Category: Sports Archive 2015
AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley Middle School volleyball teams were in action Wednesday night.
GOSHEN – Penn and St. Joe will reunite in the finals of the Goshen Girls Soccer Regional after both teams claimed wins Wednesday in the regional semi-finals.
WARSAW – Fort Wayne Carroll defeated Warsaw 3-0 Wednesday in a 4-A volleyball showdown.
GOSHEN – Grace’s men’s soccer team stayed atop the Crossroads League standings with a 1-0 at Goshen Wednesday night.
MISHAWAKA – Former local prep players Tanner Shepherd and Jordyn Coon look to help Bethel College basketball continue its winning ways.
SOUTH WHITLEY – A pair of runs and a chili supper are on tap to help Whitko athletes as well as those in need.
GOSHEN – The search for a new nickname for Goshen High School and Goshen Middle School has been narrowed to four choices.
AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley Middle School football teams defeated Wabash.
CULVER – Teams and individuals prepare for the regional round of the IHSAA cross country state tournaments.
WINONA LAKE – Grace’s women’s soccer team got back to its winning ways on Tuesday, defeating Goshen 3-1 at Miller Athletic Complex.
WARSAW – Edgewood’s seventh and eighth grade volleyball teams each won titles at the Lakeview Tournaments this past weekend.
AKRON – Southwood was in control Tuesday night in a 3-0 TRC volleyball win at Tippecanoe Valley.
SYRACUSE – A new winter basketball skills development program is starting for boys in the Wawasee community.
BOURBON – A recap from Triton’s win over Wawasee in volleyball action.
MISHAWAKA – Former Triton High School star Clay Yeo expects to have another big season on the hardwood for Bethel College.
RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIF. – The men’s tennis team from Warsaw representing the USTA Midwest Section, captured the national title at the USTA League Adult 18 & Over 4.5 National Championships held at the Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
WINONA LAKE – Grace goalie Robbie Barnhill has been honored by the Crossroads League.
AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley Middle School 8th grade volleyball team won a tourney on Saturday.
MISHAWAKA – The Warsaw volleyball team won at Penn 3-0 Monday night.
SOUTH WHITLEY – A recap from Whitko’s 3-2 to Central Noble.
WARSAW – The Kosciusko Community YMCA Sharks hosted its first-ever home meet Saturday at the new Parkview facility.
The IHSAA drew sectional pairings this morning for the volleyball state tourney series set to start next week.
AKRON – Drivers at Akron Speedway paid special tribute to their friend, Tony Elliott, Sunday afternoon.
LOS ANGELES- USC football coach Steve Sarkisian has taken a leave of absence. The Trojans play at Notre Dame Saturday night.
SOUTH BEND – Notre Dame is ranked No. 14 in this week’s AP College Football Poll.
INDIANAPOLIS – Warsaw and Wawasee will both have to hit the road for first-round sectional football games on Oct. 23.
WARSAW – A recap of Culver Military’s 3-2 win over Warsaw in the sectional title match.
WINONA LAKE – The Grace College men’s soccer team defeated Mt. Vernon Nazarene 1-0 Saturday night.
SOUTH BEND – C.J. Prosise scored three touchdowns as Notre Dame defeated Navy 41-24 Saturday.
FORT WAYNE – Whitko’s Brigit Nemitz was the lone runner from South Whitley to qualify for the regional round after the dust settled at the Fort Wayne Northrop cross country sectionals.
STATE COLLEGE, PA – Penn State rolled to a 29-7 win over Indiana in Big Ten action Saturday.
DEKALB, ILL. – Northern Illinois rolled past Ball State 59-41 Saturday.
WEST LAFAYETTE – Minnesota finally found a solution for its stagnant offense Saturday. It gave the ball to powerful running back Shannon Brooks and let him beat up the Purdue defense. The freshman carried 17 times for a season-high 176 yards and changed the game with a 71-yard touchdown run to help the Golden Gophers …read more.
MOUNT VERNON, OHIO – The No. 8 Grace College women’s soccer team tied No. 20 Mt. Vernon Nazarene 0-0 Saturday.
PLYMOUTH – Culver Academy stunned Warsaw with a penalty kick shoot-out win Saturday afternoon to claim the Plymouth Girls Soccer Sectional.
CULVER – Warsaw claimed both the boys and girls team titles at the Culver Academy Cross Country Sectional Saturday morning along the banks of Lake Maxinkuckee.
GOSHEN – A recap of the Wawasee girls cross country race from Saturday’s sectional at Ox Bow Park.
GOSHEN – A recap of the Wawasee boys sectional race at Ox Bow Park.
SYRACUSE – A recap with photos from Wawasee’s 31-21 win over Elkhart Memorial.
WARSAW – NorthWood scored with just 14 seconds left to top Warsaw 21-14 in NLC football action Friday night.
DUNLAP – A recap from Concord’s win over Northridge.
WABASH – A recap of Whitko’s win over Northfield.
KNOX – The Triton football team lost 40-14 at Knox Friday night.
Scores from area high school football games Friday night.
SOUTH BEND – The Grace College cross country team had a strong showing Friday in the Bethel Invitational.
WINONA LAKE – Grace’s tennis programs were given two All-Crossroads League awards on Friday. Natalia Kurkova from the women’s team and Danila Kurkulin of the men’s side earned spots on the All-League Team.
WARSAW – Harrison Elementary School won the Warsaw area soccer championship with a 2-1 victory over the Jefferson Spartans.
GOSHEN — “Red Devils” has been struck from the list of nickname options for the next mascot at Goshen High School and Goshen Middle School, but students will need to vote again before the top three names are announced, according to the mascot selection committee.
Weekly picks of local prep, college and pro football games from IFN sports writer Nick Goralczyk.
DUNLAP – The Warsaw volleyball team defeated Concord 3-0 in their conference finale Thursday night.
FULTON – The Lakeland Christian Academy volleyball team lost 3-0 at Caston Thursday night.
AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley freshman football team beat Wabash 32-0 Thursday night.
PLYMOUTH – Four goals in 13 minutes by Elizabeth Van Wormer was more than enough for Warsaw to get past Wawasee, 8-0, in the Plymouth Girls Soccer Sectional semi-final Thursday evening.
PLYMOUTH – Warsaw senior forward Elizabeth Van Wormer became the program’s all-time leading goal scorer Thursday, and set a couple more marks along the way.
WARSAW – The Warsaw freshman football team lost to Wawasee 36-14 Thursday night.
INDIANAPOLIS – The Grace College men’s tennis team lost to top seed Marian Thursday in the conference tourney.
The Tippecanoe Valley and Warsaw football teams have had tough, emotional weeks in preparing for Friday games.
GOSHEN – The 15 semi-finalists for Goshen’s new nickname have been released.
LAPORTE – Edgewood’s eighth grade volleyball team finished second and seventh grade team finished third at the LaPorte Invitational.
AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley Middle School volleyball and football teams were in action.
WINONA LAKE – An 85th minute goal from a seemingly impossible angle lifted Grace’s men’s soccer team to a 2-1 win over Spring Arbor on Wednesday.
ARGOS – The Lakeland Christian Academy soccer team lost 3-0 to Bremen in sectional play Wednesday night.
SPRING ARBOR – The No. 8 Grace College women’s soccer team lost 1-0 at No. 9 Spring Arbor Wednesday night.
AKRON – Whitko outlasted Tippecanoe Valley 3-2 for a big Three Rivers Conference volleyball win Wednesday night.
WINONA LAKE – The Grace College volleyball team topped Goshen College 3-1 Wednesday night.
CULVER – Cross country previews for this weekend’s sectional races in Culver, Elkhart and Fort Wayne.
WARSAW – A recap from Warsaw’s 4-0 win over Wawasee as well as other area soccer sectional scores.
CULVER – Host Culver Academies beat Plymouth 3-2 to win the boys tennis regional title Wednesday night.
WARSAW – Midwest Xtreme will host a Cheer 101 Team, an entry level cheer team.
Several area high school football teams are ranked in the AP polls this week.
AKRON – Taylor Gunter was the top finisher for the Tippecanoe Valley Middle School cross country team in the conference meet.
Soccer sectionals continued around the state Tuesday. Here is a recap of sectionals involving our area teams.
FULTON – The Triton Lady Trojans volleyball team swept past Caston 25-13, 25-14, 25-13 to finish at 6-2 in the Hoosier North Athletic Conference.
WINONA LAKE – Grace’s men’s tennis team used a dominant doubles performance to top Taylor 6-3 on Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the Crossroads League Tournament.
BOURBON – Triton will host Argos in girls basketball Nov. 10 in its second annual Hoops For Hope event.
MISHAWAKA – Goshen High School basketball standout Brady Bechtel will play for Bethel College next year.
WARSAW – The Warsaw girls cross country team is ranked No. 7 in this week’s coaches poll.
WINONA LAKE – The No. 8 Grace College women’s soccer team will play at No. 9 Spring Arbor Wednesday night.
CULVER – The Warsaw boys tennis team saw its season end with a 5-0 loss to host Culver Academies in the regional Tuesday night.
ROCHESTER – The Tippecanoe Valley volleyball team lost 3-1 at No. 11 Rochester Monday night.
Soccer sectionals opened around the state Monday. Here is a recap of sectionals involving our area teams.
AKRON – There could be discussion down the road to name the Valley football field in honor of Charlie Smith and Scott Bibler.
WINONA LAKE – Grace College’s Sara Miller was named the Crossroads League Defender of the Week while Kelsee Zuidema was the Attacker of the Week following strong performances. Women’s soccer goalkeeper Abby Schue was also tabbed Defensive Player of the Week in the conference.
GOSHEN – Goshen College alumni Ken Pletcher (’70) and Alice Gunden Bender (’80) received the 2015 Dr. Roman Gingerich and Dr. Ruth Gunden Champion of Character awards Friday morning as part of a special Homecoming Weekend convocation.
FORT WAYNE – A record 54 former Fort Wayne TinCaps and Wizards made it to the show this year, playing in at least one Major League Baseball game.
NORTH MANCHESTER – Whitko and Tippecanoe Valley competed at Saturday’s Three Rivers Conference Cross Country Championships.
WINAMAC – Bailey Watkins and Baylee McIntire each placed in the top 10 at the HNAC Cross Country Championships.
A review of JV sports for Oct. 3, including the NLC soccer and cross country tournaments.
MUNCIE – Key miscues kept Ball State behind in a 24-10 home football loss to Toledo Saturday.
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State held off a late Purdue rally to claim a 24-21 victory Saturday in Big Ten football.
BLOOMINGTON – A recap from No.1 Ohio State’s thrilling victory over Indiana.
CARMEL – A recap from the final round of the 2015 IHSAA Girls Golf State Finals.
WINONA LAKE – The No. 8 Grace College women’s soccer team defeated Huntington 2-0 Saturday night.
CLEMSON, S.C. – Notre Dame’s late rally came up short in a 24-22 loss at Clemson Saturday night.
HUNTINGTON – The Grace College men’s soccer team lost 2-1 at Huntington in conference play Saturday.
ELKHART – Warsaw’s Zeb Hernandez shocked the field with a championship run to help the Tigers boys cross country team to a team title at the Northern Lakes Conference Boys Cross Country Championships Saturday at OxBow Park.
HUNTINGTON – Grace’s cross country team got a preview of the Crossroads League Championships with a race at Huntington on Saturday.
ELKHART – Warsaw edged Northridge by one point to claim the 2015 Northern Lakes Conference Girls Cross Country Championship team title.
ROCHESTER – The Tippecanoe Valley football team lost 17-10 at rival Rochester Friday night.
WARSAW – The Warsaw community mourned the loss of Charlie Smith, Scott Smith, Tony Elliott and Scott Bibler Friday night.