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North Posey Football plays in the Class 2A Sectional 40 championship game this Friday night at home vs Linton-Stockton at 6:30 PM. The Vikings are 10-1 and Linton-Stockton is 3-8. It’s North Posey’s first sectional championship game appearance since they won the sectional in 2023. The Vikings won at Paoli last Friday 42-21 and Linton-Stockton defeated Tell City 54-37. If you missed last night’s North Posey Football Coaches Show, you can find the archived broadcast at poseycountyradio.com.
The final Mt. Vernon Football Coaches Show was also last night and can be found at posetcountyradio.com. The Wildcats season came to an end last Friday in the second round of the Class 3A Sectional 32, as they lost to Mater Dei 35-6. Mt. Vernon went 3-8 this season.
Yesterday was the opening day of the college basketball regular season. USI Men’s Basketball lost at Belmont, 72-54. Kaden Brown scored 12 points, and Josiah Dunham added 11 points in the loss for the Screaming Eagles. USI only shot 32% from the field and was 4-for-21 from three-point range.
USI Women’s Basketball fell in their opener at home vs Murray State, 82-67. Channah Gannon scored 16 points in the loss for the Screaming Eagles. USI shot 38% for the game.
Evansville Men’s Basketball started their season off with an 80-70 win at home vs IU-Kokomo. AJ Casey led the Aces with 19 points and Bryce Quinet had 11 points and 10 assists. UE trailed by eight at halftime, before outscoring the Cougars 46-28 in the second half.
In other Men’s College Basketball on Monday, the Indiana Hoosiers cruised past Eastern Illinois at home, 91-57. Marcus Burton had a game-high of 19 points for the Hoosiers.
Purdue lost to #15 Gonzaga, 78-72 at a neutral site in Las Vegas. Daniel Jacobsen scored 22 points for the Boilermakers.
#3 Illinois clobbered Fairleigh Dickinson at home, 120-45. The Fighting Illini led 67-20 at halftime and shot 55% from the field for the game. Andrej Stojakovic poured in 20 points for Illinois.
#11 Louisville used a big first half to take care of Chattanooga at home, 84-70. The Cardinals led 56-35 at halftime.
Coming up this evening Kentucky Men’s Basketball tips off their season at home vs Manhattan at 6:00 PM.
Evansville Women’s Basketball starts their season at Depaul tonight at 6:00 PM. It’s the first game for the Purple Aces Head Coach, Ben Wierzba.
Last night on Monday Night Football, the Chicago Bears had an impressive win at the Seattle Seahawks, 34-17. Bears Quarterback Caleb Williams was 24-for-34 passing for 247 yards and one touchdown. Chicago has won three-straight games and are 6-2 on the season.
From the NBA, the injury hampered Indiana Pacers lost at home vs the Atlanta Hawks, 108-104. Indiana’s entire starting five was out last night due to an injury and they only had seven available players. Jay Huff scored 22 points, and Braden Smith had 19 points and 10 assists. The Pacers have lost five-straight games and are 2-6 overall.