Indy Star

 

Kyle Neddenriep, Nat Newell, Kristen Leigh Porter and Ted Schultz

The Fishers and Westfield high school baseball teams are among squads participating in the Baseball Strikes Out K-ancer program started by the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association.

The two teams meet at Westfield at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Each team will donate $5 per run scored and $10 for each home run, with donations also collected in the stands.

The Baseball Strikes Out K-ancer program, started at the suggestion of New Haven coach Dave Bishoff, encompassed 70 games last season, raising $11,000 for the American Cancer Society.

Churubusco coach Mark Grove suggested cancer be spelled with a K, the score-keeping symbol for a strikeout.

Players and coaches for Fishers and Westfield will wear pink warm-up shirts to call attention to the fight against breast cancer, and the umpires and coaches will wear light blue hats for the fight against prostate cancer.
Basketball

Bloomington South High School coach J.R. Holmes was named the 2009 All-USA Coach of the Year for boys basketball by USA Today. Holmes led the Panthers, who finished No. 3 in the USA Today Super 25 rankings, to the Class 4A state title and a 26-0 record. . . . Indiana University coach Tom Crean will be among the speakers at the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Spring Clinic on Friday and Saturday at Lawrence North. Other speakers include Indiana Fever coach Lin Dunn, Ohio coach John Groce, Southern Illinois coach Chris Lowery, Ball State coach Billy Taylor, John Carter of NOAH Shooting Pct. Improvement Company and Ed Schilling of Champions Academy. . . . The Indiana Basketball Coaches Association/Indiana High School Athletic Association Top 100 Underclassmen Showcase on Saturday at Ben Davis features the top non-senior boys players in the state. The showcase, which includes drills, scrimmage games and guest speakers, begins at 2 p.m. and runs until approximately 8 p.m. . . . A workout for unsigned senior girls basketball players will be from 8-11 a.m. Saturday at Warren Central. Sign-ups begin at 7 a.m. Players should bring a current transcript complete with test scores.
Etc.

Saturday's Carmel Invitational field for girls tennis includes No. 2 Carmel, No. 3 Munster, No. 6 Brebeuf Jesuit, No. 7 Jasper, No. 13 Homestead and No. 20 Evansville Memorial. Play begins at 9 a.m. at the Todd Witsken Tennis Center. . . . Hamilton Heights' Jillian Bischoff has signed a letter-of-intent to swim at Ball State. . . . Noblesville's Taylor Bowles has signed to run cross country and track at Liberty. . . . Pike junior volleyball teammates Janee Diggins (Western Kentucky) and Emily Bean (Kennesaw State) have made oral commitments.