Jim Gordillo

6 days ago | heraldtimesonline.com | Jim Gordillo

JaQualon Roberts announced on his X (formerly Twitter) account at 3:24 p.m. on Friday his intention to play basketball at Davidson, having entered his name in the transfer portal after two years at Vanderbilt. The specific time was not by accident. '24' is the number worn by one of his childhood heroes, Kobe Bryant, and the one Roberts will carry with him to the Wildcats.

1 week ago | heraldtimesonline.com | Jim Gordillo

Danny Tieken piled up a lot of yardage. His hall of fame football coaching career took him from Evansville to Dugger, Mitchell, New Albany, Brown County, Bloomington North, Eastern Greene, Evansville North, North Central and finally back to Eastern Greene. Long drives on the field as head coach and brilliant offensive coordinator were combined with long drives back and forth on the road to work for 44 years to fulfill his twin passions as an English teacher and coach.

1 week ago | heraldtimesonline.com | Jim Gordillo

One year was enough for Aidan Steinfeldt. After working under two head coaches and three different position coaches in that short span with Marshall's football team and seeing older, more experienced players gobbling up all the playing time in the immediate future, the freshman tight end from Bloomington North put his name in the transfer portal Wednesday with four years of eligibility remaining. "I had to learn two offenses," Steinfeldt said. "It's been pretty crazy."That was just part of it.

1 week ago | heraldtimesonline.com | Jim Gordillo

Bloomington South grad Connor Hickman announced on his X account that he has found a new place to play. The question now is if he'll get the chance. Hickman, who started his college basketball career at Bradley, spending three years there, moved on to Cincinnati for his senior season, only to get hurt just 13 games into the season. It left him asking the NCAA for a hardship waiver and a medical redshirt, which has yet to be determined, to give him one last year of eligibility.

1 week ago | heraldtimesonline.com | Jim Gordillo

With girls track season under way, here's a quick look at the top athletes back from last season and some new ones to watch in the Bloomington area this season:BLOOMINGTON SOUTHMary Asplund, So.Coming off a strong cross country season where she lowered her best time to 19:31, Asplund helped South win two indoor relay titles. Her footspeed makes her a possibility in the 400, 800 and 1,600 and she'll likely be a key piece for the 1,600 and 3,200 relays again.