Plainfield volleyball takes 3-2 win vs 4A power Yorktown to make first state finals

MARTINSVILLE -- For the first time in school history, Plainfield is going to the IHSAA volleyball state finals.

The 3-2 win over Yorktown on Saturday evening at Martinsville High School continues the historic tournament run forPlainfield. Plainfield beat Castle, 3-1, on Saturday morning to advance to the semistate championship game.

“At the beginning of the season, I said that this team was going to be a special team,” Plainfield coach Lori Pax said. “I told the team going into today that ever...

Carmel girls soccer team reaches state finals with 5-2 win over Center Grove

MARTINSVILLE -- Just like the boys team earlier in the day, the Carmel girls soccer team punched its ticket to the IHSAA State Finals with a 5-2 win over the Center Grove Trojans on Saturday at Martinsville High School.

“It’s a special feeling,” Carmel coach John Simmonds said. “I had this happen to me at Park Tudor where the boys and girls advance at the same time. It’s a special feeling for the school, for your peers amongst the staff and it’s nice to know that both programs had such a great...

Carmel boys soccer wins semistate 5-0 over Bloomington South behind Evan Bardos hat trick

MARTINSVILLE -- Carmel boys soccer will head to Michael A. Carroll Stadium to fight for another state title after a 5-0 rout of Bloomington South on Saturday, at Martinsville High School. Carmel will play Harrison (West Lafayette) and South Bend Adams next weekend.

The result, bolstered by a hat trick from senior midfielder Evan Bardos, along with goals from Alex Rubin and Quinn Wu, sending Carmel to the state finals for the first time since 2021.

“They stuck to the task,” Carmel coach Shane S...

International race brings county native home - Journal Review

This weekend, Ironman Raceway and Crawfordsville will host the Monster Energy Motocross of Nations. The event, running from Friday through Sunday, will see thousands of motocross fans flock to the community to see the world’s best riders in action.

With the multitude of different cultures and backgrounds, the race will have ties to Crawfordsville and Montgomery County.

Jared Keller, a 2013 graduate of North Montgomery High School, is a suspension technician for WP Suspension for the Nestaan Fa...

Reactions from seven car test at IMS Road Course on Monday | Kickin' the Tires

By Austin Lawton, Staff Writer


With the NTT IndyCar Series is in the middle of its six-month off-season, it does not mean that the on-track action stops. 


Testing was held on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course on Monday. There were five teams on hand for the test, with seven drivers: Lochie Hughes for Andretti Global, James Roe for Juncos Hollinger Racing, Caio Collet with A.J. Foyt Racing, Dennis Hauger with Dale Coyne Racing, Mick Schumacher for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing,...

Why 'what’s going on with the racecar is just not as important as what it used to be' for Tony Stewart

INDIANAPOLIS — Tony Stewart returns “home” with a different perspective, both in life and an on-track overhaul of his NHRA racing career.Stewart, a 54-year-old from Columbus, Ind., sits second in the Top Fuel standings, 45 points behind Shawn Langdon and locked into the NHRA countdown to the championship. But the three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, two-time Brickyard 400 winner and five-time Indy 500 starter has added pressure this weekend at Indianapolis Raceway Park.“The hard thing about Na...

"I've sat in a wood chassis five months ago", Drivers react to the 2028 IndyCar regulations | Kickin' the Tires

By Austin Lawton, Staff Writer


On June 21, IndyCar announced the long awaited specs for the new chassis formula set to debut in 2028. 


“The time has come for a new NTT INDYCAR SERIES chassis,” INDYCAR President J. Douglas Boles said in a press release. “The DW12 served the series so well, as it provided a combination of phenomenal, wheel-to-wheel racing and critical enhancements to safety. But recent significant updates to the car – from the aeroscreen to the hybrid power unit – have help...