Boys basketball results from Saturday, Jan. 5.

Girls basketball results from Saturday, Jan. 5.

NAPPANEE — NorthWood started fast on the way to a double-digit halftime cushion and held off the Warriors for a 48-36 win at the Panther Pit Friday night.

WARSAW – Longtime area official Jay Smith is choosing to retire after nearly four decades of service.

BOURBON — A 26-3 second period put Triton behind its guests, and Oregon-Davis ran out to a 67-42 win at the Trojan Trench Wednesday.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee’s girls basketball team ended its losing streak by going 1-1 at its shootout Saturday.

MIDDLEBURY — NorthWood’s girls basketball team beat both Merrillville and Northridge to win the Bankers Classic Tournament Saturday.

WINONA LAKE — LCA’s girls basketball team captured the championship at the Cougar Classic with a win over Covenant Friday.

WINONA LAKE — LCA’s boys went 1-1 in day one of the Cougar Classic, landing in the third-place game Friday.

WINONA LAKE — LCA’s girls went 2-0 on day one of the Cougar Classic, advancing to Friday’s championship game.

LAKEVILLE — The Vikings gave unbeaten LaVille all it could handle but came up short, 50-44.

SOUTH BEND — Triton’s boys lost their second straight at Trinity-at-Greenlawn in a narrow defeat Thursday.

NAPPANEE — NorthWood sent its seniors out in style with a 45-34 win over Bremen, the Black Swish’s fifth straight, Thursday night.

SYRACUSE — Warsaw started fast and held off a third-period surge by host Wawasee in a 50-39 NLC-opening win at the Hardwood Teepee Friday.

Boys basketball results from Friday, Dec. 14.

AKRON — Sophie Bussard poured in 32 points to nearly single-handedly outscore Winamac, and Valley beat the Warriors 53-35 at home Thursday night.

WARSAW — Senior guard Maddie Ryman scored a career-high 23 points, and Warsaw held off visiting Columbia City, 59-46 Tuesday.

Boys basketball results from Tuesday, Dec. 11.

WARSAW — The Tigers bounced back from back-to-back losses over the weekend with a come-from-behind win over visiting Lake Central Friday.

Boys basketball results for Friday, Dec. 7.

Youth boys basketball results from Thursday, Dec. 6.

Boys basketball results for Tuesday, Dec. 4.

WINONA LAKE — LCA’s boys couldn’t quite get out front, but a down-to-the-wire loss against Hamilton Saturday night was a big step forward from Friday’s game.

WINONA LAKE — LCA’s girls shut visiting Hamilton down over the second half and parlayed steals into offense in a 62-23 win Saturday.

Boys basketball results from Saturday, Dec. 1.

NAPPANEE —  A 17-0 game-opening run keyed NorthWood’s second straight win Friday in a victory over visiting Triton.

Warsaw, Valley and LCA boys basketball results for Friday, Nov. 30.

LAKEVILLE — Triton used three straight 3s and a 16-2 run to hold off LaVille, 38-22, in the two teams’ Hoosier North Athletic Conference-opener Wednesday.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee head coach Matt Carpenter couldn’t fault his team’s effort, but the Lady Warriors were no match for visiting West Noble Tuesday night.

Boys basketball results for Tuesday, Nov. 27.

Boys basketball results from Saturday, Nov. 24.

WARSAW — Warsaw’s boys basketball team looked ready to go in its opener with Tippecanoe Valley Wednesday, leading wire to wire in a convincing, 67-39 win.

Triton, NorthWood boys basketball results from Wednesday, Nov. 21.

MARION — Grace went toe to toe with No. 15 IWU for most of the night, but a late run by the hosts resulted in a 79-67 Lady Lancer loss Tuesday.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee dropped its season-opener with Fairfield Tuesday night, but there was plenty to build on in that 51-40 loss.

FULTON — Lakeland Christian Academy’s boys opened the season with a 60-44 loss at Caston Tuesday night.

Girls basketball results from Tuesday, Nov. 20.

BOURBON — Improved guard play and the potential for some inside balance give Triton solid prospects in 2018-19.

Triton’s seventh and eighth grade boys basketball teams beat Argos, the sixth grade teams collected wins at Pierceton, and the fifth grade Trojans swept their games at Mentone Monday.

WARSAW — The Tigers have experience, size and skill at the outset of the 2018-19 season.

WABASH — Defensive intensity led to offensive success, and the Lady Tigers notched a dominant, 57-19 win at Wabash Wednesday night.

LAGRANGE — Turnovers and the Lakers’ offensive rebounding added up to a 54-34 loss at Lakeland Tuesday night.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee’s athletic department announced the cancellation of a few freshman boys basketball games Monday.

SYRACUSE — Senior Casey Schroeder and freshman Jada Carter gave their team some big plays down the stretch, and Wawasee earned its second straight win, 48-43, over visiting Fairfield in overtime Tuesday.

BREMEN — Bremen had four players in double figures, and a 43-21 second half by the hosts spelled a 62-48 Tippecanoe Valley loss Thursday night.

WARSAW — With a mix of experience and incoming talent, the Lady Tigers are looking to build on last season’s success in Lenny Krebs’ second year at the helm.

BOURBON — A host of factors added up to a lopsided, 49-23 loss to Glenn in the Triton’s opener in Bourbon Tuesday night.

SYRACUSE — A season preview for the Wawasee girls basketball team.

BOURBON — A look ahead at the Triton girls basketball season.

NORTH WEBSTER — The North Webster United Methodist Church will hold evaluations Nov. 1 and 3 for its 16th year of Upward Basketball and Cheerleading.

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Pacers co-founder Dick Tinkham passed away this past weekend.

WARSAW – The Sharp Shooter Challenge will take place Oct. 1, designed to help raise money for Feed My Starving Children.

WARSAW — Warsaw will host a girls basketball fall league development program beginning Aug. 26.

WARSAW — More than 1,700 kids in Kosciusko County have benefited from the efforts of Agaitas Sports Camps since its founding in 2012. The nonprofit organization offers free soccer, baseball and basketball camps to youth from kindergarten through sixth grade. Attendees are taught the fundamentals of the game and overall athletic and character development. In …read more.

PLYMOUTH — The Zone Sports Complex of Northern Indiana is holding a benefit for the family of recently-deceased John Glenn student Zac Mago.

WINONA LAKE — Lakeland Christian Academy recently completed its summer youth basketball camps.

CANBERRA, Australia — Grace men’s basketball legend Eric Gaff hit a personal milestone in his professional career with his 200th pro game overseas.

SYRACUSE — The Wawasee Girls Basketball Sumer Youth Camp will take place this upcoming Monday, July 16 through Friday, July 20 at the Wawasee High School Annex Gym.

AKRON — Tippecanoe Valley basketball star Sophie Bussard announced an early commitment to NCAA Division I Southeast Missouri State Thursday, in advance of her senior season with the Lady Vikings.

INDIANAPOLIS — Warsaw senior Nolan Groninger, Wawasee senior Casey Schroeder and NorthWood junior Madison Payne were all invited to the 16th annual IBCA/IHSAA Underclass Showcase events, scheduled for July 9 and 16.

WARSAW – WCHS Senior Emma Bohnenkamper is set to cap an amazing high school athletic career at the Track State Finals Friday night.

WARSAW — As a leading nonprofit committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility, the Y works to help children and teens discover their full potential by providing opportunities to learn and grow. The Kosciusko Community YMCA is encouraging parents to keep their kids physically active and mentally engaged by signing …read more.

KANSAS CITY – The NAIA will move to one division for both men’s and women’s basketball starting with the 2020-21 season.

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana men’s basketball head coach Archie Miller will be among the featured speakers at this year’s IBCA coaches clinic.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

CULVER — Defending champion Oregon-Davis simply proved too much for Triton in a 63-45 win over the Trojans at the early Sectional 51 semifinal Friday night.

CULVER — After a tough regular season, the Trojans looked like a different team in their Culver Sectional-opener with deep scoring contributions, general hustle and hot shooting in a 55-39 win over South Central (Union Mills) Tuesday.

BREMEN — It definitely wasn’t the result Triton was hoping for, but for a team struggling to find confidence during a rough, late season stretch, a 43-41 loss at Bremen Thursday looked like a step in the right direction.

WINONA LAKE — The Grace College women’s basketball team opened Crossroads League Tournament play with a 75-65 win over visiting Huntington at the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center Tuesday night.

AKRON — The Vikings could do no wrong and the Trojans could do little right in a lopsided, 49-29 Senior Night win by host Tippecanoe Valley in Akron Friday night.

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 – Tamika Catchings made a stop at Grace College Wednesday morning and shared a very entertaining message about her path and road through basketball stardom.

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.

AKRON — Already one of the best around, Tippecanoe Valley junior Sophie Bussard is getting better all the time.

ELKHART — Wawasee pushed host and third-rated Fairfield to the limit at Saturday’s Sectional 21 title game but fell just short in a 42-34 thriller that was closer than the final margin showed.

HAMLET — After giving host Oregon-Davis all it could handle in a regular-season game a month ago, Triton had a tough night in its Sectional 51 rematch Friday, falling 45-29 to the Lady Cats.

PLYMOUTH — Triton’s Trojans lost their third straight, 38-33, to Argos in a game in Plymouth Thursday.

ELKHART — NorthWood’s boys basketball team used an explosive fourth quarter to snap a three-game NLC skid with a 51-24 win at Concord Thursday night.

GOSHEN — NorthWood and Tippecanoe Valley both advanced in their Fairfield Sectional openers Tuesday night, but for Valley, the victory came with a heavy cost.

BOURBON — Due to the damage to the floor at the Trojan Trench, the boys basketball Class A Sectional 51 and Regional 13 have both been moved to Culver Community High School.

The area’s two Class A girls basketball sectionals feature a pair of wide open fields, and Lakeland Christian Academy and Triton are both hoping to capitalize this week.

MARION – Former WCHS stars Kyle Mangas and Dayton Groninger helped Indiana Wesleyan to hoops wins over Bethel College Saturday.

AKRON — Tippecanoe Valley’s boys basketball team lost its seventh straight in a 63-42 Three Rivers Conference loss to visiting Manchester Friday night.

AKRON — Girls basketball and swimming results from Thursday night.

BOURBON — A busted water pipe discovered Jan. 8 has left the Trojan Trench unplayable, and with Triton boys basketball in search of a new home for the remainder of the season, Plymouth High School stepped up to the plate, returning a favor more than 40 years old.

WARSAW — Senior Emma Bohnenkamper hit the game-winner in her last game at the Tiger Den, and Warsaw’s girls basketball team closed out the regular season with a dramatic, 28-26 win over Northern Lakes Conferencer-rival NorthWood Thursday night.

BOURBON — Triton’s boys fell well short of a second straight win, 46-25, versus three-loss Elkhart Christian Tuesday.

AKRON — Host Tippecanoe Valley’s girls basketball team rallied back from a 20-14 halftime deficit and closed out its home slate with an eventual, 46-33 win over Wawasee Tuesday night.

GOSHEN – Kyle Mangas continues to be an impact player in his phenomenal freshman season for the Indiana Wesleyan men’s basketball team.

SPRING ARBOR, MI. – Spring Arbor edged Indiana Wesleyan 83-81 Saturday as former Warsaw stars Paul Marandet and Kyle Mangas went head-to-head on the hardwood.