Category: Sports Archive 2016
BLOOMINGTON – The Indiana Hoosier and coach Kevin Wilson announce its football recruiting class of 21 players Wednesday afternoon.
SOUTH BEND – Notre Dame inked 24 recruits Wednesday in a solid football recruiting class.
WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue football head coach Darrell Hazell announced his recruiting class Wednesday afternoon.
SYRACUSE – Kem Zolman announced his retirement as the Wawasee girls basketball coach on Wednesday.
WARSAW – Warsaw Young Tigers Football will be hosting skills clinics beginning this Saturday.
SYRACUSE — Jeffrey Moore, Stephen Possell and Sarah Lancaster all signed to continue their athletic careers this week.
A preview of the upcoming girls swim sectionals at Concord and Warsaw.
Scores from across the state for girls basketball sectional action from Tuesday night.
ALBION – Whitko advanced to the Central Noble Sectional semis with a 65-34 win over Bremen.
AKRON — Wawasee’s season came to an end with a loss to Tippecanoe Valley in the opening game of the IHSAA Sectional 21 Tournament.
CULVER – A bank shot by Riley Saddlemire with 2.5 seconds left gave North Miami a 31-29 win over Triton Tuesday night at the Culver Girls Basketball Sectional.
WINONA LAKE – The Grace College men’s basketball team lost 71-70 to Huntington Tuesday night.
GOSHEN – The Warsaw girls basketball team used an outstanding free throw shooting effort to beat Elkhart Central in their sectional opener Tuesday night.
Former WCHS star and current SMU senior Nic Moore is a finalist for a very prestigious college basketball award.
SOUTH WHITLEY – The Whitko Pony League will hold registration on Feb. 18 and 20.
SYRACUSE — The Wawasee gymnastics team had plenty to celebrate Monday night after a season-high score.
WARSAW – Anne Secrest again leads our Ink Free News Girls Basketball All-Area Team.
AKRON — Anne Secrest of Tippecanoe Valley has been named our girls basketball Player of the Year.
The Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team is ranked No. 18 in the IBCA Poll.
The undefeated Warsaw boys basketball team is ranked No. 4 in this week’s coaches poll.
WARSAW – The Warsaw freshman boys basketball team whipped Memorial Monday night to finish 7-0 in the NLC.
FORT WAYNE – With pitchers and catchers preparing to report to spring training, the TinCaps are ready to reveal the Big Fun planned at Parkview Field for the 2016 season. Opening Night on Saturday, April 9 will kick off a 70-game home schedule that features 32 fireworks nights, 11 performances from national entertainers, and 20-plus …read more.
SYRACUSE — A sectional preview for the Wawasee girls basketball team.
WINONA LAKE — A sectional preview for the Lakeland Christian Academy girls basketball team.
WARSAW – The Warsaw girls basketball team received a favorable draw for sectional action at Goshen.
AKRON – The No. 4 Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team is set to start its postseason run come Tuesday night.
SOUTH WHITLEY – Whitko has drawn Bremen in its first-round matchup in the Class 2-A Central Noble Girls Basketball Sectional.
BOURBON – Triton is hoping to piece together a string of three wins to get through a tough Culver Girls Basketball Sectional.
MISHAWAKA – Clay Yeo led the way as Bethel beat Taylor Saturday in Crossroads League basketball action.
WARSAW – Edgewood’s eighth grade boys basketball team won the NELMSC championship.
WINONA LAKE – Noah Stutzman poured in 33 points to help Clinton Christian defeat LCA 72-55 in boys basketball Saturday.
A wrapup of boys basketball, girls basketball and wrestling action for Whitko on Jan. 30.
BOURBON – Triton’s boys basketball team manhandled North Judson Saturday night in a 66-24 final.
A Wawasee basketball wrap for games played Jan. 30.
WARSAW – Kyle Mangas turned in an outstanding effort as the Warsaw boys basketball team remained unbeaten Saturday night.
FORT WAYNE – The Grace College men’s basketball team lost 85-81 at No. 4 St. Francis on Saturday.
FORT WAYNE – The Grace College women’s basketball team lost 70-55 at St. Francis on Saturday.
PLYMOUTH — A recap of sectional wrestling action for Tippecanoe Valley, Triton, Warsaw and Wawasee.
MIDDLEBURY – Wawasee’s Brady Robinson claimed his first NLC swimming title while Northridge won its 18th straight team title Saturday at the NLC Boys Swimming Championships.
AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley Middle School basketball teams won three games in recent action.
ANGOLA – The Grace College track team set six school records Friday in the Trine Classic.
AKRON – Manchester topped host Tippecanoe Valley Friday night in a Three Rivers Conference boys basketball game.
SYRACUSE — Concord ran away with a win at Wawasee Friday night giving the Warriors a historically relevant loss.
WABASH — The Whitko girls basketball team picked up a win Friday night.
NORTH JUDSON – Triton’s girls basketball team won the HNAC title outright Friday night, beating North Judson 38-31.
SOUTH BEND – Notre Dame extended the contract of football coach Brian Kelly through 2021 on Friday.
NAPPANEE – Defense and rebounding earned undefeated Warsaw a huge NLC win at NorthWood Friday night.
Scores from area high school boys and girls basketball games from Friday night.
NAPPANEE – Warsaw senior Paul Marandet showed off his scoring punch in a big way Friday night in a win at NorthWood.
WARSAW – Tickets are still being sold today for the Warsaw at NorthWood boys basketball game tonight.
Weekly prep basketball picks from IFN sports writer Nick Goralczyk.
PLYMOUTH — A brief preview for local wrestling teams competing at sectional tournaments on Saturday.
LAGRANGE – Wawasee beat Lakeland 99.05-93.65 Thursday night in gymnastics.
WARSAW – The Lady Tigers of Warsaw wrapped up its NLC schedule at 6-1 after beating NorthWood 41-37 in overtime Thursday night.
SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko junior Aly Reiff gave a verbal commitment to Xavier University Thursday night.
FORT WAYNE – The Lakeland Christian Academy girls basketball team lost 56-35 at Blackhawk Christian Thursday night.
NORTH MANCHESTER — The Lady Vikings clinched a back-to-back conference title Thursday night.
WARSAW – Warsaw’s freshman and Edgewood eighth grade each enjoyed wins Thursday night.
ELKHART – A big first half carried the Wawasee girls basketball team to a 53-32 win at Concord Thursday night.
MIDDLEBURY – The home-sided Northridge Raiders did its part, and Wawasee sophomore Brady Robinson set himself up nicely for the finals of the Northern Lakes Conference Boys Swimming Championships.
WINONA LAKE – Taylor University held on to beat Grace College, 89-80, in overtime Wednesday night in women’s basketball.
WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue head football coach Darrell Hazell has announced the hiring of Ross Els as defensive coordinator.



























