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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) April 29, 2026    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 ) 467-1334 (Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)   Not Applicable (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)           Check the appropriate 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 ( see General Instruction A.2. below):   ☐          Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)   ☐          Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)   ☐          Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))   ☐          Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))   Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:   Title of each class   Trading Symbol   Name of Exchange on which registered Common Stock , No Par Value   ESCA   The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC   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 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).   Emerging growth company                             ☐     If an emerging growth company, indicate 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.                            ☐         Section 2 – Financial Information   Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.   On April 30, 2026, Escalade, Incorporated ("Escalade") issued the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 announcing financial information regarding Escalade's first quarter results for 2026.   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.     Section 8 – Other Events   Item 8.01 Other Events.   On April 29, 2026, the Board of Directors of Escalade approved a quarterly dividend of fifteen and twenty-five hundredths cents $0.1525 per share would be paid to all shareholders of record on July 6, 2026 and disbursed on July 13, 2026.     Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits   (d)         Exhibits   Exhibit Description     99.1 Press release dated April 30, 2026 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File, formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language (iXBRL).     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: April 30, 2026 ESCALADE, INCORPORATED By: /s/  STEPHEN R. WAWRIN Stephen R. Wawrin, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer