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HERITAGE 41, FRANKTON 35: Recap with Brent Brobston (2.131.4) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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  [SPEAKER_00]: You are listening to the brand new Frankine Eagles report and it's exclusively on the Central Indiana Sports Report.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Good morning, good afternoon or good evening, Frankine Eagles fans whenever you've chosen to tune into the Central Indiana Sports Report.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We are greatly appreciative.
• 0:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: longtime sports editor in 1992, Franklin Grant.
• 0:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome everybody to the first edition of the Franklin Eagles Report, where we will cover the Franklin Eagles like we do the rest of our teams in Central Indiana, the Colts Pacer's fever IU Purdue with a weekly show about the 2025-26 Franklin Eagles,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and a recap after every single game, which includes three, four, five minutes for me telling you what happened in the game.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Followed by comments from Head Coach Brent Brumpton.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Oftentimes we'll have video highlights in the background of our YouTube podcast, but not always.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We haven't set a date yet for our first official Franken Eagles weekly report, but it'll be soon.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And here's how our recap podcasts, following every game will go.
• 1:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: After winning pool C on Friday with wins over Charabusco, 66 to 25, and North Jutson 75 to 40, on day one of the inaugural central Indian holiday classic, Frank D'Negals took a low scoring 41 to 35 defeat at the hands of nine in one heritage.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: On Saturday evening at the Eagles Nest,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Frankton shot poorly all night, going 15 for 38 from the floor, made just two of their 16 three pointers.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Frankton's leading score, freshman at Ashton Brombs, then hit one of them.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ethan Stansbury hit the other one for his only scoring of the night.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Frankton was just three for eight at the foul line as well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A heritage went 15 for 20.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Frankton managed just seven points
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and just 6 points in the second, but 12, just 16 to 13 at the half.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Patriots push the lead to as many as 9 at 26 to 17 in the third quarter, before Blake Nickham let a 5 to 2 run to close the quarter and get the Eagles within 28 to 22 after 3 quarters.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Tray Bennett got an offensive rebound, miss the putback, got his own miss, and put it in.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: got the deficit to 5 points, early in the fourth quarter, not long after that Ashton Robston added a layup to cut the lead to one and had a free throw opportunity to tie the game that he missed.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: With just over five minutes left heritage answered Franklin's four straight points with a huge three pointer from their leaving score Kingston Gallantime.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nukum Steel and Basket cut the deficit to 4 again, the Gallantine went 4 for 4 from the line down the stretch, to seal Heritage's 9th win of the year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Heritage Senior had a Game Best 15 points, Torried Brown at 8, Laonte Castle 7, and Lucas Taylor 6 in the Patriots' 5th straight win.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The 911 star was tied for the program's best in at least the last 40 years.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's look at some individual Frankenstats, props didn't win five for eight from the field.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: For his 11 points, he also had six rebounds.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nick and rounded out a good weekend with 10 points.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You'll hear Coach props didn't spot thoughts on Blake's play coming up momentarily.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Been a had nine points, three rebounds, two steals, and two blocks.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: An Eli Burch was scoreless,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He contributed for rebounds and had a co-team best for assists along with Stansbury.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Frank didn't also had 13 turnovers when he could bind poor shooting turnovers and being outscored by 12 points at the foul line, but that's a bad formula.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Eagles are 3 and 3 in their last 6 games after 4 and OSTARP, and they'll try to get back to their winning ways on Saturday at home against rival LePel.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I also spoke to Coach Propston about the bulldogs, and as always I try to get him to talk trash about Coach Cherry and Lappelle, and of course he wouldn't do it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Here is Coach Propston, thank you so much for listening, please like this podcast, share it, and subscribe if you're interested in helping the Central Indiana Sports Report continue to grow and thrive.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: here with the Brent Robbston of the Frankine Eagles here at Frankine High School, following the first ever central Indian holiday classic and overall success, right?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Absolutely.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It was extremely well attended.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think we had almost 900 people come through today, which is impressive for us.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We had more than that with, with, you know, people that were signed in or scouting.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So, um, as you can see, very exciting games down the stretch, but it was really
• 5:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it's just a commissioner was here yesterday.
• 5:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: It says the question to Brian Lewis, you're here today, Greg Rick Strauls here today, next place sports is here today.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Winchester Radio is here today, so we've got different and Randolph's other radio.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So different media outlets that have come in and covered it, which has been really cool if people didn't get to see it or experience it, it was really neat to have.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And we had a lot of great feedback from it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Some of the need by non-continue in the future.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah absolutely like I think of the 18 teams like we've heard this is like every team hey we'd love to come back hey we'd love to come back um it was just it was really cool to have those teams from around the state come into one venue that we don't play and I think when you looked at the matchups today there's a lot of teams that was their first ever meeting and it was cool to see some of the coaches like try townships coach has over 400 wins in Indiana
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  [SPEAKER_01]: and so it's not grass and he's been coaching a long time and that was cool.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I've covered him.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, North Harrison.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yes, so it's really neat to see him here coaching, but you've got good young coaches like Carl Sovine at Heritage.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: They played well, you know, and had a good outing in Aaron Daniels who's, you know, young and his career black for it and you've got players here to visit one talent.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: You've got a Martin Legit that, you know, it's a division one talent and a great player.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: it's been you know need to see that because we've had different players coming in and in different teams coming in of different calibers and really cool to have.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So can I you took your first loss of the tournament to a good hair and steam, but it was probably again, you feel like you should have won.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The offense was a little um um
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  [SPEAKER_01]: absolutely your dead on.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I thought we defended well.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We rebounded well to occur the basketball in the second half better than the first, but we finished the game 2 for 16 from 3.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Last night we were 8 for 10 from 3 to start the game.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: If we make 4 or 5 more threes we win the game.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But you know, give Heritage Credit they played extremely hard and they're a very good basketball team, very well coached.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And for us it was a good learning experience.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and,
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And we've just got to continue.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We're on the right trend.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We're getting better every week or kids are buying in and we're headed in a good direction.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Our goal is to be a tough out when it comes to sectional time.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: This was a good environment to plan a championship game and have that opportunity to go through that, especially when you have a sectional in about a month and a half.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So tonight you coach against Austin Compton, as an assistant coach at Heritage.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What did it mean for you to be able to coach against him?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: uh... a lot because for him uh... as a player i was young in my career when he started here and uh... i had to credit him for a lot of my success early as a coach i'm sure there was times that i either didn't know what i was doing and he made me look good or i was young in my career and i was still figuring things out and he made me look good so that kid means the world to me is one of the best basketball players every step on the floor here
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And I felt like I was able to coach a few of those guys through my 18 years I've been here, but he just means the world to me.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I absolutely love the kid.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He met so much to our community and he's a competitor and he was a competitor out there at a night coaching as team ready to play him and Kyle did a good job getting them prepared.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, there's, thank you, find out to our community that that, you know, he's the,
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He helped that 2015 lead us to the state championship and to play in that state finals game.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And that group of seniors out here was very special to all of us.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And so he was kind of leader of that group, but yeah, it was great to see.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Another one of those special kids was Joey Wright who graduated last year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Is it particularly difficult to replace a guy like that on the offensive end?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Joey was a competitor a lot like Austin and Joey made big shots at big times and that's always missed.
• 9:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, you're always trying to figure that out from the leadership standpoint.
• 10:01
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think this year we've had different guy step up.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Melvin's kind of been our defensive catalyst and he's tried to do that every game and bring that type of energy.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And I thought I asked him tonight, made some big shots, had big times when we needed them, which was good to see, because we hadn't seen that yet, and he took shots that we needed at the right time that he made.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And with a leadership from Stan's Barry Bennett, Birch, those guys have all done their job too, and I couldn't be more pleased with where the team is right now.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and really nice weekend from Blake Mickham.
• 10:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, absolutely.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He's moved in our starting line up, probably permanently.
• 10:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: It'd be hard to not start him again.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He was playing as a starter and coming down as the sixth man a little bit here and there.
• 10:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: But he's just become more aggressive.
• 10:50
  [SPEAKER_01]: We've freeed him up and taught him to shoot the basketball in Europe and take the basketball the rim when you can.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He's good off the dribble and he's playing great.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think freeing him up a little bit and giving him some confidence has been good.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But Blake's a really good basketball player and he's a good athlete.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think people here are frank to tell you he's even a better kid and student and that's what we're really proud of him for he's at now, but what a great kid.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Last question, Lapelle is next.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's next Saturday, a full week off between now and then what what is this week going to be like for the Frank D'Negels and what is Lapelle as a challenge?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We're going to take Sunday Monday off, obviously Sunday, we're going to take Monday off as well.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And then kids start about school Tuesday.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: won't prepare Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, to play Saturday.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And lapel, Kevin Cherry, I consider a friend, Kevin Cherry is a great coach.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He's on a fantastic job of lapel.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Obviously, we beat them last year in the sectional, so my guess is that they're looking forward to this game.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: competing against us again and wanting to beat us.
• 11:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: And it's been a rivalry game.
• 11:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: Well, Pel's got a rich tradition and a well-story program.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We're proud of our school system.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We're proud that we can have this game.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And I'm happy to be here for you coach.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think I think that when you are playing each other, you want to cross that court or cross that field and beat them.
• 12:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: And they want to beat us.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And at the end of the day, if you're not playing them and they're playing on in a...
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  [SPEAKER_01]: in a sectional regional semi state, whatever, then you're happy for your school system that that's happening, even though it's tough to swallow sometimes, but it always makes your school system look better and I think that when Jimmy Hall was there all those years, I was here, you talk about a class act and probably one of the best coaches to have a coach in Indiana.
• 12:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: I've learned a lot through him.
• 12:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm calling now.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I asked him for advice last week.
• 12:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: I've asked him for advice this week.
• 12:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: And so my, I feel like my relationship with LePel is strengthened through the years.
• 12:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: There's a lot of great people there.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Billy Chase is a friend and a fantastic AD.
• 12:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I've worked for two superintendents that live in LePel, but they're superintendents for Franklin LePel.
• 12:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: And they're both been wonderful.
• 12:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: Bobby Fields and Sterling Bowls.
• 12:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: And
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  [SPEAKER_01]: my career is where it is because of people like those guys so you know there's a little bit of rivalry obviously when you cross the court everybody's gonna push the rivalry rivalry rivalry rivalry and it should be and it's fun to watch and I'm proud of our school system for that but at the end of the day 99% of American doesn't care about Franklin and Wappell there's a lot going on before so we got to remember the end of the day it's just a game and but when you cross the course Saturday night it'll be a dog fight by both teams to try to win.
• 13:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: And we'll be back on Saturday night with a report from Franklin LaPelle.
• 13:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: Before that, sometime this week, we will have our first Franklin Eagles weekly report getting to know the 2025-26 equals.
• 13:46
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• 13:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks again.
• 14:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: Central Indiana Sports Report is a product of IT to media, and I love Susie.
• 14:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: Spurton to my baby.