WINONA LAKE – A little divine intervention has Arron Patrick on the path of success at Grace College.

SYRACUSE – The Kosciusko County Cancer Care Fund helped raise over $9,800 from its first Glow Golf outing at Maxwelton Golf Club.

SOUTH BEND – Four Winds Field will host both Pitbull and Snoop Dogg this weekend among a huge weekend of music at the park.

WINONA LAKE – Arron Patrick takes over the Grace men’s soccer program, which maintains high hopes for 2019.

Girls golf results from Monday, Aug. 12

WINONA LAKE – Grace’s women’s soccer program begins its 2019 campaign in defense of its Crossroads League title.

NorthWood and Warsaw girls golf results from Saturday. Aug. 10.

SYRACUSE — D.J. Hanback made a glorious return to the field, while women’s winner Kristen Long won her first-ever Wawasee Kiwanis Triathlon after only barely deciding to race at the last moment at the 12th annual running of the sprint triathlon Saturday in Syracuse.

WARSAW – Several of the hallowed halls of hoops still stand in and around Kosciusko County.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood took flight for the second time this season with a championship, winning the NorthWood Girls Golf Invite in record fashion Thursday evening.

MUNCIE — Wawasee’s cheer team recently finished up a trip to the Universal Cheerleaders Association cheer camp at Ball State and brought home a number of accolades from the four-day stint.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee girls golf collected a victory over Columbia City in its home-opener Wednesday.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College’s athletic department selected Nate Wadley as the Lancers’ next strength and conditioning coach.

SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Parks and Recreation Department will host its annual Kid Olympics on Saturday, Aug. 24 at the Harold Schrock Athletic Complex.

Girls golf results from Tuesday, Aug. 6.

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs Foundation has announced a second tryout date of August 11 for the summer 2020 travel team tryouts.

WARSAW – Rozella Ford Golf Course hosted the Don Dicken Appreciation Golf Outing.

LAFAYETTE — NorthWood’s girls golf team picked up where it left off, firing a 312 and repeating as Lafayette Harrison Invitational champion in its opener Monday.

WINONA LAKE – Grace celebrated its 22nd annual Lancer Classic golf outing Monday at Stonehenge Golf Club.

NAPPANEE – The target is squarely upon NorthWood in the girls golf circles this season.

SOUTH BEND – Ben Zobrist of the Chicago Cubs will begin a rehab assignment in South Bend starting tonight.

WARSAW — The Lake City Skiers will host the 2019 USA Water Ski Division I National Show Ski Championships at Hidden Lake Aug. 9-11.

FRANKFORT – The Hot Dogs of Frankfort won two games Tuesday night against NorthWood to claim a 10U Town & Country baseball title.

NORTH WEBSTER – Jack Gibbons outlasted Shelby Allen to win the Fast4 Summer Open tennis tournament.

EVANSVILLE – Warsaw’s 14U Junior All-Stars fell to Highland in the championship of the state tournament Sunday afternoon.

SYRACUSE – Tom Finlinson brought out his Shrike vintage race car out to Man Cave Brewery ahead of a big racing weekend.

NORTH WEBSTER – The Dixie Day Dash 5K saw nearly double the participation Saturday morning.

WARSAW – Warsaw concluded its week-long summer football camp on Friday.

SYRACUSE – Chad Red Jr. and Kendrick Maple were the featured guests at Wawasee’s Wrestling Day Camp Friday afternoon.

AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley renamed its basketball court Rita Price Simpson Court.

GREENSBORO, NC – NorthWood baseball was one of five Indiana high school teams to receive Team Academic Excellence honors from the ABCA.

NORTH WEBSTER – Captains of the sea will accompany the Dixie Days 5K this weekend.

AKRON – Gina Hierlmeier is enjoying her new athletic vantage point as athletic director with Tippecanoe Valley.

WARSAW – Mikey Cox is taking an unconventional approach to one of his favorite sports.

WARSAW – Sports were once an institution in the fabric of Americana. Now teams and schools are having to nearly beg to get people to come watch.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Grace College had all of its varsity sports achieve at least a 3.0 GPA this past athletic year.

ROCHESTER – NorthWood has a 10U baseball team alive in the state championship round of the Town & Country tournament.

SYRACUSE — The ninth annual Tour De Lakes took place Saturday, giving riders the chance to tour Kosciusko County’s chain of lakes along four different routes.

News and notes from the area.

SOUTH BEND – Friday night was a mixed bag during an international soccer friendly between Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund at Notre Dame Stadium.

The following is the third and final part of a three-part series on Rozella Ford Golf Club, which celebrates 60 years of golf this year. WARSAW — From the vantage point of the Rozella Ford Golf Club pro shop, owner and self-appointed greens superintendent Jeff Johnson beams about the golf course’s revitalized beauty. “Look at …read more.

The following is the second of a three-part series on Rozella Ford Golf Club, which celebrates 60 years of golf this year. WARSAW — Tucked atop of a small hill near the green of hole number eight and the tee box for hole number nine, a small, family cemetery plot stands as the final resting …read more.

The following is the first of a three-part series on Rozella Ford Golf Club, which celebrates 60 years of golf this year. WARSAW — On a clear and warm summer day, the closely-manicured fairways and greens of Warsaw’s Rozella Ford Golf Club meander and undulate, artistically engaging in an emerald-colored dance with mature hardwood trees …read more.

BOURBON — Triton High School players are invited to a fallball softball league at the City-County Athletic Complex starting in August.

NAPPANEE — The NorthWood High School athletic office is accepting applications for All Sports passes. 

WARSAW — The Warsaw 13/14 all-star baseball team swept the Indiana District 14 Tournament over the weekend.

SOUTH BEND — The South Bend Cubs announced Tuesday that the Pitbull concert cancelled earlier this summer has been rescheduled for Friday, Aug. 16, at Four Winds Field. 

WARSAW — The Tiger Softball Camp slated for this week is cancelled.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School hosted a pair of alumni games over the weekend.

WARSAW — Friday’s Kosciusko County Community Fair featured a hot dog-eating contest that left contestants hungry for more sandwiched around a demolition derby that set record numbers.

INDIANAPOLIS — NorthWood’s Bronson Yoder set the stage for a come-from-behind victory as the North rallied past the South in a 25-24 thriller at the 53rd annual North-South All-Star game Friday.

WARSAW — Lakeland Christian Academy wrapped up its elementary basketball camp on Thursday.

WARSAW — The Kosciusko County Community Fair unveiled its first-ever Car Soccer event at the Warsaw Motor Sport Complex Thursday night, and, despite a learning curve, a good time was had by both the audience and the competitors.

BLOOMINGTON — WTHR reported Thursday that Bob Knight purchased a house in Bloomington.

INDIANAPOLIS – The role of the designated hitter in high school baseball has been expanded to give coaches an additional option for the 2020 season.

WINONA LAKE – Grace’s women’s soccer program is excited to announce David Andersen as its next assistant coach.

SYRACUSE – Jamie Beer is making an impact in the Wawasee Community Summer League, serving as both coach and president.

AKRON, Ohio – The FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby is coming to Ohio next week.

IRVING, Texas – College football has a lot up its sleeve in preparation for its 150th year of football.

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs Foundation has announced its tryout dates for the summer 2020 developmental travel baseball teams.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood has announced students will be admitted to athletic events for free for the 2019-20 school year.

WARSAW — The Monster Truck Mash came to the Kosciukso County Community Fair Tuesday night, thrilling fans with some high octane action.

SAN DIEGO – Whitney Wright recently completed a bike tour of the west coast of the United States, going from Washington to California.

INDIANAPOLIS – Jacob Krugman and Kyler Hauptli were among the Academic All-State recipients for baseball.

NAPPANEE – The Stillson sisters, Summer and Cybil, are continuing to excel in the golf world.

WARSAW – The Broken Horn Ranch rodeo took center stage Monday night at the Kosciusko County Community Fair grandstand.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee held its annual Warrior Open golf outing Monday at South Shore Golf Club.

SYRACUSE — Suzi Swinehart, Derek Miller, Evie Bultemeyer and Kent Yoder topped the 2019 Flotilla Road Race field.

INDIANAPOLIS – Warsaw’s Liam Patton and NorthWood’s Matt Dutkowski were both named IHSBCA Honorable Mention All-State.

INDIANAPOLIS – Ellie and Chandra Hepler went national in their quest for back-to-back national championship tournaments.

MARION – Kyle Mangas is motivated as ever entering the second half of his Indiana Wesleyan tenure.

WARSAW – Warsaw baseball head coach Andy Manes and his staff are looking forward to hosting the 2019 Warsaw Tiger Baseball Summer Camp.

WINONA LAKE – The 22nd annual Grace College Lancer Golf Classic is just around the corner.

WARSAW – Incoming Warsaw Community High School athletic director Matt Binkerd made his first appearance in a meet and greet Monday night.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Grace College’s Sports Information Department was voted among the top in the country at the NAIA-SIDA convention.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee wrestling is hosting its summer camp later this month featuring a pair of NCAA superstars.

Championship youth league scores for Warsaw and Wawasee from the past week.

CLINTON, Iowa – Tanner Andrews is making an impact in his professional baseball journey.

WARSAW – The 13th annual Jimmy Baker Memorial Golf Outing is set to return to Rozella Ford Golf Club on Sunday, July 14.

SYRACUSE — Wednesday’s annual Syracuse Wawasee Chamber of Commerce Golf Outing was all fun and games, but the money raised should help the chamber with some serious business.

GYOR, Hungary – Grace College graduate Flavia Faria completed her first club season in Hungary.

SYRACUSE – Jamie Salazar might not admit it, but his soon-to-be Hall of Fame election at Manchester University is well deserved.

WARSAW – Summer is in full swing, including a host of camps and outdoor opportunities around the area.

WINONA LAKE – Ryan Roth will become the next head coach in the 60-year history of Grace’s baseball program.

LEESBURG – The Kosciusko Board of REALTORS celebrated their 26th Annual Charity Golf Outing on Monday, June 10, at the Tippecanoe Lake Country Club.

MADISON – Two from NorthWood and a Warsaw Tiger were among the North-South All-Star baseball showcase.

INDIANAPOLIS – Changes in the football sectional alignments will affect Warsaw for the next two seasons.

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs have announced its refund procedures for the Pitbull concert that was canceled on June 16.

Summer league results for the week of June 17-22.

WARSAW – Fan behavior at athletic contests is getting out of hand. Can we do better?

WINONA LAKE – Benjamin Stone set a new course record at the 26th running of the Warsaw Optimist Triathlon.

SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Parks and Recreation Department held its fifth annual Mudtastic Classic Saturday.

WARSAW – Final call for next week’s Warsaw Tiger Cub and Junior Tiger football camps.

NAPPANEE — Bronson Yoder can pretty much do it all, and the NorthWood grad adds our Ink Free News Athlete of the Year nomination to an impressive and deep athletic résumé.

WARSAW – NorthWood’s Bronson Yoder headlines our All-IFN Top 10 list for 2018-19.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee thrower Sara Pritchard signed on with NAIA Marian University Wednesday.

WARSAW – Our All-IFN Top 10 individual lists begin with the first five athletes from the 2018-19 sports seasons.

AVON, Ohio – IWU’s Kyle Mangas was named the Male Student Athlete of the Year for the 2018-19 Crossroads League campaign.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee wrestling reigns as our All-IFN Team of the Year.

WARSAW – Wawasee wrestling stands tall as our IFN Team of the Year for the 2018-19 season.