Sports

On Friday night, the Edgewood Mustangs tuned up for next week’s home opener against Mitchell with a scrimmage against Indian Creek. Edgewood’s coach Scott Fischer: “I feel pretty good about where we’re at and the direction we’re going. I thought the kids’ energy was pretty good.”

At Bloomington High School South’s Huff Field on Saturday, every touchdown was scored by the Panthers—because it was their annual intrasquad Purple-White scrimmage. It was a good reminder that the start of high school football season is less than two weeks away.

"I got $5 that says the big frog does not win!” That was the wager offered by an onlooker at the frog races held on Saturday outside the Sinkhole Bar. The three amphibian athletes were in a final round of competition, having won their respective races in the small, medium and large categories.

The social media-famous Hoopbus brought a yellow school bus and a chance to shoot baskets with IU women’s basketball players to Bloomington on Tuesday evening. The event was part of Hoopbus’s tour around Indiana to drum up enthusiasm before the WNBA All-Star Game in Indianapolis on Saturday.

Around 10 p.m. on Monday night, Philipp Kaider, a 39-year-old Austrian, pedaled through Bloomington as the race leader in the Race Across America (RAAM). Kelton O'Connell was out on the wet Monday evening to capture some photos of Kaider as he passed through town.