair of free throws to cut the deficit to 69-62 with 1:34 left.
The Bears fended off the challenge and completed the night with the 10-point win. MSU shot 46.4% while holding UE to 33.9%. On the boards, MSU had a 42-36 advantage. Evansville is back at the Ford Center on Wednesday, welcoming Valparaiso for a 7 p.m. game.
