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IHSAA officials, including commissioner Blake Ress, will tour Memorial Coliseum, Spiece Fieldhouse and the new Holiday Inn at IPFW today.
Representatives from a Fort Wayne community team extended the invitation to the IHSAA as part of a bid to play host for the 2010 girls basketball state finals.
Also expected from the IHSAA is assistant commissioner Theresia Wynns.
The community team is made up of Dan O’Connell and Jim Nirmaier, from the Fort Wayne/Allen County Convention and Visitors Bureau; Memorial Coliseum general manager Randy Brown; and Art Saltsberg, from the Fort Wayne Sports Corp.
The three other cities in competition for the state finals are Bloomington, Muncie and West Lafayette. Scheduling conflicts in Indianapolis have prompted the IHSAA to look for an alternative location.
Team owner Rick Hendrick removed Tony Eury Jr. from his position as Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s crew chief and will replace him this weekend with team manager Brian Whitesell. Lance McGrew will take over in two weeks on an interim basis as Hendrick decides on a long-term plan.
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing hired Tomas Scheckter to drive this weekend in the ABC Supply/A.J. Foyt 225 at Milwaukee.
Former Wawasee standout Vince Beasley is the new boys coach at East Noble, according to the school. Beasley replaces Lucas Cummings, who was 35-30 in three years at East Noble but left to become the girls coach at Jay County.
Woody Austin, Tim Clark and Steve Stricker each shot a 7-under 63 to share the first-round lead at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Vijay Singh and Kenny Perry each shot a 6-under 64. Rory Sabbatini shot a 71 to open his bid to sweep the Dallas and Fort Worth events, something done only by Ben Hogan in 1946.
The Detroit Red Wings expect star defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom to play in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Red Wings general manager Ken Holland said the team won’t know until Saturday, when the series starts, if Pavel Datsyuk (foot) and Jonathan Ericsson (acute appendicitis) will be available.
In a cost-cutting move, Michigan, Ohio State and Wisconsin of the Big Ten have decided to stop printing media guides. The information will be available online. Michigan and Ohio State issued a joint statement that said the schools estimate that together they will save more than $250,000 a year. Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez said the move will save up to $200,000.
The second-annual Turnstone Wheelchair Open will be Saturday and Sunday at IPFW. About 15 to 20 wheelchair athletes will compete for $1,500 in prize money.
Because of reporter’s error, the final race of the Northrop Regional track meet was misidentified on Page 1B Wednesday. The final event was the 1,600-meter relay. Also, the reason for restarting the 1,600 relay was incorrectly attributed to the starter. The race was initially stopped because a runner failed to respond to the set position.
