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Greg & His Friends Talk Sports ... with Grant Shouse & Rob Hunt (2.234.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome Central Indian sports fans to my new podcast Greg and his friends talk sports.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm your host Greg Mengell and every week afternoon.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Here on the Central Indian sports report, my friends and I are talking about whatever Central Indian sports fans are talking about.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Coming up today, Thursday, April 16th, 2026.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We have so much good stuff.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: First, our 10-minute recap of Wednesday, including I.U.'
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  [SPEAKER_00]: 's continued portal success.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And following the recap, we'll have a conversation with our I.U.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Guy Grant Shows.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Anderson's J.L.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and Haroldson announces his new home.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And the fever continued to add to their roster plus local high school and college results and local and national news and notes.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Before we get to all of that, when I let you know what's going on at Central Indiana Sports Report, I released an indie car report earlier this morning with Elijah Poe previewing the Long Beach Grand Prix.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Earlier this week, we had a Purdue Report with Jake Dunn talking some football and basketball release that on Wednesday morning.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Also planning a special I-E report on Tuesday, talking about Coach DeVrease success in the transfer portal.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Also in the
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  [SPEAKER_00]: weekly debate and prediction podcast Greg versus will versus the world on Friday morning.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm planning on a colds report for Saturday and our weekly fee for report is Sunday the same day as training camp opens.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm not sure about a pace of report yet for this week.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's normally on Mondays, but either way we'll have lots of NBA playoff talk on this show and the Central Indian sports report network throughout the summer.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you so much for joining us, your 10-minute sports update tailored specifically for Central Indiana Sports Vans begins now.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Followed by a grasshopper that I, you portal update, then Rob Hunt of the Harold Bulletin, rocking some Madison County softball.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They big, Alexandria LaPelle show down later today.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Awesome.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Darren DeVries and the Indiana Hoosiers have landed two more players out of the transfer portal including coveted Big Man Aden Cheryl.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: who have her as 11 points and 6 rebounds last year at Alabama.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And they added guard, Bryce Lindsey, Bloomington will be his fourth stop after spending time at Texas A&M James Madison and Villanova, both of them have two years of eligibility remaining.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: IU now has the top-ranked port of class in the country, according to On the Re-Sports.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Hoosiers also have the number one port of class in the country in football.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We'll talk more about that with Grant Shows coming up after the Daily Report.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The 24-7 supports his reporting that former Hoosier Josh Harris is committed to Florida Atlantic, and Colin McManavans reports his reporting that former Hoosier, Peyton Connerway, is seeking a fifth-year availability and is entering the transfer portal.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Also in the transfer portal, Anderson Native Jalen Harrelson has chosen Tennessee as his next basketball destination, after averaging 16.2 points as a freshman last year at Notre Dame.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: a couple of prize players.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: First in the transfer portal he landed former Purdue preferred walk on Aaron Fine, and he also got his first high school recruit, Kim McGillvery from Dallas a three-star combo guard.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nice start for Capco.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The 2026 Indian All-Stars have been named.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We already knew Mr. Basketball, Luke Urdle, from Mount Vernon, would be part of the team.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He'll be joining by Noblesville's Baron Walker Carmel's Evan Harrell.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Fisher's Kai McGrew, Lawrence Norse, Brandon Miller.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Just Sean Ladden, Cameron Webster of Ben Davis, Crown Points to Kim Beishaw, Plainfield's Noah Smith.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Carl's Towns Anthony Fresh, South Bend St. Joe's Nick Shrew's Barry, the son of Notre Dame head coach, Michael Shrew's Barry, and Northridge's Brady Shoal.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Tony Easta Forbes and Circle City spin is reporting that the fever has signed former NBA Shatori Walker Kimbro, a former sixth overall pick by the mystics, and former fever guard Odyssey Sims has signed with the Dallas wings, or on that on the fever report on Sunday.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: On Friday, the Hornets will play the magic in Orlando and the Warriors will play the Clippers in Los Angeles for the final NBA playoff spots.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: After the 76ers beat the magic 109 97 and the Warriors beat the Clippers 126 121 behind 35 points from Steph Curry on Wednesday night in the NBA play in the Charlotte Orlando winner will be the eight seed in the eastern will face the top sea pistons Sunday at 630 and the Warrior Sun winner will get the raining NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder Sunday at 330 of a full NBA playoff schedule for you on tomorrow show.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Every team in the NL Central 1 on Wednesday and now all 5 are sitting at 500 or better.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: South Stewart homer twice and drove in 6 runs in the reds 8-3 win over the Giants.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Reds will try to complete a sweep today at 12-40.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They are currently tied in first place with the Pittsburgh Pirates who are 11 and 7 after 2-0 win over Washington.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Pirates may be with Jet that pitching man.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Cardinals are a game back after a 5-3 win over Cleveland and the Brewers are a game and a half back after beating the Blue Jace to the 1, and the Cubs have taken the first 2 in Philly after Wednesdays 11 to 2 win, their 2 games back and have third day off.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Every team in the A.L.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: is between 6 and 11 wins, the Dodgers are 14 and forward with the best record in baseball followed by the 12 and 6 Padres and the 12 and 7 Braves.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The division leaders in the American League are the raised twins and A's, which is weird.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Louisville scored three times in the bottom of the tent to be IU 8 to 7 Wednesday in college softball, Ali van Brant went three for five and scored three times for the 32 and 11 Hoosiers, go to Iowa City for three this weekend.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Some local news and notes Bethel is hired Davis Osborne as their next
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  [SPEAKER_00]: men's basketball head coach, Osborne went 17 and 13 in his one year as a head coach last year at Trinity Christian, after spending six years as an Indian Wesleyan assistant.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And former Marian Star, Rashaya Kyle has signed a training camp contract with the Minnesota links.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Some high school baseball results from Wednesday, Alexander is eight and two after beating University four to one.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Will Rowland and Grayson Danes gave up just one run on five
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  [SPEAKER_00]: 2A No.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: 6 Wappahani beat Franklin 5 before the Eagles are now 0 and 3.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Mason Jones had 2 of their 3 hits.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ok, he'll be cast 9 to 1, Aiden Pierce was 2 for 3, and through 5 strong innings on the hill.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Logan Sport beat Tipped in 13 to 3, and 3A No.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: 8 Western beat Hamilton Heights 9 to 2, Levi shoe makers 3 for 4 for the double home run and 4 RBIs for the
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Class 3-8 number 5 Panthers, who are now 7-0 overall and 4-0 in the Hoosier Conference.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And softball Frank can beat Taylor 22 to nothing to improve to 4 and 2.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Haley's Housebury had a double, scored three times, and drove in for runs.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: 3.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Number 13.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Mrs. Sinoa beat Peru 21 to 3 Charlie Ballich 4 for 5 with 3 doubles, 3 runs, and 4 RBIs.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And in a battle of unbeaten's 3A, number 4 Yorktown handed Elwood its first loss of the year 12 to 2, Kelsey Arms and her fourth home run of the season for the Panthers.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Lapella's 3 in 1 after beating rival Pino tonight's 15 to 13, the Bulldog scored 11 times in the second.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Junior Ella Reed was four for four with two runs and two RBIs, and Tipton lost the Logan's pork 23 to nothing.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Lucy George tossed a 4-hit shed out and 4-A, number 8 Western, be Tipton 8 to nothing, and Logan's pork won the Rochester Invitational and Boys Golf.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Here's what's coming up today, Thursday, April 16th, 2026.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It is a very light schedule.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's a first-of-high school sports, some baseball mag.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Some baseball matchups of note Thursday, three and two cathedrals at four and three lapel.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: One and five tipped in visits, four and one Eastern.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And on the CIC, five and one, oh kills at four, and oh Northwestern, and what should it get?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Good one.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Six-and-one Eastbrook host, three-and-one Northfield, should also be a good one.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Three-and-three Elwood hosts Windless Burst, looking for their fourth straight win after an O in three-star.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Seven-and-oh Western is at Meconic Wall, one-and-seven Blackford host, two-and-six Muncie Simphil, and Frantan looks for its first win of the year Taylor.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In Softball, Unbeaten Class 2A, Number 2, Alexandria, Host 3 and 1, and 4th Rank Lapelle, and what should be a great game on Thursday evening.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Please stick around after Grant Shows' IU basketball update for a preview of the Tigers and Bulldogs with the Harold Bulltons' Rob Hunt.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Also, on Wednesday, 6-0, Yorktown goes to 4 and 2, Frankton, Tipton County rivals, Tipton and Tri-Central Meet at 5.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Blue Devils are three and four of the Trojans two and two.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Five and one Hamilton Heights is an O and two shared and Blackford looks for its first win of the year at Eastern.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Please stay tuned for Grant Shows for an IU basketball update.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I got a text from Grant last night that just said, this was huge.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think the fact that Indiana is
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  [SPEAKER_01]: really make consumers in the transfer portal right now.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: This is like one of the biggest portal overhauls we've seen from Indiana basketball and some time.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Pick up Aiden Scharrell from Alabama who a lot of people saw that coming and they take a lot of people expected that to, you know, for him to come to Indiana, he canceled it this at Michigan State and out of nowhere last night, Bryce Lindsay who was
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  [SPEAKER_01]: one of Villanova's leading scores this past season average 12 game shot almost 40% free.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He decides he's coming in to in as well.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So there are so many so many things happening with Indiana basketball right now and you know it kind of took a week to get going into the transfer portal to really start landing guys and they're in to freeze and Ryan Carr.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: You're really off to a good start right now, and there's already high expectations for them next season because they're kind of going the opposite direction that they did last year in the portal, which was basically create a mid major all-start team.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Well, that didn't work out form.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You want guys that have played in established programs at the power five level, and I think hopefully it can work out.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: but also big for Ryan Carr making an impact immediately.
• 10:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: Well, that's why you go and hire a GM like with this day in age and college basketball, you have to be able to find guys and know how to manage the money and know how to recruit guys.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: People are now calling Indiana University the unlimited money printing factory.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And that's kind of what it's been like.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: They're just throwing millions of dollars at guys
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Hopefully come out, we mentioned eight in Scharrell and Bryce Lindsay, but you factor in like cement, you get to a Lou from SMU, 72's coming over and you also have Jade and new stuff from Georgia Tech.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We talked about in the IE report, Marcus Burton as well coming in from Notre Dame.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Also, you have, you know, Darren Harris coming over from Duke as well and a lot of guys and then the
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It will be a true fresher form, and then Prince Amity Alexander, who is a top 100 recruiter that will be a true fresher next year, and then you return successfully as well.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So there are so many big roster spots being filled.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I really think this is going to be an Indiana team with some expectations coming in.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I felt like that last year with a new coach and a new roster, but this just feels different because it's guys that have played at the power of five, and may not have been the best
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  [SPEAKER_01]: outside of maybe Burton and Lindsay, you know, coming over from Villanova and Notre Dame, but get them in the right system with D-Rock and all them guys, and I like where they're going.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, Grant, do you like it enough to talk about it a little more tonight for a special eye of your report?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I would love to, and Mike is actually the one that's kind of been keeping me in the loop about it.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He sent me a
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm at a majority of them, you know, I wouldn't shocked about the Cheryl commitment because we kind of saw that comment since about Monday or Tuesday.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It's only a matter of time of when he was gonna commit and now he's fully in there and so yeah, I'm excited and hitting the ground running and we're gonna have a lot to talk about on the IE report and we're gonna talk about that tonight and then next week we'll have like the pre-spring game preview for Indiana football
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Uh, where some of those guys that played on last year's eye, you football team are going to be ready to go in the NFL draft.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So, I'm looking forward to, there's a lot of things to talk about here coming out.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Please stay tuned for Rob Hunt of the Harrow Bulletin.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Join now by Rob Hunt of the Harrow Bulletin and Rob Lots of good softball around Madison County.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They're here in a big one tonight.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Alexandria LaPelle might be the two best teams around.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Uh, certainly according to the rankings they are, according to recent history they are.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And, uh, when you look at the returning talent on both rosters, kind of makes it a clean slate, they are definitely battling for local supremacy certainly.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This is good as the offense is our probably runs going to be tough to come by tonight.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: All the things so, um, I think, uh,
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So when you've got really hungry scenarios as a pitcher for Alexandria at that, that certainly gives them an edge, and well, and almost any matches we're going to be in.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And I think I certainly hope to hear the bell concerned way pitch well as we've got a deep pitching staff as well.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: kind of at a rough night last time at Pendleton, but it's to be expected with your play in Pendleton.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: You know, welcome back from spring break, right?
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They're first two deems on the gate, at Pendleton and at Alexandria.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They absolutely outslugged Pendleton last night.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So they're looking to bring a lot of offense to the table and interesting to see how it goes.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And you'd probably come in off a hard fought emotional win last night.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: We'll see if there's any kind of a let down tonight as well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And the foul exandry team probably lapel two and you could probably throw it a couple other local teams in there as well have a lot of aspirations this year.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: We already mentioned three of them, but so they frightened us off to a pretty solid stunt aren't they?
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  [SPEAKER_02]: A loss to a belt, but it was an 11-ending, uh, it was not the job that after ten, uh, about one of the 11-year-loving settings.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So certainly a lot of point, a lot of talent fair, uh, looks like Madison Graham may have taken a step back this year for where they've been kind of in a rebuilding phase, but we could only buy one out for the first time in 10 years.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They did drop their first one last time, but that was against the three eight top five
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  [SPEAKER_02]: which it looked like and I don't have any further details on this, but it looked like they kind of got bummerized there and now first inning or so.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And then kind of settled in and played an even, just kind of got behind the buying able there.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: But that's a team that they can hit the ball.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: If you see that with play, they can hit the ball and it's not just Kelsey Arms, who's one of the best bats around anywhere.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They can make it scrub it out a lot up.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So yeah, there's a lot of good.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Good softball in the area, not necessarily in Madison County, but it's Shenandoah, they don't have the dominant pitching that they had last year, but they can hit the ball up and down the line up as well.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They, they dropped the slump past the penalty by its two.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: That's one thing that's been consistent in this area is the softball.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, no doubt about it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The baseball has been pretty good as well, especially Alexander off to a nice start.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We'll talk about that another day.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What else are you working on after today?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, Rob.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, it's traditionally Madison County week, as you can tell by the weather has been sort of somewhat mercurial, but, uh, looks like it's got a hole tonight, which, you know, we've been across our figures all week.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: But Friday, we will decide to Madison County tennis championship, and also the Madison County track and field championship will be Friday night.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So,
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  [SPEAKER_02]: You can look for the tennis coverage we'll be in the paper, the Harold Bolton Saturday's edition, the track and field, which we're like ends in a print deadline anyway.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: That's right.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Derby's story is coming from that over the weekend.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: The two names really, there's a lot of them.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: But two that really stand out to me Friday night will be, of course, on your Zellar.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Metal tonight's show is looking at the heat she choose the number one seed in four events.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So I would expect her to have a big night and then Zaryn and McMillan from Anderson.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He is buying to be, he is the odds of favor to do fastest man in Madison County.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's the number one seed in the 100 and the 200.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Can't wait to hear about it Rob.
• 17:27
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you so much for your time as always.
• 17:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: Absolutely, always a pleasure.
• 17:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: Everybody go check out Rob Hunt's work in the Harold Bolton, who's the best.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks to Grant and Rob, we'll be back tomorrow.
• 17:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: The central and name of sports report is a product of ITG media.
• 17:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: And I love Susie.