Terre Haute Local Sports

SPARTA, Ky. -- Heather Carpenter considered Friday's pole winning performance to be one of the best days in her husband Ed's racing career, even surpassing last year's event at Kentucky Speedway when he nearly won his first Izod IndyCar Series race.

Devin Moore knows what it's like to get the call. He has heard that ring, causing the heart to race and triggering a sick feeling in his stomach. Now he's hoping the telephone doesn't ring again.

Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle Fili Moala was arrested early Friday morning on charges that included driving while intoxicated. Moala, a 2009 second-round draft pick out of USC, was stopped at 2:31 a.m. Friday when a marked police car noticed his black 2010 Toyota Tundra speeding on North Illinois Street.

SPARTA, Ky. -- Tony Kanaan said the worst part about starting behind Milka Duno in tonight's Izod IndyCar Series race at Kentucky Speedway is that he deserved it.

CLERMONT, Ind. -- Drag racing fans were treated to the return of a legend Friday night in the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at O'Reilly Raceway Park.

Devin Moore knows what it's like to get the call. He has heard that ring, causing the heart to race and triggering a sick feeling in his stomach. Now he's hoping the telephone doesn't ring again.

SPARTA, Ky. -- Heather Carpenter considered Friday's pole winning performance to be one of the best days in her husband Ed's racing career, even surpassing last year's event at Kentucky Speedway when he nearly won his first Izod IndyCar Series race.

Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle Fili Moala was arrested early Friday morning on charges that included driving while intoxicated. Moala, a 2009 second-round draft pick out of USC, was stopped at 2:31 a.m. Friday when a marked police car noticed his black 2010 Toyota Tundra speeding on North Illinois Street.

SPARTA, Ky. -- Tony Kanaan said the worst part about starting behind Milka Duno in tonight's Izod IndyCar Series race at Kentucky Speedway is that he deserved it.

CLERMONT, Ind. -- Drag racing fans were treated to the return of a legend Friday night in the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at O'Reilly Raceway Park.

CLERMONT, Ind. -- The Mac Tools U.S. Nationals has bounced back and forth on the NHRA schedule from the last race of the regular season in 2009 to the first of the six-race championship Countdown this year back to the regular-season finale in 2011.

BROWNSBURG, Ind. -- Brownsburg coach Brett Comer wasn't about to say it. Sure, beating Class 5A No. 4 Hamilton Southeastern -- which Comer's Bulldogs accomplished 16-7 on Friday -- was important. But the biggest regular-season win of his four-plus-year tenure?

Roncalli running back Brandon Petree lay on the turf gasping for breath . . . but the air that had just been violently forced from his lungs was the push his team needed.

The scoreboard may have showed a 29-point Decatur Central victory over Mooresville, but the game was essentially decided in the opening minute.

Start with a big-time opponent or play a couple of tuneups before the college football schedule gets serious? Cupcakes or five-course meals? Most major-conference programs opt for the easier scenario, but some go the other direction.

James Blackmon Jr. dreamed of playing basketball for Indiana University. Now the Fort Wayne Luers High School freshman knows he will.

Michael Griffin, Todd Frazier and Daniel Dorn combined to go 10-for-14 with 12 RBIs, leading the Louisville Bats to a 16-6 win over the Indianapolis Indians on Friday night before a crowd of 11,241 at Victory Field.

Adam Money's favorite sport growing up was baseball. But his father, Lee -- a Greenwood-based attorney -- often reminded him when they played catch or worked on his hitting that Adam's dreams should revolve around going to the best academic institution possible.

Auto racing 2:30 p.m. Nationwide qualifying Speed 4:30 p.m. Sprint Cup qualifying Speed 7 p.m. Nationwide: Great Clips 300 ESPN2 8:45 p.m. IRL: Indy Kentucky 300 Versus, 1070-AM Baseball