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Local tennis players fare well
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Wabash Area Junior Tennis players competed on July 15-16 at the 26th Annual Bob Flanary Tennis Open Tournament and at the 12 and under CTA Junior Team Tennis District Championships.
Isaac Triplett, professional tennis instructor, had four students in these competitions. Competing in Lebanon was: Rob Ford, Dave Ford, and Brady Wiley. Then, competing in South Bend at the 12 and under CTA Junior Team Tennis District Championships, was Nicholas Ewing.
The eyes of Indiana Little League are on Wabash
By Bill Barrows
The City of Wabash will become the center of the universe for Indiana Little League.
The State Tourney is being hosted by Wabash for the first time since 2006.
Wabash team takes state Senior League title
Wabash Senior League All Star team won the Senior League State Championships on Monday, July 17, with a 4-2 win over Eagledale of Indianapolis. The team posed for a photo with the title banner following their win. Leading up to the championship, the Wabash team beat Cleveland Township in the semi-finals on July 16 and defeated Greenwood 10-0 on July 14 to make it to the final four round. The team will head to Peru, Ill., on Saturday, July 22, to play in the Central Region Tournament. The Wabash team will face off against Missouri on July 22 at 2:30 p.m. and will play against Iowa at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 23. Photo by Bill Barrows
Trade winds are blowing in baseball
By Bill Barrows
The Major League All-Star Break has passed. There are less than three weeks left before the Aug. 1 trade deadline. There are many more buyers than sellers at this juncture, because with the two wildcard spots in each league, there are more opportunities to be competitive for the upcoming playoff run. So, teams will be jockeying for position by trying to strengthen their roster of players. The first measure of who continues to be a buyer and who becomes a seller has already started as general managers evaluate whether their team is trending upward or downward.
Time to stop and enjoy the summer
By Bill Barrows
We are all running here and there this time of year. School is out, summer activities are in full swing and the weather has finally heated up. My lovely bride is preparing for quilt shows what seems like weekly. In my capacity as a director at the Wabash County Y, I seem to be perpetually on the run between sports events at the Y and the Field of Dreams.
Spring outdoor soccer ended a couple of weeks ago. Y League softball ended last week and travel softball is coming to an end for the spring season this weekend.
The greatest show on dirt
Bill Barrows at the NCAA baseball tourney in Omaha, Neb.
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By Bill Barrows
By the time that you read this, the College World Series finals will be in full swing. The CWS is the culmination of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament—featuring 64 teams in the first round—which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion. The eight participating teams are split into two, four-team, double-elimination brackets, with the winners of each bracket playing in a best-of-three championship series. I had the privilege of attending this year’s festivities.
Since 1950, the CWS has been held in Omaha, Nebraska. It was held at Rosenblatt Stadium, on the south end of town from 1950 through 2010; starting in 2011, it has been held at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, which is a beautiful stadium that is part of the Omaha downtown revitalization project that is ongoing. “Ameritrade,” as the locals refer to it, is a site to see. The best way to describe it would be to say that it is a homey, modern ballpark steeped in tradition, yet affords the fans the chance to get up close and really enjoy games almost like you would at a local high school game.
College World Series champions have Wabash County ties
By Joseph Slacian
Southwood High School graduate Brennan Kelly pitched two innings of scoreless baseball on June 2 to help the Kankakee Community College baseball team capture the National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association Division II World Series.
Kankakee defeated Mercer County 11-5 in the final game of the double-elimination tourney in Enid, Okla.
Sports played for the pure fun of it
By Bill Barrows
Amid the intensity and hype of the NBA Finals and the grind of the Major League Baseball season, there is a more innocent level of sports that can be seen all over Wabash County this time of year. The competitors are cutting their teeth on a number of levels and in a variety of sports. Let's take a tour around and understand what goes on.
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