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January 19, 2011

Hughes, News and Views: McVicker still winning martial arts titles

David Hughes Special to the Tribune-Star The Tribune Star Wed Jan 19, 2011, 01:34 AM EST

TERRE HAUTE — Now that we don't have to worry about the Indianapolis Colts for a while, this seems like a good time to provide publicity to a few deserving Wabash Valley athletes and events that occasionally slip through the cracks:



• The Tribune-Star has written about Terre Haute martial artist Jack McVicker several times over the years. And as long as he keeps winning major titles, we will continue to write about him.

McVicker, 38, is coming off a successful performance in the World No-Gi Championships for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Los Angeles a couple months ago. He won his weight class and the absolute (open) division for men¹s black belts in his age group (35-40).

Later this month, Jan. 27-30 to be exact, McVicker will be in Lisbon, Portugal, to compete in those same divisions in the European Jiu-Jitsu Championships.

McVicker admitted that he needs to drop a little weight to reach the 161-pound limit, but he promised he will do it.

"I'm excited," he emphasized. "I haven't been to Portugal for about two years. There will be guys from Sweden, Portugal, Spain, Germany, England and Italy competing, plus maybe 20-30 from the United States."

An intense competitor, McVicker isn¹t ready to think about when he might retire from the sport.

"As long as I still feel good," he replied. "My body's still in good shape."

• Pro boxer James Porter often spends his time training amateurs in Terre Haute's Sweatbox Gym.

But this Saturday and Sunday, he's helping organize the Regional Silver Gloves Championships at Ryves Youth Center, 1356 Locust St. Boxers from Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Kentucky will battle for weight-class titles in age groups ranging from 10 to 16.

"Some of these kids are future Olympians," Porter told me Thursday. "We take a lot of pride in these other states trusting us to host this tournament."

About 30-35 matches will take place each day. Winners in each division will earn the opportunity to advance to the national tournament in February.

Doors will open at noon each day, with the action starting at 1 p.m.

Admission will be $10 per day.

For more information about the event, call Jim Edwards at the Ryves Youth Center at (812) 235-1265.

• Back when I coached and played men¹s slowpitch softball, I was honored to have Terre Haute firefighter Jeff Stevens as a member of my teams.

I've been retired since 2005, but Stevens is still kicking butt and taking names.

Now 41, Stevens informed me about a relatively new craze in the sport that's gaining popularity in Indiana — indoor softball, which is perfect for these cold winter months.

Stevens has traveled with his men's team — Magic Bats out of Indianapolis — to the Indy Sports Park, where an indoor soccer field with turf is used for winter tournaments.

Stevens plans to return to Indy Sports Park with his Terre Haute coed team, Wolfe¹s Auto Auction, for a tournament Jan. 28.

Lineups for indoor softball include 10 batters, but only eight play the field, and there are various unique rules for when flyballs hit the ceiling.

Stevens said a low-compression softball that doesn't travel as far as regular balls is used during the 45-minute time-limit games (unless there's a tie score).

Hmmm, sounds like something fun for the Terre Haute Parks Department to consider.



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• Terre Haute runner sets up race to help Boston

  Having competed in the Boston Marathon once before in 2003, 35-year-old Majel Wells of Terre Haute thought she should give it another try in 2013.
  “My goal was just to finish and enjoy Boston,” she reflected this week. “I had an injury [runner’s knee] beforehand, so I wasn’t too worried about beating my time from 2003 [4 hours, 10.20 seconds].
  “But nobody cares about what your time is at Boston anyway.”
  From what I’ve heard over the years, she’s right. Unless you’re a super-serious runner, the Boston Marathon has been more about taking in the atmosphere and having fun than placing in the top 50, although Wells was pleased that she beat her previous time by finishing in 3:55.19 on April 15.
  Obviously, her race time wasn’t the most vivid memory that Wells took away from her 2013 Boston experience.

  April 26, 2013  

• Former South players to play in Saylor benefit game

  I had my first phone conversation with Mike Saylor since mid-February on Thursday and he sounded good.
  The former Terre Haute South High School boys basketball coach, who’s been battling cancer this year, has been traveling back and forth to the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston for chemotherapy treatments.

  April 19, 2013 1 Photo  

• Recent South swimmers Roach, Bray heading to DI nationals

  I’m sure most of you with office jobs can relate.
  When work gets busy, sometimes it’s easy to skim over our emails. After all, how many times do we need to read the same nonsense from alleged Nigerians wanting to make us rich if we’ll send them several thousand dollars first?
  So after having three consecutive days off, that almost happened to me when I returned to work Tuesday. Then I realized that the message from Jeff Thompson, Terre Haute South High School’s boys and girls swimming coach, contained significant news.

  March 20, 2013  

• NCAA Division III basketball tournament returns to Rose-Hulman

  The last time Rose-Hulman served as host for the NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament, its game was played inside an old World War II airplane hangar.
  You “old-timers” should know the building I’m talking about and the matchup wasn’t really that long ago — March 6, 1997, to be exact.

  March 1, 2013 2 Photos  

• DAVID HUGHES: Childhood friends use faith, sports to get them through

  When I learned in February 2009 that a rare form of appendix cancer would devastate my life and cause me to miss work for several months, Mike Saylor was among the first to offer assistance.

  February 17, 2013 3 Photos  

• Book review: Thumbs up for ‘Trophies and Tears’

  Now might be too late for giving Christmas presents, but the book “Trophies and Tears: The Story of Evansville and the Aces” is a fascinating read for longtime Indiana basketball fans, particularly those older than 40.
  Written by award-winning Kyle Keiderling of Henderson, Nev., and released in hardcover format in mid-December, the 480-page “Trophies and Tears” documents the rich tradition of the University of Evansville men’s basketball program through recent interviews and research of old yearbooks and newspaper/scrapbook clippings.
  The book contains many cheery moments — behind-the-scenes details of all five NCAA College Division (now known as Division II) championships won in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s by the Purple Aces and their legendary coach Arad McCutchan — although some of those moments don’t seem so cheery from an Indiana State perspective when the Sycamores found themselves on the losing end of scores.

  December 26, 2012  

• Hughes, News & Views: Wishing for Colts-Broncos playoff matchup from Santa

  There’s plenty of tragedy in the world to bring us down if we let it, so let’s have a light-hearted column today — my annual Christmas gift requests for Santa Claus.
  I already know one of my gift wishes is becoming less likely to happen. That would be for the Indianapolis Colts to face the Denver Broncos in the AFC playoffs.

  December 20, 2012  

• Colts' loyalty tested by Manning, Broncos

  We’re approaching the halfway point of the NFL season and so far it’s been surprisingly enjoyable.
  I wasn’t sure how I would handle following two favorite teams — 1a.) the Indianapolis Colts and 1b.) Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos — but the new arrangement hasn’t caused me any loyalty conflicts yet.
   

  November 2, 2012  

• HUGHES NEWS & VIEWS: Sorting out the sports air waves

  My name isn’t attached to them, but I’m the one who usually puts together the “Sports on the air” television/radio listings that appear daily on this newspaper’s Scoreboard Page.

  October 1, 2012  

• Hughes, News & Views: North junior ready to go racing

  When we last visited 16-year-old Rachel Gutish, she was finishing sixth in the Women’s Enduro X race in the nationally televised Summer X Games at Los Angeles.

  September 20, 2012 1 Photo  

• HUGHES NEWS & VIEWS: Yelovich still striking the ball long on LDA Tour

  In June 2011, I wrote a feature story about former Indiana State basketball center Mick Yelovich making a name for himself as a golfer on the Long Drivers Association (LDA) Tour.
   

  July 20, 2012  

• HUGHES NEWS & VIEWS: Colts? Broncos? Maybe there’s more than enough room for both

  I’ve got a longtime buddy who I’m fairly sure rarely, if ever, reads this column.

  July 14, 2012  

• HUGHES NEWS & VIEWS: Point of Jones’ return

  Since May 14, Indiana high school basketball fans have wondered why Jim Jones would want to come out of retirement at 74.
   

  June 12, 2012 3 Photos  

• HUGHES, NEWS & VIEWS: Questions abound for Indy 500, Manning, baseball sectional

  Phones are ringing less frequently in the Tribune-Star sports department this week.

  May 26, 2012  

• Hughes, News & Views: Hutson getting ready for final stretch toward Olympic Trials

  If Kylie Hutson were a cross-country runner, she’d be approaching the final stretch of her biggest race in about three weeks.

  May 10, 2012  

• HUGHES NEWS AND VIEWS: Rose basketball alumni offer advice to current team

  Bryan Egli and Joe Puthoff, both Rose-Hulman basketball starters I covered in the late 1990s, took their degrees from the prestigious engineering institute and found successful careers in the Indianapolis area.
  Egli, also a former West Vigo High School multi-sport standout, lives in Carmel and works for Thieneman Construction in Westfield. Puthoff lives in Indy and works for Rolls Royce Aircraft Engines.

  March 2, 2012  

• DAVID HUGHES: Super Bowl odds getting stranger and stranger

  Today’s annual “Super Bowl odds column” feels special to me because I’ve been a diehard NFL fan since 1967 and next Sunday will be the first time the big game takes place in our great state of Indiana.

  January 29, 2012  

• HUGHES NEWS AND VIEWS: Coach’s book a chance to remember North Vermillion state champs

  Almost 10 years ago, February 2002 to be exact, the New England Patriots upset the high-powered St. Louis Rams to win Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans, the Winter Olympics entertained spectators in Salt Lake City and Terre Haute South High School’s girls basketball team started its tournament run toward a Class 4A state title.

  January 20, 2012  

• HUGHES NEWS AND VIEWS: Plenty of sports-related gifts for columnist's wish list

  Last week, I was all set to beg Santa Claus to give the Indianapolis Colts a certificate good for one NFL regular-season victory.
  Then the 2011 Colts decided to play like the 2009 Colts and clobber the Tennessee Titans on Sunday for their first win of the season. So that present won’t be necessary.

  December 23, 2011  

• HUGHES NEWS AND VIEWS: WTHI defends decision not to show Colts

  When your favorite NFL team is threatening to finish 0-16, you have to figure a few fans will jump off the bandwagon.

  December 2, 2011  

• HUGHES NEWS AND VIEWS: Former South coach Rady makes it look easy

  Jack Butcher, Howard Sharpe and Bill Stearman.

  November 17, 2011  

• HUGHES NEWS AND VIEWS: Wheldon's genuine personality a devastating loss to racing

  Lori Wood, the Tribune-Star’s Indianapolis 500 correspondent since 2000, planned to visit a friend in California and take in the IndyCar Las Vegas 300 as a ticket-buying fan last weekend.

  October 21, 2011  

• HUGHES NEWS AND VIEWS: Past greats proud of ISU’s recent improvements

  Indiana State football alum Chris “Big C” Hicks will turn 58 Saturday and he knows exactly what he wants for his birthday.

  October 14, 2011  

• HUGHES NEWS AND VIEWS: Rose-Hulman hungry for first football victory of season

  The Engineers have not endured a losing season since 2004. But they’ve opened this season at 0-2, causing Sokol to admit they’re desperate for a win.
  “We’re all very hungry for a victory,” he said after practice Thursday. “We all want to taste victory really, really bad.”

  September 23, 2011  

• Valley semipro football team reaches championship of IFL

  The West Central Wildcats’ semipro football team from Terre Haute has been written about before in this column space over the last two years.

  September 17, 2011  

• HUGHES NEWS & VIEWS: Colts cheerleaders glad to get back on field

  When I heard the NFL lockout finally ended this week, I looked for someone affiliated with the Indianapolis Colts to get a reaction.

  July 30, 2011  

• Amateur boxing card set for outdoors at Show-Me's

  We all know what Show-Me’s sports bar is famous for around Terre Haute, right?
  Chicken wings, of course.

  July 15, 2011  

• HUGHES NEWS & VIEWS: Porter’s persistence keeps his boxing career going

  When I walked in Sweatbox Gym through the alley door Wednesday, I wondered if a time machine had taken me back to the 1950s, the glory days of boxing.

  July 9, 2011 4 Photos  

• HUGHES, NEWS AND VIEWS: Seaton aces chance for more Div. 1 volleyball

  Plagued by one injury after another after another, Kristen Seaton was ready to turn off the lights on her volleyball career.
  In her mind, the party was over.
   

  July 1, 2011  

• HUGHES NEWS & VIEWS: Semi-pro football team to kick off season today

  If you’re worried about the NFL season being canceled and you can’t wait months for the college and high school seasons to begin, you can get your football fix tonight at Memorial Stadium.

  June 11, 2011  

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