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1 week ago | 
journalgazette.net | James Krause
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1 week ago | 
frontstretch.com | James Krause
Remember when Connor Zilisch was 32nd in NASCAR Xfinity Series points after the season’s second race at Atlanta Motor Speedway? Probably not. The rookie picked up a win the next week at Circuit of the Americas, wiping out any damage he did in the first two weeks and locking himself into the playoffs. The victory shot him all the way up to 16th in the standings.
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1 week ago | 
journalgazette.net | James Krause
WATERLOO — East Noble junior pitcher Abby Alwine’s goal was to keep runners off base, but she wasn’t worried about being perfect. “If someone did get on it was going to be OK because I knew that my defense would have my back on it,” Alwine said. Alwine’s confidence in the Knights' defense helped her retire the first 18 batters she faced in a 1-0 win against host DeKalb in the Class 3A girls softball sectional quarterfinals Tuesday.
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1 week ago | 
journalgazette.net | James Krause
INDIANAPOLIS — Chip Ganassi said he’s never seen anything like it in his 35 years of owning championship-winning cars in CART and IndyCar. “I don't know that anybody has,” Ganassi said. It wasn’t anything related to his driver, Alex Palou, winning the 109th Indianapolis 500 Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first in the career of the three-time NTT IndyCar Series champion from Barcelona, Spain. It was more the grand scope of the 2025 season, in particular the championship points battle.
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1 week ago | 
journalgazette.net | James Krause
INDIANAPOLIS — Alex Palou had one glaring omission from his career checklist entering Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The three-time NTT IndyCar Series champion and the dominant driver this season had still never won on an oval, let alone win the most coveted race in the sport. Check and check. Palou won the 109th Indianapolis 500 thanks to a late pass on 2022 winner Marcus Ericsson, continuing his domination of the 2025 season with five wins in six races.
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1 week ago | 
journalgazette.net | James Krause
INDIANAPOLIS — Alex Palou, the three-time NTT IndyCar Series champion and the dominant driver of the season, added to his resume with a win Sunday in the 109th Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Palou passed former Indy 500 winner Marcus Ericsson with 14 laps to go and managed to conserve his fuel behind a pair of lapped cars before taking the yellow and checkered flag following a last-lap crash.
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1 week ago | 
journalgazette.net | James Krause
There were plenty of positives for the TinCaps to take away from a loss to the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Saturday at Parkview Field. The fifth inning was not one of them as the TinCaps allowed seven runs in the frame en route to a 12-4 loss. The TinCaps (22-22) led early and still looked in contention after giving up three runs in the fourth. Whether it be on the mound or in the field, however, mistakes piled up in the decisive fifth.
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1 week ago | 
journalgazette.net | James Krause
Seven runs in the fifth inning for the Cedar Rapids Kernels propelled them to a blowout 12-4 win over the TinCaps on Saturday at Parkview Field. The TinCaps (22-22) hope to split the six-game series in the Sunday finale, which has a late 6:35 p.m. start time. Fort Wayne struck first on the scoreboard in the third with an RBI single by Brandon Butterworth, bringing home Leo De Vries. The next at-bat saw a double from designated hitter Brendan Durfee that plated Butterworth to make it 2-0.
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2 weeks ago | 
journalgazette.net | James Krause
The TinCaps have momentum heading into tonight’s 6:35 p.m. game against the Cedar Rapids Kernels at Parkview Field. Fort Wayne (22-21) will be hosting Dino Night at the ballpark. On Friday, the struggling TinCaps roared with a pair of wins — 6-2 in Game 1 and 9-3 in Game 2 — in a doubleheader. Brandon Butterworth and Kaden Hollow each had RBI triples. Jacob Campbell hit a solo home run as the offense finally broke through following a five-game losing streak.
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2 weeks ago | 
journalgazette.net | James Krause
The TinCaps took advantage of a doubleheader on Friday at Parkview Field, beating the Cedar Rapids Kernels 6-2 and 9-2 in a pair of seven-inning games. Fort Wayne plays host to the Kernels again at 6:35 p.m. today with the series even after four games. Infielder Brandon Butterworth and outfielder Jacob Campbell provided valuable at-bats for a team that had struggled during a five-game losing streak to capitalize on runners on base.
