WARSAW – Warsaw’s Kyle Mangas is off to a stellar start this basketball season for the undefeated Tigers.

ROCHESTER – Tippecanoe Valley defeated Rochester in the consolation game of a boys hoops holiday tourney Wednesday night.

WINONA LAKE — A recap from LCA’s win in its Cougar Classic finale.

WINONA LAKE — A recap from LCA’s final game in the 2015 Cougar Classic.

WINONA LAKE – A strong second half by Indiana Tech resulted in an 84-69 men’s basketball win over Grace Wednesday night.

MISHAWAKA – Warsaw junior Kyle Hatch won his second wrestling title at the prestigious Al Smith Invite.

SOUTH WHITLEY – Results from the 2015 Whitko Wrestling Invitational.

WARSAW – The WCHS girls tennis team will have a call-out meeting for the 2016 season on Jan. 12.

SOUTH BEND – Former Wawasee High School standout Riley Stichter helped IUSB to a basketball win Tuesday.

ROCHESTER HILLS, MI – Former Triton star Clay Yeo led the Bethel College basketball team to a road win Tuesday.

GREENFIELD — The Whitko girls basketball team won its final game at the Greenfield-Central Tournament.

BLOOMINGTON — Clayton Cook has announced that he will be transferring to run at Indiana University.

GREENFIELD — Whitko will play Richmond Wednesday afternoon following two losses to open its visit at the Greenfield-Central Tournament.

WHEATFIELD — A recap from Whitko’s day at the Kankakee Valley Tournament.

ROCHESTER – The Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball team lost to Fairfield 49-35 in tourney action Tuesday night.

MISHAWAKA – Warsaw is sending three wrestlers to day two of the Al Smith Invite.

WARSAW – Warsaw’s girls basketball team earned a split at Tuesday’s TCU Lady Tiger Classic, beating Perry Meridian and losing to South Bend St. Joseph’s.

CHICAGO – Offensive issues troubled Grace’s women’s basketball team on Tuesday in a 68-46 defeat to Robert Morris.

WINONA LAKE — A recap of the Lady Cougars first day of the Cougar Classic.

WINONA LAKE — A recap of the Lakeland Christian boys basketball team first day at the Cougar Classic.

WARSAW – The Lake City Skiers are seeking help to fund a new dock, which will help the ski experience on Hidden Lake in several ways.

CHICAGO – Grace’s women’s basketball team was unable to give No. 1 St. Xavier its first loss of the season on Monday, falling 96-50 on the road.

FORT WAYNE – A trio of high-powered wrestling invitationals will take place in the coming days that involve several area teams.

ATLANTA, GA. – Legendary Harlem Globetrotter George “Meadowlark” Lemon passed away Sunday.

BRONX, N.Y. – Duke was able to edge Indiana, 44-41, in overtime of the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium.

LAS VEGAS – Former WCHS basketball star Nic Moore earned tourney MVP honors for undefeated SMU.

ROCHESTER – Triton and Tippecanoe Valley had a compliment of wrestlers active at Wednesday’s John McKee Invite hosted by Rochester High School.

Several area high school boys and girls basketball teams are set to play in tournaments over the holidays.

KENDALLVILLE – East Noble topped Whitko 74-73 in prep boys basketball action Tuesday night.

WARSAW – The Warsaw girls basketball team held Triton to just four points in the second half of a 44-18 win Tuesday night.

WARSAW – The Warsaw boys basketball team moved to 8-0 after a 65-32 win over Triton Tuesday night.

SYRACUSE — Columbia City picked up a 54-35 victory over Wawasee Tuesday night.

MUNCIE — Ball State has begun a search for a new head football coach following the resignation of Pete Lembo.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue head football coach Darrell Hazell announced that tight ends coach Terry Malone has been promoted to offensive coordinator.

HARTFORD CITY – Bethel College junior Clay Yeo was named the Crossroads League Player of the Week.

NEW CASTLE – Warsaw’s Dana Creighton and Liza (Reed) Arnold were named to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame 2016 Silver Anniversary Team.

The NorthWood boys basketball team is ranked No. 5 in this week’s AP poll.

Whitko is ranked No. 4 and Tippecanoe Valley No. 6 in the girls basketball rankings this week.

WARSAW – The Lake City Roller Dolls continued to impact the community with several recent initiatives.

SYRACUSE – Approximately 180 anglers will converge on the famed muskie waters of northern Indiana May 13-15, 2016, for the 20th annual Indiana Muskies Classic.

SYRACUSE — A preview of the Wawasee gymnastics team with a capsule for Warsaw gymnastics.

LAKEVILLE – The Tippecanoe Valley wrestling team competed in the LaVille tournament Saturday.

GOSHEN – Goshen’s varsity girls basketball team beat Fort Wayne Carroll Saturday night, and with it turned a page in Goshen’s history.

AKRON — Tippecanoe Valley enjoyed a huge win over TRC rival Whitko Saturday night.

SYRACUSE — A recap from Wawasee’s day on the mat.

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana rallied from 15 down to beat Notre Dame, 80-73, in men’s hoops in the Crossroads Classic.

INDIANAPOLIS – Butler handed Purdue its first men’s basketball loss in a 74-68 final Saturday night in the Crossroads Classic.

ZIONSVILLE – Brenna Morgan won two events at Saturday’s Zionsville Swim Invite.

GOSHEN – The LCA basketball teams went 1-3 in the Bethany Christian Tournament on Saturday.

SYRACUSE – Madi Graham was clutch late as Warsaw rallied to defeat Wawasee in NLC girls hoops Saturday night.

ROYAL CENTER – Triton enjoyed 26 points from Hannah Wanemacher in a 55-24 girls basketball win at Pioneer Saturday night.

WARSAW – The Warsaw freshman boys basketball team stood tall as champions of its own tournament Saturday.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Five Purdue football alumni and their families have pledged $12.1 million towards the construction of a new football performance complex.

VALLEJO, CA – The Grace College men’s basketball team topped No. 23 California Maritime Friday night.

SOUTH WHITLEY — Tippecanoe Valley picked up a nice win over rival Whitko Friday night.

WARSAW – Undefeated Warsaw opened conference play by routing Wawasee 79-34 in boys hoops action Friday night.

WARSAW – Warsaw football coach Phil Jensen returned home Friday after being released from a Fort Wayne hospital.

Area boys and girls basketball scores from prep action Friday night.

WARSAW – Warsaw boys basketball coach Doug Ogle won his 200th game Friday night.

WINAMAC – Triton suffered its first boys basketball loss in the Hoosier North Athletic Conference with a 56-49 setback to Winamac Friday night.

Picks for weekly games from IFN sports writer Nick Goralczyk.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Bethel’s Clay Yeo passed the 1,000-point mark and coach Mike Lightfoot won his 750th game Thursday night.

ATHERTON, Calif. – Brandon Vanderhegghen scored his 1,000th point during Grace College’s 82-69 win at Menlo on Thursday.

SYRACUSE – Lifetime bests highlighted Wawasee’s pair of huge wins against Plymouth in NLC swimming Thursday evening.

DUNLAP – Concord won by the slimmest of margins in the NLC wrestling match against Wawasee Thursday night.

WARSAW – A pair of rivalry games took place Thursday night in the Warsaw hoops tree.

WINAMAC – A hot start propelled Tippecanoe Valley to a 77-36 girls basketball win Thursday night.

SOUTH BEND – Fan safety netting at Four Winds Field in downtown South Bend exceeds the 2016 recommendations for safety netting issued for all 30 Major League Baseball teams by the Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball.

ROCHESTER – The top-ranked Rochester Zebras had no trouble defeating Triton 60-22 in girls basketball Wednesday night.

INDIANAPOLIS – Ken Fillmore of the Herald Republican in Angola is this year’s recipient of the 2015‐16 IHSAA Distinguished Media Service Award for District 1.

AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley Middle School 6th grade boys basketball teams went 1-1 versus Argos.

INDIANAPOLIS — Wawasee legend Marcia Carpenter will be inducted to the IATCCC Hall of Fame January 30, 2016.

SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko used a big fourth quarter to close out an upset minded West Noble squad in girls basketball action.

AKRON – Peru used a fine night at the free throw line to beat Tippecanoe Valley, 53-38, Tuesday night in boys hoops action in the TRC.

SYRACUSE — A recap of Wawasee sporting events from Tuesday, December 15.

WARSAW – Both boys and girls swim teams from Warsaw earned wins against Plymouth Tuesday evening.

COLUMBIA CITY – Columbia City rallied past Warsaw, 49-47, in girls basketball Tuesday night.

TRITON – The Triton wrestling team stormed past North Miami 58-24 Tuesday night.

BOURBON – Triton had everyone active in a 72-34 boys basketball win against Bethany Christian Tuesday night.

CULVER – Ignas Masiulionis and Marie Steiner of Culver Academy are among the basketball honorees in the IBCA/Subway Player of the Week program for the week of Dec. 7-12.

WARSAW – The Warsaw High School freshmen and Edgewood Middle School eighth graders each picked up a win Monday night.

WINONA LAKE – Kelsie Peterson of the Grace College women’s basketball team is honored by the conference.

MILFORD – The Tippecanoe Valley Middle School 6th grade boys basketball team went 1-1 in a tournament.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee athletics has announced a few changes to its upcoming sports calendar.

SYRACUSE — The Wawasee boys team won their annual invite Saturday afternoon.

SYRACUSE — The Wawasee girls swim team won its home invite Saturday afternoon.

SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko head coach Roger Fleetwood enjoyed career win No. 500 Saturday night.

SYRACUSE — The Wawasee girls basketball team snapped a five-game losing skid Saturday afternoon.

WARSAW – Warsaw’s girls basketball team ended its nine-game losing skid with a 51-39 result at Plymouth Saturday night.

BOURBON – Triton moved to 3-0 in the HNAC with a 39-27 girls basketball over Caston Saturday night.

SOUTH BEND – Lakeland Christian Academy sent both of its basketball programs to South Bend Trinity and came away with a split. The girls team came away with a 43-33 win while the boys were defeated 77-42.

BARBOURVILLE, Ky. – Grace’s shooting issues proved fatal again on Saturday in a 56-42 defeat to Cumberland in the Union Tournament.

WARSAW – Warsaw’s boys and girls swim teams bested Goshen Saturday afternoon while Lady Tiger Brenna Morgan set a school record in the 200 freestyle.

AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley Middle School 6th grade boys basketball team went 1-1.

High School basketball scores from the area from action Friday night.

BARBOURVILLE, Ky. – Grace’s women’s basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak in overtime on Friday, defeating Union 71-70.

SOUTH WHITLEY – Whitko used defensive instincts and a suffocating second quarter to overwhelm Manchester, 57-29, Friday night in girls hoops.

DENVER – The Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team routed North Miami 61-23.

GOSHEN – A slow start was too much for Wawasee to overcome in a 47-37 NLC girls basketball loss at Goshen.

ST. JOHN – Warsaw worked its magic in overtime once again, defeating Lake Central 42-38 in boys basketball Friday night.