College Sports

MARION — Greencastle graduate Emma Wilson made a big splash on Saturday in her first race for Huntington University in the Indiana Wesleyan Twilight meet. In addition to running away from the field, with more than 50 seconds between her and the next finisher, the University of Illinois transfer also broke new teammate Hannah Stoffel’s course record from last year by clocking in at 17:01.6 and rewrote the HU record books with a new program-best 5K time...

The NBA bubble has held. So has the NHL’s double bubble. The WNBA and MLS, no leaks. In this unprecedented landscape of sports in a pandemic world, one indisputable fact has emerged: bubbles work. Thousands of tests, minimal to no positive COVID-19 test results...

The NCAA called off fall championship events — a move Thursday that does not affect major college football — because not enough schools will be competing in sports such as men’s and women’s soccer and women’s volleyball during the first semester. NCAA President Mark Emmert made the announcement in a video posted on Twitter, but it has been clear this was coming as conferences canceled fall sports seasons because of the coronvirus pandemic...

President Donald Trump on Monday joined a U.S. senator and a number of coaches calling to save the college football season from a pandemic-forced shutdown as supporters pushed the premise that the players are safer because of their sport. There was speculation two of the five most powerful conferences — the Big Ten and the Pac-12 — might call off their fall seasons and explore the possibility of spring football...

The Big Ten released its 10-game conference-only football schedule beginning as early as Labor Day weekend but cautioned Wednesday there is no certainty games will be played. The Big Ten was the last of the Power Five conferences to announce its schedule as college football navigates how to play games amid the coronavirus pandemic...

Baseball has begun its coronavirus-delayed season with limited long-distance travel and no fans in the stands. The NBA has its Disney World bubble. The NHL will have two bubbles, in Toronto and Edmonton. NFL rookies began reporting to training facilities last week as teams build up toward the start of training camp...

On Monday: • The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference announced that high-risk contact sports soccer, football and volleyball will be played in the spring of 2021. The HCAC plans to have competitions this fall in tennis, golf and cross country as scheduled...

Following several months of planning for the safe return of athletics, DePauw and its North Coast Athletic Conference partners have agreed to suspend competition through December 31, 2020. "My heart aches for our student-athletes, coaches and staff," said Stevie Baker-Watson, DePauw Associate Vice President for Campus Wellness and Theodore Katula Director of Athletics.

Recent North Putnam graduate Adam Ammons has signed to play football for DePauw University, although his freshman season was canceled on Wednesday due to COVID-19.

Cloverdale graduate Tori Combs was one of 32 Lincoln Trail College student-athletes honored recently for their work in the classroom during the 2019-20 academic year by the National Junior College Athletic Association. Nineteen LTC players earned NJCAA All-Academic third-team honors by having a GPA of 3.6-3.79, including Combs...

More than 100 DePauw student-athletes have earned recognition from the North Coast Athletic Conference as members of the league’s 2019-20 Academic Honor Roll.

Former Indiana high school cross country and track and field state champion Emma Wilson of Greencastle has transferred from the University of Illinois after one year and will compete for Huntington University this fall. Wilson was a five-time state champion at Greencastle, winning the cross country state title in her junior and senior years and winning both the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs in track and field...

Greencastle senior baseball standout Ethan Maier made a verbal commit on Saturday to play collegiately for Indiana Wesleyan University. Maier, a catcher, batted .425 as a sophomore with 23 RBI, four doubles and two home runs. His team’s season was canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic...