Author: Craig

Taylor steals the spotlight; Stanford defeats Indiana 10-7

By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — College baseball has a history of dramatic moments in postseason play. A prime example is Warren Morris, a seldom used player for LSU, who had one of the great moments in College World Series history when he hit a pinch-hit, walk-off home run to defeat Miami in […]

DeNato, Travis come up big for Indiana in win over Stanford

By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana rode on the backs of All-Americans Joey DeNato and Sam Travis, and they delivered in a 4-2 regional win over Stanford on Saturday. DeNato pitched 7 1/3 innings, allowing only two runs, six hits, one walk, and four strikeouts. “He did a great job of changing speeds and […]

Jones runs wild as Columbus East dominates New Palestine 49-14

By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent COLUMBUS, Ind. — Columbus East junior running back Markell Jones took care of the offense, and the defense took care of the rest in a 49-14 win over previously unbeaten New Palestine in a Class 4A semistate game. Jones rumbled for 318 yards and four touchdowns. He ran through, around, […]

George leads Warren Central comeback in regional win over Pike

By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS — Max Hernandez’s field goal in the final seconds lifted Warren Central to a 24-21 win at Pike on Friday night. On Warren’s final drive, Jeff George found Darius Lee for a 24-yard completion to the Pike 20, and a roughing the passer penalty moved the ball to the […]

Warren Central gets second chance at Pike in IHSAA regional

By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent Dragash looks at some of the week’s better IHSAA postseason matchups, with help from ISL Editor Cliff Brunt. When Pike traveled to Warren Central on Sept. 27, the home team had things well in hand early, leading 28-0 late in the second quarter. But Pike struck twice before halftime to […]

Carmel holds off late charge from Fishers, wins sectional title 35-20

BY CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent CARMEL, Ind. — Fishers quarterback Connor Christiansen hit Indiana-bound receiver J-Shun Harris for a 71-yard touchdown on the second play from scrimmage, and it looked like Fishers was ready to do battle with Carmel for the Sectional 4 title. But Fishers would struggle after that first score and Carmel would find […]

Carmel to take on Ben Davis for share of MIC title

By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent After eight weeks of play, the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference boasts seven of the top 10 teams in the 6A Sagarin ratings, and they have been battling on the gridiron for the right to claim the coveted MIC title. Center Grove has earned its share of the title with a 6-1 league […]

Sea of red sees Nebraska blow out Purdue 44-7

By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — If the color scheme of the crowd was any indication, this would not be a good day for the homestanding Boilermakers. Nebraska fans created a sea of red among the gold-and-black-clad Purdue faithful on Saturday afternoon. One event staff member who has worked at Purdue for […]

Carmel defeats Pike, sets up showdown with Ben Davis for share of MIC title

By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent CARMEL, Ind. — It was a true tale of two halves. Pike’s offense got yards in big chunks consistently throughout the first half, amassing 259 yards against a normally strong Carmel defense, but the Greyhounds got their motor running in the second half as they got their running attack into […]

Dragash: Center Grove, Ben Davis to meet in key MIC battle

By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent There are three games left in the high school football regular season, and the Center Grove Trojans are still sitting atop the MIC conference with a perfect record. Center Grove is 6-0 overall and 5-0 in a league that has seen everyone else beat up on each other while the […]