INDIANAPOLIS – Led by the largest one-year increase in girls participation in 16 years, the overall number of participants in high school sports increased for the 28th consecutive year in 2016-17.

BOURBON — Triton’s football game with LaVille Aug. 25 will now be played at Triton.

AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley soccer will add Lafayette Central Catholic as its scrimmage partner for Aug. 12.

MIDLAND, Mich. – The TinCaps won a rain-shortened game, 4-3, on Sunday afternoon against the Great Lakes Loons.

MIDLAND, Mich. – Jack Suwinski drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th to lift Fort Wayne to a 5-4 win Saturday at Great Lakes.

KENDALLVILLE – NorthWood defeated DeKalb in a one-hole playoff to win Saturday’s East Noble Invite.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee announced a pair of road revisions among its revamped 2017 girls soccer schedule.

FORT WAYNE – The TinCaps set season highs in runs and hits in a 16-3 win over West Michigan Friday night.

SYRACUSE — The 10th annual Wawasee Kiwanis Triathlon will take place Saturday, Aug. 12 at 8 a.m. at the Syracuse Community Center.

FORT WAYNE – The TinCaps hit back-to-back home runs for the first time since last season, but lost to the West Michigan Whitecaps, 9-7, on Thursday night.

LEO – NorthWood’s girls golf team took second Thursday at the Leo Invite.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee girls golf trio with Concord and Whitko was washed out Thursday afternoon.

PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wisc. – Marcus Smith has been making waves in and around Indiana, and got to swim on a pretty big stage this week.

WARSAW — Thunderstorms shortened play at Warsaw’s three-way tournament with LaPorte and Chesterton Thursday, but the Lady Tigers were still able to get in nine holes, splitting with their opponents at Stonehenge.

ST. JOHN – The NorthWood girls golf team placed fourth in the Lake Central Invitational Wednesday.

PLYMOUTH – The Warsaw girls golf team opened its season with a fifth-place finish in the Plymouth Invitational Wednesday.

FORT WAYNE – West Michigan continued to be the hottest team in the Midwest League with an 8-0 win at Fort Wayne Wednesday night.

HUNTINGTON – Wawasee finished right in the middle of the pack at Wednesday’s Huntington Girls Golf Invitational, taking seventh overall.

MISHAWAKA – The Penn girls soccer team is ranked No. 1 nationally heading into its 2017 season.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee athletics made a pair of announcements ahead of the 2017-18 fall season.

SOUTH BEND – Bowling Green plated a run in the ninth to break a tie and take a 4-3 win Tuesday night to sweep South Bend.

LAFAYETTE – The NorthWood girls golf team finished seventh in the Lafayette Jefferson Invite on Tuesday.

FORT WAYNE – The TinCaps completed a four-game sweep of Dayton Tuesday with a 6-1 win.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee opened its 2017-18 athletic campaign Tuesday morning with a 209-217 girls golf win over Columbia City.

AKRON – Lutheran Health Network will host an educational meeting on several topics that affect athletes at Tippecanoe Valley HS on Aug. 10.

PEORIA, ILL. — Wawasee’s Meghan Fretz and the Michiana Mystique 18U softball team went 10-3 at the Premier Girls Fastpitch Midwest Regional Championships in Peoria, Ill., over the weekend.

SYRACUSE — The Wawasee cheerleading team donated to the New Hope Pet Rescue over the weekend.

WARSAW – Registration is open for youth and adult soccer leagues sponsored by the YMCA.

FORT WAYNE – A pair of milestone moments highlighted a 4-3 Fort Wayne over Dayton Monday night.

SOUTH BEND – Bowling Green turned up the offense in an 8-1 win over South Bend Monday night.

SYRACUSE — The generosity of the Kim and Stephen Conrad Golf Fundraiser’s namesakes was alive and well at Maxwelton Golf Club in Syracuse Monday.

LAFAYETTE – Mackenzie Weaver was individual runner-up as NorthWood placed third in the Lafayette Harrison Invite to open the golf season Monday.

WARSAW – The Attack 16U baseball team will hold a tryout session on Aug. 5.

WINONA LAKE – The NAIA has honored every Grace College athletic team for its academic success during the 2016-17 school year.

The NorthWood girls golf team checks in at No. 18 in the coaches preseason poll.

NAPPANEE – Mackenzie Weaver and the NorthWood girls golf team are ready to get swinging this fall.

AKRON – Chad Patrick is focused on making a difference as he takes over the Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball program.

WINONA LAKE — The inaugural Lake Games attracted roughly 250 participants and numerous sponsors and volunteers over the weekend.

SOUTH BEND – Bobby Melley rallied Bowling Green past South Bend, 4-3, Sunday afternoon.

FORT WAYNE – Marcus Greene Jr. drove in the winning run in the ninth to lead the TinCaps to a 3-2 triumph over Dayton Sunday afternoon.

AKRON – Jason O’Hara and Audra Weaver were double winners Saturday night in go kart racing at Akron Speedway.

FORT WAYNE – Timely hitting and clutch pitching lifted Fort Wayne to a 3-2 win over Dayton Saturday night.

SOUTH BEND – Bowling Green beat South Bend, 5-4, Saturday night.

NORTH WEBSTER — The ninth annual Dixie Day 5K road run took place Saturday in North Webster.

SOUTH BEND – The Cubs were limited to just four hits in a 7-3 loss Friday night to Lake County.

COMSTOCK, Mich. – West Michigan rallied for three runs in the eighth to get past Fort Wayne, 7-6, Friday night.

WARSAW – Registration is going on for the Warsaw Lady Tiger Volleyball Camp set for Aug. 7-11.

LEESBURG – A golf scramble to benefit the Tony Elliott Foundation will be held Sept. 18 at the Tippecanoe Lake Country Club.

AKRON – All-sport passes for the 2017-18 school year are on sale at Tippecanoe Valley High School.

ELKHART – The Elkhart/Kosciusko County Women’s Golf Tournament is set for this weekend.

GOSHEN – Former Warsaw players and current Wawasee players all won hoops titles at the Elkhart County Fair Thursday night.

GREENVILLE, S.C. – The NCCAA announced an agreement Thursday with Grace College to host the Track and Field National Championships in 2018 and 2019.

SOUTH BEND – Lake County jumped out to an early lead to clip South Bend 9-7 Thursday night.

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. – Hudson Potts homered in a 4-2 Fort Wayne loss at West Michigan Thursday night.

Official practices for area high school fall sports teams are set to begin over the next several days.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Crossroads League enjoyed a banner year in athletics and in the classroom during the 2016-17 seasons.

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. – The TinCaps rallied from three runs down in the ninth, and then won in 11 innings, 4-3, over the West Michigan Whitecaps Wednesday night.

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend offense was on display in a 15-2 win Wednesday night against Lake County.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Kyler Love was chosen as one of seven Manchester University athletes as a Scholar Athlete.

WARSAW – Jeff Hamstra is excited about his new job as the assistant athletic director at Warsaw Community High School.

SYRACUSE — Concept art for the new Wawasee High School football field.

WARSAW – Scott Erba won a pair of overall triathlon championships on back-to-back days last weekend.

SOUTH WHITLEY – Whitko High School’s football team will use helmets that are equipped with new technology that will hopefully help limit head injuries.

PLYMOUTH — The Nappanee 10U team fell in back-to-back games to host Plymouth at the Town and Country State Finals Monday.

FORT WAYNE – TinCaps pitchers struck out 15 Kane County batters in a 2-1 win Monday night.

WARSAW – The Lake City Skiers were recently tabbed as one of the top show ski teams in the country.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee 14U travel softball team will host a tryout on Saturday, Aug. 12, at the Wawasee High School softball fields.

WARSAW — Warsaw Psychology and History teacher Chad Gabrich is hoping to inspire students as he travels to the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Master Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships in Las Vegas Aug. 24-26.

WARSAW – K-County Junior Roller Derby will host its first home bout Aug. 5 at Hansen’s Eastlake Skate Center.

PLYMOUTH – NorthWood’s 10U baseball team will meet Plymouth Monday in the Town & Country State championship game.

FORT WAYNE – Fernando Tatis Jr. reached base four times, but Fort Wayne lost to Kane County 9-2 on Sunday.

Weather threw a wrench into the Saturday games at the respective Town & Country state baseball tournaments.

WARSAW – Four days of tournament baseball saw three champions crowned Saturday at the Baseball Players Association World Series at the CCAC.

FORT WAYNE – The TinCaps used a strong pitching performance to beat Kane County, 3-2, Saturday evening.

WARSAW — Warsaw’s girls basketball and volleyball teams held their annual golf fundraiser at Rozella Ford Saturday.

The state tournaments continued Friday night across northern Indiana for the Town & Country League championships.

FORT WAYNE – Reggie Lawson was perfect through five innings as Fort Wayne beat Clinton, 6-3, Friday night.

WARSAW – Day three results from the BPA World Series at the CCAC.

ROLLING PRAIRIE – Several volleyball players from Warsaw took part in scrimmages Friday versus some visiting Chinese students.

The state tournaments opened up Thursday night across northern Indiana for the Town & Country League championships.

WARSAW – Day one results from the BPA World Series at the CCAC.

FORT WAYNE – Clinton pushed past Fort Wayne, 5-1, Thursday night in front of another sellout crowed at Parkview Field.

WARSAW — Agaitas’ annual baseball camp concluded Thursday. This year’s camp featured former MLB players Lee Guetterman and Wade Rowdon, thanks to some help from Unlimited Potential, Inc.

WINONA LAKE – Longtime baseball coach Tom Roy will be an assistant coach for Grace College’s baseball team next season.

INDIANAPOLIS – The IHSAA announced its 2017-18 Student Advisory Committee, which includes a pair of students from Marshall County.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee Yacht Club’s Junior Sailing Program is seeing a successful sixth season.

WARSAW – Day one results from the BPA World Series at the CCAC.

FORT WAYNE – Pedro Avila struck out 11 as Fort Wayne beat Clinton 3-0 Wednesday night.

Former Notre Dame star Skylar Diggins-Smith has been named to the WNBA All-Star game.

WINONA LAKE — Lindsay Anderson was first introduced to her mission work while a member of the Warsaw High School and Grace College soccer teams, and she’s looking to athletics once more to help raise funds for HSMS Haiti.

INDIANAPOLIS – The IHSAA has issued its classification listings for its four classes in softball and baseball for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons.

SOUTH BEND – Manuel Rondon gave up just one run into the seventh as South Bend beat Cedar Rapids, 2-1, Monday afternoon.

PEORIA, Ill. – The Fort Wayne TinCaps finished up a six-day road trip with a 2-1 loss in 12 innings to the Peoria Chiefs Monday afternoon at Dozer Park.

SYRACUSE — There’s a lot new about Wawasee football as 2017 season approaches.

MISHAWAKA – The Indiana Football Digest is out for the upcoming 2017 high school season.

NAPPANEE – Sign-ups are underway for the upcoming Brad Hollar Memorial Golf Outing, set to take place Friday, Sept. 8, at McCormick Creek Golf Course.

AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley High School fall sports are set for first practices on July 31.

NORTH MANCHESTER – The Indiana Shock are hosting softball tryouts for its upcoming travel season.

SOUTH BEND – Carson Sands struggled in his return from an injury in an 8-4 loss to Cedar Rapids on Sunday.

PEORIA, Ill. – Fort Wayne scored two runs in the ninth to win at Peoria, 5-3, Sunday afternoon.