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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)      February 28, 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 February 28, 2011, Escalade, Incorporated ("Escalade") issued the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 announcing financial information regarding Escalade's fourth quarter and year-end results for 2010. The information hereunder 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 February 28, 2011

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, Escalade, Incorporated has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf in Evansville, Indiana by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:  February 28, 2011
ESCALADE, INCORPORATED
   
 
By: /s/ DEBORAH J. MEINERT
 
Deborah J. Meinert, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
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