WKU holds beam raising ceremony for Hilltopper Fieldhouse
WKU and WKU Athletics held the Hilltopper Fieldhouse Final Beam Raising Ceremony on Tuesday. The beam was the 315th and final for the Hilltopper Fieldhouse, and was placed in the northeast corner of the 122,000 square football facility. The Hilltopper Fieldhouse will be home to the WKU Forensics and Esports programs, as well as provide […]
WKU and WKU Athletics held the Hilltopper Fieldhouse Final Beam Raising Ceremony on Tuesday.
The beam was the 315th and final for the Hilltopper Fieldhouse, and was placed in the northeast corner of the 122,000 square football facility. The Hilltopper Fieldhouse will be home to the WKU Forensics and Esports programs, as well as provide practice and training space for the Big Red Marching Band and Hilltopper Athletics. The facility is being built upon the land that was formerly the football practice field, located in between Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium and Nick Denes Field.
“As we mark this important occasion, we also look ahead with tremendous anticipation to the opportunities and resources this exceptional facility will offer our students and our WKU Community – a designated location for our athletes, for our Big Red Marching Band and for our forensics and esports teams,” WKU President Timothy C. Caboni said. “A place where they train, practice, refine and prepare for performance and competition – year-round, regardless of weather events or circumstances. When the Fieldhouse opens this fall, they will have a place to call their own. A home.”
Speaking at the ceremony were Reeves Young General Manager Jennifer Kinsey and Caboni. Special guests for the ceremony included WKU First Lady Kacy Caboni; Board of Regents Chair Currie Milliken; Regent Gary Broady; Regent Doris Thomas; Regent Shane Spiller; Regent Jennifer Hammonds; Regent Sam Kurtz; Representative Kevin Jackson; Warren County Judge Executive Doug Gorman; Deputy Warren County Judge Executive Bryan Downing; Bowling Green Mayor Todd Alcott; Warren County Magistrate Rick Williams; City Commissioner Sue Parrigin; and representing Senator Mitch McConnell, Hunter Whittaker.
Renderings for the Hilltopper Fieldhouse, as well as the new Football press box, were revealed during the WKU Board of Regents committee meetings in October and can be found here. The Board of Regents approved the project in June 2022 and a groundbreaking ceremony was held in November 2023. Construction on the Hilltopper Fieldhouse is expected to be completed in the fall. The new 15,300 square-foot press box opened during the 2024 season and serves as a first-class home for media coverage of Hilltopper Football games. Situated above the existing Harbaugh Club, the press box houses radio booths, coaches’ booths, working press and game operations, as well as premium suites. Guests were invited to tour the renovated Harbaugh Club and new press box following the ceremony.
“This will be a spectacular addition in many ways,” WKU Director of Athletics Todd Stewart said. “If you think about it, people come and go – coaches come and go, athletes come and go, even administrators come and go – but buildings stay, and this will have a generational impact. Once this building is completed, it will serve as the home for many different people and will enable us to recruit at a higher level and develop student-athletes at a higher level. I think even when coaching positions come open, having this versus not having this is a plus because many people in the country won’t have something this nice.”
The Hilltopper Fieldhouse was designed by K. Norman Berry Associates, Brown + Kubican Structural Engineers and Kerr Greulich Engineers, Incorporated, and construction is being done by Reeves Young and the WKU Planning, Design and Construction Team.
“I will admit, this is the first indoor practice facility that we have built that hasn’t been purely for athletics, and I think that’s really exciting,” Reeves Young General Manager Jennifer Kinsey said. “I think it’s a great use of the space. We build on a lot of college campuses across the southeast, and we’re finding that all of these building are multi-disciplinary. They can be cross-functioned and used for multiple things because technology, education, how students learn – all of that is changing rapidly.”
A final ceremony to celebrate the new Hilltopper Fieldhouse is expected to be held once construction is complete.
The new Hilltopper Fieldhouse will:
Serve as the permanent home to the WKU Forensics program and provide the program with modern classroom, practice, office, and competition space to allow it to continue its run of excellence as the most dominant collegiate speech and debate organization in the country.
House the WKU E-Sports programs and teams and equip them with state-of-the-art competition space, practice pods and offices.
Become the new base for the Big Red Marching Band program with dedicated storage/support space for the band as well as a venue for year-round, all-weather practice.
Include a new Baseball Clubhouse with Locker Room, Weight Room, Team Room and Coaches’ Offices. House a new baseball hitting facility with four batting cages and flexible multi-purpose space.
Incorporate an 87,000 square foot indoor training facility for use by the WKU Marching Band, WKU Athletics, Intramurals and the greater WKU community.
Serve to better equip WKU students for their endeavors in the classroom and in their competitions.
Serve as a place of learning and collaboration for the various programs that will call it home.
Celebrate the great success of the programs that will continue to grow and succeed from within this new facility.
Encourage and provide the tools for innovation, learning, collaboration and success.
Jadran returns the crown to Škver through new drama
Photo: PVK Jadran/Vuk Ilić Primorac handed over the crown, and Vladimir Gojković returned the Montenegrin champion title to Škver on his return. The Jadran M:tela water polo players are celebrating the trophy after defeating their Boka Kotorska rival in the third match of the final series – after two victories on five points, everything is […]
Primorac handed over the crown, and Vladimir Gojković returned the Montenegrin champion title to Škver on his return.
The Jadran M:tela water polo players are celebrating the trophy after defeating their Boka Kotorska rival in the third match of the final series – after two victories on five points, everything is now settled in the regular season (11:9).
The team from Novi thus reached their 13th title since Montenegro became independent and ended the season with one trophy, as Primorac won the Cup at the end of 2024.
The third game also brought drama. Primorac opened the derby better and led 5:2 in the second quarter, but then the hosts went on a 6:0 run in a period of almost 11 minutes in which Vjekoslav Pasković’s team failed to score.
Jadran led 8:5, Primorac reduced the lead to 8:7 through Nemanja Vic and the phenomenal Đorđije Stanojević, and then the game was goal for goal.
The new champion could have gone three points clear on several occasions in the last period, Primorac could have evened the score, and Uroš Vučurović put an end to the uncertainty with a goal four seconds before the end.
Vučurović scored after a timeout by Gojković after a foul was called on Dragan Drašković with 23 seconds left. There were huge protests from the Kotor fans about the referee’s decision, and coach Pasković was sent off, but Jadran didn’t look back…
Dmitrij Holod, Aleksandar Ivović and Vuk Milojević were double scorers, Vučurović, Danilo Radović, Đorđe Lazić, Matija Sladović and Danilo Stupar scored once each.
Stanojevic stood out for Primorac with four goals, while Nika Shushiashvili scored twice.
JADRAN M:TEL – PRIMORAC 11:9 (2:4, 4:1, 4:3, 1:1)
Herceg Novi – Swimming pool at Škver. Spectators: 1.000. Judges: Mišković, Ivanovski.
Jadran M:tel: Đurović (six saves), Holod 2, Vučurović 1, Obradović, Vujović, D. Radović 1, Lazić 1, Gojković, Ivović 2, Sladović 1, Milojević 2, V. Radović, Stupar 1, I. Radović.
Primorac: Masaro, Brguljan, S. Cetkovic, Susijasvili 2, Murisic, Draskovic, Matkovic 1, Janovic, Vico 1, Brkic, P. Cetkovic, 1, Stanojevic 4, Vuckovic, D. Cetkovic.
Naperville Central girls water polo holds off Waubonsie Valley to reach sectional final
Three-seed Naperville Central girls water polo and Waubonsie Valley square off for a chance to play against Naperville North in the sectional finals. The Warriors defeated the Redhawks 7-6 in the regular season. This highlight is sponsored by BMO. Kaylee Shiffer records an early hat trick for Naperville Central In the early going, Julia Weber finds […]
Three-seed Naperville Central girls water polo and Waubonsie Valley square off for a chance to play against Naperville North in the sectional finals. The Warriors defeated the Redhawks 7-6 in the regular season. This highlight is sponsored by BMO.
Kaylee Shiffer records an early hat trick for Naperville Central
In the early going, Julia Weber finds Kaylee Shiffer near the net, and she puts the Redhawks on the board. It’s 1-0 after three minutes of play.
Now in the second quarter, the Warriors are looking to answer. Malini Madiman passes to Reece Clavey on the right wing, and she tosses it over the goalie’s outstretched arms. That one ties the game at 1-1 with five minutes left in the half.
Minutes later, Maddie Malinger connects with Kaylee Shiffer near the goal, and she goes up high for another score. Shiffer now has a hat trick, giving the Redhawks a 4-2 lead with three minutes to play in the second quarter.
Waubonsie Valley girls water polo keeps it close in the IHSA Girls Water Polo Sectional Semifinal
With a minute left in the half, Reece Clavey delivers a perfect pass to Calin Ball, and she tosses it into the back of the net. The Warriors close the gap to 4-3 with one minute left in the half.
Now in the second half, Meghan Tueting connects with Molly Moore, who gives a couple of pump fakes before firing it into the back of the net. That one extends the Naperville Central lead to 6-3.
Moments later, Calin Ball passes it ahead to Ruby Meier, and she’s all alone. She goes one-on-one with the goalie and wins the battle. It’s now a 6-4 game with four minutes to play in the third quarter.
Meier and Weber score two more, and Central girls water polo defeats Waubonsie
After a penalty, Ruby Meier has a free shot at the goal against Eleni Nicoloudes. She targets the top corner, but Nicoloudes gets a hand on it and keeps it out of the net. The big save preserves the Redhawk lead at 6-4.
With less than a minute left in the third quarter, Megan Tueting throws it to Julia Weber in front of the net, and she’s able to ward off the Waubonsie defenders and score another goal for Naperville Central. That one gives the Redhawks an 8-4 lead. Waubonsie Valley goes on to score two goals in the fourth, but Naperville Central hangs on to win 8-6, advancing to the sectional finals against Naperville North.
For more prep sports highlights, visit the Naperville Sports Weekly page.
High school volleyball: Southern Section boys’ championship results
SOUTHERN SECTION BOYS VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS SATURDAY’S RESULTS FINALS At Cerritos College DIVISION 3 Tesoro d. Orange Lutheran, 25-16, 25-16, 27-25 DIVISION 5 Kennedy d. Esperanza, 23-25, 27-25, 25-20, 26-24 DIVISION 9 CAMS d. Downey Calvary Chapel, 25-16, 25-20, 25-19 Advertisement DIVISION 6 El Toro d. Quartz Hill, 17-25, 28-26, 25-21, 25-19 At Santa Barbara DIVISION […]
CAMS d. Downey Calvary Chapel, 25-16, 25-20, 25-19
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DIVISION 6
El Toro d. Quartz Hill, 17-25, 28-26, 25-21, 25-19
At Santa Barbara
DIVISION 4
Sage Hill d. Santa Barbara, 15-25, 25-13, 18-25, 25-20, 15-8
FRIDAY’S RESULTS
FINALS
At Cerritos College
DIVISION 1
Mira Costa d. Huntington Beach, 25-19, 22-25, 25-19, 29-31, 15-11
At Mater Dei
DIVISION 2
Mater Dei d. Peninsula, 20-25, 25-17, 25-13, 25-19
At Crossroads
DIVISION 8
Wildwood d. Katella, 25-22, 25-15, 25-15
WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS
FINALS
DIVISION 7
San Gabriel Academy d. Brea Olinda, 3-2
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ARCHERS have released a new music video! The new music video, for the track Wide Awake, is taken from the Wisconsin-based metalcore band’s upcoming new EP, Temporary High, which is scheduled to be released in June this year, via SBG Records. Speaking about the upcoming EP, the band shares, “Temporary High is all about finding catharsis. It’s about breaking […]
The new music video, for the track Wide Awake, is taken from the Wisconsin-based metalcore band’s upcoming new EP, Temporary High, which is scheduled to be released in June this year, via SBG Records.
Speaking about the upcoming EP, the band shares, “Temporary High is all about finding catharsis. It’s about breaking free from toxic cycles and finding value in oneself apart from anyone or anything that would try to usurp one’s own identity.”
Watch the official music video for Wide Awake here:
Temporary High is set for release on June 13th via SBG Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
For more information on ARCHERS like their official page on Facebook.
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Tyler Hendrickson Tyler Hendrickson was born and raised in Long Beach, and started covering sports in his hometown in 2010. After five years as a sportswriter, Tyler joined the athletic department at Long Beach State University in 2015. He spent more than four years in the athletic communications department, working primarily with the Dirtbags baseball […]
Tyler Hendrickson was born and raised in Long Beach, and started covering sports in his hometown in 2010. After five years as a sportswriter, Tyler joined the athletic department at Long Beach State University in 2015. He spent more than four years in the athletic communications department, working primarily with the Dirtbags baseball program. Tyler also co-authored of The History of Long Beach Poly: Scholars & Champions.
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