WINONA LAKE – A generous donor has offered to match up to $200,000 in gifts made toward the construction of Grace College’s new $1.5 million dollar track and field complex.

SOUTH BEND – Discounted tickets are available for the South Bend Cubs home game on Aug. 8.

Indiana University officials are going to consider an addition to the school’s football stadium.

SYRACUSE – The 24th annual Beaman Home golf outing raised more than $12,000.

GOSHEN – The Annual Ginny Nichols Memorial 4-H Fair Golf Outing is planned for Wednesday, August 31, at Maplecrest Country Club.

WARSAW – The Ink Free News Top 10 teams concludes with a march to No. 1.

DAYTON, OHIO – The Dragons pieced together a 3-2 win over South Bend Thursday to split the four-game series.

FORT WAYNE – Fort Wayne rolled to a 5-0 win over the West Michigan Whitecaps on Wednesday night at Parkview Field.

CARMEL – Westfield repeated as boys golf state champions, and Columbia City was ninth at the IHSAA State Finals Wednesday.

SOUTH BEND – Notre Dame receiver Corey Robinson has ended his football career due to concussions.

AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley Booster Club will hold its annual golf outing on June 25.

A listing for running and triathlon events for the summer event season.

A lengthy list of area prep softball players, including Triton’s Taytum Hargrave, are honored as All-State picks by the ICGSA.

SOUTH WHITLEY — The Whitko girls basketball team is hosting its basketball camp June 27-29.

WARSAW – The Ink Free News Top 10 individuals list culminates with our top 5 choices for the 2015-16 athletic season.

SYRACUSE — Updated information for upcoming Wawasee gymnastics club summer sessions and camp dates.

CARMEL – Westfield leads the field after the first day of the IHSAA Boys Golf State Finals.

DAYTON, Ohio – The South Bend Cubs scored seven runs in the sixth inning and went on to defeat the Dayton Dragons 7-2 on Tuesday night.

FORT WAYNE – Carlos Belen and Peter Van Gansen hit solo home runs, but the TinCaps fell to the West Michigan Whitecaps, 7-4, on Tuesday night at Parkview Field.

WARSAW — The Lake City Skiers are hosting a tournament this weekend.

ROSEMONT, ILL. – Former WCHS softball star Kelsey Dotson has signed a one-year pro contract with the Chicago Bandits.

BLOOMINGTON – Indiana University has honored Yogi Ferell and swimmer Lilly King as its Athletes of the Year.

SOUTH BEND – Notre Dame has added former player Ryan Ayers as an assistant men’s basketball coach.

AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley High School issued its spring sports awards for baseball, boys golf, girls tennis and track. Softball had not issued its awards as of Tuesday morning’s release.

INDIANAPOLIS – Notes for the 2016 Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational, to be held this weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

WINONA LAKE – Clarissa Knight and Chandler Elliott were awarded All-American status after their sterling 2016 softball seasons.

DAYTON, OHIO – South Bend allowed just seven hits in a 6-1 win at Dayton Monday night.

FORT WAYNE – An early two-run lead evaporated for the TinCaps in an 8-3 loss to West Michigan Monday night.

WARSAW – Ink Free News’ first installment of our top teams for the 2015-16 athletic year.

WARSAW — John White and Lance Perry, Warsaw, have competed in some difficult bicycle races, but none have been quite like what they are embarking on this weekend. The cyclists will join six other cyclists from the Midwest area for Race Across America, an arduous trek across the country that will take them through 12 states, …read more.

SYRACUSE — The hosting of the 33rd Annual Wawasee E-Scow Open Regatta on Lake Wawasee, June 4-5, was the perfect time to try out a registered drone. Ryan Nell and Jeff Herdrich, race enthusiasts and lake residents, were following the regatta in a pontoon and used one of their drones to video the event.

WARSAW — As part of the Northern Indiana Lakes Festival, the Warsaw Aqua Mile Open Water Swim took place this past Saturday, June 11th.  Concluding this year’s event, Race Director, Troy Turley, presents to Mike McCulloch the Winning Trophy – a pineapple. Various swimmers joined locals in the sixth annual one-mile swim in Center Lake. Organizers …read more.

SOUTH WHITLEY — A recap from Whitko baseball’s awards night.

WARSAW – The third-annual Racquets For Riley charity tennis event will take place Saturday, July 9, at the WCHS tennis courts.

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs were recently named one of the top minor league franchises in sales.

FORT WAYNE – Homestand highlights for the Fort Wayne TinCaps starting today and running through Sunday.

LOUISVILLE – Indiana’s boys and girls All-Star basketball teams swept Kentucky Sunday to close out a 4-0 weekend against the Commonwealth.

BOWLING GREEN, KY. – Bowling Green’s pitching was outstanding Sunday afternoon, holding the South Bend Cubs to two hits in a 6-0 win.

DAYTON, Ohio – On a scorching 90-degree day, the TinCaps rode sizzling bats to a 7-3 win over the Dayton Dragons on Sunday afternoon.

WARSAW – Ink Free News Sports brings you our Top 10 athletes and teams for the 2015-16 season. Today’s grouping is individuals 6-10.

DAYTON, Ohio – Tanner Rahier drove in the game winner to lift Dayton to a 6-5 win over Fort Wayne Saturday night.

BOWLING GREEN, KY. – Jake Cronenworth had a three-run triple to pace Bowling Green to a 7-4 win over South Bend Saturday night.

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana made easy work of Kentucky in both the boys and girls all-star games Saturday at Banker’s Life Fieldhouse.

SOUTH BEND – Homestand highlights for the South Bend Cubs in its final home series before the Midwest League All-Star Break.

Penn lost the softball state championship game to Avon and also lost in the Kokomo Baseball Semi-state to Zionsville.

WARSAW — Highlights from the Inaugural Crawfish Adventure Race at the Northern Indiana Lakes Festival.

BOWLING GREEN, KY. – Eloy Jimenez had a double and two RBIs as the South Bend Cubs outlasted Bowling Green, 6-4, Friday night in the Commonwealth.

DAYTON, Ohio – The Dayton Dragons exploded for five first-inning runs and cruised to an 11-1 win over the TinCaps on Friday night.

INDIANAPOLIS – Elkhart Memorial’s Krystal Grubb and Plymouth’s one doubles team were both beaten Friday in the IHSAA Girls Tennis State Finals.

WINONA LAKE – The 2016 Tracey Yeager Memorial 5K Run/Walk raised over $28,000 this year.

WARSAW – The Warsaw cross country programs held its fourth annual Blue Ribbon Distance Camp this week.

LEBANON – The talents of Tippecanoe Valley’s Anne Secrest and Warsaw’s Kyle Mangas helped their respective rosters Thursday in the Indiana All-Star Games held at Lebanon High School.

WARSAW – Dunes Volleyball Club founder Rick Ashmore has been hired as the new head coach for Warsaw Community High School’s volleyball program.

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs defeated the Dayton Dragons, 5-2, Thursday night.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Fort Wayne rallied to take a 4-3 win at Bowling Green Thursday night.

WARSAW — Triton’s Jordan Anderson saw his career come to a close Thursday afternoon.

INDIANAPOLIS – Triton softball coach Steve McBride was named the ICGSA District 1 Coach of the Year.

SOUTH BEND – South Bend’s four game winning streak was halted by the Dayton Dragons at Four Winds Field Wednesday night 6-4.

WARSAW – Ben Barkey is focused on family and his new job after 14 seasons as the Warsaw boys golf coach has come to an end.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Michael Gettys and Austin Allen led Fort Wayne to a 6-2 win over the Bowling Green Hot Rods Wednesday afternoon.

CHICAGO, IL — Former Bethany Christian star, Femi Hollinger-Janzen, was named one of the Big Ten’s Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners for the past academic year.

BOWLING GREEN, KY. – Fort Wayne shut out Bowling Green, 1-0, Tuesday evening in the Commonwealth.

SOUTH BEND – Bryant Flete drove in the winning run in the 12th to give South Bend a 4-3 win over Dayton Tuesday night.

PERU – The Three Rivers Conference issued its All-TRC baseball awards Tuesday.

FORT WAYNE – The TinCaps are sending five players to the 2016 Midwest League All-Star Game later this month.

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs had six members make the 2016 Midwest League All-Star team.

WARSAW – The Warsaw Motorsports Complex will hold its first events in July.

Members of the Whitko and Tippecanoe Valley softball teams have been honored by the Three Rivers Conference.

WARSAW – Noel Hoke has served the Warsaw community for 50 years.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee wrapped up its 2016 spring sports season with Monday evening’s spring sports banquet at Wawasee High School.

The NorthWood baseball team lost to Delta in a regional title game Monday night.

The Penn softball team earned a semistate championship Monday night to advance to the state championship game.

AKRON – The Akron Speedway will host a Dusty Staton Benefit Night of Racing on June 11.

INDIANAPOLIS – Kyle Mangas of Warsaw and Anne Secrest of Tippecanoe Valley will play in basketball exhibition games this week.

WARSAW – Registration is going on for the ACTS (Allowing Christ To Shine) runs on June 18.

LOUISVILLE – The NCCAA has honored the Grace College Athletic Department with its Sports Ministries Award.

[weaver_youtube YpKqNBD-DP0 rel=0]   WARSAW — The Lake City Skiers held their first show of the season this past Sunday, June 5 at Hidden Lake in Warsaw. This season marks the 27th year that the Lake City Skiers have performed, for free, for the public. “The show went pretty good. It always takes a little time …read more.

FORT WAYNE – Parkview Field has been honored as the best Class A ballpark in the country by Ballpark Digest.

WARSAW – Matt Campbell has been named the head coach for the Warsaw Community High School girls cross country program.

SOUTH BEND – The Cubs moved back into first place with a 2-1 win over West Michigan Sunday at Four Winds Field.

FORT WAYNE – The TinCaps took care of Dayton again, 4-1, Sunday afternoon at Parkview Field.

FORT WAYNE – The TinCaps defeated Dayton 4-1 Saturday night in minor league baseball action.

BLOOMINGTON – The Warsaw Unified track team won a state championship Saturday.

BLOOMINGTON – Owen Glogovsky led the Warsaw boys track contingent at the State Finals Saturday night.

Area prep softball and baseball teams were in semistate and regional action on Saturday.

INDIANAPOLIS – South Bend St. Joseph was state runner-up in the girls tennis finals on Saturday.

CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs have honored South Bend Cubs player Eloy Jimenez as its Player of the Month for May.

BLOOMINGTON – Whitko’s Kaitlyn Reed placed fifth in the high jump at the State Finals Friday night.

BLOOMINGTON – A pair of Warsaw girls track relay teams earned medals at the State Finals Friday night at IU.

SOUTH BEND – West Michigan extended their win streak to ten games after beating the South Bend Cubs 2-1.

FORT WAYNE – The TinCaps fell to the Dayton Dragons, 4-0, on Friday night at Parkview Field.

AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball program is taking players for its upcoming summer camp.

WARSAW — Jordan Anderson punched a ticket to regional Friday afternoon while the rest of the area’s golfers had a rough time.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College is offering a wide variety of summer sports camps.

FORT WAYNE – Fort Wayne rallied for a 4-3 win over South Bend Thursday night.

ROSEMONT, ILL. – Former WCHS star Kelsey Dotson made her professional softball debut Thursday night.

BLOOMINGTON – A preview of the IHSAA Boys Track State Finals.

WARSAW – Tommy Hickerson is the final member of an outstanding family to excel in athletics at WCHS.

WARSAW — A preview of Friday’s IHSAA Boys Golf Sectional at Rozella Ford.

BLOOMINGTON – A preview of the IHSAA Girls Track State Finals.