A great moment for a great kid: Emmaus community ecstatic that Mario Landino is a ...

When Emmaus graduate Mario Landino signed on the dotted line to accept a scholarship from Indiana in December 2023, he expressed faith in new Hoosiers coach Curt Cignetti that few others had. At the time, Indiana was coming off a 3-9 season in 2023, and the Hoosiers’ three wins that fall were over Wisconsin, Indiana State, and Akron, in a four-overtime thriller. But Cignetti and defensive coach Pat Kuntz had faith in Landino and wanted him to follow them from JMU to Indiana, and Landino had faith in them. “He has plans that people don’t expect from the Indiana program,” Landino told The Morning Call about 25 months ago. “I’ve been there once, and I see people’s heads...