The Indiana High School Sports Awards were Sunday night at Clowes Memorial Hall at Butler University .

More than 300 athletes were honored, including the Players of the Year in 15 sports.

JonAnthony Hall , Meredith Tippner and John Hart were named winners for boys athlete of the year .

Maya Makalusky averaged 22.1 points and 6.8 rebounds to lead Hamilton Southeastern to its first sectional and regional championships since 2019 .

Julianna Ocampo continued to wrestle against the boys despite girls wrestling being IHSAA sanctioned for the first time this season .

Alex Shackell won gold and silver medals as part of Team USA’s relay teams at the Paris Olympics , swimming in the prelims.

Noah Weaver won a second -straight state title in a final match that lasted just 1 minute 55 seconds .

And both of those losses came against the state champions in 2022 and 2023 . Portillo ’s Halftime Show, Presented by Portillo ’s - Best Band Fan Favorite Orleans Junior Senior High School - Best Mascot Fan Favorite Orleans Junior Senior High School - Best Cheerleading Team Fan Favorite Orleans Junior Senior High School School Spirit Award, Presented by Meridian Health Services Scottsburg The winner of this fan-voted award wins $ 1,000 for its school's athletic department..

In 2024 , researchers at Wageningen University in the Netherlands counted around 24,000 seals across the Wadden Sea .

The World Heritage Center , or WEC , a recently opened seal rescue facility in the north of the Netherlands .

The center can treat around 70 seals at a time and has 12 intensive-care units for animals with serious injuries.

The new building, which cost over 40 million euros ( $45 million ), tells more than just the story of the seas.

A two-year-old child who is a U.S. citizen was removed to Honduras along with her mother, who was deported.

Judge Terry Doughty said there was a "strong suspicion" that the government deported the child with "no meaningful process" Border czar Tom Homan said "the judge was due process," adding that the mother "had due process".

The National Endowment for the Humanities and the NEA are combining to actualize Trump ’s promise to display 250 statues of prominent figures in American history.

Artists chosen will be granted $ 200,000 for as many as three statues each.

The application will close on July 1, 2025 , allowing about a year before the 250th birthday.

Rowan Holmes became the first PIAA champion of any kind in Somerset Area High School history.

Holmes turned in an impressive 44 -1 mark this season .

Conemaugh Township sophomore Carter Christ won the Walter Pip” Jarosick Fastest Fall Award for a victory in 9 seconds .

Berlin Brothersvalley earned the Somerset County team trophy for most wins against fellow county schools.

The White House Correspondents’ Association scrapped a scheduled appearance by comedian Amber Ruffin after she referred to the new administration as “kind of a bunch of murderers” on a podcast last month .

The association decided to forgo the event’s traditional levity and focus on celebrating journalism.

The event raises money for journalism scholarships.

At least some of the grants were halted in memos sent Tuesday to nonprofit organizations by the Justice Department .

The cancellation of the federal grants caused disruptions at some nonprofit programs.

The department also paused programs aimed at reducing school shootings, efforts to combat domestic terror and an cold case initiative in the Southeast .

The head of a nonprofit that helps youth crime victims called the funding freeze a "devastating blow".

Israel 's 18-month-old military campaign decimating Gaza has made pregnancy and childbirth more dangerous for Palestinian women and their babies.

Up to 20% of Gaza ’s estimated 55,000 pregnant women are malnourished, and half face high-risk pregnancies.

Doctors Without Borders supervisor of midwives at Nasser Hospital documented 40 miscarriages a week in recent weeks .

Nine of the 14 hospitals providing maternal health services before the war still function, UNFPA says.

Under the blockade, over half the medicines for maternal and newborn care have run out.

Some women reuse diapers, turning them inside out, leading to severe skin infections, aid workers say.

Israel says the blockade aims to pressure Hamas into releasing hostages.

Her mother told her not to look at the baby.

Her mother-in-law said he was beautiful.

Her husband took their boy to a grave.

Ohio State women's tennis team defeats Michigan 4-1 in Big Ten Championship.

The Buckeyes avenged two previous losses to the Wolverines .

The NCAA Tournament bracket will be revealed Monday afternoon .

Ohio State should be expected to advance to the second weekend of the tournament.

The 2025 Canadian election is being fought by candidates over 343 ridings, 122 of which are in Ontario .

Parties of all stripes list Toronto ’s seat-rich suburbs, in particular, as a key route to power.

In recent elections, Ontario has delivered a significant number of Liberal MPs to the House of Commons .

The Grits won 78 seats in the province, while the Conservatives won 35 per cent .