SYRACUSE – Wawasee scored all four of its runs in the bottom of the sixth to rally past Westview, 4-3, Friday in the softball season opener.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College men’s basketball players Stephen Halstead, Tim Swanson and Logan Godfrey were honored as Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes.

WINONA LAKE – The culmination of the NCCAA National Championship tournament was a good way to end the season for Grace College’s Brooke Sugg.

EMMA – Wawasee opened its outdoor track season with a split Thursday at Westview.

AKRON — Senior Dakota Parker is back to lead Valley’s boys track team in 2018, after setting a school record in the 400-meter run at the state finals last spring. Not bad for an athlete who didn’t start running the open 400 until several weeks into the season.

INDIANAPOLIS – Elijah Hales of Westview is among the juniors named to the IndyStar All-Star North group.

INDIANAPOLIS – The IBCA issued its boys basketball All-State lists.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College picked up a pair of Goshen High School baseball recruits in Joey Peebles and Phil Wertz.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood senior runner Erica Stutsman chose Indiana Wesleyan University to continue her athletic and academic careers.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee will look forward to hosting baseball and softball scrimmages Friday.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Former Tippecanoe Valley three-sport star Tanner Andrews has come a long way as a pitcher at Purdue.

AKRON — Tippecanoe Valley senior thrower Cora Alber has signed on to continue her track and field career at Saint Francis University.

AKRON — Tippecanoe Valley announced its sports awards for the winter sports season on Wednesday.

FORT WAYNE – The Fort Wayne TinCaps are opening up Parkview Field for fans to take a look see before the season begins in early April.

WARSAW – The Warsaw boys track outdoor opener at Fort Wayne Snider Wednesday has been cancelled.

SYRACUSE — The Wawasee High School Warrior Way Award and blanket-winners for the 2017-18 winter sports season have been announced.

WARSAW – You’ll get hungry just reading through our review of area concession stands.

SYRACUSE – Graceanne Kerlin is one of the few returners to what has been a very good Wawasee softball team.

WINONA LAKE – Grace let a major upset slip away against No. 2 Marian Tuesday in Crossroads League softball.

WARSAW – The Edgewood Middle School 7th grade girls basketball team held its Awards Night Monday.

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs will take on Notre Dame in an exhibition game on April 4.

WINONA LAKE – Lakeland Christian Academy had a host of individuals recognized among the All-Hoosier Plains Conference awards.

AKRON – The boys and girls track meet between Tippecanoe Valley and NorthWood has been officially scrubbed from the schedule due to cold weather.

WINONA LAKE – A wrap of Grace softball and baseball results for Monday, March 19.

MARION – Kyle Mangas epitomizes what the Indiana Wesleyan University men’s basketball program is all about.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood’s duo of Erica Stutsman and Riley Hershberger will begin state campaigns very cautiously.

SYRACUSE – The combined boys and girls track meet at Wawasee against Columbia City has been called off and will not be made up.

INDIANAPOLIS – Eric Coburn will get one more game, set as the No. 1 official for the Class 4-A boys basketball championship this weekend.

BENTON – Fairfield senior Luke Stephens has declared he will continue his basketball career at Indiana Wesleyan University.

DETROIT – Purdue held off Butler, 76-73, to advance to the NCAA Sweet 16.

BOURBON — Saturday’s 54 Fest at the Bourbon Community Building-Gymnasium took place on the six-month anniversary of Triton High School student Cameron Scarberry’s death and raised money to help cover equipment costs for Triton student-athletes facing financial difficulties.

ELKHART – The new Elkhart High School will be a member of the Northern Indiana Conference.

ELKHART – Ryan Culp has stepped down after eight season as the Elkhart Christian Academy boys basketball coach.

FORT WAYNE – Grace’s softball team split the Crossroads League opener on Friday at St. Francis.

WINONA LAKE — Grace salvaged fifth place at the NCCAA National Championship Tournament with a dominant, 87-46 win over Hiwassee, matching a program-high for wins in the Lady Lancers’ closer Friday.

Several area prep football players, including DeAndre Smart of NorthWood, have been chosen for the North-South All-Star game.

WARSAW – Warsaw soccer standout Brenna Shipley will continue her playing career at Findlay University.

DEMOTTE – NorthWood and Warsaw have been chosen to compete among the field at the Hall of Fame Girls Golf Invite in August.

KANSAS CITY – Former Warsaw basketball stars Kyle Mangas and Paul Marandet were named All-Americans by the NAIA on Thursday.

BOURBON — There will be a “54 Fest” on Saturday at the Old Bourbon Gym to celebrate the life of deceased Triton High School student Cameron Scarberry and to raise money in his name.

WINONA LAKE – Grace used a monster first-half run to blow out Yellowstone, 80-37, Thursday morning at the NCCAA Women’s Basketball National Championship tournament.

AKRON — Sophomore Tanner Trippiedi was singled out at Tippecanoe Valley as the lone Viking to make the lists as the Three Rivers Conference released its all-conference boys basketball rolls for the 2017-18 season.

WARSAW – The Warsaw Girls Basketball Development Program will host a Spring Bash Tournament Saturday.

SOUTH BEND – Several local players have been selected to play in the McDonald’s All-Star Basketball Games at Bethel College on March 27.

WINONA LAKE — No. 4 Grace got off to a slow start in its NCCAA Tournament-opener versus No. 5 Emmanuel and never got back out front in an eventual 65-54 loss Wednesday.

WARSAW – WCHS senior Kendall Menzie will continue her track career at Bethel College.

WINONA LAKE — All-time IU great Kent Benson was the featured speaker at Tuesday’s NCCAA National Basketball Championship Banquet kicking off the 50th year of the association’s national basketball tournament taking place this week at Grace College.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Manchester High School issued its winter sports awards Tuesday night, and also released information on this summer’s sports camps.

GOSHEN – Goshen High School has moved around some of its early spring sports schedule.

WINONA LAKE – No. 4 Grace College brings in its highest-ever seed to the NCCAA Women’s Basketball National Championships this week.

SIOUX, FALLS, S.D. – Warsaw’s Kyle Mangas was named MVP after leading Indiana Wesleyan to a national championship Tuesday night.

A pair of familiar foes from the Crossroads League will square off tonight with a national championship on the line.

WARSAW – The Warsaw softball scrimmage versus Triton on Wednesday has been cancelled.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Kyle Mangas and his Indiana Wesleyan basketball team will play for a national championship after winning a semifinal thriller in the NAIA Tournament Monday night.

KENDALLVILLE – The Wawasee boys and girls track meet for Tuesday at East Noble has been canceled.

GOSHEN – Co-champions Warsaw and Northridge highlighted the 2017-18 Northern Lakes Conference All-NLC boys basketball list.

SYRACUSE – A Warsaw 7th grade boys basketball team won the Wawasee Hoopfest championship Saturday.

BREMEN – The Lakeview Middle School wrestling team had three champions in the NELMSC Meet Saturday.

MICHIGAN CITY – Elkhart Memorial lost to undefeated South Bend Riley in a boys basketball regional final Saturday night.

FORT WAYNE – The Warsaw boys track team was fifth in the Bulldog Invitational Saturday.

SIOUX FALLS, S. D. – Former Warsaw basketball star Kyle Mangas set the IWU single-season scoring record Saturday night.

MARION – Wawasee had several quality showings at the Hoosier State Qualifier at Indiana Wesleyan this weekend.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College drew the No. 4 seed and will play Emmanuel in the first round of the NCCAA National Championships.

MUNCIE – Wawasee’s Reagan Atwood concluded her gymnastics career with a pair of top-20 performances at the IHSAA Gymnastics State Finals.

MARION — The host Giants had the run of play in the second half, ending NorthWood’s season with 65-51 victory in the regional-opener in Marion Saturday morning.

CLEVELAND – Former Warsaw wrestler Kyle Hatch has earned All-American honors as a Wabash College freshman.

Kyle Mangas continued his incredible freshman season by leading his Indiana Wesleyan team to another tourney win Friday night.

NAPPANEE – Construction on NorthWood’s campus is forcing movement of its spring sports.

DUNLAP – Steve Austin has stepped down after 10 seasons as the Concord boys basketball coach.

SIOUX FALLS, S. D. – Kyle Mangas helped his Indiana Wesleyan basketball team to a win in the NAIA National Championship Thursday.

NAPPANEE — After rolling through Class 3A Sectional 21 last week, NorthWood’s boys basketball team faces a challenging regional field beginning with host Marion Saturday.

SYRACUSE — After 24 years, Pam Schumm has finally decided to put down the mic at the IHSAA swim finals, where she has served as co-announcer since 1995.

The Indiana Wesleyan women’s basketball team won, while the Bethel men were defeated in the NAIA National Tourney Wednesday.

MUNCIE – A look at the IHSAA Gymnastics State Finals, which includes Wawasee’s Reagan Atwood and Elkhart Central’s Skiler Reveal and Analena VanderZwaag.

SYRACUSE – A local golf icon, Bob Carlson, leaves a lasting memory upon his passing this week.

INDIANAPOLIS – A large group of area senior basketball players have earned Academic All-State honors from the IBCA.

WARSAW – Dan Miller is continuing to impact Warsaw’s soccer through the Wave development program.

WARSAW – The Edgewood Middle School 8th grade girls basketball team posted an undefeated season.

AVON, OHIO – The Crossroads League will have a total of seven basketball teams competing in the NAIA Division II National Championships.

BOURBON — Hannah Wanemacher, Nicole Sechrist and Whytnie Miller was all named to the All-Hoosier North Athletic Conference rolls for Triton girls basketball.

Elkhart Memorial will leave the Northern Lakes Conference at the end of the 2019-20 school year.

The NorthWood Middle School 7th grade girls basketball team ended its season Tuesday night.

AKRON — Nine Tippecanoe Valley athletes were named Academic All-Three Rivers Conference for the winter sports season, and another five made the TRC’s academic all-conference honorable mention list, it was announced Tuesday.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee will scratch two JV games from its season schedule.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood High School is selling boys basketball regional tickets Wednesday through Friday.

WARSAW – An Athletic Physical Night for Warsaw athletes for 2017-18 school year is set for April 16.

The NorthWood Middle School 7th grade girls basketball team won its conference tourney opener Monday night.

Kyle Mangas and Vironnica Drake were among the latest to win Player of the Week basketball awards.

LEESBURG – He’s not hanging up his whistle for good, but Eric Coburn is stepping away as a full-time referee.

COLUMBIA CITY – The Lakeview Middle School 7th grade girls basketball team won the NELMSC Tournament title Saturday.

BOURBON — Triton senior Ross Johnson has been named to the All-Hoosier North Athletic Conference list.

LIGONIER – The Lakeview Middle School wrestling team competed at West Noble on Saturday.

NEW HAVEN – The NorthWood girls track team competed in the New Haven Invitational Saturday.

MARION – Several members of the Warsaw boys track competed in the HSR Qualifier at Indiana Wesleyan on Saturday.

The Edgewood Middle School 7th grade girls basketball team lost in the title game of the conference tourney Saturday.

NAPPANEE — The Panthers got back on top at Sectional 21 in style with a convincing, 52-33 win over Lakeland in Saturday’s finale at The Pit.

Scores from area high school boys basketball sectionals.

ELKHART – Elkhart Memorial rallied from a 21-point second-half deficit to stun Northridge 62-50 to win the Elkhart Sectional title Saturday night.

LEBANON – Hope Fancil was named MVP of the seventh-annual Indiana Elite North-South All-Star Game.

HUNTINGTON – Wawasee’s Reagan Atwood and a pair of Elkhart Central gymnasts qualified as individuals for the IHSAA Gymnastics State Finals.