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Ticket sales for the West Side Nut Club Fall Festival Half Pot continue to climb. Organizers say the total pot reached one million dollars around 6:45 PM last night. The Half Pot reached the $500,000 mark on Sunday night, after getting off to a fast start when online sales opened at midnight on September 30th. The West Side Nut Club again partnered with Liberty Federal Credit Union for the Early Bird drawing, which offered a $25,000 cash prize. The winning ticket number was drawn on Monday night. The Early Bird winner is still eligible to win the grand prize, which will be drawn this Sunday. Drive-thru ticket sales are available daily through Sunday, from noon to 6:00 PM at the Mead Johnson parking lot. The club's goal this year is three million dollars in Half Pot sales. If that goal is reached, $1.5 million will go back into the community. Tickets are also available online at NutClubFallFestival.com/Half Pot.
The University of Southern Indiana is looking for expectant mothers to volunteer for non-diagnostic ultrasound sessions conducted by students in the school’s Diagnostic Medical Sonography program. The sessions are available to women who are between 18 and 34 weeks pregnant and will be held Tuesday and Thursday afternoons through December 3rd. Students will practice obtaining assigned ultrasound images while working under the supervision of experienced faculty. The sessions are non-diagnostic and are designed to give students hands-on experience as part of their training. Expectant mothers interested in volunteering can schedule an appointment by emailing usi1dms@usi.edu.
High school students in the Evansville area will soon have another opportunity to turn creative ideas into real-world solutions and earn college scholarship money along the way. The University of Evansville has announced its 11th annual High School Changemaker Challenge. Students can present an original idea, product, service or program in whatever format best communicates their vision, including art, video, audio or essays. The top four entries will receive scholarships. First place earns a full-tuition scholarship, while second place receives $29,000, third place gets $27,000, and fourth place earns $25,000. The 2027 Changemaker Challenge officially kicks off October 16th at 4:00 PM at Innovation Pointe in downtown Evansville.
There are two weeks left in the High School Football regular season and the North Posey Vikings are undefeated with a 7-0 record. The Vikings are ranked 9th in Class 2A in this week’s Indiana Football Coaches Association rankings. In Class 5A, Castle is 11th. Reitz is ranked 8th in Class 4A. In Class 3A, Memorial is 1st, Gibson Southern is 4th, and Mater Dei is 6th. Finally, in Class 1A, North Daviess is 5th, Springs Valley is 11th, and Tecumseh is 13th.
This Friday, the North Posey Vikings travel to Heritage Hills and battle the 5-2 Patriots at 7:00 PM. The Mt. Vernon Wildcats are at home this Friday vs Washington at 6:30 PM. The Wildcats and Hatchets are both 1-6.
Last night in local high school sports, Mt. Vernon Volleyball lost at home in straight sets vs Tecumseh. The Wildcats are 9-16.
North Posey Boys Soccer won their first sectional match vs Boonville, 2-1. The Vikings continue postseason play on Thursday vs Mater Dei at 7:00 PM at Mt. Vernon High School.
North Posey Girls Soccer lost their first sectional match vs Evansville Christian. The Vikings season ends at 1-16.
North Posey Boys Tennis #1 Singles, Owen Beuligmann lost in the individual sectional tournament vs Dominic Blackard from Evansville Christian. The match was last night at North High School. Beuligmann’s strong season ends as he won 10 matches.
In the Major League Baseball Playoffs today, the Chicago White Sox look to close out their Divisional Series vs Cleveland and advance to the American League Championship Series. The White Sox play Game 3 of their series at home vs the Guardians at 3:00 PM. Chicago leads the best-of-five series, 2-0.