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Carmel | Fishers | Noblesville | Westfield News Gathering Like & Partner Follow us! HIGH: 88 LOW: 65 Hearing the “last” word . . . Dear Brandon and COLUMNIST Angie, Last week my col- umn was written to your daughters, Abby and Alecksa, who are graduating, one from high school and one from college. This week, it's your JANET HART LEONARD turn. From the Heart Take a deep breath. Actually, you are going to be taking a lot of them. The next few weeks will be tough. I know because I've been where you are now on this "raising kids" journey. Whenever you hear the word "last" it will trigger a tender place on your heart. Last soccer game. Remember those cold and rainy and hotter than blazes days Photo provided and nights and unfair referees and coaches FFBT cut the ribbon on its newest branch on Thursday at 1100 S. Peru St. in Cicero. (From left) Kim Stoneking of that need coached? That was a run-on sen- Springboard International, Jacqueline Beeler of Without Borders Boutique, FFBT Branch Manager Denny Miller, tence that should jog your memory of run- Commercial and Ag Lender RJ Logan, and Senior Vice President of Public Relations Communications Tade Powell. on games and tourneys. You would think these days and nights would never end ... but they do. Last time to wait up until they get home. When they leave your nest, you will not Cicero welcomes First know if they were out past curfew. They won't have one. This doesn't mean your restless and sleepless nights are over. You will wake up wondering if they are okay. You know that you are not okay. Farmers Bank & Trust See Last . . . Page 2 By STU CLAMPITT Senior Vice President of organizations.” unless you are small enough ReadTheReporter.com Public Relations Communi- One of those differences is and dynamic enough to be able cations Tade Powell told The access to communication with to meet the needs of the cus- Less than two weeks Just after noon on Thursday, Reporter the reception from the top level of leadership at tomer as those change every First Farmers Bank and Trust the Cicero community has been FFBT, not just at the local level. year.” until summer concerts (FFBT) cut the ribbon on its very favorable. “You are going to have the While FFBT started as a newest branch in Cicero at 1100 “We had a soft opening in opportunity to speak with lead- bank for agricultural services, begin again in Fishers S. Peru St. The Cicero branch is mid-December and we were ership in the organization,” they have attracted a large num- The REPORTER FFBT’s 35th location in Indiana not expecting to have a lot of Powell told The Reporter. “Not ber of small business clients The City of Fishers is just two weeks and eastern Illinois. foot traffic,” Powell said. “Due just a branch manager. Not just because of both that levels of away from its first concert at theNP D AMP. While the Cicero branch to the COVID environment a local loan representative. For communication and because Tuesday Night Community Concerts, has been open since mid-De- and weather you just feel that commercial business in partic- they are willing to plan and presented by IU Health Saxony, will kick cember, due to the pandemic, you are going to be relatively ular, you get connectivity to adapt in ways larger banks may off from 7 to 9 p.m. on June 1, featuring this was the first opportuni- slow, but we have really been the president and CEO. Our not be able to. Living Proof on the AMP stage. ty to have an official opening welcomed to the community lending decisions are made in “We are obviously tied to This season-starter event, sponsored ceremony, complete with food incredibly well. We’ve had con- such a way that we are better the agriculture industry,” Powell by kNot Today, will bring out Indianap- provided by The Boathouse sistent account openings. Peo- equipped to handle commer- said. “About half of our portfolio olis Colts Head Coach Frank Reich and Restaurant and Swan Dive, ple are really recognizing that cial clients because of the high is in some related ag business. wife Linda, NFL Play 360 equipment, and DeLullo's Trattoria and Big community banking is a good degree of communication. more, for a full Colts experience before and Dog's Smokehouse BBQ. deal different than your larger That can’t really be replicated See Bank . . . Page 2 during the show. Union representing Kroger Fishers and its golf cart ordinance By LARRY LANNAN employees pushes back on LarryInFishers.com With weather warming and COVID vaccinations removal of mask mandate allowing people to get out By HANNA MORDOH supermarket chain in the workers safe. The union more in their local neigh- WISH-TV | wishtv.com county and said stores said since March 1, there’s borhoods, you may be must also follow local been a nearly 35 percent seeing golf carts on your Kroger no longer re- mask mandates issued by a increase in grocery work- streets. The question is of- quires fully vaccinated health department or gov- er deaths and a nearly 30 ten asked, are there rules customers to wear a mask. ernment, such as Marion percent increase in grocery governing golf carts on city Now, the union that rep- County. workers infected or ex- streets? Photo provided resents workers at the com- Now, the United Food posed to COVID-19. The answer to that ques- borhood streets only after the requirements of the or- pany is pushing back on and Commercial Workers The president of the tion is yes, the City of Fish- at least 75 percent of the dinance and may legally al- the change. union (UFCW) is caution- union, Marc Perrone, said ers has a golf cart ordinance subdivision property own- low golf carts on the streets. Fully vaccinated shop- ing against top retailers these essential frontline and failure to comply can ers consent and the vote is They are: pers can now remove their ending mask requirements. workers have been forced lead to a $50 fine for the certified. According to the • Britton Falls masks at Kroger, along The group represents 1.3 to play pandemic police. first offense, $100 for a sec- ordinance, the area must • Thorpe Creek with most vaccinated em- million essential food and “America’s grocery ond infraction and $250 for have "proper signage in the • Intracoastal At Geist ployees, unless they work retail workers, including workers are still facing a third violation and each designated locations" where • Graystone in the store’s pharmacies staff at Kroger. daily COVID risks on the one after that. golf carts are allowed on the Click here to read the and clinics. Unvaccinated UFCW is asking the frontlines so that all our So, what does the Fish- streets. full news release from the people are still required to industry to have a majority families can put food on ers ordinance say? According to the Fish- Fishers Police Department wear a mask at Kroger. of stores still require masks First, you can drive your ers Police Department, only reminding local residents of Kroger is the largest to keep both shoppers and See Union . . . Page 2 golf cart on your neigh- four neighborhoods meet the ordinance. Songbook Foundation in Carmel receives $10K grant to support upcoming gallery exhibit ‘The Roaring ‘20s: Then and Now’ will include items from vast archives The REPORTER rangements and instruments preservation work is that the The Songbook Foundation tions such as the Great Amer- The National Endowment from the Foundation’s vast past can tell us a lot about the project is among more than ican Songbook Foundation to for the Arts (NEA) has approved Songbook Library & Archives. present, which makes this ex- 1,100 across the nation select- re-engage fully with partners a $10,000 grant to support the The interactive, multimedia ex- hibit the perfect choice to wel- ed during this second round of and audiences,” NEA Acting Great American Songbook hibit will compare and contrast come the public back into our Grants for Arts Projects fiscal Chairman Ann Eilers said. “Al- Foundation’s next installation at the 1920s, when postwar pros- gallery after a long hiatus,” year 2021 funding. though the arts have sustained the Songbook Exhibit Gallery at perity sparked a Golden Age in Songbook Foundation Execu- “As the country and the arts many during the pandemic, the the Palladium in Carmel. American popular music, and tive Director Christopher Lewis sector begin to imagine return- chance to gather with one anoth- Opening this fall, “The the 2020s, a decade so far shad- said. “We’re proud and grateful ing to a post-pandemic world, er and share arts experiences is Roaring ’20s: Then and Now” ed by a pandemic and social di- to have the NEA recognize the the National Endowment for the its own necessity and pleasure.” will incorporate recordings, visiveness. importance of the Foundation’s Arts is proud to announce fund- Learn more at TheSong- sheet music, photos, lyrics, ar- “A guiding principle of our mission. ing that will help arts organiza- book.org. 2 Views & News Last Bank from Page 1 from Page 1 Remember praying, When your daughters is a big part of parenting a if they were late getting turn their tassels, you will grown-up kid. home, "Please Lord, let feel your heart crack. It's not You will always be on them be safe." Remember that you don't want them to the front row of their lives. wanting to hug them and find their purpose and- ca They just may not realize strangle them when they reer in life, it's just that you you are there. did get home. Now you won't be there, every day, to Love will look different can't wait to hug them. The be part of it. Trust me, they now. It's more hands-off hard thing is that it may be will hear your encouraging than hands-on. A trip to the weeks before they do come words ... from a distance. grocery to fill up their- re home ... and then they will Now you will wonder, frigerator. A twenty-dollar leave, again. "Did I teach them every- bill tucked in in their car's Packing up all their thing they need to know?" cupholder for gas or the stuff for their dorm room or The answer is no, but you coffee shop. A text saying a new apartment is fun and did teach them enough to be simple, "Have a good day." exciting ... until you walk okay. Will they make mis- Brandon and Angie, into their empty room at takes? Did you? they still need you. Their home. Keep reassuring them needing you looks differ- Remember all the that you will always be ent. You will get used to the clothes you sorted, not to there to answer their ques- different. Reporter photo by Stu Clampitt wash but to divide what tions, cheer their accom- They will be okay and so Senior Vice President of Public Relations Communications Tade Powell is clean and what is dirty? plishments and wipe a few will you. Trust me on that. I (right) spoke to the crowd moments before the ribbon was cut. You will now find the floor tears. Reassurance when know ... because eventually Clearly the style of commu- namics. We are willing to to 4 p.m. Monday through in their room. That clean they screw up, make not- I was okay too. It just took nity banking, particularly in understand a business cy- Thursday and 9 a.m. to 5 floor will leave you feeling so-wise choices, and fail to a few deep breaths … okay, agriculture, translates well cle on a much longer scale p.m. on Friday. empty and sad. live up to their expectations so it took a lot of them. because ag has so many dif- than every 12 months or 24 Drive-up hours are 8 ferent variables. Year after months. Once somebody a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday year weather, input costs, comes to our organization, through Thursday, 8 a.m. to commodity pricing and a we have a pretty good track 6 p.m. on Friday, and 9 a.m. lot of dynamics go into that record of keeping them due to noon on Saturday. type of an entity. So when to that level of service.” Check out FFBT’s spon- we have a non-ag commer- You can reach FFBT’s Ci- sored segment, Tell Me a cial client, they understand cero branch by phone at (317) Story, in each weekly print that for us to be able to do 376-1469 or in person at 1100 edition of The Reporter and ag lending well, that trans- S. Peru St., Cicero, and online be sure to click on the dai- lates very well to the small at ffbt.com/cicero. ly ad in our pages to learn business because of the dy- Lobby hours are 9 a.m. more. Union from Page 1 the table as the pandemic with many shoppers not guidelines saying fully continues,” Perrone said. following COVID safety vaccinated people can take “These essential front- standards. Now, they are off their masks in most sit- line workers have been being asked to be the vac- uations, more stores such forced to play mask police cination police.” as Kroger are changing throughout the pandemic With the latest CDC their mask policies. 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Unfortu- enforcement is to educate those, or six out of 10, were and passengers just for fail- paign, troopers will take or to find a certified Child nately, the small percent- motorist, reminding both not wearing seat belts. ing to wear a seat belt. a no-excuses approach Passenger Safety Techni- age of people who choose drivers and passengers Out of any age group, Drivers can also be cit- to seat belt enforcement, cian who can inspect and not to buckle up make up a that buckling up isn’t just male drivers, particularly ed for each unbuckled pas- which means anyone assist with the installation disproportionate amount of a suggestion, it’s the state those between the ages of senger under the age of 16, caught not wearing one of a car seat, visit child- the fatalities that occur ev- law,” said Lieutenant Josh 15 and 34, were the most and children under eight will receive a citation. seat.in.gov. ery year on Indiana roads. Watson, Pendleton Post likely to be found not It’s a concern that the Commander. “So please wearing a seat belt at the Indiana State Police Pend- make sure that your phone time of a crash. Additional- leton Post is working to is down, that everyone is ly, individuals not wearing address this spring by par- buckled up in the car, and seat belts were three times ticipating in the national just drive. Doing this will more likely to get injured Click It or Ticket enforce- allow you to arrive at your in a crash when the driver ment campaign. Through destination safely.” was speeding and seven June 6, officers will be out Between 2015 and times more likely when the in greater numbers seeking 2019, seat belts have saved driver was impaired. to educate motorists about more than 69,000 lives According to the In- the importance of wearing in the U.S., according to diana State Police head- a seat belt. NHTSA. Despite knowing quarters, troopers will The high-visibility the benefits, people still re- be writing citations and patrols are paid for with fuse to buckle up, a choice conducting high-visibility funds from the National that too often can end in patrols during the day, but Highway Traffic Safety tragedy. especially at night, when Administration (NHTSA), Last year, more than unrestrained driving is at Who was “Indiana’s March King”? The REPORTER This week in Indiana’s history … 1813 – The first issue of The Western Eagle newspa- per was published in Mad- ison. The owner, William Hendricks, had the second printing press to be set up in the Indiana Territory. He went on to important po- ry in Bartholomew County. standing, including at least sitions in state history. He She was driving her buggy 10 in Indiana. served as secretary of the near Saint Louis Crossing 1951 – A C-124 Globe- first Constitutional -Con when the horse became master airplane crashed in vention in 1816, represent- frightened and started run- a field near New Castle. In ed the state in Congress for ning out of control. David the experimental flight from six years, and was elected Marr was nearby with his Wright-Patterson Air Force Governor in 1822. He later friend Charles Hiatt, who Base, two of the four pro- served as a United States was in his automobile. With pellers of the huge aircraft Senator. Hiatt driving at high speed reversed pitch, causing the 1875 – Fred Jewell side-by-side with the run- disaster. Seven of the 12 on was born in Worthington, away, Marr leaped from the board were killed. Ind. At age 16, he joined car's running board into the 1971 – Over 300,000 a circus band, playing the buggy. He seized the reins spectators lined the streets baritone horn. He rose to and stopped the horse just of Indianapolis for the 500 become bandmaster of the before the buggy reached Festival Parade. In addi- famed Ringling Brothers, the edge of an embankment. tion to high school bands Barnum & Bailey Circus. 1927 – The "Spirit of and colorful floats, the A prolific composer, he the American Doughboy" procession included many wrote circus songs known statue was unveiled in celebrities. Among them as "screamers" as well as front of the Owen County were Andy Devine, Hugh scores of marches, which Courthouse in Spencer. On Downs, Evil Knievel, Ar- earned him the title "Indi- hand was sculptor Ernest thur Treacher, Kent Mc- ana's March King." He later M. Viquesney, a resident Cord, Kentucky Colonel directed the Worthington of Spencer. His creation Harland Sanders, and the High School Band as well proved to be highly popular Lone Ranger (Clayton as the acclaimed Indianap- in the post-World War I era. Moore.) 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Pick it up today from our warehouse in Westfield, IN or have it delivered. 4 News Fishers man helping bring music to Carb Day with Rock Garage stage The REPORTER during the pandemic,” Foellinger As pandemic conditions have said. “We have more than 125 pushed the annual Carb Day cel- members who are either taking ebration outside the gates of the lessons from our experts or have Indianapolis Motor Speedway, been placed in one of our bands, Rock Garage will help fill the or both. They bring different tal- void by taking over one of the ents and different skill levels, but main stages in Speedway during they all share a love of playing the town’s 13th annual Rockin’ live music on stage!” On Main event. Rock Garage was born out Rock Garage, co-owned by of the pandemic shutdown when Fishers resident and Carmel busi- Dave and Kate Foellinger, Steve ness owner Dave Foellinger, indi- and Kimberly Klinger, and Pres- cated more than two dozen bands ton and Rocky Nash joined forces will play on the Rock Garage stage to start a Facebook group for mu- for eight solid hours. Foellinger, sicians to talk about music, up- who is the president and CEO load their songs and share ideas. of the Jack Laurie Group based The group grew to more than 800 in the Indiana Design Center in members from all over the world Carmel, joined fellow Jack Laurie and eventually led to establish- Group executive Steve Klinger, ing a new website and a physical their wives Kate Foellinger and location in the summer of 2020. Kimberly Klinger, plus talented The Castleton business, located at music instructors and perform- 8115 Center Run Road, has three ers Preston and Rocky Nash who large rooms for bands to rehearse handle the day-to-day operations and record their music, and small- as co-owners. er rooms for private lessons. Visitors will enjoy all the Rock Garage’s program is built food, fun and features of this great upon the principles of band chem- event. Fans of the Speedway tra- Photo provided istry, live experience, and having a dition will also get to see and hear The Rock Garage stage will feature eight solid of music as part of Rockin’ On Main. good time. Rock Garage places its the famous Gordon Pipers play on check out a handful of vintage said Foellinger, co-owner of the non-profit Indiana Independent members into bands who, under stage and throughout the festival. Indy Race Cars, including the Castleton-based music lesson cen- Venue Alliance, whose mission the guidance of one of its profes- Rockin’ On Main will take 1963 Parnelli Jones winner, the ter and rock band program. is to help small businesses, whose sional music directors, choose or place Friday, May 28, on Main 1932 Miller and the 1972 Bobby Rock Garage is a program livelihoods depend on live music. create their own music and then Street in Speedway from 16th Unser winning car. open to all skill sets from begin- These venues have suffered due to play on stage at a variety of small Street to Ford Street, which will “We are very proud to bring ner to advanced. If you've ever the pandemic closures and restric- venues across Central Indiana. be blocked off for pedestrians our unique blend of amateur rock had a dream of performing on tions. There will also be an oppor- In addition to being placed in only. Three stages of live music, musicians and bands to this great stage, Rock Garage is designed to tunity for visitors to learn more bands, individuals who are just beer gardens (with proceeds to event on Carb Day and we hope it make that happen. They have built about Rock Garage and become a starting out can choose online or benefit the Speedway COVID-19 will inspire others to dust off their a system of instruction, rehearsal, new member. in-person lessons for guitar, bass, Relief Fund), food trucks, vendors guitars and join our movement and performance second to none. “This will be a great day for so drums, ukulele, mandolin, banjo, and local restaurants will be set up to fill the Indy area’s small, local The Speedway event is free many of our musicians who have and vocals. All lessons and band on Main Street for visitors. While music venues with great music as to visitors, but Rock Garage will been working together and hon- assignments are open to both listening to the music, visitors can we emerge from the pandemic,” be accepting donations for the ing their skills at smaller venues adults and children. Open

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Eight- unique and beauti- around the world with year-old Zola was ful place.” more than 60 Playhous- adopted from Ethi- Megan says es in the United States opia and her sev- GiGi’s has also and Mexico participating. en-year-old sister been a safe haven “While it would be a Violet was adopt- for Zola – a place ton more fun to celebrate ed from China. where she can together, the population we “We live in connect with the serve is far more vulnerable a box of advo- siblings of other to the COVID-19 virus than cacy and I love kids with Down most,” Executive Director that role,” says syndrome. Denisse Jensen said. “Studies their mom Megan Violet is in show that people with Down Chaffee. “We are remarkably good syndrome who get COVID-19 advocating accep- health. Despite tance for a black intermittent aspi- are four times more likely to be Photo provided hospitalized and 10 times more The Chaffee family of Fishers will host daughter. We are ration and a de- likely to die than the general a walk in their neighborhood to help advocating accep- lay in speech, her population. We simply cannot raise funds and awareness for GiGi’s tance for a child hearing, eyesight, with Down syn- and heart all seem take that risk.” Playhouse Indianapolis. Daughters Violet Photo provided So instead, participants and Zola are this year’s Youth Honorees. drome. Both of to be unaffected. are asked to make their own them belong and both of them are worthy Now finishing kindergarten, Violet is fierce- movement pledges – whether that be home activity kits to keep kids engaged of being accepted.” ly independent and constantly on the move – through walking, running, jumping, and learning during the pandemic.” So, it is fitting that this year’s virtual running, riding her bike, and climbing any- or swimming. The Chaffee family To register for the 3.21 Run, volun- 3.21 Run is part of a larger #Acceptance- thing in her path. She loves to watch movies plans to host a walk in their Fishers teer, or become a sponsor click here. Challenge among GiGi’s Playhouses na- and of course, play with her big sister. neighborhood. Their daughters are Registration is $21 for adults and tionwide – part of a mission to change the Megan offers this advice to new- par this year’s Youth Honorees. Violet has $10 for children 12 and under. way the world views Down syndrome. ents of children with Down syndrome: “It’s Down syndrome. Big sister Zola is her About GiGi’s Playhouse “We chose our girls,” Megan added. okay to be scared and it’s okay to grieve. It biggest champion. Serving children and adults of all “We knew Violet had Down syndrome be- is all part of the process. But there will be “There’s still more work to be done ages, GiGi’s Playhouse Indianapolis fore we ever brought her home. In fact, we a time when you come to accept that these when it comes to acceptance of people provides educational and therapeu- chose her from a list of children less likely kids are kids. They’re not a diagnosis, and with Down syndrome, but I have great tic programs at no charge to families to be adopted because they had physical they have the power to bring as much, if hope for my girls,” said their mom, Me- in a format in which individuals with and intellectual disabilities. We just fell in not more, joy to your family as your other gan. “The more that we can share their Down syndrome learn best. Cost will love with her face and knew we had room children.” capabilities, the more doors we can never defer families from participation in our hearts and our home for her.” The Chaffee family plans to host a open for them.” or impede the achievement of GiGi’s Megan and her husband Kyle connect- neighborhood walk to raise money for the This year’s local fundraising goal is children and adults. In helping individ- ed with GiGi’s Playhouse before they even virtual 3.21 Run on Saturday, June 5 to $60,000, money that is vital to helping uals with Down syndrome achieve their brought Violet home; having honest con- raise money for the programs they have GiGi’s achieve its mission. Best of All, GiGi’s also advance its larg- versations with other parents about what it personally benefited from including- LM “Like many not-for-profits, this year er vision of global acceptance for peo- takes to raise a child with Down syndrome. NOP, GiGiFit Kids, and Kindergarten Prep. has been a challenge, not just financially, ple of all abilities. All programs aim to “GiGi’s was such a great place for us “There’s still more work to be done but programmatically,” Jensen added. maximize self-confidence and empow- to get to know other families and find the when it comes to acceptance of people with “The Indy Playhouse rose to the chal- er individuals to achieve their greatest support we needed,” Megan said. “And Down syndrome, but I have great hope for lenge however, rolling out a program potential. GiGi’s Playhouse Indianapo- now to see the excitement on Violet’s face my girls,” Megan beams. “The more that that was later adopted by Playhouses lis is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable when we pull up to the Playhouse and to we can share their capabilities, the more nationwide. GiGi-At-Home converted organization. Learn more at gigisplay- watch her explore in a safe place where she doors we can open for them.” many of our in-person programs into at- house.org/indianapolis. Fishers road construction updates, week of May 24 The REPORTER closed as work progress- Street will be closed from depth patching on 141st ty Road 700 West, south to Royalwood State Road 37 & es on the interchange. SR east of Municipal Drive to Street between SR 37 and East 79th Street, and west to ADA ramp work is con- 146th Street 37 will remain open both west of Maple Street during Harrison Parkway. Lane re- Oaklandon Road. tinuing in Royalwood and is All left-turn lanes are north and southbound. SR the construction. 106th strictions and flaggers will Florida Road anticipated to be completed currently restricted on SR 37 southbound left and right Street will serve as the de- be in place. Beginning Monday, May in early June. 37 and on 146th Street with turns onto 131st Street will tour route, with the detour South Street, Moore Street 24, DPW crews will be strip Crack Sealing – DPW traffic moved to the interior be restricted. Westbound beginning at Hague Road & Royal Drive patching along Florida Road Over the next two weeks, lanes. Thru traffic and right turns onto SR 37 will also for eastbound thru traffic There are lane restric- and at the intersection of as weather allows, DPW turns on SR 37 and 146th be restricted on 131st Street. and Lantern Road for the tions currently on South 104th Street. Lane restric- will be crack sealing in the Street will remain open. Click here to view the de- westbound thru traffic. The Street and Moore Street tions and flaggers will be in following areas: Canal Place Drivers are encouraged to tour map. closure is anticipated to last as crews work on storm place to direct traffic. (Bridgeport Way), Woods seek alternate routes for all The northbound SR 37 60 days. All local business structures. The contractor Cyntheanne Road Edge Drive, Chestnut Hills, left-turn access. View an al- right turn lane onto 135th and public parking access will also be working on the Beginning Monday, May Hamilton Pass, Mollen- ternate route map here. Street is currently closed will remain open. storm sewer outlet structure 24, DPW crews will be strip kopf Road, 96th Street Northbound and south- from 131st Street to approx- Daily lane restrictions on Royal Drive. patching Cyntheanne Road east of Olio Road, 113th bound SR 37 is currently imately halfway to 135th are currently in place on Allisonville Road south of 104th Street. Lane Street, USA Parkway, 106th restricted to one lane in each Street for Phase 1 construc- 116th Street between 9 a.m. From Tuesday, May 25 restrictions and flaggers will Street (Eller Road to Lan- direction north of 146th tion. This portion of the ded- to 3 p.m. on 116th Street to Friday, May 28, there will be in place to direct traffic. tern Road), and Eller Road Street. This restriction will icated turn lane will not re- near the Nickel Plate Trail be single lane restrictions on Lantern Road (106th Street to Allisonville be in place for approximate- open to regular capacity until for utility relocation prior to Allisonville Road between Beginning Monday, May Road). Lane restrictions and ly two to three weeks as the interchange is complete. the closure. 96th Street and 106th Street 24, DPW crews will be per- flaggers will be in place. work progresses at this in- Please drive with caution Learn more about the between 6 a.m. and 4:30 forming sidewalk repair on Capital Project Dashboard terchange. through these areas. To learn Nickel Plate Trail project at p.m. as DPW completes Lantern Road south of 116th A Capital Project Dash- There is currently a sin- more about the State Road playfishers.com/284/Nick- joint repairs. Street. Lane restrictions and board is now available on gle lane closure for north- 37 Improvement Project and el-Plate-Trail. Admirals Pointe Drive flaggers will be in place to Drive Fishers. The dash- bound Herriman Boulevard sign up to receive text up- Atlantic Road Indianapolis DPW cur- direct traffic. board was created to offer between 146th Street and the dates, visit 37Thrives.com. Continuing Monday, rently has Admirals Pointe Sand Creek Woods an interactive mapping and Circle K/Shell gas station 116th Street at the May 24, DPW crews will be Drive closed through mid- Milling and resurfacing data tool, which allow us- driveway and is anticipated Nickel Plate Trail strip patching Atlantic Road summer 2021 to replace the work began on Sand Creek ers the ability to filter data to reopen in May. The City of Fishers will south of 126th Street. Lane timber bridge over Geist Woods on Saturday, May and find the most current State Road 37 & begin construction on the restrictions and flaggers will and the north fork of Dry 22. Please be aware of street details on Engineering cap- 131st/135th Streets Nickel Plate Trail pedestrian be in place to direct traffic. Branch. The detour will signage for street parking re- ital projects. Click here to The westside of 131st tunnel beneath 116th Street 141st Street consist of Old Stone Drive strictions. Flaggers will be in view the Capital Project Street at SR 37 is currently on or after June 1. 116th DPW will continue full East to Carroll Road/Coun- place to direct traffic. Dashboard.

Sen. Mike Braun introduces Full Time CusTodial PosiTions ‘Don’t Weaponize the IRS’ Act 2nd and 3rd shiFT The REPORTER Ernst, James Lankford, Jerry Mo- U.S. Senators Mike Braun ran, James Inhofe, Roger Wicker, hamilTon souTheasTern sChools (R-Ind.) and Mitch McConnell John Thune, Todd Young, Chuck Hamilton Southeastern Schools is seeking full-time, year-round (R-Ky.) on Thursday introduced Grassley, Roy Blunt, Ben Sasse, a bill that will, as they say, pre- Bill Hagerty, John Boozman, Deb custodians for our 2nd and 3rd shifts at Fishers High School. vent the IRS from being used as Fischer, Marco Rubio, Tom Cot- The successful candidate must be at least 18 years of age, pass a political weapon against conser- ton, John Hoeven, and John Ken- a local/state/federal background check, and will work under vative non-profit groups. nedy. The Trump administration Sen. Braun said, “We saw immediate supervision cleaning and maintaining the school. released a final rule in May 2020 during the Obama years that the Starting wage is $15.23 per hour, that prevented the IRS from tar- Braun IRS was used as a political weap- geting certain tax-exempt groups based on on to target conservative nonprofits, and un- and positions offer benefits, paid time off their political beliefs. der H.R. 1 the Biden IRS would be empow- House Democrats’ H.R. 1 – the “For the ered to block tax-exempt status and publicly and paid holidays. People Act” – and Senate companion legis- expose a group’s donors to harassment from Applicants should apply on-line on the Hamilton lation S. 1 seek to repeal that rule. The Don’t liberal groups and the media if their beliefs Southeastern Schools website, Weaponize the IRS Act codifies the Trump are deemed to be politically unfavorable. rule that protects groups regardless of their This bill will prevent the IRS from being political ideology or beliefs and prevents the weaponized against conservatives like it hseschools.org IRS from doxing donors to these groups. was under President Obama.” HSE Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Removing the requirement to report the The bill is endorsed by the following names and addresses of donors helps protect groups: taxpayers’ First Amendment rights; such in- • American Commitment formation is not needed for tax administra- • Americans for Prosperity tion purposes. • Americans for Tax Reform The bill is cosponsored by 43 Republi- • Association of Mature American Citi- can Senators. Joining Senators Braun and zens McConnell are Senators Mike Crapo, Cindy • Council for Citizens Against Govern- Hyde-Smith, Shelley Moore Capito, Mike ment Waste Lee, Cynthia Lummis, Thom Tillis, Ron • Club for Growth Follow Johnson, Rand Paul, Mike Rounds, Marsha • Freedom Works Blackburn, Richard Shelby, John Cornyn, • Heritage Action for America Roger Marshall, Tommy Tuberville, John • Institute for Free Speech The Reporter Barrasso, Josh Hawley, Steve Daines, Rich- • National Taxpayers Union ard Burr, Bill Cassidy, Ted Cruz, Rick Scott, • People United for Privacy Jim Risch, Pat Toomey, Kevin Cramer, Joni Click here to read the full text of the bill. on Facebook! 6 News TODAY’S BIBLE READING For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, United Way of Central Indiana brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. They were all baptized into Moses in the awards $10.55M in Basic Needs cloud and in the sea. 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Reporter photo by Richie Hall The Fishers Unified Track team finished second at the Noblesville sectional on Saturday. The Tigers will advance to next Saturday's regional at Kokomo; this is the fifth consecutive time that Fishers has advanced out of the sectional. Fishers places second, advances to regional By RICHIE HALL Saturday, the Tigers won the Hoosier It was devastating for us as coaches. But Trevor Ewing (W) 13.45, 8. Priscilla John- NOBLESVILLE - The Fishers Uni- Crossroads Conference meet, scoring 122 to be able to have a season this year, I ston (N) 15.33. fied Track team continued its advance- points. think everybody needed that. We needed Section 2: 2. Hayden Lake (F) 14.95, 3. ment streak Saturday at the Noblesville This marks the fifth consecutive time that as coaches, the students needed it, Alex Nordoff (C) 15.13, 6. Autum Curtis sectional, which took place at Beaver that Fishers has made it out of the Uni- and it was just great to be back out here (W) 15.97. fied Track sectional. The Tigers have ad- this year having a competition.” Section 3: 3. Gabrielle Dodridge (HSE) Materials Field. 16.67. The Tigers finished second at the vanced every year since 2016. Of course, Fishers had many good performances Section 4: 1. Colin Schooley (F) 18.22, sectional, scoring 111 points. New Cas- there was no season in 2020 due to the at the meet, including two first-place fin- 4. Gavin Utzig (C) 18.57, 5. Adam Slota tle won the sectional championship by COVID-19 pandemic, so Fishers – and ishes in the 100 dash. Luke Valerio and (HSE) 19.26, 6. Declan Daley (C) 19.83, scoring 130 points and Pendleton Heights for that matter, all the teams – were Conner Babcock went 1-2 in Section 1, 7. Ben Boehm (W) 19.97. took third with 108 points. All three thrilled to be able to compete again. with Colin Schooley winning Section 4. Section 5: 6. Jessica Neal (N) 23.43, 7. teams advance to next Saturday’s Koko- “It’s amazing that we were able to do “When you come to these meets, you Arden Snyder (N) 25.28. mo regional. this this year,” said Tigers coach Patrick just got to perform where you’re seed- Section 6: T3. Jose Olivera (HSE) 24.80. This was the second successful meet Schooley. “Last year, having it canceled ed and everybody did that,” said Patrick 400 dash for Fishers in the past two weeks. Last was devastating for a lot of our students. Schooley. The coach was “very happy” Section 1: 1. James Gastineau (C) 54.87, with the performances. 2. Conner Babcock (F) 56.10, 3. Kyle Zellers (W) 56.62, 7. Jacob Booze (HSE) “Everybody did such a super job,” 1:08.02, 8. Blake Koven (N) 1:08.63. said Schooley. Section 2: 2. Andy Bullock (W) 1:05.77, Westfield finished in fourth place by 3. Teegan Acres (HSE) 1:08.98, 4. Carter scoring 107 points. The Shamrocks had Gordon (F) 1:10.33, 5. Hayden Lake (F) four event winners, including two in the 1:11.84. relays. The girls 4x100 team of Ellie Section 3: 2. Kathleen Tran (F) 1:17.35, Rinne, Alex Hewitt, Brooke Easterhaus 3. Elizabeth Reiss (N) 1:18.79, 5. Kathryn and Lauren Ryan won Section 1 of that Larkin (C) 1:19.45. event, while the boys 4x100 team of Section 4: Peyton Ramey (N) 1:23.89, Owen Dossett, James Kraus, Carson Sat- 3. Madison Walker (W) 1:26.17, 4. Mer- urday and Finn McKenna also placed first cedes Schmidt (C) 1:30.87, 5. Maxine Rutsito (HSE) 1:34.90. in Section 1. Whitley Schwent (Flight 3) Section 5: 3. Matthew Kiffmeyer (HSE) and Elayna Reynolds (Flight 4) were win- 1:37.47, 5. Ceci Campbell (C) 1:50.82. ners in the shot put. Girls 4x100 relay Carmel tied for sixth place with 93 Section 1: 1. Westfield (Ellie Rinne, Alex points. James Gastineau was a winner in Hewitt, Brooke Easterhaus, Lauren Ryan) the 100 dash, taking first in Section 4. 59.44, 2. Fishers (Kristyn Santiago, Em- Noblesville scored 76 points to place erson Chapple, Crysta Coble, Natalie eighth as a team. Leading the Millers with Bryan) 1:04.26, 3. Carmel (Mary Schuh, runner-up finishes were Alden Newby in Elizabeth Price, Casey Dewitt, Elizabeth Flight 6 of the long jump and Eliza Bozell Pija) 1:04.98, 6. Noblesville (Kendall Crowe, Jessica Neal, Jessica Sell, Jenna in Flight 6 of the shot put. Yancey) 1:17.16. Hamilton Southeastern scored 72 Section 2: 4. Southeastern (Rachel Hol- points for ninth place. Teegan Acres land, Kaleigh Stewart, Stephanie Arnold, placed third in Section 2 of the 400 dash Ella Penny) 1:25.86. and Flight 5 of the shot put. Other third- Boys 4x100 relay place finishers were Gabrielle Dodridge Section 1: 1. Westfield (Owen Dossett, in Section 3 of the 100 dash and Bridget James Kraus, Carson Saturday, Finn Bell in Flight 6 of the long jump. McKenna) 49.52, 2. Fishers (Sam Syrus, Evan Barker, Luke Asquini, Anthony Vale- Team scores: New Castle 130, Fishers rio) 51.36, 3. Noblesville (Sam Agee, 111, Pendleton Heights 108, Westfield Broderick Caldwell, Michael Moller, Con- 107, Lawrence Central 95, Carmel 93, nor Lehman) 53.99, 5. Carmel (Sky Simp- Lawrence North 93, Noblesville 76, Ham- son, Micah Nist, Caiden Wetherald, Grant ilton Southeastern 72, Zionsville 65, New Gottlieb) 56.05. Palestine 58. Section 2: 5. Southeastern (Constantine 100 dash Flinta, Matthew Kiffmeyer, Mason Cooley, Section 1: 1. Luke Valerio (F) 11.61, 2. Aiden Wilkinson) 1:12.29. Conner Babcock (F) 12.13, 3. Corbin Long jump King (C) 12.48, 4. Sam Agee (N) 13.08, 5. Flight 1: 1. Kyle Zellers (W) 19-7, 2. Luke Valerio (F) 18-11, 3. Danny Ward (C) 17- 0, 4. Joe Barbera (W) 16-8, 6. Jacob Hay (F) 15-11, 8. Anthony Valerio (F) 12-6. Flight 2: 2. Ellie Rinne (W) 13-8.75, 3. Samuel Anderson (C) 13-1.5, T4. Mason Cooley (HSE) 10-11, T6. Abigail Pittman (N) 10-7, 8. Brenna Smith (HSE) 9-11.5. Flight 3: 3. Logan Kojetin (N) 12-5.5, 4. Benjamin Rewers (HSE) 10-7, 6. Lainey Williams (W) 9-9. Flight 4: 5. Colin Schooley (F) 8-7.5. Flight 5: 4. Kentrell Richardson (C) 6-1.5. Flight 6: 2. Alden Newby (N) 5-11, 3. Brid- get Bell (HSE) 5-6.5, 4. Lily Small (C) 44- 4. Shot put Flight 1: 2. Brody Frey (C) 45-7, 3. Case Reynolds (W) 41-4, 4. Andrew Barker (F) 40-11.5, 7. Evan Barker (F) 35-10. Flight 2: 3. Devin Hankins (F) 28-8.5, 4. Jason Froemming (C) 28-1, 5. Noah Mor- ris (N) 27-11, 6. Sky Simpson (C) 24-7.25, 8. Matthew Hanes (W) 22-8.5. Flight 3: 1. Whitley Schwent (W) 25-1, 3. Ava Shanehsaz (N) 24-1.5, 4. Xanthe Tsimerakis (F) 22-7.75, 5. Aidan Johnston (N) 22-5.75, 7. Audra Marchese (C) 21-9. Flight 4: 1. Elayna Reynolds (W) 22-7, 5. Kaleigh Stewart (HSE) 19-11.75. Flight 5: 3. Teegan Acres (HSE) 19-2.5, 6. Adam Slota (HSE) 13-9.25. Flight 6: 2. Eliza Bozell (N) 11-10.25. 8 Sports Softball Howard's homers lead HSE past Yorktown The Hamilton Southeastern softball team got a nice win to finish the regular season, beating Class 3A No. 2 York- town 4-2 in a Saturday morning home game. Olivia Howard drove in all four of the Royals’ runs. She started with a solo home run in the first inning. In the third inning, Reece Massey and Ava Agui- lar both got on base with singles, then Howard smacked a homer into left field, sending everyone home. Howard also hit a double in the fifth inning, finishing the game 3-for-3. The Tigers threatened in the seventh in- ning with a two-run homer, but Aguilar caught a center field lineout for the third out. Isabella Butts pitched three innings for the win, allowing only two hits. Sage Ladig relieved her in the fourth inning and got the save, with only three hits al- lowed. Southeastern finished the regular season 11-13 and plays Noblesville Monday in the first round of the Carmel sectional.

HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 4, YORKTOWN 2 Southeastern AB R H RBI Reece Massey 4 1 1 0 Ava Aguilar 3 1 1 0 Olivia Howard 3 2 3 4 Jenna Chase 3 0 0 0 Alli Boyle 3 0 1 0 Reporter photo by Kent Graham Jolie Johnson 3 0 0 0 Hamilton Southeastern's Olivia Howard (center) is congratulated by her teammates after hitting a home run Ella Lewis 3 0 0 0 in the first inning of the Royals' Saturday game with Yorktown. Southeastern beat the Tigers 4-2. Daphne Bush 2 0 0 0 Mia Reinhard 1 0 0 0 Guerin Catholic dropped its regu- day in the semi-finals of the Hamilton Kirsten Mascari 2 0 0 0 Taylor Larson 2 0 0 0 lar-season finale to 4A No. 2 Roncalli Heights sectional. Sarah Dilley 2 0 1 0 Maddie Bucher 0 0 0 0 Saturday 9-0 in the Circle City Confer- Julia Hartley 2 0 0 0 Totals 27 4 6 4 Olivia Labus 0 0 0 0 ence championship game, which was RONCALLI 9, Totals 23 0 2 0 Score by Innings played at Bishop Chatard. GUERIN CATHOLIC 0 Yorktown 000 000 2 - 2 5 4 Score by Innings The 3A No. 1 Golden Eagles were Guerin Catholic AB R H RBI Guerin Catholic 000 000 0 - 0 2 1 Southeastern 103 000 x - 4 6 1 Ana Macha 3 0 0 0 HR: Howard 2. 2B: Howard. SB: Larson. held to just two hits, one each from Vic- Roncalli 036 000 0 - 9 11 0 toria Flores and Sarah Dilley. Izzy Kemp Aliyah Dorsey 3 0 0 0 GC pitching IP R ER H HSE pitching IP R ER H Victoria Flores 3 0 1 0 Isabella Butts (W) 3 0 0 2 threw six strikeouts in relief. A. Flores 2 5 5 5 Izzy Kemp 3 0 0 0 Kemp 4 4 4 6 Sage Ladig (S) 4 2 2 3 Guerin Catholic finished the regular Alicia Flores 3 0 0 0 Strikeouts: Butts 2. Walks: Butts 1, Ladig 1. Strikeouts: Kemp 6, A. Flores 1. Walks: A. season 20-2 and plays New Castle Thurs- Lucy Schenk 2 0 0 0 Flores 1, Kemp 1. Baseball Millers sweep Olympians in doubleheader The Noblesville baseball team swept four and two-thirds innings. Starter Noah Shoemaker, White, Wilson. SB: Bohland 2, University is 19-9 and finishes its reg- both games of a Saturday doubleheader Bennington struck out five. Kazmierski, Riggs, White. ular season Monday at Brebeuf Jesuit. with Columbus East at Don Dunker Field. The Millers finished their regular sea- NHS pitching IP R ER H The Millers won the first game 9-4. Af- son 14-16 and play host Westfield Friday Noah Bennington 2.0 3 2 5 Jared Crandall 0.1 1 1 0 UNIVERSITY 11, SCECINA 6 ter the Olympians scored two runs in the in a sectional semi-final game. Josh Kern (W) 4.2 4 4 8 University AB R H RBI top of the first inning, Noblesville poured Strikeouts: Kern 6, Bennington 5, Crandall Jake Hooker 5 2 2 1 in five runs in the bottom of the inning and NOBLESVILLE 9, 1. Walks: Crandall 4, Kern 1. Luke Hellman 4 1 3 1 Owen Schellhase 1 0 0 0 never trailed again. Dean White scored the COLUMBUS EAST 4 first run on a wild pitch, then Bryce Adams Adam Oxley 3 2 1 1 Noblesville AB R H RBI University got its offense going in the Matt Moore 4 1 1 1 hit a sacrifice fly to send Kolbi Kazmierski Dean White 2 3 2 0 middle innings of its Saturday game at Seth Hogg 4 2 2 1 home. Mason Bohland and Keegan Speek Aidan Shoemaker 0 1 0 0 Scecina, and that led the 2A No. 7 Trail- Weber Morse 4 1 1 0 each scored on separate errors, then Jacob Kolbi Kazmierski 4 2 1 0 blazers to an 11-6 victory. Thomas Price 3 0 2 3 Weiler doubled in Luke Wilson. Mason Bohland 1 1 1 2 University got on the board in the third Brady Redman 1 0 0 0 Bryce Adams 3 0 1 2 inning, with Grady Hay scoring on an Mitchell Price 4 0 2 1 Adams batted in a run for the Millers Conner Bloss 3 0 1 0 in the second inning when his right field error and Adam Oxley hitting a sacrifice Grady Hay 2 1 0 0 Luke Wilson 2 1 0 0 Jasper Owens 0 0 0 0 hit scored White. In the fourth inning, Jacob Weiler 3 0 1 1 bunt that sent Jake Hooker home. The Crusaders tied the game in the Zane Kampmeier 0 1 0 0 White scored again on a wild pitch. Boh- Drew Niswonger 3 0 0 0 Totals 35 11 14 9 land finished the Noblesville scoring in Bryce Riggs 2 0 0 0 bottom of the third inning, but the ‘Blaz- Score by Innings the sixth inning with a single to bring in Josh Kern 1 0 0 0 ers responded with two more runs in the University 002 242 1 - 11 14 2 Aidan Shoemaker and Kazmierski. Keegan Speek 0 1 0 0 fourth; Thomas Price and Mitchell Price Scecina 002 010 3 - 6 6 8 White was 2-for-2 at the plate, with Totals 24 9 7 5 both hit RBI singles. University then put 2B: Hellman, Hogg. SB: Oxley 2, Price, Score by Innings up four runs in the fifth, including a two- Moore, Hogg. SAC: Oxley, Hay. both hits doubles. Lucas Stephen pitched Columbus East 201 000 1 - 4 8 3 five innings for the win, tossing seven RBI single from Thomas Price, and Uni- University pitching IP R ER H Noblesville 510 102 x - 9 7 1 Grayson Knight (W) 6.0 3 1 5 strikeouts. 2B: White 2, Weiler. SB: White 2, Kazmier- versity cruised from there. Hellman was 3-for-4 at the plate, in- Moore 0.2 3 3 1 In the second game, the Millers won ski, Wilson. SAC: Adams. HBP: Bohland, Hogg 0.1 0 0 0 10-8. This game followed almost the same Wilson. cluding a double. while Thomas Price Strikeouts: Knight 11, Moore 1. Walks: script as the opener: Columbus East scored NHS pitching IP R ER H drove in three runs. Seth Hogg also hit a Moore 4, Knight 1. twice in the top of the first, but Noblesville Lucas Stephen (W) 5 3 3 5 double. Grayson Knight pitched six in- dominated the bottom of the inning. Blake Widget 2 1 1 3 nings for the win, striking out 11. Strikeouts: Stephen 7, Widget 2. Walks: See Baseball . . . Page 9 This time, the Millers scored eight Stephen 4. runs in the first. Adams doubled in White and Kazmierski, then Wilson’s double NOBLESVILLE 10, scored Adams. Drew Niswonger’s dou- COLUMBUS EAST 8 ble scored Conner Bloss and Wilson, then Noblesville AB R H RBI Bryce Riggs batted in Weiler. White then Dean White 1 1 1 2 smacked a double to send Niswonger and Aidan Shoemaker 3 0 1 1 Riggs home. Kolbi Kazmierski 3 2 2 0 Noblesville added two more runs in Mason Bohland 2 0 0 0 the fourth inning. Shoemaker’s double Bryce Adams 5 1 1 2 Conner Bloss 2 1 0 0 brought Riggs home, then Kazmierski Luke Wilson 3 1 1 1 scored on a wild pitch. The Olympians Jacob Weiler 3 1 1 0 scored three runs in the top of the seventh Drew Niswonger 2 1 2 2 to cut the Millers’ lead to two, but Josh Bryce Riggs 2 2 1 1 Kern got the final out with a strikeout. Totals 26 10 10 9 Kazmierski and Niswonger both had Score by Innings two hits, with Kazmierski cracking a tri- Columbus East 211 100 3 - 8 13 0 ple. Kern got the win, striking out six in Noblesville 800 200 x - 10 10 2 3B: Kazmierski. 2B: Adams, Niswonger, Sports 9

Saturday scores Milwaukee 4, Cincinnati 3 Colorado 7, Arizona 6 L.A. Dodgers 6, San Francisco 3 Major League Washington 12, Baltimore 9 St. Louis 2, Chicago Cubs 1 Texas 8, Houston 4 Boston 4, Philadelphia 3 Kansas City 7, Detroit 5 Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 1 Cleveland 5, Minnesota 3, 10 innings San Diego 6, Seattle 4 Atlanta 6, Pittsburgh 1 Oakland 6, L.A. Angels 2 Baseball standings Miami 3, N.Y. Mets 1 American League National League East W L PCT. GB East W L PCT. GB Boston 29 18 .617 - N.Y. Mets 21 18 .538 - Tampa Bay 28 19 .596 1.0 Atlanta 22 24 .478 2.5 N.Y. Yankees 27 19 .587 1.5 Philadelphia 22 24 .478 2.5 Toronto 23 21 .523 4.5 Miami 21 24 .467 3.0 Baltimore 17 28 .378 11.0 Washington 19 23 .452 3.5 Central W L PCT. GB Central W L PCT. GB Chi. White Sox 26 18 .591 - St. Louis 26 19 .578 - Cleveland 24 19 .558 1.5 Chi. Cubs 23 22 .511 3.0 Kansas City 21 23 .477 5.0 Milwaukee 22 23 .489 4.0 Detroit 18 27 .400 8.5 Cincinnati 20 24 .455 5.5 Minnesota 16 29 .356 10.5 Pittsburgh 18 27 .400 8.0 West W L PCT. GB West W L PCT. GB Oakland 28 19 .596 - San Diego 29 17 .630 - Houston 26 20 .565 1.5 L.A. Dodgers 28 18 .609 1.0 Seattle 21 25 .457 6.5 San Francisco 28 18 .609 1.0 Texas 21 27 .438 7.5 Arizona 18 29 .383 11.5 L.A. Angels 19 27 .413 8.5 Colorado 17 29 .370 12.0

Saturday game WNBA standings Seattle 100, Dallas 97, OT Eastern Conference Western Conference Team W L PCT. GB Team W L PCT. GB Connecticut 4 0 1.00 - Seattle 3 1 .750 - Chicago 2 0 1.00 1.0 Las Vegas 2 1 .667 0.5 New York 3 1 .750 1.0 Dallas 1 1 .500 1.0 Washington 1 2 .333 2.5 Phoenix 2 2 .500 1.0 Atlanta 1 2 .333 2.5 Los Angeles 0 2 .000 2.0 Indiana 0 4 .000 4.0 Minnesota 0 3 .000 2.5 BASEBALL from Page 8 Carmel split two games Saturday at its hounds pitchers combined for a no-hitter. Totals 27 0 7 0 lead to 4-3. own Invitational. Carmel finished the regular season 22- Score by Innings Mayo drew a walk to load the bases In a morning game, the Class 4A No. 1 3-1 and plays Zionsville Wednesday in the Cathedral 003 010 0 - 4 4 0 again. That brought up Drew VanOeveren, Greyhounds fell to Cathedral 4-0. Hunter first round of the Westfield sectional. Carmel 000 000 0 - 0 7 0 and he doubled into center field to score SB: Mitchell. Snow had two hits. Carmel pitching IP R ER H Allen and Hulen and get the Huskies the Carmel rebounded in its afternoon CATHEDRAL 4, CARMEL 0 Cunningham 2.2 3 3 3 victory. It was VanOeveren’s second dou- game to beat Chesterton 12-0 in five -in Carmel AB R H RBI Bruington 1.1 1 1 1 ble of the game. nings. Jackson Micheels delivered a Nick Mitchell 3 0 1 0 Brandon Rosenfeld 3.0 0 0 0 Erik Malott also hit a double. Letsing- three-run home run in the fifth inning, Evan Neukam 3 0 1 0 Strikeouts: Rosenfeld 2, Bruington 1. er pitched the last two innings and got the also scoring Connor Gioia and JD Rogers. JD Rogers 3 0 1 0 Walks: Cunningham 4, Bruington 1. win, not allowing a hit. Micheels finished the game 3-for-4 at the Jackson Micheels 3 0 0 0 Heights finished the regular season Cody Kantz 3 0 0 0 CARMEL 12, CHESTERTON 0 plate, driving in four runs and scoring two. Daniel Cunningham 2 0 1 0 16-9 and will play Delta Wednesday in the Rogers totaled three runs and hit 2-for-2. Jack Bruington 1 0 0 0 (5 innings) first round of the Yorktown sectional. Daniel Cunningham was 2-for-4, includ- Alex Richter 3 0 0 0 Carmel AB R H RBI Nick Mitchell 2 2 0 0 ing a fifth-inning triple. Griffin Wolf 3 0 1 0 FRANKFORT 11, Hunter Snow 3 0 2 0 Evan Neukam 4 0 1 1 Aidan McConnell went three innings JD Rogers 2 3 2 0 HAMILTON HEIGHTS 1 for the win, striking out five. Four Grey- Connor Gioia 0 0 0 0 Winston Berglund 0 0 0 0 Jackson Micheels 4 2 3 4 (5 innings) Cody Kantz 2 1 0 0 Heights AB R H RBI Noah Bradbury 0 0 0 0 Sam Allen 3 0 0 0 Tripp Schroeder 1 0 1 0 Jared Michael 2 0 1 0 Tyler Walkey 0 0 0 0 Harrison Hochstedler 1 0 1 0 Daniel Cunningham 4 1 2 1 Erik Malott 2 0 0 0 Alex Richter 2 1 1 1 Nate Hulen 3 0 0 0 Cam Carmichael 0 0 0 0 Brayden Elkin 2 0 0 0 Griffin Wolf 1 0 0 1 Joe Mayo 2 1 1 0 Ryan Pauley 1 0 1 0 Dean Mason 2 0 2 1 Nathan MacLaren 0 1 0 0 Lucas Letsinger 2 0 0 0 Hunter Snow 3 0 1 1 Isaac Tuma 1 0 0 0 Connor Gioia 0 1 0 0 Guy Griffey 1 0 0 0 Totals 28 12 12 9 Totals 21 1 5 1 Score by Innings Score by Innings Carmel 104 07 - 12 12 0 Frankfort 500 60 - 11 8 1 Chesterton 000 00 - 0 0 2 Heights 010 00 - 1 5 1 HR: Micheels. 3B: Cunningham. 2B: 2B: Mason 2. Micheels. SB: Mitchell 2, Micheels. HBP: Heights pitching IP R ER H Wolf. Drew VanOeveren 0.1 5 3 4 Carmel pitching IP R ER H Michael 3.2 6 6 4 Aidan McConnell (W) 3.0 0 0 0 Hochstedler 1.0 0 0 0 Mitchell Henneberry 1.0 0 0 0 Strikeouts: Michael 3, Hochstedler 2, Van- Aiden Aitken 0.1 0 0 0 Oeveren 1. Walks: Michael 3, VanOeveren Dylan Zenor 0.2 0 0 0 1, Hochstedler 1. Strikeouts: McConnell 5, Aitken 1, Zenor 1. Walks: McConnell 1, Henneberry 1. HAMILTON HEIGHTS 5, FRANKFORT 4 Hamilton Heights split a home double- Heights AB R H RBI header with Frankfort on Saturday to fin- Sam Allen 4 1 1 0 ish its regular season. Erik Malott 3 0 1 0 In the first game, the Huskies lost 11-1 Isaac Tuma 1 0 1 0 in five innings. Heights scored its run in Nate Hulen 4 2 1 1 the second inning when Dean Mason dou- Joe Mayo 2 0 1 1 bled home Joe Mayo. Mason would hit an- Drew VanOeveren 3 0 2 2 Lucas Letsinger 2 1 0 0 other double in the fourth inning. Guy Griffey 3 0 0 0 The second game went much better for Harrison Hochstedler 3 0 0 0 the Huskies, as they scored three runs in Camden Crawford 1 0 0 0 the seventh inning for a 5-4 walk-off win. Brayden Elkin 1 0 0 0 Heights scored one run in both of the first Dean Mason 0 1 0 0 two innings: Mayo batted in Nate Hulen Totals 27 5 7 4 for the first run and Lucas Letsinger scored Score by Innings the second run when Camden Crawford Frankton 001 012 0 - 4 5 3 reached on error. Heights 110 000 3 - 5 7 2 2B: VanOeveren 2, Malott. SB: Hulen. The Hot Dogs eventually took the lead HBP: Letsinger, Mayo. and were up 4-2 going into the bottom of Heights pitching IP R ER H the seventh inning. With one out, the Hus- Crawford 4 1 0 4 kies loaded the bases when Mason drew Elkin 1 3 0 1 a walk, then Sam Allen and Isaac Tuma Letsinger (W) 2 0 0 0 both hit singles. Mason scored on Hulen’s Strikeouts: Elkin 3, Letsinger 3. Walks: RBI fielder’s choice to cut the Frankfort Crawford 2, Elkin 2. GC boys golf wins Muncie Invite The Guerin Catholic boys golf team Complete results will appear in a later won the Muncie Invitational Saturday at edition. The Players Club. Westfield sent its Green team to The The Golden Eagles scored 301 to Players Club, and it scored a 328 to place runner-up Carmel’s 302. Guerin’s Jacob seventh. Brennan Decker led the Sham- Modleski and the Greyounds’ Joe Arm- rocks with a 76, followed by Joe Sawyer field each carded 70, with Modleski win- 83, Colin Nixon 83, Ryan Wilkes 86 and ning medalist honors in a playoff. Max Amenta 88. Other Golden Eagles scores were Leo Another Westfield team won the West Wessel 71, Connor McNeely 78, Andrew Lafayette Invitational at Purdue Univer- White 82 and Christian Hein 86. sity with a score of 309. Alec Cesare was Hamilton Southeastern placed third the individual medalist with a 73, fol- with a 307 while Fishers was fifth with lowed by Nolan Hall 76, Timmy Leonard a 313. Noblesville took ninth with a 339. 79, Cam Kooi 81 and Hunter Cook 83.