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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-20-037037
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200321
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200323
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200323

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ESCALADE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000033488
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 [3949]
		IRS NUMBER:				132739290
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1228

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-06966
		FILM NUMBER:		20733469

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		817 MAXWELL AVE.
		CITY:			EVANSVILLE
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			47711
		BUSINESS PHONE:		812-467-4449

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		817 MAXWELL AVE.
		CITY:			EVANSVILLE
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			47711

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MARTIN YALE BUSINESS MACHINES CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19820310

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MARTIN YALE INDUSTRIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19720306

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WILLIAMS MANUFACTURING CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19710504
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<P STYLE="font: bold 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">UNITED STATES</P>

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Section 13 or 15(</B></FONT><B>d<FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">) of the</FONT></B></P>

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Exchange Act of 1934</B></FONT></P>

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<U>March 21, 2020</U></P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; text-underline-color: #000000; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">13-2739290</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-underline-color: #000000; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-underline-color: #000000; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">817 Maxwell Avenue, Evansville, Indiana</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-underline-color: #000000; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">47711</FONT></TD></TR>
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box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (<I>see </I>General Instruction A.2. below):</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</P>

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    of each class</U></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 32%; text-underline-color: #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Trading
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; text-underline-color: #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Common
    Stock, No Par Value</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; text-underline-color: #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">ESCA</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; text-underline-color: #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
    NASDAQ Stock Market LLC</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&sect;230.405 of this chapter)
or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&sect;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</P>

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by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. &#9;&#9;&#9;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT></P>

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and Management </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Item 5.02 &ndash; Departure of Directors
or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Richard
D. White <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">informed the Board of Directors of Escalade, Incorporated (&ldquo;Escalade&rdquo;) on March
21, 2020 that he will retire from Escalade&rsquo;s Board of Directors effective as of the date of Escalade&rsquo;s 2020 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders, expected to be held May 13, 2020. Therefore, Mr. White will not stand for re-election to the Board of
Directors at the 2020 Annual Meeting. Mr. White has served as a director since 2004. </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, Escalade, Incorporated has duly <FONT STYLE="color: windowtext">caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-underline-color: #000000"><B>Date: March 23, 2020</B></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-underline-color: #000000"><B>ESCALADE, INCORPORATED </B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-underline-color: #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-underline-color: #000000">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 32%; text-underline-color: #000000">/s/ STEPHEN R. WAWRIN</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; text-underline-color: #000000">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-underline-color: #000000">Stephen R. Wawrin, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer </TD></TR>
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