Skip to content

Category: Sports Archive 2020

HUNTINGTON – Kory Alford has taken the men’s basketball head coaching job at Huntington University.

WINONA LAKE – Hand’s on job, like strength and conditioning coach Nathan Wadley has at Grace College, has changed significantly in the past month.

NAPPANEE – Mark Heeter will once again roam the sidelines after accepting the girls basketball head coaching position at NorthWood.

WARSAW – The passing of North Central athletic director Paul Loggan will have schools from around the state turning on their football lights in his honor.

SILVER LAKE – Sophie Bussard had a freshman year of basketball at Southeast Missouri State that she will remember forever.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood senior Trent Edwards continues the basketball pipeline from Nappanee to Mishawaka after announcing his commitment to Bethel University to continue his basketball career.

WARSAW – The IFN Photos page has been updated through the end of the winter sports season.

INDIANAPOLIS – Anthony Leal and Sydney Parrish were named Mr. and Miss Basketball in Indiana for the 2019-20 season.

Fun Film Friday: Sandlot

April 10, 2020

WARSAW – Fun Film Friday’s choice of The Sandlot parallels MLB’s aim of a soon-to-be-season to how local leagues are choosing different ambitions.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana All-Star basketball games scheduled for early June have been canceled.

WINONA LAKE – A detailed look at how the NCCAA Basketball National Championship tournaments hosted by Grace College fell apart as the coronavirus pandemic became a real issue in the United States.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College completed a remarkable seven-day running marathon that banked $12,000 for local relief agencies in the fight against COVID-19.

SYRACUSE – Gymnastics at the high school level has seen a big dip locally, but should continue forward in the years to come.

WARSAW – Warsaw senior Grayson Kilburn was named the 2019-20 Don Dicken Golf Award winner.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee senior Madi Simmons has announced she will continue her volleyball career at Goshen College.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee senior Aundreya Wegener has chosen Trine University and its new Acrobatics and Tumbling program to continue her gymnastics and academic careers.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Take a look into the nitty gritty of how the NAIA Men’s Basketball Division II National Championships broke down from the Grace College standpoint.

MARION – Indiana Wesleyan University junior Kyle Mangas was named the top small college basketball player in the country after being named the Bevo Francis Award winner.

WARSAW – Roman Smith has been hired as the new assistant athletic director position for Warsaw Community High School.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The biggest golf tournaments in the world made major announcements Monday.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana All-Star basketball teams were announced for boys and girls basketball.

SYRACUSE – Despite less than a quarter of the schools in the state participating, the IHSAA will continue gymnastics as a sanctioned sport.

INDIANAPOLIS – Five Warsaw swimmers and divers were named to the 2019-20 Indiana High School Swim Coaches Association Academic All-State list, issued Sunday morning.

INDIANAPOLIS – Tamika Catchings was among the most recent class for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

MARION – Indiana Wesleyan’s Kyle Mangas is one of 14 finalists for the Bevo Francis Award.

WARSAW – Fun Film Friday continues into the golf world as Caddyshack still carries the flag as golf’s pop culture crossover.

WINONA LAKE – Grace’s men’s soccer program is extending its marathon fundraiser to a week-long excursion.

INDIANAPOLIS – The IHSAA made it official Thursday afternoon in cancelling the 2020 spring sports season.

WINONA LAKE – Jake Ritchie has been tabbed as the next boys basketball coach at Lakeland Christian Academy.

WINONA LAKE – The collegiate sports shutdown didn’t just halt Grace track and field, but closed the window on what was trending to be an historic season for the Lancers.

SOUTH BEND – A pair of professional golf tournaments coming to the area received differing news Thursday.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College is nearly a third of the way toward its fundraising goal in its men’s soccer running event.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Wawasee’s Austin Baker and Tippecanoe Valley’s Harry Johnston both made recent commitments to continue their football careers at Manchester University.

LONDON – Wimbledon has been canceled for the first time since World War II.

BOURBON – Triton is announcing its plans for the 2020 Triton Golf Scramble.

NEW YORK – Major League Baseball announced it will pay minor league players through May 31, and the season is suspended until further notice.

WINONA LAKE – Grace baseball and softball were already into their 2020 campaigns before the NAIA shut down their seasons.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College men’s soccer as well as others within the school will be running 48 hours to raise money for COVID-19 relief.

TOKYO – The 2020 summer Olympics have a new set of dates for 2021.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee senior Ethan Garza is keeping the family line moving with his football decision to choose Trine University.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Minor League Baseball today announced it is offering a free preview of MiLB.TV during the baseball shutdown.

FORT WAYNE – The Fort Wayne TinCaps were among a $50 million Minor League Baseball community betterment effort in 2019.

INDIANAPOLIS – Brielle Harrison of Warsaw and both Kate Rulli and Maddy Payne of NorthWood were Honorable Mention All-State girls basketball choices from the Associated Press.

Fun Film Friday: Hoosiers

March 27, 2020

WARSAW – Fun Film Fridays ties in a classic sports movie to local sports platforms. First up: Hoosiers.

INDIANAPOLIS – NorthWood’s Trent Edwards was among the selections for IBCA All-State in a series of lists issued Thursday afternoon.

Indy 500 Bumped To August

March 26, 2020

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis 500 and all its tributary events will be pushed back to a hopeful running in August.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College athletic director Chad Briscoe offered an uplifting message among a short status update for the athletic department.

Big League Dreams On Hold

March 26, 2020

WARSAW – Major League Baseball’s work stoppage left a pair of minor league hopefuls on hold without many answers to their futures.

LEBANON – NorthWood will enter the Hall of Fame Invite girls golf field for a fifth straight season.

TOKYO – The International Olympic Committee announced the Tokyo Summer Olympics will be postponed for at least a year.

WARSAW – Continued delays and shutdowns hasn’t affected the outlooks of a pair of little leagues, which are holding out hope of a 2020 season.

INDIANAPOLIS – Plymouth’s Alaina Clady was one of 13 chosen to receive a Cato Scholarship from the IHSAA.

INDIANAPOLIS – NorthWood’s Adam Yoder was voted a District 1 Coach of the Year by the IBCA.

MILFORD – Fantasy sports and online sports gambling are billion dollar industries that have also been impacted by the sports shutdown.

GOSHEN – The Northern Lakes Conference drew up a tentative plan if spring sports are a go after the May 1 ruling by the state government.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College’s Haden Deaton and Charlie Warner were both named NCCAA All-Americans in men’s college basketball.

INDIANAPOLIS – The IHSAA Commissioner sweepstakes went to Paul Neidig, who was named the ninth commissioner in the state.

FORT WAYNE – With the announcement from the IHSAA of continued school closings, the Parkview Baseball Series has been canceled.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood’s Jake Lone earned a Rollie Hoover Memorial Scholarship after his huge wrestling season.

ROCHESTER – Valley landed two on the 2019-20 Three Rivers Conference boys basketball awards list.

WARSAW – Trent Edwards of NorthWood champions our picks for the 2019-20 IFN Boys Basketball All-Area selections.

INDIANAPOLIS – The IHSAA called off hopes of continuing its boys basketball tournament after schools were announced to be closed until May 1.

WINONA LAKE – Kyannah Stull and Vironnica Drake capped off the 2019-20 season as NCCAA All-Americans.

KANSAS CITY – IWU’s Kyle Mangas was named the NAIA Men’s Basketball Player of the Year.

AUSTIN, Texas – Grace’s Charlie Warner and IWU’s Kyle Mangas were both named CoSIDA Academic All-Americans.

INDIANAPOLIS – The DNR has closed its offices to the public until March 24.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood’s Trent Edwards created a senior season to remember, and justly, has been named the IFN Boys Basketball Player of the Year.

INDIANAPOLIS – Classroom performance was highlighted in a quartet of Academic All-State lists for the winter sports seasons.

MUNCIE – Wawasee senior Aundreya Wegener got to perform under unique circumstances at the IHSAA Gymnastics State Finals.

INDIANAPOLIS – Warsaw’s Blake Marsh and NorthWood’s Jake Lone were both named to the North team for the IFCA North-South All-Star Classic football showcase in July.

BLOOMINGTON – Indiana will promote longtime athletic department administrator Scott Dolson to the top job of athletic director.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood didn’t even get a chance to make a head start to regional, seeing its boys basketball dreams be put on hold…for now.

WINONA LAKE – Grace’s women’s basketball program was set to make history. Instead, it was left in heartbreak on its home floor.

WINONA LAKE – Grace was on its way to its first NAIA men’s basketball tournament in five years. It ended up on a bus back home without even bouncing a basketball.

WINONA LAKE – Grace’s Vironnica Drake picked up one more weekly award in her collegiate finale.

FORT WAYNE – The Fort Wayne TinCaps new video board project began on Monday, part of a sprucing up of Parkview Field.

KANSAS CITY, MO. – With new CDC regulations coming down on gathering limits, the NAIA was forced to cancel its spring sports season Monday afternoon.

GOSHEN – Northridge leads both All-Sports tallies with Warsaw and NorthWood in close pursuit after the winter season.

GOSHEN – Northridge topped the list for the 2019-20 Northern Lakes Conference boys basketball awards.

FULTON – A trio of Triton Trojans were named to the Hoosier North Athletic Conference All-Conference boys basketball list.

MUNCIE – Chesterton edged rival Valparaiso to claim its third straight IHSAA Gymnastics State Championship Saturday afternoon at an empty Worthen Arena at Ball State University.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood girls basketball head coach Adam Yoder turned in his letter of resignation Friday, stepping down from his post.

WARSAW – Warsaw Community High School has announced a series of spring sports cancellations.

INDIANAPOLIS – The IHSAA has postponed the boys basketball regional tournaments across the state. Gymnastics state will carry on as scheduled.

AVON, Ohio – The Crossroads League announced on Friday that all spring sports competitions will be suspended until at least April 1.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee High School announced Thursday night via its Twitter account it is halting athletic competition through April 2.

WINONA LAKE – The NCCAA in conjunction with Grace College is canceling the entirety of the Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships.

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference shut down sports for the remainder of the 2019-20 calendar year, ending all winter and spring sports including tournaments.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Minor League Baseball will postpone the start of its season per a release Thursday afternoon.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NAIA announced today that effective immediately, it will be cancelling all remaining winter championship events, including those that are currently underway.

INDIANAPOLIS – IHSAA Commissioner Bobby Cox held a press conference Thursday afternoon stating the basketball regionals and gymnastics state tournaments will go on, but with extremely limited attendance.

FORT WAYNE – The Fort Wayne TinCaps introduced its Manzanas Luchadoras uniforms and plans for the upcoming special promo.

NEW CASTLE – NorthWood is going to have to find a new norm if it wants to win the New Castle Boys Basketball Regional.

CEDARVILLE, Ohio – Grace’s women’s basketball team was victorious 77-58 over Concordia in the NCCAA Midwest Region on Wednesday.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College is gearing up to host the 2020 NCCAA National Basketball Championships for men and women next week.

INDIANAPOLIS – The NCAA announced Wednesday it will limit attendance to direct team personnel and workers at the upcoming NCAA Division 1 men’s and women’s basketball tournaments.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Linnzie Richner broke Purdue Fort Wayne women’s golf’s 18-hole program record on Tuesday with a round of 69.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee concluded its middle school gymnastics slate with a pair of meets this week.

Middle school basketball results for Tuesday, March 10.

WINONA LAKE – Isaac Beatty was recognized as the NCCAA National Track Athlete of the Week on Monday.

Powered by WordPress