Tickets will still be sold at the door but seating will be limited. Priority will be given to those with pre-purchased tickets.
46th Annual Maple Sugarbush Festival
Tickets will still be sold at the door but seating will be limited. Priority will be given to those with pre-purchased tickets.
USI’s Hufnagel wins another OVC title
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Senior Noah Hufnagel (Santa Claus, Indiana) captured his fourth-career Ohio Valley Conference title Wednesday night to lead the University of Southern Indiana Men’s Track & Field Team at the OVC Indoor Championships.
Hufnagel was first in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14 minutes, 8.29 seconds, which was nearly 14 seconds faster than the second-place finisher in the 23-competitor field.
The win gives Hufnagel an OVC “Triple Crown” of titles as he has now captured championships on the cross country course, indoor track and outdoor track. He was the 2022 OVC Cross Country champion before winning titles in the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters at the 2023 OVC Outdoor Championships. He will go for a fifth title when he closes out his collegiate career Thursday at 3:10 p.m. in the 3,000 meters.
Hufnagel’s win also gave the Screaming Eagles 10 points as a team, which puts them in sixth-place at the end of the opening day. Red-shirt freshman Cole Hess (Cannelton, Indiana), who was named OVC Track Freshman of the Week earlier in the day, punched his ticket into the finals of the 800 meters with a strong performance in the prelims Wednesday. He finished the race in 1:55.38 to secure one of the eight positions in the finals.
On the women’s side, freshman Zoe Seward (Rochester, Indiana) earned a podium finish with her effort in the 5,000 meters Wednesday. Seward, who also was named OVC Freshman of the Week earlier in the day, finished third out of 22 competitors with a time of 17:25.22 to give the Eagles six team points.
Junior Kati Hoerig (Prospect, Kentucky) also scored for the Eagles in the 5,000 meters, posting an eighth-place finish. After the opening day of competition, the Eagles sit in eighth place with a team score of seven points.
Women’s golf opens spring at Rio Verde
Event takes place Friday through Sunday
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Spring play opens this weekend for the University of Evansville women’s golf team with the Purple Aces traveling to the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational. White Wing Golf Course at Rio Verde Country Club in Rio Verde, Ariz. is the host course for the event.
Three single rounds will be played with one round taking place Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Par is 72 and the yardage is 6,024. The field for the tournament includes Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Bradley, Butler, California Baptist, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Evansville, Illinois State, Kennesaw State, Loyola Chicago, Missouri State, Oakland, Ohio U., South Dakota, Utah Tech, Wichita State, Western Michigan and Xavier.
Evansville’s lineup is set to include Magdalena Borisova, Allison Enchelmayer, Jane Grankina, Kate Petrova and Destynie Sheridan. Petrova was UE’s top performer in the fall, pacing the team with a 76.36 stroke average. Her top finish was a tie for 5th at the Braun Intercollegiate at Oak Meadow Country Club. She earned a 7th-place tie at the Saluki Invitational.
Enchelmayer had a solid fall season, completing her 11 rounds with a 78.27 average. She came home in a tie for 11th at The Velvet for her top finish.
Becker: Bill to help prevent destruction of equipment in penal facilities passes committee
STATEHOUSE (Feb. 22, 2024) – A bill authored by State Sen. Vaneta Becker (R-Evansville) that would help deter the destruction of equipment in penal facilities passed the House Committee on Courts and Criminal CodeWednesday, Feb. 21.
Becker authored Senate Bill 23 after learning of multiple incidents of prisoners destroying fire suppression systems within facilities. The damage consistently costs thousands of dollars with little to no repercussions for the perpetrator.
“Officers in Vanderburgh County came to me and made me aware of 24 incidents just in the past year of prisoners damaging sprinkler systems,” Becker said. “It causes a major disruption for officers and other inmates while costing the facility large sums of money to fix.”
The bill would ensure that a person who recklessly, knowingly or intentionally damages a fixture or equipment in a penal facility will have committed a Level 6 felony.
“I am pleased to see Senate Bill 23 continue moving forward in the legislative process,” Becker said. “It’s encouraging to see us get closer to helping sheriffs statewide with this issue.”
SB 23 will now move to the full House of Representatives for further consideration. Read more about this and other bills at iga.in.gov.
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Trailblazer bowling headed to USBC Sectionals
VINCENNES, ind. – The Vincennes University men’s bowling team eagerly awaited their Sectional placement for the 2024 United State Bowling Congress (USBC) Intercollegiate Team Championships (ITC) Sectional draw.
The Trailblazers earned a spot on the Smyrna Sectional hosted at Smyrna Bowling Center in Smyrna, Tenn.
The 2024 USBC Sectionals will begin Friday, March 8 with the Intercollegiate Singles Championship (ISC) qualifier, where members of the VU bowling team will compete in six singles games, with 24 bowlers advancing to the 2024 ISC finals. The top four from each Sectional and eight additional individuals based on field size.
The Team Championship qualifiers will begin Saturday, March 9 and conclude Sunday, March 10 and will consist of 64 baker games, with the top four teams from each Sectional advancing to the ITC Championships April 17 through the 20th at Kingpin Lanes in Louisville, Ky. to compete for the Helmer Cup.
Boil Advisory Alert – Lifted
The Evansville Water and Sewer Utility (IN5282002) is lifting the precautionary boil advisory issued at Fuquay Rd. and Outer Lincoln Ave. on 2024-02-22 07:05 AM.
Advisory Area boundary defined per Brenna Caudill
Results of the samples collected from the affected area have revealed no evidence of contamination. Accordingly, the boiling of water for consumption purposes is no longer necessary.
BREAKING NEWS: MUSGRAVE CALLS FOR MIKE DUCKWORTH RESIGNATION
Vanderburgh County Commissioner Cheryl Musgrave


No. 8 Trailblazers bounce back in a big way with wire-to-wire win over SWIC
VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Trailblazers were looking for a bounce back win in a big way Wednesday night after falling in overtime on the road last Saturday and falling to No. 8 in this week’s NJCAA Division I National Rankings.
The Trailblazers came out looking to make a statement against the Southwestern Illinois College Blue Storm inside the Physical Education Complex and were able to come away with a very strong wire-to-wire 88-57 win.
Vincennes got off to a quick start Wednesday night, jumping out to a 9-2 lead early in the game.
VU would continue to grow this lead, increasing the advantage to double digits with six unanswered points to take a 29-15 lead.
The Trailblazers finished the first half strong, even after a SWIC basket at the buzzer, with the Blazers holding a big 46-31 lead at the break.
Vincennes looked to put the game on cruise control early in the second half, using a 10-0 scoring run to grow the lead to 67-39 midway through the second half.
SWIC would look to make a late comeback with an 8-0 scoring run but were only able to cut the Trailblazer lead down to 21 before the Blazers answered back with a 7-0 run to put the game away.
Vincennes emptied the bench and closed out a very strong 88-57 victory over the Blue Storm.
“I thought we were going to play well coming into tonight,†VU Hall of Fame Head Coach Todd Franklin said. “I told our guys after practice yesterday that this is the best I’ve felt about our team all year long. I thought we practiced better. Across the eyes you could see it, you could feel it a little bit. We had to come to terms with what happened Saturday and those things have been happening all year. But this time, I thought our guys needed to come to terms with it and I thought we were in a good place.â€
“We moved Dink into the lineup and hoped that he could open up some things and I thought he did,†Franklin added. “We moved some people around. I had Kris playing mostly as a stretch four to help open the floor up. Those things happened, so I thought it was a good effort on our part. We’ll have to have a better effort on Saturday.â€
The Trailblazers were led by a career night by freshman Damarien Yates (Somerville, Tenn.) who connected on six three’s, the most by a VU player this season, on his way to a career-high 24 points on the night.
Freshman Lebron Thomas (Bishopville, S.C.) ended his night with 12 points and five rebounds, while sophomore guard Kent King (Washington, D.C.) got the Trailblazer offense going early, hitting three of three from behind the arc in the first half to finish with 11 points, five assists and four rebounds.
Sophomore Victor Lado (Louisville, Ky.) came off the bench to score in double figures for just the seventh time in his VU career, ending his night with 11 points and five rebounds.
Sophomore Kris King (Washington, D.C.) was the fifth VU scorer in double-figures, coming off the bench to add 10 points, seven rebounds and three assists.
Sophomore Michael Osei-Bonsu (Bolingbrook, Ill.) battled foul trouble all night but responded to hit every shot he took, connecting all three field goal attempts and hitting an and-one free throw to finish with seven points and nine rebounds in just 12 minutes of action.
Sophomore Ryan Oliver (Antioch, Tenn.) also had a big all-around game finishing with a team-high nine rebounds, seven assists, three steals and five points.
“I thought Dink was aggressive tonight,†Franklin said. “He shot a number of shots out there that went in. We hope he keeps doing it again on Saturday. He’s talented, that’s why we moved him into the lineup. We’ve been moving him over to the three spot these last few weeks trying to get him ready for this, felt like it was time and he played well.â€
“It was a shame to not get to see Michael play a whole lot,†Franklin added. “I thought he was effective when he played. I got my first technical because Michael starts the game with two fouls in the first minute when he’s trying not to touch anybody. We took the ball to the basket on the other end with no call when there was a lot more contact there than Michael had and I think Michael gets fouled all the time.â€