NEW CARLISLE – Warsaw senior Mia Beckham placed third in the cross country semistate Saturday to earn a spot in the State Finals.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee wrestling held its first open house, showcasing several upgrades within the program as well as Brad Traviolia speaking Saturday night.

FORT WAYNE – Wawasee’s Luke Griner qualified for the IHSAA State Finals after his work at Saturday’s New Haven Cross Country Semi-state.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College lost a huge game Saturday night in a 3-1 men’s soccer defeat to Spring Arbor.

SPRING ARBOR, Mich. – Grace women’s soccer team continued league action playing on the road against No. 2 Spring Arbor, falling 3-0.

SOUTH BEND – Notre Dame overwhelmed USC 49-14 Saturday evening.

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State scored a late touchdown to escape Indiana, 17-9, Saturday afternoon.

MUNCIE – Central Michigan walloped Ball State, 56-9, Saturday afternoon.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Purdue suffered an embarrassing 14-12 loss at Rutgers Saturday afternoon.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. – The Grace College cross country teams competed in the Great Lakes Challenge Saturday.

CULVER — Triton’s volleyball team closed out the season with a disappointing, 25-22, 25-18, 25-10, sweep at the hands of sixth-ranked Pioneer in the Culver Community Regional semifinals Saturday.

WINONA LAKE – The Grace College volleyball team dropped a 3-0 final to IWU in conference action Saturday.

PERU – The Tippecanoe Valley football team saw its season end with a 33-14 loss to Peru in a sectional opener Friday night.

BOURBON — Triton opened up Sectional 41 play with a 42-13 drubbing of conference foe Caston in a rematch in Bourbon Friday night.

INDIANAPOLIS – The NorthWood doubles team of Brant Mast and Jared Hoffman lost in the quarterfinals at State on Friday.

ANGOLA – Angola sent Wawasee out of the football state tournament after a 38-7 win Friday night in Class 4-A Sectional 19.

NAPPANEE – The NorthWood football team ran wild in a 54-3 blowout of DeKalb in a Class 4-A sectional opener Friday night at Andrews Field.

Scores from local high school football playoff games from Friday night.

NOTRE DAME – Grace’s women’s basketball team suffered a 61-51 defeat on Friday in the season debut at Holy Cross.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue and Northwestern will open the 2018 football season on Thursday, Aug. 30.

CULVER — After three straight regional appearances, Triton’s volleyball team is ready to break through at Saturday’s newly-formatted tournament.

WINONA LAKE – A look at the 2017-18 Grace College women’s basketball team.

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. – Former Elkhart Central swim star Lindsay Mintenko has been named to a key post for USA Swimming.

NAPPANEE – The NorthWood No. 1 doubles team of Jared Hoffman and Brant Mast are ready to play in the State Finals Friday.

A look at what teams from Warsaw and Wawasee, as well as a few select individuals, will be up against this weekend at two cross country semi-states.

WINONA LAKE — Kelsee Zuidema tallied 12 kills and four aces in her return to Crossroads League play, and Grace’s volleyball team earned a 3-0 sweep of No. 25 Marian at home Wednesday.

WINONA LAKE – Allison Vroon’s header off a corner kick proved the game winner in a 2-1 Grace women’s soccer win over Huntington Wednesday night.

A look at local first-round sectional high school football games set for Friday night.

NORTH WEBSTER — Romp & Roll — which aims to develop young children’s minds and bodies through creative movement — is coming to the North Webster Community Center from Oct. 26 through Dec. 1

ADA, Mich. – After struggling as a team on Monday in the Egypt Valley Intercollegiate, Grace’s men’s golf team recovered in the second round on Tuesday.

WINONA LAKE – Kurt Hamlin and Alexa Hill were tabbed by the Crossroads League for their stellar play.

MERRILLVILLE – Goshen rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat Crown Point, 4-2, in the Class 3-A boys soccer regional Monday night.

WARSAw – The Lakeview Middle School 7th grade football team completed an undefeated season by winning the conference playoff championship.

LAPORTE – The Concord volleyball team will now play at Chesterton Saturday in the regional.

AKRON — Tippecanoe Valley High School will hold its Fall Athletic Awards ceremony on Oct. 30, and the public is invited to attend.

The high school girls basketball season tips-off with the official start of practice Monday.

LAPORTE – The NorthWood No. 1 doubles team of Brant Mast and Jared Hoffman are headed to the State Finals after winning a regional title Saturday.

CULVER — Triton’s volleyball team only got better as the Blue Slam rolled through two opponents for a fourth straight Sectional 51 championship at Culver Community Saturday.

FREMONT – The Lakeland Christian Academy volleyball team lost in sectional semifinal play Saturday.

LOGANSPORT — Warsaw’s girls soccer team faced one comeback too many at the Logansport Regional Saturday, falling to No. 5-ranked Noblesville 2-1 in the championship after rallying past McCutcheon 3-2 earlier in the day.

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio – The Lady Lancers won the Mt. Vernon Nazarene Invitational, setting personal and team records in the process.

NAPPANEE – Fairfield pulled off an emphatic 3-0 win over NorthWood to win the Class 3-A NorthWood Volleyball Sectional.

Scorelines and info from soccer regionals from around the area.

FORT WAYNE – The Lancers men’s soccer team continued their tear through the Crossroads League, beating St. Francis 2-1 Saturday night.

ELKHART – Wawasee’s boys team and a trio of girls survived the Elkhart Central XC Regional on Saturday.

CULVER — Warsaw’s cross country teams both kept regional championship streaks alive at the Culver Academies Saturday morning.

DUNLAP – The Warsaw volleyball team lost a 3-0 final to host Concord in the sectional title match Saturday night.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – On the final day of the Cornerstone Tournament, Grace’s volleyball team lost twice to local schools.

BLOOMINGTON – Michigan made the plays in overtime to defeat Indiana, 27-20, Saturday afternoon.

MADISON, Wis. – A late interception crushed Purdue’s upset attempt at Wisconsin in a 17-9 loss Saturday afternoon.

WINONA LAKE – Grace’s women’s soccer team collected a much-needed victory on Saturday, downing St. Francis 1-0 at 1st Source Bank Field.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee concluded its junior varsity football season on a high note, trouncing Goshen 35-0.

PLYMOUTH – West Lafayette outgunned NorthWood, 6-0, Saturday morning in the semi-finals of the Plymouth Girls Soccer Regional.

AKRON — North Miami jumped out to a 20-0 halftime lead and never looked back in a 40-14 win over host Tippecanoe Valley Friday night.

WINAMAC — Triton used a balanced attack to close its regular season with a 36-19 win over host Winamac Friday night.

NAPPANEE — The Black Crunch bounced back from last week’s disappointing loss in Warsaw with a feel-good 30-6 win over Plymouth at home at Andrews Field.

GOSHEN – Wawasee posted a shutout of Goshen, 20-0, Friday night in the regular season finale.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Grace’s volleyball team started the Cornerstone Tournament with a pair of matches on Friday.

DUNLAP – A slow start proved costly to Warsaw in a 26-20 loss at Concord Friday night in their regular-season football finale.

Scores from area high school football games from Friday night.

TERRE HAUTE – The IATCCC issued its Academic All-State awards which included a handful of Warsaw and NorthWood runners.

NAPPANEE – West Noble and Fairfield survived upset bids from Wawasee and Tippecanoe Valley to continue on in the NorthWood Volleyball Sectional.

DUNLAP – The Warsaw volleyball team topped Elkhart Memorial 3-0 in the opening round of the Concord Sectional Thursday night.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College tennis stars Danila Kurkulin and Emily Mast were honored by the Crossroads League as All League.

WARSAW – The Warsaw freshman football team lost to NorthWood 47-7 in its season finale Thursday night.

Cross country regionals this weekend will feature various levels of urgency.

Warsaw and NorthWood soccer teams are prepping for soccer’s regional round this Saturday.

WARSAW – The Lakeview Middle School 8th grade volleyball team won the conference tournament championship Wednesday night.

A look at matchups for the final week of the regular season for area high school football teams.

MARION – Grace’s women’s soccer team struggled to find the back of the net on Wednesday at Indiana Wesleyan in a 3-0 loss.

WINONA LAKE – Breno Oliveira’s goal gave Grace a 3-2 win over Indiana Wesleyan Wednesday in Crossroads League men’s soccer.

UPLAND – Grace’s volleyball team picked up a key victory Wednesday, securing the season sweep of Taylor with a 3-1 win.

SYRACUSE — Jr. Warrior Basketball League evaluations will take place next Tuesday at Wawasee Middle School.

WARSAW – The Lakeview Middle School volleyball teams were winners in the opening round of their conference tourney Tuesday night.

CULVER — Triton’s volleyball team survived a challenge by South Central, and the three-time defending champion Blue Slam advanced out of the Culver Community Sectional opener Tuesday night.

ROLLING PRAIRIE – The Dunes Volleyball Club has set tryout dates for its 2018 teams.

WARSAW – The Lakeview Middle School 7th grade football team posted a big win Monday night.

Northridge and Westview finished off girls soccer sectional titles Monday night.

AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation has decided to remove Stephen Moriarty as head coach, but he will still hold a position on staff.

SYRACUSE — The Lakes Area Autism Network will hold its fourth annual Run for Autism on Saturday, Nov. 4 at Wawasee High School.

WARSAW – The Lakeview Middle School 7th and 8th grade volleyball teams both won their own tournament championships on Saturday.

SOUTH BEND – The Notre Dame football team moved up to No. 16 in the AP Poll on Sunday.

FORT WAYNE — Sophomore midfielder Brenna Buhrt notched a hat trick, and Warsaw’s girls soccer team battled back from a pair of deficits en route to a 3-2, overtime Sectional 7 championship win over Huntington North Saturday.

CULVER — Warsaw’s boys cross country team placed four runners in the top 10 and six in the top 15 as the Tigers clinched a seventh straight sectional championship with a score of 34 at the Culver Academies Saturday morning.

CULVER — Mia Beckham added a sectional title to two Culver Girls Academy Regional championships, and the Lady Tigers cruised to their seventh straight title at the CGA Sectional Saturday.

A look around the area at sectional final scores for both boys and girls soccer.

ELKHART – NorthWood and Wawasee kept their cross country seasons alive by virtue of taking third and fifth at Saturday’s Elkhart Central Cross Country Sectional.

ELKHART – Wawasee’s Luke Griner won the sectional to help the Warriors advance at the Elkhart Central Cross Country Sectional on Saturday at Ox Bow Park.

LAGRANGE – NorthWood won its first-ever girls soccer sectional championship after a 4-2 penalty shootout win over DeKalb Saturday night.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue weathered a nasty storm and Minnesota for a 31-17 Big Ten win Saturday evening.

MISHAWAKA – Flavia Faria scored in overtime to lift Grace to a 2-1 women’s soccer win at Bethel Saturday afternoon.

BLOOMINGTON – The Hoosiers were crisp in a 27-0 football win against Charleston Southern.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College built a three-goal lead and made it stand up in a 3-2 men’s soccer win over Taylor Saturday afternoon.

WARSAW – The Warsaw boys soccer team blanked Homestead 3-0 to win its own Class 3-A sectional title Saturday afternoon.

AKRON, Ohio – The Ball State football team fell to host Akron Saturday afternoon in Mid-American Conference action, 31-3.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Notre Dame ran right past North Carolina 33-10 for its fourth straight football win Saturday.

SYRACUSE – Garrett stunned Wawasee, 3-1, to win the Wawasee Boys Soccer Sectional championship Saturday afternoon.

KNOX — Triton struggled with both the turnover bug and Knox’s run game in a 35-7 Hoosier North Athletic Conference loss Friday night.

HUNTINGTON – The Grace College volleyball team picked up a 3-0 conference win at Huntington Friday night.

WARSAW – The Warsaw football team scored the final 21 points of the game to stun NorthWood 31-28 for a huge conference win Friday night.