Noble earns GSC Runner of the Week honors
For the third time this season, Lee University’s Christian Noble, a Mt. Vernon graduate, was named the Gulf South Conference Cross-Country Runner of the Week after winning his third race in as many tries.
This is the 10th time in his collegiate career that Noble has won the award during the men’s cross-country season.
Noble won the Gold Race of the UAB Blazer Classic on Friday with a time of 23:24.41. The second-place runner crossed the finish line 50 seconds later. His time was a second quicker than Arkansas’ Amon Kemboi, the event’s Green Race winner.
The time also set a new Lee record at the 8K distance. The previous standard of 23:27 was set by Noble at the Royals Cross Country Challenge on Oct. 12, 2018.
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Marauders’ Stank commits to Anderson
Mt. Vernon’s Jake Stank, a senior outfielder, announced his commitment to Anderson University this week.
The 6-foot-1, right-hander competes with Indiana Nitro in the offseason, and with the Marauders in his career owns a .276 batting average. He hit .329 as a freshman in 2018 through 25 games.
In his 43-game high school career, he’s driven 29 runs, scored 29 runs and has four doubles and two triples with 15 stolen bases.
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Gibson commits to Indiana Wesleyan
Earlier this month, Greenfield-Central standout golfer Caroline Gibson announced her college commitment to Indiana Wesleyan University.
The Greenfield-Central senior was part of the Cougars’ girls golf state-qualifying team this fall, which marked a first for the program since 1994.
Gibson and the Cougars won the Hancock County team title this year, added the Hoosier Heritage Conference championship to their list of accomplishments repeated at sectional at Hawk’s Tail of Greenfield with a school-record score of 344.
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Semistate games now on pay-per-view
This Saturday’s semistate matches in the IHSAA Boys & Girls Soccer State Tournament will be video-streamed exclusively in a pay-per-view model for the first time.
The IHSAA has partnered with select IHSAA Champions Network affiliates from around the state to stream all the live play-by-play action exclusively to its video portal at IHSAAtv.org.
The 12 soccer matches (three at each of the four semistate sites), all volleyball semistate matches on Oct. 31 and all football semistate games on Nov. 20, also will be available through pay-per-view.
Live video access is $14.95 per game or $19.95 for access to all the soccer matches that day. With an all-access purchase, viewers may be able to see up to four matches simultaneously. The same prices will be in effect for the volleyball and football semistates.
