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IU basketball recruit Trent Sisley returning to Indiana to play in Chipotle Nationals at HSE
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The former Heritage Hills basketball star, who is finishing at Montverde Academy in Florida, is among the top-100 players in the 2025 recruiting class
Trent Sisley is returning to play basketball in Central Indiana early next month.
Sisley, an Indiana recruit, will participate in the Chipotle Nationals with his Montverde Academy (Fla.) team from April 2-5 at Hamilton Southeastern. There are 10 boys teams and four girls teams set to play in the event, which is in its 16th year overall but moved to Central Indiana for the first time last year at Brownsburg.
Sisley’s Montverde team is seeded seventh and will play in the first game of the event against No. 10 Dynamic (Texas) at 6:15 p.m. on April 2. The winner of that game will play the No. 2 seed Link (Mo.) in a quarterfinal at 4 p.m. on April 3.
All 10 boys teams are ranked in the top 10 in the country by ESPN and three of the girls teams are ranked in the top 10. Ten games in the tournament will be available across ESPN platforms, including the boys championship on ESPN at noon on April 5. The girls championship will air on ESPN2 at 10 a.m. on April 5.
The tournament will showcase 41 boys players ranked nationally by ESPN and 19 girls’ players.
A closer look at the teams:
Boys
No. 1 Christopher Columbus (Fla.)
Ranked players: No. 3 senior Cameron Boozer (Duke), No. 16 senior Cayden Boozer (Duke), No. 8 junior Caleb Gaskins, No. 13 junior Jaxon Richardson
No. 2 Link Academy (Mo.)
Ranked players: No. 6 senior Chris Cenac Jr. (Houston), No. 42 senior Jerry Easter (USC), No. 46 senior Davion Hannah (Alabama), No. 60 senior A’mare Bynum (Ohio State), No. 65 senior John Clark (Texas)
No. 3 Long Island Lutheran (N.Y.)
Ranked players: No. 32 senior Kiyan Anthony (Syracuse), No. 40 senior Kayden Mingo (Penn State), No. 54 senior Nigel James (Marquette); No. 11 junior Dylan Mingo; No. 15 sophomore Moussa Kamissoko
No. 4 Brewster Academy (N.H.)
Ranked players: No. 38 Dwayne Aristode (Arizona); No. 42 junior Sebastian Wilkins
No. 5 CIA Bella Vista (Ariz.)
Ranked players: No. 90 senior Jaion Pitt; No. 37 junior Miles Sadler; No. 4 sophomore Paul Osaruyi
No. 6 Prolific Prep (Calif.)
Ranked players: No. 2 senior Darryn Peterson (Kansas), No. 28 senior Niko Bundalo (Washington), No. 8 sophomore Gabe Nesmith, No. 9 sophomore Obinna Ekezie
No. 7 Montverde Academy (Fla.).
Ranked players: No. 26 senior Cornelius Ingram Jr. (Florida); No. 39 senior Hudson Greer (Creighton), No. 41 senior Dante Allen (Villanova); No. 59 senior Trent Sisley (Indiana); No. 16 junior Kayden Allen; No. 21 sophomore King Gibson
No. 8 IMG Academy (Fla.)
Ranked players: No. 5 senior Darius Acuff, Jr. (Arkansas), No. 29 senior Sadiq White (Syracuse), No. 84 senior Kareem Stagg (Georgia); No. 47 junior Chase Foster, No. 53 junior Felipe Quinones, No. 54 junior Jermal Jones
No. 9 Wasatch Academy (Utah)
Ranked players: No. 13 senior Isiah Harwell (Houston); No. 55 junior Katrelle Harmon
No. 10 Dynamic Prep (Texas)
Ranked players: No. 37 senior Jaden Toombs, (SMU), No. 100 senior Jermaine O’Neal Jr. (SMU); No. 3 sophomore Marcus Spears Jr., No. 6 sophomore Ryan Hampton
Girls
No. 2 Montverde Academy (Fla).
Ranked Players: No. 4 senior Agot Makeer (South Carolina), No. 5 senior Aaliyah Crump (Texas), No. 45 senior Holland Harris (Clemson), No. 51 senior Lourdes Da Silva Costa (Alabama); No. 1 junior Saniyah Hall, No. 35 junior Melissa Odom; No. 13 sophomore Jayla Forbes
No. 4 Westtown School (Penn.)
Ranked players: No. 4 sophomore Jordyn Palmer; No. 15 sophomore Jessie Moses
No. 6 IMG Academy (Fla.)
Ranked players: No. 14 senior Deniya Prawl (Tennessee), No. 16 senior Lara Somfai (Stanford), No. 27 senior Kelis Fisher (UConn); No. 28 senior Nylah Wilson (Auburn), No. 61 senior Manuella Alves-Fernandez (Illinois); No. 19 junior Kelsi Andrews
Faith Family Academy (Texas)
Ranked players: No. 97 senior Joy Egbuna (Alabama); No. 17 junior Amari Byles, No. 49 junior Amayah Garcia; No. 18 sophomore Finley Chastain
Call Star reporter Kyle Neddenriep at (317) 444-6649.
Fernando Mendoza did not attend Indiana University’s visit to the White House commemorating the Hoosiers’ college football national championship on Monday. The Las Vegas Raiders quarterback said earlier this month that he would not attend if it interfered with any activities with his new team.
“I’m on the bottom of the totem pole here,” Mendoza said following a rookie minicamp practice. “I got to prove myself. I can’t miss practice. I don’t know anything official. I don’t have the calendar, but I just wouldn’t. As a rookie, I don’t think that’s a good look, and I want to try to best serve my teammates. And I don’t know if that’d be accomplishing that goal.”
According to the team’s official offseason schedule, the Raiders did not have any formal practices or workouts on Monday. The team’s next organized activity is May 18, its first OTA workout.
“Fernando couldn’t be here today because, as I said, he’s now a member of the Las Vegas Raiders,” President Donald Trump said in his address. “Let’s see how good of a team they have, and I think he’s gonna do great. He’s a winner.”
Mendoza wasn’t the only absence. Center Pat Coogan and cornerback D’Angelo Ponds were among the other Hoosiers not in attendance for the event due to NFL obligations. Indiana had a program-record eight players selected in April’s NFL Draft.
Trump highlighted Mendoza’s accomplishments and contributions to the school’s first football national title. He celebrated Mendoza as Indiana’s inaugural Heisman Trophy winner and praised his fourth-quarter touchdown run in the championship game against Miami.
“He’s gonna be a good one,” Trump said.
Indiana was well-represented by returning members of the team. Charlie Becker, one of Mendoza’s go-to receivers during the College Football Playoffs, and Jamari Sharpe, whose late interception secured the title-game victory, both spoke on behalf of the school, as did head coach Curt Cignetti.
Mendoza is one of four members of the national champion Hoosiers who joined the Raiders this offseason. Running back Roman Hemby and wide receiver E.J. Williams Jr. signed as undrafted free agents in the days following the draft. Wide receiver Jonathan Brady earned a contract after impressing as a tryout player during rookie minicamp.
MUNCIE, Ind. (WISH) — Police are investigating a triple shooting that took place on Muncie’s south side Sunday evening that left a woman dead and two men injured.
According to police, at approximately 5:27 p.m., Muncie Police Officers were dispatched to the 2700 block of South Walnut Street in reference to reports of several people being shot.
Officers arrived and located three gunshot victims: A 23-year-old female who died from “multiple wounds,” a 39-year-old male who is hospitalized in stable condition, and a 40-year-old male who was airlifted to an Indianapolis hospital in critical condition.
Police say a suspect is in custody, a 21-year-old man.
Police did not provide any additional information.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Muncie Police Detective Division at 765-747-4867 or dispatch at 765-747-4838.
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The Indiana Pacers lost 63 games this season for a chance at a franchise-changing lottery pick. On Sunday, May 10, they lost that chance, too.
All Pacers president Kevin Pritchard could do was apologize for taking the risk.
Indiana’s pick landed at No. 5 in the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery, one spot outside the top four protections attached to a midseason trade. The selection now belongs to the Los Angeles Clippers .
Shortly after the results were announced, Pritchard took social media and apologized.
“I’m really sorry to all our fans,” Pritchard wrote. “I own taking this risk. Surprised it came up 5th after this year. I thought we were due some luck.”
The Pacers entered the lottery with a 52.1% chance of securing a top-four pick after finishing 19-63, the second-worst record in the NBA. It wasn’t enough.
Indiana sent Bennedict Mathurin, Isaiah Jackson, a 2028 second-round pick and a 2029 first-round pick to Los Angeles in the midseason deal for Ivica Zubac and Kobe Brown, along with the conditional 2026 first-rounder. The pick was theirs to keep only if it landed in the top four.
Zubac appeared in just five games for Indiana after the trade because of a fractured rib.
“This team deserved a starting center to compete with the best teams next year,” Pritchard wrote. “We have always been resillient.”
Pritchard will have to be resilient if he looks at the replies to his statement. About half of the Pacers fans’ comments were not happy, and fans of other teams called him out for “tanking.”
There were also a large number of fans who were supportive of Pritchard taking that risk.
Tyrese Haliburton is expected to return next season after tearing his Achilles in last year’s NBA Finals. The Pacers will have him Pascal Siakam and a roster they think is built to compete. They just won’t have that first-round pick to add to it.
The 2026 NBA Draft begins June 23 in Brooklyn.
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