Central Indiana Sports Report

Host Greg Mengelt, Tipton Tribune and Elwood Call-Leader sports editor Michelle Garmon and the Action Sports Network duo of Kevin Helfrich & Grant Shouse preview and predict Central Indiana's 20 best Week 6 Games:

BEST LOCAL GAMES

•Eastbrook at Madison-Grant (Local Game of the Week)

•Frankton at Alexandria

•Oak Hill at Blackford

•Tipton at Logansport

•Hamilton Heights at Central Catholic

•Northeastern at Lapel

•Northwestern at Maconaquah

•Peru at Rochester

•Danville at Yorktown

•Wes-Del at Monroe Central

CENTRAL...

The Central Indiana Sports Report selected the nominees and Tipton Tribune and Elwood Call-Leader sports editor Michelle Garmon chose the Play of the Week, the Coach of the Week, the Win of the Week, the Player of the Week and the Team of the Week in Central Indiana.

NOMINEES

•Play of the Week: Logansport's Greyson Cottrell & Karsen Jackson, Brownsburg's Branden Sharpe, New Palestine's Logan Parks and Oak Hill's Gage Pearce

•Coach of the Week: Logansport's Troy Hudson, Lawrence North's Patrick Mallory, Oak Hill's Bud Ozmun, Yorktown's Mike Wilhelm and Southwood's Bud...

The Central Indiana Sports Report's recap of the Metropolitan Conference, including Lawrence North's big win over Carmel ... the Hoosier Crossroads, which continues to be dominated by Brownsburg and Westfield ahead of this week's showdown ... the Circle City, the Indiana Crossroads, the Mid-State, the Hoosier Legends, the Sagamore, the Monon, the Capital City, the Tri-Eastern, Huntington North in the Northeast Eight, Jay County in the ACAC and our local independents, including Cathedral-Southport and Wes-Del's 5th straight victory.

On the latest version of Sports & Beyond with Michelle Garmon, Michelle interviews Tipton junior Zane Durham following his record-breaking performance in Friday night's 69-14 win at Benton Central.

Tipton Tribune and Elwood Call-Leader sports editor Michelle Garmon recaps Week 5 in the Hoosier Conference ... with Logansport and Twin Lakes still on top, a record night for Tipton junior Zane Durham and another win for Caleb Small and the Hamilton Heights Huskies ... the Hoosier Heartland, where Sheridan and Eastern took big wins in Week 5 ... and the Eastern Crossroads, where Lapel and Eastern Hancock appear to be headed for an Oct. 2 showdown.

This week let's make 2 pages for each conference. The first will be standings and scores from Weeks 4 & 5 and schedule for Week 6 & 7. The second will have all the games in the conference displayed with logos from both teams, the score, team's records and highlights from the game. Let's start with the CIC Page 1

Greg Mengelt and Will & David Retherford react to the Indianapolis Colts dramatic 33-30 overtime loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday Night Football. 

Grant Shouse & Mike Hutsell react to the Big Ten Schedule release and the completion of the 2026-27 Indiana Hoosiers Basketball schedule.

Greg Mengelt and Jake Dunn react to the Big Ten's announcement of the Purdue Boilermakers' 2026-27 Big Ten Basketball schedule.

Greg Mengelt and Jake Dunn react to the Purdue Boilermakers' 52-38 loss to the UCLA Bruins at the Rose Bowl late Saturday night.

Grant Shouse & Mike Hutsell react to the Indiana Hoosiers' 38-0 victory over the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers on Saturday in Bloomington.

Greg Mengelt and Will & David Retherford preview the Indianapolis Colts game in Kansas City against Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs on Sunday night ... with injury updates, key matchups and score predictions.

Greg Mengelt & Jake Dunn preview Saturday's game at the Rose Bowl between the Purdue Boilermakers and the UCLA Bruins with matchups, key players and game predictions.

Grant Shouse and Mike Hutsell preview the reigning National Champion Indiana Hoosiers' home game against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers on Saturday.

On this edition of the High School Football Report, host Greg Mengelt, the Action Sports Networks' Grant Shouse & Kevin Helfrich and Tipton Tribune and Elwood Call-Leader preview and make their predictions for:

• New Palestine Dragons at Pendleton Heights Arabians (Local Game of the Week)

• Madison-Grant Argylls at Frankton Eagles

• Alexandria Tigers at Oak Hill Golden Eagles

• Blackford Bruins at Mississinewa Indians

• Elwood Panthers at Eastbrook Panthers

• Tipton Blue Devils at Benton Central Bison

• Western Panthers at Hamilton Heights Huskies

• Logansport Berries at West...

On this week's Colts Report with Will & Dave Retherford, the guys break down the film and praise what little good they saw then talk about all the concerns that the Week 1 loss to the Baltimore Ravens gave them as they head to Kansas City to face Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs on Sunday Night.

Central Indiana High School Week 4 Recap:

•Part 1: The CIC and the Three Rivers Conference with Grant Shouse

•Part 2: The Hoosier Conference, the Hoosier Heartland the the Eastern Crossroads with Michelle Garmon

Part 3: The Hoosier Crossroads, the Metropolitan, the Hoosier Heritage, the NCC, the Circle City, Mid-State, Hoosier Legends, the Sagamore, the Monon, the Tri-Eastern, the Indiana Crossroads, the Capital City, Huntington in the Northeast 8, Jay County in the ACAC and local independents, including unbeaten Wes-Del

•Part 4: Play of the Week, Coach of the Week, Win of the Week, Player of the Week...

On the latest edition of The Purdue Report with Jake Dunn, Greg and Jake react to the Purdue Boilermakers' 38-36 double overtime loss to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Saturday + an assessment of the Big Ten in Bonus Time.

Michelle Garmon recaps the Hamilton Heights Huskies' 44-29 win over the Tipton Blue Devils in the Hammer Game at Tipton on Friday night on the latest edition of Sports & Beyond with Michelle Garmon.

Will & Dave Retherford react to the Indianapolis Colts' season opening 41-23 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.

Grant Shouse & Mike Hutsell react to Indiana's 55-0 win over Howard ... and a crazy day of college football.

Will Retherford and Greg Mengelt preview the Baltimore Ravens at the Indianapolis Colts in the NFL Season Opener on Sunday ... with key matchups, expectations for both teams and game predictions.

On this week's IU Report with Grant Shouse & Mike Hutsell, Grant & Mike preview the reigning National Champion Indiana Hoosiers' Game No. 2 of the 2026 season at home Saturday against the Howard Bison ... and Mike shares his memories of Bob Knight's firing 26 years ago Thursday.

On this week's Purdue Report with Jake Dunn, Greg & Jake talk about the latest on the Trey Kaufman-Renn Saga but spend most of the podcast previewing Purdue's big game against Wake Forest on Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium ... with key matchups, top players to watch and game predictions.

Week 4 Games

Alexandria at Mississinewa (Local Game of the Week)

Blackford at Eastbrook

Frankton at Oak Hill

Madison-Grant at Elwood 

Hamilton Heights at Tipton

Lapel at Centerville 

Avon at Brownsburg (Central Indiana Game of the Week)

Fishers at Hamilton Southeastern

Franklin Central at Zionsville

Center Grove at Ben Davis

North Central at Lawrence North

Lawrence Central at Warren Central

Cathedral at Chatard

Muncie Central at Bloomington South

Pendleton Heights at...

On this week's IndyCar Report with Elijah Poe, Greg and Elijah are joined by guest Dave Chanley to look back at the race at Laguna Seca and the 2026 season ... with the latest news, including the return of The IndyCar Report's favorite driver, Conor Daly, the continued unemployment of one of the series best drivers, Christian Lundgaard, and expections for Alex Palou, Pato O'Ward, Andretti Racing, Arrow McLaren and Team Penske in 2027.

Grant Shouse of the Action Sports Network and Tipton Tribune and Elwood Call-Leader sports editor Michelle Garmon recap Week 3 of the Indiana High School Football schedule in Central Indiana with recaps of the Central Indiana Conference, the Hoosier Conference, the Hoosier Heartland, the Eastern Crossroads, the Hoosier Crossroads, the Metro, the Hoosier Heritage, the North Central, the Capital City, Circle City, Hoosier Legends, Indiana Crossroads, the Mid-State, the Sagamore, the Monon, the Tri-Eastern and the Mid-State ... plus Week 3 Team of the Week, Player of the Week, Play of the Week, Coach of the Week and Win of the Week.<...

Greg Mengelt and Jake Dunn react to the Purdue Boilermakers' 44-19 win over the Indiana State Sycamores in Friday's season opener in West Lafayette.

Grant Shouse & Mike Hutsell react to reigning National Champion Indiana's season opening 52-16 win over North Texas.

Tipton Tribune and Elwood Call-Leader sports editor Michelle Garmon previews Friday's Tipton Blue Devils' home game and Hoosier Conference Opener against Lafayette Central Catholic and is joined by Tipton head coach Aaron Tolle.

Grant Shouse and Mike Hutsell break down defending the National Champion Indiana Hoosiers' season opener against the North Texas Mean Green ... with matchups, expectations and game score predictions.

On this week's IndyCar Report with Elijah Poe, Greg & Elijah are joined by Dave Chanley to talk about the latest IndyCar news, look back at a Sunday in Milwaukee when Pato O'Ward won a couple of races and Alex Palou won his fifth IndyCar Championship, and look ahead to Sunday's race at the famed Laguna Seca circuit in Monterrey, California.

Greg and Jake preview Purdue's season opener against Indiana State with their keys to the game and score predictions on the latest edition of the Purdue Report with Jake Dunn.

On this Week's High School Football Preview Show, Greg is joined by The Action Sports Networks' Grant Shouse and Tipton Tribune & Elwood Call-Leader sports editor Michelle Garmon make their predictions for: 

•Eastbrook at Alexandria (Local Game of the Week)

•Oak Hill at Madison-Grant

•Elwood at Blackford

•Mississinewa at Frankton

•Tipton at Lafayette Central Catholic

•Hamilton Heights at Logansport

•Lapel at Shenandoah

•New Palestine at Yorktown

•Cilnton Central at Clinton Prairie

•Delphi at Eastern

•Center Grove at Carmel (Centra...

Grant Shouse & Mike Hutsell go game-by-game for the Indiana Hoosiers 2026 Indiana Hoosiers Football season and predict the Best Case & Worst Case Scenarios for every single game on this week's IU Report. 

This week on the Purdue Report with Jake Dunn, Greg & Jake discuss the Trey Kaufman-Renn's lawsuit and fight for another year of college basketball eligibility, then discuss the latest Purdue Football News, including the release of the 2-Deep Depth Chart, ahead of Friday's Season Opener at home against Indiana State.

On the High School Football Report's Week 2 Recap with Grant Shouse, Greg & Grant go over all the scores, highlights, stats and standings from across Central Indiana ... the CIC, the Hoosier Conference, the Hoosier Heartland, the Eastern Crossroads, the Hoosier Crossroads, the Metro, the Hoosier Heritage, the NCC, the Three Rivers, the Circle City, the Indiana Crossroads, the Sagamore, the Monon, the Hoosier Legends Conference, the Mid-State Conference, the Tri-Eastern, the Capital City Conference, plus Huntington North and Cathedral ... then our Week 2 Honors: Play of the Week, Win of the Week, Upset of the Week, Coach of the Week and...

On this week's Colts Report, Will & Dave discuss the wide receiver situation, including Alec Pierce's return to practice and that the Colts "hope" he plays in Week 1 and Keenan Allen's signing and subsequent DUI, plus Spencer Shrader becoming the Colts kicker again, a potentially great defensive backfield and four rookies on the defensive side making the 53-man roster.

Greg, Elijah, Dave Chanley & Tipton Tribune and Elwood Call-Leader sports editor Michelle Garmon react to the doubleheader weekend in Milwaukee ... a pair of wins by Pato O'Ward, another IndyCar Championship and Astor Cup for Alex Palou, another impressive weekend from Rinus Veekay and more.

Greg and Michelle recap the Tipton Blue Devils' 49-18 win at Manchester on Friday night and hear from Tipton head coach Aaron Tolle.