March 29, 2026 No. 2

Vicki Weger
Mar 31
9 min read

LATE BREAKING NEWS:

LATE TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2026, IN THE VERMILLIONCOUNTY COURT, A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR CASE AGAINST ALEXANDRA WILSON, WAS EXPUNGED. ALEXANDRA WILSON WAS 18 YEARS OLD AT THE TIMETHE CASE WAS ADJUDICATED.

AND ISN'T THAT INTERESTING?????

The case first became of interest recently when Alexandra Wilson filed as a Republican candidate for Senator of Indiana’s 38th District, a position currently held by Senator GREG GOODE. Vigo County Republican, BRENDA WILSON, had also filed in the primary race. And that’s when it got messy. Brenda W. became aware that ALEXANDRA WILSON had initially been charged with a ‘Low Level Felony’ before pleading to a ‘Class A Misdemeanor. ’Brenda still maintains Alexandra is not eligible to hold the office. Now the ladies are in court with their attorneys and motions have been filed.

But they better get a move on —because time is being wasted!

Absentee ballots are being mailed out now.

And big kudos to the city for cleaning up a very big mess left at a quite large homeless camp on the city’s far east side just off Fruitridge and Wabash, between Union

Hospital’s medical facility and the Marine Corps establishment. When a buyer for the land discovered the remains of the encampment there was such plunder left

behind by the homeless folks, only the resources of the city were adequate to cope with it.

This was a clarion call to those who saw the conditions

in which homeless folks live that many among us are not

enjoying the benefits of the American way and do the

best they can to survive.

How we best address it best is obviously yet to be

determined.

What a great showing by the TERRE HAUTE NORTH

PATRIOT BASKETBALL TEAM this season! These

fabulous athletes were nothing short of spectacular!

CAM FENNELL

GAVIN BELLEU

TYLER RENN

CHASE MILLINGTON

MASON LOYD

BLAKE HAMMOND

TRENTON WOELFLE

GAVIN WOELFLE

QUENTIN PARKER III

NATE MILLINGTON

LAWSON SHEPERD

BRAXTON GLOVER

BRADY KLOPFENSTEIN

TRAI BROWN

LAWSON SHEPERD

JETT WOEFLE. Mgr.

And of course, bravo to their extraordinary COACH

TODD WOELFLE, who just keeps piling up the accolades

These guys could not have made us prouder and

there is no limit to the possibilities for young men who

have reached heights these young champions have

already attained!

INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SYCAMORE MEN’S TEAM

had a rough year — but what a great and wonderful

bunch of guys they are. They are constantly stopped

around town with requests for autographs and photos

with kids!

BRUNO ALOCEN - His growth as a player in one year has

been amazing! Hopefully he might stay. He hails from

Barcelona, Spain and that hot Spanish blood fires him up

on the hardwood and as he makes a mad run down the

court and slams the ball home, the ladies do SWOON! His

addition to next year’s team could sell MANY tickets for

next season — lots of fans would return to cheer for

Bruno! $$$

COOPER BEAN - He is a solid athlete — Cooper is much

loved in Terre Haute —- his grandmother is former mayor

Judy Anderson & Grandpapa is former semi-pro

footballer & coach, Brent Anderson. Cooper never got

enough playing time to suit fans - but when he did, fans

loved it. He’s a solid guy, and when he was out there,

the crowd went wild. His 3-pointer is fire!

XAVIER HALL - This Kansas kid is a speed demon on the

court - extremely clever getting to the basket. He’s a fire

ant on the court! This senior graduated. Too sad.

HUNTER HARDNG - At 7’1” and only a freshman, he’s still

growing! And he’s a brute for opponents! He’ll be a

millionaire when he grows up! $$$$$# He’s movin’ on.

MARKUS HARDING - An absolute brick wall on the court

~ he can stop an opponent cold in his tracks and he’s a

beast at bringing down a rebound. He's outta here.

SIVERT WAERSTAD NORDHEIM - Seriously faster than a

speeding bullet! This Norwegian is going to be big bad

legend. Many would love to keep him here, but he’s gone.

ENEL ST. BERNARD - This Jamaican gentleman is a

paradox. Off court he is as gentle a soul as you'll ever

meet. But on the hardwood, he will run you over like a

herd of raging bulls, stomp you into the dirt, set your

corpse ablaze and file his nails as he watches the flames

die out. Sadly, this big fella is seeking greener pastures.

IAN SCOTT - The Plainfield Physician-to-be...oh, how we

wish he had been here all four years of his college

career! This gentile, intellectual, fabulous athlete is just

a joy to have on campus and on the hardwood. His entire

family is legend at Indiana State. He excels at everything

he touches.

JO VAN BUGGENHOUT - If only Jo had gotten more

playing time... But we'll be talking about his three-

quarter-court buzzer beater against Bradley for many

moons!!! This writer believes Jo-VB was woefully under-

utilized - but no coach gives a carp what this civilian

thinks. Nevertheless, I will talk about Jo’s three-quarter

court shot against Bradley for many seasons, while Jo is

burning up the court somewhere out there with a

pocketful of NIL $!

DEREK VORST - Never, was there ever a nicer dude than

Derek Vorst. He loves ISU - and he has played his heart

out for Sycamore fans. He played sick, hurt, when he

could barely walk — because he knew his team needed

him. He is true blue - through and through. He will excel

at life -- and he sure does deserve it! It’d be great if he

comes back for another season, but this writer knows for

a fact he was being scouted last week.

CAMP WAGNER - And here’s another Bonafide, excellent,

totally wonderful, Christian dude, true to his school guy

who has given everything he could - and more. Camp

has loved being a Sycamore - and it hasn’t always been

easy. But he is first-class. He has not only learned at

Indiana State. He has taught others how to give back.

JAYAN WALKER - Jayan has a great basketball future. So

many fans waited for him to get in the game, but it was

just not to be. He got kind of a bum steer, getting little

playing time It’s difficult when a guy at this point in his

college life burns up an entire year waiting to get

minutes on the floor and it doesn’t happen. But Jayan’s a

very good dude. And good things will happen to him. He

never bad mouthed the school. He sucked it up. He has

class.

STERLING YOUNG - Sleek, extremely cool, very fast, all

business & a lot of character. Oh, and he is a character!

Sterling is from Queens, New York. He will very likely

play at some exotic place in Europe and he'll fit right in.

He’s a very put together kind of character, keeps his

counsel, and takes care of business. Did I say he is very

handsome and well put together and always looks as if

he just stepped off the fashion runway. It would be

interesting to find out what his impressions are, as a

New York City slicker, living in Terre Haute.

So, there they are... a little look back at your 2025-26

Indiana State University Sycamores - a really a great

bunch of guys, they played their hearts out for us and

most of them now move on into that big ol’ world. How

we hope they know how much we appreciated them for

the hard work they put in day after day, week after week,

month after month, playing through bumps and bruises

and honest to gosh serious injuries — for our

entertainment and yes, for their education.

Not only did they practice and work out for hours every

day they also went to class and studied and prepared

papers and took tests. And traveled to away games - on

buses and planes and stayed in hotels and motels and

ate their meals out of boxes and waxed paper and throw-

away cups.

It is difficult - rigorous and dull and boring. And how

humiliating in a losing streak when you're working as

hard as you can and you can’t catch a break? And when

some Neanderthal who’s never held a basketball writes

ignorant messages online about one of your teammates

or coaches or You — it sure doesn’t help the cause. But

they Marched On! They were — and ARE - & will always

be SYCAMORES!

For a school like ISU, with a very small group of big

money people, the NCAA’S NIL (name likeness & image

money paid to athletes in the college) made it extremely

difficult for a school the size of ISU to put together

money to buy the big ‘power’ athletes who can compete

with schools like Murray State & Belmont & Bradley. It

was big-time lucky that a couple of heavy hitters

cranked-up the ISU NIL jackpot toward the stratosphere

- maybe in the million buckaroos or so. And that sounds

like a whoppin’ bunch-o-dough. And it is. But in the NIL

scheme of things, it might only get ISU toward the

middle of the Missouri Valley Conference basketball

scheme of things in the 2026-27 season.

Indiana State fans left the last basketball game

disgruntled for the season -- griping and snorting that

they wouldn’t buy season tickets next year after so many

failures to close out games. Fans felt we should have won. Lousy substitutions, and on and on. They want new coaches.

“We were ahead in the last 3-1/2 minutes!”

“They didn’t do anything!”

Wah! Grumble! Moan! “Same as last time!”

Okay. Let’s get a grip. Coach Schertz had a pretty rough

start. And in all fairness, you gotta give Graves a bit of

slack on that triple bypass at the start of the season.

Itwas tough. And the guys played some good basketball.

The fans did hang in there. But it became hard to watch

the lead disappear toward the end of the season and see

those guys on the bench whom you think ought to get in

and they don’t. But what do I know. I’m not the coach.

But then we lost. And again, we lost. And again.

But when folks get online and trash the coaches and the

program and say they won’t buy season tickets for next

year — that’s telling people and players who might be

thinking about coming here just what a bunch of big

dumb goobers there are here. And to you maroons

writing ignorant stuff online, you cannot imagine how

ignorant your rants make you appear. Basketball games

are entertainment -- not a lung transplant.

The winning season starts this autumn. Those young

players played their butts off this year. They wanted to

win! Didn’t happen. So, we must try again next season.

Only one team will be champion in the whole country! It

wasn’t us this time. And all of you blowing off that

you’re not going to buy season tickets because of “dah

dit dah dat dah duther” -- if you’re so great at coaching,

why haven’t we ever heard of you?

I’m buying my tickets. Cripes. I never heard of Larry

Bird and Bobby Heaton and Carl Nicks and Leroy Staley

and Brad Miley before that season. Heck, I’m not sure I

coulda picked Bill Hodges out of a line up until the year

was half over! I’m buying my tickets. That’s all I got on

the subject.

What a great run by the ST.LOUIS BILLIKENS Basketball Super Stars! We still have dibs on sweet little ROBBIE AVILA !!! Okay — so he’s not so little...but he sure is sweet!!! And this writer had the great pleasure of attending SENIOR NIGHT for ROBBIE & his teammate, JADEN SCHERTZ.

Those two seniors were starters, and it was lovely to see the faces of Robbie's parents, beaming with pride as their son absolutely blew the roof off the place with a spectacular performance ...and watching Coach Josh's eyes fill with so much love as Jaden took the ball down the court was worth the trip. The Billikens skinned Loyola and the Senior ceremony was both sweet and nostalgic as we watched Robbie & Jaden cut down the nets. Seems like yesterday that gangly kid in his spectacles showed up in the Hulman Center with that new coach from eastern Tennessee and what a whirlwind it all was. It’d be nice if every could just wish everybody well.