Don’t forget to tune in this morning as we go INSIDE wU WITH DON FISCHER on WSLM.
We’ll find out what’s going on with the Hoosier’s Second Half Syndrome and look at yesterday’s game and this week’s match ups as the Hoosiers are now tied for second place in the Big Ten.
7:45a on WSLM 1220 AM and FM 97.9
RACING SEASON BEGINS THIS WEEKEND ON WSLM!!!!!!!!!!
Catch the Rolex 24 At Daytona Daytona International Speedway
this Saturday, January 26 a 3PM.
Listen live on WSLM 97.9 FM or catch it streamed live on wslmradio.com
Washington County Government offices will be closed Monday in recognition of Martin Luther King day.
County schools will be closed as well.
If you have a closing to pass on, call 812.883.3401 or send an email to wslmradio@gmail.com and we’ll announce it.
The first-ever radio broadcast of a Salem Middle School Cubs game this week featured Melvin Hardin and former Indiana University basketball legend Kent Benson and former Milwaukee Bucks player.
Enjoy the pre-game show heard on WSLM 97.9 FM and AM 1220.
WSLM 1220 AM will air a special Meet and Greet program with new Purdue Football Coach Hazell on Wednesday February 6th at 8 PM.
Purdue Sports Announcer Tim Newton will host the broadcast, lasting approximately 30 minutes.
Indiana is in its 113th season of college basketball and will visit Northwestern. The Hoosiers are currently ranked No. 2 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll and by the Associated Press, the 23rd straight week they have been nationally ranked, the longest since they were ranked for 71 straight weeks from 1989-94. This was the first time since the 1979-80 preseason and the third time in school history (1975-76), that IU started the season as the top ranked team in the country.
Indiana was also picked by the Big Ten media to win the conference championship. The Hoosiers, who have won 20 Big Ten titles, including 11 outright, have the best winning percentage in league game history winning 59.5 percent of its conference tilts (822-558). Sunday’s game is sold out.
The Hoosiers have the fifth-rated offense in the country and the 10th-best defense in the nation according to kenpom.com.
Indiana leads the nation in scoring (85.4), scoring differential (24.8), free throws made (349) and are second in free throws attempted (470). IU also leads the Big Ten in free throw percentage (73.8), 3-point field goal percentage (41.9, 9th nationally), rebound margin (+11.0, 3rd nationally) and field goal percentage defense (36.8, 10th nationally). IU leads the Big Ten in home attendance (17,377) and will sell out all 20 home games this season.
The Hoosiers are the only team in the Big Ten with five players averaging 10 points or better per game (Zeller, 16.9; Oladipo, 13.5; Watford, 12.8; Hulls, 11.2; Sheehey, 10.7).
Junior Victor Oladipo is second in the country in effective field goal percentage at 71.8 percent and is third in the nation in overall field goal percentage at 66.9 percent. Sophomore Cody Zeller is seventh in the country in field goal percentage at 63.1 percent, senior Jordan Hulls is the nation’s top 3-point shooter at 51.9 percent.
The Hoosiers are one of the most improved teams in the country defensively ranking 10th in the nation in field goal percentrage defense with a Big Ten best (36.8 percent) and third in the country in rebound margin (+11.0). After two weeks of Big Ten play, the Hoosiers lead in conference games only holding their three opponents to 38.3 percent shooting.
ZELLER NAMED BIG TEN CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sophomore All-American Cody Zeller was named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week (Deshaun Thomas) after he averaged 16.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.0 blocks, 3.0 steals and 1.5 assists per game as the Hoosiers beat Penn State and No. 8/10 Minnesota to improve to 3-0 in Big Ten play. Since the Preseason National Player of the Year put on the Cream and Crimson, Indiana is 42-11 and the Hoosiers lead all Big Six Conference school’s in field goal percentage (49.6 percent), 3-point field goal percentage (42.4 percent), free throw percentage (75.6 percent), free throws made (1,004) and attempted (1,328). He leads the Big Ten in points/rebounds/assists per 40 mins (36.7), free throws made per game (5.3) and attempted (7.4).
He is fourth in scoring (16.9), second in rebounding (7.9), third in field goal percentage (63.1), and seventh in blocked shots (1.4). He had 23 points and 10 rebounds in his last game against Wisconsin. He has also been named to the John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 and was a consensus Preseason National Player of the Year pick.
Salem Middle School Club Softball Information Meeting & Tryout Information:
There will be an informational meeting for Salem Middle School Club Softball on Tuesday, January 29th at 6:30 pm. The meeting will be held in the Middle School cafeteria area. All parents of interested players in 7th and 8th grade should plan on attending.
Tryouts for the Club teams will be as follows; 7th grade tryouts will be held on Saturday, February 9th from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.
8th grade tryouts will be held on Tuesday, February 12th from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
All tryouts will be held in the High School Auxiliary gym.
Players should bring any needed equipment such as gloves and hitting equipment if they have it.
Some big changes are in store for the Washington County Fair this year – a move to June.
This year, the fair is scheduled for June 23 through June 30.
The fair parade, which officially launches the event, is set for 3 p.m. Sunday, June 23.
This means the deadlines for 4-H members and their projects have moved up to March 1 as the 4-H enrollment deadline.
According the fair board, the date was moved because of a rumor of local schools going to a balanced calendar in which students could start back to school as early as July 29.
Two meetings this week have special meaning for Washington County residents.
There will be a special meeting on Tuesday, January 22 about a new jail expansion project.
Information about cost and the impact on taxpayers is to be shared during the public hearing that will take place during the Jan. 22 commissioners’ meeting at 10 a.m. in the meeting room at the county government building.
Plans call for a new property tax levy to cover the costs of the project. However, local officials have declined to release what that amount will be until next week’s meeting.
Initial plans are to add a pod to the jail, increasing capacity. Overcrowding is an increasing issue at the facility, which opened in 1987 and was designed to house 56 inmates.
The Washington County Council and the Washington County Commissioners will hold a Joint Special Meeting on January 25, 2013 beginning at 8:00 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Washington County Government Building Conference Room located at 806 Martinsburg Road, Salem, Indiana 47167.
The purpose of this meeting is to discuss 1) the hiring of two employees at the Highway Department; and 2) the budget shortfall.
