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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) October 31, 2011

ESCALADE, INCORPORATED
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
     
Indiana
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
     
0-6966
  
13-2739290
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
817 Maxwell Avenue, Evansville, Indiana
  
47711
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)
     
(812) 467-4449
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
     
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Section 2 – Financial Information

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On October 31, 2011, Escalade, Incorporated (“Escalade”) issued the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 announcing financial information regarding Escalade’s third quarter results for 2011.

The information under this Item 2.02 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
  (c) Exhibits      
           
   
Exhibit
  
Description
 
         
   
99.1
  
Press release dated October 31, 2011

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Escalade, Incorporated has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
Date: October 31, 2011
   ESCALADE, INCORPORATED
       
   
By:
/s/ DEBORAH J. MEINERT
     
Deborah J. Meinert, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 
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