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Shots, blocks & boards: Vote for IHSAA girls basketball players of the week (Dec. 26-30)
IHSAA girls basketball: Greensburg defeats Roncalli 60-55
Greensburg defeats Roncalli 60-55 on Friday, December 29, 2023.
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IndyStar will be recognizing the top basketball players in Indiana with our players of the week poll.
Scroll to the bottom of the article to vote. Voting is open until noon Friday. You can vote once per hour.
Congratulations to Evansville Reitz’s Norah Miller on being voted Player of the Week for Dec. 11-16! Miller finished with 27 points on 12-of-22 shooting in a win over North Posey. She rounded out her line with 10 rebounds, five assists and seven steals.
Congratulations to Zionsville’s Allie Caldwell and Carroll (Flora)’s Alli Harness on being selected Players of the Week for Dec. 18-23!
Player of the Week winners will be honored at IndyStar’s Indiana Sports Awards this spring.
Insider: Wrapping up the Twin Lakes Holiday Tournament
Here are this week’s nominees.
Addison Bowsman, Twin Lakes
The junior matched a school record with 46 points on 13-of-25 shooting (5-for-6 from 3) in an overtime loss to Bishop Chatard last Thursday afternoon. Bowsman rounded out her line with five rebounds, five assists and three steals before fouling out in the extra session. She finished the three-game Twin Lakes Holiday Tournament with 99 points, 36 field goals, 18 rebounds, 21 assists and 10 steals.
Addison Davis, Danville
The junior scored a triple-double vs. Frankfort, logging 18 points, 16 rebounds and 12 steals (plus seven assists and a block). She hit 9-of-18 shots from the field.
Aijia Elliott, Kokomo
The senior blocked six shots and scored 18 points in a one-point loss to Batesville at a tournament in Scottsburg. She logged 14 points, seven rebounds and three steals the day before vs. Borden, then tallied eight points and nine rebounds against Eastern.
Myah Epps, Homestead
Epps racked up 30 points to lift the Spartans to a 61-50 win over Pike on Wednesday.
Kennedy Fuelling, Norwell
Fuelling put up 22 points in a loss to Fort Wayne Snider, then poured in a team-high 32 points to help the Knights erase a six-point deficit and knock off Valparaiso.
Ashley Fulton, Southwestern
Fulton racked up 61 points, 14 rebounds, 18 assists and 10 assists over four games for the Rebels. Her week was highlighted by a 20-point, six-assist performance vs. Class 2A No. 11 Brownstown Central (Southwestern lost by a point).
Kenzie Garner, Sheridan
Garner scored 26 points on 12-of-14 shooting with 10 rebounds, four assists and five steals in a win over Beech Grove. She picked up 14 points, nine rebounds and three assists in a loss to Alexandria-Monroe.
Becca Gerdt, Valparaiso
Gerdt shined in game one of the Noblesville Holiday Tournament vs. the host Millers, recording 24 points on 10-of-17 shooting with 15 rebounds, three assists and a steal. She went for 13 points, seven rebounds, two assists and three steals in the nightcap vs. Norwell.
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Charlee Gibson, Blue River Valley
The junior matched her season-high with 23 points (8-of-12 shooting) on Dec. 29 vs. Blackford, then reset it a day later with 32 points vs. Southwestern (Shelbyville). She went 12-for-20 from the field vs. the Spartans with six 3-pointers, and rounded out her line with eight rebounds and five steals.
Kennedy Holman, Hamilton Southeastern
Holman enjoyed a career day vs. North Central, finishing with 11-for-18 from the field for 26 points. The sophomore also dished out five assists and picked up four steals. Holman recorded 16 points, six rebounds, six assists and four steals vs. Decatur Central.
Jayla Keithley, Morristown
After being held to six points against Milan, Keithley scored 17 points in back-to-back games. She added eight rebounds, three assists and a steal vs. Cambridge City Lincoln, and seven rebounds, three assists and four steals against Scecina.
Olivia Nickerson, Twin Lakes
Nickerson drilled six 3-pointers to surpass Oregon-Davis’ Aubrey Minix as the state’s all-time leader for 3-pointers made with 364. The Bethel-bound senior pushed her total to 368 with four threes over two games Thursday, with her 20-point effort vs. Chatard making her Twin Lakes’ all-time leading scorer. Nickerson totaled 70 points in three games.
Mia Robbennolt, Bloomington North
Robbennolt cleared 1,000 career points amidst a strong showing at the Lebanon tournament. She registered 24 points (9-for-15 shooting), seven rebounds, three assists, five steals and a block vs. Lowell, notched a double-double against Mooresville (13 points, 10 rebounds) and collected 11 points, eight rebounds, and four steals vs. Perry Meridian.
Kyndra Sheets, Columbia City
The senior Huntington commit poured in 13 points in the Hall of Fame Classic opener vs. Indian Creek, then scored 12 points (plus three assists and two steals) against Jennings County.
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Ruby White, Eastern Hancock
The senior shined against 4A foe Elkhart, picking up 14 points, four rebounds, four assists, two steals and four blocks in a 60-49 victory.
Ava Wilson, Shelbyville
Wilson cleared 1,000 career points by scoring a career-high 34 points in a win over Madison at the North Decatur tournament. She notched 24 points later in the day against Edgewood. Wilson is one of seven 1,000-point scorers in program history.
Reagan Wilson, Noblesville
Wilson scored 29 points and registered five steals against Valparaiso, then went for 30 points on 10-of-19 shooting in a win over Fort Wayne Snider.
Juliann Woodard, Jennings County
Woodard finished with 21 points, 22 rebounds, six assists, five blocks and a couple steals vs. Lake Central at the Hall of Fame Classic, then logged 18 points and 12 rebounds in the championship game vs. Columbia City.
Sara Zarse, Tri-County
Zarse lifted the Class A Cavaliers to victory over 4A’s Mt. Vernon, registering 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting with eight rebounds and two steals. She posted six points, seven rebounds, three assists and two steals against 4A’s McCutcheon in the semifinals, and 15 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals vs. 3A’s Twin Lakes in the third-place game.
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California man who had $42K seized at Indiana FedEx facility gets money back after legal fight
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Millions of packages move across the country every single day. Many of those go through the FedEx facility in Indianapolis. That’s where they can get taken – not by thieves but by local law enforcement.
“I am just totally stunned that this can happen in America,” California jewelry wholesaler Henry Cheng told Eyewitness News about how he had tens of thousands of dollars seized by another state.
He didn’t want to be identified on camera because he says robbers often target him to steal his merchandise. In this case, he sold items to a client in Virginia. The client sent him $42,000 in a FedEx package. It was stopped in Indianapolis.
“The next thing I know is the police and the prosecutor is forfeiting my money, saying that based solely on suspicions, they didn’t even name the crime that I’ve committed, because I know I have not committed any crime,” Cheng said.
The practice of civil forfeiture is legal and common. It allows local governments to seize property suspected to be involved in criminal activity. Property can be seized without a conviction or charges.
Cheng called police and the prosecutor’s office in Indianapolis and says they wouldn’t give him a reason why the money was taken. He showed authorities the receipt for the sale. He was told it didn’t matter.
“You can get your money back, but you got to go to court,” Cheng said he was told.
A public interest law firm called the Institute for Justice took up the case and filed a lawsuit.
“Civil forfeiture really is one of the greatest threats to property rights in the nation today,” said Sam Gedge, a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice. “It lets governments across the nation take people’s cash, their cars, their homes, without ever convicting them of a crime, without charging them with a crime.”
The Indianapolis FedEx hub is the second largest in the United States, and attorneys claim law enforcement in Indiana is using that to profit because it can keep a large part of the money.
In the affidavit for probable cause, it states one of the reasons the parcel was deemed suspicious and pulled for inspection is simply because it was shipped to California.
“So they describe California as a quote, a source state, a source state for drugs,” Gedge said.
The affidavit in this case adds several other reasons for the package being suspicious: the seams were secured with tape, it was dropped off at a FedEx shipping center. It also states that it contained $100 bills, $50 bills and $20 bills. It claims those denominations are consistent with illegal activities.
“They simply say that there’s been, quote, a violation of a criminal statute. They don’t tell you what criminal statute. They don’t tell you what violation and really it is just a numbers game,” Gedge said.
A numbers game that adds up to a lot of money. Gedge says the prosecutors’ office in Marion County, Indiana has stopped more than 130 packages over the last two years and seized about $2.5 million.
“Oftentimes, to travel to Indiana, if you live in California, to try to litigate a civil forfeiture action, it may very well cost more to hire a lawyer to defend yourself than the amount of money at stake,” Gedge said.
Now after several lawsuits and questions from Eyewitness News and others, Cheng is getting back his money.
“The state came back and said ‘OK, now that we know the full story we’re willing to give the money back,’” Gedge said.
Gedge adds that the government always knew the full story. Nothing changed in the last few months. He said the evidence was always there.
“For people who are willing to lawyer up and spend months filing in the courts and incurring all this time and resources trying to defend their property, sometimes the government just gives up, but of course, a lot of people can’t afford to do that,” Gedge said.
“A lot of people don’t have the good fortune to have free lawyers, and for those people, the government tends not to be quite as ready to give people’s property back,” he added.
Attorneys say the return of the money will not end the case. They counter-sued with a class action lawsuit over the constitutionality of the process used to seize and forfeit assets.
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Will Indiana beat Ohio State? Can Oregon State upset Washington State? Our Week 13 CFB picks
As the college football regular season winds down, the intrigue in some of the Week 13 matchups turns way up.
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In the Big Ten, undefeated Indiana tries to keep rolling toward a berth in the Big Ten championship game when the fifth-ranked Hoosiers visit No. 2 Ohio State. The one-loss Buckeyes are 11-point favorites.
Meanwhile, No. 4 Penn State, which also remains alive in the chase to face top-ranked Oregon in the conference title game, faces a potentially tough road game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. The Nittany Lions are favored by 11.5 points.
In the Pac-12, Oregon State will look to end its losing streak when the Beavers play host to Washington State. The Beavers have lost five in a row and are 11.5-point underdogs, but can they put a complete game together against the Cougars?
Check out this week’s college football odds and score predictions for all the Big Ten and Pac-12 games from the CFB coverage team at The Oregonian/OregonLive.
Purdue (1-9, 0-7) at Michigan State (4-6, 2-5)
Game details: 5 p.m. PT Friday at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan
TV channel and live stream: Fox and Fox Sports Live
Latest line: Michigan State by 13.5
Over/under: 47.5
Predictions
Ryan Clarke: Michigan State 31, Purdue 17
James Crepea: Michigan State 28, Purdue 14
Nick Daschel: Michigan State 31, Purdue 27
Aaron Fentress: Michigan State 31, Purdue 20
Joe Freeman: Michigan State 30, Purdue 15
Sean Meagher: Michigan State 34, Purdue 17
Joel Odom: Michigan State 31, Purdue 10
Bill Oram: Michigan State 28, Purdue 13
Washington State (8-2) at Oregon State (4-6)
Game details: 4 p.m. PT Saturday at Reser Stadium in Corvallis
TV channel and live stream: The CW
Latest line: Washington State by 11.5
Over/under: 57.5
Predictions
Ryan Clarke: Washington State 30, Oregon State 7
James Crepea: Washington State 35, Oregon State 14
Nick Daschel: Washington State 38, Oregon State 17
Aaron Fentress: Washington State 27, Oregon State 17
Joe Freeman: Washington State 32, Oregon State 17
Sean Meagher: Washington State 42, Oregon State 21
Joel Odom: Washington State 38, Oregon State 14
Bill Oram: Washington State 38, Oregon State 23
No. 5 Indiana (10-0, 7-0) at No. 2 Ohio State (9-1, 6-1)
Game details: 9 a.m. PT Saturday at Ohio Stadium in Columbus
TV channel and live stream: Fox and Fox Sports Live
Latest line: Ohio State by 11
Over/under: 52.5
Predictions
Ryan Clarke: Ohio State 37, Indiana 34
James Crepea: Ohio State 42, Indiana 35
Nick Daschel: Ohio State 31, Indiana 29
Aaron Fentress: Ohio State 38, Indiana 25
Joe Freeman: Ohio State 28, Indiana 27
Sean Meagher: Indiana 38, Ohio State 35
Joel Odom: Ohio State 31, Indiana 21
Bill Oram: Ohio State 26, Indiana 24
No. 25 Illinois (7-3, 4-3) at Rutgers (6-4, 3-4)
Game details: 9 a.m. PT Saturday at SHI Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey
TV channel and live stream: Peacock
Latest line: Rutgers by 1
Over/under: 47.5
Predictions
Ryan Clarke: Illinois 22, Rutgers 14
James Crepea: Illinois 28, Rutgers 14
Nick Daschel: Illinois 24, Rutgers 20
Aaron Fentress: Illinois 23, Rutgers 20
Joe Freeman: Rutgers 24, Illinois 23
Sean Meagher: Illinois 28, Rutgers 24
Joel Odom: Illinois 27, Rutgers 17
Bill Oram: Illinois 28, Rutgers 14
Iowa (6-4, 4-3) at Maryland (4-6, 1-6)
Game details: 9 a.m. PT Saturday at SECU Stadium in College Park, Maryland
TV channel and live stream: Big Ten Network and Fox Sports Live
Latest line: Iowa by 3.5
Over/under: 43.5
Predictions
Ryan Clarke: Iowa 28, Maryland 20
James Crepea: Iowa 28, Maryland 21
Nick Daschel: Iowa 20, Maryland 14
Aaron Fentress: Iowa 33, Maryland 18
Joe Freeman: Iowa 27, Maryland 20
Sean Meagher: Iowa 21, Maryland 17
Joel Odom: Iowa 34, Maryland 13
Bill Oram: Maryland 35, Iowa 21
No. 4 Penn State (9-1, 6-1) at Minnesota (6-4, 4-3)
Game details: 12:30 p.m. PT Saturday at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis
TV channel and live stream: CBS and cbssports.com
Latest line: Penn State by 11.5
Over/under: 44.5
Predictions
Ryan Clarke: Minnesota 27, Penn State 24
James Crepea: Penn State 35, Minnesota 21
Nick Daschel: Penn State 24, Minnesota 23
Aaron Fentress: Penn State 31, Minnesota 17
Joe Freeman: Penn State 31, Minnesota 21
Sean Meagher: Penn State 30, Minnesota 24
Joel Odom: Penn State 28, Minnesota 16
Bill Oram: Minnesota 28, Penn State 18
Wisconsin (5-5, 3-4) at Nebraska (5-5, 2-5)
Game details: 12:30 p.m. PT Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska
TV channel and live stream: Big Ten Network and Fox Sports Live
Latest line: Nebraska by 1
Over/under: 41.5
Predictions
Ryan Clarke: Nebraska 24, Wisconsin 7
James Crepea: Nebraska 24, Wisconsin 17
Nick Daschel: Nebraska 20, Wisconsin 14
Aaron Fentress: Wisconsin 24, Nebraska 23
Joe Freeman: Wisconsin 23, Nebraska 20
Sean Meagher: Wisconsin 28, Nebraska 27
Joel Odom: Wisconsin 20, Nebraska 17
Bill Oram: Nebraska 21, Wisconsin 14
Northwestern (4-6, 2-5) at Michigan (5-5, 3-4)
Game details: 12:30 p.m. PT Saturday at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor
TV channel and live stream: FS1 and Fox Sports Live
Latest line: Michigan by 10.5
Over/under: 36.5
Predictions
Ryan Clarke: Michigan 31, Northwestern 10
James Crepea: Michigan 17, Northwestern 10
Nick Daschel: Northwestern 21, Michigan 20
Aaron Fentress: Michigan 29, Northwestern 10
Joe Freeman: Michigan 24, Northwestern 10
Sean Meagher: Michigan 21, Northwestern 14
Joel Odom: Michigan 16, Northwestern 13
Bill Oram: Michigan 33, Northwestern 17
USC (5-5, 3-5) at UCLA (4-6, 3-5)
Game details: 7:30 p.m. PT Saturday at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California
TV channel and live stream: NBC and Peacock
Latest line: USC by 5
Over/under: 51.5
Predictions
Ryan Clarke: UCLA 38, USC 31
James Crepea: USC 35, UCLA 28
Nick Daschel: UCLA 28, USC 27
Aaron Fentress: USC 31, UCLA 26
Joe Freeman: USC 30, UCLA 24
Sean Meagher: UCLA 33, USC 28
Joel Odom: USC 36, UCLA 30
Bill Oram: UCLA 49, USC 47
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