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The Central Indiana Sports 10-Minute Report (Guest: Aaron Pitman, 2.236.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

• 0:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: The NBA and NHL Playoffs got underway Saturday.
• 0:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: Viva training camp gets underway today and Felix Rosenquist is on the pole at Long Beach.
• 0:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome Central Indian sports fans to my new daily podcast, the Central Indian sports, 10 minute report, the hub of the Central Indian sports report and your daily 10 minute update tailored specifically for Central Indian sports fans.
• 0:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm your host Greg Mengell, and I love Central Indiana Sports.
• 0:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: Coming up today, Sunday, April 19, 2026 scores and highlights from Saturdays NBA and NHL playoffs, and we'll look ahead to Sunday for both.
• 0:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: Also qualifying results from Long Beach, the Reds played there.
• 0:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: Best and most complete game of the year in Teco over first place in the National League Central, Ball State volleyball advances in the Miva and we look ahead to Sunday including the Indie Ignite returning home to a sold-out fishers event center to face the Dallas Pulse for the Women's Professional Volleyball MLV League.
• 1:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: right after the 10-minute report will hear from Ignite P.A.
• 1:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: Guy Aaron Pippman about the Ignite.
• 1:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: Before we get to that one and explain a little more about this podcast, 10 minutes every day, I'm talking about whatever central Indiana sports fans are talking about.
• 1:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: Whether it's the Colts Pacer's fever, IU, Purdue, Indie Car, local colleges, local high schools,
• 1:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: Or as it seems mostly right now, national sports since none of our teams are in season.
• 1:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, Andy Carr is, and of course, fever camp gets under way today more on that coming up.
• 2:02
  [SPEAKER_00]: Here's what happened on Saturday, April 18, 2026.
• 2:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: The NBA playoffs got started Saturday, and I watched all of it just for you.
• 2:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: I told producer Suzy.
• 2:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: Saturday morning the hey I just started this new podcast and I have to watch basketball all the hey my impressions coming out of day one is that the nicks and nuggets are contenders and what bronjames is just really good at basketball.
• 2:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think he's probably overrated in the scheme of NBA history but he's unquestionably one of the top five pastors of all time and
• 2:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: He was so good today.
• 2:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: A couple other things.
• 2:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: The NBA has to stop calling files when players dive into other players.
• 2:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: With their only intention of drawing a file, it's hideous and way too many good players do it.
• 2:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: And Kevin Durant didn't bother showing up for game one to get to the lakers.
• 2:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: Growing up, I just don't remember ever a star player missing a game randomly, and it just happens so much now.
• 3:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: Of course, no Luka Donchets, you're Austin Reeves for the Lakers, but it didn't matter.
• 3:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: LeBron James 19.13 assists in eight rebounds, and he was in complete control.
• 3:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: And LA's Game 1-107-98 win over Houston.
• 3:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: Luka Nard went five for five from behind the three-point line and led all scores with 27 points.
• 3:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: Game 2 is Tuesday at 1030 on NBC.
• 3:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Nuggets were 30 for 33 at the foul line and pulled away to beat the Timberwolves, 116 to 105 and the other West Game 1.
• 3:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: Jamal Murray scored 30 points and was 16 for 16 at the line.
• 3:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: Another guy who jumps into Defender's just to draw a foul.
• 3:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: Nicolioca's 25 points 13 rebounds 11 assists and honestly it was a substandard game form.
• 3:55
  [SPEAKER_00]: Game 2 is 1030 Monday on NBC.
• 3:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: The next look like series contenders in the east.
• 4:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: I hate the mix and I hate watching them, but they can definitely challenge Boston or Detroit in the east.
• 4:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: It'd be a pretty good hockey team, 113102, behind 53 combined points from Jalen Brunson and Carl Anthony Towns.
• 4:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: Brunson of course is the worst or second worst defender when it comes to intentionally drawing fouls.
• 4:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's just so, it's just not good basketball.
• 4:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not counting out the hocks in this series, they're just so athletic.
• 4:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: Game 2 is Monday at 8 on NBC.
• 4:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: And then easily the most boring series of Saturday, most boring game 1 Saturday, down on the Mitchell scored 32 in Cleveland's 126-13 win over Toronto, and Game 2 in that series is Monday at 7 on the NBC Sports Network.
• 5:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: Followed by the Pistons in Magic at 630 and Spurs Blazers at 9.
• 5:07
  [SPEAKER_00]: Honestly, I'm going to be much less interested in Sunday's games in our work Saturdays.
• 5:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: The three best series I've got started on Saturday.
• 5:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: We'll be talking NBA playoffs on this show and on the Central Indian Sports Report Network throughout the summer.
• 5:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: There were three NHL game ones Saturday as well.
• 5:27
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Hurricanes began their quest for their first Stanley Cup in 20 years with the two nothing win.
• 5:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: Over Ottawa, the wild dominated their game won against the former Minnesota team, the stars, 61, and the Flyers took game 1 in Pittsburgh with a pair of third period goals.
• 5:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: Stanley Cup's favorite Colorado opened its first round series at three today against the Kings, followed by a reigning East Champion,
• 5:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: Montreal in Tampa against the lightning in what should be a great series starting at 545 on TNT.
• 6:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: On ESPN Boston is in Buffalo at 730 and the Utah mammoth against the Vegas Golden Knights two franchises that didn't exist a decade ago.
• 6:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: They closed the night at 10 o'clock.
• 6:18
  [SPEAKER_00]: Felix Rosenquiss edged Paddo Award, three-time reigning Indicard Champion Alex Polo and defending Long Beach Champion Kyle Kirkwood for the pole position for Sunday evening's Grand Prix of Long Beach.
• 6:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: The second ever Indicard pole for Meyer Shank Racing, the other was Rosenquiss that Long Beach two years ago.
• 6:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's Rosenquiss' seventh career pole position.
• 6:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's a rare Sunday evening race tonight at Long Beach, the 43rd race at the historic race course.
• 6:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: Alex Plo's going for his 3rd win and 4 races this year, and Kirkwood looks to not only defend his racing win at Long Beach for last year, but keep his series points lead, which is 2 points over club.
• 7:02
  [SPEAKER_00]: They are easily the two bedding favorites to win this evening.
• 7:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: Hello at plus 150 Kirkwood plus 165.
• 7:09
  [SPEAKER_00]: Little power is next at five to one.
• 7:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: Love a full recap and reaction following the race late Sunday with our Indicard Guy Elijah Poe and probably others as well.
• 7:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: On the Central Indiana Sports Report network, please go subscribe.
• 7:26
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• 7:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: The cool note from Long Beach, former indie car star Robert Wickens, was paralyzed from the weight down in a crash in 2022 in a race of Pocano.
• 7:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: One of the pull for the empsor race at Long Beach using his hand control system that was developed by Hyundai.
• 7:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: Taylor Gray won a second career NASCAR race Saturday night, taking the Kansas 300 by less than a second oversheldon creed.
• 7:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: The New York Giants traded Dexter Lawrence to the Bengals for the 10th overall pick in Thursday's NFL draft.
• 8:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: We'll have lots of draft talk on this show.
• 8:07
  [SPEAKER_00]: And on the NFL report with my Cutsal and Will Rothford this week, leading up to Thursday's draft.
• 8:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: A couple quick local news and notes in a bit of a surprise.
• 8:18
  [SPEAKER_00]: Locked on UConn is reporting that former Greenfield star Braille and Moles are returned to UConn for his sophomore year.
• 8:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: Instead of entering the NBA draft, he was expected to be a lottery pick.
• 8:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: Former Lawrence Northstar is a viewer Robinson is committed to UCLA after playing last season of Butler.
• 8:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: New palstar tied in Mason Ogles v. visited North Carolina on Saturday and shared a photo of him.
• 8:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: Coach Bellachak and it said it was going to make his college choice much more difficult.
• 8:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: And former IU Star AJ Moier has been named the New Girls Basketball Head Coach at Jeffersonville.
• 8:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: Of course, former Hoosier Sharad Wilkerson is the boy's coach at Jeff.
• 9:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Pirates blew a late lead in an eight seven lost the Tampa, otherwise the National Accentral would have gone unbeaten for the third time in four days.
• 9:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Reds played their most complete game of the year in one despite Andrew Abbott being far from at his best.
• 9:18
  [SPEAKER_00]: overcoming deficits all day in manufacturing runs late with I just have to say it the league's best bullpin as the reason there are ten and no in games determined by two runs or less.
• 9:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: Combined with the Pirates lost the reds inherit the division lead with their best start in 20 years at 13 and eight.
• 9:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: Carson Kelly's three run pinched home run lifted the cubs to a four to two win over the Metz for their fourth straight win, and the Metz tenth straight loss.
• 9:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Cardinals beat the Astro 7 to 5 and the brewers beat the Marlins 5 to two, they're both a half game back of the reds.
• 9:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Pirates are a game back, and the Cubs are a game and a half behind.
• 9:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: All four teams are at least two games over 500.
• 10:02
  [SPEAKER_00]: We will talk about the National League Central and more stuff on the
• 10:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: MLB report with Paul Tipton and Will Rutherford, either late Monday or early Tuesday this week.
• 10:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: Matt Fitzpatrick continues to hold his lead at the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head.
• 10:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: He went three under Saturday and has a three shot lead over a world number one Scotty Sheffler with 18 holes left to play on Sunday.
• 10:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: Fitzpatrick and Sheffler T. Off at 150.
• 10:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: Ball State 7th Ranked Men's volleyball team advanced in the Mi Vaturnima with a sweep of northern Kentucky Saturday at Worthing, Patrick Rogers had 12 kills and 3 aces in the Cardinals 25, 18, 26, 24, 25, 15 victory.
• 10:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: They are now 23 and 4 on the year on face number 13 McKindry wins day in the semi finals.
• 10:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: Championship is Saturday and the Cardinals will host as long as they're in the tournament.
• 11:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: For new baseballs having one of its best seasons and program history, the Boilermaker scored six times in the first and had a season high 14 hits in a 12-7 win over Ohio State on Saturday.
• 11:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: They're now 27-11 on the year 14 and 6 in the Big 10, trailing only UCLA in Nebraska in the standings.
• 11:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: He looks for a sweep.
• 11:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: In Columbus on Saturday 1st pitch is at 1.
• 11:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: I use softballby Iowa twice Saturday 2-1 and 9-7-10 endings of a go for a sweep Sunday in Iowa City.
• 11:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: Hoosiers are now 34 and 11.
• 11:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: Pretty one it's 5th straight forward to 3 at Rutgers thanks to 3 RBIs from Haley Painter.
• 11:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: And former Franklin Star McKinna Alexander hit her 12th home run of the year in Butler's 9-1 win over Georgetown in DC.
• 11:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: And here's what's coming up Sunday, April 19th, 2026.
• 11:55
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Indian Fever Training Camp gets underway at 11 AM at the Field House for 16 players on the 2026 camp roster.
• 12:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: Of course, one of those is Caitlyn Clark returning from growing quad and ankle injuries that kept her out of most of the 2025 season.
• 12:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: Clark is expected to make her return to the Fever lineup on Saturday when the preseason gets underway
• 12:21
  [SPEAKER_00]: The liberty are the bedding favorites to win the 2026 title with the FIFA second.
• 12:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: In the last week or so, Indiana has signed a Lea Boston Lexi Hall Sophie Countingham and 2025 MVP finalist, Kelsey Mitchell, to contracts under the new label at Labor Agreement.
• 12:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: Please join us for the FIFA Report with John Robertson and Michelle Garmin on the Central Indiana Sports Report Network.
• 12:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: And to 5 o'clock Sunday, the Indie 11 are in Birmingham, the 11 are currently 2, 2 and 1 in 8th place in the USL East.
• 13:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: Birmingham is 1, 2 and 2.
• 13:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: And to 6, the MLV leading Indie ignite host the Dallas pulse in a matchup of the women pro volleyball leagues top 2 teams.
• 13:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: Indie and Dallas will be 2 of the 4 teams in the MLV playoffs.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Fisher's Event Center is sold out for the match, which can be seen on Vice-TV and follows a skirmish between IUs and produce women's volleyball teams.
• 13:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks so much for joining me, I'll be back tomorrow.
• 13:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: Please stay tuned for Indie Ignite, PA Guy, Erin Pittman.
• 13:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: All right, Aaron Pittman joining me now.
• 13:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yay, guys, for the Indie Ignite.
• 13:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: And Loth on Friday night, but man, what a second season in Indie for the Ignite.
• 13:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, absolutely.
• 13:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: We were 18 and five on the season.
• 13:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yes, they did fall to Grand Rapids Friday night.
• 14:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: Three sets to one.
• 14:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: won the first set, but for lack of a better term, the wheels fell off right after that.
• 14:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: A lot of people I think don't realize even though Grand Rapids is outside of the playoff picture right now.
• 14:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: There's only eight teams in Major League volleyball currently.
• 14:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: That means unless you're
• 14:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: Columbus at this moment.
• 14:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: Everybody's still on the hunt for a playoff position.
• 14:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: Indie is actually because they're so far ahead.
• 14:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: They are guaranteed either the one or two seed.
• 14:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: But like I mentioned, even with Grand Rapids, they're sitting six and the league right now.
• 14:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: They're very in the thick of the playoff picture.
• 14:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: If you're one of the top 112 volleyball players in the world, you're playing Major League volleyball.
• 14:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: And
• 14:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: that means the gap between one to eight is not very large.
• 14:50
  [SPEAKER_01]: So they have the loss Friday night, but Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids rather is a formidable opponent, a very tough opponent, and you go on the road in this league and it's just tough to play wherever you go.
• 15:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: So I'm certain that the ignite will bounce back Sunday here in in Fisher's Indiana.
• 15:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, in 2009, it's a big one.
• 15:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: The two teams with by far the two best records in the league are the Indie ignite and the Dallas pulse, they get together on Sunday evening, which should be the match of the year so far.
• 15:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: Absolutely.
• 15:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: We've already sold out Fisher's event center for Sunday night's matchup.
• 15:29
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's actually going to be a fun day.
• 15:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: If you're heading to Fisher's event center to PM, we actually have the Indiana Purdue Spring volleyball match, which would be exciting.
• 15:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: Big ten five holes obviously in state.
• 15:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: That's going to be a lot of fun.
• 15:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: Bring out all the Hoosiers and boilers fans from around the state of Indiana.
• 15:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: And then there's a college fan fest out on the Plaza Fisher's event center.
• 15:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: at 4 p.m. and then at 6 p.m. it's the top two teams record-wise in majorly valuable.
• 15:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: The ignite, sit 18 and 5 as I mentioned, Dallas is 18 and 6.
• 16:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: Now, you're thinking, well, if Dallas wins this, it's all of a sudden we're tied.
• 16:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: The one positive of all this is let's say,
• 16:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: Dallas escape with a victory.
• 16:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: The ignite actually won the first three meetings of the year, meaning they will hold a three to one advantage and that very important tiebreaker that would give them the higher seed if they do end with a with a tied record at the end of the year, but
• 16:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: certainly we feel like the ignite matchup very well with Dallas they have actually taken nine sets to one in three meetings over the years uh so the ignite are very strong and and we we feel that tomorrow this uh fish's event center is going to be absolutely rocking.
• 16:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: The fans are going to be a rockist from uh the beginning and uh we think that uh the night have what it takes to pull this out and and really walk down the number one seed heading toward the playoffs
• 16:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's talk a little bit about this team real fast, Aaron.
• 17:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: So this team is is very, very deep.
• 17:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: Bob, there's been many references over the course of the season that the night could actually start two different starting lineups and probably still have a top for record.
• 17:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: The ignite have the outside hitters that return from the prior year as Johnny Tealer and Lecitor member Minna as Johnny actually plays the opposite side of the right side of the floor mostly, but Again, very strong players.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: They were both all stars last year as Johnny actually is a two time all star now and is actually coming off a recent Major League volleyball
• 17:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: player of the week award.
• 17:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: Kayla won who's actually her first year with the ignite has been an exceptional outside hitter for this team as well.
• 17:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: Very fun to watch and then of course probably the person that has become a fan favorite in this city and state.
• 18:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: If you're watching the ignite is Mia Twininga.
• 18:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: She is from Long Beach, California played her college volleyball at USC.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: She is really
• 18:13
  [SPEAKER_01]: and then a spark for this team at a an exceptional leader and just really uh in for lack of better term like a character out on the floor.
• 18:21
  [SPEAKER_01]: She is she's a lot of fun.
• 18:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: She has great day and dance moves that she's always thrown out there for the fans.
• 18:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: She's high energy at all times and just a pleasure to
• 18:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: to have where in the night jersey.
• 18:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: And then of course, the Liberia for the night second year starter is Elena Scott.
• 18:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: She is really doing everything out there defensively.
• 18:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: Just you name it.
• 18:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: She can do it.
• 18:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: It seems that really no ball can get passed her, which is absolutely been needed for this night team with some of these high powered offences that you see around majorly volleyball.
• 18:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: There's many others that I can name Anna DeBeer has been a strong outside to hit her for the team and then of course the Middles.
• 19:01
  [SPEAKER_01]: Lydia Martin has been exceptional.
• 19:04
  [SPEAKER_01]: She was named to the all-star team.
• 19:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: The ignite actually suffered a recent injury Blake Mueller who actually played her collegiate volleyball at Purdue.
• 19:13
  [SPEAKER_01]: Went down with an injury a couple weeks ago.
• 19:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: She actually had to have season ending surgery.
• 19:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: She was named to the MLD all-star team as well, but
• 19:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: didn't get to participate because of that injury, but still this team is deep, they're fun, it's high-powered volleyball.
• 19:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: I always call it controlled chaos, if you will.
• 19:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: Everybody knows what their role is, but it's chaotic from the moment the ball is served, and it's just a lot of fun to watch.
• 19:41
  [SPEAKER_01]: If you haven't been out there yet to fish the events center, you've got three more opportunities to watch them.
• 19:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: highly recommend you get out from our was obviously sold out but still opportunities to see them and if you can't see them in person you can always see them on TV as well make sure you check out indignitevv.com find out where they'll be playing on TV.
• 20:09
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks so much to my friend Aaron Pittman, and thank you for listening.
• 20:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'll be back tomorrow, for the next six weeks or so, I'm going to continue releasing Central Indiana Sports 10-minute report on weekday afternoons, and on week end the morning before starting in June, I'll probably be first thing every single morning.
• 20:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: almost every single morning.
• 20:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks so much, please check out the Peeva report, late Sunday or early Monday, and our indie car recap from Long Beach.
• 20:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: Central Indian sports report is a product of ITG media, and I love Susie.