Category: Sports Archive 2016
EASTLAKE, Ohio – The TinCaps fell to the Lake County Captains, 3-0, on Sunday night at Classic Park.
SOUTH BEND – The second largest crowd in Four Winds Field history watched the South Bend Cubs rally late to beat the Lansing Lugnuts 5-3 Sunday.
SOUTH BEND – Eddy Martinez and Bryant Flete homered to lead South Bend past Lansing, 3-1, Saturday night.
EASTLAKE, Ohio – For a second consecutive night on Saturday, the TinCaps saw a 2-1 lead vaporized in the ninth in a 3-2 walk-off loss to the Lake County Captains.
WINONA LAKE – My Team Triumph hosted its first-ever My Team Triumph 5K Saturday morning at Winona Lake Park.
OMAHA, Neb. – Bethany Galat just missed on yet another Olympic qualifying swim Friday night.
FREDERICK, Md. – Grace women’s basketball player Lauren Godfrey fulfilled a longtime dream this week when she was selected to the USA Deaf Women’s Basketball Team.
EASTLAKE, Ohio – The TinCaps squandered a 2-1 ninth-inning lead in a 3-2 loss to the Lake County Captains on Friday night at Classic Park.
SOUTH BEND – Early offense by Lansing sent the Lugnuts to a 3-2 win over the South Bend Cubs at Four Winds Field Friday night.
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana University head diving coach Drew Johansen has been selected as the head coach of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Diving Team, USA Diving announced this week.
WARSAW – On behalf of Warsaw Little League, here are the winning teams from this year’s end of season Little League tournament.
FORT WAYNE – WWE Hall of Fame Wrestler “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan will visit Parkview Field for Pro Wrestling Night on July 7.
NORTH MANCHESTER – Manchester High School has announced a pair of details for the upcoming fall sports season.
FORT WAYNE – The TinCaps carried a lead into the eighth inning and rallied in the ninth, only to fall to the Dayton Dragons, 4-2, on Thursday night.
SOUTH BEND – Preston Morrison working into the eighth inning as South Bend beat Lake County, 1-0, Thursday night.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts secured Andrew Luck’s contract for the next few seasons on Wednesday afternoon.
OMAHA, Neb. – Penn High School graduate Bethany Galat finished sixth in Wednesday’s 200 IM qualifying for the Rio Olympics.
SYRACUSE — Wawasee AD Steve Wiktorowski will be retiring effective at the end of the July.
TERRE HAUTE – Penn High School graduate Julia Potter is on top with one round to go at the Indiana Women’s Amateru Championship golf tournament.
A listing for running and triathlon events for the summer event season.
WINONA LAKE – Tippecanoe Valley High School graduate Gavin Bussard has chosen to continue his baseball career with Grace College.
SOUTH BEND – South Bend got more strong starting pitching Wednesday as the Cubs defeated Lake County 8-2 at Four Winds Field.
FORT WAYNE – Dayton held off Fort Wayne for a 2-1 win Thursday afternoon at Parkview Field.
INDIANAPOLIS – The 14th annual IBCA/IHSAA Underclass Showcase events have been set for July 12-13 at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis.
BUCHANAN, Mich. – RedBud, one of the most famous tracks in the country, will host the 2016 RedBud National this Saturday, July 2, as part of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship.
AKRON – Akron Speedway will host racing this Saturday as part of the Akron Fourth of July weekend celebrations.
SOUTH BEND – Strong starting pitching plus the offense playing long ball sent the South Bend Cubs to a 3-0 win Tuesday over the Lake County Captains.
FORT WAYNE – The TinCaps used a walk-off walk to beat Dayton, 4-3, Tuesday night.
SOUTH BEND – South Bend Cubs outfielder Eloy Jimenez today was named to 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Futures Game.
TERRE HAUTE – Cherise Otter leads after the first round of the Indiana Women’s Amateur Championship golf tournament.
INDIANAPOLIS – The IHSAA approved the bye week be moved to the first week of the playoffs for Class 6-A.
INDIANAPOLIS – The IHSAA has amended its rulings on physicals, allowing more medical professionals to sign off on completed physicals.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Pat Summitt, legendary women’s basketball coach for the University of Tennessee, passed away Tuesday at the age of 64.
EVANSVILLE – A book chronicling the top sports moments in Indiana history will be released this fall.
FORT WAYNE – The TinCaps managed just four hits in a 5-0 loss to Dayton Monday night.
SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs five game winning streak was snapped by the Lake County Captains at Four Winds Field Monday night, 6-1.
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FORT WAYNE – TinCaps outfielder Jhonatan Peña has been named the Midwest League Player of the Week, the league announced Monday.
SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko’s Tanner Gaff signed with St. Francis over the weekend.
OMAHA, Neb. – Penn High School graduate Bethany Galat nearly qualified for the Olympics Sunday night.
NEW YORK, NY — A brief recap of NBA signings following Thursday’s NBA Draft.
SYRACUSE — Photos and a review from Saturday’s Mudtastic Classic on the trails of the WACF.
WARSAW – The Lake City Roller Dolls sped past South Bend Plan B’s, 197-110, Saturday night in its first home roller derby bout of the season.
SYRACUSE — A preview of the upcoming Flotilla Road Race.
FORT WAYNE – Highlights for the current homestand between the Fort Wayne TinCaps and the Dayton Dragons.
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. – The Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, presented by AMA Pro Racing, enjoyed its most competitive afternoon of the 2016 season on Saturday with the Red Bull Tennessee National.
DAYTON, Ohio – South Bend swept the four-game series at Dayton with an 11-1 win Sunday afternoon.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Bowling Green won the final game of the series Sunday against the Fort Wayne TinCaps, 8-5.
DAYTON, Ohio – Eloy Jimenez blasted a three-run homer to help the South Bend Cubs to a 5-0 win at Dayton Saturday night.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Fort Wayne hit four more homers Saturday to beat Bowling Green 9-2.
WINONA LAKE – Familiar names won the 2016 Warsaw Optimist Triathlon in Scott Erba and Jennifer Zimmer.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The TinCaps hit three homers to blow past Bowling Green, 10-5, Friday night.
DAYTON, Ohio – South Bend starting pitcher Preston Morrison and two relievers combined on a three-hit shutout in a 4-0 win at Dayton Friday night.
WARSAW – WCHS football coach Phil Jensen continues to make progress after being severely injured in a fall in December.
SOUTH BEND – Former MVP Gary Matthews will visit Four Winds Field Monday as part of a long homestand for the South Bend Cubs.
BROOKLYN – Thursday’s NBA Draft had a little local flavor with the selections of Notre Dame standout guard Demetrius Jackson by the Boston Celtics and Purdue’s AJ Hammons being taken by the Dallas Mavericks.
DAYTON, Ohio – The South Bend Cubs scored 10 runs in the eighth inning to down the Dayton Dragons, 11-1, Thursday night.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The TinCaps won Thursday, 4-0, in a weather-shortened game at Bowling Green.
ELKHART – Elcona’s own Matt Christensen won the 116th Indiana Amateur Championship golf tournament.
HARTFORD CITY – The Crossroads League announced that Josh Neuhart of Grace College has been named the 2016 Sports Information Director of the Year.
WARSAW – Progress is being made on the new turf field being installed at WCHS.
WARSAW – ACTS held it’s fourth annual 5K and 10K races June 18 around the Pike Lake area.
SOUTH BEND – The Chicago Cubs have extended the contract with the South Bend Cubs for four more years.
FORT WAYNE – The TinCaps will host Dallas Cowboys linebacker Jaylon Smith at Parkview Field on Monday, June 27.
ELKHART – Matt Christensen has the lead heading into the final round of the Indiana Amateur Championship.
WARSAW — The Lake City Skiers are hosting ski clinics this summer.
SOUTH WHITLEY — Josh Mohr has been named the new athletic director at Whitko High School.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – South Bend Cubs slugger Eloy Jimenez jacked a three-run bomb in the ninth to help the East All-Stars to a comeback, 11-10 victory over the West in Tuesday’s Midwest League All-Star Game.
WARSAW – The Lake City Roller Dolls will compete at home first the first time this season Saturday evening.
ELKHART – Keegan McKinney continues to lead after the second round of the Indiana Amateur Championship.
WARSAW – The July 20 Kosciusko Chamber Golf Outing spots are filling up fast.
WINONA LAKE – The 19th annual Grace College Lancer Golf Classic is set for Aug. 1 at Stonehenge Golf Club.
OSCEOLA – Warsaw’s Tyler Kindle-Olinger took honors at the Ironman races at Osceola Dragway this past weekend.
BLOOMINGTON – The Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) will host its third annual Miracle Maker Celebration on Saturday, June 25, at the Dallara IndyCar Factory in Indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS – The home-sided Naptown Third Alarm rode a strong second half to wear out the Bone City Rollers, 236-115, Saturday night in roller derby.
A lengthy list of area girls tennis players, including a trio from Warsaw, have earned All-State honors.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts will induct Pro Football Hall of Famer and former President/Vice Chairman Bill Polian into the team’s Ring of Honor during halftime of the Colts Week 17 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, January 1, 2017.
WINONA LAKE – Four track and field members for Grace were awarded Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete distinction.
ELKHART – Keegan McKinney took the lead in the first round of the Indiana Amateur Championship at Elcona Country Club Monday afternoon.
TERRE HAUTE – Several area athletes competed in the 2016 Indiana Special Olympics Summer Games.
NORTH WEBSTER — Kelsie Peterson and Brandin McCulloch were crowned at the annual Tournament of Champions.
ELKHART – Todd Sheely is the new boys soccer coach at Elkhart Memorial High School.
SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs clinched the Midwest League Eastern division title with a 3-1 win Sunday over the Lake County Captains.
FORT WAYNE – Bowling Green thumped Fort Wayne, 13-0, Sunday in the first-half finale at Parkview Field.
SOUTH BEND – A 6-4 loss to Lake County Saturday night left South Bend in a fight for a playoff spot.
FORT WAYNE – The TinCaps welcomed another sell-out crowd to Parkview Field on Saturday night and eclipsed 3,000,000 in all-time ballpark attendance, as the Bowling Green Hot Rods pulled out a 6-2 win.
SOUTH BEND – The Lake County Captains scored three runs in the eighth inning to stun the South Bend Cubs in an eventual 4-3 final Friday night at Four Winds Field.
FORT WAYNE – Playing in front of a season-high crowd of 8,180 on a beautiful Friday night, the TinCaps fell to the Bowling Green Hot Rods, 13-5, at Parkview Field.
WARSAW – Susie Grossman has earned her Strong First kettlebell instructor certification.
WINONA LAKE – Seven members of Grace’s tennis program earned Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete distinction.
COLUMBIA CITY – Brett Eberly will direct the fortunes as the new boys basketball coach at Columbia City.
NAPPANEE — A brief recap of Whitko’s winning effort at the NorthWood Shootout.
Former Penn High School star pitcher Skylar Szynski signed with the Oakland A’s on Thursday.
DALLAS, Texas – Grace College’s website, media guides and design work resulted in a record 10 awards at the 2016 NAIA-SIDA Convention.
NEW CASTLE – The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame named Larry Angle, Denny Brady and Roger DeYoung as the three new board directors.
FORT WAYNE – The Fort Wayne TinCaps are hosting a special promotion to celebrate its three-millionth fan, with the potential to win $3,000,000.
SOUTH BEND – Preston Morrison had a career night in the Cubs 5-1 win over Lake County Thursday night.
FORT WAYNE – Bowling Green’s offense jumped on the TinCaps in a 14-7 win over Fort Wayne on Thursday night.
GOSHEN – Local divers Hudson Kay and Lauren Boone were both named NISCA All-Americans.
INDIANAPOLIS – DNR news concerning a new licensing system and hunting dates.