Muncie area sectional football semifinals (Oct.
30) saw Muncie Central beat Yorktown 28-27 and Logansport top Jay County 49-22, part of statewide semifinal results that determine which teams advance to the next round.
Sectional semifinal high school football games were played Oct.
30 across the Muncie area, with Yorktown at Muncie Central and Logansport at Jay County among the matchups (7 p.m. starts); follow live coverage for final scores and updates.
Ball State coach Mike Uremovich blasted the planned 24-team College Football Playoff, compared college football leaders to a dysfunctional U.S. Congress, and said he has little faith in fixes as the CFP and ESPN have a handshake agreement for a 2027 expansion that still needs formal approval.
Ball State University will stage Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea, a play about an 18-year-old searching for an ancestor lost in the Middle Passage, from Nov.
12 to 22 with 7:30 p.m. performances (Room 101, Oakwood Building).
A new community group drew a standing-room-only crowd Monday night to strategize about a rumored data center at the AMA site (residents voiced concerns and discussed next steps to bring the issue to county officials).
Ball State will open the 2026-27 season on Monday, Nov.
2 at Georgia Southern under first-year coach Chris Capko after three losing seasons, with a roster rebuilt around 10 transfers and two freshmen; transfers Zaon Collins and Kijani Wright will be unavailable early, and Collins is expected to be eligible by the home game vs. Evansville on Dec. 8.
Ball State's Esports Center received 36 high-end gaming PCs and 40 chairs from Corsair today, expanding the facility's technology for competition, classroom instruction and creative projects (supports Blender, Unreal Engine, Maya and Adobe Creative Cloud).
Vote for The Star Press IU Health Athlete of the Week for performances from Oct.
19 to Oct. 24; the online poll stays open until Friday, Oct. 30 at 5 p.m., and readers may vote repeatedly by refreshing the page (use the poll at the bottom of the story).
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