Category: Sports Archive 2018
AKRON — The Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation’s Valley Hometown Fund is holding an alumni basketball game in March with the hopes of raising money to establish an endowment fund.
WINONA LAKE – Tim Tebow spoke in front of a packed Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center Friday morning, offering his message and a vision of hope through prayer.
SYRACUSE — Three wrestlers represent Wawasee at the IHSAA State Finals beginning tonight in Indianapolis, but if the Warriors have their way, it’s only the beginning.
MIDDLEBURY – The Northridge boys basketball team earned a share of the NLC title by beating Concord Thursday night.
DUNLAP – Saturday should be a fun ride at the Concord Boys Swim Sectional.
SYRACUSE – Wawasee senior Elisha Tipping has chosen football and Marian University as his next chapter in life.
HUNTINGTON – Wawasee earned a good road gymnastics win Thursday, beating Huntington North 105.1-104.2.
Fog delays for games on Thursday, Feb. 15.
WARSAW – The Lakeview Middle School wrestling team lost a close match to Triton.
SYRACUSE – Sports wraps for Wawasee on Wednesday, Feb. 14.
FORT WAYNE – Grace’s women pulled the upset at St. Francis, while the St. Francis men took care of the Lancers in the second game Wednesday night.
WINONA LAKE – Tamika Catchings made a stop at Grace College Wednesday morning and shared a very entertaining message about her path and road through basketball stardom.
Tippecanoe Valley’s girls basketball team topped the All-Three Rivers Conference lists with a total of four players named to two lists.
BOURBON — Triton’s freshman wrestling team claimed a 30-24 win over visiting Warsaw Lakeview Tuesday night.
AKRON — Tippecanoe Valley’s seventh and eighth grade girls basketball teams both earned wins over Peru, and both of its sixth grade teams collected wins over Culver Tuesday night.
PLYMOUTH — Rochester used an 18-9 third period to take control in a 54-41 win over host Triton at Plymouth Tuesday night.
AKRON — Both NorthWood and Tippecanoe Valley came into Tuesday night’s game playing good basketball, but the Panthers were better in a 53-37 victory in a match-up between Sectional 21 rivals.
MISHAWAKA – The NorthWood Middle School girls basketball teams defeated John Young Tuesday night.
WARSAW – Zach Riley was sensational as Warsaw earned at least a share of the NLC boys basketball title by downing Plymouth Tuesday night.
TOPEKA – Wawasee hung with Class 2-A No. 2 Westview for three quarters, but couldn’t close the gap in a 51-37 boys basketball loss Tuesday night.
WARSAW – With just over a week to go before sectionals, Warsaw posted a 100-91.425 gymnastics win over Lakeland Tuesday night in its home finale.
SOUTH BEND – A 20-0 run in the second quarter helped LCA pull away from South Bend Community Baptist in a 65-30 boys basketball win Tuesday night.
WARSAW – Bart Curtis was introduced as the new Warsaw football coach Tuesday night.
GOSHEN – The Northern Lakes Conference issued its official list of All-NLC performers for girls basketball Tuesday.
MILFORD – Milford’s girls basketball teams took on West Noble Monday night.
WARSAW – The Attack travel baseball organization will hold a tryout for its 11U team on Feb. 17.
WARSAW – The Edgewood Middle School 7th grade girls basketball team topped Manchester Monday evening.
GOSHEN – The NorthWood freshman boys basketball team lost a pair of games in the NLC Tournament Monday night.
WARSAW – The Lakeview Middle School girls basketball teams split versus Fairfield Monday evening.
DUNLAP – The Warsaw freshman boys basketball team won the NLC Tournament championship Monday night.
NAPPANEE – The NorthWood boys basketball team topped Elkhart Memorial 53-41 in NLC action Monday night.
EAST CHICAGO — Three Wawasee wrestlers punched their tickets to next weekend’s state finals with top four performances at East Chicago Central High School Saturday.
LAPORTE – The Penn girls basketball team got a game-winning shot from Sara Doi to rally past Lake Central 43-41 to win a regional title Saturday night.
COLUMBIA CITY – The senior-laden Fairfield girls basketball team won the program’s first-ever regional championship Saturday.
WINONA LAKE – Sports wraps for Grace College on Saturday, Feb. 10.
MERRILLVILLE – The Warsaw boys basketball team lost at Merrillville 62-48 Saturday night.
INDIANAPOLIS – Northridge concluded the 2018 IHSAA Girls Swim State Finals with its best-ever team finish and had a pair of championships to boot.
SYRACUSE – Wawasee defeated Goshen, 51-48, in overtime Saturday night in NLC boys basketball.
FORT WAYNE – Kyle Mangas led the way as Indiana Wesleyan moved into first place in the Crossroads League with a win at Saint Francis Saturday.
NAPPANEE – The NorthWood boys basketball team won its third straight by topping Bethany Christian Saturday afternoon.
Scores from area high school girls basketball regional action on Saturday.
INDIANAPOLIS – A wrap of the preliminary round of the IHSAA Girls Swimming State Finals.
AKRON – Tanner Trippiedi scored 25 points to lead Tippecanoe Valley to a 60-45 win over North Miami Friday night.
MADISONVILLE, Tenn. – The Grace College baseball team traveled to Hiwassee College to play its first doubleheader of the 2018 season.
The winter storm is impacting the area high school basketball schedule for Friday, Feb. 9.
WARSAW – The Warsaw freshman boys basketball team beat Plymouth in a first-round game of the NLC Tournament Thursday night.
MIDDLEBURY – The NorthWood Middle School 8th grade girls basketball team lost to Northridge Thursday evening.
WARSAW – The Lakeview Middle School girls basketball teams defeated Milford Thursday night.
SYRACUSE – Wawasee pulled its biggest win to date this season, a 106.65-105.475 triumph over Elkhart Central Thursday night.
SYRACUSE – Wawasee used a balanced attack to knock off NorthWood, 30-17, Thursday night in boys freshman basketball.
WARSAW – WCHS tennis standout Liza Lewis will continue her career on the collegiate level at Marian University.
EAST CHICAGO — The start of Saturday’s East Chicago Central Central Semi-State has been pushed back by two hours.
WARSAW – The Warsaw gymnastics team placed second in a four-team meet Wednesday night.
SYRACUSE — With nine wrestlers still alive in the state tournament, Wawasee travels to the East Chicago Semi-State this Saturday.
WINONA LAKE – The Grace College women’s basketball team dropped a conference contest to No. 5 Marian Wednesday night.
WARSAW – The Warsaw boys basketball team can claim a share of their fourth straight NLC title with a win over rival Plymouth Friday night.
MARION – Kyle Mangas poured in 30 points to lead Indiana Wesleyan past Taylor and into a tie atop the Crossroads League Tuesday night.
MISHAWAKA – Paul Marandet is having a stellar sophomore season as the leader of the Spring Arbor men’s basketball team.
INDIANAPOLIS – Delaney Wihebrink snuck in her breaststroke to qualify for three events for Warsaw at the IHSAA Girls Swim State Finals.
Scores from area high school boys basketball games Tuesday night.
MISHAWAKA – Bethel College rallied from a 10-point deficit to edge past Spring Arbor 81-80 in men’s basketball action Tuesday night.
WINONA LAKE – Grace’s men’s basketball team surrendered a lead in the final minutes to Marian in an 81-76 defeat on Tuesday.
MISHAWAKA – Northridge’s Sara Troyer established herself as the diver to beat after Mishawaka’s Diving Regional Tuesday night, while Valley junior Tiphanie Hodge saw her season end.
NAPPANEE – The NorthWood boys basketball team defeated West Noble 59-34 Tuesday night.
WAKARUSA – The NorthWood Middle School girls basketball teams topped Schmucker Tuesday night.
WINONA LAKE – Former WNBA star Tamika Catchings will speak at Grace College on Feb. 14.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Football Coaches Association released its Academic All-State list for the 2017 season, and a number of area players earned themselves the distinction.
AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball game tonight at Maconaquah has been postponed.
INDIANAPOLIS – Val Tsoutsouris of the Rochester Sentinel is this year’s recipient of the IHSAA’s Distinguished Media Service Award for District 1.
WARSAW – The Edgewood Middle School girls basketball teams won two games over NorthWood Monday night.
WARSAW – Both championship games of the Warsaw Elementary tournaments came down to the final minute, affording Washington girls and Sacred Heart boys to win titles Monday night.
PLYMOUTH – The NorthWood Middle School 8th grade girls basketball B team went 1-1 in the Plymouth Tournament Saturday.
INDIANAPOLIS – For the first time, the Indiana High School Athletic Association will announce the pairings for the IHSAA Wrestling State Finals.
ANDERSON – The Warsaw boys bowling team earned a fourth-place finish at the State Finals Saturday.
WARSAW – The Lakeview Middle School wrestling team hosted an invitational Saturday.
FULTON – Triton earned a Hoosier North Athletic Conference boys basketball win Saturday with a 54-36 final at Caston.
WARSAW – Our Ink Free News All-Area Girls Basketball selections for First and Second Teams, led by Player of the Year Sophie Bussard of Tippecanoe Valley.
AKRON — Already one of the best around, Tippecanoe Valley junior Sophie Bussard is getting better all the time.
The Lakeview Middle School 8th grade girls basketball team went 0-2 in a tournament Saturday.
EVANSVILLE – The Grace College women’s basketball team lost at Southern Indiana Sunday.









































