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Who will win 2025 Indiana Miss Basketball? Have your say.

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9 months ago

March 11, 2025

Who will win 2025 Indiana Miss Basketball? Have your say.

The season’s done, campaigning is complete and the votes have been cast. That’s right, folks. It’s almost time to crown the 2025 IndyStar Indiana Miss Basketball. I have no idea who it will be and, as a reminder, had literally no involvement in the process beyond the single (1) vote I cast Tuesday. (I know there will still be knuckleheads who yell at me/IndyStar about it, but at least you — someone who is decidedly not a knucklehead — will know better.)

As we await the final results, let’s evaluate the field. (Have your say in poll at bottom of article.)

The frontrunners

Addi Baxter, Columbia City

Baxter capped her decorated career by leading Columbia City to its first sectional and regional titles since 1999-2000. The Butler-bound guard averaged 24 points, 6.3 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 5.3 steals for the semistate runner-up Eagles, who finished the season 24-5. Baxter holds the school records for career points (1,859), assists (523), steals (478) and field goals made, plus season records for field goals, points, assists and steals.

Jaylah Lampley, Lawrence Central

The record-setting Mississippi State commit led the Bears to new heights during her four seasons, collecting 81 wins and the first state championship in school history (2023-24). Individually, she set the school scoring record with 1,802 points, and rounded out her line with 580 rebounds, 209 steals, 201 assists and 52 blocks. Lampley enjoyed a career year as a senior, averaging 21.2 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.4 steals and 1.6 steals over 24 games.

Maya Makalusky, Hamilton Southeastern

The sharpshooting Makalusky led the Royals to their first sectional and regional championships since 2018-19, then nearly led them to a semistate crown, totaling 37 points, eight rebounds, four assists and five steals against Valparaiso and Warsaw. The IU commit finished the season averaging 22.1 points and 6.9 rebounds, and is the program’s all-time leading scorer with 1,933 points.

Kira Reynolds, South Bend Washington

Reynolds is immortalized among the state’s greatest shot blockers of all time. The 6-3 forward totaled 170 as a senior (6.5 per game), leaving her with 593 for her career. She also averaged 14.8 points on 52% shooting, 13.4 rebounds (4.9 offensive), 6.0 assists and 3.5 steals for the sectional champion Panthers. The Purdue-bound standout finished her career with 1,444 points (57% shooter), 1,184 rebounds, 380 assists and 221 steals.

Meredith Tippner, Noblesville

Tippner’s athletic exploits include a state basketball title her freshman year, three consecutive state soccer championships and a 155-25-6 cumulative record between the two sports. She set the single-season scoring record as a senior, pouring in 623 points (26 ppg) against the state’s ninth-toughest schedule. The Miami commit also averaged 9.9 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 4.0 steals this season, and finished her career ranked second all-time in points (1,779), rebounds (913) and assists (337), and with a school-record 326 steals.

The contenders/dark horses

It would not surprise me to see either player among the finalists.

Hadley Crosier, Lanesville

Crosier, a Maryville (Mo.) commit, underwent ACL reconstruction surgery on March 1, 2024. She worked tirelessly over the summer and returned in time for the start of her senior season on Nov. 14. A two-time Class A state champion, Crosier led the Eagles to their seventh consecutive sectional championship as a senior, averaging 17 points, 3.5 assists and 4.3 steals. She finished her career with 1,378 points (second all-time) and school records for steals (423), assists (402) and 3-pointers (119), plus a record of 104-9.

Avery Gordon, Brownsburg

The Purdue-bound Gordon finished her career second on the school’s all-time scoring list with 1,626 points, to go with 816 rebounds and 227 blocks. She was a wickedly efficient scorer throughout her career (56%), and finished out her four-year career with a stellar senior campaign, setting career-highs in points (20.3 per game), rebounds (10.3 per game), blocks (80 total) and double-doubles (14).

Have your say: Who should win 2025 IndyStar Miss Basketball?

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Indiana's Curt Cignetti becomes the first back-to-back winner of AP coach of the year

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December 16, 2025

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Indiana's Curt Cignetti becomes the first back-to-back winner of AP coach of the year

Curt Cignetti has been named The Associated Press coach of the year in college football for the second consecutive season. He is the first coach to win the award back-to-back since it was first presented in 1998. Cignetti has led Indiana to unprecedented success, with a 24-2 record over two seasons. The Hoosiers are 13-0 this year, Big Ten champions for the first time since 1967, and the top seed in the College Football Playoff. Cignetti received 47 first-place votes. Texas Tech’s Joey McGuire and Vanderbilt’s Clark Lea received two each, and Virginia’s Tony Elliott got one.

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Central Indiana schools announce closures, delays planned for Tuesday

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15 hours ago

December 16, 2025

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Central Indiana schools announce closures, delays planned for Tuesday

INDIANAPOLIS — Some schools in central Indiana are planning to close or delay the start of their classes on Tuesday.

The closures and delays come in the wake of a difficult weekend of severe winter weather in the Hoosier State. On Saturday, a wintry system dumped more than six inches of snow in some portions of the state.

Points north of Indianapolis like Lafayette received between three and four inches of snow. Towns south of the Circle City like Seymour saw similar snowfall totals. As for Indianapolis itself, more than five inches of snow were recorded in some portions of the city.

After Saturday’s snow, frigid temperatures took hold in the area. A Cold Weather Advisory was issued for much of the state as wind chill values dipped well below zero.

The cold and snow triggered a bevy of school closings and delays for Monday. Schools began to announce delays and closures for Tuesday late Monday night as snow removal crews across the state continued to try to keep roadways clear.

Though some schools plan to close or delay the start of classes on Tuesday, temperature improvements are forecasted. High temperatures are anticipated to exceed the 32-degree freezing threshold and hit 36 degrees. The warming trend is expected to continue on both Wednesday and Thursday, with high temperatures forecasted to reach 40 and 50 degrees, respectively.

Precipitation is forecasted for Thursday, though temperatures are expected to remain warm enough for Indiana to get rain instead of snow.

FOX59/CBS4 is tracking the closures and delays schools plan to implement on Tuesday. Check out the latest available list of closings below:

Jump To: A–Z

A

Area 30 Career Center

Putnam

Charles A Beard Mem School Corp

Henry

School

Delayed 2 hours

Cloverdale Community Schools

Putnam

School

2-Hour Delay, No AM Preschool

D

Decatur County Community Schools

Decatur

School

Delayed 2 hours

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AwardsWatch – Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) Awards: ‘Sinners’ Named Best Picture

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December 15, 2025

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AwardsWatch – Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) Awards: ‘Sinners’ Named Best Picture

The Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) has named Sinners the best film of 2025, also awarding the film original screenplay, score, cinematography, editing and ensemble.

Paul Thomas Anderson was named best director for One Battle After Another, which also picked up acting wins for Benicio Del Toro (supporting performance) and Chase Infiniti (breakout of the year).

Here is the complete list of winners and runners-up.

Best Picture
Winner: Sinners
Runner-up: One Battle After Another

Best Director
Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Runner-up: Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Best Lead Performance
Winner: Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Runner-up: Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

Best Supporting Performance
Winner: Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
Runner-up: Amy Madigan, Weapons

Best Vocal / Motion-Capture Performance
Winner: Will Patton, Train Dreams
Runner-up: Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Best Ensemble Acting
Winner: Sinners
Runner-up: One Battle After Another

Best Animated Film
Winner: K-Pop Demon Hunters
Runner-up: The Legend of Hei 2

Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: No Other Choice
Runner-up: Sentimental Value

Best Documentary Film
Winner: The Tenderness Tour
Runner-up: Orwell: 2+2=5

Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Runner-up: Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another
Runner-up: Mike Flanagan, The Life of Chuck

Best Musical Score
Winner: Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
Runner-up: Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another

Breakout of the Year
Winner: Chase Infiniti (performer), One Battle After Another
Runner-up: Miles Caton (performer), Sinners

Best Cinematography
Winner: Autumn Donald Arkapaw, Sinners
Runner-up: Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another

Best Editing
Winner: Michael P. Shawver, Sinners
Runner-up: Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another

Best Stunt / Movement Choreography
Winner: Wade Eastwood (second-unit director / stunt coordinator), Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
Runner-up: Brian Machleit (stunt coordinator), One Battle After Another

Best Special Effects
Winner: Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess and Ivan Busquets (visual effects supervisors) and José Granell (miniatures / models supervisor), Frankenstein
Runner-up: Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl and Guido Wolter (visual effects supervisors) and Donnie Dean (special effects coordinator), Sinners

Original Vision Award
Winner: Good Boy
Runner-up: The Testament of Ann Lee

The Edward Johnson-Ott Hoosier Award
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.