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)      August 4, 2006
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                              ESCALADE, INCORPRATED
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


                                     Indiana
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


            0-6996                                    13-2739290
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   (Commission File Number)               (IRS Employer Identification No.)


   817 Maxwell Avenue, Evansville, Indiana                      47711
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   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                   (Zip Code)


                                 (812) 467-1334
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


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          (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 August 4, 2006, Escalade, Incorporated ("Escalade") issued the press release
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 announcing financial information regarding
Escalade's completed second quarter of fiscal 2006. 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.


Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits

         (c)      Exhibits

         EXHIBIT
         NUMBER         DESCRIPTION

            99.1        Press release dated August 4, 2006



                                   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 Wabash,
Indiana by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Date:  August 7, 2006            ESCALADE, INCORPORATED

                                 By: /s/ TERRY D. FRANDSEN
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                                      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


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